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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-14
Report Shows
Utility Trusts
Huge Steals

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13-Mil-
lions Of working class families are
being robbed every year of Sl94.-
00c,o0O by the Consolidated Gas
Company and allied Wall Street
utility companies in New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania and New Eng
land, survey just handed to Pres
ident Roosevelt reveals.
The survey, presented by the New
York Port Authority, after study
of three years, shows that even
on the basis of capitalist valuation
Of a reasonable profit based on q
six per cent return the New York
electric monopolies are plundering
the masses to the tune of hundreds
of millions of dollars.
The Consolidated Gas Company
charges 81 cents per kilowatt hour
when even on the basis of swollen
profit civilizations BIT cents an hour
would be reasonable
The report showed that the utility
companies Systematically add enor-
nous fictitious values to their capi-
talization upon which they figure
their reasonable" terms. These
valuations are at least 100 per cent
too high, the Port Authority
statisticians revealed.
That nothing can be expected
from Roosevelt in respect to mo-
nopoly utility rates can be seen
from the fact that Roosevelt and
Lehman both have direct and in
direct connections with the power
trust in Wan Street. The leading
financial figures in the CONSOLE
dated Gas Company are prominent
in the councils Of the Democratic
Party. AS for Governor Lehman.
to whom copy of the report was
submitted. his Wall Street banking
house, Lehman Bros, has direct
! connections with the utility bankers,
the Morgans, <,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-14
Special Committee Is Formed
To Speed Daily Worker Driue

CHICAGO ls-The Buro meeting again
placed the Daily Worker drive
special committee been
but also of organizations
city-wide affair for Daily Worker.
The drive must not
Worker demands that the of
quotas be filled by the end of November be fully carried
plies especially to Party section The
in the vanguard of the supporters the
We call unit every sympathizer
union organization their contributions Daily
DISTRICT BURo Chicago
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-14
BIG PROTESTS
PLANNED FOR
NEGRO BOYS
New York Conference
Will Spur Campaign
to Save Boys

An Emergency Scottsboro. Anti
Fascist Conference. will be held to-
morrow evening. 8 O'Clock, at the
Housewreckers' Union Hall, IS Sec
ond Ave. The call for the confer
ence, issued by the Downtown Pro-
visionsl Emergency Committee for
the Release of the Scottsboro Boys
and All Victims of Fascism, urges
all anti-fascist groups, all down
town workers organizations to send
delegates:
"All anti-fascist forces United
to save these victims of fascist ter
ror! Give clear expression to our
resolute opposition to fascism in any
form. Fight Hitler terror and anti
semitism Drive the Nazi groups
out of the U.S.A.l Fight lynching
and discrimination! United in strug-
gle against all fascist developments
in the US.A."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-14
Action of U. S. Supreme Court Is Result OF
Unceasing Protest, Communist Leader
Says in Telegram

Con- atulations on his victory in
forcing his case to the attention
of the United States Supreme
Court were sent yesterday to Tom
Mooney in San Quentin peniten-
tiary by William 2. Foster, chair
man of the Central Committee of
the Communist Party Of the U. S..
Foster, slowly conyalescing from
a long illness, was cheered by the
latest victory in the fight to bring
about MONEYS liberation. For
the first time in nearly three years
Foster was well enough to visit
the Office of the Daily Worker yes
terday.
This action Foster said in his
telegram to Mooney, "can only be
understood as result Of mass
pressure and the almost unanimous
opinion of the whole Of the coun-
try that you have been selected
for persecution for your service and
loyalty to the working class"
"At least a breach has been made
in the legalistic wall against Tom
Mooney" he said in statement
for the Daily Worker. But this
action is not due to any growing
sense of justice on the part of the
capitalists. Rather, they are COM
PEELED to retreat in the face of
mounting mass pressure, the long
struggle for Mooney in which the
Communist Party and the revolu-
tionary organizations generally
have been the backbone"
The text of Fosters wire to
Mooney follows:
Nov. 10, 1884.
Tom Mooney, 1921,
San Quentin, California;
Congratulate you on your victory
in forcing your case to attention
United States Supreme Court stop
This action can only be understood
as a result of mass pressure and
the almost unanimous opinion of
the whole of the country that you
have been selected for persecution
for your service and loyalty to the
working class stop The capitalists
Of the country desire to keep you
in prison as a means of intimidat-
ing the working class but the
masses have never stopped fighting
for your freedom stop Mass pres
sure IS needed now more than ever
for your freedom and that of Bill
lings which would be hailed as a
tremendous victory for all labor
VIM. z. FOSTER.
In his statement to the Daily
Worker, Foster declared:
AT last breach has been made
in the legalistic wall against Tom
Mooney. The California courts
brought about MONEYS conviction
as result of the most cold FLOODED
frame in American history. The
capitalist class of California woulo
have hanged Mooney had it moi
been for the thunder of world pro-
test inaugurated by the Russian
workers back in 1917.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-14

