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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-19

wandering about, trying to kill time
before they can turn in. On the
bulletin board a printed handful:
WAR VETERANS FROLIC
United War Veterans Association
Free Admission
Bring the New Deal to Michigan
with the Candidates Slated
There followed the place, the date
and the names of Democratic
candidates. There are several hun
dred Fisher Lodge men who aren't
in particularly frolicking mood,
but who would be able to live
ordinary human lives again if they
got that bonus. They sure would
appreciate a new deal.
Another handful, this one mimeo-
graphed: Mass Meeting of Fisher
Body Men. It's signed by the Fisher
Body Committee that's been func-
tioning under the direction of the
Unemployment Councils. One Of
the office stooges pulls it off. An
other takes its place, a light shining
against the black bulletin board, a
tiny light breaking through the
gloom of this walled-in island of
the forgotten men.
A mimeographed sheet: Rules
and Regulations, No. "a: "A read
ing room with magazines, news
papers and facilities for vocational
training is located on the main
floor"
went down into the reading
ROOM An empty room with a
couple of chairs, half Of 1t in dark
ness, the other half lit up by a dingy
bulb. Not sign of newspaper or
magazine. The nearest thing to
vocational training was a man
pushing broom around the floor
Ten minutes later, when I left the
building, the room was totally dark
In his interview with me Ballen-
ger said that "the unemployable
type Of men" are not admitted tc
Fisher Lodge, but are sent to Eloise
the county poor house only few
miles from Detroit, where several
thousand are quartered as virtual
prisoners.
The "unemployable type of men
are those whom capitalism has
wrecked beyond repair. Eloise has
become byword in Detroit. One
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-19

convey that this procedure would
have stopped all intimidation.
Fired and Terrorized
Joe Latrone testified that he
was fired from his job as J. & L,
truck driver for joining the Anal
gamated, after working for the
company since 1907. Latrone took
his case to a company union rep
resentative, but the latter was I'M
able to do anything for him.
Angelo Volpe, another employe,
described being threatened with
harm by police if he did not in
struct members of his italian lodge
to refrain from joining the union,
and said he heard check numbers
of those he joined being phoned
in to one of the company super
intendents.
Harry Phillips, president of the
Aliquippa lodge, described his beat
ing at the hands Of the company
sluggers. Entering a subway in
the mill on August 80, just after
he had passed out Amalgamated
Journals to union members, Phil
lips was attacked by two men. Both
beat him with black jacks, but
Phillips got one of his assailants
down and two workers nearby
pulled off the other, who retreated,
then pushed at him again, lung
ing at his eye with a screw driver.
The blow barely missed, cutting a
cash in his cheek, and the attack
ers fled.
Going into the plant, Phillips
was sent to the company hospital
by his foreman On his arrival at
the dispensary a nurse declared
that she had expected him to be
in much worse condition She
called No. 4, the police department
number, on the phone, and told
whoever answered that ''the man
they expected had arrived" In
reply to a query from the other
end. she pronounced his condition
as mot bad"
Immediately after the assault
Phillips said he ran out Of the
subway to ask protection of a
patrolman usually stationed there,
but no borough police were in sight
When he went into the police sta
ton to present the same request
Sergeant Monihan accused him of
drinking and told him to get out.
Phillips also testified that no Wis
itor leaves his house in Aliquippa
without being stopped and ques-
toned by police, who are constantly
on watch
President Tighe appeared as the
afternoon session began, hurrying
over to the table of the companys
counsel to shake hands heartily
with Attorney Reed and greet him
with the remark that he els always
glad to see a.. old friend"
The unions testimony was COM
pleted Friday
TO Be Concluded Tomorrow
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-19

