The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 2, 1931, Page 1

| Do this Today. Send by Air Mail to the National Campaign Committee, 2 West. 15th Street, New York, the Collec- tive Endorsement of All Hunger Marches, Mass Meetings and Or- ganizations; “end in All Filled Signature Lists for the Un- employment Insurance Bill Dailu. Central Ona (Section of he-Ce the Oy Renting ihe ees!) orker Sad mmenict Party U.S.A. WORKERS OF THE WORLD, “2 UNITE! Entered as second-cla at New York, N. ¥., matter at the Post "Office <eap=22 ander the act of March 3. 187° NEW, YORK, . MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2 1931. os ‘Price 3 Cents — “CITY EDITION | United States Capitalists Push War Plans Against Soviet Union Fight for Relief On Feb. 10! RENEW DRIVE. [ASS DEMONSTRATIONS in eyery city, in every town, in every neigh- | borhood in the United States, must be held on February 10th. On that: day the National Unemployed Delegation, elected throughout the country, will go to Washington to present to congress the demands formu- lated by more than a million workers, for immediate unemployment relief sifficient for two months, and for a national system of unemployment in- surance at the expense of the capitalists and government. This delegation must be supported by the workers, in masses, coming into the streets. Congress in Washington represents the capitaitsts. Congress will do nothing for the starving unemployed, except to the extent that the work- ers, in teris and hundreds of thousands, put their pressure, thelr massed power, the threat of their further independent action to secure food for their starving children, in support of the delegation in Washington. Con- gress will simply meet this delegation with police clubs and gas bombs, as they have done in the past; unless the millions of workers, by their supporting .actions, throw fear into the hearts of these miserable lackeys of Morgan, Rockefeller, Mellon & Co. ~The mass demonstrations on February 10th, will be followed by an even greater mobilization on February 25th, which is International Day of--Struggle against Unemployment, when in every country the workers | wilt: shout their demands against starvation, against the capitalist system which brings starvation, against the wage-cuts and speed-up, and against the! coming imperialist war, for defense of the workers’ fatherland, the Soviet Union. ‘Workers, even the small crumbs of relief and charity which have so far been secured, were the result of the mass actions of the workers in the streets! If you remain quiet, the capitalists will let you starve! Organize! Demonstrate! Into the streets on February 10th, for the ht against hunger and against war! Welcome and Necessary Books ENIN’S writings embody the theoretical and organizational preparations and guide for the Proletarian Revolution in Russia. They embody the Marxian interpretation of imperialist capitalism. They embody the revo- lutionary guide for the working class struggles under imperialism. Our Party can, therefore, not be indifferent as to whether Lenin’s works are circulated among the workers. It cannot be indifferent as to whether the activo militant workers study the writings of Lenin. It can- not be indifferent as to, whether the theories of Lenin become the com- nom property af all conscious workers, oe oe Theréfore, we have all reason to welcome ‘the new popular low-priced edition of Lenin’s works, just published by the International Publishers. With this edition, the indispensable theoretical arsenal of Leninism is put within the reach of every active revolutionist. An easy payment plan facilitates further the acquisition of the books by the workers. The six volumes already available in this edition comprise some of the most important and most valuable of Lenin’s works, They deal with the formation of the Bolshevik Party, and with the critical peridds in the preparation of the November Revolution. Every active Party member, every active militant trade’ unionist, should immediately arrange to get these invaluable books. Leninism must be the guide of our actions. It cannot be that without first becom- ing the basis Of all of our conteptions and considerations. And that can- not be accomplished without studying Leninism. Thereis no better, no niore effective source of study of saa than Tenthig ne oprks. MOONEY DENOUNCES A F OF L OFFICIALS AS TRAITORS, Farm Population Living on Hickory Nuts; Children Starving, Naked, Can’t Attend School; Bosses Fear Bloodshed SAN FRANCISCO, Feb, 1. — Tom Mooney has finally abandoned his futile hopes of assistance from the American Federation of Labor in his fight for freedom from San Quentin Prison, where he has spent 15 years on the frame-up charge of bombing she preparedness day parade in 1916. ‘He has just issued a pamphlet in which he makes public the evidence stration in Petrograd, led by Lenin and the Bolsheviks, in 1917, which rade Mooney’s case a world-issue and caused President Wilson to in- tervene, and second, the general strike movement in his behalf in the spring of 1919 (sabotaged and broken though it was by the A. F. of L.) Now Mooney says “he cai: remain silent no longer.” His sgilence has showing how the A. F. of L. leaders have systematically, cold-blqodedly, and deliberately kept Mooney and Billings in prison. Mooney says: “The rank and file of the trade unions have always believed in my innocence, but their desires and wishes have been subverted and 3 politicians in public protest coming in my behalf. of Labor in California were ‘right’ I would not now be in prison. 