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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-27
g OPPORTUNITIES FOR
u. S. JOBS ANNOUNCED
Positions Will Be Filled Through
Competitive Exams.

Opportunities for employment in
the government service were an
nounced today by civil service secre-
tary Frank J. Boatman, room 421.
federal building.
Open competitive examinations
will be held for the positions of
chief topographic craftsman. $4,000
a year; principal topographic
craftsman. $4,000; senior topo-
graphic craftsman, $4,000: topo-
graphic draft2nan, $1,000; assistant
topographic craftsman, $500
The position of senior scientific
aid in taxonomic entomology is
open at the salary of $4,000 The
closing dates for the filing of APP
plicationS is May %.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-27

In a peaceful interlude from his
dangerous duties, the naval flier
was enjoying his home city in the
time of the year he loves it best.
He took a boyiSh delight in show
ing his flaxen- haired niece. Ann
McGiniss, celebrating her ninth
birthday. the budding tulips in the
garden.
MY flight to Honolulu was dis
tinctly not gesture to impress
Asiatic or other powers with the
strength of the United States
naval air forces" Commander
McGiniss said, in answer to a
question. The flight merely was
a routine naval maneuver to
transport men and ships of my
squadron to Pearl Harbor, Homo
lulu"
TINE stocky lieutenant com-
L mander, who is as direct and
simple as Fighting Bob" Evans,
and as modest as Colonel Charles
A. Lindbergh. invited the re-
porter into the artistically fur
nished home of his aunt, Mrs.
Nellie Simmons Meier.
I'VE hear much talk" he said,
"of wars and runors of wars, but
none of it is official. That sort
of loose gossip makes it hard not
only for an officer, but for the
man in the street. can not think
of one fact which would tend tc
SubStsntiate all these rumors.
My flight from San Francisco
to Honolulu happened because
part of the squadron already had
gone to the Hawaiian Islands in
the U. S. S. Wright, the mother
ship, and we did not wish to go to
all the trouble of taking down
those airplanes and then assem-
bling them again. 1t was just
that and nothing more.
You bet it was a tough fight"
said the naval man shaking his
square jaw 1T was the longest
flight Of planes, flying in forma-
ton, over land or water. We
covered 2.4O0 miles.
IF we could do it." Lieutenant
Commander McGiniss added, 1t
can be done again. Next time
they'll probably go farther. In
a few years, young fliers will be
saying, That flight of McGiniSs
and his men to Honolulu wasn't
so much and they'll go out and
beat it. But that's as it should
be. No navy man ever should be
contented with what has been
done. 1t always should be what
might be done"
TINE naval f1ier revealed that
i he flew blind" for the greater
part of the epic trip.
"A few hours after we left the
Golden Gate at San Francisco, we
struck a dense fog All night we
flew through a black night guided
only by our instruments. At times
we could not even see the lights
on the other planes flying in the
formation. The blacknesS even
reached to the lower clouds OBJ
securing all celestial bodies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-27
BY WALTER ID. HICKMAN
Times STAFF Writer


The circus elephants, horses and
the like have left Peru, Ind. for
Chicago, but Allen King remains
with thirty lions and tigers.
On the day the Hagenbeck Wal
lace circus was moving intact to
open the season in Chicago visited
the winter quarters.
When 1 arrived, the elephants
were packing their trunks" with the
assistance Of big crowd of helpers.
One old-time circus man arriving
on the lot from the south, took one
look into the elephant barn and
Spied Hazel, one of the biggest of
the herd of more than twenty-five.
Hazel showed her pleasure at be-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-27
How Clear
is your head
after lunch? h.IAI i

How good a business man are
you from 1880 TO 8? Are you
slowed up, logy, sleepy, not in
clined TO work?
Probably you had the wrong
lunch. Perhaps you were in a
hurry and grabbed a sandwich
and rushed back TO the Office.
Ifyou want a remarkable dem
OnStration IN what a difference
food can make 10 your daily
efficiency, ear one meal a day of
Shredded Wheat, fruit, and milk
and see what happens.
Shredded Wheat for break
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-27
POStOffiCe Parade
Thousands Call Daily at Window of Hope for
Glad Tidings, But Many Are Disappointed.

annual
w at the window of hopes" n postof1ce.
Nearly thousand call daily
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-27
War in East? Pooh-Pooh
Intrepid indianapolis Aviator Who Led Navy Flight to
Honolulu Visits City.
BY BASIL GALLAGHER
Times staff Writer.

