The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 7, 1931, Page 1

PRA Sanesenintin AMEE 8 Demand Release of «Worker he-Co Rinunict Porty U.S.A. (Section a the Communist International) U Mooney at “Solidarity Festival” for Miners Relief Today! WORKERS OF THE WORLD, INLTE! _ Vol. ‘VIL, No. 215 Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office 1879 erry, r en’ ‘Price 3 Ce at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, Demand Relief-- Not Grafters’ Promises! CCORDING to Tammany’s own Employment Agency head, Mr. Rybicki, there are 1,000,000 unemployed workers in New York City. Out of these, only 15,500 are now being given “relief employment” of two or three days per week, Clearly, this is complete proof that the Hoover praise of “adequate” relief by “local agencies” is ridiculously inadequate. But there is more! It now is revealed that—as the Communist Party and the Unemployed Council predicted when the Tammany Board of Estimate appropriated felief funds—a considerable part of these funds are “mis-handled.” Throughout the country, and in all cities; the same sort of thing has been the order of the day. Millions of dollars have gone into the pockets of outright embezzlers and grafting “purchasing agents”, officials of city government and the thieving “Community Chests”. The necessity of the workers, employed and unemployed alike, making this an issue in the fight for Workers’ Administration of relief funds is of first importance. Only the Communist Party and the workers who follow its lead, raises this issue, because all other groups, including the fake “socialists”, delude the workers into thinking that there can possibly be “honesty” in anything administered by capitalist agencies. In New York City, it is clear that those who get “relief employment” have to produce more qualifications than being “heads of families” or even “voters who have exercised their franchise twice in the last ten years”—Acting Mayor McKee’s rules—although the outrageous discrimi- nation against those who cannot qualify on these requirements is another thing that must be fought tooth and nail. It is evident that in New York he only ones who get even this miserable forced labor relief work, are those who satisfy Tammany ward heelers of these services. The bandwogan -campaign of every sort of capitalist agency to de- feat unemployment insurance and really adequate relief needs the most strenuous efforts to counteract. The complete hypocrisy that the un- employed were “adequately” provided for last Winter, must be met with concrete refutation in every locality. Let those who have been unem- ployed speak up from every tribunal of the working class to give the lie to this shameless falsehood started by Hoover and peddled by the entire capitalist press. This lie is aimed to defeat the demand raised by the Commur''s for Unemployment Insurance at the entire cost of the capitalists and ‘2eir government, for adequate immediate relief for the destitute, and for at least $150 Winter Relief to each unemployed worker. And it proceeds by way of endless “endorsements” and “approvals” by every sort of capi- talist spokesman and their press, to Hoover's scheme to make “local agencies” responsible because, according to this lie, they are able to give “adequate” relief because they “did” give “adequate” relief last Winter. Firstly, as noted above, the “adequacy” of last Winter’s—and this Summer’s—relief must be exposed. And if we examine into the “plans” for the coming Winter, we see how the whole program is one of starva- tion under the pretense of adequacy. ‘For example, we have the drum-thumping “plan” of Governor Roose- velt, who is going to “adequately” care for the approximately 2,000,000 unemployed throughout NewYork State, with $20,000,000! And the quar- rel between Roosevelt and other capitalist politicians as to who is going to administer this, is proof enough that somebody figures on grafting it. The N. Y. Times of September 6, reports that St. Louis estimates that $350,000 “will be needed” up till January 1, although 28,000 families “have asked” assistance “during recent months”. If St. Louis “relieves” 28,000 families for the remaining four months of this year with no more than $350,000, this means that each family will get no more than $3.12 worth of “relief” per month! ployed or else the miracle of the “ Either this is a diabolical plan to starve the unem- ‘five loaves and five fishes” is to be repeated! And after January 1, well—St. Louis unemployed can appar- ently starve to death then if they have managed to