The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 2, 1931, Page 2

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. Page Two JARY 2, 1981 “™ DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, JA CHARITY. ASKS FOR ARREST OF JOBLESS FORCED TO BEGGING At Same Time Admits It Feeds Only 70,000 _ Families While Number of Destitution Cases Redouble Each Month NEW YOREK—On the sme day o—— ———————————_—___ eens papell wowing thet, Commissioner Mulrooney told Hod~ it is true that begging is from his own records, unemployment |S. that : and actual starvation of the jobless |Stowing rapidly; he biames the: “citi~ j ens” for not complaining: more about was increasing by leaps and bounds, | 7" and that out of the multitude of job- |! aud says the jobless are being ar- Jess here, only 70,000 families were | "sted as fast as the courts. cam rail- : . .|road them to jail. ting Gari from agensies re |" ne Weifine Council report. states| porting toe him, William Hudson,} 00 # at eee $9 exerutive dixector ofthe .Welfare| ‘hat cases of destitute tarilles were Council called om Police Commissioner | polhgeal by : here ie goes . Mulrooney to drive the “pegears” | 2 , Wien it Sepreainet; Lah; from the streets. October they were 40. per cent great- aes ra er than in October, 1929; in. Novem- Men are committing suicide be~| ber they were 74 per cent cause they can’t.stand the slow star-| |@ r and December is surel vation of the: breadlines; the we|tue jobs still worce, - Stew: and thir soup: | GNote:Yesterday’s Daily’ Worker Aecglance at the’ financisl papers stated that the Mayor's Committee | where businessmen (the same who| s was the Prosser Committee, and had donate to charities) denounce insur! conected $8,000,000. This ts 2 mis- ance because it will interfere with take. The Prosser Committee collect- lowering the wages, will prove that eq the cash, but the Mayor's Com- this slow starvation is: just what the | mittee is separate) : boss class wants the workers to ex- ———. perience. ee Pe ae If men get jobs through the Emer-/Units I, Affair Nets gency Work Bureau of the Prosser! “Worker” Fund $38.03 Committee, they are speeded and| me part of their pay held’back,se they! NEW YORK.—An enthusiastic af- won’t expect too much when ‘they’ fair to collect funds for the Daily get work from another boss. | Worker which resulted in 338.03 being And now the police are called in| donated to the fund to sustain the to smash any attempt of these des-| Daily, was held by Unit 1 of| perate men to beg on the streets. Section 1 Sunday night at 134 E Capitalism is determined they shall| Seventh St. The hall was donated starve until they will be glad in the future to work for low wages. by the Jewish Workers’ Children’s Sehool, ‘DON | ON BANK CRASH! $1000 FOR SERIO THE ADVENTURES OF BILL WORKER — What Times These Are! — WAY ae Times CARRIES ALIST OF BANK Faiwupe EACH DAY. Any he THING ARON ia aie ree WILL SPEAK (FORCE BAIL GF © {Distriet to, Open All Negro Directors a NEW YORK.—The Negro Depart- | Still Faces D e a t hj ment of District 2, Communist Party | - ari s eS has arranged a special class for a at Fascist Hands |thorough study of the Negra ques- | tion in the U.S. A., which will meet every Sunday morning llo’cleck at the Center on the 8th floor. All section and Unit Negro work W. C. Open Forum | Moves to 35 E. 12th NEW YORK.—The Workers Forum Sunday: night, Jan. 4, 8 p. m. at the Workers Sehool Auditorium, 35 East NEW YORK.