The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 30, 1933, Page 3

Police Raid St. Paul MeatStrike Meetings, Arrest All Leaders A. F. of L., But Packing Unions Make Gains and Fight Goes On SOUTH ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 29.—After eight days of militant strug- xie, 4 macs meeting of Armour strikers voted to call off the strike and re- tern to work on the basis of no discrimination against any striker, and gave « vote of confidence to the Packinghouse Workers’ Industrial Union and to their Jeaders who were arrested Thursday night. to amash the strike, a plot was or-@ ganized Thursday night in which the A. F. of L. leaders, the police and the newspapers, joined hands to use trickery to end the workers’ struggle for higher wages and recognition of ‘the Industrial Union. Police Raid Swift Meeting ‘Two squad cars of police came to a mass meeting of Swift workers Thursday night which had just voted financial support to the Armour strikers, and arrested Morris Karson, William Schneiderman and Norman Hurwitz, who had just finished ad- dressing the mass meeting. While the workers’ leaders were in jail overnight, the A..F. of L. leaders and other company tools distributed liquor freely on the picket lines, and then 30 police and deputy sheriffs broke up the picket lines, announced the strike was over, and helped drive the workers back to work. ‘The morning newspapers on Friday carried lying stories that the strikers had asked for the arrest of their own leaders; this was immediately de- nied in a statement issued by the Armour Strike Committee, but the denial was not published, and the We had already served its purpose of demoralizing the strikers’ ranks, and given the impresion that the strike ‘was over. With the majority of the workers thus tricked into returning to work on Friday, and many being prevented from leaving the plant at night, it was found necessary to de- clare the strike over, so that the most militant forces in the Industrial Union should not be victimized. Trial On Dec. 7 Karson, Schneiderman and Hurwitz were asked to promise they would leave South St. Paul and they would be released; this they refused to do, and they. are therefore called for trial Dec. 7. Three pickets who were ar- rested will face trial on Dec. 1, The workers are grimly determined to continue the struggle and strengthen the Industrial Union. They see more clearly now the scabbing role that the A. F. of L. leadership played. They have learned a bitter lesson that the police and the courts are weapons of the capitalist class against the workers. They have especially Jearned that the N, R. A. is a weapon against the workers. Farmer-Labor Party Attacks Strikers As for the role of the Farmer-Labor Party leaders, although Governor Ol- son played a clever role of “neutral- ity,” secret preparations were under way to call out the National Guard if thé local police and deputy sher- iffs couldn’t handle the situation. The role of the Farmer-Labor lead- ors was more clearly exposed in the attitude of Mayor Mahoney of St. Paul, who declared the strikers were ‘chisclers” when a committee ap- peared before the City Council for a permit. to hold a Tag Day for strikers’ relief; the request was denied by the City Council. On the other hand, the role of the OUT OF TOWN AFFAIRS FOR THE Daily, Worker Cleveland, Ohio Nov. 30th: Big Concert and Dance given by the Russtan, Ukranian and Slovak Workers Organizations at the Ukranian Labor Temple, 1051 Au- Ave... Concert from 5 to 8 p.m. Dancing afterwards, Dee. 2nd: House Party at home of Rose Off- ner, 2856 B. 144th St. Arranged by Unit 3-46. Good program. Detroit Club; 108 West Hancock, ‘will hold International Cabaret, Con- cert and Dance. Adm. 25c. Dancing, refreshments, playlet. Negro Quartet. Toledo, Ohio Dee. 2nd: - pc at the home of Tory Bell, Pinewood, at 8 p.m. given Bait "Good ‘time aseureds Failing all other means Communists in the strike was seen by the strikers to be one of cour- ageous leadership, despite threats, ar- rests and all other efforts to drive a the Communists. The Packinghouse Workers’ Industrial Union is conduct- ing a vigorous campaign to explain the lessons of the strike to the work- ers; mass meetings are being ar- ranged in the Twin Cities and South St. Paul, and a statement of the union is being distributed in leaflet form. The general sentiment of the workers is that it is necessary to prepare for new struggles, Re NB Pitisburgh Packing Strike Ends PITTSBURGH, Pa., Nov. 20—The two-week strike of the packinghouse workers of Pittsburgh was called off last Thursday by the General Strike Committee. ‘This decision affected all shops ex- cept two—Oswald Hess and Zollers— with about 500 workers involved. The employers of these shops asked for a