The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 21, 1932, Page 1

| Tin the Day’s VOTE. COMMUNIST FOR: VOTE COMMUNIST FOR: 1, Unemployment and Social Insuranee 4. Equal right lf- News at the expense of the state and em- determinat: | a REPORT N. C, STRIKERS CAJOLED The capitalist press reports that the High Point, N. C., Stehli silk mill strikers and the Thomasville Chair Co. strikers at Thomasville, N. C., have been led back to work by “a Wage agreement negotiated by Gov- ernor O. Max Gardner.” The exact amount of Gardner's wage cut is not mentioned. cee ee KIDNAPPED SON OF BROKER RETURNS NEW YORK.—Police continued to question John Arthur Russell, 8-year oid son of a broker who it is believed was kidnapped yesterday. The child returned after being away for 11 hour Young Russell came home hims The capitalist press, which ket discreet silence on the miser- able lot of millions of workers child- ren, has been attempting to turn this event into another Lindbergh case. Ree mc ae OPEN WORLD'S LARGEST STEEL MILL (OSCOW, Sept. 20. — The first hearth in what, will be the world’s largest steel mill went into produc- tion at Stalinsk (formerly Kutznetsk) Siberia, today. The first bar of steel is. being sent to comrade Stalin. sein 1930 the site of the mills was @ barren steppe. When done the fifteen hearths planned will produce 41,450,000 tons of steel a year. oe LYING CORRESPONDENT EX- PELLED FROM U.S.S.R. MOSCOW, Sept. 20—Rhea Clyman a Soviet correspondent for the Lon- don Daily Express has been ordered to leave the U.S.S.R. in 24 hours be- cause she wrote lying stories about prison methods, and the existance of “forced labor” in Soviet timber camps, it is reported here. The pa- per she represented was the first yel- low paper in England. It thrives on cheap fabrications. + FRANCE SPEEDS NAVY BUILDING PARIS, Sept. 20—The 2,400 ton submarines and one 2,400 ton de- stroyer will be French imperialist war machine. Be- fore the end of the year, two more submarines and one more destroyer will be added. ees HUNT $10,000,000 BALTIMORE, Md.—Two salvage vessels are engaged off the coast of Lewes, Del., in a search for $10,000,~ 000 in gold supposed to be contained in the hulk of the British sloop of war’ De Braake, which sank in 1798, ‘8 SEES MOTOR BOAT RECORD ALGONAC, Mich., Sept. 20—A new record of 124.91 miles an hour was set for motorboats by Gar Wood with the Miss erica X on the St. Clair River today. REX STRIKERS 3oss Trick | Exposed; Mass Picket Tonight NEW YORK.—The Rex Products bess, whose 200 workers have been striking for two weeks now, proposed to talk terms on the basis of the Spanish workers not being taken back. > The strikers meeting yesterday went, on record by a standing vote egainst any ‘such discrimination, and branded the proposals as a strike- breaking trick, a maneuver to split theranks of the strikers. i ‘The strikers then proceeded to eli- fhinate from the strike committee some elements that were playing the hess’ game by urging acceptance of {i> company’s terms. ‘The Company is receiving the full sooperation of the Tammany police, who continually terrorize the pickets \hrough arrests and by breaking up jhe mass picket-lines. Around forty urrests have been ‘made to date. In {pite of this the strikers carry on {heir picketing more militantly than ever. The last police attack on the strikers took place Monday, ~when the cops arrested ten pickets. How- ever, the picketline was not dispersed without a good deal of spirited re- sistance on the part of the strikers, who held their ranks for 15 minutes. Those arrested were tried in night court on the charge of ‘@Norderly conduct.” Nine of them received sus- pended sentences and one was sen- tenced to $5 fine or 2 days in jail. The striker refused to pay the fine and served the two days. The Spanish and Porto Rican workers, who are for the most part the unskilled, are the special target of the boss because of the ‘splendid fighting spirit they have shown throughout the strike. “They were most bitterly exploited, were the first. victims of the Com- y's numerous wage-cuts, and were first ones to come out on strike. attempt of the boss to discri- te against these militant work- has aroused the rest of the ers who pledged not to return work on any other basis that all and all other strikers are n bat ck. John Steuben, organizer of the New York District of the Metal Workers Industrial Union which is conducting the strike at the Rex Products Cor- peration, calls upon all class-consci- ous workers to come to the mass picketline this evening at 5:30 p, m., which will be the most crucial one in’ the strike, Tonight's picketline, Steuben said, must provide a fitting answer to the boss who hopes to break the resistance of the strikers ‘by mass arrests and brutal terrorism. ‘The shop is located on University Place corner 11th 8t. Praise Hoover Hunger ~. Program on Radio ICAGO, Ill., Sept. 20.