The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 10, 1930, Page 1

Working Class Women only a few Speed the Signature Collection Campaign. for the Unemployment Insurance Bill. Unemployment Insurance Must Be Won Now! Daily. Central - Orga he-Co > &) munist Party U.S.A. (Section of the Communist International) Vol. Vu. No. 295 Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at New York, N. ¥.. ander the act of March 3. 1879 NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1930 Intervention Danger Against] “Fy bl dite Soviet Union Continues d tera trial of the eight counter-revolutionists in Moscow, members of the alled “Industrial Party” and agents of the imperialist powers, has come to a ‘close. The sentences imposed by the court—death sentencs for five conspirators and ten year prison sentences for three—have been | commuted by the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet, government. Ramsin, Laritchey, Kalinnikov, Charovsky and Fyedotoy, the five wreck- ers sentenced to death by the court, must now serve ten years in prison, their property wjJl be confiscated and their citize: ip rights will be with- drawn. The other three, Ochkin, Kuprianov and Sitnin, must serve eight years in prison and will likewise loose their property and citizenship fights. This brings to a close a trial that has occupied the attention of the entire world for the past three weeks. But the ending of the trial does not end the danger of intervention by the imperialist powers. On the contrary, for a number of reasons, the trial will increase the hatred of the imperialists against the workers’ and peasants’ fatherland, the U.S. 8. R. As the Daily Worker correspondent correctly emphasized in yester¢ cable: “The tribunal's sentence determining the fate of the eight isolated individuals is not the important issue in the trial. The important thing is that it is a trfal of imperialism armed for intervention, prepared for a class war against the Soviet Union under the direct leadership of the aggressive imperialist power, France.” ‘The trial proved beyond doubt that the eight sabotagers on trial were merely pliable tools of the white guard emigres and the foreign imperial- ists, with France and Great Britain, especially the former, engaged in the direct role of organizing a bloody, armed intervention. The sabotage and wrecking activities carried on within the Soviet Union by the eight men on trial was under the direction of the French army general staff and was part of a,plan for an armed attack against the Soviet this year. According to the confession of the wreckers the time for the intervention is now set for 1931 1 The significance of the Moscow trial lies primarily in the fact that it uncoyered the bloody hands of the imperialist plotters. The sentencing of the t wreckers is the least important phase of the bigger fight which must be waged against the imperialists and their 1931 intervention plans. The workers in all lands, therefore, must now increase their activ- ities to prevent war on the Soviet Union. We in the United States must fight more determinedly than ever against our own capitalists and their government. The bourgeois newspapers in all countries have consistantly tried to discredit the evidence brought forward at the trial. They have charged the O.G.P.U. with torture methods. They have charged that the trial was framed. Today they speak of it as a “thrilling melodrama,” of the verdict as “a magnificent curtain,” etc. Everything is done to hide the real significance of the trial, to hide the bloody hands of the imperialists. Even this is a phase of the imperialist war plans against the Soviet Union. ‘The workers will not be fooled. They see the magnificent progress being made by the Soviet workers and peasants under the Five-Year Plan. ‘They see the elimination, there, of unemployment and the raising of the material and cultural life of the masses, In the imperialist countries the masses see unemployment, wage cuts, misery and starvation. They see the growing capitalist hatred against the Soviet Union. They have followed closely the bloody intervention exposures of the Moscow trial. The capitalist newspapers cannot lie out, nor can they conceal their murderous plans. The trial has convinced additional thousands of work- ers of the necessity of organizing and fighting as never before against the capitalists, for their own immediate demands and for the defense of the Soviet Union. No Economy Here! RESIDENT HOOVER, in his several messages to Congress, when deal- ing with the issues of unemployment and relief for the drought- stricken farmers, strongly urged “‘an economy program.” No direct relief was proposed for the 9,000,000 starving unemployed workers. ‘The public works program proposed was cut from $150,000,000 to $10,000,000 with the