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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-01
School Head Deprives
Children of Food

Hunger used as a disciplinary
measure against small children in
an East Side school was charged
last week against the principal Of
Public School No. IA in East 9th
Street, near Third Avenue. Accord
ing to the charges, Miss Moore, the
ordered the food taken
away from the children because
they had been noisy. The children
were turned out of the lunchroom
for the day.
According to the account in the
press, protest was made against this
brutal order by one of the workers
in the lunchroom who carried out
the order to deprive the children of
their lunch, with tears in her eyes.
One of the children said that he
had eaten nothing but glass of
milk that whole day.
The children are entitled, accord
ing to George H. Chatfield, director
of the Bureau of Attendance of the
Board of Education, to the free
food. He has ordered an investiga-
ton by the district superintendent,
who will probably hush up a situa-
ton which is widespread among the
schools. Parents can prevent the
investigation from being useless by
demanding that the director hold
an open trial of the principal.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-01
French Army
Is All S ct
To Grab Saar

PARIS, Oct. 31.-In the event
that Hitler attempts to wrest the
valuable coal and iron deposits of
the Saar region from French con-
troll either before or after the
plebiscite to be held Jan. 10, the
armies of France are fully prepared
on this pretext for instant armed
Intervention, the Minister Of War,
Marshal Henri Petain, assured the
Finance Commission of the Cham
Der of Deputies.
Petain outlined elaborate plans
for the seizure of the politically
and economically strategic Saar
Basin. Instructions to the Twen-
tieth Corps at Nancy and the Sixth
Corps at Metz order these forces to
be held in immediate readiness,
The Minister of War, who was to
have retired weeks ago from active
military service, but who was Or
dered to continue as Marshal of
the French armies because of the
nearness of the Saar plebiscite, is
now completing the full "moderni-
zation" and preparedness of the
country's armed forces.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-01
Ray Carlson Deported
For Militant Action

SPOKANE, Wash, Oct. 31.-Ray
Carlson, a militant Swedish worker
was deported from Spokane as part
of the Roosevelt drive against the
foreign born. He left on Oct. 25th,
on the first lap of his forced jour
ney to Sweden.
Comrade Carlson was accom-
panied by his wife and small son,
innocent victims of the govern
ment's terror campaign against
militant workers. Fifty members of
the Communist Party and the In
ternational Labor Defense, came to
see them off, as well as a truck
load of cops.
Oscar Mannisto of Astoria, Ore
gon, and John Ujich, Of Tacoma,
Washington were other workers of
the prison train. AS the train
pulled out the deported workers
gave the Red Front salute to their
comrades at the station.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-01

the need for the Daily Worker
reaches no end in any other city
or village.
Nothing is more refreshing"
continues Comrade Stensky, than
to read paper that is devoid of
all hypocrisy, scandal, gossip, gos-
pel-sharking that is making
an honest effort to educate and
raise the standard of living of the
working masses"
The Daily Worker is the only
daily English newspaper which I'M
compromisingly strives to educate
the masses to the revolutionary way
out, to happy standard of living.
1t can do this, however, only i The
working class keeps it in publca-
ton by contributing to its financial
campaigns.
Words Not Enough
"Greeting the growth Of the
Daily Worker in words alone is
not enough" declares the Bull
garian Workers Club of Wauke-
gan, Ill. Here is $500 as our first
contribution raised at an affair
for the Daily Worker and the
Bulgarian language organ Of the
Communist Party, 'Saznanie.'
1--WE appeal to every other group
of workers to raise as much as
possible to make the Daily Worker
a real leader, organizer and unlfier
of the working class in every cor
ner Of the United States"
The existence and growth of the
Daily depends upon such contri-
buttons from every corner of the
country. No matter how small, in
dividuals and workers groups
should not hesitate to send them in,
Quarters, half dollars, dollars
these preserve the life of the work
ing class's greatest guide. Individual
readers and workers groups, con-
tribute NOW!
NOTE: Sections, units, organi-
cations, readers are urged to send
in Immediately full reports of
their activities in the drive for
100000. With the new eight-page
paper, space has been provided to
publish these each day.-Editor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-01
Safeguards Demanded
For School Children
By Parents in Bronx

