The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 11, 1935, Page 1

Hearst Plotted With Big Trusts To Rob Workers Started Fake Campaigns to Amass| Graft and Gain Circulation—Lied to Readers on “Big Charity Contri- bution’ in Christmas Drive newspapers as the only the people’s interests.” y JAMES CASEY bee ARTICLE I. Every day for more than forty-five years, William Ran- dolph Hearst has presented himselfito the readers of his “ardent and faithful exponent of He has applied every old trick known to capitalist sewer journalism and invented numerous new ones in his efforts to persuade the masses that “their woes are his woes.” In effect, his slogan has been: “Follow Hearst and all of America’s ills will disappear.” And through resort to the rawest and most sordid demagogy, he has bui up for his papers a reading public greater than that boasted oy any other capitalist publisher. One might ask at this point: “Has Hearst ever used his newspapers to mprove the conditions ‘of the na of the peonle?” The answer 5 an unequivocal “No!” Again one night say: “But Hearst has con- iucted campaign after camvaign— ‘or whose benefit were these waged?” To this the answer is: All of Hearst's campaigns have been ind are today carried on to enrich himself and his fellow-capitalists ind to tighten the rule of the ex- dloiting class over the workers and ‘armers of America. This being the case. it is impor- ant to examine and expose Hearst’s nethod of working for what he calls the common good.” Hearst Got Busy For examovle, back in the 1890'c he people of California were pro- esting the exorbitant fares charged oy the Southern Pacific Railroad. Chis railroad company had a vir- ual monopoly on the transporta- jon system in the state. Hearst, 4 demagogue of highest cunning, ensed the growing resentment of he people. He saw an extraordi- tary chance to win himself into heir confidence, increase the cir- culation of his San Francisco Ex- iminer thereby, and last, but not east, pile up some filthy graft to soot. Hearst got busy. He launched_a vigorous campaign or lower train rates. He attacked he management of the Southern -acific. California’s masses quickly allied to the campaign. They iailed Hearst as a true leader of he common cause. The campaign s gaining more and more mo- nentum. Then something strange ,appened. California’s masses woke m. one bright day to find that, Tearst had ceased his attacks on he railroad company. The peonle vendered. No doubt, many of them ro still wondering. Hearst had good eason for quitting “the common He made a quiet little contract with the Southern Pacifie Rail- read. According to this contract, the peopie’s champion was to re- ceive from the company $1,000 a month for twenty-two months. Hearst, the people’s champion, censpired with the railroad di- rectors against the people. He teok the $22,900, increased his cir- culation, won a lot of popularity and then told the people of Cali- fornia to go to the dickens, Treachery in Chicago Some years later, Hearst treated he masses of the Chicago metro- lis to a similar bit of treachery. sections of the working class were ighting, without success, the high ates of the local gas trust. An- ther “golden opportunity” pre- ented itself to Hearst. The fas- ist publisher was not slow to see His Chicago American took up he fight of the company’s ag- rieved customers. Hearst entered he battle waving aloft the banner f “TRUTH, LIBERTY AND JUS- “ICE!” What courage! What un- elfishness! A Moses! A Gabriel! Or oth combined into one. Chicago's rasses took Hearst into their hearts nd bought more and more copies f his naner. The circulation of the thicago American went up and up. Then one fine evening, Hearst’s shicago American abruptly ended 98 campaign. No explanation was iven to the paper's readers. Was 3 not enough to take Hearst's word hat he was fighting only “for their aterests”? Well, what really hap- ‘ened was that with the sudden nd of Hearst's “campaign,” the gas rust began to advertise heavily in he Chicago American. Hearst and he gas company had reached an WILLIAM R, HEARST understanding — an agreement against the company’s customers. Hearst’s “Good Will” Hearst's papers never stop brag- bing about his philanthropies—his overwhelming generosity and good- will, Each year Hearst calls upon his readers to contribute to the Christmas Funds inaugurated by his papers, ostensibly to help the poverty-stricken, the blind and the