The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 30, 1931, Page 2

hese .» ——— SPAIN ELECTION INTENSIFIES CRISIS: REPORT COMMUNISTS GET FOUR SEATS IN ONE DISTRICT; ‘SOCIALISTS’ IN LEAD: Basque and Catalonia Demand Independence; | Macia Threats Separation for Catalonia, But It’s Incomplete election returns news agencies show a s deputies (representatives) to tional national < sembly, FURRIERS DRIVE OFF GANGSTERS; NOW ORGANIZING Cloakmakers to Meet Wed’sday to Take Up | U JInemployed Problem NEW YOR yesterday morning a bunch of gangsters from the coni- pany union came out on the market in an effort to terrorize the fur workers. The thousands of fur work- ers who were on the market early | in the morning looking for jobs an- swered the attacks of the gorillas| drove t off the market. This | was but another demonstration of the terrorism of the company union and the readiness of the workers to fight for their interests. At 9 o'clock in the morning a huge open-air meeting of unemployed workers was held at 29th St. and Seventh Ave., where Ben Gold ad- dressed the workers on the impor- tant problems confronting the work- ers in the fur trade, pointing out that the only way to alleviate un- employment is by united struggle of employed for union conditions in the shops, which would do away with speed-up, | jong hours and provide more jobs for the unemployed. At a reception banquet held yes- terday in Irving Plaza for Gold, many of the furriers who had dropped out of the union, some for- mer right-wingers expressed their | diness to fight side by side with | the Indi ‘ial Union to restore union conditions in the shops. The committee of 100, elected at} the Cooper Union meeting is having | its first meeting to outline the plan | for the united front conference. Thursday evening, at 7 o'clock, there will be a meeting of fur work- ers to discuss the problems of get- ting down to the work of organizing shops. As a result of these various ac- tivities fur workers are joining the Industrial Union and lining up in the struggle Clak Meeting Wednesday. A general membership meeting of | cloakmakers will be held on Wed- nesday, right after work, at the of- fice of the union, 131 W. 28th St. At this meeting Comrades Bourcho- witz and Levine will report on the activities of the Cloak Department and plans for intensifying the work, especially among the unemployed workers. Police Break Up Dressmakers’ Dance On Saturday night, while the en- tertainment and dance of the dress- makers was going on in Casa D’'Amor Hall in Coney Island, a group of miners came into the hall and were enthusiastically received by the Workers. One of the miners came up on the platform and began t» de- scribe the conditions of the striking miners. A herd of police and de- tectives descended on the hall, pre- pared with a patrol wagon, and foreed the workers out of the hall. This forcible breaking up of the dance shows that the bosses and their police agents are ready to use their brutal violence against the workers in every instance. The workers present vigorously Protested against the action of the Police and pledged to redouble their efforts in assisting the striking Re ster Now For Children’s Camp Sports, Crafts and an Educational Program Registration for the Workers In- ternational Relief camp at Camp ~sinity for the summer is now going on at the local WIR office, 799 Broadway. Special features this year will in- clude swimming in the lake, hikes, classes in radio, arts and crafts be- sides a well diversified program of working class education. A Labor Sports Union director will be in charge of athletics and the sports program is an all inclusive one. The rates for workers’ children are from $5 to $8 per week. Parents are advised to register their children | | What's On— watown Unemployed Council opemate meeting at Tenth St. and Booond Ave. at 7:30 p.m rpening of the revolutionary cri: On June 28th voting took place throughout the country for| the Spanish Cortes, a constitu-| which will frame a constitution and | then become the parliamentary body. | though | the socialists, thanks to their ability | and