The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 21, 1931, Page 1

} The Unemployed Councils Are the Fighting Organizations for Immediate Relief and Unem- ployment Insurance for the Unemployed Workers. Or- ganize Them Everywhere / . Dail Central (Section of the Communis oN SS t International) Norker —EdAMumict Party U.S.A. OF WORKERS THE WORLD, UNITE! Entered as second Vol. VILE, No. 46 at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 19179 class matter at the Post Office <j>21 NEW YORK, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1931 CITY EDITION Price 3 Cents ALL OUT WEDNESDAY! FORCE THEM T0 FEED THE HUNGRY State Hunger Marches, Demonstrations Carry on After Feb. 25 TRENTON MARCH, FEB. 28: PHILADELPHIA, CHESTER DEMONSTRATIONS FEB. 25 Shatter the Brutal Rékivianicel to Your Demands! NFLUENCED by the steady stream of propaganda in the capitalist news- papers promising an early return of “prosperity,” many workers are hoping for and expecting jobs this spring. Some even expect a return to the conditions existing pior to the disastrous slump which marked the be- ginning of the present crisis toward the end of 1929. But just as Hoover's return-to-prosperity-in-sixty-days propaganda was all wrong a year ago, so is the present capitalist propaganda false. All factors show, not an early return of “prosperity,” but a further deep- ening of the crisis, greater unemployment, more wage cuts, and more severe suffering and hunger for the masses. ; The return-of-prosperity propaganda is not accidental. It is not en- tirely due to stupidity on the part of the bourgeois economists. It is con- sciously designed to take the edge off the fighting spirit of the workers, and especially before International Unemployment Day on February 25th. Only yesterday Homer Folks, Secretary of the New York State Char- ities Aid Association, had to admit that: “I would expect a difficult time for the rest of this year, even if industrial improvement begins now. .. . Even if unemployment began grgadually to diminish, the need for relief migght for a time continue to increase.” ‘This is clearly a perspective which emphasizes the need for more re- lief “even if industrial improvement began now.” But industrial improvement is not beginning now! industrial production continues to decline. Unemployment continues to increase. Wages continue to decline. This is shown clearly by the Jan- uary figures on employment and payrolls for Illinois, a typical industrial state which reflects very clearly the conditions in the country as a whole. There, during January, the monthly official survey shows a reduction of 2.3 per cent in the number of employed workers and of 3.4 per cent in payrolls. This proves both an increase in unemployment and a further slashing of the wages of those stil employed. And these two processes in turn mean greater starvation for the workers and their families. This is quite contrary to the bosses’ propaganda about “prosperity” this spring, and emphasizes still further Mr. Folks’ admitted need for greater relief ac- tivities. But, despite the deepening of the crisis and, with it, an increase in Starvation for the masses, the capitalists and their government in Wash- ington do nothing to provide immediate and adequate relief. Yes, they do a lot of talking. \They promise public works which do not get under way, and, if they did, would not relieve the acute suffering, which exists. The charity organizations hand out some bad soup and, here and there, a few baskets of food. But, though the crisis has now been on for well over a year, no sub- stantial relief measures have yet been taken. And none are even being considered. This shows the complete disregard, th cynical indifference, of the capitalist class to the suffering of the masses. Only in one way, workers, can Fou break down this scornful indif- ference to your sufferings and shatter the brutal resistance to your de- mands. And that is the way of mass demonstration and mass struggle! Indeed, only by this mean will even the present miserable “charity” be continued! Yet every day the list of disease and deiwth due to hunger grows and proves the utter inadequacy of socalled “charity!” Workers, employed and unemployed! Women and men and youth, white and colored! Unite yoir protest and your demands under the banner of the organized mass movement of the Unemployed Councils! Onto the streets in masses on February 25th, demanding real and ade- quate immediate relief and Unemployment Insurance at the cost of the capitalists! You must fight or starve! And you will fight! streets on February 25th! On the contrary, All out! All onto the Form Shock Troops to Collect on Shock Troop Lists ea of the districts are beginning to wind up the campaign for finance for the Daily Worker by running special