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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
City Events

LAUNDRY WORKERS INDUSTRIAL UNION
TO CELEBRATE VICTORY
A gigantic mass meeting will be held by
the Laundry Workers Industrial Union to
celebrate thu victory attained in the samac
Laundry at Lexington Hall, los e. 1i5th Sc.
tonight.
METAL WORKERS HOLD FORUM
Charles Rust will speak on What In
Industries" Sunday, pm. at IS Z. 18th St.
LERT WING, LOCAL %, TO HOLD OPEN
FORUM
The Left Wing Group Of Local "a, IL.
G.W,u., will hold mass open forum Sun
day, IL an, at Stuyvssant Casino, Second
Ave. and 9th ST., where Migdal will speak
on why Again Expuisions in Our Local"
SPEAKERS CONFERENCE IN HARLEM
The Aeit-Prop Dept. is calling q speak
ers conference for Sunday, II am at Pin
niSh Kali, Is W. l2sth st. Herman Me-
Kswain Of tbs L.S.N.R. will speak on the
Monetary Policy Of Roosevelt"
ATTORNEY TO SPEAK ON sooTTsBoRo
irving Sehvab, attorney and eye witness
Of tbs scottsooro case, will speak at the
Fordhan Prog. Club, Sunday, at 8 pm.
MEDICAL BUREAU TO MEET
general ersanIzationsl meeting Of the
Medical Bureau (sfilisted with the F6.u.)
will be held sunday, $50, at Grssnwich
House, 20 Barrow St. near Christopher ST.
TALK ON MILLINERY OPPOSITION
Arthur Peer, OF the A. r. Of L. rank and
lle committee, will speak on the role Of
aS
the American Youth Club, 1o7 Roekavsy
Ave- Sunday, u ncon.
CANNES OF D. ". 70 TALK ON oUBA
Harry Cannes, recently returned dele
gate to the workers convention in Havana,
will speak on the struggle against impe-
rialism in Cubs at the Village Forum, 274
W. 4th st., opposite Sheridan Square. Sum
day $3.50 pm.
DRESSMAKERS VICTORY DINNER
AL dressmakers are invited to the VIC
tory Dinner given by the workers OF the
Goidsheer Dress Co., Sunday, at pm in
Irving Plaza, 18th st. and Irving Place.
Tickets soc.
DRESsMAKERs TO HOLD OPEN FORUMS
-Four Open Forums will be held Sunday
throughout the city on various topics. In
the Bronx, I. Potash will speak on 1.-THE
Issue Of Dual Unionism and the Role OF
the Lovestoneites In the Unions" in Am
basssdor Hall, Third Ave. and Claremont
Parkway, IL am. In Coney Island, Lofts
Lyman, President Of the N.T.WIU. will
speak on what Is better for the dress
makers: a progressive or conservative ad-
ministrstion7" at the workers Club, 2Tth
St. and Mermaid Ave. at / pm.
IN Borough Park, 9. Levenson will speak
on The present situation in the dress In
dustry" at the Two Center, 1375-4sfd st.
at II am. In Brownsville, Jack Goldman,
dress organizer, will speak on The N.R.A.
fake in the dress industry" at the Browns
II am.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
KNIrGooDs sHop MEET TODAY

NEW YORK; shop conference Of knit.
goods workers from Industrial Union and
international shops will be held today al
1880 noon at Irving Plaza Hall, to develop
The fight against the MIRA hunger code.
The conference Is called at the initiative
OF the Knltgoods department Of the Needle
Trades Workers Industrial Union.
Lw.o. MEETS
unity Branch 7ee, Two, meets Sunday,
. pm. at 500 g. 18th 81
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
Roosevelt to Fire
Million C.W.A. Men
by February 18th

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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
DREssMAKERs VICTORY DINNER

AL dressmakers are invited to the VIC
tory Dinner given by the workers OF the
Goldsheer Dress Co., Sunday, at pm. in
irving Plaza, 18th st. and Irving Place.
Tickets soc.
Evening star., 1934-08-01

