The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 20, 1931, Page 1

ad WORKERS--FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER ON FEB. pal (Section of The Unemployed Councils Are the Fighting Organizations for Immediate Relief and Unem- ployment Insurance for the Unemployed Workers. Or- ganize Them Everywhere u the-Comm a the Communist 25 > 4 orker — unist Party U.S.A. | International) eee EET an EO, CR A A Thousands of unemployed workers |Fight for work or wages. Fight for and their dependents are dying of |the right to live. Get new members starvation. The national government |for the Trade Union Unity League, condemns them to die; it refuses | Organize and strengthen the Uneme to pass our Jobless Insurance Law. '!ployed Councils. Fight All Evictions} WORKERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE! RY Vol. VIII, No. 45 Entered as second class matter at the Post Office jp) at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1979 NEW YORK, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1931 CITY -EDITION Price 3 Cents RALLY A. F. OF L. LOCALS FOR FEB. 25 DEMONSTRATIONS Needle Trades Strikers Rescue Pickets trom What Social Fascism Te HE “Reading Labor Advocate” is the official organ of the Federated Trades Council and the Berks County Local of the “socialist” party at Reading, Pennsylvania. Reading has a “socialist ” mayor and city government. In its issue of February 13, the “Advocate” is compelled to speak of the mass unemployed demonstration in Reading on February 10. The job- less and starving workers were told by the “socialist” mayor that the city could not do anything for them. It could not grant their demands because it “has no power under the law.” The Tammany mayor of New York gives the same excuse. The “Adovate” makes a typical social-fascist “explanation.” It speaks in stern tones of warning what may be done by men “hungry, desperate and hopeless.” It addresses the “public”. This warning gravely says: “Take heed! Egypt crumbled into dust; the glory that once was Rome has become a myth; living men who once were Grand Dukes now know what it means to live and work as menials.” It even admits that “Capitalism no longer serves mankind and can only continue at the expense of mankind. But it conceals the fact that hunger has not pinched the bellies yet of that part of “mankind” known as the capitalist class, and never will unless the other part of “mankind” known as the working class overthrows the capitalist class from power. The “Advocate” and “socialist” mayor of Reading clearly illustrate just what is meant by the term “social fascist” as applied to the “socialist” party. It attracts workers. to it by demagogic use of words, is expresses “sympathy” with their distress, it declares bombastically that capitalism is no good and should be “abolished.” But it rejects all actual struggle. The. “socialist” mayor of Reading evades the demands of the starving jobless by saying: “How can a city government tax the rich? How can five puny municipal officials safeguard workers against sheriff sales and evictions?” i: ‘Well, they cannot if they don’t want to. And, of course, it would mean struggle. The “Advocate” says: “All the powers of the state and nation would be brought into play against any group of public officials who might attempt such a thing.” fe Yes, and the social fascist “socialists” have no intentions of getting into a conflict with the capitalist class government merely.to aid “thou- sands of jobless families”! They might even be removed from the “public” offices where they sit now, defending the interests of the capitalists! Capitalism may “no longer serve mankind.” But don’t overthrow it! That, says the social fascist “Advocate,” “will send millions of the dis- possessed upon an orgy of violence and destruction.” So they defend the capitalist class that daily uses “violence and destruction” against millions of workers; they defend capitalist violence and destruction against the workers! They thus clearly do the work of fascism. But while fascists proceed openly and frankly, making little or no pretensions of social considera- tions for the workers, the “socialists” make words and phrases of jsym- pathy for workers” and “condemnation: of capitalism” serve in place of struggle for the workers and overthrowal of capitalism. They are Social Fascists. Knowing full well that it is impossible, tle “Advocate” calls (not upon the working class, but upon “all sensible people”) to “abolish—in a legal and orderly way”’—the very system which it claims, in defense of the Reading mayor's refusal to aid the jobless, cannot be challenged in a legal and orderly way. Communists elected to city office would defy the whole apparatus of capitalist class state power in defense and in behalf of the workers and their demands. The social fascist “socialists” defend the capitalists. Communists, knowing that only when capitalism is overthrown can’ any gains or relief and social insurance be assured, knowing that—as proven in the Soviet Union— unemployment can be abolished only by a Soviet government of workers and farmers, would do everything possible to aid and encourage and lead the workers to that end, Communists are revolutionists. The social fascist ‘socialists’ counter-revolutionists. NEW YORK RAISED MORE THAN TWO THIRDS OF ENTIRE SUM are } marchers, | placards, accompanied by a band, will rally tens of thousands of workers} We are publishing the latest fig- ures of income towards the Emer- gency Fund. The total received, in- cluding Feb, 17, is $15,504.38, This represents only about 50 per cent. The districts contributed as follows: Dist, 1.