The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 7, 1931, Page 3

N. M. U. FORGES AHEAD IN EVERTVILLE, W. VA.; FAKERS LOOSE GROUND Miners Aware of Anti-Labor Role of U.M.W.A. Will Support National Miners Union Lewis’ Attempt to Organize Mines for Coal Operators Meets Failure NMU Forges— (By a Worker Correspondent) EVERTVILLE, W. Va.—In the New England Coal and Transportation mine number 3 the exploitation and humilia- tion of the miners is such that it is difficult to describe. The Miners are tortured day in and day out beyond human en- durance. ‘We were cutting rock and the fore- ™an usually promises that we will receive 50 cents a ton for a hour-ton ear, but we have been receiving noth- img for this work. We are in the mines until nine nd ten o'clock at night and when our electric lamps give out we are @ompelled to wade through water and look for the motorman to fetch us @ new one, If a miner leaves the mine without permission, he is either fired or laid off for five to ten days, disregarding the fact that we are in the mine from five in the morning wntil ten p. m. Imposes Fines Not only does the company short- weigh the miners but whenever it wees fit fines the miners for load- ing less than 2% tons. In many cases the company compels the miners to pay the drivers and it often happens that after the miners work 16 hours they receive nothing. It is no use to eomplain to the superintendent about Jost cars for he only threatens us ¢ with discharge for not loading the cars to capacity. We have here two company guards who accompany us to work every morning. One of the guards is a white man and the other is a Negro, because the majority of the miners here are Negroes. Nevertheless this Negro guard beats the Negro miners brutally. The company union, the United Mine Workers of America, is attempt- ing to form an organization through Lewis’ right hand man, Bittner. For N. M. U. ‘The coal miners’ here are of the opinion that the leaders of the United Mine Workers of America are rascals and that the only union worthy of the miners’ support is the National Miners Union. The miners are writ- ing with chalk on the walls of the mines, “Join the National Miners Union.” The miners are all willing to join. Bittner knows that the senti- ment is against him and he does not show up here. Monroe Steel Workers Fight Wage-Cut (By a Worker Correspondent.) MONROE, Mich.—The plant of the Rewton Steel Co. of this town em- D around 600 to 700 workers. tion was started for the first time in the spring of 1930. After working three months it shut down for fine months, T March, 1931, it opened up again, with a cut in wages of 25 to 30 per cent, compared with wages paid 1930. ‘The work in the pickling depart- ment is hard, with a heavy smell of did and steam. In this department ‘ra working between 40 and 50 men, 80 per cent of whom are Negro BYE Realizing how much their wages ‘were reduced, the workers in this pany brought in scabs and placed two In the place of one before the strike, but they couldn’t put out pro- duction. =f As the workers on strike held a solid front, the company called them back, with an increase in wages, but without those workers who were act- ing as straw bosses and foremen. The workers refused to divide, and they came back. At present, when the workers cannot get out enough tonnage, the company pays them at day work rates, which is 45 cents per hour. In the hot mill department, where about 300 workers are employed, the workers started to fight against the 20 to 25 per cent cut that was given to them, and were getting ready to strike. The officials, getting wind of this, returned to the old rate of pay. In the last two or three years, in the hot mills, where there were work- ing ten men, who were changing every 15 minutes, they reduced the number to five or six, forcing them to work 8 hours without any rest. Due to the speed-up, the workers are continually getting sick. Last July, at the plant of the Newton Steel Co. of Monroe, two workers, one in the hot mill and one in the cold roller department, died, and on Aug. 5 a worker in the hot mill got sick and the next day he died. The workers should join the Metal Workers’ Industrial League. For information write to 611 Penn Ave., Room 518, Pittsburgh, Pa. Vote Communist Against Socialist Treachery! Philadelphia, Pa. Dear Editor: « I think it would interest some of our readers to know some of the outstanding pieces of fakery prac- ticed by Arthur Henderson, the new leader of the Labor party of Great Britain. Particularly should it be of interest