The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 18, 1932, Page 1

DELEGATES FROM SHOPS LEAVE TODAY FOR N.Y. STATE COMMUNIST NOMINATING CONVEN ION * VOTE COMMUNIST FOR Unemployment and Social Insurance at the ex- pense of the state and employers. Against Hoover’s wage-cutting policy. Emergency relief for the poor farmers without restrictions by the government and banks; ex- emption of poor farmers from taxes, and no forced collection of rents or debts. ‘(Section of the Communist International) VOTE COMMUNIST FOR 4. Equal rights for the Negroes and self-determins ation for the Black Belt. 6. Against capitalist terror; against all forms of suppression of the political rights of workers, 6. Against imperialist war; for the defense of the Chinese people and of the Soviet Union ee Vol IX, No. 145 = Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office st New York, N, ¥., under the act of March 3, 1879 NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1932 CITY EDITION Price 3 Cents _ A.F.L.‘Non-Partisanism’ in Chicago ESIDENT WILLIAM GREEN of the American Federation of Labor, speaking for its executive council, has appeared before his masters’ representatives at the Republican Party convention and approved the Hoover-Wall Street program of hunger and war. The ink of Green’s signature (and that of D. E. Robertson, head of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen) to the appeal to Hoover to re- establish the wartime dictatorship of the Council of National Defense was not yet dry as Green met with the spokesmen of capitalist government and members of “the executive committee of the capitalist class” to aid them in more effectively carrying through their brutal attacks on the living and social standards of the working class. There are 15,000,000 unemployed in this, the richest country in the world. There is dire poverty, utter destitution and actual starvation on the most gigantic scale ever seen in a modern industrial country. Green, semi-official member of the Hoover cabinet, Wall ‘Street's labor leader at $12,000 per year and expenses, endorsed the fraudulent relief program of the Hoover administration which, in the form of “public works” even if honestly carried through would not even begin to skim the sur- face of the vast ocean of want which today engulfs the working class, but which, under the tightening dictatorship of capital, is designed to estab- lish, wherever instituted, a new form of forced labor for the unemployed. Green appeared before the Republican convention for yet another purpose—to help to strengthen the two party system of American gov- ernment in line with the traditionally treacherous non-partisan policy of the A. F. of L. leadership. He will appear before the leaders of the Democratic Party convention and there endorse its equally anti-working class policy under the guise of appealing for “consideration for labor.” Mr. Green and the A. F. of L.-bureaucrats will claim success for the non-partisan policy by getting a few of the planks which they propose adopted. But even if all 22 demands of the A. F. of L. officials had been accepted, it would not have moved labor one inch forward in its struggle against the capitalist offensive. On the contrary, ¢he adoption of such planks as the shorter work day and shorter working week by the Repub- lican Party is only 2 method of enforcing wage cuts and of putting thru increased unemployment by means of the stagger system. In the present election campaign the A. F. of L. bureaucracy will try to keep the non-partisan policy fastened to the workers upon whom they have influence by the use of demagogy and they will be assisted by thé capitalist class who will make a great play about the passing of such so-called labor measures as the anti-injunction bill and the anti-yellow dog contract act which only more firmly legalizes the injunction against the workers and has not in the least decreased the use of this weapon, particularly against the militant fighting ranks of the working class. In the present election campaign the non-partisan policy of the A. FP. of L. must be exposed as a weapon to keep the working class tied to the capitalist parties. The possibilities for exposing this treacherous ‘weapon of the labor officials was never so great as today. Large masses of workers, as 2 result of the crisis and the capitalist attack, are breaking with their traditions of “non-partisanship” and on a far wider scale are resorting to independent political actions. Only by the sternest fight against the labor bureaucrats and against the socialists who are allied with the A. F. of L. machine, can the independent