The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 11, 1933, Page 3

DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, MARCH 1 il, 1933 Page Three JOBLESS COUNCILS CALL FOR FIGHT ON Gutter Sheet’s “Enquiring Tag Day Statins ROOSEVELT ASKS SLASHES. HUNGER DRIVE OUTLINED BY ROOSEVELT Statement Exposes Roosevelt Mes sage as Bankers’ Message; in the Face of ‘For, gotten Man’ WASHINGTON, i ch 10.- day replied to President Roosevelt’s message real meaning of this message as a bankers’ at t The statement calls on the workers to unite ~The Nation a to Congress wi thei 21 Committee of the Unemployed Councils to-| ith a statement exposing the ‘+k on the toiling population of the country. forces for determined struggle against the Wall Street-Roosevelt hunger program an d to demand | immediate relief and unemploy- ment insurance. The statement fol-s lows: { “Roosevelt's message to the United} States Congress was a bankers’ mes-| sage. It. pledged full support to the) So-called ‘sound’ banks, and frowned upon the So-called ‘un-, sound banks. This is the aim of Wall Street, which § is concentrating more and more power into its hands, and which, under the whip of the dictatorial ‘ power that was 1. Amter granted Roosevelt, will wipe out the small banks. But more: the deposits of the workers, toiling farm- ers and small depositors will not be ‘guaranteed, which means the loss of the last life savings of millions of people. A Blow at “Forgotten Man.” “The message is a gleam of hope to the bankers—but to the ‘forgotten man’ it is a blow in the face. .Not one word about the promi Not one word about the situation which is worsening! Not one proposal of relief and unemployment insurance! Wall Street demands action in pro- tection of the interests of the bank- rs—let the workers rot. unite in support of his message. Roosevelt calls upon the people to} ‘William Green appeals to and pledges t's | the support of ‘labor’ io Roosev: program. Speaker Henry Rainey of the House asks for support for this monstrous Wall Street message. “Workers Will Not Be Silent.” “The workers will not be silent. the ‘forgotten men,’ recognize what the program of Wall Street has in store for the workers. More mis- ery, more starvation, wage-cuts, the loss of our homes, a hizher cost of living! action. “Workers—you who looked for- ward to the new administration—to the ‘new deal’: The time has come to unite our forces-in the rhost’ mili- tant struggle. The ‘new deal’ is the ‘old deal’—sta-vation and brutal po- lice ‘attacks, as shown in. Washing- ton by Roosevelt's cossack attack on the Washington workers. Roosevelt has long forgotten about unemploy- ment insurance. But we cannot for- get. Adopt Resolutions “adopt resolutions in all organiza- tions—unions, fraternal lodges, clubs, shops, churches, etc. Send these resolutions to Franklin D, Roosevelt, ‘White House, Washington, D. C. De- mand that Roosevelt and the U. 8. Congress act NOW on the demands presented by the Unemployed Coun- cils on Marcia 7. “Build up the Unemployed Coun- ceils! Rally the workers in the locali- ues on the basis of the united front in struggle for local demands and relief, but for the central demand of the whole working class—-UNEM- PLOYMENT INSURANCE NOW! “National Committee, “Unemployed Councils, “I, AMTER, “National Secretary.” COP BRUTALITY SHOWN AT TRIAL Women and. Children Clubbed in Capital WASHINGTON, D. C., March 10— Following merciless clubbing of the parade of the jobless here on March 6th by Roosevelt's police, 35 of the workers were arrested and brought to court on the following day. Ciub Mother and Baby ‘Testifying in court, police inspector, Headley, who led the attack on Mrs. Leslie Ferguson, was confronted with the picture showing him grabbing her while she was carrying the baby. Headley examined the picture, and see no baby there.” The handed to Judge Schuldt, fter glancing at the picture was forced to admit, “It looks like a baby to me.’ Admit Brutal Attack “The police launched an upon the marehers that has not been surpassed in recent local history for brutality,” admitted the Washington News, whose reporter was bruis ( and battered as u result of the \ slice attack. New Proletarian Journal Appears oe NEW YORK.—A new proletarian literary magazine, “Signal,” has just appeared. It is the organ of the or- ganization of Yiddish proletarian writers, Proletpen, and sells for 5 cents. The first number contains a wide selection of prose and poetry, covering 32 large pages. The editorial board of “Signal” consists of William Abrams, B, Fen- ster and Aron Kurtz, with M. I, Suhl as editorial secretary, and Sam Lip- tain as manager. The editorial office is at 108 East 14th St., New York and bid in English are: invited to con- tribute. ~~ RETAIL CLEANERS MEET NEW YORK—All retail cleaners and tailors who belong to the Inter- national Workers Order are called to . meeting on Monday, March 13, at 9 p.m, at Irving Plaza, 15th Street This is the ‘NEW DEAL’ init he attack | | Says War Looms | Sinclair Lewis, novelist, says that Europe is rapidly heading towards another war involving Germany, Italy, France, Austria and Hungary. LEHMAN FOR LOW WAGE STANDARD, Calls It Minimum Wage Law NEW YORK.—In a recent special message to the New York State Legislature, Governor Lehman, who has been closely associated with the big dress manufacturers for many years as “Public” arbitrator, urges minimum wage legislation for exploited masses of wo- men and chil- dren toilers Following imme diately upon h! declaration ti no unemploy- ment insurance Goy. Lehman measures for the starving unem-~ ployed would be adopted in the state, this proposal is merely a demagogic gesture. To Legalize Hunger Wages. _ Lehman's plan does not specify what the minimum wage of the work~ ers shall be, but calls for the assur- ance of a “bottom level of wages.” Tt calls for a minimum wage for each | industry, to be based not on the re- quirements of the living standards of the workers, but on the minimum value. of the service rendered. This | means wages pared down to the low- est possible level. In other words, the plan aims to legalize and make permanent the present low standard of wages forced upon the workers by the bosses since the crisis. Following the governor’s announce ment, the Donovan-Steingut bill was| } | introduced in the legislature embody+ ing his suggestions and providing for ja so-called “fair-wage” board, which | will investigate and report conditions in tHe industries, but will have no power to enforce its recommenda- Uons. Misleaders Support Move. Mr. Dubinsky, misleader of the In- ternational Ladies’ Garment Workers; the State Federation of Labor, the Women's Trade Union League, as well as several textile and clothing manvfecturers, are enthusiastically suporting this fake legislation. Du- binsky calls for a minimum wage for dressmakers. which will be half the amount of the union scale of wages won by the workers after years of bitter struggle. _ FOLTIS-FISCHER "STRIKERS JAILED Judge Hears Contempt Order March 15th NEW YORK—Nick Paras, arrested for picketing in the Foltis Fischer strike on March ist was dismissed yesterday by Judge Goldstein in the first magistrate’s court, after serving two days in jail. Harry Reich and George Allen active in the strike were sentenced to five days in the workhouse and Anton Krist, found guilty of distributing leaflets, will be sentenced tomorrow. The hearing on the contempt of Court order applied for by the cre~ diters of the Foltis Fischer Co. wil] be held in Judge Wm. Bondy’s court- | Toom in the Woolworth Building on the 12th floor, at 4:30 p. m. on Wed- nesday March 15th. Pedro Martinez, arrested in con~ nection with the strike at the Adele | Cafeteria at 2nd Avenue and 1th | Street, was held under $1,000 ball for special sessions yesterday. His case | Will be heard on March 13. A num ber of workers are already serving 30 day sentences for activity in this strike. | The third Anniversary of the Food | Workers’ Industrial Union will be cel- | ebrated by a monster concert and dance on April 14 at the Palm Gar- den at 306 West 52nd Street. Tickets { are available at the union headquart- ers, 4 West 18th