The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 18, 1933, Page 2

Page Two Experiences of Ohio People’ sRelief March Carried Out Objective of Presenting Demands; Broke Through Obstacles Set Up by State By ‘The Ohio People’s for adequate rel ment insurance an outstanding achievement of the unemployed | Movement. This action was carried t6 a successful conclusion despite all | Obstacles put in the way by the} authorities under the military lead- etship of the Adjutant General's of- | fiée in Columbus. In splendid dis- | cipline the marchers smashed thru organized provocation and police terror on the highways and in the towns to reach the capitol on sch- eduled time to place the demands of Ohio’s million and a half jobless before the Legislature. To really appreciate the difficul- ties of the m rs and the suc- sful carrying thru of this state- FRANK ROGERS Relief March and unemploy- wide action one must understand the strategy em d by the State e, organize, and de- to~ discour: t of the marchers, Governor's Letters The Governor sent out a circular How to deal with the relief march- Altho the letter promised the marchers “the right to use the high- ways” yet an attack was ordered on the peaceful marchers on the state highway when the authorities saw the support the marchers were win- ning from the workers in all towns along the route of march. The second letter sent out by the Governor was Commerce. It called for the starv- ing of the marchers to discourage them from coming to Columbus. De- spite this, small store keepers, con- tributed food and other supplies. Gas station owners contributed gas | and oil. Many farmers, altho ter- rorized by the authorities not to | give water, food, or resting places, | came to the aid of the marchers | “Put in a good word for the starv~ ing farmers” was the general com- ment of the impoverished farmers to the marchers. When the authorities saw the sup- port the marchers were winning along the route of march they de- cided to rush them through to Col- umbus with all possible speed. This dramatized the whole event and placed the responsibility of housing and feeding the marchers on the State in Columbus. Thus during the entire stay in the Capitol the 1000 marchers were housed, fed, and received: medical attention at the State's expense. However, this was so meager that it was necessary for the Workers International Relief to supply about half of the food to| keep the marchers healthy and from suffering hunger and want Censor March “Another letter was sent by the Governor to the editors of all Ohio's | mewspapers. It ordered censorship on all news of the march and the demands of the marchers. This caused the marchers to be more de- termined to bring the message of the relief march to the workers and farmers of Ohio. A systematic leaf- let distribution was carried through. Literature was sold. Mass meetings Workers Called to Defend Snipe, Framed On “Assault” Charge, NEW YORK—The | N. Y. District International Labor Defense calls upon all its members and sympa- thizers to pack the courtroom to- Morrow, Wednesday, when the case ef Hammie Snipe, Negro worker, comes up before Special Sessions, Franklin and Center Sts. Snipe was arrested on May 19th at a@ Scottsboro demogstration, brutally beaten by the police, and framed Up on a charge of felonious assault. jince his release on bail, he has been tive in the struggles of Negro and white workers, especially in the laun- | dry strike in the Bronx, and the Police and boss courts will make every | é@ffort to give him a long jail term.| Workers must be present in the court | Snipe. Mass pressure alone will save Inion Sq. Scottsboro | NEW YORK. —Preparing for the Scottsboro boys, a mass protest id Moore St. at 8 p.m. q , arrested when Fascists shot »A 15-piece Scottsboro band will} rally in the Midtown Section of ith Ave.; at 8 p.m. at 63rd St. and meeting will be held. Modern, the Maderite and Webster, ership of the Metal Bed Section of seltba sictbers’ demands are a 44- py and legal holidays, and a 30 per all funds to the Metal Bed to the Chamber of | were held at all stop-over places And the most effective of all was the shouting of the relief march slogans: “Tax the rich and feed the poor,” “We demand more relief,” “We de- mand unemployment insurance,” | |“Tax the Morgans and feed the | youth” rallied the workers in towns and