The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 17, 1931, Page 3

DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, APRIL | 17, 1931 Page Lat VAN SWERINGENS PLAN 20 P.C. WAGE CUT FOR ERIE RAILROAD MEN Big Magnates to Enlist Aid of Brotherhood Misleaders to Put Over Slash | Railroad Workers! Join the National Rail- 1 road Workers Industrial League for Struggle CLEVELAND, Ohio.—Rumors that a 20 per cent wage cut for train and engine service men is being demanded by the Erie Railroad are current in Cleveland, where the road’s head- quarters are shortly to be moved to be more closely under the eye of its owners, the Van pany is reported to be negotiating its demand with the com- mittees of the transportation brotherhoods. The rank and file of these | the engineers, conductors, firemen and trainmen, are fighting mad at the rumor of this brutal earnings have already been cut by | scores of dollars a month, through mileage limitation and other devices urged upon them by the Brotherhood | leaders -to divide up fhe burden of unemployment among the men and avoid placing it upon the company stockholders. Now the Brotherhood leaders will have to make a show of fighting the cut if they are not to lose the members’ confidence completely. But many of the men are already suspicious that with their company-loving record these leaders will try to put over the cut on the men in a modified form, instead of fighting against it. Big Railroad Bosses The Van Swetingens are now the largest railroad owners in the coun- try controlling the Nickel Plate, the} Chesapeake and Ohio, the Denver & Rio Grande Western, the Erie, the Kansas City Southern, the Missouri Pacific, Pere Marquette, Texas & Pa- cific, and a score of other smaller Bellingham, Wash. Charity Forces Work From Jobless Bellingham, Wash. Daily Worker:— . ‘The capitalist press lies and squawks about “forced labor” in ‘the Soviet Union. What would you call this situation in Bellingham? No work, nothing to eat. We have a several charity outfits hero that | pretend to give relief. Here’s how. | They hand out jobs, very difficult { ones at that and in return for work- ing two days, they give us three dol- | Jars worth of groceries. Old canned rotten food they give us and so lay us off. Another kind of reli¢? is slaving on an indastrial farm where they i give us five dollars a month, gar- i} bage and beans. Every time a work- Akron Bosses Threaten to Shut Down Charity “Relief” (By a Worker AKRON, O.—The last available funds -have been apportioned, ac- cording to the local newspapers, and soon the charities must shut up shop or find additional money. “The public coffers are drained, and an emergency campaign is the only apparent answer unless relief comes through—giving a job to aid some- one in need. The Department of Public Charities comes along and asks those in receipt of charity to report for work in the city parks. But no wages will be paid. You are given the “opportunity” to donate a days’ work to the city in exchange for the help you haye received from | the charities. So “Akron, the City of opportunity” offers the workers a job; and the workers are expected to be generous enough to work for i Ee No cash, the city is broke, the charities are bust and so the workers are asked to give and give till it hurts. And then, see how “efficient” the ity officials are, getting work done or $2.50 in groceries—actually ‘about $2.50 in groceries~actually about $2.00—that would cost them $4.00 in cash, But even this is not Sweringen brothers. The com- supposed “aristocrats of labor,” demand of the company. Their roads. It is evident that they are just “trying it out” on the Erie. If they can put over a wage cut on this road with the aid of the Brother- | hood misleaders, they will extend their wage cutting campaign over | their whole system, and the other railroad owners will join in. Fight This The plans of the railroad owners, whose dividends actually increased in 1930 while hundreds of millions of dollars were lopped off the wages of the railroad workers, can only be spiked by militant action on the part of the rank and file. The National Railroad Workers Industrial League, with headquarters at Room 8, 702 East 63rd St., Chicago, Ill., has long | advocated rank and file organization ) for the railroad workers, to make possible a fighting united front against the railroad