The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 20, 1933, Page 2

age Two COURT-MARTIALED FOR DEMANDING BETTER FOOD IN FORCED Youths Call C Camp Roosev elt’s LABOR CAMP Chain Gang; Day’s Pay Fine for Breaking Army Laws NEW YORK.—Because they demanded better food and improved con- | litions in the forced labor camp at the BE a court mart obstinate characters.” TED AT ANTI- 200 VOLUNTEERS W. ONCE FOR JUNE FASCIST DAY The City Committee to Aid ‘ ms of German Fascism calls mass organizations, party nd sympathetic individuals teers to collect funds for of German Fascism, at stration Saturday June | upon All volunteers please report dur- the week or at the latest, urday morning June 24th at 10 a.m, at the office of the Commit-| | tee, 75 Fifth Avenue, Room 5 5 for) the necessary materials for this | work, Police Stop Labor : Sport WrestIng Meet Ap exhibition wrestling meet held} under the joint auspices of the Spar- tacus A. C. and the sport section of the Prospect Workers Club. Bronx Labor Sports Union clubs, at the latter's headquarters, was smashed by police last Saturday night. This is the second time in the last month and a half that police have smashed & meet sponsored by the Spartacus A. C. A boxing meet was broken up six weeks ago, under similar condi- tions. No Legal Backing This policy of the police has no legal backing whatsoever, and un- questionably represents a conscious attempt to smash workers’ sport ac- tivity. There is strong evidence that the Amateur Athletic Union, the sport organization that has a monopoly of bourgeois sport, is behind this at- tempt to break up L. S. U. activities. The Labor Sporots Union has an- nounced that it will take immediate action against this vicious attack by | ‘the police and the A. A. U. A sharp letter of protest has beerl sent to Police Commissioner Bolan, whom an | L. S. U. delegation will visit this week. ANTI-FASCIST MASS MEET THURSDAY IN BROOKLYN NEW YORK.—An _ Anti-Fascist mass meeting will be held Thursday night, June 22 at the Savoy Man- sion, in Brooklyn, at 8 p. m., arranged by units 7 and 10 of the Communist Party. 20th Avenue and 64th Street) Beechy Bottom, located 8 miles from ®@ According to the young workers the public announcements that they are planting trees is a fraud. Actu- elly they have displaced other work- ers in clearing land and making | Preparations for building new roads. The only difference is that now it is jdone at a dollar a day at forced la- bor conditions. Most of the recruits here call it “Roosevet’s chain gang.” They are kept under strict military rule in do- ing their work. As in all)camps the | main complaint is the rotten food | given them. One of the workers in the camp explained the daily routine. At 5:45 a. m. every one must get up. At 6 is roll call just as in the army. Any one failing to appear on time is fined ja dollar which amounts to a day’s pay. At half past six is breakfast. j And in half an hour everyone as- | sembles for work. | Work lasts until | | | | 12 o'clock with only half an hour for lunch. Luneh | consists of a cheese and boloney | sandwich and hard boiled egg, the same being given every day. At four o’clock work is over but no supper until six. Exhausted from the day's work the two hours waiting for supper are usually spent sleeping. The total number who have become sick since reaching camp is not re- ported. Some have had to be sent to| the West Point hospital while every one has lost weight as a result of the | grinding work. If it was not the threat that their parents will loose relief many would have quit the camp. Discontent has reached a point where last week a strike took place during the lunch hour demanding better food. Though these two militant young workers were eliminated in order to stop discontent, the majority in the camp have shown sympathy with them. WHAT’S ON Tuesday LECTURE, Fascism in U. 8. and How to WORKERS’ LABORATORY THEATRE, W. 1. Rep (rehearsals, 8:30 p.m., 42 E. 12th St. Singers, dramatizers, aceompanist, etc. needed. " Attention male volees and accor- dionists. Wednesday “SITUATION IN GERMANY & STRUG- | GLE AGAINST FASCI6M.” Speaker, ©. A. Hathaway. Ambassador Hall, Third Ave. and Claremont Parkway. Sections 15 and 5, Fight It. Open meeting, Unit 11, Sec. 5, |C. P. 1400 Boston Rd., Bronx. DRAMATIC (SINGING) CHORUS OF| 8 p.m. Auspices | abroad while slums of the cities. | * ‘ ar Mountain Bridge, J. Hoffman and Irving Taput, were tried before | ial of two officers and dismissed. They were charged with being | DAILY WORKER, NEWS BRIEFS ASSAILS NAVAL PROGRAM NEW YORK, June 19.