The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 30, 1932, Page 1

i Wire Congressmen, Se Workers and Workers’ Organizations! ‘The Hunger Marchers will present their demands to Congress on Mon- day, Dee. 6. Organize to support the National Hunger March against the vicious attempts of Wall Street government SUPPORTING MASS MEETINGS AND DEMONSTRATIONS IN ALL CITIES ON DEC. 6! t to suppress it! PREPARE BIG \ | ers to petition Congress! of Columbia authorities against all attempts to deny the right of work- WIRE YOUR PROTESTS to congressmen, senators and the District | A Washington dispatch yesterday stated that “BUSY COURAGE DEMONSTRATORS’ MA “discouragement “consists of police entry of contingents of the National and arrests of leaders as in Boston. Birmingham and other citi Inemployed Counci the 3000 delegates of the the authorities are | LISTING NEARBY STATES IN THEIR CAMPAIGN TO DIS- RCHES ON THE CAPITAL.” This | attacks, prevention by forc 1 Hunger March into var march on and are greeted enthusiastically by tens of thousands représentatives of workers. Théy are fighting in the i The Washington avthorities and AND BUSINESSMEN are mobilizing all forees to deny of workers. They are the elected hundreds of thousands of unemployed and hungry terests of the 16,000,000 unemployed. DEMAND THAT THEY BE HOUSED AND FED IN WASHINGTON the organizations OF B entry to the capital and to suppress the militant mass movement for $50 cash winter relief and unemployment insurance for ALL workers at the expense of the government and employers. The: the Hunger Marchers but THEY A | | KERS | | y have refused to feed and shelter RE SPENDING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON POLICE AND MILITARY STROY THE MOVEMENT. They in the path of the National Hunger in the shadow of the capitol! Demand and fight for the right nators, Demanding Hunger Marchers Get Congress Hearing! PREPARATIONS TO DE- have thrown every possible obstacle March, They plan now to attack it of the representatives of the unem- ployed to enter, meet, march, demonstrate and present their demands to Congress! out the country! Organize mass demonstrations of support for Dec. 6 thra- Show to Wall Street government the massed forces of the working class behind the Hunger March. = . NATIONAL. MARCHERS HUNGER DEMAND! 1.—$50 Winter Relief from the federal government in addition to local relief. 2.—Federal Unemplo: the expense of th yment Insurance at e employers and the government, and not of the workers. % ‘Read the Daily Worker for news and directions! Vol. IX, No. 286 In the Day’s News meneame FASCIST GANGS ATTACK JEWS WARSAW, Nov. 29.—More titun 80 Jews were injured and entire Jewish neighborhoods attacked and looted by fascist bands of Nationalist stu- dents inthe city of Lwow, today. The attacks first started yesterday when | a number of Jewish students offered | resistance to an attack made upon | them by a Nationalist gang. a eae ae | 5,000 TEACKERS ON STRIKE SANTIAGO, Chile, Nov. 29.—The government of Chile is preparing to take repressive measures against more than 5,000 men and women | teachers of public schools who struck yesterday for increased salaries. ROOSEVELT MEETS LANDLORDS Wi SPRINGS, Ga., Nov. 29. Following in the footsteps of his pre- decessor, President-elect, Roosevelt \held a conference here over the ques- tion of farm relief. Wealthy land- from the south participated in conference. . ‘ > EXPLOSION KILLS TWO | ‘ WORKERS ELIZABETH, N. J., Nov. 29.—Two |workers were killed and one badly burned in an explosion at the Bayway plant of the Standard Oil Co. today. “They were Richard Schnepel, Charles A. Kufall, and Joseph De Bree who ‘was burned about hands and face in ‘trying to beat out flames on the vic- ‘tim’s clothing. ee ‘WATERWAY IS WAR MEASURE ‘WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.—That the . project. as a war cyssed the possible ‘develop between the U.S. and Can- ada over shipment of munitions by either nation in case of war. TAN REDS IN ELECTION GAINS Win Two More Seats in Chamber (Cable by Inprecorr.) BRUSSELS, Nov. 29. — Yesterday's Belgian parliamentary elections saw 2 big Communist advance in the in- dustrial districts. While the com- | plete results are not known it is believed that Communist seats were from one to three, with the workers of Charleroi and Liege ‘voting for Communist candidates. ‘The elections were lively, with many collisions between workers and police and social fascists. Many per- sons Weré injured. e NEW YORK.