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The Washington times., 1934-05-14

Mr.. Rainey referred him to
Representative Lindsay War
rem, chairman of the House
Accounts Committee, and left
the room somewhat ruffled,
while the office force giggled.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-10
Start Discussion Tasks Confronting 8h Convention of Part

TODAY publish the first series of articles in the pre-
L convention discussion of the Communist Party.
Every enlarge
the light
0 the problems facing
The the every member
full discussion every particularly
connection with the Party
the Letter.
We invite participate Party
members questions concerning confronting
Party.
Daily urges Party members involved in con-
centraion the industries railway chemical
textile to participate the
This discussion should columns
the Daily Worker These articles stimulus for the
widest and most thorough discussion n he units
On this basis of this discussion propose comrades
write in to the Daily Worker
Only the Party membership throws itself
thorough examination the important problems
ton Of best discussion to he
columns of the Daily Worker will important
tons confronting revolutionary help give the
correct and directions for the Party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-10
Main Link Is Execution Of the
Correct Policy

Every Party member must understand that
it depends policy and above ALL the execution
of the correct policy whether will be able to mobilize
the masses Of workers for struggle and whether
Party in this historically favorable situation will
become the decisive mass Party of the American pro-
etariat or whether the bourgeose with the help of its
socal-fascst and fascist agents will succeed in dsor
ganizng the movement and keep it down. Never
before the situation in the country favorable for
the development of the Communist Party into real
revolutionary mass Party But from this it follows also
that failure of the Party to understand its chief task
namely to become rooted in the decisive Industrial
tiers the important big factoresnever before repre-
sented such great danger for the fulfilment Of
revolutionary tasks whole.
FROM THE OPEN LETTER
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-10

the 18th meeting of the Central Com
zee Of our Party, said: How are
We to build the stronghold of the
Party in the shops if, in the first
place, we ignore and neglect shop
papers? 80. We must insist that
shop papers become an important
point on the order of business in
every section and in every district
as well as in the central Office Of the
Party. And to the degree to which we
recover our line on this weak sector
OF the front, and begin to really es-
tablish q battery of shop papers
worthy Of the name, we can begin to
perform this tremendous task we have
set ourselves of establishing the Party
jtrongholds in the shops.
Mote; The controversial question
OF union papers was not dealt with
in this article, for it will be handled
specifically on the basis of concrete
material In the ensuing articlel
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-10

conclusion of the 18th Plenum
ltion puts every Party member
specific obligations when it
aTl7e PIenum of the E.C.CI.
al sections of the Communist
The Washington times., 1934-11-26
RENTAL HUNTING
tOith
Barbara Holmes
Utb

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The Washington times., 1934-11-26

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The Washington times., 1934-11-26

Due to the great number OF
re0uests for Barbara Holmes
SeTDtce, ALL INQUIRIES MUST
BE MADE BY mail or a personal
piSit. Please DO NOT make
re0uestS bv telephone.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-24
Delegates of Illinois Unemployed Unite Fight Hunger
Profits Of Big Transit Lines
Show Rise During Crisis Years

During the ten year period end
ing June 80, 1882, the transit COM
psnies Of New York City-the very
companies now shouting for in
creased fares-made profit amount
ing to a total of $456, 1895 OBS. CThe
word profit" as used here includes
all amounts available for the cap
italist Glass; OF this amount they
paid out in the form Of interest
on bonds, dividends and the like,
the sum of $456, 1872, 462. This was
an average payment of more than
$45, 100000 a year by the Inter
borough Rapid ansit, the
Brooklyn Manhattan Transit Cor
poration and the, other concerns
covered
During this same period, the
total payroll of the companies for
all classes of workers amounted to
only 1863 ,95T 500. In other words,
for every 81 paid out in payrolls for
work done by the employees, nearly
Toe was paid out to the exploiterS
who live off the backs Of the tran
sit workers.
These are the findings of Kali
nun Hecht, accountant, who has
frequently aided the Labor Re-
search Association, which issues
these figures in its current Eco
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-24
Hold Three
Des MOines
Relief Men
rim in al Syndicalism
Charges Placed Against
Relief Strikers

