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

{ | | \ A { \ | i ) i axl —— EDITORIAL Roosevelt's Relief Bill Is a Starvation Program the accompaniment of loud hosannas in the cepitalist press, Roose- velt has signed the so-called $500,000,000 Federal Relief Bill. As is the vase with every Roosevelt action, when one pierces through the clouds of ballyhoo, one finds another characteristic attack against the | living standards of the people. First, the money will not be given directly to the starving masses. wilt be entrusted to the relief agencies of the states. Second, the actual amount set aside for relief is not $500,000,000 as advertised, but actually $250,000,000. The other $250,000,000 will be used only for “emergencies”. The money from this “emergency” fund will be. disbursed to the states only when the states request it, and only om the condition that the states can raise twice the amount requested from the federal government. If the states cannot raise $2 for every $1 they ask for, then the federal relief money will not be forthcoming. ‘Thus, Roosevelt’s position on the fundamental question of direct federal relief is in no way different from Hoover's. His position is that of the capitalist class, that the starving workers themselves must feed the starving jobless. Roosevelt's relief plans are based upon the capitalist determination to make the working class shoulder the full burden of As he signed the “relief” bill, Roosevelt said: “Citisens . . . should voluntarily contribute te the pressing needs of welfare services... The giving by the government in ratio to the contributions made by States and local communities should lead to the giving of generous contributions to community chests,” JERE Roosevelt makes clear that he is in full agreement with the Hoover program of “self-help” for the starving masses. sets himself the task of defending the capitalist principle of complete hostility toward any direct Federal responsibility for Unemployment In- surance and Federal Relief. Roosevelt says to the starving masses—the government will give $1— if you. workers will give $2.” Roosevelt's relief turns out to be nothing bi; the Hoover hunger program. Roosevelt, like Hoover, places the entire burden of relief upon the joeal communities and states. But, what kind of relief are these local agencies supplying? It is openly acknowledged by the capitalist relief officials themselves that the local relief machinery has broken down completely, that it is miserable tt is is a letter from a group of workers group of workers in a metal shop in the comes back, the Daily Worker will publish their families to the decrepit machinery of the local agencies. In the Roosevelt, has evaded the demand of the Nationsi Hinger March to Because the Workers’ Unempioyment Insurance Bill demands: _-\and by taxation upon incomes over 35,000 a year. In no instance \OOSEVELT is against Unemployment Insurance. Ali of his measures ang masses bear the burden of the crisis is a glaring example. ployment Insurance. mo“time be replaced by other slogans. On the contrary, every struggle Workers Expose Fake LIE T0 THE WAGE-RISE PROPAGAND ——— Soviet Unton. When the reply urge groups of workers in other shops to follow this (By a Group of Navy Yard Workers) © Roosevelt | Dail Central Org Inunist Party U.S.A. (Section of the Communist International) Vol. X, No. 117 sn matier at the Post Offies at MGR New York, N. ¥., under the Act of March 8, 1878, VETS RE ADY | ANOTHER MOUTH TO ho : FOR CAPITOL ~ CONVENTION Begins Tomorrow; Fight for Bonus, Against Cuts | HIT DISRUPTERS Men Act Against Boss Press Provocations WASHINGTON, May 15. — With nearly 2,000 ex-seryicemen encamped in Ft. Hunt and self-imposed disci- pline among the men firmly estab- lished, plans were under way today for the convention of veterans due to begin Wednesday. A committee of five was selected to have charge of the arrangements for the convention which will prob- ably last two days and raise as its key demand the immediate payment of the bonus. Brady was elected as chairman of the committee which has on it with Williams, Sellers, Deer and Milton, In the meantime the rank and file of the vets also set up a committee |of seven to assist the leading com- jmittees headed by Brady in the preparation of the convention. In pressing their demands, the vets | have let it be known that they will |call upon the congressmen from the ' orker