The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 1, 1930, Page 1

Speed the Signature Collection Campaign for the Unemployment Insurance Bill. Unemployment Insurance Must Be Won Now! Dail Central Pg. of the Communist International) WORKERS OF THE WORLD, _ UNITE! age~- Entered as second-class Vol. VII. No. 287 matter at the Post Oftice st New York, N. ¥., under the uct of March 3, 1879 NEW YORK, MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1930 CITY EDITION Price 3 Cents War Is Nearing! ITVINOFF, speaking at Geneva, quite correctly described the so-called “Preparatory Disarmament Commission” as not interested in disarm~- ament or even in the reduction of jrmaments. Friday, the Commission went even further. It rejected a motion to compel the fullest publicity on arms, and voted to maintain secrecy of this point. The French made the motion for secrecy, quite in harmony with French leadership in the war plots against the Soviet Union, though promptly seconded by what even the capitalist corréspondent of the N. Y. Times calls “France’s satellites,” along with Japan. More and more, the fake “Disarmament” Commission and the whole League of Natfens is shown to be not an instrument of “peace,” but a mechanism for preparing, war. Hypocritically, of course, talking all the time about “peace” and “disarmament,” because open preparations for war would anger the masses, the masses who are deeply opposed to war. As the Italian general, De Marinis, admitted, “Public opinion has been pushing us on to do ething.” But all they do is to increase armaments, and the remark of Marinis only caused a cynical “titter of laughter.” ‘Thus these capitalist hypocrites reveal their scorn of the masses and of the hope for peace among the masses, Here in America, the reactionary Senator, David A. Read of Penn- sylvania, also admits the nearing of war. At a speech before an Amer= ican Legion post at Pittsburgh, he said a “devil’s broth” is brewing in Europe. The senator might have added that American imperialism {s furnishing the meat for this “broth.” The N. Y. World yesterday, Sunday, told of plans by the United States and France, in joint “tacit understanding”—these two nations which be- cause of their present possession of the bulk of the world’s gold, are called “the gold entente’—to “withhold loans” from those nations whom these two may decide are “warlike.” And it is openly admitted that— “Italy, Germany and the Soviet are principally affected.” Even though everyone knows that the Soviet Union is NOT seeking any loans. This, and the Hoover support of the anti-Soviet embargo policy feverishly desired by French imperialism, shows proof of a growing im- perialist bloc against the Soviet Union, with Hoover fully supporting the French war plots exposed at the Moscow trials. Senator Reed was correct in adding that “were it not for the appre- hension of Bolshevism, the countries of Europe would be at each other’s throats this very minute.” This is an admission that the very existence of a revolutionary govern- ment of workers and peasants, and the influence among the masses in the capitalist countries of the Communist Parties, is the one great obstacle to the immediate outbreak of a new world war. It is here necessary to remind ourselves of this fact, a fact that proves that it is not the wailings of pacifists, but the threat of proletarian revolution which keeps the cap- italist governments from launching the masses into a new and horrible world slaughter. Hoover, spokesman for American imperialism, realizes that it cannot come to grips with its chief world imperialist ‘rival, Britain, without “securing the rear” against revolutionary. protest by American workers. Hence Hoover and his Fish Committee try to suppress the class struggle of American workers, and to attack the Soviet Union which inspires the American workers to carry their class struggle to a revolutionary con- tlusion. But the American working class is in no mood tamely to submit to being led away to war or to further outrageous ee on their wages ‘and further mass starvation. They will rally to the etense of the Soviet Waion, understanding it ts their own class defense, they will concretize by organizing in- their shops to strike against the wage cuts and speed-ups, by organized ‘mass struggle for insurance for the unemployed. ‘ This is the way to oppose war! To fight for bread for the starving! ‘To strike against wage cuts! To organize for struggle, class against class! “Too Much Reliet”? Y ape ‘New York Committee for starving-the unemployed has decided that the jobless workers are getting “too much.” So it is going to order half of the bread lines and soup kitchens to discontinue. ‘This, in the middle of winter, is nothing less than a death sentence to the homeless