$ 397.00) Dist. 12. 91.50 Dist. 2. 10,469.62| Dist. 13. 644.52 Dist. 3. 244.82] Dist. 15. 7.00 Dist. 4. 155.71] Dist, 17. 68.00 Dist. 5. 234.30] Dist. 18. 17.00 Dist. 6. 1,295.94/ Dist. 19. 125.60 Dist. 7. 573.55} Unorg. , 32.70 Dist. 8, 629.12) Foreign . 21,75 Dist. .9. 112.87) Unknown. 5.00 Dist. 10, 47.67 - Dist. 11. 35.35' Total. .$15,504.38 We are publishing a series of re- perts by districts to show the com- parative figures. However, these fig- ures are enough for all the active * workers, particularly those that have contributed so little, to make every effort to make additional contribu- tions so that their quotas can be reached. The showing of Detroit, District 7, and Chicago, District 8, are certainly ARREST 20 FOR NEWARK, N. J., Feb. 19.—Twenty foreign-born workers were arrested last night and held for deportation very poor for large districts. Dis- trict 13, consisting of California, with all its persecutions and setbacks, has. contributed more than the heavy in- Gustrial centers like Detroit and Chi- cago, which includes all of Illinois and Indiana, New York City had to bear the burden and brunt of the whole cam- paign, raising more than two-thirds of the entire sum. Although New York City is the center where the Daily Worker is published, and has always contrib- uted close to 60 per cent of all the income of the Daily, nevertheless it is dangerous for the Daily Worker to depend on only one center for its support. This record shows that the other districts did not fully realize the seriousness of the situation and made no efforts to reach their quo- tas. In the closing of the campaign every worker must make serious ef- fort to raise additional funds so that the quota may be reached. Sen dall funds to the Daily Worker, 50 E. 13th St., New York City. in‘ connection with the nation-wide drive of the bosses against foreign- born militants who have been active in working-class struggles. Most of the arrested are Spanish and Portuguese workers whom the bosses, in their attempt to cover up the real reason of the deportation drive, charge with entering the coun- try illegally, Militant Picketing Spreads Strike of Dressmakers; I.L.G.W. Shops Out WORKERS ENTHUSIASTIC ALONG LINE OF ALBANY HUNGER MARCH NEW YORK.—The third day of the dressmakers’ strike started here yes- terday with picketing somewhat affected’ by the cold drizzle that fell during the early morning hours but with spirit high as reports continued to pour in of new shops joining the Pledge Food and Shelter to 500 Marchers;|stke. Plan Demonstrations to Support Demands NEW YORK—The plans for the] fore the City Hall, for unemployment. organized protest of New York’s un-| insurance. employed against starvation, the Hunger March of the delegation of jobless, to Albany, has created great enthusiasm among the workers, em- ployed and unemployed, located along the line,of march to Albany. The Because of their obvious determination to struggle, they were unmolested by police. In Newburgh, N. Y., where 80 per} cent of the working population is idle, in spite of brutal attempts of police to stop organization, the workers are marchers, in th enumber of 500, will| organizing into Unemployment Coun- leave the morning of February 26th, on a six day march to Albany, to} present the demands of New York} State’s 2,000,000 unemployed to the State Legislature meeting there for Unemployment Insurance. Pledging food and shelter, the workers in Yo>kers, Ossining, North Tarrytown, Deeksixill, Poughkeepsie, Hudson, ctc, organizing into Un- employment ncils,- and into branches of-the Workers. Interna- tional Relief. Reccytions are being planned. Demonstrations in front of factories and in the towns where the delegation ‘will stop over night, will be held. In Yonkers, the workers will sarve food to the marchers. Workers and workers’ organizations, are arranging to shelter the marchers. in Mohegan, in Ossining, in Peekskill, etc., food and money are being collected. The carrying banners and around the slogans of the Unem- ployed Councils and will win masses of tinemployed and employed for the fight for unemployment insurance and immediate relief. On the success of the Tag Days, held under the auspices of the WIR and TUUL on Saturday and