The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 30, 1931, Page 2

BAYONNE POLICE BEAT, TORTURE JOBLESS WORKERS Fail to Parade for Demands of U ences PAUE Ste p ONED mother a Brown's father died four 3 His mother is still alive and is re- siding in the Bronx. Brown was also brutally beaten up by the police, { who organizer of the Unemployed Council, had rk to help the arrange- the unemployeé deman- rat Not being able to Srown, he had gone to the pater ation inquire had issued for 0 had ne 1a ° Tinese include ‘ © idortgage y of eting was als. arvested, includ- zer of thé of Greater s later the ur was foreed to de- | eous actions of | The Chief of Police ad- that there were no charges Br except that he had the station to ask for »thi He told the court he did who had beaten up Brown. UEMPLOYED TO ine mitced ageins' visited DEMAND RELIEF’ To Demonstrate in Brooklyn Today (By 2 Worker Co Correspondent) NEW YORK.—The Williamsburgh Braneh of the Unemployed Council took nine starving families to the Jewish Aid Society on Myrtle Ave. on December 28. Instead of relief the fakers gave the hungry workers little slips of paper and told them to go and get food at a public school. Here they gave the workers a yellow slip and told them to come back a day later. No relief was forthcom- ing, however, when they went back a day later. ‘The Unemployed Council deter- mined to expose the fake relief scheme and secure real relief for the starving families has called a mass demonstration in front of Pub- lic School No. 43 at Boerum and Le- onard Streets at 10 a. m. this mor- ning. workers in Brooklyn are urged to rally to this demonstration. Come to 61 Graham Ave. at 9 a, m. and march to the demonstration in a body What's On— WEDNESDAY Unemployed Furriers Attentio Re.3 meeting will be held at near 33rd the. Needle Tr a yed Coun W.LR, Bra gs a Band in preparation for Special rehearsal the Daily Worker Anniversary will be held at the Cherne: 122 Second Ave. (between 8th Sts.) at § p.m ance WLR. Meets tonight at top floor, st 8 pm. workers Invited to join, and | . Chorus 16 W. 21st sharp. St, All iwaterrs Workers! Club ‘Will give a Second Annual Ball at the Manhattan Lyceum, 66 W, Fourth St, at 8 pm. Negro jazz band. All| invited, 7 Tremont Workers’ Club Yi) hold an open forum on the in the Fight For Unem- Fnaurance” at 2076 Clinton Admission free, y 0 pm. 1 invited. te 24 Hours With = Soviet Family” Will be the topic of a lecture given y the Downtown Branch, F,S.U., at xe Manhattan Lyceum, 66 ©. Fourth Marcel Sherer to speak, L.S.N.R., Gilbert Lewls Branch Morris Whitman, a Negro worker Kh oad to the Soviet Union, will on “Working Conditions in the Soviet Union” at 417 W. 53rd St, at 8 p.m, ae Bridge Plaza Workers’ Club Will hold an open forum at new headquarters, 285 Rodney Mrondway and 8, Fifth St, Brook- (yn. Workers invited, pe Youth Dramatic Class Will be held by the Internation ! Workers’ Order at 82 Union Square st 7:80 pe E a ti | fer \ Jan. 3, | Wh, ) DAY “DAILY WORKER DRIVE. Section Four of the New| York District has set a: a8) Thuredav, Dec. 31, Red Thursdey for the cam- paign for 5,000 12-month subseriptions to the Daily] crk All werkers are asked to participate. Call at| the Section office, 350 East} 31st St., at 7 p.m. | Section 10, of Newark, N. Lex 10 2. vicini will hold its Red Sun t Sunday, January 8, at . All workers in the re called upon to| report at that time at 121 Spri istield Ave., Newark. FOSTER 10 SPEAK AT NEEDLE MEET Many Features at 5rd Anniversary bration of the Third An- ming struggles in the dress trade e@ needle trades union, since its ence, has been the militant lead- struggles in the needle @ against company m, Loyestoneism, gangsterism ‘or union conditions celebration will of the General ard Plenum. rades Foster, Ben White ill review f achievements and shortcomings of the union. A revo ed by Gropper who will draw artoons of the company union b The Artef in “Waterboy w Soviet dance “Third Degree,” o mark the Executive Gold and Paterson Jobless Force Aid Action | on Weekly Relief Organizing in Block Committees for More Sruggles for Aid J. (by PATERSON, mail) —The | unemployed. workers of Paterson