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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-14
Broke Strikes, Assaulted
Unemployed in First
Year of Fusion
BY Simon W. GersOn

ii.
This is the second of a series of
articles on the first year of the
Fusion administration in New York
City,
lust how did the progressive"
y Mayor LaGuardia carry out his
pledges particularly to the great
masses of the city, the workers, the
unemployed, the small hometown
er?
We have already seen what La
Guardia's 'non-pohticar' appoint
,ments were-the crafty placing of
people into the apparatus in such a
way as to broaden the social base
of Fiorello LaGuardia and thus
create a more powerful springboard
for that much-desired leap into the
arena of national politics.
LaGuardia's pledges to the labor
movement-it can best be said that
they were apparently kept, actually
broken. The detailed story Of the
great taxi strike, the food workers
walkout and the building service
mems situation give vivid testimony
to the shattered pledges of La
Guardia.
In the strike of the bitterly-ex-
plotted cab drivers, for years prey
to the Morgan-controlled General
Motors and other companies as well
as to local racketeers and police
harrassment, LaGuardia msneuver-
ed craftily until the men were sent
back to work, their ranks divided
and with practically no gains except
a clearer knowledge of the Little
Despot of City Hall.
The Banker La Guardia Act
For days the town was agog while
LaGuardia conducted a sham battle
against his police chief, Organ. In
the meantime the well-knoWn arbi-
tration stunt was dragged out. All
the while, the Mayors close per-
sonal friend, the Socialist leader,
Jacob Panken, was working to split
the drivers organization and isolate
the militant and incorruptible lead
ers. Finally, the administration
cracked down" on the men-in a
most literal sense-while within the
union the disrupters we're doing
their cleverest.
The net effect is we'll known: the
strikers had to sound the retreat
Soon after the strike number of the
most militant drivers had their hack
licenses revoked by the City, Score
one for LaGuardia.
The food workers strike saw a
repetition of many Of the essential
characteristics of the taxi drivers
walkout. The police we're extremely
liberal with the club treatment.
BY the time Of the building serY-
ice strike, the Mayor already had
hit his real stride in arbitration
trickery. Mounting loudly about the
health of apartment jewellers who
would have to walk instead of ride
the elevators, LaGuardia virtually
forbade the strike" On November
10 he said:
THE public is now concerned
The safety and comfort of residents
of apartment houses requiring ele-
vator service are at stake.
People living in apartment
houses over six stories cannot be
left with uncertainty as to whether
they will ride or walk.
Il shall insist that these differ
ences be Immediately submitted to
arbitration"
They were. The building service
men went back without the
closed shop.
But it was in the matter of civil
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-14
Walters Union Local 16
Strikes 4 Night Club $

Eight hundred members of Wait
ers Union Local 16 struck Saturday
night in four of Broadway's biggest
night clubs. Already, the Casino
de Paree and the Manhattan Music
Hall have signed agreements with
the union.
At the French Casino the walters
returned to work after three hours.
when an agreement which included
arbitration was concluded. At the
Congress the strike continued.
Speaking of the causes of the
strike, Paul Couleher, secretary of
the union, said that some of the
men were working sixty hours a
week for miserable wages.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-14
Restored City's Gre dit
By Paying Bankers at
Expense of Masses

