The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 3, 1933, Page 1

Full Text of the Manifesto of the U. S. Anti-War Congress on Page 6 Vol. X, No. 237 > * Dail (Section of the Communist International) orker Party U.S.A. America’s Only Working Class Daily Newspaper WEATHER Eastern New Y ork: Fair Tuesday ‘Catered as second-class matter at the Post Office at New York, NW, ¥. under the Act of March 8, 1879, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1933 Price 3 Cents ROOSEVELT COMMANDS OPEN SHOP FOR COAL MINERS Anti-War Congress Un |1,800 Longshoremen Join in Sympathy Strike; Scab Fires at Strikers, Kills 1 Any One Refusing to Obey the President’s Command Will “Not Live Long in Union,” UMWA Official Tells Strikers PITTSBURGH, Pa., Oct. 2.--President Rooseyelt ‘commanded’ the tens of thousands of miners, who. are striking for union recognition, to return to work immediately; International Vice-President, Philip Murray, of the United Mine Workers, told 60 representatives of the strikers today. .He then added: “Any union or union officials who refuse to obey the command, will not live long in the union.” With thise A.F.L. RANK, FILE GROUP. HOLDS MEET ‘Attempt of F Duffy to Close Hall Frustrated BULLETIN WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.—The 53d Annual Convention opened in the gtand ball room of the Willard Ho- tel today, attended by more than 500 delegates. The labor officials listened to a report of William Green, presi- dent of the Federation, picturing the tremendous opportunities under Roosevelt's “new deal” for labor. Green lauded the N.R.A. codes which have been responsible for wage euts and against which miners, tex- tile workers and workers in other in- dustries are fighting. ae SS =: WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.—Frank Duffy, international secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters, an affil- jate of the A. F. of L., paid a special visit this morning to the building committee of the District Council to force the ousting of the Rank and |File Unemployment Conference, which is meeting in Carpenters Hall. The committee stood pat and the conference is proceeding in the same building housing the official “Federa- tion News” agency. The first session was visited by Postello, a member of the “red squad” ‘who is known, in labor circles as “Charley the Greek.” \. Louis Weinstock; national bf the Rank and File Committee, re- ported to the conference. An open letter addressed to the 53d Annual Convention of the A. F. of L. was edopted, The letter proposes as the central points at the Federation convention, ® discussion on the withdrawal of all A. F. of L. officials from posts in the N.R.A., revision of all codes to meet The needs of the workers and the or- kanization of a general struggle on a nation-wide scale for the Workers’ Unemployment and Social Insurance Bill. (Full details of the letter will be printed in a later issue—Ed.) Representation- at the conference are from the following unions: Car- penters, painters, paper workers, printers, plumbers, ladies’ garment, waiters, millinery, pocket-book, rail- ‘way groups and a number of federal labor unions, including Negro me- chanics, unemployed and local joint conferences of opposition groups. Delegates are mainly from New York, Philadelphia, Detroit and Washington. A big mass meeting is scheduled in Carpenters Hall, 10th and K Sts., N.W., tomorrow at 8 p.m. Pickets Thwart Opening of Ford Edgewater Plant Continue to Picket En Masse, Says Auto Union EDGEWATER, N. J., Oct. 2—An attempt by Ford officials to start production this morning with strike- breakers was frustrated when pickets beat back the scabs. Contemplating a second attempt to smuggle scabs in to.the plant by way of the river, strikers took to row boats and pa- trolled the water front. The welfare agencies here have re- ceived a request from Ford officials to: supply jobless workers who are on relief as scabs. ‘When some jobless workers offered ‘join the picket lines in solidarity ith the strikers, they are kept out the officials of the A, F. of L. strikers were arrested this . They are William sel ‘Ave., Jersey City; ‘ree 1343 E. 54th St., and Carney Ei pay ter, the other two are held for dis- Pi; thousand strikers met this at the Recreation Center, Walker Sts., Cliffside, N. J. ‘Toohill, president of the Unit- ito ‘Workers Union, an affiliate A. F, of L., raised the “red ‘The Auto Workers Union, in a leaf- let today, told the strikers not to give up the weapon of mass picketing. The “qutsiders” issue has been raised on numerous occasions