Commander Knefer McCniS the intrepid
fe baed the Pacific early
Pennsylvania today definitely
d1CIvr rSOfu
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-27

fast keeps you going till lunch
-cIear-headed, alert, full of pep.
Shredded Wheat for lunch
means a busy, reSultful after
noon, and a day well spent.
Shredded Wheat gives your
body what il needs for energy,
tissue building, and disease re-
sistance, and bran to keep you
regular. Try it today
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-31
SURVEY SHOWS 100000 MORE LOST THEIR JOBS NOVEMBER
Farm Workers
Move to Force
Release of IL
South Jersey Militants
Also Demand Return
of Fines to 8

VINELAND, N. J., Dec. Scatter
rescuing one of their militant lead
ers, William O'Donnell, out of the
hands of the authorities of Cum
berland County through an inten-
sified campaign of mass pressure,
workers Of South Jersey are open
ing another campaign to force the
return of fines and dropping Of
charges against nineteen workers,
growing out of the militant resist
ance to fascist tactics during the re-
cent Seabrook Farm strike at
Bridgeton.
On Friday, January 4 the cases Of
eight workers arrested during a free
speech fight in Vineland last Sep
TENDER and fined SIS and costs, will
come up for review before Judge
Leroy Loter in Cumberland County
Courthouse, Bridgeton. South Jersey
workers are sending protest tele-
grams into Loter's Office demanding
the immediate return of the fines.
Workers and workers organizations
throughout this part of the country
are urged to send similar protests.
Hundreds of protest kilograms,
letters, resolutions, phone calls, dele
cations, and demonstrations forced
Prosecutor T mas Tusso and
Recorder Craeamer to back down
and release O'Donnell," a statement
of the defense committee said. Sim
liar mass pressure will force Judge
Loter to return the fines imposed on
these eight workers for daring to up
hold the right of strikers to speak
in the streets All organizations are
urged to send resolutions to Judge
Loter and Prosecutor Tusso, Cum
berland County Court House,
Bridgeton, New Jersey"
Eleven farm workers, arrested dur
ing the Seabrook Farm strike, still
havN charges hanging over them in
spite of a promise by Tusso to drop
prosecution, when he was badly
frightened by the intensity of the
mass campaign for ODonnell. South
Jersey Workers are demanding i'm
mediate dropping of all charges
against these workers, and are urg-
ing workers organizations to also
flood Tusso with kilograms demand
ing he keep his promise in these
cases.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-31
SOcialists.JOin
Fight To Free
HillsbOrO IA
Mass Pressure Forces
Senator to Propose
Repeal of C.S. Law

CHICAGO, Ill, Dec. 3O.-Joe G..
Brinocar, State Secretary of the So
cialist Party of Illinois, in letter
to A. R. Newhoff, District Secretary
of the International Labor Defense,
informs him that the Socialist Party
is willing to enter into the united
front for defense of the Hillsboro
defendants. He also expressed the
willingness of the Socialist Party to
accept the program advanced by
the International Labor Defense as
means of defense, including mass
actions and broad campaign for
the repeal Of the Criminal Syndi-
calisn Law.
In the coal fields there is a grow
ing movement for the defense of
the Hillsboro frame-up victims, and
for repeal of the Criminal Syndi-
calism Law. AS result Of the mass
pressure, Senator Monroe of Collins
vile is introducing a bill for the
repeal of the Criminal Syndicaism
Law in the State Senate.
The branch of the International
Labor Defense in Bend is organic
ing a mass meeting on January 4, in
the Colonial Theatre. The branch
extended an invitation to Senator
Monroe and to Robert Minor of the
Communist Party. Invitations will
also be extended to the Progressive
Miners of America and to the So
cialist Party to send speakers to this
meeting.
The following are the additional
local unions Of the Progressive
Miners of America which have
passed the resolution demanding re-
peal Of the Criminal Syndicalist
Law and the quashing of the in
dictment against the IA Hillsboro
defendants. They are Local 129 of
the PIMA. of West Frankfor4, Local
IS of Mount Olive and Locals 18 and
81 of Staunton.
The trial Of the Hillsboro defend
ants begins on January 7. Local AZ
of the PIMA. in Nokomis, has de-
cided to supply trucks to carry the
miners from Nokomis to Hillsboro
to attend the opening of +he trial.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-31
Economic Development Shows the Failure of New Deal

