The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 13, 1930, Page 3

SSS WORSENING OF CRISIS IS HIDDEN BY BOSS PAPERS AS NEW ‘REVIVAL? HIDE WAGE SLASHING DRIVE BY SOPHISTRY “Gradual Revival Is Seen By Ayres” Is A. P. Fake Dispatch NEW YORK.—A lesson in outright lying by the capitalist papers, and an exposure of the slippery tactics of the boss economists when talking about the economic crisis, is strik- ingly illustrated in the much-adver- tised speech recently delivered by Col. Ayres, vice-president of the Cleveland Trust Co., at the Cleve- Jand Chamber of Commerce Tuesday. The Associated Press sent out a distorted version of this interes’ analysis of the course of the ci and the capitalist press grabbed it up with headlines about “revival.” The New York World (Dec. 10) ran the story with the head: “Gradual Re- vival Is Seen By Ayres,” and the Associated Pres snews dispatch be- gan as follows: “The bottom of the business de- pression it at hand, according to all the ‘old signs and symptoms,’ and recovery next year should be ex- pected, Col. Leonard P. Ayres, vice- president of the Cleveland Trust Co. ) and internationally prominene busi- ness forecaster, said today.” A full report of Ayres’ speech re- vealed exactly the opposite. Namely, there will not be recovery in 1931. Ayres’ exact words are business “is mot getting back to normal by the 2 meaning the end on to emphasize this still further, showing that the basic industries portray a black fu- ture: “An analysis of prospects by individual lines of productive indus- try does not lead to optimistic con- clusions concerning 1931,” Fake Promises. Furthermore, the slippery colonel promises the workers more wage- cuts, saying, “The average levels for industrial wages . . . will probably be Jower for 1931 than for 1930.” Then, after all this, namely, at Jeast one year of continued crisis in all basic industries, with more dras- tic wage-cuts next year than the present year, the colonel goes on to say that “the next development will be recovery.” Rather than predict- ing “recovery” at the end of 1931, or the beginning of 1932, he simply says if history repeats itself, and capital- ism goes on its usual fashion this will happen. The capitalist papers do not dare to come out with the truth, that is beginning to strike some of the boss spokesmen, that the 9,000,000 unem- ployed face starvation not only this winter, but at least for the entire next year! end of the ye: of 1931. He go WORKERS DESPERATE AT LOSS OF FUNDS “ (Continued from Page One) while hundreds jammed Delancey St. around the U. S. bank building, waiting for the promised opening. But the bank did not open. ‘The waiting throngs learned that not even the fifty-cent-on-the-dollar _ offer was to materialize until some uncertain future day. There was an angry move forward. Once more _ the mounted police rode up on the sidewalks and shoved the workers down the streets. 'The throng broke slowly, unwillingly, only to return again, to their hopeless vigil, outside the bank windows. For their plight |) was desperate. .Many told stories of threatening eviction, no work for WAIT ALL NIGHT months, or part-time on lower pay. And now when the few dollars they had put aside “for a rainy day,” which the working class has learned to know and fear as a recurring curse which capitalism visits on them, is also snatched from them, they are frantic. “What kin I do?” one little Italian woman kept asking each one near her, “All but one dollar I got is in that bank. I got no work, a little baby’n the landlord will turn me out. What can I do? Where's the joostice in this country? We work hard, save our pennies where the rich can save thousands,n thin it goes like this. Where's the joostice?” : Hoover’s New Census Second Attempt to _ Hide Jobless Growth WASHINGTON, D. C.—Fearing > ‘hat the first census taken during April of this year has geen given the lie by the growth of the jobless \ army to 9,000,000 the Census Bureau + ‘is preparing another census begin- » ning Jan. 15. | Comparison of the official govern- ' ment figures of 2 and a half million i unemployed with the swelling bread- | lines in all large cities and the ad- " mission by local boss politicians has ‘driven the Hoover administration to this second attempt to hide the ex- "tent of the crisis, - The Federal Unemployment Com- ‘mission headed by Col. Woods is still _ beating the toms-toms of promises of | construction building. The Commis- ot sion has settled down to sending out circular letters urging construction building which has fallen off tre- _ mendously and which will never be 7 started, Liberals Try Keep Up Illusions in the Mooney, Billings Case A statement by “The National Mooney-Billings Committee” on the occasion of the refusal of pardon by the Supreme Court of California in- dicates that liberals learn nothing, and that the masses of workers must take over the task of freeing Mooney and Billings by general protest, dem- onstrations and organization of con- tinual pressure on the authorities. ‘The statement of the committee is signed by Henry T. Hunt, chairman, and Roger Baldwin, secretary. It pledges to continue the “fight,” but contains such a wild statement as this: “There is nothing more that can be expected from Governor C. C.