The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 4, 1933, Page 3

el International Notes By ROBERT HAMILTON RED VICTORY IN MUNITIONS PLANT. ESSEN, Jan. 3 (By Mail). —The shop council elections in the Ruhr- Chemie plant in Holten, near Gelsen- kKirchen, a very important chemical | warfare factory, resulted in a clear cut victory for the unity opposition, which obtained an absolute majority of the votes cast. The red list rose from 169 to 241 votes, while the reformist Socialists dropped from 159 to 124; the Nazis Were third with 114 votes. This elec- Uon victory is another sign that the Communists are getting the import- ant factory workers behind them; the industrial proletariat still is the key to the control of Germany. DEMOCRATIC BRITAIN Great Britain has always been pointed to with pride by Liberals and Socialists as the classic land of de- mocracy and freedom of speech. How often have we heard Hyde Park cited as the place “where }.u can say anything and get awey vith it.” Well, times have cheuged. With the progressive decay of capitalism in England, this vaunted liberal demo- cracy has gone overboard. Workers are sentenced to years in jail in Bel- fast, Birkenhead and Glasgow for Jeading unemployed demonstrations, and now—most reactionary touch of all—a mossbound, obsolete statute enacted in 1361 in the reign of Ed- ward III, nearly 600 years ago, is al on to put revolutionary leaders in jail. Tom Mann Llewellyn, and Kate Duncan are not charged with com- mitting any crime—even ageinst ca- pitalist laws—but they must be gotten out of the way. How does democratic British justice do it? By sentencing them under this 1361 law for “pre- sumpion of the likelihood that they will disturb the peace.” In other words, the very fact that you are a Communist is proof that “you will disturb the peace if unmoiested” and into jail you go. Another capitalist legend of liberal- ism smashed. As the crisis intensifies all the trappings of democracy go into the discard, and the naked fist of class rule becomes undisguised. 7,000 BOLIVIANS KILLED IN 13 DAYS Chile, Argentine 14 Ultimatum to Bolivia BULLETIN The frightful carnage in the Gran Chaco war has taken a toll of between 6,000 and 7,000 Bolivians during the past 13 days alone, ac- cording to figures released yester- day by the Paraguayan government, The government is silent on the number of Paraguayan soldiers killed, but it is known these have been almost as great as the Boli- vian losses. — Behind a smoke-screen of “peace” discussions and proposals, the gov- ernments of Chile and Argentine yes- terday delivered a virtual ultimatum to Bolivia, intended to facilitate their }entrance into the undeclared war | between Bolivia and Paraguay. The ultimatum was camouflaged as a “peace” proposal for the settlement of the Gran Chaco war. The “peace” Proposal threatens Bolivia with a complete cut-off of war munitions now being received in large ship- ments from the U. S. and the prohi- bition by Argentina of food exports to Bolivia. The exact terms of the “peace” proposal are shrouded in secrecy, but are known to favor Par- aguay’s claims to the rich oil-bearing Gran Chaco region. The Bolivian government has already rejected these “peace” proposals on the grounds that the U. S. had no say in their formulation. Counter Blow to U. 8. The Chilean-Argentina “peace” commission was organized through British influence as a counter-move to the U. S. “peace” commission of “neutral countries.” The Chilean- Argentina “peace” proposals are in- tended as a counter-blow to the re- cent threats of the U. S, Government against Peru, in which Stimson de- Imanded that the Peruvian govern- ment accede to the demands of the Wall Streets Colombian puppets in ithe Leticia controversy. Brazil Position Uncertain, The Chilean - Argentina “peace” jproposals are reported participated in by the Peruvian and Brazilian governments. The alignment of the Brazilian Government is again un- certain. Participation in the action against Bolivia would indicate that the Brazilian Government was still wavering between the U. 8. and Brit- ish blocs, bargaining with both im- jperialist powers and meanwhile sup- porting the U. S. bloc in the war between Colombia and Peru, and the British bloc in the Gran Chaco war. February Issue of Commuinst Is Now Out A New Vietory of the Peaceful y of the R.