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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28
Neav York'S JobIesS Millions

TOUR hundred thousand families, one
L fourth of the city's population, are de-
pendent on relief in New York City. This
is admitted by William Hodson, Commits
sioner of Welfare.
This number, he admits, will increase
to 100000 families, to 100000 persons by
winter.
Even this huge total does not represent the total
number of unemployed, he says. This is only the
number dependent on relief. Others are cared for
BY their families or friends exc out an existence
in some other way.
Although claiming that $2O1 100000 will be spent
for relief this year. he acknowledges that the present
relief system is woefully inadequate
Yet all the proposals of the city administration
center around cuts in relief expenditures and ad-
ditional taxes on the masses to cover the relief
burden.
First, LaGuardia proposed city lottery and
gross earnings tax on business institutions taking
in more than $4,000 per year. He included in this
the Observation-Disclosures dentists, lawyers, etc.
These proposals clearly place the burden of caring
for the unemployed on the workers and the lower
middle class
NOW under the pressure of the big business
N groups. headed by Grover whalen La Guardia
is retreating from these proposals. Pressure is
being developed for form of direct taxation on
the masses.
A sales tax is proposed. Likewise two-cent
subway tax. Other similar measures, all designed
to make the masses pay, will be brought forward
The workers, the small business people and the
professionals must be on their guard Adequate
unemployment relief solely at the expense of the
rich the bankers, brokers, manufacturer is
the demand that represents the interests Of the
broadcast masses of the people.
The demands against relief cuts against forced
labor for adequate winter relief for increased cash
relief for union wages and conditions on relief
projects should bring tens of thousands Of workers
to the City Hall on September a.
This New York city action on September 70
should give powerful impetus to the National Con-
gress for Social Security to convene in Washing
ton at the opening of Congress-
Above all the report of Hodson emphasizes the
growing importance which must now be given to
the plight of the unemployed throughout the en-
tire country. The fight for the Workers Unemploy-
ment and Social Insurance Bill is given still greater
significance.
The Communist Party units, sections and dis
tricts should everywhere re-examine with the view
Of strengthening this work.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28
Milan Bosses
Admit Decline
In Jobs, Wages

PARIS, Aug. 27.-The "Populaire"
quotes statistics drawn up by the
fascist Employers Association OF
the Province of Milan, giving the
following data:
Between November, 1929, and Au-
gust, 1884, the number OF workers
employed in the Province of Milan
declined from 252,727 to 19o,874.
With respect to average earnings,
these statistics state:
In November, 1929, building work
ers were earning 512 lire monthly,
by April, 1884, only 1884 lire. The
average monthly earnings of metal
workers has declined in the same
time from SIT to AL lire, of the
textile workers from BIT to 227 lire.
The monthly bulletin issued by
the Central Office for Statistics
states that out of 941,25T unem-
ployed in May this year (this is
the official figure, in reality the
number is much greater, only 242-
422 we're in receipt of benefit, and
this benefit, at its highest rate. was
only 3.75 lire daily for 80 days.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28
Growth of Fascism in India
Played by Anti Imberialists

tiers throughout India. At this meet
ing it was decided that the only
way to meet and resist the contin-
ued attacgs upon the workers con-
ditions was by a general stoppage
of work At the same time pro-
gram of demands was agreed to,
and the date fixed for the calling
of the general strike was May l.
"The government began to take
action against the workers months
before this date. A series of ar
rests took place in Cawnpore, Nag
pur, Bombay and Sholapur for
speeches, etc. In the case of a
worker, P. G. JOSH, who was ar
rested on March 8-the order for
his arrest states: p. c. JOSH of
the Cawnpore Majdoor workers
Union) has delivered various in
f1ammatory speeches the tenden-
cies Of which are to provoke dis
cord between employers and en-
ployes, > This comrade has since
been sentenced to three years i'm
prisonment at hard labor. Sen
fences of two years Imprisonment
at hard labor for similar reasons
have been given to workers in Bonn
boy, Sholapur and elsewhere. One
of these was the case of B. F. Rama
dive and it is interesting to note
what the magistrate had to say
when sentencing him to two years:
Jailed for Anti imperialism
Gin the very beginning the &C
cused had said that by the holding
of a meeting, the hungry workers,
the starving workers, were declar-
ing war against starvation, against
unemployment, against capitalism
and against imperialism Regarding
the Interpretation of the word i'm
perialism' the Magistrate remarked,
No doubt in politics and economics
this word did not denote the gov
eminent of a country; it was more
system or policy of government
than the government itself. But in
all cases of sedition the effect of
the speech as a whole had to be
considered and not the etymologi-
cal or dictionary meaning of the
words
The Magistrate further pointed
out that a speech made at a time of
profound peace and contentment
might not excite bad feeling, but
might at time of agitation and
unrest excite intense hatred towards
the government.
THE Magistrate said that if the
speech had contained nothing else,
one could have had no objection
and it might have been held that
imperialism referred to the system
! of government, and that war was
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28
Long Jail Terms Given
to Textile Strikers,
Anti Var Fighters
By Burck