Sunday, February 21st’and 22nd, depends to a: great:extent; the success and effec- tiveness. of the march. WIR food and medical aid trucks will accom- pany the marchers, and thousands of dollars must be raised within a few days, to assure the proper attention to the marchers. Outside Albany, the marchers will meet delegations from other indus- trial cities, and together they will march on Albany where a mass meet- ing will Be held to elect delegates to present the demands to the State Legislature. In Albany, hundreds of workers, men and women, demonstrated be- Ex-Servicemen Will Expose Bosses Plan To Rob Unemployed The members of the Workers’ Ex- Service Men’s League will meet in their new headquarters tonight at 79 E. Tenth St. at 7:30 p.m. The league will expose the present at- tempts of congress and the senate to rob the needy veterans out of half of their tombstone bonus money and expose Speaker Longworth, who de- nied the unemployment delegation an interview or opportunity to pre- sent the demands of the unemployed workers for unemployment insur- ance and the veterans’ included de- mands. U Sol Harper, the league delegate, with the other unemployed delegates will make a report. Other members of the executive committee will re- Port on the preparations for country- wide demonstrations of other posts of the Workers’ Ex-Service Men's League, and. solidarity demonstra- tions of ex-service men and unem- ployed workers on International Un- employment Day, Feb, 25, as the an- swer o fthe veterans to Hoover and the attempt to rob the veterans. The fight is for unemployment insurance and a cash bonus, not a loan to vet- erans. cils, and will add their protest to the fight against starvation. In New Brunswick, N. J., the Un- employed Council is mobilizing work- ers for the Trenton Hunger March. Meetings are being held in front of Johnson an dJohnson where more than 300 workers come daily for jobs. These workers were called to meet- ings of the Unemployed Council. More than 60 workers so far have ined, and 11 have volunteered to in the march to the State Capitol. FIGHT YONKERS POLICE TERROR /Protest Mass Meeting on Sunday YONKERS, N. Y., Feb. 19.—To protest against the vicious terror of the Yonkers police against 2,000 un- employed who gathered on Tuesday at Larkin Plaza, a mass protest meet- ing has been called here for Sunday, Feb. 22, at 8 p. m., at 252 Warburton Ave. The main speakers will be Mil- ton Wich, organizer of the Unem- ployed Council, and Richard B. Moore, national Negro organizer. In a leaflet, calling all workers to come to this meeting, the Interna- tional Labor Defense declares: “When on Tuesday over 2,000 work- ers gathered in Larkin Plaza to de- mand unemployment insurance the police broke up the gathering, threat- ening them with clubs. They ar- rested and beat up Milton Weich, militant organizer of the Unemployed Council, who attempted to expose the politicians’ starvation scheme. When a worker, William Walters, an unem- ployed carpenter, protested against these vicious actions of the bosses’ Police, he was slugged and arressted, thrown into jail to be further terror- ized by ‘legal’ persecution. “The International is defending these cases, as well as other such cases, all over the United States. Join the I. L. D. in its fight to prevent such persecution of work- ers, both employed and unemployed, regardless of race, color or creed. “Come to the meeting Sunday, Feb, 22, at. 8 p, m,.” NEW YORK —Harry Raymond will be released from Welfare Island today! He is the last member of the March 6 Unemployed Delegation to be let out of prison, where he ‘was esnt for his activity in partaking in the leadership of the historic March 6 demonstration in Union Square, when 110,000 rallied under the lead- ership of the Trade Union Unity League to fight for unemployment relief. Thousands of police attacked the workers, man yof whom were viciously beaten. The entire delega- tion elected b ythe workers, William Z. Foster, Robert Minor, I, Amter, MT dca wl | Proof that the picketing is begin- ning to affect the needie trades em-| ployers and their company union, the} I. L. G. W., is afforded by the arrest | of 34 pickets on Wednesday and of 24} | yesterday. | | The employers’ groups, which on the; second day of the strike denied that} anyone had walked out, yesterday ad-| mitted that 2,000 dressmakers were} on strike. Their arithmatic is as| crooked as the officials of the com- pany union. Manhattan is making steady pro- gress despite the bosses’ policy of} arresting dressmakers who are seen} cgiling on their fellow-workers to join | the strike. Frequently the dress-/| makers will walkout while the work- €rs who are calling them out are be- ing arrested. In at least one case} an open-shop in which the workers were hesitant about striking, walked | out when police arrested several dressmakers who had urged the shop to join in the fight against the star- vation wages imposed on every worker | in the industry. Strike Movement on Upgrade. The strike movement is still mov-| ing slowly in Brooklyn although the momentum is on the upgrade. At 5:30 Wednesday night, with 2 hours | still to go before quitting time, 45 dressmakers walked out of a Browns- | ville shop after they were shown a} leaflet calling on them to strike | jagainst the $6 a week wage which | their boss was paying them. | The greatest difficulty being} encountered in Brooklyn is getting the dressmakers to believe that there | is anybody in the world who really (CONTINUED ON TWo) FAKE AGENCY CHEATS WORKERS Closes Down, Workers) Lose Money NEW YORK CITY.