The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 2, 1931, Page 9

March, 1931 x gh ad ee lS Page Five is Fight for Bread March 8: ~ Starvation and Mass Unemployment in Capitalist U. S. A. In U. S. A.—Where Workers Starve Freedom For | Women of Central Asia The woman of Central Asia en- slaved under czarism, is now an active participant in the life of the country under the Sovicts, The veil worn by the native woman showed her position before the Revolution. She was bought and traded as were ordinary pieces of livestock. This condition was encouraged under czarism. In the years following the Revo- lution came the rise of the position of the woman in Central Asia, The condition of slavery that was sym- bolized by the veil was not abolish- ed by decree but by systematic education (before the Revolution the woman was totally illiterate), by the drawing of the women into industry, by the organization of the collective farms which made it obligatory for all members to function on an equal basis and to abolish the slave conditions. A whole series of special clubs Were organjzed which had as their purpose the abolition of these slave conditions in which education ac- tivities were carried on in this di- rection. Trade schools were or- ganized specifically for these wom- en in order to make it possible to draw them more effectively into socialized industry. Children’s Homes and creches Were organized on a large scale enabling the woman to function in the life of the shop and community. The campaign to liquidate illi- teracy has almost been completed. The results of this campaign are that the woman of Central Asia ean be found today actively parti- vipating in the Sovietssin the building of the socialist industry and in the forefront of the lead- ing organ of the workingclass, the Communist Party. ~ From 100 per cent of the wom- en wearjng the veil only about 20 per cent can be found today and these in the backward village where the campaign of socialization of the land has not yet penetrated. ONLY 3 PC. OF STARVING : FED = NEW YORK. — Only 30,- 6000 food packages were dis- _ ° tributed in a week and the - ¢:Mayor’s committee® express- “ed its “regret” that lack of sufficient funds compelled it to withhold relief from un- married men and women, old and young alike. The com- mittee “finds itself unable to help these cases other than with some bread tickets.” Even capitalist papers ad- mit now that there are 800,- 000 unemployed in New York City. v ‘WRITE FOR THE WORKING WOMAN Qarvt arr SOVIET LENION SES. CARE fon THE CH OF WORKING MOTHERS. INTHE U.$.0. ONLY THE RICH CAN STUDY, WORKERS H@UE TO LEAVE SCHOOL AT AN AGE To MaKe ALIVING, Woman worker in a Goodyear Rubber factory in U. S. A., working under speed-up for starvation wages. Hundreds of thousands of women workers are unemployed and starving in the U. S. A. More and more of them are joining the revolutionary trade unions to fight starvation. Bosses Mobilize Women For Imperialist War Demonstrate March 8, International Day, For Defense of Soviet Union By ANNA ROCHESTER (Author of “Labor and Coal’) “To serve their country in national emergencies of peace or war,” is the motto of a new organization, the Betsy: Ross Corps of women aviators. This “semi-military body aims to serve as a sort of auxiliary aerial motof corps,” explains its first commander in an interview with a eapitalist press reporter. It will be called upon for such jobs as “ferrying new planes from the factory to the zone of actual war operations and piloting aerial am- bulances, thus releasing valuable flying men for service at the front.” War Dept. Takes Interest “Both the army and navy have indicated a friendly and apprecia- tive interest in the Betsy Ross Corps movement,” the commander reports. Of ‘céurse the War Dept. and the Navy Dept.*takes a lively | interest in such definite prepara- tions for the coming war in which women will play a most important part. Neither the Betsy Ross Corps commander nor any representative of the Army and Navy state pub- licly just’ what the “national em- ergency of peace” may mean, but class-conscious workers know that it means any strike struggle in which the National Guard or any other division of the U. S. War Department is called out to break the strike. In such a “peace em- ergency,” this corps of women pi- lots will stand ready to help the ruling class against the working class. a. €ARLY -_ é “IN TH THE WORKERS ARC THE ONES Not only in actual war units like the Red Cross and the new aviation corps, but in 40 patriotic societies, women are prepared for war and particularly for war against the Soviet Union. The Women’s Patri- otic Conference on National De- fense met recently in Washington, claiming to represent 2,000,000 women. This conference included the American Legion Auxlfafy, the American War Mothers. and the Daughters. of the American Revolution. Aiming frankly~at “adequate appropriations for the military service,” these women are organized in opposition to the Sov- iet Unon and the international working class movement, On International Women’s Day, March 8th, women and men work- ers together pledge their solidarity against these war preparations of the capitalist class. We recognize our solidarity with workers of other countries and wth those who are building socialism in the work- ers’ republic. We organize in de- fense of the Soviet Union. Tell your fellow workers about the Working Woman. WORKERS’ FATHEALAND WAO SECURE ECUVERY CULTURAL sss tigare SAY citron WOMEN BITTERLY EXPLOITED IN INDUSTRY; ANSWER WILL BE GREATER ORGANIZED STRUGGLE A. F. of L. Endorses Bosses’ Maneuvers Against The Working Woman; March 8 To Be Big Day By WILLIAM Z. FOSTER In their efforts to throw the burden of the