The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 26, 1931, Page 1

Rese Wrere 1 want t-—_ You “To Go-AND STOP Te 5 %aa > Paw ee IAPANe se } a Hinin WORKER * (Section of the Communist International) If WORKERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE! Entered as second-class matter _Yol. VIII, No. 232 at the Post Office <Gp25 at New York, N, ¥., ander the act of March 3, 1879 NEW YORK, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1931 CITY EDITION Price 3 Cents : SMASH THE WAGE CUT DRIVE! ORGA Voices of Fascism Tee and again the Communist Party has explained that the rule of the capitalist class is a dictatorship; that this capitalist dictatorship 4s sometimes presented with a mask called “democracy;” that when the “democratic” form of the capitalist dictatorship no longer serves to help that dictatorship by keeping the workers contented with the illusion that they are “equal before the law” or “partners in government,” then the mask of “democracy” is thrown aside and the dictatorship of the capitalist class becomes open—it becomes fascism. We are obliged to the N. Y. World-Telegram of Sept. 24, for at least admitting that there is a capitalist “dictatorship is America. It said: “Under our American system in times of crisis capitak exercises a dictatorship.” Of course the W.-T. editor could have a hard time explaining just when the dictatorship began, although he intimates that it began ONLY when the U. S. Steel Corporation announced a wage cut last Sunday— which is ridiculous. But the very fact that the leading paper of the great Scripps-How- ard chain admits now that there IS a crisis, and that in this crisis there IS a capitalist dictatorship, means something. Since the capitalist press itself is a part of the capitalist dictatorship, workers should understand that the World-Telegram admission is but one form of telling the workers that they must get used to dictatorship, that they can expect fascism and—what is more—that it “cannot be helped” because the capitalists are “not to blame.” The “liberal”? World-Telegram, which supports the so-called “social- ist” party, and pays large salaries to “socialist” writers to keep the work- ers looking at and believing in the “democratic” mask as long as possible, is thus giving an apology in advance for the laying aside of that mask, for the coming of open capitalist dictatorship—for fascism! This is not surprising, workers, because the fake “socialists” of Germany, France, Italy and, just recently, of England, have always aided in introducing fascism in one way or another. The wage cuts in England were carried out by openly dictatorial “orders in Council” by the “‘so- ¢talist”” MacDonald. But if the “liberal” supporter of the “socialists,” the World-Telegram, shamefacedly whispers an apology for the coming fascism of the capi- talist dictatorship; the American Legion, upon which the capitalist dic- tatorship relies for the “rough stuff” and thuggery of fascist strike- . breaking, openly demands fascism, and demands it in a loud voice. The resolution, introduced by Howard Coffin, vice-president of the Hudson Motor Co., and adopted by the Legion convention, demands “War Rule.” For what? Because, says the Legion, there is “a state of unrest, indecision and dissatisfaction RESULTING in business depression.” ‘The fascist demagogues pretend, thus, that there would be no “de- pression” if there were no “unrest,” that the “unrest” CAUSED the “depression” rather than the other way about—and therefore the Legion wants “War Rule” against those who are “restless”—the starving and wage-cut workers! The Legion demands that the “democratic” form of the capitalist dictatorship be discarded. Its resolution states: . ‘The principal causes (the unrest) cannot be promptly and efficiently met by existing political methods,” namely, of course, “democracy,” elec- tions, popular rights supposedly “guarant “py the "U. 8. Constitution, which—by the way—the Legion calmly chucks abruptly into the ash- can as though yesterday it did not bid all'to do it reverence. “And the N. Y. Times of Sept. 24, which prints the Legion demand tor fascism, exultingly points out that President Hoover has- full legal authority to establish a fascist regime under the “National Emergency Act approved by Congress August 29, 1916.” So, workers, the capitalist dictatorship which has been ruling in Amer- ica under the mask of “democracy,” already, in 1916, provided a legal authority for throwing away that mask and coming out nakedly with sayage, ruthless and bloody fascist repression of the toiling masses! Workers! Let no treacherous “socialist” fool you with the idea that “democracy” is one thing and capitalist dictatorship is something else! They are the same. And the choice you have to make is NOT between “democracy” and fascism, but between the dictatorship of the capitalist class and the dictatorship of your own class, the working class! See, workers! The difference! In the Soviet Union, the workers rule—and there is no unemployment, wages are being raised, the seven- hour day and five-day week, food and security for all who toil. Here in America—unemployment, starvation, wage cuts—and voices of fascism! ‘The dictatorship of the capitalist class, or the dictatorship of your own class, the working class! That is the issue, workers! That is your choice! 