The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 28, 1933, Page 2

1,000 AT NEWARK LENIN MEETING Protest Ga. Verdict; Other Gatherings Hathaway. New York Distric becca G: Dis' New Jersey and Ch Young Communist League in District 14 were the speakers. Del- egates of the Young Pioneers were Present. The Freiheit Gangs Ver- ein of Newark and the In ational Workers’ Order Sym y emble of New o¥rk rounded out pro- gram. Comrade Hathaway, in explaining | Lenin’s stand on war, called upon the workers of New Jersey to orga- nize and prepare now in order that they may really be ready when the time comes to turn the imperialist war into civil war. New Jersey is known for its war industries; during the last war it was one of the busiest | States engaged in the manufacture } nd transportation of all sorts of chemicals, poisonous gases and muni- tions, he pointd out. A resolution was adopted and sent to the Governor of Georgia demand- ing the immediate release of 19-year old Angelo Herndon, sentenced to 20 years on the chain gang for having Communist literature in his posses- sion. a Rockford Meet Starts Drive. ROCKFORD, Ill. — A successful | Lenin Memorial meeting was held at Lyran Hall, over 400 workers attend- ing and a revolutionary program | given. Principal speakers were Claude | Light‘sot from Chicago and Jack | Anderson, the Party candidate for mayor in the loc) elections. Ewald Anderson brought the greetings from | the Scandinavian Workers League, 'T. Twarionas spoke in the name of | the Young Communist League. The | musical numbers and chorus singi ‘by the Lithuanian and Scand’ an workers choruses were received with @ great enthusiasm. Comrade Wm. Z. Foster’s message | to Chicago workers on the support of the Daily Worker was read and en- | dorsed. | This meeting was also a real be-| ginning for the municipal election | campaign. Scores of signatures were | gotten for the petitions. Several new members joined into the Communist Party. ° . Join N. M. U. at Portage Meet. PORTAGE, Pa—The Lenin mem- otial meetings were held in Johnston in Hager Hall on Sunday, Jan. 22, at 2336 p. m. and at Portage, Pa., in Hungarian Hall. ‘Tom Rodgers, chairman of the Portage meeting, then spoke on un- employment and what must be done to increase the relief here. Comrade Jack Johnstone, district organizer of the Party, then spoke on the united Tront struggles for relief, and the ‘war danger. George Stark of the National Min- ers Union spoke on the coming United Front Conference Feb. 19, and the Hunger March to Harris- burg, March 1. A collection of $3.29 was made for the expenses of the meeting, two made application to join the Party, | and others joined the N.M.U. Eighty | | | workers attended the meeting. Cae ae 150 Meet in Syracuse. SYRACUSE, N. Y.—About 150 workers came to the Lenin Memor- jal Meeting in Syracuse in spite of a terrific downpour. Comrade Essman, the main speaker, pointed out that where Lenininsm was followed the workers were making great strides forward, but that where the social fascists still had influence the work- ets were confronted with misery and fascism. Five applications were re- eeived for the Party and $2.15 col- lected for the Daily Worker. . 100 in Denver. DENVER, Col—Over 100 workers, mostly unemployed steel workers who formerly worked for the C. F. & I, attended a Lenin Memoria] meeting held on Saturday evening, Jan. 21st. Chas. Guynn and Wm. Dietrich were the main speakers. e 400 in Ironwood. TRONWOOD, Mich.—Four hundred workers attended the Lenin Memorial meeting here, which was double the number at last year's meeting. Fair Attendance in Ellwood City. ELLWOOD CITY, Pa.—aA fair at- tendance marked the Lenin Memorial (By a Worker Correspondent.) ST. PAUL, Minn—Following the brutal attack of the Farmer-Labor Mayor Anderson’s Minneapolis police | the City Hunger March of Nov.) 0, there appeared an article in the| press, making a com- ction of Mayor and the Mahoney of t the workers march} and who in ¢ 1, they friend of labor.” But e facts? In St. Paul the relief for the un-| employed is even scarcer than in ‘or Maho- rds the work- e working un. they have to work for their grocer- Schock & Co. grocery store sends out a package of ceries to the workers without even asking them| DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1933 what they want. When you figure up the amount that the package to- tals up, you will find that it is about half short. In addition to that, the| the