The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 17, 1932, Page 2

Page Two DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1932 SPREAD T THOUSANDS PICKE | A. F. OF L. DRESSMAKERS FLOCK TOU PAGE ITED \N ont (CONTINUED FROM trike Committee a conference of labor movement ways of sup- ‘The after- , in th> Strike all, 559 Sixth Avenue. ike meeting will be held oon at Manhattan Lyceum 2 o'clock. Ben ry of the Needle Trades be the main organized to act upe e striking dressmakers, of th ler, man: 1eld Saturday main United Fron That th and unadulttr nly exposed by outwitted after ted f a sweat by the this E Gold ‘ol St., at wor the <a that secre Union thes mn would not walk out just to tion eld "yesterday ening for One conducted tration, was won and: ey the various halls | LETTER TO DAILY he | J. Migdal, TELLS OF SWEAT | Phillips and SHOP CONDITIONS| | Lena Davis. The importance o was stressed and workers, called out New York, N. Y he International, were warned and urged to elect ttees at once. | Daily Worker For a silk dres | used } Pay 16 to lime dresses for te pay that the bosse y the Schlesinger strike were but | and offi- | lack of to led during the daj s reflected the the eperator themsel par 75 cent ed by those who were The bosses take ad be 1e quar know that tho: Ss gro and white workers were busy that their families they cut | terday on the picket line and in tributing leaflets, COMMITTEE TO are out of jobs are starving the Therefore street wages and make ¢ the 50 a da “ n girls | must be | SAVE THE DAILY speak to the workers around him| aaah about the United Front Strike. | |¢ Abe in eee } | Point out to them much to! | 4 Organizations at | theri benefit it is to join the strike. | Conference Give $206; Pledge $296 NEW YORK, N Y¥. ney committee to advance the drive or immediate funds to save the Daily police t thus did | On Front ke Commitiee PREeA to nest the | Worker from suspension was set up Baas aad the Titers at @ conference at the Irving Plaza, a Wenldanes: thous on Sunday. Ninety-four organiza- tions were represented. A committee of ten was elected to build the machinry and furnish the driving force in the campaign. ng banners with various carried out one of the most monstrations recorded in the an- ‘s of New York labor hist: gans stirring Thousands Demonstrate strikers assembled in front of Committee headquarters at 559 Sixth Avenue and proceeded to the garment center. They reached their Gestination in time to meet the work- ers ealled out by the International. And the workers of the International, who had been tense and expectant, suddenly gave way to their pent-up - feelings. They cheered the thousands stress that in every working class under the leadership of the United | Struggle, every party campaign a cir- Front Strike Committee; they served |CUlation apparatus should be set up notice that they understood the tac-| ®2d workers’ correspondent groups ties of the Schlesinger bund, and in | Organized. F : great numbers joined the militant} The Workers’ Council and the In- strikers in the demonstration. of-| ternational Workers Order were the ficials of the International, who wit-|Organizations best represented, the nessed the spectacle, were vexed,}narty units sending only 16 delegates dumbfounded and helpless. This was}®Nd the Young Communist League a development they had not fully an-|not having a single member present. ticipated Comrade Levin, business manager of the Daily Worker, spoke of the need of the’paper in the workers’ struggles and how during the critical days of 1917 in Russia the central organ of the party was not permitted to lapse, A weekly bulletin of the activities of the Emergency Committee will be issued. ‘The Str $296 in pledges to be paid within 2 days. Besides many affairs to be ar- ranged for the Daily Worker, a group of speakers will visit organizations to make speeches on the need of the Daily in the class struggle and the urgent need to respond to the appeal for funds. The speakers will also Drive Off Thugs With their ranks swelled, the strik- ing dressmakers marched along 7th Ave, to 39th St., then to Broadway and up the thoroughfare. At 35th St., a number of professional gorillas at- tempted a surprise attack. They sur- rounded two workers and assaulted them. At this point, however, the thugs were foiled. The strikers an- They fell upon them swered the challenge. the gorillas and drove Macy’s department store. Throngs lining the st and encouraged the enth ers in the face of Tamman; formed hirelings, who glared at the marchers and