The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 4, 1933, Page 5

es g mie ‘MINERS PUT UP SHARP FIGHT AGAINST GOV'T, U. S. STEEL CO. EDICT 10 END WALKOUT Hynes, New \ By TOM MYERSCOUGH PITTSBURGH, Pa—Expressing bitter resentment at the latest at- tempt to hand them over to the captive mine operators, lock, stock and barrel, striking miners stood | outside Fraternal Hall in Union- town, Wednesday, where their del- egate representatives were gather- ja. at the call of Lewis’ new ap- jointee, Hynes, and in no mistaken rms, let it be known that they ould not accept the “agreement.” Inside the hall, the local union representatives, knowing that they are the ones who are supposed to work under this “peace pact ‘sell- out” and not Lewis or Hynes, made it so clear that they will not ac- cept, that Hynes was afraid to put th, question to a vote. And this in spite of the fact that he had called the meeting at the instruc- tion of Lewis for the purpose of demg this and ordering the men back into the pits. Putting Ryan “On the Spot” But Hynes has not had his years nee in the Sc list Party for nothing. Knowing that he can- not any longer fool the miners, he took advantage of the confusion that has been common with the so- called insurgent Ryan since the strike began. And because he now has to get the men back to work or suffer the consequences, (be bounced out like Feeney was), he tactfully arranged for Ryan to be made the goat, and arranged for another delegation to go to Wash- ington to President Rooevelt. with Ryan as i asec i he too will go with the del- egation which, when it gets there, will probably be joined by Lewi Together they will attempt to have Ryan ¢ dited by the simple pro- ng him to accept Roose- rance that the agreement is alright, and se SNE is very best to e appointment he got to of the Fayette Servility seems to ave become his watchword. When |PPord reached the field that a “peace t’ had been made in Wazhing- through he medium of the capitalist press reporters, Hynes’ t vemarks were that he “would t word from Lewis, if it is w the government wants, the U. M. W. A. will undoubtedly go along.” His next utterances, some hours later, made it very obvious that Lewis had spoken, for he de- clared “I think they (the striking miners, T. 4 will find that they are up against a stone wall and they will ve to go along.” Militia Gets Orders An evidence that those who sign- ed the “peace pact” are aware of the real feelings of the men, can be found in’ the fact that preparations ve on foot to unloose terror meth- pds as a means of putting the ‘Pagreement” over. From a reliable ource we have learned that several ational Guard outfits have been ordered to be ready for strike duty on 24 hours notice. This desire to have the men back at work, under any terms, is shared by Roosevelt, Johnson, Lewis, Hynes, Pinchot and the operators. What they do not seem to realize is the fact that it takes more than militia and bayo- nets to dig coal. It also takes more than “Peace Pacts” to bring peace of the desired kind. Ryan’s Mass of Confusion” To show how Ryan has proved such an easy mark for Hynes, it is only necessary to point to his utter confusion at every turn the strike has taken. Ryan’s greatest weak- | ness is his fear to violate the U. M. | W. A, constitution. Because of, this he has moved only when sure he was in keeping with Lewis’ pre- cious laws. He perhaps character- izes himself best when, in answer to the questioning of the reporters as to his opinion of the “settle- ment” of the strike, he said “I am deaf, dumb and blind,” adding that “until we get direct word from Roosevelt, I don’t know what to do.” After all doubt as to the reaching of that sell-out agreement had been removed, Ryan declared “if the men want to go to work, I am not standing in the way, nor am I telling {hem not to.” In the meeting called by Hynes however, it is said that Ryan, knowing the attitude of the men, declared that “the agreement is not satisfo~:ory and we will do nothing until we talk to the President, then we will follow his advice.” And so he is going to get the chance to get that advice to send the miners back to work under an agreement made by the enemies of the miners. It is “agreement” like the Greensbur la Weirton agreements, that wil pdimit blacklist and victimization. N. M._U. Gives Warning In a leaflet, written a week be- fore the sell-out, but only distrib- uted on the day of the betrayal (for the reason that two of our or- ganizers were in jail and three others were involved in court ac- tions for activity plus the lack of funds for the printer speaks for itself in giving the N. M. U. posi- tion. This leaflet said in part: “The Fayette County miners and those working in other captive mines were left in the cold. The strike dwindled from 100.000 strik- ers down to about 25,000. Now every possible maneuver is being made to drive ths miners in the tive mizes back to work. Fake wotiations took place between loses and Murray. At that time osevelt gave the operators 24 " hours to make up their minds. Then the time was ‘«tended for one week and again fér 10 days. The time will be extended again, because