The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 19, 1933, Page 3

DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1933 PROFITS SOAR, REAL WAGES SINK, AFTER SIX MONTHS OF N.R.A. N. J. Workers Turn 40) In CWA Union |Socialist Leaders Again OK R oosevelt Reformist Meet To To Demand 50c Hr.| N. R. A. Drive on Workers A Militant Protest On Iron River Jobs| strive to Bolster Faith in “New Deal,” to Page Three || A. A. A. Raises Small Cattle Breeders’ Costs OMAHA, Dec. 18.—Small farm- ers are finding themselves deeper in debt than ever before as a re- “Recovery” Program Is | All For Wall Street Monopolies $475,000, 000. dir i —_— By MILTON HOWARD 8 4 wt of the Roosevelt A. A. A. pro- ae c Jor rs i a phar Ange this Part r Artic now were granted $1,357,000,- Cheer Mention of ILD || Siio! the Rowers 4.4.4.m0-1/ 4 F. of L. Officials! Keep Workers from Struggle Against It | What are some of the things that Part II of ticle» ||Oy se muectmee came Defense At Decatur Lynch Trials MEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Dec. 18.—Kight hundred workers, mostly Negroes, packed a Scotisboro protest meeting here last Thursday night, at which Samuel Leibowitz was the chief speaker, Although the mecting was held un- der the auspices of reformists and liberals hostile to the mass defense which alone has saved the Scotts- boro boys so far, each mention of the International Labor Defense was met with thunderous applause from the audience. Rev. Dr. Thomas Harien, “Negro minister from Brookiyn, and presi- dent of the National Afro-Protective League, stressed the danger to the white ruling class of Negro and. white workers getting together if justice was not done, His remarks followed the traditional policy of the Negro reformist Jeaders of begging for con- cessions, but the audience showed its support of the growing unity of Ne- gro and white workers by roundly applauding his reference to this unity as & danger to the white rulers. Har- ten immediately attempted to correct any misunderstanding by laying stress «om peaceful intentions and methods. Local politicians, including Mayor , Were present to speak to the potential voters in the audience. Morrison professed ignorance of the Stottsboro frame-up and parroted Goy. Ritchie’s statement that the racial relations in his cammunity were all that was desirebie. ‘This did not go over with the audience, who received his. statement in frigid silence, s . Wilmington Protests Verdict. WILMINGTON, Dec., Dec. 18.—-A vigorous protest against the Decatur lynch verdicts sentencing Heywood Patterson and Clarence Norris to burn in the electric chair on Feb. 2 was sent to Judge Callahan from a meeting called here to form a branch of the American League Against War and Fascism. | A Minneapolis Protest Meet MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Dec. 18.— One thousand workers attended a protest meeting last Wednesday at the Wesley Temple, against the lynch wave sweeping the country and the Decatur lynch verdicts. The meeting ‘was organized by the International Labor Defense. The District. Convention. of the I. L, D,, held today at the Camels Hall, Duluth, had as the most important points on its agenda the fight against the fascist terror, and for the release of the Scottsboro boys and the four Communist leaders facing the Nazi Retchstag executioners in the arson feame-up trial, . * e@ LAWRENCE, Mast, Dec. 18—Ne- gro and white workers braved a snow storm last Wednesday to attend a meeting in the that as a result of Roosevelt’s price-raising program the smell farmers are finding that they must pay such increased prices for farm feed that the results of their work is only greater debts. Roosevelt has raised the price of com to 45 cents, while the price of cattle amd hogs, to whom the small farmers have to feed corn, are lagging behind due to the enormous “surplus.” ‘The result. is that only the larger farmers can even hope to show any results of hog raising. '2,000 in Pittsburgh Anti-Lynching Meet Protest Decatur, Reichstag Trials PITTSBURGH, Dec. 18—Twelve hundred Pittsburgh workers marched through the Negro Hill district Sat- urday in the most impressive dem- onstration held here én years. Shouting slogans “The Bcottsboro Boys Shall Not Die” “Free Tom Moo- ney,” and demands for Negro teach- ers in Pittsburgh schools, the demon- stration attracted hundreds of work- ers on the sidewalks who fell into line with the marchers. At Greenlee Field, where the march culminated, several hundred workers greeted the marchers. A mass meet- ing of more than 2,000 at the field adopted resolutions demanding 5 , Popott and Taneff, the four Communist lead- ers threatened with death by the Nazi butchers. ‘Two hundred workers attended an- meeting Unemployed Workers To Be Tried Today for Resisting Eviction NEW YORK—Jane and Mike Wil- liams, unemployed workers, will be tried today by the labor hating judge, Thomas A. Aurelio, for