The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 31, 1933, Page 1

cL : | / ‘WANTED; 20,000 , DOLLARS TO COMPLETE DRIVE! EDITORIALS | munist Party is not a “manoeuver” is testified by the fact “Enclosed find $1.85 Powhattan and Stew- arts mines send $14 WANtED: Twenty thousand short of the goal—$10,000 that past, a big portion of which has cessary to put your “Daily” be- readers and friends tocon- are absolutely essential to the not yet been paid off? Unless yond the danger zone. If every An Example to F ollow tribute 50 cents each to send the _ life of the “Daily.” it is wiped out completely—and _ reader cooperates, it ean be suc- | é the British | Daily Worker drive over the top. During the past week:the soon—the “Daily” will be un- cessfully accomplished in short The growing desire for unity on the part of the British " ; ~ 4 : : ans Z : ores workers is beginning to bear fruit. In today’s “Daily” we | About $25,000 has been raised drive has fallen off badly. Right able to get ie in peer the Be) ae | Aol dame wankers carry encouraging news of united front actions agreed upon in the drive so far. This is a now hardly enough ia coming in position, press work and otner Rus 1 half dollars TO dA ¥ to by the Independent Labor Party and the Communist Party | eur . ve necessities. the Daily Worker, 50 E. 13th St., of Great Britain. These united front actions are in response wonderful demonstration of the to meet the current, deficit, : Our press has not yet been re- New York, N. Y. = Pah es i Bie HL Scag ne Ab are anette | devotion of the working masses _ loss of $1,200 weekly involved in paired for lack of funds. How : e ° hunger, war and fascist terror. It is in response to the call | of the country to their fighting operating the paper.What of the long will it hold out? 2 Received Yesterday § 237.34 of the Communist International that our British brother | paper. But we are still $10,000 deficit accumulated from the Readers, a final effort is ne Total to Date 435.51 party approached various working class parties and organi- | = aps aI hts tient hc zations in Great Britain with united frout proposals. We are : That It May glad to note that the Independent Labor Party and the Com- What Are YOU & : munist Party have agreed on an immediate program of Doing? urvive SVE, | From M. Strauss, From Powhattan That the united front of the L.L.P. and the British Com- | Waterbury, . Conn: ’ Point, 0.: “Miners in that both organizations have agreed that “a call should be issued to all branches of the I.L.P. and the C.P. “urging all members t cooperate at once in joint efforts to organize the working class against Fascism and the war danger.” The test of the sincerity of the agreement on united front pro- posals is immediate action which will mobilize the workers in mighty demonstrations and struggles against hunger and war. The joint Conference of the Independent Labour Par- ty and the Communist Party have agreed that on April 2 united front demonstrations throughout Great Britain should be organized. Further it was also agreed to develop united front actions for May 1 against war and Fascism. 2 of s Yes'crday’s “Daily” carried the statement and letter of the Central Committee of our Perty to the working class parties and organizations, propysing immediate action against hunger and. war. The letter was addressed to the National Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor, the National Committee of the Socialist Party, the National Committee of the Conference for Progressive La- bor Actior the National Committe .£the Trade U ion Unity League and to various unions and working class organiza- tions, etc. The letter of the Central Committee states: “under such circumstances (growing hunger, war and Fascist ter- ror) it is a life and death question for the toiling masses to form a united front of struggle against the capitalist attack on the living standards, against the growing bloody Fascist terror and against the acute danger of war. A united work- ing class aided by the toiling farmers and oppressed Negro people can effectively resist these hunger and war plans of the bosses. It is an imperative necessity that all workers’ organizations—the A. F. of L., Socialist Party and Com- munist Party particularly—should join in a united effort to weld together a solid fighting front of all toilers.” The letter of the Central Committee also proposed im- | mediate demands and actions as the basis for united front struggles. We sincerely hope that the organizations to whom the letter was addressed will respond to the call of our