The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 7, 1932, Page 4

orker Porty U.S.A. Daily, EPubtiched by the Comprodaily Publishing Co., Inc sth 6t., New York City, N. ¥. Telephone ALgonquin 4-7956. Address and mall checks to the Daily Worker, 50 E. 13th St. daily exexept Sunday, at 50 E. Cable “DAIWORK.” New York, N. ¥. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: By mall everywhere: One year, $6; six months, $3; two months, $1; axeepting Bérengh of Manhattan an@ Bronx, New York City. Foreign: ene year, atx months, $4.50. Hail 18th International Youth Day 'N September 9th, the revolutionary youth of America will celebrate the 18th International Youth Day with demon- strations all over the country against imperialist war and system, This year International against the entire capitalist Youth Day has a special significance. War is closer today than at any period since 1918. The Far East is already aflame. Day to day we find the preparations for war growing and with them the increasing danger of an imperialist at- tack upon the Soviet Union. The conditions of the youth this year are far worse than at any time in the history of this country. Nearly one- half of the young workers are unemployed—a total of five million—500,000 are homeless waifs, roaming the country- side. The past strongly entrenched illusions taught the youth by_school, pulpit and press, of “work hard and succeed,” “everyone has an equal chance,” etc., are being shattered by life itself. The youth are emerging as an important factor in the class struggle. This fact is understood well by our ecmies. The Young Peoples Socialist League has increased its use of revolutionary phrases in order to catch the radical youth. They even dare to claim the traditions of International Youth Day, although this day originated in the struggle against the Socialist betrayers, who, in August 1914, became an open part of the capitalist war machine. . . . URING the period of the economic crisis, a large number of youth left school, graduating directly into the ranks of the unemployed. Sec- tions of these youth, who have never worked, lose all their ties with the working class and become declassed elements. It is among these youth that the ruling class hopes to find its fascist base. It is for this reason that in the period of the last year such open fascists as Cox*have carried on active work amongst the youth. We find in the past month also the creation of such organizations as the “Sons of the American Legion,” fenders of America,” “White Gauntlets,” etc., who openly appeal to the y’ for a struggle against Communism, On this 18th International Youth Day it is necessary for the entire working class to realize the importance of winning the youth for the class struggle. It is the youth who will be the cannon fodder of the t war. are being used-more and more against the working class. + «© 6 HE Young Communist League of the United States is ‘he only youth zation which carries on the traditions of the Berne conference It is the only organization which ‘offers a program to the youth out of their present misery. Under the leadership of the Communist Party, the Young Communist League must be built into the broadest mass or- @anization of the working ycuth. On Friday, September 9th, all workers must come out and show their solidarity with the toiling youth. Make the 200 demonstrations organ- ized under the leadership of the Young Communist League, the largest demonstrations for the demands of the youth ever held in this country. Hail the 18th International Youth Day as a day of struggle against hunger and war! Demonstrate Union! Demand not the relief of the unemployed! Demand the freedom of the Scottsboro Boys! terror! Down with the Socialist betrayers of the youth! against imperialist war and for defense of the Soviet For Unemployment Insurance! Down with capitalist Long live the revolutionary traditions of the youth embodied in the Young Communist League, section of the Young Communist Interna- tional! You Lie! Mr. Frayne--You Lie! NDER the pressure of the ¢. the Negro masses are undergoing a profound political awakening. The worst sufferers from unemployment and the capitalist program of terror and denial of relief, the radicalization of the Negro toilers is proceeding at an even more rapid pace than the radicalization of the white workers. This situation is caus- ing grave alarm among the white capitalists and their white and Negro lackeys. Thus, Hugh Frayne, Eastern Organizer of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor, speaking Saturday night in Har- lem at a meeting of a jim-crow Catholic federation, brazenly peddled the lie that the A. F. of L. does not discriminate against the Negro workers. * * * What do the facts show? From the mass of evidence proving conclusively that Jim Crowism only exists in the A. F. of L. unions, but is a basic principle of A. F. of L. unionism, we shall cite only the following facts from the Negro Year Book (1931-32): “The following A. F. of L. unions exclude Negro work- ers by constitutional provisions: Boilermakers, Railway Carmen, Ma- chinists, Railway Clerks, Sleeping-car Conductors, Maters, Mates and Pilots, Swithchmen, Railway Mail Association, Wire Weavers, Railway ‘Telegraphers and Commercial Telegraphers.” In addition, “the Black- smiths and Helpers’ Union, while permitting auxiliary locals of Negro helpers, insists that they shall not be promoted to blacksmiths; and shall