The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 16, 1930, Page 2

Page Two DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1930 ae ea a LL.D. EXPOSES HYPOCRISY OF THE U. S$. DEPORTATION POLICY Dept. of Labor Carries Out Bosses Attacks on Militant Foreign Born Workers by Sending Them to Death in Fascist Lands Refuses Guido Serio Permission to Voluntarily Depart for Soviet Union—Insists on Delivering Him to Mussolini NEW YORK—Exposing the treach- ery and lying methods of the de- partment of labor in its handling of deportation cases against militant workers, the International Labor De- fense today released a number of documents in the case of Guido “FREE WORKERS” SAYS A. F. OF L. RANK AND FIL Local Demands Release of Coast Prisoners HOLLYWOOD, Calif —While fake labor “leaders” of the A. F. continue to draw high sal: F are unrelenting in their attempts to sell out the workers to the bosses, the rank and file of their organ! tion is refusing to accept their “lead- ership” and is joining the rest of the working class in the struggle against boss rule, labor persecution and so- cial fascism. An example of this growing’ tendency comes from this city, where the Associated Assistant Directors, 2 motion picture workers’ organization affiliated with the A. F. of L., has recently adopted and for- warded to the International Labor Defense two resolutions protesting the treatment of militant workers under the growing boss-terror. The first of these resolutions de- mands “the immediate and uncon- ditional release of “eleven Portland workers, facing ten years’ imprison- ment for.the crime of organizing and fighting against speed-up, unemploy- ment, wage-cuts and the oppression of the working class, the immediate repeal of the criminal syndicalist \ laws of Washington and Oregon and , the immediate release of the Cen- tralia prisoners.” The other resolution has to do ehicfly with the Mooney-Billings ) ‘ease and eight Imperial Valley work- ers “sentenced to serve up to forty- two years each in prison under the vielous state ‘criminal’ syndicalism jaw, which is an instrument of cap- italist class justice against the work- ing class.” ~ NY WORKERS JOIN _ANTIIMPERIALISTS bChileans "Support the Fight of League _ Ata meeting held on December 8th (*a group of Chilean workers of New { York, after a long discussion on the present situation in.Chile, decided to form a “Center of Chilean anti- imperialists” giving its affiliation to the Anti-Imperialist League. Under the fascist dictatorship of President Ibanez receiving the active support of American imperialism, the Chilean workers and peasants arc -suffering from the most bloody op- pression ever known in the history of Latin America. The present eco- nomic crisis is rapidly increasing the toll of the exploited masses. Any at- tempt of the workers and students to organize for struggle against the im- | perialist enterprises and its fascist government has been ruthlessly sup- Pressed. The feudal landlords and the native capitalists have recently come to an agreement with the Gug- genheim Co. whereby the nitrates and ’ A committee of 3 was elected to _ draw a plan of work, It was unani- mously agreed upon that the program |. of the Center of Chilean Anti- Serio, member of the Communis Party who is being held for deporta- tion to Italy, where he faces a cer- tain death. Amongst the document: is a latter from Harry E. Hull, Com- missioner General, of the Bureau o! Immigration, to Senator Henrik Shipstead of Minnesota and a brief just filed in the case of Guido Serio, by Carol Weiss King, attorney for the International Labor Defense, both proving without any doubt that “the United States government is set on deporting Serio to Italy instead of letting him depart voluntarily to the Soviet Union. Mussolini wants him because of Serio’s intelligent and effective activities against the fas- t government, and if he gets him to Italy death is undoubtedly will face there.” In the letter to Senator Shipstead, who@had inquired why Serio is be- ing deported, Herry E. Hull of the Bureau of Immigration replied that the United States government is de- orting him back to Italy because Serio “believes in, agivises, advocates or teaches the duty, necessity or pro~ priety of the unlawful assaulting or killing of any officer or officers (either specific individuals