previously, the uit hee its out. This is done with | union J the intention of keeping out militant, leaders from co-operating with the strikers. yy copies of the Daily Worker circulated among the strikers. of the strikers read for the first he only English working class yd received it gladly. threat, reactionary officials, cloaked with the authority of the Federal Government, are attempting to put an end to the strike for union recog- nition. Michael Garcher, 30, one of the striking miners, was shot to death yesterday “by Lewis Clausmer, lackey of the Frick Coal Co. Garcher was on strike at the Standard Shaft Mine. A group of strikers went to the home of Clausmer and booed him and called him scab. «“Get out of here or Il mow you down,” shouted Clausmer as he im- mediately emptied his revolver’ at strikers. Garcher fell dead. Com- pany-controlled Coroner, Dr. Albert McMurray, is now attempting to jus- tify the murder of the striker and clear the murderer. According to Murray there will be wholesale expulsions of miners if they do not carry out this strike-breaking cision. Almost at the same time when the conference of striking representatives started, and as @ direct challenge to the command to return to work, 1,800 longshoremen, working along the Al- leghany, Ohio and Monongah:la riv- ers, announced @ walk-out in sympa~ thy with the coal miners’.strike. This decision was reached by the members of Local No. 942, International Long- shoremen’s Union, according to a statement by Leo J. Ford, secretary of the union. This strike affects all shipments of coal along the three rivers where the coal strike is on. Recovery Administrator Hugh 8. Johnson implored the over 100,000 strikers to return to work without recognition of the union. He said, that this decision was reached after a meeting with U.M.W.A. officials and has “the authority of the Presi- dent.” Steel executives who control the mines which are on strike refused to yield under any .circumstances to union recognition. They consider that this would give tremendous impetus toward organization of the steel in- dustry, which has remained the bul- wark of the open shop. Strike action is surging through all steel centers around Pittsburgh, with a strike of over 1,200 in Central Tube, Ambridge, Pa., beginning today, if all demands presented by a committee of five to the bosses are not granted. A flare-up in many steel plants in this highly concentrated center is cer- tain. The main demands are‘ Recog- nition of the union; eight-hour day with 10-hour: pay; increase pay to reach rising cost of living. The boss- es said they were ready to “consider” oe demands except union: recogni- mn. On Tuesday the first picket line at Central Tube is expected to be over 1,000 strong, including workers from other mills. They will picket until working time and then go to their mills to prepare strike action to pull out H. H. Robinson, Seamless Tube, National Electric, J. & L. and a series of other mills. ¢ With the Coal Code in ‘effect, and the opening of the American Federa- tion of Labor Convention, which was the occasion for lauding the strike- breaking N.R.A., 100,000 miners have flayed every strike-breaking attempt of the operators, government and union officials and are holding their ranks solid. ! ’ 20,000 Drivers On Strike in Food and Furniture Trades Ask Shorter I Hours, No Wage Increased NEW YORK—A strike of 20,000 truckmen and helpers in the flour, bakery, grocery and furniture trades marked yesterdav’s developments in the New York ( / strike movement. ‘The workers were called out on strike by Local 138 of the A. F. of L. Team- sters’ Union. No increases in wages ar ed-for by the A. F. of L. of- ‘..9. ‘The strike demands are for a 48-hour. week instead of the ‘S6-hour week with the of wages to remain in force in the new wage agreement. The wage agreement expired yesterday. That the strike is a move to ex- tend the control of the A. F. of \L. officials over the entire delivery in- dustry was evident from the support given by Joseph P. Ryan, president of the International Longshoremen’s Association, Ryan announced that longshoremen would not handle any material on the docks destined to firms on strike, although he has just maneuvered to continue the old wage agreement for the longshoremen and would move to crush any attempt at a strike for better conditions for the men in his union. Ryan is said to have a hand in the A. F. of L. of- ficials’ well-known racket in this in- dustry. The strike, which was to have been called at points in New Jersey and Connecticut, is reported to have tied up 75,000 sacks of flour which remained on the piers yesterday. Among the big bakeries affected were Ward’s and Dugan's. Five arrests occurred in the early part of the day yesterday when strik- ers attempted to prevent scabs from delivering goods, A truck containing bags of flour was dumped into the East River at Coenties Slip. N.R.A. officials announced a con- ference at Pennsylvania Hotel yester- day afternoon to take up the strike situation, and Senator Wagner was on his way to fake personal charge of the mediation proceedings. Bob Minor Second In L. I. University Straw Election Vote NEW YORK, N. Y.