The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 27, 1929, Page 3

aN a das follow ne danger of al unanimity Work had been gust campaig eceeded in rous Central Committee It once with this work. mands which had been put rd on behalf of the women in j s also showed that there i the remains of a craft je in the party toward t mongst women. dealt with the i stion discussed in m of the unorgan- Although there v DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1929 rage Lncee Com munists of England Fight! nevertheless the the ming ions, id be were 1 democra’ beside M recognized clearly other left-wing so- in the trade unions on and Cook, and that al trade union leaders were a’ part of the way » the radical Workers in order to throttle the movement. It ‘as of first rate importance that should be fought ener- locally. ind the Workers. the party lagged behind tid be seen especially regard to the textile work also remained inac- themselves Following ation decision strikes st dai and in some struck three times in one week without the party having been 2 to exercise any in- fluence on fight. The party abandoned practically all its efforts x the arbitration decision. 4 party carried on no work ngst the railwaymen until the don district took up this work six months ago and succeeded forming seven-shop councils and winning of members for the party ¢ minority move- ment. Practically nothing was done connection with the delegate con- ook an active part in| § * re | party’s further omalgamation with! The forces of | Shifts in Germany’s Cabinet Strengthens War on WorkingClass | Berlin reports stating that the itions Yielded to Police Prohibitions of Rights] “S°cialist’ chancellor, Herman Muel- rkers; Leadership Ignored Women Factory Workers ler, has appointed Paul Moldenhauer, of the so-called “people’s ” party, finance minister in ‘place of Rudolph Hilferding, the “socialist” who re- ed, reveal something of a rift “socialist” party, but mark that | the capitalistic machine. Moldenhauer is _ anti-socialist, }closely identified with the Federa- tion of Ger of n Industries and a pu- | pil Hjalmar Schacht of the | Reie n the program to load | all reparations payments on the Ger- man working class. He was a mem- |ber of the executive board of .the | German dye trust. Mueller, the “socialist,” proposed |this anti-socialist to who confirmed the appointment. Moldenhauer was formerly minister | of economies, and his place is taken by Robert |Schmidt, known as a “socialist” but admitted to be “among the conservative elements of his party,” the party of social fascism. The way is unobstructed to carry out a vicious attack on working class conditions and estab- lish fascism in the saddle—were not ; for the Communist Party, | The social fascists have four | posts in the cabinet now, and the \“people’s” party, a party of heavy | industry cap’ have two. \Taylorville Mass Meet ‘Called to Smash Terror | (Continued from Page One) redress these grievances. Refusal to pay for work in rock {and other dead work (work that does not immediately produce coal— | miners are paid piece rates, so much 'a ton for coal sent up); discharge Hindenburg, | “AID COMMUNIST | DAILY PAPER |Answered by Workers |(By International Press Corres- pondence.) PARIS (By Mail).—It would seem that special instructions have been issued to publish no reports of the special conference which took place jin the building of the ‘Ministry of |the Interior on the 7th of December and was attended, among others, by the representatives of the police and the judiciary. The conference discussed the Com munist “conspiracy against the State” ete., and the measures alread; taken by the authorities, the attack on the Workers and Peasants Bank and on “l’'Humanite,” the central or- |gan of the Communist Party. |" “?Humanite” is the only news paper which deals with this confer ence. It appeals to the workers to \redouble their efforts to aid the revo- lutionary daily. The fund for “’Humanite” now totals 14 million |franes, about $60,000. “I’Humanite” | iquotes the example of the soldiers lof the 19th regiment who have carried out collections despite the acute danger to themselves. In connection with the debate on the French Budget, the Communicc |parliamentary fractign has carried on an energetic struggle during the last few days on behalf of the work- e demands and against the ex- |ploitation of the workers and peas- | ants. Comrade Fraysseix put for- ward the Communist demands for jthe solution of the important grain |question; Comrade Jacques Dorict ference of the National Union of | of men who hesitate to go into dan- |dealt with the railway magnates who Railwe the 2% per when the cent duction. ed did Central