The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 27, 1932, Page 1

gy ES ¥ sO TEE! rid YOTE COMMUNIST FOR 1. Unemployment and Social Insurance at the ex- pense of the state and employers. Ageinst Hoover’s wage-cutting policy. “*#? 3. 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. BR ore Bin Dail Central ‘Orga ‘(Section of the Com: munist by one ) Worker | ation for the Blac’ Against capitalist Against imperialis Equal rights for the Negroes and s VOTE COMMUNIST FOR -determin« k Belt. terror; against all forms of suppression of the political rights of workers. t war; for the defense of the Chinese people and of the’ Soviet Union, Vol. IX, No. 152 > Matered as second-class matter at the Post Uffice at New York, N. Y.. under the act of March 2, 1879 NEW YORK, MONDAY, JUNE 27, 1932 CITY EDITIO Price 3 Cents TO PROTEST SHOOTING OF L.A. JOBLESS Foster to Lead Masses Demonstration Over Police Terror TUESDAY IN LOS ANGELES Police Close Hall to Communist Candidate LOS ANGELES, June 26.—The Foster meeting scheduled here to- night in Music Arts Hall will be turned into a mass demonstration at the same time and place against the closing of the hall to Foster. The hall was closed on orders of the Los Angeles police “Red Squad” and the superior court of Los Angeles county Yesterday refused to issue an order to restrain the police from closing the hall doors to Foster. Six local attorneys argued before the court for the right of free speech and assembly, but the court refused to intervene. The workers of Los Angeles will greet Foster at a huge Welcome Ban- quet at Co-operative Center; the ban- quet will be held immediately after the protest meeting at Music Arts Hall. Foster To Lead Demonstration Tuesday, Foster will lead the huge noon day demonstration at the Plaza in protest against the shooting down of an unemployed worker Wednesday night, The shooting took place when the "Red Squad” broke into a private home without a warrant and at- tacked a group of unemployed work- ers meeting there to discuss the struggle for relief and unemployed insurance. Basil Dell, the,..worker, hho was shot, was rushed to @ hos- pital, and there he was placed under arrest. Five other jobless workers were arrested at the meeting, and dater four of them were arraigned on charges of “batery” and “resisting an officer.” Thousands of Los Angeles workers, part time workers and unemployed workers are mobilizing to make this ‘Tuesday night meeting the greatest demonstration against police brutality ever seen in Los Angeles. Continues Tour Foster, Communist candidate for President of the United States, has completed a strenuous speaking tour across from Chicago to Seattle, and down the coast. He is scheduled to Speak Monday in San Diego, and Wednesday nhPio q..a’k einidA Wednesday in Phoenix, Arizona. From there he goes to Salt Lake City for a meeting July 1, then: Den- ver, July 3; Omaha, July 5; Sioux City, July 6. Kansas City, Mo., July 8; Pittsburg, Kansas, July 9; Kansas City, Kansas, July 10, and Oklahoma City, July 11. Continues Mass — Arrests in Chile Dictatorship _ Returns Bank to “Owners” The fascist-military dictatorship in Chile yesterday continued its savage offensive against the working class, at the same time that it made every ef- fort to remove the fears of the for- eign capitalists, who, with the local feudal landowners, control the econ- omy of the country. o Following a week of bloody sup- pression of political strikes and other Teyolutionary activities of the work-| ers, and mass arrests of Communist workers. the dictatorship yesterday its curfew regulations to permit owners of theatres and night clubs to resume business. The de- Gree ordering the people off the streets by ten o'clock at night, was _ Changed to 12:30. Meetings of work. ers are still prohibited, with the mil- itary under orders to shoot inta any gathering of more than three work- | ers. | The dictatorship restored the full fprivate capitalist character of the Central Bank of Chile, which had been placed under government con- jtrol as a State bank by the short lived dictatorship of Col. Grove. This ‘action has been hailed with pleasure ‘in foreign capitalist circles, SOCIALIST ATTACKS VETS. STROUDSBURG, Pa., June 26..