The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 28, 1932, Page 1

BOMB IN THAYER’S HOME A bomb, very likely planted by po- lice agents, exploded today in the home of Justice Thayer, murderer of Sacco and VaVnzetti. The bomb Seemed to be very carefully planted, and did no injuvy to Thayer, As usual, the capitalist press infers that Communists are behind the bomb throwing, though the boss press knows that Communists are opposed to and | has nothing to do with any policy of individual terror. U.S.S.R. PUNISHES GRAFTERS | MOSCOW, U. S. S. R.—A total of twelve grafters and food speculators | were sentenced to death in the cities of Tiflis, Baku and Stalinski in the Soviet Union, where grafters are| punished instead of honored as in| capitalist countries. sue is 17 DIE IN FIRE IN POLAND WARSAW, Poland—A fire in the village of Rubiel yesterday killed 17 persons, including six children, and destroyed 35 buildings. Almost the whole village is homeless. ee ae QUAKE KILLS: OVER 100 ATHENS, Sept. 27.—An earthquake last night killeq over 100 persons and injured at least 150 in the Chalcidice region. The villages of Stratonikion and Ierissos were the chief sufferers. HUNDREDS FLEE BRONX FIRE NEW YORK.—A fire in an aban- doned factory forced the tenants of a 72-family tenement at 134th St. and Brook Ave., Bronx, including 100 children, to flee out into the rain yesterday. Cs a STORM HITS SAN JUAN SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Sept. 27. A worse disaster than the storm of September, 1928, overtook the city ef San Juan this: morning when a hurricane blowing at the rate of 120 miles an hour struck the city. Light, telephone and gas service were cut off today. Houses were destroyed. * 2 «@ RADICAL PARTY DISSOLVED IN POLAND WARSAW, Sept. 27—Selrop, the Ukrainian radical party with 400,000 members was dissolved yesterday. ‘The party was charged with spread- img Communist propaganda and car- rying on anti-Polish acticity. ‘Twenty Party leaders were arrest- { ed, including two editors. FOR RAIL PAY CUT AFTER ELECTIONS This Is Meaning of Hoover Statement WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 27.— Secretary of Labor Doak yesterday revealed that President Hoover has asked both the railroad companies and the officials of the Railroad Brotherhoods to put off the 20 per cent wage-cut program until after the elections Doak did not say it just that way, but that is what it means. Doak said Hooyer, on the plea that “by the end of the year the business situation will be clearer,” asks that the question of the cut be postponed until then. | ‘The New York Times correspon- dent, commenting on the situation, says: “Government officers tonight indicated that even if the railroads felt « 20 per cent gut was necessary on Jan, 1, they would still have time under the railway labor act to send out, the requisite notices and put the cut into effect before Feb. 1.” The present contract, which in- cludes a wage-cut of 10 per cent granteq by the Brotherhood officials on Feb. 1, of this year, will run until Feb, 1, 1933. Workers Must Fight. The Communist Party and the Trade Union Unity League have urged the railroad workers to recog- nize that their brotherhood leaders are selling them out again, and to form anti-wage-cut committees to defeat the cut. DE VALERA AIDS BRITISH MASTERS . Tries to Cover Up League’s War Work GENEVA, Sept, 27—The “disarm- ment” conference's bureau yesterday adjourned its war-camouflaging lab- ors October 10, It promised to take up on that date the question of cal- ling the general commission to dis- cuss the demands of the German ruling class for equality with the other imperialist powers in the fran- tic race for bigger and better arma- ments. In the interim between now and Oct. 10, the United States, Great Bri- tain and France will further develop their rival proposals for “arms cuts.” ‘These proposals are all aimed to strength the position of each imper- ialist power at the expense of its ri- vals, The United States proposals, VOTE COMMUNIST FOR: Unemployment and Social Insurance at the expense of the state and em- ployers. 2. Against Hoover’s wage-cutting policy, 3. Emergency relief for the poor farm- ers without restrictions by the govern. ment and banks; exemption of poor farmers from taxes, and no forced collection of rent or debts Dail Central YU, QO VOTE Equal orker | Party US.A. forms rights fense (Section of the Communist iaSne ) determination for the Black Against capitalist terror; Against imperialist war; U COMMUNIST FOR: rights for the Negroes against of suppression of the pol of workers, for the de- of the Chinese people and of the Soviet Union. Entered as second. New York, N.