to the workers of Kensing- ton, Pa., who are being approached for votes by labor fakers who admit the same ideals as the Labor party of Great Britain. In 1916 Mr. Henderson served a faithful role to British imperialism in the Irish rebellion. The policy of terrorism being played by the fa- mous Black and Tans was meeting with mass meetings of protest throughout the length and breadth of Great Britain. Especially was the case of Kevin Barry, the boy rebel being tried for high treason, meeting with much protest. But, when sen- tenced to death, who should sign his death warrant but our friend, Mr. Henderson, then a member of the emergency cabinet. In 1926 the Conservative govern- ment was at a loss in regard to know what to do with the general strike. But along came Mr. Henderson with the idea that he should sit with the ‘Trade Union General Council as the government representative (i. e., a labor leader representing a Tory government). Of course that was the famous meeting that sold us out. In 1914 Mr. Henderson toured Great Britain in the uniform of a commissioned officer of the British army, calling on the workers of Great Britain to defend the mother- land, whilst he, himself, stayed at home living on the fat of the land. Workers of Philadelphia! learn from the mistakes of our fellow workers in Great Britain. Don’t be misled by similar Hendersons of Philadelphia. Vote Communist against hunger and treachery! One Who Was Sold Out In 1926. © Must Speed Signature Drive, Says Worker (By a Worker Correspondent) NEW YORK.—Aside from the fact that the canvassing for signa- tures is an absolute necessity, it is an extremely interesting and pleas- ant task. Incidentally, it affords a splendid opportunity to bring the party to the homes of the workers. Last week, in just about an hour and a half, two of us collected 14 signatures—not bad considering that ‘we were sent to a Tammany strong- hold. ‘We had two interesting experi- ences which were really a treat. It would make this a very lengthy arti- cle were I to go into the details of one of them, but suffice to say that we succeeded in securing the signature of an avowed “socialist.” A victroy inded for us. In response to our knock a great big Mrs. Mulligan came to the door. When she heard our story she proud- ly announced, “Why, I am a 100 per cent American, born right in this country and if I had my way, I'd send all of you reds back to Russia.” Whereupon I proudly replied, “I too, was born in this country—still I am a red.” She was non-plussed. Ot course, we didn’t get her signature but at least she learned that we reds are not imported from Russia. Yes, comrades, this is a splendid opportunity to spred propaganda and I repeat a most interesting task. So, let us go to it these last two weeks and obtain our 5,000 signatures. Rockbottom Pay in Westinghouse Lamp Co. (By a Worker Correspondent) BLOOMFIELD, N. J.—The West- inghouse Lamp. Co. has been waging for the past three months a vicious attack on the living and working con- ditions of the workers, For a year the plant has been on short time, speed-up has become more and more vicious and piece work rates have been cut to the limit. Whon I tell you that a woman worker on piece work can only make from $12 to $12 a week it is very easy to realize how much the rates have been cut, machinists, toolmakers, etc., aver- age 57 cents an hour. At present the plant is on part time—the workers working three days a week. Also the benevolent com- pany compels the workers to give $2 a month to the so-called unemploy- ment relief fund of Newark, N. J, Editorial note:—The workers in this plant should get in touch with the Metal Workers Industrial League at 5 E. 19th St. at once. This fighting workers’ organization will give the Westinghouse workers londership in forming shop commit- tecs to fight aaginst these condi- DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1931 Henderson Has Harder Job Hiding His Role As Faker cS i NEW YORK.