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D~isminuyeron Las
Importaciones en- Mex.
(Agencia TrenS)

CIUDAD DE MEXICO, Die. s.
Debido a que en- Ell pals Sc estAn
p~rOduciendo numerOSoS articuloS que
antes Sc traian del extranjero, des-
cendio notablemente ell concrete de
Importation en- Ell mes de Septiem-
bre ultimo Seg1n ~anotaciones he
chas por la Secretaria de Ia Econo-
mia NaciOnal. que igualmente ha
declarado que, exceptuando el mes
de enero el miSmo de septiembre
ha Sido Ell que tuvo exportaciores
mas bajas durante ell aho actual.
, 1934-12-03
Fallo de I'm Juez a
Favor del Gobierno

BIRMINGHAM. Ala, Die. 3.-R
Ell Juez Federal w. I. Grub en-
Ia Corte Federal local. fallo hoy
que Ia contribution especial de
$1,000 que impuso Ell goblerno q
todos los agentes de ncores de es-
tados secoc. re encontraba dentro
de los nmites de In constitution.
, 1934-12-03
Una Hija
De d. w. Morrow

PASADENA, Cal, Die. 3. -tR1-
La sonora Naubrey N. Morgan. hija
de Dwight w. Morrow " cuhada del
Coronel Charles A. Lindbergh, mu-
rio hoy a las ESQ de la mahana
en- un hospital de Pasadena des-
pues de una larga enfermedad.
, 1934-12-03
Ell Tiempo

Para Brownsville y Ell Vale: s.
dice que permanecera claro y mas
frio hoy en- Ia noche: Ell martes s
tara nublado e inestable.
Vientos moderados en- la costa.
No habrA cambios materiales en-
Ell vclumen de las aguas del Rio
Grande, durante algunos dias.
, 1934-12-03
La G~obernadora
Perdona q Un REQ

Inocencio Gonzalez, residente de
Brownsville, fue puesto hoy en- Ii
bertad Conditional por Ia Gober-
MADEIRA Miriam A. Ma" Ferguson.
Gonzalez fue Sentenciado a su-
fir cinco amos de prision por Ia
muerte de IN individuo reSidente
de San Benito, a quien mato a t.
o Ell da Is de defender en- dicha
ciudad.
Fue juzgado y Sentenciado en- In
Corte de Distrito en- esta ciudad Ell
dia Fl de septiembre de 1882.
, 1934-12-03
E~ntrenamiento En-
Las Universidades

WASHINGTON. Die. 3.-lPl- FL
derecho de Ia Universidad de Cali
fornia y de otros colegioS, a quien
Ell Gobierno les Ia dado terrenos
para e~StablecerSe, de obligar a los
eStudiantes a Ell entrenamiento mi
litar fue reconocid0 por la Supre-
ma Corte de Justicia.
, 1934-12-03
S~entenciado a La
Silla Electrica

WILKES BARRE. Penn. Die. )
P)-Robert Edwards, fue senten-
eiado hoy a morir en- Ia Silla Elec-
trica. Edwards fue convicto del a.
seSinato de Freda McKechnie. 81
amiga Y vecina, ell cual ocurrio en-
Harvey's Lake, hace unos meses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-08
Jobless Fight
Forced Labor
Relief Scheme

BETHLEHEM, Pa, Oct. 7.-Vigor-
ously condemning the starvation
work relief program about to be
instituted by the Pennsylvania Re-
lief Board, the Unemployed Citizens
League of Bethlehem has advocated
mass demonstrations and strikes on
all relief jobs. The planned actions,
which have received the support of
the Communist Party which has
entered into united front actions
with the local Socialist Party is en-
bodied in the resolution of the I'm
employed Citizens League which
follows:
Whereas the State Emergency
Relief Board of Pennsylvania is
planning to put into effect a work
relief program which would allow a
single person to earn only about
SITE per week and which would
allow family of two an income Of
only about $40 a week, and
Whereas the administration Of
s. E. r. B. Area 6, under Messrs.
Folkenson and Kelsey, is planning
to set $18 per week as the maximum
that any family will be permitted
to earn, regardless of the size Of
the family. :.
Therefore be it resolved, by the
Unemployed Citizens League of
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, that we
advocate and support vigorous DEM
onstrationS and strikes against the
unjust and inadequate system of
work relief proposed by the S. E. R.
B. and by the officials of Area 6,
and that we refuse to work for in
comes which are too low to provide
decent healthful and happy living.
Resolved, that we call upon all
organizations of the unemployed in
Pennsylvania to effect a united
front against inadequate standards
Of work relief, for cash relief, and
for productive work under a decent
wage schedule.
Resolved that copies of this
resolution be forwarded to- the
Pennsylvania Unemployed League,
the United Workers Federation OF
Pennsylvania, the Unemployment
Councils, Gov. Pinchot, Eric Biddle,
w. Kelsey, G. Folkenson, and to
other organizations and persons at
the discretion of the Executive
COMMITTEES.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-08