and penniless workers. But this is all that can be ex- pected of this committee of capitalists, unless the workers, employed and w united, struggle against this effort, Wigorce starvation on the worke! r the pretense of “relief.” In addition, the pre-election promise made by Mayor Walker, that unemployed workers unable to pay rent would have it paid by the city, is being openly violated. Landlords are bringing mandamus writs to compel the authorities to evict workers from their homes, the evicting officers having kidded the landlords along a while by referring cases to the Mayor’s Committee— but the Mayor's Committee is refusing to pay, and thousands of families face eviction into the winter cold because Mayor Walker lied. Against this, too, the workers, both employed and unemployed, must. orgariize in their neighborhoods to prevent evictions and the consequent misery of thousands of their class. Only a determined struggle can save the workers from terrible suf- fering. Just as only the militant action of the workers at the city hall on October 16th, forced the Tammany grafters to make a gesture of re- lief by appropriating $1,000,000. Even the police admit there are 46,000 families in desperate need. There are, in fact, tens of thousands more, In other cities outside New York the same tactics of the capitalists must be met by the workers in united mass protest. Refuse to accept words as a substitute for food, clothing and shelter! Make the capitalist politicians keep the ptomises they made that “no one shall go hungry”! Make your demands for adequate immediate relief a part of the struggle for establishment of unemployment insurance at the cost of the bosses and their government and administered by the workers! SOLIDARITY MEET) CARPENTERS LOCAL FOR CALL BY RELIEF 2308S INSURANCE BILL NEW YORK.—Carpenters’ Local 29 For German Metal voted to support the Workers’ Unem- Workers ployment Insurance Bill at its last meeting on Wednesday, at Labor NEW YORK.—New York workers will be mobilized for support of the German metal workers in a city-wide “Solidarity Confeernce,” called by the Workers International Relief, Sunday, Dec. 7 at 3 o'clock at the ‘New York Labor Temple, 243East 14 Street, Room 10, ‘The betrayal on November 4th, by the reformist union bureaucracy of the strike of 140,000 German metal workers against wage-cuts, resulted in mass victimization of the most mi- litant strikers. Although ordered back to work to take the wage-cuts, thous- ands of metal workers are still fight- ing sporadic strikes against dis- crimination, These strikes will take on a more bitter character, since the wage con- tracts of about 500,000 men and women workers in Germany have expired, and the German capitalists are taking advantage of this to in- stitute drastic wage cuts. “The American workers, facing the same wage-cuts, and the same at- Temple. The local heard Lealess, of the Oct. 16 City Hall delegation to the board of estimates, and Doherty, secretary of the Boro Hall Unem- ployed Council, The carpenters showed irifnedi- ately their support of the jobless by buying a block of tickets to the Soli- darity Dance given by the Unem- ployed Councils of Greater New York on Dec. 12 in Manhattan Lyceum, 66 E. Fourth St. OS SSRN ene es ML tant unions, recognize that the strug- gle of the German workers 1 also their struggle. All organizations are requested to send delegates to this “Solidarity Conference,” authorized to pledge financial aid from their organiza- tions. At the confeernce plans will be made for relief during the hunger marches of the unemployed workers that will take place this winter. Re- lief for the needle trades strike in New York, and “the Day of the Working Class Child” will be the tacks of the bosses against the mili-agenda, Pravda Points Out Capitalist Press Lies Are Part of War Plot (Special-Cable to the Daily Worker.) MOSCOW, Nov. 30.—‘“Pravda” writes the following regarding the attitude of the social-fascist and bourgeois press towards the trial of the wreckers, now going on in the Soviet Union: “Bourgeois, social-fascist and other prostituted boulevard papers carry the ‘freshest news’ from the Soviet Union, The French boulevard press carries off the palm in this respect. The proximity of the offices of the white-guard emigrant rags enables them to wind up this entire heap of shameless lies ‘with all details.’ ““Matin,’ and. the rest of the bour- geois press in Paris, echo these lies, and they are re-echoed by the cen- tral organ of the French reformists ‘Le Peuple’ It widely utilizes the inventions of ‘internal revolts in the U. S. S. R.’ as a springboard for anti- Soviet attacks in connection with the trial of the ‘industrial party,’ “The war incendiaries have been caught with the goods, Their plun- derous plans have been exposed. They therefore begin their ‘double 480 Delegates of Foreign Born Workers in Convention Fight Fingerprinting and Deportation Laws Now Up in Congress; Million Strong in Heavy Industry WASHINGTON, D. C.