The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 29, 1930, Page 1

- for the workers continuously—before and after elections! For a Fight Against Starva- tioxfor the Workers’ Unem- Dail Central — U orker unist Porty U.S.A. WORKERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE! aa Se (Section of the Communist International) are Gere. 260 < Sp iow Yorks N.S ender the ast of March & 1879 NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1930 NATIONAL EDITION Price 3 Cents eor¢ + — = - - oe ee = “on = ——— 4 s or < a ° ! ry o S +, Still Harder! Vote as You Fight! Against Hunger! — HOOVER CALLS MILITIA ow noo és ae pci ane ie oe fh weeks. Many workers who pra\, _ «vy followed the republican, democratic and “socialist” parties—the three ‘parties of capitalism—have been broken away. They are now enertetically working with the Communist Party in its efforts to rally broad mass support for the Communist candidates on November 4th and to further develop the struggle of the workers for bread. ‘The demonstrations in Cleveland, Boston, New York and Detroit were particularly effecitve. Many thousands of workers, through these demon- strations, saw through the lying “relief” propaganda of the bosses and their political aides. They rejected the pre-election offer of charity from the bosses and categorically demanded unemployment insurance. They actually experienced the first stages of the bosses’ plans to crush the rising struggle of the unemployed for immediate relief. They are thoroughly convinced that republicans, democrats and “socialists,” alike, are agents of the capitalists, helping them to further worsen the conditions of the masses. Many additional thousands of workers have been won for the fighting program of the Communist Party in the shops and factories. The per- sistant slashing of wages. the killing tempo of the speed-up, and the growth in part-time work, together with the more and more open betray- als by the A. F. of L. and “socialist” trade union bureaucracy, have all contributed to the disillusionment of the masses and to their increasing readiness to rally under Communist leadership for a fight against these unbearable conditions. Many Negro and foreign born workers mercilessly hounded and dis- criminated against by the old parties. have found in the Communist Party a body that militantly fights for their demands. The fight against Jynching, the ficht acainst deportation, have made many Negro and foreign born workers stalwart defenders of our Party. A review of our work clearly shows that a great gain has been made im the mass influence of the party among the workers. The Communist vote on November 4th will be much greater than in previous elections. But much more can and must be done! In the remaining six days, when all the capitalist candidates and newspapers are trying their hardest to confuse and line up the workers, the work of every Communist and every Communist sympathizer must be increased many fold. Our efforts in the factoyjes and among the un- employed, among the Negro and among the foreign born workers must be redoubled. Great election rallies must be held everywhere such as will take place in New York's Union Square on November 3rd. On election day, November 4th, every worker must vote and see that his shop and neighbor also goes to the polls to “Vote Communist!” And finally local organizations everywhere must see that checkers are in every voting booth to see that the votes of the workers are counted. Rally for a week of the hardest work the Party has ever done! Fake Fight PHICAGO furnishes a good example of the fight which the white cap- italist politicians regularly make before every election to win the Negro yotes and of the little concern which they have for the conditions of the Negroes after election. “Big Bill” Thompson, Chicago’s grafting mayor, has regularly posed in every election as a “friend of*the Negro.” With the help of Bishop ‘Garey and Oscar De Priest he has regularly. carried” Chicago's Negro South Side. y, But last summer Thompson’s administration drove the same Negroes —its “friends” before election—off of certain bathing beaches and limited certain beaches to their use. In many other ways the city administration furthered the systematic discrimination and persecution against the Negro masses. But because Thompson was able to use De Priest and Carey he was able to smooth over and explain away the anti-Negro acts of his administration. When the Communists, however, began to organize the Negroes of the South Side, together with the whites. for struggle against the un- bearable conditions to which they were subjected, the true color of the ‘Thompson gang became clear to many Negroes. After the influence of the Communists was clearly seen to be growing, Thompson's. chief: of detectives declared: 7 “Keep away from those G.. . niggers, or I'll destroy your organization and every G.... one of you.” And now, six months later, the Chicago police department is sending {ts patrolmen around to Negro churches trying to line up the votes of } the Negroes that they then called “G.... D niggers.” De