conference to be held Sunday, Nov. 26, on the basis of recognition of the shop committee, no discrimination and the right to belong to any union the workers choose. The employers of these two shops, believing that the ending of the strike in the other shops had Broken the morale of the workers in these two shops, refused to confer on Sunday and the strike was continued. ‘The responsibility for the breaking of the strike was placed on the lead- ers of the A. F. of L., who had suc- ceeded in tricking a group of the drivers to return to the Pittsburgh Provision plant, the largest in the city, last Wednesday. This was done through the distribution of booze ahd also with the help of officials of the N. R. A. in this territory. ‘The workers express bitter resent- ment against all the strikebreaking forces that were used against them in their strike, besides the above- mentioned—the boss press, police and courts. The retreat of the strikers was necessary because of weak tion in many of the shops which came into the general strike. The strike was conducted very militantly and the sentiment for the union is very strong—many hundreds remain- ing in the union determined to keep their organization and prepare for new struggles. ‘The picket lines around the two remaining strikes are effective, stop- ping production and distribution, and the militancy is high. 600 Jewelry Men In Newark, N. J. Strike Out 8rd Week Waiting for Officials to Act NEWARK, N.J.—The general strike of the 600 jewelry workers here, now in its third week, is in danger of be- ing lost because the leaders of the International Jewelry Workers’ Union (A. F. of L.) are waiting for the N. R. A. board to arbitrate and sell out the strike. The Gemex Co, strike, a novelty jewelry concern in the same city, out for seven weeks now, has become demoralized while the officials were waiting for the N. R. A. to arbitrate their strike. Workers in this shop attempting to reorganize into Local 2 of the International were fired as a result and the strike was started for | the right to organize. Workers involved in the general | strike should profit from the lesson of the Gemex strikers and not wait for any arbitration boards to solve their problems. Mass picketing should be started immediately, brushing aside the A. F. of L. leaders’ refusal to allow such action. CORRECTION —CHICAGO— INTERNATIONAL LABOR DEFENSE BAZAAR FRIDAY DEC. 15 1°" TURDAYJPSUNDAY DEC. 16 DEC, 17 PEOPLE’S AUDITORIUM 2457 WEST CHICAGO AVENUE PROGRAM: Singing, Dancing, Choruses, Ballets, South Slay and Bulgarian “Kolo” nd many more attractions, PROCEEDS: Defense of Class War — CHICAGO, ILL. — BENEFIT I CONCERT AND DANCE Saturday Night, December 2nd PEOPLE’S AUDITORIUM 2457 W. Chicago Avenue ADMISSION Sc; WITH PLUGGER 2% DAILY WORKER Pittsburgh Strike Also Ended by Terror and| wedge in between the workers and| DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1933 NEWS BRIEFS Score Hurt in Train Crash QUINCY, Mass. Nov. 29.—More than 20 people were injured, some seriously, when an express train crashed into the rear of a local pas- | senger train here today. | | Jersey Passes Liquor Bill TRENTON, N. J., Nov. 29.—The New Jersey State Senate ‘-"-" adopted a state liquor control bill embodying the appointment State Liquor Commissioner at a sal- ary of $15,000 a year. The measure is effective Dec. 5. | ° ° ° French Planes on Tour | ZINDER, French West Africa— Twenty-eight French army airplanes arrived today from Viamey, on their! way to Lake Chad, in their tour of | French colonial territory. Acquitted Gangsters Re- | Arrested ST. PAUL, Nov. 29.—The four Touhy gangsters who were acquitted, yesterday in the Hamm kidnapping, were re-arrested and will be taken to Chicago to stand trial for the kidnap- ping of John Factor, wealthy beer manufacturer, for $70,000 last July. Fever Reports Halts Lindbergh | Flight of Dakar, Senegal, makes it improb- | able that the Lindberghs will fly to was announced today. Widow Freed in Killing SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 29.— Lily Gaines was acquitted today of kill-| The jury refused to accept the State's | theory that she shot him on August 15 for his insurance and property. | | 20 Arrested in L. A. Meat Packing Strik Frame-Up to Break Strike of 1,000 LOS ANGELES, Cal., Nov. 29.