The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 13, 1933, Page 3

ui ncaom a Pa Wika Leaders Release nvite Strikers to Parade Armistice Day as Provocation revious Gallup, N. Mexico, Meet Demanding Attacked by the { Cavalry on Riot Excuse GALLUP, New Mexico.—Attempting to provoke striking coal miners '@ @ bloody slanghter, General Wood who is enforcing martial law here, ited the strikers to parade Armistice Day. That same day Charles Guynn, istrict Organizer of the National Miners’ Union, Lynch and three others ire arrested by order of General Wood and the operators. An N. R. A. bor Board Representative is en® ite to Gallup to break this mili- 1B strike. e¢ twelve prisoners who have _ thrown into the military stock- for stri!-@ activities and put on ‘| bread and water diet, are refusing ‘do the forced labor inside the jail. $ 800 Strikers Attacked “Whe tactics of the coal operators “4d Gen. Wood in provoking the irkers and then brutally attacking 2m was shown Nov. 4, when 800 _ikers were peaceably assembled on + court house steps, electing a com- ,ttee to demand the release of their i Jeaders. The meeting was preceded by a dort parade led by a group of chil- “2n wearing signs: “Free Bob Rob- iys,” “Free Herbert Benjamin,” jree George Kaplan.” When they ached the court, Martha Roberts, “namic organizer of the N.MU., sose husband is one of the jailed iders, sprang on the steps and ad- “essed the strikers. ‘She was calling for a larger vol-/| Baltimore Meeting to Get Report on Tuscaloosa Crimes Startling Facts in Hands of Group of Investigators ‘TUSCALOOSA, Ala., Nov. 12. — Sensational disclosures on the back- ground of the lynching of Dan Pip- pen, Jr., and A. T. Harden here last August, will be made by the investi- gating committee of the National Committce for the Defense of Political Prisoners, now in this city, at the Baltimore Anti-Lynch Conference, Noy. 18 and 19, it was announced by Alfred E. Hirsch, secretary. ter committee to present demands|, The Ku Klux Klan has been riding Sheriff. Roberts for the immediate | ‘ease of the jailed leaders, when a “utenant of the National Guard:- mm shoved his way through the owd and grabbed hold of her. A “1m in the crowd thrust the lieuten- t aside and the crowd staxted rin- ng his uniform off him. Tear Bombs Trown Back This encugh to send twenty ardsmen’ into acvon, hurling tear s bombs, clubbing and beating orkers on all sides. Six arrests were ‘ade, including Martha Roberts, hn DeMurtas, his wife, and Chas. Beozele. Jaable to disperse the indignant ‘s, Who were throwing tear gas at them, the guardsmen ) treated, waiting for the cavalry to nh the job. Five minutes passed “ep squed of forty mounted guards- +a came tly to the nd stab- back and did ially nage to corner her between o buildings where she couldn't and he could prod her with sabze. When another striker who as boing run over by a horse grab- "od the reins to protect himself, he as brutally beaten over the back pith a sabre. = _ After the crowd was dispersed, a + ouated patrol was established on “very street. Machine guns were set ‘> both at the County Jail and the ilitary stockade. Anyone seen on “ne street after 8:30 was ordered ar- sped. Inen Gen. Wood issued the das- lly order, “Shoot to kill.” He said agve was no question of rule in in full regalia almost every night dur- ing the week the delegation has been in Alabama. Deputy Sheriffs Murray Pate and H. W. Holeman and Private Detective W. I. Huff, whom the International Labor Defense has charged with murdering the two Negro youths while | they were in their custody, were in- terviewed by the delegation Saturday. At first they refused to say anything except in the presence of a court stenographer, and later, when one was obtained, refused to talk under | any circumstances. Willie Jimison and Dan Pippen, Sr., the latter the father of one of the lynched boys, “were persuaded to leave the county for their own safety,” Judge Henry B. Foster, whom the I. L. D. has charged with arranging the lynching, told the delegation. The two had been arrested with Pippen, | Harden, and Elmore Clarke, the last | of whom accidentally escaped lynch- |ing, though badly wounded, in the original rape and murder frame-up. | Reports, which have not yet been ‘ully confirmed, are current that Jimison and Pippen, Sr., were quietly lynched. Barbara Alexander, white girl on jthe delegation from Savanah, Ga., jasked Judge Foster whether in his opinion the appointment of local counsel to the defense of the three Negro boys, after the LL.D. counsel jretained by them had been driven out of town by him and the militia which he called, was not contributory to the lynch incitement. “No,” said Judge Foster, “the DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK |2,000 Nash Auto Co.! Workers Force Mass Picketing in Strike AFL Leaders Plead for Faith in NRA to Gain Demands KENOSHA, Wis., Nov. 11.