The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 3, 1932, Page 1

» \ WORKERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE! —— Dail Central for the Freedom Carry On the Struggle — Make May 7 A Day of Struggle of the Scotts- boro Boys and Tom Mooney. ‘Entered « at New York, _Vol. EX No. 1053. eee "Y N. Yn ander the act of March 3, 1879 Offive _NEW YORK, TUESDAY, MAY & 1932, Price 3 Cents_ MAY DAY DEMONSTRATIONS GREATEST EVER HELD IN U.S. ® For the Broadest Discussion of the 14th Plenum 3 igs 1éth Plenum of our Party, called for an ESSENTIAL CHANGE in | our METHODS OF MASS WORK. To carry it through, the entite Party must be mobilized. The fighting capacities of the Party shoyld be brcught out to the fullest extent, the organization of our forces so carried through that we must come in contact “with the decisive masses of the American Proletariat . .. that we root ourselves in the decisive industries” (from the Plenum resolution). An essential change in the methods of mass work will be brought ebout only then, when we will learn that “NINE-TENTHS OF ALL THE WORK OF THE LOWER ORGANIZATIONS MUST BE CONCEN- -TRATED DIRECTLY ON THE WORK AMONG THE MASSES, AND NOT AS, AT PRESENT, IN COUNTLESS INNER MEETINGS” (Plenum resolution). To carry out the change, every Party member must be thoroughly familiar with the resolution. This can be best achieved by taking up the present methods of work, the actual experiences of mass work, and checking them up and comparing them, on the basis of the resolution. This means that our discussion must be based on BOLSHEVIK SELF- CRITICISM. The keynote of the discussion should be how well we will learn to establish “SOLID PERSONAL CONTACT” with the masses. The resolution states: “The main basis of the work and development of the lower Party organizations is the work in the factory. Up till now the Party has not found the f% methods of carrying on this work.” The finding of the “fit methods of shop work” the causes of the existing unfit methods is one of the guarantees that our discussion of the Plenum reso- Jutions will not remain in paper. Who are to be the backbone of the discussion, who are to be the most frequent contributors to the Plenum column in the Daily? Pre- cisely those comrades who are active i: the lower organizations, those who are engaged in shop work, those who have and are developing solid personal contact with the masses. Our past Plenum discussions in the Daily were general precisely because the comrades from the lower Party organizations were not ORGANIZED to participate in the discussions. Unless we make a change in tHis Plenum d'scussion, we will really not succeed in bringing the Plenum resolution into the membership of the Party. Only on the basis of our actual experiences will we learn to under- stand the line of the 14th Plenum. Every experience of importance and its lessons must be made known to the entire Party. The exchange of experiences on the basis of self-criticism is the method whereby the Party will learn not to repeat and deepen some of the mistakes. . .. The Plenum column in the Daily must become one of the sources through which the Party will exchange its experiences and will learn to avoid a repetition of mistakes, FOR A BROAD DISCUSSION OF THE PLENUM RESOLUTIONS. FOR BOLSHEVIK SELF-CRITICISM. THE COMRADES IN CONTACT ‘WITH THE MASSES TO BE THE BACKBONE OF THE DISCUSSION. Strike. Declared in the N. Y. Building Trades NEW YORK, May 2—The Buildin Building Construction Workers League, T. U. U. L., through George Powers, secretary, issued .the following statement: “The Trade Union Unity League and its adherents in the Building Trades fought the wage ane from the moment ay was announced by the bosses’ association. @ 25 “The labor fakers in control of the various crafts pretended to be against the wage cut, but said, “There will | “To win this strike’ organize your- selves into rank and file groups to win this struggle, in spite of all the be no strike.” Various maneuvers to demoralize any kind of fighting spirit were carried out by the labor fakts in charge. “Last Friday, April 29th, the Build- ing Trades Council, composed of well- paid officials, voted to accept the wage . , cut by a vote of 32 against 9. Mean- while, wherever a vote was forced through in the local unions in spite of the officialdom, the rank and file voted against the wage cut and for ‘a. strike. “The rank and file knew very little [about the ‘negotiations,’ but the ‘bosses, feeling sure of the support of |the so-called labor leaders, posed the mew reduced wage scale even before. iat was ‘officially’ accepted by the Dis- trict Council. “The , bosses, taking full advantage capitulation of the labor fakers, creased their appetites while the orkers were out to reject the entire \wage cut. So this morning the Dis- ‘trict. Council officials were compelled to sanction a strike on all jobs not ‘paying the old wage scale. The workers are totally unprepared and really don’t know what. to do or how do it except in those locals with ft groups. The ‘officials’ order the en off the jobs, but do not