Party. Already workers from various organizations have taken the initiative for united front actions. From various parts of the country we receive reports that the conferences for the Mooney Congress become more and more representative of the desire for unity. Many Socialist branches, and A. F. of L. locals have participated in these conferences. In New York City some of the Rand School students and members of the Y.P.S.L. have joined hands with the Young Commun- ists and other youth organizations for a united front demon- stration which will be held this Saturday against the Fas- cist terror in Germany. The initiative taken by the workers in various organi- zations for united front actions, reflects the growing desire for unity on the part of the workers. This desire for unity must be organized and developed. The proposals contained in the letter of the Central Committee to the various work- ing class organizations must become the immediate program of action for united front struggles to beat back the increased offensive of the government and the employers against the toiling masses. Good Advice from U.S.A. For years the Communist Party of Germany has car- ried out the most relentless fight against the anti-semitism of the cut-throat bands operating under Hitler. This is in accord with revolutionary traditions throughout the world. it was the Bolsheviks of old Russia who bore the brunt of resistance to the anti-Semitic pogrom terror of czarism. Communists in Poland, in Roumania, and other places have always been in the very vanguard of the fight against anti- semitism. The capitalist press of the United States, although in words it pretends to deplore these anti-semitic excesses of Hitler’s murder bands, takes the greatest pains to conceal the fact that these excesses are part of the fascist attacks on the whole toiling population. The New York Times states: “The German nationalists are foreing the world to see something more than a ‘Jewish question’ in the Reich.” The Times laments that fascism in Germany is “confounding peaceful and industrious cit- izens with possible Communists.” Like their, kind, the rich proprietors of the Times, tries ‘to persuade fascism to confine itself to murdering workers —to carry out, without any side excursions, the open capit- alist dictatorship against the toiling masses. The united front conferences held in New York and be- ing held in other places will give an impetus to the struggle against fascism and will unite in an effective fighting force all sections of the Jewish population and those elements honestly opposed to anti-semitism and to fascism. The Communist Party of local New York, is organizing a gigantic mass meeting at Madison Square Garden against the terror of the Hitler-Hindenburg murder regime. The meeting will take place Wednesday, April 5. SEND MATERIAL FOR WAR ANNIVERSAKY EDITION Marine, steel, auto, coal as well, as workers in other industries should send material for the special issue of the Daily Worker for the anni- versary of the United States entry into the world war, which ‘will appear on Saturday, April 8. i Veterans and those at present in the armed forces are also urged to write. | All material must be im by April 4. District and local Daily Worker agents should send in orders for | thie special edition immediately. $$ nsec collected in a house-to- house canvass for the Daily Worker.” What are YOU doing with your collection list? ~ Vol X, N guts GBM New Fork, x. Central Org (Section of the Communist International) Butered us second-class matter at the Post Office at 7» Under the Act ef March 8, 187%. | | | | | | RING THRU Lincoln Steffens on| Coast Wires Support RESPONSE INTERNATIONAL iThousands E Ready to Flock to Meet NEW YORK—In a siatement in ; Support of the great demonstration called by ttc Communist Party at | Madison Square Garden next Wed- |nesday evening, April 5, Rabbi Jacob Goldstein, at present connected with | Columbia University, urges “all min- jority ‘groups. to join the protest meet~ ing 8t Madison Square Garden.” He adds: “It is evident that red preju- dice and anti-semitism come to the fore in times of political and eco- nomic crisis, The surest way of protecting the human and civil rights of tae Jew is to remove the economic conditions and political forms which make for exclusion.” “Everybody today has got to be either a Communist or a fascist,” said Lincoln Steffins, famous writer, today in 3 statement also in support of the great demonstration. “Many do not know this yet. There are too many fascists who attempt to hide behind a mask of