The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 12, 1933, Page 1

q / ROOSEVELT TO INTRODUCE SALES AX! FIGHT TO MAKE ” THE RICH PAY THE TAXES FOR UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF! Make Them Pay Rent and Relief ‘Tammany-Wall Street's New York agent has decreed that thousands of unemployed families shall have their relief cut, shall lose the roof over their heads. The Tammany Board of Estimate refused to pass the $5,000,000 ap- propriation, the minimum necessary for relief during the month of May. It has cut this in half. Its coffers must be kept full to pay interest to Wall Street and for graft. Therefore, it has decided to cut relief and evict thousands of families. With utter contempt for the starving un- employed they want to take away the bit of milk from the babies, cut the bread from men, women and children. In preparing this attack, they have armed themselves against the “enemy within” —the. working class. Their judges, their police, their thugs stand ready to defend the sacred rights of private property. Last week, Judge Aurelio, in Magistrate’s Court, sentenced the milit- ant leader of the Downtown Unemployed Council, Samuel Gonchak, to an indeterminate term up to two years in jail. The judge openly boasted that he meted out this vicious sentence because of the militancy of the | Downtown Unemployed Council. The relief bureaus are filled with police and thugs to beat off workers who will demand the right to live. But jail sentences and attacks by thugs will not bring food for un- employed families, ployed. 5 New York workers haye on more than one occasion shown how they car. resist the attacks of the bosses and government. We must this time show it with a more united and determined fozce. The Unemployed Councils of Greater New York must with greater energy take the initiative to build up a united front involving all unem- ployed organizations, trade unions and workers’ bodies in the City of New York. A united front that will combine the forces of the working class to resist this attack. In this, no time can be lost. Families who face eviction, workers whose furniture is on the street, cannot wait for negotiations. The father who worries where food to feed his family tomorrow will come from cannot wait much longer. take steps to build the united front with workers in their territory, t organize block committees, house committees, anti-eviction committees that will lead the fight in the neighborhood against the cut in relief, against the eviction decision. ‘The Section Committees of the Communist Party must give leader- ship in tMis struggle. The Party membership should participate daily in the activity of the Unemployed Councils. The units of the Communist Party should assign its members in the territoriés to work with the block committees among the unemployed to develop this movement. Today's demonstration before the Home Relief Bureaus throughout the city should involve large sections of workers in the neighborhoods. Whole families, men, women and children should be drawn into these demonstrations and picket lines demanding from the Home Relief Bu- veaus that we will not leave their offices until we are assured that our demands will be granted. The demonstration today sbow'’ serve as a greater incentive to mob- ilize the workers all over New cork against the cut in relief, against evic- tions, for increased adequat- ash relief for all unemployed workers in New York City. Veterans Should Not Be Fooled by Roosevelt Announcement is made from Washington thai Rooseveli; has decided to “review” the regulations eutting down the compensation to war vet- | evans. On the face of this move, coming as it does at a moment when ube veterans are again marching into Washington, there is seen another example of administration demagogy. At this late date the apostle of the “new deal” discovers that some of the cuts are “too deep,” and thai certain cases of service disabilities will have to be reconsidered. Such trickery should fool no one. It is nothing other than an at- tempt, by resort to vague and indefinite hints, to try to ‘weaken the movement of the war veterans in resisting the Roosevelt attack upon them. The announcement to “reconsider” certain cases came after an interview Roosevelt held with Louis