bosses and Brotherhood officials who act as their agents. : er mentions organizing, the foreman sends his name to the City Mission and the slave is immediately fired. Probably the foreman expected 2 raise, but all he got was beans. " The workers here are only those who have families ranging from one to ten in each. They are beginning to wake up, since they find that even though they work they are good and hungry. However what the workers here must do is join the neighborhood USS. DEPORTING 11,500 MONTHLY Doak Devises New Method of Attack NEW YORK. -—- The New York Times boasts that Secretary of La- bor Doak has devised still another method ofeattack against the for- eign born workers in the bosses plan to scare these workers into accept- ance of wage cuts and starvation, in other words, to cut them off from the struggle against starvation, as part of the boss campaign to force @ general lowering of the standard of living of the entire working class. In addition to the 11,500 deporta- tions a month, “a new and unex- plored outlet” has been devised by Doak to deport at least an additional 200 a month. ‘The new plan is aimed at the un- employed foreign-born workers those who, along with millions of native workers, Negyp and white, have become “surplus labor” to be starved or deported in the eyes of the bosses and their government. They are to be deported as “des- titute foreigners” under the terms of what The Times admits is “an} obscure clause in the 1927 immigra-| tion law.” This plan calls for the deporta- tion of even these foreign-born whom. the bosses admit are in the country legally. While the bosses government has no money for relief of the ten mil- ljon jobless workers, tens of thou- sands of whom are starving, it has put $2,000,000 at the disposal of Doak |for the campaign against the for- eign-born. . LOS ANGELES, April 12. — More than 10,000 Mexican workers are be- ing deported monthly, it was reveal- * |ed today by Rafael de la Collina, lo- cal Mexican Consul, who is in full co-operation with his imperialists masters of Wall Street in this vici- ous attack on the Mexican workers in this country. Thirty-five thousand have already been deported, it is said, and e bos- ses plan to deport another 75,000 by midsummer. Most of the families are utterly destitute, when they arrive in Mexico. and terrible reports of suffering and death of hundreds by starvation have come from across the border. Unemployed Council where the workers must unite and put up a fight for “real” relief, instead of this lousy pittance of third rate in exchange for two days of hard work, from these rotten | missions and charity institutions. We call on the unemployed and. employed workers to organize and fight for immediate relief through the Unemployed Councils and the Trade Union Unity League. Apply at 831 State Street, Bellingham, Washington. - Correspondent) enough, for there is profit on the side from the apple sellers that are spread out every few yards along the principle streets, at the schools and factories, Now in order to get @ permit to sell apples you must sign up for’a vacant lot and raise a garden. This will make more profit for the city selling seed, etc., to the gardeners and, of course, the farmers around wil lose much of their market vegetables and be pushed a little closer to the soup lines. Conditions are rapidly becoming worse with more and more lay offs and Goodyear announcing a wage cut of from 5 to 20 per cent, fol- lowed by Goodrich and Firestone’s taking the same course in a day or two. The vity is forcing work~- ers to take vacations without pay and reducing the jobs for there is no money to pay with as collections are poor. ‘The Unemployed Council is going to keep up and increase to strug- gle for bread and mobilize Akron’s workers against the policy of the bosses to starve thousands and make hundreds work for nothing. We must fight, Lot Of Women Laundry Workers In Portland A Hard One Portland, Ore. At:the age of seven, my mother died, leaving us three children alone jwith our father. A few years later y older brother died, and at this ime my father deserted my younger ther and myself. We'were taken A given a home by our grand- arents. valth and could not do as they like to have done by us, They within 24 hours of each other were buried in 1920 on New rangers and I was put into an or- phanage run by the Salvation