The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 8, 1933, Page 3

) t ‘ . junion to protect ourselves against number of the rank and file.” | such problemyfor the leaders as well ae 7 | DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1938 Four Shoe Unions Involving 75,000 Shoe Work- ers to Meet for Merger, Want Rank and \ File Control, Says Boston Shoe Worker tw YORK.—Wide support exists among rank and file shoe workers sw York and New England for the formation of one big union in the ‘industry controlled by the rank "the Boston Provisional Committee anions, told the Daily Worker in an interview yesterday, at the offices of he Shoe and Leather Workers’ In-© dustrial Union, 77 Fifth Ave. | Gratton is in New York, together with two other members of the Bos- n Provisional Committee to coop- srate with the New York Provisional Jommittee in the election of rank ind file delegates from the Industrial Union to the amalgamation conven- ion called in Boston on Dec. 10 to} oring about a merger of four shoe} inions involving nearly 65,000 shoe workers. The amalgamation movement is supported by the entire membership and the leaders of the Shoe and Leather Workers Industrial Union. Other unions participating are the National Shoe Workers Union, the Shoe Workers Protective Union and the Salem Shoe Workers Union, all jof New England. | “We, shoe workers, want one big| ‘che shoe manufacturers,” declared | Gratton. Convention Decides Policies \ When asked what the shoe workers ooked forward to as a result of the lsaerger, Gratton declared that the | -uture organization rests on the de- ‘cisions made at the coming conven- jtion, “We are committed to the principle of rank and file control,” he \said. “The sentiment of the shoe workers is against the A. F. of L. Officialdom and against arbitration, that much we know, but what other Policies the convention will decide upon remains to be seen, “The amalgamation movement will embrace allshoe unions in New En- gland with the exception of the Brockton shoe workers and we ex- pect them to join after the conven- tion,” said Gratton in discussing the ‘extent of the movement. “The Brock- {ton rank and file have just ousted the Boot and Shoe officials and are /now being held back by their new leaders, We did not want to bring about a split in the organization, al- though we have the support of a large Backed By Industria! Union | “Here in New York, there is no as the rank and file are unanimous in their support,of the amalgema~ | tion movement.” Referring to his own. union, the Shoe Workers Pro- tective, and the situation in the New Bngland unions involved in the mer- ger plan, Gratton stated that the officials oppose amalgamation, but the rank and file are compelling them t® go along. pla “the officials will be through. enter in a body.” | Gratton stressed the point that local autonomy will be insisted upon; by the unions in the merger and that | oll decisions will be submitted to a xeferendum vote of the membership. ‘But how this will apply in the case | of strikes and other concrete situa-| «tions, Gratton felt would be a mat- ter for the convention to consider in its constitution, “Many members are uninformed} and confused about the Trade Union ‘Unity League,” said Gratton, when asked what the convention's relation to the T.U.U.L. would be. “We must educate our members to bring them to an understanding, ‘There has been Propaganda, used by the officials of the unions who are opposing amal- ®amation as a means to retard the Movement. The members must de-| cide.” | Present at the interview besides | Gratton were also Frank Infelice, of the Salem Shoe Workers Union, and Fred Biedenkapp, General Secretary of the Shoe and Leather Workers In- dustrial Union. “We are in favor of affiliation with the T.U.U.L.,” de- clared Biedenkapp. “We will make every effort to convince the delegates at the convention of the correctness of our policy by proving to them the important role the T.U.U.L. is playing in strengthening the fighting quality of the workers in solidifying the mil- itant workers and aiding them in their every day struggles and especially in bringing together the many industrial unions outside the A. F. of L.” CHICAGO AEAR! ANNA LOUISE STRONG ASST. EDITOR, MOSCOW NEWS SPEAK ON “The Revolution in Farming IN THE USSR.” MON, Dec. 11, 1933, 8 p.m, Adm. 25c PEOPLE’S AUDITORIUM 2457 West Chicago Avenue Auspices, Friends of Soviet Union CLEVELAND EEE RED BAZAAR BARGAIN . SALES CONOERT PANOING Saturday, Dec. 9 Sunday, Dec, 10 ?rospect Auditorium 2612 Prospect. Ave., Cleveland ‘Officials in Deal “| ers are invited to participate in this im to FormOneBig Shoe| NEWS BRIEFS Union at Convention In Boston Opening Sunday and file, Joseph Gratton, a member for the amalgamation of the shoe 30 Days in Jail for Taking Two Sack of | Mouldy Relief Flour | BEMIDJI, Minn.