The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 24, 1931, Page 3

ith nectar DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUE DAY, NOVEMBE "7 Page Three ~ EDITOR WORRIED BY DREISER COMMITTEE; MINER TE LLS REASON Louisville Editor Who Maligns Dreiser Is the Banker for Coal Operators General Wage-cut Hits All Garrett Mines; the Miners Are Desperate; Prepare to Strike Daily Worker: Harlan, Ky. T have just noted a few brazen remarks made in the Louis- ville Times about the Dreiser Investigating Committee in Har- lan. honest, fearless man as Theodo: Mr. Robert W. Bingham is Times, also the Courier Journal three banks and trust companies of Louisville Ky. Permit me to advise why the Times “belittles” such an re Dreiser. president and publisher of the , and is connected with at least And don’t forget that among his depositors can be found many of the largest coal companies, if not direct @ stockholders in some. Also Mr. Bing- ham is the leader of the Democratic clique of crooks in Louisville and to top it off Mr. Bingham is chairman of the board of that “poor little weak” Louisville and Nashville Railroad, watered stock and all. Mr. Dreiser and his committee is strictly annoying his “preferred” clients, therefore, he belittles such a noble act as that of bringing to light the great persecu- flons the workers of Kentucky are undergoing. We the workers of Big Sandy know enough of Theodore Dreiser (and Mr. Bingham too) to withstand all the dope peddled by such pests as Judge Jones, Bingham, Sampson, etc., and we are the native-born sons of the soil too: They can call us anything theye please, but we are workers who are able to see through the fog of lies printed and published by these capitalists. And if they had any sens? whatever they would be ashamed to try to get people to believe it. In making their reports the Dreiser Committee must bear in mind that they investigated every coal pro- ducing county in Kentucky, for the writer is a “blacklisted” miner who is neither a union member nor a Communist who has traveled all over the coal regions of Kentucky seeking work and finding untold misery and starvation in every mining camp. The official “flare-up” of the law shows its demagogic head at the least sign of labor organizing into a protective union, The only reason that thous- ands of us are not in the Communist Party and its revolutionary unions is their inability to reach us with their message and leadership. New Wage Cut Today a general wage cut takes place at the mines at Garrett, Ky. ‘The men swear there shall be no coal produced at these mines. They are desperate and are very sure to clash with the law, as this place is re- nowned for its militant miners. I am going there today and try to persuade them through a committee to strike and picket their mines and lay off, the sabotage practices of the I. W: W. Long live Dreiser and his commit- tee. Long live the working-class. The more advanced, educated of us work- ers say—Long live the Soviet Union. A Miner. (‘ommittee of 85 in Washington Prepares For Arrival of Hunger Marchers; Dec. 6 (CONTINU rally outside the white house to dem- onstrate their support of the demands that will be placed before Hoover by the delegation. Tag Days Nov. 28 and 29° Plans to raise a fund of $4,000 were meade by the committee. All work- ing Class organizations in Washington will be visited and asked to endorse and participate in the March. In- dividual sympathizers who can make substantiel contributions will also be visited. Collection lists were issued and arrangements to mobilize a large force of collectors for tag days on Nov. 28 and 29 were discussed and acted upon at the committee meeting. A delegation of five Negro and white workers was elected to repre- sent the Washington Arrangements Committee in the Hunger March. Other organizations in this city will also be urged to elect delegates and participate in the conference which will be held on Dec. 6 and 7. ee eae CHICAGO, Ill, Nov. 23.