The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 1, 1932, Page 1

BURPURI FIGHE 1U0 PHRITLIUON CONGK ESS FORK WIN THK KELIBK AND UNBMPLUY NATIONAL MARCHERS 1.—$50 Winter Relie government in addition to local relief. 2.—Federal Unemployment Insurance at HUNGER DEMAND! f from the federal the expense of the employers and the government, and not of the workers. directions! Vol. IX, Ni \ . 287 -Read the Daily Worker for news and Dail ae Central MENTE INSURANCH DECISIVE W PORT OF HUNGER Collect Foodstuffs in Bulk and Bring EEK FOR SUP- MARCH to Nearest Food Station. 2 Spur Efforts for Funds for Nationa! Hunger March, Entered as second-class matter New York, ¥.Y., S the Act of March 5, 1878, at the Pest Office at CITY EDITION Price 3 Centa 2,900 HUNGER MARCHERS NOW ON WAY TO WASHINGTON DEMAND THE RIGHT TO PETITION CONGRESS FOR RELIEF In the Day’s News GRY WOMEN SELL LAST BELONGINGS NEW YORK, Nov. 30.—Profession- #1 women, who but a short time ago ‘were in good circumstances, saw their last belongings sold on the auction block at the Hotel Commodore last night. Such things as laces, shawls, odd pieces of silver, and even a pet} dog, were offered by the women, some of whom were weak from hunger and had spent nights in subways and sta~ tions, having no other place to sleep. <*> 8 ANTI-SEMITIC RIOTS CONTINUE | LWOW, Poland, Nov. 30.—Casual- ties among the Jewish population re- sulting from anti-Semitic riots, have sisen to 146. The riots continue with renewed violence fololwing the funeral of a Polish student killed when a group of Jews defended themselves trom attack. * e HOOVER CUTS PAY AT CAPITOL WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—In addi- tion to the 8 1-3 per cent cut adopted by Congress at its last session, em- Ee of the White House will joint- iy shoulder an annual cut of $6,180 a resuit of decision made by Hoo- er. FIRE DESTROYS TANKER CONCEPCION, Chile, Nov. 30.— A crew of 36 were rescuted in the nick of time as the gasoline tanker, Marget, burned and sank just outside the harbor today. = oe 8 _ QUAKE FELT IN ARGENTINA . BUENOS AIRES, Noy. 30.—A short but sharp earthquake was felt at 7:30 a. m. today in the’ Rioja Province, Western. cae MORE DEP} ARIONS 1 ARAZTL RIO DE JANEIRO, Noy. 3 government of Brazil deported today 21 oppositionists to the present gov- ernment. All were deported to Lis- bon. These deportations are but a Patt of those which followed the sup- pression of the recent revolt here, (SCOTTSBORO TOUR IN LYNCHCOUNTRY Mrs. Montgomery to ~ Address Meets .~ BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Noy. 30.— The tour of Mother Montgomery, mother of one of the Scottsboro boys, starts tomorrow in Birming- bam. | Already headlines in the Toca! Negro newspapers have an- nounced her coming which reflects the I. L. D. Mother Montgomery's ‘tour will bring the Scottsboro cam- | paign into the heart of the lynch | country. ‘Mass pressure on the bosses’ court ‘has forced the release of Joan Davis, & worker arrested when police broke up the demonstration for the Hun- ger Marchers. Three Negro workers arrested at the same time have been railroaded to jail for trying to attend | the demonstration. '’ The International Labor Defense is lying the masses to demand the lease of these ‘ers, Leroy Guy- , Gm, Frances A and = Rosalie ilson. LL.D. Starts Habeas “Corpus Proceedings in Herndon Case ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 30—The In- | ternational Labor Defense attorneys ‘have siarted habeas corpus proceed- ings for the release of Angelo Hern- | don, Negro organizer, threatened with the death penalty for organizing Ne- ‘gro and white workers together to ‘obtain unemployment relief. The hearing will occur tomorrow, Thurs- day. The ILD attorneys are raising particularly the question of the right of Negroes to sit on both Grand and trial juries and their exclusion In LEAVE; ST. ing them on, 42 bonus marche Washington. HITLER FAILS TO SEE SCHLEICHER Plan New y Attacks on Workers BERLIN, Nov. 30—The conference announced for today between Ad- olph Hitler, leader of the National Socialist (Fascist) Party, and Gen- efal Kurt Von Schleicher, Defense Minister and the real power in the Von Papen cabinet, failed to come off. Hitler was reported to have gone to his headquarters at Weimar instead, where several of his cead- ing henchmen haye been summoned. The Schieicher-Hitier “conference was arranged as part of the secret negotiations that have been carried on behind the backs of the masses Jess fascist dictatorship, with a eab- inet governing without parliament and receiving the support of the Na- zis. The steady intensification of the economic crisis and the growing resistance of the workers, as repre- sented in the parliamentary victor- jes of the Communist Party and the great strike wave sweeping the country, have sharpened the antag- onisms inside the bourgeois camp and made the job of organizing a ee all the more difficult. “ASK ALBANY T0 CUT CITY WAGES Board Estimates Tries to Force Slash NEW YORK.