The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 6, 1930, Page 1

WORKERS! CELEBRATE BOLSH n\ EVIK REVOLUTION AT COLISEUM TOMORROW NIGHT! DEFEND USRR! In capitalist America 9,000,000 jobless workers and their families face starvation and cold this In the Soviet Union, where the workers winter. rule, there is no unemployment! Hail the 13th Anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution! Daily (Section of he-Comn the Communist J orker nunist Party U.S.A. Internaitonal) WORKERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE! Vol. VII. No. 267 Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office =< at New York, N. ¥., under the uct of March 3, 1879 NEW YORK, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1930 CITY EDITION Price 3 Cents An “Opposition” Landslide! HE Hoover-republican administration was overwhelmingly repudiated T in Tuesday's elections. This would be an outstanding fact of the elec- tion even though the districts still in the doubtful column were to go re- publican, thereby insuring continued republican control of the House and Senate for another two years. Such continued control of these bodies would be due only to the heavy republican majorities in the last Congress and to the superiority of the republican political machine founded on federal and state patronage; it would in no sense indicate a carrying over of the Hoover “prosperity” popularity of two years ago. But at this writ- ing it appears that there is even a strong likelinood that these great majorities will be swept away and that Hoover will have to work during the remainder of his term with a democratic “progressive” majority ia Congress. This marks the beginning of the end for the “Great Engineer’ in the White House. rte ei ‘HE decisiveness of the Hoover defeat is most sharply shown by the results in New York and Illinois. 5 ‘ New York, especially, held significance far beyond the immediate re~ sults of this election. It was generally conceeded in advance that the re- election of Roosevelt by a substantial majority would most likely make him the democratic standard bearer in the 1932 presidential election. To insure Roosevelt’s defeat the wet vote was placated by Tuttle’s declara~ tion against the 18th Amendment; Tammany graft and corruption was made the central issue; members of Hoover's cabinet, directly entered | into the anti-Roosevelt fight; and more money and activity characterized the republican campaign than ever before. The republicans were not only waging the fight of 1930 in New York, but they were taking the first steps in the national fight of 1932. The victory of Roosevelt, therefore, by a plurality of well over 700,000 is a most serious blow at Hoover's re- A S. One dues of Ruth Hanna McCormick in Illinois\and the election of J. Hamilton Lewis, the democrat, by a 500,000 plurality, accompanied by a widening of the split in the republican machine there, is a “disaster” second only to that which occurred in New York. The issue was squarely put in the slogan of Ruth Hanna McCormick: “Support President Hoover by electing me.” The reply of the voters was a 500,000 plurality against President Hoover. OST important, though, for the workers is not the results, but rather M their-cause and meaning both at the moment and for the future. Why was Hoover repudiated? Certainly prohibition, the tariff, etc., were factors, but the decisive factor was the collapse of the promised Hooverian “prosperity,” symbolized in the 1928 campaign by the republi- can slogan: “A Chicken in Every Pot.” The development of the economic crisis and the failure of Hoover to do anything about it, except to call his famous “conferences” of last November and to regularly issue lying promises about “prosperity in 60 days” and lying, distorted figures on the extent of unemployment, were the decisive factors which led to Hoover's defeat. The continuous growth of unemployment until the present figure of 9,000,000 was reached, the slashing of wages, the speeding up of pro- duction, the brutal suppression of working class demonstrations, the im- poverishment of large sections of the niiddle class as well as of the work- ers—all this taken together with Hoover's conscious policy of easing the burdens on the rich (tax refunds, non-enforcement of existing anti-trust Jaws, etc.) caused millions to conclude that they could not live in this manner any longer, that a change was necessary in Washington» ee ee UT awhat was the character of this discontent, of this opposition to | RED METAL UNION ; Hoover? Was it a conscious class opposition which clearly knew what it wanted in defeating Hoover? On the whole the deep mass’ discontent showed itself in the form of an opposition that represents the greatest political confusion, emphasiz- ing the gieat amount of work which must still be done by our Party before the workers of the United