The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 14, 1932, Page 3

1 5000 DETROIT i , Miles to school not being able to uay \ q the street car fares. 4 DATLY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1982 _ PAGES. FROM HISTORY OF THE MOONEY CASE TOM _MOONEY STUDENTS IN DEMONSTRATION Fighting Against High! Tuition Fees DETROIT, Mich,—Students from | City College, 5,000 strong demon- strated Monday, April 11 at the City Hall against the City Council de- cision concerning the “putting of the} College on a self supporting basis.” | This means an increase of tuition fees and wage cuts for the teachers. Many of the students are of work- | ing parents or small store owners. Many of them are hungry and walk Many of them had to quit the college altogether on! account of the fact that it was im- possible for their parents to pay the present tuition which is $150 for out of city and $100 for the city students. The National Students League is calling another mass protest meet- ing for tomorrow right at the Col- lege Campus in front of the school. The authorities and the bosses in the city are trembling in their boots seeing that already students know how to defend their rights and that they folow the workers by staging demonstrations before City Hall. The sentiment among students is very acute and there are predictions that if the City Council will not re- verse its decisions the students may walk out on strike. Last Pay Envelope Given to Workers Warns on Disease (By a Worker Correspondent) BALTIMORE, Md.—Four hundred fifty Standard Sanitary Manu- turing Co. laid off workers re- ceived their last pay on Saturday, April 9. Accompanying their pay envelopes was a neat little pink slip in bold print that warned “Save your baby from diphtheria by iniecting anti-toxin.” The iron of a degenerate capital- ism that thows its workers and their babies out to starve is surely to be seen in this matter. The bosses and their agents appear to be concerned over diphtheria, but hypocritically ignore the question of starving babies. It happens that diphtheria spreads and is liable to affect their own children. In their economic security, main- tained by the robbing and plundering of the Standard workers, the bosses are not afraid of their own children starving. Standard workers! Organize under the leadership of the Metal Workers’ By ROBERT MINOR q, ILLIAN BISHOP SYMES, who in 1916 was Secretary of the City Central Committee of the socialist party, became the instrument of Cameron H. King, the real power behind the leadership of the socialist party of California in circulating subterranean propaganda to the effect that Tom Mooney was guilty, in order to induce the socailist party to make no defense of Mooney. Just at the time that my letters on behalf of the International Workers’ Defense League were being sent out to the socialist party leaders, Mrs. Symes, really acting for the socialist party bureau- cracy, sent out a secret circular letter warning the locals of the socialist party throughout California that they should “have nothing to do with the Mooney case,” that “Mooney is an anarchist, not a socialist,” and suggesting that’ Mooney is “very likely guilty.” ‘This woman's letters made allusions to the MacNamara case with the intimation that the Mooney case would inevitably end in a “plea of guilty.” But while the “socialist” lady advised party members to “have nothing to do with” the Mooney case, she herself had much to do with the Mooney case by go- ing to the district attorney, in the name of the sociale ist party, to “free” the socialist party of any “blame” for the fiery young strike leader then under indict- ment for murder; and to do this it was necessary, of course, for the “socialist” lady to give every possible asistance to the district attorney and police. This was the real attitude of the top leadership of the socialist party toward the Mooney Case. It was the same as the attitude of the A. F. of L., whose national and California officials were actively lending every asistance to Fickert and the San Francisco po- lice for the framing up and hanging of Mooney, Bill- ings and the other defendants. A. W. Bruillet, presi- dent of the San Francisco Labor Council, whom we later succeeded in ousting, and John O'Connell, its secretary, were in daily consultation with District At- torney Fickert, advising the best course for a success- ful legal and press campaign to break up the defense movement and consummate the hanging of the left wing labor unionists. But about the replies to my letters to the socialist party leaders: One of the first answers came from Eugene V. Debs. It was a letter full of deep emotion, teeming with the spirit of battle and promising his full strength to the defense of the Mooney group. Max Bedacht, who was then editot of the German- language socialist party organ in San Francisco, the “Vorwaerts der Pacific Kueste,” immediately plunged himself into the defense of Mooney, arranging for the Editor's Note.