—The Board of Esti- mate, Tammany-conirolled, voted yesterday to petition for a special Session of the state legislature to amend the civil service law and cut the wages of city employes, The board has been laying the basis for this trick for some time, debating whether the city is bank- rupt, refusing to give relief, and ask- ing the teachers, street cleaners, fire men eta to voluntarily cut their already low pay. Meanwhile how- ever, the city finds the money to pay $200,000,000 per year to the bankers on the debt, and never once proposes to postpone those pay- ments It was Walker who first proposed these workers should agree to give up one month’s pay this coming year, and the McKee administration has continually advocated it. The police, who get their main Income in other ways than from the payroll, agreed cheerfully, but the other workers re- sisted. So now compulsion is being used. The Seabury-Hofstadter Commis~ sion has just made a report on wage raises in the city payroll since 1922, and. finds that while the President tHe Herndon case. Herndon’s trial the Herndon case. The ILD urges all workers and their organizations to wire protests to Prosecutor Rev. Hudson and Judge *{|Hatchinson, in Atlanta, Ga., demand- ) dismissal of the indictment ‘oa Herndon and his uncondi- ional release. Celebrate 12th Year of Soviet Armenia NEW YORK, Nov. 30.—Yesterday marked the 12th anniversary of the pioletarian revolution in Armenia. Twelce years ago, this date, the work- ers and peasants of Armenia carried through a successful revolution the Menshevik government, by British bayonets, and blished Soviet Armenia, of the Board of Aldermen helped | week, vote himself a raise from $7,500 to $25,000 in ten years, and the Cor- poration Counsel got a raise from $10,000 to $25,000 with other officials, including the Mayor, getting similar raises, the lower grades of workers got less than 35 per cent raise. March Film Is Being Taken by Acme Movie NEW YORK.—The Acme theatre of this city has special cameramen taking pictures of the different col- umns of the Hunger March thruout the country and also the demonsira- tion in Washintgon at the opening of congress when the marchers de- mand $50 winter relief and jobless insurance for al) unemployed work- ers, York contingent, left yesterday morning on the long trek to Larger groups of New York veterans are ex- pected to leave tomorrow, in time to reach Washington for the ’ opening of Congress, Dee. 5,} in an effort to set up a more ruth- | gireaching the capitol in time for the N. Y. BONUS MARCHERS LOUIS AND CINCINNATI VETS START Many from All Parts of Coun of Country Beating Way to Washington in Freight Trains N. Y. Marchers to Reach Baltimore Tonight;, Caraway Tries to Keep Vets at Home NEW YORK.—With ex-servicemen and workers cheer- rs, the first group of the New when they will join with vet- erans from every part of the country in demanding the immediate payment of their back wages, known } as the bonus, and no cuts in disability | allowances. Singing fighting songs and shouting slogans, the marchers left in a truck placarded with signs reading: “We Demand the Bonus Now” and “On to Washington.” In Newark they wer2 greeted by a demonstration in Wash- ington Park. Meetings of welcome are | being held all along the way—i ‘Trenton, Philadelphia, Chester, Wi mington, etc, where the New York contingent is being joined by other bonus marchers. Tonight they are scheduled to reach Baltimore where a big mass demonstration is being ar- ranged. In Baltimore the contingents | arriving ae various sections of the| country will join and, proceed togethet to Woks kee theit December. 4th, “e Bonus marchers are now en route, from almost every state in the union, some travelling in trucks and many beating their way across in freight trains, conquering all obstacles in their determination to get to Wash- ington and force the government to} grant the demands of the tens of thousands of starving vets, Soe St. Louis Vets Hop Freights ST. LOUIS, Nov. 30.—A strong con- tingent of St. Louis ex-servicemen | left yesterday on the National Bonus | March to Washington. Unable to ab- | tain trucks, the vets are hopping | freight trains and are confident of i opening of Congress Dec, 5, . s 8 Cincinnati Marchers Start CINCINATTI, Nov. 30.—A mass} ; Meeting of vetreans and workers gave ndoff to the Cincinnati ners who are hurrying to get to Washington on time, The Cin- cinnati contingent is being led by N. F. Doughty. Soffman is company commander and Fort Section com- mander, Coe ae Caraway For Bonus—Maybe WASHINGTON, Nov., 30.