The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 8, 1933, Page 3

DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, cde WIS. WORKERS’- FARMERS’ MEET PLANS RELIEF FIGHT PROTEST THURS. AT FOLTIS STORE Fight Court Order | Against Strike | NEW YORK, March 7—The hear- ing on the demand for a con- tempt of court order, made by the creditors of the Foltis Fischer Com- pany against the Food Workers In- dustrial Union leaders of the Foltis Fischer strike, will take place today in the United States District Court, Southern, District, before juve Bondy, on the twelfth floor of the} Woolworth Building. The answer of the Foltis Fischcer striker: under the leadership of the Food ‘Yorkers Industrial Union, to the } » de- | mand for the contemp! of court} order, will be a demonstration in front of the Foltis Fischer Cafeteria, | on 34th Street, between 7th and 8th | Avenue, this Thursday, at 5:30 p.m. The Trade Union Unity Council calls upon all its affiliated unions and | its members, employed and unem- ployed. to mobili: their forces and demonstrate their solidarity with the Food Workers in the struggle against | the contempt of court order, on; Thursday. The demonstration’ will | proceed from various points in Man- | hattan to 34th Street, between 7th | and 8th Avenues, in front of the | Folt cher restaurant. The fol- | lowing organizations have established as their points of concentration of | their forces: Needle Trades Industrial Union and Needle Trades Unemployed Council—131 West 28th Street. Unemployed Council — Spartacus Hall—35th Street and Eighth Avenue. | Food Workers Industrial Union and | Food Workers Unemployed Council— 4Ww 18th Street. Mazine Workers Industrial Union— $140 Broad Street. Shoe Workers Union and the Shoe | Werkers Unemployed Council — 96 Tifth Avenue. Downtown Local of the Alteration Painters Union—247 East Houston Btrect. House Avenue. All these organizations will march as a body to the demonstration with appropriate placards. reckers Union—122 Second | gation to the Soviet Union Nanking Envoy Sacke Alfred Sze, representative of the Nanking butchers to the imperialist U. S. government. The Nanking government has betrayed the defense of Jehol Province to the Japanese invaders. RECOGNIZE USSR - SAYS STATE MEET ALBANY, N. Y., March 7.—A reso- | lution demanding recognition of the Soviet Union was presented by Alex- ander Trainor, worker from the Gen- eral Electric plant in Schenectady and chairman of the Workers Dele- in 1982. This resolution was unanimucly passed by the delegates of the Work- ers Conference. Trainor compared conditions in Schenectady with conditions as he saw them in the Seviet Union. He stated that the contrast between the progress of socialist construction in the Soviet Union with the decline of production, accompanied by grows ing unemployment and mass misery in the capitalist world, had foreed millions of workers to think more seriously than ever before about the revolutionary way out of the crisis taken by the Russian masses. Workers and Soldiers of Japan Fight Against War Demonstrate in Front? of Arsenal in Tokyo | TOKYO, Japan—An heroic dem- stration in front of the Kaishi- awa Arsenal, where dissatisfaction among the employes has become in- fense under the inhuman militaristic speed-up and long hours of 14 al day, was carried out by a group of employed and unemployed workers and students on Oct. 20, 1932. This group, all members of the Jo-hoku Workers Defense Corps, marched with red flags to the tear door of the Arsenal factory, arriving just at the closing hour of nine o'clock in the evening. Leaflets were scattered about before the door with shouts, “Down with the Militaristic Speed- up!” “Hurrah for the Cominunist Party of Japan!” “Down with the Interventionist War Against the U. 8. 8. RB!” The officials of the Arsenal, ex- pecting the demonstration, kept all employes in the factory in spite of the closing hour. But the people in the neighborhood were deeply moved and many of them joined the demon- stration. Eighteen policemen who had been placed on guard at the factory did not know how to manage | the situation and were forced to yield | to the militancy of the demonstration. | (Translated from “Rodo Shimbun” 200 Shot to Death in Manchuria Mutiny (Chinese Workers’ Correspondenee) PEIPING, China, Jan. 23.—The prolongation of military service of Japanese soldiers in Manchuria has resulted in discontent and opposition amongst them. Part of the first regiment of the Tenth Division, consisting of about 200 men, stationed at Chatungtun, a small town on the Chinese Eastern Railway (Harbin-Manchuli Section) repeatedly demanded to go home, but were refused by the high com- mand, At the beginning of January this year, these soldiers mutined. The commander sent a troop to suppress them. At the same time, he tried to persuade the rebels to submit. But the heroic soldiers insisted on their demands. The commander captured them by force, and shot them one by one. Before their death they defied the white terror bravely, shouting: “Down with the Invasion of China!” “Defend the Soviet -.ion!” “Down with imperialist war!” Build a workers correspondence growp in your factory, shop er neighborhood. Send regular letters the Daily Worker. | GIVEN DEMANDS. 