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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-08
Labor Rouses the Waterfront
Il. THE MARINE WORKERS GAIN CONTROL OF RELIEF

and out the men would walk in
protest. Scratch House News" re-
ported: The new Federal Relief
as administered by the Y. NJ. c. A.
is little better than the old, except
for some Of the beds. The chow
is still garbage"
The Anchorage's Christmas Din
new was strictly invitational," and
was attended by dear religious
and social workers from uptown"
while zone old man over IS years
of age, who has sailed before the
mast and on steamships all. his
life, was turned away hungry by
the Holy Racketeers."
At last the seamen's leaders
were summoned by Greenstein to
prove their charges. They pro-
duced letters to show how one was
forced to pawn his watch to pay
room rent to the Anchorage, and
to show shipowners expressed
gratitude to the Anchorage for
securing crews. They gave evil
dence of forced labor and of nu-
merous arrests in the Anchorage.
Finally, donations from shipown-
ers identified them with the An
chorage, and this, the seamen
argued, was sufficient to convince
them that their own interests were
opposed A few days later the
Seamen decided to send a delega-
ton to Washington to demand
seamen's control, and to strike on
the job at the same time While
the Committee laid their demands
before Morris Lewis. Federal di-
rector of transient relief, the sea-
men refused to work. They as
sembled in the old Anchorage and
waited. Lewis agreed to investi-
gate personally. He came to Bal
timore and discussed everything
with officials here and the sea-
men, and agreed that a seamen's
subcommittee should function
with LAY advisory committee"
Federal officials now say they
don't know how the sub-commit-
tee came into control of the prof.
ect-but the seamen know.
Hardin and the subcommittee
we're supposed to function to-
gether, but as soon as we began
we found out he wanted us to
be a buffer between him and the
mems grievances. Besides, the
lay advisory committee didn't
function; the doctors and lawyers
on it came to one meeting and
got so tired of listening to our
demands that they told us to take
them up direct. We went to Hardin
and told him, Either we take over,
or there'll be another strike and
we went to Greenstein's office
with the same story. They said
they would consider When we
got back to the waterfront, they
telephoned that Hardin was out
and we we're temporarily in
charge"
Tomorrow: Before and After
Workers COntrol)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-08

seamen in this port had to choose
between gospel missions and Y. M,
G. A. Anchorage" in all of which
the avowed rule was Cash custom
ers first" There was no public re-
lief. Many of them lived on credit,
or bummed meals and slept in box
cars.
Against all this Scratch House
News and the unions port bulletin
and leaflets kept up bawage,
and last August a leaflet
heralded, Strike THE first strike
for higher wages since 1929" The
s. S. Diamond Cement was tied up.
The whole crew struck for $40 in
crease. Police went aboard and ar
rested four and put the rest on
shore. Longshoremen dropped their
hooks in sympathy. A picket line
formed, and unemployed seamen
massed in it. Late at night the
ship was tossed out into the stream.
There she lay for four days. She
was towed to Philadelphia, then,
with skeleton crew Of professional
scabs, bribed with increased wages.
The effect of this was immediate.
Both employed and unemployed be-
gan to come into the union and the
Unemployed Council. Strikes be-
came epidemic; Munson crews
struck as regularly as they hit Bal
timore.
By fall the Unemployed Council
was rallying small demonstrations
outside the Anchorage to raise de-
mands for an end to conditions re-
ported by "Scratch-House News"
The paper specified enormous sums
collected by welfare agencies from
owning class patrons including
ship owners, and told how these
were required by the charity
agency's keeping down relief stand
ards to discourage striking. 1t con-
centrated upon the acts of P. T.
Spare Parts" (Superhuous) Hardin,
relief director of the Anchorage, and
of Frank, nicknamed Warden"
Mitchell, secretary of the Anchor
age, and ex-prison chaplain. Finally
the Unemployed Council challenged
Mitchell and Hardin to appear at
an open street meeting to explain
their use Of funds in the Anchor
age. They didn't come. The seamen
elected a committee to go inside to
see the officials. Police, regularly sta
toned there, we're increased in
number, but the committee went
through and those inside massed
around them. Mitchell heard the
case and denounced his accusers.
The committee invited all present
to a meeting at their headquarters.
More than 100 responded, and there
began a mass campaign against the
Y.MC.A. and all its works. Seamen
inside and outside the Anchorage
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-08