States accept and follow the road to proletarian revolution under Communist Party leadership. Great gains, however, can be recorded. The very meagre returns now available would indicate that the slightly more than 48,000. votes received by the Communist presidential candidate, Foster, in 1928 have been more than doubled in Tuesday’s election. This Communist vote, whatever the final total will be, moreover, represents the only measurement of the conscious, revolutionary, anti-capitalist section of the Hoover “opposition” among those who were permitted to register their votes in the elections. In more than twenty states, of course, the Communist Party was not on the ballot. Many hundreds of workers, conscious supporters of the Com- munist Party, were alsé barred from voting because of lack of citizenship papers, by inability to meet the election residential requirements, by in- ability to pay poll taxes, by their own underestimation of revolutionary parliar # itarianism in carrying on the class struggle, etc. But of those who voced on Tuesday only those who voted against democratic and “socialist” candidates, as well as republican, can be counted as represent- ing a definite move to the left on the part of the American working class. The oters, those who voted democratic or “socialist,” only emphasize the depth of the mass discontent that now prevails, the confusion among the workers, and the still weak roots of our Party among the workers, both employed and unemployed. oer eet ‘HAT is not all of the story, however. These workers who voted for democrats and “socialists” will not stop there. They voted as they did because of their inability to live as they are now being forced to live by the American capitalists and because they believed the promises made by the Roosevelts, Lewis’s, Waldmans and Thomas's to change these un- bearable conditions. It must be borne in mind that both the democrats and “socialists,” sensing the mass discontent, centered their campaigns largely on the issue of the crisis and the suffering of the masses through unemployment. They lavishly promised everything under the sun to improve the conditions of the masses. Now, they are faced with the task of either fulfilling their promises or losing this support. They will not fulfill these promises. They will serve the bosses as well as Hoover. But with 1932 before them and a stormy series of class battles on the agenda for the coming winter they will continue to make all sorts of gestures calculated to convince the masses that they are really trying to do something and placing the blame for their lack of accomplishments on the republicans who still head the national government. The “socialists,” who outside of Milwaukee and Reading hold no pol- itical offices and who are still the worst of the demagogues, are the most dangerous enemies. But the others of the type of Roosevelt, Murphy and Lewis are also particularly dangerous in such a period as t™: present. primarily because, in addition to their unprincipled, lying promises and their ability to maneuver with the mass suffering of the workers, they have a powerful political machine, well organized and well oiled, ees 'HE elections, therefore, to summarize, show a tremendous mass up- heaval against Hoover; a deep-going discontent among the workers and poor farmers; an increase in the “socialist”? and democratic. vote chiofly because millions of toilers believed the lies and promises of these fakers; and at the same time a great increase in the consciously revolu- tionary vote of the Communist Party. The incregsed support given the Communist Party increases the pos- sibilities for the Party in the future. Additional forces are provided with which to carry on and extend the work. But. these forces must be or- ganized either directly into the Party or into the shop committees of the Trade Union Unity League and into the Unemployed Councils. These must be carried through, however, by developing continuous struggles—strikes, demonstrations, ete.—to prevent the bosses from suc- ceeding in their efforts to load more and more of the crisis burdens on the workers, Strikes against wage cuts must be prepared. A continuous and broader struggle for unemployment insurance must be developed. The utmost concentration on detailed, planned organizational work for the purpose of preparing and leading struggles against the bosses and their government is our task. And here the greatest attention in every fight; in our every activity, must be given to exposing especially the “socialists,” but also the demo- crats, as enemies of the workers. This should not be done merely by phrases, but rather by exposing their every act before the workers in such a simple, concrete fashion that the masses will understand their role. AUSTRIA FASCISTS PLAN COUP Gov't Takes All Arms to Make Workers Helpless Elections On Soon Fascists Entrenched In Gov’t Posts (Imprecorr Cablegram) VIENNA, Austria, Nov. 5.