The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 30, 1931, Page 4

Published by the Comy Publishing Co aally except Sun Page Four th St, New York y le ne ALge in 4-79) 1 Address and mail all checks to the Daily Worker, 60 Mast 13th Street, LAWRENCE STRIKE New York, N. Y. at 50 Hast DALWORK.” SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Foreign: v mail everywhere: One year, $6; six months, $3; two months, $1; excepting Boroughs nhattan and Bronx, New York City. one year, $8; six months, $4.50. By JACK STACHEL answer of a is latest wave of Steel Corporgtion important d with This fact makes rkers of more outeome of the Upon the portance depends as to future course of the wai dy we sear from the St el bar- ns No doubt they were encouraged b that the 10 per strikes or erious nee in any other Strikers Determined. n the ning of the fourth week of ike we find both sides equally determined. The bosses refuse any form of negotiation, insist- orkers, despite and t Unit insistent on the 10 per vernir equa e cut of th The workers come an a usual AFL. Strikebreaking Role: The N-T.W. (A.F.L. union) is on the scene in It ning everything possible to ert It has ce task (given t s) of. blocking the leadership of the N Textile 1d to Workers Union 1 the wage cut. time of it. ‘The again as in the struggle against and betrayed so i living up to the udid fighting t Lawrence. The U.T.W. in order to maintain @ hold on the work ers to stop the movement towards the N.T.W.U. is comp to resort to the greatest demagogy and phrase mongering. But at the same time th e of course in deeds doing everything pos- the mills on not havir easy ho are now fooled dition of ple sible to demoralize the strike and to bring de- feat to the An e nple of the methods used by the A.F.L. bureaucrats is seen in the recent statement of Mr. Watt of the State Fed- eration of Labor. Mr. Watt “trying to prove” that the workers will not go back on the wage cut hastened to state at the same time that, of course “25 to 40 per cent will go back on the wage cut.” In this way they are trying by all means to disrupt the ranks of the workers. But, this far without much success. The workers stand solidly against the wage cut. The real danger is that the N.T.W.U. has not yet been able to organize the strike sufficiently under the control of the workers and to unmask the U.T.W. officiais. U.T.W. Rank and File Militant. The bosses are beginning to sense that even the workers under the formal leadership of the U.T.W. are not to be fooled so easily. At the recent meeting of the U.T.W. the workers almost unanimously voted against the proposal of the bureaucrats that the self-appointed A.F.L. Com- mittee of 11 shall meet with the citizens com- mittee for settlement of the strike. Only after a maneuver and promise that all settlements and negotiations will have to be approved by the membership did the bureaucrats succeed in get- ting approval to meet with the strike bre of their proposal as committee. It reason) that s through their Lawrence Sunday News ask “who appointed Watt, Gor- man, Riviere and other leaders of the mass of 23,000 mill workers of Lawrence!” Indeed a very good question. But the bosses know the an- swer. They, the bosses and their police, ap- pointed these labor fakers as the “leaders” of the Lawrence workers. Surely the workers had little to do with it. But things did not work out as the mill owners thought they would. The Lawrence workers eyen though misled into ac- cepting to an extent leadeyship of the U.T.W did so on the basis of fake promises that the these workers and thus makes the U.T.W. rank and file membership organization not a very re- liable means to break the strike. The rank and though its influence is growing among all sec tions of the textile workers. 'The N.T.W.U. mili tant policy of rank and file control, mass picket- ing, no arbitration, etc., is growing among the workers. What is necessary is that the work in this direction be speeded up. The bosses and the U.T.W. will find that the Rank and File Strike Committee organized on the basis of the united front of all workers in the mill irrespective of union affiliation will block every attempt to force the workers back to work, with a wage cut, Al- ready t leading the militant struggle. All Workers Must Support Lawrence. The workers throughout the country workers and workers in all other industries must rally to the support of the Lawence strikers. This fight of nearly 25,000 textile workers against the latest wage cut in this and most of the other industries is the concern of every worker. Work- ers everywhere must support the strike. In all local unions of the A.F.L. we must get the work- ers to support the strike over the heads of the union officials. We must endorse the fight for the unity of the workers in Lawrence as against the strike-breaking policy of the U.T.W. offi- cials. We must send funds to the Relief Com- mittee of the Lawrence United Front Rank and File Strike Committee. Workers everywhere in the shops, in the work- ers organizations must rally to the support of the strike. Send relief. Make the struggle of the Lawrence workers a turning point in the fight against wage cuts. By defeating the wage cut in Lawrence we can take a big step forward to halt the wage cutting drive in all industries, strike committee is the main force | is for this | U.T.W. had to make to stop