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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-10
House Committee
Ignores Workers
Insurance Bill
Lundeen at Hearing Fails
To Push Bill He
Introduced
BY MARGUERITE YOUNG
DAILY Worker Washington Bureau)

DAILY Worker Washington Bureau)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-"You can
sacrifice life in war because that's
something people have to give
Stanley r. Latshaw, publishers rep
resentative told the House Labor
Committee today, but we can't sac
rifice money because we haven't got
it."
This cold-bIooded advice was given
when Latshaw, declaring that 30
hour week law would sacrifice"
some of 5000 publications businesses,
was asked wheaher If life fteaas
wouldn't be sacrificed in war.
Unemployment and War
Thus the subjects Of war and un..
employment-always linked by the
Unemployment Councils in demand
that all war preparations appropris-
tons be turned over to Federal
Unemployment Insurance fund -
were united ominously before the
House Committee.
This same Committee has before
it the Unemployment Councils pro-
posal, the Workers Unemployment
and Social Insurance Bill, introduced
in Congress by Representative Ernest
Lundeen of Minnesota. 1t was Lun-
deem who asked the question that
linked the two subjects.
Lundeen Fails to Push Own Bill
But instead of pressing for the
Workers Bill which he introduced,
Lundeen actually asked the witness:
IF all employers adopted a 30
hour week, wouldn't that absorb all
the unemployed?" Lundeen asked
this misleading question despite the
~
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-10
Anthracite Strike
Ends; MalOney Puts
Over Arbitration
German, ''Conciliator, .
Given Sole Power
on Grievances
(SpeciaI to the Daily WORKER

WILKES BARRE, Pa, Feb. 9.-At
a special convention of the United
Anthracite Miners Union the dele
gates voted to call off the four-week
old strike, and go back to work Mon
day, on the promise that all griev-
a1ices will be settled by Umpire Cor
man.
Father Curran has played his part
in sending the miners back to work,
Just as he did in last November's
strike which resulted in nine hun
dred and fifty men being discharged
for strike activity.
Now Curran is going for his vaca-
ton to the South, while more min
ers will be thrown out of jobs be-
cause Of Father Curran's great love
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-10
Jingo-Fascist Official
mits Profits; Aid
Roosevelt Involved
ONE FIRM FAVOR
Workers Get SIS u
Terrific Speed-up
BY SEYMOUR wALDMAN
Daily Worker Washington Blu

tDally worker washington Bul
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. g.
sistant Secretary of War Harry
Woodring, chief of the gigantic
dustrial-mihtary machine of the
Department, informed the II
Military Affairs Committee
that the War Department alt
corrupt, blatantly patriotic
ceedingly prosperous await
panies a fifteen per cent
reasonable" based on the -g..
own estimates of its costs.
These subsidized companies, WOOD
rings testimony showed. were able
to reap tremendous profits because OF
misuse of competitive bidding, the
classification as an infant indus
try" by the War Department, and the
use Of the outworn National de-
Tense" pretext.
'Since 1926 the War Department
has spent SCI, 100000 on airplanes,
contracts which gave the com
panies 1913 per cent profit" Wood
ring said. I'm the last three years.
the War Department has spent
S24,000,009 on airplanes on which
there was a profit Of S.9 per cent"
he added.
Books Not Audited
There isn't the slightest doubt
that the profits on these contracts
were many per cent higher in view
Of the fact that only in two in
stances did the War Department
audit company books, despite the
fact that the current Black aviation
bearings have shown that the profits
of the very companies which die
nearly all of their business with
War and Navy Departments
according to their books, fror
per cent up, Woodring considere
aviation profits very low"
Infant Industry
Asked what he thought Of
days charges by General \
former head Of the Air Cor
profiteering was rife, Woo
piled: Profits on War D
planes are very low" But
minutes later, he said,
the profits are large becaus,.
infant industry" And after telln.
the Committee that the War Depart-
ment virtually accepts the aviation
company's own figures, Woodring tes-
tilted that "of course, large profiss
we're mede years ago. It is impossible
to gauge profits"
We hope eventually that these
bids will be competitive, testified
Woodring. "You must remember that
this is an infant industry. The United
States wants to further the Interests
Of this industry SO essential to na~
tional defense" he added.
Most Of the pursuit planes business
was given to the Boeing Aircraft
and Transport Company by giving
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-10

r ATE yesterday the Senate Uoted another s24SO0O,
- 900 for the Navy machine. More funds for
murder for slaughter of the of the WOrig class.
The Roosevelt machine is ready. The poison gas,
the cannon. the bombing planes all ready. Soon
the u1peraEtst makers UI begin to pour the blood
Of the working class in defense of profits Roosevelt
Iunges 6rutay ahead Monday he begins his National
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-10