political action of the ‘masses be extended. Only by the establishment of a broad united front of the working class from below on the basis of the class demands of the proletariat, and upon every issue of the class struggle, can the Party carry through with success its slogan of class against class. Within the ranks of the A. F. of L, unions the fight against the non- partisan policy must go fcrward with greater resoluteness and with better organization. The workers inside the A. F. of L. through the leadership of the opposition groups created by the Trade Union Unity League and in cooperation with the revolutionary unions, must fight for the election platform put forward by the Communist Party. Only Mass Action Will Win the Bonus Fight! Te militant fight of the ex-servicemen in Washington is compelling the capitalists to resort to every device to defeat this struggle. The Capitalist class is making use of its system of “checks and balances” to deceive these workers and to prevent them from developing mass actions. ‘The bill has passed the House and if not defeated in the Senate will be overthrown by the veto of the president with enough votes to prevent the veto being overruled. In this way if the capitalist plans go through the veterans will be kept tied to the capitalist parties and will harmlessly vent their rage upon the opposing politicians while praising those that supported it. i At the same time the capitalist class is employing every military de-~ vice to prevent the veterans from engaging in mass actions to force through their demands. But the fight can be successful only if develops as a mass struggle. For that purpose all revolutionary ex-servicemen must attempt to draw the class line within the bonus camp and to unite the proletarian elements for the struggle against all influences and agents of the capitalist class. It must be remembered that the ex-servicemen ‘were only a short time ago in industry and the great majority of them are unemployed workers. Unless the class line is drawn and demands put forward in Washington to properly house and shelter and feed the ex-servicemen, to abolish the military regime established and force through the right to elect their own leaders, and to do away with police supervision, the ranks will remain divided and militant action paralyzed. ‘The Waters’ leadership, which is supported by the police, is following calculated policy of preventing mass action and of keeping the bonus army from any action that will show the determination of the men to win their struggle. This leadership even discourages the slightest mani- festation of mass pressure, even to the extent of keeping the ex-service- men away from the Congressional galleries. Within the ranks of the ex-servicemen there is a strong proletarian spirit of struggle. For that reason the least concession to military regi- mentation means to crush militancy and to hamper the liquidation of illusions being systematically spread in their ranks. No reliance upon lobbying, upon capitalist politicians, upon capitalist good will! Only reli- ance upon the mass strength of the ex-servicemen, upon the support of the unemployed and employed workers outside, can win the fight. The revolutionary workers inside the camp, true to the spirit of struggle, which they have conducted in the cities from which they have come, must ‘unite their forces and stubbornly refuse to yield an inch to the system of police supervision and oppression set up by the Waters leadership of the bonus army. Fascist Uniforms ter to the Socialist Trade Unions, the Reichsbanner, etc., calling them to support the demand for the with- drawal of the prohibition of dem- onstrations still existing in Prussia, and appealing for an answer |by OPPRESSED IN U.S. HIT BY “DIES” BILL Action Is Urged By the Anti-Imperialist League Is AIMED AT THOUSANDS Meets in N.Y, Other Cities Today On the eve of a large number of mass meetings to be held today in various parts of the country in protest against the Dies Bill, the Anti-Imperialist League from its office in New York yesterday issued a ringing statement calling for intensified action against the measure, In New York alone 12 meetings are’ scheduled and in Philadelphia two open-air meetings are to be held. ‘The Philadelphia meetings are to be {held at 6 p. m., one at 13th and Thompson Sts., and the other at 13th and Reed Sts. A meeting in New Brunswick, N. J., is scheduled for tonight at Hale and Remson Sts. “The Dies Bill,” says the state- ment of the Anti-Imperialist League “js the result of years of anti- alien agitation by the capital- ist class of this country, and follows the vicious recommendations