not be admitted to shops in which white helpers are now employed. In certain agreements drawn between this union and its employees, it is Specified that ‘none but white, English-speaking helpers are to be em- ployed.” The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees bars ‘its Negro members, specifically, from holding office, or representation in conventions, In addition to the “unions which exclude Negro workers,” the Year Book cites a large number of A. F .of L. unions which “discourage union thembership” to such an extent that they are actually excluded, such as the Electrical Workers, the Sheet Mtal Workrs, the Plasterers’ Union, the Plumbers and Steamfitters, the Journeymen Tailors, and, finally, a group of A. F. of L. unions which “do not encourage union member- ship,” although formally admitting Negroes, such as the carpenters and the pajnters unions, A. F. of L. unions admitting Negroes, but only to Jim-Crow locals, in- clude the Musteite United Textile Workers, as well as the Laundry Work- ers, the Tobacco Workers, the Journeymen Barbers, etc, . . . yo with this overwhelming volume of concrete evidence to the con- trary, Frayne not only says that the A. F. of L. does not discriminate inst Negroes, thereby defending the notorious Jim-Crow policies and tices of the A. F. of L. bureaucracy, of which he is part and parcel, but impudently tries to indict the Negro workers for their failure to utilize the “open door” which he lyingly declares the A, F. of L. maintains for all workers. Thus Frayne tries to peddle the additional lie that Negroes are “unorganizable,” that Negroes will not fight together with the white workers against wage-cuts and starvation and for better conditions, . . . HE heroic struggles of the Negroes in the mine strikes and other his- toric battles of the working class completely refute this slander, The Negro workers in all industries are increasingly turning to the revolu- tionary unions of the Trade Union Unity League and will do so more and more as the revolutionary unions prove their ability to carry on the relentless ,struggle against white chauvinism which their program de- ands and which, in spite of impermissible hesitations, is being carried it. Only the joint revolutionary struggle of the. Negro and white work- It is the youth who, in the National Guard, Army | a cent for the bankers or war mongers. All funds for | DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1932 3 HS | | —‘Now We'll Go Back Organized to Win More Victories!” WILL THE PARTY BE ON THE BALLOT? A Reply to the Lies of the Socialists — By C. A. HATHAWAY (Communist Campaign Manager) OZENS of letters have arrived at the Communist campaign head- quarters during the past two weeks with the question: “How can I vote for Foster and Ford if the Com- munist Party does not get on the ballot in my state?” One prom- inent university professor has stated: “I don’t seé how an effec- tive protest can be registered by voting Communist if the Commu- | nist Party is only on the ballot in 12 or 14 states.” Even some Party members seem to have doubted the ability of the Party to overcome the many obstacles everywhere thrown up to keep us off the bal- lot. But these doubts and fears have no basis in fact. We cam already emphatically declare that the Communist Party will be on the ballot in more states in 1932 than it was on in 1928. In 1928 we were on the ballot in 33 states; this year there is every in- dication that we will be on the ballot in a minimum of 40 states, SOCIALIST PARTY LIES It is instructive, though, to learn the source of these doubts. They were started directly by the leaders of the Socialist Party. Rumors, published first by Heywood Broun in the World-Telegram, were taken up by Socialist Party agitators throughout the country. Workers were told that “Communists are opposed to political action,” “Com- munists do not believe in the bal- Jot box,” “Communists do not un- derstand parliamentary procedure,” etc. Such lies and misrepresentae tions were followed by the declarae tion that “the Communist Party will not be on the ballot in more than 12 or 14 states.” But they miscalculated.” They were expressing their hopes rather than the facts. In their usual de- ceitful way they were atetmpting to steer the workers and poor farmers away from the revolgtionary Com- munist leadership and into the mire of reformism. They failed to take into account the revolutionary zeal and determination of the workers and poor farmers who support Foster, Ford and the state candidates of the Communist Party, 40 STATES OUR GOAL The Communist Party 1s deter- mined to get on the ballot in a minimum of 40 states. To reach this goal, of course, requires ener- getic and untiring work from every Party member and sympathizer. And such work is everywhere be- ing done. We are now on the ballot in six- teen states (as can be seen by the accompanying map): Massachu- setts, Mlinois (national ticket), Michigan, Delaware (two counties out of three), West Virginia, Vir- ginia, Maryland, New Jersey, South Dakota, Texas, Georgia, Montana, Arizona, New Mexico, Alabama and Tennessee, car ae IN. addition to these sixteen we ean state, with reasonable cer- tatty that the Communist Party will be on the ballot in the follow- ing states: New Yerk—here signatures have been secured for national, state and legistlative candidates in 61 out of 62 counties, well over 50,000 signatures in all, everyone of which was gathered by