The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 2, 1931, Page 3

WASHINGTON LUMBER BARONS PREPARE TO FORCE NEW WAGE-CUT Bosses Hold Meeting to Discuss New Slashes in Lumber Workers’ Pay; Mill Towns Become Armed Camps; Prepare for Lockout National Lumber Workers Union Organizing Employed and Unemployed to Resist Cut (By @ Worker Correspondent.) EVERETT, Wash.—The bosses in Everett have organized to fight the workers, There are twelve mills here and only ten are running. In the sawmills the wages are all the way from $1.60 to $3.20, but not many get $3.20. They work from 8 to 14 hours a day and are speeded up to the limit. Still the bosses are not satisfied and are preparing to fugpher cut the already starvation wages of the lumber workers, and this is how they do it. All the head men of the Weyerhouser mills got together and held a meeting in which, among other things, the wages of the workers Were discussed. One fat mill boss by the name of Peabody said that the workers must be starved so that they will work for and take what the bosses are willing to give them. Prepare to Cut. No sooner was the meeting over than the workers of Everett saw the results of it. The Weyerhouser Mill B, the largest mill in Everett, put some unemployed and part time workers to work. They built a tall fence around the mill. The excuse Is that the workers steal things, but Of course the fence is to protect scabs in case of a strike. All three Weyer- houser Mills, A, B, and C, are putting on their own police force. They are putting in cook houses and making provision for bunk houses to house scabs. Searchlights have also been installed in the mills. In other words, they are making ready for the struggle. The other mills in town are doing the same thing. This means that the bosses are getting ready for the big slash in the meager wages of the lumber workers, A wage cut of from 10 to 20 per cent is expected. N, L. W. U. On Job. ‘The National Lumber Workers’ Union has been on the job and is busy organizing employed and un- employed workers together to resist this wage-cut. The N. L. W. U, is issuing leaflets calling upon the workers to organize and to fight against this attack of the bosses! ‘The bosses fear the organization of the workers in the revolutionary union and are trying to organize a company union in the A, F. of L., but the workers no longer are fooled by the tools of the bosses, the A. F. of L. misleaders, and are joining the N. L. W. U. Council Bluffs Unemplo: No8 Council Bluffs Unemployed (By a Worker Correspondent} COUNCIL BLUFFS.—The ‘tmem- ployed Council of Council Bluffs has again won a victory and shows how to do hings through organized ac- tion, A worker by the name of Sam Middleton bought a truck for $50, an old wreck of 2 truck, in order to make a living by hauling ashes and any extra work that he might be able to pick up. The truck was bought on time. Through considerable scrap- ing he was able to pay the first $25 on it, but on account of no work he was unable to make the regular pay- ment of $5 a week to the dealer, B. Yudelson Motor Exchange, 123 West, Broadway. The dealer found the truck standing on the street and without asking any questions, promptly took the truck away from the worker, de- manding a $25 payment that was due on the truck. Middletown went to see an attor- ney to find out if anything could be yed Branch Wins Fight done about getting his money or the truck back, The attorney, seeing that there was no chance to make any money out of this worker who was 60 hard up, said “No”. Then Middleton eame to the Unemployed Council and asked if something could be done. The Unemployed Council imme- diately organized a committee which went with the worker to the car deal- er and demanded the return of either the car of the money to the worker. Yudelson got scared that he ran out of his place of business and_up the alley to’the City Hall with the com- mittee after him Unemployed Council Wins. They got to the City Hall and the car dealer rushed into the Mayor's office and demanded protection. Of course # contsable was sent down to protect the dealer’s property, but the committee was so firm in presenting their demands that the truck was returned to the worker and the deal- ér had to wait for his. money. Crane Co. Hires Stool Pigeons to Attack Militant Chicago, Til. ra 1% Daily Worker, Orane Co has mobilized stool- pigeons outsle the company gates for the purpose of preventing dis- tribution by the shopworkers. 