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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-29
seafarers Council Sends Frantic Appeal to Roose-
welt Asking That N.R.A. Stop Seamen
From Striking Atlantic Ships

gram is the notorius Gus Brown,
leader of the International Sea-
mems Union; Bert (the Weeper)
Todd of the United Licensed Of
flcers, and VIM. Maher, who has
long record of selling out the tow
boatmen in New York harbor.
Would Pin Faith on N. R. A.
These worthless are the leading
lights in the Seafarers' Council.
They have been spreading propa-
ganda for year among the seamen,
telling them that the N. R. A. would
solve all their difficulties and have
advised them to accept the N. R. A
In an attempt to explain away
the starvation wages put forth in
the Shipowners' Code, the Seafarers'
Council SAYS that "the Master Code
simply outlines the machinery
which will operate the divisional
codes" and then after the Master
Code Is signed we expect that coll
lective bargaining on wages and
working conditions will take place"
Against Right to Strike
Indeed, the Shipowners' code,
which these gentlemen support SO
vigorously, would take away the
right to strike through it's arbitra-
ton clause. which would set up a
so-called National Shipping Labor
Board, the arbitrary decisions Of
which would be binding on all sea-
men.
The board would have on II only
l. S. U. leaders as representatives
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-29

sport. Here he offers his
blood and the chances to grind
him are infinite. The enter
prise is no phenomenon of in
tegrity, Of course, where the
white brother himself is concerned;
the white boxer is cheated; his am
bitions-often honest-are castrated:
he is subjected to every form Of
degradation. Yet, in professional
boxing, where religious intolerance
and even patriotism play minor and
covert parts, because all nationalities
are blended in the box-office, the
Negro, though his money is good at
the door and rarely Disseminated
against, stands as a victim of pref
udice.
This prejudice is a reflection of
the ideas propagated by the superior
whites who rule this country. It
has found ground in many of the
followers of the game. The sports
writer's frequently refer to the i'm
partial white boy who sat in a gal
lery seat, watching two Negroes
whose first names we're Joe, and
shouted: Murder i'm, Joe; murder
i'm The sports pages are filled
with passionate theses on the SUI
periority of one yacht over another
and dramatic stories of society
woman laying herself out on her
horse, but on the question of such
chauvinism they are, Of course, dis
creetly silent where not actually aid
and abetting in the vile propaganda.
BECAUSE the promoters and the
~ managers bleed them and the
newspapers and customers pay no
attention to their cross, the Negro
boxers themselves, therefore, all hope
apparently useless, succumb to every
threat, Establishment or petty re-
ward offered them. The record of
Negro boxers is filled with fraud
ulent bouts. If they are not good
boys, they receive no matches.
George Godfrey, a powerful Negro
fighter, who might have been
heavyweight champion. was forced
to fake many of his contests. He
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-29
By HARRY RAYMOND

NEW YORK. Worried over the
growing strike sentiment among
seamen, fremen, cooks and stewards
on the ships sailing out of the
big Atlantic harbors and Gulf ports,
the Seafarers' Council, an organiza-
ton of waterfront labor nisleaders,
sent hurried telegram last Sun
day to President Roosevelt, urging
him to force through the shipown-
ers' code, the chief object of which
is to outlaw strikes.
The strike sentiment, which is
spreasing from ship to ship, is
crystalizing around the code of the
Marine Workers Industrial Union,
and has reached a point where a
general walkout looms all along the
east coast and in the Gulf of Mex
leo.
The telegram sent to Roosevelt
by the Seafarers' Council says:
Unrest Of seamen in the Port Of
New York approaching the point
Of strike due to the fact of shin
ping code now delayed more than
eleven months. Unless code Is
adopted at once strike in New
York unavoidable. Leaders of
unions unable to hold men much
longer. Danger of strike spread
ing TO entire Atlantic and Gulf
coasts. Both ships and harbor
craft will be involved. If a strike
of seamen, firemen, cooks, stew
ards and licensed officers of sea-
going vessels and officers and crews
of towboats and other craft is to be
prevented it is necessary that
general shipping code be made
effective without further delay
Appealing 10 you OF behalf Of
workers to prevent trouble
Among the signers of the tele-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-29

