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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-27
Com mittees of Action
on All CWA Projects
ShoSld Be Formed
DEMONSTRATE FEB. 5
Jobs or Relief for All
Unemployed, Is Demand

NEW YORK. - The Organi-
cation of Committees of Action
on every C.W.A. job, in answer
to the firing of C.W.A. work.
ers by Roosevelt, is an imme-
date task, Herbert Benjamin,
national organizer of the I'm
employed Councils. said today. THE
unemployed workers are thoroughly
aroused at the fact that Roosevslt's
order has already fired hundreds of
thousands from C.W.A. projects, and
cut hours Of work and consequently
wages Of the rest from 20 to so per
cent" he said.
"The Unemployed Councils, Ma
5ional Committee" Benjamin contin-
Jed, Calls on the unemployed in
very city and town to call at once
emergency conferences of the C.W.A.
workers, together with all other I'M
employed and working class organi-
cations, to organize this protest"
Feb. S Demonstration
On Feb. 5, delegation of C.W.A.
workers elected by workers from
C.W.A. projects from all parts of the
country, will go to Federal Relief
Director Hopkins, and present the
demands Of the C.W.A. workers
CWA. workers on all projects are
asked to elect delegates to go to
Washington, and take part in the
Feb. delegation to Hopkins head
quarters.
C.WA. workers should also elect
delegates this week to the National
Convention Against Unemployment,
to take place in Washington on Feb.
8, Benjamin declared.
1--WE must demand that not a single
C.W,A. worker shall be fired" he
Continued on PAGE 81
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-27
Graft in CWA
Is Protected
By Roosevelt
-" I'VE ig ate'' Only
Eighteen Cases;
Fires Less
- SEYMOUR WALDMAN
DAILY Worker Washington Bureaul

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26-Though
the complexion of the Civil Works
Administration is admittedly dotted
with graft pimples, those in charge
are concentrating their efforts on
minimizing the seriousness of the ma
ton wide scandal.
Graft Is Protected
Many reporters were surprised to
hear from Hopkins that the Depart
ment of Justice, under Joseph Kee-
nan, special assistant to Attorney
General Cummings, was WORKING on
only Is C.W.A. and three P.W.A.
cases.
Asked whether there was any
truth in the rumor that the admins
tration was considering either an ex-
tension of C.W.A. beyond May l or
some other make-shift, Hopkins re-
piled: II can't stop lot of talk.
There's nothing new about the ap-
preparation"
That is, nothing is contemplated
beyond the already announced $780,
100000 Congressional appropriation
which will be used to stagger C.W.A.
hours to May l, the date when, it
was officially announced, most of the
100000 C.WA. workers will be
forced to face utter restitution.
While millions of workers are won
dering what will take the place of the
few dollars they have been receiving
from C.W.A. a staff Of about 80 here
is bidding with Transforming COM
plants into innocuous statistics. Hop
kins entertained the correspondents
with the elaborate'y charted percent
ages of the $1,000 letters received by
his Office during the week ending
Jan. 20.
With the exception of the fact that
they revealed that 67.8 per cent of
the letters came from laborers and
per cent from farmers, and that only
81 per cent showed general praise
for Roosevelt"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-27
SP. Leaders Try to
Smash Unemployed
WOmen'S Meeting
Women's Conference to
Elect Washington
Delegates

NEW YORK. Socialist leaders Of
the Single Women's League, at the
regular meeting of that organization
Thursday night at the Socialist head
quarters, % E. 22nd st. resorted to
every sort of disruptive tactics, in
GLIDING the calling Of the police, in
order to break the unity of the menu
bers with other women's workingclass
organizations.
Julia Stuart Poyntz, OF the Unem-
ployed Women's Committee of the
Unemployed Council, went TO the
meeting to invite the iobless women
to send delegates to the Unemployed
Women's Conference, to be held at
Irving Plaza, Sunday. Jan. IS at l
pm. Miss CapleS and Miss Pell OF
the League for Industrial Democracy
who conducted the meeting granted
Julia Poyntz the floor only after the
insistsnce of the rank and file menu
bers present.
After Poyntz had pointed out 60
the members present that although
they had voted to send delegates to
the National Convention Against IN
employment to be held in Washing
ton on Feb. 8, 4 and 5, the Socialist
executive Of their organization had
attempted to stop the delegates from
going.
At this point Caples, Peil and Lii
liam Brown, Loyestonite. created g
disturbance in the front of the hall
in order to stop the members from
hearing Poyntz. Caples turned of
the lights in the hall and threatened
Poyntz with the police.
AS the women left the hall, police
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-27

