The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 29, 1932, Page 3

DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, M DAY, . FEBRUARY 29, 1982 _ Page Three —— Japanese and Nanking TraitorsPlan Joint Attack Against Chinese Soviets Nanking Official Asks for Wall Street Loans and Munitions for New Attack on Chinese Revolution Dr. Kung Warns Imperialist Masters That Chi- nese Masses Are Turning to Communist Leadership BULLETIN. NORFOLK, Va., Feb. 28—A Japanese ship sailed from this port a few days ago with a cargo of nitrate for Japan to be used in making munitions, The U. S. imperialists are not only supporting the Japanese. im- perialists in their war against the Chinese masses and their provocation against the Soviet Union, but American imperialism is rushing its pre- parations for war. Huge bombing planes are engaged in regular target practice here, using the most powerful explosives. explosion of huge bombs light up the sky at night. Flashes from the The sound of the bombing practice can be heard all over Norfolk, even though it takes place several miles from the city, Under the pretext of stopping reinforce- ments from the Nanking government, which are no¢ forthcoming, for the heroic defenders of Shanghai, the Japanese yesterday an- nounced their intention of pushing the robber | war against China into the interior. Additional Japanese war- | ships are to- be sent up the Yangtze River. Bombing planes are to be used to duplicate on the Upper Yangtze the butchery and campaign of frightfulness unleashed by the Japanese against the revolutionary workers of Shanghai. aimed directly at the Chinese Soviet @~ Republic and th eChinese Red Armies whose victories against the Kuomin- tang tools of the imperialists are alarming the imperialists. Hand in hand -with the Japanese offensive against the Chinese Soviet Republic, the Kuomintang militarists are to attack the Soviet districts from the South and East. Chiang Kai-shek’s generals and the Canton clique are now mobilizing huge armies in the four provinces of Szchuen, Kweichau, east of the Soy- jet districts, and Kwangsi and AKwangtung, to the south of the Sov- jet districts. Warns Imperialist Masters of Leftward Trend of Masses. Dr. H. H. Kung, Nanking Minister of Industry and Commerce and brotuer-in-law of Qhiang Kai-shek, yesterday warned his imperialist masters of the revolutionary trend of the Chinese masses and of the neces- sity of the Nanking government put- ting up a show of resistance against the Jap@mese invaders. He declared that the Nanking Kuomintang gov- ernment “was the only organized bulwark against Communism,” and urged the granting of credits and war supplies by the Wall Street gov- ernment. A Shanbhai dispatch, re- porting his appeal to Wall Street, says: “Dr. Kung forecast Communist rule in China, of Japan’s military machine crushes the Chinese forces. He pointed out that the Kuomin- tang (government party) was the only organized bulwark against Communism, and said that if its troops were defeated the country would fall an easy prey to |the Communists.” Attacks Revolutionary Masses, Not Japanese. The Nanking trops are now being used against the revolutionary masses in the Chinese Soviet districts in- stea dof against the Japanese in- vaders is admitted by Kung, who warns the imperialists that the Nan- king government may be forced to withdraw some of these troops to send against the Japanese—in order to save the face of the Kuomintang and stem the fury of the masses, whose opposition to the Kuomintang is growing stronger daily. The Shanghai dispatch says: “The reinforcements for the Chi- nese defense forces at Shanghai, Dr. Kung said, would have to come from Kiangsi Province, south- west of Shanghai, thus abandoning that area to the Communists, who have been active there for some months. . . . Dr. Kung said the withdrawal of government forces from this area would make possible a consolidation of Communist in- fluence there with the Communist areas of other adjoining provinces.” Most of Kiangsi Province is now in the hands of the revolutionary Chi- nese workers and peasants and their Red Army. Kuomintang troops were driven out of Nanchang, capital of the province, about two weeks ago. Kwangchow, in the extreme south of the province, is now being, besieged by a Chinese Red Army. A Wash- ington dispatch reports that four of the six Americans there have been evacuated. The other two are re- ported “prepared to leave on short notice.” While yesterday's dispatches from Shanghai caretully omit mention of the rising mass revolutionary move- ment in that city, the dispatches re- port the foreign imperialists as pre- paring to evacuate their natignals from the International Settlemen’ This indicates growing fear on the part of the imperialists of the revo- lutionary mood of the scores of thou- sands of starving refugees and unem- ployed workers in the city. Previous dispatches reported the rapid growth of Communist influence in Shanghai. Chinese. workers at the Astor House Hotel in Shanghai yesterday went on strike in protest against the arrest by the Japanese