| ‘Young, who gves out of office the ena of this month, He can be thanked for giving the case the first real examination it has had in the thirteen years since the trial judge and the jury in Mooney’s case both mdemned the convictions.” wis “real investigation” through ‘the’Supreme Court, as ordered by the fovernor, was the most delib- erate and brazen trickery, amount- ing to ® retrial in which the judges broke their every promise to release _if certain named proofs were of the perjury used to convict were fur- ed. The proof demanded (Mac- onake'’s appearance and coniession) \ Enclosed find EMERGENCY FUND NAME Brooklyn Charities Refuse Help to a Starving Worker BROOKLYN, N. Y.—Raymond Sa- cirston of 40 Pacific Street was re- fused help from a charity fakers joint at 140 Union Street. His wife waited from 5 a. m. until 5 p. m. merely to find out that the “nice” people of the above organization could not give her no help, The Boro Hall Unemployment Council knows the treatment which workers receive from the capitalist courts and their charity agents. The council exposes them right and left, going into court, following up evic- tion cases, rousing the Women’s councils and the members of the Boro Hall Unemployed Council for the purpose of building a Tenants’ League about each eviction case that reaches their notice. was furnished, and then the court brought in a new host of liars and whipped some of the old ones in line again, and “framed” Mooney and Billings all over again. From a committee of liberals which can describe the performance of the Supreme Court of California and the governor as a “real investi- gation,” nothing can be hoped. Their announced plan is to continue the same tactics that so signally failed with Governor Young, only now with the millionaire ship owner, Rolph, as governor. This is only a plan to sow more illusions about the justice of capitalist states in the minds of the workers, and, if nothing more is done, Mooney and Billings will die in prison. | 25% REDUCTION TO CITY AND UNION WORKERS Have Your Eyes Examined and Glasses Fitted by WORKERS MUTUAL OPTICAL CO. under personal supervision ot DR. M. HARRISON [= Bankers Lied About Condition; Was Bad for Months (Continued from Page One) paper state that the bank is heavily involved in real estate deals, and this means “liquidation” will be an extremely slow process. The big talk about millions being rushed to the depositors was another lie to keep up the hope of the depositors. The closing of this important New York Bank is having a deep effect throughout the country. The Jour- nal of Commerce reports that “bank- ers reported fairly meavy withdraw- als of deposits from the interior. It is reported that in various sections of the country demand for currency has increased.” A large number of banks are try- ing to make profit out of the misery of the hundreds of thousands of workers who had deposits in the Bank of the United States. They offer loans up to 50 per cent of the deposits at 5 per cent interest. The depositors are supposed to present “authenticated” proof of their ac- counts. But since the banks are closed “authenticated” proof is im- possible to obtain. Furthermore, the fact that they will not lend more than 50 per cent means they do not get more than half of what they put into the bank. The idea of charging 5 per cent is a good racket for the banks, Editorially most of the capitalist papers are silent on this bank clos- ing. At first they tried to kill the news completely, but this was im- possible as the bank had 400,000 de- positors and the reports of the clos- ing spread like wildfire throughout the city and throughout the coun- try. The closing of the bank took place in the face of the tremendous efforts of the leading Wall Street bankers to prevent it. Many of them had worked for three days and nights to bolster up the tottering institution. In fact, the Journal of Commerce re- ports one “representative of an im- portant banking firm” as saying on ‘Tuesday: “The bank won't be allowed to fail. A bank suspension in New York is an impossibility and would be pre- vented.” In short, the present economic crisis in the United States is so se- vere and drastic that what leading bankers thought an “impossibility” is now a fact. ‘That there will be considerable de- laying in clearing up the wreck is admitted in a story by the N. Y. Telegram, which says: verted into cash without considerable delay, and liquidation therefore would be a matter of months.” This means that the 400,000 de- positors will not get a cent of their money for months, and perhaps longer. What proportion of their Geposits they will get will not be known until this time. That almost every other bank in the United States is worried over this happening is admitted by the Journal of Commerce, This Wall Street pa- per, very close to banking circles, says: “Because of the possibility that the closing of the Bank of the United States might have impaired the con- fidence of some of the depositors of ether banks, particularly in the sec- tions of the city having many for- eign residents, the banks prepared for possible emergencies by heavy ship- ments of currency to'the branches.” ‘Those on the inside knew that the Bank of the United States was in a rotten condition months ago. It was this that led to the attempted merger. The bank was too unsound to permit of the merger, and it was in too shaky a condition for the en- tire host of Wall Street bankers to Save it. The working-class depositors, most of whom have not over $200 in the bank—their entire life’s savings— must be organized on the demand of immediate payment of their full de- posits, 3 DAY JOINT BAZAAR Workers International Relief United Council of Workingclass Women January 2-3-4 BENEFIT: Needle Trades Strike Fund Unemployed Hunger Marches Children’s Camps of W.LR. 