—Bourgeois press dis- patehes accede a Communist in- crease of two seats. Revolutionary Trade nion Conference in Mexico This Week The second conference of the C. % U. M. (Trade Union Federation of ‘Mexieo). the revolutionary trade un~ ion of Mexico, which has e solidarity ‘pact. with the R. I. lu. U. and the T.U.U.L. will take place this week. The order of boca tere of the con- ce will as follows: tne Petes of the 8th sec- tion of the Central Bureau of the RILU. : 2.—The nationa! situation and the tasks of the CSUM in the fight ‘against the bourgeois offensive. 3.—Work among the unemployed. 4. (Red Groups, Wo- men, Youth, Children, Press, Finan- ces). 5.—The fight sgainst imperialist war. 6.—Election of the National Eecu- tive Committee. in the U. S. S. R. MOSCOW, - iiesageineoed a tists have perfected a newly invent rejuvenating substance which has proven so-effeetive in the treatment cf nervous diseases and toning up the human system that many thous- ends have applied for the treatment. Investigations are now being made to establish that no undersirable re- eetien may fellow on the treatment im later years. If the Caapalal ‘prove favorable, this substance, known as . ” will be made available P “OO? (Section of the Communist International) Entered as second-class matter EE? Hew York, N.Y., uniler the Act at the Fost Office at t of March 3, 1879, EW YORK, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1932 ‘PEACE TREATIES SHOW INCREASED SOVIET POWER Poland, France Sign On Basis Failure Versailles System WAR DANGER REMAINS “Pravda” Makes Clear Analyses of Move BULLETIN PARIS, Nov. 29.—The French Goy- ernment signed a non-aggression pact with the U. S. S. R. today, (Cable by Inprecorr.) MOSCOW, Nov. 29.—“Pray- da” today deyotes an editorial captioned “Fresh Victory for Peaceful Policy of the U- S. S. R.” to the ratification of the Soviet non-aggression pact by Poland. Pointing out that this pact is a result of the persistent Peace policy of the U. S. S. R., con- ducted despite all provocations on the part of the imperialist war mon- gers, “Pravda” stresses that the U.S. S. R. since 1922 advanced a project, for complete disarmament at 'Gene- va; also later the U. S. S. R. not only repeated this proposal but of- fered her neighbors in turn non-ag- Bression pacts as part of her con- Power of U. S. S. R. Grows. The non-aggression pact finally concluded with Poland “Pravda” points out, is a direct result of the enormous growth of the economic and political power of the U. S. S. R., and an expression of the in- creased importance of the Soviet Union as a factor in international Policy. There is no doubt that the conclusion of the non-aggression pact is a direct reflection of the sympathy of the toilers of the en- tire world towards the U. S. S. R., ® sympathy that is growing daily. The end of capitalist stabilization and the transition to the second per- iod of proletarian revolutions. and imperialist wars signify the growth of the radicalization of the toiling masses. The working masses in the capitalist countries are becoming in- creasingly convinced that there is only one way out from the blind al- ley which imperialism has driven the world—the revolutionary way out. This strengthens the growing inter- est and sympathy of the masses to- wards the Soviet Union. This signi- fies the growth of greater hostility among large masses of toilers to- wards imperialist war generally and towards intervention against the U. 8. S. R. in particular. Masses Remember Last War. The experience of the first world imperialist war has not passed with- out teaching lessons to the toilers of the whole world. In conclusion, the pact reflects the changes and regroupings in the camp of imperi- alism, particularly the failure of the Versailles system, and its break- down. This breakdown has affected Polish-French relations. At the sate time, the U. S. S. R. bases its ratification of the pact exclusively on its known policy of peace. How- ever, this pact does not remove from the order of the day the menace of war and intervention threatening the U. S. S. R. The importance of the agreement with Poland consists in that it helps the U. S. S. R. in her struggle for peace and is an ex~ pression of the new correlation of forces in the international arena in fayor of the U. S..S. R. War Menace Continues. However, no single diplomatic act can serve to guarantee against the possibility of attack upon the U.S. 8. R. The history of the Soy- jet negotiations with Rumania for @ non-aggression pact prove that imperialist groypings most tile towards the U. S. 8. R. still have the opportunity to sabotage the ef- forts of the U.S.S.