became so adept at taking that
finally he became q wrestler. Sam
Langford was compelled to fake:
Joe Jeanette was; Joe Walcott. Joe
Cans, George Dixon, all we're in sim
liar positions.
The boxing commissions give Me-,
groes no protection. They are the,
prime punching bags, literally and
figuratively. Of the prize ring. The
Commissions will occasionally pre-
vent doddering or inexperienced
white fighter from entering a ring,
but the Negro is allowed to have
himself annihilated. His manager
can use the money. The referees
show him little mercy. Negroes are
treated flagrantly enough to bar
certain referees from the ring for
ever if their offenses we're COM
mitted against white boys.
CINCE 1890 there have been ten
" heavyweight champions-onlyo one
has been a Negro. While he held
the title men in charge of the pro-
fession did not sleep, but thought
Of white hope" There have been
no Negro light-heavyweight cham
pions. Out of 10 miudleweight
championship one has been q,
Negro. Out of is welterweight
championship two Negroes. There
have been Is lightweight champions
only one Negro. Fifteen feather
weight champions - two Negroes.
Seventeen bantamweight champions
two Negroes George Dixon held
the bantamweight and feather
weight titles) Flyweight champions
mo Negroes.
The Negro champions all suffer.
They acquire titles by, not because
Of, their ability; generally because
they are contracted with the proper
personages. Those humanitarians,
not the Negroes, profit by the cham
pionships. 1t is no unusual occur
renee for a Negro champion to par
eel out three-quarters of his purse.
Eventually, however, everything liz
peeled from him.
And how many benefits have been
run for destitute colored fighters?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-29

of the seamen.
The following sections of the
Shipowners reveal clearly its strike
breaking mechanism:
obligation of parties. No
stoppage of work or lockout shall
take place until dispute or diff
ferences between shipowners and
seamen have been referred to and
dealt with by the Port Consult
ants, the District Sections, and, if
necessary by the National Board.
mo indemnity, strike pay, as
sistance, direct or indirect shall
be afforded by either organization
of by any official or individual
member thereof to any persons
failing to submit difference or
dispute for adjustment as herein
provided or acting in violation
with any decisions made in ac-
cord with these rules and regula-
tions.
"The disputed question shall be
submitted to an arbitrator. The
decision of such arbitrator shall
be final"
The code further upholds the
blacklist system by giving ship
owners the right to select their owr
crews.
1t is clear what would happen tc
organized labor aboard the Ship
if seamen permit the Seafarers
Council to saddle on them such g
slave code The crews would b
tied hand and foot to the N. r. A
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-29
Strike Sentiment Spreads Among Seanen in N.Y.

with their best weapon, the strike
weapon, thrown over the side.
Must Strengthen Ship Committees
The best way for seamen to
smash this strike breaking code is
to strengthen their ship commit
tees where they exist, to build new
ones where they do not exist and
to spread the strike movement to
every port.
The seamen have already worked
out their own code, the code of the
Marine Workers Industrial Union.
The points of this code are clear:
1.-The 1929 Shipping Board
wage scale.
2-Three watches and the s.
hour day in all departments.
3-Seventy-fi five cents an hour
for overtime for the crew and
S1.25 an hour for overtime for
all licensed men.
4-The 1921 manning scale.
5-A centralized shipping bu-
reau controlled by the rank and
file seamen,
e-The right to organize and
strike.
Payment In gold in all for
eign ports.
8-Unemployment insurance for
all unemployed seanen to be paid
by the government and the ship
owners.
These are the demands put for
ward by ships crews in all ports on
the Atlantic Coast and the Gulf
where the strike sentiment is
spreading.
Smash the Scafarers' Council,
Seamen of TIE I, S. y. and the
NJ. w. !. u! Unite and strike for
the code of the rank and file
seamen!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-29
Seamen and Dockers
Picket in Baltimore

BALTIMORE, Md, May %
Police arrested Walter Stack, sec
rotary of the Waterfront Unem-
ployed Council, and four other
seamen, when seamen revolted
against a government forced labor
plan and began picketing the re-
lief project, and lumber handlers
struck under the leadership of the
Marine Workers Industrial Union
a block away from the project.
The government relief officials
attempted to get the unemployed
seamen to work for 30 cents a
week.
Scabs recruited by the company
we're turned back by pickets. Po-
lice attacked the pickets. Seamen
and longshoremen fought back
with sticks as the police drew
guns and arrested Stack and four
others.
The increase of terror on the
waterfront is making the seamen
more militant. At the last regular
meeting of the lila. the member
ship voted for proposals for the ro-
tary hiring system and the 30
hour week as suggested by the Ma
rine Workers Industrial Union,
Thursday has been set for the
date of the strike if these de-
mands are not met by the ship
owners.
The lumber handlers have
agreed to return to work on the
basis of a scent an hour increase
in wages, time and a half for
overtime and recognition of the
union. The strike started last
Thursday.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-29
st. Louis Workers Parade

