The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 22, 1933, Page 1

| Subscribers Should Be Visited by Specially Selected Workers to See If Their Service Is Satisfactory ! Vol. X, No. 149 ist Party U.S.A. (Section of the Comemunist International) Order the Articles on by THE WEATHER—Today: Saturday, “our Bundles Now of the Daily Worker Containing Recovery Act, Beginning This Harry Gannes the Industry Partly cloudy; probably showers; moderate temperature; westerly winds. Matered 26 sevend-cless matéar at the Pest Offiee sf Now York, N. Y., umder the Act of March 5, 17. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1933 CITY EDITION Price 3 Cents Make Your Voices Heard Against Roosevelt’s Program National Industrial Recovery Administration, of which the A. F. of L. bureaucracy is already a part, has launched a whirlwind drive to put over Roosevelt's attacks on the workers’ living standards before the masses fully grasp the meaning of his boss-dictated plans, and before they can organize their resistance. This is the reason for the tremendous flood of publicity during the past few days, all of which attempts to con- ceal the real aims of the bosees behind flowery promises to the workers, But the real aims nevertheless stand out. Besides directly aiding the bosses through ths repeal of the anti-trust laws and the enforced con- solidation of industry under big-banker control, the so-called “Recovery” law further undermines the workers’ living standards and destroys their | organizations, This is shown by the first “code” submitted under the jaw, that. for the textile industry. The proposed “minimum” wage of $10 in the South and $11 in the North, which will become not the mini- mum, but the maximum wage, represents a lowering of the wages of | textile workers. Furthermore’ the “code” excepts apprentices, cleaners and outside workers irom even this minimum, thus leaving the door open for still greater slashes in tne workers’ incomes. In each industry— steel, coal, auto, ete—plans will be quickly prepared for submission to the Washington authorities. To accomplish this the resistance. of the workers must be broken; no Strixes or protest actions must be permitted. The leaders of the A. F. of L.—Green, Woll, Lewis, Hillman, etc.—part of whom have openly been incorporated in the government apparatus for enforcing the “recovery” law, are assigned to this task, As direct agents of the bosses and the government, they will atterrpt to destroy all militancy among the work- ers, and split their ranks in every struggle attempted. Where neces- sary, aS was the case during the war, the government and the manu- factures will actually aid these mis-leaders by forcing workers to join A. F. of L, unions only to better break their resistance to wage cuts, the Stagger plan, the speed-up and to the worsened conditions brought on by inflation. In other cases the same aim will be served by attempting to force workers into acknowledged company unions. In both cases, with the help of the A. F. of L. bureaucracy, the bosses aim to hog- tie the workers, while they extract their pound of flesh. This is shown by a whole series of acts, only a few of which we can mention here. oe tee In the fur market in New York, a reactionary united front of the fur manufacturers, the A. F. of L., the Socialist Party and the govern- ment—national and city—has been formed to destroy the Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union, as a first step in a new attack on the hard- won conditions of the furriers. In mining, John L. Lewis, completely discredited among the miners because of past sell-outs, is openly working with the coal operators and the administrators of the “Recovery” law to destroy the fighting Na- tional Miners Union, and the Progressive Miners Union in Southern Tilinois, In Auto, where there has never been an established A. F. of L, union, Frank X, Martel announces a new “organization” drive to which, “he says, three A. F. of L. organizers will be assigned, in an effort to dis-organize the-Auto -Workers Union which, through many strikes, has ‘recently improved the conditions of all auto workers. In Steel, according to word from Youngstown and other steel cen- ‘ters, the steel mill owners are rushing through “elections” of so-called “workers’ representatives” under their company-union These are the maneouvers that Roosevelt, in his new act, refers to as ‘collective bargaining” in which the workers’ make their voices heard “through representatives of their own choosing.” But when the workers really choose their own representatives, as was the case mong the Brownsville, Pa. miners, the real meaning of the act becomes clear. These miners selected two of their number to present their cases. The two were immediately fired. John L. Lewis could “re- present” the miners, but not two rank and file mine workers directly from the pit. The new “Recovery” act. is intended, not to give the workers even a hearing, but to slash their living standards with the least possible mass resistance. ‘ But these miners gave the proper answer, the answer that the