full knowledge that even the larger amount would not even begin to relieve the intense suffering among the unemployed. For the farmers, Secretary of Agriculture Hyde vigorously opposes relief because relief for men, women and children who are starving “perilously approaches the dole system.” All of this fakery is put forward under cover of lots of noise about the necessity for “an economy program.” But in one thing, at least, “economy” is not a consideration. When workers or poor farmers die from starvation or freeze to death from the winter’s cold, then Hoover says, “Yes, it is too bad, but we must rigidly follow our economy program.” ‘But when it comes to America’s (Wall Street's) war jrogram, then we hear quite a different story. Then “economy” is thrown to the seven winds and all that is heard is a roaring demand for battleships, submarines, cruisers, airplanes, Jarger armies, more airplanes, and poison gas. With a feverish haste the bankers and manufacturers, working through their Washington hirelings, push through their preparations for war to capture new markets, new sources of raw materials, fields for new investrnents, and particularly for war to crush the Soviet Union. These frantic war preparations are directly linked up with the efforts of the bosses to pile up greater profits for themselves, while relief for the unemployed, or the farmers, real relief, could only be given by de- creasing the profits and the wealth of the bosses. For unemployment relief and farm relief, therefore, the Hoover gang has only “an economy program.” For war, howéver, from which they hope «, profit, the ex- penditures are unlimited. This was clearly shown yesterday in the proposals to spend imme- diately $134,635,000 for a navy building program. They propose two new cruisers, eleven desttoyers, one destroyer leader, four submarines, one aircraft carrier and $5,000,000 worth of airplanes. In addition they pro- pose to modernize three battleships, and $5,000,000 will be spent for a Pacific coast dirigible base. Here is $140,000,000 for the navy alone. There will be similar amounts, possibly even more, for the army and the air branches of Uncle Sam’s already huge murder machine. Under such circumstances the workers must determine how long Hoover's farcial economy speeches will go on without their vigorous pro- tests. The workers must give an answer to the administration’s talk of “economy” when hungry and starving workers are involved, and criminal waste when war preparations are the issue. The committee of the un- employed workers which presents the demands of the workers to Con- gress early in February must raise these issues very sharply. They must insist on the immediate transference of all war funds—whether it be for the army, navy or any other branch of the service—into a fund from which the starving workers and poor farmers fnay be fed. Their fight for unemployment insurance must simultaneously be a fight against this wanton waste of money for murder and plunder, which will primarily be directed against the Soviet Union. Every worker must organize and fight now for immediate relief in every locality. The campaign for signatures demanding unemployment insurance from Congress must be pushed forward with greater energy. The complete disregard of the capitalist politicians for the suffering of the masses while they prepare frantically for war, must spur the workers on to greater effort, to greater struggles. Asks for Articles for Bazaar of W.LR. and Women’s Councils NEW YORK.—With the joint ba- - gaar of the Workers’ International Relief and the United Councils of enabling to buy useful ar- ticles at Breatly reduced prices. The United Councils of Working Class Women is calling a series ot city-wide conferences to intensify their activity in making blouses, pil- Jows, lamp-shades, etc., and in col- lecting material for the bazaar. The conferences are to be held at 27000 Bronx Park, E.; 1400 Boston Rd., weeks away, the’ bazaar committee | Bronx; 143 E, 103rd St., N. ¥.; 48: the sed at all workers) Ser. St, Brocktyn; 118 Bristol St., organizations to collect | Brooklyn; 61 Graham Ave, Brook- a be eld pa ie a AiPy Om Thumeay, Deo, 1, a8 WP Te Give Jobless Nothing,” SaysHyde WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—With uns | of “the bosses who control the go bosses who control the gov-| {employment growing to tremendous|ernment, again brings out the fact | proportions, and great, masses of poor | that the capitalists will not part with | | Negro and white farmers on j verge of starvation, a-fake battle) over “relief” is developing in Con-) |gress. The democrats, led by Senatoy Walsh of Massachusetts, are carrying} {he comes out openly in favor of small |sums in the form of loans (with high and fertilizer” but said that— to the government making loans