—Earl Knutsen of Blackduck, member of the United Farmers League, has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for taking two sacks of relief flour af- ter it had been refused him by the relief agent. The agent claimed Knutsen had not done enough forced labor for the flour, as Tannery Strikers. Battle With Cops NORWOOD, Mass., Dec. 7.~While union officials were accepting a sell- out settlement agreeing to arbitration of their demands, 350 militant tan- nery strikers stoned automobiles tran- sporting scabs and were attacked by @ squad of police. The officials of the National Leather Association, which is leading the strike, accepted the N. R. A. proposals that the workers be sent back to work and that their demands for a 25 per Cent increase in wages and union recognition be left to decision of an arbitration board which is to report in January. Chicago Furriers Celebrate Strike Gains CHICAGO, IIL, Dec. 7.—The Fur Department of the Needle Trades Workers’ Industrial Union is to celebrate the gains won during the seven months of its existence at a dance at Mirror Hall, 1186 North- western Ave., Saturday evening, Dec. 9. The furriers have conducted sev- eral important strikes, during which wage increases, the 40-hour week and union recognition haye bee and union recognition have been won, All furriers, regardless of union affiliation and all other work- celebration. Fur Pickets Prevent Violence by Scabs CHICAGO, Ill, Dec. 7.—A scab pulled a gun on the leader of the picket line at the strike of the Adler Fur Shop Tuesday, but quick action by the strikers prevented injury to anyone. _A determined picket line of fur- riers, led_by the Needle Trades Workers’ Industrial Union met the scabs left the neighborhood of the When one, a cutter, pulled his gun, the furriers held him and forced him to drop it. Recognizing that the pickets were aroused to action the scas left the neihborhood of the shop and failed to return. CORRECTION A typographical error appeared in the article by Joe Dallet in the Dec. 1 issue of the Daily Worker, page 3, Fire Destroys Department | Store PORTCHESTER, N. Y., Dec. 6—! * Fire razed @ $500,000 four-story de- partment store here today. The build- ing was completely destroyed. ee ae | Quakes Near Panama Canal | COLON, Panama, Dec. 7.—Reports of three earthquakes were received here today. This is the nearest any reported quake has come to the Pan- ams Canal, . Augusta Wet Despite Georgia Dry Law ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 7.—The City of Augusta, Ga., voted itself wet de- spite the dry laws of the state. Au- gusta has no law-enforcing unit ex- cept the county sheriff. > See Three Killed in Rum Battle EL PASO, Texas, Dec. 7—A border patrolman and two Mexican rum smugglers were killed today in a battle said to have been between the Border patrol and rum runners. a 8 . 4 Dead, 6 Missing in Storm SEATTLE, Dec. 7.—At least 4 are dead and little hope was held for six missing in the first severe winter storm on the Pacific coast. The men were out in small fishing boats. Photo Engravers Threaten Strike Matt Woll’s Machine) Cannot Stop Members NEW YORK.