The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 26, 1931, Page 3

20,000 ATTEND FUNERAL OF FOUR CZECH UNEMPLOYED MURDERED AT DUX DEMONSTRATION FOR RELIEF Workers Pledge to Carry On Struggle Against Capitalisza; Warn Against Feb. 25th ats PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia—The four worker victims of police bloodlust in Dux were buried. The authorities, who had confiscated the corpses, refused to permit a joint burial and ordered the burial of two of the victims in Dux on Saturday and. the burial of the remaining two victims in Hostomitz on Sunday. On Friday evening a column of workers from Komotau, 40 kilometres away, set out to march to the burial, and the next morning a similar column of workers from Aussig, also many kilometres distant, set out. Columns of workers marched with orepe-hung red flags from all the mining districts in the neighborhood. ‘The authorities were compelled hur- riedly to withdraw their prohibition of demonstrations and processions. Hundreds of extra police had been drafted into the district, but they did not show themselves on the streets. 20,000 workers took part in the Tuneral processions. The deputies and. senators of the Communist Party marched atthe head~of the processions and speeches were deliv- ered at the graveside by representa- tives of the Communist Party. The assembled workers raised their hands in silence and pledged themselves to carry onthe class struggle for the overthrow of the bourgeoisie and the establishment of the proletarian dic- 30,000 DEFY POLICE TERROR IN —$ $$$ tatorship. After the funeral thou- sands of workers marched through the streets of Dux singing revolu- tionary songs and carrying red flags. Under the impression of the power- ful demonstration, even the bour- geois press warns the government against, insisting on its -~prohibition of demonstrations on International Unemployment Day on February 25th. The communist daily, “Rude Pravo” publishes a number of let- ters from social democratic work- ers declaring their intention of join- ing the Communist Party under the Influence of the Dux events. The Communist Party is organizing 4 broad campaign for the mutulization of the February 25th demonstra- tions. eee are es oe SE lhe errr me ao ese zt MILITANT BOSTON DEMONSTRATION (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) nere today with 6,000 voting for the ‘Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill, ‘The mayor, seeing the meet- ing already in process, granted a permit. ‘ “BOSTON, Mass., Feb. 25.—Singing the International, defending © their speakers from arrest, and absolutely defying the order of the city govern- eo ment and the police that there) should be no demonstration, 30,000 employed and unemployed workers staged a militant demonstration to- Way on Boston Common as their an- swer to the failure of the national government and the city and state ‘to do anythihg about unemployed re- Nef and insurance. The crowd shouted, “Support the ‘World Jobless,” and staged a hunger march actoss the Common and down Essex Street. On-the way the cry ‘was raised, “Support the Lawrence Strike”! a Police attacked many times, and ‘finally broke up the demonstration though even then the demonstrators -milled around on the Common, and small actions lasted for over an hour and a half, Many were arrested. Lieberman, of the Young Com- munist League, was the first speaker. He was followed by Johnston, a Negro war veteran, unemployed. ‘Then Harry Center, .imprisoned dur- ing the Sacco Vanzetti ‘struggle spoke, The police were out man- euvered when Saul, secretary of the Council of the Unemployed spoke for 20 minutes from a tall tree while the police were trying to dislodge him, and Police Superintendent Crowley stood underneath grinding his teeth. All those arrested made a firm re- sistance. ‘Those arrested were: Harry, J. Canter,’ Mark Lieberman, Joseph Cubrist, Dora Dalevitch, Anna Block, (Sol Benjamin, Stanley Johnston, Goldie Waldman. All are charged with “making loud outcries,” “speak~ ing without a permit,” etc. Waldman is also charged with assault and bat- tery on a policeman. a le |e PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Feb. 25.— Thirty-five thousand demonstrated here at the city hall Plaza today for unemployment relief. Ten thousand Independence Square, where they held an enthusiastic demonstration. From Independence Square they marched to the city hall, where T, U. U. L, and Unemployed Council | speakers addressed the crowd. The demonstrators sent in a committee to lay the demands of the starving jobless before the mayor. The mayor stated, “I can’t see you, I have a luncheon engagement!” The delega- tion saw the mayor's secretary, who demands for relief and food and no evictions, etc., are illegal!” When the delegation reported back to the crowd, it was very resentful, and booed the mayor lustily. After this demonstration, the crowd marched to Broadway Arena, where they packed the hall, some could not get in. Hundreds joined the unem~- ployed councils, The striking dressmakers marched in the demonstration under their own banners. “8 6 CHESTER, Pa., Feb. 25.