The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 5, 1933, Page 2

4 j 7 : € Yew meee * cent of all , tion of officers. _PAGE TWO A COMMUNIST MAYOR'S PROGRAM AND A CAPITALIST MAYOR’S PLAN; ONE FOR WORKERS, ONE FOR BOSS , Nygard Starts to Save Lives Crosby Jobless CROSBY, Minn., Jan. 3. — From 500 to 600 workers at- tended the Victory Celebration held here in honor of the elec- tion of the first Mayor in this country, Emil Nygard. Comrade Nygard in his speech revealed the ods. by which the bank of- ficials were tryir manipulate for their own benefit the city funds and the workers’ savings. Bank Robs Toilers. $26,000 of city of Nearly funds were tied up in the defunct First National Bank when it closed its doors. The bank officials d the workers itito signing pap by which 55 per savings were wiped off the books, and the other 45 per cent to be repaid in five years. The work- ers of Crosby were furious at this robbery, and this was one of the outstanding issues in the municipal elections, which aroused mass indig- nation. During the campaign the Communist Party proposed the or- ganization of a committee repre- senting the small depositors, to fight for 100 per cent repayment of their savings. Scheme to Kill Relief. After Nygard’s election, it was dis- covered that the bonds supposed to guarantee the city funds in the bank were worthless, although the law re- quires that the bank guarantees city deposits with bonds worth twice as much as the deposits. At a confer- ence between banking officials and the new city council, Comrade Ny- gard demanded that upon the re- jOpening of the bank the bankers furnish the necessary bond or the ity funds would be withdrawn, in order to make sure that the city should have funds for unemployment relief, and not have it tied up in the bank. For Moratorium on City Debts. When Nygard assumes office, he ‘will fight to carry out his campaign pledge, to declare a moratorium on ‘the debts owed by the city to the ‘bankers for interest on bonds, and jto demand state aid for the relief of the unemployed miners in Cros- by. Already the local bourgeoisie have started their sabotaging activ- ities. The Crosby Emergency Relief Association, recognized by the gov- ernment as a .semi-official agency, has declared itself dissolved, and all applicants for relief are referred to the city council. The Red Cross, which has flour and cloth for dis- tribution, are also passing the buck to the city administration, hoping that with the city relief funds tied up in the bank, that by such actions they could discredit Comrade Ny- gard on the relief question. NOTICE:—Beginning Monday, Jan. Sth, there will be a small charge of one cent ©n Column THURSDAY POSTPONEMENT of Pierre Degeyter Con- cert until further notice. All tickets sold will be honored at future date. PEHEARSAL Lenin Memorial Pageant at 8:30 P. M. at Workers Center, 50 E. 13th REGISTRATION for Winter Term of the Workers School now going on at school of- fice. 12th St., third flpor. FORT™M of Pen and Hammar. 114 W. 21st £:30 p.m. Topic: “Socialized Med- a—Semuel A. Tannenbaum, M. D. MFETING to protest murder Alabama “Sharecronners. 8:30 p. m. at Ambassador Hall, Third Ave. and Claremont Parkway, Fons. Held bv ¥.C.L. Units 5 and 11. ‘All workers vrced to attend MEETING Branch 500 I.W.O. at Workers Genter. 59 B. 13th St. room, Sek, Vote on yr unemploved fund ani - ere orricers. Also talk. on “Experiences American as Commissar in Soviet s ie 1G of Alfred Levy Br. ILD. 8:30 BM. sharp at 333 Sheffirld Ave. Brooklyn Tmergency meeting. All members must ‘Workers Center, 1157 Southern Blvd. Elec- MOMEETING of WES. Post 7 at 537 ‘MEETIN Wonkinson Ave, Rrookivn at 9 pd. m. MEFTING of WES.L. Post 191 at 232 ")#. 10th St. et 8 py. m. Important . All s “ais- Posts reed to send representatives to cuss relief for ex-servicemen. Also worke nizations. OIMERTING of Canarsie Culture Club at 9615 Avenne L. at # p. m. MEETING of all employed laundry workers rt 260 ©. 