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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-18
Negro Victim of
Alabama Mine
Terror Dies
CONTINUED from Page y

proximately $50 discharged shotgun
shells and metal base cartridges
picked up around Hawkins home.
Contempt of court citations have
been served on nine men for al
legged violation of the anti picketing
injunction obtained May by the
Republic Steel Corporation Thomas
plant.
Birmingham police continue per-
secution of alleged reds in their eff
forts to terrorize the working class.
Four Arrested
Early this morning four Negroes
were arrested. Alfred and Zelda
Barnes were seized in raid on 2011
Avenue K, Ensley; jim and Pearl
Battle, at 1914 oath ST., Ensley.
Chief Hollums announced that
"inflammatory" literature had been
seized, including a resolution de-
handing equality for Negroes in
jury service, opportunity to run for
political Office and the right to vote
LII lJIlllldl les, dllll dASO l1lgSL lloap1Ollcll
Labor Defense membership cards.
Continuing their terrorist tao
tics, police today carried out a
check of all news stands in an
attempt to trace places where the
Daily Worker is sold.
The funeral this morning in Ish-
kooda of murdered Negro striker
was attended by large crowds of
white and colored workers. The
speakers stressed the solidarity of
white and Negro workers in joint
struggle for better conditions. A
Negro speaker pointed out the role
of the police in carrying out bosses
attacks on all members Of the ex-
plotted class, declaring:
"They shoot You down, and 1t
don't matter what your color Is.
They are against the workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-18

remarked that commerce has
done away with the spirit
ual" side of the game. It is
pointed out that baseball play
ers and managers are now up
on all the rules of punctilio, that a
good many of them consider them
selves intellectuals, and that they
view their work professionally and
coldly. The day when one man.
ager slugged another with a bat,
sincerely, it is said, has passed. No
body even throws dirt into an I'M
pire's eyes any more, as used to be
Mr.. Ruth's wholesome pastime.
When McGraw died emotional pic
lures were presented of the days of
his rugged youth, when no enemy
was safe within three miles of him,
and sorrowful emphasis was laid
upon the fact that he was the last
of the genuine baseball brawlers.
McGraw himself, whose refinement
earned him the name of Muggsv,
had q whole-hearted contempt for
the Fauntleroys whom god had
wished upon tho game. He fire.
quently inquir-d of certain of his
charges what finishing school they
had attended.
To this rivalry of the baseball
teams is, of course, always CORE
lated the rivalry among the various
populaces they represent. In the
days when feuding was a common
feature of the sports sections. the
feelings toward one another of the
impassioned cities used to receive
prominent comment. Today, when
ever this type of adrenalin has to
be pumped into a gasping story, it is
still italicized, so to speak. When
the Giants journey to Brooklyn the
torture any Giant fan will face if
couple of the savages catch him I'M
armed is described in every account.
A Brooklyn fan, indeed, is the I'LL
innate, if the truth must be told.
l myself have prevented the
slaughter Of an innocent soul who,
not knowing what was behind him,
spoke irreverently of minor out
fielder of that territory.
Brooklyn is a place as demonstra-
tive as st. Louis or Cincinnati. The
terr5r that was once exercised in
those cities against outside baseball
teams and their partisans was hor-
rible. st. Louis is where pop bottles
were thrown by every one who got
into the ball park-man, woman or
child-and the people of Cincinnati
once chased the Giants all the way
down to the railroad station, with
bricks and clubs and fifty hoses
streaming water.
I EAVING aside, however, the few
~ cities which have not been wholly
blighted, we find, alas. the fact that
the temperatures have generally
cooled in the big leage circuits. The
customers have become more en-
lightened, more tolerant. They can
hardly throw themselves even into
a fever of criticism. The plight of
Babe Ruth last week, when he was
the subject Of some croaking, was
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-18
Delegation Will be Sent
to Washington from
United Front Meet

NEW YORK. "A delega-
lion to demand the return Of
citizenship to Emil Gardos
and the dropping Of charges
against all others held for
deportation because of their
working class activities, will
be elected Sunday at united front
conference called by the Committee
for the Protection of Foreign Born.
The conference will meet at 1 pm.
in irving Plaza, Irving Place and
18th St.
Emil Gardos, editor of the Hun
garian language daily, vi E1ore, lost
his citizenship because he helped
lead a strike Of textile workers. ran
for Congress on the Communist
ticket and stated that he had no
loyalty higher than my loyalty to
the working class"
The delegation. which will be
elected from various labor, frater-
nal, cultural. and student groups
supporting the committee in its
fight against the persecution of
foreign born, will see Secretary Of
Labor Frances Perkins and Attor-
ney General Cummings
All organizations opposed TO fss-
cist reaction we're urged TO send
delegates to the conference. The
committees headquarters is at 799
Broadway.
L Amter, National Secretary of
the Unemployment Councils, in a
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-18
Ships Pulled Upstream
At Seattle