for of view (the capitalists always de- clare their point of view is ‘national’) this latter class of loans approaches perilously near the dole system and would be a move in the wrong direc- tion.” Hyde admits that the greatest suf- ferers among the farmers “are the small’ farmers, both white and col- ored.” His solution for their hunger and starvation is the same that is offered to the workers, namely, char- ity. He said “The Red Cross has un- of distress.” For the Negro: poor far- mers in the South, among whom mil- lions face starvation, this means a vicious system of Jim Crowism. In connection with the whole sys- tem of “relief” for the farmers, Hyde who speaks for Hoover, and the rest |see the on the same fake campaign to fool) |the masses through which they won} millions of votes in the last election. | Secretary of Agriculture Hyde has) |issued a vicious statement in which, rates of interest) for “work animals | “There are a great many objectinos | human food: From a national point | dertaken to take care of all cases) the|one cent of their profits for unem- ahaa insurance. They prefer to 9,000,000 unemployed die of starvation He said on the question of |relief for the poor farmer: “There is no more justification for the government to furnish food for farmers in the drought area | than there would be in furnishing food to any other section of the United States or to any other class of our people who may be in dis- tress.” At the same time Hoover asked for another $100,000,000 for the Federal Farm Board, most of which goes to grain speculators and bankers. This would make $400,000,000 given to the | wheat gamblers and robber bankers. During the course of the debate, Senator Walsh of Massachusetts in- dicated the great lengths to which the democrats are going in their at- tmpts to fool the masses. Declaring that there are 5,000,000 jobless in the United States, besides 16,000,000 men and women on part-time employment, ranging from one hour to two or three days, the demagogic faker gab- bled on about “relief” without of- fering any program. It is evident that the bosses are trying to neutralize the growing mass discontent by util- izing the “insurgent” phrases of many of the democrats, Fear of Bolshevism Walsh’s fakery can be sensed from his speech in the Senate when he! said | “It seems to me that the most | casual observer in Washington must be convinced that the first thought of many of those in high places is the tender care of the heavy tax- | payers. that is first. That is above star- vation and poverty and unemploy- ment and suffering. And that was one of the reasons why millions flocked to the polls last November, | not to’ elect democrats, but to d ' nounce and condemn the admini tration that has been indifferent to the greatest problem we have wit- nessed in fifty years in time of peace. “Increased taxes are to be avoid- ed if possible, but not at all costs, | There are worse misfortunes than | heavy taxes. One is unrest, discon- tent and spread of Bolshevism.” Offer Sops Not Insurance must be kept low, so their profits can | main question is not “relief” unemployed, but squelching and fighting mass discontent. On this all cent. > They realize that it is only the Commu: Party that is leading a surance, to come out of the bosse: tures, and to sidetrack this discon- tent Walsh appeals for “sops,” for fake relief measures that will not relieve. Long exposed as one of the numer- | our fake charity outfits of the bosses | organized to furnish “positions” and big salaries for their friends and relatives, the Community Chest Fund awhich exploits the miseries of the | unemployed and uses hold-up meth- ods to extract money from workers still in the factories, is not only us- ing the monies it collects to support the militarization of workers’ chil- dren by big donations to the Boy Scouts, but is actually helping the bosses to arm against the rising wrath of the working class. This is shown in Buffalo, N. Y., | where the Fund has contributed two armored cars to the city’s armory of lethal weapons for use against the unemployed. In addition to furnishing the city of Buffalo with these two armored cars, the Community Chest Fund has also equipped 14 other armored cars in the city with machine guns in the bosses’ plot to sorve the unem- ployment problem by shooting down workers who revolt against the char- ity hand-outs of stale bread and slop coffee and demand real relief thru unemployment insurance. In the meantime, the Fund, sup- ported by the bosses, is using sledge- hammer tactics to collect’ forced “contributions” from workers in the shops. In the MacIntosh Seymour Plant at Auburn, N. ¥., they came around and handed out the usual apple sauce and black-jacked the workers out of contributions from their already meager wages. After they had