The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 8, 1931, Page 3

: LETTE RS =-_ Ee ay rez xX 8£a = ma & FEO PP sS “ (len Alden Coal Co. Shuts Down Six Mines Permanently; 2.500 Miners Thrown Out on Streets to Starve, Slow Starvation and Death Is Certainty Unless Miners Fight B itterly for Relief e Daily Worker: The conditions in the An Wilkes-Barre, Pa. thracite fields are so poor that FORECLOSURES, EVICTIONS RIFE IN CALIFORNIA Turn Here San Fernarndo, Cal. Editor Daily Worker:— The conditions of the Los Angeles district are very bad, to say the least, the workers cannot make a decent living. The mines are only | ve primarily to the open shop and working one and two days a week. of 312 working days in a year in 1930. I have worked 158 days out I have made about! $900 or an average of $2.25 per day. This is on what we work- ers in the Anthracite must keep a family. What does that mean to us miners? the mines close or we are laid off w starvation and death. In spite of all It means the moment | are faced with slow |‘Victions, also foreclosures, by the | | lack of organizational activity here. | There are some two hundred thou- sand or so unemployed at present and | the stagger system is used to a great} | extent as it is in the East. There is a mounting number of ;banks on mortgages to the extent | ‘Sees Need of Party | Workers’ Unemployment Insurance Bill 2.—The creation of a National on all incomes of $5,00 a year. and unemployed workers. bill will follow the general line of The Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill proposes: 1—Unemployment insurance at the rate of $25 a week for each gnemployed worker and $5 additional for each dependant. Unemployment Insurance Fund to be raised by: (a) using all war funds for unemployment {nsurance; (b) a levy on all capital and property in excess of $25,000; (c) s tax 3.—That the Unemployment Insurafice Fund thus created shall be administered by a Workers’ Commission elected solely by employed All who sign the lists now being circulated by the Workers Na- tional Campaign Committee for Unemployment Insurance or its sub- sidiary organizations, demand that congress shall pass the bill,¥in its | final form as (possibly) amended by the mass meetings which ratify || it and elect the mass delegation to present it to congress, or as (pos- sibly) amended by the mass delegation itself. The final form of the the three points printed above. Cleveland to Reach Full Quota In 60,000 Circulation Campaign CLEVELAND INTENDS TO REACH FULL QUOTA J. Fromholz, Daily Worker repre- sentative in Cleveland, has already informed the sections on his district they will be expected to reach the POLICE CH ARGE | | RUHR STRIKERS Miners Go Out on Strike (Cable By Inprecorr) N, 1.—The strike situation is unchanged. Silesian fan, general Yesterday night powerful demonstra- tions took place in Duisburg and Hamborn, strike cen Police charged the wo and m rs with bayo orkers were stabbed. Over ted in Duisburg alone. and Duesseldorf inland | weter dockers de ed a sympathy strike despite the reformist opposi- the rumors spreading around by the | ton, Peach Orchard in Wilkes Barre, capitalist press that 1931 js going to| Pettibone in Luzerne and the Grand | Tunnel in West Nanticoke. The of- I Bete DACK Peper Wy abe Dee VaUeE| ciara of thy ocripany @ay that the year than 1930 and the Glen Alden Coal Co. gives us a notice that they i ix of -its mines on New) . ‘ Wu clere cs ed | to mine coal at the particular places reason for the closing of these mines | | is “present conditions, the high cost | |that some 60,000 people have been | forced to give up their homes be- | cause of the rapacity of the loan | sharks. full quota given them in the cam- paign for 60,000 circulation and the $30,000 emergency fund. His letter to the section says, part: “We are going to hold every sec- in | Banks Fail. | Incidentally we out here are not | The m owners are beginni to dismiss p: inent strikers. Many thousands have been dismissed with- out notice, Yesterdays’ negotiations of the mine owners and the reformist trade | | union leaders before the arbit: n court adjourned until Friday because “Communist + sure ve ent the Years. Glen Alden Coal Co. is one of the | Jargest producers of anthracite coal | and it has announced the closing of six of its mines permanently which will afféct approximately 2500 min- ers and their families and somé of the miners have as much as 8 and 9 children. Must Fight Now. The mines