intended to convey nothing more
than agitation or struggle, but 1t
had to be remembered that the &C
cused was addressing an ignorant
and illiterate audience consisting
mostly of unemployed or as he (the
accused called them, hungry,
starving workers. The magistrate
said, In my opinion the effect that
would be left in the mind of any,
one hearing the speech would be
not only to excite contempt for the
government, but to arouse feelings
of hatred and disloyalty to it. I
therefore convict the accused. The
speech is clear incentive to vio-
lence and bloodshed made at a time
of great unrest and trouble which I
t think aggravates the offence
Bombay Chronicle, May 80, 1934)
Whole Strike Committee Jailed
"On the first day of the textile
strike the whole of the strike COM
mittee was arrested under the
Bombay Special Emergency Pow
ers Act, an act passed ostensibly to
be used at the time of Communal
Riots, under which a person can
be arrested by the police and kept
in prison for a period of three
months without trial or without
even being produced before a Magis-
trate.
"Other powers, such as Section
IA banning meetings and process
sions, were used against the work
ers. Pickets were arrested Lathi
charges were a daily occurrence,
and at Delhi and Bombay, shoot
ing took place, many workers being
wounded and some killed.
"On top of this, the government
has sanctioned a prosecution against
eight members of the strike COM
mittee under the Trades Dispute
Act of 1929 on the grounds that the
strike was not legitimate.
"These facts will show the powers
the government of India already
has and how they are used. From
this it can readily be appreciated
what this new Fascist measure will
mean. And it is clear that these
new powers are to be used not only
against the Communist Party of
India but also against the trade
unions, strike committees and Work
ers' and Peasants Parties to crush
any movement to defend or improve
economic conditions in the strug-
gle for independence.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28

Fail to Halt
Fruit Strike
1000 MaintaiB SOIid
Ranks in the Swamps
Of Costa Rica

LIMON. Costa Rica. Aug. 81. -
In the fever and snake-infested
swamps of the United Fruit CO.
domain here, more than 1000 work
erS are militantly maintaining their
strike ranks despite the most vi
cious terror and wholesale arrests.
The stSike started on August 9.
when the United Fruit and other
companies refused the workers de-
mands for increased wages. better
living conditions, and medical at
tention. More than half Of the
strikers are Negro workers, many
brought into the country under
semi-slave contracts from Haiti
Nicaragua and other countries.
More than As of the leaders have
been deported, twenty-six to Mica
ragua. Hundreds have been ar
rested, The United Fruit Co. domi-
mates the government of President
Ricardo Jimenez.
c. P. Behind Strike.
The persecution has been especi-
ally severe against the Communist
Party of Costa Rica. which has
flung all its forces behind the strike.
working for its victory against the
mighty imperialist concern that
rules the country.
Conditions Of the fruit workers
are abominable. They are forced
to work in fever-infested waters.
under the broiling sun. A great
number Of them are inflicted with
malaria and other tropical diseases.
and receive very little medical care.
The demands for increased wages
provide a raise in pay for all labor
erS, carriers, longshoremen. and
those on monthly salary. Because
of the feudal conditions under
Which they work, being forced to
pay heavy rent for company houses.
to provide their own tools. to buy
IN company stores at outrageous
prices, the strike demands are di-
rected against all of these oppres-
sive measures.
snake Bites OFTEN Fatal
Subject to snake-bites which
often ends fatally, the strikers de-
mand that the companies be forced
to comply with the law providing
benefits for all such accidents.
Because the government has
made a special contract with the
the United Fruit Co. that is of bene-
Mt only to the Wall Street concern
the strikers demand:
Rejection of the Cortes- Chit
tenden agreement, due to the fact
that the United Fruit Co. is the
only one to derive benefit from the
same, and thereby, farmers and
especially workers are the sufferers
from that contract"
Want Union Recognized
They also demand "recognition
OF the Atlantic Syndicate of Work
ers, and other workers organiza-
lions on the part of the government
and the bosses"
The strikers and the Communist
Party of Costa RIGA has made a
special appeal to American work
ers organizations to send cables OF
protest to President Ricardo Jime-
nez at Limon, Costa RIGA. against
the arrests and persecution of strik-
ers, against the deportations, and
the support given by the govern
ment to the Wall Street concern
the United Fruit Co.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28
Communist Party Now
Outlawed in Drive
Against Workers

