The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 11, 1932, Page 3

Y DATLY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEL Imperialist Drive on U.S.S.R. MILWAUKEE, Wis.—Mrs. Meta Berger, widow of Victor Berger, the grand old lady of the socialist party, has done her bit in inciting for war against the Soviet Union. After hér return from the Geneva Conference, | where she was an obéerver of the Women’s Internatiorial League for Peace and Freedom, she issued a statement which appéared in the mis-Leader that “fear of a Bolshe-| vist itvasion keeps the Geneva Con- ference from moving towards its ob- jective of limitation of world arma- ments.” In other words, France, Great Britain, Poland, Rumania, etc., refuse to disarm, according to this socialist, because they are afraid of GREEN IS FOR an invasion by the Bolsheviks! Neither Mrs. Berger, nor the Leader, had a word to say about the war in| China and Manchuria, nor about the | disarmament proposals of Litvinov. | In place of that, illusions are being | spread about the work that may be| done by Arthur Henderson of Great Britain and the other representatives of the imperialist powers. | Mrs. Berger’s support of the im- perialists against the Soviet. Union is in line with the action of the leader of the French socialists, Leon Blum, | who came out in support of the Rus- | sian White Guardists right after one | of their number killed the French president, to state that the New York A. F. of L, Trade Union Committee for Un- employment Insurance and Relief was organized by a conference held on Jan. 27, 1932, by 41 regularly elected delegates from 19 A. F. of L. ‘COMMITTEE local unions, with a membership of 21,000. Since then, this Committee has grown to 105 delegates repre- senting 50 local unions, with a mem- bership of 65,000. Its unemployment insurance proposal, endorsed by 800 local unions including 5 Central Trades and Labor Councils, or a min- imum of at least 200,000 members, in many cities and states. If you think you can quelch such a powerful de- mand of the workers for practical relief against starvation by dubbing our Committee “Communistic in character,” you will learn that you are in error.” Says Green's Jobless Figures Too CHARITY DOLE SAYS N.Y. Open Letter States He “Aids Employers” The New York American (NOTICE—Send im immediately to Daily Worker and to the National Campaign Committee, 35 EF. 12th St., New York, the name of ctty, street address, dite and hour of all local and state election conferences at edtlicst pos- stble time.) The Commyunist Party election campaign is being carried into the mining and agricultural districts of the Southwest in a way that never happened before. The main demand, for un- employment insurance, strikes home in this territory of pov- erty and industrial crisis, swhere workers are starving to death without jobs and farmers see no hope of sélling crops this yeat for enough to cover the cost of planting them. The fact that the Communist Party stands for a workers’ and farmers’ government and for kicking out the millionaire owners of the industries is not alarming any longer to large masses of these people. eat inn mtinertnhlS ‘There will be delegates from & large number of city conferences in the territory from Missouri to Colo- | rado to the National Nominating 15. In spite of hunger, workers are temdy to contribute to the sainpsign fond of the Commanist Party, and coleletion lists are being ¢ireular- NESDAY, MAY 11, 1982 SE ee ee Mrs. Berger, Socialist, Backs |Local Conferences Throughout Impoverished South West Support the Chicago Convention Nominating Convention in Chicago. ‘The delegates will probably be pack- ing House and railroad workers. St. Joeeph is one of the largest packing centers in the Middle West. The con~ ference will put up a ticket for city offices. A similar conference, which will probably eleét one farmer and one industrial worker as delegates to Chicago, will be held in Joplin, Mo,, at a date to be announced later. The election campaign committee for the whole district, including Mis- souri, Kansas, Texas, Arkanses, Ne- braska, lows. and Oklahoma is meet- ing evéry Wetinesday now. Thou- ing distributed, “ae Ten Delegates From Kansas. KANSAS CITY, Kansas, May 10.— There will be five delegates to Chi- cago from a conference to be held sanad of campaign platforms are be- | a |Bucharest Lie Factory jtwo from Little Rock be « railroad worker and thet from England be farmers. Negro. the two Massacres” In Eight From Nebrasks, |) guhatis the difference of a few | OMAHA, Nebr, May 10.—A local | weeks between liars? |conference at Omaha will send five | | delegates to Chicago. It is expected! About six weeks ago—ai the time | that two or three will be Negro work-|°f the Easter celebrations in the ers and that packing house workers | Western countries—the anti-Soviet lie will be well represented. Lincoin will | factory in Bucharest, Rumania, ser send three delegates, of whom one |°Ut 2 blood-curdling report of ‘ will probably be a railroad worker, | *#res” by Soviet Red troops of one a studeng and one a fi er, jet peasants “in connection wit! id ry ry sbi |Baster celebrations in the Delegation From lowa. Union.” These “Easter m ITY. ‘were vouched for by “eye-witne: Moe ne eee nd je | ehe reports were emblazoned on the ont pages of the lying ca delegates to the National Nominat- oan , ing Convention. It seems assured|~ « that three will be from A. F. of L.