¥., Vol. IX, No. 232 ax 3 matter at the Post Offiee at ander the Act of Mareh 3, 1879. NEW YORK, "WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1932 CITY EDITION Price 3. ‘Cents VETERANS GO TO ORGANIZE THEIR MARCH All United on Fight to Win Their Back Pay: “Bonus” BIG MASS MOVEMENT Launch Struggle In Every City CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 27.— Pledging to return to their homes and rally masses of veterans to march to Washington Dec, 5 to demand im- mediate payment of the so-called bonus, close to 300 delegates from 51 cities, who attended the historic Na- tional Veterans’ Rank and File Con- ference, left here today in trucks, autos and on freight trains. The delegates to the Rank and File > ference had’ remained in the ctiy and attended .the Natonal Conven- tion of the Workers’ Ex-Service- men’s League which was held yester- day. The delegates, upon returning to their homes, will act as the organ- izets of the united front march, All City Conference Of Veterans—Last ° Week of October Vets carry thru your fight in the localities for relief and the Bonus. Prepare the National March. Elect your delegates on united front basis to the city confer- ences. groups of delegates will hold meet- ings in the towns they pass through while enroute to their respective states. These meetings will serve to mobilize great sections of ex-servioe- men for the trek to the Capital. United Front, Outstanding amongst the many achievements of the conference was the united front policy decided upon by the delegates. Rank and File Legion members, members of the V. F. W., Khaki Shirts, Disableq Amer- ican War Veterans, members of the Eagles, Moose, Odd Fellows, united in this conference with members of the Workers’ Ex-Servicemen’s League on the common basis of a struggle for the bonus Veterans of every political opin- ion, of various races and colors de- cided that they must unite on the basis of a fighting rank and file pro- gram. The question asked of every dele- gate was: “Are you ready to fight to get your back pay?” The answer was “yes.” “We will unite and fight on this issue,” said the delegates. “And, what’s more, we will organize the veterans all over the country to go to Washington when Congress opens. We will not be mis- led by Waters*or Foulkrod or the rest of the self-imposed leaders. We will elect our own yank and file com- mittees to lead us. We will enlist the support of the whole working population in America.” This is the way the delegates talked. “The rank and file must go into every organization of veterans and urge that the rank and file come with us in this fight,” said John T. Pace, chairman of the conference. “Through mass pressure, through demonstrations, we must compel city governments to endorse our fight for the bonus whether the mayors and councilmen like it or not. Our slo- gan must be smash anyone who is against the bonus.” The conference made clear that the fight for the bonus must be car- ried on not only in Washington, but in every city and town, in every state capital. Engineers, Too. “When we go to Washington this time,” said Robert Grether, delegate from the B. E, F., we must go better prepared. We must all go united on one issue, the bonus We've got to get the dough. We must win the railroad workers, the engineers, over to our fight. We'll show Mr. Hoover we're better engineers than he is.”| URGES COLLECTIONS IN SHOPS. Topeka, Kansas. Dear friends: For three years I have contributed to the Daily whenever funds were needed. This time I only send a dollar, because I have been out, of work now for 10 months. That’s the most I can spare. I notice that lots of workers who haven't got jobs are contributing money to your fund, but not so many employed workers. What is the matter with them. When I worked at the Pack- ard plant in Janesville, Wisconsin, two years ago, I made a collection among a group of workers there and sent the Daily $9. Why don’t others who are working make collections in fae- tories and shops? If all of those who could would make collections, it would be a sure-fire way of saving the Daily. Comradely yours, M. M. NEEDLE TRADES WORKERS ANSWER CALL. New York, N. Y. Dear Comrades: In answer to the emergency call of the Daily Worker, the Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union is sending in a contribution of $50 and 50 cents each from the office and technical staff. We are on the eve of the third convention of our union. In these three years we have carried