The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 24, 1933, Page 1

™ l Workers’ Organizations! Send Resolutions to Mayor O’Brien and Police Commissioner, Demanding Permit Asked by United May Day Comm. glen MACDONALD | SET STAGE FOR SECRET ECONOMIC NEGOTIATIONS “Moral Obdectives To Be the S daane”: Says Her- riot, Referring to Anti-Soviet Plans WASHNGTON, April 23—The first “conversation” be- | tween Prime Minister J. Ramsay MacDonald of England and President Roosevelt yesterday resulted in. assigning to the so-called economic and political experts special committee tasks to perker material upon which to base further discussions, 98 <>. Entered as see New York, N. ¥. | Vol. X, N matter af the Pest Office at jer the ‘Act of March 8, 1978 ql Daily, W nist Party U.S.A. (Section of the Communist International) ‘The special May Day edition of the Bally Worker will contain articles on many of the peob- lems facing the workers today. An eight-page tabloid size supplement will be included besides the regular four pages. A short time is left. Rush orders immediately to Daily Worker, Bus‘ness Office, 50 East 13th St New York, N. ¥. NEW YORK, MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1933 CITY EDITION ~ Price 3 Cents Joint Communist, Socialist May 1st Meet in Camden NEW RO OSEVELT ® according to the announcement MONEY CALLED “GREENBACKS” | Twentv Billion Infla- tion Planned, Says Senator Reed WASHINGTON, April 23. — Al- though it is a certainty that the) Roosevelt inflation progeam will be enacted into law, some Republican Senators are making speeches against it. In the course of the debates, the Republican Senators have said some) revealing things about the proposed prograin Representing some of the die-! hard} creditor interests of the country who are determined that their claims must be directly enforced, Representative Snell of the House said: “We are op- posed to fiat money, and if the pro- posed amendment does not issue money that is pure greenback money, then I am frank to say that I do not know what greenback money is.” Twenty Billion Inflation Senator Reed pointed out that the Roosevelt inflation program provides the machinery for a twenty billion} He computes it as} dollar inflation. follows: $3,000,000,000 through pur- chase of government issues by the Federal Reserve banks; $3,000,000,000 through the direct issuance of print- ing press money; $6,000,000,000 through inflation of the present cur- rency by reducing the gold content of the dollar; and the remaining $8,000,- | 000,000 through the use of surplus gold stocks. The Roosevelt govern- meni, will be able to expand to these limits provided by the Emergency} Bank Act and the Thomas Amend- | ment. | made at the White House. This move is only an excuse for stalling off any definite proposals until after there have been confer- ences with the former premier of France, Edouard Herriott and rep- resentatives of other countries on their way here. United States |government |is con- cerned that has been available for some time, inasmuch as all depart- ments of the government, especially | the state, war, navy and commerce departments, have been preparing for the conversations. Announcement was made that there would be nothing beyond form- al announcements on the “progress” | being made Assails “Four-Power” Proposals. Herriot also took an indirect slap at MacDonald by stating that any jattempt to revise boundaries in Europe would lead to disastrous results. This was directed against the recent Mac- Donald-Mussolini conferences in Rome which resulted in the proposal England, Italy, Germany and France, but which :proposed cutting down the boundaries of the French puppet states—the Little Entente and Poland Secret Anti-Soviet Plots. Today MacDonald and Roosevelt’ are spending the day together on the presidential yacht on the Potomac river. It is certain that the one point on which they are in agreement is | that dictated by the hatred and fear of the decaying capitalist world for | the Soviet Union, the one country | in the world that is advancing eco- nomically and the one country that ‘has a stable currency. The fact-that Roosevelt didnot invite to the Wash- ing’on conferences the Soviet Union | and that the