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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-13
Men Fight
In Council
Members Resist Taxes
Imposed by Illegally
Elected Zausner
BY ST GERsoN

~ "a OE1AeSON
Putting up a fight that ia
a model to the labor move
ment everywhere, rank and
file painters of New York are
battling against odds which
many might think insuper-
able.
Cursed with a gangster
leadership in the District Council
and facing a powerful set of en-
ployers in the Master Painters AS
ISOLATION. backed up by the build
ing trades employers. in turn con-
nected with the great real estate
interests and Wall Street banks
the rank and file have had to fight
every inch of the way.
There was time-and who in
the New York labor movement does
not remember it?-when the build-
ing trades workers were the aristo-
Gratis OF local labor. While there
was, of course, seasonal unemplov-
ment, on the whole there was no
mass suffering on the scale preva-
lent today.
Came October. 1929. The depres-
sion in the building trades set in
with a vengeance. Workers who had
neen content to let things slide.
although they knew that the dis
trict leadership was in the hands of
takers, began to lend an attentive
ear to the suggestions of the left
wing members.
BetrayalS Become Obvious
1t was becoming more and mora
obvious to the painters that their
leadership was selling them out at
every turn. Restlessness began to
grow in the locals.
Finally, in June of this year The
rank and file, gathering their
strength and working like beavers
nominated Louis Weinstock, leader
Of Local 499 and one OF the most
popular militants in the union, for
the post of secretary Of District
Council, the position now held
and how!-by Philip Zausner.
Local after local returned ma
Jorities for Weinstock and the
fighting program of the rank and
file group. But Zausner held the
keys to the voting machinery. Lit
orally hundreds of anti-Zausner
members were not permitted to
vote. Intimidation, stealing.
and fraud were the order of the
day. This, mind you. after weeks
and weeks of SANDER and terror
had failed to COW the aroused
workers.
So phoney was the polling that
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-13
Subway
Men Fight
WageCuts
Resist Company Union
Efforts to Put Over
Bosses Schemes

Circled by company espio-
mage and hampered by COM
pany unionism, city transport
workers of the marlborough
Rapid Transit Company and
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
are rallying to the leadership
of the Transport Workers Union in
their fight against new wage-cutting
scheme of the employers.
The I. R. T. scheme consists of a
supposedly voluntary pension agree
ment by which employees permit the
deduction of three per cent of their
wages to be held in trust by the
company for 30 years.
Trick clauses dealing with dismis-
sails and other reasons for which
workers might leave the employee of
the line reduce the scheme to a
thinly disguised, outright wage-cut.
An effective weapon in the fight
against the pensions, which are not
really voluntary, but coercively en-
forced on the threat of dismissal. is
the Transport Workers Bulletin, a
compact, half letter-size publication
OF eight pages which exposes this
scheme and the I. r. It's thug-like
company unionism with energy and
clarity
In defiance Of company lick
spittles. the transport workers re-
Gently voiced their bitter opposition
to the scheme at a meeting Of COM
pany union Local 1. More than 900
workers who were barred from the
hall on the excuse that they were
not members of this particular local
held a spontaneous open air meet
ing, joining their protests with the
rank and file inside the hall.
Meanwhile workers on the Brook
lyn Rapid Transit lines are also en-
gagged in struggle for wages.
Tricked by their company union
into accepting 10 per cent wage
cut in 1892 which was to have been
restored this year, they have re-
ceived only per cent restora-
ton.
In commenting on this situation
the Transport Workers Bulletin de-
clareS
I'VE charge the Representatives
with selling out to the company. We
can expect from the Representa-
tiyes" nothing but further sell-out
and betrayals. This is company
outfit which acts in the interest of
the company at the expense of the
B. M. t. employees. We can only
beat these betrayals with our own
union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-13
ELECTION OFFICES NEED AID

NEW YORK.-The State and
local election campaign committees
OF the Communist Party yesterday
issued call for volunteer typists,
stenographers and other office
workers. Those able to respond
should report to Room $50, 7s9
Broadway.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-13

The spread Of the Daily" to
the mass Of workers Is \ pre-
requisite to their successful
struggles.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-13

Get Daily Worker Subscribersl
The Washington times., 1934-12-24
Of LIQUOR
ON IN MAINE