—Nov. 30.— The national convention for the de- fense of foreign born workers opened here today at noon with 480 delegates present. They represented 200,934 members of the organizations elect- ing them to this convention, In- cluded in this are 18 trade unions with 25,729 members, ‘The opening dress was madeshrid The opening address was made by Hugo Gellert, who stated: “Over 85 per cent of the industrial | workers in America are rom the ranks of the foreign born, If the proposed vicious legislation directed against the foreign born passes in Congress, it will directly reduce the wages of the American native born workers as well as that of the foreign born, and will determine the standards of living of both. “This is by no means the struggle of the foreign born only; it is the struggle of the entire American working class.” Ella Reeves (“Mother”) Bloor was chairman. She told of the Indian men and women, “100 per cent Am- ericans,” being persecuted: by the de- partment of the interior, and joining the movement of the foreign born workers. Kovoss reported for the secretariat of the provisional committee for the protection of foreign born. He said: “The economic crisis results in persecution and deportations, The | U. S, Congress representéa steel, lumber and coal interests, The for- eign born workers make up 58 per cent of those working in the iron industryy 61 per cent of those working at meat packing; 62 per cent of those working in the coal fields; and 67 per cent of those working in the oil industry. “By federal laws, by discriminating and intimidating in the shops and factories the ruling class is preparing further attacks, The Hearst and Curtis publications lead in propa- ganda for this terror. The Fascist leaders of the American Federation “Sub” Postal Workers Are Being Evicted NEW |YORK.—“Mister J. J. Kiely, Postmaster of New York, is this a fact; that substitute employes in your city have been subpoenaed to court on summons for non-payment of rent and that there are many of them actually starving on the littlé pay they get?” This is the question that the postal workers want an- swered, They know the answer al- ready, Substitute postal workers afe hard hit by thé government’s policy of taking advantage of the crisis. —__e——_ SOVIET AVIATOR SETS RECORD. KOKTEBEL, U. S. 8. R.—A world record was set recently when a So- viet airman, made three loop-the-! in his ider, Red Star. He did it at an elevation of 300 meters with a fifteen meter a second wind blowing. In addition he accomplished the fete without the aid of an airplane, a very difficult task. The U. 8. is the only other country to have tried this and it failed. TAXI MEN STRIKE. MONTEVIDEO, Uraguay.— When the license of many taxi drivers were Extreme Wing of War Makers Is Centered Around Poincare entry denying’ on the one hand of the facts of the indictment, and on the other, raising a howl about ‘a crisis in the U. S. S. S. R.,’ and about. ‘revolts,’ spiced with a big dose of the most venemous inventions about ‘a Soviet menace.’ “Their aim is to disguise the fail- ure of the anti-Soviet wrecking plans and the frantic preparation for a new armed intervention. “Apart from the shameless lying and provocative campaign against the U.S. S. R. and against the trial of the ‘industrial party,’ we meet, also, other notes. Some among the bour- geois camp realize the aggressive pol- icy of French imperialism will ulti- mately hurt their interests as well. They are forced to consider the growing sympathies of the broad pro- letarian, toiling masses for the Sov- jet Union. They are no adverse to Drive to Organize A of Labor is joining in the attack. This calls for organization of the masses in defense and counter attack. | It calls for a national, state, and municipal and industrial campaign for action. For a Million Members Kovess spoke for_apnbeupoAnd it, sers-not for.