The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 11, 1931, Page 2

Page we » DAIL ¥ WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1931 OF INTO SOCIALIST MEETING Fake “U nennnlny ane to Boosting Sociali Most Expert Railroading and Filibustering By Hillquit Fails to Silence Protest J OBLESS COUNCIL Conference” Devoted ist Half-Pay Bill NEW YORK—Breakine theo surveyed the delegates of 41 branches | ne crudest sort of filibustering and | of the socialist party, 61 branches of | ailroading, a \ ", Diamond, of|the reactionary socialist controlled the Potkgt Book Makers, who hap-| Workmen's Ciréle, and 32 lotal pened some way fo get on the teso-| tinions, of the A. F. L. and Amalga- ions committee of the socialist | mated Clothing Workers, at the start party’s “Emergency Conferente on] of the meeting. nethployment held Wednesday) ‘This was theit “Conference on Un-| vesant High School, | employment” and they didn’t even| Councils and a real! trust it. They put up Hillquit, who | ng the challenge al ked for an hour, then Waldman, | memployment inst | who filibustered for another hour; ar nto faces of jue | and then when general protest arose | o were trying to build suppert for] and demands for diséussion, the | ankest | kind i give it | cial admission). The resolution asks Pr, ADE he'l 5.0: cice ab iy | Motes for relief appropriation from the city inion reforms, | of $5,000,000 a month, for faster build- mineRt; NO | ing of subways, etc., already author- workers and of fake “relief” | chairman, Jacob Roberts, of the Cap: makers (a Musteite, who leads the |} report” he called | millinery scabs) blandly announced | oundtls, for en-| that, “as this meeting must close in of the Na-| 20 minutes, there will be no discus- unemploy ad | advocated | He demanded to the | What's On— ch Resort LW.o. k on Tast Bronx Bra Nha ga) Bivd to attend . NEW sonswy y leton Workers’ Pla at an open mem at § p.m outh Yo > be he ut § p.m * ning a N of the 8 p.m. meeting All ine at Paterson defen th Anniversary Dail ~ Sunday, January 3rd PETS | in the hands of the corrupt machine h as follows: | Rd E 1400 Bos- ica You ‘on Hall th Club ld tos 8:30 p.m “t Workers’ Center n Interesting lecture at alva rship meet= Restaurant, h, BS. Hunts and Southern mbers urged aR hat | 225 Aa by on iters Hall, nt pers to defense All work M., 1932 Their Resolution. The resolutions committee wheeled }on with a mimeographed fesolution which puts the number of jobless in| New York at 800,000 (where it is in| ity over a million even by offi- | ized, for the governor to ask the legis- .| lature for $100,000,000 for relief (that’s about $80 a man) for raising | | the age limit of child labor to 18, and “| reducing the old age pension limit from 70 to 60 years, also for unhem- | ployment insurance at half pay and | for six hour day and five day week by legislation. | _ The resolution does hot specify that *| the reduction in hours shall not be | accompanied by wage cuts. Neither | did Hillgiit. Waldman, however, | argued that there “ought not to be | wage cuts when the hours are cut.” | Né€ither Hillquit nor Waldman} | svoke of organizing the unemployed, | | neither offered any plan of struggle | ; | to win even the fake demands put | up in the resolution; they just felt | “this is the season for drives and _ | the socialist party must get in!” Hillquit bitterly condemned the | workers for not doing something, and) | mentioned that this is the third or | | fourth conference the socialist party | | has called, and that nothing results Chairman Roberts, when he got | the floor after Hillquit, to introduce | Waldman, stated categorically that | the reason nothing happened was the | ‘We trade union officers are busy with other things and we can’t be! bothered.” | Building Machine. Waldman pointed out that the so- | cialists demand all relief to the un- employed shall be administered through the tnion officials—shall be to| that now takes the jobless funds to | hire gangsters for strike breaking and | to build up its own strength! Wald- man blandly rounded up his jowls and opined, “This will increase loy- | alty to the union”! Then, with about a quarter of an hour left, and with all chance for any worker to say a wofd apparently ruled out, the worker who had got on the resolutions committee de- manded his right to bring in a min- ority report! Amidst # storm of dissension, mo- tions from the floor that were never put to a vote, howls from socialist henehmen at the worker reporting the minority resolution, ete, the chairman read off a list of 50 names, which he said, ‘‘we on the platform nominate for a standing committee to visit all meteings of the city coun- cil and advance our interests.” No Unemployed There. The