AUGUSTA, Me-, Dec. "a GIN.
S0.-Legal liquor returned to the
Pine Tree State Saturday in 956
different forms, after a lapse OF
IS years.
While residents of Portland,
Lewiston, Biddeford, and Augusta
went to the State Liquor Stores
for their supplies of bottled
Christmas cheer, the State Liquor
Commissions plan of opening
eight new stores simultaneously
in seven communities was blocked
by late shipments of liquor.
That left Waterville, Bangor,
and Houlton dry for the time
being. Portland has two Of the
new State-controlled liquor stores.
The Washington times., 1934-12-24
BIG FIRMS PAY.
XMAS BONUS

NEW YORK. Dec. "a GN.S).
Several large industrial concerns
this week were added to the list
of those paying Christmas bonuses
or raising pay, headed by Inter-
national Business Machines Cor
poration and Douglas Aircraft
Company, Inc.
international Business Machines
announced wage increases rang
ing up to 371a per cent for those
drawing minimum pay. In addi-
ton, insurance for employees was
raised to $4,000 from $1,000.
Douglas Aircraft raised pay OF
all but salaried executives 5 per
cent, the increase covering about
1000 employees.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-15
j. s. BONDS UP
IN IRREGULAR
DEALINGS
BY SAUL LEHRER

NEW YORK, Oct. Is QN.SO
United States Government staged
a sharp rise in the trading on
the bond market today.
Treasury 4As Of 1945 jumped
ahead but were followed closely
by the 3Hs of 1946 and the Lib
erty First 4As.
Other sections Of the domestic
list were inclined to be some
what irregular. In the second
grade and more speculative bonds
group the trend appeared to be
toward lower levels. Chicago &
North Western convertible 4As,
New Haven convertibles, St. Paul
IS, and the Rock Island con.
Vertibles lost ground.
High-grade investments were
generally steady with B.M!T IS
and Consolidated Gas IS I'm.
changed.
Germans were the sole feature
Of the foreign group with the
international 512S down nearly q
point apparently as a result of
the breaking off Of the trade
treaty with this country.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-15
Over 1000 Bankers Expected
For A.B.A A. Convention Here

Over 1000 bankers from all
over the country are expected to
come here for the sixtieth annual
convention of the American Bank
ers Association, which opens one
week from today for a four-day
session. Requests for reservations
are now being received at the
rate of 100 a day by Lanier P.
McLachlen, chairman Of the hotel
committee.
The rush for accommodate ions
makes it impossible to state at
this time just how many finan-
ciers will be present when Presi-
dent Francis M. Law, Of Houston,
Tex, raps for order at the first
session. With Washington bank
ers turning out almost as a unit,
together with very large antici-
pated delegations from Baltimore
and Richmond. this territory
alone will furnish 1000 delegates.
Advance arrangements have
taken shape rapidly IN the last
few days, the Washington finan-
ciers sponsoring the big conven-
ton working both night and day
on the hundreds Of necessary de-
tails. Yesterday, H. H. Mckee,
general convention chairman and
president of the National Capital
Bank, announced part of the en-
tertainment that will be provided
by the District of Columbia Bank
erS Association.
AS a courtesy to the delegates
and guests to the convention, the
president and trustees of the Cor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-15
UTILITY SHARES
HARD PRESSED
ON CURB

NEW YORK, Oct. IS 0.NS0.
The curb market was a generally
unsettled trading affair today,
with the growing disposition Of
traders to withdraw to the side
lines pending the temperance Of
aggressive bullish leadership, re-
sponsible for the preponderance
of declines.
The utility group, in particular,
found itself hard pressed, as indi-
cations that several States were
again putting on a drive for lower
rates, brought scattered selling
into the leaders.
Oils again reflected liquidation
Of disappointed holders over the
continued spread Of gasoline price
cuts.
SpecialtieS were irregular, Sher-
win Williams stood out with q
gain Of almost a point to 70A,
Parker Rustproof was up u at
At, Heyden Chemical up "a at
34A, and Glen Alden Coal was
up 70 at 217s. Softness cropped
up in American Cyanamid B,
which was off " at 1879, and
Great Atlantic and Pacific Stores
dipped u to 1874.
NatomaS attracted buying
among the metals, gaining % to
8b.
The table:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-15
RAYON MAKERS
PLAN DRIVE