The British Section of the League
Against Imperialism and for Ma
tional independence has issued a
statement called "Fascism in Ac-
tion," in which it reviews the ac-
tons of the government in India
which recently terminated with the
outlawing Of the Communist Party.
Citing the government declara-
ton that "the Communist Party is
an uni a wful association" the
League Against Imperialism de-
clares:
To support the granting of these
sweeping powers, statement is is
sued from Simla which says that
the Communists have not tried to
disguised their part in stirring up
the recent Bombay Mill strikes. It
then goes on to say that for a
whole month the Kirti Kisan Party
(Workers' and Peasants Party
which is not Communist organi-
cation, had conducted village meet
ings in the Punjab-and that the
Kirti-Kisan movement under vari-
Gus names, had been gaining some
ground in areas hitherto little af-
fected. The London Times of July
u says, The movement may be
described as the extreme left-wing
of the Congress with a strong Com
munist tinge.
All Militant Workers Affected
so it may be taken for granted
that not only organizations or per-
sons that can be labelled Commu-
mist, but organizations or persons
with Communist tinge, will be
drawn under this most obnoxious
measure. This opinion is supported
by the two following points:
"a further message from Simla
in the Times of August / says, The
Provincial Governments are consid-
ering what local organizations
should be brought within the scope
of the notification And, in the
House of Commons on July 80, the
Secretary of State for India, reply
ing to James Maxton, M. P, said,
No other similar organizations
have at present been declared I'M
lawful
Demands Formulated
I'm Bombay during January this
year a meeting took place of dele
gates representing perfectly consti-
tutional textile workers tr d c
unions from different textile cen
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28

Even with the help of two fed
eral conciliators, Frey is meeting
with great difficulties. First of all
the craft unions are reluctant to
desert the miners. Besides their
feeling Of working class solidarity
greatly strengthened during the
long struggle, they know that de-
sertion of the miners means their
own isolation. At the same time
the miners strike committee has
been sending delegations to these
local unions.
The strike committee of the I. U.
M. M. S. w. also called in Frey and
asked him in very unpleasant
manner what he was trying to do.
Frey stood upon the decisions of
the Washington conference and re-
fused to enter into further confer
ences. He got a lot of verbal abuse
and was invited to pack up and go
back to Washington. He left for a
while but returned.
The immediate developments can
not be predicted accurately at this
time but it is probable that Butte
and the state of Montana will also
be treated to Red Scare" if the
present strikebreaking maneuvers
fail.
One thing is certain: The work
ers in the metal mining industry,
the miners, engineers.
pumpmen and smelter workers,
most of them recently organized,
have carried out the militant tradi-
tons of the 1917 strike and have
created new traditions of stubborn
united struggle and unprecedented
solidarity,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28
Nazis Rush
Arrnanlents


