The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 17, 1933, Page 3

DAILY WORK PLANS TO CLOSE | SUMMER SCHOOLS HALTED BY YOUTH 1300 Students at City ¥ Hall Protest NEW YORK,—Their number held | down by the rain, over 300 students from City, Hunter and Brooklyn Col- leges demonstrated yesterday at City Hall against the attempt of the city administration to close down sum- mer schools and use the funds avail- | able for the schools for pammeey | “other purposes.” Effects of the campaign, the stud- | ents have been carrying on for the) continuation of ‘free summer schools’ | and a protest petition of 3,500 TARE | sent in was reflected by the deci- | sion of the Board of Estimate, meet- | ing today on the question, to Dort- | pone a final vote until next Friday. All except Deputy Comptroller Prial were in favor of continuing the | schools, The postponement may be a man- euver for time to evade the mass ssure. But the students announced Finer will be no let up in the cam- jfpa’m and another demonstration be held Friday. A delegation of students were re- fused the floor by the Board, but out- | side speakers from the National) Students League, the League for In- | dustrial Democracy and from each of | | | i move.” | To Demonstrate in the, Bronx Friday NEW YORK.—Twenty-one dele- gates, representing over 1200 organ-| ized young workers and students,| present at a Youth Conference for) the release of the Scottsboro boys and for the fight to enforce the 13th, ¢}i4th and 15th Amendments, decided to hold a youth protest demonstra- tion for the Scottsboro boys Friday, May 19, 8 p.m. at Tremont Avenue and Southern Boulevard, Bronx. Sveakers from the Young Commu- nist League, National Students League, Communist Party, Interna- tional Labor Defense, and speakers from local organizations will address the meeting. The conference urged all young workers and students to be present and show the “solidarity | of the youth with the adults in the fight for Negro rights.” | Mass Meet Tonite Defends 14 Arrested NEW YORK.—A mass meeting to defend 14 unempioyed workers ar- rested while demanding relief at the Home Relief Bureau at Gravesend Avenue and Abermarle Road will be held tonight at the Finnish Hall, ‘764 40th Street, Brooklyn, at 8 p.m. Three of the workers were arrest- ed April 28 and the balance May 12. ,',) They will be tried tomorrow at Sny- der Avenue court, Snyder Avenue and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn. Workers } MOORE OF I. L. D. HILLYER OF L. I. D. AT MEET FOR 9 | NEW YORK.—Richard B. Moore, | field organizer of the International | Labor Defense, Mary Hillyer, secret- ary of the League for Industrial | Democracy lecture bureau and former M. Schwarzbard. one of the Scotts- boro lawyers, will speak at a Scotts- | boro mass meeting Friday night, at 8 p.m. at Boro Park Labor Lyceum, 42nd Street and 14th Avenue, Brook- lyn, The meeting is under the auspices | of the Ella May Branch of the LL.D. | Demands for the unconditional and | safe release of Haywood Patterson and the rest of the Scottsboro boy: will be made. Meet May 2lst for the Final Plans on Youth Day May 30 NEW YORK.—Final preparations |for National Youth Day will take) place in a second National Youth 8 pm., at Stuyvesant Casino, 9th Street and Second Avenue. Delegates representing 40 youth organizations were at the last con- ganizations are asked to send rep- | resentatives. The plans for National Youth Day | “Say, Bill, we came after the Bonus, | | t YOUTH PROTEST | include a parade ,through Harlem | not pictures.” May 30, Decoration Day, and an in- 29, at Irving Plaza. The main slogan of the youth will be against war. The National Youth Day Commit- tee has decided on a Tag Day for Saturday and Sunday, May 20 and 21. All organizations, young work- jers and students, are asked to come to the following stations for boxes: 96 Avenue C, 569 Prospect Avenue, 1813 Pitkin Avenue, 131 West 28th Street, and 79 East 131st Street. Buitons at 2 cents cach and leaf- lets at $1 per thousand on National Youth Day are now ready. ‘CARTER AT TWO JAMAICA MEETS Seottsboro Witness to Speak Tonight | NEW YORK.—Two siiultaneous Scottsboro protest meetings will take place in Jamaica tonight at 8 o’clock, at both of which Lester Carter, star witness for the cefense, will speak. One is to be held at the Finnish | | Workers Club, 109-26 Union Hall St.