Party members and sympathizers without the help be filed at the state capitol during The signatures, duly certified, will of professional signature collectors. the next week or so. Pennsylvania—here 15,000 signa- tures must be filed by September 8 or 9, The Philadelphia comrades declare that they will go over the top this week, filing many more than the required number with the Secretary of State. can defeat the starvation and war program of the ist bossete | Mame—with a very weak Party a supported: by, }-Of all stripes s colore; “e—allt organization the eomarades have se- cured more than the thousand sig- natures required (1,700), had them certified by the city clerks as re- quired by law and will file this week. Here every effort was made to keep us off—names of workers who signed our petitions were pub- lished with the announcement that they would be cut off from relief, foreign-born workers were threatened with deportation, ef- forts were made to prevent those now getting relief from registering to vote under an oid pauper law dating back to colonial days, etc. Rhode Island—Over 1,600 signa- tures secured, now awaiting certi- fication by the local authorities preparatory to filing them with the proper state officials. Vermont—745 signatures must be filed before Oct. 1; 550 are now on hand; local comrades, aided by comrades from Boston, are concen- trating here to finish this job com- pletely by Sept. 15. New Hampshire—1,000 signatures required -before Oct. 1 for filing before Oct. 8; 1,165 are now on hand; additional signatures are be- ing secured to play safe; they will be certified and filed during the next 10 days. Connecticut—A minimum of 5,531 signatures must be filed here before Sept. 8; more than this number have been secured; filing will take place this week before the 8th. CONVENTIONS WERE REQUIRED Towa—The state convention, the only requirement, was held on Aug. 27 and 28, and the certification of the convention decisions to the Sec- retary of State will take place on Sept. 8, in accordance with the state laws. Wyoming—Convention held here as required by law; the convention results, together with the 100 sig- natures required, will be certified, to the state officials within the next ten days. Utah—Convention held as re- quired by law; last reports indi- cated that 360 of the 500 signatures needed had been collected and that the filing of candidates would pc- cur this week, Colorado—Convention held as re- quired by law; required signatures (500) reported gathered, filing to take place this week. North Dakota—required 500 sig- natures collected, to be filed in ac- cordance with the state election laws on Sept, 8. Minnesota—2,000 signatures must be filed here before Oct. 8; over 2,500 are now on hand and the filing will take place soon after Sept. 8—the first day filing is per- mitted. Indiana—7,000 signatures needed with Sept. 8 the first filing date; well over this number are on hand and filing will be carrieq through right after Sept. 8. Illinois — (State ticket) — 25,000 signatures required; telegraphic re- ports state 27,000 on hand and that 35,000 will be filed in a few days. Delaware (last remaining county) —two counties already filed; Phila- delphia district says last county will be filed within a week. Washington — Convention, t he only legal requirement, to be held on Sept. 13, in accordance with the Washington election laws. Florida—Convention only require- ment. The convention was held last Saturday; candidates and elec- tors were chosen; these actions are being certified to the Secretary of State on Thursday. Arkansas—Must file by conven- tion before Oct. 8; conwention date set; state ticket selected; comtades there guarantee success. 33 STATES SURE This makes 17 additional states where, barring court battles or other unforseen obstacles, we will be on the ballot within the next 10 days to two weeks. With victory in these states the Party would be as- sured of a place on the ballot in @ minimum of 33 states—the same number as in 1928, Then, in addition to the above, there are two states—Ohio and Nebraska—where we expect to place, our candidates on the ballot, not under the Party name, but as “In- dependents.” Ohio—300,000 signatures are re- quired to place candidates on the ballot as independents; the Cleve- land comrades report that 27,000 have already been collected and that Foster, Ford and state candi- dates will be filed as “Indepen- dents” during the next week. Nebraska—Here to place a party on the ballot a convention at- tended by 750 registered and quali- fied voters was necessary before Sept. 8. Our comrades misunder- stood the law and therefore did not undertake this task on time; they are now taking advantage of\a legal provision which makes possible the filing of our candidates “By Peti- tion.” Success in Ohio and Nebraska would bring the number of states up to 35. Hei goth ow Now, there is another group of states where the requirements are very difficult, but where the comrades are working as never be- fore to overcome the obstacles and place the Party on the ballot. These are the following: Kenmiucky—Here the required number of signatures have been on hand for weeks, but filing was made impossible by the efforts o fthe coal mining companies, which, after our election victories in the school board elections, were deter- mined to keep us off the ballot; this they attempted by a legal bat- tle to throw out the re-districting laws passed by the last