The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 12, 1933, Page 1

79a "PROTEST STRIKE AGAINST DECATUR VERDICT CALLED BY PHILA. DYERS UNION . ‘ , Prepare to Celebrate the Daily Worker’s Tenth | Anniversary! | Central (Section of the Communist International) | America’s Only Work | Class Daily Newspaper 4 ing | WEATHER: Cloudy and Colder Vol. X, No. 297 ‘Bntered as second-class matter at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the Act of Mareh 3, 1872, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1933 Price 3 Cents 100 KILLED IN ARMED STRUGGLES OF SPANISH WORKERS Protest Parade in! Pittsburgh This Saturday Anti-Lyncuing Meets In Canton, Other Cities PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 11.— A half hour protest strike against the Decatur lynch ver- dicts was voted by a meeting of 500 dyers, members of sev- eral A. F. of L. locals, at the Garrick Hall, 507 South 8th Street, last night. The strike is set for tomorrow (Tuesday) and will take place be- tween 1:30 and 2 o'clock. The strike vote is the first of its kind in the his~ tory of the long Scottsboro struggle and is a gauge of the furious indig- nation aroused among the workers, black and.white, by the farcical De- catur irials and new lynch verdicts against Heywood Patterson and Clar- ence Norris. The strike call was sent to 2,000 members of the Dyers’ and Cleaners’ Union, by the Executive Committee after William L. Patterson, National Secretary of the International Labor Defense, had stressed’ the need for | unity of white and Negro workers in militant action for the release of the Scottsboro boys, Tom Mooney and other class war prisoners. Scotisboro protest meetings will be | held in all the shops controlled by the union, for the adention of resolutions to be sent to President Roosevelt and Governor Miller of Alabama demand- ing the release of the Scottsboro boys. The union wll also send a letter to other A. F. of L. unions, urging their support for the struggie. vations are being completed nued on Page 2) (Con Workers, Students To Hold Mass Meet Acainst Nazi Envoy NEW YORK. — W: dents wi!l mass today at 7:30 p.m. at 120th St. and Broadway, at the Horace Mann Auditorium to protest against the apoearance of Hans Luther, Nazi Ambassador to Wash- ington, who is scheduled te speak on “Gomory and the Tnited States.” The demonstration was called by the National Student League and the New York Committee to Aid Victims of German Fascism. The New York Allied Professional} Committee to Aid the Victims of Ger- man Fascism has organized a picket- ing demonstration of lawyers, doc- tors, teachers and other professionals at Columbia University to appear be- fore the Auditorium today and pro- test against the appearance of Luther. In addition, telegrams of protest were sent, and @ delegation will visit Pres- ident Butler today and demand that Luther shall not be permitted to ap- pear. Kansas Lynch Mobs Gathering Again HITCHINSON, Kan., Dec. 11.— Tuynch gangs which yesterday crossed the state border into Oklahoma in Pursuit of Jack Wisdom, began gath- ering here today as the farm hand, arrested on suspicion of kidnapping | and murder, was smuggled back across the state border and locked up in the ‘Kansas State Reformatory in this ts and stu- city. . The lynch incitement was increased .today with publication in the capital- ist press of a statement alleging that had signed a full confession. r, Alfred M. Landon of Kansas who had not called out troops to deal with id mobs which openly gathered at itchita on Sunday, declared he ld call out the militia “if Necessary.” Lynchings Are Excuse For Savage Sentences. recent. provided Judge Thomas H. with a convenient excuse to “hand down vicious sentences against two youths charged with murder. Stephen Zamorski, 17, of Secaucus, a J., and Valentine Kowalskalso, 17, 25. Bayonne, were sentenced to serve and 35 years in prison respectively. it lynchings, the judge said Bt » indicate the “need for Setar justice and certainly of pun- i jers of the National Leather Workers’ 11500 Coal Miners | Strike, Demanding | Pay for Dead Work: U.M.W.A. Head “Out- laws” Strike; Jobless | im, 3 Pledge Solidarity 1,500 Defy Ku Klux, By TOM MYERSCOUGH Police in Atlanta to | sonvstown, pa. Dec. 11—Pit-| Hit Lynch Verdicts teen hundred soft coal miners in ff ,mines of the Reich Coal Co. | Somerset Co. (Central Pennsylva! ATLANTA, Dec. 11—Defying ‘laid down their tools and struck Fi threats of the Ku Klux Klan and day morning, when the company re- the police, 1,500 persons, Negro and white, crowded the seats and aisles | (rails, props, etc.) | | fused to peovide them with