The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 30, 1932, Page 3

} DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1932 LEGION MEMBERS VOTE DOWN PLAN TO ATTACK REDS 1,500 Iron Miners at Communist Election Meet; Hear Himoff TRON RIVER, Mich. Aug. (Fifteen hundred workers and farm- jers attended the Communist Election /Campaign meeting here on Sacco- Vanzetti day, Aug. 22, in defiance of threats of the authorities and the local American Legion chiefs that it would be attacked. Most of those present were Iron miners from the 32 mines in this vicinity. They get about two days’ work a week. Three weeks before a hunger march on the county ‘seat, Crystal Falls, placed demands for relief. The local paper, owned by the Steel Trust, then started a campaign to “keep outside agitators out” and “handle this our- selves,” The Amefican Legion, in their County Council, offered “unqualified support” of any action against the Communists. But the Local American Legion Post, when it came to vote on that offer, found only 6 out of 75 voting to break up the Comms+-st meeting. Many young workers were sent to the meeting with instructions to boo ‘nd jeer, bu tthey got interested and listened quietly. The meeting voted with a mighty “Aye” when asked if | they were in favor of Foster and Ford for President and Vice-Presi- dent. Young Workers Prepare Youth Day Mobilize Against War on September 9 By JOE ROBERTS Youngwerkers between the ages of 18 and 94*made up the bulk of the troops Hoover used to crush, drive out. and in some cases, to murder, the wold war veterans de- manding their back apy in Wash- ington. Youth of about the same age make up the National. Guards, which broke the Ohio miners’ strike, which fought on the side of the scabs in Indiana coal fields, which are held ready to use against the miners’ strike in Illinois, and against the farmers’ strike in Tawa. “Father” Cox, and all other fas- cist leaders, make their appeal to youth under the influence of pat- riotie end religious preiudiess. Pacifists spread their illusions about the impossibility of war among the Youth. ROLE OF THE YPSL The leadership of the Young Peoples Socialist League try to claim the «tradition of the Inter- national Youth Day, and in this way aiming to draw the masses of youth from an effective struggle against war. This is best shown im the recent YPSL convention, where they struck out the clause from their resolution against wer, of “turning the imperialist war in- to a civil war.” Instead they try to raise pacifist measures, such as calling a general strike to prevent war, and also passive resistance to being drafted for the front. The YPSL leadership has no right to claim International Youth Day. It is precisely against the Socialist Jeadership of the Second Interna- tional, and some of the leaders of the Youth International, ‘that a number of militant youth organ- izations held a conference at Berne in 1915, the purpose of which was to organize a concerted action against the imperialist war raging atging at the time. It resulted in the only outstanding form of mass protest against the war and bosses’ miltarism during the course of the last warld war. Since then a day was set aside (in the first week of September) every year, to be known as Inter- national Youth Day, and to con- tinue the struggle by mobilizing wide masses of youth against im- perialist war and bosses militarism. This group of youth organizations laid the basis for the formation of the Young Communist Internation- al. UNITED FRONT ACTION Today the Young Communist League not only claims the tradi- tions, but is working for a genuine united front of the youth masses, teaching the correct and only way in the struggle against war and | the revolutionary way out of the | crisis. This means we must reach the youth in the factories, jobless youth, the young farmers. and students in an honest fight against imperialist war. Our efforts must be mainly directed to the youth in the armed forces, National Guards ete. - It is necessary to have the sup- port of all workingclass organiza- Louk both youth and adult in the preparations for the holding of Tiuve demonstrations with paredes end marches on Friday, Sept. Sth. International Youth: Day. LY. D. UNKEN UP WITH DTLY STRUGCLE The struzgle against imperialist war, must be raised together with the concrete daily demands of the Youth together with the adults. ‘Therefore the preparations must be marked with struggles fo rthe de- mends of the youth for bread, un- aeainen ea insufance, for recre- “teso} focilities Wand against the cim-Crowing of the Negro youth. This Youth Day must bring into the forefront, the Scottcboro issue, wh'ch will be used internationaliy, ‘The masca’ of struggle for the 18th Inter>ational Youth Day must ring out the militant traditions of ae mae Youth Day is to join ‘oung Communist League as the best pledze in the struggle against imperialist war, VOTE COMMUNIST FOR Unemployment and Social In- surance at the expense of the state 29.