The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 29, 1933, Page 3

D. LY WORKER, EW YORK, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1933 RYAN AIDS SHIPPING BOSSES PREPARE SLAVE CODE FOR DOCKERS; PAY 30-40 CENTS Over 100,000 Coast.and Oceanic Longshoremen Will Be Affected; Marine Workers Industrial Union Fights for Own Code Following upon the announcement of a starvation code for seamen, the shipping magnates have brought out a similar proposal for the longshoremen, Over 100,000 dock workers on coast and oceanic trade are affected. ‘The minimum wage is set “at not lower than the basic day-time wage scale in effect on July 1, 1933, but in any event not less than 40c an hour unless the same class of work on July 15, 1929, was less than 40c an hour, in which latter case, not less than the hourly rate on July 15, 1929, and in any event not less than 30¢ an hour.” | Sifted, these phrases simply state that longshoremen's wages will fluc- tuate between 30 and 40 cents any hour. Jeseph P. Ryan, president of the International Longshoremen’s Asso- ciation announces that the “members of the LL.A, voted Monday to ex- tend the present agreement.” This is the request of the shipping bosses, who are hammering out the.code dif- ferences between themselves,” Ryan has betrayed the men by ex- tending the present agreement and has only demanded a 10 and 20 cents and hour increase in pay, in prelim- inary negotiations. Not a word about smaller slingloads, not a word about larger gangs or for a guaranteed minimum werk week, The Marine Workers Industrial Union raises these points in their code, which has been ratified by over 11,009 seamen and harbor workers. A. and unorganized dock work- ld throw their support to these demands which will be pre- sented by a rank and file delegation cn the date of the formal hearing. | Chicago Hat Company Pays Bribes to Cops to Hein Break Strike CHICAGO, Il, Sept. 28:—Bribes the form of “donations” are n to police on, duty at the rthwestern Hat Company, ‘where a y strike has been on for some ‘time, it has just been fearned. A. stv today picked up .an envelope used by the company for presenting its “compliments” to the police, and found that the cops in being generally receive $2 on each -occa- sion: The envelope found by the er carried the name of Aliz } Inc.,..65-E Wier St, one of “he names used by the Nortnwest- Hat Co. TY AFFAIRS BEING HELD FOR THE RMNEFIT OF Dail 2 THE Party OSA Sent. 30: HOUSE PARTY AND CONCERT given by Unit 3, Section 2, C. P, at 345 East 17th Street at 8:15.P. M. Liberator singers end re- Seni. 30: HOUSE PARTY and ENTERTAINMENT given by Boro Park Worke the heme of -Anita Broitt 67th St., Brooklyn. Enter John Reed Club Artist. Sept. 30: DANCE and ENTERTAINMENT given by the Herry Sims Br, LL.D, at 2787 76th St. Brooklyn. I.L.D, Chorus, di » music, dancing, refreshments. Admission 25c, Sept. 30: DINNER given by Council 10 of Bath Beach at 17 Bay 25th 2:00 By M. sharp. Delicious ll be served. Also entertain- US. Shipping Board Chairman Gave Pal Chance for Graft O’Connor Was Former President of In’l Longshoremen NEW YORK, — Take a thousand dollars in cash, four more in “good- will,” @ labor “leader,” who was chair- man of the U, 8. Shipping Board, play poker, and you can become the owner of a fleet of ships. Henry Herberman, president of the Export Line, told his “success” story to a senate pet committee Monday. Stating that he knew T. V. O'Connor for 25 years and to play poker with him held no significance, Mr. Herberman is explaining every- thing. Herberman was a longshore- man boss. O'Connor was president of tife In- ternational Longshoremen’s Associa- tion for years and chairman of the U. 8S. Shipping Board for 12 years. He was given the shipping board job in appreciation of his betrayals of the longshoremen and he handed his racket over to J. P, Ryan, who car- ries on in the best O’Connor tradi- tions. O'Connor and Herberman, pals since their stevedoring days, made the rounds in Washington in 1919 and subsequent years,, To enable his pal to stay around, O'Connor saw that he