—The Socialist Party ts MAKING MANEUVERS IN REGARD TO THE MOONEY CASE. Facing contradictions between its claim to be a party of the working class and its increasing role in the present economic crisis as a fighter against every interest of the working class—its role as strikebreaker in the mine fields, the tex- tile fields and the needle trades, its treacherous support of the police against the unem- vloyed and its hardy concealed co-operationwith the police and capitalist prosecutors in present-day arrests and joilings of militant reaching for new means of securing the confidence of the working class. forts are—pretenses of building “also” unemployed councils, workers—the socialist party leade Among its ef- among other things, ip ts and, maneuvers to make itself appear as a “defender” of the most famous of American labor's living martyrs—Tom Mooney. It is common knowledge around the Mooney Defense Committee headquarters in San Francisco that the socialist party national office has put an ultimatum to Mooney— that if he will refuse to associate himself with the International Labor Defense they are willing to make Mooney their vice-presidential candidate, but that if he does not they will ‘drop” his case. The author of this series, Comrade mittee of the Communist Party, personally other man. Robert Minor, member of the Central Com- knows more of the Mooney case than any Tom Mooney writes in his recent pamphlet of how Minor rushed to San Fran- cisco and took over the leadership of the defense: “For two long and discouraging years Minor exposed the frame-ups. wages ,.. barely kept him alive, the ‘labor His meager leaders’ vilified him, his co-workers on. the Defense Committee slackened up their efforts, some quit altogether, but Minor kept plug- ging away. His tremendous efforts during the darkest days of the Mooney-Billings casc need only be contrasted with the tactics of to indubitably damn then.” the labor leaders’ who obstructed the defense, From “Tom Mooney Betrayed by Labor Leaders”—by Tom Mooney. “Tiy” ball, which was the headquarters of the German paper and the German socialists, to be turned over for the unlimited use of the defense organization. Bedacht later became one of the founders of the Com- munist Party. This hall became our meeting place and was for some time the only harbor from the clubs of the police and the unwillingness of landlords to give us shelter. After the news of Lenin’s leading a mass demonstration for Mooney in Petrograd, “Tiv” hall began to be called “Smolny.” On the second or third day after my arrival in San Francisco to take part in the defense, J. E. Snyder, then editor of the socialist party organ in Oakland, “The Oakland World,” came over to offer his services to the Defense Committee. Snyder later joined the Communist Party. A letter came from Bill Haywood, in which he prom- ised to do his best to put the strength of the I. W. W. if Party, was a member of this committee. Out in Ohio there was a rising new leader who hac revolutionary injected new vitality into the soc party, and who now plunged into the task of wit the socialist party for the Mooney Defense was ©, E. Ruthenberg. Later, Ruthenber in prison, and more years of brilliant le: Communist Party, died as the Secre The struggle to win the workers for the Moone defense in Kansas and Nebraska fell under the lead ership of Earl Browder, who was editor of the * ers’ World,” official organ of the socialist of Kansas City, Mo., and the state organization « | Kansas and Nebraska and who is now a member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party Und Browder’s leadership the Central Labor Council of Kansas City was placed on record for a general strike for Mooney, although the bureaucracy sabotaged the movement. The president of the Cen tral Labor Council went to court to secure an order to prevent Browder from publishing # statement which Work- completely this man had been compelled to issue, endorsing the defense. Ella Reeve Bloor, now a famous leader of the Ox munist Party and known throughout the countr “Mother Bloor,” actively lined up with the Mooney de fense and fought within the socialist party for that cause So did Fred Biedenkapp, who was