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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-13
BY MYRA PAGE

WATCH your stepp the miner
" cautions, just in time to save us
from thrust through a footsize
hole in the rotting plank porch OF
his cabin. Well, he shorts, what else
can you expect from company
shack? They've been promising for
two months to replank it, but if it
takes half as long as it did to get
the leaky roof mended, then next
falls frost will find those splintered
boards laying right there. Unless he
finds time to fix it himself-time
after his eight hour day which
stretches to ten and eleven at the
coal mine, and after he has hoed
his patch which must help make
ends meet
Eight bucks a month the company
holds back on him for this palace,
he tells us. The neatness of the place
only accentuates it's baroness. A bed.
chest, two straight chairs and a
rocker along the walls; over the bed,
a gilded motto: God Bless Our
Home"
The ugly shadow OF J. P. Morgan
hovers over this Alabama mine
country. Through the powerful Ten
nessee Coal and Iron Company
(T.C.I), subsidiary of us. Steel,
the Morgan interests dominate the
state. Controlling Birmingham's
First National Bank and also its
City Commission, its Governors as
they come and go. this big finance
syndicate, headed by Morgan, holds
the economic and political life Of
this industrial heart of the South
in its greedy mailed fist.
Unknown Delicacies
The black diamonds which jim
and his mates hew from the earth's
underground cayerns go into this
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-13
Thug Hired to Break Taxi Strike Held
In PfiIa. for DefIing Strikers Homes
Catti, Who Worked for
George Williams, in
Court on Charges
BULLETIN

BULLETIN
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April IL.
Strikes of the s. X. F. plant,
aroused over the hiring Of profess
sionaI thugs to work in the fac
tory, halted two taxicabs bearing
strikebreskers and drove them out.
Following the demonstration,
fifteen strikers and sympathiIers
were arrested and held on the
charge of burning the two cabs.
PHILADELPHIA, April u. "A
group Of professional thugs and
gangsters, one of whom worked as
a strikebreaker in the recent New
York taxi strike under the guidance
Of the Sherwood Detective Agency
and the notorious Mr.. George Will
liams, were arrested here for daub-
ing red paint on the homes of
strikers for the S. K. F. Industries.
1t was charged that the Phila-
delphia Metal Manufacturer Asso-
citation had imported this group of
thugs from New York to break the
strike in the S. K. F. plant.
The thugs. when arrested. gave
their names as Edmund Gstti, Muir
ray Friedland. Samuel Binder and
Charles Kinda, all Of New York.
They were held in $1,000 each by
Magistrate Freidel for further
hearing TODAY.
Gatti in Tax Strike
Those who have been reading the
stories in the Daily Worker on the
New York taxicab strike will re-
member the name Of Edmund Gatti
(also known as Eddy Gatty). On
March 81, the Daily Worker pub
lished a story disclosing the fact
that Gatti (Gatty) was one Of the
professional gangsters hired by
George Williams and Max Sherwood
as Strikebreakers for the Parmelee
TaXicab System. 1t is on the basis
Of this article that George williams
has brought charges Of criminal
libel against Harry Raymond, Daily
Worker staff writer.
Gatti and his partners. it is said,
we're sent to Philadelphia by the
Bergoff Detective Agency, located
at Columbus Circle, New York. Sew
eral days ago the homes of John
CoSgrove of 2541 North Second St.
and Joseph Thompson, of 1926
North St., both strikers and union
members, were daubed with red
paint. An hour later Gatti and his
three partners were arrested in a
paint-smeared automobile at Fourth
St. and Susquehanna Ave.
Names and addresses Of the
strikers were found in the possess
sion Of the thugs. and Mrs. Florence
zanghorn, of 1889 North Second St.,
identified Gatti and Friedland as
the two men she saw in front of
CoSgrove's house carrying paint
cans. Binder is said to have con-
fessed his crime at the police head
quarters.
O'TooIe Takes Job
Following the arrest of the gang
SJeTS, Cne BergoIf Detective Agency
is reported to have retired from the
job. The dirty work of shipping
scabs and thugs was taken over by
the Val OToole Agency, 521 Fifth
Ave, New York City. The scabs
are being shipped from New York,
it is said, through blind office
known as Pioneer Service.
A group of these strikebreakers
we're shipped from New York in a
Greyhound bus on April 9,
Workers in New York and Phila-
delphia should demand of their re-
spective city governments that these
strikebreaking and gangster agen-
cles be put out of business.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-13

