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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-26
Conditions Of the Workers
In HilIsbOrO Area Described
Under attacks Of Ne,U Deal

HILLSBORO, Ill, Oct. 25.-The
standard Of living of the toiling
farmers OF Montgomery County
since the New Deal has been low
cred by no less than Is to 30 per
cent in the course of the last year
and a half. Once a prosperous
county in mining, smelling plants
and several smaller factories, such
as glass and radiator manufacturing
plants, today the workers and farm
ers are facing mass loss of their
homes and farms, because of the
inability to pay mortgages or de-
linquency in taxes. Eighty per cent
OF the workers are totally unem-
ployed; onH two mines out of four
are working, and in these the work
is so slack that there is a division
Of work installed Cor better said,
the division of misery to a point
where the miners in Nokomis have
to apply for relief, because their
pay check for the two weeks period
is hardly ever bigger than SO to $40.
The farmers, hit by drought and
unable to market even that which
they have for sale, are forced to
seek relief just like the unemployed
and part time miners.
In the largest town, Litchfield,
mass misery of the workers is clear
ly to be seen on entering the town.
Radiator and few smaller plants,
while operating under increasing
Speed-up and non-union conditions,
have placed more than one-third of
workers completely out of job.
In such mining camps as Panama,
workers have been suffering from
unemployment for the last five
years.
Democratic Party Continues Repub-
lican Starvation Policy
Faced with growing misery, un-
employment and insecurity, the
miners and farmers of this county
dissatisfied with the Hoover prom
Uses of go day return of prosperity, :"
turned to follow Roosevelt promises
of "a New Deal" to the forgotten
men. The whole county was swept
into the Democratic landslide. These
workers were misled into believing,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-26
Canton Worker Thanks
Communist Candidate
For Party Literature

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. 25.-
Alex Voros Wright, chairman of the
Ohio State Communist Election
Campaign Committee, has received
the following letter from Canton,
Ohio, worker, whose name is with
held:
IT read with much interest the
piece Of literature put out by you,
called the Congressional election
platform Of the Communist Party.
81 think it was very good piece
of literature to open the eyes of
the laboring class of people.
"I wonder if you would send me
all the information you can about
your Party, as I would like very
much to know more about it. I have
always ben opposed to it, but as I
did not read any of your literature
I did no know what composed the
Communist Party. But this piece I
have just read, if that is what CON-
poses the Party I want to know
more about it.
please send any information you
can to me-"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-26
Daily Leads
Struggles of
Ohio TOilers