commission was proposed by Senator
James j. Dunnigan, Democratic
leader in the State Senate. Thomas
will be used to cover up the real
nature Of the charter revision. At
the same time his services as mem
Der of the commission will be con-
tinuation of the Socialist Party's sup
port of LaGuardia, begun during the
last election campaign.
The charter revision proposed In
the LaGuardia bill, dictated by A.
nance capital, is part OF the basic
program of the Fusion administra-
ton, the program Of guaranteeing
the four-year agreement with the
bankers. The dictatorial powers that
LaGuardia demanded and which are
now vested in the Board of Estimate.
for cutting across all legal safe
guards of wages and conditions of
civil employees, will be the principal
feature of the proposed revision. The
revised charter is meant to strength
en- the bankers plundering of the
working population Of New York.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-27
To Broadcast Speech
of Lamont from FSU
National Convention

NEW YORK.-Corliss Lamont's
speech to the first national con-
Vention of the Friends of the So
Wet Union meeting in New York
this week end at the New Star Ca
sino on "Recognition-And After"
will be broadcast over nation
wide hook up on Sunday morning,
Ian. %, at 1920 am. Eastern
Standard Time.
The National Broadcasting Co.
has arranged for the speech to
reach the following stations in the
following cities: New York-WJz,
Baltimore - VIDAL, Pittsburgh -
KDKA, Boston-WBZ, Springfield,
Mass.-WBza, Rochester, N. Y
WHAM, Cleveland, O.-WGAR;
one of the following Chicago sta
tons: KYW, WENR, WIS,
wMAQ, VIGIL; st. Louis, Mo-
KWK, Kansas City, Mo.-WREN,
Council Bluffs, Ia.-KOIL, Cedar
Rapids, Ia-KwCR, Des Moines,
Ia.-KSO.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-27
In the Daily Worker
Today
Page 2

Page 2
Consolidate Fighting Forces
Against Hunger, by H. Benja-
min.
Jobless Convention to Fight for
Social Insurance, by I. Amter.
Roosevelt Stops C.W.A. Jobs; Bill
lions for War, by c. r.
The Workers Unemployed Insur-
ance Bill
Sports by Jerry Arnold; Indus
trial Union Urges Unity In N.
Y. Hotel Strike.
Page 8
Rank and File Miners FIay Lewis
Machine.
Hard Coal Miners Spread Strike,
by Carl Reeve.
Chicago Workers Meet Feb. 5th
DESPITE Police Ban.
Page S
wall Streets Capitol" by Sey-
nour WaIdman.
TOO Many PARTIES" by Earl
Browder.
Soviet Woman Weaver Goes to
Congress, by vern Smith.
Page 6
Letters from Miners.
PARTY Life"
Page
Magistrates Court by Martin
Bank.
Page 8
Editorials: 'N.R.A. Sword RattI-
ing; Build the Two. Into a
Mass Organization
Soviet Communist Party Organ
Analyses 18th Plenum.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-27
Harlem /. L. d. VIII
Parade To-day for
ScOttSbOrO Boys

NEW YORK.-The Harlem section
Of the New York District of the In
ternational Labor Defense will hold
a demonstration today in Harlem in
protest against the vicious treatment
given to the Scottsboro boys by the
Alabama authorities.
The demonstration will begin in a
parade from 131st st. and Lenox
Ave. at 2 p. m. White workers are
especially urged to attend this DEM
onstration en- masse as proof of
their solidarity with the struggles of
the Negro people. Organizations
must bring their banners and
slogans.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-27

and the ."most affable, tractable and
sensible" Mccain called Cleary a
"contributory factor in maintaining
order"
Disregarding the more important
revelations of the probe, the Fusion
Investigators began what will lead to
an even more vicious treatment OF
the ordinary inmates Of the prison
1,400 of them, who have been living
in filth and hunger, while the dope
ring leaders and politically -afhuent
criminals have been enjoying all lux
uries in the prison hospital buildings.
In the clamping down Of stricter
regulations for the majority Of the
prisoners, the threat of even more
cruel and brutal restrictions against
inmates - particularly political pris-
oners-loomed for the immediate fu-
ture.
An inquiry by the Federal Narcotic
Bureau was promised by United
States Attorney Martin Conboy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-27
First Day on Job, CWA
Workers Get Wage Cut