Army. remained there until I was 17. Placed In Laundry. When I was only a few days past, i? the matron called me in and ed me if I thought T would be vg to take care of myself. They were poor and in ill-. Since I first began working in the Jaundry it has increased in size, in work and also added a few employes. There has not been the slightest in- crease in wages. We are getting 28 cents an hour and out of it I have to support three children, pay rent, buy groceries, clothes, pay the nur- sery and street car fare. There are many other women working here who are in the same hapa digger in the golden rule, Do unto, ete. But I am sure if their incomes were cut to $2.25 a day, as is our wage that he is paying us, he would begin to realize that it was time for him to join a union or some organization that is working for better condi- tions, Hayward Jobless Council Doubles Answer to Jail Term for Two Speakers | HAYWARD, Calif., April 16—La- | cey and McKinney, speakers at the unemployment meeting here in the City Plaza April 5, were railroaded through the police court hete yes- terday and sentenced to 50 days’ im- prisonment or $100 fine each. The council of the unemployed has “| doubled in membership during the last ten days, and the agricultural workers, many of them Spanish- speaking, have certainly not been terrorized by the attack by police and fire department on their meet- ings. | ‘They are preparing a great mass meeting April 26, todemand relief and to protest the conviction of their speakers, also to prepare for May 1 demonstrations, ‘The jury which convicted the two workers was made up entirely of busi- ness men. The prisoners defended themselves and brought out the de- mands of the jobless. Many work- ers attended the trial. FASCISTS KILL YOUNG WORKER (Cable By Inprecorr) BERLIN, April 14.—Collisions oc- cured at Chemnita yesterday evening between workers and Stahlhelm (steel helmet) fascists. The fascists shot a young worker, Batke, dead. At Neumuenster, similar collisions between fascists and workers took place. The fascists fired revolvers at the workers, Five were wounded and ‘two were sent to the hospital. The police arrested a worker. Saturday the arbitration author- ities announced a binding decision providing for wage cuts for the Berlin building trades workers. The re- formist trade union leaders accept- ed the decision and appeal to the workers to return to work on Tues- day, The revolutionary leadership calls for a continuation of the strike de- spite the binding arbitration decision. please those whom we are working for. The deep appreciation shown for this is when the boss or foreman ” }come to us and tell us to do better (meaning more). When those who are working realize the condition of the unemployed and what it means to them they will begin \to organize a union that will make these capital- ists and bosses come to terms and make them pay a living wage, so RED FLAGS CARRIED BY MASSES THROUGHOUT SPAIN AS SOCIALISTS AND REPUBLICANS PLOT SUPPRESSION Large Landowners and Catholic Church Left Intact to Exploit Masses; King Is Ready for Counter-Offensive Mass surging through the streets Yarrying innumerable red flags ery- ing death to the monarchists and the fascists, strikes and clashes in vari- ous parts of Spain, while the provi- sional Republican-Socialist govern- ment attempts to quiet the people down so that they can carry on the work of defeating the real purpose of the bourgeois democratic revolution, is the picture contained in the cable dispatches from Spain to the capi- talist newspapers. ‘The New York Times correspon- dent in Madrid gives a graphic des- cription of the intense feeling of the masses who aré not content with the phrases slung about by the Repub-| lican bourgeoisie and their Socialists | Statements by provi- | supporters. sional president Zamora say they are trying to do all they can to “quieten the people” gnd send them “back| to work.” A manifesto issued by the provisional government declares that} there will be national elections, relig- ious freedom, a constitutional gov- ernment, and an “adjustment” of the great landed estates question. The women who have been kept down in Spain took a prominent part in the demonstrations, expressing their active interest in the political struggles now going on. “These demonstrations have been going on for forty-eight hours,’ writes