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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-29
Chicago A. FL.
Locals Talk
JObIeSS Bill
Many Locals Respond
To Call for Meet
on July l

CHICAGO, Ill, June 8.-Twenty-
eight local unions of the A. F. of
L. and Railroad Brotherhoods have
elected delegates to a united front
conference on Unemployment In
surance to be held here July at
159 North La Sale st.
A tremendous mass sentiment in
support of the Workers Unemploy-
ment Insurance Bill among the
rank and file of Chicago union men
has forced this action in spite of
the determined opposition of the
leaders of the Chicago Federation
of Labor.
Within the last two days, creden-
tialS have been received from Car
penters' Locals 419, 271, 416 and
161. School Custodians, Local II;
Painters, 637, and Metal Polishers,
Local 6, have also sent in their Gre
dentials in the two days.
The conference was called by the
Executive Committee elected at a
similar conference two months ago,
in which nine locals participated
and the A. F. of L. Rank and File
Committee for Unemployment In
surance. The increasing support of
the Workers Bill by A. F.. of L..
locals, as proved by the increased
representation at this conference, is
more significant because since the
United Unemployment Insurance
Conference was held the A. F. of L.
bureaucrats called another confer
ence, at which high pressure bally-
hoo for the Wagner Bill was pre-
scented.
The A. F. OF L. Rank and File
Committee, in a statement issued
recently, stated:
Organized labor in Chicago is
beginning to wake up and realize
the paramount importance of a
strong movement for social insur-
ance, and is lining up behind the
Workers Unemployment Insurance
Bill The rank and file in the local
unions Of Chicago know that they
have nothing to expect from the
Wagner Bill, and that the only hope
for the millions of unemployed in
the United States is a system of
real unemployment and social in
surance as proposed in the Workers
Bill"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-29

pleted the following program Of de-
mands:
II Cash relief to all unemployed;
p 50 cents an hour cash wages
for all work relief; 81 minimum
3O-hOur week, no reduction for
bad weather; A. free transpOrta-
tiOn to and from work; 81 no
evictiOns; 81 no discrimination
against Negro, foreign born and
young workers; y election of
foremen; 81 union recognition;
81 union rates for skilled workers;
1O) no discrimination for strike
activity; III endorsement of the
Workers Unemployment Insur-
ance Bill; ~ gas, electricity, rent
and all other necessities to be
provided by the state for the I'M
employed.
The conference elected a strike
of 10 representatives
from all the counties and cities
represented, and steps were taken to
form statewide federation of all
unemployed workers organizations.
The elected committee will present
the workers demands to the State
Emergency Relief Administration on
Friday, June 20. The strike COM
mittee was instructed to make no
settlements, but that any
strike agreement must be state
wide.
Workers in each city represented
are arranging city-wide mass meet
ings at which full reports Of the
convention will be given.
The conference will reconvene
on July 6, in Newark. A commit
tee will visit Hudson County I'M
employed organizations and other
parts Of the state which were not
represented.
The conference further went on
record for a state wide march of
the unemployed relief workers to
Trenton, the state capitol, details
Of which are to be worked out at
the reconvening Of the confer
enee on July 6.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-29
'Free Thaelmann" Meetings
All Week in Hartford

HARTFORD, Conn, June 2S.-
Free Thaelmann" meetings are be-
ing held here all this week. Two
meetings will be held in the Negro
section, two in the industrial sec
ton.
Last night over 100 workers at
tended an open air meeting at Park
and Lawrence SITS. A meeting will
be held tonight in the Italian Sec
ton.
These meetings are preparing
mighty demonstration for Satur-
day night at Wilson and Main SITS.
Leaflets are being distributed
throughout the city and in the
shops. Free Thaelmann" signs are
to be seen in all sections of the
city.
among the speakers at Saturdays
demonstration will be Richard Far
Der, candidate for Attorney Cen
eral on the Communist ticket.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-29
HiIlsbOrO III
TOGetV isitOrs,
Better Food
DAILY worker Midwest BureaD