resisting an eviction, Mr. and Mrs. Williams were clubbed and held on bail of $500 each. Workers are urged to pack Aurelio’s court room at the Essex Market Court, Second St. and Second Ave., at 2:30 today to prevent the railroading of these workers. WORKERS SCHOOL vob Historical Materialion Science and Dialectics * Revolutionary Journsiiem Revolutionary Theatre Public Speaking Class Struggles in the 19th Cent. English for Foreigners ‘History of the American Labor Movement ‘Wistory of the Russian Revolution Rusdan CLASSES WILL UP QuIOMLY Register Now Attempt To Disrupt Workers’ Ranks IRON RIVER, Mich—Four hun- dred workers met in the Town Hall here and formed the Iron County Labor Union to fight for 50c an hour and 30 hours a week on all C.W.A. jobs and free transportation to the: jobs. The Mayor of the town, a hard- ware businessman who had at first promised use of the Town Hell and then changed his mind, was forced to change his mind again when hun- dreds of militant workers demanded the Town Hall be opened. At present the wage on the C.W.A.| jobs is 40 cents an hour, the men be- ing worked 7 and a half hours a A committe of eight, elected at th meeting to begin further action against this condition, is planning to send resolutions to the various C.W.A. boards of the county, state and fed- etal boards protesting this wage scale. The officials, including the A. F. of L, and the county board are attempt- ing to disrupt the workers’ ranks by getting into the committees men who are agents of the steel trust. The Communist Party is supporting the | struggle of the C.W.A. men to make Roosevelt keep his promise of 50c an hour, and calis on the workers to struggle till the demands are won. Worcester Jobless To Meet Dec. CWA Used as Excuse To Close Welfare Friday night, Dec. 22, at 8 p.m. at the Dexter Hall, 544 Main St. More than 100 organizations have been in- vited to participate in the confer- | ence, at which the local unemploy- ment situation will be discussed with the view of adopting a workers’ re- lef ordinance. ‘There are about 16,000 unemployed orkers in the city of Worcester alone. The C. W. A. has only taken a of 3,500 workers, and this is be- used as an excuse to close up of the welfare offices and de- many of the unemployed work- from getting any relief at all. Program of siruggle for the on the C. W. A. jobs will be at responsible tions participating, to begin an intensive drive to build up a mass unemployed Movement in Worcester and vicinity on a much more solid basis than be- A delegation will be elected to Tepresent the unemployed workers of Worcester County at the National Convention on Unemployment in Washington on Jan. 13. L. A. Bosses Break Fur Un. Agreement Needle Union Fights Move to Cut Wages LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 18.—Cli- ” association abrogated its agreement with the Fur Depart- GST NEW DESCRIPTIVE BOOKLET WORK®RS’ SCHOOL, 35 EAST 12th STREET, 3rd Floor ‘Folophene Algonquin ¢-1190 Bargaine tt Entertainment tt Food : : Games ~ aT THE UNITED WORKERS PRESS BAZAAR SUNDAY eo MONDAY DEC. Daily Worker : Western Worker : Morning Fretheit Working Woman + Hanger Fighter : Lucha Obrera orkers Cooperative Colony 2700-2800 BRONX PARK EAST has now REDUCED THE RENT (OPPOSITE BRONX PARK) ON THE APARTMENTS AND SINGLE ROOMS CULTURAL ACTIVITIES Classes for Adults and Children; Library; Gyoumasium; Ctubs and Other Privileges “NO INVESTMENTS REQUIRED SEVERAL GOOD APARTMENTS & SINGLE ROOMS AVAILABLE x Kindergarden; wisconsin aaa ARINC ment of the Needle Trades Workers’ Industrial Union in a letter dated » 12, Manufacturers anticipate bringing back the open shop during the slow season and aim to discharge and discriminate against union work- wages, z s IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich.— After 170 Civil Works Adminis- aly tHe parable the N.R.A. is the spear- head of the Roosevelt: method of attack against the workers, the activ- ities and attitude of the Socialist lead- | ts towards this act has most clearly exposed their role as social-fascists. That is to say, by their deeds in help- ing Wall Street through the Roosevelt N.R.A. program they are helping the onward march of fascism and fascist attacks against the workers’ living standards and rights. rom the very beginning the So- | cialist leaders supported the N.R.A. | This support was not unqualified. It was slimy. The “New Leader,” chief organ of the Socialist Party, Norman Thomas, the late Morris Holquit, and dozens of others of the Socialist lead- ers, praised the N.R.A. as a new hope for labor, as an easy road to socialism. | New Deal and “New Era” | They paraphrased Roosevelt's New | Deal tripe by talking of a “New Era | of Capitalism.” But they would ill | Serve their masters, if they did not support the N.R.A, with the special j type of lying left phrases they use to | fool the workers in the Socialist Party | and under its