crippled. William Salisbury, a well- known journalist, has revealed how Hearst tricked the charity fund contributors as well as those whom he was supposed to help in one of the many campaigns conducted by his Chicago American. This charity campaign was ini- tiated with the announcement that Hearst had contributed a handsome sum “to the needy” as an impetus to others. Each day Hearst called on Chicago's resi- dents to follow his example. Thou- sands of his loyal followers did their level best to emulate their gallant leader. At the clese of the drive, when the books were audited, all the money was ac- counted for except HEART'S LARGE CONTRIBUTION. HEARST HAD NOT GIVEN ONE PENNY TO THE CAMPAIGN. His announcement of a “gift” to the poverty-stricken was just an- other of his fakes calculated to capture the feelings of the Chi- cago masses and increase further the circulation of his lying news- Paper. Series of Fakes This matter of swelling the cir- culation of his papers which went hand in hand with higher advertis- ing rates was always one upper- most in Hearst's mind. To this end, he has pilloried his readers with one sensational fake after another. In the early part of this century, he started what was to be a historic around-the-world race. To heighten the dramatic element, three high school boys were selected to take part. These boys were to be chosen by competitive examination from schools in San Francisco, New York and Chicago, cities in which he owned large newspapers. Actually, the contestants were named by Hearst's own lieutenants and the school authorities of the three cities knew nothing of the details until a few hours before the start of the race, This race was a fake from its very inception. At its outset, it had been agreed that the boy from Daily,& Worker TY U.S.A. (SECTION OF COMMUNIST INTERWATIONAL ) NEW YORK, MONDAY, FEBRUARY, 11, 1935 CENTRAL ORGAN COMMUNIST | Vol. XII, No. 36 > * SCOTTSBORO APPEALS IN HIGH COURT SOON Amsterdam News Lies About I.L.D.—The Role of Leibowitz in Norris Appeal By Benjamin J. Davis, Jr. The appeals of Haywood Patterson and Clarence Norris, two of the nine innocent Scottsboro boys, will be argued in the United States Supreme Court this week or early in the week of February 17. Despite the fact that the sary at this force a reversal of the death sen- tences handed down by the lynch courts of Alabama, all of those forces which have for the last four months attempted to divide and weaken the Scottsboro defense con- tinue their disruptive activities. The lxcoadcasting station for these forces has been the unprincipled “Amsterdam News,” Negro reform- ist newspaper published in Harlem and owned by William H. (Kid) Davis. The February 9th issue of the Amsterdam News carries the fol- lowing headline: “I, L. D. QUITS AS SCOTISBORO LAD PICKS LEIBOWITZ.” Following this head- line is an article which says, among other things: “Finally it was brought out that the I. L. D. law- yers had failed to file the Patterson appeal to the Alabama Supreme Court in the time specified by law.” The article continues, “Norris, how- ever, has stuck steadfastly to Mr. Leibowitz during the defense fight crueial moment to¢——_____— broadest united front is neces- and has repeatedly stated that ‘the New York attorney would argue his appeal before the Supreme Court.” Matter of Public Record This same issue of the Amster- dam News also prints a photstatic copy of a United States Supreme Court document in which it is agreed that Walter H. Pollak and Osmond K. Fraenkel, attorneys re- tained by the I. L. D. withdraw from the Clarence Norris appeal in favor of Samuel S. Leibowitz and George W. Chamlee, both former I, L. D. attorneys, Pending an official statement by the I. L, D. and the attorneys of record in charge of the appeals, the Daily Worker has learned: That oy agreement between the attorneys, Walter H. Pollak and Osmond K. Fraenkel remain as at- torneys of record in the appeal of Haywood Patterson now before the U. S. Supreme Court. Samuel 8, (Continued om Page 2) Krumbein’s Call URGES BUILDING OF THE PARTY Charles Krumbein, acne fight- er in the ranks of the working class and beloved leader of the New York District of the Communist Party, was removed Friday to the Federal penitentiary at Lewisburgh, Pa., to begin serving a sentence of 18 months imposed on him ostensibly for a passport irregularity, but in reality for his working class ac- tivities as a leader of the