reau Of the Communist Party, will
be chairman.
Workers are urged to secure their
tickets Immediately. The price of
the advance ticket sales is 40 cents
and SIS cents at the box Office.
Tickets can be obtained in the Of
flee Of the Morning Freiheit, so E.
18th St., sixth floor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-13
Detroit A. F. of L. Unions Demand
C.W.A.

DETROIT, Mich.-The Advisory
Board of the A. F, of L. Brother
hood of Painters, Decorators and
Paperhangers, representing locals
81, AZ, 357. and 591 here, have petit
toned federal relief administrator
Hopkins, Senators and Congress-
men, the Wayne County eva
and the City Council Of Detroit, de-
handing The continuation of the
C.W.A. The petition is to be printed
and circulated on the jobs urging
individual workers to mail copies to
these officials.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-13

NOTE: First of a series of
articles describing workers and
choppers life in the Black Belt and
Pittsburgh area of the South, re-
cent strikes, and activities in the
A, F. of L. and Communist move
ments.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-13

Make sure that your greeting
will appear in the May Day edi-
ton by mailing it at once, ad-
dress, Daily Worker, 50 East 18th
ST., New York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-13

Greet your fellow workers this
May Day through the columns of
the Daily" All greetings mailed
to us before April END win
positively appear in the May Day
edition.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-13
Only Preparation for
Strike Action on R.R.
CanStopP ayCutMove
Brotherhood Chiefs Maneuver With Eastman
and Roosevelt to Keep Men from Only
Action That Can Gain Paw Rise
Rv Joe ALLEN

CHICAGO, ILL.,, April 12.-The Grand Lodge officers Of
the railroad brotherhood usually have barrel of excuses
to offer for their action lack Of action questions
fectng railroad workers
On the question of another extension Of the 10 per cent
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-13

Your revolutionary greeting to
the Daily Worker on May Day
will show that the workers sup
port our Daily.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-13
Secret Agreement

Nevertheless, q secret strike vote
is taken in all mines working, to
walk out the coming Monday. Four
days preceding this, the papers carry
front-page news: Secret Pact Con-
cluded Between Operators and Union.
A hastily convened District Conven-
ton Of the U.M.W.A. is called. Dele
gates are elected, without the min
ers knowing what are the terms Of
agreement. This is U.M.W.A. dem
ocracy" When I ask delegates at
the assembled convention about the
pending agreement, they say, 1--WE
don't know any more than YOU
only what we saw in the papers, this
morning
Mitch had insisted from the be-
ginning that the only issue at stake
was the check-off Of dues and union
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-13

ford mines they organize forced
marches to stop the scabbing.
This, even while Mitch and other
UMWA officials are sitting in closed
sessions with the operators com
mittee at the ritzy Thomas Jeffer-
son Hotel, negotiating a no-strike,
no increase settlement between
themselves. Over their sessions the
well-known General Persons pre-
sides, as neutral member" and
chairman of the committee, so APP
pointed by Governor Miller. General
Persons is also president of Nor
CANS First National Bank in Bir-
mingham. with big investments in
Alabama coal, ore. and steel,
The third week of the strike
fresh mines are pulled, over Mitch's
open disapproval. For reasons known
best to himself, he does not see fit
to call out the mines Of the powerful
tel. or Republic Steel. What sort
of rabbits foot does Morgan use?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-13

(NOTE - The 1913 endorsements
analysed here include all those re-
ported to the Daily Worker, the I'm
employed Councils and the A. F. of
l.. Rank and File Committee. IN
doubtedly other locals endorsed the
bill which were not reported)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-13

cLEv AND, OHIO
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-23
ABBOTT CUSTER
SEEN AS BLOW
TO POLITICIANS
Showdown Thought Near in
RooSeveIt'S Attempt to
Purge Offices.