unemployed workers | Only Talk; Communist Program s in Spain from the capitalist | No party won a majority, fo mask their alliance with the most | reactionary elements, have gained a }larger number of seats than any other single party, though they do |not hold a majority. the present finance minister, | Taaatoelt Prieto, who is negotiating a loan of $30,000,000 with Morgan} & Co. of Wall St. The Spanish so- cialists have already received the| |blessing of American imperialism. They are against recognition of the | Soviet Union and are for a counter- | revolutionary front with the imper- | between and the wavering France jialist powers, |Great Britain, | United States, | ‘The second party in order of depu- ties gained is the Radical Republi- | cans, with Foreign Minister Lerroux as its leader. Lerroux is a bitter jenemy of autonomy for the Basque | and Catalonian provinces. | In view of the overwhelming vic- | tory of the nationalist forces in these two states, demanding complete au- tonomy from the central govern- ment of Spain, sharp clashes will take place. After overwhelmingly | defeating the opponents of Catalon- ian nationalism, President Macta, the leader of the nationalist party, de- clared: “After this election those in Ma- drid (the central government) do {not command here. It is we who command. strated at the polls the want of a | federated republic and with it the liberties we will.” | pressed tremendous enthusiasm for) | the nationalist victory, the party of | Macia, which is in the lead, repre- | |senting the bourgeoisie, will not| press their demands for national | autonomy. power would carry this through to its logical end. A very interesting situation de- | veloped in regard to the chief can- didate-of the third party in power, | the Right Republicans. The present president of Spain, an out-and-out | reactionary under the guise of Te- | | publicanism, President Alcala Zam-| |ora, is reported to have lost in his | home district. This shows the grow. | ing leftward swing of the masses. Several other parties gained seats. The Communist Party, which had been terrorized, its leaders jailed, its meetings smashed, put up candidates in 11 out of 70 districts. The latest | reports by the New York Times state that in one district 4 Communist candidates were elected. In Madrid, a priest who spoke for the Monarchy was severely beaten by the masses. As the result of the | terror at the election polls, 10 were | killed during the voting. ‘The Communist Party of Spain concentrated in the cities of Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Asturia, Anda- lusia, Cordoba, Malaga, Cadiz, Toledo and Pontevedra. The Communist Party of Spain conducted its election campaign on the following program, declaring that the final aim is the establish- ment of a Union of Spanish Soviet Republics, the dictatorship of the proletariat and the revolutionary al- liance of the city and rural prole- |tariat with the poor and middle peasantry. Land to the peasants. Higher | wages for land workers. Seven hour day for the city proletariat, with! wage increased. Unemployment in- surance, paid by the state. Irrecon- cilable struggle against the catholic church, the most powerful banker, capitalist and land-owner in Spain, | Protected by the Socialist-Republican | alliance. Despite the extreme difficulties under which the Communist Party of Spain is working it is making headway among the masses. The | conclusion of the present election, contrary to the belief of the social- ists and republicans, does not quiet matters. It intensifies the situation and brings more and more to the front the basic problems which the socialists and republicans cannot solve, which will be solved only by a victorious proletarian revolution, Starving Worker Dies Waiting For a Job Fred Broder, a laundry worker and member of the Laundry Workers Union, Local 280 of the American Federation of Labor died of starvation today while he was waiting for a job. Mon- day night this worker went to the laundry at 31 East llth Street after seeing the advertisement for the job in a capitalist morning paper. He waited’ from