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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-06
ASLEEP
BY POLLY LOIS NORTON

II was only a tiny mongrel pup
Asleep for good in the leafy drain,
But felt the tears come yelling up
To ease the ache Of q wordleSs
pain.
suppose a car in the gathering
dusk.
or the city's grimy smoke and fog
Had struck and left the little husk--
o God, is there room for q wee
lost dog7
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-06
Daily Thought

And Jesus answering said unto
them, Render unto Caesar the
things that are Caesars, and to God
the things that are Gods. And
they marvelled at Him.-St. Mark,
1917.
livery hour comes with soma
Z little fagot of Gods will fas-
tened upon its back.-Faber.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-06
So They Say

It looks as If I've become the
standard bearer of a crusade to
make the world safe for men.-Mrs.
Roberta west Nicholson, author of
"anti-heart balm" bill.
There are very few gentlemen left
in the world. and I know there are
no ladies-in the old sense-Dr.
Henry Noble MacCracken, president
of Vassar.
According to my experience, it Is
more difficult to keep wealth when
you have it than to accumulate it.
Andrew w. Mellon.
Poetry or imprisoned prose
moves us more readily, more deeply,
and for longer space Of unflagging
enjoyment than any Of the other
arts.-Dr. Frank Jewett Mather Jr.,
director of Princeton's Museum of
Historic Art.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-04

IL
Why Is the MIRA. now being re-
organized by the Roosevelt admin
istration? The statistics of the
employers themselves show that
under the MIRA. the profits of the
employers have increased, while
on the other hand real wages of
the workers have gone down, I'M
employment is more acute than
ever and company unions have
grown. The MIRA. has thus acted
effectively as the instrument of the
employers.
But the rosy promises advanced
by Roosevelt for the MIRA. have
not been kept. In spite of all these
promises, the NR.A. has not been
able to stifle the growing strike
wave or to quench the growing de-
mand of the unemployed for federal
unemployment insurance and ade-
quate relief.
Strike Wave Unchecked
The numerous N.R.A. and Labor
and Relations Boards set up by
ing strikes in some industries, did
Roosevelt, while temporarily check
not prevent the largest strikes the
United States has ever seen, in
Guiding the great general textile
strike and the San Francisco gen.
eral strike
In spite of the support given by
William Green, Matthew Vol 81
Co, to Roosevelt and the NRA.,
in spite OF compulsory arbitration"
by the employers Labor Boards, the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-04
Relief Workers Budgets
Cut in Rochester, Mimi.

ROCHESTER, Mimi, Feb. 5'--A
startling series of reductions IN the
hours of work on the ERA. JOBS IN
this city have taken place during
the whole month of January. Start
ing with the second week the hours
have been reduced time after time
workers receiving twenty-four hours
work the first week of the month
were cut to sixteen during the sec
ond week and again to eight hours
fine third week. At the same time
thew have been forced to sign time
slips for twenty -four hours while
they get only eight hours actual
work and pay 1t means that many
of the workers are signing for full
budgets and are receiving only $40
q week.
The workers are planning to light
the cut. Already meeting has been
called to formulate plans to organ
lie broad fight against the cut
and to build a militant ongenisa-
ton that will really safeguard their
interests and which would not allow
such thing as this cut to even get
started.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-04
.JObless Storm
Relief Office
In Richmond

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. "a dele
cation Of workers from the Rich
mond Unemployment Council to the
Social Service Bureau, demanding
an increase in the miserably small
relief meted out by the local au-
thorities, was viciously attacked
"Wednesday by the plain clothes
squad at the instigation of Georgi-
anna w Sinclair, executive secre-
tar of the bureau, in collision with
DR.. w. BROMLEY, Foster, director of
the Department of Public Welfare,
Miss Sinclair first attempted with
out success to segregate the workers
when they came into the main room
of the bureau in body. Failing in
this, she resorted to pleading to see
the delegation singly. This, too, was
rejected by the workers, who had
learned from experience to see
through these schemes. They were
determined not to be jim-crowed
nor to have their ranks split. The
answer of this watchdog of the local
capitalist relief treasury was to call
up DR.. Foster and to urge him to
meet the demands of the workers
with police terror.
william Norman, Communist Party
organizer and spokesman for the
delegation was singled out as a. spe-
cial target for the blows of the
police.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-04
Car Union Officials
Cleared in Shaving