—Thirty- six delegates to the National Hunger March were sel at a city con- ference of the Unemployed Councils of Chicago at an enthusiastic mect- ing of delegates representing Unem- ployed Councils, fraternal organiza- tions, and American Federation of Labor. D. Mates, secretary of the Councils in Chicago rendered a report in which he pointed out that the government officials employers and other reac- tionaries were still forming a solid front with the A. F: of L. leaders in opposition to the passage of any unemployment insurance measures. Evictions have been almost wholly stopped and the relief activities of the charitable organizations much im- proved because of the activities of the workers in the various branches of the councils and the Cook County Hunger March held on Oct. 31. He asked the body to make the National Hunger March something more than a spectacular dramatic event and to see that the demands presented to the convening congress were backed up by action of the work- ers throughout the nation on Dec. 7. A mass meeting was announced at which the delegates selected to repre- sent the unemployed workers of Chi- cago, will be ratified and given a great send-off, The mass meeting is to be held at the Coliseum at 14th St. and Wabash Ave. on Saturday, Noy. 28 at 8 p. m. While the nominations committee was busy selecting the delegates who ‘e to make the march, pledges of money, cars, trucks and food were made by the representatives of many organizations, . . Detroit Tag Days DETROIT, Mich. Noy. 23.—This city of autos and unemployment is to Jnave tag days, Nov. 24, Nov. 27 and Noy, 28, to collect funds for the Na- tional Hunger March. ‘The Unemployed Council and the Women's Hunger March Committee at their conference held on Nov. 18 at 317 Frederick St., outlined the following plans in the struggle for food and clothing for the thousands of starving children of Detroit: A Children’s Public Trial of Mayor Murphy's child starvation schemes will be held at the Moore School, Alger and Cameron on, Nov. 25 at 1:30 p. m. On Saturday morning, Nov. 28 at . 2D FROM PAGE ONE) 10 a.m, a women’s and children’s demonstration will be held at Grand Circus Park to expose Murphy’s fake child relief schemes and demand that all Murphy's childrens tag day funds be handed over to the Unemployed Councils. A committee of women and children will present special demands of food and clothing for the starving children of detroit, which include the demand of two hot meals a day for every school child. ee ia: Women, Children March TOLEDO, Ohio, Nov, 23.—A Hun- ger March of women, children and young workers will come down on the city hall here Nov, 27 at 2:30 p. m., for relief of child starvation and in preparation for the National Hun- ger March, The capitalist press admits there aré thousands of children here hun- gry because their parents are unem- ployed. The only suggestion these papers can make is that families around the various schools take in a few children for breakfast each day. The marchers will demand free hot meals at the expense of the city treas- ury in all the schools, free shoes and clothing and transportation for chil- dren of the jobless. Springfield Demonstration SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Noy. 23.—In preparation for-the National Hunger March and with demands for imme- diate local relief, the Unemployed Councils of Springfield are arranging a mass demonstration Nov. 26th (Thanksgiving Day) at 2 p. m. at. Reservoir Park. While the rulers of this country call on the jobless to be thankful they are still alive, these jobless here will be making demands for the right to keep on living, and . will be organizing to make their de- mands felt. At this mass meeting the delegation that we elected at the Noy. 15 con- ference to go to the city hall and present demands, will report. The mass meeting will also ratify the del- egate to the National Hunger March elected at the conference. ‘The mass meeting is part of the preparation for the County Hunger March that will be held Nov, 30. ‘The workers of Springfield have learned a lesson. They know they are daily betrayed by the officialdom of the A, F. of L. and especially by the officials of the United Mine Workers of America, as well as by the city government and various charity institutions, At this meeting they are going to expose all the fak- ers. This will be a mobilization of forces in a struggle for immediate cash relief and unemployment insur- ance. . PEORIA, Ill, Noy. 23.—There will be a mass meeting on unemployment here Nov. 25. The mass meeting scheduled for Nov. 7 was stopped by police, but sentiment has grown against this high-handed act, and a good meeting is expected this lime. Workers’ Correspondence is the backbone of the revolutionary press. Build your press by writing for it. about yout day-to-day struggle. HOLD OPEN HEARINGS AND |uer THE JOBLESS KALUSE HUNGER, December Edition of Yiarine Workers Voice Just Off the Press NEW YORK.