nine o' clock Monday night until this morning when the boss came to open the shop. One hundred other workers were there to get ‘the same job,. Among these hun- ‘dred was Frank Boder who had Their leader | Catalonia has demon-| other provinces will gain the same} While the masses in Catalonia ex-| Only the proletariat in| *| committees. Organize shop commit- THE ADVEN TURES OF BILL WORKER ‘Lk GOON STRIKE Yo GET | TLIVE “THROWING OUT OF Your House! \You Caw Sree ITS A God Given | eens OF Your Bess ‘To Syarve You. Here's AN INJUNCTION To PRreven't YoU Humger s RERELLING AGAINST, ttungeR TnL JAIL YoU i“ Good Siave 15 ALWAYS Loyat. To “THINGS LTMADE THINGS ta By RYAN WALKER ONCE Suc HAPPENED TO ME -THEN Bran Why Does Hillman | _- Hide Names of | the Racketeers? | NEW YORK—The expiration of the agreement between the Amalga- {mated Clothing Workers and the manufacturers today passed without | any statement from either the Hill- | man company union officials or from the bosses. | Issuing broadcast a leaflet ex- | plaining the situation facing the | | clothing workers, the Rank and | File Committee of the A. C. W. has | called a mass meeting today imme- | diately after work at Webster Hall, {119 E. 11th St. A report of the | | week's mobilization work of the com- mittee of forty will be made and the program for militant action in turn- ing the strike into a genuine one | will be taken up. Considerable interest is still cen- tered on Hillman’s move to bludgeon his racketeering colleagues, the Or- lofsky-Beckerman clique, into line. Resorting to an alliance with the Tammany police and the manufac- | turers Hillman significantly enough | has withheld the names of his racke- teer friends. The former is trying to hold the threat of use of the Tam- | | many police department to force the Orlofsky-Beckerman group to dis-| gorge their heavy booty and agree | to work strictly under Hillman’s |.watehful eye. Hillman is determined | | to further rationalize his company | union and organize the collection | {and distribution of racketeer and | graft money. Why doesn’t Hillman expose the names of the gang he labelled as | | racketeers? Why is he afraid to) | show up his pals? Does he still| | hope to use them and their under- | world thugs against the workers in | his strike? hese are the questions | that tailors are now asking them- | selves in connection with Hillman’s | latest move. SCOTTSBORO CONF. JULY 1 BROWNSVILLE. — A_ Scottsboro United Front Conference has been jcalled in Brownsville, Brooklyn, for July 1. The conference will be held in the Dunbar Center, Herkimer St. and Schenectady Ave. It will begin at 8 p.m. The call for the conference points out that the attempt at wholesale massacre of the nine Scottsboro Ne- gro boys is a direct attempt to ter- rorize the Negro masses into submis- sion and acceptance of the bosses starvation program and to crush their growing revolt against starva- | tion and national oppression. It calls upon all workers to send delegates from their organizations, churches, blocks, neighborhoods and shops, Organize block and neighborhood tees in your factories and elect dele~ gates to the conference. Join the mass fight to save the nine boys. Smash the bosses lynch court deci- sions! Long live the fighting alliance of the Negro and white workers! Jail Youth Who Resisted Evictions NEW YORK.—Arrested June 19 for resisting an eviction and block- ing the landlord's effort to efefct it, five workers were released and one sentence to 30 days in the work- house in Special Sessions Court to- day. Joseph Porper, 21, was singled out for the sentence because of his mili- tancy in defying the landlord, Sul- tan, who testified against Porper in court. Porper declared he was a mem- ber of the Downtown Council of the Unemployed and that the council was active in fighting eviction of penni- Jess jobless families. H | |St. came to the Down Town Branen jnoney to the family. A committee | bread be reduced to 5 cents a pound | and rolls to 15 cents a dozen. Stead of making a profit, the poor |Mother, 3 Children | Appeals to Council. | of Jobless for Aid| Mrs. May Sandow of 147 