ST. LOUIS, May %. - With the
protest against the arrival of Hans
Luther, Nazi Ambassador, as it's
main slogan the National Youth
Day demonstration against war and
fascism will be held Wednesday. 10
am, at Leonard and Esston, from
where young workers and students
will march north on Grand to Fair
grounds Park, where there will be
speeches and athletic events. A per-
NIT was forced from city officials
Luther arrives to speak at the
National Saengerfest held by Ger
man fascist groups here. There will
be a protest demonstration before
his hotel, 18th and Lucas, on Thurs
day.
The Cuban Knights Club, Union
Boosters, Young Democrats, Y. M
H. A. groups, Young Communist
League, trade union groups, and
others are expected to participate,
The Young Peoples Socialist League
has instructed its members to stay
away.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-29

Executive Board, of the Auto Work
ers Union. Mrs Yetta Land, Cleve-
land I. L. D. Attorney, will defend
him.
This morning at the shop gate
an enthusiastic meeting was held
at the Chevrolet Plant by the Auto
Workers Union in preparation for
strike action. The meeting of the
Chevrolet workers takes place to-
night.
Thousands of leaflets, issued by
the Unemployment Councils and
the A. w. U. are being distributed
calling on the workers to send del
egates to tomorrow nights United
Front conference and to elect rank
and file committees in every shop
to lead the general strike, The leaf
let exposes the treacherous delay
tactics of the A, p. of L. leaders and
calls for united struggle for the
following demands;
Immediate Withdraw Of Ma
tional Guards, unconditional re-
lease of the arrested workers, for
the right to organize, strike and
picket for support to the Auto
Lite, Bingham Stamping and
Logan Gear strikers, removal and
prosecution of Sheriff Krieger, for
passage of the Workers Unem-
pIoyment Insurance Bill (H. r.
1888, and against the murder of
the workers. for compensation to
their families of those killed and
wounded.
Yesterday two workers, one of
them a Negro, we're arrested in the
battle zone for selling the Daily
Worker
The A. p. L. leaders. at the meet
ing of the Edison Company workers
yesterday, who had voted to strike
today, succeeded in postponing &C
ton till Thursday, while Govern
ment mediators work overtime to
smash the struggle, If general
strike is to come, Toledo workers
will have to override A. F. of L, mis-
leaders and take matters into their
own hands.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-29
Ryan Attempts to
Move Ships

SEATTLE, Wash, May 26-In
an attempt to break the longshore
and seamen's strike, Joseph P.
Ryan, president of the Interna-
tional Longshoremen's Association,
has proposed that all ships bound
for Alaska be released.
The Marine Workers Industrial
Union is urging the men not to
fall into Ryan's trap and to vote
against the proposal.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-29
Natl Youth Day
ParadeS To Hit
War and FasCiSnl
Continued from Page y
Day demonstration. Workers and
organizations are urged to protest.
by del
Force Permit in Philadelphia

fOIce teTJDlJ III Inuaueipnld
PHILADELPHIA, May %. - A
week of protests forced the Fair
mount Park Commission to grant a
permit to hold the National Youth
Day Demonstration on Reyburn
Plaza Wednesday.
The Commission had granted a
permit, but withdrew it last Mon
day after a conference of delegates
from % youth organizations had
voted to become the permanent
youth section Of the Philadelphia
League Against War and Fascism.
The Commission had seized on the
opposition and withdrawal of the
Trotzky-renegades and YPSL.'s to
rescind the permit.
The demonstration will be pre-
coded by a street run from 18th and
Thompson to the Plaza, where young
workers and students will gather at
| pm.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-29
EXCLUSION POSTPONED

NEW YORK.-The American Brownsville
and Hinsdale Youth Clubs Boat Ride has
been postponed because of rain, 1t will
be held instead Saturday, July 7, All
having tickets should report to either club
to have them exchanged.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-29
Browder TO Talk on
barrow N.R.A. Repor