-the-appsehension-of-{/ ended by calling for a sweepinng movement of fa million members within five months in the shops, fac- tories and farms. “Then we can tell |them, ‘You can not deport us mil- lins; you can not finger print us when we refuse to be fingerprinted. Dare to do it if you can! In unity we have strength. You will lose; we will ” J. Louis Engdahl of the Interna- tional Labor Defense stated: “The, working class has no representation | within that congress, so we have gathered -here this afternoon as workers, as a parliament of labor, to raise our demands against the anti- working class legislation that will be proposed in the Senate and House. He spoke on the Serio and Vikuel deportations. The first session adjourned at 3p, m The), convention. was enthusiastic and determined. developing business relations with the U.S. 5. RB. “In the background of the general | frantic fuss in the camp of the in- ternational bourgeois reaction these sentiments testify to the absence of complete unity and understanding on the question of the new anti-Soviet intervention, “In this respect, the statement of President Hoover and a number of inkuential German, Italian capitalist Papers are symptomatic. There are contradictions within the camp of imperialism, and striking exposure of the preparation of a fresh anti-Sov- iet war forces certain bourgeois cir- cles to maneuver, “The reactionary forces hostile to the U. S. S. R. are grouping around Poincare—for war and their blood- hounds of imperialism. The interna- tional proletariat is rallying to its Communist vanguard. It is prepar- ing to defend the U. S. S. R. It will be able to stop the criminal hand from fanning the flames of war against the land of rising Socialism.” NEW YORK—At 10 o'clock this morning the 900 workers of the Eagle Pencil Co. factory on East 14th St. will walk out on strike unless the management posts a notice that the 10 per cent wage-cut already ordered will not got into effect. Until ten the workers will stand at their working places with their street clothes on, but not doing a bit of work. This is warning to the boss to take back the cut. Here Are Plans. The Factory Committee of Eagle Pencil Co, workers has nounced final plans, as follows: “We are going into the factory this morning knowing that the bosses want us to work with a 10 per cent cut. Many of the old-timers who did not get the cut last time are get- ting a 20 per cent cut now. Another wage-cut is set for February. “We want no cuts! The Factory Committee has agreed as to the best way to compel the bosses to take back the wage-cut as follows: “(1) Go into the factory. Go to your department. Keep your street clothes on. Don't work, don’t start even if the power is on and runing SENATOR REED ADMITS IMPERIALIST WAR NEAR PITTSBURGH, Pa., Nov. 30.—Open admission that imperialist war is on the way and that only the chance to turn it into a united imperialist at- tack on the workers’ state, the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics has even postponed it thus far, was made here last night by Senator David A. Reed of Pennsylvania in his speech to the American Legion. Reed stated frankly that “a devil's broth” is “brewing in Europe”. “I hope I am not unduly pessimis tie,” he said, “but I believe that if the an- and wait no longer than 10 o'clock for the bosses’ answer to take back the cut. “(2) Tf the bosses don’t put up a notice “No wage-cut for any depart- ment” by 10 o'clock the workers of every department shall leave the fac- tory. Every department to stick to- gether and go to Labor Temple, 14th St. and Second Ave., for a meet- ing of workers of all departments. “(3) If a worker is fired or a de- partment told to “Get out of the factory’—no one leaves until 10 bolshevism, the countries of Europe would be at each other's throats this very minute. There is always the possibility of some incident such as that which started the World War, and foreign statesmen with whom I have talked are pessimistic.” A. F. of L. Local Backs Communist Bill For Jobless ,Insurance NEW YORK.—Delegates from the | o'clock. : New York Campaign Committee for Don't Be Divided. Unemployment Insurance appeared| “(4) If the bosses promise one or before a meeting of Local 848 of the American Federation of Labor at their last meeting and received the endorsement of the members preesnt for the Communist Bill for Unem- ployment Insurance. Members signed the peitions individually. The local mets at Labor Temple on 14th Street. more departments no wage-cuts, these departments shall not start work until all departments get offi- cial noticep osted: No wage-cuts for any department, and if no notice is put up for all departments to go out with the rest at 10 o'clock, “(5) If the bosses or the bosses’ Comrades! Don’t Delay! Help ‘Daily’ Pull Through! Rush Funds Now! COMRADES: Do you really know how our Worker, has been published every day during the last thirty days? We must talk in days, hours and min- utes, when we talk about its daily appearance. The organization and finance departments of the Communist Party and the business manager of the Daily spend whole days borrowing money to meet the minimum needed for the daily appearance of our paper. The next day they borrow again to repay these one day loans, (very often the last pennies of organi- tations and individuals) and then begin again the process of borrowing for one day. We never know until the very last minute whether or not the paper