have gained a vietory. They have shown | that through organization the work of the existence of the! Needle Trades Wor! ’ Industrial Jnion will be a mobilization for the | He got this sickness while in ers can gain victories and achieve re- sults. The Unemployed Council decided to concentrate in the Mill St. neighbor- hood and build up a block committee Workers were assigned to canvass the block and get all information possible. This was done. One of the workers the block offered his home for a place to meet in. After athorough! canvass, it S found that nearly all the workers on this block were unemployed. All of them were suffering of hunger and { cold. There was one family in par- ticular, a family of eight, who were cuffering most of all. No one !n the family was working; out of work more than a year. One son is lying ill | in bed. He is completely paralyzed. | e Since he didn’t serve during army. | the war but after he gets no compen- |relief commissioner, jonary program is being | with the Committee to the City Re- | i y Adohmyan. The Prolet-| Bina in ‘The Belt” and “Tempo- | PU ‘The Freiheit Gezangs Mandolin Orchestra, Jacob Schaf- “Artef.” Ferein and the | under the leadership of nd Gandel of the BRIGHTON BREAD STRIKE PLANNED le 500 at Meeting to Make, Demands Foliowihg a conference | various “working-class organization jin Brighton Beach on Sunday, @ | ers gathered at the Ocean Parkway Hall Monday night to discuss plans | for a bread strike in the section. The meeting was | United Front Committee. A rank | and file committee of 50 was elected | to present demands for a reduction of the price of bread and rolls to | the bakery owners. A resolution adopted states that} although the prices of flour and the Jother products used in the making of bread have dropped greatly, as have the wages of the workers to whom breaa is the chief food prod- | uct, the prices of bread and rolls remains at the war-time level. | The workers are demanding that | the price of bread be reduced from |9 to 5 cents a pound, that of rolls | from 20 to 15 cents a dozen and the | Price of twists from 15 to 12 cents. | These reductions are not to be made | at the expense of the wages of the | bakery workers. After presenting the demands to the bakers, the Rank and File Com- | mittee will call another meeting at the end of the week. 'Gropper to Draw at William —Gropper, revolutionary cartoonist, will draw pictures of the three years struggle for industrial | unionism, against company unionism | and gangsterism. He will also portray the growth of industry in the Soviet | Union. This he will do at the third |anniversary of the Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union, which will | be celebrated at the Central Opera | House, 67th St. and Third Ave., on January 1, 1932 (New Year's night). | Comrades William Z, Foster and | Ben Gold will review the struggles of 3 years industrial unioriism. Comrade | Maude White will greet the Needle |workers in the name of the Negro masses. Comrade “Louis Hyman” will greet the needle workers at this con- | cert. The rest of the program will in- |clude Edith Siegel in a new Soviet |dance called “Udarniki” (Shock Troopers), the Prolet Buhne in “Belt” and “Tempo Tempo”, the Artef in “Water Boy”, the Freiheit Gezang Farein and Mandolin Orchestra in revolutionary songs. Jobn Brown Branch, L.8,N.R. Will hold a Scottsboro protest p.m, . THURSDAY Mapleton Workers’ Clob Will give a party on New Year's Bve at 1684 66th St, Brooklyn. Ad- mission free. All invited. ee ie ‘Tremont Workers Club |. Will_hold a New Year's Eve Bal- loon Dance at 2075 Clinton Ave. (near 180th St.), Workers are in- vited. te ae, | Sloynk Workers’ Soctety ‘Will hold a Sylvester Affair at the Prospect Workers’ Center, 569 Pros- pect Ave, at & p,m, Admission 60 oy | huge mass meeting of over 500 work- | called by the | Women’s Council, together with aj | | | | |rest the spokesman. The workers | of the} men. They were told to come the mg | Next day for an answer. | | win all of the demands nevertheless, | politicians. | Needle Trades Jubilee | sation. This family was getting the grand sum of $3 per week. The workers on the