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Feb. 3.-william
Taber and Joseph j. Kehoe, officials
of the Amalgamated Street Garments
Union here, were acquitted yester-
day of the charge Of killing James
J. Kelly, strikebreaker during the
bus strike here in September.
In the course Of the search for
the killer twenty-seven other work
ers and officials Of the union have
been indicted. The union was vir-
tually placed in receivership, with
all book taksen away by the police
department for investigation. The
General Motor interests, controlling
the Chicago Motor Coach Company
attempted to use the incident as an
excuse for the destruction of the
union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-04
Arizona Defense Group
Will Appeal Conviction
Of Unemployed Leader

PHOENIX, Ariz., Feb. S.-The In
ternational Labor Defense, Is South
Second Avenue, Phoenix, today APP
pealed to all workers for finances to
carry an appeal against the SEN
fencing of Clay Naff, 31-year-old
Communist leader of the unem-
ployed, to one to two years impris-
onment.
Clay Naff, who was Communist
candidate for Governor in the last
elections, was taken to the Arizona
State Prison at Florence last Friday
to begin serving sentence on a
framed charge Of rioting in connec-
ton with the strike activities last
Sept. 6 at the F. E. R. A. head
quarters here.
Naff, a native of Kentucky, but a
resident of Arizona for the past
fourteen years, nine of which were
spent in Maricopa County, was an
auto mechanic with the F. z. r. A.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-04
.HirOta Flaunts
War Policies
IOtGOVernnGnt
Especial to the Daily Worker,


TOKYO, Feb. 3 CBy Wireless 49,
Bluntly declaring that he would like
to see the Soviet Union destroy It's
defense Notifications on the Soviet
side Of the Manchukuan- Siberian
border, Foreign Minister Hirots
sharply attacked the Deputy Asida
at Yesterdays session of the Jap
anese Parliament when the latter
mildly protested that the peaceful
policy of Hirota has not yet sufi-
GENTLY been put into practice"
Manchuris, Hirota boldly stated in
effect, belonged to japanese i'm
perialism, to be fortified as seen fit.
In his reply to Asida, Hirota re-
jected the idea of concluding a non
aggression pact. the question of
which Asida timidly raised on the
floor Of the parliament. Hirota
went on to refer to the Portsmouth
Treaty concluded after the Russo
japanese War, in which the signers
we're committed to an obligation not
to erect any Notifications along the
frontier.
Apparently the Foreign Minister
forgot that Japan itself not only
failed to observe any point in this
treaty, but has already occupied all
Of Manchuria. According to the
Portsmouth Treaty there was not to
be single japanese soldier in
Manchuria. He also forgot" the
imperialist invasion Of the Mon
golian Peoples Republic, now TAX
ing place.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-04
Ship Sailed With Boats
Frozen In-Ice Coated
Decks Halted Rescue

away AS the ship began to list,
preparatory to sinking, the seamen
rushed to another lifeboat. This,
too, was frozen to the davits by huge
chunks of ice, and more precious
minutes were lost before the davits
were cleared and the boat made
free.
All Could Have Been Saved
AS they were lowering their boat
the seamen saw other members of
the crew struggling to lower life
boat whose lowering ropes had been
choked in the grip of the ice in the
davit blocks. They rowed away from
the ships side crowded with pas
sengers, as their comrades began to
feverishly hack away at the ropes
with their knives.
DR.. Smiths statement jibes COM
pletely with those of the seamen.
There should not have been a
single life lost on that boat and
there would not have been if it had
left the pier in proper condition, "
he says. 81 have been making trips
to sea for twenty-one years, and
before we left the pier inspected
the lifeboat to which I was assigned
number 3.
THAT boat and its gear we're
frozen. So were the blocks supposed
to be used for lowering it. The
ropes controlling the gear were
covered with ice. We had plenty of
time to get off If the lifeboat gear
had worked properly"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-04
What Is Behind the Reorganization Of the n. R. A?