survive that far! In Philadelphia, there is a great pow-wow about a fund of $3,500,000, although it is admitted that “100,000 people are now receiving food, milk and gas orders from the Municipal B ureau of Unemployment Relief”. This fund of $3,500,000 means just $3.50 per month per person if we figure that the number of “relieved” will remain the same for the seven months between now and next March. Naturally, the fascist leaders of the American Federation of Labor are uniting in the general chorus of capitalist horn-blowers for this kind of “relief. by local agencies”. “I believe in the principle of local responsibility,” said Wm. Green, in endorsing Hoover's scheme and the Community Chests. Of course the revolutionary workers do not absolve local governments from responsi- bility, in fact they are the only ones who have been and will continue to demand relief from local authorities. The A. F. of L. leaders have been viciously against the workers supporting these demands on authorities. local But, if we read further on, we see why Green suddenly has dis- covered the need for “local responsibility”. sources that he wants demands ma workers! “Labor has made an excellent throughout the country,” he boasts, It is not upon capitalist de “locally”, but upon the employed showing in community chest totals as if unashamed to admit that the employed workers—with their wages cut and working part time—should be the ones to bear the burden rather than, as Communists demand that relief must come from the capitalists onjv. And Green goes on to urge the continuance of this outrageous “I urge labor groups everywhere burden: to cooperate whole-heartedly in the welfare relief mobilization, as well as in other measures which may be undertaken by Mr. Gifford and his committee.” Let every worker understand that the A. F. of L. offici:'s are in the camp of Hoover and his starvation campaign, and let the fight against such traitors become an essential part of the struggle for Unemploy- ment Insurance, for immediate relief to the starving, and for $150 Winter Relief to each jobless worker, entirely at the cost of the capitalists and their government, and administered solely by the workers! AFL CHECKOFFS WHITE PLAINS ROAD WORKERS ‘WHITE PLAINS, N. Y.—The road workers of the Regal Company (one of the largest road construction con- tractors) found $5 stolen from their pay to be handed over to the A. F. of L. as part payment of their initia~ tion fee. A papex slip in the envelope informed them that $5 will be taken out every day (two weeks) until $26 is paid up to the A. F. of L. for the sell-out agreement. Apparently th’: means that the contractor also gets a, rake-off as the initiation fee was announced as $20! The Trade Union Unity League lo- cal of the road workers of White Plains called for a mesting of the 75 Regal workers for Friday nitht last, with an English, Spanish. Ttalian and Portuguese leaflet, to be held at their headquarters ot 15 South Lexington St., White Plains, to organize and demand the money back and refuse to cllow a nickel to tie. ta ors ike Moke rey fen to, head of the Ak “Union.” Friday morning the TUUL organ- izer, Martinett, and another we-ker was arrested for distributing the leaflets. The International Labor De- ; ‘ense got them out on bail and their ease will come up on Thursday. Fri- day night 90 workers responded to the call. Arrangements were made to hold special meetings of the Regal men but not at the headquarters, as hard-boiled detectives posted them- selves conspicuously near the door to try and terrorize the workers. | Organization work is going forward. Lectures are being held in Spanish and Italien as well as in English to acquaint the workers with the Revo- lutionary Trade Union movement. Many Negroes are joining the organ- ization. The I. L. D. had 175 workers to the August 22 mass mecting. Last Thursday the anarchists held a lecture in Spanish on Bolshevism: vs. Anerchicm and the workers fer- merly anarchist-sympathizcrs gave their support to the Communist speakers. The anarchists and Muste- ites tried to organize an independent union recently but failed miserably. The influence and strength of the Communist Party and the Trade tMon oO: League is of L. Hodcarriers Labor prec ding in|. Civil War Rages in Chile; White Guards Slaughter with Aid of Imperialist Forces U. 8. Copper Magaate Who C 1s For Wiping Out Chile Reds Goverament Enferces NEW YORK. K—After_ ing the hour of its “ul government, which meanwhile was mobilizing | its white-guard forces, raff in the employ of imperialist agencies