it is only a sham battle. “At the same time Lewis has taken ont the hated Feeney and ay UMWA President of District 4, Works With Coal Operators to Drive Men Back Into the Pits replaced him by the demagogue, Billy Hynes. Hynes was appointed with the approval of Martin Ryan, who for a long time posed as a friend of the miners. Hynes will carry out Lewis’ orders just as Feeney did. That is why he was appointed. His job is to pretend to agree with the miners and make “radical” speeches, but at the same time do whatever Lewis says. As a former Socialist he fits exactly into the situation, Ryan is work- ing hand in glove with Hyges to make the strikebreaking job more successful. Hynes and Ryan are openly destroying the Women’s Auxiliary of the U. M. W. A., which was organized to help win the strike, “It is perfectly clear that the policy of the operators, the Gov- ernment and the U.M.W.A, officials is to starve the miners out and to gradually break their ranks. Des- pite the promises of Ryan and Hynes that Fayette County will re- main solidly on strike, the Rainey, Hillman, Oliver and other miners in the commercial mines were al- ready driven back to work. To speed up the breaking of the min- ers’ ranks the operators are or- ganizing their own company unions (Brotherhoods). If the coal oper- ators are permitted to gradually break the ranks of the miners, the strike will be lost and the. most active strikers and fighters black- listed. This is exactly what hap- pened in the Greensburg and Weir- ton steel strikes. After the strike was broken the steel magnates sent home hundreds of active workers and told them: “We wil! call you back as soon as we hy - j you.” This is how t'\ 4 blacklisted. “The striking miners in the cap- tive mines, if they are to avoid blacklisting and a complete ash-up of the U. M. W. A., must do one of the two things: You must either organize and consolidate the strike and prevent any break in the ranks by organizing your own leadership and by formulating suit- able demands as a basis for nego- tiations with the operators and at the same time organize a mass support for the strike from amongst the miners who have returned to work in the commercial mines and the workers in other industries; or if this cannot be done, return back to work in an organized way so that the best of you will not be blacklisted and so that you can maintain your orgaanization as strong as possible. “Under the present conditions there is no otter course for the Fayette County miners to follow. The striking miners must have the feilowing slogan: Either all stay out on strike or all go back to work! “This policy is essential and must be properly carried out in order to prevent the biacklisting of the most active members. Your job is to preserve you: organization and to defeat Lewis ard build a union that will fight for and really protect your interests. “The rank and file miners, at the local meetings, should decide on the future course of the fight.” Rank and File Fight Against Gangsters Urged By a Young Worker Correspondent SCRANTON, Pa,—I am writing to you directly from College in Scran- ton. I am a son of a miner and proud of it. I am very much interested in Jabor struggles, especially of the miners. Today in the anthracite region, District No. 1, the situation is very tense. Cappelini is trying to show the bosses that he can control the work- ers to serve the bosses, by his dema- gogic phrases. There are several collieries on strike. Cappelini has no program for the miners. All he wants is dues, the same as John Boylan of the U.M.W.A. Cappelini and Maloney made an agreement with the Sheriff by which they were allowed only 30 pickets to each colliery, Cappelini was then forced to break demanded mass ting. I believe that the only salvation the miners have is by following the real rank and file committees, which should be set up at each local union, to get rid of these gangsters and racketeers, and follow the leadership of the Communist Party, Bombs Thrown at Picket Lines By a Mime Worker Correspondent GRIDSTONE, Pa. — Friday night there were about 150 of us on the Picket line. The evening was cold. We heard a car approaching. The men in the car were singing and we thought it was a group of pickets coming to help us while away the night. When the car came opposite Us something sailed towards our fire, We have had experiences about these bundles that sail out of the cars and so we ducked. Luckily we did so, because when the dynamite bomb exploded nothing was left of our fire but a hole in the ground. Half an hour later the same experi- ence was repeated. Of course we ex- pected it and ducked again. The remarkable thing is that there were neither state nor company police near, They both came after the ex- plosions. wJAILY WORKER » NEW YORK, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 193. By HARRY GANNES | far from Princess Anne, Mary- land, where the cindered remains of the Negro worker George Arm- wood were torn to pieces for “souv-| enirs” by the lynch mob, president! Roosevelt made a speech concerning “planned economy.” Two days after the lynching, which he failed to men- tion Roosevelt