militant struggles and have won wage increases, shorter hours. and better conditions for thou- sands of workers. One of the most powerful weapons in our struggles Was the Daily Worker. We call on all needle trades workers to fol- jow our example. NEEDLE TRADES WORKERS INDUSTRIAL UNION, Louis Wise, Financial Secretary. . . - $50 FROM YUGOSLAV WORKERS. Farrell, Pa. Comrades: Enclosed find check for $50 as donation to the Daily Worker from the Yugoslav fraction of Far- rell, Pa. We call on all Yugoslav workers to do all they can to raise funds for the paper that leads us in all struggles. YUGOSLAV FRACTION, FARRELL, PA. RUSSIAN WORKERS CONTRIBUTE. Rochester, N. Y. Dear Comrades: At a meeting of Branch 70 of the Russian Na~ tional Mutual Aid Society, the first quotation taken up was that of the” Datly~Worker. As 2 result, to the contribution of $4.50 which we gave at a meeting a month ago, we are sending an additional $7.50; $5.00 from our treasury and WORKER URGES COLLECTION IN SHOPS FOR “DAILY” FUND ganization, namely, Branches 18, 39, 71, 77, to follow our example and offer their utmost sup- port to the Daily Worker. RUSSIAN NATIONAL MUTUAL AID SOCIETY, G. Dorosewich, Sec’y. . . . . FROM JAPANESE WORKERS CLUB New York, N, Y. Dear Comrades: } At a recent meeting of our club, the members decided to appeal to all foreign workers, partic- ularly to those from the Orient, to increase their work to save the Daily Worker, which is the only organ which defends their rights and fights against such venomous measures as the Dies Bill. Comradely yours, JAPANESE WORKERS CLUB, i 2 ; T. HL, Sec’y, FROM LITHUANIAN WORKING WOMEN ® Chicago, Ti. Comrades: The greatest American workers’ weapon must live on! Enclosed $5 donation from the Lithuanian Working Women's Alliance, Branch 29. =x Chesna, Sec’y. ONLY DAILY COULD TAKE THIS DOLLAR Rochester, N. Y, Dear Comrades: ONLY the Daily Worker could take this dollar away from my family needs. I do not want the Daily Worker to be suspended. Collections in shops have been neglected dur- ing the present campaign of the Daily Worker for $40,000. The letter from the Topeka worker offiers an excellent way of raising funds. Ap- proach your fellow workers in shops, and write to us on your experiences in getting contributions from them! The mass organizations whose letters appear above also suggest a way of helping the Daily. Bring up the situation of the Dally Worker at your next meeting. Show what other branches are doing. If possible, make collections on the spot, and rush all funds collected immediately c the Daily Worker, 50 East 13th St., New York cL. pe Oe is my share toward raising the $40,000 Emergency Fund of the Daily Worker. Name City .scseccsecseresoeseces Stl srsescsseseeee UNITED MINE WORKER OFFICIALS WHO FIRED ON STRIKERS IN SPRINGFIELD FREE ON LOW BAIL; FLEE IN TAXIS Hundreds of Angry Miners Wait Before Jail While Officials and Gun- men Are Smuggled Out Back; Anger Rises Against Strike Breakers State Convention Oct. 3 Will Have Demands of Militants Before It; “Rank and File Strike Committees”; “Mass Marching, Picketing” it Jeems to Me The 26 United Mine Worker officials and gunmen whe opened fire on striking miners in the streets of Springfield Sunday, which killed a police- man by accident and wounded over 20 of the miners, have been smuggled out of jail and are at liberty on ridiculously (Copyright 1932, by the New York World-Teiegram Corporation.» AM convinced that I was in error in stating that William the "Communist low bonds. Out of the treasury of the U.M.W.A., which pays Interna- tional President Lewis $1,000 a manth salary and pays “international or- ganizers” (gun men) $8.50 a day and expenses, they took $1,000 apie? es bonds for the officials. Away In Taxis. The release was made yesteiMay, A crowd of hundreds of angry, de termined, striking miners was lected all day long in front of! the jail, fairly itching for a chance to take up with the U. M. W. A. Offi- cials the question of their strike- breaking and murder program in Illinois. But the gang that shot up the miners was smuggled out the back door of the jail and whisked away in taxicabs to luxurious and well- guarded hotel rooms in this and other cities. Sneed Free. Among those released was William | Sneed, former state senator from | Herrin, Ill, and chief Lewis agent in Southern Illinois. Sneed, many wit- nesses declare, was the man who fired the first shot and killed the policeman, Porter Williams. Wil- liams -was in plain clothes, mixing with the striking miners, and Sneed mistook him for a miner. Smith, Scapegoat. In spite of the evidence against The New Republic also has a justified protest against} my reference to its “three Communist editors.” “For the sake of accuracy.” writes Bruce Bliven, “I think you ought “I Lie Considerably,” -Heywood Broun (Editorial) IEYWOOD BROUN, Socialist Party press agent on the New York World-Telegram, is crawling on his belly. Flooded. with -letters of protest—many from his own followers— Broun was compelled to write in his syndicated column in the World- Telegram yesterday: “I am convinced that I was in error in stating that William Z. tor instance, are directed against the British and French rivals of Wall St.