—Hoover’s of hunger and starvation was launched by the}: ployers. farmers from taxes, collection of rent or debts 2. Against Hoover’s wage-cutting policy. 8. Emergency relief for the poor farm- ers without restrictions by the govern. ment and banks; exemption of poor and no forced Vol. IX, No. 226 <gp> Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at New York, N.Y., under the Act of March 8, 1879, '(Section of ‘the Communist International) forms rights fense 5. Against capitalist. terror 8. Against imperialist war; of suppression of t of workers. for the ¢ of the Chinese people and the Soviet Union. Whole Town Supports mittee announced that a mass fun funeral. the W.LR. headquarters, 16 W. 21st out by the workers, It was announced today that a ‘dress the workers at a dance which night at the Polish National Hall. * Three other persons, an unidentified a thirteen-year-old boy were wounded: in- this attack, which was launched in an attempt to halt the spreading victory of the dress strike which de- feated a wage cut in seven shops. It was a night of terror in South River last night, but the workers, 3,000 or more, undaunted by the show of police violence demonstrated until midnight at the Boro Hall, to which the deputies had fled and barricaded themselves, and demanded the mur- derers be brought out. The angered workers did not leave their stand at Boro Hall until a large del of state police sneaked into the town and drove them off with guns and clubs. Groups of workers, however, con- tinued to patrol the town and it is reported that two police autos were torn to pieces, Whitewash Killers ( ‘The state police’ esvorted the be- seiged deputies out of townand had lodged them in the New Brunswick jail. It is obvious that this was mere- ly a gesture to make the workers think that the state will take action against the murderers. But the fact that the state has no intention to hold the killers on a murder charge was revealed this morning when it was announced that the only charges brought against the deputies were charges of carrying concealed weap- ons. And only two of the deputies were charged with this. The remain- ing 38 were held as material wit- nesses, The attack followed a militant strike of over 1,700 women workers in the needle shops against a wage cut. The girls were forced to work for wages amounting in many cases to less than $5 a week. The strike is being led by a rank and file strike committee and is supported by the Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union. Sunday the strike committee and the bosses reached an agreement to raise the price on dresses in four shops and rescind the cut in three of the plants. The women returned to work Monday. At noon cars of thugs recruited from the Manning Industrial Detec- tive Agency of Newark arrived in town, They had been hired by the Boro authorities who had no power to deputize them. The mayor and Boro Council had advertized in_ the New Brunswick Home News on Sun- day that mills would open with “pro- tection.” This was done in an at- tempt to stop the spreading of the strike victory and to keep the work- ers in the surrounding towns from knowing that the workers had won their fight. The thugs stationed themselves at (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) GYP JOB AGENCY IS LICKED AGAIN Unemployed Council “Wins Refunds NEW YORK.—Two gyp agencies in the job agency district on Sixth Ave. were forced yesterday to reim- burse fees they had fraudulently taken from three workers after the Job Agency Committee of the Un- employed Council, 58. W. 38th St., accompanied the defrauded workers to the agencies and demanded that their money be refunded. i Walter Stakowitch, a metal pol- isher, paid $8 to the Williams Agen- cy on 747 Sixth Ave. for a job at which he was told he would work eight hours a day. he learn- ed that he would have to work 16 hours a day he demanded his fee back from the agency but was re- fused. The agency refypded the full fee when the Job Agency Commit- tee appeared on the scene. Two of the three workers were defrauded by the Eagle agency at 803 Sixth Ave. One, Helen Kaplan, paid the agency $4 for a job as a SOUTH RIVER, N. J., Sept. 20. aroused here today over the brutal police and deputy attack on the striking dressmakers which resulted in the murder of Walter Rozak, 11-year-old son of a striker, who was shot in the head with a bullet from a deputy’s gun. man and woman and John Wilczski, $$ JERSEY DRESSMAKERS ON PROTEST STRIKE AGAINST MURDER OF STRIKER'S BOY Mass Funeral to Be Held Thursday: Workers International Relief Calls for Food Victorious Strike; De- mand That Killers Be Punished BULLETIN SOUTH RIVER, N. J., Sept, 20.