—The plan of the Roosevelt administration to| vessels was assailed| C. Everett | Wagner in his sermon in the Union| Methodist Episcopal Church. He con-| | build 32 naval yesterday by the Rev. trasted the expenditure of hundreds | of millions for war purposes as_an | act of intimidation of other countr | He said that the navy built to protect large people perish in investments the CONVICTS DONATE CIGARS JAILERS SING SING PRISON, June 19—| The Prison Mutual Welfare League | TO! | gave a box of cigars to Warden Bottom constitutes camp 17 of the Civilian Conservation Camps. | | | butots, Lewis E. Lawes as a “father’s day” gift yesterday, This League is an administration-controlled affair with stool pigeons always praising the prison keepers. If any prisoner dares | to challenge such procedure he is) victimized by the jailers. VOTE ON PROHIBITION Three states, New Hampshire, Con- necticut and Iowa, vote on repeal) of the Eighteenth (prohibition) am-| endment tomorrow. Connecticut is a traditional “wet” state. New Hamp- | shire, until a year ago was “dry,” while Iowa has long been regarded as a “dry” state. Early canvasses indicate that all three will vote against prohibition. The drys expect to carry two Southern states, Ar- kansas and Alabama, on July 18, but there is some possibility that they may even love one of these. Sate SHIP AND AIR- ways | LINES NEW YORK, June 19.—A working | agreement has been concluded| whereby the International Merchant | Marine—Roosevelt steamship com-| pany becomes general agent of Pan- COMBINE American Airways, the principal sys- |, tem of its kind in the international field. All bookings for the airways will be made through the steamship company. This will further consoli-| | date the position of American im-)| perialism in = southern republics. TO Boost TOBACCO PRICES NEW YORK, June 19.—The Na- tional Association of Tobacco Distri- | at a two-day convention, adopted a code for uniform profits on cigars, cigarettes and other to-| baceos that will boost prices. After | prices have been coomdinated and approved by General Hugh Johnson, administrator of the “National Re- covery Act” consumers will have to pay “pre-depression prices” for to- bates. Nothing was said about in- creasing wages. LEGION MEMBERS AID TRIBES- MEN was being} | | | | | | | EW YORK, T WS SERVICE vat Office at Wachington, D. C,, under th Tin Bee, 1108, Act of October 8, 1911, ESDAY, JUNE 20 1933 Changes in A. F. of L. Program Conform to Boss Interests | [ATION OF LABOR» Some men weave their soph- istry till their own reason is en- | tangled.—Johnson. | ATA | ASSAILED BY EEN i foots. asin a jesse Movement as a “Paternalistic } Step Toward the Dole.” SS @ it OMiee ar Pin Seed TURD/ — ———— Cals WANTS —Jops Prem a state ATLANTIC William Green, |) American ¥ } day criticized the COmpULEC TS ase President of the| ht Insurance the ‘dole’ ret LABOR OPPOSES CHaRiTy| Ladi of Anwicn Wear FEDERAL PLANS. On pen to FOR ALL} CITY, W. 3. sept. 7—|, COMPulsory Feature Injected eration &f Labor, to|, Movement for | ¢ {f Aid of is YRANK MORRISON, Secretary VOL. 22, NO. \Federal Unemployment Insurance Favored by AFL Executive Council] | UNIONS ARE LABOR'S GREATEST PROTECT President Hutchinson of British gineets Declares Labor Party Minor Importance—Urges 40- Week for Relief of Jobless. | | IR "LABOR GIVES UP | FOR INSURANCE | Greon Says A. F. of L. Now ‘Projects Protection’ Admin- istered aes States. _ Atter Organization Opposed | WASHINGTON, ‘Bept. 5 Pulsory insurance paid for yy in- | dustry, ang enacted aby. pg not | HARLEM PROTEST) PARADE JUNE 2 Wright ‘and “Williams on Trial Same Day NEW YORK—A protest parade has been called by the Harlem sec- tion of the International Labor De~- fense for Thursday afternoon, June 22, This is one of a series of protest actions between now and June 22, | when two youngest Scottsboro boys, CASABLANCA, Morocco, June 19. | Roy Wright and Eugene Williams, —Offieers of the French Foreign Legion are in a panic because of fraternization of many of the legion- naires with the native tribesmen. Four members have been arrested, charged with supplying munitions to the Moroccans. Two of them are French and two are German. The foreign legion is recruited from many countries and is used in colonial and semi-colonial countries, go to trial in the juvenile court of Alabama. ‘This parade will be preceded by| open air meetings throughout Har- lem, with speakers from the I. L. D., the Scottsboro Action Committee, the Harlem Liberator, and other groups leading the fight for the free- dom of the Scottsboro boys. The parade will also be a mobilization of workers for the protest demonstra- | tion against the Nazi terror in Ger- | many to be held on Union Square} Saturday, June 24, at 2 p. m. | ‘The Harlem parade will begin! promptly at 5 p. m., starting from! 31st St. and Lenox Ave. Minor, Henderson at Rand School Tonite | on CCNY Expulsions NEW YORK.