BERLIN, Aug. 27.-War arna-
ments are being prepared through
out Germany with increasing open
ness and rapidity. The metal work
ing undertakings are receiving
gigantic; orders for war material
from the Reichswehr. All orders
are given with short terms of de-
livery, and generally entail work at
the full capacity of the factories.
The speed-up is so violent that pro
ouctlon is frequently badly organ
lzed and spoilt goods result In
oroer to secure profits by enabling
Ite factory owners to adhere to the
snort terms of delivery. the work
ers nave to work overtime and on
Sundays. ~ Va
IN Warnemunde, on the Baltic.
all undertakings manufacturing war
material are working feverishly The
Helnkel airplane works are t1lrnino
OUT large numbers of rapid. agile
one-seaters. Dozens of these planes
are tried out every day. In order
10 prevent outsiders from observing
the trials are carried out over the
sea. That large numbers of aero
planes are completed dailv is evi-
denced by the fact that everv dav
Two or three crash and have to be
fetched in. All these planes are
furnished with the newest tyne of
motor, and with protective screen
TO ward off electric rays which
might put the motor out of action.
Another undertaking, working
under the name of an aviation
school, is carrying out an order for
over 10000 containers for aeroplane
gas bombs. These are square tin
containers over yard high, padded
inside with felt rings. Every pos
sible speeding up method is en-
ployed to enable the terms of de-
livery to be kept. The workers are
continually being told that if the
orders are carried out punctually
other and larger orders will come
in.
Airplane bombs of frightful effect
are being cheaply and practically
manufactured. The middle con-
sists of a four to five-inch gas pipe,
provided with four thumb screws
welded on the top. This pipe is
placed in metal mould and thick
layer of cement poured around it.
The bomb is then thrown into the
sea, where it remains for eight
days, to harden off thoroughly
After this the gas pipe is filled with
an explosive. The detonater,
screwed onto the bottom, is not
made of metal, but of composition
(bakalite, erolite, galalite). The fin
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28
Spanish Fascists Armed
by Nazis, Paper Reveals

MADRID, Spain, Aug. 27.-The
newspaper, THE Red Basque Coun-
try (Biskaya), states that a great
part of the arms owned by the
Spa S h fascists, the so-called
Spanish Phalanx, have come from
Germany. Whole truck loads of
arms pass the frontier station of
Irun.
Besides this, two sailing cutters,
the property Of an architect named
Aizpurua, have brought to San
Sebastian pistols of the pattern
used by the Storm Troops and
Guard Corps in Germany.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28
Marine Worker Tells
OF Conditions i'm USSR

LOUISVILLE, KY, Aug. 81. -
Robert Lee Minor, Baltimore sea-
man who recently returned from a
tour of Soviet Russia, told of his
experiences in the U.SS.R. before
l25 Negro and white workers who
crowded into the Socialist headquar-
tiers last Tuesday. The meeting was
arranged by the Friends of the So
Wet Union.
Contrasting the lot of the workers
in the U.S.SR. with the miserable
conditions in the capitalist coun-
tries, Minor said:
THE youth of the Soviet Union
are the most advanced, intelligent
and healthiest of any in the world.
In no other country did we see such
happy workers"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28

ished bombs are stored in subter-
ranean store rooms.
In order to ensure that the manu-
facture of ornaments does not
stagnate for lack of material, many
cartridge cases are not being made
Of brass as hitherto, but of
pressed composition of paper, glue
and resin. Trials with these cases
are stated to have given satisfactory
results, so that their mass manu-
facture can be proceeded with.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28
Woman Tells Horrors
of Georgia Prison Farm

ATLANTA, Ga, Aug. 81. = I'D
rather die than go back to the
prison farm" screamed Mrs. Mar
garet Brooks, 23-year-old white
woman, when she was arrested in
Atlanta last week. Mrs. Brooks had
escaped from the City Dairy Farm
prison, where she has 81 more days
to serve.
Mrs. Brooks revealed horrible tor
lures which white working -class
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28
COUNCIL HEADQUARTERS
MOVED

NEW YORK. Unemploy-
ment Councils of Greater New York
and the United Action Conference
on Work Relief and Unemployment
will set up temporary offices at IL
w. 18th St, beginning today, NOV
ing from their present address at 20
E. Goth st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28

women are forced to undergo at the
hands of the German jailers. 1t is
to IL or 20 years of such torture
that Georgia would send Angelo
Herndon for the Crime" of organ
izing hungry workers.
Women are punished by being
shut up in sweat-boxes, Mrs. Brooks
revealed. She herself was strung
up in the sweat-box for is hours.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28

fascist developments, war preparations speeding
ahead it is imperative that this powerful attractive
force of the united front be established without any
further delay.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28
Calls Units to Open
Fund Drive Today

