The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 13, 1932, Page 1

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Government officials are formu- lating plans to disarm agrarian gtoups which were organized as part | of the governments war plans, but have now turned their weapons | against their exploiters, SNOW STORM HITS POOR. Entered as sevend-cloes matter at the Post Office at “EE 2 New York, N.¥,, under the Act ef March 8, 157%. EW YORK, ‘TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1932 RAILWAY UNION OFFICIALS PREPARE SURRENDER ON EVE OF CHICAGO MEETING Fe ate Will « “Consider Extension of the Temporary Wage Reduction” | Brotherhoods’ Unity Committee Issues Call to. Action for Defeat of Wage Cut CHICAGO, Dec. 12.—The conference of 1,500 general chair- | | men of the railway unions-—Brotherhoods and American Fed- | | eration of Labor—the national officials of these unions and the, NEW YORK, Dec, 12—Two aged | Railway Labor Executive Committee headed by A. F. Whitney, | men were reported dead as a re- sult of the snow fall yesterday, which drove’ homeless men from park benches to seek shelter in over- erowded lodging houses beyond its normal capacity. Shelter was ob- tained by only a portion of the city’s homeless. Only 7,700 of the expected 15,000 jobless were employed to clean the snow from the streets. STRIKE GRIPS 200 TOWNS. JAEN, Spain, Dec. 12. — Civil guards fired on @ group of strikers, in the town of Solera, killing one with the railway manager’s committee headed by W. F. Thie- | os ne Chicago, Banas | Better Food||toiss in the Panes hose| Supply for USSR Toilers} ballroom, By N. BUCHWALD =@ On the eve of the conference, A. tf | Whitney issued a statement intimat ing surrender of the union ieaner | | ship on the question of the present | “temporary” 10 per cent cut on which | the agreement expires Feb. 1, 1933. ee announced that the unions would | ‘consider only the question of ex-| hikes St. Agent "sy : Norman Davis, diplomat-at-large | in Europe for the Wall Street Hunger and War Government. Photo snapped in Paris after Davis told French imperialists what the | U. S. bankers demand. Prompt debt payments, disarming of U. 8. rivals, | ete, (F, P. Pictures) FIGHT ON WAR DEBTS FIERCER |905 “1” St. N. (European Correspondent Daily and wounding two others. In the town of Salamanca 50 strikers were sent to prison follow- ing their arrest as a result of a strike movement which the officials admit has gripped 200 towns in this pro- * . . . $ MUSSOLINI, REMOVES TURATI. ROME, Dec. 12. — Dissention in Mary Hennessy, forty, timed to death in a fire which de- stroyed their home on the Lincoln Highway. She was trapped when making a third trip to save here 3- year old baby. Firemen later found the charred bodies of the child and the heroic mother. Pee EXPOSED IN $1,000,000 THEFT BANKER KILLS SELF. NEW YORK, Dec, 12. — Walter Clyde Davis, Colorado banker and president of the City Savings Build~ ing and Loan Association, of Col- orado Springs, hanged himself in the cell at police headquarters today, where he was held while the police of his home town, Colorado Springs were on their wey to take him back to face charges of stealing $1,000,000. Free State Rail Men Duped by Gov’t Into Voting Down Strike Acording to capitalist press dis- | patehes, the Irish Free State govern- ment, in collaboration with the mis- leaders of the National Union of Rail- ‘waymen, has succeeded in splitting the strike movement against the 10 scale would be maintained, the ito strike was defeated by a nar- : majority. 'No news has been received concern- the situation in Northern Ireland the workers have voted to strike ageinst the cut. : uae ean nee Congress Will ‘Will Take Up Inflation and _ the Philippine Bills WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—The “Igme duck” congress began its second week with the expectation of having ie it the Hawes-Cutting bill which with the fake independence for ipiutagan epee de and bi bills present y Sena- cS Gutter < Glass, which provides for infiationary Proposals. - Carry Out Deception. ‘The Philippine bill is to be numerous times, but all ai terents carry the provision that le be not granted now, but Worker) MOSCOW, Dec, 12, (By Cable)—In } emulation of the example of the Tar- | tar autonomous Socialist Soviet Re- | tending the 10 per cent wage reduc- tion.” This is the maneuver of the offi- cials to make another “temporary” | extension of the cut while the rail- way managers prepare their demands | for a further slash and abolition of | working rule favorable to the unions, | under the provisions of the Watson- | public and the Moscow Region, | which have fulfiled the annual quota of grain collections, other sections |Fiske Admits Powers, | Are ‘Rival Gangsters’ | | BULLETIN | PARIS, Dec, 12.