British government is | carrying on a veritable frenzy of pro- vocation against the Soviet Union is It is certain that as) far as the material to be used by the CAMDEN, N. J., April 23. — The proposal of the Communist Party for a united May Day demonstra- tion addressed to the Socialist) Party was ace:pted by them. Afte | a joint meeting of committees from) | both organizations a united fron‘! was agreed upon. Issues agreed| are: Struggle .against fascism,| against war; for the freedom of| | Tom Mooney and the Scottsboro Boys; against forced labor and) for unemployment insurance. The united demonstration will b- 1] held on May First dt the Court) | House Plaza. Starting at two in| the afternoon. Communist and| Socialist speakers will address the| meeting. Socialist Menberstin and Communists Unite In Anti-Hitler Meet NEW YORK. — Turning into a} united front what Socialist leaders} demonstration against Hitler, 400| Communist and Socialist. workers} fraternized and united in protest against fascism last Saturday night at. Tremont Ave. and Southern Blvd. in the Bronx. After the meeting had started,| workers of Section 15, Communist Party, the Bronx Workers Club and the Young Communist League march- | ed in and joined with the Socialist | workers. 500 Miners Strike | SHENANDOAH, Pa., April 2—| Friday morning in Maple Hill Mine, of the Philadelphia-Reading Coal Co.,| about 500 miners went on_ strike! avainst reduction of wages. While at. Philadelphia a confcrence is going on| proof that they will try to’ find some basis on which thev can proceed in} their anti-Soviet plots. concerning the reduction of wages, here the reductions are already tak- ing place, and are be'ng resisted. | Defeat Motion to Oust Communist Spokesmen, | “Soviets Is Only Form”, Says A Delegate SPRINGFIELD, Ill., April 23—The | Illinois state convention of the Soci- | alist Party held here is attended by |79 delegates. The represent forty- three branches. Not a single Negro delegate was present, The rising wave for united action by Socialist members was shown in the wide rift at the conyention. The , delegates ‘of the Young People’s Soci-' alist League from Chicago were un- seated. The Y.P.S.L. circles from the for a four-power treaty embracing|had intended as a purely Socialist |same city who are active in the united front movements of the workers had their charters revoked. Communist Representatives The Communist Party sent two |representatives with a letter propos- ling united front action. Also to ad- dress the convention. They were W. Gebert, District Organizer of the Communist Party and J. Morton ac- |tive leader of the unemployed. The |credential committee recomm-nded not to grant them the floor over the protest of a large number of dele- gates. A motion to oust the delegates of the Communist Party. from the convention hall was defeated by a vote of forty-nine to twenty-seven. The Socialist Party leaders who hide behind the cloak that the united front proposal of the Communist |Party is only a manouvre to split, have shown openly that they are for splitting as a definite policy.. Ben Larks, state secretary of the Social- ‘Communists Urge United Front At. IIL.S.P.Convention |Ben Larks, State » Secretary, Proposes to Split Unemployed Councils; Delegates Opposed jst Party, recommended to the con-| vention, that the Unemployed Coun- ceils in the mining towns in which | many Sotialists are active should be split. He proposed to capture the Unemployed Councils and change the name to Unemployed Leagues. Then to break affiliations with the National Committee of the Unemployed Coun- cils. If these manouvres fail, he pro-! to split the Unemployed Coun- | cells and divide the - organization. ‘The proposals by the state secre- tary created stormy opposition by the delegates. The leaders sensing the op- position and fearing another open defeat sent the recommendations to |* the FesoRitions committee. A delegate from Royalton reported about a discussion on the German situation in his branch. He expressed the opinion that the only form of goyernment suitable to the workers— is the Soviet form. | A delegate from Nukomis invited | Morton, one of the Communists pres- | ent to speak at their May Day dem-/ onstration. It is