The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 20, 1933, Page 3

N.Y. TRADE BAKERS UNITED FRONT COMMITTEE FORMED IN SPITE OF SOCIALISTS | NEW YORK.—A spirited united front conference of 215 delegates rep- resenting 105 oyyani “tions met last night in the McKinley Theatre, Bronx. im support, of Axing bakers of e/ ¥ Striking ‘nu xkers Score Socialist Co-Operative NEW YORK.—Accusations of sabo- tage were hurled at the Socialist Party controlled Co-operative Bak- ery, located in Brownsville, by Karp, a striking baker and spokesman for Bakers’ Local 509. Karp, who is a former member of the Socialist Party and now a member of the Workmen's Circle, made his accusa- tions at a mass meeting and con- ference held at the Labor Lyceum Friday night, June 16, under the aus- pices of the United Front, Bakers’ Strike Support Conference. Citing the May 27th parade in support of the striking bakers, and giving his impressions of the picket lines, Karp stated: “I am far from being a Communist. In fact, 1 am closer to the Socialist. I am a former Socialist myself. Yet, UNION NEWS Local 507, International Bakers and Confectionery Union and elected a committee of 15 to work with the bakers’ strike committee. This was the second conference called by the bakers, successfully uniting organizations of various po- litical opinions and affiliations for a common goal. Committee Needed The committee was set up because of the need of an apparatus to carry out the decisions of the conference and to act as a uniting body. The election of this committee came, however, after a bitter fight against the attempis of a number of Socialist leaders, particularly Wein- | berg and Rosenberg, to prevent it. Socialist Leader Intimidates Although the resolutions committee consisting of a Communist, a Social- ist and a striker agreed on the com- | mittee, Weinberg made a motion against it. He tried to intimidate the delegates by saying that an injunction threat hangs over the strike and any com- mittee elected would be considered an agent conspiring with the strike committee to violate the injunction. DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK. Marine Workers Must Prepare for the Coming War Foster, General Secretary of Trade Union Wm. Z. Foster General Secretary of the Tarde Union Unity League. Gradually recovering from a long and serious illness, but closely in touch with the workers’ activities. Writer of the adjoining article on the ap- proaching convention of the Ma-~ rine Workers. RELIEF WORKERS UNPAID 2 WEEK NEW YORK.—Hundreds of unem- ployed, doing street cleaning and Unity League, Points The year 1914 is still fresh in the summer of that year when |on Earth, Good Will to Men.” @ ESDAY, JUNE 20 1933 Out Importance of Marine Industrial Union Convention By WILLIAM Z, FOSTER in our minds. It was early war clouds gathered through- out the whole of Europe. Diplomats called peace conferencis and pronounced the Christian brotherly dogma—that of “Peace America entered the war in | the spring of 1917 and declared jits entrance to be a contribu- tion to make the “World Safe for Democracy.” Woodrow Wilson, the white dove of peace, the president that was elected on a platform “he i kept us out of war” bequeathed to| | | the world the famous fourteen points.| | | While the war lasted these fourteen | | points became to the jingoists of this | | country a new set of holy command- \ ments. However, when Russia de-} | cided to free itself of the Czar; when| | | it declared to the whole world that it wants peace and peace it shall have, | | Woodrow Wilson, the Democratic) | “peace president” sent American) | Starlight Stadium Festival, June 25th ‘by Marine Union NEW YORK. — The Marine Workers industrial Umion will hold an Anti-War Demonstration and Festival on June 25 at the Sterlicht Stadium. This is an extremely important event, par- | ticularly at this time when the! tumble of approaching imperialist | war grows louder every day is it! important... For it is the marine) wrokers who transport the muni-| tions with which the imperialist) powers wage war. | | | 1 | Phil Raymond Secretary of the Auto Workers’ Union, center of the struggle for better conditions, and more pay in | the auto industry. PROSPERITY IN BEER IS 4 MYTH Restaurant Owners Claim Losses on | Beverage 250 Stri Page ‘nree ke in Auto Body Plant in Cleveland Demand Increase of 33 Per Cent in Wages to Meet Higher Prices, Shorter Hours CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 19.