%. towards peact- ful relations with her neighbors. Neither did the signing of the Kel- loge Pact hamper Japan in the Teast from occupying Manchuria, Also, one must not forget the fail- ure of the “disarmament” confer- ence. The menace of war con- tinues directly to threaten the world. This, “Pravda” concludes, is why one must recall that the conclusion of the non-aggression pact with Po- land, this big victory for the peace- ful policy of the U.S. S. R., is a re- sult of the growing power of the Soviet Union, for the steady growth of which the toilers of the U. S. 8. R. will work also in the future with unslackening energy. ‘Urge Funds Be Rushed The National Executive Committee of Workers — Ex-Servicemens Ledgue calls on W.ES.L. Posts to rush funds to the National Offi;ce, 4 Union Square, New York City, TAMPA, OPECK FRAME-UP SMASHED BY ILD Court Is Compelled to Dismiss Case MORGANTOWN, W. Va., Nov. 28. —Sam Opeck, West Virginia miner who, together with Joseph Orloff, was framed on a charge of murdering a company guard during a strike was unconditionally released in the court of Judge Baker today. The verdict of “not guilty” in the case of Sam Opeck marks another victory won by the workers and the International Labor Defense in the fight for the lives of the two miners. Orloff was found guilty of “involun- tary manslaughter” and will be sen- ténced in two weeks, From_ the. outsefi.-of the .case the court and the prosecution, backed by powerful coal interests, were deter- mined on a legal lynching of the two militant miners. The jury to try Orloff was selected in 30 minutes, the court forbidding individual examina- tion of each juror. But the storm of protest mobilized by the ILD all over the country, together with ef- fective exposure of the frame-up in court, smashed the case of the pros- ecution. This latest victory will serve to in- tensify the efforts of the ILD and the workers here for the release of Leo Thompson, Tom Boich and other miners in prison since the last strike. The ILD from its headquarters at 606 Lyceum Bidg., Pittsburgh has launched a campaign for this purpose. Funds are being collected to continue the fight and to cover the cost of the Orloff, Opeck trial. Individuals and organizations are asked to contribute. DEBT STRUGGLE MORE ACUTE British Pound Down to $3.15 5-8 BULLETIN British pound sterling continued its spectacular decline, dropping yesterday to the unparalleled low of $3.15 5-8, later closing at $3.16%4. The French france also fell to $3.90 11-16, off 7-16 of a point from Monday’s close. Capitalist currency throughout Europe showed a gen- eral decline. In the Far West, the Japanese yen dropped sharply, making an all-time low. rier eer Senator Patterson of Mississipp!, speaking over a nation-wide radio hook-up yesterday, defended the de- mand of the United States for pay- ment of the December installments and further bargaining on the war debits on the basis of demanding cessions of coloniés and trade from the European debtor power in ex- change for the uncollectable war ts. Italy has joined the drive for can- cellation of the war debts, while sev- eral of the small European powers have re-stated their inability to pay their debts to the U. S. The. British cabinet is reported to have completed its new noie to the Washington government, explaining the need for postponing the $95,500,- 000 debt installment due on Dec. 15. As reported in yesterday's Daily Worker, some sections of British im- perialism are demanding outright default, i Fenner Brockway, chairman of the British Independent Labor Party, has openly urged the placing of additional - burdens on the British working declaring that Britain could pay the whole war debt to the U. S. if the British people “would work hard for one hour a.day for one month.” SAYS POISON GAS IS “HUMANE” NEW YORK, Nov. 29.—"The hu- maness of chemical warfare has been made clear,’ says part of a statement made by Dr. H. Howe, editor of Am- erican Chemical Society journal. The statement furthe! Conditions Are Exposed in “Georgia Nigger; Workers Called On to Protest Fla. (By Mail). —A first-hand account of the dramatic strike of chain gang prisoners at the Indianatown, Fla., prison camp and of the horrible conditions that led up to it was given to a representative of the Daily Worker by Angel Cabrera, leader of the strike, on a visit to him at Raiford, where he has been kept in solitary confinement since Noy. class, | Leader of Fla.Chain Gang Strike Tells of Torture Cabrera, Tampa Prisoner, Describes Revolt and