Coming as it does from sources
close to the Federal Emergency Re-
lief Administration, it outlines a
policy which will be instituted under
the name of unemployment in
surance." In other words, before
the unemployed will get relief in
cash, they will first have to apply
for work under the new plan. This
work will be paid for in goods and
not in cash.
Relief workers, unemployed and
employed workers in the State of
Washington have been collecting
signatures for placing Initiative
Number -Four, the Workers Unem-
ployment Insurance Bill, before the
on Jan. Is. Under the laws of the
State Legislature when it convenes
State, the initiative must be placed
on the first order Of business. If
not adopted, it then goes on the
ballot for vote at the next general
election. In pushing the fight for
the Workers Bill, the Communist
Party and the organizations of the
unemployed point out that the State
legislature can vote a substitute
measure, in which case the Workers
Bill will go on the ballot at the
next general elections.
The Workers Unemployment In
surance Bill, sponsored and initiated
by the Communist Party and made
a part of the Communist Party
election platform, is the only bill
which provides benefit payments
for the present unemployed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-08
Philadelphia
,JObIess Plan
Demonstration
Will Hold Mass Meeting
at Reyburn Plaza
on Oct. l8

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Oct. T.
City-wide support of the mass dele
cation of one hundred which will
place relief demands before the City
Council here on Thursday, Oct. 10
and report to the assembled unem-
ployed workers of Philadelphia at a
mass meeting at Reyburn Plaza on
Saturday, Oct, 20 at 2 p. m, is being
urged by the Unemployment Coun-
ellis.
The committee of one hundred
will meet at Reyburn Plaza on Oct.
Is at 1890, and march in a body to
the City Council chambers. The
committee, led by the Unemploy-
ment Council, will be comprised of
workers from the textile industry,
from the League of Struggle for Ne
gro Rights, the International Labor
Defense, Womens Leagues, Com
munist Party, and marine workers.
Five spokesman, one each from
the Unemployment Council, the
League of Struggle for Negro Rights,
The Marine Workers Industrial
Union, the A. F. of L. Committee for
Unemployment Insurance and Relief
and the Communist Party, will for
mally present the demands of Phila-
delphia's 100000 unemployed.
An increasing wave of terror is
being launched against the unem-
ployed Negroes in Philadelphia
James Barness, an unemployed
Negro, was sentenced to three
months in the work house for parti-
cipation in an eviction.
Henry Brown, a Negro worker,
father of three children, jobless for
four years, was slugged by the
constable who battered down the
door to the workers home at 1907
Chadwick Street. Brown, who was
charged with assault and battery"
was found guilty by an all white
jury and given a six month sus-
pended sentence.
All workers are being urged to
bring cases of terror and dis
elimination to the Unemployment
Council, 919 Locust Street, and to
mass at Reyburn Plaza on Satur-
day, Oct. 20 at p. m, when the
committee to the City Council will
report.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-08
Poultry Union
Strike Threat
Wins Demands

DETROIT, Mich, Oct. IA
strike threat by the United Poultry
Workers Union, Local 1873, affiliated
to the Food Workers Industrial
Union, has won an important VIC
tory for between 200 and 300 Negro
and white workers employed in
thirty-two wholesale poultry houses.
The Detroit Wholesale Poultry
Dealers Association has been COM
PEELED to grant the following i'm
proved conditions: wages of dress
ers raised from an average of
$22.47' a week to $3.50; truck driv-
ers raised from an average of
$20.17 to $24; helpers from $40 to
$3.50.
The workers won a reduction in
hours from go and 10 a week to 48,
with one and one-third pay for
overtime and for Sunday and holi-
day work. The agreement with the
employers also calls for not less
than four hours pay when workers
are called to work and then sent
home. The employers refused to
grant official recognition of the
union, but clau5e was forced thru
that mo employee shall be dis
charged or Disseminated against
because he joined the union of his
choice"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-08
MALONEY MINERS LEADER SHOWN ON PAYROLL OF U.s. BOARD
PITTSBURGH JOBTESS FIGHT HOO EVTCTTONS
Philadelphia Rally
for HerndOn to Hit
New Lynch Decision