block held aj meeting and decided to go to the city | Mr. Mahoney, and ask for more relief for this fam- ily as well as for the others. A com- | mittee of five was elected to present | three years | the demands of these workers. On Tuesday morning all of the un- employed workers of Mill St. went lief Bureau, situated above the police | station. The committee of five with | a member of the Unemployed Coun- | | cil as spokesman, asked to see Mr. Mane, “What do you want. I'm y." The Committee insisted on preseating its demands and Mr. Ma- honey was forced to listen, The work- | ers demanded $25 a week for this family of eight and $10 and $15 for the other families. Mahoney got excited, tried to push | the committee out, threatened to ar- came to the rescue and the police were forced to release the spokesman. “Go to the mayor” was Mr. Mahoney's ' tinal answer. ‘The committee went and the mayor | was forced to listen to the demands. | He promised them that he would | take it up with theBoard of Alder- | Mayor Gives Answer. The mayor's answer was that the | unemployed were getting $3 a week | and that was sufficient. Anyway, the committee were a bunch of Commu- nists and he'd have nothing to do with them. One of them asked the mayor whether he could livé on $3 | a week. “You're wasting my time,” was the mayor's answer to the work- ers demand for bread. ‘The workers returned to the neigh- | borhood and reported what the mayor | had to say. At a meeting of the block committee it was decided to tackle another block and organize the work- ers inte block committees. ‘The workers are by no means dis- couraged for even though they didn’t a partial victory was gained, The city is now forced to give $4 and $5 per week instead of $3. Single men who were forced to go to the Salvation Army are now getting $3 per week. One of the outstanding demands of the workers is cash relief instead of slips to groceries, The workers point out that they only get $1.50 worth of food for $3 slips. They can’t buy what they want but must take what the grocer gives them. These grocers are usually friends of the ward boss or ward bosses themselves. Plenty of graft falls into the hands of the city “EXPERIENCE UNNECESSARY” OPENS AT LONGACRE THEA. TONIGHT. “Experience Unnecessary,” Gladys Unger comedy, starring Walter Woolf and Verree Teasdale, opens at the Longacre Theatre this evening. Others in the cast include: Rex O'Malley, Patricia Calvert and Ru-~ dolph Badaloni.- Louis Gruenberg, composer of “Jack and the Beanstalk,” current at the 44th Street Theatre, has just completed with Eugene O'Neill an operatic yersion. of the latter's play, |Laundry Workers ILY WORKER, NEW LORE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1931 ~“ te Hold Union Meeting at A mbassador Hall The bosses of the different laun- dries in the Bosses’ Association are sending in many truckfulls of laun- dry bundles to the Active Laundry, in order to break the strike that the Laundry Workers' Union is conduct- ing there. A yery important union member- ship meeting will be held on Wed- nesday, Dec. 30, at 8 p.m. in Am- sador Hall, Third Ave, and Clare- mont Parkway. Matters of great importance in reference to the strik in the Active Laundry will be dis- cussed. Every member must be present. Brand Report of the; | and file of the union caused thé of- Settlement of Hat! Strike As Incorrect Locked OutWorkers on Strike Still Out to Win Back Conditions Etrikers of Robinhood Hat Shop, 65 W. 39th St., in a statement to the Women's Wear Daily, manufacturers trade journal, branded the report of the settlement of the strike as in- | correct. The letter follows: “To the Editor of the Women's Wear Daily.” “In the Women’s Wear Daily of last week there appeared a state- me tn to the effect that the strike (formerly James C, Duncan. 65 W. 39th St., was settled.” We are sorry to say that this in- formation is incorrect. The strike at the Robinhood Hat is still on and anyone who will take the trou- ble to go over to the shop will see the workers still on the picketline. carrying a sign which declares that the workers of the Robinhood are on strike against the lockout. “It is further incorrect that a settlement was made by local 24 for 80 workers. In the first place, there were no more than 50 odd strikers involved altogether. 