to be closed are: Hyde | edi Continental and Sloan eee | and the old type coal breakers.” But the real reason is that the workers at the other mines of this company are speeded up and forced to pro- | duce enough coal to supply the mar | ket. To the workers this speed up means more accidents, more deaths and more profits to the company. | we miners are to better our working conditions we must join and build th- revolutionary Mine, Oil and Smelter | Workers ieee Union. Militant Picketins Forces Another (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) terd numbers in yes' lay’s parade, say- ing there were only 40 instead of the | 400 who really were there, tomorrow’ demonstvation will also march in front of the office of the New Haven | Times. ‘The Yelief committee has mappe? out a progrem of house to house ccl- lections Saturday and Sundry. Re- lief will be handed out next week. “s in the shops controlled ed Fetters of North Am: (AFL) have pledged to contribute from their Setryday pay to the strik- ers’ relief fund. Demand City Hall. iS The Y, ns ene i held in an old loft, with boxes and boards for seats. ecommitice is going to the mayor o demand the use of the municipal By necti wniciral hall is refused. There wil! | J] be a mas y hall if the y night there ig fefore the Yor! Trades local and New from the Needle Ind iol Union. hundred have joined speakers the Two on. SENATOR BUTTS, QUT PEAR OF UNF MPF OVED REVOLT m O00 OF TALE (CONTINUED FROM PAG ONED secret census taken in 40 cities Dec. i 8 by the government and the Metro- politen Life Insurance Co.'s 25,00° agents brouvht enouzh of the rea’ facts about the more than 10,000.000 johiecs to the govern: tion. they can’t print those fig- ures! aw they will go through the formai @ a fake ci is, after whir ean be announced that ther are mceybe three or four million job- less. ‘ Wregs Admits 5,607,990, Perhaps the fake census will admit @s much as Col. Woods, head o Hoover's committee admitted yester day. He estimated the number of jobless at between four and five mil- | lion, less than half the real number as admitted by statisticians for this ont's atten-| | same committee in semi-secret s of the social sci: sts in con n with the national conference ciation for the nt of Science, held the week in December. The Albany Fake. ure, intended ¢ ss and avert 1 work at $5 per day to all job- until May 15. Unless there still more and greater ntass dim rations of the jobless this bill ot pass, and if it does, those who live on $10 a week to May 15, and support a family on that in many leases, can get along without anything lafter Bs) 15. are Newark Jobless Make Demands on City Hall Crowd; While Police Attack Them. (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) crowd was broken up, when the police reserves were called out. The ar- rested are: John Casper, Trade Union Unity League district organ-— izer, Shirley Etlin, Young Commu- nist League organizer, Mary Kings-| ton, Saul Stark, J. Luden, 8. Ruben- | thal, T. Damaskus, S. Ulrich, R. Brothers, Mildred Shulman, M. Kil-| ‘aris, Eva Kollarich and H. Tiilutic Jobless Council Recognized. CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 7—While | 2,000 starving and badly clad jobless | were daring a cold rain outside Cleveland city hall Monday, the city | council nearly broke up in a fight) over the right way to handle the de- mands presented by a committee of these jobless. The spokesmen of the committee | were Herbert Benjamin, Communist | Party district organizer, and I. O. The committee, unwilling to It; M. C. A. and reactionary | Casper and Ludin who were worst) Ford. beaten up are charged with assault| leave the jobless shivering outside and battery and bail is set at $500 so long, finally left in disgust anc each. The others are charged with loitering, and bail is $250 each. Tom Myerscough presented the de- | mands for the delegation inside the city hall for: removal of La Fera, tlt present starvation expert who has charge of poor relief, for immediate relief through the committees of the jebicss and the workers who shall) r * fod to be made up of part of the city officials’ fat salaries, of ats maw intended for paneee, Os no evictions, ete. . ea | AMBRIDGE, Pa., Jan, 7.