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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-04
c. P. Candidate Talks
At Columbus Meeting

COLUMBU Ohio, Oct. 8. -
jamie Langston, Negro Clevland
housewife who is running for Lieu
tenant Governor on the Commu-
mist Party ticket, was one of the
speakers at the celebration of the
18th Anniversary of the Commu-
mist Party held here several days
ago. The meeting was attended BY
more than 100 workers.
Section Organizer Pollack, max
ing the principal address, out
lined the history of the Party, its
achievements, and spoke of the
present and future tasks which
confront it.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-04
Beet Workers
Push Demands
Aus. Hearing

DENVER, Col, Oct. 3.-Colorado
and Nebraska beet workers and
tn cir representatives militantly
pushed forward at the hearing of
the federal commission here and
turned it into forum of exposure
and attack against child labor and
peonage in the beet fields and in
protesting against the setting up of
"a one-man (Wallace) arbitration
board"
Gene Gordon, spokesman Of a
committee of beet workers elected
by the Spanish Workers League,
presented a program Of the beet
workers, including: ID Minimum
wage, including children, of not less
than $4 for an eight-hour day;
~ benefit payments to growers
which recognize wage payments;
revision Of growers contracts with
professors so that the sugar re-
timers will be made to turn over a
larger portion of their profits to the
growers to enable them to pay
higher wages; 80 prohibition of
child labor under 16 years Of age,
strict regulation between 16 and 10;
a. no discrimination in the dis
tribution of relief.
The appalling conditions prevail
ing through Colorado and Nebraska,
exposed by the sugar beet workers
were the following: Cd Annual
wages ranging from 500 to 5000
averages; 90 men, women and chill
dren laboring in the fields from
am. to pm, and many instances
of Is to 20 hours of work day;
80 peonage contracts, share and
percentage contracts which give
the workers as little as So yeal
for their labor; a. more than
$15o,O0O,OOO profits by the Great
Western Sugar company; 90 USE
of the Federal relief administration
apparatus as a means Of driving
sugar beet workers into the fields
in forced labor; (6) extensive dis
elimination against the Spanish and
Mexican workers; Cd refusal of the
American Federation of Labor tc
organize the beet workers due to
their inability to pay initiation fees
dues and charter fees"
The Communist Party, which
was represented at the hearing by
William DIETRICH, is taking the lead
ership in organizing the beet work.
ers into the Cannery and Agricul-
tural Workers Industrial Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-04
Metal Bed Workers Win
Strike of Eight Weeks

NEW YORK.-After an eight
week strike under the leadership of
the Furniture Workers Industrial
Union the main shops of the metal
bed industry have agreed to settle
on the basis of union recognition,
reduction of hours from a to 20
and wage increases ranging from S
to 80 per cent.
Meanwhile, five shops of the
Featherman chain remain on strike.
Workers in the settled shops are
contributing 10 per cent of their
wages for strike relief to those who
are still out.
NEW HAVEN, Oct. 3.-The strike
of the Diamond Parlor Furniture
Co. of Isl East ST., led by the Fur
niture Workers Industrial Union,
which resulted in the arrest of
seven workers in frame-up charges
two days ago, came to an end Sept.
%, when the boss, Samuel Cohen,
acceded to the demands of the
strikers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-04

Relief Denied
Mine Strikers
TOCrushUniOn
Inquiry Shows COnnec-
ton Between Operators
and Relief

WAYNEsBURG, Pa, Oct. 3.-Of-
ficials of the Greene County Relief
Board which was dissolved Sept
l, today stood convicted on their
own testimony of the charges
hurled by blacklisted United Mine
Workers Of that region, that denial
Of relief was used as a weapon to
beat strikers back into the mines at
starvation wages.
Board Chairman James Isher-
wood, state commander Of the
American Legion, declared openly
during his testimony that "at all
times we felt we were giving ade-
quate relief to the miners" and
admitted this adequate relief" to
be $3.50 per week for a family OF
PAP cents per day per person
sherwood denied that he would
have granted more than this
amount even if allowed by the
State.
Other relief officials testified that
most Of the miners in that region
must exist on relief allotments de-
spite employment in the mines, en-
tire pays being deducted by the
companies for back rent.
Miners and their families living
in Bobtown literally starved for Il
days following the closing Of a Jones
and Laughlin-owned mine there
before any relief was forthcoming
The whole hearing on relief admin
istration has established the direct
link between coal operators and re-
lief boards in the mining regions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-04