of offi- cers generally) of the government of the United States, or of any other organized government because of his or their official character; and that he believes in, advises, advocates or teaches the unlawful damage, injury or destruction of property.” “This, of course,” the I. L. D. state- ment continues, “is a deliberate lie and an attempt of a frame-up. We deliberately say ‘an attempt of a frame-up’ since the Department of Labor has not even substantiated its own so-called findings.” In the brief filed before Judge Bondy, the attorney for the I. L. D. pointed out, “there remains then the findings of personal belief in violence and advocacy of killing of officials and destruction of property. Serio believes, as “he makes clear, in the Soviet form of government. In the letter to Senator Shipstead the Commissioner General entirely evaded the demand of the J, L. D, to know the reason why Serio is not permitted to leave this country vol- untarily, but states brazenly that “welfare and protection are best se- cured (meaning the U. S. govern- ment’s welfare) by the alien’s de- portation to Italy,” which is an open admission that the United States is seeking the execution of Serio and that Mussolini is the man appointed by the boss class to carry out the Job. The International Labor Defense is carrying on a vigorous mass cam- paign against the murder of Serio and asks all militant organizations to rally to the support of this worker. As reported yesterday in the Daily Worker, even A. F. of L. unions ere vigorously protesting these persecu- tions. The last ones to send in reso- lutions were the Associated Assistant Directors, a motion picture workers’ organization. JOBLESS DRESS MAKERS PICKET NEW YORK. — The unemployed terday in 131 West 28th St. head- council of dressmakers, meeting yes- quarters of the Needle Trades Work- ers’ Industrial Union voted to picket in full force with the strikers at two dress shops the union now has on strike. The shops are at 1385 Broad- way and 34 West 24th St. The unemployed council show by practical example that the jobless dressmakers are going to support the coming genera] dress strike here, and will prove the unemployed will not | scab. There is a most important meeting of active members of the N.T.W.LU. to which dressmakers are especially urged to come, at 6:30 p. m. tomore row in Webster Hall. Louis Hyman and’ other needle trades ‘workers’ leaders will speak on the detailed plans of the coming dress strike, and plans. The dress strike was to be the main ner THE "ADVENTURES OF BILL WORKER JUDGE ORDERS WOMEN, 3 KIDS OUT ON STREET She Is Sick and Unem- ployed BROOKLYN, N. Y., Dec. 15.—"“Pay your rent Saturday or get out of the house.” In these words Judge Wm. G. Borgenger of the 3rd District Municipal Court on Lee Ave. dis- posed of an eviction case that came before him today. Mary Silbert of 58 Moore Street, a mother with two children unem- ployed for three months, unable to pay the rent, was the victim to whom capitalist “justice” was handed down by the above mentioned judge who like others must have paid for his bench. Court Jammed. The Le Ave. court was overcrowded today with eviction cases; hundreds of jobless workers aré daily being evicted by this judge. » When the case of Mary Silbert came before him no explanation was demanded of this woman by the judge. At the question of the judge to Sil- bert of “Why haven’t you paid the rent,” the landlord stepped forward and presented to the judge a leaflet issued by the Williamsburgh Unem- ployed Council to the workers in Silbert’s neighborhood which appeals to the workers to unite in solidafity of this unemployed mother against the landlord and the bosses’ court and which leaflet calls upon the ten- ants to refuse to pay rent when un- employed. At the mere appearance of the leaflet the judge became nervous, and later in a mad voice of a tyrant, without permitting the woman to ex- plain, that she has been unemployed for three months, having a baby sick, and unable to find work to pay rent or buy medicine for the sick child, the judge said, “You have issued these leaflets to create a riot. Pay your rent Saturday or get out of the house,” U. C. on the Job. Against this eviction case the Wil- liamsburg Unemployed Council of the TUUL stated, “that it will not leave a stone unturned ih order to