—Arms |searches are continuing everywhere in Austria. The government is con- fiscating rifles, revolvers, machine guns and ammunition, etc. The so- cialists remain passive, although it is clear the raids represent preliminary jattempts to render the workers help-~ |less before a fascist coup d’Etat. It is reported that Starhemberg, the minister of the interior intends to prohibit the socialist “republican | defense league.” es 2 # NEW YRK.—General elections will |take place throughout Austria Sun- day. While efforts are being made to completely disarm the workers, the large stocks of arms and munitions |in the hands of the fascist Heim- wehr have naturally not been touched. The socialists even admit that these fascist stocks of arms are | actually being increased by new ship- | ments. Prince von Starhemberg, who is commander-in-chief of the unofficial fascist army, is also Minister of the Interior of the Austrian government which consists of Heimwehr fascists and reactionary Christian socialists. FORMED IN BERLIN 1,600 Delegates (Inprecorr Cablegram) | BERLIN, Germany, Nov. 5.—Last |night a revolutionary conference at- | tended by 1,600 delegates from metal shops founded the Red Metal Work- ers Union. Sixty workers were elect- ed to the leadership. Fighting resolu- tions were adopted. The representa- tive of the Communist Party was cheerd. A conference of the working women in the metal industry welcomed the formation of the union and pledged the support of the women. The formation of a new union was urged by an article in the Rote Fahne, Communist Party central or- gan, immediately after th ebetrayal of the strike of 140,000 metal workers by social democratic and right wing leaders. Such concessions as the strikers won due to the aroused rank and file led by Communists, and re- fusing to take the wage cut agreed upon by the government, employers nd misleaders of labor. iCharge Plan of Armed Intervention In ‘ Soviet Union i (Inprecorr Cal .) | MOSCOW, U.S.S.R., Nov! 5. — “Red Star”, the organ of the utionary | War Council of the Soviet Union pub- lishes an article dealing with the jcoming session of “Preparatory Disarmament Confatabbaa” at Gene- va. : It tells of the cont perialism, the Anglo-. rican “vic- tor-vanquished” antag grow- ing, and states that the imperialists are in a blind alley. The armaments race is intensify- ing. In 1913, Red Star points out, the United States, France, Italy and Japan spent $1,150,000,000 for arma- ments; in 1926 they spent $1,950,000,- 000; in 1930 they are already spend- ing $2,850,000,000. The western neighbors of the Sov- jet Union in 1926 spent $112,400,000 on armaments, but in 1930 they spent $179,200,000. Geneva Smoke Screen. War preparations, Red Star shows, are being accelerated, and the im- tions of im- | Army In Boss Ruled } Territories | By WILLIAM Z. FOSTER | One of the basic manifestations of | the deepening crisis of the world crisis of capitalism is the vast and |Srowing army of the unemployed. In |the neighborhood of about 25,000,000 | are now totally without work in the} capitalist industria]. countries. Many millions more work only part time, and the situation grows worse from | week to week. All this is a direct | expression of the fundamentai con- tradiction of the capitalist system, the fatal tendency of capitalist pro- duction to far outstrip capitalist mar- | kets, with consequent industrial par- alysis, mass layoffs, intensely sharp- | ening war anatagonism between im- perialist powers, etc. Mass unemploy- ment must grow worse as capitalism goes deeper into decay. No Unemployment in USSR | On the other hand, one of the | fundamenta] expressions of the So- ; |cialist system now being built in the | Soviet Union is found exactly in its; accompanying liquidation of the un- employment problem. There is no 'USSR Ends Unem 25,000,000 In Hunger! ployment; roe s In a U. S. 8. R. Rubber Plant for private profit, the door is wise jopen for a rapid upward curve of industrial development, steady em- ployment and for a constant im- provement in the living and cultural Standards of the workers. Building Socialism Unemployment, with all its terrors of mass misery and decline of the unemployed in the Soviet Union. The} workers’ standards is the work of the | It Grows in Capitalist World T in Hunger aaa na NEW YORK; by demanding unemployment in- \surance, the shorter work period, the abolition of the speed-up etc, Es- pecially in this country does the Communist Party demand the intro- duction of unemployment insurance But such measures do not cure; they simply alleviate the mass distress of the workers from unemployment. Unemployment must grow |with the progressive decay of cap- italism. Only by the overthrow ot capitalism and the establishment of a Workers’ and Farmers’ Govern- can unemployment be finally cured. The Russianworkers have replied the only cure for unemployment, the pro- letarian revolution Social Fascists The social-fascists talk much about | unemployment. But their program is but the same as that of the capital- | ists. ‘They neither relieve nor cure unemployment. Their policy is ex- posed with especial clearness in the anti-working class record of the Brit- secial-fascist government. Elected on a program of meeting the problem ot | unemployment, this government has} neither cured unemployment nor re- lieved it. Under the regime of the worse | Foster, Jobless Leader. Tenn. Gives Negro (¢ BU PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Noy. 5.