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SR fenced j i } j i j | tion of sales taxes, through increasing unemployment. Prosperity Ballyhoo Cannot Stop the Growing Strike Movement The persistent and rapidly increasing strike movement noticeable especially in the textile industry is developing as the workers express sharper resistance to the wage cutting, longer hours and speed-up which under the cover of Roosevelt prosperity talk is being imposed on thousands of workers. “Wage increases” are not materializing but instead increas- ing attempts are being made to drive down the workers’ living standards through increasing prices for the necessaries of life, through the imposi- As prices go up the workers’ wages go down. The demagogic talk of the administration has not been able to head off altogether the struggles of the workers as intended. Strikes are de- veloping at a greater tempo than hitherto. They are becoming more and more numerous in every section of the country. In the South, tex- tile strikes are developing. In food, needle, mining, quarrying, metal and many other industries strike movements are increasing. ‘This has in turn called for a new technique to smother the growing resentment of the workers. Wage increases are being offered in many cases as concessions when the workers are on the point of going on strike ‘The strike struggles in many cases are taking the form of forcing higher Wage increases than the bosses are ready to give. For example, the workers at the Amoskeag Mfg. Co. in New Hamp- shire were not willing to accept the wage increages of 15 per cent prom- ised to them at the end of July, after a series of tvage cuts which slashed nearly 45 per cent off their wages. They demanded a wage increase to go into effect on the 26th of May. So great was the pressure of the rank and file that they forced the UTW officials to call a strike to forc. a wage increase. Strike movements in the Southern mills and in New England textiles ate for the most part demands for pay increases. In Dover, N. H. the company offered to compromise by granting a 10 per cent increase to the strikers, but the workers remained out on strike to get their full demand of 25 per cent. In the Lawrence mills of the same company a wage increase of 12 and a half per cent was declared when the officials of the company be- came aware that a strike movement was developing. In Allentown, a 5 per cent increase in wages was given the workers to head off the growing struggles. Ii is clear that on the one hand they use the demagogy of “prosper- ity” talk and on the other hand where the workers are preparing for struggle, small wage increases often amounting to no more than 50 cents a week are given to stop the organization and struggle of the workers. The cpen strike breaking role of the United Textile Workers in this situation becomes clearer as they seek to prevent the struggles of the workers from developing. In Salem, McMahon of the UTW declared the strike of the workers against a company plan for speed-up, wagecutting arid dismissals, an illegal strike. He closed the doors of the union hall and seeks in every way to hamper the struggles by splitting the workers. Tn the case of the Amoskeag strike the textile officials are going to decide at a special meeting whether the workers’ strike is legal. As they fail to keep the workers in check, thi are becoming more open in their Strike-breaking, betrayal role. The developing strike movement is a challenge to our militant trade unions to strengthen their organization and preparation in the shops and factories, to build stronger shop organization to win wider masses of work- ers for struggle, to build stronger opposition groups within the A. F. of L, unions. Our immediate task is to be ready to take over the leadership of these struggles as they develop to, guide the workers in their struggles and to organize them under militant rank and file leadership and win Paes in their conditions. United Front ront Against Arrival of Wiedemann! Hans Wiedemann, high official in the Propaganda Ministry of the Fascist Hitler regime, is coming to the United States as the personal representative of Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi propaganda chief, whose hands are stained with the blood of thousands of German workers, in- tellectuals and Jews. Goebbels and his staff themselves conducted the vicious, barbarous anti-Semitic -arive, and the wave of White Terror. against the class-conscious workers of Germany. Wiedemann’s arrival in New York is a mortal affront to ail New ‘York workers, to all sincere intellectuals and all Jews. We ca!l upon all organized and unorganized workers to unite in a mighty expression of the masses’ indignation at the bloody Nazi terror regime in Germany. We particularly call upon the branches and the membership of the Socialist Party, upon all the locals of American Federation of Labor unions, the City Executive of the Socialist Party, and the Executive of the United Hebrew Trades, to join in a united front with the revolution- ‘ary workers’ organizations—a mighty demonstration