work- ers everywhere should give. They struck, two thousand strong, demand- ing the re-instatement of their representatives and improved conditions in the mines. Their answer to Roosevelt's Recovery Act was a strike to recover the losses made possible by John L. Lewis past betrayals. The workers can serve their own interests only by insisting upon their own form of organization, by selecting fellow workers in whom they really have confidence, by real “representatives of their own choos- ing.” Only shop committees elected by themselves; only fighting trade unions which they themselves control, can defeat the new attempts to worsen their conditions. Only a well-organized opposition movement of the rank and file workers inside of the A. F. of L. unions can transform the A. F. of L. locals into unions serving the workers’ interests and de- feat. the efforts of the bureaucracy to make them mere instruments of the government in its hunger and war offensive, { A tremendous activity among the workers is now needed. The set- ting up of shop committees, the building of the militant unions of the T.U.U.L,, the strengthening of the rank and file opposition movement in the A. F. of L., a militant struggle against the company union schemes— these steps are necessary if wage cuts are to be stopped, if higher wages and improved conditions are to be won. The werkers can not rely on the machinery of the Recovery Act; this is created for the bosses. They can rely only on their own com- mittees, on unions that they control, and on\ their own mass strength. Attempts to cut wages, to worsen conditions, can only be met with strike action, Now is the time to prepare in all industries. Workers, unite your ranks in the factories. Communist, Socialist and A. F. of L. workers—set up joint committees to protect and improve your conditions. Resist all efforts to lower your living standards still further. Prepare for strike action under the leadership of your own com- mittees, the only effective method of defeating the bosses’ attacks. Solidarity With the Heroic Fight of the German Workers ‘The day after tomorrow, the workers of the United States will rally in serried ranks for the demonstration on National Anti-Fascist Day under the auspices of the United Front Anti-Fascist Committee throughout the country. Last Sunday, the woriers of Europe held an International Sol- idarity Day for the heroic Geriian workers fighting against the Hitler fascist dictatorship, This Saturday, the workers on this side of the ocean will follow the splendid éxample of their fellow-workers in the countries of Europe, demonstrating in one mighty voice of protest against the fas- cist terror in Germany and organizing the relief of their German class comrades fighting in the front lines against the Nazi murder squads. And their fight is our fight, for a blow struck against fascism in any country of the world is a blow struck for the Working class in every other country as well, The fascist trend here is evidenced in the National Industrial Recovery Act, sponsored by the Roosevelt administration, which is showing its hideous mailed fist ‘The fascist terror against the German working class, which has not - stopped, but is continuing with undiminished intensity all the time, is trying to smash the German workcss’ revolutionary resistance to the capitalist dictatorship. The hundreds of workers murdered, the tens of thousands in jail, the thousands who are refugees from thetr native land, call to us for unswerving loyalty and solidarity with them in their daunt- leas fight against Hitlerism. June 24 must he made a mighty demon- stration of solidarity, lending heart to the courageous German anti-fascist and rallying the American working clays for the aid of the Al Rally German Against Fascism Saturday, June 24 Millions of Our German Fellow-Workers Look to Us for Aid | and tens of thousands of militant German workers languishing in the | Nazi jails, and with death sentences hanging over the heads of the best | leaders of the German Communist Party, the workers of the United States are mobilizing all their organizations for the mighty demonstration on | Saturday, June 24, National Anti-¢- NEW YORK.—With Ernst Thaelmann, Torgler, Dimitroff, Popoff, Taneff, | Fascist Day. Demonstrations will be held all over the country under the auspices of the United Front Anti-Fascist | Committees in various cities and of various language groups. | New York. | In preparation for National Anti- Fascist Day, June 24, a mass meet- ing is being held Friday, June 23, at Spartacus Hall, 25th Street and 8th Avenue, under the auspices of Sec- tion 2, District 2, of the Communist Party. The Scottsboro demonstration in Upper Harlem today will also rally the Negro and white workers in support of the campaign against German Fascism. A preliminary Anti-Fascist Rally has been arranged by the Bronx Sec- tion of the International Labor De- fense for Friday, June 23, at Wil- kins and Intervale Ave. Brooklyn. | _ The revolutionary org&nizations of | Coney Island, Brighton, Boro Park, Bensonhurst and Flatbush are ar- ranging a