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1.-THE
mass reception to Angelo Hern-
don and the Scottsboro Mother,
Mrs. Ida Norris, Friday evening,
Oct. 10, will be featured by a
protest against the latest lynch
decision of the Alabama Supreme
Court against two of the Scots
boro boys, and a celebration of
the release, on bail, Of six anti
fascist fighters. The meeting
will be held at the Broadway
Arena, Broad and Christian SITS,
and will be preceded by a parade
from Reyburn Plaza at pm. to
the hall.
The six anti-fascists, Ben
Gardner, James Wilson, Beatrice
Nash, Mary Smith, Sophie
Braverman and Mary Kohn, we're
sentenced to a total Of four years
for leading a Free Thaelmann
demonstration before the local
German Consulate. They will be
guests of honor, with Angelo
Herndon and Mother Norris, at
banquet to be held Jointly with
the mass meeting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-08
Bridgeport Socialists
Aroused at Candidate,
Negotiating 'No-Strike'
special to the Daily Worker

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Oct. 81
Local Socialist workers and Young
Peoples Socialist League members
are aroused at Maurice Resnick,
candidate for Attorney General on
tn Socialist ticket, for negotiating
a no-strike, company union agree
ment between the Stylecraft Leather
Goods Company Of this city and
the employees of the firm.
The Communist Party and the
Young Communist League here
plans to approach the Socialist
Party and the Young Peoples So
cialist League for a united front for
a fight against company unionism
and no-strike agreements. They
plan to picket the plant and fight
to destroy the company union at
the Stylecraft shop.
Because of the strikes now going
on in New York in the leather
goods industry, Morris White, owner
Of the Stylecraft shop, gave the
workers a 5 per cent increase with
a promise of another 5 per cent in
the near future, and guaranteed
them so weeks work.
Workers here realize this is only
temporary, and is meant to break
the New York strike and to prevent
the strikes success.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-08
Leaders of A.A. Fail to
Defend Victinized
Union Members

employees known to be active union
fighters. Most of them were marked
for having refused to vote in a
company union election June Is.
The extent of the Amalgamated
union action has been to file twenty
complaints of discrimination with
the Steel Board. Now all have been
heard and the workers are still
without jobs.
At the Mcdonald, Ohio mill of
the U. S. Steel Corporation, the
workers have been saddled with a
company union, despite a majority
vote against the company represen-
tation plan, but Tighe and company
do nothing but request hearings
with the Steel Board. 1t was re-
vealed during this case that the
company, after announcing that
polls would close at $50 pm. on
the voting day, June IS, reopened
ballot boxes on the morning Of June
is to allow more than 100 additional
company men to cast their votes.
Judge Walter P. Stacy, Steel
Board chairman, has actually in
vited the steel bosses to attack the
authority of the board in court,
declaring his own doubt Of the con-
stitutionality Of the board.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-08

and gunner of j. & L. They are
Harry Phillips, president Of the
Aliquippa Lodge, Mike Kellar, and
Giuseppe Pucci.
Opens War on Workers
Phillips was attacked as he passed
through Aliquippa streets at 8
o'clock one night, on his way to
work. His assailants are known to
be two of the special company
guards" maintained by the steel
bosses. The other two workers were
waylaid separately and beaten in
the same manner.
Pucci and two others have been
fired for their union activity. One
of the men who has been thus dis
charged had 26 years of service with
]. & L.
The A. A. claims to have two
thirds of the 5000 men employed
here organized, but takes no steps
in the face of such brutality except
to file complaints and requests Tor
elections with the Steel Board.
The Amalgamated can obtain no
Aliquippa hall in which to hold
meetings of the lodge. SO open is
the threat of outright war against
the workers that Aliquippa police
wear steel helmets while on duty.
The A. A. men tell persons who
express doubt as to the sharpness
of the terror: "If you don't believe
us just take one handful of the
A. A. and give it away on an ALI
quippa street. you will be arrested,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-08
Labor Board Closed to
Men from Aliquippa,
Company Town

ALIQUIPP PA, Pa, Oct. r.
Twenty-seven steel workers, men,
bers of the Amalgamated Associa-
ton, were back at home today fol-
lowing refusal of the National Steel
Labor Relations Board in Pitts
bugh to hear their testimony con-
corning the reign of terror being
carried on by the Jones and Laugh
lin Steel Company against the
union. The Board returned to
Washington Thursday night, after
postponing the ]. g. L. hearing I'M
til Oct. Is.
The absence of Attorney Earl
Reed, chief counsel for ]. g. L., who
is conducting the Weirton steel case
in Wilmington, was given by the
Board as the reason for postpone
ment.
The workers were armed with
affidavits and were prepared to tell
a long story of threats, coercion,
and thuggery on the part of the
steel company and borough author
tiles of Aliquippa whom it owns
body and soul.
Within the last few weeks three
workers have been set upon and
brutally beaten by the hired thugs
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-08
Farley Elects
NeWAnti-W ar
Youth Board
New Committee Shows
Wide United Front
of u. S. Congress