increase in unemployment with it's
accompanying reduction of the
purchasing power of the masses
will lead to a further intensified
ton Of the crisis sooner or later.
The failure of the New Deal to
solve the crisis is now admitted in
guarded form by the bourgeoisie
themselves. The best that they hope
for is that 1885 will be slightly bet
ter than 1884. But there are no ex-
pectations that there will be any
appreciate improvement. Colonel
Leonard Ayres. economist and vice.
president of the Cleveland Trust
Company, has predicted that 1885
will be another year of depression.
Burden Increases
The sixth winter of the crisis
therefore finds the capitalists all
the more determined to find a way
out at the expense of the toilers.
Through more speed-up and fur
ther wage cuts, and through the
infiationary rise of prices they hope
to put even more of the burdens of
the crisis upon the workers. The
factors making for imitation are in
creasing in pressure, and the next
six months will see new develop
mentS in this direction. BY that
time the national debt will have
run over 81 billion dollars, besides
municipal and state debts totalling
over Is billion dollars. Already the
interest on the government debt
alone amounts to about billion
dollars a year. More and more the
government is depending upon
short-term loans which must be
constantly renewed. These factors,
the increasing sale Of government
securities to the banks and the per-
sistent efforts Of the administration
to raise prices. can only lead to new
inflationary moves.
In the face of such dark pros
poets the workers must intensity
their struggles against the capital
ist offensive which is driving for
starvation wages, forced labor for
the unemployed and imperialist ex-
pansion. More than ever it is nee
essary to push the fight for ade-
quate relief and unemployment in
surance; for higher wages and bet
ter conditions; against taxation OF
the necessities of life, and for taxa
ton Of the monopolies and the rich.
Only in this way will the workers
take the burdens of the crisis off
their shoulders, and take fhe first
steps through struggle toward learn
ing the fundamental lessen that
their welfare lies in the overthrow
Of capitalism which is responsible
for their present miserable
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-31

The Newspaper Guilds step fol-
lowed the unanimous approval by
the representative assembly of the
New York Guild Of a resolution call
ing for such action at its meeting
Friday. The resolution also recon-
mended calling an immediate mass
meeting in New York in which the
false issues Of freedom of the press
raised by the publishers will be clari-
fed.
The publishers action came as a
response to the reafirmation of the
National Labor Relation Boards de-
cision ordering the San Francisco
Can-Bulletin, Hearst newspaper,
to reinstate Dean S. Jennings, chair
man of the Guild unit on that paper,
fired for Guild activity. The N. l..
r. BIS decision came as the result
of the challenge OF the Guilds dele
cation which walked out of the first
session Of the newspaper code hear
ing, denouncing the MA. admin
istration as tool OF the publish
ers.
The publishers call for their
emergency convention, spread on the
front pages Of almost every news
paper in the country, completely
concealed the labor aspects Of the
situation, raising the issue Of free
dom Of the press" which in this
case is freedom of publishers TO pre-
vent the organization of editorial
employees.
Plans of the Newspaper Guild are
not complete, Jonathan Eddy, execu-
tive secretary, said, adding that the
aim of the Guild is to mobilize the
broadest possible representation of
workers in the industry to fight for
the right of all workers to join an
organization of their own choosing.
Copies of the New York Guild
resolution were sent Saturday to all
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-31

