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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-11
The AFL and 3O>HOnr
Week

THE question of wages and hours of
L work has come up before the 54th Con-
vention of the American Federation of La
Dor, with the Convention going on record
as endorsing the 30-hour week.
Certainly a shorter work week is a
prime need of the American working class 1t is one
Of the crimes of the Roosevelt government and the
capitalist system that it slaves one part of the
working class through terrific speed-up while, at
the same time it filings millions Of workers into the
street to starve for lack Of work
The Communist Party and the opposition move
ment within the A. F of L. demand and fight for
q shorter work week WITHOUT ANY REDUCTION
IN WEEKLY EARNINGS
The A. ?. of L. resolution, however, asks merely
that there be no reduction in hourly earnings, But
shorter work week under such conditions alone,
will mean REDUCTION IN THE WEEKLY PAY
ENVELOPE OF EVERY A. F. OF L. WORKER!
Green and the A. F. of L. leadership support the
Black Connery Bill, which provides for a 30-hour
week WITH AN IMPLIED PROPORTIONATE
CUT IN WEEKLY PAY, and refused last year to
accept the Communist Party amendment to this
bill providing for guarantee that weekly wages
stay up.
Thus the resolution shorter hours passed at
the present convention is, in reality, move that
permits the employers to reduce hours of work,
stagger the work among the workers, and cut weekly
pay envelopes 1t is proposal that hurts not helps,
the members of the A. F. of L.
The A. F. of L. proposal for shorter work week
without guarantee Of weekly pay, fits right in
with the needs of the employers who now face de-
olining production and are anxious to reduce the
wages of their employees through shorter week
The fight must be for shorter week. with no
cut in WEEKLY PAY. All other plans are against
the interests of the A F. Of L. members and of all
other workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-11
Finds Prices of Food
Based on Earnings,
Need of Workers
BY Burck
And what ABOUT you?'

anu WIldG ABOUT your
Koronina; MY husband also
works in the factory end our child
is in the kindergarten of the in
dustry. We pay IS rubles a month
for her, but outside of that we have
nobody to support out Of our sal
aries"
Workers Needs Considered
The primary difficulty of nv in
veStlgation lay in the fact that for
the same meal in the same dining
hall there were different prices. diff
fering with the circumstances of
each individual worker. Now I
don't want any nasty conclusions
to be drawn therefroln. It must
be understood that in the Soviets
there is a difference of wages in
order to eQualize prices. In gem
eral higher wages also signify a
higher standard Of living and in a
particular worker indicate higher
qualifications and a better work.
manship. The whole question of
wages will be more carefully exam
med later on. But meanwhile, out
of this fragment of conversation 1t
is perfectly clear that % fes in the
Soviet Union do not follow. as in
capitalist countries, the blind die
tateS of an anarchic economic sys-
tenn Prices here are by no means
blind; on the contrary. they scru-
tinize people very carefully. They
notice whether these people earn
very much or very little. And they
see, before anyone else does,
whether or not they belong to the
working class, or whether thev be-
long in the class of "spcngers, -
in short, prices have eyes. and more
than that, proletarian eyes. They
refuse to obey blind stock exchange
DEGREES. but they do hearken to
another influence and another force
and this force in our particular
case is the factory decree, the rep
resentative of the workers, of the
organized working class itself.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-11
Free ThdeImann!

IN OCT. Is the trial of Ernst Thael-
" mann, the great leader of the German
Communist Party, will take place before
the infamous Peoples Court, which has
murdered so many of the best fighters
for the liberation of the German working class.
Confronted by rising wave of struggles and by
winter of famine and suffering the fascists plan
to murder Thaelmann the first step in new
campaign of repression and terror.
The working class of the entire world has so far
prevented the Nazis from assassinating Thaemann
They are the great barrier that stand in the way
of the plans of the German bourgeosie acting
through Hitler and his gang of perverts.
We can and must save Thaelmann by increas-
ing our protests and demonstrations a hundred
fold. To let Hitler murder Thaelmann would mean
that we are permitting the fascists to kill of one of
the greatest anti-fascist fighters 1t would be a
blow against all workers throughout the world
Send protests Immediately demanding the imme-
date release of Thaemann. Renew all efforts to
arouse the masses in support of Thaelmann Every
moment counts, if we are to snatch Tnaelmann
from prison, torture and certain death.
Thaelmann must be saved!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-11