— | UTICA, N. Y., Aug, 28—Nine hun- dred workers of Utica gathered under the auspices of the Unemployed Council and heard Al Davis of New Yotk City, a member of the A. F. of L. Rank and File-Committee for Un- employment Insurance, condemn the leaders of the A, F. of L. and their actions at the Conyention of the State Federation of Labor held here Aug. 23-24. A resolution was adopted by the workers present condemning the leadership of the A. F. of L. as being opposed to the interests of the workers, and supporting the Unem- plpoyed Council in its fight for im- ‘mediate relief and Unemployment Insurance, ‘The meeting was held at the Public Market at 8 p. m.,, Thursday. For Roosevelt and ‘Tammany ‘Lae New York State Federation of Labor adjourned here Thursday af- ternoon, after completing its main job of tying its kite to the tail of Roosevelt and Lehman for President and Governor respectively, and throw- ing in an endorsement of Jimmy Walker's grafting relief administra- tion for good measure. Composed mainly of Democratic office-holders and public works union officials from New York City, the convention steam-rollered through these endorsements over the objec- tions of a few union officials of up- state Republican cities that it did not conform to the national A. F. of L. “non-partisan” policy. The “left- wing” Musteite delegate Lefkowitz, of the N. Y. Teachers’ Union, very consistently and fervently urged the endorsement of Roosevelt for Presi- dent. Wage cuts and unemployment, the two main problems confronting the workers today, received scant treat- ment at the convention, though there was much talk about them. The very idea of strikes was taboo at the ¢ onvention and a resolution was adopted urging the arbitration of all questions in dispute between em- recognition of the A. F. of L. On the problem of unemployment, President Green of the A. F. of L. urged, and the convention approved, adopting the “demand” for the Hoover stagger-plan five-day week, six-hotz' day as the “sole cure.” Another remedy offered by Green and wish for a conference “between those who manage industry and those for the unemployed was the hope who serve it” (read bosses and work- ers) to “take up the question of allo- cation of work” (spread of jobs). Grover Whalen of “club the un- NOTHING FOR JOBLESS FROM NEW YORK STATE CONVENTION OF A. F. L. employed fame” hastened to him and announced calling s conference, with Mr. Matthew Woll’s approval, in Octo Green was Hoover's failure ‘to call sfy ry | ed at ‘Tabor repre- sentatives to the Aug. 26 econo conference. He seemed to want another 1929 conference, where he could pledge “no strikes.” Of Unemployment Insurance Green mentioned not one word. The convention did adopt, however, @ meaningless resolution for Employ- ment Insurance “in principle” and | “referred it to the incoming executive | committee for further study. A credential from the A. F. of L.| Page Three Rank and File Unemployment Com- mittee and of resolutions for | Unemploy: ment ‘Insurance and imme- te relief were barred before even reaching the floor for discussion. The comm ittee reprgsentative was denied the flo; Incidentally, though teristically, the Btate Labor convention w charac- very DETROIT POLICE ATTACK SPURS INT'L YOUTH DAY Three Central Meets Are Planned; Fight Boss Terror ball room of the E Martin and adjoini quet Room of the same hotel, where the | conyention of State Federation of Police Chiefs was held. Speech from both rooms could well be hi jat the same time and mixed har- moniously. Scores of Philadelphia workers ‘city governmen! bleeding and unconscious, Phila. Bosses Answer Demand for Bread were viciously beaten by police last Thursday when they demonstrated uiear the City Hall for reiief from the The workers fought back vigerously even though some of their number were clubbed after they had been knocked to the ground House of Good Philadelphia. laundry, which does all the washing and ironing for the Villanova Col- lege, which includes all the personal laundry of the students, priests, nuns, totaling 6,000 sheets, and 6,090 pillow- cases, towels, etc. Besides this, these girls do all the laundry of the Phila- delphia Home for the Blind, and also the laundry work for hundreds of doctors, lawyers, etc., and their fam- ilies. Work 9-Hour Day These girls work for nine hours per day in the laundry, six days a week. On Sunday they must pray and sing hymns all day. No recrea- tion at all. They are allowed to have their parents visit them once a month for only 20 minutes, when the girls must stand with their arms folded and talk through a small hole to their visitors, A nun listens to all they say. If they say anything against the institution, they get sol- tary confinement, ‘The only