39 of whom were trimmers, members of the In- dustrial Union, the rest operators of Local 24.” The statement that the strike was settled) is incorrect and we strikers know nothing about it. The operators it is true, were taken off the picketline, but are not return- ing to work. As far as the trimmers are concerned, we never were ap- proached by Messrs. Spector and Mendelovitch who claimed to have settled the shop, nor have they been authorized to speak or make any settlements in our behalf.” “We went on strike because we were locked out and refused to join the racketeer Amalgamated Milli- nery Workers of Acmerica. We shall continue to strike until we have won back our jobs and our union conditions.” Strikers of the Robinhood Hat, ‘HungerFighter’Organ of Chicago Jobless Sells 10,000 Copies CHICAGO, Ill.—The first issue of the “Hunger Fighter,” official organ of the Unemployed Councils came out December 26th with 10,000 copies sell- ing at one cent apiece. It is an at- tractive four-page nine by twelve bul- letin and promises to be successful. ‘The Unemployed Councils of Chi- cago have more than ten thousand members, so there should be no great difficulty In selling large quantities of the little paper, which contains a good editorial on the “why” of this paper, several short articles on prob- Jems of the unemployed, the Feb. 4 Conference, the miserable conditions at the flop houses, ete. With 700,000 unemployed in the city and the number increasing constantly there is a wide base for a papér ex- pressing the needs of these workers, Make the Daily Worker subserip- tion drive a part of all revolutionary activity, Red Wednesday At 350 E. 81st St., at 7 P.M. All Workers Are URGED TO PARTICIPATE Arranged by Sec. 4 “The Emperor Jones.” meeting tonight at 399 Warren St. q | DAN RED PLAYERS: “Step On It,” a ARTEF will perform a one act WOLIA BRENER,/by D. Bergalso: Free Refreshments Help Complete the Workers Center, 35 E. 12th St. NEW YEAR’S EVE MIDNIGHT PARTY New Year’s Eve., December 31st, 12 P. M. CABARET PROGRAM CING strike situation in a shop. play from Soviet life, CITIZEN n, Admission 50¢ iPressmen Officials) Forced to Withdraw Vote on Paycut Plan Emploved and Jobless Solidly Opposed to Any Sort of Cut The officials of |the Pressmen’: Union No. 51 who try to railroad the Printers’ League (employers) propo- nay for a fifteen percent wage cut o he icuted in all the pressrooms of the city were forced to withdraw the referendum which ‘was to have been voted on by the membership. The reason given is that the Inter- national officials are opposed to it, The mass indignation of the rank ficials to withdraw the proposal to vote on the wage cut, the workers and unemployed of the trade being | solidly opposed to the cut that is be- ing veiled as an aid to the unem- ployed pressmen. Conway, president of the union, in saying that it was withdraw because it was not counten- anced by the International attempt- ed to cover International President George Berry's part in trying to put over the cut. Bosses Still Want Cat. While the plar of the bosses, to- gether with the officials to effect a Opening wedge for wage cuts in the pressrooms is temporarily defeated the employers have not given up the idea of wage cutting, workers at the local are saying. Unless the rank and file of the pressmen are on puard new and other schemes to effect a cut may be attempted In a leaflet issued by the Rank and File Committce of F-essmen’s Union No, 51, before the withdrawal of the referendum, a call was made for the defeat of the wage cut scheme, de- manded that the $1 wage increase due January 1 be given and not waived by union action, that an un- employment fund contributed by the employed pressmen and the employ- ers be set up and funds administered by a committee elected by the unem- ployed. ..