The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 30, 1932, Page 1

| WORKERS OF THE WOR UNITE! Dail Central Ong «Worker Party U.S.A. Ramet (Section of the Communist International) The Tennessee Miners Are Joining the Kentucky Strike. Help Spread the Strike by Rushing Relief Funds to W.LR., 16 W. 2lst St. New York City ae _Yol. IX, No. 26 Lots at New York, N. Y.. Entered an second-class matter at the Pont Office ander the act ef March %, 1879 _NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1932 Price 3 Cents _ 3 Cents COMMUNISTS LEAD GENERAL STRIKE IN SHANGHAI Demonstrate | Feb.4 for Unemployment Insurance, Against War JAPAN SEIZES HARBIN FOR Support the Chine Chinese Revolu- tionary Masses! T= Chinese masses in Shanghai are being slaughtered by Japanese im- perialism, with the consent and aid of world imperialism, including American imperialism. America is rushing destroyers and marines to Shanghai to participate in the looting and slaughter of the Chinese masses, Chiang Kai-shek-Nanking failed to stop the advance of the Red Army and the growth of Soviet China. The Red Army is close to Hankow, threatening the existence of imperialism in China. Where Nanking, under the leadership of American imperialism failed, world imperialism is now openly and directly resorting to war against the Red Army and Soviet China, ‘These moves of Japanese imperialism against Soviet China have the hearty approval of Amercian imperialism. More than that, American imperialism is sending its own mili- tary expedition for war on Soviet China. Four destroyers with 105 men each have sailed under the command of Commander E. W. McKee to join the American Yangtze River patrol which is com- manded by Rear Admiral Yancey Williams. These warships were requested by Admiral Yancey Williams for the purpose of attack- ing the advancing Chinese Red Army. These warships are not going to Shanghai, but Hankow, “the bandit infested area.” The seizure of Shanghai is a step in the direction toward Hankow to declare war on Red China. While the imperialists are looting and murdering Chinese masses in Shanghai, Japanese imperialism is making efforts to seize the Chinese Eastern Railway, to penetrate Outer Mongolia and to organize the white guards in Harbin. All these are moves in the direction of immediate war against the Soviet Union. Let there be no mistake about it. The war against Soviet China is | -ALREADY on. The general war danger against the Soviet Union has today already reached a stage of open, shameless acts of provocation aimed at war against the Soviet Union. Can any one imagine that the leading imperialist powers were taken by surprise when Japan moved into Shanghai? Is it not clear now that, the seizure of Manchuria by Japanese imperialism was carried through with the understanding of all the leading imperialist powers, not exempt- ing American imperialism? And what was the basis which drove the imperialist powers, in the face of their growing conflicts, to come to an understanding if not their common hatred and mortal fear of the Soviet Union? _ How. else can we.explain the fact that. Japan and America, the two traditional imperialist rivals on the Pacific, whose fundamental conflicts are sharpened by the very advance of Japanese imperialism in China, could keep their disagreement within the bounds of dip- lomatic notes if not for the basic hostility of the dying capitalist world for the growing Socialist Soviet World? ‘The Hoover government of war and hunger is “willing” to “pay the price” of allowing Japan to seize Manchuria for the sake of leadership in the anti-Soviet war front. The diplomatic gestures and threats of American imperialism against Japanese imperialism in connection with the seizure of Shanghai and even the resulting sharpened antagonism, must not blind workers to the fact that the present developments in Shanghai and Harbin are factual proof that the basic danger of war today is first and foremost against the Chinese masses and the Soviet Union. The Soviet World is extending. The Soviet Union has announced its second Five-Year Plan, the Chinese Red Army is advancing, the Chinese Soviets are consolidating their power. The clash between the two world systems, dying world capitalism and the growth of the Soviet Tennessee electing delegates to with their morale high. Considering the tremendous ob- stacles which the strikers have been and are now overcoming, namely, the extreme terror which has killed, wounded and jailed many of their numbers and has forced their leaders to work under cover or be jailed on sight, the strike marks an historic advance of the American workers in their struggle against hunger and the capitalist system. Section conferences took place in Gatliff, 75 miles from Pineville. About 25 per cent of the Gatliff miners have not joined the strike as yet. The weakness in picketing was taken up at the section conference. ‘It-was. decided to throw a picket line of 1,000 around the Packard mine where 250 men are working. Five hundred are coming in from Brush Creek, 15 miles away on Monday. | A woman's auxiliary has been form- ed here. About 20 women said they would march in 12 miles from Jelicoe, 1,000 Plan Picket March to Pull Mine Out Com-. pletely; Strike Spreads In Tenn.; Coal | Operators Spread Lies | GATLIFF, Ky., Jan. 29.