|that it cannot pay the bonus,” de- imperialism. clared a delegate from California. . In the meantime, the thirteenth |“It can pay it. The government can annual Assembly of the war making|spend 100 millions on war prepara- ue of Nations was opened yes-| tions, it can pay bonuses to the ‘day by Eamon De Valera, presi-| bankers. If it can do this it can it of the puppet Irish Free State, |pay us our back wages,” the role of president of the League Pouncil and ardent defender o im-| The returning delegates will or- ‘ialist “law and order” against the | ganize rank and file city ' cnees Fish People and other oppressed na-| throughout the country « 19 the Honalities. last week in October to mobilize vets He declared that the League was|for the march. Further plans for ly a defendant “at the bar of pub-| the march to the. capital will ® opinion,” and that “the world pub-| worked out by the National Veterans is largely cynical of its activities.”|Rank and File Committee, whose headquarters will bein Detroit. “The government cannot tell us MELLEN MEETING MELLEN, Wis.—About 100 workers net at the Communist election gath- wing in this small lumber and tan- town. Petitions were signed by workers to put the Communi! \didates on the ballot. Jack Bart- addressed the meeting. [Read on Page 2 Patterser Challenges Hillquit to Debate $2.50 collected from members. We are calling on other branches of our or- Address MILWAUKEE, Wisc., Sept. 27.— Six thousand unemployed ‘and part- time workers, of whom 2,000 had marched from Central Park, demon- strated yesterday before the gates of the Allis-Chalmers plant in West Al- lis, They demanded cash relief for the jobless or jobs, minimum wage for full and part-time workers and pay for waiting time, The Socialist Party officials gave entire support to the company in its plan to starve its workers, So- cialist Party Mayor Baxter of West Allis mobilized all the police in the city to menace the jobless workers demanding the right to live. Mayor Hoan of Milwaukee, a prominent Sotialist Party leader, rushed to the aid of the Allis- Chalmers Co. by sending a reserve force of Milwaukee police armed with riot guns, to line up before the factory, ready to shoot down the hungry jobless. The Socialist Party Sheriff Ben- son of Milwaukee County rushed his motorcycle deputies to guard the factory gates, Barbed wire to tear the flesh of the workers, and fire houses with which to drench them were strung out by the “Socialist” police, Capitalism, in the form of the bru- tally exploiting Allis-Chalmers Co., had decreed that the jobless and its Part-time workers should starve this winter, and the highest Socialist Party officials volunteered as willing gunmen for capitalism, to enforce its edicts against the hungry thousands. ‘The worker masses can see clearly again what the Socialist Party stands for. They contrast the company gun- man role of the two Socialist Party mayors @nd the Socialist Party sher- iff with the platform of the Com- munist Party, which makes the first point in its election platorm: “Unemployment and Social in- surance at the expense of the state and the employers,” and makes as its second point in its platform: “Against Hoover's wage cutting Only here it is also the Socialist THE PARTY OF NORMAN THOMAS IN ACTION 6,000 Jobless Demonstrate at Gates of Allis-Chalmers Plant in West Allis; Socialist Mayors Send Police Mayor Baxter, Mayor Hoan and Sheriff Benson, All Socialists, Rush Armed Force to Defend Company’s Edict That Jobless Shall Starve Workers Led By Unemployed Coun cil and T.U.U.L., See That Commu- nist, Not Socialist, Party Fights for Them Against Hunger Party’s wage-cutting and starvation program. ‘The Communist Party fully sup- ports the Unemployed Councils and the Trade Union Unity League, which led the demonstration, through Ed Nehmer, secretary of the Unem- ployed Council of Milwaukee, and Steve Rubicki, secretary of the T, U. UL The Allis-Chalmers Co. tried to prevent those who still have jobs with it from hearing the demands of the jobless for relief and for better conditions and wages or the workers in the plant itself, The company did this by ordering all its part-time em- ployers home at noon. Hundreds did not go, they remained and waited for the marching thousands to arrive, whereupon they also joined in the demonstration. UN. COUNCILS IN MANY NEW CITIES Date for Natl. Commit- tee Meeting Is Advanced NEW YORK, Sept. 27.