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St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1934-09-19
Reward

reward of 81. 100000 Danish West In
dianCurrency. is open to anyone that can
give information leading to the appre.
tension and conviction of the person or
nersons that caused the fire at No.
So Strand Street Christiansted on June
3. 1884
CASPER HOLSTElE
JOSEPH ALEXANDER
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1934-09-19
WORKERS
Native and Puerto RiCanS

Join the American Federation of Labor
Agricultural Workers Union No. 1864.
international Longshoremen Association
Local 1854. offices located in Christian
sted and Frederiksted. St. Croix Virgin
Islands u. S. A.
Office hours $3.50 a. m. to $3.50 p. m.
Union delegates will confer with you.
All financial Secretaries are bonded
CYNTHIA WILLIAMS
Secretary
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-05
What the Tulsa Workers
Think of the 'Wildcat' y

They had no answer at the mo-
ment.
TO SUMMARIZE what happened
in the oil field area since the
1929 crash:
1-Oil workers had a strong union
long before the depression, which
disintegrated because Of A. F. of L,
organizers indifference and the
high wages paid workers at that
period.
2-When the depression came
there were fewer than 1000 mem
bers, with most Of them not paying
dues.
BIN the Oklahoma oil industry
there are an approximate 100000
workers. some 10000 of whom are in
the white-collar class: clerks, ste
nographers, statesmen, etc.
1.-The depression threw about
half of all workers out Of employ
ment, a greater percentage among
the white-collar class than even
among the OIL refinery men.
5-since federal relief started.
the oil industry has picked up some
20 per cent Of Its 1929 business.
6-Conservative estimates show
that even If business picks up to
the 1929 level some 10000 oil work
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-05

plete flop here; the only thing it
accomplished was a general reduc-
ton in salaries and wages" to quote
the secretary of the Chamber of
Commerce.
19-Those who are working.
whether in the oil industry or other
businesses. are not earning a living
wage, what with wage cuts on one
hand and increased prices on the
other.
2o-One out of every six residents
in Tulsa is living off charity; many
more are living off relatives and
friends.
21-For the jobless in "the veal
thiest city per capita in the world"
Tulsa charities allow 4 cents per
day per person for food.
22-Charity applicants increased
500 per cent this year over what it
was last year, despite the increase
in business and decrease IN unem-
ployment.7
23-In many cases families are
being broken up and homes are dis
migrating as q result Of doubling
UP" to save rentals.
Tomorrow John L, spiyak be
gins series of articles on ccndi-
tons In Califernia.l
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-05

ers probably never can be absorbed
by the industry again.
7-As result of the efforts of
companies to enforce, a company
union, an orgsnizational spirit de-
yeloped among them so that they
are organizing their own locals and
applying for charters with the A. r.
Of L. International Association of
Oil Field, Gas Well and Refinery
Workers Of America.
8-In charge OF this A. F. of L.
union is one Wildcat Williams.
well-educated gunman who was en-
ployed by leading citizens" to start
an organization of the unemployed
ito keep them down" when the un-
employed were about to seize food
warehouses last year.
9-There is considerable dissstis-
faction in this union because of its
failure to remedy glaring abuses in
the industry, but they know Of only
one other union and that has been
branded as radical" and most oil
workers fear to ally themselves with
1t because Of the stigma of Red
1o-Flag waving, denunciation of
Red" and appeals to patriotism
is the A. F. Of LIS answer to those
who are too insistent in their de-
mands for sction to eliminate
abuses.
11-Anyone who refuses to be
swayed by patriotic appeals is
promptly dubbed q Communist.
12-The A. F. of L. union is do
ing little organizing in the fields. It
waits for the men to organize and
apply for a charter.
13-NeverthelesS, some 1000 oil
workers are now estimated to have
Joined the union, about Is per cent
of those working in the fields and
about SIS per cent of the refinery
workers around Tulsa.
14-In Tulsa itself almost all
crafts are organized. but here, too.
there is considerable dissatisfaction
because of the A. p. of L. unions
inactivity, If not actual indif-
ence.
15-This is one of the most thor
oughly organized areas have Wis
tied. So far yet the unions are inn
potent under A. F. of l.. leadership.
The same sort Of abuses exist here
which exist in organized ter
ritory.
16-Retail business here picked
up slightly since C.w.A. money
started coming in here, but since
CW.A. liquidation it has fallen back
to a little above the deep depres-
sion period average.
17--Commodity prices here rose
since the CWA. without CORE
spending increase In wages, and
this is adding to the workers dis
18-The N.R.A. has been "a com
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-05
BY JOHN L. sPIvAK

