The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 8, 1932, Page 2

P. AG E TW C GIBSO FUND iS BUT HALF RAISED Flu Epidemic Starts; Death Rate Up sed $15,000,000 d been ng.” Most ributed by it off the fire en’s n 88 per Cer aber of homie n October and pecial T.U.U ie. Meet to Hear Report on A. F. of L. Convention SVOLUTIONS” Lieber will END RE “SESSION sts Attack immediat The Cor ne gang of n Di fight devel- and behind the le Sehior Comzmit- scided t Fas ting the police results y is in the h: An been re expected ands of the | Goering. | rites with Holics. If press cam- they paign of the demagogic Fascists, pected to vote adjournment on Fr chet and avoidife the a the Reichstag, Which would restiit in| another election, feared by the Hit- | lerites because of the disastrous re- | sults of the last election. All working-cl to keep open J: banqitet of the are asked | THURSDAY i editor, will géois Psychol. the Pen and of sciéhtifie end 1, wor at 8:30 p.m. at ty Celebr ation of Olgin, Matkoft, Freiheit 9 Mermaid / Bensonhurst Workers’ Chorus—Rehearsal at 8:30 p.m. at 2008 Toth St., Brookiyn. | Byervhody Jrivited to Join Class in Social Systeiis at Concviitse | Club, 1849 Jerome Ave. at 8 p.m. | work ow axa | at 8:30 pin." at Man: | n Lyceum, 66 #, Fourth St Bed j ert Parkway Be 6, 8. tecture} n in the Soviet Union at Hoffman's annex, {194 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn at 8:36 p.m E.S.1', SPECIAL RECOGNITION CAMPAIGN BRANCH MEETINGS West Bron Br—Paradise Manor, 11 W. Mt. Eded Bronx Romain Rolland Br—Co-op. Auditorlum, 2700 Bront Park Bast, Bronk and Horomer Bt.—Gtanart Studios, Ad St, N.Y. Browneyille Br.-1971 Douglas St., B’kiyi® Boro Park Branch--134 Tehama 8b went ore Silverman. | day Pack Court This Saturday in Strike Injunction Case! the four he Lo Presti strikers succeeded in g out every wor foreman in the fitt Jacobs, who 1 Bronx, around we Ss! ing room houses of ac-} e them not to} hop. inction against comes up in} ne Court, Brook- | g injunctions! ant strik JOBLESS COUNCIL PICKETS AGENCY) Gets Fees. "Refunded; Four Sentenced h Avenue ed Council ney, al lie Employ 1 Aver g is because applyitig there the Muller ecently, and of of i Council were bro 4th Street Court. O'Gara need to five days in jail; Ley to two days, Kline suspended se: The wncil sent its Age 761 Sixth Avenue. and of a $7 fee which ra job as s got Pau man only three days. ed to return bast saw Kayser had of the Bel- mont Avenue $5 from C. as chef at the Street wit any reason work he Unem- evance committee | the fee for Cor- a naros for a Coffee Pot at ed him job 58 West 48th in the to attend th Avenue Un- h, at 10 am n Street. ectings of the S| ployed Council ry day, at 58 ; Strike 3 Shops of The Romance Dress; 1207 Sixth | and Calvas were | “The past summer was marke women sleéping in parks,” to know where they afivent of cold weather.”—(F, says the statement of the National Com- mittee of Unemployed Councils presented on Tuesday to Congress. This woman was photographed during the day in the park trying to maintain her appearance by shining her sh t says the Unemployed Council statement, “seems (the homeless women) are sleepitig sinée the P. Pictures), DAILY W ORKER, NEW JORK, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1932 Rank and File Vets to Report Tonight to All rank and file vetefans, whether members of any organization or not, are called on to report to the local posts of the Workers’ Ex-Service- men’s Leagué early this evening to arrafige for immediate relief for the bonus marchers in Washington. addresses of the post headquarters are as follows: 154 West 20th Street, 233 East 10th Street, 127 West 125th Street, 537 @opkinson Avenue, Brooklyn, and 1432 44th Street, Brooklyn. The ex-servicemen will tonight in the mass welcome for the returning Hunger. Marchers. also join ; Starts Soviet d by the appeatance of hotneless Plans One Million Sig- natures to Gov't NEW YORK —A general member- FUR WORKERS WIN | 11 WEEK STRIKE Ai Hour Week and Wage Increase Won NEW YORK. The Industrial Union has concliided a settlement with the Van-Dye-Way Corporation | of Paterson, N. J., which is a win- |.plete victory for the work ‘One hundred and twenty fur dressers and | nmittee to Goodyear Employment | dyers have been on strike for eleven | | weeks against this firm, which main- | Center on Jobbers | RK.