Preparedness Week." He VtH begin to pour the foul
poison of jngoisn cGuUnisDl, nationalist WGr hys-
terra into the minds of the He is getting the
workers ready for the next inlPeriast slaughter We
cannot uUat! We must leap Nth stubborn, bitter
resistance to meet this rising monster of Roosevelt
imperdEist I0arl Lenin, great leader L0arned
that I0e do not fight the imperiast plans daily
hourly every moment, the inperiaList slaughter u
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-10

sWeep US! The CEoEe nperalSt capitalist toOrId
begins to bare its bagOnets against the Workers
FatherLand. the Soviet Union, land of victorious
Socialist Construction! The victories of the SOUet
Union reUeaL the horrible rOttenness of capitalism!
The Soviet Union is a radiant blazing example for
the Uorkng class. The Wall Street parasites itch to
destroy it. They spur japanese imperialism to the
attack. Workers, toIers, iutelLectuaLS all tOiLiHg
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-10
Bus Corporation Head
Tammany Man, Says He
Will Join Fusion Gang

NEW YORK. Samuel Rosoff, head
of the Comprehensive Omnibus Corp,
which received a 25-year franchise
from the Tammany administration
under Mayor O'Brieu, announced at
the Board of Estimate meeting on bus
franchises Tuesday that I'm prob
ably become a member of Fusion
after this and I'll be proud Of it. /"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-10
Another Communist
Dies Under NGzi Ate

HAMBURG, Feb. 9. - A Nazi
executioner with a hand axe today
decapitated Arthur Retslag, Com
munist. He had been arrested for
taking part in demonstration in
which Nazi died.
He was executed while strapped
face up to the block, with his eyes
on the drunken official killer who
welded the axe.
Death sentence against three
others convicted with him were
committed to life imprisonment,
because they were not communists.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-10
light RooseyeIs ngoWeek Defend thew orers FatherandU

humanity is in the balance. Crush the periaIist Oar
plans! Fight jiHgoisHt! Raise high the banner Of
international prOIetarian solidarity! Stop munitions
shipments! Prepare to raise mighty DOa of prOtec-
ton around the Workers FatherIand the Soviet UnionI
Fight the Roosevelt lingo weekl Organize, protest,
gather in the streets and meeting BEacesl Against
iTtperidIist Udr!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-10
Unit in Minnesota Halls
Daily Worker Sub Drive

DALBO, Minn.-The local unit of
the Communist Party halls the Daily
Worker circulation campaign and is
going to do its best to help make the
drive for 10000 new daily and 10000
new Saturday readers real success.
Members Of this Unit are approach
ing G. w. A. workers and the farmers
with the DAILY" A number OF new
readers have already been gained
among these two groups
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-10
Continued on Page y

Overcome by NIonoxide Gas
SCHENECTADY. N. Y, Feb. g.
Eight homeless unemployed workers.
quartered in a bus terminal to ESCAPE
the bitter cold here, were in a hos
pital today with carbon monoxidA
gas poisoning caused by fumes i
starting buses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-10
S248,862,OOO More
Goes to Nary Unde
Neso Senate Measure

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. - Late
today, the Senate passed the
Navy Supply Bill which carries sp
preparations Of S24S,S62, goo for
coming fiscal year.
This appropriation is In al
to the many other appr&
the Navy has receivedX
Roosevelt governmeut
son bill just passed w
approval provides q
S450,000,o00 for
bombing planez
ceived over on
the last nine,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-10

Continued on Page q
Evening star., 1934-09-30
DISTRICT TAXI DRIVERS
TOP NATION IN HUSTLE
Scramble for Fares Here Held
Greater Than in Any Other
City in Nation.

Washington taXicab drivers have a
harder time making living than cab
drivers anywhere else in the United
States, according to the American Au-
tomobile Association.
There is one cab for every l49 per-
sons in the Nations Capital, the A. A.
A points out. adding that mud
died situation with regard to this form
of transportation must be expected
when any one with an automobile
permit and an operators license can
become taxi driver without any form
of liability for damage to persons and
property"
With 3,271 taxis operating in
Washington declared Ernest n.
Smith, executive vice president of the
A. A. A, 1t is obvious that the drivers
must rush, take chances and generally
contribute to traffic disorder in their
scramble for fares. Washington has
more taxiS than the entire State of
New Jersey, with its many large
citieS.''
Evening star., 1934-09-30