| and the other at the Brooks Mem- orial Church, 107-14 Pine Grove St. Others speakers will include Leonard | Patterson, of the Liberator, and the Rev. McCarthy. Both meetings have been arranged by the Angelo Hern- don branch of the International La- bor Defense, and are to be prepara- tory mobilizations for a monster mass | protest meeting to be held Saturday jevening at the Jamaica Arena, | Archer Place and 144th Pl. The speakers at the Arena will be By H. E. BRIGGS A Day With Veterans at Fort Hunt World War, but three bonus marches, We approach the Bonus Camp at He came all the way from Oregon. Fort Hunt by a fine road that winds|A tall, heavy-built lumberjack with | for 10 miles along the picturesque] fine, curly hair, smooth white teeth banks of the Potomac, For the fitst| nd a smile that would make a tooth- | organizer of the International Ladies | time in months, yes even years, many| Garment Workers Union and Elias | of these vets have not had their lungs | | filled with fresh country air. Com- ing from the dirt and misery of breadlines, flop-houses and charity associations, one feels a determina- tion among these men never to re- turn to the degradation of charity. The men are happy and confident, but underneath there is a certain grimness, a certain purpose in coming here, They realize this is no picnic, One can gather from their conver- sation that they will fight until the “Job is Done!” And if you ask what | this job is, they will answer as one man, “Our job is to get that Bonus, and restore the disability cuts!” | | Busses supplied by the Veterans) Bureau ply between the camp and the registration tent at 6 St. N.W. id Pennsylvania Ave. on a 15-min- ate schedule. The registration tent is the busi- est spot in town. Here vets from every state in the union come to sign up for camp. A big truck pulls in with signs reading, “Every red-blood- ed vet is on his way to Washington.” |Day Conference, Wednesday, May 24,| Men file out and line up to register. Members of the Liaison Committee greet them. Their elected leader says, “We are sure glad to be here.” These boys have been on the road a week. # | o . i | three colleges assailed the “ |ference. These are called to attend | Newsmen try to get pictures. A vet sy a i kavcioneuea ir! conference, and all other or-| says, “How about some smokes for that picture, buddy?” Another says, “Send my regards to Greta Garbo.” In a few minutés or more the men | tification card. This entitles them | to the free usé of the camp with all FOR NINE BOY. |docr mass meeting and dance, May | are signed up, receiving a white iden- 4 | accommodations. no one is allowed in the camp. Organization and Leadership | Once in camp, with their equip-| | ment consisting of t | kit and cot, they are assigned to |tents. Each new group or contin- {gent is greeted with a barrage of | questions and exclamations. Where | you from Buddy? How was the trip? | Many more on the road? No M.P.’s | this year, Buddy. Vets from the last |bonus march renew acquaintances. The long orderly rows of tents are @ pleasant sight to the vets who last year slept in the mud. of Anacostia. Here is organization, planning, lead- ership, a different picture from last year. And the rank and file feel a certain pride in their ability and power to force a decent living from the ruling class. These square khaki- colored homes are theirs for a few days at least. This in itself is a vic- tory, one of those small but nece; | | | | | and pave the way for greater vic- tories. Everywhere there is activity. To- day the sun is a sponge. Soon there will be no more puddles in the com- pany streets. The gloom of a two- | day rain is over. Blankets must be dried, clothes must be washed, the tents aired. Men are opening the flaps, picking up papers, keeping their homes in order. Rank and File Control | The 8 cots are laid head to toe | with ample space between. Blankets neatly folded are at the foot of each cot. In one tent there is an election lof a new squad leader. Some favor | one man, some another, Reasons are of that section aroused by the at-| addressed by Ruby Bates, Mrs. Pat-| given and argued back and forth. tacks