hears all sorts of narrowing tales
about food with vermin crawling in
it, unspeakable sanitary conditions,
persecution of inmates. If only ten
per cent of these stories are true,
they are damning indictment of
capitalist charity and of the whole
system that creates it.
Forced Labor Practiced
Fisher Lodge, however, is reserved
for the "employable man." Ballen-
ger assured me. And to show that
1t practices what 1t breaches, the
Welfare Department employs every
one of these 1900 men - cleaning
alleys one day every two and half
weeks. For this he receives the sum
of 81, or at the rate of 1914 cents
an hour. I don't know whether
there is an alley cleaning code, but
the Welfare Departments wage is
certainly in the true spirit of the
NR,A. In addition, the men put in
another days work inside the Lodge,
for which they get no pay.
Ballenger told me that they get
room and board whether they work
or not quoted from the steno-
gram. Here, as in other instan-
ces, Mr.. Ballenger's desire to please
got the better of his respect for
facts. I have seen the card which
each Fisher Body inmate carries;
on it is printed quite legibly:
"Your workdays are checked at
left. If card is not punched by
work foreman, meals and lodging
will he cut off at once"
Hitler has his concentration
camps, Detroit has its Fisher Lodge
and Eloise.
What sort of men are these in
mates of Fisher Lodge?
Fellow-work "a" is a machinist
who has lived in Detroit for &c
years, helped it grow from a pro-
vincial town into the mammoth au-
tomobile center of the world. He
has worked at the Ternstedt ano
Studebaker plants, at Timken-
Detroit Axle Co. and elsewhere. Ht
put two sons through college. To.
day he is one of the down-and- outs
living in a factory barracks, eat.
ing slop cleaning alleys, his ma,
chinist's skill going to seed. Wher
he votes, he registers at the las
! address at which he lived before
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-19

NOOtbffbdtO fOHt 0AC -
appeal was only admitted to the
bar of the U. S. Supreme Court last
week, has never practiced before
that court and is entirely untitled
to make such an appeal for which
a trained constitutional lawyer is
necessary, published a form letter
from the clerk of the U S. Supreme
Court acknowledging receipt of
papers which he alleged were re-
tainers from Patterson annd Norris.
The conscious attempt by Leib-
owitz to confuse the masses and
disrupt the Scottsboro defense was
further shown in the statement
made in the Amsterdam News"
that this letter proved that Leib-
owitz had been accepted by the U.
IS. Supreme Court as sole repre-
sentative" of Clarence Norris and
Haywood Patterson. This is false,
as the letter was merely a formal
receipt such as would be sent to
anyone who mailed a document of
any sort to the court.
Must Increase Mass Pressure
The necessity for increase in mass
action everywhere to force the U.
S. Supreme Court to grant the APP
plication for review of the case,
and to reverse the lynch-veridcts
against Haywood Patterson and
Clarence Norris was stressed by the
LID.
In the first appeal to this court
in 1882 it was pointed out 10000
post cards demanding reversal of
the lynch-convictions against seven
of the Scottsboro boys were mailed,
which had an important effect in
obtaining a favorable decision.
Preparations must be intensified
Immediately to make the week of
Nov. 26 to Dec. 2, which has been
designated national S C tt sb r Q
week, one Of the greatest national
demonstrations of protests against
the Scottsboro lynch-verdicts, and
against the oppression and exploita-
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body, apparently from both blows
and kicks.
After being held incommunicado
for nearly "a hours-after his own
attorney, Irving Korn, had been de-
MED access to him-Howard told
the following story to a reporter.
who was able to see him only after
special orders had been issued by
Police Commissioner Valentine:
THE whole thing is like hideous
nightmare to me. When I went into
the subway I was in hurry. I
reached into pocket and drew out
a handful of coins and selected a
nickel. 1t was not slug. am
positive of that 1 felt someone
grab me by the back of the neck. 1
was dragged several feet and al
most lifted from my feet.
II next got a blow on the head
and then backhanded slap across
the eyes. I couldn't bring myself to
a realization of what it was all
about and my first instinct was to
seek safety by running away. I
made for the nearest exit. I hardly
remember what happened after
that"
The two I. r. t. thugs, Frank j.
Walsh and John Corbett, and Har-
old Williams, columnist for the
Chelsea Village Times" who joined
in the attack upon Howard, were
arrested Saturday in the District
Attorneys office and almost imme-
diately released under 81 900 bonds
each.
Although scores of subway pas
sengers saw the murderous attack
Lee M. Hutchins, attorney for the
1. r. T., cody told reporters Satur-
day that Howard was injured by
falling on a stairway while strug-
Cling to escape arrest"
With increased organizational &C
tivities among subway workers, the
I. R. T. has become infested with
guards, who divide their time be-
tween spying on the traction work
ers and engaging in such attacks as
| took place Friday night.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-19