““We are pronouncing in good faith the words ‘the dictatorship of the proletariat’ and we shall make ther a reality.” LENIN. NEIGHBORHOOD THEATRES EAST SIDE—BRONX Digi Wednesday to Friday —On the Screen—- —RKO Acts— peatiee rst Bert ties of 1932 Wheeler ties of 1932’ Robert Bill eekden and ranaee Jack Gwynne Peggy Calvert Others Woolsey Prespecte is. in RKO Acts— Johnny i EACH | sa" | Q'RENO” wie Paul with otners DOROTHY LEE Comrade wishes te complete files of Inprecorrs. Will buy back numbers, or exchange for duplicates. Back numbers for exchange available as far back as 1921. See G. H., Daily Worker. 29 EAST 14TH STREEt NEW YORK Tel. Algonquin 3356-8843 “We Carry a Fall Line of STATIONERY AT SPECIAL PRICES for Organizations | Already the Workers’ | 44th St. Back Number of Inprecorrs | Very Few Get “Made” Jobs in New Jersey NEWARK, N. J.—Only fifteen per | cent of New Jersey jobless who re- | gistered for “made” jobs were given work to date, the New Jersey Emer- gency Relief Administration officially admitted here in a public report. | Of the 140,714 unemployed who re-| gistered for work in the twenty-one | | counties in the state only 21,630 hav | been placed on the part time “made” jobs. ‘YOUTH ANTI-WAR MEET ON SUNDAY) Credentials Are Com- ing in Fast Credentials of delegates to the| United Front anti-war conference which is to taek place next Sunday | at Irving Plaza Hall, Irving Place | end 15th St., are coming in rapidly. Ex-Service- men’s League, all the branches of the Youth Section of the Interna- tional Workers Ordcr and many other youth organizations have elected delegates. Five unorganized shops where young workers are em- ployed have also sent credentials. | The leaders of the Young People’s | Socialist League have shown’ their | unwillingness to participate in the| conference. In New York the only student organization that is partici- pating in the fight against war is the N. Y. Students League, a federa- | tion of 30 student clubs. The National Student Federation of America which is holding its con- gress at Toledo split on the question of war and military training. ‘The company club of the Pilgram Laundry had been inviled to send delegates. But under the influence of the bosses, the secretary disre- garded ‘the sympathies of the mem- bers and has refused to participate. All youth organizations are asked to send delegates to the conference. | Rosenberg hopes to force the cut by GOLDMAN SHOP TRIES TO FORCE NEW WAGE-CUT Brooklyn Shon Aims at 1b ton2b. PCa Cut for Workers William P. Goldman, clothing manufacturer. of Brooklyn, yester- | day demanded that his employees ac- | cept a fifteen to twenty-five percent | wage cut. An attempt is being made | by the manager of the firm, Rosen- | bere, to force a lockout on the work- ers in the pants and vest departments by sending the work to be done at} | other Amalgamated controlled shops. this means, Reich and Monatt, manager and Business agent respectively [cf the vest makers Idcal of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union, are rush- ing through a shop meeting of the workers for today, in an effort, con- sistent with its usual reactionary policy, to fool the workers into ac- cepting the wage cut. Previously, under six hundred special suits, Mo- natt fooled the workers into taking a cut by inventing a lie that the coat makers had already accepted it. Now he undoubtedly means to try the same ruse again. ‘The workers should not fall into the trap again. A general meeting of coat, vest, and pants workers should be called immediately to take.w> the question of the proposed wage cut, and direct action should be taken to reject it. Therank and file of the Amalga- mated Trade Board Committee meet today at seven in the evening at 3 East Tenth Street. The following matters will be discussed: The proposed wage cut in the Wil- liam P, Goldman shop. The situation in the cutters local. Unemployment relief. And other problems. AMUSEMENTS THE THEATRE GUILD presents EUGENE O'NEILL’S Trilogy Mourning Becomes Electra Composed of 3 plays presented on i/day HOMECOMING, THE HUNTED THE HAUNTED Commencing at 5:30 sharp. Dinner in- termisston of one hour at 7. No Mats. GUILD THEA., 52d St, W, of B’way The Theatre Gulld Presents REUNION IN VIENNA A Comedy .By ROBERT E. SHERWOOD. . UH 45! Martin Beck fone" Sin Eve. 3:40 Mats, Thurs. Fri.