Priest, temporarily on the outs with Thompson who is for the moment supporting the democratic senatorial candidate, is visiting the churches in support of the republicans. But all of these efforts, the fight between Thompson and De Priest, are primarily efforts to keep the Negroes away from the Communists. ‘They are efforts to befuddle the Negro workers, by a fake fight, into believing that they can secure something from the republicans, democrats or “socialists.” . ‘The Negro masses, to an increasing extent however, are beginning to see through the fakery of these “friends” and their own misleaders. They are rallying more and more behind the Communist Party which fights These Negroes will vote Communist November 4th! “FEAR” KANCHOW TAKEN BY REDS Seattle Police Try to Prevent Ded Ex- posure of Capitalism | SEATTLE, Oct. 28—Several work- ers were arrested here last night for Class Sudden Discovery of Unemployment Just ishing interest which all the capital- ists and their pOlitical parties have suddenly taken in you—just as Elec- tion Day nears? Up till the midle of. October, not a-one of these liars but what what tried to hide the number of the un- employed. Tried to lie to you. Tried to kid you along that “prosperity” was coming back. Only the Communists told you the truth. Told you that this depression is different from others. Told you that it may go on for years. Told you and still tell you that little |“prosperity” there ever was for you will never come back as it was before} so long as capitalists rule. Suddenly — Hoover discovers an “unemployment emergency” which he has all along denied existed. | Suddenly—the Tammany democrats begin making funy noises about “re- lief.” Sudenly—the fake “socialists” trot out a fake proposal to prevent workers from fighting and voting for |the Communist proposal for real, for | substantial, relief and unemployment | insurance. But you will remember, workers, that only the Communist Party be- gan fighting, has fought and will continue to fight for jobless relief. WHAT! NO ABUM MAGICIAMY. Against Class! Vote Communist! Only Communist Party | Really Fights for Before Election R ABBITS 2 the Unemployed Workers! Jobless and employed! e Suddenly these hypocrits all dis-| Have you noticed the suden aston- cover an emergency. Just before| Election Day! hey used to answer | the workers’ demand for Unemplo: | ment Insurance by saying: “No char-| ity; no dole!” But now, when they are forced to say something to catch votes, all| they promise even now is rotten] chearity; soup kitchens, bread lines; | |beds in jail, part time work at part time wages. All they promise even | now is hunger, misery and starvation. With millions jobless for a year, Jall the foke. “socialists” propose is | what amounts to not more than $10 |a week for only 26 weeks and the |employed workers. must pay even that! Only the Communist Party de- mands, and will fight after the elec: tion, in ‘Congress: and outside Con. | gress, for real relief, for Unemploy- ‘ment Insurance payiyz not less than $25 a week, with $5 aditional for each family dependent, and the entire cost must be paid by taxes on the rich—all funds administered by workers only! Workers! Be warned against capi- talist: election promises! Only Com- munists will fight for Unemployment jInsurance and real, immediate re- lief, after the election! Just as they fought for it before elections, Vote That only the Communists have taken the clubbings of the police to get bread, clothing, shelter, for the unemployed! Remember March 6th! The Com- munists led the fight for “Work or Wages.” Remember the workers 200 Districts to Meet at China Soviet Congress on December 11 To Represent Population of 30,000,000; Red Army, With 100,000 Advances All Along the Line SHANGHAI, Oct. 28—The First clubbed by police in Democratic New York. Tear-gassed in Republicari Wahsington, D. C., right at the door of the White House! Blackjacked and jailed in “socialist” Milwaukee! The workers led by the Commun- | with the Kuomintang bloody terror | Congress of Soviets of China has/ against the workers and peasants. , been called to meet on December 11, | Today both Kuomintang and the im- the anniversary of the Canton Insur- | Perialists openly admit the forward rection of 1927. Originally called for | sweep of the Soviet’ movement and May 30th, the delegation from all; growth of the Red Army, and are | the Soviet districts could not get to-| fearfully mobilizing all instruments | gether at that time, and the May) of mass murder. Workers of the | 30th meeting was turned into a pre-| United States must rally their forces | paratory Conference. At present the/ for joint struggle with revolutionary Soviet Power has been established in| Chinese workers and peasants. Hail | Communist! ist Party on one side! On the other TO PREPARE SHOPMEN LAID OFF NEW YORK.