NEW YORK.-Earl Browder. gen
eral secretary of the Communist
Party. will speak on The Meaning
of the Darrow Report on the N.R.A.
at 2 mass meeting Thursday, 1880
pm. in Cooper Union Auditorium,
9Th St. and Third Ave, under the
auspices of the District Committee
Of the Communist Party,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-29

U n UNI dUIDc TAhI 7
NEW YORK.--Unit 423 Of the Communist
Party will hold party and dance at the
Two, Hall, AIS Lenox Ave. on Tuesday
evening, May 29th. Members Of the cast
of "Stevedore" will be present, and an
ether attraction for entertainment will be
r, Washington and his Royal Savannahans
Orchestra. Donations Csc
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-29
One Shot on Docks
In New Orleans

stay two blocks from the waterfront.
Despite this edict strikers rushed q
police Gordon, broke down 9 barrier
and boarded the lumber ship Noyo,
cleaning it Of strikebreakers.
Two Oakland lumber mills have
closed down as a result of the strike,
and large San Francisco mill an
nounces that it will do the same.
LOS ANGELES. Cal, May 25 (By
MaiD-The Los Angeles Times ad-
mitted yesterday that where radical
unions are leading a strike the
chances of the workers to win are
the best.
Where radical unionism is
weakest shipping suffered least
from the strike, admitted the
Times editoriany on May 25.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-29
WILLIAM FUCHS

IN NO SPORT in the United States is the history the Me-
gro filled with the brutality and perdy of his o-
poiters as it is in professional boxing It is not strange
that he permitted to enter the prze-rng greater num-
bers and with less difficulty than in any other professional
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-29
Three Parades in Cleveland

CLEVELAND, May 27-Three pa
rades will rally the young workers
and students into one large demon
stration against war and fascism
here on National Youth Day, May
30, at the Public Square at 2:30 pm.
The parades will start promptly at
80 from 55th st. and Scovill, 55th
St. and ST. Clair, and w, 18th st,
and Market Square.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-29
Mass Meet and March at
Rutgers So. Wednesday

NEW YORK. East Side workers
will mass at Rutgers Square We'd
nesday. May 30, and at 5 pm. start
a march to the home of Congress-
man Dickstein of the 18th Con-
gressicnal District, at 3O6 E. Broad
way, demanding that he endorse the
Workers Unemployment Insurance
Bill CHR. 1899 and sign the mo-
ton to release the bill from the
House Committee on Labor The
line of march will pass the Gold
Dust Lodge and be joined by the
flop house unemployed.
Harry Raymond, Daily Worker
staff writer, William Wattenburg
of Columbia University, Joseph
Brandt. c. P. section organizer, and
Jack Anyon of the Relief Workers
League will be the main speakers.
Milton Stone will preside.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-29

C. r.. CLEVELAND TO HOLD PICNIC
CLEVELAND, Ohio.-The annual Com
munist Party Picnic Of District No will
be held at Haags Grove, 5522 Broadview
Road, A very good program is being
arranged. Look for more details in this
paper soon.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-29

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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-11-30

Military training camps is the
shrewdest war propaganda.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-11-30
Jerome To Head
Brevard Kiwanis

BREVARD, Nov. 30. (Special)
Jerry Jerome, for years active
in civic affairs, and secretary OF
the Brevard Building & Loan as
ISOLATION, was named president
of the Brevard kiwanis club al
its meeting here Wednesday at
noon. Mr.. Jerome served the
past year as vice president and
was a charter member Of the
kiwanis club when organized ten
years ago.
DIR. c. L. Newland, chief of
staff at the Lyday Memorial hos
pital, was selected as vice presi-
dent. Mr.. Newland has served
for several wears on the board Of
directors Of the club and as
chairman of the underprivileged
child committee.
Directors elected include: +.
Brown Carr, Pisgah Forest mer-
chant; +. J. Coltrane, president
of Brevard college; W. D. Cash,
manufacturer and business man;
Rev. Paul Hartsell, pastor Of
Brevard Baptist church; an d
Ralph II. Ramsey, state senator
from the 32nd district, present
city attorney and former mayor
Of Brevard.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-11-30
Bank Depositors
AT Brevard Get
10 pct. Dividend