—Strikes have started iress shops. Department of The devartment has the y are Jed the by the Union. e concentration on in pre eparation for t. three shops They are: West S. Kramer. the Romance 25th seat Co. The Dress Department is proceed- to call ngs of workefs in working for one not. meet union} “All 4 fkers wete utged to report conditions in their shops to the | office of the union, 131 West 28th c here are a nuinber in union shops where the employer tried to cut the prices paid. St Stage and Screen of stoppages | | EMIL ZOLA’S “NANA” OPENS AT | A “Na ‘ME THEATRE FRIDAY a,” Emil Zola’s realistic novel, will be shown on the Acme Theatre} screen, beginning Friday. The ple- ture was directed by? Jean Renoir, son of the great impressionist pain- ter, and has Werner Kraus, Kath- erine Hessling and Jean Angélo in the leading roles. “Nana” first ap- d in 1879 in the pages of “Le| taire,” a Parisian daily, where it pe | caused a sensation ahd much excite- ment, the editor receiving many com- plaints from the réadefs who pfo- | fessed to be shocked at Emil Zola’s pagan franknes The London | publishers of the first English edition | were broveht to trial for publishing obscene 1;/etature, and yeats Zola’s name was anathema in England. On the continent “Nana” was a tremendous success, which has since been duplicated in England and America, “Nana” is probably one of the gteatest exathples of the school} of naturalistic fiction and been adapted to the screen arhaz! fidelity to the original. The Acie is also presenting the latest news from the Hunger March front. New pictures of the activities of the Wiiheer Marchers are being added evy day. This is the last of the Soviet film, “False Uni- forms.” it has with “AMERICAN MADNESS” AT HIPPODROME The chief screen feature at the Hippodrome today will be “American Madness,” with Walter Huston and Constance Ctmmings. The stage show is headed by the Hippotiromeée Dancers will show “The Fighting Gén- * with Willian Collier, Jf., and Josephine Dun. On Sunday will be shown “Last Mile,” with Howard Philips ahd Preston Foster. New stage shows atid a comple | change of screen features aré pre- sehted four tines a week, of Stins day, Monday, Wednesday and Fri- day. PICTURE OF BALI TODAY AT) CAMEO THEATRE “Virgins of Bali,” a motion picture of the Island of Bali as it is today, will have its fitsh New York showing at the Caineo Theatre today.’ This film was produced by Deane H. Dickason afid is presented by Prin- cipal Adventures Picttres. ‘ for many | Friday and Saturday the} | | tained an open shop for 15 yeats. The boss employed every means to break the strike. In this he received the full cooperation of the Paterson | police and courts | The militancy of the strikers xnd | the cooperation they received from | members of the Needle | ‘s Industrial Union fi- led the bosses to nego- with the union and brought about a settlement which reduced | the hours of work from 50 to 44, and | in addition increased the wages from | 10 per cent to 15 per cent The union also won its demand to stop\ all discrimination against the Negro workers, who before the sttike | received less money for the same work as was done by the white | workers y compe Browder, Stachel, | Olgin Speak Friday The opening of the three gala ights celebrating the 10th Anniver- sary of the Workers School will be Friday night, with a mass meeting at Irving Plaza, Irving Place and 15th} Street Among the prominent speakers will be Harl Browder