The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 19, 1931, Page 3

— a a — _| vee Se ne ‘DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1931 =e Aye “MORE W ORKERS FIRED |Movement BY CHI. MEAT BOSSES; TO CLOSE OLD PLANT “Readjustment” Will Bring Wages Down to . $12 Per Week; Steel Mills Also Firing Daily Worker :— The Chicago meat barons laying off packing house workers. Chicago, Illinois. in the stockyards are again Armour and Company is going to discontinue operating old Morris and Company’s Plant. There’s much discontent amongst thee- workers, Negroes Suffering. There is much suffering amongst Negro workers. The majority of the Negro population here is starving slowly. Most of them eat only 2 meals a day. The rent sharks and Negro real estate agents are keejing up the high rent. Rent is being re- duced all over, Al Capone, the nation’s famous gangster is a piker besides the real state racketeers here or the food sharks. Talk Strike. The conditions here in the stock- yards’ packing house is very bad. The superintendent of Armour and Co., Edward Innis, is so disgusted that he resigned. He acepted a position in Soviet Russia, where he is going to help operate meat slaughter houses. Many others here are talking about going. Stockyard workers here are also talking about going on the strike this summer for more wages. The packers just signed an agreement with the truck drivers and the chauf- fers’ union for another period at the old svsale of wages, The other work- ers now realize what unionism means. ‘The workers here say they've got to organize and strike because the new packers contemplated “readjustr«nt” wilt mean the average earning per worker will be reduced to about $12 per week. Ths. steel mills here are Jay!ng off men. Persecution of Negro and white workers is getting worse than ever, The capitailst cool tbe new Mavor Cermak, docsn’t even think of sork He has a when he used ic in the coal min>s and got fired be- caute of union mecibership. Stock yard workers join the Pond & Pa:« ing Pouse. Work?.< Industrial Unica which frotect yoi ard your wife ind childern —I. 6. Tv Mayor Holds Three Jobs; Workers Earn $20 to $40 a Chisholm, Minn. Daily Worker: Some of our citizens have three or more jobs while some others have none, Here are the names of some and what their jobs are.. First, our mayor, Edward Wheelecor, has three jobs. He is mayor at $200 per month and then he is @ school board direc- tor at $200 per month and last but not least he is the cashier of the first national bank. I don’t know his Salary there but it is not less than he gets from the others. O. F. Wicker- ling is a councilman in the village at, $150 per month besides his posi- tion with the Snyder Mining Co. at $200 per month. And then Doctor Graham is on the village as council- man at $150 and is also on the school board as doctor at $400 per month. The other two are business men that. do not need the job at all and do not handle it as it should be to benefit the labor and tax payers. Lumber Camps Bad. The Mesaba Tie and Timber Com- pany, owned by John McCusick, have cut to the bottom. They psy $20 per Month month to the laborers and $30 to the teamsters with $1.75 per month taken out for hospital fees. And only on the twentieth of the month can the men get any money. When ever pos- sible the men are forced to take trade from the company store. They get a double profit out of their stuff that way. Mining Co. Cuts. A man firing a locomotive or steam shovel makes about $40 per month. They work six hours per day and four days per week, one week on and one week off. When anyone hires to them it is almost like going to prison or to the army. You are finger printed and must tell where you Waye worked for the past ten years, who was the foreman, why you i¢{t. If you are with any kind of labor organization you do not go to work. They want no union men working for them of any kind. A man joined a motion picture oper- ators union and was let out because of it and he had a pretty fair job with them, too. Speedup Increases in Miners to Pay for Hibbing, Minn. Dear Comrades ‘The terror in the mines here on the Masaba Range is something that a human ‘can’t stand very long. | There is continuous speed up here. | And every now and then they cut) wages in one way or the other. And | that is not all, the company makes | ‘he miners pay for motors that burn ‘out. Some of the miners payed as} high as $275 for a motor that burned on them. It is not the fault of the miner that | this happens. It is the speed-up that ; even a machine can't stand. Acci- | dents are also very common which | Minn, Mines; Force Burnt Out Motors are also due to the speedup