number of indoor and open-air rallies in preparation for the June 24 city-wide demonstration | in Union Square. Brooklyn Lyceum Meet Thursday Thursday night, at the Brooklyn |Labor Lyceum, Willoughby and Myrtle Aves., Sidney Bloomfield, as- sistant director of the Workers’ School, and E. Stams, chairman of the German Anti-Fascist United Front, will speak on “Has German Fascism Succeeded in Smashing the Working Class Movement?” Amter. to Speak “In Brooklyn Friday night there will be anti- fascist rallies in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, with the main gathering at Grand St. Extension. | Israel Amter, National Secretary { of the Unemployed Councils, will speak at the Anti-Fascist demon- stration Friday night, June 28. The demonstration will be preceded by a torchlight parade, beginning at Pennsylvania and Sutter at 7:30 p.m. This parade will wind up at Hopkin- son and Pitkin, where loud speakers will carry the words of Amter and other speakers to thousands of work- ers expected to assemble at this point. On Saturday the whole country will be emblazoned with the anti-Fascist rallying cry: “Down with German Fascism! For the Freedom of Thaelmann, Torgler, and the thousands of working class prisoners!” Organize the collection of funds to aid our German class comrades. Rush relief funds at once to the National Committee to Aid Victims of Ger- man Fascism, 75 Fifth Avenue, New York City. PERKINS STOPS _ HOSIERY STRIKE PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 21.— Emil Rieve, Socialist President of the Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers Un- ion affiliated to the United Textile Workers, after trying unsuccessfully to organize the unorganized workers by getting the cooperation of the bosses, issued an order for a general strike to take effect today. The strike was hastily called off, how- yever, in compliance with s telegram from the U. S, Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins. Clara Zetkin’s Ashes to _ Be Buried in Red Square By N. BUCHWALD. | (Moscow Correspondent MOSCOW, June 21.—Factories, homes, and public buildings are draped no longer confined on bread and| with red flags bordered with black as an endless stream of workers files | water in an isolation cell, but are through the Hall of Columns where the body of Clara Zetkin lies in state. | receiving the regular prison food and | The best women shock workers | guard of honor at the bier. The hall is filled with flowers from many or- ganizations. The face of the dead veteran of the revolutionary movement appears as if in serene repose, while heartfelt sadness is evident on the faces of the mourning workers as they mutely bid farewell to their beloved Clara, fondly known here as “Our Clara.” The Soviet press carries statements by veterans of the international rey- olutionary movement, all paying glowing tribute to the memory of a great fighter for the emancipation of the proletariat. The body will be cremated tonight and her ashes will be buried tomor- row in a niche in the Kremlin wall on Red Square. Clara Zetkin will be the first woman honored by burial in Red Square, the resting place of tit leaders of the international revolu- tionary movement. : Pees NEW YORK, June 21—“A revolu- tionary militant’s life is ended, but the memory of Clara Zetkin, Presi- |dent of the International Red Aid | (to which the LL.D. is affiliated), |bers of the LR.A.,” said a message |to militant American workers sent |through the International Labor De- fense from the Executive Commit- tee of its international organization, the International Red Aid, in Mos- cow. The cable announcing the death of the beloved leader of the LR.A., continued: “Clara Zetkin’s work will be con- tinued, As early as the time of Bis- marck she fought against class jus- tice. Capitalism jailed her during the world massacre because of her struggles against war. “On the occasion of her death, the Executive Committee of the I. R. A. ;calls for the strengthening of the I. R, A. to which Clara Zetkin de- voted so much of her life-blood.” Expressing the sorrow of the work- ers of America at Clara Zetkin’s death and pledging I. L. D., mem- bers to extend the fight against class justice, Fascism and imperialist war, the I.L.D. cabled the LR.A. in Mos- cow as follows: “American masses grieve over the death of our Clara Zetkin, staunch revolutionary. Her courageous fight. against class justice, imperialist war, inspires I. L. D, members to extend the anti-imperialist, anti-fascist work of struggling against class jus- tice in the U. 8S. “We pledge to increase the ranks of the I. L. D. and to ee ‘revolutionary front on which Zetkin gave her life.” t | will remain in the hearts of all mem-| it of the Daily Worker.) are among those taking turn as the \Flyer Says Mattern Is Safe on Island Near Siberian Coast SEATTLE, June 21.