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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-31
Mattresses At
Stanley'S Get
NOthingBut tins
Nv. a Worker Corresnondentl

my. a WOEhEG G0fGGS Q0uQenNl
NEW YORK.-About midsummer
7 called the attention Of the local
N.R.A. office to Noncompliance on
the part Of Stanley'S Restaurant.
Fifth Ave. and 26th ST., with the code
for mattresses. I asked then to be
informed on what is being done to
correct the situation there. MY let
ter was ignored and the conditions
giving rise to my complaint continue.
Both aS a customer and a worker
I felt had common cause with the
mattresses in their demand that at
least the minimum set by the MIRA.
codes, pitiful though 1t was, be paid.
Particularly since the management
proudly displayed a large blue eagle.
I pointed out at that time that de-
spite the fact that the code pre-
scrlbed minimum of Is cents an
hour or S1344 for a 48-hour week
(tipS not to be computed as part Of
wages, Stanleys Restaurant paid its
mattresses no wages at all. The walt
resses have to rely solely on tips,
which amount to around $11.50 at
an average for full time workers and
Sc for part time workers.
pointed out that while earning
opportunities were afforded only in
waiting on tables, mattresses were re-
ouired to set and clean tables, there
being no bus boys, and were fire.
quently pressed into service doing
clerical work for which they were
paid nothing.
I mentioned also that the wait
resSes were given no choice in the
food they ate, but had to take what
they were given, which was usually
left over; this Notwithstanding the
fact that they paid for their food.
At that time, the girls had every
hope that the new deal would have
these wrongs promptly righted. They
had faith in the MIRA, but the
N.R.A. has failed to keep faith with
them. They followed my letter by
proceeding TO the N.RA. office in
person on several occasions. Each
.lne they were shunted off with as
SuranceS or excuses.
The proprietor, was given to I'M
derStand, pleadede exemption from
the code on the ground that he was
now paying all the traffic could bear
that is, nothing. He was ap-
parently granted exemption, for he
still pays no wages, yet displays the
Eagle. Last week the management,
which is too poor to pay wages, began
the installation Of a well-eQuipped
bar and vine cellar. Presumably it
paid the big liquor license fee also.
How is one to have faith in the
honesty and sincerity of the new
deal for labor" if such fragrant viola
lions are allowed to continue7
EDITORS NOTE:-Obviously the
N.R.A. was never intended to be
set up to better the condition of
these mattresses or of any other
workers, The talk of safeguarding
even the small pay of workers is
only a cover under which Roose-
welt is carrying on the Wall Street
task of speed-up and mobilization
to prepare more efficient machinery
for the capitalist attempt to find
way out of the crisis through
greater exploitation and war.
The mattresses at StanIey's must
learn that only through Organiza-
tion, with the help of a militant
union like the Food Workers In
dastral Union, can they force bet
ter conditions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-31
A fight AND A VICTORY
(By q Worker Corresnondentl
Si0lIx Citv T,

AAOuA O1by, Id.
A conlrade went up to the Starva-
ton Army to live, and it was ii a
he'll OF a shape-so old Nick starts
agitating, educating and organizing
as good old Joe Hill advised us to
do Just before they shot him. The
results: q large reading room. with
the D. w. and many Communist
pamphlets, etc. Second helping of
chow, and an Improvement in the
quality Of chuck, and an improve
ment in the general run Of the
management.
Our Tenth Anniversary issue was
wonderful. Let's double the 18th
anniversary issue. We ruust ever
more increas2 cur revolutionary &C.
ton, evermo-a numerically expose
cur enemy With true revolutionary
sincerity.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-31
CONDUCTED BY
HELEN LUKE

the wife revolutionary and the
husband not.
"Comradely
an. c."
You hear that, Mike? Do we have
the authors permission? There are
more letters about the R. l. c. B.
The project gains momentum. find
| have access to a Monograph and
material, so shall begin to cut stem
ellis very soon for a small prelim-
mary clifton. Comrade NJ. C.'s very
good suggestions shall be made use
of
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GREETINGS, COMRADE FOSTER
CininOati Ohio

