The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 6, 1932, Page 1

Dail Worker unist Party U.S.A. — Section of the Communist ee A Te ) Collect Money, Scrave Up Every Penny to Save “Daily” WORKERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE! Central _NEW YORK, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1932 crry EDIT 1ON — ow Price 3 Cents COMMUNIST PARTIES OF WESTERN EUROPE AND U. S. CALL ON WORKERS TO RALLY TO DEFENSE OF CHINESE MASSES AND USSR Threaten to ‘to Take Jc Jailed K Kentucky Strike Leaders for “Ride” ) JAPANESE SEND ARMY TO SHANGHAI Marines Whipped By Chinese Defenders of City 3 Planes Shot Down Japanese and ‘Freneh | Offer Plan Against Chinese Masses The secret understanding be- tween French imperialism and the Japanese in the war on tht Chin- ese masses and. the provocation a- gainst the Soviet Union was sharp- ly attacked and exposed by Jac- ques Dorict, Communist Deputy, yesterday in the French Chamber of Deputies. Comrade Doriot made a bitter attack on the French government. ‘The Chamber, press dispatches say, was thrown in an uproar as the government attempted to silence the protest of the Communist deputy. After twenty-four hours of un- interrupted fighting at Shanghat, the Japanese- forces were pushed back by the Chinese defenders. Te Woosung foris are still hold- ing out against the terrific naval and aerial bombardment by the Japanese. The Japanese again vented their fury over their repeated defeats by bombing densely populated native sections of Shanghai. Japan \se planes dropped 12 bombs on Chen- ju University in an attack against Chinese students active in the anti. imperialist struggle. One building ‘was wrec! 1 and two others set on fire. Chapei, most important proleta- vian center in Shanghai, is com- pletely wrecked by. the Japanese, Their marines and warships | repeatedly repulsed by the (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) A. Weiss Expelled from the Party NEW YORK.—A. Weiss, an old time member of the Communist Par- ty, has been expelled from the Par- ty for refusal to leave his job and go to work for the Union in the coming dressmakers’ strike. In the expulsion of Weiss from the Party, the District is taking the step that Is necessary in order to make all members of the Party realize thai when the Union goes into a strike, every Party member is obligated to fulfil his function. The Comrades of the Union had requested that Comrade A. Weiss go into the work in the period before the strike. Comrade Weiss was talk- ed to several times both by the Dis- trict and by the National Office, but tould not be prevailed upon to ac- cept the post. ‘This is an actual defiance of the District that the Party cannot tol- erate. If the Party is to assume leadership in the strike struggles, then it must know that every mem- ber of the Party is willing to carry out th eduties that the District sees he is fit for and decides that he must accept. Comrade Weiss was given ample opportunity in order to make up his mind, but upon definite refusal, is, therefore, now declared »xpelled from the Party. In the expulsion of Weiss from the *arty, the District is taking the first measure that will insure that the eadership of the strike, namely the Jommunists, will fulfil their duties. The Party must begin to recognize hat strike struggles are the main) eld in which the Party shows its| zadership—not only in the struggle ‘self, but in the preparation, in the onduct of the strike and in the con- olidation of the forces after the orike. When ledaing comrades reject his ttitude and place their own indivi- | *ualism above the duty of a Party | iember, then they have no place in ‘Hands Off Chinese ado R. R., Soviet Consulate and | Other Harbin Institutions! Fight Against Imperialist War! Refuse to Transport Munitions to Shoot Down Workers | (Cable by Inprecorr) BERLIN, Feb 5.—The Communist Parties of Western Europe and the United States have issued the following appeal to the world working class for the defense of the Chinese Revolution and the Soviet Union, pointing out that the war jin the Far East threatens to develop » into a new world slaughter. Japan has occupied the greater | part of Manchuria, Japanese troops | | and marines are occupying the most | important Chinese cente~s, Shang- | | ‘Emergency Anti- War Youth Con- hai, Canton, Swatow, etc. Chapel, | the most important proletarian cen~ ter of China, has been demolished by Japanese bombs, which have reducea | whole streets to ruins, killing thon~ | sands of workers. | | Japanese warships are driving inta| Emergency Conference of the An- ti-War Youth Conference will take ference Tomorrow the interior of China along the Yang- | tze River with a view to destroying | Hankow and attacking tk2 centres ot | the Chinese Revolution. | Troops and warships of the other | imperialist powers are also arriving | in China to protect imperialist inter- | ests and -scure their share of the | spoils. “Japanesé troops have occupied