The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 3, 1933, Page 1

ANTI-WAR MARCH TOMORROW AT NOON FROM WALL AND SOUTH STREETS TO SOUTH AND WHITEHALL STREET “The only paper with guts!” writes Joe Galene, of New Daily Worker. Speed up collections and contributions, to enable the Daily to con- ark, N. J., of the tinue to lead and fight courageously the great class battles workers! Vol. X, No. 29 of the American Dail Central % (Section of the Communist So Roymiet Norker unict Party U.S.A. which is one of the Worker.” “The campaign of the Daily Worker for circulation and for sustaining funds, major tasks of the Party, is a task in which we must suc- ceed or we are not going to have a Daily EARL BROWDER, in speech at Chi- cago Shop Conference. Entered as second-clavs matter at the Post Office at EB? New York, N.Y, under the Act of March 8, 1873. MARCHTODAY TO PROTEST HITLER RULE Demonstration Starts | 8 P. M. From Meets | on 86th Street SHOW SOLIDARITY! In Germany A General | Strike Is Declared NEW YORK.—Demonstrate today against the bloody fas-| cism in Germany! Assemble} at open air meetings on 86th Street between Lexington and Third Ave., and march at § p. m. to the Hitler headquarters on 92nd St. BERLIN, Feb. 2 (By Cable.) Mass raids and searches of all workers’ organi‘at’ 1s in the big towns of Prussia were car- ried out today “y fascists and | police. | ' ee There were also many sim-| ilar raids in the mining areas. Liebknecht House, head- quarters of the Communist Party, Was occupied by armed forces. Many | arrests have taken place throughout Germany. 24-Hour General Strike in Luebeck In Luebeck a twenty-four hour general strike has developed out of the protest strikes which broke out after conflicts between Fascist and Socialist workers of the Reichsban- ner defense corps. Protest factory strikes are reported from Manheim, Constance, Stuttgart, ‘Tuebingen and in Berlin factories. Suppress Communist Papers-~and Demonstrations. . The Faseist Prussian Commissar Goering has prohibited all Commun- ist outdoor demonstrations and meet- ings and ordered close control of all indoor meetings. The police are in- structed to arrest Communist lead- ers whenever they think it neces- sary. The Rote Fahne, Communist Par- ty Central Organ, has been suppres- sed for eight days. All Communist papers in the Ruhr district (coal and steel) haye been suppressed for four weeks. The Hamburger Volkzeitung (Communist) has been confiscated by the Socialist Police President Schoen- felder. The Stuttgart Communist Arbejterzeitung has been suppressed for eight days, ‘The Socialist Lustgarten demon- stration called for Sunday here has (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) STRIKE WON ON BRYANT AVENUE Landlord Gives in on Demands NEW YORK.—The rent strike at 1045 Bryant Avenue has been won! ‘The stubborn resistance of the ten- ants to the continued brutality of the “blue coated guardians” — of fammany, and the mass picketing and flery mass demonstrations led by the Unemployed Council forced land- lord Harrison to call a halt to the militant rent that has been raging | in hig house for the past two weeks. During this time Harrison has been breaking promises right and left, and succeeded in evicting two tenants. King and Rosen, leaders of the) House Comunittee, ycported that the landlord had accepted all the con- ditions that the tenants had put befoye him. They are: 1. Recognition of the House Com- | mittee. 2. Reduction of 10 per cent in rents. 3. \No evictions of unemployed te- ints. 4, Expenses for expressage of the evicted tenants to be paid by him. This important and timely victory should serve as a concrete example of what mass struggle and organi- zation can do, especially to the striking tenants of 1484 Hoe Avenue, which house is owned by this same landlord Harrison. Evicted Tenant Beaten t Strike Continues t 2027 Monterey Ave. NEW YORK.