The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 28, 1931, Page 1

q), Send All Filled Signature Lists to the National Campaign Committee for Unemploy- ment Insurance, 2 West 15th St., New York City At Once! Dai Central eaten of ily. the Communist Norker -Co Rfruniet Party U. S.A. international) WORKERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE! — at New York, N. ¥., w Entered as second-class matter at the Post Ofttoe a> a nder the act of March & 187% _NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2% 1931 city ‘EDITION “Price 3 Canta. Vol. VIII, No. 25 _ UNEMPLOYED BACK UP DELEGATION TO WASHINGTON e Fight For It! Li Bees the millions of unemployed workers are willing to starve to death—and they are not willing—they must fight. And if they fight, they must have distinct aims of just what hey are fighting for. Generally, of course, they are fighting for life, for their very existence. But they, the creators of wealth, the very foundation class of society, have a right to more than mere existence. Under a Commu- nist society they will have a right to al! the value created by them. Just now, with the mass pressure forcing capitalist authority to acknowledge “in principle” the demand of the starving unemployed to the barest minimum, the Albany “conference of governors” and other capitalist “experts” are trying a new trick, They are beginning to acknowledge, in words, that some kind of unemployment insurance system is “desirable.” No worker should be fooled by this talk; for it 1s only talk and will remain talk unless the severest pressure is continued. And it is solely because the masses led by the Communist Party and the Trade Union Unity League have compelled this slight attention, that-even this verbal trickery is resorted to. The workers should be encouraged by this to intensify their. struggle for enactment by Congress of the Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill. Any and all schemes proposed by capitalists are simply tricks to avoid even discussing this’ Bill and its provisions. Let every worker fix them in his mind: “1. Unemployment insurance at the rate of $25 a week for each unemployed worker, and $5 additional for each dependent. “2, The creation of a National Unemployment Insurance Fund to be raised by: (a) using all war funds for unemployment insur- ance; (b) a levy on all capital and property in excess of $25,000; (c) a tax on all incomes of $5,000 a year. “3. That the Unemployment Insurance Fund thus created shall be administered by a Workers’ Commission elected solely by em- Ployed and unemployed workers.” All capitalist schemes, when they are not pure talk to delude the workers into thinking that somtehing will be done without them fighting for it, are designed to unload the expense upon the workers and to ad- minister it by capitalist agencies so that it can be used to break strikes and held as a club against militant workers. ‘The Hoover “Employment” Commission is, of course, not even using this disguise. It is clearly and viciously against unemployntent insurance and does not even discuss it. But a certain Dr. Lillian M. Gilbreth on Hoover’s Commission has given out a “doctor’s menu for the jobless,” as a minimum below which no family can even exist. If Hoover's Com- mission has any authority at all, this “menu” should stand as an irreduci- ble minimum below which no jobless worker should permit himself to be lowered. We do not accept it as adequate; on the contrary it is an outrage. But still it is miles above what the unemployed workers are now given by the miserable “charity” agencies. . Let us examine its weekly budget; “Flour and cereal, 25 to 30 pounds, cost $3.78. “Fresh milk—30 to 40 quarts—at 14 cents per quart, $5.20. “Potatoes, 21 to 28 pounds, cost 60 to 79 cents, “Dried beans, peas, peanut butter, 1 to 3 pounds, 28 cents. “Canned tomatoes, 40 to 50 cents, “20 to 25 pounds of vegetables, $1.09. “Fats, four pounds, 86 cents. “Sugar and molasses, 5 to 7 pounds, 35 cents. “Lean meat, fish, cheese, eggs; $2.20. “Eggs for children (storage),/20 cents. “Coffee, 35 cents; tea, 17 cents.” For this miserable minimum the Hoover Commission estimates the cost at $15.77. And this is for food alone! Where is the workers’ family ding to live if rent is not paid? How are clothes to be gotten if the yed worker’s family cannot get more than this minimum $15.77 for food? The answer is irrefutable; the sum demanded by the Workers’ Unem- ployment Insurance Bill is by no