of an Ameri- can-born worker, The Japanese were aided by a Russian White Guard employed at the hotel as a bell-boy. A Shanghai dispatch reports: “Angered, every Chinese employe in the hotel quit work. Plead as they might, the guests had no ser- vice between noon and 2 p.m. The Chinese returned to work only after the Russian bell-boy was dismissed. The militant action of the Chinese hotel workers indicate the temper of the Chinese masses in Shang- hai.” \ Russian White Guards, dressed in the uniform of the Japanese army, are reported arriving in large num- bers at Shanghai to fight in the Japanese forces against the Chinese masses. White Guords are employed in large numbers as police in the In- ternational Settlement, controlled by the United States and England. Financial Chisis Gets Worse In Japan. The financial crisis in Japan, al- ready grave, is growing worse. The war appropriations and the exten- sive inflation of the currency have Placed ne wburdens on the backs of the already starving Japanese work- ers and ruined peasants. A Wash- ington dispatch reports: “Predictions that the operations in China will seriously aggravate Japan's ‘already strained financial situation’ was received today from Halleck A. Butts, commercial at- tache at Tokio, “Buts informed the Commerce Department domestic loans prob- ably would be necessary.” Metal Worker Exposes Fake Job Publicity (By a Worker Correspondent) CHESTER, Pa.—John Stermal, a worker 25 years of age who has been unemployed a few months in Chester, Pa, Having worked previously in the Sun Ship Yard for three years mak- ing about $20a week as a “regulator” setting heavy plates in the ships, he returned tothe Sun Ship Yard try- ing to get a job. The employment agency sent him to the company doc- tor who niformed the worker thag When the Winter Winds Begin to Blow You will find it warm and cozy Camp Nitgedaiget food tna” fresh” ana” “especialy prepared, SPECIAL ba) — ‘weex. For further information cal] the— TIVE OFFICE’ ronx Park East ele-Lsterbrooke 8-1400 he is not in good enough health to get Job there although he worked there before. When John asked the doctor what was wrong with him he refused to tell him. John then went to a private doctor, Joseph A. Dimedio, of 811 W. Third St., Chester, Pa., whotold him that he is in perfect condition. On receiv- ing the doctor's certificate, John went to the company doctor and showed him the certificate but the doctor ordered a man to throw him out, which was done. The Chester Times, a local capi- talist sheet for a number of weeks printed news items that the Sun Ship Yard was going to hire workers, John, too, read this news and there- fore went to the Chester Times with his story. But the city editor of the Chester Times flatly refused to print the story on the ground that it is a personal argument. In this way the Chester Times proved that it will print lies of the Sun Ship Yard about fake jobs but will not print the truth when the workers come to them. John Stremal realized that the only way out of starvation by the workers is to organize and fight for Unem- ployment Insurance. Join the Unemployed Council which meets every Thursday, 11 a, m, at 120 W. Third St., Chester, Pa. The move is | “SELF DETERMINATION” A LA TOKIO This is the fifth of a series of six articles by Harrison George on the Japanese seizure of Manchuria in its robber war against China and provocation against the Soviet Union. The war in the Far East is of vital concern to every worker. Already, the United States articles. in advance. By HARRISON GEORGE. UST how “independent” is the “independ- can be seen by the insolent hypocrisy of the Japanese im- perialist press, a prize editorial in this re- spect being one in the “Osaka Mainichi” of January 10, from which the following il- ent republic of Ankuo.” Tuminating lines are taken: “If any Third Power attempts to inter- | fere with the establishment of the new government in Manchuria, it will be a seri- ous blunder: Evidently ! part as the “Second Power,” War Depart- ment has ordered a rush printing of thirty- three million draft blanks in preparation for the drafting of American workers to fight for the interests and loot in China of Wall Street. Every worker should read this series of short Order your copy of the Daily Worker Contribute your share to save the Daily Worker, to guarantee that the Daily Worker will not be froced to suspend.