Fisher Lodge is an island of for
gotten men. Men whose muscle and
sinew built the automobiles, lifted
out of earth a new giant city,
carved the fortunes of the Fords,
the Chryslers, the Fishers and the
other auto dynasties, men who
risked life and limb in the war TO
end war" live in this great fac
tory tomb, home of the homeless,
denied lives of their own.
There are about 1900 of them
quartered, Darracks-fashion, in the
old Fisher Body plant on Piquette
and Hastings Streets, Detroit. In
the summer of 1898 the press car
ried reports that the building was
to be RACED because of the condi-
ton it was in, and another lodge
provided. Nearly a year and a half
later it is still being used If you
are unemployed and homeless, and
have no family or relatives able to
take care of you, and can prove
that you have been resident of
Detroit for at least one year, you
can get in. That is, provided you
don't happen to be woman.
Fisher Lodge was opened in jan
uary, 1881, under the administra-
ton of the New Deal Mayor, Frank
Murphy, now looking after the in
terests of American imperialism as
Governor General of the Philip
pines. At first it was under the
direction of the Salvation Army,
and the men got no food. Later on,
when food was provided, it was filth
of the worst kind and aroused con-
slant protests. On at least two
occasions the City Council, having
presumably solved the problem of
unemployment, closed down Fisher
Lodge and told the men to go to
Eloise, the county 'poorhouse." But
only small number awaited them
selves of the unusual opportunities
offered at that notorious institu-
ton. Today the Lodge is under the
direction of the County Welfare
Commission. Instead of buying the
food directly, however, the Commits
sion, for some unexplained reason,
does this through another group of
charity racketeers, the Volunteers
Of America.
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ton of the Negro people and for
their liberation, that has ever been
seen in this country.
Funds Urgently Needed
Funds to pay for the huge print
ing costs involved in the appeals for
the expenses in connection with the
legal steps taken, for the modest
attorneys fees involved, and fol
the equally important steps to be
taken in connection with the mass
campaign are urgently needed the
LID. pointed out.
Rush funds by telegraph, air.
mail and special delivery to the
International Labor Defense, ma
tional Office, room $40, 80 East 18th
Street, New York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-19
By A. B. Magil

day they were given two sandwiches
for lunch and turned out no matter
what the weather A few hours
before I visited Fisher Lodge 1 met
one of the men in the office of the
Unemployment Councils. He was
about to bite into sandwich. He
showed it to me. 1t had some sort
of meat spread on it. I smelled it.
The memory of that small was what
made me lose my nerve when I sat
down to eat the best" meal of the
day at Fisher Lodge.
During the summer they cut out
the sandwiches. The officials
thought that the warm air was
enough for able bodied men to live
on between breakfast and supper
But the men raised such kick that
the sandwiches were restored. AT
the time the Detroit News wrote
that this would raise the expense
of feeding from % to 81 cents day
per person.
If it is true that the Detroit Wei
fare Department is paying the Vol
unteers of America q cents a day
per person for food, then two facts
emerge:
1. The Welfare Department,
while refusing cash relief to the
Fisher Body men, is paying more
per person on food for them than
for unemployed families, most of
whom get from 20 to Is cents per
person per day.
2. The Volunteers of America
should be Immediately prosecuted
for fraud and graft. The So
called food they are handing out
to the Fisher Body men does not
cost ~ cents day or anywhere
near 1t.
After supper I looked over the
place. The beds had one thir
blanket apiece, though cold weather
was already here. In this place, too
the sacred law of Jim-Crow rules
the Negroes sleeping in a section
apart. Open toilet doors, though
beds face them only few fee
away. One would think the ven
tilation is bad enough without this
''Frolic" Advertised
Groups of men are playing check
ers or cards, groups are talking
others are lying on their beds OF
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-19
Demonstration in Detroit