was presented with the degree of Doctor of Laws by Washington college. He took as his| doctor’s thesis the success of the NRA in contrast to the Five-Year plan. The complete speech was never published in the capitalist press, un- doubtedly to hide its grosser stupid-' ities. But in the course of his re- marks Roosevelt did say: “We don’t need any five or ten year plans.” To which he added: “We can move further in a shorter period of time without naming a definite length of time.” Undoubtedly American capitalism is moving faster—downward to deeper crisis and misery for the American workers. From the beginning of its inaugur- ation the NRA was ballyhooed as American capitalism’s method of planning economy. In fact, a planning commission was set up, but died aborning. When the Five-Year plan was in- troduced into the Soviet Union in 1928 there was a tremendous spurt in construction and planning, out- j pacing the rate of capitalist construc- | tion in any world at any period of a | growth. 5 | mee | WHAT has Roosevelt's program achieved? An examination of every basic industry shows that with the introduction of the NRA, produc- tion slumped. Precisely in those in- dustries where, in the Soviet Union, planned economy achieved unprece- dented successes, the Roosevelt prog- ram of saving capitalism from crisis intensified’ the downward drop in production. In the U. S. production in steel has slumped to 26 per cent, whereas it was around 60 per cent at the time of the inauguration of the NRA. For example, as a result of the first inflationary shot injacted into Am- erican economy by Roosevelt after the March bank crash the New York Times business index jumped up to 100. The NRA was passed by Congress on June 15, one month after its pas- sage, production in all industries be- gan to shoot downward. By October 2ist the Times index dropped to 76. The Federal Reserve Board in Washington, in its latest published business review, stated that in every industry in which codes were introd- uced, output was driven down. What was the result for economy as a whole? Greater Contradictions ‘ INSTEAD of “planning” there arose greater conflitts, contradictions and disproportions, There was a sharper spread between the prices of agrarian and manufactured goods. The misery of the workers and farmers was in- creased by the steep rise in the cost of living, and the cut in real wages, U.S. “Planning” Whole sale Destruction; While! Soviet Union Shows How Socialist Planning Leads to Great Advance for Workers The National Ind Board admitted tt 7 per cent Overn: whole fin mined thro the rapid of inflati tisk } Ske While blast furnaces in the United States go out, with s' tion dropping to 26 per cent of capacity, in the Union of Socialist Sovict Républics there is a huge increase working at full speed. in steel production, and plants are world financial domination and mar- kets. Above all, the growing struggles of the workers and farmers against the Roosevelt method of solving the crisis in the interest of monopoly capital- ism, intensified the basic’ class an- tagonisms, Yet on top of this, some of Roose- velt’s chief advisers persist in talking about “planning” capitalist oconomy. Professor A. A, Berle, Jr., one of Roosevelt's close advisers, and one of the originators of the NRA and its counterparts in agriculture and fin- ance, writing in the Sunday Times of October 29, stated: é “The overwhelming question today is, will this gigantic attempt to mold an individualist, capitalist system into a directed economic effort Produce the results?” Professor Berle, blind to the dev- eloping instability of American capi- and the capitalist crisis is sharper than ever before. It is precisely the contrast between the foremost perialist country and the Soviet on that we can see‘the failure of capitalist attempts at ning and the success of socialist plan- ned economy} While Roosevelt “plans” limitations of crop, wheat ts, the Second Five-Year y calls for and is ng an increase in these food to still higher levels the living conditions of the masses. As blast furnaces close daily in the United Stat new ones are opened in the Soviet Union. The NRA pro- oil, steel, coal and actually prevent: 2 uction of new mill or the opening of new wells, or mines. Under the Secon Five-Year plan in eepens U.S. Crisis “proposed to| daily| tk raise the present of cast iron by 15 The produc of coal in the So- viet Union, which now varies from 000 to 210,000 tons a da’ 000 tons nt Difficulties spite of difficultie viet eco in every there is a The dif- r plan created A tractor in- A ultural aft con- ed for the plan, : 1,820 with this was a te 'HE Second ve-Year plan, now following: ‘ One billion gold rouble increase in basic industries. Increase in industrial production of 34,000,000,000 r In the spt griculture an in- ase in yield, which has already be: for 1933. An inreas per cent in the transportation of goods. A considerably more rapid pace of deve! n the sphere of cultural construction than in the sphere of ement in the productivity in the conditions of the the United States open the v to diplor tion of advancing socialist economy in the Soviet Union. The