The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 28, 1931, Page 3

AILY WORKER, eN YORK, ‘THUKSDAY, MAY 28, 193 WORKING YOUTH THRUOUT COUNTRY PREPARE FOR YOUTH DAY Elizabethton, Tenn. Rayon Workers Who Were Sold Out by U. T. W. Officials Now Turning to Revolutionary Union Worker Tells How Labor Spies, I stock and McGrady Plotted With Bosses In Huge Sell-Out ) Ann Wein- Elizabethton, Tenn. To the Daily Worker: Conditions in this rayon town grow worse. In 1929 the workers in the two big rayon mills including myself had been filled up with so much of the es’ corruptness that on April 15th we were forced to strike and county continually We had a few weeks before commenced organizing in the the walk-out Wm Kelly, Matilda Lindsey and Alfred offman “Nothing again” were on grounds declaring that when one n or woman went back all would », under a contract. We knew nothing of organization, or of their treachery. My eyes were opened to their tricks one night. Hoffman an- nounced that McGrady was in con- ference with the mill management and he would have something to give on tomorrow that would please mediately after bos against these rotten conditions. Labor Spies Help Seli Out. U. T. W. union awhich all of us workers term “Nothing.” out us. ‘They all sang a few religious songs and went home to sleep away their oubles. Everybody was at the big tabernacle carly to get the news. Finally ,about noon in came Mc- Grady and his crony Miss Anna Winestock, the government concilia- tor. She had been here for several days and we didn’t know it. They were working in seclusion on the ‘When they mounted a hornet’s ne voted to go t ten contract but they took good c: to have the whole population there to work on the rot- men and women who never factory. to vote, work in a Blacklist Militants of course, they ran it over In- us, and ordered all to re-enlist at the company offices the next day and the contract read: all will be taken back except undesirables. A nice alibi for the company. Then they had arranged for that damnable crook, E. J. Wilson from Passaic, N.J. to say who would be desirable. And it turned out that no strikers were desirable who showed militancy. If there was no militant picketers, McGrady and his gang could never sell out a strike, for the bosses could lick the workers easily. So he sold us out. and then had his pal E. J. Wilson to keep us from working. If ody doubts this, just come to Elizabethton and see for yourself. Workers Tend to Militant Unions. These lying scoundrels have ruined many families here, and 1? can answer for one that no A. F. of L. union will ever fool me again. Workers, beware of these money- grabbers. That is all they did down here and they made a good grab. The poor ignorant, scabs that Mc- Grady and Weinstock got to take our jobs are paying for it now. They are talking strike, and the N. T. W. U. is here to lead them. No more A. F. of L sell-outs allowed around here, especially any of that dirty gang that sold us out. —A Worker. More Charity Bunk for California Jobless (By a Worker Correspondent) BERKELEY, Cal. 23rd an- nual meeting of the California Con- Terence of Social Workers has been held here to t wa lot of hot about doing lot of good “at th times when humanity suffers more because of depress: Labor subjects ned or” leaders as Paul Schar ‘etary of the State Fed ion of or, never mentioned a word about organizing and fighting against wage-culs, fighting for social insur- ance and immediate relief. Praising his kind was the only note in the speech which is heralded here. Workers know that this hot to such nberg, alr stuff is only to quiet the rising wave of protest and strikes which are breaking out throughout northern California. Workers khow that the so-called “social workers” are needed for the capitalists to have as an alibi that something is being done for the workers and these personages are do- ing it not as a dole (which they are afraid workers might think they want), but as charity of “good- hearted bosses and the government.” Workers do not want charity and are organizing for a militant fight for social insurance! Join the Un- employed Councils! —Worcorr League of Oakland. Dayton Capitalist Papers Openly Admit War Is Here! Dayton, Ohio. Daily Worker: On May 17, 672 air mancuverers from all parts of the country met in Dayton and put on the biggest dem- onstration of aerial strength that was ever attempied. Here is part of a write-up which was issued in the capitalist papers on these maneuvers. Safety for Bosses. “One thing the air maneuvers here have proved beyond a scintilla of doubt. That is safety.” Safety for whom? For those who are preparing another world slaughter, so they will be able to demolish any territory where the workers will rise in revolt. It goes on further to say: “What such a fleet of