services, firing of tenement houst
inspectors-these were the chic.
methods by which Fusion econom.
led The city's credit was put il
order" The bankers drew Ions
signs of relief. They were assured
of every nickel.
While great nations suspended
payments of debts, LaGuardia re-
fused to consider the proposal Of
the Communist Party for a mora
forum on the huge debt service due
the bankers in 1885. Cody and de-
liberately, he set aside SITE, 900. OoC
out of the budget in order to pay
the bankers.
The Communist Position
At the time that the 1885 budget
was being prepared, the Daily
Worker attacked it editorially as a
class budget, one weighted in the
interests of the bankers. The Daily
Worker said, for instance, on Octo-
Der 8, 1884:
Approximately $500, 900 a day
will be given the Wall Street
bankers of New York from the
city treasury during the next year,
according to the budget proposed
by Mayor LaGuardia last week.
The great liberal, FiOrello La
Guardia, >. is again seen through
the maze of budget figures in his
true light-as a defender of the
bankers and the uninterrupted
flow of gold into their Golfers,
even as O'Brien and Walker be-
fore him. The $179,416,S53.52,
which the bankers will receive as
their debt service is almost one
third of the city budget for next
year! >.
"All this lends especial point to
the demands Of the Communist
Party in the Forthcoming cleo
tions-a moratorium on the debt
service and the turning over of
these funds for unemployment
relief. ."
That was more than three months
ago.
Today even his liberal admirers
must admit - although belatedly -
the correctness of the Communist
criticism of LaGuardia. Says The
Nation editorially in its issue of
Jan. Is, 1885:
"This brings us to the crux of
the question. The bankers hold
the city in an iron grip, have first
lien on the city's revenues; no
matter whe suffers, the bankers
must get their pound of flesh. The
bankers agreement, of course, was
inherited by Mr.. LaGuar6iia from
his Tammany predecessors; yet one
of his most prideful accomplish
ments, in his account of his stew
ardship, is that he has lived up
to it. Out of a city budget
of $500, 200, 900, $4,000, 900, or APP
prcximately 30 per cent, is allo-
S6PNu W uEUb SCGNICCs Vhdt ii
Mr.. LaGuardia had announced
that a fourth of this, or some $45,-
100000 would not be paid; and
that, rather than break its moral
contract with teachers and police
men, rather than impose tax
which the poor must largely pay,
the city would prefer to default
on its agreement with the bank
ers?"
Little comment is needed. Even
Mr.. LaGuardia's friends accept-al-
though not yet acknowledging The
correctness of the fundamental
Communist criticism of the Little
Flower.
ITO Be COntinued)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-14
Mass Meeting Jan. Is
To Score Hearst Lies

Leading intellectuals and writers
will expose the vicious anti-Soviet
lies Of the Hearst and White Guard
press when Corliss Lamont, Anna
Louise Strong and James Water
man Wise speak at a mass meeting
Friday, Jan. Is. The place is YET
to be announced.
According to the Friends of the
Soviet Union, sponsors of the mass
meeting, this will be the opening
gun in another battle against the
White Guard and Fascist forces
that are always conspiring against
the Soviet Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-14
Anti-Fascists to Mass
AT Offices of Greek
Paper At Noon Today

The Greek Anti-FaScist Commit
tee will hold a demonstration this
noon, 1915 p. m, in front Of the
offices of the pro-fascist paper
Atlantis" to protest its ISLANDERS
against militant Greek workers in
this country and its attacks on the
Soviet Union.
The committee has appealed to
all American workers, and par
ticularly the FurrierS and Food
workers, to support the action. The
Greek capitalist papers in this
country, the committee points out
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-14

not only justify the terroristic raids
and murders of Greek workers and
peasants by the Greek Government
but attempts to hold militant Greek
workers in this country responsible
for the deportation activities of the
United States Government, thereby
trying to absolve the Roosevelt
government for its attacks on the
foreign born.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-14
Symposium Will Discuss
Fascist Front in Dixie

A symposium, Fascist Front in
Dixie" will be held at the Civic
Repertory Theatre, Sunday, Jan. 20,
with the following speakers: John
Howard Lawson, Roger Baldwin,
Grace Lumpkin, Ben Davis, and
Broadus Mitchell, prominent Social
ist from Maryland.
The symposium will cover trade
union and civil rights and liberties
in the south; who and what is be-
hind such fascist organizations as
the Green Dragons, Men of Justice.
XXX, etc.
The symposium is under the
auspices of the All Southern Com
mittee and the Labor Defender.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-14
Corona Groups Demand
Food Station of Mayor