— ‘COMMUNIST VOTE THREE IMES OF LAST YEARS IN OTHER GAINS , Just Out of Jail and | Head of Trade Union Unity League Gets 15,550 Votes In City; Brill, 16,603 Real Basis For Organization and Struggle to Win Jobless Insurance, Fight Wage Cuts Rochester Shows Triple Votes; One County In Sommunist 280 Votes Where Last State Vote Was 111 TIN. Nearly complete returns in Phila- delphia show the Communist candidate for senator, Mozer, got 1745 votes. The Socialist Maurer got 2430; was 2500. * NEW YORK.—A Communist vote year in New York City, a vote of at least 280 for the Communist Negro Last election the Communist vote for senator was 557. the socialist vote in the last election nessee county, where the whole state ish Labor Government which is a| early three times as large as last’ gave 111 Communist votes in the last ejections, a 50 per cent gain over the | 1928 Communist vote in New Haven | candidate for senator in one Ten-/a 300 per cent gain in Rochester— jare some of the indications that the ! struggle for the Red program will be demand for workers far exceeds the | j available.supply. And, with the in- | creasing tempo of industrial develop- ment, the need for additional workers | will become all the more intense. j which paralazes the wor]d world- | capitalist system, has no place in the Soviet Union. With socialist produc- tion being carded on for use and not decadent capita]ism. ployment, the practical realization of the workers’ right to live is the work of Socialism, born thirteen years ago in the Bolshevik revolution, and now The problem of finding markets, growing lustily in the Soviet Union. | Uemployment Grows in Capitalist U.S. A. In the capitalist countries the workers fight against unemployment. Regular em-} British Labor Government unemploy- ment i Great Britain has jumped from 1,110,000 to 2,500,000, and the social-fascists, like the capitalist | governments elsewher, have slashed the amount of the unemployment in- | Surance. Compare this miserable, treacherous showing with the splen- did achievements of the Soviet gov- (Continued on Page 3) NEW YORK. — All out today at, noon in mass violation of the in- junction against picketing at the Zel- | This will be the biggest mass viola- | tion, under hot battle in the fight) led by the newly formed “Smash The | Injunctions Committee” of the Trade | Union Unity Council for the right to} strike. | Zelgreen Cafeteria, once organized in the Food Workers Industrial | Union, made a contract with the A.| FL. to do away with union condi- | tions, put in the twelve hour day and | jother open shop conditions, and for a united fight of boss and A. F. L./ against the workers. | It is the first test case in the great campaign led by the T. U. U. C. to) end the use of injunctions in New! York. For over a year the use of in-| junctions has been increasing, usually | with A. F. L. assistance, in the food, shoe and needle industries. The} courts simply issue writs forbidding | picketing. The rsetaurant owners! have boasted through their magazine | that this tactic has “ended peaceful | picketing in New York.” Smash the Injunctions! Picket Zelgreen at Noon! Duty of Every Worker Who Wants to Keep His Right to Strike! Head on Collission With Slavery Set Up By Court Writs! \Founded at Meet of! The Trade Union Unity Council and the militant workers of New York, unite and organize their fight the right to strike means little. A series of demonstrations have al- ready been held, which though they mobilized hundreds of workers, and resutled in mass demonstrations at Zelgreens, were too small to have complete effect. The police attack them in force, beat up workers and jebless on the picket line, and ar- (Continued on Page 2) ON NOVEMBER 7 Come to the great -demonstra- tion direct from the shops. Bring the flags and banners of your organization with you. Comrades assigned as , ushers and unemployed party members must 5p. m z Members of Unemployed Coun- cils with cards will be admitted free. be at the Coliseum at FIELD REPORTS ANEC CONVENTION 70 Delegates Already Elected In 18 Cities NEW YORK.