—Simultaneously with the preparations of newspaper print- ers for a strike, photo engravers in the newspaper plants have warned the publishers that they will strike unless a settlement is made on their contract which expired last July. The membership of the union, which has long been under the domi- nation of the Matthew Woll machine, is demanding a 32-hour week at the 1931 weekly wage and opposes the employers’ offer of a 40-hour week with a 10 per cent increase in the hourly rate. To prevent @ strike, officials of the union have dragged out the scale ne- gotiations and have urged the work- | ers to wait for the N.R.A. code. ‘The last membership meeting de- cided that unless a satisfactory deci- sion on the code is received in 8 days, the local will insist on permis- sion from the International to strike. Rank and file militant members of Typo Union No. 6 and the photo en- gravers’ union are discussing joint ac- tion to enforce the shorter’ work week without reduction in pay and unem- ployment insurance paid by the em- ployers. E. G. Budd Co. Spreads Vicious Rumors to Smash Strike in Phila. (By a Worker Correspondent) PHILADELPHIA, Pa—It appears from what I can learn of the E. G. Budd Co. strike in Philadelphia, that the strikers are in need of aid. Some of the methods used to keep those in the mills from joining the strik- ers are the circulated rumors that the fellow leading the strike is hold- ing out for a good job, and Chrysler will cancel their orders if Budd rec- ognizes the union. They also use another abominable trick, saying that the strikers are all foreigners that do not know what they want, and they will hire no one who has no citizen papers. ‘This mill is the key to all of their vlants all over the world: London, oe Paris, Detrott and Philadel- phia, —G. BR. E. error changed the sense of an im- portant sentence. The phrase “leading role of the Communist Party” was changed by a typeset- ter’s error to read “legal role of the Workers’ Industrial Union. cr nesday night. they were questioned and singged. Police charged and dragged workers who shouted “Down with Hitler!” at Madison Square Garden German Day meeting Wed- The workers were taken to the basement, where ag A.F.L. Taxi Urges ‘Faith in N.R.A.’ M aide ie PHILADELPHIA, Dee. 7. meeting. Since then the A. F. of L. Cab Drivers Union officials have per- mitted the “arbitration” to be shunted from one N.R.A. department to an- other. Now they are waiting for the National Labor Board to act. In the meantime no mass picketing has been started to effectively cripple the taxi monopoly of the P.R.T. The mechanics and other helpers of the garages have not been called on to help support the strike. Union cabs have been burned, the drivers beaten up and then arrested by the police and held incommunicado. The union men militantly attack any scabs seen on the street, but they have no lead- ership to lead their strike to a suc- cessful conclusion. The lock-out took place on the night of the Army and Navy game. Without notifying the P.R.T, that a union was being organized, the A. F. of L. instructed the men to wear union buttons on the day of the game. | They were told this would win them ‘recognition of their union. No other demands were raised before the work- ers, and when they turned their cabs in that night they were locked out for wearing the union button. Following the lock-out, the de- mants of the cab drivers as set up are, 65c an hour, a 45 hour week and free uniforms. The P.R.T. charges monopoly fare rates of 35¢ for the first mile and 25c for each succeeding mile, and has control of the Yellow Cab, Quaker City and Brown and White, all operating in the city. The strikers should immediately set up their rank and file committees and start mass picke’ ng, not waiting for the N.R.A. arbitration board to sell out their strike. The sell-out officials has been proved in @ thorough going manner by what hap- pened at the E. G. Budd plant strike and that of the Ford parts strike in Chester. They should establish im- mediate contact with the Trade Union Unity Council at 49 North 8th Street in Room 210, for the successful guid- ance of their struggle. | ES A ae Re On Saturday the Daily Worker has 8 pages. Increase your bundle order drive over the top: AFL. Union Avoids Mass Picketing; Strikers, Should Form Rank and File Groups Knowing that the police and scabs are being | ther cuts wages by ra paid and fed in the garages of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co., David | ies, New : ; Felix, Socialist organizer of the 1,100 locked out taxi-cab drivers, exhorted | !i¢ and civil works” which give the| the cabmen to haye faith in the N.R. settlement, The lock-out was instituted by the P.R.T. Nov. 20. That was last Saturday, at a mass?