Militant demands that the city
administration open up food sta
ton at 108th Street and Corona
Avenue where milk, food, clothing
and coal could be distributed were
sent to the Mayor yesterday by the
workers of Corona Heights in Long
Island.
Under the leadership of the Ital-
ian Workers Center of 1924 43rd
Avenue, the workers of Corona
Heights are refusing to starve and
stay without fuel or clothing while
profits grow greater.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-14

Sellers of the Daily Worker:
What have your experiences been
in selling the paper to workers be-
fore factories, on street corners,
at meetings, and in the home?
Write the Daily Worker. Letters
will be published to stimulate
participation in the circulation
campaign.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-14

has differed with him. Osborn con-
tradicted himself recently in the
Hauptn1an1 case, when he declared
he was certain that letter submit
ted to him for examination was
written by Hauptmann, only to
change his conviction several weeks
later after another examination.
The discovery of two doubles Of
Hauptniann by two New York news
papers was ridictiled yesterday by
Reilly.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-14
Picket in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Jan. 13.-
Fifteen hundred workers Of the Ma
tional Biscuit Company, on strike
here for several days, continue to
picket. The strikers are demanding
pay equalization and abolition of
wage differentials. The strike
spread from the plant here, to the
plants at New York, Atlanta and
Newark. The workers of the York,
Pa. plant are now reported on
strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-14
Store Strike Is Ended
In Minneapolis as Pact
Is accepted by Leaders
Agreement Gives Few Gains to Workers Despite
Talk of Victory by Officials of Three
UniOns-Blacklisting Is Feared

MILWAUKEE,, Wis. Jan. 13.-The strike of some 800
Boston Store workers. begun Nov 3d. terminated
last Thursday by the weloled machine of the officials of
the three American Federation of Labor locals involved
With much talk of great victory" an agreement was
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-14

Finished with your Daily
Worker? Leave 1t on your street,
car seat for someone else to read.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-14
Reilly Denies Nazi
Funds for Defense

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The Washington times., 1935-11-20
U. S. Navy Bath Towels

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The Washington times., 1935-11-20
DISTRICT TAX
PLAN CHANGE
STUDIED

While the District Commission
ers today prepared to make their
final appearance before the Bud
get Bureau tomorrow and appeal
for essential needs in the 1887
fiscal yea" budget, the special
tax committee resumed its seS-
sions to study revisions in the
local tax system.
Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen
will urge the Budget Bureau to
increase the Federal contribution
to the municipal budget. The
city heads recommended that the
contribution for 1887 be $8,317,-
500, which compared with the
current budget appropriation OF
$5,7O0,ooO.
The Commissioners will cite es
eential needs of various municipal
departments. It is understood they
particularly have in mind the fire
department, which is years behind
the times in equipment and men;
the police department, which is
Undermanned, and other branches
Of the District service.
The tax committee Is headed by
Corporation Counsel e. Barrett
Prettyman. It is the committee S
Job to devise a system of raising
taxes to meet capital expenses. It
Is understood the committee, in
considering the situation, is study
ing means of meeting expenses
for expansion Of several municipal
institutions,
The Washington times., 1935-11-20
BO0KCARNIVAL
AT EASTERN

National Book Week, the pur'
pose of which is to advertise good
books for children, is being cele-
brated at Eastern High School.
Miss Mildred Moore, the school
librarian. has arranged an exhibit
ton In the library.
Reading for fun" Is the theme
for book week. The idea Is be-
ing carried out by book carnival,
the volumes being arranged ike
side shows in q circus.
Among the sideShows are books
on wild animals, the West, stories
of daring feats, humor and good
fiction books.
The display includes many rare
works loaned the school by a local
publishing firm. Some Of the books
date back to 1922. Among them
are reprints Of Mother Goose ana
the New England Primer.
The Washington times., 1935-11-20
HOME SOUGHT
F0R2KITTENS