ships could do in time of war staggers the im- agination. They could wipe out forts and for’ ‘Ss, make arsenals and ammunition dumps explode with the Violence of a volcano, and sink any number of battleships almost in- stantly. “The ease with which they are handled would make possible utter death and destruction upon every- thing and anything that might need to be destroyed to bring victory in war. The earth and anything upon it would be at the mercy of such a number of ships. Never again, these maneuvers indicate, will there be another war requiring four and a halfs years’ settlergent.” By this article we can readily see what this means to the toiling masses, Comradely, —A Worker. Hungry Worker Collapses In Employment Office Line (By an Unemployed Worker) OAKLAND, Cal. -- Jobs which are wo elusive and non-existing at the Women’s Free Employment Bureau office make meny only more dis- couraged and ill. Sitting in a small close room there are about 50 women daily. Some have been sitting here day after day for weeks. Jobs are not coming in. Only one or so occasionally. ‘Then the clerk chooses some one who seems only a stranger here as we begin to know each other constantly seeking the same at this place. Those that*have been sitting here for days always seem to be left out. ’ Last week we heard a telephone buzzing and a conversation over the phone. It was a call for office work- . ers for some firm. Employment clerk called out a name and about half a dozen crowded around. One tall, dark, neatly but shabbily dressed girl pushed ahead, “Please, madam, I need a job so badly. Mother put me thru business course and spent her last penny and now we are starving.” But the clerk only mo- tioned her aside. Then a few of us left the bureau. On the stairway the girl who spoke swayed and fell. Men in charge of the building took her outside, revived her and advising to go home and rest. let her go. Let’s fight this. Build a powerful Unemployed Branch! Fight for im- inediate relief and for unemployed insurance! Cut out and mail at once to the Daily Worker, 50 E. 13th St., New York SAVE THE DAILY : $35,000 Save-The-Daily Worker Fund Enclosed find ...... , | We pledge to do all in oor power to save our Daily by raising $35,000 by July LL Name ....+ | Address City MUST HAVE $1,000 A DAY! | MILITARIST WAR BREAKS OUT IN | SOUTH OF CHINA Crisis Grows Worse As Cliques Open Battle Widespread militarist war has broken out in China between the Nanking clique of the Kuomintang and Nationalist government, headed by Chiang Kai Shek, and the Can- tonese section of the same impertal- ist lackey group, The Cantonese militarists, backed by British imper- jalism, are said to be advancing for battle towards the north. The re- newed fighting shows the deepening conflicts within China and the sharpening antagonisms between all the imperialist powers, the United States, Britain and Japan. Hallett Abend, Shanghai corre- spondent of the New York ‘Times, reports that all‘traffic in the Yangtse River up to Hankow has been sus- pended. Eugene Chen and Sun Fo, former fake “lefts” in the Kuomin- tang, have joined the Cantonese in order to fool great sections of the Chinese masses into supporting this gang of militarists. In the meanwhile the Communist forces are advancing, rallying the impoverished workers and peasants against both militarist and imperial- ist cliques. The new movement of the Nation- alist troops, Hallett Abend reports, has been advantageous to the Red advance: “The thinning out of the reliable troops has resulted in encouraging the Communists in Honan, and the same group which has held the Rev. Bert Nelson captive since Oc- tober captured Kwangshan, in Southern Honan, and has killed or captured the garrison of 500 troops.” YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio.—Upon the refusal of the permit by the m chief of police and traffic comm sioner for demonstration on National Youth Day, a delegation was sent to the city council, There the com- mittee exposed the role of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Corp. as being behind the attempt to bar the demonstration. the council, Buchanan, actually ran away from the committee room rather than answer these charges. ‘The council passed the buck to the chief of police, saying that only he has the right to grant or refuse a permit. that the city must accept all pany gangsters. The newspapers carried front page items on National Youth Day, giving the stond of the committee. Se Sone BUFFALO, N —The Buffalo youth are holding a National Youth Day send-off at Valo Hall, 159 Grider St., on Thursday night, May 28. A Negro orchestra will provide the music, Fifteen cars are expected to Jeave Buffalo for Youngstown. En- thusiasm runs high. ee CHICAGO, Ill—A caravan nearly 660 cars and trucks will leave Chicago