smash the attempt of the Detan Realty Co. and the attempt of Judge Borgenger to evict this unemployed mot! Over fifty tenants in the neigh~ borhood have already volunteered to join in the Tenant League to smash this and other eviction orders that will be handed down by this or other judges. A mass meeting to mobilize the workers against this eviction was called for last night and at the time this correspondence was written no report of the mass meeting could be had; however, all reports indicate that a successful meeting was to take place. C. P. in the Lead. The Communist Party, Section 6, which with the Unemployed Council is leading the fgiht against, this evic- tion in a statement characterized the decision of the j as “an attack upon the unemployed workers which clearly shows the alliance of the land- lords with judges, police and courts.” Meetings to mobilize the workers against this eviction will be held every day in the territory and an- other big mass meeting will be called FAKE RELIEF PLAN SHOWS MANY CARPENTERS IDLE NEW YORK.—Following out the plan of Hoover and the employers that the workers, not the bosses, shoul dpay for whatever relief is given the unemployed, the district council of carpenters has recom- mended to all local unions here that each working member be taxed $1 a week for the “emergency of contin- gent” fund. The method of dis- tributing this money to the jobless is not indicated. There is very-grave suspicion on the part of the work- ers and unemployed that most of it will never reach the jobless. Local 285 has adopted the motion to tax. All those who do not appear and register as jobless twice a week, Monday and Thursday, are to be taxed. At the first date for regis- tration, yesterday, the line was so big that many could not get in. It seems that most of the local is out of work. come NEEDLE TRADES UNION G.E.B. MEET Called for Dec. 25, 26, 27 and 28 NEW YORK.—A full meeting of the General Executive Board of the Needle Trades Industrial Union is called for Dec. 25, 26, 27 and 28. This plenary session of the board will be opened with a concert and .dance at New Star Casino on Dec. 24, at which Comrades Foster, Hy- man and a number of shop workers will greet the G. E. B. The G. E. B. will meet in New ‘York City for twa days, in order to discuss the New York dress strike preparations and to take up the ap- peals of the New York members, It will then transfer its sessions to Philadelphia, where @ mass meeting of the Philadelphia needle trades workers will take place, with Com- trades John Schmeiss, Hyman and others addressing the meeting. The board will then continue its sessions for two days, going into a thorough discussion of the problem facing the union. All G. E. B. members are urged to larrive in New York in time for the mass meeting Wednesday night, Dec. 24, and certainly in time to attend the first business session which will be opened at 10 a. m. sharp on Thurs- day, Dec, 25, at 131 W. 28th St. 30 DAYS FOR RESISTING COPS ATTACK ON MEET —_— NEW YORK, — Caroline Drew was given a 30 day sentence yesterday by special sessions judges who convicted her, in the usual special Sessions brand of “trial” withott a “jury, a week ago. Drew was arrested at an organiza- tion meeting held before a white goods shop, 28th St. and Fourth Ave., during the summer. She wes organizer for the White Goods Sec- tion of the Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union. Police attacked the meeting and broke it up. Some of the workers piece ptt ve og Ne hui Peae Coast “To COAST 9.900.000 onemProver sy at ay) Wey Kee a ne ssi 2 Pie fone ih See — As Long As the Bosses Rule— CALL MEET OF vast army of ered registering the applicants. on East 42nd Street, hundreds may be handed out. workers but the employed where the average wage is ten ployed. longer hours, cuts. to fight against these conditions. an unemployed councill will Get 2 1931 Daily Worker calendar free with a six months’ subscription or re- newal. ing the poljcerhan’s finger while was hitting her in the face. EAT THE BEST AT THE Incorporated Fourth Ave. Cor. 12th Street HOME-MADE MEALS You can ive a great variety. To Fight Against Lay- offs, Wage-Cuts, ete. 