Definite plans for the nation.
wide promotional campaign to be
staged by the rayon and synthetic
fabric industry will be disclosed
after a meeting of the producers
and code authority members on
Tuesday, it is learned.
Producers will decide upon their
contributions to the general pro-
motional fund, following similar
action by the rayon weaving in.
dustry, the campaign being jointly
sponsored by the yarn producers
and the weaverS. No amount has
as yet been decied upon; though
earlier indications were that the
joint fund would approximate
$500, 900 to be contributed equally
by the weavers and producers.
One producer yesterday indi-
Gated that the actual fund may
exceed any of the amounts yet re-
ported. Virtually all the synthetic
fabric producers, with the excep-
ton of the largest producer of
acetate 1t is reported, will par.
ticipate in the campaign.
While present plans would not
call for the launching of the actual
campaign until next spring, with
preliminary promotional work to
start shortly, one producer yester-
day expressed the opinion that if
business in the rayon, particularly
the viscoSe field, shows any de-
cided improvement within the next
few weeks, the campaign may be
launched around the end of the
year.
The campaign would be Of a
three-year duration, conducted by
a corporation set up expressly for
the purpose, stock being equally
divided between producers and
WeaVerS,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-15
FA|RCH|LD INDEX
UNCHANGED

After declining for five conSecu.
tive months, retail prices showed
no change during September as
compared with August, according
to the Fairchild retail price in
dex.
There vas a further narrowing
of the spread as compared with
year ago, with the latest quo
tations showing a gain of only 10
per cent above the corresponding
period a year ago.
The latest quotations are still
1858 Fer cent above the 1888 low,
although showing a decline Of 2.6
per cent below this years high.
The index for October !, 1884,
was ST. per cent (January 2, 1881,
equals 1000, compared with $50
for October l, 1888.
The trend among the various
groups continued mixed. While
piece goods prices showed a gain
of "a per cent during the month,
women's apparel prices actually
showed a fractional decrease, with
home furnishings showing a slight
gain.
An analysis of individual items
comprising the index shows in
creases among the following:
Silks, woolens, cotton wash
goods, sheets, blankets, mems un'
derwear, clothing, infants under
wear, floor coverings, musical in
StrumentS,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-15
Foraker to Head
Mich. Bell Board

Burch Foraker, president Of the
Michigan Bell Telephone Com
pany since 1926. today was ad.
vanced to chairman Of the board
and q. M. WEIGH, vice president
and general manager, was elected
to succeed him as president.
T. N. Lacy, chief engineer, was
named vice president and general
manager in charge Of operations.
The board Of directors made the
realignment of official duties and
responsibilities at a meeting to"
day.
Foraker entered the service Of
the New York Telephone Com
pany in 1893 as a telephone in
staller's helper and had risen to
general manager when he came
to Michigan.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-15
Depression Slows Production
But Stimulates Invention

While production has suffered
an interruption during the depres-
sion, invention has gone steadily
forward, according to the Index,
monthly publication Of the New
York Trust Company.
The development of many new
commercial products and radical
changes and improvements in
others has been stimulated, rather
than retarded, by the depression,
the Index says.
It cites as examples new uses
Of aluminium, the use Of stream.
line motor trains, the development
Of air-conditioning equipment, and
the use of cellophane and lastex.
The Index says:
at Il true that no new indus
try has been developed TO lead
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-15

the way out Of the depression.
While the liquor industry has
been reborn and, today, air con-
ditiOning may be on the thresh'
old of far-reaching expansion, In
neither case does q comparison
yet exist with the dramatic de-
velopment of the automobile or
radio industries.
Nevertheless, progress has
been made along so many lines
that industry, as q whole, has, in
certain respects, raised thu
standard of living even during
the depression, and 1t Il Pre-.
pared to do SO to . far wider
extent when increased purChas-
ing power makes possible . more
general distribution Of the prod
nets developed or perfected m
recent years."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-15
High Lowl 1900

coran Gallery Of Art will open the
doors of that building from 8 un-
til II p. m. on Monday, october
%. The officers of the local as
ISOLATION, members of the Cen
eral Convention Committee and
senior officials of member banks
will be on hand to greet delegates
and guests.
Karl w. Corby, of w. B. Hibbs
& Company and second vice
president of the District Bankers
Association, and Thomas j.
Groom, vice president of the
Bank Of Commerce and Savings
will head a committee Of local
officials to welcome the visitors.
Through the courtesy Of the
director and assistant director of
the Pan-American Union. that
building will be open on Tuesday,
October %, from 8 until II p. m.
DR.. Rowe, the director, and mem
berS of his staff will welcome the
delegates.
The officers of the District of
Columbia Bankers Association,
members of the General Conven-
ton Committee and senior off
Gals of local banks will also at.
tend. James c. Dulin, jr., treas
urer of the American Security and
Trust Company, heads a special
committee, with other local Off
Gals, who will look after the de-
tails in connection with this
event. At both places orchestraS
will play during the evenings.
The receptions will be entirely
informal in character.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-15
Boston Wool Trade
Improves in Week