state legis- lature after we had secured our signatures in accordance with these laws; we have now complied with the new requirements to the sur- prise of the coal companies, and vN\ \ \ SHADED STATES—Where the Party ts definitely on the ballot. BLACK STATES—Where the Communist Party will not be on the ballot. OTHER STATES—Where the campaign to. pat tho. Party..on the. ballot is now in progress. they have answered with terror; the Party section organizer was kidnapped and whipped and is now being hounded from place to place; he telegraphs that the signatures will be filed in accordance with the laws on Tuesday, Sept. 6. Here we may expect a further legal bat- tle. WISCONSIN—this “progressive- LaFollete Socialist” state, the State that prides itself on its “liberal- ism,” is among the dirtiest in its’ efforts to keep the, revolutionary Party of the workers off the ballot. By an interpretation of the elec- tion laws given by the LaFollette Attorney General, the Communist Party must secure 30,000 signatures in order to win a place on the bal- lot- Our comrades now have one- third this number on hand and- emphatically declare that before October 7,—the last filing date— they will answer the “Socialists” and the “Progressives” with many moe than the required 30,000 signatures. It is this spirit that the Socialist failed to take into consideration when they started their whispering campaign about the Communists “only being on th beallot in 12 or 14 States.” Pie ees IDAHO.—Here it is necessary to hold a convention of two hundred delegates with representatives from all counties before September 15th; our organizers at work in the State declare that the convention will be carried through and electors named and duly filed before that time. We will see whether they can do it. OREGON.—Here the require- ments were increased from 1000 to 11,000 signatures in an effort to keep us off the ballot; but the local com- rades with only 26 members in Portland are working night and day with the help of comrades from ‘Washington; the last reports showed that they had reached 17,000, were still going strong, and determined to go over the top. They made a good fight and deserve to win. MISSOURI.—Twenty-five thou- sand signatures are required and a State convention was held with 51 delegates present; the drive for signatures 1s now oni somewhere ‘THE STRIKE” STORY OF DREDGING FLEET STRUGGLE— By PETER NIKIFOROV SYNOPSIS 4 The author, Nikiforov, a Bolshevik, tells how he got a job on the dredging fleet at Kerch Straits, He forms a small circle of young workers which gathers recruits, and which begins to win over the older Workers by carrying through a by staging a successful May Day strike, and a list of demands are drawn up for the next strike, mands include a 30-40 per cent wage campaign for a nine-hour day and A strike committee is formed, These de- raése, and recognition of a workers committee. All the workers leave their jobs in response to the strike call, Cie wre Final Installment. meeting broke up. We did our best to Jet the Superintend- ent hear that the general meeting had passed a resolution to con- tinue the strike. The seventeenth day arrived. In the evening the Superintendent of the Port in- vited the delegation to his office. “Well, you've won; we agree.” “What do you mean, agree?” I | asked. “We agree to the committee, | damn you.” | “And the eight-hour day for | stokers?” “Also granted. Start work to- morrow.” “No; you must sign the agree- ment.” “What agreement?” “Our list of demands. Sign it in two copies.” I took out the two copies I had prepared and put them before him on the table. “Why, you don’t take my word for it?” “We believe you. But we prefer your signature to our demands. It will be stronger, and we'll sign The Port Superintendent took the list of demands, carefully read through one copy and, turning to me, asked. “You were quite sure you'd wip the strike?” “Yes; from the moment the for- eigners arrived we had no doubt of our winning. The last decision of our meeting to continue the strike proves this.” “And which of you will sign? “The president of the workers’ committee.” “The president? You have al- ready elected your committee?” “Yes, already.” ‘The Superintendent signed both copies and handed me the pen. “Vasyukov, sign it, said, I, turn- ing to one of the delegates. Vasyukov took the pen in his horny hand, which shook dis- gracefully, and signed both copies. I took one copy and gave the other to the Port Superintendent, I would ask you to note,” said I, turning to the Superintendent, questions concerning the condi- tions accepted today must be taken up with the president of the work- ers’ committee, Vasyukov. Kindly listen attentively to the point about the workers’ committee.” I began to read the third point of our demands. THE WORKERS’ COMMITTEE The workers of the fleet elect a workers’ committee, with the right to control the dismissal of workers from the boats of the fleet and the port. Should the committee ob- ject, the Administration cannot dismiss a worker; should the com- mittee find it necessary to dismiss one of the workers, the Adminis- tration is obliged to agree with the proposal of the committee. The committee sees to it that all agree- ments between the workers and the administration, signed as a result of the strike, are put into effect.” “Remember, Superintendent, that the general meeting of the work- ers, had given the committee full powers, in the event of