—Following a decision made by the strike committee today that the dressmakers will continue their strike nn- til next Monday as a protest against the brutal police violence, the com- eral of the murdered child, Walter Rojek, will be held Thursday morning at the Polish National Hall. It is expected that the entire working population of the city will attend the Relief has now become the most urgent aspect of the strike. State troopers today attempted to stop the trucks of the Workers International Relief from entering the town, but were forced by the militancy of the workers to allow the W.LR. to continue its relief activities. The W.ILR. issued a call today for workers to send funds and food for the strikers to St., New York City. Socialists who came into the town and distributed leaflets were driven ¥ representative of the union will ad- will be held by the strikers Saturday * —The entire working population was Support the South River Protest Strike TO ALL WORKERS’ OR- ~ GANIZATIONS, TO ALL WORKERS. GIVE SUPPORT TO THE PROTEST STRIKE A- GAINST THE POLICE TERROR AT SOUTH RIVER, . e strike committee of the South River Dress strike have answered the brutal murder of Walter Rojek, son of one of the strikers, in the shooting of Monday, with a_ protest strike. This action was tak- en to stop the brutal terror which the city and state po- lice aided by hired gangsters instituted to break the mor- ale of the workers and stop the spread of the strike vic- tory. The workers are employ- ing a new weapon to stop the terror against strikes and demonstrations which is growing throughout the Un- ited States. This action should be welcomed and en- dorsed in the ranks of all workers’ organizations, and find militant solidarity and support. Give your’ support to this protest strike. Adopt resolutions against the shooting and express your backing of this strike. Elect delegations to the mass fun+ eral, Thursday, to bring greetings and solidarity to the striking workers. Send relief to these valiant work- ers. US Marines in Attack On Nicaraguans MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Sept. 20.— Patrols of the National Guard led |by Lieutenants Snkule, Hammond and Monterrey of the United States Marine Corps joined forces in a “sur- prise attack” upon a detachment of the National Army of Liberation near Naranja. Four members of the Army of Lib- eration were killed and several were wounded. The National Guard pa- trols encountered a fierce resistance. One guardsman was killed been When the Job Agen- ey Commit her to the agency, the $4 fee was refunded immediately. class. If you are such a conscious, alive to your own conditions, alive to the threats leveled against you and your class every day—then this ques- tion should mean, LIFE and DEATH! And if you are conscious of the necessity of meeting all attacks, blow for blow, it is doubly important that you act! For the Daily Worker is one of the most powerful fists in all against our enemies, in our attacks on every front, without it, the main source of our strength would be gone. Would you permit yourself to gamble on the life of a tried and trusted leader when, with some effort, you could save his life? No, you would give your own This has been life-blood to save him. done by workers in past struggles, the future. * * * OW the Daily Worker is the leader in Without your aid it will not continue to live. What does this mean danger. to you? We ask you for a small deed, which will produce great results. you—50,000 of you—contribute 50 cents These half dollars —50,000 of them—are absolutely neces- to the Daily Worker. sary if the Daily Worker is lead and guide you in your daily struggles. It will be done many times in NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1932 CITY EDITION Price 3 Cents How Much Is the Life of the ‘Daily’ Worth to You? 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WORKERS! 