prevented many mem- bers of the International from join- ing in the procession. More Shops Strike But despite the efforts of the police to block the workers’ entrance into the united front, a large number of into| _INSIDE STORY DUE THURS. John van Druten’s comedy, ‘“There’s Always Juliet”, opened at the Empire Theatre last night with Edna Best and Herbert Marshall plying the prin- cipal roles, “Coliision”, a comedy adapted by |John Anderson from the German of Rudolf Lothar and Erno Sebesi, will have its premiere at the Gaiety Thea- tre this evening. June Walker and Geoffrey Kerr head the cast. International members joined the| “Face the Music’, the new Irving demonstration. A number of the In- ‘Berjin-Moss Hart musical satire about ternational shops came to the United the Seabury investigation and other political events will have its first showing on’ Wednesday at the New Front headquarter: shops joined the Many more ke yesterday 100 Bosses Plead for Settlement | amsterdam ‘Theatre, ‘The leading Other principal developments yes-| ayers re Mary Boland, Hugh terday in the strike against sweat- O'Connell, J. Harold Murray and shop conditions included a meeting of the Central Strike Committee to consider the questions involving set- tiements. About 100 shop bosses have Margaret Lee. A. H. Woods’ new production, “The Inside Story”, a melodrama by George FRONT | SPUR DRIVE TO) — An emerg-| In response to an appeal for funds | the meeting raised $206 in cash and | “THERE’S ALWAYS JULIET "OPENS | DRESSMAKERS’ STRIKE! PICKET ALL SHOPS TODAY! ‘COPS BEAT UP |To Get 250,000 Signatures in ISTRIKERS AT 'N. Y. for Jobless Insurance DURABLE SHOP) | Councils, | Pie keting On Despite Injuention NEW YORK.—Intensifying their terror against the metal worker striking against a lockout at the Dur- able Tool and Die Co., the police on | Mon brutally attacked a group of | pickets slugging two workers into in- ensibility. One of them they later arrested on the fake charge of dis- orderly conduct. 'The arrested worker active member of Metal Workers League, He was * released on $25 bail furnished International Labor Defense. rike committee has issued a George Chaikin, the The flet to those working in the metal ps in the vicinity of Canal. St where the shop is located, calling upon them to rally im support of the strike and pointing out that the lock- out of the Durable workers is part of the scheme of the bosses in the metal ind to smash any attempt on the part of the workers to organ- |ize and fight for the improvement. of unbearable conditions. Many ‘cund that neighborhood ed keen interest in the | their ke, and have promised to try and take up collections in their shops for f of the strikers, scrdav evening the boss at- tempted to hand copies of a so-called injpunction to the workers which is supposed to prohibit them from pick- eting. The workers threw the docu- |ment away without looking at it. The trial of the worker arrested on Monday is coming up in City Magis- Court, Tombs building, on Thursday. NEW RENT STRIKE N THE BRONX | NEW YORK.—Forty tenants of the apartment house at 733-739 Arno Av., |the Bronx, went on strike: yesterday for reduction of rent. The majority of the tenants have signed the strike demands and have given their pledge to the house committee to carry on the strike to victory. ‘ The striking tenants have put for- | ward the following demands: 1. 15 per cent reduction in rent. 2. Clearing the house of mice. 3. Cleaning the hot water system so that the flow of dirty water will stop. The landlord has informed jthe ten- ants that he cannot afford to concede to the demand for reduction in rent; he has, however, been able to find sufficient funds to pay a stool pigeon whom he keeps in the basement to spy on the tenants and the house committee. The tenants committee has issued a statement denouncing the viciousu lying of the capitalist press in hand- ling stories of the rent strikes that have been taking place throughout the city. The Daily Worker and Freiheit, says the committee, are the only papers carrying correct reports of and giving leadership to the strik- ing tenants. There is no doubt in the minds of the strikers that they will carry the strike on to final victory. The strike has the support and leadership of the Upper Bronx Unemployed Council. MAURICE SCHWARTS AT FRANK- LIN THEATRE, Maurice Schwartz, noted actor of the Yiddish Art Theatre, is the vau- |deville headliner at the Franklin Theatre, dramatic playlet by Anton |Chekov, “The Life of an Actor”. | Others on the bill include Frank