NEW YORK. = Hiring C. w. S.
employees at high salaries, then
9lashing the wages the same day, is
the new game which Civil Works
Administration officials played with
workers today, when they hired 1000
hopeful white-collar workers in the
morning at salaries running UP to
$50 weekly, and then directly after
lunch proceeded to hand the same
1000 a vertical % per cent cut.
Workers who had been hired as
craftsmen for $50 found themselves
reduced to $2398, while others were
cut to as low as $1538.
This cut is nationwide" said Mr..
Mangum, C.W.A. official, "and any,
one here who does not like 1t, can
quit right now. We won't stand for
any SuuaWkerS.''
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-27

%hAOAN hSWS UA SkAuSSlCS VI
Miners on Page Three.
1nents' which John L. Lewis set UP
in different districts. Sixteen dis
tricts of the U.M.W.A. at present are
functioning under provisional officers
appointed by John L. Lewis.
Demand Referendum
Local $500 of WestYille, Ill, in its
resolution, demands: q. all ap-
pointive power be abolished, all Of
ficiais, committees, ETC.. to be elected
by referendun1 vote"
The local union Of Pursglove, Ala,
demands that miners have a right not
only to elect their officials and COM
mittees but also the right q. to
removal by membership at any time -
Local 1895, Sweetwater, Wyoming.
points out in its resolution that in
District % OF the U.M.wA., despite
Continued on Page 81
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-27
Unemployed Page in
Today's Daily Worker

Much more special news of
the struggles of the unemployed
against the order of Roosevelt fir
ing the C.W.A. workers; and for
the Workers Unemployment In
surance Bill viii be found on the
special Unemployment Page of the
Daily Worker, today's issue, on
page four.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-27

More news on Struggles OF
Miners on Page Three.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-27

Continued on Page 81
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-10

Every day MORE and MORE Indian
apOLis residents are turning to the Want
AID columns in The Times. They knOw
that among the hundreds of small Want
Ads published daily are unusual OppOr-
tunities for both buyer ard seller.
Although you may not be faced With
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-10

!" HE Merrills were moving to
! new house with one less bed
room. John thought that Times Want
AID would bring buyer for the extra
bedroom suite. 80
1t could and did! And with the
money they obtained they bought an al
most new and mighty attractive living
room suite through another Times Want
AID. And still another ad in the House.
hold Goods columns found cash buyer
for their former living room furniture.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-10

Want AID problem today, YOU MAY BE
TOMORROW. You may IUdnt to rent q
neW home or apartment, buy or sell
household goods or require some service
offered in the Want Ads. When the Oc-
cdsiOn arises, READ and USE TIMES
WANT ADS.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1934-08-11

between employer and employe,
grant you there are bull
heads among the employers
few of them. But I declare to
you that no coterie of men, be
they employees or employers,
have a right to disrupt the bust
ness, the economic life of any
community.
This "strike" can be settled
within twenty minutes if the
men now presumably on strike
are permitted to exercise their
right Of secret ballot. The rank
and file Of labor has no love for
communism and that same rank
and file understands far better
than any laundering official,
that communist interference
coupled to the myopic, asinine
attitude of a very, very, few en-
ployers is the cause of the
strikes continuance.
If the governor will order
that secret vote taken, guaran-
teeing every member Of Local
574 military protection and a
fair and uncoerced balloting,
there IL be an end of this trouble
within twenty-four hours.
AS [ write these lines Sunday
night, the strike-interested por-
ton of the city is waiting with
bated breath for another proc
lamation, announcement, edict
or what have you, from the gov
ernor. Without doubt it will be
another 81 hereby order" Let
them be carved deep in the
memory Of Minnesotans. They
are momentuous words. Indeed
quite a mouthful.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1934-08-11
HUMAN NATURE Is FUNNY