sue any i i ons, Jobless Increase : Decline m Page One) fovement 2 s is falling kly total than at since e deflation t the Christmas trade been as compar rs is not yet cle eae te bee, but the average, nsions, may not be of acit promi: to be y than that for any month, i summer cf 1924, oression of 1921. cember’s recession in i: from~November may ap- { proximate November's 19 per cent \ drop from the October rate. Great- est decline in any single previo month was 34 per cent in Decem- ber, 1907.” ; “Jron Age” has to go back to 1907, when American imperialism experi- enced a severe shock in its develop- ment as an imperialist power, in to compare the severity of the present decline in the steel industry. The stoppage in the automobile dustry has been pointed out be- fore by the Daily Worker. Unem- ployment is admitted to be severe by the .cay ist ch in Detroi The Unemployed Council is carry- ing on a revolutionary fight for un- empléyment relie: The be of the automobile in- dustry do not promise any serious vesumption of production—with the exception of Henry Ford. But even Word. is looked upon as bull. The Wall Street Journal says (Dee. 25): Jowever, the forecasts of a higher percentage of next year's output for Ford do not find unani- mous stipport .among keen ob- loubtedly the biggest slump is ing construction There is a drop of 25 per cent in < operations below last year. In Chicago unemployment in the building trade is 45 per cent. In nd the A. F. of L. building misleaders report the major- ity. of their-anign members uncm- ployed. The report of the Department of Commerce of Dec. 20 supplements its previous pieture of the sharp and growing decline of capitalist nomy. \ Their use of the word “lower” in reporting on production in every field of industry is becoming mon- otonous and the general rule, month after month, week after week, For the workers it means rising unem- nt avd sharp wage cuts, The |jobs; compelling top men to work from five to 30 minutes overtime | without pay; fining the workers met to discuss gerous places; discharge of trip | direct a brutal system of exploita-| Only | riders on the underground trains, |tion and rationalization against the ew agreement was al-|and forcing motormen to do both |railway workers; Comrades Doeble the and Piquemal spoke on behalf of the {miners and the electrical workers. |Comrade Doeble who represents a on a lower level than in the cor- | part of their pay not only because constituency in Als ace-Lorraine responding period of last year. | of pieces of rock getting into the brandedthe mineowners as respon-’ recent meeting | coal cars, but for wood found there, |sible for the numerous accidents and| Ford and Pierre Dupont. Receipts of wheat and cotton the principal markets were sub- same period of 1928. . . . Petro- feum production . slightly lower.” ‘Government Attack Is| in the party of social fascism, the | FRENCH TROOPS _ WORKERS’ CORRESPONDENCE --- FROM THE SHOPS Write to the Daily Worker, 26 Union Square, New York, About Conditions in Your § op. Workers! This Is Your Paper! Electrician Union | Misleaders Give Work to Favorites (By a Worker Correspondent) I wish to show some of the cor- rupt methods of H. H. Broach, “czar” of the Electricians Union, | Local 8, of New York, and now head of the International. | Broach assessed the members $50 leach a few months ago, and when this robbery was made he said that any member who was hard up | would be exempt. Instead of ex- lempting every member who was {hard up, due to no work, he made |them pay fines, $3 for each week | overdue. | Jobs are given out under the table to favorites of Broach and |Frank Wilson, the president of Lo- cal 3. A member who is hard up and comes to the office to ask for a job is chased out if he is not a favorite of the officials. If he se- leures a job for himself, and comes to the officials from who he must |ask permission to work, he is nine times out of ten told that he can’t |work for that concern, and then jafter he is gone the officials send a | favorite to that same job. They chase out members who hap- |pen to be in the day room at the |local’s headquarters at 130 East |16th St. The officials put a sign up, saying, “any member standing jin the hall or room will be sent to school to learn manners, or how to |keep jobs.” It is signed by Wilson. These are just a very few of the |examples of how little the electri- |cian misleaders care for the mem- |bers. The electricians must organ- lize under the Building Trades sec- tion of the Trade Union Unity |League to form the nucleus of a | building trades industrial union. | ELECTRICIA | DU PONT MEETS WITH HOOVER | LAYS MEN OFF SAME TIME (By a Worker Correspondent) | PHILADELPHIA (By Mail).