Hun- ter and Mae Percival; Bob Ripa, George Jones and Stanley Hull, Starr and Castle, Dot Probey and Helen Olcott; and Alan Bowen. The photoplay feature is “Panama Flo”, starring Helen Twelvetrees, with Charles Bickford and Robert Arm- strong. The vaudeville program be- ginning Wednesday will feature Pepi- to, Spanish clown, with Juanita and Bombo; Harry Welsh with Harry Hills; “Havania; Dorothy Murray and Harry Fane; and Homer Romaine; Lew Ayres in “Heaven on Earth” with Anita Louise and Slim Summerville, is the screen feature Bryant+and Francis M. Verdi, will open at the National Theatre on Thursday night. Louis Calhern, Wil- liam Courtenay, Edward Ellis and Marguerite Churchill head the cast. applied for settlements and their ap- plications were taken up, The Com- mittee has opentd settlement head- quarters at 799 Broadway and eleven rooms will be used for the delibera- What’s On— WEDNESDAY A regular meeting of the Einglish | speaking brench No, 524 of the In- | ternational Workers Order will be- held at 8:30 at the Prospect Workers | Club, 1157 Southern Boulevard, Bronx rah Made GIVEN BY | patina nie Labor Defense Y. Distriet) STAR “The Role Communist Par tg in the Unions” will be the sub t of discussion ut the Union Workers Club. at 8 p.m, nm Avenue, Bronx. 1 t od to attend, No fee will rs charged, The affair that deserves the support of all class-conscious workers! Annual Bazaar FEBRUARY 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th 107th Street and Park Avenue Bring all articles for Bazaar to District Office Room 410, 799 Broadway Tickets:—Thursday 35 Cents—Friday and Saturday 50 Cenis Sunday 35 Cents—Combination Ticket $1.00 CASINO |gle for Unemployment insurance is a |which to fight wage cuts, NEW YORK.—In line with the | de- ion of the National Unemployed the Unemployed Councils of Greater New York, issued the fol- lowing statement on the campaign for the signature drive. “Realizing that a successful strug- struggle against the attacks on the working class standard of living, is a historic struggle, a means through speed up; & necessary step in the American La- bor Movement, it is imperative that we now make fhe signature drive the central campaign of the Unemployed Councils, a real mass campaign which will involve hundreds of thou- sands of employed and unemployed workers, men, women and youth, in the struggle for our demands “To present the collected signatures to Congress on May 9, a national del- egation of 150 will go to Washington. This delegation, like, the Hunger Marchers will be elected through state conferences, Fighting Fund Stamps, issued by the National Unemployed Councils will be sold to cover the ex- | pense of this delegation. “Our objective is the collection of @ quarter of a million signatures in the New York District, 100 per cent indorsements in every block, house, and shop, from every organization and mass meeting where workers must be involved in the collection of the signatures and funds. “The week of February 20 to 27 is especially set aside by the Unemploy- ed Councils for house to house collec- tion of signatures and funds. “Unemployment Insurance Com- mittees are to be established in every Unemployed Council, block commit- tee, union, fraternal organization, shop, etc. These committées under the direction of the Unemployed Council in their territory to direct the work of the campaign “The Unemployed Councils of Greater New York calls upon the workers to rally around this most im- portant campaign, secure signature lists as well as fighting Fund Stamps. immediately from the Unemployed Councils, 5 F. i9th St, “The signature drive campaign must become a means to stimulate and fight for all local struggles for immediate and adequate relief; the drive must be a means of organizing block committees, of uniting the em- ployed and unemployed workers the struggle for unemployment insur- ance. This campaign can be success- ful oniy if thousands of workers in New York will be involved in it. The Unemployed Councils of Greater New York calls upon the’ working class or- ganizations to rally all its forces in this campaign. “Unemployed Councils of Greater New York.” CONRAD VEIDT IN “THE LAST COMPANY Y” AT ACME THEATRE Beginning Wednesday and continu- ing until Saturday inclusive, the Acme Theatre, 14th St, and Union Sq., will present the noted German stage and screen star, Conrad Veidt, in a dra- matic tale of the Napoleonic war, “The Last Company”. The period of this UFA film, which is an English talkie, is that of the early nineteenth century when Napoleon defeated the Prussians at Jena, The story of the thirteen Prussian grenadiers who held back the French troops, while their comrades crossed the river is the basis of the dramatic tale, and is based on a well-known German poem. Conrad Veidt plays Captain Burk, the leader of this company. Karin Evans, noted German star, has the role of the mil- ler’s daughter. The same program will show “A Trip to Sweden”, a new tra- velogue film 12 UMW Mine Locals at Rank and File Conference Planning Militant Fight \WRITERS, BEATEN IN KY, TO HOLD MEET SUN. NIGHT To Tell of Murders in Coal Strike | NEW YORK.