—A tenant was beaten ‘and clubbed by the police when he ‘protested strenuously against his be-| ing evicted without notice from his apartment at 2027 Monterey Ave., the fa where a rent strike has been in progress for the past four weeks. About two hyadred workers booed the cops lustily and were chased all oyer the block but continued to come tack for more.» op A Fighting Fund for ALL Class Battles! The AUTO WORKERS STRIKE IN DETROIT gives reason enough for mass support of the DAILY WORKER. First, do not forget that the workers at the Briggs Vernon Highway plant and the Motor Products Corp. had already defeated wage cuts and only the Daily Worker had told the workers of this important fact. Then, sptirred on by the confidence gained in the vic- tory, the workers in other plants, showed determination to resist the brutal offensive of the bosses. And now a great class con- flict is taking place in Detroit—the decisive center industry—the paradise, until 1929, of the of the automobile “mass production and high wages” scheme which was supposed to “bring the millenium” to America —under capitalism. Class forces are of the Briggs Plant workers. sharply aligned around the heroic strike struggle On one side are the masses of hungry strikers, led by the Auto Workers Union, supported by the Unemployed Councils and the Communist Party On the other side are the federal government, moment by Pilkington, department of labor employers of the auto industry, Michigan state government, represented at the “conciliator,” the powerful the banks which finance them, the the Murphy government of Detroit and the camp followers of this array of reaction—the leaders of the Socialist Party, represented by Norman Thomas, who comes to Detroit to act as @ “socialist” cover for bosses’ agents like Frank X. Martel, head of the Detroit Federation of Labor. Yes, these are all on the siGe of the bosses. The ragtag and bobtail of misleaders of the I.W.W. and the Pro- lJetarian Party have also been recruited to add their mite to the task of confusing and disrupting the strike. Yes, these too! State and City Police, Department of Justice agents, spies of the Department of Labor and Immigration, gangsters from the underworld —all have been mobilized against the strike and Worker as the central organ of The Daily militant leadership! he Communist Party, is the only daily paper that replies to the enemies of the working class and their pre: Only in the Daily Worker is to be found the truth about the heroic struggles of the Detroit auto workers and the call for support of them. It is the only daily paper which exposes the lies of the enemy press NEW YORK, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1933 and its efforts to demoralize and strangle the struggles of the working class for their daily needs. It is for these reasons that the Daily Worker must in turn be sup- ported by the working class. The capable of fulfilling the tremendous demands made starvation and war driye of the bankers, bosses and their governm Daily Worker must be made more upon it by the ent and the entry of huge new battalicns of the working class into the class struggle. of these new contingents of workers, The Daily Worker is needed as never before. A whole of militant class battles is beginning. The Daily Worker has as its most urgent task the reaching working farmers and Negro masses new series The strike of the Briggs Company Auto workers, led by the Auto Workers Union and an elected Rank and File Strike Committee, is of histori i¢ importance. Previously unorgan- ized, and robbed and beaten down in every way, betrayed by the A. F. of L. leaders, these workers have revolted against further ‘They are supported by great masses of unem- There have already been as many as their starvation rates. ployed and employed workers. ge cuts in 15,000 men, women and children on the Briggs picket line There is the greatest sympathy for the strike among the Ford workers, 40,000 of whom have been locked out by Ford in an attempt to turn them against the Briggs strikers. But this sympathy is not enough. The Briggs workers and the masses now in struggie must be strengthened in order to deliver a decisive defeat to the capitalist offen- sive in its drive for a new series of wage cuts in the auto industry a steel, on the railroads. The decisive reserves of Ford workers must be won for the struggle in support of the Briggs strikers and for their own demands. The Briggs strike can and must be won. Products Corporation plants, where repeated. It can be done only by The victory in the Motor the wage cut was defeated, must be smashing the circle of strikebreaking forces which the employers and their government are trying to draw around the workers. The sell-out policy of the American Federation of Labor leaders can be carried through today only when it cannot be ex- posed by the Daily Worker and the Here is an