as it may seem. when it is remem-
bered what we too often forget)
that the veterans themselves con-
stitute at least 10 per cent of the
total electorate, and with their fam
lilies make up at least 20 to 30 per
cent OF the whole voting popula-
ton.
The veterans movement. it is OBJ
vious. is of tremendous scope, reach
ing deep, into the most varied sec
tions of the working class popula-
ton. To neglect this phase of the
struggle of the American masses
against the Wall Street dictatorship
and its policies would be to make a
serious political mistake.
Already in its resolution in
September. 1892, on the Bonus
March to Washington, the Central
Committee warned the Party
against the general underestima-
ton of the significance of the
fight of the veterans for the
bonus. -
This warming still is necessary.
Due to this general underestimation
of the veterans movement, we
missed a rich opportunity to lead
the fight at the opening of the pres
ent session of Congress.
We must not ignore the inn
mense fighting sentiment that is
smouldering among the veterans.
We still have the opportunity and
the task of whipping up the vet
erans' fight to a powerful mass
movement before the present Con-
gress adjourns some time in June.
We must seize this opportunity
with energy and enthusiasm. We
can win important victories by
effective, immediate action.
The immediate opportunity is
given by the tasks placed before us
by the coming veterans convention,
which will take place in Washington
on May 10. Already hundreds Of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-08
Vote to Strike at
|. |. Shoe Factory
Mass Picket Garside
Plant Today

LONG ISLAND CITY. - Workers
of the Garside Shoe Factory voted
to strike today under the leadership
of the United Shoe and Leather
Workers Union.
The strike will begin with mass
picket demonstration in front of the
plant, at 37-O6 Thirty-sixth St., at
o'clock this morning.
The Boot and Shoe Union leaders.
who are utilizing the organization as
strike-breaking apparatus, tried to
force the workers to join the or
ganization. Upon the workers re-
fusal to join. they were threatened
with dismissal by the bosses.
In the presence of the bosses the
militant workers in the shop ex-
posed the leaders of the Boot and
Shoe as strike-breakers and racket
GERS. Following this the workers
voted to go out on strike under the
leadership of the United Shoe and
Leather Workers Union. They are
demanding recognition of the union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-08

were united for the first time They
began to watch the officials closely,
and to report to Scratch House
News
Just before Thanksgiving, one of
them discovered that a supply of
chickens had been secured for the
Anchorage another reported he
saw Mitchell take three Of them
from the restaurant where they
were being dressed to his car.
"Scratch-House News" put out an
extra. The banner headline; Hardin
Common Chicken Theft
have not seen the paper, but I
believe the seamen's statement that
John Doe warrant was issued for
THE Editor of the Scratch House
News He was never identified, for
in fact he was 9 collective editor
the mass of seamen on the water
front.
The waterfront was in an uproar
Mitchell couldn't walk the street
without being surrounded by sea-
men who stood and stared at him
He gave q statement to a local news
paper, telling how Old man Winter
is no longer bugaboo to seamen
on the waterfront" The Unemploy-
ment Council called a mass meet
ing and read the story there. They
elected a committee to see the city
editor of the newspaper and say
/ Print the seamen's side of this
story or we will print 10000 leaflets
exposing you" The editor printed
| their story.
The federal government mean
while had responded to the nation
wide demand for fulfllment of the
Roosevelt campaign promise of UNI
employment relief by setting up a
transient relief agency. 1t classified
seamen as transients. Its funds were
administered by the states. The
Maryland Emergency Relief Com
mission chose to use its share of
federal funds to buy food and shell
ter for seamen from the same Y. M
C. A. Anchorage; Harry Greenstein,
state relief administrator, was a
professional social service expert
closely associated with them for
years. He rented the Anchorage s
annex. named it the Seamen's Re
lief Project. and placed it in charge
of the same "Spare-Parts" Hardin
The waterfront rang with a
slogan: "Seamen's Control of Re-
lief!"
They raised this cry at count
less street meetings. They sent
committees with it to the Mayor
of Baltimore, the offices of the
Baltimore Emergency Relief Com
missions offices. They organized
inside the Seamen's Project. At
meals their leaders would stand
and point out such conditions as
the lack of butter on the tables
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-08
Sentence Leaders
OF MINI. c. WA.
Demonstration
United Front MAY 18th
Demonstration to
Demand Release