TULSA, Okla.-The State
Federation of Labor here is
proud Of Wildcat Williams,
organizer for the Interna-
tional Association of Oil Field,
Gas Well and Refinery Workers Of
America in % of Oklahoms's ooun-
ties.
That man single handed kept
down a dozen strikes in the REIN
cries." Judge G. Ed. Warren, presi-
dent Of the State Federation Of La
Dor, told me proudly. Hes done
more to keep the workers down
This Is the exact word he used
j. L. 81 since he became A. F. of l..
organizer here than any individual
or group Of individuals
7 remembered the glowing ac-
count G. A. Border, secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce. gave
me Of Wildcats technique:
When he opens meeting he
slaps q gun down on the table in
front Of him and tells them that
the first man who talks out OF place
can expect q little trouble.H
And Wildcats own gleefuI details
of how he kept the unemployed
from going hsywire" and conclud-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-05
Bronx Medical
Society Sees Red

NEW YORK Communism has
nothing to 90 with the case" said
yesterday mornings Herald Tribune
quoting a Bronx County Medical
Society spokesman in reference to
DR.. Luttingeris drama" which ap-
peared in Tuesdays Daily Worker.
The Herald Tribune leads one to
believe, in its "obiectiYity,9 that the
Medical Society has no quarrel with
the doctor as a Communist, but that
in order to be in good standing.
dues must be paid, otherwise one
cannot resign.
This back page, three hslf-column
article followed DR.. Luttinger's letter
which he published in order to ex-
pose the attitude Of the Society.
The letters show that the Bronx
County Medical Society purposely
held back answering DR.. Luttinger's
letter of October Is, 1858, when he
asked for a transfer to the New
York County Medical Society, in or
der to make his dues payable for
1884 in the Bronx County,
They postponed answering, ac-
cording to the letter dates, till Janu-
airy 4, 1884, when a letter came tell
ing DR., Luttinger that he could get
his transfer if he paid up his dues
for 1884.
Refusing to pay, a letter was
written him by DR.. Joseph Landy,
Secretary Of the Board Of Censors,
asking him to appear before the
Censor Board, DR.. Luttinger answer
ed to the Society. who called him
o'unethicsl" and an OUTLAW" for
writing q health column, that "the
cards we're stacked against me" and
refused to appear before the Board,
saying that their purpose was to
expel him
Immediately after this expose of
letters was published, Dr.. Luttinger
received numerous phone calls. COM
his stand, from physi-
clans and patients.
"TEe next move is theirs" said
DR. Luttinger. But meanwhile we
will organize a rank and file medical
society along the lines of economic
interests Of rank and file physicians
and patients"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-05
TEN DOLLARS IA

ing comment; TITS been lots OF
fun"
Since Wildcat, as an individual
runs organized labor here with the
neaming approval Of the A. F. of
L. somewhat as Hitler runs Ger
many, I was naturally interested in
how the workers feel about the gen
tlemsn and his flashing policy
I talked with several refinery
workers, tall, strapping, serious
faced, hundred per cent, native
stock Americans.
"How's Wildcat" I asked. ''I un-
derstand he helped lot in organ
izing the unemployed last year"
They glanced at each other as
though hesitant about talking to a
stranger. Finally, they said:
you want to know about Wild
cat2 Well. I'll tell you what think
Of him, and think they'll agree
with me-"
He nodded towards his conapan-
ions, who nodded in turn.
He's no-good, crooked son-of-
a-bitch, that's what we think of
him. We wanted to call a strike
several times because of the speed
up and he's always stopped it by
saying the unions got to stick to
its contract. We never made no
contract. The government made it.
We're living up to 1t, but the COM
panies amt. And that son-of "a
bitch says that If we strike we're
fighting the government, not the
refinery"
IF you think that of him why
don't you change organizers2"
How? We didn't appoint him.
The big shots in Washington APP
pointed him and they pay as much
attention to us as he does and if we
holler too much they call us Reds"
Looks like you're not getting
much out of your union. Why don't
you Join another them"
What other one? The only other
bunch trying to organize oil and re-
finery workers are the radicals and
we don't want to get mixed UP with
them"
why notp"
They thought for moment and
shook their heads.
II don't know. Just because
they're Reds, I guess
What are Reds?'
Communists. Bolsheviks. You
konw," he said supposedly.
What's the objection to themp
Are they running the unions like
Wildcat or are the members run
ming them?"
II don't know how they run their
locals. They haven't any in town.
But, Mister. you can't join
up with no Fed outfits"
"Why2"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-05
New Workers Theatre
Group to Hold Weekly
Dramatic r e g tia | s

