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Page Two DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1930 Sse DELEGATES FROM MANY CITIES TO DEMAND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE To} Quotas Fixed to Include All Industries; Present Bill and Mass of Signatures at “National Capital on February 10 Speed: Up ‘Signature Drive; Hunger Marches to Enforce Local Relief Demands Misery Increases; Thousands Let Loose to Starve After “Christmas Rush”; Women Collapse on Philadelphia Bread Line NEW YORK.—Tens of thousands of workers who have been held on the jobs for the “Christmas Rush” are now being *“thrown ‘back onto the bread lines. The little-spurt of charit in the form of “Christmas trees” for the jobless; a few special breadlines, like the one in Philadelphia yesterday at which 12 THE — 7 BILL sil py ye y YUE Yi, j Ms Steam-Heated Ronnele. tor Bowe CHICAGO, Dee, 18 A eeam~ — HEATED DOG-KENNELS! — porter, WHY CAN'T WE HAVE A STEAM HEATED |) WORKERS AIDING 1.1. D. CAMPAIGN “For Relief of: of Prisoners and’ Families NEW YOR ‘The winter relicf campaign inaugurated by the Inter- national Labor Defense to help the wives and ch oners during received support from many class sources, and although . the .re- Sponse has been slow in coming be- of ris- the cold mor Cause of the ‘economic: depression | fmany organizations are helping: the campaign by send: f money ranging anywhi up to $50 &nd adopting ners by ‘sending a t ly sum. The eight tences' of for their working-cla s in California have ben adopted by various organ- izations. The Internati Labor. Defi not only aims at se: every work- ing-class family wh dependents are behind ba: 0 h, but tries to send $5 per mo to eyery Prisoner jailed for his, militant, ac- tivities. oners have ben ado; tor, by the Women’s Council; Horiuchi, German, 63;-Denny Roxas, Lithuanian, 17; Carl Sklar,-Saeco Vanzetti; Oscar © n, Mebegan; Oscar Erickson, German, 43;:@raulio Orosco, Staten Island; Lawrence Bm- ery, John Reed. These organigations | adopting prisoners will not.only con- ., tribute towards the winter relief cam- Paign but will communicate..with their respective prisoners,,.as..many workers in prison do not get letters often and welcome correspondence. *women fainted from hunger {jana were dragged off to the police emergency stations, will come to an end. The winter pas set in rigorously, and death starvation and freezing is an} acs night occurrence in every city. Must Fight Now. The jobless are in their most des- perate plight so far, but one which will continue to get worse as the winter progresses. In this situation, the National Campaign Committee for Unemploy- nt Insurance and the recent na- active organization of hunger marches on all city halls on the state capitals in some states, by the | jobless themsélves to demand imme- te relief. ‘The most energetic drive to collect signatures for the Workers’ Unem- | Insurance Bill must be This bill provides that funds appropriated for war pur- the national government funds from the nationa funds gathered by a heavy ollection from all big incomes, shal put together to form a $5,000,000,- chest out of which insurance at 000 (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE). HARLEM DANCE SAT. NIGHT A workers’ solidarity dance will be | d this Saturday evening, Dec, 27, t the headquarters of Section 4 Dist. 2), Communist Party of the S. A., 308 Lenox Ave. All work- rs are invited. Good music and re- treshments are promised, “SEEDS OF FREEDOM” “Seeds of Freedom,” a Soviet film, will be shown Wednesday night, Dec. 31, at the Harlem Section headquar- ters, 308 Lenox Ave. All workers are | urged to come out and enjoy this tipping and vitally important pic- | ture. ional board meeting of the Trade} Union Unity League call for the most | | led by Sender Garlin, managing edit SOVIET COSTUME |Needle Workers Moving BALL SAT. NIGHT Toward Militant Union ; - Relief Reports to General Executive Board Meeting) a) Winter ort LD. | Show Dissatisfaction in Company Unions and : 3 : | Strikes Among the Unorganized NEW YORK.