The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 2, 1932, Page 1

“est against the | NATIONAL MARCHERS HUNGER DEMAND! 1.—$50 Winter Relief from the federal government in addition to local relief. 2.—Federal Unemployment Insurance at the expense of the employers and the government, and not of the workers. ‘Read the Daily Worker for news and directions! Vol. IX, No. 288 Dail Central Entered as second-class matier wi New York, N.¥., under the Act be ad it the Post Office at of March & 1879, uniet (Section of the Communist BS ait) Norker | DECISIVE WEEK FOR SUP- PORT OF HUNGER MARCH Collect Foodstuffs in Bulk and Bring to Nearest Food Station, Party U.S.A. Spur Efforts f Hunger March. or Funds for National EW YORK, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1: 1932 CITY EDITION Price 3 Cents Mass Support for the National Hunger March Defeats Nation-Wide Effort of U.S. Goverment to S In the Day’s News CITY BANKS BIG SUM NEW YORK.—As a resuit of the last-minute rush yesterday of tax- payers to pay taxes for the last half of 1932 before the time expired at midnight, the city government now | has more than $100,000,000 on deposit in various banks. This money will however, disappear shortly in the {form of graft and big salaries to the | Tammany officials, while the unem- ‘ployed are told to starve. TROTSKY AVOIDS SWEDEN | STOCKHOLM, Dec. 1.— Fearing | [ebae the Swedish workers would give | Ihim a “welcome” of boos and hisses {similar to the one he got when he Janded in Copenhagen, Denmark, Leon Trotsky, peddler of counter- evolutionary speeches and articles, |has decided not to lecture at Lund University here, despite the fact that |the government had shown its co- ‘operation by granting him permission todo so. % "i MOTHER MOONEY IN BERLIN BERLIN, .Dec. 1. — Mrs. Mary Mooney, mother of Tom Mooney, in- ternationally known class war pris- oner, arrived in Berlin today on her way back from the Soviet Union, where she was a delegate at the (World congress of the International Red Aid and gave a personal letter of greetings irom her son to Joseph Stalin, secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. CANADA FARMERS ACT ‘WINNIPEG, Canada, Dec. 1—Five jhundred militant farmers, men and twomen, are back in their homes today after forcing their way into the Arborg town hall yesterday, scat- ‘tering the tax assessment rolls and (eorving the receiver to resign. The ltarmers’ de! tration was in pro- reed sale of their homes for overdue taxes. FIVE MINERS KILLED HALIFAX, N. S., Dec. 1—Crushed jby tons of coal, "which their own lfamilies frequently cannot afford to buy, -five miners lost their lives in an explosion at the Standard Com- pany's Mine at River. Hebert today. {Several others were injured as the explosion hurled tons of coal on the (miners, and fire and gas swept ‘through the mine. JAPAN IN NEW MANCHURIA DRIVE ‘Troops ‘Move Toward Soviet Borders Japanese troops opened a major feffensive in Manchuria yesterday, driving towards the insurgent Barga region and the frontiers of the Soviet Union; while the Japanese Foreign [Office held out the bait of possible concessions to the “Open Door” pol- icy of the United States in an effort te overcome the sharpening antagon- ism between U.S. and Japanese im- ‘perialism at the expense of the Man- ichurian masses and the Soviet Union. ‘The new Japanese military cam- ‘paign was opened with a surprise at- tack by cavalry and motorized in- fantry against the insurgents, who veral weeks ago drove the Japanese waders out of one-third of Man- TO BALTIM Cops Attack Chi Portland Vets Pass Th organizations to send protest telegr: Governor of Ohio. workers, especially railway workers, AFL. JOBLESS SWINDLE BARED Reaffirm , Allewtanes to Boss Parties CINCINNATI, Dec. 1.—The. con- yention of the American Federation of Labor here, immediately follow- ing adoption of the proposals for unemplyment insurance to be en- acted by state legislatures, endorsed without a dissenting vote the rec- commendation of the Executive Council for a continuation of the “non-partisan” policy of supporting candidates of the Democrat ppd Re- publicanParties.