1 OF THE DAILY WORKER WORTH TO WHAT IS THE LIFE your answer with a flood to the Daily Worker (50 E. 13th St., New York City). * * * ANY of you have contributed hard- earned half-dollars many times be- fore, thus enabling the Daily to continue publication until now. have contributed, as well as to those who have not, that we appeal though you have saved the Daily in the It is to those who now. Even upon you to come to the * * THREE THOUSAND COPIES OF WORKER, DESTINED NATION- Comrades: Here’s my half-dollar to keep the Daily Worker going! Hungarian Socialist Paper Viciously Attack Mrs.Wright, Scotts ILL. MILITIA SENT TO BREAK STRIKE Refuse to Allow Mass Meeting of 600 TAYLORVILLE, Ill, Sept. 20— State militia has been called here to break the strike in the four Peabody Coal Co. mines closed by a march of 15,000 miners several weeks ago. Yesterday the militia refused to al- low a mass meeting called for Min- ers’ Park. Six hundred of the min- ‘ers then marched over the line into Sangamon county to hold their meet- ing. Miners’ Park at Taylorville was entirely dominated by 120 National Guardsmen, and all admittance de- nied. The old “Bomb plot” trick was worked to excuse the sending of the |. militia here. A couple of days ago harmless explosions took place inj front of the company newspaper heft and the office of the strike-breaking United Mine Workers sub-district officials. The sheriff immediately sent for the troops. Illinois miners are fighting an 18 per cent Wage clut. DOCK WAGE CUT IS ABOUT READY Ryan and Companies Nearly Agreed NEW YORK—The longshoremen here will have to form their anti- time, and probably twenty cents an hour cut in overtime. The last stages in the sell-out have been reached after a week of secret ( negotiations. Ryan in a statement yesterday openly admitted he pro- posed to cut the straight time from 85 cents an hour to 75 cents an hour, asked $1.10 for overtime, cut of ten cents an hour from $1.20 are getting now. The ship own- the 75 an Bigs difference now separat and the ship lines it a cents an hour on over- in a public state- = ie 3 GLP, § i 2 lay call to all longshoremen, © Scores Attack by S. P. on Scottsboro J, Louis Engdahl now on a European tour with Mrs. Ada Wright in behalf of the Scottsboro boys exposed the support by the So- cialist Party of the hangmen of the innocent Negro lads, PROTEST BAN ON | WRIGHT'S MEETS See Interior Minister in Bulgaria (Cable by Imprecorr. ) BERLIN, Sept, 20, — The Bulgar- jan Minister of the Interior received @ deputation protesting against the prohibition of the Scottsboro meet- ings. Mrs, Wright demanded the right to appeal to public opinion on behalf of the Scottsboro boys, The’ Minister declared that Bul- garia is unwilling to interfere with the domestic affairs of America fear- ing anoyance to the American lega- tion, that the Scottsboro case is pure- ly judicial and must not be political- ly exploited, that the Comnrunists are alwys bringing up such humani- tariap cases but the Communist mow nent in Bulgaria is prohibited, rae Science with Mrs,Wright 7s an individual but as a statesman he declared himself unable to inter- fere. Finally he reserved his decision, Mrs, Ada Wright is receiving many expressions of sympathy, urges them to vote down the wage cut entirely, and pledges the MWIU full support to any struggle they make against cuts, a antl ‘throughout Hungary. a ae boro Defense SOFIA WORKERS GIVE BIG OVATION Children Throw Roses | As She Arrives (Cable By Inprecorr.) BERLIN, Sept. 20,—How the Hun-|Cox movement, Golden Circle, etc.) garian Socialist Party and the press helped the authorities in their Wa- shington - inspired attacks on the | Scottsboro defense campaign in Hun- | gary was told here today by J. Louis Engdahl, national secretary of the International Labor Defense. | Engdahl reports that the provoca- | tory, denunciatory attitude of the/ Budapest Socialist paper “Nepszava” | against the Scottsboro Mother Mrs, | Ada Wright, afforded the Hungarial authorities with the excuse for pro-| hibiting the Scottsboro meeting in Budapest, The socialist paper carried a hostile report concerning the Kladno affair, peddling the lies with which the Czech authorities at- tempted to “justify” their arrest and deportation of Mrs, Wright and | Engdahl. It quoted the attack on Mrs, Wright made by the Chech/ paper “Vchera,” including the phrases “Black Bolshevist,” ‘Negro Woman Communist Propagandist,” In contrast to the provocation by the socialist paper, the attitude of the bourgeois press, which published photographs and a summary of the Scottsboro Case, was much better, At a meeting organized by the Progressive Women’s organizations, whose leaders are under indictment for “defamation of the nation” owing to theirprotests against the murder of Szaliai and Fuerst, these organi- zations promised to conduct an ener- getic Scottsboro defense campaign . Wright and Engdahl in Bulgaria. SOFIA, Bulgaria. Sept, 20.