DIES MONIES, Iowa, July 3d.
The Polk County Grand Jury on
July 10 returned indictments on
charges of criminal syndicalism
against Ira Meade, recently workers
candidate for Mayor; James Porter,
Communist Party organization sec
rotary, and John Nordquist, mem
Der of the rank and file strike COM
mittee which is leading the strike
of 1000 relief workers here.
Bond for the three jailed work
ers has been set at 5000 each. The
International Labor Defense and
the Strikers Defense Committee
asks all workers to rush protests
against the arrest and indictments
of these workers and protests de-
handing the repeal of the criminal
Syndicalism law to District Court
Judge Ladd and Governor Herring
at Des Moines.
The strike of the relief workers
still continues solid around the de-
mands for a 24-hour week at min
imum rates of SIS cents an hour and
support of the Workers Unemploy-
ment Insurance Bill. The local press
is conducting a concerted drive with
the relief and city officials in an
attempt to smash the strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-24

(Contlnned from Page /
the leadership of the Communist
Party than it is in denouncing the
murderous terror of the California
capitalist class. Sinclair distorts
the Communist position, which ex-
poses the hollowness of capitalist
democracy with its pretenses of
free speech, free press and free as
semblage, to make it appear that
Communists are against these
rights, especially for the working
class.
AS against the action of the hun
dredS of thousands of workers who
are in death grip with the pow
erful capitalist class of California.
Sinclair demands that the workers
rely on the shibboleths of bour-
geois reformists and place their
faith in the primaries, initiative,
referendum and recall' which is
one of the principal planks in his
demagogic campaign for Governor
of California on the Democratic
ticket.
In the face of the murder of
pickets by the armed forces of the
Wall Street government, Sinclair
iustifies the San Francisco Indus
trial Association by charging that
the Communists give impulse to
Fascism. This is precisely the
argument that Paul Loebe, who
since went over to the fascists,
German Social-Democratic leader,
gave the Communist Party of Ger
many in January, 1888, when the
C. P. called for a general strike
against Hitler. 1t is a general for
mula that justifies submission to
fascist terror, and is based on the
social-democratic conception that
class conflict is something stirred
up" by the Communists, instead OF
being the basic fact of capitalist
society
Sinclair concludes with trum-
pet-blast for chauviniSin which
might have been made by leader
of the California Vigilantes.
American conditions require
American thinking and American
methods of action"
In its entirety Sinclair's telegram
contains no word of denunciation
of the California ruling class which
is organizing terrorism against the
strikers and the Communist Party,
its sole purpose being to buttress
the Communist drive from the
left"
This statement by Sinclair, which
contains an implicit endorsement
of the anti-union campaign of the
California bosses, is the clearest
expose Of Sinclair's Epic Plan" by
which he promises to free the
workers of California from the ex-
ploitation of the capitalist en-
ployers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-24
Socialist Mayor Moves
To Dust Socialist Who
Acts in United Fronts

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, July %.
-Kieve Liskofsky, Socialist Sc
lectman who has often partici-
pated actively in united front
actions with Communists and
other groups, may be expelled
from the Socialist Party by
Mayor Jasper McLevy and his
reaetionary clique.
The specific charge against
Liskofsky is that he spoke on
Communist platform" on Ma
tional Youth Day when many or
CARNATIONS of various shades Of
political opinion paraded through
the town.
Expulsion proceedings will be
brought up at general mem
bership meeting of the Socialist
Party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-24
Vets Refuse
To Scab in
Coast Strike
Legion Posts P a S S
Resolutions for
Strike Aid

NEW YORK.-Several American
Legion Posts in oregon have passed
resolutions declaring their support
of the marine strikers and their re-
fusal to be used as strikebreakers,
Dawn Loyelace, organizer of vets,
reported today in letter to the
Daily Worker.
Posts of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars and Disabled American Vet
Grams, have passed similar resolu-
tions, the report states.
THE Ch m er of Commerce
here" according to the report, has
forme d Citizens Emergency
League headed by big shots Their
applications handed out to veteran5
contain such petty questions as Do
you own firearms? Have you had
experience with gas bombs?'
1T is significant, in this connec-
ton, that two Legion posts Post
No. l, reputed to be the largest in
the world, and Rose City POST have
passed resolutions against the Emer-
gency League. One V. F. w. Post
has done the same. 1t is alleged
that the Chamber of Commerce
gave the League $4,000 at the
start.
ALSO the American Legion, " F.
w. or D. A. V. have not been act
ing as strikebreakers in Portland.
One sees, listed among the special
police, a few veterans mostly the
kind that you just knew would
make good thugs. But Legion Posts
have passed resolutions strictly
stating that they will not be used
as strikebreakers. And when the
Red Cross was being used to hire
special police, as well as dispense
veteran relief, a w. E. S. L. COM
mittee tore the sign down and made
them promise to quit.
"One V. F. w. Post that we know
of has elected delegates to the Con-
ference Against War and Fascism |!
There are probably other veteran
organizations taking like action"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-24
Farmer Gets 2 Cents,
Consumer Pays Zoe -
Who Gets Difference?