influence. | While the whole bulk of the So- cialist leaders’ energy was devoted to shackling the workers with the N.R.A., they covered their deeds with “crit- ical” phrases, which was their specific method of helping Roosevelt's pro- gram from the left. Now the Socialist leaders come to the defense of the N.R.A. at a critical | stage in its history. In Washington, Norman Thomas and Louis Waldman | Worked out a 5-point program on the N.R.A. that has the endorsement of the Socialist Party, s 8 | j Te: ‘VERY worker shouid examine this |“ program to see how the American | Socialist leaders follow step by step their German and British brothers in helping the advance of fascism, in trying to keep the workers from over- throwing capitalism, and in helping | the rich exploiters maintain their sys- | tem of exploitation, misery and war. | ‘The results and functioning of the | N.R.A. are now beginning to appear more openly as wage cutting and strikebreaking and as an instrument of capitalist oppression. The central purpose of the N.R.A. was to lower the standard of living of the workers in order to increase the | profits of the exploiters, and to keep the workers from striking against this process. The Socialist Party leaders took up the promises of Roosevelt about jhighes liying standards, increased purchasing power and the right of organization. The Communist Party declared that the N.R.A, codes, which set minimum wages, were actually intended to lower all wages to this minimum; that prices would be increased, and as a result the workers standard of living greatly | lowered. At the same time, the Com- munis: Party pointed out that the N.R.A. would be used to break strikes and attempt to smash the workers’ Tight of organization and struggle. | What has happened since is now | written in lower pay envelopes for | all workers and in the bloody record of the Ambridge, Philadelphia, Utah, | Fayette, and dozens of other strikes, | as well as in the Weirton, Ford and Budd betrayals. Not even the reactionary leaders of the A. F. of L. can deny that the bosses’ power has increased and that real wages were reduced under the NBA. All this, the Socialist leaders worked for in their support of the N.R.A, But now they have a new task. In the face of the undeniable facts, in the face of the growing disillusion- ment of the workers, they find it ne- cessary to increase their support for the N.R.A. to help Roosevelt and the exploiters rebuild faith in this meas- ure. ‘HE Socialist leaders sense the grow- ing indignation of the masses, the symptoms of a, rising strike wave, and they act now to seek to keep the work- ers from struggling. is designed for this end. After admit- ting that “minimum wages are being fixed at shockingly low figures,” and that purchasing power is going down, with disastrous effects on millions of workers, the Socialist program says: “It defeats the very purpose of the N.R.A.—the one purpose upon which all others rest.” \ Profits Up, Wages Down From the very start the Communist Party pointed out it was the very pur- pose of the N.R.A. to lower living standards. It is no accident at all that this was achieved. The huge corpora- tions through the N.R.A. increased their profits 600 per cent. The workers had their wages lowered and face the prospect of skyrocketing prices. For the Socialist leaders now to say that the purpose of the N.R.A. is to in- crease wages is flying in the face of facts, and performing precisely the service that Wall Street expects of the Roosevelt demagogy and its So- cialist. support. *_ Unemployment Insurance ‘The “new” Socialist program ad- mits re-employment is a flop, But they resort to the methods of the New York Evening Post, and Green, by calling on the capitalist to remedy the situation. They defend Roosevelt's abandonment of his lying promises to introduce unemployment insurance. They want the hungry masses to starve while Congress talks and strengthens the oppressive fea- tures of the N.R.A. Finally, they come to the defense of the whole strike-breaking apparatus of the A, F. of L. bureaucracy on the jonal Labor Board. n the making of the codes,” they say, “outside of the top, the N.R.A. has been packed against labor.” eee UT it is precisely on the top that the strikebreaking agents of the bosses in the A. F. of L. leadership By HARRY GANNES have worked most effectively through the N. R. A. to achieve what the| American workers are now suffering | under the act. The A. F. of L. of-| ficiaidom, praised by the Socialists, | were a party to every one of the! Starvation codes they now “deplore.” | Nowhere do they breathe a word | of criticism of Roosevelt. They say) nothing about his breaking of the! coal strike. They are silent about | his threats to “corral” strikers. Gen-| eral Johnson, agent of Bernard | Baruch, and other Wall Street specu- praise, when it was Johnson who was/| the chief agent of the bosses in for- | mulating