got $42,000,000 worth of ships to start his company by paying one million in worthless paper. Before accepting the million dollar payment, the government spent ,000 ae up the ships for the Export ine, While the government was gener- ously giving Herberman the money on the advice of O'Connor, his lines paid A. B. seamen $55.00 or $7.50 less a month than the shipping board scale in prosperous 1929 and now pay the men $52.50 a month. $14,915 was paid for five pounds of mail on ships of the Ex- port line. In one case they cut the hd and carried six pounds for $14,- ‘The shipping bosses code, to which the Export line is a party, propose $40 a month wages for A. B, seamen. At the hearing, Herberman’s pulse was frequently felt by his private physician. But he still can play poker without getting unduly excited. Herberman still owes the govern- ment $8,000,000 but why bring that up? It may hurt his heart beats. National Events Communist Party Anniversary. LINDEN, N. J.—The Roselle and Linden Units will celebrate the 14th Anniversary of the Communist Party at the Polish National Hall, Roselle A. F. of L. Unemployment Insurance Conference. A. F. of L. Unemployment In- surance Conference open Monday, October 2, at Carpenters’ Hall, K. and 10th Street, Washington, D.C. All delegates are to report for| registration here. 1 to Heroic Strike of Utah-N. Mex. Miners | Buro Sends Out Appeal | for Urgent Strike Relief Funds NEW YORK.—The Trade Union Unity League National Bureau yester- day appealed to all members of mil- itant unions and opposition groups to support the heroic strike of the New Mexico and Utah miners. Thou- | sands of miners in these two states | are on strike against the “New Deal” slavery. Arrests are daily occur- rences. All workers’ organizations are asked to support these brave fight- ers through protest wires or air mail letters to Governor Blood at Salt Lake City, Utah and the governor of Santa Fe, New Mexico, demanding abolition of martial law, disarming of deputized company gunmen, right of the strikers and their sympathiz- ers to self-defense and defense by their own attorneys in civil court, re- lease of all arrested strikers and their sympathizers, withdrawal of National Guards and U. S. Army forces from Gallup, N. M. and Helper, Utah, im~- mediate public recognition of right of miners to belong to a union of their own choosing and repeal of the Utah Criminal Syndicalism law. Collections should be taken and sent to the Relief Committee, Na~- tional Miners' Union, Box 218, ,Gal- lup, N. M. Boss Press in New Mexico Worried by Heavy Militia Cost Spend$22,000forCourts by Military Against Mine Strikers SANTA FE, New Mexico. — War- rants for the payment of $22,000 ex- penditures for the National Guard for the first two weeks of the Gallup strike were honored at the state treasurer's office here yesterday. This revelation has brought a howl from every newspaper in the state which condemn the use of the troops in the strike against the miners. These papers visualize the eventual cost soaring to $100,000 unless the troops are taken out immediately. In an editorial the Albquerque Tri- bune says: “... The state, at Governor Selig- man’s direction, has already spent $22,000 of the taxpayers money to establish military courts over civil; to rush troops into a peaceful town at behest of the coal operators. “Operators refused to confer with the strikers. They did not need to, it developed, as Mr. Seligman was perfectly willing to send troops to patrol the mines, thus insuring a steady if somewhat reduced produc- tion. The taxpayer is paying for all that.” In Utah, the County Commission- ers of Carbon County have appropri- ated $45,000 for the payment of de- puties, thugs and guards and the pur- chase of ammunition, machine guns a | | Cheering Candidate Minor for Section of the crowd of workers and youth who cheered Reubert Minor, Communist Candida » after he appeared before Magistrate Rudich in Brooklyn to defend himself on a charge of “violating an in- junction.” Minor is seen in the center acknowledging the cheers of the crowd. His Militant Fight Again te for M: 500 Stewart Warner Girls Strike as Pay Is Cut; Organizing Demand More Wages and Better Working Conditions CHICAGO, Ill. Sept. 28.