The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 11, 1931, Page 1

iS ee ee ee i eo 4 (Section of prunist os > Comm the Ras t Ls VIL, No. 113 Entered an second-class matter at the Post Office <fgp-21 at New York, N. ¥., under the act of March 3, 1879 Among the High Priests T the convention in Washington of the International Chamber of Com- merce, one of the high priests of capitalism, Wallace B. Donham, dean vf the Graduate School of Business Administration of Howard University, ‘old a group session last Friday, so dispatches state, that the unempl went of millions of men is challenging “western’—that is to say “capital- \st"—civilization, The "N. Y. Times reports his remarks as follows: “The failure of industry to adjust itself as regards the unemploy- ment of men eager and willing to work, Dean Donham said, MAY CREATE A DESIRE ON THE PART OF THE WESTERN POPULA- TION FOR A MORE SOCIALISTIC FORM OF GOVERN. «. He said that Russia had solved its problem of unemployment throug! a re-distribution of man power from the production of capital to the production of goods, and that western nations must solve their own employment problems in the same fashion.” While the professor has thrown a haze of wordy issue, his meaning is none the less clear. confusion over the He asserts that the Soviet Union L- solved unemployment by producing goods for use instead of for profit. He further asserts that by reason of this Soviet examp! (namely, the toiling masses) of the “western” (namely, the capitalist) world, “may” demand @ socialist system such as that now in construction in the Soviet Union. We might go further than the “may” and say that the demand is even now being raised by the class conscious vanguard of the toiling masses of the capitalist world. But the professor can voice only an abstraction of pious wishes when he states that the “western” (that is to say, the “cap- italist”) nations “must solve their own unemployment problems in the same fashion . | ups, n | mu: j east ys i ? | : “s | istic government” q Yet Donham and all his fellow In the same fashion Very well! But neither Dean Don! the Soviet adds, further along—“I have not the objectives of Soviet Russia Why, then, these windy words? the capitalist burden of the lution” of the world of capitalism at the Washington convention or out of it, fashion” of solving unemployment. isis must be borne by the worker: ham nor any one of the high priests really accept Dean Donham himself slightest sympathy with the major The answer is that. to carry through economic crisis, which is that the it is necessary that the working class assent to and accept the burden. But the wi the mise! are prese tion king class will not assent or accept, if the capitalist and starvation of unemployment, the wage cuts and speed- ented rudely and bluntly to them by such high priests of “solu- capitalism as Dean Donham, as harsh necessities which they, the workers, accept in order that “western” Why should it be saved?’—is (namely, “capitalist”) civilization be the question the workers will logic- ally raise. And Dean Donham correctly sees “a desire for a more social- coming out of mass discontent. yrhey are opposed to the when they gabble about ind finance”, jto their capitalist i Their plan, superficially for “major obj | ning” in the abstract. operation”, jeffective scale is a contradiction in anarchy”. “better organization” of they are merely trying to obtain the consent of the workers plans by clothdag them in terms of As one spokesman bluntly put it Jealous of one another that agreement is impossible’ high priests resist this very g jectives” of a socialist system. And “producti distribution “social well-being”. “better organization” of capitalism, is not ; the mere alteration of “methods” of production, of technique ox of pie: Despite all of the chatter about “agreements”, “co- “Chadbourne plans” and so on, “organized capitalism” on any terms, better defined as “organized “We are all so damned Hence as “inter- national trade should be encouraged”, or “tariffs should not discriminate”, ,or ‘fall nations should unite”, etc.. | But this very impossibility of agri all capitalists against the working cla: eement between one another, unites iss and its fortress, the Soviet Union. The “desire for a socialistic government” which Dean Donham sees, was jmet by this convention of world capitalists, by a plan for an attack on the {Soviet Union thinly disguised behind the phrase ‘ texercized only against dumping or other unfair practices”. ‘now understand the re... dumping”. And econom.: More. . The Federated Press he Soviet’'s ployment or other problems “in the as Dean Donham hypocritically