— Over 2,000 strikers of the Nash Auto Co. attended the strike meeting Thurs- day in the Italian-American Home, showing splendid militancy and fight- ing spirit, and forced the A. F. of L. officials to admit the need of mass picketing. Hundreds pledged to be at the gate where the night trick starts at 1.45 a.m. Thousands will be on the picket lines later in the morning. Paul J. Smith, member of the Ex- cutive Committee of the American Federation of Labor, spoke for over an hour and a half. He praised Pres- ident Roosevelt and the N.R.A. to the skies. He tried to soft-soap the work- ers into placing their hopes in the Labor Advisory Board and in a fed- eral conciliator. Well-Dressed Officials His fat, well-dressed figure trembled with emotion as he told how for thirty years he had been an official in various labor unions. Some workers were heard to comment, “Yes, thirty years on our backs.” Instead of electing a broad, mass, anti-lockout committee, as was proposed by John- son of the Auto Workers Union, the officials of the local trades and Labor | Council, who ran the meeting, cleverly manoeuvred to get only five men from the plant on the committee to present the demands of the workers. Henry Ohl, President of the State Federation of Labor, Smith, Felix, Olkives, President of the Local Trades and Labor Council and John Kuehl, Socialist lawyer, were elected to this | committee also as “representatives” of the men. No discussion or formulation of de- mands for the 2,800 workers locked out, was allowed. The A. F. of L. leaders are obviously trying to keep | the strike limited to the 200 men on} the final assembly line. As far as| they are concerned, the majority of | the men in the plant have no griev- ances whatever. | The Auto Workers Union has ts- | sued a call through all its members | for militant mass picketing. Demand Wage Increase The entire plant of the Nash Mo- tors Co. was closed down on account of the stoppage of the final assembly line and nearby departments by the | workers, who are demanding 5 1-2) cents per car per man on the line. The line produces 12 cars per hour and the company offered the men 4 cents per car. Al day today the men, many of whom are young workers | employed for the first time, kept the line standing still, holding out for their demands. The company offi- cials tried in vain to break down the resistance of the men and at 1 o'clock this afternoon they closed down the entire plant. Pat Moohan, the works manager, came into the big Nash restaurani where hundreds of workers were gathered, annouaced the shut-down and all the men out of the Place. Members of the Auto Workers Union immediately proposed a mass | people have confidence in Alabama lawyers.” “There was no possible excuse for | this lynching,” Judge Foster said when the lynching of Dennis Cross, | aged paralytic Negro, in Tuscaloosa recently, was referred to. Then re- yallup. “Law and order,” he added ule.” _yarment Workersin Los Angeles Strike LOS ANGELES, Cal. Nov. ll. — Despite the viscious betrayal of the jalist Party leadership involved in he Los Angeles Garment workers trike, the militant rank and file orkers are carrying on the struggle, ond have again gone on strike. | The Socialist Party leaders called “he strike towards the close of the 'eason, and with their dilly-dallying bout stretched the strike out for al- nost a month, The socialists told the rs “that the N.R.A. would help hem .. . to wait for arbitration by he N.R.A.” Last week the Union of- “Acials told the workers to go back © the shops and work, as the deci- itor had been made.” vered that the scabs had most of the jobs, and that the bosses were “efusing, despite the agreement, to re union labor, The bosses gave as their reason q the season is at its lowest ebb ind that it is impossible to hire back many workers as had been in the yarment industry a month ago. ‘Today the workers have gone back strike again, demanding that the November 