——-————————— arbitration board for a favorable National Events Y.C.L. Memorial Rally CHICAGO. — The Young Com- munist League of Chicago is call- ing a mass rally on Sunday, Dec. 10, at 1 p. m, at the Workers Lyceum, 2733 Hirsch Bivd., to mo- bilize them around the Liebknecht- Luxembourg-Lenin memorial meet- ing on Jan. 14, Jack Kling, district organizer of the Y. C. L., will speak on the heroic and memorable strug- gles that these great leaders of the proletarian youth and adult move- ments of the world conducted. The Young Communist League invites all its friends to attend. Ce ici C.P. Bazaar CLEVELAND, O.—The Communist Party, Dist. 6, will hold its annual bazaar on Dec. 9 and 10 at the Pros- pect Auditérium, 2612 Prospect Ave. Entertainment will be furnished by the John Reed Club and the League of Workers Theatres. Tickets in ad- vance 20c. . * . Talk on Recognition LYNN, Mass.—Albert A. Mallinger, | Sec. of the Boston District of the | F. S. U., will speak at a celebration of | the recognition of-Soviet Russia to be | held tonight at the Armenian Hall, |70 Monroe St., Lynn. There will be policy of the N.R.A, the A. F. of L.|@ complete program of revolutionary | TS back with the typical order that the Young/ music and drama by | Workers Dramatie Group. | a Sedercak To Speak on “Young Worker” PHILADELPHIA:-Gil Green, Na- | tional Secretary of the Young Com- |munist League, will speak tonight at | the Red Youth Press Concert, for the benefit of the “Young Worker,” organ of the Y, C. Li ‘today at 510 Fair- mont Ave., 8 P. M, : lable for the building of the Par Page Three OMMUNIST PARTY LAUNCHES A MASS RECRUITING DRIVE — 4 Central Committee Stresses Work in Shops and Unions Open Letter Points to) « Concentration on |; Basie Industries NEW YORK—The Central Com-| | mittee of the Communist Party, U.| 8. A., has launched a recruiting driv for thousands of new members, which continues to the Lenin Memorial/ | meeting: | The situation was never more favor. Recruiting of Negroes, Building of Y.C.L. Important every concen- tory. The Daily Worker i izer and agitator of The securing of a wide aily Worker readers in tration factory and orhoods is an essential ful recruiting drive. Co. securing large num K to the Party, s from the unemr s an important task. Work In Unions in The New Deal, the N. R. A,, is break- | o1¢ ing down in its endeavors to cai through the capitalist solution to thi crisis, The workers a farmers, in| harper and bigg truggles, the offensive of the capi and its government with A wave of si ‘o the unic in ma: e kes | demonstrations, farm strikes is the answer of the workers to the inten- | ¢ sified assault of the government of finance capital Roosevelt's Hunger Program | The Roosevelt government, trying | party to overcome the failures of the N, R. {A. deals one blow after another at | the workers and farmers. The N. R.| es A. has intensified its wage cutting | ¢ drive. Amendments to codes legalize | Wage cuis, speed up and mass layoffs. The government is attempting to | voutlaw all strikes. The fascist ten- dencies are increasing, murderous ter- ror and violence against strikers, di- rect and open strikebreaking attacks | , | of the government on the workers and | farmers. The rapid inflation now | being put through by Roosevelt, fur-| g prices New schemes of “pub- ployed the Part class Comr | cre as in all mass re the Party func- ed attention should given to securing the bes in the rank and file of the . unions and the best ele- ide the Socialist Party. se honest elements must be re- ted on the basis of a consistent ure of the betrayals of the A. officials and S. P. leaders of Roosevelt's Hun- ks of the Roosevelt gov ce Car The best fighters in the workin: ruggles should be individual ed by our comrades every- re in an effort to win them for mmunist Party. The district committees and lead- ing fractions should at once begin to rite articles for the Daily Worker e plans and progress of the re- ng drive, especially in the con- of the Pi is to th ely into needs and} —in in the un neighbi on necessities, in the | employers millions in loans and gifts,| ty¢ fail to check the rising wave of un-| q.., | employment. The “economy” program |.) adds tax burdens. Relief and veterans | compensation are being cut. The| | farmers are dispossessed and pauper- struggle for the ands i a ized. | engage can the unit ion cente: In this situation of sharpened class | Re Party and gain new members. Soe Boe roe ee uggle, the Communist Paty, has], 2ne Tecrulling drive 1s eine a a ecale of new mem | the historic tas ny . | Tied 01 is of the tasks lai 2 “3 the historic task of leading the strug- | Tet on on the basis of the tasks laid) | Recrud thousands | gles. of the workers and farmers on} a rs ie re |all fronts. ‘The tasks laid down for| “rectives of the 17th C. C. Plenum \the Party in the Open Letter and| This means that during the recruit in the resolution of the 17th plenum| ing drive we shall concentrate on the | of our Party, the leadership of these,| building of shop n i in the de- jand even greater struggles which are| cisive industries, in the coi | now approaching, cannot be fulfilled| tion points of the unless the Party is built and strength- | existing shop nu | JOIN THE Communist Party be built, | ened. j and in addition new shop nuclei in ‘ staal 4 Build Party During Strikes the most impor neentra i 35 KE. 12th STREET, N. Y. Cj ‘Too often, in the mass struggles of | dustries. The s n should be strong | | 3 the workers, in the mining, silk, shoe,| Shop nuclei in every concentration! |Please send me more informa-j needle, packing] house, marine and | factory. Concentration should also be| |9 om the Communist Party. other strikes, in the Hunger Ma: on the most important. political cen- | s uf 4 and unemployed campaigns, 1 ers, the district's headquarter cities, | | \®™¢ ate | members sav, " te. lSteest | rying on struggles to recruit new Circulate Daily Worker | edi ap ate} Sidi raiinastargt se: “3 members into the vs The building of the Young Com- City | of the struggle, the Pariy has not| munist League shop nuclei in the been built. This conception, an un-| concentration factories is an im-| NRA Ruling Breaks! NRA Aids in Sellout CITY AFFAIRS | So. Textile Strikes of Hosiery Strike WARHINCHION, 19, Cs, Dec | in earrte ge Wanstay re ies wo eerie wea ae Lepaistateiest dale Knitting Mills continued today y Tec is e “| after the company refused to rein- tile National Industrial Relations | state two dist ed workers ordered | Board set up by the N. R. A. The) by g National Labor Board decision. ne eS ee in eee ene strike was called when the com- arolina and Tennesee, so) |pany fired tw , » we | pany fired two A. F. of L. workers whom have been on strike since Oc-| for collecting dues in the plant for tober 20. F | the union, although it permitted this The N. R. A, ruling sends the work-| activity for its own “union.” BEING HELD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE Daily loka Friday, Dec. 8th: Brooklyn Medical Unit, W. I. R. is throwing a House Party, Sil different. Dancing Enterta: nt and Refreshments and a Surprise Feature, Rubin's Oriental Hall, 1439 St. John’s Pl. near Utica Ave. Installation of Branch 600 I. W. 0. 5 i ; i The abor 2 Pr Followers of the Trail, Concert and there shall be “no discrimination. ee the rma ee ota Lecture at Workers Center, 50 E. All other demands of the workers are|Cenies the strikers the right to col- 1th St, Admission free. | lect dues, the main demand of the | s a. arbitration. . 5, | 5 jto be submitted to arbitratio strikers. ‘The strike was ordered || Saturday, Dec. 9th: | At the Aikin and Brookside Mills in South Carolina, both involved in |the decision, the workers were re- | ported as having called the strike called off by the decision, an ret- erence was to be given to strikers in hiring new workers. The company} % refused to accept these decisions and st t 8 aang Liye Persecution Of) vefused to hire anyone who in their i ‘ : | opinion is guilty of an “overt” act | Has your unit, club, union, LW.O. | The N. R. A. announced that it | Branch, your organization held a | would continue conferences and thus Worker? | aid the company in their plans for a complete defeat of the strikers. Moviet “Land of Lenin and Strug- gle for Bread’ followed by dancing at Pierre Degeyter Club, 5 W. 19th Street. Sunday, Dec. 10th: Party and Entertainment