Two part-Persian kittens are
looking for homes today. About
4 months old, the kittens, both fe-
males, are only being given away
because their present mistress is
moving. One is gray and white
and the other is black and white.
They are in splendid health, fat
and playful.
If you would like to adopt one,
please notify Mrs. Virginia Clark.
1924 webster st. N. w. adams
7108).
Mrs. P. Weatherly, Of 712 Mari.
eta Pl. N. W., has five cats. all
of which are fine pets, that she
is anxious to place in good homes.
There is a black and white male
cat about 10 months old. three
gray-striped cats, two males and
one female, and a smoky-gray
female cat, which is one year old.
Notify Mrs. Weatherly after $50
p. m. at her home If you would
like to look over a cat in hopes
Of finding a suitable pet.
Mrs. T. D. Perry, Of 430 Mt.
Vernon Ave-, Alexandria, Va,
writes that she has five female
kittens that she will give away.
Their mother is tortoise-shell
angora. The kittens are very
pretty.
Please get in touch with The
Times pet editor if you have q
pet that needs q home.
The Washington times., 1935-11-20
Full Fash. silk Hose

MAID-O-SILK brand;
all the newest shades -
and colors; sheer chif- nr~
fon & service weight: plS'
slight irregulars; Si5
tn l01L
The Washington times., 1935-11-20
H,656,536 SpindIes
Reported by Census

The Census Bureau reported to-
day that on october 81 there were
26,656,53 cotton spinning spindles
in place in the United States, of
which 23,192,60 were operated at
some time during the month, COM
pared with 22,6S3.816 in Septem-
ber and 25,103,sS4 in October,
1894.
The Washington times., 1935-11-20
Dinner Honors Head
OF Emory University

DR.. Harvey W. Cox, president
Of Emory University, of Atlanta,
Ga, will be the guest of honor
at dinner tonight at 1880 o'clock
in the Raleigh Hotel by the Wash
tngton chapter of the Emory
University Alumni Association.
The Washington times., 1935-11-20
DauntIess Pillow Cases

wide ems; full - So
bleached: large size, TOR
42x36; slight seconds. .
Montana labor news., 1935-11-28
Roster of Anaconda Unions

Central Labor Council Of Anaconda. Meet.
first and third mondays Of each month
in Mil and Smeltermen's Hall, Anaconda
Mont. President, c. B. Ashlock; Vice
President, William Smith; Secretary,
Pete D. Liddell, Box 492; Treasurer. r
J. Daniels. Warden. Luke Traynor; Trus-
tees, Joseph Doran, Charles Devine and
John Hamill.
Retail Clerks Union, Local No. l04l-Pres.
ident, Pete r. Kenne; vice president,
Floyd Vim; cor, and fin. sec, Pete D.
Liddell; guard. Fred Barrett; guide, Tim
Calnan; trustees. David Dorward, James
White, Hershal Bates; delegates to Cen
trail Labor Council, Carmeleta Martin. W.
A. Madren, W. J. Clark.
International Brotherhood Of Transfers,
Chauffers, Stablemen and Helpers of
America, Local No. l0l. President, ]. c.
Ssstrich; vice-president, Vim. Murphy;
recording secretary. H. Villereaue;
secretary-treasurer, Jack Anderson; con
ductor, Joe futile; business agent. John
Monohan; trustee, J. B. Cardinal; dele
gates to Central Labor Council, C.
Sestrich. John Monohsn and A. Wright,
United Association Of Journeymen Plumb
es and Steamfitters, Local Union No.
673. President, Dan E. Sullivan; Fin
Sec, Joe Sullivan. Meets first and third
Tuesdays at Carpenters Hall
Montana labor news., 1935-11-28
Roster Of Glasgow Unions