Demanding safety for children
on their way to school, the Bronx
League for the Protection of Chill
dren sent resolutions to the Board
of Education, which were passed at
mass meeting of Bronx parents.
Asking for the installation of
traffic lights and traffic patrolmen
at school intersections, and for adj
ditional playground facilities, the
resolutions state, thousands of
children are being forced to cross
dangerous traffic lanes and walk
long distances to school," The
resolutions also demanded the con-
struction of new junior high schools
which will permit the smaller chill
dren who have been transferred to
make room for the junior high
school, to attend schools near their
homes with greater safety.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-01

Ben Gold, general secretary Of
the Needle Trades Workers Indus
trial Union and Communist candi-
date for Assembly in the 7th A. D.,
will be the main speaker at an cleo
ton rally to be held tomorrow night
at the corners of fremont and Pros
pect AYES.
Following his appearance there
he will represent the Communist
Party at an election symposium at
Ambassador Hall under the aus
pices Of the local Women's Council.
On Monday evening, Gold will
speak at three outdoor rallies to be
held at 18TH Street and Cambrell-
ing Avenues, fremont and Prospect
Avenues, and 18oth Street and DAILY
Avenue, respectively.
Besides Gold, local candidates
will speak at all these meetings.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-01
Strengthen
Picket Lines
Dyers Urged

LODI, N. j., Oct. 31.-A call to
the striking dye workers here to
answer the breaking off of nego-
tiations by the employers by
strengthening the picket lines, was
issued by the Communist Party of
Passaic area today. The Commu-
mist Party's statement calls atten-
ton to the fact that in the face
of the employers breaking off of
negotiations, the union officials
have not called a shop delegates
meeting. The statement calls on
the workers to. demand an i'm
mediate shop delegates meeting to
discuss the problems Of the strike.
The strikers should demand cash
relief from the Emergency Relief
Administration for the duration of
the strike, the Communist Party
declares. The strikers are urged to
appeal to the entire working class
Of the Lodi-Passaic area for sup
port of the strike, and calls on the
union to initiate United Labor
Conference to organize such sup
port.
The Communist Party demands
an explanation from the union
leaders as to why they prevented
the Women'S Council of Passaic
from serving sandwiches and coffee
to the strikers. BY this action
the leaders deprived the strikers of
food which was offered in the spirit
OF working class solidarity.
There will be an open air cleo
ton rally of the Communist Party
Thursay, Nov. l, at eleven o'clock
in the morning at 1853 Passaic St.,
Lodi (near the BRIDGE. Moe
Brown, Paterson textile worker and
Communist candidate for Gov
erncr, Frank Carlson and others
will speak.
S. Saller, Communist candidate
for Congress in Bergen County, is
active in the strike in Lodi.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-01
Two Negroes
Convicted in
Terror Drive
LID. Urges Protests on
Conviction of Workers
In Niagara Falls

NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, Oct. Is.
-Verdicts of guilty were handed
down by jury here today against
Alphonse Davis. 22-year-old Negro
worker framed on a fiirnsy rape"
charge, and against William Fisher,
Negro worker, who was almost
beaten to death in an attack on
an I. L. D. meeting called in sup
port of the Davis defense, and
framed on a charge of assault at
battery"
Davis faces a possible sentence
of twenty years, and Fisher of five,
when they come up on Friday be-
fore Judge Harcourt here.
The frame-up against Davis was
completely exposed by the I. L. D.,
and police officials have been carry
ing on vigorous lynch-incitement
campaign to bolster up their prose-
cution. The police-protected at
tack upon the I. L. D. meeting,
at which Fisher was beaten while
trying to protect two girl I. L. D.
members from the blackjacks of
the gangsters organized by the
police, was part of this campaign.
Several other supporters of the
defense have been framed on vari-
GUS charges and sentenced to the
workhouse, including tanley
Chmiell, I. L. D. attorney in the
case, and George Hart, district Sec
rotary of the I. L. D.
Protests and kilograms against
the conviction, demanding the
freedom of Davis and Fisher,
should be sent Immediately to
Judge Harcourt, County Court,
LockpOrt, N. Y.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-01
Relief Ruling
In California
To Cut W ages
BY a Worker Correspondent

