The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 1, 1932, Page 3

DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, MONDAY, #EBRUARY 1, 1932 A. F. of LATTEMPTS TO HALT STRIKE OF BUILDING WORKERS Bosses Announce Cut; Union Officials Call for | Arbitration and “Compromise” Portland Unemployed Council Votes to Help Picket in Strike PORTLAND, Ore.—Yankee horse trading tactics are being used in Portland, Oregon, to force down wages in the building trades. | 74 YOUTH | CLEVELAND YOUTH BEING MOBILIZED FOR FEB- 4 CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. | what happens’ 24.—The First the Construction Employers’ Association announced | YU" workers of Cleveland are being its intention of cutting the wages of all building trade workers | 25 per cent. Then the local A. F, L. misleaders advised the | mobilized for the February 4th dem- | The | onstration on the Public Square. unempl workers to accept a 10 per cent cut. The workers fell for this | for relief at the Associated Charities trickery. cut. Great deadlock. What, oh what, must be done. The bosses and the A. I’. of L. misleaders then put their Correspondence Briefs ‘THE OTIS INSURANCE SCHEME. NEW YORK—We workers of the Otis Elevator Company, Department 34 C were forced by the bosses to sign & group insurance contract. So now ‘we are paying money to the group insurance. We have a fellow over here by the name of Steve, He has worked for | the Oils Co. for over 10 years. He was sick for about three weeks. The bosses paid him some insurance for this ‘thme, but as soon as he returned to work he was laid off, The bosses want us to pay money to their insurance schemes but they don’t want you to get sick and tf a worker gets sick that means that he will be kicked out of the shop, Otis Elevator Worker. Fy JOBLESS LOSE IN BANK CRASH. PITTSBURG, Kansas — The First National Bank of Pittsburg, Kansas, one of the oldest and “safest” banks in this section, hes just closed its doors, This benk had approximately 5000 depositors, checking accounts num~ hered 3800, the rest being saving ac- counts. ’ Many workers are sustaining heavy losses through the closing of ‘this bank, as large numbers of men em~ ployed in the Kansas City Southern railroad shops, in the coal mines and in the machine shops, were depositors. ‘The bank officials say the bank will pay its depositors in full, but the workers know just about whet this means. Surely the system is cracking. and it is high time we workers did a ana ends together. Another great idea! bosses. There is where the matter now stands. Don’t strike. Arbitrate. A mass meeting of the building trades was called. A well oiled machine was set in motion. No militant worker was given the floor. The misleaders, including a preacher, made impassioned pleas to the work- ers to be peaceful and docile—sub- | been carrying on the fight for free} mit their differences to a board of corciliation. A strong movement is now afoot to get all the workers to accept the decision of the board of conciliation. ‘The bosses know that the cut will be at least 1743 per cent. This is “compromise” between the 25 per’ cent of the bosses and the 10 per cent of the workers. See how it works. The bosses an- nounce 25 per cent, The wedge for a cut is given fis first thrust by agreement from the workers to ace cept 10 per cent. The board, work- ing for the bosses, will say either 17% or 20 per cent. Pretty slick, eh. And to intimidate the workers into accepting the cut, the bosses have made the following statement: “The association asserted that because of the scarcity of work, union men were bootlegging their services at any wage procurable and that some em-~ ployers were taking advantage of the situation.” In other words: Workers, don’t dare strike. ‘There are thousands ready to work for any wage we name and we intend to hire these scabs if you strike. ‘The Portland unemployed council has voted to back up the building trades workers 100 per ‘cent and to help them picket. More than a thou- al something about it—not to save the system but to do away with it. A Worker... sand leaflets were passed out at the mass’ meeting. Railroad Bosses and A.F.of L. Leaders Put Thru 10 P.C. Cut CHICAGO, Jan. 31.