The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 1, 1931, Page 3

/ DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1931, rage Three MASS WAGE-CUT DRIVE HITS ALL WORKERS IN JAMESTOWN FACTORIES Workers Talk Organization and Strike; 100 Join Unemployed Council at One Meeting Election Campaign Moves Ahead; Call’ All Workers to Vote Communist (By a Worker Correspondent) JAMESTOWN, N. Y.—Wage-cuts, speed-up, bank failures, bankruptcies and mass laying off of workers are on the bill of fare in Jamestown and the vicinity. The Randolph Plant ison the verge of a shutdown, with all the workers suffering severe wage-cuts. Table Co. is paying their foremen 35 @ cents an hour. The Empire Case Good Furniture Co. has just handed their workers the third 10 per cent Hooverian prosperity wage-cut, Many Talk Organization The three plants of the Art Metal Construction Co. is doing everything possible to keep the workers docile. ‘They can send the workers home at 2, 3 or 4 o'clock and then try to tickle them with a company factory bulletin called the “Art Metal Wel- der.” These workers through our leaflets are beginning to see through the smoke screens of the bosses. They are now, many of them talking organization and strike. The big factory of the Union Furnace Co. have their workers working for half the wages that they received less than two years ago. And on top of this there has been added a new wrecking speed-up. In the Jamestown Metal Desk, a so-called family and friend stock- holding institution where many of the workers used to think that they were bosses and owned part of the plant. are now paying the quarterly dividend out of a 10 per cent wage- cut. Other factories have shut down and a few have left town to play the game of rob them blind elsewhere. Flock for R. R. Job ‘They are to build a new Erie rail- road station here for $266,000. Hun- dreds of workers are here every day looking for work. Some have their only belongings on their backs, a suit of overalls. Many come with Food Workers Robbed New York, N. ¥. Dear Comrades: ‘The object of this letter is to in- form" you that~in July we, the un- dersigned, were Contracted to work as dishwashers in Camp Copake, Craryville, N. ¥., and after working there for two full months we were fired for no reason, and when we demanded our pay the manager of the_camp tried to put a good one, on. We had contracted to work at a rate of $65 a month, room and board. We signed a contract at the time of hiring, but since we do not know how to read English we did not know .what we were signing about. The. truth is that. when we were fired,.and upon our demand for pay- ment of our salaries, the manager paid Us at the rate of $25 a month. ‘We did not accept the money. We came back to New York and called upon the City Department of Labor and after a few days of waiting the department informed us that they could do nothing for us as the man- ager of the camp refused to pay. We insisted that we wanted the case to be taken to the courts, but the de- The Jamestown @ couple of sandwiches in a bag ready to start to work, When they see the big steam shovels in opera- tion and the new concrete machines working the difference between the past and present. One morning while several hundred workers were looking for work at the site of this new station a few mem- bers of the Unemployed Council spoke to the workers on the bread question. Our speakers were ap- plauded time and again. We signed up nearly 100 members into the Un- employed Council of the Trade Union Unity League. These workers of nearly all nationalities and colors see the necessity of preparing, get- ting organized to fight for their lives this winter. This winter, the work- ers all seem to agree, will be one of the worst seen yet. Vote Communist We are getting busy also in the Communist election campaign, call- ing on the workers to vote the Red ballot and not to cast their votes for the boss class parties that are giving us so much starvation amidst plenty. ‘We are approaching the farmers as well. Thousands of the farms are empty now and more farmers are talking about leaving the land. We urge all workers to yote the hammer and sickle in the coming elections and send some working- class representatives inside the bosses political apparatus where they can carry on a fight for the wrokers like the Communist Deputies are carrying on inside the German Reichstag, of Pay in N. Y. Camp partment refused this flatly. Not only that, but we also have some money coming for extra work and for the fare that the camp was supposed to pay for but didn’t. For two long months we slaved in this camp, where labor is bitterly ex- ploited and especially us foreigners that can’t speak English. Very sincerely, —Two Workers. rage dept (Editorial Note:—This letter should make clear the fact that workers cannot rely on the City Department of Labor to collect wages robbed from the workers by the bosses. The Department of Labor is