The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 22, 1932, Page 1

WORKERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE! ee ¢ Section of the Communist incl ) Norker aumict Porty U.S.A. SAVE THE DAILY WORKER! RUSH FUNDS TO 50 EAST 13th STREET, NEW YORK CITY! ‘Vol IX, Emtered as second-class matter at the Pont Office at New York, N. Y., ander the act of March 3, 1879 NEW YORK, MONDAY, , FEBRUARY 22, 1932 — "Price ; 3 Cents _ Cc ITY :DITION STOP THE ROBBER WAR AGAINST CHINA! ALL OUT TODAY! HANDS OFF CHINA! JAPANESE BOMB CHINESE | | REFUGEES; DROWN WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN CREEKS Imperialist Press Admits Invaders Are Carry- ing On Deliberate Terror Against Chinese Masses Workers! Stop the Robber War Against China! Demand Withdrawal of All Imperialist Armed Forces! ieee hance | — Furious at the heroic resistance of the revo- lutionary Chinese workers of Shanghai and soldiers fighting in defiance of the Nanking} government, the Japanese on Saturday intensi- | fied their campaign of frightfulness against | the Chinese masses. The Japanese, ‘defeated in three weeks, launched another fenders of Shanghai on Satur death throughout the day on ts of the South China City. The * ly populated proletarian sections of Hongkew and Kiangwa were turned into bloody shamples as the Japanese duplicated their mass murders of a few weeks ago in the Chapei district where over 15,000 unarmed Chinese men, women and children were} laughtered, and other thousands. maimed for life. TInnperialist press dispatches from | Fresno, admit tb he Japanese | ing the most ist Une ~ Chinese . ‘ ai dispatch reports jomes of. workers and peasants cliberately put to the torch by the Japanese and unarmed Chinese men, women and children thrown into the icy waters of creeks and ponds. The dispatch states: “The Japanese took Kiangwan at 5.30 p, m. for the s-cond time and under a glowing sunset began what happened to be a deliberate cam- paign of terror, demolishing, every- thing in their path along the coun- tryside. “They set fire to the ruins of buildings, put haystacks to the torch and killed civilians. They threw peasants—men, women and children—into creeks and sloughs. This detail of the day’s activities is (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE? Demonstrate Today in Union Square Against War on Chinese Masses Demand Withdrawal Forces from China! Defend Soviet China, Soviet » NEW YORK.—New York workers will stage a mighty protest in Union Square today against the robber war tn China, the frightful butchery of Chinese workers and pea: cations against te Soviet Unino. The anti-war demonstration is called by the United Front Committee of workers’ organizations. It will assem- ble in Union Square at 12:30 noon, An earlier demonstration, organi: trial Union and the Down Town Unemployed Council will assemble at 10:30 a. m. at Whitehall Street, near the Consulate of the Japanese im- perialist murderers of the Chinése people. stration will march to Union Square, joining the workers there, The combined demonstrations will then march jointly to Rutgers Square. All workers’ organizations are urged to turn out with their banners and slogans, The war In China is an attack on the entire world work- It is aimed at looting and dividing up China among the im- It is aimed at crushing the Chinese Revolution and It is aimed against the Chinese Soviet Republic and ing class. perialist bandits. its Red Army. against the Soviet Union. their objectives for the past big offensive against the de-| day. Japanese (planes lrained the zemning working class WANT TO DEPORT WORKER TO ITALY ELLIS ISLAND, N. Y.—Wheni Doak's deportation agents discovered that Pietro Micali, anti-fascist of Calif. had a Communist Party membership book in his pos- ion, they changed their decision ting him the right of voluntary departure and ordered him shipped back to Italy, where certain death awaits him. The International Labor Defense is now fighting to save him from fascist torture. Micali, who came to the United States in 1925, was held for deporta- tion in Fresno and finally granted the right of going voluntarily to France, He secured a French visa and bought his steamship ticket, Then it was discovered he was a Communist Party member. Micali’s ship left while he was being held. Inspector MacIntosh, of Ellis Island, re-opened his case and recommended deportation to Italy. His excuse was that Micali, who has spent his last money on a ticket to Frunce, would have ot be deported at government expense, and hence should be sent to Italy. of Imperialist Armed Union! sants and the monstrous war provo- zed by the Marine Workers’ Indus- The workers at this demon- 2. Executive and Trade Boards 3. 