'STATE SENATE IS 208 Delegates Include}; S.P., A.F.L. Members MADISON, Wis., March 7.— With 208 delegates from 112 organizations present, the United Front State Relief Con- ference of Unemployed Work- ers and Toiling Farmers, which opened here Sunday morning, closed last night after drawing up a list of demands and electing a state-wide Committee of Action. The delegates, who were elected at local mass meetings throughout the state held by organized and unorga- nized groups, represented a total of 23,400 workers and farmers. They included delegates from Unemployed Councils, the United Farmers League, Farm Holiday Association, Co-opera- tive Milk Pool and other farm or- ganizations, International Workers Order, American Federation of La- bor unions, Socialist Party locals, farm youth and homeless youth del- egates, Defy Misleaders. | The A. F. of L. and S. P. leader- ship made great efforts to prevent the delegates from their organiza- tions from attending, threatening ex- pulsion. The rank and file, in many cases, defied these threats and at- | tended. The conference adopted the fol- lowing demands: $50,000,000 imme- diate cash relief for the unemploy- ed, with no forced Iabor; $50,000,- 000 cash relief for the toiling farm- ers; immediate unemployment in- surance to be paid for by the em- ployers and the government; no foreclosures on property of small | home-owners and poor farmers; exemption of taxation for the prop- erty of unemployed and part-time workers and impoverished farmers; no general property or turnover tax, but instead, a graduated tax on corporations and individuals with incomes of over 35,000 a year; the immediate release of all class- war prisoners in Wisconsin. Resolutions were also adopted for the release of Tom Mooney and the Scottsboro boys and demanding rec- ognition of the Soviet Union. Present Demands to Senate. A committee of 32 was chosen to present the demands to a special committee of the state senate. The delegates marched from the confer- ence hall to the capitol building, where they were met by several hun- dred Madison workers. A mass meet- ing was held on the ~steps, while the committee of 32 proceeded to the senate chamber. To the de- mands of the workers’ and farmers’ committee for immediate action, the senate committee gave evasive re- plies and pleaded that they be given time “to consider”. The delegates declared they would come beck with 50,000 workers and farmers if the mittee of Action chosen to carry out The state-wide United Front Com- demands were not granted. the program of the conference is composed of one delegate from each organization and represents every part of the state. All the delegates felt that this was the greatest united front conference ever héld in Wis- consin, Colorado Students Ask Jobless Insurance GREELEY, Colorado, March 7.— Forty-seven representatives of the Union of Students Clubs of Colorado State Teachers College unanimously adopted a resolution demanding that the Governor and the State Legisla- ture of the State of Colorado take immediate action on the demands presented by the Hunger Marchers on January 28rd for unemployment insurance and immediate relief. The action of the students was taken at @ special meeting held on the cam- jlivered a scathing denunciation TOILERS PROTEST BANK “HOLIDAY” | Demand Retur n of All Money Deposited in Cash NEW YORK.—Although not in the ranks of the revolutionary movement more than 400 small depositors suf- fering bank holiday, apprectatively applaud- ed Sam Nessin, a representative of the Communist Party, while he de-j of the capitalist system, the President, and Abe Cahan, editor of the Jewish Daily Forward. The meeting was called by small depositors and was held Monday, at the Workers Center, 1813 Pitkin Ave., in the Brownsville} section of Brooklyn. A resolution condemning the clos-| ing of the banks and the issuance of | serip, which will lead to inflation and cut the value of wages, was passed. ;In addition, the meeting resolved to| elect a committee of seven to follow out the following instructions. To send the resolution to Joseph Brod- erick, Gov. Lehman, and Pres. Roose- | velt; to demand immediate and fuli| payment in_cash of deposits and a| State and Government guarantee of full 100 per cent return, payrolls to be paid on day due; for an immediate rent holiday and against evictions for non-payment of rent. A representative of the United States Bank depositors committee of 25 warned the audience not to be misled by the so-called “friends of depositors”, whose object is to pacify the depositors in order to prevent them from struggling for their money. S. Horwatt criticized the position of the Forward, whose editor tries to convince the depositors that the clos- ing of the banks is for the depositors’ | benefit. Olgin, Simons, to Speak At Marx Memorial NEW YORK.