interested chiefly in de- fending these robbers. The only way to stop these tyrannical rob- beries on the part of the bosses and their representatives is through the organized mass pressure of the workers. We have referred this case to the Food Workers’ Indus- trial Union, 5 E. 18th St, New York City, and advise the workers who sent us this letter to get in touch with this militant unlen at once.) Seattle Unemployed Council Stops Eviction (By. a Worker Correspondent.) SEATTLE, Wash—On August 26 the Unemployed Council of Seattle met its first test in an eviction case and with it came victory. And one victory, no mater how small, is like the taste of blood to a young lion. We; like the same lion, are ready and eager to go, As the winter comes and more eviction cases occur we are determined to do our best to rally the workers to the mass protest as their only. means of relief n a tme of dre need. In ths partcular case the landlord, one Katz by name, served a notce on Mrs, Lee of 1515 E. Spruce Street. to vacate. On Tuesday morning Mrs. Lee heard the sheriff tell her that the notice did not come from the sheriff's office and that he had never heard of it or one like it. When Mrs! Lee returned she found that Katz had entered and removed two front windows and the front door and had taken them to his home, leaving her house wide open. She then informed the Unem- ployed Council and they rapidly mobilized, A partial force arrived just in time. Katz was there with a second notice signed by some lawyer and also a man to carry out the furniture. When Katz found that he couldn't move the furniture into the street he called the police. Out they came in two autos, but what could they do? We were mobilized too strong. We forced Katz to replace the door and windows and waited to see that he did.a good job of it. Katz was convinced by the simple evidence of a number 20 spike which we were ae to use to board up the open- Must Organize to Smash Bosses Attack in Middletown, New York (By a Worker Correspondent) MIDDLETOWN, N. Y.—Many hun- dreds of workers are unemployed here, No -relief whatsoever is given to them. ‘The employed workers are continu: ally having their wages cut. On the Erie Railroad the section hands are now getting $2.64 a day and work five days a week at greater speed than, ever before. Workers in the yards of the °. and W. Railroad, loading coal, re- ting from $12 to $14 a week, very few getting more. When an attempt was made to speak on the conditions of the work- ers on August 22 the police immedi- ately stopped the speaker because the mayor made the stipulation in the permit for the meeting “no attack should be made on local industries.” This action on the part of the mayor points out clearly for the workers to understand that the city govern- ment {is not-representing their in- terests, but the interests of the boss- ceive 39 cents an hour, with about |e, 50 per cent of the former number of workers producing what a full gang formerly produced, A wage cut is threatened to take place here soon, In the pocketbook factory which is an A. F. of L. shop, only one worker receives union wages, the rest get- The workers of Middletown must organize themselves into trade unions that fight for the betterment of their conditions. Get into the Trade Union Unity League, the address of which is 5 East 19th Street, New York City. Denver Holds a Good Aug. 22 Meet Despite Downpour and Drizzle (by mail).—The ; the International Labor Defense and Sacco-Vanzetti demonstration against |the Unemployed Councils. DENVER, Colo. growing capitalist terror held here was a success in spite of the rain, with an attendance of 750 workers, (The meeting was held Joint{y by [onstatign, patente The inclement weather was a fac- tor in preventing a much bigger dem- Albany Paper Mills to Cut Wages 10 Per Cent on September 1 (By a Worker Correspondent) ALBANY, N. Y.—Hoover's program of starvation and wage-cuts is start- ing to be felt in Albany the same as everywhere else, The A. P. W. Paper Mills, after a summer of layoffs have announced that a 10 per cent wage-cut will take place the first of the month. It's not only the wage-cut that gets our goats, but it’s the way they put it over. They try to make it look as though they were doing the workers a big favor by cutting their wages. In announcing the cut in wages the company stated that they would have cyt wages long ago, but they didn’t want to hurt the feelings of the workers. Can you beat that for brass’and gall? WIR DELEGATES SEE NEED FOR MINERS’ RELIEF (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) ganization of the W. I. R. branches and collections of relief to the sec- tions and towns. It was specially pointed out that relief collection has so far been too much confined to the large cities to the neglect of the smaller industrial towns, where masses of workers are sympathetic to the strike and ready to support it. Sept. 26 is the big date in the Solid- arity