| Unfortunately for the liars |unions and two will be members of| were no Easter celebrati | Brotherhood locals. South |Soviét Union at the time of t | Sioux City will send three, of whom |ebration in the western cour talist Sune "Anti-Soviet Liars Caught in Net of Their Own Lies Again Sends Out Re- port Released Prematurely of “Easter Soviet Union igious superstitions celebrate the Greek Orthodox Easter, which occurs al weeks later. This year it 66- curred on May Day esterday we have the follow- t in the capitalist press larest date line of May newspapers publish ‘w Bolshevist mas- acres on the Rumanian frontier conected with celebrations of the k Orthodox Kaster.” nd again the eyewitnesses ()) and blood-ourdling details of the ie ré.” Red cavalry, the charged the devotees, cutting down many, machine gua fire was then opened on the crowd. x jans who witnessed the inéf- mated that 100 were killed seon in Kansas City, and five dele-|i4. i] probably be packing house Those sections of the Soviet y Convention in Chitago on May 28. The conferences will likewise speet up the local campaign to put Com- and neighborhood meetings so far |held to elect representatives to the |conferences are enthusiastic over the liam Z. Foster be nominated for President and James W. Ford, Ne- gro worker, be nominated for Vice- President. There are many Negro workers and farmers in the South- west. es, Le | ued. munists in state and county office. | Meetings of workers’ organizations) convention; Lotal Colorade conferences are ararnged at: Trinidad, May 14, to elect one delegate to the Chicago La Wunta, May 15 (a.m.), one delegate; Pueblo, May | 15 (pm), two delegates; Greely, | May 21 (a.m.), two delegates; Fred- |Communist Party proposal that Wil-| ¢rick, May 21 (p.m.), one delegate; Denver, May 22, three delexates. There are also conferences at Gallup, New Mexico, May 12, to elect five delegates; Rock Springs, Wyoming, at a date to be an- nounced later, three delegates; Tor- rington, Wyoming, date later, two Communist campaign committee rec- jommends that delegates from Kan- workers (one woman, one Negro and |One white) and two railroad work- |@rs. It recommends that delegates |from Crawford County by three | miners (one Negro and one young miner), one railroad worker and on¢ farmer, 8 Texas Oil and Marine Workers. | HOUSTON, Texas, May 10.—Four | delegates will- go to Chicago from Houston, two from Dallas, one from gates from Crawford County. The) |sas City be three packing house; workers, Council Bluffs will send four delegates, shop workers and laundry workers. The Missouri Val- ley will send a farmer delegate. Farmers, Negroes From Okla. OKLAHOMA City, Okla., May 10. — A total of ten delegates, including at least two farmers, three Negroes and two women, will go from con- ferences to be held in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Blackwell, Piedmont and} Henrietta. eer tae” PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May 10.—In the face of every sort of terror, with tion still under the influence of ° - or wounded.” Cc Y bdentia | Mailed Thru Nation for Chicago Convention NEW YORK.—The followir dentials have been sent t the country to all orga known to have the intention of send- ing delegates to the National Nomi nating Convention, called by the Communist Party, for Chicago, May -|main the propos platform and dee mands as pu in the Daily Worker and who may not have re+ ceived credentials through the mail, may clip the following credential from the Daily Worker, or they may send for credentials to the National Kederation of Labor Trade Union Committee For Unem- ployment Insurance and Re- lief, from its office, at 799 Broadway, Room 336, reylying to the letter sent recently by Low. “In a recent interview which you gave to the Washington, Press, you stated that the A. F. of L. estimates that there is a total of 8,900,000 un- employed workers in the United States. We believe that this esti- delegates, and one will be arranged in Salt Lake City, Utah. Beet Workers Rally. DENVER, Colo., May 1,—In Colorado, especially, the Commu- nist campaign centers among the swarms of agricultural workers in the beet industry, and in the “sick employment, cutting off of relief, wage-cuts and evictions are particu- ST. JOSEPH, Mo. May 10.