The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 26, 1933, Page 1

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Entered as second ter at the P = ——— ai = = Sac et ieodea Te = Vol. X, No. 22 BED Now York, NT, under the Act of Mareb B17 NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1 CITY EDITION Price 3 Cents “Smash the Chain TWO MORE BRIGGS PLANTS/DREISER MAKES STIRRING __|SN6#10,thanno\ JOIN DETROIT AUTO STRIKE; IN GEO APPEAL FOR AID TO SAVE SE ENDS MESSAGE 10,000 WORKERS NOW OUT|_ ‘DAILY’ FROM SUSPENSION} 2) ¥<° se wdleas Meets With Men With Men | in Other Plants "cl L 10 UNITED ACTION FOR LABOR LEGISLATION SENT TON. ¥. WORKERS | Offcially Anounces Albany Conference for Feb. | ANGEL 0 HERNDON | eans Sure “Death eo Young Negro | By THEODORE DREISER, ner. In it is no sponsorship of eco- nomic panaceas which, touted as W: = DAILY, W CER is f ay : ATLANTA, Ga. J 25.—F Pave Way for Spreading Struggle nm eee WORSEE i me oy, beneficial to all, would merely serve milton taven. heel 25-27 on § ate had ide Basis Eo EEE. SS | : eee ee ii we yr pater to solidify capitalistic control of been conf. = aoe 0 in America today which devotes itse = 3 a County Cour ny r f a ns 6° + Pah % steer aye Avi I, 1. W. W: _ Misleaders Fail in Efforts to eehole hossediy Co anearaleiieerests wealth and power. verdict sente Formulated by 69 Unions and Fraternal Or death on the As against this, there is an analy- Angelo Herndon sis of our real ganizations; ng It Betray; Grand Rapids Strike Continues of the workers. I find in its editorial economic condition, ; More Are E ndo unemp! as well as in its presentati ' ; organizer of the c —— DETROIT, Mich., Jan. 25.—Spreading like wildfire, the bh Bs “aca ra pie ence an ee together with news of the same, which the followine etiming NEW YORK.—“A ( di Action to Prome great strike of 8,000 workers in the Briggs Highland Park | pCa i i tends to advise the worker and the white Logi ” was officially issued yester by liminai should and do develop in the American lectuals to ral and Mack Avenue plants today pulled out the workers in two! Warkarsor today. & wenker oft hia ist farmer of his true plight and per- against th | Conference of 69 unions and workers’ fraterr ganizations more Briggs units, the Waterloo and Meldrum plants, swelling | dae aed the vaaniter iH high es os nal political and economic duties in the chei g in Irving Plaza Hall Sunday. The call is “To all centra the total of strikers to well over 10,000. | aL then lie ta designed ne ee regard to the same. More, it sponsors Neecotuae and) bodies, local unions, social, fraternal and benevolent assoc ia The mass meeting in the ploited. In all other journals, there is ~tightly, I think—ar See repetye <e- bari tava mate al oppression of Ete State of New York,” and urges each body to elect ANTI IMPERIAL | Arena Gardens last night put to be found that spurious “impartial” sistance to such robberies and indig- Being shied sain etense | two delegates to the State Conference in Albany, Feb g i |fire into the strikers and to-| judgment of political events, which OES AR) evs Ng SUNS AULA “I appeal to you to on a/ to work out bills for labor legislation to present to th i ned against them. It is 2 singular and most needed force, and I would consider * possible suspension an extreme relentless struggle to force the legal] ture. The call “BROTHERS women throughout New ment. Those still wor! day’s picket-lines were charged with the spirit that wins. Young boys and | girls are taking an active part in the | strike, as are the women and Negro serves only to conceal a viciously biased viewpoint in favor of capital and as against justice to labor. LEAGUE BACKS — DEMONSTRATION in full as follows: AND SISTERS, GREETINGS: Millions of men and York State are faced with permanent unemploy- ing have had their wages cut as high as 50 per cent. is sic workers | a: fore, the Daily Worker is entirely danger. Its suspension would Workers striking in attempts to resist lowering of wage Call Ul . es Seek to Spread Strike, | free of that entirely dishonest glamor prove an irreparable loss to the | ards are restrained by injunctions. In the face of grow alls All to Protest) , Sue nerenies “eeeaiice | of a constantly heralded, but strange- Aiatimende.. Of Workers. hose affecting over two millions of workers in this state, child labor is still on the increase. The unemployed and part-time workers homes broken up by court orders for eviction on ha account of ina ing their y to ly delayed prosperity-around-the cor- ; in Wall St. Feb. 4 Tepresenting the strikers in all four | | Briggs plants, has been elected. The rights and interests it represents. | eet e pie | pay high rents. At the same time homes of workers built by their meager Against Slaughter | Auto Workers Union, which is lead- | 4 | | ngs of a life-time, ave being lost to them through foreclosures. ; . / 7 oR Ae “Due to these conditions 69 union and fraternal organiza inter- NEW YORK.