on the unemployed and the at- tempted frame-up are expected to be in court to make their protests. terson and Richard B. Moore. All workers in Jamaica and vicinity are urged to attend. Strengthen Strike of Bakers; Unity Meet in Brooklyn NEW YORK. — Steps toward Mlengthening the militant struggle ol! the bakery workers of locals 565, 507, and 509, who are on strike @painst a wage cut and for improve- ments in their working conditions, was taken last night at the first ses- sion of the joint strike committee. The committee which was just es- : , se tablished and is composed of 5 mem- pers from each of the three locals on strike, decided to call all bakery workers of Greater New York to a g Mass meeting on Friday night. The place of the meeting will be an- nounced in the columns of the Daily. At the same time plans are in sw- ing by Bakers’ Local 505 of Browns- ville for a united front conference of all working class organizations, similar to the recent successful con- ference in support of the Bronx Bakery workers strike. The confer- ence takes place at Manhattan Ly- ceum on Sunday, May 21, at 12 noon. All workers’ organizations are call- ed upon by the union to send at least two delegatés to mobilize in support of the bakery workers’ struggle. UNEMPLOYED STOOD BY METAL | STRIKE; U. S. MEN AFFECTED | | | Soon a decision is reached and Big Adams is elected. Adams is an old- ‘timer. A veteran, not only of the Without this card, | wo blankets, mess} sary poinis that strengthen morale) | | | | | } | | ‘Demand Right to paste ad look sick. The men know} his courage as a fighter, his honesty and ability as a leader. He is a rank} and filer like themselves, one edu- cated in the day-to-day struggle for) |the workers’ and veterans’ rights. Every tent has an elected squad leader who assigns one man for the Safety Committee. This Safety Com- | mittee maintains rank and file dis- cipline throughout the camp. And/ the blue armband with S.C. on it} is a badge of honor respected by the| vets. These company street leaders} form the executive committee who in| turn elect the camp commander. Chow call blows, the cook yells. “Come and get it!” A sound of h rying feet and tinkling mess kits is heard in every company street. As the men file past the steaming ash) barrels used as coffee cans, stew cans, etc., there is banter and horseplay aplenty. “Hey, fat, you don’t need a| Bonus.” Fat says, “I don’t, eh! Well, | I haven’t worked in two and a half years.” Slim says, “Did you hear the new order. Roosevelt is going to see that all needy yets who want to split us up with ‘red scares’, Nothing do- ing for me. We must stick together | regardless of political affiliations.” “what do you think of that con- vention tomorrow? I'm behind this) here Liaison Committee. I know good | men when I see them. Anybody who can organize as good a camp as| this, gets my vote.” “Don’t forget,| this is a rank and file convention.” “O. K. elect your own leaders, but} all the other leaders I know are themselves behind the Veterans’ Na-| tional Liaison Committee.” At the left of the camp in a large | field, a radio loud speaker pours out | @ medley of patriotic, martial and sentimental music. The boys laugh at some of the songs like “Over There.” Finally, the voice on the air is only | a blatant echo and the first signs of | evening. a darker blue in the Vir-| ginia clouds, a deeper gold on the} horizon add the finishing touches to} another day. Another day of strug-)| gle and determination for the rank and file vets. Determination more eloquent than the blather of con- gressmen and senators. j | | | | Square Thursday | NEW YORK.