—Railroad stockholders and bondhold- | ers were handed $210,000,000 coming out of the dwindling \ wages of 1,500,000 railroad workers through a ten per cent wage cut put over jointly by the railroad bosses and leaders This complete victory for the own- e885 of $28,000,000,000 in railroed bonds and stocks, which the railroad union officials admitted were getting huge profits even at this time, with the prospect of a $2,000,000,000 “dole” trom the federal government, resulted from the open sell-out by the rail- road union offictals. Danie] Williard, president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, who ted the “negotiations” for the railroad bosses declared the bosses had their own way throughout with the rail- road union executives. Williard said: is ten cent or here 3 a a15i & ii: i i i 3 i i f er a it Eaey ij é | i i of the 21 railroad unions here yesterday. yeilroad bosses. Many weeks ago, Daniel Willard declared he had the promise of the railroad misleaders that they would agree to wage cuts. In order. to make the cuts appear savory, @ number of meaningless promises about “stabilization” of em- ployment and building projects were formulated by the railroad bosses. Not one of these will have any benefits for the workers. The outstanding dact is that wages are slashed ten per cent, and $210,000,000 yearly goes to swell the profits of the parasites who own railroad stocks and bonds. ‘This is not the first wage cut, though it is the first open and gen- eral slash for the railroad workers. ‘The railroad bosses have been carry ing on a process of elimination and speed-up for the past five years espe- clally, resulting in lower wage rates for the workers. Hundreds of thou- sands of railroad workers are on a part-time basis, and now their wages will be clashed still further. Every railroad worker should re- pudiate this sell-out. Rank and file movements should be started in every railway lodge to reject the wage cut. The “agreement” is = 100 per cent vic- tory for the railroad bosses, and clear- ly shows that the railwey union of- fictals in the present crisis follow the bosses’ policy of putting the burdens of the economic crisis on the backs of the workers, Armed Indian Masses Fight, Force Back British Troops NEW DELHI.—The anger ried message sent, asking for more of the Indian masses and its open revolt against British im- British troops. Yesterday a column of additional troops was despatched from Jhelum en route to Poonch, a small mountain state in which, the revolt of the peasants {s rallying ever wider sections of the exploited farm- ers, The British agents in India are doing their best to split the Indian workers and peasants by spreading broadcast the proegand2 of the di- vision of sects, The re- Bvidewse of the complete false Then. the bosses refused to accept the 10 per cent | 2re refused aid and are told ot join| the army or the National Guards and jthus made to feel the nearness of | War, | ganized to fight against war at Anti- Arbitrate. . Appoint the misleaders as| War Conference to be held March 5) & committee to dicker with the and at the same time being called to! ‘Thus the youth are being or- the February 4 demonstration. | There are many unemployed young | workers who want to play basketball | but cannot do so because of lack of | gymnasiums to play in. These young | unemployed are being asked to par- | ticipate in the fight for free gyms. | Especially in the Broadway section |where the unemployed youth have |syms and are now preparing for s | Free Gym Conference to be held on | March 11 | ‘The children are also being rallied to the demonstration, Many . are ,often seen picking garbage to have | something to eat. Nothing to eat and nothing to wear and yet the | Board of Education does not issue text books free to the children of the unemployed. The city recently of« fered a plan whereby the children | could rent the books at 25 cents each per term. Plan to > into effect Feb. 1. Young workers are without jobs, | without homes, and have no place to |sleep. They go to “public” bath | houses, are required to pay for the | towels and soap they use. On this demand they are being mobilized to fight for the free use of towels and soap. At the Same time they demand immediate relief for all unemployed youth and unemployment insurance at 5 dollars weekly. All out to the February 4 demonstration STANDING IN DETROIT | LSU. BASKET BALL | LEAGUE TOURNAMENT | Blue Division | ‘Team | AK of H... Panthers o Hazel Park ........ Red Siars ... Ramblers Won Lost Team Hecla . N. Detroit ... Spartacus ..., Excelsiors ..+-.,0. Liberators ... Colleagues . awncoos wanooo ACTION ON COLLECTION | OF SIGNATURES FOR UN- EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CHICAGO, Jll—The following let- ter was received by the Unemployed Branch at 1919 S. Racine St., Chi- cago. Tt was sent in by an unem- ployed young worker or worker’s child. “Gentlemen: Why don’t you people get signa- tures for unemployment insurance on my father’s street on 18th St. near Laflin? My father will sign it, I am sure. There are more than 75 people not working in thet block and I speak to them about it when I can. From Ashland to Loom on 17th St., 18th St. and 18th Place on 17th St., 1456 and 1458, 9 men are unemployed. 