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The Washington times., 1935-01-15

crowded hall.
Above the uproar Dick Low.
ellis voice rang out. Force an
entrance, if necessary, into
those offices. Let's find out,
once for all, what lies behind
Sari's secrecy. l propose that
Will Barnes and Doctor Price
go with Sari. If the doors are
locked, break them in"
Barnes rose and walked
toward the door, his cheeks
flush ed with excitement.
That's one invitation 1 don't
need repeated"
With an almost impercepti.
BILE nod Sari brought Bull Pablo
to his side.
Tawny eyes cleaning, he whis-
pered a few words to the man,
then, in voice trembling With
hate, ne turned on Barnes. Il
warn you not to set loot IN my
office"
The Issue
Coolly Barnes drawled back.
Too pad. But that's exactly
what I'm aiming to do" De-
Hberately he picked up his pom.
cho from the floor and threw it
over his shoulders.
Once more Sari'S eyes blazed
into the eyes OF this man who,
next to Lowell himself, had been
the greatest barrier to his plans,
then he turned to Pablo and
his hand moved in a silent Sig
nal. In answer Pablo took
step backward, and, crouching,
was lost to view benlnd his cnle1.
Barnes already had crossed
the hall, and called to Doctor
Price, Come on, Doc. I'm
about to put my foot through
the office door of the Verue
Irrigation Company"
But as he turned Pablo darted
from behind Sari with drawn re-
VolVer and leveled it at Barnes
defenSeleSs back. Desperately
Price threw himself forward,
but in that same instant the
crash of an automatic filled the
room and Pablo spun half
around. then crumpled slowly
forward on his face. And now
LoWel's still-smoking gun point
ed straight at Sari, not 10 feet
away.
Let no man move" Dicks
low voice warned. lone single
move and I send the next bullet
through your heart"
Not a sound, not a movement,
while the acrid smell of powder
crept throughout the room.
Every man stood tense and rigid,
the two groups like silent, mo-
tionleSs statues confronting each
other across the body of Sari's
fallen henchman.
Then from outside, above the
ceaSelesS beating of the rain,
came a sound of many horses
on the paved street below, and
a loud, Halt"
Under Arrest
The door burst open, and Cap
tain O'Hearn entered, followed
by two lieutenantS. In his right
hand he held a heavy army au-
tomato, and his eyes beneath
the dripping stetson took in that
dramatic tableau.
Curtly he broke the silence.
This meeting is under arrest"
Abruptly Dick faced him.
by whose orders?"
by order of the War Depart
ment. The governor has notified
Washington that if violence
breaks out here the State au-
thoritieS cannot cope with it.
He has asked for the aid of
federal troops. Tonight Verde
lies under martial law
Bitterly Dick thrust the auto
matte back in it's holster. He
had failed, Sari was still in con-
troll, more securely now than
ever with the aid of these Fed
eral forces.
(To be Continued
Copyright, 1874, by Tom Gill. Distributes
by King Features Syndicate. Ines
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From his pocket Sari took a
crumpled telegram. AT to-
nights meeting of the men of
Verde" he read, Il repeat my
entire confidence in the integ-
rlty and wisdom of Nicholas
Sari and I renounce for all time
the actions of my disowned and
discredited son, Richard Lowell.
Signed, Scion Lowell"
Sari's Claim
Dramatically, Sari folded the
paper and thrust it back into
his pocket. His long, slender
finger pointed directly at Dick.
This man has told you the
survey is false, and I tell you
he lies. He has always been a
liar, and a jealous one"
With the aid of that over
ambitious editor of an unscrup-
ulous paper he has made some
of you believe him. The ditch
will go exactly where 1 have
said, but I shall spend neither
money nor time on more sur
Veys. II any of you want that,
you can do it yourselves. AS to
the land I hold beyond the Bar
rier. hold it to control my
rights to the ditch, and shall
continue to control it,"
Dick jumped to his feet.
How much do you own there?"
"A narrow strip on either
side of the ditch"
That's another lie. You and
your straw men own every foot
that can be irrigated north of
the lake. I wonder if the peo-
pie OF Verde know that. I won
der if they know that through
your influence with the Govern
ment all the public land be-
yond the Barrier is under your
control? Do they know of your
understanding with the Cover
nor that allows you to Craze
cattle on state lands as far as
the foothills? Does anyone
here realize the absolute mo-
nopoly that you now have over
every usable foot of soil
throughout the Verde country?"
He turned and faced the
room. Don't take my word for
this. Why not learn the truth
Tor yourselves? The records are
in the offices of the Irrigation
Company at this moment. Some
OF you men still have an inter-
est in this company. Barnes
has. Doctor Price has. Why
don't you go with Sari to their
records then come back and tell
us which one has lied?"
CHAPTER 81
At the back of the room Doc
tor Price had risen. An old
timer about Verde, the kindly,
aging physician was one of the
best loved men in the desert
country.
II still happen to be a trustee
Of the Verde Irrigation Com
pany, at the request of my old
friend, Scion Lowell" he said.
II am quite willing to 60 to the
office of the Company and let
Sari lay everything before us.
Whether these charges are true
or false, it is time that we who
have loaned our names to this
work should know what is being
done" He looked at Sari.
"Well?"
Like an animal at bay Sari
tdrned. The easy, contemp-
tuous oemearor had fled. He
was more like a trapped wild
thing now as he hurled back,
"Those records can be exam
ined only by a call of the ma
jority stockholders"
Prices voice hardened. THAT
means Solon Lowell and your
self"
Exactly"
Angry murmurS were growing
louder throughout the room.
Men were rising to their feet
ana the hands of many had
fallen to the guns at their
waists. Only the slightest spark
now, onlythe least act or word
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More Blood Is Spilled In The
Bitter Desert War
WHAT HAS HAPPENED