- Shows Up Its Jobless Proposals, If any additional proof were needed of the hypocrisy of the offi- cial ballyhoo for unemployment in- surance indulged in here, this ac- tion furnishes it. The essence of the “non-partisan” proposal in relation to unemployment insurance and also the shorter work day and work week is that it asks workers to believe that the representatives of the two big Wall Street parties will enact deci- sive legislation in favor of the work- ing class, and to continue to support “friends and punish enemies” within the Democrat and Repuclican Par- ties. This is another safeguard for the interests of the bankers and employ- ers, More Revelations. The criminal futility of the A. F. |of L. program of unemployment in- surance, and its essential purpose of dividing and hampering the mass struggle for compulsory federal in- surance at the expense of the em- ployers and the government, has been revealed inadvertently here by reports like that of the education (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) BRITISH GOV'T BARS MRS.MOONEY U. S. Attack Mooney uria. The Japanese claim an ad- ‘vance of 100 miles, but admit that ithe insurgents are retreating in per- ifect. order and carrying on heroic rear-guard actions and guerila war- ‘fare against the advancing Japanese. U. S. Consul George C. Hanson, at ‘Harbin, reported to the Wall Street Government that a force of 10,000 insurgents had evaded the envelop- ing movement instituted by the Jap- lanese around Paichuan, 125 miles north of Harbin. | Japanese troops are also massing ‘on the border of Jehol Province for the long-planned Japanese assault on North China. The hopes of the Japanese bourgeoisie for additional ‘loot was Ba ie in a small ie yesterday of Japanese yen, wl la few days ago dropped to an all- ‘time low of 19 7-8. Yesterday's rise amounted to 1-8 cent. The normal value of the yen is 49.85 cents, Spivak to Talk on the Chain Gang System at John Reed Club Tonite John L, Spivak, author roe the smashing exposure, “Georgia Nigger,” ‘will tell what he saw on his investi- gation of the Southern chain gang system in a talk on “Chain Gangs In Georgia” tonight at 8 o'clock at the John Reed Club, 450 Sixth Ave. Spivak carried on his investigations ‘during two successive years. His ex- jposure, which has been suppressed the exnience of one of ee ae cre systems in Scottsboro Campaign NEW YORK —A visa to visit Eng- Jand has been refused to Mrs. Mary Mooney, 84-year-old mother of Tom Mooney, by the British consulate in Berlin, by request of the American State Department, a cable received Jast night by the International Labor Defense revealed, Mrs. Mooney, with Mrs. Ada Wright, mother of two of the Scotts- boro boys, and the other delegates of the I. L. D. to the world congress of the International Red Aid, are sched- uled to address meetings in England in behalf of Tom Mooney and the Scottsboro boys, She has also planned to visit her birthplace in Ireland, “This is in direct line with the action of the U. S. State Department in attempting to prevent Mrs. Mooney’s departure for Moscow to attend the world congress a month ago,” William L. Patterson, national secretary of the I. L. D., said, Mrs. Mooney is scheduled to appear with Mrs. Wright and other speakers, at the mass memorial meeting for J. Louis Engdahl to be held in the Bronx Coliseum, December 18. The following cable of protest was sent to Premier Ramsey MacDonald, demanding that a visa be granted to Mother Mooney, by William L. Pat- terson, national secretary of the I. L. D., yesterday: © “Hundred sixty thousand Amer- ican workers and affiliates Interna- tional Labor Defense protest action Berlin Consulate refusing visa Mrs, —o N.Y. VETERANS SPEED ORE AFTER BIG PHILA. WELCOME |Bonus Marchers Greeted in Newark, Trenton; cago Contingent rough Chicago; Legion | Backs Cut i in Disability Payments BU LLETIN. NEW YORK.—The Veterans’ National Rank and File Committee issued a statement today denouncing the attack near Lima, Ohie, on the Chicago contingent of the National Bonus March to Washington. It calls on all rank and file veterans’ groups and other sympathetic ams to the mayor of Lima and the The statement also appeals to all transportation , to show their solidarity with the bonus marchers by giving them all possible aid in getting to Wash- ington. . PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1—The first group of the New York contingent of the National Bonus March to Washington is now on its way to Bal- timore after an overnight stay here. Larger groups from New York are scheduled to leave later this week. The trip from New York yesterday, after a late start, was successfully negotiated in less than scheduled time despite police interference. A rousing demonstration was held in Washington Park, Newark, with many rank and file New Jersey veterans present. The leaders of the Khaki Shirts of New Jersey, whose members are joining in the united front fight for the bonus, promised to send 14 trucks to Washington