—The Am- bridge city council, following the. militant demonstration of jobless steel workers here Monday put over its decision on their demands for re- lief until Feb. 2. The next day the burgess was still holding the arrested speakers of the demonstration pris- oners, and refused even to talk to the lawyer sent by the International La- | bor Defense. When Al Marsch came up to find out what was being done with the arrested organizers of the Metal Workers Industrial League, he vas thrown out bodily | made a report to the crowd. It was | learned later that after they left | the hall, the council passed a mo- | tion for its welfare committee to meet the representatives of the Jov- less. One Welfare Committee mem- ber openly stated that his committee “meets only when the jobless storm the council chamber.” The whole committee of the job- less will be at the conference ar- ranged with the Welfare Commit- tee, and will repeat the demands for cotinine relief. IT’S COLD CHARITY FROM THE “AMERICAN” NEW YORK —'Slow it down,‘ the line 1s getting small!” yelled one of the New York American's men, when | he thought the charity swindle they run on Times Square was getting too small to take a good picture The| line was.a little small, because some! of the thinly clad unemployed had | been standing so long they couldn't {endure the piercing cold any, Jonger. exempt from bank failures. Witness | the $8,000,000 crash of the Hollywood | Guaranty Building Loan Co. _# couple | of weeks ago that affected hundreds of investors. Because of the com- | parative insignificance of industria! »ctivity here there are not such large | | failures of the Bank of the Unitec States type that you have in New York, but give us time and we will| come up to you. The Party activity as a whole in - | his district is suffering from the lack }of leadership, which, if obtained could work wonders for this part of | | the state. You are no doubt aware Ave, here is for the most part com- vosed of a vacillating element though nerial Valley organization of the fruit vorkers last spring; but since ther accomplished. We have no| | trives for membership and very litt! | soliciting for the Daily Worker, an his must be remedied, not to men ion the fact that little or no con- cting methed is employed, such a: social and political organizing, You may take this for what it is vorth and would it be possible tc | contact the Party in Los Angeles tc | | the effect of more co-ordinated ef- fort and a more concentrated attack | jon the enemy? As for myself I am | out of touch with the situation, duc ,to my poor health, but am sufficiently | |informed of conditions here in the | flauaiey of Los Angeles to state defi- vitely that we are in sore need of a eal organizer who can immdiately ze un the sitration and rejuvenat: | ; the Party local here. —G. A. *931 CALENDAR FREE! ‘tistorical data on big events of the class struggle in the first an- nual Daily Worker Calendar. Free with six months sub or renewal. | that our headquarters on Brooklyr | tion to their quota and it will have to be reached. The drive’ will only be ended when the section reaches its quota. So keep your sleeves rolled up and continue the work of building the Daily Worker. We have not made the Daily a mass paper during this drive, so let's continue to build.- More subs, more funds.” In his report Fromholz shows a gain of 231 in subscriptions and a | total of $680.69 raised in the emer- | Sency fund drive. | The Cleveland district must put | -ome emphasis on increases in the | bundle order. The Party and League members and Pioneers must sell the | paper on the streets, before factories, | from house to house, ete. Red Build- | ve seen some splendid work per- | ers’ News Clubs of unemployed work- | formed by them, at witness the Im-| ers must be formed. CHESTER, PA., FORMS | RED BUILDERS NEWS Chester) Pa., rganize a Daily Worker Booste’ | Club, | oRpPS 2 BOSS PAPERS; | fAKES DAILY WORKER “Keep up the good work. Here is | one sub,” writes W. A. W. of Cente: | ville, Iowa. “Put it on and get tl vaper started at once. I secured i by-using my Daily Workers. After } “ead them I passed them on and b doing so caused this subscriber t | see where he belongs. He told m he stopped two capitalist papers an: | was going to take the Daily Worker The Daily Worker is good seed anc will bear good crops.” | “STARVATION BRINGING MANY TO THEIR SENSES” James Murphy, Portland, | Writes: | “It seems that starvation is bring | ng many to their senses. I, for on ealize the socialist party is bourgeoi Used to be a member of the sociali: |narty, but I noted the good wor! | | that one of your members was doin; 'on Sixth Ave., around the Employ-' CLUB Me Brandle, New