big Boss" LoaOeU political in Washington, 1vith
Nick Sar his manager, plans cast irrigation project
IN Verde Arizona They haze forced the ranchers to sell
their holdings for pittanceS.
Bruce and Dick Lowell oppose their father and Dick
Whle in Washington, finds evidence of Saris crooked
ness At has fathers orders he studies Sdrs records of
the irrgaron project and makes copy of mysterious
tracing and torn letter 1Ohich he finds IN the desk
ReceUiny aOre telling of the murder of Bruce Dick
pledges vengeance.
VIII Barnes tells of finding Bruces body shot through
the back Dlck disguised Mexican, learns that an
open clash IS coming betaOeen the ranchers and
Sari's thugs.
Sar flies to Verde and Dick against iuterferin1
01th his plans. Nora is kidnapped by Sarrs gang, and
Dack rescues her after sharp fight In Ohch man is
shot.
Dick is invted by Capt. OHearn to attend fiesta at
the u s. Arn post and defeats Bull Pablo IN pistol
comteSt Sn d1Oes and seeks to enlist the support of
ntGry authorities IN the conflict betaOeen ranckers and
his hired gunmen.
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NOW READ ON

Sarls voice untroubled when this meeting was
called half suspected what would degenerate intoan
attack by the dsgruned members this community and
batch of lies from the dsoyal of man we all revere
But before take his word seriously let me read YOU
telegram from Solon Lowell and then you can Judge be-
tween me and this lying uptar who dare his
own father and thieves and despoers'
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"And we2" "You and the beautiful girl, who is
IOOl are extras, so to speak Within certain
definite time our numbers must be reduced to one
thousand exactly. But we shan't speak of that. I
will show you the Works"
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."I am what you would call foreman, and there
are many Of us, keeping the pyromen at work here.
The forenien are all young men," He had turned
his back upon his working gang, and as he spoke
one of the creatures whirled about.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-28
10 Convicted
Oklahoma,
II More Held

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Feb.
27.-Ten unemployed workers, who
were arrested after demonstration
last May and held on charges Of
conspiracy to overthrow the gov
eminent" were convicted here
before Judge Edward ugh t
at the Federal District Circuit
Court. An appeal has been filed
by the international Labor Defense
and a new trial will be held next
Saturday.
On the day before the conviction,
United States District Attorney w.
C. Lewis introduced his single piece
of testimony. The evidence con-
sists of a letter from Joe K. Pask-
van to Mrs. William Conner Of
Oklahoma City, stating that he was
coming to help organize the unem-
ployed struggles for relief.
Twelve other workers still face
trial for having addressed protests
to the trial Judge. Since their ar
rest on Feb. 6. District Attorney
Lewis has been searching for Her
bert Benjamin's right hand man"
who, Lewis declares, is In Oklahoma
City. Despite the terror, the Com
munist Party, the Unemployment
Councils and the International La
Dor Defense have redoubled their
activities. Now Lewis has declared
that Herbert Benjamin is in Okla
horha City, and has ordered his ar
rest on sight. Orders also call for
the arrest Of any known Commu-
mist at once.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-28

