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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26
AS ONE AIR-PILOT
TO ANOTHER
by A GROUP OF PILOTS AND MECHANICS

IN THE investigation a few
l shining lights of aviation
representing the combines,
provided examples of evasive
piffle-such as The War Ace,
Captain Rickenbacker. Wig
Cling his eyebrows he launched
into a speech asking, "Our
Chief Executive who up to the
time OF cancellation was guided
in q great measure by the Divine
Spirit to purge himself of trail
torous elements, etc. '-ad nau
seam. Even Senator Mcclellan
gogged and asked the big noise
to confine himself to the bill.
Concluding his speech. Capt Rick
enbaeker, Vice President Of the
North American Aviation Co.. the
parent company of T.W.A.; EAT;
and Western Air Express, said: If
the contracts are cancelled per-
manentlv I wouldn't be surprised
if the foreign governments would
have the chance to buy our splen-
did ships. L seems too damned
bad too, They are worth their
weight in gold and in war could
haul men, supplies, and ammu-
milton at 200 miles per hour thru
storms over long distances. The
Captain knows his stuff.
The darling of aviation also faced
the cameras and microphones-Col.
Charles Lindbergh. His evastveness
of the Halliburton bride is evident
and the Investigators were very
respectful Of the feelings of our ma
tional hero. However his financial
statement revealed S25O,OOO for the
use of his name and earnings from
airline connections of S346,518 has
definite significance as to whose
song he sings. Another witness
Col. Clarence Chamberlain, who has
never been connected with private
opera ting combines, criticized the
tie-up of manufacturing and oper-
ating companies, such as EAT. and
United Aircraft.
United Aircraft in the last few
months has had four fatal crashes
killing II pilots, hostesses and an
equal number of passengers plus five
more major crashes without loss Of
life, all with the latest type Of
planes. In addition to over 20 lives
lost by the airline alone, cost OF
planes and equipment lost in these
crashes exceed half a million dol
lars IN. Y. TimesJc And these nit
wits criticize the Army operation Of
the Air Mail during the terrible
weather of February. However the
whole investigation proves that We
are a nation Of political clowns and
the O'-~''s antics. with cameras
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26
Frank Hefferly
Breaks Strike in
Ration, N. NJ, Area
By a Mine Worker Correspondent

BY a Mine Worker Correspondent
RATION, N. Mt is pitiful to see
how the miners around here, thru
the fakery of Frank Hefferly, pres
ident of District Is. u M. w. A.. are
constantly betrayed. Frank Hefferly
spends most of his time in the most
luxurious hotel in Denver and there
is where the representatives of the
coal operator live. And all the dirty
work takes place there. Besides
Frank Hefferly, there are always
two or three. in every local who
have the best Jobs and tell the
miners how nice Mr.. French, Rocky
Mountain Coal manager, is.
F. H. flew over from Denver to
the rescue of both the Phelps Dodge
Corp. and the Rocky Mountain Coal
Co., and told the miners that under
the rule of the N. r. A. the bosses
had the right to close their mine
down, but the workers had no right
to lay their tools down. In few
words he settled the strike satisfac-
torily by firing two militant leaders,
Felesforo Galligos and Davey Jones,
now waiting on the promises of F.
H. that he would see the labor board
SO they put them back to work and
get their back pay.
The new deal is not doing any,
thing for the workers The only
means is to unite and not be afraid
to expose the labor takers as soon
as they are detected.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26
WITH OUR YOUNG READERS

