The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 4, 1931, Page 3

Vali Vi Usdiaaadd, WV vy bULA, BUILD METAL LEAGUE TO FIGHT WAGE-CUTS IN SPARR OWS POINT Many Grievances Have Been Fought Out and Won by M.W.LL. in Bethlehem Steel Plant Many-Speed Organization to Smash Attacks of Profit-Mad Barons (By a Worker Correspondent) BALTIMORE, Md.—In“the Beth- Jehem plant at Sparrows Point there were between 18,000 and 20,000 work- ers working in the so-called pros- Perous days. And because this plant was close to the South the workers in this plant were getting the lowest wages in the whole steel industry. During the crisis, however, with Charlie Schwab driving for profits, the attacks on the steel workers here increased day by day. We have had our wage-cuts, our speed-up and plenty of mass lay-offs. And now we find that today there are only 6,000 or 7,000 workers working in the plant at the “most vicious speed, and, te add to this, the plant is extended twice as much as it was when there were. 18,000 to 20,000 workers work- ing. ‘Today, in some departments, for instance, in the sheet mill, where & month ago the workers were pro- ducing 3,000 tons a week, they get orders for only 300 to 500 a week. In the tin mill department, which @ month ago was working full speed, the men are now working only two or three days a week. In the tube mill and other departments it is the same. ‘The workers from the beginning were trying to get their forces to- gether to struggle and find some way out. There was a strike in 1929 in the sheet mill for a couple of hours, but the strike was defeated because the workers had no organ- ization. ‘This defeat gave the bosses a better opportunity to come out more openly and attack the workers with their wage-cuts. This led to another strike development in the tin mill in 1930, but this was also defeated because the workers lacked organizatoin, Many of the workers still believed in the mosses and their schemes. During both of these struggles the bosses had to change their tune, but the attacks on the workers continued. William Doak gave the steel bosses some assistance by deporting six workers that worked in the tin mill. The immigration officials went right to the job to get the workers. ‘The Metal Workers’ Industrial League agitated the workers through their shop papers and leaflets to fight back every attack of the bosses. ‘Through this work of the M. W. I. L. many grievances have been fought out and won by the workers. We carried on agitation for better sanitary con- ditions and won them. This and many other demands have been won since the M. W. I. L. came into the mill. All the workers are beginning to learn the necessity of organizing to fight against the terrible conditions in the mill, We are all facing star- vation and unless we all get together in the Metal Workers Industrial League soon and put up a deter- mined fight the conditions will be so bad here that we will not be able to live. Armour Bleeds Workers for Fake Charity Omaha, Neb. Dear Comrade Editor: In the “Armour Oval,” a factory paper printed by and in the inter- est of the Armour Packing Co., ap~ peared an article on the activities of the Community Chest, to which the employes are now giving $2 per year. Now this well-worded article is printed so as to fool the workers into giving more. This can be seen from one paragraph, which reads: “Realizing that the problem that we are facing is an acute one and that it will take the best of efforts in Omaha to help solve it, the campaign committee feels that the time is at band fat-thons-who-bave assured in- comes and steady employment to be- come acquainted with the conditions as they actually exist.” Yes, the workers should readily see that the company, not content with the wage-cuts and speed-up and various other schemes of ex- ploitation, wants the few employed to give more money to the Commu- nity Chest. Yes, workers, that is the actual condition, The company wants to use the jobless to further exploit and rob those that do work. Now, for the benefti of those who can see through this company scheme, they should get in touch with the Trade Union Unity League, Room 340 Leflang Building, Omaha. L, Hh Speed the Election Campaign, Says Worker (By a Worker Correspondent.) CANTO, Ohio.