The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 29, 1931, Page 1

= Dec. 7 ose Starvation at Public Hearings--Prepare the Nat’l Hunger Dail Central . Exp March to Washingto nm on Commemorate the 11th Memo- WORKERS rial Anniversary of John Reed OF THE WORLD, Friday, October 30, 8:30 p.m. UNITE! U S A At Webster Hall, Third e e * ‘(Section of the Communist International) Ave. at 11th St. = VOL. VIII, No. 260 Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at New York, N, Y., under the act of March 3, 1879 CITY EDITION JAPAN THREATENS USSR; MOVES TROOPS NORTHWARD! JAIL PICKET I \JAPAN SENDS Cents : NEW YORK, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1931 Price 3 TO ALL A. F. OF L. WORKERS! Workers!’ The American Federation of Labor Convention in Van- conver, B. C., went on record AGAINST unemployment insurance for the Hoover-Wall Street starvation program! Price of Foodstuffs Cut 30 PC. In Soviet MOSCOW, Oct. 28.—The Council Bankruptey of British Reformism BRITISHPOLL E landslide in the British elections toward the fascist “National” bloc of Tories, Liberals and Laborites marks the smash-up of the traditional yeformist policy, the weakening of the illusion that the Labor Party can protect the workers and lead them to Socialism, and the rise of open fascism as the governing party in the British Empire. ; The British working class has suffered a profound defeat. But this @efeat does not lic in the loss of parliamentary seats by the “labor” col- leagues of Rams2y MacDonald, who now heads the fascist government. So far as concerns the discrediting before the masses of the social-fascist gang who laid the foundations for the present. policy of the Natimal government—this discrediting of the Labor Party leaders is a positive gain for the working class. The workers are being brought down from the clouds of reformist illusion by the hard, bitter realities of starvation and misery. They have been robbed and deceived simultaneously by the LINE LEADERS IN LAWRENCE Governor, Woolen Co. and U.T.W. Plan New Trickery Use Boss Propaganda of the Peoples Commissars yester- day issued a decree reducing the prices of foodstuffs and other daily necessities by ‘twenty-five and thirty per cent. MASS PROTEST IN BRONX SATURDAY MEANS MASS STARVATION Communist Party Gets 74,824 Votes High Tariff Prepared Imperialist Fight Is Members of A. F. of L, Unions of your leaders? cember 7, to demand the passage of into all A. F. of L. local unions. : What do you think of this action If you are against it, make it known by protests and passage of resolutions for unemployment insurance and support of the National Hunger March to Washington for the opening of Congress, De- a Workers’ Unemployment Insurance Bill and immediate cash winter relief. Members of Unemployed Councils! See that your resolution gets Repudiate the betrayal of 12,000,000 unemployed workers and their hungry families by the high-salaried A. F. of L. leaders! Route of National Hunger Marchers In Ohio “WARNING TO SOVIET UNION Imperialists Send More Troops Into Man- churia Area i Menace USSR Railw: Labor Party and the “National” fascists. For their greater understanding ; ter-revolutionary role of the Labor Party and all of its lead- ses sy eet aac eht ond lett, an understanding which is the necessary foundation hee kers Tell of Their Intensified usahhenes Mae for any future victories for the working class, they pay now in bitter tarvation Conditions — BULLETIN Soviet Pact defeats. The three million unemployed in England are paying their one te two shillings a week out of their miserable dole as a part of the price of the MacDonald “National” government which was prepared by the Labor Party. The employed workers are facing another round of wage cuts as a result of the fascist election victory. The entire working class, as well as large sections ci? the middle class have had a general slash of living standards by 25 per cent as-a result of the inflation of the pound. ‘The exploited colonial masses, of whom some 500 millions suffer under the yoke of the British Empire, are finding British bullets kill just as ef- fectively whether directed by National or “Labor” governments, the i tical policy of which is exemplified by MacDonald’s place at the head of each. ‘The faith of the British working masses In the Labor Party has been shaken. After two years in