15th: Dally Worker Mass Meeting at which Carl Hoessler and Clam Lightfoot will be the main speak: ors at 1826 E. 58th St. Admission 200 for employed and 10¢ for un- employed. Ausplces units 704 and 718. Canton, Ohio ) November 15th: ‘Workers Press Dance being arranged \® by organizations in Canton at Inter- @) national Workers Order, 1732 8th St. _N.E. Admission only 150. Connecticut District Boviet film ‘1905" adapted famous ‘The great from Gorki's 13—Tivele Hall, Grove, corner Main St. Chicopee Falls, Mass. Nov. 14—Monument Hall, 176 Appel- ton St., Holyoke, Mass. \ ypocritically, “will not bow to mob} collecting himself, he added: “There is no excuse for lynching under any | conditions.” | William Foster, @ county solicitor, |and the son of the judge, spent the whole day with the delegation, ap- | parently to make sure, under the | suise of friendly guidance, that they did not speak to anyone who might sive them real information about the | lynching. In spite of this, valuable evidence has been gathered by the group, they reported, which will be assembled for the Baltimore Anti-Lynch Confer- ence, bosses live’ up to their agreement and rehire the union workers. Over a thousand workers were on the streets today picketing. meeting outdoors to consider what steps to take. In a short time over 400 workers assembled at the main entrance and were addressed by D. Johnson, a representative of the Auto Workers Union, who made definite proposals to the men. A. F. of L. Gets In An hour or so later the entire crowd went to a hall nearby to act on these proposals, Johnson again proposed the election of a broad strike committee, the formulation of demands for all departments, the organization of a mass meeting of all Nash workers to draw them into the struggle. These proposals were carried, but there was some confusion before they could be acted on. At this point A. F. of L. officials, including a lawyer who tries to solve our problems with injunc- tions, began addressing the men and telling them that they should or- ganize in the A. F. of L. first and then arrange other matters. The lawyer told the men that if they joined a Tecognized union they could call in a NDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1933 Investigating Lynchings in Tuscaloosa Defying open threais of lynching torney General Knight, members of delegation of Na- | tional Committee for Defense of Political Prisoners | now in Tuscaloosa, Ala., are continuing their investiga- | tion into recent lynchings of Dan Pippen, Jr, A. T. | | | | | | | Harden and Dennis Cross, Members are: Standing—left to right: ALFRED H. HIRSCH, Sec- retary, National Committee for Defense of Political (of New York); JESSICA HENDERSON, Prisoners by Alabama At- Boston, of the delegation boro case; author, prominent HOWARD KESTER, Nashville, Tenn., Southern Secre- tary, Fellowship of Reconciliation; FORD, Norton, Virginia, Editor, Crawford's Weekly. Seated: HOLLACE RANSDELL, of Kentucky, in- vestigator for American Civil L‘berties Union in Scotts- GRACE LUMPKIN, of South Carolina, “To Make BARBARA ALEXANDER, of Savannah, Georgia, artist. in the Sacco-Vanzetti defense; BRUCE CRAW- My Bread,” proletafian novel; FILL THE WAR CHEST OF THE ‘DAILY WORKER’. (Continued from Page 1) has been created a wide flung lynch spirit and movement of a new dead- lineness; that under N. R. A. and the Roosevelt administration it op- erates more freely than since Re- construction Days; that its howl of “rape” tries to cover the worst op-| pression of Negro toilers in the his- tory of this country; that its imme- diate goal is the prevention of a/ juncture of the forces of the black and white masses of toilers in indus- try and agriculture; that it picks as its victims not only Negroes, but their | white defenders. It aims to crush the liberation struggle of the Negro masses, to burn the remaining frag- ments in lynch gang fires, | care 5m EZ Daily Worker Is the main in- strument for building the mass united front against lynch and mur- der terror! It has proved this, Is this an issue on which the offi- cial organ of the Communist Party can appeal for mass financial sup- port? It is. In this issue and the decisive struggles arising from it are bound up the fate of the whole peo- ple in the United States, and in its womb, soon to be delivered, is vic-~ tory or defeat for the white working class! Is this issue enough to arouse you to the danger to