organize picketing. No strike can be won that basis. “The Building Construction League therefore proposes: “1. The strike to be spread to in- elude all crafts; 2. The locals to elect rank and file strike committees for their local, or fight-the-wage-cut committees. “3. All locals where such commit- cannot be elected officially, those 'd to the wage cut and willing fight against the demoralizing meuvers of the fakers are to organ- | themselves into groups to guide strike activities unofficially. “4, To mobilize the members for ve picket duty, beginning Wednes- morning, 7 a.m. The picketing be concentrated around the follow- Jobs: “{—Radio City, 6th Avenue and th Street. } “9_Metropolitan Life Insurance, ladison Avenue. “3—Inland Terminal, 16th Petweeh sth and 9th Avenues. “4—Post Office, 30th Strect end 9th Avenue. rorkers, only by your own organ- treet, manipulations of the fat-bellies in ‘control of the offices. “For further information, come to our office, 5 E. 19th St., 4th floor. “Bui'ding Trades and Construction Workers Lake T. U. U. 1.” |In Rutgers Square, New York—Part of the Million That Demon- strated Throughout the United States on ed First in Tremendous May Ist The huge May Day Parade arriving in Rutgers Square. As the 50,000 marchers joined the already assembled tens of thousands all traffic was stopped on the streets, The building next to the sign “Cafe- teria” is that of the socialist paper “Forward.” Notice the huge American flags that decorated the building. CLARA ZETKIN This veteran proletarian fighter’s impassioned appeal to the inter- tional working-class to intensify the fight for the innocent Scottsboro Negro boys appears in today’s Daily Worker, SACRAMENTO, Calif. May 1— Tom Mooney yesterday sent the fol- lowing reply to the message of soli- darity sent him» by Edith Berkman from her sick bed in the Massachu- | setts Memorial Hospital, where she is held by the immigration authori- ties for deportation to fascist Poland: “Am deeply touched by expres- sion of solidarity coming from one who is also persecuted because of activities and loyalty to labor. The decision in my case is symbolic of the blackest reaction, The inter- national working class, in fighting for my freedom, is thereby chal- lenging lynchings, deportations and the capitalist hunger regime. I wish you freedom and health. Com- radely greetings. “TOM MOONEY.” In her message of solidarity to Mooney, Comrade Berkman de- nounced the infamous decision of Governor Rolph of California, deny- ing Mooney’s application for a par- don. Comrade Berkman, a young or- ganizer of the National Textile Work- ers’ Union, has been hounded by the U. S. government for a year and a half. She was twice arrested for leading a strike of the textile workers against starvation and wage-cuts, On the first occasion exorbitant bail was demanded. On the second arrest, bail was flatly denied and she was held in a deportation pen, where she contracted ‘tuberculosis. Convinced that she can never regain her health under prison conditions, Comrade | Berkman has’ decided, despite her Tom Mooney Sends raetings to Berkman in Boston Hospital \then returning to the East, critical condition, to go on a hunger stiike if she is not released by May 8. On May 10th a protest delegation hel lnk parareapah aap LE and workers’ organizations are urged to elect delegates to demand the release of Tom Mooney, Scotts- boro boys and all class warp pris- oners. ‘Pass protest resolutions and | wire them to Secretary of Labor Doak, Washington, D. C. Clara ‘Zetkin in Stirring Appeal to Workers to Push Fight for Scotttsboro Boys German Woman Working Class Leader Calls for the Building of Powerful Mass Move- ment to Force Release of Boys The following appeal on behalf of the nine framed Scottsboro boys was written by Clara Zetkin, veteran of the labor movement and now over 70 years old. Zetkin has taken active part in the revo- lutionary movement for over 50.years, and during the last quarter of a century has been most active in the leadership of working-class women. She has been for a number of years a member of the Ger- man Reichstag. By CLARA ZETKIN To all members and friends} of the International Red Aid! To all who still have a human conscience! To all those in whose breast a human heart still beats! Members and friénds of the Inter- national Red Aid, and all of you who still have a human conscience and in whose breast a human hearts till beats: unite to prevent a. most horrl- ble legal crime, so horrible that it.is hardly possible even to imagine it. Unless you act with. speer and de- cision, another murder will go down in the annals of legal crime in the ready filled with horrors and cruelty. The indignation and wrath aroused by the. burning of Sacco and Van- zetti at the modern stake, the electric chair,h as not yet died down. These two workers were innocent, and would have been acquitted by - bourgeois class law, if they had been impartially tried. Now. the hangmen stand ready to deliver up at one blow, to a horrible death by means ‘of this murderous instrument, eight more innocent workers. |’ “In the state of Alabama, eight young Negroes—mere boys—the oldest of them hardly 20—have been con- demned to death. ‘And this, bch it has been | United States, whose history is al-'(coNTINURD ON PAGE THREE) Moscow Demonstration Roar Forth Solidarity idarity With American Work- | ers; Demand Release of Tom Mooney and Scottsboro Boys Voroshilov, Reviewing Mighty Red Army, Re-| peats Firm Peace Policy of the Soviet Union Ry MYRA PAGE | (Daily Worker Foreign Correspondent) = | MOSCOW, May 1.