The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 16, 1933, Page 1

Cf -—Raitoriais WHY U.S. WORKERS WILL NOT LET ‘DAILY’ DIE American Workers! Save; you ave raised nearly $1,000 to _ Thaelmann and Torsgler! keep the Daily Worker alive. Thou- sands have helped raise this sum, and we have reason to feel proud of their | HE Hitler regime of murder, vandalism, provocation, forg- ery and incendiarism is plotting the murder of the leaders of the Communist Party of Germany. 2. The Roosevelt government is trying to cut $500,- 000,000 from veterans’ benefits and the wages of gov- ernment employes—and only the Daily Worker leads the fight against this attack on millions of “forgotten men.” | 3. The fascist dictatorship in Germany has de- | clared ruthless, murderous war on the working masses. | Only the Daily Worker steps forward as the organizer | is the Daily Worker, organ of the oppressed farmers as well as of the workers, Japanese drive toward: n the League of } and the y. We are going tc 0 every cent of this $ that the full $35,000 be e must be not letup is the ma will be plunged i devotion and self-sacrifice. But unless the full $35,000 is raised the Daily Worker will be forced out of existence. We know the workers of the w of the united front of the American toilers against the Hitler terror regime, war of the pirate governments against each othe 4. The new trial of the Scottsboro Nezro boys is | against Soviet Russia. Only the Daily Worker exposes about to begin. Without the Daily Worker the mass | the imperialist war maneuvers and rallies the masses ‘i to fight against them. Sonire d ecretary of the Communist Party that the workers of this country will never | movement of workers, farmers, intellectuals, profes- | : E tae : Comrade Thaelmann) seeretany of the Communist Patty, |. iow thisits happen: sionals, etc, Negro and white, that alone can force the | 8. HUNDREDS OF STRUGG BIG AND and Comrade Torgler, head of the Communist Reichstag They will not allow this to happen because: release of these Negro children, cannot be built up. | LITTLE, THUNDER ALOUD THAT THE “DAILY | 1. Wall Street's new banking bill, which has been endorsed by the “socialists”, Hillquit and Thomas, is designed to plunder millions of dollars from the small depositors. It is raising through inflation the cost of living for every section of the toiling population. The Daily Worker is needed to expose this robber scheme, to rally the masses to 2 struggle against the bankers’ starvation program, 5. In every part of the country tens of thousands NOW MORE THAN EVER, IS ABSOLUTELY INDIS- | of workers are fighting against wage cuts, fighting f PENSABLE, DECLARE WITH AN IRON VOICE 12 immediate relief and unemployment insurance. They | THAT THE DAILY WORKER MUST NOT DIE. | look to the Daily Worker as the eyes and ears and 4 + J brain of their struggles. E know that you will not allow the “Daily” 6. The farmers are on the move, stopping forced | You, the forgotten men and women, you, who sales, demanding rellef, moratoriums on taxes, debts, | are suffering from unemployment and wage cuts, you, | mortgages, rents. Fighting with them, leading them, | who are bearing the brunt of the bankers’ new attacks of the black fascist-junker tyranny. Dispatches from Berlin reveal they are to be butchered by the brutalized fascist bandits to whom the capitalist class has assigned the job of trying to salvage their decaying structure and to cement it with the lifeblood of the leader- partie: at once. Rush contributions ta E. 13th St., New York City | Funds are nee | the Daily Worker RECEIVED YESTERDAY ..... TOTAL TO DATE ...... to die. | | | fraction, are today held prisoners in the torture chambers | | ship of the German working class. Hitler’s fascist regime is the last card of the decaying capitalist class of Germany. This foul concentration of fascist degeneracy, the remnants of feudalism, trust magnates, monarchists, with the depraved offscourings of ali parasitic elements, are trying to exterminate by fire and sword the revolutionary proletariat of Germany, trying to drown in oceans of blood the rising tide of proletarian revolution. Today, in the midst of the murder campaign, the fascist terror is trying to behead the working class. They are plotting the murder of the leaders of the Communist Party, so they can advance to further terror against all the toiling masses. This fierce onslaught must arouse to decisive action the working class of the United States to wrest from the fascist butchers their prey. Thaelmann and Torgler must be saved! Every blow against the German toilers is a blow against the working class of the world! Organize mighty mass demon- strations against the terror in Germany! Rush protests to the