country-side in support of the demands of the relief march. De- | spite the clamp of censorship—the |marchers succeeded in shoving off the front pages of Ohio’s new all of Roosevelt's demagogic pr ‘omises of “happy days and new deals” and | putting the real question forward of more relief and unemployment in- | surance for the starving masses. ‘The most “modern” weapons were used by the authorities—gas bombs; clubs with rawhide whips attache sub-machine guns; etc. Regardless of this military display of force and the attacks the workers marched on- ward with heads high, singing their songs and shouting their slogans— carrying out their main objective of | placing the demands of Ohio's job- ment authorities. Vet Discharged, Force Camp Probe Rank and File Com- mittee Gives Aid WASHINGTON, D. C., | Investigation has begun concerning the charges brought by Robert C.| | Wilson, World War veteran, dis | charged from Company 396, Roxbury, | | Virginia, Civilian Conservation Corps | Wilson's | camp as an_ agitator. charges include spoiled, improperly prepared and inadequate food, leak- ing, rotted tents and lack of bathing | facilities. He states that many of) | the men have become ill from the| food and that there is lack of med-| jical facilities and attention at the | camp, seriously endangering the lives | of the men should dysentery, which now exists there, or poisoning be- come severe. “Fight for Daily” Writes a Seaman (By a Marine Worker Correspondent) PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—dJust ceived word that the institute is tell- e- | ing the seamen what kind of papers | | they can read. It seems that Mac- | Ginty has been elected the censor | of all literature that comes into the | building. A seaman that was read- ing a Daily Worker was approached | by this thug, MacGinty. He was | asked if he had brought this paper into the building, and the seaman | answered “No.” | MaeGinty snatched the paper from him and said that he could not read that paper in that building. I, as an individual and a free worker of the world, wish to know why any person | who wishes can not read anything that he may choose, this country is a so-called free coun- try. And I have always thought that any reading matter was to be read as the individual saw fit, and that no censorship was tolerated by any- | one. If this really applies to the, why? papers of the capitalists, And yes again, why should a swine of this| bullying and moral poisoning type be | at liberty to force his blackguard) ideas upon any poor worker who trys to read something that will be really beneficial to him, especially when this paper is printed by his fellow-| workers at their own expense to let him know that hé is in danger of becoming a slave to the “Bosses” and Capital. No, thrice no. “Fight” “Boys,” “Fight till hell freezes over,” and show Mr. “Slop” MacGinty that he nor all of hhis boss friends can’t get by with this | stuff always. It’s up to every worker jin the world to keep this fight up. | | | Stage and Screen “Island of Doom” New Film at Cameo Below Soviet Level; “A Day In Moscow” Good “The Island of Doom” contains almost every known fault ascribable to bad films: an unconvincing story, worse direction, unskilled editing, and an unfortunate combination of the- atrically recitative dialogue and bad sound effects, Its director is Semion Timoschenko. Whoever is respon- | sible for its release here deserves se- vere criticism for thus lowering the high standards set by the Soviet revolutionary film in capitalist coun- tries. Soviet films released in this | country are too few and their dis- tribution and exhibition too limited to allow for the occasional release of | bad productions, On the same program with “The Island of Doom” at the Cameo there | is being shown Joseph Poselsky's splendid short film, “A Day in Mos- cow.” Although less played up than the feature, it is by far the best item on the program, which also in- to force the release of Hammie Snipe from a long prison sentence. treet Meets Prepare monstration Friday ration in Union Square Fri- ie evening against the frame-up of be held in Williamsburg Thurs- day on the corner of Bushwick Ave. *The demonstration will also protest the frame-up of Terzani and Pa- killed a young student at a Fas- Meeting in Astoria Friday night. Play at the meeting. “Wednesday there will be a Scotts- ittan. An outdoor meeting will held at 7:30 on 52nd St. and lam Ave., and there will be a itch to Columbus Circle, where a :3 Bed Shops Settle NEW YORK—Three shops, the seftled last week with the metal bed strikers who are out under the lead- the Furniture Workers’ Industrial Union. Twelve shops are still hold-| Aour week, week work for all but the \stripers, time and a half for over- ‘ent increase on a week work basis, “Funds are needed for the strike. of the F.W.LU., 818 Broad- N.Y. 0. bs less before the responsible govern- létter of policy to all authorities on | B | | inasmuch as} Will we let this condition go on?| DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, New Deal “Luxury” for Unemployed One of the “homes” with cross ventilation—of unemployed workers in the Rooseveltville on the East River in down-town Manhattan. A section of sewer-pipe, a discarded mattress, and old pots from the re- fuse heap make this a suitable dwelling according to the ideas of Presi- dent F. D. and his “New Deal”, (Daily Worker Staff Photo) Lehman Tells City Heads to Put Over Sales Tax Will Call Special Sessi Session; mn; Threaten to Raise | Fare; Jobless Councils Call for Delegation to Albany, N. Y. NEW Y' We i ti wit ter ene! to mobilize the | ahd Niaies ore gatag hn tiger tare ge rage ges | we win their release we must insist workers to fight the insidious program of the city and state officials to | starve the unemployed”, was the comment of Carl Winters, secretary of the Unemployed Councils on the letter of the governor in passing the buck July 17.—| on the New York relief situation. Over 175 in Steel Strike in Buffalo Demand 8-Hour Day at Iron Works Shop | BUFFALO, N. Y.—Between 175 and 200 workers of the Acme Steel and |Malleable Iron Works are out on | strike here. Only 12 pattern mak- jers are left inside. Four machinists | (some belonging to the A-F.L.) scab- bed until Saturday morning. When the bosses fired them they joined the | strikers. There is a small group of | women and Negroes among the | *vome Women in this plant made an | average of 20c an hour and men 30¢, | working between 50 and 60 hours a week. The following are the workers’ de- mands: | 1) All piece ‘work jobs to be raised to 1930 level; 2) 8-hour day; 3)Min- imum wage of $5 for moulders; $4 for laborers; $4 for grinders; $3.20 for women coremakers; $2.80 for women inspectors; 4) No discrimina- tion against the strikers; 5) Recog- nition of the Steel and Metal Work- | | ers Industrial Union; 6) five showers to be installed; 7) toilets to be kept clean and better lit; 8) cold drink- ing water all day; 9) better venti- lation. The Steel and Metal Workers In- dustrial Union is leading this strike and already about 60 workers have | joined the union. Hear Browder Today |Engine Workers and | On “Recovery” Act Earl Browder, se secretary of the Communist Party, will speak at an open forum of the pocketbook strik- | ers today at 2 p.m. at Irving Plaza Hall, Irving Pl. and 15th St. Browder j will speak on the Recovery (Slavery) | Act. | scorrsBoro TRIAL MOVIE | NEW YORK.—Movies of the De- | catur trial of Heywood Patterson will | be shown, under the auspices of the | National Scottsboro Action Commit- | tee, tonight, at St. John’s A. M. E. | Church in Harlem, 72 East 128th HAT has become of the inflated \: prosperity propaganda? Why) aren’t there more statements from| Bill Green telling of increased em- ployment? | The fact is there is already a halt, | with signs of still greater downward | breaks in production. Instead of em-| | ployment growing the number of job- less are growing in many industries. The Journal of Commerce Index last week showed a decline. The in- dex which a week before was at 68.8 | dropped to 67.7. But that is not all, symptoms in all basic industries — especially steel — forecast greater unemployment for the workers and an intensification of the crisis. Construction Goes Down In spite of the Roosevelt so-called program of public works, the antount of building done during June this year dropped below last year. The F. W. Dodge Corporation reported that in June, 1933, building construction to- taled $103,000,000. Last year it was $113,000,000. H fie conditions in the steel industry are of paramount importance, in view of the new slave code that has just been presented to President Roosevelt. | Speculating on the price rises, steel | production went up to the high point of 58 per cent of capacity. But now overproduction is being reached. There is more steel produced than can be sold. The latest information from the steel districts shows that production will not go on very long at this rate. Instead of receiving bbe increases, steel workers will be cludes an interesting Soviet news- reel. 5. B. y Proof of this is contained in the —~® A letter addressed by Governor Lehman to the Board of Estimate announced that he would call a spe- cial session of the Legislature on the New York financial situation. The governor emphasized that the state will pursue the same policy as the city government in refusing to take responsibility to assure relief to the unemployed. Proposes Sales Tax. Lehman proposes a sales tax, but writes that the state will not pass such tax, but grant this right to the city. The letter states: “Because of the apparent néces- sity, and the limited powers of the city, I shall call an extraordinary session of the Legislature. It is my intention, however, to recommend to the Legislature that instead of levy- ing special state-wide taxes, it grant to the City of New York authority to levy additional taxes approved by the Legislature.” Wide indignation to a sales tax has | brought this political maneuver of the governor to shift responsibility. Mayor O’Brien and city officials who | have numerous times found them- selves flooded by opposition to any sales tax are trying to find new ways of taxing the workers. O'Brien refused to comment on the present relief situation in the city. Pressed for an opinion on Lehman’s letter, he shouted, “I will not make a statement on Governor Léhman’s statement. I mean what I say.” At City Hall indications are that the mayor and Board of Estimate intend to use the present situation to raise subway fare to seven cents. The mayor stated last week to a workers’ committee headed by Robert Minor that fare will not be increased. The promise by Acting Comptroller Frank J. Prial to pay the unemployed on work relief has so far affected less than half of the 75,000 employees. ‘The excuse is used that all depart- ments have not yet submitted their vouchers, though pay is lacking over a@ week, Workers at the Home relief Bu- reau are insistent that aid be given immediately. A large number of these families have been without aid now for two weeks. “The Home Re- lief Bureaus should continuously be jammed by workers,” states the Un- employed Councils. “Many have as a result of jamming the bureaus re- ceived relief. ‘We can force relief for all workers in this way,” is the call of the Unemployed Councils. Tom Mooney Hails ILD Victory in Patterson Trial) NEW YORK.—From his San Quen- tin prison cell, in which he has been held for seventeen years on a framed | murder charge, Tom Mooney, vet- eran class-war prisoner, hails the| victory of the International Labor | Defense in winning a new trial for) Haywood Patterson, and calls for a | renewed wave of mass support de-| veloped ona huge scale, to force their | cause they are counted upon as three release. ‘Tom Mooney’s letter, addressed to | the National Scottsboro Action Com- mi*' 2, follows: “—oe great victory secured in the| case of Haywood Patterson is indeed an inspiration to all of us. That victory was made pcssible only by the splendid support of hundreds of thousands of people to the campaign which was led by the International | Labor Defense and the Communist Party. “It is not only a victory for the | working class, but for all humanity; because it demonstrates the increas-| ing strength of the forces that are fighting against race and class vic- timization. Only if there is a tro- | mendous mobilization of forces on a/ | Similar and even greater scale in all eases of political prisoners can we} hope to win our freedom. The vic- tories won in the Patterson case should convince all workers, farmers | and progressive professional people of the value of this movement and that it deserves support. “Now we must demand a complete dismissal of the charges and the un- conditional release of the boys. Fair trials are not possible for workers in any capitalist court. In Alabama courts it would be most fantastic of all to expect fairness, especially for Negro workers. But a renewed wave of mass support developed on a huge Seale can force their release. And if that adequate measures are taken to insure the safety of the Scottsboro boys so that the boss class does not succeed in organizing any lynch par- ties. CRAWFORD GETS NEW STAY FRON CIRCUIT COURT BOSTON, Mass., July 17.