compensation these girls receive for the 54 hours work each week is a clean uniform. The pris- oners’ parents must furnish their shoes, stockings, underwear, toilet ar- ticles, ete. Terror If the girls get together and rebel against the rotten féod or treatment, the institution has. a number of girls (prisoners), whom they always favor, to attack the ones who rebel. This institution also has a large number of small children, from five years of age up. These small children are placed in this hell hole of capi- talism by parents who are unable to keep their homes together, te .It is a crime to allow this to go ‘on any longer, as these girls are not criminals, but only girls wlio, in most cases, are put in this place for trifles such as staying out too late at night, and in a great many more Cases because they were unable to find work to support themselves, FIRED FOR NOT CHEATING (By a Worker Correspondent) HICKVILLE, L, J.—The Sheffield Farms Daidy Co., chain store in Ce- darhurst, L. I, fired an old worker, a man of about fifty years, because he refused to do the dirty cheating his superintendent required of him. He was a manager of a chain store and would be overcharged on spoiled stock every month, from $80 to $250. Vhen he asked the superintendent cow he would be able to pay for this roiled goods hill, the sup2rintendent sid, that on everything he sells he ‘ould add two or three cents, and \ this way make up the shortage. 2 old worker refused to do this -usy cheating job and was. fired, Worker Correspondence The girls are made to get up at five in the morning. dress, eat, and start work in a kige— xg Shepherd Is Forced Laundry Labor Mill Girls Whose Only Crime Is Unemployment Chained to 9-Hour a Day Drudgery PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—tI have been talking to a girl who has just been released from the “House of the Good Shepherd.” prison for wayward Catholic girls, at 35th Street and Fairmount ‘Avenue, This place is a Catholic Bohai then Pray, Rotten Food at Geld Dust Ledge (By a Worker Correspondent) Down on the river front there is a place run by the Salvation Army. The building, which used to be a warehouse, was donated by the Gold Dust Corp., a big trust, which also controls the Hecier Flour Co. On this building there is a big sign advertising the generosity of the Sal- vation Army, Gold Dust Co., Hecker Milling Co., Nucco Co. and the Ward Baking Co. Every Tuesday night moving pic- tures are shown to the starving workers. Before the show a big American fiag is thrown on the screen, and the pictures are mostly holy stuff. ‘We must organize the Gold Dust- Lodge and demand good food from the grafters and robbers. We must jein the Downtown Unemployed Council at 134 East 7th Street, and demonstrate on Sept, 10, WHITE LEAD (By a Worker Correspondent) LAS VEGAS, Nev.—T enclose picture from the Saturday Evening Post advertisement cf a handsome red-blooded young boy just bubbling over with health, This picture is run by the National Lead Co, with the words, “White Lead”, under it. White lead is a deadly poison, which, when it enters the blood, destroys the abil- ity to manufacture red blood cor- puseles. Lead paint has killed tens of thousands, Its use has been ban- ned in the Soviet Union. So the pic- ture of this boy is run by the Na- tional Lead Co. to blind people, to the danger of its product, PUTTING ON THE DOG _ (By a Worker Correspondent) HAMMOND, Ind.—I walked into a butcher shop recently to purchase two pounds of hamburger, which was advertized in the window at six cents per pound. A lawyer, whom I know, walked: back and forth in front of the show- case, looking over the higher pricod meats while I was purchasing the hamburger, and finally stopped at the hamburger and said, “Boy, I am go- ing to take your suggestion. Give me four pounds of that hamburger at six conts per pound, If there's any- thing I like for a Sunday dinner, it's hamburger roast!” Whom was he kidding? ‘ ‘DRIVE ACTIVE REPORTS FOSTER Candidate Tells of Growing Struggles CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 29—Pass- ing through here on his campaign tour, William Z. Foster, presidential candidate of the Communist Party, brought the message that “after three months of campaigning from coast to coast, I feel that our election cam- paign has all the aspects and oppor- tunities of developing into gn in- tense working class offensive for an immediate mass struggle for all the demands as outlined in our plat- form.” The Communist candidate for pres- ident told of the unprecedented size of the audiences of workers and farmers who are attending Commu- nist meetings, listening eagerly, and stirred by the militant Communist program for a workers’ and farmers’ government, Unemployment and closures. “The Communist demand for un- employment insurance and its mili- tant program to make this demand a living