The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 11, 1933, Page 3

Fage Three Farm Pickets Feed s Go To Farm Conference DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1938 | The Fighting Kew Imperial Very irinett Didn’t Like It UNION HEADS, COPS HIT ANTHRACITE PICKETING Hunt Miners Like NRA Runs Mine Election Animals in Hills, 7, Suit Coal Operators As NRA “Mediates” anegnnebe Miners to Fight Against Fagan and Other Officials Make No Pay, Misleaders As Their Representatives Dr WwW | a eee never was a prisoner taken in our} Demand to ik ‘a . ae ORC MERREEOUGE regiment; nor did we treat or Tose | All in Strike (President, National Miners Union) ground. I would like the old 15th | By DAN SLINGER Already dawning upon thousands of captive miners’ minds, is the fact | Regiment to know we were used as| that only bigger and better struggles will bring the desired and needed |* J°K@ in the midst of hell. WILKES BARRE, Pa.—Maloney and Cappellini, officials of the changes, which were sought in the strike just terminated through aD | Gin ae eG: Oe ea | United Anthracite Miners of Am- erica, are preparing to sell out the chicanery of President Roosevelt, General Jornson, John L, Lewis, Billy trash on stage and screen. A sincere Hynes and the so-called insurgent Ryan. honest picture of Negro vets ate) atrike of the Anthracite miners of} corted to under the pretext of clean. Selective processes of re-hiring, re - workers is impossible under capital- | nies Soe a ; ©) | tins. For ane’ of capftalsin’s ne e veranda of the Imperial Suite on the Berengaria which the ship's District 1 by sending the miners| ing up and other excuses, early state- Cl b 20 A th t | cca CecoroLa wena in Chat ltnmereet back to work under a promise from| ‘ent! of the N. R. A. agents who | u nehyracite' ve propaganda is that the Ne | a pecan Aas ey pode officials could not convince Litvinoff to use on his way to America. He a gro sychologically inferior. There- the Labor Board NRA that the mine [oe Pine field to “conduct” so- | F é ack ome | . Strikers; NRA Wire ea ets | | By H. E. Briggs | | WE HAVE fust received = \ from a Negro vet, member of the famous fighting 15th, French No. | 369th Infantry, N. Y. He exposes the | war picture, “Forgotten Men,” shown at a Bridgeport, Conn., theater. He | | says, “A soldier from every country | told what he had done but not a) | Negro to represent a race that sent | jover thousands of their boys. It} | showed scenes of some dancing and | and one sharpening a razor and he| | was looking at a German prisoner. | As an ex-soldier I can say there Chicago Farm Conference of 600-700 Farra Delegates to Discuss Fighting Plans As Reno Crowd Sabotages Struggle CHICAGO, IL, Noy. 10.—As an act of fighting solidarity against: the monopoly milk trusts, striking picket farmers at Kankakee, Illinois yester- day distributed hundreds of quarts of free milk to unemployed workers anid their families, it was reported here today. This news coincides with the announcement of « statement issued ‘by = = ——tthe National Committee of Unem- | ployed Councils calling its members | throughout the United States to sup- | port the coming historic Farm Cone ference to be held at Chicago “on November 15-18 at the Peoples Atidi- torium. “The National Farm Conference to be held in Chicago ts of the greatest significance in the development “of National Events : | fore, they can only be cast as ignor-| imply didn’t Ifke the silken cushions and the ritzy luxury of the place. ers will be given a fair hearing. called elections and the elections for ‘ant comedians or razor-slashing | He took a simple two-room cabin instead, 5 ! 5 5 Maloney says nothing about the micipal and county offices held | brute ; Mass Meeting 38 ‘demands of the miners for the col-| ae ‘Taieaday all serve to strengthen | pps . Reena pio anie cE pees | — i ———]| PATERSON, N. J—Rose Levin-|the struggles of the farmers against Hery sheet rates, or consideration | the realization of this need. | Picketin to Cease | would upset the status quo. But there | son, who has just returned from the |the Roosevelt Agricultural Adjust- work. Maloney knows that John L.