arranged by the So- | cialist Party, Unemployed Councils, Jocals of the Progressive Miners and | auxiliaries. Representatives of the Unemployed Councils and the Mooney Defense Committee will propose united front | action to the Socialist Party conven- bicga at Sunday’s’sessions. |Blect Com” ‘nist | on the tkers’ Ticket; Big Vote| | | CASEYVILLE, Il, April 23—The]| | president of the Unemployed | Council, Higgins, was elected i | tice of the peace, Though this a ja “non-partisan” election, the | | workers know well that Higgins is| | Jan active Communist and heads| | |the Unemployed Councils. The other candidates on the} |workers’ ticket lost by a small | jmargin. The candidate for trus-| |tee, Maisch, got 77 votes, and was | |defeated by only 20 votes. The | candidate for mayor pulled a lage |vote and likewise the board mem-| | ber. '200 STRIKE IN PLAINFIELD ON FORCED LABOR emand Cash Pay of | 45 Cents Per Hour on City Sewer Work PLAINFIELD, SNe o) J., April 23.— More workers haye come out in the| strike of unemployed on the City Sewer forced labor job which started two days ago. There are now 200 striking. The workers are demanding 45 cents an hour on city and county relief ‘jobs” instead of the present payment in food checks, and the |Tesponsibility of the city and state} ;for injuries incurred on the job. Bennet, Secretary of the Unem-| | ployed Council of Plainfield was held junder $1,000 bail for the grand jury after a trial Thursday in the magis-| “incit- | trates court on the charge of ing to riot” for his activity in leading |struggles for unemployment relief. A protest meeting will be held to-| day at Asusca Hall, at George and) Johnson St. ,COTTSBORO CONFERENCE SETS MAY 8 AS DATE OF | JHE WASHINGTON MARCH ‘200 Delegates in United Front S Session Put Off March to Allow for Larger Numbers New York Delegation Will Leave May 6; Other Details of Plan Remain Unchanged | NEW YORK.—Postponement of the Free-the-Scottsboro- | Boys March to Washington until May 8, to give opportunity for | | better organization and larger numbers to participate, “was | voted Sunday afternoon by the Scottsboro Emergency Confer- | ence at its second meeting, in Imperial Lodge Hall in Harlem. More than 200 delegates of @——— i | Action Committee, organizations of every sort, in Itive af the Carribean ‘A seocintiekeae cluding churches and mini: | stop to other attempts to disrupt terial alliances, the International | by putting forward a “new organiza- Labor Defense, Conference for Pro-| tion” to replace the International ete Labor Action, the Commu- | Labor Defense. nist Party, the Universal Negro Im.| “The LL.D. is the only organisa. provement Association, the N. A. A.| tion in America,” he said, “that can C. P., the Elks, the Masons, and many | defend the Scottsboro boys as they other organizations, took part in the | should be defended.” | conference. | In his main report, in which he put Leave New York May 6 forward the proposal of the National Under the new plan, the New York | Action Committee for a postpone- march contingent will leave here|ment of the Washington march to May 6. Other plans, with changed | May 8, William L. Patterson, national | dates, stand as previously announced. | Secretary of the LL.D., and a member Attempts to disrupt the United | | of the Committee, stressed that with- | Front. by Lovestonite agents in the | in the ranks-of the United Front are conference, who harangued from the | Persons in close relationship with the floor against making a united front |lynchers of the South, who pretend with ministers, were defeated by |to be friends of the Scottsboro boys, | overwhelming vote on a motion to “We can't lose sight of the tact include in the conference delegates| that the Scottsboro case cannot be from the Ministerial Alliance, and | fought on the evidence alone,” he from other groups. |said. “The Decatur verdict proved Samuel Patterson, chairman of the that if it ever needed proving.” and representa- Socialist Party Executive Rejects United Front With the Communists; Forms United Front With Police Julius Gerber, New York City Secretary of! ‘Socialist Party, Urges Police Commissioner Bolan to “Not Allow the Communists to Come Thru Union Socialist W' orkers and All