The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 14, 1933, Page 1

| A Treachery Which Cannot ss The Hoover and Roosevelt Administrations Gave Nearly 2 Billion Dollars ($1,875,116,624.00) of R. F. C. Funds to Bankers, Railroads and Insurance Companies Between February, 1932 and May, 1933. Plenty of Money for the Capitalists, But Aid to the Starving Jobless Is Refused ! Demand the Government Appropriate Funds for Unemployment Insurance THE WEATHER Today—Fair; slightly cooler; fresh, northerly winds Daily, (Section of the Conemunist International) Vol. X, No. 142 >_> NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1933 ! ¢ unist Party U.S.A. See Page 4 for first of ser- ies of special articles on Hitler Germany by a correspondent of the London “Daily Worker” CITY EDITION Price 3 Cents . Be Explained Away When Adolf Hitler called the Reichstag into one-day session to hear | his imperialist proclamation of Die-Hard Fascist nationalism, nearly | three-quarters of the Socialist Reichstag deputies, in caucus assembled, decided to vote confidence in the Hitler regime and the militarist Fascist foreign policy. In so doing, the German Socialist Party completely unmasked itself before the German working class, and put an end forever to its empty talk of “bitter opposition” to the Fascist dictatorship. Now the Second International, faced by the growing tide of prole- tarian insistence upon a united front against Fascism, comes out with ‘a demagogic ccndemnation of the actions of the German Socialist leaders. SH cet oe The very same Second International which approved Socialist sup- 0 OSITION FORCING TY TO RETREAT ON AUTO AND BRIDGE TAX City Officials Favor Higher Water Rates and | Wage Cuts; Silent on Rumor of 7 Cent Fare |Boasts That Bankers Praised Mayor for His Willingness to Raise New Taxes to | THE ACT IS OVER! oy DEBTS AT LONDON BY U.S. ARE UNSUCCESSFUL Sessions Get ‘England and America in Bitter Currency Fight Under Way Germany Raises Treaty Revision and Arms Question at London ae eer eee ara mecnica tie a penned tea Meet Interest Payments LONDON, June 18—Ramsay MacDonald, in opening nist Lhasa pes ein parpa mania ae aa fa SENAY, the World Economic Conference yesterday, exploded a bomb- toe, ised Satta oi the German Socialist Party's consistent sabo- NEW YORK, June 13.—In retreat before the storm of pro- | Soci py enamine AIG are une HERE one stion, wy mic so tage and betrayal of the German workers’ class struggle, now disayows tests aroused by the auto taxes and bridge tolls proposed to United States had insisted should be rom the dis- | meet the loans and payments to the Wall Street bankers, the | | cussions. MacDonald said that “the question of war debts \ the German Socialist leaders when they support Hitler's foreign policy. | ‘The “International Information Bulletin” of the Labor and Socialist International devotes a leading article to the Socialist deputies’ vote in the Reichstag. The Second International says: “It is a fact that can never be blot- ted out of the history of Social-Democracy that 48 Social-Democratic 20 | city administration has virtually given up the auto tax plan, | | and is preparing to increase taxes on water, and other city “teh eh Bervaces: STUDENTS. Plan 7 Cent Fare \ | cerned. «+. must be taken up without » delay by the nations con- This vexed question has to be settled once and for Great annoyance was express SENATORS HOWL FOR DELEGATES members of the Reichstag out of the 65 present decided in favor of a | 3 is openly said that the! Maleeaticts fates ie mice aor & T ‘vote of confidence in Hitler. city has entered into an agree-; entative %McReyno! one of TO OUIT | ONDON “It would have been possible to expose the corruption of the present | ;ment with the bankers to! elegates, said, “ 5 tdi stout - (Mlitler) regime, to denounce its insensate disregard of Germany's in- | 8, |raise the subway fare 2 cents) | he ne eget Ohana ‘s es terest, 40 Iny bare the disastrous results of the errors inherent in its | jafter the elections, in return epi le ae» sansa MecDonald’s Raising of nature, to leave it without a shred of moral character.” Democratic members of the Reichstag to support a vote of confidence in Hitler, It was 2 yote of confidence, for the government declaration of policy weht beyond matters of foreign policy and was a frank avowal of faith in the Fascist state and a declaration of the sanctity of private property as the basis of civilization. They are bitter conclusions that (Official St All i aaa oe << Ie you did before the elections? ~ Senate Ends Radical Students Will Be Expelled | | for the extension to December 11 of Tammany Mayor, O’Brien during the open hearing was, “Do you still hold the same position on the 5 cent fare The Mayor who has in the past loudly protested his unyielding sup- port of the 5 cent fare, this time re- Morgan as this matter is e Today the situation has been dis- |tinetly worsened, since other speak- | | ers, | gates, and the Italian Minister Jung, } notably + British Empire dele- have placed the war debts before the conference in an even stronger man-| Debt Question Called “On the one sikle we have a 1 terrorism, the imprisonment of edi oeerdl oe. bese eae on " Lore F | jg y. as not | ; : ne ' esa alters named ri aliey ropes er ies ae at | been denied by the City officials. | eae 44 Trap funds, the suppression je press ant e deni | | ‘i | fe pe eae pein pe i the other side the agreement of the majority of Social- Rp rrscaeetbay eg beerdt ebastle| a Smuts Puts It Up to U. WASHINGTON, June! 13.