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

<EES WORKERS: YOU HAVE DEFEATED WAGE CUTs, WON INCREASES THROUGH STRIKE STRUGGLES ORGANIZE SHOP COMMITTEES, ADOPT eg ee PREPARE FOR STRIKES TO ENFORCE THEM! Wiedemann Arrives Thursday Morning at 8 A. M.! in collaboration with the American State Department and the German Embassy in Washington, has set ahead the time at which the “Columbus”, the German ship bringing Hans Wicde- “mann to the United States, will arrive in New York, Instead of arriving at the normal hour, the Columbus will dock at the foot of 58th Street in Brooklyn at 8 o'clock in the morning on Thursday, May 25th. By this bit of trickery, the State Department and the German Em- bassy hope to ayoid a mass counter-demonstration against the arrival of this Nazi agent in the United States. The workers of New York must see to it that. this sciteme is foiled. Everybody out bright and early, before breaktast if necessary, to make sure that this demonstration against the official representative of the bloody Hitler regime becomes a tremendous, imposing protest of the American working class against the white terror in Germany. All working class organizations should turn out with their banners and placards. Bring your friends, neighbors and shopmates slong. Make this demonstration against Wiedemann an impressive milestone in the fight of the workers of America against fascism Remember: Pier 4, foot of 58th Street, Brooklyn, Thursday morning, May 26th at 8 a. m! “Settled Quietly” mae rape trials, which the International Labor Defense did not get in on, were settled quietly here on Thursday afternoon.” This is from the current issue of the Pittsburgh Courier which carries a news-release sent out by the Associated Negro Press telling of the sent- encing to death of a 19-year old Negro boy in Helena, Ark., on the custo- mary charge of “rape”. “The court,” says the story, “appointed three lawyers to defend Hill. They did not put him on the stand, nor offer one bit of testimony on his behalf.” Settled quietly! A 19-ye&r old Negro boy hustled to the electric chair! And the “Courier” gloats over the fact that the I. L. D. wasn’t there. This is the sensational victory hailed by the “Courier”, mouthpiece of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Recall that this is the way the N.A.A.C.P. wanted the Scottsboro case @isposed of—settled quietly! What would have happened if the Communist Party and the Interna- tional Labor Defense had permitted the Scottsboro case to be “settled quietly”? The bodies of nine innocent Negro boys would by this time be mouldering in Southern graveyards, The North German Lloyd. in Helena, “defend” + ee “Courier”, reporting the railroading of the Negro boy chortles over the fact that the three lawyers appointed to him failed to “offer one bit of testimony in his behalf”. ‘This procedure is strikingly similar to the “defense” provided for the Scottsoro boys at the original frame-up trial in the spring of 1931 when Judge Hawkins appointed several lawyers, including the drunken klansman’* Stephen Roddy, to defend the nine innocent Negro boys. In the Scottsboro trial Roddy—accepted by the National Association for the Advancement ot Colored People as their official attorney in the case—failed to take a single exception either to the procedure or the viciously prejudiced rulings of the judge. Nothing reveals ihe outrageous treachery of the N.A.A.C.P. and its @ubservience to the lynch courts more than this eagerness to settie things ‘HE mass campaign on behelf of the Scottsboro boys has exposed to mil- lions of Negro and white workers the criminal role of the Negro re- formists who, by their policies, aid the lynchers while pretending to fight them, "Phe recent Scottsboro march to Washington and the scores of large and militant demonstrations of Negro and white workers throughout the country show that the’ Negro masses in ever larger numbers are becoming Sica bapa - the sinister role of the Bist te reformist misleaders. National Youth Day—Day of Youth Struggles As world war grows more threatening, the lines are being more sharp- ly drawn between the war-makers and those who are organizing to defeat attempts to plunge the world arew into conflict. In America, “New Deal’ Roosevelt. the former co-worker of Presi- dent Wilson, is at work to repeat the history of his fellow “progressive.” Wilson was elected on the campaign slogan of—‘He kept us out of the war.” Such peace talk was a valuable aid in the business of plunging the. pre-war generation into the general slaughter. ~ » Roosevelt has evidently learned from Wilson. While issuing a peace “message to the world, his government is building 34 new battleships. Con- tracts were recently awarded for the construction of more than 50 high #22 bombing and pursuit planes, machines which the War Depart- “ment admitted were “the most. powerful military weapons produced by any nation since the world war.” Roosevelt's