within the next few days. Large quantities of litera- ture were sold despite interference by the police. In Trenton the cops tried .to delay the bonus. marchers, but did not succeed. Crowds of Tren- NOTICE! All bonus marchers are asked to report at the following Rank and File headquarter: New York: 154 W. 20th St. Philadelphia: 1036 Locust St. Baltimore: 1720 Thames St. Washington: 905 “I” St. N. W. ton workers greeted the marchers and after a hot meal served by the Workers International Relief, they speeded towards Philadelphia. There the marchers were enthusiastically greeted by rank and file vets and workers. They stayed overnight at the Rank and File headquarters and left early today for Baltimore. The bonus marchers are in fine spirits. All along the route of march {they have been greeted by workers | expressing their full support for the struggle for immediate payment of the ex-servicemen’s back wages, known as the bonus. Philadelphia is sending a large contingent to Washington, including many members of the Bonus Ex- peditionary Forces. Contingents from all sections of the country are heading for Balti- more, where they will join forces for the march to Washington, * Attack Chicago Contingent CHICAGO, Dec. 1—Chicago vet- erans and workers are indignant over the brutal attack on the Chicago bonus marchers near Lima, O., news of which has just been received here. The attack was made by railroad dicks and city police officers, and ene bonus marcher, Ballentino, a member of Post 55 of the Workers’ Ex-Servicemen’s League, was so badly beaten that it was necessary to send him back to Chicago. It was also re- ported that Bryan Moss, another (CONTINUED ON PAGE 3) | | Joan Davis, Birmingham delegate to the National Hunger March, ar- rested when police attacked several thousand demonstrating there in support of the demands of the March, when Column 6 from New Orleans came through, General mass protests brought her release. Rush Funds to Defeat Hunger Government Fellow workers: Over two thousand five hundred marchers ate now forging their way to Washington, despite all the difficulties, terror and obstacles, Seme of these delegates are on the road more than three weeks. Sleep- less nights, continuous riding, cold and insufficient tood is the lot of our delegates, sent to represent us. Despite all these obstacles, they are approaching the U. S. Capital determined to press and fight for the demands of the starving masses of the United States. They do not fear the difficulties. They do not fear the terror: These heroie marchers are ready to sac- rifice their lives for our common cause—the struggle against starva- tion, In addition to the hardships of the road, our delegates will be faced with additional obstacles placed in their way by the Federal Goyern- ment. The Federal Government, while carrying through their pro- gram of hunger, fears the voice of the starving masses. At first they tried to “discourage” the march, They took steps to break up the march by force in the various cities. THEY FAILED, because the ma es of workers in the cities, towns and hamlets, rose in support of the march and endorsed the de- mands and elected their represen- tatives to join the March. Our enemies are also trying to put every obstacle and difficulty in the way of securing lodging and feeding accommodations in Wash- ington. This new attack on the hunger marchers must and will be met by the masses of workers. This new attack will not be allowed to defeat their right to present to the Congress of the rich the de+ mands of the starving millions, The National Arrangements Cemmittee for the Hunger March in Washington hereby informs the masses of workers in the United States that the situation in Wash- ington is very critical and while we are two days before the ar- rival of the hunger marchers, we have not yet completed arrange-~ 7B | | | uppress It r fe DEMONSTRATE AND WIRE PROTESTS AGAINST NEW TRICK OF OFFICIALS WHO TRY TO SPLIT MARCHERS Government Proposes to Ban Parade of 3,000 : Macoheta to Halls of Congress; Demand the Right of Your Delegi ates to Go in a Body to Congress! bare — = SMASH THROUGH IN MANY TOWNS fi VAR 1 Great Crowds Hail the | { National Marchers The nine columns of the National Hunger March and the oyerwhelm-| ing support of huge numbers of workers along the route of march | have forced governments of many, cities to disregard the orders from Washington to stop the march. Bal- | timore, after hedging and breaking several promises, now agrees to pro- vide food for 2,000 marchers. Scran- ton officials, who met