—A memorial meeting | in celebration of the Fiftieth Anni- | versary of the death of Karl Marx to be held March Sth at Manhattan Lyceum, will be the beginning of a program of educational activity ar- ranged by the Downtown Section of the Communist Party, M. J. Olgin, editor of the Morning Freiheit and William Simons, secretary of the Anti-Imperialist League will be the chief speakers, from the restrictions of the| _» ty FIGHT CLOSING JANE STREET “Y” Meet Tonight; Finnish | rilors Ordered Out Se NEW YORK.— les of the ine workers it k agains! the hunger ruling the shipping | bosses to close do Haight | em y Committee on April 1st | are Captain Page | mission, a nnounced March 15 ur to scab or mittee w growing of the Jane Street! r e Gibson Relief Com- s employed there and agree to stay in a heatless building. The Jane reet. House Committee! has called a meeting of the 300 sea- |men affected for tonight at 8 p.m. | New York marine workers will demonsirate March 29 against the closing of the relief institutions, for the opening of a Home Relief Buro | on the lower West Side for seamen, longshoremen and harbor workers and the opening of the Seamen's “Y¥”" and the Seamen’s Church In- stitute for free beds and food. ‘These institutions charge for this | service now despite the fact that they are supported by charity funds. NEW YORK.—The Finnish Work- ers Club of New York and Long Island are supporting the demonstra- tion of the Finnish seamen at the consulate, 5 State St., Saturday at 11 }a.m. The Finnish seamen are de- | manding cash relief for the 300 job- less Finnish sailors in port and rent payment for the thirty men at 318 Pearl St. They were served with an} eviction notice by the Roosevelt Hos- pital, the owners, tod: The “Doghouse News,” official or- gan of the Waterfront Unemployed Council, is issuing a special edition, | rallying all the seamen to back the | fight of the Finnish seamen as an | important part of their own fight for | relict. | ‘Pretty Laundry’ Scabs | \Use Fake Union Cards | | Slain NEW YORK—Unearthing the/ union cards of the Jong buried Larry | Fay’s racketeering union, the Greater | New York Laundry Union, Inc., the bosses of the Pretty Laundry, 583 Eagle Ave., have distributed them to the scab drivers to show to customers that they are “union” men. 6,000 SHOE WORKERS STRIKE IN 63 HAVERHILL PLANTS Lynn Strike Being Sold Out by Leaders; ers Must Act HAVERHILL, Mass., March I here yesterday, tying up production in 45 shoe and 18 wood-heel factories. They are demanding higher wages and other improvements in their con- ditions. ‘The strike is being led by the Shoe Workers Protective Union, whose | leaders are closely linked with the corrupt gang at the head of the Na- tional Shoe Workers Association, now busy selling out the strike of 4,000 Lynn shoe workers. These fakers have been forced to call these walk- outs under pressure of the workers. Fifteen hundred of the Lynn strik- ers are reported to have gone back to work under betrayal contracts which give them no improvements in their conditions. Like their colleagues of the Nat'l Shoe Union, the leaders of the Shoe Workers Protective Union have al- ready set up the cry for a speedy termination of the strike. Their qhief aim is, not to raise wages, but to organize a manufacturers’ asso- ciation. Several hundred shoe workers, who have been on strike in Salem for a week, are also being sold out by the union fakers. The workers of the Philco Shoe Corp. in Salem were sent back with the promise that their wages would perhaps be readjusted after April 15, The misleaders are trying to persuade the workers in the other shops to accept similar terms. The militant Shoe Workers Indus- trial Union, which has gained real vietories in strikes it has led in Bos- ton and Chicago, is pushing organi- zation work in Lynn, Haverhill and Work- | | bout 6,000 shoe workers went of strike | o Law on Veteran Relief | Ignored, Ex-Service-. men Will Demonstrate, NEW YORK.