BREVARD, Nov. 80. Especially
Checks in the ggreg e
amount of $4,000 were mailed
Wednesday by w. Pat Kinney,
liquidating agent of the Bre-
ward Banking company, repre-
senting a ten per cent dividend
to common depositors of the bank
which closed its doors here in
1880.
Ali preferred claims against
the bank have been paid, the
liquidating agent stated, and any
future collections will be paid out
to the remaining depositors. Bulk
of the claims against the bank
have been settled through Mr..
Kinney in exchange of real es-
tate and other holdings of the
bank, while statement Of the liq-
uidation shows that cost of liqu-
idation taxes, and insurance for
the past years have been paid
by interest and rent and other
income to the bank.
No statement as to probable
future payments was made by the
liquidation agent.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-11-30
3 Capital Cases
On Court Docket
In Pennsylvania

BREVARD, Nov. 80. (SpeciaD
-Transylvania county superior
court will convene here Monday
morning for trial of both GRIM
NAL and civil actions, the GRIM
inal docket consisting Of nearly
two hundred cases TO be heard
the first week, with a very small
civil docket set for the second
week.
Judge Wilson Warlick, Of New
ton. will preside at the term. with
Solicitor Clarence o. Rulings
representing the state.
Three capital cases are on the
docket for trial-Tom Masters or
East Fork, charged with the
Staying OF Dewitt Roper; and
two colored homicides: Re- y
Whitesides Of Brevard charged
with the death Of Conrad Kill
liam. and Eliza Mooney Of Glad
Creek. charged with killing VIII
liam Ledbetter.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-11-30
NEWSPRINT AS
NEW INDUSTRY
Seen IN DIXIE
Federal Survey Of Pine
Resources Will Be
Guide

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. (UPl
The combined findings Of the U,
G Forest Service and an expert
chemist may form the basis for a
huge new industry in The South
manufacture Of newsprint from
Southern Pine.
The forest service IS taking a
census Of national timber re-
sources and up 20 October l mad
covered more than 100 C0O,OOO
acres in Southern states, much OF
it in pine areas.
DR.. Charles II. Herty, chemist
and research scientiS., Is working
with Georgia on cooperative
project TO determine the suitable
ity of Southern Pine for making
newsprint.
EXPERIMENT ADVANCING
DR.. Herty is said TO De we'll
along in his experiment. TIE de-
partment Of agricuiture's forest
products laboratory at Madison,
Wis, is doing work along the same
lines.
If Herty's project succeeds,
groups interested in establishing
the industry can employ the forest
service census to determine the
availability and location of suit
able Southern Pine forests. The
latter survey, however, will not
be completed for four or five
wears officials said. If emergency
funds are withdrawn and the for
est service is required 10 fal! back
ON the original. 100000 appro-
priation for this work, il might
not be finished in 20 years.
HUGE ACREAGE COVERED
The first completed survey COW
ers about 25,O00,000 gross acres
of hardwood area in the Missis-
sippi Delta. Work in the South
now is centered on 50,0O0,0O0 to
10000, 900 acres Of long-leaf and
slash pine from which are derived
virtually all national naval stores
such as rosin and turpentine. Some
work has been done among the
pine lands of Mississippi, Texas,
Louisiana and Tennessee, the lat
ter in connection with IVA prof.
ects.
Forest Service officials said
they had no reports on newsprint
resources, but that there were sew
eral millions cords below saw tim
Der size in about 100000 acres
of Mississippi hardwood that could
be used for pulp.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-11-30
USE HACKSAW IN OPERATION

BOSTON. Nov. 80. (UP)-A
hacksaw was used in an operation
at City hospital here. Four-year-
old Mary PaterS worked metal
washer over her second knuckle
while playing. The hospital had
exhausted its supply of instru-
ments trying to remove 1t. Finally
an engineer loaned a hacksaw
from mis- tool chest and the opera
ton was completed successfully.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-11-30
old Age Pension
Meet At Brevard

RREVARD, Nov. 80. (Speciap
nublic meeting in interest
of the Townsend Old Age Pen
sion plan will be held in the
conntv court room here Saturday
afternoon at 2 o'clock;
Proponents of the plan have
been very active here for several
weeks. and announce that several
thousand signatures have been
secured on the petitions which
are to be presented to Congress
man Weaver and Senator Rey-
nolds.
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HIDES FROM FIRE, IN HAY

CONNEAUT, o. (UP).-While
frantic relatives and firemen
soughs his "body" in the smoul-
dering ashes Of barn at his par
ents' farm home, Donnie Riley,
FIVE, had safely burrow himself
eight feet deep in the hay of a
barn.