SAN BERNARDINO, Cal, Oct.
29.-Any unemployed workers who
refuse any job offered regardless of
the hourly rate will be Immediately
cut off the relief lists, Harold P.
Thoreson, county relief director,
declared to the San Bernardino
County Workers and Relief Asso-
citation here last week.
Thoreson's statement, made at
the Labor Temple, which, he said,
was necessary to prevent the loss
of any perishable crops, is as fol-
lows:
'The S. E. r. A. is going to in
sist in the near future that when
work from outside sources is offered
which equals the amount of or ex-
ceeds the amount of the budget,
regardless of the hourly rate, is re-
fused, the party will be taken off
S. E. R. A. rolls. Your alternative
in this matter is to strike-then you
can be put back on the relief rolls
of the S. E. R. A."
In order that InoreSon might not
be misunderstood, one of the work.
ers present put an illustration be-
foer Thoreson, which, he said, con-
veyed his meaning exactly.
MY budget" the worker said,
amounts to $3201 month. Do
you mean that if a farmer offers a
job at twenty-five cents an hour
for a thirty-hour week, the job to
pay $3.50 for 100 hours work a
month, I am forced to take this or
be cut off relief"
Thoreson said that this illus
trated the new ruling, but for the
workers not to make too much
noise about it to the extent that it
might make trouble"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-01
Savage Cuts in
Jobs and Paw
Madei Illinois

CHICAGO, Ill, Oct. 31.-Wages
and unemployment in Illinois in
dustry are lower than a year ago,
the monthly review of the State
Department of Labor for Septem-
Der reveals.
Compared with August of this
year, payroll cuts were especially
savage. The steel industry slashed
payrolls 1912 per cent and jobs Al
per cent; cars and locomotives
trimmed payrolls 1858 per cent and
jobs 27.8 per cent. Other indus
tries showed similar pairing of the
payrolls and jobs. In the fur and
leather goods industries, ZIG per
cent was cut off the payrolls while
jobs were pared 1915 per cent; the
boot and shoe industry slashed
payrolls 37.2 per cent and cut 1876
per cent off jobs; printing reduced
payrolls 10 per cent and jobs 9
per cent.
While these figures show savage
GUS III pay ana JOBS Tor the one
month period from August to
September, a comparison with
September year ago shows a
tremendous cut. In the iron and
steel industry jobs were up IL
points, but payrolls were down 81
points; in the boot and shoe trades
employment was down 1872 points
and payrolls down 27.8 points with
the weekly average pay at $11.31.
In the fruit and vegetable can
ming industry where employment
was up 22.2 points, total payrolls
were 81 points lower than a year
ago to an average of $7.49 a week.
Compared with August of this
year, total average payrolls for IL
linois factory workers dropped 3
per cent while employment was UP
90 per cent, a noticeable cut in
wages and application of the share
the-work stagger scheme, since
more workers had to divide a
smaller total payroll.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-01
General School Ne1US
Teachers Win Their
Demands in Strike
After Five Months

SCRANTON, PA FIVE
month strike Of school teachers
of Old Forge was ended last Sat
urday night successfully by an
agreement with the school board
which granted the teachers most
Of their demands.
The teachers strike began last
May, when the local Board of
Education dismissed some teach
ers for organizing a campaign
to recover back pay.
The plan Of settlement called
for hiring of the forty teachers
who we're on strike and hiring
twenty-five other striking teach
ers as substitutes with a guaran-
tee Of three to four months
steady employment teaching ex-
ira classes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-01

A. F. of L. workers are learning
that no man ever broke a strike
better than Bill and that the big
bosses never had more devoted
friend to collaborate with. Bill has
come upon a day when American
workers are learning about the
fearlessness and honesty of Com
munists in workers struggles.
Would you like to throw out the
Communists, Bill? LiStenl This
comes from Chicago.
A. F. of L. Contribution
Enclosed you will find check
Of five dollars for the 100000
fund.-, which we, the progressive
group of bakers of Local 237, A.
F. of L., are sending to you. OF
course, we feel that this is a very
small amount right now, but we
are not forgetting our Daily
Worker-and in the very near
future we shall mail some more"
Or perhaps you would like to
listen to a marine worker, Bill? His
name is Wilmer Erickson, of Toledo,
Ohio.
Seeing the progress against
odds that the M.WI.U. has made
here on the lakes in their first
year of activity" he writes, 81
send one dollar to the $4,000
drive sorry 1 can't send more
just now) for the one newspaper
in this country that is the fly in
the soup of all ship owners and
labor takers. Yours for bigger
and better Daily Worker"
A bigger and better Daily Worker
is what Mr.. william Green and his
cronies see in all their nightmares
One can do them no better favor
than not to contribute to the 100000
drive. To contribute means to push
them another step towards their
downfall. 1t means to push them
and the whole system which uses
them to mislead the working class
DAILY" Needed Everywhere
There is no end to what we can
accomplish here in Mahanoy City
with the aid of the Daily Worker,
writes Joe Stensky from Pennsyl-
vania, sending SIS in the name of
the Modern Workers League" But
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-01
Gov. PinchOt
EVades Issue
OnFrankfeld
ID e m an d for Freedom
of Organizer Not
Considered