made by the anti-working class Fish Com- mittee. This bill, like the whole (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) JOBLESS DEFY TEAR GAS BOMBS Crowd Grows to 4,000 As Sheriff Attacks BLOOMINGTON, Ill, June 17— A whole suitcase full of tear gas bombs hurled into the midst of a crowd of 1,000 gathered in front of the court house here Saturday not only failed to disperse the crowd, but raised its numbers to 4,000. ‘The meeting was called to demand unemployment relief, and to protest against the’ breaking up by the sheriff's forces of a smaller meeting June 4 at the same place. Sheriff Reeder and a gang of his deputized thugs came down on the June 11th meeting and announced that it could not be held, Mrs. Barker was speaking, and she kept right on. The thugs menaced the crowd, but it stood its ground. The sheriff then sent inside for a suitcase full of tear gas bombs, and threw them all, one after an- other, into the crowd. But a breeze was blowing, and the crowd merely shifted a little after each bomb and let the gas blow away. Meanwhile, another speaker, Clark, took the stand and defied the sheriff. “The unemployed workers are going to build councils to fight for re- lief,” he said, and “a vote for Foster and Ford is a vote for unemploy- ment and Social insurance at the expense of the state and the em- ployers.” Before Clark had finished speak- ing, the crowd had swelled to 4,000. Other speakers took up especially the Struggle of the farmers against sejzure of their land. Raskeb Charged With $750,000 Gains In Peculiar Stock Deal WASHINGTON, D. C., June 17.— John J. Raskob, chairman of the Democratic Party National Commit- tee was charged today along with William Fox, Walter P. Chrysler and others of profiting to the extent of $750,000 in a pool in which Fox sold short the @ock of Fox Films and Fox Theatres. ‘The charge was made before the Senate Committee on Banking 10,000 in Scottsboro Demonstration in Amsterdam, Holland AMSTERDAM (By Radio), June 17.—Following a Scottsboro mass meeting of four thousand marine workers to greet Mrs. Ada Wright, mother of two of the Scottsboro boys, ten thousand workers dem- onstrated through the streets of Amsterdam yesterday. The huge crowd carried with them a pro- test cable to the entrance of the telegraph office, where it was dis- patched to the United States Su- preme Court at Washington, D. C. The demand for the lifting of the ban against Mrs. Wright’s en- try into England is now being raised in the British Parliament, following vigorous protest on the part of British and continental workers and intellectuals. CONVENTION IN SCHENECTADY TOMORROW AT 10 Delegates Leaving N. Y. Today; Get Badges at 50 E. 18th St. NEW YORK.—Hundreds of del- egates from all parts of the state, from unions, Unemployed Councils, fraternal organizations, clubs, etc., will meet in Schenectady at the Albany Theatre, Albany and Gér- mania Sts., Schenectady tomorrow. All delegates leaving New York must get their credentials, tickets and badges no later than 2 o'clock this afternoon at the district office of the Communist Party, 50 E. 13th St., Fifth Floor and also pay for their boat tickets. The boat will leave at Pier 52, Hudson River Night Line, between West 12th and West 13th St. Hid- son River, at 5.30 p. m., daylight saving time, Saturday évening. Get There by 10 Delegates going by machine must allow 8 to 10 hours for the trip. The convention will open at 10 o'clock sharp and all delegates must be in their seat so that they may. participate in the whole business of the convention which will be basic for launching a broad united front campaign for the Communist Party in the State of New York. All delegates of the Unemployed Council to Schenectady convention, will meet at 5 East 19th St. today at 5.45 a. m. Trucks to carry them to the convention will leave at 6 a.m, New York Tag Days The Election Campaign in New York is now in full swing. All mass organizations should immediately get behind this campaign arranging open air meetings, indoor mass meetings, debates with oppésition parties, etc. In order to make this campaign a really successful one arrangements must be made to prepare literature, pamphlets and leaflets. To defray the expenses of this work the United Front Election Campaign Committee has decided to arrange for tag days and has set aside Saturday and Sunday, June 25 and 26 for this purpose. It will be the duty of every class conscious worker to go out and contribute his share towards this very important work, MORE SCORE REPUBLICAN Protest Police ‘Attack; Hotel of Delegates Segregated by Hoover CANDIDATES TO SPEAK Chicago Tuesday CHICAGO, Ul, June 17.