The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 4, 1933, Page 2

VPage Two | MINNESOTA NEWS DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1933 MORE FARMERS JOIN FORECLOSURE FIGHT Struggle Spurs Work of Preparing Hunger March for Feb. 20 MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—While the State Legislature is in session and talking about relief, the farmers all ov the state are taking militant action in stopping foreclosures on their mortgaged property. The mil- nt policies formulated at the Washington National Relief Confer- ence and by the United Farmers League has sunk roots and are car- vied out by the farmers themselves. On Saturday, Jan. 28, five sales ere stopped by farmers in West- n Minnesota. At Madison, Minn., EXPECT 250 AT ST. PAUL PARLEY Union Locals Naming Delegates MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—The com- ing State Relief March to the State Legislature at St. Paul on Feb. 20 is finding a great response. Last week the Carpenters Local Union 7 elected 10 delegates to the State Re- lief Conference and March. The Painters Local Union elected 5 dele- gates. Delegates are elected on the basis of 1 for every 50 members. The State Relief Committee reports that a minimum of 250 delegates will come to St. Paul. All workers and farmers organizations are urged to elect their delegates at once. Send in the names and addresses of dele- gates to the State Relief Committee, 184 W. 7th Sreet, St. Paul, Minn. Workers Block New Forced Labor Law in Rochester, Minn. | ROCHESTER, Minn. — The City| Council was forced to postpone adop- tion of a new vagrancy the unemployed work large numbers and protes' it. vide that any one refusing to ac- cept any kind of work offered by the relief department would be dropped from relief and declared a vagrant. The ordinance does not provide anything about wages. It would en- able the relief department to send workers for 50 cents a day or just for their groceries to any kind of a job. The Unemployed Council is gathering large numbers to come again on Feb. 6 and stop it dgain if the City Council attempts to put it through. in came Ross Organization Is Planning NewAttacks | Against Fla. Workers JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Feb. 2.— New and more vicious attacks on the workers of Florida and the Southern generally were definitely fore- jowed in the call for an anti- ing class conference issued by the so-called Southern Vigilant In- telligence Association, Inc. Following on the Herndon convic- tion and brutal attacks on the to- bacco workers of Tampa, the sche- duled program of the bosses’ associa- tion for a ‘fight against the Commu- nist movement in the Southern States,” is not only indication of the growth of the Communist Party and the militant unions, but is, at the same time a serious warning to the workers of the entire country to rally in support of the toilers thruout the South. Build a workers correspondence group in your factory, shop or neighborhood. Send regular letters to the Daily Worker. Workers Calendar CONNECTICUT Bridgeport SOVIET FILM “Sniper” will be shown for one afternoon only on Sunday, Peb. Sth from 1:30 to 5 p.m. at Capital Theatre, 435 E. Main St. Adm. 25c; 10c to children. DELAWRAE Wilmington OPEN FORUM held by Unem| cil at 601 Tatnall St., Sun’ p.m. Subject: “Why r ment and Starvation’ NEW JERSEY Jersey City ““PBCHNOCRACY AND COMMUNISM will be the topic discussed at a symposium of the Youth Branch of the t. W. O. this coming Friday, Meb. 3, at 638 Newark Ave. at 8 p.m. Newark 4 WORKERS FORUM Sunday 3 p.m. at 1WO Hall, 347 Springfield Ave., below Bergen Topic: “Building Classless Society in the Soviet Union.” Speaker: Comrade Patter- son. sie ie onto ? Canton DAILY WORKER DANCE at Bondi Hall, 1208 Belden Ave., N.E., Saturday, Feb. 4th at 7:30 p.m. Admission’ 16c, Good music. EN FORUM on “Scrip System’ Sun- day, Feb. Sth at 2:30 p.m. at 1101 B. Tusc. Sunday night Young Pioneer Tea Party same address, 7:30 p.m. Good program. PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia WEMLCOME BANQUET to recently released lass wat prisoners at Girard Manor Hall, 911 W. Girard Ave., at 8 p.m. Concert pro- gram, oriental dinner, prominent speakers. Admission 35 cents.” NEW JERSEY Jersey City OPEN FORUM at IWO Center, 638 New- ark Ave. Sunday, 3 p.m. Topic: “Will Prosperity Return?” All invited. Sunday morning