ToReappoint
w ar Chief
DAILY Worker washington Bur.sm

NDahf V"rnct Ndchukt"U bureanJ
WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 49,
Acting on newspaper reports that
Secretary of War Dern plans to
recommend the reappointment of
Chief of Staff General Douglas
Macarthur, the Hoover military
leader of the 1892 bullet and tear
gas attack on the veterans en-
camped on the Anacostia Flats, the
national resident committee of the
veterans national rank and file
committee today protested to Dern
thai such action would shatter
the Army tradition that the Chief
of Staff be a one term post"
The veterans urged that the re-
ported Dern plan "be dropped i'm
mediately' They offered the al
Tentative" of having the rank and
file in the Army elect the Chief
of Staff, "On the precedent es-
tablished in 1861 by certain regi-
ments in the State of Michigan,
who refused to accept the ap-
pointees Of the Federal Govern
ment in Washington and instead
elected their own Officers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-14

campaign to save boys. Storm the
whited sepulchres of White House
and Supreme Court with protests.
Smash the prison bars that hold
nine innocent Negro boys. Support
LID. drive for Scottsboro Herndon
fund with immediate contributions.
william L. Patterson"
Rush all funds by airmail, tee
graph, special delivery, to the ma
tional office of the International
Labor Defense, Room $40, 80 E. 18th
ST.. New York City. for the 5000
Scottsboro- Herndon funds
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-14

the broadest masses for support to
the defense at this critical moment.
The text of his cable follows:
Publish immediate following APP
peal to all workers Negro white all
lovers of justice all opposed to
lynching. The Scottsboro boys must
be freed. The lynchers holocaust set
for December seven for Haywood
Patterson Clarence Norris must be
prevented. Millions must be mobil-
lied to stay the lynchers hand.
Fighting fund must be obtained at
once to safeguard legal and mass
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-14
Philippine Sailors
Decide To Continue
Strike for More Pay

CEBU, Philippines, Nov, 13.-
More than 1000 sailors here
voted to continue their strike to-
day when the employers refused
to agree to their demands for
higher wages. They tied up 50
island ships.
The men struck on Nov. 2, de-
manding a 20 per cent increase in
pay, and equal pay for equal
work for all sailors, Filipino,
japanese or American. The men
rejected an offer of a Is per cent
wage increase. Fifty officers &C
copied the offer, but since the
sailors refused to join them, the
ships are tied up tight.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-14
80 Nazis Are Jailed
In Saar for Plotting
Foes Assassination
Especial to the Daily Worker

SAARBRUCK, Nov Is (By Wire
less The arrest of thirty fascists
here, who planned to murder Fritz
Fordt and Max Braun. leaders of
the Saar snti-fascist united front;
Government Commissioner Knox
and Police Commissioner Machts, as
well as others, was reported to the
League today by Knox. This an
nouncement, coming from the
League, is expected to lead to fur
Their concentration of the French
troops on the Saar border. The at
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-14
". L. Patterson in Cable Asks
Fund to SaUe ScOtsbOrO Boys

From the sanatorium in the Crmea, US.SR, where he
recovering his health shattered by strain and overwor
leading the International Labor Defense through the fight to
the lives of the Scottsboro boys William L. Patterson
national secretary of the LID has sent cable calling
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-14
The NRA Policy
of Starvation
Again Revealed
An Editorial