—In an address | to the French Chamber of Deputies today, Premier Herriot assailed Hoo- ‘DEMAND BONUS TOMORROW; ASK i MASS SUPPORT Delegation of Vet Marchers. to See Congress “OPEN HEARING TONIGHT | Meet Thursday to Plan | Further Action WASHINGTON, |The Veterans’ National Rank | ‘and File Committee issued to- | day from its headquarters at W., an appeal to ex-servicemen throughout | the country to support the} | delegation of bonus marchers | | which will petition Congress on Wed- j nesdey by demonstrations through- | | out the country. The Committee also appealed to all yeterans and sym- | pathetic organizations to send tele-| grams to Vice-President, Curtis and Speaker Garner, demanding that the delegation be given a hearing. Veterans’ Demands | | | Dec. 12. = The following demands will be pre- | Sign Right Here” That is what Soviet Ambassador Dovgalevsky (left) told Premier Herriot of France (right) when France signed the Soviet non- aggression treaty. Despite the pact the French imperialists are con- tinuing their war provocations, U.S. BOSSES HIT JAPAN ARM MOVE Imperialists Sharpen Danger of War CITY EDITION Price 3 Cents HUNGER MARCHERS ROUSE LOCAL STRUGGLES ON — THEIR RETURN HOME |Call Local United Fronts to ‘s Arrange Mass Report Meetings | Continue Fight for Federal and City Winter Relief for Unemployed The return of the 3 National Hunger March delegates, and in some cases even their approach to the cities from which they were went, has already roused new Struggles in those cities. This is one of the results of the march to Washing- | ton, which unified the campaign for relief. throughout the country, gave it new hope and¢ - = War Games by U. S. Fleet SAN PEDRO Calif., Dec. 12—The Immediate Tasks. The National Committee of the Unemployed Councils, leader of the National Hunger March, calls on all unemployed councils, united front | committees, block committees, to be especially active just now. The main tasks are: First to see that ,the returning marchers have a big sented by the bonus marchers’ del- | egation Wednesday: 1. That Congress authorize the immediate payment of the balance due on the adjusted service certi- Capitalist reports quote “Pravda,” Moscow newspaper, as declaring mass meeting at which to make their report, and many local neighborhood mass meetings at which the very del- egates sent by the workers assembled can report directly to those who sent them. entire U.S. Battle Fleet was ordered {out to sea today for “tactical man- jouvers” as the struggles of U. S. imperialism with its rivals sharpened jon all fronts. The exercises will {take three days, it is reported.. After ficate (bonus). 2. That all interest charges on | certificates cease. that Japanese “naval disarmament” Proposals were aimed principally to weaken its U. S. rival in the that the fleet will return for final Secondly, and at the same time, to gunnery practice before proceeding launch new forces, new demonstra- | to Hawaiian waters for the “war to the local of the U. S. S. R. are working fever- ishly to complete collections, A gov- vernment decree authorizes the col- | lective farms and individual peasants | of the Moscow Region and the Tartar | Socialist Soviet. Republic to sell their | surplus grain at market prices. It} assures the same privilege to other | sections upon completion of their quotas, Reorganize Food Distribution The workers of all sections of the U.S. S. R. have greeted enthusias- tically the latest government regula- tion aiming at the reorganization of the system of food and goods dis- tribution. The new decision, based | on the recent decree concerning the | right of factory managements to dis- mis wilful absentees, specifies the method to transfer the factory co- operative stores under the jurisdic- tion of the factory management. While the decree about absentees affects all industry, the new regula- tion applies only to major industrial establishments, Only those workers | (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) | TRIAL UP TODAY. Workers ‘Must Defeat Georgia Boss Terror ATLANTA,.Ga.,; Dec. 12.—The.trial | of Angelo Herndon, young Negro or- ganizer, is set for tomorrow. The chain-gang state of Georgia is de- | manding his life for the “crime” of | successfully organizing Negro and| white workers together for joint struggle against their common pov- erty and exploitation. The case is woven out of the same fabric as the Scottsboro frame-up—the monstrous national oppression and special per- secution of the Negro people. Refuse Habeas Corpus Writ. The court has refused the request | of John H. Geer and Benjamin Dav- | is, Jr, Negro attorneys retained by the International Labor Defense, for a writ of habeas corpus. In their re- quest for the writ, the I. L. D. attor- neys maintained that the exclusion of Negroes from the Grand Jury in- validated the indictment against Herndon, At tomorrow's trial, the I. L. D.