—All the mines in the Kentucky and Tennessee strike area are! county seats on Feb. 4th, National Unemploy- | |ment Insurance Day, with mass support behind | them, to demand unemployment relief to come out of the funds which are being used to pay gun thugs. | The fourth week of the historic Kentucky-Tennessee mine | | strike ended today with the ranks of the strikers unbroken, 6 ee, ‘Tenn. and they are going to march Jobless Demonstration in Bronx Today; All Out Feb. 4 Strike Area go to their respective on the home of Turnblazer, UMWA | organizer in this district who is work~- ing with the coal operators to break the strike. Evictions continue to fcrease, the | operators hoping to drive the miners back to work in this way. The coal operators are spreading the He that the National Miners Union is an “illegal” organization be- cause the miners have not been given fact that the coal operators’ gun thugs confiscated the charters when the Pineville headquarters of the NMU_ was. raided’ and the leaders Jailed. ‘Two preacher tniners who attend- preachers which was called on ma- neouver for “arbitration” exposed the men who called the conference: as tool of the operators who seeks to mobilize the preachers for strike- breaking activity against the starv- ing miners, charters. Ther fail to mention the | world, is the pivot of present international relationships. In face of the continuous deepening of the capitalist crisis and the waning faith of the masses in capitalism, the announcement of the second Five-Year Plan in the Soviet Union has thrown the capitalist world into a still greater state of panic. “We cannot afford to think twice now before we start war on the Soviet Union.” This is the chief topic of conversation in the Hoover cabinet. Speed and haste for war on the Soviet Union and the develop- ing Chinese revolution is the main concern of world imperialism. As the crisis deepens, the struggle for markets and colonies between the imperialist powers is increasing. ‘The struggle for a capitalist outlet tor their “over production” increases tremendously the danger of war be- tween these robber powers. The Soviet Union stands for socialism and peace. Capitalism stands tor hunger and war. The proposal of the Soviet Union for a pact of peace and non-aggression has just been rejected. At the disarmament conference in Geneva, the Soviet Union will | again remind the world imperialist robbers of its proposals for complete or pertial disarmament. It is the duty of the toiling masses throughout the world to stay the hand of world imperialism in its attempt to attack the work- ers’ fatherland. It is the duty of the toiling masses in the United States to defeat the attempts to crush the Chinese Revolution and attack the U.S. S. R. We must be on guard against a new world war instigated by the imperialist powers. Widen and deepen the front of defense of the Chinese Soviets and the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics! Stop the murder of the Chinese masses! Organize the united front of all the toilers in the country, under the leadership of the working class, to defeat the plans of American imper- jalism'as the hangman of the Chinese Soviets and leader of war against the Soviet Union! «Om February 4th, National Unemployment Insurance Day, demand hands off the Chinese masses; demand all war funds to the unemployed! Lewis Fears Unemployment Insurance, Rejects Demand INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 30. ~ ‘Three workers, Davis, Hockman and Stanton were arrested at the United Unemployed Council to present to the convention the program of strug- gle for Unemployment Insurance. NEW YORK.—Under the leadership of the | Unemployed Councils of the Bronx, thousands |of workers will demonstrate today near the | Bronx Boro Hall, 12 noon, to demand immedi- Mine Workers of America Conven- tion hall while distributing a state- ment of the National Miners Union which calls on the rank and file de- legates of the UMWA to repudiate Lewis, Walker and the other fakers and form a united front of all min- ers against wage-cuts and for un- employment insurance and the sup- port of the Kentucky mine strike. John UL. Lewis, who fears the in- fluence that the National Miners Union statement will have on. the rank and file delegates, is respon- sible for the arrest of the workers. The convention hall is surrounded by stool pigeons, dicks and gunmen. ewis rejected the demand’ of. the |the wage-cut in 1928, Throughout yesterday morning's session there continued a discussion on the injunction obtained by the Illinois District against the Interna- tional. Walter Malone spoke in favor of the use of injunctions. ‘ Lewis maneuvered in order to appear to be | against the injunction, but he too obtained an injunction in Franklin County against Walker, Buckner of Illinois condemned both Lewis and Walker, declaring that the Edmondson “rank and file” movement controlled by Lewis is or- ganized against Walker. Van Bittner stated that the best steps the union had ever taken was when it