BOSTON, Oct. 15.-An encour'
aging amount Of business devel'
oped during the last week on
territory woods. Sales have in
cluded a broader. selection than
has been taken from territory
lines for many weeks. Bids were
rejected on a considerably larger
volume than was actually moved.
Spot Texas woods were quiet
and Texas woods held in the
country have been less active
since the recent advance in
prices. Fleeces were quiet except
in a few cases where pressure to
sell enabled buyers to pick up
small lots offered below the gen
orally quoted prices.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-15
Kresge Net Loss
Smaller in Half

Kresge Department Stores. Inc,
and wholly owned subsidiary com.
pany report a net loss Of $5,845
for the six months to July 81
last. This compares with a net
loss of $S0,206 In the correspond
ing 1888 period.
Ratio of current assets to cur
rent liabilities was SOB to / as Of
July 81 last, the company stated.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-15
Relief Rolls Add
Million Families

The number of families on relief
rose from 100000 in July to
100000 in August, Relief Admin
istator Hopkins estimated Friday.
He placed the cost Of relief for
August at approximately SAT, 000.'
900, as compared with $3.50, 1853, 600
spent by the FERA during July.
The Relief Administrator said
preliminary reports from 10 cities
during September showed the
number Of families on relief had
remained almost stationary, IS
compared with August.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-15
BUFFALO

BUFFALO. Oct. is I.Ns).-Hogs-
% SUU oSo%. In none Fairly actiyS
Friday; lighter weights off 15@25c; de-
sirable 2lO-250 lbs. S6.3SQs.5O; bulk.
10000 lbs. $S.10@6.25 150-179 lbs,
S5.26 $500; 12O-14O lbs, $4O0@5.0O;
packing sows. $5.10Q5.35.
Cattle-Commercial 5000; government
4 800 Better grade steers and yearling
steady: graseers Use and more lower.
Good to choice, 9OO-1.1OO lbs. steers.
1926 @9.25; top 1915 for 1,175 lbs.
shortfeds. $7.26@7.6O: in-between kinds,
N7S: common to medium grass steers
and heifers, $3.75@5.25; few cows $500.
bulk fat cows. $325@35O; low cutter
and cutter, N.O0@2.25: medium bulls,
$3.O0@325
Calves-commercia $50; government
none. Vealers soc lower. Good to choice,
G.50S.oO; common and medium. 5000
$50.
Sheep-s,oOO. Lambs weak to 1oc
lower. Good to choice ewes and wethers,
$O.76: medium kinds. strong weights and
bucks. 1915 @6.25: common. 5000 $50;
handyweight ewes. S3.OO@3.25.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-15
Zenith Radio Has
Loss for Quarter

Zenith Radio Corporation, for
the quarter ended July 81, last,
reports net loss Of $36,573 after
expenses, taxes, depreciation, ETC.,
against profit of 1886 after de.
probation but before Federal
taxes in the like 1888 period.
In a letter to stockholders,
Hugh Robertson, vice president
and treasurer, said the company
had q profit in August.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-15
COTTON GOODS

NEW YORK. Oct IS (1.N.s).-There
was fairly steady tone in the coarse
yarn cloth market today, although tine
moderate pace. Small advances were
paid on some styles. and the basis
seemed to have been built for better
trading market which might consid-
erably produce further advances later
in the week. The fact that the special
meeting of the American Cotton Manu-
facturers Association Is to be held in
Greenville gave rise to discussion as to
program may be worked out.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-15
SHANGHAI PUTS
TAX ON SILVER
{ KIP D R 7 8