| 4, yg w, A, Officials After Moncy | jis one country where they are not MA. bf U.S.S.R., will be the speaker when |Ment Act,” the statement declares, Lewis is one of the members af| 15 brazen declaration of the ES afraid to show the Negro or any) f ve the Friends of the Soviet Union hold| Continuing, the statement says, ! ass meeting tonight at the| a mM Workers Center, 222 Paterson St. | for their Rnteriaiamieny willie furnished: by | [%Sre Swposed. te mee | products goes not to them, but. te |the Balalaika Orchestra of Pater-| P' |son. Admission is free. | the speculators and rich grain eor- ‘ | porations, who pass the increase the Labor Board, and that by turn- ing the miners to the board he 2 the same time turns them over to |Wagner Says He Is for'| other race in their real character. | “The higher prices that the farm= ° . That is the Soviet Union. The Ne- Mediation If the Men |sro vets and workers of Bridgepor | gro vets and workers of Bridgeport | Permit Scabbing | should get together with their white aptive” operators that they will al-| ow “only the election of new officials |or the Brotherhood” and the bold- | ee es ra “age is A. from: whom the | of mine foremen and superin- | ers have split. | tendents, as well as the Brotherhood | Maloney. and Cappellini are deal- SCORES LOW PAY AND SHIPPERS’ COD jof whom was Newton D. Baker, Sec- | retary of War under Wilson and no- brothers to protest such idiotic be- , littling in pictures, stage, books, etc. SConbirateg Jem Pegg }) ‘ i i : | i | members at Tuesday's civic elections, | ing with Monsigneur Curran and the Editor of the Times Leader, | together with Comerford of the} ‘Local NRA are leaving nothing un- | done to drive the miners back to work, Maloney threatened to send ‘organizers into the lower Anthracite to call the miners of District 7 and 98 out on a sympathetic strike. This| of course is only a bluff to hurry up| the machinery in Washington so that | the sellout of the miners will not be delayed. From the start of the strike these betrayers have used every method to weaken the strike, by refusing to call a general strike of the miners when the General Grievance Com- mittee voted more than three weeks before the strike call was issued for a General Strike. Block Mass Picketing Maloney had called a strike of the Penn Collieries over the discharge of 25 miners. The strike was effec- tive. The miners were going on the picket lines in masses. Maloney and Cappellini then made an agreement with the Sheriff to allow only thirty picket at each colliery. The result was that the miners found there ‘were more state troopers than there were pickets, and that the thirty pickets were beaten up, and terror- ized, and when they tried to organize mass picketing again in order to stop the collieries. The rank and file lead- ers were arrested and kept in jail. Joe Dougher, who was active in organizing the mass picket lines was beaten up and thrown into jail, the miners returning to work. Maloney then, in order to bolster up his ‘waning, power, called the Glenn Al- den collieries out on strike, and again the rank and file miners de- manded that a general strike of the miners was necessary if the miners were going to win their demands. A special Convention of the miners was then called to stop the miners from calling a general strike, Maloney stating that if the govern- ment would intervene, the call tor the genezal strike would not take | place. Monsigneur Curran was called in tw try and pacify the miners. But the patience of the miners had been worn out. On the second day of the convention the miners voted unani- mously for a general strike of District | 1 in Luzerne County. Raise No Demands The strike was carried through and practically all of the collieries are out. In Lackawanna County the strike was not so effective because of the betrayal of the Penn strike by Maloney and Cappellini and be- cause Cappellini and Maloney had nothing to offer to the miners except recognition of their union. They the U. M. W. of A. and who, while recognizing that the officials of the U. M. W. of A. are a bunch of fakers, know that Maloney and Cappellini are no better than Boylan and Lewis, and that recognition of the new union without other demands would only mean that they would stop pay- to one bunch of fakers and a8 sf | and File Committe of @ leaflet calling upon ions to strike miners, leav- union recogni- with the de- to force the ay the colliery leaflet. warns officials who fighting with to force the miners ry arbitration, and ie NRA