The Daily Worker, which elads
the struggles of the Ohio workers,
can be secured at the following
places:
| Downtown-Worke BookShop-
Daily Worker Office, 1922 Prospect
Ave; Schroeder's News Stand, 212
Superior Ave, East; Wheatman
News Co., $40 Euclid Ave; Nick's
News Stand, Public Square; Marine
Workers Hall, 1882 East 9th st.
Woodland Ave.-Workers Center,
1910 Woodland Ave; Rose Res
taurant, 3702 Woodland Ave;
Mandels Drug Store, STA Wood
land Ave.
neutrality-suspicious. Center, 7O57
Broadway.
buckeye Vicinity-K ova C h
Grocery Store, 1895 Buckeye Rd.;
Hungarian Daily Newspaper, 11424
Buckeye Rd.; Rosenberg's Confec-
tionery, 2741 WoodhilI Rd.; Log
Cabin Cafe, Woodhill, cor. Buckeye.
Quincy Ave.-Arslanian Confec-
tionary, 1882 Quincy Ave; Workers
Center, 6314 Quincy Ave.
Kinsman Vicinity = Newsstand,
Kinsman cor. E. 154th St.; Shaker
Heights Pharmacy, E. 153rd and
Kinsman; Steinbergs Delicatessen,
1877 Kinsman; Solomon's Delica-
lessen, 1926 Kinsman; Fishers
Delicatessen, E. 142nd and Kins-
man; Lazarus Confectionery, E.
135th and Kinsman; Henkin's Con-
fectionery, E. 125th and Kinsman;
Herman's Drug Store, E. 1l8th> and
Kinsman; Wiener's Confectionery,
E. 10th and Union; Perloff's Con-
fectionery, E. 10th and Kinsman;
Rabinowitz Confectionery, E. 117th
and Union; Bakery, 1929 E. 93rd st.
Wade Park-Daves CONNECTION
cry. 1912 Wade Park.
st. Clair-Gordon Park Phar-
macy, E. 10th st. and st. Clair.
East 105th and Vicinity-Potol-
sky's Confectionery, SIG E. 105th
St; Miller's Confectionery 929 E.
l05th St.; Columbia Confectionery.
932 E. 105th ST.; Berry's Confec-
tionery, GAS E. 105th ST.; Bernice
Confectionery, 952 E. 1O5th ST.;
Cohen's Pharmacy, 961 E. 105th St.;
Confectionery, 993, E. 105th St.;
Ostend Drug Co., 100 E. 1O5th ST.;
Binkcvitz Confectionery, 1925 E.
105th St.; Sustin's Confectionery,
1918 Parkwood Drive; Kune's Con-
fectionery, 1912 Lakeview Ave.
Superior Thru-Elkin's Confec-
tionery, 902 E. 123rd st.
Collinwood-Marold Connection
cry, 1872 E. 1O4th ST.; Workers Cen
ter, 1922 Ivanhoe Rd.
West Side-Bulgarian Hall, 10515
Madison Ave, rear; Miles Confec-
tionery, 1908 Clark Ave; Sarach-
man Confectionery, S07 Literary
Rd.; Ukrainian Labor Temple, 1851
Auburn Ave; Workers Center, West
25th and Auburn; Purgai Confec-
tionery, Bill Lorain Ave; Confec-
tionery, 1905 Lorain Ave; Radu
Shoe Repair. 1905 Detroit Ave;
Finnish Workers Center, 1923 De-
troit Ave: Brooklyn Workers Cen
ter, 1853 w. 35th St.; Mikes Shoe
Shop, 1880 W. 117th St.; "Y' Candy
Kitchen, 42S3 Pearl Rd.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-26

Illinois Workers Urged to
Write in Names Of Al Red
Candidates on November 6

Because Of the action of the Illinois election
keeping the Communist off the ballot
to write in the the following
STATE
Samuel HammersmaTk-State Treasurer.
Romana Ferguson Of Public Instruction
Laverne Plrett-Rep. in Congress- State-at-arge.
George Lee-Trustee, University of Illinois.
Samuel Lissz- Trustee, University Of Illinois.
Peter Greenlmb-Trusee, University of Illinois
Carl Lockner-Rep. in Congress- State at Large.
CONGRESSIONAL
Herbert Newton, First District.
David R. Poindexter, Second District.
Laura Osby, Fifth District
John Wright Sixth District
Alexander Guss Seventh District.
Eugene zwoinski Eighth District
Edgar George Haumann. Ninth District.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Edward L. Doty-3rd Senatorial District
Joe Jackson-General Assembly 81 District
Leroy Neay-General Assembly list District
Elsie Smith-Genersl Assembly District
Lucious Armstrong-5th Senatorial.
Claude Lightfcot-5h Assembly
Isador Merlin-5th District Assemblyman
Oliver Law-5th District AssembIyman
Elsie Grasso-l7th Senatorial District
Fred Berg-Genera Assembly, 18th District
Albert Singer-General Assembly, 18th District
Fancy A. Dorsey-General Assembly, District.
Mozart Schelenberger-25th Senatorial District.
Andrew Russo-Rep General Assembly. DistroA
Hans w. Pfeifer-Rep General Assembly, 25h District
Clara Cine-Rep General Assembly, 18th District.
Jack Spegel-27th Congressional District.
Bernice Jenkns-Rep General Assembly, 9th District
Anthony Droe- General Assembly, 9th District.
Anthony PszczokowkRep General Assembly 9th
John Wils-29th Senatorial District.
Alois Kantz-Rep. General Assembly 18th District.
Clara Byrd-Rep General Assembly 29th District.
Len Lews-Rep. General Assembly 10Th District.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-26