—The costume ball} eel for the Winter Relief campaign of | When the question of raisi class war prisoners and the October money came up to hire a headquar 116 unemployed délegation of whic” ters near the shirt factory, an in-| | Sam Nesin, Robert Lealess and M" stant suggestion was made by one of | ton Stone will soon come to trial for | yesterday morning. There were two: the workers, who said that she would | their loyalty to the working-class | sessions, at Manhattan Lyceum,|go to a cousin of her and ask him ‘will be given tomorrow evening by | new york. | for some money to help carry on) the district office of the Internatier~ | Reports were rendered by acting) the strike. Labor Defense at the Stuyvesant | , tional secretary of the N. I. W.1.| This idea was taken up imme-| Casino, 9th St. and 2nd Ave. and will tH gazer, on the general situa-| diately by the rest and in three hours be one of the most colorful affairs | tio in the needle trades and per-| time they raised $130. staged by the militants of New York.| snectives in various centers. He Exchange of Situation. The Proletarian March at midnight) \ointed out the movement among} william Z. Foster, the next speak- | where all the costumed participants | ihe unorganized and the company| er, make the stertling remark that | will march around the hall to be unionized workers, and the splendid | Nancy Manner is an expression of judged for the best costume will be | ,ocsibilities for organization and| the unorganized worker in U. 5. be- struggle of which the present New ginning to wake up and strike back | Haven strike is one example. | at the bosses’ offensive. He stressed the necessity of con- He said to the assembled thous- An opportunity for good cosuming | contrating all forces on making the ands of needle workers, “We have is given in this ball because of it coming dress strike a success, by| before us @ great opportunity, since being @ Soviet Costume affair « fighting for week Work, seven hour | the reecnt trend of events make our | many workers are preparing to poke gay and five day week, ang ynem-| work favorable, He pointed to the fun at the bourgeoisie as well @5 pjoyment insurances. | fact that it is necessary to have a come-in, serious proletarian dress. This was followed by detailed | $15,000 strike fund before the strike Edith Siegel, outstanding proleta- yeports from the various district or- | is actually called. There must be ah rian dancer will render some of ' | ganizers. Gersh of Chicago reported | intense drive to recruit new mem-~- latest working-class numbers and the | the latest betrayal by the compar’ | bers into the union now, will play during the ¢vening. | union (I. L. G. W. there by forcing! Louis Hyman told how the com- famous Polisky six piece jazz band piece work on the workers. pany unions try to hold the worker All workers are reminded that it Boston Moving away from our union by terrorism, is important for all class war pris- | gangsters, and job trust tactics, but Sy x ~ | Feingold of Boston cited the fact igi hood cua keane tae that while the Boston needle worker: | have not won them. « NEW YORK.—The General Execu- | tive Board of the Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union held its; first business session in New York! or of the Labor Defender. Thre prizes will be awarded. jare not preparing a general strike Baan quested Rs paliad Raia aa | | they are engaged in an intense or-| SCHMIES TO GREET PHILLY | various branches of the ~ | ganizational drive which undoubtedly NEEDLE MEET | Paterson, N. J. has arranged a mass | Textile Mills are being exploited women, negro and white, young and old. Cornblath, who recently attended the , Fifth World Congress of the Red In- TEXTIL? MEET IN PATERSON DEC. 28) To Hear Report of RILU Delegate PATERSON, N. J. Dec, 25.