A. Johnson, national commander of the American Legion and Lewis W. Douglas, director of the budget. Roo- sevelt was undoubtedly advised that such a gesture was necessary not merely to head off the march but to stop the movement of rank and file members of the Legion in support of united front action in response to the call of the Veterans’ National Liaison Committee, which initiated the present movement. This move, however, demagogic as it is, indicates the fear of the ad- ministration in face of the veterans’ movement. Far from weakening that movement, this should spur on the veterans to more determined action. If the veterans refuse to be shaken by any attempts of the gov- ernment or its agents to break the growing unity of action they not only can force a complete retreat on the economy program aimed at them, but they can compel the government that spends hundreds of millions on war preparations and turns billions over to the bankers and indus- trialists, to find money with which to pay pensions and compensation to the veterans and to pay the bonus—the back pay the government owes them and is trying to cheat them out of. Besides the direct intervention of the administration in trying to break the movement, the enemies of the veterans are grooming other “leaders” to try to impose upon them. One of these who is at the moment receiving prominence in the capitalist press is the traitor, Harold Foulkrod. That individual who played an infamous role in the first bonus march, with a group of associates, set up a “camp” of their own from which they assume to speak for the marchers coming into Wash- ‘ington, Such “leaders” as Foulkrod, and Waters, self-appointed “commander” of the bonus march last year are made-to-order by the government and the police. The attempts of the enemies of the march to impose such “leaders” as Foulkrod or Waters upon the war veterans and the demagogy of Roose- velt should be scorned. United action, on the basis of the rank and file demands has forced these moves on the part of the government and its agents. These demands are: 1, Immediate payment of the balance due on adjusted service cer- tificates. : 2, Immediate restoration of all rights wiped away by the Economy ct. 3. Remedial and adequate relief for the unemployed and the tarmers. Such action, continued and raised to a higher stage can and will lead to victory. RR. BROTHERHOODS’ ATT'Y ATTACKS BUS TRANSPORTATION WORKERS WASHINGTON, May 11.—Speaking before the Senate Interstate Com- merce Commission today, Donald Richberg, general counsel for the Railway Labor Executives Association, placed the blame for the wage-cutting drive | of the rai'roads upon the workers of the motor bus industry. He asserted that the wage scale in the motor bus industry made for “unfair competi- tion” against the railroads. He thus#— -—— aed ted the very same propaganda| Water, and air tra transportation. which the roads issue to justify their| He repeated the plea that railroad wage slashes. The lawyer of the| Workers to be fired under the re- Railroad Brotherhoods deliberately| O'sanization be given a “dismissal concealed the fact, which had been| Wage,” some measly amount that will) o¢ brought to light at earlier investiga-| buy food for the workers and his tions, that motor transportation| family for a few days. He did this makes up a very small fraction of the) to conceal the fact that the Brother-| * total freight moved in the country. huoes role ae ek atch ee ea: ons for a struggle e + y Wants: More: Power to. Czar: Richenberg. and the Brotherhood He also made various suggestions) officials are bitter oponents of Fed- to improve the bill. He went the ori-| eral Unemployment Insurance. The ginators of the bill one step further! Brotherhood officials agreed in the by suggesting that the Federal co-| last 16 months to over $200,000,000 ordinator’s. powers be strengthened! reduction in wages, and to the firing more than provided for in the} of 500,000 men -from-roads in. the rasa cot a0 a8 Seer motor, ae three years... ‘will not bring a roof over the heads of the unem- | The neighborhood Unemployed Councils must | Central Daily Or Worker nist Party U.S.A. (Section of the Communist International) GBM New Fork, N. ¥., under the Act of Merch 8, 1878 altered ab soeyad-claee maior atta. Pet Office at