Sweatbox Torment i. The strike occurred in the follow- jing manner, Cabrera said: | A cook at th camo informed guards that ancthe: food to 9 sweathox Fr prisoners became sed ft te stoolpigeon; whereupon the guards singled out Ishmael Cruz, one of the Tampa class war prisoners, and put , him and three others in the terrible ;sweatbox “to teach them a lesson’. (The sweatbox was responsible for the recent murder of Arthur Mail-. lefert, a prisoner on another Florida chain gang.) Prisoners Strike. ! The following morning, led by Ca-! brera, who is also a Tampa class war prisoner, all the men refused to work unless their Comrades were re- the ccok had given mer, All Le (CONTINUED ON PAGE 3) { GERMAN REDS MAKE NEW GAINS City Elections Show Fascist Decline (Cable by Inprecorr) BERLIN, Noy. 29.—Partial sauni- cipal elections yesterday in Bremen, Hamburg, Berlin and Soldin further confirm the fascist decline and Com~- munist advance, with the Communists winning seats in Bremen and Soldin while the fascists lost far In excess of the decreases in the number of votes cast. Communist Broadcasting The secret Communist, broadcasting station was again working yestcrday, broadcasting a speech against the reactionary policies of the Junkers and the drive of the bourgeoisie for @ more open and brutal fascist dic- tatorship. The broadcasting was con- cluded with the playing of the “In- ternationale.” The broadcast was heard clearly throughout Berlin. The police and bourgeois radio expxerts are feverishly but fruitlessly trying to locate the station which appar- | ently is a portable station. Workers Demonstrate Further lightning illegal demon- sirations were held by workers in’ various parts of Berlin on Saturday, protesting against the fascist reac- tion. Police made several baton charges on demonstrations in the working class districts of Wedding and Neukolin, with the workers mil- itantly defending themselves. Many arrests were made. Fierce collisions occurred on Sunday between workers and the fascists. In the Wedding district a socialist worker was in- jured by fascist thugs, while the po- lice arrested two socialist workers, NATL GUARD USED IN STRIKE Farm Workers Picket- ing Despite Threat VACAVILLE, Calif., Nov. 29, — National Guardsmen have been sent, against the 300 striking tree-pruners, who so far, have blocked every at- tempt to bring scabs into the strike area. The strike led by the Agricultural Workers Industrial Union broke out among the agricultural workers here when wages were cut from $1.50 to $1.25 a day, the hours increased from 8 to 914 and when the boss, a dem- ocra'le party politician announced that the workers would, in the future, be required to furnish their own transportation to work. This im- poses an additional expense of 25c, making the total cut in wages 50c. * ‘The strikers are in a strategic posi- tion, their strike taking place in the midst of the prunning, (tree-trim- ming) seasor, which must be com- pleted before the rainy season sets in. This accounts for the feverish attempts of the bosses to bring in scabs and at the same time to break the strike through police and army terrorism, } The Spanish and Latin American _ workers were the first to strike. The “bosses tried to get the Japanese and r stresses the neces- , Filipino workers to scab, but the sity for adequate preparations In the| Agricultural Workers’ Indus‘rial field of chemistry, for future wars of American imperialists with their rivals, y ‘Union sent organizers into the field, ‘and these workers joined the strike 400 per cons, ni ‘TO LEAVE TODAY, ON BONUS MARCH | |Prepare Big Newark » | Welcome; More Vets | e Off This Week HEAD FOR BALTIMORE Expose PatmanAttack on Bonus March NEW YORK.—The New York contingent of the Na- tional Bonus March is on the “move. This morning the first group of New York veterans will leave in accordance with the decision made by an en- thusiastic meeting of rank and file veterans, held Monday night at the headquarters of the Greater New York Veterans Rank} and File Committee, 154 W. 20th St. Assembling first with blanke‘s and other equipment at the Rank and File headquarters at 6 o'clock this morning, the vets will then go to Union Square, from where they will | leave in trucks. Bonus marchers from New England will also leave at the same,time. The first stop will be in Newark, New Jersey where at 30:30 a. m. the bonus marchers will be greeted by a demonstration of vet- erans and workers in Washington Park. . -The.. Khaki. Shirts -organjza- tion in’ Newark is rallying its mem- NOTICE! | The following Rank and File benus march headquarters have, been opened: | 1036 Locust St., Philadelphia. 