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, May L.
Eighteen Of the 80 workers who we're
on trial for their part in the April
9Th demonstration of C.W.A. work
ers. which was broken up by the
police only after a heroic defense
by the 10000 workers, were given
sentences Friday by Judge White.
Fifteen were adjudged not guilty
Two workers, Arthur Hazelton and
George Payne, who were charged
with throwing rocks" we're given
the severest sentences of 80 and 10
days respectively. Sam K. Daviss,
district secretary of the Interna-
tional Labor Defense, received a So
day sentence. Arvo Halberg, dis
trict organizer of the Young Com
munist League, and Leo Tuuri and
James Bartlett, two other leading
members of the Young Communist
League, received IS days each.
Greenberg, Kiley, Brotman, Stubs,
Smedburg, Stevens, Hetry, and King
were each sentenced to 10 days each.
All of the sentences are for the
workhouse.
The International Labor Defense
won a ten-day stay of sentence
until May 14th. and will move for
a new trial. All workers organiza-
tons are urged to Immediately send
protests to Municipal Judge Clyde
r. White, Court House, Minneapolis.
A demonstration under the aus
pieces of the International Labor
Defense, United Relief Workers As
ISOLATION. and Unemployed Council
is being called at Block 20. for 2:3o
pm, on Sunday, May 18th.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-08
Call for Solidarity With
May 10 National
Convention
BY MILTON HOWARD

THERE has recently been al
together too much neglect
by the Party of the veterans
movement for the adoption of
the "Three-Point Program
which includes the fight for
the so-called bonus.
Particularly at this time, with
Congress still in session, the fight
for the passage of the rank and file
veterans program becomes one of
the vital links for placing the Party
before a large and important sec
ton of the masses as the best de-
fender of their daily, immediate
needs.
The significance of the fact
that the first major political de-
feat of the Roosevelt government
took place precisely on the ques-
ton of the veterans compensa-
ton must not be overlooked. The
pCsCus OuHsIcSo, as ldithlu w
the interests of Wall Street as any
that has preceded it. nevertheless
cannot now dare to ignore the
powerful. insistent feeling of the
rank and file veterans fighting for
the repeal of the Economy Act"
and the restoration of the mill
ions of dollars of lost compensa-
ton and Republication pay
ments.
And so powerful is the present
mass resentment of the veterans
that even the veto of Roosevelt
was swept aside by il.
This is not altogether as strange
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-08
National Textile
Union Calls For
Fight On LayOffs
For $500 Minimum;
With 30-HOur Week.
Says Burlak

PROVIDENCE, R. /, May T.
The National Textile Workers
Union condemned the shut down
of nine hundred silk mills. laying
off 10000 silk workers for a. week,
proposed by the MIRA. silk code
authority, in statement Just is
sued.
The statement of the N.T.W.U.,
signed by Ann Burlak, secretary,
follows in full:
THE National Textile Workers
Union condemns the proposed shut
down of the silk mills as a prep
sration for further attacks upon
the living standards Of the silk
workers. The employers will utilize
this shutdown as a means to en-
forc9 further wage reductions,
speed-up and more machine load
upon the silk workers.
The proposal of MacMahon
U,TW. head, for a 80 hour week
and 10 per cent increase is moth
ing more than a proposal for 2
further wage reduction to the work
ers. A weaver who is making sis
for 40-hour week, will make only
SLABS if the proposal Of McMahor
we're TO go thru The National Tex.
tile Workers Union takes a definite
stand against any wage-cuts
whether they are direct or indirect
we are preparing to fight any
attempt Of the employers to cut
wages of the already low-paid
silk textile workers. We favor 80
hour week only If accompanied
by a no-wage- clause.
IF the NR.A. officials and the
silk employers put thru lay-of1
during the week of May It'll, the
National Textile Workers Onion is
preparing to organize mass demon
STATIONS of silk workers for "fuIl
wages from the employers or relief
from the government" for the week
of unemployment. Silk workers arc
already living on hand to mouth
basis, and cannot afford to lose a
whole weeks wages. Our union fur
ther intends to raise the demands
we raised at the beginning Of the
national silk strike,
mo less than s25 week for silk
weaVers.
Proportional increases to al
other crafts.
AT least 80 hours work per week
and 40 weeks per year.
mo more than to q looms per
weaver.
Unemployment Insurance Bill
(H.R. 1882"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-08
Must Press Fight in
Congress for Vet
Relief