WASHINGTON, May 23.-Resig-
nation Of Horatio Abbott Of Michi-
gan as collector Of internal revenue
appeared likely today to hasten a
showdown on President Roosevelt's
effort to purge federal Offices Of
political party officials.
Abbott is Michigan's Democratic
committeeman. He resigned federal
Office under complaints that includ-
cd allegations he solicited political
campaign contributions from De-
trOit industries.
The cases Of two Abbott aids,
John Tighe and George Woods,
have been taken under Amusement
by treasury secretary Henry Nor
genthau Jr Abbott is alleged TO
have authorized Tighe to seek cam
palgn funds.
The Michigan collector resigned
in the eighteenth week Of the White
House drive TO reform the national
committee. Political lawyers who
4lf44 POI " UAAANC anu hung LAACAA
shingles to lucrative Washington
practice were the first to go. Presi-
dent Roosevelt has been DISTRACTED
throughout the cleanup campaign
by the practical politician element of
the party.
TWO collectors of internal revenue
still combine that responsibility with
that of national committeeman.
They are Joseph Wolfe Of Mime
sofa and II. H. Perry Of North Da-
kota. Both are slated TO abandon
one job or the other. Practical poll
ticians within the party, however,
resent Mr.. ROsevelt's insistence that
federal officials outside of the CAPT
tai be compelled ultimately to fore
90 party Office or government pay
checks. They blame the brain trust
Tor their troubles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-23
HUMOROUS DEBATE TO
BE HELD BY STUDENTS
Tech Literary Club Will Attend
Years Final Meeting.

Beverly Zolezzi and George Mess
mer will be chairmen Of the af1rma-
tive and negative teams in a humor-
Gus debate to be held at the last
meeting Of the Str afford Literary
Club of Technical high school to-
morrow.
Other members of the teams will
be: Affirmative, Joan Lay and HiX
Heller; negative, Alice Heine and
David Meacham. John st. Helens,
club president, will serve as debate
chairman. The judges will be Edwin
Rose, Alkaline Walker and Barbara
Dyar. Miss Helen Thornton is club
sponsor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-23
CHICAGO MIAMI AIR
MAIL OPENING SOON
Line to Carry No Passengers at
First, Officials Say.

The new Chicago-M Miami air mail
line, contract for which was
awarded by the postofTice depart
ment recently to Eastern Air Lines,
will be opened probably about
June l.
The exact date still is tentative,
according to officials of the company
who paid a visit to Charles E. Cox
Jr., municipal airport superintend-
ent, Monday.
The company probably will carry
only mail at first. possibly placing
passenger ships in service through
here in a month or two. One night
round-trip mail flight will be made
at the start.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-23
CAFES SEEK RIGHT TO
DISPENSE HARD LIQUOR
Retail Association Counsel Prepares
Appeal for McNutt.

Permission to sell hard liquor in
cafes will be sought from the state
administration by the Retail Bev-
erage Dealers Association.
Wilbur Royse, attorney, is prepar-
ing a petition to be presented to
Governor Paul V. McNutt and Paul
Fry, state excise director. One hun
dred f1fty-fve cafe and restaurant
owners are members of the beverage
dealer group.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-23
POPE Plus VISITS VILLA
Holy Father Will Pass Summer at
CastelgandOlfO.
By United Press

VATICAN CITY, May 23-Pope
Plus left the Vatican today for a
motor trip to his summer villa at
Castelgandolfo, recently restored.
The pope intends this summer to
take his first vacation in years at
the villa.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-23
1O-Year-Old Girl browns

Do LHIftI FTtSS
ALEXANDRIA,, Ind, May 90
Ten-year-old Doris Huston, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Hazel Huston, drowned
in an abandoned stone quarry here
late yesterday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-07
Moving. Transfer. Storage

MOVE YOU-Take in discard furn.; per-
sonal service; free estimates. HE-5O38.
DAVIS TRUCKING CO.-LI-2655. Moving
81 up. 315 E. Mich. St.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-07
FINANC GAL

81 Business Opportunltles
RENT-Vegetable stand. 10th and Mar
tindale. GOOD business. $40 month. Gu
1888
BARBER SHOP. good location. E-Z terms
or will trade. CH-4682
FILLING STATION-Sell at invoice price
East on Road 81. CH-5614.
MEAT-Grocery store: selling account Of
death; cheap. 32i N. West 81.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-05