meant the ge & neti! RaRy ay SFribe HUE ao f6 eel all EDEER 583 & the hills, brutally beating they could reach. against the terror by troopers. They were too 2 2 F : who | « t hat the Convention be any decisions are serve to show, that whatever accrue to the rank and file in the mines, will come through the me- dium of struggles yet to be fought. The officials of ¢the U.M.W.A. are showing their chief concern is for as large a number of dollars per month as it possible for them to get. Of course they are willing to do further _ betray} service for this privilege of collectiong one dollar a month from each miner, by serving as the spokesmen for them at any negotiations which may be held. Billy Hynes, Lew i monger, e: ly with his whining pleas to the N. R. A. agents to Id the elections at places where U.M.W.A. members will not need to be afraid of coal company deput: To all these pleas, however, the spokesman of the N. R. A. declared “we are conducting this election” but refuse any further elaboration. It can be seen, however, that nothing more than a continuance of the pres- ent situation will come out of the elections to determine which “union” will be recognized as the one “to bargain collectively with the oper-. ators, as the miners’ own choice.” Company Controlled Election ‘That no further unity of action will be seen in the captive coal field, this side of the next general struggle, seems to be an assured fact and local actions will be smashed by the in- timidation, terror, victimization and blacklist methods so well known to all miners, In fact no union will be recognized as spokesman for the whole of the employees in the region and quite likely this will be the case for the emvloyees of a given mine. In the first place, it is not to be what is generally accepted as a gen- eral election which will be held. Each mine is to have it’s own elec- tion, in all probability on company property. From such elections no general regresentatives or rari and file spokesmen can he _ expected. Where the majority might declare for the U.M.W.A. we can expect that there will be minority (Brotherhood) representation provided for also, This means playing into the hands of the coal companies, whose well known methods of getting rid of undesirable employees can be expected to be used effectively. From many sections come reports that miners are being discharged for union activity. We also learn that many miners who fought for recogni- tion of the U. M. W. A., are now mak- ing a decided fight against the turn- ing over of dues to the Lewis ma- chine, being influenced largely by the latest action in Washington, D. C., which they declare, “saw eight husky miners knocked off their feet by a smile and a handshake from the N. R. A. dictator and President Roosevelt.” Rank and File Action Needed ‘What is needed in the captive mine regions, as well as in all coal regions, is @ determined fight under the lead- ership of capable and honest rank and file fighters. The need is here now. In a short time it will stand out boldly everywhere. Neither the Lewises, Hynes’ or Ryan’s can or will give that kind of leadership. It is the miners own job. They must or- ganize such groups now as will rally around themselves the best fighters in the region, so as to be able to effect unity of action in the next, surely approaching, struggle. To the captive miners we say; when selecting your representatives at the coming elections, also decide against turning over any dues to Lewis and the U. M. W. A. Union men will eladly pay their own dues. And when they are paid, use them to strengthen your own position for the strugeles you yet have to fight. Only by this method and solid rank and file con- trolled unionism can you turn the recent betrayal into victory. made, that the calling off of the strike by Maloney without calling the miners back to a reconvened conven- tion will not be tolerated. Movie and Concert SUNDAY, NOV. 12, 8 P, New Soviet Film “War Against the Centuries” W. 1. R. Band ‘Workers’ Laboratory Theatre Jewish Workers’ Club Dram Group Auspices: Brownsville Workers’ International Relief Center 421 Stone Ave., cor. Belmont, Brooklyn Admission ise in advance; 200 st door CHICAGO, ILL.— Workers! If you need a room— look at our rooms first. Hot water, heat, light housekeeping, 1129 8. Ashland Bivd. $7.50 a month, Call, Saturdays and Sundays. | WILKES BARRE, Pa., Noy. 10.