left, the bosses announced a general wage cut of 121% per cent. In Syracuse, the manager of the Community Chest Fund draws the huge salary of $10,000 a year for shedding crocodile tears over the sad plight of the unemployed and man- euvering fake relief. In Auburn, N. Y., where the “pick- ings” are smaller, the Fund manager draws $5,000 a year. Community Chest Fund Gives Armored Car to Fight Jobless In St. Louis, the Fund had in its last fiscal year a tremendous over- head of $160,000 a year! Most of this went for huge salaries and joy- ride expenses. Of the money left over after de- ducting this huge overhead, the Fund gave $62,000 to the Boy Scouts to further the work of militarizing the children of the workers, $16,340 to the Girl Scouts, and, indulging in the usual boss discrimination against the Negroes, it gave $11,801 to the White Old Folks Home, and $4,169 to the Jim Crow Negro Old Folks Home. In other cities the story is the same: high salaries to officials, and support to anti-working class organ- izations like the Boy Scouts, etc. MANGER WORKERS GET WAGE SUASH NEW YORK.—The Trade Union Unity League is calling upon the workers of the Manger Hotel to or- ganize and strike against wage-cuts. On Friday, Dec, 5, the chamber- maids received a $2 wage-cut, and, in addition to this, increased work has been imposed upon them. For- merly they had to clean 18 rooms and now they must clean 25 rooms. Besides this, the workers are forced to take one week’s vacation every month without pay. The working torce in the house- keepers’ department was reduced from 10: workers to 6. More workers are expected to be laid off soon. / The workers must answer the abuses of the bosses by organizing. The demands of the union are for the 8-hour day, 5-day week, an in- crease of 10 per cent in wages, all overtime to be paid at the rate ot double time, all legal holidays with 25 P.C, WAGE CUT TUUL Leads. Furniture Workers’ Strike 3W YORK.—Yesterday morning} 40 upholsterers and other workers | went out on strike against a 25 per) cent wage cut handed out by the Brooklyn. The strike is_under the leadership | of the Furniture Workers’ Industrial | League, affiliated to the Trade Union Unity League. A strike committee} was elected by the workers after a mass meeting that was held right after the strike was called. The de- mands of the strikers are the im- mediate abolition of the 25 per cent wage cut; recognition of the Shop Committee “after the settlement of | the strike; week work to be estab- lished instead of piece work; time and a half for overtime; eight-hour day and five-day week. Committees were elected to arian mass picketing. The workers are in | a militant mood, and are being ral- lied to win the strike under the léad- ership of the Trade Union Unity) League. All members of the Furni- ture Workers’ Industrial League, as well as unempioyed workers, are urged to participate in the picket lines, Word has reached the strike com- mittee that the boss is willing’to take | back the wage cut, but balks at rec- ognizing the Shop Committee. strikers stick to this demand, as well as all of the others. week of employment without just cause, no: discrimination because of race, age, or nationality. The Building Maintenance Work- ers’ Union, with offices at 16 W. 21st St, is*leading the organizational campaign. _. “You must have thirty thousand dollars, but the com- rades are slow about advancing the money,” writes a Det- roit worker. With which statement the Daily Worker staff, struggling to get the paper into your hands—and never sure until it is actually on the presses that it will not be forced to skip a day—is heartily 'n accord. Never has the need for th's working class organ been greater. With the swift justice of the workers’ state al- ready proMounced against the counter revolutionary plot- ters within the Soviet Union, powers and the ‘nternational capitalists are redoubling the'r ‘their masters, the imperialist atack against the Soviet Union and the militant workers of their own countries. The failure of this plo' brings the Next imperialist war even closer: 't makes it even more U oe own, re awe their | | contained He admits that taxes for the bosses | Congress by stay up, but he points out that the |® for the} aments is now put forward to add! bosses are agreed one hundred per| | against the Soviet Union, but not one profits, out of the huge war expendi-| an additional | Admiral | ict Union, The | extra pay, no discharge after one | S22 meena aecles city "EDITION — J WORKERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE! als, Buy Fertilizers, DEMONSTR ATE DEC. 13 FOR DEFENSE OF SOVIET e ? WRECKERS ARE ROUTED Add $ 134,635,000 to Hillion War Budget; Prepare Air Fleet |New Bill Before Congress for Naval Arms to Aid in Coming W Draws Up E WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—Besides the $1,000,000,000 for war purposes in the budget offered to Hoover, a bill for an additional $134,635,000 for naval arm- | to the huge war preparations that are going on. vided for war preparations, especially penny is being provided for relief of the unemployed, or for unemploy- real struggle for unemployment in-| ment insurance. On the same day that the bill for $134,635,000 for war preparations is put before Congress, William V. Pratt, who qpenly calls for war against the Sov- Kellogg pact or no Kellogg pact “we may be drawn into war,” says the Admiral with hypocritical dip- lomacy, and adds, “for this reason we must be in a position to defend our rights.” The “rights” of the bosses are, of} course, increased markets, new col- onies, and the right to destroy the | first workers’ republic, the Seviet Union. Pratt's document reeks with war, | putting it on the order of the day. | He talks about the “crucial test of war,” and demands that all branches bosses in the Republic Upholstering| of the navy and army be immediately Co. plant at 7th Ave. and 12th St.,| | put into shape for war. He repeats the old hypocritical phrases about war for “defense,” but tries’ to hide N. J. MASS MEET AGAINST WAR Paterson “Workers for USSR Defense PATERSON, N. J. Dec. 9.—Point- ing out that more than 12,000 men and women are tranyping the streets looking vainly for work, the Com- munist Party and Young Communist League call on all workers to come to a mass demonstration for the de- fense of the Soviet Union, and against the war plots, which are closely tied up with the wage-cut- ting drive against the workers. The mass meeting will be held Friday, December 12, 8 p. m., at Carpenters’ Hall, 45-56 Van Houston St. “There is only one country where the workers do not suffer from the misery of unemployment, long hours, and starvation wages,” says the leaf- let calling for the meeting, “this is The capitalists realize that the Soviet Union stands as a shining example of what the workers can do.” It is for this rea- son they are planning war. To* learn about the war plots all workers are urged to attend this meeting. There will be nationally prominent speakers present. $200 from a Group of Carpenters _ Saves the Daily Worker Today » DO NOT ALLOW THE $30,000 EMERGENCY FUND TO FAIL! ~~ It is even more important today than it was yesterday that the Daily, Worker $30,000 Emergency Fund should not be allowed to fail; that: this weapon in the class struggle should not be threatened with a single day’s suspension. It 's true that the respo®se is growing—but it is grow- ing too slowly. It is not yet a mass response. And 't is not depéndable. Today the Daily Worker is published with the aid of a $200 contribution from a group of carpenters, who make this greeting to their comrades. Tomorrow there may be no such contribution. The Daily Worker cannot be allowed to depend on such last minute donations. The $30,000 fund is the task of the American working class. It must be aecepted as a task, It must have mass support. “Rush <.<fimide—N9 donation blank—Red Shock Troops on hottom \ page 8 Unlimited sums are pro- | published a plan for more j | efficient organization of the air fleet | for war. STRIKE AGAINST | Jar; Admiral Pratt fficiency Plan Wall Street's plans for attack by in- | sisting that the best defense is an/ offensive attack. The rapid war preparations put | the “peace” talk of Hoover and Stim- | son in its true light—a cover for the rapidly advancing war. Billions are ;found for war but not one cent for the unemployed. Demand the war funds be turned to the jobless for unemployment insurance. | BOSS PROMISES Vote Continued Fight on Wage Cut NEW YORK.—Following a futile conference by the strikers’ commit- tee with the bi s of the Eagle Pen- ci! Co., the striking workers yester- day ‘voted to continue the strike against the wage-cut and tostrength- len the picket line. In the conference of the strikers’ eommittee with.the,.bosses,. the hoss§,) refused to recall the wage-cut and attempted to soft-soap .the workers with. sweet phrases and fake prom- ises. They proposed that the work- ers should-return to work, accepting the wage-cut, and in return they handed out half-promises that there would be no discrimination against the strikers and their leaders, BUT, they added, if anybody’s place has been already filled that’s another story, and the bosses would be so very sorry. This was clear indication of the bosses’ determination to pun- ish the leaders of the strike and all those workers who have shown any sins of militancy. The bosses then tried to stampede the workers into returning without their demands by threatening to shut out all who |don’t come back to work by today. The bosses wanted the strikers te know that business was oh, so ter- rible, and