GLASSPORT, Pa, Oct. 31.-The
"liberality" of Governor Pinchot
has been placed on the spot by the
Unemployment Council of Glass
port in regard to his position on
the freeing of Frankfeld and Egan,
working class leaders of Western
Pennsylvania who have been
framed to long prison terms for
their activities in leading the fight
for unemployment insurance.
The Council here, . upon the
unanimous adoption of a resolution
of protest, sent a communication to
Governor Pinchot demanding that
he free Frankfeld and cause the
conviction against Egan to be
dropped.
A few days later they received the
following reply from the G. o. P
crusading governors office.
your communication of recent
date addressed to the Governor,
requesting pardons for Phillip
Frankfeld and James Egan of Al
legheny County, has been re-
ceived.
For your information, how
ever, the Governor has no direct
control over the District Attorney
Of Allegheny County, and no au-
thority whatever to order the re-
lease of any prisoners. Pardons
can be granted only upon the
recommendation of the Board of
Pardons.
Sincerely.
RICHARD CEAGY, Clerk"
But if the Governors Office i'm
1gined such a weak evasion would
stop the demands of the workers
that their leaders be released, they
soon discovered that they were
badly mistaken. For the next day,
a second missive was sent to the
Governor, which read as follows:
'Mr. Pinchot-
1--WE have received your COM
munication stating that you have
no authority to act without the
recommendation of the board Of
pardons in regard to our demands
for the immediate release of Phil
Frankfeld and Jim Egan.
"You say that you must have a
recommendation from this board,
which is obviously not comprised
of working class people.
1.-THE voice of the common peo-
pie, the workers, the unemployed
whose champion you and your
wife have repeatedly claimed to
be-must mean nothing to you'll
1--WE again demand the free
dom of Frankfeld and Egan! The
working class is determined that
there will be no Tom Moneys in
Pennsylvania.
"(Signed) SAMUEL AMIGO,
"Sec'y, Glassport U. c."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-01
Patriotism Courses Are
Ordered by Regents
for All High Schools

Courses in patriotism will here
after have to be taken by every
high school student who wishes to
receive his diploma, according to
the latest ruling of the State Board
OF Regents. This action was taken
at the recommendation of the Legis-
lature, which passed a joint resolu-
ton last summer to that effect;
the committee on American citi-
zenship Of the American Bar Assoc
citation also recommended it in
report.
While the action applies speci-
fically to high schools, pupils OF
eight years of age will get larger
doses of patriotism than ever. This
is indicated by the pledge of the
Board of Regents to carry out to
the utmost the provisions of the
education law which requires them
to receive instruction in patriotism
and citizenship.
The Board of Regents, at whose
head is Owen D. Young, utilities
magnate, also recommended SINH
lar action to colleges. The present
action applies to private as well as
public schools.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-01
Funds for Jobs
Easy, U. T. A.
Shows Mayor

That the Mayor has at his DISPOSAL
excellent and quick ways of set
Ting the "knotty" problem of reduc-
ing salaries Of the political ap-
pointees at the Board of Education
was made public yesterday in let
ter sent to him by the Unemployed
Teachers Association.
Recommending immediate action,
the communication reminds the
Mayor that his power to abolish
unnecessary positions" under Sec
ton 1101 of the State Education
law could Immediately help mater
tally to cut the budget in this d.
rection. Resistance by the Board of
Education to such move could be
met by ordering an investigation
Of the charges made in the WALL
stein Report with respect to the
"collusion and fraud and "im-
proper professional conduct" that
has been charged against members
OF the Board in connection with the
purchase of school property. Sec
ton 1896 empowers the Mayor to
remove officials of the Board against
whom such charges are proved.
Commenting on the danger to
the teachers from recent attacks on
salary and tenure, the letter urges
the city administration to sponsor
state legislation to strengthen salary
and tenure such as has been recon-
mended by the Teachers College
experts and by the American Civil
Liberties Union.
The letter, signed by Isidore Be
gun, chairman of the executive
board, asks for the appointment OF
unemployed teachers with the money
saved by throwing out the political
hacks at the Beard of Education.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-01
Philadelphia Jobless
Remove Police Guards
From Welfare Station