1500 W. 17th St. 7 families not working. 1458 W. 18th St. 3 men are not working. Polish people most. ly. On Laflin St., 1800 block, more than 105 people not working. Bohem- lan mostly. Hope to see you around here soon.” | This young worker shows facilities every unit organizer and every mem- ber of the ¥. ©. L. should have. Bnowing where the young workers are to be found end reaching the working class youth in our neighbor- hoods is the major task of every member of the Y. ©. L. This young worker realizes the im- portance of knowing his neighbor- hood in order to win the workers in support of the unemployment insur- ance fight. Follow the example of this young worker. Learn where the young workers are to be found. Find them! Organize them! The block work and house to house canvassing for Unemployment Insur- ance by the YOL members must be utilized for recruits into the Young Communist League, Get recruits for the YOL from amongst the mass of unemployed youth, ness of this position is seen in the fact that the Hindu newspapers In the state of Kashmir are now at- tacking the Hindu administration of Sir Hari Singh. They have been forced to do this under pressure of the mass uprisings that the begin- ning to sweep away all old religions and caste differences. Enraged at the betrayal of the In- dian workers and peasants by Ghandi and the London Conference, masses of workers greeted the committee ap- pointed at the Conference with shouts of “Lothian Go Back!” Lothian is ved youth who have applied | © YOUNG WORKER ASKS FOR} ‘PROVIDENCE WORKERS T0 DEMAND MAYOR ENDORSE UNEMPLOY | Chinese Red Ar Page Thret my Before Hankow (OONTINLED PROM PAGE ONE) British imperialists are both prepar MENT INSURANCE : i (CONTIALED FROM PAGE ONE? | full speed t f in preparatior for Feb. tees 4th. They are determined to be out scheduled for Feb. Ist. He made alon the streets marching, disniaying ' point blank statement that the “po-| banners, and to present tleir lice and cit re not responsible for | demands to the pu s of t and warned “that/ we | will be there to break up any meet- | ling with guns and tear gas bombs.” | | Despite this the Unemployed Coun-| part of the cil of ampbell held a meeting to de- | 4th, |cided that they will hold the sche- | Branches are putting up sticke duled meeting at the gates of the} mand relief from the company for | all those laid off and part time work- rs. Some of the main demands are: demagogue, Bill Murray Youngstown Sheet and Tube to de-! wednesda } E MILWAUKEE, Wis. gitation Milwaukee the Unemp! & ling on the workers to demonsir y night, one Bo! across the 16th Street, viaduct, put @ sticker in a up street car ing Ttoom. He had just fin n 1.—Immediate cash and grocery | automobile accident too! and | Teltef trom the company profits | one man was seriously injured. ‘This and company store to the amount | worker helped carry the man, bleed- of $10,000 a. week for all unem- | ing profusely, to the waiting room, ployed and part time employees. | where he was deposited a bench 2—The company to grant free | below the sticker just pui up. When three tons of coal for the winter to all families of the unemployed and part time workers. 3.—Abolition of forced contribu- tions from the employed workers in the mills. | 4—Free housing of allt unem~- ployed former employees by the | | Buckeye Land Company owned by | | the Youngstown Sheet and Tube, | 5.—No discrimination against the Negro families in the company houses and in the distribution of relief. | 6.—Free medical aid by the com- pany to the unemployed and part | time workers as well as to all the | employees of the company, | %-Against the wage cut and the | break-neck speed-up in the mills. | ‘This demonstration before the fac- tory gates of the Youngstown Sheet | and Tube is part of the local prep- arations to mobilize the workers of Campbell to march to the huge main demonstration in ‘Youngstown on | February 4th. | . ° | JOHNSTOWN, Pa. Jan. 31.