Street. Eugene Nigob celebrated pianist, Andre Cjbulski, opera singer, and The Workers’ La- boratory Theatre will furnish the | entertainment. An excellent jazz or~ | chestra will provide music for danc~ ing. \LABOR UNION MEETINGS PAINTER: Members of the Brotherhood ef Painters ive a concert and ball evening of Mareh il at Irving Plaza John Reed Club [chalk talk, Artef, Preiheit Gesangs Verein, | Mandolin ‘Orchestra, etc. Affair arranged ‘by Interlocal Defehse Committee to aid struggle to relnstate 24 expeljed painters. CARPENTERS Carpenters Mass Meeting 1 p.m., Mareh U1 at St. Nicholas Arens, 66th St. and Columbus Ave. Organizatjon against com- ing wage cut and for protection of thé 85 per cent of union members eneeipiore Calied by U. B. of C. and J. A. Letals 2090, 1164 and 2717.5 OFFICE WORKERS UNION A hike will be held by the Office Work- ers Union this Sunday to Tibbets Brooks | Park. Members living uptown meet ot Moshnlu Parkway, 9:30 s.s., downtown comrades meet at 50 E, 13th St. at 8:30 am, CAR eee CLOAKMAKERS COMMITTEE OF 10 A meeting of the Clokmakers Committee of 100 wil} take place today, March 11th ot} p.m, at Irving Plazes. Very importent problems and @ report om the drive will bs discussed. All committee members and active cloakmakers are requested to attend. MILLINERF WORKERS Millinery “Workers Open Forum, Sundey, 1p. m. st Prospect Workers Center, 1175 Southern Bivd., Bronx. Millinery Workers Maes Meeting at 6:30 Pim, Moreh 14th at Bryant fall. orrice woRkens Al] Bmergency Work Bureau workers are called to a mess meeting 7 p.m. Mareh 14th at Labor Temple, 242 B. 14th St., room 82 by the Office Workers Union. Pia for protest against wholesale firing new gor ing on. — or DRESS WORKER DONATES $6 TO DAILY WORKER NEW YORK—Ida Rosen, a worker employed by the Trolman and Mas- ket Dress Co., 1400 Broadway, yes- terday donated $6, which she was paid for a private job done at the shop, to the Daily Worker financial drive. Other workers in all industries are urged to follow this splendid ex- ample, “Blow Daily News Fakes Intervier \Reporter” Writes Own Answer .ch Militant Fur) Workers to Fake Suppote for Roosevelt NEW YORK.—An example of the outrageous lying of the capi- talist press, and its faking of “pub- lic opinion” is afforded by The Daily News “Enquiring Reporter” column of March 10. The first item in the column is as follows: “The Question: Has the assump- tion of dictatorial powers by Presi- dent Roosevelt convinced you that our democratic form of govern- ment is inefficient? “The Place: Eighth Avenue and West 42nd Street. “The Answer; Joseph Steinman, Brooklyn, manufacturing furrier: “Yes, for emergencies. In such times as these it is impossible to get the necessary action through the ordi- nary channels of democratic legis- lation. Also, don’t forget that pro- hibition is stil] with us.’” The facts, as reported to The Daily Worker by Steinman in per- son, are these: Steinman is not a manufactur- ing furrier, bet an unemployed fur worker, and a member of the Needle ‘lrades Workers Industrial Union Steinman was approached by the Daily News photographer and re- porte place reported, the | questic d and the photograph | | snapped The photograph pub- | | Ushed was obvio that of Stein- | man, he appeared in the Datly | | Office.) 1 | But Steinman was not given an | opportunity to wer. The Daily | News reporter simply declared he was in a hurry, said, “I'll make it all right for you!” and rushed away. The entire answer was faked. | Steinman states that he is not in favor of Roosevelt's dictatorship, nor of any capitalist dictatorship, nor does he believe that before Roosevelt there was a democracy. Steinman states that he is in favor of a workers’ government, and with this fresh example of the trickery of the capitalist class and | its press before him, is more than ever willing to fight on against capitalism. NEW YORK.