— Andrew J. Beimiller, socialist, at- tacked the bonus marchers here to- | day while speaking before the Sum- Mer Conference of The League for SN NSE, } J 1 given has been won by a strike. wretched soup. | | to do their work for nothing. | were granted. | | | East Chicago Jobless Strike; Reduce} Forced Labor, Get More Food EAST CHICAGO, Ind., June 26—A fight for reduction in the | | amount of forced labor by the unemployed here and an increase in food | The men refused to work at all unless every worker got better food and clothes, and then would work only one day a month, | | ‘The jobless were being forced to work six to eight days on the wood | pile, or cleaning yards of local politicians or alleys ,in return for their | Matters came to a climax when the city fired men who | | were working at a school house for 45 cents an hour and sent jobless | Demands markets of the world. This factor is tending drastically to sharpen the difference between the imperialist powers while at the same time greatly increasing the danger of armed _ intervention against the Soviet Union. Rumania and Austria Default On Saturday, the Rumanian Goy- ernment was forced to default in its interest payments on foreign debts. The day before, the Austrian Gov- ernment was forced to make similiar admission of bankruptcy. The Aus- trian Government yesterday made the further announcement that it could no longer pay.the wages of the State railway employes’ on the first of every ‘month. * A dispatch to the-New York Times admits that the Austrian action reflects “the steadily deteriorating financial position of the Austrian railways.” Face Collapse ‘The financial page of the Sunday New York Herald-Tribune admits that “financial and economic collapse” is facing Eastern Europe, and adds “a Danubian collapse will be especially burdensome to American investors, who have large sums invested di- rectly and indirectly in the various obligations of the Danubian states.” The article admits that the default by Austria and Rumania will have wide repercussions throughout the capitalist world and fears that Jugo- slavia, Hungary and other states will (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Milk Drivers Win Complete Victory in 24-Hour Strike NEW YORK.—The milk drivers and inside men at the I. Cohen and Sons Daily, 26 men, Brooklyn, won a complete victory Saturday, after be- ing out on strike only 24 hours un- der the Jeadership of the Food Work- ers Industrial Union, Several months ago these workers asked milk drivers local 584, of the A. F. of L. to organize them, but af- ter a few empty gestures the A. F. of L. fakers left them flat. By combining the routes, drivers were worked 14 to 16 hours and were more dead than alive after pulling in. Despite the use of police in an at- tempt to intimidate the workers the employer had to yield and agree to continue a contract signed with the workers’ committee, April 2, which he had been breaking since then. TAG DAY COLLECTORS. All who have not yet turned in their collection boxes used in the tag days Saturday and Sunday should do so today, at 50 East 13th St. WASHINGTON, June 26.— Just one week after it asked for and got an extra $50,000 to continue its “studies,” the senate committee in- vestigating the stock market sud- denly stopped doing business. Whether its activities wilt continue when Congress convenes in Decem- ber the Banking and Currency com- mittee says is “left. open"—which, of course, means that it won't con- tinue, The “investigation” of the stock market was begun after thousands of small investors had burned their fingers as a result of a number South American countries defaulting .decided- | on interest payments on bond issues ‘fosted in the U, 8. BOSSES SPEED WAR DRIVE AS CAPITALISTS’ ECONOMY TOTTERS Rumania, Austria, Bulgaria and Greece De- fault Debt Payments—Wide Repercussions France, Yugoslavia and Japan Bluntly Against Any Cut in Armaments The further collapse of capitalist economy in Eastern Europe and the spectacular drop in Japanese yen exchange operated within the past few days to tremendously deepen the devastating world crisis of capitalism. The effects of these two events are already reflected in the financial Mass Pressure Gets British Visa for Scottsboro Mother PARIS.