said attack “labor conditions” to solve th papitalism! It is only the working class of anite employed and unemployed to stablished a Workers’ and Farmers’ “‘Embargoes should be Workers will for all the lying propaganda against “Soviet ttack precedes armed warfare! correspondent at Washington, after lepeating the pessimism of the: se high priests of capitalism confronting “scientific socialized productive methods”, declares: “But one after another, the Chamber spokesmen declared that socialist production would never be able to meet capitalist produc- tion in general, if capitalist governments did not dictate too much to employers as to labor conditions.” That, workers, means that the employers, far from solving the unem- same fashion” as the Soviet Union, they “must”; demand free reign to e capitalist ‘problem of maintaining the “western” nations, then? which” s desiring a socialistic government and is ready to solve unemployment in the Soviet “fashion”. But to do so, the workers must organize them- elves against capitalism; they must defend the Soviet Union; they must orm Shop Committees everywhere and strike against wage cuts; they must force unemployed insurance. They just consciously enter the struggle which will not cease until they have Soviet Government! TRIKE ATL & L ‘eedle Executive To Meet Tonight ew YORK.—Today at 7:30 p.m. e Executive Council of the Needle ades Workers Industrial Union 1 meet at the union offices, 131 W. h St. and make final arrange- nts for the election of officials i of a new Executive Council. The ictions will be May 18. ’ ‘he executive of the Shop Dele- es Council has received the. fol- ying letter from the workers of Len-J Dress Shop: “At a regular meeting of the n & J Dress Shop we consid- d the question of the Needleman d Bremmer strike, and we have agreed t osupport the strike not ly with picketing but also finan- Ay. We have therefore decided im- diately to start collecting money a special fund for the support the strikers. As a beginning we sending $25 with the determi- ‘ion to help carry the strike to a cessful end.” Picket Today! @ demand to withdraw the In- ational scabs is spreading more more among the workers. This ing the strikers will continue picketing at 7 a.m. The needle workers are called upon to ort the strikers on the picket ‘The arrest of active workers is the mass picketing. On y, ib is encouraging great- . er response and greater solidarity with the strikers of the Needleman and Bremmer shop. ‘The Industrial Union has declared a strike in the L. & L,, at 127 W. 24th St., against the discharging of workers. Carnegie Workers! Greenberg, the self-appointed dic- tator of Local 38, is distegarding the unanimous decision of all the Car- negie workers from both the 55th St. and the 49th St. shop, for a joint meeting and is proceeding to again call only the 55th St. shop to a meet- ing. Having failed so far 1n his efforts to force upon the workers the 25 per cent reorganization and 20 per cent wage reduction, because of the unity of these two shops, he together with the International burocrats is again making an effort to force the work- ers to accept these degrading con- ditions. The rank and file workers of the Carnegie shop are calling upon the workers of the’! St. shop to come to this meeting, Greenberg or no Greenberg! The strike of the S.K.S. Fur Dress- ing Shop is becoming more and more effective as it is becoming known to all the fur dressers that the Interna- tional scabs are paid lower prices than the workers who are on strike were getting and that wage cuts have taken place in every other rabbit dressing shop, Encouraged by the International, the bosses are now discharging work- ers at will. In place of the old bourgeois society, with its classes and class antagonism, we shall have an asso- ciation in which the free develp- ment of each is the condition for 120 FORGE MEN STRIKE AT PAY CUT Pe) L Leads In Ladish Drop Forge Co, Wi alkout Men Vote ft for Strike 24 On Committee; To Extend Strike CUDAHY, May 10.