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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-23
Arrest 7 Defenders
OF Sacramento CAL,
Workers. Center
Workers Resist Attack of
LegiOnnaires and
C.W.A. FOremen

SACRAMENTO, Calf, Jan. Ill
Seven workers were arrested here
for defending the Workers Educa-
tional Center against an organized
attack by a group of Legionaires.
After telling the arrested workers to
get out Of town, the chief of police
was forced to release them when the
LegionaireS failed to appear at the
court to place charges against them.
The attack was organized by Jack
North, who is in charge Of the G. w.
A. Ben Ali project on the outskirts
Of Sacramento, after he had failed
to intinidate workers on the job, who
were distributing leaflets calling the
workers to meeting.
On Jan. a worker named Long
handed a pamphlet by Anne Roches-
ter to a fellow worker. After circu-
lating, the pamphlet fell into the
hands Of a stool-pigeon.
When Long started to work on the
following day he was ordered to go
home by North. Meanwhile, the
workers circulated leaflets calling the
workers to mass meeting.
On the next day, North organized
a gang to raid the Workers Center
They gathered for the attack on the
hall when they thought it would be
empty.
A small group OF workers were III
the hall, however, and defended
themselves and the hall from attack
One of the workers and Is or 20 OF
the attackers were injured.
In about 20 minutes the police ar
rived and arrested the workers foI
'inciting to riot The workers were
released when their attackers failed
to appear at the court.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-23
accepts a1dEndOrseS 18th
PIenunuResolutiOn OtECCI
Stresses Carrying Through OfTasks OfOpen Letter;
strengthening of Trade Union Work, and
Struggle for Unemployment Insurance

NEW YORK.-The following Is
the resolution unanimously adopted
by the 18th meeting of the Central
Committee of the Communist Party,
U.S.A., on the decisions and reports
Of the 18th PlenUm of the Exec
utive Committee OF the Communist
International. se.
The 18th meeting Of the Central
Committee was held in New York
City on January 16 and IL.
u The 18th meeting of the Cen
trail Committee C.P.U.S.A. fully ac-
cepts and endorses the analysis OF the
present world situation and the deci-
sions Of the 18th Plenum Of the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Communist
international.
D The Central Committee ex-
presses its full agreement with the
stand of the ECCI on the situation In
Germany, and the perspectives for Q
new revolutionary upsurge Of the Ger
man proletariat against fascism UNI
der the leadership of the heroic Ger
man Communist Party. The German
Communist Party, led by Comrade
Thaelmann, correctly worked both. be.
fore and since the ascent Of Hitler
to power to tear the masses from the
treacherous leadership Of the German
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-23

by the city, county, N. r. A. and
bosses officials, could pump the
miners against the N. M. U. But
the trick failed. Only four miners
out of 1900 attended this rally and
they attended on union instructions
to see what happened.
On Aug. %, clinaxing an intensive
organizational campaign which en-
braced the great majority of Gallup
miners, all N. M. U. locals presented
demands to the bosses, which were
rejected and q strike called. The
strike closed all mines tightly.
Bosses Help U.MW.A. Heads
Out OF these 1900 miners the U.
NJ w A. had about 20 members. A
few we're sincere rank and file miners
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-23

rushed to Gallup hospital with eye
sight endangered.
Was Reese arrested, although the
soldiers were present and witnessed
this? He was not, Captain Harrison
answered the pickets' demand that
Reese be arrested with, You were
served right" On other days Reese
would drive his car through the lines
at full speed, purposely trying to hit
pickets, no matter if they were women
or kids.
MeSsrs. Reese, Statham and others
of their breed performed another SER
vice for tire sy'iksbr2aling bosses Of
2llup. That was when they joined
hands with the bosses III fighting to
have the troops retained in Gallup.
Has any miner ever witnessed the
UMWA. pleading for the retention
of soldiers in a strike zone? That
happened in Gallup.
Thirty-six hours after the strike
was called, troops detrained in Gal
lup and martial law was declared.
The strike was called an 'insurrec-
ton" and Governor Seliyman ordered
the troops to execute the laws and
suppress instruction" A part of his
proclamation says:
There is condition existing in
Mckinley County, State of New
Mexico, regarding the activity of
sundry and various persons several
Iy and collectively in defiance of
law and organized society and gov
eminent, tending to disrupt and de-
stroy the same by force and viO-
lence, which activity has reached
such proportions that it is affecting
the welfare of the State OF New
Mexico" etc.
The instruction" was simply that
the miners presented demands to the
bosses, they were rejected and a strike
Such is insuTection under
the New Dealt Meetings of all kinds
picketing not allowed and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-23
New Haven CWA
Men Improving
Land for Rich
b uil d Tennis Courts.
Athletic Fields for
Wealthy
by a G. ". Worker Correspondent