—After much pressure | from militant workers organizations | through mass protests inform of| meetings, demonstrations and resolu- | HARLEM UC AGAIN HALTS EVICTION Tenants ‘Rallying to Struggle NEW YORK—A meeting to pre- vent the eviction of Mrs. Florence Ramsey, a Negro worker of 2394 Sev- enth Ave. and her two small chil~ W. LR. BAZAAR NAACP JIM-CROW OPENS TONIGHT HEAD SPEAKS SUN. Prepare! At Mass Meeting—Ne- gro Masses Resentful Red Dancers New Program Tonight the grand opening of the joint bazaar of the Workers Inter- national Relief and the United Coun- the Negro masses over the election of Major Joel E. Spingarn, white mil- Ith St. Second floor, will have Sam Don, member of the agitrop depart ment of the Central Committee of | the C. P. U. S. A. speak on “The A ree eon Meaning of the Bank Crashes.” to be present at the General S| after hearing Comrade Markoff’s lecture on the Pve-Year Plan last! Serio has been in custody of the week, workers should attend the) immigration department since last coming forum to get a contrasting/ jay when he was arrested while picture of the capitalist crisis. | speaking at an anti-fascist meeting Comrade Sam Don, who has mad: jin Erie, Pa. At his hearings before forced to set bail in the case of Guida | {portant class. Serio working class leader, being held for deportation to Italy {growth of the Party's tional Labor Defense announced to- | {Are B day, tle bail set was $1,000. has been authorized by the Centre! Committee. | Phe drive will open with a bananet om the 1th of January and will con- tinue with a bazuar for seven days. We urge all organizations not te ar- affairs during thix drive. The Red Banquet. the ¢ Ré@ Spark Athletic Cleb tm New Cluk Rooms ~ at 133 A ear St. Mark’s Place. al poblems will be taken to greet the Com Rvessvtlia. Weslang, Schest a deep and comprehensive study o’ | the Department of Labor it developed ‘Be aew Open Forum, at 165 Thatford Ave..| the capitalist crisis in general and | that the Italian government in con- ¥ evening, & p. m. dle Trades Struggle -T.E.LU. Questions. Attentiow to Section and Unit Lfterature Agenty ested to report to the Friday, Jan. 2nd be- p. m. for special work the bank crashes in particular, wi’ | tell the workers about the exploita- tive role of the capitalist ranks te }make use of the savings of the | | workers to finance new methods of | exploitation, the precariousness of | the capitalist banks and their crashes ville Workers Club | y istol St. "The War Danger | _ Poe Workers Forum, conducted by mist Party” Sunday eeds to Daily Worker. | junctions with U. S. authorities had |been watching for years his work-as |he had been active both here and |in Italy against the Mussolini black shirts. While still living in Italy he was hounded by the fascists and al- most. murdered till he was forced to flee that country. But in the United the Workers School, formerly held 2 | States that boss class continued the | the Irving Plaza, will be hereafte- | Persecution. es to this b Foster. Minor. Sentatives. af and wor 4 white workers. Annual Entertainment 4th, at 1k a. m |tions, the Department of Labor was directors are urged to attend this There exists a who is | STeater need than ever, due to the influence | .