CHICAGO, ILL.,, June 28.-Hills-
boro strikers won their demands for
more food and the right to visit
with their families a few days ago.
The strike was terminated on the
basis of the partial victory only
when workers organizations made
appeals to the strikers not to fur
Their endanger their health.
In spite of the threats of terror
ism and intimidation by Sheriffs,
vigilantes and businessmen, Mont
gomery unity Unemployment
Councils are still functioning. Bob
Minor Of the Communist Party ad-
dressed a mass meeting Of 200
workers in Taylor Springs and rep
resentatives of the International
Labor Defense and the Chicago
Civil Liberties Committee spoke to
unemployed council meetings in
Hillsboro and Nokomis early this
week.
Four of the five members of the
Relief Board in Hillsboro have been
forced by mass pressure to resign.
DR.. Holt of the American Legion
last Thursday, in an interview with
reporters of the st. Louis Post Dis
patch, made open threats of lynch
ing. He stated that his vigilantes
were armed with guns and that
anyone that sympathizeS with the
arrested men had better make his
peace with god"
A representative of the Civil Lib
critics Committee was almost lynch
ed by a mob of American Legion
aires led by Holt when he spoke
to a meeting OF the Audubon town
ship Unemployment Council Tues
day. He was protected by the local
workers.
The eleven are facing trial for
conspiracy to overthrow the gov
eminent" for leading the unem-
ployed struggles in the county
Bond has been set at Sl76,000 and
a campaign to raise this under way.
All workers organizations are
urged to send resolutions against
the falling Of these militant work.
ers to Sheriff Saathoff, Hillsboro,
III.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-29
Prepare Giant Rally
In PhiIa. Saturday

PHILADELPHIA, June %. =
Preparations are being pushed for
a giant protest demonstration this
Saturday, 8 pm, at Germantown
and Lehigh AYES. The demonstra-
ton will take place in the heart Of
a local NaZi district.
Placards demanding freedom for
Thaelmann and other anti-fascist
fighters are carried by pickets at
subway and Eel" stations through
out the city.
A symposium on fascism will be
held Sunday night, under the aus
pieces of the Free Thaelmann"
Committee of the John Reed Club
at the clubs headquarters, 1856
South 9Th st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-29
Chicago Relief Service Kills
Jobless Mother By Negligence

the case. The result was a septic
poisoning, pneumonia and water on
the lungs.
Finding her in terrible agony
when he made one of his calls, Tag
liza claimed to think" she was crazy
and sent her to the Psychopathic
Hospital.
There she was found to be per-
fectly sane, but dying of pneumonia
She was then transferred to the
Mother Cabrini Hospital. In spite
Of the fact that Taglia was forced
to admit that he made mistake"
DR.. MICRO, another relief service
doctor, refused to help on the case.
Professional etiquette would not
permit it, he said, even though Mrs
Fayer was dying.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-29

1908 in Turkey, came to the United
States in 1920, getting a job in
restaurant in Philadelphia. He was
arrested on May Day, 1921, for dis
tributing literature telling of the
Importance of the holiday of the
international proletariat. Released,
he found a job in tool shop,
where he carried on his Party
work. Eventually he was discov-
cred by the boss, blacklisted and
forced to find work elsewhere. He
went to Melons city, Pittsburgh,
where he resumed his organiza-
tional activities, issuing a shop bull
letin and forming a Youth Club.
Later he organized the Armenian
workers of Astoria, L. I, and helped
to transform the Armenian Ian
guage weekly, "Panvor," into
daily.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-29
Frame Rape Against CCC
Worker Flops After
Wild Lynch Indictment

SARANAC LAKE, N. Y, June %.
After whipping up a frenzy of
lynch sentiment in the boss press
against Thomas Frederick Showers,
T-year-o1d C.CC. worker, in con-
nection with the killing of a
14-year-old school girl, authorities
today retracted their first version
that the girl, Cleo Tellstone, had
been raped and subsequently MUIR
dered by Showers.
District Attorney Harold w. Main
yesterday admitted that Showers
had not confessed to attacking the
girl. Both Main and Capt. Broad
field, commander of Troop B, State
Police, limited that the girl was
struck on a lonely country road by
truck driven by the C.C.C. worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-29
DAILY Worker Midwest Bureau,

