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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-21
BIG BUSINESS
DEMANDS PUT
INTO MESSAGE
2-Year Extension With
More Flexibility'
Is Called for
By Marguerite Young
DAILY Worker Washington Bureau)

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 20
President Roosevelt today recon-
mended extension Of the NRA., the
New Deal mechanism which lowered
wages, stacked up corporation profits
and legalized company unions. for
two years beyond next June is, the
day when it expires.
Toeing the mark drawn by leading
open shop industrialists and hnsn-
ciers in their recent White Sulphur
Springs conference, the President
stood pat on "fhe fundamental prin-
ciples and purposes Of the N.R.A.
At the same time he demanded
"fexibility," in the renewed NR.A.
This word. "fexibility" is the very
word used by the United States
Chamber of Commerce, the National
Association of Manufacturers and
their recent White Sulphur Springs
conferees in stating their desire to
retain modified MIRA. These
three trade associations are the or
iginal sponsors of the MIRA. as a
measure to further trustify indus
try. promote company unions, and
further fascisize industry.
1--WE Need FlexibiIity"
Let me urge upon the Congress
the necessity for an extension of
the present act (NRA9," the Roose-
welt message read, THE progress
we have been able to make has
shown us the vast scope of the
problems in our industrial life.
We need certain degree of flex-
1bility :"
Leading officials of the American
Federation of Labor again hailed
the fundamental principles" of the
NR.A. at the moment the Pres
ident's message was being read in
the capitol They did this despite
the fact that only yesterday one of
them told House Committee that,
as now set up, the NR.A. can only
mean increasing doses of fascism."
l. M. Ornburn, secretary of the
Union Labor Trades Department of
the A. F. of L., testifying before the
House Labor Committee and ap-
proving continuation of the MIRA.
with more AT. of L. leaders helping
to carry out it's objects declared:
Increasing Doses of Fascism
with the N.R.A. now headed
by one of industry's chief night
riders, Is. Clay Williams, tobacco
inagnatel, labor can expect in
creasing doses Of fascism from its
decisions and activities. The trend
is sIarmingly similar to the early
stages of fascism in Europe where
labor was first baited with prom
ises such as the N.R.A. and then
suppressed"
Before the same committee, Fran
els j. German, president of the
United Textile Workers of America
and the strike chairman who CO.
operated with the government and
employers to break the nationwide
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Shot Is Fired
At u. Leader
lsperial to II, nailr workerl


WILKES BARRE, Pa. Feb. 20
John Muldowney. chairman of the
Luzerne County Unemployment
Councils. while addressing a. meet
ing of the Council at Pittston last
night was shot at, the bullet barely
missing his face. The shot was
fired through a window directly at
Muldowney.
Muldowney led committee of
the Unemployment Council to the
Pittston Relief Board last week in
behalf of Disseminated workers
Miss Crawl, of the Relief Board at
Pittston sought to intimidate the
foreign-born workers by a threat
that non-citizens would be de-
ported. To one of the committee
she stated: Remember what hap
pened to Campbell and Reilly
Muldowney was explaining to the
workers the meaning of this re-
mark by Miss Crawl when the shot
came through the window. Camp
bell and Reilly we're two militant
miners shot by gangsters of Cap
pelini who once controlled the
union in this region. The assailant
has not yet been discovered.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-21
ITALY SPEEDS
WAR PLANS

ROME, Feb. -Embarkation of
of the 'Peloritana :"
combat division of Messina Sicily
for East Africa is ready to begin at
a moments notice, it was disclosed
today. More and more each tactic
of Mussolini indicates that major
slaughter is certain to take place
within two weeks, the war supplies
and troops that are already on the
way to Abyssinia being sufficiently
numerous to begin ruthless Of
fensive against the Negro nation
The transport of regular fight
ing troops, not including the re-
serves, has begun. Mussolini to-
day requisitioned the ocean liners
Vulcania, Conte Biancamano and
the Dumas, capable of carrying
1000 to 5000 men each.
General Pavoni, one of the most
accomplished colonial butchers of
Italian Imperialism, assumed COM
mand of the Peloritana division
and will sail with the first con-
tingent, At Naples, the S. S. Mon
tenegro took aboard 1000 soldiers
and several hundred auxiliary ex-
perts. The officers received orders
to be ready to sail at any time.
News of troop movements paral-
lelS the truce" and negotiation"
stories of the Mussolini propaganda
agencies. Meanwhile fifth meet
ing of Italian imperialisn's SUI
preme war council takes place to-
dsy
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-21
Strike
In Haverhill
lspecial 70 the pailv workerl