—| Extradition of George Craw-| ford, Negro worker, to Vir- ginia, to face framed charges} of murder, was stayed today! pending review of case by the U. S.| Supreme Court, by Judge George H. Bingha:n of the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Crawford had been sched- | uled to be removed to Virginia today. One of the chief factors instru- mental in obtaining this stay was the storm of mass protest all over the country organized by the Internation- al Labor Defense. The leaders of the National Association for the Advance- ment of Colored People, appealing the | case in a strictly legalistic manner, | indirectly expressed their willingness not to argue the question of his guiit | or innocnce so long as they could, force the preseace of a Negro on the panel from which drawn. The tremendous pressure organized bythe I, L. D. around the issue of Negro exclusion from juries in the Scottsboro case was directly respon- sible for a previous stay of extradition granted by a federal judge on the ground that any conviction in Vir- ginia would be illegal because of this exclusion, PHARMACIST UNION WINS STRIKE A strike at the drug store of Elmer Galin at 1288 Walton Avenue, when Galin dismissed his clerk for refusing to work 62 hours a week for $7, was won after a week, when Galin asked to arbitrate with the union. The union secured three weeks’ salary in advance for the worker. tered man was unionized. The Pharmacists’ Union is “how concentrating all its efforts in the preparation of a code of ethics, which is to be presented to the Industrial Recovery Board at Washington. the jury was) The owner | recognized the union, and his regis- | JULY 18, 1983 __ NENSBRIEFS | Vote Repeal in South. | Three Southern states are to bal- lot on repeal of the prohibition | |amendment to the constitution this |week. Arkansas and Alabame vote today and Tennessee votes on Thurs- . The prohibitionists are putting up their last stand in these states., If they vote for repeal it definitely | {means the end of prohibition lof the thirteen states the drys hope | te carry in their efforts to retain the | | bootlegging and speakeasy racket. | Perfect New Steel. | PITTSBURGH, July 17.—The Mel- lon Institute announced yesterday a | new marble-surfaced steel. The stone | | effect is imitation, made by laminated | resin surface woven in with the steel. It can be used for walls for | buildings and can be their paper jcovered or cloth-covered. The ad- hesive is an alloy such as tin or zine, | which fuses with both the steel and | the covering. Spend Day on Ship Afire. CHARLESTON, S. C,, July 17. —| Thirty-six survivors of the crew of an oil tanker of the Cities Service company landed here today after twenty-six hours on the ship while it was on fire. After fighting the | fire all day the ship was abandoned | and the crew took to life boats. The captain, F. L. Sears, of Dennis, Mass., went down with the ship, refusing to leave. George R. Binninger of Indianapolis, a wiper, perished as the ship went down. Several of the survivors are suffering from burns and shock. | Jail 2 in Factor Case CHICAGO, July 17.—Martin Leary and Carl Fontana, ex-convicts, were arrested in one of Al,Capone’s hang- cuts in Cicero yesterday charged with complicity in the kidnapping of | John (Jake the Barber) Factor, in- ternational swindler, who was held captive twelve days and released | after payment of $50,000 ransom. |Commemorate Czar’s Death. | | NEW YORK, July 17.—Some 200 white guardist Russians commemo- rated the 15th anniversary of the |death of the last czar of Russia at the Russian Orthodox Church, Madi- on Avenue and 122nd Street, and |listened to a priest harrangue them jon the virtues of Nicholas the Bloody. Cash in on ‘Kidnappings. NEW YORK, July 17.—Sherman Burns, son of the late chief stool- pigeon and strike-breaker, William J. Burns, and head of the Burns De- tective Agency is raking in money by furnishing “guards” for people who | fear they may be kidnap victims. | Adepts at provocation it is probable | that these agencies fake kidnap {scares in order to induce people to employ their thugs as “guards”. | LRT HEE TTY | Call Mass Meeting | on Shipyard Demands; NEW YORK.