of the Communist Party, Jack Stachel of the Trade | Union Unity League, M. J. Olgin of the Freiheit, A. Markoff of the Work- ers School, Harry Jackson of the Marine Workers Industrial Union and Alexander Trachtenberg, Chairman Besides the speakers, The Freiheit Singing Society will entertain with | revolutionary songs and artists of the John Reed Club will give illustrated | chalk talks. KNIT GOODS WORKERS’ DANCE An installation banquet and dance will be held by the knit goods de- partment of the Needle Trades Work- ers’ Industrial Union this Saturda’ evening at 8 p.m. at Stuyvesant Ca- sino, 142 Second Ave. All the proceeds of the affair will go for the benefit of the Meyer Dorf- man strikers, LABOR UNION MEETINGS SHOE WORKERS | A inembership iméeting of the Downtown Shoe Workers’ Club will be held Friday evening at 7:30 p.m. at 31 Second Ave. JEWELRY WORKERS Jewelty workers will meet Thursday at 6 p.m. at Labor Temple 14th St. and Sec- ond Ave. Comrade Nesii will speak. MATTRESS, BEDSPRING MAKERS A membership meeting of the mattress and bedspring makers’ section of the Pur- niture Workers’ Industrial Union will be held tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the union's headquarters at 818 Broadway, N. ¥. ©. All workers in the trade, member or non- member, is invited. METAL, WORKERS On Friday hight there wil! be an Open Forum of the Brooklyn Local of the Metal Workers’ Industrial Union at the Union Hall, 5121 Third Ave., at 8 p.m. ‘The sub- ject is “Gan Strikes be Won During the | Crisis?” PAINTERS The Bronx Local of the Alteration Pain- ters’ Union will have a special mobilize- tion meeting of all the members on Thurs- aay at 8 p.m. at 4218 Third Ave. to mob- lige against the attacks of the racketeers of the Brotherhood. (Bie FURRIERS A membership meeting of the Fut De- partment of the Industrial Union will be held tonight at 6:30, sharp, ih Trving Plaga, 15th St, and Irving Placé. Reports of activities for the last two months, 9 fitanelal report and nominations for dete- pe to the éxectitive council will take lace CLOARMARERS Ah open forum of slonkmakers, eatled by the Committee 6f 100, will bé held to- @ay at 1 pm. at 140 W. S6th St. The topic wil Ihe “The Coming Mlections in Relation t6 thé Mobiilzation of the Ctonk- makers tor a Strumgle for Better Conditions ih the Comitg Season.” All tnemployed clonkmakers are urged to attend. Cig ae LOCAL A membership meeting of Local 22, 1, L. G. W. U., Will be held tonight in Bryant Hall, 41st St. and Sixth Ave., Heht after Work, Th conenction wie this membership meeting the Left Wing Group 18 holding an onen fori today at 1 p.m. at 140 W S6th St. to disctiss thé problem confronting the unemployed dressmakers ot the present ime, ee se A conference of the representatives of thé vatious trade committees of the Indiis- trial Union, together with the representa. Uves of the thtornational Workers’ ba will be held on Saturday, Dee. 10 at 2 Hi, Bie ite ot te kw. 8, rth Ave. | 818 enaityndnasest |be put in charge of “orgafizational” ship meeting of the N. Y. branches of the Friends of thé Soviet Union will be held on Sunday, Dec. 11, in Stuyvesant Casifio, Second Ave. and Ninth St., at 2:30 pin. This meet- ing is called by the National organ- ization and the N. Y. district, prep- aratory to the starting of the cam- paign for récognition of the Soviet Union. Tt is the third meeting of its} Get Pay Raise; Strike Kind in the last month for the pur- pose of mobilizing the membership Still on in 10 Places and to faisé fihances for the cami- NEW YORK—The broom makers | paigh, The meééting on Stinday is of who are on strike for séven weeks | great importance ahd every meinber have succeeded in breaking away six| is urged to attend. bosses from the bosses’ association, | BROOM MAKERS WIN SIX SHOPS: This meeting will be the culmina- tion of a séries of special branch | meets held during the four weeks | between November 