the Times correspondent, “and show now signs of diminishing, al- though the government promises to have every one back at work to- morrow.” Meanwhile, King Alfonso, who has arrived in France, declares he did not abdicate and is already prepar- ing for an armed reactionary out- break to bring the monarchy back into power. In this the Republican and Socialists are aiding the feudal forces by trying to quel the revolu- tionary temper of the masses. William Phillip Simms, Foreign editor of the Scripps Howard service says that “the new Spanish Repub- lic will for some time be in constant | danger of an explosion. “Innumerable disrupting forces are at Work within and without the re- gime and only by a miracle of lead- ership can further disorders, and perhaps bloodshed, be prevented.” An Associated Press story from Madrid tells of “Communist disturb- ances” in Seville. “Martial law was proclaimed in Seville after Commun- ist rioting.” Details, however, are | lacking. Under the guise of “law and or- der” the provisional government is taking strong measures to suppress the separatist movements in Cata- lonia and the Basque province. The Communists are calling on the work- ers to come out on strike. The large landowners still have a strong grip on Spain. The Catholic church, trenched, receiving 60,000,000 pesetas @ year. All the forces of the church and the landed aristocracy, plus a strong feudal element in the army are the basis on which King Alfonso and his backers depend for a coun- ter-attack. At the same time, to prevent a real revolutionary outbreak with the| | masses taking matters in their own hand, the provisional government is maneuvering with proclamations and phrases to forestall the expropriation | of the landlords and the crushing of the power of the church. | Alabama Bosses Intend To Burn 9 Negro Youths (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) | continue to pour in on the governor of Alab.mna who has so far refused to raise a hand to save these nine in- nocent boys, Additional organizations to send protest telegrams so far, include the Young Defenders, youth branch of the International Labor Defense, which last night wired Governor Mil- ler vigorously protesting the attempt to legally lynch these nine youths on |frame-up rape charges. Arrange Protest Meeting! Throughout the country protest meetings are beifg arranged, and must be arranged on an increasing scale. Pittsburgh workers will hold a protest mass meeting at Pythian Temple, 2008 Temple Avenue, on Wednesday night, April 22. In New York where several pro- test meetings have already been hei. there wil) be another this Friday ev- ening in the Dunbar Center, 605-7 Herkimer Street, Brooklyn, and one next Friday, April 24, at St. Luke's Hall, 125 W. 130th Street, in Harlem. Chicago workers will rally to a mass protest on Wednesday night, April 22, at Forum Hall, 322 EB. 43rd St., against the boss terror against the Negro workers and tenant farm- ers and share croppers of Alabama and other parts of the South, and against the cold-blooded shooting down of Negro workers in Chicago by the boss police. Negro and White Workers Uniting. In the South, the citadel of boss prejudice and race hatred, white and Negro workers are joining hands in common struggle against the boss system of starvation, wage cuts, ter- ror, and persecution and lynching of Negroes. Several meetings protesting |the Scottsboro outrage have been held in Birmingham, Chattanooga, and other points. In every section of the country, and throughout the world, as well, the oxploite.. masses must be rallied to the defense of the nine Negro youths and for the smashing of this mur- derous ~*me-up and railroading to likewise, is strongly en- the electric chair! Send May Day Ads, Greetings Without Delay; Milwaukee Plans Page in “Socialist” City Greet the Daily Worker on May Day! This year, the Daily Worker expects to receive hundreds of greet- ings from Party members, sympa- thizers and their friends (25¢ a name). 