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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-11
National Textile Union Position
On Unity in the General Strike
by Burck

The N. T. w. u. is not giving
up any of its policies. The N. T.
I w. U. is entering in this strike for
enc set of demands, for one strike
committee, for one picket line,
but it is in the strike to fight in
the interests of the workers and
at all times to represent the in
terests of the workers
What holds true of Easton holds
true of New Bedford, the cotton
center in the North. There the N.
T. w. U. will follow out the same
policy; that of at all times repre-
senting the interests of the workers.
In Easton, the majority of the
textile workers are unorganized
Here the locals of the N.T.W.U. and
the very small locals of the U.T.W.
must unite to organize Easton 100
per cent. The National Office of
the NT.WU. welcomes the decision
of the Easton workers to form one
united front to win the strike in
EaSton.
In Patterson, where the majority
of the workers are organized today
in the ranks of the U.TW., and
only the most militant workers re-
manned in the ranks of the N.T.W.
u, the decision of the National
Board was to merge with the U.TW.
in order to unite all the workers
in Paterson.
The main task of the workers in
Paterson today is to get the dyers
to join the strike and to come out
of this strike with an agreement
for the silk and dye workers to ex-
pire at the same time. To unite
the dye workers the N.T.W,U. is
calling upon the dyers in Lodi, too,
to merge with the U.T.W. local.
Unity Essential
1t is true that the N,TW.U, has
prestige in Lodi; it is the union
that organized the last strike and
won demands for the workers, It
is true that in Lodi the workers
have no faith IN the officials of the
U.T.W., but the Lodi mill Is part
of the United Piece Dye which has
two mills in Paterson, whose work
ers belong to the U.TW. And be-
cause of this, the decision to merge
with the U.T.W. is an important
decision for unity of all the workers.
This is the greatest strike in the
history of the textile industry.
United we can win the strike. The
members of the National, or former
members of the National, U.TW.,
let no-one split this unity. Forward
on the picket lines and to a sue
cessful strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-11
BY EDITH BERKMAN
n, T. w. II. Organizer

The National Textile Workers
Union, which was born in the great
strike of 1923, today is playing very
important part in present textile
strike.
The N. T, w. U. was formed be-
cause the United Textile Workers
Union "a. F. of L. had not carried
on any struggles of the workers, or
workers in many vicinities in strikes
were betrayed by the officials of the
U. T. w. The whole program Of
the U. T. w. was to organize most
skilled crafts. They carried on no
campaign to organize the unor-
ganized.
In its four years existence the N,
T. w. U. led some of the greatest
struggles of the textile workers:
Gastonia, New Bedford, Lawrence,
Central Falls, Pawtucket, and in the
last strike of the 10000 textile silk
workers in Paterson, Rhode Island
and Pennsylvania. Tt was through
the efforts of the N. T. w. U. that
the dyers joined the last strike. 1t
was through the efforts of the N. T.
w. U. that the Arbitration Board,
through Mr.. Wagner, was forced to
state that the textile workers are
entitled to a $25 minimum. The N.
T. w. u, in the last strike, was
ready and willing to unite all the
textile workers to help win the
strike. The A. F. of L. officials were
in the way of this unity.
In the last year, the growth of
the U. T. w. has been tremendous,
especially with the promises of the
MIRA and the forcing of many
workers into the U. T. w. through
agreements. The recent U. T. W.
convention with its $50 delegates
proved most convincingly that these
workers will not stand for any SELL
out actions of the highly paid big
officials. 1t was this convention
that forced the issuance of the
strike call
Call For Unity
The National Board of the N. T..
w. U. in preparation for this gigan-
tic strike, and having the interest
of the workers in mind, decided to
issue a statement to the general
strike committee, offering to unite
all its forces and throw in all of its
organizers, to help win this strike.
The National Board also decided to
urge all locals of the N. T. w. u.
to form united front with locals of
the U. T. w. in the various 10
calities.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-11
Gormdn's Advance Notice