Commu- nist Party, Krumbein sent the fol- lowing message to the membership of the New York District of the Party: “The sentence is no surprise to me. In doing our bit in the fight for the emancipation of the work- ing class we must expect this sort of thing when we fall into the clutches of the class enemy. My spirits are high and I will do my best under the circumstances to build myself up mentally and phys- ically to be a better worker in the ranks of our Party when I am re- leased. I exceedingly regret that I am prevented from being an ac- tive participant in the struggle in a time like this, a time of the gath- ering of the working class forces for gigantic class battles. “Dig In, Work Harder” “I call upon the comrades to dig in, to work harder. The result can be an almost immediate doubling of the strength of the Party, which will more than make up for the temporary absence from our ranks of our class war prisoners.” The New York District Committee of the Communist Party yesterday called upon the entire membership to carry out in true Bolshevik spirit the message of Krumbein. “Com- rade Krumbein has fallen victim to the class justice of the American capitalist government because of his heroic and seif-sacrificing devotion to the cause of the international proletariat,” a statement issued by the District declared.” “The capital- ist government utilized the tech- nical charges of passport irregu- larities on the occasion when Com- rade Krumbein, like a true prole- tarian fighter, risked his very life in giving his aid to the struggles of the Chinese masses right in the heart of Chiang Kai-shek’s bloody terror, to strike a vicious blow at the revolutionary movement in New York. Shows Growth of Party “The vicious sentence meted out. to Comrade Krumbein is the acknowledgement of the capitalists to the growth of the membership and influence of the Communist Party in New York under the lead- ership of Comrade Krumbein. It is no accident that the capitalist state arrested Comrade Krumbein immediately after the mightiest May Day out-pouring in the history of New York. “Comrades! Into the mass work! Build the Party! Fill the temporary vacancy left in our ranks by doubling the membership of the Party!” The district called upon all work- ing class organizations to send birthday greetings to Comrade Krumbein to Box Q. Lewisburgh, Pa. Yesterday was his 46th birth- day, as well as the anniversary of his 28th year in active revolution- ary work. Atlanta Women Protest Attack on Civil Rights Chicago should win. Of course, the other two boys were not aware that they were being used as Hearst’s pawns to stir the imagination of the (Continued on Page 2) Conspiracy of Silence AN EDITORIAL _. T= conspiracy of the employers and the Roosevelt government to deprive the workers and farmers of the United States of unem- ployment and social insurance, is sharply brought out in the conspiracy of silence with which it is sought to strangle the Workers Unemploy- ment and Social Insuarnce Bill (H.R, 2827). Hearings on the Workers Bill (H.R. 2827) are now being conducted by a sub-committee of the House Committee on Labor. The capitalist press, which puffs up every move of the President with columns of space, has completely suppressed all news of these hearings. ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. 10.—The Atlanta League of Women voters last week went on record against the growing attacks on the civil rights of citizens. The resolution mentioned specifically the raids and arrests which took place in Fulton and DeKalb counties last fall, when Negro and white mem- bers of the International Workers Order and the International Labor Defense were arrested. Angry Workers Block Anti-Labor Ordinance ROSEBURG, Ore., Feb, 10.—Pas- sage of a proposed city ordinance, more drastic than even the crimi- nal syndicalism law, was blocked when angry workers, on the alert to defend their constitutional Tights, packed the Council Cham- bers here to such an extent that speakers were afraid to mention the proposed law. The ordinance would prevent workers from mect- ing, organizing or even reading working-class literature. SACRAMENTO JUDGE RULES AGAINST 18 Rancher Accused in the, Murder of 2 Workers | Goes on Stand By Michael Quin (Special to the Dat sr) SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 10. With the introduction yesterday by the prosecution of ranch owners and former deputies as witnesses, the