SEATTLE. Wash. May 1.-THE
Tsthmian Line shipowners had the
Steel Mariner and the Steel Marker
pulled up the stream Yesterday, in
an attempt to keep the crews of
these ships from walking out on
strike.
Gill, Of the International Sea-
mems Union, has refused to take
united action with the Marine
Workers Industrial Union.
A committee Of seamen. members
Of the MWIUr sent a delegation
to the International Longshore-
mems Association, proposing united
action in the strike. officials Of
the LILA. referred the request to
the Executive Board.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-18
200 Still Out
In New York

NEW YORK strike of zoo
longshoremen at Piers "a and 81
on the west side, continued yester-
day.
Although Joseph P. Ryan, Presi-
dent of the International Long
shoremen's Association, has issued
statements to the press that three
shifts of pickets are at the docks
careful check-up of the activities
on the docks since the strike begar
proves Ryan's statements to be
false.
lila. delegates will not permit
the longshorenen to picket the
piers. Aided by police, the dele
gates keep the strikers from COM
ing near the docks
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-18
Call For One
Demonstration
On Youth Day
Anti-War Body Invites
Socialist Youth to
Join on May 30

NEW YORK.-Anothe effort Il
achieve one united youth demon
stration against war and fascism or
May 80 National Youth Day, wa'
made by the Youth section of the
American League Against War anC
Fascism, which issued a statement
yesterday to the members of the
Young Peoples Socialist League
Young Circle League, Student
League for Industrial Democracy
and to all youth organizations and
individuals, calling for a united
demonstration under the banner OF
United Youth Demonstration
Against War and Fascism."
The statement follows:
ITO the Members of the Young
Peoples Socialist League, YOUNG
Circle League and Student League
for Industrial Democracy; To All
Youth:
ION Tuesday, May Is, represen-
tatives of the above mentioned or
CARNATIONS walked out of a Joint
committee meeting to prepare for a
youth demonstration against war
and fascism on May 30. The ex-
cuse for the walk-out was their OBJ
lection to participating in a dem
onstration held under the name Of
National Youth Day. The latter
name had been decided upon by a
conference of 253 delegates repre-
senting 1880 youth called by the
Youth Section, American League
Against War and Fascism.
Realizing the serious danger of
imperialist war and striving earn
estly to unite all youth in the strug-
gle against war and fascism, the
Youth section Of the American
League, in order to permit nothing
to stand in the way of establishing
this unity, offers the following pro-
posal, divided into three points:
81. That one main banner head
the parade on May 30 and cover
the speakers stand. This to car
ry the following words: United
Youth Demonstration Against War
and Fascism."
"2. That every organization
shall have the right to issue its
own leaflets and carry its own
banners and slogans.
%. Instead of two separate
committees, there shall be only
one united committee to handle
all further arrangements for the
parade and meeting. The mem
bership of this committee shall be
composed of one delegate from
every city-wide organization rep
resented at the two conferences.
I'VE appeal to the youth of all or
carnations to Join in making the
May 30 demonstration this year g
mighty answer to the maneuvers of
the fleet in New York and a blow
at the growing fascist groups. No
obstacles must be permitted to stand
in the way of such unity. We must
not permit any excuses or indivi-
duals to stand in the way of a COM
mon anti-war and fascist struggle.
Forward to a united youth dem
onstration against war and fasciSm
on May 30!
YOUTH SECTION,
AMERICAN LEAGUE AGAINST
WAR AND FASCISM
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-18
5000 In Gulf Ports
Win Demands, Return