committee members were with a few excptions, offeicials and notor- ious hnchmen of the socialist party. Hillquit and Waldman were for some reason ommitted, but a motion from the floor put them on. Some one yelled, ‘Are there any unemployed on that committee?” “How do I know?” said the chair- man. ‘The Wobbly Progress. Prominent among the non-socialists on the committee, and also on the resolutions committee as well as nom- inated for vice chairman of the meet- ing, was old Justus Ebert. “For 19 | given a | p.m. at the headquarters of the Wes Tres unday to Be Held in Harlem On December 13th The N. ¥. District Liberator Campaign Committee in Harlem is holding a Liberator Red Sun- day tomorrow, Dec. 13 in order to acquaint hundreds of Negroes and white workers in Hari¢ém with the weekly organ of the League of Struggle for Negro Rights, now in a campaign for 10,000 new readers, Abont 500 extra copies were ordered for sale from house to house and on the streets, All out at the Fin- nish Workers Hall, 15 W. 126th St. at 10 o’clock. Bundles of ten, one cent éach, Write for yours to The Liberator, Room 201, 50 | Bast 13th Bt, 1 N.Y. MANY MEETINGS = AROUND N.Y. FOR MARCHERS (CONTINUED BOM PAGE ONED Marchers from this section and hear their report. Westchester Meetings, The delegates of Yonkers will be mass welcome tonight at 8 chester Unemployed Council, 40 Hud- | son St On Saturday night the delegation from Ossining, representing workers’ organizations, will be given a mass welcome at the Ossining Social Club, 20 Brookville Ave., Ossining, and a Soviet film will be shown by the W. I, R. Admission free. On Sunday night the delegation of Hunger Marchers of White Plains will report at 92 S, Lexington Ave. (Church of Mt. Carmel), where a Soviet film will also be shown. All workers, unemployed and em- ployed are urged to come and bring their fellow-workers from the shops. Hoboken Meeting. HOBOKEN, N. J., Dec. 10.—The National Hunger March delegation | from this city will speak at Workers’ Center, 511 First St. at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Watch this paper for date and place of a similar meeting being ar- ranged within a few days at Union City. BOSSES CRY ‘REDS’ froven once again their determina- tion to win the bread strike. Picket- ing continued all day and many open air meetings were held. The bakery owners issued a leaflet against the strike, telling the workers of Coney Island that Communists were lead- ing this strike. The workers gave them the proper answer AS soon as the leaflets were given out, they tore them up and thrw them back at the Owners. The Women’s Council of Brighton Beach held an open air meeting to- day with many workers pre: ‘They called upon all the workers o: Brighton not to buy bread that is baked in Coney Island A mass meeting has been called tomotrow night at the Boardwalk Hotel at 22nd St. and the Boardwalk. All workers of Coney Island and Brighton Beach are asked to come and show their solidaity. TOSCANINI TO CONDUCT AT METROUCLITAN SUNDAY. This Suhday afternoon at the Met- ropolitan Opera House, Arturo Tosca- nini will conduct the Philharmonic Orchestra in the following program: Overture to “The Taming of the Shrew”, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Sym- phony in E-minor, No. 4, Brahms; Variations on ah Original Theme, Dvorak; “Invitation to the Dance”, Weber-Berlioz. Forseven years he assailed the Com- munists bitterly, as “politicians.” With hysterical joy he celebrated, up in I. W. W. headquarters, the death of Lenin—‘“that politician!” In 1924 he left the I. W. W. because the of- ficials didn't attack the Communists enough to suit him. Now he is on a socialist party per- manent committee and invited into years Ebert as an edifor of I. W. W. papers thundered against politicians. DEMONSTRATE of the Barty East 1 Pageant :—°Trial Red Dancers—and many other features ADMISSION 35c WITH THROW AWAY 25¢ ——PROGRAM—— of the Yellow Pross,” Inter! orker Bronx their councils. But then it seems he hated only working class politicians ‘The socialists aren't so bad. USA Coliseum 77th Street national Chorus IN BREAD STRIKE) fault of the socialist party, because, |, | The workers of Coney Island have | | in another DEMONSTRATE AGAINST RITCHIE SATURDAY NOON Answer Growing Lynch Terror of the Bosses! NEW YORK.