—250 workers of the Bender Body Plant walked out on strike here Friday. At a meeting held by the strikers a com~ mittee was elected representing all departments, An organizers of the Trade Union Unity League was present and addressed the strikers. The workers decided on the folowing demands: an increase of 38 per cent in wages to meet the rise in@—-—~~—— the cost of living; the eight hour day and half day on Saturday; time and a quarter for overtime; waiting time to be paid for, and recognition |of the shop committee. The strikers showed pay envelopes, far below the scale of wages which the company announces. Men work- ing 50 hours a week earned $14, altho |the company claims to be paying 35 Most of the strik- | cents an hour. ers are skilled; many have been members of the A. F. of L. unions. Many strikers joined after a de- cision to form a union had been made. The question of affiliation will be decided after the strike. The company has already offered a basic rate of 40 cents but the work- ers are firm for a 38 and a third per cent increase. |Acid Burns Worker’s * Hands; Company Fires |Him for Washing ’em | (By Am Auto Worker Correspondent) | EDGEWATER, N. J.—At the Ford | Motor Plant here a worker spilled a | considerable quantity of a badly burning acid over fs hands. }.2 what would you, or I, |do under the very same circum- tances? The only human thing for | anyone to do would be wash off the acid, if possible, just as soon as one Now, just could. And that is just what this |“human” worker did. | | However, when his absence was detected by his boss, the entire plant T must admit—it is the left wingers, Rank and File Object other workin the Sanitation De-|sdldiers to attack and invade Rus-| | °°" "St Lh a] 1 pee TRIE was searched for this one missing the Communists, who are always| other Socialists, including Saltz- |Partment as relief work supplied by|sl& through the Pacific Coast. These | world war would be a lesson to ERMC oes pe Strikers Refused Floor | worker. yhen the boss found him there to carry on activities for the| man of the Executive Committee of |'he Emergency Work Bureau have Latest pee Bed Imperialist | imperialist nations not to repeat’ roosevelt, during the By Carpenters’ Coun ei] | ashing his hands, he told this bakers dike” the Socialist Party in the Bronx and ; 9 been paid for their labor in the | Powers, go eeaiirnting the infamous | i9i4. But thia is impossible, ‘The|<srnaien, claimed it y pi worker tat he was to go to the pay- Karp was the first speaker at the meeting, and reported officially for the striking bakers of Local 509. About %0 workers and representa- tives of supporting organizations filled the hall. Demand Investigation. A motion was passed by all dele- gates present, including those of the Socialist Party, Young Peoples So- cialist League, Workmen's Circle So- cialist Consumers’ League and others ‘to investigate the policy of the Co- operative Bakery and their refusal to assist the striking bakers. Following considerable discussion, the meeting voted to call another pa- rade and demonstration in stipport of the Bakers’ Strike—to be wound up with a mass meeting. TAKEBLUM FROM SING SING T0 COMSTOCK JAIL Framed Union Leader Demanded Right to Read ‘Labor Unity’ NEW YORK.—Leon Blum, militant secretary of the Laundry Workers’ Industrial Union, railroaded by the Laundry Owners’ Association and the New York State Parole Board for 3 years to Sing Sing, has been trans- ferred from Sing Sing to Comstock Prison. The transfer took place after he demanded that he be al- lowed to receive LABOR UNITY, the revolutionary trade union publica- tion. With the hearing by the Parole Board on Blum’s case scheduled to take place in this city on June 28, numerous workers’ organizations have called upon their branches, shops and units to send telegrams, letters and resolutions this week to Joseph W. Moore, chairman of the New York State Parole Board, Muni- cipal Building, New York City, de- manding Blum’s immediate and un- conditional release. Delegates Meet Wednesday. Such calls have been sent out by the Women’s Council, the Trade Union Unity Council, the Laundry ‘Workers’ Industrial Union. The N. Y. District International Labor De- fense calls upon all its branches to send such telegrams to Moore im- mediately. A meeting of the members of the delegation, which will appear before the Parole Board to demand Blum’s release, will be held this Wednesday evening, June 21, at Ambassador Hall. On the delegation are Jacques Buitenkant, I.L.D. attorney; Samuel Berland, Herman Reingold, Douglas of the Laundry Workers’ Industrial Union, Henry Shephard, Trade Union Unity League, and Louis Da- vidson, of the Cleaners’ and Dyers’ Union. VOTE FOR WEDL SAY PAINTERS NEW YORK.