example: press of the militant unions. Thes' bureaucrats work hand in hand with the capitalist press. In Detroit, just after the strike of the Motor Products workers had defeated a wage cut, Mr. Mahon, president of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes union, put vver another 10-cent an hour cut on his members j ‘There were 300 street car men at the mecting where this sell-out took plac We quote from a Detroit dispatch of Feb. 1 published in the Daily Worker: But hardly a man of the 300 had heard of thi jue to the fact that at that me the capitalist press n the lid shut tight on all news of the struggles in the auto industry. No such news is printed without the sanction of the Chamber of Com- merce, the Merchants and Manufacturers Association and Frank X Martel.” The “labor and socialist” cover for such vicious measures is furn- ished by the leaders of the Socialist Party and the American Federation of Labor. No working class struggle of any kind can be won in the United States today without the exposing and defeating. “socialist” and “labor” vultures who hover over every picking at the eyes of the workers as the employers, their governmen' and their police and spies attack them. . ® 2 The Daily Worker stands in the forefront of the class battles. It is the voice of the Communist Party advance guard and the weapon of the entire working class. The mass struggle against starvation wages and for the right to organize in Detroit is a decisive ning of the mass struggles of 19: in the histor and ruthless nessed. Enable the Daily Worker to ex enable it to reach the new section battle array. Enable it to establish working class that no assault of its Daily Worker to pursue the enemy class and bring their perfidies into Support every building the Daily ettack on the living Worker! of American capitalism, struggle of the American Mobilize mass financial t it marks only the begin- year of the worst crisis the period of the most sweeping standards of the ma: ever tend its already powerful influence; of the working class wheeling into itself so firmly in the ranks of the enemies can uproot it, Enable the agents in the ranks of the working the light of day. workers bs supporting and support for the $35,000 fighting fund of the Daily Worker! Tomorrow we will discuss with working class must, in its own interest, support the Dai you some further reasons why the y Worker. BEGIN TO UNITE BAKERS’ LOCALS, Rank and ‘Filers Put in, Local Office NEW YORK. — At meetings last | week of Local 509 (Manhattan and Brooklyn, but not Brownsville) of | the Bakery and Confectionary Work- | ers International Union of America. the members elected a committee of ten to go to the executive committee | of Local 505 (Brownsville) and de- mand the merging of the two locals into one. The rank and file administration of Local 505 greeted the delegates and decided to recommend to the membership meeting today the elec: tion of a committee of ten from 505 to work out the details of making one union of the two locals. The local meets at 1 p.m. at 315 Grand St. The newly elected rank and file ad- ministration of 505 is as follows: Joe Hornreich, financial secretary; Sam Friedman, recording secretary: Marous Simon, treasurer, and the following business agents: Meyer Weinstein, Alex Weiss, J. Fleigelman, Charles Sherlock and Sam Kelner. An enthusiastic installation meet- ing was held with Pribush as chair- man, where the workers faithfully promised to rally behind the admin- istration and help to carry through the fight against the proposed wage cut of the bosses. The Executive Committee is also recommending to the membership meeting Meyer Pollack as manager of the local union. LONDON, Feb. 2.—A gigantic pro- test of unemployed against the Brit- ish government's “economy policy” is Scheduled to take place in Hyde Park | Health Improving Wm. Z. Central Committee, Communist Party, U.S.A., who is definitely im- proving in his health. He was stricken by a heart attack in the beginning of September. Foster, chairman of the Cleaners and Dyers Strike in Brooklyn NEW YORK.