CHICAGO, June %. Another
murder was added to the impress
sive record Of the Unemployment
Relief Service here Friday, June %,
when Mrs. Evelyn Fayer died after
physicians employed by the U. R. S.
railroaded her to the Psychopathic
Hospital in an effort to cover up
their own negligence.
Mrs. Fayer, %, wife of an unem-
ployed worker who receives relief
from the Stanford Park Station,
1701 Spring St., gave birth to a
baby month ago. She refused to
risk going to a clinic and a home
delivery was decided on. The re-
lief service sent DR.. Taglia, one Of
their physicians, and he mishandled
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-29
By A. KASPER

NEW YORK. - Comrade John
Kasper, one of the most resource
full and reliable leaders Of the
American working class, a member
Of the Communist Party since its
establishment and an organizer Of
the Armenian Youth movement in
Astoria, L. l., is dead, victim of his
tireless devotion to the cause of
the international proletariat. He
died here recently Of tuberculosis.
Thanks to his unceasing activity
in the revolutionary movement for
Is years, Comrade Kasper was
known to conscious workers
from coast to coast. He was an
active member Of the Workers
Party. now the Communist Party;
organizer and leader of thousands
Of workers in Pittsburgh, and its
suburb, Braddock, home of the gi-
gantic Westinghouse Corp; leading
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-29
JObIeSS and Relief
WOrkerSinN.J.PIan
Actions at COnfab
Strike Committee Puts
Demands to State Relief
Director Colt
BULLETIN
Especial 10 the Daily WORKER

Especial 10 the Daily worker
TRENTON, n. j., June rs. -
Eighteen members OF the State
Strike Committee Of ERA. work
ers presented demands TO State
Relief Director Colt at the State
House in Trenton today. The de-
mands were favored and Colt
promised to pay 50 cents an hour,
but did not state the date on
which this will take effect.
NEWARK, N. J., June 28.-Forty-
six delegates representing % organ
izations of unemployed and relief
workers with a combined member
ship Of 5,872, met here Saturday for
the purpose Of uniting the wave of
strikes which is sweeping the New
Jersey relief projects.
The delegates, coming from five
counties, Essex, Union, PaSsaic,
MiddleseX and Norris, adopted a
uniform set Of demands for all re-
lief workers and unemployed in
New Jersey, and formulated q uni
fed plan of action. Cities repre-
sented at the conference included:
Newark, Garfield, Clifton, Elizabeth,
Linden, PaSsaic, Paterson, Piscat-
away, New Brunswick, South Plain
field, Belleville and Hawthorne.
Nick Rand Of the Unemployment
Councils of Newark gave the re-
port, in which was stressed the
necessity Of unity in the strikes and
struggles, and also the need of set
ting up state strike committee
so that the entire struggle could
be united. The delegates from all
parts Of the state agreed on the
main demand of so cents an hour
minimum wages for a 30-hour week
to be paid on all relief jobs.
The only section which had diff
ferent program was the Paterson
delegation, which was putting for
ward the demand for a Is per cent
increase in food orders and Is cents
an hour cash wages. After the re-
ports of the other delegates were
given, the president Of the Relief
Workers Protective Association of
Paterson, speaking in behalf of the
delegation which represented four
Paterson organization, stated that
the Paterson delegation united with
the conference in the basic rate of
pay at so cents an hour.
During the convention, Rebecca
Grecht, district organizer of the
Communist Party, granted the floor
by unanimous vote of the confer
ence, exposed the maneuvers of the
New Jersey politicians, and called
upon the workers to strike until the
demands were granted in full. She
pointed out that red scare" would
probably be raised, but that the
Communists were already in the
fight and would fight shoulder to
shoulder with all the workers,
pledging the support of the Com
munist Party of New Jersey to help
win the strike.
The seven demands put forward
by the initiators of the conference
call-the Unemployment Council of
Newark, the Relief Workers Pro-
tective Association of Elizabeth,
and the Social Labor Club of Eliza
beth-were accepted, the delegates
from the other parts Of the state
adding five demands which COM
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-29

by individuals and organizations on
the Consulate.
A Free Thaelmann committee was
elected last week by conference
called by the Communist Party, re-
sulting in a fierce intensification of
the campaign here. Five thousand
Free Thaelmann" postcards are
being distributed for mailing to
Hitler.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-29
Mayor Uses
Helps in the
Two oQDaign
Bridgeport o-~e
Says S. P. May, ''''''
Held Up Pay can
BULLETIN