&Sat. The Group Thea. Presents The House of Connelly By PAUL GREEN Under Auspices of Thea, Guild MANSFIELD Zea, 47th St. W. ofiB’way Eves $:30 Mats. Thurs.& Sat.2:30 MUSIC George T. Bye presents the Juilliard ' School of Music Production of JACK 4x2 BEANSTALK A fairy opera for the children CEeenerne of 36 Conducted. |by LBERT STOESSEL Sabaneta ‘West of Bway, Evgs. 8:30, Matinees every day Red Builders, help get subscriptions. PHILIP MERIVALE IN CYNARA WITH Henry Phoebe = Adriane STEPHENSON FOSTER ALLEN MOROSCO THEA., 45th W. of B’way, Eves, 8:45. Mats. Wed. Fri. & Sat. EVERYBODY'S WELCOME The new wusleal comedy bit, with FRANCES WILLIAMS, OSCAR SHAW, ANN PENNINGTON, HARRIETT LAKE SHUBERT Then., 44th St., W. of Biw'y Eve. 8:90, Mats, Wed, & Sat. 2130 JOE ZELLIS Production of PAPAVERT an Up-tocdgie Comedy By CHARLES K. GORDON VANDERBILT Thes., 48 St.,E.of Biway CAMEO 28" 5" 5¢ “FRANKENSTEIN” The man who made a monster COLIN CLIVE—MAE CLARKE KARLOFF JOHN BOLES—RORIS 6th Ave. & 43rd St. BIGGEST SHOW IN NEW YORK ais ‘Men of Chance’ Incl. MARY ASTOR MAY WIRTH RICARDO CORTEZ LIVE IN A~— 2800 BRONX Office open from: 9 Saturd te 8p. WORKERS COOPERATIVE COLONY We have a limited number of 3 and 4 room apartments NO INVESTMENT NECESSARY — OPPOSITE BRONX PARK Comradely atmosphere—In this Cooperative Colony you will find 2 library, athletic director, workroom for children, workers’ clubs and various cultural activities Tel. Estabrook 8-1400; Olinville 2-6972 Take Lexington Avenue train to White Plains Road and Get off Allerton Avenue 10 2. m. to 5 p.m PARK EAST ™. every di eae nday 2 P.M, Dail Sunday, Januery 3rd Pageant TRIAL OF THE YELLOW PRESS 8th Anniversary pahet Bronx 1932 East 177th Street RED DANCERS INT’L CHORUS Admission 35c ? Coliseum | City College here today to a meeting Ford Starves His Men, Says Detroit Teacher DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 29.—Henry Ford met the unemployment crisis with “a turgid flood of words abound- nig in noble ideals” but did nothing for his starving former employes, raid 8. M. Levin, economist of Detroit of economists and sociologists, More Small Banks Continue to Fail Six N. Carolina Banks Are Closed Failure of banks in the sme] rural and industrial districts continu: to be reported from all sections of the country. The First National Sank of Moutit Olive and the Citizen's Bank of Mount Olive, North Carolina were closed December 28 as did the Wayne Nationa! Bank of Goldsboro and the Bank of Pikevilie;- Th Planters’ Bank of Wilson andthe Bank of Goldston were to be closed December 29. All banks are located County. in Wayne MEETING OF FOOD CLERKS TONIGAT. A general meeting of all food clerks will take place on December 30 at # o'clock at the office of the Food Work- ers Industrial Union at 5 East 19ily St. The floor will be open: for dis- cussion. All food workers, wheth members of the union or not, are in- vited to attend. Intern'] Workers Order DENTAL DEPARTMENT 1 UNION SQUARE 8TH FLOOR All Work Done Under Persona) Care ot DT, JOREPRSON 4 NEIGHBORLY PLACE TO BA? Linel Cafeteria Pure Food—100 per cenf Frizidaire Equipment—Luncheonette and Sods Fountain 20 BROADWAY Near 12th Street JADE MOUNTAIN AMERICAN and CHINESE RESTAURANT Open 11 a, m, to 1:30 a. me, Special Lunch 11 to 4...35¢ Dinner 5 to 10. . .55¢ 191 SECOND AVENUE Between 12th and 13th Sta, HEALTH FOOD Vegetarian Restaurant 1600 MADISON AVENUE Phose University 4-9061 Patronize the Concoops Food Stores Restaurant 2700 BRONX PARK EAST “Buy in the Co-operative Store and help the Left Wing Movement.” AL Comraces Meet at BRONSTEIN’S MELROSE D. AIRY VEGETARIAN BESTAUBANYT Comrades Wil! Always & Pleasent to Dine et Our - 1187 SOUTHERN BLVD. Bross (hear {24th St. Sta! PELEPHONE {NrERVALE” e-oveo Rational Vegetarian Restaurant 199 SECOND AVENUE Ret. 19th and 13th Ate, Strictly Vegetarian €o0d BUTCHERS’ UNION Local 114, AM 0, & HW tN Office and Headquarters: Labor Temple. 24% Kast Sth Wtreet Regular | meetings aso ira 'Sunday. 107A Me mranicoriaal Bureau open every ateP mM lo WORKERS’ HEADQUARTERS— LABOR TEMPLE 15 WEST 126th STREET ‘Telephone HArlem 17-5750 RESTAURANT, POOL ROOM, STEAM BATH, SWIMMING POOL, HALLS FOR RENT FOR ALL OCCASIONS .