at 11 a.m. class in Pundamentals of Communism at above address. ee} RHODE ISLAND Providence OPEN FORUM Sunday, Feb. 5th at 8 p.m. at ACA Hall, 1755 Westminster St. Topic “Second Five-Year Plan.” Speaker: I, La a . . PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia APPAIR given by Unit 104 for benefit of Daily Worker Sunday, Feb, Sth at 8 p.m. ne A828, Btn St, hes } law when | ed against | The new ordinance would pro- | -| class news) over 3,000 farmers ie from all over the county and forced the sheriff to stop the sale. The same farmers then moved to Montevideo and some to Benson and stopped sales there. On Monday, Jan. 30, about 1,500 farmers and unemployed workers protested the foreclosure of the farm of A. Leppanen at the Duluth Court Hou Here, however, the sheriff tricked the people. While he was talking to the committee, a deputy foreclosed on the farm and turned it over to the Federal Land Bank Leppanen has a family of 11. demonstrators, when they found out about the treachery, pledged that | they will resist the eviction of Lep- | panen. | On the same day hundreds of |farmers gathered to stop the fore- | closure of a farmer's home at Glen- coe, Minn. Farmers from Wright County mobilized and came to Glen- coe to help the farmers there in stopping the sale. ures has given added impetus to the | preparation for the Minnesota Work- ers and Farmers Relief March to the State Capitol on Feb. 20. Hun- dreds of delegates from the unem- ployed workers in cities and from the farmers will gather and present their relief program to the State Legislature. Meanwhile Governor Olson, Farmer-Laborite, elected on the promise that he will provide re- lief, so far has done nothing to stop the sale of the farmers’ homes. ‘6,000 TOILERS OF | Workers in Militant Anti-War Action | MONTEVIDEO, Feb. 3. (By Ca- | ble).—Thousands of workers and revolutionary peasants, inclading Comrade Rabinez, gencral secretary of the Communist Party of Peru, and 13 members of its Central Com- mittee who are brutally tortured in the prisons of Sanchez Cerro, have declared a mass hunger strike in protest against the barborouS treatment. The Anti-Imperialist League calls upon all workers’ organizations to send telegrams and air-mail letters to the Peruvian legation in Wash- ington, to the Consulate in New York, 21 West Street, as well as cables directly to Sanchez Cerro, Lima, Peru, demanding the imme- diate release of the hunger strikers and all political prisoners. ies be | | PANAMA, Feb. 2.—Authentic | formation of a wholesale {of Peruvian workers #emonstrating last Tuesday in the Peruvian cap- ital, Lima, against the war between Colombia and Peru, was here which eluded the lance of the Peruvian military tensorship. The demonstration, involving 6,000 workers, was murderously at- tacked by the troops and police of the government, who let loose a hail of machine gun bullets into the crowd of men, «omen and chil- dren. Many were killed outright and hundreds wounded, some fa- tally. In the regular dispatches from Lima telling of the demon- stration, all news of the vicious murder of workers by the govern- ment was deleted by the military in- censorship. In the face of this murderous at- tack, the workers displayed the greatest heroism and engaged in lice and military. The demonstrators carried banners demanding a halt to the govern- ment’s preparation for the resump- tion of hostilities with Colombia, and demanding the release of 110 polit- ical prisoners arrested in previous anti-war demonstrations. They de- manded the right of free speech and assembly and the lifting of the gov- ernment’s ban against Communist and other revolutionary working- ners. The government, which has sup- pressed the Communist organizations and the “Apra” Revolutionary Alliance) is now carry ing out a vicious attack on the prep- arations of the toiling masses to send delegates to the South American 28 in Montevideo, Uruguay. Defense Meeting for Leaders of Jobless DENVER, Colo., Feb, 2—A mass protest meeting was held on Wed- nesday evening Jan. 25th under aus- pices of the LL.D. at Howe Hall. The meeting protested the recent arrest and conviction of Chas. Guynn and Harry Cohen who are active in or- ganizing Unemployed Councils in Colorado and who worked very hard to make the recent Hunger March on the State Capitol a success. Resolutions of protest were sent to the Judge and to the Governor of Ga. in regard to the conviction of Hern- don the Negro organizer who was given 18 to 20 years. The meeting elected a Committee of 5 to visit unions and other organ- izations to pass resolutions to the ney’s release. “@elve pew members joined the I. L. D. at vhe meeting. Branches of the I.L.D. will be organized in Colo- rado Springs, Pucblo and Boulder at an early date. This is the result of the recent Hunger March on the Sfrte Capitol The | The struggle against the foreclos- | PERU FIRED ON massacre | received | today in private dispatches} numerous fierce clashes with the po-| (American Popular | Anti-War Congress to convene Fcb.