—Mrs. Ada Wright re- ceived her visa on Friday per- mitting her to enter England. Mass pressure of the workers forced granting of visa, Mrs. Ada Wright, Scottsboro mother and J. Louis Engdahl, general sec- tary of the International Labor Defense, both spoke at a Scotts- boro demonstration in Clichy, France. Mrs, Wright sends her | Personal greetings to the Com- munist Party state nominating convention in Tennessee. ‘RELIEF’ BUREAU WILL OPEN TODAY Secrecy Shrouds Plan; Fear Flood of Cases The Emergency Home Relief Bu- reaus. closed to new applicants since April 2 will reopen today, it was an- nounced on Friday at staff meetings in the precinct offices of the bureaus. Extreme caution was used by Mary L. Gibbon, head of the bureaus, how- ever, to prevent the starving jobless{ of New York from discovering this fact. Suppress News. At the precinct meetings investi- gators and clerical help were in- formed that the news of the reopen- ing of the bureau was to be held in strictest. confidence. Immediate dismissal was threat- ened in the case of any employee who was caught relaying news of the opening to recipients of relief or others. Newspaper publicity regarding the reopening was strictly prohibited by the central office of the bureaus. Fear Flood of Applicants. The reason for the secrecy sur- rounding this move, it was frankly | admitted by officials of the bureau, is to avoid a rush of applications which will swamp the precinct offices and again reveal the inadequacy of the relief funds appropriated by the Board of Estimate. ‘Thousands of new applicants have been turned from the doors of the home relief bureaus since April 2. In addition more than 30,000 applica- tions which were never acted upon Rica be were rejected at that time “due to the pressure of work.” END QUIZ ON WALL ST. Little Investors Had Been Squeezed leading bankers. Most of the hank- ers, testifying before the committee, modestly admitted that very little dent had been made in their own profits. Although the “investigation” was instigated by Senator Walcott fol- lowing a White House call last win- ter, the senator himself, it is gen- erally admitted, was notably inactive in pushing the inquiry. Finis! Pressure by the “big boys” un- doubtedly put the kibosh on the in- quiry, with the result that evidence available showing how financial CLASH GROWS BETWEEN U.S. AND JAPAN | Japanese “Threaten U: S. Penetration of China REJECT “ARMS CUT” Say Hoover Plan Aims to Weaken U.S. Rival The conflict between American and Japanese imperialists over control of China and hegemony in the Pacific sharpened during the weekend. This is accounted for by the dispute over Chinese customs revenues collected at Dairen and the Japanese rejection of the Hoover ‘arms reduction” propo- sals. These proposals aim to strength- en the armed forces of Wall Street while weakening Japanese military and naval strength. The Japanese have sharply pro- tested the action of the Nanking Goy- ,|ernment in dismissing the Customs Commissioner at Dairen, following his refusal to transmit revenues collected at Dairen to the Nanking Govern- ment as demanded under the 1907 agreement between: Japan and China. The Dairen Customs Commissioner is a Japanese. His dismissal by the Nanking Government was clearly influenced by the United - States, which has. strongly protested to | Japan against the decision of the Japanese puppet state in Manchuria to confiscate Chinese customs rev- enues collected at Dairen. The Wall Street Government’ fears that such action woulq weaken the Nanking Government in its murderous war against: the -revolutionary Chinese workers and = ; and would, further affect its ability to répay the loans advanced by foreign govern- ments io help Nanking finance the war against the Chinese masses. As a preliminary for further drastic action against China, the Japanese Government has warned Nanking that it would be held responsible for “any consequent developments.” Tokio dispatches during the past week have hinted that the Manchurian puppet government may “be forced to invade North Qhina.” The Japanese who have used that puppet government to carry @ut the confiscation of ‘the Chines@ customs revenues at Dairen are thus preparing to use it as a cover for Japanese occupation of North China. One section of the Chinese press is carrying on an energetic cam- paign for the resumption of dip- lomatic relations with the Soviet Union. This press recalls that So- viet aid and sympathy made pos- sible the victories of the Chinese Revolution before the Chinese bour- geoisie headed by Chang Kai-Shek betrayed the revolution and went over into the camp of the im- perialists. It also points out that the Soviet Union is the only power that has not sent troops and war- ships to Shanghai and has made no attempt to occupy Chinese soil. Ammonia a Pipe Blast Drives Hundreds of Workers from Homes NEW YORK.