Week campaign, though the date may be advanced or delayed in certain districts for special reasons, The entire conference has demon- strated to the W. L R. delegates from outside the strike area the ter- rific starvation, the masses of hun- gry children, the shoeless miners marching with bleeding feet on the Picket lines, the slow, never ceasing hunger that afflicts man and woman and child. The delegates from outside of the strike area have been convinced by the direct contact with the miners that this strike against hunger is not ended, that it is going forward under new forms, that it will mobi- lize thousands and thousands for struggle in the near future and that the question of food and funds to buy food is the most important thing in the world for the W. I. R. and the miners, A great campaign is just now under way, it has been outlined at this conference. The delegates will go home to carry out the organiza- tional side of it, but the relief itself, must come largely from the masses of workers. Every worker has his duty to these heroic miners who have struck the first blow to stop the bosses’ program of wage cuts and misery. Every worker should send his donation—money, food, clothing, tents, or shoes, to the nearest W. I. R. branch, or to the Pennsylvania- Ohio-West Virginia Striking Miners Relief Committee (W. I. R.) at 611 Penn Ave., Room 205, Pittsburgh, Pa. ft oa RALPHTON, Pa., Aug, 30. — A committee from the Women’s Aux- iliaries of the N. M. U. went to the Catholic priest here and demarided the hall which he controls, for a miners’ meeting. The priest refused on the ground that the coal com- pany supplies him with free light and fuel. The women told him that unless they got the hall, it would be useless for the priest to come around for the regular tax of $1 a month per family which the church levies on its members. The priest is writing to his bishop for permission to grant use of the hall, 0s ss R eg Al WASHINGTON, Pa., Aug. 30.—The case of Charles Krumbull who was on trial here Saturday before the same Judge Cummins who so com- pletely took the part of the prosecu~ tion in the Canonsburg case, has gone to the jury. It is probable that the jury has already rendered a sealed verdict, and that it will be announced Monday. The case of Krumbull and Vukos arose out of the picketing at the “F. & W.” mine of the Pittsburgh Ter- minal Coal Co. at Avella, early in the strike. Krumbull and Vukos were attacked by a scab named Mike Rocki, armed with a pick, and the scab’s son, armed with a “powder box.” (A box to carry dynamite in). ‘They defeated the two scabs, and had them on the run, when a rail- road detective came into the fgiht, and arrested Krumbull. Vukos was never arrested; the police were not able to find him. ‘At the trial Friday, Krumbull was able to get into the record that there was a strike on at the mine, which the United Mine Workers of Amer- ica was trying ‘to break with a wage cutting contract. Krumbull declared in court that the National Miners Union was the only miners’ union which actually fought for the im- provement of the conditions and wages. He exposed the wage cuts and mass starvation inflicted on the miners by the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Co. with the assistance of the U. M. W. A. ‘The witnesses against Krumbull were the two scabs, who represented Krumbull and Vukos as the attackers, and the R. R. dick, and a woman, the wife of a professional scab. This woman in all probability never saw the fight or Krumbull, but she swore she was standing on her porch, and heard Krumbull whisper to Vukos, “Let's get the two scabs!” Cross examination brought out the fact that she heard this whisper at a distance of 200 feet. The detective admits he did not see the start of the fight. The jury was selected under the same circumstances as the | class. case jury. ¢ bf BOSS GUNMEN KILL 2 MORE IN HALAN, KENTUCKY, RELIEF NEED IS GREATER (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) Harlan district sent out by the As- sociated Press say that on Sunday night Deputy Sheriff Joe Fleener drove out to a mile from Harlan and opened fire on a group of three miners. killing Joe Moore, 40 years old, and wounding Julius Baldwin and his brother, Jeff Baldwin. At about the same time, Deputy Sheriff Ed Rose, went out to four miles west of Harlan, entered a mining camp and killed Carlo Hyatt, a 19-year-old miner and shot his father, Hugh Hyatt, through the hand. Both sheriffs are free, ready for more killings, On motion of Commonwealth At- torney W. A. Brock, the first group of miners to come up for trial in the Harlan County mine war will be tried in Clark and Montgomery counties, in the non-industrial “blue- grass” country, run by rich land- owners. The following will be tried in Mt. Stirling, Montgomery Co.: Asa Cu- sick of Evarts; Alvin Benson, of Evarts; W. B. Jones, secretary of the | Evarts local of the Untied Mine| Workers of America; W. M. High- tower, president