The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 15, 1932, Page 1

| ¥ bod \ the Day’s News BRAZIL FEDERALS CLAIM A GAIN RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 14—The @apture of Cruzeiro by federal troops ‘was announced yesterday by the goy- ernment of Getulio Vargas. Cruzeiro is an important strategical position egmmanding all communication lines into the state of San Paul, Brazil. In TO DIVIDE JOBS Leading capitalists of the United States, under the leadership of Wal- ter Teagle, president of the Stand- ard Oil Company of New Jersey, met in the latter's office yesterday to start a campaign of wage-cuts by dividing Jobs, * HOOVER DEMANDS MORE POWER WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 14— Hunger Hoover yesterday. instructed Roop, director of the budget, to be- gin an investigation of the possibility of consolidating and reducing the number of federal agencies for “the sake of economy.” ‘The plan is to give Hoover more power. WAGES OF UNORGANIZED WORKERS CUT MOST WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 14— After studying reports from 1,718 dif- ferent kinds of business, the National Industrial Conference Board has an- nounced that unorganized workers have suffered more from wage-cuts than organized workers. The wages of the American work- ing class are only one-third of what | they were three years ago. FARMERS WIN RISE IN MILK PRICE OMAHA, Nebraska, Sept. 14—The milk price war between the farmers here and the milk trust ended today with the farmers getting an increase cents a hundredweight and the . wetail price being increased 1 cent. ee tae A MOVIE FAN. HEMPSTEAD, L, L., Sept. 14, Capitalist glorification of* banditry ‘was blamed by the police when John Rusinski, 17, was found wandering around with a fully laden cartridge belt, two loaded pistols, and a pair of handcuffs, “AMERICAN NURSE” SIGHTED NEAR AZORES LONDON, Sept. 14—The mono- plane “American Nurse,” attempting @ non-stop flight from New York to Rome, was sighted yesterday 450 miles north of the Azores. Aboard the plane, in addition to the pilot, are a physician and a nurse. ark oer DIDN’T DO IT RIGHT. “WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 14. ‘The Capital Fur Shop was denied an injunction against the A, F, of L. Internationai Fur Workers’ Union, because the shop did not go through the correct steps to get an injunction as outlined in the so-called “anti-in- junction” act. The decision was made by Justice Daniel W, O’Do! ghue. fo eences é X+RAY HUNTS THUMB TACK, JAMAICA, L, I., Sept. 14, — The progress of a thumb tack through the digestive system of Patricia Clarke, 19 months old, is being followed by ‘X-ray experts at Mary Immaculate hospital. The child swallowed the thumb tack while playing in her home 172 105th Ave. So far there are no ill effects, A ANOTHER HOOVER PANACEA WASHINGTON, D.-C., Sept. 14.— The Hoover starvation government yesterday again claimed that it “solved” the desperate problem of the 15,000,000 unemployed workers in this country by announcing that 25,000 workers may receive jobs as the re- sult of Hoover's “new program of public works,” connected with the war department. - * 8 * BANKERS UNDERSTAND HOOVER WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 14, — Hoover's plea for a 60-day moratori- um on home mortgage foreclosures was just a grand stand gesture that lies had no effect on staying the banks from grabbing the homes of ismall owners, a Scripps Howard sur- yey discloses, Glassford, Whose Cops Killed Bonus Marcher, is Praised by Thomas NEW YORK. - Norman Thomas, Socialist Party candidate for presi- dent, repeated the socialist stand against the payment of the veterans’ honus, when he made a speech Tues- day in Hempstead, L, I. But the Rev, Thomas has learned something in his first contacts with the workers recently. He now says, it might “well be made part of a com- prehensive program for unemploy- ment’relief” if there is “payment of the bonus to unemployed veterans ‘this year.” ‘Then he praised Superintendent of Police Glassford of Washington, for his present criticism of Hoover's statement that the bonus marchers were criminals and Communists. Thomas did not mention that Glassford’s police were first to kill a veteran, Sam Brown Still inJail; ~~ Must Intensify Drive to Win His Release An the Daily Worker