East was out of spades and clubs.
The king of hearts was cashed and
a small heart led, South winning the
second heart with the ace. South
cashed the queen of hearts and
West showed out, discarding his
fourth spade.
The declarer now had a perfect
reading on the East hand-all he
could hold was the good ten of
hearts and four diamonds. If one
of these diamonds were the queen,
the declarer could make an extra
trick by first cashing his ace of dia-
monds and then leading a small
heart. discarding a club from dunn
my and throwing East in the lead.
East then was forced to lead away
from his queen Of diamonds, and
the deClarer made three-odd.
Copyright 1884 by NEA Service. Inc)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-05
Contract Bridge

se'retlrv American bridge LeaFu'

Secretary American Bridge League
DERHAPS the most important
4 and still the most difficult thing
for the beginner at contract to
learn is that high card tricks alone
Will not produce game. Partners
must find a fit IN the two hands.
We have learned generally that
five to FIVE and one-half high card
tricks VIII produce game but this
Is not true unless the two hands
fit and then "a game often can
be made with fewer high card tricks
than these. Therefore. IN the early
rounds of bidding don't bother SO
much TO find out about high cards
as TO learn about that fit.
When an opponent interpOSeS a
bid that may be the warning of
a misht hand. AT least, you can not
proceed much farther with the bid
ding unless you can account for
the losers IN the suit that he tells
you ne is strong IN.
Ii is not advisable generally to
Overcall one bid with a fOur-card
suit but West can not be criticised
for Overcallug with q strong four
card suit. especially since 1t is in the
one ZOnc-and he also shows his
partner a hand that is too weak to
make negative double.
south has shown a suit and so
has North-neither has a fit. West
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-05

Madeleine CAROLS first American
production, The World Moves On, -
will have Franchot Tone in the
leading male role.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-05

Only for an instant did Tarzan choke the man.
and when he relaxed his grasp upon the fellows
to invite again the ungentle grip of those steel fin
gers. Quickly Tarzan ierked the fellow to his feet
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-05

Presently the weird cries ceased as suddenly as
they had commenced. 'Smoa!" said the headman
of the natives. 1T is not Simba," declared an
other. 1T high upon two legs like a mani"
Presently from the jungle came hideous cry. 1T
is demOn!" said another
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-05

In the darkness of the jungle Tarzan paused
and laid aside his spear and bow, possession of
which had permitted him to use but one hand in
his abduction Of the sentry. Now the fingers Of
MS free hand closed upon the throat of this VIC
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-29
LegiOnnGire Protests
attack on Communists

ideas are different. Last time on
his return he made statement
throug h the newspapers that
Florida business improvements must
be advancing judging from the new
cars showing on our highways.
However, we workers of h e
Legion know that these cars belong
to the big bosses which the workers
paid for through the sufferings I'M
der the Roosevelt New Deal" and
while these flashy cars roll along
the beaches our conditions are
worse than ever.
A few days ago Mr.. Sholtz intro
duced to his cabinet proposal to
have all state and civil service
employees, including school teach
ers, sign a loyalty pledge to support
the present government of the U. S.
and the flag, against Communism.
This has met opposition in the pub
lie schools and in his own cabinet.
Mr.. Sholtz, as a big corporation
lawyer before election you are now
doing all you can to serve the big
bosses. That is why you appeal for
help in this to the American Legion,
and why you are fighting Com
munism, the only fighting way out
for the hungry masses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-29
Council Passes
Its First Test
lnLebonon,Pa.
BY a Worker Correspondent