SHANGHAI, Oct. 15.-A 10 per
cent tax on all silver leaving
China is the answer to the none.
tary policy If the United States.
After a long conference, H. H
Kuns, finance minister of the
Chinese Nationalist government,
announced the action to become
effective October Is.
The provisions of the tax were
made flexible and were expected
to be subject to change as neces-
sary to restrain silver exports
within limits required by the bal
ance of payments.
The Nationalist governments
decision followed upon receipt Of
the American reply to a recent
note from China pleading for
United States cooperation in main
tanning silver prices and hating
the drain Of silver from China.
The United States answer, Of
fering a measure of cooperation
but pointing out that the United
States silver program was deemed
mandatory by President Roosevelt,
failed to satisfy the Chinese. Their
diminished silver reserves were
facing huge new reduction dur
ing the next 48 hours. Exports Of
silver had reached ever-increasins
amounts with higher prices in re.
cent days.
Big Shipment
Consignments aggregating $780,
100000 in Chinese money were
scheduled to depart for America
and London during the next few
days.
The governments action was
timed in order to halt a major
portion of future consignments,
although a few million dollars
worth of silver was rushed past
the customs before the order
could become effective. These
will be permitted shipment.
The Nationalist governments
announcement follows:
"In view Of the undue rise in
silver, out Of relation to the
level Of general commodity
prices, the Nationalist govern
ment, in order to safeguard
China'S economic interests and
protect its currency, has fixed q
customs duty on exports Of
silver effective October Is, as
follows:
ION silver dollars and mint
bars, 10 per cent less IA per
cent minting charge: i. e., IA
per cent net.
Con other forms of silver, 10
per cent lin lieu of IA per
cent previously charged.
I'm addition, an equalization
charge will be imposed upon ex-
ports Of silver equal to the
deficiency, If any existing be.
tween the theoretical parity Of
London silver and the rate of
exchange officially fixed by the
Central Bank Of China after
making allowance for the ex-
port duty"
LONDON, Oct. is G.N.S).
Spot 81 yer rose a half-penny today
to 24B pence as a result Of the 10
per cent increase in the duty on
China'S silver exports.
The forward price was up SINH.
larry to Is pence.
The London reaction, as ex-
planned by S. S. Abelson, of the
Abelson Company, bullion refiners,
was partly due to "a feeling of un-
certainty in the London market
created as a result of the action of
the Chinese government. He said:
"The immediate effect made
silver firmer than it has been in
many years, since the price
touched Is pence.
There is a very big bull posi-
ton in the open market"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-15
DRY ICE CONTRACT

The New England Alcohol Com
pany, Everett, Mass. Of which
Monsanto Chemical C o m pa n y
owns controlling interest, has let
contracts for the construction Of
a. dry ice plant.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-15
687 Listed Stocks
Higher Last Week

Index of 687 stocks listed on the
New York Stock Exchange, COM
piled by Hamershlag, Borg 81 Co.,
showed an average price Of $22.48
as Of the close last Saturday, COM
pared with an average price Of
$22 the previous week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-15
PITTSBTJRGH

PITTSBURGH, Oct. Is TN.S.)-Hogl
1000; slow 15c lower: steady. Heavies
$3.50 medium, $el5@6.25: light
packing sows. i42505.OO; pigs, Ss.75@
ATS.
Cattle-1.SOO: slow Csc lower. steady;
Quotations based on grassers). xsteeri
(SOO-1,1OO lbs) good. S5OO0S50: xHeif.
ers (550-850 lbs.D good, $4.OO04.75i
cows, Good, &a.OO@s.50; bulls. good beef
$S.O0Q3.75.
Calves-4oo; steady. vealers. good and
choice, 37.50@S.0O.
Sheep, 500; steady Csc lower; lambs
600 lbs. DOWN. good and choice, $3.50 O
SIS: yearling wethers, good and choice
$3.50 800; aged wethers, medium and
good. $2,oO@3.0o; ewes, good and choice
S2.250250.
!(xNot extreme limit Of grAdO).
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-15
LIVESTOCK MARKETS

CHICAGO, Oct. is sD.-Hogs:
1925 @ $50; heavy $5.4O@5.SO; medium,
$5.5O05.S5; light, $5.25G5.6O: light
lights, $4.25@5.25: packing sows. $4.75
@5.25; pigs. 500. Holdovers. 5000.
Cattle-S5,000: is @25c lower. Calves,
$500; steady. Beef steers: Good and
choice, $s@1O.25; commend and medium,
SA50@S: Yearlings. $7@9. Butcher cat
tie: HeiferG $4@7.75: cows $2.50@525;
bulls. $2.75@4; calves. $4@S; feeder
steers. $4@5.50: stocker steers, $3.50@5;
stocker cows and heifers. $2.75@ 4.75.
Sheep-20, 900; steady. Lambs, $6.25 a
SIS; common, $4.5O@5.5O; yearlings,
$4.75 @5.75: feeders, 5000; ewes, $3.50