1720 Thames St,, Baltimore. 905 “I St, N. W., Washington. | Bonus ‘ marchers arriving in | these cities, as well as those al- ready there, are called on to | Feport to these headquariers. bers, to, participate in the demon- stra‘ion. The meeting Monday night was addressed by three New Jersey state leaders of the Khaki Shirts, who expressing the sentiment of their! rank and file, called for a big fight-! ing army of bonus marchers to de- mand immediate payment of the bonus, no cuts in disability allow- ances and the entire program of the Veterans National Rank and File Committee which is organizing the march to Washington. Because of their late start in making prepara- tions, members of the New Jersey Khaki Shirts will be unable to start today, but expect to leave within a few days. The group that leaves today is only the advance guard of the New York contingent. Larger groups of veterans will leave later this week, probably on Friday, in time to reach Washington for the opening of Con- gress Dec. 5. Those who do not go in the first group will carry on wide- spread acvivity for funds, clothing, food, ete. In Trenton Today The bonus marchers, who will keep distinct frem and in advance of the hunger marchers, are expected to arrive in Trenton before 5 p. m. today and may stop over for the night. If not, they will keep on to Philadelphia and spend the night there. . Philadelphia ‘bonus marchers and those from cities in Pennsyl- vania near Philadelphig should re- port tomorrow at the Rank and File headquarters there and prepare to join the veterans marching from New York, Bonus marchers in other parts of Pennsylvania should proceed to Bal- timore ‘and report at the Rank and File headquarters there. The New York con‘ingent will arrive in Bal- timore tomorrow night, where ar- rangements are being made to put them up. ‘ The New York group has elected an executive committee of five, con- sisting of the heads of the following rank and file squads: publicity, or- ganiza’idh;'*‘ddattérmaster, finaridé and educational, The marchers are being divided amiong these five squads. Baltimore is expected to be the con- centration point for bonus marchers from all sections of the coun‘ry, who will join forces and march in a body to Washington, arriving Dec. 4. coe Patman Attacks March WASHINGTON, Noy. 29.—Senator Patman of Texas, who won election on the democratic ticket as the sponsor of the bonus bill in the last Congress, yesterday came out in his true colors when he announced his opposition to the bonus march. The Veterans’ National Rank and File Committee, in a statement issued from its headquarters here, 905 “1” St., N. W., points out that on the last bonus march Patman, while posing as a friend of the veterans, did every- thing to disrupt the strugle for ime | necessi mediate payment of the bonus, orker Porty US.A. . DECISIVE WEEK FOR SUP- PORT OF HUNGER MARCH Collect, Foodstuffs in Bulk and Bring to Nearest Food Station, iS Spur Efforte for Funds for National Hunger March, CITY EDITION Price 3 Cents / YORK GROUP DEMAND THE RIGHT TO GO TO CONGRESS FOR WINTER RELIEF AND INSURANCE! MARCH LEADERS ANSWER GOVERNMENT | | Mass Movement Throughout Coun try Against Provocations of Wash- ington Officials; Demonstrate Dec. 6 to Back March Demands! The desperate necessity of} forcing through the demands of the National March, $50 winter | federal relief and unemployment in-| surance, are proved by the spectacles | seen by the marchers along the way. Jobless scavanged the garbage dump| outside the Salvation Army head-| quarters in Rome, N. Y., as the marchers went through town. In Toledo, the marchers reached} militant worker, Louis Borer, whose | relief was recently cut off, collapsinz | in the Communist Party office and | dying-shortly afterward frem a dis-+ ease madé fatal by his starved con-| dition. | The District of Columbia Com-} missioners, directly under U. S. gov- ernment control, and the U. S. De: partment of Justice threaten to bar} the National Marchers from the cap-| itol grounds and to. bar them from the city altogether unless they prove to the satisfaction of the authorities that each has enough to live on while in ‘ashington. This. denies the Cons%‘tutional right to “peti congress for redress of grievances.” | Sinnott, chief of the sergeants of | arms at the capitol, states that ne will be alowed even in the | itors he has an invitation card. To all these provocations, the Na- tional Committee of the Unem-| ployed