STATEMENT ON NEW DEAL TOMORROW T.U.U.L. The full statement of the Trade Union Unity League on the Roosevelt “New Deal” for Labor presented to Frances Perkins af a conference on May 6 with repre- sentatives of the T.U.U.L. and affifiated unions will be reprinted in a special supplement of the Daily Worker tomorrow. Send in your special bundle orders immedi- ately for this important supplement. NEW YORK, FRIDAY, “MAY 12, 1933 CITY EDITION Price 3 Cents SALES TAX ON | FOOD LATEST GOV'T MOVE Roosevelt “Public 'Works” Aimed at De- mands of Workers ABSOR BLACK BILL Demand Unemploy- ment Insurance BULLETIN. WASHINGTON, May 11. — The $3,300,000,000 fund for financing Roosevelt's “public works” program is to be raised either by a general sales tax or a tax on tea and coffee, according to announcements made here today by administration spokesmen. This decision was ar- rived at during discussion between Roosevelt and his “advisors.” WASHINGTON, May 11.—To en-| |suve profits in industrial enterprise | the Roosevelt administration proposes | a bill that will authorize the estab- ‘lishment of a board controlling wages, hours and conditions of labor. It will enable the federal government to dic-| tate all such conditions and to use| jo full federal power to break strikes. | This will be carried out under the | pretense of “preventing undue in-| | (CONTINTRD ON PAGE TRE DOUBLE RED VOTE IN MINNEAPOLIS, “Write in” Campaign for Final Elections | —— \ MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., May 11, + The total vote of the Communist care didates in 13 wards according to une official returns from the primary elec | tions on May 8th amounts to 1,800. The vote for mayor was double that of the last municipal election. The candidates ran on a Workers Ticket. M. Karson, candidate for) mayor polled 978 yotes. He is eighth | in a list of 14 candidates, ahead of| Hegland, the democratic candidate. | | In the 9th ward, Albert King re-| ceived 254 votes. In the third ward,| S. K. Davis, now serving a 40- day | jail sentence for leading an unem- | | ployed demonstration, received 258 | votes. Asa Mitchell, Negro worker, received 194 votes in the fourth ward. In the sixth ward, Harry Mayville was auto-| matically nominated to run in the | final election against the Farmer-La- bor Alderman Peterson as there was no contest. The other votes were: Bert Wil- liams, first ward, 189 votes; John Conner, fifth ward, 218; John Hetry, 19th ward, 192; S. J. Adams, 11th ward, 125; Engelbert Olson, 12th ward, 160. “Write In” Campaign The Communist Party has issued a |statement calling for a “write-in” | campaign for M. Karson for mayor! es the only workers’ candidate in the | final elections June 12th. A campaign | will also be conducted for Harry May- ville, the workers’ candidate for Al- derman in the sixth ward endorsed |by the Communist Party, the only opponent on the ballot to the Farm- | er-Labor faker Alderman John Peter- (son. i | ATTENTION ALL PARTY MEMBERS! The District Secretariat calls on | Industrial Union. Every Party Manhattan: . ote Pitkin Ave. 49 Sutter Ave. > enue ive, | 261 Schenectady Ave. 108 East 14th 5 oe a 269 West 25th st. | 1109 45th St. 56 West 25th St. 1207” Kings siekway 191: West aeth-at, | IMS Barh Beach. | 6 PUih. Ave 308 Mermaid Ave’, Coney Island i oer West toth St.,| | Coney Island 79 West 18st St. Bronx: | 792 B. ‘Tremont Ay | 501 West 61st St.,. | Wash. Hts. 1934 Southern Blvd. 569. Prospect Ave. 27 West 115th St, 15 West 126th St. 351 East Bist St. 1413—-5th “Ave. 1838 Madison Ave. Brooklyn: | 2700 Bronx Park East 61 Graham Are. | 2075 Clinton Ave, eee Hudson | Jamaica—124-29 Lib- | erty Ave. | Staten Iceland -- 348 Clover Ross Patterson, Scottsboro | Boy, Stabbed; Being Held Incommunicado Capitalist Press Carries Lying Statements; Hold Roosevelt and Alabama Governor Responsible for Lives of Boys! BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 11.—Haywood Patterson was attacked and stabbed in Jefferson County jail here today. The extent of his injuries, which the warden said were “slight,” could not be ascertained because of the re- | fusal of prison authorities to permit any friends to see him. An investiga- tion of the attack is under way by the International Labor Defense office here. In announcing the stabbing, Deputy | }@ logical continuation of the previous Sheriff Burgis Hawkins seid Patter-| attempts to frame and murder the son was wounded in a fight with Roy | boys. and Andy Wright. This is an echo of cae # the lying story carried by ali the press. NEW YORK.