128th St. corner Third ‘Ave.. et & p.m. MEETING on “The Weinstein Frame Up at $159 Conev Island Ave. 8:30 p. m. Carl Skier. Impérial Valley Prisoner and Sam Weinste’n will sneak. Auspices Brighton Beach Rranch ID. LECTURE by Wm. L. @hain Cane by an Eve Witness” jean Youth Club, Thatford Ave. Pitkin Ave.. Rrownsville st 8 p. m pleas Rrowneville Branch ILD NRO at Boro Park Workers Je 9978 A8A GL Freakton, at Bo, mm. Be tee CONFY ISLAND Tinemvloved Patterson on “The at Amer- corner Aus- AROR UNION MEETINGS UPHOTSTERERS lsterers Section of the Purnt Where Manetrial Tinlon meets tonicht at Rt 818 Rroadway. Renort on orean- al conditions and plans for future jes, All Mnholsterers, members and jembers, invited. + DRESSMAKERS Trades Workers Industrial Union wakers Membershin meeting Thursday work in Irvine Plaza Hall. Pull t be Louis Hyman on mobilization for ‘drive, sienificance of left wing vic- fH locals 1 end 9 and how to unite ‘of dreasmakers and cloakmakers, . | * HOUSEWRECKERS endent Housewreckers’ Union reguter today at & p. m. at 122 Second All Housewreckers invited ‘i ices Metal Workers PARTITION, Pipe Rack Workers, Section of the ‘Workers Industrial Union will day at 6:30 p. m. at 131 W. Communist | meth-|} ‘2 word on all announcements in the What's | MASS MEMBERSHTP meeting of Promect | lecture on “The Huneer | Next” at Workers 8 pm. Dri ive? O’Brien Promises He Will Cut Wages, Fire and Sell Bonds NEW YORK.—John P. O’Brien was inaugurated mayor New York Tue day in the City hall, in the pres not of workers, | lead and big business men. Prom- inent on the stage was James A, Far- y, Roosevelt's campaign manager and chairman of the state boxing commission, capitalism's million dol- | | lar commercialized sport. With him | were Al Smith of the Empire State Building and ex-governor, Curry, the | big Tammany boss, and the district leaders of Tammany Hall: of Brooklyn; Theofel of Queens; Flynn of the Bronx; and Rendt of Staten Island. for graft, cabled his congratulations. O'Brien spoke, casually remarking that relief must go on, but saying | nothing about how, nor about the} slash already in relief. He promised | more firing and wage cutting of city employes, in no uncertain terms, say- in “The financial crisis that con- fronts the city is most serious, and a drastic cut in the cost of govern- ment must be accomplished. Thru salary reductions a considerable saving will be effected, but we must go much further and secure great- er economies. Every unnecessary Position must be eliminated.” Thus he places his stamp of ap- | proval and pledges to continue such | things as the recent ten to.30 per cent wage cut on the I. R. T., ordered by Tammany courts to pay interest to the bankers; the six to 39 per cent wage cut on all city employes includ- ing teachers, which Police Commis- |Sioner Mulrooney declared yesterday would be retroactive, and the gen- eral cutting down of relief. He justified by this statement the workers in the city hospitals. The city workers’ wage cuts were ordered by the bankers who openly, through the press, dictated to the state legislature the terms of the law they wanted giving power to cut wages to Tammany. Gifts to Bankers O’Brien in his speech’ threw an- [other little gift to the bankers by {declaring for more city bonds, He hit the city workers again by stating that as fast as possible those his bureau heads decile are “not able to perform their duties” would be “retired.” sent) at an unnamed price, the city’s Bronx Terminal Market and Staten Island Piers to private capitalists. He said not one word about the de- positors cheated out of their savings in the U. S. Bank failure, in which Tammany was largely implicated, Stage and Screen THE “RADIO CITY” ’ MUSIC HALL OPENS The performance staged by “Roxy” at the opening of the Radio City Music Hall is a measure of the de- pravity, the vulgarity and the de- cadence of the ruling class of the United States. Seating more than 6,000 persons, with acoustics that sur- pass any in New York, located in a building costing a quarter of a billion dollars of the money wrung from the life blood of millions of toilers by the Rockefellers, the theatre is the last word in ornate splendor. The opening act consisted of a mechanical twisting of a gorgeous curtain into wierd shapes to the tune of Rimsky-Korsakoff’s “Hymn to the Nun,” while a woman dressed in white with wings for added adornment tried to sing. that the curtain is operated by thir- teen motors. Then the orchestra struck up the strident tune of the “Star Spangled Banner,” while most of the audience stood up. Then there was revealed a stage full of contor- tionists, wierd walkers, jugglers, bal- ancers and every sort of twisting and turning—the size of a three-ring cir- cus. It was hardly possible to count the performers, say nothing of watch- ing their gyrations. Then a song froma Johann Strauss operetta was sandwiched between some wise-cracking clown and ballet, that, although mediocre, was the best part of the show. The Tuskegée choir sang Negro melodies glorifying the handkerchief heads and Uncle Toms in a grovelling fashion that would please a fiend of Alabama. There were 19 numbers in all—most of them of the lishments as the Academy of Music on Fourteenth St.