4 More Leaders of N.M.U. Arrested On Syndicalism Frame-Up in Kentucky BULLETIN CORBIN, Ky., Sept. 25.—Charged with criminal syndicalism and posses- sion of magazines for Browning auto- matie rifles, several additional leaders of the National Miners Union were arrested today in the coal operators campaign of terror to. break the strike and crush the militant miners union. The arrested workers are Wallins, Max Sumner and Oliver Howard. The families and children of the arrested men are facing starvation. The home of Grace, another mili- tant strike leader, was again raided today, as well as the homes of sey- eral Evarts: pes . L5XINGTON, Ky., Sept. 24.—The “. Harlan miners, facing death senten- - Minn. Farmers Force County to Consider Immediate Relief «, Boss Terror Continues—Miners and Families i Face Starvation; Reynolds: Supports g I. L. D. Defense Policy lef to the citizens . The delegation is fighting such an attempt. The commissioners refused to give ces on framed-up charges, must have the advantage of attorneys with the widest experience in labor cases if the attempt of the coal operators to legally murder them is to be defeated, Attorney. Franklin Reynolds, of Mount Sterling, ‘Kentucky, pointed out ‘today’ in a talk with the local representative of the International Labor Defense, He declared : “It is absolutely necessary for the best interests of the Harlan miners held here and in Winchester on mur- der charges that they have advan- tage of defense attorneys proposed by the LL.D. such as Leo Gallahger of Los Angeles, Albert Goldman of (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) | DULUTH, Minn., Sept. 25.—The United Farmers League farmers del- @gation met with the County Com- missioners on Wednesday. The Com-| any definite answer to any of the _ missioners argued that the demands | demands except that they ‘will begin of the delegation are out. of their! to give relief to needy farmers. jurisdiction. The Commissioners were The Hu inger March is a big blow forced to consider the immediate cash against the present starvation pro- relief to the farmers whereupon they gram, ‘The farmers are now begin- stated that they will give relief if ning to realize that only by organized the cities in the county will care for their unemployed workers. The at-|™48S action can they secure ade- tack on the foreign born is being | quate relief. An intense organization (piven preference to the giving of re-| campaign is going on, “age cute sj NIZE AND STRIKE! U.S. GOV'T AI ARMS FOR WAR ON SOVIET UNION Steel Workers Meet Today to PROTEST AT HUNGER PLAN IN BRITAIN | —_ Capitalist Admits That Inflation Means Rise i] In Prices Pound Goes to $3.45 Socialists Support Further Inflation Latest reports of the demonstration when 30,000 workers demonstrated, are that the workers “burned copies of a prominent “labor” newspaper on the main square of the city.” This Paper was either the Daily Herald or another paper of the “socialist” Labor Party. (Cable by Inprecorr) LONDON, Sept. 25.—Following the sentence of Bob Stewart to one month's imprisonment at Dundee on the charge of assaulting the police arising out of the recent demonstra- tions, yesterday the largest demon- stration ever held in the city was held despite repeated attempts of mounted and foot police to disperse the crowd. Twenty workers were ar- rested and thirteen taken to the hospital. The fighting continued un- til the early hours of the morning. Stewart refused to recognize juris- diction of the court declaring it an instrument of capitalist oppression, at hes ae Thirty thousand workers: protested in Dundee in Scotland Wednesday (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) GREEN AND STEEL CO. WAGE CUTTERS TO HIT AT JOBLESS Meet in Wash. Sat., to Enforce Hunger WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.—William Green and Matthew Woll, officials of the American Federation of. Labor, are acting together with the bosses in the United States Steel Corpora- tion, the Standard Oil Co., and the Copper Trust not only in cutting wages but in helping to attack the demand for relief of the unemployed. On Saturday, Green will meet. in conference with Walter S. Gifford, who is on the Finance Committee of the United States Steel Corporation, and who voted to slash wages ten per cent. F. C. Forbes, referring to Gifford, who is head of the Hoover Committee on Unemployment, said: “Curiously enough, the president of the world’s largest enterprise, Walter S. Gifford, was not so long ago elected a member of the Steel Corporation’s inner circle, the fin- ance committee.” Besides, the Hoover committee with | whom Green will meet Saturday to plan his strike-breaking activities, has on it the following: Myron Taylor, head of the United States Steel Corporation Finance Committee. Taylor announced the ten per cent wage cut. Daniel Williard, President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, who stated that the railroads will cut wages. Walter Teague, officer of the Standard Oil Co., where wages have been cut ten per cent. John D. Ryan, copper magnate who has ordered heavy wage slashes in all the copper. companies. Both Green and Woll are members of the executive committee, ruled by these leading wage cutters. There is no doubt that these big bosses con- sulted with Green, not only on how to fight the demands of the unem- ployed, but how best to cut wages and secure the co-operation of the A. F. of, officials. ‘The meeting of these big wage-cut- ting bosses, and Green and Woll of the A. F. of L. on Saturday in Wash- ington will take up the question, not only of enforcing starvation for the unemployed, but will consider the best Plan Rieko Misleaders Plan| To Break Strike Against Pay Cuts Hoover, Doak for Cuts Gen. Motors * Worker Calls for Walkout NEW YORK.