given by the New Lots Workers Club, S18 Stone Ave., Brooklyn, Admisison 20e at door; 15e in advance. | collection for the Daily Help save our “Daily.” CHICAGO Ickes Falsified Figures His Figures for Construction Value of P.W.A., Are More Than Total Construction Carried On in United States By MARGUERITE YOUNG become a basic industry of the Roose- velt administration. Harold L, (“Fig- ures”) Ickes, Secretary of Interior and Public Works Administrator, is one of the biggest producers. In a statement on “ “approximately 3,000,000 men have been recalled to work for wages from the Public Works Fund.” The en- couragement evaporates, however, when Ickes’ own figures are examined. Ickes Sees Double His total includes an “estimated” construction sione than the F. W. Dodge Cor- poration reports show for construc: honestly and accurately to federal officials, this week, with armsful of problems. The 30 cents an hour minimum for women and 45 cents an hour for men, all limited to 30 hours’ work a week, was attacked even by George S. Wilson, director of Public welfare in the Capital, who raised the question of its being insuf- ficient. Commissioner George E. Al- by |Jen, of the District of Columbia, ad- mitted to local newspapers that the meagre C.W.A. wages would not sup- ply the households of many who had been cut off relief rolls. In fact, one federal offiical was informed by a capitalist reporter recently that “pan- handling has increased strikingly in the District of Columbia” since the new program was effected, and cer- tainly anyone who works in a Capi- tal office building cannot fail to notice this, Women Get $9 Women suffer even more than men because of the sex differential against them. Women who formerly reecived work-relief in the form of sewing, which they took from a relief center not tell a thimbleful of the real of public unemployment work-relief. Authorities in the District of Columbia realized when on Unemployment by Two figures make up his total: 1,832,267 “employed by the Civil Works Administration under an allotment of | $400,000,000;” and 1,810,093 “at work (under P.W.A, allotments.” As for the first figure, he simply makes the assertion. As a matter of fact, I was informed today by the of- fice of Harry lL. Hopkins, director of the C.W.A., that the estimate is based upon figures telegraphed into Wash- ington headquarters by state and county authorities. They just take the words of every local offiical—that is the “actual count” reported by “Figures” Ickes! The number of un- employed who have been put on fed- eral projects under the C.W.A., per- mitting a direct checkup here, is ex~ actly 229,892. Federal offiicals send the paychecks for the others, but the figures Ickes used were based not on these amounts, but on the numbers local officials sent in. Multiplies by Three But wait! Look at the other half of the grand total: It is based on the most fantastic juggling that I have yet encountered in Washington Ppubliicty handouts including Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins’ produc- tions. And there is a note in Ickes’ statement which boldly declares as Much, It says, “Indirect and indus- trial employment estimated on the basis of two men off the site for each versally accepted as conservative for the type of work undertaken.” There- fore Ickes takes the figure 248,571, the number actually employed on C.W.A. projects, and simply multiplies by three, obtaining 745,713-—the number he sets down as employed! workman on the site—the figure uni- | statement in which Ickes starts all oyer again and shows how many are employed when you count in Civilian Conservation Corps employes—and, believe it or not, here again, he takes the numbers of the “actual count’ and multiplies by Just a fraction less than two to get the total of including those “indirectly” emhployed! If there are any figures to show that two men get work in industry for every one obtaining a job at construc- tion, I hayen’t heard of them, nor has any of several expert statisticians I have consulted. Furthermore, with production still admittedly well above purchasing power, it is amply safe to assume that much of the supplies used both for P.W.A. construction and for outfitting the