—Five hundred girls in the Stewart-War- ner plant here are out on strike against a 12 1-2 per cent wage cut, Last Friday, despite the threats despite lack of organization, the girls walked out. They are now organizing them- selves demanding an increase in wages and for improvement of working conditions. ; New Governor Gets Protest on Militia ILD Demands N. Mex. Executive Withdraw Troopers SANTA FE, N. M, Sept. 28— Shortly after he replaced Governor Seligman, who dropped dead yester- day, the new governor of New Mex- ico, A, W. Hockenhull, received a pro- test from the International Labor Defense, demanding the end of mar- tial law against the Gallup coal strikers, “We renew our protest made to your predecessor,” said the telegram signed by William Patterson, Na- tional Secretary of the ILD, “against the reign of violence, bloodshed and terror in Gallup, “We demand you abolish the mur- derous gunmen rule in the mine fields established by Seligman. “We demand the immediate arrest and punishment of William Reese, UMWA scabherder for spraying acid in the eyes| of men, women and children on the picket lines, and de- mand the removal of General Wood and martial law, which was ordered by the coal operators.” Help improve the Daily Worker, send in your suggestions and criti- and tear gas bombs for use against the NMU strikers. cism! Let us know what the workers in your shop think about the “Daily.” and promises of the bosses, and | Bigger Picket Lines Surround Forging Co. Stool Pigeon and Chief of Police Issue State- ment Against Steel and Metal Workers Union, But Workers Stand Firm GARY, Ind., Sept. 28.—Greater picket lines is the answer of the strikers of the Standard Forgings Co,, to the order of the local Chamber of Com- | merce and N.R.A. yesterday to the police for the dispersal of mass picketing. As a desperate last resort, an attempt was made to try to split the workers’ rank through the Police Canada Unions Send Greetings in Fight Against NRA Plan Unity League Holds Its Second National Congress NEW YORK.—The National Office of the Trade Union Unity League has received a letter from the Workers Unity League’of Canada, which ex~ presses the solidarity of the militant workers of Canada with those of the U. 8, A. The letter follows “The Second National Congress (which met Sept. 14) of the Work- ers Unity League of Canada extends fraternal greetings and the pledge of solidarity in your struggles against the new offensive of the capitalist class of the U. 8. A. “Your exposure of the slave char- acter of the National Recovery Act and your leadership of “the broad united front struggles against this vicious anti-workingclass legislation has already drawn tens of thousands of workers into a mighty strike wave under the leadership. of the Trade’ Union Unity League, j “The anti-workingclass and imperi- alist war character of the Roosevelt regime is once again exposed in the intervention measures in.Cuba. We join in your great protest. movement are without ai against the Cuban intervention and pledge to mobilize ‘the workers of Canada into a mighty united strug- gle against the intervention and war plans of the Canadian-and U, S. imperialists. Second National Congress Workers Unity League of Canada.” Chief Maker, with the aid of a company | —stool on the strike committee, Rus- sell Hass, issuing a statement that 75 percent of the strikers are against the Steel and Metal Workers’ Indus- trial Union because of its Communist leadership. All local papers, including the Chi- cago Herald-Examiner, the Post and Tribune, are spreading this false statement. Despite this barrage of. lies, the workers’ ranks are consolidated. This provocation resulted in the largest picket lines yet held, and showed the workers’ full confidence in the Steel and Metal Workers’ Union. The local N.R.A. refuses to recog- | nize the union of the workers’ own | choosing, and is making no move to | force the company to negotiate with the men. A strikers’ delegation protested against police interference to Mayor Lewis, open agent of the steel trust, who condoned the police action in answer to the delegation. On Thursday, John Williamson, and Dave Mates will sepak at a mass meeting called by the Communist Party at Auditorium Hall, Grand Boulevard and ‘Michigan St., in sup- port of the strike and against the NRA. LL.D. Branch Wins Relief‘ for Jobless NEW YORK.