To the Editor of The Tribune:
The biggest tragedy of the
people today is the confidence
they have in the magic name
Roosevelt" (which, of course,
was built up by Teddy Roose-
welt, a man that we were taught
in our schools as the ideal Amer
lean, straight thinker and 60
getter! And he was all that.
If our Franklin D. Roosevelt
had been named Jones or Smith
or any other name, he never
would have had the popularity
that he has now. Human nature
is funny.
Ten years from now they III
look back on this Fl. R. admin
istration as a joke, an admins
tration of bungling and shallow
thinking that never had it's
equal. H. r.
Tribune, August 1.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1934-08-11

August 2, 1884.
Saturday Press,
1856 Thomas Av. NJ,
Minneapolis, MINI.
Gentlemen:
Please find enclosed check
for $500 for one years sub
scription to your paper.
I have been reading and
enjoying this little sheet for
some time and can always
find my nickel's worth on
any page.
Most good citizens seem to
think about as you do, only
you say it.
Sincerely yours,
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1934-08-11

the republicans of Hennepn county especially Mime
apos get the yowl of their ears long
enough exchange idea like to suggest that
there's opportunity like the present made to order
One thing every admt-these militia boys are
gentlemen there crab in the outfit kept in the
background
Take it or leave it" doesn't what once did The
latest version take beatn' leave your truck
In the second place. Bas ISM built politically along lines
necessary to hurdle any ''Wan less John Wall
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1934-08-11
COOKING ONE EYE BACK
OVER TWIN STRIKES

ucVcr 0AlSCcQ. Inc RADICALS ana
labor" press usurps that
fright. Let me give you a
few examples:
During the May strike" Of
the truck drivers (who were not
in evidence and never off the
payroll except at their own in
sistence) there were two citi-
zens dubbed to death by "strik-
ers" and there were THIRTY
uniformed police officers as
saulted and sent to hospitals.
Not radical or labor" paper
in the city published line of
regret for the Staying of two
townsmen nor one Of apology or
regret for the assault upon Off
GERS of the law, but:
They published column after
column of abuse and vilification
of both uniformed officers and
civilians, beaten and killed by
strikers" No striker" died
of wounds by clubs or gun in
that May strike" yet a mob
of thousands cheered the death
of a fellow American and that
cheering was lead by con-
gressman-F. III. Shoemaker, a
member of the farmer-labor
party!
The claim was made by men
representing themselves as
"leaders' among organized Ia
Dor, that certain employers vio-
lated the terms of that May
agreement. They insisted that
not only men employed as driv-
ers and drivers helpers should
be accepted by the employers as
members Of the new sc labor"
union admittedly an outlaw
organization, without sanction
OF the parent body. These en-
ployes were men who had but
slight and in most instance no
connection with the operation
OF trucks-except as. the man
who mixed the ink used in the
printing Of postage stamps
might be connected with the
rural postmaster who slapped
the stamp in the face with a
rubber cancellation pad.
They insisted that chicken
pickers and gentlemen who
manicured spuds and celery,
should be classified along with
and, and as belonging to, the
truck drivers and helpers. Now,
just where is the connecting
link between the chap who
plucks the quilts from a goose
and the fellow who delivers it to |
meat dealer two days (or
months) later? It just ism It |
there! And no amount of COM
munist and radical caterwaul-
ing can show it's existence.
The present strike" was in
evitable. Rather than "just an.
other strike" it is the second
chapter in the same book. It
was planned almost before the
ink had dried on the "agree-
ment' Of the May affair.
When the question of "to
strike or not to strike" came up
for debate, all debate was throt-
tied by the "few choice spirits
in CONTROL of the newly formed
union-Local 574. They denied
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1934-08-11