— Twenty packing house strikers were arrested in Alhambra this week and charged with “sabotage” in connec- tion with the destruction of a truck- load of meat which had been found soaked with kerosene. The workers were released on bail of $300 each, Comenting on the frame-up, Hobart, A. F. of L. organizer of the Union, declared that the destruction of the meat is the work of “red agita- tors.” This is in line with the A. F. of L. policy of preventing any mili- tant action by calling the militant workers “red” and attempting to split their ranks, ‘The case has all the earmarks of a frame-up intended by the bosses in order to break the two weeks’ old packing hous? ike, invelvine op- proximately 1,000 packing workers. Last week the strikers decided to clean out the scabs instead of wait- ing for the N.RA. as the officials’ advise. A strong police guard is be- ing provided to man the trucks and move out the meat. A. F. of L. officials of the Amalga- |mated Meat Cutters and Butcher general strike in all the packing | Plants on pressure of the member- | ship. The strikers are demanding a |minimum wage of $25 for common labor, $50 for the skilled workers on the killing floor, 40 hours a week and recognition of the union, relief on the ground that it was be- ing run by “reds.” Opposed to the strike from the beginning, he is using this means to deprive the strikers of relief and break the strike. The Committee of Action im the packing houses affiliated with the T.U.U.L, is urging the strikers io organize committees to obtain sup- port of working class organizations to distribute lc2flets in the neighbor- hoods informing the workers of the facts, to organize house-to-house vis- | and call for daily strike meetings for reports, { ing her husband, Dr. James Gaines, | | Workmen were compelled to call a) Hobart, A. F. of L, organizer, called | off a dance arranged to raise strike | its for relief, set up relief kitchens | Horse Cop: Horse cops riding into jobless waiting in line outside the 28th Street, Manhattan office, to get one of the 200,000 jobs promised by La Guardia. Many of them waited for hours and were turned away without even filling out an application blank. Negro ild Is Shot in Alabama School; || Two Others Wounded BIRMIGHAM, Ala., Nov. 20. — No |attempt is being made by police to CAPE VERDE ISLANDS, Nov. 29.| discover the identity of snipers who | —Reports of @ fever in the vicinity | murdered one Negro boy while he sat | at his desk in school, severaly wounded two other Negroes, and terrorized the that point, as previously planned, it | entire Negro population of Powderly, | an industrial suburb of this city. Green Howard, 11 years old, of Bes- semer was murdered as he sat at his desk in Riley school, Nov. 21, A .22- caliber rifle fired the shot that killed Essie Harris was wounded in the back by bulet fired from a similar weapon, Sept. 4. Robert Johns was severely wounded by a shotgun load, recently, The territory in which these attacks occured is controlled by the Tennessee Iron and Coal Corporation, a U. S. Steel subsidiary, which is profiting hugely through the N, R. A, minimum | wage code and its differentials, and is | helping put over the “New Deal” pro- ae with a reign of terror. LL.D. Wins Time For Jordan Defense \Fair Trial Was Denied, Court Admits | PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 29—The time limit for filing a petition for a re-hearing in the case of Theodore Jordan, 28-year old Negro, sentenced to hang on a framed-up charge of murder, has been extended to Dec. 15, On Noy. 9, the Oregon State | préme Court, handed down a decision | sustaining the conviction and death sentence against Jordan, who was tried in the Klamath County Circuit Court. The Jordan case is the first | capitali sentence given a Negro in the State of Oregon. death sentence passed in the Klamath Circuit Court in 21 years. William Chandler, special |tigator (“dick”) Pacific, participated in both the third degree torture of Jordan and more legal aspects of the trial. Chan- inges- |strumental in obtaining two previous jconvictions against Jordan, Caulk Polishers in Duluth Win Wage DULUTH, Minn—The Diamond | caulk polishers, who went on strike a in wages, returned to work after the boss granted an increase in the piece rate on one type of job. Although ment over the old conditions, Most of the men belong to a Fed- eral Union, One of the men when asked, “What part did the union in the strike?” answered, “Nothing.” | Relief Fight Is By BILL GEBERT CHICAGO, IL, Nov. 29.—Two and a half months heve passed since the Cleveland Conference for united action. The Conference was of a united front character. There were 600 delegates from locals of the A. F. of L., from independent unions and unions that are affiliated with the T. U. U. L., as well as from ‘Unemployed Councils and Unem- ployed Leagues. The Conference adopted a militant fighting program for immediate demands and issued a manifesto to the American work- ing class on its decisions. We feel it ig appropriate to review what happened after two and a half ‘months of the Program of Action adopted at the Conference and how it was carried out. I will take only two questions which were dealt with at the Conference and adopted for immediate