—A rising tide of mass indignation is sweep- ing the working class sections of South Side as the news spreads of the arrest yesterday of Negro work- ers who were protesting the Jim Crow policies of the Republican Party. Leonides MacDonald, a Negro work- er and Communist candidate for gov- ernor of Illinois; Poindexter, another Negro worker and Communist can- didate for congressman from the sece ond congressional district, amd four other Negro workers were arrested as leaders of a demonstration of 200 in front of the Vincennes Hotel where Negro delegates to the Republican Party national convention are Jim Crowed. Among those jailed for this protest meeting were Squire Brown, a Communist presidential elector. Some of those arrested will speak at a meeting protesting the arrests and the Republican Party's attack on Negro workers and its segregation policy. This meeting will be held on Tuesday night, 8 p. m. at Pythian Temple, 3737 South State St. Equality in U.S.S.R. Other speakers will be Bill Browder, Communist candidate for U. S. Sen- ator; Herbert Newton, Negro worker Pinning against the Negro"REPlblican congressman, Oscar De Priest; and Joe Jackson, Communist candidate for assemblyman. Alex Nelson, a Negro steel worker just returned from the Soviet Union will speak at the same meeting on the elections in the Soviet Union, where workers run the government, and meeting by factories, elect their own fellow workers to political office, and where there is absolutely no seg- gregation or repression of different races or national minorities. Self Determination Nelson will show what the Commu- nist Party election platfrom demand for “self determination for the Black Belt” means, by examples of self de- termination of the minority nation- alities, many of them non-white peo- ples, in the Soviet Union, These peo- | ples who were fiercely oppressed un- der the Czar, now run their own af- fairs entirely, have their own lxan- guage, cultural expressions, and of course elect all their own government officials. They have the right to se- cede from the Soviet Union, but none of them want to, because they have full liberty within it, and representa- tion on the All-Union government bodies besides. The Communist Party, unlike the Republican Party, stands for complete Political, social and economic equality of Negro workers, for making one state of the black belt, the territory in the South which has Negroes in a majority, and for self determination for the Black Belt. JIM CROWING Huge Mass Meeting in| Doak Deported 1,000) \Mexican Workers in the Chicago District CHICAGO, June 17.— The Hoover-Doak campaign against jobless workers has aided the de- portation of over 1,000 Mexican | | workers trom the Calumet sec- |tion of Chicago and eastern In-| diana, 335 being sent out June 9. The Chicago Post in an attack | on all foreign-born workers calls | for inclusion in the Dies bill of a| clause making all jobless aliens | mandatory victims of the immi- | gration officials, thus exposing | that they are not only in a drive | against Communists alone but all) workers. BY TANKER BLAST AT MONTREAL By Explosion—23 Dead, 63 Hurt | MONTREAL, June 17.—Many work- |ers were killed or injured in a triple explosion at the dry dock of the Ca- nadian Vickers Co. The deed totaled | 23, while 63 are reported injured. | The explosions took place on the oil jtanker Cymbeline, the first blast oc- curring while 100 workers were rush- | ing repairs on the tanker, which had been damaged in grounding in the St. Lawrence River. A series of minar explosion, jJowing the first big blast, was suc- {ceeded by a final blast that sent streams of flaming oil along the decks of the vessel, throwing injured workers into the water with their clothing on fire. 3 Zen. bodies had been recovered at | oor, and 13 others were believed |,t0 be still in the hold of the tanker. WIN VICTORY IN EVICTION CASE 'Pittsburgh Workers Barred from Trial, Pack Corridors PITTSBURGH, fol- June the jury today returned a verdict of not guilty against William L. Pat- terson, Ben Careathers, James Col- lins and Fred Griffith tried on charges of “inciting to riot, resisting an officer and obstructing an of- | ficer in the execution of a writ.” The jury threw out all counts. The four worker defendants were {arrested in connection with a dem- onstration by Negro and white workers against the eviction of un- employed Negro families in the Hill District. The only Negro worker on the jury panel was excluded by the | Prosecution. Three of the defend- jants are working-class Negro lead- ers. The fourth, a white comrade has also been extremely active in work among the