—The cases of three families which were closed by the Home Relief Bureau, were re-opened, when a committee of fifteen visited the relief officials with a demand fo! adequate rfief to the unemployed in Corona Heights and brought these cases as specific proof where families The families are Lois Tozzi, 5815 Granger Street; Jerry Parisi, 210-16 45th Avenue; and Joe Labriola, 103-14 51st Avenue. The delegation was organized by International Labor Defense in con- junction with the Unemployed Coun- cil, It was led by John Sullivan, the Antonio Fierro Branch of the Page Three To Launch Referendum in Washington for Jobless Insurance vr; SEATTLE AND CHICAGO BEGIN CAMPAIGN FOR WORKERS INSURANCE BILL 1,200 Hear Benjamin’ | in Northwestern ty | City SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 28. — An} tiative and referendum petition | | drive will be launched here in Jan-| uary, for the purpose of presenting | |the Workers Unemployment Insur- | jance Bill for adoption by the} | ature. This is the first state re such a drive is being started, The campaign will be conducted by the Central Federation of the Un- employed Citizens’ League, which is affiliated to the National Committee of the Unemployed Councils. The adoption of the Workers’ Un- employment Insurance Bill would provide a set income based on “pre- vailing wages in respective industries” jto every unemployed worker, the {minimum to be paid being “$10 per week for every adult, plus $3 for Jeach dependent.” If adopted by the jstate it is to effective until a federal program of employment in- | surance is launched. The decision to start this campaign was reached following a tour of Herbert Benjamin, national organizer of the Unemployed Councils to this territory. A meeting on Sept. 23 in this city, addressed by Benjamin was attended by 1,200 people. Previously a meeting was held of | will be held Tuesday, Oct, 3. ‘Illinois Conference to Be Held on October 3 SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Sept. 28. — A State Conference of working class or- ganizations to develop a struggle for the adoption of the Federal Workers’ Unemployment Insurance Bill and for immediate sufficient cash relief, It will convene at Masonic Hall, 119 N. Sth St., 10 a. m. in this city. The Call is |addressed to all working class or- |ganizations, trade unions, unem- | ployed councils, etc., to bring to the forefront the fact that relief is being stematically cut and the threat- ning danger of further cuts and complete shutting off of relief this winter. The conference will meet at the same time as the Special Session of lthe State Legislature, which was | called as a result of the pressure and demands of the masses of unemployed | throughout the state. The conference will have the task of organizing employed and unem- ployed workers, organized and unor- ganized, into a state-wide drive for the adoption of the Workers’ Unem- ployment Insurance Bill. \Kaiser Auto Body Workers Win All the Central Federation at which Ben- jamin spoke. After a lengthy dis- cussion the decision was reached un~- animously to affiliate with the Un- employed Councils. The Unemployed League here is the oldest in the country. Previously | it acted as a “self-help” organiza~ |tion. Serving as an adjunct to the capitalist relief organizations. Hay- jing aided in the election of Mayor |Dore, it found the mayor turning 4 |deaf ear to the needs of the jobless. | Unemployed workers began to realize that only a militant program will make it possible to gain their de- mands. Since then an increase of as high as one hundred and fifty per’ cent in relief was gained. | The state committee of the organi- | zation decided on the following pro- |gram in the initiative and referen- |dum drive: | Visit all organizations to secure en- dorsement of the Workers’ Unem- |ployment and Social Insurance Bill. | Setting up Unemployment Insur- | ance Committees in all organizations to secure 100 per cent membership support. Phila. Custom Tailors On Strike PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. Sept. 28— Miserable sweatshop onditions were responsible for the strike of custom tailors called here Tuesday by the Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union. 