on Thursday, May 2. at Pier 4, foot of 58th Street, Brooklyn, when the lirfer “Columbus arrives, under the slogans: Keep the bloody representative of Hitler the assassin out of the United States. Free Thaelmann, Torgler, Dimitroff and all the workers and Jews now in the torture-chambers of the Nazis! Down with the fascist Hitler terror and with anti-Semitism! Hands off the trade unions and political organizations of the German working class! Workers of all political views and affiliations! Unite in one mighty movement and demonstration to drive the bestial Hitler agent out of the country! Adopt resolutions in your shops and organizations demand- ing that the State Department refuse entry to this fascist murderer of the German workers and the Jewish people! All out in united ranks on Thursday, May 265th, to Wiedemann’s landing place. —COMMUNIST PARTY, New York District. Study the C. I. Resolutions Against War On two previous occasions, we have in our editorial columns quoted from the VI. World Congress Resolution on the Struggle Against Imperialist War and the Tasks of the Communists. With the war situation growing tense, we must study this basic ~ resolution of the Communist International and apply it in our anti- _ War activities. * We are quoting today another imporiant section from this _ “In addition to the task of combating pacifism and frivolous “revolu- tionary” phrase-mongering in the struggle against imperialist war, the Communists are faced with a number of other fundamental agitationa) and educational tasks. These are: “\ (a) To expose in proper time, the sophistries and catch-words by which the bourgeoisie and Social-Democracy try to justify war. The Principal slogan advanced by the latter, even in the present day, is the slogan of “national defense”. The war against China in 1927 reveaisd the true significance of slogans like “Protection of life and property’, “Protection of trade’, “Protection of the flag”, etc. In the last imperial- ist-war, the Allies made use of the slogan, “Fight against Prussian mil- itarism”, while the Central Powers used the slogan “Fight against Tsar- ism”; both sides using the respective slogans to mobilize the masses for the war. In a future war between Italy and France, or Yugoslavia, the “same purpose will be served by the slogan “Fight against reactionary “fascism”, for the bourgeoisie in the latter countries will take advantage of. the anti-fascist sentiments of the masses of the people to justify im- alist war. On the other hand, fascism justifies its imperialist war ‘policies by the catchwords “overpopulation”, “natural necessity for ex- pansion”, etc. The Communist Parties have hitherto paid insufficient ‘attention to the duty of refuting these sophistries, b) “It is essential again and again, and as concretely as possible, to explain to the masses what the situation was at the time of the last a and why that situation was inevitable.” YOUTH IN THE FOCRED LABOR CAMPS, FIGHT us “For increased rates of pay equal to regular wages for the particula? of work. pet deductions from pay for the upkeep of families! Families to _be supported through regular relief funds! Full pay to the youth in camp ‘to be used as they see fit! _. Against all attempts t- cut off the relief of families or youth who are ed or leave the camps! toe Againct all military discipline or training in the camps! -Femoval of ul military auchorities in the camps! ', .#or the right to organize committees of the youth in the camps to Saieguard their interests (food, housing, conditions of work, eic.)! aeFor the recognition by the camp administration of regularty elected ittees of the workers! “Against segregation and discrimination of Negro youth in the camps! Miah For the Dail | Central . 123 ae Org (Section of the Communist International ) ible aanal York, N. Y., at the Post Office at under the Act of Marek 3, 1879 (EW YORK, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1933 TAX LOWER5,400 Officers INCOMES AND to Be Mobilized | for Labor Camps GASOLINE Heaviest Burden to Be Borne by Consumers WASHINGTON, Maj The | House Ways and Means Committee today decided to recommend to Con- ; gress a 4 to 6 per cent increase in income taxes on all incomes of $4,000 and less, and increases of 8 to 10 per cent on incomes above $4,000. In ad- dition, they voted in favor of a tax on gasoline of *: of one cent per gal-/| jon. Also, they voted to make divi- dend income liable to income taxes. The income tax increases are ex- pected to yield $46,000,000, and the gasoline tax $92,000,000. The heaviest | burdens of these taxes falls upon | the luower income sections of the population, and the consumers. Gas- | oline taxes are being collected in many States. The proposed Federal Tax will mean additional burdens upon the small car owner, and also houses will pass the tax on to the consumer. Single people will pay $60 instead ‘of $40 on incomes of $2,000 a year, | On incomes of $3,000 a year, single! people will pay $120 and married people $6. Families having incomes of $5,000 will have to pay $126 a year! , in taxes. The total tax te be taken from the small income group and the con- ‘sumer will be over $130,000,000, al- | most twice the amount expected from dividend income. The recommendations of the House | | Committee are, of course, not the | final form of the proposed tax meas- ures. They will probably be changed lin ongress. But, the capitalist press ae anticipating the changes, | which will fall on the lower sections | lof the population, by emphasizing | | that the tax question is secondary | gettin g the whole public works-in- dustry control bill passed. 