—Un-| Breckenridge, one from San Antonio | ¢), |the are-Moore machine planning to = eon bel Macp ins Will | cut-off what miserable relief is given | aoe ad Wi ehede re ant |now to the jobless, and with 500,000 workers, and will include Negro and local unions and all| Mexi ‘n | unemployed, eeenet War aery: |kinds of workers’ organizations are Campaign Committee, 35 Bast 12th Street, New York City. 28 and 29. Organizations supporting _in the CREDENTIALS FOR THE President. Green to Central Wabor bodies and national and international unions denounc- ing the New York Trade Union mate is far too low.. Mauritz Hall- gren, the editor of the Nation, who has made a tour of the U. S. to study the unemployment situation, says that the A. F. of L. figures are towns,” where the whole working- class population is starving because of unemployment, and low price paid beet workers last year, They face a 25 per cent wage-cut when work starts this year, about May larly burning problems of the work- ers here, and will be discussed at the | Workers’ Election Conference, to be held at 1117 N. Third St., May 15 at 2pm. The conference will elect five | delegates to the Communist National Local conferences at North Little Committee as “Communistic,” ostensibly on the basis of a report sent by organizer Hugh Frayne, has forwarded the fol- lowing to President Green and issued it'to the press: OPEN LETTER TO MR. WM. GREEN, PRESIDENT OF A. F. L. Gentlemen :— “The Executive Council of the A, F. of L. has long car- vied on a bitter. struggle against the establishment of a system of unemployment in- surance that would provide the 12,000,000 unemployed with the responsibilty of fending off the encroaching starvation. Your opposition to unemploy- ment insurance has been ap- plauded by the whole body of employers. It has been used as one of the principal instru- ments to prevent the estab- lishment of unemployment in- surance. It is one of the basic reasons why millions of Amer- ican workers, members of the A. F. of L., as well as unor- ganized, have been forced on stage of semi-starvation and to beggarly local relief systems and are now suffering in a worse. In view of this, it is not surprising that you should send out your’ recent letter to the affiliated A. F. of L. un- ions and Central bodies, con- demning the campaign of the New York A. F. of L. Trade Union Committee in behalf of unemployment insurance.” Says Green’s Interests Not Those of Workers. “We desire to state that your op- position to unemployment insurance in no way corresponds to the inter- ests of the workers, The only ones who have profited from it are the employers. It is easy for you, draw- ing a yearly salary and expenses of $20,000, to speak about the “rugged individualism” of the workers and tod ecide that they do not want un- employment insurance. When you state that the workers do not want unemployed insurance, you do not represent the sentiments or wishes of’the A. F. of L. membership. They have neever been in any way con- sulted in the matter. If they were given the opportunity of expressing themselves by referendum they would overwhelmingly demand un- | Ployers, “absurdly low.” “The true figure must be around 15,000,000.” To Continue Campaign. “The industrial crisis is deepening. More and more masses are slipping into unemployment and starvation. The need for a thorogoing ystem of Federal unemployment insurance, paid by the government and the em- becomes more and more acute. You do not advocate such insurance. But on the contrary, bit~ terly oppose it. Therefore, the rank and file have to take the matter in hand themselves, and win unemploy. ment insurance in spite of your op- position. Our Committee will con- tinue its campaign for unemploy- ment insurance. In doing this, we are not only within our rights as members of the American Federa- tion of Labor Unions, but are giving voice to the most basic needs and wishes of the great masses of im- poverished unemployed workers.” Fraternally yours, New York A. F. of L. Trade Union Committee for Unemployment In- surance and Relief. EXECUTIVE BOARD. Louis Weinstock, secretary, and a member of Painters Local No. 499, Max Rosen, president, and a member of Painters Local No. 905. Irving Redler, vice-president, and delegate to District Council No. 28. G. Humphress, delegate to Dis- trict Council No. 28, and Trustee, Leon Margolis, member of Pain- ters Local No. 848. S. Gojokovic, president of Car- penters Local No. 29. A. Baskoff, member of Carpenters Local No, 2717. John D, Masso, meber of Glass Bevelers Local No. 528. Arthur Peer, member of the N. Y¥. Federation of P. O. Clerks No, 10. M. Packman, member of Carpen- ters Local, No. 1164, - +. Laurits Johansen, member of Painters Local No. 848, Theodore Jennings, delegaie of the Amalgamation Party and mem- ber of Typo. Union Local No. 6. McGRADY ADMITS JOBLESS ANGRY Fears ‘Revolution’ But Advocates Sham Relief WASHINGTON, D. ©, May 10.~ “If something is not done and star- vation is going to continue and per- haps increase, the. doors of revolution TESTIFY TODAY ON KENTUCKY Writers and | Students; Miners Appear Soon NEW YORK.