success of the workers, father- land, particularly in contrast to the |floundering attempts at capitalist | planning and its d itrous results for |the workers, shows that the only way out for the American worers in the overthrow of American capitalism and the establishment of a Soviet Am- erica This road cannot be found by fol- lowing Roosevelt: this is the road of the Communist Party. in Russeltown Mine No. 2 Still Out on Strike By a Mine Worker Correspondent Russeltown Mine No. 2. Yesterday (Oct. 16), we distributed the leaflets calling for a conference miners, and to reject the fake Lewis agreement. When the miners in our Patch of Russelton No. 2 mine read the leaflets they all agred with them. Some went to the local union presi- dent and asked him about the leaf- lets, and he said it must be the work of a bunch of bolsheviks, They asked him to call a meeting, and he said we don’t need a meeting, So the miners discussed the leafiet around the fires we make on the patch, and decided that if he does not call a meeting we will call one our- selves and send delegates to the con- ference in Brownsville next Friday. Our mine is still on strike, and we will stay out until we win. Westmoreland County Miners Plan New Fight By a Mine Worker Correspondent YUKON, Pa.—The majority of the miners in and around this vicinity of Westmoreland County have now re- turned to work. Among the workers there is a feeling of uneasiness. Some are not going to work, others feel that so soon come out of strike say that our real test is still They begin to see the true the N.R.A., that they are longer allowed to strike, that Gov. Pinchot has ordered them back to work and the whole N.R.A. Board has done the same. In the Hutchison Mine they refuse to pay for dead work. In the Yukon mine, which is now starting after 18 months, the workers and drivers are working under the same conditions. ‘The company suckers are the first to be hired. Other miners who worked here many years are told to come around again. again, The miners know that their wages are low because prices have gone sky- high. Many locals are passing strike resolutions demanding $5 per day, 6 hours and 5 days per week, and the immediate elections of U.M.W.A, of- ficials. A special convention was held in West Brownsville, Pa., Oct. 20th to continue the strike. Leaflets were issued under “A Call Passing] to Action,” by nine locals of the U. M.W.A, denounncing their leader and the N.R.A. A real program of action ‘was developed at this conference, and the real test will come after the con- vention, Frequently state police are seen around the mining towns, and in some Places searchlights are put up on the company property. Gia ee ceemidierimeeianieeneee to make @ new agreement for the|, Ready to Fight At Puritan Mine Against Slavery By a Steel. Worker Correspondent NILES, O.—All the steel and tin mills in Niles, Warren, McDonald and the Youngstown section are laying off men, The Trumbull Steel in Warren laid off 900 men last week and the Niles plant (both) of the Republic Steel Co. works only 1 to 2 days a week. (Corrected 10-30-33). The Mahoning Valley, (which wes working the Veriton orders d t strike), the Niles Steel Product, Stan- ley Works, the Barral Works are p tically down. Only a few men work in each. The Fire Brick Co. is on part time, and there is talk that 150 men will be laid off because there is no market for their bricks. Out of 13,000 population in Niles, there are 200 families on relief. Many of the unemployed who got jobs dur- ing July and August are having a hard time to get back on relief. The queus (lines) at the relief office are getting longer, Everyone on the line is raising hell about something. One is complaining, “can’t get shoes,” other can’t get coal, etc. Men and women alike are swearing and cussing at the NRA, Roosevelt, and in particular, against the local merchants who are raising the prices on all foodstuffs. But there is no organization except the local election campaign, UnemployedPledgeAid In Steel Mill Struggle FARRELL, Pa. — Hundreds of workers here are forced to work 35 hours a week for the little miserable stuff that they are receiving in ex- change for labor. They are subject to all forms of very under the NRA even in the slop joints. On this relief job where workers are fed like ho from old tin cans the Blue Eagles are posted on the walls of these shanties, Under the NRA, the workers have the 3 turns em, instead of the old 8-hour ail light system, the New Deal Slay- We have to work 3 and 8-hour turns, Some of the workers have pledged to the steel work in any of their struggies in the is, their whole- hearted support, ~ |Forced to Pay Out of Low Wages for ‘Relief’ By a Worker Correspondent IRVINGTON, N. J.—My work takes me through a lot of small towns in New Jersey, mostly Union County and Middlesex. The other day one storekeeper told me the business out- look is very bad, with no signs of betterment, and then she told me that she has a daughter that works in the Calco Chemical Co., at Bound Brook, N. J., and the wages are very low. Out of those wages, every worker is assessed 50¢ a week for the town relief. The workers are told that if they feel as if they cannot pay for the poor unemployed there are others that will take their job. Cappelini No Better Than the By a Young Mine Worker Correspondent WILKES-BARRE, Pa.