DETROIT, Mich, Nov. 1S.-More
than 1000 Negro and white work
ers, in an enthusiastic demonstra-
ton in the heart of the Negro sec
ton Friday night, demanded the
immediate release of the nine inno-
cent Scottsboro boys. The demon
stration, organized by the Interna-
tional Labor Defense and the
League of Struggle for Negro Rights,
was held on Brewster Street, be-
tween Hastings and Rivard, the en-
tire street being roped off.
Ben Davis of New York, editor
of the Negro Liberator, who was the
main speaker, was given a stormy
ovation. Davis exposed the role of
the renegade attorney, Samuel
LeibowitZ, and of the Negro mis-
leaders who are aiding him, and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-19

the reulst is barely discernible in
the construction industry and it
is an open secret here that bust
ness leaders are determined to put
through a wage-cutting drive be-
fore or in connection with taking
the initiative" 1t is known here
that construction employers have
served notice that wages in this
industry must go down before the
housing program will become "ef-
fective."
Figures recently released by the
F. w. Dodge Corporation showed
residential contracts for the first
% calendar days of October, 1884,
we're $40, 900, compared with ST.
953, 900 for the whole month of Sep
TENDER, 1884, and with SIS, 489 900
for the whole month Of October,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-19
Bronx Conference Saturday

All Bronx organizations, societies
and churches have been invited to
elect delegates to a Bronx County
Scottsboro Conference next Satur-
day afternoon, Nov. "a, at the Ep-
worth Church, 1874 Morris Avenue,
Bronx. The conference is called to
organize all elements in the Bronx,
which are in sympathy with the
movement to free the Scottsboro
boys; to work with similar confer
ences throughout the nation to de-
feat the lynch death verdicts
against the boys.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-19
FARLEY. 3
OF METAL UNIONS
MAPS ACTION PLAN
Establishment of Council of Independent Unions
Is Keynote of Eastern Conference of Steel
and Metal Workers Union

The establishment of council of Independent unions in
the metal Notwithstanding and allied industries as means
of bringing about joint action for the improvement of the
conditions of the workers and the organization of the
organized the KEYNOTE of the Eastern Conference
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-19
MIRA. BOARD STALLS
WHEN MEN ACCUSE
LAUCHLIN COMPANY
Heavy Legal Batteries of Steel Magnates Declare
n. r. A. Observation-Disclosures Officials
Keep Issoski Off Stand
By Tom Keenan,

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Nov. 18.-With only Judge Walter
Stacy representing the National Steel Labor Relations
Board the long delayed hearing complaints charging
wholesale coercion and intimidation of its employees by Jones
and Laughn Steel Corporation began Nov IT, string Of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-19
N. R. A. Leader
Aids Put Cut Drive

Continued from Page y
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-19
LID. Files Appeal
In SCOttSbOrO Case

Continued from Page y
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-08-17

Of the Peoples Bank of Bloxom. A
bout twelve months ago drive was
made to have all banks sell Preferred
Stock to the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation for the purpose OF streng-
thening their capital structure and
place themselves in the position to
render better service to their patrons.
Many of the Eastern Shore Banks
have already sold Preferred Stock to
the Reconstruction Finance Corpora
ton.
The Individual deposits of the Peo-
pies Bank, as in all other Eastern
Shore banks, are insured in the Fed
eral Deposit Insurance Corporation,
up to $4,000 90. The banking structure
Of the country is in strange contrast
now to what it was in March of 1888,
when all banks were closed. Through
the efforts Of the government in hav-
ing banks improve their capital struc-
ture by selling Preferred Stock and by
guaranteeing deposits, the banks of
the country as a whole are probably
stronger now than at any other time
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-08-17
Mr.. w. w. Hancock.

Mr.. J. G Stanford who had been
i'll few days died Sunday, August
IL Of dysentery. He attended Denton
Camp meeting last week, returned
home Tuesday evening as well as US
uaI He was taken suddenly i'll We'd
nesday night and rapidly grew worse
until the end. He was rs years old
and is survived by three children, Mrs.
Orbid Miller, of Detroit, Mich, Mrs.
Harry Gusts, of Pocomoke and Mr..
irving Stanford with whom he made
his home Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at
the NJ. p. Church. Interment was
made in the family burial lot by the
side of his wife whom he survived
more than thirty years.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-08-17
CirdIetree News

Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Hancock are
visiting relatives at Portsmouth, Va.
and North Carolina.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Overton and
son. Franklin of Norfolk, Va, are
guests this week of Mr.. and Mrs. +.
3. Scarborough.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Patterson of
Wilmington, Del, were weekend
guests of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harvey Pilchard.
Rev. and Mrs. Pratt have returned
from three weeks visit to their par
ents in Oklahoma.
Mrs. John Hall, Jr., has been Wis
ting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. F.
Gladstone in NassawadoX, Va.
Mr.. Adkins of Washington, d. c.,
was a visitor Sunday at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Watson.
Miss Dorothy Mccain spent last
week with her cousin Miss Elizabeth
Payne near Stockton.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Townsend and
their guest, Mrs. Chas. Burton, Of
Cape Charles spent the weekend with
Mrs. p. w. Scarborough at Ocean City
Mrs. Annie Sharpley Of Berlin and
Mrs. Henry Callahan and son, Mr..
Griffin Callahan visited the formers
sister, Mrs. A. w. Webb Monday who
is very i'll.
Mrs. Payne and children of Tangier,
Va, Mrs. Parks and son, of Allen
town, Pa, and Mrs. Townsend of Sal
isbury, are house guests of their Sis
ter, Mrs. Thomas Evans and family.
Misses Mae and Sue Jones who have
been taking a summer course at Duke
University in Durham, N. c., have
returned home.
Miss Mary Truitt of Snow Hill, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Hearne of Virginia were
recent guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Dundon
Ames.
Mr.. Arthur Jackson of Pocomoke
visited his father, Mr.. VIM. Jackson
Sunday
Mrs. Griffith of Baltimore, Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert and Mr.. and Mrs. Hol-
land of Washington, d. c., are guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Mason.
Miss Kaleda Watson is visiting her
brother Mr.. Elwood Watson and wife
in Berlin.
Mr.. Harry Mccain of Washington,
D. c., was a weekend guest of his
family here.
Miss Emily Scarborough of Sails
bury spent the weekend with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Scor-
borough.
Mr.. and Mrs. Heber Riley of Parks
ley, Va, Mr. land Mrs. Rubin Riley
of Chincoteague and Mr.. and Mrs.
Chauncey Hastings of Delmar, were
guests Sunday of their mother, Mrs.
Mollie Riley.
Mr.. Samuel Oglesby who is employ
ed by the Government and working in
the western states is home for few
days visit to his mother, Mrs. c. j.
Bowen.
Mrs. I. M. Pilchard and son, Lubin
r. Pilchard, of Melbourne spent part
of last week at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. R. w. Johnson, Jr.
Among those who are i'll at this
writing are Mrs. A. w. Webb, Mrs.
Mollie Riley, Mrs. Charles Jones, Miss
Elsie Pilchard, Mr.. C. P. Webb and
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-08-17
II. F. G. PURCHASES
STOCK IN VA. BANK

The Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration has become the purchaser
Of $15,00000 Of the Preferred Stock
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-08-17
the pleasure Of motoring

every foot of every mile is equally enjoyable
This fine feature is combined in the new Chev.
rolet with beautiful, luxurious Fisher Bodies
safe, weatherproof, cable-controlled brakes, the
flashing performance of an 8Ohorsepower engine,
and the great economy of six-cylinder, valve-in-
head construction. This combination is exclusive
with Chevrolet. Perhaps that explains why SO
many people are buying and recommending this
extremely low-priced
CHEVROLET MOTOR CO., DETROIT, MICHIGAN
= G. M. &C. terms. Il General Motors Value
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-08-17

k51zy:azy The best s way to prove that HI Chew
rolet's Knee-Action actually makes
motoring twice as pleasant before is to drive
will find that the continuous jars you used to get
even on smooth pavements are ended. The steer
ing wheel is free of vibration. Back seat pas
maintain higher speeds over rough roads that
used to slow you down. You will find in fact
that probably for the first time in your experience
Compare Cherolets delivered prices and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-20
CLEVELAND AUTO SHOW
 DATE SET.

Cleveland (UP)- The annual Cleveland Automobile Show has been scheduled for Jan. 12 to 19 1885.