Ridge | of the Unemployed Council and appealed for help. Her husband, who is a locomotive engineer, has been out of work for the last five months, and she has not been able to feed her three children ages of 3 5 and 9 years. She informed the cosneil that when she appealed to}; the charity institution, all they did was ask her a long list of questions, but gave her no relief. In the meantime her children have been without milk for weeks. The Down Town Branch elected a committee which went to the neigh- borhood and collected food from the neighborhood stores, This was the only food upon which the family lived. Yesterday afternoon, an open air meeting was held near that house—$2.60 was collected, and a@ committee of neighbors together with representatives of the Unem~ ployment Council brought that also volunteered to collect food for the family. The Down Town Branch of the Unemployed Council will organize 2 block committee in that neighbor- hood which will serve as a nucleus to build a neighborhood unemployes | branch, OF BREAD STRIKE BRONX, N. Y.—The Specialty Bakery Owners Association, the or- ganization of the Bronx bakery own- | ers, at a conference Friday with the United Front Committee of working class consumers that is conducting a bread strike against about a dozen bakers, rejected the demands that The bosses’ association presented | fake figures that “proved” that in~ | bosses were actually operating at a loss of 8 per cent a week. However, the United Front Committee quickly punctured these figures and showed that the bosses were making a com- fortable profit in addition to driving their workers long hours at wages below the union scale as a result of the cooperation of the scab A. F. of L. union with which they have an agreement. It was also revealed that the poverty-stricken Owners’ Asso- ciation is now subsidizing each of the bakeries against which a strike is being conducted to the extent of $200 a week. Though they rejected the demands of the United Front Committee, the bosses asked for an- other conference next week, Since the strike has been on, about 25 workers have been arrested. They have been defended by the New York District of the International Labor Defense. Workers Bookshop in Sales Cut Prices 20% ‘The Workers Book Shop is now running a 20 per cent sale The main purpose of this sale is to en- able the workers to obtain their books at a reduced rate so that they can read up on important subjects concerning the working class move- ment during their vacation period. The sale started on Saturday, June 27, and will continue through the whole of this week. Books like Memoirs of Lenin, Russian Primer (the story of the Five Year Plan for children), Red villages (the Five Year Plan in Agriculture) which just came off the press—these books and many more on economics and working class fiction can be gotten during the whole week and includ- ing July 4 at 20 per cent less than the regular price. LARGE MEETING reasonable, 144 Se ROOMS Apply Cafe id Ave. corner EAT IN | native lackey, REJECT DEMANDS ‘Cuban Communist Party Hits ing-class children and of the masses of Latin America. A communication just received from the Cuban Communist Party declares: “The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba adds its protest to the protests ef other or- ganizations all over the world, which are carrying on a campaign to save the lives of the nine Negro boys of Scottsboro, Alabama, sen- tenced to a legal lynching. This crime of the Alabama bosses is further proof of the savage oppres- sion and exploitation practiced on the Negro People by Yankee Jm- Perialism, “In Cuba, where the same Yan- kee imperialism rules through its Machado, the Ne- gtoes are also discriminated against and in this moment when the: Com- manist Party has started 2 cam- paign against the discrimination of the Cuban Negroes, we express our support to the campaign con- ducted by the Communist Party of the U, S. A. the International La- bor Defense, the League of Strug- gle for Negro Rights and other “We are organizing a protest throughout all the country in fa- yor of our Negro brothers in