—Thou- sands demonstrated here, Negro and white workers together, the first such demonstration ever held here. . YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Feb, 25— Five thousand demonstrated here to- day. The militancy of the crow prevented arrests. 5,000 Reading Workers Force “Socialist” Maycr to Hear Demands 5,000 In Reading. READING, Pa. Feb. 25.—Five thousand employed and unemployed workers jammed the street in front of the tity hell today after 2,000 had marched there from Second and Penn Sts. in the largest unemploy- ment demonstration Reading ever saw. In the morning a delegation of 15 made demands in the name of the starving jobless here on the city council. -- / One demand was that the city council should endorse the Workers’ Unemployment Insurance Bill. This afternoon the socialist mayor, Stump, said that he would endorse the bill. It was very evident to all that the 1,000 Defy Police. HARTFORD, Conn., Feb. 25.—In spite of the attempts of the police to prevent a demonstration in Hartford, Conn., one thousand workers staged a militant demonstration and Us- tened to four speakers were Prebor of the Unemployed Councils, Schneider- man of the Communist Party, Krook of the Young Communist League and Jackson of the Trade Union Unity League. Following the demonstra- tion ® march was organized to the Unemployed Council headquarters, where 33 immediately joined the council, Burlak Speaks, . Fight On At Waterbury. NEW BEDFORD, Mass,, Feb. 25.— An enthusiastic meeting of 900 work- ers gathered in the city common in New ford, Mass. Ann Burlak, one of the Atlanta defendants; Cree- masse to city hall. They were re+ fused permission by a cordon of dicks, who stated that Mayor Ashley is sick and the acting mayor is not in. Jeers |of them had marched at 12 noon to said, “There isn’t a thing to do, your Alva Vee $1,500,000 for Memorial As Jobless Starve Bruceville, Ind. Editor Daily Worker: ‘This city has @ population of 17,532 people. ‘The Clark Memorial is being pushed here by the leading politicians getting an appropriation from the national government of $1,000,000. $100,000; Indiana, $300,000; for pur- Knox Co., $100,000; City of Vincennes, pose of building this monument, They have in this city what they call charity. When a worker ap- plies to the trustee for relief he is sent to the wood pile to cut wood for which he receives an order for $2 worth of groceries which must last his family # full week. As there are so many destitute families here they only permit them one order a week. There are be- tween 1,200 here and 2,500 in Vin- cennes whose only means of a live- lihood is this poodpile starvation ration. ‘The leading citizens of this place fare greatly interested in the histor- not interested in the suffering of the twelve hundred starving families. —D. WwW. FORCED LABOR (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) left to die of hunger, of “tens of thousand of human beings who have been rounded up to work in chains on farms, in industries, port-works and roads, of the 100,000 Venezuelans driven into exile.” Beals refers Mr. Stimson to “the foreed labor conditions in Venezuela” contained in the Congressional Rec- ord of June 3 and 24, or of the ‘forced labor approximating slavery’ which is the very basis of the Gomez tyranny.” Gomez “has turned over national resourcés to the amount of 200 mil- lion dollars to Americans, and prob- ably an equal amount to Britishers.” He has a personal fortune exceeding three hundred million dollars. He seizes native property at, will, nam- ing the price he will pay; and woe betide the owner who refuses to. sell. from thousands of miles of fertile might grow fat in bucolic tranquility. the rare birds of the earth. The far corners of the globe are combed for exotic luxuries, His concubines are innumerable; he is the father of over ninety known children, most of whom hold important governmental posts.” Such is the picture of the bloody dictator Gomez, whose murderous rule Stimson and his imperialist masters support, the while con- bull stories about Soviet Union, the production for the exclusive intercsis of the workers and poor peasants. “trikers Force Mill Sheriff to Arrest 3 Who Killed a Picket STROUDSBURG, Pa. Feb. 25.7 Strikers here, assembled in angry masses outside of the mills where three scabs, Miller, Arnold and Bago were working after having shot into an automobile full of pickets and killed one and wounded two others. Hl i i Hi Fee I ' vligil here. They marched through the central business district PHILA. PAGE RECEIVES — |WACE CUT DRIVE PA. RAISES BUNDLE), ., cui ttiners Pay rhe) wy es 5 P. C. More n,.and its regu- | BRUSSELS, Belgium.