means “unreasonable.” ‘The sum demanded for each unemployed worker and dependent is absolutely required if disease and slow starvation is not to be forced upon the jobless millions. Let no bumptious capitalist official, living fat on the sweat of the workers, get away with the scornful claim that it is “too much”! te Everywhere, when the national delegation of the unemployed present demands to the federal government on February 10, let the workers of every American city understand the above figures of Hoover’s own com- mission on food alone, and let them add in the sums necessary for rent and clothing—and thus clearly see that the Communist demand for the jobless is completely justified. And then let the workers everywhere pledge to fight for these de- mands until they are won! T.UULL. CONDEMNS GOVERNMENT ATTACK ON FOREIGN BORN WORKERS allo LABOR GOV'T TROOPS FIRE 7 AT 10,000 Kill Five in India As Gandhi Is Free to Betray Soldiers of the British Labor Gov- ernment fired into a crowd of 10,000 workers and peasants in Calcutta and killed five. Hundreds were injured. This incident took place the day af- ter the release of Gandhi by the Bri- tish in an attempt to appease the masses and put over their plan for the tighter control of India by the British. In «Bombay a crowd of 200,000 lpresence of the great mass of work- ers and peasants Gandhi was forced to change his original tactics. When he was released he said he feared he could not control the masses, and that the Nationalist leaders had lost their hold. He announced thcat the so-called “civil disobedience campaign” would continue unabated. “We can sus- pend judgment on Prime Minister ‘MacDonald's statement of policy at the Round Table conference in Lon- don,” he said, “hut we cannot sus- pend the activities of the Congress party.” . This announcement of Gandhi shows that he is afraid openly to, ac- jeapt the offer of MacDonald at once in the face of the growing violent struggles of the masses, as the Con- gress Party is rapidly losing its lead- ership of the masses. Gandhi was re- leased in order to bring the masses again under the “peaceful” domina- tion of the Gandhiists. ayes e: Mahatma Ga: leader of the Indian nationalist bourgeoisie, was released from the British prison in Poona Monday night in an attempt by the British to put through the decisions of the Round Table Con- ference with the support of the Na- tionalist leaders against the growing violent struggles of the Indian peas- fants and workers. While Gandhi and a few of his associates were released, over 60,000 Indian natitnalists, as well as revo- litionary workers and peasants still remain in British jails. The Meerut prisoners, organizers of the Red Flazt trade unions, have been imprisoned now for more than 18 months. Protect the foreign born. Elect delegates to N. ¥. Conference Feb. 8 at the Irving Plaza, greeted Gandhi on his release. In the | Prepare to March on City Hall Jan. 29; Support the Bill PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan. 27.— Three thousand unemployed workers | gathered today at Hogg Island in answer to an advertisement stating that men would be hired. When they vere told that none would be hired today, the jobless began to tear down | the signs, and William Simons, sec- retary of the Trade Union Unity League district here, mounted a°car and spoke to the crowd about the | fake programs for unemployment re- lief that the capitalists and boat government are putting forth. He contrasted these with the program | of struggle now being conducted by the T. U. U. L. for unemployment | relief from the city and the demand | for passage of the Workers’ Unem- | ployment Insurance Bill by congress Vote For Bill. | The jobless workers cheered, ap- | proved the bill and enthusiastically voted te take part in the hunger | mareh on the city hall here, Thurs- day, Scme stool-pigeons tried to inter- (CONTINUED ON PAGE THRED) PLAN CAMPAIGN ORGANIZE WOMEN The International Women's Day Conference called by the Communist Party on Saturday, Jan. 24, was at- tended by 180 delegates from shops and working women’s organizations. A concrete plan for developing a mass campaign was presented by the Dis- trict Committee and thoroughly dis- cussed by the delegates present. The conference was addressed by Anna Damon, head of the Women’s Department of the Central Commit- tee of the Communist Party; Com- rade Amter, district organizer of New York District, and Rose Wortis pre- sented the plan of activity. The conference decided to support the coming needle trades strike un- der the leadership of the Needle Trades Workers’ Industrial Union; to arrange indoor demonstrations on International Women’s Day in the Bronx, Harlem, Williamsburg, Brownsville, Coney Island, Paterson, Passaic, Elizabeth, and that all dele- gates present constitute themselves a campaign committee for Interna- tional Women’s Day, March 1. Alabama Farmers Unite to Fight Hunger and Robbery BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Jan. 27.