the whole working class if the Daily Worker goes down, fighting of course, as it has always, but goes down just the same? If this is not enough then remem- “conciliator” from Washington to win} their demands. They succeeded in| turning the sentiment against John- son as an outsider and finally per- an A. F. of L. meeting in the evening. suaded the men to defer all action to} an A, F, of L, meeting in the evening. | % ber that it was the Daily Worker that blasted into the light of day the vile- ness of the Hitler plotters in the United States—forced the investiga- tion that Dickstein and other dema- gogues are now staging. It is the Daily Worker that leads the st:uggle against fascism in the United States. ‘hird Convention of the Federation of Labor leadership—its incorporation into the strikebreaking machinery of N. R. A, its outrisht betrayal of its own membership and of the whole working class to the government of monopoly ital, It was the Daily Worker: that exposed from the very beginning the strike- | breaking character of the coal, auto and steel codes and the whole anti- | working class line of N. R. A. and its A. F. of L. and Socialist Party supporters, the N. R. A. program ~of wage cut- ting, strikcbreaking, suppression, fas- cism and imperialist war, . ¢« = is the Daily Worker that con- nects all these issueSand writes} he mass battles arouma@ them into} main stream of <révolutionary | the struggle for the Communist way out of the crisis, out of the gigantic jail} for the working class population that capitalism has become—into the surging torrent of struggle for work- | ng class power. Negro peoovle, striking back ag the drive to crush yout facing and fightin: less canit offensive-ev: u in the United StatesI--Robbed ¢ ruined farmers! Jobless~and intellectuals, trying to find place in the class strugele! The Daily Worker fighis for all of you! It unites you for the decisive struggles now at hand? NR. By L. LEWss ef “Gloversville is ® peaceful oom- munity. It is like one big, happy family—John, the owner, and Jack, the worker,” These were the words of Mr. Albert Aaron, President of the Natfonal Glove Manufacturers Association at the Glove Code hearing in Washing- ton, This statement of Aaron's fol- lowed the assurance of the officials of the Glove Workers Union (A. F of L.) “that the’ employers treated us very fair during the depression.” This “one big happy family” is not so happy at all now, “Jack, the worker,” has learned the true class color of “John, the owner.” For the past four weeks 2,000 lcather workers employed in the tan- neries of Pulton County have been on strike and are carrying on a heroic struggle against the starvation eee a increased speed_up of the Entire Industry Tied Up During these four weeks the work- ers have learned, through bitter ex- periences, that “John the owner” is not alone in his fight against the workers, but he has the aid of the Mayor, the police, the local press. Above all, the workers learned that the N. R. A. is a direct strike-break- ing institution which serves only one purpose—to lower the standard of living of the workers, in order to assure the profits of the bosses, On Sept. 8th the leather code went into effect. On Oct. 5th the 2,000 leather workers answered with a strike, tying up the entire leather in- dustry in Fulton County and also af- “ecting the glove industry where more than 5,000 workers are employed, Minimum Becomes Maximum During the three weeks of the op. eration of the code, the workers learned that the 40¢ minimum hourly Pay became the maximum pay for with the blessing of the N. R. A.) In order to give # final blow to the Union, the employers prepared to lock out half of the working crew on Monday, Oct. 9 The workers counteracted this, and unanimously voted to strike on Oct. 6 Right at the beginning of the strike the work- ers adopted a militant policy of mass Picketing and a mass strike com- mittee. They found aid and advice in the 2 locals of the Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union in Glovers- ville. L. Solomon, the representative of the NT.W.1U. in GI gained the confidence of the workers through his tireless efforts in helping the strike, Can Expect Nothing from N. R. A. The local N. R. A. has tried right from the beginning to influence the workers to go back to work. “It is not patriotic,” they said. The work- ers saw clearly who comprised the “| he sent a mediator, local