several days ago it was announced that Sam Brown, a young Negro worker ar- rested at the demonstration at the Home Relief Buro in Harlem, had been released on bail. This was an , as Brown has not been re- eased on bail. _ It is necessary that the campaign for the release of Sam Brown be greatly intensified. All workers or- ganizations are called upon to send protest resolutions to Judge Aurelio, z ate's Court, 5th District, at “10 E. 121st St. ‘Workers and organizations are call- ‘ed. upon to send in immediately funds to'the Sam Brown Defense Commit- which is working in cooperation the IL.D. at 799 Broadway. VOTE, COMMUNIST FOR: 1, Unemployment and Social Insurance + at the expense of the state and em- * ployers, Against Hoover’s wage-cutting policy, Emergency relief for the poor farm- ers without restrictions by the governs ment and banks; exemption of poor farmers from taxes, and no forced Dail Central collection of rent or debts Orga (Section of the Communist International) VOTE COMMUNIST FOR: 4. Equal rights for the Negroes and self= determination for the Black Belt 5. Against capitalist terror; against all forms of suppression of the poliitcal rights of workers, 5. Against imperialist war; for the de- fense of the Chinese people and of the So viet Union, Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at GH New York, N.Y., under the Act of March 3, 1879, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1: 1932 CITY EDITION Price 3 Cents Vol. TX, No, 221 FORCES REST ON FOSTER \Heart Is Affected, Doctor’s Letters | Show DUNNE COVERING DATES Travelled 17,000 Miles, | Spoke to 200,000 The illness of William Z. Foster, presidential candidate of the Com- munist Party, has made it necessary | to cancel a large portion of the re- | maining part of an intensive national | speaking tour, which began on June 1. In the three months of June, July and August, Com- rade Foster spoke at seven- ty meetings from coast to coast, traveling 17,000> miles and addressing FOSTER over 200,000 listeners. This trip entailed such ex- cessive strain’ upon Comrade Foster's normally strong physique as to se- riously effect his heart. A prelimi- nary medical examination, on August 28 already brought serious warning from the doctors, that Foster would have to reduce his exertions in the campaign. Before another week, which included such experience as Foster being physically driven from Zeigler, Ill, by 50 gunmen in the employ of the coal companies and United Mine Workers, Foster suffered a more serious breakdown. For the information of the tens of thousands of workers who have been disappointed by these developments in their desire to hear Foster, and the masses generally who’are vitally interested in Comrade Foster's health, we are printing below @ com- munication from Doctor Bernstein who is in charge of medical care for Comrade Foster. Urged to Rest Last Month “September 8, 1932. “Mr. R. Saltzman, “International Workers’ Order, “Dear Mr. Saltzman: ‘On August 28, 1932, Mr. William Z. Foster presented himself at my office for a complete physical examination. He complained of recurrent attacks o foppression in the left side of his chest associated with extreme effort, particularly when delivering a speech. These attacks have appeared in the last. eight weeks, are of varying se- verity and completely eliminated by rest and sleep. “Although the physical examina- tion does not reveal any gross devia- tions from normal, the history very strongly suggests the presence of @ spasmodic disease of the coronary blood vessels, ie., the blood vessels supplying the heart. The electrocar- diogram reveals slight suggestive evi- dence to bear out this impression. “A careful survey of Mr. Foster’s activities for the past year indicates total disregard for his realth and re- serve. He is constantly working under terrific tension, has had practically no relaxation or recreation, gets a minimum of sleep and eats with great irregularity. This is the essen- tial groundwork for heart strain and cannot too strongly emphasize the importance of his curtailing his fu- ture activities to some extent. His usefulness would no doubt be greatly increased, were he to manifest great- er consideration for his physical re- serve.” ‘The above is a copy of the letter that was sent to Mr. Shaffer on Au- gust 29, I emphasized to Mr. Foster the