—Edit e Upsurge and bowl: le of the Unemployed, yt. rr. On the End of italist Stab- ilization in the U.S.A. by H. M. Wicks. The Revisionism of Sidney Hook, by Earl Browder. Prologue to the Liberation of the Negro People, by James 8. Allen. q Technocracy — A Utopia, by V. J. Jerome, Book Reviews. ‘armers Find “Relief” eans Loss of Farms — Tye NEW ORLEANS.—The true mean- z of Hoover's farm “relief” was itvikingly illustrated here recently in Bie case of the farm belonging to . Sarabel Bray. The Federal Farm oan Bank, one of many set up by ie U. S. Government to “aid” the prmer, deliberately bid $4,000 less the and then seized er crops and cotton to satisfy nefdeficiency ji it. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 3— Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife of the president-elect, is aiding Governor Pinchot in his attacks against the hungry men, women and’ children of this state. There is wide publicity in the capitalist press about Mrs. Roosevelt sharing a five-cent din- ner with Mr. and Mr. Pinchot. This was immediately followed by a gang of elegant ladies of the Philadel- | phia Federation of Women's Clubs demanding: that relief be still further cut for the unemployed. HITLER GUNMEN TAKE BIG TOLL 11 Wounded, 4 Dying in Ruhr Town (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) a heavy proportion of Socialist workers are also being terorized and there have been a number of fierce battles between the Reichsbanner defense corps, composed of Socialist workers and tascists. How D. D. Heads Aid Hitler Hitler has taken advantage of the opportunity presented to him by the Socialist leaders who called upon the working class to rem in passive unless “the constitution is ~ic'ated.” The Socialist leaders have paved the way for Hitler to mask his dic- veil. The four weeks alloted to the elec- tion struggles will witness still more ruthles measures against the Com- munists, the working class member- ship of the Social-Democrat Party and the working clas as a whole. The Fascist government of Thurin- gia already has followed the Prussian Fascist example aud prohibited all working class demonstrations. Concentrating on military sup- pression of the working class in the coming four week, Hitler refuses to discuss his economic program. Since his program is that of the big indus- trial and financial interests, who have financed the Fascists, with certain features for the benefit of the big landowners, and has as its central point further reduction in wages, unemployment relief and social serv- ices, any publicity on its details would further enrage the working class and handicap his election campaign. Hitler is depending entirely upon forcible suppression of opposition and appeal to German nationalism, HITLER BAN ON STRIKE APPEALS 26 Police Searches in Berlin Yesterday (Cable by Imprecorr). BERLIN, Feb. 3.—The wave of po- lice searches continued today. In Berlin alone there were 26 police searches. The headquarters of the Red Trade Union Opposition and the Revolutionary Sports movement were raided. Fascist. Prussian Commissar Goer- ing has ordered the breaking up of all indoor Communist meetings where strike appeals are made. Prepare New Decree. It is reported that the Hitler cabi- net is preparing an “anti-terror” de- cree exceeding in severity von Pap- en's edict of last summer, but the fascist press denies this and declares ‘for the moment” the only intention is to intensify the measures for sup- pressing the opposition press. Another series of bloody conflicts took place yesterday in various towns resulting in three known deaths and scores of injured. In Duisberg the fascist storm troops openly took over police pow- ers. They ordered the inhabitants to close their windows and shot dead a womar when she failed to obey. Many Battles. In a three-cornered fight yesterday evening in Altona, a suburb of Ham- burg, between workers, police and fascists, many shots were fired and one fascist killed. In Karlsruhe yesterday evening & worker was killed in a fight between fascists and workers. In Sinsheim a Catholic doctor was attacked by fascists. He defended himself with a revolver and seriously wounded one fascist. ‘The doctor was arrested. In Glogau armed fascists attacked sovialist premises, They were re- pulsed but one member of the Reichs- banner corps was wounded seriously. In Rheinhausen a member of the Reichsbanner was stabbed seriously by fascists. There is a one-hour protest strike in Luebeck today against the arrest of the soeialist editor Leber follow~ ing a fascist attack. Leber was ar- rested by order of the socialist Police Chief Mehrlein. ‘The fascist Wenzel died in Werni- gerode today following a fight with Communist workers, MACHADO DESCRIBED AS TYRANT NEW YORK.