board, one tennery employer, | two salesmen who se!! supplies to the tanneries, one lawyer for the tanners, and one “labor man,” Mr. Paxton, the President of the A. F. of L, Glove Workers Union, who said “the em. ployers treated us fair during the ae yn.” However, the workers had general faith in the N. R. A. and thought that the National Labor Board would be better. They sent a committee to Senator Wagner and Here it must be said that Solomon has committed a mistake by not in- fluencing the workers not to expect anything from the N. R. A. He should have exposed the N. R. A, because he knows that they serve only to break the strikes which his own union conducted, The government mediator of the N. R. A., P. S. Harmon of Rochester, proved an experienced strike-breaker. The first thine he did was to unite all forces in the tanners’ association against the union. He attacked the GLOVERSVILLE It was the Daily Worker that ex- | osed the new treachery of the Fifty- | American | It is the Daily Worker | that shows how to organize and fight! that the Daily Worker lives! Give what you can. Organize the finan- cial support the Daily Worker must | have to live, to work, to teach, to eal to you—we know you will respond. But answer is appeal ity—do it to- and until the Daily @ more out of danger! Worker! Detroit Delegates to Rank and File A.F.L. Convention Report DETROIT.—The Detroit delegates to the second annual convention of the rank and file of the American Federation of Labor will report at a meeting Tuesday, Nov, 14, at 8:30 p. m. at Plasterers’ Hall, 3111 Elmwood | Ave. The meeting has been arranged | by the A. F. of L. Committee for Unemployment Insurance of Detroit. The second annual of the rank ani ington simu!t ual conv At Tuesda: | conventio file was held in W 1eously with the 53rd ntion of the A. F. of L, lay’s meeting a concrete pro- gram of action will be proposed, Members of the A. F. of L, and the Railroad Brot urged to attend. 1eW. O: Membership Drive Meeting thoods are especially CAGO, Ill—A meeting of the hip D: Com- | Order, will be held th vs |p. m., at Armenian Hall, 2332 W, Chi- cago Ave., Second floor, All I.W.O. See to it| branches must send representatives, 'height, Page Three BUSINESS INDEX DROPS SHARPLY AGAIN ? CRILIS GROWS STEADILY WORSE NRA Unable to Halt Decline in Steel, Auto, | Building; Government Bonds Sink As U. S. Enters Fifth Year of Desperate Crisis | NEW YORK.—Entering the fifth winter of the crisis, the economic and financial reports this week give a picture of American economy, after six | months of the Roosevelt program, fac ‘ing a winter of bitter intensification of the economic crisis, with fast approaching inflationary floods, on one | hand, and steadily advancing starvation and misery among the workers and ‘Columbus Workers Demand Relief of City Government Councilman Try to Poss Buck; Unemvloyed Hold Meeting COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 12.—“My children sleep without a mattress in a cold room. They go to school without the necessary warm clothes. I would like to know if your chil- dren are forced to live the same way?” Thus spoke an unemployed worker before the City Counvil of | this city at a demonstration Mon- | day night. More than 700 workers jammed every available bit of space in the council chambers and forced the councilman to listen to their de-| mands. Sneaker after speaker pointed out the starvation conditions and the necessity to double the re- lief from 6 to 11 8 week if the jmeeds due to the rising prices are |to be met. Chairman of the Council tried to stop the speakers but was imme- diately halted by one worker wh | told him: “We have listened to you fellows long enouzh, now you will |hear our demands.” The jobless |presented the demands for doubling |of relief to $11 a week, supplying jof fuel for their homes, necessary |Warm clothing and the endorsement |of the Workers’ Unemployment In- | surance Bill by the City Council. | The buck passing of President | Roosevelt that relief is a local pro}- | lem was here reversed when the council | | | | } | | | | told the unemployed they are not responsible for relie! The workers are to seek these m: ,ures from the State and Fede Government he said, Wilson, the spokesman of the delegation imme- diately retorted that the city can not shirk this responsibility and | demanded action of these demands. | The City Council voted to refer them to the tate Relief Com- mission. A meeting which followed outside of the City Council decided | to organize local struzgles in the neighborhoods, to mobilize all forces |to force the city as well as the state to supply their needs, To Hold Fishermen’s jand Cannery Union Convention Noy. 18-19 SEATTLE, Wash.