—Revived hope for the safety of James Mattern was felt today when Nat. C. Browne, who fell into Puget Sound here last year while trying to take off on a non- stop flight to Tokio, said that he was certain that the round-the-world flyer had closely hugged the Siberian coast in his flight from Khabarovsk | Browne added that most Alaskan flyers shared the opinion that Mat- tern had stayed close to shore, and that he would probably be found soon on some island along the coast. |Roosevelt Vetoes All Cuts in Naval Reserve Budget WASHINGTON, June 21.—Fol- | lowing his signing of the Inde- | pendent Offices Bill which slashes | the wages and the compensation of war veterans by almost a bil- | lion dollars, Roosevelt today veto- | ed the proposed cuts in the ap- | propriations for the Naval Re- | | serve. The appropriation for the Naval | | | | Reserve had been cut to $600,000 for the coming year. Roosevelt vetoed this cut, and restored the | appropriation to $2,115,653. | Roosevelt's order restores full pay to ail officers in active service, | and places Naval Air Reservists on | a flying basis. All Naval drills menue wi and all Naval estab- nts which would have been closed, are now to be opened to| carry out a full Naval program for 1933-34. PATTERSON “HEARING IS DUE TODAY | ILD Lawyer toDemand_| ‘New Trial for Framed Scottsboro Youth CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., June 21. —Osmond K. Fraenkel, New York constitutional lawyer retained by the International Labor Defense, was en- route here today to join Gen. George W. Chamlee, chief of the I.L.D. legal corps in the Scottsboro case. To- gether they will appear before Judge James E. Horton at Athens, Ala., to- morrow to argue a motion for a new trial for Haywood Patterson, first of the ‘nine Negro Scottsboro boys to be re-tried, convicted and again| sentenced to death. The lawyers, backed by increasing mass protest, will show the frame-up nature of the Patterson lynch verdict when they appear before Judge Hor- ton at Athens. On Friday, Judge B. L. Malane is scheduled to hear the} cases of Roy Wright and Eugene Wil- | liams, youngest of the Scottsboro) boys, in juvenile court in Decatur. Latest information from Birming- |ham city jail where the nine boys| are confined is that following Cham- | lee’s visit to them and his demand ‘abuses be eliminated, the boys are} allowed to mingle with each other as well to receive visitors again. Pe ET Call for Greater Protest | NEW YORK.—The International; Labor Defense today called for inten- | sification of the mass protests to de- mand the release of the Scottsboro/ boys. Meetings and demonstrations) should be arranged throughout this week, the I.L.D. stated ,to back the legal actions scheduled in Alabama later this week in connection with the case. Telegrams of protest demanding the unconditional safe release im- mediately of Roy Wright and Eugene Williams and Haywood Pctterson should be sent to Judge James E. Horton, Athens, Ata. and Judge B. L. Malone, Decatur, Ala. | INTO WAGE NEGOTIATIONS ~)U. S. RAILWAY CO-ORDINATOR ENTERS TO ENFORCE THE TEN PER CENT BASIC PAY SLASH Proposes Stalling Off Owners’ Demand for Additional 12 and a Half Cut for 6 Months to Prevent Restoring 10 Per Cent Railway Labor Officials Surrender Completely to Deal; Engineers’ Convention Ignores Issue; Gover nment Heads off Struggle for Living Standards WASHINGTON, D. C., June 21.—The first move of the ne wly appointed Rail Coordinator Joseph B. Eastman under the Emergency Railway Act was to enter the present wage nego- tiations between the railroad owners and the railroad labor that the ten per cent wage cut which was to be withdrawn b: vember Ist, be made permanent. Eastman’s proposal by means of which chiefs yesterday and propose y terms of agreement on No- this temporary 10° per cent slash will be ef-?—— fected on the basic pay rates of | additional 12:2 per cent cut in the ilr ‘kers i rey | Coming conferences. the railroad workers is a clever | While the owners and officials are maneuver. He proposes that the 12/maneuvering to destroy the wage and a half per cent cut which the} scales which the railroad workers employers are demanding be stalled | have won through many bitter strug- off for six months during which time | gles, the Locomotive Engineers Con- the previous 10 per cent cut will con-| vention is meeting in Cleveland and tinue until negotiations are renewed.| completely sidetracking the issue of Railroad labor officials are report-| struggle against the imposition of er to have surrendered to this horse) new wage cuts. trading deal in a statement in which! Increased Profits for Rail Lines they declare that they “will gladly go| The reports for May indicate that along with the Presidents’ proposal.”’| several rail lines are showing in- Fear Boomerang jereases.in net income although the Fearing that the wage cut to the) cent cut in the workers’ wages |railroad owners plead for a 22% per| [Profits for B. M. T.