13 and December 11, at which this recognition cam- and these bosses have signed up with the union. In these six shops the strikers won the following demands: a 44-hour week, a 10 per cent increase in pay, | and recognition of the Furniture | Paign was discussed | Work Industrial Union the ways and means of raising fi- There are ten more shops on strike. | Nances decided upon. The strikers are détermined to fight | until they force the rest of thé bosses | to give in to their demands. | The Furniture Workers Industrial | Union appeals to all furhiture work- | ers to come down to the strike head- | quarters at 48 Manhattan Avenue to | help in picketing the shops. | Workers are also called on to col-! lect funds for the strikers who are | out seven weeks and need relief. | Bring funds to the union office at New York Cityy. A nation-wide campaign for recog- nition will be stafted on Jah. 8 by} the F. S. U. with the aitn of eolléct- | ing one million signatures on peti-} tions by May 1. There is widespread sentiment | among the American workers, farm- ets and ffiehds, for the recognition and normal trade relations with the Soviet Union by the govettiment of thé United States. Trade between the United States and the U. 8.5. R. has dropped, diie to in¢reased anti= Soviet agitation by the enemies of the Soviet Uftion in this country. At the same time, with millions of wortkers out of jobs, the Soviet Gov- ernment, in neéd of machines ard other products, is hindered in carry- ing on formal trade relations with America because of the anti-Soviet poli¢y of the U: S. government. The following F. S. U. Branch meetings will be held duting the next few days: Thtifsday, Dec. 8, West Bronx Branch, Paradisé Manor, 11 W. Mt. Eden Ave., Bronx; Friday, Det, 9, East Bronx Branch, Ambassa- ‘Put Gangster on Doll Union Board Members Fight Racket Leadership NEW YORK—At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Doll and Toy Wofkers’ Union, held last Sat- utday, Sam Ferulla, president, in- troduced @ gang leader who was to Parkway; Harlem Intétnational Br., 227 Lenox Ave.; Williamsburg Br., 907 8. Fifth St.; Seagale Branch, 3712 | Oceanic Ave. work. In spite of the sttong objec- tion of rank and file workers and members of the Executive Commit- tee present, this gangster was put on the Executive» Committes. On this committee there are several ¢of- tractors. Several hours of heated dis¢tission | forced Ferulla to agree to hold a| membership meeting next Saturday, Dr. WILLIAM BELL at 2 p.m, ‘at the Stuyvesant Casino, | where his policy will be disctissed. | OPTOMETRIST Several members of the Executive | Committee have announced that'| 106 H. 14th St., near ath Av. they will resign from the committee ; rather than work in conjunction with | the racketeers and Ferulla, whose |. sole purpose is to collect dues and| build up a typical racket union. Wednesday's capitalist press car- | Tied a story telling that Jacek Rosen, a Lovestoneite, who, together with Ferulla and the “socialists,” was re- sponsible for the sell-out of the last strike, has appealed to the A. F. of L. for help in “cleaning” the union of the racksteers. The recent smashing victory of the Trenton doll workers, under the leadership of the T.U.UL. and the Hospital and Oculist Prescriptions Filled At One-Half Price White Gold Filled Fraties. ZYL Shell Frames —— Lenses not included COHEN'S, 117 Orchard St. Fitst Door Off Delancey St. ‘Telephone: ORchard 4-4520 $1.50 $1.08 Posts of the WESL | The | Recognition Drive in detail and | dof Hall, Thitd Ave. and Claremont | ENGDAHL RALLY | HERE ON DEC. 18 \Meetings in 11 Cities in Commemoration NEW YORK=~-A giant Bhgdahi Memorial Meeting will be held here | on Dec. 18 at 7 p.m., at the Bronx Coliseum, East 177th Street and White Plains Road. Mrs. Mary Mooney, the mother of | |Tom Mooney; Mrs. Ada Wright, mother of two of the Scottsboro boys, and Carl Hacker, national organizer