front Of 100000 youth and com
posed of representatives from So
cialist, Communist, church, and "Y"
groups, was elected by the Congress
to direct the program worked out
by the delegates.
The National Committee is a
cross section of the many groups
that composed the youth section of
the American League Against War
and Fascism. Among the members
of the committee are: Richard B.
Written, national secretary of the
Student League for Industrial De-
mocracy, and a delegate from the
New Orleans local of the Socialist
Party; Edith Turner, Negro mem
Der of the National Industrial Coun-
Gil Of the Y. M. G. A.; Waldo Nc
Mutt, chairman of the American
Youth Congress and a member of
the Rocky Mountain District Coun-
Gil of the Y. M. c. A; Hayes Beall,
chairman Of the National Council
of Methodist Youth; and Gil Green,
National Secretary of the Young
Communist League.
Nationwide Representation
The Youth Congress was COM
posed of young workers and stu
dents from every part of the coun-
try and from every walk of life.
There were boys and girls from
schools and colleges. There were
husky young workers from mines
and factories. There were girls from
from mills and shops. There were
young Negro sharecropperS from
the deep South. They had come
together, irrespective of religious
and political beliefs, to forge a
united front of workers and stu
dents to defeat the reactionary
forces of fascism and war.
The first session, Saturday, out
lined broad view of the nature
of the problems that confronted the
delegates. Workers and students
described their participation in
actual struggles against developing
fascism on the picket line and in
demonstrations.
The second session, Sunday morn
ing, saw the delegates divided into
various commissions which studied
the problems of specific groups at
the CongreSs-the unemployed, the
students, the National Guard and
others. Experiences were exchanged
and plans of action were drawn UP
which were later incorporated into
the general program of the Con-
greSs.
Plan for Constant Work
At the closing session, Sunday
night, the delegates assembled in
regional groups to lay the founda-
tions for local organizations and
local actions. This was the first
concrete result of the decisions of
the Congress.
Of great Importance were the
plans made for systematic work
within the armed forces of the ma
ton. The Congress was stirred by
the reports of delegates from the
National Guard, and elected a Ma
tional Guardsman from Youngs-
town, Ohio, to the Executive Com
mittee.
Throughout the sessions of the
Congress the emphasis was on the
important work that had to be done
after the sessions were over. The
delegates returned to their organ
izations with the message that the
youth of this country have nothing
to gain from either war or fascism
But of greater Importance was the
message that the only way to com
bat this menace to the aspirations
of the youth, was for every young
person in the United States to ioin
in this organized counter-attack
against the forces that intend to
drag the youth to destruction.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-04
RESOLUTION ON CHILD LABOR

Whereas: The economic plight of the
workers and farmers Of this country has
brought about the entrance Of thousands
OF children into industry; and
Whereas: The hours these children are
forced to work are far in excess Of their
actual strength and ability, and the wages
they receive are far below the scales, and
offer a direct threat to the living stand
ards of organized labor as whole and
Whereas: The Roosevelt Administration,
through its N.R.A. codes, has not i'm
proved the status of children, resulting
merely in displacing some Of these chill
dren from industry without adequate pro-
vision for their welfare; and
Whereas: By virtue thereof, and the
need of some means Of subsistence on
the part of these children, child-labor
continues under even worse conditions
homework, bootlegging Of children into
shops, etc., and
Whereas: This situation is deprivinq
the children Of this country of the right
which is theirs, namely, to a normal
healthy development;
Therefore Be 1t Resolved: That this
Convention declares itself for:
l. Abolition of child labor under l6
with government maintenance for children
displaced from industry, agriculture OF
street trades at no less than So per week
2. Vocational training on graduated
scale for youth between the age of 16 and
10 at the expense of the employers anc
governmnt. This training to be under
workers control, with all youth receiving
tuli wages for the type of work performed
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-04
RESOLUTION ON THE ORGANI
ZION OF THE YOUTH

Whereas: The present time witnesses
the presence of hundreds of thousands of
young boys and girls in almost every in
dustry in the country, and
whereas: An ever greater number of
youth are being recruited into industry,
and
whereas: The overwhelming majority Of
these youth are as yet unorganized and
because of that these boys and girls are
compelled to accept the wage dictates of
the employers, and are Disseminated
against in most Of the wage specifications
in NR.A. codes, thereby threatening the
existing wage scales, and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-04