How the 18th Route Army Corps OF
the Chinese military forces held the
japanese troops at bay in Shanghai,
O detailed description of his headquar-
tiers in Chenju and the shell-torn
battlefield in Chapel and HungJao,
will be explained by Gen. TSai Ting
Kai in the Willard Hotel this after
noon. His talk will be interpreted by
his secretary, c. S. Mark. former
member of his staff in the war at
Shanghai.
Il had concentrated my troops
about Nanking when the Japanese
forces invaded Jehol," Gen. TSai told
a Star reporter as preliminary to
his address. China was having a
political war in the government and
Mr.. Sun Fo, president of the EXecu-
tive Yuan, was about to resign when
the report came that Shanghai was
to be attacked by the japanese be-
cause they said they had been in
suited
Shanghai Defense Order.
"Chiang Kai-sheck. once China's
greatest warrior, had retired from
military life and was being supported
by the Kuomintang to assume the
presidency when Sun Fo resigned.
The day Chang Kai-sheck took over
the government 1 was ordered. with
5000 of my soldiers, to defend
Shanghai.
The Shanghai Railway
was being bombed when the Japanese
learned my soldiers were coming
down. Before we came to Shang-
hais north station, our advance
agents informed us that l6 bombers
were prepared to destroy us as We
neared Shanghai.
But we fooled them The track
our train was scheduled to enter was
being bombarded and the train,
speeding toward Shanghai, where
thousands of defenseless men, women
and children were being slaughtered,
roared down the tracks toward the
scene. By a miracle our train was
switched and we missed being blown
to bits by more than 5000 pounds of
explosives.
When we arrived the japanese
were executing $50 prisoners Of war
We Immediately set up headquarter!
on the Hungjao golf course, and we
began digging in.
Decisive Victory That Day.
THAT day my courageous men cap
tured three armored tanks, three
planes and lessened the Japanese
strength by some $500 dead men.
japanese battleships in the Whang-
poo River were firing on Woosung
Fort, the stronghold of Shanghai, pro-
tecting the city at the mouth of the
Whangpoo. There was nothing my
men could do but let them fire away" -"
the general laughed as he recalled the
experience. And it took the Japa-
nese five days to hit the fort that was
only l mile away"
For two weeks the 18th Route Army
made history. A whole native city
Evening star., 1934-09-30
TSA| SPEAKS HERE
ON SHANGHAI WAR
Description of Headquarters
and Battlefield to Be
Given.
Gen. Tsai Spots
Reporter Here He
Met i'm Shanghai

Gen. Tsai Ting-Kai, the hero
OF Shanghai, never forgets a
face. His tour of the world has
taken him into every country in
Europe, and he once commanded
100000 soldiers. Yet during the
parade in washington Friday he
saw a reporter walking along the
street. He turned to his aide
and asked, Don't I remember
that young man over there?"
Probably, sir" the aide re-
piled. But you have met SO
many people
And when Gen. Tsai called
the newspaper man, now on the
staff of The Star, over to a
handsome green limousine, 1t
was discovered that the two had
met in his headquarters in
Chapel, in 1882, during a press
interview on the war.
Evening star., 1934-09-30

that once had a population of $4,000
was in total ruin.
China has a total of $500 men in
her armies. Many of them are scarce
ly more than boys. Of these, Gen.
Tsai has commanded more than 100,-
900 and has often seen them fall, weak
from starvation. on the march to fight
for a cause unknown.
Gen. Tsais chief reason for address
ing the group this afternoon will be
to give thanks to the local Chinese
who contributed to the battle fund in
Shanghai
Because of change of plans, Gen.
Tsais party is expected to leave Wash
ington Tuesday evening for Chicago.
Evening star., 1934-09-30

GauZe. absorbent cot n,
bandages. applicators. mercu-
rochrome. burn emolient,
safety pins. adhesive, dress
ings. scissors, and first = aid
booklet--in metal box.
Evening star., 1934-09-30
THE SUNDAY STAR WASHINGTON, D. c. SEPTEMBER 30

Brings b a * the
bright look to furni-
ture. Also excellent to
use on oil or d u S t
mops-or for polishing
automobiles.
Evening star., 1934-09-30
FARR'S
FOR Gray Hair

Bring back the youthful.
original color to gray or
faded hair. Farr'S is a
modern preparation for
use at home. Neither
sticky nor greasy. Easily
applied.
Evening star., 1934-09-30

Thin peppermint cream discs. as cooling TO
the taste as ice water. Coated with bitter
sweet chocolate.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-02
Soldiers Murder
4 Cuban Strikers
At Orders of i. S
Seek To Force Harvest
at Point of Bayonet
and Machine Guns