—A! demonstration has been arranged | here for February 4th to take place | at the Point Stadium at 1:30 p. m. The mayor has issued @ permit and the workers will rally to fight for unemployment insurance and express their demands. * MILWAUKEE, Wis—The Com- munist Party calls on all the work~ ers of Milweukee to rally at Hay- market Square, Fifth and Vliet Sts., Feb. 4th at 2 p. m., against the hung- er campaign of the socialist perty to demand real. relief and unemploy- ment insurance from the city, and federal government. Against all agents of the bosses, conservatives, progressives, socialists, non-partisans, all “friends of the un- employed” (before the elections)— tthe Communist Party ‘comes for- ward with the following demands for the unemployed: 1—Cash rellef of $12 2 week snd $3 for eacch dependent, Z—$5 = week meal-ticket and $2 for eache single maz, 3~Workers to control the distri- bution of relief. Fire the sratters and investigators. 4-Tax exemption on all work | ers’ properties up to $5,000. No foreclosures on mortgages. S.—-Unemployment imsurance at | | fall wages, funds to be raised by graduated tex on properties and capital over $50,000 and incomes over $5,000. KANSAS CITY, Jan. 31.—Mobili- zation for the February 4th demon- strations for Unemployment Insur- ance is being speeded up both in Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas City Kansas. In Kansas City, Mis- souri,.preliminary work is being car- ried on in the form of neighbor- hood mass meetings. ‘Thorugh this activity ground has been broken in the important Westport section, al- though the initial mass meeting was broken up by the police. oncentra- tion in the neighborhoods on the basis of local and day to day issues is the key note of the work. Twenty thousand leaflets are being distributed for the demonstrations which takes place at the City Hall at |2p.m. In Kansas City, Kansas, an outdoor demonstration on unemploy- j ment is being held for the first time. Despite the threats of thte police de- pertment to turn machine guns on the unemployed masses, the Com- munist Party and the Unemployed gig are ddriving ahead with the ‘wor! A mass turn out {s expected at the City Hall at Kansas City, Kansas. raat at ees OKLAHOMA CITY, Okls., Jen. 31. At 2 meeting of unemployed workers held at Irby Camp in pre- paration for February 4th. About 15 plain clothes dicks appeared, breaking up the meeting, in an at~ tempt to prevent the workers from preparing for the demonstrations on February 4tht. This attack by Bill Murray's cos- sacks on the unemployed workers of Oklahoma City is a part of the ter- ror campaign now being unleashed ‘against the Oklahoma workers in an attempt to crush the militant spirit which is being evinced in our fight for unemployment insurance. Despite the growing terror repre- sented not only in the attack on the unemployed workers and the Un- employed Councils, but especially old Negro worker is awaiting electroe cution on 2 framed up charge, and whose trial lasted only 30 minutes, the workers are going ahead with chairman of the committee. A aim~ ilar sign was painted in big black letters on the Indian war memorial, leading to t*> Viceroy’s house. nbulance came, the cops the police |saw the sticker. Before they tended to the injured man, scraped the Feb. 4 sticker off the wall; although the man bleeding in such a way that his life was in danger. This shows the way the cops are being trained by the capitalists in; Milwaukee. The most important! thing for them is to hinder the or- ganization of the working class. i But the unemployed councils will smash through the social-fascist and fascist methods of the Milwau- | Kee bosses, and make Feb. 4th dem- onstration bigger than March 6th, 1930 ‘The response of the workers. shows their willingness and determination to fight. They will beat Haymarket Square February 4th! 1 | ng for any eventualities in Chir neluding the possibility of a qi mong the imperialist powers over he division of the Joot of China, these lorces are at p directed again he Chinese ur At Hankow, the Japanese are ing up barricades in the fear Iankow will soon fall to the Chinese ted Army A Washington dispatch reports “Admiral Williams is on his flag ship, the river gunboat Luzon Hankow, He reported today t conditions there remained undis- turbed, but that extangtements and ne gun up at strect interscctions in the Japanese conce 5 danger of an invasion by Commu- nist bands outside the city.” The Nanking government ha removed to Loy tion in C vails of the flight Nanking offic Kuomintang officials in Shanghai ad- mit that Kuomintang China is with- out a government. This means that the only government in is the Chinese Soviet Repub! Japanese 1 es in Shanghai terday turned machine guns o crowd of Chinese workers on the Woosung Road, on the northern edge of the International Settlement. Later they began raiding Chinese shops, looting and shooting scores of per- | sons and taking some 300 prisoners. The foreign officials of the Inter- national