action: (1) The develop- ment of united front struggles in the mining fields, and (2) develop- ment of struggles of the unemployed, aiming to unify all the organiza- tions of the unemployed into a ‘We will take concrete examples to see who carries out and who sabotages the decisions of the Cleveland Con- ference, I am taking these two par- ticular points because at the special conference of the miners and special conference of the delegates of the unemployed organizations unanimous decisions, demands and methods of struggle were outlined, that is, unions Followers of Muste ‘Platform on Unemployment Insurance and Also Broken by Muste’s Lieutenants agreed to carry out these decisions. At the meeting of the miner dele- gates from the National Miners Union, locals of the Progressive Miners of America, and oppositions in the U. M. W. A.. seven demands were formulated, including struggle for the six-hour day and $6 day basic wage-scale, relief for the un- employed miners, payment for all forms of dead work, for the right of the miners to belong to any union they choose, the right to strike, or- ganize and picket, the right of the Negro miners to work on all jobs and to live in all houses on equal terms with the white miners. After formulating the demands, it was also unanimously agreed “Around these demands it is necessary to organize the unity of all miners throughout the country in struggle against the operators and those who support them,” and that “This unity to be established in every mine, every mining field, every district through the election of miners’ committees of the rank and file to lead the struggles.” Sabotage of Musteites ‘Well, how is this being carried out lin the mining field? We will take Ilinois as the example, The Muste supporters in the P. M. A., consisting of Gerry Allard, Mrs.. Wieck and others, not only refused to carry out the adopted program of the Cleve- land Conference, but openly sabo- taged it and helped the reactionary bureaucratic clique headed by Pearcy of the T. U. U. L., Unemployed! and Keck of the P, M. A, Here are Councils, supporters of Muste, etc.,|the facts¢ It is also the first | |} much as before and getting less pay { of the Southern | the | dler and other officers had been in- | Rise by Strike, week ago for a 10 per cent increase | their several demands for a 10 per | cent increase was not granted, the| men feel that the increase that was | won will mean a definite improve- | Break Cleveland U eS ae N.Y. Convention A gainst Unemployment, Dec. 10th Call Emphasizes Fight for Trade Union Wages on Foreed Labor Unemployment to be held Dec. 10 at the City Unemployed Councils to all | ganizations. The call emphasizes the | Labor projects. | unorganized workers can be delegated by securing 20 signatures from a | forced labor job, breadline, block or | shop, ete. | Open hearings or mass meet | are to be called in each neighborhood or trade market to concretize the | local issues facing the workers, bring- |ing forward forcefully the need for |permanent Neighborhood Action | Committees. | Organizations should make efforts | to reach other organizations ¢ a | similar nature to have them elect de- | legates to the Convention. The Special | Convention issue of the Hunger | Fighter will be out Dec. 2. The C: |urges organizations to send their greetings to the Convention thru this issue. The Unemployment Insurance Bill and the Workers Municipal Relief Or- dinance should be popularized and explained at each local activity. Violence, Speed-up ‘On New Labor Jobs |Elkhart Men Fired for | Talking; Clubbed | Labor Federal program has only been jin operation @ few days and workers are getting their-eyes opened to the fact that they are doing twice as for it. | Workers are being fired from the | useless work Jobs because they talk | too much or“beceuse they do not readily submit to the breakneck | speed-up methods shoveling frozen soil around. “Those fired cannot get | back on reliefy Threats of violence against the workers by foxémen are not uncom- j}mon. The orderto™“‘be tough” is be- ing carried outs. D. C. Hively, one of the forced: laborers, was clubbed by a foreman when Hiv nsisted Workers Relief<-Unions are being | formed on eath job to combat these miserable conditions. Althou se had been on for several days -theleadership of the Federal Union=failed to ta tion to mobilize its memb: the other departments to strike. Many of the polishers said, | “That's a hell of-a uniot Rank and file committees shou! be formed .in each department to or ganize the fight for the 10 per cent | increase, y TO ME ay 1, Ten thousand miners, members of the P. M. A, marched to Spring- \field, demanding jobs or relief, To support this demand they closed all \the mines for two days. The official~ jdom of the