HAVERHILL, Mass, Feb. 20. =
More than a thousand shoe work
ers came out on strike Monday in
Lowell, Mass, in solidarity with the
workers of the Laganas Shoe Com
pany who have been out for six
weeks as result of three union
members being fired.
Two workers were arrested at a
mass picket line yesterday. Mayor
Bruin issued an order against mass
picketing. The Police Department
signed up seventy-five strikebreak-
ers as deputies to help crush the
walkout. One hundred and seventy
State Troopers are being sent to
Lowell. At strikers mass meeting
many workers spoke for city gen.
eral strike, calling upon textile work
ers to come out too.
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REJECT LA GUARDIA's sTRIKEBREAKING DE-
CISION
THE RECLASsIFICATION THE HIGHER MIN
MUM WAGES. THE SHORTER HOURS AND
THE CLOSED SHOP MUST BE DEMANDED AND
WON NOW AND NOT SIX MONTHS FROM NOW,
At the membership meetings, at shop meetings,
VOTE FOR REJECTION OF THE STRIKE
BREAKING LAGUARDIA TRUCE.
VOTE FOR A FIGHT NOW FOR RECLAsSIFI-
CATION AND THE OTHER UNION DEMANDS.
THE BUILDING SERVICE WORKERS MUST
NOT ALLOW THE BOSSES TO DIVIDE THEM
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MEETINGS PLACE ISSUE
BEFORE UNION MEMBERS
ACTION IS DEMANDED
Strik e Call Is n o W
Expected Momentarily
in Bronx Borough

The conference in the Hotel
Holland between representatives.
of the Building Service Employees
Union and the landlords broke
up late last evening when Walter
Gordon Merritt, representing the
Pennzone and Midtown realtor
groups, announced that the groups
he represented refused to yield an
inch beyond the miserable CurTan
arbitration award.
The union demands we're S22
minimum for workers N the
smallest buildings. forty-hour
week for all building workers, one
weeks vacation for all workers and
time and One-half for overtime,
Sundays and holidays.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-21

With borough-wide strike cali
expected n1omentarily in the Bronx,
and with an increasing demand
among Brooklyn building service
workers for a walkout and of Man
haitian workers for re-strike Of all
buildings which have not signed
agreements with the union. three
locals Of the Building Service En-
ployees Union we're holding mass
membership meetings last night.
Sentiment for a general strike
in the Bronx is so strong among
the membership of Local lob Of
the unicn that Louis Cooper, pres
ident Of the local, admitted to the
Daily Worker that he and George
Scalese, international vice. president
Of the union, had to exert every
bit Of pressure at our command to
prevent men from walking out Of
their buildings" Not less than
twenty strikes in thirty six build
ings have been called off in the
last forty eight hours because they
were not authorized" by the ex-
ecutive board of the local, Cooper
said.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-21
To Place Question

Cooper said that the executive
board of the local has already voted
a strike call and that the mass meet
ing called for last night at Vasa
Castle Hall. 149th Street and Mott
Avenue. was to put the question to
the entire membership.
Carl Iverstrom. financial secretary
of Local lob, will be put at the
head Of the strike BY the executive
board If the strike call is issued, it
was announced at the locals head
quarters.
Ninety per cent Of the 10000
building service workers in the
Bronx are organized in Local lob,
Cooper said.
Cooper sent a telegram to James
j. Lyons, Borough resident of the
Bronx, stating that the responsible
ity for any inconvenience to the
general public that may ensue as
the result of a strike rests squarely
on the shoulders of the Real Estate
Board of the Bronx, who have ig-
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Press Run Yesterday-44,s0O
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Canvass Your NeighbOrhoods for
STEADY Daily Worker Readers
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La opinión., 1935-04-07
UN ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE

Segun Leslie, es inexacto que ell
castor construya sus habitaciones So
bre balsas fabricadas con troncos de
arboles, con ell fin de poder subir Y
bajar las corrientes de los rios.-El
hermoso roedor gusta de construir su
hogan en- las margenes de los rios, pc
70 tiene tai gracia en- su arte, que
logra cubrir la ex~istencia de su habi-
tacion en- tai forma, que dificilmente
puede ser descubierto por c%ualquier
animal enemigo, o por ell hombre.
Era possible, refiere M. Leslie. re-
correr las margenes de los rios en- la
Europa Central en- donde abundaba ell
castor, sin encontrar un solo animal.
Los ~cazadores Sc veian %enganados
constantemente por otros animales que
GUSTAV tambien de vivir en- las orillas
de los rios, mientras que ell castor Sc
%encontraba perfectamente oculto y sin
La opinión., 1935-04-07
COMO SU


Para construir su hogan. en- primer
lugar busca ell castor un bosque que
Sc encuentre p~recisamente en- In orr
LA de un rio de poca corriente. a fin
de no n peligro alguno.
Cuando encuentra Ell lugar buscado, sc
da a roer ell tronco de los arboles.
"a veces, la hembra lie ayuda en-
la tarea, pero generalmente, ell macho
es ell que lleva a cabo ell trabajo, n
fin de ser el ell nnico victorioso. En-
~algunas ~ocasiones, ell macho trabaja
EMBELLISHMENTS en- Ell tronco de diez
o mas arboles, dc tai manera que pue-
da utilizar d al mismo tempo.
"Cuando ell animal ha roido 10 bas-
tante los troncos de los arboles. Sc re-
tira a un lugar cercano, juntamente
con la hembra. esperanto que sople
viento fuerte que haga caer al ar
h-uido. Apenas ha caido ell arbol, el
castor termina su tarea: rompe las
ultimas fibras y hace rodar Ell tronco
hacia las aguas. Cuando esta tarea
Sc dificulta, tanto Ell macho como la
hembra trabajan febrilmente hacien-
do un pequeno precipicio por ell quail
empujan ell tronco hasta que este cal
ga al rio.
"Asi trabajan con Ell resto de los
troncos caidos. a~lgunos de los cuales
son %perdidos al ser arrastrados por
una fuerte co~rriente. Pero el castor,
g~racias a su i~ngenio, es un animal
previsor: race caer diez arboles, sabe-
dor de que en- su trabajo puede per-
der hasta cinco o seis; asi su labor no
resultara inutil.
"Cuando va los troncos estan So
bre ell aqua, ell roedor monta en- uno
de ellos. colocandose en- la parte pos
terror; hunde la cola en- las aguas y
Sc deja arrastrar usando la cola a
guisa de timon.
"A wees navegan macho y hembra
en- esta forma por dos o tres dias,
hasta e%n;ontrar un paraje que les "a
comode, y con su cola-timon, logran
que los troncos queden en- Ia orilla
clegida. Sc dedican despues a acarrear
%raices, barro y ramas. material indis-
pensable para afianzar las bases de
su vivienda, y en- seguida, con .habi-
iIdad asombrosa. construyen ell techo
de la casa con ramas y barro. La ca
sa: rodesda por los grandes tronco. de
arboles, 4ueda dentro de una peque-
nisima iaguna, gracias a 10 cual Sc
La opinión., 1935-04-07
COMO VIVE Ell. CASTOR