| attorneys will again raise this fun- | damental issue. They will also offer a | motion to squash the entire petit jury panel on the grounds that Ne- groes have been excluded from it. This is the first time that exclusion of Negroes from juries is being made an issue in Georgia. | Read New Story HERNDON DEATH * ne be able t until the people of the are capable of “self-govern- t.” But even at the expiration of ‘ime provision is made for Amer- imperialism to maintain a mili- dictatorship over the Islands in pursuit of its policy of domination pee pacific. “Daily.” Roosevelt, Maneuver, is also expected that Hoover will his message to congress last week use of opposition from majorities cember it deals 0 carry out his proposals er, about on Page 4 Soon! Beginning Thursday, by Fred R. Miller will be serialized on page 4 of the “What Was That Song,” and ces of an unemployed work- his miserable, unheated ten- De- 15, an unusual story The name of it is with the experien- it to be evicted from Parker arbitration law. The cards are therefore already stacked against the railworkers. Acording to the official statement. 110,000 workers have been discharged | permanently and hundreds of thous~ ands placed on part time since the! wage cut of February this year. The | agreement called for an increase in employment. This was the bait dangled before the rank and file. In the issue of their paper the Railroad Unity News, issued’ just before the Chicago conference, the Railroads Brotherhoods» Unity. Committee. pub- , lishes the following appeal (o the rail- way workers and a program of im- mediate action: HOW TO DEFEAT NEW WAGE CUT Organize Unity Committees and Call Local Wage Cut Protest Confernces "Immediately organize unity commit- tees in all local lodges, yards, shops, | etc., as outlined in the program of | |the Railroad Brotherhoods Unity.| Movement (published in the July! Number of Unity News) and to call | unity conferences in every railroad center in the United States to or- nize a united front of all raliroad | trades to defeat the new wage cut. Vote Down the Wage Cut in the Local Lodges Vote down the new wage cut in all | | ver’s moratorium as “responsible for all of Europe's debt problems.” A terrific uproar and cries of | | don't pay a cent” greeted his pro- posal to pay the December 15 in- stalment with reservations similar to those proposed by the British Government, He charged that “an | intolerable anti-French campagin” | | was being caried on in the U. S. | “by a cynical press and odious men.” The British are reported prepar- ing a fourth note to the U.S, on a “take it or Teave it” basis, WASHINGTON, ialing 12.—Flat- re+ | jection by the Washington Govern= | ment of a British proposal for condi- | | tional payment of the December 15 instalment on the war debts resulted | in a terrific sharpening of the war debt struggle today. ‘The British proposal was delivered | to Secretary of State Stimson yester- | | day afternoon in a new note which | | called Hoover's bluff for some future “consideration” of the debts question. | | The British offered to make the Dec. | 15 payment on condition that it would | apply to the “future settlement.” The U, S. answered the British note on the same day flatly rejecting the condi- | tion, ‘which does not meet the de- _mands of Wall Street for special trade | concessions and colonies in exchange ex debt revision. “Rival Gangsters” In a speech over the radio last |: choose* their own doctors, with ex- | penses to be pald by the govern- 3. That all interest charges on | Pacific. The Soviet paper declares Joans already made be added to the the proposed elimination of air- balance due. | craft carriers is intended to protect £ That funds ibe iralsed’ by). | sapah against U. 6. air forces. surtax on industries, by an in- ers heritance tax, by turning over all | 1, sides 4 'ASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-U. S. ve este d Pick: = cain aegiy limperialism moved nearer today to eg Net sue reboots a war with Japan over supremacy in Bien age disability |the Pacific and control over China, allowances, 6. Negro war veterans to be ad- as. leading Washington officials mitted to all hospitals. 7. Jim-Crowing of Negro vet- erans to cease. 8. Veterans to have the right to Japan's proposals for a new naval ratio of 10-10-8.7 for the three lead- | ing naval powers, Britain, U. S. and |Japan in the order named. U. S. Bosses Oppose Japan Move. Naval officials and Republican and Democratic leaders made it quite {clear that U. S. imperialism will re- ment. 9. The housing and feeding of all unemployed unmarried veterans, as well as other unmarried unem- ployed, without police supervision at local and federal government expense. 