—The farmers of Alabama are organizing to fight against starvation. A mass meeting, In a statement issued by the ‘Trade Union “Unity Council of “New York, yesterday, the.council makes the fol- lowing comments on the hounding and arresting of the foreign-born workers: “In an effort to break up the soli- darity of the workers in their strug- gle against unemployment and for unemployment relief, the federal gov- ernment, through its immigration of- ficials, has started a dastardly attack upon the workers by_arresting every unemployed worker on the street who fppears to them to be a foreigner. On Saturday and Sunday they ar- rested in Hoboken, N. J., 275 unem- ployed workers, 58 of whom are be- ing held now on Ellis Island for deportation. “This effort on the part of Mr. Doak, Hoover’s new se¢retary of la- bor, to terrorize the foreign-born workers from participating in the struggle of the American working class against the -wage-cut and speed-up campaign introduced by the American capitalists and against tn- employment and for unemployment relief, is designed to split up the ranks of the American workers and divide them on the lines of foreign- born and native so as to make it easier for the bosses to suppress them all This is a prelude to the passing of laws in Congress for the register- ing and finger-printing of foreign- porn workers, which has been intro- duced by capitalist agents and sup- ported by the American Federation of Labor bureaucracy, ie ‘The Trade Union Unity Council condemns this attack and calls upon all workers, foreign and native, Ne- gro and white, to unite their ranks in a determined struggle against every persecution of any section of the working class. Only through unity in the ranks of the working class can we successfully meet the attacks of the bosses and their gov- ernment and repulse the wage-cut- ting and. speed-up campaign intro- duced by the bosses and supported by the American Federation of Labor bureaucracy. Join the Trade Union Unity League, support the Confer- ence for Protection of Foreign Born which is to be held on Sunday, Feb. 8.” Lenin Meet Tickets Must Be Settled for All units of the Party and YCL as well as all mass organizations to which tickets for the Lenin- Liebknecht-Luxemburg M>:novial Teeting were given, are as'ed to settle up et once for the tickets. The District Office is in a severe financial situation which caused the cutting off of the electric power in the building last ‘week. Please turn in all money at once. District Bureau, District 2 Communist Party of U, S.A. held in the Baily Township School House, at Cullman, Alabama, was attended by 100 farmers. ton ginner, the storekeeper and one well-to-do farmer did all in their power to disrupt the meeting, by throwing eggs at the speaker, etc., they did not succeed in breaking it up. The mass of local farmers who at- tended. the meeting discussed their needs and drew up the following de- mands: “1. The immediate creation by the state of special farmers’ relief funds to be raised from application to this fund of all funds now used for na- tional guard, etc., and the cutting of state wages to a maximum of $2,000. “2. Payment of relief to needy families at the rate of $15 per month for one-horse families and per month to two-horse families’ until Sept. 1. “3, Fund and disbursements to be under the direct control of State Farmers’ Relief Council to be formed by conference ot local delegates on April 1, excluding farmers employing hired labor or renting to more than one tenant. ~ “4. Fertilizer to be sold to all small farmers at prevailing cash prices on time, to. be secured by simple chattel mortgage on next year’s crop at 4 per cent. “5. Fifty per cent state and county tax reduction on all crop land, farm equipment and stock of farmers hay- of the bankers, the landlords and the merchants—the local cot- ing cash income in 1930 of less than Although the representatives $2,000, “6, Five-year stay on all debts