NEW Cherries on the
streets of New York cost Is to 20
cents a pound.
A farmer from Gasport, New
York, writes the Daily Worker as
follows:
Organized bankers buying cher
ries here at IL to 2Ia cents
pound. Unorganized cherry grow
ers are forced to sell for whatever
the boss offers them.
my 11-year-old girl is forced to
pick cherries on piece-work, earn
ing go cents for nine hours work
a day, three dollars week. (Three
big Blue EaglesD
A strike of cherry growers de-
handing a minimum of to 3
cents a pound for the LILO tons
now waiting to be picked was
threatened today by the growers.
The Gamers offer to pay about /
cent a pound.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-24
Order Relief Slash
AS Colo. Lists Soar
To Deny All Relief to
Beet Field Workers

DENVER, Colo.-One fifth Of the
total population of Colorado is on
the state relief rolls, according to
the recent announcement of c. D.
Shaver, state relief administrator.
In the past six month period the
relief lists have more than doubled
from 96,777 on January l, to
208,364 on July l.
Raising the cry "chiselers," relief
administrator Shaver has started
a campaign of slashing workers off
the relief lists, and, acting under
the order of federal relief admins
traitor Hopkins, has declared that
all workers normally employed on
the beet sugar plantations will be
denied all relief.
Part of the difficulty" Shaver
declared, sis due to the fact that
the present program is misunder-
stood. Our objective is not to pro-
vide jobs for the unemployed. but
to provide relief to the needy
Federal relief administrator Hon.
kins sent word that beet field
workers were to be taken off the
relief rolls and kept off.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-24
On the
Strike Front
Company Uses NRA Code
TO Force Wage Reduction

PHILADELPHIA.-The American
Tobacco Company has used the
National Recovery Administration
code to lower the wages Of its
women employees from SIS and SIG
to $12.85 a week. This was revealed
by the women themselves, many Of
whom have quit because of the cut.
There is much talk of strike.
BORROW Brothers, a large tobacco
firm here, has instituted night
shift to fill the orders Of factories
closed down by the strikers in York,
Pa. Some of the workers who quit
at the American Tobacco Company
are engaged in this scsb work,
Despite the attempts Of the Roy
alist Cigar Company's bosses to
raise the red scare, the 300 strikers
continue to hold their picket lines
solidly.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-24

ORGANIZATIONS with membership OF
26,509 agreed with almost complete
unanimity on program OF JOINT
action for unemployment insurance,
relief Jobs on a 30-hour week basis
at trade union wages, and one uni
form, adequate relief budget for the
entire state.
Delegates represented the Unem-
ployment Councils, the Communist
Party, the Illinois Workers Alliance,
six locals of the Progressive Miners
Of America, four locals of the P.
III. A. Women's Auxiliary, youth
groups. and a number Of fraternal
organizations.
Plan State Hunger March
A committee of IL was elected to
take the adopted program of action
to the convention of the Illinois
Workers Alliance which will be held
this month. to force the leadership
to join in the fight or to win the
rank and file for joint action.
The program calls for united
local. county and state action, in
Guiding state hunger march on
Springfield in October. Delegations
will be sent to government officials
to get endorsement of the Workers
Unemployment Insurance Bill Oh.
R. 1899. Strikes and demonstra-
tions against the present forced
labor work relief will be carried out,
the conference voting to carry on a
struggle for a 30-hour week at
union wages with minimum rate
of so cents an hour.
The conference opened Saturday.
A tremendous ovation was given
Frank PanSiek, leader of the unem-
ployed and member of the City
Board of Taylor Springs, who was
recently released on bail from the
Hillsboro Jail where he and ten
others were held for attempts to
overthrow the government"
Only Five in 141 Dissent
Certain minor disagreements,
caused by the broad character of
the conference and the widely diff
fering opinions of the delegates,
made the Saturday session stormy
at times, but at the close of the
day, Karl Lockner, Chicago unem-
ployed leader and Communist can
didate for Congressman. made a
stirring appeal for unity and re-
stored the eomradely feeling of the
delegates.
When the subject of a program
was brought up Sunday, only five
delegates out of 141 opposed the
passage of the main program.
Without dissenting vote the dele
gates accepted the resolution to
support only working class candi-
dates in the coming elections. An
other important resolution which
found no opposition was the battle
for recognition of unemployed
workers delegations at all relief sta
tiors.
Committees were elected to carry
the plans for unity of all unem-
ployed organizations throughout the
state for the purpose of establish
ing one Illinois unemployed organ
ization.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-24