—A straw vote taken at the University of Long Island last Saturday in the mayor- alty elections brought startling re- sults for Bob Minor, Communist candidate. Fiorello LaGuardia, running’ on the Fusion ticket, received 470 votes; Robert Minor, Communist candidate, received 100; Charles Solomon, Socialist candidate, re- ceived 60; and Mayor O’Brien, 10 votes. . Announcements of the straw vote were sent to the metropolitan press. None of them published the results. ° ARMY SHELLS OFFICERS IN CUBAN HOTEL General Protest Strike Called As Regime Jails Communists HAVANA, Cuba, Oct. 2—At least 20 soldiers were killed and over 100 wounded, and one American civilian shot dead by a stray bullet as the Cuban government's army shot it out with 500 former army officers en- trenched in the palatial National} Hotel today. The besieged army officers sur- renderéd late today, after the con-) clusion of a truce at 3 pm. led to| renewed firing by the officers in the! hotel. Field artillery bombarded the hotel all day from neighboring streets, while a steady hail of machine gun) and rifle fire spattered against the) hotel walls from the roofs of neigh-| boring buildings. Huge gaps were torn in the sides of the edifice as shell after shell burst against the stone walls, while the gunboat “Patria” moved up from the harbor to assist in the bombard- ment. The accidental death of the civilian American, R. L. Lotspeich, assistant manager of the Swift & Co. Havana branch, is being made the pretext for demands that American marines be landed from the warships now in Havana harbor “to protect American lifé and property.” \ Officers Machado Adherents ‘The officers in the National Hotel formerly headed the Cuban amny under the Machado regime, and re~ fused to collaborate with the new Grau San Martin government. They had held the hotel for more than a month, but the Grau government did not try to dislodge them until after it had proved—by its brutal attack on the Mella funeral—that Wall Street had nothing to fear from the present Cuban regime, The government hag taken drastic action in a desperate effort to sup- press the Communist and militant trade union movements. No more than three persons can assemble in the streets at any time, and hun- dreds of Communists have been under arrest. A nation-wide general strike, pro- testing against the Havana killings of workers, is scheduled to start to- day, called by the National Confed- eration of Labor of Cuba. As all its headquarters have been seized by the military, the labor federation is working secretly to prepare for the strike. Sugar workers in the mill at Pres- ton, Oriente Province, owned by the United Fruit Co., walked out on strike in protest against the killing of workers in Havana at the Mella Exclusive Torgler and; Popoff Prison Letters | In the ‘Daily’ Saturday Letters from Ernst Torgler and Blagoi Popoff,. written from Nari dungeons to their wives, and the correspondence between David Lev- inson, Philadelphia International Labor Defense attorney, and the German authorities, just before he was barred from the defense of the four Communists at Leipzig, will be published for the first time any- where, in Saturday’s Daily Worker. This sensational material has just been brought back from Europe by Attorney Levinson, and will be pub- lished exclusively in the Daily Worker, The letters from the Bulgarian Communists are flaming documents in which, despite the Nazi censor, the two men proclaimed from pris- on -their innocence in the mon- strous Nazi provocation of the Reichstag fire. 3,000 VOTE TO SPREAD AUTO STRIKE Hudson Plant Closes; Aut: Workers Face Mass Lay-Offs DETROIT, Mich.; ).2—Three thousand striking tool «. <% makers attended an Belle Isle ll yesterday morning, where ‘they made. plans to intensify picketing and spread the strike to other cities, where the employers are sending their work. The spirit of the strikers is high. The N.R.A. has been unable to break the strike. The Hudson Company has shut down completely, throwing 