supplies with which to] of the Holsey Temple C. M. E. work in safety. “Dead work” with- Church yesterday in a tremendous ou pay and arbitrarily imposed demonstration against the Decatur qocking for “dirty” coal are also lynch verdicts and the wave of lynchings now sweeping the coun- try. Over a thousand others vainly tried to get into the crowded audi- torium, Fifty masked Klansmen, support- ed by a large force of police, dis- tributed leaflets in front of the church while the audience Was gathering, while the police tried to discourage white workers from showing their solidarity with the Negro people. The Klan leaflets bore the pic- tures of six hooded figures riding on six hooded horses, and read: “Communism will not be toler- ated. The Ku Klux Klan rites again.” listed among the miners’ grievances. U.M.W.A. Leader Would Break Strike The company declares: “violation of will not be | tolerated, but ignores its responsibil- | \ity for the strike, which cam? with! its refusal to agree to supply the men with these e: § to mining coal, | although both the State Mining Law| and the N. R. A.-U. M. W. A. agree-| ment both provide that this Is a com-} pany responsibility. Supporting the company position is | Dave Watkins, the “float ” U0. M. W. A. organizer, who works every-| { where (for a while) except in Ohio. | (But this kind are known best in| their home bailiw’ He declares that “outlaw” and threatens a fine of $1 for each day! the men are on strike Thugs, Union Heads |, s-* ss ni erpoaie Re Help Bosses Smash strike. It’s only fault is its lack of| Strike of Tanners preparation, but this can be overcome if immed: steps are taken to sol- idify it and spread it, if deemed Workers Courageous- ly Resist, But Are Driven Back necessary. The Unemployed Miners, for relief struggles, have pledged their support. They propose an: im-j NORWOOD, Mass.—By using the “red scare” as a weapon and by em- ploying thugs of the Bergoff Detec- tive Agency of New York City to beat mediate gathering of all the miners’ from each of the mines, the election up strikers, the Winslow Brothers and Smith tanneries here, owned by ex- of @ broad gencral strike committee, Goy. Frank G. Allen, aided by lead- is the strike { organized | youth committee, militant aciion,! mobilization of the women an7 Cvil- dren, preparations to spread the strike if necessary, and that no set- tlement be made without the ap- proval of all the miners. Individual handliug of these necessary actions | must be avoided. The U. M. W. A. officials have failed to appear on the scene up to this writing, the statement of Wat-| kins, appearing in the local press,! , having been made perhaps from his} sumptious hotel quarte: | Union, have broken the back of the strike of 615 leather workers. The strike started spontaneously three weeks ago. In addition to the mob of gaigsters hired by the tanneries, Brig. Gen Daniel Needham, the Commissioner cf Public Safety, ordered out the state troopers. Police were sent out from Boston, and the entire police force of Norwood was mobilized ogainst the workers, Tuesday afternoon three automo-' biles full of ‘bugs drove from the tannery yard to South Norwood, where most of the workers live. They indiscriminately clubbed men, women, and children. Several workers cour- ageously met the attack with clubs, and stones. Two of the thugs, Joseph! Rosenstein and Nolan Maguire, were} knocked unconscious, Misled by Frank Pike, president of Local 26 of the NL.W.U., Mr. Boyle! and Lawyer Walsh, who promised; tannery officials there would be noj| further picketing, the strikers have agreed to return to the tanneries Dec. 16. According to today’s Norwood Messenger, the agreement “concedes recognition of the union by the tan-' neries.” The demand for a 25 per FLOOD ROUTS FAMILIES | SEATTLE, Dec. 11—Hundreds of| ilies were left homeless when the continued heavy rainfall caused floods over ten counties in Washing- | { ton, with a proverty damage esti- mated at nearly $4,000,000. | Equality for Women In USSR? Yes—But Gotta Keep It Mum! | _ Arrives in Moscow MOSCOW, Dec. 11—William C. | Bullitt, first United States Ambassa~ dor to the Soviet Union, arrived here: today, accompanied by his nirie-year- old daughter, Anne, and three secre- taries. He will present his creden- tials to President Michael Kalinin tomorrow. Mr. Bullitt. was met at the station by I. A. Davilkowski of the Soviet Foreign Office, who accompanied Maxim Litvinoff on his suce-*sful trips to Washington and Italy. Da- vilkovski tendered Litvonoff's per- sonal greetings. fa MONTEVIDEO, Dec. U1.