—The election cam- paign should be used to the utmost by the workers against the boss gov- ernment and the lackeys who repre- sent it. This is the time not only to put forward the program of the Com~- munist Party, @ program of organ- ization and struggle of the working- class, but we workers should all get on the job and try to elect Commu- nists to office. Every worker who had a wage-cut, all those working part time, all the unemployed, all the Negro workers, in fact, every worker, shoyld get be- hind the Communist Party in the coming election campaign. We can give these Hoovers and Giffords and all the fat bankers a real swat in the eye if we poll a big Communist vote this fall. What the workers in America need is some Communists in congress and the state assemblies to fight right in- side of the bosses’ political machin- ery. While the workers are on the picket line and fighting on the streets for bread we must not forget that it is very important for us to have fighters in the halls of the bosses’ government. BOSSES AND TOOLS IN DRIVE ON SCOTTSBORO MASS PROTEST (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) to the extent of trying to blackjack the Negro press into silence on the Scottsboro case and on the addi- tional acts-of terror constantly oc- curring throughout Alabama. In a letter to the Negro editors on Aux. 20, Walter White attempts to muzzle the Negro papers, stating: “May I sincerely urge that the news and editorial columns of the Negro press be carefully guarded so that they may not directly or indirectly be responsible for the fu- tile sacrificing of the lives of col- ored men and women.” © ‘The Southern Labor Review, a pa~ per controlled by the labor fakers in Birmingham, Ala., last week re- printed with approval, a vicious edi- torial from the Ft. Payne (Alabama) Journal. ‘The Ft. Payne Journal begins by attacking the Communists who, it declares “are working overtime here, due to the Scottsboro cose, and are having more or less success in creat- ing unholy sentiment among the law- less element of Negroes... .” It then proceeds to. make clear that it is the demand for equal rights for the Negro masses which is considers as ‘an “upholy sentiment.” It expresses great confidence in the servile nature of the reformist mis- leaders and in their ability to con- tinue to fool the Negro masses and betray their struggles. It says: . the race as a whole will re- : :2 Ft.-Payne Journal then calls 3 terror against the mass movement the défense of the Scottsboro boys an iftensification of the fascist | ing this done, yet we will go just as far in seeing that no harm comes to an innocent Negro.” This is nothing less than an open threat of lynch terror against the Negro masses, coming from the ruling class element of the South which traitors like Oscar De Priest, Walter White, and William Pickens try to pass off on the Negro masses as “their best friends.” It is an open threat of lynch law against all Ne- groes who dare to resent the brutal treatment of Negro workers at the hands of the white ruling class. It is a promise of protection for the servile Negro reformists who are hamstringing the mass defense move- ment. But the Negro masses are not being intimidated. In spite of the threats of the bloody Alabama bosses and the traitorous attacks on the mass defense movement by the Negro re- formists, Negro workers are rallying, side by side with white workers, to the defense of the Scottsboro boys and to the relentless struggle for un- conditional equal rights for the Negro masses, “Negro and white workers! An- swer the threats of the Alabama lynch bosses with, increased organ- ization! Build the United Front Scottsboro committees! Organize block defense’ committees in your neighborhoods! Support the mass defense initiated and lead by the International Labor Defense and the League of Struggle for Negro Rights. Collect money for the Scottsboro de- fense in your shops and neighbor- hoods and rush funds to the Inter- national Labor Defense at 80 E. 11th St. New York City. On with the mass fight to free the nine Scotts- bore boys and smash the lynch ter- ror of the white ruling class! FIRE SHOPMEN PERMANENTLY “Seventy-one shopmen of the Se- caucus, N. J. Erie Railroad shops were laid off permanently and re- pair work shifted to the Erie shops ‘at Hornell, N.Y. The company made no provision for these workers, now left to shift for themselves with no ; Uigpenthood in sight ~~ Wilkes-Barre Picnic For Miners Relief The Miners Relief Committee of Nilkes-Barre, is making arrange- nents for a picnic for miners relief o be held on Labor Day, September ', at Inman Park, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. The pienic will begin at 11 a.m. The need for relief is greater now than ever before. Every worker is urged to come to this picnic and thereby help to raise funds for the starving miners and their families in the soft coal mines. Prominent speakers from the soft coal district will be there. 10,000 SIGNED TO DATE TO REPEAL ANTI-LABOR LAW Workers, “Unions Are Responding in Fight On C. S. Law SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.