system of the bosses. But this is not all yet, after the miner has put in his days work all in and out, and happens to go home where in the evening, the company spies and stools are in some corner watching him so he doesn’t make a mismove. Now, fellow workers, is there not something wrong? And we as workers stand for all this. I say we won't, The only way we workers can put a stop to all these rotten conditions is by organizing into the National Miners Union and put an end to this crazy system. Unemployed Miner. Rockford Furniture Co. Pays $2,50 for 13 Hrs Daily Worker: Mr. Fish is so much aroused about convict labor in the Soviet Union. It wouldn't be so bad if the conditions in U. S. would be investigated. Rockford Furniture factory, Rock- ford, Il, received an order on furni- ture a little while ago from the gov- ernment. We who are working dn this order do not make enough to get along on. Receive 82 for 13 Hours Work. In the chair gang it is all piece work, and we have to work like hell to make $2 to $2.50 in 13 hours work. One worker after he had been work- ing 60 hours had made $15. Before he got Nis check 10 per cent was tak- en off in the office, it makes $13.50 for 60 hours work, not quite 23¢ an hour. No one informed him why the 10 per cent was taken off. Get 30c an Hour. Once in a while we get paid by the hour, then we get 30c an hour, and work very hard for it. A cabinet maker told us the other day that he had made 80c for five hours hard work, ‘The only way we can get better conditions here and get more pay is by organizing ourselves in the Furni- ture Workers Industrial League, af- filiated to Trade Union Unity League, and fight against wage-cuts, and for better conditions. Cc. R. saundry Bosses Ask 8 Hour Day for Firemen, But Fight It for Laundry Workers ily Worker: United support of 1,200 laundry iop proprietors for the campaign for an eight-hour day for city firemen, was announced by Samuel Sapiro, secretary of the Manhattan and Bronx Laundry Owners Association, which covers all of uptown New York. Of course it is very interesting to know that these “Bosses” are advo- cocing the eight-hour day for the city firemen (which they deserve) but why do they not start in their own shops by giving the eight-hour day to their own employees? ‘The laundry workers, and espe- cially the workers in the steam laun- dries, are today the most exploited of any industry in the. country. ‘Wages have been reduced and lay- offs are being made by the wholesale. ‘The speed-up and the rushing of the work is terrific. The girls on the presses and mangles work in a ter- rible heat and the ventilation is very poor. The men in the wash-rooms work from early morning until late at night under the most deplorable conditions. Being a worker of one of the larg- est laundries in New York, I know of conditions of these workers. Being an ex-serviceman, I joined the Workers Ex-Servicemen’s League (Branch No. 1) and I also have my application in the Party and will join the Laundry Workers League. is. Yacht Seamen’s Pay Cut to $40 Per Month NORFOLK, Va.—A couple of sea- men were down at the Moon ship- yayd efter a job the other day on one of the yachts. They were told by the captain of @ yacht that he would ship them at once, When they humbly asked the old tyrant of the seas how much was paying, he replied: “O} bucks for hej and strike against the wage cul Join the Marine Workers Industric ne Sansa wipe “ns MST he Mis dolars a month for ordinary seamen, I have been a seaman for sixteen years and this is the worst I have ever seen it, The name of this yacht is the Sea King. Seamen, fightagainst this. Organ- ive a ship committee on your shi NEW YORK.—With several suc- cessful united front Scottsboro De- fense conferences already held in several cities and 26 others arranged thruéghout the country during the next three weeks, the mass move- ment to save the 9 Scottsboro boys is rapidly taking organizational form. In New York City fully 200 organiza- tions were represented at the united front conference last Sunday. In Bridgeport, Conn., a conference was held last night. That the movement to save the boys is nationwide and rallying sup- port even in the southern stronghold of the boss ideology of race hatred is seen in the fact that workers of several southern cities have joined in arranging defense conferences. In San Antonio, Texas, white and Negro members of the local branch of the International Labor Defense are en- ggaed in intensive activity for the defense, visiting organizations and churches, both Negro and white, to organize mass support for the fight to save the lives fo the boys. Already 10 Negro churches have sent