workers. MAHONEY’s SCRIP plete starvation. But it seems that Mayor Mahoney thinks that this is yet too good for So he is now engagec stuff is the most lousy that can be| in trying to put over the most des- found in the store. scheme. Sick Relief. If a worker happens to be sick and| the city will issue s In addition to! picable scheme of all under the guise | these things, the unemployed have to| of giving the workers more relief | suffer from a special Medical Aid| This scheme is his Scrip Money Pro- posal. Mahoney’s Scrip Proposal. What is this scr scheme? First, money in the can't work for his relief, the city| form of dollar bills. The unemployed sends him out to Snail Lake, where of the city will be employed and paid according to the city he is to get| with this scrip. Every week, when medical aid, This Snail Lake is the} each of these dollars are spent, the dirtiest and lousiest place that can| spender will have to paste a 2-cent be found. that the unemployed get from Schock’s. The toilets, which the sick men use in common, haven’t even got running water. For this service, the city deducts $5 and up from the relief that the unemployed worker gets, which leaves his family to com~ | this basis. at the end of the The medicine is even} stamp on the scrip dollar. The city worse than the regular ‘sloppy food| will sell these 2-cent stamps. On par the rip dollar will have 52 2-cent amps on it, which will mean that the city has gotten $1.04 on the basis of the scrip dollar, and then the dollar can be exchanged. According to Mahoney, this will solve the unemployment problem in St. Paul. According to FACTS, it is @ 104 per cent tax on the workers of St. Paul. A Trip With the Scrip Dollar. Let us take a trip with the scrip dollar and see from whose pockets will come the 2-cent stamps. The! first ones to use it will naturally be the unemployed workers, who will) receive it in wages. They will pass | it on to the grocery store, etc., where they will get their immediate neces- Sities of life. Then, these stores) will pass it on to their employes as wages (this is an admission of Ma- honey himself), then these employes | will pass it on to other small busi- ness men and workers. As a result this slip of paper will be passing practically through the | hands of the workers and small busi- ness men only, and they will be the ones who will be putting on the 2-cent stamps and paying for this scheme at the rate of 104 per cent. | ST. PAUL, Minn.—Thirty-two de MINNESOTA CONFERENCE SETS HUNGER MARCH FOR FEBUARY 20 legates representing 18 workers’ and farmers’ organizations assembled at a State-wide conference to discuss a| program for Workers and Farmers Emergency Relief ‘Aj a State Unemployment Insurance Bill. After a thorough discussion, a Relief Program and an Unemployment | —— —* Organizations: Order Anti-War Manifesto Mass organizations are urged to put in their orders at once for the “Manifesto of the Central Com- ! mittee of the Communist Party of , the U. S. “Against Imperialist War,” which has just been pub: ; ished in leaflet form. Bundles ai { $1 per thousand should be ordered { irect from the National Office ot jthe Communist Party, Box 87 ! Station D, New York, N. ¥. | meeting held here in Palcso's Hall! on Jan. 20. The Lenin Memorial is- | sue of the Daily Worker was sold at} this meeting. Protest in Ossining. OSSINING, N. Y.—N white workers attending the Lenin |} Memorial and Anti-War meeting | here last Saturday night unani- mously adopted the following protest | telesram to be sent to Gov. Tal-| madge of Georgia: “We workers of Ossining, N. Y., meeting to honor Lenin, the leader of the successful revolution of the Russian toilers aaginst the slavery of tsarist oppression, register our protes aginst the slavery which the rulers of Georgia wish to fasten on the Negro and white workers of the United States through a revival of the old Georgia slave code of 1961. We demand the repeal of this law and the immediate release of Angelo Herndon from a chain gang death.” | Providence Workers Protest. PROVIDENCE, R. I—~The Lenin Memorial and Anti-War meeting unanimously adopted a protest reso- lution against the Georgia chain gang verdict sentencing Angelo Herndon to 18 to 20 years on the chain gang. . Protest Verdict in Paterson. PATERSON, N. J.