—Governor Ritchie, the proud democratic governor of Maryland, where lynch terror agains’ the Negro workers ts openly fostered by the state government, will speak in New York on Saturday at i p. m af the National Republican Cluh, 54 W. 40th St. This demagogi¢ scoundrel, who par- ades under the mask of liberalista, is the man who reftised to afford pro- tection t6 two acttised Negro work- ers, and ven threatened the lawyer of the International Labor Defense, which is defending the accused Negto ets. Lynch terror is the method of the bosses, Who beliéve that the Negro masses will continue to accept the conditions of misery in this country that the bosses are irnpositig on them. Yesterdcy two more Négro workers “democratic” stat2, Vir+ ginia, were lynched. This is the an: swer of the bosses and theit govern: ment to the rising milifanéy of the Negro workers and the gréwing unitv of the white and Negre workers, as expressed in wonderful form in the Hunger March to Washington, and the splendid support that the march received on all sides from both Negré lHonor Roll Greet : gs Outl for Daily Worker Anniversary its eighth anniversary have ju Worker Yellow Press” International Chorus. for that affair. With these cents. Get your coupons now. Blanks for honor roll prestings to the Daily Worker on st been distributed. ers are now given a ¢chahce to show their support of the workers’ paper by signing these honor roll greetings, which will be printed in a special anniversary issue of the Daily Also workers will be given a chance to show their sup- port of their paper by attending the Eight Anniversary celebration of the Daily Worker to be held Sunday afternoon, January 3, at the Bronx Coliseum. program will include a gapeant entitled, “The Trial of the and ntimbets by the Red Dancers and the Coupons have already been issued All work- A splendid revolutionary coupons the admission is 25 HAMMOND, MASS MEETING DEC. 7th FOR MARCHERS Hundreds Gathered On Very Spot March Was Attacked By Cops HAMMOND, Ind., Dec. 10.—A big mass dethonstfation, with hundreds of workers gathered hete Dec. 7 at the very same spot on which the Hammond police brutally assaulted with clubs and tear gas the National Hunger Marchers going through Nov. 29-0n their Way to Washington, ‘The demonstration was in protest against that polite attack, was to SHIRT STRIKERS ASK NTWIU HELP| Hunger Marchers To Be In Needle Market At the executive council meeting of the Industrial- Union, held on Mon- day, a committee of five strikers from the Manhattan Shirt Co. Paterson, a plant where close to 1,600 workers are employed, came to the Industrial Union asking for assistance in lead- ership and expressing their readiness to join the Industrial Union. These and white workers all-along thé route, ‘The Communist Party condemns in emphaiic manner this beastly lynch terror of the bosses. It condemns the hypocritical, cynical attitude of this liberal Ritchie, who poses as a proxressive—and is a candidate for nomination for the presidency of the democratic ticket—a fit role for the party of which he is a member. The Communist Party, District Com- mittee, calls on all workers, white and Negro, to demonstrate in front of the Republican Club at 54 W. 40th St., on Saturday, December 12 at 1 p. qh. in solidarity with the League of Struggle for Negro Rights. All out in demonstration! Denand the unconditional release of Orphan Jones and the other framed up Negro workers! Death to lynchers! COMMUNIST PARTY, DISTRICT COMMITTEE. CANTON COMMUNE MEET SATURDAY Ath ‘Anniversary of the Canton Commune The workers of New York will de- mand hands off Soviet China and Soviet Russia at a mass meeting Sat+ urday, Dec. 12, to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the heroi¢ tp- rising that established for three days the first Soviet government in China, the Canton Commune. The meeting will be held in Irving Plaza, 15th St and Irving Place, at 8 p. m. under the auspicés of the New York Dis- trict of the International Labor De- fense and the Chinese Anti-Imper- ialist Alliance. ‘The meeting will protest against. the seizure of Manchuria by Japanese armies and the intrigues by Which world imperialism, led by the United States, is trying to latinch a united attack to crush the Soviet Unién and the Soviet territories in China. Speakers will tell of the histori¢ significance of the Canton Commune, of the heroism of the Canton work ers, and the bloody suppression of the Soviet by the Chinese militarists aided by the Japanese, American, English and French imperialists. Among the speakers will be J. Louis Engdahl, national secretary of the International Labor Defense; William Simons, of the Anti-Imperialist League; Harry Gannes, of the Daily Worker; and Chinese and Japariese speakers. CALL CONFERENCE: AGAINST DOAKIS Meet Sunday for Fight Against Deportation Atter President Hoover's message fo congress in which He advocates reg. istration and deportation of foreign- born comes a statement of the Seere- tary Of Labor Doak, condemning the organizations which protect the for+ eign-born. He states that ‘The or- ganizations by persistent propaganda are hampering the deportation of | alien eneties(?) of this country.” Hence Hoover and Doak are practi+ cally advocating the adoption of the recommendations of the Fish Com- mnittee plus thé essence of the content, of the notorious Michigan bill which advocates registration of the foreign- _ born, The foreign-born workers are cal- led to answer the proposals of Hoover and Doak by electing delegates to ‘he conference gor the Protectton of the Foreign-Born, which will be held on Sunday, December 20, at 10 a. m, | ot the Manhattan Lyceum, 66 East 4th Street, New York City. This conference will pledge itself to Carry on a more active propagan. da and not only “hamper” but also stop the Department of Labor from , persecuting and deporting the foreign, born. ° workers, all of whom are ironers, have been on strike for the past few weeks. The fakers of the United ‘Textile Workers’ Union attempted to get into the strike leadership in an effort to mislead the workers, They ‘were turned down. After discussing the situation, the executive council pledged its solidar- ity to the workers and decided to setid organizers to Paterson and all other centers where the Manhattan Shirt Go. has branches, carry on a cam- paign to spread the strike among the other workers and lead the struggle against the Manhavan Shirt Co. to victory, London Dress Strike Continues ‘The attempt of the bosses of the London Dress Co., 245 Seventh Ave., to operate the shop With scabs is not proving very stidcessful. A tumber of workers who went up to the shop Were approached by the strikers and declared their solidarity with the strikers, refusing to return to work. ‘The Industrial Union calls on the active needle workers to assist the strikers on the picket line. Demonstrations to Meet Marchers ‘The return of the needle trades hunget marchers has aroused a great deal of enthusiasm among the needle trades workers. The Unemployed Council is planning huge open-air demonstrations in the cloak, fur and millinery markets during the early part of next week where the hunger marchers Will report on their mission, ‘The headquarters of the Unem- Ployed Council ate at 422 Seventh Ave. All unemployed needle trades workers, itrespective of their union affiliations, organized and unorgan- ized, aré called upon to join the Council and enter the active ranks of ther fighting needle trades work- ers, Open Forum for Dréssthakers. An open forum of dressmakers will be held tonight at 8 p.m, at 122 Sec- ond Ave. J, Levinson of the United Front Comtnittee will speak on the movement for a united strike of dressmakers under rank and file leadership, All dressmakers are urged to come and hear the program and plans of the united front committee, and to participate in the discussion. Admis- sion is free. A dinner and concert will be given by the Dressmakers’ United Front Committee on Stinday, Dec. 13, at 4 p.m, at Ambassador Hall, Third Ave., earner Claremont Parkway. The pro- gram will include many interesting features. All needle trades workers are urged to come and spend a pleasant after- hoon and at the same time raise funds to spread the united front movement among the dressmakers. ‘The price of the tickets are 75 cents. All proceeds will go to finonce the United Front Movement. Workers’ Correspondence is the backbone of the revolutionary press, Build your press by writing for it about your day-to-day struggle. CLUB BUTCHER SHOP STRIKERS A.F.L. Lawyer Calls In Big Police Force NEW YORK.—Swarms of police, badly oufnumbering the committee of the strikers led by the Butcher Work- ers Section of the Food Workers’ In- dustrial Union, came down on a mass meeting which was just starting yes- terday at 40th St. and 13th Ave., Brooklyn, and beat the strikers vi- ciously. The strikers were not pre- pared for this attack. ‘The meeting was first visited by the A. F. L. lawyer, who tried to stop the speaker by flourishing the injunc- tion against picketing whith the bosses’ association got ouit. The shops involved weré otce signed up with the F. W. I. U. The A. F. L. union came in and offered the boss a contract at worsé condi- tions for the workers and agreed to furnish scabs. * The shops are at 3913 Thirteenth Ave., 4002 Thirteenth Ave., and 2259 Highty-sixth St—all in Brooklyn, break through the terror and was to show support of the steel workers and jobless for the demands then being presehted in Washington by the National Hunger Marchers. ‘The spitit of militancy and indig- nation against the police over ths previous attack was s0 efeat that this timé the police did not attack. The meeting sent Vice-President Curtis, a telegram to chairman of (CONTINDED ON PAGE THREH) Ossining Toilers To Welcome Marchers at Homecoming Affair y OSSINING, N, Y.