—Beaten, kidnapped bullied, arrested, and driven out of Kentucky, twelve writers, editors, and professional people will return to New York Sunday, February 21, to tell from first hand experience their story }of terror and murder in the coal strike. A mass meeting will be held for them under the auspices of the National Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners in the Star Ca- sino, 107th St. and PaPrk Ave. at 8 p.m, on this day. The National Com- |mittee has been co-operating with the International Labor Defense in pro- viding defense for striking victims of coal company terror. Speakers at the meeting will in- clude Edmund Wilson, critic; Waldo Frank, novelist and critic; Malcolm Cowley, editor of the New Republic; Quincy Howe, editor of The Living Age; John Henry Hammond, Jr., journalist; Dr. Elsie Reed Mitchell, physician; Lister M. Oak, writer and member of the John Reed Club; Harold Hickerson, co-author of “Gods of the Lightning”; Mary Heaton Vorse, leading American labor jour- nalist and novelist; Louis Colman, novelist, author of “Lumber”; A. M. photographers, who managed by ruse to save their films when the night- riders destroyed all photographic evi- dence of the terror they could find on the committee. A challenge to the Aossociated Press to send a representative to meet charges of misrepresentation and biased news has been sent out by the National Committee. The committee charges that Herndon Evans, editor of the Pineville Sun, one of the mob leaders, is A. P. representative and is sending out streams of lies about the miners. VOLUNTEERS WANTED. automobiles to help collect food for the dressmakers on strike. Re- port any day at 16 West 2ist Street, local office of the Workers PHILADELPHIA, ‘Pa, Fe Feb. eT — Twelve locals of. the United Mine Workers with a membership of over 15,000 of District 1, were officially represented at the preliminary or- ganizational conference of the miners’ rank and file move- ment of this district on Feb. 14, at Concord Hall, Olyphant, Pa. | Havanta? In addition there were delegates from the local rank and file opposi- tion groups and delegates elected at miners’ mass meetings. Will Fight for Demands, The conference was the most en- thusiastic ever held, taking place ‘after the sell-out at the Indianap- olis convention, and adopted a real practical program and demands for further development of the rank and file movement in which the cenral points were struggle against wage cuts, work for all miners and immediate cash relief and for un- employment insurance from the county and state governments, Looking upon the conference as {CONTINUED ON PSGE THREE) NEIGHBORHOOD THEATRES EAST 6SIDE—BRONE JEEFERION —RKO Acts— Maurice Schwartz Wednesday to Friday —On the Screen— LEW AYRES |\“HEAVEN Joe Jackson Art Frank Joe Phillips Broadway Bound Prospects reise International Relief. Mass organizations, get into revolutionary competition to save Daily Worker, 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 fn- termission of one hour at 7. No Mats. GUILD THEA,, 524 St., W. of Bway The Theatre Guild Presents REUNION IN VIENNA A Comeay -By ROBERT E. SHERWOOD. Martin Beck THEA. 45th St. & 8 Ave. Eve. 8:40 Mats, Thurg.Sat.2:40 COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW By With ELMER RICE PAUL MUNI “WE STRIKE” and “ON THE BOWERY” Two Revolutionary Acts By DR. MORRIS LEVITT Published by LW.O. Pricelse At WORKERS BOOKSHOP 50 E, 13th St. N. ¥. C. ON EARTH” with —RKO Acts— Pepito Harry Welsh with Harry n Mills Anita Louise Morray & Fane Homer Ro, maine Slim Summerville EAST SIDE 4 Days—Wed,, Thurs. Fri, Sat, CONRAD VEIDT Brillitant Continental Star in The Last Company A Love Drama of Thirteen and « Girl—A Story of the Napoleonte War ALSO— “A TRIP TO SWEDEN” Acme Theatre 14th Street and Union Square 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 Capacity Week Soviet Russia’s First Talkie! 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