—Members of the Cleaners, Dyers and Pressers Union declared a strike yesterday at the Prospect Dye Works, on Chauncey St., Brooklyn, ‘The workers began picketing In an- swer to the boss lockout which has lasted several days. ‘The Prospect Dye Works have a few stores oper- ating under the name “Terminal Cleaners.” The union calls upon all workers and sympathizers to help in the strike Union headquarters are at 151 Clinton St. CITY EVENTS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST IMPERIALIST WAR! American Committee for Struggle Against War calls all to mass anit- war demonstration at noon, Feb. 4, starting at South and Wall Streets, then to march to South and Whitehall Sts., where a big mass meeting will be held. For East Side, Long Island and some Brooklyn workers, the nearest lines are 2nd and 3rd Avenue Elevated lines marked “South Ferry.” Get off at Hanover Square Station, Walk east, toward East River, to South and Wall streets, Workers of west side Manhattan, also Brooklyn, take 7th Aveoue- Broadway Line to Wall Street station, walk toward East River, to South Street. Lexington Avenue subway to Wall Street station. Wall Street to South Street. B.M.T. Local line to Cortlandt Street station, Walk east along Wall Street toward East River to South Street. * . . MASS PROTEST MEETING FEB, 5 AGAINST TERROR IN JAPAN I. Amter, James W. Ford, and Fred Biedenkapp, principal speakers at mass protest mecting against wholesale arrests, torture and murder of Japanese workers’ leaders. Meeting at Manhattan Lyceum, 2 p.m., Feb. 5. Ste he ELECT DELEGATES TO LABOR DEFENDER CONFERENCE, FEB. 5 All workers’ organizations are urged to elect delegates to the “Labor Defender District Conference” on Feb. 5, 10 a.m., in Manhattan Lyceum, 66 East Fourth Street, to help devise means for enabling this revolutionary pictorial publication to continue in existence. Robert Minor, Frank Spector and William Patterson will address the Conference. DEMONSTRATE FOR RELEASE OF TOM MOONEY Mi demonstration Feb. 10 in Union Square at 5 p.m. to demand that the Mooney case be reopened on the remaining indictment when it cories before Judge Ward Feb. 11. Speakers: Ben Gold, Louis B. Scott, personal representative of Tom Mooney; and John Ballam of the LL.D., Louis Hyman, of the N.T.W.LU., and John Masso of A.F.L, Glaziers Union. . . * DEMONSTRATE AGAINST GERMAN FASCISM TODAY Mass meetings on 86th St. between Lexington and Third Aves. will organize a march on Hitler's New York headquarters on 92nd Street to- day at 8 p.m. Saturday at 8 p.m. at 243 East 84th St. Max Bedacht will speak on the German situation and tasks of the American workers at mass pro- test rally against fascism. ‘The role of marine workers in the fight against fascism will be the topic at International Seamen's Club Open Forum, 140 Broad St. at 4 pm. Sunday. Walk east down Greetings to Comrade W.Z. Foster )From the Sixteenth Plenum of the Central Committee of the CPUSA.) T THE SIXTEENTH PLENUM ot the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the U.S.A., which has just completed: its-work,-the-eb- sence of the foremost leader of the Party, Comrade Wm. Z. Foster was keenly felt. Comrade Foster's health was broken down under the strain of the election campaign in which he bore the standard of the working class as candidate for president on the Com-| munist Party ticket. Comrade Earl Browder, during the opening session, reported onthe con- dition of the health of Comrade Fos- ter and moved that the Plenum send | its greetings to him, Comrade Brow- der said: “Comrades, this is the first plen- | um of the Central Committee in many years that has not had the participation of Comrade Foster, the outstanding leader of our Party. “I am sure everybody here is very much interested in hearing of the | conditions of health of Comrade Foster. And I want to report to you in this respect, I spent the day with him just a few days ago, on Wednesday, and I was very much pleased to find that Comrade Fos- ter is definitely improving in his | health. This is the first time that we have been able to speak so posi- tively of his health since he suf- fered the first severe attack on his heart in the beginning of Septem- ber. “I think it is necessary to speak quite frankly and to tell you that Comrade Foster was in very ser- ious danger of his life, and he has had a very severe period to go thru before we could say he was on the road to recovery. It is also quite clear that for several more months Comrade Foster will have to be out of active participation in the work. But his condition is now such that his steady ee, in that direc- tion seems to quite seeuutely as- sured. “I want to propose now that this | Plenum shall send a message of | greetings to Comrade Foster ex- pressing our regret that for the first | time in many years the Central Committee has to conduct their work without his collaboration, and express our hopes for a speedy, complete recovery and his return to our midst in the practical every- day work.” The motion was adopted unan!