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St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1934-03-17
Random Notes

The Bornquen Stars and the Al
Stars. both teams of Christiansted will
contest in baseball game on tns Parade
Ground tom)rrow afternoon.
A memorial service for thu Lara john
de la Motta will be hel9 10 the Lutheran
Church tomorrow night a. 7:3), Mr..
Motta was a devout member of the
Church and was a member of the choir
: from his youth and until he left for the
United States.
We understand that the Colonial
Council will meet in Committee Of RI,
whole on Monday night 10 receive the
sub committees report on the New
DEAL.
Mr. Andrew G. Pedro lectured re-
fore a large crowd in the Public Mar
ket in Christiansted last night He cri-
ticised Colonial Council Bill No II and
rdicued its ad vocates.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1934-03-17
Thought for the Day

Sat. Mch II. St. Patrick
No, failure but low aim is crime.
Lowell.
The Washington times., 1934-02-21
tions which are expanded from
time to time"

Miss Dewson made this state
ment looking back on the accom-
plishments Of women in this Ad-
ministration. Scores of women
have been appointed to places
heretofore always held by men.
The Washington times., 1934-02-21

BEATING COST HIM $25
Willie williams, colored. was
fined $25 and costs today by
Juvenile Court Judge F. G.. Duvall,
of Alexandria, for beating his step
son, Robert Samuel, 13.
The Washington times., 1934-02-21
MISS DEWSON

With the Ad I'm nistration's
honeymoon" year just about
ended, patronage for the women
of the party is a thing of the
past.
This statement was made today
by Miss Mary w. DeWson, who
ought to know because of her po-
sition as director of the women's
division of the Democratic ma
tional committee.
In matters of patronage, Miss
Dewson is to women of the party
what Postmaster General James
A. Farley is to the men-eXcept,
Of course. that big Jim'S" o. K.
must be appended to Miss Dew
sons selection.
About the women's patronage,
Miss Dewson had this to say:
1--WE have come to the end OF
the rope. Patronage matters
are over.
"Our only problems from now
on are filling vacancies that
occur or completing Organiza-
The Washington times., 1934-02-21
10TH DIVIDEND
DECLARED BY
HEARST BOARD

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 81.
Maintaining it's impressive record
Of uninterrupted quarterly cash
dividends throughout the depres-
sion years, the board Of directors
Of Hearst Consolidated Publica-
lions, Inc, has authorized the
fifteenth consecutive payment on
the Class "a" per cent cunlula-
tive preferred shares.
The quarterly dividend of 43A
cents, which totals SITS per
share yearly or at the rate Of
per cent, is payable March IS
to stockholde of record March l.
All throu-h the fou- years Of
economic chaos, Hearst Consoli-
dated Publications firmly estab-
lished it's ability to safely pay
dividends out of substantial cur
rent earnings.
During that period net earnings
averaged approximately 2.14 times
dividend requirements on the en-
tire authorized issue Of 1000, 600
Glass "a" per cent preferred
shares. At the same time Hearst
Consolidated definitely demon
Strated the stability of the pub
fishing industry under most draS-
tic conditions and the integral
position that that company occu-
pies in the economic structure Of
the nation.
41,275 Shareholders
Ownership in this security is
now vested in 41,275 shareholders,
living in every State in the union
and in 36 foreign countries and
American possessions.
AS an example of the wide
spread holding of the Hearst
shares, 29,941 investors or 72.1
per cent of the total number
of stockholders own between
one and 20 shares, while 7,193
shareholders, representing TIA
per cent, have acquired 81 to SO
shares. From 81 to 100 shares
are owned by 2,570 investors and
1,571 have subscribed to blocks
Of more than 100 shares.
The brilliant depression per-
formance Of Hearst Consolidated
ranks that company as an out
standing conservative investment,
backed by tested earning power
and uninterrupted dividend pay
ments.
Since the national banking
holiday of March, 1888, there has
been a steady uptrend in adver-
tising volume that presages an
excellent outlook for the current
gear.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-21