P. M. A. deserted the miners when they came to Spring- \fleld. The supporters of the Cleve- \land program, above all, members of the Communist Party and left- |wingers, saw in. this situation the Ineed to advance a militant program Jand to unite the broad masses of miners who are in motion in the struggle for their demands. They advanced the slogan for the jelection of 4, strike committee by the miners assembled in Springfield land to work toward the spreading of ithe strike to the mines of the U. |M, W. A. to establish the fighting lunity of the Illinois miners against |the reactionary officialdom of the |P. M. A, and U. M. W. A. The sup- \porters of Muste, Mr. Gerry Allar |Mrs, Wieck and Co., agreed with th: \program of action in words. But in practice, just as.Pearcy, they refused to carry it out, sabotaging it. Socialists Reject Unity While they agreed to put forward and carry out the above stated actions and -election of a strike jcommittee, in practice the top sup- lporters of Muste refused to carry lthis out because Pearcy appointed |some sort of a committee. The result jof this action of the Musteites was that the miners, afer two days in Springfield, left for their homes, discouraged and. demoralized. ‘This is how, in practice, the Musteites jcarried the resolution of the Cleve- land Conference, for which they action, 2. The Women's Auxiliary of the P.M. A. recently held its annual ‘convention, The majority of the ch organization is entitled to send two ELKHART, Ind.—The local Forced | he was due to’ work the next day. | NEW YORK.—The call for the Greater New York Convention Against Irving Plaza, has been issued through fraternal, trade union and jobless or- fight for trade union rates on Forced delegates, and National Events Communist Party to Hold Three-Day Bazaar DETROIT. — The Communist Party of this district is arranging a three-day bazaar, Friday, Satur- day and Sunday, Dec. 1, 2 and 3, in Finnish Hall, 5969 14th St., near McGraw. A musical program will be given each day, starting at 8 p. m., on Friday and Saturday, and at 4 p. m. on Sunday. There will be danc- ing each night. The program in- cludes the Freiheit Singing Society, the Ukrainian Mandolin Orchestra, Negro spirituals singers, Russian Dancers, Bulgarian Chorus, and 2 | trio from the Detroit Symphony Admission 15 cents for each night or 35 cents for all three nights. Celebration of 14th Anni- yersary of C, P. DETROIT, Mich.—The Communist Party, Dist. 7, announces a bazaar in | celebration of the 14th anniversary | of the Communist Party. It will take | place at the Finnish Hall, 5969 14th St. Dec. 1, 2, 3. A gaia musical pro- | gram will open the bazaar. co ee International Workers’ Bazaar MILWAUKEE—The Fifth Annual International Workers’ Bazaar will | be held in Milwaukee on Dec. 2 and 3 | at the Liberiy Hall, 8th and Walnut Si Concert for “Daily” CHICAGO.—A concert and dance ld in Peoples Auditorium, 2457 W. Chicago Ave., Dec. 2, 8 p. m., under the auspices of the Daily Worker Committee of Chicago, A good program wil be presented, ae W.E.S.L. Membership Meeting CHICAGO.—A general membership ing rvice= s League posts, will be held Dec mposium on Germany PHILADELPHIA.—A symposium on “What Is The Best Way To Fight ill be held Dec. 1, 8:15 OV Hall, 701 Pine St., pices of the Philadel- of | Hitleriem | p.m, at Be under the | phie, Committee to Aid Victims German Fascism and the W. I. R. jdelegates were followers of Mrs. | Wieck, the supporter of Muste and | a member of the Socialist Party. {Among the delegates there were a |small, militant group which stood on | |the program of the Cleveland Con- | ference, which proposed to formulate a program and a joint slate for the | officers of the Women’s Auxiliary, | (Mrs. Wieck rejected any idea what- soever of united action on the basis of a militant program and openly declared before the opening of the nominations for the officers of the | Women’s Auxiliary, at the Conven- | tion: | “Elect women who will follow the | men, Elect eMecrs who will follow | Pearcy.” | Alier the Convention, Mrs. Wieck | made a statement to the Springfleld State Journal (Wov, 7) admitting \that she “turned the auxiliary over | |to Pear Must Expose These Misleaders These two examples characterize the role of the Musteites in the Illi- jnois coal fields, the role of the “left” social-fascists as the ones who are using radical and revolutionary phrases, because of. the radicalization | of the masses, to prevent the miners | and their wives to move toward the | left, toward the class struggle, and! | leading them into the camp of class \collaboration, surrendering to the | \reactionary leadership of Pearcy, the |president of the P, M. A. It is needless to say that because | jof this policy Allard and Wieck, the supporters