—A mass meeting in | protest against the brutal treatment | by police of workers in Union Square | Park will be held by the Tom Mooney | Branch of the International Labor | Defense tomorrow, at 7:30 p.m. at the southeast corner of the Square. The right of workers to congregate | and discuss will be demanded. Police brutality against workers in | Union Square is ‘a daily occurrence | but was especially rampant last Sun- | day, when a cop, shield number 16,444, drew his gun on a group of workers holding a peaceful discus- sion. On the same day the workers in the Square were herded by the cops towards the Salvation Army meeting nearby and viciously club- bed and kicked. The meet is also supported by the 6th Avenue Grievance Committee, (Fighting Sixth) one of whose mem- bers was threatened with shooting by the cops when he insisted on his right to remain in the Square. N. Y. TRADE UNION NEWS fs of the Karp Metal Products Corp. ber of most important demands, in- | cluding recognition of the shop com- | mittee, no discrimination, division of work, no layoffs, rehiring of 5 laid off workers when additional workers are needed. Unity of Employed and Unemployed The strike brought out in bold re- Mef the fact that unemployed work- érs today sympathize with and re- workers. Hundreds of jobless work- ers seeking work around Bush Ter- minal near the Karp strike witnessed leaflets, and the efforts of the boss’ agents to get scabs failed utterly. Not one of these workers, many un- employed for months and even years, even came near the shop. This support of the unemployed workers given to the strike cannot be overestimated as a factor bringing a quick victory for the workers. This attitude of the unemployed workers ‘is largely due to the struggles of the CULTURAL JEVERAL GOOD APARTMENTS Lesiagton Avenue train to White Plains Road. Stop at Allerton Avenue Station, Tel, Ratabrook 8-1400-—1461 All Comrades: Workers Coope 2700-2800 BRONX PARK EAST (OPPOSITE BRONX PARK) has now REDUCED THE REN ON THE APARTMENTS AND SINGLE ROOMS rative Colony ACTIVITIES Kindergarden; (lasses for Adults and Children; Library; Gymnasium; Clubs and Other Privileges NO INVESTMENTS REQUIRED & SINGLE ROOMS AVAILABLE Take Advantage of the Opportunity. Office open daily Friday & Satotday Sanday ‘Meet at the ERIA, NEW HEALTH CENTER CAFETERIA in Tystctrimiaryn Pryy # fT AT, WORKERE fuse to take the jobs of striking | the picketing and read the strike | By GEORGE E. POWERS NEW YORK. — After a four-day strike led by the Steel and Metal Workers’ Industrial Union, which completely tied up production, the work- at 129 30th St., Brooklyn, won a num- faneenpleyea and employed workers in this city, led by the Unemployed Councils and the unions and leagues of the Trade Union Unity Council, assisted by other workers organiza- | tions. fone, Navy Workers Affected The Naval Supply Depot is close |to the Karp shop and these govern- ment workers who recently were cut by Roosevelt 15 per cent and who now face a lay-off of 500 out of the 600 working in the depot, came in contact with the strikers and re- ceived léaflets calling for support of the strike, exposing the miserable Conditions against which the Karp workers were on strike. In addition, hundreds of other workers, including those of the many metal shops in the The Karp strike should be an inspira- tion to particularly the Navy Yard, Robins Drydock, workers! First Strike in Drive The Karp strike is an integral part of the organization drive now being conducted by the union in Brooklyn. ‘The Karp workers themselves are ac- tively carrying on this drive, and all other members and friends of the Steel and Metal Workers’ Industrial Union are urged to give their fullest support. Friday, May 19, at 8:30 p.m. at 135—15th St., Brooklyn, Metal Work- ers, employed and unemployed, are called to a mass meeting where a report on the strike and the organi- zation drive will be given. Form I. W. 0. Langer Branch The Needle Trades Workers In- dustrial Union urges needle trade Workers to attend the organization meeting of the Morris Langer branch of the International Workers Order at the union office, 131 West 28th Street tonight at 6:30. MASS MEET OF EF. W. B. WORKERS TODAY. A mass meeting of all discharged and employed Emergency Work Bureau workers has been called by the City Committee of the KE, W. B. today, 10:30 A. M. At Labor Temple 242 Bast 14th, Street, ~ vicinity were shown a good example, | Morse Drydock | | MEET TOMORROW, ER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDA Y, MAY 17, 1933 Emanuel Levin, W. E. 8. L. rep- resentative on the Veterans’ Na- tional Liaison Committee. Picture was taken when Levin was in ser- | vice and proves how unfounded is the charge made yesterday by the N. ¥. State Commander of the American Legion that “we have proof that he was never in the ser- vice.” Wound Disables Vet, Can’t Get a Job, But Compensation Is Cut (By a Vet Worker Correspondent). NEW YORK.