—Acting under pressure of the thousands of Arkansas veterans who are demand- |‘ ing their bonus now, Senator Hattie W. Caraway, of Arkansas, lone woman senator, today declared she is in favor of immediate payment of the bonus, but— “Don't forget as a woman I reserve the right to change my mind!” added | Senator Caraway, leaving herself a loophole for reversing her stand when she found it convenient. Her plan is to have the vets put their faith in her and stay home, By BILL DUNNE 1 The American Federation of Labor is putting on a great show in Con- cinnati for—we were about to say the benefit—the bamboozlement of the working class seeking a way out of the mass misery created by the crisis, ‘The bureaucrats are performing In both tents—the mein show featuring unemployment insurance, the side show featuring the shorter work President Green used feet, hands, mouth, eyes and nose on November 28, to convince workers watching “che parliament of Labor,” as Sam Gompers used to call A. F. of L, conven- tions,” that “he and his fellow buro- crats really intend to fight for a shorter ‘work day and work week at the expense of Wm. GREEN the capitalists. This “Great Reform” ’ He stamped, waved his arms, shouted, wept and threatened the jand that the United Pekin Wate asm ¥=2elSUPORT THEM! HOLD MASS. MEETINGS || AND WIRE D. C. COMMISSIONERS! BIG DEMONSTRATIONS DEC. 6, IN ALL CITIES Unemployed steel workers of South Chicago (Calumet District) greeting bonus marchers from Chicago and points west at an open-air The vets are carrying placards reading “We Demand the Bonus Now” and “On to Washington!” roceting. U.S. GRABS FROM BRITAIN IN PERSIA Sharpen Danger of Imperialist War The U. imperialists have succeeded in having the Persian gov- ernment annul vast concession. to their | British rivals in the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and to favorably con- Sider the granting of a virtual mono- poly of the Persian automobile -and rubber trades to the Genéral Motors and Firestone interests “directly over the heads of British competitors.” ‘The Persian action reflects also the growing colonial rebellion against im- perialist exploitation which, in this case, the U. S. imperialists are util- izing for their own interests in their struggle with their British rivals, U. S. Ships Persia Arms. It was also revealed that the Un- ited States is shipping huge quantities of arms and munitions to Persia, that a consignment of airplane engines re- cently left New York for Persian ports Aircraft and Transport Corporation of New York shipped in early November, forty Pratt & Whitney Hornet engines with a quantity of spare parts and forty propellers. The shipment totalled several hundred thousand dollars. The annulment by Persia of the British concessions was followed by a sharp drop in the value of British oil stocks and an between the Persian Minister to Bri- tain and Sir Henri Deterding, head of the Royal Dutch Shell Company, Increase War Danger It was admitted tn Wall Street circles that negotiations had been un- der way with the Persian Government “for some time.” James D. Mooney, president of the General Motors Ex- port Company, boasted that “General Motors has many friends among the Persians.” General Motors, it was said, would pay some consideration for the concession, but it was not re- vealed whether this would be in the nature of arms shipment or loans that could be used for arms purchase. ‘This move increases the danger of an imperialist war between the U. S. and Great Britain, s | enal Transportation Committee head- jing class to thousands of papers, re- | panies and similar institutions, while COOLIDGE GROUP FOR RR. PAY CUT Build Committees to Resist Cuts NEW YORK, Nov., 30.—The_ Nati- ed by Calvin Cgolidge, has prepared a report urging-gnother general wage slash ‘against tH@leailroad’ workkiije cf the United States. The wage-~cut. is to take place in February when the present agreement expires if coupon clippers of the Transportation Com- | mittee and the government have their way. ‘The advisory committee met eee | day in the Hotel Biltmore and listened to the reading of a brief prepared by R. H. Aishton. Among those attend- ing the meeting were Atterbury of the Pennsylvania, Williard of the Balti- more and Ohio, L. A. Downs of the Illinois Central, Carl A. Gray of the Union Pacific, Hale Holden chairman of the Southern Pacific. Most the other big lines were represented. Capitalist Press On Job. The enemy press service, the Asso- ciated Press in particular which fur- nishes propaganda against the work- ports.that. the Committee is primarily concerned with “keeping secure the American public's investment of ele- ven billion dollars in bonds and other | promissory paper of the railroads.” More than 70 per cent of this paper is in the hands of banks, insurance com- most of the rest is held in big. blocks by the biggest banks and speculators. It is this that the press refers to as the public—a handful of parasites whose intrest on investments are placed first and at the expense of the railroad workers. ‘This new move of the Coolidge committee for a new general wage cut will meet with resistance on the part of the werkers who are in ever larger numbers becoming convinced that they must set up their own rank and file strike machinery to defeat wage cuts and the hunger drive of the | National Hunger Marchers of Nine Columns of Marchers Within Four Days Journey of Capitol; Rouse Population of Cities on Route to Struggles for Jobless Aid 650 MARCHERS ON’ WAY FROM. Y. C. 12,000 Demand They Enter Washington NEW YORK. — About 650! Column 8 left Union Square, this city, yesterday morning