—The New York|ing the strike, is now aiming to Answer His Call! t : anne, ons) i } i branch of the Anti-Imperialist | spread it into a general struggte | | egro eopte enounce ested in promoting labor legislation having met in a conference in New League wholeheartedly endorses the | against wage-cuts and for better | ork City on Jan. 22, 1933, have resolved to call a state conference: in 26 and 27, where bills in the interests of call of the American Committee for Struggle Against War for a demon- stration on Saturday, Feb. 4, against the Japanese invasion in China and against the wars in South America. It states: “We welcome this call, at such a strategic moment. It is necessary to tween Colombia and Peru, and Boli- imperialist war. The Anti-Imperial- ist League has carried on such a Struggle since its foundation. We sent a delegate to the Amsterdam World Congress, there~-uniting with all sincere opponents against im- perialist war. We stressed there the need of supporting the struggles of the colonial workers against im- perialism and against its native anese advance in Jehol is clear. But it is no less true that the fight be- tween Colombia and Peru and Boli- via and Paraguay have as their cause the rivalry of the United States and Great Britain for world supremacy and their preparations to attack the Soviet Union. | “We call upon all anti-imperialists | in the United States, American-born and colonial workers, to take part in the February 4th demonstration. Demonstrate against American im- wlalism in the center of the Wall BSireet district. Demonstrate against ‘he Japanese robber government and its consulate. Demonstrate against the warring governments of South America. “The demonstration against the Japanese consulate about a half year ago must be magnified many times. Workers of New York! Come out by thy tens of thousands to this demon- stration. Raise this question imme- diately in rour organizations. Stu- dents! Intelleci uals! Tonight, imme- tely, raise this question in a meet- of your commmittees and or- ganizations. Support the call, as we do, of the American Committee for Struggle Against War. Workers in countries are now demonstrating aggainst the imperialist wars now ing carried on. The workers of »Chicago demonstrate this Saturday. Out on the streets on Feb. 4th!” Anti-Imperialist League, New York Branch, J. BRUNO, Secretary. STRESS PEACE POLICY OF USSR: Molotov Scores the War Provocations MOSCOW, Jan. 25 (By Radio) — Continuing his speech at the open- ing session of the Central Committee of the Sovjet Union (the first sec- tion was published in yesterday's .| Daily Worker), V. Molotov, chairman of the Council of People’s Commis- sars, referred to the attitude of the Soviet Union toward the present im- perialist war in the Far East and its increasing threat of a rapid tran- ition into a world imperialist war. Molotov reiterated the Soviet policy put forward by Litvinov at Geneva, declaring the Soviet Union is ani- mated by a firm desire for peace and prevention of new wars. He pointed out that the Soviet Union has con- sistently proposed the abolition of all armaments, and added “the policy; of struggle for peace firmly carried out by the Soviet Union finds its ex- pression in the proposals for non- aggression pacts made to a number, of countries. Only last year we finally attained real gains in connec- tion with the non-aggression pacts, although we made these proposals several years before.” Referring to the refusal of the agents. | “The imperialist nature of the Jap- | tend. conditions of the workers in all the | auto plants in this city. A special leaflet has been issued by the union, calling on the Ford workers to join | with the Briggs men in this great | battle. Meetings of the Murray Body workers and those of other plants | have been held with unusual suc- cess, and preparations for strike ac- tion are going forward full steam ahead, The misleaders of the American Federation of Labor, who at the A. of L,-eonvention three years ago} got off a lot of ballyhoo about how | they were going to organize the auto industry and then dropped it like a} hot potato, have appeared on the scene in their usual strikebreaking role. Last night they called a meet- ing, but it was a complete flop as the strikers are solid against the treacherous A. F. of L. chiefs and for the Auto Workers Union. The T. W. W. leadership also came to life and called a meeting in the strike livin, area, but the workers refused to at- ips Build Militant Union. : Y3 A The rank and file strike committee | Worker. Dreiser is a staunch friend is on the job, leading the struggle.| Of the Soviet Union and headed Recruiting for the Auto Workers| the committee of writers which in Union is meeting with real success | 1931 exposed conditions in the coal and organization is being built in the | Tesions of Pennsylvania and Ken- various departments. | tucky. He has supported the work- ‘The present strike started Monday | is Class cause on numerous fields. right after the successful conclusion of a strike at the Briggs Vernor Highway plant and the Motor Pro- ducts Corporation, and as a result of the Auto Workers Conference, held Sunday. H GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 25. With 450 workers out since last Saturday, the Hayes Body strike here continues solid. The men are’ strik- CITY EVENTS MASS MEETING ON FILIPINO INDEPED Mass meeting Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Stuyvesant Casino to present the true demands of the Filipinos on independence and analyze the so-called Philippine Idependence Bill passed by congress. Speakers: William Simons, national secretary Anti-Imperialist League; H. M. Wicks, asso- ciate editor Daily Worker; John Ballam, district secretary LL.D.; M. Publico, of Filipino Anti-Imperialist League and M. M. Abulance, organ- izer Anti-Imperialist League. ing against 40 percent reductions in the basic wage rate. A broad strike committee has been elected and mass picketing of the plant is going on daily. The management has so far refused to negotiate, but strike senti- ment is growing and the Auto Work- ers Union is gaining new members and influence among the strikers, SOUTH BROOKLYN UNEMPLOYED MARCH Marchers form at 192 President St. and 201 Bond St. at 9:30 Friday morning and proceed to Home Relief Bureau at 69 Schermerhorn St. to present demands formulated by conference of unemployed councils and block committees. » * DEMONSTRATION BEFORE FOLTIS-FISCHER TODAY | Mass demonstration before Foltis office, 530 West 27th St., at 2 pm. today, to demand reinstatement of discharged workers, withdrawal of wage cut and no discrimination. * * HACKER TO REPORT ON FIFTH LL.D. WORLD CONGRESS €arl Hacker, national organizer of the International Labor Defense, will report to an open meeting at 2 p.m., Jan. 29, at Irving Plaza Hail, on the Fifth World Congress of the ILL.D. to which he was a delegate, * * * SCOTTSBORO DEFENSE PARADE AND MEETING Scottsboro Defense Committee will lead a parade Jan. 30 from Union Sq. mass meeting at 7 p.m. to another meeting in Hennington Hall, 214 E. Second St., at 8 p.m. Richard B. Moore will speak for the committee and Carl Hacker for the LL.D. : . MASS PROTEST ON HARLEM HOSPITAL HORRORS James W. Ford and John J. Ballam will speak at St. Lukes Hall, 125 West 130th St. today, at 8 p.m. at a meeting of Negro and white workers to demand an end to discrimination and butchering of Negro patients in Harlem Hospital. * * . MOBILIZE AT CONEY ISLAND COURT TODAY Case of 11 unemployed workers arrested at Home Relief Bureau comes up in Coney Island Court, W. Eighth St., at 9 a.m., teday. Workers of Coney Island, Bath Beach, Bensonhurst and Flatbush, fill the court! CELEBRATE FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF N.T.W.LU, Celebration of Fourth Anniversary of founding of Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union, Saturday, at 8:30 p.m. in New Star Casino. All other militant unions, workers clubs and I.W.O. branches urge their members to participate. NAACP; Meet Tonight NEW YORK.