—The date for the | National Convention of the Fisher- men and Cannery Workers Industrial | Union to be held in 1.0.G.T. Hall has been changed to Nov. 18-19, The date | change is due to the extension of | the fishing season Boston Children Are | \10 P. C. Underweight, | (New England L. R. A.) | BOSTON, Mass. Nov. 12—The |October Bulletin of the Bo: |Council of Social Agencies gi jthe results of a survey made last April among school children of Boston, discloses that of the chil- dren weighed and measured at that |time 8.6 per cent were 10 per cent junderweight for their age and demands of the Union, the shop com- mittees, and termed it“a-soviet form of organization. “We want recovery in an American way,” he said (which means company unionism and the A. F. of L.) He mobilized the local press and taught them how to wage the most vicious attack against the union, especially against-the militant representatives of the N.T. W. I. U. He organized a gang of fascist strike- breakers, headed by one. with a cri- minal record, whose ditties were to fight for “American principles.” He eliberatod for two w>tks with “con- ferences,” -with the aimrof prolonging the strike and demoralizing the strikers. He ordered the strikers to go back to work, approached them individually and in groups urging them to return to work. When this did not break the ranks of the work- ers, he centered his atteck on the representatives of the N.-T. W. I. U. ond started a campaign saying that Solomon was the stumbling block in the settlement. He had worked out a plan with BOSSES CALL — FOR STATE COPS IN STRIKE GLOVERSVILLE, N. Y., Noy. 12.—The employers here are preparing to call state troopers azainst the 2,000 Gloversville leather strikers. The strikers called on Solomon, militant leader of the Needle Workers’ Industrial Union to lead the struggle. scare,” declaring that the Communist Solomon exposed the bosses “red Party fights for the workers, being the most militant in the leadership of their struggles, while all other parties are for the bosses and bankers. He pointed out that the Communist Party in the Soviet Union led the workers to victory against capitalism. He declared that there was no unemployment in the Soviet Union. The strikers cheered this reply to the bosses “red scare” cry. Solomon also exposed the indictment against leaders of the Needle Trades Workers’ Industrial Union, to lead the struggle. Solomon exposed the bosses “red the workers’ living standard, and called on the workers to struggle for their righta A. Comes to Gloversville, and What the Workers Learned A bout It the chief of police to take Solomon for a “ride” on Friday, Oct. 20. Their plan was stopped by the determina- tion of the strikers who voted at two mass meetings that the chief of police and the Mayor would be held personally responsible for the safety of their leader, However, he succeeded in misleading some of the leaders and strikers into belicving that if the representatives of the N. T. W. I. U. would leave, the em- ployers would settle. The representatives of N. ‘T. W. I. U. withdrew ai e d to the workers that th ere not will- ing to give the employers an excuse for not settling the strike. They warned the workers, however, to be on their guard, To the diseppointment of the em- nloyers and the N. R. A, strike- breaker, they could not break the strike even after the experienced leaders and adv 's withdrew. The developed leadersh‘p of the rank and file is carrying on a heroic struggle. The workers are being terrorized. This “John the owner” with the “one big happy family” has sworn in 15 new thugs as deputies, workers were slugged but they resisted heroically. The strikers also foiled an attempt of the employers to take out an in- junction against them. The wives of the str! have also become active in the strike, and are picketing the houses of the employer, Mr. Roth- child who applied for the iniunction. They even picket his club when he is there, Now, “John the owner” tmvorted a bloody gang of Burns detectives to fight against the strikers, but the ranks of the workers are solid. Mr. Albert Aaron (who is