the workers from | organizing under the leadership of the N.T.W.U. And every step that the U.T.W. leaders take against the workers only weakens their hold on file members of the .U.T.W. and the American Union are against the wage cut. And this fact will bring them closer to the United Front Strike | Committee if we succeed in reaching them on the basis of our united front policy United Front. The United Front Strike Committee elected | through the initiqtive of the National Textile Workers Union is growing in authority among the workers. It is the only rank and file strike committee in existence in Lawrence. It is being | organized throt the election of workers from the various mills and departments. But as yet it does not embrace the majority of the workers textile | THE ELECTION STRUGGLE IN . CENTRAL PENNA. By C. N. MILLER. IN this period of continuous wage cuts and mass unemployment, the Communist Party for the first time nominated candidates for the City of Johnstown and Cambria and Somerset County offices. The workers are awakening and looking toward the Communist Party as the only leader in the struggle for immediate relief, unemploy- ment insurance and against wage cuts and starv-- ation. We held two ratification conventions, one in Somerset and one in Cambria County. Both conventions were attended by delegates from locals of the National Miners Union, fraternal organizations and Communist Party nuclei. The conventions endorsed the Communist Party pro- gram and its candidates and elected eommittees to carry out the election campaign. The Cambria County Commissioners made an attempt to rule the Party out of the election by vaising all kinds of technical objections to the nomination papers. Cambria County is con- trolled by the steel interests of Mr. Schwab (Bethlehem Steel in Johnstown) and United States Steel Corporation (Lorain Steel in Johns- town). The bosses are afraid of the Party ac- tivities, especially now when the wage cutting is taking place, and their servants did the ut- most to keep the Party out of election campaign. Saturday, October committee was sent to Ebensburg, Cambria County seat, to file the nomination papers and they were rejected At first, the commissioners claimed we did not have enough of signatures even though we had a surplus of 100. Then they cross-examined one of the electors who swore in the nomination pa- pers and since he stated that he did not see all the signatories sign their names, they held the papers invalid. This elector did not swear in all the petitions and he was correct and they knew it but yet they wanted to keep the Party out. ‘The Ratification Convention was held the fol- | lowing day in Johnstown and the delegates pledged themselves to fight for the Communist Party sgainst the attempts of the bosses. Mon- day, October 5, committee of four took the same papers to the County Commissioners and put up a fight. The committee told the commissioners that the Party was ruled out because it is the only working class party and that in spite of their ruling the Party would go down to the workers and expose their fake democracy and that the election campaign would be carried on just the same. When all their objections were pointed out as groundless and no technical rea- son could be found by the Commissioners to rule the Party out, in order to whitewash their ruling of last week, they called in a lawyer to give them legal advice. Finally, they were compelled to accept the nominati@m papers as they were when presented first time Campaign Drive. In this campaign the Party is holding a series of mass meetings all over both counties, in the city of Johnstown and in every coal mining town. The Party will mobilize the working mass- es for a struggle egainst wage cute and sterve- nucleus in every mill and mine. We will mobil- ize the working masses and lead them in the struggle for the county demands and unite the forces of workers for the national demands. In this campaign we demand: Unemployment insurance at the complete ex- pense of the bosses. Immediate relief: Free rent, gas, electricity, for unemployed and partly employed workers; free meals and clothes for school children; cash subsidy of $10 and $3 for each dependent per week. Equal rights of Negro, white and forelgn born workers ’and no discrimination against any work- er in any, form. Abolishing of company towns, stores, money, Police and state police. Freedom to organize, strike and picket, Immediate payment in full by the state of all working class deposits and of working class so- cieties where banks failed and payment to all depositors up to $5,000, Mortage moratorium and-tax suspension on workers homes, Agitators’ and Propagandists’ Column U. S. INTEREST IN MANCHURIA mW Following this the United States imperialists tried to “neutralize” the Chinese Eastern Rail- way, but due to pressure by Japan they were unsuccessful. Later, after the Soviet Union and the Chinese government had negotiated a treaty providing for joint operation of this railway, the United States protested, claiming it a violation of the Washington confcrence. The United States also claimed that it had spent $4,000,000 on the Chinese Eastern and Siberian Railways. But this had all been spent as a part of the American Siberian expedition against the Soviet Union! The Kuomintang government betrayed the revolution in China and later seized the