importance of limiting his strain to the minimum and also’ cautioned him that should the pain become worse, he was to terminate his teur at once. He promised to limit his strain, cut down his schedule and modify the duration of his speeches. The following telegram was received by me on the evening of September 7. ? September 7, 1932. “Dr. S. Bernstein “1125 Madison Ave. “Much worse pain unceasing also weakness stop Pain developing left arm hand stop What do you advise Address 1413 West 18th St Chicago “Foster” I promptly answered as follows: “Mr. William Z. Foster “1413 West 18th St “Chicago : “Insist immediate cessation of all activities. Bed’ rest and use of ni- troglycerin for pain. Await letter.” The following letter was written at the same time. “Suicidal to Continue Tour” “Mr. William Z. Foster “1413 West,18th St. “Chicago, Ill. ‘Dear Mr. Foster: , “The character and distribution of the pain confirm the original impres- sion of coronary artery disease (an- gina pectoris). It would be absolutely suicidal to continue tour. Complete bedrest, the use of the nitroglycerin and the recording of the temperature are essential.” Foster is now resting in Chicago in compliance with the doctor's in- structions. eae | TOUR STRAIN not infrequently leads to tragedy. T' WORKING WOMEN GIVE $100 TO KEEP FOUR-PAGE ‘DAILY’ only $12,236.50 of our Call on Mass Organizations to Draw Entire Membership Into Drive One hundred dollars was contributed to the Daily Worker Emer- gency Fund last night by Councils 9, 1 1, 22, 23 and 37 of the United Councils of Working class Women. Realizing the extreme peril of the Daily’s position and the need of keeping their own paper alive, they ar- ranged a movie party for the benefit of the Daily. For-days they gave what little time they had toward making the event a success. It was no easy ‘task. For these women bear the brunt of the struggle in rent strikes, in demonstrations before Home Relief Buros to demand jobless relief from the bosses and the city government. They know chow indispensable the Daily Worker is in these struggles, as it is in all the struggles of the workers They found time enough to make this affair a success. And yesterday, when they brought their contribution to the Daily Worker office, they, urged all other other councils and all mass and fraternal organizations to follow their example, to draw the ENTIRE organization into the fight to save the Daily! But .... even with this $100, yesterday's donations only totalled $494.97, less than half of the sum we need dail ee here $40,000 objective has been $1,200 daily. You must get it if your Daily is to live! ALL FUNDS to the DAILY WORKER, 50 E. 13th St., N. Y. C. ly. Since the drive began, received. We need 200 DELEGATES HEAR JOHN PACE Elect Delegates to MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Sept. 14— Over 200 delegates from various vet- erans’ organizations attended a lo- cal conference here Sunday under the® auspices of the Workers Ex- Servicemen’s League and the Bonus Marchers Rank and File Committee and elected a delegation to attend the National Rank and File Veter- ans’ Conference to be held in Cleve- land, Sept. 23. The conference was addressed by John T. Pace, who led the Detroit contingent of the bonus marchers to Washitigton. PICKETS JAILED IN PAINT STRIKE Defended Themselves Against Thugs NEW YORK.—For fighting against starvation wages eight pickets at the Skaler Construction Co. job were ar- rested yesterday, The workers on this job are Striking under the lead- trship of the Alteration Painters Union, Yesterday the boss attempted to continue the work with scab labor, He brought a group of painters to the job, but when the workers learned that there was a strike on they re- fused to work and joined with the pickets, The boss thereupon brought two professional gunmen to the scene of activity, The gunmen threatened the pickets, but the pickets drove the gurimen off. Later the gunmen returned with a heavy mobilization of police and de- tectives. They pointed out several of the pickets. The police swooped down upon several of the strikers and rushed them to jail where they were charged with assaulting the gunmen, z The strike is continuing at full swing. The jailed pickets are being defended by the International Labor Defense, The strike committee urges all painters to ‘come