-—A mass protest meeting against the expulsion of 20 City College students and the sus- pension of 11 others for anti-war ac- tivities will be held at the Rand School, 7 E. 15th St., tonight, to which all are invited. Speakers at the meeting “include Robert Minor of the Communist Party, Marks of the Young Commu- nist League, Donald Henderson of, the American Committee for Strug- gle Against War, Joe Starobin of the National Student League, Heywood Broun of the World-Telegram and] Norman Thomas of the Socialist Patty. TASKS OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY IN DEVELOPING A NATION- WIDE MOVEMENT IN THE STRUGGLE FOR SOCIAL INSURANCE By 8. GUSEV (Conclusion) Editor's Note:—Herewith is the concluding section of the article by comrade Gusev on “The Tasks of the Communist Party of the U. 8. A. in the Struggle for Social Insurance.” Two previous instalments appeared in the Daily Saturday and yesterday. In previous sections of the articles Gussev pointed to the lagging of the Communist Party in mobilizing the masses in the struggle for Social In- surance, The maneuvers of the bour- geoisie for the “30-hour week,” “Un- employment Insurance” are an effort fo divert the movement from a ge- nuine struggle for social insurance. This is seen in the Wisconsin Bill which has now been shelved until| 1936, Especially is it necessary to expose the maneuvers of the social-faseists. ‘They carry on activity with the in- tent of splitting the working-class movement. ‘The complete article appears in the Communist International, num- ber 8. It sells for 10 cents and can/| be bought at the Workers Book Shop, 50 East 13th Street, New York, N. ¥. In the pe ampaign for social insurance, the Communist Party made a series of mistakes, disclos- ing a flippant, thoughtless approach to it, and a failure to understand its central and decisive importance. This failure stubbornly maintains itself in the Party despite a series of most categorical instructions on the cen- tral importance of the campaign. The draft insurance Bill was worked out by the Party from above, and not presented to the workers for dis- cussion. This draft has been changed three times. After the changing of the draft at the Cincinnati confer- ence, with the participation of the representatives of the local branches of ‘the A. F. of L., the original draft of the Bill was presented to Congress during the national hunger march; while the new draft was presented to the convention of the A. F. of L., which inevitably brought confusion into the minds of the workers. The Party did not consider it nec- essary to popularize the contents of its draft among the workers, The leading comrades, and our press, were content with bare statements that the Communist Party is in favor of social insurance against unemploy- ment at the expense of the capi- talists and the government. Party Press Not Alert When the social-fascists (includ~ Ing the Musteites), following the ex- ample of the Communist Party, be- gan to put forward their own pro- fects for bitls, the Party and its press paid vory little attention to making @ detailed examination of these bills, and did not systematically expose them to the workers, in spite of a number of repeated instructions on the necessity of doing this. The Party did not attempt to propose to the workers that they should organ- ise a joint struggle of all workers’ organisations on the basis of the united front from below for Federal unemployment insurance on a single oceasion, for the appropriation of funds for public works, for the ap- propriation of funds to assist the un- employed. A number of facts from the recent period show that a non-serious and inattentive attitude to the campaign continues to exist in the Party lead- ership. This leads to the greatest lack of clarity in the question of our | attitude to Federal or State insur- ance, and to retreats from the line of struggle for Federal insurance adopted by the Party (e.g., the article | of Comrade Bill Dunne in the “Daily | Worker” on December Ist, 1932). | Confusion in Districts A dangerous disorganization is in- troduced into the campaign for social insurance by the fact that, after a three-year struggle for Federal in- surance, the Californian district or- ganisation published its proposal for | State unemployment insurance, from which the demand for Federal unem- ployment insurance is omitted, and | the amount of relief made to depend |on the average wages received, while a demand is included for 3 per cent. of the wages to be deducted from the employers, for the insurance fund. In the same way the Chicago organisa- tion put forward the demand for un- employment insurance at the ex- pense of the employers and the State government, while the demand for Federal insurance was completely left out. How does it happen that the Californian district organisation takes, in essence, the line of the pro- posal of the A. F. of L.? Mow does it happen that the Chicago organisa- tion replaced the demand for Fed- eral insurance by that of State in- surance? Would such things be pos- sible if the Central Committee had really led the campign in a planned and proper manner? 