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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-04
One-Half of Population
in Upper Mich. on Relief

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich
Nearly one-half of the population
of the Upper Peninsula is on relief,
according to figures released here
recently. The number on relief in
the state range from 24.2 per cent
in Chippewa County to Bis per cent
in Keweenaw County.
This number includes only those
on direct relief and those on relief
projects. There are thousands more,
totally unemployed. that are not
registered, putting the total of those
with no guaranteed methods of sup
port we'll over half the total popu-
lation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-04
BY q Railroad Worker Cores
pondent

BY 3 Railroad Worker Cores
pondent
LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y.-The
workers in other departments Of
the Sunnyside Yards have written
in telling about the filthy condi-
lions they work under and have in
some cases got better conditions
from the bosses by exposing these
conditions, so 1 am going to tell you
about the conditions of the car
cleaners who work for the Penn
sylvania.
The bosses make us do two mems
work in eight hours and If you don't
give the right answer to the boss
when he talks to you he snaps you
up. They give us cars to do in
what they call a reasonable time
and yet sometimes we have to hunt
all over the yards for them and
then rush like hell to get them fin
ished.
Then the bosses started hiring
only white workers, so if a man is
colored he can't get a job in the
department. In fact, the bosses are
constantly inventing pretexts to
fire colored workers to replace them
with white workers.
Then too, they want the car
cleaned, but when We go to Nc
Intyre to get brushes, he looks at
them and says they can still be
used, or says, wait minute, and
then he goes away and we don't
get it anyway Yet they expect
first class work without tools.
In the Safety First book they tell
us not to use defective tools and
yet when we ask for tools we can't
get them. If we work with bad
tools and get hurt they got us.
They ask us If we read the rules
and that's the way they get out
Of paying us compensation.
Then the way they give our cut
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-04
Knit Goods Workers,
Campbell Strikers,
Reject Sell-Out

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, MAY
3.-The strike of the auto
workers here, called by the
Commercial Auto Body Local
2, Of the Auto Workers Union,
is solid.
Eight shops, Allegheny,
Barry and Bailey, Darien, Driban,
Kaiser, Soffee, Wacker and KRISTEN,
are closed down, with 100 per cent
of the workers on strike. Over half
Of the workers in the Keystone shop
are out, and rs per cent Of those
in the Lyter shop are out.
The Finnesey Body Shop at 26th
and Parrish streets has already
signed the agreement with the
union, agreeing to recognition a
the union, the closed shop and
minimum wage Of zoe an hour.
The strike sentiment is spreading
among the workers Of other shops
in the city, The workers in the
Uncle Sam Shop forced an agree
ment with the boss for recognition
Of the union and the Toe minimum
wage demanded by the union.
1t is expected that three other
shops will sign the agreement within
a few days and that the Auto Body
Builders Association will be forced
to sign also.
The Letter shop. the largest In
the industry here, is crippled with
80 per cent of the workers out.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa, Nav s.
The open cooperation of the off,
Gals Of the United Textile Workers
with the bosses in trying to smash
the general strike of the knit goods
workers, has forced some of the
workers to return to work in some
mills. The workers have returned.
however, in an organized body. full
Of confidence in the militant lead
ership of the Knit Goods Workers
Union, which conducted the six
weeks strike. and full Of hatred to-
ward the betrayers of the U. 7. W.
Thomas Mcmahon, secretary of the
U'T.W. has been completely dis
credited before the strikers.
Strikers in other shops are still
out and supporting the N.G.WU. in
the struggle against discrimination
against union workers in the mills
that have already settled.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-04
Speed-up and Discrimination
At Pa. R,R, Sunnyside Yards
Cor Worker Exposes Bad Conditions Used by
Company Against Employees