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The em- ployed will not be satisfied with speed-up and wage The Office Workers Union calls upon all unemployed office workers to organize into an Unemployed Council series of open air meetings are being held at the City Employment Agency; and leaflets are being distributed at the employment agencies and other places where unemployed office work- ers come together for a mass meeting of unemployed. office workers which is being called for today, December 16, at Labor Temple, 14th Street and Second Avenue, at 12:30 p. m. where formed. All unemployed office work- ers are urged to attend this meeting. resisted the assault, and when the fight was over, the police held four of them. Three were given light sentences but Drew was held over to special sessions and charged with bit- HONEY DEW CAFETERIA ject the best foods, as we We are sure you will like our cooking HONEY DEW CAFETERIA 4th Ave,, Cor, 12th St.. New York City ; Incorporated WORKERS’ RELIEF OFFICE WORKERS| BAZAAR JAN. 2, 3 Collect Funds for the Many Struggles “NEW YORK.—The Needle Trades Industrial Union, affiliated with the revolutionary Trade Unibn Unity League, is preparing a strike in the dress trade in an effort to improve the intolerable conditions existing there. The Unemployed Councils are laying the basis for a mass hunger march of the unemployed from New York City to Albany, to protest egainst the misery that capitalism forces upon the working class, and to lay before the state legislature the Unemployment Insurance Bill initiated and sponsored by the Com- munist Party of the U. 5. A. ‘These are but two of the outstand- ing incidents in the chain of strug- gles of the workers for better work- ing and living conditions. In these struggles, it is of prime importance for the workers to secure relief. Such relief can come only from organiza- tions sympathetic with the struggles of the workers. ‘The Workers’ International Relief is the specific agency of the working class movement for the mobilizatio: and organization of relief in all such struggles. It has raised tens of thou- sands of dollars in strike and strug- gle relief in the Gastonia strike, in the furriers’ strike, in the shoe work- ers’ struggles, for the building of camps for workers’ children, etc. In order to strengthen itself and In of or A. GDE be reai picture of The Dally Theatre Gulld Productions ELIZABETH, THE QUEEN GUILD Wiss "th.geet, $140 ROAR CHINA MARTIN BECK 7 45th v7 West of Broadway Bra, 8:50, Mia. Th, & Sat. 3:60 he SAT., SUN., MON. & TUES. ANN HARDING “., “HOLIDAY” 5th Ave. Playhouse 66 Fifth Avenue. Con, 2 P, M. to Midnight, rat ie (The Siberian Hunter) The story of Love—of Struggle—of Conquest among Nomad tribes of Northern Borders of Soviet Union. “One of the most satisfying of Soviet film: News gives “IGDENBU” SPECIAL ADDED ATTRACTION— LAUREL AND HARDY MURDER CASE TH ST. PLAYHOUSE ‘32 WEST 8TH ST., Between Fifth and.Ststh Aves.—Spring 5095 POPULAR PRICES—CONTINUOUS NOON TO MIDNIGHT /BANK OFFICIAL STOPS SALE OF DAILY WORKER (By a Worker Correspondent) NEW YORK.—Yesterday I went to the corner of 115th St. and Fifth Ave. to sell the Daily Worker. A big line of workers were trying to get into the Manufacturers Trust Company bank to withdraw their sav- ings. ‘They were mostly Spanish workers. All were in dread of losing their savings. As soon as I reached the corner the workers eagerly began to buy the Daily Worker to get the truth on the collapse of the bosses’ banks. Im- mediately a policeman came over and attempted to drive me away, How- ever, he did not succeed, but at that moment a bank official came rushing and frantically demanded that I be stopped from selling “that 4. paper.” He ran to the corner and bought copies of the Jewish Day and For- ward and screamed at me “see what these papers say and look what your paper says.” “Well,” I answered, “those papers are lying and you know they are lying.” At this point police surrounded me and forced me away, but the workers. followed me anxious to obtain the Daily Worker and get the truth of the matter. increase its working-class activity, the Workers’ International Relief is holding a Bazaar on Jan. 2, 3 and 4. AMUSEMENTS DIRECT FROM BROADWAY! pecummsemsmmemy, Mfe in the Siberian wilderne: —DAILY WORKER. three stars.