—Thurs- day morning at 7 o'clock, 120 of the 250 Ledish Drop Forge Co. workers came out on strike against a wage cut of 10 per cent. They took im- mediate action to pull out the rest of the shop. The: wage cut went into effect Monday, May 4th, the men having been notified that their wages would be cut on May Ist The Trade Union Unity League here immediately issued a call to the men for an organization meeting. Fifty workers responded, all militant and eager to fight in order to smash the wage cut Vote For Another meeting was called for Wednesday evening. There were 7% present at this meeting. At this meeting a strike vote was taken and it was decided to call the strike the next morning at 7. A strike com- mittee of 24 was elected, represent- ing the different departments. At 7 o'clock pickets were on hand with slogans calling for strike. Leaf- lets Ww ued and distributed amon: The demands of the sirikers was printed on the leaf- Ralf the shep walked out in spite of the pleas of Ladish, the own- er of tho shop and mayor of Cudahy. Three cops showed up in an effort to intimidate the workers. The work= ers are holding solid, pulling more out, of the shop. 4 Various committees were elect and headquarters procured. The de- mands of the strikers are: (1) With- draw the 10 per cent wage cut; (2) recognition of the grievance commit- Wis., Strike. let tee; (3) no overtime; 8 hour day and five day week; (4) hourly rate for all; (5) 10 minutes to wash up; (6) minimum wage of $30 @ week; (7) abolition of the speed-up system; (8) no worker to be fired for being on strike or organizing. The bosses are aiready trying to victimize some of the wor CHEERS MOTHERS Pledge Fight to Save Nine Boys CHATTANOOGA. 1 May 10, — Mrs. Ada Wright, mother of Andy and Roy Wright, and Mrs. Janie Patter- son, mother of Heywood Patterson, were lustily cheered by a Scottsboro protest meeting in a Negro church here last Monday. It was Mrs. Wright's last appearance here before her departure to New York to aid the International Labor Defense in the campaign to save the nine boys, and Mrs. Patterson's first appearance: since her return from New York, where she spoke before several large meetings of white and Negro workers. ‘The workers present at the meet- ing enthusiastically pledged their support to the United Front Scotts- boro Defense and promised to raise the question in all their organiza- tions, church and fraternal. A telegram was received from Georgia pledging full support to the LL.D. from the parents of Olin Mont- gomery and Ozie Powell, two of the youths who are from Georgia. Reflecting the influence of the white boss lynchers over the reform- ist leaders of Some of the Negre organizations, the Negro Masons last} Here has received a wage cut. Monday refused the floor to Mrs. Patterson because she was now with an Organization that stood for a mil- itant struggle for Negro Rights and unconditional equality, including so- cial equality, , Cast 18,000 Votes for Communist Candidate in Angeles Election (Special to the Daily Worker) LOS ANGELES, Calif, May 7.— Edward Sadler, Communist candi- date for member of the Board of Education, received 18,000 votes in the city elections just concluded here, In some working class pre- cincts, he received a majority vote. Comrade Shulem, running in dis- trict nine for Councilman, received 200 votes. The campaign is ‘stitl continuing. Norker Party U.S.A. tional) NEW YORK, MONDAY, MAY 11, 1931 CITY EDITION WORKERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE! Price 3 Cents United Front Spreads As Chicago Defender Supports Fight to Save Scottsboro Boys Influential Negro Paper Raps NAACP Lead- evs for Sabotaging United Front Defense Exposes Lie That They Are In the Case Praises Work of International Labor Defense and Calls on All Colored Organizations to Join Campaign to Save the Nine Youths NEW YORK.—Staunchly supporting the united front de- fense policy of the International Labor Defense in the fight to save the lives of the nine Negro children in Alabama, and sharply genie the disruptive tactics of the top leadership of the A, A. . P., the Chicago Defender carr two long ae ————~ articles and an editorial on the ines Marchers Scottsboro cases in its current issue. The Chicago Defender has the largest circulation Ready to Place (over 100,000) among the newspapers published by Negroes. Editorial Appeals for United Front. In its editorial, The Defender de- clares that “The Race in Alabama has been given a rare opportunity to prove itself” and appeals to the churches and organizations to Demands In Ohio Draws to Climax: One Deputy Drops Gun BULLETIN Columbus Ohio, May 10— Over two hundred hunger marchers com- pleted a ten day march to this city today. Despite a continuous downpour of rain, over three thou- sand workers greeted them at the Capitol steps. A number of march- ers fainted from fatigue and ex- citement as the reception at the Capitol was taking place. The state was forced to grant the use of beds at the fair grounds and two cooked meals a day as long a@s the marchers remain in town. Their appearance before the legis- lature is schcduled for Tuesday af- ternoon. Later the same day there will be a conference with Gover- nor White. The marchers go into |_state conference Monday morning for the purpose of formulating de- mands