then finat York, I of the Cc secretary of a defense commitiee in New lieve, and who is now a leading member munist Party Edgar Owens, wlio later became a Comunist Party, was one of the first members of the leader of the into the fight to save Mooney and Billings and their fellow defendants. Communist Party. In the Chieago Federation of Labor we won our first, big victory in rallying trade union support for the Mooney Defense. The two young leaders in the Chi- cago Federation who bore the brunt of this fight were William Z. Foster and Jack Johnstone. Foster, who was three years later to lead the great steel strike and who is now the foremost leader of the Communist Party, fought on the floor of the Chicago Federation of Labor to line it up for the defense of Mooney and became @ member of the Mooney Défense Committee which was organized under the Federation’s authority. Jack Johnstone, now a leading Communist, became the secretary of the committee. Joseph Manley, who later also became a leading member of the Communist Haywood died a member of the | socialist party to line up for Moone: Norman Tallentire, who later became a leading niem ber of the Communist Party, became an ganizer of the Mooney defense. And one-of the most treasured letters that 1 ever recéived in my life came from Jack Reed, although 1 had not written to him, pledging his heart's bl for the Mooney defense. And, in searching my memory of these long and bitter years of struggle in the most famous of labor cases, I cannot recall a single leader or prominent me the socialist party who came to Mooney's defense in those early and dangerous days before the Mooney Case became “respectable” who now remains in that party, which has become the party of social-fascism. ‘oe ber of {The thitd and concluding installment will appear _ROBERT MINOR Leader of the first Defense Com- mittee and in the exposure of the San Francisco preparedness day homb frame-up and the campaigns to free Mooney and Billings in 1916. | Since then Comrade Minor has | been in the forefront of the long campaign against the conspirators and the A. F. of L. fakers who have | aided the capitalists in keeping Mooney in San Quentin prison. Demand Use of War Memorial for May Day in Baltimore (By a Worker Correspondent.) BALTIMORE, Md—A beautiful War Plaza and building marks the heart of Baltimore, It is dedicated to those who died in the last world war, at least the copper plate with the names of dead workers say so But whenever live, virile workers demonstrate for unemployment re- lief and against imperialist wars, the bosses’ thugs, the police department of Baltimore, establish a cordon of cops around the War Plaza and force the workers to demonstrate in the street “alongside of the plaza | Local politicians, army oficials, D R's and misleaders of ex-service in tomorrow's Daily Worker.) | Chamber of Commerce, House to House Tag Day in Philadelphia to Prepare for May 1 84 Philadelphia labor and fra- ternal organizations decided to ar- range for Saturday and Sunday, Aprli 23 and 24, house-to-house canvass by the members of the organizations participating in the May Day conference, to invite workers to the May Day demon- ‘stration on Saturday, April 30th at City Hall and indoor mass meet- ing on Sunday, May First at 2:30 at the Market Street Arena, 46th and Market Sts. The conference calls upon every worker to register with his organi- zation to participate in this house to house canvass and tag day. United May Day Conference, 936 Arch Street. LEGION MAYOR. OF RACINE LEAVES SOCIALIST PARTY Swoboda “Puts Hitch in “March of Peace- ful Socialism” RACINE, Wis.—William Swoboda, American Legionnaire and wholesale grocer who about a year ago heralded the socialist party’s advance towards “peaceful socialism” by being elected mayor of this city has resigned from the socialist party. When Swoboda was elected the Daily Worker exposed him for what he was, a fascist job-seeker, typical of all the socialist job seekers and misleaders. Now in his letter of re- Industrial League and Unemployed | signation, Swoboda verifies this ana- Councils to demand work or wages from the Standard Co. Demand cash relief as an anti- toxin against starvation! lysis. “I did not take this step until after the election as I wanted to see what strength the socialists could muster”, says Legionnaire Swo- boda. He praises his associated of Answer Tammany’s Starvation Plans The best answer the workers can make immediately to the declaration of Tammany Hall that it intends to starve the unemployed workers and their families, is to supply the Un- employed