—As reported, | . he district ap- | the Belgian mine-owners demanded | rhtened for the |a further wage-cut of 5 per cent for ational of- | all Belgian miners. The negotiations | do its share | were deliberately protracted in order will get the max- | to give the reformist leaders time to | prepare their treachery and to wait |for the result of the miners’ strug- | gles in the Ruhr and in South Wales. ’ CLUB | Now that the miners in these two districts, have been betrayed, the Bel- ee anh ies ay ‘into the open and betray their fol- day, this wa: nged to 100. H. |R."5., Dally’ Worker representative of | oWers also. They have agreed to the | | Reading, writes: employers’ demand on the ground | Ss “3 that the reduction of food prices to| be announced by the government jJus- tifies the cut. This new wage-cut is to come into operation on the first of February. In order to make it easier for the Philadelphia lost no time in re- acting to its first district issue of Feb. 19, and sent us comments, sug- | Fek @estions and self-criticism, | “As to the Philadelphia page, it| Philadelphia has or-| ages, one for the | Reading, Pa “This was because of my having secured three additional members of the Reading Unemployed Coun- cil to sell the Daily, besides John %., who sells on the streets and is CRITICISM; READING, | ON IN BELGIUM Luge ince Crisis in Milwaukee Grows As Many Plants Shut Down;' Big Layoffs Close Down Entire Factories and Then Recall A Few Hundred Only | ge Cuts Accompany These Shutdowns: Must Spur Jobless Relief Fight Milwaukee, Wise. Daily Worker: The S. and N. W. R.R. shops at New Bowlder, where 35¢ men were working all year round, have been closed down tight, since Dec- 16, 1930. The C. M. St. Paul and Pacific R.R. shop where more than 2,000 men were employed were closed before Xmas, and now only about 400 or 500 men are working only three days a week. All the section and yards crews of these two companies, here as well as throughout their whole system, are working, three days a week, most of them working at 30 cents an hour, and paying one dollar a day for board to Mr. E. Darmott, who has a contract of the ical part of this place and proud of their patriotism. But they are IN VENEZUELA an immediate success. In a few days X will undoubtedly have or- | ganized a Builders’ Club and the bundle of 100 will probably soon be insufficient.” cy came true. H.R. J, | y, Z. 50 a day, of the special adelphia edition. The ial- of Reading are in for some sur- SOME WORKERS IN Your. factoRy SHOP | was rather poor,” writes M. Silver, Daily Worker representative, “and is | mainly due to the fact that we did |‘ not send in the proper material for it. While some assignments were | cut ‘GERMAN JOBLESS trade union leaders, the mine-owners now demand a further 5 per cent | This is to assist the reformist | trade union leaders to present their action in accepting the cut as “the lesser evil.” | | Two miners’ conferences took place | |in Liege and Charleroi toward the jend of January adopting measures | to fight against the combined attack | of the mine-owners and the reform- ist trade union leaders. whole system of the St. Paul Road. The Brix Radiator Manufacturing Co. closed its doors January Ist and is still closing tight. One of the biggest tin factories here was closed down Dec. 15, past and about « week ago called back only 200 men to work with 15 per cent reduction of their wages. The famous International Harves ter plant here where more than 5,001 men were working in normal tim now only about 500 are working on ——— 1 @ cer’ tain order, and according to | the information of those still work~ |ing there, will close their doors on March ‘fst. | The famous A. O, Smith corpora- tion’ laid off their men for three weeks, and when they called them | back, they had to go through a gee |eral clean-up, as a result of this, all those who were not citizens were chased away, also those who were not married ond those who had not re- ded in this city steady over five years, | | —A Worker, made, two of the most important items were not turned over in time. «+» Today's edition looks more like a San Jose Jobless Hold Rousing Meet; Prepare to Struggle for Relief extensive documentary evidence of He has driven thousands of settlers Chicago concentration. . . . While in the future we will try to