issue,” said Foster, “has brough’ large numbers of the unem- ployed within our reach, as they real- ize that only through a fighting pro- gram can unemployment insurance be made a reality. The Communist Party is seing looked upon more and more by the workers of America as their party. The saine thing exists among many sections of the poorer classes of farmers. They are b2ing forrvlosed dai. and walk out of their small fats and into the ranks of the unemployed. In Mississippi .alone, the banks and state foreclosed on 40,000 farmers in one day for non- payment of mortgages and taxes, The planks in the Communist platform on both unemployment insurance at the emergency relief for the poor farm- ers, and exemption from taxes and from forced collection of rents or debts is a way oud of the crisis for them, and a realization that the Communist program is their pro- gram.” Anticipating Southern Tour. Foster is greatly anticipating his tour into the South where for the first time in the history of America a presidential candidate will bring forward the program of equal politi- cal, economic, social equality for the Negroes, and self-deiermination for the Black Belt. His tour will take him into the heart of many sections of the Black Belt, where the Negro workers and many whites are realiz- ing that the only hope of freedom from the yoke of the white landlord class is in the unity of all workers. Widspread Terror The Communist presidential can- Farm Fore- didate has been arrested three times in the course of his election tour. “The Republican and Democratic parties are the open tools of capi- talism in their campaign’ to perpetu- ate the existing state of society with its f*fteen million unemployed, ar:d starvation and misery for the over- whelming majority of the people in the United States. They are for war and the destruction of the Soviet Union. “The Socialist Party is the third party of capitalism, and with its demagogic program, using working- class phrases, is betraying the work- ing class of America in the same manner as the socialist parties in England and Germany are doing. The socialist leaders ar? constantly attacking the only working class country in the world, the Soviet Union, and supporting counter-revo- lutionists when they come to Ameri- ca to collect funds to overthrow the present Russian government. The so- cialist trade union “leaders” openly declare that they are opposed to the workers’ and farmers’ government in the Soviet Union, and Norman ‘Thomas, their presidential candidate, a member of the Second Interna- tional, in conjunction with the so- cialist press, is at present tighting the antiwar congress that is now meeting in Europe at the behest of Romain Rolland, the French writer, where many militant working class organizations have their delegations, ao is Ne:man Thomas, the paci- Tobacco Saies Can’t Pay for Fertilizer (By a Tobacco Farmer.) UNION COUNTY, Tenn.—If any- body ought to be able to “liye-at- home” it is Tennessee farmers. We raise a bit of everything, but we get no cash at all. I know some farm- ers that couldn’t even pay their fer- tobacco last year. It costs $60 to tilizer bills when they sold their start a kid to high school, so lots of folks can’t send them. I know men willing to work for a bushel of corn a day, with corn at 30 cents a bushel—and still they can’t get jobs. Not half of the farmers of the county could pay their taxes this year, so the county has starteq sell- ing farms that don’t pay up. Last fall they sold 91 for 1929 taxes, and now they're planning to sell any that haven't paid all their taxes since 1924—that’s almost 700 farms out of the 2,000 in the county. What is going to happen when men lose their farms, with no place to go? I don’t think people will stand for it, They had revolutions in other Lumberjacks’ Wages Slashed In Half As Speedup Increases ‘TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 29.—Sixty per cent of the sawmills and logging camps in Washington and Oregon have been idle for the past two years and the sawmills which are still running have cut wages over 50 per cent, according to worners who have recently returned from the camps. Workers who were formerly getting $3.50 to $4 a day are now being paid $1.50 and $2 a day. Logging camps which formerly paid $5 to $6 a day are now paying $2.80 to $2.80 a day and the speed-up is increasing at an enormous rate. Clothing and cork boots which the workers must buy themselves cost nearly as much as they did when the wages were twice as high, ‘The work that loggers are forced to do is extremely dangerous. More workers were killed in lumber camps during the World War than in the United States forces on the battle fields. BOY JAILED FOR SELLING GUM TO AID BLIND DAD; Charities and Cops Unite to Starve Family (By a Worker Correspondent) NEW YORK —For 24 years I worked as a painter. Five years ago, as a