—Mass pressure of the } gro people of Harlem and the | Daily Worker exposures have forced even the Negro papers, the New York | Amsterdam News and the New York Age, to denounce in large headlines yesterday the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | for its continued attempt to whitewash the Harlem Hospital charges. Albany to take place on Feb. 25, T labor will be drafted for presentation to the State Legislature. are to deal primarily with unemployment insurance and immedia anti-injunction, child labor, shorter work day and shorter work week Ww no further reduction in wages, a minimum wage scale, the maintenance of union scale of wages on all city and state jobs and on unemployment relief work, discrimination against Negro, foreign-born, women and young workers. “We urge all labor unions and organizations to elect one or two dele- gates to this state conference and bring in whatever proposals or suggestions e bills relic Theodore Deriser, generally con- | sidered Amfrica’s greatest noyelist, issues today a stirring call for immediate aid to saye the Daily | charges. In the first public meeting pro-@#——— | testing conditions in Harlem Hos- pital, tonight at 8 p.m. at St. Luke's Hall, 125 West 130th Street, between Lenox and Seventh Avenues, Negro | and white workers will demand an | end to the subjection of Negro pa- " | tients to the practices of inexper- | lenced white doctors and the dis- | crimination and segregation policy of the hospital. This meeting, called | by the League of Struggle for Negro Rights and the International Labor Defense, will demand a real investi- | gation by a committee elected by the people and doctors of Harlem at the | city’s expense. The doctors who were ousted from | the Hospital denounced the N. A.| | A. C. P. yesterday for its sly. attempt | | to stifle a real investigation of the At a banquet tonight of the North Harlem Medical Society (whose members are fighting the hospital dictatorship) it is expected that the doctors will thoroughly expose the N. A. A. C. P.’s “secret committee” which is mostly white, who have no knowl- edge of conditions in Harlem, and who are enemies of the Negro people. The Amsterdam News still tries to save the face of the N. A. A. C. P. and help the latter continue its role of betraying the Negro people. After calling for the resignation of the N. A. A. C. P. secretary, Walter White, the paper states in its editorial on the whitewash: “Otherwise, (if White does not resign—ed) the N. A. A.C. P. is bound to lose prestige among Negro masses, whose plight in America the organization was conceived to ad- ance.” The New York Age soft pedals the | exposure of the N. A. A. C. P. and | falsely states the doctors wish an) investigation by Commissioner of Hospitals Dr. J. G. William Greef, who is a Tammany politician and close friend of Wright and Conner. Only the mass pressure and de- | mands of the Negro people together with the white workers can force the | Wiping out of the horrible conditions | and discrimination, system Negroes, not only in Harlem Hospital, | but in every hospital in the city. Come to St. Luke's Hall tonight! BATTLE COPS ON | FRANKLIN AVE. Picket This Morning to Stop Evictions! NEW YORK.— After a_ terrific battle late Tuesday night when po- lice attacked the pickets on Frank- lin Ave., a new picket line hundreds strong formed again yetserday, and in spite of their being a solid wall of police across the entrance to 1392 and 1377 Franklin Ave., stopped all the eight or ten evictions scheduled. The marshall came dowa but ran off again, Rent strike signs are painted now on the windows and a sympathy | strike has broken out at 609 East | 170th =S%., where the landlord, Wiener, is a prominent member of the landlords’ association. Call in O’Brien The association met Tuesday night with 200 present, and collected a {CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) composed of outsiders, against HUNGER MARCH IN ene acn TODAY, 10 A. M.: Georgia My figh of from 18 to | think that by giving me 20 years on an old fram aoe insurrection, they will be able to stop o18 * .| all struggles of Negro and white \Mobilize at 2 Points;| workers tor bread | g —] “But they are sorely mistaken. Take Demands to the They think that When they have Home Relief Buro made up their minds that “Angelo | Herndon is gone, they will a i 4 arte ot |to catry on their old policy of NEW_YORK.