—Dr. Miguel M. Go- mez, former mayor of Havana, Cuba, described Machado, Wall Street pup- pet dictator of Cuba, as “dictator rul- ing by tyranny and fear, by means of the firing squad and the torture chamber.” Una Aue 4 ARAB TRIBES IN REYOLT JERUSALEM, Feb. 3. — Arabian tribes are reported in revolt against King Ibn Saud who claims jurisdic- tion over large sections of Arabia. Heavy casualties were reported in serious fighting between the tribes- men and the troops of Ibn Saud. WORKER CORRESPONDENCE Red Cross Flour Marked “Not to Be DATLY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1933 Page Three Sold” Given As Payment for Labo Food Packages in Payment for Three Days “My Children Can’t Go to School; They Have No Shoes or Clothes,” BIRMINGHAM, Al hit Says Worker ‘The people here in Birmingham are sure hard ‘The so-called Red Cr0ss pretends to be helping the people here. They have flour and on the sack it says it is not to be sold, But to get it, we have to work three days, and here is what we get for 3 days’ work, and it has to last 2 weeks, But it only lasts we when it’s gone till next week. For three da; work we get one 2 Ib. sack of Red Flour (not to be sold); 3 lb. white meat; 3 cans tomatoes; 2 cans salmon; 2 small cans milk; 12 Ib. meal; just enough baking powder to cook 3 times; 1 Ib. sugar, and if we get matches, we don’t get no salt. If we get oatmeal we get no coffee. We get one small jar of peanut but- ter, and we work 3 days every other week, and that is all we get on the food order. Me and my wife and 3 boys can’t get clothes to wear. Two of my boys should be in school. I want them to go to school, but I can’t get clothes for any of my family. My children did not have no shoes at all last win- ter. It was cold and they could not go to school. Every time I ask for them, the Red Cross people would tell me that they were going to see about it, but here is winter, and they don’t get shoes or other clothes. There ain't anything in my house to eat right now, and I can’t get any until my turn comes to work again. If I id know just how to get better service, I sure would do so. Last winter we asked for coal to keep a fire, but we did not get it even once. We get nothing but just a little bit of food. EDITOR'S NOTE: The Unem- ployed Council in Birmingham is becoming stronger every day, and with proper mass support, will be in a position to force shoes and clothing and sufficient food so these children can attend school. The address is P. O. Box 456, Ensley Station. GRAFTER, EX-CONVICT, RUNS CITY SOUP LINE KANSAS CITY, Mo.—There is a racket here run by the grafting po- liticians, such as Johnney Lazia and his northside gangsters and boot- leggers. A soup line financed by the city administration gives these gangsters a gocd rake-off by turning in big bills for the stuff they buy. Mr. Lazia arrives at the “restaurant” where unemployed are “fed” every noon with a police chauffeur and some- times a police motor cycle cop as an additional escort. This same Lazia runs a whole line of business in Kansas City, such as slot machines and other rackets. He has served ‘time in the penitentiary for grafting on the public and now he is right hand man to the city man- ager, Mr, McElroy. It is the democrats who are doing this and now the Republigans are going to establish the same kind of soup line so as to show they are “just as good” as the former, It is just a game of dirty politics. JOB SHARK SELLS “FREE” RELIEF TICKETS FOR 25¢. NEW YORK.—1I am a dishwasher always taking jobs from an employ- ment agency at 144 E. 44th St., known as the Morris Rabinovitz Employ- ment Agency, and they took all my money, so that I haven’t got enough jeft to buy a pair of shoes. Lately there are hundreds of men sitting in the office there and the agents are using them out as slaves. Charging all he wants for a job. He is selling relief tickets for a quarter a piece, where he gets them for nothing. When I told him I haven’t got a quarter, he said, never mind, don't come here any more. The time when hundreds of men are suffering and sitting in the office, he has the biggest prosperity, by sel- ling relief tickets and making money by charging fees as much as he wants, without limit. Why don't you send one of your agitators in the front of this office, where hundreds of men are sitting and suffering? You find among these men a number of comrades in sym- pathy with the Unemployed Couneils, -~A Friend, GRAFT AND FORCED LAB- OR IN SOLDIERS HOMES NEW YORK.