Sf AN Y NEW YORK, TUESDAY, MAY 16, 193: | various districts of the country and| | call upon President Roosevelt to press | | their demands for immediate action | |on the bonus, and against the dis- | ability cuts. Achieve Unity. Despite the disruption of various elements in the camp, unity has been achieved between the regular con- tingent and those who came to the camp under Thomas and Foulkrod. Milton, one of the members of the Convention Arrangements Committee is, however, a disruptive element who participated in the December action ‘and has been known to cause con- | siderable trouble among the vets | ever since. He came in with a reg- | ular contingent from Cleveland, but | | went over to the Thomas-Foulkrod) 4 group. a Although efforts have been made! early in the day fo establish unity | | | The conference will be held Thurs- lay, at 11 a.m, at 799 Broadway, | Room 436. The following organizations re- and unity is assured, nevertheless | Ceived the call: Workers Committee | | various disruptive elements got on the on Unemployment, Association of the | job in order to prevent this. Among! Unemployed, Workers Unemployment, them was Woods, reputed to be aj League; City Committee of the So- world-war aid and soldier of fortune’ | cialist Party, District Committee of | well known on the west coast. |the Communist Party, Trade Union Stiffen Rules. | Unity Council, Central Trades and This neorning, after the disruptive | Labor Council, Conference for Pro- | efforts of a few self-seekers in the/ gressive Labor action, United Hebrew camp had failed, the committee in | Trades, Amalgamated Clothing Work- charge decided to use a firm hand.' ers Union, Young Peoples Socialist Tt_decided: ue imadequate to feed, clothe, and house the starving people. vety act of signing his much-touted “relief” bill, he is dooming the un- Pongress last December. “That the fall funds for unemployment insurance shall be raised shall there be amy contributions levied upon the workers—in any R Proposed to congress are measures to make the workers bear the bur- "Now more than ever before, the whole working class must be mob- _eThe activity of the Unemployed Council has shown a slackening in tor the immediate needs of the unemployed, -all activity in the trade = * - Wage-Rise Schemes EDITOR'S NOTE: The followin; this as well. We KLYN, N. ¥.—The shop in Roosevelt knows this. But he leaves the 17 million unemployed and employed to greater misery. “Why does he evade it? chy the government from funds now set aside for war preparations form whatsoever for this insurance.” dens of the crisis. His recent Sales Tax proposal to make the consum- ilied for a struggle to compel the federal government to grant Unem- the’ struggle for Unemployment Insurance. This central point should at unions, should help to develop the fight for Unemployment Insurance. 8. NAVY YARD WORKERS GIVE THE im the Brooklyn Navy Yards to a example. Which we work _, Ties 8-in. guns, as specified in the “, action in late December of this year. |} Ab present we are working on 2 de- various ships such as: 1. Over 10,000 ton boats. 2. 10,000 ton (treaty boats), Guard Destroyers. it is the work of the yard to t ships that come into the for repair, For that reason the always has some force of work- ere working. - Building Ships for War. Recently, on April 13, 1933, a new 3,000 ton ship was launched. It car- It will be ready for stwoyers which will take about 1% years to build. Wage Cuts and Stagger System. | Now as to conditions in the yard; | | top of a stagger system, which is still | in effect in some. of the shops. Lay-/| offs have also taken place, and the | outlook for the workers is pretty black. | A first class mechanic used to make om an average of $45 a week, and now he makes about $37. Even the apprentice boys, who make only $13.19 | FAKE “RAISES” IN WAGE EXPOSED BY WORKER'S LETTER (By a Young Worker Correspondent) TIMORE, Md.