650 tailors responded to the strike call including alteration work- {ers who refused to remain at work when the tailors were called out. | onstration before the shops at W: |nut, Chestnut and Market Sts. in- | dicated that the sentiment of the r| Strikers is for a stubborn fight to | win improvements in their conditions. | A tailor must work for 6 to 8 years | | before he becomes a first class skilled | worker, Yet wages are no more than | skilled work. Supporting the tailors in their | fight, the fur workers’ section of the |union contributed $50 to the strike |fund and has voted to tax each member 10 cents per week for the duration of the strike. following demands: Abolition of home work, A minimum wage scale of $40 for coatmakers, vest makers and pants makers, $35 for bushelman | Yesterday a mass picketing dem- | $16 to $18 a week for this highly, The strike is being waged for the| | Demands of Strike | PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Sept. 28— lA complete victory was won today | when the workers of the Kaiser shop, | the largest of the nine auto body | shops on strike in this city for the past two weeks compelled the bosses to grant an 8-hour day, a 5-day week and a general increase of 10 percent for all the workers. In addition the victory will mean abolition of piece work and bonuses and a minimum of 70 cents an hour for all mechanics. The bosses agreed to recognize the workers’ elected shop committee. This is the first time the workers of this shop have ever been on strike. Their courageous and disciplined con- duct of the strike and their militant mass picketing resulted in the gains won and has inspired the workers of the 8 shops still on strike to con- tinue the fight. The strike was con- ducted under the guidance of the Auto Workers’ Union. OUT OF TOWN AFFAIRS yoR THE Dail Pag | Chicago SEPT. 29: First Autumn Entertainment given by International Workers Order, Rogers Park Branch 186, at O44 Fellows Hall, 6990 N, Clark Street, a | Pittsburgh SEPT. 30: | Dance and Entertainment given’ by | the North Side Section Communist | Party at 85 James St. N.8. (top fleor). | 5 BS | Colorado Springs 1] OCT. 1: Film showi of 1905." { jenver OCT. 2nd: Film Showing of “1005,” at Ragles Hall, 1030 15th St., at 8 P.M. Admission 16¢, Salt Lake City : a Linden, N, J., Sept. 30, There will be @ concert program ahd also pressers and fitters. $82 for altera-|| OCT. 4th: 'Y and ERTAINMENT | . : PARTY and ENTERTA) prominent speakers. Admission 25c. tion workers, $22.50 for finishers. | Film showing of “1908”. Inquire st at the Rosenthal Studios, 345 E. 17th 217 Ness Bldg. for piace of showing. Finishers in the Custom Tailors line | UTW Leaders Neck Deep in Silk Bosses’ Politics St. at 8:30 P, M. Also movies: “Land NR. A. Symposium AS 4 v a = ‘ 3 of iss" Dencing. Admieion ibe ‘ . Symposium, ; _ By CARL REEVE. At Same Time Employers Try to Break Strike | Hinchelitfe, who is supported for re-|$25 per week. Apprentices to receive | “ Pe walle * * election by the dye union (AFL) lead- | from $14 to $30 per week, ES Auspices Unit 3, Section 2, ©. P. PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—A Symposi-| PATERSON, N. J.