Els fama que ell castor es ell mas
habil de los animales en- la fabrica-
cion de sus hogares, para 10 cual cuen-
ia con ell poder de sus d~ientes, con la
habilidad para nadar y con su pode-
roso ingenio.
Ell castor, segun dice Ell naturalista
ingles Benjamin Leslie, puede carecer
de alimento durante un crudo invier-
no; pero en- ninguna estacion del ano
carecera de techo. Ell roedor constru-
We recias habitaciones. que tiene es-
pecial cuidado de poner fuera del al
canoe de cualquier animal superior
que lie pueda ocasionar alg1n dano.
Hasta ell siglo XVIII Sc creia que
ell castor construia sus habitaciones en-
grandes balsas sobre las cuales era
arrastrado por las corrientes de los
rios, por 10 cual era muy dificil en-
contrar animal tan preciado por su
RIGA piel; pero la persecution de que
fue objeto cuando en- ell mercado eu-
ropeo de pieles adquirio la fama de
ser ell preferido para los manguitos
de las mujeres, do lugar a que Sc CO.
nocieran muchas de sus costumbres,
que ahora han sido e%studiadas con ma
yor detenimiento por numerosos zoo
logos, y especialmente por ell professor
Leslie. quien no solamente conoce la
vida del castor europeo, sino tambien
del canadiense.
La opinión., 1935-04-07
ESPECIE CAST EXTINGUIDA

.Aunque no es la primera vez que
en- la Europa Central Sc registra un
hecho de esta naturaleza. ell suceso no
ha dejado de causar gran impression,
va que ell castor cast ha desaparecido
en- ell viejo mundo, debido al abuse de
la GAIA de que fue objeto a principles
del siglo pasado, cuando su piel al
canada precios fabulosos.
Lo que los habitantes de Ia region
de Zugad han ~lamentado, no es que
ell rio de Zugadiza haya cambiado de
curse regando nuevas t%ierras. sino ell
que Sc haya dado muerte a los admi-
rabies obreros que, sin los instrumen-
tos que posee la %ingenieria moderna,
y solamente por su habilidad de roe
dores, pudieran ejecutar la obra de
desviacion.
Ell rio desviado por la familia de
castores, segun dice una reyista de
Budapest. no tenia una corriente eau
dalosa, sino que era un pequeno rio
que solo lleva un gran volumen de
aqua durante la p~rimavera; aqua que
ha servidO para regar una buena re-
gion agricola.
"Pero la desviacion de las aguas del
rio Zugadiza-dice la ~revista de Blu
dapest-no ha csusado perjuicios a los
asricultores, como Sc pudiera Greer,
sino que por ell contrario, les dara un
gran beneficio.
"Durante la ~2rimavera. 81 Ell eau
DIAL de aqua no hace zanzibar nueva-
mente de curse al rio hasta vo1verlo
a su madre primitiva, la corriente Sc
ra suficiente para regar 10 que STEM
pre- ha regado , aParte una buena ex-
tension de tierLts en- cuyo reg s.5Io Sc
de canales.
PAGINA s
La opinión., 1935-04-07
RoEN HAsTA 40 o SO TRoNcos

Hay oc~asiones, continua diciendo M.
Leslie, que ell castor es tan trabaja-
dor, que en- lugar de echar abajo diez
arboles. logra destruir los troncos de
cuarenta o cincuenta. que puede con
ducir facilmente por la corriente de
los rios.
En- no pocas o~casiones, termina d.
ciendo ell naturalista ingles. ell castor,
contando con la ayuda de la hembra,
%aprovecha los troncos derribados en- la
construction de diques que con toda
paciencia e ingenio cubren de lodo y
de ramas. hasta lograr zanzibar la co.
rriente de los rios.
Refiriendose al suceso registrado
en- ell rio de Zugadiza. la revista de
Budapest dice que ell castor que logro
desviar Ia corriente de este rio, traba-
jo con habilidad tan asombrosa que
levanto una pequena, pero recia mu-
ralIa de metro y medic de ~altura, ma
ciendo desviar de esta manera el cur
so natural del rio.
La opinión., 1935-04-07