HAVANA, Mar. 1.-The massacre
of striking sugar workers urged or
the Mendieta government by Jeffer-
son Caffery, U. S. ambassador, began
yesterday in Oriente province. where
soldiers killed four workers and
wounded many more.
Two were murdered at Taiaco and
two in Baguanos. In beth cases
soldiers fired on strikers. 1t was
Gallery who directed the murder Of
1000 United Fruit Company strikers
in Colombia two years ago.
Communications with the eastern
part Of the island, where the army
has imposed virtual martial law
around all sugar mills. are almost
completely broken. Word of the
killing, wounding, and Imprisonment
OF workers filtering through is evil
dence Of terror on a mass scale more
intense even than that carried out
by Machado.
In the few mills which are work
ing, the workers labor under the bay
onets and machine guns of the army,
which is carrying out Machado's
promise to the American owners and
investors to force through the sugar
harvest without granting the de-
mands Of the workers for a living
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-02
Steel Trust TerrOriiZes Men,
Says Pat Cush, Union Leader
N. r. A. Labor Board
FIouts Weirton Prom
ises by New Maneuver
MEN GET DIRTY DEAL
Case Given to the U. S.
Department of Justice
DAILY worker, washington Bureau

DAILY Worker, Washington Bureau)
WASHINGTON, Mar. 1.-The Ma
tional Labor Board today once more
took its hands off the brutal betrayal
Of Weirton Steel Workers under the
Boards own election maneuver. 1t
rendered formal decision, turning
the whole matter over to the justice
department for the second time
and, in this case, not even suggest
ing a specific procedure.
"The Board is unanimous in its
action" the announcement read. mo
other course was left"
TIT Cush. President Of the Steel
and Metal WcS'1ers' Industrial Union
and veteran Of alrn@st half a cen
tury Of actual Shaving before the he'll
blasts Of the rolling mills, branded
the decision proof pcs tive that the
Labor Board from the beginning has
been only gestur'rg prot9nse Of en-
forcing collective bargaining under
the MIRA" and forecast a Spring
strike at Wei-ton.
While passing out the Weirton de-
cis'en with one hand. Chairman Wag.
ner OF the Labor Board with tht
other hand introduced bill in Con-
Continued on Page q
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-02
Olgin, Freiheit Editor, VIII
SpeakatRedPress Banquet, Sun.

NEW YORK-Moissaye ]. Olgin,
editor Of the Morning F'reiheit, took
few minutes off yesterday, from a
day heaped with articles, telegrams
and all the concerns Of an editor, to
reminisce.
He spoke Of the dark Czarist days,
Illegal printing presses, police spies,
and stated: eve may soon have to
build underground presses here, the
way we did in Czarist Russia, and as
our comrades are doing today in
Germany. We must be happy about
our new red printing press and make
the best possible use Of til"
Building an underground press in
those days" O'gin said, twas Cruel
linz affair The machinery had to
be broueht in bit by bit, hidden under
the clothes Of workers-there always
was the danger of spies. The type
had to be set by hand and was usu-
ally Borrowed" from LEGAL" print
ing presses by revolutionary typo
grarhical workers.
Eyes, work in those printing plants
was little more difficult than work
will be on our new printing press.
Olgin (who will be one of the
speakers at the Red Press Banquet,
Sunday, March 4, at pm. at New
Star Casino, 10Th st. and Park
Ave.) turned back to a crowded desk
the articles, kilograms, news re-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-02
Mass Anger in
China as Japan
'CrOwns' Pu-Y
$4,000 Soldiers Keep
Everyone Away from
Hasty Ritual

SHANGHAI, March Mass dem
onstrations of protest in all parts of
China and a renewal of the cam
paign for a complete anti-Japanese
boycott greeted the coronation by the
Japanese in Manchuria of Henry Pu-
VI as emperor of the Japanese pup
pet state Of Manchukuo.
The Chinese press is unanimous in
recognizing the farce of the corona
ton by Japan as step in Japan's
war plans, leading toward another
world war.
HS1NKING, Manchuria, March l.
Behind a wall of japanese bayonets
which kept the whole population far
distant from the scene of coronation,
Henry Pu-Yi Travelled in an Amer
ican-made armored car today from
his palace to the "altar of Heaven"
where he was crowned emperor OF
The puppet state of Manchukuo.
Fifty thousand japanese and Man
churian troops were concentrated in
the capital which was virtually in a
state of siege Even the handful of
invited Manchu, Chinese and jap
anese guests were herded behind
barbed wire more than 300 feet from
the procession.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-02
Bus Officials at
Polls Intimidate
WorkerS;Halt Vote
Workers Should Build
Own Union in Every
Garage

