The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 15, 1930, Page 1

Read how Mr. Cohen was persuaded to marry his papa-in-law’s doubtful look- ing gal when the old bandit gave him a pretty trinket for a dowry— nothing less than elbow room on the bench of so-called justi Tamrs ay ripped open. Sey Pee 22, Daily Woyke v, % <i oe 5 Ed wrt 2, ¢ » “oO 4 % 4 ond-claae \ Y. ande intered « at New York Vol. v iba. t. C 2? MOin.: ¥ oe The Public Works Fallacy Communists are not opposed to the ‘stimulation of public work On the con trary we favor special taxes on the rich for the creation of fund: y through many needed improvements in working ° ye during periods of economic crisis—nor at any other time. with which to ca class districts in every city. We continuously demand schools, parks, playgrounds, better sanitary facilities, etc., for the workers and their families. But we are against the théory, widely accepted since Hoover's conferences last fall, that public works are a solution for Political fakers in every city, who delight in playing to get votes and political office for are demigogically promising that if they are elected they will solve unemployment by stimulating public works. This kind of fakery was the main political argument of the newly Murphy, in Detroit. It is used indiscriminately by re- publican, democratic, A. F. of L, and socialist politicians in every city. economic unemployment. with the mis of the masses in order y themselves, elected mayor, It is, however, a fallacy Buffalo, This is strikingly illustrated by the experiences of N. Y., where some interesting figures are available. Buffalo was one of those “progre: which last fall heeded the call of Hoover to solve unemployment by stimu- lating public improvements. Buffalo was one of the hundreds of cities, counties and states that sent wires to Hoover telling how much they would immediately spend to “maintain prosperity.” As a result of these hundreds of telegrams, the newspapers, you will. remember, compiled a total of many billions of dollars that would “immediately” be made available to relicve the economic distress of the. masses. far-sighted cities” e, Now, after about a year, the Buffalo Times gives the results for Buffalo. According to the census figures there are 18,655 men unemployed in the city. The actual figures, of course, are several times greater, but we will not quarrel on that score now. In addi- tion to the many minor improvements continuously under way, three big projects were started to relieve unemployment. They were a big sewer construction job, a new city hall, and a teachers’ college. The sewer job employs 143 men; the new city hall 265; and the teachers’ college 62. That is, the three projects for which well over $10,000,000 was appropriated to solve unemployment employs only 470 men, while admittedly there are 18,655 unemployed workers in the city and actually at least twice that number. The work is being done by der- ricks, steam shovels, tractors and various other mechanical devices, rather than by men, Speed-up and low wages is the rule. It would be interesting to receive from our readers similar figures on other cities and states. Public works, then, as these figures show, do not even begin to meet the present situation. Despite all the optimistic chatter of Hoo- ver and his cohorts; despite the “great public improvement program” supposedly launched last fall, there are still over 8,000,000 jobless workers. This number is still increasing, as the figures now available for August show. Public works cannot solve this unemployment prob- lem, and neither can private, capitalist industry. Even assuming that the United States recovers from the present economic crisis great mass unemployment will continue. Therefore, while organizing and fighting for the overthrow of the capitalist system, which breeds unemployment and mass suffering, the workers must expose this public works fallacy and organize and fight for unemployment insurance—for the Unemployment Insurance Bill as proposed by the Communist Party. Only by forcing the bosses and their government to pay a living wage, a minimum of $25 a week, to every worker to whom they are unable to provide a job, can mass suffering and misery be alleviated. Public works is a fallaey; unemploy- ment insurance is the only solution under capitalism; the final solu- tion—the elimination of unemployment—will onby come with the de- feat of capitalism and the establishment of a workers’ and farmers’ government, The Communist Party is the leader of the workers’ both unemployment insurance and for a socialist society. aunistl struggle for Vote Com- ARREST 4 MORE | ANTHRACITE ANTI AT BELLINGHAM TERROR CONFER, Want Money Meetings Bosses Tiiuie sala Police For | Against Workers BELLINGHAM, Wash., ept. 14.