28 workers were distributing bulletins and they were attacked by the stool pigeons who destroyed three hundred bulletins, One big stool-pigeon who is called asa Workers ‘ Frenchy comes out usually in front of the factory gates before the whistle blows. He is aided by a gang of hoodlums who as soon as they see any distribution start their attack, These gangsters try to threaten the workers with gun buts, but the work- ers here are not paying attention to this bunch. They are determined to organize more workers to fight against these stoolpigeons and wage cuts. wP. Farmers Make No Money; Point to New Drop in Wheat Price (By A Farmer Correspondend) WALTERS, Oklahoma.—Altho it looks like a good wheat annd oat crop in this locality, farmers expect 40 cents for wheat and about 15 cents for oats. There is no reduction of wheat acreage. Cotton is getting a good start and there is no reduction in the acreage compared with other years. Tenants k for 5 and 6 cents cotton this ar. {15 Per Cent Yenant Farmers). About 75 per cent of the farmers here are tenant farmers. They must give the landlord one third of the wheat and oat crops and one fourth of the cotton crop. Land is owned mostly by loan companies. A number of tractors were in use here last year, but now, because they are too expensive, farmers have gone back to horses. Farmers make no money and they continually say “something will hap- pen,” unless things are changed. Hoover is a very unpopular fellow in this neighborhood. Daily Worker Gaining More Friends in Boise; Agent Increases Bundle Boise, Idaho. ‘Worker: Conditions here are getting worse, employed are increasing. Some nrades here have been speaking joout organizing an unemployed council, but the workers are to poor to hire a hall, where we can have speakers. I offered them the free use of my premises and I told them that I would do all I could to help the cause. The Daily Worker is gaining more friends, although at the Motor Com- pany gates, I am forced out of sell- ing the Dailies. Those workers who read the Daily are those who go hungry in the streets. I would like you to increase my bundle to twenty daily. With best wishes. —T. P. New Reader Lauds Work of Daily Worker Dear Sirs: Recently a copy of your paper came into my hands and I read it merely as @ past¥ne. However, your points became so clear to me that I am ab- solutely won over to your way of thinking. Today the conditions of the workers are perfectly abomin- able and I think that your endeavor to uphold your rights in the midst of so much criticism is extremely Hold Six Finnish Workers for Hear- ing At Portland (By & Worker Correspondent) PORTLAND, Ore.—Hearing for the six members of the Toveri, Finnish Communist paper, who were arrested by the immigration authorities last February at Astoria, Ore, will be and 27th of this defenants will be given laudable. Your cartoons are éxcellent and they sum up the situation in a thrice, Do not fail in your great work! You have done much already; keep it up! Enclosed please find my subscription for two months. If I can be of help to you in any way please let me know. Damn those bosses! Sincerely yours, —G. A. ‘|separate hearings. ‘These workers were all active members of the Com- munist Party and were arrested as part of the bosses’ Fish Committee campaign to terrorize the foreign- born and native workers. The eight Portland workers, who were arrested and ordered deported as a result of the activities of stool- pigeon Bacon, last September, are awaiting the decision of the circuit court of appeals where hte Interna- tional Labor Defense attorney, Irvin Goodman, appealed for a writ of ee -— DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1931 ee Page Three Family Hungry, Worker Sends $2 To the “Daily” This letter received by the Daily Worker speaks for itself: “New Britain, Conn., “May 28, 1931. “Comrades: “I just come from hospital; haven't any more money to pay for my further treatments. I come back home with painful joints in my body, I am attacked with arthritis rheumatism: I come back to my dear family of seven, haven't any funds to keep them from hunger, Comrades, this is all I can contribute—$2 for the Daily Worker. Please, comrades, use all your strength to put out the Daily Worker! “Keep on publishing the only paper of the working class, the Daily Worker. “Keep on fighting to the finish with our dangerous capitalist gangsters and corruption. “Let's try to save Tom Mooney, Billings, the Scottsboro Negro boys and many others. “For the World Proletariat, —“A. P. 8.” BOSTON WORKERS PLEDGE AID TO SCOTTSBORO BOYS Give Great Ovation