still be much cheaper to transport
by modern methods" Arnold de-
clared.
Asked whether any of the pro-
jected railroads would pass
through the Soviet provinces of
China, Arnold said that thev
would go right through KiangSi
and Human provinces, where the
Soviet power is strongest.
Just what the projectors of the
new railroads proposed to Go
about this, Arnold would not say,
but CHANG kai-Slrck has al
ready constructed strategic mill
tary railroads leading to the bor-
lers Of Soviet China.
In addition to the market 70!
American railroad equipment Ar
mold saw possibilities to increase
the sale Of American lumber anc
steel and American goods generally
as the projected railroads open w
new territory.
The position of Special Wesi
Coast Adviser for Far Eastern Trade
is a new one, created especially TX
aid the new drive for markets, ana
render expert assistance to Yves
Coast business men interested /,
markets in Japan, China and tn;
Philippine Islands, etc"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-11
The Land of Socialist Construction,
A Letter from the Soviet Ukraine

ton to two great halls in which
hundreds of workers and employees
can eat at the same time, a smaller
hall in which those on diet NAV
take their medically prescribed
meals.
In the diet hall sat two women
together at a table. I spoke to them
explaining the purpose of my visit
and asked them to answer my CUES
lions.
Name and address, please?'
"Koronina, No. as Revolution
Street, Apartment 27."
'Rasyamyanskaia, Tolstoy Street
Apartment g."
"Occupation?"
Both: Employees"
Puts Many Questions
That's fine, I want to investigate
the living standards of the en-
ployees as well as of the workers. ]
should like to begin with the work
ers, however"
Then you'll have to wait. The
workers of several shops have eater
already, and the others will come
later. Anyway, we we're both work
ers until recently, before we became
office employees"
well then, please tell me how
much you earn per month"
Koronina: $3.50 rubles."
RaSyamyanskaia "275."
And how much do you pay fol
meals here?"
Kor: For 4 meals a day-frst
and second breakfasts, lunch ano
dinner pay 2.8O rubles."
Rasy: Il pay LOS rubles."
"You eat more modestly, prob
ably"
Rasy: Really not, I eat quite as
much; we both have diet number
5 for stomach trouble due to I'M
der-acidity."
Prices Based on Income
Then how is it you pay less
although you earn more?"
Rasy: The prices in the diet
kitchen are in accordance with the
decision of the industry concerning
the individual incomes of those
who need special diets. Comrade
Koronina,. in spite of her smaller
pay, is in better position than ]
am, because out Of my wages I must
support my old folks"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-11
Party Life
Six Marine Workers Are
Recruited on Waterfront
For C. P. in One Day

| I READ Party Life every day and
am writing in answer to your APP
peal for experiences.
I am in the Waterfront Unit. and
as the strike is coming of pretty
soon it mas been easier to recruit
members.
have lined up six between yes
terday and today, zone of the re-
cruits is enclosing a letter on why
he joined the Communist Party)
find the easiest way to recruit
them is by making them active in
the work of preparing for the strike,
and as they work with me I tell
them that the capitalist system is
responsible for our misery, and also
tell them about the great effort the
Communist Party is making to bet
ter our conditions.
I tell them of the heroic strug-
giles of our comrades and how they
work without reward, under priva-
ton, suffer from persecution. Then
I point out some of our leaders and
they join up.
The takers of the L S. u, (Amer-
lean Federation of Labor are help
ing me in the recruiting by expos
ing themselves as takers and graft
ers although they still manage to
fool a lot of people. But the Red
Scare" is wearing off.
Comradely yours,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-11

country taking the lesson to heart And they
therefore look to the work Of Lenin and Stain as
the great guide posts to future actions, which will
destroy capitalism and establish a Soviet America
For this reason, in greater numbers, they are
joining the Communist Party and preparing to
support its candidates in the November elections.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-11

Every day of the Roosevelt New
Deal shows the growing need of the
Daily Worker. Eut the Daily
Worker needs S6o,090 to be abe
to desl more fully with the strug :.
giles of the working class. Support
the Daily Worker. Send your con-
tribution today to the $4,000 drive.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-11

A group Of workers in a C. C. C.
camp send S7-a sailor on a u. s.
battleship sends S1-a worker in
Duluth sends a quarter! All cry
that the $4,000 campaign must
succeed! 1t viii succeed if every
reader does his pat. Make coIlec-
tons, hold affairs, discuss the Daily
Worker!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-11