—without the oc- casional relief of a talking picture. ‘The most bizzare part of the thing was a performance of excerpts from the opera “Carmen.” It would be hard indeed to recognize the opera because of the superfluity of super- numaries—hundreds of people dress- ed up and dancing or posing all over the vast stage. From beginning to jend everything that was produced | was befouled by the moronic touch of the production staff which seemed to proceed on the assumption that only the most debased horse-play and exaggerated gaudiness would pleasc the audience. No intelligent worker could attend such a performance without more deeply despising a society that can spend millions upon a thing that cannot be regarded other than as an affront to the human race, a glor- ified insult to every vestige of in- telligence acquired by man in his development from his ape-like an- cestors. —H. M. W. wholesale discharge of foreign born | He proposed to “lease” (read pre-| The program informs us| white ruling class lynch | type that can be seen at such estab- | but of the Tammany | McCooey, | i Mayor Walker, who quit under fire | dustrial Union held |the Fur | | | | | and division of work after they work | the present time. | when the bosses through methods-of | Strike Iceland Fur Shop; Union Enters Unorganized Field YORK. A Ww The Fur Section e Needle T es Work | | be trial ses started a | he thou have hithe on at all ks into th as he | N.T.W.I. Brooklyn | eading | |50 workers the Iveland Fur |}Corp. shop at 11-19 Hope again# intol ble conditions, All |called to come help picket || Furriers Prepare to Win Demands; Trade Board Meet NEW YORK.—At the meeting of the furriers’ trade board of the In- last week, the} | Question of the demands to the Fur Associated Manufacturers was taken adi How the East Huston Council ‘Leads Struggle of the Jobless NEW YORK.—The East Harlem | Harlem Unemployed Council is fedeis:'| in the neighborhood of the Home Relief Bure, st 102nd Street and Second Avenue. Spanish, Porto Rican, Jewish and a small number of Negro | workers live in this neighborhood. Perhaps 70 per cent of them are unem-|terday they at E Italian, Some of the cases described here e an idea of the conditions un- der which the unemployed workers | and their famil! live. Here family of an Italian worker. The father of the family, | crazed from starvation, was taken | two years ago to Kings County Hos- pital. A boy, 22 years old, lies sick in bed. A girl, 18, fainted from hunger while the Unemployed Coun- cil representative visited the house, at Eagt 112th St. The mother bor- rowed some coffee from the neigh- bors, and with this she revived her| daughter. Beds were covered with dirty rags. The walls and the ceiling were black from dirt and soot. The rent was | three months overdue. | The mother went to the Home} Relief Buro for relief. She was com- is a | pelled to stand in line for hours, She | fainted and had to be taken out up and the mobilization for struggle if necessary in order to enforce these demands. The unicn today has an agreement with the Fur Trimming | Association. The union also has con- trol of a large number of shops of Associated Manufacturers with which there is no agreement, at The demands are as follows: 1, Working hours and scale of the present agreement shall | be strictly enforced. 2 minimum | Six months division of work in- | stead of three. 3. Workers to be entitled to Jobs | in a shop three weeks instead of seven as in the present agreement. 4. Unemployment insurance fund paid by the bosses and administered by the workers. 