— Four workers were arrested here yesterday on the grounds of distrib- uting leaflets without a permit. Of of the issues that willbe discussed at the Mass Anti-Terror Conference which will take place Sunday, Sep- te ae CRANTON, Pa., Sept. 14.—One | the four, two were released after questioning and warning. One of the four was G. Canalle, already facing a city vagrancy charge and out on bail, and th eother was Jim Brown, a fighting young worker, sixteen-years-old. Those held are Charles Bronsen, Young Communist League member and Martin Olsen, member of the Trade Union Unity League. A street mass meeting was held last night protesting against these latest arrests which are obviously intended to drive the Communi Party and the Trade Union Unity League out o fthe city of Belling- ham, whose government is con- trolled by the Blodell-Donovan Lum- ber Co. The International Labor Defense, under whose auspices the meeting was held, pointed out the necessity of mass defense work of these militant workers were to be protected from the capitalist courts, police and their branch of jostic.. This is the latest of a series of arrests that have been taking place in the City of Bellingham. On Aug ust 29, three workers were avrested and held incommunicado for two days. On August 30, two ropre sentatives of the Internotional Labor Defense were also imrpi oned when they came to find out about the arrested workers and the police threatened to arrests anybody com ing to find out about these arrested Workers, tember 28, at 10:30 a. m., at Union Hall, 12 East Market St., Kilkes- Barre, Pa. will be the fight for the right of workers’ organizations to hold meetings with out police inter- ference. This conference will lay plans for the broad mobilization of the working-class organizations here in the Anthracite against the payment of the police for “protec- tion” and for the privilege of even | holding small indoor meetings. When the committee of the Inter- national Labor Defense went to the Commissioner of Safety of Scranton to ask. for a permit to hold an indoor meeting for Anna Burlak, one of the six workers now facing the elec- chair in Atlanta, Ga. They were informed that they would have to pay a minimum of $10 for two police to watch the meeting. And when they refused to pay for the polies the er four police was stationed at nee to the hall and refused o allow ay of the workers to Only the m obilization of every sort } ation and the 4 s a whole in the cite will moe it pos ‘ple to old one mee withouw paying “a pol'er, Every working ganization sl to sead rates to the “Das AvlisTerror Confereres, Sep ‘ember 28, ~ VOVE COMMUNIST! de Daily. Central . Orga (Sec tion of ‘the-Cod emunist the Communist ae +t tag Post Office cof March 8, 1879 Party U. S. A. tional) NEW v YORK, MOND Y, SEI “TEMBER 15, WINTER WILL “Socialist” BE HELL FOR [HE JOBLESS Boss Magic Cannot Hide) the Ever-Worseniug | Economic Crisis | Business Goes On Down Must Increase Fight For Jobless Insurance | Again the bosses are trying to dis olve the economic crisis with ma- 1930 “NA Promises lo Jobless Cover WORKERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE! Price 3 Cents SITION a= L WORSE FIRE 3,000 Lhew Starvation of Jobless in Practice RAILWAYMEN Donald We kes Eveu their Dole Away; S.P. OUUEAME YS Here Clubs Hungry Goad ihe. ‘SOL ng ad fie Tal By WILLIAM. va FOSTER (Prisoner No. 52351, Hart's Istand Prison; Communist Candidate for Governor of New York State.) | Just now the leaders of the| socialist” party are filling | the air with talk about what they would do to relieve the sic. Winter is coming, with 8,000, une m- 000 jobless facing starvation. All of ployment the lies repeated for nearly a year if they by Hoover, Green, Lamont and Klein ae eoir ve been exploded by facts, In ee tne March Hoover said the crisis would DOW er: ond in 60 days. At the close of that But the riod it became worse, time is) Now the whole campaign of lying far past! about the crisis is being taken up by the entire capitalist and A. F. of L. press to hide the real extent of the misery that faces the whole work , ingclass this fall and winter, » Here are some of the stunts the bosses pull. In Virginia the busi ness men dump effigies of “Business Depression,” “Mrs. Pessimism,” and “Miss Fortune into the sea. By this witchcraft they hope to stem the tide | of the crisis. In their frenzy over | |the undeniable facts of a worsening slump, the bosses actually become childish in their anties to dispel the crisis. In Wall Street the clerks are forced to wear buttons reading “Business is Good.” By Coueism and (Continued On Page 3.) JOBLESS MARCH IN NEW HAVEN Force Board to Hear the, Delegation Today | | NEW HAVEN, Conn., Sept. 14.