to 167th St, and oo Ave, and assist in picket- . PROVIDENCE, R. I., Sept. 14— The Communist Election Campaign Committee here is leading the work- ers in a militant struggle for the right to hold street meetings. All have been attacked and broken up by police during the last two weeks. Monday evening a big mass meeting in front of the City Hall sent in a delegation of 150 with Ann Burlak as to demand the right to the streets. The common Council, then in session refused to hear Bur- lak, had her arrested for “disorde: conduct” when she demanded the floor, and. clubbed and drove the del- egation out, Burlak was bailed out for $100. r rs Cleveland Conference: Legion Leaders in Open Attack on Veterans Bonus Mine Leader Appeals For Scottsboro Boys ah Vincent Kemenovich, speaking to strikirig miners. The National min- ers’ Union and two of its leaders, F. Borich and Kemenovich have issued an appeal to all miners to support Scottsboro and Anti-De- portation Day on Oct. 8th. N. M. U. ENDORSES SCOTTSBORO DAY World Demonstrations October 8 PITTSBURGH, Sept. 14—The Na- tional Miners Union, busy fighting| high state Legion officials were get- against the deportations of two of its leaders, F. Borich, national secretary, and V. Kemenovich, secretary of the Western Pennsylvania District, and many other militant miners, and also fighting to organize the thousands of Negro miners energetically en- dorses the Scottsboro and Anti-De- portation Day on Oct. 8, initiated by the International Labor Defense. In a statement issued yesterday, the National Committee of the N. M. U. points out: “The coal operators and their local state -and national governments are’ trying to make use of the tion weapon to further cut the wages of the miners and starve them into accepting semi-slave condtions. At the same time, and as a part of this fight, the operators are trying to prevent the growing unity of the Negro and white miners through ter- ror. “The National Miners’ Union calls upon all its members, upon all the miners and their families and upon the entire working class to demon- strate on Oct. 8 for the freedom of the nine Scottsboro boys, DEMAND RIGHT TO MEET Demonstrate at Providence City Hall The workers in front of the hall formed a picket line, and a crowd of them followed Burlak and picketed the jail. The Socialist Labor Party is work. ing with the city government to sup- 'press Communist meetings, the SLP candidate for governor having com- plained to the police that the Com- munist meetings crowded the SLP meetings off the City Hall Plaza. “The mayor now rules that the t* Balked by Officials tly |Communist speakers must give way to the SLP speakers at 9:15 every|sgress Party”, meaning that Gandhi night they meet in front of the City |must be preserved as an instrument unists refuse to ac- ted stem the revolutionary struggle Hall. The Commi cept any such at a RANK AND FILE PUSH FOR BONUS Hoover Censure Moves} PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 14.—Fol- lowing the parade here yesterday, the American Legion Convention took on the aspect of the usual annual brawl. ‘The rank and file are putting up a hard battle to force through the bo- nus resolution and the pressure is so strong that the leadership will un- doubtedly be forced to allow it to go through. Even the leaders from all sections | of the country are saying they will vote for the bonus, though they are personally opposed to it. They are attempting to head the bonus move- ment in order to behead it. Would Halt Censure. The resolutions censuring Hoover for his armed attack on the bonus army have been “toned down” by the | legion heads. Only mild and mean- ingless resolutions “regretting the fact that it was necessary to. evict the bonus army” will be presented for a vote, according to Roy Brown, legion leader from Pennsylvania. Oiling Up In a “dug-out” yesterday where ting “oiled up” as a preliminary to the steam-roller maneuver to prevent protest resolutions and militant de- mands for the bonus one of the offi- Cials revealed the truth. Membership Declines “We are doing our best to oil up the machinery, but we are not sure of success,” blurted out one of the leaders. ‘The capitalist press announced the | Membership of the American Legion | as 950,000 strong. The chairman of | the national convention, however, | Sorrowfully