—Do the dye and “ ” N ] Oct. 1: a EA ELETA, Fah abet” at manafsoursrs ana tre oaved| bY Raising “Red Scare” Against National |er, Piroto, is close friend of Ww. day, Oct. 1, at the Stra Man- | Textile Workers want to “keep pol- exti i seg OB cela apg cepted MUSICALE syanheuta {sto We Gy 2014 Ne sand we. The | iin out of the dye and alle erike?” Textile Workers Union Jersey and owner of the Berourll MONSTER CONCERT :: DANCE given by Edith Berkman Youth will be F. Hellman of the| They have tried to break the dye Flax Spinning Mills, | Hinchcliffe d Branch of LL.D. at 1288 Bronx River || Daily Worker and M. Porter, assistant | strike, led by the National Textile stands in closely with the dye and and ELECTION RALLY ‘Ave., Bronx, grand floor, Admission || editor of the Jewish World. Workers Union. by raising the “red has the power. and does reduce the, were: Fred Hoelscher, the general) silk manufacturers. It is well known Auspices: HARLEM SECTION OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY 100, mottos se free! ‘ sia tbtelpbioeaimaicaans scare” and stating that the NTWU! taxes of the dye and silk manufac-| chairman of the Pirolo committee. | that the biggest campaign contrib- Oct. 1: 14th Anniversary Meeting. is not @ union but @ political party,| turers when they present to him their) former “Socialist”, who supports the} utions of both the Republican and/ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, at 8 P.M. DANCE and ENTERTAINMENT connected i oni Communist Party,| “appeals” from the city taxes and democrats; Dr. F. J. Van Noort, for-| Democratic Parties here come from ROCKLAND PALACE, 155th St d 8th A’ given by the Red Pront at 108 West || JERSEY CITY —A mass meshing ‘The NIWU, containing workers of, assessments levied against them. The| mer sheriff and former mayor of| the dye and silk manufacturers. i - and Sth Ave, He ebay eet vee sapped ie 1 Se hd all political parties has shown by its| dye and silk employers were given| Paterson; honorary chairman, John) § p, and Lovestoneites Involved RUTH ELZY famous Negro singer “NEW DEAL” Oct.1: ne Neds 2 ey a ter ae activity that it leads the fight| heavy tax reductions by Murner this| Clegg. cashier of the Labor Bank, ‘The U-T.W, leaders also bring into|] ASSADATA DOFORA HORTON (by Workers Laboratory Theatre) aac ine ight, 8 p. m., al if of the dye workers for their wage| Year. Therefore Murner’s position is into which workers put their money an sx oceans vehi party, the ‘absiseis: coudpadan "and dramatic sonor International Chorases Write to th Daily Worker demands and has from day to day|® Very lucrative one, Pirolo, whom| and which has been closed down Soctalist Party. ‘The Associated has with his leds Bao yp munk pgih o oO the iy prevented one sell-out after another,| Keller and Schweitzer brought into/ since the national bank holiday and| © py Monnah Rh ead speek at thelr Yalaba Folk Dancers Overture to Beethoven's “Egmont” horus, M xbout every event of inter- | Which the United Textile Union| the dyers union, AFL, as a leader,|may never re-open. and many other) 10) O° ee 2.” “Recently ‘Thomas || JAZZ JOHNSON'S FAMOUS DANCE ORCHESTRA UNTIL SUNRISE ae Workers Chorus, Moria Lif- Has Your Organization Planned to Have-an Af- fair for the ‘Daily’ Yet? est to workers in your fae- tory, neighborhood or city. BECOME A WORKER COR- RESPONDENT! Workers Cooperative Colony 2700-2600 BRONX PARK EAST (OPPOSITE BRONX ees has now REDUCED THE RENT ON THE APARTMENTS AND SINGLE ROOMS CULTURAL ACTIVITIES Kindergarden; “lasses for Adults and Children; Library; Gymnastum Clubs and Other Privileges NO INVESTMENTS REQUIRED »8VERAL GOOD APARTMENTS & SINGLE ROOMS AVAILABLE Take Advantage of the Opportanity. Plains Road. Stop at Allerton Avent Station, Tel, Estabrook 8-1400—1401 Friday & Saturdey Suhday (AFL) leaders have tried to put over together with the manufacturers. The Communist Party, as the only work- ing class party, support to the strike of the dye work- ers and the rank and file AFL silk strikers, m Piroles Machine Reduces Bosses’ Taxes, Events have shown that the United Textile Workers leaders and leaders of the subsidiary AFL dyers local No. 1738, UTW. is up to its neck in pol- itics—what they object to is workers’ in the present strike. Charles J. Pirolo, one of the leading organizers of the UTW dyers, is the president of the Charles J. Pirolo Democratic