—Red Moscow, has once| again witnessed such a gigantic militant work-| ers’ demonstration as is only to be seen in the} red capitol. Before six o’clock this morning, iiaiaae| men and women fully alert to the revolution- ary significance of May Day this year, were flooding the streets on their way to gather for! the march at factories and workshops. Yesterday, these hummed with activity, but today and tomorrow they will be still while their working-class owners demonstrate through the streets of the capitol their victorious march toward social- ism, their devotion to the cause of international solidariy and —————,_ the coming world October and their steely determination to continue their policy of peace and the construction of socialism in the face of all provo- cations by the itnperialist enemies, | holding themselves in readiness at| | the same time ‘to defend their gains |if attacked by any foe, Soviet Toilers Hail May Day. Nanking Gov't In Wholesale Murder of Workers on May Day While hundreds of thousands of Chinese workers demonstrated on May Day in the emancipated So- viet districts, the Kuomintang agents of the imperialists un- leashed a bloody terror against the masses in Kuomintang China in an effort to prevent the May Day demonstrations. In Nanking alone, 25 revolutionary workers were murdered by the Kuomintang masses. This bestial murder has been hailed with delight by the imperialist brigands. A United Press dispatch. from Nanking de- clares, with unconcealed joy and approval: “The public execution of Communists today was the Chinese (Nanking) Government's May Day warning to Chinese Reds, who have established a Soviet Republic in the central part of the Republic.” 25 as a threat against the Chinese | In Woksalnaja, Stalin, Lenin, Bau- | |mann and all proletarian districts| |throughout the city, factory schools, | public buildings, raifroad stations, workers’ houses were ablaze with! | slogans proclaiming the achievements | jof the Five-Year Plan. The laboring masses in nearby state | collective farms sent delegations to | join with their city brothers in the celebration. The scene in Red Square itself was (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) WORKERS STRIKE IN KNIT MILL James W. Ford, Proposed for Vice-Presidency on Communist Ticket to Start Tour of East May 30 James W. Ford, who will be proposed as the Communist candidate for the Vice-Presi- dency at the National Nomin- ating Convention in Chicago} on May 28th ang 29th, will start on a tour of the country on may 30th if his candidacy is endorsed by the convention. As William v. Foster, proposed candidate for the Presidency, will make an intensive speak- ing tour, going West first and Ford will go in the opposite direction. Both proposed candidates will make a huge meeting on First Meet on Tour at Terre Haute June 5; Cleses Trip in Chicago November 7 May 30th in Chicago, the scene of the Nominatiny Convention, the opening shot of thetr cam- paign. The first of Ford’s meetings on the way East: will be at Terre Haute, the home town of fighting Gene Debs. From there the tentative arrange- ments are scheduled to take the first Negro candidate for the Vice-Presidency in many years through Ohio, the up- state cities of New York, New PROPOSED FORD Erie, June 9. Haverhill, June 22. TOUR Lackawanna, June 12.| Lynn, June 23. 1) Opening Meeting Buffalo, June 12,| Brockton, Jun 24. Chicago (together | (Sunday). Fall River, June 25. with Foster) May 2¢(h. Pechester, June 13. Lawrence, June 26, 2) Fastern Tour dvre 14, (Sunday). Sth to August 5t)) , June 1 New Bedford, June 27. Terre Haute, June 5.|. onecta Indianapolis, June 6 19 and 20. Troy, June 17. Albany, June 18. Boston (2 days) June dy, June 16.) Springfield, June 29. Hartford, June 30, “ah New York (5 sre) England, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. And as Foster goes East Ford will reverse and cover the wide open spaces of the West. The tour of Ford will end at the monster cele- bration of the anniversary of the Russian Revolution in Chi- cago on Nov. 7th. On that day Foster will be at the corre- sponding demonstration in New York City. Looking at the cities to be covered, one is immediately July 3-8. 2A. Newark, July 10. Jersey City, July 11. Paterson, July 12. Elizabeth, July 13. Passaic, July 14. Philadelphia (3 days) July 16-18. Trenton, July 19. Wilmington, July 20. Allentown, Seranton, Chester, July 25. Reading, July 26. Binghamton, July 28. Wilkes-Barre, July 31. Bethlehem, August 1. 