— With con- ditions almost unbearable, a few fakers have gotten together and formed a new union replacing the badly corrupted U.M.W.A. But this so-called new union only changes the name from one corrupt union to an- other, Let us take the pa: boss or big shot of ewly formed Machine, R, Cap] First he gained the office of District President of District No. 1, After going around and forcing the men to accept the contractors system, which was a good way to force the miners to starva- tion, he leaves his soft seat to no other than then his present enemy, Mr, Boylan, while Mr. Cappelini takes a trip to fascist Italy. Upon his re- turn he accepts a job as section boss under the company he was supposed to have so bitterly fought. During his time of bossing, several men were Killed in his section due to gas ex- Plosions, The self-named president of this new union, Mr. T. Maloney has taken men out on strike three times. He has sold out every strike there. Fellow miners, don’t be misled by these fakers again. Elect broad strike committees to insure winning of this strike, record of the Shock Brigade of Coal Miners in Soviet Union Wages of miners in the Soviet Union have been rapidly increasing, while wages of miners in the U. S. Nc NL AR a code, cisliinitinanssh se A | were set at a starvation level by the N. R. A. slave is being | speedily going ahead, envisages the | °| the Daily Worker dail u with the only English speaking work- | Old Misleaders. Page Five =e “We Don’t Need 5-Year Plans,” Says |AMBRIDGE STRIKE LEADER Roosevelt, As NRA D TELLS RED ELECTION ROLE IN COAL-STEEL STRIKE AREA Runs for Mayor After Mellon-Controlled Machine Ousts Hi m from lot by | Forging Names on Petition The author Commu- Pitts- | gh, was the outstanding leader | of the Ambridge steel str Egan was handerffed and thrown into | | (EDITORIAL NOT’ of this article, Jim E ny ate for Mayor in By JIM EGAN In the Pittsburgh every petts |c Jof the st | ‘Workers, Bosses », In Shenang Valley By a Steel Worker Correspondent FARREL, Pa he Shean Mills rumo} afloat, and the hi t all compar On Oct. 4 the offic hat the strikers f Part of the state ¥ here to call the st and picket the mills in the jhere. So the offic the 1 e di hounds of two-faced so-called “liberal” governor were also called to club the workers | The officials began prepa: | form of strike-breaking sy |mills here. They prep: |quarters in the mills for scabs, and set up flood lights around some of | the mills, all under the banner of the N.R.A, I make appeal to all workers to keep up the fight, join the Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union, read ly, and keep up ing every m in the leeping ing class press we have, help recruit new readers of the Daily, Militant Leader Backed by Local Against Fagan By a Mine Worker Correspondent COVERDALE, Pa.—The Fagan ma- chine made another maneuver to send the men back to work. About 18 of the henchmen signed a petition de- manding a special local union meet- ing. The meeting was calied by the vice-president. The local strike- | breakers opened fire against the local | president for his refusal to lead the |men back to work, The Fagan gang made a motion to remove the local president. Only one man, the vice-president, voted for the motion. Thus by retaining our local president we have defeated another move to drive us back to work. jail before the massacre of the strike pickets. He was recently released on bail. While in jail, was thrown off the ballot by the M controlled city officials, but ha is ruaning on a sticker campaign). he phantom votcrs press headlines e success of the N. R. A, and ‘ts to labor,” its columns tk vidence of its real nent is increasing 1 Despite all and “prosperity” familic of Allegenhy the relief lists, many have been cut off. Nor nclude the thousands who . The Depart- r reports that 25 per school children are w In Alleghenhy county 7,000 pers report a higher ons, sheriff and con- are on the increase. mes are without gas, employed workers of th attempted to get some of these hogs that are to be killed for fertilizer were warned they ‘ould be ged with grand larceny y the packing company. production after its short has again dropped to low as 26 per cent capacity, The auto bosses have closed shop, rail orders are slim, the bulk of steel has been going into storage for in- i rices. The wortkers of the Jones and steel plant are once again rking one and two days per week, some weeks at all. All of those hired as extra under the N. R. A scheme to provide jobs, were placed {on the labor gangs, but it so hap- pens that Jones and “aughlin have no work for these gangs. The only ing much are tke plants onnected with war industry. | Wage cuts in steel take place by | hiring skilled mechanics at 40c per |hour under the code, The worker are shifted from one job to another so much that it becomes impossible to know what his wages will be | until pay day — if he draws any. The J. & L. workers are still pay- ing