5. No contracting or sub contract- ing. 6. Guarantees that the bosses will | not break the points of the agree- ment. | 7. Overtime shall be permitted | only for a limited number of hours | during the busy season and only in such shops where there is absolutely | no room for other workers. 8. There shall be no so-called im- partial chairman. gro workers, equal pay for equal work, and the right of Negro workers to work at all crafts, Members to Meet The membership meeting will be held on Thursday, 2 p. m. at Irving Plaza where these demands will be discussed. On Wednesday there will be an open forum at 131 W. 28th St., at 2 p. m. to discuss these demands. Wednesday night, at 7 p. m. there will be @ meeting of the Fur Trade Board, Fight Lauber Frame-Up From a report in the Law Journal it was learned that the fur bosses and the Joint Council are once again on the job to frame up Morris Lau- ber. The grand jury which a few months ago had a hearing on this murder frameup against Lauber, last ‘Thursday at a secret session brought out an indictment against him. The action of the grand jury came im- mediately after the district attorney complainant, Chris Morris placed him under $50,000 bail for per- jury. Chris Morris, who is employed in a shop of the chief of the Greek bosses’ association, was used by the bosses and the racketeer Joint Coun- cil as a witness against Lauber. Un- der the threat of losing the job, he was forced to go to the district at- torney and to state that he saw Mor- tis Lauber assault one of Sam Shore’s henchmen. Exposes Prosecution As soon as he realized that his false testimony is liable to mean life imprisonment for Lauber, he went to the district attorney and told him the truth. Through this confession the whole frame up was knocked to pieces. This accounted for the fact that the Grand Jury up till last weck did not give out any decision. The case would surely have been thrown out of court if the bosses and thi racketeers had not provided new false witnesses. The new witness comes from the same shop. Now terror succeeded in getting another false witness, it was used as an ex- cuse for the indictment. The Industrial union calls on all workers to assist the Defense Com- mittee in raising funds to carry on the defense and free Morris Lauber from this murder frame-up. Member Asks Entrance To IOOF ‘Home’; Told Some Must Dies First NEW YORK.—Ike Hyman, a mem- ber of the Needle Trades Unem- ployed Council, a furrier, has been a@ member for many years of the Independent Order of Oddfellows. This “fraternal order” claims to pro- vide out of the dues paid by its mem- bers, relief and benefits, during their time of difficulty, Hyman applied to Star Lodge 219, LO.OF, at 151 Drainard St., Portland, for admis- sion to the home provided by the lodge. He got a letter signed by the sec- retary of the lodge saying: “There is not enough room at the home to admit all that are passed on (waiting to get in), They are crowd- ed there to the very limit now, and it may take some time until enough leave or die to get room.” The worker thinks he does better to join the unemployed council and fight for relief and insurance than arrested the main witness of the! and | STEAL BODY OF | getting $7. | soon. | funeral, of the line, but this did not move the officials of the Relief Buro to| inquire into her case, | Upon the advice of a worker, the woman applied to the East Harlem Unemployed Council. A spokesman | of the Council took the mother to the Honte Relief Buro in order to register her without being compelled | to wait hours in line, since the Coun- | | cil has won the right of getting im- mediate attention to the cases it | brings before the Relief Buro. Then followed the registrations. | The official of the Relief Buro at the desk fired question after question at the starved worker trying to con- fuse her. Hundreds of workers are | thus barred from relief on petty technicalities. Only the persistence | of the representative of the United Council prevented it this time. oo tee Another case: A Porto Rican worker, Mary P. The husband works as a dish washer two days a week The mother came to the Unemployed Council with a child in her arms. Another child is erpected The family had a dispossess notice, rent unpaid four months. Case Was “Closed” At the Relief Buro the assistant stated she was “sorry,” the case was closed because the father is working. ‘The father is not earning enough | to