the coming Convention on May 10
those vets who are Communist
Party members must give special
attention to this problem, for
without this organizational con-
solidation the gains of the mass
actions, the marches, etc, will be
largely dissipated.
Other of the conventions tasks
will be discussed later
The veterans are an important
section of the revolutionary move
ment. They ruling class consciously
seeks to breed Fascist groups from
their ranks. The vets are among
the best fighters against the Roose-
welt Wall Street New Deal" and
are more and more joining the
working class fight for a real pro-
gram of Unemployment Insurance
and relief. We must put an END
to our neglect Of their fight!
In accordance with the state
ment of the Central Committee
lSSHGu gtSbCIUdNs du bt1hbttAdSF
task for the Party, and all the
mass organizations is to send res
olutions to Roosevelt, and Con-
gress demanding the passage of
the vets Three Point Program"
demanding that the Veterans Con-
vention on May 10 and all the
preparations now going on at
Washington be unhindered by the
government officials, and that di-
rect aid be given to the veterans
now in Washington TO go forward
with their Convention.
Clasp hands with the veterans
We are fellow fighters against the
Roosevelt-wan Street robbery sys-
tenn.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-08
LOO Quito Strike
At Stove Factory
Led By Steel and Metal
Workers Union

MASPETH N. Y.-Over 3 hun
dred workers of the Wellbilt Stove
Co., 57-46 Flushing Ave, are strik-
ing under the leadership of the
Steel and Metal Workers Industrial
Union. The workers are demand
ing 47la hours pay for 40 hours
work. division of work in the slow
period, recognition of the shop COM
mittee and stopping of the speed-up.
Police are trying to interfere with
the picketing by chasing the work
ers blocks away from the factory.
The strikers, nevertheless, are keep
ing close watch on the factory.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-08

posed the cOndl
tions undo
which the strik
was 10 end. H
said the bose
a agreed to a Z pe
c MT increase
Inasnuch as tif
sv era z 2 wagt
was less than 81
q W e k thtl
m g a MS an in.
crease for each
worker Of less
t han 10 cents
within four days
the workers are
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-08

81 puv sssIIesI 6IslnIosos 5uTsq ]
ton, without guidance, de
serted by their leaders. A
who incurred the wrath of tn
company because of thei
activity in the strike ar
blacklisted, with the approval c
Frank ]. Manning, socialist leade
Of the strike, and the socialist law
yer, Herbert Syme, who. from tn
beginning kept from the workers tn
facts Of their maneuvering with tn
bosses.
All Active Strikers Out
At the mass meeting Of striker
on the evening Of May 3. Svrne pro
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-08
Laundry Workers Win
Demands After Being
On Strike Two Weeks

NEW YORK. two weeks
strike, led by the Laundry Work.
ers Industrial Union, the Univer-
sal Shirt Laundry Co. 312 E. 95th
st.. signed contract with the
union.
Through the settlement. which
went into effect yesterday the
workers won shorter hours (the As
hour week., wage increases and
union recognition.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-08

vets from all parts of the country
have reached Washington and have
appeared in committee before
Roosevelt's private secretary. At
this moment hundreds Of vet dele
gates are on their way to the con-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-08


The convention will get down IN
the achieving of the following
program:
First. the passage by Congress
of the three point" program,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-08
Campbell Workers
Are Blacklisted As
Soup Strike Ends
Manning Agreed to Discrimination Agains
Active Strikers; Vote on Co. Union;
Locked Office and Deserted
Bv H. NJ. WICKS

PHILADELPHIA, May THE strike of the Gamer
workers of the Campbell Soup Company brought to
end MAY by of the most infamous betrsyss in
the history Of sOciafascs treachery the United State
On May most of the strikers went back without organic
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-08
Hatha,Oay's Article
On Farmers VIII Be
in TOmOrrOtO's Daily

The publication of the prom
ised article on the Farmers
Emergency Relief Bill by Com
rade c. A. Hathaway has been
unavoidably delayed for a day.
It will appear without fail in
tomoTow's paper. Watch for it!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-08
Buffalo Aircraft
Strikers Not Afraid
OfBOsses Red Scare
For Fighting United Front to Win the Strike;
Communists Are Most Active Strikers
Workers Point Out
By LIN WEST