crisis off their own shoul- ders the capitalists use many devices. They not only make a head-on attack against the working class as a whole, heaping upon it the weight of unemployment, wage cuts, etc., but they also niake special attacks upon the least protected sections of the workers. It is in line with this general strategy that we see the Fish Committee making such a vicious onslaught agajnst the foreign-born workers. Likewise, the present growing lynching terror against the Negroes. Naturally, in such a situation the women workers would be sure to face a special attack, and this has not delayed in developing. They have been subjected to the most vicious wage cuts, speed up, and lay offs. Now there is a definite move to drive whole categories of them out of industry altogether. This is being done as one of the typical fake capitalist “remedies” against unemployment. The slo- gan is that all women who are omply supported by their hus- band’s wages or by other family income must get out of industry and be supplanted by male work- ers, A. F. of L. Endorses Bosses’ Maneuvers This movement is quite wide- spread. For .example, Governor Allen’s unemployment committee in Massachusetts seems to think that this is a very important way to contribute to the liquidation of unemployment. Of course, the A. F. of L., which reflects every re- actionary ‘move of the bosses, sup- ports. this maneuver also. The Women’s Trade Union League joins in the attempt to drive the women from imdustry. Various local bodies of the A. F. of L. do the same, gs for example, the Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor, which openly endorses the bosses’ plans. The alleged purpose of this lat- est scheme is to eliminate “pin money” workers and give their employment to deserving heads of families. But this is nonsense. Aside from being one of the many ways for shoving upon the work« ers the burden of maintaining the unemployed, it is also a very def- inite part of the employers’ ra- tionalization program. Older Women Driven From Industry It is highly significant that it is the older women workers who are being driven from _ industry. Whereas just ten years ago the census showed that over sixty per cent of women workers were aged from 25 to 45, now the rule is not to hire women workers over 27 years, old. As also in the case of men workers, the capitalists want only the most active and strong. But, typically, they cover up this brutality with hypocriti- cal pretenses of promoting the welfare of the workers. Our Party and the Trade Union Unity League must, of course, take up militantly the defense of the women workers from these at- tacks. We must unreservedly fight for the right of all women, mar- ried or not, to work in the in- dustries. We must put forward our Whole program of special demands for women workers. The fight of women for the right to work is one of the most fundamental as- pects of the woman’s struggle for emancipation. March 8 a Good Opportunity But in order for this fight to be made more effectively, all our or- ganizations must take up energeti- caily the question of organizing the womey. \#As, yet, badly ja start has madé 'at this vital work in » instances.f e . franization pf Ww tn enart- ment in all stages of* onr’ Party structure is very important. And likewtse the intensification of -the work among women by all the Demand Hot Food For Mich. Children DETROIT, Mich. — A coun- cil of working women was or- ganized at Warren Township three weeks ago and this coun- cil has already begun work. The members of this coun- cil, together with the local un- employed council, went to the school board and placed the following demands: That workers’ children be given hot dinners in school; that the gym of the school be given to the Workers’ Athletic Club for use (this demand was already granted); that workers of Warren Township be allow- ed to use the gym for an open forum on Sunday, The answer was that “the board would have to write to Lansing, Mich. before they could grant any of the de- mands. ; At the last meeting of the Working Women’s Council of Warren Township, a commit- tee was elected to go to the school board and demand an an- swer, and if the demands are not granted, then the council is going to call mass meetings and organize to appear before the school board in a mass de- monstration. TRAINING WOMEN FOR THE IMPERIALIST WAR PITTSBURGH, Pa. — As part of the bosses’ war scheme a crack girl’s rifle team was organized in the Carnegie Technical Institute in Pittsburgh, under the leadership of an officer from the Reserve Offi- cers’ Training Corps. The bosses and their government propose to use women in active service in the next imperialist war which they are preparing against the Soviet Union. Working class women ail over the United States will pledge to defend the Soviet Union on In- ternational Women’s Day. CUT STEEL WAGES With the merging of the Bethle- hem Steel Corporation and Me- Clintic-Marshall, which makes this the second largest steel corpora- tion in America, the wages of the workers in the Leetsdale, Pa. plant were cut from 35 cents and 45 cents to 25 cents. eee unions affiliated to the Trade Un- ion Unity League. An excellent opportunity for us to rally the women to our stand ards is presented by International Women’s Day on March 8, This day will be the occasion for dem» onstrations and organization work of all kinds in every country, With even a little work on our part large numbers of women in American industry can. be aroused ims contection :with: the 7 gendral x sueat ipa drawr closer to ” grants organization ‘ must pe e@ pl. pa es Day a big success. It must be made the point from which a new era in our wank Ww will date. ree * Otte <2 Pre a