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Milwaukee's wide awake to use of weekly sec- tion page for rapping “Socialist” Party, counteracting their lies in the daily “Socialist” Milwaukee Leader. Send your articles earlier, Milwaukee, and order that special Page soon! Seattle district should follow aan-|3 waukee’s open-eye example since, according to Tra A. Roberts of Spokane, “the Socialists with ex- Senator McKay and wobblies here are sure buckling us.” Roberts expects to go in for a little buckling him- self by rounding up Red Builders, get~ that everyone will have an equal | ting Club started. Continuing dis- articles, news items pertaining to neighborhood unemployed workers, ete... to circulate special page for getting subs, building routes.” Direct unit deliveries ordered for more ra- pid, effective circulation, beginning April 20. J. Mankin, rep, out of jail, rounds up three lost D. W. sellers, promises bundle increase soon. “Daily” Spreads Out Desire to stretch the Daily to four corners of the U. S. is apparent in today’s mail. B. R., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., orders 100 copies over four weeks - “for distribution to our friends.” Oscar S. orders for 20 to 50 readers in Danville, Tl. “We think this would stimulate circulation and get subs,” he says, offering advance payment and postage for notifying readers. Otto V. V., Chicago Stock Yards vicinity, slaughters capitalist hokum by ordering 100 a week for Sunday distribution. E.L.S., Omaha, Neb., shows irritation for not receiv- ing 35 daily, and rightly so, for “we have a comrade willing to sell, but losing confidence.” We hastened to correct situation. George L. in New Castle, Pa., in “giving literature of the Party... a whirl,” reports part- time jobs wrecked plans. Cuts bundle to 25, right-about-faces, re-orders 50. More stable help, George, will steady the figure or send it to the top. O. J. Arness between two fires, Minnea- order from 25 to 50, and the hell we can for the tot ‘a month.” Newly organized Party unit in Collinsville, Til., gets 5 daily as a started, and Oscar L., on the job in Centerville, Ta., orders eight-a-day until further, notice. We suggest to new sellers that revolu- tionary unions, Unemployed Coun- cils be introduced to new readers of Rank and File + ST. LOUIS, Mo, A Howat’'s “ \the re-organized U. M. W.” got un- der way here yesterday with only 100 |delegates present instead of the huge numbers promised, the National Miners’ Union got a good response by dibtributing copies of the Daily |Worker t odelegates and audience April 16.—When | ‘international convention of | UNEMPLOYED WORKERS DEMONSTRATE IN CANADA AND RUMANIA Streets; Ston Nation-Wide Dele € | of Premier Bennett; “CONVENTION” OF Thousands Battle Police in | HOWAT MEN FLOPS, NMU Ma kes Appeal to} es, Sabers Used gation Demunds Insurance He Refuses; Prepare | Greater Mass Demonstration May Ist — Mass demotistrations took place, | Wednesday in Canada and Roumain- | | 788 DELEGATES AT ia, of jobless wor ‘'s demanding un- employment relief and insurance. These are a fortaste of the huge world demonstrations on May First Delegation to Premier OTTAWA, Canada, April 16—-A and miners in town. The N. M. U. | delegation of 35 workers, elected from also distributed a leaflet exposing |¢Very city in the dominion appeared Howat’s misleadership in the past, | Yesterday before Premier Bennett and as well as the thievery of both the , demanded unemployment insurance Lewis and Fishwick gang, and call- | At the same time, mass demonstra- jing on the miners to oust Howat, ns to support the elect their own rank and file com- in half a dozen ¢ | plac jmittee and form a united front with The premier took hard boiled [the N. M. U. to fight against the | attitude, and declared that “no dole | wage-cuts, lay-offs and other imme- | Will be issued to pub a premium on diate grievances of the miners. This | idleness while I am in office.” He} further insulted the starving jobless | with an intimation that they were not unemployed but just lazy. Se jalso went very well. | The convention was called to or- der by William Daech, 2 Howat man of Southern Illinois, and Howat made |the main speech. It was a colorie: 6,000 Out in Winnepeg. apologetic talk, showing keep disap-| WINNEPEG, Man., April 16—Six} pointment at the poor response to | thousand jobless demonstrated here | the convention call. Howat made no | Yesterday in support of the demand | |fundamental criticism of Lewis or |for insurance, and fought with the Farrington, and only complained that |Police. Six were seriously injured hewas not consulted before Fishwick |@nd many more less seriously hurt. and Walker ordered the “Reorganized | (The figu are from the capitalist U. M. W.” back