6 Proposals for Campaign With the aim of giving the cam- paign for social insurance the widest militant mass character and ensuring the leading role of the Communist Party in it, it is necessary to intro- duce a series of varying measures of @ political and organisational nature: 1. It is necessary, above all, to instill the most complete understand- ing into the whole Party that the campaign for social insurance, along- side and including the struggle against wage-cuts with the shortened week (irrespective of whether such a short week is adopted) and the struggle for immediate aid for the { unemployed, touches vitetiy, in addi- , tion to the anti-war campaign, the most urgent and burning interests of the proletariat, and that this cam- paign at the present time is the chief Mink to be seized to tug the whole chain, that this campaign demands the mobilisation of all Party forces for a whole period of indefinite length, and that a planned, unbroken, every-day and persistent conduct of this campaign is necessary. All the members of the Party must be drawn into the conduct of this campaign on the basis of Bolshevik inner-Party democracy, by raising the question of the struggle for social insurance for discussion by all the Party members, by all the Party organisations (cells, fractions, committees, conferences), by the inclusion of every single mem- ber of the Party in the every-day work for conducting the campaign. Every member of the Party must be- come an agitator for our insurance proposal, must learn to expose other propositions, Prepare Program of Work 2. The Politburo, together with the representatives of the nearest large Party organisations, the representa- tives of the Red trade unions, the representatives of the fractions of the national committee of the oppo- sition in the A. F. of L., and repre- sentatives of the fraction in the Na- tional Unemployed Committee, must work out a firm and united tactical line in the struggle for social in- surance (and also against the reduc- tion of wages when a shortened wweek is introduced], and for imme- diate aid for the unemployed), and a plan for conducting the whole cam- paign in the next three months. The decisions of this meeting must be sent to all local Party organisations and is particularly important to at- tain unity of action with the aim of preventing such disorganising ac- tions as that of the Californian district organisation. 3. The Politburo decided absolutely correctly that one or more active members of the P.B. must be ap- pointed as responsible leaders to guide the whole campaign. Every two weeks the P.B, must discuss the reports of this leader, and also of representatives of the fraction in the national committee of the unempioy- ed, the fraction in the Trade Union Unity League, the fraction in the na- tional committee of the opposition in the A. F. of L., and the editorial board of the “Daily Worker” and other central papers. According to the course of the campaign, it is also necessary to discuss the reports of the district organizations. Task Of Districts 4, In the same way, the district ization (above all, in the in- dustrial districts) must appoint a responsible leader of the campaign from among the most active mem- bers of the bureau of the district committee, and his report must be discussed every two weéks together with the reports of the fraction in the town committee of the opposi- tion in the A, F. of L., the local branch of the T.U.U.L. and the local council of the unemployed. Mobilize Press 5. It is necessary to mobilize all our Party press (including the lan- guage press) and also the trade union papers, the factory papers and the papers of the councils of the unemployed for a wide, systematic, daily conduct of the campaign, This campaign must always ‘be given space on the front page. The main points which must be systematically dealt with in all the papers are the popularization of our proposal, and of social insurance in the USSR. (in the most concrete form, by