—Tuesday Parliament is scheduled to open in Britain and Ramsay MacDonald, with the help of Snowden will show how “Socialist” premiers work with bankers and other exploiters to smash down the standard of living of workers through cuts in unemployment insurance, wage slashes and increased taxes on necessities. Besides the attacks on the workers already mentioned, Arthur K. Kiddy, New York Evening Post London fi- nancial correspondent, says he ex- pects the coalition “Socialist’”-led government to propose a tax on tea and sugar. The so-called “economy” program of MacDonald, mainly de- signed to cut down unemployment relief, Kiddy says, will actually in- crease unemployment. “Under almos' ‘umstance,” he writes, program must temporarily increase the num- ber of unemployed, but if only the trade unions can be defied in the sense of a fuller restoration of the principle of an economic wage (polite term for wage cuts), unemployment would decrease gradually.” It is not the so-called “opposition” ' British Taxes Against Workers Will Be Heavier trade union leadership that the capi- talists are worried about but the rank and file who they fear will not stand by and take this smashing attack without resistance. That it is the rank and file they fear and that the rank and file is moving, and with the increased support of the Communist Party, may swing into decisive ac- tion, is admitted by the New York Times correspondent in London. He says: “One small branch of the Na- tional Union of Railwaymen, after denouncing both MacDonald and Henderson, lemands that the Trade Union Council ‘call a nation- al stoppage of work’ as a protest against working conditions. “Such a demand by one small | group may be considered in itself as negligible, but it may have some analogy to a small grass fire near the edge of a forest that is doubly inflammable after a long drought.” The same correspondent gives us Nae insight into the role of Arthur Henderson, so-called opposition lead- er, who has a hard time acting the role of opponent of MacDonald while actually aiding the “Socialist” premier’s ation on behalf of the British ruling class. The Times cor- respondent writes: “Arthur Henderson is an anxious man these days.... He finds him- self in command of an angry army that wants for more radical leader- ship than he is personally and tem- peramentally prepared to give.” In other words, Henderson and the “op- position” leaders are having a hard job keeping the rank and file of the working class as the tail to the Mac- Donald kite. Another capitalist correspondent in the New York Evening Post feels pleased because Socialism has come out “in its true colors,” that is, as an open friend of capitalism. He cables: “Nor is it a good sign that in many parts of the world there is a tendency to conduct a campaign against capitalism and _ banks. Personally, however, I cannot regret that Socialism here (in London) is displaying its true colors.” International Youth Day Meetings . Under the leadership of the Young Communist League and the Communist Party many or- ganizations will take part in the mobilization of the youth and adults to demonstrate against bosses’ militarism and war prep- arations on Sept. 8. So far the districts have reported the meet- ings in the following places. Many of these will be with pa- rades through working-class sec- tions. All of these demonstra- tions will take place in the eve- ning. District 1—Boston, 3ass ton Commons; Providence, City Hall; Worcester, Lynn, Mass. Peabody, Gardner, Mass.; New Mass.; Pawtucket, Mass.; nard, Mass.; Fitchburgh, M Norwood, Mass.; Lawrence, Mass.; Lowell, Mass. District 2—New York Cit, Bos- R. I, Mass.; Mass.; Bedford, May Pat- Passaic, N. liza- ; Newark, N. Perth ; Linden, N. J.; Jer- N. J. 3—Philadelphia, Pa.; Tigo, Pa.; Trenton, N. J.; Balti- more, Md.; Washington, D. C.; Chester, Pa.; Reading, Pa.; Al- lento’ Pa. Pennsylvania Miners in Big Drive to Build the National Miners Union (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) smuggled past the guards in the Vesta | mines. There is a picket line of .50 before Rocks mine. In Masontown, the Youth Section has organized a sports club—The board members brought out a mass of details which the board itself sifted and used as a basis for organizational action. Hereafter the full board will meet on the fourth Sunday of each month and the executive of the board on the first and third Saturdays of each month, Fight Jim Crowism Negro women members of the board where they are representatives of Women's Auxiliaries, reported that on going out to lunch they were Jim .Crowed out of the American Coffee House, 410 East Ohio St., the District Board took up this problem. A committee was elected to go at once to the American Coffee House and inform the manager that half a hundred or so of miners have been } eating in his place when they come into meetings seevral times a week, but that if Negro workers were going to be boycotted by the American Coffee House these miners and other workers would show him it was un- profitable. The best thing the man- ager could think of was to deny he was the manager and try to blame some