Reforestation Camps are designed to instill a military outlook in the youth, and to create a war veserve of 250,000 men of first draft age. “Military displays and manoeuvers are part, of Roosevelt's war adver- tising campaign. The entire U. S. fleet recently went through manocuvers in the Pacific. The air and land forces have just been engaged in “mock battles” in Kentucky. Army Day, April 6, was made the occasion for ex- tensive military parades. On May 30, the war-makers—generals and po- liticians—will “commemorate” the dead of the last war. Crocodile tears will be shed, and at the same time the next war prepared for in the minds of the youth. ~ But the worker, farmer and student youth will unite their forces on May 30 in mighty Youth Anti-War demonstrations, National Youth Day was born three years ago. It was initiated by the Young Communist League as a day of struggle against the war plans of the capitalist class, and as a counter-action to the Memorial Day parades, which are used to whip up patriotic war feeling for the next bloody conflict. “Starting with the militant demenstration of the youth at Youngstown, Ohio, where the young workers in 1931 fought for the right to the streets, and- in which a number of young workers were shot by the company- controlled “Steel and Iron Police”; National Youth Day has now deve- loped as a traditional day of struggle of the militant youth of America. On this Third Youth Day, thousands of the youth in scores of cities will take part in fighting actions against the coring capitalist war, for the defense of the Soviet Union, against the Roosevelt forced labor camps, against the hunger program of the new aeal, for the freedom of * dhe Scottsboro boys anc of all political prisoners. AN ont for fighting Anti-War Action on May 30. E S. Sends War Planes to Santo Domingo A group of aviation mechanics and pilots at one of the biggest flying figlds cround New York sends us the following valuable information on the war preparations of the Roosevelt government, showing the contrast . between Roosevelt's pacifist phrases and his warlike deeds: gat Tho Guggenheim interests have sold a Vought Corsair plane to “the Wall Street “government” of Santo Domingo. High-ranking officers haye been sent to the United States to purchase military flying equip- ment and to engage pilots for work on the island, ‘Three planes have been ordered already and the first one com- was sent to the island Sunday, May 14, 1933 from Roosevelt Yield. Bill Eddy was the pilot hired and he flew the ship with one of ‘the Santo Domingan officers as observer. The plane is equipped for military work, rigged with a machine gun and a radio set, and is ready for immediate action. “We also noticed you printed the information one of our group sent you in the Daily Worker of May 2, 1933. Also your suggestion oie sending a group letter to the Soviet airmen. Ti is an excelient and we'll do it. “You can rely upen us to keep you informed of all preparations in our particular line.” _ Signed “A. Group-of Aircraft. Mechanies and. Aviators, Daily, < Central orker the-Eo: tpunist Party U.S.A. Strike News on Page 3 Read About “New Leader” War Article on Page 4 THE WEATHER—Today; Fair; stightly warmer; southerly winds. pe of the Communist International ) 124 em New York, N. ¥., under the Act of March 8, Ritered, a8 seccuid-alase (alter 8¢,400. Foe! Oftiensst CITY EDITION 1878. vEW YORK, W E DN MOONEY IN COURT CHALLENGES FRAME-UP 5,000 Amoskeag Strikers Mass on Picket Line, _ Defy National Guard ‘Mayor Orders National Guardsmen Mobilized | to Break Strike; Workers Militant; Deniand Pay Increase Promised BULLETIN. MANCHESTER, N. H—In a militant picketing demonstration be- fore the plants of the, Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. here, nearly 5,000 strikers smashed through lines of police and National Guardsmen and de- | fied the terror. Eight workers are reported have been arrested. The plants They Say It’s “Good Enough for Jobless” prammesmenuney seeremeseaneemenstiecmten myer oar DEFENSE FIGHTS PLAN OF PROSECUTION AND JUDGE TO PREVENT FULL TRIAL LUMENS. ES. “Not Guilty,” Modiiey. Shouts As Judge Calls Him Before Bar on Oid Indictment ois wwyer, Seor Gallagher, La Labor Defense Sends vyer, S p cores Frame-up; rotest Wires an of tomatoes distributed as un- ¥; Photograph of the label from a employed relief in Westchester County, N. are completely closed down. With over 5,000 shoe workers on in textile and shoe totals well over 10,000. Int strike here, the number of strikers is small city approximately one out of every seven individuals is on strike, affecting virtually every working class family. MANCHESTER, N. H., Amoskeag Mills were massing on the mediate pay increase, four companies of National Guardsmen were being Printed Below U. moved into Manchester today at the request of the Mayor, Damase Caron, | Standard means very little, but even th | __ The strikers gathered at the mill gates yesterday when the entire police | Words it is sanctioned by the government. May 23.