—Mrs, Wright and Engdahl arriveg in this city yesterday, receiving a magnifi- cent welcome from workers in a huge demonstration at the railway station. Scores of children scattered red roses before Mrs, Wright, while thousands cheered her, The Sofia police has refused a permit for the Scottsboro meeting arranged here. The Bulgarian Scotts- boro Defense Committee forwarded air applicatoin to the central gov- erment, whereupon the Minister of the Interior answered by prohibiting all meetings and demonstrations throughout the country, The com- mittee is organizing a protest cam- paign and sending a deputation to the minister to demand a reversal of this decision. | The opinion is held here that the decision was made under pressure of the United States Consul, in line with the now clearly delineated pol- icy of the Wall Street Government of atempting to defense | jobless, with many more millions on) ‘ during the coming winter: To Work Out Demands “The National Committee of the 10, in Chicago. mass unemployment.” This’ statement was issued in the name of the National Executive Com. mittee of the Unemployed Councils, through its national secretary, Her-| bert Benjamin, yesterday from the | national office of the councils, at 16| W. 2ist St., New York. Leader of National Hunger March. It was the Unemployed Councils which led the national hunger mareh | on Washington, December, 1931, and the present national committe: was | elected at a gigantic conference of | over a thousand elected delegates| from all over.the country which took part in the hunger march. | This, its first enlarged executive meeting, comes at a time when job- less and employed workers have been stirred by the deepening crisis since | the hunger march, in the midst of countless local actions demanding re- lief and insurance, in the midst of | @ political campaign in which the} bosses’ parties are openly opposed to| federal relief, and the Communist} Party calls for building of united} front struggle everywhere to win re- lief. 16,000,000 Jobless. | The call of the Unemployed Coun- | cils declares there are now 16,000,000 | part time. It declares that this win-| ter the Hoover government .program, and the Roosevelt policies also, are “to reduce the whole working popu- lation, the employed as well as the/| unemployed, to new low levels of ex- istence.” All Send Delegates, ‘The struggle program outlined by the enlarged meeting of the Unem- ployed Councils National Executive Committe? requires the unity of the toiling masses, wiping out of all bar- riers to this indispensable unity. The Executive Committee states: “We invite national workers’ or-| ganizations to participate with -the National Committee in planning united action for the struggle against hunger. We especially urge local and central bodies of the A. F. of L. sua other unions to participate in this important meeting..In some cities, various demagogues have set up organizations of the unemployed, in order to divert the masses from militant struggle. We call upon the rank and file of all such organiza- tions (Unemployed Citizens Leagues, | to also participate in working out a | plan for united action. “Those organizations that can do so, should send representatives to the Enalrged Meeting of the National | Committee. They will be seated with full rights to join in all discussions and in formulating all decisions. If you cannot send representatives, we urge that you submit your views and proposals through resolutions. These ill be carefully considered and acted upon. Base for United Front. “We propose the following as a basis for united struggle now and “1, Not promises, but immediate relief for the starving unemployed. Not one unemployed worker or his famly without decent housing, food and clothing. Fifty dollars winter relief from the. federal treasury for each unemployed worker, plus $10 for each dependent, in addition to local | relief. Stop the eviction of unem- ployed workers from their homes. “2. Not a penny of wages, repeal of all sales tax laws, not a penny of new taxes on articles of mass con- sumption. Stop the capitalist attack against the living standards of the| workers. . “Stop the billion dollar subsidies to banks, corporations and railroads. A federal system of Unemployment In- surance at the expense of the gov- ernment and employers. “4, Immediate payment of the Veterans’ Bonus. “5. Unconditional equality for the Negroes. Smash Jim-Crowism and lynching. “6, Immediate federal cash relief to the impoverished farmers ang re- lief from taxes and forced collection of rents and debts. Support the | farmers’ strike. ‘Farm Strike Declared In 30 Counties Out of 53 in North Dakota FARGO, N. D., Sept. 20.