one else. The committees which interviewed him contained the two Negro comrades whom he had previously insulted. aoa aeer WASHINGTON, Sept. 6. — The great Washington county defense conference called by the National Miners Union and the International Labor Defense with large relegation from all locals of the N. M. U. and all other workers’ organizations, met at 2 p. m. today in the Miners Hall at Meadowlands. The conference which planned demonstrations for. the release of the miners arrested in the strike in this county, was originally scheduled for Millers Hall in Washington, However, pressure on the hall owner caused him to go back on his bargain, and turn the hall over to Judge Hughes of the county court instead. The jury came in Friday morning with usual verdict of guilty—the only verdict possible in this operators’ court, apparently, during this session of court. The conviction was against Adam and Joseph Getto and Mike Taras for¢ picketing at Ellsworth mine. Bail was fixed today on those con- victed in the term of court which was formally closed yesterday, but extended especially for the return of the Getto case verdict. Bail is as follows: Stella Rasefsk $6,000; Anna Rasefske $4,000; Julius Hollis $5,000; Leo Thompson $8,000; Edgar Kwinn $8,000; Louis Fazzio $4,000; Edgar Jones $4,000; John Stark $4,000; William McQueen $4,000; L. Boich $6,000; Skrupke $3,500; Harry Bos- well $2,000; William S|herwood $6,000; Louis Parson $4,000; Sklarski $6,000; Adam Getto $6,000; Joseph Getto $500; Mike Tarris $5,000. This is a total of $83,000 bail on the con- victions in Washington county so far. One thing today’s confeernce will do is speed up the campaign to collect bail. This term of court passed on to the next term the following cases of miners arrested for strike activities: Case of Paul Bobish, Pete Lesko and Joe Susac, charged with inciting to riot and rioting at Richeyville, June 19. Case of John Vargo, Mike Vargo. Steve Vargo, Mike Stastistian and Joseph Statstisian charged with unlawful assembly, inciting to riot, viot and aggravated assault and bat- tery at Crescent mine, June 8. (This was the occasion when the scab shot down 16 year old Joseph Vargo. The shooting was an unprovoked attempt at murder, but the scab is free.) Case of Joseph Andrews, felonious assault and pointing firearms and assault at Philadelphia patch, Ca- nonsburg. Anton Zilich, William Diehl, Sam Botte, Dominick Dellapina and John White, assault and battery, at Bul- cer duly 8. Silvio DiNino, Anton Zilich, Will- ‘am Diehl, Domenick Dellapina, John White, Leo Dellapina, Sam Bette, Albert Bryn, John Brun, Frank Kar- ris, Paul Fisher, George Pasco, Mrs. John Koskt, Leon Schoy, Mirko Gochen, John Koski, Tony Allen, William Morris, Adam Slaskivich, Harry Bordin and Thomas Hart— inciting to riot and riot at Bulger, July 8. Edward Lensky, assault and bat- tery, at Lawrence, June 24. * Lew le FREDERICKTOWN, Pa., Sept. 4. —The strikers going to the picket line at the Clyde mine here were met today by state police with tear gas bombs enough to gas out the whole town. The police had the bombs piled on an army blanket where they made a_ sizeable showing. The pickets were ordered by the police to scatter and leave the mine. The terror against the striking miners goes on all through the Pitts- burgh district, but is no worse than the treatment given the men who have returned to work. In Vesta No. 5 mine there are two days work @ week and the miners get one dollar in scrip for each day they work. This means two dollars a week to spend at the company store for food for themselves and their families— and prices at the company store are much higher than in other stores. The day men at Vesta 5 are sup- posed to get $3.85 a day for eight hours. As a matter of fact, they are forced to work eleven or twelve hours a day to finish their jobs, and @ man who actually quits his eight hours are up just doesn’t have a job. Out of this $3.85, these men get only a dollar in scrip. The rest goes to pay what they owe the company. The day men are the aristocrats of the mines. Those working tonnage at Vesta 5 get 51 cents a ton. They are short weighed on their coal and can’t make a cent. But they are al- lowed their regular ration of a dollar for each day worked—in scrip. Among the local demands of the Vesta mines are: Checkgeighman on all tipples to be elected by the men in the mines; payment for dead work; reduction in charges for rent, lights, powder, caps, etc. and the right to trade in any store the miner wishes to patronize; Abolition of in- surance