—The December edi- tion of the “Marine Workers Voice,” official organ of the Marine Workers Industrial Union, is off the press filed with good stories of the struggles of the seamen and longshoremen in America and throughout the world. The story of J. P. Rayn’s betrayal of the Boston longshoremen is told in detail by a M. W. I, U. organizer, who has been on the job in Boston since the beginnig of the strike of 3,000 dockers against a wage-cut Stor- ies on the seamen’s struggle against unemployement, the preparations that are being made in‘ all ports to send strong delegations of marine workers to Washington on the National Hun- ger March and a good editorial on the war in Manchuria and the policies to be followed by the seamen to fight the war danger are some of the feat- ures in this excellent issue. There is a letter of greeting to Tom Mooney from the workers in the So- viet Union, a sea story by John Pet- erson and a full page of workers’ cor- respondence. Two drawing by Storm, and pictures of the struggles in the marine industry to liven up the paper and make it a real organ of the sea- men and longshoremen. MISLEADERS OK. 10 P. ¢. PAY CUT ON RAILROADS Rail Workers Urged to Build Committees and Strike NEW YORK. Although the capital- ist press reports on the conference be- tween the committee of nine railroad presidents and the fakers of the Rail- way Labor Executives’ Association state that no agreement was reached on the ten per cent wage cut that was proposed by the railroad heads, it was disclosed through a letter from D. B. Robertson, president of the Railway Labor Executives’ Associa- tion, to Daniel Willard of the Balti- more and Ohio Railroad, spokesman for the railroad bosses, that the fake union heads were ready to agree with the bosses on the cut. Robertson, in agreeing to help the bosses put over the cut, \used the usual demobogy of “warning” the railroad capitalists that every dollar taken from the workers through the cut must be used to “stabjlize or in- crease employment.” And as a fur- ther signal of the coming cut the spokesman for the railroad bosses has stated that “a better understanding had been arrived at concerning many matters of “ryutual interest’ the “mutual interest” being the interest of the bosses and the rail union heads to cut the wages of the railroad work- ers in the U. 8.. “It is expected,” says the Jour- nal of Commerce, “that the various individual railroads will serve no- tice on their employees forthwith that they propose to cut wages 10 per cent for the coming year, and they will call a conference within the prescribed thirty days to nego- tiate the reductions.” The rail heads report that the “la- bor” groups on the various lines al- ready have been sounded out and lit- tle delay is expected in putting over the cut, The railroad workers must organize to stop this cut and defeat the be- trayal of the labor fakers who stand at the head of the unions and on the side of the bosses. Organize committees of action in every department. Get in touch with the Railroad Workers Industrial League, 7.7 East 63rd St., Chicago, for leadership in your struggles. Take the matter into your own hands and strike against wage cuts. Postal Workers Hit in “Labor” Bank Crash It seems it is the plan of capitalist economy to rob yearly the hard- earned savings of the postal workers, Last year the U. S, Bank took away 70 per cent of the postal workers’ life savings. And now they are to re- tire to a life with no way of meeting ends, The co-operative cafeteria of the vehicle workers in the postal service was wrecked by the failure of the U. S. Bank. The Federation Bank is sitpated in the heart of postal activities. Peter Brady, with a bunch of super-sales- men, induced the postal workers to put their sayings in the American Federation of Labor Bank. All the sick funds and union funds were kept in the Federation Bank. Now all is gone, Industrial accidents are every-day occurrences in the day's work of a postal worker, And the sick fund provided first aid and also a few dollars for continued sickness. The collapse of the Federation Bank came at the same time that the U, S. government, with the help of the union officials, are holding up our salaries for the fake wnemploy- mént relief. It seems they want to knock us dead for good. ‘The letter carriers were the hard- est hit by the collapse of ‘the Fed- eration Bank. They must understand that only mass action will win, The way for us to recover our funds is through united mass action. Let the postal workers join in the struggle with all the workers, That is the only way we will win NEW YORK, Noy. 23.