—Workers as- sembled at the Lenin Memorial} meeting last Saturday at Carpenters Hali adopted a resolution protesting | aaginst the outrageous chain gang | verdict against Angelo Herndon. Rugged Individualism “Ain’t you ashamed to go digging in that ashcan? American spirit?” The Daily Worker leads the fight for real relief and unemployment insurance. Support the Daily Worker. Where’s your UNITED FRONT CONFERENCE OF JOB- LESS TO BE HELD FEB.6 IN DES MOINES DES MOINES, Ia.—The unem-| ployed in Des Moines are looking| for unity in their struggle for imme~- diate relief. We have many differ-| vent unemployed lons; some | of them controlled by City and officials or by political ad- yenturists, and some of them are lead by honest but very confused ‘workers, militant but lacking a de- finite concrete program. As a result of a successful dem- onstration for coal and another one for palanced rations and cash relief called by the Unemployed Council, the Unemployed Council has estab- Ushed itself definitely as the out- standing leader of the unemployed struggles in Des Moines. The de~/| = mand, for more coal was granted, the demand for balanced rations and | eash relief has not been granted yet. ‘The county officials tried to stall off the answer for days but were fin- forced to give their answer. Mr. wart, the Chairman of the Pau- Committee of Polk County sent lengthy letter to the Unemployed in which he appealed to unemployed workers to consider poor financial conditions of the and the tax payers, and re- it any concessions, to further uniting the ‘ile members of the differ- ployed organizations, A Unit Front Conference for bal- tions and cash relief, against forced labor, for cash pay on all pub- ’ Tp Be allt a : a pe E g a Fi = lic works, is being planned for Feb- Tuary 6th. Arrangements are being made to get the call for this confer- ence signed by both Unemployed Council and the Polk County Unem- ployed League. To this conference all working class organizations, employed and unemployed will be invited to send representatives. A meeting has al- ready been held with representatives of Polk County Unemployed League and the Unemployed Council where plans were being discussed but no| definite steps taken, However, an} agreement was reached on the most | outstanding and important issues in- | volved in this conference call. An- | other meeting will be held tomorrow | | night where final plans will be laid | out, This conference will serve as preparations for a County-wide | Hunger March planned for the latter | part of February. | Last Thursday a new Unemployed | Branch of the Unemployed Council was organized on the west side of Des Moines, this as a result of can- vassing this neighborhood by two of our returned Hunger March dele- gates. The meeting was very en- thusiastic held’ in a private home, and the possibilities for developing this branch to be a real factor in the struggle of the unemployed in this neighborhood are good. This meet- ing was the result of only ONE day of canvassing. with 17 workers from | that neighborhood present, ‘ | February 18 was set as the date for Ppropriations and | | Insurance Bill were adopted. A com- | mittee of 13 workers and farmers were elected to go before the State Legislature. A State Committee of | 15 was elected as a Workers and Farmers State Relief Committee. the arrival of the delegates in St. Paul where a mass welcoming af- fair will greet them. February 19 was set for the State-wide Confer- ence and Feb. 20 for the State March on the Capitol of Minnesota. Governor Rejects Demands, On Friday, Jan. 6th, when the com- mittee went to the State Senate, where it had an appointment for 11 o'clock, it found the doors closed. Then the committee went to the Governor, who a few days previously in his inauguration speech put forth a fake Unemployment Insurance proposal. After waiting some time the committee was granted a hear- ing. At this hearing every construc- tive proposal put forth by our com- mittee was answered by “unconsti- tutional,” “not in my power,” “im- possible,” “this would be an intrusion on the rights of the State Legisla- ture.” At the same time, using his dema- fogic phrases, he tried to convince the committee that he is proposing an Unemployment Insurance Bill. that this bill if adopted would only mean about $28 a year or 60c a week for each unemployed worker. In his arguments with the committee, Gov- ernor Olson admitted that all vic- tories of the Working Class were won by mass pressure. When informed that the State Re- lief March will take place on Feb. 20 and asked if the State would feed and