—Editor. . Although, considering Japan’s one must won- tion.” mination” ernment.” No, indeed! Japan! East! ‘SOVIET UNION IN STERN WARNING DEMANDS JAPANESE 8 HALT WAR. PROVOCATION (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) at Harbin on the Chinese Eastern Railway to draw up an agreement to transport Japanese troops over all the lines of the Chinese Eastern at 50 per cent reduction and to transport Japanese troops necessary to guard the Eastern free. Karakhan also demanded an ex- planation of this request, declaring it to be of a political nature, affect- ing agreemepts existing between the Soviet Union and Japan on the one hand and between the Soviet Union and China on the other. Denounce Japanese Support of White Guards 3. M. Kahakhar pointed to the activities of White Guards in Man- churia “under the sovereignty and directly aided by Japanese.” He de- clared this to be in violation of Mr. Hirota’s assurance to Litvinoff and Karakhan that the Japanese would not encourage White Guard activities against the Soviet Union. He de- manded an explanation of these ac- tivities. y 4. Information regarding the new puppet Manchurian government set up by the Japanese and their Chinese Militarist tools was requested. Japanese Seek Pretext for War ‘The Japanese imperialists, in their provocative moves against the Soviet Union, are also trying to raise the question of Japanese fishing rights in northern waters of the Soviet Union. A Tass dispatch from Tokio reports that the Seiyukai party, now controlling the Japanese government, has resolved that Japan must not only think about China, Manchuria and Mongolia, (which the Japanese aim to loot and subjugate) but also about fishing grounds in the north- ern waters of the Soviet, in which, they claim, the Japanese share has decreased in the last few years as a result of poor diplomacy. * ‘The Soviet press brands this claim as a lie. Izvestia points out that the Japanese are trying to falsify the real situation as to the fishing problem and to fool not only their onw pub- lic, but the public of all the world. The statement that the Japanese share of the fishing grounds is small- er than the Soviet share and is de- creasing year by year, Izvestia says is entirely untrue, declaring that on the contrary it is growing steadily, and the Japanese share si now 58 per cent to theSoviet’s 42. Izvestia adds that the Japanese forget that the fishing grounds are actually in Soviet territory. In cnocludes with a warning note: “The only answer to this question is the increased appetite of several Japanese circles who, after attempts in Shanghai and Manchuria, want to try their luck in Soviet waters. May be it would be better for these gentlemen to curb their appetite and be a little more modest.” Holds Japan Has Conquered Manchuria The Soviet’s blunt and official rep- resentations to Japan followed closely on the heels of authentic news from Peiping that the Japanese were or- ganizing a White Guard force in Man- churia for the invasion of the Soviet Province of Primor, at the same time that a Japanese Army invaded the Trans-Baikal Province, the eastern terminus of the Chinese Eastern Rail- way. 'To the Soviet’s request for informa- tion on thenew puppet government organized by the Japanese in Man- churia, the Japanese Ambassado- re-. plied with typical imperialist hypo- crisy that the question was directed to the wrong quarter because the es- tablishment of the new State was purely a Manchurian affair. To which Karakhan bluntly replied that Mn- churia was at present under the con- trol of the Japanese Army and any- thing happening tiiere must be known to the Japanese Government. Tokio Admits Move Aimed at USSR Tokyo officials have openly admit- ted that the attempt to use the Chi- nese Eastern Railway for the move- ment of Japanese troops to Imienpo against the Soviet Union. A Tokyo dispatch to. the New York Times quotes a Japanese spokesman as sug- gesting that the Japanese Army, “having heard of Russian concentra- tion, might have intended its request as a counter move.” The Japanese imperialists have themselves previous- ly admitted that there has been no concentration of Soviet troops. The lie of “Russian concentration” is used in an attempt to justify the mon- strous provocatio against the Sovat Union by the Japanese imperialists. This provocation is admitted even in imperialist circles. The New York Herald Tribune de- clared in an editorial on Sunday: “The excitement which Japanese operations in Manchuria have aroused in the Primorsk Province— the Siberian Far East—is not diffi- cult to understand. The Japanese attitudetoward the Soviet Union has become decidedly provocative.” ®& Workers! Demand that the Jap- anese troops get owt of China! De- mand thatthe diplomatic representa- tives of the Japanese imperialist rob- bers b edriven out! * War Aimed at Working Class and Soviet World Workers! The Wall Street gov- der whom the editor of the Osaka Mainichi thinks he was deceiving by above by saying: “That government (of Manchuria) has nothing to do with Japan. make this point clear once and for all. Needness to say, the people of Manchuria have their own right to self-determina- | And to make quite clear that “self deter- of the Manchurian people is a passionate aim of the Japanese government, the editorial closes with: “There cannot be any sort of meddling with a Third Power in the formation of the new Manchurian government. there can be no room for doubt as to the relations between Japan and this new gov- | Such: workers, is the “independent repub- lic of Ankuo,” established for the deliberate aim of being used by world imperialism to | make war on the Soviet Union in the Far | ; | gran following the Ve need to And There can be no doubt! Not while the “self-determination