—In the National Sol- diers Homes the poisonous tentacles of the capitalist political octopus are penetrating deeper and deeper. Pay- ing positions are given to those in possession of paid up books of cer- tain political and fraternal organiza~ tions, Penniless, hungry, raggedy veterans are reftsed admission. Fuzzy-faced sons of political pets draw big wages in the Engineer's De- partment, while disabled, non-pen- sioned veterans do the same work gratis, as camp details, punishments, etc. 5 Incidentally, the pay-roll is a charge against the veterans, a part of that item that the Economy League, composed of high-pensioned bloodsuckers, ex-governors, ex-talcum powder generals, etc, are raving about. Rather than admit the in- adequacy and insufficiency of facili- ties, despite the hundreds of millions charged the public for these pur- poses, they subject the veteran to forced labor, evict him, and blacklist him in other homes, —A Worker Vet. A crime against the working class to permit the Daily Worker to sus- pend. Rush fands today. an because we don’t get any * one week, and we have to do the best WHERE DOES THE RELIEF GO, ASK KY. WORKERS _MARTIN,Ky.—A farmer lost one dog and 17 chickens to rustlers but Says he won't turn them in though he knows them because he doesn’t know how else they can live! At Gar- ret, Ky., some families helped them- selves to relief in the cornfields and gardens and were brought before the capitalist courts where some got long terms in the state reformatory. All up and down the valley here hundreds are taking such “relief.” There is supposed to be federal relief in several forms, but no matter what form, the disburser is Martin Powers, the same Powers who kept the coal companies suplied with government lour when the towns of Basco, May- town, Northern and miles of rural population had not received a pound of that flour. There was 500,000 pounds of cotton appropriated for distribution along with that flour yet thousands of workers wili swear they never saw a stitch of it. Remembering how Powers uses this relief to play politics, these people are developing into militant timber for our Party and mass struggles along the Red line. Many have devel- Oped above the stage®of deciphering the hypocritical gestures of the so- cialist party. ‘All the way’ is the ac- cepted political slogan of our first efforts to organize this mass discon- tent. “All the way,” is the only way noi only for us but for the workers and farmers of the world. EXPOSE THE SALVATION ARMY, WRITES WORKER NEW YORK.—Regarding your re- cent articles about the activities of the Salvation Army, I wish to state that my sister was also a patient in their hospital on East 15th St., and the experiences she went through while there are too horrid to describe. Although she was a paying patient, she received food that was unfit to eat in’ spite of the fact that there was turkey and chicken in the kitch- en. The patients were getting stale meats and rotten eggs. The nurses dance around and sing religious songs and make the patients shudder in disgust. Regarding assistance that they are Supposed to render to destitute peo- ple who come to them for shelter, let me tell you that they give no one anything. I have heard of instances where they have collected large sum from local communities but these moneys are usually pocketed by a few officials. Relief is never given to anyone! Why tolerate this think it's about time that you awakened your readers to the exist- ing conditions. If they are supposed to be a charitable institution, collect- ing funds for distribution purposes, who is getting the help? The executives of the Salvationists have all pocketed fortunes obtained under false pretenses. Not a cent of this money has gone for the relief of the destitute! I trust you will be good enough to publish my letter in your esteemed paper which I find to be the only publication in the United States fighting the capitalists. Your loyal reader, —C.5. WORCOR CALENDAR Feb. 6., Mon.—Vets and Soldiers. Feb, 7, Tues.—Exposing Mislead- ers. Feb. 8., Wed.—Marine. Feb, 9., Thurs.—Steel, Metal and Auto. Feb, 10, Fri—Mining. Feb. 11., Sat—Farm. Feb, 13, Mon.