I'AAG 1OAACA N 1919 40 . v p" @NAS
1 It is growing in the sense
that the government and the
employers have openly ex-
pressed their determination
that the millions who now
face the approaching winter,
jobless, hungry, and home
less, will not get any ade-
quate cash relief.
The recent speech of Hop
kins, the new forced labor
plan of the FERA, the La
Guardia program in New
York City, are al evidences
of the capitalist policy
toward the jobless-to keep
them as close to the starva-
ton line as possible.
But it is not only that the
Roosevelt government and
the capitalist class refuses
the jobless any immediate
cash relief.
The Roosevelt government
and the employers act on the
principle that the Federal
government has no RESPONSE
bility in guaranteeing work
ers and their families any
protection against the curse
of insecurity and unemploy-
ment. Roosevelt and his whole
class act on the principle
that the capitalist class is
fully privileged to fling 49,
100000 people into the
streets if they are no longer
profitable to the employers.
This insecurity, this hor-
rible abyss of unemployment
which turks at the feet of
every worker in the United
States, is one of the great
curses of capitalism.
It is against this Roosevelt
capitalist program of hor-
rible insecurity which the ap-
preaching Washington Ma
tional Congress for Unem-
ployment and Social Insur-
ance is mobilizing it's forces.
This Congress, to be held
on January ST in the capital
of the country, will be the
organized and militant voice
of the masses of America
demanding that the Federal
government and the employ
ers assume the full response
bility of providing a mini
mum standard of decency
and security for every work
ing class family in the coun-
try.
THE capitalist class, through
L its legislative agents, will
no doubt offer many "unem-
ployment insurance" plans
to the masses this winter.
The hunger and unrest of the
jobless is something that
they can no longer ignore.
But these plans are only
traps for the jobless. They
give nothing to the masses.
However they differ in de-
tail, they all are built on the
same plan. They all make
the workers slash their own
wages to pay for their Elm
surance." They all apply to
workers who will be fired
sometime in the future, at
least one year from now.
They do not apply to mil
lions of migratory and agri-
cultural workers. They create
reserve funds which become
a means to tie the workers
to their jobs; these funds are
strike breaking weapons.
They are, in short, fraudu-
lent schemes to make the
working class shoulder the
burdens of the crisis in order
to conserve capitalist profit.
The Workers Unemploy.
ment Insurance Bill, which
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-14
To Parade In Chicago

CHICAGO. Nov. 10. - Chicago
workers and intellectuals, Negro and
white, will demonstrate on Sstur-
day, Nov II, for the freedom of
the Scottsboro boys, with a parade
starting at pm. from Attn and
Prairie Ave, and ending with a
CONTINUED on Page p
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-14

Continued on Page p
Evening star., 1934-05-28
CORPORATION
REPORTS
TRENDS AND PROSPECTS OF
LEADING ORGANIZATIONS.

NEW YORK, May 28.-The follow
mg is today's summary of corporation
news prepared by Standard Statistics
Co., Inc, New York:
Monohth Portland Cement Co. de-
clared a dividend of 25 cents on &C
count of accumulations on $40 par 8
per cent preferred stock; last pay
ment on preferred was 25 cents a
share on March 10, 1884.
Case q. H. Co. declared quarterly
dividend of 81 on per cent preferred
stock; like amount was paid en- pre-
ferred on April /, 1884.
National Supply Co. of Delaware
deficit before subsidiary referred divi-
dends, quarter ended March 81, $685.
I'll vs. deficit S1,009,322; under date
of May 26 it was incorrectly reported
that these figures applied to II months
period ended March 81.
Natomas Co. common share earn
ings, four months ended April 80.
80 cents.
Lion Oil Refining Co-Company an
nounced it has paid in full the $3.50, 900
outstanding per cent mortgage bonds,
due June l, 1884, without refinancing
or loans.
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Railroad net income, four months
ended April 80, s67s,139, equal to 40
cents a common share VS.. deficit ST.
821 ,464
Delaware, Lackawanna g. Western
Railroad April net railway operating
income, s580.892 VS.. net railway
operating income of Sl,665.
Great Northern Railway April net
railway operating income, s552, ,e35 VS..
net railway operating income of
S173,497.
Northern Pacific Railway April net
railway operating income, S279,9e6 VS..
net railway operating deficit of
$34S158.
Electric Auto-Lite Co.-Company
has acquired Owen Dyneto Corpora
ton of Syracuse. N. Y, price was
reported around $3,000,000.
Chicago q Northwestern Railway
April net railway operating income
S18,571 VS.. net railway operating deficit
of S239,6
Evening star., 1934-05-28
N THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
Previous

Received by Private Wire Direct The Evening Star
Evening star., 1934-05-28
STOCKS ARE FIRM
IN DULL SESSION
Farm, Sugar and Railroad
Issues Share Interest
With SpeciaIties.
WHAT STOCKS DIn
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
Associated Press Financial Writer.