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. June -
A jury of retired business men.
farmers and lawyers today, on
evidence Of police and Socialist
Mayor McLeyy, declared Kreigez
and Sparrow guilty. Fines and
costs of 90 dollars fixed on's.1eure,
and 80 dollars on sparro.lloa 94s. -
worked out at one dollar ! litera-
tore was
BRIDGEPORT, Conn, j
Kibbe Liskoskey Selectma fairly
McLevy administration, elect Bos-
the Socialist Party ticket, took My
stand today as a witness for Sly
Kreiger, unemployed leader on tlf-
for leading a relief workers demQe
stration, and showed that the Sic
cialist administration had confirm,
ally put of the snow shoyelers se
the payment Of their wages. Ii
koskey stated how the Socialist az,
ministration had repeatedly denied
the snow shovelers their pay for
two weeks while graft and duplica-
ton was rife.
Workers called by Attorney KurH<
of the International Labor Defend
told graphic stories OF police brit
tally and repeated delays in paso
ing for work done.
Newspapers carried notices the
men would be paid on March ID
When workers applied at the AFT
mory they were turned away.
On March they again came to
the armory in response to signs
posted. They elected committee
Of twelve and marched on City
Hall. The City Hall doors were
locked for two hours while they
waited for McLevy, who was four
blocks away.
The witnesses told howpaf5eMdes-
nouncing Kreiger as a Comnltv ist
who never worked a day in his life.
McLevy said in substance he did
not know when they would be paid.
r-''N r'0-N hoo'yed and refused to
leave. McLevy then ordered the po-
lice to attack.
In a masterful summary Kuntz
showed how workers, hungry, had
worked in zero weather for a few
dollars which were denied and even
to this day have not been paid in
many cases. If there has been
criminal act performed he said it
lies at Mayor McLevy's feet.
Police, he continued. have called
these workers a mob, yet there
r'"G no violence done except by po-
lice, who have gleefully said they
-iccner5 and that not
c- violence had been done.
-'7~ the iurv Judge Gar
lick introduced the charge "loiter-
.--- .Ijs-ll1vous persons as
being guilty of breach of peace"
Since the police and the Socialist
administration are on trial, the
judge charged the jury not to con-
slider "extraneous issues, but to
judge solely on merits ai4d de-
merits" Of the case.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-29
Negro Tenants in
Bronx Court Today

NEW YORK.-Two of the IA
Negro families ordered evicted
from 1636-40 University Ave, by
negotiating Bronx property own
ers, have been summoned to ap-
pear today in Bronx Court, 161st
ST., and Brook Ave, by Jacob
Cohen, owner of the two build
ings.
The tenants are demanding a
jury trial, and will be represented
by Edward Kuntz, International
Labor Defense attorney, and An
drews for the N. A. A. C. P.
An anti-segregation conference
has been called for July 81 at AM
bassador Hall by the Bronx Pro-
visional Committee Against Racial
Discrimination.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-29
Other Locals Support
Bill AS Sentiment
for 1t Grows

NEW YORK.-A widening of the
campaign for the Workers Unem-
ployment and Social Insurance Bill,
as more unions affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor and
other organizations endorsed the
bill, is reported by the A. F. of l..
Rank and File Committee for IN
employment Insurance and Relief,
headed by Louis Weinstock.
The Goth Annual Convention of
the New Jersey State Council Of
Carpenters, held in Asbury Park
June Is and Is, representing about
1000 workers, have endorsed the
Workers Unemployment Insurance
Bill and adopted resolutions against
injunctionS in labor disputes and
for the prevailing union scale OF
wages for all skilled workers on the
relief projects.
Another resolution calling for a
low initiation fee, for the purpose
Of organizing the unorganized car
penters. was bitterly opposed and
defeated by the reactlonary group.
Bakers Support Bill
Locals 10 and 507 of the Bakery
and Confectionery Workers Inter-
national Union have endorsed the
Workers Unemployment and Social
Insurance Bill. Other local unions
endorsing the bill include:
Upholsterers' International Union
No. n, Philadelphia; Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen, Local 19l,
Milwaukee; Brotherhood Of Railway
Carmen, Local 235, Milwaukee;
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers, Division 405. Milwaukee.
The Milk Conference of Con-
sumers and Farmers, held Saturday
in Philadelphia, also endorsed the
bill
The Brotherhood of Maintenance
and Ways, No. 1077, also endorsed
the Workers Unemployment and
Social Insurance Bill at its last
meeting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-29