have all articles in on time, the editorial de- partment might put a few finishing | touches in on the right day.” We wish to explain to Philadelphia, and to the other districts as well, that the guarantee is for four col- umns of space only. However, when- | ever possible, the district editions | have carried additional articles on the back page. But we must make clear that the national edition after all must serve the whole country, and to use the front page, in addition to the second page, for news of only one section would not be carrying out the functions of the “Daily.” . | “One more shortcoming was that | whatever material there was, was confined 10 Philadelphia,” con- tinues. Mr, Silver. This will have to be remedied. Unless the sec- This is Grantham De Royal, member of the N, ¥. Red Builders’ News Club who was arrested for selling Daily Workers in the Union Square station of the I. Re . Brought into the Club by John | Barnes about a month ago, ‘he'sells'‘ an average of 30 to 50 a day. Plas- jon trucks, tenders, motorcycles and | | streets. + Most labor exchanges to-deprive the’ DOMINATE BERLIN Great Demonstrations in All Centers (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) mounted detachments patrolled the | ‘There were specially heavy concentrations in the working class districts of Neukoelln and Wedding and around the Karl Liebknecht House, headquarters of the Commun- ist Party of Germany. Even the traf- fic cops were armed. The capitalist press has to admit that thousands of workers ‘were demonstrating under Communist leadership, y At noon’ the police closed down uneniployed ‘of° their ‘concentration | land in order that his own cattle terer by trade, “I'm sellitig” the '| points. "The first serious collisions o¢- Daily to make a living,” he told the | curred at the central labor exchange judge. “I've got no other way, and | where the police used th eir anes Ym going to keep on selling the | ps tions will be represented in the | columns of the Daily, we will not | be in a position to involve them in San Jose, Cal. Daily Worker: Between 700 and 1000 unemployed workers, attended a mass meeting of the Unemployed Council in St. James Park Today (Feb. 15). Fifteen cops were on hand to in- timidate the workers who are get- ting in a fighting mood, but no ar- rests were made though the cops have been looking for six Commu- nists, Many Destitute Comrade Howe exposed City Manager Goodwin who says that all needy families are being taken care of by reading a list of 500 names of destitute families out of a list of 1200 gathered iy ihe Unemploy- ed Council. Comrade Howe took Goodwin around to see some of the starving families over a week ago and he said they would be taken care of immediately, After five days enough to three families, ‘The police, however, are prom- | ising free food in the shape of machine gun bullets, tear gas for free gas, and fire hose for free water and free rent they'll get in jail, while free transportation will be deportation for foreign born workers, San Jose which is in Santa Clara County is in an agricultural dis- trict and has been somewhat back- ward in getting started in the | struggle of the workers against | starvation. But San Jose is no ex- ception and the workers of San Jose will fight the same as any other workers against unbearable conditions, On February 25th the workers of San Jose will do their part and demonstrate along wtih the rest of the workers in the world wide demonstration of the unemployed the sale of the paper.” | Daily Worker.” “Case disr without succeeding to disperse the | the strike. They may come out today. Company Asks Conference Yesterday afternoon Mayor Mich- ael A. Landers, and two members of the “citizens’ committee” (the usual strike-breaking organization of local business men) met with the Company “agents”; Lamont of the Wood mill, Johnson of the Washington mill, Schulz of the Ayer mill and the com- pany’s “general manufacturing agent” J. Sime Mercer, and after a confer- ence behind closed doors, sent the cit- izens’ committee to invite the whole strike committee to conference today at 9 a.m. ‘The employters were anxious for a conference last night oh settlement of the strike, but Edith “Berkman, National ‘Textile Workers Union or- ganizer here, and other members of the strike committee visited the city hall last night only to state that it would be not until this morning that the whole strike committee could be assembled. The strike committee members and the N.T.W. refuse to enter into any discussion until the whole committee, which is elected on a departmental and mill basis, by the themselves, can come to- gether, Against Pay Cut, Speed-Up. The demands of the strikers are