president of the Glove Manufacturers Association) directs the bloody fight against the strikers and their families. But Mr. Paxton, the president of the Union the 7 who is alto on the local N. R, A. Board, is mum ;. But the rank and file of the cut-| }ters are helping the strikers. So are all other honest workers, even | though the employers and the strike- breaking mediator of the N. R. A have raised the red scare. Their in- tention was to split the workers’ rank: and drivece away everyone who is) militant and courageous. But the | Communist Party in Gloversville calls | upon every worker to support the strike of the leather workers. The Communist Party is the only party | of the working class that exposed the true role of the N. R. A., that or- | sanized the workers to fight against |the miserable conditions which the |N. R. A. provided for the workers. | That is why the Communist Party | jis attacked. j Yes, leather workers, there will be “one big happy family” when the | | workers organize to improve their conditions and abolish cntirely this | rotten system of slavery. |\CARN HAS SETTLED r families on the other, All business activiy, as measured by the Wall Street Journal of Com- merce, dropped 8 per cent in a sharp decline for the 10th consecu- tive week. The heaviest losses were experlenced in the most important industries, steel, auto and oil. Steel production, the central prop on which the whole of American business rests, dropped again this week, so that now it is at 25 per cent of capacity. This means that steel production is now back to the April level. The Roosevelt program, with all its extraordinary inflation measures, its deliberately instigated hysteria among consumers to buy, its heavy purchases for war preparations, and its bally- hoo about the end of the crisis, is now back at the very same point at which it started, Conceal Crisis It is this steady drop in steel pro- on that is the real explanation he fact that from now on the Ss Company will no longer e public the figures for the un- led orders on its books. The Amer- ican bourg = is becoming too frightened to let the masses know the true extent of the crisis. Buy Less Food Indicative of the declining purchas- g power of the workers, the largest food chain in the country, the A. & P. Groceries’ reports that its sales for the last two months have been run- ning at a rate of 10 per cent below last year, This means that less food is being consumed. Another indication of intensifying crisis is the reports of buying in the department stores, which report du for U m: | that the usual Fall upturn in buy- ing has failed to materialize. The latest report of the Federal Reserve confirm this, After six months of the NRA, carloadings are dropping, having surpassed last years crisis lows. Significantly, heavy construction inues to Me protrate, the total contracts awarded for this year lag- zing far behind even last year, when a@ new low record was made. Financial Crisis The final touch to the picture of steadily advancing crisis is the inten- sifying financial crisis, For the first time in many years, U. 8S. Govern- ment bonds are being dumped on the market, and their prices are dropping. This is a sure sign of further infla~ tionary currency measures on the part of the Roosevelt government. This means rising prices, rising cost of living, and declining purchasing power of the worker's wages. The starvation effect of the Roose- elt program this week found reflec- ion even in the reports of the A. F. of L. statisticians who reported in the latest “Monthly Survey of Busi-~ n that: “R.A, wages have not brought higher living standards to the aver- age worker. The six per cent in- crease in wages has been eaten up by an 8.5 per cent increase in liv- i costs, and he finds that his EAL income in September actu~ ally below March by 2.3 per cent. v To keep up a six-page “Daily Work- er,” the circulation must be doubled. Do your share by getting new sub- scribers. AAC M.SMULLIN ATTORNEY-AT-LAW has removed his law office to Hammond Building Detroit, Mich. Telephones Office—CAdillne 261% Residence—TOwnsend ¢-6088 1004-5 Schedule of MacHarris Tour in Seattle District Film showing of “TEN DAYS” and “BREAD” in Seattle District FUGENE November 17 salem November 18 Portland ovembder 19, 9, 9 * storia vember 28 Aberdeen - November 23 __— November 24 — November 25 _... 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