—A committee of 20 from the Waterfront Unemployed Council yesterday visited the offices of the Standard Oi] Company's chief maritime counsel, Haight, in the Lloyd Court building. The commit- tee was driven out by the superin- tendent of the building. At 3 pm., after a wait of 30 minutes, Haight, Jr., arrived and consented to re- ceive a delegation of two seamen. Haight expressed surprise at hear- ing that 339 West Stree. is empty and owned by the Y. M. 0. A. He asked if the delegation could prove that the committee's funds went for “overhead” expenses, They told him that an outsider could get the two meals and bed for 40 cents and the H.C. was paying 60 cents to line somebody's pockets. They demanded that free beds and food be given at the Seamen’s Church Institute, Sea- men's House (a “Y” enterprise) and better food and beds for the 200 men at the Jane street mission. The seamen wrung 3 promise from him to “investigate” conditions. They are not depending upon his “investi- gation” however, but are mobilizing the seamen and hypor workers for @ joint demonstration on March 29 against the edict of the Haight Com- mittee to cut off all relief; to force Lawrence and Methuen, | and finishing departments. Methuen shops. iS mained out on strike was completed Olympia Theatre that the strikers’ bitration”. ations conducted through the State. Board of Arbitration and Concillia~ tion which would reach @ decision on wage” adjustments” by April 20th when the season is practically over. Board Favors the Bosses. ‘The State Board desided in favor 3| Of the Brokton Shoe Manufacturers Jast year when they recommended a wage cut for the shoe workers. The officials of the National, who have put over the sell-out in agreement with the bosses are trying to convince the workers that the strike is a “vic- tory” in the substitution of bosses ar- bitration for the yellow dog contract which the bosses claim to be giving up. In the meantime the workers are being hustled back on the job to complete the bosses’ spring orders at SEAMEN DEMAND Y. M. C. A. BUILDING FOR UNEMPLOYED AND HOMELESS the Hopkins relief administration to furnish more adequate relief for the longshoremen and other harbor | workers. | Street Performances To Aid Daily Worker | NEW YORK,—A —A_ shock-! -trigae| Gramatic troupe of the Workers La- | boratory Theatre, together with Sec- | tion 1 of the Communist will hold a mass meeting on 7th St. and Ave A. tomorrow at 3 p. m. to col- lect funds for the Daily Worker. The section will provide speakers who will explain the role and importane: of the Daily Worker, and the troupe will perform a mass recitation, “Sup- } port the Daily Worker.” | On the following Saturday evening, March 18, the Agit-Prop and Theatre Collective, both sections of the Work~- ers Laboratory Theatre, will hold a Theatre Night, the entire proceeds to go to the Daily Worker. NEW YORK.—A sharp decline in the production of basic industries! carried the combined index of the ending March 4, as compared with 48.5 for the preceeding week. LYNN SHOE STRIKE SOLD OUTBY = OFFICIALS THROUGH “ARBITRATION” BULLETIN. The Hayerhil] shoe strike which is standing solid is spreading to One hundred and twenty-five workers walked out on strike at the Milchen Shoe Company closing down the wood heel About 500 workers have struck in the LYNN, Mass. March 10.—The sell-out of over 350 workers who re- today with the announcement of Wil- liam Mahan, official of the Nation2l Shoe Workers Association at the demands had been submitted to “ar- The strikers were ordered to return to work pending negoti- FER SOS bindtetixtds the miserably low wage rate paid prior to the strike. living rising higher as a result of the inflation, the workers are in a worse position than previously. Call Shop Meetings. _ ‘Thousands of shoe workers expres- sed bitter resentment over the be- trayal of their struggle and are turn-/ ing to the Shoe and Leather Workers| Industrial Union for leadership. The Shoe and Leather Workers Industrial Union is urging the shoe workers to call meetings in their shops, elect committees to negotiate directly with the manufacturers for their demands based upon the conditions in each shop and to refuse to accept the ar- bitration sell-out but demand in- creases in prices right now. ‘With the cost of | for the Daily Worker! , Emergency Drive LOWER EAST SIDE—11 Clin- ton St, 96 Avenue C, Workers | Center; 165 E. Broadway, East Side | Workers Club; 122 Second MIDTOW N. ¥.