GREETINGS, COMRADE FOSTER
Cininnatl, Ohio
Dear Editor
We, the membership of Unit Five
Communist Party, Cincinnati, wish
to express in the columns of our
fighting organ, the Daily Worker
our most comradely greetings to our
courageous leader, Comrade Foster,
upon the occasion of his return to
the U. S. We sincerely hope that
his health continues to improve as
it has during his sojourn at the
splendid sanatoriums of the Soviet
Land.
Although not wishing to over
burden Comrade Foster with new
tasks we cannot refrain from stat
ing that we all a;1Mously await the
release of the two books he is now
writin. Long live Comrade Foster!
Long live the Soviet Unionl Long
live the Communist Party of the
world.
MEMBERSHIP OF UNIT S,
Cininnati, Ohio, CPU.S.A,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-31
AN EFFECTIVE UNITED FRONT

Swissvale, Penna.
Editor, Daily Worker:
This is to inform you that the
statement made by the worker who
held dual membership in the Unem-
ployed Citizens League and the I'M
employed Council regarding the
Swissvale Unemployed Citizens
League affiliating with the Unem-
ployed Council is incorrect.
This statement was contained in
an article in your issue Of Jan. 4.
The Unemployed Citizens League
of Swissvale has not joined the IN
employed Council, but We have had
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-31
|. Miller Shoe
Workers Resist
A.F.L. TreaChery
(By a Shoe Worker Correspondent

(By Shoe Worker Correspondent
NEW York; is about eight
weeks since We called off the strike.
We didn't call it off because we lost
confidence in the Shoe and Leather
Workers Industrial Union, but be-
cause we have been making nothing
in the last four years Of crisis, and
starvation forced us to accept the
Nib. maneuvering decision, which
was only a discrimination, because
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-31
NOTE

We publish letters from textile,
needle. shoe and leather workers
every Wednesday. Workers in these
industries are urged to write us of
their conditions of work, and of
their struggles to organize. Get the
letters to us by Saturday of each
week.
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Every new subscriber yon get for
the Daily Worker means winning
another worker to the revolution
airy struggle against exploitation,
war and fascism.
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New York, Ny
Daily WORKER
Here Is new name for Bill
Green's racket: "THE AMERICAN
ILLUSTRATION OF LABOR"
r.. A.
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PARTY LIFE
They Tried to Break Into"
The Party--But They Failed!
National Office Received I67 Requests for In

further notice. I have made out
application card, together with the
necessary money. But up to date I
have not heard from it.; so If YOU
give me any information on this SUBJ
ject, do so at once.
Yours in the battle,
j. NJ, Princeton, NJ. D.
From District II
IL received your letter. We was
sat up under G. T. in February Oh
last year. He gave us join card III
the Sharecroppers. We paid him our
money until May of the same year
We met every Thursday night and
We paid our money to him. He got
in trouble and he had to leave. We
went as best we could until Septem-
Der. j. w. in Selma resat us up. We
could not get any literature except
Second-handed, then later we couldn't
get any at all, and we paid him our
money every month. So decided to
write to you in January myself to
find out about the Communist Party,
No, We did not get book at all. We
meet every Thursday night, so please
set me right, as we are anxious to
do real business. Answer soon.
ID. C., Selma, Alabama"
From Turtle Creek, Pa.
II am a daily reader of the Daily
Worker and also attend as many Of
the Unemployed Council meetings as
can.
"The most important part of the
Daily Worker is the Party Life sec
ton. notice you ask people to join
the Communist Party. It is a good
idea, but do you have to join through
New York, or do you have certain
districts that you join inP
There have been several people
who asked me that question, so
would like to have you answer this
question through your paper, for I
Turtle Greek, and 1 have asked lots
Of them how to join, but either they
don't want everybody or don't want
to tell U.s.
'I feel that tbs time has come
when everybody should join some
organization, and can see that the
Communist Party is the only one
which can help the workers. There
are several others waiting to hear
why they don't tell lis where to join
the Party, and if they can join around
here.
I'VE will look for an answer
through the column Letters From
Our Readers or in the Party Life
column, for there are many that read
the Daily Worker that are and would
be interested in Joining if they knew
just what 1t was and how to get In.
owe thank you very much if you
will help us out Of this darkness.
"CONfRADE J., Turtle Greek, Pa"
COnrade J. did not give his adj
dress, so we are unable to write to
him. We do not know whether or
not there is a nucleus of the Com
munist Party in Turtle Greek, but
if he will write either to the dis
trict office of the Communist Party
in Philadelphia, 1925 Germantown
Ave-, or to Pittsburgh, 1908 Centre
Ave, they will be able to advise
him in regard to joining the Party.
We would like to hear from the
districts as to the number of mem
berS they recruit into the Party
from the contacts who write into
the Daily Worker, which are sent
to them by the Center. What 81
you do with these applications?
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DAILY PLEAsEs NEW READER