—A rousing meet- ing of homecoming, dance and enter- tainment for the Hunger Marchers will be held at 20 Brookville Ave. here on Saturday, Dec. 12, at 8 p.m. by the Ossining Workers’ Club and the Workers’ International Relief. Allah Johnson, editor of “Solidar- ity,” will speak on thé Hunger Mafch and Unemployment Insurance. ‘The Hunger March delegates will give reports. There’ will ‘be music, movies, dancing and refreshments. Admission is free. All workers in- vited to come and bring their friends. AMUSEMENTS Welcome Marchers From the Bronx at Mass | Meet Friday The Unemployed Council of the Midéile Bronx will hold a mass meet- ing Friday, December 11, 8 p. m. at the Ambassador Hall, Claremont Parkway ard 172nd St., to welcome the Hunger Marchers from the Bronx section. At the regular membership meet ing of the Metal Workers’ Industrial League Friday, Dec. 11, 8 p. m. at 5 aEst 19th St., the delegates of the League on the Hunger Maréh to Washington will present theit teport with rétommendations for future ac- tivity in connection With the fight for unemployment insurance. Another important happening Will be the official welcoming of the workers of thé Durable Tool and Die shop into the organization. Muste Union Aids Kayser Workers In 31 P.C. Wage Cut UTW Sell-Out Turns Workers to National On Monday, December 7, 350 knit- ters of full fashioned hosiery of the Julius Kayser Co. of Brooklyn, got @ cut of 31 percent in their already low Wages. This is the practical re- sult of Musteism in the hosiery in- dustry. In September the American Federa- tion of Full Fashioned Hosiery Work- ers, subsidiary of the scabby United Textile Workers Union, accepted an agreement with the Manufacturers’ Association providing for a cut of 25- 45 percent in the wages of the knit- ters, who have been among America’s highest paid workers. Despite the fact that the members of the union voted overwhelmingly to reject this murderous agreement, and 8000 struck against it, the union forced the cut down their throats. This union is under the control of the Musteites, who gave as an ex- THE THEATRE GUILD presents EUGENE O'NEILL'S Trilogy Mourning Becomes Electra’ Composed of 3 plays presented on ijday HOMECOMING, THE HUNTED THE HAUNTED Commencing at 5:30 sharp, Dinner in- termission of one hour at 7, No Mats. GUILD THEA, 52d St. W. of Bway The Theatre Guild Presents REUNION IN VIENNA A Comedy «By ROBDRT Lb, SHPRWOOD. Martin Beck 7E™2", 4ot™ Bve. 8:40 Mats. Thurs. &Sat.2:40 Beg’ Thurs. Eve., Dec. 10th The GROUP THEA, Presents 931 By CLAIRE & PAUL STFTON Under Auspices of Thea, Guild ” Thea. 47th St. MANSFIELD Wes) {3th 8 Eves 8:30 Mats. Thurs, & Sat.2:30 COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW Starts Tomorrow= A SENSATIONAL INNOVATION! Anew type of nature film from U.S. S. R. ‘KILLING TO LIVE’ A drama of animals as they struggle for food and existence. ® CAMEO 42nd STREET & BROADWAY cuse for the cut, that competition be- tween union and non-union mills would grow keener after such a cut, and would foree the non-union knit- ters olit on strike and into the Fed- eration. The Kayser knitters kayoed this theory on Monday. They were forced into accepting the cut by a threat of the company to shut down the plant. But this cut brings their wages down to $20, along with lay- offs, shutting down of the fifth floor, and terrific speed up. A leaflet of the National Textile Workers Union to the knitters, and the girl toppers who received a 20 percent cut, was received with much enthusiasm. Steps are being taken to organize a com- mittee in this department, as well as in other sections of the plant, and workers are being recruited for the union in the fight against this and Coming wage-cuts. In its leaflet the N. T. W. exposed the. treacherous role of the Federation, and warned the workers against the leaders of this scab outfit. pon Sewanee) Workers Correspondence is the backbone of the revolutionary press. Build your press by writing for N hy With Henry pihoebe — Adrlane i. a} ‘TEPHENSON ‘OSTER ALLEN ELMER RICE PAUL MUNI/Yonosco ma. 45th W. of Bway Thea. W. 45 St. Hv. 8:20] Kves,, 8:45, Mats, Wed. & Sat, 2:36 Plymouth Mat. Thurs. & Sat, 2:20 HUPPODROME®'s:0s. BIGGEST SHOW IV NEW YORK “OVER the HILL” STREET | with JAMES DUNN Rally to the Support of the-— Ex-Servicemen’s Big Bonus Dance Manhattan Lyceum, 66 East 4th Street FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11th, 8:00 P. M. Celebrate the Opening of our See and Hear the Bonus Thieves of Wall Street Exposed! Welcome the Hunger Marchers Back Home Dancing Admission 25 Cents In Advance Cartoons Auspices:—Workers’ Ex-Servicemen’s League EVERYBODY'S WELCOME ‘The pt pd musical comedy hit, with RANCH JAMS, OSCATE SHAW? 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