40, Unemployment and soctal insurance for all unemployed at the disposal to block the Japanese de- mands. Representative Britten, of |Mllinois, ranking Republican on the |House Naval Committee, attacked the Japanese plan as “preposterous.” He declared there “isn’t the slightest expense of the government and the possibility” of the Washington Gov- employers. ernment permitting Japan to increase Tomorrow (Tuesday) the real sit-|her naval forces over the present ra- uation among the veterans of this /tio of 5-5-3 country will be revealed at an open U. S. War Maneuvor. hearing in Typographical Union Hall, puring the day the significant news 423 “G" St. N. W. Rank and -File was received from San Pedro Cal- bonus marchers from various parts of jitornia, that the entire U.S. Battle the country will testify. General|wieet had been ordered to put to | Hines, administrator of veterans! af- seq for a three day joint manouver fairs, and other enemies of the vets | with the fle air force. The U. S. local lodges and fight for the en-| night, Rear Admjral Bradley A. Fiske | have also been invited to appear and |iueet has been concentrated in Pa- forcement of the present agreement | called for more intensive war prepara- | defend the bankers’ program. to restore the 1931 wage scale on/ February Ist, Demand a Rank and File Referendum Vote Place the local lodges on record de- | manding a rank and file referendum | Poland. He admitted that the debts) murderous tions and deplored the fact that the, |U, 8. Navy was not now powerful | jenough to enforce collection of war | debts against the united front of Brit- | ain, France and five smaller Europ- ean states, including Belgium and cific waters since last January, fol- |lowing the increased tension between |U. 8. and Japanese imperialisms over the division of the loot in China. Britain Wanis Loot Shave. The Japanese proposals are aiso police and mecting sharp resistance in British The bonus marchers now here, whose numbers are being constantly | increased by new arrivals, are also! planning to pay a fitting tribute to| the memory of Hushka and Carlson, the veterans who were killed in the assault by vote on all future agreements cover-| were uncollectable, and further ad-| troops on the camp of the first bonus jimperialist circles who see in them ing wage and working conditions be- fore becoming effective. Oppose Arbitration Oppose arbitration and demand | nations and rival gangsters is so (vets are buried. direct negotiations with the railroad management. Fight Further Layoffs Fight against any further reduc- | tion in forces, demanding the re- hiring of the men laid off, and that | economist, declared that the collec- | the Hoover-Roosevelt-Wall Street at- | | the companies provide relief to their | tion by the U, S. of interests on the | | tempts to drive them to starvation. unemployed. Fight for Better Working Conditions. Fight for the improvement of work- ing conditions, strict enforcement of union schedule rules now beirig vio- lated by the companies, adjustments of grievances and abolition of the speed-up system, LIES ABOUT BENJAMIN SPEECH SENT ABROAD .. | Mitted the bandit character of the | imperialist powers, declaring: | “The resemblance between rival | | close as to be disquieting.” | British Challenge to U. S. Similarly sharp statements from | | European imperialists emphasize the | |fierceness of the struggle over the | |war debts. J. M. Keynes, British | debts was “pure usury.” He also chal- | | lenged the ability of the U. S. to en- force payment. ‘The interests of the workers’ both | in the U. S. and Europe demand the all around cancellation of these war debts which are sweated out of the toilers, marchers last July 28. The memorial an attempt by Japan to hog the loot will be held Thursday in Arlington | in the Pacific area. The British also} Cemetery, where the two martyred ‘resent. the Japanese efforts to gain Thursday night a mass rank and |perial'sts by offering tonnage con- file conference will be held, at which |cessions to France and Italy which plans will be made for continuing and the British claim would “upset the broadening the strugle of tens of |proporticn of relaiive stregnth which | thousands of ex-servicemen against |Great Britain demands for herself with reference to the Mediterranean powe Sentenced to 2 Years and who in turn was ar- the British MacDonald was today sentenced in Court to two years in British March Leader LONDON, Dec. 12.—Sid Elias, who took over the organization work of | the British hunger march when Wal | government, Hannington, leader of the National Old Bailey Unemployed Workers Movement, was | prison. arrested, rested by Eowsimaapint Party Answers Query As to Accuracy; Brands ‘Falichdod NEW YORK.