—In some of the in Baltimore the employers workers about & z aa8 ep flation took place, tried to give the} workers a 10 per cent cut. The work- ers protested in spite of the slack a week, have been cut 15 percent. The apprentices are supposed to get a raise in salary yearly, but these raises have been held back already a year, and it looks as if its gning to be a long time till they'll get their raises. Apprentice Wages for Skilled Work. The apprentices don’t get their raises, but they continue to develop themselves in their respective trades, with the result that the government lays off mechanics and keeps the ap- prentice boys, for obvious reasons. As far as revolutionary work goes, we have a group of workers from var- ious shops in the yard. The workers from the machine shop carry on op- Position to the A. F. of L. Machinist our problems and what we have to do. The group issues educational and organizational literature. ‘The group includes also some of the apprentice boys, and organizational on among them. This, comrades, we hope is the start of a real correspondence. Hoping for @ quick answer. —Navy Yard Workers. Hearst Shouts End of Depression and Cuts Printers’ Wages By a Printing Worker Correspondent CHICAGO, Ill—On the same day that Forbes (columnist on financial affairs in the “Herald and Examiner,” Hearst’s gutter sheet) wrote so glow- ingly on the upturn of American bus- iness, and Brisbane in his column condescendingly let the American Public in on the fake news that the one was a thing of the past— you sup) was on. the bulletin board? Lang Nothing else but that, due to the struggle for supremacy in the field of circulation between the rival morn- ing papers, and that since the future promotion work was to be based on the number of paid-up subscriptions, every employee was expected to do | season, and showed they were work-|his duty in subscribing to their own | the protest, came to an. agreement | ing Only a few hours a week. The seeing the workers’ unity in| withthe workers for a five per cent newspaper. A year's advance sub- scription was stressed. Every one in the organization knows damn well that he had better cut, Of course thie was all figured by boss, file his subseription if he is to retain (his job. 1—That all men coming into the League. camp, must be registered, otherwise | they would not be admitted. i ‘The Unemployed Council in call- 2—That all men going to the city|ing the conference proposed to the would not be able to return unless | °Tganizations that a campaign be in- they had a registration card. itiated for the following demands: and .Young Communist | COMBAT “NO evictions. 2. No relief. cuts; for increased re- lief. ‘ 3. Relief tovsingle workers. 4, For’ Unemployment Insurance. Propose Unity It was further proposed that the organizations unite to carry through joint struggles at local relief offices by their respective local organiza- tions to be followed by a united front mass demonstration on a city wide seale. . | Single victories are being recorded | in sections where Unemployed Coun- cils follow the policy of continuous picketing of Home Relief Bureaus | land refusing to leave the bureaus | 3.—That they would make see greatest efforts possible to draw the men into unity, so that everybody would be registered and would be bil- leted along the street with the other | veterans. | It is reported that President Roo- | Union. At our meetings we discuss | and agitational work is being carried | sevelt’s wife will visit the camp. Un- doubtedly the government is inter- ested in disunity of the veterans and sees itself outmaneuvered, and will use all methods in order to cause | disruption within. | Salzman, self-styled leader of Brooklyn, attempted a march on the White House, not knowing that Pres- ident Roosevelt was not ‘in the city. Twenty-seven men attempted to |march but were stopped by the po- lice. It is reported that he has n- turned to Brooklyn, where he is mo- bilizing more men to come to Wash- \ington. He is one of the disruptors, who when he cannot succeed, talks of bringing another army to Wash- | ington. At the camp yesterday, church ser- \vices were held, at which Rabbi | Loge, a vicious enemy of the Soviet | Union, declared in his sermon that | “we don’t need a Stalin in the Uni- | ted States.” Report Troops Ready. There is a report that the troops | around Washington have already been supplied with tear gas to be prepared for any eventuality. Already there are complaints in the camp that the newspapers are publishing reports against the vet- erans. A motion was made that re- porters of papers hostile to the vet- erans’ cause should be barred from | the camp. Although the motion was not put to a vote, a reporter of a west coast paper was expelled from the camp this morning. eee More New York Vets to Leave. NEW YORK —The second con- tingent of the Veterans’ Expedition- ary Force, New York's division of the Veteran's March, will leave here Thursday, to join’ their comrades in Washington. The V. E, F. headquar- ters are at 40 W. 18th St. There will be a meeting at this address, to- morrow night at 8 p.m. Red Flag On May Day SOFIA, May 2 (by mail).