of the same lo Floyd Murphy; F. M. Bratcher, James Reynolds; W. M. Hudson; “Happy Jack” Goodwin, alias Otto Mills; Bill Turpin; Charles Bradley and William M. Burnett Nine who are also framed up on a murder chrage will be tried in Win- chester, seat of Clark County. Their w, names are: H. Holse. will Harrison, Tom Hic Marion -Hen- sley, Pleas Thomas, C. O. Chamble Charles Chadrick, Andrew Hinch, and Henry Oliver. Frank Vaughan and Les van Hooser, charged with banding and confederating will 0 be tried in W:nchester. Meanwhile the grand jury im- panelled by the coal operator's Judge D. C. Jones, at Harlan continues to grind out indictments against the miners and their friends. At least 335 criminal cases have grown out of | the coal strike, The exact number of men arrested and held in jail is not known. BOSS PRESS PRAISES N. Y. ‘MODEL’ PLA (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) now that an emergency exists. And when he finds it necessary to stop even the miserable appropriation that is planned, he will declare the emergency is over despite the fact that millions will still be starving. The bill is directed against adequate immediate relief and against any and all forms of unemployment in- surance, both state and federal. ‘The bill itself contains the char- acteristics of all the capitalist plans of relief for the unemployed. This bill provides that extensive “studies” shall be made of where unemploy- ment insurance is needed and that for this purpose a commission shall be set up. While the unemployed workers are forced into hunger, while they are being evicted for their inability to pay rent, while their children: succumb to disease through malnutrition—the commission . will “investigate” and turn out reams of falsefied reports on the condition of the unemployed. The purpose of these reports themselves will be to lie about. the need of relief by the unemployed. In addition, Roosevelt's bill is a typical “capitalist political stunt, which seeks to make political capital out of the hunger of the workers. It is intended to bolster his own aspirations for the Democratic nom- ination for the presidency in the 1932 elections and to prevent the masses from rallying in the elections to the Communist Party, the only party which has a program of unemploy- ment relief based on the demands of the working-class and calling on the workers themselyes to fight for it. This can be seen in the attitude of the Republican party to the bill. The Republicans are in full accord with the bill insofar as it means the demagogic curbing of the militancy of the workers, Insofar as it means an advantage for Roosevelt and graft for Democratic politicians only, they are already creating opposition to it. The New York Times in its editorial of September 2 points to the pre-election struggle that is going on by means of this bill. It states, “The presence of the Legis- lature in special session permitted Roosevelt to outline an unemploy- ment relief program, while the Na- tional Government at Washington was merely appointing another com- mission.” While this election fight goes on both parties agree to the proposals of the bill which will mean forced labor for the jobless, The bill pro- vides that insofar as is possible the miserable appropriation shall be used for public works but where this is not possible the officials may dis- tribute food and clothing to the job- less. The public works which may be carried on will be for the exten- sion of the facilities of the capitalist class not for the improvement of the conditions of the workers, The pub- lic works will be more concrete high- ways for the capitalist transportation system and not for the purpose of building decent living quarters for the working-class instead of the stinking barracks they are now forced to live in. The distribution of food and clothing will as in all previous cases be used as a means of forcing the jobless to work for this charity and as a means of graft for the politicians connetced with the buying of this food, etc. While the Socialists, in the pres- ence of Thomas and Waldman, come out with hypocritical demands that the Roosevelt appropriation is not adequate, they go even further than he does in the wage cutting aspects of the bill. The bill provides that the five day week shall be installed on all state pubicl works jobs. The Socialists demand that the five day week—with five days pay—should be extended throughout industry. “Un- der these circumstances,” reports the New York Times,” Mr, Thomas and Mr. Waldman declared the Gover~ Nor’s proposal for a five day week on State and city projects should be extended to industry at large.” The five day week means wage cutting for those who are still employed, The Socialists come out openly for this erly vicious attack on the working- ‘Against the demagogie bill pro- “SOCIALISTS” AID HIM SAYS MAC DONALD (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) the