MIR. FRANCES J. GORMAN, head of
4h the strike committee of the United
Textile Workers, has declared that he is
in favor of arbitration providing the mills
are all closed down while the arbitration
Is going on.
With closing the mills down effectively
we Communists have no quarrel We have pointed
out the need for this day after day But what does
Mr., Germans proposal actually mean?
Just this, First you textile workers by your mass
power will close the mill gates and, then after
the machines are sienced when the employers are
compelled to deal directly with you to meet your
demands = then Mr.. German will hand over the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-11


How il this working out? In
Easton, Pa, our union, the n. T.
w. u, has elected committee
of six, the U. T. w. elected a COM
mittee Of six, this committee to
be a Strategy Committee for the
EastOn strike.
OF whom does the Committee
of six, representing the N. 7, w.
u, on this Strategy Committee,
consist? Five workers from the
mills of Easton and the organizer
of the N. I. w. u, Walter Trum-
bull.
Why did we enter this united
front? We entered this united front
in EaSton because we realized that
it was the desire of all the textile
workers in Easton not to be divided,
but united in one solid body, against
the mill bosses. We united because
the policies of the N. T. w. U. can
best be represented through united
front of all the workers and through
an elected strike committee repre-
senting each and every mill in the
strike.
Many workers ask, what assur-
ance have we that even though we
are united in the strike, the U. T.
w. officials will not sell out this
strike as they did in the past? To
this we can answer, that only by
active participation in the strike
committees, on the picket line, in
the strike meetings. of all the mem
bers of the N. T. w. u, can we win
over all the workers against any
scheming and betrayals of the Off
Gals of the U. T. w. Only through
this united effort can we improve
our conditions in the mills, in this
greatest struggle in the history of
the textile workers. It is the duty
of the N. T. w. U. members, in this
united front in Easton to guard
against any arbitration schemes and
to be prepared to win the majority
of the workers to stay on strike un-
til they win their demands.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-11
Slavic Groups Will Meet
in Los Angeles Sept. 10
on Job Insurance Bill

LOS ANGELES, Calf, Sept. TO-
All Slavic workers organizations
here are being urged to elect dele
gates to a conference on the Work
ers Unemployment Insurance Bill
which will be held Wednesday, Sept.
10, at 8 D. m, at the Polish Audi
tcrium, Avalon Boulevard and For
tieth Street.
The conference vii be a continu-
alton of the federation formed when
delegates from several Slavic or
CARNATIONS met here on Aug. %,
endorsed the workers bill.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-11
Calling US. Troops

A S preparations are being made by the
rAemployers to reopen the Southern mills,
spokesman for the Government are al
ready speaking quite openly of the men
ace of new outbreaks"
By this they mean the renewed menace
of more killings of strikers by Govern
ment troops
Now German and his fellow officials of the U
T. w. are calling for Federal troops to protect"
the strikers from the National Guard!
As if it makes the slightest difference whether
the troops are State Federal! Government
trops, whether State Federal have but one func-
ton in a strike-to break the strike by attacking
picket lines, permitting scabs to work, and crushing
all resistance by open violence.
Was not the Minneapolis strike crushed by
similar trick the trick of calling in the State troops
to protect" the strikers against the Minneapolis
police? And did not the protecting" State troop
ers protect not the strikers, but the scabs2
Federal troops, like State troops, part of
the strike breaking machinery of the government
of the real dictatorship which the employers WELD
the workers through the forms of their
democratic" government.
of the Roosevelt Democratic Party is already
modifying its Governors courts, police and State
troops to open the n1ills.by force.
In the South it is Roosevelt's Democratic Party
which murders workers to protect the profits of the
BOSSES In California, it is the Republican Party
which sheds the blood of the working class in de-
Tense of capitalist interests
Differing from these two openly strike breaking
parties, the Socialist Party under the cover of a
mild criticism" of the government, actually sup
ports the strike breaking policies of William Green,
German and company. The Socialist Emil REEVE
in the U. T. w. acts, by his failure to expose the
Germans, the fgleaf for strike breaking policies
Of all the political parties, the Communist Party
alone has boldly and unequivocally come out in ac-
ton to help the strikers win their demands ex-
pressed in the U. T w Convention for better wages
and an END of the speed-up.
The Communist Party alone has placed itself on
the side of the strikers against all the terrorism.
and the arbitration" trickery of the government
and the Germans.
And through its fight for better wages, end
against the Roosevelt terrorism, the Communist
Party alone fights to end altogether the whole sys
tenn of capitalist wage slavery.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-11
Otto Popoyich Freed
on Bail Following
Militant Mass Action