by a G. ". Worker Correspondent
NEW HAVEN. Conn. - The Pork
Barrel Actors. known better as the
c. w. A. gave two days work to the
most deserving. The capitalistic
papers were all agog over it, so far
there is from 100 to $50 at work on
East Rock Park. They are divided
into three different crowds. One
crowd is digging out hill and filling
UP a large valley with the sand, This
will reclaim about four acres Of land.
When finished it is to be used by a
large crowd of female students that
attend a private school on Prospect
Hill. Their parents are wealthy.
Hockey, light baseball and other calls
themes. When they do come into
the park they keep very segregated.
The police give them special protec-
ton.
Another crowd is at wotk on the
north side of the mountain. They
are building a large field OF about
acres of ground through the rocks
and wood When done this is going
to be used by the Archers Association
Of New England A bon ton organiza-
tion The men range from Is to
about IS years Of age.
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Mass Work and the Open Letter

also, the problem Of the revolution
airy way out of the crisis, the revo-
lutionary seizure Of power by the
telling masses, the proletarian revo-
luton. The objective prerequisites for
revolutionary crisis are maturing.
A. This places before our Party the
task Of energetically and speedily car
rying through the decisive turn to
serious mass work, as demanded by
the Open Letter of the Extraordinary
Party conference. The most deter
mined efforts must be made to arouse
the initiative of all Party units, sec
tons, and districts, and Of every Party
member to insure the taking Of every
possible step to establish Communist
leadership in the sharp class strug-
giles now maturing.
Particularly, the most serious ef-
forts must be made to raise the po-
litical understanding of the member
ship to prepare them to stand firm
against all attacks and solve all the
problems with which the present stu
alton confronts them. Through the
Party press, particularly, but also
through the regular political discus
Sions with the membership, and
through Party schools, and classes,
the decisions Of the 18th Plenun must
be widely popularized and develop
ments within the country examined
in the light Of these decisions, with
the objective Of making a thorough
understanding Of these decisions the
property of every member.
At the same time, the populariza-
ton of the decisions OF the 18th
Plenun, and the preparations for the
Eighth Convention Of our Party must
be made the occasion for renewed
and more sustained drive to realize
the detectives set for the Party by
the Open Letter. This means, i'll the
first place, strengthening Of the
efforts to penetrate the big factories
Of the most decisive industries, build
ing there on the basis of closest at
tention to the day-to-day needs of
the workers, units Of the Communist
Party, and of the Young Communist
League, and department and factory
committees of the revolutionary trade
unions, and, in cases where the A. F.
of L. is established, Of the trade
union opposition. Decisive and sys-
tematic work must be undertaken to
win the working youth, including the
unemployed who have never had an
opportunity to work in the factories,
and to transform the vel. into q
broad mass rrpanizafior
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-23
Young Workers Call
Meets To Fight for
Relief or CWA Jobs
To Hold WOmen's Job
less Conference on
Sunday

NEW YORK. ALL Home Relief
Bureaus here, after the continued
and protracted struggles IF the io';-
less youth, which culmiratcd in the
actions of the young workers OF
Brooklyn and the Workers EX-Ser-
vicemen's League in demanding and
winning the promise Of relief, have
started to register single unemployed
workers.
Yet this move on the part Of the
Home Relief Bureaus does not mean
that the victory OF the single unc,n-
ployed workers OF New York is as
sured Although registrations are
taking place, the Home Relief Bureau
has not publicly announced this
change in policy, and relief has been
won only in instances where the
young workers have fought for it.
Ruling Limits Relief
The ruling also, has a number Of
limitations that must be fought by
the young unemployed workers. In
order to be eligible for relief, the
single worker must have a place to
cook food. Also, relief, it IS under
Stood will be given out in the form
Of food baskets. Single unemployed
workers, who have no facilities with
which to cook the food which the
Home Relief Bureau is declaring the
single workers must eat, are to be
Disseminated against.
Young workers should Immediately
call conferences of all single unem-
ployed workers to demand cash re-
lief for all the jobless.
Benjamin to Speak at B.oro Hall Meet
Herbert Benjamin, National Organ
izer of the Unemployed Councils, will
speak at a boro meeting Of single
and unemployed workers to be held
Thursday, Jan. Is, at Central Hall,
1876 State St., Brooklyn, at 8 pm.
Delegates will be elected to the
National Convention Against Unem-
ployment to be held in Washington
on Feb. 3, and 5.
Williamsburg Conference Of
Young Workers
Inc single JoDIeSS WORKERS OF VIII
liamsburg are calling a conference
of all single Unemployed workers at
the Progressive Workers Club, 159
Sumner ST., on Wed, Jan. "a, at 8
pm. Demands for the continuance
and enlarging OF the C.W.A. program,
against the announced wage cuts,
and for immediate cash relief VIII
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-23
Strengthen the Trade Union Work