the government, during which period every demagogic election promise was cynically abandoned, the Labor Govern- ment came to an inglorious end, standing before the masses as the initia- tors of the policy of the open fascist bloc to which its chief leaders deserted. Of course it was an impossibility under such conditions that the Labor Party could effectively use its stock demagogy with which before it rose to power. The working class had been disarmed by the Labor Party before the election and its forces had been systematically scattered. There t must’ be no premature judgment, however, to the effect tha’ yeformism has been destroyed in Britain. While the faith of the carb ‘ in the Labor Party has been bitterly shattered, the immediate pol - gain from this fact has gone primarily to the open fascists. While in election campaign the British Communist Party had already stepped te as the leader of the masses in the streets, in their struggle against the LAWRENCE, Mass., Oct. 28.—There was picketing this morning at all the mills despite the cold and rain which diminished the numbers but did not stop th epicket lines. Sam Reed and Magette were arrested while leading the picket line at the Wood and Ayer Mills this morning. Reed is held in one thousand dollars bail and Magette two hundred dollars. Three hundred women strikers met last night at the call of the women’s committee of the United Front Rank and File Strike Committee, The wo- men are very enthusiastic and an en- Jarged Women's Committee was or- ganized, which is organizing relief col- lection squads and squads to work in neighborhoods. Textile Pioneers marched into the meeting singing and the strikers’ orchestra played. The speakers were local rank-and filewo~ men ‘strikers, the Pioneer directed, Capuani and Loretta Starr who is the youth organizer and Caroline Drew. Local papers announce that the American Woolen Company will part- Parade of Many Mass Organizations Will Rally Workers Thousands of workers, men and women, Negro and white will demon- strate on Saturday, October 31; at 4 p.m., at 149th St. and Prospect Ave., against the mass starvation program of the three boss parties, Republican, Democratic and “socialist.” This demonstration will also show the de- termination of the workers of the Bronx to fight against the imperialist war preparations and for the defense of the Soviet Union, After a short meeting at 149th St. and Prospect Ave. a parade will take where another demonstration will be held. At both places prominent speakers, among them Bill Dunne, editor of the Daily Worker, will speak to the thousands of workers through the loudspeaker. About 70 organiza- News to Longwood Ave. and Prospect, (Cable by Inprecorr) LONDON, Oct. 28.—The Communist Party received a total of 74,824 votes in twenty-six constituencies as com- pared to approximately 50,000 votes in twenty-five constituencies at the last election, In most of the constituen- cles where the Communist Party ran candidates at this and the last elec- tion they succeeded in increasing the poll, The best Communist result was Bob Stewart in Dundee with 10,245 votes as compared to 6,160 at the last election. Stewart was released from jail only last Saturday. The Independent Labor Party also lost most of its seats in Parliament, only Maxton, Buchanan, Kirkwood and Stepen being elected, . . On the basis of 507 seats out of a} ~— total of 615 being contested the Na- tional Government has won, a sweep- ing victory over the Labor Party. The Jatest election returns shw the seats in the new Parliament as follows: SPRINGFIELD CINCINNATY (vec. 1) SAnoUsKY MANSFIELO . (oecr**) BARBERTON Mo. Governor Refuses | | The Japanese imperialists have al- j Teady followed up the rumors about the mobilization of Soviet troops on the Manchurian frontier and the shipment of munitions into Manchu- ria with a note of warning to the Soviet Union. Baron Shidehara, the Japanese foreign minister, in a note to Moscow on Wednesday “requested that Russian troop demonstrations on the Manchurian-Siberian border. be ‘ discontinued. He declared the miliz | tary operations might be misrepre- sented, since they were causing an unpleasant effect on Japanese as well as Chinese soldiers.” The war threat in this note can be seen from the fact that, according to reports ' from Moscow, no additional Soviet troops have been sent