OnlCdSO SUOCKy2TQ Unit
THE Armour plant is the main con-
centration plant of Section IL
so at the Section Convention in
March new section committee was
elected, and a section bureau was
also elected.
The bureau Immediately examined
our work, and the methods and
tasks, etc. Then the bureau de-
cided to assign one member of tbs
bureau responsible for the Armour
Unit, 90 that comrade had to first
get this partly functioning unit tc
function,
l. The unit did not meet regu-
larly.
2. The unit bureau did not func-
ton.
3. There was no check up Of the
work Of the unit.
4. There was no connection OF
shop work with our general cam
paigns.
5. The buying of stamps were Of
ten cents only, and there was not
a German stamp in the entire unit
This was the situation in the unit
at that time.
SO after continuous work with
this unit it has grown from a small
partly functioning unit to one oil
the best units, or the best unit
within our section.
want to, for an example, explain
how the unit connects up at pres
ent our shop work and recruitine
with our general campaigns. Al
the unit meeting in September the
unit had only three points on the
agenda.
l. Dues which include German
stamps.
2. Recruiting and shop work.
8. Anti-war, anti-fascist and how
to elect workers to the congress;
from the shop.
This is, in short, how the unit is
functioning at the present time.
The method we used was as fol-
lows: Our unit met for three hours
1. The first two hours were devoted
to discussion of points on The
agenda. The last hour was for edu-
cational discussion, and In this way
we were able to put real life into
the unit.
The unit grew and developed
others, and now these comrades are
able to lead themselves and we will
have two more units by Nov. 7 or
ganized on department basis in
Armour's because now we have lac
real basis for leadership in each
department.
Now I want to mention the wrong
method of work of creating de-
partment units or department To-
cal of the union. For example, ws
had membership in the Packing
House Workers Industrial Union OF
about As members, and the com
rades decided to organize depart.
ment locals before the first discus.
sion and also before training tht
members in each department to be.
come leaders in their departments
AS a result of this wrong approach
instead of having IS members com.
into the meeting, we had no meet.
ings. So again the units took tht
initiative and began to call thesi
members to meetings and began II
train them. The results were thai
the department local was organized
and is functioning. The member.
pledge to have their memberships
doubled by Nov. 7. This is in short
just what has happened at Armour:
plant.
By a member of the Section Burt
working in the Chicago Stockyards
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-11
Marine Worker Tells Why


FcTODAY I am joining the Commu-
l mist Party, because am thor
oughly convinced it is the only
Party through which the working
class will ever get independent.
Il hope the toiling masses get a
little more interested in what Com
munism means, and what the Party
is doing for them.
During the last few years the
Communist Party has shown its
sincerity in the struggles of the
workers, while the other Parties
have betrayed us. So.
THE Seamen have been so op-
pressed, their conditions have been
worsened to such an extent that It
amounts to slavery and we are
forced to look for q way out.
THE only way out is the Commu-
mist Party.
"Comradely,
NhE To-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-11

Contributions received to the
credi' OF Harry Cannes in his So
cialist competition with Del. Mike
Gold, the Medical Advisory Board,
Helen Luke, Jacob Burck and David
Ramsey. in the Daily Worker drive
fcr $4,000. Quota-S500.
The Washington times., 1934-01-11
Employment
Help Wanted-Male

(l6) WASHINGTON MEN (white). We
can put to work at once 15 local men.
We start you at S15 week, conditional
No experience necessary. S26 Investment
Bldg, 18th &KN.w. Apply bet & 2 pm.
YOUNG men wanted t2); must have auto:
mobile Good opportunity. Salary ana
commission. Appiy SINGER SEWING
MACHINE CO. 637 Fl st. N z.
The Washington times., 1934-01-11
Essex

ESSEX Coach. 1880 Fine buy 500. 646
Maryland Ave. N. E. Line. 017S.
The Washington times., 1934-01-11
Automobiles
Nash

Nash, 1899 COach-ws can Sin- Q1H9
cerely recommend this to be O13 !
one Of our very best buyG
PARKWAY MOTOR co.
304O NJ St. N. w. WE. O161
NASHES Late model Sedans, Coupes ana
Coachea NaSh-OrP Motor, 1888 18th St.
The Washington times., 1934-01-11

1st I'd and Sd trusts in D. C No red
tape DR. A Henry Inc 1915 Eye st W
LOANS PROCURED ON ESTABLISHED
BUSINESS AND REAL ESTATE
CITY FINANCE CO.
934 10TH ST. n W. MET. 1857.
The Washington times., 1934-01-11
Studebaker
Automobiles for Sale