lodge the delegates, the Governor was vague in his answers and said that a committee should come to see him the first part of February to discuss the question. However the Workers and Farmers Staie Relief Committee is not depending on any promises made by him and his or- ganized Commissary Committees The committee pointed out to him | BANKERS IN ON NEW AND OFFS AND W Applaud Example of Fall River Where Librar- ies Are Closed, Teachers Fired, Medical Service Cut NEW YORK. — Practical instruction on slashing city workers’ wages, overloading teachers, depriving children of certain sorts of schooling, firing janitors, reducing public health service by practically half, closing libraries—this was the nature of the speech Thursday by James Jackson, chair- man of the State Finance Com- mittee of Fall River, Mass., to eager, responsive pupils. Those who heard him were some 200 bank- ers of the Eastern Regional Savings Conference of the Savings Division of the American Bankers Association. The speech was made in the Wal- dorf Astoria Hotel. Jackson said, while in New York bankers listened eagerly: “In Fall River we were able to reduce the school budget by a 20 per cent reduction in salaries; we dispensed with the services of some 140 teachers, by increasing the teacher load from 28 to about 38; by raising the entrance are from 5% years to 6 years which closed the kindergartens, and by closing the night schools. We also elimi- nated some janitors. I believe that the economies effected thus far have not been detrimental to the child. A further study might read- ily show that our expenses could be materially reduced through some simple chanres in the curricn!um, This also without detriment to the child. / “Branch libraries have been clesed. Some depattment heads were eliminated by consolidating several departments under a com- missioner of public works at a saving of $11,000 a year. A few po- licemen and firemen have been dropped from the rolls and more modern methods have increased the efficiency and economy in operation of these departments. “The health situation of the city has been yery carefully surveyed throughout the State. by an outside medical group and we When Mahoney is asked, “How are the bankers going to participate in helping to make this slip of paper valuable?” his answer is, “To hell with the bankers, we don’t want to have anything to do with them.” Helps the Bankers. Thus, while sounding as if he is against the bankers, he is actually trying to save the bankers from any responsibility of caring for the un- employed. It is only natural that it would be impossible to involve the bankers in such a proposition. Should @ worker want to deposit some of these dollars in the bank, then the; banker would lose 2 cents every week on that dollar and Mahoney himself admits that the bankers will not do that. The bigger business men and wholesale houses will not accept the serip, This will mean that only the workers and small business men will pay. In addition to that, if a worker PLAN TO ROB EMPLOYED AND UNEMPLOYED will want to spend one of these dol- lars, he will have to spend it all at once, as there is no such a thing as getting change for the scrip dollar. Mass Meeting Feb. 2. The Unemployed Council is organ- izing a@ mass meeting on Feb. 2, where the Scrip Money Plan will be explained and discussed thoroughly. At the present time the Unemployed Council is having numerous Public Hearings exposing the condition of the unemployed workers and the role of Mayor Mahoney, in preparation for a huge supporting demonstration for Feb. 20, when the State Relief March will take place. ‘The delegates to the Workers’ and Farmers’ Relief March: will arrive in St. Paul on Feb, 18. On Feb. 19 a conference will be held and the Dem- onstration for Immediate Relief and Unemployment Insurance, to be paid by the state and employer, will take place on Feb. 20 at the Capitol. CONFERENCE SAVAGE LAY- AGE CUTTING 40 Per Cent —— | have been able to cut the cost of our health service, inctuding hos- pitals, about 40 per cent; medical attention has increased and the needy poor are getting better at- tention than ever before. “These studies could not have been made by the finance board so that board secured the services of OUTSIDE GROUPS unbiased by local feeling, to survey these dif- ferent local problems and every survey that has been made has proved that economies could be ef- fected and efficiency increased.” New York