—Incomplete reports green’s Cafeteria, 257 West 34th St.! | for the right to picket, without which | from the field indicate a large dele- gatior. of Negro and white workers to the national convention of the Amer- ican Negro Labor Congress to be held November 15 and 16 in St. Louis, Mo., according to a statement given out today by Herbert Newton, na- tional organizer of the A.N.L.C. While only the following cities have been heard from, the number of as- sured delegates are already over 170, with a number of other places to be heard from. These are as follows: New York, 8 delegates, Buffalo 3, Philadelphia 5, Pittsburgh 2, Cleve- |land 4, Youngstown, hio 2, Detroit 8, Chicago 10, Kansas City 1, Chat- , tanooga 10, Charlotte 5, New Haven | 1, Boston 1, Los Angeles 1, San Fran- cisco 1, Stamford 7, Twin Cities will send an automobile load. In Chattanooga, Tenn., the big | southern anti-lynching conference on November 9 is bound to rally addi- tional support for the convention. The conference will meet in the ‘Odd Fellows Hall, 124 E. 9th St. co-operating, so that the Geneva dis- | armament farce represents smoke | screen behind which war preparations proved feverishly. | Plan Armed Attack. | Red Star charges that armed in- tervention in the Soviet Union generals are strengthening their con- | nections with the armies of the Sov- iet Union's western neighbors. Every year France sends her most capable military experts to inspect the armies of Poland, and Rumania. The war industries in the Soviet Union's west- ern neighbors are financed by imper- ialism, and their armies are supplied by the most modern technical equip- ment from the same sources. The “anti-Soviet” campaign in cap- italist countries about “dumping” aims to mobilize all forces prepara- tory to decisive action against the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics. Support Sabotage Gang. Red Star states that the imperial- | ists are also supporting counter revo- |lution within the Soviet Union, reck- joning on the use of Kondratyev and | Kulak elements to support their in- | vasion with military forces. The Soviet delegation will attend perialist generals and diplomats are the Geneva conference although the | Soviet government harbors no illus- ions concerning the possibility of either full or partial disarmament under capitalism. Show Up “Pacifism.” The Soviet delegation at Geneva fer, as an alternative, partial disarm- Imperialist Nations Are Arming for War, Says ‘Red Star,’ Official Organ of Red Army |U.S.S.R. Delegation At “Disarm” Meet to Expose Bosses own offer to disarm to the measure is | will place clear definite proposals for | that the capitalist powers do, will planned, and that the imperialist | complete disarmament, and will of-| create the same outbursts of wrath | that greeted the same proposals when INDICATE BIG. lament. The rejection of these de-| Put forward at the last conference |mands will again expose the imperial- | by the U. S. S. R. ist “pacifist” hypocrisy. The “Kondratyev” referred to 1s | The Soviet delegation relies on the | an ally of the imperialist war makers sympathy and the support of the is a leader of a recently discovered working masses of the whole world,| ring of spies and sabotagers. in the sys Red Sta. The workers of the! Soviet Union. To try and rally sup; Soviet Union are answering the war | port for these sabotagers, the socia¥- threat against them with intensified ists are calling a conference in New ‘efforts to carry out the plan of so-j York, Nov. 9. They pretend to re- |cialist construction, to render the | gard Kondratyev as a “harmless in- workers’ state invincible, Pate een | Call Their Bluff. The Preparatory Arms Conference of the League of Nations, with U. S./ pavticipating, is announced as merely for survey of the situationfi, and the capitalist diplomats have practically admitted that they do not expect to do any disarming. After it meets, to- day, the demand of the Soviet Union | for complete disarmament and its | tellectual.” The increased Communist vote this year is a reproof to these warmakers. Workers rallying in the great Nov. 7 demonstrations all over the world wid further demonstrate against the imperialist attack on the Workers’ State. Organization and readiness to turn imperialist war into civil war is the best defense of the Soviet Union. 