++* ARTHUR HOPKINS presents “THIS IS NEW YORK” ith LOIS MORAN Eves. $:40 — Mats. Thurs, & Sat. 2:30 EDGAR WALLACE’S PLAY ON THE SPOT with CRANE WILBUR and ANNA MAY WONG EDGAR WALLACE’S FORREST TH! 49 W, of B’y, Eve, 8:50, Mts, We & Batt 46th St. [Dally trom & Biway |10:30 A. M. GLO} With pnd Harry Langdon, Slim A new bined by Robert E, Sherwood By RYAN WALKER. REPUBLIC LOCKS OUT WHOLE CREW Furn iture Boss Breaks Agreement He Made NEW YORK.—The Republic Up« holstering Co. of Seventh Ave. and 12th St., Brooklyn, where the workers led by the Trade Union Unity League won a strike against piece-work and against a 25 per cent wage-cut last week, locked out its employees yes terday. Saturday the boss announced that he was going to reorganize his shop. Yesterday he locked out the whole crew of 40, with the exception of four or five he has bribed to stick. The boss wants to discharge the lead- ers of the struggle of last week and wants to return to piece-work. He has not yet repeated his demand for the wage-cut, but that will certainly come if he has his way about dis- crimination and the piece rates. The agent of Local 76 of the Up< helsteress, Carpet and Linoleum Me- chanics International Union of North America (A-F.L.) came down and has reported that “there is no strike.” This indicates that the A. F. of L. thinks it all right to scab there. The locked out workers are deter mined to fight. They call on all fur- niture workers and unemployed up- ‘hholsterers to come down and help picket. One of the bosses, Sam Zelden, is very active in the Workmen's Circle. Every Party member, every Young Communist must sel] 25.copies of the Daily Worker before fac- tory gates each week to be in good standing. “For AU Kinds of Insurance” (CARL BRODSKY ‘Yelephone: Murray GI S85 7 East 42nd Street, New York Cooperators! SEROY CHEMIST 657 Allerton Avenue Estabrook 3215 Bronx, N ¥ DEWEY 9914 Office Hours: 104A. Mot P ML DR. J. LEVIN SURGEON DENTIST ‘ 1501 AVENUE U Ave, U Sta., B.M.T. Plymouth EA. 4» sraeer See America Thirst At East 15th St. BROOKLYN, N. ¥. IDR. J. MINDEL| SURGECN DENTIST 1 UNION SQUARE Room 803—Phone: Algonquin 8183 lot eonnected unth any other office RATIONAL Vegetarian RESTAURANT 199 SECOND AVEi JB Bet 13th and 13th sta, Strictly Vegetarian Food before Saturday. The United Council of Working Women is cooperating full force against this eviction. Through the columns of the Daily Worker the Unemployed Council ap- peals to all workers to report at 61 Graham Ave. every day for @ good mobilization against this eviction. topic at the executive council meet~ ing of the industrial union last night. the meeting will make additional AND FRATERNAL ACTIVITIES Notice to All Sports Clubs! ‘The Luxemburg and Spartacus Ath- tic Groups request that all fraternal | ; port clubs keep Jan. 10 as an affair ate open. We plan a sport exhibi- ion and dance. 075 CAMEO £'3%,,| NOW Constance Bennett fo Sin Takes a Holiday CONCERT and DANCE FOR BENEFIT OF THRE-DAY JOINT BAZAAR NEW STAR CASINO, 407th St. and Park Ave. January 2, 3 and 4 PROGRAM BARGAINS Anti-Imperialist League be basically the same as | led HEALTH FOOD Vegetarian RESTAURANT 1600 MADISON A’ Phone: UNIversity ja day. on Christmas, . to be old at Dyckman Ova), Dyckman Si block north ge separ, idted » & UL aah h ste Ri pel 403 he fp, 799 Broadway, room to.) First International Cabaret Next Sat. NEW YORK.—The first Interna- “hone: Stuyvesant 3816 . e lL. D. sil gmeets Weenesass, Doe, anther ee | tional Proletarian Cabaret, in EDg- Red Dancers under. leadership DOLORES GONZALES ae. fea ep geen Labor and Frfaternal Ush, German, Russian, Jewish, Hun- ||] of EDITH SIEGEL, Drama Saturday, December 20, 8 P. M. 4 place, with atmorohere arian, ever shown in this country Group, Scouts, Film and Photo will be the subject of a lecture un- pny weenie aii Her Br H to, ,. | der the auspices of the Williamsburk | will be presented by the Proletbuehne NEW 302 E.12thSt. =N Mie cent: mse Ssuctee! Seoshs | itt. oe: ok TOS Picealac eta: | newt Saturday, Des. 0, ot 6 p.m. 06 |[ a] LAMP of WLM pnd others § othen-articie of BALE FRECR, SALE CARO nel saa are Gnvited” "Ad: | Brooidin, Mae the Hungarian Workers’ Home, 3501] sroeers ana workers’ erganientions are urged to wo on 100 W. 116th Street ) , Pareieiaties (and. Digoriation ot ecaen > conceit article wh abetaes tor a FINE PROGRAM—JAZZ BAND FOR DANCING ’ Aisi A echt ae ADMISSION 50 CENTS ee The DAILY WORKER Advertising Dept. be yared ‘by Subsest of a pte Be. a tise vi East ly free, , vine overt