and Newton in the last year, the
wholesale deportation and persecu-
ton of Mexican workers, the denial
of civil rights to Negroes and Mexi-
cans, the murder of T. E. Barlow,
Communist leader of the unemploy-
ed by the Fort Worth police, the
jailings of countless unemployed,
the murder and shooting of striking
longshoremen Galveston and Hous-
toni" This terror has been met by
the workers of Texas with demon
STATIONS, protests, strikes in Texas
ports, oil workers strikes, the pecan
workers strike in San Antonio Gin
volving over 5000 workers., and the
rapid losing Of all illusions in capt.
talist justice by the Texan masses.
Workers Candidates
Besides the leading nominees,
other Communist candidates who
will appear on the ballot in the
general elections in Texas are orion
Campbell, former Socialist and
leader of McLennan County Work
ers and Farmers Council in Waco,
for State Treasurer; Raymond
Bland, leader of oil workers in
Breckenridge, for State Comptroller
of Public Accounts; Perry Ballard,
active young worker of San Antonio,
for State Superintendent of Public
Instruction; George w. johnson,
well-known leader of the poor farm
ers and the unemployed, who has
been subjected to much imprison-
ment for his activities, for Commits
sioner of the General Land Office
Paul johnson, young farmer, Or
ganizer of the unemployed and poor
farmers in Dickens, for Commits
sioner of Agriculture, and Robert
Pierce, leader of the unemployed OF
Houston, with mass following, for
many years a leader in working
class organizations, for Railroad
Commissioner. In the national Con-
gressional elections, Ben H. Lauder
dale, widely known farm leader OF
West Texas, with great influence
among the workers and poor farm
ers Of Texas, will appear on the
Communist ticket as candidate for
U. S. Representative from the 18th
District Of Texas.
The names of the Communist
candidates are already printed on
the state ballots, along with the
names of the professional and cor
rupt politicians of the Democratic
Party and the bankrupt leaders of
the Socialist Party. The Commu-
mist Party of Texas states: THE
Communist candidates are workers
and poor farmers. Cast your vote
for representatives of your own
class"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-26

Is Fighter
From Ranks
BY 1. o. FORD

Born sixty years ago (1874 In
Bloomington, Illinois, of Irish-Ger-
man parentage. Parents born in
Ohio. Ancestors on both sides in
this country over two hundred
years. Father was a teacher of
chemistry, and a Socialist.
Moved to Kentucky in early life,
and went to work as deck hand on
the river boats. dubbed" three
years without wages and became a
pilot. Organized first Pilots Asso-
citation on lower Ohio. Called a
strike and raised our wages. Was
blacklisted by Aver g. Lord Co.
Ran for Congress on the Socialist
ticket in western Kentucky before
the World War. Arrested for oppos-
ing Wilson's war program, and given
option of prison for duration of war
or trip to Panama. I chose the
latter and handled ships in the
Panama Canal.
After the war came back to
Pittsburgh. Worked for Carnegie
and Jones and Laughlin Steel Co.
Organized the river men, and
threatened united front strike of
all boatmen, which won better con-
ditions and increased pay. Am still
on the Steel Trust blacklist, which
extends to the Great Lakes.
Joined the Communist Party in
Cleveland in 1927, and have been
active in agitational and organiza-
tional work, including hunger
marches, unemployed demonstra-
tons, Scottsboro and Tom Mooney
protest demonstrations. Was jailed
in Warren, Ohio, for organizing a
march of jobleSs steel workers to
city hall. When candidate for Gov
ernor, was Jailed in Newark, Ohio,
for speaking without a permit on
public square. Charged with Grim
inal Syndicalism," case appealed
and forgotten. Twice candidate
for Mayor of Cleveland on Com
munist ticket, and as the misery of
the masses increased they turned to
the only party that shows them the
way out of the crisis, and this party
honors me again by asking me to
campaign as candidate for Cover
nor of Ohio.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-26