—Progress in the collection of signatures on the circulated petitions for the repeal of the criminal syndicalism law is now being pressed with increasing success throughout the state of Californa. The report of the Southern Califor- nia district states that to date con- siderable over 10,000 signatures have already been collected. The same number have already been collected in the Northern California district. Constant supervision and incredsed organizational activities by the cam- paign for the repeal of the criminal syndicalism law conjointly with the International Labor Defense and other affiliated labor organizations promises more than well for the eventual-success of the campaign. Immediately after the meeting of the City Residential Committee, on Aug. 17 at San Francisco, Comrades Erenberg, Mattson and Feingold were sent out on organizational itineraries which were planned to cover all the most important sections of the state. Comrades Erenberg and Mattson went to Southern Cali- fornia. Comrade Feingold’t tour in- cluded the following Northern Cali- fornia towns and their vicinities: Eureka, Fort Bragg, Petaluma, Santa Rosa and Cotati. Detailed reports form every sec- tion of the state will be submitted to the conference to be held in San Francisco on Sept. 2. Further re- ports on the progress of the cam- paign will be read before the en- larged state committee, set for Sept. 6 at the state committee headquar- ters, Room 603, 1179 Market St., San Francisco, Calif. Police Continue to Use Terror Against Toilers Thruout All Germany (Cable by Inprecorr) BERLIN, Sept. 3—The police con- tinue to persecute Communist work- ers. Further searches for weapons are going on in Berlin. The premises of the Hamburger Volkszeitung in Hamburg was raided. The Altona Communist Party and the Red Trade Union opposition offices were searched. Spontaneous workers’ protest dem- onstrations were brutally suppressed by the police with their clubs, In Hechtsheim, near Mayence, houses of Communist workers were searched, and the whole town was occupied by the police. - Workers Correspondence is the backbone of the revolutionary press. Build your press by writing for about your day-to-day struggle. (Cable by iy iipresect) LONDON, Sept. 3—Parliament has been summoned for Tuesday when MacDonald, on behalf of the Nation- al government, will outline the gov- ernment plans against the working class and will move for a vote of con~ fidence. The statement of Philip Snowden, socialist chancellor for the exchequer, on proposed means of raising revenue to overcome the defi- cit will be issued Thursday. The revolt against the government is growing. There is a daily flow of hostile resolutions from union branches and mass meetings of work- ers. The Communist Party recruiting campaign is strengthening. The Hammersmith local gained 40 new members since the formation of the government. This is twpical of other Communist Party units throughout the country. Cane NEW YORK.—As the program of the new National government, head- ed by the “Socialist” MacDonald un- folds, it completely shatters the hy- pocritical declarations of MacDonald of “equal burdens” to overcome the financial crisis and save “national interests.” Preliminary announce- ments of how the British capitalists propose to save $600,000,000, show clearly that this will be done by at- tacking the entire working class through driving down unemploy- ment insurance payments, increasing unmployment, wage cuts, and taxes on beer, tobacco, and such other commodities consumed by the work- ers. So far as the promised taxation against the exploiting class which MacDonald promised, an official an- for nouncement made through govern-| offering any resistance, Henderson, the outs in unemp! Str ike Committee lays Plans to Build National Niners Union (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 0D cials will be established soon, Mean- while, the locals will receive a series of instructions on ext tasks and or- ganization work by mail from the district office. This will be followed by a careful inspection and canvass of the new locals by the district offi- cers, with mass meetings also to ex- plain the union to other miners, The strike committee recommends that the eight sections of the strike front: Avella, Brownsville, Library, Upper Monongahela, Bentleyville, Canons- burg, Allegheney, Westmoreland, be retained only as subsidiary units with part- time organizrs, and that sub-districts be created with full- time organizers temporarily in charge, to be led as soon as sub- district conventions can be called by executive boards and a full list of officers. These sub-districts, as pow proposed, would be Washington, Al- legheney, Monongahela and Brown- ville. 2. Formation of mine committees, ‘These are the united front bodies in each mine, and in each of the sec- tions and other subordinate parts of the mine. They are elected without regard to union membership either by those voting of those elected, but the union stimulates the creation of the mine committees. 