also has progressed far along this road, but Jackson's speech sets a goal tor further achievement. | Workers! This is the program of the bankers and capitalists, and of the Tammany and Lehman admin- istrations! Build the State Conference Answer it by moving in every local union of whatever affiliation, in every workers’ club and workers’ organiza- tion of every sort, for the support of the State Wide Conference on Un- employment Insurance and Labor Legislation. The conference will meet in Albany Feb. 25 to 27 at the call of 69 labor unions and other workers’ organizations. It will formulate bills to present to the legislature. There will be bills for unemployment in- surance, against evictions, against firing of city employes and looting of workers’ pay for fake relief | Schemes, against injunctions and po- | ‘lice terror in strikes, ete. | Only $535.74 was contributed in the first half of this week (up to Thurs- day inclusive) in the Daily Worker drive. This is a drop of $260.99 from the previous half-weekly report. An interesting feature of the past by Boston, which, by raising its per- centage from 6.8 to 12.2, has jumped from second to first place, topping the District 2 (New York), Work~- ers of New York District, are you going to let Boston take first place away from you? Detroit remains in third place, with Buffalo fourth, and Philadelphia, which has the third largest quota among the districts, fifth. The Chi~ cago district, with the second high- est quota, is still down near the bot- ton. The International Workers Or- der appears for the first time, but a Great deal more activity must be shown by the IWO branches if they are to reach their quota of $8,000. The quotas assigned each district are carefully arrived at. We know that each district can raise its total if it really works. Let’s organize our forces in the drive. Collect and con~ tribute. All together, save the Daily Worker. Only $79:45 was received Thursday, total of $290.44. Boston sent in the largest amount, $43.55, while the New York district made a miserable show- ing, with only $15.55 contributed. half week has been the spurt made | None of the other districts did any- thing to brag about, and District 8 (Chicago) once more was silent. At ‘Only Beginning’ Says Worker Who Sends In 40 Subs Paul Steele, writing from South Bend, Ind., offers some good points in securing “Daily” subscriptions. His letter, which appears below, gives his plan. “Y decided to increase the influ- ence of the “Daily” by trying to get it into as many homes as possible, The main barrier was the cost, so I figured that if I could get two or three or even four people to agree to chip in for one copy, and all of them to take turns reading the ‘Daily’ it would be a good thing, “My plan calls for a house-to- house canvass. at each house and where possible to leave sample copies. subscription banks, explaining the nature of the paper, price and such details. I got together a large bun’ of sample copies, thought up some geed sales points and started. My plans called for one Negro and one white to go together, “We got 40 subs to the weekly Saturday issue by merely canvassing friends. I have raised the bundle or- ders consecutively from 10 to 25 to 50 and to 66 copies. And this is only the beginning.” Build % workers correspondence troup im your factory, shop or neighborhood. Send regular letters o (ale $ : § s id 2 Py we ae BEd s iso thoy “ise 1165.58 12000 9.7 92.64 2500 3.7 26.85 500 5.8 4.05 350° 7 34.50 2000 LT 153.85 2000 7.6 431 4000 13.05 750 8.50 350 i. .D. 10,00 350 12.—Seattle — 750 13.—Calif. 2.00 1000 10.24 = 1000 235 ‘508 1.00 180 a 22.85 0 —_ 150 le 109.64 = 2000 TOTAL ~4535.34 1978.69 38200 4.6 to the Daily Worker. @ drop of $210.99 from Wednesday's | A regular sales talk | $n T printed 2,000 | » § | ho | this rate the Datly Worker cannot keep on. Speed up the drive! Total received ‘Thursday $..79.45 | Previously received 1699.59) Total received to date $1770.59 | DISTRICT 1 Collection, D. Hartauist Affair, D’ Breedvelat TOTAL Received to date DISTRICT 2 , Eurene | Roketelter 50, Kramer 10 Goldstein 10 Steinman “50 Ansler Rabmante “10 Zelien 10 Section 1, Unit 10. | simon Coll. by Unit 8 Se J Kramer 10 A Benemorsky A Harmon si ‘ Zurin 05 | Lopaidus 20 Gordon 05 Hirsh 36 | Zagik 05 J. Collere 10 Rleinoviteh 05 Meroctich: AS x Brotrlik: AB Harry M. DiGenos Faigen 8. Bongieus Kriset Cohen Bratt 05 Skiro G@ Sehuel 10) Mebite Finkelberg 25 | Pinehine Ht Wald 10, Titk Paint Co. ™ Bulmann . A Topp be Riosner 00, PB. Green J Culdenberg 00) B. Kormant Dale Cionan XH. B. A Friends 00] ML. Coll. by Unit 10 H. 8. 