resolu- tions of protest to the governor of Alabama, Dates have been made for speakers at several other churches and at workers’ organizations. ‘Two San Antonio churches have consented to give the use of their church for mass meetings, and the membership of these churches are co- to Save 9 Negro Boys Spreads Thruout Country with United Front Conferences in 30 Cities Several Conferences Already Held With Dele- gates from Hundreds of Organizations; 26 More Arranged for Late May and Karly June operating in the preparation of these | meetings. Two white churches have | permitted speakers from the LL.D.) to adress their congregations and have adopted resolutions denouncing the frame-up. Re iw | Defense Conference in Milwaukee. MILWAUKEE, Wisc., May 18.—|} organizations have respondede to the | call of the International Labor De- | fense and the League of Struggle for | Negro Rights for a United Front) Scottsboro. Defense Conference in this city on May 24, at Laber Tem-| ple, 808 Walnut Street, at 2:30 p.m. | ae a ee | NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., May 18.| —Determined to smash the murder- ous boss frame-ups against the 9 Scottsboro Negro youths and the 5| Pattérson silk strikers, the I. L. D./ has called a United Front Defense | conference for June 6 in this city at 11 Pium Street. OE irae Youngstown Workers Protest. YOUNGSTOWN, O., May 18—A United Front Scottsboro Defense Conference has been called for May 24 at 2:30 p. m. at 334 E. Federal St. It will be preceded by a huge mass protest meeting on Public Square on Saturday, May 23 B. Moore wil speak PROVIDENCE, R. I., May 18.— Stanley Johnson, secretary of the Provisional Scottsboro Defense Com- mittee, spoke before a protest mass meeting in the Olney Church last Tuesday, and received an excellent} response Shoe Workers. HAVERHILL, Mass., May 18.—The shoe workers here, both employed and unemployed, are preparing to rally behind the defense of the nine Scottsboro boys. A protest meeting has been scheduled for Thursday, May 21, at 8 p. m. in the Union Hall, 11 Washington Street. A well-known Negro worker from Boston will be| the principal speaker. Bis CHESTER, Pa., May 18.<A_ con- | ference to mobilize the workers of| Chester in the struggle for the lib- eration of the Scottsboro boys has been aranged for June 6 at Lith- uanian Hall, 4th and Upland Streets at which Richard | Rally in Washington. WASHINGTON, D, ©. May 18.—A United Front Scottsboro Defense Conference has been called for May 26 at Fishermen’s Hall, 320 F. Strect, S. W. Speakers are being sent to organizations and churches to rally support for the fight to save the nine boys. Block and neighborhood com- mittees are being built to strengthen the base of the conference and the movement to stop the legal lynch- ing of these inocent Negro youths. ZEIGLER, Ill—A May Day meet- ing of miners and their families | unanimously adopted resolutions de- manding the release of the nine framed-up Scottsboro youth. A re- solution was also adopted endorsing the June 14th State Conference for Unemployment Insurance. CLEVELAND, O., May 18.—Two ;}more Negro churches — the New Bethel Baptist Church and the iZon | Hill Baptist Church—joined the uni- | ted front movement to save the nine |boys. A protest telegram was also |sent the governor of Alabama by an | I. L. D. branch with 105 members. | ee) i8 | NEWARK, N. J. May 18—The Lithuanian Workers Singing Society, ‘Sietynas,” voted a unanimous pro- test against the Scottsboro outrage. A telegram was sent the governor of Alabama. Spanish Communist Party Shows Up the Government’s Lies (Cable by Inprecorr.) MADRID, Spain, May 15. The Communist Party has issued a@ manifesto demanding the gov- ernment produce proof in support of its slanderous allegation of Communists cooperating with Monarchists. The government has not ans- wered yet, After permitting Alfonso to es- cape with his jewels and other valuable property, the government announces now it will confiscate the roayal property. BRITISH GOV'T TO CUT “DOLES” Labor Party to Smash Jobless Funds (Cable By Inprecorr.) LONDON, May 18—A semi-offi- cial forecast of the findings of the Royal Commission on unemployment appeared in today’s Daily Herald, or- gan of the British Labor Party. The Prospects for the unemployed in Great Britain if the Royal Commis- sion findings are adopted will mean: A weekly reduction of men’s bene- fits of 50 cents a week; # reduction of 25 cents per week for wive's allow- ances. This is based on the conten- tion that the cost of living has fallen. All of the members of the com- mission also propose that the work- ers’ contribution to the unemploy- ment insurance fund be increased from 15 cents to 20 cents per week. In this manner the burden of the bosses will be lessened and that of the workers greatly increased. It is further proposed that the benefit period be reduced from 74 to 26 weeks. There will be stringent re- strictions of the right of married wo- men whose husbands are working. Also, part time workers, who now are entitled to benefits will have their rights restricted. The British Labor government is pledged to carry out the recommen- dations against the working class. 