—From all parts of | {0 Cary 0 ia i South Brooklyn workers will rally to- morrow at two points: 192 President St. and 201 Bond St., at 10 a. m. and rule of terror avainst the i “Thousands ‘So Take My Place” | march on the Home Relief Bureau “But there will be hundreds and | at 65 Schermerhorn St. to present five | thousands of Ang: lo Herndons to take demands. my place and carry on the s The demands were adopted at a|fight for which I now lie behind the} conference of unemployed councils} bars. and block committees held last Fri- “Fellow workers, the capitalist day. They are: $1 a day for single} system no longer provides the workers; abolition of the red tape| means that are necessary for the sysem in the Relief Bureau; removal of police from the Home Relief Bu- reau; opening of empty buildings for the homeless unemployed and no dis- crimination against Negroes, Fili- pinoes and foreign-born workers. The Bay Ridge Unemployed Coun- cil calls a special meeting at 36 57th | St. tonight and invite all single un- employed workers especially to reg- ister their cases and present their demands, which will be taken to the Home Relief Bureau with the dem- onstration Friday. (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) NEWS. FLASH CHICAGO JOBLESS DEFEND SELVES CHICAGO, Jan. 25.—Fifty police suffered reversal today when they launched a vicious attack on a mass of workers demonstrating be- fore a relief station. The demon- strators defended themselves with sticks which were used in carry ng banners. Two of the police were reported stunned by the well aimed blows of the worker Rush funds to save the “Daily.” You can’t do without it. Support the $35,000 Drive. i Ryan and Quinn Are In Attack on Jobless \Central Trades and Labor Council Leaders Ryan and Quinn of the Central Trades and Labor Council plan nothing but misery for the workers, The time has come for workers to act. Rally support in your loca! for the State Conference on Unemploy- Georgia } >| Organizations they may haye in the interests of their membership, “For the Voice of labor to be heard effectivcely, and to ward off the | attacks of the employers and their spokesmen, it is nec ot labor be united behind this conference. We must demonstrate through ary that the r | this conference that labor is united in its determination to advance its own interests. “Pass resolutions of endorsement Labor Legisiation! | Committee!” | The Organiza endorsing "the call, | few of which were also pres- Conference | all but nt at the Preliminary | which drew it up, are: American Federation of Labor Unions Carp rs Locals 66, 1164, 2717, 2090, 1292 and Local 66 of James- n; Painters Locals, 121, 499 enter Local Plumbers, 4 1: Internatio: Ladies Garment | Workers Local 9; Bric! S Local is 9. ; Stone Masons Locals 78, ational + Hod Carriers. Union, 174; Paper and Bag , 107; Bakers and Confection 507, 505; Amalgamated | Food Wor! , 164; Hotel and Res taurant Workers Union; Internation- al Moulders Union Local 84 of Buf- falo. Trade Union Unity League Industrial Unions 1 Workers Industrial Union, Workers Industrial Int jeu | Make! | ery Wozke Met Bakery | j | (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) Strike Preparations 'WinAurora Baking Co. | |Workers All Demands | NEW YORK.—The | other open shop, the Aurora Baking Co. of Long island City were or- | ganized 100 per cent within the past two days by the Bakery Workers In- dustrial Union. Tuesday they came workers of an- to the boss with their demands for | yu they were prepared to go on committee of representatives, to grant all of ik with the determined workers and union the boss was forced their demands. They gained recognition of the union and the shop committee, an | eight hour day, instead of the former |Help Tammany Cut Wages and Fire Workers | work day of ten hours; an increase | Elect your delegates! Communicate with the Union, | After a few hours conference | of the New York State Conference for Provis! 1 DEMONSTRATION TODAY AGAINST | FOLTIS LAYOFFS Unions and _ Jobless Councils Calling for Mobilization NEW YORK.