German Government! Protest before the German em- bassies and consulates! Demand the immediate release of Thaelmann and Torgler! Demand freedom for all prisoners of fascism! Help to crush the Hitler terror regime! Two Misleaders Call on the White House HE “militant” Norman Thomas, and the “orthodox” socialist, Morris Hillquit, paid a visit to the White House to see Roosevelt. What was the purpose of this visit? Did these two leaders of the Socialist Party go to the White House in order to fight for Unemployment Insurance? Did they state their opposition to the cutting of the veterans’ compensation? Did they demand that the small depositors should not lose their money? Did they oppose the whole program of inflation, which already has raised the cost of living? Not at all. They went to praise the Wall Street President for his “prompt action in averting a financial crisis and a disastrous increase in unemployment. What does this prompt action of the Roosevelt: Cabinet consist of? Roosevelt was prompt to close the banks in order to help the great bankers rob the small depositors of their life-time savings. It is common knowl- edge that the whole banking program of Roosevelt was shaped by the Hoover administration. It is common knowledge that Rcosevelt gave the bankers a chance to withdraw their money before the Banking Holiday was declared. ° ania i “These socialist leaders repeat in a most brazen manner the whole propaganda of the ruling class, that the banking measures taken by Roosevelt have averted “a disastrous increase in unemployment.” The facts are that since the banking holiday not only have plants shut down and wages been cut, but thousands upon thousands of workers were not paid their wage: and in many states have received payments in scrip. A central part of Roosevelt's program is inflation. Even Rainey, Speaker of the House, was compelled to declare that they hove adopted & program of $11,000,000,000 inflation. At a time when i.e loot o f the bankers has reached the amount of $7,000,000,000, Thomas and Hillquit tind it possible to praise the President for his “promtp action in averting a financial crisis.” To camouflage their support of the inflation policy they are compelled, so as not to enrage the masses, to adopt the fancy name of “reflation.” The New York Herald-Tribune reports that “Thomas approved as a necessity the cutting of veterans’ benefits, although he thought all people who are disabled should have support against insecurity.” (Our emphasis.) Here we have Mr. Thomas repeating his betrayal of the veterans in their struggle for the bonus. At the time of the bonus march he opposed the payment of the bonus. Now he favors the cutting of veterans’ benefits. But the greatest of all the betrayals of these socialist leaders in the present fierce hunger drive of the Roosevelt administration is in their attitude on relief for the unemployed. Not one word was uttered by these socialist gentlemen in favor of Unemployment Insurance! Here, again, to cover up their ignoring of the demand for unemployment insurance, they propose charity rates for relief. In addition, they repeat Hearsi’s program for unemployment relief. Hearst for many months has been carrying on a campaign to float a bond Assue of $5,000,000,000 for “public works” as a substitute for Unemployment Insurance. But Thomas and Hillquit must appear more radical than Hearst, so instead of, $5,000,000,000 they propose a %12,000,000,000 bond issue. However, in the essentials we find agreement between Mr. Hearst’s program for unemployment relief and that of these socialist leaders . To b <tr, in order to maintain their appearance as socialists so they can deceive end betray the workers, Thomas and Hillquit had to make gestures of opposition t © the program of Roosevelt. They therefore crit- icized and, as the capitalist préss reports, in “a friendly and constructive manner,” the forced labor program for the unemployed which the Roose- yelt administration is planning to establish. Thomas and Hillquit did not put forward a single demand which ‘would enable the small depositors to get their money bock. To hide their support of the Wall Streev program in face of the collapse of the banks, they have advanced the program for the nationalization of the banks, @ proposal which has nothing in common with socialism, because it means netionalizetion under boss control—a step nearer to fascism. As the New York Herald-Tribune reports, Mr. Thomas “admitted there had not been entire agreemnt on methods at the confernce.” (Our emphasis). But there certainly was agreement on the essentials of the Roosevelt hunger program. Whenever the ruling class finds itself in a tight corner, whenever the ruling class and its government decide to