liberalism. But liberalism is bankrupt. Jonger do as a shield. the Madison Square Garden meeting ds making it clear that fascism in Germany or elsewhere cannot be fought excepting as a whole and in terms of the interests it represents.” Lincoln Steffins’ statement, which he is repeating before audiences in 2. series of Pacific Coast lectures, is only one of the many which have poured in in support of the Madison Square demonstration. These messages have come fiom workers’ organizations, from individual writers, artists and thinkers, and from the Tepresenta-| tives of various groups. arrived from Germany and England supporting the demonstration, MILK FIGHT ON IN ROCHESTER Leaders Frown Upon Militant Tacties ROCHESTER, N. Y., March 30,— Armed: state troopers’ and deputy Sheriffs swarmed over nearby high- ways here as the milk war initiated by independent dairy farmers seek- ing higher prices grew in intensity. The farmers, organized in the Western New York Producers’ Asso- ciation, a bitter foe of the old-line Dairymen’s League, have served no- tice that they ere through selling their product to the milk trust for a little more Than one cent a quart. Stop Trucks, Dump Milk. Yesterday thousands of gallons of milk trickled along the highways leading into the city, having been dumped out of trucks seeking’to make their way to Rechester. The trucks were stopped and all milk except that It will no} “The Communist Party, in calling | | As we go to press messages have NEW YORK, FRIDAY, MARCH 31 1933 CoOminynist Party U.S.A. that their ‘Daily’ may survive, despite bank holiday, scrip money and blank pay envel- opes!” i , EDI pasON - Price 3 Cents N. Y. PROTEST ON NAZIS AT MADISON ‘SQUARE MEETING 10 [British Workers Advancing | Toward United Action COUNTR Y Communist Party and Inde Independent Labor Party Agree on United Front Proposals Other Writers Join |SE'T EXAMPLE TO AMERICAN TOILERS Representatives of the Communist Party of Great Britain and the Independent Labor Party met together ip the Friends’ Hoyse, London, yesterday. The discussion was on the basis of the appeal for united front struggle against fascism and capitalism, issued by the Communist International, and published March 18 in the Daily Worker. The action taken by the British workers is along the line indicated by the of the Communist Party, U. 8. A. in its statement published in the Daily Worker, March 3¢, At the close of the meeting in London, the following joint statement was issued to the press: “At a meeting in the Friends’ House London, today, between representatives of the LL.P., and the Communist Party, proposals for co-operation between all sections of the British working class movement in support of the fight of the German and Austrian workers against Fascism and against the attacks on the British workers by the National Government and the capitelists were discussed. “Although invitations to attend had been sent to the General Council of the T.U.C., thé Labor Party and the Co-operative Party, no representatives from these bodies were present. “The meeting decided that a call should be issued to all branches of the I.L.P., and the Communist Party, urging all members to cooperate at once in joint efforts to mo- bilize working class effort against Fascism and the war danger. “It was also agreed to send communications to the General Council of the T.U.C., and the Labor Party, asking that at their Executive meeting next Wednesday, deputa- tions should be received from the I.L.P. and the Communist Party, to urge general co- operation on the organization of mass demonstrations throughout the country in sup- port of the German and Austrian workers and against Fascism and the war danger. “In view of the extreme urgency of the danger it was agreed that these demon- strations should begin on April 2nd throughout the whole country. “In addition, because of the serious situation confronting the workers everywhere from the menace of Fascism, the feverish preparations for war and the attacks on working class standards, it was agreed that International Labor Day, May 1, this year has a special significance, and both parties represented at the meeting pledged them- selves to do everything possible to get the widest participation of workers in the de- monstrations on this day and particularly to urge the employed workers from the fac- tories and workshops to participate fully in this historic day of the international class struggle.” PARIS UNITED FRONT CONFERENCE BACKS MOONEY-SCOTTSBORO FIGHT PARIS, France, (By Mail) —Hundreds of representatives of workers’ organizations