of the Man- churian people” tude by the armed forces of is the object of such solici- | imperialist | | ernment is supporting the Japanese in their butchery of the Chinese masses and war provocation against the So- viet Union. The Wall Street imper- | ialists who have thrown over twelve million workers on thestreets to starve are now trying to throw the working class into a new and bloodier world slaughter. This war is aimed at the working class at home and abroad, and especially at the victories of the working class in the Soviet Union and in the Chinese Soviet districts. The robber war in China and the war plots of the imperialists against the Soviet Union, are aimed at your interests, workers, at your living standards at home, at your class vic- tories in the Soviet Union. War means not only the slaughter- ing of millions and the maiming of other millions. It means the most intense hunger, starvation, destruc- tion of living standards, increased terror against the working class and murderous destruction of life, both at the front and in the cities thousands | time bein; N.Y. Dress Strikers Contribute $3.00 to the Daily Worker Three dollars has bene contri- buted by t. of the Smart Fo! Dress Co., 463 Seventh Ave. New York, to save the Daily Worker. “Two of our fellow workers, Hy- man*® Workman and Meyer Mar- cus,” says the letter from the ers, “were convinced to serve en days in Tombs prison on Smart Form Shop. In honor of the release of the comrades we contribute §3 to our Daily and pledge to fight on for better living conditions and against slavery. We are in the fifth week of our strike.” | | a frame up by the bosses of the | | | Admit Glass-Steagall Act Inflation and War Move NEW YORK.—In a public statement accompanying his signature of the Glass-Steagall Banking Bill, President Hoover openly admitted the two major purposes of this last of a series of desperate financial ‘ measure for entrance into uggle for financial supremacy with French imperial ‘The Glass-Steagall Bill provides for the “liberalizing” of all credit emis- restrictions formerly in force for as much paper money to be issued as can beissued at and for “freeing” approximately $800,000,000 present | of gold now tied up in the vaults of ‘3500 DEMONSTRATE IN STEEL TOWN AGAINST REFUSAL OF AID {CONTINUED PROM PAGE ONED state cossacks or all three the first 2 weeks ago .Not during the whole steel strike*of 1919 was so | much as an indoor mass meeting per- | mitted. The workers protested vigorously against the failure of City Council to their demands and voted unanimously to send a larger del- jegation back to council next week, also adding 8 new demands’ to those already submitted to Council which ordered them “Received and Filed.” The only disturbance came when a Legionnaire tried to disrupt the meeting with drunken cries for Father Cox, who was publicily chal- lJenged by Joe Daley, chairman of the meeting to appear on the same plat- form with Herbert Benjamin, na- tional secretary of the Unemployed Councils, when the latter speaks in McKeesport March 14th. |Employed Join with Unememployed | Although primarily a demonstra- | tion against starvation from unem- Ployment and the vicious stagger system, the meeting took on the character of a joint action of em- ployed and unemployed ~ against wage cuts and starvation when the | McKeesport Tin Plate Company put | over indirect wage cuts on the hot mill men, running as high as 15-20 | Per cent, this week, The cuts came in the form of orders to the crews to give 5 passes of miles from the front, by the mod- ern devices of slaughter. Workers! Rally to the fight against war! the Communist Party which alone leads that fight! Demand hands off China! Hands off the Soviet Union! Demand the withdrawal of all im- perialist forces and warships from China! diplomatic agents of Japanese imper- ialism which is enacting the role of spearhead in the butchery of the Chi- nese masses, in the armed attack on | the Chinese Soviet Republic and in the war provocation against the So- viet Union. NEW TACTICS IN THE HUNGER OFFENSIVE (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) 88 per cent of the States popula- tion. . . . The state department of agriculture reports the principla products of the State even lower than in 1910. . . . Building con- struction is 15 per cent less than in 1931 and 62 per cent of skilled labor is unemployed . . . more concerns failed in 1931 than in 1930.” (New York Evening Post, Feb. 25.