—259 W. St, 419 W. 53rd St., 131 W. St. (Saturday only), 103 Lexington Ave. HARLEM.—650 Lenox Ave., rarian Workers Home; 347 | St, Czechostovak Workers. LOWER BRONX.—1157 cm Blvd., 801 Prospect Ave Prospect Ave., 260 E. 138th $ | UPPER BRONX.—2700 Bronx | Park East, 2075 Clinton Ave., near 180th St., 1610 Boston Rd. Brooklyn, 1109 45th St., 2006 70th St. 27th and Mermaid, Coney | Island Center; 112 Bay 31st St.,| 136 15th St. Workers Center; Myrtle Avenue. BROWNSVILLE—105 Thatford | Ave., Brownsville Workers Youth | Club; 1813 Pitkin Ave., Brooklyn | Workers Center; 313 Hinsdale St., | Hinsdale Workers Club; 524 Ver- | | mont St. E. N. Y. Workers Club; 608 Cleveland Street; 428 Saratoga | | Ave.; 261 Schenectady St. . WILLIAMSBURG. —61 Graham | Ave., 226 Throop Ave., 285 Rodney JAMAICA, L. 1—148-29 Liberty St. Workers Center. BALKAN TERROR \Parade To Start From Union Square Today NEW YORK— Th Through its call for a demonstration against Fascist ees ror in the Balkan countries called ft today at 11 A. M,, to be followed by @ parade to the Columbus Circle, the Anti-Imperialist League and the Pro- visional Committee of Struggle A gainst Balkan Fascism have called the attention of the workers in New York to unparalleled outrages, med ieval tortures and wholesale suppre: sion being imposed upon the worke: in the Balkan countries. In the effort to stretch the helping hand of solidarity to those workers, and at the same time to weld a solid united front of struggle against Fas- cism, as part of world-wide action by the workers, the League and the Provisional] Committee have appealed | to workers of all nationalities ta take | | part in the demonstration today. | Roumanjan, Yugo-Slav, Turkish and Bulgarian consulates. A statement issued by the Provi-~ sional Committee paints a picture of | | against the workers of these countries, and medievial, inhuman tortures to jected. Sofia and throughout Bulgaria, in- | cluding Christo Traykov, the Mace- donian workers deputy. 152 trials have taken place which re~ sulted in 18 executions, four Jife sen- | tences, and a. total of 734 sent to| serve prison terms. This does not include the approxi- | mately hundred workers killed inside of prison wall or driven insane through unendurable tortures. The} | tortures splice prisoners’ tongues, pull | out nails, sear the flesh with hot| irons, and crush their heads with | vich was driven insane. Such are the accounts contained in | the statement which recites facts of | countries. country is also the fight on Fascism in another,” declares the statement, calling upon the workers to take part in today’s demonstration, BUDAPEST, Hungary, March 10—| Thirty-two municipal railway work- | ers were reported arrested today on a charge of membership in a Com- munist organization. South- | | 69 | | BROOKLYN.--764 40th Street, | | | | ] | St, 46 Ten Eyck St. | | i] | MASS TO PROTEST N. ¥. Post down to 42.6 for the week| Delegations will be sent to the| iron-fisted, murderous terror directed | land ‘pretend: i which the political prisoners are sub-| | Leaders of workers have been shot | | down in cold blood on the streets of In Jugo-Slavia, in the period be-| ginning 1929 up to September 1932 | iron rings. In this way Lazar Gjuo-| Fascist terror in all of the Balkan | “The fight on Fascism in one} FOR VETS, GOV'T WORKERS Second Message if Toiling Masses § Mar Ro GTON ‘War Lord Runs | i | | | Gen. Ho Chu-Kuo, commander of | the Chinese forces who didn’t de- fend Jehol from the Japanese in- vasion in accordance with the gen- eral sabotage of the Nanking gov- ernment. He is shown posing far back of the Chinese lines before the big retreat. arries Bankers’ Attack on Still Further —In second message to demanded immediate s’ benefits and the wages of today including the men in the armed second part of the bankers’ program of protecting their profits by grind- ing down the miserable living stand- of the masses