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Cline says the district will “mob- ilize the entire Party to the last man for a special 4 day drive. The objective of this drive is to secure a minimum of 50 new subscribers for the Daily on these four days, which are Dec. 18, 19, 20 and 21. “We are putting every ounce of strength into this to effect a mob- ilization such as this district never before put through. The drive will be carried on simultaneously in five citie: Sioux City, Iowa; Omaha, Neb.; Kansas City, Mo.; Kansas City, Kans.; and Oklahoma City.” Special orders of 1,000 copies have been placed for issues dated Dec. 16, 17 and 18. A wide and practically virgin territory is being opened through the militant efforts of the comrades in this district. Use these premiums in the cam- paign for 60,000 readers: “The Five Year Plan of the Soviet Union,” by Gregory T. Grinko, a $2 Interna- tional Publishers book, free with one year’s subscription. 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I \ SuPPORT Tie [jy | DAY Worked Jalan scrory Gare , || | THE PAPER For THe Worneiay Get four out of EveRY Five To READ THe WoRKER be lynched for selling this thing on the streets?’ “I told him the workers were pre- paring to take care of themselves. He told me he had seen the Com- munists beaten by police and want- ed to know who their leader was. I showed him the Daily Worker and said, ‘This is our leader. When- ever the Daily Worker calls on us we will be ready’ He went away mumbling.” M. Silver, Daily Worker representa- tive in Philadelphia, sends in the fol- lowing: “Please send us 500 additional Daily Workers of Saturday’s edition. Beginning Monday, Nov. 8, increase our bundle order to 350.” Frank 'Sellman of Spokane, Wash- ington, writes, “We distributed 100 copies of the Daily Worker from house to house. Obtained 3 subs.” From Wm. Kammer, D. W. Agent, for Wheeling, W. Va., we hear: “We have three newsstands in Wheeling at present. We will and mine before this winter is over.” Airy, Large Meeting Rooms and Hall TO HIRE Suitable for . tings. Lectures and Dances in the Czechoslovak Workers House, Inc. 347 B. 72nd St. New York Telephone: Rhinelander 6097 LOU en ep sy, INTERNATIONAL Italian Imperialists Slaughter Africans CUFRA, Tripoli, Dec, 11—Continu- ing their murderous campaign to ex~ terminate the tribesmen who are de- fending’ their country against im- perial exploitation, Italian troops yesterday attacked a band of native tribesmen, slaughtering forty and taking a number prisoners, One of the dead was the son of the desert chieftain, Salah El Ateusc, PLAN AIRWAY FOR THE ARCTIC SIBERIAN TOWNS MOSCOW.—Chukhnovsky, famous Soviet aviator, will lead the attempt to establish airway service in the frozen towns and trading posts of the northern Siberia. The plan was outlined in an article in the Youth Pravda. For at least five months during the year these towns in the Arctic cir- cle are cut off because of lack of road or any other communicative facilities, and the furs the hunters secure must wait until spring to be shipped out. The new airway will make possible the imihediate trans- portation of the furs and shipping of supplies to the villages, Scientists will accompany Chukh- novsky and plans were made to de- establish a newsstand near every big steel mill velop the region on a modern scale. Every Party member, every Young Communist must sell 25 copies of the Daily Worker before fac- tory gates each week to be in good standing. = “October” Revolutionary Oratorio 1905-1917 performed by the Freiheit Gezang Farein (200 SINGERS) with Symphony Orchestra and Baritone Solo Composed and Conducted by JACOB SCHAEFER Saturday, December 20 at 8:30 P, M. 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The strike was cal- led in opposition to an arbitration de- | cision for a five per cent wage cut. The reformists are hoping that the | decision will be declared binding by | the government and the workers forced to call off the strike, 29 EAST 14TH STREET NEW YORK i Tel. Algonquin 3356-8843 We Carry a Full Line of STATIONERY AT SPECIAL PRICES for Organizations SHOWCARDS and BANNERS — WINDOW SIGNS For Organizations and Others L. BLUME 339 EAST 32ND STREET Largest Tractor Plant In the World Buiit at Cheliabinsk in U.S.S.R. The largest tractor plant in the world s been constructed at Chel- iabinsk, which is in the Ural section of the Soviet Union, The assembly building est building in point of is the area in the world, Six hundred and forty-four yards long id one hundred and ninety-si wide, covering an area of ix acres, the assem- bly hall could contain twent; American football fields with room enouv’ left over to provide dressing rooms for the players. The foundry, 336 yards long by 276 yards wide, would accommodate fourteen football fields, while the forge, 295 yards by 184 is, would harbor nine, The plant produces 50,000 ten-ton sixty horse power caterpillar tractors a year. This tractor plant is one of a series that are being built in the Urals, inder the Five Year Plan, 1931 CALENDAR FREE! Paid in advance? Pay for six months more and get a 1931 Calendar Free! NEVIN BUS LINES T11W. 31st (Bet. 6 & 7 Avs.) Tel. Chickering 1600 PATLADEUPHIA HOURLY EXPRESS SERVICE $2.60 One Way $3.75 Round Trip Chicago .......+-.$20.50 Los Angeles . 5 Pittsburgh . Washington Baltimore Cleveland Boston . Detroit .. 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