Jaw, that's nothin.' We're
whole bunch here" put in Red.
Let's go ask the other fellows"
No sooner said than done.
Only a very few hung back. So
about forty of the boys marched
down to the police station.
"Gollv, will they let us all in?"
asked Freddie with worried look.
"No said Esther. II guess not.
Well have to elect two of you to
go in Now who wants to talk
to the police captain?"
Me! I'll talk to him, Tommy
is all enthusiasm.
Sure, I'll tell him a thing or
two" Red bursts out.
81 will, I'm not scared to tell
him what we want" added frankie.
They decided that Red and
frankie should go in while the
others waited outside. They we're
quiet but impatient, though it wasn't
really very long before Red and
frankie and Esther came out.
What did he say? asked every
or # S1ce.
Jaw, he cried around and said
how sorry he was he couldn't do
anything for us" said Red.
HE had lots of excuses. There's
an old paralyzed doctor in oath
Street who's always complaining
about the noise" added Frankie.
Jaw, what's one guy7 When there
arr eo n-anv If nsP"
WELL" said Esther, we asked
him to sign a petition asking the
Commissioner of Fairgrounds to
lease the land and make an all year
round playground. He said he'd sign
it. Looks as though we've got plenty
of work to do. They're not just
going to hand us that playground.
That's all right" Tommy had a
determined look in his dark eyes
We're sick of being chased. We've
got to get that lot. And all of us
together WILL"
Now there are hundreds of petit
tions that the boys and girls and
neighbors are getting signed. They
know it's not going to be SO easy
They know that letters from few
parents get thrown in a waste bas-
ket. But petitions with the support
of the whole neighborhood behind
them mean something. They mean
husinesg. There's going to be an
open air meeting in preparation fol-
a real mass meeting to be held in
P. S. II on 21st Street. Then all
the boys and girls and parents and
neighbors are going to see Com
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26
Gallup Unemployed
Miners Garry On
Fight for Relief
NMU Local and Other
Organizations Unite
in Struggle
By. Mine Worker Correspondent

By. a Mine Worker Correspondent
GALLUP, N. M.-Recently a COM
mittee representing the unemployed
local Of the National Miners Union
and various other lo9al orgsniza-
lions appeared before the local well
fare agent Miss Daniels to demand
increased relief for the unemployed
and part time workers in Gallup.
Recently manv more families have
applied for relief and have been re-
fused
Miss Daniels agrees with the de-
mands Of the committee but stated
that there was nothing that she
could do. This is the usual answer
given by these agents of the N. r.
A. hunger plan.
The majority of those unemployed
or working part time are miners.
Those who are totally unemployed
have recently had their ranks
thinned by few getting jobs on the
F. E. R. A. building dams on the
land erosion projects, with an aver
age Of 100 hours a month. This will
pay them on an average Of $40 a
month.
None of these workers has yet
received any pay, yet their relief
has been cut off
Miss Daniels has refused many
of the miners relief. that are getting
one or two days work a week at
the mines, on the grounds that the
superintendent of the Diamond Coal
Co. told her there was plenty Of
cars to load but that the N. M. U.
would not let the diggers go into
the pits on idle days. She admitted
that she had seen some of the pay
slips of miners who had not drawn
any pay for several months.
The Committee pointed out why
the N. NJ. U. had stopped work on
idle days. When a digger goes to
work in the pits on idle days and
an accident should happen and the
miner hart, the company and the
insurance company would refuse to
do anything on the grounds that the
diggers had no business in the pits
when the mine was idle. Going to
work on idle days helps the oper-
ators cut wages. If the whistle blows
one day a,Ml the digger works four
days, then the company can point
to the fact that when the company
worked only one or two days, the
men were making good wages, de-
spite the fact that it took the digger
five or six days to get out one days
digging.
The companies have announced
the intentions of paying the new
scale effective for April /, but this
will not helm the diggers, but will
merely give the operators a chance
to check off little more each pay
for back rent and sweeten the briba
for the company men. The N M
U. has been. carrying on fight for
the enforcement of the new code and
for relief for the unemployed and
part time miners and all other work
ers in this country, and will continue
the fight. When the city commits
sion meets a committee will be pres
ent to demand of them increased
relief and no discrimination in CIV
ing out relief jobs under the F. E.
r. A. At the same time they will
call on the new administration to
endorse. the Workers Unemployment
and Social Insurance Bill HR. 1898.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26
NEXT STEP is ORGANIZATION
BY a Worker Correspondent

DENV YER, Col. A Mexican
worker has been trying for weeks
to get relief, but he always was put
off for some reason or another. 1t
got to the point where the relief
worker would not even let this
worker into the office so he could
present his case. Right then and
there he took the matter into his
own hands and kicked in the door.
When he got into the office there
was no one there, for both the girl
attendants had run out of the back
door. He called to them to come in
and give him relief and they sure
did, do it in hurry, and he has
been getting it ever since and not
word is said when he gets his
order
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26
By a Birmingham Striker

