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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26

volumes of short stories in the
past three years have won for
him an outstanding position
in the American literary
world. They are based on a
recent sojourn in Detroit, during
which Caldwell devoted all his time
to an extensive first-hand investi-
cation Of the scene-the plight of
the workers and jobless men, their
living conditions, and all the phases
Of the growing class conflict which
the N. R. A. aggravated and the
strike breaking decision of the Auto
Labor Board further inflamed.
This series will be the most ex-
tended and complete reportage that
Caldwell has ever written, although
he has done newspaper and maya
zine feature work before. For
time he was reporter on the At
laata Journal, in his native South
and as recently as last winter his
sensational revelations in the New
Masses OF anti-Negro terror in
Georgia, Of brutal murders of black
men by Southern white bosses,
caused repercussions throughout the
Black Belt. For time his life was
in danger. But Caldwell did not
leave the scene until he was ready
to leave-not until he had the facts
he had set out to get.
Held Many Varied Jobs
During his early days, when for
years he continued to write without
single one of his stories being &C
cepted for publication, Caldwell
worked as a cotton seed shoveller in
an oil plant, a hod-carrier on con-
struction, a strawberry and beet
harvester, bottle-waSher in a
dairy, a cook and counterman in
restaurants, a juice squirter in a
.Nedick's stand. You will find en-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26
Plan National Center
FOR IhGW Opposition

NEW YORK.-To lay the basis
for the organization of a national
IL.GW.U. opposition center, dele
gates from IL.G.WU. opposition
groups from various sections of the
country will meet in conference at
Irving Plaza Hall, pm, today.
Delegates are already here from
Boston, Philadelphia and Jersey
City.
Aside from working out plans for
the national opposition center, the
conference will elect a delegation
from the opposition groups to at
tend the IL,G.W.U. Convention,
which opens in Chicago on Monday.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26
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/ NOS'~N'0NNNN Wv ~
Auto Lite plant by the guardsmen.
It is feared that they are being tor
tured inside the plant.
Street fighting spread over the
town as the afternoon wore on, the
workers clashing with police and
troops at many points in hand to
hand encounters.
The strikers at the Electric Auto
Lite plant declare they will not go
back to work until their demands
for ten per cent raise in wages
and union recognition is granted.
A. F. of L. leaders are. trying vain
ly to end the strike through arbi-
tration and to dampen the mill
fancy Of the strikers. They adj
nlitted that they are unable now to
end mass picketing. IT could not
do anything to control the boys
now" said Otto Brach, secretary of
the Central Labor Union. Thomas
Ramsey Of the Autornotive Federal
Union "a. F. of L. tried to stop
the picketers from fighting in de-
tense Of themselves during the at
tack of the national guardsmen.
The 12-year old boy was shot in
the head as he was standing across
from a grocery store near the plant
He is in the hospital.
At 100 pm. National Guardsmen
again attacked the mass picket lines
firing the deadly poison gas shells
into the workers. Seven large poison
gas shells were fired off by the
| guardsmen at this time.
Call for General Strike
The Central Labor Union Com
nittee. seeing the Overwhelming
sentiment of the entire working class
population Of the city in favor of
the strikers, was forced to send a
telegram to Gov. White requesting
that he withdraw the National
Guard. They also sent a telegram to
Roosevelt requesting" that he Gin
tercede" with White for the guards
withdrawal. Roosevelt has made no
move for the withdrawal of the Ma
tional Guardsnen.
The Central Labor Union officials
also declared that mass meeting
will be held on June l where there
Is to be a vote on the question of
the general strike. The Central La
Dor Union officials are thus DELAYING
the general strike.
The Communist Party of Toledo
has already issued statement to
the workers calling for an imme-
date general strike. The Commu-
mist Party calls for the setting up
at once of united front strike COM
mittees in every factory, with
these strike committees in com
plete charge of the strike, in order
to guard against the selling out
Of the strike to arbitration of the
Labor Board by the A. F. L. Of
ficials.
The Communist Party calls for
the putting forward of the eco
nomic demands for each factory
and trade, simultaneously with the
city-wide demands Of the National
Guards, against the employers
terror, and for union recognition.
The A. F. of L. Trade Union Com
mittee for Unemployment Insurance
and Relief has issued a statement
greeting the heroic struggles of the
auto workers in Toledo and the
workers in Minneapolis, demanding
The withdrawal Of the National |
Guard troops and pointing out that
he militant fight of the workers is
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26