will go to press. we were actually on the verge of print the Daily Worker, For six years the Daily Worker has been in the front of every struggle of the workers. the Daily Worker has mobilized the workers in their lights against the bosses. For six years the Daily Worker has been in the front line trenches of the tlass struggle. The following are only a few through which we have been struggling in the last month. These are brutally frank «make these statements openly and The management of the Daily no money for postage to mail out receipts or to mail out the lists for subscription and Finance Drive. Not enough to buy stock on which to print our lists, en- velops, etc. (We already owe our printers over $3,000. Special contributions and donations had to be made for some of the staff so that their families would not be evicted for non-payment of rent. A special day-by day loan had to be made, and must be re- paid today, so that the staff, in several cases this {nvolves children or other immediate dependents, could buy up some groceries for the next few days. RED SHOCK TROOPS, realshock troops, will save the situation. Each individual worker, a few vorkers—two or three—must send in money immedi- itely—must go to his or her shop mates or other ac- {uaintances,—must appear before all workingclass or- sanizations meetings to-day, this moment as you read ‘his appeal. TODAY NOW THE WORKERS MUST AGAIN °ULL THE DAILY WORKER THROUGH ITS PRESENT TEMPORARY FINANCIAL CRISIS, COMRADES! DON’T WAIT! RUSH SHOCK f'ROOPS INTO THE SHOPS AND FACTORIES, IN- {0 WORKERS’ ORGANIZATIONS, WORKERS’ HOMES, TO WORKERS ON THE STREETS. MAIL OR TELEGRAPH FUNDS TO DAILY WORKER, 50 E. 12th ST. NEW YORK CITY. paper, the Daily Twice last week, not being able to For six years of the conditions statements. We frankly. Worker even has USE THE SPECIAL BLANK PRINTED BELOW. Cut this out and mail immediately to the Daily Worker, 50 E. 13th St., New York City. $30,000 DAILY WORKER EMERGENCY FUND Enclosed find .... We pledge to build RED SHOCK TROOPS for the successful completion of the $30,000 DAILY WORKER EMERGENCY FUND NAME withdrawn here last Friday the taxi men struck in protest, ADDRESS 40, .00sssseressseccrscsevsssscososesess RED SHOCK TROOPS For stesteenserssesecssaeereoresesacecesnes ess GOATS. oe .sceccees ++ cents, men talk to anybody in your de- partment—everybody crowd around and all talk together: We will not work until a notice is put up in all departments—no wage-cuts for any departments. “(6) If the bosses want a com- mittee from the department to talk to them everybody of the department is the committee and no wage-cut is the demand without compromise for less. “(1) Watch out for stool-pidgeons who try to fool us with lies that other departments are working and give different instructions, A fake “com- mittee” of stool-pidgeons will try to get us to work and maybe compro- mise on less than 10 per cent. Dis- regard all other notices but those of the Factory Committee. Read and talk over the directions in the fac- tory.” COMMUNIST PARTY CALLS TO SMASH THE INJUNCTIONS All Workers Rally at Mass Meeting, Dec. 3 NEW YORK.—Calling all workers to continue the fight to smash the injunctions, the District Committee of the Communist Party of District 2 (New York) yesterday issued a state- ment for all to rally to the mass meeting against injunctions in Cen- tral Opera House, Wednesday. The meeting will mobilize strength for the mass violation of injunction, The campaign to smash the injunctions is led by the Trade Union Unity Council of New York. Speakers at the meeting will be William Z. Foster general secretary of the Trade Union Unity League, Fred Biedenkapp, ounfuy 384} YseuIg ay} Jo UBUIITeYO tions Committee of the T. U. U. L. and others, Take up Challenge! The statement of the Communist Party is as follows: “The bosses of this country think that they will be able to dampen the | fighting spirit of the workers by the use of the injunction, In New York, in particular, they are applying the injunction with all viciousness, and the police, their agents, are doing their filthy work with all energy. Paragraph 600 is the weapon that the New York capitalists consider one of their most powerful weapons |in breaking the determination of the workers to fight for decent condi- tions. “The New York police, under the “unrevised policy” of Police Commis- | stoner Mulrooney, are using the most brutual methods against the workers with nightsticks, blackjacks and tear gas, the police and gangsters work- ing under their cover are trying to terrorize the workers, but the work- jers have ‘answered their savage at- jtacks. The demonstrations round Zelgreen’s cafeteria, involving thous- ands of workers, have shown two things: one, that the workers will |not be