—While nearly 5,000 strikers of the | picket lines in their fight for an im- force mobilized by the mayor swooped ®-—— ——-—~ i | down upon them and attempted to force them to disperse. The strikers resisted militantly and held their ground for some time before the police succeeded in driving them from the mill gates. Two strikers were arrested | The mayor used this picketing dem- onstration as an excuse for calling jon the governor to mobilize the Na- |tional Guardsmen. Breaking of the strike for the Amoskeag officials is |the first concern of the mayor .since liayotile. Communist, on Final Ballot In Minneapolis, Minn. | lees | | MINNEAPOLIS. Minn., May a—| Hatry Mayville, candidate for alder- ine in the Sixth Ward endorsed, by the Communist Party, is the only) | workers’ candidate who will appear} on the ballot in the final elections June 12th. He is the only opponent jto the FParmer-Labor Alderman Peterson, who has so discredited him- ‘self among the workers in his 24 years as Alderman, that many work- ers are freely predicting that May- ville will be elected. Examples of th support, for the Communist candi-| | date can be seen by the endorsement | , by the Elliott Park Community Ciub, | and by the invitation of the B. E. FP.) | post to address their membership. | Harry Mayville is the South Side or- ganizer of the Unemployed Council, |a member of the Steel and Metal | Workers Industrial Union and an ac- jtive leader in the struggles of the | militant workers. NEWS FLASH A 6 to 1 vietory for prohibition repeal in New York State is predicted by the tendency of votes all over the state, S. Howard Cohen, president of the Board of Elections, said the vote in | New York would probably be 1,800,000. | the 800 workei | Louis nut plants, by Shaw of the compa. acts as anne for the | city administration. In April the | Amoskeag Mfg. Co. loaned a ‘half | million dollars at 6 per cent to the city Mayor Caran also negotiated a big loan from the company a year | ago. Leading directors of the Amos- |kKeag are also on the hoard of the First National Bank of Boston The militant resistance of the | Workers to the fake announcement of | -7 @ wage increase to be forthcoming | on the 29th of July resulted in the | present strike. The workers demanded | ‘that the increase go into effect not | later~than ‘May 26th. The company | refused the request, not having had | any intention of giving the wage in- | crease which was merely part of this | Roosevelt ballyhoo. The workers are | striking over the heads of the officials | of the United Textile Workers who | have been trying to choke the fight- | ing spirit of the workers. \ 800 ZINC WORKERS WIN WAGE RAISE FAIRMOUNT, Ill, | portant par May An im- ial victory was won by of the American Zine Company today when the company agreed to increase the wages of the workers 10 per cent after the workers | threatencd a strike. -Following a} meeting of the workers on Monday, addressed by two girl strikers of St.! the Communist Party and Luna, speak-| ing in Spanish, the workers voted to} strike for a 25 per cent increase in| wages. They elected a committee to present the demands to the company. | ‘The company promptly agreed to a ten per cent increase and to certain | improvements in conditions in the] plant. The workers actepted the company offer and returned to their} jobs. They are organizing to insure their victory, and prevent the com- pany from rescinding their promised increase. GOV'T PROVIDES BAD FOOD AND _ INADEQUATE D DIETS FOR JOBLESS ality But Not is ignored. It is this Meg Not ee kind of food that is Stanaked tow given unemployed in many cities. This food was canned in Snow It Hill, Md.. the town where Euel Lee a Negro farm hand was framed up and sentenced to die in the electric chair, The Public edmitted in the se- ed De- mea Massachusetts Department wor imitations—Thes over a long are. to be used eni; present eme: And “the pr an “inadequate diet” hi sti ® Jong time for millions cof v ployed and their families. riod of time. during the mevement of Unemployed Councils }ereased relief and for of federal unex asa means of "the ‘basic nece in- the adoption for Ricacvelt Reigns Hoover Mellon Sales Tax House Committee ‘Refuses to Increase Taxes on Corporations or Large Incomes; Heaviest Burden to Fall on Small Incomes WASHINGTON, May Late last night, in extraordinary se: House Ways and Means Committee decited to recommend extension of the $500,000,000 excise taxes passed under the Hoover administration. This step was taken at the request of Budget Director, Lewis W. Douglas, Roose- velt’s closest advisor on tax my ‘ters, and cons'dered the administrations spokesman for the treasury. . — To Be Rushed Through. sion, the fered by the committee itself’ The These are the so-called nuisance | only ainendment to be permitted will taxes on t automobiles, radios, | manufacturers