—The National Textile Workers Union of | meeting which will be held Sunday | evening, Dec, 28th at 8 p. m. sharp, | at the Union headquarters, 205 Pat- terson Street, The women workers in Paterson even more than the rest of the/| | Workers because the bosses hire the | Harlem Workers Forum this Sunday | women at 30 per cent to 50 percent less in wages than what they pay the men workers. The National Textile Workers! Union is out to organize all the| workers in the industry, men and | At this meeting Comrade Anna | ternational of Labor Unions and the | first International Working Women's | Conference held in’ Moscow, will re- port on this conference and how the women workers live in the Soviet | Union at the present time. | Comrade Sadie Van Veen will speak en the tasks of the Textile Workers | U..on in organizing the women of the textile mills. The working women from all , trades, negro or white and the wives) of workers are urged to attend this| | meeting on Sunday, Dec. 28th at 205 Paterson Street, Paterson, N. J. Tallentire at Harlem Forum Sun. Norman Tallentire will address the afternoon, at 3 o'clock, on the vitally important subject of “Unemployment, «Its Cause and Cure.” The forum) meets at 308 Lenox Ave. All work- ers are urged to attend. Begin to organize the workers in your factory. Use the conditions, speed-up, wage-cutting schemes to mobilize the workers for struggle. ath St. Playhouse 52 W, 8th STREET Con, Noon to Midnight Pop, Prices Y TODA GEORGE ARLISS in “The Green Goddess” IVIC REPERTORY "4% © + Be, $2, ote Matt EVA LE @. Today Mat, Tonight .. Seatstwks.ad nga 8:30 qv Sat, 2:30 .LLIENNE. Director “PETER PAN" .“HEDDA GABLER" tBoxOft.&T'nHall113W. 43 F pivz LEIBER BKLYN TENANTS — To Mobilize Against Eviction of Jobless BROOKLYN, N. ¥.—A of all tenants of 32 Moore St., and neay- by building is being called for Friday, Dec. 26th at 8 p. m., te be held at, the Workers Center, 61 Graham Ave. Brooklyn. This meeting called by the Wil- Namsburgh Tenants League will serve as one of the means to organize the workers and tenants to protect Morris Paster, of 32 Modre St., who, by onfer of the landlord and court is to be | evicted this Monday, at 10 a, m. Practically all tenants and workers in the neighborhood have been can- vased by members of the Tenants League, Unemployed Council “and United Council of Working Women of Williamsburg and agitated against, the landlords’ action to throw this unemployed worker out of his. home. children and has been unemployed for the past six months. A good turn out at this meeting and @ good mobilization of the work- ers will be able to defeat. the attempt of the landlord to evict this worker. Every worker is urged te attend the DAILY WORKER DANCE ‘ Saturday Dec. 27th at Workers Center MEET TONIGHT | Morris Paster hag a wife and two | | the district office, 799 Broaqway and | | sell the tickets amongst their fellow YN SHAKESPEAREAN REPERTOIRE: Tonight 5th Ave, Playhouse | will result in struggles for the im-| 66 Fifth Avenue, PHILADELPHIA, Pa, — The mass | 105 THATFORD AVENUE LABOR AND FRATERNAL ACTIVITIES workers. | provement of working conditions. | meeting greeting the General Execu- An 8-Day Drive For the NewYork Workers Center, and for the printing press has been | authorized by the Central Committee. | The drive wilt pen with a hanquet ry and will : for weven. dave, | aoe yenin 134'East ith St | NEW YORK —Robert Pace, secre- | held at 10 a. m. today at Manhattan Louis Hyman will. be the principal Cooperatera! Patrenise Fasties meme |e tary of the Paterson Loca! of the Iyceum. ‘The entire session will be | speakers THE QUEEN | ||+ vom conety pz Pare, Sbermond Pach be : | cS intone 8 need Youth cab in | National Textile Workers’ Union. | taken up by the report ot Irving | GUI hak ~ amt he Pl th THEA. 45th STREET q _ The Red. Hanguet, |day, at! the New Star Casino, 113m, | Will speak in the Marine Workers’ potash, New York secretary of the i... Moris Ge Marts heck hee ymou West of B'way CREMINT Te util Bate Sek ee | ith Bt ee Miner fron of | Industrial Union open forum Sunday | wy. 7, w. I, U. and will deal exten- | “Dee. * J] Evenings 8:40 ~- Mate, Evi, & Sat, 3130 ion of the mania ante kers Center, will be held 2th y. en the oce: the new W at the c Jan. 11, 8 p.m, izatio this banquet aukers ter, Minor, Browder, Bedacht, representatives of the revolutionary | "is | Wort \t press and workers’ " organisations. day Apt. Bronx Park East, A Quéstion Hox Discussion Will take place at the the Lenin Br. of the LW. Leew's Theare, JC, at 7 p.m. sharp, ies sal Dace Arranged by Uni tion 1, his Sunda’ S hool General Assembly 8:30 p. m. at 35 