—“Is there any country in the world which anvproaches the ideal in equality for men and women?” a reported asked Fanny Buncend- Sevastos, executive secretary of the American Commission of ‘Women now meeting at the Pan- American Conference. “Yes,” she immediately replied, “the Soviet Unicn.” Following this interview, which appeared in the local press, Doris Stevens of the United States, the comriss'on’s chairman, specified that in the future, whenever this question is asked, the reply must cent wage increase will be “settled by discussion.” In other words, Pike, Boyle, and Walsh have sabotaged the strike. be: “Not on this hemisphere.” | comrades. Answer the Appeal of Comrade Hathaway IN YESTERDAY'S Daily Worker, Comrade Hathaway, editor-in-chief, pointed out that the purchase of a new, up-to-date press for. our paper was made despite the serious financial situation our “Daily” is in. ‘The oid press cannot be relied upon. It turns out a badly printed paper. It reproduces photographs with uncertainty as to Their sharp- ness. It breaks down frequently, delaying the paper, and adding ‘to: the expense by requiring repairs that can be only temporary because of its aged condition. The new press, like the enlarged Daily Worker, is your achievement, ‘Your pennies, nickels, dimes, dollars, your sacrifices keep the Daily Worker on its feet UT in all frankness, comrades, we must also face our weaknesses as well as our strength. Your splendid response has not been forthcoming in the last several days. With receipts on Wednesday and Thursday totaling $964.02 and $767.35, respectively, they sank on Friday to $355.60, on Satur- day to $266.01. Yesterday’s income is also dangerously low. * ° ’ E WANT to hear from every district how soon {t can raise its full quota in the $40,000 drive, and how much extra it can raise to enebie us to meet the initial payments on our new modern press. We appeal to every reader, to every working-class organization to rush whavever amount they can at once. PUT THE $40,000 DRIVE OVER THE TOP! Mondays receipts . Previous Total + $371.43 34,048.49 TOTAL TO DATE . All Workers Face Huge Rise in Permanent Army of Unemployed in U. S. By HARRY GANNES as unemployment is concerned? All of Roosevelt's re-employ- |, As far back as April, 1928, writing ‘in Business Week, Professor Irving ment talk and grandiose Fisher, now one of Roosevelt's. sup- schemes of employing. millions porters in. the program of inflation, i declared that on the basis of govern- hace ee ae ee ae «Ment figures, over 8,009,000 were then SeEpitint aticy ct: aoe ee unemployed. That was during the so- round. 17,000,000. In. this stage. of| Called Period of “prosperity.” Profes- caulinida: ap misiier ehat A sor Fisher's thesis was, et that time, mont takes place in wenduction eo {that unemployment . would increase menf takes place in production, No with the increase in production. But matter how much ballyhoo is broad- cast about public works, N.R.A, re-em- ployment, ©.C.C.’s, the permanent army of unempployed will grow, There are innumerab!e facts to prove this. In this situation the whole working- class is faced with the problem of its minimum security, the problem of over four years of crisis, in which a conservative estimate of the unem- ployed shows 17,000,000 without work. At the same time, during the crisis, the process of technological unem- \}ment that went on under prosperity »*, was speeded up. That is to say, the unemployment insurance. Roosevelt’s! i projects, so far as improving the con-{ attempts of the capitalists to elim- % \inate workers necessa: roduce ditions of the unemployed, have been ie were Taoseened| PRAGA Rca a colossal failure. But in one meas- e - not only fired because of the lessened eee o eaey on Deen eee for goods, but even in the ae sprite ia nag wane. bgt i , Production of the goods that could be oruse ploy! sold, less workers than formerly were surance. At a time, when the struggle employed for unemployment insurance should | 1 What is the actual situation so far} ‘ taisuing tne: at its greatest, this movement is weak.