admitted that the paid up membership was only 470,000 at the present time. Anti-War Resolution Pushed Through UTW Mass sentiment among American Federation of Labor rank and file workers towards a united front of all workers against imperialist war yes- terday forced the convention of the United Textile Workers, now being held at the Hotel Woodstock in New York City, to pass a resolution point- ing out the danger of a new world war, and urging workers to fight im- perialist war, and to defend the Sov- iet Union and the Chinese people, A resolution demanding the recog- nition of the Soviet Union by the United States was passed, 30 to 18, after a bitter debate lasting “two hours, Gov’t Moves to Prevent Ghandi’s Hunger Strike LONDON, Sept, 14, — The British government may set Mahatma Ghen- di at liberty before he starts his threatened hunger strike, it was hinted in political circles here. George Lansbury, leader of the “Labor Opposition” in parliament, said yesterday: “There can be no Peace without Ghandi and the Con- Says Communism Is | the appeal declared. CALLS FOR MASS FIGHT To Defeat. Wage-Cuts, Defend Workers Standards EXPOSES SOCIALISTS Only Way Out for the Workers (Cable By Inprecorr) BERLIN, Sept. 14—An appeal en-| titled “Down With Von Papen” was| issued by the Communist Party of | Germany, The appeal declared that| Von Papen is ignoring the over-| whelming vote of the Reichstag and} is remaining in office supported by| the bayonets of the Reichswehr and the services of all capitalist parties, | from the fascist to the socialist party. | Only the united revolutionary | struggle of the masses can overthrow | the government of fascist dictator- | ship, defeat the wage-cuts and de-| fend the workers’ living standards, For Work, Bread and Freedom Von Papen’s economic program means the enrichment of a small clique at the expense of the workers | on whose shoulders new burdens are | placed. The only way out is commu- | nism and the workers must rally around the Communists in the strug- gle for work, bread and freedom. The appeal exposes the empty demagogy of the fascists comparing it with the fascists’ actions, murder- ing workers, supporting Papen, etc. It also exposes the cowardice, the treachery of the socialists, whose tol- eration of Bruening prepared the way | for Papen. In retreating when the} Junker Chancellor attacked Prussia, | in sabotaging the communist strike proposal, against this attack, etc. Centre Landed In Hitler’s Arms. The Centre Party is attacked in the appeal which shows how this party which promised a stern struggle against fascism ended up in Hitler's arms and worked for a coalition giv- ing the fascists control over the pre- | sidiums of the Reichstag and the! Prussian Diet. The appeal calls upon fascist, Catholic, socialist workers to join with the Communists in a united struggle against Papen and declares: “Whoever wants to defeat Papen and Schleicher must fight against Hitler, | Bruening and Severing.” It ends by| repeating the former offer of the| Communist Party to co-operate with | all workers’ organizations prepared to struggle against fascism, wage- cuts, exceptional courts, militarism, imperialist war, the Versailles and Lausanne treaties and for socialism, Cops Fail to Disperse Pickets at Rex Shops; | Steinman Strike Won) NEW YORK. — The boss of the} Rex Products Corp. has had addi- | tional police assigned to his shop to terrorize his workers who are on strike under the leadership of the Metal Workers’ ‘Industrial Union, All| day yesterday the cops molested the pickets, and tried to break up the picket lines, In spite of this the workers carried through their ustal noon mass picketing and refused to disperse at the order of the cops, Committees of workers visited a number of shops which, according to information received by the strike committee, were doing work for Rex, In many of these shops the strikers were assured that the workers would do everything possible to prevent the production of materials for Rex, even to the extent of going on a sym- pathy strike, ~ The strike at the Steinman Co, was settled yesterday when the boss signed a Contract with the Metal Workers Industrial Union. The work- ers won union recognition and pay for legal holidays. jed. | ses, has been arrested anq is held by Paterson GERMAN CP. \Call Weavers of Strike to Unite All Crafts | Silk Workers Fighting Low Wages and 14 Hr. Day; U.T.W. for ‘Stoppage’ of Weavers Only National: Textile Workers Union Calls for Strike of All Silk and Dye Workers PATERSON, N. J., Sept. 14.