} Denver Workers Hold Governor of California urging Moo- | “RELIEF” KILLS 3 IN ST. PAUL |Meet Death on Forced Labor Job ST. PAUL, Minn.—On Friday, dan. 27, three unemployed workers, work- ing in the gravel pit at South St. Paul, were killed through a cave-in. They were working on a “made work” for which they get relief only. The three men were hauling gravel with wheelbarrows. The city government of South St, Paul, controlled entirely by the pack- ing companies, has adopted the sys- tem of relief work. In order to make enough work they went back to methods used 20 years ago. Instead of hauling gr trucks, they make workers haul in wheel- barrows. The Unemployed Council, follow- ing the death of these workers, held a protest meeting in South St. Paul to mobilize the masses of employed and unemployed in the struggle against forced labor. St. Paul Cops Attack Dance in Attempt we | it ST. PAUL, Minn.—The Unemploy- ed Council Hall, where workers have been arranging affairs regularly, was closed last Sunday night, and two rs arrested. The reason given y the police and the Mayor's sec- that there were “too any colors. The Unemployed Council Hall at 184 W. 7th St., has proved to be a g place of all workers: Ne- white, Filipino, and Mexican. They all struggle for reiief together, and they all come together on Sun- y nights for entertainment. There was no trouble at all; not. even an excuse. When the comrades |in charge were told to close the hall jon account of “too many colors,” | they refused, and were arrested. The | | charge has been changed to operat- ing a hall without a license. WIN WATER IN JAMESTOWN, NY. | Unemployed Council Forces Action | (By A Worker Correspondent) | JAMESTOWN, N. Y.—The Unem- | ployed Council of Jamestown had the | case of Margaret Vine, 316 Allen St., who was without water for three months. During this time she made several individual attempts to have the water turned on, but without success. Then she appealed to the | Unemployed Council. A meeting of neighbors was called. | After the discussion, Margaret Vine | elected chairman. A talk on Committees and the U Council was given. A dec ans of handling the case was arrived at. One from the Council and two from the Block were ted to take the case before the | Welfare Board. Margaret Vine argued that from a point of sanitation and alth she could not be without er. Mr. Johnson, Public Welfare Director, refused to act. | | The Block Committee then took this case to the Mayor and City Council and demanded that this water be turned on. considerable discussion by the City Council, one councilman made a | motion that the case be investigated by the Board of Public Utilities with a recommendation that the water be | turned on, This was done the next | day. This case clearly shows the result of collective acti | | | = | Finally after Raise Tax Burden on OLD FORGE, Pa.—The local boss- es, with the aid of the politicians, are introducing new taxes to the small home owners. Together with the old burden, these small home owners are driven crazy. At present the mill workers are being laid off | right and left sole supporters | of their families lost their jobs, and now they must depend on the lousy relief wh bosses give out of a $5 | @ month in grocery checks, and a bag | of flour of the cheapest grade, —S. M. | Youngstown Workers Fight Fascist Terror YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio.—Five Hun- dred workers took part in a mass | eeting protesting fascist terror in | Italy and demanding ireedom for the | Political prisoners in that country. | The meeting took place on Watt and | Federal Sts., last week. | After the meeting, over a hundred | workers marched through the down- | town streets, shouting “Down with Mussolini.” At the Italian vice-con- | sulate a committee was sent to pre- | sent the freedom resolution to Mus- solini’s representative here. The | Vice-Council refused to accept the resolution, but the workers are go- ing on with the struggle for the cou- rageous fight against fascism. DEMAND WAR DEBT BARGAINING WASHINGTON, Feb, 2.