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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-26
Anti W ar Mass Rally
March 5 in Chicago
cpany worker Midwest Rur.aul

CHICAGO, H., Feb. 25. - The
workers of Chicago will answer the
war attacks on the U. S. S. R., the
huge war budget of the Roosevelt
government and the attacks on the
Negro nation of Abyssinia in a huge
anti-war mass meeting at Ashland
Auditorium, Ashland and Van
Buren, Street, Tuesday, March 5.
Numerous organizations have en-
dorsed the meeting and are issuing
leaflets and material in their own
name. The meeting is held under
the auspices of the American
League Against War and Fascism.
The Communist Party has issued
a statement calling on the workers
of the Socialist Party, the trade
unions and all workers organiza-
tions to support the meeting and
the united front struggle against
war. Robert Minor will be among
the speakers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-26
Rites Honor
Slain Strikers

Ell CENTRIC, Calf. Feb. IS
More than two thousand workers
marched in the funeral of Paul
Knight and Kenneth Hamaker,
both "a years old. lettuce strikers
who were killed by hired gunner
Of the growers on Feb. Is.
Facing a heavy police concentra-
ton, the workers marched through
the business section of FL Centre.
The services were held in the First
Presbyterian Church.
The strikers belong to the Fruit
and Vegetable Workers Union of
the American Federation of Labor.
After the shooting, the growers
brought in scores of deputized gun
men to the William Vail Packing
shed where the murder of the
strikers took place. Four were criti-
cally wounded by the vigilantes,
one woman.
G. B. Lawrence, financial secre-
tary of The union, declared, The
shooting was nothing less than
murder The two strikers we're
killed by hired gunner"
William Casey, Western repre-
sentative of the American Fedora
ton of Labor, did not do anything
to mobilize the workers to protest
the terror against the strikers. In
stead he declared he would ask the
1,500 pickets to Withdraw" from
the sheds.
The International Labor Defense
held a protest meeting at the Plaza,
attended by several hundred, which
condemned the murder of the
strikers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-26
Two Capitalist
Parties Unite
To Beat Negro
ID alias Candidate for
Legislature Had
Chance to Win

DALLAS. Texas. Feb. 25.-Leaders
Of the Republican and Democratic
Parties have united in drive to
prevent the election to the Texas
Legislature Of Negro, A. S. Wells,
a lawyer of Dallas.
Wells, one Of "a candidates in a
special election to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Mrs.
Sarah Hughes to accept appoint
ment as the States first woman dis
trict judge, had an excellent chance
of winning the election until the
Democratic and Republican leaders
ganged up against him.
OF the 10000 voters in the county.
5000 are Negroes, most Of whom
have qualified by paying their poll
taxes.
At a conference Saturday after
noon, the Republicans of Dallas
County drafted as their candidate
for the place John W. Philip, who
as Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General curing the Coolidge admin
istration, built up a large personal
following through the use Of govern
ment patronage.
Both Democratic and Republican
leaders of the Texas House have
threatened to prevent the seating
of Wells, should he be elected, thus
brazenly challenging the democratic
rights of the Negro people to voice
in the government and to self-de-
termination. The general opinion
expressed in the House is that a
Negro would be barred as not quail
flied"
Several Negroes we're legislators in
this State during the revolutionary
period of the Civil War and Recon-
strudion. The last Negro repre-
sentative was A. Asberry. who was
defeated in 1890 by J. Y. Goodman,
with the aid of the terroristic &C
tivities of the Ku Klux Khan and
other groups organized by the de-
feated slave holders.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-26
Social Workers Farley
Endorses H.R. 1927,
Raps Police Brutality
lspeeial to the paIIr workerl

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Feb. Is. -
The opening sessions of the three
day convention of the social work
ers, with twenty-five organiza lions
from twelve cities represented, on
Saturday endorsed the Workers I'm
employment, Old Age and Social In
surance Bill, H.R. 1927.
The convention, which opened
here Friday. formed a national or
ganization. 1t unanimously went on
record as opposed to the Roosevelt
plans for slave wage on the work
relief projects, and demands trade
union wages and conditions on all
relief jobs.
Police brutality was condemned
in the handling of the unemployed.
A resolution which was unanimous
ly adopted demands full recogni-
ton of all unemployed organiza-
tons.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-26
Union Backs H. r. 2s27