NEW YORK. Unity Theatre,
newly organized revolutionary
workers theatre group. is holding a
series Of weekly dramatic recitals at
their headquarters, "a E. 23rd st.,
every Friday, Saturday and Sunday
evening. Among the plays to be
shown are "Credo," one-act play
based on the poems, END and the
Beginning" by Maxwell Bodenheim,
and, Van der Lubbe's Head" by
Alfred Hayes; Death by Jehovah"
q two-act play dealing with the per-
secution Of the Jews In the Nazi
jailS Of Germany; and Broadway
1888" by Harold Edgar, which shows
how bourgeois theatre director
treats q working class play. Samuel
Rosen, formerly OF the Theatre
Guild, Is the director Of the group
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-05
POLITICAL POEM
BY maxwell BoDENHEnd

Green shade over eyes
Sneering, prsctised, and corrupt,
The managing editor
Clicks the keys through midnight
Acting on secret instructions
From the millionaire,
Who feeds on flesh and signs the checks
With rubber stamp benevolence.
On the following morning
The Daily ScoundreT' asks us
To work in munition- factories
And help the murder Of our brothers
Some day wen take these meters to murder
These men and women who appropriate
Billions for battleships. airplanes,
And then slice the pennies from the mouths
Of workers drilled in forest-camps-
Some day Wen take this bunch
And give them in one mass-risng,
dose of the same lead-spitting medicine
They we're always recommending for others.
They shoot down the striking, mistreated
Workers Of Cuba, on the old
Pretense Of preserving law and order.
They operate in China
They show their teeth in Paris,
Butchering men and women
Angry over fraud and robbery
They slaughter in Vienna,
Where men and women crouch in barbados
Trade shot for shot against brutality,
And now they ask us to make tools of war.
To kill our brothers. sisters,
To pour another avalanche of flesh
Into the mill of their rotten, historical
Slogans green shade over eyes
Hard, obedient, scheming,
The managing editor
Clacks his keys through midnight
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-05
CHANGE
THE
WORLD!
BY MICHAEL GOLD

THE campaign of the Daily Worker against the mad.
iingostic frenzy now being whipped up in the schools
has provoked many readers of this column to write of their
experiences Some of the letters from students others
are from teachers Here of the most typical:
Dear Sir:
This you teachers Grover Cleveland
High School Rdgewood students against
teacher far that
1a Communists should hanged telling
truths about USsR saying that the people
ignorant you would bring this to the attention
fighting Communist propaganda high
schools Yours truly,
Maspeth L K
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-05
Pen, Hammer Club To
Analyze Strike Wave

NEW YORK.-For six months the
Strike Survey Committee of the
Pen and Hammer has been making
monthly surveys Of strikes in
Greater New York, which have
been used by the Labor Research
Association ia the monthly Eco
nomic Notes, and by other maya
zines and newspapers.
A full public report Of the find
ings Of this committee will be given
at an Open Forum at the Pen and
Hammer headquarters, ia W. DIST
St, tonight at $50 O'Clock Fol
lowing the report will be a discus
sion and analysis of the strikes OF
that period.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-05
WHY | BECAME
A COMMUNIST

tinuing 70 bleed society. Z sis5
learned that the only newspaper
which tells the truth to the workers
is the Daily Worker. Without this
paper the revolutionary movement
would be like a ship sdrift. Il
shows US that the revolution is not
a sporadic thing to fare up and die
away with nothing accomplished.
Now I know that this movement
can never die until capitalism Is
destroyed and a new system Of 50
ciety is set UP.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-05
STATEMENT BY FTLM-FOTO
LEAGUE

The fact that tickets for this
movie showing we're so cents in sd-
vance and IS cents at the door was
advertised in the Daily Worker
New Masses. and other publications
at least four weeks in advance.
Publicity for this affair also stated
that tickets were available at vari-
Gus places including the Workers
Bookshop. Workers Film and Photo
League, etc. The films we're not
our own, we're of an experimental
character, and therefore expensive
to produce, and the payment re-
CURED for the film showing las well
as other expenses necessitated
what the writer Of the above letter
perhaps considered an exorbitant
admission fee.
WORKERS FILM
& FOTO LEAGUE.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-05
Thursday