Many workers have set them
selves quota of 81 week for the
"DaiIy" 100000 drive. How much
are you giving? Pennies, dimes,
quarters-send as much as you can!
The Daily Worker depends upon
you!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-04
A. F. L. Rank and File
Call Philadelphia Rally
To Draw Up Resolution

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Oct. s.
The rank and file opposition with
in the A. F. of L. has called a mass
meeting for 8 o'clock Saturday
evening at the Kensington Labor
Lyceum, at Second and Cambria
Streets.
All A. F. of L. workers are urged
to come to this meeting to help
formulate a resolution to be sent
to the National Convention of the
A. F. of L. which will express the
sentiment Of the rank and file on
the issues confronting workers
today.
Moser and Burge, of the Hosiery
Workers Union, Leonard, of the
Carpenters Union, and other rank
and file leaders will speak.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-04
CITE
DEMANDS OF YOUTH
AT ALL CONVENTION

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct. g.
Four resolutions calling for fight
for the demands Of young workers
are to be introduced into the Amer
lean Federation of Labor National
Convention here by militant rank
and file delegates.
These resolutions call for youth
sections and youth meetings in all
trade unions, for an effective fight
against child labor and for voca-
tional training under workers con-
troll; increased wages for appren-
tees; and for a drive to organize
the youth, with lower dues and ini-
tiation fees.
The resolutions follow in full:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-04
UNITED FRONT BODY
IS NAMED TO LEAD
SYSTEMATIC WORK
Communists, Socialists, Church and W Groups
Represented at Congress and in National
Executive Committee

CHICAGO, Ill, Oct 3.-More than 700 delegates to the
Second United States Youth Congress unanimously endorsed
program Of militant action against and fascism at
their closing session here Sunday night An Executive
Committee of twenty-five representing the broadest united
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-04
NEW YORK STATE
WORKERS PREPARE
FOR ALBANY MARCH
on Great Lakes, Housewives, Veterans and Negro
Groups Mobilize in Western Region of State

BUFFALO, N. Y, Oct 3-RaIying under the slogan
On to Albany" unemployed and relief workers, marins
workers in the Great Lakes region housewives veterans
and Negro organizations the Western New York State
modifying for the delegated mass hunger march
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-04

whereas: These youth play an impor-
tant part in the industrial arena, par
ticularly during strikes, and
whereas: These youth, If permitted to
remain unorganized, will constitute great
reserve for the company unions, be it
Therefore
Resolved: That this saith Convention Of
the A. F, Of L. authorities and instruct
the various International and Federal
Unions to launch a special drive to or
ganize the youth in their respective in
dustries, and be 1t further
Resolved: That all efforts shall be made
to lower initiation fees and dues for said
youth in accordance with wages they re-
cetye.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-04
RESOLUTION ON APPRENTICE
SHIP

Whereas: The apprenticeship periods re-
quired in almost all unions are much
longer than really necessary in order that
one may master a specific craft, and
Whereas: Due to such long periods an
apprentice does the work of q Journey
man at the apprentices wages, and
Whereas: Said practices constitute dis
elimination against the youth in the Ia
Dor movement. and are a source Of cheap
labor supply that tends to undermine la
boris wage standards, be 1t therefore
Resolved: That this 54th Convention of
the A. F. of L. goes on record in favor of
reducing the terms Of apprenticeship from
IS to so per cent, based on the require
ments Of various trades, and be it further
Resolved: That this convention goes on
record in favor Of graduated percentage
wage increase based on the iourneymen' S
scale, with the starting scale for appren-
tices being no less than so per cent of
the journeymen's scale.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-04

The Daily Worker can Better Aid
Your Struggles if You Build its
Circulation.
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Sell Daily" at Factories
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-20

(The sailing tree is struck by lightning in the next story.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-20