without exception of farmers having Jess than $2,00 cash income last year. “7, Abolition of \chain gang sys- tem. All public works to be per- formed by free ir. Immediate em- ployment of farmers on the state and county roads on full time 7-hour day, 5-day week at minimum of $20 per week. “8. All funds of county Red.Cross Chapter to be turned over to County Farmers’ Relief Council for distribu- tion, “9. Adequate loans from drought relief fund (government fund now being disbursed) to croppers and working owners with no more than one tenant, secured by simple non- interest bearing mortgage on next year’s crop. Such funds to be con- trolled in each area by special com- mittees selected by the farmers at meetings called by Farmers’ Relief Councils, which are to immediately supplant the present committees ap- poifited by Hooyer and are to take entire charge of disbursement of the funds.” All. of these demands affect the immediate interests of the por farm- ers of the South. For example, the demand that fertilizer be sold on (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Capitalists and Workers Both Have the Right) to egies in Shacks Workers are being thrown out of their jobs and homes every day. Above photo shows a Negro worker, jobless and homeless, seeking shelter under cover of boxes and by a primiti downtown buildings of the world’s wealthiest ci ve fire in the shadow of some of the | ew York, Shop Delegates Dress Strike Demonstration ,»»» v0%—o re. 1 uw NEW YORK.—Led by 20 captains. | just appointed by the Shop Delegates Council of the Needle Trades Work- ers Industrial Union, thousands .of needle workers will demonstrate at 36th St. and Eighth Ave. today at noon for the demands of the com- ing dress strike. There will be many speakers outlining the coming strug- gle, and calling on industrial union | workers, open shop workers, those | in shops controlled now by the com | pany unionized International Ladies | Garment Workers, and the unem-| ployed to each do their part in the | fight against piece work, against long} hours and speed-up and unemploy- ment. Shop Delegates Prepare The Shop Delegate Council, com- posed of several hundred workers from the shops, met Monday night at Webster Hall and took up in detail the preparations for the coming dress strike. The meeting manifested splendid spirit and readiness to mobilize the workers for the coming struggle. It was decided that the entire Executive of the Shop Delegates Council, num- ber 45, are to be added to the strike committee so that their experiences and energies can be fully utilized for the conduct of the strike. This will raise the number of the members of PROTEST JAILING OF RED BUILDERS Hold Protest Meeting Against Arrest NEW YORK. — A meeting was held by the Red Builders’ News Club on Monday, Jan. 26, at 14th St. and Uni- versity Place. This meeting was well attended. It was called in protest against the recent arrest and sen- tence of Lorenz Stokes and Clarence Turner, two young members of the Red Builders who were given a six- months sentence for selling the Daily Worker. The Red Builders believe this in- justice to their comrades is a direct attack against the Daily Worker. THe Red Builders are aroused over the bosses’ -plan to terrorize the Red Builders, who are trying to get the Daily Worker into the hands of all workers. Over a thousand: listened to the speakers, who were Comrades Lenko, Beverhoudt, Faulk, Neilson and O'Boyle. Some signatures fdr the Unemployed Insurance Bill were ob- tained and one hundred copies of the Daily Worker were sold. NEEDLE WORKERS, ATTENTION! General fraction meteing needle trades workers on Thi at 6.30 p. m. at the Workers ‘Genter, i to Vad the | the strike committee to 85. It is tended to augment this by a grea’ many more delegates directly from | hops. mmittees were elected to carry | out the distribution of one hundred | thousand Jeaflets containing the call | of the Needle Trades Workers Indus- | trial Union in connection with the | strike. | ‘The Shop Delegates Council decided | to call 2 meteing of the registered ers for Wednesday, Feb. t Hall. It was pinted out | © thet it is of utmost important to| broaden out the Propaganda Com- | mittee so that the message of he union reaches every worker in the trade both organized and unorgan- ized, both in the open shops, in the shops controlled by the Industrial Union and in the shops under the heel gf the company union. Brooklyn, Meet Tomorrow The Brooklyn dressmakers will