—An an- nouncement released today by the National Committee of the Unem- ployed Councils states that the en- larged meeting of the Committee will be held in Chicago on the 10th and 11th instead of on the 9th and 10th, as has been previously announced. The National Committee will re- port on its work and will ask for a ratification of its proposed program of action. The main speakers will be Herbert Benjamin, of the National Committee, and Brown, of the Trade Union Unity League. . ‘The National Committee reports that an Unemployed Council is be- ing formed in Richmond, Virginia, and that 21 more Councils will be organ:red in Illinois by Oct. 31. By the tim of the Illinois State Hun- ger March it ig expected that there will be Unemployed Councils in from 70 to 80 counties, Other Unemployment Councils or- senived recently are: Mason City, lowa; Springfield, Mass.; Little Rock, Arkansas; Anvil Location, Michigan; Eureka, Oalif.; Milwaukee, Yer Bellaire, Ohio, a lo. he TRY TO FRAME-UP GERMANWORKERS Charlottenburg Mur- der Trial on 7th Day (Inprecorr Cable.) BERLIN, Sept. 27—The Charlott- enburg political trial of nine workers accused of having murdered a fascist is lasting longer than it was expected owing to the impossibility of the pro- secution to prove its case / The evidence brought by fascist witnesses was repeatedly refuted while numerous witnesses supported the defense case. ‘Today, on the seventh day of trial, a bourgeois witness, Director Koep- pen, testified that he saw men stand- ing before the fascist headquarters firing at the opposite side of the street, thus supporting once more the case for the defense. ‘The fascist lawyers undertook a di- yersion today when, following upon @ press campagn, they attacked the defense lawyer Litten accusing him of influencing the witnesses and ask- ing the Judge to put Litten on the witness stand. Immediately deny- ing the charge, Litten agreed to tes- tify providing he might resume the defense of the accused after testify- ing. The Court President revealed brutal bias against the accused work- ers, Foster, the Communist candidate for President, has been deposed from the leadership of his party. His illness is severe and suffices to explain his abandonment of his speaking tour. People who wrote in to kick had a right to kick.” ‘Fhe culmination of a vile campaign of slander against the Commu- nist Party on behalf of the Socialist Party of which he is a leader, Broun in the issue of September 21 had announced, with the knowing air of the Broadway scandal-monger, that William Z. Foster was in reality not ill, and that he had abandoned his election dates because “he (Foster) had been removed from: leadership in the Communist Party.” * * * 'T IS CLEAR that Norman Thomas’ press agent has overreached him- self. Broun himself shamelessly gives as one of the reasons for this: “Possibly total abstinence from alcoholic liquors might help. Such a way of life would give me far less fluency but somehow when you talk earnestly while holding a glass in one hand your message is dis- counted.” In other words, Broun may not have been entirely sober it delicate, when he scribbled his miserable piece about Foster. Broun further says in the same column, “in private life I lie considerably.” He should have added that he is carrying his private habits fully into his Political life, and that his socialist “principles” by no means stand in his way. These traits may explain the incident irom a personal point of view. But how is to be explained politically? It shows clearly and unmistakably that in dealing with revolution- ary organizations the Socialist Party and its agents feel no restraint, nor the slightest responsibility to the working class in whose name they dare speak. Only a party which has long ago broken with revolutionary principles could make an attack upon the Communist Party-—in the press of the class enemy—calculated to further the aims of the capitalist class, namely, to weaken the authority of the C, P. by provocations from within and without. Broun’s alcoholic babbling is characteristic of the slan- ders against the Communist Party