— Please let people} know that Publication No. 2, T3rd| Congress “An Act to maintain credit} of the United States Government.” | actually knocks off compensation | from veterans with service connected disabilities. These Adjudication of- ficers autocratically lower veterans) degree of disability to 10 per cent or} below, let ’em know that that is their present rating and hence these vet-| erans are told that they are not en-| titled to further ‘compensation, Some | of these veterans drew as much 4s/| $35 to $26 or so per month since 1919, | I am quite a case. I received a! Serious bullet wound and am quite! unable to perform my work as others | can, due to my disability. Firms who | have medical examination always dis-| qualify me. On June 30, 1933 I amj| told will be my last check. Imagine} my predicament without a job and my justly due compensation knocked to pieces. (Signed). Just another fool who fought for democracy. 1,000 STRIKE IN MO. FOOD PLANT BULLETIN. ST, LOUIS, Mo., May 16.—All four plants of the Funsten Nut Co. are on strike. Strikers conducted mass | | picketing and a parade for two miles Eleven arrests occurred at the plant but terror has failed to break the strikers’ militant spirit. The company has offered to in- crease wages 60 per cent but women demand wage guaranteeing a min- imum of five dollars weekly. * ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 16. — Three | of the four plants of the Punsten Nut Co. were completely shut down today | when more than 1,000 workers mostly | Negro women walked out on strike. | The fourth plant of the company is | expected to be down tomorrow. The | workers who are showing fine enthus- |iasm and militant spirit are mobiliz- ing for mass picketing. The strike is being led by the Food Workers’ In- dustrial Union. | | | Who Are the Fighters for the Veterans? It was inevitable that the g and nmen disrupt the Veterans’ March to Washington and a wide movement that made it possjb should attack th the leadership of the movement. Those whose special job it is to con- centrate on anti-labor and strike-breaking know that the most powerful unifying force among the oppressed masses is the Comniunist Part They know the Communists are always. on the alert to unmask and de- feat their maneuvers. In pursuit of its policy of trying to separate the Communists from the other veterans the government called to its aid a number of shady characters, ex-servicemen who were former detectives, adventurers, dis- tuptive elements and plain spies. The attempts of those elements to split the ranks of the veterans have been thus far defeated by the stub- born fight of the Communists nst provocation end ior unity of action on the basis of the three card demands of the present march 1. Immediate payment of the balance due on the (adjusted service certificates) bonus, back pi 2. Immediate restorat the Economy ts wiped away b: Act 3. Remedial and adequate relief for the unemployed and the farm- ers From the convention now on in Washington will come the initiative for the most intense mobilization of unemployed workers, ruined fatmers discharged employees and ruined small epers, tradi ad profes- sionals who make up the bulk of the ex-soldiers fighting against the Roosevelt hunger progran In this struggle the Communist Party will, as in the past, play the same dynamic part in rallying e and in smash- ing every aitempt of the enemy movemen It was the Communist Par de the Workers Ex-Servicemen’'s League, zational steps for the bont shington last year that drama-~ tized the struggle of the rans and gave it historical significance in the history of class fights in America. The movement reached tre- mendous proportions and, in spite of the treachery and s: of elements who tried to destroy it became a mass str the hunger government. Our Party alone, of all parti fought for the bonus. Republicans, Democrats and Socialists. , fought against it That struggle and ‘the wave of ms i the coun- try after the murderous attack on “ when, under in- structions of Hoover, the veterans were driven with fire and sword from Anacostia was evidence that here was a force that had to be reckoned with Roosevelt's attack on the p ions and disability