Continued from Page ~
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28
A.F.L.Agent Would
Split Butte Strike

Continued from Page u
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-15
Will GO TO
VALLEY CITY MEET
FOR STATE H0NORS
Linton Beat Napoleon, Colehar.
Dor Won From Washburn
for District Title
GAME STARTS At 7:30 P. N.
Contest Will Be Held in Bis
marck World War Memoir
iaI Auditorium

To determine regional champion In
the state Glass B high school league.
Linton hoopsters will play Coleharbor
in the World War Memorial building
here Thursday night. The game will
start at 1880 p. m.
In the district tournament at Ma
poleon, Linton won the right of going
to the regional play by winning % to
10 from Napoleon, in the final game
Of the meet. In the tournament at
Washburn, Coleharbor captured the
district title championship by beat
ing Washburn Is to IA in the final
play.
The starting lineup for the Linton
squad will probably be Dobler and
Graf, forwards; Bosch, center, and
Ballet and Logue, guards. Others
expected to see action are Volk,
Kremer and Meier.
Three brothers, T., j., and G.. Sal
din, will take care Of the forward
posts for the Coleharbor quint; Lock-
rem and Zook will alternate at the
pivot position, and Jensen and Carl
son will perform in the back court.
The winner of Thursdays contest
will be among the eight teams at the
state meet in Valley City on March
q
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-15
Pittsburgh Club Looks to Red
Lucas for Boost From Run
nerup Position

Paso Robes, Calf, March 15.-(R-
Pittsburghs Pirates are going cunning
for the National League prize this
season with high hopes that new
conner to the crew will mean the Diff
ference between first place and the
runner-up position they have occupied
the last two years.
The burly baseballer in whose ex-
perience Manager George Gibson is
placing considerable trust IS Charles
Red" Lucas, late Of the Cincinnati
Reds pitching corps and q pinch hit
ter who really hits in the pinches.' y
Gibson believes his outfield COM
pares with any in the league. It lines
up the Waner brothers, Paul and
Lloyd, and Freddie Lindstrom.
For utility purposes, Forest Jensen
and Walter Roettger was available.
The infield combination has been
proven, with Gus Suhr at first. Tom
Thevenow at second, Floyd Vaughn
at short and the reliable Pie" Tray.
nor at third.
Behind the plate Earl Grace and
Hal Finney claim first and second
string positions.
The pitching staff offers but few
worries. Lucas is certain starter
as will be Harold Smith, Larry French
the star southpaw, and probably Ralph
Birkofer.
Other holdovers include Helm,
Meme, Bill Swift, Bill Harris, Watt
Hoyt and Leon Chagnon.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-15
Total Oppon-
avis ~

Featuring the first round battles is
he game at 3 p. m. between James
own and Grand Forks which marks
he opening Of the tourney. The two
luints, both strong. have not met on
he court this season.
Devils Lakes cagers who carried on
trongly early in the season but slump
ID after Gordie Dennis, regular guard,
uttered q broken wrist in game
With Rugby, are favored to turn back
he Mandan braves in the second
,ame Of the tourney. Dennis will
lot 30 available for the tournament
,lay.
At 8 ,. m. Friday. Fargo clashes
Nth Valley City's Hi-Liners. The
alley team was defeated by Fargo,
5 to Is, In a regular schedule game
month ago.
The final first round game, sched-
led for . p. m. Friday, matches Bis
1arck and Minot. The Magicians
administered q q to II beating to
bismarck less than . week ago.
Semi- final Tits are set for Saturday
forming, consolation semi-finals In
- afternoon and the championship
mails aud consolation finals Saturday
light.
fargo leads the field in number Of
ate championships won in organiz-
state basketball, since 1914, Fargo
g annexed seven titles. Other win
ers were Valley City, four: Grand
orls and Bismarck, two each: Tow
City, Michigan, Minot, Devils Lake
I'd Petersburg, one each.