12 JAILED IN RAID ON FOOD WORKERS’ UNION 20 More ‘Arrested Foltis - Fischer Picket Line on NEW YORK.—At 8 A. M. yesterday) morning, 25 policemen and detec- tives with cuns dvown entered the of- | fice of the Food Workers Industrial Union at 4 W. 18 St., arrested 12 Union members, and rushed them to} jail. There they were charged with | assault and kidnapping, in an at-) tempt to frame them up. | ‘this raid came in connection with | a strike that was declared by the | Food Workers Industrial Union at the Arrow Dairy Company at 118 Hudson Street. The workers of this dairy had asked the Food Workers Industrial Union to strike the plant. When the com- mittee of the Union arrived, the strike was declared, and the workers came back to the Union headquarters with the committee to discuss the next steps to be taken in the strike. The police, coming by radio cars, patrols, etc., Union, kidnapped the workers, and forced them to go back to work. All the strikers are members of the Union. Meanwhile, besides the 20 workers arrested on the Foltis-Fischer picket lines Saturday, 20 more were arrested en injunction, altho Federal Judge | Bondy had signed a stay on the in- junction issued by New York State Supreme Court Judge Valenti. ‘she Strikers are picketing daily re- ‘gardless of the arrests and convic- | tions. All workers are urged to come to! the Union headquarters today and! tomorrow for picket duty. Workers organizations are asked to send tele-! |grams of protest to Federal Judge | | Wm, Bondy in the Woolworth Build- | ing, and to Mayor O’Brien and Police | , Commissioner Bolan, protesting this | vicious action against the Foltis-| elementary right to organize, strike, -and picket. CALL FOR UNITED FRONT BY C. P. The following telegram has been sent out by the Communist Party, New York District to the City Com- mittee of the Socialist Party, United Hebrew Trades. and the Central Trades and Labor Council, for joint action against the arrival of Hitler's personal représentative Hans Wel- demann: | “Announced arrival Hans Weide- man_ personal representative Nazi_ Butcher Hitler Thursday makes im-° workers honest intellectuals and Jew- ish people to protest fascist regime | upon stop call upon your organization to join with us in rallying masses for, demonstration against entry fascist agént and for beeatlen: rd upon the consumer, since commercial | “| PAY CUTINN. Y. arrested the committee of the, yesterday on the charges of violating | | Fischer strikers and demanding the peérative immediate mobilization all) tical prisonere and cessation attacks) trig’ ™—~ Army Men Will Be in Direction of Forced Labor Camps WASHINGTON, May —Preside: pariment today that that part of his economy the retirement of 4,000 army officers Ninety thousand men are already ing in the forests. War time speed is 275,000. It is estimated in the White ¢- House the greatest peace time mobilization in the history of this country. | Plenty of Soldiers Robert Fechner, head of the camps ° jand leading official of the American Federation of Labor estimated “that! at least 8,000 enlisted men (army men) will be required,” of which the! greatest number will be officers, to! handle ‘the unemployed in the camps.! These officers, and many more, are needed to direct the work of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Alto- gether, 5,400 officer personnel will be used on this “forced labor” scheme. Will Enforce Forced Labor Robert Fechner, Director of Forced Labor in the United States, said terday: “To furnish these officer for field work will require detailing one half of all officers on duty with corps areas (3,029), the early gradu- | Glad Hand and Fist Sole Charge of the nt Roosevelt informed the War De- program which called for would be indefinitely postponed. in the conditioning camps or work- used to fill the rest of the quota of ation of service Schools and the use of the graduates and f * cent of the faculty (1,)})), calling e offi- 5 to be The White House has issued a Or—“Roosevélt Before pe After | Statement demanding a saving in the’ gEleetion.” Above, before election War Dept., of $10,000,000 to be made he’s making promises to both through a federal pay cut, and of! workers and jobless. Below, after $450,000.000 more through decreased election, he’s giving them forced appropriations ministration. War Measures for the Veterans Ad-| jabor at $1 a day, 80 cents of that checked Lat for relief. The rest of the projected billion SOUT TH & iD, “May 21.