send n1r soIdiers with the Col. 5a-
hlbi7 he said decisively.
In deodsr- -hieden eungaiow on
the outskirts Of ssnia, short. wirY
man sitting IN . revolving chair was
tapping the table automatically with
his pencil: '"Tip-tip-;:p-tap, tip-tip-
tip-tap"
MAJ Mercer rot reported his ar
rival yet Lockyer7"
SO, sir J"
The wiry man looked up with an
air Of mild surprise and ceased the
unconscious tapping
Should have been here yesterday
Did you have him covered
aeainst--interferen The head Of
the Secret Service looked Up .nquir-
ingly, as he put the question
His assistant glanced at the top
most Of a pile Of flies on the table.
"Mohunn Dutt. the chauffeur, who
drove his car for the three DAYS
between IAbsk and PeShawar. Is one
Of our best men. general Yussuf
All took over from him there
Have they sent any reports in2"
"Mohunn Dutt telegraphed. say
ing that the car was twice heavily
fired on. and that there we're two
attempts TO block the road. His wire
is In the basket to your right, sir
There's nothing from Yussuf All
A knock. and a messenger entered
with a small square Of paper.
Talk of angels-i" commented
Evening star., 1934-08-01
KING COBRA
Bv MARK CLAIMING

The old Mir sighed 1T would
teach thee much TO 20 with the Col
Sahib and the Sirdar, he said hesi-
tatingly
The lad sl7oak his head. his hand
feeling at the down On his chin
Il have other matters. Royal
Father"
Other wonlcnl~ exclaimed his
father indulgentiy Yet what are
vcTnen 10 the Joys Of battle?"
Mohammed shah rose and made
the three porfound obciSances re-
quired Of him Il have spoken all
Yet there Is one thing morel"
Speak"
II your fighness will allow. 1 will
telegraph Simla. saying that your
heart is set on sending your men. II
/ lead them Is 1t your highness' will
that should do so7''
The Mrs eyes flashed into life.
The Sirkar cannot stay US lead
ing our own men 10 catch q thief in
our own territory-wh which We shall
surely do II Siu1la viii not let us
Evening star., 1934-08-01

the short virv man. Send him in
al once. vii you
Mai Mercer saluted as he entered.
Gen. Phillips says you wish TO
see me. sir7~
That's right. Sit down. Have
ary trouble getting here7 Cigsrettes7
Hovs Yanistsn?"
Thank you sir They nearly
got me the day I left. Never saw a
man drive ike that chauffeur. Top
speed. on a fiat tire on a mountain
road. sir Were ali a bit on edge
about Sir Johns death. and this kid
naping Of Miss Lindsay. Of course
OF course. your old friend. the
veiled Man again, eh? Hes OCT 10
stir up big trouble this time. India s
soaked with his propagsnda-even
the big cities Our agent-whod got
on to a plot to blow up Government
House-was found dead last week.
That was Calcutta. Same thing hap
pened to Bsnneriee in Bombay direct
ly he launched our anti propaganda
Got any idea what happened TO
Gray7"
No. sir" Mercer studied the end
Of his cigarette thouEhtfully. We
think the guide had something to do
with it."
Did GRAY ever speak to you about
a cipher he'd invented?'
NO sir"
Did you know he had one?"
mo. Gray isn't the kind-well, you
know that. siri'
10 be eontinued)
Evening star., 1934-11-11

Frances inability to continue the hight
against deprecated currencies Of
Great Britain, the United States and
proved, protagonists of imitation argue.
The government of Premier CASTOR
Doumergue, however, had pious hopes
that London and Washington soon will
stabilize the pound sterling and dollar
so that revaluation of the franc can
be arranged without seriously disturb
ing the internal economy.
It is pointed out that, so far as fig
ures 60, Frances quota" system of
limiting imports has shown results by
decreasing the unfavorable trade bal
ance by about so per cent; the actual
facts are that business as a whole has
slowed down proportionately. Last
years imports exceeded exports by
about 1,000,000,000 francs monthly.
The monthly average between January
and September this year showed an
unfavorable balance of Sic, 0,457 900
francs. This means that commercial
intercourse has declined SO far as i'm
ports are concerned by SO per cent.
Readjustment Of quotas with gold bloc
countries-Holland, Belgium, Italy
and Switzerland-is expected to COM
pensate to a certain extent this loss.
The Brussels recommendations, how
ever, will not be put into effect for
some time-and it Is not at all certain
that Belgium and Italy, especially,
can long remain on a gold basis.
"A. E, j,
Evening star., 1934-11-11
French Trade Declines Under Pressure
OF Holding to Gold Standard Pledge