CHICAGO, Ill, Oct. THE sec
ond Congress Of the Youth Section
Of the American League Against
War and Fascism before adjourn-
ment elected a new National Com
mittee. The new committee re-
fleets the wide united front char
scter Of the Congress and is true
.croSs-section Of American youth.
The members Of the National
Committee are:
James Lerner, present National Chair-
man; Edith Turner, Indiana, Y, W. G. A.;
James Wexier, Editor Columbia University
Spectator; Ed Strong Of the Interna-
tioual Negro Movement; VIM. Miller OF the
Young circle League: Paul Stretch Of the
Eden Seminary: Waldo McNutt Of the
Rocky Mountain Y. NJ c. A.; Richard
Written, National Chairman Of the Stu
dent League for Industrial Democracy;
Alex Hamilton Of the Epworth League;
Ellen Condra, Christian Hapke Of the
Nebraska Holiday Assn; Franz Ultz Of
the Gillespie Y. P. s. L.; Rev. Kelly OF
the Pilgrim Baptist Church; Virgil Morris
Of the Marine Workers Industrial Union
x OF the Youngstown, Ohio National
Guard; Buela Lee Of the indianapolis Y.
W. O. A; Martha LawandowSka, a Chicago
Stock Yards worker; Helen Housch, OF the
st. Louis Neighborhood House; Beali
Hayes, Chairman Of the Methodist Youth
Council; FuttermRn Mile Of the N. s. L.;
Bell David Of the Ann Arbor, Mich, City
Council Of Boy Scouts; Gershtenson, DE-
rector Of the Y. NJ H A. In washington
lights Frank Meyers OF England, Repre-
sentative Of the World Youth Committee;
James Ashford Of the L. S. N. R. and
Gil Green, National Secretary Of the
Young Communist League.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-08
Birmingham Adopts
Terror Law Aimed
at City's Workers

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Oct. T.
Eagerly and unanimously, the
City Commission Of Birmingham,
Alabama, yesterday adopted
Commissioner w. o. Downs new
anti-working class amendment to
to the City Code. The ordinance
makes illegal the possession Of
more than one copy Of any docu-
ment, written or printed matter,
teaching or advocating the over
throw Of organized government
by force or any unlawful means.
Aimed ostensibly at the Commu-
nists, the new ordinance is but
a further step upon the part OF
local officials toward an increase
of fascist terror against the en-
tire working class. 1t will be
used to curb the rights Of all
workers.. Birmingham's city
bosses can be depended upon to
give the widest possible interpre-
tation Of the new law.
Protesting this vicious new
anti-labor move upon the check
erboard Of city policies, District
II of the International Labor
Defense announced yesterday its
determination to fight the new
ordinance as it fights every other
form Of fascism. BY its very ma
ture, Downs newest attack upon
workers is at once anti-constitu-
tional, anti-democratic and anti
labor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-08
600 Textile Workers
Hear Brown Expose
AFL Strike BETRAYAL

PASSAIC, N. j., Oct. 7.-More
than 600 workers, most of them
employed in the textile industry,
listened eagerly for three hours as
Moe Brown, Communist candidate
for Governor, and Simon Caller,
Congressional candidate, reviewed
the events of the great textile strike
and their connection with the cleo
ton campaign at an open-air rally
in the First Ward Park recently.
Brown urged the textile workers
to GUST such false leaders as Eli
Keller and the rest of the German
Mcmahon leadership, and told
them that only the political guild
ance offered by the Communist
Party could help the workers gain
their immediate detectives in the
matter OF better working conditions,
higher wages and the right to or
ganize.
Another mass meeting at the
same place will be held tomorrow
at pm.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-08
Salt Lake C. P. Greets
Birmingham Challenge
in Membership Drive

SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. THE
membership Of Salt Lake City and
Helper, Utah, Sections enthusiast
tically greeted the challenge of the
Birmingham District to member
ship drive Of 1000 dues paying
members by Jan. /, 1895.
John Harvey explained to the
membership meetings the signifi-
canoe Of the increasing strike move
ments, the sharpening class battles
as illustrated by the armed defense
OF the Woonsocket workers fighting
for an additional crumb Of bread,
the growing struggles Of the working
masses against the planned cutting
of Of relief this winter.
THE development of these strug-
giles places greater tasks upon Com
munists. We will be able to carry
out this responsibility only if we
increase the organized fighting
power of the masses by intensified
mass recruiting, at an accelerated
speed" Harvey said.
Every Party member reacted i'm
mediately, and the membership
meeting charged the Section Com
mittee to work out plans and quotas
for the individual units based on the
quotas set by the District Bureau.
The quotas set by the District
Bureau for the sections are twelve
new recruits weekly for Denver, six
teen weekly for Salt Lake, five
weekly for Helper and six weekly
for Gallup, with smaller quotas for
individual units. The membership
meeting Of Helper adopted a reso-
luton challenging the Gallup Sec
ton.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-08

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Oct. IA
delegation of Unemployment Coun-
ellis representatives yesterday went
before the City Council to demand
immediate action by city author
tiles to halt the 1,700 evictions
which are now pending and to pro-
test the increasing police terror
against workers.
With workers filling every avail
able space in the Council chamber,
Bill Doyle, chairman Of the Ale
gheny County Unemployment
Councils, presented five demands Of
the unemployed workers:
/. Immediate stopping Of all
evictions and provision of adequate
rent payments for unemployed
workers families.
2. Discontinuance of the use of
police at evictions or foreclosures,
and the issuance of an order pre-
venting the mobilization Of police
where relief demonstrations are
held.
Ask for Inhabitable Houses
3. Provision of inhabitable houses
for unemployed families who are
now forced to move from one con-
demned dwelling to another.
4. An end of discrimination
against Negro workers or their fam
lilies on relief.
5. Provision of clothes for needy
families.
Doyle described the conditions of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-08
Northumberland Pushes
New Forced Labor Scheme
For ,JObLess in WASHINGTON

OLYMPIA, Wash, Oct. Amy
future plan for unemployment in
surance will contemplate that pros
pective beneficiaries of such in
surance will first have applied to an
unemployment bureau or a work
center and will only receive unem-
ployment insurance benefits when It
has been shown that work, is not
available" Charles F. Ernst, relief
administrator, wrote in outlining a
forced labor scheme for Washington
jobleSs on Aug. Is, the Daily Worker
learned yesterday.
At the completion of the projects
now under way, Ernsts letter
points out, a scheme similar to the
F. E. r. A, ohio Plan" whereby
the unemployed are put into empty
shops to produce goods for Their own
use, is elaborated. The entire
scheme is planned to replace all
outdoor relief with forced labor.
Describes Forced Labor Schemes
Work centers," Ernst's letter
states, where the unemployed can
be taught and have opportunity to
produce commodities which are
needed in the relief program" will
be set up. These commodities will
include food productions and can
ming, the making of furniture,
clothing, shoes, mattresses, soap,
fuel, and other similar items. :"
The letter clearly indicates the
scope of the forced labor schemes
to be projected by the F. E. R. A..
during the coming Winter.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-08
Textile
Leader Gets
3-MOnth Term

LOWELL, Mass, Oct Three
months in jail and a fine Of SIS
was the sentence given to Sam
Harzigian, m ilita mt Communist
leader of the Lowell textile work
ers, by Judge Frederic Fisher in
Lowell District Court today. The
Judge admitted later in private that
he agreed entirely with the defense
as presented by I. L. D. attorny A.
Warner of Boston, but explained
why he found him guilty, however,
by saying that Harzigian was a
bad character" meaning that he
was a Communist and fought for
the interests of the workers. The
case was appealed.
Harzigian was charged with as
sault and battery against three
scabs, with disturbing the peace
(this charge was fled, and dis
turbing the U. T. w. public met
ing where Malloy was attempting
to put over Germans sell-out, by
exposing German and Mauoy as
takers.
The charge of disturbing the
peace against Sam Vaitsis, who also
exposed the sell-out, was filed, as
were the cases against T. Burr,
Daily Worker salesman, for shout
ing slogans in selling the paper, and
George Phils, for distributing leaf
lets announcing a Communist Party
meeting.
Defense witnesses were not only
barred from the courtroom but were
also driven from the courthouse
into the rain to prevent their tes-
trying in behalf Of the defendants.
The Lowell Sun and the Evening
Leader continue to cooperate with
the mill owners and their agent,
Charette Of the Protective Union,
by lyingly describing Harzigian as
"drummed out" of the union, Of
which he is a member is good stand
ing.