Negro workers ; Workers were excluded from . the | trial, but jammed the corridors and Ithe street in front of the court. Arrest Thousands in Japan As Antt-War Fight Grows Increase in Strikes, Peasant and Soldier Revolts The Japanese War Office yesterday tightly clamped down its censorship on Japanese troop movements towards the Soviet border, following a break in the censorghip which revealed that a new Japanese army was pushing toward Blagoveschensk, chief Soviet city on the northern Manchurian border. News smuggled out of Japan in spite of the stringent censorship shows a tremendous METAL STRIKE IS WON o Nine Girls Reinstated at Terre Haute Draw Workers Ire q (By Inprecorr Cable) BERLIN, June 17.—The appear- ance of uniformed fascists in the streets of Berlin and other towns caused numerous collisions. The fascists were driven from the streets at’ Wanneickel, Solingen, Hagen, where many were injured. The Berlin District Committee of the Communist Party issued an ap- peal for joint demonstrations of ‘workers of all parties against fas- eism, The Committee sent a let- . Saturday. Fascist members of the Bavarian Diet appeared at the session in uniforms today, whereupon the Pre- sident expelled them from the Cham- ber for the entire session. The fas- cists protested, cheered Hitler, booed the government. The session ad- journed in disorder, The Bavarian government imme- @ately issued a special order pro- hibiting Party uniforms throughout Bavaria till Septembér 30th, despite the Reich's emergency decree, TERRE HAUTE, Ind., June 17. — The strike of a couple of hundred metal workers at the Columbian Ena- meling and Stamping Mill here has been won. The nine girls fired for protesting a wage cut are reinstated. The shop committee is recognized. Permanent organization, with poli- cies based on those of the Metal Workers Industrial League, has been established. Most of the strikers were young girls. Organizers of the Metal Workers Industrial League took a prominent part in the strike. Joe Tash of the M. W. I. L. was in- vited in to speak at one of the first strike meetings. The strike was well organized, picket lines were estab- lished, and all attempts to frighten or divide the young strikers. were without effect. The strikers showed great mili- the revolutionary actions of the toiling masses against their worsening conditions and against the robber war on the Soviet Union. Under the heroic leadership of the illegal Japanese Communist Party, the Japanese toilers are rapidly overcoming their first chauvinist reaction to the war propaganda of the militarists and their “socialist” allies. The strike movement is on the increase, with the workers displaying ever greater de- termination in the struggle. Many of the strikes are marked with bloody street battles between the Japanese tancy and enthusiasm throughout the struggle. workers and the police. Tens of (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) growth in the revolutionary in® WORKERS KILLED 100 Repairmen Caught; 3,000 VETS MOVE ONTO THE STEPS OF THE CAPITOL |Camp Bartlett Adopts Fighting Policies of the Chief of Bonus Army | Police-controlled leaders of the Bont | stormed the steps of the capitol in tails on Page 5). to feed the revolting Bartlett veterans, and during the “ne- gotiations,” a rank and file vet from Texas beat up Wat- ers’ commissary man and vice- commander. Faces Revolt. The hand-pickéd commander, Wat- ers, was today faced with a revolt of the southern group when he cut |off their miserable food supply after they moved from the muddy Anacos- tia flats and seized an empty building. The vets denounced Waters, ahd got the food. ; Waters’ own Oregon group is re- volting, protesting. against the con- stant police “guard” and intimidation. They say Waters betrayed them, de- serting them in Illinois by playing sick. Ressntmeént-is great also against the denial of their demands for mass meetings to elect their own leaders. Leaflets of the Workers Ex-Service- men’s League, putting forward a militant program for the vets, is be- |ing read openly in the camp. Break Growing A new break in the high command is evident, with vets refusing many instances to obey commanders, asking the question: “Who elected | you, anyway?” |ment is being openly denounced in | the camp. | Joe Garner, Negro veteran of Chi- 17. — With | cago, was today elected leader of the militant Negro and white workers|Chicago group which is composed packing the corridors of the court, | two-thirds of white vets. Rank and file committee of vets is being organized to demand permit to demonstrate before the Capitol, }and the movement to commandeer (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) STRIKERS SMASH MILLER TRICK | Most Enthusiastic Meeting So Far NEW YORK.