- mously. At the close of the Plenum Comrade Foster was elected as Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, U.S.A., and Comrade Browder was elected Sec- retary, 2,000 March; Protest Brutality of Police NEW YORK.—Two thousand sing- ing, slogan-shouting demonstrators marched yesterday from Seventh St. and Avenue A to Union Square led by a band playing revolutionary marching songs. The march was in protest against police brutality in rent strikes, eviction laws and inadequate relief. From Union Square they went to Manhattan Lyceum where they were addressed by Fred Biedenkapp for the |@ group of Japanese worker: JAPANESE GROUP) CALL TO MARCH ON WALL STREET Huge Demonsration Saturday Against Imperialist War NEW YORK.—Isragl.. ter, Yames W. Ford, Fred Eris Japanese and Chinese speakers and others will address the mass meet- ing Sunday at 2 p.m. in Manhat- tan Lyceum against the arrest of 3,000 workers and peasants in Ja- pan. SN ak held this Saturday, Roosevelt Has Super War Plans Feb. 2. electi WARM SPRINGS, Ga., Industrialists, _super-power | magnates, public utility barons and} the steel trust—with the biggest Wall | | Street direction have begun” thru President-elect |to forge into one | big war unit the | the South. NEW YORK.—In response to the} Shoals is the cen- | call for a mass anti-war protest to be | tral project the American | plan and is estim- Committee for Struggle Against War| ated that there | steel Roosevelt a drive power and heavy industry ot Muscle LT * ROOSEY received the following resolution from| will be developed ‘Fellow workers: Brutal war upon workers and peasants by Ja- panese imperialism rages in North China and Manchuria, while mil- lions of Chinese and Japanese workers and peasants are in the horrible plight of death from star- vation, It is clearly being shown by the heroic leaders of Chinese and Japanese working class that this invasion is for the interests of Japanese, American and other im- perialist powers, “Thousands of Japanese soldiers, workers and peasants are sent to nese brothers, while their own peo- ple at home face starvation. “At this moment the American imperialists are maneuvering their fleet on Pacific waters in prepara- tion for a new world war. At the Same time American munitions in- terests are shipp'ng huge quantities of war supplies to Japan. “Fellow workers: Japanese work- ers, peasants and intellectuals have been struggling against war, under the brutal suppression of white ter- ror of the Emperor. Struggles are increasing all over the country; so.diers in Manchuria and in the barracks are fighting against their war lords; workers are organizing strikes in munitions factories; peasants are organizing in masses; students demonstrate against the imperial’st war. erica. American and British im- perialism are here the real powers behind the wars. All this is part of the new World War that is ap- Proaching rap'dly. “It is our duty to stop these wars, to stop the shipment of manitions to the war lords and to defend So- viet China and the Soviet Union. “Down with white terror of Ja- pan! “Down with the American imper- ialists! “Down with the Japanese imper- jalists! “Defend Soviet China! “Defend the Soviet Union!” (Signed) “New York Japanese Group of American Anti-Imperialist League.” The Youth Anti-War Conference in Harlem last night pledged full sup- port and participation in the parade and demonstration called for 12 noon Saturday at South and Wall Sts. by the American Committee for Struggle Against War. ican Youth Sports Club, Mexican Mutualista, Harlem Progressive Youth International Labor Defense; I. Am- ter, for the National Committee of Unemployed Councils; by Carl Win- ter for the Unemployed Couneils of Greater New York and by evicted | tenants, including Frank Bard, Club, Young Communist League, Por- to Rican Anti-Imperialist League, Na- tional Students League. Vets Will Be There vicemen’s League with Post No. 1 of the Bh Gees Ex-Ser-| up ets bed to its eae Room headquarters! 