—A red flag was hoisted over the barracks of the 1st Cavalry Regiment in So- fia on May Day, bearing the inscrip- tion: “Long live the First of May!” Despite their utmost efforts, the au- thorities were unable to discover who had hauled up the flag. at Rumanian Barracks |ite | NEW YORK.—At the protest dem- onstration held at Columbia Uni- | versity over 2,000 students filled the | Library steps in front of Alma Mater jto demand the reappointment of |Donald Henderson, ‘The administra- |tion announced that there had been} |500 actual strikers and their enthu- |siasm rallied the rest of the students |when the meeting reached its peak | around noon. | Raise Strike Flag A strike flag was raised during the ‘night and was flying serenely whea the students arrived in the morning. Two students were arrested for paint- ing strike signs on the campus. The International Labor Defense got them out of jail in time to attend the strike. A casket labeled “Academic Free- dom’ was placed before the Alma Mater statue. The strike opposition rushed it but the meeting immediately | moved from the Sun Dial to the Lib- tary steps in front of Alma Mater |and continued there. The crowd was becoming immense when an effigy of Pres. Nicholas Murray Butler was raised from the speakers stand. Students under the reactionary influence of the adminis- | tration again rushed, but well organ- ‘ized strike defense squad repelled the | attack and the chairman of the meet- ing, John Donovan, raised the effigy high over his head while he | denounced Dr. Butler's policies. With | \am expression of supreme disgust and ,contempt he slammed the effigy to | the ground, smashing it to pieces. | Speakers addressing the meeting in- cluding William Browder, J. B. Mat- thews and others, were well received |by the students. They denounced ; Pres. Butler's policies and the policies | of the entire administration for the dismissal of Donald Henderson. Opposition Fails Students from the opposition were ‘allowed to speak but their east was, so blatantly stupid that they only) , succeeded in gaining more supporters for the Henderson camp, Their charge of incompetence wes ably re-| futed by the facts that Mr. Hend: |son's most adyanced class voted un- ‘animously that he was “competent and intellectually stimulating” while | in his next advanced class 15 out of 17 voted to support a fight for his; reappointment. | | Blast Incompetency Lie | The opposition brought out the/ fact that Mr. Henderson had been | ‘offered a fellowship in the Soviet | Union to complete his degree, but | they ignored the fact thet Mr. Hen- |derson’s theses is on the “History of ' i Immediate rent payment; no} until relief is ;refused the fellowship because ‘smashed out of the w 16 ORGANIZATIONS CALLED T0 EMERGENCY CONFERENCE T0 'To Meet Thursday; Unemployed Councils in Call Proposes Joint Local Struggles Leading to City-Wide Demonstration ‘ RENT” ORDER NEW YORK.—The City Council of the Unemployed Councils of Greater New York sent telegrams last night to 16 workers organizations in the city asking them to send representatives to an emergency conference |for “planning immediate action to counter-act the no rent-out relief order at the Home Relief Bureau oe Two workers, Bishop, 518 F., 16th St.. and Orland, of 511 EB. St., denied relief by the bureau at 78th St. and York Avenue. after weeks of stalling and promises seeured relief yesterday when they joined a picket line outside led by the East Side Unemployed Council and told offi- cals, “We won't leave until we get relief.” More rent checks are being issued at the 149th Street buresu as a re- sult of the demonstration there Fri- day. Picketing continues at the Spring and Elizabeth bureau led by the Downtown Council with individual (Continued on Page 2) 500 Columbia Students Out in 1 Day Strike; 2,000 More Join Communist Party,” the America said. the strikers. “If Mr. Henderson was incompeten: why would the administration offer him a fellowship? Myr, Henderson he reglized that the administration was trying to obscure the issue of acad- emic freedom. Furthermore, never in’ the history of American’ educa- tional institutions has a dismissed in- structor been slandered more by an