—A call to all disiricts services during the Decatur irial that of the International Labor Defense, Patterson and the Wright boys had a! to all Scottsboro Aciion Committees, fight in jail. Investigation owed and to all workers and sympathetic one of the boys had a nightmare, | organizations, to raise the following \cased by their inhuman treatment, slogans in wires to President Roose- ‘and woke up screaming. velt, Governor B. MM. Miller, at Mont- Recently, the prison officials sent a| S0mery, Ala., and to the warden of gang of prison thugs and criminals, Jefferson County Jail, Birmingh: into the part of.the jail where the |Ala., to save the lives of the boys:’ | boys are held, with orders to attack! The Scottsboro Boys are innocent. them. When the boys announced| Dismiss the Scottsboro cases. they would defend themselves, and| Roosevelt and Governor Miller are forced the withdrawal of the thugs, |Tesponsible for the safety of the prison authorities sent out a story Scottsboro Boys. that they had “mutinied.” | Roosevelt can and must free the, The I. L. D, pointed out that the| Scot'woro boys. present attack on Patterson and the) story given out by prison officials was! Roy and Andy Wright. \ €mash the new frame-up .against | on May 1. Red Cross ‘Sells Cotton Given to It for the Needy WASHINGTON, May 11.—The Red Cross announced that it Is offering for sale many lots of cer- cated cotton which were given it “for distribution to the | needy.” | The cotton was voted as a gift; \to the Red Cross by Congress. | The Red Cross cannot find any more “needs” people who could | use the cotton for making clothes. Therefore, it will sell the gift cot- ton and pocket the proceeds. | News Flash BALTIMORE, Ma, May 11.—Elec- , trocntion of Euel Lee (Orphan Jones) was cet for June 2, by the court today. The International Labor Defense has announced it will file an appeal to the U. S. Supreme Court before May 25. No Pay for Governin't|' Employees in Ohio | CLEV! ELAND, | Oni 7,000. Cleveland c not been paid since April 1. io. — More than mployecs have to them of 25 per cent The county employees were not paid There is little likelihood of their being paid for some time. Negro War Veterans Leave Atlanta ? for Washington BULLETIN. WASHINGTON, May 11.—The New York group of the “bonas army” land, Cleveland. 1,500 are on their way from Seattle. ATLANTA, May 11.—A truck con-, war veterans converge upon Wash taining twenty-five Negro ex-soldiers ington and are encamping a. Fe. left Atlanta today for Washington) Hunt, Va., across the Potomac river, Some of these were thrown out of the! the go sent and its agents are in hospital when Roosevelt's new dirty, action tr. ng to head off the move- ment. Roosevelt announced that the ad- ministration would “reconsider” some of the disability cuts as they might prove to be too “deep.” ‘This afternoon Chairman Dough- ton of the House Ways and Means Committee and four other members) attended a white house conference where the question * paying part of| deal was put over, others have had} compensation cut off. | They are taking with them decora- tions for bravery, their honorable dis-| charges and doctor’s records showing that they are unfit for work and that) they cannot live unless they receive | ‘compensation. WASHINGTON, May ba “Jam Relief Bureaus | Today” Call Nine | Councils Over City NEW YORK.—A staggering blow against Tammany’s “no rent and less relief” order being carried out mercilessly by the Home Relief Bureaus will | »be dealt by thousands of workers all over the city today when nine Unem" ployed Councils in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Bronx rally thousands of fam- ilies in their respective sections te mobihize at the Home Relief | Bureaus. Massing inside and out and > the workers will refuse to leave un- wa one arrived here at 5 p.m. weary but | determined to see it through. Other groups are expected tonight or tomorrow from Ohio, Kansas City, Port- the bonus with inflated currency pro- vided for in legislation accompanying the farm bill was taken under