attack the standard of living of the masses, the social-fascist: leaders can be counted upon to help, with a mixture of some socialist phrases, carry out the program of attack planned by the capitalist class. Editorial Correction Yesterday's editorial headed “A Maneuver to Conceal a Great Be- trayal,” should read as follows: “The ignorant and misleading dispatch of Duranty is based on the editorial comment of Pravda of January 22, “on the manifesto of the Communist International, REJECTING the treacherous demagogy for a united front with the social-fascist leaders.” j COMPETITION FOR MARX MONUMENT Soviet Premier Issues Announcement MOSCOW, U.S.S.R., March 15. (By tion for a Karl Marx Monument is Radiogram).—In a resolution of the, announced. Council of the Peoples Commissars,| The resoli : signed by V. Molotov, Premier of the| n° Zesolution states USSR. an international competi- in commemoration of the fiftieth ” anniversary of the death of Marx, founder of Scientific Socialism and great leader of the international pro- OSSINING, N.Y., March 15.—The | letariat, the Council of Peoples’ Com- ‘avorite “hundred-percenter” theory; missars of the U.S.S.R, announces an hat the majority of criminals are | international competition for a mon- oreign-born receives somewhat of a| ument of Karl Marx to be placed in jolt with the announcement by War-| the Palace of the Soviets Square in len Lewis E. Lawes of Sing Sing| Moscow. Awards ranging from 30,- that out of 2,454 inmates in the pri-| 000 to 100,000 rubles will be made to ion only 232 are foreigners, winning participants,” AMERICAN-BORN IN SING SING Dail Central Orga (Section of the Communist International) Vol. X, No. 64 <q: Rutered as second-class matter at the Post Office at New York, N. ¥., under the Act of March &, 1879. GERMAN-FRENCH CLASH ON | ARMED BANDS AT RHINE SHARPENS WAR DANGER War Situation in Europe Poland Is Preparing a “Moral Case” by Withdrawing Danzig Troops } The already tense international situation was further | | sharpened yesterday by a clash between the governments of | France and Germany over the activities of armed bands of German fascists in the Rhineland zone “demilitarized” by the Versailles Treaty. The French Government claimed that the | League of Nations Tries to Conceal Developing Arms Embargo on Japan Means War While Pushing Move | WASHINGTON, March 15. — The Roosevelt Government which already has greatly intensified the war at home on the toiling masses, put into effect yesterday an aggressive policy against its rival Japanese imperialism, appointing a delegate to the League of Nations Committee of “Inquiry” on the Far East war, and calling on | Congress to give the president power to establish an arms embargo at his discretion. Hugh R. Wilson, U. S. Minister to | Switzerland, was instructed to sit in on the League’s Committee of In- | quiry, but without the right to vote. The Washington Government made it clear it would maintain its right to independent action against Japan, should the other powers continue their refusal to support fully the U. 8. policy in the Far East, Embargo Leads To War At the same time, Secretary of | State Hull rejected the British pro- gram of an arms embargo against both China and Japan. The British plan had been sharply attacked in official circles here. The Washington Government is now striving to effect an international arms and trade boy- cott against Japan and is prepared to go ahead alone, if necessary. It was unofficially admitted in official circles that such a boycott would immedi- ately lead to war, and that seizure by Japan of arms shipments of China would be seized upon as a pretext for projection of armed action ageinst Japan, Food Price Rise in Albany Forces An Investigation NEW YORK.—Rising food prices in Albany has forced the mayor to call | a meeting of grocers and other food distributors to investigate the rea- sons for the increases. He will at- tempt the usual whitewash. William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor again added his voice to the demand of the bosses for increases in commodity prices (or indirect pay cuts) in a speech before the Wilkes-Barre Cen- tral Labor Council. 30 Dead, Many Hurt by Tornado in Tennessee NASHVILLE, March 15.