check off and check off for the doctor; no car pushing; no dis- | charges for “dirty coal,” replacement of tools stolen. Around these demands, the men on strike call the men in the mine to rally and put up a united fight. Gets Bitter Sample Of Ross Justice in Coverdale Courts COVERDALE, Pa., Sept. 6—John Hassan believed in all those consti- tutional guarantees about equal rights before the law, justice even handed, ete. The International La- bor Defense representative and Has- san’s union comrades told him that it was no use to go to the coal op- erators’ courts of Pennsylvania and make that complaint about three scabs who pounced on him early in the strike and beat him up. But John—he believed in the justice of the courts. He made the complaint. It went duly before the grand jury. Every- body patted John on the shoulder and assured him he was acting like a good American. The grand jury met, and threw out the case, ad- judging the costs against Hassan. Hassan didn’t have the money, so they made him serve ten days in jail for daring to complain about being eaten when he didn’t have any money. Hessan understands the bourgeois law better now. MACHINE GUNS AGAINST ORGANIZERS MORGANTOWN, W. Va., Sept. 6.— The Connellsville By-Product Coal Co. has taken to showering the mountainsides around the shaft with machine gun bullets at irregular in- tervals during the day and night— just to make it dangerous for any- body coming up to speak to the men in the mine, CHARITY ‘LEAGUE’ IS TRICK TO FOOL ST. LOUIS JOBLESS Charity Gang Tries to Head Off Militant Struggle of U.C. ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Fearing the mass revolt of the unemployed workers this coming winter under the lead- ership of the Unemployed Councils, a group of social workers called a meeting to discuss the unemploy- ment situation in the Central Li- brary. Mr. Sullivan, in charge of the city lodging house who proclaimed him- self the “best qualified in the coun- try” to discuss this problem pre- sented the past activities of Mr. Sullivan, but not a word to relieve the unemployed of St. Louis. Fears Workers’ Wrath Mr. Sullivan, knowing well the attitude of the unemployed workers towards such fakers, and expecting a@ large number of unemployed, pre- pared himself with protection of police. But the unemployed workers of St. Louis know well what such meetings will give them, stayed away from the meeting entirely. Only about 20 people were present. And when Mr. Sullivan saw there is no danger of the unemployed workers he asked the police to leave “and that when the Communists will make any thouble he will notify them.” This he stated while one active worker amongst the unemployed passed by and overheard it. At the meeting these “friends” the unemployed exposed themselves en- tirely. The chairman stated that in order to avoid a revolution they want to organize an Unemployed League or whatever those assembled want to call it, to keep the workers from fighting for real relief. After lengthy discussions and proposals made by those whom Mr. Sullivan called upon to speak, some officials of A. FP. of L. unions and social workers, an active member in the Unemployed Council took the floor and exposed the real purpose of the meetings, and pointed out that only through strugle under the leadership of the Unemployed Councils will the workers be relieved from their present misery. The role of the charity organizations, which breaks up workingclass families sends unemployedworkers to the city work- house for non-support, and finally exposed Mr. Sullivan who brought 6 policemen to protect him from the unemployed. When pressed to the wall he stated that he invited the police and other civic organizations to discuss the situation. But he sent the police away when he saw that the unemployed shun his meetings. ‘The Unemployed. Councils of St. Louis are the only organizations that are carrying on a real struggle against evictions and for immediate relief. The councils meet at 1601 Franklin Ave ard 2755 Chouteau Ave. The unemployed workers will situn the meetings of these fakers and are joining the Unemployed Councils. Violet Orr Speaks | On Five Year Plan | In Philadelphia, Pa. PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—The Friends of the Soviet Union Local Philadel- phia is arranging a mass meeting Thursday evening, Sept. 10 at the Girard Manor Hall, 909-915 W. Gir- ard ave. The speaker will be Violet Orr, secretary of the San Francisco Local FSU who is just returning from Soviet Union. Violet Orr who has visited the Soviet Union several times before, will speak on the pro- gress of the Five Year Plan. At this mass meeting the cam- paign for a delegation to the Soviet Union this fall will be started. The executive committee calls upon every member and sympathizer of the Friends of the Soviet Union to re- spond to this call with action. One way to help the Soviet Union is to spread among the workers “Soviet ‘Forced Labor.’