The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 14, 1930, Page 1

DEMONSTRATE THURS. 2P. * HALL For a Fight Against Starva- tion; for the Workers’ Un- employment Insurance Bill Dai Ce ntral Org. (Section of y the Communist International) BEFORE BOARD OF ESTIMATE, CITY MILLIONS SLATED FOR BANKERS COPS TAMMANY WORKERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE! Entered as at New York, N. second-class matter at the ¥., under the act of March 3, 1879 Post Office CITY EDITION Vol. VII. No. 247 NEW YORK, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14; 1930 Price 3 Cents Into the Factories! poLTical: fakers of the three capitalist parties—republican, demo- cratic and “socialist”—are resorting to every conceivable method of winning votes. Graft exposures and prohibition still hold first place in their joint efforts to fool the workers and poor farmers. But as the campaign develops and the workers begin to see through these fake issues these political demagogues will deal more and more with the real issues of unemployment, wage cuts, ete., but in such a manner as to confuse the workers and to prevent, if possible, a real struggle of the masses for immediate relief. In their campaign, however, it is not only the lying character of their promises that constitutes a danger, but especially their facilities for reaching the masses of the voters. They have unlimited financial resources. They have a large staff of publicity agents. They control the capitalist press which daily reaches millions of voters. The radio stations, with state and national hook-ups are at their command. The “movie” theatres, fed by the talking newsreels, are the means of reach- ing many thousands daily. The A. F. of L. union bureaucrats, the churches, clubs, ete., are completely at their service. And all these facilities, and many more, are used to maintain the rule of the bankers and big manufacturers against the workers. The limited resources and propaganda facilities of the fighting workers’ organizations which support the Communist Party make it necessary to consider carefully how best to utilize these forces in the fight against the capitalist parties and to rally the workers and poor farmers for struggle for their urgent demands. Obviously the first and greatest consideration must be given to winning the great mass of workers in the factories. By aiding in establishing factory committees—committees for the support of the Communist candidates—all workers’ organizations |(T.U.U.L., I-L.D., W.LR., workers’ clubs and fraternal organizations) can most effective- ly assist in counteracting the poisonous propaganda of the capitalists and rally the workers for struggle. i ‘i s direc hing th yed work ae .. Likewise all efforts directed to reaching the unemployed workers | hidden’: unifocal whet they are |given parliamentary immunity. The | will bear fruitful reswits both in piling up support for the Commu- nist candidates and in broadening the fight for immediate unemploy- ment insurance. All organizations, in the short time remaining, can greatly in- crease their activities to rally the workers. Every individual worker, jn fact, can accomplish much in this period. Let us bend every effort to get into the factories ‘and to strengthen the organization work among the unemployed workers. Rally the workers to vote Commu- nist on November 4th! Circulate widely the special election edition of the Daily Worker! Organize shop committees! Strengthen the Un- employed Councils. Prepare for hard determined struggle to relieve the suffering of the workers during the coming winter! “A New Economic Era” PESSIDENT HOOVER, as a result of his speech before the American Bankers” Association, was credited with desiring to retain what he loosely described as the “American philosophy of constantly increasing standards of living.” While Hoover appears to be very anxious to retain the “philosophy,” he does not give a damn about the “standard of living.” This is shown very clearly by the wholesale lay-offs, the wage cuts, the part-time work, and the actual suffering and starvation which resulted following his conferences of last fall. Hoover, despite his “concern” about the “philosophy,” ete., consistently refuses unem- ployment insurance or even immediate relief for the millions of starv- ing workers, and instead orders the clubbing of jobless workers in Cleveland who demand bread. But Hoover's banker bosses are not even concerned about “philo- sophy.” They bluntly and openly, not being themselves candidates for office, speak about a “new economic era” of continued poverty and. suffering for the masses. The New York Times reports the financiers’ estimate of the future as follows: “-. at present the financial district (Wall Street—Ed.) is full of men who assert that the country is entering upon a period of definitely reduced prosperity, of permanently lower stock prices, of declining standards of living and all around re- trenchment.” Further