to Mrs. Wright, Mother of Two of the Boys BOSTON, June 1—Seventy-nine delegates, including 27 Negro dele- gates from sixteen Negro organiza- tions, attended the United Front Scottsboro Defense Conference at Cairo Hall last Thursday evening and enthusiastically pledged their or- ganizations for an intensive cam- paign to save the lives of the nine Scottsboro Negro boys being rail- roaded to the electric chair on a trumped-up “rape” charge. Alto- gether 43 organizations were repre- sented, with a total membership of over 10,000. The conference sent greetings to the nine boys who are held in Kilby Prison, Alabama, without bail, and a telegram of protest to Governor B. M. Miller of Aalabama at Montgom- ery, Ala., and another to Judge J. A. Hawkins at Scottsboro, Ala. A committee was elected to push the work in Boston and vicinity of mobilizing the white and Negro masses for the defense of the boys, A serious shortcoming in the prep- aration of the conference and in the future plans adopted by the confer- ence is the failure to realize the im- portance of building block and neigh- borhood committees and of organ- izing the united front from below. Great Ovation for Scottsboro Mother. Over 300 Negro and white workers packed Butler Hall Sunday night, May 31, and gave a great ovation to Mrs, Ada Wright, mother of two of the Scottsboro boys, on her first ap- pearance here. Mrs. Wright con- demned as treacherous ang as help- ing to send the boys to the electric chair the activities of the N. A. A. C. P. leaders in hamstringing the de- fense. She declared: “If defense is ref, then I'm red and will die red.” Other speakers were Eugene God- don, McCarthy, Lucille Wright, Rev. ‘Weems and Sol Harper. Anna Block acted as chairman. A collection of $68 was taken up. Telegrams of pro- test were sent to Gov. Miller and Judge J. A. Hawkins. PREACHERS ADMIT NEW WAR COMING Don’t Tell Why Bosses Prepare Slaughter On Sunday, a number of preachers spoke about war preparations. A good many of them admitted that war is approaching rapidly and spouted the usual “peace” bunk. Dr. James Mac Leod, speaking at the Collegiate Church of St. Nicholas said that “the whole world is in pro- cess of preparation for another war that will make the last look like a polo match.” The Reverend went on to say: “More than 68 per cent of our na- tional income is spent on prepara~ tions for or preparations against war. Great Britain and the United States, in this time of depression, are spend- ing upwards of a billion and a half yearly for their armies and navies.” Why the bosses are preparing for war, Dr, Mac Leod did not mention. He did not say a word about the war preparations against the Soviet Union, by the imperialist powers. On the same day, Frederick B. Rentschler, president of the United Aircraft and Transport Corporation, announced that the four leading Eastern and Western air transport lines would be consolidated—with the approval of the war department. The consolidation of the air lines is an erid the War Department has been working to in order to prepare all the commercial airplanes in the country for the coming war. habeas corpus, in San Francisco, last week. Goodman appealed the deci- sion of the district court’ which up- held the immigration thugs in rail- roading the workers to their fascist homelands, .~ ~~ Prepare Program! Soread Leatleats! Get Sbeakers. For “Dailv” Club Meetings Results for the first week of the Campaign for $35,000 to save the D. W., from suspension are far from encouraging. Where $7,000 was ex- pected for the week, only about $2,000 was received. Where all districts were expected to concentrate their forces to the breaking point on be- half of the “Daily,” only about 60 per cent of them even took the trouble to answer our letters. Dis- tricts 1, 6, 11, 12, 15, 16,and 17 have yet to acknowledge receipt of coupon books, Why have we not heard from District 6, Pittsburgh or District 12, Seattle outlining definite plans for the Drive? What is happening in .District 1, Boston? Why are the Red Builders News Clubs and Sec- tion Daily Worker Agents so strangely ‘silent in the Campaign? Why have no dates been set for meetings of Friends of the Daily Worker? We have yet to hear of functioning Daily Worker Clubs anywhere. All districts have now received cards with names of subscribers. It is of the utmost importance to see that every subscriber on these cards is visited and revisited if necessary for donations, and for support as members of the Daily Worker Clubs. Hold Meetings! Send Report! Programs