| 7! “ul process is now being ac (Continued on Page 3) U.S. Ambassador British Seek New | ‘Amalgamation Reyol now we have the cumulative effect of | t Is Fight t Moves Shoe Convention — Opens in Boston. Defeat Move to Keep Industrial Union Off Committee BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 11—The con- vention hall at Hotel Bradford was packed with shoe union delegates from New England, New York and other cities, as the first session of the convention, called to form one big union of shoe workers, got under way at 2p. m. today. Some 250 delegates are estimated to be present, although the officiel count has not yet been announced. The first session was marked by great disorder and confu- sion as to procedure, indicating that the convention will be a stormy one. | Carried Out Although some elements in the con- % vention attempted to side-track pro- | PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec. 11— posals from the fioor for a credentials |774. Steamship Muneric crew 1s on |committee representative of each par- ate pay off of the ticipating organization, this was de-|°" °° (a minal: feated in the actual vote of the rank |CTeW» Under the leadership of the ; |Marine Workers Industrial Union. and file delegates. It seemed clear T strike follows-the marine con- that some effort was being made to 12° Stl Z 2 keep the Industrial Union delegates | “fence held in Baltimore yesterday, off the committee. The rank and | the delegate from the concentration file voted to elect a representative of |1ine, the Munson line, having taken each organization on the credentials | UP the decision of the conference ant committee which now consists of a| the workers put it into effect at once. delegate, from the Shoe and eLather| The crew has not been paid off for Workers Industrial Union, from the} five months. Munson Line Ship Crew Strikes for _ 5 Months’ Back Pay Decisions of Marine | Conference Quickly jstrike for im! the strikers also National Shoe Workers Association of] ‘The demands of | k New England and St. Li Shoe | include 50 per cent increase in wages, Workers Protective Union and the! better food and conditions, recogni- tion of the Marine Workers Indus- trial Union, and the ship committee. The officers came out with the crew. ‘The lon; wil- lingness mington. The conie:ence decided to work for a genera: strike on this liue, Salem Shoe Workers Union. Joseph Bearak, an attorney for the A. F. of L. union in the city, and a well-known inember of the Soc’ |Party, although not an official gate, instriicted the delegates on par- liamentary procedure. When ques- tions were raised as to his status by the delegates present, he was ex~- cused as the attorney and advisor of the New England Provisional Com- j mittee. The session ended with the election of the Credentials Committee and !s scheduled to reconvene tomorrow 'morning. at 10 a.m. The convention was to have opened on Sunday eve- ning with a mass meeting, but this was called off at the eleventh hour. About 375 workers participated in the parade in Haverhill, Mass. during the afternoon to welcome the conven- tion. From the attendance at the parade and the eleventh hour action jon the mass meeting, it appears that} the lack of response of the rank and file is due to the fact that they hav e} not sufficient confidence in the lead ership of the New Er- a sional Committee. But there is an overwhelming detesianewu0u $ part of the majority of the de to amalgamate into a real rank and ‘file shoe union. Thousards Wait Vainly’ To Clear Away Snow: Two Deaths Reported NEW YORK—Yesterday's heavy snowfall didn’t result in any work for the thousands of jobless workers) who. crowded around the several De- Roosevelt. Defends Crop Destruction, Wall St. Subsidies Tells Farmers Gov't Is Giving Funds to “Proper People” CHICAGO, Dec. ilIn complete disregard of the facts of declining production and rising living costs, Roosevelt today, in a message to the officials convention of the American Farm Federation, declared that the crisis is coming to an end. “We seem to be on our way ont,” Roosevelt said. He also defended the Government practice of destroying crops, giving huge subsidies to Wall Street by de- claring “Money is getting into the hands of people who need it; it is coming from higher prices for the things farmers have to sell. . . .” Roosevelt neglected to mention here that the price for farm goods is lag~ tan Soviet Trade Pact LONDON, Dec. 11.—Walter Runci- man, president of the British Boare of Trade, met with Sir John Simon, Foreign Minister, and the Soviet am- bassador, I. M. Maisky, yesterday, to discuss resumption of a trade agrec- ment with the Soviet Union. The move is inspired by British in- dustrialists who’ are desperately seek- ing to offset American bids for Soviet orders for rmachinery for the gigantic second Soviet Five Year Plan. A former trade pact with the Soviet; Union was denounced by the British, several months ago as part of the partment of Sanitation offices in the city. Many of the men waited sil’ night in the cold for the expected jobs, crowding around bonfires built fin the street to keep warm. The Sanitation Department wanted! to economize and worked its regular men extra to/clear the snow away. At the same