on in the same article the case is put even more bluntly 80 far as the “standard of living” of the workers is concerned. There they say: iB “Prophets of the present “new era” (as opposed to the “Golden Age” advocates before last year’s market crash—Ed.) foresee an extended period when prices will steadily decline, wages will be cut and the American working man will be forced to content himself with much less of the good things of life.” f This development again shows very clearly the lying character of the politicians’ promises about “an early return of prosperity. It also shows the intentions of the bosses as regards to the conditions of the workers. They will let the politicians of the three capitalist parties talk about high standards of living and any other bunk by which they can secure votes. But these same bankers and manufacturers, after the republicans, democrats and “socialists” have taken office, will see that their policy for wage slashes, more lay-offs, more speed-up, and more police brutality is carried ‘out. They will surely try to inaugurate their “new economic era.” Against these plans, and against the Hoovers, the Roosevelts and the Thomases who will carry through these plans, the workers will rally. Great masses will organize and fight to prevent any “new era” of still more suffering from being put over. ‘Through shop committees, and through the Unemployed Councils, inspired and led by the Com- munist Party, many thousands of workers will vote Communist on November 4th and fight every inch of the way, against these starva- FASCISTS IN CLASHES AT - REICHSTAG March Into Parliament | With “Forbidden” Fascist Uniform Begin Anti-Jew Riot Metal Workers Pre- pare for Big Strike Fascist demonstrations marked the opening of the Reichstag Mon- day. Gangs of fascist rowdies marched through the streets, smash- ing windows of Jewish stores. A fascist demonstration was held in front of the Reichstag (parliament } building) and a clash took place} tion proposals. DRESSMAKERS TO MEET TOMORROW NEW YORK.—In active prepara- tion for the coming dress strike against piece work, bad conditions, unemployment and for the seven- hour day and five-day week, the dressmakers, pleaters, tuckers, hem- stitchers, and all others working in ise shops are called by the Needle 'rades Workers Industrial Union to a general dress membership tomor- row at 7 p. m. at Irving Plaza Hall. ‘The meeting will discuss and vote on the demands and tactics outlined for the strike by the Shop Delegates’ Council. “Dressmakers! We are a mighty army, 40,000 strong; let us unite our forces; united and organized we can win better conditions,” says the N. T. W . I. U. ina leaflet calling the meeting, and adds, “Let us organize shop by shop, building by muilding, street by street—in every shop a strike organizer, a shop committee. Report your shop to the industrial union!” i Bring Donations to Communist Election Drive to Red Rally! NEW YORK.—The Communist Party Election Campaign Commit- \tee states: “The greeting of Comrade Fos- ter, Minor and Amter, the leaders of the unemployed and the Communist candidates, upon their re-entrance into the active leadership of the workers’ struggles, must be accom- panied by a militant demonstration and substantial contribution to the Fighting Red Election Campaign Fund of the Communist Party. “The working class is the only source of funds for the Communist Party Election Campaign. “Every workers’ organization, every shop, every individual worker, is urged to bring assum of money to be contributed to the Election Campaign Fund at the Madison Square Garden Demonstration, Oct. 21. Take up collectiosn in the shops and meteings, vote sums of money from organization treasuries and bring it to the demonstration, wit hthe police. In the Reichstag, itself, the fascists donned the “for- 107 fascist deputies marched into| the Reichstag with the fascist in- signia on their sleeve. It was a demonstration of defiance and prom- ise of organized ° fascist armed struggles. The Bruening government is ex- pecting aid from the socialists in the present crisis which now con- fronts the new Reichstag. “tit ae. (Cable By Inprecorr.) BERLIN, Oct. 13—At the open- ing of the Reichstag this afternoon the fascist deputies changed into the fascist uniform after reaching the building, The Communist “deputies itro- duced an emergency motion demand- ing teh release of the arrested Com- munist deputy, Maddalena, whose immunity was violated. Outside of the Reichstag fascist disturbances took place. Police arrested 30. This morning 2,000 toolmakers struck against an attempt to exceed the arbitration now going on and to reduce wages immediately by 30 per cent. Yesterday the trade union conference unanimously rejected the arbitration decision providing for a wage-cut of 6 to 8 per cent. The misleaders of the metal workers’ union are conducting an unnecessary ballot vote on a de- cision refusing to make a strike the issue, the ballot thus proving the intention of sabotage of the fight against’ wage-cuts by the reaction- ary union leaders, The central strike committee of the revolution- ary union opposition ig working counter to the bureaucrats’ maneu- vers. The misleaders will probably strive to persuade the government to refrain from making the arbi- tration decision binding, and will) try to get the decision modified to a 6 per cent wage-cut, hoping to get the workers to accept it without strike. NEW WAGE CUT IN I. MILLER SHOP Should Defy Company Union; Put Up Fight NEW YORK.