—Thirty persons, including eight in the coal mine town of Pruden, Tenn., were killed here today when a tornado swept over the Tennessee-Kentucky border, Throughout the night and early to- day the list of dead and injured grew as reports trickled in from rural com- munities over damaged communica- tion lines, Many were killed in Nashville, where winds howled over houses, damaged buildings, uprooted trees and littered the streets with debris, the Daily Capital Admits It! For Independent Anti-Japan Moves | treaty was violated by the oc- cupation of the former military barracks at Kehl by fascist bands and the removal from office by armed fascists of the mayors and burgomasters of Cologne and other Rhineland cities. The French protest placed the German facsist regime in the em- barrassing position of repudiating the action of its supporters, thus exposing the demagogic nature of its election pledges of “stern re- sistance” to the Versailles System or basing its hopes on the knowledge of imperialist support for the Ger- man reaction by appearing to reject the French demand. Hitler rejected as “unfounded” the French protest whereupon the entire reactionary press hailed his action as a fascist “victory” and “proof” that the fas- cist regime will not tolerate the ex- istence of the Versailles System. Meanwhile, the League of Nations redoubled its efforts to conceal the developing war situation from the toiling masses and put through a purely superficial and ineffectual “solution” of the quarrel between Germany and Poland over the “Pol- ish Corridor” by inducing Poland to promise to withdraw its troop rein- forcements in the Danzig trouble zone set up by the Versailles Treaty. Colonel Joseph Beck, Poiish For- eign Minister, promised to withdraw the extra troops under pressure from France and England who are concerned with preparing the best “moral case” in the {ntpending con- flict which is already described as “inevitable” in both British and French imperialist circles. MARK CZAR’S FLIGHT MOSCOW, March 15.—Articles ap- pearing in the Soviet press recall the abdication of Czar Nicholas II, six- teen years ago today. The over- throw of the Czarist regime was followed but a few months later with | the complete defeat of the temporary | capitalist governments and the estab- lishment of the Soviet Government of the workers and peasants on Novem- ber 7, 1917, STRIKE | ment tonight. VICTORY ON BRITISH S. S. Small Depo: Scene in Cleveland before a closed bank. The small depositors, hit by closed banks are demanding their full funds in old currency valves (not in scrip or new inflation dollars). VET PROTESTS GROW AS DEMOCRAT-- 6.0. COALITION TRIES TO RUSH CUTS Backed by More Legion Chiefs; Affect Nearly | 3,000,000 People; Send Protest Wires! \ NEW YORK.—The National Committee of the Workers Ex-Servicemen’s | League has sent # telegram to the U. S. Senate, protesting against the | drastic cuts in veterans’ benefits contained in Roosevelt's “economy bill,” | and demanding no reduction in payments. The telegram states: | | “Thousands of members of the Workers Ex-Servicemen’s League and millions of ovher veterans, including #————— = -| workers, business men and profession- } als, oppose the Roosevelt bill directed My gainer cisabled Worle, Spanish, Clvl| Steel Production and other war veterans. The reduc- . tion cuts the already low compensa- } S inks to Level tion and pensions of beeike! Marea h C We demand that there no reduc- f tion in the disability pay and pen- 0. 19¢ entury sions of veterans or dependents, Tax | the millionaires.” | NEW YORK, March 15.—The re-| is ep y | ports of the United States Steel Cor-} Try To Rush Bill Thru | poration, made public yesterday show} WASHINGTON, March ,5. — With} a decline in iron ore and steel ingots the democratic-republican coalition] of from 50 to 70 per cent below| working smoothly, debate on the! 1931, with decreases of more thew} Roosevelt $500,000,000 swindte bill was) $90,000,000 in net assets and $72,000,-| being rushed in the Senate in an ef-/ 000 in net working assets for the} fort to get it passed before adjourn-| year 1932. | Production has sunk to the 19th) ‘The bill, representing the wishes of} century level. Steel to the year 1898; | the financial czars of Wall Street,! pig iron to the year 1896. With the} turns over to Roosevelt powers pre-| population of the country in 1896 but| viously vested in Congress and gives! half of what it is today it is pos-| him full authority to make drastic| sible to get some idea of the ter- cuts in veterans’ benefits and the} rifie decline in per capita produc-| wages of government employes, in-| tion—on that basis production goes| cluding the members of the armed] pack approximately 50 years, which forces. | shows that all the effects of the most Other Legion Chiefs Back Cuts | devastating economic crisis of all time Other Legion dhiefs have broken| are in full force in the United States. their silence and come out in favor| This decline is accompanied by the of the bankers’ proposals. Among| Wleashing of 2 more intensified them is Dr. George Lawrence, New! drive against the standards of life York State Commander of the Am-|of the toiling masses and a new erican Legion, who has issued « state-| plunge toward war as another means ment supporting the Roosevelt bill.