accepted Mee ping of all evictions. and 187th St. and Cumberling | will march to the Boro Hall. slogans of the Unemployed Counc! will be carried by the demonstra- tors. This demonstration will prepare j the workers of the Bronx for Feb. 4th Monster Demonstration at Union ‘Square, which will show the deter- , mination of the Bronx to carry on |@ fight to get from the Boro admin- | istration $16.50 for every unemployed worker, to get free gas and electricity, | to stop evictions and fight for lower rents, for free medical care for the children of the unemployed. House and block committees will participate in the demonstration under their own banners. March on East Side. ‘Thousands of workers, unemployed and employed, will rally Monday for @ mass hunger parade to accompany a delegation elected at a United (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) (Telegram to Daily Worker.) PITTSBURGH, Pa. Jan. 29.— Thirty city police and Pinchot state troopers were furnished to break up a Scottsboro demonstration in pre- paration for February 4th on the Hill, the Pittsburgh Negro section. Over 600 workers were present when the police rushed the crowd with clubs, arresting Ernest Carreathers, Negro member of the League of Struggle for Negro Rights, also Blos- ser of the International Labor De- fense and # representative of the Unemployed Council, ‘The police attacked workers carry- ing placards arresting four. ‘The workers were strongly aroused by the attack stating openly “they let faker /ate relief, Unemployment Insurance and stop- The workers will meet 10 a, m. at the followitig 8 places: Washington and Claremont Pk., Wilkins and Intervale Ave., ed the Bell County. conference of | _ Feb.4th Demonstrations TOD AY 4 PAGES to Be Held in Kentucky, What Next? | You Must Answer! | | We were 2 able to get out this) four-page issue only by a des- perate last minute repetition of the financial gymnastics ot the last few days. We have borrowed so much) from all possible sympathetic sources endangering not only the Daily Worker but also these, workers’ organizations, that we can get no more loans. Suspension of the “Daily” would be a terrible blow to the heroic Kentuckyand Tennessee miners and other workers who, look to the Daily Worker to rally the masses of workers to their | Savage attack on the Chinese tese also ‘TO HOLD FEB, WAR ON USSR;RUSH U.S. SHIPS ‘AGAINST CHINESE RED ARMY ;Workers! Support the Pa oe Chinese Masses! Defend the Soviet Union! Make Feb. 4 A Day of Struggle Against Hunger and Imperialist War! \Chinese Masses Are Fighting While the Kuo- mintang Capitalists Betray China Carrying out a bloody massacre of Chinese |workers in Shanghai, dealing death wholesale by bombing planes, warships and troops, at- | tempting to suppress the revolutionary organi- zations of the Chinese masses, preparing to send warships and troops up the Yangtze River to attack the Chinese Red Army, the Japanese imperialists have launched a murderous war on the Chinese Revolution and the Chinese | Soviet. Republic. Directing their attack jointly in a mas and in a monstrous provocation a gainst the Soviet Union, the Japan- | | Japanese, who announced their in- tention of operating the railway as “an emergency measure.” The Japanese also threatened to : hold the Soviet Union responsible for seized the Manchurian cit; of Harbin and the southern section |‘ Tefusal of the railway officials of the Chinese Eastern Railway. The |‘ ‘ansport Japanese troops to Har- railway is operated by China and | Pl. This, in face of the fact that th Soviet Union. ‘Chinese and sov- | thwthe rallway officials have. main- iet officials have been ousted by the lim the Manchurtan, war, refusing to ng either Japanese troops or the forces of the Chinese militarist | generals, Japan, faced with the firm | Peace policy of the Soviet Union, is |now preparing @ pretext to declare war on ‘workers’ Russia, Chinese Masses In Herote Resistance. The Chinese masses are offering heroic resistance. Chinese workers, | | together with troops which threaten- | ed to revolt against the Nanking pol- icy of betrayal, are defending the | Chinese city im Shanghai against ; the Japanese. 4TH MEETS IN SPITE OF BAN! Minneapolis ¢ and Gary | Bosses Refuse nmi | A general strike, called by the Perr mits | Chinese Communist Party, began on | Thursday. Imperialist press dispat MINNEAPOLIS, ches admit that the strike “became Minn Jan 29, —The| | inoreasingly effective this evening.” | Business was at @ standstill. Banks Unemployed Council) were closed. The strikers threatened here announces that! | to tie up essential services, food sup~ support. No “Daily” can be issued next) week if we do not get $5000 by, Monday morning. Ave. From these points they Hundreds of placards with Panne ens eT Need N.Y.Volunteers to Help Collect for Ky.Miners inNewark The Workers International Re- lief has issued a call for New York workers to come to Newark today and help collect funds for the miners of Kentucky. The call states: Permission has been granted for a tag day in Newark, Hun- dreds of collectors are needed to comb the half-million population of Newark for every cent that can be raised. New York