Councils, cal's for a mass} protest throughout the country, calls | for huve mass demonstrations in every city on Dec. 6 to back up ¢ demands of the marchers. The Na- tional Committee. over signatures of Wi'liam Peynolds, its chairman, end Herbert Beniamin, its secretary has sent the District of Columbia Com- missioners the folowing letter: Reply to Com ioners. “Sirs:—This will serve to advise | you’ formally of the plans, program and demands of the National Hun- | ger March, a body, of delegates rep- | resenting employed and unemployed | workers in all parts of the U. S., regularly elected at meetings of un- ions, fraternal societies and unem- | ployed mass meetings, who wil! ar- rive in Washington on Dec. 4th’ “The National Hunger March has been organized on the initiative of the Unemployed Councils of the U.| S. as part éf the struggle which must be waged in order to win winter re- lef and unemployment Insurance for the victims of mass unemployment It will be composed of approximately three thousand men and women all of whom have been elected by their neighbors and feliow-workers to car- ry their demands to Congress when it convenes on Dec. 6th, “The very conditions that make the National Hunger March neces- sary make. its financing a question of heavy sacrifices to the workers of America, The delegates in the Hun- ger March represent men and wo- men -who are. either entirely desti- tute or whose income if they are still employed; has been reduced to a starvation level by repeated, drastic wave cuts. To claim that these des- titvte workers have a constitutional wieht to petition Congress,and then deny them the means of exerc'sing this rivht,-is sheer hynocrisy. It is on par with the mockery indulved in by those who tell the millions who are denied the right to earn a live- lihood, that they are accorded by the Declaration of Independence the interent right to “life, liberty and the pursuit of hapiness.” “By dint of great sacrifice, the thousands of workers who have par- ticipated in the organizing and sup- port of the Hunger March, have contributed of their pennies, nickles and dimes to provide means of transportation and other essential expenses for the Hunger Marchers. It is however extremely difficult for gress shall not be infringed.> them to provide for adequate food and shelter. ‘These masses, must kee tgaps demand that the government au- thorities provide them with these ties. "We hope that you will prove re- | All Columns Draw Towards Capitol With Cheering Thousands Sup- porting Them on the Way; Local Struggle for Relief Intensified | WASHINGTON, D. C., Noy. 29.—While Washington authorities still try to make ex- cuses for barring the National Hunger Marchers from the capitol, a wave of resentment against them is spreading among the jobless who have elected 3,000 representatives to go to Washington and present their demands to Congress. Mass meetings are beginning to pass resolutions demanding the right to petition Con- Trish Railway Workers Demand Strike As 10 P.C. Cut in Pay Looms GREEN PRAISES | DSPORTER DOAK DUBLIN, Noy. 29.—Sentiment for * @ nation-wide strike of railway workers is sweeping through the rank and file es a result of a deci- sion of the Railway Wage Board to More than 100 meetings of rail workers, held throughout the Free State during the last few days, have decided not to accept the proposed reduction. Members of the Irish Railway Clerks Association passed a resolution denouncing the decision. A meeting at Bray decided to call a protest strike at midnight Dec. 4, involving 600 railwaymen. Cecil D. Watters, Irish secretary of the National Union of Railway- men, like his English and American colleagues, is doing his best to put over the wage-cut. The influence of the revolutionary opposition, how- ever, is growing throuzhout Ireland. The opposition is calling for strike under rank and file leadership, rep- resenting all unions. and unorganized workers in each rail shop, depot and running shed. COLISE HAILS MARCHERS Messes Assemble to Support Demands NEW YORK.