DAILY PLEASES NEW READER
Windsor Locks, Conn.
Daily Worker.
Gentlemen:
I received a copy Of the Daily
Worker of Jan. 18th. 1 want to
read it every day, but at present /
am financially unable to subscribe
for a year. I am sending q dollar
and III send you more as soon as
l can. So please send me the Daily
Worker.
% N
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The capitalist class plots our des-
tructiOn through imperialist war.
Fight these plots by gaining new
readers for Our Daily Worker, orr
powerful weapon in the struggle
for a Soviet America.
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Letters from Our Readers

a very effective United Front organ
ization in operation; and we hope to
keep it in operation.
This correction is made solely in
the interest of truth and is not to
be taken as pro anything or anti any
thing. We are sure that this report
was made in all sincerity.
CHAIRMAN,
Unemployed Citizens League,
SwisSvale, Pa.
EDITORS NOTE: We are glad
to print the correction. The unen-
ployad movement in the Pittsburgh
area will be greatly strengthened
il the united front mentioned by
the cOmrade is continued and the
members Of the two organizations
work more and mora closely to-
gether, united for the demands OF
the unemployed workers.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-30
BRITAIN PLANS
PART PAYMENT

LONDON, May 80. (U.P-Great
Britain is sending a war debt note
to the United States within "a
hours, offering partial payment on
the next installment due June Is,
it was said on reliable authority
today.
A larger token payment than
the 100000 pounds sterling paid
last December was expected to be
offered. However, it was reported
the payment would be made only
on condition 1t exonerates Britain
from the stigma of default. Other
wise, complete non-payment might
result.
The note was understood to
leave the door open to a future
final settlement The cabinet
drafted its war debt attitude at
a meeting today and Neville
Chamberlain, chancellor of the
exchequer, is expected to reveal 1t
in the house of commons tomor-
row.
Since President Roosevelt can
not give assurance that q token
payment will avoid default, it was
believed Britain would decide to
default. The renewal of token
offer, however, might be viewed
by the public here as placing at
least part of the responsibility for
Reputation on the United States
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-30
JOHNSON SAYS
DAUGHTER DID
NOT END LIFE
State Treasurer Rejects Theory
Of Suicide Supported By Po-
lice Investigation.

SACRAMENTO, May 80. W.H-
Refusing to accept the police the
ory of suicide, Charles G. johnson,
state treasurer, today retained E.
o. Heinrich, prominent Berkeley
criminologist, to conduct an in
dependent investigation into the
violent death of his daughter, Vir-
ginia, %.
Johnson, Republican candidate
for governor and prominent in
state governmental circles for many
years, scoffed at the police ver-
sion that his beautiful young
daughter had strolled into a pri-
vate garage four blocks from her
home, saturated her clothing with
kerosene and applied a match,
converting herself into a human
torch.
"She couldn't have done it; she
wasn't that type of GIRL" he and
other members of the family in
sisted.
| Police, on the other hand, ac-
cepted the girls death as pure
| case of suicide" and said the Incl
dent was closed book so far as
they were concerned, unless new
evidence was disclosed. johnson
thereupon acted independently and
asked the criminologist to come
here today and investigate what
police termed fantastic suicide. .
While the johnson family and
close friends continued maintain
ing the girl was the victim Of an
atrocious murder, and police point
ed to concrete evidence Of suicide,
preparations were made to conduct
funeral services for the young
woman who until late Monday was
prominent leader Of the younger
social set.
Private services were to be held
this afternoon, with cremation in
Eastlawn cemetery.
The theory that Virginia john
son met her death at the hand Of
murderous fiend was blasted, in
the opinion of police, by an au-
topsy and subsequent evidence dis
closed by detectives.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-30
EXPOSED IN
FUNDS FROM
LAND SALES
Auditor Informs Board That
Collections Received Delayed
In Being Deposited.
TWO YEARS In ONE CASE
Further Revelations Indicated
When Final Audit Has Been
Completed.
TWO YEARS In ONE CASE