and developing a program for further organization and strug- gle. the effort to bring these young men out of a sentence to die.” in who is a big Negro, who closest to power, who ‘loves’ the race best, or who is an officer of branch of this} or branch of that, or even what or- ganization is proper to raise funds or conduct an appeal to the country, but the glory lies in the rescue of 9 young men caught and undone by the clutch of circumstances. is all the glory.” Praises International Labor Defense. bor Defense, the editorial says: “An organization dittinguished for its love of jusciee, although unpop- ular among the wealth and power of the land, has come into the state to help these young men clear , themselves. tation from either the young men or their race. It came simply be- THREE) (CONTINUED Mrs. Wright to be in Harlem Friday The American Civil Liberties Union has sent one of its characteristic let- to “Our Friends In Columbus, .” in which they state: “When the demonstration (of the unem- ployed and their hunger march dele- gates—Editor Daily Worker) occurs if, would be desirable that witnesses be present to report o ell that oc- curs. If arrests are made or club- bing takes place, these should be pro- tested—providing, of course, that there is no actual justification for the police methods.” Where They Enter. COLUMBUS, Ohio (By Mail).—The Cleveland, Youngstown, Toledo divi- sion of the state hunger march is due at the city limits, North High, at 11 a. m. on Sunday. The Cincinnati division is due at noon at the city limits on West Broadway. Both divi- sions will meet at the state capitol derous frame-up and attempted legal massacre of the nine Scottsboro Ne- gro youths, the Needle Trades Work- ers Industrial Nnion is calling a pro- test mass me¢iing Friday evening May 15, at St. Luke’s Hall, 125 W. 130th St. Mrs. Ada Wright, mother of two of the boys who has come north to help the defense campaign of the International Labor Defense, Louis Hyman, president of the N.T.W.LU., June Croll, organizer of the union, end Richard B. Moore, national Ne- gro director oe the I. oi D. at 2 p.m. * ‘When the marchers on the way to the Collect Funds for | Genttaburs: At a small meeting of workers in the Finnish Worker Hall, addressed by Sadie Van Veen and Mrs. Ada Wright, the sum of $7.70 was col- lected for the United Front Scotts- boro defense. Mrs. Wright ts here speaking un- dor the auspices of the I. L/D. She will address a mass meeting tonight at the Jewish Workers Club, 48 Bay 48th St., Bensonhu Marion came to Caledonia, sheriff and deputies tried to prev the distribution of leaflets and sale of literature. Miller, spokesman for the marchers, told the sheriff the leaflets must be given to the workers. One of the sheriff's deputies, @ workey and a member of the Amer- ican Legion, threw his gun at the feet of the sheriff when he found out what it was really all about. Negro | ‘put | aside division and bickering and join} “In this situation the glory is not| There} Referri to the mat ‘a~} eae te tater neHeUeN EA! tre. then entice to" the faadiaon’ 8d It camey~net=by_ invi- 4-; | NEW YORK.—To protest the mur- The meeting will be addressed by } ‘ottsboro Defense Minneapolis, Minn. Hall to be announced May 23. Buffalo, N. Y., at the Michigan Avenue “Y.” | May 24. |] Chicago, Ill. Hall to be an- nounced May 25. Philadelphia, Pa nounced Hall to be an- May 26. Washington, D. C, Hall to be announced, May 29. Cleveland, Ohio, at Spiro Hall, 3804 Scoville Ave. FORCE RETURN OF AGENCY GYP FEE Madison Sq. Council | Gets Into Action NEW YORK.—The Madison Square Branch of the Unemployed Council | forced the return of an other fee paid | by an unemployed worker, Joseph Dometti, to a gyp unemployment agency Dometti paid $5 to the Inter-State | Employment agency at 1033 Sixth | Avenue. He was sent to a job, worked one day and was fired. When he went back to the agency for his money, they refused to give it to him. Unemployment Council, informed the secretary, and immediate action was taken. A delegation was sent down to the agency and after much pres- sure the money was returned. Five workers joined the Council when they jearnee of this. An open air meeting was held at 26th Street and Madison Ave. The crowd became so large a policeman tried to get the speakers off the plat- form, but the workers assembled pro- tested. Many came over to the Un- employed Council at the conclusion of the meeting. IN TRENTON, N. Voting Takes Place On May 12 TRENTON, N. J., May Monday ' the Communist 10. On election an automobile parade beginning at 6:30 at the headquarters of the Com- munist Party, 20 Second Street. | The election is for city commis- | sioners and the Communist Party has two candidates. As the election are supposed to be non-partisan, the name of the Party is not shown on| the ballot. All Trenton workers Who | are for a struggle against hunger | and wage cuts, against capitalism. ! should vote for Jacob Lehman and! Joseph Wisniewski. They are de- signated on the ballot by the slogan “Agains Hunger-rfor real unempl ment relief!” The elections take y May 12. Vote Communist! Wage Cuts Increase; Ro ckefeller Pr cpares Bloody Colorado Fight Moen Forced to Breathe*;-~ Poison Paint, Get Wage Slashes (By a Worker tashiish JAMESTOWN, N. Y¥.