—Paterson textile workers are on strike of the capitalist press says 6,000 are Union is checking on the numbers. The United Textile Workers called the strike for: | against intolerable low wages and very bad conditions on the job. Estimates out. The National Textile Workers ° ‘a basic eight-hour day, 44-hour week and 4 cents per 6 eee yard of 60 picks,” for weavers. Splitting Tactics The U.T.W. at first talked of a general strike, but now calls for a “stoppage” of weavers only. The U. T.W. leaders have helped the mill- owners cut wages 50 per cent in the | last year, and right now are trying to split the silk workers by making this a struggle of weavers only. They are also holding constant conferences with the Chamber of Commerce and the employers, to sell out the strug- | gle. | Muste, Budenz and Gitlow, of the U.T.W. held a meeting last night, | and only a couple hundred respond- | The Musteites are opposed to} mass picketing or strike meetings. | Make It A Real Strike The National Textile Workers Un- | ion distributed leaflets today “urging | all Paterson strikers to turn this “stoppage” into a real strike, and a united strike of all silk and dye house workers. The N.T.W. has for some time been urging the building of united front strike committees in all departments of all Paterson. mills, for a united struggle to win demands for all the | workers. | The N.T.W. leaflets today point out | the desperate need of haste to pre- vent this present strike from being sold out by the U.T.W. United Front Committees “Get togetlier in each department” says the N.T.W., “and work out your demands!”. The N.T.W. pledges its | full support.to a real strike. Morris M. Brown, Paterson. organ- izer of the N.T.W. and Martin Rus- sak,. its national organizer, will speak at a mass meeting of strikers tonight. The miceting is called by the N.T.W. Less Than 3 Cents A Yard Conditions in the Paterson’ mills against which the workers are strik- ing are outlined in a recent N.T.W. leaflets as follows: “Weavers are getting from 2%c to 2%e a yard for 76 picks, working 10 to 14 hours, averaging about $10 a week, In one shop, weavers have to enter new warps without pay for it. It is nothing unusual for bosses to steal yards. Weavers are fired for any little flaws. Poor drinking water, unsanitary conditions, poor lights and insufficient equipment are com- mon in the shops. In one shop, a loomfixer is hired and gets a nickel for adjusting a picking stick and while doing this, he sees another | loomfixer fixing a filling motion and this loomfixer gets a quarter. One loomfixer is taking care of 92 looms —12 hots for $30 a week. Warpers are getting 4c average. Winders and | quill winders earn about $10 a week.” \ . . | In the dye houses the wage is 15) to 45 cents an hour and unemployed | are asked to go to work for one year | for food only, with a promise of | a bonus, at the end of the year. Demand Release of Guatemalian Worker RETALHUELO, Guatemala, Sept. 6 (By Mail).—Juan Bucovich, worker and leader of the Guatemalan mas- the military authorities here. It is believed the Yankee colonial agents here plan to murder him as they haye many other working class lead- ers. NEW YORK. — The International Labor Defense today issued a call to the workers of the United States to join in the protest against the de- tention and threatened murder of Juan Bueovich, FORD LEADS P Convention Demands Jobless Be Freed SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 14—James W. Ford, Communist candidate for vice-president was a main speaker at the Washington state nominating Convention of thé Communist Party | here yesterday. Ford led the 197 delegates, 80 per cent of them non-Party workers, and a procession of Seattle workers and jobless down the street to Skaggs Grocery Company's main office here | in a demonstration of protest against the arresting of militant Anacortes, Washington, workers. The arrested workers are charged with grand lar- ceny and incitement to riot during a demonstration in Anacortes against the Red Cross starvation system and discrimination against militant work- ers, The demonstrators took possés- sion of