workers re- port immediately at 16 West 2ist St. Transportation and lunch will be provided. Newark workers mob- ilize at 52 West St. Penn. State Troopers Smash Scottsboro, Unemployed Meet Cox hold a meeting but will not let these workers speak.” An indoor protest meeting was immediately or- ganized. McKeesport Police Buy Gas Bombs. ‘The McKeesport police have bought dozens of tear gas bombs and are preparing to deputize American Legionnaires and company police for an attack on the February 4th dem- onstratiom New Kensington police smashed an unemployed demonstration at the Town Hall.in which over 1,000 work- ers participated, fighting against evictions and for immediate relief. The unemployed leaders were ar- rested and held om $1,000 bail for “inciting to rio” iy alia ta ve: SAVE THE “DAILY”! DIG DEEP. SEND MONEY AT ONCE! Get every workers organiza- tion behind the Drive for $50,00C to save the Daily Worker! RUSH FUNDS BY AIRMAIL IN PERSON, AND BY SPE- CIAL DELIVERY OR WIRE TO THE DAILY WORKER, 50 E.13St, New York City. | The of the Finnish Plies and similar commodities, but despite the refusal of a permit for the February 4th |demonstration at Bridge Sq. |to violate the ban and to dem- onstrate on Thursday, Feb. 4 for unemployment insurance and against hunger. Neighborhood demonstrations will precede the central demonstration. | Lines of march will converge on Bridge Square, starting from the North Side and South Side districts; also from the A. F. of L. headquar- ters and the flophouses. A mass meeting of workers which filled Norden Hall, Thursday night condemned the police ban and de-/ manded the use of Bridge Square. International Labor Defense demonstration, protesting against the deportation of V. Finberg, editor daily, Tyomies, to Finland, was also prohibited by the Police, but will be held on Friday as | originally scheduled, ie eee GARY, Ind. . Jan, 29.—Officials of (CONTINUED ON PAGH THREE) the workers will be called on| |the situation had not yet become | critical, | “Air mail and train services were | suspended.” Workers! Defend Chinese Macses! } Soviet Union! | The International working-class | must rally at once to the defense of the heroic Chinese working- class, to the world fight against the | imperialist looting of China, a+ gainst imperialist war, against star~ vation and increasing mass misery: under capitalism. Workers! Down with the imperialist armed inter- “vention against the Chinese Revo- Intion! Down with the imperialist murder and looting of the Chinese masses, Down with those who at the expense of the blood of the masses of China, and the world working-class are trying to get ont of the world-wide crisis of capital- ism, Defend the Chinese masses! Defend the Chinese Soviet Repub- Met Defend the Soviet Union! Demand the withdrawal of imperi- alist warships and armies from China! Hands off the Chinese mas- ses! (CONTINUED ONe PAGE THREE) Vast Array of ee Police Force Fails to Evict Rent Striker Mounted police, policemen on foot, detectives and thugs amount- ing to 100 or more, under the ai- rection of Assistant Commissioner Brown, with instructions from Commissioner Mulrooney to carry through the eviction of 2 family Lynch Court Rejects Appeal for Orphan Jones BALTIMORE, Md., Jan. 29. —It took the three judges of the Circuit Court at Townson exactly five minutes of “de- liberation” to deny yesterday Interna- pea ere mare te ig tional Labor Defense attorney, Ber- nard Ades, for the setting aside of the lynch verdict against Orphan Jones, 60-year old Negro farm hand framed up on a murder charge. The original lynch verdict against Jones had been returned by a hand-picked jury in 32 minutes. The International Labor Defense (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) MEETINGS OF LL.D. SPEAKERS All speakers of the New York Dis- trict of the ILD. are called to a meeting to be held on Saturday, at 70 Broadway, § par Bronx, which has been prevented so far by the resistance of the workers, retreated, before the mass anger of thousands of workers who loudly booed the cops and militantly stood their ground de~ termined to prevent the eviction. This display of police force was orderer by the “socialist” Jandiord Osenoff, who rather than meet the demands of the workers that he lower by 15 per cent the prohi- bitive rents, went for advice and assistance to Mayor Walker, He told Walker that he paid $100,000 = year tm taxes and want- 23 protection, Welker rpadily from 665 Allerton Avneue, upper | agreed with him and gave the “so- cialist” 2 personal letter to Mul- rooney who quickly responded with. the mob of “protectors.” But they hed figured without the spirit of the workers who today, as last week, are determined to main- tain their victory and call on alt workers with the same spirit to mass in upper Bronz tomorrow and resist any farther attempts to evict any worker, and te help th winning the 15 per cent reductions.” A sign of weakening on the part of the bosses is seen in the appeal by the Community Civic League, a Tammany organization, for arbit- ration between the workers and the landlord, The workers refused, stating that any settlement would have to be made through the Un-