Harbin, ‘the administrative center of { the Chinese Eastern Railway, provok- |ing the Soviet Union and represent- | ing Serious step towards war. The imperialists united in the League of Nations support the Japanese. The contemptible hypocrisy of the League | of Nations has never been more | | clearly exposed. The League is stag- | ing its disarmament farce at Geneva while a bloody war is proceeding in China. The League f Nations cloaks the bloody Japanese actions and practically hands Manchuria to the Jananese, The League openly ap- proves the forcible partition of China | and the war of intervention against | the Soviet Union. International Social Democracy is | playing the same miserable, hypocrit~ | ical rol2 as in 1914. It fails to raise a finger to stop the slaughter but | | on th contrary supports the League | | of Nations and justifies the murder- ous violence of the Japanese against the toiling population of China. The most dangerous allv of Japan is imperialist France which supports Japan with money and war material while mobilizing Czechoslovakia, Po- land and Rymania for attack on the Soviet Union. United States imperialism is inter- | | vening actively to protect its own in- | terests and secure share of the spols. | | immediate steps to demonstrate and protest against the Japanese inva-! {sion into China as well as the pre- | parations of the imperialist powers | | of the world to crush the Chinese | masses. This mecting will be held on Sunday February 7 at 2 pm. at Irving Plaza, 15th St. and. Irving Place. The Japanese and other imperial- ist ravages in Shanghai, the capture of Harbin and the advance of Jap- anese and white guard troops toward the Soviet border, make it imperative for the youth to act now. The con- ference is planning a mass youth} demonstration and parade for Satur- | day, February 13, at 2 o'clock at Rutgers Suare. All clubs that are affiliated to the Conference should see to it that their representatives are present. Clubs not yet affiliated should also send nee PS STRIKERS IN KY. JOIN FEB. 4th MEETINGS Miners Who Returned to Work Are Out On Re-Strike TRY KILL WOMAN Operators Spi Spread Lies! About Communists PINEVILLE, Ky.,' Feb. 5.—Surprised at} ithe stubborn resistance | jof the strikers to the extreme terror of the} gun thugs and courts, and de-! termined to crush the heroic) | strike at nay cost, the oper- |ators and their agents are pre- | | paring to let Harlan gun thugs | |take 12 organizers and strike| jleaders out of the PiPnPeville jail and | take them for a ride, it was learned here today, Aroused att his new threat to their heroic strike, the miners are organ- izing a committee to demand of Pineville officials that an armed guard of miners be permitted to keep watch on the jail. The Central Strike |Committe has drawn up a resolution jaddressed to the local officials of Har- lan and Governor Laffoon holding them responsible for the safety of the prisoners’ lives. Workers every- where should do likewise. Harlan ‘and Pineville officials are | Kuibyshev. All capitalist powers are participat- | | delegates. {CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) ‘Dressmakers Demand United Front Strike as Right Wing Gangsters Attack Workers NEW YORK.—Thousands of rank) tion of a united front strike be sub- and file dressmakers came to Mecca/| mitted to a referendum vote to all Temple Thursday night to demand a|dressmakers. Instead of permitting rank and file strike for union con-| the dressmakers to introduce the ditions under rank and file leader-| resolution, the Schlesinger outfit ship. distributed a fake ballot so that they The Schlesinger clique, together|can later announce fictitious figures with the Lovestoneites who know the| about their so-called referendum. the Soviet Union. The Communist Parties of Ger-| any, France, Great Britain, Amer-| | ica, Czechoslovakia, and Poland ap- peal to the workers of the world to throw their whole weight into the | scale immediately against the bloody plans of the international interven~ tionists. The best way to assist the Chinese workers and the Soviet Un- ion is to conduct energetically the struggle against the own ruling | class. | Defend the Chinese Revolution: | Defend the Soviet Union! Demand the mimediate withdrawa) of all imperialist troops and warships from China and the immediate ex- pulsion of the White Guard and for~ ein m'! ary advisers in China, Seamen, Doc%ers, Munition and Chemical workers!, Refuse to trans- port munitions to China! Build iron defense around the Sov- jet Union! Warn the Japanese im- perialists hands off the Soviet Un- ion! Hands off the Chinese Eastern Railway, the Soviet Consulate and other institutions at Harbin. Long live the Soviet Union! Long |live Soviet China! Hail the revolu- tionary struggles of the workers in |the capitalist and colonial countries. | Long live the victory of World So- | cialism and the destruction of the ex- | ploiters and the yoke of imperialisnr| which will give peace