ex- refrigerators, sporting goods, camer’ | cise tax The bill will be rushed thru matches, candy, soft goods, chewing | 23 quickly as possible. gum, electrical energy, the use of | By refusing to prosecute Mooney, checks, theatre admissions, and all) The $500,000,000 excise tax was kinds of toilet a , such as per-,Passed last year and ¥ to ex They cost the Tduly 1, 1934,” ‘The Committ fumes, cosmetics, etc. mers every yea: $500,000,000. mends that they be extended for one en ee e year to June 30, 1935. This means The Ways and Means Committee | Tootner $500,000,000 to be extracted also requested that the tax bill be from the people in addition to the | considered by the House not later | gai 009,000 taxes proposed. than tomorrow. Only six hours de-~ To Protect Bondholders. bate will be permitted and no amend-| hore would have been plenty of ments be permitted except: those of- | time to extend these taxes in the next | Support, As Glass WASHINGTON, D. C., May 23.— Testifying before the Senate Com- mittee today, J. P. Morgan, senior partner of J, P. Morgan & Company, revealed that he had declared to the Federal government that he had no taxable income during the years 1930- 1931-1932. During the last three years, J. P, Morgan, one of the most powerful capitalists in the world did not pay a cent of income taxes. None of the J. P. Morgan partners paid any income taxes. The income tax returns of the Morgan firm were accepted by the government “with- out explanation,” the Senate Com- mittee attorney said. It was also dis- closed that his firm had arranged its income tax returns in such a man- ner as to show a bookkeeping “loss” of $21,071,862 for a two-day period in 1931, although the losses were not ac- tually sustained in this period. This two-day “loss” permitted an enor- mous reduction in tax payments. This information was drawn from} Morgan.with ‘some . difficulty . and! Defended by J. W. Davis, Democratic Candidate for President in 1924; Democratic Senator Glass Thanked by Morgan for His ‘Curtailment” Threatens to Move against the wishes of Senator Glass (Democrat, Virginia). Senator Glass was constantly raising objections to the line of investigation. At one point he threatened to “curtail the investi- gation.” Throughout the examination, Mor- gan was constantly saying “I don't know,” or “ I have no knowledge,” or “I don’t remember.” Morgan was con- tinuously prompted in his answers by his attorhey, John W. Davis, former candidate for President on the Dem- ocratic ticket and one of the leaders in tho councils of the Democratic Party. Contradicts Himself. After testifying that he supervised all the transactions of the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co., J. P. Morgan re- plied to questions as follows: } “Was there write-off of securities as of the end of the calendar year of 1931?” “I don't know,” Morgan replied im-: patiently. “Do you: Ienoww: hebhar: you: signedy ” | Sessicn. | However, it was said that Roose- tend these taxes in order to retain the confidence of the investors who and who are expected to buy bonds. The money c be used to pay off 1 bonds. sion of the $500,000,- . the people will have | own, governmen: will in- to pay additional taxes of from $700,000.000 to $800,000,000 a | $46,000,000 from increased mainty on small incomes, and $92,- 000,000 in gasoline taxes which directly on the consumer. The br | of, the $700,000,000 taxes provided for ,in the present Roosevelt public ‘ks bill will fall heaviest on the workers j and lower fall the returns?” | “I have no doubt I did.” | People. f Did you sign the day return?”| The Public Works Bill now pro- “I don’t know.” | vides for taxes on gasoline and lower Then Pecora, the attorney for the | mpeHIAS The committee also sug- | bi ~| gests that the dividend income be | Senate Committeo, asked the follow-!ii3ije to income taxes. At present, ing question, “Was any statement of| condition made for the calendar year of 19302” Morgan—“Yes.” At this point John W. Davis, Mor- gan's attorney, who was sitting dir- ectly behind Morgan throughout the examination, whispered hurriedly to| Morgan. Morgan then answered the next} question, “Have you a copy of it?” by retracting what he had a moment | ago said. “I am wrong, it was not) done,” he said. Morgan was then asked how would) “attempting to assault,” a statement of condition as of De-| Coleman. cember 31 and of January 2 compare. Morgan—“It would be about the) | (GOMDOABTED OM. PAGE. 2. av at dividend income is liable only to sur- tax levies. The committee refused to raise the taxes on the incomes of large cor- Pporations. They also did not consider any increases in the surtaxes on large incomes, Lynched by Tex. Posse CARTHAGE, Texas, May 23.