ers, or thirty-three per cent Of all
"gainfully occupied" persons. we're
totally unemployed in November,
1894. This is over 100000 more than
the Ira. found to be unemployed
in November, 1888 Even subtract
ing the 2.350,000 who had only re-
lief jobs, the Ira. estimate shows
14,300,000 remaining unemployed in
November, 1894, without even re-
lief work.
The A. F. of L., whose figures are
VIGOROUSLY an under estimation.
in its monthly report on unemploy-
ment issued December %. 1884, adj
mitted that unemployment had In
creased 100000 during November,
1894.
The A. F, of L. figures show that
the great increase in unemployment
in November was the sixth sue
cessive month that unemployment
increased under MA, and ad-
mitted to 11,459O00 jobless in No
vember, 1884, as compared to H.
030,000 In November, 1898.
The N.R.A. has increased umem-
ployment, and laid heavier hand
Of starvation on the workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-04

workers are in increasing revolt
against the worsened conditions
brought about by the NR.A
Big strike actions loom in the
textile, steel, auto, rubber, coal, and
other industries, strikes directed
against the starvation which Roose-
velt's NR.A. has brought about.
New Wage Cut Drive
Therefore big business, in "reor-
ganizing" the N.R.A., carries for
ward to a new stage its attacks on
the workers living standards and
their organizations. Terror and in
timidation increases. The Roose-
velt government (as in the Jennings
newspaper code case, and in the
extension Of the auto code) more
openly throws the NR.A. against
the workers.
A general wage-cut drive has
begun. The Manufacturers Asso-
citation and the Chamber of Com
merce proposes laws against general
strikes and sympathetic strikes.
The company union, having been
legalized by the Labor Boards, is
now to be the chief collective bar
gaining" agency the sham NR.A.
elections in auto. A vicious anti
union drive has begun. Labors de-
mand for the thirty hour week is
being brushed aside.
The MIRA is heinp "rnorpa oized"
SO as to intensity the Roosevelt gov
ernment's attack on the workers
and at the same time retain those
features of the MIRA. which are
beneficial to the employers. The
NR.A. has already announced that
the price fixing features of the
NR,A., which aid monopolies to
kill off small competitors, and
artificially keep up prices through
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-04

The wages of the workers are less
than they were at the beginning Of
N.RA.
Roosevelt told the workers that
the MIRA. would give them the
right to collective bargaining" IN
stead, it gave them company unions.
The NR~A. increased speed-up.
Terror against strikers and unem-
Under the "reorganized" MIRA,
ployed increased.
the attacks on the workers are be-
ing drastically Sf1arpened.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-04
NEGRO BEATEN. FIRED

NEW ORLEANS, La, Feb. g.
Nose Taylor, twenty-one, Negro
worker, who had been dismissed from
ERA. gang 1877 here, was viciously
attacked by John Heisler, head
grade foreman, and then arrested
when he attempted to find out the
reason for his dismissal, it was
learned yesterday
He was released when no charge
could be placed against him but he
Is still without q Job.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-04
News and Views
Of the Crisis
STATISTICS and .Stntisticinns

There gag three kinds
lies, great story,
If applies it, statistics
who deduce conclusion they
This mind reads the Federal
Reserve Board industrial December
sensational production
the index at production
sharp Immediately picked capitalist press
still another of irresistible" recovery
The only trouble with this pretty
what the
and the that the bayhood
did
this particular the the adjusted
The falacy only the
Of the
example the increase production So but
the madused column the Similarly the
points while the unadused went IL points And
tiles the
adjusted point
should be the lockout interpretations type
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-04
Educator and Student
Beaten With Pistols
By Southern Gangsters

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Feb. 3-Lucien
Koch, young director Of Common
wealth College, q labor school in
Southwestern Arkansas, and Bob
Reed, student member of the In
ternational Labor Defense, who are
part of student delegation to
support the Southern Tenant Farm
ers Union, we're beaten with pistol
butts and jailed when they ad-
dressed union meeting at Gilmore,
Ark, yesterday.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-04
All Would Have Been
Saved But for Criminal
Economy of Line
By Allen Johnson

Every one of the As lost on the
liner Mohawk was sacrificed to the
drive for profits of the Morgan
controlled Ward Line.
The horrors of the Mohawk's
sinking on Jan. Is were described to
the Daily Worker by four survivors
of the ships crew, all of whom are
now in New York hospital suf-
fering from frost bite that may re-
suit in their losing all their fingers,
One of the seamen is a survivor
of all three recent Ward Line sink
ings. Another is a survivor of the
Havana, which recently piled up on
a Bahaman reef.
All four agree on what happened
Immediately preceding and follow
ing the ramming of the Mohawk by
the freighter Talisman, and all four
are supported by the experience of
DR.. Samuel Smith, a passenger.
The Ward liner was about fifty
miles from New York and about five
miles off the New Jersey coast, on
an absolutely calm sea with not
breath Of wind stirring, when the
lights of the Talisman we're seen
Shead and slightly on the port side
of the Mohawk.
Steering Gear Breaks Down
When the Mohawk drew up al
most abreast of the much slower
Talisman, the automatic steering
apparatus on the Ward liner broke
down. The breakdown was due to
the fact that the mixture of glycer-
inc and water in the steering ma
chinery froze, either because there
was too little glycerine in the mix
ture as compared with the amount
of water, or because the glycerine
was of an inferior quality.
Elementary principles of sea-
faring demanded that the hand
steering apparatus in the stern
be Immediately hooked up. This
operation, however, required the
expert knowledge of an able
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-04
Weeks Ended