15,000 CHINESE STRIKERS WIN Confiscate Rote Fahne in Berlin: (Cable By Inprecorr) SHANGHAI, China, May 17.—'The strike of 15,000 silk workers ended in a victory. The employers accepted the conditions of the strikers, MOSCOW. May 17. — Maxim Gor- ky arrived in Moscow today. He was greeted by an enthusiastic mass dem- onstration at the railway station. WE ES phe Pi VIENNA, May 17.—The Rote Fahne was confiscated today because of an article entitled: “Rothschild enriched whilst the people starve!” referring to the government support action for the Kreditanstalt, Rothschild’s bank, which is suffering difficulties. 100,000 Join Strike In Northern France Textile Industries {Cable By Inprecorr.) PARIS, May 18.—A series of tex- ile workers conference held Satur- ‘ay decided on a general textile irike in Northern France for today. The reformist union has been sw- ing into line behind the revolution- ry union which already decided to irike, ‘ OMAHA ORGANIZING FOR ACTIVITY WITH THE DAILY WORKER For some time we have been trying to point out to comrades in Omaha, Neb., that this city offers a wide! field for development with the Daily | Worker. Now after a long silence, | R. P., Daily Worker agent, writes: | “We have the second largest packing | industry in the world as well as many | other industries here and a large | number of unemployed. We should have a large circulation here and are | putting in intensive efforts to organ- ize a Party unit. When this is es- tablished, will increase our bundle | order. In the meantime increase the present bundle by five copies.” Now Bet 20. | There are any number of cities of | large population in the middle west that have hardly been grazed with the Daily. Des Moines, Dubuque, Lincoln, Council Bluffs, Davenport, Pierre offer countless opportunities for building real circulation. At a time when workers are continually engaged in strike struggles, it is of utmost importance that the Daily is bought, read and handed around everywhere, This distribution can be greatly simplified through the work | of Red Builders News Clubs, All of the above cities are large enough to support a Red Builders Club and functionaries in the vari- ous Party units should make every effort to organize these clubs wher- ever possible. Where Party Units have not been organized, the Daily | Worker should take the initiative in| building up the club, IRONWOOD, MICH. ORDERS 20) DAILIES “The mines in this city are clos- ing down little by little,” writes I. M, Ironwood, Mich.,, “and there are rumors among the miners that those still on the job will get a 50 Per cent wage-cut. No wonder the Daily Worker and our press is wel- comed in the ranks of the workers. Send 20 copies every day.” What better proof of the importance of the Daily in the regions of strikes? Comrade J., Trenton, N. J., who now gets 10 a day, writ Trenton, N. J., Increases to 100. “I want my bundle increased to 100 a day. I sure am wanting my cus- tomers satisfied.” “At first,” ap- pends P. H., Daily Worker Agent, there, “it was hard to get him to go out and sell the paper. But at pres- ent you can see he is doing a good job of it.” We hope this is not a fly- by-night increase, Trenton. Keep it up! “Start me off with 10 a day,” writes | N. V., West Charleston, W. Va. “Also five copies a day for Unit No. 18,” says C. M., Birmingham, Ala. C. C. at Uniontown, Kan., wants “a bundle of 25 each Saturday for sale at Fort Scott, a railroad town of about 15,- 000.” We hope he can soon make this 25 a day. J.M., Daily Worker Agent in Pittsburgh, sends orders for five daily to J, S., Arnold, Pa., and ten daily to M. G. M., Turtle Creek, Pa “Please do not send any more copies until I have sold those on hand as I have been ill for several days and no one wants to sell the papers for me,” writes E. 8. Shawano, Wis. Hope the comrade is well by now and ready to resume his bundle, | | | } | | Milwaukee “Socialists” Aid Forced Labor Scheme of County Supervisors MILWAUKEE. Wis.