3. Winning the local demands. ‘The plans originally adopted forthe struggles around the local demands are still the guide, and prospects of victory are good in mines where there is still a considerable percentage on strike, In mines where there are still very few striking, the struggle is to put the men threatened with blacklist back into the industry, All tactics are to be used, even in some cases moving these miners and their families into new fields. Leadership in these local struggles lies largely with the section and local strike committees, which are to be con- tinued in situations which are real strike struggles. The chief necessity is the reaching of the men in the mines with convincing arguments for a combined struggle with that of the men outside, and this is going on, under different circumstances and at a different rate of speed in each locality. 4, Mobilization for future strike struggle. All the activities of the union and of the strike committees build toward this end. The next great strike will start with an im- mensely more powerful organization back of it and leading it than the present strike. Speakers emphasized at the Oéntral Strike Committee meeting Wednesday that conditions in the. mines are such as to be al- most unbearable, but that these con- ditions alone can not be relied upon to bring the men out in a general strike. Organization and leadership is necessary. 5. Mass demonstrations through- out the country, led by the Miners’ National Unity Committee of Action, for the release of the Kentucky pris- oners, particularly those facing the electric chair in Harlan; and coupled with these, mass demonstrations, conferences, petition lists and collec- tion of bail and defense funds for the prisoners in the Western Penn- Sylvania, Eastern Ohio and Pan- handle of West Virginia strike, 6. The fight to win free fares, shoes, clothes and food and vaccina- tion fees from the school boards for miners’ school children. This strug- gle is largely led now by the Women's Auxiliaries, but the union throws its full strength behind it. The strategy and organizational forms of this struggle have been explained in pre- vious news, The Central Rank and File Strike Committee cheered the lBaresites. ~ Joyous Atl News They Will Be Favored ment channels declares that the cap- italists owning fixed interest bearing securities and war loan bonds will not be touched. This announcement was received joyously throughout the stock ex- changes of the world, says the Jour- nal of Commerce, which writes: “It is not proposed to levy a tax on fixed interest bearnig securities (that is, fixed profits squeezed out of the workers) and that no attempt will be made to impose a forced conven- tion of war loan bonds upon the holders of these Government oblig- ations.” ‘That this is a complete victory of finance capital, which the “Social- ists” in the MacDonald government are now openiy csrving, is likewise admitted by the Journal of Com~- merce, which goes on to say: “Forced — of high in- & Labor ment, but the proposal has iin with a decidedly unfavorable re- ception in financial circles. .It is now apparent that Chancellor Snowden’s new Conservative col- leagues have dissuaded him from making such an attempt, had he ever seriously considered it.” Every new announcement shows heavier burdens are being Lae workers. Instead of announcement of a school strike by several hundred children of steel workers in the suburbs of Pittsburgh. The strike broke out the day the committee met, over the refusal of the school board to pay fares. 7. The election campaign, Frank Borich, in his main report to the committee, stated: “Our union is an economic organization, barring no one from membership because of his Political beliefs. But the union can not remain unconcerned about any- thing which cones*ns the life of the workers as much as the government does. “The Republican party is the party of Pinchot, the party of the sheriffs and county supervisors in Pennsyl- vania, It is the party which met the workers with clubs, bullets, jail sen- tences and every strike-breaking art that is known. We can not support the candidates of the party which shoots us down on the picket lines. “The Democratic party is the party in power in the Ohio strike area. Its terror against the strikers was, if anything, more severe than the re- publican terror in Pennsylvania. Bel- mont County appropriated $35,000 to hire men to murder the strikers. The jails are full of pickets. All meetings and picket lines were bru- tally attacked by the police and dep- uties of the Democratic party gov- ernment. We cannot vote for the candidates of the Democratic party. “The Socialist party is the party in power in Reading. When miners came to Reading, the Socialist ad- ministration sent its police to drive them from the streets. In Milwau- kee, the Socialist government clubs and jails the jobless. The Socialists use the same