on First Street and Fstrmont Ave-
nue..
All working class organizations
are invited to send delegates to this
conference.
Delegates who attended the Con-
gress for Unemployment and Social
Insurance in Washington have been
formed into a temporary committee
to carry on the work in preparation
for this conference.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-04
Seamen from Mohawk Tell How IS
Died Victims OF Combany's Greed

bodied seaman. But the "ecOn-
Omy" skeleton crew of the Ward
Line provided no forces for such
emergencies. Consequently, a ma
rine engineer tried to steer the
Mohawk. He steered the Mohawk
into the collision with the Tails
man.
The events following upon the COL
iSion weer almost as incredible as
the collision occurring on a crystal
clear night on a. wide-open sea. The
Talisman violated every common
sense rule of the sea by backing out
Of the hole she had stove into the
Mohawk's side. After backing out
she violated every rule Of common
decency by refusing to lower a boat.
On board the Mohawk there was
comparatively little confusion on
deck at first although there was
plenty of heartbreak in the fore
castle where the prov of the Tails
man had cut Jack Orlick, mem
Der of the Communist Party, in two
and had crushed another seaman
to his death.
Boats Frozen In Ice
Passengers and crew felt there
was little further to worry about.
They were almost within sight Of
shore, apparently none of the life
boats had been stove in, and the
Talisman was alongside. When they
rushed to the boat deck, however,
their feeling of security was rapidly
dissipated. Ice coated the deck so
thickly that it was almost impos-
sible to reach the boats. The boats
were found frozen to the davits. Ice
that is allowed to accumulate any
where on a boat deck is a criminal
violation of seafaring practice from
time immemorial. That it had not
been chopped away can again be
ascribed to the fact that the crew
on the Mohawk was so small that
no men could be spared for the
task.
The first boat that the four sea-
men interviewed by the Daily Work
er tried to launch, resisted every
attempt to free 1t from the ice
choked davits. Precious minutes
minutes that were to spell lives
were lost trying to chop the ice
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-04
REAL WAGES

Roosevelt said the MIRA. would
mean higher wages for the workers.
But from April 1888 to September
1884 inclusive, real wages of the
workers went down 80 per cent, &C
cording to the admission of William
Green. In 1884 the average yearly
wage increased ST; but in the same
period the cost of food went up
11.3 per cent and the cost of cloth
ing went up 1873 per cent, according
to Green's conservative figures
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-04
Farley on Workers Bill
Called in West Virginia

FAIRMONT, w. Va, Feb. "a
West Virginia State Conference for
Unemployment and Social Insur-
ance will be held in Fairmont, w.
Va. on March at 10 am. in the
Y.MC.A. conference room located
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-04

bJlll keeps up us l6R8l BIIOIbS 10
get RACE off the ballot, and also to
intimidate those who will vote for
him. His mother in-law, who has
been a Democrat for years, but who
signed RACE petition, has been
called into the precinct voting Of
fees to show cause why her name
should not be stricken from the
polling list.
Workers aldermanic candidate
Lamson, in the Forty-second Ward,
has been threatened, Tom Trent,
election manager of the Third
Ward, who has been beaten up by
the American Legion men, is in
Jail. where he was placed on
charges Of assault and battery
brought by the legionaires.
The efforts of the machine, how
ever, are having the opposite eff
feet from that intended. The work
ers are fighting back, finding allies
in sections of the working class
never penetrated before this cleo
ton. Hundreds of petition-signers
will march to the City Hall next
Friday protesting the efforts being
made by the machine to throw out
the petitions of twentysix workers
alderman candidates.
The Capitol Dairy Company,
third largest in Chicago, which fired
George RACE, workers candidate for
alderman in the Eighth Ward, is
eating humble pie these days as a
result of the mass protest aroused
over the RACE case.
Shankman, Vice President of the
milk company, "exprained' that the
reason RACE was fired was because
his route was going down" Shank
man was reminded that when ne
fred RACE he had told him to get
out of that aldermanic race, or
"else." He had given the same an
ever to the workers united front
committee. Shankman was then
confronted with RACE.
Then and there partial victory
was won. for Shankman agreed 10
refund RACE his bond money OF
s155, and back wages as well. But
the fight is still on to get RACE
re-instated.
Voters who signed RACE petition
he had hundreds more signed
than he actually needed-are in 8
fighting spirit because of the at
tennis of the Democratic machine
10 disoualify RACE. Agents repre-
senting themselves as being from
the Election Commissioners, have
been going through the Wards try
ing by threats and intimidations
IN get the signers to swear Their
signatures were falsif1ed
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-04
W H T S ON
Philadelphia, Pa.