— | State police brutally attacked anth- jracite pickets near Scranton today | clubbing twenty workers. Two strik- jers massed at a mine for picketing |despite the order of their leaders | Maloney and Cappellini. The pickets | were attempting to get members of the United Mine Workers of America to join their strike. | Senator Wagner of the N.R.A. Labor Board, to help the officials of the Anthracite Miners of Pennsylvania break the strike, sent a wire to the union heads here today declaring he would appoint a committee to “nego- tiate,” “As soon as picketing is discon- tinued and those who have jobs and | wish to work at them are permitted to do so without interference.” Thomas Maloney, president of the union, declared he would prevent or- ganizers from going to unstruck mines in accordance with the request of Wagner. ‘Time for “Daily” to ‘Expose PMA Heads ‘Says Miner’s Wife (By a Worker Correspondent.) PEORIA, Il—I am ‘a miner’s wife, steady reader of the Daily Worker and of the Progressive Miner, yellow sheet of the Progressive Miners of America. In the last few months this rotten sheet has done nothing for the good of the miners, but in every way has | attacked the Communist Party and its representatives, supporters, and the Communist policy. I am so tired and disgusted at read- ing these slanders, that I plead and urge your editorial staff to counter- attack these well-fed priests and be- trayers of the miners. These P.M.A, leaders have made a reactionary union out of a well intentioned mili- tant movement of a year ago. In the P.M.A. today there is no differ- ence between the union leadership of John L. Lewis or the P.M.A. leader- ship. Just a matter to whom we pay dues to. A hot editorial in the Daily Worker exposing these bosses’ agents will be very well appreciated by the miners and will do a world of good. DAKOTA UNIT BOOSTS QUOTA Unit 3, Section 11, Communist Party, North and South Dakota Dis- trict, has already raised $26 for the Daily Worker on a quota of $30. Unit 3 voluntarily increased its quota to $45, and challenges all other units in Section 11, to do as well by the “Daily.” CITY AFFAIRS BEING HELD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE Daily, orker Saturday, Nov. 11th: Mt, Eden Workers Center, 288 EB. 174th St., will hold Dance. Freihelt toes, Council Imperial Valley LL.D., Con- course Workers Club, Shule No. 6, Adm. 15e. Porto Rico Anti-Imperialist will hold = Dance ore Stevie three ing at 240 Columbia St., Brooklyn. Party and Entertainment at me of Comrade Sardutoff, 631 . Bronx, Aus- pices Sacco-Vanzetti Br. LL.D. Spaghettt Party, Dancing and En- tertainment at the studio a¢ 28 East 14th St., Apt. 12, Adm. 10c, Rosalyn Simons will dance. Jerome Workers Club will hold = house party at home of Wyner, 1758 ‘Weeks Ave., Apt. 8-D, Bronx, House Party gvien by Unit 33 at 1973 Vyse Ave., Apt. 1-E, Bronx. House Party given by Unit 20 Sec. 5 at 918 Tiffany St., Apt. 4, Bronx, at 8 pm. Entertainment nad Dance given by the Novy Mir Club at thelr club rooms, 2700 Bronx Park East at 8:30 pm. im, Ise. ‘Hous ers Club, 304 W. 58th St. at 8:30 p.m. Chow Mein Party and ment at 327 E. 16th St. Apt. 15, given by Unit 11 fee, 1. John Reed Clob Chalk Talk, Songs. Adm. 10¢, Br. 47, Shute 8 will hold a dance and entertainment at 21 Montgomery Street, N.Y.C. at 8:30 p.m. Mara Tartar, well known proletarian singer will be there, Adm. 100, Astoria Br. 520 LW.O. will hold » Concert at 2520 Astoria Ave., L. 1, Crescent Theatre Bldg. You mention that there is no hall for the Negro vets in Bridgeport. That is too bad. We advise you to| communicate immediately with the | National Office of the W.E.S.L. about the details of forming a post in Bridgeport. The W.ES.L. will sup- port any rank and file group that honestly wants to fight jim-crowism. That is one of the points in the 3- Point Program, adopted by the Na- tional Rank and File Convention held in Washington last summer. No group can go wrong by following this program: 1—Immediate cash payment of the balance due on Adjusted Ser- vice Certificates. 