—A. F. of L. painters in New York will elect a secretary- treasurer to the Disttict Council on June 24, Rank and file painters are Supporting Frank Wedl, unanimous choice for this office from Local 499. ‘Wedl is running on a platform which has among its important basic planks: enforcement of wages and conditions of the agreement now only on paper, enforcement of the union wage scale on all public and Telief jobs, job and shop committees instead of the present politician and boss controlled system, all hiring to be done through a union employment bureau, establishment of an insur- ance fund to be paid by the employ- ers and controlled by the union. In_ addition to these important planks, Wedl’s program calls for a drive to organize the unorganized and elimination of abusive practices toward the unemployed. ~He calls for exemption of the unemployed from dues, reinstating expelled members for non-payment of dues and rein- statement of the 26 expelled mem- bers who fought for the rank and file and especially for the unem- ployed Appealing to all rank and file pain- ters to vote for Wedl, the Campaign Sommittee of Local 499 declares that @ vote for Wedl is a vote for a pro- whith protects the bread and of every painter. ‘ nee shops hms a A ita SG i i AA NN IAB Nc SE RNB RG A SS OARSERESNERAIS AE AR EEEN Vascow, of the printers union, under the pressure of the rank and file. openly spoke on the floor for the committee and criticized Weinberg and Rosenberg. Vascow was particularly sharp, stating that this was a time for unity, and no time for retreat. Rubin Exposes Argument Rubin of the Food Workers Indus- trial Union stated that the argument by Weinberg that the committee would be subject to an injunction | was ridiculous. He brought applause when he said, “If you are against the committee you are against central- izing the strike.” The vote for the committee was 180 to 30. 3 ‘The question of the injunction was discussed, with overwhelming senti- ment for mass violation if enforced. ‘The resolution adopted by the con- ference pledged fullest support to the strike, saying, “We recognize the bakers’ strike as part of the struggle of the entire working class. Five points of action were agreed on: (1) To send pickets at the dis- posal of the local; (2) indoor and outdoor meetings; (3) buy bread with union label only; (4) organize com- mittees in neighborhoods to support the strike; (5) mass demonstrations. Lodge Fur Terror Protest Before Police Department NEW YORK.—A delegation of the Trade Union Unity Council appeared before the Third Division of the Po- lice Department and lodged an em- phatic protest in the name of 30,000 fur workers against polite terror in the fur market. The delegation de- manded that the fur market be opened for freedom of assemblage and that gangsters be eliminated. Represented on the delegation were Overgaard, secretary of the T.U.U.C.; Crane, of the Shoe Workers’ Indus- trial Union, and Attorney Buiten- kant. A number of fur workers ac- companied the delegation, ready to testify of their own experiences in the police attacks on the Union. The delegation demanded the right of workers to organize into whatever union they chose, and said if it were not for the inter- ference of the police department and the whole Tammany Hall ma- chinery, the employers would have been forced to settle with the for workers long ago. Cites Proof. Buitenkant cited proof of in- stances .where workers have been searched without warrants, intimi- dated, arrested and placed under) high bail, and Union officers mo- lested in their attempt to carry out their duties. i Acting Police Inspector Anderson attempted to sidetrack all the issues and to whitewash the action of the detectives. From one of the detec- tive’s statements it was clear that the whole police force is being mob- ilized to prepare to arrest and to deport all leading forces in the Union. Commenting on this meeting, the T. U.-U. C. declared that the trade unions must rally their strength to | defeat the attack on the fur work- ers by electing delegates to the | mass conference on July 16 at Web- ster Hall against the vicious pro- gram of the Roosevelt Recovery Act, Socialist A. F. L. Agent Arrests 2 Strikers NEW YORK.—At the order of a business agent of the A. F. of L. He- brew Butchers Union and member of the Socialist Party, police arrested two butchers at Greenberg and Sali- koff, 1467 13th Avenue, Brooklyn, striking for recognition of the Food Workers Industral Union and better conditions, . The business agent secured the ar- rest of these workers on the basis of an injunction the A. F. of L. union took out against the Food Workers Industrial Union restraining them from organizing butcher shops. Two Fur Meetings . Tonight at 5:30 all shop chairmen and shop committees of the furriers at Union headquarters to assist strik- ing fur: workers, 131 W. 28th St, Wednesday at 5:30 at union head- quarters all fur workers in Associ- last two weeks, leaving them and their families absolutely destitute. These jobs are the only source of relief, Those unable to get aid from the Home Relief Bureau, promises of pay have been made day after day without re- sults. The men are supposed to work ten days a month at $4.50 a day, re- ceiving $45 a month to buy food, clothing, pay rent, gas and elec- tricity. 