—-A 17- year-old Negro boy, Will Lovell, was shot to death by a white lynch mob Mrs. tee recom-} | velt’s advisors thought it best to ex- | Morgan at Senate Investigation — 2 Admits Possessing $338,000,000 in Cold Cash; Paid No Income Taxes : income sections of the | | here today after he was charged with! B. C.) | unemployment, police terror, The boy was cornered in a field) war. along the Sabine River bottom by a cation mass fight for your and SAN FRANC Tom Mooney’ ISCO, } 3 voice was cal ne n he iD Ss Day he courtroom with was jammed a tt le out. lenge whi once | gallows, then to life n Quen imprisonment i M to rds of thé’ pro- j idence 1 Mooney” is d the ntention to prevent Mooney's opportunity to prove his innocence and the guilt of the officials, police and bankers him in the crime against State Maneuver to prosec ed to create the we proceed I want to advise attorneys that I can sec no practical advantage to trial of this cave. A verdict of not guilty would only be of advantage in a piea at bar if a future effort should be made to try th’s action. judg Seeks to Dodge Trial With no prosecution, not guilty would be a worthless and a fake acti in the eyes of the world. I have been anxi to give the defendant a real trial to elicite the truth-as to the facts. “But this court will not be a party to freeing the defendant by legal | technicalities. Last month I hoped a verdict of the defense would decide not to hold | t this trial. Do you still want it?” Again Mooney’s voice rang: out “We do!” he said. Defense Demands Documents William W. Murphy, assistant dis- trict attorney assigned to pros: the case “without presenting any evi. dence,” informed the court this pro- cedure would stand _ Whereupon Leo Gallagher, attorn the Interna- tional Labor Defe and the Tom Mooney Molders nd that out-of-town documents held by ney be made available. “We don't want this a farce,” want was framed by San Francisco. the d trial to be Gallagher declared. “We to show that Tom Mooney public officials of | This riled the judge who Gallagher, saying: “Sit down, Mr. Gallagher. These} |remarks, with the jurors present, are | inadvisable.” Questioning of prospective jurors| |then started, after Mooney declared | that he “hed been vee for ns for 17 years.” rebuked” § Ll Dd Sead Wires | NEW YORK.—The following tele- |srams were sent today to Tom Mooney | and Superior Judge Louis H. Ward by the International Labor Defense: | | “Tom Mooney “Superior Court San Francsico, Calif, “One hundred sixty isand Ne- gro and white m affiliates, International Labor Defense greet you as symbol workers right to or- ganize and fight against wage-cuts,’ hunger, | Pledge continuation intensifi- Bi exposure bosses cal boomed the bar Parade ute | b Defense Committee |! | parts. | “need.” room here Louis H. on with Mooney bombing all cla PATTERSON, pnal Secretary” PATTERSON. al Seeretary. Hathaway Reports Tonight -O NEW YORK.— one of the leading figures in the re- cent National Free Tom Mooney Congress at Chicago, will report on the Congress before the New York Mooney Congress Committee tonight at the headquarters of the Confer- ence for Progréssive Labor Action, 128 E. 16th St. Mooney Congress del- egates from New York, as well as Ss, will be pre: of the meeting is to ing coma for a atives of T grr rger take the form- il of Action cago Congress. , FEDERAL RELIEF HEAD, TO CUT JOBLESS AID WASHINGTON, May 23.—Harry 1. Hopkins, recent Roosevelt appointee as Federal Emergency Relief admin- istrato atement yesterday gave notice the intention of Roose- velt, in the so-called 500 million dollar relief bill was not meant to aid the unemployed. Taking away all pre- s he funds ‘were meant for “Certainly it was not that | the intent of congress or the: presi- dent that the government is going to hold the bag.” Estimating that 16 million are on t , Hopkins said, “It will not ness to perpetuate in the policy which will keep any r on the relief rolls. We begin with the premise that direct relief is a bad thing.” This is in line with the nation-wide en ‘instituted. of families have reports In its unem- place of plo; Originally the so-called $500,000,000 Wagner re bill was divided in two Half. to be used for states in need of the money for relief purposes, The balance of $250,000,000 was cone ditional; to be given to states only if they can raise $3 to each dollar | given by the government. According to Hopkins this is now changed. Only the first $250,000,000 | will be given to states on the basis of $1 for every $3 that, the state had | raised in the previous quarter. The balance is reserved for some future According to Hopkins’ ad- | mission even the whole sum is insig- nificant for relief needed for the un- employed. On the pretense of giving immedt- ate attention to an “emergency,” Roosevelt's relief head designated sums of money. for eight states. The Daily Worker on May 10 when the Roosevelt-Wagner relief measure was passed in Congress thoroughly exposed it as a fraud against the in- terests of the unemployed. It-showed that even if the full sum was allotted it would be insignificant. Now Roose- velt’s. appointee to distribute money admits as soon ‘aks otk Goa! thee eto at 96 he