—In order | dollar saving will come from the “re- n the Roosevelt pros- org. tion” and “curtailment of ac- campaign, the South Bend} tiviti Tribune cancelied the third of its The activ: which will not be recent w cuts of 5 per cent each, “curtailed” he War measures that| and announced this as a wage in- evel i ing. and which pro-| crease. The two previous cuts re- main in full force. The net result of y godd-mensure of the ed “peace mes- the prosperity campaign here | therefore, a new cut of 10 per cent is sages.” orker the-Comiaynist Party U.S.A. Y Bring the Daily Worker to the Masses, With 20,000 New Readers! CITY EDITION Price 3 Cents FOUR-POWER PACT IS AIMED AGAINST USSR; WAR, NOT PEACE, PLAN America’s Debtors U BULL) Norman H. in a speech to the Disarmament Conference here today GENEY. dor to Europe, May 22. said that the United States is abandoning its “as far as any other nation” “wholeheartedly” accepts the MacDonald's disarma- “weapons of an aggressive character,” prepared to go America, Davis said, ment plan, He wants to abolis and reduce armies to the level of “a domestic these words with Roosevelt’s deeds—the big nayy policy, of battleships, and the increased act World Economic nite for the Conference Coming ETIN, Davis, Roosevelt's special ambassa- “jsolation policy” and is in reducing rmaments. police force”. Compare new building ivity of the army in connection with the forced labor camps (see story on this page) ROME, May their names to the ago by Mussolini and MacDonald, and | diplomats have now concocted a “formula” matic pussyfooting. England, France, Germany ‘our Power Pact” and Maly have now signed brought into the world many weeks nearly killed at birth by France. The which is a masterpiece of diplo- The main provisions of the new “ force agrec- t Decem Pact, and ber. on on the League of } The signatory powers pose a solution on any other natior 1 not This means that France has in Strike Movement Developing As Workers Str uggle * Against Pay Cuts, Demand Increases | BO ATMEN STOP + gectaame Mining, Textile, | Food and Auto Strikes? Towboat Rank andFile Influence Forces 1 Agreement NEW YORK.—The delegates of the} Associated Marine Workers, an in-! dependent union of towboatmen in the New York Harbor announced yesterday that the Towboat Owners! ihave agreed to extend the present | agreement another six months. | | To head off the threatening strug- | gle of the New York Towboatmen in | defense of their wages and conditions and to attempt to keep the Towboat- men under the influence of the p; ent leadership which the Opposition | Group is threatening to dislodge, the | |Towboat Owners Associ ion was forced to take into account the mi itant mood of the harbor workers | and postpone for the present time any | general attack upon their wages. The Rank and File group of the Asso, Marine Workers has thoroughly | exposed the sell-out of last November and daily continued to expose the manouvers of their misleaders which were preparing to put over another wage cut without any resistance. This |daily exposure has succeeded in arousing a tremendous opposition among the Rank and File to the fakers who head their Union to such a pitch that membership meetings have been practically discontinued. | That a wage cut was originally | planned for the first of May was in-| dicated by the secretary of the Asso.’ Marine Workers when he announced | at a preliminary meeting that “he did) not know what the Towboat Owners would want but that they would) want another wage cut was sure.” | The Rank and File Opposition, Group points out that this is ~ ee tory for the harbor workers. ever, it also points out that the tae | agreement was violated in many} | cases without any protest by their | | Union leaders and that there is no| guarantee that the agreement which’ was extended for 6 more months will in any way be lived up to by the Towboat Owners and that cfforts will | be made to attack the wages and conditions on sepayate boats and in separate companies in the form of cutting off over-time, reduction in, crews, reduction in food allowances, | ete, | That the Towboat workers will) have to be ready to defend their in- terests by organizing groups on every boat as their only means of guaran- | teeing that the agreement will not be violated. | | | | A iners Down Tools to. | Defeat Wage Cut NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio, May 22.—Miners of the Tuscarawas Co., here, voted to down tools against a wage cut which the Lewis machine is helping to put over for the company.| The miners met on Thursday and sent a telegram to President Roose- velt telling him that instead of the “wage increases” he has promised they are getting wage slashes. Fur- thermore prices are going higher in | the company stores. ) ‘Having no taith in Roosevelt's promises the miners decided to strike.’ workers and their tes heb intellectuals and Jewish people Thur‘: day May Twenty-Fifth at Pier Four | Fifty-Kighth Street Brooklyn.” Communist Party of U.S. A., Bis-| Throughout the Country The strike movement for increases in wages to meet inflation prices and against wage cuts continues with greater persistence as the workers begin to recognize that they are being bluffed by the fake promises of Roosevelt “prosperity” and by the efforts of the bosses to head off their struggle by urging them to wait until Roosevelt's Ishor program goes into effect. Belgw isthe reprint of a letter from the U. 8. Department of Labor Statistics which points clearly to the fact that the government wants to cover up the growing strike struggles of the workers by dis- continuing further reports in their ‘monthly labor service. Whatever pay increases are being won are the fruits of struggle and militant determination on the part of the workers and are not being given through the Roosevelt “new deal” which is only a cover for in- creasing attacks on the workers’ standards. WORKERS, get together in your shops and departments, elect a com- mittee, make contacts with other workers in other departments, draw up your demands. Prepare to organize and strike, avainst wage cuts and for higher wages to meet the higher cost of living. The militant Trade Union Unity League will help you to organize and will guide you in your struggles. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Orrice OF THE setnrTARY A. CONCILIATION seRice WASHINGTON May 19, 1933 ying to your lette: that the weekly report of ti tof Mey 17 ne Labor disp thie Service, bas been discontinued. Yery truly yours, RR. L. Kerwin, Director of Con’ STRIKE OF NUT PICKERS STRO GIN ST. LOUIS; 2.000 OUT FOR PAY RAISE. BULLETIO LL ETIN. ST. LOUIS.—Four more nut factories closed here on Monday when a total of 630 workers walked out on strike. are Negro workers. Practically all the strikers Fleven factories are now involved in the struggle, and the strike is stiil spreading. More than a thousand have enrolled in the Food Workers’ Industrial Union. A demonstration occurred at City Hall today when the strikers of the most recently struck plants massed at City Hall. ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 22.—With dee 2,000 strikers out at the Funsten iyenas Nut Co. and the American Nut Manufacturing Co. and other plants in this | city, the strike movement is gaining tremendous momentum here. Four additional plants were tied up today as the workers walked out on the call of the Trade Union Unity League to organize and strike against the miserable | wages which are ndw being driven ¢— lower with the rise of prices as a result of inflation. ‘“We wont go back to Funsten until we get 4 and 10” is the ery of the warkers on the picket lines. The majority of the strikers are Negro women and their unity and militancy has so inspired the workers of the entire St. Louis district that talk of strike is wide- | spread. A committee of strikers today cal- led upon the Social Justice Commis- sion headed by a Rabbi here who promised to study the situation although report after report by the workers revealed the miserable con- ditions under which they are forced to toil. Wages of many are as low as $140 a w ‘The Funsten Nut | Co. is reported as offering a 60 per | cent increase but the strikers are out. to win their full demands of $5 & week minimum, ‘The warkete ‘are. jousing the: Food| Tndmetrial Wnion whieh is guiding the strike. A vicious attack was mace on the Picket lines by the police who ar- rested 15 of the pickets. Among those arrested in the strike was Sentner, organizer of the Food Workers’ In- dustrial Union. Workers’ organizations are urgent- ly called upon to forward relief to the strikers who are in need. The Workers’ International Relief is rallying to the support of the strik- ers many of whom are compelled to apply for relief from the local relief agencies. Rush funds at once to the strike and relief headquarters, 1243 North Garrison Ave., St. Louis: 800 ZINC WORKERS TO STRIKE 800 workers of the American Zinc Co. in Fairmount, Ulinois, met on Friday and drew up demands for ; wage increases, and other shop de- mands which will be presented to the company. It is anticipated that the workers will join the atvike SALEM TEXTILE STRIKE STRONG ° Workers Applaud Offer! of Support by NTW May 22—A thun- derous applause greeted the letter of the National Textile Workers Union congratulating the strikers of the Pe- quot Mill here on their militant strug- gle, when it was read before the strike meeting here Sunday. The strikers waging a determined battle the speed-up. off and ing plan which the Com- j SALEM, Mass., | | | are agreement @— y to pres that not she ise of this pac’ sure to bear on Polani s of the Little and cot oo al people |the biggest procession in Rumania’ ry, to oppose any revision of t! ‘ar treaties. | Directed Against U.S.S.R. | The agreement r of the necessity or ability |illes Treaty. of even the desir- of any revision of the Versa- It states that such re- ‘ague Cove- nant”, all the powers mu r usly. This represents another French diplomatic victory, since she and her allie opposed to any te ents in the’ map of or to any re-shuffling of the colonial spheres of the imperialist powers. The four powers “agree to abide by Article X of the League Covenant,” thus guaranteeing again all external agression the present boundaries and politieal