25 Per Cent Wage Cut Regular employes receives $6 a day for the same work. In March the unemployed were getting $5 but were eut to $450. Their pay is therefore | a 25 per cent wage cut as compared 1 with the regular employes. holding them are; Great Britain. The War Danger Grows The horrible experiences of the years of the World War and the fight to make the “world safe for democracy” have left deep imprints in the memories of the workers all over the world. One would think that the horrors, devastations , and revolutions brought on by the last ATTENTION WATERFRONT MEMBERS NEW YORK.—All waterfront unit members of the Communist Party must attend the joint mect- ing of all waterfront units from | all sections at the Workers Center tonite at 7:30 p. m. STRUGGLE AGAINST PROVOCATION Workers’ Enemies Exposed WESLEY WESLEY, a young Negro worker, who showed up in San Francisco early in 1932 and claimed to be in contact with the Young Communist League of New York, has been ex- posed as totally unreliable, disrup- tive and susicious individual. It was found that in New York he had falsely claimed connectioys with the Chicago Y. C. L., had con- stantly tried to create disruption, and had even boasted of very close connections with the police. Description: About 6 ft. tall; young Mass Meet of Needle Workers Thursday in: Cooper Union Hall NEW YORK—A meeting of all crafts in the needle trades has been calléd by the Needle Trades Indus- trial Union for Thursday night after work in Cooper Union. The Industrial Recovery Bill and its effect.upon the needle trades and a report.of the progress in the fur situation will be the topics.of the meeting. All organized and unorgan- ized needle trades workers are urged te attend. TEXTILE TRIMMERS MEET TONIGHT NEW YORK—A mass meeting, called by the Textile Trimming Workers’ Union, will be held tonight at 40 W. 18th St. to take up ques- tions of importance to workers in the trade and to lay plans for an organization drive. F The union has beén successful re- cently in assisting a strike at the Mehridge Silk Mills at 39th St. and 4th Ave., Brooklyn, where 100 silk workers, after three days, won a 10 per cent wage increase and the re- | duction of two hours weekly. JEWELRY WORKERS MEET WEDNESDAY The Jewelry Workers ‘Industrial Union will have a special meeting Wednesday, 6:30 p. m., at 108 East 14th Street. Report of Unity Con- ference. Negro, light colored, soft-spoken; dresses in overalls or jeans and a leather suede jacket; plays the piano @ great deal, He disappeared from San Fran- cisco and, according to his* own ‘words, he may now be located at St. Louis, Mo. Struggle for world markets which was) the cause of the world war in 1914/ | still exists. ‘They are becoming more! intensified by the fact that Soviet | Russia, despite all the attacks upon) her, has successfully completed her} first five year plan in four years,! and has become an economic and ; political power. Roosevelt Prepares War Today, after fifteen years of so- j called peace, Europe is a “smoking powder barrel.” President Roose-| velt’s message to the imperialists | of the world for “peace” has all the earmarks of Wilson’s “peace” mes- sages of 1917. “If any strong nation refuses to join with genuine sin-! cerity in these concerted efforts for| Political and economic peace, the one | at Geneva and the other at London, progress can be obstructed and ul- | timately blocked. 2a such event the] ilized world seeking both forms of | peace, will know where the respon- sibility for failure lies.” This is part of Roosevelt’s peace message to the world. Well, what about the Amer- on infantry and marines in China? What about the American military occupation of Haiti? What about the American fortifications and troops in the Philippines? “We have done our part. America | is not to blame if the Disarmament ; Conference and the World Economic; Conference both go to smash. The/ responsibility for the ensuing world | war will lie upon America’s rivals and not upen the United States.” This is said Iw Roosevelt at a time when America is spending $230,000,- 000 for additional warships, and the Secretary of the Navy is advocating and pushing a program for the build- ing of another 119 warships at a cost of a half billion dollars. The mili- tary training reforestation camps} have been established under the! guise and mask of relieving the un-| employed situation. In reality, how- ever, they are used for the purpose of training the young workers to