Settlement have declared a ‘few in the settlement, ordering all workers off the streets between 10 p.m, and 4 a. m. The regulations also prohibit public assemblies of workers. ‘Powers Fear Mass Uprising In Shanghai (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) days of imperielist terror against the Shanghai masses. Tens of thousands of others have been wounded, many) the imperialist powers against the | Communist Party horribly wounded. Over 300,000 have | Chinese masses is made quite clear | increasing effectiveness. been made homeless and destitute.) with teh admission of teh collapse | dispatches express the fear of an ul An imperialist dispatch from Shang- | of the authority of the counter-revo- | "ising | lutionary Nanking government and hai declares “The total of Chinese dead never will be known. Many corpses cer- | tainly were incinerated in the bombed buildings which burned.” Shoot Down Workers as They Flee Burning Huts. Another imperialist dispatch speaks | of “the withering terror of fire and} bombs and bullets which for thirty- six hours made a shambles of horror out of the Chapel section of Shang- hai.” While bombs rained overhedd and the streets were swept by Jan anese machine guns, the Japanese | set fire to workers’ hats. “The ter- | rifled people were faced with 2 di- lemma of terror. They had the | choice of staying in their huts and being burned to death or fleeing inte the open to he shot or torn to pieces by bursting bombs.” Supported by the rest of the im- perialists, the Japanese have carried on their operations against the Chi- hese masses of Shanghai from the International Settlement while the| lying imperialist governments of the United States and Great Britain} prated about maintaining neutrality in the settlement. In the settlement itself, Japanese forces have hunted down Chinese workers, as admitted by imperialist dispatches from Shanghai: “Through the northern portion of | the International Settlement, still | clended by the smoke which swept | over the ruins of Chapei, hundreds | of Japanese marines, plainclothes | reservists and rowdy elements _ scourged the settlement in an orgy | of lawlessness.” ‘The cynical hypocrisy of the United | States and British notes to Japan| is further exposed in an official state- | ment by the Tokyo government which declares that the Japanese are | acting at Shanghai “in concert with the consular body, municipal authori- | ties and foreign commanders.” The) British and United States imperial- ists permitted the Japanese to move troops through the International Set- tlement to attack the Chinese work- ing class sections. British and United | States troops fired on Chinese work- ers and soldiers resisting the Jap- anese invaders. Workers! Demand hands off Chi- na! Demand the withdrawal of all imperialist armed forces from China.) Defend the Chinese masses against the imperialist robbers and murder. ers! Defend the Chinese Revolution | end the Soviet Union. Make February | 4, unemployment insurance day, a day of tremendous mass demonstra- tions against hunger and against imperialist war. Down with the mur- derers of the Chinese masses! Down with the unyperialist hunger program and looting of the colonial masses! The United States Asiatic Fleet is being rushed to the Yangtze Valley in Ine with the request of Rear Ad- miral Yancy Williams for reinforce- ments to fight the advancing Chi- nese Red Army. These warships are carrying food supplies for one year. United States troops being rushed to Chine are admittedly “fully equipped for ianding operations in an overseas expedition ” | ‘The British are rushing warships | | | | from Hongkong and Batavia, Suma~ Shang- for the the Chine hai is to be usec expediti The Republic son for this frantic rush of the admitted growth of Communist influence throughout Chine, and the | present advance of the Chinese Red Army. A Shanghai dispatch to the New York Times admits that the anti-Communist campaign by the Nanking government last summer was nota success and that the Chinese Red Army is-now making rapid pro- gress_in mnany provinces. The dis- | patch states “Today following the mutiny of a large number of government regi- | ments, which have since joined the Reds, the Communists control as much of Kiangsi Province as they | did last Spring. Only three large cities are still holding out against | them-—-Kanchow in the South, Nan- chang, the provincial capital, and Kiukiang, the province’s main port on the Yangtze River. “Again the Communists are mak- ing rapid progress in organizing | ge, town and county Soviets as rapidly as they overrun new