Scotts- we the lives of the Negro boys! Let us fight united against our common enemy, against Yan- kee imperialism! For Uncondi- tional Negro Equality. “Centrag Commfttee, Party of Cubs.” A Communist .One Hour to Spare. Visit the “Daily” The response for volunteer help in the national office of the Daily Worker has been very en- couraging. Should there be others who wish to join the ranks of life-savers, and who can spare an hour or two during the day for typing, addressing envelopes, in- serting, ete, we would appreciate their help as well. The address Cooperators’ SEROY 687 Allerten Avence BRONX, N.Y. Estabrook $215 Gottlieh’s Hardware 119 THIRV AVENUE Near 14th St. Stayvesant 6074 All winds ot ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES Cutlery Our Specialty Dr. LEO KESSLER Surgeon Dentist ~ mees the Ri val of Hin Oftice to 853 BROADWAY Corner 14th St, Rooms 1007-1008 New York City EFFECTIVE JULY tet (B, M. T, Station In Building) Ani JACK’s LUNCH BAR AND RESTAURANT 36 AVENUE A , (Corner 3rd Street, New York City) , CATSKILL MOUNTAINS Ries! elem er oraaae te rooms, Swim: and water, Legal Lynching of Negro Boys; Masses Throughout the World Taking Up! Fight to Free Boys; Cuban Party Denounces Persecution of Negroes by U. S. Bosses NEW YORK.—As part of the now world-wide mass fight | to smash the cruel frame-up against the nine Negro children in Scottsboro, Alabama, the Communist Party of Cuba mobilizing the Cuban masses in a militant country-wide pro- test movement against the imperialist murderers of our work- is “The Pirates of Pen- zance” at Erlanger Opens To Tonight | The fifth of the the Gilbert and Sul- livan summer series, “The Pirates of Penzance,” opens tonight at Erlang- er’s Theatre, presented by the Civic Light Opera Company under the direction of Milton Aborn. The fol- lowing cast will enact the Marsh, Frank Moulan, William Dan- forth, Vivian Hart and Anhe Yago. When “The Pirates of Penzanc: | or, “The Slave of Duty,” was first | | presented to the world, it was in| |New York and Arthur Sullivan held | [the baton over the performance. | | This was at the Fifth Avenue Thea- tre in 1879, John Barrymore in “Svengali” is | the’ principal screen feature at the | Hippodrome this week. The stage acts include: Adelaide Hall, Felovis, Roy Rogers, Ray Sax, Perry Twins with Eslyn Taris, Vic Oliver and | Margot Crangle, Archie and Gertie | Falls, George McKay and Gretta | Ardine with the St. Claire Sisters, “Mountains of the Moon” in New Film . at Cameo Theatre Carveth Wells, who headed the expedition to the Mountains of the Moon, provides the commentary to the fiim, “Hell Bélow Zero,” which opens Friday at the Cameo Theatre. He is widely knewn for his six years’ work in the Malay Jungles and his expedition to Lapland for leading | roles: Herbert Watrous, Howard | Downtown “Daily” Readers Club Formed | At Meeting, June 26 | NEW YORK.—A meeting of read- ers of the Daily Worker Friday, June 26 at Manhattan Lyceum organized the Downtown Daily Worker Read- | ers’ Club, After a brief talk by a member of the Daily Worker editorial staff, dis- | cussion and questions from the floor | took place. An executive committee of seven and an organizer and secretary were elected. A program of cultural and social activities in connection with the Daily Worker will be worked out by the executive committee. A collection of $4.50 for the Daily | was raised at the conelusion of the | meeting. Notice of the next meet- | ing will aveess ire De in the Daily Worker. ‘UNEMPLOYED TO DEMAND RELIEF |Starving Families Pro- test July 7 NEW YORK, June 29.