4 2 Solway 10 05 s. 80) Gi. -10| Carl Kieswetter “10| Pail, Wotfour -10| Larry Hechen .25| M. Rabios 110! ©. Virte 19) Peubert Dupirs Anonymous ‘Total to Date DISTRICT 3, O. Briskine Total to date DISTRICT 4. John Havdow, Collection Sam Esemin, Collection Total to date DISTRICT 6, Wm. Brimler 1.00 Total to date DISTRICT 10. Albert Gerling 3.50 ‘Total to Date | ous fighting factions and Mayor Sec- | combe had to be called in to smooth | and cash wages for all work, civic DONATIONS FOR HALF WEEK . DROP; BOSTON NOW LEADS IN ) PERCENTAGE; DISPLACES N. Y. Thursday’s Contributions Show B ig Decline; Most Districts Still Fail | to Act as Suspension Threatens | munism,” Sunday, 8 P.M, and “Ele- os day, Jan, 29, 2 p.m., and “The Minne- | national Labor Defense is arranging _from Los Angeles to the first World 35 | zona, Jan. 27, 28, 29 and 30; San Ber- 5 | banquet, Feb. A Public Hearing in Minneapolis MINNEAPOLIS, Minn—The Unemployed Council hall—212 Hennepin Ave. is packed. They are holding a souplines. Reverend Paul from the from the Salvation Army—are invited. hearing about the conditions in the Mission—staff captain Burtenshaw They have stated that they would be more than glad to cOme up and explain things to the unemployed. ion Arm: —o CUTS IN BUDGET HIT AT WORKERS Organize Fight for Relief in Canton CANTON, O.—The difficulties fac- ing the boSses and their political tools in their efforts to solve the crisis at the expense of the workers were re- vealed here when the last meeting of the City Council broke up into vari- | A messenger in a Salvati out the differences, so that the bosses’ program could be put over. The council was to accept the 1933 budget on that night, a budget which makes drastic cuts in services to the population, but practically no reduc- tion in debt and interest retirement. With their masters, the Timken Rol- ler Bearing Co., Republic Steel Corp., Pennsylvania Railroad, etc., demand- ing: further inroads on the living standards of the masses in order to keep up their profits, and with the workers growing more and more re- bellious, the politicians are finding it difficult to come to an agreement and factional struggles are splitting their ranks. The 1933 budget, while introducing small reductions in officials’ salaries, makes big slashes in the expenditures for safety, health, parks and other services that affect chiefly the work- ers. On the other hand, the item marked “miscellaneous,” while re- duced from the 1932 figure, calls for more than twice what was spent in 1931. Under this heading will come expenditure for more police and equipment. At the same time, the money spent for health will be only about half the 1931 figure. In Stark County about half the funds expended will go to the bank- ing interests, while the $300,000 re- duction in the budget is also at the expense of the workers, with officials’ Salaries remaining the same. On Feb..6, the workers of this city are going to the City Council to de- mand cash relief for the unemployed or otherwise. On the same date the township workers will rally to pre- sent the same demands before the county commissioners. The unem- ployed veterans are also fighting for cash relief. A united front of all workers around these and other de- mands is now being organized. Open Workers School and Forum in Minn. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—The Work- ers’ School is now in full swing, with three regular classes being conducted and two open forums, one downtown and the other on the South Side. A series of lectures are now being given at the South Side Workers’) Center by Walter Frank on the| Soviet Union. The lectures are given’ every Sunday afternoon at Fourth and Cedar Sts. Here also the following classes are being conducted: “ABC of Com- mentary Economics,” Monday, 8 p.m. At the North Side Workers’ Cen- ter, 1229 Logan, every Friday at 8 pan, a class is being conducted in “Working Class Organization.” The following topics are scheduled for the Downtown Workers’ Forum, 212 Hennepin Avenue: “Can Strikes Be Won During the Crisis?” Sun- sota State Hunger March,” Sunday, Feb. 5, 2 p.m. Youth Delegate Back From USSR to Tour LOS ANGELES, Cal—The Inter- a tour for Miriam Brooks, recently returned from the Soviet Union, where she went as a youth delegate