print- ing extracts from the Soviet laws on social insurance, giving statistics on the number of insured persons, the sums expended by the Central Insurance Board, the hospital ser- vice and the sanatoriums provided for the workers, etc.), concrete cri- ticism of the projects of social in- surance advanced by other parties, especially the A, F. of L, the Mus- teites and the socialists, together with an every-day exposure of their crooked demagogic methods, resist- ance to the masses entering the in- dependent struggle for social insur- ance, and the splits they bring into the working class in the struggle for social insurance, which was com- menced by the Communist Party and conducted for a long time by it alone; the exposure of the activity of all legislative commissions which only trick and deceive the workers. Further, reports and information on the course of the campaign, meetings, demonstrations, strikes, etc., the publication of resolutions for our draft adopted at mass meetings and various workers’ organizations, and also letters from workers from the factories and the unemployed. Not a@ single issue of any paper should appear without a special section dealing with the struggle for social insurance, for immediate aid for the unemployed, against the lowering of wages when a shortened week is in- troduced, Popuwlarize Bill 6. It is necessary to widely dis- seminate our proposal at Cincinatti among the masses, de- manding Federal insurance for all unemployed without exception for the whole period of unemployment, on a scale equal to average wages, but not Jess than ten dollars a week and three dollars for every depend- ent; furthermore, the funds must be found by taxing the rich, and the babi gh gtd) taxation of all incomes over 5,000 dollars, and also (it should be added) at the expense of the mil- tary and police appropriations. The! lutionary way out of the orisis. proposition should be presented to Congress in place of the first one. 7. It is nécessary to appeal to all loeal workers’ organizations, as was decided to do already in 1931, with a for the united front from below, for Federal insurance against unemployment, at the same time supporting the demands of the work- ers’ organizations for appropriations for public works; for the immediate issue of grants for the relief of the unemployed; and also the demand for the exemption of the unemployed from paying for light, gas, water, with a determined struggle against evictions; against the “economy” measures whith are being energeti- cally carried through at present at the expense of hospitals, road con- struction, public works, etc, Mass Struggles 8. It is necessary to continue the unemployed marches which were commenced by the Party in some States, within the limits of the State, and to transfer this method of mass struggle to other States, at the same time continuing to organize meet- ings, the mass collection of signa- tures for our draft and constantly! striving to link up the actions of the unemployed with the strikes of em- ployed workers, with the activity of the Veterans and the poor farmers, | 9. In the course of the campaign, it is necessary to form committees and councils of the unemployed, com- mittees of struggle for social insur- ance, committees of unity, including the employed workers and the un- employed workers’ committees, (by calling local, district and nation- al conferences). In connectian with such district committees, according to the decisions of 1931, wide com- mittees, including non-proletarian elements (writers, doctors, lawyers, etc.) who fully support our project for social insurance must be organiz- ed. In connection with the central workers’ committee (or the central unemployed committee) it is neces- sary to organize a central committee of sympathizers, he aa A new wave of big mass actions of the American workers and farm- ers is Msing. Only if the Party is able, in the course of the campaign for social insurance, to eliminate its sectarian aloofness from the work- ing masses, to strengthen and extend its contacts with the native Amer- ican workers in the big enterprises in the basic branches of industry, to strengthen and enlarge the Party basis in the factories, to draw all the militant cadres which are growing up in the course of the mass fights into its ranks, to strengthen the leading organs of the Party with fresh and new cadres, ao iieee eae at the head of the millions of Amer- jean proletarians, poor farmers and A. F. of L. Supports Roosevelt’s | points made by R. Saltzman, Gen- tional Industrial Recovery Bill] | etc. | ~ Green Will Draft Bill with Ade- quate Protection for Trade Union Rights — Industry’s Failure to Provide Work for Jobless Held Responsible for } | Council’s Action. | 10N En: Is of ‘Hour Atlantle City, N. J—Tho, executive President Green Say: Says the Meas-§ | wre rovide for Six pe BAG Rights Protected—Visions 30- Hour Week and Higher urges 35,000,000,000 for Public Works, Washington. With tw two gmendments Bdesigned protect the right of tively and to forcing | | aieaaberahil uty ny Galone as the, The leaders of the American Fed- eration of Labor have shifted a num- | ber of times on the question of Un- employment Insurance. Not that; they have changed their position. | What they have done is adopt their program-to the needs of the capi- | talist class. | On September 8, 1932, Green said, “We found that constitutional in- hibitions would bar a federal ynem- ployment insurance law. We wanted a federal law but have abandoned the project. We will seek enactment of state laws throughout the Union.” This was clearly to break | @ unified movement for federal un-! employment insurance. In October, 1932, the Cincinnati convention of the A. F. of L. voted to favor Unemployment Insurance. | This was done with the intent of | forestalling the growing movement of the rank and file which was seen | at its conference held in the same city at the same time. On May 27, 1932, William Green shouted his approval of Roosevelt's Industrial Recovery Bill. He -said, “The bill is appropriately termed an Industrial Recovery measure. It is | in the judgement of labor the most outstanding, advanced and forward looking legislation. designed to pro- mote economic recovery that has thus far been proposed.” Eisenstein’s “Old and New” and Maurice Chevalier at Acme | Beginning today and continuing until Saturday, inclusive, the Acme Theatre will present a double fea- ture program including “Old and New,” a Soviet production, and Maurice Chevalier in “Le Lieutenant Souriant” (The Smiling Lieutenant). “Old and New” was directed by Siergie Eisenstein and is one of the best of the Soviet productions to be released here. The picture gives a vivid picture of the old methods used by the peasants and the in- troduction of the new idea for the development of the co-operative spirit on the farm. The photography is exceptional, many of the beautiful shots of wheat fields and cloud for- mations are exquisite, and forms but one of the notable achievements in the direction by Eisenstein. Both films have complete English titles. CLASSIFIED TWO ROOMS and kitchen. AM furnished. All improvements. For July and August. $25.00 per month. 338 E. 19th St., one flight up. HELP WANTED: Several men to sell 2 timely article on commission or salary | basis, Aprly 32 Union Square Room 1112. Between 12-3 p. m. ¥. J. MORRIS, Inc. 2% SUTTER AVE. BROOKLYN GENERAL FUNERAL DIRECTORS For International Workers Order Phone: Diekens 2-1273—4—5 Night Phone: Dickens 6-5369 Intern’) Workers Order DENTAL DEPARTMENT 80 FIFTH AVENUE 15TH FLOOR All Work Dene Under Personal Care of Dr, C. Weissman DR. JULIUS LITTINSKY | 107 BRISTOL STREET Bet. Pitkin and Sutter Aves., Brooklyn PHONE: DICKENS 2-3012 Office Hours: 8-10 A.M, 1-2, 6-8 P.M. JOSEPH 8. LAX, o.D. OFTOMETRI BROOKLYN, N, ¥. (Near Fox Thea.) Tel, Main 4-2027 To have good vision have your eyes tested yearly |” \NEEDLEWORKERS APPRECIATE THE LITTLE WATCH REPAIR SHOP 817 SIXTH AVENUE, AT 28TH STREET DAYTON 9-4000 D. BACKER INTERVALE ; ments. [W.0. ONLY FRATERNAL ORDER MOBILIZING FIGHT FOR SOCIAL INSURANCE CHICAGO, June 19.—While the bourgeois fraternal movement in the, United States lost two million mem- bers during the past year and others cut out many benefits and raised} dues, the International Workers! Order was among eight that gained} in membership, and was the only one to raise benefits and cut pay- Most fraternal orders are working against the adoption of un- employment and social insurance be- cause the leaders are afraid that they will lose their comfortable jobs, but the I. W. O. is the only order working to mobilize the movement to force the adoption of such in- surance, These are a few of the salient eral Secretary, in his report on be- half of the National Committee de- livered’ here Sunday at the second National Convention of the I. W. O.