into the Lewis slave | Press—Editor.) pen. Howat did not say that Fish- cae a wick and Walker refused to call a 3,000 Defy Police. strike in Kansas against the black- | SUDBURY, Ont., April 16—A dem- onstration of listing of 250 miners there, but he gaveno explanations of his own be- trayal of the Kansas miners when he went back to Lewis himself two years ago in return for a district | job. A. J. Muste, chairman of the “Conference for Progressive Labor Action” (the “Muste movement’) unemployed workers, ist news services about 3,000, demon- strated here yesterday, and were at- police, Firemen also drenched the crowd with two streams of water for 15 minutes, the crowd stubbornly re- fusing to leave. Many were arrested. was an honored guest ef Howat and made a speech laying down the posi- tion of the reformists, Roumainian Demonstration BUCHAREST, Rumania, April 16.— A battle between the crowd of job- less assembled before the town hall at Hodmexzveveshely and police who charged them with drawn savers took News Briefs} demand took | | numbering, according to the capital- | tacked by Sudbury and Copper Cliff | BRITISH CHARTER | MEET; PLAN FIGHT Organize the Workers’ | Counter-Offensive (Cable By Inprecorr) LONDON, April 14.~The Charter convention at Bermondsey town hail sterday marked a great advance |in the mobilization of the workers, There were 788 delegates present in- \cluding 146 from trade unions; 12 | from cooperatives; 337 direct from factories; 142 unemployed. Harry Pollitt in moving the main reésolu- |tion declared: ‘(The object of the |convention is to create an organiza- | tional basis for the workers’ counter- joffensive, not merély to popularize the Charter but to secure hundreds of thousands of new recruits and to develop a strong opposition, te be- jecome the leaders in the workers struggle.” A telegram of the revolutionary |miners union announcing a vietory at the Aitken colliery sttike where the men Struck Friday to raise the minimum wage, created tremendous | enthusiasm, place yesterday. The unemployed | workers were demanding work or bread, and hurled volleys of stones at the sword swingers, Many were injured on both sides. es ar, Demonstrate in Montteal. MONTREAL, Que., April 16—Dem- onstrations took place in many parts of the city yesterday, all attacked by the police. Church Statistics. | ” The church statistician of ws D mand Release ot Christian Herald says that churches in the U. S. gained 88,350 in 1930 compared with 242,748 in 1929 and} more than 1,000,000 in 1928. Fifty-five | sects are listed (apparently 2 varie | ties being missing) with a total mem- | bership of 50,037,245 misled by 225,890 | preachers, a gain of 1,691 in 237,282] churches, a gain of 821. The Baptist gained most, the Methodist lost most, and things look bad for the Disciples of Christ, who lost 18,567 members. | Aa Sige | Most of Them Are Yo Soviet Industry Booms. TP P oe 4 Reports from capitalist correspon- | BERLIN.— An appeal to a dent in Moscow state that branches | Sle for indey of industry which were behind sche- dule are rapidly catching up, coal | production rose from 80,000 tons a day last September to 116,000 now; rail transport is improving, steel pro- duction increasing and new construc- tion booming. Many industries have completed the 5 year plan in half the time. Large numbers are join- ing the Communist Party. tional Youth bor” government and demands immediate release of prisoners, The appeal is as follows: “For over two yeats 31 Indian working-class leaders have been de- | tained in Meerut jail, going through the farce of a “trial.” The charge against these brave fighters, amongst whom are also three British work- ew, is in the terms of the prosecu- tion a “conspiracy against the King.” This charge has been brought against them because of their successful ac- tivities in organizing and mobilizing the Indian masses for the struggle against British imperialism and cap- italist exploitation. “Most of the 31 Meerut prisoners are young workers. We remind the youth of the whole world of the’ fate of the young revolutionaries already executed by the British “labor” guv- ernment in Sholapur and Lahore. The latest execution, in face of the tremendous national upheaval, is a warning that it is not beyond the imperialist ‘labor’ government to |demand the lives of some of these comrades. “We call upon the young