NEW YORK, "A Joint call for
a mass demonstration in Union
Square on Monday at 43O p. m
against the anti-working class ter
ror now raging in strike areas
throughout the country was issued
yesterday by the A. F. of L. Trade
Union Committee for Unemploy-
ment Insurance, the Trade Union
Unity Council of Greater New York
the Communist Party, Young Com
munist League, Unemployment
Councils, International Labor De-
Tense, John Reed Club and New
Masses.
A special 50,OO0-copy edition of
the Daily Worker dealing mainly
with the present terror situation
in Toledo and Minneapolis, will
be off the press at p. m. to-
morrow, for distribution and sale
throughout the city to call work
ers from all sections to this
demonstration.
The impaSsioned call, following
closely on the most recent murders
of striking workers by troops in
Toledo, urges all A. F. Of L. men,
bers, Socialist Party workers, as
well as unorganized and unemployed
workers, to take part in this pro-
test demonstration as "the answer
of the New York workers to the
brutal capitalist murders of our
heroic fellow workers"
Among the speakers will be
Earl Browder, general secretary of
the Communist Party, C. A. Hath
away, editor of the Daily Worker,
Jack Stachel, acting secretary of
the T. U. U. L. and Charles Krum-
bein, district G. P. organizer.
The workers will go on record al
this mass meeting against the
murder of strikers by troops in
Toledo, for the immediate with
drawing of the militia from Toledo
Minneapolis, New Orleans and other
cities where workers are militantly
conducting strikes"
The call ends will the urgent ap-
peal to all workers to form solid
united front regardless of affilia-
ton or political opinions. The
struggle Of the heroic workers Of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26
Roosevelt BUSHES
Revised Wagner
Scab Measure
Continued from Page ~

around the necks of the workers.
Report 1t Today
The board to be set up by the
new bill will in no way, shape,
form or manner deal with. strikes,
wages or hours" declared Walsh,
in indicating that the Adnlinistra-
ton has granted the demand of the
big companies, especially the Steel
Corporation, that they be not inter-
fered with in their thuggery and
machine gun tactics by such an IL
lusion-sowing and time wasting
method as compulsory arbitration,
one of the main points Of the orig
inal bill. Arbitration, under the
new bill, can only take place, if all
parties ask for it but cit has no
initiative powers" The new Wag-
ner Bill is to be called the Indus
trial Adjustments Act" Senator
Walsh explained.
With majority of the committee
votes in my pocket" as Walsh ex-
planned, there is no doubt that the
new company union manual will be
reported out of committee this eve
ming. How fast it will be rushed
through the Senate depends on
strike developments throughout the
country. In any event, the word
has been sent out to employers to
go full speed ahead with strike
breaking bullet plans.
Emphasizing the employer-nature
of the revised bill, Walsh said: IAN
employer can have an open shop.
There is nothing in this bill to force
man into union. 1t does not
discriminate against the company
union, only the dominated
company union"
The employers can do anything
they desire after seeing the work.
ers, Walsh stated. Explaining this
point, he added. IF I want to en-
ploy only white workers, I could do
it and nothing could happen" He
also made it quite clear that the
bill will actually suggest ways and
means of knitting militant unions,
described by him as "Russianized
unions"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26
Call Meet Against Terror
On Union So. Monday
n. Y. Workers To Mass at 4:3O in Huge Protest;
Special Daily Edition Out Sunday Evening

Toledo and Minneapolis is our
struggle The brutal use by the
capitalists Of troops, poison gas
bayonets and murder-ts against
these strikers is the immediate con-
Germ Of all workers. Into Union
Square on Monday 4:3O p, M"
A series Of calls to their men,
bers to place themselves imme-
diately in a state of mobilization,
to report in full force all after
noon today and tomorrow from
8 p. m. at a number of stations
throughout the city for the dis
tribution Of a special leaflet and
the 5O,000-cOpy special edition of
the Daily Worker were yesterday
issued by the following Organi-
cations:
The New York District Secretariat
Of the Communist Party, The Trade
Union Unity Council, Needle Trades
Workers Industrial Union, Steel
and Metal Workers Industrial IN
ion, Food Workers Industrial Union,
Shoe and Leather Workers Union,
Marine Workers Industrial Union,
Furniture Workers Industrial IN
ion, Office Workers Union, radio
telegraphers, transport workers, the
International Workers Order, and
the Unemployment Council.
The stations at which members
of these organizations are to report
are as follows:
MANHATTAN
Avenue and Second st., 107 McDougal
st., So w. 25th st. I
HARLEM
$50 E. 81st st., 27 W. l15th st., is W.
126th st.
BRONX
6ss Prospect Ave, 2O75 clinton Ave,
2700 Bronx Park East, Cos Morris Park
Avenue, Room 3.
SOUTH BROOKLYN
1872 Myrtle Avenue.
BoRo PARK
12S0-56th Street.
WILLIAMSBURG
81 Graham Avenue.
BROWNSVILLE
1855 Pitkin Avenue.
LONG ISLAND CITY,
420e-27th Street.
JAMAICA
lo4-s1st st. and Rockaway Blvd.
YONKERS
81 Hudson st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26
TUG Calls Mobilization in Relief
Demonstration at Welfare Dept
Unemployed and Relief
Workers To Mass at
so Lafayette St.