for meetings of these groups of readers and sympathizers should drawn up without delay. Arrangements should be made for able speakers and every effort: made to hold meetings in the early days of the Campaign while the need is great. Picnics and socials also, widely ad- vertised, will result in drawing large masses of workers and sympathizers to the affairs. Notices of such affairs should be sent to all subscribers urg- ing them to come and bring their friends. Functioning Daily Worker Clubs, voluntarily supported, will give pre- power to the “Daily.” The hope of the workers’ paper now rest with the masses. Daily Worker Clubs will create, intensify and hold this support. Comrades are urged to exert more energy and time in this direction and help build a powerful mass weapon for the defense of the “Daily” in time of need, HAVE YOU RENEWED YOUR SUBSCRIBTION! HAVE YOU ASK- ED YOUR FRIENDS TO SUB- SCRIBE! SUBSCRIBTIONS AND RENEWALS WILL HELP BUILD “DAILY.” SEND YOURS IN NOW! To Arms! Red Builders! Workers organizations are begin- ing to see the flight of the “Dail; “Realizing the necessity of immediate financial help of the Daily Worker, reads letter from Proletcult of Brook- lyn, “we the members of the Pro- letcult contribute ten dollars and urge all friends and sympathizers to do likwise and show all its enimies that tthe Daily Worker will be saved, and lead the working class of the U. 8. A” A group of comrades from the Hinsdale Youth Club, arranged a farewell gathering for comrade L.K., leaving for the Soviet’ Union. “We did not forget on this occassion our own Daily Worker for whom we col- lected $16.00,” writes C. B. Coney Island, N. Y. The Red Builders News- Club of N. Y., conducted a meeting at 14th St., & University Place, N. Y., Mon- day Evening. Eight hundred people were present—225 Dailies were sold and $7.55 collected all of which will go to the Daily Worker Fund. The N. Y. Club, passed a resolution last. Sunday, that they would hold several meetings this week for the benefit of the “Daily.” LETS HEAR FROM THE RED BUILDERS AND WORKERS CLUBS WITH ACCOUNTS OF MEETINGS stige and greater organizational FOR “DAILY” BENEFIT! GREENVILLE, S. C. WORKERS HEAR SCOTTSBORO MOTHRE IN PLEA FOR FIGHT TO SAVE BOYS (CONTINTED PROM PAGE ONE) leave ail the responsibility and work to them. We must do all we can, too.” Several of those present spoke, in each case pointing out the need for a united’ front of white and colored not only to free the Scottsboro boys, but to fight against lynching, boss terror, low wages and all the intol- erable conditions of the working class. One worker said: “Tam proud to see this work. It is the. first time ¥ have ever seen a real united effort of black and white together, to help one of my race. Only by the organized strength of black and white to- gether, will we be able to free these boys, and free all us workers from the slavery we are now In.” The meeting at the church, which was organized and put through by local workers, is the first open meet- ing it has been possible to hold in Greenville, since the terror insti- gated by the Ku Klux Klan and po- lice a month ago. In spite of the likelihood of the meeting being brok- en up, workers, unafraid and defiant, attended to pledge all possible help in the fight to free the boys. EE ae Og Protests Still Coming Tt. GREEN, Mich., June 1.—A resolu- tion protesting against the frame-up and planned legal lynching of the nine Scottsboro boys was unani- mously adopted by the Green Farm- ers Club, and a copy sent to the gov- ernor of Alabama ai gear NEW YORK.—The Tremont Work- ers Club, after hearing a report on the Scottsboro outrage, unanimously adopted resolution protesting “against the outrageous justice meted out to these nine Negro boys,” and de- manding their unconditional release. 6 SERIOUSLY INJURED, 1 MAY DIE; 60 ARRESTED IN YOUNGSTOWN, 0. (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) gay with excitement as they shouted encouragement to one another. Many young workers were run into alleys by two or three cops and had their heads cracked open. Plainclothes- menused brass knuckles left and right. Guns and maces were used, not only by police but by legionnaires who had been mobilized for the pur- pose. Fully one-third of the demonstra- tors were Young Pioneers, the oldest of whom were not more than 13 or i4. Many were a good deal younger. All night police were picking up young workers. As they were pulled in, each was given a beating. In sev- eral instances two big cops dragged a young worker along, holding