for rescinding of the wage cuts, which are in the form of abolition of over time pay and abolition of extra pay for the night shift; abolition of the speed-up, withdrawal of “efficiency experts” and recognition of the Na- tional Textile Workers Union and mill committees. The strikers demand time and a half for overtime. ‘The strike started February 16 with @ walk out of 33 in the combing de- partment of the Washington mill, in up the wage cut, the efficiency ex- perts, and the nine comb system if the strikers would return, without and as individuals. before the opening hour, 7:15 mM. yesterday, thousands gathered the mill gates. Organizers made speeches, When the whistles blew, only a few went in the Wash- ington and Wood, and a larger num- ger went into the Ayer. e and immediately the process of tak- ing down the Ayer began. Within a short time everybody was out. Mounted police patrols hustled the Pickets, and finaly broke up the crowds, Rr ss ' Strike Spread Tuesday in Face of Company Offer and Terrorism (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) Many of | those entering the Ayer were pickets, | force again, and again police at- tacked. Mass picketing was reported at.5.p:.m,, closing time for the day shift,-and wagain the police attacked. In spite of police interference, and | three arrests, the picketing was a complete success, Tt was after the third picketing that the company officials and the mayor got together and asked for a conference with the strike committee. The strike committee insists that the citizen's committeeshould not be allowed at the conference. Three Sentenced One of the men arrested was fined $50, one was fined $100, and the mid- dle aged woman arested was fined $50 and sentenced to ten days. All will have their cases appealed. 4 Great strike meeting were in pro- gress yesterday and today. Organi- zation to raise relief and to perfect picketing is being rushed. Governor Ely of Massachusetts has notified the company and the mayor sistance if needed,” which probably is a threat to send the militia, COLLISIONS ON THE UP GRADE (Cable by Inprecorr) BERLIN, Feb. 24.—Yesterday even- ing in Bramstedt collisions occurred between the Stahlhelm Fascists and the Reichsbanner. Seven were seri- ously injured, and numerous were lightly injured. Yesterday evening in Dusiburg collisions between police and work- ers resulted in many workers injured, and .on epoliceman wounded seri- ously. Yesterday collisions occurred be- tween fascists and communists in Coléene. Several Were injured. A Fascist was sent to the hospital. A Fascist meeting in Marburg ended in a fight during which the hall was wrecked and fourteen work- ers were seriously injured, Police batoned the demonstration in Stuttgart against the arrest of Doctor Wolf. Collision with the Pascists also occurred. A policeman was shot and a Fascist was wounded. ‘Police were unable to disperse an anti fascist demonstration in Wolf- enbuettel, whereupon, whereupon the Reichswehr were called out. ‘Twenty-six were sent to the hos- pital in Braunscheig during the Fas- cist. excesses on Sunday. Yesterday evening severe fighting in Zittau took place between Fas- cists and Communists. Police slugged repeatedly. Four police and twenty-five others were injured. A socialist was shot dead. Police pro- i demonstrations, ‘ that he “stands ready to give all as- | demonstrating ‘workers. The © cops’, | then fired into the cfowa, one worker | reported to have been’ killed. Workers Defend Selves. The demohstration before the Neus koelln Town Hall was only broken up| after heavy fighting, during which the | workers defend themselves with sticks | and stones against the clubbing po lice. It is reported that many police+ men and officers were injured. By noon over 100 workers had been arrested. The streets in the working class districts ‘Wedding, Neukoelin, Pankow, étc., were black with demon+ strating workers. The workers used the tactics of keeping the police con- tinuously on the run, by clearing the streets before the clubbing squads, but immediately reforming in dense crowds behind their backs. The joined main demonstration of employed and unemployed workers are taking place now, after the close of the factories. Thousands of armed police are unable to prevent the pro- hibited demonstration. In many cases the unemployed workers entered shops and took food Without paying. The capitalist press uses this for exaggerating scare head- lines about “plundering.” ‘The dem- onstraters are using speaking chorus- es, shouting in unison: “Hunger!” “Down with the government!” etc. The police ate getting increasingly nervous, dashing around like mad and invariably coming too late. Heavy collision are reported in the suburb Charlottenburg where the un- employed smashed the showcases, windows, et¢., of a movie house, show- ing a reactionary film. In the suburb Reinickendorf several cops were in+ jured in collisions during the after- noon. Shops closed down. The police raided the local Com- munist headquarters In Wedding and arrested everyone present. * -. Many Demonstrations in Czechoslovakia, PRAGUE, Feb, 25.