to the world. the ranks of the Communist Party. District Committee Communist Party, New York City Approved by Central Control Commission ing in the plans for the partition of | | CORRECTION ON NEW YORK China and preparing war against | | sentiment of the dressmakers, tool me of the speakers at ‘the meeting was the outstanding pogrom leader, | McGrady, who openly declared that DEMONSTRATION, FEB. 4 In the story on the New York | | demonstration on February 4,/ which appeared in the Daily | Worker, it was stated that 50,000 | | workers gathered at City Hall./ | This was incorrectly reported, the | | correct estimate being 25,000 pre- | sent. \ all precautions not to admit the lead- ers of the rank and file opposition and many of the active workers, hoping that thus they would prevent the dressmakers from - expressing their demands for a united front. strike. Grossman, Rosenberg, Stam- per, Silverblatt, Abramawitz, and many other dressmakers, members of the Internationla, were refused ad- mission to the hall and threatened with beating up by the thugs and detectives. Despite the fact that the leaders were not admitted, the rank and file of the workers voiced their demands for a united strike and exposed the fake strike lockout of Schlesiuger. The strong armed men and detec- tives who guarded the meeting at- tempted to stifle this demand for unity and many workers were beaten up and thrown out of the hall. workers persisted in their demands and hundreds left the hall. balconies were empty by the time Schlesinger began his speech. The attack on the workers came when a committee of the rank and file workers demanded the floor to introduce a resolution for a united front strike under rank and file lead- ership and demanded that the ques- The} | Both | the lake strike is directed against the ; Communists and the revolutionary | workers. McGrady did not say even | one word about the demands on the | bosses. McGrady further stated that | Green could not come to this meet- | ing because he is busy preparing the | convention of the democratic party. i Workers Desert Meeting. The mass demand of the workers; for a united front strike made it im- possible for Schlesinger to continue his speech. By the time Schlesinger got through with his talk there were | only several hundred of his strong armed men in the hall. The following letter to the Daily Worker describes what took place at the meeting of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union Thursday night: “Daily Worker: “At 6 p. m. on Thursday night I managed to successfully break (CONTINUED Two Party Members— Important Notice! The meeting that was called a! Central Opera House on Sunday | ‘has been postponed till Monday, | Feb. 8, at 7:30 p, m. sharp, | Unit Buros which or inarily meet | on Monday must arrange to meet | on Sunday, so that the full mem- oership will be present. This meet~ ing will be very important. COMMUNIST PARTY, (District Secretariat.) j (Seuind 5- Evan Plan Ava New Victories for Socialism, — High Standards indards for Masses Molotov Declares Facta of Sovie Facts of Soviet Achievements Speak Against Capitalism In Favor of Socialism MOSCOW, Feb. 5.—The Seventeenth Con-| ference of the Communist Party of the Soviet. Union concluded its discussion of the directions of the second Five-Year Plan by unanimously | adopting the thesis presented by Molotov and Molotov ended the discussion with a reply announcing the incorporation of vari- ous improvements in the thesis. He remarked that the discussion had re- vealed complete support of the thesis, the (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) _ DANGER SIGNAL 4 Pages Foday Save the Daily Worker! Rush Funds! We can barely manage four pages this time in- stead of the usual six for Saturday. Unless a tre- mendous increase in ac- tivity takes place,the next step must be two pages to keep alive-and then what? Only $2,352.88 came in so far towards the $50,000 quota,a ridiculous amount in view of the need. Only the activity of the sub drive and a few | | more workers’ loans has; \ers’ Industrial Union and leader in kept us going. Comrades! Save the Daily Worker! Rush funds DEMONSTRATIONS ON FEB. 4 SPUR FIGHT ON HUNGER, BOSS WAR ‘Steel Workers and Coal Min Miners In Pa. Battle Cops In Militant Demonstrations Dozens of cities in which demonstrations for unemployment insurance throughout the United States have reported to the Daily Worker, stressing the fact that tens of thou- sands of workers voiced their determination ‘to fight against the imperialist war against the Chinese masses and to smash the war threats on the Soviet Union. Banners carried in all of the demonstrations demanded, “Hands off the Chinese Soviets!” “Defend the Soviet Union!” In New York City a resolution against the war mongers was adopted which contained the fol- ~~ ——— lowing, rallying the workers for a de- | termined struggle against the impe- rialist war | “The Chinese Soviets, the tre- mendous growth of the Chinese Revolution