scale of union wages, and that the
minimum wage for all those on work
relief be 500 month for skilled.
and $50 a month for unskilled work
ers.
While discussions we're going on
in the House, in the Appropriation
Committee and also in the Senate.
labor organizations all over the
country, ira d e unions, building
trades locals, Unemployment Coun-
ellis and other organizations show
cred kilograms and letters on the
Senators and Congressman urging
them to vote against the SO cent
hourly scale and asking them to in
clude in the bill the prevailing union
scale of wages. Every single con-
gresham and senator received such
letters.
Green Accepts Low Pay
The pressure from below was so
great that even the Executive Coun-
Gil of the A. F. of L., headed by
William Green, was forced to APP
pear before the Senate Appropria-
tions Committee and plead for the
inclusion of the prevailing scale of
wages in the bill. Mr.. Green in his
testimony before this committee
made no attack against the whole
scheme of Roosevelt to further re-
duce the living standard of the
workers.
He was even willing to accept a
$40 monthly wage scale as long as
it was based on the prevailing scale
of wages. When Senator McCarran
asked Mr.. Green whether it would
be possible to employ three and one
half million unemployed workers at
the prevailing scale of wages, Mr..
Green replied that at $40 a month,
instead of $50 as proposed by the
administration, it would be possible
to employ more than three and one
half million workers. Mr.. Green
also said that the administration
has a perfect right to pay $40, since
this would discourage workers from
seeking relief jobs. Mr.. Green. in
making such statement, Joined
with those who claim that workers
prefer federal jobs to private jobs.
The important thing that Green
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-28
Communists Urge Unity
In Fight Against Ohio
Ani-LabOr Legislation
5000 F.E.R.A. Men
On Strike in Toledo
For Higher Wages

TOLEDO, Ohio, Feb. 27.-
About 5000 F. E. r. A. workers
are now striking here against the
Roosevelt slave wage relief rates
and against the general Roose-
welt assault upon living standards
Of the workers.
The strike may become the
biggest and most widespread in
the history Of the county among
building workers on relief prof.
ects," said President Fred Payne
of the Toledo Central Labor
Union and manager of the Brick
layers Union Local 8 which called
the strike. All building craft
workers in the city have an
nounced their support of the
strike, and the Central Labor
Union has endorsed the walk
out.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-28
Communists
File for Slate
In Chicago
S8,35I Signatures Are
Collected to Place
Nominees on Ballot
GDaiIy worker Midwest Bureau

CHICAGO, Ill, Feb. 27.-Having
collected 58,351 signatures to place
its candidate on the ballot, the
Communist Party today filed petit
tons with the Board of Election
Commissioners for a City Ticket,
which includes Karl Lockner for
Mayor and Herbert Newton for
City Clerk, and Samuel Hammers
mark for City Treasurer.
The gathering of the signatures
was a triumph achieved by the I'M
tagging efforts of hundreds of
Communist Party members who
worked ten and twelve hours day
collecting the $1,000 signatures re-
quired by law.
The Socialist Party announced
today that it could not file a petit
ton OF candidates, not having sue
ceeded in getting the required sig
natures. The signature law is de-
signed to keep working class par
ties off the ballot.
Preliminary reports today indi-
cate that the workers candidate in
the 21st Ward, Martin Miskerisk, is
running second.
The task is now to prevent the
city authorities from disqualifying
the petitions, as was done in the
sldermanic elections, where %
workers candidates out of 20 were
ruled off the ballot.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-28
New Jersey Rolls
Show Sharp Rise
In Need for Relief

NEWARK. N. j.. Feb. 27.-New
Jersey relief figures reached an
all-time high in January with
$4,000 persons. more than Is per
cent Of the States population
existing on the hunger rations Of
the relief. the Emergency Relief
Administration announced yes
terday.
Compared with January year
ago, last months figures repre-
sent an increase of 81 per cent.
The number on relief then was
337,355, as compared to the pres
ent $4,000 out of a total popu-
lation Of 4,041,334. The figure
as for the past month also shows
an advance Of 1878 over De-
cember. Average relief pay
ments for all forms of relief
food, clothing, shelter, gas and
electricity-amounted to a bout
sl.79 per person a week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-28
S. p. Leader
Scored by 300