his neck and died in Portland
hospital
Strike Leaders Fired
When the ship arrived in Seattle
the leaders of the strike were fired
and new men were shipped by
leaders of the International Sea-
mems Union. This action was pro-
tested by the rank and file ship
committee which went to the I. S.
U. hall and demanded that the ship
be called on strike. T. S. U. leaders
told the committee men to "sit
tight" and a delegate was sent
aboard. The I. S. U. leaders have
still got the men Sitting tight"
Reactionary delegates of the I. S.
U. also halted strike aboard the
S. S. Manulai which came here
with several scabs aboard.
Scores of Cases
There are scores of cases of dis
elimination. International Seamen's
Union leaders are urging the men
to wait until after the arbitration
is over before they begin any fight
on this issue. The aim of the re-
dictionary Union leaders, the ship
owners and the government is to
drag out the arbitration proceedings
until everyone is either shipped
out or gone to the East Coast or
gulf ports. Then the government
fink halls will be opened again.
The anti-union plan of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-21
Chicago Bus
Strike Weak
In Picketing
CDaiIy Worker Midwest Bureau)

CHICAGO, Aug. 20.--Leaders of
the Amalgamated Association Of
Electric. Street Railway, and Motor
Coach Employees continued to ham
string the bus drivers strike over
the week end. Due to failure to
organize effective picketing, buses
continue to operate on practically
normal schedules. Elevated and
street car men, organized into the
Amalgamated, are being kept on
their jobs.
The strike, which is primarily a
fight for the right to organize, de-
veloped after twenty-five bus drivers
had been fired for joining Division
1922 of the Amalgamated. The
Roosevelt Labor Board, trying to
cover up its support of such raw
discrimination, requested the COM
pany to rehire the men, but failed
to take any action to force this.
Outside of individual picketing at
the gates, and occasional actions
against one or two drivers at a time,
practically no real strike action has
been taken.
However, workers of the west side
Saturday massed to stop several
buses. Among the crowd of volun-
teer pickets were many members of
the A. A. who work on the IL" and
Street cars.
A rank and file committee of the
carmen, members of divisions BAL
and 308, issued a leaf1et to their
brothers calling for rank and file
united action in support of the bus
drivers.
The leaflets points out that the
struggle is an honest fight against
company unionism and for the
right to organize. 1t also exposes
Quinlan and Taber, leaders of the
old established union divisions, who
refused anything but moral" sup
port for the strikers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-21

Vel. to Lead.
Picketing at.
2 COnsulates

NEW YORK-The Young Com
munist League of New York yester-
day issued call to all workers and
working class youth to mass at the
German and Cuban Consulates
Thursday, at IL noon, to picket for
the release of Ernst Thaelmann and
Joaquin Ordoqui.
The appeal states:
1.-THE splendid heroism Of the
German workers in selecting Thael-
mann as Presidential candidate in
opposition to Hitler, must find a
fitting response from the American
workers, and particularly from the
youth. Thaelmann, one of the
founders of the revolutionary youth
trade union movement, and the
leading fighter against Hitler fas-
cism, is still in daily danger Of
death. The youth of New York must
not be found lacking in their urgent
duty of fighting for the freedom Of
Thaelmann.
"OrdoQui, leader of the Cuban
workers in their fight for liberation
from Yankee imperialism, is still
imprisoned by Mendieta. represen-
tative of Wall Street. The Young
Communist League of New York
takes the initiative in calling upon
all New York youth and workers to
rally to the German and Cuban
Consulates at II Battery Place this
Thursday at IL noon"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-21
MisIeaders Maneuyer
for Sellout-Act to
Kill the Union

in the plant every day, and food is
supplied them through a gate in
charge of Simpson, a company man
whom Hewlett appointed to this
strategic post.
Under the A. F. of LIS care, strike
sentiment has been allowed to lag,
so that many of the strikers are
half-hearted about winning their
demands, and the company is un-
doubleday preparing to smash the
strike, whether thorough the top
leaders or by force.
Another Sell-out such as the
workers experienced in March will
mean the death of the union, as
many tore UP their membership
books at that time.
Only the immediate establish
ment of a broad strike committee.
to have charge of all action and
negotiations, with no return to
work until settlement has been ap-
proved by the rank and file, and
the withdrawal of all power from
the A. F.. of L. misleaders can save
the strike from betrayal at the
hansd of Green, Williams 81 Co.
And unless the rank and file moves
quickly it will soon be too late for
even this maneuver, for the return
to-work forces are growing.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-21
Entering Eleventh Day.
Strike Is Weaker
Than at Start
BY TOM KEENAN,