—Another wage cut knives to the bone the workers in I. Miller and Son shoe shop, There was one a short time ago, and now another of 10 per cent. Those in each department are called together by the company union chairman at separate meetings and told that if they do not accept, the bosses will close down. They insult the work- ers by telling them they can make up for the loss by working longer. One worker, D. Aversa, in spite of the tactics of the bosses to divide and freighten the workers, never al- lowing them to hold one large meet- ing together, rose and denounced the miserable wages and the new cut. He was fired. The shoe workers now begin to see they must mobilize their forces, join the Independent Shoe Workers Union, and refuse to recognize the Boot and Shoe, which is only a com- pany union. The wage cut adds to the company profits—it is killing the workers. “Socialists and Tammany Judge Steel $485,000,” the 19th —_— ee 10 Cleveland Fool Unemployed; ing in a downpour of rain all ni ployed workers stormed the hal Hoover’s “prosperity” victims smashed the door glass, almost wrenching the huge doors from their hinges, when they attempted to rush the hall. Armed guards and police barred the doors from the inside, allowing only one/ hundred applicants to enter at a time. Outside more armed police twirled their clubs nervously in the faces of the rebellious workers. ! Nowhere, not even in the cities of war torn Europe did the writer! see such a crowd of derelict and| emaciated workers as this one. | Twelve fainted from hunger and| NEEDLE WORKERS MARCH, OCT. 21ST Minor Reported Better; Foster, Amter Speak | NEW YORK.—From Flower Hos- | pital, where he is resting after an} operation for acute appendicitis, word came yesterday that Robert Minor, Communist candidate in the | Twentieth Congressional District, | Harlem, is better, though it is | doubtful whether he will be well) enough to appear at the Madison Square Garden meeting on Oct. 21,| where he, together with William Z. | Foster, Communist candidate for Governor of New York state, and | Israel Amter, Communist candidate in the Twenty-Third Congressional District, Bronx, will be greeted upon their release, Workers in many shops and fac- tories are mobilizing to march to Madison Square Garden on Oct. 21 right after work. Needle workers will be particularly active in ar- ranging such demonstrations with ARE YOu Tre i _ CFATHER oF My é Sgn t ATES on Fake Job Line from Hunger City Government Which Fired 300, Tries to Demand for Jobless Insurance (By a Worker Correspondent) CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. 18.—Wild scenes were witnessed Thursday morning when the Cleveland city hall opened. Stand- two thousand alleged “three days a week, pick and shovel jobs.” Seething with discontent® |the trickery and ‘ORDER VIKUKEL Pe ‘DEPORTED FOR HIS MILITANT ACTIONS Ellis Island on Fake | Testimony Jailed da Gary, Ind. Deportations Increase, NEW YORK.—Francise Vikukel, militant worker, was ordered to re- portation to Czechoslovakia for an anti-fascist speech he delivered at Gary, Indiana, last. April. the testimony taken by the Immi- and that the interpreters hired by the government have deliberately misinterpreted the testimony Viku- kel gave. | Speaking at a Hungarian meeting of workers, Vikukel attacked the fascist government in Hungary. Fascist spies, hired by the steel in- terests in Gary, immediately re- ported his speech to the police and he was arrested and turned over to immigration authorities, where he was questioned, For about a month this militant worker was in jail without any charge being placed against him. In a statement issued by the I. L. D. it was brought out that hun- dreds of workers are being deported Jobless Faint Communists Lead ight long 15,000 starving unem- ll entrances to register for the had to be carried to hospital. At one time the Mayor, Mr. Mar- shall appeared at the door and tried to pacify the yelling crowd. His remarks met with jeers and “we ————— want work or unemployment insur- o) ance, not bunk”, Later he sent PATERSON NEW K along two small barrels of green} ’ \ apples to feed this huge crowd. The Cleveland Unemployed Coun- cil distributed leaflets denouncing schemes of the bosses and their tools in the city council. When two o'clock came around only a few hundred applicants had been taken care of. The city hall! bureaucrats then ordered the hall