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 27.-
More than 300 workers. members of
the Ohio Association for Unemploy-
ment Insurance, booed down Mr..
Mandelkorn, chairman of the So
cialist Party County Committee,
who came to their meeting at the
Bohemian National Hall to speak
against the State Workers Bill,
H. B. 1876. The Ohio Association
was first organized by the Socialist
Party, and many members of the
Socialist Party we're present at the
meeting.
Immediately after the address of
Frank Rogers, secretary of the
Cleveland Committee for the Work
ers' Bill, Mandelkorn demanded the
floor. ]. j. Vanecek, chairman of
the meeting and leading Social
ist, gave him the floor. Mandel-
korn called Vanecek a traitor" Cor
his support of the Workers Bill
and the recent National Congress
for Unemployment Insurance.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-28

moralization of the wage scales
throughout the country and reduc-
ton in wages in private industry in
the country, Do you think there is
any real ground for that fear?"
Mr.. Gill answered, There is not,
in my opinion"
The assistant federal relief adj
ministrator is thus trying to con-
vince Mr. McAdoo and the other
Senators that the employers in this
country would not follow the adj
ministration policy and would not
cut wages.
The Roosevelt administration in
putting forward the SO cents hourly
scale of wages is fulfilling the
dreams of the powerful employ
ers' organizations, of the powerful
Master Builders Associations, which
are advocating wage cuts as step
towards "reviving business activi-
ties"
Blow at Trade Unionism
The drastic wage slash proposed
by the administration would not
only reduce the living standards of
the workers, but would also be a
head-on blow at the trade union
movement in this country. The
proposal of Roosevelt is an attack
against the living standards of the
entire working people employed and
unemployed Millions of unem-
ployed on relief would be forced to
accept jobs for 38 cents an hour,
work which is paid for 81 an hour
and more. They would work in
most cases less than the 1870 hours
a month. The bill would outlaw
work relief strikes. It specifies that
anyone refusing to accept Job for
$50 a month would be deprived of
relief.
Rank and file members in the A.
F. of L. unions are realizing that
the Roosevelt New Deal is new
deal for the employers. They have
learned that the support given to
the Roosevelt administration by the
top leadership of the A. F. of L.
proved detrimental to organized
labor, The rank and file have also
found that the Senators and Con-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-28

failed to point out, however, is
where private jobs are to be found.
The 100000 unemployed in the
U. S. cannot find them.
10 Cents an Hour on Relief
The administration sent it's agents
to the Appropriations Committee to
fight for the 1870 hours of work at
$50 per month. They tried to con-
vince the senator's (which was not
SO very hard) to vote for this pro-
posal, since relief workers, they
stated, receive less now than the
proposed $50.
Mr.. Gill, assistant federal emer-
gency relief administrator, appeared
before the Senate Appropriations
Committee on Feb. II, prepared with
facts and figures and with a great
big map showing wages paid by the
administration to relief eworkers in
various parts of the country. Ac-
cording to his figures a large sec
ton of the population in the South
ern States employed on relief jobs
ASSShfS0 Az w 10 CCtlOo Dtl llOuI,
while those in other sections 90 to
20 cents an hour. In some sections
relief workers are paid 80 to 80
cents and small group receives 40
to so cents an hour.
Mr.. Gill, in bis argument for the
$50 maximum wage scale stated
that on an average the relief work
ers receive SIS per month. However.
in the Northern states, some are
paid $40 or more, while, on the
other hand in the Southern states
the relief worker gets as low as SO
and even So a month.
Administration Lying
Senator McAdoo asked Mr.. Gill
the following question: 81 want to
ask Mr.. Gill if the terms which
seem to be expressed in the tele-
grams and I am receiving and
which are expressed in the news
paper reports as coming from labor
leaders and others interested in the
labor movement, are based on any
tangible ground, when they appre-
bend that the passage Of this bill
without the prevailing scale amend
ment would lead to general de-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-28
Chicago C. P. Repeats
Unity Offer on Election
To Socialist Committee