—Continually ignored by the relief department, the New York State relief laws pertaining to veteran’s relief states that no ex- soldier shall be pauperized. Yet Mr. Kelly, of the Relief Department, states that he doesn’t interpret the law as it is written. Section 117 and 119 specifically state that cash relief be given to veterans, b ut this is de- liberately overlooked. At a meeting of the executive com- mittee o f the Workers Ex-Service- men’s League, March 1, it was de- cided to call a meeting of all post executives to meet jointly with the city committee tonight, March 8, at 79 East Tenth Street, at 8 p.m. The purpose of the ieeting is to com- plete plans for a huge veteran's relief demonstration on March 24th. The demonstration will be preceded by a public hearing on March 22, ing class paper for the working class into a ut | tion is contained in new data pub- | spy, | of the local leader of the National | | torial offices and obtained their sil- | lence by threats of the harshest re- | jing of evidence of a | Communists was made on the basis, | in 1931. | lie buildings in Ziterwalde” weapon against the ruling c SPY WHO BURNT REICHSTAG MEMBER OF HITLER PARTY ‘PRESS IN LONDON ‘PUBLISHES PROOF, Nazi Provocation 8| Ex xp sed { LONDON, March 7 (By R. diogram).—Further proof that the burning of the Reichstag) building was a deliberate act of National-Socialist provoca- lished in the London press, exposing the personality of the Dutch police van der Lubbe, who is charged with starting the fire. The Daily Telegraph reports that members of the Saxon parliament made a statement to the Saxon gov- ernment that in the summer of last | year van der Lubbe was in the smal! | Saxon town of Zernevitz as the guest Socialists. While there, he publicly declared himself a member of the National Socialist (Fascist) Party. van der Lubbe’s visit to Zernovitz is noted in the local police register, it is stated. | Prove Lubbe Is Fascist. The Daily Herald publishes a wire | from Munich that van der Lubbe's | written statement about his mem-| bership in the National Socialist Party has been found in the German town of Meissen. The Daily Herald correspondent states that the Ba- varian government received secret instructions from the National So- cialist Minister of the Interior, Frick, to prevent at all costs the publication in the press of Van der Lubbe’s mem~ bership in the National Socialist | Party. The Bavarian police then paid special visits to all loca] edi- pressions. Nazis Provocation Failed. The. London press also points out | the failure of the other National So- | cialist provocation—the alleged find- | “Communist plot” in the cellar of the Karl Lieb- knecht House, headquarters of the Communist Party of Germany. The Daily Telegraph declares that the statement issued by Goering, mi-| nister without portfolio and director of the Hitler terror drive, condemn- ing the “horrors” planned by the not of a new “secret plot”, but of a pamphlet openly published in Zurich London Times Story. The London Times correspondent argues that the tale about a “Com- munist plot” won't hold water since its fallacy becomes apparent even after a cursory examination. For example, says the Times, the German Wolff Telegraphic Agency, a govern- ment agency, reported that “on the night of Thursday armed Commu- nists attempted to set fire to the pub- When the Times correspondent made in- quiries of the Ziterwalde police, they stated that they knew nothing about | the mysterious Communist attempts | at arson. Colorado Springs Unemployed Win Partial Victory COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo—The Unemployed Councils of Colorado Springs waged a successful struggle against the system of forced labor and scored a partial victory. The county and city is using R.F.C. funds to pay for county and city labor, and the workers are then paid in credit slips on certain thieving grocery stores, where their orders are honored only for certain prescribed articles of food. The councils waged a fight and so far sueceeded in smashing the restrictions on food and can now get whatever they need. Previously | no tobacco, fruits, and other such “luxuries” sere allowed. The councils are continuing the |relief and unemployment |calling for the unity of the workers | | ployed Councils was adopted | succeeded in forcing the city officials These soft-handed society dames who never worked in their lives (HITLER EXTENDS POLICE POWERS Workers Fight Nazis, | Police in Hamburg (By Inprecorr Cable.) BERLIN, March 7.—Yesterday’s re- port on the death of Doctor Ascher has fortunately proven to be inaceu- rate. Ascher is in the hospital, but is still living. According to an official report, Communists attacked police and Na~ zis in Hamburg yesterday. The po- lice, supported by an armoured car jand hand grenades, proceeded ener- getically. Two workers were killed and eight, in all, were injured, in- cluding three police. Independent reports on what took place were un- obtainable. and who will do none of the fight- ing and dying themselves led a war | parade down the main street of | Lima, Peru, after the clash with Colombia in the imperialist war. PA. MARCHERS IN | FIGHT PLEDGE Return Home to Con- tinue’ Struggle JOHNSTOWN, Pa., March 7.