him with one hand and punching him with the other. Two young boys, ar- rested as they were leaving the movie, were punched until they fainted and had to be carried in. In a statement to the press, Mayor James I, Heffarnan upheld police ac- tion and assumed full responsibility. “The police were acting under ex- ecutive orders,” he said, “and I ac- cept full responsibility for their ac- tion.” In the same statement, how- ever, he hypocritically upheld the’ right of free speech and assembly.” All day Sunday arrests continued to be made, leaving the total num- ber of those held still unknown at. the present moment. Ohio Workers Force Murder of Hearing On Unemployed Negro AKRON, O.—The militant defense by white and Negro workers of a meeting called in Barbeton, O., last Wednesday evening to protest the police murder of Louis Alexander, unemployed colored worker, has forced the authorities to make a pre- tense of investigating the circum- stances surrounding a police raid on Alexander's home and his subsequent disappearance, ~ Prosecutor Don Isham declares he will have members of the Unem- ployed Council, which is leading the protest against the murder of Com- rade Alexander, and members of the Barberton police department sub- poenaed before the grand juty which convenes this week, In the mean- time, he is utilizing the services of the local N. A. A. C. P. leaders in a fake investigation to cover up the brutal police terror against the Ne~ gro workers. The hundreds of militant white and Negro workers who had gath- red last Wednesday in Barberton to protest against the police murder of Comrade Alexander gave a good ac- count of themselves when police, in an attempt to stifle the protests of the workers and to break the grow- ing unity of white and Negro work- ers, attacked the meeting with gas bombms and clubs. The local boss press admits that policeman Dean Shannon who lost his barge, club and gun and some of his cockiness in the fight, had red pepper in his pocket when he in- vaded the stage where Jennie Coo- per, district organizer of the Inter- national Labor Defense, was speak- ing. Quick action on the part of the workers defense corps prevented Shannon from throwing the pepper in the eyes of the I. L. D. organizer. Mayor §. A. Decker, of Barberton, whom the Unemployed Council holds jointly responsible with the police for fhe murder of Comrade Alex- ander, threatens to place charges against the workers injured by the Police in their attack on the meet- Scottsboro Defense Conferences June 2 Hartford, Conn., at 27 Albany Ave, June 4 Stamford, Conn., at 49 Pacific St. June 5. Springfield, Conn. . Indianapolis, Ind—At Odd Fel- lows Hall, 530’% Indiana Ave., at 7:30 p. m. Baltimore, Md —At Galilean Fishermen's Hall, 411 W. Biddle St. at 8 p.m June & Chester, Pa., at Li:thuanian Hall, 4th and Upland Streets. New Brunswick, N. J—At the Workers’ Home, 11 Plum St., at 2:30 p. m. June 7 Danbury, Conn., at 14 Ives St. Gary, Ind. at Croatian Hall, 23rd and Washington St., at 2 p.m, Kansas City—2 p.m. Hall later, June & Yonkers, N. Y.—At the Workers’ Co-operative Center, 252 Warbur- ton Ave., at 8 p. m June 12 New Haven, Conn. St at 36 Howe June 13 New Britain, Conn June 14 Detroit, Mich.—At 1343 KE. Ferry st June 15 Bridgeport, Conn., at 57 Cannon St U. 8. PAY CUT EXCEEDS OTHERS Greater Than in Other . Lands A report on wage cuts issued by thé League of Nation's, Economic Section, states that wages have been cut more in the United States up to January, 1931, than in Germany, Great Britain, or any other leading capitalist country. The same report. admits drastic wage cuts in all countries but shows that you tn the “richest capitalist country in the world” have been cut most. That the wage cutting drive inter- nationally is gaining momentum is also stressed by this same report. It says “in the spring of 1931, the ten- dency towards wage cuts seems to have’ gained strength in several countries. This process can particularly be seen in the United States with a huge increase in pay cuts in the steel, textile, lumber and rubber in- dustries being admitted As wage cuts increase the fake Propaganda of some of the leading bosses to make it appear they are against such action grows daily. Al Smith a few days ago issued a statement about “being against wage cuts,” and now another Democratic faker, Senator Wagner, laying the basis for winning over the votes of discontented workers, makes a state- ment purporting to be “against wage cuts.” Wagner, early in the present economic crisis, started off with all sorts of schemes for curing unem- ployment. Now he declares in Al- bany that “recourse to wage-cutting is all too obviously an admission of incompetence.” He tells the bosses not to cut wages directly but to get the same effect by firing workers and speeding up those left on the job. LEGION OFFICER STEALS $2,500 Robs Orphans of Food; Was Anti-Red PONTIAC, Mich., June 1.