2—Immediate restoration of dis- ability compensations, allowances, | pensions, hospitalization and domi- cilary care without discrimination | or jim-crowism of Negro vets in hospitals, etc. 3—Immediate adequate remedial Relief for the Unemployed and Farmers, soe Barnacle Bill Bill is a gob on one of those war- ships that will soon give America a navy “second to none.” He tells how he observed Navy Day peeling bar- nacles off the hull. Oh, for the life of a sailor! It wasn’t any picnic except for the flag wavers and the officers of the Navy League who were busy showing Lady Bountiful how blast furnaces blast and how the “hairy apes” in the hole look in their “noble sweat”! How did you observe Navy Day! Tell us, there must be “gobs full” of stories. Khaki Shirts Again If you think Art Smith alias Colo- nel “Seng Lee,” right hand man to Kerensky (Karnusky to Art Smith), etc., etc., is out of the fray you are mistaken. His followers beat up Har- ty Davis, a disabled war veteran at an Anti-Fascist meeting in Philadel- phia recently. This column thinks it is time that all honest veterans start- ed a campaign to eradicate such ele- ments as Art Smith. It calls on the rank and file veterans of Philadel- phia to take up the cause and fix his wagon. Down with Fascism, re- gardless of the color of its shirt. Thanks for the Letters R. A. Emberg for his contribution. We turned it over to the Artef. Are you a veteran? Write us about the possibility of a post in Oakland, Cal. Hereafter we will answer all letters Personally. The column must be kept for good solid news and interesting sidelights on those things which af- fect veterans, directly or indirectly. However, we appreciate hearing from all vets and friends of vets, so keep on sending those letters, The Canadian W.E.S.L. The W.ES.L. of Canada has issued @ call to all veterans to unite in op- Resition to the revision of pensions. Tm Canada the clever enemies of the ex-servicemen are also using the gag of “privilege.” They are also using the splitting tactics of discrimination you think important to us. will guide us in helping you and strengthen our unity. Cheerio, e018) 8 8.0.S.—DAILY WORKERS ‘We are a bit late in asking let the “Fighting dewn, comrades. Spinach, sports and poets are necessary for workers and vets, but we vets also need ammunition to carry on a fight against the enemies of the compensat pensions, our code will reecive consideration, | but I can state that if it doesn't, the | seamen will write their own code} through struggle on the ships.” | W. C. McCuiston, of the M.W.1.U., spoke for the longshoremen, citing the | 300 per cent increase in the Phila-| delphia accident rate because of the | terrific speed-up. He also indicated | the gangster tactics of the recently revived Olander organization. | Manny Jackson, Negro representa- tive of the Savannah, Ga., longshore- | men, also scored the speed-up and} protested that “we have not been) given our daily bread.” Lloyd Philips | appeared for the bargemen, lighter- | men and scowmen. “It is clear that | we must fight for our own interests | |rather than for that of the employ- | ers,” he said. 8S. Lindquist protested the undermanning on the towboats. Deputy Davis assured the marine workers that their proposals and pro- | tests will be given “consideration.” seer eae CARRY SLOGANS WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 10.-- The Blue Eagle wore its well-known blinders when it came to recognizing | the presence of an elected delegation of Negro and white seamen and long- shoremen representing 12,000 mem- bers of the militant Marine Workers Industrial Union. ‘The workers who have sat here) since this morning must await the pleasure of the owners. Led by Roy Hudson, National Sec- retary of the Marine Workers In- dustrial Union, the delegation ar- rived early this morning in three trucks carrying banners voicing their demands: “No blacklist; three watches; re- turn of the 1929 wage scale of $62.50 @ month.” The M.W.LU. delegation came to protest against the slave time and pay provisions of the proposed NRA. shipping code, the first hearings on which were held today in the Com- merce Department Auditorium before N.R.A. Deputy Administrator William H. Davis. Davis devoted both morn- ing and afternoon sessions to hearing the proposed code amendments of counsel for about 20 shipping and rail employers, the most prominent torious open shop attorney | Hudson filed a statement with | Davis objecting to the “minimum’| monthly wage of $40 proposed in the| code, pointing out that this scale, if enforced, “would