4 SOCTALIST VOTE | CHT IN HATE IN NEW YORK CITY |Misleaders Get Blow; Elect No One Notwithstanding all the support of the capitalist press and the various politicians of both older capitalist | parties in New York, as well as the | support of all kinds of priests, rab- “socialist” party has met with a severe defeat all along the line. Broun, Thomas, Vladeck, and Panken who had been boosted editorially by the entire capitalist press and had | been listed as possible winners, re- ceived between one-quarter and one- fifth of the vote cast in the con- gressional districts where they were running. Last year the standard bearer of the “socialist” party, Norman Thom- as, running for mayor, received a vote of 175,697 in the fve boroughs of Greater New York. The “social- ists” had hailed that as a victory for | their party. They boasted they would receive a vote of about 250,000 in New York State this year. However, Waldman :#% 88,329 votes in the five boroughs of Greater New York last Tuesday, which is half of the vote Thomas received last year, although considerably bigger than the vote the “socialist” party received two years ago. “Socialists” Lose in Negro Section. In the Negro section, the “socialist” party lost votes even if compared with the 1928 vote. Two years ago | the “socialist” candidate in the 21st | (Continued on Page 3) [REPORT 16¢ DEAD IN OHIO MINE Entombed, Little Hope; | Caused By Co. Greed COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 5.—A ter- | rific gas explosion in the Millfield | No. 6 mine of the Sunday Creek Coal Co. burried underground 160 miners and a squad of slave drivers, includ- ing the president of the company. | Rescue workers able to get. down | the shaft and look around before being driven out by gas and fumes said the levels there were littered with dead bodies. It is a practical certainty that all or most of the 160 | had their lungs burned out and their | bodies torn by the explosion, and are | dead. | Working a gas filled mine is a re-) | volting crime, never permitted when | miners are strongly organized. The | bosses prefer to take chances with the men’s lives to get out a little more profit. Safety underground is one of the main demands of the! | Mine, Oil and Smelter Workers’ In- dustrial Union. | WHILE JOBLESS STARVE. | NEW YORK (FP). — Dividends | declared in October aggregated more | than in October 1929 due to payments in the bank, insurance and public utility groups, according to the New | York Times. The October 1930 total | Was, $310,112,902 compared with $475,- 094,394 in September and $299,791,420 @ year ago. | bis, preachers, Wali-St. bankers, the} carried on with 2 vastly broader basis from now on. Reports from oher sec- ticns are not known as the Daily Worker goes to press; the capitalist news agencies regularly refv-7) 40 carry the Communist vote, che election officials count it last. When the official returns are announced in various states and cities, it must be wired to the Communist Party na- tional election committee by the local party officials. More Strength However, judging from all known returns, there is certainty of increas- ed Communist vote everywhere. This means more strength in tae fight for unemployment insurance and relief | for the jobless. It adds strength to ‘the campaign to organize and strike | against wage cuts. It shows the in- | creased protest against discrimina- tion, finger printing, registration and deportation of foreign-born workers, though the foreign-born, are, .n gen- eral, denied the right to vote under the capitalist election laws. It is a written protest against the war plans | the capitalist schemes to attack the Soviet Uion. The big vote especially 2 Negro workers districts is a de- claration that the fight is on to smash Jim Crowism and lynch terror. The vote is a demand that the class war prisoners be released. The Communist vote New York Tuesday was: William Z. Foster (governor) 15,560 J Louis Engdah] (lt. governor) 14,946 Richard B. Moore (At.General) 15,356 Franklin B. Brill (Comptroller) 16,603 The vote of 15,560 for Greater New York for the head of the Communist ticket nearly three times the vote re- ceived by the Communist Party in the mayorality elections of last year when it polled 5,805. Compared to the vote of 9,05 cast for the governor candidate of the Communist Farty 8two years ago the vote of last Tues- day represents an increase of over \60 per cent. | The biggest gains the Communist Paity registered were in Brooklyn, polling 6,150 votes, compared with | 2.309 votes last year and 3,399 votes ;two years ago. In the Bronx the in Greater party received 5,590 votes instead in- stead of 2,217 votes last year and a vote of 3,115 two years ago. The vote in Manhattan was 2,980. The vote for the entire state of New York will not be known. for an- other day or two.. Boost ‘Daily’ to 60,000 Mark George Oaks, councilman, so-called, from gosh where. Oshkosh, cops the booby prize for outshining ‘By Now!’ im- becility. He greets the 9,000,000 un- employed workers with the following revolutionary slogan “Loan your job!” How you gonna loan your job and also buy now? This is the bosses’ blather to save their own loot and make workers pay for the crisis, Let 60,000 mass circujation | for the Daily Worker carry your answer to the boss class. 60,000 Dailies will be 60,000 proletarian boots on the i bosses’ bottom, Get behind { the campaign for mass cir- culation, Send subs, Order bundles for factory sales, hosue to house routes, See | page 3.