result of the work, I got sick and then became blind. My daughter of 14 and son of 13 were forced to leave school to sup- port the house. My youngest son was sick with a double heart mprmer. Up to 1932 my children brought in an income of $17 to $18 a week. My house, and my boy lost his job as a Western Union messenger, after working there for four years. My smallest boy, who was 14, tried to help the house by shining shoes, sel- ling newspapers, and selling gum. On July 3, 1932, he got arrested in New York for selling gum, and was put under parole for two weeks, No New Applications, I went down to the trial and asked the judge to give me bread for me and my children so my gon wouldn't have to sell gum. The judge sent me to PS. 150 in Brownsville I went there, and they said it was out of their district, and sent me to the %3rd precinct There they told me that they are not taking any new applications. I went to the police lieutenant and asked him what I should do. He told me to continue sending my child to sell gum and the police wouyin’t “eat him up.” On the first of Aug- ust my children hadn’t had anything to eat for two days so my boy bor- rowed a dollar and bought two boxes of gum. As soon as he went out he was arrested and locked up. Sacred Laws. On August 2nd was the trial be- fore Judge Young in Childron’s Court. My boy told the judge he had nothing to eat for two days and he didn’t want his father to go and beg. The judge’s decision was to send my. boy to jail for eight days. I tried to appeal to the judge, ex- plaining everything, but the judge said he had broken the sacred laws of the United States, I put up a fight so the court po- lice knocked me down (even though I was blind), wiped the floor with me, handcuffed me, and threw me out into the hall. I can’t do any- thing alone, but I want the other workers to know through the Daily Worker who their real enemies are, especial since it’s before election and the same judges that sentenced my boy are runnig again, Also I went to the Democratic Club on Eastern Parkway and’ asked for help, Their answer was that if he was a racketeer or a gangster they could get him out, but because he was an honest working boy they couldn't help him. The captain of the 22nd assembly district (demo- crat) was the one who told me, right in front of all present in the club- room. My name is Hyman Davis, and my address is 26 Herzel St., Brooklyn, —Written for the blind man by a Young Communist League member. ADVERTISE IN DAILY Why not get the district and sec- tion offices which maintain book- shops in their headquarters or else- where to advertise in the Daily so that workers in their cities getting same will know where to go? AOL. 8. countries. I'd just as soon see all the land owned by the state, if they could treat us all on an equal basis. daughter got married and left the} By M. H. CHILDS MILWAUKEE, Wi: Aug. 29.— The militancy and resistance of the masses to the capitalist offensive is not only a feature of the unem- ployed, but is also taking place within the factories. These strikes developed like lightning, within an hour or two—but were also of short duration. In the Marquaat Spring |factory, 250 workers were out only {one day and compelled the bosses to | withdraw a 7-cent wage-cut. In the | Simplex Shoe Factory, workers com- pelled the boss to withdraw the | wage-cut of 10 per cent and even gained another immediate demand such as the installation of a better ventilation either case gi In the latter strike, the social-fas- cists played an active role from the very beginning. In both of these strikes the work- ers had no organization, had no or- ganized leadership. A few militant workers who did give the spirit to these short struggles did not under- stand the necessity of working with the masses ang expressed their in- dividual protest by quitting the shop —leaving the workers without lead- ership after the strikes. Just “Trifle” Late. The’ Communist Party and the Trade Union Unity League, not being connected with the workers in the factories, found out about these strikes just a “trifle” too late. In spontaneous strikes of such a char- acter an hour is a great deal of time. The results are that the momentary protest ofythe workers does not crys- talize into a real organized battle. The workers, not having any leader- ship, not having any organization that involved all the workers into| strike committees or mass picketing, began to hesitate on the first day | of the strike, which resulted in a compromise with the bosses and the sacrifice of a few militant workers. Why do the workers hesitate? Comrade Kusinen dealt with this problem at the Eighth Plenum of the! Red International of Labor Unions, | when he stated: “Not because in the majority of cases, it does not want to fight, and not because it considers the strike demands wrong. When the mass feels that it has