be- | come fit cannon fodder for the next World War. Mr. Fechner, National Director of these reforestation camps, proudly states the “men are being) processed and equipped at a hicner rate than at any time during the late World War.” The Workers Fight Against War ‘The role the militant trade unions, affiliated with Red Trade Union In- ternational, will play in the next World War is obvious. The Marine Workers Industrial Union is prepar- ing to meet the “peace mongers” of the U. 8. A. by organizing its forces against the shipment of ammunition to other countries which will be used to attack the Soviet Union. For this PI the Marine Workers Indus- tiral Union will hold its convention in the city of New York on July 16, 17 and 18, | things are worse than ever. vendors of beer, especially aurant proprietors, are wi before. the rest-| off than Such _is the conclusion arrived at by New York nt proprietors Twenty members of the Society of Restauranteurs, met at the Hotel As- tor to compare notes on beer. Not! one of them was imistic about| the future of beer as far as in- creased business is concerned The chief complaints of the res-| taurant proprietors’ are that the sale) of beer usually results sale of food and that | patrons drinking less coffee—and| the sale of coffee is more profitable] than beer. As for the 3.2 wine, that is worse than nothing in the unanimous it | Brotherhood of Carpenters, Wilson opinion of the restaurant owners. NEW YORK.—The general organ izer of the District Council of opposed giving the floor in his local, | No. 246, to a committee of strikers! from the Forest Box and Lumber Co. ‘Ihe strikers are all members of the erhood and the officials of the + Council have refused them strike aid. The District Council leadership support the company’s stand that there is no strike and stab the strik- ers in the back by permitting the company to retain the union label. Despite the collaboration of the union leadership and the bosses, picketing continues and the rank and file members of the Brotherhood are supporting the strikers, with cash and by joining the picket line at 38-56 Vernon Ave., L. I. City. master for his money, and that he | was firad for violating a strict com- pany rule—absenting himself from is work. | ‘This worker then asked his boss what he would have done had he | spilled burning acid on his hands. \"This is what the boss told him: “I | am not here to tell'you what I would |do, I am here to fire you when you do not abide by the rules of the | company.” | You know, all workers’ washrooms at this plant are locked at 8 a.m., when the workers go to work, and re not unlocked again until lunch time. But, this worker had spilled the acid over his hands at 10 o'clock in the morning. However, company rules were such that this worker | Should have waited two hours longer before washing his hands. ¥F. 1,000 Strike When Carolina Mill Lays Of{ Hosiery Workers Recovery Act Forces:Lay-Offs, Company Declares, A. F. L. Prepares Sell-Out; Strikes in Small Mills Continue CHARLOTTE, N. C., June 19.—One thousand workers are on strike here against the Hudson Silk Hosiery Mill, because of the discharge of some of their number in connection with union activities. The workers of the Larkwood Mill are holding meetings, and it is ex- pected that they also will strike. ‘The reduction in the working force was caused by the passage of the Industrial Control Act, M. E. Pierson, vice-president and secretary of the Hudson Mills, told the strikers. He explained that the Act limits plants to two shifts every 24 hours, and said that “for this reason” they would have to lay off 150 workers. The strike broke out June 12, be- cause of the firing of seven workers known to be active in the organiza- tion of a union. The American Fed- eration of Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers is in control of the strike, and the usual sell-out is expected, unless the workers form their own rank-and-file committees and insist , that these committees have charge of the strike. | The workers at Rock Hill, 8. C., who have been on strike against the Industrial Mill, have been told to get out of the company houses. | A small strike took place June 123 | at the Yazoo Yarn Mill, Yazoo City, | Miss., and was settled June 13 with | @ ten per cent pay increase. There is, however, a joker in the agreement, to the effect that the increase is to continue only until the Industrial Recovery Act goes into effect. Court. Frees Workers Who Defend Selves NEW YORK.