—Railroad, days in advance of publication. Address it to Workers Correspond ence Department. Order an extra bundle for special distribution When you send the letter. District Daily Worker agents, organize spe- cial distribution at selected places. Youngstown Workers Hear Jobless Leader And Musteite Debate YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Feb. 3.—~ | Over 600 steel workers jammed Labor Hall in Niles, Ohio last night to hear a debate between the Men’s Feder- ated Club, a Musteite organization, and the Unemployed Council. The progrem of the Unemployed Council was wildly cheered by the workers. L. Callow, represented the Unem- ployed Council, He denounced the Musteite program of self-help; of equalizing relief; thelr strike-break- Ing efforts in the Warren Steel strike; and their class-collaboration pro- gram. He was cheered when he called for mass actions; for a united strug- gle; and class against class policy of the Unemployed Council. ELEPHANT “EXCELS” DONKEY ALBANY, Feb, 3.—Republicans in the State legislature today made known their determination to go Governor Lehman one better in shouldering the burden of the cri- sis onto the workers. They are put- ting forward a plan for a 2 per cent sales tax on all commodities, includ- ing food, which would add some $90,- 000,000 to the cost of living, mostly at the expense of the toiling popu- lation condition? 1| Your letter must arrive three | [REORGANIZE AUTO STRIKE FORCES Expose Stoolpigeon on Strike Committee | (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) | sembly lines will begin moving again |on Monday. This is a common prac- | tices in strikes when the bosses to | concentrate aall forces, including the |church and press, over the weekend |in an effort to trick and intimidate the workers into deserting the struggle. The Briggs strikers should beware of such maneuvers. The 10,000 strikers are demanding increased wages, with a minimum of 45 cents an hour for women and 50 cents for women; the elimination of “dead time” (impaid time); the aboli- tion of the piece-work, bonus and group “insurance” swindle schemes, and recognition of their shop and committees, Expose Stoolpigeon City and state police and company servicemen are still mobilized in full force to break the strike, and prac- tical martial law prevails. The Auto Workers Union, which is leading the struggle, has discovered and exposed a company stoolpigeon, Mike Kwannack> who became chairman of the strike | committee. One of the picket cap-| tains, Darrow, is coming out for operation with the police and for dis- persing the picket-line. Other stool- pigeon activities within the leading strike committee are being exposed by the union, which is ra ig the strikers to defend themselves against these attempts of the bosses to break from within. The on the workers to rank and file strike com~ mittee, composed of r le workers who have shown their mettle in the strike. The strikers’ mass meeting last night made a decision to reconstitute the cket-line i reorganize the strike leadership. cedetned terror, di breaking efforts to d the workers being made by the De partment of Labor ert M. Pilkington, and the leaders of the De- troit Federation of Labor, headed by Frank X. Martel, the S ist Party. with Norman Thomas in the chief role, and I. W. W., militant picketing is continuing, and about a doezn more strikers were arrested yesterd: How the A. F. of L. leaders operating with the boses was i strated when Business / Gold, of the Plumbers Union local, sent seven union plumbers to work on a job in the hotel for scabs which the Briggs company has established at its plant. This so enraged the rank and file that at a meeting of espite the unpre- pite the strike- ide and mislead floor, the members forced the of- ficials to withdrew the men from the scab hotel. This shows the strong feeling of solidarity with the Briggs strikers among the A. F. of L. rank and file. Mass Meeting Tomororw A mass meeting of Briggs strikers bas been called by the Auto Workers Onion for Sunday at 2 p. m. Leading Briggs strikers will speak, as well as workers from other auto plants. Other speakers will be Phil Raymond and Anthony Gerlack, leaders of the Auto Workers Union, John Schmies, De- troit organizer of the Communist Party, Bill Gebert, Chicago district organizer of the Party, and Earl Browder, secretary of the Party. The Unemplyoed Counciis are sending mass delegations to the meeting and | will have a speaker. Farmers’ Coun- ils have also been invited to send delegates. Pea ot eee By Labor Research Associati The