USED CHEVROLETS AND FORDS
oURISMAN CHEVROLET SALES co.
625 H St. N. E. Lincoln 10000.
The Washington times., 1934-01-11
OldSrlnobile
automobiles for Sale

For Real Transportation - See 07S
this sig cylinder coach with UO
good tires, powerful motor, that we
are Offering at this exceptional price.
You will be surprised at the real BAR
gain we are offering.
HANDLEY MOTOR co
$3.50 Georgia Ave. N. w. AID. 5000
The Washington times., 1934-01-11

Automobiles
Buick


Buick, 1899 Coupe-This car QOCE
has had . thorough check OAUO
ing in our shop and is Al throughout.
STANLEY II. HoRNER. INC.
1O15-1111 14th st. N. w. Nat. $500
Buick, 1881 Coach, Model 1850" C070
This car has had only one DEB ID
owner and has had excellent care: Is
PARKWAY MOTOR CO.
3O40 III st. N. W. WE. 0l61
Buick, 1880 Coupe-This is a Q0O0
five-pas. Job that has had OOOU
only one owner who has given 1t the
PARKWAY MOTOR co.
SO40 NJ st. n. w. WEST Ol01
Buick, '31 Deluxe Sedan-Origi- 0EOE
nal maroon Duco finish; DOAO
new Goodyear tires: priced right.
ADDISON CHEVROLET
1437 Irving st. n. w. AID. 411
BUICK std. "6" Sedan, 1928. new top,
overhauled, dark blue finish, good tires,
S175. wINDRIDGE & HANDY. INC.
Rosslyn. Va. wEst 1887.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-05-11
BOTH SIDES WINNING

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, May II. Both sides claimed advantages this morning or the longshoremens strike which has spread along the Pacific Coast. Federal agencies re- newed plans to seek truce.
 At the request of Senator Wag- her, Chairman of the National La board Board, the Seattle Teamsters Union withdrew the order prohibit ing handling of freight to and from the docks. Truck men will now haul merchandise to and from the piers but not inside of them.
 Normal Conditions
 Employers declare shipping is be- ing restored to normal conditions with recruited labor.
 Officials of labor associations de- clared the pressure of the strike has tied many vessels to the docks.
 The strikers are demanding an increase in wages and shorter week hours.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-05-11
WHEAT CROP IS HARD HIT
 BY DROUGHT
Estimated Yield Be Short Over Two Hundred
 Million Bushels

WASHINGTON, May H. This years winter wheat crop has been drastically trimmed by drought and was estimated Thursday at 461 All ,000 bushels by the crop re- porting board of the Department of Agriculture.
 The forecast called for a crop which would be almost two hun dred million bushels below the Av- craze production for the past 10 years.
 WASHINGTON, May 11.-Presi- dent Roosevelt and farm officials here cast an apprehensive eye on the drought scared midwest and conceded the highly abnormal crop situation Q as serious but asserted there is still and should be enough food to go around.
 The crop situation in the mid west grows worse hourly. The prairies and plains are parched, long baked by the sun and swept by black blizzards of dust.
 Showers are forecast in Nebras- ka, North and South Dakota and Iowa for tomorrow. No relief is in sight elsewhere.
 Down South, however, the people rejoiced over the prospects for abundant crops.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-05-11
LIQUOR BRIGADE IS TURNED LOOSE
 ON Bo0TLEGCERS
Treasury Depa rtment Means Business in Reve-
 nue Collection War

WASHINGTON, May 11-A force of 3,300 men was turned loose Thursday by the government in a war upon bootleg liquor traffic.
 We mean business" said Sec retary of the Treasury Morgen- thau.
 We are going after this illicit trade, and we find the public very sympathetic with our drive to stop bootlegging. s4iv
 With the cooperation of the public, we believe that we will be successful"
 In addition to attempting to dis courage bootlegging, the govern ment seeks to collect the huge revenue which has been escaping the Treasury under Internal Reve- nue evasions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-05-11
WOMAN DIES. DOCTOR TAKES
 POISON DRUG
Body of Former Show Girl, Clad in Slip, Found
 oa Operating Table