administration,” asked another sirii- er. March To Home The meeting was adjourned at and a march around the ca’ started. The opy the marci proceeded to Pres. Butler's home with 590 in line. After a short stop in front of Pres Butler's home the students marched back on the campus and declared the strike officially ended. An unidentified worker was arrested for aiding the striking students and was hurried off to jail. The National Student Leagye wide scale and will continue the fight along a different summer. The fight will until Monald Hendersen appointed. continue is re- | MacDonald's police were unable assailing the ears of Rosenberg alle — {the way through the streets and even ‘to the railway station. | ing a red flag, attempted to leap from |an overheard foot bridge onto the |roof of the car in which Rosenberg | was riding. Police were barely able to stop them. A demonstrator got on the train and pulled the stop cord, bringing twain to & halt. More- demon- As the train started, a group, bear- , to prevent the shonts a: British Workers Usher Rosenberg Out of London With Militant Anti-Nazi Protest LONDON, England, May 15.—Big crowds of London workers demonstrated against Hitler's envoy, Dr. Al- | fred Rosenberg, as he left for Germany yesterday. ind denunciations of the Nasi murder regime from | Strators were gathering before it started again, Hitler's envoy left with shouts “Down with the Murderers” ringing in his ears. He left, admitting to newspaper correspondents that he had found British opinion, “from the | right to the left solidly against him.” | | ‘The London Times comments: “His | glib phrases totally failed to impress the minds of his English hearers... before challenging other diserm it would be better rove, that one of the main purposes of Hitlerism is to prepare Germany, for ®@ war of revenge.” So speaks the Tory press—but it wes the British workers who de- nouneed, not only Hitler's arms rival- ry, but bis whole program of mur- der of the German workers ount to to dis- Bring the CITY ED Daily Masses, With 20,000 New Readers! _serramamernmengoenrnenpesenimiorsanresonira emanate Worker to the Price 3 Cents ITION “®t ROOSEVELT'S SALES TAX IS TO ROB THE POOR AND FINANCE BIGGEST BANKERS Taxes of $220,000,000 on Every Day Necessities at Expense of the Poor to Help Rich Abolishes Anti-Trust Laws and Plans Wage Cutting Program Under Fedéral Supervision WASHINGTON, May 15.—Under the bill pr aid unemployment the Roosev: to further s by a general sales tax. After a series of conferenc ness leaders the general sales tax proposal, hitting the im- poverished masses by taxes on food, clothing to live, The tax th that provosed by the Hooy stration, whieh Roosevelt before and after his elec- tion denounced as a crime against “the American people Planned Wage Cutti The new bill, called the bill”, is designed to enable the fe eral government directly to intervene in the fixing of all wages, hours and conditions of labor. It will also fix production schedules, and close down plants that are not needed in this schedule. The abolition of all anti- trust laws will enable the big com- binations to crush competitors and ish a greater degree of monop- oly than now exists. In every way the bill is a slashing attack upon the poor and directly helps the rich. Big Fund for War Purpo: The bill provides for a federal bond issue of $3,300 000,000. A portion of the fund will be assigned ‘to states and municipalities and the remainder is to be used directly by the federal government for naval building, con- struction of army posts, road con- struction and flood control It is | pointed out that all this fund can actually be used for putposes of strengthening the military machine, itself is just as forced labor camps are being used as places to train a huge auxiliary army. Wages for state and federal pro- jects will be fixed upon a basis si ilar to that in effect in the forced labor camps—a dollar a day The sales tax is expected to realize not less than $220,000,000 annually and will be used for the interest and FEDERATION OF UNEMP retending to preparing elt administration nash the standards of life of the toiling masses ces with congressional and busi- ion of the $3,300,000,000 te called pr amort be use This being ra on mone: ns that they will money dispoza is of the banks their e government on tt it frozen Croit Held on $1,906 LAW! Cc. h Croli. with t an A $1,000 ba tation t Wor! tions