ter- vitory. Their government organ- izations include military, police, fi- nance and educational depratments, while the propagandist corps are reported to exhibit 2 new and startling enthusiasm and efficiency, ‘Foreign missionaries working from the zones recently overrun again by the Reds report that the Peasants and common people are’ giving a hearty welcome to the re- turning Communists. They say that after comparing their status under previous Communist rule with the bad government and confiscatory taxation enforced upon them after the arrival of the Nanking troops last Summer, they enjoyed greater liberty and a greater degree of prosperity under the the Reds than under Nanking.” The Chinese Red Army is continu- {ing its envelopment of Hankow. hai to fi Many cities and towns have fallen to the Red Army within the past few days. A Washington dispatch re- ports * “An outbreak of Communist at- tacks in the Hankow district of China is occurring coincident with the Japanese occupation of Shang- hal. “The American Consulate at Hane kow reported today that strong Red forces are driving from West Hupeh Province and East Hupeh toward the Peiping-Hankow Rail. way. “During the last week, the dis. patch said, an army of about 100,- 000 men under Ho Ling captured Tienmen, Tsaochi, Taojen, Chiao and Yingchang. The consulate said it was reported Youngmeng City is now being attacked.” ‘Throughout China, the masses are heroically resisting ‘the attacks of the imperialists. The general strike | offices of the principal mines. plens to b Molotov Decla a Soviet Workers Must Be On Guard Against Surprise War Moves ONE) (CONTINUED FROM VrAGE Is Poliey of Peace Tvervbody sees ly absorbed in tion of ‘our ing in order to thy from ul fror White foreign. protectior Manchurle. W churia and Pa guardism cipati such whom ¥ tiot have Milukoy and 0 Chee well know to plot with st the USSR “We would not be Bolsheviks to pass by such dangers to the Sovtet Union or remain passive onlokers. Eyents in China, particularly the latest developments in Shanghai, testify with sufficient eloquence how imperialists, under the present conditions, are unleashing new wars. “The peculiarity of the present mo~ | ment consists in that dividing line | | between peace and war being increas- | | ingly obliterated; they creep into war | | and conduct hostilitles without open | | declaration of war. | | “Furthermore, they tramping under ¢ sovert y great people, rone jist now In Prague e kia there are people for them new provocative a wars lealled in Shai the Chinese | uing with Imperialist of the Shanghai mavses | against all of the imperialists. Sixty thousand Chinese workers in the 1: ternational Se’ preparing to strike. ing troops, who are now defending Shanghai, defied the orders of the ist the Nanking government not to 1 Japanese. The troops threatened to tevolt and join the “Dare to Die” | organization of the Chinese workers. ‘Their officers were forced to give, the jorder to resist the Japanese | In his attempt to crush the resis lance of the Chinese masses to tl | imperialist Plans to pertition Chin \Chiang Kai-shy sent troops | Shani | the Nanking troops which had joines them in resisting the Japanese. | imperialist press dispatch | Shanghat reports | “Chiang Kai-shek, having at- | tempted to maintain his non-re~ sistance policy, strongly disap- Proved resistance of the Japaness by the Nineteenth Route Army un- der General Tsai Ting-chal, There~ fore he sent three regiments of loyal troops from Nanking under | | orders to check, and, if necessary, | disarm the Nineteenth Route | Army. However, when the Nan- | king regiments reached Shangha! | they disobeyed orders, joining Gen- | eral Tsai’s army in counter-attack- | ing the Japanese.” When told that the Chinese peo- | |ple were clamoring for a policy of} | resistance to the imperialists, Chiang | {4s reported by a Shanghai dispatch | |to have replied } | “Damn the people. If we want | to do it, it will be done. If we re- | sist, the Japanese will blockade | and then there will be no mone; | While Japanese planes were bomb- | jing the Chinese workers’ quarters in | | Shanghai, Chiang refused to permit | | Nanking planes to proceed to Shang- | ight the Japanese planes. This same imperialist hangman of the Chinese masses, finding he was not able to crush the resistance of teh masses, is now attempting to | head the mass defense movement in Jorder to behead it, In a demag statement emblazoned on the front | Pages of the imperialist press, Chiang hands out the following shameless | demagogy | | “Although I have retired, I am | | Prepared to die with my