—Millers Em- ployment Agency, at 1235 Sixth Avenue, closed down yesterday morn- | ing. It was another one of these fake employment agencies. Many workers lost their money in the place. One worker had ten dol-| lars down on a promised “job,” and | | when he went to the agency in the morning, the place was closed. | Thirty other workers were waiting in line. / A worker tc". * - paid $25 for a job that another worker had paid $20 for. Neither of them got the job. The manager promises to give back the money, but in a vague “four or five days.” Served 10 Months in Welfare Island Prison Harry Raymond and Joseph Lesten, were arrested, denied bail and finally railroaded to jail. Raymond served 10 months. | Raymond, who is an active mem- | ber of the Marine Workers’ Industrial Union, will be met by a committee | of workers’ organizations. A mass welcome demonstration will be held | to greet him on Monday, Feb. 23, at —— Police NVITE PORTLAND UNEMPLOYED COUNCIL SPEAKERS; MINNESOTA A. F. OF L. LOCALS ARE VISITED Prosser Committee Breaks Down; Demonstrate Feb. 25, Union Square Demonstration at 4:00 P. M. To) Spread Fight for Relief; 500 Hunger NEW -YORK.—As the world dem- onstration against | dra hunger Marchers To Be Present CART. HAMA near, the Prosser committee here “for | ¢ employment” sends out an alarm to the bosses that its funds and 25,000 men, heads of families, | who now get $15 a week for working in the parks, face starvation on April 1. | The demonstraticn against hunger | on International Unemployment Day in New York will be held on Wednes- day, Feb. 25, at Union Square, at 4| o'clock. This will be one of the big demonstrations that will fight for re- | lief, which will have its counterpart | in every industrial center in the cap- | italist. world, | | In reporting the depletion of its funds, the Prosser committee at- | tempts to get the charity organiza- } tions to speed up their work in order | to defeat the growing demand for} real relief. They admit their failure | to meet the growing hunger of the workers. William Hodson, executive secretary of the Welfare Council, | stated Wednesday: | “In spite of all that is being done | by the Prosser committee, in spite of all that is being done by the fam- ily agencies and by the city itself, the fact remains that the total need is not being. met. The funds of the Prosser committee will be | expended by April 1 and we will | then be faced with the question of what to do next.” The whole machinery of charity is breaking down and the unemployed suffer worse as the crisis grows, The number of unemployed in New York City is increasing rapidly. The Feb. 25 demonstration will rally tens of thousands to extend the fight for im- mediate relief and for unemployment insurance. At the Union Square gathering, the 500 delegates who are to leave on the Albany hunger march on Feb, 26 will be present. Many of their representatives will speak and tell the workers what they intend to} do on their march and whan they get to Albany to present their de- mands to Governor Roosevelt. re failing NEEDLE TRADES FRACTION MEETING There will be a Needle Trades fraction meeting of all Party and ¥. C. L, members Sunday, at 12 noon, All comrades are instructed to report at the usual place with- out fail as most important matters connected with the strike will be taken up. DISTRICT COMMITTEE, Communist Party of U. S. Harry Raymond, March 6th __ Leader, Is Released Today 8 p.m. at Irving Plaza, 15th St. and Irving Pl. At the demonstration to greet Ray- mond the leading speakers will be I. Amter, district organizer of the Com- munist Party, New York, who was sentenced to Welfare Island with Raymond; Jack Stachel, a represen- tative of the T. U. U. L.; J. Louis Engdahl, national secretary of the International Labor Defense, and a representative of the Marine Work- ers’ Industrial Union, Evey worker should rally to the mass demonstration on Monday to greet Harry Raymond, who was espe- cially sivgled out by the capitalists for a vicious sentence for his mili- tancy on March 6, Militant Japanese worker who was brutally. beaten up by members of the Los Angeles “Red Squad” during the Feb, 19 demonstration. Hama, who was carrying a placard “Our Children Need Food” and had called out “Come On, Fellow Work- ers, let’s march to the city hall’ was clubbed