4, Who Will Attend the T. U.U. L. Conference? Because of the important problems that will be taken up at the New York conference of the revolufionary untons, industrial leagues and minority groups, the Executive Committee of the Trade Union Unity Council decided to constitute the conference as follows: 1, All delegates to the newly elected Trade Union Unity Council. wo d-legates from each shop branch or group. Pwo delegatesfrom each opposition group, §. Fraternal delegates from the Communist Party, Young Com- munist League, International Labor Defense, Workers International Re- lief, City Unemployed Council, Labor Sports Union, League of Struggle for Negro Rights, Tnternational Workers Order, and Worker# Clubs, of unions and leagues. DEMAND THE RECALL OF JAPANESE TROOPS FROM) MANCHURIA AND ALLPARTS OF CHINA! DEMAND THE EXPULSION OF JAPANESE DIPLOMAT- IC REPRESENTATIVES IN THE UNITED STATES! STOP THE SHIPMENT OF ARMS AND AMMUNITION TOCHINA! ~ WITHDRAW AMERICAN BATTLESHIPS AND TROOPS FROM CHINA! TO THE AMERICAN WORKL TO THE TOILING POPULATION OF AMERICA: HE bloody war against China is becom- Japanese imperialism, the spearhead of the world capitalist powers is pouring thousands of | soldiers and marines into Shanghai, and is raining death upon the Chinese masses. Proletarian Shanghai is in flames. The Japanese imperialist armies are com- mitting unspeakable horrors against the They have seized Harbin and are now extending their operations into western and northern Manchuria. have set up a puppet government in Man- churia for the plunder of the Chinese, mas- ses and as a war base against the Soviet ing ever fiercer. in the Far East, Chinese people. Union. The war in China is a murderous robber war, a war of loot and plunder of the mil- lions of the Chinese masses. perialism is profiting in this war. ing blood money out of the lives of the It is manufacturing and shipping arms for use against China. encouraging the provocation of Japan against Chinese masses. the Soviet Union, American imperialism is holding its armed forces in readiness against the advancing Chinese Red Army, which is fighting for the emancipation of China. time American imperialism is maneuvering about with its chief rival in the Far Fast, Japan, in order that it may share of the plunder in China for the in- terests of Wall Street. Workers! War in the Far East means CLASS: China, which They international American im- It is coin- It is ammunition, China! from China! At the same from China! get the lion’s against China! Let the mighty world of labor be heard de- manding in huge unprecedented demonstra- tions HANDS OFF CHINA! Demand the expulsion of the diplomatic representatives of murderous Japanese im- perialism from the United States! Demonstrate against the Japanese bloody war makers in every city! Seamen and Dock Workers: No loading of war against the toiling masses of the world! It means the danger of a world war in the interests of the profiteers! Nations cannot and does not want to stop the war against China. Pact is a hollow sham and cannot and will not stop war in China. tional working class, upon the toiling popula- tion of the world. depends the defense of The League of The Kellogg Peace Upon the interna- is an inseparable part of the defense of the Soviet Union, depends the stopping of the bandit war against China. The toiling masses of Japan, under the lead- ership of the heroic Communist Party are fighting the war. American workers! Take your place in the front ranks of the Mobilize your forces! struggle to stop the robber war Arrange mass meetings! no shipment of arms against Demand the withdrawal of Japanese troops Demand the withdrawal of American bat- ‘tleships and marines from Chinese waters! HANDS OFF CHINA! SOVIET UNION! CENTRAL COMMITTEE, C. P., U. S. A. DEFEND THE Communist Party, ; Calls Mass Meet for Bread Strike The Communist Party has ar- ranged a mass meeting in support of the Brighton Beach bread strike for Monday at 3034 Ocean Park- way Hall, 8 p.m. Prominent Party speakers will address the meeting. The Communist Party, as distin- guished from the Socialist Party who has been trying to break the strike, gives its fullest support and helps to lead