—The bosses of board, gets twelve dollars deducted Milwaukee County have had their board of supervisors put into effect a system of forced labor, and they have been ably assisted by their Socialist Jackeys on that board. Such “lead- ers” of the workers as Metcalfe, Heath, Sheahan, ete, have well served their masters, the Milwaukee capitalists, in putting across this measure. We quote from a Milwau- kee capitalist daily: “McCarty, chair- man of the county board, explained -..it is the policy of the county to pay men on the park work the dif- ference between what they earn, and the cost of supplies provided them while they are at work.” This Is how it works. “Liboris Roman, 17775 Marshall St. -..Worked six days for the county park commission, and received no money for it...He understood he was to be paid the difference between the cost of supplies he might receive while at work, and the total of his earnings. While he worked...the family received two quarts of milk daily. Yet when he presented his record for 48 hours worked, he was told he had no money coming.” $6 a Week. Another man working for the park Unemployed 2 Years Lives on | Bread, Milk NEW YORK.—Unable to find an- other job after the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co, discharged him, Al- bert Bruning, since 1929 has lived in the woods near the city, and has spoken to no one until a policeman found him May 1 and locked him up. Bruning’s only food was milk stol- en from doorsteps and stale bread | put outside of A. & P. stores every | night for collection by company wagons. When arrested he had a beard a foot long, and was using | burlap bags for shoes. “He said he from his two week's wages “for re- lief for two weeks at $6 a week”—far above the value of the relief. Two weeks’ work brings him almost no wages. Over a hundred men are hired by the county for work at 65 cents an hour. When they get their checks, they receive fifty cents an hour, with money deducted for re- lief. ‘The government of Milwaukee county and city are not natistied with dooming thousands of workers to starvation by denying relief on one or other flimsy pretext, Now it forces those Who get: relief to con- tribute labor for it, or else get no relief. The parasitic nature of the capitalist’ government clearly stands out’ before the Milwaukee workers now. And the yellow betrayers of the “Socialist” Party—they actively par- ticipate in this enslavement of the workers! No wonder Mayor Hoan (Hokum) is going to Paris! He, like his broth- er “socialists” on the county board, has faithfully served the bosses, and they are giving him a trip to France to enjoy himself while the Milwau- kee unemployed starve and slave for nothing! More Business Failures in the United States NEW YORK.—As the crisis gets worse business failures increase rap- idly. For the week ended May 7 there were 538 business failures as against 504 in the previous week and 461 in 1930. ‘The number of business bankrupt- cies is greater than ever before, bread and milk, and for most of the ordinary things of civilized life as well,” continues the newspaper ace count of Bruning’s capture. He is charged with vagracy, and a a Scottsboro Defense Conferences May 22. Erie, Pa,—Hall to be announced May 23. Buffalo, N, Y., at the Michigan Avenue “Y.” May 24. Chicago—Forum Hail, 43rd St. New Orleans, La—At Marine Workers’ Hall, 308 Charles St. Charlotte, N. C. Hall to be an- aounced. Rockford, nounced. Youngstown, O., at 334 E. Fed- eral St., at 2.30 p. m. Rockford. Ill. at Viking Hall. 704-7th St at 2 p. m. Milwaukee—At Labor Temple, 808 Walnut St., at 2:30 p. m. May 25. Philadelphia, Pa. At the Knights of Pythias Hall, 19th and Lom- bard Sts. 323 «EL Ill. Hall to be am- May 26, Wa dington. D. GC. Galilean Fishermen's Hall, 320 F. St. S. W. at 8:30 p. m. May 27. Pittsburg, Pa—At the Pythian Temple, 2011 Center Ave. May 28 Minneapolis, Minn. Hall to be announced. 1 Boston, Mass. rounced. Hall to be an- May 29. Cleveland, Ohio, at Spiro Hail, 3894 Scoville Ave. St. Paul, Minn. nounced Duluth-Superior, Minn. be announced. May 31. Chattanooga, Tenn.—Hall to be announced. Newark—At 90 Ferry St., at 2:30 p. m. Elizabeth, N. J. Hall to be an- nounced. St Louis, Mo., at Hibernian Hall, Hall to be an- Hall to June 5. New Brunswick, N. J.—At the Workers’ Home, 11 Plum St., at 2:30 p. m, Indianapolis, Ind.—At Odd Fel- lows Hall, 530% Indiana Ave., at 7:30 p.m. Baltimore, Md.—At Galilean Fishermen's Hall, 411 W. Biddle St. at 8 p.m. Gary, Ind.—At 2 p.m, Hall to be announced, June 6 Chester, Pa. at Li:thuanian Hall, 4th and Upland Streets. June 17 Gary, Ind.-At Croatian Hall. Jail Jobless Negro Marine Worker for Speaking at Meeting NEW YORK.