Jersey A. F, of i, Cray,” EB asts He Is a ‘Banker and Labor Leadei (This is the ninth of a series of “eles on A, F. of L. and political | corruption in New Jersey.) pe ea By ALLEN JOHNSON. Tf the A. F. of L. were an‘organiza- | tion which waged a militant and un- condition of the American working class it would be a swell organization, but then, again, if capitalism didn’t swell system. As the matter stands, capitalism stands for the enslavement of 98 per cent of the population by the remain- ing 2 per cent. This 2 per cent has at its command the use of an entire state apparatus, the law courts, an army, the school system, the various churches and the newspapers. As sub- sidiary allies it has the various “pro- | | eréssive” and “socialist” parties, who | try to win the confidence of workers | by using fierce phrases, but who are actually staunch defenders of capi- talism—and trade union leaders of the type who control the American Federation of Labor. It is a mistake to call all A. F. of willing to designate Hoover, Morgan, “Cardinal Hayes and their many coun- terparts by the same name, They are robbers all, slick, ruthless, savage robbers of the wealth created by the working class, but to lump them with ; "acketeers is to flatter them. For racketeers, after all, are considered outside the pale and are sometimes punished, while the capitalists who steal on @ far wider scale are “sancti- fied” by all kinds of bad smelling holy water; their laws and their priests and whatnot. A. F. of L. officials are not then all and exactly racketeers, even though they steal and shoot and sell- out the workers who delegate them to further, their interests. Their crimes are the crimes of capitalists, ond because the A. FP. of b. performs |. definite function for capitalists— misleading workers into the clutches of their borses—its officials receive governmental protection—almost as compromising fight to include the| |doom the vast majority of workers} to a living death it, too, would be a} is the latest city to| Daily while working in Pa: sted.” ssaic Wor- new my subscript. to the only hone ocate of SELL IN CHICAGO JESPITE RAIN, COLD. T. Lambron writes from Chicago ‘My intention is to bring to you m own question on the bundle of 30 papers which I am getting every day. ¢omrades, this is a proposi- tion which you should know of— that out of 300 papers half of them are sold by some steady workers, and others now and then by Party members and unemployed council members. Rain, cold and several other incidents are on the expenses | of the Daily Worker. Conneaut, Ohio, breaks into the ampaign for 60,000 circulation with 1 bundle order of 5. Carnegie, Pa., lso sends in an order for 5 daily. Walter Swezy of Sioux City, fowa, writes: “Increase bundle or- der from 20 to 25.” much, in fact, as the Department of Labor, with whom President Bill Green maintains such friendly rela- tions. Brandle a Typical Example. Mr. Theodore Brandle, of Jerse} City and Palm Beach, is a fairly typical example of the- A. F, of L. | official who has throttled the mili- |tancy of the rank and file in the | face of wage-cuts and reductions that | have in the past year alone totaled | seventeen billion two hundred and eighty million dollars—one-third of the total income of the working class in America, Isn't it plain that the capitalists who rule America can af- ford to pay and pay well for the ser- vices that put so many billions in their pockets? of L., a voluntary organizer of the International Association of Iron- president of a few panies.” “Labor Leader,” Gunman, Millionaire. He forgot to add that he is a gun- man, bootlegger, millionaire, stock swindler, strikebreaker and member of several employers’ associations. His control over the unions in Jersey is so strong that every union man dire punishment, to march in parades every time Hague’s machine is up for re-election. The penalty for refusing to march in one of these election parades may be either the imposition of a large fine, expulsion from the Ted Brandle was a comparatively | | union, or making it impossible to ob- unknown saloon keeper when he en- | tain a job anywhere. visioned the financial possibilities in| a job as an A. F. of L. official. He|sey unions—a power so great that! when they fight Brandle they fight | Brandle’s power over the New Jer- workers, president of a bank, presi- | dent of an investment company and | holding com- | in Jersey City is forced, on threat of | | thereupon got himself