—As the Daily Work- \er went te press masses of workers were reported streaming up to Bronx Coliseum to greet the National Hun- ger Marchers from New England and up-state, and to pledge solidarity with their demands for Winter Re- lief and Unemployment Insurance: Unemployed needle workers were gathering to march into the Coli- seum in a body. Young workers were. reported assembling at Tre- mont Ave., to march to the Coliseum. Various other organizations were preparing to march in procession, with placards and banners. Speakers were to be Amter, Wein- stock, reporting on the fake insur- ance maneuvers of the AF.L., and the fight of A-F.L. workers for real insurance; A. W. Mills of the Na- tional Committee of Unemployed Councils; Carl Winter, leader of the New York Unemployed Council, Ben Gold and others. A more complete report on this mass meeting will appear in the next. issue of the Daily Worker. Mass Trial for Worker Accused of | Desertion NEW YORK-—M. Stern, District Organizer of the International La- bor Defense will be the prosecutor at @ workers’ mass trial of a worker who desterted the delevation that went to Washincton to picket the U. &. Supreme Court in connection with thé Scottsboro case. The trial will be held Friday, Dec, 2, at 15 E. 8rd St. at 8 p. m. sponsive to the will of the great ma- jority of the working people of Washington and of the entire coun- try and that you will accordingly al- ter your decision to attack the marchers. If so , you will manifest this as authorities in other cities have done, by providing the march- ers with food, shelter and place of assembly during the three nights that they will spend in this city and abandoning all costly plans for police interference. All the nine main columns of the National Hunger March are begin- ning to draw together as they fs proach Washington, which they enter simultaneously Deo, 4th, ’ IM CROWD. | Proauent Aid For the Stagger System the city just in time to hear of one| Sut Wages 10 per cent, beginning Dec." CINCINNATI, Nov. 2°—“The Hoo- ver immigration police’ was praised here yesterday by Secretary of Labor Doak in his speech to the conyention of thé American Federation yesterday. President Green also praised the government immigration policy, by which, under the cloak of “protecting American labor,” the Department of Labor and Immigration has organized a nation-wide system of spying and intimidation among the foreign-born | Workers in the big industries. i 30,000 Deportations "a recent report of Doak's depart- ment extols the activity of its agents, which has resulted in the deportation of some 30,000 foreigii-born workers in the last year; with ‘ts consequent suf- fering entailed by the wholesale jbreaking up of workers’ homes and separation of fathers, mothers and children. Is Weapon of Basses There is not now a single strike or important unemployment demonstra- tion which is not accompanied by tt arrest and holding of militant work for deportation. Under. Doak, and ; With the continuous co-operation of ' Green and the Executive Council, the Department of Labor and Immigra- tion has been made into one of the | most powerful weapons of the big cor- | porations in suppressing the struggles ;O% their employces. It has been of ‘the greatest assistance in putting over the series of sweeping wage cuts. Green is sid to be slated to replace {Doak in the Roosevelt Cabinet, No Change Under Roosevelt. His praise of the Hoover-Doak ad- ministration of the department of Labor in the interest of the big em- ployers is an_indication that no de- cisive change will be made in the |snc that. policy under Roosevelt, and that it will continue to be an instrument for hampering organiza~ tion and struggle both of foreign- born and native born workers. Bid for Stagger Plan. President Green exerted himself to the utmost to make a fervent dema- gogic appeai for the 5-day, 30 hour week. He even spoke of the use of “force of some kind” to obtain it but simmered down at the end to | proposal that the federal govern- ment “set the example” to private employers by introducing the 30-hour week for its employees. At no time did Green advocate the shorter work day and week without reduction in pay. On the whole Green did a fairly good job for the stageer system and the Standard Oil “share-the-work” plan. The convention helved by or- dering the speech printed and dis- tributed to employers. everywhere. Lewis’ New Maneuver, John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers has introduced a proposal to enlarge the Executive Council by increasing the number cf A. F. of L. vice-presidents from 8 to 28. This proposal is designed to change the balance of power in the Council in favor of Lewis and Green and their political’ ambitions, All Negro Banks in Chicago Closed CHICAGO, Tl.—All the Negro banks in this town have been closed. What little money the Negro worker managed to save has been wiped out. Of the 430 building loan associations in this town, only two have Negro tind i practinlynsposnbie 9 obtain 1 ‘A impossible and, foreclosures are ‘inc one wholesale sla