my report will contain reading
matter of extreme interest and re-
commentators that will be enlight-
ening," F. M. Donovan. of the F. M
Donovan company, auditors, who
are making thorough exam
ination Of the irrigation districts
books told the board of directors at
their meeting yesterday afternoon
Donovan and his two assistants are
now working on this report, and it
Is expected that it will be available
for general scrutiny within O short
time. ~
The auditor had been called be-
fore the board yesterday 10 give &
preliminary report on the results OF
his examination of several land
sales and following this rerort he
was authorized by the board to con-
tinue his audit of these scles start
ing with January l, 1880.
In this report to the board Dono-
van stated that, he was not saying
there was any shortage Of money or
anything like that, but that he had
found gross irregularity in the
keeping of books and records in the
treasurer'S office relative to land
sales made by the district.
Questioned as to this statement,
Donovan produced a work sheet on
which he had recorded the few sales
picked at random from the long
list, which he had examined as to
the date of sale; name of purchas-
er: amount paid on this sale and
date on which this was finally re-
corded on the treasurer books.
This work sheet he said, proved his
contention of irregularity in these
matters without any dourt
He stated he had found that 81
703.04 had been collected and re-
ceived on land sales prior to Decem-
ber 81, 1888, but this money was not
reported on the books until in April,
1884.
One particular sale of this nature
to which attention of the board was
called was authorized on April 5,
1882; a deed was given to the prop
erty the day following but the mon
ey, $3.50, was not reported on the
books of the office until April 81,
1884, a period of over two years
elapsing from the time the sale was
authorized until the money there
for had been accounted for. al
though the sum stipulated IN the
(COntIcucd On Page G,
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-30
FIRE DESTROYS
A. B. ". CLUB
Famous Owl At Mexicali Is In
Ruins Following Spectacular
Blaze Last Night.

A fire which originated in the
attic of the A. B. w. or "Owl"
club in Mexicali at O'Clock last
night completely destroyed the
building with damages of approx
imately 100000, according to re-
vised estimate given by the own
ers today.
It was thought last night that
the blaze had been caused by de-
fective wiring but Tom Reams,
chief of the local fire department
stated today that in his opinion
this is not the case. Reams told a
Press representative that three
weeks ago he had gone all through
the attic of the club and examined
the wiring. He said that he found
every inch of the wire to be in
conduits and for trat reason it was
impossible for the blaze to have
had its origin in any defect Of
wiring. Reams stated further that
in his opinion it was Of incendiary
origin started possibly by some one
who had some grudge against the
club and expressed it in that FASH
ion.
Fire departments from Mexicali
! and Calexico answered the call
( and when it was seen that the ia
+, nous resort was doomed put forth
all their efforts to prevent the
flames spreading to adjoining
buildings. The fire was the more
dangerous because of brisk west
, erly wind which was blowing at the
time and, it was feared that should
the flames get beyond control a
disaster could not be prevented.
A large crowd witnessed the con-
flagration and Gordon of soldiers
was thrown about the building to
guard employees who were trans
ferring about $4,000 in currency
from the burning building.
John Flores and Mike Miller,
owners of the club which was one
OF the most famous along the in
ternational border have not as yet
announced any plans to rebuild the
destroyed club and stated that the
loss is complete as the insurance
carried on the building had lapsed.
This is the fourth time in which
the A. B. w. or Owl club has been
destroyed by fire.
A number of patrons and en-
ployees in the club at the time the
fire was first discovered were told
of the danger and left the place
in good order, many of the en-
ployees carrying with them pieces
of the gambling equipment of the
club. No casualties were reported.
One truck Of the local depart
ment went to Calexico and stood
by to be of assistance across the
line, if necessary, but more to pro-
tect Calexico buildings should a
fire break out there as the Calex-
leo department had laid all its
hose in Mexicali to aid in fight
ing the A. B. w. fire.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-30
LONGSHOREDIEN OF NATION MAY
JOIN in PRESENT COAST STRIKE