provide food for the family, the jrent is not paid for four months, 9. No discrimination against Ne-| the family ts about to be evicted and you closed the case”—loudly protest- ed the U. C. representative. All the workers in the room listen- ed with great attention and sym- pathy. The assistant superintendent, in order to avoid explanttion before the workers, took the representative | of the Unemployed Council into a private office were behind closed doors and in the presence of the police the following conversation took place: Superintendent: “Who wants you here, you rotten red?” Rept. of U. C.: “I represent a starving worker.” S.: “Shut up! Nobody is starving.” Rep.: You want me to shut up just because so many are sttrving.” By shouting insults the Superin- tendent tried to .provoke the repre- sentative of the U. C., but did not succeed. As a result of the fight put up by the U. C. representative, the Re- lief Buro paid the rent of the family. FIAMETTI BABY Parents Ignored ; Plan Protest Monday NEW YORK, N. Y.—Leaders of the Catholic St. Vincent-De Paul So- ciety, the Home Relief Buro and the Police Department prevented a mass funeral yesterday for the starved baby of Frank Fiametti by having the baby’s body snatched away by an undertaker two hours before the time for the funeral. This was the second Fiametti child to starve to death because of the re- fusal of the Home Relief Buro to provide necessary food. Workers in he neighborhood would have been too aroused” if the funeral had gone off as planned, Superintendent Mil- ler of the buro admitted. Leaders of the Catholic Society, therefore, paid the expenses. And at 8 a, m., two hours before the Caldarelli, the undertaker, sneaked into the home at 1864 Bath Ave., Brooklyn. He pushed aside the protesting parents. He started to the graveyard with the body. Never mind! I’m running this show from now on,” he told the par- ents, who followed him. The body on the night before had been moved by the authorities from 2ist and Bath Aves., where the funeral would have been held. The landlady during the night had then disconnected the Fiametti doorbell and locked the front door, after police had forcibly picked out a group of protesting workers, After the forced burial, the Fiam- etti parents refused to give in to the Home Relief Buro by signing a state- ment promising no further associa- tion with the Unemployed Council. Instead, Mrs. Fiametti demanded more relief. It was granted. A mass meeting is being planned for Monday night to protest the snatching of the baby’s body. Meeting Tonight Carl Winter, Secretary of the Un- employed Council of Greater New York and leader of Column 8 of the National Hunger March, will address @ mass meeting at 8 p. m. tonight at 27th and Mermaid Ave., Coney Island. He will speak on “The Hun- ger March and the Next Steps in the Struggle for Relief,” under the aus- wait until some of his lodge broth- ers die off. pices of the local Unemployed Coun- cil. “The struggle against militarism must not be postponed until the moment when war breaks out. Then it will be too late. , The straggle against war must be car. ried on now, daily, hoarly.” Se Sh terday Social Worker Fears Hunger Demonstrations WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 4.—“Violent forms of expression” will come from the jobless unless something is done this winter to feed, clothe and shelter them, said H. L. Lurie of the Bureau of Jawish Social Re- search of New York City, tothe La Follette senatorial committee yes~ which is located in a school JOIN IN CALL FOR _ AID TO WEINSTEI Trial of Militant Toiler Today NEW YORK.—A call to workers and workers’ organizations to rally to the defense of Sam Weinstein, whose trial comes up this morning at 9:30 |a.m. in the Bronx County Court at Tremont and Arthur Avenues, has been issuéd Jointly by the Furniture Workers’ Industrial Union, the Trade Union Unity Council, and the New York district organization of the In- | ternational Labor Defense. | “Sam Weinstein, striking furniture worker,” says the joint statement, “has been framed on a charge of manslaughter by the capitalist courts because of his militant activities in the strike at the Muskin Mfg. Co. | shop in Brooklyn. The bosses tried their utmost to frame him and when | an accident occurred in the Bronx to | one of the scabs, they immediately pinned the blame on Weinstein with- out any evidence whatsoever, merely because he was known by the bosses as a militant fighter for the workers | interests. “All workers and workers organi- zations should contribute financially and every other way Pomsible to the defense of Sam Weinstein.” All funds for the defense of Wein- stein should be rushed immediately to the International Labor Defense, tld Broadway, Room 338, New York ye Turn in Scottsboro Tag Day Boxes Now! NEW WORKER.