time, two deaths were reported, and countless numbers freezing due to lack of shelter and the refusal of the relief buros throughout the city to take care of them. The intense cold drove thou- sands of homeless men and women into hallways, as icy and uncomfort- able as the streets cutside. The tem- perature registered 11 degrees above ging far behind the prices of mono- poly manufactured goods, thus causing a cut in the small farmers’ real in- come. He-also failed to mention that his program is causing a reduction of the market for farm goods by raising the costs in. the cities beyond the workers ability to pay, thus worsening the conditions of the farmers, and the city workers. Recognizing that his acreage-~ reduction program is not bringing the small, impoverished farmers any re- lief, Roosevelt declared: “|. It is of the utmost importance that we guard against letting a rise in farm income tempt us to forget the anti-Soviet provocations by British imperialism, Central Committee, Communist Party, Urges WORLD PROTEST AGAINST FASCIST MURDER AXE ON DEC. 19 TO SAVE WORK ERS’ LEADERS -Only a few days remain for mobilization on December 19, of the widest international protest day against the impending fascist murder of the four defendants in the Leipzig frame-up. The Leipzig trial is speedily coming to a close. The most infamous trial in the historic period of decaying capitalism unveils the degeneracy and rottenness of the German bourgeoisie, fighting to maintain its last position. The murderers of the German working class who have been exposed, whipped, and defeated by the fearless exposure made by Dimi- troff, Torgler, Popoff, Taneff, who tore down the mask of the degenerate Coering, are thirsty for more blood. $ The axes of bloody fascism, still dripping with the blood of the four Hamburg and six Cologne comrades, are again being sharpened to silence the voices of these other heroes of the German working class, of the world proletariat. TERROR DRIVE FAILS Through a monstrous wave of terror, fascism tried to crush the struggle of the masses to strike 2 deadly blow to the heroic Communist Party of Germany. In vain! The vanguard of the working class, anchored among the masses from which so many heroes are rising, that steels itself in the daily struggles and has the support of the revolutionary movement all over the world, cannot be crushed, ; Comrades: Workers and Farmers, Negro and white! Forward in the struggle to stop new death sentences, to save D'mitroff, Torgler, Taneff and Popoff for thetr class! These heroes are ours! They must not diel alas i Action at Once to zero. realities of supply and demand.” g Defendants Save Leipzi ‘There must not be any delay. We must act at once in the most energetic manner. The workers of the U. S. must show to the representa- tives of the decadent German bourgeoisie that the toiling masses of this country are soul and body with the oppressed, toiling masses of Germany, that we are determined to save the lives of the innocent, the lives of such fighters as Dimitroff, Torgler and the other champions in the struggle against fascism, whose heroic attitude inspires the struggle of the working class all over the world. ACTION IS VITAL! In every workers’ organization, in every shop, in every union, among all enemies of fascism and lynching, in every part of the United States we must build the broadest united front to stop the ax of the Nazi murderers. We must cut at the root of the rising heads of the fascist hydra in this coun- try. The fight against the growth of fascism in the United States, against lynching, must be mobilized in defense of our German brothers. In fighting against the fascist murder threat In Germany we will strengthen our forces in the fight against fascism in the United States. ‘We must develop a real, resounding, mass protest in every organization in the United States favorable to the fight against fasasm. Comrade Thaelmann, the leader of the German working class, the out- standing fighter against German Fascism, is still in the Nazi jail, his life threatened by the Nazi executioners. RELIEF FOR VICTIMS URGENT ‘The families of the heroic members of the German working class, who international duty of the American workers to help the suffering families of our German class brothers. We must help in the organization of relief for the victims of German Fascism, Forward to a tremendous mass protest with the same spirit that Diritroff is fighting fascism in the Leipzig Court, with the same spirit in which Dimitroff tore to pieces the infarnous calumnies of the degenerate Goering. Forward with the same spirit of these outstanding