back, az per cent to July Is way
we'll never feel it. And with prices
for food and clothes going up q
to 80 per cent it doesn't mean any
thing.
A CAR CLEANER.
EOTE:-The policy of he
bosses Of the Penn R.R. in dis
eliminating against Negro work
ers by hiring only white workers
in this department is Just another
way the bosses use to split the
unity of the white and cOIored
workers, so that the workers won't
get together in fight for getter
conditions.
The workers in this department
should talk over conditions with
other workers in this department
and with the workers in the Pull
Car Cleaning Department.
The workers should realize that
only through an organization that
is built and supported by the
workers on the job can they get
better conditions and higher
wages. For more information on
how to organize, the workers
should fill in and mail the sp-
plicstion printed below.
UNITY COMMITTEE.
100 Broadway,
New York City.
Room 631, Dept. 10,
Please send me more informa
ton on how to organize for bet.
ter conditions.
Name .,.,....",..,.,..,
Address .'..,..,......,....".,.,
City OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-04
New Bedford Workers

NEW YORK, Mass. May 3.-Over
$50 workers attended an enthusiast
tic May Day demonstration in Ash
lev Park here. despite efforts of the
police to intimidate the workers.
Resolutions endorsing the Work
ers Unemployment Insurance Bill
H. r. 1898 end demanding the re-
lease of Ernst Thselmann were
passed. The meeting was addressed
by W. Peters, J. Weber and w
Burke, with Shuster as chairman.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-04
Stove Workers in L. A.
Get 20 Per Cent Slash

LOS ANGELES, Cslif.-PSy cuts.
in some instances as high as 20 per
cent, have been received by the
workers in the foundry section Of
the O'Keefe and Merritt stove fac
tory here. The workers are or
ganized into the A. F. of L. and
several attempts to strike have
been stalled off by the A. F. of l..
heads. Great dissatisfaction with
the A. F. of L. is manifest among
the workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-04

ers have since asked for more in
formation about the Party, ard a
few have offered their applications.
One incident is worthy Of note. A
white woman comes to the Work
ers' Center the next day and says;
Il have been a Communist all my
life. but didn't know it until heard
Hathaway. What can I do to help?
She was given 20 "Dailies" to sell
and an hour later came back, hay-
.ng sold them all.
The I. L. y. Immediately got on
he Job and forced the release of
the four Negro youths who we're
arrested.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-04
600 At Hartford Meetings

HARTFORD, Conn, May 3.-Two
successful May Day open-air meet
ings were held here with 600 workers
at one, and 300 at the other An
evening meeting at Odd Fellows
Hall was attended by 300, with many
others unable to get in. TIE main
speakers Of the day were I. Wofsy
District Organizer of the Communist
Party, and 7. Abrahams.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-04
MAY / MEET IN CHIcoPEE FALLS

CHICOPEE FALLS, Mass, May 8.
In this small town fifty workers
attend the May Day meeting at the
Polish National Home despite police
threats. Ben Compton of the Com
munist Party was the main speaker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-04

Tell your friends and shopmates
about the Daily Worker. Let them
read your copy. Ask them to sub
scribe.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-04
Conn. Workers Hold
Militant Meetings
In Spirited May | Meet

NEW HAVEN, Conn, May g.
One thousand workers paraded for
two hours through the Negro dis
trict on May and finally assembled
on the Green in a militant May Day
demonstration. A preliminary meet
ing in the Negro section met with
enthusiastic response.
The parade passed by the Work
mems Circle Hall, where striking
bakers, members of an A. F. of L.
union, greeted the demonstrators
and the slogans of proletarian unity.
I. Wofsy, District Organizer of the
Communist Party, was the main
speaker at the demonstration. An
indoor meeting in the evening at
the Little Cinema Theatre, was
packed, with we'll over 300 attending
The main speaker YVES Bill Taylor
of the Communist Party,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-04
1000 Ont in New Britain

NEW BRITAIN, Conn, May g.
One thousand workers of this
Hardware City" demonstrated on
May Day. and we're addressed by
Bill Taylor and I. Abrahams of the
Communist PARTY.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-04
Remldii IohIess win Relief