—Mac- Donald’s interjection of the war debt issue into the World Economie Con- ference meeting provokefl a discus- sion in the Senate today, in which Senator Lewis (D. Til.) said that the | | ° . A historical occasion ited ea ng: | a | P. b ? W ll I ner than was done by MacDonald.| united States had are F ihatt Be Grawn trons Wiis contrast. stom Presented | VIGILANTES THUG GROUP) Plied,, “Do not ask me such ques-| YO e; U nquire General Smuts, speaking for the| yo) votes nad been placed in a t itself—and was not used.’ j tions.” | Union of South Africa, said, “The| Position of “walking out of the con- This Socialist vote for Hitler in the Reichstag is not surprising at | . It is considered very significant Lausanne Conference a year ago| ference or being trapped.” The call- all. It is a continuation of the treacherous policy of supporting Hinden- Outstanding Athletes | Be of oe Ge letters ee the n to t CY an S§ placed the greatest responsibility| ing of the conference was called “a i \ . The Executive Committee of | aie Mayor exchanged with his nkers, | where it belonged—on the shoulders | ‘ight of hand trick” and a of burg, of surrendering to the Hitler regime. The Exe! ae Deny Connection only one has been made public so EE NIA et Mote of the United Siates—and the| “international seduction.” venning the German Socialist Party, which has consistently sabotaged the de- J ith G. ti | far. United States has failed to fall into! Robinson (R. Ind) said f - ie Ab iz . | ioe | . i + WY 3 \ States | Robinson (R. Ind.) said, “in view o! velopment of the united struggle against the Hitler regime, is in no dif wi angsters Morgan Inquiry Ends Quietly Just When Data ferent position from the Reichstag deputies who now openly vote con- | fidence in the Fascist dictatorship. | ie NEW YORK, June 13.—Twenty students were expelled from the Col- | Deputy Controller, Prial, defended | Mayor Praised By ‘Bankers At one stage during the hearin: lege of the City of New York yester- | the necessity of the proposed $30,- Comes to Light Showi ng Monopoly Control; To Probe Other Banks June 26 line.” The Lausanne lieved Germany ments, d loo! being g ed Ge! agreement re- of reparation pay- to similar relief na European | the English Prime Minister’s speech it seems to me that our delegates might as well come home.” Senator Fess (R. Ohio) called for a new re- | 8 A creditors by the United States. ot 2 affir yt . jon It goes without saying, however, that what the Socialist leaders have | Gav Yor ‘participating in the anti. | 000,000 taxes by saying, “The banks - Chere ‘wasia’ spaethl: misting ot thull QF the’ Gbnereas to cay: caer ian done in Germany is merely the logical continuation of the entire policy |mijitary demonstrations which fol-| Want us to get this new revenue WASHINGTON, June 13.—The Senate Committee has decided to dis- | Euglish cabinet last night at 11| status of the war debts. of the very same Second International which now demagogically de- | lowed the demonstration on the|They have complimented the mayor | continue any further inguiries into the affairs of the Mo It decided | o'clock, followed by another at 9 this —— nounces it. : ; We cannot go into an analysis of the Second International's utterly ous “umbrella act” |R.O.TC. field day. At the first of | on this.” | these demonstrations, President Rob- | shallow and lberalist description of the Hitler regime, such as “Ger- | tnson had exhibited his by now fam- | teed The city government has guaran- to the bankers that $30,000,000 today to adjourn until June 26, when Morgans will be examined, it will resume hearin; But no more Other Wall Street houses, such as Kuhn, Loeb | ° lin new taxes will be raised before and Company, and Dillon, Read, will be questioned. morning. The problem of payment ‘as up on both occasions. cabinet RELIEF BUREAU 's as to the decisions reached, 1 if any decisions were reached. , Neville Chamberlain was due to ex- plain the position of the British gov- ernment in the House of Commons The investigations into the affairs of the Morgans ‘had just begun when © many’s interest” and “the corruption of the present Hitler angi