BOSTON, Mass, Feb. 25-Jour-
neyman PlaStererS' Association Lo-
cal 10 here endorsed the Workers
Unemployment, Old Age and Social
Insurance Bill, H. r. 1927, and the
State Workers Bill, H 871. after
hearing the report of Jack Kimber-
ly. their delegate to the recent Ma
tional Congress for Unemployment
Insurance.
Negroes Urged to Back H. r. 1927
NEW YORK.-"Negroes should
fear the Wagner-Lewis Social In
surance Bill, now pending in Con-
gress," declared T. Arnold Hill,
executive secretary of the National
Urban League, at the annual din
ner Of the New York Urban League.
1T leaves out agricultural and
domestic workers" Mr.. Hill con-
tinued, which occupations are fol-
lowed by IS per cent of all Negro
workers"
Hill urged the Negro people to
support the Workers Unemploy-
ment and Social Insurance Bill, H.
R. 2827, as the only measure which
will provide adequate unemploy-
ment insurance to all workers, both
Negro and white.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-26
May Day Unity
by C.P.
In Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Feb. rs
Pointing to the growing menace of
fascism in the Hearst anti-labor
campaigns, and the drive against
the trade unions, the Communist
Party has issued an appeal to the
Socialist Party for a united front
May Day demonstration.
In letter to the County Central
Committee, the Communist Party
states in part:
Dear comrades:
Capitalism in this country. un-
der the flag of the New Deal, is
rapidly driving towards fascism.
The activities of the vigilantes in
San Francisco last summer has
been duplicated right in our back
yard, Racine.
"The Dickstein Commission, I'M
der the guise Of investigating fas-
cism has proposed legislation which
will lead to the outlawing of the
radical and more revolutionary sec
ton of the labor movement.
THE Hearst anti-labor drive has
found echoes in our city and State
Legislature.
THE District Committee of the
Communist Party therefore takes
this opportunity to once again pro-
pose to you that a Joint May First
celebration should be organized in
Milwaukee. We ask that you con-
slider this proposal at your next
committee meeting and elect COM
mittee to represent the Socialist
Party to meet with a committee
representing the Communist Party
for the purpose Of discussing and
preparing a May First Celebration
which will involve all groups and
sections of Labor, trade unions, fra
ternal and political This Joint
meeting would be in complete
charge of making all necessary ar
rangements for May first"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-26
C.. p. To Issue
N eW w eekIy
In Middle West

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, Feb. rs
A decision to issue a local weekly
news and propaganda publication
for this state was made here by the
District Committee of the Commu-
mist Party.
The full text of the decision fol-
lows:
THE recent plenum of the Min
nesota District of the Communist
Party voted unanimously to estab-
fish weekly news and propaganda
publication for Minnesota and adj
joining territory. The discussion at
the plenum emphasized the imme-
date necessity of a Communist
Party paper here. The demand for
such paper has been raised insis-
tently in many units of the Commu-
mist Party.
I'VE are all aware of the attacks
against the Communist Party in the
capitalist press. This attack heralds
and precedes a planned attack
against the entire working class. II
is in line with the preparations for
war and fascism carried out by the
capitalist class and its New Deal
government.
I'VE are aware of a growing dis
content and militancy in all sections
Of the working class, including
here in Minnesota-the rank and
file of the Farmer-Labor Party. The
reports from all parts of the District
indicate growing desire for strug-
gle Of the masses. We cannot mo-
billie these insurgent masses eff
fectively without a publication that
will be devoted uncompromisingly to
the interests of the working class
Our weekly paper will be the edu-
Gator and the organizer.
Such paper will supplement To-
cally the purpose that the Daily
Worker and the Farmers National
Weekly carry out on a national
scale. This paper will create inter
est in and build the circulation of
the national papers.
The launching of this paper is
an important undertaking for the
entire working class of this district
1t will require all of our forces to
bring success. Details of a plan OF
activity will be announced as soor
as completed. The enthusiasm
shown at the Plenum gives the Dis
trict Committee confidence that this
undertaking will be successful and
that the first issue can be published
May First.
Comrades, fellow workers, and
friends. we call upon all of you tc
give your fullest moral and active
support to this next step in the
struggle that the Communist Party
is carrying on for the uniflcation OF
the working class.
"Fraternally yours,
ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
Minnesota District
"213 DeSoto Bldg,
Minneapolis, MINI"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-26
500 Make Homes
Out of Coke Ovens