the struggles of all workers for better conditions. VOLUNTEERS All yolunteets for the Anti-War meeting on Monday, February 22, are asked to report at the District Office at 10 a.m. in order to get their definite assignments. Sale of literature will also be taken care of by the District office. All workers are asked to help the committee to keep proletarian discipline at the demonstration, Kush every penny to save Daily Worker or leadership in workers’ struggles. Fight to FreeTom Mooney To Take on New Force With Coliseum Meet Wednesday Fifteenth / Aanivernséy of Frame- Up Death Sentence Against Mooney Mrs. Mooney Ignores Doctor’s Advice When She Learns of Attempt by Thomas, Muste, Etc., to SAN FRANCISCO, Disrupt Meeting Feb. 21. — Mrs. Mary Mooney, 84-year old mother of Tom Mooney, boarded an express train at San Francisco late last night to speed across the continent to New York where she will speak at the Free-Mooney mass meeting in the Bronx Mrs. Mooney left despite the Coliseum, Wednesday, 8 p. m. warning of her physician that the 3,000 mile grueling journey might be “fatal.” Mooney’s mother disregarded the doctor’s advice in order to attend this giant protest meeting arranged by the New Tammany “Investigators” ‘Admit Starvation in N.Y. NEW YORK.—A picture of the acute hunger of the great majority of the 1,000,000 unemployed in New York City is shown by an investiga- tion of 6,304 applicants for relief to the Emergency Work and Relief Bureau, x) Even the Tammany investigaters were forced to admit that 81 per cent of the families they visited had no food at all and were suffering from hunger. All were in debt, some heavily and could borrow no more. Those had savings had spent their last penny and some had lost ‘their savings in bank crashes. Of the families visited 88 per cent were behind in rent and were faced with eviction. This is just an example of the condition faced by the unemployed workers throughout the country, a condition that even the capitalist biased “investigators” are forced to admit is getting worse all the time, ®York district of the International Labor Defense, “I don’t care what it means to me,” she said, “so long as I can keep up with the fight of the working class to free Tom.” Her decision to come was made when it was disclosed that the so- called Mooney Pardon Committee in New York, headed by the rinity of misleaders, the Thomases, Mustes and the Lovestone renegades, tried their utmost to disrupt the meeting ar- ; tanged by the LL.D, The Bell Tele- | phone Company allied itself with these fakers in an attempt to throw a monkey wrench into the arrange- ments for the great meeting at which ‘at least 25,000 are expected to at- tend. When the New York District, LL.D., which had. arranged for Mother | ideipeapelia Union Votes Endorsement of Jobelss Insurance MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The Building Laborers Union of Min- neapolis voted last Wednesday to endorse the struggle for unemploy- | ment insurance and to call an| A. F. L, conference of local unions for that purpose ) The union local also dona to the ILD in support of its m defense campaign for the seven | arrested at the Feb. 4th demon- strations, as well as for its cam-| paign in support of Mooney, the | Scotsboro boys and the Kentucky | miners. The membership showed its sup- port for the Kentucky strike, atfer | hearing a telegram read about the murder of Harry Simms, by voting | to take a block of tickets for a} | WIR affair to raise relief funds | NEW GAINS SCORED BY DRESS STRIKE; MASS MEET UNION SQ. TUESDAY Mass Labor Conteenee Pledges Support to | United Front; 100 Shops Settle NEW YORK, Feb. 22.—The beginning of the third week of the United Front Dressmakers’ Strike finds the ranks of the strikers increased manyfold and a large number of vic- |tories scored. Thousands of dressmak members of the International, who crowded the Cooper Union Hall last week and thousands more are responding enthusiastically to the for the Kentucky miners Slackening of Efforts Now is Dangerous;Rush Funds to Save “Daily” The response from District 17, which includes Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky, to the Daily Worker Emergency Drive, shows the close connection of the Daily Werker with the workers’ struggles., That district, which has been marked hy the bosses’ murder- ous terror against the Kentucky and Tennessee miners and against the Tampa tobacco workers, has already filled 43.3 percent