entire strike wave of the past three years in the San Joaquin Valley is being reviewed as “in- criminating evidence” against the eighteen defendants on trial here under the California criminal syn- dicalism law for strike activities. Efforts of Leo Gallagher, In- ternational Labor Defense at- torney and the defendants to re- veal the crisis of capitalism as the real cause of the strike struggles against starvation pay and rotten conditions are heing systemati- cally blocked by the court and prosecution, with Judge Dal M. Lemmon sustaining the objections of the prosecution and ruling out all reference to the crisis. Blame “Agitators for Strikes” Every effort is being made by the prosecution and the big rancher wit- nesses to make it appear that the farm workers are well satisfied and that the strikes were caused by agitators, although bourgeois auth- orities themselves admit the follow- ing starvation wages: Prune pickers, $1 a day at the most “if they. can remain on their knees on plowed ground for from ten to twelve hours and fill twenty lug-boxes, weighing forty pounds, with the fruit. The general price paid is five cents a box.” For apricot workers, “62% cents a day if they are fest and can halve, peel and lay out five trays a day. These trays are four feet wide and eight feet long...” “Cannery workers are slightly better paid, and the wages run from 20 cents to 36 cents an hour.” The great cotton strike of 1933 was cited by Frank M. Peterson, State witness and the grower who signed the accusation to have Pat Chambers arrested and tried on criminal syndicalism charges in 1933. At that time Chambers was acquitted as the result of mass pro- test throughout the country, which condemned the grower-vigilante murder of two workers in Pixley Chambers is one of the presen} eighteen defendants, under a new indictment. All Ranchers Acquitted Peterson is one of the men whom workers charged with the murder of two of their comrades in Pixley, but was never brought to trial. Sev- eral other growers tried on the charge were acquitted. Peterson now accuses workers of the killing and’ Chambers of mak- ing speeches calling for “crazy violence and bloodshed.” On the witness stand he used conscious af- fectation of plain home-folks char- acteristics and talks about his three motherless children and his patriot- ism. Last year, California farm work~- ers boycotted his ranch because of his implication with the Hixley murders. Peterson, testifying that the great cotton strike “was no strike, just agitation,” declared that the vigilante bands employed by the growers were unarmed, although even boss papers reported armed ac- tivities by these gangs. He claimed he was not around when the two workers were muzdered but “was summoned” by the sheriff who told him “hell was popping.” Those defendants for whom bail has not yet been obtained carried out a one-day hunger strike in jail yesterday in protest against intoler- able conditions, winning all de- mands by noon. \ PITTSBURGH, Pa., Feb. 10—In the events of the past two weeks in Workers, farmers and professionals are testifying on all phases of the Workers Bill, voicing the demands of the millions of poverty-stricken for the immediate passage of this bill. The Workers Bill is the only bill before congress which would take care of those now totally unemployed, as well as fu:nishing all kinds of social insurance. Millions demand its passage. The Roosevelt government is trying to push through fake “social security” legislation (the Wagner-Lewis Bill), which would keep the workers and farmers in starvation and which gives the unemployed nothing. The Roosevelt government is attempting to keep the Workers Bill from the floor of Congress. The Workers Bill (H.R. 2827) must be reported out of committee and brought on the floor of Congress. Send telegrams, letters, resolutions, and postcards at once to the congressmen and senators in your district demanding that the Bill (H.R. 2827) be reported to the floor of the House. Wire and write to Congressman Matthew A. Dunn, chairman of he House Labor Sub-Committee, now holding hearings on the Bill, to » report the Bill back at once, Pittsburgh, the steel workers all over the country are being shown the true class character of the policies of Mike Tighe and the bu- reaucratic national officials of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, (A. F. of L.). The history of the last two weeks of the A.A’s