the march last year with machine guns, per- mitted a parade through the city Tuesday. Youngstown officials faltered in the face of mass pressure, promised food and lodging, broke their prom- ise, tried to stop the march by po- lice force, and failed miserably, when 3,500 workers gathered in mass meeting with the marchers of Col. 1. Fifteen hundred greeted Column 1 in Warren, vicious terror center in the steel strike. Assault Fails. A terrific onslaught in the dark South on Column 6 of the Natiorial Hunger March has failed. Attacked in Birmingham and Chattanooga, with over 100 arrested, the workers have forced release of practically all of the marchers. As a result of the struggle in these two towns, Ash- ville, N. C., authorities supplied food and lodging for the Southern march- ers, Tuesday, and they arrived yes- terday in Charlotte, N. C., and will Ipave today for Danville on their way to Washington. The Atlanta delegation is hurrying to overtake the delegates from Louisiana, Mis- sissippi, Alabama, Tennessee and the Carolinas. | The marchers stopped over last | night in Charlotte, the local jobless having fought the police in a mass demonstration for the demands of the march Tuesday. New demon- strations are being organized in| Charlotte for release of Kenneth and Lydia Rottgers, arrested Tuesday and held on $5,000 bond for GINS | to riot.” Farmers Aid. At Steubenville, where Column 4} from the Mid-West was ‘preparing to | force its way imo town Tuesd night in the face of armed Ameri. can Legionnaires, called out when Mayor James McMaster broke his promise to admit them, farmers from the surrounding territory came up and invited the marchers to spend the night with them. Column 4 and Column 1, which stopped in Youngstown Tuesday night, were in Pittsburgh last night, where the force of local struggles has compelled the city to provide ac- commodations for 1,600 morchers. The city government will give 1,300/ gallons of gasoline also for the | marchers’ tricks and cars. Columns 1 and 4, going through| the steel towns, found tremendous response from the workers on the way. Thousands gathered in New Castle on the route of Column 1 and cheered the marchers, though a big shotgun squad of deputies forced the procession to pass through the | (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) NEW YORK—'‘The Communist Party has definitely supported this move from the beginning,” Earl Browder told the capitalist press yes- terday, in an interview on the Na- tional Hunger March at Communist Party Headquarters, 50 E. 13 St. “A vast majority of the marchers are not Communists,” he said, “but most of them become sympathetic in the course of the march. “The Communist Party has been the political leader of the fight for unemployment insurance, and this march fits right in with our whole conception of the struggle for such relief, as well as for the demand for immediate winter relief.” Suggested by Foster, Earl Browder, member of the sec: retariat of the Communist Party, was being interviewed by a represen- tative of the Associated Press. Brow- der, in answer to questions, told the mews agency that the march was first suggested by William 2, Foster, ‘ (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) i | NATIONAL | HUNGER MARCH | | wey | | When the National Hunger Marchers irom New Engiand came into the Bronx Coliseum and were greeted by 12,000 workers. Photo shows the detachment from Worcester, Mass., just arriving. Fight Moves to Divide and Suppress Hunger March! IRE congressmen and senators in protest against the plan to split up and suppress the Hunger March in Washington! Demand their right to enter Weshington as an organized body! Organize mass meetings and supporting demonstrations for Dec. 6— the day on which the demands of the Unemployed Councils and the Hunger March will be presented to Congress! Order and distribute additional thousands of the Daily Worker for December 5 carrying the statement of the National Hunger March! « ° * 30.