| of trying to get out of the crisis in a Bitter resentment is sweeping the} capitalist way. rank and file of the Legion at this RESTA open betrayal’ of the resolutions of Rortinga Na Wits Fratemt the Portland Ore., convention of the} PORTLAND, Ore., March 15. organization, meeting of a rank and file veterans The proposed slashes in benefits! provisional committee, attended by| would affect 776,000 World War vet-| representatives of various veterans’ erans, 400,000 of their dependents, | orga: tions, a resolution of protest was wired to the senators and rep- 437,000 Civil and Spanish War vet- evans, their widows and children, and about 1,000,000 civil and military goy- ernment employes. that they oppose the Roosevelt star- | vation program for the vets, i orker of “the-Co Tpynist Party U.S.A. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1933 CITY EDITION REOPENED BANKS REFUSE FULL PAYMENT 10 SMALL DEPOSITORS; PRICES RISE Layoffs in Industry Continue As Poor Popu- \ lation Is Fleeced IWNS; Food Deliveries Cease in Many Mill T Canned Goods Only Food NEW YORK, March 15.—About 1,500 banks were open in the United States today, but depositors were unable to draw | but very limited amounts—-at most $25 a week from any of | them. Some permit withdrawals no larger than $5 a week. The government is continuing its drive to help the big bank- Uruguay Seamen’s Strike Hits Owners. As Anti-War Congress Is in Session MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, March 15 —Siriking under the revolutionary leadership of the Latin American Marine and Port Workers’ Commit- tee, 600 marine workers of the Uru guayan coastwise service are de- manding that the bosses sign on again all seamen recently fired to complete the usual full crews on all ships and in ports. The seamen are also demanding | that the recent wage cuts be with- drawn and their union be recognized. A conference of continental marine and port workers is now taking place | in Montevideo to strengthen the marine workers’ organization and ac- tivity in the transport industry. The present struggle of the Uruguayan marine workers is an example of the support which the workers are giving to the conference and to the Anti- War Congress now in session in this city. Urge Support. The Latin American Marine and Port Workers’ Committee calls upon the American marine workers to help the struggle of their Uruguayan fel- low workers. 700 Hosiery Workers Continue Strike in N.C. Despite Threats HIGHPOINT, N. C., March 16.— The strike at the Standard Hosiery | Mill at Alamance for the re-instate- ment of former strike leaders con- tinues today. Seven hundred work- ers are involved. Local police aud deputized citizens have been order- sentatives from Oregon, demanding} ed by city officials and the governor| bonds to be in readiness to crush any mil- itancy on the paré of the strikers, ‘BELGENLAND” Walkout in N. Y. for Cash Withdrawals’ Babine Banks Shadows NEW YORK.—Revolting against) the restrictions put on them by the Red Star Line, the crew of the Brit- ish steamer “Belgenland” struck. in New York for a cash wage draw, for better food, and for clothes and to- bacco in the slop chest. They won all demacids. The company tried to use the bank holiday and the restricted withdraw- als of Roosevelt's bank rules, to evade payment. But the crew stood firm behind their demands, and forced the company to get them the money. The “Belgenland” left New York three weeks ago on a Caribbean cruise. During the cruise the men were denied shore leave. After re- turning to New York the men de- manded a draw on their wages. Angered by a refusal, thirty-five members of the black gang, the en-/| gine and fire room crew decided to} strike, and called on the Marine} Workers Industrial Union for aid. Tuesday night the strike was called with the posting of a leaflet from the union, on the crew to walk out in solidarity with the un- all over the ship, even to the First, Class Bulletin Boards, and “No Pay} ~-No Work” was chalked on the bulk- heads everywhere. The delegate from the Union was aboard, and the black gang elected its committee to deal with the of- ficers. When breakfast was over the} “No,” said the crew. “We'll wait.” The Second pointed to the union delegate and said “who is that?” * “That's our union delegate,” said the crew, “He's in charge here.” “Cash—Not Speeches.” draw, but the men were not finished. They demanded better food. The other demands were then taken up. Two men listed as “deserters” for leaving the ship without permission were reinstated, without a fine. It was stipulated that the M.W.LU. paid men. The leaflets were posted! to’ black gang stuck in the mess room, and