in Chile, is reported to have gone into action against the mutinous | 6,000 sailors who control the navy. | At the same time, wholesale arrests of Communists and | Communist sympathizers were going on throughout Chile. United Press and Associated Press dispatches from Chile show = 13 WORKERS AT VICTION, FREE AFTER ARREST, Fight 2nd Eviction in| the Same Day Thirteen workers were arrested Friday while putting back the evict- ed furniture of Frank Orlando, 530 E. 12th St., a worker unemvloyed for a long time. He came to the Down- town Unemployed Council in tears. The Council mobilized to help him. The arrested workers were charged with disorderly conduct, obstructing traffic, obscene language and as many other charges they could put on them. After being held inj night court they were removed to Essex Market court and tried before Judge Wyle. The landlord intended to make a test case of this and had three lawyers in court who tried their best to railroad the workers but were stopped by the militancy of the work- ers all of whom took the stand and pointed out that if they wanted to arrest workers for putting back furni- ture they would have to arrest the entire neighborhood since all par- ticipated. The judge was forced to release them. The same day the council put back the furniture of Schwartz, an unemployed food market worker liv- ing at 623 E. 12th. He has a family of four children, the youngest child is four months old. The children are in starving condition and have no clothes to wear. Mrs. Schwartz came to the council telling them that none of the charities would help her and the Unemployed Council was her last rescrt. The council mobilized again, not intimidated by the earlier ar- rests and put back the furniture holding a meeting outside the house to explain to the aroused neighbor- hood the function of the council. The council raised $1.95 for the family. Build a workers correspondence group in your factory, shop or neighborhood. Send reguiar letters to the Daily Worker. Four More Babies Near Death at the Renton Coal Camp TRENTON, Pa.—“our more ba- bies in the barracks here are very sick and their mothers fear they will follow Johnny Love two-year- old striker’s child who was buried last week. He died of starvation. The Women’s Auxiliary of the Na- tional Miners Union has sent in a special appeal to the Penn-Ohio- W. Virginia Kentucky Striking Miners Relief Committee, for miik for them and all the ot!cr chil- dren in the camp who, while they are not sick, are bad'y undernour- ished, These women are fighting militently for better conditions side by side with their men, and ask your he'p. NOT ONE CHILD in the sirusk ecmp at Renton HAS'A PAIR OF SEOUS! Many ef .tieir mothers eannct go to the Women's Auzili- 2 pletto! lines n't allow us to co ont the way we're dressed.” .. But the immediate thing is to get milk for these babies. They must have milk tomorrow! Send your donation today to the Milk Fund. Address it to Room 205, 611 Penn Arc. PMtchurch, Pa, to Censorship As Many Rumors Are Sent Out; Strikes Still On PARADES FRIDAY PREPARESFORTYD Militant Meetings and Marches in All Boros} Of. the City NEW YORK.—In demonstrations, parades and marches thruout all boroughs, Friday last the Young Communist League mobilized thou- sands of young workers and students in preparation for International | Youth Day, September 8. at ® ondones Wage Cuts In U. 8.! er Tepeatedly extend-| timatum,” the Chilean 2,000 ‘in Downtown March Answering the call of the Young Communist League International | Youth Day United Front Conference 2,000 young and adult workers para- ded Friday night thru the lower East Side. The parade was a splen- did example of the growing militan- cy of both young and adult workers everywhere. In spite of the general police terror and intimidation, when the’ parade reached 7th St. and Ave. including all the riff-| that the infuriated bourgeois, with the aid of Yankee and British im- YOUNG WORKERS’ perialism, were preparing a blood- bath for the revolutionary workers. One of the late United Press dis- patches reported 500 killed at Tal- chuano, a seaport 250 miles from Santiago, Chile, where revolutionists had possession of the land batteries. The capitalist press reports say that “loyal” government troops captured the batteries and shot every fifth revolt:tionist. The thirty airplanes in the con- trol of the government were reported in action against the navy, the war- ship O'Higgins disabled and other craft being attacked. At the same time, the street car “strikes. in the leading cities of Chile: are