payments made it clear that nothing was to be expected from the new administration but even more vicious attacks on the veterans. It was resentinent at this that spurred on the mass movement that is now reflected in the con- vention at Washington and that each day grows more powerful through- out the country. Great as are the odds mobilized against it, tremendous as are difficulties to be overcome, the present march to Washington will register a still further advance, There can and will be built up a mass force that will compel the government to come through with back pay to the world war veterans and abandon the attempts to rob the veterans in general of their pensions and other compensations. s and organi- he Fa: Page Three '2,000 BOSTON DRESSMAKERS ARE ON STRIKE Led by ILGW; Needle Union Calls Out Shops Urges United Strike BOSTON, Mass. May 16.—Over two thousand dressmakers were called out on strike today by the Interna- nal Ladies Garment Workers’ Un- i At the sa time the Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union called out the workers in its skirt, cloak and dregs shops in sympathy | with the strikers and appealed to the International union to conduct a uni- ed strike to win real improvements in the workers’ conditions. Officials Refuse Unity With the ! Tfdustrial Union. In the International strike call, inliy was d for but when a com- mittee of 25 elected by the workers of 1 Union appeared at the Indu: ing of the Interna- to propose steps for one uni- ted strike, leaders refused them the floor The insistence of and file that the comm Industrial Union be h leaders to reluctantly Out of #ar of the resentment of the rank and file, officials agreed to see the com- mittee fn @ separate room where they meet with the committee joint action n. emphatically refused with the Industrial Uni Attempts Made to Bel already being made jonal leaders to send shops and Strike. Attempts by the Intern: the workers back to the to the same outrageous condition. without any gains through this struggle. The strike apears to have all the earmarks of a maneouvre to | establish a system of dues check-up | Alfred Baker Lewis, Socialist leader has been brought into the strike to choke the militancy of the workers Boston dressmakers are showing splendid determination, however, to struggle for improvements in_ their working conditions The Needle Trades Union is calling for a join | broad rank and file strike committee | to develop a militant struggle and for joint mass picket lines. 300 NEGRO, WHITE METAL WORKER EXPRESSES FAITH (By a Metal Worker Correspondent) workers. LONGSHOREMEN IN UNITED FRONT TACTICS OF UNION | NORFOLK, Va., (By Mail).—Three | Industrial Union, as at the Cromwell! membership Hiecongy ch of ie a | ite longshore- | #nd Colonial Silver Works, and the| Spinners, and over the heads o} the [REICHEL ORES, Bee Sines ee nite World Button Works, ended with a|reactionary leaders convinced the |men, including some of the white) sn) victoky for the over 150 workers.| workers about the importance and | checkers, struck at the Old Domin-| This was Achieved first of all through | necessity of a united struggle. ion Steamship. docks last Friday the militancy of the strikers'’ who against a ten per cent. cut and for| have splendidly carried on the strug- extra pay on overtime work. gle for a period of 5 weeks, forcing The men won their demands. The | the bosses to give in to their demands. strike was spontaneous and under) Although most of the strikers are rank and file leadership. However| new members of the Union, they were| the agreement is only verbal and was/| convinced that only through organi- made because of the 10 per cent sol- | zation and militant struggle will they idarity of the Negro and white work-| be able to combat the attack of the ers. bosses. The men must now organize a per-| Another important factor was the manent organization to hold the | correct policy pursued by the lead- gains of the strike. ers of the Metal Workers Industrial The entire waterfront was behind | Union in applying a united front tac- the strikers and the United Colored/|tic. Some of the workers in these Charities sent a load of men to scab.