NEW KENSINTON, Pa, Aug. 90
Entering its eleventh day. the
strike of almost 1000 employees Of
the three Aluminium Company OF
Americas plants here, due to the
inaction of the American Fedora
ton of Labor misleaders, is further
from victory for the workers than
it has been since the walk-out first
occurred last Friday night.
Negotiations are still firmly in
the hands of Dave Williams and
Boris Shishkin, underlings Of
William Green, and they are man
euvering, with the aid of federal
conciliators, to put over their SELL
out of the aluminium workers strike,
which is sure to result in the death
of the union.
Picket lines are mere handfuls of
men, thanks to A. F. of L. strategy
Company Stools in Ranks
Company stools are working
among the union men, and stools of
the local union officials are work
ing among the rank and file, who
had begun the movement for es-
Enlistment of strike committee
but were headed off by J. P. How
lett, president of the local.
Two shipments CT aluminium
products, loaded by force of petty
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-21

the suspension of Toxic negotia-
tons, writes. Cries regarding the
inevitable breakdown of Toxic ne
gotiationS, which the Manchurian
press accompanies Ohashi's leaving
Toxic, confirm most clearly that
this is case of virtual suspension
of negotiations melted by the jap
anese military seeking preparations
for a violent seizure of the GER.
THE peaceable intentions of the
Soviet government, the staunch he
roism of the workers of the GER.
have long since been duly appraised
by those to whom the cause of peace
is so dear, as were the provocatory
character of the actions Of the Jap
snese imperialist incendaries of
war.
"The extremely aggressive circles
of Japan prefer lawlessneSs to law,
adventures to negotiations, violent
aggressive measures to goodnight
borly settlement of questions.
THE Soviet country feels suffi-
GENTLY powerful to watch calmly
with presence Of mind, and at the
same time with the greatest vigil
ance, the incendiary actions of enc
mics of peace the Far East"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-21

The men are Sam Bedell, Negro,
and Fred Keith and Israel Berlin,
whose cases are to come up on
Wednesday before Judge Martin.
Berlin has already been sentenced
to six months and fined 500 for
having August First anti-war lit
erature in his possession. He and
the other two workers are now to
be tried on charges of possession,
distribution and circulation of 'libel-
Gus" literature, advocating over
throw of government by force and
violence, and membership in an
unlawful organization advocating
overthrow Of the government"
6-Page Southern Worker Issued
The arrests are part Of the re-
newed terror drive against the
southern workers, of which the de-
cisions of the Supreme Courts of
Alabama and Georgia against the
Scottsboro boys and Angelo Hern-
don are the Sharpest expression.
Meanwhile, defeating all attempts
of the police, the White Legion and
the Ku Klux Khan gangs to stop it,
the Communist Party has distrib-
uted thousands Of copies of new
enlarged edition of the Southern
Workers. This Communist paper is
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-21
ALL. Leaders St1le Aluminium Strike

been started, and company men
are circulating petitions among
non-union workers in preparation
for a smash through the picket
lines.
The company and borough have
succeeded in swearing in about ten
of the strikers as deputies.
Fred Keightly, federal conciliator,
is known to be working for an
early settlement" of the strike, but
during his trip to Pittsburgh last
week ne conferred only with Off
cials of the company, ignoring the
local unions and their officials.
Misieaders Make Radical Speeches
1t is significant that each A. P.
Of L. speaker who has appeared
here made what sounded like a
very radical speech, stating that
the workers would take over the
factories if companies refuse to bar
gain collectively and limiting at rev.
dictionary reforms for the workers.
j. P. Hewlett, president of the
New Kensington local and member
of the National Council, makes a
pretense of being for rank and file
control of the strike but sat meekly
on the Council while full power
was being voted to the A. F. of L..
traitors and has made no move to
oppose Williams since then.
The company has moved payday,
originally scheduled for Aug. 27, up
to Monday as an attempt to seduce
the workers into returning to work.
$50 Foremen in Plant Daily !.
Around $50 foremen are allowed
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-21