life has proven the class collaboration line of the na- tional officials, which presents it- Self at one end in breaking strikes and depending on government “la- bor boards” to win concessions. At the other pole the Tighe machine ‘uses the weapon of the steel trust— a band of police and gangsters—to eject militant rank and file leaders from their own union headquarters when they attempt to assert their right to a voice in union policies. As the committee of five elected by the A.A. lodges on Feb, 3, later Pointed out, these “worthy of Hitler,” a real attempt to dictate the actions of freely or- ganized workers through fascist sup- pression and terrorism, Commenting on the ejection of the committee in an editorial, the Pittsburgh Press declares: “Cruel ‘steel barons’ and ‘ruthless coal operators’ and others of the ‘vested interests’ have not failed to call on their armed guards’ to deny the right of free speech and assem- blage to the poor, downtrodden union man... “But just a minute . . . you're get- ting the facts twisted. It wasn’t the ‘vested interests’ or the ‘steel barons’ who did these things. No, this is how officers of the Amal- gamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers meet a protest from within its ranks. . . “The adoption of such tactics,” says the Press, “by union officials is indefensible.” tactics are! Having quoted this “liberal” voice ° of the bosses, it is necessary to add that in uttering these homely truths the Press naturally is grinding an axe of its own in favor of the com- pany union, utilizing the situation in the A.A: to strike another blow at Green é& Co., the “labor politi- cians” who have recently aroused the Scripps-Howard outfit by at- tacking the President and the won- derful New Deal and by trying thereby to discredit genuine trade unions. Thus they conclude: “This row in the steel union is throwing a white and revealing light on some of the reasons why the A. F. of L. has done so poorly un- der the favorable conditions of the New Deal—ané why some of the labor politicians at its head are now attacking President Roosevelt for not doing for them the job they were incapable of doing for them- selves,” By holding their highly success- ful conference on Feb 3. in the face Ga | Workers (A. F. of L,), | lodges, Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the Act of March 8, 1878 (Six Pages) NATIONAL EDITION Price 3 Cents AUTO STRIKE MAPPED IN FLINT ry Board of Steel Union Endorses Militant Program Of Pittsburg h Confer ‘ence Tighe Expulsion Orders! Are Unanimously Condemned GRAY, Ind., Feb. 10.—The Fourth | District Board of the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin with head- quarters in Gary, after hearings the report of the delegates to the Feb. 3 Pittsburgh conference of A. A. endorsed the actions of the conference. The District Board unanimously condemned the expulsions ordered |by Mike Tighe, and other reaction- ary national officials of the A. A The delegates to the District Board represented 13 out of a total of 14 A. A. lodges in the Fourth District Similar action was taken by Lodge 52 of the Illinois Steel Co., of Gary at its meeting Wednesday night. The Feb. 3 conference of 400 del- egates from A. A. membership, de- cided upon an immediate drive to build the A. A. into a mass union, and to prepare for strike for the steel workers’ demands. Tighe, by his expulsion policy, is attempting to block this organization drive of the lodges. Tighe is opposed to any strike preparations and any fight for the demands of the steel workers, Silk Workers Plan Strike; PATERSON, N. J., Feb. 10.—At an industrial trade meeting of members of the American Federa- tion of ‘Silk Workers of Paterson, following a report of the Allentown silk confeernce, a strategy commit- tee was elected to prepare the silk workers of Paterson for a general stoppage to enforce the union scales and recognition in all mills. Present at the meeting were also Frank Schweitzer, national secre- tary of the Silk Federation and three representatives of the com- mittee appointed by the Winant Board to investigate wages and hours in the industry, which the workers were told, are ‘making a study on control of speed-up in the industry.” Louis Valgo and I. Brooks, the local's delegates at the Allentown tri-state silk conference, reported that while the members came to that conference ready for a strike, the officials only spoke of pre- paring. Reports