poisonous relief ges- tures as does the United Mine Work- ers. We can not support the Social- ist party. “The Communist Party put every force at its disposal into the strike field to help win the strike. The entire Communist Party press was devoted to presenting the miners’ side of the struggle. Without the constant printing of relief appeals by the Communist press, particularly the central organ of the Communist Party, the Daily Worker, hundreds of miners would have starved in this strike. Such appeals made possible the collection of what relief was ob- tainable. “We can, and we must, support the Communist Party in this election campaign, not, only support it among our own members, but mobilize as many other miners as possible for the Communist candidates, who are workers just like ourselves, many of them men who were recognized lead- ers in the strike and militants on the picket lines.” Cheers greeted these remarks by Borich, and in the discussion which followed not one voice was raised in opposition, ‘The Central Rank and File Strike Committee voted that the new phase o fthe struggle, which throws the main bulk of the task of leadership on the union apparatus and on the local strike committees in certain mines, requires a much smaller and more easily convened district strike leadership. The committee voted to discontimme its Wednesday meetings until required again, and to leave the powers of district leadership of the strike in the hands of a committee to be composed of the District Board of the National Miners Union, meet~ ing with the Executive of the Cen- tral Rank and File Strike Committee. The Executive of the C. R. & F. S.C. is composed of three members from each section. The first meeting of this new body is Saturday, in Pitts- burgh. Ranks of Communist Party Grow As M’Donald Pushes Drive on Workers Jeader of the Labor Party “opposi- tion,” and the general «executive of the Trade Union Council, are keep- ing the workers quiet, waiting for MacDonald and the bankers to per- fect their plans, and then merely of- fer a harmless vote against it in Parliamegt. Out of the $600,000,000 said to be necessary to balance the budget, the MacDonald government proposes “equality of burdens” as follows: To come out of unemploy- ment insurance directly $65,000,000 By cutting down period of benefits of unemploy~ ment insurance $150,000,000 Cuts in expenditures for educating working class children, including 10 percent cut for teachers $55,000,000 Pay cuts for soldiers (with- out reduc, armaments) $45,000,000 Road expenditure savings (meaning less work) Cutting down of Health Minister expendit. (less med, help for workers) $10,000,000 $42,000,000 $367,000,000 ‘Thus the only specifis amount of $360,000,000 “saving” comes directly out of the workers, Furthermore, MacDonald proposes taxation on commodities like beer, tobacco, and other things used by the workers, which will raise the greater portion left uncovered. And with the defi- nite announcement that stocks, bonds and war funds held by the bosses are not to be touched, the pro- gram o fthe MacDonald government is thus clearly exposed. ‘That the workers are being hit on all sides is shown by the fact that loyment 5,000 Sethinis ti Chile| Sieze_ Navy (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) general strike tomorrow in support of the mutiny. “The sailors received many tele- grams of support from Communists throughout Chile. As we go to press reports state that the sailors are still holding out for their demands, maintaining con- trol of nearly the entire navy con- sisting of the following ships: The 28,000-ton battleship Almi- rante Latorre; the 8,500-ton cruiser O'Higgins; the torpedo boats Hyatt, Lynch and Serrano; the submarine depot ship Araunaco, and two sub- marines, These vessels make up vir- tually the entire mavy except for submarines at Talcahuano, in South- ern Chile. 20,000 SEIZE ARMS IN EQUADOR FIGHT Report Mass Conflicts In Colombia NEW YORK.—Reports in Guaya- quil, Ecquador, the port for Quito, the capital of Ecquador, state that there was “hard fighting in the streets of Quito” on Wednesday. This mass uprising, the termination of which is not yet reported, started as the result of a demonstration of 20,- 000 persons which capitalist cables say was “led by Communists” in front of the residence of former Pres- ident Tyora, a tool of Wall Street. ‘There have been many demonstra- tions of unemployed workers and peasants in Ecquador demanding un- employment relief and land for the peasants. None have yet reached the propor- tions of the present demonstration. The capitalist press agencies say that one of the incidents which brought about the demonstration was the turning over of the match monopoly of the country to the Swedish Match Co., but this is just one of many se- ries of turning over the country to foreign