that the heroic rebels of the cruiser
Cuba" who are still in Jail, have
found support only from the Com
munist Party. The Communist Party
has organized series of demon
STATIONS for their freedom. The
Grau-Guiteras so-called cleft" pet
ty-bourgeois opposition group, who
pushed them to revolt, but aban-
doned them at the crucial moment,
have not undertaken any movement
to gain their freedom
The Communist Party is fully
aware of the perspectives of the
struggle that lie before it.
The Party is striving to win the
majority of the workers, connect
ing the struggles of the workers with
the battles of the peasants, especial
ly the peasants in Oriente Province,
who are selling the land from the
feudal landlords, bring the struggle
ever nearer to the decisive battle for
the liberation of Cuba.
In my own name and in the
name of the Cuban National Con-
federation of Labor / want to greet
the heroic struggles of the Amer
lean workers, especially the general
strike of San Francisco and the
Minneapolis strike. These strikes
have been the greatest inspiration
to the Cuban workers and have sown
the greatest dismay among the
capitalist-landlord bourgeoisie. 1t
has proved to them land they have
expressed the fact that in the
struggles against American impe-
rialism in Cuba, the American work
ers, fighting against our common
oppreSsor, will side with us against
the Wall Street oppressors.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-21

the unlawful organization" refer
red to in the charges against Bedell,
Keith and Berlin.
The new issue carries the head
line: "A Six Page Paper Is Our
Answer to Police Seizure Of the
August Issue"
Urge Aid for Workers
Despite police orders that all Of
ficers and squad cars are to stop
and search workers seen carrying
packages at night--particularly Ne
groes-so far not single copy has
fallen into the hands Of the police
department, with the exception of
complimentary" copy sent through
the mail to Chief Luther Hollmus
by the Southern Worker itself.
The issue at stake in the trials at
Birmingham is the legality Of the
Communist Party. The Southern
Workers new issue, which asks aid
to continue publication, also urges
all workers, sympathizers and or
CARNATIONS to send protests to
Judge Martin, at City Hall, Biz
mingham, Ala. Communications to
the Southern Worker should be
addressed to P. o. Box 572, Bir-
mingham.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-21

U.S.S.R. showed maximum good
will and compliance, deciding upon
great sacrifices with the object of
promoting the security of peace in
the Far East, the Japan Manchu-
rian side rejected these proposals
and the 'Manchurian" delegate and
the Japanese, Ohashi, left Toxic.
Leaving of the conference by one
of the two parties represented in
evitably signifies the virtual sus-
pension of negotiations. The jap
anese press tries to hide this cir
cumstance from the public.
This cannot be regarded other
wise than a wish to evade RESPONSE
bility for the suspension of nego-
tiations and to conceal the real OBJ
jectives of this maneuver.
However, the Manchurian news
papers, which to a lesser extent arc
connected with such considerations
more directly reflect the thoughts
and aspirations of the warlike Jap
anese circles, and write more
frankly and directly.
Inevitable Complications
For instance, the Manchurian
agency published a report stating
Negotiations which were prolonged
for an endless time entered a final
critical stage, menacing an inev-
liable breakdown. It is believed
that the breakdown of negotiations
will be inevitably followed by COM
plications between the U.S.S.R. and
Manchukuo."
The agency further says that the
time is ripe now ''to settle by one
blow all questions between the U. S.
S. R. and Manchukuo, which re-
manned open until now, awaiting
successful settlement of negotiation
on the cardinal question regarding
the GER"
The unofficial organ Of the jap
anese Military Mission. the Hardin
newspaper "Harbinskoe Vremia, -
menaces that the Manchurian gov
eminent will now take resolute
measures against "the very essence
of relations between the U.SS.R
and Manchukuo."
1t is clear here without any COM
ment as are the statements by the
Manchurian white guard news
paper, "Kung Pao." This newspaper
writes:
"The Toxic conference has some
what bound the hands of Manchu-
rian diplomacy and forced the gov
eminent to shelve important diplo-
matte measures it planned to carry
out against the U.S.S.R. The break
down of negotiations ended the
milling wind under the diplomatic
grinding stones, and the Mancllu-
rian government can now take
measures 1t finds necessary
big Surprises
The newspaper further adds:
Shortly great changes will occur
full of big surprises
A "Pravda" article, devoted to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-21