—Sadie Berg, Irving Hartman and Bertha Friedman were | acquitted yesterday at the Pennsyl- yania and Liberty Avenue Court in Brooklyn where they were tried on disorderly conduct charges for par- ticipating in a demonstration before the Home Relief Bureau. Sadie Berg had announced that she would defend herself in court. This marks the second victory in as many cases where workers defended themselves, stated the International Labor Defense yesterday. RECOVERY ACT, LIKE 1910 GARMENT PROTOCOL, 3 WILL WORK TO THE EMPLOYERS ADVANTAGE The Strikebreaking Forerunners of the Recovery Bill—Article 2 By HY KRAVIF Summary of Article 1 In the first article the writer pointed out that the Protocol of 1910 signed by the Cloak and Skirt Manufacturers’ Protective Associa- tion and. the Joint Board of Cloak and Skirt Makers’ Unions and the War Labor Board of 1918 antici- pated the present Recovery Act by providing class collaboration machinery which was enforced in the first instance by the so-called impartial “public” and in the case of the War Labor Board by the government. Under this machin- ery, strikes were outlawed, and the union officialdom became the agents of the bosses and the gov- ernment to maintain “order and discipline” in the shops.—Editorial Ne Pee es ‘ I. It was under the Protocol of 1910 that the “closed” shop for which the workers had struggled so long was lost when Louis D. Brandeis, now a Supreme Court Justice, but then chairman of the Board of Arbitra- tion in the Cloak and Suit industry substituted the “preferential” or “union” shop for the closéd shop. The “preferential” shop permitted non-union and union workers to work side by side and left it to the worker to decide whether he choose to be- come a union member, with the pref- erence supposedly going to the union men for jobs. But this plan broke the power of the union to determine the hiring and firing of the workers on the job and their conditions. ‘This Brandeis plan was the strike- breaking fore-runner of the present “Jabor” section of the Recovery Act which is also intended to eliminate and even outlaw the existence of the closed union shop. Bosses Relied on Labor Misleaders. Even in those days the employers relied fully on the co-operation of the labor “leaders”. Julius Henry in his book “Law and Order in Industry” declares that Hart Schaffner and Marx which established relations with Sidney Hillman of the Amalga- mated Clothing Workers along lines similar to that of the protocol found it to be to the “business interest of the firm to accord the fulest co-oper- ation to the union leaders.” The Ja- bor misleaders of those days were as useful to the employers as they are today in the task of putting over their attacks on the workers. Wins- low in his pamphlet “Limitations Im- posed by the Protocol Upon the Unions, points out that protection was provided (by the labor mislead- ers) the employers “against exorbi- tant demands” of piece workers’ and methods of discipline and conduct were created in the factory. This will be the role of the present officials of the A. F. of L. Getting Rid of Militants ‘That the officials will be of use in getting rid of militants and revolu- tionary workers can be predicted from the experience of the days of the Protocol when this instrumento’ enabled the employers to get rid of “undesirable” workers by forcing the union to expel them. Winslow showed that the “pres- ent method (under the Protocol) of dealing with employees who create disturbances or who are guilty of negligence or some wrongful fact is that the union either fines the employee or ex- pels hiw: from membership. This method has worked to the ad- vantage of the employer in many cases since the establishment of the Protocol”. And it will work to the advantage of the employ- ets under the Recovery Act in 1983, What to Expect of the Roosevelt Plan. The grievances and complaints of | the workers under the arbitration ar- rangement provided by the Protocol increased steadily. Most frequent among the complaints were “discrim- ination against individuals, wrong- ful discharge, paying under agreed scale, non-payment for legal holidays. dispute in price making, non-protocol conditions in the shops and claims for wages due.” Employers violated the agreement at will but most crim- inal of all was the delay in adjust- ment and déliberate sabotage of the workers’ complaints. At the same time the manufacturers achieved their objective of consolidating and building their association and driving ut their weaker competitors. This experience shows us what may be ex- pected from the Roosevelt plan. Class Cooperation Plan Fails. Yet despite all gains to employers the scheme finally blew up in 1916 after surviving a critical stage in 1913. For struggles on the part of militant workers continued to take place, despite the orders of the union offficialdom. This class collaboration scheme, the attempt to secure “in- dustrial peace” was doomed to fail, just as the Roosevelt plan is doomed to fail. For such schemes