—An ammonia gas pipe on the roof of the Rubel Coal and Ice Corporation, 15 East St., burst with an explosion Saturday that rocked surrounding tenements, and a great cloud of suffocating white gas spread through the neigh- borhood, spreading terror and ren- dering a number of women uncon- scious. Three whose names were learned were: Mrs. Lucy Viggano, Mrs. Mary Kirby and Miss Jenie La- porte. The plant engineer, Herbert Charlak, tried to shut off the pipe, but was overcome and injured when he fell. Police reserves were called out and made matters worse by herd- ing people madly around the streets. Hundreds fled from their homes as the gas seeped in. This is a lower East Side, working class neighbor- hood, © Siam King Retains Throne; Discontent Reported Growing BANGKOK, Siam, June 26.—The military revolt which took place in Siam came to an end when King Prajadhipok accepted to head a con- stitutional monarchy as demanded by the Army and Navy. The short lived revolt which its leaders refused to term a “revolution” is regarded here as a maneuver des- ‘ignated to allay the mounting wave of @ mass dissatisfaction, The coun- writers were bribed to boost certain | try is in the midst of a severe crisis phoney brought , forward, stocks and bonds will not| which is causing-untold milsery and Vets Revo food St Attempt to Oust Pace Waters, erstwhile commander in chief. The movement for Waters’ ouster Regiment Headquarters, which is® commanded by George Pace, leader of the Workers Ex-Servicemen’s League, and threatened to cut off the Mmandeered buildings if they in- sisted on democratic elections and rank and file control. The rank and file forced Waters to withdraw from Win Thru Mass Action Not Bonus Beards (F. P. Pietures) This vet, Arthur Nadi, has vowed he will not shave his beard until the bonus is paid. He will have a long one if the reactionary leaders remain in power. Militant mass action of all the vets, placing their demands before Congress in vo un- certain terms, will win immediate payment, | HOOVER REPEATS “AID BANKERS” Even Hits Sections Boss Wagner Bill WASHINGTON, June 26.—Calling for more relief to the bankers and industrialists through the Finance Reconstruction Corporation, Presi- dent Hoover issued a statement at- tacking even the future “aid” that one provision of the Wagner bill pur- Ports to call for. While praising the feature of the fake relief bill empowering the Fi- nance Reconstruction .Corporation to advance up to $1,500,000,000 for profit yielding projects, Hoover reiterated his attacks on so-called unproductive public works. No Real Relief. He said that, according to the re- ports of the different technical bu- reaus of the government, the public works for which provision is made in the. Wagner “relief” bill “would produce direct employment during the next year to less than 100,000 men, out of the many millions of un- employed.” The Wagner bill as it was adopted by the Senate calls for the expendi- ture of $500,000,000 to finance public works. As these works could not be started immediately, it means that only a few jobs would be handed out in the future. Most of the $500,000,- 000 would go to the contractors, pro- ducers of building materials and grafting state and municipal politi- cians. Poor Farmers Left Out. Hoover further criticized the Wag- ner bill for not providing any relief to the big storage and marketing ag- ricultural concerns. He is not wor- ried about the plight of the poor farmers, ’ The Hoover statement is consid- ered a challenge to the workers and farmers ‘to fight more fiercely for immediate relief for social and un- employment insurance at the ex- penses of the government. ‘ food supply for the men in the com- | lt Over oppage; Drive Out Waters Rank and File Vet Scores Waters in Meet; Article in Daily Worker Applauded Fails; Marchers Want Him on Leader ship WASHINGTON, D. C., June 26.—The Bonus Expeditionary Forces re- | volted yesterday against the hand picked “High Command,” refused to obey orders of the Committee of Seven and forced the abdication of Walter W. began when Waters appeared in 14th | the building. Vets Denounce Waters. In a meeting heid in the 14th Reg- iment area rank and file veterans denounced Waters’ leadership and de- clared that they would no longer | stand for the bulldozing tactics of the military police. A veteran took the ‘floor and read from the Daily Worker an article exposi: the role | of Waters. This worker was given al big ofation by his fellow veterans. George Pace pointed out in the presence of Waters that the Workers ExServicemen's League is here to unite the veterans regardless of ir political opinions to win the bonus. |A veteran from Texas said, “If you | | stop the food for the 1‘th Re we will clean the Waters’ gang out of Washington. The leadership of the B. E. F. is now in the hands of Thomas Kelly. Kelly's tenure