BEMIDJI, MINI. - Two demon
STATIONS in one day won relief for
35 families here on Monday.
Under the leadership of the C.W.A.
Workers Protective Union, 300 work
ers gathered at the relief Office, de-
handing that relief budgets be
doubled The relief supervisors had
fed, and the workers left, determined
to reassemble at 3 pm.
Again the relief headquarters we're
closed when the workers returned at
3 pm. A committee of five, together
with the IS workers in immediate
need of relief, visited the local chain
store to obtain relief order A full
mobilization of police was at hand
at the first store visited, and the
committee, backed up by the 300
demonstrators, visited another store
where relief orders we're granted to
all IS workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-04
Sioux City Work
Relief Strikers
Storm City Hall
Bemidji, Mimi, JObless
Win Relief After
Demonstration

SIOUX CITY. Iowa. May 3.-De-
termined to enforce their demands
for adequate cash relief, 500 striking
relief workers stormed the doors of
the Council chambers Of the board
Of supervisors here Monday.
For more than a week the Sioux
City relief workers have been on
strike, demanding increased pay,
and, on the basis of demands for
more relief to the unemployed and
no evictions. have been able to win
the unemployed workers to support
of the strike. All relief work in
the city is closed by the strike.
On Monday, a committee backed
up by 500 workers demanded cash
relief to the strikers and the job
less. After waiting for an hour, the
workers smashed the door. I'M
mediately the leaders Of the strike
were seized, but the supervisor was
forced to meet with the workers
committee, and later was forced to
release the arrested leaders.
Demonstrate Again
In the afternoon the striking
workers and unemployed again
demonstrated. and the supervisors
locked up the Office and fed. Food
orders to some of the workers were
given out On the spot.
When the workers were preparing
their May Day demonstration. the
county supervisor was forced to
promise to open all relief stations,
and to give free medical attention to
all workers. The county attorney
called the governor and promised to
send supervisor with full authority
to issue the relief needed.
Police with the aid of armed thugs
have started a reign of terror
against the striking relief workers.
They entered the jail. took Bill
Levine. youthful leader of the
strikers to the South Dakota line,
beat him into inconsistencies and
left him on a lonely road. Symps-
thetic farmers took Levine back to
the city.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-07-05

during the first three years of the de-
preston may be shown by a few fig
ures. Of 784 commodities for which
the Bureau of Labor Statistics lists
wholesale prices there were in June,
1882, SO commodities whose prices
were less than one-third the average
for 1926. At the same time there were
20 commodities for which prices had
declined less than 10 percent from the
1926 price. Prices of Is commodities
were quoted above the June, 1929, lev
ell, and % were quoted at exactly the
same price as in June, 1929. Between
that time and February, 1888, some
of the sticky prices broke away from
their old levels and fell somewhat in
to line; but the movement was slow
and it was not until prices began to
rise last March that much of the dis
torition was corrected; though price
relationships are still far from ideal.
Therefore, anything that may re-
store price levels and price relation
ships, thus encouraging buying, re-
storing purchasing power to depress
industries and easing the burden Of
debt is worthy of consideration, but
caution in fixing commodity prices is
advisable. Measures which sustain
prices for any commodity without
remedying underlying conditions are
unsound. Someone has likened them
to shooting plane into the air with
out a motor. 1t won't stay up long.
And we should remember that revival
from most previous depressions act
ually began without the impetus Of
a general price rise-thus indicating
that other factors are important.
Nevertheless, we hope to see the
price movement continue upward. De
spite devalued currencies the world
is still thinking in terms of gold; and
therefore an upward movement of
world prices in terms of gold is to be
desired. What can be done to raise
prices is discussed in another article.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-07-05