early, on their way to Wash- | ington. Nearly 200 were from New England and lower New; York state cities, some 50 were from the Hudson River Valley, and most of the others were from New York City. . They stop tonight in Trenton. The several thousand workers as- sembied in the square gave them a boisterous send off, and~ yelled, “Right Into Washington, we'll back you upl?./Thousands formed’ dn. es- court for the marchers clear from Union Square to Holland Tunnel, where they crossed through to New Jersey This was the second demonstra- tion within twelve hours. Tuesday night 12,000 New York workers massed in Bronx Coliseum, stood and cheered for 15 minutes as the New England Column paraded | into the building and right down the center aisle, the Red Front Fizht- ers’ Band swinging in to head the procession and a detachment of Workers Internatiunal Relief nurses following the band. Right to Enter Washington. With a shout that made the steel | frames tremble, these 12,000 voted “Yes” to a motion to send a tele- gram demanding the right of the marchers to enter Washington, parade up to the cavitol building, | and place their demands on con- | gress Another yell of approval met the | announcement of a demonstration | planned at 11 A. M., Dec. 6, ai hall, New York, to support the de mands of the marchers, and for cash | relief, no evictions, etc., here. | Sam Nessin, drew a chuckle fron the crowd when he got up to sp\ | for the Trade Union Unity Leagu and remarked, “I see my friend Jim- | mie Walker is now also unemployed Waiker called police and had Ne slugged unconscious right in th board of estimates meeting for de- | manding relief for the jobless. Only Working Class Hunger The main speaker, Amter, Com- munist Party, district org. telling | bosses. (Continued on Page 3.) “WM. GREEN KEEPS BOTH EARS TO THE GROUND employers with “force of some kind.” The “employers don’t seem to res- pond to ou: appeals” he told the conyention. “If this continues,” he said, “I propose to find some plan even if we have to resort to force- ful methods, Every reform has been forced and ultimately labor must use its economic strengh to secure this great reform, We must get it through reason or through force of some kind.” This statement pro- duced the greatest applause ever given Green, ‘These are brave words and it is in this respect that Green’s nose has proved very useful to him, It has scented the rising storm of revolt among the A. F, of L. membership against the official policy of surren- | dering to the employers and govern- ment, and the growing revolutionary trend among the overwhelming maj- ority of the working class that is outside the A. F. of L, a All of Green's sense organs are alert in behalf of capi'alist inter- ests. Like Mark Twain's politician, he is keeping both ears to the ground. “Sharing-the-Work All working class experience teach- es that when reactionary bureaucrats of the Green type make such speeches they are preparing some particularly atrocious betrayal, MOMENT AT “The personal contact in em= Spas and we are living . CINCINNATI PRESS HEADLINES SHOW RANK AND FILE UP- SURGE IN THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR In this connection it must be re- membered that Green's demagogy on the issue of the shorter work week follows quickly his public endorse- ment of Teagle (Standard Oil) “share-the-work” plan which has al- ready reduced the wages of thousands of workers below the subsistence level, and which is peculiarly a vici- ous method of making part time workers bear the burden of maintain- ing, also at the starvation level, one or more workers for whom the em- ployers and bankers would otherwise have to make some kind of provision costing them some of their profits, The Employers’ Attitude The employers, since-Green makes INSURGENTS PROVIDE TEN (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.) <2 A. F. L. SESSION future will prevent Ia A. F. L. MEET no demand for maintenance of wage scales with the proposed reduction in working time—the shorter work day with no reduction in wages, the demand of the Communist Party and | (CONTINUED ON PAGE 3) |relief except through Funds Urgent for Marchers in Capital As the eight columns of the hun- ger marchers approach Washing- ton word comes that the govern- ment of hunger refuses housing and food for the marchers. Govern- ment agents are trying to d'scour- age any donations to these march- ers, The charity mongers are lined | up to help the Wall Street govern- ment at Washington in its attempt to starve the Hunger Marchers out of the Capitol. Workers everywhere! Ex-Soidiers! | Show these beasts who are respon- sible for mass hunger and misery in this country that they cannot | Back up the hunger with great mass demon- strations on December 6th. In ad- dition come to support of the Hun- ger Marghers -at. Washington rushing fuhds for their housing and shelter to the National Hunger March Committee, 146 Fifth Ave., New York. Organizations! Rush funds. Individuals should rush contributions to buy food and places to sleep for those who are in the front ranks of