WORKERS SCHOOL Spring Term. Last
week of registration; IS East 18th Street
Glasses are filing up
SPECIALS in books and pamphlets this
week. Workers Book Shop, so E. 18th st..
OPEN FORUM-"Recent strike wave in
N. Y. CO. a report by the Strike Survey
Committee. Pen and Hammer, ia West
2ist St. $3.50 p. m.
CLARTE, 304 West 5sth st. Movie
showing OF Gain and Artem" and Charlie
Chaplin comedy Two showings, at 1880
and $50 p. m. Courtroom 20 cents
EDITH BERGMAN Br. LID. hold open
meeting Election of Executives Boro Park
Workers Club, 47o4 18th Ave- Brooklyn,
$50 pm
SYMPOSIUM 'sDevelcrments of Fascism
IN Europe and the u g" Speakers. How
ard Farmer. Albert Haste. At Pelpark
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-05
Unemployed Have More Babies

NEW YORK. = According TO a
survey made by the Milbank Memo
rial Fund, unemployed workers had
80 per cent more babies that did
families whose incomes we're not
reduced after 1929. This was com
pensated for" however, by the fact
that there was so per cent more
illness in families whose income
was cut.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-05
Kick A gainst Film
and Photo League
Action Answered

T.
Daily Worker.
Dear Comrade:
New York. n. 7.
April I, 1884.
Last night Saturday the Work
srs Film and Photo League was
showing some short subjects. sd-
mission 75c. I asked to be let in
for SOC as that was al I had. They
refused and said that they had ad-
vertised for weeks in advsnce-5Oc
in advance, 75c at the door. I said
/ knew al that. but couldn't get
q ticket earlier was broke, and
would they let me in? No. they
had sold plenty Of seats at 75c,
they were in no need Of selling
SOC ticket Such an incident would
teach comrades like myself TO get
tickets in advance.
Certainly this is no attitude for a
workers cultural group to take.
Their concern should not be pri-
marily to be satisfied with the sale
Of 75c tickets. They should want
to bring the workers near to art.
And anyone with the most elemen-
tary knowledge Of q workingman's
life can realize I was truthful when
I said I had been unable to spend
soc earlier in the week and could
not spend more than that now.
I think that this attitude should
be criticized publicly in the feature
section Of the Daily Worker. If
you publish this letter, please omit
my name, for various reasons. You
can give 1t to the Film & Photo
League if it is interested enough.
Comradely yours.
(Signed) 7. ".
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-05
Specialization Urged as
Cure for Industry

NEW YORK. Specialization Of all
industry was urged by Mary van
Kleeck, of the Russell Sage Foun-
dalton, in an address before the
Taylor Society, composed Of engi-
neers and scientists.
Miss Kleeck said socialism would
solve the ills of all industries, in
GLIDING the coal industry. Her
auditors cheered her vociferously.
In q recently published book. Miss
Kleeck cites the Soviet Union as a
model Of tia system she advocates.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-05
Stage and Screen
Gilbert and SuIIiDdH Return
To BrOddEDGU

Once again the wit Of william schwenck
Gilbert and the tunefm melodies Of Arthur
Sullivan are ushered in on Broadway. On
Monday night at the Majestic Thea tire,
g NJ. Chsrtock presented Gilbert and
Sullivsn's operstts. The Mtksdo," as the
first in the series Of rsvivsls made popular
by the late Milton Aborn for almost two
decades The present company contains
q majority Of the players who served in
the Aborn troupe
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-05
WABC86O Kc.

5:00-Amos n Andy
7:f5-Rolfs Orch
.30-Ssgerquist Orch; Don Ameche and
sally Ward in Dramatic Sketch
8 00-Grits and Grsvy-Htllbilly skstch
so-Jsck and Loretta Clemens, Songs
8.45-Robert Simmons, Tenor; Sears
Orch.
e.0O-Desth Valley DAYS
e:so-Duchin Orch
10 o0-Canadisn Program
10 so-Foreign Trade and Commerce -
George N Feek, Foreign Trade Adj
visor TO the President
II .0o-Cevsliers Quartet
II i5-Eews Reports
11,20-Anthony Froms, Tenog
-MadrigIers Orch.
II 00-Olssn Orch.
1890 A. M.-Dance Orch
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-05

Dear Mr.. Gold
the high school Tovnsend Hal
school, that the student should active
After all the
with the fighting end of the since it is the
first called Therefore when March 26 at the first two War
about $50 students showed
quite surprised At the meeting speakers including
Ka of the n He announced the body present that the week
6-13 National Anti-Wsr
tween IL and IL He urged
March 49, at assembly the entire school, director
Mr. Faon announced the that the N L. call
strike against Falion did what specifically
stated that Of msed people trying misead
plot the students Here group
right from Then he Challenge" which
that the boys of Townsend Harris would their 49,
that
the hours Of II and H. treated accordingly
thinIy yelled all
part body completely
by him.
have the prevent
something which Importance
there students others who would Ike
know how feel we should act about such
Yours truly, A STUDENT.
P 81 need not explain why do not sign my name.
Michael Gold
think you're great The article wrote the other day the
breathakng
struggling fighting drops
It's these
U. S."
giant eernaly renewing his strength
growing bigger and mghtier with each
Yours Lie.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-05
WOR- Kc.