and political parties were present at a united-front Scottsboro- Mooney conference held here March 14. Among the speakers were Romain Rolland, Henri Barbusse, Charles Vildrac, internationally known writers, Maurice Paz, and Georges Pioche; Leon Blum, leader of the French Socialist Party, and Daniel Renoult, speaking for the Communist Party of France. A message was received from Tom Mooney, imprisoned 16 years in San Quentin on framed charges, hailing the international movement to save the lives of the Scottsboro boys. Barthel, speaking on behalf of the “Secours Rouge,” French sister or- ganization to the International Labor Defense of the United States, showed More Decatur Negroes Bring Testimony i in Trial of Scottsboro Boys to Prove Jury Exclusion Policy DECATUR, Ala., March 30.—“The most militant solidarity with the Scottsboro defendants is being shown by the Negro workers and farmers of Morgan and surrounding counties, belonging to the association members was ditched. Frantically, the Dairy- men’s League, friend of the giant milk distributors, called for more state troopers, At several points today striking farmers overcame state troopers and dumped truckloads of milk en route to the city. Scores of farmers and a few state troopers suffered black eyes One farmer, Sam Hanna, 53, was brought to a local hospital for treat- ment. He was slugged over the head by @ trooper as 50 farmers succeeded in overcoming officers and gained control of a truck loaded with milk. Officials of the striking dairymen denied that they sanctioned these ef- fective tactics and Lyra individual grouns of pickets for the action. and this solidarity is slowly drawing in the support of white workers and impoverished farmers.” This was the statement made by the official representative of the In- ternational Labor Defense as lawyers for the Scottsboro boys brought a succession of witnesses to prove that Negroes are systematically excluded from both grand and petit juries in Morgan county, where Haywood Pat- ‘erson, one of the Negro boys, is now on trial on a framed-up “rape” charge. The others go on trial later. The statement by the ILD. re- oresentative revealing tHe solidarity vith the Scottsboro defendants is shown in a moving way by the fact ‘hat Decatur Negroes sent a barber to the jail to shave and give hair-| to th cute to the boys. At the same time SERRE ks the connection between the fight for the lives and freedom of the Scotts- boro boys, and the struggle of the French workers, especially the en- slaved and oppressed colored people in the French colonies. Resolutions demanding the imme- diate unconditional freedom of the Scottsboro boys and Tom Mooney were passed, and 2 program of mass action in France outlined. HUGE RED VOTE IN SO. WALES CARDIFF, Wales, March 30.—The | Communist candidate for Parliament, Comrade Arthur Horner, leader of the Mardy coal miners, polled a tre- mendous vote in the East Rhondda by-election yesterday. The Communist vote came within 3,000 of winning the election. W. H Mainwaring, the winning Labor Party candidate, backing of the reformist South Wales Miners’ Federation, polled 14,100, while Comrade Horner got 11,200 votes. The Liberal candidate, W. D. Thomas, ran a poor third, getting 7,800 votes, although Wales has for | foreclose bah mortgage years been Lloyd George's private attempt t domain. who had the financial} { | | | with him today. FORCED LABOR CAMPS BILL PASSES CONGRESS; ROOSEVELT WILL SIGN Oscar De Privat, Republ Republican, Gets Negroes Included; Did Not Propose Equality Rush Telegrams of Protest Against Slavery Measure; Begin United Front Actions! WASHINGTON, March 80.—With cynical disregard for the needs of the 17,000,000 unemployed all over the United | States, the senate took less than five minutes of its time to | finally approve the “Reforestation Bill,” which will herd a quarter of a million workers into concentration camps pare military discipline, in place of & believe we are following t | present methods of relief./dent.” This concerns Roosevelt. who | With the signature of the | was the original sponsor of the forced president. this. will now become law;| @ber. bill. Fight Forced Labor’ as It has already passed the House. An amendment by Congressman Oscar De Priest was accepted in the forced labor bill, De Priest, the Re-| publican, fully approves the Demo- cratic Party program but his amend- ment is to put also Negroes under forced labor. The Negro congress- effort to . take families or single men off relief and ship them to the camps. Every at- tempt to do this it be resisted, Telegrams