Briggs Company is the 1 independent manufacturer of automo- | bile bodies, frames, stampings, ete.,| and numbers among its customers Ford, Chrysler, Hudson and Graham Paige. The Ford Motor Co., is by far its largest customers. And there- by hangs a tale. From making most of his own parts and accessories be- fore 1928, Ford changed to having a | large part made by firms specializing lin these various fields. In 1930,| Briggs was making 43 per cent of the | Ford bodies. | The Briggs Company been notorious for the high degree to which it exploited its workers. The reason for Ford’ change to the ' Briggs Company was made apparent in the Wall Stree; Journal, April 9, 1932, which said: seese is known for his close figuring in the purchase of parts, and it was not until 1930 that Briggs was able to rearrange its facilities so aS to place its Ford business on a more than nominal profit basis.” (Our em- phasis) ‘The Wall Street phraseology of this statement means to workers that Ford, himself a notorious exploiter of labor found it cheaper to have his utomobile bodies made by Briggs.} Why? Because the Brig; cialists in the line, could e: workers to an even higher dev cc this kind of work. Horrible Conditions. | Simultaneously with B: con- tracts to make Ford bodies and the “yearrangement of its facilities” in} 1930, came horrible tales trom Detroit | | as to what workers in the Briges| plants were fored to undergo. Wor ers were rehired after tayoils for wages a5 low as 42 and some at 25 cents an hour. Following the ball hoo of the Highland Park plant r opening, the whole night shift was laid off, after having worked only six hours. Wages were cut from 15 to 50 per cent, Workers on the night shift found that their wages had even been cut for the six hours. One wo- man showed a pay check of $1.30 for the six hours, Women workers in Briggs were working the 12-hour night shift. The older, married women workers were making as low as $10 a week and the younger, faster ones a top of $14 weckly. At the peak of proS- perity they had been making $18. Although state laws required wo- men to have stools while working, mr~~ did not have them, Again, under another state law women were not supposed to work more than 54 hours a week, but they re- ported that they were forced to punch two separate time cards to evade the law, Refusal to conform, of course, meant immediate dismis~ sal, The women, including moth- vers, were subjected to terriffic has always | on| the union, after a biter fight on the | ; | break into the press Speed-up and piece work. 4 Another report, this time on wages cuts for the R.R, workers, * s PLAN VET CUTS | BY ROOSEVELT New President to Cut Disability Benefits WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—While the House yesterday tried to halt the pro- test movement of veterans through- out the country by giving its approval to the $966,838,634 appropriation for veterans’ administration contained in the independent offices bill, a move- ment was on foot to have Presi- dent-elect Roosevelt slash $300,000,000 $400,000,000 from the veterans’ benefits when he assumes office. The Strategy. The strategy is clear: while on paper no cuts are being made in vet- erans’ appropriations, the stage is ing set to have these cuts made by be: President-elect Roosevelt discusses hig plan to forge into one big executive order, with the fake “lib- war unit the power and heavy steel industry of the south with Ber- nard M. Barach connected with Wall Street. the National Transportation Committee which will propose new wage | eral,” Roosevelt, groomed to carry out Wall Street’s drive against the vets. | Those behind the move originally wanted to give Roosevelt dictatorial rs in the matter, but it has been The same Baruch is on for men, told the following story. Af- ter the lay-off, back-hangers were reduced from 16 to 14 cents. On tacking sides, four men who used to get 8 cents a job were cut down to 7. Top-work, with three men on the job, was slashed to $3.60 per hundred from $4. Top-work, with three men on the job, was slashed to $3.60 per hundred from $4. Labor Unity, April 25, 1931, reported how balloon makers had been cut from $2.75 to $1.40 with- in the space of one month after the conveyor had been introduced. The accident and health hazard for Briggs workers had always been very high. But during this period, as a Federated Press writer put it, “a steady stream pours into the com- pany hospital all the time the plant is running, haying lost their fingers, hands or whatnot.” Young workers were used in the dangerous spray painting departments. 