536, 799 { The Youth organiza-_ tions represented the Latin Amer-) ‘the Northern ports, jat 154 W. | erican Committee that | bership will participate in the anti-, “Wars are raging in Seuth Am- | between two and three million horse | Power. A whole series of power and| | nitrate and other chemical projects) jare to be developed along the Ten-| nessee River. Outlet for Birmingham Sieel There is also to be perfected the | waterway from Birmingham to Mo- bile, so that steel, coal and muni- tions from Birmingham and vicinity | can be transported quickly and cheaply to the gulf port of Mobile. This port has a big advantage over | inasmuch as it cuts off several days by the fastest | Central Sakis Chine ta Sreenpere iste Chie | boats headed for South and Centri (CONTINUED ON PAGE 3) Oil Workers, Slaves of | Rockefeller, Battle Cops; Fight Pay Cuts) PLOESTI, Rumania, Feb. : thousand oil workers battled the po- lice and military yesterday during a demonstration against the govern-| ment’s decision supporting the wage- cuts and lay-off policies of the Ro- mano-Americana Oil Co., a subsi- diary of the U. S. Standard Oil Co. | The government is mobilizing troops. notified the Am- “our men 20th St. war demonstration.” Permit for the parade and demon- stration through Wall Street has been received at the office of the Amer- ican Committee, 104 Fifth Ave. The plan for Saturday is to as- semble at South and Wall Sts. at 12 noon, march through Wall St. to Broad St. then down to Whitehall and Broad. Here the marchers head- ed by prominent intellectuals and representatives of trade unions and other organizations will be addressed by the speakers. Malcolm Cowley, chairman of the American Commit~ tee will be chairman at the meeting. (See City Events for directions). A delegation consisting of leading intellectuals and workers’ organiza- tions spokesmen will call at the Ja- panese Consulate to protest against the murderous aggression by Japan- ese imperialist forces in Jehol Prov- ince and Manchuria, assailing the Japanese war move aimed at Soviet China and the Soviet Union. The delegation will then report back to the meeting. Help Paint Signs! The Anti-Imperialist League sends out an urgent appeal to all who can help with the painting of signs for the Feb. 4th demonstration, to come Broadway, MX. 0. —Four | pio take back Shee. MEET TODAY IN DRIVE TO FREE HAITI WORKERS 8 Men, 3 Women Held in Prison by Wal | Street Empire | 5 NEW YORK.—An intensive drive for the release of 11 Negro and white | workers, among them three women, |held in jail by the Haitian govern- ment in its attempt to crush all ef- | fort to organize the Haitian work- jers, will be initiated by District, International Labor Defense, | the Anti- -Imperialist League, the League of Siruggle for Negro Rights and by the Trade Union Unity Lea- | gue with a mass protest meeting to-/| | day at 8 p.m. in St. Lukes Hall, 125 W. 130th Si James W. Ford, John Ballam and | Robert Dunn will be the main speak- jers, with E. Glassford acting as the! chairman | At least four open air meetings will| be held in Harlem previous to the main mass meeting. Frame Up Facing heavy sentences on framed | up charges, the jailing of the 11 Ne- | gro and white workers has aroused a deep indignation among cultured | and labo: States. The 11 are being held in jail in practically starving condition. Protests, demanding the immediate and unconditional release of the im- prisoned workers will be cabled to | the president of Haiti, a lackey of Wall Street, immediately after the mass tiag Friday night in St. Part of the funds raised by the |niternational Labor Defense at its | Annual Bazaar in February will be | devoted to the defense of the Haitian | workers, it was announced yesterday | by the New York District. Challenge Consul An open letter inviting Consul Vin- | cent of Haiti, brother of Stenio Vin- | cent, president of the Haitian repub- lic, to attend the meeting to be‘ held | |in St. Luke’s Hall, 125 W. 130th St., | here, tonight (Friday), has been sent | by the International Labor Defense, which, with the Anti-Imperialist League, the League of Struggle for | Negro Rights, and the TUUL, is spon- | soring the affair. The letter was sent to the consul at his office at 116 Broad St. It chal- lenges him to come to the meeting and answer the charges of the work- ers of the United States. “F & R” Mattress Co. Strike Is Won; Other Furniture Strikes on NEW YORK.