— |No doubt you were amused by the | between Hoover, A few check-off for not only the U:M.W.A., |catastrophes which have occurred in| days previously the DuPont En- stantially smaller than in the |but also for rent, stores, fines,|the French mines recently. |lights, ete., are some of the things | oe |the men fight against, but it is im- possible to tell all of the others, which differ from mine to mine, The immediate prospect is vast | mployment. ‘There are now at! Ten-Hour Day. t 5,000,000, with the ranks! Loaders and cutting machine men rapidly extending. Wage cuts fol-| are kept in the mines until 4 p. m., low for those left on the job. | and in the morning, men have to be The eapitalist financial press in-|in line 30 to 40 minutes before go- sists that the bosses proceed imme-| ing down to work, The actual time diately to drastic wage cuts. In| spent in the mine has increased to this task, the bosses have the aid|9 or 10 hours a day. Miners have of the American Federation of La-|to walk to and from work through inging the | bor misleaders. Every state commissioner of labor in the United States reports grow- ing unemployment. A sample of these reports is given for Illinois by the United States Daily (Dec. 20): stria] activity in the state a recession during No- manufacturing plants throughout all sections and in most industries reporting a small- er number of workers and lower rolls then a month earlier. ecline in faetery employ- ment averaged 1.1 per cent and in pay-rolls 4.3. per cent. “Much ef the read construction werk also has heen discontinued and a large volume of common is idie, presenting a seri eployment problem in prec every large city of the state.’ It is interesting to note that road construction work is practically at a standstill. We cannot help re- membering the glowing, optimistic telegrams of the state governor to Hoover promising increased public works. A bigger drop in pay-rolls then in employment indicates dras- tie wage-cuts. | Every worker in the © United | States is affected by the severe de- pression of capitalism. Those un- employed feel the anarchy of capi- | talist production most severely. Those on the job work under the _constant dread ,of unemployment ‘and wage-cuts. | This situation will intensify in t.| the immediate future. Against this |we see the rising resistance of the| workers. In spite of the Hoover- |Green “no strike” agreement the ; workers are striking and these | strikes will grow into big battles. The Communist Party is the van- | guard of the working class in the ETROPOLITAN Deposits made on or before 7 | | 15th, 1930. . Open Mondays (all RANKING BY MAIL, ’ WE SELL A, B, A, TRAV!) QUARTERLY DIVIDEND OF THE 1 THIRD AVE. cor. 7th ST. Interest starts the FIRST day of Each Month JANUARY 13 Interest for three months ‘ending December 31st, 1929, at rate of 434°, per annum on all sums from $5 to $7,500 has been declared payable January A% SOCIETY ACCOUNTS ACCEPTE ELERS CERTIFIED CHECKS. which often have |none or few “safety holes.” This leads to many accidents. Naked | high-voltage wires are also strung ‘along haulage ways. | U. M. W. officials take part in \brazen wage cutting schemes, like |that of Gus Fritz in Belleville, where he proposes a 51-cent per ton rate | with the companies blasting instead lof the present 90-cent ton rate of pay with the miners blasting—which |pays the |companies 39 cents for { blasting. | The National Miners Union de- \elares for certain general local de- 'mands, applying to all miners, which are: 1) Fight against the check-off in all forms, whether to Lewis, Fish- wick, company stores, of otherwise. 2) Pay for all dead work of all sorts: taking up bottoms, moving rock, setting timbers, laying reads, pushing cars, etc. | 8) Where motors are used in imtines, employment of motormen and trip riders. | 4) Abolition of docking and fines. 5) More wash house facilities, lockers, sprays. 6) No overtime work. 7) Cages to be prepared for the lowering.and raising of miners at all air shafts as well as the main hoisting shaft. 8) Housing for men waiting in jline to enter mine. 9) Fight Against the speed-up. Fifteen minutes rest periods. 