—Widespread lay- ry give the lie to the Hoover bunk about prosperity being ne: again and the crisis about over. The entire force of the Readville car and locomotive shops of the New | | Haven railroad are thrown out of work for ten days. There are | | 1,400 of ‘them. For the last four | | months they have been working | | only three or four days a week | | The layoff includes even the | | clerical force at the plant. | ‘The company has bee kidding | | these workers along for weeks | With the story that part time was only very temporary, and business | | would be better soon. Then it | | slapped them in the face with a} | complete lay off. | Arthur P. Russell, vice president | | | of the New Haven, laughed at re- | porters who asked why the lay off | | and said, “I haven't been around | | to my office often enough recently | | to know much about it.” ‘| The New Haven unemployment | comes on the heels of a layoff of | | 6,000 New York Central shopmen, | | announced Oct. 16. | side the interests of the capitalists— protected by the city, state and na-) tional government run by Republi- cans, Democrats and “socialists!” Class against Class! ORDER SERIO T0 DEATH IN ITALY Woods’ Record Experience His Policy Will be “Bla Shows Him d Police Thug ekjacks and Breadlines for Unemployed;” Is One of the ~~ Leading Parasites in Us Sr” | 1,400 NEW HAVEN | | | | profits). ‘U.S. to Hand Him Over to Fascists By J. BARNETT jexploitation of the workers and di- Who is Col. Woods that: Hoover | rectly interested in saving the profits picked to lead the ‘bosses’ fight of the bosses from the demands of against the 9,000,000 unemployed fac- | the unemployed for real unemploy- NEW YORK, Oct. 28.—The De- ing starvation this winter? Woods; partment of Labor has ordered the) is an experienced police clubber of | deportation of Guido Serio to Iialy strikers. He has long experience in by refusing to grant a “voluntary | jailing unemployed workers. His ex- departure.” This decision by the perience fits right in with the Hoover immigration officials spells a cer- policy of “blackjacks, bayonets and tain death for Serio because of his breadlines” for the starving workers. | ‘activity in Italy in the militant In the great transit strike of 1916 | movement against the fascists. The Woods aided the bosses in bringing | pressure to deport him from the | loads of strikebreakers from all over | United States has been brought to the country, A New York Times bear by Mussolini and every move item of this period states: “Scores jmade by the International Labor of men were knocked down by the| ment insurance. He is a director of the Bankers Trust Co., The Colorado Fuel and Iron Co.; (This is a Rockefeller con- cern, famous for the slaughter of workers and their wives and children in the Ludlow massacre); the Con- solidated Coal Co., and Trustee of the Rockefeller Foundation, General Education Board. This is the man Hoover calls in to “deal with” the 9,000,000 unemployed. Woods’ iron fist. is covered with the 200 districts, comparable with what are called counties in America, with the Chinese Soviet! | Defense in behalf of Serio has been police with their clubs and several, usual glove of “conciliation,” “indus- | 'a population of 30 millions, with a | Red Army of more than 100,000, and jconnections between these districts are rapidly being set up and per- fected. Imperial intervention against the Soviet forces has failed to stop their growth, proving equally futile 700 WORKERS AT BUFFALO MEET Big Crowd for Foster in Spite of Terror BUFFALO, N. Y., Oct. 28.—In spite JOBLESS WORKERS CALL TO SUPPORT THE M.W.LU. NEW YORK.—The Down Town Council of the Unemployed meeting yesterday at 27 East Fourth St., passed a resolution declaring soli- darity with the Marine Workers’ Industrial Union as the only organ- ization in the industry organizing the workers there to fight against unbearable conditions of wage slavery, boss rule and resolving also that the Unemployed Councils joins the fight not only for better condi- tions but for the ultimate overthrow of the system by which workers are enslaved. carefully watched by the Italian fas- | arrests made.” “They (the strikers) cists. were charged repeatedly by the Carol Weiss King, acting in be- policy.” All this was on orders from | half of the I.L.D. is going before | Woods. and with his knowledge. At Federal Judge William Bondy and |9ne time Woods had 6,700 cops on} demand a writ of habeas corpus Strike duty, with orders to club and which was instituted two weeks ago rest wholesale. but delayed by the judge on the’ In the 1914 crisis, Woods showed ; {ground that the immigration de- what his policy is toward the unem-! partment should “use common sense” ployed. He arrested all unemployed | in such cases and permit voluntary he could lay his hands on for “vag- | departure, meaning that Serio can rancy.” A few he turned over to the go any place he chooses, but must | “Welfare agencies.” Others he leave the United States. ordered out of town, with threats of The I.L.D. will demand his im- a jail term—for being out of a job. mediate release from Ellis Island|He believes in fingerprinting all so he can depart to whatever coun-| workers. try he chooses to go in order to| Woods is not only an experienced avoid a certain death at the hands! slugger of workers, but is one of the of the Italian government. leading parasites who fatten on the of the fact that the Buffalo repub- trial peace” and such claptrap. Be-| hind the scenes the bosses are mob- ilizing their police force, their militia to shoot the unemployed who ask! for bread. Wood will lead this fight for the osses. He has the experience as a police chief in New York. He will) attempt to direct the entire police force of the country against the growing struggles of the unemployed, as well as against the employed who organize and strike against wage cuts. 29 Miners Entombed Thru Gas Explosion in McAlester, Okla. MCcALESTER, Okla., Oct. 28— FOR ATTACK ON JOBLESS WORKERS ‘Legion Wants Jobless | Forced Into Army for Next War NEW YORK.