result in a further | worsening of the already low scale prevailing on the ships and docks, Furthermore, the fact that the pro- | pose dcode only applies to coastal and intercoastal shipping indicates a low- er code on vessels in the foreign trade because they always use the argument (which has no basis in fact) of for- eign competition as no excuse for a| lowering of wages on these types of vessels,” | Hit Company Union Hudson also filed a protest against | the San Francisco N.R.A. ruling made | about a month ago which decreed} that the Longshoremen’s Association | of San Francisco (Blue Book Union) | is not a company union or under the domination of the Waterfront Em- ployers Association. Victor Olander, representative of the impotent International Seamen’s Union, sat on the platform with Davis as an N.R.A. “labor advisor,” as did Joseph P. Ryan, of the A. F. of L. International Longshoremen’s Asso- ciation. If the MW. it may be heart of the hearings. . Waits long enough, at tonight’s session The police reception squad devoted | to watching and hounding militant labor delegations, met the marine workers at the District line and pro- vided a motorcycle escort to the Com- merce Auditorium. OUT OF TOWN | Just before he was placed in the chair. AFFAIRS FOR THE Daily,<Worker Port Chester, N. Y. November 9th: Banquet—Chinese Restaurant. Danc- THE TREMONT WORKERS CLUB 2015 Clinton Avenue, Bronx presents The Guild String Quartet An All Russian Program QUIRT of the Daily Worker Revolutionary Sketches Dramatized Revolutionary Songs “The Necesmary | Evil” a play — Refreshments — Saturday Evening, Nov. 11 8:15 P.M. Admission with this ad 25 At door 35¢ SCOTT NEARING will leeture’ on “THE WORLD ECONOMIC CRISIS” Saturday, Nov. 25th, 8 o'clock at JEWISH CENTER Ocean Parkway and Neptune Ave., Brooklyn Shop, 50 E. 13th St. Get Yours At Once! Supply Limited! Celebrating the Sixteenth An- niversary of the Russian Revolution TONIGHT at the PEN & HAMMER 114 West 21st Street Given by the TECHNICAL BURO (Engineers Group in F. 8. U. giv- ing voluntary Technieal Aid to Fellow-engineers in Soviet Union) Jasz Band — Admission 25¢ MOISSAYE J. OLGIN x ‘Will Lecture On “What’s Happening In Russia?” This Afternoon at 3 o’clock WORKERS SCHOOL every event of interest to workers in your factory, neighborhood or city. BECOME A WORKER COR- RESPONDENT, 35 East 12th Street, 3rd floor Questions. ‘Admission S6e. ing at affairs arranged by Russian Mutual Ald at North Main Street. Cleveland November 11th: Big Daily Worker Rally and Banquet with entertainment at Carpenter Hall, 13509 Kinsman Road, Auspices Section 3, ©. P. Dance and Entertainment at Small Home Owners Hall, 4323 Lorain Ave. Adm. 15¢, Auspices Units 13 and 102. House Party. held at the home of Comrade Todorovic, 1252 E. 59th St. at 8 p.m. Dancing. West Allis, W November 12th: Concert and Dance given by the Finnish Workers Club, South Slav Educational Club and the Communist Party at Labor Hall, 6387 W. Na- tional Avenue. Canton, Ohio November 15th: Workers Press Dance being arranged by organizations in Canton at Inter- national Workers Order, 1732 8th St. N.E. Admission only 15¢, Gary, Ind. November 11th: Vetcherinka is being arranged by 6th t 8 p.m, ‘Unit 16 at 224 w. Newark, N. J. November 12th: House Party at home of Comrade Brodkin, 119 Ridgewood Ave. Aus- Plces Untt 4. Worcester, Mass. November 12th: Dinner and musicale given at En- dicott Hall at 4.30 p.m, Connecticut District ‘The great Soviet film “1905” adapted from M. Gorkt’s famous novel “Mother” will be shown in the fol- lowing places on the days listed be- low: Nov. 11—Emmett Hall, 68 Pearl St., ‘Thomsonville, Conn. Nov. 12—Russian 675 Dwight St. Springfield, Mass., at 4 and 8 Pp. m. Nov. 13—Tivele Hall, Grove, corner Main St. Chicopee Falls, Nov. 14—Monument Hall, 17 ton 8t., Holyoke, Mass. Priladelphia November 11th: Dance and Entertainment given dy Unit 101 Sec. 1 at 1208 Tasker St. at 8 pm. House Farty arranged by Unit 905 at 2028 N, 1th St, at 3:30 p.m. Detroit November 12th: Concert and Dance in celebration of Vbe 14th Anniversary of the Com- ist Party at Martin Hall, 4959 Martin St. given by the West Side Section, Adm. Workers Open Forum | LAWRENCE, Mass.