—As the general wage cutting drive sweeps on, engulfing all workers, both the capitalist govern- ment officials and the leaders of the American Federation of Labor, be- hind their phrases of “regret” pre- pare to smash the oncoming strike struggles of the workers. Every worker, in prepafing imme- diately to organize for strikes in the industries hit by wage cuts, should expose the role of the A, F. of L. leadership, which is acting in har- mony with the capitalist government. While the capitalist press at first tried to have the workers believe that Hoover did not approve of the wage cuts, the truth is now seeping out, that Hoover, Doak, Lamont and others in the cabinet now remain silent or state the wage cuts had to come, The New York Times reports that: “The administration today con- tinued its policy of silence con- (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) BKLYN WORKERS CALLED FOR SAT. SUN. TAG DAYS Need More Signatures And Funds _ for Campaign BROOKLYN, N. Y.—Tag Day col- lection to build funds for mass carrying on an intensive election campaign will continue this week. All Communist Party members and members of all other revolutionary organization who have participated in the collection in Tag Days last Saturday and Sunday are called upon to participate in the Tak Day this Saturday and Sunday. Mer ‘ ‘Williamsburgh Workers Club, Women’s Council YCL Pioneers and members of the trade unions are called upon to réport to get the collection boxes at the fol- lowing headquarters which will be. open on Saturday from 1 p, m. and on Sunday morning at 10 a. m. Those who live in Williamsburgh should report at the Workers Center, 61 Graham Ave., those who live in Boro Hall, should report at 73 Myrtle Ave: Those worker members of the IWO who live in Middle Village, L. I. should report at 1 Fulton Street and get their boxes and participate in Tag Day among the workers in Middle Village, L. I. Put the Communist Party on the ballot by collecting signatures. New Soviet Steel Mill Starts Oct. As Wages Go Up 30% (Special Cable to the Daily Worker) MAGNITOGORSK, Soviet Union, Sept. 25.—Through the heroic efforts of the workers in the Soviet Union, there has been successfully built in the stronghold of the world proletariat, Magnitogorsk, the met~ allurgical giant. Magnitogorsk, which is now the largest steel mill in the Soviet Union, has a capacity of four million metric tons a year and is built in the Ural Mountains at the foot of the Magnitaya Mountain, containing reserves estimated at 275 million tons of ore. Two blast furnaces will be put into operation on October Ist. This is our greatest victory on the front of the fight for Socialist construction. A great role was played in the struggle by the fighting banner sent by the proletariat of Wedding, Germany, a revolutionary working class center. We invite you to participate in the celebrations. We will issue a special copy of the shop newspaper on October first when the steel mill will start up. In the above cable from the Magnitogorsk workers the American workers are informed that while in the Soviet Union a new tremendous steel plant is being set into operation, to employ thousands of new workers, with their wages being increased as high as 30 percent, on the very same day, October 1, 1,000,000 steel workers in the United States will have their wages slashed 10 per cent so that the steel bosses can increase their profits, In Answer to the above cablegram, the Central Committee of the Communist Party, and the Worker Correspondents and Staff of the Daily Worker, have cabled the following reply: " “Warmest revolutionary greetings to the workers in the Soviet Unlon“upon the occasion of the successful completion of the third and decisive year of the Five-Year Plan. “We especially éongratulate the workers In the Magnitogorsk metal- Turgical section on the successful operation of two blast furnaces on October first at a time when the capitalist steel furnaces in America are operating at only 28 per cent of capacity. “The large increases in wages in the Soviet metal and mine industry comes simultaneously with the capitalist in America cutting down wages from 15 to 60 per cent, while over 10,000,000 workers are unemployed and starving, without even charity or dole. The workers of the United States look to the working class of the Soviet Union as the leaders showing the only way out of the crisis for every country. “We pledge, with all our strength, to fight for the defense of the workers’ fatherland and for the establishment of a workers’ govern- ment in America.” Glen Alden Miners Strike, May Involve 68,000 Men WILKES-BARRE, Pa., Sept. 25.