affairs to raise pies A series of these are taking place in New York City. Two units, 21 and 23 of Section 5, New York City, are conducting an affair in the |Cooperative Center tonight. This is being conducted in New York in \spite of the fact that it has reached 130 percent of its. quota. A series of small affairs of this kind could raise the income from many of the Districts so that we could easily reach the quota of $30,000. The percentage figures printed below point the need of intensifying the raising of money for the Daily. Every district has a list of subscribers who have received the Red Shock Troop lists. tees should visit the readers and assist them in getting donations on the list. All Daily Worker Representatives should immediately organize such commiftees. | The following are the percentage of quota reached: District 1. 27.5 Percent District 10 7.9 Percent i District 2 130.0 Percent District 11 9.8 Percent i] District 3 12.2 Percent District 12 1.14 Percent District 4 19.5 Percent District 13 19.5 Percent | District 5 19.3 Percent | pistrict 6 80.0 Percent alee sde toarab tie } District 7 17.4 Percent District 16 4.6 Percent \ District 8 17.5 Percent District 17 45.3 Percent | District 9 6.6 Percent District 19 83.7 Percent | Since the report February 18, $245.68 came in making the total 15,750.06. Tnereases in the contributions will be noted daily in this appeal. Send }1 tunds immediately to the Daily Worker, 50 E. 13th St., New York., porrection: Friday's issue made an error in the amount District 15, the st amount is $295.16. District 16 was $7.00 which was credited to rict 15, This was a typographical error, dass Protest Sunday ver Yonkers Police ‘Attacks On Mectings' imprisons those who take part in them says, with his tongue in his cheek: “A permit is not necessary; we have free speech.” The latest meeting to be smashed ‘was one of unemployed workers, Feb. 17, Milton Weich and an unem- YONKERS, N, Y.. Feb. 20.—A mass lotent meactinn, fo avtatoh al workers “5 Of Woatore oka held Sunday at p incited, “4 m. al the Co-onern'ive Center, ore held on bail of $250 each, trial having been postponed at the first heaving, Feb. 18. It was in this case | that Judge Boote ruled: “A permit is not necessary, but the police have the right to break up any meeting; if you don’t like it, you can go to t 1p. “burton Aye., here. ‘ing is under the auspices Toternational Labor Defense is he take steps to break the rog-am of the police, who ttracts saat (oom court about it.” and T. L, PD, mass me? yg:.| Small chance a jobless worker * aoitthel are smashed, even would have in Judge Boote’s court! The Red Troop Commit- | though the very judge who fines and | | Mioyed carpenter were. arrested and. Jobless Occupy — Legislature Feb. 10; Now Plan Feb. 25 Aware of their growing strength in| ises.. the str uggle for unemployment in-| pened February 10. Ten thousand | national Fighting Day, Feb. 25. .... .-The events of February 10 has) proceedings and voiced their de- frightened the bosses and _ their | mands urging the legislative tribunal farmer-labor agents into oe of | as their own. pee picture shows the MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Feb. 20.— tenewed demagogy and empty prom- | jobless seizing the The picture shows what hp-| with the politicians squirming. by sheer mass pressure took ove> the | the ranks of the jobless filled the hall legislative hall George Powers, Communist candi- | date for mayor of Minneapolis led For three hours the reformist | the speakers in the demand for bread surance, workers here are preparing | jobless workers burst into .he leg-| agents of the bosses squirmed in their | an dnot starvation amidst plenty. for a great demonstration on Inter- | islative chambers shown above and| seats as speaker after speaker trom | Preparations for Foster's meeting March 2 in the Twin Cities (St. flimsy promises and hungry they and | ceeding rapidly and gives promise of their families are suffering under. | a big turnout. Program “This Atten| In the United States, France and Germany the anti-Soviet war front noon and Sunday j is being strengthened. A cable by} NEW YORK.—Tonight (Saturday) | the International Press Correspon- wili be a gala night at the big bazaar | “NC@ from Berlin to the Daily Worker today says: of the New York District of the In- | ternational Labor Defense which is entering its third day at Star Ca-| sino, 107th St. and Park Ave. Work- | ers of every nationality will discard their prosaic everyday clothes, will) don the garb of their native coun- | tries or any other outfits they can | dig up and joim in the great Inter- ‘s rs | national Costume Ball that will| fifths, admiés the French financial mark one of the high points of the| ¢xPert, Parmentier. Sauerwein is | bazaar. | the mouthpiece of the French for- Star Casino will be specially deco- | eign office and calls for a united ( | European front against the Soviet rated for the occasion and scintillat-| |~ a 3 ing music will be furnished by an| Union. | “Germania” supports the eight-piece orchestra, The best cos-| °*!! 