NEW YORK The poll of Fifth
Ave. Coach Co. workers, organized by
the Regional Labor -c0~.4, - t.2---.-
whether the employees wished to have
8 union or an organization con-
trolled by company officials was
smashed up yesterday by the bosses
who were allowed to freely picket the
polling places and intimidate the
workers with threats of firing.
The poll was called off by Mrs
Herrick, Regional LABOR Board chair
man, who did nothing to halt the in
tinidation.
Early in the morning when the
polling was to begin, executives of
the company with pads and pencils
in hand patrolled the polling places
When a busman entered he was
carefully looked over and his name
noted. Mrs. Herrick asked them to
move, but they refused.
Police who had beaten workers
and chased them from picket lines
stood calmly by, but failed to move
against the employer pickets. Nor
did Mrs. Herrick ask them to drive
off the bosses.
Twelve company executives stood
In front of each polling place.
Mrs. Herrick says she will take the
matter up with the N.R.A. in Wash
ington. But workers are urged not
to rely on Mrs. Herrick and the
N.R.A. Do not wait for poll, but
90 ahead and build the Amalgamated
Association into fighting class
union on the basis of elected rank
and file committees in each garage
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-02
DOlIfuSS Follows
Nazi Methods for
Imposing FasciSml
Heimwehr With Bayo
nets Patrols as Youth
Is ''Co-ordinated''

VIENNA. March 1.-While Helm
wehr troops with fixed bayonets pa
troll the streets, the fascination of all
phases Of Austrian life, alone exactly
the lines followed by the Nazis in
Germany, is being pushed by the
Dollfuss government.
All young people between IA and
10 have been ordered to register with
the government. They are to be
compelled to join patriotic organ
izaticn."
All office ho'ders are ordered to
wear uniforms and badges Of their
rank. The uniforms will he of the
green, which is the color of the Aus
trian fascis S.
All provincial diets and municipal
administrations are h9inr "oo~rdi--
ated." giving up their authority to
fascist commanders.
More than 1000 persons. almost all
Of them workers, ere to be tried on
various charges of resisting the gov
ernmenA. Charges of HIGH treason
have been laid against a number of
leadinT Social Democrats for having
knowledge of the preparations to re-
sist Dollfuss fascism, desoite their
acknowledged efforts to disarm the
workers and give Dollfuss support.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-02
Strike Threat Wins
Increase in Vases
At White Motor Co.

CLEvEr. AND. Ohio, March T.
Workers Of White Motor Lo"a', Fed
eral Automot,ve Workers Union Of
the A. F o. L.. under RANK end file
leaSer-hip. voted strike for 20 nor
cent increase in nav The STRIFE
was schedu'ed to come off at 1850
IN, ve@terdav. h,'t TIE St~il-e Com
nit ee. haa@od Nv william Mortimer.
rank and file leader, was notified
that the coropanv viii pro ut a wage
increase of from Is to 20 per cent.
A report Of TIE committee ne7oti-
ating the demands will be given at
FRIDAYS meetino to the membership
for anYroval. Mortimer, when inter-
viewed. stated: eve waited long
enourh, tho wages have been down to
less than 80 per cent of what we
used to get and as a result Of the
Increase in the cost Of lying since
the N. r. A. we could not stand 1t
snv LONGER" When asked whether
William Green authorized the strike,
he ssid: Hell, no! We did not ex-
pect him to. We took the right in
our own hands. We had enough OF
his kilograms telling us to do MOTH
ing
1t is expected that the settlement
will have great effect upon many
other workers who are raring to go
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-02
Strike Shuts Down
3 Mellon Aluminium
Plants in Penn.
Union Leaders Say 1t Is
a Holiday Not
a Strike

NEW KENSINGTON, Pa, Mar. I.
Fighting egai-st the most abSo-
lutte trust in the United States, owned
by Andrew Mellon, Millionaire, 1000
workers of the Aluminium Company
OF America went out on strike today
and picketed three OF the company's
plants.
The factories employment, about
$500, are shut down. Leaders Of
the Aluminium Workers Union de-
Glazed that the workers are demard-
ing $106 cents an hour and 30
hour wselS. against the present min
tmum of 20 cents an hour IN The
MIRA. code and q 4o-hour week. The
Roosevelt government granted AM
drew Mellon cut in wages through
tire MA. codes.
The leaders of the union, however,
are trying to prevent a militant
strike, apDealing to the Regional
Labor Boa-d in Pittsburgh to step
in End erS Tire strife tl'rouqh "a~bi-
tration." In fact, F. swarts, presi-
dspt Of the New Kensirgto7 local
declares that the walkout is not a
strike at all, but a holiday"