—En- | thusiasm and militancy was at a high | pitch among the Hunger March dele- gates of Central Pennsylvania re-| turning from Harrisburgh. Following a discussion on board the truck in which the 31 delegates took a spirited part, the workers pledged themselves to continue the fight to win the de- mands presented to the State Legis- lature which included the abolition of the commissary plan, increased insurance g these pledges A resolution embodyin the Unem- Geo. Stark, organizer of the National Miners’ Union, led the discussion, and for the building of 300 Demonstrate in Mt. Vernon March 4 MOUNT VERNON, N. Y.—Three hundred workers took part in the | March 4th demonstration here. This | was the first time that the workers | to grant a permit for an outdoor meeting. A delegation of six -work-| ers, who went into city hall to pre-| sent. their. demands for relief to] Mayor Bateman, were told that the mayor had gone to Washington and that the city needs time “to consider” the demands. Nazis and Nationalists proceeded today to hoist Hakenkreuz and black- white-red flags over all public build- ings in Germany. Acting Commissar |of Prussia, Goering, issued instruc- | tions to the local authorities to offer |no resistance to the hoisting of these | flags, Police powers in Bremen and Hes- sen were taken over today by the Reichs government, which appointed political commissars. The Nazi gains in the Bavarian constituencies in- creases the likelihood of similar ac tion there, unless the situation is otherwise arranged, as for example | Nazi participation in the Bavarian | government. Official buildings in Hessen were occupied by Nazi storm troops equip- ped with steel helmets, carbines and hand grenades. Prague newspapers report that the Czechoslovakian government, whieh includes seven Socialist ministers, is taking extensive measures, ineluding strengthening of frontier guards, with the purpose of preventing polit- ical fugitives from seeking asylum in Czechoslovakia. |One Day Dictatorship In Greece Is Ended By Mass Opposition ATHENS, Greege, March 7.— Prompt preparations throughout | Greece to stage a march on Athens {and widespread disturbances in which one person was killed and 25 wounded, put an end to the one-day dictatorship proclaimed yesterday by Gen. Plastiras. In his place, Gen. Otheones was appointed president of the militery provisional Cabinet, which revoked the dictartorship decrees ordered by Plastiras. The would-be dictator abolished his dictatorship during the night, and with him, Premier Venizelos, who was defeated in the elections, made his resignation and announced that he was “through with politics.” Living Cost Sharply Rises As Scrip Is Let Loose Roosevelt Hunger * Toilers in Cities and Policy Begins to Work NEW YORK.—Proof that the ad- ministration of the new hunger and war president Roosevelt is bent on driving the living standards of the} working class further downward is contained in the report today that a sharp rise in prices of the immedi- ate essentials of life, of food and clothing, is already under way. In- flation has started in the rise of prices of cotton, foodstuffs, live stock and silver following inevitably from the collapse of the banking system and the substitution of scrip for cur- | Tency. Workers will find that this week's | wages (if recelved) will be able to buy | much less than last week. Wholesale butter prices increased in the past few days although the price of but- Farms to Be Hit ter had previously been declinins Similarly wholesale prices of sugar } coffee, eggs, cocoa and grain have risen several points. Acsording to George A. Bernard, secretary treasurer of the Nationai Association of Purchasing Agents, in- dustrial plants are already stocking up heavily on their raw materials with a view to taking advantage of the rise in prices for their own pro- fits In anticipation of greater pro- fits through the withholding of goods the big farmers are preventing the shipment of foodstuffs. Lack of bank~ ing facilities will serve as the excuse for dumping tons of perishable goods which are accumulating, to raise prices and further rob the workers. Jan, 15, 1983.) to pus, other Massachusetts shoe centers. class. = fight for cash payment. \ SHIP OWNERS TURN VESSELS INTO FIRE TRAPS TO COIN HUGE PROFITS OUT OF SEAMEN’S LIVES The findings of the commission of inquiry appointed by the French Government to inquire into the causes of the disastrous fire on the passenger liner “L'Antlantique” have not satisfied the French ship- owners and their agents—the chau- vinists, fascists and war plotters. Contrary to the wishes of these circles it was ascertained that faulty electrieal cables (short cir- cult) were the cause of