8,000 out of jobs, The closing ofthe plant is two months earlier than usual, be- cause of strike fears and the drop in orders. The Motor Products is also closing. Mass lay-offs face all auto- mobile workers. Rank and file opposition to the leaders‘ tactics is growing. The Smith | and Griffen leadership is reported to} have abandoned a demand for single settlements for all shops and plants in Detroit, Flint and Pontiac, which involved over 13,000 ‘strikers. |response that it is going to get. air meeting in the-+greatness~and the extension of our Barbusse Closes the Anti-War Congress With Action Call LEAD FIGHT Denounces Half-Way Steps As Aids to War and| Barbusse Says Test of Reaction; Calls for Unity in Anti-War Fight NEW YORK.—In his closing address to | States Congress Against War, Sunday night, Henri Barbusse, | famous French author, stressed the need for a thorough-going | fight against imperialist war, without equivocation or half- He denounced those who “see both sides” to the | war question as allies of reaction, and asked for’unity in the) !face of the dangers threatening the masses of the world. measures. Barbusse’s speech follows: Dear Friends: the United It is a profound joy for me, a glorious thing, to be able to assemblage! i I am doing this to bear witness to | the nobility of your congress, which has given the impression of a splen- did and grandiose revolt of man for, the final struggie against war and | fascism! | I am doing so to attest the im-| portance and the wisdom of the| | Manifesto which you have made your | a |Demonstration for the| charter, to make clear the universal The organized co-operation of the American masses represented here will contribute everywhere to the movement, which is not only a move- ment for social progress, but a move- | ment whose fighting aims raise a| life-and-death question for the gen- erations alive today. I want to repeat solemnly: we rely on you, ardent and_ conscientious friends in the United States! We are (Continued on Page Two) 250,000 New York Families Will Need Relief This Winter NEW YORK.—That local relief of- Employers insist on separate set- tlements in each city, and also for small jobbing shops and big auto | plants. These attempts:are aimed at | dividing the strikers’ ranks, but have | met with opposition from the strikers. | At a meeting of 700 Fisher: Body | workers on Saturday a demand was raised that the Mechanics Educa~ tional Society co-operate with the Auto Workers Union. The strikers in~ sisted that there be no railroading of changes in their demands and that the M.ES. issue a leaflet to the tool and die makers in the Ford plant ficials do not expect the National |Recovery Act to fill any hungry| mouths this winter was made evi- dent yesterday by the statement of Welfare Commissioner Frank Taylor | that 250,000 fa: ies, one-sixth of New York City’s pcpuletion, will need unemployment relief this winter. The local f situation, which the Board of Es this week, is looked upon by experts | of. private welfare agencies as the| most «cute crisis for the dependent | unempioyed in the history of the} | take’ the floor after all the speakers who have spoken from this platform, and to address a supreme greeting to your magnificent | Tom Mann Arrives Today at 11 A. M; ToGet Big V Welcome Veteran Leader Planned NEW YORK.—Tom Mann, eran British labor leader, who was | |refused a visa to enter the United| |States until it was too late for him |to reach the Congress Against War, | |will be greeted by a huge demon-| stration when he arrives tomorrow on the Majestic, docking at the foot of West 18th St. at 11 a.m. Many organizations, including the | |Marine Workers’ Industrial Union | jand the Irish Workers’ Club, have | | already announced their participation | |in the welcome to the hero of count- less working class battles covering | half a century. Tom Mann's life as a leader of| the, working class began with the} famous longshoremen’s strike on the} |London docks in 1889. In the ‘nine- jties he led the bitter strike of the miners in the Rand gold fields in |South Africa, which was marked by | brutal police violence. | Ever since then Tom Mann has |been In the forefront of every battle lof the British working class, and during the past few years he has led the rank-and-file movement} vet. mate is to consider | Within the British trade unions. | Mann is going to tour the country | in the interests of the fight against | war and fascism after his arrival, and he will be one of the principal | animously A dopts Fighting Manifesto NAT'L BODY ‘SET UP TO Congress Will Be in Action NEW YORK.