21 Killed In Blast On April 23, 1927, at least 21 work- ers were burned to death and many permanently injured in a terrifie ex plosion and fie at the Briggs Harper Ave. plant in Detroit. The catas- trophe was a direct result of the company’s indifference to the welfare of the workers on the job. The story of the disaster is told by Robert W. T in Laber and Automobiles (In- ternational Publishers). Dunn points out that for safety, sanitation and genel working conditions, the Briggs’ plants had for years been re-|‘ gardea as emong the worst in De troit. Nitro cellulose, acetone. ben- zol and wood alcohol were among the highly inflammable materials stored in the plant- re | d into the air unde! | ng the atmosphere for at the slightest spark. criminally negligent was the So Briggs corapany that it provided lit-| tle or no safeguard for the workers on th’s dangerous process. Thus workers lost their lives and the “fire- proof” building was destroyed. And the state iabor commissioner, 2 former A. F. of L. official, spread a liberal coat of white wash over the company. Dunn also reports that Briggs workers have done from 10 to 14 ‘hours a@ day and 11 and 12 hours on the night shift. He shows the oper- ation of rationalization there. In a certain, pair of departmenis, for in- stance, 4,000 doors had formerly been turned out with 225 men. By 1926 production was increased to 7,000, with only 195 men and wages low- ered. After layoffs, Briggs would ith great head- lines about “employing 10,000 work- ers,” and with “ads” calling for skili- ed and unskilled labor, thereby i creasing an already swollen lab market. Its continual rings were of course, not made public. Visitors are strictly barred from the Briggs plants. BUS DRIVERS AID IRISH R.R. STRIKE, Demand Seab Students | Be Ousted BELFAST, Feb. 3.—Statements that a general strike would be called by the Transport Workers Union if Queens University students now be- ing used as scabs against the railway workers are not discharged, were made by spokesmen for the union in the debate in the chambers of the Belfast Corporation (City Council). The refusal of dock workers to handle freight while the strike is on} may close the linen mills. A decision to this effect has been made by the mill owners association, Troops and Afmored Cars, A scab engineers caused a wreck | near Dundalk on Feb, 1 in which two persons were killed. This has been ed upon by the government as an xcuse to troop patrols and armored cars equipped with machine guns. Ister and Free State Governments The sympathetic strike of the bus fers and conductors has tied up ector of transportation. ‘The not to be behind Ulster with its troops and armored cars, is furnishing military dr | this Free State government, trucks in an attempt to break the | —= strike. They are manned by armed guards, Ranks Solid—Communists Active. The strikers’ ranks remain solid and there is immense mas support for their struggle which, since it in- volves both the North and South, and finds the Free State and the Ulster governments opposing it, is of great value in uniting the workers | of both. The activity of the Irish Workers Revolutionary groups (Communist) is a great force in strengthening the | strike. In a recent election in the Court Ward here, Tom Geehan ran second to the Unionist (imperialist) with less than 950 votes between them and defeated the Labor (re- formist) candidate by 400 votes. Geehan is a Communist and one of the leaders of the recent heroic mass Wtruggle of the unemployed. Geehan challenged the wage cutting drive of the government and employ- ers and his splendid vote was an in- dication that struggles like those of the railway workers strike were on the order of the day. iL. ROMANO STRIKE SPREADS. FAS Fight on Rockefeller, 5,000 R.R. Toilers Out (CONTINUED FROM PA led to put across this robbery of reds of thousands of disabled vets in accordance with the sacred “democracy.” Instead of the cuts without consulting 0 Ss, Roosevelt will follow one of 9 courses, either of which will re- sult in drastic cuts for the vets: 1.