BROOKLYN, N. Y, May 11.--An autopsy has been ordered to de- termine the cause of the death of Virginia Allen Ball, aged 21, form CT Broadway show girl, whose body, clad only in slip, was found on the operating table in a physicians office.
 pr. Julius Phillips, aged 54 years, was found unconscious in his bed- room, adjoining the office, from the effects of what the police said was a elf-administered poisonous drug. He was taken to a hospital, charged with homicide. He probab- ly will not recover.
 Thomas Ball, the woman's hus- band, nearly collapsed when in- formed his wife was dead. He had been locking for her all day. He said. T wanted a baby, she didn't"
 The police believe a criminal operation caused Mrs. Balls death.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-05-11
Tough Luck, Boys; Creeters' Girls May Be Asleep

Arrival of the Northwestern due in at 2 o'clock and cut at : o'clock Sunday morning on the northbound trip and in at 4 o'clock and cut at 5 o'clock Monday morning on the south bound trip, will make it diff cult for the entertainment com mittee of the local Chamber of Commerce to do much in the way of showing the Seattle Greeters about town.
 The young ladies, Miss Hin- ton and Miss Elizabeth Kay, and their chaperone, Mrs. J. Gavin, were to have been met by Curtis Shattuck, w. S. Pullon and James StapletOn, but in view of the likelihood that they would probably be asleep all the time that the beat is in. the meeting may be abandoned,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-05-11
BUYING NOW
 ON INCREASE
 OVER NATION
Weekly Review of Dun- Bradstreet, Inc, Is
 Most Encouraging

NEW YORK, May 1.-The vol ume of retail and wholesale buy ing went up with the temperatures this week, the Dun -Bradstreet, Inc, weekly review said today
 All agencies reported that along with the sudden squirt in retail distribution rate, industrial opera tions reached a new high ground for the year. Several divisions had an accelerated pace and the rate merchandise is passing into the consumers hands removed fears of few weeks ago that inventory losses would be suf- fered."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-05-11
CONNECTS ARE
 UNDER GUARD,
 MURDER TRIAL
Crude Weapons Found in Cells Results in Ex-
 tra Precautions

WALLA~ WALLA, Wash, May Il. Disclosure of crude weapons found in cells of two of the five con- victs on trial for first degree mur- der in connection with the Lin coin Day attempted prison break, led to renewed efforts to guard them as the trial was resumed.
 Armed guards are inside and outside of the court house.
 Seventeen special deputies anG half a dozen special bailiffs are patrolling the halls and stairs and even a machine gun is mounted on the porch of the building across the street.
 The selection of a jury con- tinues.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-05-11
EXTENSION OF POOR CONVICT
 LAW PROPOSED
Dimond Seeks to Extend 1t to Alaska Fisheries
 Hearings Ended

WASHINGTON, D. C., April 21. Especial Correspondence)- The poor convicts' law" will be extend- ed to Alaska if a bill recently introduced by Delegate Dimond is approved.
 At present those who are fined for violation of law must serve out the fines at a specified daily rate if they are unable to pay, the result being in many cases that men are imprisoned for months for non-payment. In continental Unit ed States, where sentence and fine has been imposed, the prisoner can, after serving 30 days beyond the expiration of his sentence, declare himself a pauper and if he can prove this at hearing he is re- leased forthwith. Delegate Dimond's bill would have that section of law apply to Alaska.
 Hearings on the home rule bill to transfer to the Territorial gov ernment jurisdiction over the fish cries of Alaska have been conclud- ed before the House Committee on merchant marine, radio and fish, cries.
 They were voluminous and com plete and gave Delegate Dimond full opportunity to present the facts he contends are sufficient to warrant goving control of this val uable resource to the people of Alaska. MT Dimond's argument in behalf of his bill was along three main lines:
 1. The traditional American idea of local government entities Alas ka to have charge directly of it's most valuable industry In this re- gard it was brought out that no other territory in the history of this country has been denied to iegislate with respect to fish and fur and to have complete control of those resources.
 2. The people of Alaska do not lack ability and intelligence to ad- minister the fisheries On the con- trary they are qualified by famil- iarity and experience to do so much more competently than can a bureau the headquarters of which are thousands of miles distant. A review of the taxing power exer- cised in the past by the Territorial Legislature gives conclusive evil dence that the legislature has not attempted to tax operators out of existence, and the performance of the past may reasonably be count ed upon as the promise of the fu- ture.
 3. The amount now expended annually by the Bureau of Fish cries is not the amount the Terri tory would have to expend to ob- tain enforcement of whatever reg ulations might be adopted. In the opinion of the Delegate, the an- nual cost of administration could be reduced to as little as $50,00O by promulgation of regulations
 Continued on Page Seven)