1% would never have been convicted. I might never have been arrested. I could not have’ been ” “The outstanding ‘labor leaders’ of California are known to have Mooney says that for 15 years he has’ hesitated to tell this story. In tact, so strong were his illusions that he would “get help” from the A. F. of L., that he broke with the Com- munists and denounced the Interna- tional Labor Defense, apparently in an effort to strengthen his support in A. FP, of L. and “respectable” tircles. But all these efforts were as vain as the pleas of the liberal newspaperman, Fremont Older and others. ‘The only effective efforts to help ar Mooney were, first, the demon- lasted just 15 years too long, but the open publication by Mooney of facts ago exposed by the Communists, opens up greater possibilities of a real fight for the release of Mooney and Billings. WANT TO ABOUISH B’WAY BREADLINE Dampens Carousing of Parasites NEW YORK.—In order not to in- convenience the carousing parasites on Broadway, the Broadway Asso- ciation, composed of leading business men in that section of the city, are attempting to eliminate the nightly breadlines at Times Square and at Columbus Circle. Here in the center of the street, thousands of hungry workers wait in the bitter cold for some sloppy food. The Broadway As- sociation thinks this interferes with the pleasure of those who have mo- ney -to spend and ,dampens their evening parties. They want the breadlines shoved into some hidden alley. SEAMEN WANT LITERATURE NEW YORK.—The Marine Work- ers’ Industrial Union, 140 Broad St., New York, asks all sympathizers to send in donations of books and pam- phiets in any language. They also need revolutionary phonograph -rec- ords i T0 EMBARGO SOVIET GOODS ‘State Dept. t. Peddles Ly- ing Affidavits of Czarists WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—As . part of their war preparations against the Soyiet Union, the United States im- perialists and their tools in the labor | movement are frantically pushing | the demand in Congress for an em- | bargo on Soviet exports. | The same slaye-drivers who have | | thrown millions of American workers on the streets to starve, who for de- cades following the sham proclama- tion of Negro emancipation have kept millions of Negroes in brutal slavery on southern plantations | peonage, share cropping, convict la- bor and debt slavery under which the | Negro workers cannot leave the plan- tation while owing the landowner, and the latter may sell or transfer his claim against the Negro worker, | which is nothing less than selling the Negro worker, these same imperialist | sccundrels are today peddling the lie that Soviet pulpwood and lumber are produced by convict labor. | Under the leadership of the Fish | Committee, and wit hthe support of | Matthew | stoolies in the labor movement, the imperialist. -enemiés-of- the. Soviet | Year Plan of Socialist Construction |in the Soviet Union. | These efforts are conveniently sup- ported by a series of slanderous af- | fidavits from Czarist refugees at Helsingfors, Finland, whose purpose is plainly to encourage the interven- tionist plans of the imperialists for the overthrow of workers’ rule in So- viet Russia and the re-establishment of the Czarist regime. davits are being given out by the | State Department. They were ob- tained by American lumber interests. | ae MOSCOW, Feb. 1—The Soviet press treats with deserved contempt the convict labor lies of the inter- ventionists. Izvestia comments, sar- castically: that the labor exploited at home and in the colonies and from which extracts its profits is ‘free labor,’ then you may logically conclude the conditions here, which we are proud to declare are the exact op- posite, are ‘unfree labor.’ But who will be convinced by such hypo- crisy and word jumbling?” Vote against finger printing, reg- istration, and photographing the foreign born. Elect delegates to local conference for protection of foreign born. through | Woll and other capitalist | A children’s milk line in the tortured by the pangs of hunger Workers! the streets Bowery without fighting? 01 swollen bedalieman.e and their Late! ment! Boss Hitnger Cidilization Condemns Workingclass Children to Mis sery you dare see your 10 to force relief from the money Do Feb. Prepare February 10 ‘Mass Demonstrations PATERSON, N. J., Feb. 1.—Pater- son and Passaic workers are prepar- | | ing for big demonstrations in their | cities in front of their city halls on Union are trying to push through | Feb. 10 to press upon thé city’ au- | | 000 by congress for | Several bills aiming at Soviet pro-| thorities demangs for.immediate re- | of the Southwest, the boss press is ‘forced to admit that “The | duets and the success of the Five! lief for the 30,000 starving unem-| farmers | cities, | Jan. 23 in front | Paterson, in which 2,500 workers par- | | ticipated, showed the determination | jof the Passaic County Boss Press Admits Starvation; : Bankiuptcy, Slavery in S.