con- sideration. Roosevelt aiso proposed 25,000 unemployed war veterans the forced-labor for ‘y camps wi they will slave for $1 a day or under military regulations to place in re Tries to Manufacture New “Lead At the same time the enemies nor the veterans, trying to divide the | ranks of those who responded to the call of the Veterans’ National Liai-| son Committee, are giving wide pub- licity to the utterances of Harold Foulkrod who last year participated in the betrayal of the bonus march- ers. Although possessing no author-| ity whatever this person professes to| speak for the veterans. All these attempts are being ex-| ploded by the leadership of the vet-/ erans and there is slight chance of, these elements being able to injure the movement, On top of this a wage cut was recently given | WAGE CUTS MULTIPLY AT MOMENT PRESS ANNOUNCES “RETURN OF PROSPERITY” |Linden, N N. J., Workers vesaie Against High Prices; Example for Other Workers Demand Increased Pay to Meet Rising Cost of Living Caused by. Inflation NEW HAVEN, Conn May 11.— Wage slashes ranging from 15 to 25 per cent and applying to every worker in the fac- tory were declared today by the Winchester Repeating Arms Co., a munitions plant here, contrary to the lying “prosperity” | propaganda in the capitalist press. Winchester workers are reported as resenting the cut and organizing against it. * . * UTICA, N. Y., May 11.-—-Protest ng agai of 1,700 school t from the payrolls today & euybeh in firing ers, ed-up and ducing wag kers of the purne Quarver of the Utica * Mills deciared a strike Reductions i The employers have been | the empio; ‘ons with the workers for | nounced Ms ¢ man of the United States Steel Cor- saree days but the workers remain determined in their opposition to thi new attack on their living standard oration. The cu | from § pe per cent, thi is is of the companys pol u No picketing was reported. State | Part ; ts ‘ 4 expenses’ in order to be poet were assigned to patrol the [Sto pecdite. : * * * ———-— | LINDEN, N. J.—400 workers met T ih . N ton Tuesday at the Labor Lyceum, en, N. J., for the purpose of dis- sing the inerease of prices of was paletted to carry on the work. The bakers and flour trust decided there would be no decrease in bread and flour, The price of flour has not gone up The Committee of Action againsé high prices of bread, rolis and other From « Worker Correspondent The fourth wage cut (now 40 per cent from the top) hes just been Union. In the We: | necessities is calling upon the work- | the i. yune 18-1 ors of L nd Rochelle not to buy | ‘goes into effect. bread o1 s in any of the s } gers are being Price of bread was BES 6c ea maiate : Ib, and rolls. 16c a d Prices | mum of $9 an 4 1 6c to Ac per Ib, bread ised ) Th 1e new 0 the average, Te per lb, ad and 15¢ a dozen rolis. | is paid for an ® A mass meeiing is being called for j However, ¥ ith 3 shifts ea tomo:row night at the Labor Lyceum, | messenger is pt on an extra hall Linden, N. J. hour during the turnover | “SMALL HOME OWNERS START TO MARCH ON WASHINGTON Result of Movement Developing Against Fore- closures and Forced Sales of Houses NEW YORK, May 11—Another march on Washington is in prepara- tion. This time it is the small home owners who are in danger of losin, or have lost their property through foreclosures. Today a delegation left | for Washington and will seek to place demands that mortgage foreclosures be stopped. pies 400 Bovee Labor Recruits Quit Camp Dix « | Try to Play Tammany Politics. | Matthew Napier, connected with the Consolidated Home Owners’ Morigage Committee, representing owners in the five boroughs of Great- New York, is trying to sidetrack the movement into channels favorable til rent is paid and relief is given. Families in Manhattan will mass at | the Home Relief Bureaus at Spring and Elizabeth led by the Downtown Unemployed Council, at 76 Street and | York Avenue under the leadership of East Side Unemployed Council at 41 Street between 10th and 11th Ave- nue led by the West Side Council. In Middle ang Lower Bronx, work- ers hungry and facing eviction will rally at the 149th Street Bureau, ral- lied by the Middle and Lower rons | Unemployed Council. Brooklyn families will mobilize at | 69 Schemerhorn Street with the Boro | | Hall Unemployed Council, at Chri ephex and Belmont with the Brown- sey toyed Council and Al- bemale Road and Gravesend Avenue ied by the Boro Park Council. | “Jam the Home Relief Bureau. | don't leave until rent is paid.” will be the rallying cry of the workers. Per /141 Refuse to “Take > Army Oath, Only Cent of Quota Filied in Mineola CAMP DIX, N. J, May 11.