—The Central Office of the Communist Party of the United States of America has issued the fol- lowing statement to the press: “During the presence of the Hun- ger Marchers in Washington, certain newspapers in the United States pub- lished a whole series of false reports designed to provoke violent repres- sion of the Hunger Marchers. Chief among these provocations was what purported to be a report of a speech by Herbert Benjamin, National Sec- retary of the Unemployed Councils at that time. In this report, Benja- min was made to appear as appeal- ing for bloodshed and-riot. The truth is that Benjamin never at any time, and especially not in Washington, received. The Daily Worker exposed | the falsity of these reports. This | did not, however, prevent the report from being given international cir- culation. The British Reuter Agency | cabled it to London, where it was) published in the Times of Dec. &. | Lies Cabled Abroad. | “The London Times story came to | the attention of the Exzcutive Com- | mittee of the Communist Interna-| tional, which promptly sent the fol- lowing wire to the Communist Party of the US.A.: “London Times, Dec, 5, publishes dispatch Reuter Agency with fol- lowing statement by Benjamin: ‘We will storm the halls of Con- gress, declared Herebrt Benjamin, the leader of the marchers, who Hoover brings troops there will be cable from the Communist Interna-_ tional: “Reuter Agency dispatch in Lon- don Tithes December fifth purport- ing to quote Benjamin's speech is wildest fabrication without slight- massacre. Pennsylvania Ave. will run red with blood” We are con- vinced that this statement is fal ricat‘on and provocation of bour. geois paper, aiming beforehand to joined in indignant denunciation of | sort to every and any weapon at its | Support from French and Italian im- | ‘the House and possibly in the Scn- ¢, This is part of the game of de- ving the masses into expectantly of the capitalist drive to divert the workers, farmers, an hunger program of the govern- i : siting for the inauguration of Roose- ns from mass struggle against \ | ement home. Don't fail to get your copy of the Daily on the days when this story appears. Or- der your copy at your news- stand! Get special bundle to sell on your block! Sub seribe today! een ntentnneatatnnenah made any such speech as ascribed to him by these especially unscrupulous, greeted every reference to Uncle newspapers. The Unemployed Coun-| Sam with hoots and jeers. On cil in New York City at a mass meet-| Monday we will break into the justify repressions on part bour- geoisie against unemployment movement and shift responsibility for these repress!ons on Communist Party. We recommend Party and Comrade Benjamin to immediately come out aga’nst this provocative statement. If, however, Comrade Benjamin really made such incred- ible statement, gre propose Party repudiate openly such actions in press, which at best is empty boast- ing and diverges from both the tac- ties of the Party and the whole Nace of Comintern, “In name of Executive Commit- of Comnnist International. est foundation in fact stop this was merely one example of widespread campaign provocation by police and Press attempting to create atmos- phere for heavy repressions against unemployed movement stop as re- sult of widespread mass support and sympathy to Hunger Marchers these provocations were defeated and de- mands of unemployed were present- ed to Congress according {o original plans stop Daily Worker has already exposed these provocations and is continuing exposure stop Comrade Benjamin is bringing actions against press which published same fabri- cations in United States with pur- pose exposing lies and establishing tions and delegations, | relief agencies and local governments to compel the granting of winter or Christmas relief. to stop evictions, to get hot lunches for school chil- |dren of the unemployed; In the midst of a central task is also to build the neighborhood and block committees to fight for relief, lower rents, etc. Another task to be carried out at the same time, is to build further united front movements of all kinds | of workers’ organizations, and of un- | organized workers, employed and un-*) ‘employed, for specific struggles against relief cuts, against other out- standing abuses, against heavier taxes on workers, employment taxes, etc., against forcing workers to sub- mit to check-off from their pay for “relief”, etc. The Government Knows. In all these struggles, the return- ing National Hunger Maroh dele- gates, steeled by weeks of struggle with the federal ‘government itself and police forces of mai | cated by their experiences, are ex- tremely useful leaders and organiz: ers. Se well do the employers and their local government officials understand this, that the heaviest attack.on the National Hunger March is waged during its return. | ‘The attacks on the western march- ers in Maryland, Virginia, West V ginia and Pennsylvania are typica So also is the attempt of the city of- (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Vitvinott Announces USSR-China Renew Diplomatic Relations EVA, Dec. 12.