of Muste, sabotaged “to establish unity in every mine.” They sabotaged as much as they could, | |Despite their efforts, a number of |the locals of the P. M, A. and begin |to see clearly the real role of |Muste. | Some of our comrades im thie Tii- | | told the men that | back to work and the | hall and exposed Page Three Strike on Southern Pacific R.R. Halted by Roose velt Order 3,000 Ready to Walk Out Against Wage-Cutting Plan; Union Officials Aid in Stopping Strike, Agree to Investigate b NEW ORLEANS, La., Noy. y Federal Commission resident Roosevelt's emergency commis. sion stepped in to prevent a strike overwhelmingly approved by 3,000 work- scheduled to be called last week. The strike call was issued by Industrial Union Wins Ship Strike On Baltimore Dock Marine Workers Build United Front Despite Heads of the I.L.A. (By a Worker Correspondent) BALTIMORE, Md., Nov. 29.—The Munson Line strike is over. Both sides, en and longshoremen. came out victors. The Munson Line _longshore came out on strike for a te increase in wages. The officials of the International Longshoremen’s Association (A. F. of L.) were forced to call the strike when they saw that the workers were going to take things into their own hands, If this hap- pened the officials were afraid that the strike might spread, for the men were fighting mad. Pickets Rush Police Strikebreakers were on the ship and unloading it while 500 or more longshoremen and seamen were held back by a battery of police and the smooth-tongued A. F. of L. officials, But there were workers in the crowd reminding the men of the militant action taken during strikes led by the Marine Wo ’ Indu trial Union. Then, like a tornado, the crowd rushed the police, shoving | them to one side, and on board the ship and dock they went. When they came off they had the scabs, a even though the scabs got off lightly. they Were well taken care of. Then came the United Front, The sentiment of the rank and file long- shoremen for unity forced the offi- cials of the I. L. A. to come to the ball of the M. W. I. U., which had been active supporting the strike, and with fright and tears in their eyes the officials asked the M. W. I. U. to unite with the strike and get | the’ crew to support. the longshore- men. The M. W. I. U., although it had not one member aboard, prom- ised its fullest supoprt. Organizers of the Marine Workers Industrial Union managed to get through the strong police lines to the ship. The crew were talked to and responded to the call, first for a sympathy strike, then, still better, they decided to raise the demand for an increase in wages and better conditions, The crew were fighters. About an hour after they came out the long- shoremen’s demands were granted. The officials of the I. L. A. told the longshoremen to go back to work, since eyerything was settled, the crew of the ship were receiving a $5 increase— which was a lie to get the longshore- men back to work. The officials did not tell the longshoremen that they had settled the strike with a clause in the agreement that if the long- | shovemen strike again, the contract will be broken and unorganized men will. take their places. So the longshorem MeO We 20, e left through a hard tile all all the demands of the crew, excery one, were granted, a 99 per cent vic- tory. The captain was forced to agree to the recognition of the Ship's Committee. commnitiee of str! went nt into the I. L. A. the of: we afternoon nity Program in Mine tion Decisions Into Ac | ment offic They | s | ers of the Texas, New Orleans Division on the Southern Pacific Lines and officials of the Four Railroad Brotherhoods ——%on pressure. of the workers, following months of arbitration with govern- s and railroad executives ' which failed to settle the main griev- | ances of the men. The Brotherhood officials agreed to postpone the strike ! for 30 days pending investigation of the president's commission. The b cause of the revolt of [ the wor! to the point of strike’ struggle is the attempt of the South- ! ern Pacific lines to change the Wage ' system from a mileage to an hourly! basis, involving drastic wage cuts. This reorganization is promoted by} the proposed merger of the S.P. and! parallel lines such as the Texas and! Pacific, Missouri and Pacific and others. A similar plan, attempted on the! Kansas City Southern was prevented ' by a strike vote, but has now been! approved by the President's Emer-! gency Commission and will go into! effect on the Kansas City Southern! on March 1. The decision aids the’ Southern Pacific to put the wage cut- ting scheme into operation on its‘ lines, i By the proposed change in the wage! system, the men would be compelled! to work for 16 hours and over with- out overtime, involving an extension of the present runs at