Gee, Scouty. you must be real brave, but hearing old man Thunder rave and bring forth aw- full thunder is about to deafen me.
 "It's just like hearing cannon roar. My ears. right now, feel very sore" And she yelled to Thunder, You're as mean as you can be-"
 "All right, I'm mean, if you say so. but, as I've said. you ought to know much better than to come up here," snapped Thunder. with 9 grin.
 "This is my territory, miss. The one place can act like this. You may as well prepare to keep on list'ning to my din."
 Then Coppy whispered to the rest, T know what will work out the best" The Tinies couldn't hear. though, what the lad was talking bout.
 Talk louder! There's such noise up here," cried Scouty, as he cupped his ear. "If you will shout real loudly. we will under stand, no doubt"
 So Coppy yelled like everything. Said he, Let Thunder have his
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-20
Pictures by George Schrbo NS

fling. He'll soon get all tired out and then he'll have to rest a while.
 The Tinymites agreed this wa, a good plan, but it flopped be. cause ol' Thunder also heard ii and it merely made him smile.
 "So you think I'll get tired" he yelled. For that your troubles shall be swelled. I'll call or Flasho Lightning. Then some real sights you will see.
 Hell make the heavens flare with light. You've ne'er seen flashes quite so bright. I'll teach you Tinies not to try and get the best of mel"
 Then through a cloud ol Lightning came. His two big hands seemed. near aflame. He waved them wildly in the air and sent bright flashes out.
 Soon Thunder smiled, then knit his brow and cried, How do you like it. now? By this time you are sorry that you came up here, no doubt"
 Copyright, 1891, NEA Service, Inc)
 (The sailing tree is struck by lightning in the next story.)
The Washington times., 1934-04-13

A0SnS NVu~ Fr e lQenC ar
rived today from his fishing
trip. ~
Another factor in deterring
any broad upward movement to-
day was apparently the continued
unrest in the auto industry where
tool and die makers were out
and part of the Electric Auto.
lite plant was tied up. The mo-
tor shares as q whole including
General Motors, Chrysler, and
Hudson were quiet and slightly
easier, although Nash ran up
nearly a point. This was ap-
parently due to short covering.
Radio common and preferred
B were the outstanding features
today as thousands Of shares of
both issues appeared on the tape
at higher prices. One block of
1900 shares Of Radio common
appeared and was followed by
several others running from 1000
to 5000 shares. The demand for
the stock was credited to new de-
velopments in the industry.
Merchandising shares also were
in some demand with r. H.
Macy, Associated Dry Goods and
several others gaining from frac'
tions to a point.
Prime industrials such as
United States Steel, American
Can, and Bethlehem were in COM
parative neglect today and tended
to decline slightly.
The Washington times., 1934-04-13
"Ex. dividend.
Mark Hits New
Lou for Move

NEW YORK, April 13 (I.N.S.).
The German mark again moved
downward today sinking to $3.50
cents, . new low for the current
movement and off 6 points from
yesterdays close. The con-
sistent decline in the mark is
due to the apprehension over
the enactment Of further trans
fer restrictions in that country
which were declared to be in
evitable by DR.. SchaCht, head
Of the ReichSbank. The table:
The Washington times., 1934-04-13

Thomas P. Morgan, jr., pres
ident Of the District of Columbia
life Underwriters Association, is
in Baltimore today, as are about
300 other insurance men. Mr..
Morgan presides at the afternoon
session Of the sixteenth annual
Maryland District Of Columbia
Congress of Life Underwriters.
Officers and directors of the
Citizens Equitable Building AS
sociation of Georgetown have
been rejected. They are: Isaac B.
Nordlinger, president; John Had.
ley Doyle, vice president; Harold
w. Burnside, secretary; Harry L.
Selby, treasurer; Mrs. Irene B.
Arendes, assistant secretary. Direc-
tors are Isaac Birch, Patrick F.
Carr, j. Leo Kolb, jr., R. E. Lay
ton and George A. Scheele.
The Enterprise Serial Building
Association also had it's annual
election yesterday. James E.
Connolly was renamed president.
John T. Crowley was elected
again as vice president, James F.
Sheat was returned as secretary
and G.. Percy McGlue, treasurer.
Directors are George I. Berger,
Martin A. Cook, Bernard r. Ed
wards, Maurice Fitzgerald, c. F
Gibson, P. F. Hannah, Ralph A.
Judd, Michael A. Keane, Edward
e. Kehoe, Fred KrauS and Frank
). TOrrenS.
The Washington times., 1934-04-13
Grain StubiLizUtiOn
Coffee Lot Is Sold