—Re- port of Charles H. Johnson, State Commissoner of Public Welfare.) We submit the above as a picture given of the economic situation in the richest state in the union, where are located the main offices of the wealthiest corporations in the United States—a picture given, it may be remarked, by one of the beneficiaries of the capitalist system. Given such a situation the condi- tion of the working population and their dependents necessarily is one of utter misery. In other states the situation is the same or worse— notably in the south—and below this general level of Borer are the Ne~ gro masses, ‘Therefore a eiioctne wisp in the form of “unemployment insurance” is held out to the hungry millions of workers. ‘They ate supposed to fix their eyes on this, forget their pres- sent sufferings and follow with grateful gaze the progress of the Proposed measures through the laby- rinth of legislative procedure, taking as their champions the conscience- less demagogues who are trying to coin mass misery into political pre- ferment for themselves, and to dem- onstrate to the big bosses that their particular formula is the best for further fooling the masses and post- poning the day of reckoning, for capitalism. The proposals for “unemployment insurance” by the Governor's Com- mission of N. Y, State and by a re- cent conference of governors of some five six states have two features in common: First: They make absolutely no provision for the more than 12,000,000 workers at present unemployed in the United States, «Second: They fix the weekly in- surance payments, and the amount of the total payments so low that it is clear these proposals are based on the existing starvation income of the American working-class in the crisis period. In other words, these “unem- Ployment insurance” schemes re- present a studied atfempt to stab- and Pogranichinaya was directed ilize wages at a poverty level. ° The amount proposed is a maxi- mum of $10 weekly—for a period of not more than 10 weeks in any one year—if 50 per cent of a worker's wages would be more than $10 weekly. If 50 per cent of the worker's wages comes to less than $10 per week, then he receives the smaller sum for 10 weeks, no matter how long he may be out of a job. But to qualify even for this pit- tance a worker must have a job, when and if these proposals become law. This automatically eliminates the 12,000,000 now jobless in America from any insurance even if these proposals became law tomorrow. Governor Roosevelt's scheme—as do the others—places the greater part of the control of the unemploy- ment insurance funds—to be built up by setting aside one'or two per cent of the payroll—in the hands of the employers. The government connec- tion with the scheme is much like its supervision of the various state laws for dealing with compensation for injurtes in the course of employment. In other words words, the empolyers are to be given an additional weapon against the workers since to benefit a worker must have been employed for a certain length of time. The payments are to be made by the firm or corporation aad this feature alone shows that the proposals have the purpose of tying workers closer to the boss, making strikes for better con- ditions more difficult by threat of the loss of even the miserable sums allotted for unemployment. All of these proposed measures are not eevn the smallest of sops thrown to the working-class—they furnish only an opportunity for lying prop- aganda about and against the Work- ers Unemployment Bill of the Unem- ployed Councils—but in actual fact the enactment of such “unemploy- ment insurance” legislation as that favored by Governor Roosevelt, Pin- chot and other presidential possibi- lities would leave the working-class worse off than without it. The main purposes of these pro- posals, we repeat again, are to give capitalist party demagogues an op- portunity to capitalize the growing mass misery of the hungry millions of men, women and children of the working-class to halt and weaken the struggle for geunine workers unem- ployment insurance for every worker in the United States, divert atten- tion from the role of federal gov- ernment as the chief executive com- mittee of the capitalist class—and to J frame proposals that even . enacted Join | Demand the expulsion of the | through the rolls) on roughdowns (instead of 4) and 3 passes on 4s, (instead of 3) and Sunday night to work all night on 4 Part System at |3 Part wages. Both orders mean a | tremendous intensification of labor— into law providing for the payment of the pittance mentioned will strengthen the position of the em- ployers as against workers and their organizations. Contrast such proposals with those continued in the Unemployed Coun- cil demands: IMMEDIATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AT FULL WAGES. 1, That a system of federal Unem- Ployment Insurance be immediately established by an act of congress and made immediately effective, guaranteeing full wages to all work- ers wholly or partly unemployed through no fault of their own, for the entire period of unemployment, FOR ALL WORKERS—NO DIS- CRIMINATION. 2. That Unemployment Insurance be paid to every unemployed worker, adult and youth, industrial and agricultural, office employee and all other categories of wage labor, na- ,tive and foreign-born, citizen and non-citizen, Negro and white, men and women, and without discrimi- nation against any race, color, age or political opinion. Ne worker shall be deprived of Unemployment In- surance because of refusal to take the place of strikers or to work for Jess than union rates of pay. INSURANCE AT THE EXPENSE OF THE EMPPLOYERS AND THE GOVERNMENT. 