Workers’ Organiza-! tions Should Repudiate Criminal Collabora- tion; With Police and*’Demand One United May Day Demonstration! Square on May Ist At a moment ea the most vicious attacks are being | made on the living standards of the masses by the Roosevelt administration through its inflation, labor and war program, the w is a burning necessity. The Communist Party, with united action as its sincere aim, appealed to the American Federation of Labor, to the Socialist Party, and to the Conference for Progressive Labor Action to join in the preparation of one United May Day demonstration throughout the country to rally the masses xht for the maintenance nst war. The Socialist Party execu tot agair unity on May Day. They sent letters to all Socialist Party branches calling upon them to refuse united action. urged the same splitting policy on the unions and other organizations sympathetic to the Socialist Party. This in itself was a criminal betrayal of the workers’ But now they go still further. Now they forma | united front with the New Yi conduct secret negotiations with the police in an effort to prevent the demonstration of the revolutionary masses. Instead of fighting against Roosevelt’s starvation and war program, they join with Roosevelt’s Tammany allies to pre- vent a fight for the workers’ needs. The following letter sent by Julius Gerber ts Police Com- missioner Bolan speaks for itself; this document should con- vince the workers of, and sympathetic to the Socialist Party interests. that the Socialist leaders are the workers’ ranks. wage cutting, forced | nited resistance of the masses | of their living standards and tive rejected this proposal for They ork police department. They only agents of the bosses in SOCIALIST LETTER TO POLICE COMMISSIONER “Honorable James S. Bolan, “My Dear Commissioner: “Attached find an application for a permit for the annual May Day p parade so it will not come arranged by the Communist Party. de on Monday, May the first. “As you will see, I hav e laid out the route of the in contact with the parade There may be a second section to this parade, starting on the lower Kast Side. As soon as I know, I will apply for a permit and>will 1 hay the route out so that it will not conflict with the route of the Communist parade comi: Side. ng through the lower East “I saw Deputy Inspector Walsh and took it up with him, and we arranged the route. “T noticed that the Communists have on their route to pass through the north plaza a reviewing stand there. As of Union Square and to have we are to hold a meeting on Union Square just about that time it would create confusion and irritation. Walsh that the Communists To avoid conflict I suggested to Inspector change their route on 14th Street to Fifth Avenue and up Fifth Avenue to 28rd Street and Madison Avenue, where t heir meeting is to be held. “As you know I do not want any friction and trouble and I am always ready to cooperate with the department. COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES O Section of the Communist International New York District $0 EAST 13TH STREET (Room 300) NEW YORK CITY F AMERICA Official Orgos “DAILY WORKER" RQ Phone: ALgonquin 4-5707 8 = w Captain Heinteman Police Devartaent 13 Precinct New York City Dear Captaint Tebruary 18, 1933 ip Confirming telephone conversation’ today, will you please reserve Union Square on May first, 1933 from 2 to 7 P.M. for a demonstration to be arranged by the United Front May Day Committee We are going ahead with our preparations in the belief thet the request will be granted as mentioned by you. Yours very truly, 9 feces ‘TREASURER “I would therefore recu request and not allow the C Union Square, in order to av ‘In’ conclusion, I want est you to comply with our ommunists to come through oid trouble. to congratulate you to the appointment to the head of the department, and wish you suecess. : Respectfully yours, “GERBER.” Socialist Workers, repudiate this alliance with the police. Demand a public condemnation of this criminal policy. Adopt resolutions of protest in your branch. Elect delegations from your branch to carry your pro test to Socialist headquarters. Demand a special meeting of the city committee of the S. P. to repudiate