—All workers hold- ing Scottsboro tag-day boxes are urged to turn them in at once to the International Labor Defense office, 799 Broadway, Room 338. Attorneys are at present in Ala- bama preparing the legal side of a new trial for the Scottsboro boys, which comes up in March, and a | immediately struck against the rule. | latter’s home against the conviction jand_ calling on the workers to come | Workers Strike When Denied Right to Ride in a Clean Elevator NEW YORK—No dirty, back ele- | vators for the millinery workers at| 15 West 39th St. | They are on strike. Because yes- denied their cu | tomary ride in sth regular, vator. ‘The bosses in the building had sud- denly decided that “buyers only’! could ride the front elevator. The | workers in the 15-story building would have to ride in the dirty freight ele- vator, the bosses said. Workers on 11 of the 15 stories front ele- | They'll picket the building this morn- ing to win the remainder of the workers in the building to join them. The police are threatening to inter- fere with the picketing. 500 DENOUNCE FRAME UP JUDGE Another Demonstra- tion for SchoutenToday NEW. YORK.— Tammany’s police came to the defense of Tammany Judge Collins when 500 workers at- tempted to protest in front of the of Grovert Schouten, unemployed marine worker. The police patrol- led the streets for blocks around, against groups of workers coming to the demonstration last night at 35th | St. and 3rd Ave. For an hour the workers resisted the police and finally gathered at 33rd St. and 2nd Ave., where a meet- ing was held denouncing the police to General Sessions Court Part 9 at Franklin and Center Strects, 9:30 a. m. today where Schouten will be sen- tenced by Judge Collins. The street on which the judge lives was guarded at both ends by police while the hall of his home was black with plainclothesmen. Radio cars cruised the streets for blocks around. Police drove one group of workers down 2nd Ave. from 35th to 30th Street. When two workers entered the East Side Unemployed Council at 519 Second Ave. two cops followed them in, but decided to leave when they found four other workers there. Frame Up ‘The demonstration came as a re- sult of the raw frame up of Schouten and along with it the attempt to smash the militancy of the seamen and the Marine Workers Industrial Union. Today at General Sessions Court the workers will continue the great deal of money is needed. RUSH THE BOXES AT ONCE. demonstration for the unconditional telease of Govert Schouten. ADVER PATRONIZE OUR TIZERS OLD AND NEW PATRONS =" Bat At SCHILDKRAUT’S VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT 4 WEST 28TH STREET ONLY STORE IN NEW YORK PRICES NOW AT CAFE- TERIA LEVELS Attention Comrades! 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Bronx Park East Pare Foods Proletarian Yrices Classified German comrade wishes English conversa tion, evenings after 8 p.m. Apply F, care Daily Worker. | blood THOUSANDS DEAD AT SHANHATKWAN (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) warships are threatening new baths to the populations of other North China cities, with the Kuomintang betrayers of the China aiding the invasion by martial law regulations against the anti-imper- jalist masses. Similar to Chapei. The destruction of Shanhaikwan is a duplication of the destruction last January of the Chapei prole- tarian district of Shanghai. As at Shanghai, the Japanese imperialists vented their fury mainly against the proletarian masses. Nanking Betrayers. Meanwhile, the traitorous Nanking Kuomintang government has estab- lished martial law in the big Chinese cities and is increasing its attacks on nese | the working class in an attempt to crush their resistance to the imper- jialist drive for the partition of Chi- na. Mass indignation is so great, | that the government fears that there will be popular outbursts all over China. The Chinese Communist Party has issued a call for an admed national revolutionary struggle against the Japanese invaders and the Nanking lackeys of imperialism. Anti-imperialist, anti-Nanking dem- onstrations are being organized in many Chinese cities. Throw Out Homeless Who Belong to Council NEW YORK.