Every district. section, and unit, is
particularly charged with the task Of
strengthening all phases of our mass
5rade union work This includes both
he building of the revolutionary
trade unions, and especially the over
coming of all underestimation of seri-
GUS work in the A. F. of L. and in
dependent unions, developing the
broadest united front from below. In
this connection, the Political Buro
and the District Btros are charged
with responsibility for the carrying
through of drive in the Party to
bring every Party member into a
trade union.
The campaign for social and un-
employed insurance must be seriously
undertaken, with an effort to draw
in both the employed and unemployed
workers. The present serious weak
neSSes in the work among the unem-
ployed, make it particularly necessary
to emphasize the need for decisively
taking up this task in every district
and section.
The organization of CWA, and PW
A workers must receive still greater
attention. The announced cut in
wages on CWA jobs presents the
most favorable situation for organi-
zation and struggle At the same
time the work among the greater
mass Of the unemployed who are still
without jobs and on greatly reduced
relief rations, must receive much
greater attention. 3.
The proposal of the government to
force 100000 boys into the Gees
and the million of single unemployed
into forced labor camps, must be met
with intensive agitational and orgari-
rational work and the carrying
through of struggle.
The work among the Negro masses,
particularly the bringing of the Ne
gro workers into the revolutionary
trade unions and into the unemploy-
ment movement, must receive much
more serious attention. While deep
ening the struggle against all white
chauvinist tendencies both in the
Party and the trade unions, and for
equal rights for the Negro people, it
is necessary to give much more at
tention than heretofore to the dis
elimination against the Negro masses
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-23

social democracy, the main social sup
port for fascism, and to win the
majority Of the working class and
the toiling masses for the revolution
airy seizure of power for proletarian
dictatorship for a Soviet Germany.
This position, the tombstone in de-
termining a real Bolshevik attitude,
must be widely popularized in the
struggle against the social-fascists
and renegadeS.
The failure Of the Hitler regime to
solve any of the problems Of Ger
man capitalism, the continuous low
ering of the living standards of the
toiling masses, the extreme agrees
siVenesS of Hitler's foreign policy, es-
pecially against the Soviet Union
making German faSciSm one OF the
main threats to world peace, all in
crease the class antagonisms within
Germany, shatter the workers illu-
Sions in the demagogic promises OF
Hitler, lead to a rapid disintegratior
of social democracy, which the masses
are beginning to see as the force
chiefly responsible for the fascist vic
tory, and bring the masses in in
creasing numbers to the Communist
Party. The tireless revolutionary work
of the German Communist Party as
sures the victory of the German pro-
J letariat.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-23