-West NEW YORK. - | orders from Hoo “relief” are bankrupt,” that at the hands of the| A New York Times dispatch workers to' from Arkanses gives a vivid picture | fight and force the officials to give | of the plight of the starving farmers | immediate relefi. These affi- | | and farm hands, in spite of the usual At the same time that the Red Cros er, is opposing an appropri: “everything the: ployed workers in the aforementioned gaged”, as a result of years ofS Sey | robbery The first demonstration, held on| bankers with the drought ad- of the court house, | ding the final straw. ation of $ of the starving farm population own is. mor is pts to cover up a8 much tions facing the share croppers ible the terrible condi- poor farmers and farm implements and lands, are (CONTINUED ON PAGE “Daily” Seriously Endangered By Slow Response to Emergency Fund “Hf you care to take the premise | Letters continue to come in from | the English language in America that American and British capitalism | | workers which show the | that the Daily Worker has and em- | phasizes more and more the impor- | tance of the Daily Worker for our | struggles. A worker from Rochester, writes as follows: “Saved this dollar for the Daily by walking about 5 miles to and from work instead of paying carfare.” Another letter from N. Carolina reads as follows: “I have just com- pleted the Fish Report and it has fully convinced me that the Daily Worker is the only paper printed in| influence | gives the whole truth.” The financial danger that the Daily finds itself in will destroy the | best weapon that we have for the | struggles against unemployment, war preparations,’ etc. again having difficulty with our telephone. We have not paid the December bill and the same condi- tion that faced us before, that is, of not being able to telephone out, exists in the office. The notes that fell due on Thursday on which we should have made payments were not made. We have been warned that if we do not make substan- We are | tial payments by Tuesday, court action will take place. We have | fallen behind about $1,000 this week in meeting payments for immediate printing. | Comrades, these are cold These conditions must be overcome. It will be only through the efforts ot | | the comrades who read this and who | help to liquidate the deficit ‘hat | we will be able to continue’ publish- | jing the Daily regularly. We call on all workers to imme- diately get donations and rush them E. 13th St., ® SMALLER INDUSTRIAL CENTERS TO HAVE BIG FEB. 10 DEMONSTRTION Over 3,500 In Grand Rapids In Preliminary Hunger March On City Hall; Scare City and mules, | Officials; Foree Promise From Them \Police and Steel Trust Thugs Assault Gary Demonstrators; Jail Nine Council Of Unefploy ed Formed In Tarrytown | In Spite Of Frantic Action By Police; Negro Jobless Meet In Hackensack Continued preparations for the great mass demonstrations jin all industrial cities and towns continue. A highly signifi- cant feature isi the fact that small towns, little factory centers never before touched by the organization movement are begin- ning to for m their councils of Tene ey, to hold mass meet- ngs and demonstrations which STRIKE LOOMS OF ae Meg feng art » 160,000 JAPANESE ‘: Se is fs evioenes the spreading of the movement Ps organized ght against starva- tion are the movements in Grand | Rapids, Johnstown, Tarrytown, Hack- ensack, and Council Bluffs. The Johnstown, Pa., mass meeting of unemployed workers, miners, and | employes of the Bethlehem Steel | Corporation shows especially a phase ~ SEAMEN; PAY CUT Call Marine Workers, 2 ywhere to Aid The Ma a1 which has been in danger of neglect. Union, 140 Broad St., New York, has 3 received a cable m dated Jan. 30, (CONTINUED ON PAGE AGE THREE) from the secretariat of the Pan Paci- Ts (a section of ‘ade Union Sec- es that a strike of 100,000 Japanese seamen is in pre- | paration to start in Februa! JOBLESS FAMILY COMMITS SUICIDE 2 Adults and Child Vic- tims of Capitalism Under the hypocri- Police Puzzled As To lew Others,” the boss Daily ‘ies to cover up the starvation sery leading ‘up to the death ide of Mrs. Dora Gelb, a 44- widow, who recently lost her job as a dressmaker, and her and for a at reduction in wages. The union leaders consent to But the left wing de- 30 per cent increase in wages ad of a cut The Pan Pacific T all work to s' case the strik nsport calls for 1p on Japanese ships in is declared. It urges the formation of ship committees on all these ships, and calls on the Ma- rine Workers Industrial Union to old son, Benjamin, who has bring this situation to the notice} out of work for nearly a year. of seamen, and to maintain solidarity! a third victim of the bosses star- with the Japanese strikers. facts. | The Marine Workers Industrial Union is a section o f the Interna- tional of Seamen and Harbor Work- ers, a world organization recently launched in a Hamburg conference of marine workers representatives 26 different countries. The I. U. will closely colloborate nen of all other countries to} the strike of the Japanese from support. seamen. Fight against police supervision. Protect the foreign born. Elect vation policy in denying relief to the unemployed, little six year old Sylvia, daughter of Mrs. Gelb, died with the others when the unemployed, other and son decided to end their misery by turning on the gas in their tiny apartment 9 India Peasants | Killed By British MADRAS, India., Feb. 1. — Nine peasants were killed by MacDonald police in a demonstration at Vizagap- tam against British oppression in delegates to N. ¥. Conference, Feb. | India and in support of the refusal to IN the Daily Worker, 5 New York City. 8, at Irving Plaza. pay taxes and land rents. The National Executive Board of the Needle Trades Workers’, Industrial Union has proposed to the organi- zation in New York and Philadelphia that the demands ig dress makers’ strike be changed so demands of the strike which will be ‘bruary shall be higher wages, improved conditions, 40-hour five-day week, the right of the workers to the job, and recognition of the union, leay- ing the fight for the abolition of piece