if | "Eight students were suspended un- | December 11, when the next payments | an honest fascist regime would be acceptable to the Second Interna- | +i) January 1 and three others were | fall due. Since the proposed bridge | this decision. was reached. tional,—in this limited space. But certain facts about the Second Inter- | suspended indefinitely, pending fur-| tolls, without the auto taxes, will! Yesterday, the investigators work- national itself, and the reasons for its present action require mention. ther investigation. yield not more than $8,000,000, the} ing for the Senate Committec, dis- | WORKERS STILL | ‘The parties of the Second International have been, and in many Cases, | still are partners in Coalition Governments whose Socialist ministers have ordered police to shoot down workers’ demonstrations and have crushed the Independence movements of the colonial peoples in blood. ‘The MacDonald Government ruthlessly repressed the national revo- lutionary movement in India. The French Socialist Varenne, governor of Indo-China, crdered the execution of hundreds of Indo-Chinese revo- lutionaries. ; The Socialist government of Denmark has just passed a bill pro- hibiting all strikes. : The Coalition Socialist Cabinet of Czechoslovakia is introducing gov- ernment by decree against the Czech working class and peasantry. But when, under these circumstances, the Second International de- nounces the surrender of the German Socialist Party to the Hitler re- gime, it is much more than merely a case of the pot calling the kettle black. The uaiversal wave of indignation among the workers of the whole world against fascist terror in Germany !s forcing the parties of the Sec- ond International to take a demagogic stand of condemnation of the German leaders’ capitulation. Another important factor determining the stand of the Second Inter- national is that its major parties, the British Labor Party, the French, | Belgian, Czech, Polish and Scandinavian Socialist Parties are following the | Jead of their capitalist governments in denouncing the Hitler dictator- | ship. Under the slogan of “democracy versus dictatorship,” British and | French imperialisms are endeavoring to win the support of the working | ‘masses of Europe for their own imperialist aims. And in denouncing the support of Hitler by the German Socialist Reichstag Deputies, the Socialist Parties of the Second International are again acting in their time-hon- ored role as the agents of the capitalist class of their respective countries. We are under no illusions, therefore, as to the real motives behind the Second International's condemnation of the German Socialist leaders. | But, the Socialist workers of America will find it hard to swallow Hill- quit’s and Thomas’ apologies for the German Socialist betrayal after see- ing that even the blood-stained Second International is compelled to dis- avow what the German Soci fst leaders are doing, in order to retain its hold on its working-class fcllowers. Demands of Youth in the Forced Labor Camps For increased rates of pay equal to regular wages for the particula? type of work. Against 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 discharged or leave the camps! Against all military discipline or training in the camps! removal of “ll military auvhorities in the camps! For the right to organize committees of the youth in the camps to safeguard their interests (food, housing, conditions of work, etc.)! For the recognition by the camp administration of regularly elected committees of the workers! Against segregation and diserimination of Megro youth in the camps! For the Contradictory Statements A hypocritical statement issued In the name of the faculty said that “the disciplinary action was in no way related to the views of the stu- dents affected concerning military training or other controversial ques- tions.” This statement followed close on the heels of, and contradicts, another made by Mark Eisner, chairman of the Board of Higher Education. Kis- ner’s statement, which reveals the motives behind the wholesale expul- sions, definitely indicated that all city colleges “will expel all radical students rather than imperil the con- tinued existence of the institutions by permitting an extremely small minority of the undergraduate body to bring them into disrepute.” At a demonstration held at C. C. N. ¥. on June 1, this “extremely small minority’—2,000 strong—gathered to demonstrate solidarity in the fight | against military training, against the | vaising of tuition fees and “Umbrel- la Man” Robinson's gag-rulings. At the student council elections this year, an overwhelming majority of the students voted for candidates who pledged themselves to abolish the R.O.T.C, Scar @ Athletes Not Vigilantes President Robinson's “Vigilantes” —widely heralded in the boss press as an