Otto Popovich, militant New York
anti-faacist, who was sentenced to
six months and ten days in jail for
the distribution of anti-Nazi leaf
lets, was released yesterday from
Welfare Island on $1,000 bail as
result of the mass action carried on
by the Popovich Defense Committee
and the International Labor De-
Tense.
Popovioh, candidate for Alderman
on the Communist Party ticket in
Queens, was given this vicious SEN
tence by Magistrate Alfred Hoffman,
an appointee of Mayor LaGuardia,
who attacked Popovich for his polit-
ical beliefs and his militant stand.
Mass indignation over this de-
cision resulted in the granting Of a
Certificate of Reasonable Doubt,
pending the appeal. and the fixing
of bail at $1,000.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-11

are largely self-supporting and are
paid weekly wages, shall be per-
mitted to pay their tuition in
weekly installments instead of in
lump sums.
3. The extortionate and usurious
extension fees, ranging from a per
cent to 40 per cent on yearly basis,
shall be abolished.
4. An interest rate of no more
than six per cent per annum may
be levied on tuition balances ex-
tending beyond the close of the year
for which they are owed.
A bulletin urging students to &C.
lay their registration until the adj
has acted on tta pro-
possls, and calling on the student
clubs of both day and evening ses-
sions to support the proposals has
been issued by the Evening Council.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-11
Students Hit Usury
OF Tuition Fee System
AT n. Y. University

NEW YORK. that the
administration institute a new sys-
tenn for tuition payments have been
made by the Student Council of
Washington Square College, New
York University, Evening Organiza-
ton, backed by the student body of
the school. The council proposes
that:
l. All matriculated evening stu
dents shall be permitted to re-
register whether or not they are
paid up.
2. Evening students, because they
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-11
Continued from Page y

rank and file mill committees in the neghboring
mills; invite them to join with you in setting up
local strike committees representing all the mills
in The county with say two representatives three
from each mill committee. This committee should
be in charge of the strike in the county, it should
maintain closest contacts with the mill committees
and regularly report all activities and proposals
to all the strikers.
5, These county or city strike committees should
likewise quickly reach the strike committees in
neghboring cities or counties and prepare fer
regional conferences, with representatives present if
possible from every mill and at least from every
locality where regional strike committees say one
for New England one for New Jersey, one for Penn
sylvania, one for the Carolinas, and one for the
lower South are established.
Such regional committees, truly representative of
the rank and file, and made of honest, militant
fighters, could, within few days set up N.4io,al
Rank and File Strike Committee which could really
lead the strike to victory.
HOMRADE textile workers, this job can be done by
you You have shown your ability to organize
mass picket lines flying souadrons and mass picket
lines Through your efforts hundreds of mills have
been closed.
In the same determined manner you can or
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-11
Series by Bella Kun
In Daily Tomorrow

The third installment of the
series of articles by Bella Kun
entitled The Most Burnin 6
Question-Unity of Action" is
omitted in today's issue of the
Daily Worker due to other i'm
mediate material. The series will
be continued tomorrow.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-11