announcement of the relief cut, 100
members of the Black Rock and
Riverside locals of the Unemploy-
ment Council jammed the relief sta
ton. Supervisor Blackwell offered
to meet with small committee, and
when the workers refused, police
were summoned. The workers held
their ground and forced a member
of the County Welfare Committee to
meet with the entire delegation of
100. Immediate relief increases were
given all workers present and cloth
ing orders were promised. Black
Rock local of the Unemployment
Councils alone is sending ten dele
gates to the National Congress.
In Lackawanna, a steel town out
side of Buffalo, five of the recent
Hunger Msrchers, who we're met by
police clubs in Albany, have been
chosen by their respective organ
izations as delegates to Washington.
The Unemployment Councils have
called for mass demonstrations be-
fore all relief stations on Saturday,
Jan. S. A city-wide demonstration
will be held Monday, Jan. de-
manding withdrawal of the 10 per
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-31
Government Employees
Call Roosevelt Policy
A National Disgrace

WASHINGTON. Dec. 30.-The
Roosevelt government has been pur-
suing "the spoils policy for more
than a year and half so that it
has become national disgrace, .
while living costs have sharply in
creased" it was declared today by
the National Federation of Federal
Employees in a statement summa-
rizing the years activities Of Roose-
welt as they affected government
employees.
The organization pointed out that
the Roosevelt government has in
troduced economies" at the expense
of the federal employees, and de-
nounces these pay cuts as "ill-ad-
vised."
Thousands Of federal employees
had to give up over S5oo,o00,ooo Of
their years income this year as a
result Of the drastic pay cuts insti-
tuted by Roosevelt in the interests
of economy"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-31

sharp conflicts of interest in the real
estate field this is not likely to take
place on any large scale.
The emphasis in production has
been toward war materials with the
government spending over two bill
lions for the construction of an i'm
perialist war machine. While war
preparations do not account for the
entire improvement over the lowest
point of the crisis, they played a
large role, and their importance will
increase as the capitalists strive for
an imperialist offensive all over the
world.
The other characteristic of the
period is the continued pouring of
money into the hands of the cap
italists by the government although
as the capitalists improved their
position these subsidies have be-
come smaller.
Profits Increase
The bright spot in the general pic
ture for the capitalists is the huge
increase in profits as a result of the
MIRA. BY increasing the exploits-
ton of the workers, by direct and
indirect wage cuts Chigher prices,
they were able to make the biggest
profits Of any year since 1880. Ac-
cording to the Federal Reserve
Bank. 200 companies alone had
profits of s202,80O,o0o during the
first nine months of 1898. In 1884
they increased their profits by liz
per cent to s430,5oo,00 They more
than doubled their profits in the
face Of a constant decline in pro-
duction from May to October.
The capitalists have improved
their position at the expense of the
workers and small farmers. AS a
result of the MIRA. codes which
are written and administered by
monopoly capital, the minimum
wages of the codes have tended to
become the maximum. Conditions
of work have grown worse, and part
time work has nullif1ed what hourly
wage increases the workers were
able to win from the employers.
Taken as a whole the American
working class is worse off than at
any time during the crisis. The
worker has seen his living stand
ards constantly lowered by the rising
cost Of living which has risen by
10 per cent under the New Deal,
acco-S' sources.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-31
BY DAVID RAMSEY