—British rejection of Wall Street's demands for trade and other concessions in ex- change for any reduction in the war debts were met by fierce attacks on cratic and republican leaders in Con- | gress yesterday, Senator Reed made | the outstanding plea for U. 8, im- perialism. to Divide Workers) Small Home Owners, the British Government by demo- | SO. BEND, IND. Intimidate Fighters for Jobless Aid | whole city is an armed camp after | the huge unemployed demonstration | other armed thugs, Militia, brought | here from Indianapolis, patrol the streets in an effort to intimidate the workers, although there has been no official declaration of martial law. One hundred special deputies have been sworn in. Patrols of cars, filled with police and detectives roar thru working class sections, intimidating and driving into the houses men, women and children. Thousands that could be used fcr feeding the hungry and furnishing shelter and fuel to the freezing and homeless, are being spent to pay these thugs. Such is the answer of the city and the gov- ernment to the demands for relief. Fears Mass Demonstrations. The demonstration that threw fear against the basket plan and a 50 per cent relief cut. More than 10,000 workers turned out--by far the big- gest and most impressive demonstra- tion ever held here. Twenty-eight workers were arrested and a few re- leased after a few hours. The others are being held on a total of $80.000 | bonds. The prosecutor has called a special grand jury to convene next Monday. The jury is composed of four prosperous farmers and two rich business men. Twenty-one workers are charged with inciting to riot and if convicted face prison terms up to 20 months in jail, Governor McNutt, former national commander of the American Legion, is embarking on a vicious anti-work- ing class campaign and is the one who personally directed the 160 mi- litiamen to proceed here to terrorize the workers. uist of Arrested Workers. The following are the workers ar- | rested who will be defended by the International Labor Defense. Bricklayers’ Chairman Thuroly Exposed As Enemy of Unemployed NEW YORK.—Last week the chair- man of Bricklayers Union Local No. 9, reported about the Conference held at Irving Plaza last Sunday, for the purpose of developing united action for Unemployment Insurance, relief and labor legislation. The chairman did all the talking, and said that the conference was controlled by Communists and he, therefore objects to affiliate with it or making any contributions. He stated, further, that it is against the constitution of the B. M. P. I. U., to participate in such a | movement. The rest of the officials, a selection of liberals and “progres- sive” fakers upheld the chairman. /But the members of the rank-and- | fle put forward a motion to send a delegation to Albany and also to con- tribute $5. Despite their clear ex- planation that the delegates to the Conference were direct representa- tives of the A. F. of L., locals, and despite the fact that the chairman of the conference was a socialist, the chairman of the local overruled the motion and did not put it to a vote. | For a long time some members of | the opposition in the loeal have had some illusions about such elements as this chairman, who has been newly elected. He is styled as an “ex-lib- eral,” and here is his splendid ser- vice to the A. F, of L. bureaucrats. Plenty of Unemployment. very bad—they are practically 85 to 90 per cent unemployed. Any good resolution for action during the lasi three years has continuously failed, mostly due to the sabotage of the | International Union. As a result of that the bricklayers lost hope in the union and participate very little or not at all for the purpose of forcing any action from the officials in favor of the rank and file. Just recently the International of- fice of the union in Washington is- sued a mandatory order saying that the members who can’t pay dues shall sign a waiver giving up their rights to get from the I. U. any moxtuary | benefit and old age and sick benefit (which they don’t get now anyhow.) | This is necessary to hold on to the | treasury, in order that the “hard working” officials can be kept on a | salary of $10,000 a year. But the resentment of the rank and file breaks out at times, as for ex- ample at a meeting a few weeks ago when a number of bricklayers in Local 34 spoke on the floor against sending any more money to the In- ternational in Washington, 8 Denorted Workers, On Way to US.S.R., Send Their Greetings | NEW YORK.