foremost leaders of whom were in the MacDonald cabinet and voted for nine-tenths of MacDonald's pres- ent program, but he fears the rank and file worker, who, feeling him- self driven closer to starvation, will fight. In order to cover up the role of the Socialists in helping capitalism unload the burden of the crisis on the backs of the workers, a group of American Socialists have sent a cable to the “opposition” led by the war minister, Arthur Henderson, declar- ing the American Socialists “welcome your fine working-class stand.” Among the signers of the cable are Heywood Broun, who declares Walker is not a grafter and that Negro workers should not expect equal rights in the South. While the American Socialists praise the close comrades of Mac- Donald, the men who in the opposi- tion help MacDonald carry out the line of the imperialists, unstinted praise for MacDonald himself comes from another source not so distant from the American Socialist’ party. The Wall Street mouthpiece, the Commercial and Financial Chronicle of Aug. 29, 1931, commends the “So- cialism” of MacDonald in the fol- lowing terms: “Mr. MacDonald has been an ac- tive member of the Labor party during the whole period of its ex- istence, and was very reluctant to incur the displeasure of the party, or to proceed counter to its wishes, but in a fine spirit of patriotism (the “opposition” praised by the American socialists also prides it- self on its patriotism—Daily Worker) he held national consid- erations above party requirements, and for this he is receiving general praise and commendation, though he now finds himself in effect a cabinet member without a party.” However, MacDonald must know that he is merely following the pre- cedent of the “opposition” leader, Arthur Henderson, who during the last World War also in “a fine spirit of patriotism” “held national con- siderations above party requirements,” and plunged workers into the war for the profits of the imperialists. While the capitalist newspapers find a “lessening” of the crisis in the fact that $500,000,000 more has been raised in England, besides the $400,000,000 lent by Wall Street and France, to bolster up the pound ster- ling, this step in reality shows that the crisis is growing worse, necessi- tating huge sums. Action in the financial markets confirms this fact. While sterling exchange rates for immediate transactions are being held up, future transactions are lower. The British workers are also feel- ing the growing: crisis, not only in anticipation of a cut in unemploy- ment insurance and wages, but by a big increase in the number of un- employed. Every week breaks the record anew. The last report for date of Aug. 17 showed there’ were 2,719,376 jobless registered in Britain, an increase of 5,117 over the week previous, and 710,419 over a year ago. A new form of taxes which are de- vised to hit the workers, are also being worked out by the MacDonald posed by Roosevelt and accepted by the capitalists as a model for the re- fusal to grant the working class re- lief, the unemployed and employed workers must organize the struggle for adequate immediate relief and unemployment insurance, The work- ers. must demand that adequate re- ———d International Youth Day Meetings . Under the leadership of the Young Communist, League and the Communist Party many or- ganizations will take part in the ation of the youth and to demonstrate against bosses’ militarism and war prep- arations on Sept. 8. So far the districts have reported the meet- ings in the following places. Many of these will be with pa- | rades through working-class sec- tions. All of these demonstra- tions will take place in the eve- ning. District 1—Boston, Mass. Bos- ton Commons; Providence, R. I., Hall; Worcester. Mass.; Mass., Peabody, Mass.; Mass.; New Bedford, Mass.; Pawtucket, Mass.; May- nard, Mi Fitchburgh, Mass.; | | Norwood, Mass. Lowell. Mass. ; Lawrence, Mass.; N. J.; Passaic, N. J.; Eliza- J.; Newark, N. J.; Perth ; Linden, N, J.; Jer- y J |] District 3—Philadelphia Tigo, Pa.; Trenton, N. J.; more, Md.; Washington, Chester, Pa.; Reading, Jentown, Pa. District 4—Buffalo, N.Y., Broad- way Auditorium; Rochester, N. Y., Washington Square; Syracuse, N. Y., Hanover Square; Niagara, N. Y., Welch St. District 5—Pittsburgh, Pa., Hill Section; Allegheny Valley, New Kensington; Avella, So. Burgetts- town, Pa.; Bentleyville, Mononga- hela City, Pa.; Brownsville; East Ohio, Wheeling Riverside Park; McKeesport, Versailles, Pa.; Can- onsburg, Washington, Pa.; Li- brary, Bridgeville, Pa.; Ambridge. District 6—Youngstown, Ohio, East Federal and Basin; Mans- field, Ohio, Scandinavian Hall; Massilon, Ohio, City Hall; Cleve- land, Ohio; Collinwood, Ohio, Waterloo, 156th. District 7—Detroit, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Mich.; Battle Creek, Mich, District 8—Chicago, Ill, Wash- ington Park; Milwaukee, Wis.; St. Louis, Mo., City Hall; Gary, Ind.; Collinsville, Ill.; Cicero, Il.; Ben- ton, Ill.; Hammond, Ind.; Ractine, Wis.; Kenosha, Wis.; Granite City, Ill; Chicago Heights, Mil; West Allis, Wis.; Rock Island, Il.; Pa.; Balti- 2. Gs Pa; Al- Waukegan, Ill.