* by Max Bedacht, 10 cents per copy. District 4—Buffalo, N.Y., Broad- way Auditorium; Rochester, N. Y., Washington Square; Syracuse, N. Y., Hanover Square; Niagara, N. Y., Welch St District 5—Pittsburgh, Pa., Hill Section; Allegheny Valley, New Kensington; Avella, So. Burgetts- town, Pa.; Bentleyville, Mononga- hela City, Pa.; Brownsville; East Ohio, Wheeling Riverside Park; McKeesport, Versailles, Pa.; Can- onsburg, Washington, Pa.; Li- brary, Bridgeville, Pa.; Ambridge. District 6—Youngstown, Ohio, East Federal and Basin; Mans- field, Ohio, Scandinavian Hall; Massilon, Ohio, City Hall; Cleve- Jand, Ohio; Collinwood, Ohio, Waterloo, 156th; Toledo, O., Jack- son and Summit; Akron, O., Per- kins Sq.; Erie, Pa., District 7—Detroit, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Mich.; Battle Creek, Mich, District 8—Chicago, Ill., Wash- ington Park; Milwaukee, Wis.; St. Louis, Mo., City Hall; Gary, Ind.; Collinsville, Ill.; Cicero, Ill.; Ben- ton, Ill.; Hammond, Ind.; Ractine, Wis.; Kenosha, Wis. Granite City, Ill.; Chicago Heights, Ill; West Allis, Wis.; Rock Island, Ill.; Waukegan, Ill.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Indiana Harbor, Ind.; Bennile, Tl. ; District 9—Minneapolis,. Minn.; St. Paul, Minn.; Duluth, Minn.; International Falls, Minn.; Ely, Minn.; Bemidju, Minn.;" Cook, Minn.; Virginia, Minn.; New York Mill, Minn.; Superior Wis.; Owen, Wis.; Iron River, Wis.; Hancock, Mic! Ontonagan, Mich; Iron River, Mich.; Ironwood, Mich.; Negaunee, Mich.; Soult Ste. Ma- tie, Mich. (border demonstration). District 10—Kansas City, Sioux City. District 11—Columbus, N. D.; Williston, N. D.; Belden, N. D.; Frederick, S. D. District 12—Seattle, Wash.; Portland, Ore.; Tacoma; Astoria, Ore.; Bellingham. District 13—San Francisco, Cal., Post and Fillmore; Berkeley, Cal., University and San Pablo; Stock- ton, Cal., Hunters Square; Los An- geles, Cal.; Oakland, Cal., 7th and Peralta; Sacramento, Cal. Plaza Park. District 15—Hartford, Conn.; New Haven, Conn.; Stamford, Conn.; Springfield, Conn.; Bridge- port, Conn.; Plainfield, Conn.; New London, Conn.; Putnam, Conn. District 17—Charlotte, N. C.; Mill Villages (2). District 17—Atlanta, Ga.; Tam- pa. Fl.; New Orleans, La.; Chat- tanooga, Tenn. District 19—Denver, Colo.; Salt Lake City, Utah. Force Mine Children To Buy Expensive School Text Books BENTON, Ill.— School is starting now all through the mining country. It 1s compulsory for the miners to send their children the boss con- trolled schools. It is compulsory for the children to have books. These books due to monopolies of publishing houses, monopolies of retail distribu- tion in the mining camps, ete., sell for 2, 3 and 4 and more dollars a piece. Even second hand books sell for nearly the same high price as the new ones, Now the miners can hardly. afford food and clothes for their children, end they are forced to starve their favs‘Nes in order to secure these books which are to poison their children’s minds against the work- ing-class, Franklin County which can afford to’ maintain a deputy force of 200 in constant call, to club, gas and shoot striking miners, re- fuses to furnish text books for the miners’ children. Unemployed and part-time working miners! Organize and demand free text books from the city and county government! More than this—de- mand free shoes and clothes, free milk, free hot lunches for your chil- dren! No money for strikebreaking deputies—turn this money over to the use of the starving miners and their children! Organize Unemployd Councils, organize your children into the Young Pioneers and fight till you set these things from the coal operators’ governments, town and county! | | stagger sy MONNESSEN STEEL WORKERS BEGIN0 Page Three ORGANIZE TO FIGHT FIERCE WAGE CUTS {CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) injured allowed to rest at home and not have to hang aro je the mill while recuperating. Another important demand was at a most vicious form of em—the “dc “work Hoover’s crew” tem, or Jas it is also called, under which {2 full crews work the same turn on 1 mill, each crew working half the time and receiving half pay but compelled to remain in