Chinese Eestern Railway and broke with the Soviet Union, under the direction of American impe- rialists and the United States capitalists again tried to show their hand. A secret aide memoire was sent by Stimson at the same time sent to the imperialist powers suggesting the appoint- ment of a neutral commission to study the Man- a neutral chairman operete the railway in the meantime. ‘This old effort at neutralization was rejected as before by the Japanese, and Stim- son after trying to invoke the Kellogg Pact was handed a note by Litvinoff, Soviet ambassador, that curtly told him to mind his own business. ‘The Red Army had already driven the Chinese ee eet handits back into Mancheria and a treaty was churian situation, and that » commission with _ S*N° Daily, Morker’ Central Orge pt th ist Porty U.S.A. [A Lecture on Stability Sees nomic STABILITY!” Now isn’t that just GRAND? up THAT ONE? in your republican “full dinner pail.” PHILIPPINES! THAT much? Street, asks the Filipinos to answer. Philippine independence business, It decidedly has! wealth? OF YOU! wealth? ends up in Wall Street! [PARTY LIFE On Keeping New Members (A FEW SUGGESTIONS) When a new member comes into the Party the organizer or the chairman of the meeting should spend several minutes in introducing the new member to the unit, to say a few words about our Party, how glad we are to have the new comrade with us, etc. The new member will be thus made to feel at home. This mem- ber should not be left to himself; one or more of the comrades should sit near him during the meeting, explain certain things which are signed without the help of Stimson. The evidence shows clearly that the Wall Street government considers Manchuria within her sphere of influence. sources are dear to the eye of the American imperialists. And dearer still is any part they can play in the efforts to crush the Soviet Power in the Far East. ‘The United States and Japan cooperated in 1919 in a military expedition to overthrow the Soviet Union. In spite of their rivalries they prepare again to cooperate along with the other imperialist powers in such an enterprise. Those who wish to read a clear ‘description of the Manchurian situation should read the ten-cent pamphlet, War in the Far East, by Henry Hall. Many of the facts given above are By HARRISON GEORGE, THING DOING,” is President Hoover’s answer to the demand of 13,000,000 Filipinos for national free- dom from the United States, “You must FIRST have eco- How did Hoover think With banks failing right and left, and the gold standard shaking; with thousands of factories closed, the railroads broke, a Billion Dollar deficit in government funds; with 11,000,000 workers jobless and starving with their families—about one-third of the American people hun- gry and ragged and cold Hooyer dares to tell the Filipinos:, “The economic independence of the Philippines must be attained BEFORE political independence can be successful.” Now, workers, let’s figure that out- And don’t forget that it has something to do with the scarcity of pork chops Because, if you look up the “Report of the Governor- General” of the Philippine Islands (a little Czar whom no- body elects but whom the President appoints to rule 13,- 000,000 people), you will find out that Americans OWN OVER 90 PER CENT OF ALL THE WEALTH OF THE So from THAT angle, Hoover’s “advice” is like a cop telling some factory workers on strike against a starvation wage, that they should save up enough money to buy the factory from the owner before they can expect higher wages. How can they save up anything when the factory owner robs them continually and bafely leaves them alive—if he does That’s the question Hoover, the policeman for -Wall And, well . . . you see from the comparison with the factory workers, that it might have something to do with you workers, too, this Figure it out: Ninety per cent and more of all the wealth of the Philippines, is owned by Amer- icans- But how many of YOU WORKERS own any of that Even a teeny-weeny bit of? WHAT? NOT ONE Well . . . But who DOES own all that Philippine They are Americans, remember! And we'll tell you: The fellows that own that Philippine wealth are YOUR BOSSES, the Big Capitalists and Bankers of America, If you look up all the corporations that do busi- ness in the Philippines, and trace down their connections with the bankers, you'll find that every single one of them Its. railroads and re- . ity” soup? And what does Wall Street represent, if not the class of highbinders that cuts YOUR wages, that throw you onto the street jobless by millions to starve literally to death if you don’t manage to keep barely alive on a bowl of “char- Now, maybe you understand that YOU AMERICAN provinces, . WORKERS and FARMERS HAVE A LOT IN- COMMON WITH THE 13,000,000 FILIPINOS! that THEIR fight for independence is YOUR fight, too— and maybe you NOW will make a UNITED struggle against the enemy of both, American imperialism! American imperialism literally STOLE the Philippines, you know, back in 1898. The Filipinos had revolted against Spain and actually had won the fighting part of it, having isolated and besieged the main Spanish military force at Manila and formed a Philippine Government that was sup- ported by nearly every Filipino, and officially by all the Now, perhaps you see Then American troops came in to “help” the Filipinos, with sacred promise that America