- The analysis of the world Situ-
alton and the tasks set for the vari-
Gus Communist Parties by the 18th
Plenum applies fully to the United
States. The policies OF the Wall Street
financial oligarchy as expressed by
the Roosevelt regime, have failed to
overcome the crisis. The New Deal,
with the NR.A. as its keystone, has
led to further impoverishment of
the toiling masses. The character of
the New Deal as preparations for war,
and development towards fascism be-
comes daily more apparent. The d.
rect imitation policy now inaugurated
by Roosevelt becomes still another
factor deepening the crisis for Amer
lean capitalism and still further
SharpenS the attacks on the masses
and increases the antagonisins be-
tween U. S. imperialism and its for
eign rivals, particularly Great Britain,
France, and Japan, bringing closer
the danger Of war.
The peace talk of Roosevelt, his
demagogy about non-interference in
foreign affairs, serve only as a paci-
fist cover for the feverish prepara-
tons for war which today is the pre-
dominant concern Of the Roosevelt
regime. The recognition Of the Soviet
Union, dictated by the growing power
of the land of socialism, is used by
Roosevelt TO support this pacifiSt IL
fusion, but in reality, is another in
dication of the inlninence Of war.
The masses are beginning to over
come the great illusions which they
had in the New Deal and which were
frthered and greatly strengthened by
the support given to Roosevelt by
A. F. of L., socisl-fascist and liberal
leaders. A new strike wave is natur-
ing throughout the country on the
very heels of the strike wave of the
past year. Already the strike wave
of 1885 showed a clearly defined po-
litical character, throwing the work.
ers into struggle against the NR.A.
In the developing strike wave, this
political character, as directed against
the MIRA. and the A. F. Of l.. bu-
reaucracy, is already much more
pronounced, and will still further de-
velop. Great struggles of the poor
farmers and the unemployed are also
maturing.
Clearly, Rooseveltis program, with
its fascist and war objectives, is also
leading to the sharpening Of all class
antagonisms throughout the country,
and is placing on the agenda, here
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-23
Central Committee Resolution for Fight on Huns
Mass Pressure Wins
Release of Phila. Negro

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Jan. 81
Freedom, at his second trial, from a
sentence Of two years imprisonment
and a $500 fine was won last week
for Theodore Richards, Negro worker
arrested nine months ago here at an
open-air meeting to protest an eYic-
ton.
Richards was charged with incit-
ing to riot, and an appeal was taken
by the I. l.. D. from the sentence i'm
posed by Judge McDevitt, who for
some time had been out to get"
Richards. White and Negro workers
packed the court at the hearing.
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To Demand JObLesS
Insurance at Mimi.
Mass Demonstration

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, Jan. %.
The Unemployed Council is or
ganizing a mass demonstration
for unemployment insurance on
Friday, Jan. 26, at am, before
the City Council chambers. The
demonstrators will demand that
the City Council endorse the
Workers Unemployment Insur-
ance Bill. which will be presented
to the President, Congress and
the Senate by the delegates at the
National Convention Against IN
employment, to be held in Wash
ington on Feb. 3, 4 and 5.
A send-off mass meeting for the
Minnesota delegates to the Ma
tional Convention will be held on
Saturday evening, Jan. %, at the
Metal Workers Hall, 1923 Cedar
Ave, South.
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be raised.
The Women's Committee of the
Unemployed Council, the Trade
Union Unity League, and the United
Council of Working Glass Women,
have issued a joint call for Women's
Unemployment Conference to be held
at Irving Plaza, Sunday, Jan. %.
Delegates to the National Convention
Against Unemployment will be
elected. and demands for C.W.A. jobs
for iobless women viii be raised
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-23

Support the National Convention
Against Unemployment, Feb. 3, in
Washington, d. c.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-07
DAILY SHORT STORY
DAILY SHORT STORY --- DOUBTFUL LOOT Slim Murphy Was Thief; Magic Wanted Suik. case, So Willy Jim Went Forth to Do His Stuff
By LILLIAN E. HOLMAN