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Feb. 25.-An
investigator for the Pittsburgh
Press yesterday confirmed the state
ment that at least 500 men are liv-
ing in abandoned coke ovens in the
Connellsville coke region. which is
dominated by the H c, Prick Coke
Company, a United States Steel
subsidiary.
The report was made by unem-
ployed steel workers at the hearings
on the Workers Unemployment. Old
Age and Social Insurance Bill, H. r.
1927.
The investigator for the Pitts
burgh Press reported that he had
found hundreds Of former coal min
ers and coke-oyen workers living in
the dark igloo-shaped ovens which
had long since been abandoned by
the H. G. Prick Coke Company in
favor of modern by-product coke
ovens.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-26
Hearst Lobby
Backs Bill
Administrator
Unions Protest Against
OFT Bill as Fascist
Measure in West

SPOKANE. Wash. Feb. 25.-Ef@
forts Of the Hearst-Legion lobby TO
pass the anti Communist OFT bill
H. B. Is. were redoubled today in
Olympia to offset the effective pres
sure exerted upon Senate members
by workers and mass organizations.
Throughout the state, recognition,
of the OFT bill as a direct threat TO
the right of the workers to express
themselves politically and as an
opening wedge in the drive to smash
all labor organizations has resulted
in strong protests and demands
upon Senator H. L. Kyle and meme
bers Of the Senate Judiciary Corn
mittee to kill the bill
Carmen Protest
The Railway Garments union
lodge on the Union Pacific lines
here went on record protesting the
reactionary bill They condemned
the attempt to outlaw the Commu-
mist Party and to bar militants from
the ballot and scored the defeat Of
efforts to repeal the Washington
criminal syndicalism law. The OFT
bill, recently passed by the House
is now before the Senate.
Representative Michael B. Smith
and Thomas Smith Of King County,
the sole dissenters in the nearly
unanimous vote of the House, have
pledged various workers organiza-
tons 10 continue the fight on the
bill
The furious statewide protest and
pressure of labor and liberal or
CARNATIONS may result in its recon-
Sideration by the House. it was re-
vesled today by Representative
Clemens NJ. Boyle who stated he
would make a move to that effect.
Fearing further growth of the
mass protest movement and its eff
feet on members of the Legislature,
Hearst agents have urged Senator
Kyle to attempt to force the bill
through, it was learned today.
Urges More Pressure
Meanwhile, Wesley Randall Of the
International Labor Defense, today
warned against any let-up in the
mass opposition to the anti-labor
bill: There must be no slackening
of protests from the workers until
the bill is definitely killed either in
the Judiciary Committee or on the
Senate floor The lobbyists Of the
'Americanism' Committee Of the
American Legion are intent upon
making a strong case for this bill,
realizing that its passage is a test
case from which future attempts
Of this kind can be Judged"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-26
Nazi War Preparations

BERLIN, Feb. 25.-The Kluessen-
dorf factory in the Berliner Chau-
see, Spandau, which formerly man
ufactured automatic postage stamp
machines, is now making microme-
ters for machine-guns and model
rifles. The personnel has been more
than doubled during the past few
weeks. There are now 375 workers
instead Of the usual ITO.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-26
c. P. ExpeIs Strike DOdger

In the exposure of Robert Silbert
IN yesterdays issue of the Daily
Worker, an important point has
been omitted. The last sentence Of
the second paragraph should have
read: Notwithstanding all this, he
neither joined the strike himself,
nor did he try to pull out on strike
as many workers from his depart
ment as he could
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-26
BY KalIe Rissanen

A subsection organizer is deliv-
ering a, sorrowful report:
DO you want to see 3 Daily
Worker graveyard? Two or three
neatly arranged piles Of Daily
Workers, each as high as man.
We have them at our subsection
headquarters. We were proud of
our Daily Worker circulation. We
ordered large bundles. Every week
We increased our order The Daily
praised US: Look. comrades, at this
splendid work. We paid punctually.
We felt swell.
The pile grew.
Occasionally our eyes fell on it
and we exchanged alarmed glances.
We were undertakes; big cemeter-
les have manv unoertakers.
Comrades, that pile is still there.
Before it falls over, It will still
take few dozen more issues Of
the Daily
I'VE Pay Promptly"
You ask Why this state Of af-
fairs? What kind Of work are you
doing, comrades? I investigated the
pile. At the bottom there are pap
ers from last December. But we pay
our debts well. every week. In fact,
we are famous for our punctuality.
Just send US a bill and you'll get
paid by return mail.
AT the same time that our repu-
tation as prompt payers continues
to mount, our monument of shame
grows too.
"One day a responsible function
airy of the section comes and sees
the pile. When the truth becomes
clear to him, he turns pale. No
wonder we don't get any contacts,
If we don't sell the Daily Worker
For the Daily is our messenger. 1t
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-26