off last winters relief orders. The cost of living has increased igher than 25 per cent for grocertes, etc. Flour went up from 49c and 69¢ to 89c and $1.15 for 25 lbs. The cloth- ing manufacturers state that cloth- ing will go up 50 and 60 per cent before spring for those who will be fortunate enough to be able to buy jclothes. The Daily Record of Sept. 8, 1933, quotes A. Edmundson an in- vestment economist who stated: “To reach the objective of 1926 price levels, there must be an ad- ditional 40 per cent advance above current figures. Conservative es- timates indicate expectations of the achievement of over half of this before spring. Strikes and N. B. A The Ambridge and Greensburg | Steel workers chose the Steel and | Metal Workers Industrial Union to | protect their interests, because it is Ja workers, militant fighting union. These thousands more throughout the country demanded an increase |in wages to correspond te the in- E The Fagan gang will continue tojcrease in the cost of living, for maneuver to drive us back to work. | recognition of a union of their own Some of the men think that the pick- | choosing. ets from outside should keep us on| They struck for these demands and strike. What if every striker should | came to a head-on collision with the think this way. This would mean the |N. R.A. The N. R. A. that was sup- end of the strike. Every one of us| posed to bring us more work, higher must be an active picket. By doing | wages and the right to organize this we will be able to continue the| swooped down on the Ambridge | strike without any one going back | picket lines a monstrous vulture in to work, and the strike will be won. UMWA Officials Use Guns to Force By a Worker Correspondent FITZ HENRY, Pa. — Here in the mine of the Pittsburgh Coal we now have an agreement with the UM. W.A. In the U.M.W.A. Constitution, Article 2 headed “Object, paragraph 3,” it states. “To demand that not more than six hours from bank to bank, and not more than 5 days a week shall be worked by the members of our organization.” This is a very good demand, but it is only to fool the miners. In prac- tice the U.M.W.A. officials use even guns to force the miners to accept 9 hours a day, which is in violation of the code, agreement, general prac- tices, etc. Last week we did not work on Mon- day, so they made us work double shift, that is 16 hours on Friday. The company explained this by the fact that the agreement calls for 40 hours a week. After they forced us to do this, they wanted us to work 9 hours o d which we refused! Jim Malone, an organizer of the U.M.W.A. on Yoke River fixed it up with the company on Oct. 23, for us to work the 9 hours a day. On Oct. 24 the first day we had to work 9 hours we all were good and sore! When we came out of the mines Jim Malone was there to see how well we carried out his agreement. names they could think of, and one miner started towards Malone. It hAppened that the miner had a pick in his hand, and this gave Malone man. What we have to do is to gther all the good miliatnt m: in our local put them in the lead ship, demand elections for nc t tox of- ficers, and carfy on the fight until we take the U.M.W.A. into our hands, Nine-Hour Day, Miners called him ali the | 4" an excuse to pull his gun on the | the form of 1,000 armed thugs, de- putized by the steel bosses govern- |ment with orders to kill, terrorize |and drive back into the mills every | striking worker to accept the low wages that the steel trust dictated through Johnson in the steel code. | One of the most violent and bloody | attacks in American labor > shooting, gassing, and clubbing every man, woman and child was let loose, all in the name of N. R. A, In Greensburg, Pa., the local poli- ticians and Wolworth Company threatened the workers at the brass foundry if they did not remove their names from the petitions, they would hee — or loose their unemployed relief. This drive against the Communist Party comes at a time when the steel bosses and their government are | doing everything in thet: Power to | beat back and suppress the | strike movement and general dig | content of the steel workers and coal |muners. The unemployed are shat- | tering all illusions about a “New | Deal” under the N. R. A, The un- employed are nrem~'ne ta ment the | hardest and most severe winter of | the crisis wi sgle for increased | relief, for un employed insurance, |for a determined fight for workers’ rights and against capitalism, | Unemployed Council Helps Organize Miners | By a Mine Worker Correspondent JOHNSTOWN, Pa, ~ Saturday night we held an Unemployed Coun- cil mecting, and more workers at- tended as a result of the U. M, W. | A. sell-out. Miners were told that L operator of No. 8 mine, the agreement, ete., but {tere was no improvement of con- |ditions, and dead work was not | paid. We are organizing the members |to put forward in the local union et paid for water and to fight agcinst the f $1, and to fight for tement and ‘jobs for the sted miners. The miners see that they are sold out, and it is up to them to fight for their de- man?- . cchabiacienieneasine™? ee Bs casted Nec pnamsapetainecatincuncaneal? —_ i) br!