Genial Slim Murphy stretched his long legs and arose from the depths of an easy chair. Well, baby" he announced jauntily, thrusting the yellow sheet Of paper into his pocket, tits us for the big town again. When the boys wire their old pal to come back, they need him, what I mean"
 The girl on the couch stirred. lifting her heavy lids, but she did not reply. Her transparent eyes concentrated like those of china cat on the lean, graceful figure of the man, recognized in the under world as one of the cleverest dips" in the game.
 There was something slow and expansive about Magic. She was al- most bovine in her lazy, effortless movements; she never walked if she could ride; never sat up if she could lie down; she adored Slim, was proud of his shady success, al- though she assumed a bored ex- precision when he sang his own praise, as he was given to doing.
 "If they want a neat, particular job done-Pm the boy!" Slim was pacing about in his characteristic nervous fashion. q claim nobody can beat me in a confidence game. and he held out his hands, fiexing the long, sensitive fingers, when it comes to extracting 'pokeS-well I got technique all my own. You know that, kid"
 Mazie merely nodded.
 Slim became expansive. Now, never take chances, like some guys" he rambled on, rumpling his shock of sandy hair; "when I lift anything, Pm pretty dead sure what I'm gettin'. I got a system they can't beat. It's my vocation I was born that way. and" he. add ed impressively, q sdon't know what the inside of jail looks like!"
 "Yeah," Magic yawned, "You're pretty slick, but I've noticed the wise guys are the biggest suckers. You know you can't win all the time, big boy"
 Slim reached for his cap. "Oh, is that sol" he mocked. Well, don't ever gamble on that, baby, cause I'm gonna keep right on hittin' the ball." He paused to light a cigar cite, fiicking the match into a far WI WV OoeAI " SdbNh t5Aot late train for Chicago. tonight. The fairs on there and that's right up my alley"
 Listen, Slim," Magic reused her self to remark as he reached the door, T just gotta have a new suit case-and l want a good one, too.
 Slim raised his eyebrows ques- tioningly. Why baby! Did I ever bring YOU anything that wasn't ab- solutely right?"
 'So far, no. Now run on and get the reservations-be sure and get a drawing room. And hurry back-you gotta help with the packin'."
 "Oh, sure, sure" Slim agreed genially, you mean I gotta do all the packin. And leave it to papa to get bag that'll knock your eyes out"
 It was more than an hour later when Slim turned from the ticket window in the busy Los Angeles
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-07
"SLIM, HIS EYES POPPING,
 SPRANG BACK"

"Ha, baby! How's that for bag? Ain't it a beauty?" Slim was boyishly eager, proud, rushing into the apartment, clearing a place in the disordered table to deposit his loot.
 Magic, on the couch as usual, yawned and reused herself suffi- ciently to remark: Yeah. It looks
 "okeh is right! That's the way pick 'em. got an eye for class and style. An look! Your initial already planted!" Slim was exult- ant, Leave 1t to papa to bring home the old well-known bacon"
 Magic swung her feet to the floor and sat up, manifesting an indolent curiosity. Where ia snatch it?" she inquired.
 "Got that in the station after I bought the tickets"
 Seems to me you're taking a chance. pickin' up suitcases. Might be bomb inside"
 Bomb nothin'!! The guy that dropped that bag looked more like a prosperous bootlegger. It's kinda heavy--now wouldn't 1t be lucky if | there was several quarts of good rye inside? Oh, boy! Let's have a | look-see." e4t@ Confidently. Slim snapped the nickel catches, slipping back the two heavy straps that bound the bag. Releasing the catch in the lid, with flourish he threw it open. Instantly, with a hissing, rattling sound, two big diamond back snakes reared their ugly heads. tongues darting. Suffering cats." Slim, his eyes popping, sprang back and kept right on backing. The bag seemed full of writhing bodies.
 Magic snapped out of her leth- ergy, screamed and dashed for the nearest door. with Slim close on her heels. Together they plunged through, slamming the door behind them, just as a big five-foot snake detached itself from the suitcase and dropped to the floor.
 The woman's china-cat eyes glared at Slim with a mixture of horror and indignation as he stood, back against tho door, mopping his clammy brow with shaking hand. Well, if you ain't the prize jack asst" she snarled at him. What d'ya mean, bringip' them things in here? Where's all the cunnin' you're always braggin' about?"
 Slim shifted from one foot to the other, grinning namely. "Aw, don't blame me, baby" he wheedled, "a guy can't win all the time--you said so yourself"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-07

terminal, carefully slowing away s< an inner pocket his drawing room reservation. He suddenly reRnafn- bered the suitcase Magic had r8- Quested.
 He glanced about the waiting room. Somewhere among all these travellers must be good bag. Slim never bought anything he could pick up, thus saving a lot of mon ey. So very carefully and casually he reconnoitered.
 Finally he spied a weli-dresssd. i. prosperous-lookiEg man, carrying A suitcase of medium size, obviously heavy. Slim followed the man. saw him set the bag down carefuily. close beside the end of bench, then without a backward glance. worry away toward the informa- tion desk.
 Slim sat down near the suitcase and surveyed it critically.s Fash toned of black walrus hide, 1t waE apparently new. But what decided him was the monogram-M. J.- Mazie's own-stamped in gold let ters.
 One glance toward the informa- tion desk where the owner seemed to be having some difficulty with the clerk, and Slim picked up the bag and nonchalantly walked away. Reaching the street, he climbed into a waiting taxi. All. very simple and disgustingly easy