—The unani mous adoption of a fighting manifesto against imperialist war featured the closing ses- sion, Sunday night at St. Nicholas Arena, of the U. 8. Con- | gress Against War. Roger Baldwin | was chairman of the session | A demand for the immediate with= drawal of the 30 warships from. Cu- ban waters, an attack on the militar- ization program implicit in the NR. A., and a spirited call for the “de- fense of the Soviet Union, are key- notes of the manifesto adopted by the nearly. 3,000 delegates who came to the Congress from 35 States. | Presented to the delegates for ad- | option by Roger Baldwin of the Am- | erican Civil Liberties Union, who act- j ed as chairman of the closing sessi | by A. J. Muste, of the Conference | for Progressive Labor Action, the manifesto was seconded by J. B. Matthews, Executive Secretary of the Fellowship of Reconciliation and. a | leading member of the Socialist | Party. | is Congress,” Matthews declar- | ed, “is living proof of the possibility | of united front action between Com- | munists and Socialists.” Following the adoption of the man- ifesto, a National Committee of 25 was elected, consisting of representa- tives of constitutent organizations of the Congress, living in or around New York. A national council, to be elected later, will consist of repre- sentatives of all the organizations af- filiated to the Congress. Eight resolutions were adopted by the Congress, as follows: 1. A de- mand for immediate withdrawal of all warships from Cuban waters; 2. Against the sentencing of Rose, a Michigan farmer, on criminal syn- dicalism charges; 3. Against the New York capitalist press for its “sup- pression and distortion” of news of the Congress; 4. For the indepen- dence of India; 5. Agaigst the mur- (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) Roosevelt Seeks To Stir War Spirit In Talk to Legion CHICAGO, Ill.—In an effort to funeral demonstration. The workers at “the American- owned Tacajo sugar mill have gone on strike again, cutting telephone wires to prevent communication with the outside world. In One Day, In One City, 3 Jobless Commit Suicide | calling them to join the walk-out. Strike sentiment in the Ford plant has grown considerably since the lay- off of 19,000 workers. The Auto Workers Union is holding many meetings of Ford workers this week. NEW YORK.—Despite all the, had committed suicide by gas. Fessel stories of national recovery and the, had been unemployed for over two ballyhoo of “a chance for all,” condi-| years, and due to his age, gave up tions that drive workers to suicide are| hope of ever finding work. still here, and suicides are still on| John Hylan, 55, an electrician, | the increase, could not find a job. He hanged him-/| self in his home at 2886 Briggs Ave.,| terday. Bronx. He was unemployed for two} years. Benjamin Naddle, 47, ended his life at 71 Nassau Street,- where he had desk space. -Naddle had been an engraver. -He ran two gas tubes to) a bag enclosing his head. ‘Three cases were reported here yes- | Fred Fessel, 52-years old, complain- ed that he had a headache and could not go for a walk with his wife. When she returned to their home at 81 Northern Avenue, she found that he city. Current estimates of the mini- | SPe*kers at the dinner to Henri Bar- mum amount necessary for relief |busce tomorrow night. through the winter range from} Qe SFP $10,000,000 to $15,000,000 a month.|Chicago Anti-War All of these estimates allow only for the barest necessities: Meet to Plan Barbusse The severity of the relief situation * and the growing hardships cf thr Demonstration million dependent jobless in the city) was Turthar emphasized yesterday by} CHICAGO, Il., Oct. 2—Henri Bar- @ report of the Association for Im-| busse, noted French author, is slated proving the Conditions of the P2or/ to speak at a mass meeting against that sickness among unemployed | Wat and fascism at the Chicago Coli- families has increased 61. per cent| Sem, Monday evening, Oct. 23. during three years of depression.