—Greetings to the International Labor Defense, and | recognition of the struggle of the workers of the United States in pre- venting the Department of Labor from murdering them by deporting them to fascist Japan, are contained in a letter feceived from the eight Japanese Long Beach prisoners, written from Berlin on their way to the Soviet Union. . The Los Angeles district of the I. L. D. led a mass protest of the workers to obtain voluntary depart- ure for the eight Japanese prisor¢rs, who were arrested in the Long Beach raid of January, 1932. The letter reads, in part: “Dear Comrades: “We arived in Berlin safely on Jan, 6. We are now at the hotel und everything well taken care of by the International Red Aid, “We are expect’ng to leave to- morrow for Moscow, U.S.8.R. “We wish to thank you for what you have done for us and revolu- | tionary greeting. We promise to be better revolutionists in the U.S. S. R. “Comradely yours, onan 7 OTHERS.” SOUTH BEND, Ind., Feb. 2,—The} that was smashed by the police and| into the local bosses and bankers was | The situation of the bricklayers is/ | CLEVELAND, Ohio.—Exposure of} Newton D. Baker as an unprincipled demagogue foliows upon his public defense of the drastic Ohio criminal) syndicalism law, M. Herbert Wolf, |@ local attorney, exposed Baker in aj letter to the press. “Baker's present position does not} surprise me, because T have seen Mr. | Baker turn some fancy somersaults,” | | wrote Wolf. He once told me and | other young men at the Goodrich} House that he was a Socialist, a practical Socialist he called himself, jexplaining that he nominally be- |longed to the Democratic Party be- cause “he wished to do something | immediately 2 | “Since that time Mr. Baker has performed many other stunning |feats. He once publicly resigned | from the Chamber of Commerce,) only shortly thereafter to come back | to it as its president. He left a | canvas-back-duck dinner, in which he was the principal speaker de- nouncing the savagery of war, to rush to Mr. Wilson’s cabinet, as sec- retary of war.” \REPUDIATE STEEL COMPANY ATTACK’ 'The Old Frame-Up on! Bombing Exposed YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Feb. 1— The attempt on the part of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Com- pany and the local newspapers to | place responsibility for Saturday's | bombing of the home of A. W. Smith, General Manager of the Company, | on “radical labor,” was condemned and refuted through official state- ment issued by the Communist} Party. The statement brands these man- uevers as a direct attempt to disrupt) the demonstration and parade of steel workers scheduled for today at Watt and Federal Streets and called by the, Steel and Metal Workers In- dustrial Union as the beginning of the campaign against the 3rd gen- eral wage cut in the steel industry. Brand Provocation, Pointing out that the unwarranted} reference to “radical labor” is noth- ing else but an attack on the Union and the Communist Party, the state- ment makes pointed reference to the bomb-explosion frame-up of Mooney and Billings, and states: “This bomb- ing may be the work of police spies j Who will not stop at muider to in- stigate reaction against organized labor.” The statement emphatically de-| clares that methods of individual ter- | ror have nothing in common with the | methods of struggles led by the Com- munist Party or the militant unions. Office Workers Union | Organized in Phila. —- i PHILADELPHIA, Pa—The organi-| zation of the “white collar” workers | in Philadelphia has begun with the | organization of the Office Workers | Union, headquarters at 717 Walnut | Street, Room 300. i The union will take into its ranks bookkeepers, accountants, typists, stenographers, switchboard, telephone and telegraph operators, department store clerks and all other failing un- der this category. Registration is con- ducted between 1 p. m. and 8.30 p. m. week-days and 