—Unemployed demonstrations occurred in the morn- ing in many large towns. A proces- sion at Bratislava was dispersed by police and Communist mayor and deputy. arrested. The demonstration at Munkachevo was addressed by the Oommunist deputy Sedoryak who was also arrested. Many demonstrations and strikes took place at mine pits, Dozens of active revolutionaries were arrested. Many demonstrations are reported in the suburbs. Numerous leaflet distributors were arrested. food for about one meal was sent | masses. ‘Use Convict Labor to Build Virginia Roads Washington, D. C. Daily Worker:— Referring to enclosed clippings (from the Washington Star: Alington County Court House, Va.-—Major L. H. Jones in charge of Virginia’s prison camps, spent yesterday here making a survey of possible sites for the camp that will house the convicts to be used in the grading of the Lee Boulevard route.) Atlington County is straight across the Potomac from Washington, lies less than three miles from the offices of the Ham that talks Ike a Fish. He might as well be an oysteras far as saying anything against this convict labor his own back yard is concerned—he’s too busy weeping for the “poor oppressed Russians.” Most of Virginia's roads are built by convict labor and Hoover rides over nearly one hundred miles of convict built highway every week-end when he visits his Rapidan camp. -I.W. Gets A Quarter for 5 Hours Work New York, N. Y. was wanted. I applied and got the pring trend hihi tae job. After working for 5 hours the am unemployed ani is morn- ing while Tooking for work Y saw. |. 7S Sos Cheap enbugn f cttte ne a sign in the window of a fairly | * quarter, They also had a rush large sized cafeteria on Eighth Ave. | hour that would have put many ca~ and 3ist Street, in which a bus boy | feterias to shame. —B. G. ‘Lumber Industry Plun Portland, Ore, ges Deeper Into Crisis lay-off prior to that. The usual bo- loney-of opening in two Weeks Was passed, out. K. C. Spalding did their little bit to make a good liar out of their Qregonian with a 24-hour no- tice of shutdown in their mill near | Salem, Ore, They tumed loose over 200. workers with the “sorry line,” alse, There ts not over five per eent of the entire lumber industry work- ing now and that is on “emergency shifts”; such shifts being 2 and 7 (lays swith intense speed-up and low wages. Loggers and other lumber workers are flocking to Portland ith. out any funds at all to matntair Many Discharges. them. Families in the woods are 4¢- This outfit ran three camps and | tually starving and there is no hope six sides and employed over 1,000) for a pick-up as the lumber industry lumber workers and had been run-|is one of the first doomed te go in ning for a month after a two months | modern progress. Nets $2.04 After Ten Day’s Work In Anthracite WILKES-BARRE, Pa, — I havejon, and our pay was docked a8 we worked in the coal mines of the An- Sant bey betsy we thracite for quite a few years, and Standing around pointing out those have never seen conditions such a age tat. Ges oan hectaih yen they are now, Last week I got my/seives out of a job. I had to pay, and after ail the deductions / $2.00 out of my pay of $2.04 for were made for supplies, for my la-| “Community Chest,” and came home borer, etc. I had exactly $2.04 left| with 4 cents for 10 days work. How for ten days work. long are we going to stand for this? The “Community Chest Drive” was —W. BE. Daily Worker. ‘The Oregonian, prize reactionary sheet of the lumber barons, carried % story in the issue of February 17) about the lumber business is picking | up and that men are going to work all over Washington and Oregon. This statement aimed to dupe the workers and make them tractable to their masters in the hard times now rampant here, receives a walloping smash in the activities of one of the biggest masters of the industry, Wey- | ethouser Lumber Co, who closed down on 48 hours notice their camp at Vale, Wash, CUT THIS OUT AND MAIL IMMEDIATELY TO THE DAILY WORKER, 50 E. 13th ST, NEW YORK O!T¥ $30,000 DA Enclosed find We pledge to build RED SHO EMERGENCY FUND NAME . ADDEESS Stee veeceeereeenersees, RED SHOCK TROOPS For ILY WORKER EMERGENCY FUND + Cemts ORKER or rEerere reer er eectererererrrrrtritttrrrrrererivtccrit Corre rere eerste etree rrerrerrrerrrerrrrrrrr ert