champions of Communism and of the revolutionary movement, who do not tremble for their lives, but make tremble the decadent German bourgeoisie. Stop the hands of the bloodthirsty degenerates! Flood the German Consulates, the German Ambassador in Washington, the Kelserist Presi- dent Von Hindenburg, with protests! Workers, mass organizations, arrange protest meetings! Send delega~ tions to the fascist consulates! There must be such a stream of delega- tions to the representatives of bloody German fascism so that they may feel the mighty power of the toiling masses of America, determined to stop the hands of the murderers of our beloved comrades. ‘The time is short now until Decervber 19th, the international day of protest against the threatened murder of our four comrades. Act now! Organize the united front against fascism in your organ- ization! Stop the Nazi murder ax! Defeat the fascist murder plot! Stop the murder of Dimitroff, Torgler, Popoff and Taneff. For their immediate release. For the release of the leader of the German working class, Comrade Thaelmann. CENTRAL COMMITTEE, ate tortured in the Nazi concentration camps, are in dire need. It is the t COMMUNIST PARTY UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, \ ’ Heroic o Block to Fascism Socialist Leaders Aid Gov't Against | | Workers | Villanueva Soldiers Join the Workers, | Seize Barracks | NEW. YORK. — Increased | support throughout Spain for the general strike to support the armed uprising of the workers, despite the ferocious attacks of the landlord-capital- jist government, is reported in cables from Madrid. Over 100 are dead and 300 wounded, according to the latest check-ups, in the efforts -of. various groups of workers to overthrow the recently elected left-republican re- gime, containing three Socialist min- isters. The new regime immediately attempted to re-establish fascism after it gained a victory in the cor- rupt elections. Despite sabotage by the Socialist leaders, rank and file Socialist work- ers united with Syndalists and An- archists and Communists in the up- rising. : The government ministers were greatly heartened when Julian Bes- teizo, Socialist president of the Gen- eral Labor Union, declared that the Socialist leaders would absolutely not join the uprising. Besteiro urged the workers not to resist the efforts of the government. Strike Growing Despite this appeal, the general strike is growing. In Seville, the railroad workers joined the general strike. and.no trains are running out of that clty. Efforts of the troops to fores. the workers to remain on the job failed. | At Villanueva de La Serena, a group of Communist workers united with the soldiers and seized the bar- (Continued on Page 2) Fascist Leader Is Feeble Witness at Trial of Terzani Art J. Smith Testifies In Plot to Railroad Athos Terzani NEW YORK.—Art J. Smith, “con mander” of the Khaki Shirts, made a sorry witness against Athos Terzani, 31-year old anti-fascist, who went on trial before Judge Downs in Queéhs ;County Court yesterday charged with the slaying of Antonio Fierro, also an anti-fascist. Fierro, a close friend of Terzani, was killed ata Khaki Shirt meeting in Astoria last July 14. The defense charged that Fierro was slain by a member of the Khaki Shirts. A jury, picked yesterday, consists of a printer, office manager, shipping clerk, building estimator, carpenter, civil engineer, paint salesman, Witt worker, shoe designer, business matt, branch bank manager, and one ree tired. In questioning prospective jurors, Arthur Garfield Hays, Terzani’s coun- {sel, declared that “the testimony will yreveal that for five minutes after the shooting of Fierro the way was clear | tor Terzani to leave, but he did not. We will show that Art J. Smith (head of the Khaki Shirts) for five days latter the shooting said he did not know who had done it.” Terzan! was placed on trial two |wéeks ago, but the case was jponed when Smith, self-styled “ | mander” of the Khaki Shirts, f |to appear as chief prosecution wit- ‘ness. Smith was recently located ie | Baltimore. ee Smith, testifying late yesterday, re- (Continued on Page 2) |30 CWA Men Fight for + Back Pay and Get it NEW YORK—Fifty O.W.A. work: ers compelled the authorities to pay their salaries immediately instead | | being kept waiting indefinitely. men had been transferred from the Court to the C.W.A..- been kept waiting Friday and Saturday, eclock, when the su t of tho men. Cohen, told them, “I fought like hell to get the but I couldn’t get it.’ The men: cided to go to the cashier's office fight for their $16 back pay Selves. And they got it, after a minute wait. Sore