hold a meeting at 795 Flushing Avenue, | on Thursday evening. Unemployed Meet at 10 A. M. All unemployed needle workers will} meét in the union hall, 131 West 28th Sti, at 10 a. m. today, to make prep- arations for the demonstration today. Conference Saturday Following the demonstration, the next greatest event in strike prep- arations is the united front confer- ence of delegates from all workers’ organizations, Saturday at Webster Hall at 2 p. m. Eyery organization that has not al- ready endorsed the strike and elected a delegate should act without delay and notify the N.T.W.LU. at 131 W. 28th St. Open Air Speaking Yesterday the mounted police came out to herd the needle workers who occupy 36th St. between Eighth and Ninth Aves. during the noon hour as far away as possible from the speak- ers of the N.T.W.I.U. The crowd in- sisted on standing around and listen- Ambridge, Gary, |Signature ollcchons Along GARY, Ind., (By Mail). | zations were represented at the unemploym | ference convened by the unemp Metal Workers Industrial League ference unanimously endor: CALLS HUNGER TARCH TAG DAYS Must Raise Money for Campaign for Job- less Relief Worker Unemployr ion will present mployment in cemand ¥ the signatures of 1 million workers, by the gies of the unemployed in the few months, by the demonst Insurar the demand up by ‘last atio’ that will take place throughout th country on Feb. 10. At the same time the local ments in the many sections of move- the | ccuntry are assuming a state-wide | character, as expressed in state hun- | }ger marches. The state hv r | march to Albany in t District will ta |of February, New J nia, Ohio, and numerous otheer states | are in the process of organizing such } state hunger marches, to demand un- employment relief The Workers’ International Relief is undertaking to feed and care for the various state hunger marches and the Washington delegation. This will require many thousands of dolla The New York hunger march alone will cost somewhere around $10,000. Such hunger marches, with their | mass character, involving hundreds | and thousands of marching delegates, | must be provided with food, supplies, medical aid, etc. The Washington delegation, that will consist of about 150 delegates from all states in the country, must be taken. care of. Housing, food, meeting placés must be provided. It is therefore the duty of all work- ers to rally to the support of the Workers” International Relief in the tag days to be held this Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1. All workers who can must give as much as possible in these tag days. All workers employed and unem- ployed must volunteer in every city With Fig! 1t That Stops 4 ed tt 3, 000 Philodelphia Jobles ;s PLAN DEMONSTRATIONS in Spontaneous Hunger March FEB. 10; GARY MARCH TuDAY; SOUI Steel Workers of thaliana Harbor Build jehate Za Unemployed and E imploy ed, Same Ti H ACTIVE in Cl Speede d iSiveaae made 1 ) loyed council o h here 1e workers Unemples sure > Bill, 14 local dems thorit tion in C particular the € Mobilization Is All Ready HINGTO! es hay ady to nts notice been worked out but “a com bilization plan for war” perfected. Hurley’s statement, in part reads “A complete mobilization plan for war must complete the mobilization and control of every national asset that is needed to carry the great burdens that war entails.” The New York Herald-Tribune in a story on war mobilization declares that plans are being rushed for rapid war preparations. They state “In the eeconomic portion of the country’s preparedness program, it was revealed at the War Depar‘t- as collectors in the ‘tag days. All working-class housewives, all work- ers’ children must be mobilized for the collections. Organizations must be visited, house to house canvasses made, collections must take place in the streets, stores and wherever pos- ment, are included plans for the swift manufacture of munitions and for the mobilization of industry into a co-ordinated unit.. In the development of this program the assistance of over 14,000 manufac- turing establishments has already ing. sible. been enlisted. On paper the task Worker’s Child Gives 25c of Hard-Earned Money for Daily Workers‘ children are beginning to respond to the support of the Daily. Here is what one writes from Oak- land, California: “My father is a Daily Worker reader and so do 1 read many stories and I sure ehjoy them. I am a young boy, 10 years old. 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