NEW YORK.-The Trade Union
Unity Council, in statement is
sued today urged all members Of
revolutionary trade unions, indie
pendent trade unions and opposition
s groups to mobilize all employed and
unemployed workers to participate in
the demonstration at Commissioner
t4odson's office, so Lafayette st.
s. today at 10 am.
The statement of the T. U. U. L.
states: "The orders which have
been issued by the Home Relief Bu-
reau to cut off vouchers for rent,
slash relief, institute forced labor,
slash 10000 families on Home Relief
and drop an equal number from
the work relief rolls will particu-
-larly hit the members Of trade
unions. This makes it of the great
est Importance to mobilize every
member Of our union, the employed
as well as the unemployed, to sup
port this demonstration and force
b44C Ld GudAA td dNAA44A44obA cAb4O44 w
continue to pay relief, and to force
an increase in the present relief
rates. Only through the greatest
mass mobilization will the workers
be able to force concessions and
fight the starvation schemes Of the
city government"
The statement concludes by urging
all unions to make last minute prep
arstions in order to demonstrate the
greatest unity of employed and IN
employed in the fight for relief.
Thousands Of leaflets have been
issued by the Relief Worers League,
to mobilize the relief workers from
tbs projects around the relief work
ers' demands for the stopping OF
layoffs, IS minimum base rate of
pay, union wages for skilled workers
and full pay for rainy days, and
for extra relief to all workers with
large families, and the stopping OF
intimidation and victimization of
workers for organizational activities,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26

crossing pictures Of several of these
occupations in his short stories,
which have appeared in the leading
magazines and publications in this
country and abroad.
His published books include. be-
sides 1.-THE Bastard" and Poor
Fool" both printed in small, lin
tied editions, American Earth"
q93D, Tobacco Road" 1892
Gods Little Acre" 1889, and 1--WE
Are the Living" 1888. A drama
tized version of Tobacco Road" has
been among the outstanding New
York theatre hits q the season. 1t
opened in November, 1888, and is
still drawing full houses at the 4Sth
st. Theatre.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26

held over the heads of the strikers
as a threat.
Sensing the spirit of the aroused
workers against the troops, Gen. E
A. Walsh, head of the national
Guards, said today that ST want it
clearly understood that the troops
are not to escort trucks. They will
escort no one-employers, trucks or
strikers. They are there to see that
law and order is maintained and
that any subsequent truce is OBJ
served"
In the meantime four motorcycle
men were assigned to duty at the
headquarters of the 151st Field Ar
tillery for the purpose of escorting
National Guard troops In the event
they are called into action.
Eleven workers who were ar
rested April 6 in connection with
the great G. w. A. demonstration
here were denied a new trial by
municipal Judge Clyde R. White
this morning and sent to the work
house for terms ranging from go
days The defendants included Sam
K. Davis, I. L. D. Secretary and
leader of the demonstration.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26
Troops Again Fire on Toledo
Strikers; Many 4re Injured