—Steal- ing money from orphans, as well as supporting the Fish anti-Commun- ist campaign, is now among the functions of high officials of the American Legion. Willis M. Brewer, a former national vice-commander of the American Legion was convic- ted here a few days ago of stealing $2,500 from the Legion's orphan fund at Otter Lake, Michigan. This Le- gion commander, who many times stormed against the “Red menace” to “our civilization and our children,” drops to the lowest kind of grafting robbing the orphaned children of men he called “buddies” of a few thousand dollars. Brewer learned his grafting stunts as chairman of the county board of auditors, a pol- itical job,. At the time of his indictment, Brewer was business manager of the Michigan State Tuberculosis hospital at Howell where he undoubtedly robbed tubercular workers of food in order to fill his own pockets. Such deeds can be expected from Ameri~ can Legion commanders. Baild a Worcorr Group in your shop! Write About your struggles! ing. It was also revealed today that Decker had called Akron police Wednesday night and asked them to break up a meeting at 9 W. Bartges St., which was called to protest the Police murder of Comrade Alexander. Another meeting will be held soon in Barberton to rally the masses in protest against police brutality and the murder of Alexander, 3 KILLED IN GERMANY WHEN FASCISTS Demand Seven-Hour D vers, knives, sticks and stones Fascists and workers fought in Koenigsberg yesteray when fascists attending the funeral of the fascist Tchierse attacke a group of workers. Several workers, including two po- licemen, were injured. The fascist, deputy, Krause, was sent to the hos- pital. | Collisions likewise occurred in Breslau yesterday when uniformed Stahlhelm fascist detachments ar- rived in town led by the fascist lead- ers Seldte and Duesterberg. Masses of workers booed and sang the In- ternationale. The police arrested a number of workers and innocent pe- destrians. Yesterday the Communist Party published a program against’ unem- ployment demanding the seven hour day, forty hour week with full wage compensations, earlier old age pen- sions, prohibition of dismissals, due to rationalization, etc.; extension of the housing plan by three hundred thousand homes annually, develop- ment of work on the railways, roads, canals, parks, gardens, etc., building hospitals, recreation homes, kinder- gartens, etc., trade union rates for all work; the program to be financed by the abolition of militarist ex- penses, cutting huge pensions and salaries of higher officials; abolition of all church subsidies; introduction of a millionaire tax of 10 per cent; 20 per cent tax on dividends and di- rectorial fees, etc.; special tax on in- comes of over 60,000 marks (about $12,000) annually. ae Se LUGANO, Italy, May 29.—The an- archist, Schirru, accused of attempt- ing to take the life of Mussolini, sen- tenced to death yesterday by the Fascist: special tribunal, was execut- ed today. It was admitted that the attempt went no further than an al- ledged plot. Schirru denied having accomplices. MASS PICKETING STOPS MINE SCABS Sheriff Leads Charge By Scabs in Autos COUPON, Pa.. June 1.—The strike at the Page Mine of Russett Coal Co., which started May 1 against an 18 per cent wage cut, has resulted in mass picketing in the face of the orders of the sheriff to discontinue Sheriff Homer C. George of Cambria County came up May 28 with a de- tachment’ of deputies, and state po- lice, and escorted two carloads of Scabs through the picket lines. On Maq 26, twelve scabs broke through the line by driving their cars at top speed, and injuring two girl pickets, one 14 and one 15 years of age. 100 Picket. On May 27 a hundred miners, their wives and children turned out in a most militant picket line, and when Sheriff Cook of Blair County, with Deputy Herbert Johnson and Corporal Charles Alexandra came to herd the scabs through, they failed time after time to break through. The scabs tried from 5 a. m. to 12:30 p. m. to break through or sneak through but could not. The strike at the other mines on strike here is resulting in mass Picketing also. At the Baker mine of the