—Revelations ’ are coming out of what is going on bée- hind Hoover's “h committee” headed by the former police chief and clubber of workers, Col. Woods. While Woods fills the capitalist press with a lot of bunk about organiza- tion for relief “in case matters get worse,” the Hoover government is mobili re and military force expected “bloodshed and this winter when 9,000,000 jobless men and women will face starvation and death by freez- ing. A dispatch from Washington by the United Press correspondent Cor= neliu Vanderbilt, Jr., writes: “It is understood, in fact, that adjutant generals of the National Guard have been advised to be in readiness to cape with any mass activities savoring of subsersive propaganda. (Such as demands for real unemployment insurance | to be paid out of the bosses’ I am informed that these orders were sent from Washington to the governors of all the states.” This is the policy that is being consistently followed by the Woods’ | committee. On the surface it pre- | pares for longer breadlines, and be- | hind the scenes it strengthens its | police and military force to be ready | not only with bla icks and clubs 'for the unemployed who refuse to | starve but with plenty of bayonets and bullets. | The American Legion in Milwau- WELCOME BURLAK IN HUGE MEETS Throughout New Eng- land by Workers NEW HAVEN, Conn., Oct. 28.— Ann Burlak, one of the six workers indicted in Atlanta for organizing Negro and white workers into mili- tant unions without discrimination as to color, has just completed the most succesful trip under the aus- | pices of the International L*»or De- tense, ever undertaken in New Eng- land territory. Factory towns in these various states responded with large meetings, enthusiastically greeting Ann Burlak who spoke on the Atlanta “insurrec- tion” cases and other persecutions going on at present throughout the country. At all her meetings, the halls were packed to capacity and the workers vesponded in a fashion which left ne doubts in anyone's mind as to the determination of militant workers to guard against repetition of ‘the Saco and Vanzetti murder. Even the capitalist press was forced to pay at- tention to these meetings, and in places where the police were always known to break up mass meetings they kept their hands off because of the fighting spirit of the workers. C hinese Communist Army Advances NEW YORK.—“Fears” are ex- pressed in cable dispatches from Hongkong to capitalist newspapers here that Kanchow, a city of 250,000 population in Kiangsi province, has been taken by the Red Army. The Associated Press dispatch states that all efforts to communicate with the Kanchow wireless station, which is within the city wall, have failed, leading to the conclusion that the Communist army has captured this important city. On October 6, the Red Army tool Kian, four days’ march from Kan- | chow, and has been concentrating its forces for a drive on the latter city. The same Cable tells of the futile efforts of two of Chiang Kai Shek’s gunboats to quiet Red Army batteries along the Yangtze river. Another report from Hankow states that the city of Nachowtung, in northern Hunany province, has fallen to the Red Army. The cable from Hongkong also tells giving out leaflets announcing a Communist election campaign meet- ings. After spending 22 hours in jail, the workers were dismissed, the pros- ecuting attorney not being sure about the “law” by which the bosses courts were trying to hamper the Commu- nist election campaign. The confis- jcated leaflets were not returned, however. Kanchow, “where Red leaders are trained in modern warfare.” | United States Consul General | Frank P. Lockhart, at Peiping, is | peddling a series of stories of “bandits holding foreigners for ran- some,” as a preliminary to a greater drive of armed intervention by the | imperialist powers. | The ohward drive of the Red Army | in China shows the growing strength of the Communist movement, which is not only consolidating its power jin the wide territory already under Soviet rule, but is making rapid progress in every direction. The Red Army is growing in unity, equip- lican party city administration initi- ated a terror campaign against the Communist Party which culminated in the rail on the Party Headquarters the day previous to his arrival, hun- idreds upon hundreds of worke came to the meetings to hear the ;message of the Communist Party through the Communist candidate