—The Inter- national Labor Defense yesterday wired the Harlan County, Ky., min- ers who are standing trial for their lives on framed charges of murder- ing coal company thugs, warning them against “sell-outs and deals with coal operators by pretended friends” and upholding the “right of self-defense by all workers against murderous thugs and deputies.” The LL.D. also offers “as from the ‘e- ginning, all legal counsel and aid” The telegram follows: To Otto Mills and all Harlan Miner Defendants, Mt. Sterling, Ky.: We hail the release of William Burnett, caused largely by work- ers’ mass protest, by exposure of frame-up and by the Dreiser com- mittee investigation. We extend fullest solidarity, pledge increased Protest and offer as from the be- ginning all legal counsel and aid. We will continue our fight against the use of petjured evidence by coal operators, all attempts to rail- road you innocent miners and against vicious anti-union attitude of the courts, the prosecution and local newspapers, Guard against sell-outs or deals with coal operators or by pretended friends. The LL.D. upholds the right of self-defense by all work- ers against the murderous attacks by coal thugs and deputies. The issue is your right to be free to organize and strike, We will ex- Pose and fight any attempt to claim Warn Framed Miners on Trial Against Sell-Out Defense 1. L. D. Offers All Legal Counsel and Aid to the Miners and Maintains Right of Defense a conspiracy was formed by you. We are joining the National Min- ers’ Union in urging the entire working class to get behind the Harlan prisoners and in pledging full support of all Kentucky min- ers fighting against terror, unem- ployment and starvation conditions. THE INTERNATIONAL LABOR DEFENSE The miners who went on trial on murder charges in the Mt. Sterling Court yesterday are Asa Cusick, W.B. Jones, Al Benson, William High- tower, Jim Reynolds, Floyd Murphy, Bill Turpin, F. M. Bratcher and Otto Mills. All are charged with killing three deputized thugs in the “battle of Evarts” on May 5, when several carloads of deputies blazed away at miners with machine guns on an open highway. Ex-Senator J. M. Robsion of Ken- tucky, Klansman, is announced as at- torney for the defense under the LW.W. and U.M:W.A. control, Of the defendants all are out under $15,000 bond except Mills and Rey- nolds, still held in Mt. Sterling jail. William Turnblazer and William Childers, organizers for the U.M.W.A., went into Straight Creek last week, according to reports received by the International Labor Defense here, to form 'U.M.W.A: locals following the victory of the N.M.U. in the Straight Creek mine strike. A mass meeting was called, but not a single miner joined what they call the “sell-out U.M.W.A. union,” the report states. (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) with the flaring up of the clash of interests among the imperialists themselves. Latest Paris dispatches report that official approval for the Japanese proposal is blocked by the opposition of Great Britain, Norway and Spain. The latter two powers are under British influence. The British position is that Briand should present the proposal for a commis- sion to the Japanese and Nanking delegates as his own,.and not that of the Council. This move will put the Nanking delegates in an embar- rassing position, since if they accept the proposal without the appearance of having it forced on them, they will be completely..exposed before. the Chinese masses. Hand in hand with the move to “investigate” the situation in China, is a proposal emanating from the British foreign office to “legalize” the division of China by kicking her out of the League of Nations, or at least to deprive her of her seat in the League of Nations Council. A Lon- don dispatch to the New York Times reports: “The London Times, which often reflects the opinion of the Foreign Office, will make the pointed in- ference tomorrow that China is hardly qualified to belong to the League of Nations and certainly not entitled to a seat on the Council.” A Tokio dispatch to the New York Herald-Tribune reports that the Jap- anese imperialists are confident that the investigating commission will be limited to three members, with “a French military officer at its head, a British lawyer and an American business man.” The dispatch states the Japanese