workers, young peasants, soldiers and revolu- tionary students of all countries and all nationalities to participate in large masses on April 19 in demon- strations and mass meetings to de- mand “the unconditional release of the Meerut prisoners whose con- tinued imprisonment is a serious blow to the working-class movement. “The fight for the freedom of the Meerut prisoners is an essential part the Meerut Naval Parley in Trouble. London reports say that the new naval parley between England, France and Italy scheduled for Tuesday was not held becguse the French were absent and the Tory “opposition” did not “embarrass Arthur Henderson by asking quéstions. ” The New York Times dispatch adds, “There is sym- pathy for him in all parties.” Be- cause his “peace” plans are being “flouted by the French.” Oe ie oe No Wage Cut For Bosses. A stockholders’ meeting of the} Bethlehem Steel Corp. has approved | the bonus plan for the company of- ficials which has given them $36,- 000,000 in 14 years and paid Eugene Grace, president, $1,625,753 in one year, besides salary. This was de- fended by Charlie Schwab. Caer wae” Robbers’ “Reforms.” | For the 57th time Theodore Roose- velt, by the grace of Hoover, the im- perialist ruler of Porto Rico, is gab- bling about “reforms.” He is insist- ing now on economies in municipal administration and the happy family of Yankee over-seers and Porto Rican “socialists” who hold many offices without working is likely to be dis- turbed. Exactly 19 times the na~ tional wealth of Porto Rico has been taken out of it for Yankee profits, 31 Meerut Prisoners, Jailed By the British Lab3or Gov't fer Building Unions ung Workers, Charged With “Conspiring Against the King,” and Imperialism Il workers to rally to the strug- ndence of India, now being carried on by the Indian workers and peasants, has been issued by the Interna+ Secretariat of the League Against Imperialism. The appeal, addressed to the youth of all countries, exposes the white terror of the British Dis Crom stepaoncn the of the struggle for the freedom of India. “The campaign for thé releasé of the Meerut prisoners on April 19 has been initiated by our British section with the request that April 19 will be | observed as Meerut Day also through- out India, The cause of the 31 Mee- rut prisoners is not only the cause of the Indian and British masses. It is the concern of the anti-imper- jalist movement throughout the world.” Even ‘Forestry Report’ Contains Facts of the Misery of Porto Ricans WASHING$TON.—Not even a re- port on forestry, in Porto Rico, can avoid description of the economic misery of the working class in that island, now 33 years under American rule, “The population, now nearly 1,500,- 000, is feeling the pinch of wood scarcity,” says W. K. Williams of the | Forest Service, Department of Agri- jculture, home from an inspection. “In. small, thatched houses of the country there is scarcely of even the simplest furniture. Often thero are nat ‘suf- ficient benches to sit on at meals, er for the women to work on. “Children in many homes must Sleep on the floor, The adults usual- ly sleep in fiber hammocks. . . Woed is in great demand to make chareoal for use in primitive cookstoves.” and this is why the masses are starving. BRITISH TROOPS KILL 200 BURMESE Labor Gov't Now Uses Machine Guns An Associated Press dispatch from Rangoon, Burma, tells of the murder | of 200 Burmese peasants by the troops | | of the British Labor government in} the Thayetmo district., The well-equipped British troops, with machine guns, cannons, rifles can, $1, $5, $10, $25 ete. of the. money received will remain Air mail greetings from point Rush May Day Greetings Organizations, units, individuals rush your greetings for appearance in the May Day edition of the DAILY WORKER. Send what you Actual space will be accorded so that most to aid the DAILY WORKER rather than paying for additional printers’ help and postage s outside of New York. DAILY WORKER our revolutionary press, out {and other war implements attacked 50 EAST 13TH STREET, NEW YORK CITY On our busiest days, when the work |chance and conditions will be bet-| trict pages: Pittsburgh units under seems hardest, we do our best to ter, these matin campalgns the Dally ear- '& group of rebels deliberately slaugh- Woman Laundry Worker, orders to contribute “short, msppy ! ries on, them, — Be a set ct fae