8nd reproaches capitalist firms “Germania,” official organ of the Center Party, quotes an article by the French journalist, Sauerwein, published in “Matin,” a leading French newspaper, signaling the danger of the Five Year Plan to capitalism, The Five Year Plan is being carried out by at least four- Latest Needle Trades | COSTUME BALL AT French. Financier Admits Five- . | BAZAAR TONIGHT Year Plan Success; Wants War Strike News A late Worker, telegram to the Daily just as we go to press, states that in Philadelphia the strike called by the Needle Trades Workers’ Industrial Union here, has practically crippled the dress indusiry. More than 1,500 are now out on strike. for paqiareine the Soviet Union with materials and technical as- sistance, A cable dispatch from Paris by the | United Press states: | “The Soviet Five Year Plan of industrialization is between 75 and- 80 per cent successful, Jean Par- mentier, author of the French por- tions of the Dawes plan and the Young Plan, reported today after a tour of the Soviet Union, “Parmentier predicted that Rus- | |be rushed against the Soviet Union. | Representatives of the leading| | anti-labor and fascist patriotic or-| | ganizations appeared before the House Ways and Means Committee, | sia soon will imperil nations living | urging the banning of all Soviet im- | on export commerce. He alleged | ports as the first step to war against | that Russia had cut world oll | the Soviet Union., In all countries prices fifty per cent by flooding | there is an intensification on the world markets with 4,600,000 tons | art of the capitalists to rust of oil during 1930.” ibe pi rush war | against the Soviet Union as they For this reason the French im-' now admit that the Five Year Plan perialists go on to argue, war must is going through to completion. | all the hunger marchers, San Antonio Jobless Answer Heartless ( somedy of the Chamber of Commerce With Plans for Protest; Told, ‘ Philadelphia Workers, ‘No Jobs, No Meals” Jobless Hunger March at Noon; Demand Whole $8, 000, 000 City Lean From all points comes in wave of militancy on the pa employed in United States, to uanhast “thet indicates a new rt of the jobless and exploited join the current of demonstr: tions that will spread over the world on Feb- Hunger marches and demonstrations in all cities Feb. 25, International aay Ue nne Day, are to be fol- | hunger m: ites New. Jet and New York. More con SARCHIN ALBANY ences, and meetings will. or- ganize those who take part in. the Feb. 25 events, A thunderous demand 1 Tag Days ; Today And) Tomorrow For March) NEW YORK.—In preparation for less from. immediate starvation—a |concentrated drive to force the capi- talists to give food, and organization 0 take food if they will not give it— are on the order of the day now. ‘The action of national, state andicity g0v- ertiments has proved overwhelmingly the hunger march to Albany, begin- | that organized power is all they re- ning Feb. 26, when 500 unemployed | spect, that the jobless must fight or workers will march to the state dic capitol to demand immediate unem- £ . . ployment telief, the Madison Square, State March, Dewntown and Marine Unemployed J., Feb. 20.—Through Councils elected their delegations | mass demonstrations, open air meet- yesterday. ings afd daily meetings of the unem- Meetings of these delegations have | ployed councils, the jobless of Nv J. |already been held, captains were | are mobilizing and preparing for the chosen and companies formed for the march. Plans are rapidly going forward all | along the route to greet the delega- tion and to hold mass demonstrations to arouse the workers in the fight | for immediate relief and unemploy- ment insurance. On Monday afternoon at 2 p. m. lieutenants, etc., will meet at Irving Plaza Hall, Irving Place and 15th St. Tag Day Today. Thousands of workers in New York | City must consider it their unques- | tionable task to participate in the Tag Days, Feb. 21 and Feb. 22, in j order to make the hunger march of ; the representatives of New York | state’s more than 2,000,000 unem- ployed an effective protest against | hunger and a successful demand for unemployment insurance. The march will begin Feb. 26. The | route will be along the Hudson River | CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) which include handcraft contributed | by workers of the Soviet Union. | This afternoon (Saturday) a special | program is being arranged at the | |bazaar for working-class children. | | Mass singing