—The whole shop of the Dahlstrom Door Co. The sprayers and helpers, doing the un-| vear Month No. of Wage Cuts healthiest work known to man, Con-|}°29—AUG. seseseeeeeeeteeeeeeeee B s'ant'y breathing in fine paint spray,| [Pt 15 - 12 have been cut from $38 per week to} Oct 19 Nov, 15 gan Dec. 15 The Jamestown Table Co. has cut 1990—Ja their piece work so low that the men| 5,.,_ ai can scarcely make 30 cents an hour) ya. 45 at the highest speed. Apr. 15 While distributing Daily Workers} May 15 Sunday morning a fellow came out!’ june 15 . and wanted a card to join the Trade} guy 15 . Union Unity League, and said he| Aug. 15 . was working three days and making] Sept. 15 an average of $14.43 per weck. Oct. 15 . * * Nov. 15 Wage Cuts Increasing. Dec. 15. 61 1931—Jan. 341 NEW YORK. — Labor Bureau! pop. 15 asi Inc., a statistical agency, reports tf : m that wage cuts are increasing. In Rockefeller Threat: the May issue of their publication, PEN VER Colo. — Anot nitemp “Facts for Workers”, they state that) t the wage cuts since the beginning of the crisis in September, from the 'w firms reporting, are as follows: have alivays been followed by biocd- shed. The fitst companies filing not- ice of pay cuts w pay cuts with the state indu: dale, Caliente, Barbour and Colum- bipe Anthracite corporations, fol- Temple Fuel Co., headed by F. R. Wood of Trinidad, former worker for the Rockefeller interests and “fecler” for them today. John D. Rockefeller’s Colorado Fuel | id Iron Co is not among the petiti- cacrs, but it is ¥.cll known that the aller companies, like those con- ted by Wood, are followers of bre g/C. P. & I. policies. | A reduction of | Wages allowed to the lesser firms would be followed by the Rockefeller company, which has long contended that wages are “too high” despite the fact that many of its miners earn as low as $400 a year. The operators are seeking to have the basic day rate*for miner reducced from its present standard of $6.52 to $5.00 a jay, reductions to go into effect nov later than June 1, requived by law bu op “pose immediatc i" i claim their employ ‘ily signed pe- tilions agresing to the plan Conferences May 17. New York City, 11 a. m., at Fin- | fh Workers Hall, 15 West 126th } New Orleans, La, Hall to be | announced. May 20. Pittsburgh, Pa. hall to be an- nounced. | May 21 | ARLAN MINE OWNERS INDICT 29 FOR MURDER ‘With County Flooded With Militia, Grand Jury Is Used to Prepare “Legal” Mass Slaughter of All Operators’ Foes Hope to Intimidate Miners Driven Into Des peration by Starvation Arrest Evarts Police Chief Who Had Stated Mine Ga, 2 RED CANDIDATES : campaign will draw to a close with |; trial commission are the Alamo, Oak- | lowed by the Vickers Coal Co. andj tice of Intention to operators and local busi ing murder, various other things. This is now backed up by 3850 militia gunmen were severely defeate: mine strikers. NEW STRIKE IN LAWRENCE, MASS. AGAINST PAY CUT Boss Took A Advantage of Failte to Keep Up Mill Committee LAWRENCE, Mass., May 10.—The curtain department. of the print works, part of the Pacific Mill here, went out on strike against a wage cut of 25 to 50 per cent, Monday. This department employs only women | nd all of them came out on strike. The bosses tried to stampede the workers back with the age old story “We are going to discontinue the de- partment.” It didn’t work. The workers are wise to this trick. Be- cause of the vicious “red menace” propaganda by the city officials, the local pay-triots and especially the strike-breakers, “Fathers” McDonald and Milanese, against the National Textile Workers’ Union since the strike, in February, the strikers re- fused direct leadership of the union. Under the leadership of the Na- tional Textile Workers’ Union the workers of this mill have succeeded in stopping one lay-off after an- other in the past 6 months. During the time that the mill committee, ors | ganized by the National Textile Work- e Union, functioned in this mill the bosses didn’t dare introduce a wage cut. The “American Textile Union, Inc.,” ‘anized by bosses’ pets