Associated Press Financial Writer.
NEW YORK, May 2S.-Stocks gen.
orally moved higher in today's mar
ket, but the trading matched some
Of the dullest sessions of last week.
Farm. sugar, rail and speciality issues
attracted what little buying power
there was and the majority Of gains
ranged from fractions to around q
point. The close was fairly firm.
Transfers approximated 625, 900
shares.
Wheat spurted the days allowable
limit OF 5 cents a bushel on further
adverse crop weather reports and
other cereals were not far behind. 1t
was questionable, however, whether
this was bullish for most stocks. Cot
ton did virtually nothing. Silver
marked time and rubber was little
heavy. Bonds were quiet and some
what improved. The dollar was Arm
er in foreign exchange dealings.
1nfationary sentiment was not aided
by the action of the Senate in reject
ing the House amendment TO the tenn
porary bank deposit guarantee bill
which would have conferred permis-
sive authority upon the F. D. I. C.
to loan on and purchase assets Of
banks closed prior to December 81,
1929. The Presidents special message
to Congress on the coconut oil tax
did not create any noticeable market
stir.
After the first hour the ticker tape
was silent for minutes at a time.
Homestake Mining recorded a gain of
on small turnover, and others, up
around a point or so, included Allied
Chemical, du Pont, International Har-
vester, Electric Auto-Lite, United
States Smelling, American Beet Sugar.
American Sugar Regining, Santa Fe,
United States Smelling and American
Commercial Alcohol. Small advances
were shown by United States Steel.
Deere, Standard Brands, Bethlehem,
United States Rubber, New York Cen
tral, Alaska Juneau, Chesapeake &
Ohio. National Distillers and United
Aircraft. American Telephone, Con-
solidated Gas and others were rather
narrow.
Evening star., 1934-05-28
DOLLAR GOES HIGHER
IN LONDON DEALINGS
BY the Associated Press.


LONDON, May 28.-The United
States dollar gained = cent to the
pound today, closing at 5.Os1a to the
pound as compared with Saturdays
final quotation of 500.
1t opened today at 5.O91s and grad
ually appreciated under a general de-
mand, mostly for payment of imports
from America
The French franc, which recently
has moved closely with the dollar
ruled steady and closed unchanged
from Saturdays figure of 77.12 to the
pound
The price of bar gold rose 21s pence
to 1876 shillings, 812 pence (S3480) a
fine ounce and f2l6,O0O (sl.O99, 500
worth was bought. repeatedly for
America.
PARIS, May % (P.-Three per cent
rentes, n francs; Az per cent rentes,
$3.50.
Exchange on London, TIP. The
dollar was quoted at 1854.
Evening star., 1934-05-28

Foster & Kleiser Co. deficit, year
ended March 81, $204,059 VS.. deficit
$752, 400.
Evening star., 1934-05-28
NEW YORK BANK STOCKS

NEW YORK, May %, R-Over-
the-counter market:
touotations as of A.? o'clock.)
BANKS
Evening star., 1934-05-28

IA l Vadsco Sales Corp.
31% 1S Vanadium Corp.
5ss 2es Va-Car Chemical.
Evening star., 1934-05-28
METAL MARKET.

NEW YORK. May IS RN.-Copper quiet;
electrolytic. spot and future: Blue Eagle
$50 Tin firmer. spot and future. 53.12
sylvania 1880; No 2, fob Buffalo
1880; No 2. fob. Alabama. 1880. Lead
steady; spot. New York. 400; East st.
Louis, 3S5. Zinc quiet; East st. Louis,
spot and future. 4 IS. Anthony. spot,
$50. Quicksilver. 76.OOa7S-OO.
Evening star., 1934-05-28
VISIBLE GRAIN SUPPLY.