and its leaders in the official socialist press, including the Jewish Daily Forward, the New Leader, (to put etc. The proletariat has only the deepest contempt for such methods. * * * HE FACT that the protests aroused by the Communist Party compelled Broun to admit his barefaced lie’ should not create any false impression that this is an isolated incident and that it will not again be repeated. The chief task of the Socialist Party is—in currying fayor with the capitalist class—to carry through the policy of the bourgeoisie in check- ing the growth of the revolutionary movement by discrediting, by means however foul, the Communist Party and its leaders. One more point: Broun says he was “in error”. Then where did he get the “in- formation” on which he based his confident assertions which he now retracts? Undoubtedly the renegades Lovestone and Cannon presented Broun with a “gold brick.” Sneed, the murder charge is actu- ally placed against the only one of the gun thugs still held, Garnett H. Smith, local president of the U. M W. A. local in Herrin. It was re- ported at first that Smith confessed killing Williams to save Sneed. Now apparently, he is trying to go ba © nhis confession. It may require all the formality of a mock trial to whitewash Smith, and Sneed ill probably not be brought to trial a all. Of the miners’ injured, two are in the hospital, very seriously wounc The entire incident shows necessity of militant str thousands of Illinois strikers have against them the of the operators, the United Mine Workers’ off Close the Mines! The strikers must put 4 resistance. They must march on and close the mines in Fr lin County and picket the mines now r under militia guard in Chr County, To do this, they must have strong rank and file strike commit- tees in every local union and sub- district and one for the whole dis- trict. They should accept the united front offer of the National Miners’ Union to hold a conference and make it a united fight against the wage- cut. The P. M. A. officials neither lead action to close down the mines, nor do they answer the offer of the N. M. U. A state convention of the miners will be held Oct. 3. The militant section is busy drafting a program along the lines indicated above, mass marching, etc., also for recall of the separate agreements already made by the P. M. A. official: Hall Disappears from Birmingham Negro Leader Was Threatened by Cops BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 27, — Otto Hall, Negro workingclass leader, HOOVER IN DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 27.— On the very day that Hoover speaks here, he will be answered by James W. Ford, Communist candidate for vice-president. The two meetings are on October 4 and local comrades are making great efforts to mobilize large | masses, not only of city workers but | of farmers. Ford will answer Hoover's argu-| ment that the Republican Party has “saved” the farmers. Ford will point to the desperate strike struggle the | farmers around Des Moines have had to wage for weeks now against ruin, | Ford will call on the farmers to Nee Slag. FORD WILL ANSWER Speaking In Same City on Oct. 4, Same Day, Communist Will Outline Farmers’ Struggle jon taxes and mortgage payments as has disappeared. He was last seen on Monday, shortly after he had been arrested, beaten in jail, and then released under threats, His disappearance comes {tmme= diately before the Southern Scotts- boro Conference on October 2 and International Scottsboro Day on Oc- tober 8. Hall's arrest followed the raid on the International Labor Defense headquarters here last week. Mrs, Montgomery, mother of one of the Scottsboro boys, has arrived here for a series of mass mectings to help rally. the masses behind the Scottsboro boys, whose case soon comes up before the Supreme Court for appeal. DES MOINES stiffen their ranks, and to extend their demands to include moratorium well as higher prices for farm prod- uce. Ford will expose the misleader- ship of the Farmers Holiday Asso- ciation chiefs, who oppose militant action and picketing, and will call on the farmers to form united front strike committees to lead their strug- gle. He will urge full participation in the Farmers National Conference to be held in Washington December 7 to 10, with participation of repre-|age in various sections of the coun sentatives of all farm organizations | try was caused by an earthquake last and farmers’ mass meetings. .. Hight, No Joss of life was reported, EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE IN YUGOSLAVIA BELGRADE, Sept. 27—~Much dam- ied nein