of protest should fill the White House with demands that no military rules be adopted in the camps. All workers s! to leave at any time all workers hired r | full usfon rates. / | criminate against them under inhuman jim crow camps m Tt is necessary man, however, did not even propose |equaiity in the camps, though he is aware that Negroes will be Jim-Crow- ed especially in the South under the most inhuman conditions. Shadow-Boxing and Der Some congressmen _ have been shadow tenth f placing t S on rec- Inst the bill before their con- For example, Ross Collins} ssippi said, tand here as| an original Roosevelt man, and I am but on this propo- senators ‘h ine in- ers this law to substitute the ba mands of the unemployed w to make a fake pretense of | immediate cash relief and une sition,” Opposition, he cor § ues, “I do not ment insurance. ROOSEVELT GANG TO MAKE FORCED COLLECTION OF FARM MORTGAGES Worst Attack on Farmers Now Being Prepared Will Spur Move for Cancellation of Debts WASHINGTON, March 30.—The senate committee on agriculture yes terday decided to combine the Roosevelt “farm relief bill” with the admin- regen measure to refinance farm mortgages. Senator McAdoo introduced e bil This is by far the most vicious attack yet made on the farmers. Ht provides for the creation of a Fed- $—————— eral Farm Mortgage bank through and debts. which it is proposed to refinance the] By thus placing the federal govern- farmers’ indebtedness at reduced}ment behind the mortgage sharks it rates of interest ce € police who, Helps Farm Mortgage Holders d to crush 1 will ainst sheriffs’ ceive intere he YJeven the United States Army. This receiving because of the growing re-| pint, if adopted, will be followed by sistance of farmers to all igen to| Jegislation enforcing the act and mak- t is anling it a federa ag demand | oe 1 crime to resist the demands of the mortgage holders, in- tor cancellation of al asmuch as the bill makes the federal m mnortyages the Negro families sent over changes of linen to the boys who are now being kept in a jail in Decatur which defense attorney Liebowitz, after a visit yesterday, denounced as “unfit for human habitation.” Negroes Defy Threats Moreover, if further proof were needed, tt is seen in the courage dis- played by Negro witnesses in volun- tarily appearing in court to expose vicious legal apparatus, which is only one aspect of the whole system of ppeared spite of threats which they had re- ceived. Today 25 such witnesses were in court ready to take the stand, to tes- tity that no Negroes had ever been called for jury service in Morgan county. had never been called to serve. Wants Venire Out Liebowitz, I.L.D. attorney, opened the session by presenting a motion to quash the entire venire of prospective jurors on the ground that no Ne- groes had been called for jury ser- vice—at the same time charging that this is a violation of the rights of the Scottsboro defendants under the fourteenth amendment to the U. S. constitution, Determined to maintain the pose of impartiality so necessary in per- petrating an effoctive legal frame- up, Judge Horton reversed his previ- ous action at the first hearing in which he refused to permit the fur- ther introduction of evidence regard- ing Negro exclusion on juries. At the same time he overruled the de- fense objection to separating Hay- | wood Patterson from the rest of the (Coutiomed ee Fags Theres government responsible for interest Payments on these mortgages. Mass Slavery for Farmers ving of the “refin- ancing” measur; with the so-called farm relief aft is part of the intene sified drive against the farmers. The “relief” act itself will raise prices ac- cording to measure (bushels) of farm produce. The tax on processing (the first purchaser of farm products) will raise the price of these products to the consumer, It is also provided that a similar tax can be placed on substitutes (oleomargerine for butter, for example), This prevents the con« sumer resorting to substitutes, But it will not benefit the indl< vidual small farmer because the “ree lief bill” compels him to cut down his acreage. Government to Force Payments By far the most infamous feature that will be introduced by the fed~ ;eral government in connection with the combined “farm relief” and re+ financing bill is the forced collection of payments on farm mortgage debts by the device of having the “proces- sor” deduct a certain sum from pay= ments for the crops and turning it over to the mortgage holders, or the representatives of the federal bank. 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