at the conference from all sections indicated that wage cuts were widespread and in some cases as high as thirty per cent. Cases were reported of work- ers being forced to join company unions. There was unanimous sen- timent there for a general strike. Another such conference is to take place in Pawtucket, R. I., and the Paterson workers elected five del- egates, reelecting Valgo and Brooks from the plaingoods department. Brooks and Valgo ended their re- ports with a proposal that the (Continued on Page 2) Rally Called to Back Candidacy of Sugar DETROIT, Feb, 10—A mass meetting in support of the cam- paign for the election of Maurice Sugar, outstanding labor attorney, as judge of the Recorder's Court, wili be held here next Saturday evening at Croation Hall, 1359 East Kirby Avenue. The meeting is called by the Croatian-Serbian Workers Club, one of many organizations support- ing Sugar’s candidacy. It will be addressed by Sugar and Tony Ger- lach, of unnumbered difficulties, the lodges of the Amalgamated have won a major victory in their strug- gle for better conditions; the sweep of the movement has been such that the bureaucracy has been defeated on every occasion. Tighe Will Fail Already it is apparent that Tighe’s attempted expulsions are futile maneuvers against such a rank and file force as now launches an or- ganizing drive in the steel industry. In examining these recent events it is important to remember the meeting of the national executive council of the A. F. of L. which convened Jan, 29 in Washington. It was common knowledge that this meeting was to consider an or- ganizational drive in steel due sole- ly to the pressure from the A.A. lodges. But to date no announcement has been forthcoming from the executive council] regarding an Steel Workers Assail ‘Hitlerism’ of Bureaucratic A. A. Leaders Mussolini Orders Conscripts to Army For African Conflict ROME, Feb. 10.—The Italian fascist government tonight called three new mechanized classes of conscripts to the colors to pre- pare for war against Abyssinia The mobilization of mechan- ized units followed a new “in- cident” in Africa, on the Abys- sinian-Italian Somiland frontier. in which Mussolini claims “sev- eral natives’ among Italian forces on patrol there were killed. The government immediately threatened the Abyssinian au- thorities. MINE STRIKE HOLDS FIRM Pickets Patcol Areas Around Wilkes-Barre Despite Court Writ (Special to the Daily Worker) WILKES-BARRE, Pa., Feb. 10.- The strike of fifteen thousand Glen Alden miners, led by the United Anthracite Miners of Pennsylvania, continues to hold its ranks with the status of the strike little changed since Friday despite vigor- ous..strikebreaking mobilization by the company and the leaders of the U.. M.. W.. A. Picketing continues in many localities under the leadership of local leaders despite the lack of encouragement by Thomas Maloney, union chief, who refuses to issue any instructions or advice concern- ing the injunction against picket- ing, ete. Yesterday the fan house at the South Wilkes-Barre mine was dynamited. The company is mak- ing every effort to operate but has been unsuccessful. The miners are indignant against the injunction and the terroristic activities of the state troopers. They are ready and willing to put up a stiff fight, but in answer to all requests for lead- ership Maloney answers: “Use your own judgment.” This is resulting in the demoralization of the rank and file. Maloney today issued his first ultimatum since issuance of the injunction by saying: “I have absolutely no intention of violatiaz the restraining order issued by Judge Valentine.” This in the face of the fact that if the injunction succeeds the union will be wiped out. Company lawyers have ap- plied for a new injunction “to order Maloney to rescind the ke eall forthwith.” The application will be argued Wednesday. The company will at the same time ai- (Continued om Paye 2) Delegates Map > Fight For Insurance in Ohio CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 19.