Congress of the International Red Aid. The International Labor De- fense is the United States Section of the International Red Aid. The schedule of her tour is: Ari- nardino, Cal., Jan. 31; Los Angeles,| ; Santa Barbara, Cal.,| Feb. 3; Watts, where a Scottsboro dance will be held, Feb. 4, and Bakersfield, Feb. 6 and 7. “SNIPER” SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5 1:80 to 5 P.M. CAPITOL THEATRE 435 E. MAIN STREET Admission %5e Children tee y uniform appears and states that Burtenshaw is sorry—can’'t come— must speak to the soldiers at Fort Snelling. Rev. Paul left town all of a sudden—had to preach in a mis- sion in Fargo, N. D. The aldermen in the sixth ward—Bastis and Peter- son are also. invited. They must either be at the Nicholet or Radison in a dinner conference with the bankers, planning how to starve the unemployed some more. Nice repre- sentatives of labor these so-called aldermen. ‘The meeting begins. The chairman asks the workers to tell the truth about the conditions they live under. The first witness — an A. F. L. bricklayer—has lived in the mission for six months. He seems to be a fine specimen of young manhood. He says, “I lived in the mission too long —unable to do heavy work. I like to go to work but the mission grub made a wreck out of me.” Next—18 years as @ chef and cook. Don't dare to touch the food—lives only on coffee and bread: Knows too much about food to dare to eat Rev. Paul’s meals. Next one states that the rude- bakers served there put his heart on the blink. Liable to drop dead any minute. Next—states that several of his friends died in there. Doctor says no wonder they die, on account of the eats. Next—two weeks in the Salvation ‘Army—lost 8 pounds—sick all the time, Must use the lavatory every half hour. Next — stands in line five hours every day—goes in hungry—comes out hungry. Next—seeing and dreaming about oatmeal all the time. Soon going oatmeal crazy. Next question is how's the bedding —blankets and so on. One blanket a piece. One voice from the crowd. I lived there one year and have only been fortunate enough to get part of a blanket. Next about the soap in the mis- sion. Soap just enough to wash a handkerchief. Must last for under- wear—shirts and a bath. Next—worked in the mission for two months—seven to eight hours every day—in the kitchen. No money only room and board. Not able to eat the food served there. Had to bum his meals on the streets. Next—worked four hours for an old second hand shirt at the Sally. Loading furniture. Heavy work. His Jabor was at least worth $2. ‘The shirt was not worth five cents. Next — one among thousands— sleeping there on a bedbug infested bench or sleeping in a chair—sitting up all night—night after night—the cold, the abuse of the bouncers all in the soul-saving Pauls mission. And so on for an hour and a half —bringing out the misery of the un- employed. Their hunger. — their hatred against the present system. The International is sung and they all will meet again in front of the | capitol in St. Paul next month, Feb. 20th. The hunger march. INFLATION HITS N. Z. WORKERS WELLINGTON, N. Z.—A new at- tack on the workers of New Zealand has just started with the rapid rise in prices of food and other commodi- ties, through the inflationary meas- ure of raising the exchange rate of the New Zealand pound. The actual effect is a wage cut on a national scale. A crime against the working class to permit the Daily Worker to sus- pend. Rush funds today. a FARM MILITANCY WORRIES CAPITAL Force Legislators to Pretend Aid WASHINGTON, D. C.—Increas- ingly disturbed by the growing mili- tancy of the farmers in their fight against foreclosures, Congressional politicians have announced that “farm mortgage relief” would get precedence in all discussions regard- ing agricultural legislation. Frankly calling attention to “deme onstrations engendered by foreclo- sures,” senators and congressmen, especially from the agrarian districts, were moving to make gestures of “aid” to the farmers. The cue to the real interest of the “friends of the farmers” is seen, how- ever, in their solicitude for the mort- gage holders, who, according to an Associated Press dispatch, “are find- ing their position precarious unless they can realize on their investment.” Many fake farm bills have been offered, but present interest is being centered on a proposal made by Sen- ator Robinson, the Democratic leader, to set up a national agency “to do