present mile-’ age rates. It means more miles for! the same pay. Junction points around‘ which the workers have built thei homes will be abandoned, uvrootire many workers and their families and’ destroying their lifetime savings. Many lay-offs are threatened by the reorganization. Working rules and conditions gained through years of struggle are abolished; seniority is ignored and the jobs of many work- ers will be wiped out. Negotiations under the Watson, Parker Law, providing for arbitration. of grievances of railroad workers have been conducted in secret by the Rail- road Brotherhood officials, the gov- ernment and railroad executives. Tha in the dark about the situ-, ation, are aroused to action. R. R. union officials have appealed, to Roosevelt and are responsible for the machinery which is now being prepared to effect a compromis2 be-;_- trayal similar to the ten per wage cu? put over last year. Mass ‘Anger Forces Arrest of Eleven Lynchers in S. C. GREENVILLE, S. C., Nov. 28.— Eleven members of a masked band which on Noy. 16 lynched George Gree, 73-year old Negro worker, had been rounded up today, and officers promised additional arrests as a re- it of the growing demands of Negrc id white workers for punishment of the lynchers. Included in the arrested are C. M man in one of the Roosevelt refor- estation camps. Suttles has been re- leased on a $2,000 bond, breaking the United Front. The rank and file members of the I. L. A. are hot under the collar fo: being ricked, both with the strike and for breaking the Unitec All we say is, keep up the good work, you tools of Ryan, anc soon there will be no I. L. A. in thi: port. A large number of the crew linec up into the M. W. I. U. and the.erev also made a $10 donation to.tht fighting fund The M. W. 1.0. i ing ahead, Fields | Communist Party Carries Cleveland Conven- tion, Builds Opposition Inside Progressive Miners Union nois coal fields originally adopted licy that to a of the Muste leaders openly the miners would the united front. 1 wrong be- cause not to speak means to tak responsibility for their actions against the miners.- On the contrary, s must be exposed on the basis of th a befor concrete acts against the inter the miners in the Illinois coal fields, | which, by the way, at the ent time has been done in the Tilinois coal fields to some extent. Musteites Desert Jobless Program We will take another point—unem- ployment, The unanimous decision of | cl the two biggest and most active groups of the unemployed, the Un- employed Councils and the Une ployed Leagues, adopted the folowing basic policy for struggle: “(1) United support of the Work- ers’ Unemployment Insurance Bill, as worked out by the A. F. of L. Committee for Unemployment In- surance in its Cincinnatti meeting last year; (2) a common campaign for this bill, and united actions in struggle for relief, against evictions, ete.; (3) immediate setting up of federations in each neighborhood, city and state, to plan united work and prepare for and carry through complete unification into one single organization of the unemployed.” In practice, however, nowhere to voted and pledged to carry out in {miners are in opposition groups in| my knowledge, are the leaders of Muste carrying out this policy. Surely not in Tllinois, where, by the way, the Unemployed Council is today the single largest mass organization of the @ up| m= | unemployed, steadily gaining roun | amon the unemployed workers, an pecially in the mining field. Must organizers came there, not for th purpose to help develop activity lead ding to one organization of the un ployed, on the basis of the abov staied program, but they attempted t set up an apparatus of their ow failed because the miners regar nemployed Councils as their or zetion, and the activities of th Muste organizers as splitting. | Communists Carry Out Cleveland | Program From the facts stated above it ‘ ear that the top leaders of Must: the wing of “left” social-fascism, cart | the policy in practice against the de cisions of the Cleveland Conft and they represent the most ous obstacle in winning the mas | for revolutionary class struggle. | In stating the above, we want{{ | declare that the Communist Part and its supporters firmly stand for th Cleveland program and are willing t work with everybody whe is read to accept the program and carry it! | practice. We will expose everybod who will sabotage the Celeyeland pre gram and are willing to work an co-operate with everybody who js sir cerely ready to carry the despite differences that may oxist © many other questions, The most in | portant thing is to develop a move ment among the broad masses ¢ miners and workers in general to wi them for active support, organisatic and struggle on the basis @f tt Cleveland Conference, i] ‘