in office, however. | expected to be only a matter of hoi The veterans have demanded demo- | tratic elections to decide upon the new leadership. Pace, commander of the 14th Regiment, has been named by a large section of the veterans as their choice for commander of the BEF. A-statement. issued by the Worl ers. Ex-Servicemen's League tod urged all companies to take steps at once to elect rank and file commit- tees to lead the fight for the honus. Negro Vet Jailed. M. Watkins, Negro veteran, and held incommunicado for three days for selling the pamphlet “Close Ranks” which is published by the Workers Ex-Servicemen’s League, No charges were booked against him and no record of his arrest was made any- where. A veterans’ committee searched for him for three days. The 905 “I” Street, sent protests | District Columbia Committee and Po- lice Chief Glassford against this ar- rest and intimidation. Slander Chicago Group. In an attempt to discredit the Workers Ex-Servicemedn’s League, Waters’ agents are spreading false rumors and reports in Chicago against. the militant organizers of the Chicago delegation, claiming that Gardner and others were drunk and had misused funds The Provisional Bonus March Com- mitte hit this move of the Waters gang as an attempt to cover up their own betrayal of bonus marchers. The Mlinois delegation was the first to stop Jim-Crowism. They were the first ones too, after their leader had commander and to rebel against the police spy system. The most active members of this group were arrested, fingerprinted and driven from the camp by police. refused to be separated from. their companies and are now back with them. Workers and Vets. 14th Regiment was held up today pending action of the rank and file. Government employees who witnes- sed the discussion yesterday and heard Waters’ threats gathered to- gether supplies and tobacco for the regiment. The Provisional Bonus March Com- mittee sent telegrams to all posts today calling for the mobilization of more forces to come to Washington to demand that Congress does not ad- journ until the bonus is paid. arrested by the Washington police} Provisional Bonus March Committee, | to the! betrayed them, to elect their own} All these veterans | The threat to cut off food for the | | Herbert Newton | | | NEWTON SPEAKS AN HOUR FROM TREE IN PARK ) 1,000 Cheer Commu- | nist Candidate as Police Attack | CHICAGO, ml, J ne 26.—A th and Chicago workers, mostly Negroes, saw Herbert Newton defy for an hour iment | the efforts of 17 squads of police with | | sawed-off police, Jing the | de] shot guns, 10 uniformed hordes of detectives includ- “Red Squad,” and the fire , to prevent him from The masses of workers assombied Friday night in Ellis Park, | test police attacks on Negro worker; | fighting discrimination, and to de mand the right of free speech and mbly for Communist | meetings. « | ‘The police, according to reliable in- | formation, were urged to attack by scar DeP} . Negro» Republican ‘Party congressman. With DePriest in his appeal for police action, were two preachers, Rhodes end Smith, Herbert Newton is a Negro worker, ;and Communist candidate for con- | (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) 1,000 CHILDREN MARCH IN N. Y. | Fathers Jobless, They | Seek Relief NEW YORK.—More than children and their mothers marched on the hot, dirty East Side streets Saturday morning in a demonstra- | tion for relief for the thousands of | starving children of New York. Demand Relief. Several bundred members of the | the United Front Children’s Com- mittee. A large number of the pa- raders were Negro children, as well as many boy scouts. | The parade commenced at 11 o'clock in the morning at Rutgers Square on the lower East Side, wind- ing up at Tompkins Square, where leaders of the hungry children, in im- demands for relief. Al Steele of the United Front Children’s Committee and Rose Nelson of the United Coun- cil of Working Class Women de- scribed the suffering among the children of the million jobless of the city and demanded immediate relief. Parade July 12. Another parade, expected to be ;even larger than the one on Satur- | day, will be held on July 12. The| march will end at the City Hall and a delegation elected Saturday will present the demands of the children |to the Board of Estimate. The de- mands include free lunches in the public schools during the entire summer, special playgrounds, free clothing and dental care. 'Aids Japan in Wa LONDON, June 26.