LEBANON, Pa.-The members of
our Unemployed Council are elated.
They were under fire for the first
time and passed the test with flying
eolors. They resisted constable
sale of furniture of an unemployed
worker for back rent and won, for
the time being at any rate.
We had in our town this kind of
sale before, but every time the
council was too late for action.
The fact is the secretary's furniture
was sold for rent, but it was done
unexpectedly, in sneaky way when
the husband and wife were away
and only the children were at home.
When they returned home they
found half of their belongings sold,
the other half in the street and the
house locked.
The Council decided to keep a
better eye on these sales and when
it became known about this sale
they decided to act quickly, and a
plan Of action was laid out. Early
in the morning they went to the
neighborhood with their big 9-foot
banner calling together the unem-
ployed. The Ladies' Auxiliary as
sembled in the house, barred the
door and refused to let the officials
in to start the sale. A crowd of
about 200 assembled. A member
of the Unemployed Council de-
livered a speech, standing on the
porch, in which he described the
Viciousness of the pitiless capital
ist system, the necessity of uniting
their forces in this struggle in order
to survive, and also pointed out
the revolutionary way out for a
better, brighter future.
Time and again the lawyers,
constable, sheriff, tried to go in the
house to conduct the sale. In vain.
The threats of violence or punish
ment by law did not help them
either. They had to postpone the
sale.
The same day committee of the
Unemployed Council went to the
Relief Board demanding coal and
immediate help to a starving family
whom they refused previously Both
demands were granted.
The sentiment is favorable to the
Unemployed Council since then
among the general public, and the
hopes are high for speedy growth,
for permanent home, club rooms
for realization in the near future.
Since this was written we find
that the woman owner of the fur
niture was arrested and bailed. The
Council and the local Communist
Unit are planning a new course of
action.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-29
Hard Labor on Florida Roads
Forced Upon Bonus MdrcherS
W DIRK on ERA. Jobs to
Enrich Real Estate
Sharks
BY a Worker Correspondent

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - While
hundreds of fun-crazed members of
the upper crust of the American
Legion held sway last week in
Miami with in Re Mt to support,
through its officialdom, the stink
ing political administration of the
U. S., hundreds of more battle
veterans were at the same moment
being condemned by this same y. S.
government to a period Of forced
hard labor on the Florida highways.
These Negro and white ex-sol-
diers, 300 in number, who we're
stranded in Washington, D. c., since
the first mass bonus march, were
consigned to the Transient Service
division Of the Florida ERA and
arrived in Jacksonville some 10 days
ago. For the past 10 days the white
veterans have been encamped near
here at a transient station for re
conditioning" (recovering from
starvation), while the Negroes were
jim crowed to a transient camp at
Mullet Key near st. Petersburg.
This week the white veterans
begin their forced labor service
when they start to work on road
repairing on the series of islands
between Miami and Key West. The
original plan was to have these men
work on renovating the Fort Jeffer-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-29
BY a Worker Correspondent

JACKSONVILLE, Fla am a
member of the American Legion.
For the past few years have not
seen anything done by this organi-
cation, except the fight of the
wealthy officials of the Legion
against Communism. They are
talking for the bonus, and still they
send private letters to Legion mem
bers against it. Most of them hold
high offices in the Wall Street pro-
tective organization, the Chamber
Of Commerce.
Governor Sholtz, a high official
of the Legion, spends much of his
time going from one place to an
other making speeches in the ranks
of the Legion and other secret or
carnations against Communism.
He will not use kid gloves in treat
ing Communist activities, he says.
Governor Sholtz before election
promised us lot of things, such as
free school books for the children,
and less taxation generally. Instead
of doing either, the rates for both
are higher since he is in office.
Every time he returns from north
ern trips, which are frequent, his
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-29
FREE BARBECUE FAILS TO
SATISFY

SalllSaW, Okla.
Dear Comrade Editor of the Daily
Worker:
I heard my first political speech
of this season yesterday. Some five
or six Thousand people gathered at
the court house to hear e. w. Mar
land, oil millionaire and candidate
for Governor on the Democratic
ticket.
Marland says that the New Deal
will give every man job, but he
failed to outline plan whereby the
jobs might be in evidence, further
than an indefinite suggestion that
the job would be on government
public works, dams, rivers, and har-
bors. He also suggested that the
government would see that every
man had home, but his plans
were equally as indefinite.
But dear comrades, have been
in this State twenty-six years. 1
have seen several enthusiastic
Democratic campaigns, but though
there were thousands of people at
the meeting, the dope those men
peddled received the coolest re-
ception that was ever witnessed in