is in the way of the imperialist division of China. That is why the Japanese and U.S. im- perialism have launched a bloody war against the Chinese masses. The Soviet Union abolished unem- ployment and crisis. It is the great hope and inspiration of the world toilers. That is why the imperial- ist powers with the United States at the head, are now provoking war against the Soviet Union. We, unemployed and employed workers of New York City, in de-~ monstration assembled, on eontt PITTSBURGH, Pa., ary Fourth, ‘the | National Day of Struggle for Unemployment Insur- ance and Immediate Relief, de- clare to the imperialist bosses, we workers want no war—we want un- employment insurance and immie- diate adequate relief! Down with the mass hunger_and war program of the bosses! Hands off the Chin- ese masses! We demand the im- mediate withdrawal of American and all imperialist warships and troops from China! Smash the U.S. } ~~Japanese wer plot against the | Soviet Union! Down with the war . manouvers of the U. S. fleet in the Pacific! De demand all war funds for unemployment relief! Defend | the Chinese Soviets and the Soviet | Union! Long live the Revolution- { acy Working Class of Japan! . Feb. 5.—Sharp clashes’ |came tothe demonstration in groups, | with the police followed by many arrests took place as thousands of steel workers and miners | participated in the February 4 demonstration here to demand unemployment insurance. A heavy concentration of Governor Pinchot’s state troopers and | city police broke up the demonstration, despite the fact that {a permit was forced by the pressure of the workers. The pretext for smashing up the demonstration was that a permit was granted for a meeting only while the workers marching through the streets. jfere as Carl Price, district of the Communist Party here spoke. Sixty were arrested and 28 held. nected a fire hose, but did not inter- |The troopers observing thousands, Hundreds of Terminal Coal Co: | pouring in from W ie and Fuller- | Miners demonstrated at Coverdale, {ton Hill district, assaulted the crowd | Libr Avella, and- many other ;coming to the meeting, charging it | ining centers, where Frank Borich, ‘was a “parade.” secretary of the National Miaers Later this section was blocked by | Chion and others spoke. the police, no one being allowed to| ‘Following the demonstration im | enter. Pittsburgh, Rebecca Grecht and At New Kensington, Pa., the police | Buksa, Communist councilman from mounted machine guns and con- | Yorkville, Ohio, spoke at the workers (CONTINUED ON PAGR: THREED ‘Mass Friel of | Sunday Part of Preparation Jor Needle NEW YORK.—Ben Gold, general etary of the Needle Trades Work- many needle trades strikes, will be the chief prosecutor when Joe Birns, day) afternoon at 3 o'clock at the New Harlem Casino, 100 West 116th st. contrary to the interests of the Ne- gro workers in the industry. to the Daily Worker, 50 E. 13th St. New York District jet Yotels Boston : Ke os he 800 New York 1665.63 | N. South Dakota.. are Seattle ‘ 9.50 Philadelphia 18000) Cr rornia gaa Buffalo 15.00 | Connecticut 43:50 + Pittsburgh 11.00 | N, & South Carolina.. 8.00 Cleveland 87.44 | South ek Detroit . 145.60 | Montana. R Chicago 58.20 | Colorado . x Minneapolis 6.00 | Miscelaneous .,. 20.00 | deavor to show the source jof Birns and other The defense of Birns will be con- ducted by Charles Alexander, active Negro worker and working | leader. The ‘efense, however, will not be conducted alon the lines of the defense in a capit court: Rather, Comrade Alexander will en of the the mind workers—the ideas of “white superiority,” care- fully spread by a boss class anxious to keep the workers divided A jury of 12 workers is to be elected from the floor of the meeting. ideas that have poisoned The trial of Birns will mean a trial | white worker and member of the} union, goes on trial tomorrow (Sun- | Birns is charged with a crime, | against the working class—the crime | of holding and trying to spread ideas | Race Hatred Trades Strike | of all ideas of white superiority and, of failure to fight for the rights of Negro workers. It is thus an impor- | tant part of the preparations for the coming dress strike in New York. In this strike, the workers will be up . against many kinds of opposition. - | Bosses and gangsters, police and thugs, the fakers, Schlesinger and Lovestone—all these are united in the effort to break the strike by any. means. But hand in hand with all these opponents, the workers in the needle’ trades will be forced to fight against another enemy—the subtle poison of Y prejudice, which tries: to keep vhite workers apart, to stop, white work- © up the baftle for the 0 workers in the in- Ss of proved conditions for the Negro workers in the indusrty will be an important demand in the needle trades struggle. The trial of Bins tomorrow afternoon, as an important blow at division among the workers | on race lines is part and paycel of the © preparations for the coming striaa, %