proceeding over the heads of the
A. F.'of L. nisleaders. The state
ment, which will be printed in q
later edition, calls for the ousting
Of these mislesders by the rank and
file leaders to fight for the workers
demands,
PRESIDENT William Green, of
the A. F. Of L., already flooded with
protests against the terror and de-
mands for action from him to with
draw the national guardsmen, and
aware of the mass protest of the
workers, issued a statement placing
the blame for the shootings on the
employers. Green, however, took no
decisive action. He did not call for
an immediate general sympathy
strike in Toledo or Minneapolis and
did not call for the immediate with
draWal Of the National Guards.
1t was reported from Columbus
Ohio, that wires and letters of pro-
test are pouring in on Gov. White
from all sections of the country de-
handing an end to the bloody terror
against the workers.
BY noon today, several thousand
workers were assembled around the
plant, undaunted by almost three
days of continuous attacks on their
picket line by national guard troops
and police which have caused al
least two deaths, and critical and
serious injuries to scores. Firing
Of the deadly poison gas into the
ranks Of the pickets was kept up BY
the national guard troops again and
again throughout the day. The
strikers would retreat, reform their
ranks and return to the picket
lines.
AS the afternoon proceeded, the
picket line constantly grew. The
strikers and the thousands of SYM
pathetic workers, answered the
poison gas attacks with bricks,
stones and sticks.
Hundreds more national guards
men were sent in today. Armored
cars are en- route Around the fac
tory there was at least one guards
man for every twenty feet.
The city police and detectives
swarmed over all train, bus and in
terurban stations, watching for
Communists" The local government
has raised the red scare" spread
ing rumors of armed agitators" in
vading the city, and trying by these
means to detract from the immense
sympathy of the population with the
strikers. All incoming visitors to
the town are watched, as the ter
ror against the strikers increased in
intensity.
An attempt to whitewash the
brutal slaughter of two strikers by
rifle fire of the guardsmen into the
pickets yesterday, was made today
by the city government. Coroner
Frank Kroft said. he would call
county officials and guard officers"
to the inquest. He made no men
ton Of calling strikers. He further
made the statement that Frank
Hubay, slain by guardsmen yester-
day, was killed "by gurshot
wounds" In this way the attempt
is made to evade responsibility for
orders to guardsnen to fire into the
picket line.
Fifty-three workers we're arrested
in yesterdays fighting alone. They
are charged with rioting and bail
was placed at $4,000 each. Not a
single one of the workers arrested
was armed. Many women we're
among those injured by the bay
,nettinr, rifle firing ard poison gas
attacks yesterday and today. In
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26
n. Y. Jewish Workers
Hit Fascism in Mass
Demonstration To-day

NEW YORK. A demonstration
against fascism and anti Semitism
will be held at 10 am today as
Jewish workers, rallied by the IGOR,
the. International Workers Order,
Jewish Workers Clubs, Women's
Councils and other organizations,
mass at Rutgers So, and march
through the East Side for a meeting
at Union So
The workers, carrying the BAN
ners of their organizations, will pa
rade from Rutgers So. to Pitt ST.,
to Avenue G, to It'll st., to Second
Ave, to 14th ST., to Union So.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26

Protests Hit
Nazi Consul
Anti-fascist Parades To-
day in Newark and
Jamaica

NEW YORK-The Nazi Consulate
here was flooded by a steady stream
of anti-fascist protests as delegations
yesterday called with demands for
the freedom OF Ernst Thaelmann,
heroic leader Of the German Com
munist Party.
Neither the intimidation by police
nor the continuous wet downpour
halted for moment the picket line
of workers in front of the office at
II Battery Pl. Picketing, organized
by the international Labor Defense,
$40 Broadway, is planned for all
next week.
A delegation of 20 lawyers who
called upon the consul yesterday
morning were met by an assistant
who tried to argue with them.
In the afternoon delegation or
ganized by the United Shoe and
Leather Workers Union visited the
consulate. Another delegation of
needle workers were refused adnis-
sion.
The International Jtlridical AsSo-'
cations request for an appointment
with the consul has been fatty re-
fused. On Thursday, food workers,
veterans, visited the consulate.
Queens Police Refuse Permit
The support Of the New York po-
lice to the Nazis was openly exposed
yesterday morning when the Mayors
executive secretary, Major Durham,
fatty refused a delegation of work
ing class organizations, headed by
a representative Of the Communist
Party, Queens Section, to issue a
permit for an anti-Nazi parade.
The Communist Party of Queens
which is organizing the demonstra-
ton Is determined to go through
with the meeting and demand the
release of Ernst ThaeImann. 1t
calls upon all workers to assemble
Saturday, May 26th, p. M, at
Jamaica and Steinway AYES, and
express their indignation against
the fascists in Germany and fas-
cist tactics at home.
NEW K.-A demonstration
against fascism will be held here to-
day, 4 pm, under the auspices of
the American League Against War
and Fascism. The parade will be-
gin at the Ukrainian Hall, SO Beacon
st. and will wind up with a large
open air meeting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26
Bronx Rent Strike Spreads
Hold Mass Meet Today