of its quota in the campaign to rush funds to save the Daily Worker, as compared with the general average, for the districts of the entire country, of only 18.1 per cent. The total amount received by the Daily Worker so far is $10,575.30 which looks like big money, but when it is compared to the Daily Worker’s debts, and te its immedi- ate pressing needs for paper sup- plies, ete, it is a terribly small amount. The New York district has contirbuted more than half of this sum. Districts like Detroit, which sent in only $50 56.89 so far, Chicago, which sent in only $308.55, and Cleveland, which sent in enly $507, are holding up the drive. These dis- tricts, we admit, are near the top, but that means nothing when we know that the workers can be ral- Ned there on a much wider scale to support the paper that leafis the workers’ struggles. These districts can also reach 40 per cent and more of their quota if the werkers are approached and brought into the campaign. Get committees active. Issue bul- letins. Stimulate revolutionary com- petition. Distribute Daily Worker donaton books and give the workers a chance to contribute. We have been too passive up to new. The time is lenge past due for action. The Daily Worker drive must be a burn- ing question at Party meetings. Speed it up! Rush funds to save the Daily Worker. _ movement for one strike for better working conditions in the shops and against the Schlesinger-Dubin * many y-Lovestone-Tam- conspiracy to séll the workers out. Side by side with the steady spread of the strike stands a recerd of victories won through | the three weeks of determined and nting struggle. Over 100 shops tled to date, the bosses recog- nizing the shop committees and the revolutionary union, the workers winning an increase in wages and a reduction in hours. Revolt continues to spread inside the ranks of the International, whose 1s will meet today with the manufacturers behind closed 's in the Commodore Hotel to {| make final preparations for the sell- out. The rank and file committees of International members, who or- ‘ganized’ the’ Cooper Union meeting | Thursday, will appear before the trike committee of the United Front | Strike and the strike committees in | the various International halls and propose that joint meetings of all strikers be called at once and that | joint shop conferences shall “be or- ganized so) as to establish united front leadership of the strike and thus block the Schlesinger sell-out. Mass Demonstration at Union Square Tomorrow. A huge mass demonstration of all strikers will be held on Union Square tomorrow at 11 a.m. The demonstration, called by the rank and file committee of Interna- tional dressmakers, will expose the betrayal conspiracy of the Schles- inger bund and rally the workers into one united strike to destroy the miserable sweatshops. Labor Conference Pledges Support, New and energetic support was pe {CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) LANDLORDS TRY - TO BREAK BRONX RENT STRIKE 8 Arrested, 35 Get Evictions But Strikes Stay Strong NEW YORK, N. Y.—In the rent strikes now in progress in the Bronx the bosses try many stunts to break them. Eight workers were arrested by po- lice called by the landlord of 733 Arnow Ave., after an open air meet- ing had been held in front of the house to mobilize the neighborhood in support of the strike there. There were he'd under $500 bail. “he atiorney for the landlord de-~ ynded in court that the workers e held without bail for “inciting to riot, disorderly conduct, etc, The workers were defended by Buiten- kant who attacked the denial of the police of the workers’ rights to hold mectings and organize, Thirty-five workers, tenants of the five houses on strike on Longe fellow Ave., have been served with eviction notices and are to appear in court on February 23. Cn Sunday the workers stopped the attempts of someone to scab on them by moving into the house, The workers believe this had been planned by the landlord to disrupt their strike. One of the men who tried to move in is an executive of the United Hat Workers Union. The block committee will expose his name if he pers’sts in his attempt to scabe, The tenants will hold mass dem- onstrations and rally the section to protest against the eviction notices and will carry on their work for = victorious strike, rine i ioe a alls 3 Mother Mooney on Way Across Continent to Speak at Bronx Coliseum Wednesday Despite I Ilness / Dail Central Org