—An open air mass meeting was held at noon yesterday | Newly Organ’d LSNR. 3619 Finney Ave. at 2 p. m. | 6 STRIKER pathetic Strikes Sp in Aadalen, Sweden, is spreading throughout that country, The six strikers were killed when troops were sent to the Aalden pulp industry to terrorize the workers into submis- sion. The strikers refused to be ter- rorized and the soldiers shot point blank into a group of men, killing six and wounding many more. On Saturday, the Communist Party organized demonstrations throughout Sweden to rally the workers in pro- test against the murder of the Aal- den strikers. At the protest demon- stration in Stockholm, police attacked the workers with drawn sabers. wounding several ‘The killing of the six strikers and the indignant protest which swept | the country resulted in the with- | drawing of the troops. The unions of the Sundsvall area are calling for @ general strike and 12,000 workers have pledged to stay out until the Aalden strikers are given all their demands. The attempt of the bosses to crush the Aalden strike by mass murders has strengthened the determination | of the workers and tightened the strikers’ ranks. . Two days ago when a military train was sent to reinforce the troops at Aalden, strikers smashed the window pains of the train. The government then sent two armored submarine chasers to the district to help the local authorities break the strike. A military transport was sent to Haer- NEW YORK.—The Mayor's Com- mittee “for the Relief of Unem- ployment” which has been making at least a bluff at relief work, by distributing food to about 24,000 families, will discontinue that about June 15. The food was bought main- ‘ly with money taxed out of city em- ployes, teachers, etc. But now the program is to starve the jobless a {little more severely to put’ through »the wage cutting campaign. The jobless will be expected to scab. Four leading charity sogieties of New York City, which heretofore have always urged needy families not to borrow dn their insurance policies, are now advising them to do so, even where it means the loss of insurance protection. It is the general opinioi: in charity circles that next wintei will be harder than last, although last win- ‘ter was the hardest on record. The weekly income per person of a sample of New York working fam~ ; ilies has been cut in half in the 1 Group In Vigorous | Scottsboro Protest | NEW YORK.—The first’ meeting of the newly organized West Side) branch of the League of Struggle | for Negro Rights, at 430 West 53rd Street — right in the heart of the West side tenement district — was | held last Thursday evening. i About 75 Negro and white workers | } were present, filling the hall to cap- | acity. Comrade Patterson, head of | the L.S.N.R., outlined graphically the | “legal” attempt of the southern bos- | ; ses to frame up and murder the nine , ; Negro boys in Scottsboro, Alabama. | He pointed out that this legal lynch attempt is part of the bosses cam-/ paign to terrorize the Negro workers | [ana divide the white workers from | 'the black. i Having just returned from living | and working for more than three) years in Soviet, Russia, Comrade Pat- | terson told of the huge differences | between the lives of working people in Soviet, Russia—where the workers | rule—and over here where the work- | ers still ive under the rule of the bosses. % Alan ‘Taub, International Labor | Defense attorney, told of ghe fight: | being made to gave the nine boys from the chair. The meeting enthusiastically en- dorsed a telegram of protest to the MASS PROTEST SWEEPS THROUGH ¢ SWEDEN AGAINST MURDER OF SIX * ; TROOPS FORCED OUT 100,000 March With Flags in Stockholm; Sym- by the Marine Workers’ Industrial Governor of Alabama, demanding Union on South Street and Madison | immediate release of the nine Negro Lane. A crowd of over 100 cheered) boys. A delegation was elected to 7 the first speaker, an ex-serviceman, i and then Henry Williams, an unerh- ployed marine workers, and a mem- ber of the League of Struggle for Negro Rights. Williams, after speaking for 15 minutes, was knocked off the stand by @ cop and arrested. The arrest was made first on the charge of “holding a meeting without a per- mit”; then the charge was disorderly conduct,” and finally to “obstructing traffic.” The case was put over until Fri- day after a brief hearing. JUDGE MUST HAVE HIS. MILWAUKEE, Mis., May 17.—Ar- rested for selling stolen neckties, sen- tenced only to pay costs on that charge, a man was fined $10 more because of his inability to pay the costs and will serve 15 days in jail. The judges a atoll the United Defense Conference was donated to the LS.N.R. The West Side Branch of the | League of Struggle for Negro Rights | calls upon all workers of the West | Side to join in the fight against the | bosses. The next indoor meeting will be held Thursday, May 21, at 439 West 53rd Street. Discrimination At the Harlem Hospital Against Negro Toiler NEW YORK.