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Indiana Harbor, Ind.; Bennile, mM. District 9—Minneapolis, Minn.; St. Paul, Minn.; Duluth, Minn.; International Falls, Minn.; Ely, Minn.; Bemidju, Minn.; Cook, Minn.; Virginia, Minn.; New York |~ Mill, Minn.; Superior Wis.; Owen, Wis.; Iron River, Wis.; Hancock, Mich.; Ontonagan, Mich; Iron River, Mich.; Ironwood, Mich.; Negauhee, Mich.; Soult Ste. Ma- rie, Mich. (border demonstration). Distriet 11—Columbus, N. D.; Williston, N. D.; Belden, N. D.; Frederick, S. D. District 12—Seattle, Portland, Ore. District 13—San Francisco, Cal., Post and Fillmore; Berkeley, Cal., University and San Pablo; Stock- ton, Cal., Hunters Square; Los An- Wash.; geles, Cal.; Oakland, Cal., 7thand Peralta; Sacramento, Cal., Plaza Park. District 15—Hartford, Conn.; New Haven, Conn.; Stamford, Conn.; Springfield, Conn.; Bridge- port, Conn.; Plainfield, Conn.; New London, Conn. District 17—Charlotte, N. C.; Mill Villages (2). District 17—Atlanta, Ga.; Tam- pa, Fl.; New Orleans, La.; Chat- tanooga, Tenn. District 19—Denver, Colo.; Lake City, Utah. ESS eee Salt government. The new national coali- tion government proposes to tax building societies and workers’ co- operatives, which will have a ten- dency of lowering the standard of living of the workers by increasing the cost at a time when wages are being cut. . A further attack against the work- ers is being prepared by the general council of the Trade Union “Con- gress, which meets on Sept. Tth. The London Times reports that a shift if taking place in the general council in favor of a 10 per cent tariff, which the British capitalists welcome as in reality a 10 per cent wage-cut, as it will be a direct tax on food of 10 per cent, which the workers will be forced to pay. REFUSE LUESSE A PARDON Governor Leslie of Indiana refused @ petition to pardon Comrade Theo- dore Luesse who was sentenced to a year at the state farm because he was active in the unemployed coun- cils of Indianapolis. The governor stated that Comrade Luesse did not merit release. An appeal in the case is now pending, ILLINOIS JOBS DROP, lief be furnished by the capitalist class not so long as Roosevelt or any other agent of the bosses thinks there is an “emergency” but as long as the unemployed need relief. As long as the capitalist system continues, mil- lions will be jobless. For this the working class must demand unem- ployment insurance. The working masses through a mighty struggle under the leadership of the unem- ployed Councils, the Trade Union Unity League, and the Communist Party can force these concessions from the capitalist class. Fight against hunger and for unemploy- ment relief and unemployment in- surance, Pus - tf . inks ; 5 CHICAGO, Ill.—Employment de- clined in Illinois Reserve District and wages dropped still more, according to the report of E. M. Stevens, federal reserve agent. Manufacturing em- ployment decreased 18 per cent be- low 1930, while wages dropped 29 per cent. Non-manufacturing unemploy- ment has also decreased, says the report, with coal mining showing the greatest loss. Write to the workers in the Soviet Union. They will answer your questions concerning the Five Year Plan, Send all letters to International Letter Exchange, Dally Worker, 50 E. 13th St, ‘ | meeting were approved as read, — ue. é CHICAGO DAILY WORKER CLUB IN ACTION! REPORTS OF OTHER & &s CLUB MEETS SLOW COMING IN! “The regular meeting of the Dai Worker Readers Club of Chicago, was held Friday, Aug. 21, with Com- rade Davis, acting as chairman. Twenty one notices were readers, but only seven wer After the minutes of article entitled “Postponing Trial of 35 Kentucky Miners” which appeared | 20th | in the Daily Worker of 4 was read and discussed. In the dis- cussion the following statements were made 1. Industrial workers have a tendency to be prejudiced toward agricultural workers and visa versa. 2. Retired farmers and business men, due to their conservative ideas make ideal jurymen for cap- italist interests. 3. The miners of Williamson County, Illinois, in 1929, who were tried for murder on a framed-up charge were acquitted. The miners were of farmer origin and the jury of farmers were sympathetic with their struggle. 4. The prosecuter of Harlan County wishes to take the case out of this territory, perhaps 200 miles away, where conservative retired farmers reside. A space where mines are unknown. 5. That a mass trial would give miners too great a chance for acquittal. 