T. L. Jones Co., five who at- tempted to break through the picket line May 27 were stopped. The company offers to grant two de- mands of the strikers, but not to rescind the 18 per cent wage cut, and the strike still goes on. Sheriff George invaded a meet- ing of the strikers at Pages mine, and ordered them to keep the pickets off the road leading to the mine, Tom Rodgers, section organizer of the National Miners’ Union, an- swered that the pickets would stay on the road, the strikers are fight- ing for the right to live. Fight lynching. Fight deporta- tion of foreign born, Elect dele- gates to your city conference for protection of foreign born. Demand Amnesty ! Enclosed find by July 1, Name . Address 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 CLASH WITH COMMUNISTS; COMMUNIST PARTY ISSUES JOBLESS PROGRAM ay, Forty-Hour Week; Demand New Homes, Hospitals for the Workers Out of All Military Funds BERLIN, May 29.—In connection with the Fascist dem- onstration at Straets and Hagen yesterday evening, fierce col- lisions took place between Communists and Fascists. Revol- were used. Three were killed, including two fascists. Thirty were injured. CARDINALS MEET ON FASCIST CLASH Seek Way to Patch Up Things A meeting of 25 cardinals at the order of the Pope to discuss the fas- cist-Catholic controversy was held on Monday afternoon. The meeting was called after the rift between the pape Sponsoring the Catholic Action So- ciety, with a membership of 500,000 and Mussolini, had widened due to bombings of churches in various parts of italy. In many places priests and other church parasites were attacked by fascists. The Catholic Action So- ciety has been sttempting to put over a rival fascist program an- nounced by the pope in his latest encyclical With 500009 members, the Catholie Action group, despite its protestations of being “non-political” was carrying on widespread activity to ease out Mussolini's type of fascism and re- place it with another. and equally odious specimen, dominated by the Pope and his anti-Soviet backers Meanwhile, both associates of Mus- Solini and the pope, are working be- hind the scenes to patch up a truce in order not to bring the struggle too much into the open and thereby give the real anti-fascist forces an Opportunity to make the struggle a vital thrust against fascism. No statement was made after the meet- ing of the 25 cardinals. In Rome, Mussolini permitted the re-opening of one of the clubs of the Catholic Action. This, capitalist newspapers correspondents interpret as a loophole through which Musso- lini can crawl to make peace again with the pope. JOBLESS FIGHT IN INDIANA Stop Evictions: Hold Series of Meetings INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. June 1.— The workers of Indianapolis, under the leadership of the Unemoplet Council, prevented another evter en on Lexington. The bosses thought that by jailing Luesse, state secre- tary of the unemployed, for practi- cally three years they could stop the Srowing struggic. But the workers are fighting all the more. On Thursday. June 4, at & p.m, at the Workers’ Center. 9321-2 S. Meridian, Richard B. Moore will Speak at a mass protest meeting against the jailing of Luesse and at, the same time against the lynch plans in Scottsboro, This meeting will be followed the next night at Oddfellows Hall, 5361-2 Indiana Ave., by a United Front Conference, held under the auspices of the League of Struggle for Negro Rights and the International Labor Defense The day following, June 6, at 3 p.m. starting at 14th and Senate there will be a mass demonstration of Né- gro and white workers, demanding the release of Luesse and Protestine the barbarous murder plans of the Southern bosses against the nine Scottsboro Negro boys. ie oe ANDERSON, Ind., June 1.—About 200 workers. employed and unem- ployed, attended a mass meeting called by the Trade Union Unity League and Unemployed Council at, the Crystal Theatre. This was the first indoor militant labor meeting held in Anderson, since before the war, a town of 45,000 and the home of Delco Remy plant, subsidiary of General Moiors, The workers were very enthwias- uc and 26 signed up to form an Un- smployed brar.ch in Anderson, There were a few workers p:esent from Delco Remy, which used to emplry about 10,000 and now works abyu: 5,000 part time at résl starvation wages. There were als: a few stool- pigeons frum the Remy plant pres- ent and the speakers gave thom a good razzing. dollars cents We pledge to do all in our power to save our Daily by raising 835,000