foremen, have been made through
The picket lines.
The demands of the aluminium
workers, drawn up at their conven-
ton June IA, have been suppressed
by the A. F. Of l.. leaders, and an
11-point agreement substituted.
Major Demands Dropped
Full power to negotiate the de-
mands was voted the National
Aluminium Workers Council--A. R..
Butler of La Grange, ILL.,; J. N.
Stacy, Messina, N. Y; Fred Wet
more, Alcoa, Tenn; and j. P. How
lett, New Kensington-at the con-
vention, and the Council later
voted power on to the A. F.. of L..
leaders, Boris Shishkin and Dave
Williams.
The last named were the ones
who dropped the demands for a
50-cent minimum, back wages, and
an average weekly increase of ST
which the convention had approved.
According to Williams own state
inent he wants IAN open shop
agreement with an anti-strike
clause inserted" so that the present
strike is one to end strikes.
On Thursday the second two car
shipment of products was nego-
tiated under squad of borough,
company, and railroad police, armed
with machine guns. riot-guns, and
tear gas bombs. Still the A p. OF
L. leaders have done nothing to
bring the masses of strikers down
onto the picket lines.
A back-to-work movement has
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-21

that of the workers in the West Vii
ginia Rail Co., versus West Virgini;
Rail Co., Tighe 81 Co., Roosevelt, the
Steel Labor Board, ct al.
Broke Republic Strike
In this instance the company has
already signed an agreement" with
the Huntington Steel Workers Assoc
citation and refused to deal with the
A. A. officials. The former is COM
pany union organized hurriedly as a
move to head off bona fide union
ization.
The rail company officials de-
manded repeatedly that the list Of
A. A. members be turned over to
them, and Judge Stacy made a
great point out of militantly re-
fusing to give up union lists. At
torney John Meek then informed
the board that an election would be
resisted by every legal means"
It is quite significant however,
that the hearings concluded with
still no election ordered.
At Portsmouth, o., the board will
listen to arguments between the A.
A. officials and the wheeling Steel
Corporation.
Roosevelt's Steel Labor Board
gives every indication of living up
to the standard set by its predeces-
sor, the N. R. A. National Labor
Board, which did nothing but break
strikes under barrage Of ballyhoo.
The first case it ever handled is a
good example-Republic Steel re-
fused a wage agreement to the A.
A. workers, the board stepped in as
mediator, and now that all the
smoke has rolled away the workers
are seen to be without either jobs
or agreement.
But the board is evidently a very
skillful trio of strikebreakers, for it
has already broken the only ma jor
walkout declared since its forma-
ton, the Republic Steel workers
strike, which was turned into lcck-
out.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-21

Inc DOaro asked WneJher the
Apollo Stell Co., of Apollo, Pa,
would object to the election re-
quested by the Amalgamated Asso-
citation CA. F. of L. leaders, to
determine who should represent the
workers in collective bargaining.
The company acquiesced, and the A.
A. leaders began to rub their hands,
and the workers Shades of Weir
toni. after joining union paying a
large initiation fee, riSking a pos
sible discharge, and waiting four
months, have gained-the right to
hold an election to find out how
many workers are in their own
union.
Later in the week, however, the
Apollo officials foreSaw possibility
of eluding negotiations with the A.
A. under minority dealings" with
non union workers, and concluded
with request that the election,
which was set for Aug. 81, be called
off as unnecessary, since they agreed
to deal with the A. A. The board
departed for Ohio still in doubt as
to whether or not the election would
be held as scheduled.
IA Means Co. Union
Now the steel companies declare
that section IA means that the
company has the right to bargain
collectively" with any minority
group. They also declare that col
lective bargaining does not mean
that they are forced to make any
agreement with any union as to
wages hours or working conditions. .
In other words, section TIA &C.
cording to the steel companies.
means that the company union will
be built and that the union smash
ing of the steel companies can con-
tinue under the patronage Of Roose-
velt's Steel Labor Board.
In the second case before the
Steel Board, that of the Standard
Tin Plate Company, of Cannons-
burg, Pa, a subsidiary of the power
full Continental Can Co., the A. A.
asked for a wage agreement in the
whole industrial department, Of
which only the hot mill at present
operates under union scale.
Here the board did exactly
nothing. The company and Tighe's
outfit went into conference, con-
ferred the rest of the week, and will
resume the conference when the
board returns to Pittsburgh. In the
meantime the workers wages stand
still while living costs soar to new
peaks.
The third case considered was