starvation codes and in} breaking strikes. | The N. R. A. promised right of | unionization and collective -bargain- ing. Messrs. Green, Lewis, Hiliman, helped break the miners and steel strike. They undersigned the open shop for the auto industry. They helped Senator Wagner break the Weirton steel strike with promises that made the bosses roll on the} floor with laughter. Collective bar-; gaining became compulsory arbitra- | tion with the power of the capitalist | state used to break strikes and force the workers to accept slave condi- tions. This is what the Socialist program approves when it kowtows | to the top arrangement of the N.R.A. | What it wants now is more of such | “representation” on the local boards, | so that the machinery of strikebreak- ing will be more perfect. | “There was a solemn pledge made | at the beginning,” says the new So-| cialist attempt to bolster faith in the N. R. A, “that there would be a partnership between the government, labor and business.” This pledge, they say, was broken. x | eas TiS as also been the central | pledge of the A. F. of L. Jeader- ship to keep the workers from striking, and to look to the Wall Street Roosevelt government. for “im- partial” judgments on all matters that affect the life of the workers and the profits of the boss. The Socialists say that there can be no real partnership of labor and capital under the present system, but insist on greater labor representa- tion, to enforce collective bargaining. In this way, they bolster up more of the fake pledges and promises of Roosevelt. But all to one end. To keep the workers from struggling, from uniting their forces, from dis- turbing the capitalist methods of taking more pounds of flesh from the workers so that they can attempt to solve their crisis. A This “new” program of the Social- Their new program on the N.R.A, Jured ists will greatly hearten the exploit- ers. It skilfully avoids calling on the workers to struggle, to cement their ranks, and prepare for strikes. It says nothing about fighting for un-/ employment insurance. Above all, it strives mightily to keep the workers’ faith in the N. R, A—the very in- strument that has so effectively smashed their living standards and prepared the road for fascist ad- vances. After six months of the N. R. A. the analysis and program of the Communist Party have been fully confirmed by the facts. The Com- munist Party, exposing the lackey role played by the Socialist leaders behind the N. R. A, declares now that only the road for the workers is increased struggle against the N. R. A. This can best be achieved through a united front of all work- ers, regardless of political or trade union affiliation, on a program of higher wages, lower hours, full right of unionization and strike, a common front of unemployed and employed, for unemployment insurance. News Briefs Three Killed in Auto Plunge BEAUMONT, Cal. Dec. i§-—Three New York in ten hours. reach New York they will have 28,000 miles on their present. trip. Explosion Kills Seven LA PLAZA, Argentina, Dec. 18.— Seven were killed as a result of an explosion at the State Oil Refinery, ascribed to spontaneous combustion. Financial Troubles Cause Suicide NEW YORK, Dec. his muffler in his store today. health and financial troubles. said to have caused the suicide. 18,—Jerome » mM were National Events CELEBRATE RECOGNITION. CHICAGO.—A mass celebration of recog- nition of the Soviet Union will be held Wed- nesday, Dec. 20, by organizations sympathtic to the Soviet Government. Corliss. Lamont, ‘son of Morgan's partner, Norman ‘Tallentire, national orgenizer of the Friends of the Soviet Union; and Carl Haessler of the Pederated Press, will be the main speakers. TO OPEN SCANDINAVIAN HALL BT. PAUL, Minn.—East Side Workers wilt open now headquarters Wednesday, t 865 Payne Ave., with an entertainment and dance sponsored by Scandinavian..Workers Club. The hall will be managed by » com- mittee of elected delegates trom trade unions and unemployed organisate-~ ite ten iecesataeinnstti min seein lators, comes off with sympathetic | > June, the month in which the N.R.A. codes began to be applied? A short survey of the results reveals that the Roosevelt government has been a government driving all energies toward one main object: the protection and increase of W: Street monopoly profits. The: Roose- velt “Recovery” program has been a Program of “recovery” of monopoly profits at the expense of the wo’ and impoverished farmers. Roo: N.R.A. “solution” for the ci been a solution concentrated on in- creasing profits of the Wall Street big corporations. Slash in Real Wages Roosevelt has raised prices. Sinc’ March, the cost of daily nece foods has risen 16 to 24 per cent, bread by 18 per cent, milk by 20 per cent eges by 24 per cent. Not only the cost of food has been sent up, but also the general cost of living has been sharply According to the National Industrial | Conference