The struggle of the workers under
the leadership of the Communist
Party has forced the Alabama bosses
to give some small concessions. This
is shown by the coal strike. AL
though the 40 per cent raise in
wages is not sufficient for the work.
ers to be satisfied with. We must
join the Communist Party, because
all interests of this Party is directed
to the welfare of the workers living
standards, such as wage increases,
social insurance, shorter hours and
equal rights for the Negroes.
What else has the Communist
Party forced on the bosses through
correct action? 1t has made it pos
sible for the Negroes to enter
unions. The A. F. of L. previously
did not allow the Negro in it, es-
pecially the common laborer. But
now to keep close check on the Ne
groes they are allowed to join, which
the Communist Party fully agrees
with. We are for unions, but we
are against the making of all agree
ments from the top. We say the
rank and file must have something
to say in making agreements and
demands and not just the leaders.
OF all the strikes that have been
pulled by the A. F. Of L. the work
ers themselves did not know what it
was all about until they 90 back and
then they signed away all right to
strike or any other bad condition,
such as coal mask system, no growl-
ing about dead work, etc. This the
Communist Party is against. We all
make and know what the agreement
is before signing anything.
We are being sharply attacked by
the bosses. They are going from
house to house, going in arresting
workers The six arrested workers,
they are afraid to pass a decision
on them. Mass pressure can force
them-as much as Mr.. Slace and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26
Demonstrate in
Missouri Mine
Area for Relief
BY a Mine Worker Correspondent
BONNIE TERRE, Mo. - Unem-
ployed miners in st. Francois Coun-
ty dead Belt) are demonstrating

against work relief and for real re-
lief. 500 we're in the demonstration
at Flat River and about 200 dem
onstrated at the relief station in
Bonnie Terre.
There has been no organization of
workers here for years. The st.
Joseph Lead Co., has fired every
man whom they thought might be
militant.
Lately, the Flat River Workers
Benefit Assn, and the Bonnie Terre
Workers Benefit Assn, we're organ
lied by the unemployed themselves,
strictly rank and file. So far they
are very militant but need guidance,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26
WE WANT A PLAY
GROUND!

IN WEST 23rd STREET i'll New
v York there's very big empty
lot. It extends right through to
oath Street. There's lots of room
and all the teams in the neighbour
hood come there to play baseball.
Of course it's possible to practice
in the street. lodging the trucks,
but for a real game of ball you
need space Here's this swell lot,
the only empty spot in big
crowded neighborhoods but it is
private property. The cop is for
ever chasing the boys. Sure they
sneak back again but it's tough
always to have the game broken
up, and to feel like criminals be-
sides.
One Saturday, recently, the usual
groups we're gathered there. Among
them were the oath Street Gang,
the Pirates, and the Chelsea Aces
The Chelsea Aces were new on the
lot. The Club is only a few weeks
old. They have a leader, Her name
is Esther. The Pirates we're chal-
longing the Aces to a game.
Sorry, fellows, but you've got to
get out of here"
"Aw, heck" grumbled Billy, TITS
always the same old thing"
But what can we do?" asked
Red There's no other place to
play"
"Oh well, you might ask the po-
lice captain on goth Street" an
swered the cop.
Yeah" piped up Frankie "Once
a couple of fellows went to the
police station to ask about play
ing a game here. and they wouldn't
even let them in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26
PARTY LIFE
Striker Cites York of Party IN
Birmingham, Ala. Struggles
''We Can, AnsrCer Bosses AttockS by Recruiting
More Strong Workers Int .rty,'' He Says