— n unemployment demonstration will be held here today at Central Green at 7 p. m. The jobless will march to the city hall to attend the ses- ion of the board of aldermen and} present demands for relief and in- | surance. | Friday the alderben were ariven| into a corner by the delegation trom | the Sept. 1 Unemployment Day dem- jonstration and forced to promise to |veceive the representatives of oe jHneimployed on Monday evning. William Schneiderman and rioracs| jot ae appeared before the board alder | | | men as representatives of announced that Paul Cline, the Daily | Worker jtested as soon as he sets foot in| |tacking the fake measures proposed | this city. Pressure has already been | brought on a hall owner to get him ment agencies, an dpointed out that t© cancel the hall secured for Cline’s unemployment had trippled in New | Scheduled meetint. ne Trade Union Unity League and | |the Sept. 1 demonstration. Schneiderman spoke, sharply at- }to the board, such as free employ- Haven since last year. Ten thou- | sand jobless face tarvation now. no evictions for non-payment of rent by those out of work, and pro- vision by the city of an immediate entation was constantly interrupted by the aldermen. Nevertheless, the aldermen were FAKEINJUN Green Best Ally of Injunction Bosses PHILADELPHIA. The A, F, of L. “anti-injunction” meeting here started with a prayer and wound up with the Star Spang'ed Banner. President Green spoke about in- junctions, stating that they will will make slaves of us. Of course | we are not slaves now, not in Mr. Green’s mind. Green said that the injunctions des roy “free speech, vee press and all other consiitu- oval rights.” U. S. Se ator Cope’and elso had omething to say on the subject “either judasley wil reorgenize it- \erude frame-up by announcing that The delegation presented the Trade Cline is “wanted in another state | Union Unity League program of un-| for violation of the Mann Act.” On employirent insurance, free housing. |his previous trip to Salt Lake City, | emergency fund, etc., but this pres- | when the workers in judging this party, have to rely only upon what its spokes- men, say and promise. Now we can look into the field of practice and see how translate their promises into action. And when we do this in the case of unemployment, as in all other issues, vital to the working class, the record of the social- fascists stand out clearly as one of treachery and betrayal. What Has MacDonald Done For the Unemployed? The present great outstanding example of this is in Great Britain. About a, year ago the British Labor Party, which is a socialist organization, was elected upon a pro- | gram of the relief of unemployment. MacDonald and the | others criticized the conservatives violently for their inability to solve the question of unemployment. Just give their party | a chance, the social-fascists said, and they would take care| of it all, pronto. So the working class voters, harkening to these glib promises, turned out en masse for them and enabled them to lead the government. A Million Unemployed More! When the British Labor Party took the leadership in the | capitalist government the total of unemployed was 1,100,125, } but by July 28, 1930, it had mounted to 2,011,467 and was SALT LAKE CITY United Textile POLICE PLAN TO, Convention ARREST CLINE Frame Him Uu Under the Mann Act Find Batty, New Bedford NEW YORK.—The United Textile up Saturday in disorder over charges that the New Bedford and Fall River delegation has shared in the $500,000 slush fund accumulated to elect to the U. S. Senate William M. Butler, big mill owner against whom the| New Bedford strike was fought and SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. i4.—Chiet of Police Burbridge has representative will be ar-| manager up to last year. The proposal to have the dele- The police indicate they have a national convention which will be held in Boston, Oct. 6, work for one of Butler's fake “48-hour” measures, Cline was also arrested and charges | were smashed. H Melt A substitute hall has been secured | Z he Molasses for Cline’s meeting Tuesday, and the {committee tn charge ig going ahead with the preparatory work. |9 thoroughly exposed before the roll ait The red-star, 8-page audience that they finally agreed to Election Campaign Edition hear the demands of the delegation’ Organize and strike against of the Daily Worker will at the Monday sesion wage-cuts! race over the United States CTION FIGHT 20. Some districts of Sept. the Party, not yours, of course, are moving like molasses in in December in sending material and orders. Look at the calendar! few hours