Board, the cost of living | has risen at r cent since March. That is to y, the weekly | Wage of every wage work United States is now worth 10 pe cent less in its ability to buy clothes ete., ete, The Roosevelt program March has thus effected a 10 per cent slash in the REAL wages of every wage worker in the country. | This cut in the REAL WAGES oi since | the American working class was complished by the Roosevelt govern- ment mainly through the N.R.A codes and the inflation price-raising. The N.R.A. codes held wages down reduced the costs of production through speed-up, intensified ex- ploitation, while the Wali Street mo- nopolies were permitted to send prices upward, through direct monopoly raises, and through cheapening of the dollar. The Roosevelt Milk Codes are a classic example. The Morgan milk monopoly, Bordens, is permitted to sell milk in the large cities at 6 times the price it pays the farm producers, and the Roosevelt government de- clares it illegal for any small producer to undersell the Borden monopoly ‘This explains why Borden's pr this year rose to new heights, permit- ting the declaration of fat dividends for the Wall Street stockholders. The N.R.A. codes since June have fixed the wage levels of the American workers at starvation levels under the guise of a “minimum” wage. The average wage of workers is now about advanced. | ¢ r in the} ¢ food, pay rent, provide medical care, | 5) inflationary | By N. Buchwald to Appear Wednesday 2. of South the “minimu the in addi- slash 1 opolies ses in pro Roosevelt pro- in the fact 5 largest Wall ort profits of over 450 gram can be vividly that this year, the Street monopolies re d in- the are cut melons sin to these en f the N.R.A the Roosevelt ng record- Wall Street 1onopolies Subsidies has bee: subs zovernmen| | breaking to banks and ir ne Huge record ion doll Yo other v has ever, ort a space ime, spent st for the benefit of Wall olies Roosevelt for the re-fin gages held i panies and in Roosevelt, through the Loan Act, has set aside anothe: | 000 for the protection o: investments of the banks in residen- tial mortgages In addition t se bank loans R.F.C. has g ed to Wall Street s, insurance ge companies $ 3,913,000. Of this enormous sum, Wall Stree railroads and banks have received th lions’ share. Since March, Roosevelt has granted the Wall Street banks thro the RF.C. total exceeding one billion deilars, so that not including the re- ni rt- (Daily Worker Washington Bureau) WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—The vol- ume of business transacted for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933, “was considerably less than in the pre- ceding year,” Daniel C. Roper, Sec- retary of Commerce, declares in his] annual report to President Roosevelt, released today. Conditions at the close of the year were such, he reported, that “the eco- nomic structure continued to be badly in need of repair.” Unemployment last March is estimated at approx- imately 13,000,000. Pay rolls, department store sales, factory employment, &../ding activity, car loadings and foreign trade showed heavy decreases, the report states: Employment and Sales at Record Low “For the fiscal year, as a whole, factory it was approximate- ly 12 per cent less than in the pre- vious fiscal year, and 40 per cent be- |low the fiscal year 1929. Pay rolls showed a similar but much sharper contraction. The average for 1932-33 was 26 per cent below the previous fiscal year and 61 per cent below the fiscal year 1920.” Department store sales, one of the most important business indices, es- pecially from the point of view of the in value, and for the variety chains the drop was 13 per cent. Sales by lead- ing mail-order companies were 14 per cent smaller in value.” The report throws an sting light on the effect on the national debt structure of the tremendous sums handed over to banks, trust companies and railroads by the gov- ernment, most of which came from indirect taxes on the people as a result of the extra penses incurred by the Govern in its efforts to prevent the coll of banks and other public institutions, the total interest-bearing debt of the United States increased apnroximate- Jy $3,000,000,000 during the fiscal A substantial part of this in out of the operatior struction Finance Corpo 1 which up June 30, 1933, had mad loans aggregating close to billion dollars. During the fiscal year $193,- 956,702 was advanced to 51 railroads or their receivers.” In addition to the “extremely low level” of building activity. car load- ings of originating freight “declined 16 per cent ton-miles of revenue freight by 21 per cent.” Foreign Trade Hits Bottom In the international field the pic- ture was just as dark. “Foreign trade touched the lowest level in about three decades. Unted States exports dropped from $1,948,000,000 for the year 1931-32 to $1,440,000,000 in 1932-33, or 25 per cent. Although the decline in unit value of 11 per cent was respon- sible for a part of this drop in value, the decrease in physical volume was about 17 per cent, or relatively as great as in the preceding fiscal year. Imports fell off 33 per cent from $1,- 730,000,000 in 1931-32 to $1,168,000,000 in 1932-33, but owing to a relatively ati Denounce Policy of the Ruling Class To | Divide Workers NEW YORK.