—A delega- | tion of workers from the Unem- | ployed Council will protest against | the cutting off of relief at the mu- |nicipal flop houses at the meeting of the Board of Aldermen at City Hall jon July 7 at 2 p.m. The delegation will also protest against the miser- able amount of food that has been handed out to a few starving fami- lies at the police stations. A large number of starving families will ac- company the delegation to City Hall to participate in the demonstration. ‘The unemployed branehes of the various neighborhoods throughout the city will hold open air meetings | during the coming week to rally the | unemployed and the employed work~- ers, and tehir wives and children to back up the demands of the Unem- ployed Council and of the starving unemployed families. The Unem- ployed Council is determined to get adequate relief for the unemployed workers from the city government. the American Museum of Natural History. sCAMEONOW “HELL BELOW ZERO” Adventures in the mountains of the moon in equotorial Africa Ster GUURERT "4 SULLIVAN, “PIRATES OF PENZANCE” “Thrift” Prices Eva, 50c to $2. Wed. ‘Mats, 50c to $1. Sat. hohe abe oe PEN, Mats. f0e to $1.50 ‘W. 44th Street Evenings 8:30 { (New stotern Air Cooling System) [2 Wha Ber’ JULY 13 SEATS JOLANTHE”™ Now AMUSEMENTS HIPPODROME °.03: BIGGEST SHOW LN NEW YOBK RKO | John Barrymore avis | in “SVENGALI” 8 A MODERN VIRGIN With Margaret Sullavan, Rawlinson and ROGER PRYOR BOOTH THEA., 45th W. of Bway, Evs, 8:50. Only Mat. Wed., 2:40. No Performances Saturday CAMP UNITY, Revolutionary For information about SY ot Ga fee come GO ON YOUR VACATION TO ONE OF OUR Proletarian Camps Information for all four camps can be obtained at 32 Union Square. Room No. 505. — Telephone STuyvesant 9-6332. CAMP NITGEDAIGET, BEACON, N. Y. Boats leave for the camp every day from 42nd Street Ferry Good entertainment.—DANCES at the Camp WINGDALE, N. Y. Autos leave from 143 E. 103rd St. every day at 10 a, m., Fridays at 10 a. m. and 6:30 p. m. and Saturday, 9 a. m., and 4 p. m. for the camp The comrades are requested to come on time, remain behind. CAMP WOCOLONA MONROE, N. Y¥.—On beautiful Lake Walton—Swimming—Boatiig, etc. A return ticket to Camp ‘Vocolona is only $2.60 Take the Erle Railroad. CAMP KINDERLAND HOPEWELL JUNCTION, N. Y¥. — be in office one week in advance at 143 East 103rd St—Children of 7 years or over are accepted.—Registration for adults at 32 Union Square.—Rates for adults $17 per week. Call Stuyvesant 9-6332 in order not to Entertainment. All registrations for children must ‘6TH CONVENTION OF YOUTH LEAGUE Mass Meeting Fri. to Open National Conf. NEW YORK.—The Sixth National Convention of the American Young Communist League will open with @ mass meeting at the Central Opera House on Friday, June 26. Dele- gates from the various districts of the country will meet to discuss the situation of the working youth and the tasks of the League in the com- ing period. Among the speakers at the open- ing mass meeting will be Tony Mine- ich, member of the National Com- mittee of the Y. C. L., who is at ieee: in jail in Ohio for organ- | izing the miners in the strike being Jed by the National Miners’ Union. Comrade Minerich is one of the leaders of the strike. especially among the young miners. —, It is expected that William Z. Foster will be present to speak in the name of the Central Committee of the Communist Party. Young workers representing other militant youth organizations and the Young Pioneers will also speak. An excellent program of enter- tainment has been prepared by the League of the N. ¥. District. Ad- mission will be 25 cents in advance and 35 cents at the door. Intern’) Workers Order DENTAL DEPARTMENT 1 UNION SQUARE 8TH FLOOR au bapad nee Under Persona! Care R. JOSEPHSON SPEND YOUR VACATION AT: “The Farm in the Pines” Hlectric Light, All Improvements Near M. Lake, R-F.D. No. 1 Box 78 M. OBERKIRCH, Kingaten, N. ¥. SOLLIN’S RESTAURANT 216 EAST 14TH STREET 6-Course Lunch: 55 Cents Regular Dinner 65 Cents WORKERS— EAT _AND DRINK THE BEST AT THE LOWEST PRICES PURE FOOD LUNCH ORTHEAST CORNER 13th Sr. & UNIVERSITY PLACE Phone Stuyvesant $816 Jobn’s Restaurant SPECIALTY: [ITALIAN DISHE® 302 &. 12th St. New York MELROSE DAIRY yEcEranan Comrades Will "Geers Pan Find It Pleasant to Dine at Our Place, 1787 SOUTHERN BLVD. Bronx (near 114th St. Station) YELEPHONE INTERVALE Rational Vegetarian Restaurant 199 SECOND AVENUE Bet. 12th and 18tb Sts. Strictly Vegetarian food HEALTH FOOD Vegetarian Restaurant 1600 MADISON AVENUE Vhone University seas” Advertise Your Union Meetings Gere. For information Write to Advertising Vepartment The DAILY WORKER 50 East 18th Gt New York City