still further. The first part, now being put into effect is the wholesale pillaging of deposits and inflation of the currency to raise the cost of living. House Acts. the speed that has zed the new administration in carrying out Wall Street's orders, ise today adopted a resolution creating a special select committee to dea] with the proposed legislation. sevelt’s proposals are essen- a continuation of Hoover's pol- 1ough cov ered up more dema- seology $500,000,000 Slash. Though Roosevelt did not specify the extent of the reductions for ex- servicemen and government employ- ees, it is expected that they will total more than $500,000,000. Patman Lines Up. “friends” of the veterans eady hastening to line up be- id the bankers’ onslaught. Repre Patman, of Texas, sponsor bonus bill, forgot en- rely about the bonus, but declared We know certain cuts can be made, | but we want them made by the vet DUTCH Pi AN WAR . (BLOC W = JAPAN : ia Matches U Collecting Arms | Communist deputies in the Dutch Parliament yesterday jattacked the of the Dutch gover for a mili- tary all with Japan against th 1 masses of th Dutch East ward in strugg | perialism. ‘The p along the line | alliance betw j and is simi aimed against the and the Soviet Union. Baelarrs van Blok- gotiations y concerned | colon‘al ma | with Japan wi with an arbitr: The Foreign ay that th Sohal Province wot yond the Great Wall into area in defian Government wh threats of the us its spheres of inv | China against its Huge War Orders. Japanese tsin reet r Mr soe Reports | ck f Potec ing out Tush oi and Br ja large | The Hote orders for | tt 4 the dram: anese delegates f Nations ocreredbess Yosuke ka, head of the. big mur France, i pl the Royal Dutch S$ Oil Company for a | the Japanese navy. | and Japanese battle fl | sent mobilized in the Pa caer Witt d Standard pply of oil for | Both the U. S.| are at pre- | | ARKANSAS FARMERS FORM COMMITTEES OF ACTION TO FIGHT HUNGER (By O. F.) LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Roadside Hoovervilles and the daily sight of evicted farmers trudging along high- ways, tell the story of the capitalist process of expropriating the small farmer and tenant in Arkansas, as the economic crisis deepens. Unemployed workers, dispossessed farmers, evicted croppere and tenants, have nacked their few beiongings and ecemped slong highways in the straw- | berry region, of which White County | is the center. Since New Year's the influx of berry pickers has increased. Near McRae dozens of families have taken refuge in a vacant tract, sheltered from the wind by standing timber, Makeshift Homes With makeshift homes of burlap tents, Jean-to shacks of boxes and cardboard, live these families on starvation rations, vaguely hoping for a job when the berry season opens in May. But farmers themselves are scarce- ly better off, since the cash return from berries was so far below cost of production that it did not even sus- tain a decent standard of living. They, too, are demanding relief. Under these conditions a local Committee of Action was formed to present demands for adequate relief. As a result of this united action, an emergency appropriation, of fort; Sacks of Red Cross flour was granted. This relief will go to all needy fam- ilies, not only aged people, A demand for more R. F. C, relief was partially conceded, Find Destitution As a result of @ survey the McRae local Conumittee of Action found nd Tiving pleee, and are urged to bring other cleaners along to take art in the very important business of the meeting. more than 100 families requiring im- mediate relief in cash, flour ond clothing. Again \the Committee of Action presented demands for an emergency appropriation of Reopn- struction Finance Corporation and Red Cross relief, to be administered without restrictions by the farmers own committee. Long accustomed to holding the whip over workers and farmers, the political ring, so predominant an in- stitution in the South, is now crack- ing it vigorously to break up the farmers organization, spreading false SMOES (A, Ark-—For shoes, this little