left. turned out to disiribute leaflets in ‘vont of the gate and what hap- pened? One of our comrades was eaten up by the A. F. of L. gang- | ters, despile the protest of many vorkers present. The comrades were chased by the cops and fol- owed by squads of gangsters, who piled in automobiles, chasing the workers with the purpose of beat- ing them up, This, as well as other hypéeritical statements, can bee plainly shown up by the incident I have mentioned. These racketeers To try to mobilize the masses of workers, enraged at unemployment and speed-up, behind the Com- munist platform without using this specially de- signed edition is like try- ing to plow with a broom. How can any district Maintain its standing if it - scribbles zero opposite its name ‘in the pack page re- port of this edition? Individuals, t iGreen, Woll, Lewis, Hirshzerg, | units, sec- If or we are coming to the five. phillips and others of that ilk) are tions districts rush orders; ay week and six-hour day.” Haute ohponk] 1oxiMasetenenet the S8rper thousand; small or- Let us see what these fine rosy worker to express himself; they are ders a cent a copy, No s oochss amou it to, The com-adas of the ‘Y, 2 Union Unity Lergue | | the worst enemies of the working , papers without cash, i claws ~ RN. When Graft is Expos: Workers national convention broke | republican party national campaign | gates from the U.T.W. to the A.F.L. | number of unemployed worker! gime, the conditions of the greatly worsened. The socia cut off great numbers of wor benefit lists, making it harder Moreoyer, they are now about weekly unemployment dole. employed as viciously as the ment has done, And | “Labor” | These the grown cynical in their smug | assurance that the workers w j to their game and repudiate t | ample, J. H. Thomas, a $50,001 minister, says: bug about breaking records. of unemployed.” And meanwh says, while at least 10,000,000 (Continued betrayers of | fascists, unemployed Ne ernment would have dared to attack the un- the social-fascists do it all in the name of “socialism.” Breaking Records. “Do not be keen on this hum- This IN CHICAGO f| Chicago and Ni Northwestern Shops Lay Them Off rapidly ae eden ae is an increase of 911,342 in 14 months, not taking into onsideration the hundreds o thousands of part time em-| rloyed. | Indefinitely Much of this unemploy- ; uent is directly due to the Turned Down Wage Cut peeding up of the workers hrough the collaboration of the Labor Party leaders and} the capitalists. This tremen-} cyicaco. dous growth of unemploy- the Chicago ment, under the conditions of Railroad Compa expanding world capitalist | oroos and car de crisis, shows that the social-| siut down 17th, like their masters, throwing over three thousand work- the capitalists, will not and ers out of employment. The order cannot take the necessary | states that the lay-off! wil be for an steps to check or eliminate it. eee Ce eae ae killed and semi-skilled Besides a big growth in the several hundred laborers 8 under the Labor Party re-| the streets have also been l-fascists have systematically | kers from the unemployment for the workers to get relief. to slash the amount of the o conservative or liberal gov- RR. Industrial League Is Organizing Sept. 14—Officials of North Western issued an o back department will be n September m Ww shut-down follows the refusal of the rank and file to accept the alternative of four days per week work, which would be a wage-cut in disguise. While business agents and other fakers of the railroad em- ployees department the Ameri- (Continued On mare 3.) FASCISTS SHOOT AT WORKERS IN GERMAN VOTING of Jabor govern- workers have but ill-founded ill not awaken hem. For ex- Workers | in Disorder Strike Breaker and U.T.W. Chief, Sold to Manufacturer Butler was brought in by Herbert Severs and William F. G. Batty. Batty is Feu faker who headed the- inde- pendent “Textile Operatives” union which conducted strike breaking ac- tivities during the New Bedford |strike, and which joined the U.T.W. during the course the strike. |Batty cooperated completely with the lock-out expert, U. S. Commis-’ sioner Wood, and Wood relates with glee how Batty went to the picket line and personally slugged Fred Beal, a strike leader. of Officials Save Batty. A delegate named Shay of Salem, Mass., charged openly on the floor jof the convention that “the delega-| jtion bringing in this resolution is | part and parcel of the Butler cam- paign.” President McMahon of the| U.T.W., rushed to the defense of Batty and the graft with a parlia-| mentary trick, and ruled Shay out | jot order. The net result of considerable dis- (Continued On Page 3.) 