drivers and helpers) In st. Paul.
The officials there insisted that
the members, the rank and file,
decide their own fate by secret
ballot. There was no strike
voted by st. Paul truck drivers
and helpers!
When the strike question was
agitating the st. Paul truck
drivers, the same men who are
responsible for calling the strike
in Minneapolis, went to st. Paul
and attempted to brow beat and
bluff the st. Paul union men
from exercising their right to
secret ballot! Their attempts
failed, miserably. Fortunately
for st. Paul.
The strike vote in Minneapo-
lis was a standing vote and the
fellow who didn It stand was the
one who didn t attend the meet
ing. If he was there he stood
under protest and with blazing
eyes, but he STOOD. The strike
vote Carried unfortunately
for Minneapolis workers and
business.
l have been in more than one
transfer company's Office when
truck drivers, presumably out
on strike, drew their pay for
time they never put foot on a
trucks throttle. They have told
me time and time again, scores
of them. that they would not 60
on strike, that they were con-
tent with existing wages under
existing business conditions.
That they told the truth is
proven by the paucity of bona
fide truck drivers arrested for
picketing.
To be sure these pickets are
members Of Local 574. Any man
who will agree to do picket
"duty" and accept a member
ship card at a nominal price,
can cline up" with 574. An
automobile thief arrested one
day last week by military po-
lice admitted that he paid fif-
teen cents for a 574 union"
button, was assigned to "peace-
full picket" duty and swiped a
car in order to get the job! He
was so proficient and enthusi-
astic that he was elected cap
tain Of his squad!
Quite a boost on a fifteen-cent
investment, EN-? From bum to
squad captain in two days. And
if he stole the car, he doubtless
copied the fifteen cents! He
was a rustler, made to order for
the gang in control of 574. Al
car thief, a squad captain.
Match that one! If he hadn t
run foul Of the military, he
might have been commissioned
a brigadier general in another
two days! That's right boys
pick 'em before they get too
high. If they reach a too-high
elevation they're harder to
knock off.
But as a matter of fact, this |
strike" could have been set
tied two weeks before it began
it known ringleaders in the rad.
ical labor" movement had |
MI ssh od L Ia aaI e IL
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1934-08-11

docs your husband worry
over your grocery bills?"
mo. He says there's no
sense in both him and the grocer
worrying over the same bills. !"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-23

V E R R E E
TEASDALE is
very blonde,
and looks lovely.
in this shrimp.
pink silk crepe
dress trimmed.
with a pl a i d.
t h at contains
much blue. Her
hat is a broad
brimmed pink
f a b rio, and
other accesso-
zies are white
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-23

THE BOARDWALK BEACH SHOP at Lansburghs
Seventh Eighth and E, is featuring this smart tweed
patterned Atwood swim suit $685. The beach hat folds
to 90 into your swim bagl It's only ST.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-23

JEAN M U I r
Sc e c is a
c h e c k e d silk
e n s e m b ] e
for street and
travel. It has
white silk pique
top and edging
for the big bow
of the royal and
white silk.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-10

L. II. Brodie, chairman Of the
membership committee are the
promoted realtors.
AS q fitting reward for his
1aborS during the past year,
most constructive one for the real
estate profeSSion-retiring Presi.
dent Arthur c. Houghton was re.
tanned on the directorate.
Clarence Dodge, one of the
Weaver Brothers vice-preSidents
and a member of the appraisal
committee. for the past three
years, is another new director and
Percy H. Russell is the other.
Now that fall is here and the
next session of Congress cannot
be far behind, many realtors are
beginning to turn their thoughts
to proposed legislation which will
have a vital effect on their bust
ness.
First and foremost-they have
witnessed a demonstration that
the brokerage code will not meet
every desirable requirement and
the need for a license law is as
acute as ever. It must be recog-
nized, however, that there has
been less skullduggery on the part
of the fly-by-nighters than in the
past. This, it is said, is probably
due to the fact that the habitual
victims of these gentry have not
grown sufficient fleece in the
months that we have emerged
from the depression to demand
attention.
Drastic changes in the present
foreclosure laws are being consid-
cred by the office of Corporation
Counsel E. Barrett Prettyman,
however, and, since it does not
complicate the foreclosure pro-
ceeding but rather simpifies it,
realtors will generally indorse the
measure, it is said.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-10
INDUSTRY UNITS
F. To AID TRUCE
By International News Service

ny International NoWS SeEVlCO
President Roosevelt is consider
ing establishment of voluntary ad.
justment boards within the vari.
Gus industries as a means of put
ting into effect the so-called in.
duStrial truce which he suggested
in his recent radio address to the
nation.
The President discussed this yes
terday with George L. Berry, a
deputy administrator in the NRA,
in charge of the construction code.
Mr.. Berry, after he talked with
the President. pointed out that
the voluntary adjustment board
I'm the construction industry has
worked so well and effectively
that Mr.. Roosevelt feels establish
ment of similar unit in other
industries might best bring about
the desired industrial peace.
No decision was made at today'S
conference but Berry said the
President is anxious to canvas the
entire situation with regard to the
possibility of installing similar
units in other industries.