—A meeting yester- | day of I. Miller strikers, in answer to jan attempt of the company to call a meeting of its own and lead a strike breaking movement, was the most enthusiastic demonstration of determination to win that has been seen so far. Strike after striker got up and declared he would strike on injunc- tion or no injunction. Mass picket- ing will answer any attempt to stop picketing with injunctions. Many workers’ organizations are coming to ihe support of the strikers. Several branches of the Workmen's Circle have sent in donations to the union office. The Qstrolenkar Pro- gressive Youth Friends donated $10. Okir’s bakery at 6841 Morton Ave., L. I, bakes special orders of bread, rolls and cakes, free Shoe and Leather Workers Industrial Union, 5 East 19th St., New York. By H. S. KNOXVILLE, Tenn.—Fifty |farmers, their wives and chil- dren of Union County, Tennes- see, have had.a meeting with |a representative of the United Farmers League, and planned a march of the entire country- side to the county seat at May- nardville. oe TENN. FARMERS MARCH Demand Relief and No Taxes They will make demands for relief and exemption of taxes; | against sheriff sales and crop! de-| seizures. They will also mand free school books, and free clothes and shoes for the children, who otherwise will be unable to go to school when it (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) in} The Hoover govern-| All funds for relief should go to the | W.ES.L:, Fires Waters’ Lieutenant Calls for Formation’ of Permanent Anti-Labor Force WASHINGTON, June 17.—Spurning the reactionary policies of the us March, 3,000 Ex-Servicemen today a demonstration for the bonus. (De- WASHINGTON, June 17.—The militant, fighting policy of the Workers Ex-Servicemen’s League triumphed here today when the veterans in Camp Bartlett ousted the fascist leader Everett, and voted for Pace of the W. E. S. L. As a result, the administration gang under Waters refused | WILL MARCH ON | HOME RELIEF Hundreds Register At Unemployed Council | NEW ndreds of East |Side jobless wo are registering | daily Down Town Unemploy- ed Council, 134 E: 8t., for their names to be he great mass parade Monday at 10 am. to the Home Relief Bureau | The demonstration is to demani that the Home Relief, which stopped registering new cases.of starvation in April; shall ‘réopen™ its offices and give relief. The Home Relief has 9,000 registered al ly, and gives‘re- lief to none but Furthermore, 000 Mrs. supervisor of Home Relief has issued orders to her investigators to not pay |any more rents for the unemployed, and to let them wait until dispos- Goldman, the sess notices are served.. Many. evic- | tions have taken place through this |policy of Home Relief. The Down Town Unemployed Cor alls all jobless workers liy- ing in this section to register at its office, and calls all jobless and part time workers to a. nble at-Seventh St. and Ave. A. Monday at 10 am. for the hunger march om the Home Relief Bureau. NEED FUNDS FOR SCOTTSBORO CASE | NEW YORK —In an urgent ap- |peal for funds to conduct the fight against the lynch verdicts against seven of the nine Scottsboro boys ;and to push‘the campaign for the | release on bail of the two other 5 |the national office of the Interna> |tional Labor Defense yesterday is- jsued the f statement leged Case been in prison without a trial. | He completely lost his | sight since being in jail. Eugene | Williams has been ordered retried by the Alabama Supreme Court. The | State of Alabama has made no ate tempt to try them. The Interna< tional Labor Defense is now launch ing a fight to free these two boys, youngest of the Scottsboro nine, on bail pending their trial. Funds are needed for this and for |the appeal to the United States | Supreme Court | The lack of funcs may mean diss | astrous results for the whole fight | to save the Scottsboro boys. | Send funds immediately to Inter~ national Labor Defense National Of | fice, 80 East 11th St. New York City.” Demonstrate Today Against Police Gane Brutality On Negroes NEW YORK.—The workers of the Lower East Side will mobilize today at 2 pm. at Hester Park to protest the brutal attacks of police and gang= sters on Negro workers in this sece |tion, and to demand immediate re- |lief for the thousands of Negro and r here. ed by @ com. nd geancsster ass2ult on ro a few days } ago, in which the Negro was savagely beaten and an attempt to work up a lynching was made. The Down Town branch of the Urfemployed Council and the. Inte national Labor Defense calls ” |demonstration tode~