| shops are members of the Metal When they arrived on the dock, they refused to work. Attempts of police to force them to work were defeated by the unity of the men. Workers from other companies refused to work | the dock. | The, Metal Workers Industrial Union is conducting several other strikes at present, as at the Karp Metal Works, the Century and the | Sewing Machinist strike. There is |no doubt that with its correct poli- | cies, with the militancy of the strik- jers, and the enthusiastic support of all the members of the union, these } strikes will also be brought to a suc- cessful end. | —A, R. | Editor's Note: At the time of goine to press, news reached the Daily | Worker that two of these strikes the Karp and the Century—had al- ready ended with a 100 per cent vic- tory, First American Workers | MUSIC OLYMPIAD | | j Emplo BUILD DEFENSE CORPS OF WORKERS NEW YORK.—Workers’ organiza- tions are called upon by the Trade Union Unity Council and the Needle Trades Workers’ Industrial Union to eléct delegates to the conference to- | morrow night at the Food Union, 4 yment Lower Than May, 1932 Capitalist Press Prosperity Bunk Based on Slight Seasonal Wage Raise, Less Than | Spinners Union whose reactionary | | leaders are against a united front of! | workers. In fact, as soon as the| | wa a declared the lock-out which | | 2 F alls Off; at CITY COLLEGE of N. Y, 23rd St. and Lexington Ave, SUNDAY, MAY 21 THREE CONCERTS— Morning, Afternoon, Evening 1 Langue: New Orchestral Music of U.S.A. U.S.8.R. was answered by a strike, the leaders | of the Metal Spinners Union, who) get advice from the well-known Soci- | alist labor faker, Mr. Beardsley, did| | not allow their members to walk out! jin sympathy with the rest of the! Children's Contest | today. | Street and Second Avenue to protest West 18th Street, 8 p.m. to mobilize all forces in defense of the militant unions threatened by intensified at- tacics of gangsters and racketeers. The basis will be laid for organi- zation of a workers’ defense move- ment to resist gangsterism. ANOTHER METAL SHOP STRIKES NEW YORK.—A strike involving twenty workers of the La Belle Silver Co. at 37-49 Broome St. was declared The workers are demanding reinstatement of all fired workers, the | abolition of piece work in all the de- partments, division of work and re- cognition of the shop committee. The strike is led by the Steel and Metal Workers’ Industvial Union. Solidarity on the part of the mem- bers of A. F. of L. local 8 of the | Metal Polishers who refuse to act as scabs against their fellow workers, blasted the hopes of the bosses to run the shop with strikebreakers pro- vided by this local, The strike is going strong. A.F.L. UNION HEADS FRAME WAITERS NEW YORK.—Rank and file mem- bers of Waiters’ Union, Local 1 A.P.L. are waging a struggle in the union against the policy of the officialdom in suspending members unable to pay dues because of unemployment. AS & resilt of their demands for the reinstatement of unemployed workers 2 members were jailed on charges framed by the officials. The | ease comes up on Friday. The rank | and file of Locel 1 appeals to all workers to be at the court at ord Against the attempted railroading of | the workers. IRON WORKERS MEET FRIDAY All iron workers, employed and unemployed, will discuss conditions in their trade at a mrss meeting. Priday, 19, at 8 p.m, at 35 East 101d Last Year, Affecting Only Few Workers ‘The capitalist press campaign of goes on. | ing men, women and children and | | | social insurance at the oxpense of the government and the employers. From Philadelphia comes reports and unnamed factories. all this talk facts prove that there | ere no wage increases affecting any | considerable number of workers. Philadelphia Wages Falling, Actual facts are that, although | | Wages increased 5 per cent between | April 15 and May 15, a slight seasonal | rise, it is far below last year. At this time of the year there is al ways a slight increase. However, | facts prove that employment during | the month was 16 per cent lower than | last year at this time, and that wages are still lower—26 per cent lower | than the corresponding period last | year. | Ten Cents an Hour in Oklahoma. | | From Vinita, Oklahoma, comes re- | ports that ten cents an hour is being paid workers on the state highway here. This wad admitted by Labor Commissioner Pat Mufray. When weather is bad workers do not get paid at all, Many of them get less than $6 a week's pay. Starvation in Southern Mills. Ballyhoo in the capitalist press re- | ports increases in the Southern tex- tile mill area. Facts show such claims to be lies. Average earnings for full time skilled workers in the | Piedmont area are from $3.50 to $5.60 | a week, Many places work between | 60 and 70 hours a week for such | wages. Such is the bluff there about wage increases, | | * . NEW YORK.