would NEVER, NEVER do anything that would interfere with Philippine inde- pendence. Then the U. S. troops picked a fight, tens of thou- sands of Filipinos were “civilized with a Krag rifle,” and they have been ruled, oppressed and robbed by American pendence. know .. imperialism ever since! Every president promises regularly to “give” inde- And just as regularly says, “The time isn’t ripe yet.” The U. S. Congress has officially promised Philippine independence. But how Hypocrite Hooyer says: “The prob- lem is one of TIME.” After a few thousand years, you Hoover hardly dares to say what he means: “Wall Street means to KEEP the Philippines.” a wave of REVOLT LOOSE all over the Philippines, and with YOUR support, the support of you American workers, Because that might set such a revolt might win! is one of time.” So Hoover lies, and “agrees” that Philippine indepen- dence “was discussed” but “no conclusions have been formu- lated” and the “discu: sion will continue” and “the problem Then he got that bright idea about “stability” and tacked THAT on. Conducted by the Organization Department of the Central Committee, Communist Party, U.S.A, strange to him. When the meeting is over one , of the leading comrades should walk with him a certain distance, inquire as to his reaction to the meeting, make arrangements to visjt him at his home or invite him to your house; in other words, make a friend of the new member. The agitprop director or the organizer of the unit should talk to the new member, explaining the meaning of the Party, the importance of the Party in the present struggles, the necessity to learn more about the Party; that if one wants to be a good, active Communist one must learn a bit of theory. We can at this time ex- plain the meaning of the clause in the member- ship book dealing with the status of a member in the Communist Party. Do not stress too much the question of discipline at this time. It is also advisable to supply the new member with some literature dealing with the. elementary principles of our movement, ask him to read it and offer your help in clarifying certain things which are difficult for him. * Unfortunately we have no adequate litera- ture. The Party must consider {ts immediate task to prepare two pamphlets; one dealing with the elements of Communism, written in a very simple style; this should be a small pamphlet not- more than twelve to sixteen pages and printed in large, clear type. The second, on the structure of the Party, also not large and writ- ten in simple language. But there are at pres- ‘ens several pamphlets which we can use, such from this invaluable and timely pamy one | as: FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER; WHY EVERY of the: International sericea” ge ee WORKER SHOULD JOIN THE COMMUNIST The colonial slave that gets no wages must BUY his freedom, then, oh, then, it will be all right! WHAT A FARCE! So, workers, realize that when the Filipinos revolt, that IT HELPS YOU against YOUR bosses: Just as your big struggles help the Filipinos. ‘And sometime—not far away— you will both revolt at the same time and FINISH Wall Street rule in both America and the Philippines! PARTY; LIES ABOUT THE SOVIET UNION, by Comrade Bedacht, and the pamphlet by, Comrade Bittelman on the Imperialist War. One of the pamphlets should be given to the new member, The new member should be told that the best way to learn about the Party and the movement as a whole, in addition to the active participa- tion in the work of the Party, is to attend a study circle which should be organized for new members or, if they prefer, the Workers’ School will organize classes for new members free of charge with a special curriculum, the entire course to last not more than six weeks, once a week. The Party must prepare special material for these courses. ‘The assignments of tasks ‘for new members must be very small. The work given should be of the simplest kind and only for one evening a week in addition to the night of the unit meet- ing. The tasks can be increased in relation to the duration of the member in the Party and to the degree of political development. It is ad- visable to ask the eomrade what work he would like to do. Sometimes we assign work to a mem- ber who is unable to do this particular work; he either does not carry it out or the work {fs done in a very bad manner. At all times we must make the comrades feel that they are among real friends, comrades, who are working for a common goal, and the members should also feel that we do not try to jam things down their throat. We must develop the initiative in every comrade; we must impress upon them that the Party does not want automatons, that the Party will develop and grow only if every member will understand what he is doing and why he is doing it. ‘Every activ comrade has suggestions to keep By JORGE Shades of Harry Eisman Way off there in the Soviet Union somewhere Harry Eisman, the deported Young Pioneer will look upon the news from New York with mixed feelings, ‘On the one hand, he'll be tickled to learn that the Pioneer Conference, to connect up the Pto- ner movement with the red trade unions of the T.U.U.L., the fraternal organizations and work- ers’ clubs and so on, will finally be held this Sunday, Noy. 1, at second floor Workers Center, 11 am. (BB. who complained about its sup- posed “announced” postponement simply didn’t read the Daily), But Harry Eisman might be ready to make a united front with our crocodile when he hears how the “Harry Fisman Troop” of Pioneers was thrown out of the East Side Workers Club at East’ Broadway and Jefferson. ‘Thrown right out, yes, sir! And by the execu- | tive of Party members! And what’s more, when | the Pioneer directors asked the fraction secre- tary to take it up in the fraction, he made the remarkable statement that—“Even if the fraction will decide to allow the kids to use the hall again, HE will “see that the membership rejects it.” Now, isn't THAT a nice way to treat the Pioneers! ae They “See It Through’ And How In the decidedly upper-class magazine “The Forum,” for November, and—of all Places!