a job in Fa-| Brandle is considered at least as in- gan’s Iron Works, in Jersey City, to | fluential in Jersey politics as Hague, | union leaders from making further ge-cut cure an ment rtion to tk spices union opposition and decided to de- liver an ul atum to t! ers demanding a guarantee aga |wage cuts and yorsening of , and for the of ers rejected v pon the miner ick today. Extensior is expected in the a although the reformists are nerve to prevent a noon, straining every sick Bladder and Kidneys are Dangerous don’t neglect burning vassages, painful elim- nation, harmful irrita- ion and night ing. Jorrect such ailments at once before they be- ome serious. Doctors ‘or half a century ave prescribed Santal Midy for uick relief. Get it at your druggist. Santal Midy CAMP AND HOTEL || | NITED ATCRT *LETARIAN VACATION PLACF OPEN THE ENTIRE YEAR | Beautiful Rooms Heated Modernly Equiped | Sport and Cultural Activity | Proletarian Atmosphere $11 A WEEE CAMP NITGEDAIGET. PHONE 7: ACON. N.Y The use of this card system en- abies Brandle to throttie any revolt on the part of the rank and file. | Lia ~-oker protests against an ont- us resolution, as when Bran- dle made himself a life delegate of ironworkers’ local 45 at a salary of $250 a week, he is either badly | beatca, th-own out ~ the unie or beth.. Bradle has often entered union meetings escorted by ~ score of Hague policemen. At one meet- | ing of the Hod Carriers Union the | uniformed thugs probably saved his | life. and File Hate Him, | The majority of the rank and file | hate Brandle so much that without | the protection of the police he long | j since would have retired for good. | A. F. of L, members realize that not only this one gunman, but aa tl e Tves§ From the Land of the Soviets At the present time the Soviet Union employs 300,000 foreign ex- perts of highest and medium sk: (mostly Americans and Germans) in industry and agriculture. . Lenin’s tomb was constructed ot 10,000 tons of red, grey and black ranite. Although it is the largest nolished granite structure in the world, and cost more than Napoleon’s it took only months to tomb, 16 build, In 1930 and 1931 over 165,000 young | Russian workers are being educatea at the expense of the government in the technical and agricultural col- leges, 253,000 in the technical and schools. al vocational . The first direct radio communica- gri tion service between the United States and the Sovie’ Union was opened on November 13. _ Leni ngrad Chemical plants have veloped a method by which high ade cement and ultra-marine may be manufactured from waste prod- ucts derived from the production of lum earth. In the first ‘Sve days of November he record fish catch of 25,290 metric ons was recorded. During the 5 day period between Xetober 15 and 20 the average daily reight loadings were 1,762 cars high- y than for the preceding five day riod. On October 28th the last concrete nerations in the construction of the | am across the Ural River were com- | nleted. ‘this dam is one kilometer ong and was constructed in record ime, 75 days. drawn by the American consultants and even far .n advance of the later more ambitious plan. This task was com-/ oleted way ahead of the original plan CUBAN “REBELS” FEAR TO REBEL » Ask Wall St. Aid, Not Relying on Masses NEW YORK.—Ex-President Meno- cal, in hiding from arrest by Presi- dent Machado, say reports from Cuba, says that “the United States have the obligation to aid Cuba by means of advice. I do not recom- mend intervention of any kind. But he Cuban rulers would give attention to whatever indications might come ‘from United States. This would avoid grave consequences and make |possible an accord between the gov- |ernment and its adversaries.” Menocal, like his “Nationalist” all who are opposing Machado, distrust and fear the masses, and hope to get into power either as a result of winning over the army, or by persuading Yankee imperialism to force Machado to “make a possible accord between the government and its adversaries.” If they got control, they would use the armed force against the workers and peasantry just as savagely as does Machado. The masses, in part, also distrust this capitalist opposition which tries to use their hatred for Machado as a ladder to power. Menocal, tryiug to persuade Wall Street to acceed to the wish of the opposition for “an accord,” says that “both groups must give and take,” because the sugar season starts on Jan. 15, and unless a solution is found | to political differences, “the crop may |not reach the market.” Tax Refund to |Pich Is Crime (By a Worker Correspondent) LOS ANGELES.