C.C.C, is coming not out of new industrial activity but from already oyerstocked shelves. And if it is conceded that real con- struction projects do activize indus- tries supplying building materials, still it remains @ mystery how sub- stantial additional employment can be “estimated” on. the .basis of equip- ping young men ‘of the C.C.C, osten- sibly going out into the woods to chop down trees. Throws Them in for Luck In the list of “employed” under C.C.C. auspices, Ickes nevertheless tabulates “direct,” 607,967. ‘This, he says in a note, includes 347,623 “of all classes in the C.C.C. financed from Public Works Funds.” Subtract the 347,623 trom the 607,967 and you still have 260,344 to account for. This, apparently, is the number he has thrown in on the basis of C.W.A. Then comes another divison of the projects. M Check-up Shows — FIRST ANNUAL DANOE riven by THE FUR DEPARTMENT of the Needin Trades Workers’ Indewk Baten DANCING—8 "TH, 2 A MIRROR HALL, SAT. DEC. 90h 1136 N, Western Avenue illions, Roosevelt Aide Merely ‘Took “Estimate” Those Re-Employed and Multiplied by | Three, Mixing Well With Blather However, he has already given the | public and private construction of all jactual tabulation of C.W.A. workers | types of only $5,148,000. It is true | as 248,571, So, subtracting the 248,571 | that private construction has prac- | | from 260,344, you find another 11,773— is ria OUT OF TOWN AFFAIRS | tiealy ceased, but even so it totally unexplained, apparently just |culous to say that government con- thrown in for good measure. And | struction alone actually amour to ros THE this number, 607,967, this number, the | MORE than government and private next column of figures asse! ves | construction together. | il you 1,202,126 “indirect” employed! So} Who Is a Liar? Da Ickes adds the two and obtains—| Gonservative observers say that | Ceara Party BES presto!—the total of 1,810,093, the |1ckes’ figures for employment on “total number of men at work under|pw.a. projects are padded by at Akron, 0. P.W.A. Allotments.” least 700,000. As for the figure for | Dec. 9th: His Figures Conéradicted by Facts |C.W.A, employment, it's anyone's || °° , But that is not ail, Tekes figures | guess how much local and state of- Entertainment Concert and Dance also the actual value of contracts |ficials have brightened their reports |} %,,UMTsinian Workers Man, 09a awarded under the P.W.A. program, | to Washington, | * He picks out dates arbitrarily and sets} Another question rises: Green re- | Philadelphia down the value of contracts awarded, | including ¢ hing from battleship building to airport construction, It is pos: evertinel to show how these f 2s compare with the Dodge reports. long accepted. as the most accurate construction guage available. If you take Ickes’ iigure for contracts awarded on October 28— $326,722,907—and subtract his figure ported that employment throughout | Dec. 9th: the country declined about 60,000 dur- | ing the month of October—the same |] Red, Frees, Night arranges, by deus time in which Tokes insists 3,000,000 |] thcichen, “chalictalks, entertatament. wont baek to work, Therefore one of |} Whittier Hall, 140 N. 15th St, of 6:98 them is misstating—unless it be ad-|f »™ [mitted that employment in private | |industry fell off more than 2,000,001 | during October. | It was the same Ickes who put out | Scranton, Pa. Dee. 9th: Soviet Film showing of “War Ageinet for October 5—$216,096,247, you get|the blather about 85 per cent of all) the Centuries” at Sateonaliinond me the amount supposedly awarded in|money spent for public works “will go pos Strata shag vt Meth arf eas for wages”—an outright misstatement which ¥ pr contracts during the 21 calendar days covered, Divide this mmount, $11 626,660, by the 21 days, and you Comm. of All Mass Organizations, Grand Rapids, Mich. the daily average of contracts| fact that the Dee. 9th: awarded, $5,267,936. This, says Ickes, | estimate, that of the reau of Labor | goes for federal government projects | Statistics, said that a survey of con- | Lyk Re Ra nad § Lae 1057 Hamilton NW, Admission struction costs showed that an aver- age of 36.4 went for labor. alone. But the Dodge reports for the same period show a daily average for ah ae