this policy. Insist more vigorously than before on-one United May Day demonstration of all workers. Workers of the Needle Trades Unions, of the Workmen’s Cirele, of other organizations heretofore sympathetic to the Socialist Party, join with the members of the Socialist Party in this protest action. Demand one United May Day! Adopt resolutions. Send delegations. The Communist Party wants a united May Day dem- _ onstration of all workers. Tt will strive until the last minute to realize this aim. We are roany to aa with WA os POLICE DEPARTMENT QTY OF NEW YORK sth Precinct 22 Street 327 Es ure De Leeda, er Nork oity Der station. ‘Sire ee derartment teed : - Your Jetter of the 18th inst. plication for use of en vill be sarmanted to my superiors, the Chief Inspector of who will allot the time fsations who desire to wee Union Square on ty f 1935, bruary 25rd, 4 niet Patty, SO Bast 15th Streot, received at this Trion Square on Mey let, he various | » 1933+ Your will be notified of the Chief Inspectors deateton at the proper time. ours very tpdly, CePtein, sth Precinct. THIS IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ANSWER OF THE| THIS IS A PHOTOGKAVH OF THE LETTER FROM) POLICE DEPARTMENT, SHOWING THAT THE POLICE THE COMMUNIST PARTY, APPLYING TO THE POLICE| FILES DO CONTAIN RECORD OF APPLICATION FOR A ¥OR A PERMIT FOR A MAY DAY CELEBRATION ON| MAY 1 PERMIY, EVEN THOUGH BOLAN TRIES TO DENY UNION SQ. NOTICE THE DATE; FEBRUARY 18, 1994, ee rr Mow: tives of other organizations to work out joint plans. But if joint action cannot be realized due to the sabotage of the Socialist Party leaders working in alliance with the police, then the Communists, with the support of the masses, will carry through a real workers’ demonstration on May First for the workers’ needs. | DEMAND ONE MIGHTY MAY DAY My eas Le % TION. Unite against Roosevelt's hunger and war program.’ Unite in a fight for Federal Social Insurance and for immediate adequate cash relief. Unite to demand higher wages and more relief to meet rising prices. ae Unite to force the immediate safe release of the nine .. Scottsboro boys, Tom Mooney, Warren K, Billings, and-all other class war prisoners. ” Unite against Hitler’s fascist terror against the reve ‘ lutionary German masses and the Jewish people. Unite for struggle against imperialist wars and for., the defense of the Soviet Union. Rally on May First at either Bryant Park, where the First Division of the March will start; or at South Street, starting at South Ferry, the starting point of the Second | Division. Both divisions will start from their given point at 12 o’clock and march to Union Square. Both divisions will reach Union Square at 2 o'clock, where the huge May Day demonstration will last from 2 till 6 in the afternoon. ALL WORKERS RALLY TO ONE MAY DAY DEM: ONETRATION AT NON: ‘ Ue t Police Commissioner Bolan announced in yesterday's Times that.) | he “had received no applications for parades to the Square for lo of either Communists or Socialists.” | The Communist Party made formal application for a permit on | February 18 for May First demonstrations at Union Square. This | | application was officially acknowledged by the Police Department om | February 23. DOES THE POLICE COMMISSIONER DENY THIS? . | Since February, the Party has repeatedly asked for = reply te i | application. DOES THE POLICE COMMISSIONER DENY THIS? Does the Police Commissioner deny that he ard Jullus Gerber of | the Socialist Party had a conference at which it was decided to refuse the United Front Mzy Day Committee permission to hold a May Day” demonstration on Union Square? The announcement of the new Police Comm’ssioner that he “has, received no word as to plans for radica] moet'ngs in Union Square is made for the purpose of concez!ing his refusal to grant a permit the United Front May Day Comm'ttce, and his dealings with the So- olalist Party executive to close Union Square on May Day to this United | Front committee. | WORKERS, DEMAND FROM THE POLICE COMMISSIONER | THAT HE GRANT TO THE UNITED FRONT MAY DAY COMMIT- E TEE THE PERMIT TO DEMONSTRATE IN UNION SQUARE ON MAY FIRST! SEND RESOLUTIONS TO MAYOR O'BRIEN AND | BOLAN DEMANDING THAT THE PERMIT ASKED BY THE MAY DAY COMMITTEE BE GRANTED.