the fire. It was added by the commission of inquiry that the accumulation of inflammable matter in the luxuri- ous cabins, the highly inflammable paints used in painting the whole ship, insufficient fire-fighting paratuses, etc, were some of tl causes of the rapid spread of the conflagration. Nineteen human lives were the price of the disaster; 19 seamen were burned alive! Why? In whose interest? In the interest of shipping cap- ital greedy for profits. When last May the “George Philippar” fell victim to a fire, the International of Seamen and Harbour Workers appealed to the water transport workers of all countries to set up a commission of inquiry into the causes of this disaster, this commission to be 001 of seamen and some members of the crew of the ill- fated ship. The I. 8. H. at the time write openly declared: “The ISH is very much interested in bringing to light the real causes of thig catastrophe. For seamen know of instances where shij in Gyttowes of 2 finanela nebare have had their own ships fired or sank by other means in order to get | inte possession of the insurance, and this regardless of the fact that dozens of lives were lost. We know that in this period of cgisis it is far more profitable for some shipping companies to cause the loss of one or more of their vei sels by some organized “accident” and get into possession of the in- surance money than to lay them up or let them sail without profit.” at ae LL seamen will recollect the vio- lent campaign of incitement initiated by certain circles of the Frengi bourgeoisie against the heroic crew of the Soviet steamer “Sovietskaya Neft.” It was insin- uated that the Soviet seamen, who under risk of their lives res- cued 483 of the passengers and crew of the “Georges Philippar,” were the real guilty ones of the fire. BOSSES SLANDER SEAMEN’S UNION This provocation proving to be futile, a new one was found. The chauvinist press of France hurried to lay the blame for the disaster on the “Georges Philippar” on the 1. 8. H., stating in evidence of their assertion that at the World Con- gress of the Water Transport Workers in Hamburg-Altona “de- cisions about aats of sabotage” had been adopted. ‘This slander of the trade union movement of the revolutionary sea- men and dockers of the world is being revived now. The French sSibitoarcr has instituted a sec- ond commission of “inquiry” into the causes of the “Atlantique” dis- aster. The dhairman of this com- mission of inquiry is the manager of the shipping office in Bordeaux —Mr. de Bourayne, This gentle- man right at the beginning of proceedings declared that the in- quiry would take three weeks, but that he wes in a position to state right now that the disaster was caused by an act of sabotage by “certain revolutionary elements standing in connection with an in- ternal organization that held a Congress in Hamburg last year and which had instructed adherents to commit acts of sabotage on each ship where they sign on.” ‘We have already stated that this accusation is no invention of Mr, Bourayne. On June 5th, 1992, the reactionary Belgian “De Nieuwe Gazet” wrote that the fire on the “Georges Philippar” was caused by an act of sabotage “such as the ISH recommends to its adherents in the struggle against the ship- owners and war.” The editor of the above paper forgot to mention, however, that the World reas of the ISH, which had adopted decisions in regard to pind of sabotage, took place five days after the disaster. Possibly the edi- tor of this paper didn’t know either that the Congress stood under to closest supervision of the police of Hamburg-Altona, and that the del- egates at this Congress numbered among them reformist trade-union leaders as, for instance, the rep- resentative of the Danish Fire- men’s union, and further that hun- dreds of guests listened to the discussions of the Congress and mo ‘ that all decisions were adopted unanimously, uC Cae by July of last year we wrote: “We still aceuse the shipping company of having placed more value on comfort for the passengers and swelling of their profits than on the safety of the ship, and up- hold our assertion that the owners themselves are the real guilty ones of the disaster (on the “Georges Philippar”). The shipping company didn't reply to our accusation. Why not? Because they can’t deny that a Longshoremen arrive at ‘the slave well as on the “Atlantique”, swim~- ming pools, winter gardens, sport, halls and tennis courts were pro- vided, but that on these ships fit- ted with all the luxury for the rich passengers there was no adequate provision made against danger of, life to crew and passengers, The greedy owners economized on fire , fighting appliances, life boats and | other safety appliances, reduced the number of crew time, replaced experienced hands by young and | inexperienced