—The farm strike for higher prices was de- clared yesterday in 30 counties of the 53 in North Dakota, This is largely wheat country. ~ The strike here is still in the hands \of the Farmers’ Holiday Association, wheh frowns. on picketing. The United Farmers’ League has organ- izations in parts of the state, how- ever, and calls on farmers to form united front committees to lead their NATL COMMITTEE MEET OF “UNEMPLOYED MAP UNITED FRONT FIGHT Delegates of All Worker Groups Called to Meet in Chicago, Oct. 9 and 10 COUNCILS T0 for $50 Winter Relief, Also Local Relief, and Against Pay Cuts Unemployed Councils of the United States will hold an enlarged meeting on Sunday and Monday, October 9 and This meeting will consider plans for defending the lives of the millions of American toilers whose existence is threatened as a result of VET CONFERENCE DELEGATES LEAVE N. ¥. IN TRUCKS To Form Solid United Front to Demand Bonus Payment BULLETIN, All delegates to the Nationai Rank and File Veterans Conference upon their arrival in Cleveland must report at the Painters Hall. 203 Euclid Ave, The conference will be hejd in this hall. According to latest reports, over 300 delegates are now o the way to Cleveland to attend the conference, NEW YORK, Sept. 20. — “The Na- | tional Rank and File Conference of Veterans which will be opened in Cleveland Friday will give a smash- ing answer to the latest demagogy of Governor Roosevelt who is now at- tempting to get the support of the veterans by stating that he is for the bonus, but not for immediate p ment,” said Emanuel Levine, tional chairman of the Workers Servicemen’s League, in an inte! today with the Daily Worker, “This conference”, said Levin be the broadest united front ex- igemens’ meeting held thus far in the United States. The aim of the con- ference will be to mobilize the great masses of veterans for a real militant fight to force the government to pay the bonus immediately and in cash, To do this we must mobilize the vet- erans of all organizations and the unorganized in one solid front.” Among the points to be taken up at the conference will be 1, Immediate payment of the bo- nus. 2, Increase in disability compens sation, 3. Unemployment insurance ° at the expense of the state and em- Ployers. 4, Against jim-crowism groes, 5, Against imperialist war. It was reported today that a large number of delegates have left from various cities to attend the confere ence, The New York delegation numbering 33 left this evening in auto trucks for Cleveland. NINE WORKERS ON TRIAL IN BERLIN Face Death Penalty on Framed-Up Charge of Nee (Cable by Imprecorr, ) BERLIN, Sept. 20, —- Nine workers appeared before the Berlin Excep- tional Court today charged with the killing of a fascist during a collision at Charlottenburg on August 29th. Calm, Zweig, Schall and Sterdt were threatened with the death pen- alty, Heine faced a ten years sen- tence; Tobehn, Krueger, Beier and Kolosche, faced long hard labor sen- tences, Mass Demonstration. A mass demonstration of workers took place before the court against the so-called anti-terror decree, The police was unable to disperse the demonstration until nine lorries bear ing reinforcements arrived, The judges first examined the al- leged ringleader Calm who desribed the situation in Charlottenburg owing to the terror of the fascist storm detachments which had murdered 3 workers and wounded scores, The evening before the collision occurred, the fascist attacked the Communist local. The same evening they fired shots against it, beating up a young worker, The police refused to ocer any protection, Killed by Fascists, On the way home, an anti-fascist group was attacked by the fascists from their local. About 20 shots were fired. The anti-fascists were un- armed, The killed fascist was shot by his own men, Two recently used revolvers were found but in the fas- cist local. No revolvers. were found on the accused. Despite all this evidence the in- dictment insists that the workers are guilty, The trial is being continued, sales and no foreclosures, + A strong protest action is being dev- own struggle, to broaden it to include|Death sentences are almost certain. disrupt the Scotts- Various for tax reductions, no al pian, Sof: me beret