—Alrt many efforts by officials to belilt strike of last week in the forced camp. it is now admitted that close star to 400 recruits have quit the camp where with vigorou here. ‘ | Following the strike against the} NEW YORK.—The quota for the [a food last week, the capitalist forced labor camps in Nassau Coun- tried to minimize the move- ty is 005, Though the final date for Now reports are that 141 re-| applications ends this week, officials | t's coercion h-eat'0 revis ress aa to the Roosevelt administration by arranging to have wives of the home owt Roosevelt, wife of the president the men in- is seen as nto harmless interview Mr: wt Many of the small home owners favor such a march to Washington, | but point out that to be effective it must be backed up by militant action ‘tacks of the racketeers and the | stated yesterday that: hese T.U.U.C. URGES WORKERS = TO NEEDLE PROTEST IN UNION SQUARE SAT’DAY International Officials Lyingly State Indus- trial Leaders Get $100 for Union Wages and Charge “Income Tax Evasion” all trade unions affiliated to the Council and all unorganized workers, members of the American Federation of Labor, and | the Socialist Party, to support the demonstration in Union - Square on May 13 at 1 p.m. arranged by the Needle Trade s Workers Industrial Union to» ~~ 3 . vers, the victous attack by gangsters protest against the recent at. SuDpReted RY ate: policean: erooklrn j against the boys and girls involved underworld which is supported by the | in the Equitable strike of paper bag) Tammany machine. The T.U.U.C./ makers, is a further indication of the | | increased dvi by the Rapioyets “The attacks mn the Furniture Union headquar- (COMMNUED CF yAsw ve i) fused to take the army oath in the camp. While othere left for num- | have succeeded in getting only 213 recruits. | in all localities against foreclosures. Milwaukee Jobless Defeat Relie] Cut; G MILWAUKEE, Wis., May 11.—Sev- |en hundred workers from the various|cialist, Scr SRL NNT SMPTE TET | Telief projects packed the court room } Council, NEW YORK.—The Trade Union Unity Council called upon | where the County Board “Committee | bers and others, were conducting the ers who were not _membe ‘on Institutions” was meeting, and de- manded a revision of the pay sched- ules on forced labor jobs. On the first of May, the county had! cut the workers on relief jobs from} $8 to $10 and more a month on their cash allowances. On Thursday and Friday commit- tees were sei pp on various jobs, and’ sent to Glassberg to protest the cut Glassberg said the men were getting enough money, but a few agitators were making trouble. started striking at South Shore Park, and the strike spread until over 500) OER Cette, The workers, ain 25 Per Cent Increase with So-, stated their grievances. The Unem- Unemployed | ployed Council position was put fore mem- ward clearly, and supported by work- ‘ont. Comm Communist, Unemployed League, United | leadership of the strike. Before the The “Committee of Institutions” meeting of the “Committee of Institu-| was forced to promise withdrawal of tions” workers were organized to go| the wage-cuts and an increase in cash there and present the grievances. wages to allow for the increased cost The demands put forward by the) of living due to inflation. Unemployed Council were accepted by The victory was won by the united the other workers. They were: front action of the 's. Atter 1, Restoration of the wage cut, i this hearing, the uniied front com- 2. Anincrease of 25 per cent in the | mittees met and decided to keep or- cash allowances over the amount ganization on the jobs, to spread the given previously to the cut. : organization, and continue the fight 3, A minimum of $80 a month cash | for the third demand, of $80 a mont wages on county and city jobs with | minimum wage. There are over 4,500 workers on forced labor jobs im Milwaukee | no deductions for relief given. During the hearing on Monday,| ovens a workers came forward apd! ae RAIMA GAT,