—It is a crime to let the bosses get away for such re- funds (as was recently given to the tune of several hundred millions) to go on much longer. To allow this regime to give more money to the rich while the poor unemployed | workers are starving. RED BA given Admission Delegate to NEW YORK WORKERS CENTER to greet the Central Committee of the Communist Party on the occasion of their moving into the new building, 35 East 12th Street Sunday: January 11, 1931 All Workers Organizations Are Uurged to Elect a NQUET by the Fifty Cents this Banquet 8-Day Bazaar TO HELP MAINTAIN THE NEW YORK WORKERS CENTER. COLLECT ARTICLES AND SEND THEM TO THE CENTER, 35 EAST 12TH STREET, N. Y. C. FOR THE 8-Day Bazaar WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE FROM Jan. 11 to 18° CONCERT AND DANCE given by The “EMPROS”’ Greek Communist Weekly 1, officiais racketeers, unless one is | satisfy the technical requirements of the union rules, and within a few months had himself elected a dele- mate of the Iron Workers’ Local No. 45, Cunning, ruthless and _ genial Srandle was soon elected the Hudson County representative of the interna- tional union. An occasional worker who stood in his way was shot ana many more were beaten by his strong- arm squad, but these are normal things in the life of any up and coming A. F. of L. official and rarely incite comment. ‘Today Brandle, self-styled “labor leader and banker,” controls every important A. F. of L. union in New Jersey. In a recent address he boasted: “Along with the position of local representative of one of our unions in Jersey City, I also hold the position of president of the Board of Business Representatives of the Al- Med “Trades in Hudson County, as well as president of the Building Trades of that county, and president jof the Ironworkers’ District’ Council of N. J. Furthermore, I am _ presi- dent of the Building Trades of the state, general organizer of the A. F. jhis partner—is obtained largely | Hague, Governor Larson, Bill Green, | jthrough his use of the card index | and, as it will be shown later, J. P.| syst.ém. Under this system, a fine| Morgan as well. Notwithstanding, an| weapon in the hands of an honest, enraged worker once shot at Brandle militant wnion, every worker's name,/and union after union has gone to | address ete., are noted on a card and | court secking injunctions to prevent jemployers are required to send in all| his from interfering with the normal ; | requests for workers to the union) pursuit of their trades. But all to} quarters, which sends the workers|no avail, for Brandle not only con- out as their turn comes. trols the state courts but the federal | Instead of permitting one firm to! courts as well. | bargain with one worker, when that |firm may control two or three hun- en ee eae Pac barrel dred million dollars, the union insists | prac e aa ole be Tatas ra that the bargain be struck hetween| soca once in a sul brought by it and the boss, making the conflict members of a Newark union. When more equal. The card index system, 4 then, in itself, is perfectly valid. ne Mauss Dekers tinea fe ‘Uses System as Club. ‘i up by Brand’> and his thugs and In the hands of Brandle, however, beaten almost to death. the system becomes a club with which he bludgeons militant workers into| Brandle’s speakeasy is no mere) submission. At the least sign of re-| hangover of his saloonkeeper days. bellion on the part of one of the| If members of his union do not spend members of a union, Brandle in-|a good proportion of their salaries scribes a cryptic notation on the work-| tere, it becomes virtually impossible | er’s card, and that particular worker|for them to get a job. A worke'’r loyalty to Brandle is measured by is due for an enforced vacation until the amount of time he spends in his | his rebellion subsides. If the worker tells Brandle to go to hell, he wili|speakeasy—and there are n> excuses faccepted. either be shot or beaten. 4 Sunday Evening, January 11, at 8:30,P. M. at PARK PALACE 5th Ave, and 110th St. AN EXTRAORDINARY PROGRAM FREIJHEIT GESANGS VEREIN in new numbers and special selections ARGENTINE DANCES by Argentinian Professional Dancers GREEK FOLK SONGS by A. Sims—tenor RED DANCERS under the leadership of E. Siegal Dancing until 2 A. M. Admisson 25 Cents Support the Empros, the ouly Greek Communist Weekly in the country.