leadership, and in the third place such leadership which will devote all efforts so as to draw into the struggle the wide masses and the whole mass entirely, then the workers will cease hesitat- ing.” First Time On Strike. In Simplex Shoe _ strike, mainly young girls and boys, the ma- jority of them 18 to 25 years of age, were involved. The afternoon that} those workers left the shop, having leadership, they dispersed and home. They did not even hold rike meeting. Only the next morning they came to the shop and milled .around without any organ- ization. When the bosses made their first approaches and offered petty concessions, the ranks began to break and the majority of the workers went back to work. Social fascism works to disintegrate Election Rally Sunday By Chicago YCL Unit} CHICAGO, Ill_—The Young Com- munist League, Unit No. 10, is ar- ranging an Election Campaign Rally on Sunday, Sept. 4, at 1815 W. Divi- sion St., at 8:13 pm. The admission is only 13 cents, and 5 cents with Unemployed Council cards. Th2 pro- gram will include dancing, games and other interesting features, also re- freshments of all kinds. The purpose of this rally is to get the support of as many young work- ers as possible to support and help put the Communist Party on the ballot in the state of Mlinois, LL.D. AIDED 1,027 IN JUNE NEW YORK.—Major cases report- ed to and defended by the Inter- national Labor Defense in July came close to the high figure established in June, with 1,027 arrests, the monthly report of that organization, made public today, reveals. The June figure was 1,282, an increase of more than 300 per cent over the number of May. Of this number, 316 were arrested in strikes over the whole country, 209 for deportation, 53 when police broke up workers’ meetings, 223 for unemployed demonstrations. Bon marchers arrested and defended by the International Labor Defense numbered 184, VOTE COMMUNIST FOR Emergency Relief for the poor farmers without restrictions by the government and banks; exemption of poor farmers from taxes, and no ioreed collection ot rents or workers, i-| -lership of Wisconsin— the whole| state and county leadership, Met- 2 MILWAUKEE STRIKES == SHOW SOCIALIST PLAN OF BETRAYING WORKERS - Failure of Militant Union and Party to Be in Mills Before Strike Nearly Fatal Partial Victory Could Have Been Complete; |« re Get Into Factories and Workshops! ; the struggle of the w uses the method of ture and unorganized way helping to defeat e workers. In the Simplex Shoe factory, they felt that the workers ¥ ginning to revolt, were dissatisfied, they told them to ‘ike immedi- ately—in fact, they even spread the false rumor that one department has already quit wor thus stampedi: the rest of the workers. On the fi day of the strike, they told the wor ers there is no need for any picket- ing, that while it is true the polic2 were around the facto they are there in order to co-operate with the workers, Sa calfe, Krysicki, Sham, and the head of the Amalgamated—20 of them— came to the strike me ting, where | they mobilized and orga: d the re-| moval of the militant workers from| the strike committes—and, in this] way, beheaded the struggle of the workers. Before even sulting with the workers, the social-fascist lead-| ers issued a statement “the strike is finished.” Workers Learn Fast. Some workers understood the United Front better than we did. They were for a united struggle and |¢ did not care whether a worker w a Communist or not, was agreement to t for their de- mands. While on the first day of the strike some of the workers were ter- rorizeq into voting to expel the Com-| munists from a committee, on the second day of the strike it mecame clear to them what role the social- fascists play. The Socialis among them Metcalfe—candidate for gov- ernor and member of the county board—Pepenhagen, Rosenblum of the Amalgamated, etc. promised them 25 “Yipsels” in the picket line, “co-operation” of the police, etc, The only co-ope m the workers received was the brutality on the part of the socialist police against the militant work And as far as| the Y. P. S. L. were concerned, some of them scabbed while the workers were out on strike, and whe n, the}S Socialist Party leaders thought’ the ranks of the workers were sufficiently disintegrated, they never showed up again! The workers quickly saw that the only true leaders of the struggles, the only realfighters for their demands. are the Communists and mer the T. U. U. L. The wor hat to defend their liv against fu up, th in the shops under the program so long as there leadership of the T. U. U. or This became clear not only during the strike, but even after the strik when hundreds of workers continued to attend the factory meetings called by the T. U. U. L. Real Job Starts Now. While, before th st ho contacts in the sho} personal con is of the| the T. U. U. L. to > begin a real cam- baign of organization in buildingthe | factory groups, and the Shoe Wor! | ers’ Industrial Union! Here i we must utilize the ever y per- sonal contact with the workers. If these new contacts are not followed up, not drawn into activity, then we will revert to our former position of isolation. These small spont: aoe strikes 1 dicate that the are for struggle, they lode the theory of the social fascists (also held by some comrades), that the of the bosses against the and repeated was cuts hausted” the wor! the workers can | for | shot when | borhood, In the first meeting of the| being | Union. jtwo hours and fifteen minutes. DETROIT, Mich., Aug. 29.