—John Barns, a Ne- gro Red Builder, was one of 7 or 8 badly injured yesterday when an au- | tomobile ran up on the sidewalk at! 8th Avenue and 129th Street. Barnes was knocked into a cellar and suf-) fered serious injuries. | Taken to Harlem Hospital along | with the others injured, he was dis- | criminated against and made to wait | reading; But Dem- onstration Attacked by Cops 3 Protest demonstrations against the noesand to sand ready to unload deliberate killing of the six strikers| more troops. The strike a show of military force by the gov ernment to aid the scabs and put down the strike. Many sympatheic strikes were call- ed throughout Sweden as a protest against the murder of the six strikers. In Stockholm building workers struck Friday. At 2 p. m. all muni- cipal workers followed, and the Com- munist Party is calling on all work- ers to join a national general sttike to protest the murder. A crowd of 100,000 assembled in the main squares of Stockholm. on Friday night and marched in dem- onstration against the murder. Red flags were carried by the demonstra- tors. The government, realizing the ris- ing indignation of the masses, is re- sorting to the usual trickery of a cap- italist democracy to make the massé. think that a fair investigation will be carried out and the “guilty” brought to “justice.” In order to put over this stunt, the famous lawyer, George Branting( and several members of the Rigsdag (par liament) are going to the strike scene and conduct an “investigation.” ‘The whitewash that will result will un doubtedly absolve the troops and blame the strikers. Meanwhile, the attempt is being made to quiet down the militancy of the workers by with- drawing troops from the immediate scene, but concentrating more at a point nearby, and starting an “in- vestigation.” Stop Feeding 24,000 In June; Korkers’ Income ks Halved last two years, a survey conducted by the Girls’ Service League of Am- erica reveals. The League attempts to secure jobs for girls between 15 and 22 years of age, and questions applicants on their family condition. In 1929 a sample group of fami- lies was found to have an average income per person of $10 a week. In April, 1930, the average was 35.57 a. family and in May, 1931, the figure had dropped to $5. In 1929, 500 families were studied, in 1930, 300, and in 1931, owing to the fact that applicants at the bureau had ine creased from 40 to 150 a day, it was possible to study only 166 families. Of these, it was found that 27 per cent were trying to live on less than $4 per person a week; 18 per cent had no incomes at all. Very few had ever applied for charity. The league reports that only odd jobs are now available. “We feel as if we were perched the top of a voleano,” said one family's spokes- man, FASCISTS GAIN IN GERMAN VOTE Socialists Lose to Communists (Cable By Inprecorr) BERLIN, May 18—In yesterday's elections to the Oldenburg diet the Fascists made large gains. The Com- munist party also made gains while the Socialists suffered considerable losses, The figures are: Fascists, 101,- 490, compared to 76,210 in the last election; Socialists, 57,536, as com- pared to 65,847; Catholic centre, 46,- 245, as compared to 47,729; Commun- ists, 19.389, as compared to 13,965. The middle parties all suffered heavy losses. The Socialist Vorwarts admits that the Socialist losses were gained by the Communists, eee ith (Cable By Inprecorr,) BERLIN, May 14.Three million British workers face wage-cuts. The latest attack of port employers af- fects 200,000 dockers. An attempt is being made to cut down the daily minimum wage rate by 50 cents. ‘The employers also demand a revision of the overtime special rates. ‘The demands of the bosses are so astounding that even the reformist union leaders declare they form no basis for negotiation, One million metal workers, 200,000 | ship builders, 100,000 chemical work- ers and 1,000,000 building trades workers, 100,000 shoe ' workers, also face wage-cuts. Fight lynching, Fight deporta- tion of foreign born, Elect dele- gates to your city conference for Protection of foreign born. tention. ‘The discrimination arose out of the fact that he was a Negro and in addition he wore the apron of the Red Builders and was selling the Daily Worker. He was referred to by the doctors at the Harlem Hos~ pital as the man from the Daily Worker. The only treatment given him was to put iodine on his foot Comrade Barnes was taken by other comrades to the Harlem Workers Center, 353 Lenox Avenue, where he get their feos from the EEE Hat ese ere wes ee Sue fiyen adequate atten tn