ing an exposure of the fact that the
Detroit police department was aid
ing the barbarous Hitler terror,
Judge Edward Jeffries today threw
out of court the charges of disturb
ing the peace against seven mem
bers of the John Reed Club who
were arrested Saturday for picket
ing the German Consulate and de-
handing the release of Ernst Thael-
mann
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-29
1000 Carpenters
In NJ. Back Workers
.JObless Insurance Bill

man Dow Harter, informing him of
the action.
Endorsed by Philadelphia
Carmen
PHILADELPHIA, June 2s.-Lib-
erty Bell Lodge No. 815 of the
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen en-
dorsed the Workers Unemployment
and Social Insurance Bill by a
unanimous vote.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-29
FOR UNEMPLOYED DEFENSE

NEW YORK.-The casts of Men
in White" and "Steyedore" will give
a party and midnight revue Satur-
day at $3.50 pm. at the Irving Plaza,
Irving Place and 18th st., for the
defense of workers and artists ar
rested in the G. w. A. and unem-
ployed demonstration May rs. Ad-
mission is 40 cents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-29
Protests Pouring in On
Baltimore Nazi Consulate

BALTIMORE, June 28.-Balti-
more workers and other anti-faS-
cists have been picketing the local
Nazi Consulate since last Friday.
Delegations demanding the freedom
OF Thaelmann are visiting the Con-
sulate daily, while telephone calls
are being made throughout the day
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-29
j. Kasper, Veteran Communist,
Is Dead Of tuberculosis in N. Y.

figure in the Armenian language
societyti the HOG, and beloved
leader Of 10000 Newark, N. j.,
workers whom he led in militant
demonstration against intolerable
living conditions.
Comrade Kasper was born in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-29
"Free Thaelmann" Parade
In Astoria, L. l. Tonight

ASTORIA, L. Tonight, Fri
day, local workers and anti-fascists
will hold a Free Thaelmann pa
rade and demonstration, starting at
7:30 from Jamaica and Steinway
AYES.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-29

Participating organizations in
clude the American League Against
War and Fascisn, the Communist
Party, Section 10, of the Interna-
tional Labor Defense, and the Ma
tional Student League.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-29
Veterans to Visit
Thaelmann and Graef

PARIS, June 28.-World- wide ar
rangements are now being made for
an international delegation of ex-
servicemen to visit Germany and see
Ernst Thaelmann and Hugo Graef,
president of the International AS
ISOLATION of Former Combatants,
who is held in some unknown Nazi
dungeon.
The war veterans delegation will
leave in connection with the Inter
national Veterans Congress. which
will convene in Brussels, Belgium,
on July 10Th.
Hugo Graef, who toured the
United States in the Fall of 1882, just
before Hitler came to power in Ger
many, is known to tens of thousands
of American workers and ex-serv-
icemen. For years he represented
the Communist voters Of Thuringia
in the German Reichstag, and was
the leading spirit In the worldwide
organization Of revolutionary war
veterans. The Veterans Interla-
tional calls on all ex-servicemen's
organizations to get together for the
selection Of national representatives.
selection Of national representatives
On this Thaelmann- Graef delega-
Detroit Pickets Released
DETROIT, Mich, June 2S.-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-29
1900 Akron Machinists
Back Bill

AKRON, Ohio. June 2S.-The
Machinists Lodge. No. 203, with a
membership of about 1900, unani-
mously endorsed H. R. 1898 at a
meeting last week. The secretary
was instructed to wire Congress
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-29

thousands at these demonstration
points.
The Communist Party Building
Nucleus of 1923 West 18th Street has
issued a call for an open air demon
stration Monday noon at 38th st.
and 9th Ave.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-29
Free Thaelmann"
Meets July Second

Continued from Page y
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Detroit Pickets Released

DETROIT, Mich, June 2S-
Realizing that the police had no
legal right to arrest them and fear