the Tennessee Company WOULD Ill
for them to be stuck-but all Wor
ers must protest to Chief Hollum
Birmingham, Governor Mill e.
Montgomery and to the Judge
Birmingham and to Mr.. Rocseve
and Mr.. Down of the City Polio
This is the immediate task tn.
stands before the workers.
Read this statement We can S.
while reading it as many THOUSAND
of people who are out of work wi.
have been for two and some fol
years with scarcely any food ! pr
quart Of milk, but all Mr.. Ho ri
wants is to get somebody down ! be.
to make stool pigeons out of thel'
And he knows as well as we do he
long we have been asking for he
from the city.
This is what brought that muI
derous attack on May Day We we
trying to present our demand
Hollums said 'the police will NAL
a list of all radicals here and W
arrest them, f1ngerprinting thei
photograph them and drive the
out Of the city if they cannot G.
operate with the government and D
decent citizens" But we know tn
in Germany, Poland, France al
other countries, they would like
drive the Communist Party out, al
I don't have to mention the O
Czarist Russia in its days, but IL
Bo,sheviks worked right on UNI
they we're victorious.
That is what we here in the
S. A. are going to do. Hollums 50.
eff tscy want to go back to Russ
let them CO. But if the ignorai
Negro and white who are beil
stirred up by this inflammato
propaganda want sympathy, frien(
ship and protection, they can g
all of it they can get any whe
right here at this police departing
if they come with clean hands. TIL
don't have to go to the Communis
and agiSators." This was clear
shown on May First that he dor
mean this, because we wanted
present our grievances and thu
hired extra police for that, I'll
Klans was also in a meeting vii
the police also the sending of NJ
tional guards, sent so the sea
could be protected
We can answer the attacks !
recruiting more and more strol
workers from the framed-up, jim
crowed, arrested workers and worl
ers who are broke in on and raide
into the Party and put up a sol
fight with the Party against ii
fascist method of terror, and ste
them from arresting innocent wory
ers and flngerprinting them. This
being carried on five and six eve
night. This we cannot stand.
All this is why you should al
must join the Communist Party
has the only way out of the cris
by abolishing capitalism, tn
brought Jim Grow and terror, sta
walton, etc. 81,
Note: Since the above was wr
ten, mass pressure has forced t,
release of the six arrested worker:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26

microphOnes, headlines, etc. are
necessary to confuse the main issue
which in the last analysis is an
other definite Roosevelt move to-
ward collaboration of all war forces
The alleged collision which every
body in the business knows existed
since 1880 is the smoke screen be-
hind which a co-ordinated aviation
program suitable for our national
defense will develop. Mr.. McSwain
of the Committee on Military At
fairs, added his usual blast-"It re-
quires a scientific grasp of all mill
tary problems as related to all ma
chimes, including aircraft, to plan
wisely for the defense of our coun-
try"
Army and Airline pilots will recip-
rocate in the operation Of military
and fast airline planes so that the
civil branch of aviation and its
pilots will become a definite asset
in a military emergency. The real
Interpretation of the Washington
air circus. The air mail is being
returned to the Wall Street monop-
oily which will continue to loot the
treasury in a similar manner
through different individuals who
were not implicated in the alleged
collusion.'
But as everything was being
ironed out to the satisfaction of the
lily white combines and their loud
speakers cloud appeared on the
horizon. Strikes of aviation work
ers broke out like rash all over
the Forgotten Man" that politi-
clans love to belch out. ThesE
workers jumped the fence away
from regional labor boards. paci-
flers, fact finding committees, ETC.;
and conducted militant strikes that
made the aviation dictators foam
at the mouth. The agents of the
bosses tried all the tricks, police
terror, intimidation, Jail, scabbine
and outlawing, but the Hartford
and Buffalo workers had a swell
picket line, high morale, and de.
termination through organized col
lective action to have something tt
say about the conditions and wages
in the aviation industry. War or
ders and foreign contracts wert
being interfered with and to quott
Rickenbacker cts too damned bad.
Note-Since this column was
written, word was received that
both the L ffalO and Hartford
aircraft strikes have been ended.
The results of these strikes will
be discussed in next Saturdays
column.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26
.UrgeSOrganizatiOn
TOBreakThruPMA
Free Speech Ban
Miner Describes How
Misleaders SANDER
Communist Party
BY a Mine Worker Correspondent