MOSLEY, as r. Paine Dutt in his
vi book, "FasoiSm and the Social
Revolution" shows, was nurtured
and trained by the British Labor
Party. While he was one of the
outstanding leaders of the British
LABOR Party, the Communist Party
exposed his Fascist trends, while
various Socialist leaders were claim
ing him as their very own.
Dutt quotes the New Leader,
organ of the Independent LABOR
Party, who wrote of the Mosley
Memorandum, just before he left
the Party to organize his fascist
bands: in the main, as is known,
his scheme followed Independent
Labor Party lines" Fenner Brock
way, another Labor Party leader.
who adnlires Roosevelt so much,
wrcto: In the dieas OF the 7. L. P.
Group and the smaller Mosley
Group there is a good deal in
Today these people who claimed
Mosley as of their flesh and blood
do everything possible to keep the
workers divided in their fight
against Fascism.
Evening star., 1934-01-26
&l1s.E@-s-sSA
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and interbreeding In spite Of the fact
that restrictions were imposed by Brit
ain. he brought in rams of leicester
stock and improved his flock at Mount
Vernon.
No doubt the first labor for hire was
that of shepherd. His term of service
was in years AS you know, one ia
nous shepherd served IA years for his
wife. His father-in-law was known as
man given to driving sharp bargains
The most beautiful story of the care
and love of the shepherd for his flock is
the Twenty-third Psalm. A shepherd
must be able to care for his sick sheep
and know just what to do for them. He
is often far away from assistance and
must depend upon his own knowledge.
A sheep is timid. gentle creature.
and very affectionate toward the shep-
herd These animals are very startled
by unusual noises and a thunderstorm
frightens them badly. A good shepherd
dog not only protects them from wild
ANNALS, but knows how to keep the
sheep away from danger. An old bell
wether ram usually leads his army over
the dangerous places. However goat
Is the most satisfactory leader for sheep.
Today, there are more than 200 diff
ferent kinds of domestic sheep and to
the expert wool buyer there are over
600 grades of wool he must know.
The mother gives birth to one. some
times two, rarely triplets, year. The
wee one is wobbly on his legs for few
days. but soon follows his adoring
mother about. Not until he is five years
old does he have all of his teeth, and
by that time he is big fellow.
(COpyripht 1q34)
Evening star., 1934-01-26
7 riumph in This S|enderzing Diagonal Cu'
Capelet Effect and Contrast
Show Result in Slimming
Hips Of Wearer.
With GayC Colors and Brilliant
Prints, Chifons and Sheers
Get New Impetus.
BY BARBARA BELL.

T IERE is a fanciful frock for those
ladies who are not so slim as
they once were. 1t has been
chosen with sympathetic un-
derstanding of and personal
interest in the larger woman VINO mas
clothes problems.
n is a triumph of slenderlzlng
diaoonal cut A capelet effect gives the
wide-topped silhouette that Sims the
hins by contrast And fullness at the
bottom is achieved through amply pro-
portioned godets that are very easy 10
set in .
The novel. one-sided cut of the cape
k captivating. Onto the shorter slde
Oeft) are attached either velvet RID
hons or plain chiffon streamers that
slide through the surphce side ana Tie
In a bow.
In this design, as in many others 1or
larger women, the belt has Deen omit
ted. The delusion that clothes hang-
mo from the shoulders make for
slenderness is exploded by our knack
of creating waistlineS where none exist
We find that gay colOrs and prints
that are brilliant are very lovely with
White hair. SO we heartily indorse the
new diaphanous chiffons and sneers
They concern themselves with 1oral
motifs, for one thing, and palette ef-
fects for another. Certain geometrics
belle their realism by presenting them
selves in all shades of organdy rose
geranium red, leaf greens and so1t
blues.
Barbara Bell pattern No. 1229-B IS
designed in sizes 80. "a. 36. 38. 40, AZ
and "A Size A requires Ga yards
39-inch material and "a yards ribbon
for trimming.
(Copyright. 1934)
Evening star., 1934-01-26
n A T u r E. S
CHI IL d r E N
By LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

"HERE are sheep roaming over
ranches today that are direct
descendants from those which
i came over in the Mayflower.
Later the Dutch brought sheep
to New York These were long-legged
and covered with coarse overcoats. The
Swedish settlers of New Jersey brought
rams and ewes with them, and large.
healthy Wiltshires were brought to Ply
mouth. It was said that Columbus
brought over the Spanish sheep.
The sheep Of those days looked far
different from the carefully fed and
tended ones of today. Then they were
allowed to shift for themselves. later
herder, who drove them to grazing
places and with the aid of sheep dog,
protected them from their worst enem-
les, among which the wolves took first
place.
Gradually the industry grew, but
England discouraged any American de-
velopment of the industry. Most of the
wool was used for household and do
mestic purposes. The colonists brought
over with them their crude looms and
| spinning wheels.
About a decade before the Revolu-
tionary War. sheep raising was seen tc
be very profitable. At the time of the
| war it was deemed to be unpatriotic to
buy wool from England, and so the
Colonial army fought its way to freedom
well clothed in sturdy uniforms OF
homespun, made on the home looms
by their wives or mothers. 1t is known
that the demand for the homespuns was
so great that the supply of wool was
not equal to the demand and wool was
SnuQPled into this country.
Years later America took up the prob
lem of raising sheep on a large scale.
The first mill of more than one loom
in America was established in Hartford,
Conn, in 1888
George Washington was the first to
think of improving the stock by care
Evening star., 1934-01-26
A "NEAR-LIzARD" OF LONG AGO