forced labor, and several towns, such
as Taylor Springs, where Commu-
mist workers were elected to the
local village boards to take leader
ship in solving the vital questions
facing the masses of these towns.
The Village Board at its first meet
ing set minimum scale OF so cents
an hour and five hours day. The
workers began to see the difference
between the promises Of the Demo
cratic machine, the phrases of the
Socialist leaders and the concrete
leadership of the Communist Party,
and that is why they elected Com
munistS to the various positions.
This fact, plus the growing unity
of the working class of this county
under revolutionary leadership in
forcing better relief and union con-
ditions on the job, struck terror
into the hearts of the coal oper-
ators. the rich land owners and
politicians. Schemes were planned
in an attempt to break this grow
ing unity. The Republican and
Democratic machine Of Montgom-
cry County combined its forces
through the Chamber of Commerce
and in June of this year the bosses
began an open attack upon the
workers of this county. Proclama-
lions denying public assembly, for
bidding of picketing, arbitrary ar
rests, were put on the order of the
day, against any one who fought
for better conditions. The frame
up of the fourteen Hillsboro work
ers on charges of the pilot to
overthrow the government" Is the
result of this scheme to defeat the
struggle of the working class.
Struggle Despite Terror
The bosses of this county, how
ever, niscalculated one thing. They
could scare the unorganized masses,
they could put temporarily a crimp
in the scope of the unemployed, by
intimidation and falling, but they
did not succeed to tear the revo-
lutionary roots implanted and or
ganized by the Communist Party.
Though the leaders of the Party
were Lodged in Jail and kept there
for nearly four months under
exorbitant bail, their places were
taken by other workers and the
battle carried on.
The answer of the workers and
miners of this county to the at
tacks of the bosses was a broadcast
united defense action in behalf of
the Hillsboro boys, the majority of
the organized forces, in fact fully
80 per cent of the organized labor
of this county, and members of the
Socialist Party, endorsed the de-
Tense of the Hillsboro comrades,
and as answer to the bosses and
the Democratic politicians, put for
ward united front Workers
Farmers ticket for this county
election, and placed no less than
two of the Hillsboro defendants and
leading Communists of this county
to be on this united front ticket.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-26
Browder To Be Heard
In Thaelmann Talkie

CHICAGO, Oct. 24.-Earl Browder,
General Secretary of the Commu-
mist Party, will be heard in Chicago
in the sound film Ernst Thael-
mann. Fighting Against German
Fascism," to be presented on Oct.
rs peoples Auditorium, Oct. %
CTemple JudeaO, Oct. 30 Social
Turner HalD. The showings on
these three nights will be mass
rally of Chicago anti-fascists to
protest against the frame-up Of
Thaelmann in the Nazi Peoples
Court and to demand the liberation
of the great German working class
leader and all other imprisoned
anti fascistS.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-26
Black Shirt Group
Formed in Georgia

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Oct. 25.-A
new and openly fascist organization
of BLACK Shirts" has appeared upon
the scene in Birmingham Its Of
fetal organ, THE Alabama Black
Shirt" was issued and distributed
here. Openly proclaiming itself the
official organ of the state branch
of the American Fascistic Order OF
Black Shirts, it listed as its COM
mander and publisher, T. E, Brooks,
who announced drive for 100000
members, to begin Immediately. The
order is dedicated to the "world-
wide fight against Communism and
all opponents of honest govern
ment." Its organization is limited to
white males who must believe in a
Supreme Being and obligate them
selves to register and vote.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-26

Capitalist Politicians Pass Laws
to Destroy Food. Communist
Public Officeholders win Fight
to Destroy the A. A. A.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-26

Communist Candidates Are
Leaders In the Fight for the
Right to Organize, Strike, Picket.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-26
Fascist Terror Grows

The growing fascist trends in
Texas and the growing radicaliza-
ton of the Texan masses have been
demonstrated dozens Of times in
the last year. Growing fascism in
Texas has shown itself in the lynch
ings of Negroes in Kount7e. Crockett
The Washington times., 1934-03-21
REPAIR.
SURVEY:ASKED !