ones to save the dif- | ference in wages, increased working time on board, ete.” These assertions of the I. 3. H on the occasion of the fire on the “Georges Philippar’ may be fully applied to the disaster on the “At- lantique.” It takes ones breath away to perceive how the French shipowners and the French police exactly repeat their methods of day's labor, on the “Georges Philippar” as , provocative accusation, market in search of FEAR GROWING INFLUENCE OF I. 8. H. Why this violent slander against the I. S. H.? ‘The ISH is the only fighting In- ternational of Seamen, Harbor Workers, River boatmen and Fish- ermen (this became plain at the World Unity Congress and also in the recent strike struggles of the | water transport workers in various countries). The I. 8. H. is the or- ganizer of the united front of struggle against the attacks of shipping capital, of struggle for better wages and working condi- tions of the water transport work- ers. The I. S, H. is the only trade- union International of the seamen, the port and river workers seriously organizing the struggle against im- perialist war and mobilizing the masses against transports of weap- ons and munitions. The ISH is something different from the ITF, which works in close unity with the imperialist League of Nations and the captains of transport. ‘The influence of the ISH in France is steadily growing. The shipping capitalists, the manufac- turers of arms and munitions and the French reformist leaders are disturbed. What they want to do is to hit two birds with one stone, to detract the attention of the broad masses of the workers—in the first place of the seamen—from the responsibility of shipping cap- ital for the numerous disasters on ships and at the same time bring about the prohibition of the ISH and its sections, But they will not sueceed, By no provocation, by no slander will shipping capital be able to relieve itself of the responsiblity for the many fires on ships. More than 450 fires occurred on ships in 1982. The Liverpool Underwriters’ Association complain in their an- nual report: “Risks in 1932 consid- erably increased, owing to the numerous fires on passenger ves: sels.” How very little the “Com= tii etal ‘Ship Owners Make | Big Money While They Cut Wages NEW YORK—The American- | | Hawaiian Steamship Co. made | | $168,534 operating profit in 1932, | | as compared to a loss of $158,744 | | in 1931. This company’s ships | | | | | were used in the last war by the | government. The Todd Shipyards Corp., one of the largest in the country, de- clared a dividend of 25c for the quarter ending March 20. The Houlder Lines (English) made a net profit of 145,167 pounds last year, mostly in war ship- ments to South America, The crews of all British ships, however, received a wage-cut last year. American sailors have had wage-cuts on every line, besides | mass lay-offs. These few figures show the piti- ful” plight of the shipping bosses, which they claim while they cut wages, pagnie Messageries Maritime and the Co. Transatlantique are trusted by the underwriters is borne out by the fact that these companies have to pay fivefold premiums for their ships. ORE than ever is it necessary to reveal the secret of many fires on ships. International Sea- men, take the matter of inguiry into the real causes of these dis- asters into’ your own hands, Set ) up commissions to investigate how shipowners enrich themselves by carefully organized “accidents,” how they endanger the life of the crews and their own ships by under- manning, employment of cheap, inexperienced labor, increase of working time on board, economiz- ing on safety appliances etc, These gentlemén don't care as damn for their ships and cargoes as Jong as they have them highly insured. But we are coneerned about the life of our comradés, Their wages and working condt. tions are of interest to us. fight against wage cuts, against ex- ploitation and against capitalise rationalization on ships. We fight for full crews on board, for an adequate complement of experienc= ed hands. We fight for safety aps pliances, according to the State of technique, for cotitrol of cargoes and for ships’ committees elected by the whole crew. By means of ships committee, full crews and other demands of the seamen we want to make an end to the criminal practices of shipowners, an end to fires other methods employed by owners to destroy their ships i order to reap profits out of losses. By organization of struggles for these demands we will ensure the safety of the seamen and in« crease the living standard of the seamen. No provocation will de- tract us from this coures. And@ hundreds of thousands of seamen, harbor workers and river boatmen will march along with us under the banner of the I. 8, H, i“, ‘The Secretariat of the T. §. ert eens i ieee