intimidated; and two, that | workers not part of the struggle itself, also are learning what capital- ist democracy Is. A. F. L. with Bosses. In this fight, the fascist leader- ship of the American Federation of Labor and the social-fascist socialists are again showing their true color, Hand in hand with the police and Supporting them in every way, they are openly assaulting the workers. “In order again to protest against the barbarous methods and att of the capitalists, the capitalist.cour’ and the police, and to mobilize for further action, the Smash the In- eee Committee is calling a mass eeting at Central Opera House, 67th St. and 3rd Ave., on Wednesday, attend this meeting, both organized and unorganized Negro and white workers and young workers, who face | ‘| this fight in the struggle to get or- ganized, Dec, 3 at 8 p.m. All workers should | ices iced . Brings Out More Facts From | Accused | Bribes Given Freely, Tried Hard 4 to Wreck 5-Year Plan (Spécial Cable to the Daily Worker) MOSCOW, Nov. 29.—This evening’s session of the fourth day of the trial began with the cross-examination of the defendants. The contention of the Soviet prosecutor, Krylenko, is |that the defendants, in their state- ments, kept back some things which can be quickly substantiated. ‘The cross-examination of the pros- ecutor and the court uncovered the cynicism and full content of the re- actionary aims of the defendants, They cross-examined all the defend- ants, particularly Professor Ramsin, He admitted that he realized, not only now “after meditation in prison”. but already for some time that carry- ing out the instructions of the im- perialist masters would be frought with terrible consequences to the aims of the workers and peasants. The program of bourgeois democ- racy and “concessions” to the work- ers and peasants after the overthrow of Soviet power was admitted to be merely a demagogic mask covering the real content which was “the de- struction of the vanguard of the vanguard of the working-class,” and reprisals. co: by the French generais‘antt ‘reactionary wing of the counter-revolutionary engineers and emigres. The cross-examination of Ramsin established that he steadily passed from Bolshevism, in 1917, to Menshe- vik conceptions of Russian develop- ment. As an adherent of the Men- shevik ideas he opposed the October revolution. A short period of “pos- itive attitude toward the Soviet power” in the beginning of the NEP (New Economic Policy), signified no, change in his opinions. The NEP,” he understood, was a starting point to the restoration of capitalism. In 1927, the beginning of intensl- fied socialist advance, induced Ram- sin to resume his active antagonistic attitude against the Soviet power, and to join the wreckers’ organiza- tion. Henceforth, Ramsin steadily passed to the adoption of the worst reactionary program of “military dictatorship.” The true meaning of 2 “military dictatorship” was revealed by Ram- sin, after he was especially recalled to the stand during the examination of Laritchev, Larichev attempted to pose a polit- ical “infant,” not understanding Bol- shevism nor the real plans of the reactionary emigres and the imper- jalist statesmen. He evaded answers to the direct questions put by Kry= lenko of what he understood con- cretely by the “military dictatorship.” He evaded the ironical question by the Soviet prosecutor, whether the bloody General Lukomski, the great jindustrialist Denissoy and Nobel Promised to put through the program of democracy with great concessions to the workers and peasants, Ramsin was here recalled to the jStand and became confused, contra- jdicted himself under cross-examina~ tion, Krylenko and the judges, Vish insky and Antonov finally forced him to admit the terrible consequences of the military dictatorship to the toil- ing masses of the Soviet Union. Answering one question, Ramsin | admitted that the “military dictator- |ship” aimed at the destruction, not of the whole working-class, but only its vanguard. The extent of the ree (Continued on Page Three) Red News Club Boosts Order The Red Builders News Club hit a new high mark at its hot dog Jamboree by ordering 1,600 papers. Actual papers sold during the second week of the club's existence were 4,359 as ompared to 3,100 during the Nine members of the club recieved Lenin medallions for selling over 250 Daily Workers during the week. They were in the order of their sales, Sho- holm, 450; Barnes, 375; Gomez; 325; Halefchuck, 283; ¢ 271; Weinryt, 267; Sabbath, 265; Reese, 269; Stein 225. BLOODY BOSS TERROR. WAS TO FOLLOW WAR ON SOVIETS, TRIAL SHOWS Eagle Pencil Workers Refuse to Work with the Wage Cut! Will Go Into Factory and Stand Idle Until Ten O'clock a. m., Then if Wage Cut is Not Taken Back, All March Out to the Labor Temple