BEAUMONT, Texas. May Is. (Bv
MaiD Eight thousand or more I.
L. A. longshoremen and synpathiz-
ers have returned to work at Texas
ports and Lake Charles, La, with
union recognition. a rise in paw
with shorter hours, and the inclu-
sion of the Sabine district in a
| contract carrying the same wage
scale as that Of the Galveston dis
trict.
The contract called for a. 44-hour
week during four Of the Spring and
Summer months. when shipping is
dull, with a 48-hour week for the
other eight months, the wage agree
ment to expire at any time, prefer
ably March 81 Of next year. But
the longshoremen stayed on strike
two days longer, insisting on a "A
hour week throughout the wear.
which would pay them for overtime
on Saturday afternoon, and a wage
agreement which would expire Sept.
goth Of this or next year.
I. l.. A. officials including RYAN.
meeting with maritime committees.
decided on q 44-hour week. to ex-
pire June 30, 1895. The I. L. A..
officials. at the beginning. swerved
the strikers from their original de-
mands Of SIS cents an hour for gen
eral cargo work with cotton piece
work increased from 13 cents a bale
to 20 cents. and asked for separate
contracts for Galveston and Sabine
districts with the same wage scale
while strikers we're asking for the
same contract.
But the longshoremen gained
ground by making the maritime
committees agree to a wage scale of
30 cents an hour, s12o per hour
overtime. and Is cents 2 bale on
cotton, for work On de2p-sea ships
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-18

ford is wealthy ranch operator
himself.
Don't Know"
Reporters in a large press confer
ence piled on questions and state
ments about the Alabama terror.
we don't know anything about
it. OF course, as you know, the Gov
ernor is responsible for keeping the
peace and protecting life and prop
erty," Perkins began.
She was reminded that national
troops are adding to the terror. She
said, 1--WE are aware of the situation.
1t arises out Of a peculiar condition.
You see, these ore miners are usu-
ally ahead Of the bituminous min
ers in wages. Recent changes have
put the bituminous miners ahead,
and the increase in coal wages had
the effect of causing resentment.
We are trying to conciliate, but
opinion is that the only technique
Of Cancellation possible is agreement
to consider the matter under the
NRA. Code"
TT is reported there are requests
for Federal troops to be used against
the Pacific ELECTROMAGNETIC
would be her attitude toward such
a request?'
Il should discuss it with the Com
mander- in Chief" president Roose-
velt.)
Ignores Real Wage Drop
Asked to compare payroll and
wage increases with the advance
in the cost of living (no mention of
this in the Perkins ststemenG the
Secretary turned to her statistician,
DR.. Isador Lubin. He said that food
prices increased about Is per cent"
and clothing about % per cent"
and the general cost less than 20
per cent" while weekly per capita
earnings increased 27.7 per cent"
The complete meaninglessness of
the last figures is indicated by the
A. F. of L. bulletin for Mays decla-
ration that the per capita increase
from March to March amounted to
exactly 81 per cent.
Perkins naturally didn't mention
a report by the Department of
Commerce yesterday that the dol
lar value of groceries in repre-
sentative chain stores showed "a
decrease of three per cent from
March to APRIL that retail prices
increased 10 per cent, and that 1t
appeared that "the physical vol
unae of chain grocery sales was
lower this April than in April
1888"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-18
Dismiss Case against
Negro Taxicab Driver
In Homicide Hearing

NEW YORK.-The case against
John Porter, Negro taxi driver
charged with homicide, was dis
missed at a hearing in court yester-
day.
Porter had been arrested after he
had struck Tyler G. Bronson,
wealthy clubman and stock market
Spectator, who subsequently died.
Bronson, who was drunk, had called
Porter q damn dirty niger" re-
peatedly and had lunged at the taxi
driver.
Porter, defending himself, had hit
Bronson on the jaw with his fist.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-18
Recognition, Raise
Won in Worcester

WORCESTER, Mass, May IT.
After a strike of two days the
workers Of the Johnson Steel e.
Wire Mill won the following de-
mands: Full recognition of the
shop committee; an increase of
seven and one half per cent on
some piece work rates; an increase
from Sc to 65 cents an hour on day
work
Mass picketing was carried on
under the leadership of the Steel
and Metal Workers Industrial
Union. After rs workers from two
Of the most important departments
walked out, the company was
forced to give in as the whole shop
was paralyzed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-18
Bosses Try to Incite
Race Hatred
Special to the Daily Worker,