—The strike of the miners in the Loomis local of the Glen Alden Cgal Company is spread- ing to all the mines in the Glen Alden district. The Glen Alden General Grievance Committee issued a general strike call and called the miners of Hudson, Lehigh Valley, Pittston, and Susquehanna collieries to join this ¢—————_________-- strike. If they are successful, sixty- eight thousand miners will go on strike. Boylan, of the district board of the UMWA already declaréd the Loomis strike illegal, ordering the miners to go back and leave their grievances to the conciliation board. The starvation condition of the miners created a favorable . strike sentiment and the only danger is that Maloney, who betrayed the last Glen Alden strike will again assume leadership for the same purpose. The Unity Committee of Action issued an appeal to the miners pointing out how, on the verge of victory of the last. strike, Maloney sent the miners back to work, permitting Lewis and Boylan to settle the grievances. Ma- loney and Boylan were against the strike in the beginning and the min- ers threw them out of the local unions. Later Maloney secured the Glen Alden company lawyers to ap- pear aaginst Boylan and finally at the biennial convention made peace with Boylan, proving conclusively that Maloney was fighting for his job and not for the miners’ interests, The Unity Committee called and helped the miners organize rank and file strike committees in each mine to prevent the sell out. tee is supposed to hold their tri- district conference on Sunday, Sept. 27, The committee is planning to transfer the conference to Miners- ville, the exact address to be an- nounced later. Solidarity Days For Miners’ Relief Are a Call For Action EVERYBODY OUT FOR COLLECTIONS ON SAT. AND SUN. By ALFRED WAGENKNECHT PITTSBURGH, Pa.—Listen care- fully, comrade! (1) A new registra- tion of all striking and Dlacklisted miners and families has just been taken. The reports from the min- ing camps in western Pennsylvania show that 5,557 miners and families are today upon our relief lists, get- ting the same amount of food as at any time during the big struggle. Add to this the many hundreds of families on our relief lists in Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky, and we have a minimum total of 8,000 starr- methods of combatting strikes against |ing workers who still look towards eee \ Lyou for continued assistance. This means that we are still giving relief to at» least 20,000 miners, miners’ wives and children. (2) The struggle against starvation is still on. The miners in Mollenauer Pa., have just had their wages red~ uced by 30 per cent. A heavy wages reduction went into effect in the Renton and Newlied, Pa., mines. Deep unrest is reported in these three mining camps. Central Pennsylva- nia reports a new strike and a mass picket line, led by a miner on horse- back, is attempting to spread the strike to the 1,000 workers in the neighboring mines. Strike sentiment is growing in Kentucky and we can expect an increase in relief demands from this field. The New York relief committee understands what this means in terms of solidarity. Beginning with Solidarity Day, September 26 and 27, it has extended mass faod collections for the entire following week. In Philadelphia the relief secretary re- ports an extra broad mobilization for money collections on Saturday and Sunday. Other cities report splendid activity. We must, however, demand general and widespread sol- idarity for the miners who fight on {CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) The Hazelton police closed the hall | where the anthracite Unity Commit- |” Action to Stop Wage Cuts THote Delegates From Steel Mills Come to Pittsburgh Miners Aid Organizing Mass Meet Saturday to Rally Thousands PITTSBURGH, Pa., Sept. 25. Everywhere steel workers are getting j together of their own will, organ- |izing and electing delegates to the Metal Workers Industrial League’s National Conference in Pittsburgh, | | Sunday, September 27. Several days |ago three workers from the town Verona whp picked up a copy | of Labor Unity and several copies | of the call to the Conference, came jto the headquarters of the League |in Pittsburgh to tell John Meldon, | national secretary, that they had or- | ganized a group of 83 men in their mill within the last two days, and | wanted to know how many delegates they were entitled to. | Everywhere the same thing is hap- pening. Thousands upon thousands | of calls to the conference in leaflet | scores of mills. | to strike against the new wage cut and build a strong steel workers un- ion, workers are not waiting for or- | ganizers to come to them, but are doing their own organizing. On one day credentials were re- ceived from Cleveland, Youngstown, | Canton, Massilon, Newport, Mans- field, Middletown, Cincinnati, Cov- | ington, Sparrows Point. Groups of miners have taken} | thousands of conference calls and | | stickers into steel towns and plaster- ed up the walls and streets. Just as | steel workers helped on the miners’ | picket lines and relief committees, so the miners of the brother union, the to prepare this fight against wage cuts in the steel mills, The night before the conference opens, William Z. Foster, leader of the great steel strike of 1919 and now general secretary of the Trade Union Unity League, will speak at a mass meeting at the Pythian Tem- ple, Pittsburgh. Bill Dunne, leader of the metal miners’ strike in Butte, Montana, and now national organ- izer for the T.U.U.L. in the Pitts- burgh area, John Meldon, acting na- tional secretary of the M. W, I. L., Frank Borich, national secretary of the National Miners Union, and Ike Hawkins, chairman of the Penn- Ohio- W.Va.