still on. There is a complete censorship of news with the govern- ment sending out only such infor- mation as it wants known. In the United States, American imperialism, which plans to shoot down unemployed workers here and | to use the armed forces to enforce wage cuts for American workers, is preparing to support the war of the Chilean whiteguards against the workers and sailors who too are resisting wage cuts and demanding unemployment relief. It is significant to learn from what sources the propaganda in favor of the “noble” Chilean government comes. Spruville Braden, son of Col. William S. Braden, a _ millionaire copper mine owner in Chile, de- clares that conditions are “not so bad in Chile,” and the workers there have no right to take up arms in their struggle against benevolent capitalists like Braden himself. Bra- den praises the “upper classes” and says he believes the peasants and workers have the “fortitude” to suf- fer hunger without attacking the government that protects the mil- lions of profits of Braden, Guggen- heim, the Standard Oi] and such B (Tompkins Square) where accord- ing to police permit it should have ended, the workers enmasse marched to Ave. A, filling the block from Ave. A to B with a solid mass of shout- ing, singing, expressing their revolu- tionary ardour with song after song. The police, many of whom were mounted, could not budge the crowd. Over 4,000 workers participated in the demonstration. Many platforms were set up by the Young Commun- ist League. Speakers from the League, Party, and many mass or- (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) WHAT TO DO AT. SOLIDARITY DAY | MEET, SEPT ith Expect Large Crowd Of Workérs NEW YORK. The Solidarity Day festival and demonstration at Star- light Park, 177th Street and West Farms Road, September 7th (Labor Day) will bring together a great mass of workers. The program, rich with working class culture, will be varied and colorful. The Committee on Afiairs makes the following suggestions in the spirit of revolutionary understanding and in the light of working class self- discipline: first, all of us who par- _NEW YORK. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1931 | All Out to Storlight Pr, Today in Solidarity Workers! Show Your PITTSBURGH, Pa., West Virginia-Kentucky St says: worked at Bradley. coffee. I have no money, or soap and my feet are on shoe. “T thank you, Appeals to Striking Miners? Sept. | the striking miners in Eastern Ohio is shown in this ap- peal from a Dillonvale striker to the Pennsylvania-Ohio- tee, 611 Penn Ave., Room 205, Pittsburgh, Pa. “Dear Sirs:—I am out on strike since June 11. No Food, Clothing in House, Whites Ohio Miner Relief Comm.; Solidarity; Send Aid! 6.—The bitter plight of king Miners’ Relief Commit- | | His letter Lots | Foster With Striking Miners Relief Is Gre: atest Need Of Miners Today Will Demand Amne Speak miners and textile held today, Solid Da in Star- light Park an Coliseum, 177 St. and West Farms R: under the leadership of the Wot s Interna tional Relief of days I had to eat berries and apples house, I don’t know who pays “I can’t get no flour, sugar, “There is lots of days we have no beans, just soup, so please see what you fellows can do to help me out. to keep alive. I ok Han sealae ie : a tes is the keynote of today’s 3ecause I did not go back to work | | gigantic demo n° and festival they put me out, so I was moved down here. | ht P; 177th Street and “I have to go from dinner time on Sunday to 10 West Farms Road in the o’clock Monday with nothing to eat, not even a drink of defense of the 9 gro boys at Pouehoees (vari ew ardor Scottsboro, solidarity in the demands as aheee for the release of Mcon: the rent. coffee, the ground. ings and all the other y | | Oners now roiting in the bosses. . .solida: | | ers in their struggles in the mines, | | the shops, on the picket lines and ; , in the jails. | First-hand accounts of the terror | | unleashed against the miners of Har- beans or bacon I wear a size 7 Dillonvale, Ohio.” lan, Ky. fighting to build their or- Front Scottsboro Defense Cor ticipate must impose upon ourselves | working class self discipline; second, | we must occupy our seats during the Solidarity Demonstration in the Co- liseum and refrain from walking be- tween the seats, aisles; third, we must not talk to our neighbors when speakers are on the platform; fourth, we must occupy those seats which the ushers indicate; fifth, we must refrain ourselves from rising while the pageant is taking place; sixth, other parasites in Chile. In issuing his