| A preliminary meeting is being Children, according to the report, | called at the City Club, 315 Plymouth have. been the greatest sufferers in| Court, Thursday, Oct. 5, at 4 p. m., this progressive breakdown of public |‘? make plans for the Barbusse mass healih. | meeting. Mayor John P. O'Brien's reply to! the questions raised by these facts | was @ declaration yesterday that “at/by Carl Winter, secretary -of - the Teast $3,000,000 a month will be avail-| Unemployed Councils’ of Greater able for. unemployment relief during |New York, as ‘a indication that the 1934.” | Tammany administration is prepared This statement was characterized | to continue to starve the unemployed. Saravas’ Sacrifice Challenges You! How? Practically interests of the working class. _ workingclass! ing class. * “NPODAY the ink company demands $600. The newsprint company de- mands $2,300 for paper. $2,900 is needed at orice, , EVER do you see an appeal for funds by the capitalist. papers! ‘They have plenty of money. And every bit of it they get from your pockets. Every time you buy an article in a department store you are charged for the money spent in full page advertisements in the capitalist press. everything you buy, the bill to you carries an indirect tax for advertising, the same advertising that brings enormous profits to the very newspapers that favor the N.R.A., the slave codes, that fight against the The Daily Worker is supported by its only friend. You! You of the That is why we appeal to you day after day to help keep the “Daily” going. To supply the financial means for continuing the publication of the only American daily newspaper that is the fighting organ of the work- To meet these bills, we received Monday only $331.60. ‘The remainder is needed urgently. management of the Daily Worker knows what it means for workers to dig down into their pockets for monty in these hard times. It means sacrifice! Some of the workers are sacrificing! Read this letter received yesterday! “Dear Editor: “Enclosed you'll find $2.00 for the Daily Worker's drive for $40,000, that I have been trying to save for weeks. I wish I could afford to send you more, I'll try to send you some more later on. (Signed) T. Saravas.” It is the spirit of workers like Saravas, their devotion to’ and sacrifice for our only daily American revolutionary organ of the working class that will eventually topple capitalism from its power; that will raise the work- rs class to power and abolish the misery and hunger stalking the streets y- 3 ‘There must be more like Saravas. Many more like him in’ this drive. - By now, three weeks after the fund drive was started, we should have i, basins: received over $16,000 of the $40,000 quota. Actual receipts are only a little over $4,000, including Monday's receipts. IOMRADES! Party members, sympathizers! Party units, Party sections! Mass organizations! Trade unionists! We appeal to you not to allow the ink pots of the “Daily” to run dry. We appeal to you not to let our presses wait for paper. The cap- italist creditors will not be too “kind” to us. We appeal to you to rush funds so that we can buy the ink and the newsprint for the “Daily.” $2,000 are needed NOW! Join the fighting army of the working class thet supports the Daily | Wesker! Rush your contribution et ones! Received Monday $331.60 Previously received . 3762.54 Total to date ...5 sees eertives eee eee ees BE 08E 18 * -—" Speer bac tae wis | form of government aid. | divert rank and file American Legion- | naires from their demands for the | bonus, and to whip them into line for his anti-workingclass National Recovery program, President Frank~ lin D. Roosevelt, speaking at the opening of the 15th annual American Legion convention in the Chicago Stadium yesterday called on them to renounce their disa‘ility benefits and | their bonus. At the same time he summoned up the spirit of war-patriotism in: ac- cordance with the government pro- gram of continued war preparations | by declaring that: “If this country is worth living in, | if our social order means anything | to us, then this country of ours is worth defending... It is the funda- | mental obligatiop of citizenship to don the uniform of our country, to | carry arms in its defense when our | country and the things it stands for | are attacked.” | This declaration Roosevelt followed with a demagogic plea for a balanced | budget, saying: “We undertook to take the national treasury out of the red and put it back into the black. In the doing of it we laid down two principles which directly affected benefits to veterans.” “Cne of these principles,” said Roo- sevelt, “is that no man. because he | wore a uniform, must thereafter be | placed in a special class of benefi- ciaries over and above all other cit- | izens. The fact of wearing a uniform does not mean that he can demand | and receive from his government @ | benefit which no other citizen ree | ceives.” se It also attempted to shift ty for veterans’ relief loco] governments by dividual affected (by dis« | abilities not emnnected with military service) can afford to pay for his | own treatment he cannot call on any If he has (Continued om Page 2)