bankers. ‘The masses overwhelmed the po- lice sent against them and marched on the armories where they seized arms, Soldiers were then sent against th demonstrators. Thus far seven are reported killed and 30 wounded. On the same day reports from Bo- gota, Columbia, tell of mass conflicts with the police in which seven were killed and many wounded. Due to the growing political discontent of the masses, the Colombian govern- ment proposes the institution of a new political police and greater ter- ror against the workers in the form of exile to a special penal colony. Soviet “Forced Labor”—Bedacht’ series in pamphlet form at 10 cents per copy. Read it—Spread it! comes not only from the central gov- ernment but is being carried on si- multaneously by the municipal gov- ernments, The New York Times of ‘Thursday reports that the “policy of economies has started a mass move- ment in that direction. Municipal councils in the past few days have abandoned many costly schemes for roads and other improvements orig- inally designed for the relief of the unemployed this winter.” Hence there will be more ployed, with the capitalist greater. sums by stopping works and cutting down on ployment insurance. More evidence of the close link of the present National government, which is leading. the heavy attack against the workers, and the so-called Labor Party opposition, is shown in the statement of Ishbel MacDonald, daughter of the prime minister. “As the present crisis is only an- other: proof of the failure of capi- talism,” she said—forgetting to add that her father said that all sacri- fices must be made to save this “fail- ure”—“and the need for genuine So- cialist propaganda, I feel I can sup- port my father and at the same time continue my socialist propaganda.” In short, she sees nothing incon- sistent between the Labor Party's “socialist” propaganda and the ac- tion of MacDonald in leading the attack of the imperialists against the workers. Realizing that the Henderson “op- position” may not be able to hold on to the workers, as the bond between MacDonald and the “opposition” is becoming more visible to the British workers, James Maxton, one of the leaders of the “left wing” of the La- borites in Parliament (which never kept. him from voting with MacDon- old) now opens up an attack on Hen- derson. Maxton senses that the workers will be driven to militant struggles. In order to get at the head of this movement, and if possible keep it within the strangling con- fines of the British Labor Party, Maxton writes as follows in the New Leader, a “left” British Labor Party organ: “Do the Labor Party and the new leaders now reject the revolution- ary view? That a new revodlution- ary outlook will have to be obtained and new revolutionary tactics adopted ts obvious, but thus far I have seen no realization of this on their part.” ‘To mention Henderson, or any of the other leaders of the “opposition” and revolution in the same breath, is the kind of fakery in which the Max- ton group is especially skillful. The only party in England which is car- rying on agitation and organization for revolution and the overthrow of British capitalism is the Communist Party which has consistently ex- posed the role of MacDonald and unem- saving public unem- relief Henderson as well as Maxton & Co. WORKERS N il (IATIVE STIRRING. IN CHICAGO! READERS CLUB I! AN FRANCISCO GROWING FAST! “Please send us an outline for the Daily Worker Readers’ Club,” write A. &., District 13 Daily Worker A “Also send outline for Red Builde Club. At last meeting of the Read Club, four were present. We all real- ized that in order to do any work at all, we must mobilize more workers than we have now. The entire mem- bership agreed to draw up a leaflet in the rough. The purpose of this leaflet is to mobilize the workers. About a thousand will be run off and distributed.” Outline on Daily Worker Readers Club on the way. We are sure that through distribution of the mimeo- graphed leaflet, membership at sec- ond meeting of club will be im- mensely strengthened. You will find tips on Red Builders News Club on back of membership cards being sent. We believe, however, it would be much better for District 13 to combine the two clubs into one greater Daily Worker Club; part of the activity of club to be devoted to circulation, sales, etc., and part to reading and discussion of the Daily Worker, etc. It is not necessary to maintain two separate clubs. What do you think, Dis- trict 137 Send me sub blanks and list of all who have been Daily Worker readers and I will visit them for subscrip- tions, There’s over 125 subscribers I believe in Westville, Georgetown and Danville, Ill,” writes O, S., Danville. What about Daily Worker clubs of readers and subscribers at these points, O. S.? Mailing list has been sent. Every subscriber visited should be