statement for sup- port of the Chile government against , ciated with the Braden Copper Co., the mutinous sailors and Commu- nists Braden said that he is asso- and the Andes Copper Co., both of which are connected with the An- when the demonstration is over, we must leave the Coliseum in an or- derly manner. If we all observe these simple, but tremendously important suggestions, we will be proving that | we understand the meaning of work- j large part of the $70,000,000 of Am- aconda Copper Co., “composing a) ing class solidarity and will be play- ing a real part in the greatest de- erican money invested in Chile.” monstration of solidarity the working ‘The Anaconda Copper Co. has cut wages of its workers in the United States from 20 to 30 per cent. class of New York has ever seen. All | out to the Solidarity Day Demon- stration and Festival! Long live the Solidarity of the working class! lattend the Taylor STRIKE FOR FAR PITTSBURGH, Pa. Pa., Sept. Peat ly a hundred boy students of the |Gladstone elementary school whose grievances are the same as those who Allerdice High School from Hays, did a little picket- ing Friday (Sept. 4). [They stopped the car on which six pupils were pay- ing the fares that the school board used to pay but insists the poverty | stricken steelworker parents must pay this year. The pickets broke off the fender of the car in the struggle that developed around their attempt to fasten a big sign reading: “Scabs on This Car” to the rear of the vehicle. | To this is added another grievance. | Thursday, September 3, because of the absolute failure of the schoo) board to maintain any safety guides or traffic direction at the network of roads around the school house in | South Burgettstown, Nareene Trim- mer, seven year old school girl was run down by an automobile and/ killed. Monnessen Steel Workers Begin to Organize | to F ight Fierce Wage Cuts PITTSBURGH, Pa., Sept. 4. conference of steel workers was held last night in Monnessen, Pa. with steel workers present from the American Sheet and Tin Plate Co. jmill in Monnessen, the Pittsburgh Steel Company, and the Paige Steel and Wire Co, Five main questions were considered and acted upon by the conference — t..2 recent wage euts (10 to 20 per cent at A. S. & T. P.), as high as 35 per cent in the rod mill at Pittsburgh Steel, vete.) the building of the mill locals of the MWIL, the working out of a program of immediate demands for each mill, the organization of the unemployed steel workers, and the September 27 mass Steel Con- ference in Pittsburgh. merged into one—the development of strikes agent tie’ wage eut ‘eso eoarvence mace a covics os All points | =| Conference i Raye the! |The second of the series of section Basis For Mill Committees decisions relating to organizational matters, elected an executive com- mittee to lead the work, and made plans for establishing the MWIL in Donora and Monangehela City. Many Grievances Conditions in the mills were dis- cussed. That they are bad was in- dicated by the fact that no less than 12 demands were worked out in a short time —all based upon real grievances of the men, which are to be discussed inside the mills and the most popular demands selected. On the opening turn of the week in the tin mill, the crews aio compelled to work 9 hours, with the second turn working 9 hours, and then the rest of the turns throughout the week working straights 8s until the last turn of the week, which is compelled to work 9 and 9% hours, “If they want more production let them work us the full week instead of only 3 days,” is the way the work- ers feel about it. Everyone was in favor of the fight for the 6- hour day without reduction in pay, but all agreed that the immediate question was the fight for the en- forcement of the 8-hour day, with the 6-hour campaign to be taken up later when we have a mass un- ion. Other important demands raised include 10 per cent extra for all work done on the 4-part sys- tem in the tin mill, full pay for all time lost on accidents, with the (COMMAVED ON PAGS THREE) ganization, the National Miners Un- jon, Wl be heard today (Monday) Prepare Scottsboro Defense Conference in N.Y. Sept. 13 Local United Front Scottsboro Defense Com- mittee Warns Against Let Down In Campaign; Miss Maddox Speaks In Superior NEW YORK.