8. That the fall funds for Unemploy- ment Insurance shall be raised by the government from funds now set aside for war preparations and by taxation upon the capital ana profits of corporations and trusts, and also by taxation sharply gradu- ated upward upon all incomes over $5,000 per year. In shall there be any contributions Ievied upon the workers in any form whatsoever for this insurance, ADMINISTRATION BY THE WORKERS. 4, That the Unemployment Insurance Fund shall be administered and controlled by the workers, through committees elected by the workers themselves. FOR OTHER FORMS OF SOCIAL INSURANCE, 5. That social insuranc be paid to workers to the amount of full wages to compensate for loss of wages thru sickness, old age, maternity, etc. It is against these demands and the militant struggle for them that the new drive of reactiion is di- rected. To assist the capitalists in lowering the living standard of the American working-class—already ‘at the star- vation level—but to do it under the pretense of raising the standard and relieving distress—this is the main purpose of such “unemployment in- surance” proposals as those made by Governor Roosevelt's commission and by the recent conferenue of state governors, Even these proposals have to do with the dim and distant future and neglect entirely the needs of the more than 12,000,000 workers—and their families—now Jobless and hungry in the richest country in the world. (The next article will be “Unmask- ing The “Give a Million Jobs Driv no instance | "| speedup, and mean cuts of approxi- | mately 10 per cent on the~4 Part system, and 15-20 per cent on the 5-3 passes, Hundreds of tin mill workers were in the crowd which cheered when Edith Briscoe of the MWIL, Beau- mont and Frank Hill called upon the hot mill men to organize and fight | against the cut, build up committees of action against the cut on every turn, and back up these committees of action with MWIL groups on every mill. Daley read to the crowd a para- graph from the special leaflet on the cut put out by the Tin Mill Branch of the MWIL which states: “The McKeesport Tin Plate Co. made $1,952.028.72 net profits last year. One and a half million dol~ lars was paid in dividends to the stockholders. High wages and fat bonuses were paid to the big bosses. Three hundred thousand dollars were paid in dividends Jan. 1, 1932. And on Jan. Ist the company had on hand, in cash, $1,998,989. (And these figures don’t come from “Moscow” either—but from the company’s own financial state- ment.” Fellow Workers! We were cut 10- 30 per cent Oct. Ist, Then they took away our 10 per cent extra op orders 20 wide and below. Now they are trying to cut us again. Already our wages are more than 60 per cent below what they were a year ago. (The men are only working work—about—Ed, Note), THEY WILL CONTINUE TO SMASH OUR WAGES UNTIL WE STOP THEM, And there is only one way to stop them, by ORGANIZING AND FIGHTING.” Many applications were gotten for the MWIL and the Unemployed Council and quite a few workers filled up applications for the Communist Party too. In addition to hundreds of 2 cent pamphlets, 7 copies of the “Communist” and some “Inprecorrs” were eagerly snatched up by the crowd which would have bought even more literature had it been on hand. Demands adopted by today’s dem- onstration, in addition to the 12 adopted and already submitted to City Council, including $8 a week cash relief with $3 to each dependena; no evictions; free gas light rent; free hot lunches in schools and shoes, clothes and school suppliess for chil- dren of jobless; free medical aid and supplies, also free dental service; tearing down of miserable shacks in some sections of the city to be re- Placed by model workers homes to be rented at low rates; weekly state- ment of number applying for relief, number turned down and amount of relief given out; freeing of the Feb. 4th, Hunger Fighters; turning over of all relief distributions to elected workers committees; and endorse- ment by City Council of Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill and bill for immediate cash payment of the Veterans (Tombstone Bonus) are: 1. Exempt taxes for unemployed and reduced taxes for part-time workers. 2, No forecosure on mortgages on homes or property of unemployed or part-time workers. other property bought on install. - 3. No seizure of furniture or other property bought on install- ment by unemployed or part-time workers. Mortorium on all install. ment payments by unemployed or Part-time workers, 4. No liens on furniture or other property for payment of rent, store bills or loans to banks. 5. City to install inside plumbing on all workers’ homes where it does not exist—unemployed to be hired for this work at full union wages. 