Congressional investigation of
old school buildings in Washing.
ton was asked today of the House
District Committee by Mrs. Belle
Cutler Parker, chairman of the
school committee of the West
End Citizens Association.
In a letter to Representative
Mary T. Norton (D) of New Jer-
sey, chairman of the House Dis
trict Committee, Mrs. Parker
asked for the investigation in an
effort to correct 'the most press
ing needs" Of dilapidated school
buildings here.
She pointed out that Superin-
tendent Of Schools Frank w. Bal
lou had informed her at the time
repairs were made on the half
century old Grant School that
there were many schools in
much worse or as a bad con-
dition" as that building,
The Washington times., 1934-03-21
BAN ON PARKING
URGED DURING
SNOWFALL
Committee Recommends Plan
To Facilitate Clearing
Of Streets

Elimination of parking Of auto.
mobiles on certain streets during
snow storms to facilitate the re-
moval Of snow was recommended
in a report to Melvin c. Hazen,
president of the Board Of Com
missioners, today by special
committee.
The committee, appointed by
the Public Utilities Commission
to study traffic problems as re-
lated to the movement of street
cars and busses, recommended
that on streets used by these
vehicles, owners of parked cars
be compelled to move their ma
chimes at the beginning Of a
snowfall.
Other recommendations includ-
ed the prohibition Of parking on
the "flow sides" of such streets:
prohibition of double and angle
parking by commercial vehicles on
these streets during rush hours,
and staggering of the hours of
Government employees to lessen
traffic rush.
Members of the committee were
F.. A. Sager, chief engineer of the
P. U. c.; R. A. Dalgleish, Of the
Capital Transit Company; T. F.
Behler, of the American Automo-
bile Association; Inspector B. A.
Lamb, head of the Traffic Bureau,
and Traffic Director William A.
Van DuZer,
The Washington times., 1934-03-21
Scores Respond to Radio and Newspaper
Revelation of Plight Faced By
Relief Roll Family

Samuel Linwood Gibson, To-
month-old baby Of a family on
the relief rolls. who died of pneu-
monia brought on by under
nourishment and a cold house,
will be buried tomorrow-but not
in Potter's Field.
Touched by the revelation of
facts in the case, kind-hearted
presons by the dozen today Of
fered help to the stricken family,
which had no funds to bury the
emaciated infant.
w. w. Deal, of Deals Funeral
Home, has provided a complete
funeral and a lot in Cedar Hill
Cemetery. The services will be
held tomorrow afternoon at 1
o'clock from the Gibson home,
200 block Twelfth Pl. N. E.
Aid Offers Pour In
When word Of the plight Of the
family was published and broad
cast by The Times today, there
was rush to aid them.
More than a score Of telephone
calls were received by this news
paper, with offers Of money and
cemetery lots.
Many persons went to the fam
lily home, bearing gifts of food,
clothing and other needed articles.
Blessing, Perhaps
Overcome by the death Of her
youngest child, and the sympathy
of those in more fortunate cir
cumStances, the mother sobbed:
Perhaps it is the best thing
that the baby was taken. Now
I hope the little ones will have
enough to eat"
Thinking of the other three chill
dren and his wife, the father, Ray
mond Cecil Gibson, 80, said:
'NOw If I could only find a
job so that 1 could support my
family"
The Washington times., 1934-03-21