—IF IT IS TROUBLE THE DEMON- STRATORS NOW MARCHING ON WASHINGTON WANT, CITY AUTHORITIES SAID TODAY, THEY WILL FIND THE CAPI- TAL'S VARIOUS POLICE FORCES READY AND WAITING TO END IT AS SOON AS IT STARTS. : This Associated Press dispatch shows that the police provocation against the National Hunger March has reached a new high point. authorities and the capitalist’ press are trying to ¢reate an atmo: of civil war to justify their planned attacks on after the defeat by masses of workers of their scheme Hunger March smashed by state and city governments. The delegates representing the interests of the hungry ‘millions: of workers are marching to Washington to present demands tq Congress for $50 cash winter relief and federal unemployment insurance for ALL workers at the expense of the government and emp! Si. ‘Wall Street's mment of banke d ind ing for war on th elected worker 4 es, exercisii political rights, } WASHINGTON, NOY. to have the dispatches from Wa ton read as if the capital was invasion of a foreign ar The sharpening of class rela- tionships is plainly appare' All the talk of the authorities is of “deal- ing” with the Neitonal Hunger March. The tone is’that of dealing with criminals. “The District of Columbia commissioners called in one police official after another throughout the day. . . .” says one dispatch. _ | The capital of the nation that welcomes billionaires and their’ corrupt | lawyers and lobbyists with open arms has only bayonets, bullets and tear | gas for the elected delegates of the unemployed workers. No division of the National Hunger March by the police and military! No attacks on the Hunger Murchers! Fight for their right to enter body, meet, speak, march, demonstrate and present their demand: Congress—unmolested by the armed forces of Wall Street gove: The ruling class and its agents are afraid of the response of the working class in the fourth winter of the crisis to the program the Un- employed Councils and the Hunger Marchers will present to Congress! They are attacking the millions of hungry and homeless unemployed workers through their delegates! z | The attack on the Hunger March is an attack on all the unemployed and the entire working class! Repel this attack by mass organization and protest! : Send protest resolutions to all congressmen and senators from your | state! Organize mighty mass support for the National Hunger March. | and its demands on Dec. 6th! | BROWDER TELLS PRESS C.P.U.S.A. BACKS MARCH “Majority of Marchers Not nine But “Party Is Political Leader of Fight for Federal Unemployment Insurance” in a speech Sept. 15. The National Committee of the Unemployed Coun- cils, at its enlarged meeting in Chi- cago, Oct. 10, adopted plans and voted to conduct the march. This move was proposed to the National Committee by local unemployed councils. “We expect that 2,500 to 3,000 will reach Washington,” said Browder, still in answer to the questions of the reporter. “These, in turn, rep- resent at least 40,000 organized in unemployed councils, Indirect rep- resentation, of course, is much broader, Ten times as many people are active who are not members. The moyement arises out of th activity of a minimum of 500,000 workers. For example, the Chicago marchers were confirmed in a mass demonstration of 50,000 who paraded the streets in the rain. All Elected Delegates. “Only qualified representatives. of Groups of workers are allowed to go, No one goes individually. The vast majority of the marchers are non- Communist, but most of them be- come, sympathetic in the course of the march. The vast majority are members of no Party.” “Voting is one means of organiz- ing masses for unemployment insur- ance and marching is another. We do not prefer one over the other. We prefer the use of both. The election activity supplements and strengthens the mass actions, and the mass ac- tions strentghen the election work. We make no separation between them. “The marchers will be in Wash- ington on Dec. 5—-the day Congress for the unemployed. \volved in their a "pro st yotes” for employment insurance will be for- | ers, javoost C) be ie mulated at a conference on that day nevertheless to their own local lead- , 3.—For equal rights for the Ne-jers whom they knew and had and an attempt will be made to pre- sent it to Congress on the next. “I understand that the Unem- Ployed. Councils’ awonal Committee |people and the Soviet Union, already has addressed itself to the | votes according to the official and dent Curtis and to the heads of various committees that are charged | White, secretery of state, Monday. with que: ment relief.” and Resolutions of the Twelfth Plen-|in 1928 election was 184 for Foster, um of the Executive Committee of | throughout the state. This time Fos- the Communist International, major Party of the U.S.A. is that of mobiliz- | ing the masses and chiefly on the struggle: wage cuts, for immediate a, groes and the right of self-determin- | watched at close range. The next ation for the Black Belt. | bred VOTES FOR | ARIZ. COMMUNIST POENIX, Ariz., Dec. 1—The Com- munist Party candidate for Tax} {Commissioner in Arizona got 16,276} pecker, OF Me) Hoes a Meee Er ths | fina figures given out by Scott fons relating to unempioy: This is two thousand more than} | the estimated figures based on nearly | complete returns, issued two weeks The highest Communist vote Major Tasks of Party. Browder quoted from the Thesis | ago. “the | Communist | ter got 256 votes. The Communist candidate ‘for tax commissioner is Frank Peterson, a | well known leader of farmers’ strug- | gles. The fact that he ran so far against |ahead of the ticket shows that the tance | workers and farmers here are in-| tasks of the concentrating | Social insurance, | added: The .