PARIS.-A graphic picture of
Frances economic condition and the
price her industry is paying in order
that the government may remain true
to its political pledge to maintain the
gold standard is painted in official sta
tistics just issued by the Customs
Bureau. Ordinarily figures are dull
ana unlnteresting and hard to under
stand. But those compiled by the
Customs Bureau speak eloquently of
the inroads the depression" is making
in France.
try in the world, excepting perhaps
some members of the gold bloc, reports
increasing business and growth of both
exports and imports in quantity and
in value, Frances trade is steadily
sinking. During the first nine months
of this year her exports, in value, we're
412,939,0 900 francs less than during the
same period of 1898. Her imports up
until September l of this year were
3,964, ,062 900 francs less.
In amount, calculated by weight, i'm
ports over the first three-quarters of
1884 totaled 34,675,169 tons or 1.789,-
5O4 tons less than the same period in
1888 Exports were 2,224,651 tons
more than during the same months of
last year.
But while French industry was able
to increase, by amount, its actual sales
abroad, it received nearly 500,000,000
francs less for its produce. In other
words, although the nation exported
about 10 per cent more in quantity.
1t received 3 per cent less In payment
than 1t did during the same period In
1888.
The reports cover foodstuffs, raw
materials and manufactured goods, SO
give fair cross-section Of conditiopS.
Evening star., 1934-11-11
NEW DEAL CODES AKIN
TO CENTURY.OLD LAWS
Early Ordinances of City of Washington
and British Legislation Regulated
Prices and Working Conditions.

wages Of labor were Government de-
creed, and woe to any one in ANY
conspiracy, or oath taken, or promise
made, by butchers. bakers, brewers,
poulterers, cooks, fruiterers, or any
mystery, not to sell except at prices
agreed upon between them" Pur-
veyors of victims were specifically
forbidden to sell at unreasonable
rates, and not for moderate gain" Is
this not a forbear of our modern
Federal trade control?
1t was further provided that any
person, except a victualler in his own
store, should not buy butter and
cheese to sell again at retail, unless
in open fair or market.
Artificers conspiring to work only
at certain agreed-upon rates were
fined 10 pounds or imprisoned for
months on bread and water. A mas
ter might be imprisoned for 10 days
and the servant 81 days, should the
former offer and the latter accept
greater wages than allowed by law.
Term of Contracts.
To contract with a servant for less
than a year was unlawful, and a con-
tract. to serve in the arts as weaver,
tucker, dyer, hosier, tailor, shoemaker,
etc., was void if for less than two
years. Moreover all persons were for
hidden to interrupt, interfere with,
deny or disturb any artificer or ar
tisan working in his craft, for whom
ever would engage him, whether or
not he was an inhabitant of the city
or town where the work was to be
performed.
In England and a century later in
the United States, any one who
sought to get ahead of another by
sharp practice, or take unfair ad-
vantage of a competitor, or by un-
derhand methods enhance prices or
withhold goods from the market, was
defined as forestaller. The English
code required drovers of cattle and
sheep and buyers of corn to give bond
not to forestall Any one having
sufficient corn, and buying feed with
out bringing his entire purchase to
market and sell it the same day was
a forestaller. For the third violation
of the law against forestalling the
English law permitted the cutting of
of an offenders ear.
Early Washington Ordinance.
Washington City was incorporated
in 1902, by act of Congress, signed
and approved by President Jefferson.
In the midst of swamp and forest were
two islands of cleared land, in the
center of which the newly built Pres
ident's House and Capitol rose stark
where they are today. About 40
houses of brick were tucked about,
visible through bypath avenues cut
through the forest. Yet in few years
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at whatever development should turn
up.
To say more would be to venture
into the dangerous precincts of proph-
ecy. I don't wish to prophesy. but
simply to record existing facts To use
in a different sense a famous German
legal and administrative term which
won sinister currency in the last days
Of July 1914. We are in a state Of
danger Of gefahrzustandI
The assassination of King Alexander
of Yugoslavia and of NJ. Barthou in
Marseille has caused the general ap-
prehension to become crystalized. The
man in the street cannot be expected
to follow all the obscure actions and
reactions of European policy in their
day-to-day implications. But he can
be moved by political tragedy and
through it perceive. as in a snapshot. a
state of affairs which previously had
baftled him. What happened on the
9Th of October Is a portent that was
Evening star., 1934-11-11

instantaneously understood in France.
More than a portent. To the cold
observer of this political world. as well
as to the emotional public, the death
of the Yugoslav monarch and OF the
French minister has good deal 20
tell.
The political crime that was brought
to completion Under the eyrspf'a leis-
urely, good humored and loosely con-
trolled Marseille crowd is not OF the
traditional type. 1t was not born IN
the soul of an individual oppressed in
his national, religious or social feel
ings or prejudices. 1t was the achieve
ment neither of a gang nor of fac
ton. 1t was not the outcome OF an
ordinary plot. In that respect it does
not even stand on the same plane as
the Serajevo massacre which precipi-
tated the World War. No. 1t origi-
mated in a school of terrorists care
fully recruited. trained. equipped and
directed by servants of the Hungarian
Evening star., 1934-11-11