of the International Labor Defense, will address the meétir William L. Patterson, National Secretary of the I. L. D., Richard B. Moore, I. L. D. field organizer, and Earl Browder, Secretary of the Cominunist Party, also will speak. The Intefnational Labor Defense announces that arrangements are be- ing made to receive Mis. Mooney, Mrs. Wright and Hacker when they ‘arrive bearing the ashes of Engdahl frofm Europe. Engdahl died after he had iravelled with the Svottsboro tmhother, Mrs. Wright, in @ campaign to tell the workers in Europe of thg Scottsboro and Mooney frame-ups, and to win mass. support fot their freedom. ‘The I. L. D. has established a Na- | tional Engdahl Memorial Committee, which already has arranged Engdahl métnorial meetings in eleven cities. Three more meetings are reported to be under preparation on the West, Coast. , \Tac Days Dec. 17-18 for Scottsboro Boys, | On December 17 and 18, the In- ternational Labor Defense will con- | duct a tag day to raise money to leover the immense cost of the de- fense, in the fight to release the Scottsboro boys. | The International Labor Defense | | calls tipoh all workers and all work- | | in-class oganizations to help in the | tag days to supplement the mass | | pressure by raising sufficient funds | to smash the Scottsboro frame-up. | | | | UT? SANDWICH [| SOLS “tuNcH 103 University Place | (Just Around the Corner) Telephone Tompkins Square 6-9780-9781 Attention Comradest OPEN SUNDAYS Health Center Cafeteria Workers Center — 50 E. 13th St. Quality Food Reasonable Prices }| Bronx MEET YOUR COMRADES AY TRE Cooperative Dining Club ALLERTON AVENUE Cor. Bronx Park East | Pare Foods Proletarian Prices Garment District Garment Section Workers | Patronizé Navarr Cafeteria | 333 7th AVENUB Corner 28th St. International Barber Shop 123 WEST 28th STREET Near N.T.W,LU. Building ability of the workers in a Brooklyn shop, led by their own shop commit+ tee, to improve conditions after they had been signed away by the reac- tionary union, has had its efiect on the union membership. Ferulla previously tried to intro- duce the gangsters in the union. In the strike of the Freundlich shop, llth St. and Broadway, they were used to pull part of the shop. After a day the workers were sent back with the same conditions. Because of the protest of the workers, Ferulla BRUNSWICK 237 W. 31th STREFT QUALITY WORKERS ATTENTION! Only Cafeteria in Garmerit District Above 34th Street employing | meriberts of thé FOOD WORKERS INDUSTRIAL UNION Managed by the well-known Mr. Gruber FOOD AT WORKERS PRICES CAFETERIA 227 W. 31th STREET promised to change his policy. He has, however, continued to hold se- cret meetings with the racketeers. {ntern’] Workers Order DENTAL DEPARTMENT 80 FIFTH AVENUE 15th FLOOR AU Work Done Under Persona’ Cate # DR. JOSEPRRON SPLENDID LARGE Hall and Meeting Rooms 10. AIRE Perfect for BALLS, DANCES, LECTURES, MEETINGS, Ete. IN THE New ESTONIAN WORKERS HOME 27-29 W.115th St., N.Y.C, Phone UNiversity 4-0165 ARTEF Jewish Workers scaun wore FOUR DAYS ROC. TRAGE! or rit TRUSSIAN REVOLUTION SUN. Deo. 11, Mat.2:30; Eve.8:30 FUP Tia AYE Fn TyRetee THis FRIDAY EVE. DECEMBER StH li Post Office Subs, Starving, Appeal to Daily Worker NEW YORK. — Starvation condi- tions among the substitute employees f the federal Post Office, as a re- sult of Hoover's ecofiomy program and th 1 chaos created by the capitalist system, ar communication of postal workers to the Daily Worker, The conditions of workers have been made worse by the increase of t class rates, from 2 to 3 cents. It is chatged by the Federation of Post Office Clerks that this increase has resulted in a big drop in income. “What shall we do? We afe starv- ing!” reads the communication to the Daily Wor! We advise these workers to get in touch with the ‘Trade Union Unity League at 2 West 15th Street, New York City. ithaca Socialists Endorse United Front Against Boss War NEW YORK.