position, as follows: “The Japanese want @ small commission, preferably of three members, representing the United States, Great Britain and France — nations which the Japanese re- gard as inherently imperialistic in their sympathies and policy.” The Japanese are reported as in- sisting that the commission be lim- ited to an investigation of China and that it shall not investigate Japan's actions in Manchuria or any other part of China, U. S. Continues Support of Japan The United States, in its role of leader of the anti-Soviet front, con- tinues to support the Japanese po- sition in the secret conference of the League Council in Paris. A Paris dis- patch reports: “In League quarters it was said that Ambassador Dawes’ statement to tte members of the Council was: ¢If the League wishes to apply economic sanctions to get the Jap- anese to withdraw, very well; but America will not participate.” ‘The Nanking delegate, Dr. Alfred Sze, in speeches intended to hide from the Chinese masses the sell-out of China by the Kuomintang, has been demanding that the League act under Article XI of the League cov- enant to apply an economic boycott against Japan, Briand has also in- dulked in the gesture of invoking this article. In the meantime, the only economic boycott that is being pushed is the proposal by the Wall Street government for financial boy- cott against the peaceful Soviet Un- ion here. Spanish Press Sees U, 8. “Guiding League” A Madrid dispatch reports that the Spanish press is of the opinion that the United States, through Dawes, is guiding the League. El Sol, Spain's most important liberal paper, declares the United States “is guiding the League and using it to haul its chest- nuts out of the fire,” CHINESE RED ARMY ADVANCES; PARIS TRIES TO COVER CHINA RAPE In the meantime, behind the veil of secrecy which shoulds the meet- ings of the imperialist bandits in the League Council, a strong clash of in- terests is developing. The Interna- tional News Service reports: “During a secret session of the Council, International News Service learned the delegates of at least three of the smaller nations enter- ed emphatic objections to the draft prepared by Foreign Minister Aris- tide Briand of France, setting forth the duties of the proposed commis- sion.” The British imperialists are also reported perturbed lest the investi- gating commission ‘backed by their imperialist rivals, the United States, France and Japan, should affect their position in China. Fearing betrayal at the hands of their imperialist ri- vals, the British are reported in a Paris dispatch to the New York Her- ald Tribune, to be insisting that “the League has no business meddling in China proper.” The dispatch adds: “The return to Paris today of Sir John Simon, British foreign secre- tary, was taken as an indication of the seriousness with which the Brit- ish government regards the situa- tion.” ¢ Sham of League Openly Admitted The same dispatch reports some League circles as openly admitting the futility and sham of the League Council's “deliberations.” It says: “No announcement was made af- ter the various conferences of the leaders today, but there appeared to be a feeling of sqepticism as to what the Council actually had ac- complished yesterday.” The Kuomintang tools of Yankee and Japanese imperialism are greatly alarmed over the growing prospects of an overthrow of their bloody re- gime by the Chinese masses whose whose anger against the League of Nations and the traitorous Kuomin- tang is growing by leaps and bounds. A Paris dispatch indicates that the Chinese delegates are pleading for more finesse in the plans of the im- perialist plunderers for the further rape and partition of China. The dis- patch reports: “The Chinese expressed alarm over the prospect. If the Council should yield to the Japanese plan and fail to heed China's request, they said, the Nanking government is likely to be overthrown and chaos spread over all China.” A Shanghai dispatch reports that several influential Chinese newspapers are denouncing the League and ask~ ing whether the League Covenant possesses any valid force or is mere- ly ‘a scrap of paper.’ ” Soviet Press Warns Imperialists Izvestia sees the League of Nations supporting Japans attack upon the Chinese masses and her seizure of Manchuria, Izvestia declares: + “So Japanese imperialism can fin- ish its jobs without fear that the other imperialist powers will inter- fere.” The United Press correspondent in Moscow reports the Soviet press in a sharp warning to the imperialist pow- ers to stop baiting the proletarian power. The dispatch reports: “The Soviet Government repeat~ edly has declared its neutrality dur- ing the Chinese-Japanese warfare in Manchuria, and the press previ- ously has refrained from specific comment. The declarations in all newspapers today, however, were _| unanimous in warning against pur- ported efforts to drag the Russian Government into the warfare.” Demand War Funds for Jobless Relief (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) was approved by the meetings. A protest telegram against the police raid on the Chicago Party headquar- ters was sent to Mayor Cermak and Governor Emmerson: A. F. of L. Breaks Meeting. The first meeting called in Fond Dulac, Wis. was broken up by the A. F. of L, officials and police and legionaires, The Trades and Labor Hall was secured for the meeting but three hundred workers who came for the meeting were driven out by Becker, president of the Central Trades and Labor Council and the police, Blair and Richards, speakers from Milwaukee and Preus, a local worker, were arrested and charged with illegal entrance to private prop- erty. The case is coming up Dec. 1. There is great indignation against this high handed act in breaking up a workers’ meeting and trying to break the Hunger March campaign in this ‘section, An Unemployed Council will be established in Fond Dulac’ Legion Burns Workers’ Center Following the successful anti-war demonstration in Kenosha the Work- ers Center was set on fire with gaso- line early Sunday by Legionaires. The American Legion in Kenosha, led by Alexander, the employment manager of the American Brass Co. have tried, since the November 2nd Hunger March, to terrorize the local workers by breaking windows, hang- ing around the hall when meetings were held to scare away the workers, who later organized a Defense Corps. The front of the building was badly burned, a desk broken and a few leaflets in the building taken away. The Hunger March Committee is- sued a statement holding the police and the American Legion jointly res- ponsible for the incendiary work against the workers and pointing out that this was an effort to stop the preparations for the hunger march and getting relief for the jobless from the city. A protest demonstration against police and legion terrorism and to welcome the hunger marchers from western points will be held Saturday, November 28th, (Telegram to the Dally Worker) OAKLAND, Cal., Nov. 22—Seven anti-war demonstrations were held in the Oakland district November 21. Hundreds of steel and sugar re- finery workers of Pittsburg, Cal., and Crockett listened to the speakers, bought the Daily Worker and con- tributed to the collection. About a thousand workers attended the demonstration at 10th and Broaway here and many attended the other demonstrations in East Oakland, West Oakland, Berkley and Richmond. Then thousand leaflets were dis- tributed and many signs and pla- cards were displayed: A Young Communist League Unit was formed in Columbia Steel plant and other applications for the Party and League were received. Report Your Trucks, Cars, Vans, to WIR! NEW YORK.—All who own trucks, moving vans or autos are requested to report to Burns, at Workers’ International Relief headquarters, 16 W,. 2ist St., as soon as possible, for the support of the hunger march. is, Tokio, and Washington remem- ber this: Hatred of the Soviet has caused an attempt to use the Man- churian conflict to draw a military and provocatory net around the So- viet Union. It has been used as an effort to unite the slave drivers who are meeting in Paris (the Lea- gue of Nations Council), American imperialism would greet with satis- faction any Japanese intrigues against the Soviet, chiefly because it would weaken the position of the Japanese empire in the Pacific.” Pravda further declared: “Soviet Russia’s peace policy does not mean it will allow its efforts to harm the interests of the Socialist construction to go unpunished. Let Tokio, Washington and Paris not forget this.” Japanese Crisis Deepens The Japanese economic and finan- cial crisis has reached new depths. ‘There is a strong movement among Japanese capitalists to abandon the gold standard and inflate the curren- cy as a means of further shifting to the masses the burdens of the crisis and of meeting the competition of Japan's capitalist rivals. A report from Tokio states that many secret conferences have been