6. No capitalist paper exposes the fact that the murdered man was a gunman. In Chicago he would be known as PUBLIC EN- EMY No. 1 or so. Chairman Riegel of the social com- mittee reported that he was unable to get committee together. Action on the report was postponed. A mo- tion was carried to have refresh- ments served at the next meeting, Comrades Bittenfield and Riegel donating 25 cents each for the pur- chase of biscuits. ‘The following criticsm were made of the Daily Worker: 1, Long articles should have bold face subheads to make reading easier and favorable to the eye. Articles seven inches or over should have at least two subheads. 2. There are too many mistakes in figures. Last week one of the editions announced a meeting to be held at 3rd and Prairie Avenue in Chicago instead of 43rd Street and Prairie Avenue. This same edition announced a meeting to be held at 357 S. State Street, Chicago. That is the address of the Dayis Co. a , Marshall Field controlled department store. The correct address is 3337 S. State Street. It is essential to designate a street from an address or boulevard in Chicago. As for ex- ample we have Garfield Avenue and Garfield Boulevard, one on the near North Side, the other 55 hundred south. Proofreaders should. pay particular attention for mistaken figures. 3. The Daily Worker does not have enough news to interest new women readers. We suggest a spe- cial women’s column. They will read their column and gradually the en- tire paper. 4. We need “Red Sparks” or a column similar. Something a bit humorous. We miss Red Sparks and believe it to be vital. 5, Two articles of the same sub- stance appearing twice im the same edition should be eliminated. This happened in the case of a readers club last week. 6. The cartoon, “Adventures of Bill Worker,” the characters should be more realistic, according to the opinion of one of the members. A the} aying the massacre of Chicago Negroés, a boy was shown slain in the picture. This picture was shown to a worker and he criti- cized and recevied a bad impression. “A man was killed not 4 What to write for the Daily | Worker was a topic next diseussed, Suggestions were that news of the shop, stores, etc., and of individuals in the homes showing specific cases of suffering and abuse to the working class be sent, Simon Cohen was selected te write a hu- man interest stery of a family he knows who are in distress. Subscriptions to the Daily Work- er are to be sent to the District Agent. 1413 W. 18th Street. Two subscriptions were sent to the Daily Worker direct by H. Good. Meetings of the club will be held every Friday at 8 p. m, at the Youth Center. Notices will not be sent to members after next meet- ing. New members will be gotten by personal calls. The secretary is to mail names of readers to be called upon for next meeting. Members not attending will also be called upon personally. Meeting adjourned 10 p. m.” Minutes have been turned over te Editorial Department for comment. We congratulate the Chicago Daily Worker Club for the above interest- ing Minutes and hope it will be able to increase its membership shortly. Why not have a little entertainment, or refreshment after meeting, Chi- cago? Detroit Evictions Viciously Planned Landlords Have Trick to Foil Unemployed DETROIT, Mich.—A family living at 1930 E. Fort St. was unable to pay all of the weekly rent demanded by the landlord owing to the husband, who has @ family of four and a sick wife, working only two days a week. The landlord gave them notice to move and the same day that he de- livered the notice removed every window and door. The fact that the worker was paying as much as he was able did not prevent this Jand- lord from evieting the worker into the -street. This ts one of the methods that landiords in Detroit are using to evict their worker tenants into the streets. fAnothér method now being used is to Serve notice on the worker who they want to evict, and then they arrive a few hours later with a large furni- ture van and remove the worker's furniture to a warehouse, where if the worker is unable to pay for the storage it is siezed by the warehouse owners. These vicious methods are in an- swer to the activity ef the Unem- Ployed Councils who are leading the struggle against the Jandlords in the ruthless eviction of workers. It is an attempt to prevent the members of the Unemployed Councils from put- ting workers back into their homes as soon as they are unable to pay their rent. It, however, indicates that the activity of the Unemployed Councils is successful and that the “law and order” which they have had behind them is of no avail. These vicious methods also will be of no avail, but will only encourage the unemployed to struggle for “no evic- tions of unemployed workers for non- payment of rent,” Prepare for th DAILY WORKER MORNING BAZ to The only youth paper fight of the you tik ook YOUNG MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Saturday, Oct. 8, 9, 10, 11 17th INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY SPECIAL TRIAL OFFER Twenty-Five Cents for Two Months ee. YOUNG WORKER (Published Weekly Post Office Box 28, Station D, New York City, N. Y. e Fifth Annual FREIHEIT YOUNG WORKER AAR the ing for the every day needs ng workers WORKER 9 “OR”