independence of all nations. members of the Lea The Soviet Union is not a member of the League. Thus the pact is directed against the J. §. S. R. in the first place. Second): it represents a guarantee that Rov pany ard the United Textile Work- pong bw tie hs anes terri- ers’ officials are attempting to foist thet Polarid or il wf % o Wer ee ste tatters tenn | aNd so forth with the other Frer The stri heard the letter from! jieytenants in Europe; unless they the National Textile Workers’ Union! are compensated elsewhere A offering moral and financial support! compensation could be. given in English, French and Polish and| only by tearing away from the U.S each time the workers expressed the| sR the Ukraine for Poland and greatest satisfaction that textile) Bessarabia for Roumania. workers in other parts of the country | support their struggle. It is signi-| ficant that not a single union of the | U. T. W. has thus far sent greetings of soli ty. Letters were also read} the locals of the National Tex- tile Union in Lawrence, New Bedford} and Providence. | The Mayor's Latest. Mayor Bates now refuses to work | with the Citizen's Committee and | claims he will negotiate alone with | | | the strike committee. It is known) however that he is working closely with McMahon and O'Connell who | were seen visiting him at City Hall. | The National Textile Workers Un- | jon is warning the strikers that only | their own rank and file strike com-| | mittee can be trusted to negotiate| | with the management and only the) ikers themselves should settle the) strike. | A tag day will be held in the sur- rounding cities for the benefit of the| strikers. Militant and Determined. The ranks of the strikers here re- main unbroken. Their militant spir- it and determination offer an inspir- ing example to textile workers in this region who are rallying to their sup-/ port as a result of the efforts of the | | aon Texel Textile Workers Union \Strike Sol Solid in N. J. ito Force BakeryBosses | |to Lower Bread Prices | ELIZABETH, NJ J. May 22—The | bread strike called in Roselle and Linden last Friday against the rise in the price of bread and rolls is still going strong. ‘The effectiveness and militancy of the strikers forced the Bakery Bosses Ass'n to call a conference with the strike commfttee. They proposed that the strike be settled with bread lowered to 7 and a half cents a pound and rolls to 18 cents a dozen. The present price is 8 cents a pound for bread and 20 cents a dozen for rolls. The strikers are demanding that the price be lowered to 15 cents a dozen | and 6 cents a pound for the bread. | 30 strikers heard the report of the conference with the Bakery Bosses’ Association and their proposals at | & mass meeting, but rejected the com- book plate on Monday night of-one of the big bakeries in he, Re-, Not Dis-Armament. The pact mentions disarmament as @ “desirable” necessity” without mak- ing reference to any specific pro- posals, But it goes on to outline a scheme whereby Germany will be given equality of armaments with the | other powers by gradual steps within a period of five years, France has definitely secured im- portant concessions, but as the price of these, she is agreeing to German re-armament. For the sake of ap- pearances, this is disguised in the pact as “disarmament.” So-—vague generalities about dis- armament—and a five year plan for the arming of Fascist Germany. The signature of the pact by France means a heavy shift in French policy on armaments. Foreign Minister Paul-Boncour is already off to Gen- eva with an acceptance of the Mac- Donaid'pian in his pocket Debt Move Against U.S. A “The Four Power Pact” is there- fore a political united front against the Soviet Union but it is also a fin- ancial united front against the Uni- ted States. France has made up her either interest or principal on what she owes. England. which payed last time (interest but | not principal) is likely to default this payment, due June 15. Italy, which has so far been prompt to pay, has ; even paid ostentatiously, is now changing its attitude if we are to | Judge by Mussolini's recent speech in | Mice he questions Italy's “capacity to pay.” The debtors are getting together against the American creditor, on the eve of the World Economic Confer- ence. Just as Roosevelt, in his broad- cast message to all the nations, passed the buck to the European countries by saying that if any one of them refuses to co-operate, then “we shall know where to place the blame”; so now the four powers who have en- tered into this pact are passing the buck across the Atlantic saying, in effect, that if the World Economic Conference does not produce results, America’s financial policies will be the cause. mind not to pay STRIKE OF 200 AUTO WORKERS DETROIT, Mich., May 22.—A short strike on the job in Department 1 of Budd Wheel forced the withdrawal of ® wage cut. Although the cut af- promise offer of the bosses voting to| feeted only » small group in the de- continue the strike. partment, the door hangers, all the | A demonstration of 600 workess| 200 men. the strike. The strike feat