cleared and the door locked, but| the famished unemployed workers defiantly: refused to leave, forcing the fakers to keep the hall open til . five. As already stated the “jobs” | the United States. are supposed to be pick and shovel | jobs at sixty cents per hour. One-| from coast to coast picking up de- portation, Call Workers to Come to Nov. 2 Meet NEWARK, N. J., Oct. of Newark and Paterson will given the opportunity to hear Wm. Amter, Raymond and Lesten, i3teel Worker Sent to} Unemployment Grows | port today to Ellig Island for de- | gration officers has been falsified and that a special train is traveling | joretes at established points and | ringing them to New York for de- Foster, who, along with Minor,| ft J was | tions containing the list of demands The In-| Ployed and unemployed before |ternational Labor Defense, through|m. is called by the Councils of the Unemployed and Trade tehir attorneys, have porven that! Union Unity League energetica | Party, to oppose the proposed city budget, to back up demands | for immediate relief from the MEETS PREPARE DEMONSTRATION THURSDAY 2 PM. Jobless Get Ready for City Hall, Thursday NEW YORK.—Over 600 unem- front of the Tammany fake unem- | ployment agency yesterday and junanimously voted to support the demands the Unemployed Councils of Greater New York will present to the Board of Estimate Thursday. A resolution to mobilize all workers jfor the demonstration before the City Hall Thursday at 2 p. m. was adopted. ; In spite of the fact that the Tam- |many agency was closed yesterday on account of Columbus Day, hun- TO HEAR F h. | dreds of unemployed workers as- | sembled in front of that place. In the course of the week, many such | meetings will be held in order to mobilize great masses of | ployed workers to appear, together jwith their delegation, before the 13.—On | Board of Estimate. Sunday, November 2nd, the workers | be Uniosn Hold Meetings. A esires of 28 open-air meetings |Z. Foster, the leader of the revo- | have been arranged by the Food, |lutionary trade union movement in} Marine, Needle, Harlem and Down- town Unemployed Councils. At all of these meetings resolu- will be voted upon, also the en- NEW YORK.—A mass demon: ployed workers held a meeting in } unem- | half of the “prosperity” victims | that the writer saw making. appli- | sent to jail by a Tammany hench- man with a “so much per” judge- ship in his possession, is now being dorsement of teh proposal to send |the committee. Thousands of un- DEMONSTRATE “AT CITY HALL FOR JOBLESS! Board of Estimates Meets Thursday on Huge Budget, Millions for Bankers and Police Mass Demand That Funds Be Turned Over to Pay $25 a Week to Each of Unemployed ation of all workers, em y Hall Thursday at 2 p. the C ly supported by the Communist city government for the starv« ing jobless workers of this city. The demands will be made on | the board of estimates at that time in public session on the city budget. | They will be presented by a dele- gation of the organized unemployed and militant workers. Masses of | workers and jobless must be there | to show that they stand for these | demands, that they refuse to die quietly, but wil fight to win them! Must Have Food Now! Relief for the unemployed masses | must come immediately before win- | ter sets in, The demand of the unemployed councils and the Trade Union Unity League, fully endorsed {by the Communist Party, is that while the Communist. Workers’ Tne employment Insurance Bill in Con- gress is pending, the city shall im- | mediately asign money for a fund to save the lives of the pobless; every unemployed worker to get $25 a week until work can be found or until the task of providing this much in insurance is taken over through the Workers’ Unemploy- ment Insurance Bill, Make the Bankers Wait. The demands for immediate re- lief have been adopted by the city conference on unemployment held Sept. 28. They call for turning over to the unemployment relief fund | all the surplus in the city treasury, and the funds set aside by Tam- | many office holders for payment of interest to bankers. The largest item in the tentative budget pro- posed to the board of estimates by Mayor Walker is $196,306,716 for | “debt services,” that is, for pay- cation were so emaciated that they | released’ and w shovel. city officials fired 300 workers in| Auditorium in Paterson at night. f ji be more Red and | €” could not possibly handle a pick or | hotter” than ever at the Krueger | City Hall to back up the demands | | Auditorium in Newark in the after- atic u Several weeks ago the Cleveland | noon, at the Central High School! the 1,700 evictions a week of job-| employed workers will be down at | \Connnes oh age as of the delegation and to denounce| Polish Workers Club Aids ‘Vote Communist’ |less in New York. the utilities department, and an- nounced they would lay off hundreds more. The new scheme means neither work nor bread. The fight for ey employment insurance is becoming | sharper. Moore Speaks at Vote, Communist Drive in| Passaic and Elizabeth) PASSAIC, N.