| the 2,500-3,000 delegates. La | sweeping mass movement in all ¢ | GARNER DENIES PARADE PERMIT Rush Telegrams to Demand Rights WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 1— Speaker Garner of the House of Representatives, Democrat and Vice- President-elect, today rejected the | demands for a permit for the Na- tional to Hunger Marchers to parade the capitol! building and present ‘ their proposals for $50 Winter Relief and Unemployment Insurance to mgress Neither Garner nor Vice-President Curtis, Republican, the only two who can grant such permits, would do so yesterday. They don’t want the spectacle of 3,000 representatives of the millions of jobless actually putting to con- gress their demands for relief. The delegation consisteq of Chair- man Reynolds and Secretary Benja- min of the National Committee. They presented demands for: 1—A legislative program that will place bread before beer. 2.—Food, shelter and the right to parade to the capitol building for the 3,0 National Hunger Marchers. After Garner's refusal, . Reynolds “The Speaker's attitude confirms Jour opimiun wat we emuc.aue promises concerning unemployment relief “ were mere vote-catching phrases. They show the federal gov- ernment is not really sincere in its promises to provide relief for the un- employed. Curtis told the delegation to pre- sent their request in writing to the Architect of the Capitol and the Sergeant-At-Arms of the Senate, and “It is my frank personal opin- ion that they should not even listen to you. In regard to the legislative n. for -unemployment relief surance, Curtis slipped behind technicalities: “I don’t have ; anything to do with it unless there jis a tie vote in us Benate, he said. WASHINGTON, D. Cc. Dec. 1.—. ies along the route of the National Hunger March and in all industria! centers, hundreds of telegrams from mass meetings and workers’ organ- | izations bas defeated the plan of the governme'®: to stop the marchers before they get to Washincton, and has forced grudging admission that they will have to be allowed into the capital city. New Trick. But the capitalist government 1s maneuvering. After rejecting de- mands of the National Committee of Unemployed Coun for food and lodging here, and after consultations tween the Department of Justice, District of Columbia Commissioners, Chief of Police Brown, and previous plotting with the heads of business men’s organizations, police officials gave out partial details of their pro- gram. They intimated they would try to break up the march in small groups, | under police guard, and scatter them about the city, prohibiting any march through the streets and allow- ing them to approach the capital building, “only as individuals.” They admitted they would have to let a committee present the de- mands of the marchers to congress, but declared that this committee could not be accompanied by the 3,000 marchers, nor by any such half million strong asesmblage of Wash- | ington citizens as turned out te the {hunger march a year ago. Against this plan to split the marchers and interfere with the right to “assemble and petition con- | gress for redress of grievances,” the mass protest of the millions of workers in this country should rise. Workers! Hold meetings, wire your demands for the right of the workers to go in a body to congress and present their demands, which are your demands, for $50 Federal Winter Relief to the jobless, and for federal unemployment insurance at the expense of the government and employers! Wire them to Speaker Garner, Vice-President Curtis, and to your own congressman! Demonstate Dec. 6! Hold mass meeting and demon- strations on Dec. 6, when the de- mands of the National Hunger March are given to congress, and call on congress to grant those demands. The National Hunger March de- highest Communist vote was 4,063 for 4,—For the defense of the Chinese} Florence Julius, for State Supreme Justice, banat die marine anon lollars additional for cach pendant,