—Drydock and ship- yard workers are called to a mass) meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) night at) Central Hall, 196 State St., Brooklyn | (corner Court St. and Boro Hall), to discuss a workers’ code to be pre- sented at the hearings in Washing- ton. | The Brooklyn segtion of the Steel and Metal Workers’ Industrial Union, | which is calling this meeting, an-/} from the government administrator setting the Washington hearing for Wednesday at 10 a.m. The shipbuilding bosses have pro- posed a code setting $16 a week for | skilled mechanics, and still lower es for over 50 per cent of the yard and dock workers. Yard and dock workers, in addition to attending Tuesday night’s meet- ing, should set up their own com- mittees in every yard and dock, and draw up their own demands, and prepare a struggle to enforce them. Get your unit, union local, or mass organization to challenge another group in raisimg subs for the Daily Signs “of Break in n Upturn Admitted by Bosses |Greater Unemployment Looms for Steel and | war Other Workers As Stocks Pile Up Without An Outlet for Them burgh to the New York Evening Post, Here are some excerpts: “Much more steel is going into stocks. Such stocks will not neces- sarily be liquidated, but the process of adding to them cannot continue indefinitely.” ‘This is pretty clear and throws a lot of light on the steel slave code. ee THEREAS Roosevelt, Bill Green, General Johnson and Norman "Thomas told the workers that the end of the crisis is in sight, the reports trom the steel industry show that the upturn in the steel industry this year has less foundation than in 1930. After the 1930 rise, steel production siumped heavily and hundreds ef thousands were unemployed. ‘The same telegram from Pittsburgh to the Post, ‘says: “It remain obvious that the coun- try, going as it is, is consuming much less steel than is being made. At a 58 per cent rate production is at 40,000,000 tons a year, fully equal to 1930 and only 13 per cent under the average for the seven years through 1929. “Then there was much building, railroads were taking steel freely, there was oil and gas well drilling and mach laying of pipe lines, ticularly for natural gas. Acti in these lines now amount to almost nothing.” Same in All Industries Workers in every industry in the er unemployment along with the in- troduction of the slave codes. Discussing the prospects of sharper crisis, Ralph West Robey, financial editor of the New York Evening Post, in the July 15, issue of his paper says: “Anything approximating a thor- ough analysis (of the crisis), how- ever, reveals air pockets of danger- | ous proportions. It is the presence of these which quite properly is keeping grave misgivings in the minds of many persons. “To a” t, although im- peasurabie, hat A Sr the Cattnordl- nary upturn s'nce the last of March has been forced, Roosevelt, through his policies, has driven business men to increase their activity and in- dividuals to increase their specula- tive commitments.” CM eae ‘a short speculation, gambling, infla- tion caused the upturn in produc- tion and it is reaching the point of decline, The same writer adds: “In other words, Roosevelt has forced the piling up of inventories all along the line.” More Unemployment Now with the slave codes going into | effect, the poverty of the masses will be increased through lower wages, through stagger plans. The capital- ists will not be able to get rid of the surpluses and a new wave of un- employment will follow to swell the ranks of the 17,000,000 unemployed. It is because they know the new the Roosevelt regime is hastening its preparations. It is for this rea- | that the $3,300,000,000 public | works fund is going mainly into pro- | duction of war materials. Lowering the standard of living of the workers at a time when a new deepening of the crisis is evident to the capitalists themselves, the bosses are rushing to head off struggles of the workers for higher wages by in- troducing the slave codes in the basic industries. Only the active, day to day, and immediate resistance of the workers can head off greater misery and suf- fering than the entire working class has yet felt in the four-year crisis of American capitalism. Demand Kitchen Doors and Lower Rent In Harlem Tenant Strike NEW YORK —A rent strike for the installation of kitchen