—A group of witnesses go before a Senate sub-committee to- day, it was announced by the Nation- al Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners, to testify on the terror and starvation in Kentucky. |. The sub-committee, representing the Senate Committee on Manufactures, includes Senator Costigan of Cole- rado, Senator Cutting of ew Mexico and Senator Hatfield of West Vir- ginia, Among the witnesses are Theodore Dreiser; Charles Walker, writer; James Garland, Kentucky miner;| Saturday was International Scotts- Malcolm Cowley, editor of New Re-| boro Day and saw hundreds of public; Allan Taub, the lawyer for| demonstrations throughout the the miners, arrested when he came | world by indignant workers pro- into Pineville, and Melvin P. Levy,| testing the Scottsboro lynch ver- secretary of the National Committee | dicts, In most countries, the United for the Defense of Political Prisoners.| States embassies and. consulates Rob Hall, representative of the stu-| were closely guarded by the police. dent group recently ejected from cee Kentucky, has also been called. NEW YORK.—In @ cable to the It was under the auspices of the German ee aut oe National Committee for the Defense peeBa dn edie BM agg Saco Aaa of Political Prisoners that Theodore Dreiser led the first investigating class solidarity with the Negro masses shown by the German toiling masses group into Kentucky in November of last year. in scores of militant demonstrations 5 last Saturday, International Scotts- Tomorrow and the next day, a |boro Day. group jof National Miners Union| The cable denounces the police at- members and strike leaders, including | tack on the demonstration at Chem- some who were jailed for over three | nitz, Germany, in which one worker months, will appear. was killed, two mortally wounded and French Vassal States Sign New Military Alliance for War Against the Soviet Union Japanese troops being withdrawn |the western frontiers of the Soviet from Shanghai, Sopth China, under| Union are rapidly completing the the “peace” terms conviently ar- | anti-Seviet front, ranged with the Kuomintang betray- ers of China through the “good of- fice of United States and British im- perialism, are being rushed to the Soviet border. A Harbin dispatch to the New York World Telegram reports that some of these troops already have been disembarked at are going to be thrown wide open,” stated Edward McGrady, appearing as the representative of the Execu- tive Council of the American Fed- eration of Labor before the Senate a on Manufacturers yester- employment insurance.” Cites Rank and File Support. “For your information, we wish SPEND YOUR SPRING VACATION, Camp Nitgedaiget But this is the same McGrady who directed the expulsion of practically the whole membership of the Inter- national Fur Workers in New York in 1927 and started a company union Program of speed-up, wage-cutting and unemployment in the needle trades. It is the same McGrady who, up to six months ago and until mass Pressure go too strong, opposed all government relief. And even now, while talking big about “revolution,” McGrady is cam- paigning only for the Costigan-La- Follette Bill, to issue government bonds and Joan cities $500,000,000 for public works. Only an insignificant fraction of the loan would be spent for wages, divided among 12,000,000 today the Fourteenth Japancee Army| Division, recently withdrawn from Shanghai, would be sent to Manchuria,” While the Japanese are engaged in these definite war moves against the peaceful Soviet Union, French imperialism and its vassal states on contractors’ fees and supplies. mittee for Unemployment Insurance and Relief, in the name of its 300,000 rank and file A. F. of L. unionists, recently declared: “The A. F. of L, officials’ propo- sition of supporting the Costigan- La Follette bill is part and parcel of their previous program to de- feat the demands of the American Workers for unemployment insur- ance and to subject the 12,000,000 unemployed workers to a state of charity and starvation.” [sie amt te ret wou ce” igh Sa atk the Manchurian port of Darien. The) york Herald-Tribune yesterday re- dispatch states further: ported the signing of “a new mili- “The Tokio War Office announced | tary treaty between Czechoslovak - fessed and notorious White Guardist, Gourgolov, for a declaration of war on the Soviet Union. the committee that even those un- The A, F. of L. Trade Union Com- | employed gho get city relief have to exist on $2.39 per family a week. In Philadelphia with the most Meager rations when any food is given, it was reported that recently eleven days went by without any relief whatever, either from public or private sources. ‘The social workers reported that, foodless days are very common in continuing | Rack, Mena and England will send @ total of five delegates to Chicago. It is recommended that one of the [ine others seriously injured, when Police fired into the crowd. The cable says: “Demonstrations of the workers of Germany on behalf of the Seottsboro Negro boys were flam- ing expressions of the international solidarity of the German toilers with the oppressed Negro masses of the United States. The German worker in Chemnitz, murdered by the police while protesting against the Scottsboro frame-up, becomes a symbol of