| 646 Delegates Present The report of the credentials com-| mittee showed that 646 delegates were present, representing 491! branches and various fraternal or-! ganizations. The session opened with the ‘elec- | tion of a presidium. Max Bedacht,) R. Saltzman, William F. Weiner, Blechman, Sarator; Meyers, in the Hungarian section; Shipko and Rop-| chenko, from the Slovak section; |Lee of the youth section, Perunko, |an Ohio miner and Roniko, a Penn- sylvania miner were elected. The election of an honorary pre- sidium of Foster, Tom Mooney, Thaelmann, Torgler and Dimitroy was greeted with warm applause. Saltzman Traces Growth | Then R. Saltzman, General Sec- retary, who was given an ovation as he was introduced by the chairman, gave his report, lasting nearly two hours, which outlined the main achievements and shortcomings of the Order. As facts showinz the remarkable growth of the Order during the last year were related, | the Convention repeatedly burst into applause. The important role of the Jewish! section as the backbone of the Order was stressed. During the past year the Jewish section has sought to} carry out the decisions of the last Convention, and has gained | 3,000 members. The I. W. O. now includes over | 35,000 members, including the Rus- sian Mutual Aid Society. which will complete the amalgamation process! after the convention. This remark- able growth of the Order, which gained over 8,000 members without counting the amalgamations with the Hungarians and the Slovaks, must be attributed to its active par- ticipation in labor struggles. The idea of an international organiza- tion is also a factor in the growth, | as is shown by the fact that both Hungarian and Slovak sections grew after the amalgamation. 2 Members Killed by Ford Pointing out that branches most active in the general movement gained the most in membership, Saltzman mentioned a fact that created deep impression on the membership; two of the workers killed at the Ford massacre March 1932, were members of the I. W. O. Much time was spent in discussing the mistakes of the Order for the purpose of aiding its future work. Saltzman concluded by pointing out. the problems before the convention. Chief among these was the reduc- tion in payments and the import-!' ace Bs cee NOE recruiting among working women, and the continuation of the struggle for social insurance. Greetings from I, L. D. Louise Thompson, secretary of the National Scottsboro Action Commit- tee spoke before Saltzman, thanking the I. W. O. on behalf of the Inter- national Labor Defense for the aid they have given the Mooney and Scottsboro fights. She asked for a closer linking of activities, with an interchange of delegates and gen- eral closer cooperation, Alexander Trachtenburg urged closer attention to cultural activities especially by instituting more study courses and spreading the growing literature of the working class. The distribution committee re- ported thaf 161 Jewish branches were represented by 208 delegates. The Russian section has 115 branch- es represented by 123 delegates; the Hungarian, 73 branches and 82 del- egates; the Slovak 62 branches and 76 delegates; Youth Section, 21 branches and 21 delegates; while other language groups have 59 del- egates from 59 branches. AMUSEMENTS TODAY TO SATURDAY—2 Features MAURICE CHEVALIER in “LE LIEUTENANT SOURIANT” With CLAUDETTE COLBERT (The Smiling Lieutenant) English Titles and EISENTEIN’S Film Epic “OLD AND NEW” worxerss Acme Theatre WITH ST. AND UNION SQUARE Mth St. & CITY THEATRE rinz Pisce SOVIET PICTURES AT 1@c and 18¢ Coming THURSDAY, June 22 | FOR ONE DAY ONLY ‘SIBERIAN PATROL’ | From the Play “THE ARMORED TRAIN’? FRO Jefferson ‘ha ave, | NOW Two Features—LIONEL BARRYMORE in ‘LOOKING FORWARD’ and “HOLD ME TIGHT” with JAMES DUNN and SALLY EILERS ®x0 CAMEO =%",¢ NOW MUST THE JEWS ALWAYS BE VICTIMS of PERSECUTION’ BROOKLYN FOR BROWNSVILLE PROLETARIANS SOKAL CAFETERIA 1689 PITKIN AVENUE Brighton Beach Workers WELCOME AT Hoffman’s Cafeteria 282 BRIGHTON BEACH AVENUE OPEN DAY AND NIGHT BENSONRURST WORKERS Patronise GORGEOUS CAFETERIA 2211 86th Street Near Bay Parkway Fresh Food at Proletarian Prices RED PRESS DAILY WORKER : : JULY 15°F +e+e CARNIVAL MORNING FREIHEIT STARLIGHT PARK and COLISEUM East 77th Street, Bronx = and help the press. tickets at once! Mass Organizations! Here is your chance to help your own treasury Come and buy your TICKETS: $1.00 PER HUNDRED; $5.00 PER THOUSAND, AT OFFICES OF FREIHEIT AND DISTRICT OFFICE OF DAILY WORKER, 35 EAST 12TH STREET, NEW YORK CITY A TRIP TO THE Sports Movies Dancing Group Dancing SAT, JUNE 24th Meving & Storage Co., Inc. Meproes Who are Aebhng for » 1070- BRONX, N. Y. 202 WESTCHESTER AVE. “Seeiate Six Weeks in Workers’ THE EVENT OF THE YEAR! DAILY WORKER PICNIC - JULY 30 SOVIET UNION Camps New Sketches by W. L, T. Many other Attractions CAMP UNITY Wingdale, N. Y. will celebrate the official Opening of the Summer r Season Rates: $13 per week ~ (TAX INCLUDED; Week-End Rates: 2 days $4.65; 1 day 92.46 PROLETARIAN CULTURAL and SPORT ACTIVITIES EVERY DAY Cars leave for camp from 2100 Bronx Pork BE. |