The greatest number have been located
in Western Kansas. which, in ages past,
was covered by ocean waters. 1t is
known that these animals grew to
length of As feet or more and that they
lived in the sea. Instead of legs they
had four "fippers." A modern whale
has two flippers, but it is of a different
family, being mammal and not
lizard
Another sea monster Of long ago was
the near lizard, long-necked swimmer
with larger flipperS than the mOSasaur
It has been called "a snake threaded
through the body of a turtle" Those
words may give an idea of the general
shape, but the near-lizard was neither
a snake nor turtle. Its central body
was bulky, but was not covered by shell.
A close relative of the near-lizard had
q short neck, but its powerful jaws were
from to feet long. Such jaws might
make a modern crocodile jealous
For Science" section of your scrap
book
The leaf1et called "Marvels of the
Sky contains a diagram showing sizes
of the planets and their distance from
the sun It tells about Donati's comet
and other wonders. If you want copy,
without charge, send stamped return
envelope to me in care of this news
paper. UNCLE RAY.
Evening star., 1934-01-26
WHO ARE YOU?
The Romance of Your Name
BY RUBY HASKINS ELLIS

THIs name Is OF Dutch origin, ana
was first represented In this
country by Harm Jan Hinde-
i koper, who was born In Eoo-
geveen, Province of Dreuthe,
Holland, in 1776. He was descended
frcm a noted family still living in Hell
land. He was brother OF Jan Hinde-
koper, Knight Of the Netherlands, per
sonal representative of the King of
Holland on many important matters
Of state.
Harm Jan Hindekoper came to Amer.
lea on the good ship Prudence and ar
rived in New York in 1896. He entered
the business of Holland Land Co.
at Oldenbarneveld, now Trenton Falls
N. Y. Later he removed to Pennsyl-
vania, where he settled IN Meadvilie.
In 1905 he built Pomona Hall and
brought all the holdings of the Holland
Land Co. to Pennsylvania.
A great many descendants Of this
sturdy Dutch pioneer are today living IN
Pennsylvania.
tCopyright, 1e34)
Evening star., 1934-01-26
Conquering Contract
BY P. HAL SIMS

sary to make the game a certainty in
the properly selected denomination
For siam purposes it is, as you see,
solely question of the responding
hand containing some high card or
cards in heartS-aCe or king-queen.
The bidding on this hand would go:
Two spades, two no trumps, three dia-
mondS; now the first responding hand
goes three spades. showing his pref
erence; four clubs by opener, cue bid
which his partner may for the moment
read as showing 5-0-4-4. Five clubs by
responder, showing the real fit if this
is the case. Five spades by opener,
saying Nevertheless 1 still have two
losers in my hand-obviously in hearts;
can you take care of either of them?"
Pass by responder, now realizing that
the club bid was cue bid, and that his
club values are complete duplication.
Problem for Opening Bidder.
With the second responding hand as
spades, two no trumps, three diamonds,
four diamonds, to show the definite
preference. Now the opening bidder
must use his head The bidding is now
a round higher than in the bidding
sequence previously discussed; he knows
the hand is safe at five, but he must
not put his partner on the spot by
driving him beyond five diamonds.
Should opener now make the cue bid
in clubs he has to do so at the five
level; responder, if able to show a bid
in clubs, reading opener for 5O-44,
would have to do so at the six level
Opener must now go six diamonds, a
contract which cannot be made, as the
opponents have been carefully primed
to open hearts. For these reasons
opener can only bid five diamonds over
four diamonds, and this will close the
bidding. 1t is true that if responding
hand held K @ of hearts and nothing
of value in clubs, six diamonds could be
made: this is one of the remote fits