Muy lejos de 10 que ocurria en- X...
sc hallaba Aguirre, en aquella mana
ma. Recargado en la "tranca" del cor
tito, contemplate. ~apenado, ell aspec-
to de un cielo azul que no daba sena-
les de proXima lluvla, recorriendo mem
talmente la enorme cantidad de cue
ros de reses muertas, levantados en-
ell campo por los vaqueros en- la corta
temporada de dos meses, pues ell ga
nado vacuno. ganoso de verde paste
que, va por aquel e~ntonces, en- otros
amos, %abundaba en- los potreros, Sc in
clinaba a devorar ell "cha-
NAL" (planta de hojas largas, duras
y puadas semejantes a enormes y YER
des plumas de ave, que produce en- la
parte superior del tallo una fruta Sc
mejante a la pima en- donde Sc guar
dan numerosas bolitas. Estas Y las ho-
jas. cuando estan ~tiernas, las devora
ell ganado vacuno produciendole grave
dano).
Ell indio Tomas, vecino de la Villa,
cruzo IN aquel momento por ell calle-
jon, al trote largo de sus canillas tos-
tadas; con ell Gallon arremangado arri-
ba de las corvas.
-"Jiahue", sihor (buenos dias)-
dijo al pasar jadeante y sudoroso. lie
vando en- ell semblante la huella del
estupor.
-iAnde vas tan apriesa "compaf
to-?
-Dejame ~"destapar" "quistiano'',
pues voy de carrera ca don Gildo.
-iQue trails en- csc papel?
En- este amatl lie llevo ell guena
ventura.
-Echamela pa ca; que quiero yer
In Ollpno uanf,,ro do -. nADn,Ixo
iPasa algo bueno?
Los "coyomes" pronunciaos, pa
grecito. Isnalo (temprano) Sc 10 me-
tieron y 10 quemaron ell casa gobicr-
(Sigae en- Ia 1Oa. pdgindJ
La opinión., 1935-04-07
LOS CABECILLAS.......
TVie-e de Ia Seo..dd Pd1indJ

fVie-e de Ia See.sdd Pd1indJ
ties de pies a cabeza con ell grasiento
liquido. Notablemente curiosos v la
mentables a la vez son estos cuadros
de latrocinio y de v~iolencia, ejercita-
dos por ell pueblo bajo y por la solda-
desca durante las revoluciones. Nos
otros hemos sido testigos de numero-
sas escenas de tai indole y r~ecordamos
todavia con horror ell saqueo ejercita-
do por los rebeldes maderistas en- Tu-
la de Tamaulipas. ell % de mayo de
1911. del que fueron victimas algunos
concentrates espanoles v otros mexi-
canos de la localidad.
En- POGO mas de tres horas, perdie-
ron los duenos de los establecimientos
comerciales antes referidos, mas de
cincuenta mil pesos en- aquella gran
barata" de la "democracia".
Tan inusitado y sensational aconte-
cimiento, vol6 con la rapidez del rayO
por todas las cercanias de la Villa de
H.. sembrando la natural alarma en-
ell coraZon de los vecinos mas acomO-
dados y produciendo gran alborozo IN
tie las masas ignaras. que sonaban con
ell advenimiento de una era de holgan-
"a, latrocinio, impunidad Y verdadero
libertinaje, que ellos. en- su lapideo
meollo, %confundian con ell reinado de
la verdadera Y sana libertad.
La opinión., 1935-04-07

eonservan resguardados de cualquiera
.xresion de animales enemigos, picn-
trss que de Ia persecution del hom-
bre quedan . %salvo, gracias a Ia for
ma como cubren su techo, hacienda ass
Greer a los cazadores que sc trata de
un monitor de ramas".
La opinión., 1935-04-07

tenor de verse ~sorprendido por u
numerosos perseguidores.
La forma como ell castor trabaja en-
la construction de su vivienda, es des-
crita por ell professor Leslie, en- la ST
guiente forma:
La opinión., 1935-04-07

habitantes, asombrados de que ell rio
hubiera cambiado de curse Ell unas
cuantas semanas, sin causa apafente,
Sc propusieron hacer n investiga-
cion, hasta quedar c~onvencidos de que
una familia de castores habia sido la
autora de la d~esviacion.
La obra de desviacion del rio la
habia dirigido, sin duda alguna, ell je-
fe de la familia de castores: un her
cerca de q%uinientos frances.
La opinión., 1935-04-07