that, in fact, they were losing money every day and only keeping the plant open for the sake of the workers. They were so sur- prised that the workers could not see things from this angle. The com- mittee refused to swallow the apple sauce. When the committee reported back to the membership meeting, a few of its members were in doubt as to what further agtion should be taken, but that doubt was soon dissolved by the militant attitude of the strikers and their determination to carry on the struggle. Jack Johnstone, who spoke showing up the tricks of the bosses and their fake promises, was loudly applauded. A woman worker of the Unemployed Council pledged the support of the unemployed workers on the picket line and in the fight against any effort of the bosses to recruit scabs from among the job- less workers. Enthusiasm ran high. ‘The strikers decided to continue vis- iting of all members of departments who were absent from the picket line and the hall. In an early meeting yesterday it was decided to form a union and a committee was elected to get the necessary cords Yor the enrolment otf the workers today. At both meetings the efforts of em- ployment agencies to furnish scabs were denounced. It was reported also that a Spanish church on 115th St. is acting as a scab agency for the bosses, sending down members of the parish with letters to the Eagle Pen- cil Co, ‘TURN DOWNEAGLE|: Week End Meets All Over New Yor City NEW YORK, I 9.—The York District Cc ittee of the munist Party calls up to dem workin; dispute that behin Professor Ramsin and a t |the French government stood as the main force, a t wreck the the Five Year Pl nikoy, and La of a more effe stive tage at their Paris m Aside from the cons French imperialism y Union, the rench leading the mobil forces in the racy led by in the Soviet government Soviet Rumania, etc., the Union. The war maneuvers ¢ it the So- viet Union, gated by Washington, have as their chief € ope the French govert nent, defense of the first workers’ f land, the workers of New Yo. demonstrate their dete: fight against imperialist intervention, atethis»moment par the *hief conspirator, t ernment. ticularly against * . NEW YORK.—Despite all the fan- commutation of ntences are tastic stc Ss on the wreckers’ capitalist papers cover up the comp! hich ading he be the to S of in many lands in the war plot against the Soviet oughly exposed “Tavestia, that the “ wrecking Union that t the Moscow organ, was ing before did not d to capitalist restoration “They not only confessed all their end the idea ot crimes, but disarmed their counter- revolutionary organization, The in- dustrial party was routed both polit- ically and n In revoking the death sentences the Central Executive Committee, of the Soviet Union had previously an- nounced that the proletarian state did not have to seek revenge against beaten and unarmed enemies. It is pointed out in the Soviet press that despite fact that the “industrial party” is smashed, and Supplement Delayed; You Can Still Rush Your Order Due to the necessity of enlarg- ing the special supplement to 16 pages, the publication of the in- ictment of the eight counter- revolutionary wreckers who have just been tried in Moscow has been delayed until tomorrow. You can take advantage of this to rush your order in, if you have not been able to do so before. the counter-revolutionary elements exposed and squelched, r support= ers in the imperialist countries, en- raged at the exposure of their war plans, and with the economic crisis in the capitalist lands growing worse, are still continuing their widespread war preparations against the Soviet Union, The cries about “fake” that em- anate from France are a thin cov- ering to the knowledge of guilt of the French bourgeoisie. Had the wreck- ers been executed the cry would still have been “fake,” with the added Sadie Van Veen at the Williamsburgh Forum Norman Tallentire last Sunday marked the opening of the Williams- burgh Workers Forum which is to be held every Sunday evening at 7 p. m. at the Workers Center, 61 Graham Ave., Brooklyn, This. coming Sunday adie Van Veen will sjee at ic ma on the very burning s at nterest. to all workers, “Li. i» War.” Questions and discussiou permitted ‘hg to all workers and dope about “murderous red terror.” The promise of answering the charges and proving them baseless which Poincare made at the begin- ning of the trial has never been ful filled. The proof brought out was so damning against Poincare, Briand and Churchill that they could merely resort to the most vicious name-call= ing without bringing forward a single fact to refute the truth of the con- fession of Ramsin & Co. The war danger, which is just as great as before the trial and is more fully transferred to preparations for €rmed intervention against the Sove 4 ‘ ym