to this front, The South- Manchurian Railwayis sending an engineering force to re- pair the Nonno River Bridge, which was blown up by the Japanese them- selves last week. This engineering force is being acompanied by “a : i © mserv! ois: 463 small detachment of troops to serve duction in unemployment insurance, against wage cuts, etc., and while |icinate in Governor Ely’s fact fin ding | t!ons will participate in this demon Co: atives | as a guard.” ‘The Nonnt: River Bridaé petigr i gth in the elections, stration under their own banners and} National Labor 13 | g . e Ne r ig the British Communist Party has increased its stren ne an commission already endorsed by the flags. National Liberal . 65 n | of the South Manchurian Railway is it is still clear that the main masses of disillusioned workers have not |arington Mills and the United Textile . Toya Geode tabisals ‘4 aicicat ditectiy. “at the ganctucatet yet gone over finally and definitely to the revolutionary tsruggle under | woes Union. The position of the eaetay eee bes ae a ee ‘Oppolition ‘Labor . Hs area * Hila \vatlGay wit thes Cities ee ist Party. meeting in the ic School No. 5 eae acy Gon 0 i the leadership of the Communist vy: at Intervale Ave. and Freeman St, Independents ....-..... 3 ern Railway, which is controlled ‘This proves that the fundamental struggle today is that for the final shattering and liquidation of the illusions of reformism and that this only well begun. sites laters secits are also significant in showing the greater men- ‘ace of the self-styled “lefts” among the ‘social fascists whose function is to revive the illusions. of the masses and thir misplaced faith in the bankrupt Second International. Thus the so-called “left,” George Lans- (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) All Out to the Final Election Rally Tonight in Webster Hall ‘These parliamentary results do not, however, give a correct picture of the voting in the election. The total vote as the Daily Worker goes to press was as follows: Conservatives .. 11,528,012 Prepare for National Drive ville Jobless JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Oct. 28.— Thousands of workers gathered at the On December 7th; Steuben- Put Demands mand for immediate relief was the reading of a prepared typewritten jointly by the Soviet Union and the Chinese. The “small detachment of troops” will be there for at least two weeks, or until after Nov. 16, the date on which the Council of the League of Nations meets, and on which the Japanese are seding these troops and ury, i i ing the usual dema- “ vi _ sing his majority at the moment Labor Opposition 6,611,617 capitol steps here Monday, when the | statement, repeating . nied rah pai Ge enciicce oe piacere fea the masses. The National Labor 344,282 | 338 hunger marchers who had come | gogy. ign is apa een Renae i : tate to pre-) In response to the demand for the 4 parsi - does not lie in following the path of . Liberals . 2,040,734 from all parts of the si pol ed ce ee upirigaet hepera ea diy dliees “Tkte> “paca tuaiiers The final indoor election rally will in this election and the policy of the Others ... ++ 292,415 | sent their demands for immdiate un-| immediate release of Charles Coder are the last bulwark of capitalism to prevent the workers from going over to the revolutionary leadership of the Communist Party. In this respect Lansbury plays the same role in England that is now being played in Germany. by the newly-formed Socialist Labor Party, which openly pro- claims that its function is to prevent the disillusioned Social-Democratic themselves together to solve some of their problems by slicing off some fat from the British lion. The imperialist antagonisms are enormously sharpened. The British Empire is desperately slashing the living standards of the be held tonight by the New York District of the Communist Party at Webster Hall, 119 E. 11th Street at 7 p.m. The political issues before and the T. U. U. L, will also partici- pate in the program, The meeting will also deal with the amendments which are to be voted on Communist Party in voting against all of them will be presented so that workers may understand the nature of these proposals of the capitalist class and why class conscious work- Needle Trades Workers’ Industrial Union asking its members to partici- pate in the final ratification