—The workers of the “F, & R.” Mattress Co. after a two day strike forced the boss to with- draw the wage cut and are back at work, ‘The Model Upholstering Co. work- ers are continuing their strike. The bosses called for a conference, but the workers are soiid for a Union shop and refused to meet the bosses’ demands. At the Gluck Bros. Table Co. the bosses are sending detectives of the industrial squad to try to scare them from the picket line. Two detectives ‘raided the strike headquarters, searched eyery striker and sympa-~ thizer and told him to stay away. In spite of this the picket line is solid and the workers are determined to win the strike and force the boss the N. Y.| rganizaiicns in the Uaited| Price 3 Cents AUTO STRIKE FIRM DESPITE NEW ATTACK Call Mack Ave. Plant to Elect New Strike Committee MISLEADERS AID BOS Jailed Leader Fr Picketing Continues DETROIT, Mich., Feb. 2. With hundreds o1 police, state troopers and company detec- tives mobilized to smash their \strike, with the leaders of the | American Federation of Labor 2d; jand the Socialist Party, - jcluding Norman Thomas, ac- tively aiding the be the 10,000 workers plants € b about ten days to heroic struggle. continued t The strikers a for in- creased w ation ot | “dead time” (unpaid time), the ab | lition of piece work, of the “insu (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) VETS ATTACK BENEFIT CUTS Levin Speaks Before | Congress Body | pase | WASHINGTON, Feb Emanuel j Bevin, national chairman of the Workers’ Ex-Servicemen’s League and Jone of the leaders of the Veteran's | Central Rank and File Committee, | appeared today before the joint con- gressional committee on veterans’ |affairs and exposed the so-called | economy schemes to slash $450,01 *1000 off the appropriations for | erans’ benefits. Levin showed that this pro which is backed by Wall § of the attempt to throw tt of the crisis on the vet ‘workers, employed and u: | and the poor farmers. The reduction in veterans’ appropriations, Le | Said, will deprive tens of thousands of ex-servicemen of their disability allowances, of hospitalization and | other benefits. “State relief has been j Set aside”, Levin declared, “the vet- erans have been deprived of the right to petition and have been subjected to police terror.” nployed | Presents Demands. | Levin brought forth the following demands of the rank and file vets: 1. Not a cent off the disability al- lowances; 2. that congress authorize immediate payment of the bonus; 3. all jim-crowing to cease and Negro veterans to be admitted to all hos- pitals; 4. that the Workers Ex-Ser- vicemen’s League have a liaison of- ficer in the government Veteran's Bureau; 5. all interest charges on | money borrowed on bonus certificates to cease and the interest already de- ducted to be added to the certifi- | cates; 6. that congress adopt a reso~ | lution condemning the use of troops against the first bonus marchers, which resulted in the killing of two veterans, Hushka and Carlson; 7. the housing and feeding of all un- {employed unmarried vets at federal | government expense; 8. unemploy~ ment insurance for unempld | Levin proposed that the funds for | all this come from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, by using the | millions now being spent on war | preparations, by a sur-tax on indus- tries and an inheritance tax, Expose Enemies of Vets. Levin exposed the National Eco- nomy League, the U. S. Chamber of Commerce and the three capitalist parties, republican, democratic and socialist, as enemies of the veterans, He declared that the Veterans Na- tional Liaison Committee of Five. elected by the last bonus marchers, | would actively defend the interests of the ex-servicemen, and announced the united veterans would be in Washington and present a petition at the special session of the new congress. When Levin concluded his state- ment, he became the target for at- tacks by General Frank T. Hines, chief of the veterans’ bureau, and Senator Walsh. Protest Attacks, George D. Brady, chairman of the Veterans’ Liaison Committee and one of the leaders of the Bonus Expedi- tionary Forces, protested against this, as did another member of the Lial- son Committee, Williams, leader of the New Jersey Khaki Shirts. Wil- liams declared he spoke in the name of 6,000 New Jersey vets. ‘The committee that appeared with Levin included, besides Brady and Williams, Hasolg Hickerson and Sel-