—Homeless unemploy- ed workers, who have been sleeping at South Ferry, are being thrown out if they have cards of the Un- employed Council on them. One night six workers were thrown out. Frank Dempsey, a stool-pigeon for South Ferry, was responsible for having them evicted. The Unemployed Councils is plan- ning a struggle for the right of all homeless workers to sleep at- South Ferry. Erie Communters on , Strike Against 15 P.C. Rate Increase NEW YORK.—More than 500 com- muters are on strike against riding the Erie Railroad between points on. northern New Jersey and Manhattan. They have not ridden the line since Jan. 1, when the Erie increased com- mutefS rates by 15 per cent. Most of them are using busses and ferries. Their committee has appeal- ed against the higher rates to the Federal Interstate Commerce Com- mission, although many of the strikers point out that this will do no good. Only by their present strike and further mass action, will they be able to force down the rates, they say. Carpenters Continue Strike at Greenbaum NEW YORK—The workers of Greenbaum’s shop have been on strike under the leadership of the In- dependent Carpenters Union for a week, The militant action of the workers compelled the boss the first, few days to look for a settlement, Several negotiation meetings between the strike committee, representatives of the union and the boss were held, and each time the boss had to con- cede more and more to the demands |of the workers. Finally, seeing that the unity of the workers and the strength of the union cannot be broken, he agreed to all the demands to to sign a con- tract, but only for a month! The workers rejected this and decided to strike until a complete victory is achieved. The Independent Carpenters Union is carrying on a drive to organize the unorganized. All carpenters are asked to bring their complains and grievances to the headquarters of the union, 818 Broadway, from 6 to 8 in the evening. AMUSEMENTS The Human Story of How the 5-Year Plan Was Completed! MER Amkino’s Latest Talking Film (with JOBS added English dialogue and Titles) SAGA OF AN AMERICAN ENGINEER IN RUSSIA + SPECIAL SOVIET NEWSREEL * GORKI — LENIN'S WIDOW, ETC. FIRST TIME AT WORKERS’ PRICES! Ask Any of the Thousand: Who Saw ‘Kameradschaft oF. ‘4 CRS Comradeship (All English Titles) See What A Mine Disaster Means! THE worners Acme Theatrell 14th Street and Union Square Cont. from ‘M-Last show 10: 15 cents 9 A. Mi = LAST THREE DAYS ADIO CITY THEATRE RADIO CITY | RKO ROXY MUSIC HALL| THEATRE 50th St. and 6th Ave. Ain aeamninia: Spectacular ata: AN shows at 2:15-8:15 | MESUEHOWARDin Galaxy of stars Cast of 1000 Continuous 75¢ to $2.50 Popular Prices Personal Direction of “Roxy” |(IVIC_REPERTORY "* wa tile | 50s, $1, Pry Evs. 8:30 Mats, Wed. & Sat. VA GALLIENNE, Director — “LILIOM” ‘DEAR JANE” Tontgt THE THEATRE GUILD Presents Friday Eve. BioGRAPHY A comedy by 8. N. BEHRMAN be uILD ge oy 2d St West of B’way 8:30. & Sat. at 2:30 THE GROUP THEATRE Presents UCCESS STORY wees By John Howard Lewson Maxine Elliotts Thea., 39th, E. of Evenings, 8:40; Mats. Mon and Sat., way 2:40 FRANCIS LEDERER & DOROTHY GISH in AUTUMN CROCUS The New York and London Success MOROSCO THEATRE, 45th St. W. of B’way Eves, 8:40. Mats. Mon., Wed. & Sat., 2:40 rKo MAYFAIR '.*\Now ‘THE HALF NAKED TRUTH’ with LUPE VELEZ and LEE TRACY RKO JEFFERSON us a. INOW Robert Montgomery and head in Thee Added “CENTRAL PARK" Feature with JOAN BLONEELL (FIRST SHOWING IN THE U.S. A.) “THE LAND OF NAIRI” (SOVIET ARMENIA) Armenkino Production January 13, 1933, at 7:30 P. M. FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE 28th Street and Broadway ADMISSION 30 CENTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE DAILY WORKER AND PANVAAR “PROLETPEN’ ART PROGRAM COSTUME BALL SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1933 at MANHATTAN LYCEUM, 66 E. 4th ST. Admission 40 Cents Lit. Coupon 10 Cents ‘30 \