CHICAGO, H., Feb. 27.-Robert
Minor and A. Guss, representing the
Chicago district of the Communist
Party, appeared Saturday before the
Cook County Executive Committee
of the Socialist Party with renewed
proposals for united support of
the workers candidates in the al
derman elections here, on a plat
form of minimum demands.
In view of the seriousness of the
present election campaign here, the
Communists requested joint state
ment by the two parties to unite the
working class behind the five So
cialist candidates and the six Com
munist-supported candidates run
ming for Office on n-partisan
ballot, with the support of various
trade unions and other workers or
CARNATIONS.
The united front proposals were
again turned down by Cook County
Executive Committee Of the Social
list Party, with the statement, is
sued late Saturday afternoon, that
the Communist Party be Informed
we are not ready to go into united
front Of this kind at this time"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-28

Used as Club
On Jobless

HARTFORD, Conn, Feb. 27.-If
you demand the same pay, instead
Of less, for doing the same work on
relief job that others are doing,
you run the danger of being jailed
for non-support Of your family.
That is what happened to An
thony Abruzzo and Joseph Landrie,
unemployed workers who led del
egation to Relief Superintendent
Ryan here to demand so cents an
hour for shovelling snow. Men on
the relief rolls assigned to snow
shoVelling jobs had been receiving
only 40 cents an hour, while F.E.
RIA. men working side by side with
them were being paid so cents an
hour.
Abruzzo and Landrie, both active
members of the Unemployed League,
were sentenced to 60 days each with
the alternative of contributing $40
a week to the support of their fami-
lies for 26 weeks The judge knew.
while passing sentence, that both
men have been unemployed for a
long time and are on the relief rolls.
Resentment is running high against
this fascist trick to suppress the
efforts of the Hartford iobless to
gain more relief. The Central La
Dor Union here has endorsed the
fight of the Hartford Unemployed
League against the forced labor
program instituted by the local vel
fare department together with the
city officials.
In statement TO the local press
the Communist Party has endorsed
the demands of the Unemployed
League and pledged to mobilize all
its forces against the forced labor
program. Committees are visiting
all organizations in building the
united front against forced labor.
This also includes the fight for the
Workers Unemployment Insurance
Bill H. r. 1927, and the State Work
ers' Bill.
Single unemployed men here have
been moved to the Meadows, a
swamp on the outskirts of the city,
where they are forced to work five
days week for one dollar.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-28
Urge Pressure
To Place Bill
Before House

The National Joint Action Com
mittee yesterday called fo- imme-
diate pressure to force the House
Committee on Labor to vote the
Workers Unemployment, Old Age
and Social Insurance Bill. H. r.
2827, out of committee and onto
the floor Of the House for vote.
On Monday the seven members
of the Sub committee on Unemploy-
ment Insurance voted the bill to the
full committee. This full commit
tee must vote a majority for bring
ing the Workers Bill onto the floor
of the House.
To date, ten members of this COM
mittee have in one way or another
signalized their support of the
Workers Bill. These ten are: Rep
resentatives william P. Connery of
Massachusetts,, chairman; Matthew
A. Dunn, chairman of the sub
committee, Of Pennsylvania; James
Gildea of Pennsylvania; Reuben T.
Wood OF Missouri; John Lesinski of
Michigan; Richard j. WEIGH of Cali
fornia; Fred Hartley of New Jer-
sey; Vito Msrcantonio Of New York:
George Schneider of Wisconsin; and
Ernest Lundeen of Minnesota.
Other members Of the committee
are: Mary Norton of New Jersey;
Glen Griswold of Indiana: Charles
Truax of Ohio; Joe Eagle of Texas;
Jennings Randolph of West Vir-
ginia; Robert Ramspeck of Georgia;
Kent Keller of Illinois; Msrcellus
Evans of New York; Sebert Dunn of
Mississippi; William Lsmbertson
and Clifford Hope of Kansas.
The National Joint Action Com
mittes for Genuine Unemployment
Insurance urged that individual and
mass demands be directed at all
members of the House Committee
on Labor, all congressman and Sen
ators, and especially at the remain
ing members of tn House Committee
on Labor who have not yet given
their support to the Workers Bill,
H. R. 2827.