Especial to the Daily yVorker)
BOSTON. Mass. Nav 17.-Ship-
owners are preparing to meet the
growing strike sentiment on the
docks here by attempting to incite
race hatred between white and Ma
gro workers.
With the support of the Boston
branch Of the Urban Leaguo, Ne
gro reformist organization. the ship
owners are recruiting Negro work
ers to be used as scabs if the threat
ened strike materializes.
The Urban League has issued a
statement in the press calling on
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6 Communists Defy
Alabama Jim Grow
Court, WhiteLegiOn
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munist Party, praising the A. P. OF
L. bureaucrats, but Ralston exposed
the jim Grow sell-out policy of the
A. F. Of L. bureaucracy and showed
the growing link of solidarity of
the entire A. F. of L. rank and file
with the Communist Party, whose
policies they have adopted in the
Birmingham strikes. He showed the
Communist Party as the main
force for the unionization Of the
unorganized Of the South.
Owens Raises Demand for Social
Equality of Negroes
The position Of the International
Labor Defense was made clear by
Blame Owens. who exposed the
murder of militant strikers, and the
frame-up character Of the present
trials. and spoke at length on the
worldwide mass fight for the
Scottsboro Boys. He answered the
provocative questions of the pro-
secutor, saying:
"T categoricalIy believe in social
equality and would rather asso-
ciate with Negroes than with
police thugs and such elements
as the prosecutor who Is trying
to frame me-"
The other four defendants pre-
scented similar militant defense.
Court Tense With Hatred, Prejudice
I have never seen such an stmos-
phere Of hatred and prejudice as
prevailed in the court room. Mock
ing laughter swept the room when
Laura Stark. one of the defendants.
insisted on the use by the court and
prosecution witnesses of the word
Negro instead of niger" More
laughter occurred when Racolin
was referred to by the prosecutor
as q Bolshevik lawyer.
I was hemmed in by White Legion
thugs, openly declaring "They don't
need a trial. Put them in an in
Generator and take them over the
mountain. They won't get out
alive"
Daily Worker Correspondent and
Lawyer Arrested
I was arrested in court for being
present at the trial. finger printed
and mugged as Number 26,588 then
ordered to leave town by Assistant
Police Chief Mullins. Racolin was
re-arrested with me. finger printed
and mugged as Number 26,587. Pro-
tests as to our identity were an
swered with orders to shut up and
leave town.
Hundreds of sympathetic white
and Negro workers were prevented
from entering the court room. Only
small number were admitted,
while White Legion thugs crowded
the enclosure reserved for lawyers.
A terrific tension swept the court
room as Ralston made his ringing
defiance.
Strikes Continue Despite Terror
The defendants forced Judge
Alternately to postpone the passing
Of sentence by demanding written
briefs before decision. AS Ralston
left the court room a crowd of
Negro and white workers lined the
streets forming q solid defense for
him as he walked through a group
Of White Legionnaires making
threats against his life.
Racolin and myself were arrested
again as we left the court room.
The strikes are continuing despite
the venonous police terror. Homes
of many workers were raided again
last night, but no arrests made.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-18
New York that worldwide strike
be called to set reasonable wages
and working conditions for the
waterfront workers Of all countries.
Ten Ships Strike
In San Pedro

SAN PEDRO. Cal. MAY II.
Despite attempts Of Watson of the
International Seamen's Union to
sabotage the strike call, seamen on
ten ships walked out on strike here
yesterday in support of the striking
longshoremen.
At a mass meeting called by the
Seamen's United Front Central
Strike Committee the men from the
ships pledged to fight to the last
ditch with the stevedores for their
demands for a Is cent increase. 30
hour week and union recognition.
They are also demanding the full
code of the Marine Workers Indus
trial Union for ssamen, abolition of
the fink halls, release Of all strik-
ers arrested, and the arrest and
punishment Of those responsible for
the murder Of Richard Parker. 30
yesr-old longshoreman, shot down
on the picket line last Tuesday.
Among the ships striking here are
the Chiriqua, a United Fruit liner;
the Admiral Ruth Alexander. Of the
Admiral Line: the Wiley and the
Watson, Of the Day Line, and the
Paul Luckenbach.
Hynes Led Attack
Further investigation of the police
attack on the picket line at the
Wilmington Steamship Terminal re-
vealed that the onslaught was led
by Captain Red Hynes of the
Los Angeles Red SQUAD. Hynes
stood on the top of a stalled auto
directing the attack, but was
promptly pulled down from his
perch by aroused strikers.
Lieutenant PfeiTer, another of
the attackers, was knocked down
unconscious in the fight which fol-
lowed the shooting. Captain Gen
try Of the Harbor Detectives came
out with a broken shoulder. Officer
Hache Of the San Pedro Red Squad
was knocked down and tventy-one
scabs were sent to the hospital.
John Knudson, striker. who was
at first reported killed, was shot
through the stomach and is at
deaths door.
ScabS Desert
Following the police attack on
the strikers, hundreds of scabs de-
serted the stockade where they had
been held veritable prisoners. Work
in the docks is at a standstill.
Six strikers. Bowlby, Jarties, Hol-
len. Limpricht, Royal and Pearson.
who we're arrested and held on
charges Of assault, riot and arson.
were bailed out on $1,000 bail each.
The international Labor Defense
sent delegation Of three hundred
to the local paper. the News Pilot.
with strong resolution against the
way the paper reported the strike.
The Coroner's Jury is preparing
to whitewash all agents Of the ship
owners responsible for the bloody
attack on the longshoremen.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-18
Feud For Thought
WILLIAM FUCHS