-J., Oct. 18,—Rich- ard B. Moore, Communist candidate for attorney general in New York, | will speak in Passaic, Thursday | night, at 25 Dayton St. signs and slogans demanding im- mediate unemployed relief and the release of Comrade Harry Raymond and all political prisoners. Moore will speak in the Negro | Friday night, at 106 East Jersey | Ave. | On Friday, | i | workers’ section in Elizabeth on) it All unemployed councils are elect- ing committees to greet Foster, Minor and Amter upon their release Oct. 21, an dat the Madison Square Garden demonstration Oct. 21. The unemployed councils of the Trade Union Unity League will also \have a delegation present at the conference called by Commissioner Frank J. Taylor of the Department of Public Welfare, which will be aoe next Thursday at 50 Lafayette t. ‘BANQUET MARCH | 6 JAILED LEADERS ILD to Hold Defense) Banquet Oct. 22 | At these meetings the workers will be able to contrast the Foster | Communist message to those of the republican, democrat, and _ socialist fakers who have preceded him here in the persons of Morrow, Simp- son, and the Night Club Clown, Heywood Broun. Dear Editor: ported the cause of our Party in and have been loyal at any time party. On August 15th, 1930, tion on account of the economic had been with a big concern at jobless, me, a little fellow, with position. exists and operates. in the series of articles on Tam- many Hall, will be found on page Three, would mean to me, but I did not a terrible situation. 1 might come. October 11, 1930. I have been for years a faithful member of the democratic party of this city, have sup- which had to be saved through making me year, against some $50,000 of some big bosses, doing not much but holding some lucrative Perhaps the firm thus has been saved by sacrificing me, because same still But I was given two weeks’ pay and with 100 regretting words was being complimented away, on account of the slackening business. And I knew, what that NOT SUICIDE, BUT MILITANT FIGHT! I have done every respect to the “great” I lost a posi- depression. I $3,000 a year, action. only $3,000 a of the party! know, in what job or position, I have finally appealed to my party friends and fellow members, with the result that I got another 100 promises and no I had visited Mr. Curry of Tammany Hall, who promised me help, but this wes more than 4 weeks ago. on promises any longer, I have written again, more urgently, but then I was told, to be pa- tient, and now, no answer is, given any more to the disturber. That is the same Tammany Hall which tells the world, that samé help the poor and sup- pressed, but how about me, a paying member party affiliation and support a party which | has the only courage to expose the most dis- graceful situation in which we are in now. One may “think,” reading the big propa- (Continued on Page Three) | \LLY AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN OCT. 21 RIGHT AFTER WORK! | NEW YORK.—Following the Red Rally at Madison Square Garden, | Oct. 21st, to greet the Unemployed | Delegation, Wm. Z. Foster, Robert Minor and I. Amter upon their re-| lease from Welfare Island, a ban- quet has been arranged for them | | by the N. Y. District of the Inter- national Labor Defense. | | Although Robert Minor will not be able to be preseht because of | | serious illness, Foster and Amter will speak at this Liberation and Defense Banquet at Irving Plaza, Oct. 22, where the workers will meet the delegation. | Tickets are 50 cents and can be secured at the I. L. D. office, Daily Worker, Bronx Cooperative Res-, taurant, 2700 Bronx Park East, and Goldstein’s Book Store, 418 Sutter | Ave., Brownsville, everything to obtain another Now hecause I cannot live I guess I have to change my { Vote Communist! | THE GREET THE JOBLESS LEADERS JUST OUT OF JAIL! iT VOTE! Election Campaign | NEW YORK.—Rallying to the support of the Communist Party in the present election campaign, the Polish Educational Workers’ _ Club, 257 E. Tenth St., at its meeting on | Oct. 10 passed a resolution attack- ing the three boss parties, the re- |publican, democrat and_ socialist, end calling on all workers to “Vote Communist.” The regolution states “That the Communist Party alone sincerely defends the interests of the workers 2 Snapshots of Capitalist Crisis NEW ORLEANS—T. Cal- loway, billowy president of the Investment Bankers’ Association now belly-stuff- ing in New Orleans, says: “The delegates are optim- istic. They are undisturbed by the vague fears that have been so prevalent.” The fatties with the four times normal stomachs and sorehouses full of fodder live in luxury. ee * CLEVELAND. — Several workers fainted here today from starvation. Workers! Don't stand for this! Vote Communist! Help flood the U. S. with 1,000,000 Speciat Election Campaign Editions of the Daily Worker. Eastern Edition, Nov. 1; first N. Y. City Edition Oct, 18, BUILD ‘