As- sociation, is former Passaic County tax board commissioner, and is the democratic leader of the seventh ward, Paterson, a dye workers’ dis- trict, Pirolo is one of the cogs in the democratic machine in Paterson. James Murner, one of Pirolo’s dem- ocratic leaders, a lawyer, is secretary is a servant of the political boss, Murner, The United Piece Dye Works taxes (which includes the Lodi and Weidemann plants now cn strike) were reduced from $71,649.18 in 1932 to $48,750.03 in 1933, A reduction of $22,809.15 in one year. The Charles J, Pirole Democratic Association gave a picnic last Sunday at Idlewood Park, Keller and Schweitzer and the other leaders of the UTW closed down Roseland and Turn Hall, the AFL sijk and dye strike halls, in order to get the strikers to go to this picnic, Linked With Police Pirolo is definitely, although quiet- ly, linked with the police. The com- mittee in charge of the Pirolo picnic includes Detective Sergeant Charles H, Pirolo, a close relative of the AFL dye union leader; Captain Stephen Jollett; Detective Nicholas De Luccia, also said to be Pirolo’s relative, Cay tain James Troy, and three other de- tectives and policemen. Pirolo is rumored to be unofficially in the bail bond racket and maintains close con- nections with these police and detec- of the Passaic County Board of ‘Taxes and Assessments. As the one in com- Plete control of this board, Murner tives. Also on the committee in charge of the dye union (ATL) lead- ers picnic, in addition to Murner democratic politicians. The Repub: lican candidate, including James D. Heatherington. Republican candidate for mayor of Paterson, were also in- vited to the picnic and several of the republican candidates actually spoke at the picnic. Republicans Brought In The democratic candidate for re- election as mayor of Paterson is John V. Huncheliffe, who is supported for mayor by the Duffy democratic ma- chine and also by the Murner “rival” democratic machine. Pirolo actively supports Hincheliffe in the present election for mayor. Hinchcliffe in the 1933 strike of the textile workers insisted on heavy senter.ces for all ar- rested pickets. The Associated Silk Workers (UTW) also is deeply immersed in bosses’ politics, The attorney and adviser for the Associated is Recorder (Judge) H. Joelson, democratic ally of the Murner machine, Joelson this week lectured two pickets for “riot- ing” after they were beaten by police. Joelson ran for Congress last year on the democratic ticket. Another law- yer for the Associated is Maurice Kaltz, republican candidate for as- sembly at. the present time. Mayor spoke in both Paterson and Passaic. ers, but praised President Roosevelt as well, saying that the fault lay not with Roosevelt but with the Demo- cratic Party. Thomas praised the yellow dog coal code as an achieve- ment for the workers. August Claes- sens, socialist, has also been brought in to attack the NTWU and support the UTW, been brought in has been the Love- stoneite group. Eli Keller himself, who, together with Frank Schweit- zer, is the chief organizer of the As- sociated and persdnally guiding the AFL dyers union. is a national leader of the Lovestone party, This UTW leader, Keller, is responsible together with Schweitzer, for the disgraceful sell-out which the rank and file mem- bers of the AFL dyers local rejected, because it gave the workers nothing. The Communist Perty had been the only party supporting the rank and file workers, guarding and warning against the UTW leaders’ sell-outs, and supporting the NTWU in its fight tions for the dye and silk workers, He praised not only the UTW lead-| Another bosses outfit which has | for better wages and working condi- | Speakers: ADMISSION: 30c in advance 40c at the door MINOR, JAMES W. FORD, BURROUGHS. TICKETS on sale: Workers’ Book Shop, 50 E. 13th St., and at door. Communist Party of Washington, D. C. 14th Anniversary CELEBRATION Enjoy the Week-End of September 30 and October 1 at CAMP NITGEDAIGET, DRURY, MD. $2.80 for the Week-End, Free Parking. Free Transportation Gala Day Sunday. Comrade Mills, Main Speaker