meeting Despite the terrific defeat in Par- liament for the Labor Party they polled about thirty per cent of the vote. ‘The National government will use ‘The increase in the tariff sharpens the danger of war as it intensifies the imperialist conflict with the Uni- employment relief to the govern- ment held a mass meeting. Unem- ployed Council and Hunger March speakers then addressed the crowd. ‘This demonstration is part of the petition lists for unemployment in- surance on the table, a cop rushed over and searched the bundle to see if there was no. bomb there. who was jailed last week and sen- tenced to one year in prison and payment of a fine of $500 for his un- employment activities, the governor answered he was "powerless to act.” ‘The City Council here last night re- jected all the demands presented by @ committee of unemployed elected (CONTINU ON PAGE THREE) HARLEM SECTION air meetings and one big rally at 137th St. and 7th Ave., Friday, Oc- tober 30. \ Gatkere rsangoing. over. tothe ‘Gommantate, the working class and the program j€rs cannot support these proposals. this election vote as a mandate for | Preparations leading up to the Na-| ne governor ended up with the OF P ARTY PL ANS italist cl the overwhelming victory of its fascist of the Communis* Party to lead the} Workers’ organizations, workers in carrying thru hunger program and tional Hunger March to Washington, usual dope about “our glorious na- rf For the British capitalist class the ove! ig workers forward in greater struggles ~|D. C., on Dec. 7. ‘eat co RAS Gail oc in the elections may well provide an embarrassment of riches. The shops and unions are urged to come| the driving thru of the further fas ional government,” and called the pies ab sas. ioe after election day will be brought istization of the British t.| A committee of ten that had been | committee a group of agitators “tak- y old and trusted role of “His Majesty's opposition” which rd Rod ee forward in the speeches of, hte lead- in a body and bring their organiza- a a bee ea Pacartiors Soren ae. elected to present the demands of ing disantas Seay hn Leta 3 ji pies oo. OL Nea yy bleved stubs ine wet bas thercey been redu nee; [img candidates on the Communist| tion banner to hang in the hall. Un- | the unem| i ; 3c i i ployed to the governor then | ation to spread Communist propa- gible proportions. The faith of the working class in the possibility of its ticket. The speakers include: 1.| em tack on the working masses and on ke a Teciheis’ re on pl 1 Hier 5 ployed workers, particularly, will] the Communist Party of Great Brit- | told the workers awa ir ganda. ‘ using the parliamentary machinery for its own class purposes has been ‘Amter, Oobirmmist candidate for , e iy Elect: Rall Thurs ini y be interested in 4 , the l ‘kers in the | turn. ; ection ally i greatly diminished. ‘The stage has been set for teaching the masses Borough President of Manhattan; J. sted the immediate de- | ain, tee leader of hd hihiy Satie ‘A:commnittee of ten that-had been A report by the committee was : ‘ sgh h through their own experience, in a short space of time, the necessity and [7 11. Enedahl. Communist candidate |™ands of the Communist Party for| fevolutionary struggle. The elected to present the demands of the| then made to the workers at the) With Mrs. Wright at inevitability of the revolutionary struggle for power. There is no doubt |r. Congress in the 7th Dist., Brook. |Wimter relief for the jobless of $150| Capitalists will also feel in » better unemployed to the governor then | Capitol steps and th eworkers’ answer 137th St.. 7th Ave that in the midst of the celebrations of thelr victory, the British bour- |. Sant sl id of the Needle Trades |f0" each unemployed worker instead | Position to take up the fight against told the workers to await their re-| W8S read. 