'RANkFORT, Germany, NOVem-
- ber l0.-Confronted with an
other difficult Winter due to
L chaotic economic conditions.
practically no exports, scarcity
Of raw materials and increased un-
employment. Nazi Germany is reor-
ganizing her relief schemes on grand
scale. Instead of pure relief the gov
ernment is capitalizing on the depres-
sion to put across an ambitious ma
tional reconstruction program such as
would have been extremely difficult II
not impossible under normal condl-
tionS.
Confronted with "boycotts," lack Of
raw materials, flight of credit and a
generally hostile international fnan-
cial market, Germany is more deter
mined than ever to become economi-
cally sufficient. She is aiming at
two things, expansion of exports and
increasing greatly her productive ca
pacity. Stimulation Of exports, de-
pendent upon external factors. IS at
the moment impossible. Boosting OF
production is an internal matter and
consequently the government is driv-
ing ahead In this direction at full
speed.
Two Objectives Sought.
Two objectives are sought, namely,
re-equipping industry with the most
modern machines and developing land
resources so that agriculture will be-
come more intensified. Since reha-
bilitation of industry takes capital,
and since export markets are limited,
land improvement is receiving first
consideration
The Nazis regard land development
Irrigation, drainage, reforestatlon,
river improvements, road building,
water and electricity supply work and
rural and suburban settlement-as
both a means of combating unem-
ployment and fortifying the nation
economically. In normal times the
enormous labor supply needed to carry
out the work would be unavailable.
Now, since work has to be found for
millions in any case, it is doubly desir-
able to employ workers on projects
which will bring dividends in the fu-
ture. Also since landowners and cul-
tivators cannot individually afford to
make the necessary improvements,
subsidies can indirectly be granted by
the State since it is the beneficiary
in the end.
Backed by Ministry Of Labor.
Relief work put into a great ma
tional agricultural development plan,
says the ministry of labor. cannot be
considered as non-productive, since it
will result eventually in greatly in
creasing the national wealth. 1t is an
instrument of national progress, hav-
ing a military as well as peace-time
value.
The question of footing the bill,
however, Is not provitg easy. As q
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W
~ the seventeenth century and
~ ordinances later enacted by
4 \ the City Council of Wash
ington, the infant Capital,
disclose many old and forgotten codes
so similar to N R. A., F. E. R. A. and
A. A. A. regulations as to cast a
shadow of doubt on the fitness of the
name New Deal.
The worlds two greatest new deals
were the 10-commandment code of
Moses and the advent of Jesus of
Nazareth, who announced that He
came to change the old order. His
new deal was expressed in the words,
God is love. Love thy neighbor
as thyself."
The Magma Charta, forced from
King John in the twelfth century,
and the arrival of the machine-steam-
electrical age were new deals greatly
influencing the future life and customs
OF English-speaking peoples. The for
mer established a recognition of mans
fundamental right to personal liberty
and possession of property, the latter
developed a consciousness that man.
made institutions are not immutable
things. but subject to being scrap
ped even as old clothes that have out
grown their utility.
English Codes of 1881.
1.-The Complete Justice" manual
for the guidance of law magistrates,
published by Richard Chamberlain of
Grays Inn, London. in 1881. concisely
sets forth the English codes prevalent
in the craftsmanship, guild hall days,
when quality and workmanship rose
above cheapness, when workmen were
prohibited to usurp the trade or craft
of another, when any one who tried
his hand at many things was con-
temptuously called Jack of all trades
and master of none.
mo weaver shall keep a tucking
mill" says the manual, NOR use the
trade of tucker, fuller or dyer. No
tucker or fuller shall keep a LOOM"
A cloth worker dwelling out of the
city or town was prohibited to keep
more than one loom at a time or profit
by letting his loom to some one else.
Only a butcher was permitted to
kill, dress and skin steer. If per-
chance he gashed hide he was fined,
and if he tanned a hide his own hide
was fguratively tanned for his temer-
ity. Likewise a tanner was prohibited
to do the work of butcher, shoemaker
or leather cutter.
That was an age when, in both
America and England. agriculture,
individual industry, labor and the
business of buying and selling were
rigidly regulated by codes then new
and novel, but which with the incom-
ing of the machine era became out
worn and inapplicable to mass pro-
duction.
Prices Of commodities and the
Evening star., 1934-11-11
Thieves Get Pensions.