the Textile Workers’ to send resolutions of protest to Per- kins and Roosevelt fation-Wide Tag | Days for Victims of German Fascism ay 19, 20 and 21 are the Na- tion-wide Tag Days to Aid the Victims of German F lection boxes and ott should be gotten at once at the National Committee to Aid the Victims of German vi) Fascism, Fifth Avenue, New York City. A conference of delegates from all working class organizations and professional groups to lay the basis for an inclusive united effort to make the.relief.campaign for of German fascism a tive and successful one will be held on Thu at Irving Plaza Ho and 15th Street, Ne at 8 p, m. All organizations must |see to it that their representative: e present. LOVED AT ITS CONVENTION DEFEATS RIGHT WING Policy Committee Prop oses Program Based on | United Front of Unemployed Councils CHICAGO, I, May 15.—At Sunday's session of the convention of the Federation of Unemployed Leagues a sharp struggle took place in which the right wing was defeated, This movement is under the influence of K. Bor- i is | planning further protest on a nation- tack during the; if it is possible to disprove, | ders. The Socialists are attempting to dominate this movement. The discussion on a united front policy went on until three o'clock Monday morning. .The program pol- icy committee introduced a document based primarily on the program pro- posed in the letter to the convention by Unemployed Councils. This was for a united front struggle in a 5 siruggle for unity was, led gates Gus and Lampson from Unemployed Councils. Communist Speaks. Bill Gebert, District Organizer ol the Communist Party spoke on the meaning of a united front of strug- the for ployment insurance. received wide support among the delegates. The constitution commitiee which proposed the for m of a new TALK NEW JOR - TO CUT REURF Many H ungry Re- moved from Lists Cutting off of relief in all parts of the country is being covered up with lying talk about “increasing employ- ment.” Reports in the capitalist press ebout workers being put on jobs are dwindling almost to nothing. This shows that the paid propagandists of ‘the press are having difficulty finding {subjects for such stories. Yesterday the press carried reports from Rome, Georgie, of increases in the number of workers employed tn ten unnamed manufacturing plants, From Philadelphia there was « re-~ port of employment increasing one per cent. That report was sent out by the Federal Reserve Bank. This id jdue solely to the slight seasonal advance in textile production. All these announcements re ace companied by yery definite news that | relief is being cut off on the that workers can find jobs. clearly shows that instead of condi- tions of workers improving they are getting still worse. More than ever it is essential to put forth in most de- cisive terms of mass action the de- mands for no cutting of reffef, but immediate increases ang for unem~ ‘ployment insurance. the National Commiittee of ‘the; le- | tional organization of unemployed was defeated. The new committee which was elected introduced a con city basis. The left the Unem- wing led by ployed Councils was not sufficiently solidified. There were mahy who wavered from one position to another without taking a firm stand. The mn however was an import. ards developing a united unemployed to strugele ¥ET TO BUILD oPENGR CO DEFENSE CORPS NEW YORK.—A conference called jointly by the Trade Union Unity Council and the Needle Trades Work- ers’ Industrial Union to mobilize a workers’ defense against gangsters at- tacks on the unions will take place at the headquarters of the Food Work- ers’ Industrial Union, 4 West 18th St., Thursdey, May 18th at 8 p.m. All workers organizations are ex- pected to send at least two delogates to work out plans for building a powerful defense movement in great- er New York. Neus Flash TRENTON, N. J. Mss Uti ernor Moore and E. L. Richards, pres- | ident of the state senate, plan to ask Roosevelt on Thursday for a $71,- 000,000 loan for uncmployment re- lief. This follows only a few days | after the so-called relief bill was signed by Roosevelt. Roosevelt's relief is for $250.000,000 for the whole country. Mere 's one state alone asking already for about ®@ quarter of the whole amount. This is proof that the Roosevelt “rel ef | birt cannot even aid a fraction of | the unemployed. THE WEATHER. Today—Mostly cloudy and | cooler; fresh southerly winds. 1