700 P. M.-dyrt and Margs
7:15-Just Plain Bili-5ketch
7:5O-Serenaders Orch.
7.45-News-Boaks Carter
8:00-RaffIes-
S;2o-Concert Orch; Alexander Gray,
Baritone: Mary Eastman, Soprano
e.0O-Connie Gates, Claude Ries Songs;
John Coriglisno. Violin
o:S0-Waring Orch
l0:0o-Grsy orch, Stoopnsgis and Budd,
Com edianE; Connie Boswell Songs
i0.s0-wheeler Orch; Doris Lorraine
Songs
10 :45-Emery Deutseh, Violin
11:o0-Vers Van, Songs
11:i5-Nevs Reports
1i:20-Jones orch
il:45-Sosnick Orch.
l3:o0-Barnstt Orch.
12:sA A. M.-Dsvis Orch.
1.00-MessnsT Orch.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-05
760 Ke.

TOO r M-sports Resume
7;15-Comedy; Music
7;5o-Lons Fsnger-Sketch
s.Ge-Little Symphony Orch, Phiiir
James, Conductor. Joan Fsebies, Con-
tralto
s.00-Vsristy Musicale
o;i5-Drsmstized News
.30-Suocess-Harry Bsrktn
9.45-Ths Witchs Tale
Events
l0:30-Ths jolly Russians
1l:00-Nfoonbesm Trio
Ii:so-Dauce Music
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-05
Dear Comrade:

Dear comrade:
learned that this evening Miss scanOn teaching Eco
Monies 70 at the James Evening $40 to $50
P NJ, following statements to her class:
That three years ago Professor the
Department the Soviet
Union inspect labor conditions and
they allowed to visit freely
opinion unfavorabe to the
officials that be nocuated with the virus Of
this carried out by officials of the UssR
seager consequently died from this disease in
Soviet
Such ISLANDERS have lately very that
that put to such ansoyet lies We must
member that pedagoues anything nsl
the minds the youths who about ripe
another mperast slaughter It all part of gigantic ngo-
isc machine which be stopped only by militant action upon the
part of the students themselves
earnestly suggest that
Chapter the National Student League take immediate
action upon this incident conradely MRS
In your column you gave great space
quite ignored the Unemployed Writers Asoc
ton has need Of publicity he takes care Of that himself
but do need it,
1t is very important that you give our project
space membership Of 500 writer's 100 of whom
partially count It important that
actsed that active members be increased
column help
We demand $50 per week for each
that status writer be recognized socially useful
function lust as the artists recognized ncong copy
project which will explain fully aims.
incidentally would be pleased you would talk to
Yours very sincerely
FANYA FOSS,
Secy Unemployed Writers Association,
80 cornela St. New York
Michael Gold:
of the New York City high schools
thoroughly tired Of the stuff have through
following the bluff to teach
pupils the book material
example:
% What the advantages education studentsP
life; them profession;
skilled gives Of what their
them public fit for
held in of themselves others at which they
others educated"
vhiske with hooey0 1Aes
Giesl schooling doesn't ut students
which the fate OF
education papers like yours
people for unemployment to realities and the
fighting spirit. Sincerely
N. Y. SCHOOL TEACHER
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-05
TONIGBT's PROGRAM
WEAF--66O Kc.

W EA F--bOU nc.
100 P. M.--Mary Small. Songs
7:15-Biliy Bstchelor-Sketeh
730-shirley Howard, Songs, testers rrio
7.45-The Goldbergs-Sketch
s.0o-Vsllee orch; Soloists
s:00-Captain Henry SHOW Boat Concert
10 -Whitemsn orch, Al Jolson, Songs
1i;0O-Bathryn Newman, Songs
1l.lS-Neus Reports
II 20-Cyru Pitts Tenor
II 30-Stern Orch.
12.0o-Lunceford Orch
1880 A.. M.-Scottt Orch.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-05
TUNING IN

Paul Kaminsky viii discuss Lion
Feuchtwsnger's "The OpperTnanns'
over Station WARD at 3;15 p. m.
today.