the Anacortes branch of Skaggs Grocery and the starving helped themselves to food. the Indian workers and peasants, 1,200 Hear Ford. Ford led the demonstration against ROTEST Skaggs during an afternoon recess of the convention. That night, the hall was thrown open to the masses of Seattle workers, and 1,200 of them, packing two halls connected with loud speakers, heard Foster speak. James Maurer, socialist vice-presi- dential candidate spoke here last week to 100 people. The Communist candidate called on the Seattle waterfront workers to repeat the 1919 strike action by stopping munition shipments in- tended for attack on the Chinese workers and the Soviet Union. Nominate Ticket. The Convention nominated Alec Neral, Communist Party district or- ganizer for U. 8, Senator from Wash- ington. William Eibee was nomi- nated for congress from the second Washington district. The delegates loudly cheered the news that the Communist candidates were on the ballot in Oregon. UNITED FRONT IN GARY WINS 1,100 Hear Dunne, Pledge Support CHICAGO, Sept. 14—Eleven hun- dred workers in Gary, gathered at Turner Hall in an overflow meetin: heard Bill Dunne, who is fulfilling the speaking duties of William 2. Foster, who has been taken ill. The workers pledged to suppoft Foster and Ford, the Communist election | Struggle and the call to action is- sued by. Presidential candidate Fos- ter at his September 10 meeting in Chicago. The meeting repudiated the lying story under a Gary dateline on page ‘one of the New York Time? of July 31, which stated that the Gary unemployed had solved the problem of the crisis with 44,00 gar- dens grown under the auspices of the steel company welfare department. An enthusiastic welcome was ac- corded the report of the Warren steel strike victory. A message of sym- pathy and support was sent to Com- rade Foster by the meeting. Dave Mates, section organizer of the Communist Party, was the chair- man,- The other speakers were Wil- liam Agnew, a Negro steel worker who is the Communist candidate for state representative; Wenzel Stocker, metal worker, candidate for Lieuten- ant Governor; Lydia Oken, candi- date for State Representative. ‘The mass meeting was preceded by @ 15-minute radio talk by Wenzel Stocker over station WJKS. The speech of Bill Dunne, emphasizing the practical measures necessary for a wide united front struggle against hunger and imperialist war, was continually interrupted with ap- Plause and cheering. Dunne will speak in Youngstowr on Thursday. REPORT ILLINOIS MINERS MARCHING Rank and File Demand To Picket Franklin WEST FRANKFORT, IIl., Sept. 14. —The Rank and File Opposition de- mand for mass marching and mass picketing of the strategic Franklin County coal mines now running, has resulted in a movement of groups of marchers of unknown size toward the county line. The 10,000 Franklin County miners are ready to join the strike of 35,000 other miners of Illinois against the 18 per cent wage-cut agreed on by the operators and the United Mine Workers’ officials, but are held down now by a brutal reign of terror, GET 68 BODIES FROM DEATH SHIP Communist Calls for Compensation NEW YORK. — On Tuesday night and Wednesday morning 23 more bodies came to the surface of the East River where the steamer Ob- servation blew up Friday and sank, with a loaq of 126 building workers forced by the J, P. Carlin contract- ing Co, to ride, and even pay their way on her. This brings the number of bodies recovered so far to 68. At least four more are known to be missing, and perhaps the number is greater tham that. The federal inspectors had pag sed the ship as “safe”, Yesterday G. F, Keogh, president of the Welding Company that the owners of the boat hired to repair the boiler recently testified, and admitted that his firm had no authorization te repair marine boilers, ang that the particular man who did the work had no previous experience with these boilers, It is obvious that the ship's owner hired this firm because it was cheap, A boiler explosion sank the boat, after a number of firemen had quit when they found the boiler unsafe. William L. Patterson, Communist candidate for mayor of New York recently voiced his party's’ demand for full compensation for the fami- Mes of the murdered men, and for Communists in office to force real in- spection of the death traps in the a 5 au URE.