doors, sanitary conditions and rent reduc- | tions is in progress at 128-130 East 111th Street in Harlem, with 12 of the 15 tenants following the leader- ship of the House Committee and the Unemployed Council of 22 West 114th Street. The landlord has informed the tenants that he will go to the ex- pense of a thousand dollars to evict them rather than make the de- manded improvements. The strikers, though, report. tia they will mili- ‘Protest Against the nounces it has received a telegram | | done by Kotecki as a result of worry- CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST 4INL.A. RED SQUAD ATTACK AFTER 6 MONTH STRUGGLE But Court Threat Rese Reserves ves “Right to Renew Prosecution Upon LOS ANGELES, J July 17.—On a . motion of A. L. Wirin, In- ternational Labor Defense attorney, the cases of the four re- maining defendants arrested at cia ‘Urge Nation Wide Nazi Brutalities LL.D. Backs Drive to Aid Fascist Victims | NEW YORK. — Endorsement of the call of the National Committee to Aid Victims of German Fascism for a Defense and Relief Week, Au- gust 7 to 14, and concrete steps to support the campaign were an- nounced today by William L. Patter- son, national secretary of the Inter- national Labor Defense. The I. L. D. all over the country will be mobilized to collect furfds for defense and relief of the victims of the brown terror, it was announced, and protest demonstrations — before German consulates will be organized by the LL.D. in the period leading up to and during the week of August 7 to 14. “We must more than match the heroic campaign the German workers developed for the freedom of the Scottsboro boys and of Tom Moo- ney”, the I.L.D. call to its members and sympathizers said. “We must | remember that hundreds of thou- | sands of German workers gathered in meetings and demonstrations de- manding their release, and voiced their protest in thdusands of reso- lutions and cablegrams addressed to the United States government and its agents... “The defense and relief are most urgently needed; they must be ren- dered to all the victims of fascist terror, without discrimination as to party, eae or ae ‘MILWAUKEE CITY, HALL SHOOTING IS RESULT OF GRAFT MILWAUKEE, Wis. July 14— | City Controller Kotecki shot Wendt, | his assistant, and then killed him- self, The shooting took place in City Hall, Kotecki, city controller for 21 years, was arrested March 6 on an indict- ment for malfeasance in office. This charge arose out of the sensational exposure of the use of city funds for private profit by City Treasurer John L. Drew, in collaboration with Rosen- berg, head of a defunct bank. Wendt had given testimony against Kotecki, and had stirred the controller up to the shooting, according to the cap- italist press. Nobody was in the office but the two men when the shooting took place. Whether the shooting was ing over the indictment, as the cap- “knew too much” and somebody else finished them both off, is a matter of common conjecture around the city. In case Wendt doesn’t recover Mayof Hoan will appoint a successor. Tt is considered likely that the tem- porary successor will be Otto Hauser, Socialist, and present secretary to Hoan. ‘When Mayor Hoan was running for office in 1932, Milwaukee was adver- tised by the Socialist Party as a “graftless city” because of the influ- ence of the Socialists in local city politics. But since then a great deal of graft has been exposed. And in this, there have been many border- line deals involving vatious Socialist officials, brought to light by the clos- ing of banks. Silver and Holloware Workers Draw Codes NEW YORK.—Delegates represent- ing 1,500 workers took part in the mass conference of the silver and holloware trade last Sufday at Man- hattan Lyceum. The metal spinners were represented by 40 delegates, and the Metal Workers Industrial Union by 48 delegates. The most important points of the codes proposed by the unions were agréed on, except the question of hours. The 8. M. W. I. U. proposes a 40-hour, 5-day week, and the Metal Spinners’ Union proposes a 35-hour, 5-day week. This question was re- ferred back to the membership of the respective organizations and an agreement on this question will be reached in the coming week. ‘The conference adopted resolutions in favor of @ general strike commit- tee, and elected an Action Commit- tee of 54. A detailed report about the con- ference will be given at the mem- bership meet this Wednesday at 6:30 pm. at 35 Bast 19th Street. EMERGENCY WORK BUREAU WORKERS MEET TOMORROW NEW YORK.