induced to come to a meeting of the club to be called by functionaries of Westville, Georgetown and Dan- ville. Comrades, fortify your units by establishing some of these clubs. Out- lines being sent. New Club In Chicago. “A Red Builders News Club has been organized in this territory most- ly of active comrades from the Skand Workers League, Lake View,” writes 8S. H,, Chicago, Ill, secretary of the club. “The §8.W.L. sells five Daily Workers daily; we want thisebundle increased to 40 copies a day. These 40 copies are to be paid for by the Red Builders Club.” This is splendid news. We suggest that meetings of the Red Builders Club be open to all workers and sympathizers whether they are interested in selling the Daily or not. Discussion of contents of the paper should be held.and re- ports sent in to the Daily Worker Club Department. Members,.of the club should also be urged to write about conditions in their shop, fac- tory, mill, mine, neighborhood, home, etc, for the Daily Worker. Good luck, Chicago! SEND IN YOUR RENEWAL NOW! Subscriptions are coming in, but not nearly fast enough. The Daily Worker cannot exist without subs; the workers of America cannot be organized without the Daily Work- er to guide them. A. J. N., Lands- downe, Md., has the correct line. “Enclosed find $1 (all I can spare now) for renewal of my subscrip- tion for another two months. No worker can afford to be without the fighting “Daily.” It is the workers’ own paper, awakening them to a realization of their own mass power and to use it in an organized man- ner. May it be read this winter by a million workers.” We hope so, comrade. Pledge $1 a Month to Daily Worker A donation of $15.45 has just been received from the United Ukrainian Toilers Organizations, Inc., of New York City. Thanks, comrades! Also donation of $1 each from H. Hulet, FP. Gadman and J. Adams, all of and Rapids, Mich. Daily Worker Week at Unity Camp N. Y., netted he Daily Worker, $77.74. Let's have more Daily Worker affairs through- out the country. Boss Courts Return 25 New Indictments In Harlan Case (CONTINUED FROM PAGE long as they find anybody who needs to be indicted. No indictments have been returned for terrorizing the miners, such 4s two destructions of property and two non-fatal shootings. These are the blowing up of the miners’ relief kit- chen in Evarts and the auto of Mrs. Jessie Wakefield, head of the Inter- national Labor Defense relief work; and the shooting in the legs of Bruce Crawford, editor of Crawford's Weekly, Norton, Va. and Boris Is- rael, Federated Press correspondent. Sheriff John Henry Blair told me that in some cases he was not no- tified directly at all and in others notified so late that he could not trace any suspects. Although Commonwealth's Attor- ney W. A. Brock has asked and re- ceived transfer of cases of murder and banding and confederating to other counties, he has not requested the transfer of the numerous crim- inal syndicalism cases, eight of which ar eset for immediate trial Among the eight defendants are Arnold Johnson, American Civil Lib- erties Union representative, and Mrs. Jessie Wakefield, of the Interna- tional Labor Defense, now in jail be- cause they refused to make a $5,000 peace bond in addition to bail of $5,000. One of the six local defend- ants is Jason Alford, village preezher who after being arrested and cau- tioned once, according to Common- wealth’s Attorney Brock, “went right out and addressed another union meeting!” This time Brock refused to release him without a $5,000 peace bond for good behavior. Judge D. ©, Jones cautioned him in court that he could not serve both God and the devil and he was now at the crossroads, The case of William Burnett, held on..the. framed-up charge of killing Deputy Jesse Pace, has been set for November 5 at Mt. Stirling. Two of Burnett's chief witn , Hager Lane and Woody Emery, were indicted August 25 for the same killing, al- though up to the last few days no- ONE) body had claimed they were sus- pects. eee aS HARLAN, Ky., Sept. 3-—-The Am- erican Legoin in Harlan and Middle- sboro, Ky., have openly declared war against the miners on the issue, as they put it, of “Americanism vs. Communism.” They have issued an identical lea- flet in which they manufacture what is purported to be a quotation from the official organ of the Commun- ist Party of the Soviet Union, “Prav- da”—the leaflet spells it “Provada”— telling about a bloody revolution as the immediate obligation on all sec- tions of the Communist Interna- tional. The Legion then calls on all the fascist elements “for god and coun- try,” to band together to help the deputy sheriffs, under the guise of an anti-red drive, to force the min- ers into accepting starvation without resistance, DAILY WORKER MORNING BAZ MADISON SQUARE (¢ to Name .... 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