for agriculture what the Recon- struction Finance Corporation was designed to do for business.” Thus, it is clear that the beneficiaries of such a bill would be the banks, rail- roads and other mortgage holders who have drawn the noose around the necks of the ruined farmers tighter each aay. * PHILADELPHIA, Pa—Five hun- dred workers at Girard Manor Hall here heard delegates from the United Farmers Protective Associa- tion tell how they stop sheriffs’ salés in Bucks County at a meeting held here last night. Speakers representing the Phila- delphia Unemployed Councils wel- comed the farmers and pledged soli- darity in their struggles. Bentzly, leader of the farmers in their fight against foreclosures and mounting debts, received an ovation at the conclusion of his speech when he called for the building of a strong bond of unity between all workers on farms and in the city. A reso- lution was passed pledging defense of the workers involved in the farm- ers’ strike against the milk trust. Workers Calendar SLLINOIS: Chicago LABOR SPORTS UNION opening sports center at Peoples Auditorium, 2457 W. Chi- cago Ave. Help FSU establish center by coming to Workers Basketball League Dance at Peoples Auditorium, Saturday, Feb. 4th at 8 p.m. LECTURE by Scott Nearing, Sunday at 2:30 p.m., Jan. 29th at 189 N. State St, Subject: “Fifteen Years of Soviet Union.” Auspices FSU. Adm. 300. With this ad 250. €.9'8). 6 NEW JERSEY amden LECTURE by E. Bender, Secy. of Unem- ployed Councils, Sunday, Jan. 29th at 8 p.m. at Workers School Forum, 860 Federal St., Camden. Subject: “The Socialist Party and War.” Admission 5 cents. Linden LENIN MEMORIAL CELEBRATION Mon- day, Jan. 30th st 8 p.m. at Ukrainian Hal Roselle ‘Bt., corner Henry St. Splendid pi gram including Lithuanian Chorus and play on Lenin. Also good speakers. Aus- pices Lénden-Roselle Unit ©. P. Passio FILM SHOWING of “Road to Life,” So- viet movie of Wandering Children, Sunday, Jan. 29th continuous, 2 p. m. to 11 p.m. at Kantor’s Auditorium, 289 Monroe St. Ad- misslon—Adults 30 cents; children 15 cents. Newark FORUM at IWO Hall, $47 Springfield Ave. just below Bergen St., Sunday, Jan. 29th afternoon at 3 p.m. Speaker: James Allen. Subject: “Social Equality for Negro Masses and Why?” Free admission. NEW YORK Troy FORUM of Workers Hducationa! Club ot ‘Troy, Sunday, Jan. 29th in the afternoon, with’ Joseph ‘Freeman, author of “Soviet Worker” speaking on “American Imperial- tom.” Address: Odd Fellows Hall, 81 4th Ave. PENNSYLVANIA Philadelohia WORKERS INTERNATIONAL RELIEF will rin @ rummage sale at 1135 Poplar Bt.. be- vinning Jan. 27th. All clothing shoupld be taken to nearest workers center where it will be nieked up by WIR for the sale. will be held . at 510 Pair- isked to be on time. Ressla followed by entertainment, Saturday, Jan. 28 at 8 p.m. at Workers Center, 4784 N. 7th St, Re- freshments. Anspices ©. P. Unit Logan. OBPN FORUM every Sunday at 2026 N. 32nd St. at 4 p. m. Speaker this Sunday J. Rechmen on “War and thé Marine Work- er.” Auspiees Workers Club, Strawberry Manston. NEIGHBORHOOD AFFAIR for relief class war prisoners, Sunday, Jan. 29 at 4754 N. 7th St. Auspiées Loran Branch TLD. Good proram, refreshments. All invited. PACKAGE PARTY given by Section 4, TED, Saturday, Jan. 23 at 8 p.m. Enter- tsinment, excellent food, dancing at 2924 Westmont St. Admission 25 cents, Unem- nioved 15 cents. RHODE ISLAND Providence OPEN FORUM, Sunday, Jan. 29 at 8 p.m. at ACA Hall, 1755 Westminster St. Speaker: James P. Reid. Subject: “Communist Party and Unemployment Insurance.” “The struggle against militarism must not be postponed until the moment when war breaks out. Then it will be too late. The ‘traggle against war must be car- i tied on now. daily. hourly.” GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. L. LEWIS of New York will speak at a city-wide conference to be held at the New Worker's Center H<l, 336 Bond Ave. (downstairs) at 8 P. M., on Tuesday, Jan. 31, All mass organizations are asked to send dele! meeting on the financial condition of the Daily Worker. rates to this it . Readers of the “Daily” and sympathizers are urged to attend. FIRST TIME IN CHICAGO BANQUET and DACNE by SHOCK BRIGADERS of Daily, Worker SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4th, 8 P. M. HUNGARIAN HALL 1538 N. Damen Avenue Main Speaker: L. LEWIS from New York GOOD SUPPER — EXCELLENT MUSIC 25 Cents Admission With Throwaway JOIN THE DAILY WORKER SHOCK BRIGADES