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. Saturdays. ~ jweek, a drop of $70.23. | are ‘Phila. School Begins ENDANGERS TROOPS PATROL | “Practical Socialist” F' ATLURE TO INCREASE PACE | ‘DAILY” DRIVE; WEST, MID-WEST INACTIVE New York, I. W. O. Make Up Bulk of Thursday’s Contributions; Other Districts’ Total for Day Is Only $3 1.20 The total donations to the Daily Cleveland and Detroit should be (but| mediately get down to work. Throws Worker Drive for $35,000 during the| half-week from Monday to Thurs- day inclusive, instead of rising sharp- ly in response to the needs of the) paper, did not even manage to keep| pace with the previous half-week’s to- tal. Only $934.45 came in, compared with $1,004.62 for the preceeding half- And after} y three weeks of the drive, only per cent of the $35,000 that is needed has been raised. With the coming to life of the Chicago District, which raised its per| centage from .7 per cent to 4.1 per} cent during the past four days and which is now promising much within the next few weeks, the most serious failure so far can be attributed to the West Coast—Districts 12 (Seattle) and 13 (California), each of these important districts, where many struggles are taking place, have bare- ly managed to raise about one per cent of their quota. Continued in- activity In these two important dis- tricts will be a serious impediment’ to the successful completion of the drive. Of equal importance to the drive the parts that Philadelphia, Spring Term Feb. 9 PHILEDELPHIA, Pa.—The spring term of the Philadelphia Workers’ | School will begin on Feb. 9th, with | additional courses and instructors added to the present curriculum, i Complete information and registra- tion can be secured at the school headquarters at 219 South Fifth St. It wlil be possible to enroil for two classes at the cost of $1.50 for the term. The charge for one class is $1. Special consideration will be given organizations wishing to send mem- bers to school who cannot pay the full tuition. Hamilton, Mont., Meet Backs Hunger March’ HAMILTON, Mont.—The Montana | Hunger March to Helena was the topic at a meeting of workers in ‘the Court House here. The entire subject of unemployment insurance was raised, as well as the revolutionary { movement, and great enthusiasm was | shown. The meeting sent a telegram to the governor of Montana demanding that the program of the Montana Hunger Marchers be acted on at once. Also an automobile full of spuds was sent to Butte for the relief of comrades who are discriminated against. Worker Correspondent. Over 900 at Toledo Lenin Memorial Meet TOLEDO, O.—Over 900 workers at- tended the Lenin Memorial Meeting held here at the Coliseum, The pro- gram included a news reel of the Soviet Union, and the Y.C.L. put on a good proletarian sketch. I. O, Ford gave a forceful and interesting talk.| ADVANCES IN SOVIET INDUSTRY A new mowing machine, cutting a swath 33 feet wide has been built by the Moscow Experimental Ma- chine Shop; it is designed particu- larly for big state farms. The ma- chine, coupled to a tractor, cam cut 12 acres of grass per hour, A transformer weighing 53 tons, the largest of its kind in the world, has just been installed in the Ferrous Alloys Department of the Dnieper- petrovsk metallurgical plant. The transformer will be used to step down the power supplied from the Dnieper dam to Electric Furnace No. 2. When completed, the department will have six such transformers. International notes Chancellor von Schcleicher.” fiho TAMPA, Fla. — What a Plorida chain gang in its mildest form is like Was described here by Armando Lopez, militant worker who was re- cently sentenced to 26 days, but re- leased on $100 bond pending appeal after serving five days. Lopes was arrested on the same charge as Ho- mer Barton, organizer of the unem- ployed — “being a Communist and found in Tampa.” The International Labor Defense is appealing both these cases, which are under an unconstitutional “buck- shot” ordinance. Hearing on the ap- peal of Lopez will probably be around the latter part of Feb:uary. Barton, released on a writ of habeas corpus pending the appeal. was immediately rearrested by county and immisra- tion authorities. “I was taken to the city stock- ade,” Lopez said, describing his ex- perience, “There my clothes were taken from me, and I was given over- alis with prison stamps all over them. I was taken to the