—Warning against any mass defense campaign to free the nine innocent Scottsboro Negro boys facing legal lynching in Alabama, the local United second United Front Conference for Scotts ‘MORE CHILDREN ’ working-cle slowing up of the ued a call for a oro Defense. All and sympa- , thetic organizations are urged |to send two. delegates to this | conference, which will be held |Sunday, Sept. 13, at the Fin- |nish Workers 1, 15 West 126th treet. In many cities the work of the d Yront Scottsbono Confer- hes been permitted to slow Jown following the filing of the cppea!, and the stay won for the eight boys. In the meantime, the Alabama lynch bosses, taking ad- vantage of this Jull in the storm | ox protests, are increasing their | attacks on militant Negro workers | in that state who have rallied to the defense of the Scottsboor boys. ‘The Alabama boss courts are at the same time delaying action in the case in the hope that the mass nmittee has is at the “Solidarity Festival” arranged by the Workers International Relief at Starlight Park, 177th St. and West Farms Road. The affair, which begins et 11 o'clock in the morning and contin- ues thru. the day and evening, will mobilize relief for the striking, starv- ing miners of Kentucl Western Pennsylvania and Ohio. It will at the same time demonstrate for the immediate release of Tom Mooney and all class-war prisoners, for the liberation of the Scottsboro boys and against the murder boss terror in Kentucky and other coal fields. Direct from the Western Pe vania battlefront, William Z. Foster, national secretary of the Trade Un- ion Unity League, will describe the heroic struggle of the miners to build thier union in the face of the most vicious combination they have ever encountered—the coal operators, the coal and iron police, the United Mine Workers of America and the entire capitalist press. William W. Weinstone will speak, telling of the tremendous signific- ance of the most recent struggles of the American workers, emphasizing the need for the widest mass support of the entire workingclass Frank Spector, just released from San Quentin penitentiary after serv- ing 13 months, will bring to the Star- light Park demonstration a personal message of greeting from Tom Mooney, who was his neighbor in the same cell block in the Califor- defense movement will fizzle out. nia prison. At the same time other The workers, Negro and white, speakers will expose certain “friends must answer these tactics of the bosses with increased activity in building up an active, alert mass | defense movement which alone can | smash the mburderous frame-up | against these working-class chil- dren. | Sister of Boys Urges Support of LL. D. | SUPERIOR, Wis., Sept. 6—Miss Beatrice Maddox, the sister of Andy (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Another Bathrobe Shop Settles With the Union ‘The shop of Panara Bros., 365 1st Ave., a bathrobe shop, settled with the Industrial Union yesterday, granting the demands of the work- ers for wage increases, equal divi- sion of work, the right to the job and union recognition. The shops of Barbieri-Barone, 16 W. 22 St., and Rossiello, 271 Douglas St., Brooklyn, have also settled with the Industrial Union, A number of other shops are ne- gotiating settlements. The organi- | zation campaign is spreading out and every day additional shops join the rank of the strikers. All bathrobe workers are called on to report to the office of the union, 181 W. 28 St. Tuesday morning for the picket line of labor” who have conspired to sup- press the Mooney section of the Wickersham report. This section contained, it is declared, a complete vindication of Mooney’s innocence and a detailed description of the frame-up methods used to convict Mooney and Billings. One of the leaders of the present strike in Harlan, Ky., Bill Duncan, is now in New York, and with Caro- line Drew, women’s. field organizer of the N.M.U. are describing the ter- ror prevailing there, the magnificent resistance of the coal miners in the face of the most desperate hunger and misery. “Solidarity Festival” will be an all- day holiday. Beginning at 11 o'clock in the morning, it will be filled with merriment and entertainment. The Mooney-Harlan demonstration will be held in the Coliseum, adjoining in the Park in the eyening. The program arranged by ths Workers International Relief is one of the most elaborate yet presented. It will include . sports, dramatics, children’s mandolin orchestra, and jazz dancing. Satirical drawings by outstanding revolutionary cartoonists will be one of the special features. A program of new Soviet songs will be presented at the evening de- monstration at the Colseum, a chorus accompanied by a 50-piece orchestra, a pageant under the di- rection of the Dramatic Bureau of the Workers’ Cultural Federation, and other features. —.~swresseveiagg