work and for the 35-hour week to future action based on the in- creased strength resulting from this strike. The big strike committee built up in New York has already endorsed this change, at its meeting Fri- day. A shop delegates’ council meeting in Irving Plaza Hall, New York, at 7 p. m, tonight will discuss the matter. In Philadelphia a shop delegates’ council meeting, today, at 8’p. m. at 39 North Tenth St., and a member- ship meeting at the same place tomorrow at 8 p. m. will discuss the recommendation of the National Exec- utive Board and the main demands to make in the coming strike, In New York, Saturday, a broad united front con- ference of 545 delegates representing 30,000 workers voted to give fullest financial and physical support of their organizations to the strike. The new form of the demands was announced the first thing at this meeting. Immediate Demands, The National Executive Board’s statement is as follows: The program of demands which the Industrial Union adopted for the dress trade at the last conven- tion in June, 1930, was based upon a correct analysis of the conditions and the needs of the dressmakers. Demands for Dress Strike Shop Delegates, Meet Today, New York and Phil. to Discuss The union must with all its power increase its cam- paign for the program of week work, the 7-hour day and 5-day week, minimum wage scales, unemploy- ment insurance, the right to the job and all other demands of the program of the union which will basically improve the conditions of the dressmakers. “The Needle Trades Workers’ Industrial Union is the champion that fights everywhere for all needle trades workers against all attempts of the bosses and their company union agencies and mobilizes and or- ganizes the workers to fight for higher wages, against the speed-up, against reductions and reorganizations and prepares the workers to fight against piece-work, for the introduction of week-work in all sections of the needle industry at a time when the Hillmans, Schlessingers, Kauffmans and Zaritzkys are working hand in glove with the bosses to force greater speed- up through piece-work and other sweatshop condi- tions upon the workers, Requires Strong Action, “The National Executive Committee of the Needle Trades Workers’ Industrial Union realizes however, that in the struggle to smash piece-work and for the introduction of week-work a maximum mobilization of all forces in the industry must be achieved. Week- work can be won only through a proper systematic organization and mobilization on a mass scale in which the dress trade will be completely paralyzed. Then the workers fight militantly and can see the possibility for winning these demands. “The National Executive Commitice analyzed thor- oughly the preparations and mobilization of the forces for the coming dress strike and came to the conclusion that a broader and more basic mobiliza- tion of the forces is necessary for a successful struggle for the full program ef the union. But it is convinced that the union has mobilized sufficiently for a struggle for partial demands which will improve the working conditions of the dressmakers and build up a power- ful union for a future successful struggle for the full program of the union. Proposes Change. ' “The General Executive Board, therefore, proposes as the immediate perspective in this coming strike in New York and Philadelphia the modification of the demands to a program for immediate partial im- provement in the working conditions which can and must be won in the coming strike. “It proposes that the unions of New York and Philadelphia should mobilize the workers to strike for increases in their earnings, the right to establish prices through a shop committee and force the 40- sis sienna raeaseninennintinmeaasinaiatataaas ae Tein Hit National Executive Board of the NTWIU Outlines Immediate hour, 5-day week, the right of the workers to the job (no discharge), and the recognition of the union. “This strike will stop the wage reductions that are forced upon the workers daily. This strike will build the Needle Trades Workers’ Industrial Union into a powerful organization of the dressmakers as well as the needle trades workers generally. For these de- mands the dressmakers must be mobilized to strike. “In preparation for the future struggle for the full program of the union, the union will continue to broaden its activities amongst the new elements that are drawn into the dress trade and into the needle industry generally. The Negro workers, the Italian workers, the Spanish workers, the native American workers, etc. must systematically be reached and organized for the coming strike and for a struggle for the full program of the union which will have to be achieved, if not in this struggle, in the struggles to come, Build Shop Committees! “The union must conduct an intensive campaign to organize shop committees in all centers of the in- dustry and in the suburbs around each center in which mainly the new elements are employed. “Workers of the needle industry and all other work- ers of New York and Philadelphia! The National Committee of the Needle Trades Workers’ Industrial Union calls upon you to do your duty! Support the dressmakers in their struggle to improve their con- ditions! Support the building of the Needle Trades Workers’ Industrial Union! Support the struggle of the workers against the bosses and their company union agencies! Fight shoulder to shoulder with the dressmakers against the sweat shop! The struggle of the dressmakers is the struggle of als workers!” ETE a ALON Be