3) First Concentration | Noy. 5. Tour pan einai impressed by the careful prep- arations being made to cove every corner of the U States. This is the first tim that ‘the Communist Party is making such intensive prep- arations for the election cam- paign. All the districts are urged to regard the dates and places of meetings as not final. Any proposals relating to the} tour of Ford or Foster should be sent in to the Campaign Committee. The schedule of Comrade Ford’s tour follows: 4) Western Tour Sept. 1 to Oct. 5 (Still to be worked out) 5) Second Concentration Tour (Including Southern cities) Chicago, Oct. 6 to 20. Cleveland, Oct 22 to July 27. July 29. 6) Concluding Meetings ‘Baltimore, July 21-22.| (Pittsburgh, Aug. 8-18. Detrott, Nov. 6. ‘Chicago, Nov 7. lOut Against 10 P. C. Cut in Claire Mill NEW YORK.-—-The workers of the Claire Knitting Mills, 432 Austin Place, Bronx, refused to accept a 10 ~| per cent wage cut that was proposed | by the boss. This would have been Y| the third wage cut in the last few nited|months. The boss gave the workers | the alternative of accepting the wage €' cut or getting out. In answer to this | ultimatum, the workers declared the |shop on strike under the leadership of the Knitgoods Department of the |Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union, 40,000 OUT IN CHICAGO; WORKERS IN MANY CITIES BATTLE FOR $ ‘Two Million Workers TREETS | Mee Gas, | Clubs Fail to Halt Meetings | Many May Ist Meets) Held for First Time’ | Pledge Fight Against) Hunger and War Expressing their, steely determination to istruggle against the | capitalist war and hun- ger offensive, against | class justic, lynchings and de- portations and for the defense Chi. May Day Turn el Out Was Largest in| History of City CHICAGO, Ill, May 1.—A mili- tant demonstration of 40,000 work-| \ers attended the May Day demon- | stration at the court house. Kesolutions against imperialist | war, for unemployment insurance, | against the legal lynching of the Scottsboro boys and for the un-| conditional freedom of Tom| Mooney were unanimously passed.) | ,This was the largest May Day meeting ever held here. O’Brien of the Workers Ex- Servicemen’s League spoke for the veterans and the cash payment of the bonus; Houston spoke on the Scottsboro case, Kling on the role of the Communist Party and Caldwell in the name of t u employed Council. Laux was chairman. A good program was arranged for the meeting which was held in the evening at Workers’ Hail. lof the Soviet. Union nd the Chinese people, over one mil- lion workers demonstrated ; throughout the United States on | May Day. In many cities they 4 fied a brutal police terrorism whi sought to deny them the right free speech and assemblage. In New York City, fully 150,000 poured into the streets in spite of a torrentiail downpour. In Detroit over 100,000 were in the demonstration. Through- out the world, millions more marched in iron international solidarity -be- tween the red banners of the world Communist Party. Negro and young workers and w men workers played an importa part in the demons s in the United States. An important role was also played by the ex-service- men, workers who had been thrown rialist war and who have now beer into the bloody welter of the impe- sentenced to starvation by a grateful capitalism which even denies them their back wages—the cash bonus:yIn most of the May Day demonstrations these disillusioned workers were pro) erly in the front ranks of the prole- tarian front. In all of the demonstrations in this and other countries, the workers mili- tantly raised the fight against i pertalist war and for the demands for the unconditional release of the nine Scottsboro Negro boys, of Tom The bosses in the knitgoods trade are utilizing the present slow period to cut the wages of the workers. In | and more are taking place. The Knit- many shops wage cuts of 20 per cent goods Department of the Needle y.| Trades Workers Industrial Union is mobilizing the workers in struggle against the mass wage cuts that are taking place in the industry, For this purpose a shop delegate confer- ence is called for May 15th, 12 o'clock noon, at Irving Plaza Hall, where all workers, union and non-union, are asked to elect delegates from their shops and to come themselves to take up their working conditions and preparations for a mass strike in the fall, War Veterans Should Pre- pare for the Daily Worker Mooney, Edith Berkman and all class war prisoners held in the dungeons of dying capitalism. In the United States, this May Day saw May First demonstrations for the first time in many cities, including a number of Southern cities where, as in the North, Negro and white workers marched side by side in splendid sol= idarity and militant defiance of the~ laws and dictums by which the white ruling class seeks to split the ranks of the working class and weaken its struggle against capitalism. 6, Ser a8 MINNEAPOLIS, Minn, May 2.— Fifteen: thousand workers poured into Bridge Square Sunday after- noon in a hage May Day anti-war demonstration, the largest ever held fn Minneapolis, Headed by red banners of the Canmrenist irk Ai five thousand workers paraded with hundreds of Straw Vote! ;. Ista: ane on ge eee