fellow, a Lrmrs son, binds his feet with pieces of old automobile tires, Stories, misrepresenting its aims and ere its organizer, attempting to incite mob violence against the or- ganizer, ‘Threaten Organizer. A party of night riders came to the home of ©. L, Crider, friendly to the organizer and an active member, warning him to leave. He was not harmed, so it wae apparent they were {looking for the organizer who was elsewhere that night. In the face of political subjection, besides economic oppression, farmers of Arkansas are attempting to orga- nize to demand emergency relief from hunger, poverty, taxation and mortgages. As one of the semi-feudal states) where cotton is the chief crop, the Plantation system of share croppers exploitation ts prevalent here and thousands now are homeless. Long known as a state able to rajse all necessary food, the majority of | the farm population subsistance pro- ducers, now find it necessary to de- miand relief, Relief Required. Even the state officials admit that hefore the year js over, more than half the povulation, between 660,000 and one million, will require relief. In co-operation with the agricul- tural extension service, a live »t hom vrogram is planned as a substitute for Reconstruction Finance Corpora- tion direct aid, for a people who have “tways practiced self-sufficing eco- omy. It has been necessary to raise a small eash crop, if not cotton then | truck farming, fruit berries or vege- tables. ‘The market level, however, was So Jow last year the eash return wés Insufficient to buy proper cloth- ing, foods and other necessaries to a decent existence. Jn 1932 the total value of Arkarisas crops was the lowest on record, says the report of ©. 8, Bouton, federal- state agricultural statistician, placing it at %64,000,000, as compared with $108,000,000 in 1931, and $87,000,000 in the year of the big drouth of 1930. In 1932 the vatue of cotton, one of the main crops of the state, dropped to 40 per REE 4A boca paren write oe prions, “Relative Gain” war report has the gall to say that meas- ured in things which make for a gen- eral livelihood, it is generally felt that the farmers have made a “rela- tive gain”. Despite these admissions, the state In an attempt to make this lie seem true, the report gives as a proof, the fact that there is a shift in popu- lgtion from city to country. There have been about a million people gone back to the country when they the world. Back to Primitive Conditions. It ts a retreat from a former stand- ard of living. It means going back to primitive conditions of existence. The report shows prices on com- modities the farmer has to buy de- clined but 12 per cent, but his pur- chasing power dropped 51 per cent. Nearly 6000 farmers and unemployed workers gathered at Neb. Capitol in Lincoln with a demand f ‘or a moratorium on farm mortgage foreclosures, interest and for lower taxes, lost their jobs in the city, who are living in deserted farm houses, build- ing cardboard shacks and log cabins im the woods where they might make a scarce living by huating and fish- ing, and growing gardens, instead of picking over garbage cans. But it is not a “relative gain”, that the farmers have been forced to de~ mand relief, while at the same time there is plenty of every thing to eat millions of others, find themselves unable to get adequate production credit. Federal loans require com- pulsory acreage reduction of 30 per cent. Pending legislation in the guise of farm relief provides refinancing rich farmers with collateral (the Frazier Bill), The Jones Bill for control of production with a small bounty on 40 per cent of the cotton if reduced and wear in the richest country in| in acreage 30 per cent, !s four cents | less than cos' i i | designed for tion farms, at the | the consumer pay a Try to Cut Out Small Farmer. ‘The live at he the-farm mover slogan, al | Street to elin the itself in p s of county, Arkan- sas, have stalied off several eviction the farmers in Po) The solidarity of the farm- ers ed b of Mena, Ark., to indefinitely extend farm mortgages. When the Chamber of