on May 29 for Milwaukee. Carrying hundreds of young wo! ers, they will be bound for the Na- tional Youth Day demonstration in the “socialist” city. Other trucks will bring young | workers from Gary, Ind.; St. Louis. Mo.; Hammond, West Allis, and | other cities. On Saturday, May 30, a parade will take place, which will |end with a mass meeting and dem- onstration. Working youth organizations have never been touched by the that The president of | of | Youngstown to Be Centre of Ohio and Buffalo Youth; West Coast Preparing, | | The committee told the city | ility for any disorder which | may be started by the police or com- | * pig rare | adarestowe A ooerion olutionary movement are backing Na- tional Youth Day. ot aa ig SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.—Faced by the determined statement of young workers of California that they would parade even though no permit was issued, the officials of Fresno, California, where a National Youth Day demonstration will be held, backed down and gave the youth United Front Conference a | parade permit The Youth eet at Fresno on May 30 a will coincéde with the State Co rece for the Repeal of the Criminal Syndicalist Law. Los the Angeles will have a delegation of 200 | at the meet, representing 12 organi- | zations in the city. Among the San Francisco delegation, which will use at least s and trucks, will be 50 workers’ children. 15 Salers MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Prepara- tions for the National Youth Day de- monstration this district, held in Duluth, Minn., on May 30, are going ahead full blast. The Young Communist League has issued 17,000 printed leaflets, and special leaflets to young farm workers, to children, and to the National Guard have been issued in Harlan Miners Carry On Determined Fight . Despite Slaughters By Gunmen, State Militia) While the miners rs of Harlan | learned that the militia is used by the bosses to break strikes, the boys that are in the militia are for the most part either workers themselves or sons of working class families and the miners should make every effort © get groups of sympathizers from the militia. This is necessary in or- der to scotch as much as possible the bosses’ efforts at breaking the strike by means of their armed forces.—Editor.) aS: eae (By Special Correspondent) HARLAN, Ky. (by mail) May 24 “Them's not soldiers, somebody just put yellow suits on the high Special Daily Worker Correspondent Descr ibes Bitter Class War Raging in Kentucky Coal District Around Harlan school boys, but they'll find out what war is soon,” say the strikers of Evarts, Ky.; by way of showing their contempt for the martial law forces now policing Harlan County and, announcing some coming events, A more determined crowd than these overall-clad mountaineers would be hard to find. And this in spite of the fact that their local leaders are in jail and the U.M.W.A. is giving them very little moral and Steel Police Break Up Scottsboro Defense Meet; Fear Unity of Negro, White Toilers (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) white workers, The cheif of police exposed the reason for the attack when he snarled at a member of the South Slav branch of the I. L. D.: “What do you want with these nig- gers? Keep away from them. Let sent telegrams of protest to the Bur- gess of Farrell, demanding the re- lease of the arrested workers. Telegrams were also sent to Gov- ernor White of Ohio and Mayor Decker of Barberton, demanding an immediate investigation of the kid- naping and probable lynch murder them go to their churches, we won't give a permit or allow any such meetings.” A few days before John Radus and Decolla, two white workers, were ar- rested for distributing leaflets for the meeting. ‘This shows that in the North, as well as in the South, the bosses are afraid of the growing unity of the Negro and white workers, because that unity would guarantee a suc- éessful fight against the robbery and oppression of the workers by the cap- italists. ee ie Youngstown Conference Denounces Attack, YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, May 27.