Receiving regular daily pay and a
comfortable house and piece of land
to retire on when each had stolen his
quota, band Of thieves has been
discovered by the police Of Serbia.
According to a dispatch from Bel
grade the gang had leader-employer
and specialized in robbing co-opera-
tive societies. All booty, money and
goods we're taken by the gang leader.
Members were paid SIPS per day for
their work, two or three times the
pay of a skilled worker in the dis
trict. They often stole goods worth
$500 In one night.
Evening star., 1934-11-11

government, army officers, state off,
cials and secret policemen. 1t had at
its back the huge machinery which
only a government can have at its
disposal. It was the accomplishment
of a governmental organization set at
work uponethe feelings Of the Croat
dissidents Of Yugoslavia.
The man who as-a- sCrpatian pa:
triot" was assigned to kill King Alexs
ander WAS not even born In Croatia.
He hailed from Macedonia and pre-
viously had striven to serve the cause
of Bulgarian Irredentism. OF course,
1t can be said that Croats and Bull
garians, having been defeated by the
same nation. Yugoslavia, may not un-
naturally aid one another. But we
hear that the rulers of the camp" at
Janka Pustza used to enlist the even
tual murderers. on the selective prin-
ciple, all over the world. In one in
stance they cast their net as far as
1CoptipI,od or ElOurtb DoDal
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NAZI RELIEF PROGRAMS
ARE BEING REORCANIZED
National Reconstruction Plan Proposed.
''Labor Service" Transformed With
Tendency Toward Military Training.

result Of expenditures already made or
authorized, the Nazi government has
to obtain, in some way or another,
revenue surpluses of 100000
marks annually for the next five years.
Otherwise it will be unable to buy back
tax vouchers and bills which it has
issued and which it is pledged to re-
deem by 1888. Total unemployment
schemes expenditures authorized to
date exceed 5,448, ,0O0, 900 marks. The
last official semi-annual report indi-
Gates that 100000 marks have
already been spent. OF this sum
100000. 900 marks were obtained by
discounting bills issued to contractors
with private banks, savings banks and
insurance companies. The national
bank, in turn, has rediscounted half
of the above amount The above facts
are vouched for by the German In
stitute for Business Research.
Labor Service" Transformed.
MANNHEIM, Germany, November
10.-Germany's Labor Service" or
ganized back in 1881 as an agency for
alleviating unemployment among
young people. has been transformed
completely by the Nazis and now is
tending toward military training
organization. The end of the Sum-
mer saw the last vestiges of the old
democratic institution pass and now
20 Nazi district associations have
taken its place. all under the control
of Brown Shirt officials.
Furthermore, If any proof were
needed of the non-labor complexion
of the Na1 labor front, its detach-
ment from the ministry of labor and
transference to the ministry Of in
terror would be ample.
If government figures can be be-
lieved, there are about 100000 men in
the compulsory Nazi labor camps.
young men-between the ages of ID
and 25-unemployed, doubling of the
number of recruits is proposed. Spe-
cial schools for the training of officers
for the Labor Service have been es-
tablished in various parts Of the coun-
try in anticipation Of the day when
all voluntary labor services have been
transformed into compulsory labor
corps.
Lack of Money Obstacle.
The greatest obstacle confronting
the officials Is lack Of money. At
present each voluntary worker costs
the government about so cents per
day. The commissioner of the Labor
Service. DR.. Hierl, estimates that 220,-
000, 900 marks is needed to cover extra
expenditures the coming year.
Because Of the increasing unem-
ployment the government has decided
to extend the time allowed for COM
pletion of certain public works and to
remove the limitation of hours being
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BY PERTINAX.

- VERY year on Armistice day, it
l. has become customary to draw
/ up balance sheets Of interna-
A tional affairs and try to ascer-
tain whether the prospects of
world peace have improved or dimin-
ished. In France. in former years,
the question was answered, even by
the most pessimistic, with the asser-
ton that the danger was real, yet be-
longed to more or less remote future
that, for the next II months, at any
rate the unchallenged preponderance
of France and of her associates was
such as to dispel doubts and fears.
This year, for the first time. no such
reassuring Interpretation of the imme-
diate future will be found in the
French press. On the contrary,
gloomy forebodings will be expressed.
Already the peril of war has returned.
We are confronted with it. Hence
forward we ought not to feel surprised
Evening star., 1934-11-11
Shoestrings.
From the Sacramento Be

From the Sacramento Bee.
Playing the market on . shoe
string frequently means you keep
your shoestring. but lose your jalrt.
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BY HERBERT F. L. ALLEN.

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BY ALBIN E. JOHNSON.

TRANKFORT. Germany, Novem-
- ber 10.-Confronted with an
other difficult Winter due to
L chaotic economic conditions.
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