of the Print in opposition to the National ile Workers’ Union, has fully ex- 1 itself as a scab outfit. It made mpt whatsoever to support the ors. It did say, however, through leaders: “To hell with them, they cidn’t want to join our union a cou- ple of weeks ago.” N. T. W. Leaflet. The National Textile Workers’ Union has issued a leaflet to all the workers of the Print Works upon them to support the The leafiet reads in part: he wage cut the curtain depart- ment has received is the beginning of a drive by the bosses of the Print Works to cut wages in every department. All the workers in every department must get to- gether. They should elect commit- tees of three to five workers. All the elected committees should go to the office at one time with the de- mands of the strikers, This should be done immediately! If the office refuses to grant the demands of the strikers—every worker in the print works should join the strike.” Immediately the bosses called a special meeting of the company union “shop council” where the question (the wage cut) was referred to the “arbitration committee” composed of an equal number of members of the management and the “shop council” or suckers. That the decision of ‘© “arbitration committee” will be in. favor of the company, there is no noubt. ‘The workers can thank the city of- ‘s, the pay-triots and their: holy re, for the 25 to 50 per cent Deputies Caused All the Trouble; Indictments Secret; 4 Already Jailed EVARTS, Ky., May 10. Yesterday the H. lan County grand jury, controlled by the ¢ ness men brought fortt secret indictments against 29 persons, char “banding and confederating”, and the attempt of the operators, men with artillery. to take re- venge for the defeats in a series of gun fights in which their d by the armed but starving ‘® The names on the indictment will not be made public until the arrests have been made. Already, however, deputy sheriffs (deputized mine guards) and state troopers have ar~ rested on murder charges the chief of police of Evarts, Asa Cusick. Cu- sick stated a few days ago that the “union miners welcomed the arrival of the troops for all the trouble has been caused by the deputies.” The Unmediate answer of the operators is fo’shove him towards a frame up trial and a “legal” execution. Just to show how crazy fs this idea that the troops are here to protect all alike”, the authorities used militia to arrest Cusick. Sheriff Picks An Enemy. - With the chief of police was ar- rested Assistant Chief of Police A. L. Benson, and City Clerk Joe Cawood, and, on the same day, at Pineville, Ky., W. B. Jones, secretary of a local U. M. W. union at Evarts was arrest- ed on a murder charge. The U. M. W. district and local leaders had also been welcoming the militia, and the district office of the U. M. W. held a conferencce wtth Governor Sampson and invited him to send in the soldiers. But a corpora- tion Knows no gratitude, even for the propaganda, so useful to the mine owners, by which the U. M. W. lead- ers got some 6f the miners to promise to “work with the militia.” The arrest of Cawood indicates that Sheriff J. H. Blair is taking the opportunity to kill off legally one of his political enemies. Blair is an out and out operators’ man, and leads the deputized mine guards. In the last election, Cawood defeated him for the office of sheriff of Harlan county, but Blair worked some court tricks and had the office taken away from Cawood and turned over to him. Take Man Off Job For Deportation Conference To Fight Terror May 13 NEW YORK.—The bosses no longer satisfied with deporting those work- ers only, who through unemploy- ment have become “subject to public charge,” are broadening the attacks against the foreign born and taking them directly from the job. A worker employed gn a dredge in Delaware River was taker directly from the job after Working two weeks and held for deportation together with 15 other workers from Phila- deiphia. Large groups of miners from the coal fields are held at the same place, many of them married and with children whom they have to leave behind to starve. The food they receive is of the worst possible kind, 70 cents a day being allowed to food them, but af- not much left, They are locked in small cells and are only allowed to go out on the balcony for an hour and a half each day. Send representatives from all or- ganizations in greater New York to the enlarged meeting of the City Committee for the Protection of For- eign Born that will be hel don Wec- nesday, May 13, 7:30 p.m., at the wage cui their “nice” bosses have handed them Rien oa Committee's headquarters, 32 Union Saupe BAGH. 52°. ter the grafters get through there is