'Tt-was greeted with deri- ST, é . geoisie is already facing the fature with a feeling of deep fear and panic. |e Taicttial Union: « repre-}°! finger printing and registration | their eee rivals Hs the con- peste sion by the workers. On the demand ay eae } Indeed, the position of the British bourgeoisie is a difficult one. Faced | ootative of the U.S Bank deposi- | Schemes, and the fake promises of | trol of markets and colonies. ‘The governor, well surrounded by |! the workers, the city authorities Pa Guan ear oe with the rising tide of revolutonary mass struggle in the colonies, with a tors, which unanimously endorsed the relief or the charity hand outs of} ‘The National government already lice; ‘plain iclotheemen arid’ cajpital- released three members of the hun- is Ai Yor deeply dscontented working class at home, with a permanent economic Ganisiatar Party Platform in the|‘he republican, democratic and so-| has prepared the increases in the eS reporters received the workers'|S¢f march who had been arrested |@Mnounced its program on activities crisis, which today has plunged to unprecedented depths, with its budget | °¢tion campaign at an enthusiastic | !@list racketeers. Workers, pack | tariff which is aimed at its imperial- committee in his elaborately fur-| Previously. They all pledged them- | for the tind saan Ba oe te hopelessly unbalanced and its financial system off the gold standard and meeting held Jast week in one of the | Webster Hall tonight and mobilize | ist rivals. It will also mean a vicious nished room. When the governor selves to rally thousands more be- | election rall far e ae - Spent in increasing disorder, the old British lion is now also finding itself more public schools; Bill Gropper, who will|*e Workers for a record breaking | attack on the living standards of the enteied: all Of. the ‘occu; pants of the | Hind the National Hunger March on October 28, ed ay He t. an cs ane and more isolated in the “family of nations” of imperialism. This happy | Graw cartoons of the reactionary vote on Election Day in support of| British working class thru the. rais- ‘room ‘exsout the’ workers" \eonuntites | Dee. 7. bai Mrs. ight as one o' e family of beasts of prey, while they prepare the. more brutal oppression parties. The Workers Ex-Service-|the only revolutionary party of the| ing of the price of all the goods the frie A eo speakers. : of the colonial masses and the redivision of the colonies, while they pre- | rons League, Unemployed Councils | Wo'ing class, the Communist Party.| worker buys out of his miserable : Steubenville Jobless Put Demands. | The Young Communist League of ~ pare for war against the Soviet Union, are at the same time banding s A call was issued today by the| wages of dole. When the committee placed the} sTEUBENVILLE, Ohio, Oct. 28—|Harlem will mobilize for seven open \ \\ e, working masses to gain new strength in its struggle to maintain its old position as one of the predominant world powers. It is now attempting to reconstruct the Empire behind high tariff walls. Its fate, however, is already being foretold by the members of its own highest ruling body, arranged by the Communist Party. the House of Lords. The newly-made Earl Russel remarked recently that the “British Empire will separate into its constituent parts and England will sink into a country like Holland—if it has luck.” What this British Jord means by “if it has luck” is, if it avoids a proletarian revolution. Judging from the growing militancy of the British working class, shown im the streets of almost every large industrial city in England in the past weeks, the old British Empire is not going to have any such luck. } Slipper, in the Restful Slipper Co., the workers held a meeting and the , boss immediately signed an agree- ment with the Shoe and Leather , Workers Industrial Union. Due to SLIPPER WORKERS STRIKE AT CU «the activity of the shop committee The workers of the French Slipper the union, eaten Wace ea Eat uedey ‘picketing started Wednesday morn- t the boss was trying to put across. ,1n8 at the French Slipper and picket- en the workers demanded their jing will be continued every day. A yy the boss held up two weeks’ pay | general mass meeting for all workers longing to the workers. Twenty- Jin the slipper and stitehdown trade Council Bluffs Police, Sheriffs Kidnap, Beat Up Communists Vicious attacks against Council Bluff leaders of the Communist Party are reported in fragmentary dispatches from Council Bluffs, Iowa, by the Associated Press, After George Papcun had been “taken for a ride” to Omaha across the river from Council Bluffs, Gor- don Burroughs was forced from his room by a bunch of gunmen armed with tear gas bombs and was taken into the country, where he was viciously beaten. He was found early Wednesday morning in a dazed condition, un- able to speak. Papcun, whom the Associated Press claims is now “located,” was kid- the relief cases mishandled by the Community Chest organization. Pap- cun accused Mary Larsen of insult- ing and refusing to give relief to starving unemployed. He was taken to the city jail and “released” about 9:30 or 90 p.m. into the hands of a bunch of deputy sher- iffs and Council Bluffs police, Wires of protest were sent to the governor of Iowa, the mayor of Council Bluffs and the City Council. The Trade Union Unity League and Unemployed Council of Council Bluffs is organizing a mass protest meeting against this kidnappink. ‘The meeting will be held at Bayliss ted States and France particularly which are among the most important exporters of goods to Great Britain. ‘The United States manufacturers are already seeing the significance of the tariff increases. Jobless Millinery Workers’ Forum An open forum of millinery work- ers will be held today, 2 o'clock at Memorial Hall, 344 W. 36th St. June Croll, organizer of the Millinery De- partment of the Industrial Union, will speak on the present situation in the millinery trade, the attempts of Za- ritsky to company unionize the trade through a ‘ollective agreement, and ho wthe workers must form a united front to fight. in defense of their in- terests. All unemployed and partially em- ployed millinery workers are called upon to come to this open forum. The governor’s answer to the de- (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Hearst PaperAdmitsSpread of Wage Cuts in Many Industries Watchers Make Ready. The section committee sent out a ter as Communist watchers on November 3. Breakfast for the early watchers will be served at the hall at 5:15 a.m. call for all workers who wish to regis- NEW YORK.—Under the headline “Wage Slashes Spreading,” the New York American on Wednesday admits there fs a new campaign of wage slashing in the textile industry, en- gulfing both northern and southern mills. “Tt is obvious,” says the American, “that the wage reduction movement has made more than average head- way in this (textile) industry.” ‘Wage cuts are spreading at a fast pace to other industries. A ten per cent cut is reported for the workers in the Corn Products Refining Co. A telegram to the capitalist papers from Youngstown, Ohio, says: bi-monthly Bar Iron wage settle- ment between the Western Bar Iron Association and representa- tives of the Amalgamated Asso- ciation of Iron Steel and Tin Workers.” In this way the A. F. of L. union mfaids the steel bosses to lower wages. Cee aie FRAMINGHAM, Mass., Oct. 28.— Ihe factory of “socially-ininded” Mr. Dennison (crépe-paper and paper ) Products) has cut wages again. This time it is 10 per cent plus speed-up. ‘Those workers who are left on the }job must produce in 40 hours what {they produced * crly in 44 This is | St. The Finnish Women's organization has arranged a banquet for Mrs. Wright, mother of two of the Scotts- boro boys, to be held Thursday, Oc- tober 28, at the Finnish Hall, at 8:30 p.m. Organizations were requested to send delegates to this banquet. To Hold Puble Hearings. ‘The Harlem Branch of the Unem- ployed Council is making prepara- tions for public hearings on cases of starvation and unemployed misery in Harlem and to elect delegates to the city conference of the National Hun- ger-March. Unemployed are urged to get in touch with the Harlem Un- employed Branch at 19 West 129th of the thirty workers in the is planned by the union for some- napped last week. Park, Council Bluffs, on Saturday Over 11 million unemployed in “Wages of muck mill workmen in real‘: < ij per cent wage cut. ‘ have already joined the Shoe Papeun was arrested at the City|at 10 am., and on the same day| capitalist America, Unemployment | and iron puddlers will be 25 centy | V1 the Christmas orders for Bafld s workers correspondence | Leather Workers Industrial | me early in November to carry on 2} council meeting after his protest| there will be similar demonstra- campaign for better conditions in the against the action of the City Coun- Nquidated in the Soviet Unton. 8 ton lower in November and De- Attend the November 7 Celebration | cember than in preceding te her were nat $ bad ‘svelry bosses are filled, there will be 4 lot more workers who will haye group In your factory, shop or . neighborhood. Send regular letters November 3 to report to Finnish Hall, : - 15 West 126th St., Tuesday morning, °