10) Abolition of bug lights (little |lights run by a seven pound battery with acid in it which the miner has |haulage ways, | : | growing class pressure against the | standard of living of the American workers. Every worker must fight back, on the job, in their union, in strikes—everywhere. SAVINGS BAN draw interest from January Ist day) until 7 P. M. De MacDonald Gov’t Glad for ‘Opposition’ to Coal Mining Bill London reports show that the “labor” government, after introduc- jing a Coal Mines Bill, which be- trayed the pre-election promises jmade to the miners by MacDonald, lis now going to modify the bill even las it stands to suit the liberal party leader, Lloyd George, though only two liberals voted for the bill yes- terday, The desertion of the liberals left MacDonald with only a majority of eight votes, and the conservatives, who had introduced a motion to re- ject the whole thing shouted “re- sign” when the vote was counted and found to be 281 for and 273) |against the government motion to | |send the bill to a second reading. | Even before the vote MacDonald promised \that the bill would be re- written ‘to suit those who oppose it, {but the liberals voted against it anyhow. Undoubtedly, MacDonald is secretly glad at this strong “op- | ee eee pa ee to carry on his back); more air and | better ventilation. 11) Equal pay on the |tonnage | ‘basis behind all undereutting ma- | chines (machines that cut under the |face of the coal, at the bottom, leav- | ling the miners to break it down and | load it). 12) Man-ways and adequate pro- tection from haulage and high ten- sion electrie wires. 13) No wage cuts. room—hot and cold wate: and baths on every floor. CAMP TELEPHONE. NEW HOTEL NITGEDAIGET, Beacon, N. Y. The newly built hotel has 61 rooms—two in a NEW YORK TELEPHONE: ESTABROOK 1400. | gineering department in Wilmington jcancelled a lot of experimental work which was going through the drafting department and commenced, llaying off the draftsmen. On the ‘day on which the meeting was held | DuPont laid off the remainder of | those engaged on the experimental | work (about two dozen all together) |and told them to keep away for a |few months. “We expect this de- pression to last till spring,” the boss said—J.T. Send Greetings to the Workers in the Soviet Union Through the Special Printing of The Daily Worker in the Russian Language! position,” since when attacked by the miners for betraying his prom- ise to them he can point to the “enormous opposition,” which he can claim, makes “impossible” any betterment of their conditions, The British workers are getting hard lessons in what dependency upon parliament means to them. They had a seven-hour day under Tory rule and lost it by betrayal of their strike by the “laborite” Trade Union Congress. MacDonald prom- ised he would restore it, but his bill is for a seven-and-a-half-hour day, with provisions for speed-up. The at present. The liberals say they |object to provisions about organiz- \ing sales. None of them are for the miners’ demands. Write About Your Conditions for The Daily Worker. Become a Worker Correspondent, WINTER VACATION FOR WORKERS AT CAMP NITGEDAIGET x in every room. Showers Will positively be ready for Christmas WINTER SPORTS—Skating and Sleighing to your heart’s content MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS NOW! Price same as in summer—$17 a week, : BEACON 731—862 TUUL ORGANIZING MICH. MINN, WISCONSIN LUMBER WORKERS (By a Worker Correspondent) _; the way it is preparing for a new | PAYNESVILL: J world war, ratio zation, strikes areata. delegate impr ssion of |2%d against the whole working class. |the first lumber workers’. confer-|, 4 large discussion occurred from LU ._|the reports; discussion on union Ober te ey soe ueUlt ons DS work vy most interesting, the re- jcember 15, in Mich | port of the organizational committee brought forth ways and means of doing organizational work among the lumber workers, also the de- mands of the Mid West Lumber Workers Union, such as committees, of ete, The unions’ der ids were shorter hours, better working conditions and living conditions, higher wages and oth smaller demands. This union will be part of the 'T.U.U.L., which leads the lumber workers union along the right path to victory. Forward for a strong revolutione lumber workers union that will fight for the benefit of the workers, every man for the union. —LUMBER WORKER. | The conference, the first of its |kind, that would take up the matter |of organizing a revolutionary union lat once was represented from 15 | different towns, which covers a | large territory. There were 80 dele- | gates and visitors that were from | these towns. After election of chair- |man, secretary and other officers a number of reports were given on different phases of the lumber in- | | dustry, such as poor wages, unem- |ployment, poor living conditions, ete, Also a report was given on the critical situation of the imperialist | countries today; that imperailism is | taking its last breath we can see ini }fake campaigns are hindering the 1 | District Conventions of | NTW to Start Fight nization of the wo! behind the fighting spirit of the (Continued from Page One) | es or : me w are aa |but in the whole