-Ky Striking Miners Re- lief Committee, will speak. The conference will open Sunday morning at 10 o'clock at the Workers ead 2157 Center Ave., Pittsburgh, steel | form are being distributed before | Convinced of the | {necessity to organize in preparation | National Miners Union, are helping | USE MOVE OF JAPAN FOR WAR EXCUSE Wall St. re Rush Its Naval Arming for Share of Loot |Hit At Workers Gov't | $70,000, 000 4 for War, | Nothing for Jobless WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.—Sneci- |fically calling for war preparations | against the Soviet nion, Congressman Fred A. Britten, chairman of the | House Naval Affairs Committee, said jthat the United States. government would rush its naval puilding gram to prepare for the coming + | war. Congressman Britten spoke of the action of Japanese imperialism in Manchuria, saying that it would be necessary for the United States to be ready for war against the Soviet Union. Britten, who’ is asking for $70,000,000 to increase naval arma- ments, while 10,000,000 unemployed are refused one cent for unemploy- ment relief, said “I believe this period of world depression is not the time to econo- | mize on naval and army anpre priations. Not only Asia, with its trouble between Japan and China, but Europe is sitting on a volcano, | which may involve ihe world in | another war. | “If Russia should take sides with | China aaginst Japan in Manchuria, a most .serious world situation would be on us overnight. “Instead of curtailing the navy I hope the administration will pro- ceed to build the navy up to the pro- arid | London Treaty in the shortest | time.” Meanwhile, Japanese imperialism is quietly distributing its troop: | throughout Manchuria, shoving more j and more closer to the Soviet border. | Congressman Britten, foreseeing the | war of Japanese imperialism against |the USSR, calls for greater Wall Street armaments so that American imperialism can obtain its share of colonies in Manchuria, as well as to | take part in the war on the workers’ republic. The capitalist press in the United States, at the same time, is carrying on an anti-Japanese .propaganda charging Japan with being the “ag- gressor” in Manchuria. The purpose is to whip up a war spirit in the United States so that Wall Street can by armed forces also rush in and get its share of colonies in China. The real aggressors are all the imperialist powers who have been in China for | decades, bleeding the Chinese masses, | and struggling with one another for | the largest share of the spoils. Jap- anese imperialism, Being on the spot, has urshed in to make the most of its opportunity of robbery, and the United States cry of “aggressor” is an effort to advance Wall Street in- terest as against the-Japanese. The special mobilization this week- end of members of the Trade Union Unitey League, of the Needle Trades Union and of all workrs in shop and factory to continue the Red Election Campaign Tag Days is a political task of the Yirs timportance for all class-conscious workers, The Com- munist Party has just issued 50,000 copies of the Election platform which must be spread among work- ers on the street and from house to house in the final canvass to place the Communist Party candidates on the ballot. The alarm was sounded yesterday calling upon all class-con- scious workers to help avoid defeat in Harlem, Downtown, East and West Side, Williamsburgh, East New York, Brownsville and Astoria, Queens. There {s still time to turn the situation into a decisive cvictory for the Communist Party but all workers must set aside a time to go out and collect signatures f rom house to house to get the Red candidates on the ballot, Hand in hand with the PUT THE PARTY ON THE BALLOT IN EVERY NEW YORK DISTRICT collection of signatures should go the collection of funds this weekend to enable the campaign to move for- ward during the remaining: few weeks. at top speed. Postets, stickers and @ special leaflet calling the workers to register from Oct. 5 to 10, are also in preparation. In addition, the Communist Party will provide a truck equipped with lJoud speaker which will be made available one night a week in all boroughs for street rallies, torch light parades and meetings. All of these things cost money, and he funds for the campaign must be raised from now at top speed to en- able the Communist Party to carry on its campaign without being ham- pered by lack of funds. Every working-class orgenization is called on to see that coupon books with stamps which sell for 10, 25 and 50 cents are sold among the workers in shop and factory in the house to house canvass for signatures and on AOONTINUED ON PAGE TWO ve