| Subways Greater '|\Now Than in 1932 NEW YORK, June 21—At the very moment when the city gov- | ernment has pledged the bankers| | | that it will raise subway fares to 8 cents after the November elec- tions, the announcement comes |that the Brooklyn - Manhattan | Transit System, which controls the major portion of the city’s} |railroad workers at this time would| disillusion many of the workers about | transportation lines showed great- Increased profits were recorded for) | er profits for the 11 months end- the announced wage increases to|the Chesapeake and Ohio R. R. and come as a result of the Recovery Act, Eastman, closeted with the principal railway executives, is reported as} having said the following: ‘“Don't| put your 12 and a half per cent pay| cut notice into effect now. You sim-| ply will be throwing a monkey wrench into the president’s reorganization program. Postpone the noe tor Ato Workers Convention months . . . then if conditions are no better or only slightly better, rail- road labor will agree to an exten-| sion of the original 10 per cent. de-! duction.” The proposal that the unions give up their right under the present agreement to have their for-| mer wages restored on November 1) clearly exposes the fact that the gov-| ernment the side of the railroad owners in the present wage negotiations to| slash the railroad workers’ scale. By continuing the negotiations to January the 10 per cent deduction | automatically continues, and the new) negotiations begin on the basis of a} reduced basic rate of pay. The maneuvers of stman and the railroad owners will at the same time prevent any struggles for wage inereases to meet the rising prices caused by inflation, They are de- termined not only to continue the 10 per cent cut but to put over the | | 21 Upholstery Shops on Strike for Wage Raise in Philadelphia) PHILADELPHIA, June 21—Three| hundred workers in 21 upholstery} shops in the city were out on strike today under the leadership of Local 77 of the A. F. of L. The upholster- ers are demanding a minimum wage of $1 per hour for springers and 50 | 5969 14th St., for the. Alton, a subsidiary of the Baltimore and Ohio and also for the Kansas City Southern where a strike against a wage cut was declared re-| cently. ing May 31, 1933, than for the) same period ending May, 1932. this yenr the #%.M.T. showed profits of $6,464,000, as compared | with $6,324,000 for last year. | Delegates in Detroit vainsea| Parade in Detroit Starting at 6 P.M. Will Escort to Meeting DETROIT, June 21.—The national convention of the Anto Workers be the main speaker. Delegates and other auto workers will parade to the meeting from two points, Perrien Park, located at Chene and Brandy, and Clark Park, Scot- | ten and Vernor Highway. The par. ades will start at 6 p.m. and will be led by the A.W.U, Brass Band. The convention sessions will open Saturday at 10 am. in Finnish Hall, and will continue all day Saturday and Sunday. Many delegates from auto centers outside of Detroit are expected. The con- vention will formulate a program of | action for organizing struggles of the employed and unemployed auto work- ers and for building a powerful Auto | Workers’ Union. In an effort to knife the conven- tion plans and as pari of their pro- gram of collaboration with the Roo- sevelt government, the Detroit Fed-/ eration of Labor has called a mass meeting of auto workers for last Monday night, in the Labor Temple, | is throwing its weight On| Union will open with a mass meeting Friday night, June 23, at 7:30, at Cass Technical High School, Vernor Highway and Second Boulevard. basic| Stachel, assistant national secretary of the Trade Union Unity League, will Jack | backing of the governmeni |the Detroit Federation leaders, like | the National leaders of the A. F. of L., are making use of this Wall Stre |} measure to hamstring the struggl | of the auto workers and to orga’ fascist company unions The mass mecting called by the Detroit Federation leaders was sup- ported by the leaders of the So- | News Flash | CHICAGO, June 21.—The Inter- | national Negro Youth Conference | was halted yesterday, the meeting | dispersed and the building closed when an overwhelming majority of | the Negro youth delegates rallied to the program of militant strug- | gle presented by James W. Ford, Negro worker and Communist can- didate for vice-president last fall. cents an hour for other workers a/for the purpose of organizing a new 40-hour week and the elimination! quto union. The leaflet issued by of piece work. é | these archbetrayers cites the passing The strikers elected a broad strike|of the National Industrial Recovery committee and are preparing to pull) Act as offering the auto workers an out additional shops. ‘opportunity to organize with the | The conference was being held | in the Good Shepherd Congrega- | tional Church, 5700 Prairie Ave. | had been called for June 20 to 23 by the reformist committee of which John M. Gray is chairman, Conference, J uly 15 at Webster Hall ‘The call to action printed below has been issued to all trade un- ions, to all workers in the factor- ies, to all workers’ fraternal organ- izations by a Provisional Commit- tee organized for the defense of the trade unions and consisting of members of A. F. of L. unions, of independent unions and of unions of the Trade Union Unity League. The call should be taken up im- mediately - and two delegates | should be elected from every or- | ganization, shop and factory which the call