capitalist world. A ite Secs OF There is no question that this ¢ ying 2 |is leading up to a new war. It will| Organize Negroes. |e the textile workers together with | “The convention has further criti- the workers in the other indus cized the insufficient work done who will have to carry additional | amongst the masses of Negro te tile worker: This mi be over- | burdens of exploitation as a result lof the war and the preparations for it,” | “he call for conventions points | out that the N.T.W.U., a section of | q mt u |the Trade Union Unity League, is | section of the union must be im |determined to fight this reducing of | proved. The young workers form the workers’ wages and bos y jan important sec ion of the workers speed-up system, and that mili m the industry. The convention has |struggle under its leadership can decided that in every district there | stop the still lower standard of liv- |must be established a functioning ling proposed. | youth committee and a youth organ- Gaerect Olas Wistalies izer. Similarly must we improve “Our convention has nies rand for |Our work amongst the women tex- all erushed the elements, like Weis. |ti@ Workers who are not only work- |bord, Keller and Dawson, who have bees Rie Gone er tired ies jturned out to be enemies of the | ard building of the mill locals. union, who have utilized their high |xo¢ sufficient work has been done : ; ‘ome | sion these lines in the pr=t. The bureaerats, and to introduce policies | 1414 preparations for the district |come immediately, and we must show results of improvement in our district convention “The work of building the Youth We must be carefull not to lag | jin the union that would have made |the National Textile Workers’ Union act the same way as does the treach- erous U.T.W.,” says the call, and continues: “The coming struggle will include | not only the workers in the mills but also those thrown out of a job because of unemployment. “We must intensify our struggle convention must be carried out in such a manner that it will strengthen the existing mill locals and will es- tablish new ones. Special attention must be given to the establishment of mill papers. vn age, the dourgeols age, it Tories stood out for eight hours as | |against the United Textile Workers and A.F.L., especially at a time} when the workers are ready sea struggle, and the U.T.W. with the More and n up into two grea into two great ond directly contra- posed classes: bourgeoisie and pro- WORKERS! Try International Celebrity COLUMBIA RECORDS | | CELEBRITY RECORDS Il Troyatore: I balen del suo sorriso (‘Tempest of the Heart) Verdi Riccardo Straceiari La G Barearolle—Pexeator affonda Vexe: ‘Thy Bait Now Lower) Ponchielli jos ~~“ Riccardo Stracciari and Chorus 1910-D 10 inch, 75¢ Baritone G-50170-D An die Musik! (To Music) Schubert 12 inch, $1.25 Sei mir gegriisst! 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It ween 450 to 500 members We y week, we n, unemploy- 1 holidays average 50 a week, s gh as $60@ ese were the conditions bee fore the lock-out s' Then came the Zavitsky on the Convention of with his wonderfu the Industr: bosses bring tem—piece work. had a we ment insu: for which we got wage was betwe ik . of L Our a r did he, not please the with his right- hand man, renegade Ginsburg, brought about the lock-out s The histo of the “lock-out you all well remember. Zarits with his g left nothing undone to break the wonderful spirit of the cap makers, which was due to the progressive leadership of the strike committee. Sixteen weeks fought like lions to kill the appetite of the hun- gry herd of the bosses with Zarit- ky and Ginsberg at the head of them, to drive us back into the shops under slavery conditions; then came the removal of the strike commit- tee. The black bundreds took con- trol of the str’ and the betrayal was complete. What are the conditions trade in December, 1929? we in th The so-called union shops in th soft line, “The Star,” which was sc tled by the progressives during th: {strike on full union ¢ ‘ons wa turned by the right clique into a: open shop. The 40 hours are a thin of the past, they are working piec | work, wages were cut three ar four times, no legal holidays, no v I will te ( x ; employment insurance. more of Zaritsky’s wrecking tactic in my next letter. —CAP MAKER. 0TH —— Anniversar Daily Worke | SEND GREETINGS |FROM THE WORKERS |THE. SHOPS AND FR )} YOUR UNION, YOUR FI TERNAL ORGANIZATIO! DISTRIBUT! | THOUSAND |at shop, mine and mill ga‘ we .ingclass neighborhoc Place Your Order Now! get subscriptions | Ask your fellow workers ; your shop to subscribe. V | workers who live next doo: | you for subscriptions. 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