4
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.-We Progress
sive Miners of this sub-district had
a mass meeting called by our PIMA.
officials. 1t was supposed to be one
of those rallies to give courage to
us blacklisted miners" Among the
speakers of the official family we're
Percy, Dudley. McGill and J. Picek
Instead of encouragement to US
blacklisted miners we heard nothing
but an attack upon the Communist
Party.
Percy said that the PIMA, Board
is appealing the N.RA. decision over
the Freeburg mine, which was given
to the U.M.WA. The same old pol
icy Of collaboration is being con-
tinued. Percy then made an attack
on the Communists, trying to make
it look as if Musteites and Commu-
nists we're the same. Percy knows
that the C.P. was exposing the Al
lard, Week and Asbury Musteite
gang even at the time When these
elements we're bosom friends of
Percy and helping Percy to put over
the individual agreement policy on
the miners.
However, Percy was forced to adj
nit that Communists are open and
above board in their policy" but he
tried to twist the Unity program,
which the c. P supports, to look
like it is favoring the UM.WA.
Picek made a demagogic speech
about keeping up the spirit and we
can't lose" and when some of the
miners hollered How about picket
ing. or doing something in place of
waiting on NR.A.," PECK beloved;
IF we lose with the present policy
then by god we all will get ourselves
a shot gun and be Communists :"
This snake in the grass Ghis is what
miners call him around Gillespie)
tries to provoke in every way pos
sible against the Communists.
The high mark of the meeting
came when we thought that they
would allow the floor to G. P.
speaker. Rowena Crorkin, State Trial
Board member of the PIMA. Auxil-
larry came on the platform and asked
for the floor from Chairman Nc
&, Gill. He hedged and said Il don't
know who the arrangement commit
tee is"
Crorkin then went directly to
Percy and asked him for the floor.
Percy said: Mrs. Crorkin, I've been
invited here to speak and I don't
have anything to do with arrange
ments. I'm always accused of die
tating to everybody, but I have
nothing to do with arrangements of
this meeting" This was a polite
way of refusing the floor.
saw Crorkin ask McGill three
times for the floor and she was re-
fused I understand McGin asked
her what She wanted to talk about
and when Crorkin answered she
wanted to speak on unity, McGill
changed color and walked away.
This certainly is an example of
democracy.
What I suggest to do is this: Next
time there is a meeting, we must
organize a large group of miners to
demand the floor. Let's not simply
walk away when thsy refuse. Let
us ask the miners. I am sure they
want to hear what the Communists
have to say.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26
By a Mime Worker Correspondent

By Mine Worker Correspondent
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-The Com
munist Party has shown the work
ers how to expose the A. F. of L.
misleaders in the ore mines strike.
The bosses of the Republic Company
are afraid that the A. F. of L. lead
ers cannot put over the plan that
they are supposed to in the Tennes-
see coal and iron mines.
The workers see that that is the
reason, and why the bosses want to
put the Party underground. The
bosses see the ore miners are follow
ing the Party line in the strikes,
even in the locals of the union,
where the workers are raising the
question to local leaders. They know
the Party policy is different from
the strikebreaking policy of the N.
r. A. and the A. F. of L,
The misleaders we're forced to call
the strike in the ore mines field, as
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26
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HELEN LUKE

and for a large delegation from
Chicago to support the Interna-
ticnal Women's Congress.
Dorothy X.
A last note and reminder about
the Festival and Bazaar at Man
haitian Lyceum: Sunday afternoon
May 81, is Children's afternoon. The
Young Pioneers will present sew
eral scenes from Strike Me Red
and Frank Lorenz will give lot
of interesting juggling stunts. Ad-
mission is free. AS for refreshments
there will be plenty of ice cream
and pop for the kids, and sole
reasonably so they can supply Their
wants.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
Instructions to FoodhandIers

W
Edward B., Bronx.-The following
instructions are printed on the back
of each foodhandler's certificate is
sued by the Department of Health
in New York City:
l. High temperature and a too
moist air promote disease in work.
ers. Kitchens can be made perfectly
comfortable by proper devices.
2. Many walters and cooks de-
velop heart and kidney diseases
early in life; long hours of work,
insufficient sleep, fatigue and the
excessive use of alcoholic drink help
to cause these diseases.
8. Fatigue and the incorporate
use of liquors and lack of fresh all
in the workplace or in the home
are likewise frequently the cause OF
tuberculosis. Keep your windows
open and insist upon adequate ven
tilation of your workplace.
a. If you have a contagious dis
ease, STOP WORK Immediately
Contagious diseases are more quick
ly cured if the patient gives up work
for the time.
5. II you, or any person in YOU
home or your place of business has
a. contagious disease, notify the
Health Department and you will be
given information what to do.
Pain in your feet is very likely
to be due to flat feet and not tt
rheumatism, it is very frequent
complaint in your trade; If present
see your doctor.
7. SPLITTING is A DANGER.
GUS HABIT. If you must spit, ust
a cuspidor, or better still, your hand
kerchief, and then wash your hands
8. Separate clean towels SHOULD
be provided for each person for ust
after washing; also running no
water and soap. These should bt
used especially after going to thu
toilet, blowing the nose or handling
any dusty or sailed objects.
9. The towels and clothes tina
are provided for cleaning dishes O.
eating utensils, should never be EN-
ployed by walters and chefs to wipt
! perspiration from the face or hands