The strike last week of 1900 BIZ
luminous coal miners at three of the
captive mines owned by the Jones
and Laughlin Steel CORPORATION,
Vesta 4, and 6, was not an iso-
lated f1areup, but high point in a
continuous succession of struggles
on the job, and local strikes against
the Entertainments of company
unions and company union stan
dards in the coal fields of Western
Pennsylvania.
The strike, and the mass meeting
called for Sunday in Daisytown by
the Joint Pit Committees of the
Vesta mines, which steel workers
employed at the Jones and Laugh
lin plants were invited to attend. are
important as indications of the ris-
ing sentiment for strike against a
continuation of the 1884 Appala-
chan Wage Agreement, effective up
till April first. under which thou
sands of Western Pennsylvania min
ers are starving on the Job, and
thousands of the most active union
men are being driven out of the
mines.
Aided Company Unions
The separate captive mine agree
ment which John l.. Lewis nego-
tiated for the captive. steel-corpora-
tion-owned mines at the close of the
strikes of 100000 Western Pennsyl-
vania miners in 1893, empowered
the steel corporations to establish
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-26
MethOdists Hit Bill

TUSCON, Mriz.-The Methodist
Episcopal Church. outh, has adopted
a resolution condemning a bill be-
fore the Arizona legislature which
would prohibit foreign born work
ers not eligible for citizenship from
carrying on agricultural enterprises.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-26
Born
Face Custer
From Ohio

WARREN, Ohio, Feb, Is. - The
first step of the relief authorities of
Ohio is to try to cajole the foreign
born unemployed to return to
Europe-the next step will be to
deport them wholesale, as was done
in Ohio last year with the Mexican
workers, who were brought here
several years ago in order to drive
down all wages.
The Trumbull County Relief
Commission has broadcast an "ap-
peal" to all foreign born workers
to take advantage" Of the Depart
ment of Repatriation.
"Pree Passage"
"A Free Passage To Europe
thus is headed the letter which is
being broadcast here under the
signature of John R. Rae, Trumbull
county relief director. The text of
the letter reads:
The State of Ohio has a plan
which will interest every foreign
born, unnaturalized person who
hears of it. The fact that natural
ization papers have not been OBJ
tanned during the stay in this coun-
try probably means that the ties of
the homeland are much stronger
than anything that America has to
offer. Perhaps the reason for want
ing to return is that best of all
reasons family; parents, broth
ers, sisters. and even friendships
made before coming to America.
There are causes enough for wish
ing to return home, but the one to
whom this opportunity means even
more is the man who has left be-
hind wife and possibly children in
his native land.
Happier" Life
Every person desiring to take adj
vantage Of this plan must of neces-
sity be able to show that he will be
provided for after reaching home.
In fact, this is often the reason for
returning, since in his own coun-
try, among his own friends and rel
ativeS, the chances for suitable en-
ployment and a happy life are
greater
"Fhe Department of Repatriation
which means simply a return to
ones own country, plans the trip
and arranges the train and boat
schedules. The repatriates go in
groups, and the number is. of
course, limited.
This is not Just plan for the
future 1t has been and is now be-
ing carried on with great success,
and the State is sure that it will in
terest many who have not known
of it until this time.
IF you are interested, we should
be very happy to discuss the prop
osition with you"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-26
G. P. Member Dies

EAST HOLDEN, Maine, Feb. 25.-
Albert Henderson, young Commu-
mist Party member, who was or
ganizer of the Finnish Youth Clubs
in Maine died recently in Paines
Hospital at Bangor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-26
W H ATS ON
Philadelphia, Pa.


Grand Concert and Bazaar Aus
piees Unemployment Councils of
Philadelphia, Friday and Saturday
ewes, March / and at Olympia
Arena, Broad and cambridge SITS.
Glamorous entertainment Puppet
Show, Play Dancing. Music, Ma
tional Speaker, SerRei Rsdamsky and
Maria Radamsky. Proceeds for pub
LEGATION of newspaper for the unem-
ployed. Adm. s5c for both evenings.
Cleveland, Ohio
Red wedding to be held on March
2. at 6615 Wade Park Dancing
from pm to wee hours Of the
morning. Door prize, radio, plenty
Of refreshments and the donation is
1se. All welcome.
Nendrk, N. J.
Halt, Newark organizations don't
arrange affairs March II, Paris
Commune Day. Extraordinary ex-
hibit, Chopper, Burck. Del, Marsh,
Nisob, noted concert pianist Adniis-
sion 25c,
Detroit, Mich.
Michigan Youth Congress Dance
Tuesday, Feb. rs at the Graystone
Ballroom, Eddie Cont and his NB.C
Orchestra. Adm 4oc in adv, soc at
door.
Chicago, I'LL.
A mite Of merriment in honor of
Section Organizers, Rubey Cooper
former. and Bill Sennett present
Saturday. March q 8 pm at the
Italian Workers Club, 100 Kedzie
Ave, Entertainment. refreshments
dancing to music by Duke Croswells
Orchestra. Adm, zoe.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-26