THE return of the Giants yesterday from their Western
trip, safe in body but changed in percentage adds fuel
to the custom of regarding fiction and bait the tales
of the hesh rivalry among the baseball teams, which
tain historians Of the press still propagate It widely
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-18

Y.C.L. SHOE WORKERS CONFERENCE
There will be q conference Of all Y.C
Lers in the Shoe and Leather industry
Friday, May 10, at 8 pm. at the vel
District once All organized and I'M
organized comrades and shock troops in
the industry must attend
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-18
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Cincinnati ool 900 o2o-3 o
New York oil 03U 10x--6 9 0
johnson. Shaute, Stout and o'FarreN;
Fitzsimmons and Mancuso,
st. Louis 900 100 1906 10 2
Boston 010 200 0oO--3 9 /
P. Dean and v. Davis; Belts, Smith and
Hogan.
Pittsburgh 0l0 900 900 OIL l
Brooklyn 100 900 900 Ia 7 2
Swift and Grace Mungo and Lopez,
Chicago ia 121 000-10 20 /
Philadelphia 020 100 600 3 2
Lee, Malone and Hartnett; Davis, Pearce,
Darrow, Grabowski and Wilson, Todd
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-18
AMERICAN LEAGUE

New York 022 400 000-4 10
Detroit 100 30 00x-5 II Q
Van Alta, Murphy, Uhle and Dickey;
Bridges and Cochrane
Philadelphia 900 0l0 1903 . 1
Chicago '002 oil 121-7 o
Cain, Matuzsk, Dietrich, Benton. Kline
and Berry; Jones. wyatt and Ruel.
Washington 022 020 600 6 9 4
Cleveland OO4 030 70X-i4 II 2
whitehill, Russell, McColl, Burke and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-18
B A S E A LII.

Phillips, Berg; Pearson, Hildebrand and
Pytlak.
Boston 900 DOL OILS
st. Louis 600 900 04X-4
Ostermueller, weiland and Terrell; Had
hey Andrews and Hemsley.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
Albany 900 600 Oo1-l s
Buffalo 1o2 010 00x+ 0
Barrett. Csrithers and Maple Kovalik
and Outen.
Newark 900 900 0l0-1 0
Rochester 900 900 000--0 1
Duke, W. Brown and Glenn; Kleinke,
Kaufman and Lewis
Syracuse at Toronto played yesterday.
Baltimore at Montreal postponed; rain.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-18
Perkins Vague
On Terror; Cops
Jail Daily Writer

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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-18
General Strike
Faced by Frisco
As Pilots Strike

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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-10-02
ANIMALS PLANTED BY
ACC. ON KODIAK is.
GROUP HAVE THRIVED

Returning to his Ketchikan base
after spending the last month in
the Kodiak and Afognak group,
Homer w. Jewell, Alaska Game
Warden, is passenger on the
steamer Alaska.
AS a result of his trip to Kodiak
and Afognak Islands, Mr.. Jewell
declared that the small herd of
nine elk planted on Afognak Island
in 1927 has greatly increased and
there are now estimated to be be-
tween fifty and sixty in the herd.
Other fur bearing and food ami
male planted in this group are re-
ported to be doing equally well.
Deer placed on Kodiak Island in
1923 are thriving and have increased
In number as have the beaver and
muskrat. The rabbits planted on
this group under the CWA program
last winter have done exceptionally
well and can be found in great
numbers throughout the Kodiak
and Afognak group. These food
and fur bearing animals all seem
TO thrive on these islands where
formerly the only game animals
We're the Kodiak bear, Mr.. Jewell
Stated.