—Organizing to fight back the wage cut from $45 monthly to $40.50, the workets on the Emer- gency Work Bureau jobs are called to a meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, night at 8:30, at 1400 Boston Road. tantly picket and call upon all other workers to assist them in changing latest telegraphic dispatch from Pitts-| country face the same future—great- dangers which face capitalism, that | the landlord's mind |charges of rioting remaining. italist press says, or whether they | 30 Days Notice” the Welfare Bureau slaughter | by the Red Squad on January 18 were taken off the trial calen- dar. This means ine virtual dropping of the cases. However, in releasing the de- fendants from bond on their own recognizance, the prosecu- tion continued to wield a club over their heads by announc- ing that it reserved the right to re- open the cases at any time in the future, with further prosecution subject to 30 days notice. The defendants, John Hester, Ezra F. Chase, Fred Daniels, Bill Cooper and Bob Myers, were arrested when 75 unemployed workers were at- tacked by the red squad in the of- fices of the County Welfare Bureau, where they had gone to demand suf- ficient relief, and to protest against discrimination. The workers offered stiff resistance to this brutal attack and the battle that followed reduced the offices to a blood-spattered shambles. Tear gas finally drove the fighters out and five workers, club- bed down in the battle, were placed under arrest with a total of fifteen counts filed against them, of assault, battery and riot. The first trial, which lasted two and a half weeks, resulted mostly in acquittal and a hung jury which left four of the defendants with Bob Myers won complete acquittal. Hester and Chase are now serving sentences for turning on gas and water which had been shut off for non-payment of bills. The case of Louis Shapiro, who was attacked and beaten up by the red squad in the Scottsboro demon- stration on 42nd and Central, and charged with assault and battery, was also dismissed. 3 MASS MEETINGS BY KNITGOODS WORKERS NEW YORK.—The knitgoods work- ers of New York and vicinity are ¢alled to three mass meetings where proposals for an immediate organ- ization drive to get immediate wage increases will be discussed. The knitgoods workers of Newark will have their mass meeting on Wed- nesday, right after work, at 264—15th Ave., corner Belmont. Knitgoods workers of East New York and Brownsville will have their meeting on Thursday at 6 pm. at 1813 Pitkin Ave., Brooklyn, New York, and those of the Bronx and Manhat- tan will meet at the auditorium of the union on Thursday at 131 W. 28th St. at 6 pm. At these meetings, delegates will t be elected to the broad knitgoods } conference, July 22, at Irving Plaza, where final plans for an organiza- tion drive which will culminate in a strike will be taken up, and a cede of wages of working hours and other working conditions will be discussed. ae LICENSE NOTICES | Section 76 of the Alcolohic ntrol Law, at 76 Clinton St., New York, N. ¥. to be consumed upon the said premises, Clinton Kesher Delfcates- sen Corp. 76 Clinton Street, New York, N.Y. NOTICE ts hereby given that license ni ber NYB 5601 has been issued to the fo sell beer and lizht rin Seetion 76 of the Aleoholic Beverage Control Law, at 122 University Place, New York, N. Y, to be consumed upon the sald premises. University Eats Ine,, 122 Univérsity Place, New York, N.Y. NEEDLEWORKERS APPRECIATE THE LITTLE WATCH REPAIR SHOP $17 SIXTH AVENUE, AT 28TH STREET SR 1. J. MORRIS, Inc. GENERAL FUNERAL DIRECTORS 296 SUTTER AVE. BROOKLYN Phone: Dickens 2-1273—4—5 Night Phone: Dickens 6-5960 For International Workers Order DAYTON 9-4000 D. BACKER INTERVALE Moving & Storage Co., Inc. BRONX, N. ¥. 962 WESTCHESTER AVE. BROOKLYN FOR BROWNSVILLE PROLETARIANS SOKAL CAFETERIA - 1689 PITKIN AVENUE ————— for Brownsville Workers! Hoffman's RESTAURANT '& CAFETERIA Pitkin Corner Saratoga Aves. BENSONAURST WORKERS Patronize GORGEOUS CAFETERIA 2211 86th Street. Near Bay Parkway Fresh Food at Proletatian Prices CLASSIFIED ; Sanitation park workers are urged to come to the meeting. | FURNISRED ROOMS—Modern, 918 ish Getme: 116th St, Lig. Ln durathe es