Grain Sterilization Corp. has
sold 1880 bags Of its remaining
stocks Of Santos coffee acquired
In August, 1881, in exchange for
American wheat) at prices rang
ing from 11.21 to 11.31 cents per
pound. This compares with the
average price Of 1195 cents re-
ceived for the March quota sold.
The Washington times., 1934-04-13

held within a
narrow range
around yester-
days close.
The narrow.
ness of fluctu.
a tt ons indi.
C a t ed tn a t
traders, for the
time being at
least, preferred
to remain on
t h e Sidelines
u n til further
n e VS. from
w a S h / n gton
W h ere tn Q
The Washington times., 1934-04-13
Business Doubled
Bu Phoenix Mutual

March paid for business Of the
Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance
Co. showed a gain of 81 per cent
over like month last year, accord
ing to a statement of the COM
pany. Paid for business for the
first quarter this year was 38
per cent above the like period of
1888. The number Of policies
issued during the first three
months this year exceeded the
1888 period by 1900, an increase
Of 46 per cent.
The Washington times., 1934-04-13
MARKET MOVES
UNRESTRICTED
TRADE AREA
BY LESLIE GOULD

NEW YORK, April 13 U.N.SO
With the exception of a few iso-
lated issues the stock market
was an apathetic affair today as
prices Of the principal issues
The Washington times., 1934-04-13

trict Of Column
bia Bankers AS
Sociation which
is to be held
May q 80 at
White Sulphur
Springs.
Everyone is
talking it up
a n d figuring
on what things
should be dis
cuSSed.
So far viii.
nner j, Waller
of the Hamil-
ton B a n k,
The Washington times., 1934-04-13
WASHINGTON STOCKS

SALES
Capital Traction Company,
10@25.
AFTER CALL
Washington Railway and Elec.
trio As, $1,000@93A.
Capital Traction SIS, $500@82.
Lanston Monotype, 3@44.
Anacostia and Potomac Rail.
road SIS, $1,000@67.
The Washington times., 1934-04-13

Delegates to represent the
Washington Chapter at the Amer.
ican Institute of Banking's an
nual convention here in June
were named last night. The
election will be confirmed at a
meeting April 26.
Those nominated are: Harold
w. Burnside, j. George Dagenais,
Constance D. Fogle, Robert M.
Poole. I. J. Roberts, George o.
Wass, and Kenneth F. Brooks,
Riggs National Bank; S. Winifred
Burwell, and George B. Earn
shaw, National Metropolitan
Bank; William A. Cady, James C.
pulin, Frank M. Perley, Paul j.
Seltzer, and Alfred w. Sherman,
American Security & Trust Com
pany; Aubrey o. Dooley, Walton
T.. Sanderson, Wilmer j. Waller,
and Lois A. White, Hamilton Ma
tional Bank.
Joseph R. Fitzpatrick and
Stuart s. Ogilvie, Second Ma
tional Bank; G.. Elmer Flather,
Union Trust Company; Ruth I.
Gordon, and T. Hunton Leith,
Security Savings & Commercial
Bank: A. E. Henze, j. Earle NC
Geary, and Katherine w. Mccall
mont, w. B. HibbS & Company:
Robert H. Lacey, Columbia Ma
tional Bank: William H. Laughlin,
Mabel v. Royce, Rose L. Royce
and Norman E. Towson, Washing
ton Loan & Trust Company.
Robert E. Lee, Richard A. Nor
ris, and James A. Soper, Lincoln
National Bank; Francis E. Robey,
Bank of Commerce and Savings;
e. Wallace Schreiner, and Robert
g. Whitton, First National Bank,
Alexandria, Va: and Gertrude C.
Wick, Liberty National Bank.
The Washington times., 1934-04-13
INTEREST KEEN
HERE IN BANK
. CONVENTION

BY DUNBAR HARE ...
Local bankers are taking more
than unusual interest in the
annual convention of the Dis
The Washington times., 1934-04-13

Ch air man OF DUNBAR marc
the program committee, has not
called a meeting. wever,
there's a pretty general idea Of
things to be discussed.
One thing that everybody
wants to talk about is the diff
ference between thrift and saw
dngS accounts. The bankers feel
that too much money is tied up
in savings accounts, holding that
the money, if invested, would
aid in the return to prosperity.
They feel that big savings ac-
counts should not be classed as
thrift accounts.
Bankers and business men gen.
orally are elated over the pickup
In trade. This was reflected yes
terday in report of the Federal
Reserve Bank of Richmond, which
showed that local department
stores last month had sales 40.5
per cent higher than for March
of 1888.