and a pantomime on) | political prisoners will be the features | | of this program which is being pre- | sented by the Young Pioneers and | the Junior Defenders. The bazaar will conclude Sunday | | with Trade Union Night, when an- | tumes will receive unusual prizes, More Than THIS CHECK IS IN FULL PAYMENT OF THE FOLLOWING IF INCORRECT PLEASE RETURN ENDORSEMENT IS FULL ACKNOWLEDGMENT NO RECEIPT NECESSARY 300 N. Y. Shops Out in Dress Strike; Philadelphia Strikers Cripple Needle Industry | HUDSON DRESS CO. | | MANUFACTURERS OF HOUSE DRESSES - APRONS - NOVELTIES other interesting program will be presented. All the proceeds will go to defend militant workers being DATE INVOICE AMOUNT persecuted by the courts and to fight the deportation of foreign-born workers, ‘ OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK ST TWENTY THIRD ST. B: CIGAR WORKERS WIN THE STRIKE Led By T. U. U. L: At Blum De Lux Shop NEW YORK.—Fighting under the te [TT ers] NET AMOUNT DO NOT DETACH leadership of the Trade Union Unity League against discrimination in) a f wage rates, for recognition of their) (C°™PenY Union) shops lop committee, and for other de- joined ne more that 300 dres ands, 20 workers in the Blum de, '3 © ‘ablishments now on Lux cigar shop. The strike started| °° Under the leadership of last week, and was settled today, Ani! Needle : the workers have applied to joi) the; Umion, affiliated with Food Workers’ Industrial Unidn of | Union Unity League. The strike movement is’ develop- the T. U. U. L. The victory is the more important because the employer | ing so rapidly in Philadelphia that the thorongily corrupt “Interna galled in the F. L, union to help him break the Strike, ional’ may be driver, completely antes) BY AA aan NEW YORK. — Eighteen more the the Trade |strations are being strike | 25 of whom haye been arrested ever Trades Workers Industrial | tire dress industry in’ Philadeiphia out of town. Enthusiastic demon- held cai pite police terrorism azainst pis | vesterday afternoon, imposed on the dress- in this shop may be grasped the salaries which they | were paid—$5 a week for 60 hours of work, . The Settlement Committee of the union started yesterday to draw up agreements with the dozens of nee- dle trades bosses who have applied for settlements to end the strike, Although Bryant Hall, ebief meet- | by Tear day since the strike began. The en- | was Virtually paralyzed yesterday, the fourth day of the strike. The next brightest spot in the strike is Harlem, where one of the largest shops in the distriet, cmploy- ing 137 workers, walked out late NEW YORK ICH, 338 WEST 23™ ST. The extent of } o. 3064 . ala 193 /. Tre CHaAse Nationan Bann 2] ers, has a capacity of 1,500 it can’t come near holding all the strikers who are constantly streaming in and | out of the place. At a meeting of | the Shop Chairmen Committee yes- terday, every seat was taken and the aisles and hallawys were packed. The spirit of these valiant fighters There will be one captain and four lieutenants for each com- | pany. captains, | ing place of the striking dressmak- / CONTINUED ON PAGE Two) Trenton start Feb, days, eve erishly Hu nger March that will During these last fev city in the state is fev- fying its activities. mployed Council of Linder indoor and outdoor me t which hundreds of wor are present, both Negro and white. The unemployed council heré took up the fight of an unemployed Negro worker whose water was turned off (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) HEAR RAYMOND MONDAY NIGHT Reception To Released Jobless Leader NEW YORK.—Harry Raymond, | just released from ten month's im- | prisonment for being one of the rep- resentatives and leaders of the great March 6 demonstration of. theun- employed, will be a main speaker at @ mass reception given him by the workers led nearly a year ago on | Union Square. The other spealers will be Israel Amter, J. Lovis Ene- dahl, and a representative of the | Marine Workers Industrial . Union. | The mass reception, to which all are invited, will be held Mond at 8 p. m,, at Irving Plaza Hall. Raymond was interviewed yester- day by the Daily Worker, and has written a special call to the unem- ployed, both of which will be printed in Monday's of the Daily Worker. He gives some hair raisi: details on conditions in the many bastile. Order Mon. Tues Wed., for Feb. 25 Build International Unem- ployment Day demonstrations by using the Daily Worker be- fore Feb. 25 to rally masses, A thorough distribution of the Daily Worker one or two days hefore the demonstration in- sures close contacts with work- ers and mobilizes them for mass meetings. Order bundles for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at | cent a copy for small orders, $8 per thousand. (Sixty thousand ¢lrenlation news page 5.) issue Tam-