the fight against hunger. BANKERS PUSH HUNGER DRIVE Hold Secret Session With McKee Smith orda bur ed betwen them of shif of the crisis on Al ting the Smith person orkers for the Un- } loyment Relief Com: sion, Which seeks to put a damper on the workers’ struggles. for unemployment insurance by making a fake gesture nile McKee met the bank- s in secret session, trom which ail reporters were excluded, to stage a prandstand play of begging for 3,500,000 from the bankers so as to make believe there was no hope of “private char- The bankers who took part in the secret session included Charles E. Mitchell and George V. McLaughlin. The mayor and the _ bankers emerged from their secret con‘erence putting on long faces for the report- ers outside to see The only state- ment they made was that there was | enough money ior only a few days more of relief. The workers must not be fooled by this little stage play. ‘Daily’ Wants News Of Demonstrations’ Supporting March The National Hunger March now converging on Washington is of tremendous importance to the workers of the entire country. The Communist district organizations must therefore make themselves responsible for providing the Da‘ly | Worker, the Central organ of the Party, with all available informa- | tion dealing with this mass strug- gle for immediate relief and Un- employment Insurance. All district and section organ- izers are urged to see that reports are sent to the Daily Worker of all demonstrations on Tuesday, Dec. 6, in support of the National Hunger March, .Information is to be sent by wire—marked Day Press rates—maximum 100 words, giving exact numbers participating and briefest report of outstanding hap- penings. Do not give general de- mands of unemployed and other facts known to us, etc., and report accurately, (a ee ns | Feae ral Unem Smash Attempts at Terror in Vincennes; Force Release of Marcher Jailed’ in Birmingham; Assemble Food to Expose Washington Officials’ Excuses FIGHT GROWS FOR | S50 WINTER AID | Federal Jobless Insur- ance. Big Issue BULLETIN. | CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Nov. | 30. — One ‘hundred unemployed workers. were: arrested here today when police attacked the hunger | march demonstration here. Six | of the arrested workers are Hun= ger March delegates. The Chatta~ nooga officials were later in the day forced to release all those ar- rested. A charge of vagrancy had been filed against the workers. When about 300 workers came get away with the use of such a | 1 the space in front of the Court weapon. House yesterday to welcome the Hunger Marchers they found hordes of. police agents on hand to prevent the workers from gather- 06» »Mayor, Bass yesterday also closed w8p “and flop house, fearing the splendid spirit of the marchers. The Klan staged a special demonstration in an attempt to intimidate the workers. All the nine columns of the National Hunger March are now within four days travel ; of Washington, and thousands of workers in mass meetings along the line of march are | wiring demands for the right }of the enter Hunger Marchers to Washington, to parade to the and to place demands before s the proposal of millions of and for ace at to |the « ¥ense of the government and employers. | Demand Their Rights! | The 2,500 marchers now on the way | | demand these rights, and call on the masses of the whole country, employ eq and unemployed, to back them up, They represent the interests of 16,- | 000,000 unemployed workers in des~ | perate and they represent |no less the interests of as many more employed and part time workers. There should be huge mass dem- onstrations in every city for the de- “mands of the National Marchers, these demonstrations should be on Dec. 6, which is the day the march- ers present the demands to con- gress. Washington authorities continue to make threatening gestures. The dis- trict of Columbia Commissioners (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Congress Members for |Using Debts to Grab Land from Others BULLETIN The Japanese yen yesterday | dropped to an ail-time low of 197-8 | cents as against 49.85 normal, Rn Pe WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—Increas- ing opposition to a further extene sion of the Hoover moratorium on the war debts was evident in Washe ington as: members of Congress gathe ered here for the apvroaching Dee cember 5 session The policy of using the war debts as a weapon to force Britain and France to cede “possessions in American waters” was openly expressed by both Republican and Democratic leaders in the Cone grecs. It wes stated that the Brite ish possessions in question include Jamaica, Trinidad ‘and other West Indian islands, but not Canada, The British are reported to have completed their'new note reiterating their request for delay in the instale ment due on December and for ree vision of the whole debt question, Meanwhile Henri Beranger, a high French official, sharply attacked the war debt policy of the U. S. Com- munists are demanding the lifting of these. debts from the backs of the masses by the all around ¢ of these debts,