AT the end of 1884 American cap
n italism still finds itself in the
midst of what Stain called a de
preston of special kind" Indus
trial production and business ac-
tivity are little higher than a year
ago, but there has been no funda-
mental improvement in the general
economic outlook. If we cut through
the rosy ballyhoo of the administra-
ton, we will see that the situation
is probably more acute in the United
States than in most of the other
capitalist countries.
In the first place unemployment
has been increasing steadily, and
now the number of unemployed is
larger than it was year ago. Even
the conservative A. F. of L. figures
show the number of unemployed
workers in November to have been
IL ,459, 900, half million more than
last years total. The actual volume
of unemployment is probably be-
tween fifteen and sixteen million.
1t is now admitted by bourgeois
economists that this is he most sig
nificant indicator Of present condi-
lions. Unemployment is the CEN
trail problem of the crisis, and its
growth after IS months of the
N.R.A. is eloquent proof of the fail
ure of the New Deal to solve the
economic problems of decaying cap
italism.
The two upturns that took place
under the New Deal indicated that
capitalism can never solve the prob
lem of unemployment. The specu-
lative boomlet in the spring of 1888
pushed production up about 10 per
cent, but wages went up but a few
per cent, and only a small fraction
of the jobless were reemployed. Pro-
duction almost reached normal"
levels, yet some fourteen million
workers remained unemployed. In
the spring of 1884 there was another
upturn, but again no significant re-
duction in unemployment.
Fewer workers were turning out
a larger output of goods. The rapid
increase in exploitation which had
been an outstanding feature of the
prosperous" twenties con ii n ued
right through the crisis. From 1919
to 1929 the speed-up of workers
productivity increased by forty
per cent. But from 1929 to 1888
there was an even faster rate of in
crease, the degree of exploitation
increasing by twenty seven per cent
according to Charles A. Bliss of the
National Bureau Of Economic Re
search. Under the N.R.A. the work
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-31

Food and clothing are 30 per cent
higher than when Roosevelt took
office.
The American working class has
fought back against this reduction
of its living standards. The strikes
of 1884 made labor history, and
indications point to mounting
strike wave in 1885. Already in steel
and in automobiles the manufsc-
turers are extending their schedules
in anticipation of strikes for bet
ter conditions and higher wages.
Nations Business" the official
voice of the United States Cham
Der of Commerce, is worried that
strikes will continue serious drag
on business for the next year."
Poor Farmer Hit
The poor farmer like the worker
also has not benefited from the
New Deal. The things that he buys
have increased in price far more
rapidly than the products that he
sells. The drought and the crop
restriction program of the Roose-
welt regime have only added to his
burdens. Higher farm prices and
government benefit payments did
not materially increase his purchas-
ing power.
1t was the rich farmers and the
insurance and mortgage companies
who benefited most from the A.
A.A. The latter we're able to collect
their interest payments and increase
their holdings of farm lands. Cor
porations lending on farms by 1888
had increased their holdings
through foreclosures from 1924 ,000,-
900 to SSH, 100000 in 1882 and $770,-
100000 in 1888. The money value
does not give an accurate picture of
the acreage acquired since land
values fell drastically during this
period.
For the worker as the Department
Of Agriculture has admitted, the
A.A.A. has meant higher food prices
and the cutting down of his pur-
chases. Since the A.AA. was in
augurated more than $550,000, 1000 in
processing taxes was added on to
the food bills of the masses.
Consequently while the profits of
the capitalists have grown enor-
mously, they have diminished the
purchasing power Of the masses.
This stands Il, TIE way ofGa real
improveme' e situati6us The
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-31

cent relief cut, a 20 per cent in
crease in relief, and endorsement of
the National Congress since Buffalo
recently endorsed the Workers Bill.
To Hold Mass Rallies in Rochester
ROCHESTER, N. Y, Dec. 3o.-A
sendoff mass meeting will be held
here Thursday, Jan. to greet the
delegates to the National Congress
for Unemployment Insurance.
A mass demonstration will be held
Monday, Jan. 7, at the office of
Welfare Commissioner Kelley de-
handing a general increase in all
relief and endorsement of the Work
ers' Bill and the National Congress
Returning delegates from the Con-
gress will report at huge mass
meeting to be held Saturday, Jam
uary II.
Under the leadership of the IN
employment Councils, workers here
are enlisting the support of small
storekeepers against the policy Of
the Welfare Department whic h
forces them to make all purchases
in the big chain stores.