|among the Negro workers and the and a certain death, the Interna leceaear Sulicsiica tien er Ha Marco |masses, who are more and more ready | program will be conducted by mem- to struggle against the growing op- |pression, the results of the crisis, and | |mass pauperization of the Negroes, unemployment, high rents and re- newed wave of brutal lynchings, for} interesting program of revolutionary the rousing of the entire Party to ar | interpretative dances. The red danc- understanding of the importance of | ers are prepared to give the workers the work among Negroes, and of| 4 real treat in the way: of proletarian | learning the proper methtods of work, | dancing. slogans and forms of struggle re-| quired to develop and initiate power- ful mass movements of Negro and food in the restaurant (taken care o! Comrade Haywood, head of the | Di py vill a shar cag ggg Sean making “W.LR. Night” a success. 7 first session. | held this coming Sunday, January | held at the Workers School Andi- / | torium 35 East 1th St., Second flor, | | By securing competent speaks to talk | Cuban Workers Chub have a dance this Saturday. Astoria Mansion, #2 East Musie by Casears’ Ha: to be show lian Workers 4 ‘Colored Band. Admission 59} on current topies of vital importance, a SS | Say bazaar te bed ned tremendous value to the workers. All iversary az ar ote mae amend rd z a8 m.|Workers should attend the forum cks of thekets f the af-| In Newark, .. at Ukrainian Hall. ve F- A held) Sapurdasy “Jan tien | it Reacon, St Nant. Srefaatier® Ave. | Vo SunIAY TENE TO HELP MAINTAIN THE NEW YORK WORKERS Adio. and Te. | In Jersey. City, at the Workers CENTER. COLLECT ARTICLES AND SEND THEM Center, 337 Henderson St. gram and speakers. In Ffizabeth, at 408 Court Street. Perth Amboy at the Columbia Hall, | 385 State Street. Well known | yd is bed “al take part.| Communft Party Section Newark | NEW YORK.— When Secretary | Adm. Conducts en pOen Forum on every | Doherty of the Boro Hall Council of | Try to Stop Jobless Meeting in B’klyn! Good pro- TO THE CENTER, 35 EAST 12TH STREET, N. Y. C. FOR THE 8-Day Bazaar WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE FROM Jan. 11 to 18 Bronx Pk, 1 actors “w = | Sun at 2p. m. Next Sunday the | 4, Tae et | Berth Ache. bane: will be “Unemployment In-|*he Unemployed (Brooklyn), rose ta and Darite” rivey the Com-! suri Charlotte Todes,|speak to the crowd of jobless at nist Part st od Workers.” Ad- Com- | Bai * All workers welcome. hh working | mission free. ins on Saturday eve~ = n. 10th, 6 p.m. at Hawrysz Charles.St, Proceeds to ga ity Worken Good music, s Admission 35 cents. and..gne Y other Ashland Place and Lillary St. yester- day, he from had a promise from the police station that the meeting could go on. Just the same, police |eame down from the same station jand broke up the meeting, arresting im... | Doherty, telling him not to speak! _ tune Are "Brcokisa. “Open ‘discus: | again, and letting him go. : mu W. 7th Anniversary in Newark ‘The Tth Anniversary of the Daily Worker will be celebtated on Jar lary 10th, at the Workers Center. 93 | Mercer St, on Saturday, at 8 p. m. refreshmer John Reed Yanth Club Meets Friday, Jan. 2nd, at Dr. Pol-| lack’s office. 655 Newark Ave. Jer- sey City. Prominent speakers Brighton Workers Ferum. | ston, admission free. This Sunday, | — | "Youth and War.” Bring your fellow | | workers! Lem Harris on Saviet Union At the meeting of the John Reed Youth Club. Monday. Jan sth, $ p.m. | Dr. Pollack’s office, 655 Newark @., Jersey City, N. Lem Harris} Held every Sunday. 3 p. m._ This is\an American worker just returned | Sunday, “The Nesdlé Workers’ Strug- @ year and a half in the Soviet | gle.” Union. Nt I agen Eaxt New York Workers Forum. Richard B. Moore Will Speak Meets every Sunday at 962 Sutter | At the Bronii Workers Forum this | Ave. at p.m. This Sunday the topic | Sunday 8 p. m. ai 569 Prospect Ave.