international working- class solidarity. This worker was ready to lay down his life in the struggle against the oppression and Persecution of the Negro masses. He became an inspiration to the white and Negro masses of the United States to redouble the fight against the vicious legal lynching of the nine innocent Negro boys. “ (Signed) “LEAGUE OF STRUGGLE FOR NEGRO RIGHTS.” Dear Comrades:— ‘The election campaign of our Party can be @ success only if it does not | develop into @ special campaign, that |i8 something apart from the day to \day struggle of the workers. Up to now election campaigns have been considered by the Party as of no great importance on the water- front and aboard ship. The Party ‘was sometimes infuenced by the con- ditions which made it impossible for seamen to vote. For instance, uring the last election one could hear very often: “Why hold election meetings for the seamen, they can’t vote any- way.” And the stamen did not take much interest in the campaign be- cause the Party, outside of general- ities, had nothing to offer in its kelection platform in regard to im- mediate political demands. This in spite of the fact that the seamen are even under the existing sham democ- racy greatly discriminated against. Due to his calling, a seaman is dis- franchised, because he is not able to comply with all the red tape and quite often is not in port, or rather his home port on election day. Our demand should be “vote by proxy,” or some other way of making it possible for absentees to vote, This distrimination is felt very keenly, ¢specially among the younger American born element. Special Demands. Furthermore, when a seaman ac- cepts employment he is forced to sign articles and if he quits before the article expires, he can only claim half of his pay. Our demand should be the abolishing of the seamen’s act which also includés the clauses Of investing the captain with disci- Of gas and light. Blinary powers and also we should | Sra tak i | electing delegates to the Philadelphia | Arkansas Delegations. leity Communist Campaign Contfer- | LITTLE ROCK, Ark., May 10.— ence. This conference will be held May 20, at 1208 Tasker St. It will send 25 delegates to the National Nominating Convention of the Com- munist Party in Chicago. Hails Mighty Demonstration LEBRUN ELECTED of Solidarity of Workers of AS PRESIDENT OF Germany with Negro Masses League of Struggle for Negro Rights De- Had Radical. Socialists | nounces Police Massacre of German Workers Support; Painleve Did Protesting Against Scottsboro Lynch Verdicts FRANCE, TUES. | Not Run VERSAILLES, France, May 10.— The National Assembly of French senators and deputies elected Sen- pator Albert Lebrun as President of | |France. The election took place! |here today. Painleve, who was reported to be the favorite candidate of the Rad- | teal Socialists, whose overwhelming |vietory in last Sunday’s elections | Shook the stability of Tardieu's gov- | |ernment, withdrew last night in or- | der—as the official statement says— | to assure a unanimous choice out of lrespect for the memory of the late Bish rcnc Doumer. Lebrun is known as a good “equili- brist,” having proven to be so when he was President of the Senate at the time Herriot headed the govern- |ment, in 1924. At that time he acted |as a sort of shock absorber between jthe government and “constitutional” the various | opposition groups. ae Washington Sees No Change. WASHINGTON, D. C.—As the re- ‘sults of last Sunday's French elec-| Seamen and the Election Campaign | come forward with the demand that | the working day for the crew shall | |be 8 hours and guarantees of the| three watches on deck and not as the | present law 2 watches, which means | 12 hours. The fireman should be guaranteed by law 4 watches instead of 3 watches. Also we should bring for- ward the demand that all disciplin- ary power should be vested in a com. | Mitee composed of members of the | crew. Furthermore, the issue of social insurance is of special importance to seamen. The majority of the big com- panies have today an age limit of | 40 years for able bodied seamen. The Standard Oil even as law as 35 lears. The shipowners figure that at that age 4 seamen’s physical condition is not 100 per cent anymore. It is in @ great many cases true as regards td eye sight, and if a seaman starts sailing when he was 14 years of age, or anywhere below the age of 20, he certainly becomes the object of a} sideshow if he lives up to 40 under| the miserable conditions aboard ship as far as food ani unsantitary | quarters are concerned and still re- | tains 100 per cent ability | At the present time the law allows 30 cubic feet of space to each sea- man for living quarters. This is in- sufficient. Out demand should be individual rooms for seamen above deck and not as at present some place where it is impossible to stow cargo and therefore ought to be al- |right for the seamen to flop. Also a demand should be that the watertanks bt tésted once a month and that commitice com- | fposed of members of the crew have | NATIONAL NOMINATING CONVENTION, COMMUNIST PARTY, U. 5. Ay Chicago, Ilinois, May 28th and 28th The. bearer of this credential has been duly elected delegate.to the National Nominating Convention of Chicago, Illinois, May 28th and 29t 2457 West Chicago Avenue. The Cony the Communist Party to be held in h, 1932, at the People’s Auditorium, ention opens at 10 a.m. on May 28th, | tions were weighed here, the convic- Name of Delegate . Age . City Address ... State ... . Nationality . Employed at . . No. of workers Unemployed ... ¥ How long . Elected by (Conference or Organization) Representing (number of workers and org Present Political Party Affiliations (if any Former Political Party Affiliations Trade Union Affiliations zs Fraternal or Cultural Organizations (Signed) . nizations) Chairman or Secretary ATTENTION This credential is to be filled out by the secretary or chairman of te organization, local conference, or meeting that elects the delegates to tne National Nominating Convention, The credentials are to be filled out in duplicate for each individual delegate. One copy is to be mailed imme- diately to the Election Campaign Committee, 2457 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Ill, and the second copy is to be given to the delegate who is to Present it to the registration committee immediately upon arrival in Chicago. Registration of delegates will start Saturday, May 28th, at 6 a.m., al 2457 West Chicago Avenue. No delegate will be registered, given delegates card, meal ticket or sleeping quarters unless the minimum amount of 33.00 rquired from each delegate is paid either in advance or at time of registra- tion. The Committee takes no respousibilities to provide for anyone who is not registered as delegate and paid the %3.00 fee. NOTICE TO ALL DISTRICT ORGANIZATIONS The May issue of The Commu- nist has been sold out in*the first printing. A limited reprint is now being ordered, after which the type will be destroyed. Consider- ing the urgent need of the May issue of The Communist in popu- jarizing the decisions of the Cen- tral Committee Plenum, all dis- tricts are urged to wire in at once whatever additional orders they. may require. “The struggle against militarism _ must not be postponed until the moment when war breaks out. Then it will be too late. The struggle against war must be car- ried on now, daily, hourly.” LENIN. tion prevailed in government circles that a new cabinet with Herriot at the head would not introduce any fundamental change in France's for- eign policy. Herriot is considered no} different than Tardieu. [What Our Readers Say on the Election Campaign! ‘HIS is the third series of discussion letters on the elec- tion platform and campaign of the Communist Party sent in by the readers of the Daily Worker. é ALL READERS ARE URGED TO AGAIN READ THE PLATFORM AS PUBLISHED IN THE DAILY WORKER OF APRIL 28TH AND SEND IN THEIR OPINIONS AND PROPOSALS. J All districts should send in their orders at once jas bundles of the special supplement containing the election platform. The second. edition of the supplement will be off the press Monday, May 9. The cost is $2.50 a thousand. | copies. ag sanitary conditions as regards ice box, bathrooms and lavatories, that the emergency rations be in- creased; that-the safety rules of life at sea are strictly enforced and that these rules be supervised by a committee of the crew; that an elected committee of the seamen supervise the administration of the marine hospitals, because they are ours. We paid for them through loggings fines and forfeited our wages and the wages of deceased seamen, that is, those whose rela- tives could not be found if those seamen did not come back to port; that all ships must carry wireless that the manning scale be en- forced; that there shall be no dis- crimination in the issuance of li- censes for navigators or engineers in regards to color or nationality; that in each port a central ship- ping office be established under the Supervision of an elected commit- tee; that the formula of discharges | ity and time of service and the dis«- charge be signed and issued by # | member of the crew elected by the | crew, | These demands are demands 1 have often heard discussed-in my 30 years of experience before and be- hind the mast and I believe that we will be able to rally the seamen around these demands in the elec- tion campaign and that -we will | thereby draw in many seamen into the Party, or claser to it. ; But these demands, if politically |correct, should not be simply put on paper but before put into the plat- form, be freely discussed-in mass meetings and ship meetings to be jheld by the various waterfront sec- tions or units and also in mass mheet- jings and ship meetings called for |this purpose by the Marine Workers Industrial Union If this is doné the démands will not appear tailormadé and besides we Will he able to activize @ lot of |non-Pariy seamen for election work. the-power and the duty to enforee Be Sneirt cay {contain camec- seu eps gel ary, Joheqgemen '