— Production of; munitions for Japan by British gov- ernment factories was denounced in a resolution passed by the Poplar Borough Council and transmitted to Prime Minister MacDonald, former sl$ning light of the Second (gocialist) International. The resolution points out that 640 tons of munitions are now being loaded on a.vessel lying at the Lon- don docks and that the shipment is destined for Japan. Dr. C, K. Cullen, a Laborite, revealed that the muni- tions were “produced by a British Government factory.” ‘The “New Statesman and Nation” BRITAIN SHIPS ARMS r Plans on U.S.S.R. admits that Great Britain tins ship- ped arms to Japan “from August, 1931, to February, 1932, inclusive” to the value of 123,158 pounds sterling— “an average of 17,594 pounds per month. The “New Statesman and Nation” makes the following com- ment on the war shipments: “The armament firms in every country are enjoying a little boom. Munition makers, internationally or- ganized, still hold to the motto laid down for them by the munition king in ‘Major Barbara’ (a play by George Bernard Shaw) and arm both sides in any conflict that is going-on ir- ners of See, rt to pro- | election | 1,000 | | Young Pioneers of America were in| the parade, which was organized by| passioned speeches, put forward their | be es CHARGE WITH BAYONETS IN MINE STRIKE | oe |Cold Steel at Breasts | of Ohio Pickets As Plane Drops Gas CALLS FOR PROTEST} |250 Arrests In Three Days of Terror | NMU BRIDGEPORT, Ohio, June 26. | Ohio state militia charged the mine | strikers’ picket, lines at Wolf Run near Amsterdam with bayonets while | national guard airpla continuo’ dropped tear gas o: Sheriff Yost of d has issued a icketing is jagreement with the Workers of America officials. These | strike breaker officials have formally agreed that there shall be no m | picketing, and no picketing except by three men at each mir |these three pickets to march 50 | apart, 250 Arrests Over 200 striking miner: rested in two Thu Friday of last we and over 50 y | arrested Saturday. The mine owr | the state and county trying to crush the jand the U. M. W. A. o! s give the |state and county every aid in their | power. | Added to this is a is campaign of evictions. The P managers have announ | evict all strikers Mond |is owned by the P interests, the same cr the Pursglove mines an ming ginia and the Pi 1 Terminal Mining ©o. in Pe nia, Both in West Virginia and in Pennsy vania, the company has put over drastic wage cuts within the last few weeks, and has done it t igh their contract with the United Mine Workers, Demonstrate Against Terror The United Front Strike Commit- tee in Ohio, under the leadership of the National Miners Union is paring a mass demonstration a terror in Jefferson county. demonstration will be for immediate unemployment relief. The Mine Workers of America loc: be visited by speake take part in this action. The N. M. U. proposes | national campaign agains: t increasing terror in East O to s | There will be a march for relief mands in Belmont county July 11 The National Miners Union calls a conference of the strike area to mect July 8, to take measures for strength- ening the united front for relief dem- onstrations and to prepare further the fight against terror. VOTE STRIKE IN TERMINAL MINES | Fagan Officials Run Out of Meeting PITTSBURGH, Pa, June 26.— Open revolt has broken out against the United Mine Workers of America Proposal to accept the 10 per cent wage cut July 1, in the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Co. | Last night the enraged miners of | Mine No. 8 at Coverdale, the largest jand key mine in the chain of Pitts- burgh Terminal Mines in Western Pennsylvania, voted almost unani- mously not to accept the cut, and to strike on July 1. ‘The miners drove the UMWA offi+, cials from the local meeting and} elected a rank and file opposition to: their offices. Another Mine Votes “No”, Pat Fagan, district president of the UMWA talked half the night to the UMWA local meeting at Mine No. 3, without convincing them they should accept the cut. After half the men had left, he took a vote and it was 60 to reject the cut and 34 to accept. Fagan had the nerve to an- nounce the vote as exactly the oppo- site. The National Miners Union is dis- outing thousands of leaflets to- morrow, calling for a strike on July 1, for these demands: 1—Withdrawal of the cut. 2—Pay- ment for all dead work. 3—No more check off. 4—No discrimination against Negroes. 5—Increase of the relief to part time workers. 6—Five days work a week. 7—Recognition of mine committees. Huge mass meetings are called at which National Miners Union or- No, 4,-end, 1 |