| rill be ‘The Coming War and the Subject: “The Struggle For Negro | Young Workers.” Questions and dis- Rights.” Discussion. Admission free. } cussion. . Ne Boro Park Workers Forum. Friday, Saturday and Sunday JANUARY 2, 3, 4 BazaaR AT NEW STAR CASINO 107th Street and Park Avenue Large Assortment of Articles Will Be Sold at Lew Prices A RESTAURANT WITH BEST OF FOOD PREPARED MEMBERS OF WOMEN’S COUNCILS PROGRAM: Sat. Eve., January 10 AN EXTRAORDINARY ‘CONCERT * New Revolutionary Music SERGEI RADAMSKY Just returned from the Soviet Union IN NEW SOVIET SONGS BORIS. BELL seeeeee ss Penor MOSCOW MUSICAL STUDIO Miss V. VALENTINOVA . C. KAYULOFF ......... FREIHEIT GESANGS VEREIN in New Numbers and Special Selections PROMINENT SPEAKERS “;$T, NICHOLAS CASINO $9 WEST 66TH STREET NEAR BROADWAY \.. Admission 50 and 75 Cents Friday Evening W. I. R. NIGHT—RED DANCERS—Under leadership of EDITH SIEGEL—Dancing Until 2 A. M. Saturday Afternoon CHILDREN’S DAY—Special Plays, Games and Dances Saturday Evening NEEDLE TRADES NIGHT—COSTUME BALL Sunday WOMEN’S COUNCIL DAY—American Laboratory Players, Coun- cil Drama Group, Women’s March, Final Sales—Dancing till 2 A. M. ‘Auspices:. WORKERS INTERNATIONAL RELIEF NEEDLE TRADES WORKERS INDUSTRIAL UNION UNITED COUNCIL OF WORKINGCLASS WOMEN Admission: Friday, 35¢; Saturday, 50c; Sunday, 35c¢; Children—10c only Combination Ticket $1.00 (will admit three people any night) cil of Working Class Women, takes place at New Star Casino, and goes through Saturday, Sunday and after, | until 2 a. m., on Monday. Tonight is the special Werkers’ In- ternational Relief night. The entire bers of the W.LR. The outstanding feature on the program will be Edith Seigal and her Red Dancers. They will present an Dancing, music, camaraderie, tasty by members of the United Council of Working Class Women) will fill the entire evening and contribute to Saturday night will be the “Needle | Trades Workers’ Industrial Union | Night.” Twenty-five per cent of the entire proceeds will go for the N.T. WIU. This fund will greatly help lionaire and notorious advocate of dren, was held by the Harlem Unem- Jim-Crow Negro training camps dur- {ployed Council yesterday at the ing the war, as president of the Na- |@Partment house. Eleven tenants in tional Association for the Advance- ment of Colored People, is expected to come to a head Sunday afternoon on the occasion of a mass meeting the reformist Negro association is holding at St. Mark’s M. E. Church, | 137th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue. | Efforts on th: part of officials to er up the revolt in the organiza- | tion were completely defeated with the confirmation yesterday of the resignation irom active post in the/ association of James Weldon John- | | son. While Johnson, himself, is one | | of the worst flunkeys of the imper- | ialist oppressors of the Negro masses | he has a large following among the | business and intellectual elements in the association. | the coming strike in the dress in- dustry of the needle trades. A grand | costume ball will be the gala event | | on the Needle Trades program. Friday, Saturday and Mon. and Tues., Jan. 5—6 Amazing Story of Village Life VILLAGE OF SIN RUSSIAN REPERTOIRE WEEK! EISENSTEIN’S DYNAMIC MASTERFILM 10 DAY s>CAMEO Sunday, January 2-3-4 THAT SHOOK THE WORLD Wed. and Thurs., Jan. 7—8 Pudovkin’s Gigantic Masterpleco STORM over ASIA 42ND STREET and BROADWAY WIS. 1789 PRICES. MIDNIGHT Mts, Th. & Sa’ ELIZABETH, THE QUEEN MARTIN BECK 784 45th Bt Weat of Broadway 6. 