Councils with means to carry on their work.. The Unem- ployed Councils must have the funds to mobilize the workers to defeat this starvation plan. The Unemployed Councils must immediately have the funds to isue 250,000 leaflets and prepare for the demonstration before City Hall on April 19. HARLAN MINERS SPEAK Igy et hy cites fo Kentucky coal. wey theminersthemec tee Pepa pers Rocket i Melia Levy, Sherwood Andersonandothers. peck m the sale of this turned over by the ie! the other capitalist parties, No doubt the socialist party will now try to whitewash itself by say- ing that Swoboda sold out for capi- talist favors, But the fact; remains that he together with his party had nothing left to sell. Soon after his election, he with the full knowledge of Norman Thomas’ party attended a public banquet of the Legion and was honored by them with no so- cialist even protesting. Moroccan Recruits Stage Anti-War Protest in Oran PARIS, April 13.— Moraccan natives mustered in Oran, Mor- occo, for compulsory service in the French Army held an anti- imperialist. demonstration on March 30. ‘The recruits marched through the streets singing the “Interna- tionale” and bearing at their head @ huge placard with the inscrip- tion, “Down with French Militar- ism.” According to the laws instituted for the native population (Code d'Indigenat) the subjugated na- tives are compelled to do two years military service in support. of the very imperialism which ADMISSIONS OF AN ANTI-SOVIET INTERVENTIONIST (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) Japanese imperialism on the other? Is the shipment ‘of ammunition for Japan an invention of the toiling masses of the United States, who in all their meetings, demonstrations, resolutions, etc. openly and systematic- ally are accusing the State Department? We could cite sufficient facts to answer this question, but tempo- rarily we prefer to quote the authoritity for this point of view from the weekly Washington review “Affairs”, sent to subscribers only, a review similar to the confidential Whaley-Eaton service. Not being sure General Graves does not belong to the subscribers of this honorable weekly, do not doubt that he knows the facts that are mentioned here from an- other source. “It has been established that large shipments of munitions have been sent to Japan from France and from the French owned munition lant in Skoda, Czechoslovakia. Also some of the nitrates shipped in lapanese vessels from Hopewell, Va. have gone to France.” Hopewell, Va., as far as we know is located in the United States. Nitrates as far as we know consist precisely of raw material that Japan needs so badly for ammunition. France as fat as we know is precisely the country whichis. . . But maybe these speculators of war preparations are the wolves of the battlefields who are acting as bootleggers without the knowledge of the “prohibition” agents of the administration. All that we know shows that it is not so. In another issue of Affairs, it is stated: “One significant but little noticed event last week was a conference at the State Department between three representativs of E. L DePont Nemours Company, largest munitiions manufacturers in the U. S. The, officials, who included Lammont du Pont, ee with James G. Rogers, Assist. Sec. and Dit Stanley K. Hornbeck, Chief of the Eastern Division and although it is known that they pauteived Ca the question of munitions shipments to the Far East the details of their conversation remained one of the State it’s most carefully guarded secrets, The State Department so far has taken the stand that it will not interfere with munitions sales to Japan or China. This po- sition was adopted after conferences with the British and French, and after the latter had suggested that all three countries discourage par- liamentary discussion of munitions embargoes.” China is mentioned in connection with munition sales only, of course for “equilibrium”. In reality, the question discussed in the State Depart-. ment was the selling of munitions to Japan and precisely in this question the decisive word belongs, as is shown from this quotation, to France, which the American bourgeois press and this general himself, must recog- nize as the military supplier of Japan, as well as the instigator of war in the Far East, Consequently, the last word by defining the “constitutional” rights of Congress by deciding the question of the advisability of “parliamentary discussion of munitions embargoes” belongs to France, that is to Japan. Does not this explain, by the way, why all the “efforts” of the bour- geois organizations