organization made up of out- standing athletes at City College— was exposed as an outside organiza- tion yesterday when 34 outstanding athletes, including nine captains of varsity teams, denied any connec- tion with the Robinson-gangster group. These athletes signed their names to a statement which categorically says that “there is no body repre- sentative of the Varsity Club known as the Vigilantes.” Among the signers were the fol- lowing varsity captains: Mush Wei- ner, football; Mike Kupperberg, football, baseball and wrestling; Moe Goldman, basketball; Irv Spanier, baseball; Nathan Volkell, cross coun: try; Dan Trupin, baseball and track: Harold Kramer, swimming; Bernard Kushner, lacrosse; and Murray Gold- farb, of the cheer-leading squad. Claims that the Vigilantes’ group is composed of outside gangster and thug elements are now under investi- gation. City will have to raise $22,000,000 jin some way if the auto taxes are| fications of the not put through. About $12,000,000 in new taxes has already been proposed through in- creased fees in the various City de- partments such as building, fire in- spections, advertising licenses, etc. This leaves about $10,000,000 to be raised, Demand Wage Cuts The demand for more wage cuts among the City employees, especially the school teachers, is becoming very strong among the rich realty and auto interests who object to the present proposed taxes as detrimen- tal to their business, An increased water rate, bridge olls, higher fees, a Subway fare rise, and wage cuts for the City’s school teachers would just about guarantee the Wall bankers their payments, ‘Will Not Tax the Rich The City has rejected all proposals to tax the huge rurplus in the city banks and insurance companies. The city has also refused to tax the enormous real estate holdings which are now tax-exempt. Among these are Y.M.C.A., $50,000,000; Y.W.C.A., $50,000,000; Columbia Uni- versity, $75,000,000, and many similar properties. AN Relief Cut The city has cut all relief to the bone. The Tammany Mayor O’Brien attempted to justify the new taxes by claiming that they were neces- sary to meet relief needs. It was shown that his claim that the city had spent $30,000,000 on relief since January was false, less than $15,- 000,000 having been actually dis- bursed. And most of these funds will be made up by Federal and State ap- propriations. During the first half of May more than 450 families were evicted. The city has discontinued all relief rent payments. It is admitted that the stopping of relief to meet the pay- ments to. the bankers brings over | 60,000 worker’s families with immedi- ate eviction. Today, the Board of Estimate Chamber resounded for more than five hours with the protests of rep- resentatives from scores of various civic organizations. In no uncertain terms, they all demanded that the treet | | closed some of the nation-wide rami- | Morgans, reaching |into practicaily every phase of the country’s industry and commerce. | | Further investigation into the in- | terlocking directorates of the Mor- | gans, and their investment banking | affairs would have certainly revealed | even more’ sensational information | than that which has already been | | brought to light. | Nevertheless, the Senate Committee | has practically brought its investiga- | tions into the affairs of the Morgans | to a close. | Even the comparatively harmless inquiries into the income tax affairs | discontinued. } Quick End Foreshadowed. { The sudden stopping of the Mor- gan investigations was foreshadowed quite early in the hearings. The “war” between Pecora and Glass as |to the extent of the questions was quickly healed, with Pecora agreei. x to secret sessions on all sensation:l | evidence before making any revela- tions public. Then, Rooseyelt insisted that Sena- | tor Couzens, one of the sena-/ tors in favor of the more #‘radical” | line of questioning, go to the World Economic Conference, despite Couz- ens’ desire to stay. Couzens, at first, refused the appointment of Roose- velt. Later, something made him | change his mind. He is now at the | Conference. Thus, the Senate Committee's ac- | tion today brings to a quick close | what was heralded as a real exposure of the House of Morgan, even before | it had even begun its real investiga- | tions, len salaries before levying any new taxes on the people. Paul Blanshard, of the City Af- fairs Committee, was ejected from the hall after he had commented ironically on the salaries of some of the Tammany officials who were | present. Louis Waldman, who was the So- | cialist candidate for governor in the last elections, found one of the main objections to the proposed taxes in the fact that they were “imegel.” He PROGRESSIVE T. U. CONFERENCE IN GILLESPIE, ILL. Decides to Broaden Base, Greets St. Louis Strikers GILLESPIE, Gillesple Progressive 13—The , Union Il., June Trade this afternoon, ond Secretary Hull was scheduled speak at the Eco- nomic Confercce in the morning. 