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Oct. 81
Members of the Unemployment
Councils forced the removal of all
police from the relief station at
Seventeenth and Allegheny SITS.
and the removal of Miss Lee, who
had served an ultimatum, to get
a job or be cut off relief, to James
Higgins, 19-year old crippled and
mute Negro boy.
The committee pointed out that
the unemployed would not tolerate
any such ultimatums that the boy
be cut off relief while 100000 are
jobless in the city, and further de-
manded that all victimization and
terror against the Negro jobless be
stopped.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-01

Chicago Avenue, will be packed by
such a meeting. Prominent Com
munist Party members will rip to
shreds the demagogy of Green and
his fellow misleaders. The clear
role of the Communist Party as the
best fighting force in the trade
union movement will be proved.
Terre Haute Meeting
Hundreds of miles away, in Terre
Haute, Indiana, Bill Gebert, Dis
trict Organizer of the Communist
Party, last week issued ringing
challenge for unity of all workers
against the working class poll
cies of Green and company.
Speaking at a DebS Memorial
meeting, called by the Debs Educa-
tional Society and endorsed by the
towns Central Labor Union, Gebert
won tremendous response. Even the
local capitalist press was unable to
completely hide the power of his
speech. Reporting the meeting, the
Terre Haute Star said: "The meet
ing ended with the fiery address of
B. K. Gebert, Chicago Communist,
a brilliant speaker, who pleaded for
unity of all workers.
THE spirit of Eugene Debs-the
courageous, eloquent spirit of that
Terre Haute railroad fireman who
carried Socialism into politics-lis-
tened while men the living Debs
had known preached class enmity."
(Class struggle-D.W)
The Central Labor Union of Terre
Haute is now arranging an anti
war and anti-fascist meeting for
Nov. IL. A speaker has been in
vited from the American League
Against War and Fascism.
This answer to the famous anti
Communist manifesto of Green is
echoed by significant actions among
the trade unionists of Chicago. Lo-
cal No. 637 of the Painters Union
overwhelmingly rejected this letter.
Two A. F. of L. locals in the Calu-
met Region have taken similar ac-
ton. A large vote was rolled up
in the Chicago Federation of Labor
against publication of the mani
festo in the Chicago A. F. Of L.
paper. Only strenuous efforts by
the Fitzpatrick machine defeated
this rank and file expression of
unity.
In it's call for the Nov. meet
ing, the Communisss Party states:
I'VE are part of the working
class, and whether in trade unions,
in the shops or among the unem-
ployed, our aim is to get better
conditions for the workers. The
Communist Party calls upon the
workers of the A. F. of L. to de-
fend their rights in the trade
unions, to prevent the expulsion of
Communists and militant workers
who are defending their interests in
the trade unions"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-01
2 Chicago Shut-Downs
Add $4,000 to Jobless

CHICAGO, Ill, Oct 81. = AL
though the financial pages of the
local newspapers report slight
rise in steel production, the II
linois Steel Company, the largest
plant in the South Chicago area,
closed down completely last week,
throwing 5000 workers out of en-
ployment.
After a hilarious Halloween, the
Worlds Fair here will close its gates
throwing 10000 out of jobs. About
5000 will be employed temporarily
cleaning up the debris.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-01
NEW WING PROMISED

A renewed demand for speed on
the addition Of wing to P. s. 225,
Brooklyn, brought promise of &C
ton from the chairman of the
Board of Education building and
sites committee last week. Mrs.
Amelia Deutsch of the Brighton
Parents, Teachers, Students Com
mittee speaking for the delegation,
demanded to know why number
of projects lower on the list had
been approved while the new
wing which was third had been
passed over. The chairman prom
ised action.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-01
One Killed, Two Injured
On Forced Labor Work

BESSEMER, Pa, Oct. 31.-Forced
to work as means of paying back
rent for company-owned houses in
which they lived, John Sandwich
is dead and Wayne Puromaki and
Alex Brentin sustained shock and
injuries when the wall of sewer
ditch they were digging for the
Bessemer Limestone and Cement
Company cave in.