—One hundred and ten delegates from trade unions, Townsend clubs, un- employed groups, small home own- ers’ branches and fraternal societies met at the Painters’ Union Hall, 2030 Euclid Avenue last Wednesday to map out an intensive statewide campaign in support of the Ohio Workers Bill which was introduced into the Ohio General Assembly on Tuesday as House Bill No. 136 by Representative William Boyd of Cleveland, chairman of the Joint Labor Committee. drive. Tighe and Leonard visited ‘Washington and returned, but noth- ing was said of organizing steel, either now or in the future. Not Eager to Organize This fact, and the actions of Tighe in sending out the expulsion orders, can only indicate one thing: The national council decided, in line with former policies, not to organize steel unless forced all the way by the rank and file. ~ The facts of the case bear this out. Tighe returned from Washing- ton, where the fakers watched closely the meeting in Pittsburgh, with instructions to attempt to wreck the rank and file movement by expulsion. Green, Lewis & Co., in the meantime, would sit tight, uttering no word until they saw the outcome of the expulsions. If these notices were recognized and accepted by the union membership of the (Continued om Page 2) Pull det | which will be proval to member: the locals, are not it is said to include the of an intensive recruiti with mass distribution | clude a proposal Vote on Resolution for Walkout Steps Motors Locals to (Special to the Daily FLINT, Mich, Fe more the auto wor preparing to act ag conditions approved Autmobile strike sentiment rising reported that the organi: by five Fed Code. way that the a ter their cals, known as the Big Buick, Fisher Body No‘ Chevrolet and A. ©. These companies are Motors subsi kers can bet- The five Five cor lo- ions General all and the raising of strike funds. resolution is also reported to in- that the National Executive Council of the A. F. of L. appropriate a large sum to finance | the strike preparations. |marks an Workers Press for Strike The adoption of the resolution important step forward in the movement of the rank and file for strike action despite the strenuous efforts being made by top leadership to shunt the se ing discontent of the workers onto the track of endless negotiations with the National Labor Relations Board and kowtowing to Roosevelt while the companies speed up pro- duction. The workers of tors town, which ¥ the general strike movement March, have learned many bi lessons as a result of the betrayals of the labor bureaucrats, and there this General Mo- the center of last is likely to be a different story year Thousands are realizing that only the vicious spy tempts of the companies to smash their unions. Murray Strike Strong (Special to the Daily Worker) DETROIT, Mich., Feb. 10.—The strike of 700 auto workers at the Murray Body Plant continues un- broken. Picketing has increa the strikers are being ai committee of ten elected by the Detroit Council of the United Au- tomobile Workers. The strike is still confined largely to the maintenance men, who walked out Jan. 31, demanding higher wages, time and a half for overtime, double time for Sunday and holiday work, and equal di sion of work. Negotiations were supposed to have been started with the company Friday, but the re- sults are not yet known The United Automobile Workers has called a mass meeting of all auto workers for this afternoon in Northern High School to discuss the situation in the industry. Fran- cis J. Dillon, A. F. of L. national organizer, is scheduled to speak. Fewer Jobs In Germany BERLIN, Feb. 10—Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, industrialist director of the Hitler dictatorship, greeted an appalling rise in unemployment of 1,500,000 in three months with the statement that “for the next ten years at least we (!) Te. must nounce the comforts of life.” According to the Institute for Labor Placement and Unemploy- ment Relief, the number of regis- tered unemploved increased 369,000 during January alone, raising the total to 2,973,000 since October. But the self-confessed crooked- ness of Hitler’s figures here also throws a bright light on unemploy- ment statistics for previous months. The number of those actually work- ing dropped from 15,900,000 in Oc- tober to 15,150,000 in Decemner, ac- cording to the Institut v Business Research. This is a drop of 750,000, yet the number of the registered unemployed during that period was listed, say Nazi statistics, at only 337,000. A spokesman for the Inq stitute, confronted with the dis- crepancy, was non-plussed and ate tempted to explain that the differ- ence was due to “invisible” uneme ployment! drowned today coat pie flooded 7 tunnel more than. 1,000 feet under ground. One miners was saved in the accident which occurred at the — Laurweg Mine near Kohischeid.