cremaicry, where they burn all the garbage and dead animals from the city. Lecked Chains On Legs “They put me with a crew of five Negro prisoners, because they thought that would be an insult. Of course, it wasn't, since what we are fighting for down here, and this is what is considered our greatest “crime,” is for the unity of Negro and white workers in the struggle against starvation and terror, and for FLORIDA CHAIN GANG Tortures Described by Armando Lopez, Milit-| , ant Worker the national liberation of the Negro people. ‘They locked chains on my legs, which did not come off at any time during the five days I was held, mp, the ashes were and filled our nos- Every thine we spit, it was like spitting black mud. ‘Threatoned With Shot-Gun “A guerd stood over us with a sawed-off shot-gun, Every time we stopped to wipe the sweat and ashes off oir facss, he yelled at us. “I won't stand for any of that.” he said, “You're supposed to work like mules, and I’m here to see you do it.” He threatened us with his gun. Our bands were broken and bloody from the heat and dirt getting into the cracks and blisters. “What they gave us for food I cen’t describe. I don't know what it was, but I do know a pig would refuse it. “The detective who testified against me was Andres L. Lopez, who is call- ed ‘Pigeon’ by everyone in Tampa, I se he is such a notorious stool. The only true things he said in court was that I spread literature and niade collections for the defense of the Tampa prisoners. In everything else, he lied. He said he knew me for eight years, which he did not, and that T never had worked a day —tinother lie, of course. j Small. “We have to fight hard, and get help in this fight from all over the country, to smash this new law. or cise we will have every militant worker in jail here.” ‘ are NOT) playing. Detroit, because of an early start, leads these three The Bosses’ “Peace” The three gentlemen pictured above (B'g Banker, Army and Boss Press) their mouths dribbling with smiles and “peace” proposals, will be laughing out of the other sides of their faces. one of these days. The workers, guided by the Daily Worker, will shove the big guns, now aimed at the working class and its fatherland, the Sovet Union, down their own throats! Speed funds to keep the Daily Worker going! delinquent districts with 9.5 per cent Philadelphia has only 5.7 per cent and Cleveland 4.2 per cent, all alarmingly No efforts should be spared in every district, and especially in the ones mentioned above, to speed up the drive! Success depends on your efforts, and your efforts alone! To delay in getting down to work might be disastrous. Contribute, ' collect, arrange affairs? Get on the job, Now! sense Reo'd in past halt week Percentage of we Total to date 1—Bosion_ _ $ 3.00 oN. Y, 507.52 3—Phila, 4—Baffalo 5—Pittsbargh 6—Cleveland T—Detroit &—Chicago 9—Minn, 10—Kansas City N—N, D. & 8. D. 12—Senttle 13—Callt, 14—New Jersey 15—Conn, 16—N. €. & 8. © W7—Ala. & Fla. 18—Mitwaukee 19—Colo. LW. 0 150 299.04 — 8000 8717.66 38250 * Thirteen districts and 19 branches of the International Workers Order contributed in raising $417.06 on Thursday, as compared with only $220.12 the day before. But the mea- greness of national returns can be seen inthe fact that, outside of New York, which raised $234.56, and the 1.W.O., which donated $151.30, all the other districts put together contribute a mere $31.20! Six districts again failed to come through: Detroit, the Dakotas, Cal- ifornia, Seattle, Connecticut and Col- orado. Colorado has yet to send in a cent. Doesn’t the “Daily” mean anything to the workers of Colorado. The districts which have failed to hit their stride up to now should im- Try to Cut Pay on Scandinavian Ships Rank and File Fight on Sell-Out Urged Conditions on ships of all Scandi- navian countries are very bad. The reformist (reactionary) leaders of the old unions have been urging the seamen to accept all sorts of attacks on their wages and working condi- tions The Manning scale has been reduced to about half of what it was formerly. The latest assault on the wages was the proposal endorsed by the old line leaders of the Norwegian Sailors Un- ion, that the crew sign on for half the profits of the voyage. They ac- tually sent one crew out on these terms and the crew aimost dicd of starvatior during the trip. Later it was proposed to give them 50 crowns a month plus