militery | comrades. When ordered, ¥ shal! Proceed into the fighting line.” While the Kuomintang traitors are | doing all in their power to help the | fmperialists erush the Chinese Rev- olution and cerry through the loot~ | ing of China, the masses are entering | the struggle in all sections of China. | |In Tientsin, North China, Chinese | miners are on strike. Several dem- | onstrations have occurred before the basis of Leninism to he mas betes aed a | out Lewis and not endanger that.con- An from | | which is about disarmament and peaos in the 80! of international atmosphere | conference “All this shows that we will fal- fil our duty, only if we do not allow ourselves to be Inlled by any talk or general resolutions on the inter- national situation. ‘We must actually display not only eroism in building a new vigilence atid proper © protect the vital inter- workers’ and peasants’ proletar the first years of our existence, the Soviet power was much weaker than it is yet we came out vic- toriow: ice then we have marched ctory, developing truction at a pace never witnessed in history and prepared the realization of the fundamental tasks of socialism that will compete the liquidation of capitalist elements ang I s generally. se victories were gained on the ‘The guarantee ef our victories have been our Leninist rty and its Central Committee, with Stalin at the head. (Applause). ‘*We have the same guarantee how and it is growing stronger dafly. We must continue to build our fighting under the banner of Lenitilsm in the struggle against opportunism both in the field of theory and prac- | tical work “The victories of the first land of proletarian dictatorship will be of the greatest world importance, the mere consistently actively, con- sclously and self-sacrifletngly Bol- sheviks march forward Ulnminating the path of the tollers by the bea con light of the Communist teach- ings of Marx and Lenin” UMWA Misleaders Arrest 3 Workers at Convention Hall Surrounded By Dicks, Stoolpigeons (CONTINUED FROM PA | strong Facts presenting themselves during the course of the long factional strug- gle between district 12 and the inter- national officials, show that the in junction wes secured through the ar- vise of the agent of the Peabody Coal Co. in the person of Frank Farring- ton, former president of district 12 | It is well known among the miners | of Dlinois that the district official | dom is controlled by the Peabody Coz! So. The injunction was secured to keep | tro. Lewis on the other hand fights | for the lifting of the injunction, fox | that action will strengthen his po- sition in Illinois, the stronghold of Insulk so far as the mining industry | $n linois is concerned. The struggle betwee: sets of fakers and betrayer miners is a reflection of | between the powerful Insull interests of the middle west and the United States Steel Corporation with its sub- sidiary coal companies in the east. Lewis no doubt, is strong enough at this convention to pass action lift- ing the injunction; tt is doubtful as yet whether Walker will heed the.de- cision of the convention. Rebellion in the field among the miners against the international offi- cials, expresses itself in the form of 52 resolutions from various {focal unions seeking to curtain the power of the officials, demanding reduction in salaries and a two year limitation in office. Tt is clear that the miners can ex- pect nothing but reaction from this convention, only in Illinois and the Anthracite was there some semblance of regularly electing delegates, and these come from locals that the poorly attended and in most cases controlled by the henchmen of the officialdom. Many delegates were hand picked br traveling organizers of the UMWA Youth are absent in the convention mainly composed of old men —stnad-by's of the “good old U, M W. of A John L. Lewis, aware of the fact that the Nations] Miners Union is the Union that the miners ere look- ing to for leadership, and that the UMWA is discredited among the rank and file, hurries to make @ statement to the delegates “that the UMWA ts t dead.” No doubt Lewis mean: that the coal operators will find need to revive {t from time to time to try to cripple the efforts of the miners to better their conditions under the leadership of the NMU. This is shown to be a fact, by the statement of Van Bitner in defend- ing his action in the negotiation f the scab agreement in West Virginia | which is well known to the miners For $50,000 Fighting Fund! FILL OUT AND SEND WITH DONATION NOW! My Answer to the Bosses’ Hunger Program { Contribute ¥ .... Name Street City and Ca) ‘oe NEW YORE CIT