—An official letter ad- representatives vising Foltis and his Oo be ready to mec j members of the Food | trial Union and laid o |the Foltis-Fisher Company |2 p.m. has been mailed to him. This |committee will demar immed- jiate reinstatement of laid off workers, the stopping of all lay-offs and no discriminati | bers of the Union Many workers’ organizations have |endorsed the demonstration which is to support this committee at the of- fice of Foltis today at 2 p. m. sharp at 530 W. 27th St. The Unemployed Councils, Needle Trades Workers In- | dustrial Union, Food Workers Unem- ployed Council, etc., have mobilized \their membership. Thousands of workers are expected to demonstrate n against mem- in support of the the workers of the Foltis Com- pany First Step in Struggle This is the first step taken by the “oltis-Fisher worker the Food Workers Industrial Un in the struggle against the lay-offs, wa’ | cuts, and discr n taking | today in this pany. The letter sent to the company | reads as follows “This is to advise you that a com- of $10 to $17 per week over the| mittee of workers, laid off by your | former wage scale of $20 to $25, mak- | company, in conjunction with a com- ing the new wage scale weekly of | mittee from the Food Workers Indus- $30 to $42, trial Union and of the Food Workers Bakery workers of unorganized | Unemployed Council, will be at your By JAMES CASEY. NEW YORK.—While John Sulli- van, President of the State Federa- tion of Labor, is helping Governor Lehman and the Legislature in Al- bany to dodge the demands for Un- employment Insurance and relief at the expense of the government and employers (as described in yesteMday's article), other leaders of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor are con- ducting considerable activity in New York City against the interests of the workers. One of these leaders is Jo- tral Trades and Labor Council. Ryan is serving the bankers in a new role through an appointment mede by Mayor O’Brien. Even be- fore he took the oath of office, O'Brien received explicit insiructions workers’ wages and decrease the city’s labor forces. Whereupon O'Brien, on moving into City Hall, at once named @ Committee of Departmental Sure/ | weeded out. seph P, Ryan, President of the Cen-| jas a member of | tee. from the bankers that he must slash} what the bankers meant by their | trenchment” |must have a hand in firing working} worker, ment Insurance and Relief, meeting in Albany Feb, 25 to 27! vey. In brief, the function of this body was to recommend dismissals and wage cuts. To membership om this committee, the mayor selected only those who enjoyed the complete } trust of Tammany Boss John F. Cur- ry and the Wall Street bankers. Ryan F.lled the Bill Boss Curry wanted to be sure that all Tammany stalwarts should be re-| tained in their high paid offices. Only the rank and filers and those cool to} the Tammany despotism were to be/ Because of these con- approved the sele the A.F.L. leader, he Survey Commit- siderations, Cu: tion of his lac When offered the appointment, this veteran AFL leader knew what was desired of him. He understood fully knew he plan. Ryan (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) “res | | shops! These gains can also be yours | if you are prepared to fight for them under the militant leadership of a real workers’ union, the Bakery Workers Industrial Union at 232 West 22nd St. | Victory Won by Dyers Strike; Wages Raised Twenty-Six Per Cent | NEW YORK.—The workers of the | Mondoza Fur Dying Co. scored a bril- liant victory which will serve to spread organization throughout the rest of the shops in the trade as a result of their last strike. | This strike was settled with a gain | of 26 per cent increase in wages, re- duction of 2 1-2 hours and 3 per cent unemployment insurance to be ad- ministered by workers. The settlement applied to every At present there are 160 workers in the shop. During the season the firm employes 300. office on Thursday, January 26th at | 2 p.m. to demand the immediate ree | instatement of these workers and the stopping of further lay-offs. “We will expect your representa- tives to be ready to receive us, Very truly yours, | “Organizer, Cafeteria Section, “Food Workers Ind. Union.” cea eae CORRECTION: Tbe Daily Worker recently referred to the “Food Work- ers Industrial Union Unemployed Council.” There is no such organi- zation. What was meant was the Food Workers Unemployed Council of Greater New York, KILL 4 IN TAX PROTEST ATHENS, Jan, 25.—A powerful demonstration of workers against the government's sales tax, during which troops fired at the demonstrators killing four and wounding. several, compelled the government to repeal the tax and order the arrest of the Mayor and councilors of Naustia for giving the order to fire, Chat