held by gov- ernment leaders and financiers dur- ing the past few days, A cabinet change is being demanded. Efforts are being made to create a “nation- al” government on the basis of the present British government. The par- liahentary opposition has declared its intention to reimpose the gold em- bargo, A Tokio dispatch to the New York Herald Tribune says: “Political experts were of the opinion today that the Wakatsuki government would not last the month.” Hugh Byas, New York Times cor- | respondent at ‘Tokio, and a constant apologist, for Japanese imperialism, in a dispatch to his paper, finds it necessary to attempt to cover up the seriousness of the Japanese crisis. He says: "In view of the strength of yen exchange it would be premature in the meantime to connect the cabinet The dispatch quotes Pravda as re- iterating the peace policy of the So- viet Union, but giving the following frank warning to the imperialists: “But let the imperialists at Par- 4 change with the abandonment of the gold standard.” Chinese Masses Increasingly Distrust- fal of Kuomintang The Chinese masses are becoming 8,000 Demonstrate tor Relief in Minneapolis Hunger Marck. |Farmer-Labor Party Mayor Who Ran On Promise to Support Unemployment Insur- ance Turns Down Jobless Demand : pie MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Nov. 23 Eight thousand workers participated in one of the largest and most im- pressive demonstration ever — held here, on Friday afternoon, in spite of the rain, in the City Hunger March and Anti-War demonstration. Five thousand workers gathered at one o'clock at Bridge Square, in a downpour. They jammed the streets and overflowed into Gateway Park, where speakers addressed the massed workers for the first time since the meetings were prohibited there. Over two thousand workers formed in the line of march with banners through the streets, while thousands gathered on the sidewalks and streets and were waiting at the City Hall, cheering them on. On the demand of the Unemployed Council, police had been withdrawn from the line of march and workers directed traffic and maintained order and discipline. ‘The Court house, however was heav- ily guarded with police, deputy sher- iffs, and troops were held in reserve. ‘Two army trucks from Fort Snelling were parked close to the Court house- Mayor Exposed, A delegation of eleven workers was elected to present the demands of Minneapolis’ 70,000 unemployed workers and their families to the Mayor. The City Council had re- fused to call a special session to hear the demands. Mayor Anderson, the farmer-labor faker, was forced to receive the dele- gation, but rejected all the main de- mands of the Unemployed Council. He promised to take “under advise- ment” some of them, claimed he was “powerless” to do anything more, and declared himself openly against un- employment insurance, in spite of the fact that the farmer-labor platform on which he ran claimed to “endorse” unemployment insurance. He also threatened that all workers who re- sisted evictions would be jailed. He for Insurance claimed to be against wage-cuts, at |the same moment when his polis thugs were arresting and beating up pickets at the Ford Dam strike While the thousands of workers were waiting outside the Court house, other speakers addressed them and resolutions were adopted in support of the National Hunger March, de- nouncing the Hoover-Laval secret war pact and pledging to defend the Soviet Union, and pledging support to the Ford Dam strikers and de- manding withdrawal of police from the strike area, When the delega- tion returned and reported the May- | or’s refusal to grant any of the de- mands, there was tremendous indig- nation in the crowd,and a pledge was taken to continue the struggle for relief. A collection was taken for the National Hunger March delegation. March to Halls, After standing and marching in the rain for two years, the enthusi- asm and militancy of the crowd was still at @ high pitch, and two marches were organized to two halls, where crowded organizational meetings were held. Eighty applications were received for the Unemployed Coun- cil: Long after the meetings, hun- dreds of workers stood around in groups discussing the demonstration, which was one of the best ever held here. Four workers were arrested the day before the Hunger March, after the battle with police and scabs at the Ford Dam strike, and one worker was beaten up so badly he is now in the hospital. Their trial is set for