8:40, Mts, Th. & Sat, 2:40 “yp POPS THE DEVIL” | Comedy Hit with ROGER PRYOR, | SALLY BATES & ALBERT HACKETT Ww. of | MASQUE 45th St. "tcnngs ae 30 Mats. Wed. Thurs. & Saft, at 2:30 | | (UVIC REPERTORY 14 St.. 6th av. Evenings 8:50 J SOc, $1, $150 Mats. Th. & Sat. 2:30 EVA LE GALLIENNE, Director | Tonight ....“THE THREE SISTERS” | Pom. Mat. . | Tom. Night SeatstwksadvatBoxOft.&T'nHal!,113W.43 ARTHUR SOPKINS presents “THIS IS NEW YORK” & wew comedy by Robert B. Sherwood ‘th LOIS MORAN Plymouth "yA, 1m rarest B'way 46th ip LOB Dally From 10:90 A, M. CHARLEY'S AUNT with CHARLES RUGGLES and JUNE ,COLLYER 4gnd Street fAMEO & Broadway SHE GOT WHAT SHE WANTED ————_ with BETTY COMPG6ON, LEE ————~—=—= TRACY and ALAN HALE Street Suits and go 03 Avenue A, “Pheatre Guild Productions ———"4)| Evenings 8:40 — Mats, Fri, & Sat. 2:30 | and | PARK CLOTHING CO. | ] 7 ca sere ie y) 9% FRITZ LEIBER IN SHAKESPEAREA night REPERTOIRE » W, of . WOODS Presents UE ere ARTHUR BYRON *| IVE STAR FINAL | A Melodrama by Louis Weitrenkorn | CORT THEATRE, West of 48th Street Bver. 8:50, Mata Thurs, and at. 2:30 ~ NINA ROSA New Musical Remanee, with | GUY ROBERTSON reRE SSaMIbA LEON AED CERLEY, Gunes MAJFSTIO THEA., 44th, W. of Broadway Eve. 8:30. Mats, Wed. Thurs, @ Sat, 2:30 } | | AN EDGAR WALLACE’S FORREST THE. | 19th Street, West of Broadway Eves, 8350. Mats. Wed., Thurs, & Sat, 2:30 3 th St, Playhouse 52 W. 8th STREET Con. Noon to Midnight Pop. Pricen THE DREAM WALTZ Alsa LAST RECORDS of ANDREE th Ave. Playhouse 66 Fifth Avenue. Con. 2 P.M, to Midnight. Pop. Prices ““ZWEL WELTEN” (TWO WORLDS) A Drama of the @ Russian-Austrian Frontier os TAKE A LIST TO WORK WITH YOU FOR JOBLESS INSURANCE! Overcoats to Cor i, the house were drawn into the meet- ing, pledging their support in the fight to protect this unemployed worker, The Council will hold another meeting at the apartment house this evening, in an effort to draw in all the tenants in the house and or- ganize a strong movement against eviction of jobless workers and for drastic reductions of rent. In the meantime, Miss Mildred Stoe, a Negro unemployed worker, of 2 W. 137th St., whose eviction the Council prevented a few days ago, when she and her aged mother were put on the street, was offered a week’s free rent by the landlord if she would move, This she refused to do, stating she has no place to go and no money, ‘The headquarters of the Council was visited yesterday by a Negro faker, a William Dent, with offices at 111 W. 135th, who said he repre- sented the “Mayor's Committee” and wanted to know by -whose authority the Unemnloyed Council. moved beck into the flat the furniture of Miss Mildren Stone when she was evicted, claiming that his organization was there to “fight” for the Negro tenants by making pleas to the mayor. When asxed waat his organization would do for a worker who was evicted he confessed it would do nothing, FORM JOBLESS COUN- CILS; FIGHT FOR JOBLESS INSURANCE! “SEROY PEWRY 91¢ Paring Hours; M-9 P.M Sunday: 10 A. M1 PM, DR, J. LEVIN SURGEON DENTIST 1601 AVENUE U Ave. U Sta, BMT. Bast 15th St. BROOKLYN, N. ¥. DR. J. MINDEL SURGECN DENTIST 1 UNION 8QUARB Beem, Me—Paoaes a ass other office ‘a RATIONAL | Vegetarian RESTAURANT 199 SECOND AVE. JB Bat, 13th and 18th Sta, 1600 MADISON AVR ct * — “hone: @tuyvesnnt ame John’s Restaurant SPECIALTY: (TALIAS USERS wncie “all vadtcale weet 102 B.12th St, = New York Advertine vows Union Mectings Rere. For information write te | The DAILY WORKER : Advertioing Pept 80 East 13th St, New York City

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