seek to stifle what cannot under capitalism be stifled—the class struggle. For it is the class struggle which is the liv- ing thing, the. reality. Workers have learned through bitter experience that they cannot expect employers to live up to agreements; that the capitalist government posing as rep- resenting the “public” is always at the beck and call of the owners whose tool it is. And it is “labor leaders” such as Green, Hillman, Woil and their like who by their class-collaborationist betrayal policies attempt to lead the workers to disaster and enslavement —the Roosevelt deal for workers. Only by the struggle policy of the Communist Party and the Trade Union Unity League organzations, can workers expect to gain concessions and win victories and finally, the overthrow of the capitalist private profit and property system, HEAR GONSHAK APPEAL TODAY NEW YORK.—Hearing on the ap- peal filed by the N. Y. District In- ternational Labor Defense for the re- versal of Judge. Aurelio’s decision, sentencing Sam Gonshak, Secretary of the Downtown Unemployed Coun~- cil, to two years on Welfare Island, will be heard today at noon before Chief Justice Kernochan in Criminal Courts Building, Smith and Scher- merhorn Sts., Brooklyn. Workers are urged to attend this hearing, which is open ‘to the public. Many telegrams have been sent by workers and their organizations to Chief Justice Kernochan demanding Gonshak’s immediate freedom. HALL, SMITH CASES POSTPONED Despite strenuous objections by the International Labor Defense attor- ney, the case of Anna Hall, arrested for demonstrating at a home relief | bureau, was again postponed, this time to Monday, June 26, on the ex- cuse that one of the cops who was to testify against her had. failed to receive notice to appear. The trial of Robert D. Smith, Ne- gro worker, arrested at an open air meeting held in Harlem for the re- lease of the Scottsboro boys, was also postponed until next Monday. STATEN ISLAND UNEMPLOYED COUNCIL FORCES RELIEF FOR NEGRO WORKER NEW YORK.—The Staten Island Unemployed Council at 249 Clove Road forced the Stapleton Home Re- lief Bureau to give relief last week to a Negro worker who had been"dis- criminated against by the Bureau of~ ficials. WORKERS’ CLUBS CARNIVAL JUNE 2 The first summer celebration of the youngest mass organizations, the Workers’ Clubs will take place Sa- turday, June 24, in a Carnival at Ulmer Park, Brooklyn. For the occasion the following features have been arranged: a mass chorus of 600, latest Soviet newsreels, a new political saifre by the Workers’ Laboratory Theatre, sports and games accompanied by three brass bands, and dancing with music sup- plied by two jazz orchestras. Have you proached your fel- ur shop with a copy of the ‘Daily?’ If not, do s0 TOoDAYy' ‘ ‘ — To Evict 7 Today NEW YORK.—Seven tenants are threatened with eviction todey at 7101 Bay Parkway in Brooklyn, whére a rent strike is in progress under the leadership of the House Com- mittee and the Bath Beach Unem- Ployed Council. Evictions were halted yesterday when more than 100 tenants of the house and neighborhood picketed de- spite a horde of police present to assist the marshal. The House Committee issued an appeal to all workers, asking them to | assist in preventing the evictions this morning. The house is under the receiver- ship of the Guarantee Trust Co, |Move Evicted Worker Into Apartment, Then Form Block Committee NEW YORK.—a block committee was formed after workers on W, 65th St. saw what organization accom- Plished in the case of D. Meier, 10 W. 65th St., who was evicted with a 10-week old baby and his wife re- cently returned from the hospital. Although the Home Relief Bureat finally gave him rent, he was told to move in another and cheaper apartment, but no arrangements for moving were made. The West Side Unemployed Coun+ cil, 419 W. 53d St., sent two dele- gates to the scene who, after holding a short meeting, rallied a group of neighbors and together moved the worker into his new apartment. Realizing from this that nothing could have been done alone the worke ers took the suggestion of the meme bers of the council to form a block committee to fight against evictions, relief cuts and other conditions, CAPACITY AUDIENCE HEARS LUSTRATED LECTURE ON SOU’ NEW YORK.—A capacity audience at the Furniture Workers’ Industrial Union Hall, 818 Broadway, heard Sender Garlin, Daily Worker corres- pondent, Friday night, deliver an il- |lustrated lecture on conditions in the |South. Many were turned away for |lack of space. Following the lecture, many in the audience filled owt application cards for membership in the LL.D. A Scottsboro Mass recitation by the downtown LL.D. dramatic group which preceded the lecture waa en- ““wasiastically recalve* ’