into unconsciousness. DEFENSE BAZAAR IS ON TONIGHT pecial Program by German Workers Last night the big annual bazaar of the New York District of the In- ternational Labor Defense opened at the Star Casino, 107th St. and Park} Ave. It will continue for four days, until Sunday, Feb. 22. The purpose of the bazaar is to Defeat Fakers Attempt to Shut Off Speech for Feb. 25th Since the February 10th unemploye ment demonstrations, more American Federation of Labor locals are become | ing inte: ed in the preparations for the World Unemployment Day dem- onstrations, on February 25th, Rank and file members of the American Federation of Labor in Portland, Ore., are discussing the fighting program of | the Unemployed Council, and a dele- | gation from one local, the Hoisting and Stationary Engineers here, re- quested that a representative of the Unemployed Council come to the next meeting to address the members on the Workers Unemployment Insur- ance Bill. This local has 300 members and half are unemployed. There is widespread sentiment not only in this local but in many others in Portland for a militant struggle Yor unemploy- ment insurance. They will be rallied for the International Unemployment Day demonstrations on February 25th. In Portland, the demonstration will take place at 12:00 noon, at Plaza Park. ‘ In Minneapolis, Minn., a delegation of the Unemployed Council of the Trade Union Unity League spoke at the Carpenters Local of the American Federation of Labor, at 612 First { Avenue, North, in spite of the at- tempts of the fakers to prevent the militant unemployed. workers from coming in contact with the union membership. Workers in the unio demanded the Unemployed Council delegate be given the floor. He spoke on the plans for the February 25th demonstration in* Minneapolis and told about. the militant fight for jimmediate relief and for unemploy- |ment insurance. The delegate, Frank | Smith, was given the floor for 20 minutes. The local voted to invite the committee to’ return the next week. Othér Anfericdn Federation of Labor unions were visited and urged to participate in the February 25th lemonstration. Among them were the Teamsters local, Painters local and others. From New Haven, Conn., comes thé report that demonstrations are already arranged for seven ‘cities ta broaden the fight for immediate re lief and unemployment insurance, on World Unemployment Day, February 25th. The following cities will hold demonstrations: New Haven, Central Green, 12 | o'clock; Hartford, Windsor and Main, 11 o'clock; New Britain, Winter, Star and Hartford Avenue, 4 -P. M3 raise funds to protect the militant | Bridgeport, 2 P. M., Plaza; Waterbury, workers who are increasing their/12 o'clock, Soldiers Monument; struggles against boss terror. In| Springfield, Mass., Postoffice;, Stam | every unemployment demonstration | workers are beaten up and jailed. | | On the picket lines workers are ar- | rested every day. | At the bazaar thousands of work- | ers of all nationalities will be present. | Huundreds of workers’ organizations | are participating in the bazaar to make it a success. It is one of the events of the year in the revolution- ary working-class movement. The program for tonight is in} charge of the German and Hun- garian workers. On Saturday after- noon a special program has been ar- ranged for the children. It is in charge of the Young Pioneers and} | the Junior defenders. Saturday eve- ning there will be a colorful Russian costume ball. Every night will be in- teresting to workers. All workers should attend and aid in the raising of the necessary funds for defense. Police and Mob In La, Man Hunt} MONROE, La., Feb. 19.—Lynch gangs from the Ouachita sheriff's of- fice, members of the city police of Monroe and West Monroe, augment- ed by bourgeois “volunteers’ are | combing the highways for miles around Monroe in a man-hunt for a Negro who shot and killed a rail- road dick when the latter tried to brutalize him. The mob is using bloodhounds, ford, Street. In addition, mobilization masd mectirigs Have been arranged in the following towns: Hamden, Spring field, Waterbury, Danbury, South Norwalk, : 12 o'clock, Pacific and Wall VOLUNTEER TO PICKET! BROOKLYN, N. Y.—The Furnituré Workers Industrial League calls upon all workers to come and picket at the Commercial Upholstery Shop, 240 Newport Avenue at 7:30 a. m., Sature day morning. Order Now for Saturday Issue “Literature for Children,” by Harry Alan Potamkin; “Believe It Or Not,” a flop house story by an unemployed worker in Pontiac, Mich.; “Closing Exer- cises,” a story from Mexico by illustrated; Albert Morales, “The Shock Brigade,” a story from Russia; book review by N. Sparks; carteons and other fea- tures in next Saturday's fea- ture page. Order extra bundies at 1 cent for 5 or more, $8 per 1,000 before 6 p, m. Friday. (Sixty thousand circulation news page 3.) GREET HARRY RAYMOND ON MONDAY AT IRVING PLAZA, 8 P.M; COMES OUT OF JAIL TODAY.