a percent- age of the profits of the voyase, al- ter other costs had been pald. The shipowners, the Norwegian Consul and the “reformist” labor leaders united to force these conditions down the throats of a Norwegian crew ii) Hamburg. Defeat Profit Slavery. The men refused. The labor lead- ers threatened to bring a crew from Oslo if they didn’t accept. The In- ternational Seamen's Club in Oxlo led the protest against against t! form of profit slavery and won the fight. The “labor leaders” explained that they wanted to find out what profits the companies made. A sell-out by union officials ts ex- pected to be tried in all the Scandi- navian countries when the seamen’s agrenments run out. Seamen belong- ing to the International Seamen's Clu‘ss are trying to organize the rank and file, through the Copenhagen Conference, to presont a solid united front of all Seendinayian seamen. The shipowners have served notice of their abandonment of tho pfestnt agreement. Plan to Support Strike, The International of Ssamen and Harbot Workers culls on the Scan- dinavian seamen to support the in- ternational program of three watehes, full crews, full longshore gangs, and no wage Cuts. BL SSae bb Sohh |ing the burden of the drive on two | or three districts can result in noth- | ing but failure, even if the burdened districts manage to stagger through. | What is needed more than anything else is widespread national activity, on district, section and unit scale. Arrange parties, scour your city or town with collection lists! Now is the time to raise and rush funds to the Daily, by wire, air mail and reg- ular mail! oe Amount reeeived Thursday Previously received Total to date $8717. THURSDAY'S CONTRIBUTIONS: DISTRICT 1 DISTRICT 2 Coll, by D Lawrence: | 1 Selligman D Cassetti .25| Com, Moseowitr 1 D Lawrence Coll, by Workers Bethe Deyamy School: S Dievo Pal Holmet A Gustram P Adelman H Preanosi Betty Erlich | F Alhonnosi A Eélteh MH Farnen F Adams U_ Niemi F Hopper Ocll, by Unit 9, Section 1: K Keesler TOTAL, $3.00| Betcer 45) M Raesow L Henmen Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous F Hellman Paminer Finthash Wikrs. Hipzen ciwb 1.27] Anonymous E |B Chester 2.00] Coll, by Middle Bx. Woltes Pawitz 1.00] Wks Club: FED Schmerter 10.00] N Poth 1.00 Coll. at Camp M Lanper 350 Nitgedatget 24.00] 5 1.09 Worker: in shop of 1.00 Coop. Bronx 130.85 1.00 Hinstole Worker Col. by Jerome leh 10.00] Wkrs Chrb: Tinkt 9, See. 5 Ineo S Lieberjohn 1. Reohtschaffer Prown Anonymous Holler © Shate Ro Tnein Nut-tkay District Speakers Class 1 sonymous Clase in Potiient Fennomy (Tt dey) | Yet Rronx 14 City Comm. Jewish H Smith 1, Lilienthal J Lilenthet © Kanaciak Zimmerman T Flanenbaum Wkrs Ciuh 5.15 Cell, by Unit 9, TOTAL $294. Sectinn 5 TH to date $2427. STRICT Esthonicn ‘krs man Club. Phila. 2.00) A Friend 2. Proceeds from House Prrty <ent | TOTAT, 311.28 in by F fell- TH to date S4L3t DISTRICT ¢ L Walton Tots! to date DISTRICT 5 nian Workers Association . E. Club of Yukon, Pa ‘Total Total to date WISTRICT 6 Cel. by John White: | 6 Gayrilukt Ins 10) Mastron M Chepla -19| 1 Zammanino 10} John Bolok 25) Mrs, Laurich .05| Anthony M, 3s 105 .05| N A Colich 05 c 10] TOTAL 83.50 Coll. by J Samueley:' TH to date $34.72 DISTRICT 8 John W. Ross M Kemp G. B. TOTAL Total to date DISTRICT 9 A Comrade J Jaglowski TOTAL Tots! to date DISTRICT 19 Fred Gostin Tots! to date DISTRICT 14 J Manero HK TOTAL Total to date DISTRICT 16 EM Theinert ‘Totel to date DISTRICT 17 Wm Garber Anonymous TOTAL Total to date DISTRICT 18 Unit 12 Unit 18 TOTAL Total to Aote LW.O. BRANCHES grey, tex Ee 12.40 42:30] 49 8.00 3.50 4.50 3.50) or 20.90 8.0] be 11.50 6.00| 261—Chicago 4.00 i LeReading 8.00 x on: cy 426, oe 10.55| TOTAL $151.20 6.50) TH to date $200.04 The donetions of the following have heen accounted for in the totals for District 2, bit through an oversight in the office thelr names were not pube lishe: Cor A. Roth 0 See, 3 TA. Schwarte 25 1. Pleech 1.00) A, Hovitz 10 Sima Schachter | Jack Jackson Shing Shachter Rose Mars Max Mavthaom Mriam Smith M. Goldbers Helen Ranin Chas, Mir, Schwarts, Joseph Daniel 30 28 Virst Time in Bridgeport! AMINO SUNDAY, FEBRUARY & CAPITOL, 435 E. MAIN 8T! Admission 25¢ DETROIT Organizations should not any affairs on MARCH On this date there will be the INTERNATIONAL PRESS CONCERT in ORCHESTRA HALL Remember the Date: MAR@H 12TH The ‘Place ? ORCHESTRA HALL