Tues- day. Two of them are members of the Unemployed Council, one of the International Labor Defense and one of the Lathers Union. The Trade Union Unity League is giving active support to the strike, which is made jup of A. F. of L. and unorganized | workers, Gov’t Terror Against Canada Workers Rages in Many Cities Labor M. P. of Winnipeg Responsible for Raid on Workers 4» Center and Arrest of Marriott TORNTON, Canada—Reports of the - continued government - terror against the revolutionary organiza- tions of the workers and farmers of Canada have been received by the Canadian Labor Defense Words has been received from Winnipeg that Dominion, Provincial and city police raided the Workers’ Center and the Ukrainian Labor- Farmer Temple on November 19th, seizing large quantities of materials, and arrested Charles Marriott. Press reports state that while the raid was madeon information re- ceived through the Toronto Com- munist trials, that the arrest of Mar- riott was made on a warrant sworn out by A. A. Heaps, Labor M: P. for Winnipeg, charging Marriottt with having published in the “Workers’ Vanguard” that the labor member (A.A. Heaps) had caused working men to be put in jail- He is out on bail. The doors of both the Ukrain- ian Hall and the Workers’ Center were padlocked by the police. Masses of workers outside demon- strated and sang the “Red Flag.” ‘The raids were carried out by 20 of- ficers in two squads. Mayor Webb is active in the prosecutions which have followed in less than a week after the conviction of the eight Com- munist leaders in Toronto. Press dispatches state that more arrests out West are expected. growingly distrustful of the traitor- ous Kuomintang. All indications show that a rapidly developing turn to the revolutionary movement led by the Chinese Soviets and their Red Army. A dispatch to the New York Times from Shanghai gives the lie to Chi- ang Kai-Shek’s windy pledge to Man- churia to fight against the Japanese invalers. The dispatch states: “Despite his announced intention of proceeding northward immedi- ately to handle the Manchurian situation, General Chiang Kai-Shek remains at Nanking, giving no indi- cation of the date of his departure.” ‘The dispatch reports that he is still indulging in his windy talk, and also adds: “But General Chiang’s failure to start north is causing a certain bit of skepticism in some quarters as to whether he is able to Leave Nanking at this juncture.” Comes Out RAISE FUNDS! THE WESTERN WORKER A fighter to organize and lead our struggles in the West, BUILD It! 52 Issues $2 26 Issues $1 13 Issues 50c Western Worker Campaign Committee 14 FOURTH STREET, San Francisco, Calif, Comrades Boychuk, McNeil, Mac- Donald, Haner, Leninham, O'Sulli- van, district organizer of the CLD.L., were convicted Nov. 18 on charges of “unlawful assembly” to one year hard labor at Drumheller. Comrade Kabaniuk was sentenced to two years on the charge of throwing st~nes and one year on the charge of unlawful assembly: Comrade Ledaniey was sentenced to two years and three months on the charge of having con- cealed weapons and one year for “un- Jawful assembly.” Comrades Serko and Kosac were dismissed, The “un- lawful assembly” convictions are be- ing appealed, Appeal cases in Cal- gary of Farby, Jones, ~ \cinen, Dwor- kin, Thernes and mpbell were heard last week. No decision yet. Four workers ‘at Port Colbourne were arrested and charged under Section 98 of the Criminal Code, two for selling picture coupons for the C. L. D. L. and two for distributing leaflets announcing a meeting of the - Hungarian Club. ‘These charges have since been changed to charges of vagrancy. Two workers were arrested at St. Catharines, Ont., for selling picture coupons for the C L, D, L. and fined $2 apiece. The hall license of the Ukrainian Temple has been taken away. At Fort William, Ont., Sam Koly- nuk and Steve Chamchak were fined $50 or 3 months and five months in jail on the charge of “vagrancy.” John Bartosh was released. The charges arose out of the demonstra= tion held Noy, 2 demanding the 1 lease of the nine Communist lead ers. The case of Alex. Gauld of Mon treal, charged with “inciting te riot” at a meeting of railroadmen, when Mayor Houde demanded his arrest, was dismissed. All the sedition casen and appeals have been put over te the early part of 1932. JUST OUT SOVIET PICTORIAL Sixty Latest Soviet Photos Tundies of 50 or over at.. Te Single copy. SEND dx of 8: i 11th sta New Yorks N.Y. January Ist SUBSCRIBE NOW!