Valley County Trades and Labor Council.
Jalmer Nj. Davidson, Presidents Walter
W. Ward, Vice Presidents Ronald Venue,
Recording Secretary Arthur c. Clark,
Financial Secretary and Treasurer. Box
1854, Glasgow, Montana. Meets, Dig
nan Hall, Glasgow, Montana, q O'Clock
every first and third Monday evening.
Musicians Protective Union. Glasgow Local
.244, A. +. of M. Sim Northrup, 1873 list
Ave. So, Glasgow, Montana. Meets Dig.
nan Hall, Glasgow, every LIST and 3rd
Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Bartenders and Culinary Workers, Glasgow
Local 464. Meets Dignan Hall, every
End and 4th Thursday evening, 8 o'clock.
Bernard Sullivan, Sec. and Bus. Agent.
High Life Tavern, Glasgow, Montana.
Painters, Decorators and P~aperhangers, Int.
Brotherhood of Local No. 962. Jas.
S. Venue, Sec. and Treas, Glasgow, Mont,
Ronald Venue, Bus. Agent, Glasgow, Mon
tana. Meets End and 4th Fridays. Dig
nan Hall, Glasgow, Montana.
Plasterers Union Local 1874. I. II. Stewart,
Sec. and Treas Bus. Agent, Glasgow,
Montana. Irregular meetings.
Electrical Workers Int. Brotherhood Of
Local 758. J. Clune, Montana Power
Bldg, Sec. & Bus. Agt., Glasgow, Mon
tana. Meets, Montana Power Building,
Glasgow, Montana.
Truck Drivers Union, Transfers. Chauf-
fers, etc, Local 635, Fort Peck, Mon
tana. E. C.. Noel, Sec. & Treas. Box 900
Fort Peck, Mont, H.. ]. Kelley, Bus. ACT,
Box 900 Fort Peck, Mont. Meets, Blue
Ok, Wheeler, Montana.
Operating Engineers. Int. Brotherhood of
Branch Charter of Seattle, Washington
Local. Mr.. Scoffield, Bus. Agt, Box 900,
Fort Peck, Mont. Meets at Blue Ok.
Wheeler, Montana.
United Brotherhood Of Carpenters and Join
ers of America, Union No. I'LL, Glasgow,
Mont. President, Claude Reeve. Fort
Peck, Mont. Recording Secretary, Emil
Wiese, Glasgow, Mont, ?. O.. Box 703i
Financial Secretary and Business Agent,
A. J. Clark, Box 1873. Fort Peck, Mont.
meets second and fourth Friday, |. O.
o. F. Hall, Glasgow. Mont. Meets first
and third and fifth Fridays at Wheeler,
in Wheeler school house.
Montana labor news., 1935-11-28
NOTICE 10