3ut the uncertainty about debts was upsetting all arrancemeni Neither lull, nor any other members of the} American delegation were in their} seats at the Geological Museum for} the Conference meeting, and a state-| ment was issued from the American} telegation’s headquarters that Hull's) poned until tomor: Chamber- lain's statement was similarly de-| layed in the House of Commons,| WITHOUT WAGES Investigator Faints of Hunger, No Word from City NEW YORK—A Home Relief in- vestigator fainted of hunger yester- |speech was being redrafted, and that | ay at the Bronx Bureau on 149th |its delivery would have to be posi-| St. and 2,500 investigators and cleri- cal workers of bureaus throughout the city are without funds to buy food and other necessities as the city Committee, a united front organiza. while the cabinet waited for a mes-| 0vernment withholds wages now ap- tion, met in conference last Sunday gest delegation represented came from the Food Workers’ Industrial Union of St. Louis. These delegates have just participated in a successful | strike gainst the Funsten Nut Co. which resulted in substntial gains for the workers. They were enthusi- astically greeted by the workers es- pecilly by the miners when the wom- en workersa pointed out that the Communist Party was the only or- ganization which came to their as- sistance, showed them how to or-| ganize their union, and guided their| strike to victory. | The conference decided to con- tinue’ the trade union committee, | and to enlarge its base by making) more contacts among the rank and file of the A. F. of L. unions, The/ conference also agreed to support the movement for unity of the min- ers into one militant national union, to support the struggle of the em- ployed miners and the jobless for relief and to set up local joint com- mittees {1 various towns represent- ing all organizations. Strike of 900 Textile : Workers in Georgia - - Wins 10 P. C. Rise ROME, Ga., June 13.—900 workers of the Tubize Rayon Plant on strike) here for wage increases returned to! their work today when their demand was granted. They received a ten per cent increase in pay. Get your unit, union local, or mass cited the fact that, promincat capi- talist lawyers agreed with him on organization to challenge another age from Sir Ronald Linsey, the} of the Morgan Partners have been | with 158 delegates present The lar-| ®?slish Ambassador in Washington Anglo-American Fight On ' Stabilization. The second question on which the} English and American representa- | (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) News F lash | Mattern Returns To Siberia MOSCOW, June 13.—James Mat- tern, American round-the-world flier, returned unexpectedly to” Khabarovsk, Siberia, at 6:20 am., Moscow time today. There was no explanation but it was assumed that he had encountered heavy weather making continuance of his projected flight to Nome, Alas- ka, impossible. aa ah NOME, Alaska, June 13,—Fear for the safety of James Mattern, round- the-world flyer, was felt here today with reports that heavy fogs had settled over the Bering Sea along the route of Mattern’s flight from Khabarovsk. A dropping barometer later indicated that the flyer would run headlong into a storm as hej approached the Alaskan coast. The weather conditions in the Be- ring Sea area were believed to have} forced Mattern to deviate from_his direct course from Khabarovsk, This was held to be responsible for his failure to arrive at Nome on ached> hed . tee * * om ye | being made proaching the third week. One investigttor said she has been without food for the last two days. No reason has been given for the delay, pay promised yesterday was not forthcoming, now promises are for Thursday. Resent- ment has reached a stage where in- vestigators and clerks in some bu- reaus threaten to refuse to work un- less they are paid immediately. The investigators and clerks are all white collar and professional workers | ziven these jobs as relief work. MILK LAW TEST NOW IN COURT Challenge Price Fixing to Aid Dairy Trust ALBANY, June 13.—The _ state milk control law, under which the milk control board is given power to fix prices both to producers nd consumers, is being argued today be- fore the Court of Appeals. The case is that of Leo Nebbia, a Rochester grocer, found guilty in the lower courts of violating the mini- mum price regulations of the board. Although he charged the amount fixed for the milk he gave away @ loaf of bread with every two quarts of milk. He was arrested and fined in Rochester city court for trying te undermine the price set by the Tam- many state government at the re- quest of the milk trust. The decision was upheld by the county court and fs nce tts apne Seah