—in the Commercial and Financial Chronicle, a journal published entirely for Bankers in the First Degree and such folks, we find—what? We find big page advertisements signed by “The President's Organization on Unemploy- ment Relief, Walter S. Gifford, Director.” And these ads, carrying at the top the picture of a surprisingly cheerful worker, TIGHTENING UP HIS BELT and smiling while he says—in big letters: “TLL SEE IT THROUGH IF YOU WILLI”" Then below, the imaginary, the very imagin- ary, solo of said hero: “They tell me there's five or six millions of us—out of jobs. I know that’s not your fault, any more than it is mine.” And so on till you get sick at the stomach, with the final word, again: “I'll see it through if you will!” Now, aside from the smug cynicism of all this, it’s inherent LIE, we wonder whether or not these ads are paid for by our Great White Guard Father in Washington, If there is any angle of graft in “relief work” that was overlooked by Hoover and his pals in the World War, perhaps it may now be tried out on the unemployed. Of course these ads MIGHT be donated. Or, on the other hand, they might be taken in substi- tute for donating something real. Anyhow, we were struck by the comparison of this supposedly cheerful jobless worker tighten- ing up his belt—by millions, and the sorry at- tempt of numerous capitalist scribblers to make workers believe that only in the Soviet Union are the workers required to “tighten up their belts.” ‘We would suggest a little change in the Gif- ford Committee’s picture of this jobless man, A change more in line with the facts. Let him tighten up his belt, but have the artist draw it from American reality—around his neck! Then have him saying: “I’m not seeing it through. But ere long my class will see it through, and then you'll feel the noose around your necks. And the charge will be that you murdered me.” . . . How Long? Well, It Depends A comrade who was embarking for his native land, where fascism rules with bloody hand, called to see us before leaving, to express his appreciation of our modest (and sometimes not so modest) efforts at trying to help workers break into the Communist Party. He had been trying two years, and had put in three applications, but was still outside. We hope, and really expect, that it will be easier for him to get into the illegal party in his native land than it was for him to get into our legal Party. Another worker writes in asking just how long it ought to take for an application to go through. He recognizes that it is necessary to sift out undesirables, but ventures a guess that two weeks ought to be enough. We think so, too. But sometime we are going to trace the travels and stop-overs of an Ap- plication Card. Let us begin with this Applica-, tion Card ag an inhabitant of an orphan asylum, with many others in the office. Nobody wants to adopt the poor little Application Card. Finally there is a general clean-up of desk space, and adoption is forced on reluctant adoptees. The little orphan is badly treated, used as a book-mark, something to note upon that Johnny must get a pound of coffee. But the day of liberation dawns. In spite of all efforts of step-father or mother to avoid talking with workers who are not already mem- bers, the fatal hour is struck. Somebody liter- ally INSISTS on joining the Party. And the little orphan gets its dirty nose wiped and is fed up on all its blank spaces. ‘The step-dad, however, is resentful of all this attention to an adopted child. And he sort of forgets to attend unit meetings for three weeks. Finally he makes it and gives it to the Unit organizer, but the initiation fee which the signer | paid is somehow in doubt. Did the signer pay or not? Was he exempt? The little orphan is held up because his ticket isn’t paid for. Now then, comrades, from this on—will some- body send us the rest of the story of this poor little orphan? It may be a long story, but make’ it as short as possible. Hop to it! Uo ane are j John Reed Memorial: —With John Reed Clubs spreading like the measles among the.cultural workers, artists, writers, and so on, maybe you should remember that Friday is the Eleventh Anniversary of.the death of John Reed, the very earliest 6f the growing number of intellec-~ tuals whom the Soviet Revolution attracted an@ is attracting ‘to {t as devoted workers. New Yorkers should commemorate this valiant com- rade who died for the Revolution, by attending at Webster Hall, 125 BH. 1ith St, this Friday evening, Oct, 30. ° new members—express your opinion. Write to Org. Department, ©. C., Box 87, Station D., New ‘York City. We will print your suggestions in this column. fate | 4