refused to turn to. The storekeeper, who bosses the day workers, told them to turn to. “Not till we get our money,” said the crew. He went away and the Segond Engineer came to the door. “Turn to,” he said, “You'll get money today.” “We want it official,” said the| crew, “We'll turn to when we get money.” “Tll guarantee that you get your money,” said the Second, to now.” you turn} The crew pitched in and helped the messman, who was on strike with them, clear the tables. At 10 o'clock the Staff captain ceme in. He said he was the authorized agent of the company, and made a “value of discipline.” “That's not getting to the draw,” said a seaman. “Well, you see, there’s been a lot of trouble about the banks, and we can’t get you any money,” said the Staff captain, “We can only draw $25 at a time.’ The celegate from the Marine | delegate should stay till the men were paid. A short while afterward he was notified that the money, $1,000, was there and every man in the black gang was entitled to what he wanted, | big speech about loyalty and the|up to his full wages due. Those of the deck hands who struck with the | black gang also got a draw. To Continue Fight. | Protect, its interests during the rest |of the voyage along the lines laid | down by the Marine Workers Indus- | trial Union and the Seamen’s Minor- A yote was taken. The crew voted) Workers Industrial Union expleined| ity Movement in England, both affi- solidiy to stay out till they got their| that although the banks were mani-| liated with the International of Sea- money and their other demands. pulating the currency, the company | men and Harbor Workers, They have The Second went away, but came was allowed to draw money to meet| organized their ships group and 4 stall to dodge paying them, The Staff captain finally agreed to back later and said, “The Purser has/ pay rolls, and that this was only a| elected their ships committee. Many ity ashore for money, Will you salcH of them who were not members of the union have taken out hooks. The black gang is organizing to| F er ers get away with the expro- priation of billions of dollars | from small depos:iors. Prices Still Rising. Prices are still risin i this true of al ¢ | whole towns—the one tex- | tile towns—where the wor! po lation is facing absolute destitut The savings banks of that j have not opened, except to | deposits, although there | ating on restricted | eral and state banks, Food has ceased |many working cla | cially the mill towr | that canned goods sumed as the only available ustry 1- to The Deposit Balance Fake. The kept pi | Joyous over the fact that | the banks the first few reopening exceed the w They forget to mention | however, that this is beca drawals are strictly limited much of the deposits of the {part of the week cam je siness elements who not ms any deposits for more than a weel | These deposits will a ss is pretending the }and withdrawals will ease when |the week-end payrolls are met and |at the end of the month will show jfurther changes. However, this | serves as propaganda to try to be- | guile people with money to take it | to the banks. | Wall St. In Operation. | The prophets of optimism are pre- | tending to be joyful as the re-open |ing of the stock exchange today saw stocks and bonds move forward from |1 to 7 points in the first few hours. This rise in the money price of stocks s still lower than the inflationary | trend and is the inevitable result of | readjusting the price of stocks and to the depreciated money, which sunk rapidly when the first issue of new banknotes was put out an issue that amounted to more | than $2,000,000,000. Dollar Falls on Other Markets. The inflationary measures of the government were felt in foreign markets as the dollar weakened on all exchanges—another result of in- flation here. There is no indication that in- creased production can be expected }in the immediate future, hence the stock market gambling on the future possibility of extracting more surplus value from workers cannot boost the price of stocks on this basis, Demand Banks Cash | Your Pay Check; Pay All Your Deposits! The following meetings of workers and | small depositors will be held to protect the bank's holding back deposits and refusing pay roll funds, BRONX.—Tonight at 8 p.m: Ambassador Rail, Cy ‘and Claremont Parkw: wens of mass organizations, aker. Another meeting at Workers Hall, 589 Prospect Ave. Tomorrow night: Open air mass meetings addressed by members of Section 5, Commu- , to prepare Saturday night's open Mies at 189th St. and Cypress Ave, t 16Ist St. and Prospect Ave., and at Wilkins and Intervale Aves, DOWNTOWN.—Tomorrow at 8 p.m.t Or chard and Rivington, speak Tenth St. and Second Ave. Schwarts, ASTORIA.—Tonight at lcm. Tomerrow night