ton county Extension agent and just
recently from Honolulu, visited with
friends in Hover Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hedington
spent few days in The Dalles where
Mr.. Hampton was called in the inter
ests of the tomato code.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. j. Dahlin were
hosts at dinner Sunday, entertaining
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Ashby.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallin and family
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Muraw-
ski at a Catholic Sunday school pic
mic in the Kennewick park Sunday.
Miss Pearl Evans left Tuesday for
Portland, where she will visit until
after the Fourth.
Victor Mcclure left Thursday for
Plummer, Idaho, where he will visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Evans.
The Al Swine club boys held their
annual weiner roast up the river on
Tuesday evening, at which time Rob-
ert Mills gave an interesting account
of his trip. to club camp.
Miss Alene Williams, who has been
the guest of her sister, Mrs. William
Mills, returned Sunday to her home
at Parkdale.
Mrs. Clare Maddox was the guest
Of DR.. and Mrs. G. Epley of Pasco
over the week end.
County Agent Waldo Skuse con-
Quoted a very interesting meeting on
Wednesday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Murawski.
John Mills left Friday for Rockford
where he will work during harvest on
the ranch of his uncle, Bert Mills.
Miss Marie Evans spent the week
in Spokane visiting friends.
Miss Helen Murawski attended a
shower for Mrs. William Thomas at
the home Of Miss Mary Kennett Sat-
urday evening.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-07-05

Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Green and
family and M. M. Moulton motored
to Spokane Monday. Mrs. Green Wis
tied her sister, Mrs. Perry. Soth and
her mother, Mrs. L. v. Corfman. Bob
by Soth returned with them for a
visit.
Margaret Kershaw was hostess to
the Highlands Homemakers All club
Thursday afternoon at her home. Pro-
ject instruction and games were in
order for the afternoon. Refreshments
were served.
The Les Amies club met Wednesday
afternoon at the F. ]. Rasmussen
home with Mrs. B. L. Malley as host
ess. Three tables of pinochle were in
play with prize for high score going
to Mrs. Avery Truman and second to
Mrs. F. J. Rasmussen. Refreshments
were served. ~s b"
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Foraker are the
parents of daughter born Thurs
day, June % at the Kennewick sani-
tarium. The young lady has been
named Roberta Jane.
Burchell Taylor is leaving today to
attend C. M. T. C. at Fort Wright at
Spokane.
Mrs. j. T. Downey of Troy, Mont.
is expected for visit with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Hembree.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Smith, Mrs. Elsie
Taylor and Burchell Taylor motored
to Sunnyside Sunday to attend the
wedding of Angela Smith and Frank
McKibbin. The couple left for a weeks
trip to Seattle. Mrs. McKibbin has
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Smith several
times.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. ID. Browning of
Pasco visited Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Paulsen Sunday evening.
Miss Elsie Moran of Pasco was a
guest at the Dale Smith residence
over the Fourth.
Frank Hembree is leaving today to
attend C. M. T. C. at Fort Wright at
Spokane.
Mrs. E. S. Heinrich is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Dallas Cookie.
Lyle Brand of Almira visited his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. j. Brand,
Sunday. Mrs. Brand, who has been
visiting here for three weeks, return
ed with him.
Mabel Jacks, who has been very i'll
at the Pasco hospital, is reported to
be little better.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-07-05
EAST KENNEWICK

A fire of unknown origin destroyed
the barn on the n. b. Hanson place.
They were so fortunate as to save
all the livestock except one horse and
one calf.
Thirty-six members of the East
Kennewick Women's club and their
children met in the park for their an
nual picnic Thursday, June %. A pot
luck lunch was served at noon and the
afternoon was spent in games and
other amusements.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Kempe re-
Gently had as house guests, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. j. Elkins of Bremerton.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-07-05

Incidental. scientists claim. TIE
surface. they say. hasn't ovoo
been scratched.
Television, and the making @
electricity direct from sunlight
these are the supreme achieve
ments for which the electric 90
IL being groomed and made ready.
Practical television 70 already
with us: but it, 0eetine imaeoe
are still too crude to make 4 .
source Of much entertainment
The sunshine falling On oaca
square foot Of the earth's surface
amounts to It's watts And that
which pours on the decks Of the
average Atlantic liner - more
than enough to drive her at fun
speed. Already one type Of 0lee
trio eye has been invented that
converts light into electricity. bat
the amount that can b produced
IL still very small
When the time comes that VI
may put q few square yards q -
expensive photo.cells In our bach
yard to gather plenty Of electric
ity to do our everyday work. and
light our homes ct night, tn
electric eye" scientists believe
will have been responsible.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-07-05