Commerce | hogred the R. F. C. relief, farmers of Old Potter, sent a committee to demand a shave of the relief work, | and they got it. Over 40 men were} immediately put on the job, Organize for Relief. In White cov farmers have seized upon the rect action, | and have won ands for | more relief in McRae township de- | spite opposition of two by four bank- | ers and local bosses. Farmers. of Garner township organized a com- mittee of action and adopted a per- manent program under the Arkansas ank United Farmers Protective Associ- ation. The movement spreading. When adopting a pr n for ganization they endorsed the F ers’ National Relief Conference declared their affiliation with the Na~- | tional Committee for Action, and will | support a call for a state conference. Inquiries may be directed to O. Pred- erickson, MoRae Ark. erans' committee which tudying this problem.” About 400,000 men who risked their lives in various Wall Street war: won be affected by the cuts. The ‘ans National Liaison Commit tee enting the sentiment, of the overwhelming majority of the rank and file v has been conducting + campaign nst the cuts, demend ing payment of the bonus and relief measures for workers and farmers Veterans and their organizations, as well as workers’ groups, should a once send protests to President Roo. Sevelt and to Congress, demanding not a cent off the veterans’ benefits or the wasee of government employes. ‘ AUSTRIA HUNGER has been ' MARCH ATTACKED Socialist “Heads Are Silent on Fascism VIENNA, March 10.—One of the first acts of the military dictatorship set. up by the Austrian Premier Doll- fuss was to send troops and gen- darmes against unemployed workers mobilizing in Neunkirchpn, near the industrial center of Wiener Neustadt for a Hunger March to demand yn- emp d relief from the employers nd their government. Machine ms and barbed wire were placed across the highways. A cojumn of 200 Hunger Marcher as savagely tacked by the milita: and the workers dispersed after 3 sharp struggle Cops Occupy Socialist Quarters The police yesterday oecupied al! Socialist headquarters and me¢etitig places, The Socialist leaders who the day before were indulging in decep- tive promises of resistance to the fascist develonments have failed, of ue their promised call the fascist all for resistance has been issued by the Austrian Communist Party, lone illegalized by the bourgeoisie with the aid of the The Austrian Na- re (official fascists) are silently suvporting the government, confident that they will be invited to join a new concentration govern- ment along the lines of the present German government. Troops Move In ‘Two regiments of fully equipped troops were moved into the capital last night in an attempt to intimidate the anti-fascist working class. DOLLAR IS HIT IN EUROPE ; Britain, S. Rival, Grabbing Gold The American dollar {fs to tofiger the basis of calculation on foreign e nada has aban- x rrency on the basis of the U States dollar and now uses the French frane as 4 basis of calculation England Gaining in Gold. With the “temporary” abandot- ment of the gold standard by the United States and the danger of the dollar going off the gold standard for a considerable Jength of time, its great imperialist rival, England, that had been off the gold standard for a@ year and a half, is aceumulating gold at a rapid rate. On Thursday, | the Bank of England acquired anoth- | er two billion pounds in gold (at par $10,000,000) which brings the gold supply of England close to the point where it can easily return to the gold standard. It is probable that it will take this step if the United States is forced to prolong its “tem= porary” abandonment of the gold standard. The United States dollar in France has sunk so thet it now requires about 5 eents to buy & fragic¢, of four cents. In Berlin the is quoted at 4.10 marks instes@ of 4.22 last week Soviet Discounts Dollars. The Soviet Union diséounts the dollar ten per cent of its former value. The dollar is being exchanged in the Soviet Union for rublee at the rate of 1.74, a fall trom the for- mer prices of 1,94,