EL 12th Sty | The reports of Los Angeles and, tive Board of the Needle Trades | Po Ryne San Francisco pointed to their errors Workers Industrial Union in the city {Discuss A. F. L. at the | in the recent strike in Los Angeles. of Philadelphia will be held at the | 7 |The Pacific coast, branches of the Boslover Hall, Tth and Pine Sts. De- |Marine Workers Forum | union are now preparing for strugele. | cember 6, 1930. John Schmies, na- The next G. B, B. session 16 to be tional Committee of the TUUL and jat 8 p. m. sharp at headquarters of | | the M. W. I. U., 140 Broad St. His topic will be “The Role of the /. F. | of L. in the Economic Crisis.” ‘There | | will be questions and discussion, All | | invited. sively with the preparation of the coming dress strike. Caites dae Striker Reports. | NEW YORK. — At the opening | | mass meeting Wednesday night in New Star Casino for the G, E. B. 7th Anniversary Celebration OF THE Con, 2 F, Mi to io idnight. Pop. Prices WEEK “Land of the Midnight Sun” 4 travel tour through Norway ————" Theatre Guild Productions ““""~ ELIZABETH, ARTHUR HOPKINS presents “THIS IS NEW YORK” LAST W ROAR CHINA MARTIN BECK in" 45th St “UP POPS THE DEVIL” Comedy Hit with ROGER PRYOR, SALLY BATHS & ALBERT HACKETT MASQUE 45th Se. Thee, st Bie? Mats. Friday and Saturday BROOKLYN, N, ¥. Proceeds for $30,000 Emergency Fund—Arranged by Section 8, Unit 3, Communist Party GT Allerton Avenue Estabrook 3215 Breas, &. ¥. . ae Ye = 310 A, Moe Pe The Manh: Bedacht, Amter, Markoff | FLORENCE REED IN “PUR-| ——— vorke representatives will 2 nk and file striker from the sea ra‘dlsisich. Students | TTY," AT RITZ THEATRE | nert"Masee stoke’ wesey sane, DAILY WORKER DO NOT BUY NOW DR. J, LEVIN Attention! eeting of he ue will be held Frid 3 at 16 W. Sist Bt. All rged to attend this meeting. Coming conference discus- sed. "Al Greck: Speaking Comrades are calleg.to 4 meeting Friday .80 p. m. at 64-W. 2nd St. at Steve Kntovis Br. T. L. D. meets Friday-7.30 p, m., at 107 EB, St, Come on time. Annual Entertainment and Ball ‘emple, 17-19 Mon- 14th } * ve Red Raily and Danee C P Wed., Dee. 31 at th rey 3 . dtst and appy music. Adm. 50c, © at door. | Printing w riers: Tndusteia} Union * | Memberah(p Meeting of the Bronaville | Workers Tenant League a he held Sunday at 2.30 p. m., at 1844 Pitkin Ave. All. workers who jare interested in bullding up a Ten- ants League are urged, to attend. Membership Meeting jof the Bronsville and Alfred Levy rs. of the ILD will be held Monday Op, m, at 118 Bristol St.” B'klyn, pers of both branches are urged present at this important meet- | jing. | cS rian vac “The New Laws Acsinat the Foreign- Be | young Italian worker, spoke in simple and moving terms of the struggle there. She told how after the workers refused the cut they marched out into the street « body for a two mile walk to the “Purity,” a play adapted from the French of Rene Wachthausen by Ralph Roeder, opens tonight at the Ritz Theatre with Florence Reed in the chief role. The cast includes SATURDAY EVENING oo RP oat MW adst | Richard Bird, Malcolm Wiliams. ! yy. -p, w. 1. U. headquarters at 12 | ey cantata Lesfete are | Maude Odell, Edward M. Favor, Jan | Temple St. Some of them had h- JANUARY 10) WAIT UNTIL ec meets 6.30 p.m. Same | Linderman and Pearl Ramoy. | of a union being in town and they : | JANUARY 2, 3, 4, 1931 Ruth Draper will open her annual engagement at the Comedy Theatre | this evening in her character im- pressions—where she will stay for only four weeks. Leo Rulgakov will present “The Life Line,” a new comedy by Gret- chen Dumrosch, Saturday evening, at the Vanderbilt Theatre. | ‘Babes in Toyland,” at the Im- | perial, will give two special morning | performances; this Saturday at 10:30 wanted help in the strike. NO-TIP A UNIQUE REVOLUTIONARY | CONCERT Selections from: New Revolutionary Folk Songs fe Operatic Arias ” OLEKTIV “BARBER SHOP 433 E. 9th Street, New York City Give to Class-War Prisoners’ Buy Your Gifts at the JOINT BAZAAR: BENEFIT: DRESSMAKERS STRIKE FUND UNEMPLOYED HUNGER MARCHES CHILDREN'S CAMPS OF W. I. R. NEW STAR CASINO 107th STREET AND PARK AVENUE FRIDAY—W. I. R. Night—Edith Siegel and the Red Dancers