may reach to attend a conference, called by the commit- tee to defend the trade unions. The Conference .takes place at Webster Hall, 11th Street and 4th Ave., on July 15 at 1 p. m. nF ee Sisters aad Brothers: t “Our trade unions and other work- | ers’ organizations are in danger! The! organizations which we have built’ through years of sacrifice to lead our struggles for better living conditions are threatened with being wiped out. “The Roosevelt government+is re- ) ing strike movement of the workers for higher wages, the struggle of the junemployed for adequate relief and federal unemployment insurance, and the fight of the veterans for the bo- nus. Through their stagger plan un- | der the guise of a shorter work week, | the policy of inflation and new taxes, |the establishment of forced labor camps, the government seeks to guar- antee greater profits for the bosses. A. F. of. L. Officials Assist Govern- ment Drive Against Workers j “The Executive Council of the A. F. of L. and its supporters in the various International and local un- ions are endorsing this infamous Na- tional Recovery Bill which aims to} reduce the American workers to a state of chattel slavery, The leaders ; the A. F, of L. are travelling on the same road which led to the weakening of the unions in recent years. They are continuing the pol- icy which demoralized the members. wiped out all union standards and pleced the organizations into the hands of the most unscrupulous rack- eters. trayals practiced by these leaders led, to the formation of several militant! independent unions. Lately new ex- pulsions, organizations and stvike- sorting to these measures to further the burdens of the crisis on our Tt alms to destroy. the ris- | ‘breaking acts have again been car- tied through by these leaders, which Tmust sound the alarm to every honest, '|Proposed Demands | | The mass expulsions and be-| | thinking worker. declined by millions and the stand- Weaken Union’ Against Boss Attacks “Everywhere racketeering, corrup- tion and misuse of funds is flourish- | ing. In every instance, leadcts of the A. F. of L, Executive Council have supported these grafters against the rank and file, thus weakening and demoralizing the trade unions against the attacks of the employers. The membership of the A. F. of L. has | years of struggle and sacrifice, are being wiped out. Fur Workers Reyolt “In the fur trade, the workers re- ‘volted against these policies, united their ranks and carried through suc- cessful strikes in which they ‘won week for thousands of workers. They established an. unemployment insur- ance fund, paid for by the bosses and for J uly 15 controlled by the workers. They col- lected $31,000 in back wages for the Conference workers in a brief period of several ; months and almost completely un- | ionized all branches of the fur indus- try. “Now the bosses, with the open as- ; Sistance of the police and the A, F. , of L. leadership as well as the lead- ers of the Socialist Party, have start- (ed the most vicious attacks on the | fur workers’ union, which aims to wipe out the gains won by them and which is calcuiated to clear the way for a general attack upon all unions with the introduction of the Indus- | trial.Recovery Bill. The attack on the furriers was followed by an attack on the Food Workers Industrial Union, striking workers were arrested and held om high bail under -the- charge 1—The defense of the trade unions as fighting organizations of labor. | 2.—For the right of the workers , to belong to any organization! | they choose. 3.—For the defense of the fur | workers against the attack of the) bosses, the police, A. F. of L., and | Socialist leaders. | 4.—To oust the racketeers from, the trade unions. | 5.—Against the use of police! and gangsters and for democracy in the trade unions, { 6.—For militant struggle in de- | | fense of the interests of the em-_ ployed and unemployed workt... ‘ Man, ards of the workers, won through| wage increases of from $5 to $10 per_ where | a NY. WORKERS LEAD WAY: PREPARE DEFENSE OF THEIR UNIONS FROM ATTACK -UNDER RECOVERY ACT i} Prnery ‘Elect Two Delegates from Each Shop, : Organization of being racketeers, while real rack- eteers are permitted to go scot free, R Life of Unions At Stake The issue is clear. Shall our unions -be converted into agencies for the bosses and the government? Shall we continue to accept low wages and miserable conditions? Shall the rank and file or racketeers and grafters } control our union? Shall we be rob~ bed of the right to belong to what- ever organization we choose? This is the challenge confronting us. We, members of the A. F. of L., of the Trade Union Unity League and Independent Unions have no quarrels among ourselves. We know that the rank and file of all organ- izations including the unorganized stand for unity, We stand for one fighting union in every industry. #. must unite all our forces to fight the mew danger threatening us. The | question is not which union to de- fend. The very existence of all un- ions as fighting organizations of la- bor is involved.” (Signed) lense ‘Trade ~ Unions