promises that they had enough
work for all Of the men in the mill,
for the whole summer,
The union organizer was arrested
distributing leaflets. Warrants have
been issued for all union officials.
In MeKeespOrt
McKEESPORT, Pat h e Ma
tional Tube Local 4O2 of the Steel
and Metal Workers Industrial
Union. in McKeesport, is carrying
through a successful campaign for
relief as a result of the activities Of
the local, after the officials of the
A. A. refused to fight for them, went
to the factory gate, with Nick Cvit-
anovich, organizer of the local. The
workers at the mill expressed their
determination to force these Off
Gals to send fraternal delegates to
the Second National Bi-Annual
Convention Of the Steel and Metal
Workers Industrial Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-24

NSOHtbtttU ~ OUt uHb L
are being held on charge OF
criminal syndicalism.
Shapiro and Berquist were ar
rested at a meeting of the Relief
Association. Berquist was Jailed
before he had spoken one word.
Immediately upon the distribu-
ton of the vicious, forged leaflet
by the fascists, the Communist
Party issued an answer proclaim
ing the leaflet a forgery, which
clearly reveals how unprincipled
and vile are these fascist racket
GERS"
The genuine Party leaflet char
acterizes the forgery as an "at-
tempt to represent the Communist
Party as composed of ignorant and
dangerously violent individuals"
and re-emphasizes the Party stand
as being opposed to all acts of
individual violence.
All workers and intellectuals, re-
CARELESS of political beliefs, are
being called upon to protest against
the rising fascist terror in San
Diego.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-24
400 Strikers on Picket Line
At Michigan Paper Mills

WATERVLIET, Mich, July %
All 400 workers at the Watervliet
Paper Mills here struck on July
16 demanding union recognition,
better working conditions, and
wage increases of seven cents an
hour. The strikers, members of a
ewly-formed American Federation
Of Labor union, have elected shop
committees and strike commit
tee of eight. Mass picketing is
going on daily, and workers from
Kalamazoo and other nearby towns
have offered to join the picket
lines.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-24
Company Files Damage Suit
To Break Drivers Strike

ROCHESTER, N. YIN a sec
ond attempt to break the strike of
its truck drivers, the Sibley, Lind
say 81 Curr Company is demand
ing $4,000 in suit for damages
filed against IL members of the
Rochester Central Trades and La
Dor Council. The IL named have
been active in the strike, which is
being waged for union recognition
and for reinstatement of workers
fired for union activity.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-24
Strikebreaker Fires Gun
At Three Hosiery Pickets

LOS ANGELES, Cal.-Three Mis-
Sion-Knit Hosiery pickets were
fired on by William Harris, strike
breaker, following recent brutal as
saults on the unarmed picket lines.
Harris was arrested by police who
were on the scene.
The picket lines have been
doubled to forestan further attacks.
Wives and husbands of the strikers
have joined the march.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-24
Fur Pointers Win Full
Victory in Shop Strike

NEW YORK.-Fur Pointers De-
partment of the Fur Workers In
dustrial Union won all the demands
of the workers in the strike against
Stern q Goldstein Of 236 w. 9th
st.
The strike was called when the
union discovered that the firm
opened new shop in Long Island
City to scab on the workers in
event of a general strike.
After eight days of militant
struggle the firm was forced to give
up the place in Long Island, to pay
4 fine to the Union and to employ
pnly workers sent by the Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-24

nomic Notes." in ferreting out the
profits of corporations.
The profit rate Gin this broad
sense) of the New York transit
companies has not fallen in recent
years, in spite of the crisis. On
the contrary, it has risen. AS Hecht
points out, during the ten-year
period the profit averaged 2e.85
cents out of every dollar paid to
the company by the passengers.
The rate in 1928 was 279 cents
in 1882 it was 30.37 cents.
At the same time the pay rate
of the highest officers of the
transit companies was going up,
from an average of 6,429 a year
in 1923, to $13,857.e6 in 1882, a
rise of 115.5 per cent. In 1923 the
average wage was S30.19 for a
for a seven-day week.
The situation may be recapitul-
ated For this ten-year period:
Gross receipts of the
companies Mum. 1880, 1859 1926
Payroll, or what went
to workers ........ $50 ,957,59s
Profits of the COM
panies ............ 1855, 1896 ,O36
Profits paid to the
capitalist class 49,. 456, 1872, 462