The Board Of Trustees Of School District
No. l., Silver Bow County, Butte, Montana,
will receive BIDS on the following pro
posals:
Proposal No. For the General Con.
struction of a high school %builling at Butte,
Montana.
Proposal No. For the furnishing and
installing the Heating and Plumbing for
said high school building.
Proposal No. 3|For the Electrical wiring
for SAID high school building
Proposal No. flor the ainting of said
high school building.
Bidders Qualifications;-lef ore the bid
ders bid can be considere. he must file
with the p. W. A. office statement of
his qualifications, on a forI which can be
obtained from the p. W.. A~loffice.
The bidder must comply with the con
tractors license tax law fr the state Of
Montana. Particular attention is called to
the last paragraph of Sectio 2 Of this law,
which states No bid vii be considered
unless the number of the receipt issued to
the bidder Tor payment o the minimum
annual license lee appears pom such bid.
Bond;-Ihe successful bider will be re.
quired to furnish a performance and labor
Labor bond shall be in an mount equal to
The largest estimated aggegate payroll
Tor any one month during obstruction.
A guaranty bid bond, a certified check,
United States bonds lat parvalue1 or cash
in the amount OF five per emit of the bid
must be furnished by Gao bidder as a
guarantee OF good faith. aid security to
be a guarantee that the bader will enter
into a contract, if awarde the contract,
and in case he does not erer into a con-
tract and furnish a good and sufficient
bond within ten days fromthe date Of the
award, said check to be nrieited to the
Board of Trustees, SchoolDistrict No. /,
Silver Bow County, Montan.
Description of the PrOct;-The build
ing is approximately 200'x1O', three stories
ia height, reinforced c%oncrte, skeleton con-
struction. Brick and tile drtain walls.
Bids must be delivered q or before 900
A. M, December ~, 1885 to Margaret A..
Leary, Clerk of Board, ad be politically
opened at 100 A. NJ, Deember IA. 1885.
Bid will be opened at meeting Of the
Board Of Trustees, Schod District No. l.,
Silver Bow County, Buie, Montana, at
! III 100 A. NJ. December 1885.
Minimum wages to be aid on this con-
tract shall be as given il Specifications.
The Board of Trustees " School District
No. !, Silver Bow COUNT Butte, Montana,
reserves the right to RECT any and all
bids.
Plans and specificatois may be had on
request at the office 4 ]. Van Teylingen,
Medical-A Arts Building. Great Falls, Mon
tana, by making a depsit Of $1,000, which
deposit will be returnd IN good order and
a bonafide bid tendere.
By order Of the Boar Of Trustees, School
District No. ! Silver Bow County, Butte,
Montana.
MARGARET A. .EARY, Clerk.
Dated; October 81, 1879
First Publication Novemer III. I935-lT.
Montana labor news., 1935-11-28
THE MONTANA LABOR NEWS
No. 358O2
GLLMM0Ma
No. 35sO2
SUMMONS
In the District Court OF the Second Judicial
District OF the State OF Montana. in and
Tor the County OF Silver Bow.
| PESSIE MONOHAN. Plaintiff

SUMMONS
In the District Court OF the Second TudiciaI
District OF the State OF Montana in anc
tor the County OF Silver Bow.
BESSIE MONOHAN, Plaintiff.
JAMES NJ. MoNoHAN. Defendant.
The State OF Montana Sends Greetings to
the Above Named Defendant:
You are hereby to answer the
complaint in this action, watch is filed in
the office OF the Clerk OF this Court, a COPY
Of which is herewith served upon you, and
to file your answer and serve a COPY there.
OF upon the plaintiffs attorney within 20
days after the service OF this summons.
exclusive of the day OF servre; and in case
OF your failure to appear o. answer, judg.
ment will be taken against you by default
for the relief demanded in the complaint,
That plaintiff and defendant were mar
ried at Butte, Montana, On January a.
l93Z, that plaintiff has beenIan actual resi-
dent OF the State OF Montana for more
than one year immediately preceding the
9th day OF November, ly3, the date OF
the commencement OF this adion; that there
Is no issue e. said marriag'i that plaintiff
has been guilty OF wiltul neglect of this
plaintiff, for that at Butt. Montana. on
or about the 18th day OF une, 1882, and
more than one year Immediately preceding
the 9th day OF NoVemDer' l.S33, the date
OF the commencement OF his action, the
said defendant, disregarding the solemnity
of his marriage vows, wilfuly and without
cause deserted and abandoned the plain
tliIt ana ever Since mas am sun continues
to, so wilfully and without cause desert
and abandon the said plaintiff, and to live
separate and apart from her. without any
cause OF any reason, and against her will
and without her consent;
Wherefore, plaintiff praya that the bonds
of matrimony heretofore aid now existing
between the plaintiff and defendant be
forever dissolvedi and for such other and
further relief as to the court may seem
meet and just.
WITNESS my hand and the seal of said
Court this 9th day of November, A. D., 1855
COURT SEALl
+. p. KELLY, Clerk.
By J. c. Harrington Deputy Clerk.
George ID. Toole,
Attorney for Plaintiff,
"a and IS Owsley Bldg,
Butte, Montana.
First Publication November :. l935-4T.