The tenants of 1924 Crotona Park
East, following the example of their
neighbors of 1923, who are striking
for lower rents, are also demanding
a 10 per cent reduction in rent. They
have elected committee to present
this demand to the landlord. The
tenants are determined to declare
9 rent strike if their demand is not
met.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26

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Daily" to Feature Ne,O Series
BY ErSkine Caldwell Nest Week
Detroit in Series Beginning Next Saturday
Grim Class Warfare

UNUSUALLY timely and significant series of articles
Detroit heart of Americas gigantic auto industry
and Of equally huge class battles will be featured in the
Daily Worker beginning next Saturday, June 2.
The articles by Ershine Caldwell whose novels and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26
Jamaica Workers Parade

JAMAICA, L. 1.-THE Communist
Party, Section 10, has arranged a
demonstration and parade today to
demand the release Of Ernst Thael-
mann and other anti-fascist prison.
ers in Germany that will begin with
a meeting at Steinway and Jamaica
AYES, at pm.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26
Demonstrate at Welfare Department at 10 A. NJ Toda,
Baseball
GAMES YESTERDAY
AMERICAN LEAGUE

New York 1of oos ooo-5 n
chicago OO6 600 l0x-7 z
Uhle, MacFayden, Vanatta and 'Dickey
Earnshaw and Madjeski.
Boston 0o2 OO1 oOo-s 1
Cleveland sol ITO 22x-l8 "a
Rhodes, Pennock, H. johnson and Fer
rel; Pearson and Pytlak.
Washington 2O2 1O4 OOO-s 1s-s
st. Louis O1o O01 1903 5s
Whtehin and Phillips; Blaeholder, Nc
Cafee, Knott and Hemsley, CRUDE
Philadelphia 2s0 600 0s1-e is-s
Detroit 600 OO5 O2O-7 12-5
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
Rochester 600 o13 21t-s IL 1
Toronto III O0i O0a-4 a
Kleinke, Potter and Florence: Hilcher.
Fuhr and Smith
All National League Games postponed,
rain.
Albany at Newark. and Syracuse at Bal
timore postponed, rain
Buffalo 24O 600 oo2- 100
Montreal iO4 100 l4y-ii 1s-2
Milstead, Lisenbee, Wilson and Outen;
Collier, Pomorosh and Stack.
Cain, Kline and Hayes, Berry. sorrell,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26
GAMES TODAY
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Pittsburgh at New York.
Cincinnati at Brooklyn.
Chicago at Boston.
st. Louis at Philadelphia.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York at st. Louis.
Washington at Chicago.
Boston at Detroit.
Philadelphia at Cleveland.
STAMPING OF THE TEAMS
Including Thursdays Games
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26
Minneapolis Men
Reject -GOv.0lsen'S
Scab Truce Trick

(Continued from Page y
The Washington times., 1934-11-27
PANEL CHOSEN
/. FOR TRIAL Of
HAUPTMANN .
$50 Names Selected From $50
Citizens; Many Housewives
Are Picked

FLEMINGTON, N. j., Nov. q
ONSO Drawing of the panel,
from which a jury will be selected
to try Bruno Richard Hauptmann
on the charge of murderin G
Charles A. Lindbergh, jr., was
accomplished in a routine, natter
of-fact manner in the Hunterdon
County Court here today.
From a list of $50 citizens, $50
names we're drawn. Later the
list will be cut to 48 and from
this number the jury which will
decide whether Hauptmann will
60 to the electric chair will be
selected.
Hauptmann Is Absent
Hauptmann was not in court
during the proceedings. He re-
NAMED in Cell Number /" in the
small red jail back of the court
room.
After the session was called to
order, Sheriff John Curtiss and a
group of men and women sat a
round table and the sheriff began
picking small metal disks carrying
numbers from large bowl.
Seated at the table was Common
Pleas Judge A. o. Robbins who,
with Supre Court Justice
Thomas w. Trenchard, will pre-
side at the trial. Justice Trench
ard remained in Trenton today,
deeming it unnecessary to come to
Pennington.
Schuyler First Named
The first number drawn was
290. This proved to be Wesley E.
Schuyler, a painter, of Fleming
ton. One hundred and fifty
names were selected. The sheriff
called out each number as he took
disks from the bowl. AS soon as
the number was called the clerk
of the court read the name the
number represented from a list.
The State of New Jerseys chief
prosecutor, Attorney General
David T. Wilentz. was not present.
The State was represented by AS
sistant Attorney General Joseph
L. Lanigan and Prosecutor An
thony M. Hauck, jr., of Hunter
don county.