BUFFALO, N. Y.-Completely rejecting the proposals
of the Buffalo Regional Labor Board to back to work
and mediate their strike 1900 aircraft workers gath
erng their forces for larger picket lines and greater
support determined effort to win their strike
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-08
30 Killings Laid to
Profitable Racket in
the Quaker City

PHILADELPHIA, May 6.-Police
attributed thirty murders in the
last year and half to the numbers
racket" which has Melted upward
of 100000 for its operators.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-08

Chicago T.U.UL. Changes Address
CHICAGO, Ill.-The Trade Union
Unity League has moved to 1908
West Madison Street, Room 4. All
workers should take note Of the new
address.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-08

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Evening star., 1934-05-30
JAMESTOWN ISLAND
i, TITLE is ACQUIRED
Government Adds $165 900 Prop
erty to Historic Spots-20
Acres Not Included.

BY acquiring title to all of James,
town Island, except 20 acres, the In
terror Department has taken another
important step in the development
and preservation of historic spots in
Virginia
The 20 acres on the island not
transferred to the Government are
owned by the Association for the
Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
and include the foundations of the
early church Of the jamestown COL
ony and the State house.
The work of the association in
protecting these ruins said a state
ment issued by the Interior Depart
ment. lis deserving of the highest
praise from all interested in the pres
ervation of our great national
shrineS"
The land transferred to the Gov
eminent cost S165,000, paid into the
United States Court for Eastern Vir-
ginia at Norfolk. The jamestown Is
land property acquired through con-
demnation, was owned by Mrs. Louise
j. Barney
Few places in America have more
historic interest than the cradle" of
the Nation at jamestown, for there
English civilization began with the
establishment of the first permanent
English colony on May 13, 1907. For
nearly a century jamestown served
as the capital of Virginia. The growth
Of the colony, however, had left it far
behind and in 1899 Williamsburg.
miles to the northeast, became the
capital of Virginia, and jamestown
had lost its economic and political
importance.
Evening star., 1934-05-30
LIGHTING OF MALL
PLANS APPROVED.
Arts Commission Action Fol-
lows Submission of Pro-
gram by Finnan.

The Fine Arts Commission has ap-
proved plans for lighting the Mall, the
action following submission of a pro-
gram by C. Marshall Finnan, superin-
tendent of the National Capital
Parks, who described his conferences
with the General Electric Co., whose
engineers drew up designs.
The lighting will be from Third to
Fourteenth street, including walks
and drives. The General Electric
Co. agreed to put in few standards
for demonstration purposes and these
the commission will inspect, prob
ably next month, after they are
set up.
Trip Over Avenue.
The commission made personal
inspection trip of Memorial avenue.
leading to the east gate OF Arlington
National Cemetery. where a Public
Works Administration allotment OF
$4,000 will permit improvements
Immediately. A sketch for the devel-
opment of Columbia Island plaza was
laid before the commission by the
park authorities.
Relocation of the statue of Prof.
Joseph Henry, directly north of the
Smithsonian Institution, at the main
entrance half way between the pres
ent highway and the proposed new
roadway. was decided upon by the
commission after a personal tour of
the grounds.
A mural painting for the Commerce
Department cafeteria. by Carl Rake
man, C. W. A. artist, who depicted
food products typical of various parts
of the Nation, was inspected by the
commission at the Corcoran Art Gal
lery.
The National Park Service suggest
ed a landscape plan for the Cuban
urn in Potomac Park, at the rose
garden. and the commission was SYM
pathetic with this program.
GibauIt Statue Model.
A model for the statue of the
French priest, Gibault, presented by
Albin Polasek, Chicago sculptor, for
the George Rogers Clark Memorial
at Vincennes, Ind, received commits
sion approval.
Representative McFarlane, Demo-
crat, of Texas. submitted a sketch
model for the memorial coin, designed
by Pompeo Luigi Coppini, New York
City sculptor. This the commission
referred to its sculptor member, Lee
Lawrie for advice. This design will
be for the United States 50-cent
piece, authorized by Congress to COM
memorate the Tooth anniversary in
1886 of the independence of Texas
and of the noble and heroic sacrifices
of her pioneers, whose memory has
been an inspiration to her sons and
daughters during the past century"