—It was reported that Maxim Litvinoff, ‘oreign Come issar, has an. nounced the r normal diplomatic relations between the U S. R. and the Nanking Gover t, broken off by the lat- ler government. | It is also reported that Litvinoff will confer while here with Yosuke Matsouka, chief Japanese delegate to the League of Nations, on the Sov- iet Union's proposal for a non-ag- gression pact between the U. S. 5. R. and Japan. Soviet representative !s de- opposed to the attempt of the | League of Nations to involve the U. S. 8. R. in the controversy over Man- churia. Garfinkle & Steinberg | Strike Is Still Solid | | The strike of the carpenters at | Garfinkle & Steinberg, 138th St. and d Ave., is still holding solid under the leadership and guidance of the | independent Carpenters’ Union. The strikers are determined to stay out and to fight the bosses’ detectives and scabs until the demands are | won, | All workers are urged to help win this important strike. Come down at 7:30 in the morning any day at 260 East 138th St., and help picket the shop, Take the Lexington Ave. LR.T. train, Jerome Ave. line, and get off at Mott Haven station. hese struggles, | cities, edu- | shment of | jgames” which begin on January 23, | The entire battle fleet has been jconcentrated in Pacific waters since last January. The concentration has drawn many sharp protests from the Japanese government and navy. The reported aims of the present “tactical manouver” are to correlate |the operations of the fleet and its air force at night, and “stimulation of a general action between two great | fleets,” «= LR.A. DELEGATIO! BACK TOMORROW Mrs. W right i in Group; | Bring Engdahl Ashes NEW YORK.—Masses of worker, bearing the banners of thelr organ- lizations and carrying placards de- manding the immediate and uncon- ditional release of the nine Scotts- boro boys, will meet the returning | delegation to the World Congress of the International Red Aid as it ars rives from Europe on the Bremen tomorrow at Pier 4, Brooklyn, at 1 P. m,, bearing the ashes of J. Louis Engdahl, late national chairman of the International Labor Defense and the world-wide fight for 1 of the Scottsboro boys. Scottsboro Mother in Delegation Heading the returning delegation is Mrs. Ada Wright, mother of two of the Scottsboro boys, who left for Europe with Engdahl eight months ago to tour sixteen European coun- tries, Others in the fetufming delegation include Carl Hacker, national organ- izer of the LLL.D., and Miriam Brooks youth delegate from San Francisco. ‘s mother of Tom , and William Taylor, young Negro delegate from .Connecticut, Iso delegates to the LR.A. Congress, have pped off fi England, where they wi theworkers for strug- gle fo edom of Tom Mooney, the nine Scottsboro. boys and all other class war prisoners in capital- ist dungeons. Greeting the delegates will be re- presentatives from sixty local LL.D. branches, representatives from the national executive committee of the LL.D., from all mass organizations, and Robert. Minor, veteran Amer- ican working class leader and repre+ | sentative of the Central Committee ;of the Communist Party. A guard |of honor will receive the ashes of Engdahl. Workers who are to take part in ‘the welcome will meet at 316 57th [Baeet, Brooklyn, at one o'clock to= Re morrow and march to pier 4, Brooks yn, Mrs, Wright Speaks Saturday Mrs. Wright will make her first public appearance on Saturday, De- {cember 17 at a mass meeting in |the Harlem Workers Center, 650 | Lenox Ave., as the climax of @ pare | ade throughout the entire Negro sece tion of Harlem. The parade will mobilize at the Spanish Workers Center, 24 W. 115th St., between 5th Ave, and Lenox Ave., at one p.m. Mrs. Wright will also speak at the first mass memorial meeting in hon- or of Engdahl, Sunday, Dec. 18, at 7 pm. Bronx Coliseum, 177th St, and West Farms Road. Other speakers include William L. Patter- son, national secretary of the LL.D, REPORT BILLINGS PAROLE New York-capitalist press dispat- ing held in Cooper Union publicly denounced these fabrications and sent a large committee to the news- paper publishing them, to demand its retraction, but the committee was not | Capitol by brute force, and they | will enther listen to our demands _ or we will run riot on the streets. | We are well prepared for a siege | and the police can’t put us out. If | | | before masses the character of capi- | talist provocations, For the CENTRAL COMMITTE C.P.U.S.A. BROWDER.” “KUUSINEN.” | e Communist Party of the U.S.A. | sent The has the following reply to th” | ches report that Warren K. Billings, | fellow-prisoner of Tom Mooney, will | be Offered a 90-day parole to visit | his mother. The reports say he will acoept the pare’ Carl Hacker, national organizer of the I.L.D., Richard B. Moore, na- tional field organizer of the LL.D. secretariat. of the and Earl Browder, member of the ~ /