means of ending the maritime
workers strike on the Pacific
coast
The I. l.. A. local union at Ia
coma was the first to go on rec
ord against the compromise plan
which offers partial recognition of
the association, gives it share in
operating employment bureaus, but
rejects the demand for a closed
shop.
The San Francisco local showed
in an unofficial vote that it will
turn down the plan. When the
proposal was submitted informally
to $500 longshoremen not an af-
firmative vote was heard.
AS hopes of immediate peace fad
ed Alaska and Hawaii reported i'm
pending food shortages and grain
growers, orchardists and lumber
men on the Pacific coast felt the
sting of the strike which spread
from the longshoremen to sailors,
deck officers and other maritime
workers
Joseph p. Ryan, president OF the
I. L. A. and enthusiastic supportr
Of the peace plan, was in the
northwest seeking approval of the
compromise among the local unions
there A GOODNESS between Ryan
and the local leaders was apparent.
Just before his arrival district
committee urged the locals to re-
ject the agreement
Secret ballots were distributed
among the union membership for
the decision of the men on wheth-
er to remain on strike or to return
to work under the terms which Ryan
considered q victory but which other
leaders opposed.
Shipowners have been able to
conduct operations on a close to
normal basis in Los Aneles through
stirkebreakers. Curtailed operations
were possible in San Francisco but
the commerce of the ports of Seat
tie and Portland was paralyzed
completely,
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-30
|PLANE PASSENGERS DEFY DEATH
Sing, Laugh And Joke AS Lost Ship Seeks
Safe Landing In Heavy Fog.

ship circled and circled that we
were off our course.
Zone of the passengers started
singing and the others joined in.
Then someone told a joke and the
others followed. We knew how SER
ious the situation was but everyone
kept up his nerve.''
Pilot John Wolf, Newark. missed
the airport at Albany He circled
over Danbury, IL miles from here.
several times.
Then seeing his fuel was gone,
he headed for open country and
brought the plane down. It was
only by sheer luck that the ship
struck in an open field.
The passengers climbed from the
tail of the ship, ripped open the
front compartment and extricated
Wolf and L. Fl. Litson, Chicago, CO.
pilot. Both were unconscious and
were wedged in their seats. The
plane was approximately 20 feet
from the ground when 1t dropped.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-30
BIC RACE WON
BY CUMMINGS

SPEEDWAY, Indianapolis, Ind,
May 80. U.P)-Fighting against time,
limited fuel supply and the best
automobile racing drivers in the
world, Bill Cummings Of Indiana
polls roared across the finish line to
victory today In the classic Memor-
ial day 500-mile speed test.
Maurice Rose of Dayton, Ohio,
was second.
A crowd estimated at more than
135, 900 watched the race, sittirg un-
der broiling sun around the az
mile brick oval. The heat added to
the hazards OF the gruelling con-
test and the oil-soaked track became
as slippery as glass before tie last
100 miles was over.
A spectacular duel for the 20,OO0
first prize purse was staged be-
tween Cummings and Mauri Rose
OF Dayton, o., in the last hour OF
the contest. Cummings took the
lead from Rose with only slightly
more than 60 miles to go and sped
along while the crowd roared ap-
proval of the home town boy.
Rose drove desperately to over
take Cummings in the last rs miles
but lost ground on the turns when
he hit oil patches.
Despite the fact that all the cars
in this years race were limited to
As gallons OF fuel for the entire
500 miles, Cummings had three gall
Ions of gasoline in his tank at the
end of the race.
Lou Moore, Beverly Hills, Calf.
was third.
The winners speed was 104.865
miles per hour, new track lecord.
The previous mark was 104.142 set
by Louis Meyer in winning The race
last year.
Time for Cummings for The 500
miles was 4 hours, 46 minutes and
25.2l seconds.
Deacon Litz, Dubois, Pa. was
fourth.
Cummings and Rose were nearly
four laps ahead of the field when
they finished
They had fought desperately for
the lead from early in tre race and
each held the top position three
times.
In winning second place Rose had
averaged 104.698 miles an hour for
the 500 miles. His time was four
hours 46 minutes and 1924 seconds.
1t also was above last years record.
Mcore's time for the race was 4
hours. as minutes and 1924 seconds
for an average OF 102.427 miles an
hour.
Russo's time for fifth position wa.
5:l9:0l. He averaged 99.s9s miles
per hour.
AL Miller, Detroit, Mieh.. was sixth
across the finish line. File time was
5.5:l6.48. an average Of 06.272 miles
an hour.