—On Sunday, | Nov. 12, at 7:30 p.m., the second of | a series of open forums, held under | Forum Committee will take place at} 189 Elm St. The topic of the dis-| cussion will be “What Is Happening | in Germany?”, and Allan Binch will| be the speaker * e@ Rank and File Meeting | DETROIT, Mich—All members of | organized labor affiliated with the} A. F. of L. and R. R. Brotherhoods are requested to attend the second annual convention of the rank and} file of A, F. of L. vs. the 53d An-j| nual Convention of the A. F. of L.| held in Washington, D. C., last month, The meeting will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 14, at 8:30 p.m. at the | Plasterer’s Hall, 3111 Elmwood Ave. | Protesting Innocence Negro Dies in Chair McALESTER, la. Nov. 10.— Protesting his innocence, William Johnson, a Negro died in the electric chair at State’s prison here early today for the alleged slaying last December of Mary Wolfenberger, | Muskogee seamstress. “In my heart I know I am paying for something I never done,” he cried MASS. HATS CAPS PAUL’S MAKER TO WEARER Stephen L. Stetson Hats UNION MADE $4 -- $5 367 Broadway, Chelsea Mass. | lence.” | along to be carried by the workers in the cities. “In addition, the farmers “ere ground down by the Roosevelt ‘pro- gram because it has raised the prices [the auspices of the Workers Open | o¢ manufactured goods that the farth« ers must buy almost twice as fast as the supposed increase in farm prices.” “The farmers have shown their solidarity to the workers on strike and to the unemployed by the cor~ tribution of food. The workers on the other hand, both employed and unemployed, have been on the picket line helping the farmers in their strikes, This solidarity attains every greater importance in the struggle against the N. R. A. and the A. AWA, It must be a united struggle of the workers and farmers against the boss-control government and ite at~ |tempt to put more burdens on the backs of the workers and farmers.” “National Committee Unemployed Councils calls upon the Unemployed Councils everywhere to assist the farmers in their strikes. We call upon the councils to send telegrams and letters of solidarity to the Farmers National Relief Conference which will be held in Chicago November 15-18 at Peoples’ Auditorium, 2457 West Chi- cago, TIL” Organize Gangs > Freezing weather is restricting picketing. However, groups of rich farmers are organizing strikebreaking gangs “to fight violence with vio- To bolster up sentiment for these gangs, obviously provocative “explosions” are reported in various places. Reports are also being cir- culated by the capitalist press of cached dynamite being found near the strike area. The preparations for the Confer- ence are being speeded up. Groups of delegates, many from the present strike area are already on ‘the road and are expected to reach Chicago by the 15th Workers School Forum SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12th COMBINED MARXIST EXHIBIT. from 3 to 5 in the Afternoon AND LECTURE at 8 O'clock in the Evening by H. M WICKS ON “The Historical Development of Marxism” BOTH at 35 East 12th Street, New York City—2nd floor. Admission for the Exhibit and Forum 25 QUESTIONS — DISCUSSIONS Celebrate with the Representatives of All Mass Organizations at the DELEGATED BANQUET the PROGRESS OF THE DAILY WORKER Sunday Evening, November 12, 1933 —7:15 P. M— IRVING PLAZA—MAIN HALL East 15th Street and Irving Place, New York City CLARENCE HATHAWAY Editor-in-chief of the Daily Worker—Main Speaker AN ALL RUSSIAN PROGRAM OF CHAMBER MUSIC from Soviet Modern Composers and old Masters, by the Guild String Quartet. . ‘THIS DAY AND AGE IN MARY- LAND, by John L. Spivak. SKETCHES depteting present events, by the John Reed Club, with William Stegel. . WORKERS DANCE LEAGUE'S NEW DANCES, with the New Dance Group. a THE NEWSBOY, » from V. J. Jerome's by the Theatre of play famous. Action. ” | AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY SONG presentation by Worker Chorus, with myan. % CARL BRODSKY, Chairman. Workingclass organizations elect your delegates in time for this event. Please help this celebration Admission at the Door, 75e. the full program may be given as advertised Food will be served promptly at 7: General Balcony Admission by coming on time so that 30 mn. m. in the Main Hall % Come See a Hear From the Screen LITVINOFF SPEAK while in Washington Also “ANIAKCHAK” Adventures In Alaska—Hell On Earth First time in 5 years. Hi EMBASSY NEWSREEL