. pequeno roedor, que
apenas pesa diez lilos,
logro desviar la CO.
rriente de un riol
Ell suceso ocurrio en-
una comarca de Yugo-
eslavia, en- donde sus
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-31
Italian Officers Are Tedchi11g Philippians
All Are Being Installed With Greatness of Man at
 Rome, Mussolini= Strange Things Going on at Front

That is common enough elsewhere in the world. But it revolutionary here where the common man either works for himself, just enough to live, or works as serf or slave without pay.
 Philippians have not had the habit of continuous disciplined labor. It is true that those working now are youths between the ages of eight and fifteen, of whom hundreds are working on roads for the Italians for two lire GIG cents) a day-the first money they ever earned.
 The majority of adults have not yet decided to try this new system. But the youths, sitting beside the roads cracking rocks with small hammers and chattering to each other seem to find it no worse than I used to find it when I worked in a Michigan gravel pit for 50 cents a day.
 ConsOlidates Valley
 The consolidation of the valley of Faras Mai on the northern front continues. The valley runs south for a plateau and is important stra- logically because it is 8 convenient corridor for a future advance to- ward the Takkaze river and at the same time prevents the possibility that the Ethiopians might use 1t for an advance northward.
 It is broad valley and the most fertile I have yet encountered. Its rich fields have cattle and a peace full population. It has curious ge- ological formation. Huge solid rocks rise hundreds of feet abruptly from the valley floor.
 A small patrol action occurred Tuesday when the Italians crossed the Setit river over toward the Sudan and advanced about seven miles into Ethiopia, routing 8 small concentration of Ethiopians. The Italians returned across the from tier.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-31

MORE 9TH GRADERS ENROLLED
 Harrisburgh, Pa. (UP)-Eighth grade enrollments in Pennsylvania's s public schools have shown the larg- est percentage increase in 10 years, according to the state department of public instruction.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-31
DISTRICT LEADERS
 CHOSEN FOR DRIVE
Campaign For Italian Red Cross Funds to Open
 Here Shortly

At an executive meeting last night in Liberty hall of the Italian com mittee Pro Patria, district captains for house. o-house solicitation of funds for the Italian Red Cross were named. The committee will seek permission of the Chamber of Commerce before starting the drive. Another meeting of the committee will be held tomorrow night in Lib- erty hall.
 The various district captains are Nunzio Murno, John DePastino, Charles Summa, Leonard Santosie- TO, Umberto Santopietro, Hugo Guastaferri, Charles Sciullo, Julius Cordelli, Pasquale DeCicco, Mrs Frederick Haddon, Angeline Carissi- mi, Peter Augelli, Anthony Iannit- to, Mrs. Joseph Pernastozzi, Mrs Mildred Walsh, Peter DeLeo, An thony Caruso, Joseph Cicchiello, Mrs. Giovannina Genua, Mrs. Anna Fradelle and Oreste Castellano.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-25

branch would approve the bill. too
despite signs that some Republicans
and Democrats would make strenuous
attempts to delete certain Of the pow
ers the blu gives the president.
Senator Cousens (Rep. Mich.) who
had said Thursday that the man who
drew the bill ought to be hanged III
he Is ever found" declared there would
b vigorous opposition.
After sharp fighting marked by cries
Of Hitler viii be green with envy
from the group Of Republican oppon-
ents, the measure was damned through
Thursday night. The final vote found
n Republicans voting for the ad-
ministration measure while ten Demo-
Gratis, including half the Georgia dele.
CATION, were in the opposition camp
The bill gained the support Of the en-
tire progressive and farmer-iabol
delegations.
Apparently taking cognizance Of
Democratic insurgents who succeeded
In attaching some amendments to thu
bill and were seeking to ''earmark'
funds for specific purposes, President
Roosevelt had sent an explanatory
message 70 the house.
He sad said segregation Of Items
was impossible because OF the unem'