0 a year labor pal te See “eavy Workers’ Vote Is I broke records in the number Cast in Berlin hile, as the New York Times — of British workers and their BULLETIN. _ 2 The following returns were re- onEeeo) jgeres Ly the capitalist press, as 0 to 8: ui of 33,000,000 votes cast, the sects sts received 6,135,0.0; Fas- | cists, 000; Communist Party, ' 3,531,000; Cathol’c Pariy, 8,324,000; Nationalis .. 1,657,000; Volkspartei, ae Economist Party, 1,027,- 000; Constitutionalists, 984,000; | Schleswig Agrarians, 939,000; Bav- arian Cat hoe 925,000; Christian | Socialists, 672,000; Agrarian Con- | servatives, 260, 000. At 2 o'clock, German time, the sosses Fear Crowding the Communists were approximately Workers’ Movement 62,000 votes ahead of the “Social- — ts” in the city of Berlin. PORTLAND, Ore.—On Sept. 9, the * . Workers Center at 312 Worcester Bldg., Portland, Oregon, was raided | evening truckloads of fascists halte¢ by police and workers coming to before Liebknecht House, the Com- the Communist Party meeting and! munist Party headquarters, and several who were reading in the opened fire at the lighted windows WORKERS CENTER ARREST WORKERS BER) —Yesterday Sepi hall, were arrested. Sixteen are An accompanying police car direct held; 8 for deportation and 8 on eda searchlight on the house, facil vagrancy charges. The following {tating the fascist atta are held for investigation by the im- migration authorities: Tom Eyan- off, Dan Stoeff, George Johnson, Ed Levitt, Pete Nales, Engelbrecht Nil- son, Bill Woral, Claus Stray. Others held are: Mike Genceff, Ellis Bjork- man, John Moore, Police fired against workers it the square in front of the House. In a few seconds over ove hundred shots were fired Arthur Hahnert ‘plumber, was killed by a stomach wound. He leaves a wife and two Rubin Snadstrom, | onidren, Arthur Brown, John Torkko, James | Howell, Jack Henderson. The ar- | rested are among the most active workers of the Communist Party and | jof the I. L. D. These arrests are part and parcel | The fascists retired under police j cover. The police cleared the square and adjacent streets, club bing and shooting. Many workers were wounded. Police Captain An DEMAND SERIO RELEASE Miners. Union Wires Pres. H Hoover ; ~ | lauf, member of the “socialist” par of the bosses’ attacks against the | ty. girected the action. Peer ee pore workers? igs aie part | Collisions a’so took place else- ofthe reign of terror: against the | where. In Charlottenburg fasci: native ‘born: workers \fired agains: a house displaying ;Communist placards. A truckload of Communists were attacked by fascist in Innsbruecker Platz. Po lice arrived and arrested 75 workers Guertelstrasse police raided a {Communist local, arresting many workers, In the suburb of Brity | fascists attacked some workers. Po | Ne \Mce arrived and fired thirty .cunds | Aroused to action inst they Joining the Serio - Radecovitch | Four arrests-were made. | threatened deportation of Guido) struggle, the Italian Labor Insti-| In Halensee fascists stormed the |Serio and Rade Radevovitch, the |iute of Philadelphia is arranging a | Communist local demolishing the in | Mine, Oil, dustrial Union, responding to ‘the call of the International Labor De- ing its forces actively into the fight to save these workers’ lives. The National Office of the union has sent the following telegram to |President Hoover from Pittsburgh Mine, Oi! and Smelter Workers’ Industrial Union, representing | hundred thousand miners, most | vigorously protests against de- | portation of Serio and Radeco vitch to fascist Italy and fascist Jugosia: ia respectively, stop. We | demand their unconclilional re | teane. Frank Rarich Recvetary and Smelter Workers’ In- | fense for cooperation, is now throw- | terior. Many were injured. In Op peln a serious collision took place |betwen workers and police. Tw’ | ; Guido Serio was an active organ- \ bigionriat pees injured as the res zer among the workers in the! puring the day many minor col juilding trades and it is as @ re- ‘‘sions occurred. At midday the po ult of his militant leadership that “ce had arrested several hundred ie now faces death in fascist Italy. \ large vote was oxpected in thr Jnless the workers of this coun- vorkers’ quarters where Communis ry come to his aid with a volume <opaganda is dominant. Commu ( protest that forces his release, placards and red bunting is dis is life will be claimed by the Mus- ‘1yed everywhere. Motorcycle lint government that already ha c., ave touring the streets makint m its black vecord the death ar” mmunist propaganda viure of thousands @f workers A final Communist a old last night with intense enth mass protest meeting to be held on |Sunday, September 28, at 1208 Tas- | ker Street, mass rally wee i VOTE SOMMANIS ©