for Governor, William Z. Foster. Over 700 workers participated at the two meetings, at which Foster pointed out, “The Socialist Party is the third Party of capitalism, serving the interests of those who are ex- | ploiting the working class, who are | throwing millions of workers on the streets to starve.” Workers under- stood that not only the Republican and Democratic Party, but also the Socialist Party is their enemy. They demonstrated and cheered the Soviet Union, and showed their readiness to not only vote Communist on Nov. 4, | but also to follow the leadership of | the Communst Party in the fight, and ; struggle for Unemployment Insur- ance, higher wages, shorter hours, and against evictions, race discrimi- nation and mass unemployment, |jand In his vicious exploitation of the Negro workers in. his employ, his barefaced robbery of their wages, his utter disregard of their com- fort, his policy of starving them rather than spend one dollar if he could help it, there is not one bit vey, the “liberator” (from. their money) of the Negro masses and the most vicious white capitalist exploiter. No wonder the Negro seaman author of this series of articles is disgusted with his “over-fat, Ppaunchy” appearance, his pom- posity and pretense. No wonder the Negro masses are turning from this adventurer as it daily becomes clear that he has betrayed their struggles agdinst imperialist op- pression, that instead of militant of difference between Marcus Gar- | Negro-hating _ | flags under which Negroes live,” | and gratitude to “our imperialist | friends.” Negro workers! Repudiate the misleaders! Smash the treacher- ous influence of the opportunists! Join the Communist Party in a real struggle for liberation! Sup- port the struggle for the right of | the Negro masses of Africa, of the | West Indies, and of the Southern | Black Belt, for their own govern- ment! Demand full political, economic and social equality! , Smash the lynching terror of the bosses!’ Vote Communist on No- vember 4, By a Seaman on the Cruise of the “Booker T. Washington.” In the city of St. Andrews, Jamaica, British West Indies,. there Workers Starve, Officials Live High : on Cruise of ‘Booker T. Washington’ the natives passing by will all stop |and point their fingers at this house as if in awe of the house itself or of the occupant therein. In fact, from the actions of the natives one would imagine that the house was occupied by an ogre, a dragon, or some other mysterious being. Over-Fat and Paunchy. |his patience would be rewarded by ous locking individual who bears all the remarks of an easy and comfort- jable life. minute and give this individual the once-over. As we look on we notice paunchy, That alone explains to us that he has never done a day's work in his life. His ‘uge jowls hang of a Commi military academy at| ment, military experience and effec- Tungko, 1 miles eastward of | tiveness. to organize and strike against wage cuts. struggle against the imperialist enemy, he preaches “loyalty to all I ly on both sides of his face. ste this we learn that he is a if (Continued on Page 3) Stands a very imposing mansion. Even a casual observer will note that WORKERS! VOTE COMMUNIST NOV. 4! » Twenty-nine miners are burried alive | and may still be alive in the lower | levels of Wheatley No. 4 coal mine since an explosion last night. There is practically no hope of saving them, because the gas is so thick rescue crews were driven out entirely today. Several rescue workers were over- come by fumes. One, John Moore, was carried out unconscious. they had dead bodies on the sixteenth level One man, William Donnelly, killed at the head of the shaft by | the explosion which entombed the | 29 others, | This is but’ another of the perpet- If the observer should tarry awhile, | ual. slaughters of miners by greedy! | employers who forced thom to work the appearance of a huge, prosper-|in gassy mines, in constant danger | |of death. One of the main points | in the demands of the Mine. Oil and But let us’ stop for a / Smelter Workers’ Industrial Union is | safety underground. | The United Mine Workers of that his stomach is over-fat and| America agrees with the bosses to| keep conditions dangerous in the mines. Vote Communist! Before to leave, they saw four was 7 Day’s News from : . Capitalist Hell j Boss wives, dissipated, | gangly, drag their burdens of gold, silver and pearl into the Metropolitan barn at the tri- fling entrance fee of $20,000 while their salami-cheeked boy friends broaden the base for starvation by introducing the stagger system into new territory. Workers! Don't starve in a breadline and watcha wealth slop by in diamond tiaras! Smash the bandit system! Vote communist! Rush final orders for Spe- cial Election Campaign Edi- | tions. Midwest edition Thursday; Connecticut edition Friday; Eastern edition Saturday. Readers! Your own order? 80 cents a hundred. On to 60,000 news full tables page 4 today. For Unemployment Insurance Paid for Out of the War Funds and Administered by, the Workers and Jobless! Vote Communist Against the Lynch Terrér—Against the Injunctions. \ “ A