One anonymous visitor to the
Gibson home carried a little white
silk dress and other fine articles
of clothing that little Samuel will
wear to his grave.
No Lights in House
There were no lights last night
in the cold, bare house. Today,
however, a neighbor gave three
electric light bulbs and now a
light shines in that pathetic room
where all that is mortal of the
tiny baby rests in a simple white
coffin.
Naomi-she is sand Joseph,
4, and James, 2, wander around
the house, wondering about all
the strange people.
But they do know that now they
have milk to drink and food to
eat-much more than they have
had for many months.
Responses Are Prompt
Early this morning a business
man telephoned this newspaper
and said:
II want to give SIS to bury
that baby. And don't want
to have my name mentioned.
I'll send you q check and you
tend to the arrangements so /
shall not figure In this"
A few minutes later Mrs.
Charles A. Hodgson, 1900 block
Kalorama Rd. N. w., telephoned
with the offer Of a lot. She said:
81 have q lot Of eight graves
in Union Cemetery, Alexandria.
1 should like to deed this lot
to The Times, so that this baby
MAY be buried there and any
. other children Of unfortunate
families in the same plight"
And then came another offer
of a resting place in Congress
sional Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1934-03-21
FIRING OF ONE
PROTESTED BY
DELEGATION
Unemployment of CoIored Man
Demanded; Workmen Rap
Inconvenience

Threat Of a strike of local Civil
Works employees unless their de-
mands are met by CWA officials
was voiced today by Joseph Zam-
eres, secretary Of the CWA Pro
tective League.
Mr.. Zameres declared that Off
cials have had "ample time" in
which to perfect machinery to pro-
vide for pay on the job so that
workers would not have to use
their day off to collect their
wages; transportation to and from
work, and other demands of the
league.
He said:
'The same intOIerable con-
ditions prevail here as exist
in other cities where strikes
have taken place and, If things
continue as they are, it is
likely that CWA workers here
will strike also"
Workers in Protest
The statement was made on
a visit to the District Building,
where Mr.. Zameres called with a
delegation to protest dismissal
Of Thomas Bradley, colored la
borer on a CwA project in Ia
koma Park.
Bearing q petition signed by
all the other workers on the
job, the delegation called at the
office Of Commissioner George
E. Allen.
The Commissioner was at the
Capitol attending hearings on the
District appropriation bill. The
delegation left after making an
appointment to see Roland Bren-
nan, chief clerk Of the Engineer
Department, later in the day.
Rehiring Demanded
The petition asserted that
Bradley was fired because he was
unable to pay bill of 80 cents
which he owed Frank E. Bell,
foreman on the job, for trans
portation to and from work.
The petition demanded rein
statement Of the dismissed worker
and the delegation said dismissal
of the foreman would be asked
if he threatened members Of the
delegation for telling the truth"
Those on the delegation in ad-
dition to Mr.. ZamereS were Lewis
Williams, Roscoe Bush and Lacy
Hawkins, all colored.
The Washington times., 1934-03-21
To SCAN
SUBWAY HERE

Appointment of a special COM
mittee to study the possibility of
subway construction in Washing
ton was announced today by
Riley E. Elgen, acting chairman
of the Public Utilities Com
mission.
The committee, appointed at
the suggestion of Mr.. Elgen, in
cludes:
John A. Beeler, consulting
engineer of the P. U. c.; Fred
A. Sager, chief engineer of the
P. U. c.; John Nolen, jr., direc-
tor of planning of the office
of National Capital Park and
Planning Commission; Edward
A. Dent, District surveyor;
William P. Richards, District
Assessor, and w. B. Bennett.
assistant to the president Of
the Capital Transit Company.
Mr.. Elgen is strongly in favor
Of construction of a subway here
to provide quick transportation
and to lessen traffic congestion.
He hopes to interest the Pub
lie Works Administration in the
project, should the committee
find it feasible.
The Washington times., 1934-03-21
CLEANER FACES
NRAPE PENA[TY

Charged with violation of the
minimum price provisions of the
cleaning and dyeing code, a local
member Of the industry has been
referred to the National NRA
Compliance Board for investiga-
tion, it was learned today at the
NRA.
This is the second case in
which a Washington cleaner has
faced probing by the compliance
board. Another cleaner recently
on trial was found guilty, and his
case turned over to the Depart
ment of Justice for prosecution.
The second cleaner faces SINH
lar action, and the possibility of
fine or imprisonment. He is said
to have charged customers SIS
cents for cleaning suits, while the
minimum price set by the code for
this territory is IS cents.