— The United Front Scottsboro Defense Conference, held in this city, de~ nounced this outrageous attack and Many Hear Moore On Tour for 9 Boys NEW YORK, May 26. — Richard B. Moore, national Negro organizer for the International Labor Defense, is now on a nation-wide speaking and organizing tour for the defense organization in behalf of the nine Negro boys who were framed by the white ruling class of the South in the Scottsboro case. Moore is meeting with great suc- cess in behalf of the Scottsboro boys on his tour, according to a state- ment issued by the national office of the I. L. D, . Moore speaks in Cleveland on May 28 in the Eelk’s Hall. From there Ye goes to speak in the Detroit of Louis Alexander, Negro worker, by Barberton police. Work Out Plans for Organizing. Resolutions and telegrams were adopted and sent to Governor B. M. Miller of Alabama, denouncing the frame-up of the nine Scottsboro youths. A plan of work was adopted to build up a mass movement for the Scottsboro defense and for the strug- gle to break through the terror of the steel bosses who are attempting to stifle the protests of the workers against starvation and lynching. A crowd of 400 white and Negro workers at the Ukrainian Hall cheered the call of Richard B. Moore, national Negro work director of the I. L. D., to smash the terror of the Northern and Southern bosses, Grave Shricomings. The conference was attended by many delegates from organizations and churches and marked a big step forward in the work of mob- ilizing the masses for the defense of the Scottsboro victims. In the failure to build biock and neigh- borhood commitices as a basis for the conference and a lever to swing many more organizations into, line in the fight to save the boys, this conference, like many others that have been held throughout the country, showed grave shortcom- ings. f Dangerous to Neglect Pains in Bladder ona Kidneys Heed the warning of burni and night rising due to ied ida: ney weakness. Doctors warn against ject and advise action to prevent ‘strict from May 29 to June 3. In- lianapolis, June 4, Chicago, June ‘5, ‘ary, Ind., June 6, Chicago, June 7, aukegan Tl, June 8, Kenosha, Wis. une 8, Milwaukee, Wis. June’ 10, cocktord, T., June 11, Rock Island, al, June 12, St, Louis Mo,, June 14. ious trouble. For rapid relief, ask your druggist for the remedy used for as iene a ceeeg eh eae Santal Midy wae? no financial support. In fact a ques- tion asked, revealed that the UM W.A. had. done nothing but collect their initiation fee. Yet, opening the set jaws of these Kentuckians was no easy matter. Our offer of assistance in their struggle and the mere declaration that we were not casual tourists on a curi- osity visit did not suffice to win their confidence, seems there are more places than Missouri where you have to show ‘em. Who are you, Union or Bosses’ men? Are you for or against the union? What can and will you do to help us? were questions they asked us. When we satisfied them that we had more than a passing in- terest in their welfare, we found it hard to keep up with the fighting expressions they made. “Listen, brother,” one said, “when you cross that thar first railroad track, you'll see a birch tree which is purty weil chopped up. Well, I'm a tellin ya bullets what chopped it. That’s whar the bosses men was killed and them nien whats in jail didn’t kill them. They’s being kept in jail fer spite.” At first in many of the camps the “soldiers” were welcomed. They were seen as the means to get the “Chi- cago thugs” (Yellow Dogs), who posed as deputy sheriffs, out of their camps and towns, but now they see there is no difference, because the National Guard marches the scabs in and out of the towns and back and forward to work. And how long the strikers will stand this is a ques- tion that is agitating the minds of au- operators and the military thorities. Better than anyone else they know these me nof the Kentucky moun- tains and the determination which is theirs. Guardsmen are stationed in every company camp, billeted in company buildings but in Evarts, there are no company properties and tents are pitched at a railroad siding. All the roads are also patroled by armed guardsmen but the miners are say- ing, watch Harlan County, for the scabs will not be worth a nickel a dozen soon, even to the coal com- panies, At most of the mines here the men are not allowed to draw any cash for wages, they have to deal it out in the company stores. Even the old saying, “Love will find a way” is be- ing put to the acid test, for the das ing swains who wear their best over- alls for the occasion are not permit- ted in the neighboring camps when their inclination is “to go a court- ing.” All the things that cause class wars are in evidence here. The bosses forces are loaded to the hilt. They have all the implements of war and soldiers to use them, but Kentuck- ians don’t keep guns for ornaments either. Watch Harlan. Build a Worcorr Group in your shop! Write About your struggles! SOLLIN’S RESTAURANT 216 EAST 14TH STREET 6-Course Lunch 55 Cents Regular Dinner 65 Cents The Workers’ Health Teacher he boss press, lay and medical, is speaking lately about the lower mortality from lung tuberculosis in the last ten years as compared with the death rate from consumption 25 years ago or so. what was the decrease due to? Well, To greater generosity of the em- ployers? No, to an improvement in the worker's life resulting from his own forceful and terrific struggle against them and to his great