the -mill the entire 8 hours. he conference was unanimously 2 in favor of t demand for full pay for all time spent in the mill. Only 15 out of the 24 tin mills are working in Monnessen, and what with king level-handed and only g nate 2-week pay a week, for the The sheer necessity of esta contact with the uner developing a united front f the more than 000 steel work d have already beg unemployed council. seakers for both the MWIL and the Unem- ployed Council will appear at the confer rec 2 | The j International Youth Day meeting in Monnessen Tuesday, a mass meeting of the unemployed will be held September 17 and prepara- tions are to be made for a mass demonstration h will elect a to relief from the town authorit whi committee demand In spite ¢ hortcomings due to the of sufficient pre- ation the conference registered definite advance for the MWIL in important section and there is no doubt that good results will be seen there the cor couple of weeks. The conference d with the rer tive of the National Board, who, noting the pr heless declared that ut could be considered good pro- (with extent with its ress 6 month. paign more {and with and more ready be iered entire’ must both cc tempo increased - next step. PREPARE SCOTTSBORO DEFENSE CONFERENCE INN. Y. SEPTE! (CONTINUED FROM ONE) and Roy Wright, two of the Seotts- boro boys, spoke here on Sept. 2 at a meeting protesting the frame-up and boss court lynch verdict. The meeting was held in Union Labor Hall, under the auspices of the In- COMMUNIST IN N. LITTLE ROCK MAYORALTY RUN First Red Candidate in| Arkanses Tells of Workers’ Needs NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—For the first time in the history of the state a Communist Party candidate entered the mayoralty contest here on a clear cut program of workers | demands, when Dominick Zini, or- ganizer for the local Communist Party filed a petition announcing his candidacy in opposition to two bour- geosis party candidates. A special election for mayor will be held here Sept. 15. That the businessman and land- | lords of. this section fear the Com- munist candidate is indicated in the report in a local paper telling how the authorities are planning to get Zini off the ballot. “City officials were attempting yesterday to devise some means of blocking Zini. City Clerk Neely was instructed to refuse to accept Zini’s petition should he attempt to file it. It was believed at first that Mr. Neely could refuse to accept the petition on the gorunds that Zini was under suspended sentence on a charge of inciting a riot. It was learned later, bow- ever, that the case against Zini had been dismissed. In filing his candiacy Zini stated that unemployment miseries in the city and state have increased and ternational Labor Defense, the or- ganization charged by the boys and their families with their defense. Miss Maddox Called upea the Negro and white workers present to rally to the defense of the nine boys and to fight against the boss terror against the Negro people. She urged the workers to join the International | Labor Defense. Rudolph Harju, of Superior, con- nected up the Scottsboro Case with other frame-up cases against the 4 , such as the Mooney- Sacco and Vanzetti, the Imperial Valley prisoners, the Hay Market case, etc. Harju pointed out that the Scottsboro frame-up, together with the Camp Hill, Ala. and Chicago police police massacre of Negro work was part of the general terror against the working- class. He p ointed to the murderous attacks by the mine operators and their thugs on the strik'x¢ miners ing against starvation. He upon all wo: 's to defend |the nine Negro boy: | Miss Maddox is making a tour of the northern part of Minnesota with Bertha Weiss. They will speak in the following cities: Eveleth, Minn., Sept. 8; Ely, Sept. 9; Carson Lake, Sept. 10; Chisholm, | Sept. 11; Hibbing, Sept. 12; Nash- wauk, Sept. 13; Bemidji, Sept. 14; | Crosby Sept. 16; Minneapolis, Sept. \ 175 St. Paul, Sept. 18. | that the Communist Party alone has |consistently fought for unemploy- |ment relief by taxation of the em- Ployers, businessmen and landlords | with large incomes. The two boss varty candidates are | running on a platform of “efficiency and economy” and have not a word | to sav about ployed. Zini together witn Frank Brown, a Party organizer among the farmers, led the unemployed movement here last winter in the fight for relief. | They were arrested and charged with | “inciting to riot” and the charges are ‘still pending against them. 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