against the shipment of ammunition to Japan, for boycott of Japan, etc., collapsed? Does not this explain the source of the rumors circulated in Washington about the advice given by a high government institution to one of these organizations to postpone the ar- “ranged meeting on the question of embargoes precisely at a day when a cargo of nitrate belonging to a high American official left America for Japan? Only the devoted, self-sacrificing mass struggle of the workers on the basis of the consistent exposure of the war intrigues of American im- perialism will force the heroes of the anti-Soviet intervention of 1919- 1921 to deny themselves the pleasure of taking part in a new interven- tion against the Soviet Union. SNATCH WORKERS FROM POLICEMEN MILWAUKEE, Wis. April 11— Friday afternoon the members of the Maple Street Unemployed Committee took two workers to the relief station | tion! One woman got up and made at 14th and Mitchell Sts. One had! a speech in the station, defending been denied rent and shoes, the other | the committee and condemning the food. The relief station attendant ordered the committee out, but it rt / rest. Three ex-servicemen in the ‘They said: “We were in the army during the war. There we handled rifles, not billy clubs and popguns. Come on! We'll use our fists against your clubs!” Three of the commit- tee were arrested, but the workers | took them away from the police and they were never taken to the sta- cops and six or seven dicks swarmed| back to a private home where the into the station. There were about of several committees was 150 committee dared the cops to shoot. | BRUSSELS, April 13—The growth | of the revolutionary movement in the Belgian Congo, Central Africa, has forced a delegation of parlia- mentary representatives to change \their plans for a visit to the Congo. They were to have left at Easter in order to be present at the sol- emn opening of the new Matadi- Leopoldville railway line. The dele- we |gation was made up of all the con- stitutional parties, naturally includ- ing the “socialists,” faithful servants of imperialism. The authorities have offered all sorts of excuses for the postpone- ment of the trip, except the real ex- planation that the Congo is too hot to hold the deputation safely and is steadily growing hotter despite the periodical announcements of the Col- onial Ministry that the insurrections have been suppressed and that “or- der prevails.” Revolt in Belgian Congo Frightens Belgian Bosses 20,000 Negroes were dragged into the Matadi-Leopoldville district for | forced labor to build the line. With the completion of the line, these workers were flung aside on their) own resources. This had added to the already large number of unem-| ployed workers and ruined peasants in the district and has served to in- crease the revolutionary ferment. Similar conditions prevail tlhirough- } out the Congo, where several of the mines have been closed down as a result of the world economic crisis of capitalism, Prices for imported food stuffs and other goods have gone up at the same time that the prices of local products have suf- fered a catastrophic drop. The Bel- gian imperialists, like their fellow imperialists in other parts of Africa, have tried to drown in blood the struggle of the toiling masses against starvation and national oppression. EX-SERVICEMEN OF BOSTON PREPARE FOR STATE MARCH Paperhangers Local Elect Delegate Boston Ex-Servicemen Prepare for Hunger March BOSTON, Mass., April 13.—Num- bers of ex-servicemen in Boston are active in the preparations for the Masachusetts State Hunger March. Rallying around the demand for the payment of the full bonus as part of the general demands of the Hunger March, they are now busy mobilizing the thousands of ex-soldiers, sailors and marines, A meeting of all ex-servicemen will take placethis coming Saturday, April 16th, 2 p. m., at the headquar- ters of the State Hunger March Committee. All ex-servicemen from Boston and vicinity are called to attend this meeting. At a regular meeting, the Paper- BLADDER WEAKNESS? ‘Burning, sealding seneations, frequent passage, Dark SOF acicaly sovercorae, and” esuse, checked by Santal rescribed ‘by doctors for orer 101 years, Gol 7 drugs M pea STAD OER cATARAR hangers Local No. 258 of the Amer~ ican Federation of Labor elected a delegate to the Boston Conference for the State Hunger March, which will take place this coming Sunday, April 17th, 2 p. m., at 751 Washing- ton Street. The Delegate to the Conference will act as a Hunger Marcher on May 1st and 2nd. 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