the Ad- ministration refusing to carry out the conditions agreed upon today, to call a strike again at any mo- ment.” ‘The Superintendent looked at the paper and nodded his head in sil- ence. “Well, good-bye. Tomorrow the sirens will sound, and incidentally, our Odessa guests will return home.” “I trust, Mr. Malakanov, that you do not come under the signed agreement; we proposed your dis- missal before the strike,” said the Superintendent, turning to me. about 3,000 signatures have been secured; the balance must be got- ten before October fifth. Work here must be speeded up; Chicago must give help; Missouri, despite the difficulties, must be put over. NORTH CAROLINA—Here 10,000 5 signatures are requried to place the Party on the ballot, according to the interpretation ofthe election laws given by the Attorney General; electors have been secured; peti- tions are being circulatedfi and a legal battle has started in an ef- fort to force <he printing of our electors on the ballot. SOUTH CAROLINA—Here elect- ors have been secured and will be certified to the Secretary, of State Committee of the Communist Party; a legal fight will most likely be necessary here also to force our way on to the ballot. MISSISSIPPI—A convention is the only requirement; our conyen- tions is now being organized; elect- ors are being secured. Here it may be possible to get on fhe ballot. * Out of the last eight states named we must get on the ballot in a minimum of five—most likely Kentucky, Wisconsin, Idaho, Oregon and Missouri- reach our minim- um goal of 40 States. California, Kansas, Louisiana and Nevada are lost. In these states we failed to get on the ballot be- cause of a failure to really inves- tigate the election laws in time and to an opportunist capitulation to the obstacles thrown up by our en- emies. In Oklahoma, after having suffered defeat, the comrades are to retrieve themselves by a new drive for signatures with the aid of @ legal battle. pathizers few days to fulfill every legai re- quirement and to overcome every obstacle. | workers’ “I don't insist particularly since I promised to be paid off after the strike.” The Suverintendent smiled wryly and we left. “Gee, you handled him slick! Made him sign, and who'd have thought it. “They sign when the foreigners are waiting out there. Without his signature the strike» wouldn’t be won. Promises, brother, me an nothing; they’re broken in a jiffy.” “And weren't you smart with the committee, making Vas- yukov president! After all, we haven't eletced a committee.” “We'll elect it. And Vasyuok fs a fine, whole-souled chap. We'll make him president. Hold on to the committee now, as the priest does his censer, and the devil him- self won't move you.” ot er) 'T evening, we met on the shore. The Strike Committee gave a full report bf the agree- ment arrived at. Everybody was shown the Superintendent’s signa- ture. The people loudly approved certain parts of our conversation with the Superintendent. I gave an account of the whole of the Strike and the conditions under which it was carried on; the meaning of the solidarity of the| Odessa fleet and the financial as- sistance given. Some of the Od- essa men spoke. They praised us highly and were enthusiastic about: the staunchess and organizatiénal capacity of the Kerch proletarian ‘That night the membership of thw trade-union was doubled. The Strike Committee resigned! its powers. The meeting unanim. ously renamed it the Worker#: Committee and Vasyukov was con firmed as president. A decision wait passed: “Should the point in the signed agreement concerning the Workers’ Committee by broken by the Administration, the Committee shall immediately call a strike, and the order of the Committee must be obeyed by every one.” Having by this decision fixed the powers and strength of the Workers’ Com- mittee, the last strike meeting of the happy, victorious workers came to an end. A BOLSHEVIK VICTORY! In the morning I went to sign off. Everything was ht on the boats; the fleet had come to life after three weeks’ stoppage. The dredger “Lisovsky’ slowly turn- ed and crawled out into the Straits; her wherries dragged our behind. There was @ great fuss on the Odessa caravan, the an- chor chains were being raised nois- ily; the crew was being distributed and the Odessa ships set out on their journey home. The red sun caressed the sunburnt faces of the workers. Labor greedily came into its own. I was paid off quickly. Having taken leave of my friends, I went over the gang-plank and ashore. Some of the workers from among our scouts ran over to me, “Make for the steppes, the gen- darmes are looking for you.” I went out on to the steppes. I felt light-hearted, and walked on air, as though an enormous weight had dropped from me. All the worry and alarm of the last. few days concerning the success of the strike had left me. And why should I not feel light-hearted, when the work that had fallen to my lot on one sector of the great militant proletarian front had just ended in the form of an impor- tant Bolshevik victory; for even these partial victories gave us strength in those days to carry the struggle fyrther—for the October Victory in 1917. THE END. a drive not only to reach ceed our quota of 40 States. pee proven them to ee practically assurance, their work, well, of exceeding number of states on which we on the ballot in 1928. Now the drive must be for 40! And, as Bolsheviks, show that in this task—so th hearts of the Socialists—we