6. Representatives of Unemployed Council to sit in on all meetings of City Council with right to speed on all questions, make motions, ete, 7. City to take over all vacant houses for use of unemployed and part-time workers, rent free. 8. City Council to take up these demands and those previously sub- mitted one by one, thoroughly dis- cussing them before voting on them and down any or all of the demands so that the workers of McKeesport can judge for themselves whether or nott hey consider the reasons satisfactory. Pa, Feb, 28,— d Branch 1 of the Metel Industrial League held its second meeting in the Workers Center, 1300 Railroad *street recently, The recruiting campaign of the MWIL was discussed and plans made for building the mill branches of the union as well as organizing a chain of block committees all over the city, twofold aim of permitting twice | “cures” to be the provision for a mon- strous currency inflation in the United States and a preparatory | titanic American banks as security behind the issues of Federal Reserve notes. Hoover's statement fully confirms the analysis made by the Daily Worker on many previous occasions that the GlassSteagall Bill and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation were essentially war measures of des- peration directed at propping up the tottering financial structure of Amer- ican finance and at warding off the financial attacks of French finan- ciers. The French imperialists, by with- drawing partially, and threatening the complete withdrawal, of $600,- 000,000 in French chort-term bal- ances held here, and by conducting large scale withdrawals of gold over @ period of eight or‘nine weeks, have been attempting to maneuver the United States into adopting a “rea- sonable” attitude toward scaling down the war debts without demand- ing the abolition of indemnity pay- ments by Germany. Evidence of this unconcealed finan- cial war is given in the figures of French gold withdrawals from the United States. Up to and including Feb. 7, $11,092,700 in gold had been withdrawn from the United States by France. This bovement is still continuing. The French imperialiste are also using as a club over the American bankers the small states of Europe, which are completely under her financial domination. ‘These countries have combined with France in “raiding” the Aemr- ican treasury to the tune of $237,- 334,500 since the first of the year This is the second largest outward gold movement in the history of the United States, the first having taken place last September and October. The withdrawals of gold on the part of France are now proceeding with renewed intensity because in addition to the stimulus of employ- ing its gold and short-term balances as a weapon for bringing the United States to terms on the war question, France takes the view that it is best to desert the sinking shop of infla- tion. The deepening of the finan- cial crisis has forced American finan- ciers to resort to open inflation of currency. Undr the provisions of the Glass- Steagall Act almost twice as much paper currency will be issued as un- der the former bank acts. Under former bank provisions only $1,152,- 217,857 in Federal Reserve notes could be issued against a gold re- serve of $2,476,660,850. Under the Glass-Steagall Act, $2,911,038,375 in notes can be issued against $1,773,- 132,50 in gold reserves. The net re- suit of the financial jugglery which ‘Wall St. is engaging in, will be to allow for an issue of approximately twice as much paper money against almost half as much gold reserves. This unprecedented inflation of paper money has acted as a further reason for French withdrawals. To- gether with its European satellite states, France is taking its money out of the United States before the depreciation of American currency involves them in tremendous losses in security values. Placing the features of the Glass- Steagall Act which make it a war move against France and other Euro- pean countries, especially in the face of a new world war now being de- veloped in China, ahead even of its features as an inflationary measure, Hoover stated: “The bill should accomplish two major purposes: “First. In a sense THIS BILL IS A NATIONAL DEFENSE MEA- SURE. By freeing the vast amounts of gold in our Federal Reserve System (in excess of the gold re- serves required by law) it so in- creases the already large available resources of the Federal Reserve Banks to enable them beyond ques- tion to meet any conceivable de- mands that might be made on them at home or from abroad.” Further strengthening the open admission that the Glass-Steagall Act was a war measure, directed against European finance capital, principally France, Senator Glass, in commenting on Hoover's statement, made the following admission: the plan would release about $800,000,000 in gold in order to n= sure these banks against embar- rassment from raids on their gold supply by foreign countries or | otherwise.” The Glass-Steagall Act, as pre- viously pointed out, means a two- fold attack on the working class through reduced purchasing power, higher cost of living, direct and in- direct wage-cuts, increased taxes on articles of mass consumption through the sales tax, and, in addition, a sharnened danger of a new imperial- ist war, i] The working class’ must rally be- hind the Communist Party and Red Trade Unions for a determined re- sistance to these attacks on their very existence. 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