—The Fastern 8. S$ Co. Will cut wages of the longsmore- | men here 10 percent this month. This { will be the second cut in four months in addition to speed-up which has al- ‘ready meant a lay-off for every two ‘out of three men that were working last year. * 6) Ae Brooklyn Ed'son Cuts Pay NEW YORK.—It is announced that the Brooklyn Edison Company will, “ ; Radius the wage Of 8000 ith em agr. It is intended to weaken the fight for immediate relief for starv- In spite of 4- BIG COMMUNIST VOTE IN NEWARK Workers Report That Votes Are Stolen ballyhoo about mythical wage rises the struggle for unemployment and | of daily “wage increases” in named Dloyees still further by cutting down on the working time with proportion- ate cuts in pay. The cuts affect practically all types of workers. This company is @ subsidiary of the Consolidated Gas Company of New! NEWARK, N. J., May 16.—Re- becca Grecht, New Jersey Distri York, one of the largest and Hohent | Creamed oF Ane Sela nteage’s Part utility companies in the country — eae temined 1 bab k votes in one of the most bitterly contested elections ever witnessed in the city. The votes of the other four Hosiery Workers Communist candidates were as fo : . lows: S. D. Levine—2,017 votes; IKE IN LOPK, £, cartes ‘white, “Negro worker and New Jersey organizer of. the Young YORK, Pa., May 16.—A strike was Communist League, 1,663; Benjamin declared at the Joseph Black Hosiery|™unist League, 1,663; plant here when the workers re-|Shamus—1,576; William C. Meachon jected a wage cut in the piece work |—~?09. seale on & special government con-| The elections were carried on tract job for army socks. The gov-|undey the banner of “non-partisa: ernment has just awarded this com-| ship,” with 29 candidates runnin pany a large order for socks which| without Party affiliations indicated the company management states was|—in order to try to conceal their. given because of the “rock-bottom | capitalist character. price” submitted. The company in-| tended to carry through this contract | — at the workers’ expense and declared | spspsstmsesusesstmemmcnttsteimnenpesesnes an 18 per cent reduction in the piece | work scale | WILLIAMSBRIDGE TO HEAR REPORT ON THE The Daily Worker is arranging to | rend a comrade on a western tour SCOTTSBORO MARCH NEW YORK.—Reports by local Scottaboro inarchers on what hap- pened in Washington will be made at a mass meeting under the auspices of the Williamsbridge Scottsboro Action Committee tonight, $:30 p.m. at the Williamsbridge Civic League, 7161 Bast I2ist Street Janié Patterson, mother of Hay- wood Patterson, will speak at the meeting. Other speakers will be Herman MatKuin, Herman Osborne and Samuel F. Coleman, local spon- \ of the country in connection with the present circulation drive, For this purpose we are very urgently in need of a car, We request any comrade who would be willing to ald our circulation drive by con- tributing a car to immediately com- municate with the Business Office: Daily Worker, 50 Kast 14th Street, New York City, >= ‘Tieketa: 10e, ISe, B5e, 550, Ate Auspices and Tickets on Sale at WORKERS’ MUSIC LEAGUE 55 WEST 19TH STREET | White Gold Filled Frames. | ZYL Shell Crames -.. } Lentes not included | COHEN’S, 117 Orchard St. rat Of Delancey Bt. ne: ORchard 44590 Dr. WILLIAM BELL Bshjamin | | OPTOMETRIST 106 E. 14th St., near 4th Ay. (ae DR. JULIUS LITTINSKY 107 Bristol Street (Ret. Pitkin & Satter Avés.) B'klyp PHONE: DICKENS 2-30i2 Office Hoors: 8-10 A.M. 1-% 6-8 P.M, i | | tntern’l Workers Order DENTAL DEPARTMENT 80 FIFTH AVENUE lth FLOOR AD Work Rous Under Varsinat Care of Dr. C. WEISSMAN MEMBERS AND PRIENDS OF WOCOLONA come to a Meeting Friday, May 19, at 8 P.M, WORKERS ORNTER, 59 B. 1Ny sitet \ 10 discuss pins for a