in a SURGEON PRENTICE U0) AVENUE U Ave, U Ste. BME, Bast 1th 8, BROORLIE, ¥. ¥ THE PLACE TO EAT end comradely atmosphere 425 W, Baltimore §t. ‘ id also the following Saturday. « ” special program : ve. B'klyn (four blocks from | will be the topic ee tektace Friday | bert . Winter Relief Oratorio — aman) Bee sea steep. me tor tan panetlt| Rate frog Se eee A late ead stor Moin in cane . Workers’ Songs || SATURDAY AFTERNOON—Children's Day—Games, Plays, Movies ||(—™ Abas GEE -Lavoraiore, A tar ed i eaoiee Pee Hee eae Bes reeeien a ye, | Truth Game,” a comedy by Novello, VOCAL SELECTIONS and Dancing. Program arranged by W, I. R. Scouts, RATIONAG Please keep this date open. Bronx, snappy music, - with Phoebe Foster and Viola Tree, AT THE SATURDAY NITE—Needle Trades Nite. Grand Costume Ball Wakkar Consitiocs at the Royale Theatre this Saturday i of all United Councils of Working Class Women must be sure to attend the meeting Sa.. 2 E W.tR, 1 Daily Worker Conference Saturdey 3 p,m. Units and sections must be represented, Workers Cen- ter, 35 E. 12th St. night. TY RL LA APTS RC TTI RC RUSSIAN ST. NICHOLAS CASINO SUNDAY—Women’s Council Day—Special Plays by Council Drama Group and Workers Laboratory Theatre of W. I. R. Also | Vegetarian RESTAURANT 199 SECOND AVE. JB f Wot, 18th and ath Gia of he a ee a a pawn " 69 EST hs Bargains. ’. fluininn Movie ally Worker Anniversary Affair T I Ww 66th STREET | sgetarven Food Me ran rare Bente Sais muita” Leo wee Macken Utctienets fen the ate AUSPICES: tne Bi (Bet. 110th and 111th St.), Benefit of IL Lavoratore. Contribuion 35c, ° ema Richard Moore Will Speak on the League of Struggle for Negro Ree eit, Aims and Purposes, Sun- fair to be held Saturday, Jan, 10th next year at St. Nick's Arena, Ex- cellent concert. Adm, 50¢ and 75c. ee A Wanday Eve Dance in Harlem Sunday nite at 7 p.m. at the Harlem Prog. Youth Club, 1492 Madison Ave. 8-DAY BAZAAR TO HELP MAINTAIN THE NEW YORK WORKERS CEN- TER. COLLECT ARTICLES 4 Near Broadway given by the INTERN'L LABOR DEFENSE New York District ADMISSION 50 and 75 CENTS WORKERS INTERNATIONAL RELIEF NEEDLE TRADES WORKERS INDUSTRIAL UNION UNITED COUNCIL OF WORKING-CLASS WOMEN HEALTH FOOD Vegetarian » in th Ci i f of T the’ Workers” Gee operative. Colony, | Al! Workers are invited to attend. AND SEND THSM TO THE bse onie as hunt c it : 2700 Bronx Pk. The Downtown “and 1 ‘Kants Side CENTER, 35 E. 12TH ST.,.N. Y. Sat Dec 27th Clubs fh ta Down Town W. Kern Clubs have arranged a concert and dance i, Any workers’ eet having a spare room or wishing to.ret a headuartere with another organizatio: Tose; or writin Rix, DD, OnE, care of Daily Worker, ¢¢ B.i12th"St! |” wo0g Workers Open STUYVESANT CASINO aasinst the cow, will relate experiences of his travels in John's Restaura { or call in . , thot ek =. Wat! Danger and the Bio or The Second Ave, and’ 9th Street ||| Imperialist War Plots Against the U.S.S.R. the Boviet Union, SrecrALrY: evautan Met eiciay ateclie de x {re Fri ‘aber 96, at 8 P. M. MOISSAYE OLGIN, Editor of the Morning Frel~ afi te : i ay Nik Pe rida’ Decem heit, will give an up-to-date presentation of Mi dees Band, Lomitsion 36 ase. OR BETTER VALUES IN y, ’ at ‘i the accomplishments of the Five-Year-Plan. ‘08 ae ‘su jew York rlem Section C. P. * * LL.D, Bila May Br. and F.S.U. Over 115 East 107th Street ENTERTAINMENT by Proletarian Artists: ade ertios Unt Ee Sh Was, multe -“ Kiccieg SPEAKERS: RYAN WALKER J. BURCK ‘ Fee information sorte om Tee | At a fanhattan Come and Hear ROBERT MINOR WILLIAM GROPPER, just returned from USSR if ha Ss Hf yd a for Saturday Eve. at 11 Clinton St. for the Needle Trades Strike. A com- plete program has, been arranged, nH pect alr nacre 08 Avense A, MEN’S AND YOUNG MEN’S ann CLOTHING co FOR THE 8-DAY BAZAAR WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE FROM JAN. 11 TO JAN. 18, Edith Siegal in Something New Cos. Sixth St. Mass Protest Demonstration NEW STAR CASINO LEM BARRIS, newspaper correspondent in Mos- ROBERT PUNN will preside. Workers Lab Theatre Will Perform “pone: ‘aturvoeent me re DAILY WORKER Advertictag Auspices: FRIENDS OF SOVIET UNION, District New York, 799 Broadway : Dept, 00 Bast 19th Sy Now Vor Oly