Answer the vicious lies Of Hearst
and his press. Answer the lies OF all
enemies of the Soviet Union. Come
to the Mass Meeting on Friday, Feb.
8 at 8 pm. at Broad st. Mansion,
s.w. cor. Broad and Girard AYES.
Prominent speakers. Adm. zoe. Aus
pieces, Friends Of the Soviet Union.
REGISTER now for all classes at Phil
adelphia Workers School, 908 Chest
nut st. once open from l to
pm. Term opens Monday, Feb. 4.
Labor Defender Concert and Dance
Friday, Feb. AZ at Ambassador Hall,
1704 N Broad ST.; Nadia Chilkovsky
in a series Of revolutionary dances;
well known violinist: entire Freiheit
Gesang Ferein chorus; excellent
dance orchestra Adm. at door, soc;
in advance through organizations 35c.
Tickets at 4e N. 9Th St, Room 2o7.
Sunday Night Forum Workers School,
oos Chestnut ST., H. NJ. Wicks speaks
on The Role Of the Intellectual in
the Labor Movement" Meeting opens
at 8 pm. sharp. Adm. 25c. Unenn-
ployed 1oc,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-04

School teachers: Introduce the
Daily Worker to your colleagues.
Explain It's role in fighting fascist
tendencies In the schools. Ask your
fellow teachers to subscribe.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-04
Chtcaao. III.

Save February Is for Theatre Col
lective Chauve Souris. A three-hour
program Of Theatre, Music and
Dance followed by dancing to am.
Remember Saturday, Feb. IS, $3.50 p.
m. at Peoples Auditorium, PAST w
Chicago Ave. Adm. 35c.. 100 tickets
at 25c.
West Side Section OF LID. will have
two showings of Soviet film based
on Gorkts story Gain and Artem."
All proceeds to go for Scottsboro-
Herndon Fund. Film will be shown
Feb. 6, Wednesday, at the Culture
Center, 1928 Roosevelt Road, 1870 p.
m. and Q pm. Adm. at door 25c.
Organizations Attention. The Inter
national Workers Order Of Chicago
is celebrating its 5th Anniversary at
the Ashland Auditorium, Feb. %.
$50 pm to z am An excellent pro-
gram has been arranged. Kindly keep
this dats open.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-04
CHICAGO WORKERS
RALLY BEHIND RACE
IN ELECTION FIGHT
Democratic Machine Resorts to Gangster Terror
ism IN Move to Keep Workers Candidate
for Alderman OFF Ballot

CHICAGO Feb. 3--Gangster terrorism is being used
by the Democratic machine of Chicago in attempt to de-
feat George RACE workers Ademanic candidate in the
Eighth Ward.
While open terrorism is being resorted TO- the machine
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-04

This Is the first Of series of
articles on the reorganization of
the N.R>A., now being carried
through by the Roosevelt govern
ment.-EDITOR.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-04
Y C RI EEv E

agreements of all employers In the
industry, will be separated from the
wages and hours provisions in the
codes.
This will enable the MIRA. to
push through its anti-union, wage
cut program, in the "reorganiza-
ton" and at the same time re-
tain trade agreements" for high
prices.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-04

Daily Worker TO your home.
Write to 50 z. 18th Street.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-04

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Feb. g.
Several strikers have been arrested
and fined, as the National Biscuit
Company and the police department
are beginning to make preparations
to reopen the plant with scabs. The
International Labor Defense is help
ing the strikers in the defense, and
It's support has been warmly greeted
by the workers.