—Plans the 18th International Youth D: re going ahead at full speed in Michigan. There will be three demonstrations in Detroit: ‘k on Vernor Highway and wster Center Field on ster and Hastings; and Jayne on Conant and Charles. ce following towns will also cele< te International Youth Day: Pon< including all of Southern Oak- County; Grand Rapids; Mus- on; Kalamazoo and Flint. In preparation for International Youth Day, Youth Anti-War confer- im are being called in every neigh- borhood. On Sept. 3 in Baby Creek Park, across from the graves of the four Hunger March victims, will be a memorial meeting commemorating | th he youth leaders and victims of the |Ford Massacre, In this same neigh- borhood, on Springwells Ave., for 5 , the workers and young work- have been fighting against the tion of the Mitchells. The work- in getting a new home afterward. Murphy, 5-year hunger plan, lice on foot, motorcycle armed with revolvers, tear gas, clubs and machine guns; into the crowd, hurting scores of workers. Many youth were are rested for daring to resist. The young workers in this nelgh- since this eviction struggle, are rallying to the call for Interna- tional Youth Day, and many prome ised to come with their friends, Many have joined the League. On Sept. 10 there will be a big Inter-Racial dance at the Brewster Community Center in the large audi- torium. This will wind up the nu- merous activities during International Youth Day week, September 2 to 9, Thousands of leaflets and stickers, and scores of open-air meetings are held in preparation for this militant day of struggle against war and for the defense of the Soviet Nearly one thousand posters, demanding the freedom of the nine Scottsboro boys and advertising In- ernational Youth Day, are being put up all over Detroit and the state of Michigan, land ke Franklin County Illinois Center of Coal Production Government figures show there are about 10,000 miners in Franklin County, Ill. This single county pro- 'S|duces a fifth of the coal dug in the state. It contains Orient No. 1 and No. 2 mines, which are really one mine, ang the largest in the world, There is much mechanization of Franklin County mines. Franklin County lies in the same field as Wil- liamson (in which lies Herrin, scene of a famous battle with scabs in 1922), Jackson, Perry and Saline Counties. All are in the very South- ern part of the state and form the heaviest coal producing area. Another important field centers around Belleville, near the Mississippi River and including St. Clair and Madison Counties, Another field is around Springfield, including Christian, Sangamon, Ma- coupin and Montgomery Counties. Another field lies to the north of * Springfield, including Fulton and Peoria.Counties. This is a small pro- ducer, The fields are not entirely sepa< rate, as there are mines scattered along in between them, WALL ST. HUNGER PROGRAM (By a Worker Correspondent.) The Wall Street hunger program being pushed by the Wall Street ge firm of Theodore Prince of Broadway. The white collar br 120 d| workers have a working day of from 9 to 7, and no money is paid for over- time. Once in every six weeks the ©,| workers are compelled to go with- out pay. When they work they don’t get very much, the runners getting $12 a week, the clerks $15 and the typists $18. Fattening on this speed-up and ve| starvation is the bess of this outfit, |who maintains a country home in Westchester County, CAN’T KEEP MINDS OFF PROFIT (By a Worker Correspondent) y¥ YORK-—When my child be- zs seriously ill, I took him, with a note from the Home Relief Office, to the Post Graduate Hospital at 20th St. and Second Ave., I had to wait The doctor said the child had a serious bronchial cold that would develop into pneumonia if it was not treated immediately. He gave me a pre- seription which the hospital refused ~|to fill until I paid 90 cents for ft, inally I went to a druggist, hoping to get the medicine on credit. The dr told me he would charge me only 8 cents, as that is all the medi- cine really cost. VOTE COMMUNIST It is the task of the the T. U. U. L. to be pri to lead these growing struggles. riy and of d and SLIBSSCRE FOR NEWS OF THE CLA! 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