sacrifices—Remember the big strikes which gaye you more spare time, therefore more fresh air, better living rooms, more sleep and leisure to Tearn how to live! You gained all that yourself — and often even against your old cowardly petty-bourgeois anti-revolution- ary “leaders”. of consumption as the intelligent, No doctor could have cured the working class so well class-conscious workers did. But, naturally, it has been but partly done—just a small particle of the cure. Tuberculosis, a disease of the proletariat and caused by bour- geois industrial conditions, will be entirely eradicated only through the workers’ complete social revolution. Just now, lung consumption and the mortality from it is on the increase again. It is spreading more than it did within the last fif- teen years. The causes of its terrible revival at present are unem- ployment, poverty, congestion, crowding in the rooms to save rent, poor eating, worry, longer working days for those employed. Fight them! Do not allow the bosses to starve you, weaken you, give you over to the tubercle bacillus as its victims! Of course, meanwhile be enlightened! Try to have as much fresh air amd sunshine as possible indoors and outdoors, and rest enough. See that your shops are sanitary! DR. A. LONE. P..S.—In my last article there were a few important printing mistakes, for instance “braining” instead of “training.” EY eee treneneserses| to be} ONLY $300 ON TUESDAY; DISTRICTS 7 AND 8 LAG Only $306.30 ssday in the $35,000 Save-the-Daily Worker Drive—a long way from the $1,000 a day that must be raised to keep the Daily afloat not or now, but for some time in the future District (New York) is still way ahead and contributed most of Tuesday's total. Where are Districts 7 (Detroit) and 8 (Chicago), which next to New York have the largest quotas in the drive? Only $2 from District 8 on Tuesday and not a cent from District 7. The list of Tuesday’s contributions follows comrades! Get on the job, DISTRICT 5 MT ush, Cleveland jetink, Cleveland er, Mass, 2.00 ; 7°! pas eawia eine, 1001, tH Rulyk. Parina, Ohio : | Mary Miller, Cleveland | Karl Burd, Parina, Obie Cleveland Cleveland lovich, Clev tryshyn, Cle + Cleveland Cleveland and , Cleveland . Cleveland Cleveland Pete Rangardye, Cleveland, 0. DISTRICT uel Blatt, Paterson Westbury, Lithuania: Allian N: Joseph Total olnal Federation, prank ive Committee 00 | s Herman Jensen, Wie. 1.00 RE Kaplan, NY ¢ sarod M Adams, See | eoenens Lasers Leta Morris Sliverst © rota’ of in Potat #2. DISTRICT 16 x dette, Grand Forks, M Kritzer, Brooklyn oi G Meisull, N'Y. Vot districts Bait R Ruline, Newark, N J Prenlausly. erecivea * 300.88 Frits Schmucker, Midvale, N J Rernhard Richter, Midvale, NJ J Melzger, NY C U ™M Total, to date 86. Turn In All Funds Daily Drive At Once! Party members who have col- lected money on their Daily Work- er coupon books are instructed of turn over whatever money they have IMMEDIATELY to their unit or District Daily Worker agents. Don't wait till you have filled your hoek because so great is the fin- J Binkler, Brockiyn Bronx Workers Club, Harry Cantor, Brookl See 5 Unit af Eva Shudow, Brooklyn Morris Tokins, Bronx Pp, See 1, Unit 5 1, Unit 11 5, Unit 6 Affair NY Arbeiter Bund, and Bronx Cory, Manhattan : ancial crisis in the Daily that G Luhto, See 4, Unt % a i one ee every cent counts. Also include Norman, ‘See 5, Unit 2 4, the number of your coupon book Green sack: Vege so you will receive eredit for the Max & Nat, Brooklyn money collected. Morrix Weisman. Bronx All districts, sections and units Comrades leaving for TS S R— B Tram of the Party must see that the ie oer above instructions are carried out. Non-Party workers should also Deanervios send in their coupon books, to- _,B. Anderson 00 | gether with the numbers, to the Flax, “Women’s Counell No. 24, office of the Daily without waiting o 5.00 till they are filled. COMMUNIST PARTY, U.S DAILY WORKER MANAGE. MENT COMMITTEE. Bath Beach Workers Club, Affal 1 Banquet Lucht, Sec 7, Unit 8 AP Vietor, NY FM MichaciaN Yc Total DISTRIOT Grd mares hentia: h Frame-Ups ! ‘ | Pa. sof Mas DISTRICT 6 M Laentes, Lorain, Ohio © Durkaly, Cleveland, Demand Amnesty ! 81.00 1.00 Pp Opening of the Ist Convention of ||? INTERNATIONAL } WORKERS ORDER § FRI, MAY 29 8:30 P. M. Madison Sq. Garden 50th Street and 8th Avenue | (ars PROGRAM: | | Children Chorus of I. W. O. Schools Freiheit Gesangs-Verein—J. Schaefer conducting Mass Pageant —in 3 parts —by Artef . . SPEAKERS: MAX BEDACHT| J. SULTAN of Central Exec. Committee] Secretary of Jewish Buro of Communist Party of USA. of C. P, U. S. A. WM. Z. FOSTER} C. MARMOR | General Secretary of Educatoinal Director of i Tr U.U. TL LW. 0. | | R. SALTZMAN A. SCHILLER General Seeretary of President of I. W. 0. LW. o. Chairman of boa | ‘ADMISSION 35c ADMISSION Sie |