Mrs. w. d. Moore was reelected as
president of the county council OF
4-H club leaders at the meeting in
Hartford Tuesday. Other officers are
Mrs. Shriner of Hanford, vice presi-
dent and Martha Lincoln of Kenne-
wick, secretary. .
The w. G. and w. w. Preston FAM
lilies spent Sunday at Ringold.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Albrecht and
Miss Louise Albrecht. left Friday for
the Chicago fair. They will visit Mrs
Albrecht's relatives enroute.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. o. Goodman, Gil
bert and Evelyn Goodman of Walla
Walla were guests at the w. d. Moore
home Sunday, July 1.
Mr.. F. A. Wright has returned home
from the Milton-Freewater country
where he has been working in the
harvest. /. 81
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Kempe visit
ed in Yakima over the weekend.
There is an epidemic of flu in this
community. The Beigel and w. w
Preston children are the latest vic.
tins.
The Junior and Senior Al sewing
clubs met in the city park for a joint
picnic Friday, June 20, at which time
Trula Selph and Dorothy Moore gave
report on the club camp at Pull
man to which they were delegates.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-07-05
WILL RISING PRICES
BRING PROSPERITY?
C. D. Jacobs
Assistant Professor of Business Adj
ministration, State College Of
Washington
C. D. Jacobs

Most discussions of business condi-
tions during the past four years have
eventually gotten around to the ques-
ton of prices. There has been a gem
era1 feeling that business could not
revive without a reversal in price
movements and that anything that
would raise prices without further un-
dermining confidence would be the
most important aid to recovery. Many
economists feel that the greatest inn
petus that business has received in
recent months has come from the up
turn in prices.
Must we always have rise in price
before business improves? A study
past depressions indicates that up
swings in business almost never be-
gin while the wholesale prices is
downward. But revival has usually be-
gun while commodities were still hes
liant and at low level. After busi-
ness begins to revive wholesale prices
begin to rise and the rise became
more rapid as the stage of prosperity
is reached. Reaching high point, the
price movement has usually reversed
itself before business recession be-
gan, so that price changes, through or
dinarily in the direction of the gener-
al business movement, have led in the
downward movement rather than the
upward movement. However, business
has not been able to make Roadway
against steadily declining prices. The
deadening effect of declining prices
which encourage man to buy tomor-
row as contrasted with the stimulate
ing effect of rising prices which bid
him Buy now and save" is obvious.
However, the mere average of
wholesale prices blurs the picture
somewhat. Historically, raw mater
ial prices have generally reversed
their movement before those of semi
manufactured and finished goods.
while retail prices have Jagged behind
wholesale. During continuous
downward price movement some
prices are so "sticky" that decade
may be required to bring them in line
with prices of farm products or other
raw materials produced on a compel
tive basis. ........,
Something Of the price distortion
chat resulted from the rapid decline
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-07-05
MILLION VS. CARS

Telegraphic announcement tn a
Henry Ford and his son Edsel had
just witnessed the production of the
one millionth Ford V-8 was received
this week by E. c. Smith, local Ford
dealer.
"This millionth Ford is confirma-
ton of the American public's accept
ance of 8-cylinder smoothness and OPP
Grating econmy," said Mr.. Smith.
"And this years countrywide sales
leadership-even in Wayne County
and Detroit, Michigan, heart of the
automobile industry-justifies Mr..
Ford's vision and pioneering courage
in bringing high price engine effic-
iency to the low price field-the Ford
V-8 being the only car under $4,000
with a V-8 engine.
"The power of the Ford V-S for
1884 has been increased IL percent
over last years car, and at the same
time the operating economy has also
been increased. Tests show that these
cars give from two to three miles per
gallon of gasoline than formerly. This
has been brought about by the use of
new dual carburation system and
new dual intake manifold. The dual
carburetor, and the fact that in the
V-8 type of engine the carburetor is
located in the center of two four
cylinder units, facilitate equal distri-
button Of the correct mixture of gas
to each CYLINDER"