Burck's cartoon book, Hunger
and Revolt" is now offered in a
81 edition with renewals and new
subscriptions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-26

Conference Attacked by Y.M.C.A.
FAIRMONT, w. Va, Feb. Is
The West Virginia Provisional
State Committee of Action for Un-
employment and Social Insurance
was notified yesterday by the Fair
mont Y. M. C. A. Board of Direc-
tors that the March 3 Conference
for State Unemployment and Social
Insurance will not be held in the
Y, M. G. A. Conference Room, de-
spite the fact that the board de-
cided more than . month ago to
put the hall at the disposal Of the
conference.
When the committee demanded
explanation for this action they
we're told that this was done on the
request of the Marion County
sheriff, H. c. Toothman, who in
formed the board that the members
of the Provisional Committee have
national connections" The board
of directors also emphatically stated
that even If the meeting would take
place in the Y. M. G. A., mo Negro
delegates would be permitted to
enter"
All the workers organizations,
especially those that have either
endorsed the Workers Bill, H. R.
2s27, or have elected delegates to
the conference, are asked to send
strong protest to the board of direc-
tors of the Fairmont Y, M. G. A.,
demanding the hall for the March 3
conference and condemning the
jirn-crow policy of the Y. M. G. A.
and demanding the right of the
Negroes to have equal rights with
the whites in the Y. M. c. A.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-26
Workers Bill
Farley Called
In Michigan
Urban League Official
Urges Negroes To
Back H. r. 1927

DETROIT, Mich. Feb. 25.-Calls
for Michigan State Conference for
unemployment and social insurance
have been issued here by the Michi-
gan District Unemployment Coun-
ellis. The State Convention will
open in Lansing on Sunday, March
"a, at am, for two-day session.
The conference will be held in Odd
fellows Hall, 12e East Michigan
Avenue, Lansing.
Calls for the convention have
been printed and may be obtained
at the new headquarters of the
Michigan Unemployment Council,
400 Macomb Avenue, Room 209,
Detroit, Mich
Wide Support
The call. issued by the Michigan
State Sponsoring Committee, is
signed by the Michigan State Paint
ers' Conference, A. F. of L.; Paint
ers' Union 81; Joseph Friedman,
business agent, Painters Union ~;
M. j. Taylor, vice-president, Mus
kegon Central Labor Union; Eu-
gene Howard, Muskegon Central
Labor Union; G. w. Mcpherson,
Federal Labor Union 1907, Grand
Rapids; r. MacMahon, United
Poultry Workers Union; S. Weber,
Custom Tailors' Union 229; United
Workers League of Muskegon; A.
Jacobs, United Sausage Workers
Union; Workingmen's Association
Of Flint; Workingmen's Association
Of Grand Rapids; Unemployment
Councils Of Detroit; International
Workers Order; James Becker,
pastor. Hungarian Luth er n
Church; John Banyai, Hungarian
American Citizens League of
Ecorse; Martin Himler, publisher,
United Italian Conference for So
cial Insurance (39 organizations) :;
and League of Struggle for Negro
Rights.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-07-04
SHATLEY SPRINGS NEWS

A large number of guests have
registered at the Springs since it
opened for the summer.
Mrs. Addie Vannoy and Reggie
Vannoy fail to improve as they
should.
Mr.. James Church and daughter,
Beulah, and son, Clifford, visited at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Millard
Church, Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Sheets from
King Brake, w. Va, Pless, Zollie,
and Ella Church, Victor Riddle, and
Worth Howell were guests at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Church,
Sunday. :,
Mr.. Henry Hartsoe has been visit
ing his aunt, Mrs. Rosa Sharpe, at
Clifton.
Willard and Connie Church and
Mrs. Elite Ham made business trip
to Abingdon, Va, Friday.
Mr.. Willie Ham from Meadow
View, Va, is visiting his mother, Mrs.
Elite Ham.