NEW YORK, May % [P).-The Wis
ible supply of American grain shows
the following changes, bushels: Wheat
decreased, 999, 1000, corn decreased l.
373 5000, oats decreased 1,219 900, rye
decreased 743,OO0, barley decreased
1000.
Evening star., 1934-05-28
Copyright. 1894. by Moody's.)
Commodity Futures.

New York markets compiled by the
CoFFEE-spot steady; Rio No. z. 1oAa
10sS; Santos No. 4, IL Aa11h; Rio fu-
lures closed steady; sales, 5000 bags.
July. s45n; September. S.53: December.
soon; March s.6sn; May. s.75n. Santos
futures steady; sales. % 600 bags. July,
SILVER-Futures closed steady, 10
lower to higher; sales. 925,0O0 ounces
May. 45.07b; July. 45.12b; September,
January 4555b
sUGAR--Futures closed steady. lag
higher: sales, $500 tons: July: LIB;
ary. 1.73b; March, 1.7sb; May. 1.S2b.
CRUDE RUBBER - Futures closed
steady. 21a34 lower; sales, No. stand
ard, 676 contracts. July. 12.O7n; Septem-
Der, 12 32a1234: October. 1910; Decem
March. 1904. Smoked ribbed spot. II 1.96n
RAW SILK-Futures closed weak, 1a4h
lower; sales. LAO bales. July, %:
October. 1891; December. .23a1 231a
Open market quotations (6O-day basisl {:
Shanghai steam filature, 7S per cent seri-
plane. 20-22S 100 Canton double extra
"a, 14-16s, 90: japanese special crack
double extra, 81 per cent seriplane, 13-
15s. 1.32.
Nominal. Bid.
Evening star., 1934-05-28
INVESTMENT TRUSTS

NEW YORK. May % P.-(Over-the
counter markell:
(ouotations as of $3.50 o'cIock.)
Evening star., 1934-05-28
FURTHER GAIN SHOWN
IN RESERVE BALANCES
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Member bank reserve balances made
a further gain during the week ended
May %, as the change was measured
by the Federal Reserve Board. In
the table that follows the total Of
all reserves is given for comparable
periods. as announced by the board :;
Week ended May 80. S3,767 ,000. 600
Previous week ....... 3.694. 900 oO0u
Same week last year ,.... ., 2,l94. 100000
Evening star., 1934-05-28
COMMODITY PRICES

NEW YORK May 2s.-Index of Is staple
commodity prices December 81. 1881.
equals 100; 1926 average equals 230.5:
Evening star., 1934-05-28

Vass Sees Lower Interest.
George o. Vass, in his annual ad-
dress as president of the association,
predicted a forced lowering of inter-
est rates; reviewed banking code
progress; said that service charges
were never intended to affect any
but Improbable accounts, and con-
trasted the conditions of year ago,
when the reconstruction period fol-
lowing the bank holiday prevented
holding an out-of-town convention,
with the feeling of security and con-
fidence now prevailing in banking
circles. Turning to some of the
epochal events of the past year, MIR.
Vass added:
Following the bank holiday meas
ures were taken to strengthen the
banking structure. The most COM
prehensive of these measures was the
so-called banking act of 1888, which
was approved by the President on
June 16, 1888, and really combined
in one act number of independent
laws I shall not dwell on any of
its phases, as it will be the subject
of an ADDRESS at this convention, but
(Continted on Page 10, Column -
Evening star., 1934-05-28
CHICAGO STOCK MARKET

CHICAGO, May rs P.-Following is
the complete official list Of transactions
m stocks on the Chicago STOCK Exchange
today:
Sales STOCKS High. Low Close.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-23

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-23

These rugs receive the same treat
ment that imported Orientals are
given to produce rich lustre and
highlights. Persian designs in many
color combinations
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-23

Regularly $3.50. "a yards long.
Durable open mesh net with tai
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Regularly 79c a yard! A popular
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Today's replacement price on these
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colorings, suitable for living or din
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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-30

come available, according to company
officials.
The twin-n,otored craft has q cruis-
ing speed Of 20S miles per hour with
q pay load Of 1900 pounds and gross
weight Of 1900. II pressed 1t can
reach . top speed Of al miles per
hour and has . landing speed Of 60