—The Socialist Party | branch of Tompkins County, N. Y., | with headquartéts at Ithac has adopted a resolution “regretting” that the Second International and Social- ist leaders in America did not support the World Congress Against Imperial- ist War. The resolution was passed at the last meeting of Tompkins County Socialists. It calls on Social- ists everywhere to cooperate in the united front against war. The Tomp- 1a i kins county branch sent its secretary as a delegate to the World Congress, August 27-29. Its resolutidfis have just been re-! ceived by the American Committee for the Struggle Against War, 104 Fifth Avenue, New York. described in a \CUT PAY TO KEEP BANKERS’ FUND | Board Estimates Asks $20,000,000 Slash NEW YORK.—The Board of Esti- | mate yesterday passed a resolution, ordered by the bankers, for a further $20,000,000 cut in the 1933 budget. | The bankers would not promise to Tend money With which to meet a $40,000,000 bill due, unless this was The $20,000,000 cut in the budget was mostly in wages of city workers, and is contingent on the legislature giving power to do the slashing. But nobody seems to doubt that it will, when it meets tomorrow. And the joke of the thing is this— the $49,000,000 bill, for which evéty sacrifiée of wages must be made— was a bil presented by the bankers, the $40,000,000 owed to the “revolv- ing credit fund” sét up by the syndi- cate of bankers hefe last year. | Meanwhile the Unemployed Coun- | cil here will send a delegation to Albany to present deriands of the jobless wotkers of New York for re- lief, but not at the expense of the teachers, firemen and other low paid city employees. ‘The Police Department has begun to ptblish advertisements in the newspapers asking public support against cutting of their wages. The teachers union will havé a committee visit the legislature. Other depart- ments of city employes are prepar- ing protests. Recently when the Walker régime proposed “voluntary wage cuts” the police agfeed, and other departments opposed. | done. | Hold an Open Hearing on Hanger in your neighborhood; invite all Jobless and part time workérs and keep a@ record of their évidence ANNOUNCEMENT Dr. Louis L. Schwartz “SURGEON DENTIST Aithounces The removal of his office to larger quarters at 1 Union Square (8th Floor) Suite 803 Tel. ALgonguin 4-9805 DR. JULIUS LITTINSKY 107 Bristol Street (Bet, Pitkin & Sutter Aves.) Brkiyn PHONE: DICKENS 2-3012 [AMUSEMENTS Last DAY Se “FALSE |UNIFORMS FIRST EXOLUSIVE SHOWING— THE HUNGER MARCH NEW SCENES DAILY epese EMIL ZOLA" Ss (Friday) } ONAN Al wonees Acme Theatre 14th Street eat cee Square THE GROUP THEATRE Presents SUCCESS STORY By John Howard Lawson Elliotts Thea, doth, BE. of Biwag 0; Mats. Wed. and Sat., 2:40 (IVIC . REPERTORY # eres Ay. Boe, $1, $1.50 Evs. 8: Wei My} Sat. “vt a EVA LE GALLEENN! » Director Tonight and Sat. Eve “LILIOM”? Friday Eve. - “DEAR JANE” 2X0 JEFFERSON 1 s ¢ |NOW A ; per “Divorce in the Family with JACKIE COOPER & CONRAD NAGLE Added “PAYMENT DEFERRED Feature with CHARLES LAUGHT* IPPODROME QTR AVENUE and 43D STREET Continuous 10 A. M. to 11:30 P. M. Greatest Amusement Value in N.Y. Vaudeville Motion —Pletares Featite — “AMERICAN MADNESS” we Be I5e SMe 10¢ CAMEO ware at dona Sl. NOW PLAYING “VIRGINS OF BALI” ze. t6 1 P.M. Moiiday to hn A LK.O. Ftaneis Ledéret and Barats Gish in AORN CROCUS The New York ahd Londo Success MOROSCO THEATRE, 15th St. W. of Biway . Mts, Wed. & Sat. at 2:40 #EO MAYFAIR wnen ||] CONSTANCE BENNETT in“ROCKABY BE” Tenth Anniversary Celebration WORKER MASS M &6 SCHOOL EETING Friday, December 9, at 8 P. M. SPEAKERS: BROWDER, STACHE L, OLGIN, MARKOFF Freiheit Singing Society John Reed Club Artists ADMISSION 25¢ IRVING PLAZA IRVING PLACE AND 15th STREET Saturday Night: Concert and Dance Sunday Night: Banquet. +. Tiéket 50¢ Ticket 50 New Year’s Eve (SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1952) BRONX COLISEUM