—-He will draw up an executive order reducing and eliminating com- pensation for thousands of disabled veterans, and ask Congress to enact will send a message to Con- king it to give him authority and eliminate the pay- this authority to become a law +E ONE) ee jto x wage-cut | ment, Standard rentiaed) for tl by a recent edict uy ld th and lay-off policies of the i Oil subsidiary ne SE ; iit workers of the Bucharest | The Seal mee eee > y repair shops went on strike | wan street-controlled izati yesterday, seizing the plant and | °)°,._°ireet-contro Nililinigesentg barricading themselves inside tee en hes Waa Gres asaitd Mee ee tae eancks of troops mobil- | the vets has demanded that $450,000,- % i _ 000 be cut from the benefits to dis- Stop Moreni Wells. abled ex-servicemen. Roosevelt's All work has been stopped at the/| Plan, therefor will come close to Moreni oil wells, where the workers | Satisfying this figure. have not r va f Veterans throughout the country four months. payment of w: are called on to unite their forces is almost general in the in and to demand not a cent off the as well as government disability allowances and immediate where th s of the petty gov-| yment of the bonus. The Veterans’ ernment officials and teachers have | Laison Committee, elected at the last not been paid for onths . hers’ conference, Dec. 8, Strike sentiment is spreading| is now in Washington organizing the among the workers employed in the| fight for these demands, Astra and Homana oil — annonces eae Phila. [WO District Reports on Plenum rike soon, Troops and Mass Arrests. The government has ordered troops to stand by near the Buc! PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Feb. 3.— ady to expel the| Thirty branches were represented at s ‘s.” Additional troops have been} the Philadelphia District Plenum of rushed into the oil fields whi | the International Workers Order. The clashes ¢ the militi main report was given by Pollak of the National Office. The Plenum acted in support of the national drive to bring the mem- bership of the order up to 40,000 be- break the 3 | fore the next convention. The State and employers are also utilizing the | Hunger March to Harrisburg was en- services of the socialist leaders of the| dorsed by the plenum. A resolution reformist. unions towards this end, | to-liquidate all forms of white chau- and yesterday these leaders held a/vinism in the organization and to conference with Premier Vs bring in Negro members was adop- vod and the Ministers of | ted. rior, Transp and Public Works.| The Plenums endorsed the drive in Despite the terror by the military| support of the Daily Worker, and and police and the mane s of the} sent a telegram of solidarity to the soe! it leaders, the strikers are Briggs strikers in Detroit. standing firm. A COMMUNIST NOVEL By George Marlen 2.00 $2. RED STAR PRESS . Box 67, Station D. N. ¥. ported to ha connate eae Sacasa, set up by the bayonets wt aa (MIMEOGRAPH SUPPLIES arrests of Communi: ing carried out in the « —__— | Report Sandino Ends | His Fight Against Wall St. in Niecargua General Augusto uan rebel jer, is capitulated the Juan of U. Sandino is ¢ by plane to Mang andino, Nic: to red to flown t con- have a for a so ference at the Presidential Palace) p. INK) , STBNSILE | last night, where he remained thru- Rebuilt Machines $15 up out the night as a guest of Sac | UNION SQUARE MIMEO SUPPLY He is quoted as ma y the followir 108 E. 14th St. Room 208 AL. 4-4768 Free Advieo for Cutting Stensiis | OPEN FROM 9 A.M. to 7 P.M. statement; “Nicaragua en da new era when the last United States Marine left our | soil. Our fight is finished. And this enables all Nicaraguans to embrace each other fraternally and be worthy of the moral respect of the whole world. We will continue to prove are capable of governing ourselve ‘The same dispatches reporting this traitorous capitulation by Sandino to | the Wall Street puppet government RUSSIAN ART SHOP we| PEASANTS’ HANDICRAFTS 100 East 14th St., N. Y. C. Imports from U,S.5.R. (Russia) headed by Sacasa admits that there| ™* Shaul; Nivctisn’ Weoucersines was great excitement and indign Lacquered Work tion among the workers of the cay Phone Abguayeths-900s tal over Sandino's capitulation. | TS NEWARK Daily, Worker Anniversary Affair~Grand Concert Saturday, February 11, at 8 P. M. RUSSIAN PEOPLE'S HOME, 58 Broome St.. Newark Main WILLIAM F. DUNNE Boris radio Speaker: Shuck man, well-known singer HERE’S MY ANSWER to the call for $35,000 to save the ‘DAILY WORKER? ; I contribute $. NAMO.... ssuncccevavess denies sosegwtets schene aid Address. 405. case eees Ges ha State sis. ewes Rush Funds by Wire, Air Mail, Special Delivery to the DAILY WORKER, 50 Bast 13th Street, New York City. “~~