—An Anti-Lynch Group of white and Negro workers formed at the Brooklyn Army Base have sent a wire of protest to Gov- ernor B. Park of Missouri in protest against the lynching of Lloyd War- ner, it was learned today by the International Labor Defense. The group made its telegram pub- | lic with a statement calling upon all} Negro and white workers to organize | similar groups and protests in their shops, factories and offices. | “The wave of lynchings through- | out the United States has created a great deal of anger and protest | amongst the white and Negro work- ers in the city,” the group said in its statement. “We realize that it is in the interests of the capitalist class to divide the workers along race lines, In order to disrupt the | Brooklyn Army Base Workers Protest Missouri Lynching organized struggle for better eco- nomic conditions. We in the gov- ernment service who have suffered cut with higher The text of the wire sent to Gov- ernor Park by the group of govern- ment workers follows: “Below named group of Negro and white workers demand immediate ar- rest, and execution of leaders of gang that lynched Lloyd Warner. We de- mand immediate cessation of perse- cution of Negro people in your state and throughout the South. “Anti-Lynch Group of the Brooklyn Army Base.” “No doubt it is only because of many such protests in the past and at present that several other Icad- ers of the lynch mob have already been arrested,” the group's state- ment said. “Only the follow-up of such protests by the thousands will bring about the actual execution of these lynch mob organizers and leaders. In a similar way only can we expect the Scottsboro boys to be freed.” | accord- 10 “| latest periods for which estimates total to the banks approaching th $3,000,000,000 mark. | Wall Street railroads got subsidic jto the tune of $390,000,000 from the RFC. In addition, the Roosevelt gover ment has come to the aid of Morgan roacis, by canceling the $400- 600,006 these roads owed the gov ernment onder the Transportation Act of 1925. Railroads, controlled b: the U. S. Steel trust, for example had their $90,000,000 government deh: cancelled. War Moves Roosevelt has spent money for wa faster than any previous President one billion dollars in six month: $600,000,000 from the regular budge nd over $350,000,000 out of the 'P. A. fund Ww rans’ compensa n order to pay the interest p: on Wall Street government loans. The Roosevelt government, througi: the processing taxes on corn, cotten neat, wheat, has clamped down on toiling masses an indirect sales tax that t toll of over $600,000,- 000 a year higher prices fo bread, cloth | The Roose’ a. | spent millions to destroy 20 per cen’ of the cotton crop, 15 per cent of | the corn and wheat crop, 15 per cent |of the hog supply, and vart of the | tobacco crop. | The Roosevelt promises of jobs have been proven a fraud. Of the 4,000,- new jobs promised as a result of Public Works Fund, only 50,000 materialized, according to of- figures from Washington. he army of jobless still stands as it did in March—at about 17,000,000,- 000. For the relief of this jobless army Roosevelt spends $29 a year for jeach jobless worker. thus possibie to see with acid the main features of the { program. The machinery of the N.R.A., grinding in the inter- Jests of Wall Street monopoly capital. jis clear—the freezing of wages at starvation levels, the monopoly rais- ing of prices, celerated by infla- meas tionary es, the consequt slash in REAL wages and leap Profits, in addition to huge govern ment subsidies to protect Wall Street re: also to protect Wall Street profits. More than ever, the capitalist gov- ernment of Amel tool, the active ag clique of Wal Stree! Roosevelt is one of most lo} done th Heavy Decreases in Payrolls, Jobs | Revealed in U. S. Commerce Report greater drop in the prices—19 per cent. quantity was only 2i of impo e decrease in 17 or about the same as in exports. per cent Downward Trend Continues “The county's ‘invisible’ t: also fell to new post-war during the calendar ry 1962, available. Such an important iten as United States tourist expenditures abroad fell in the calendar year 1932 approximately 22 per cent below th level of 1931, while both shipping re- ceipts and payments fell about 50 per cent. The most important class of ‘invisible’ receipts, namely, inter- est on United States abroad, fell about 33 per cent.” Recent Government reports show that the picture has not changed ap- preciably The December 15, 193%, re- lease of the Bureau of Agricultural Econo! of Ut Department of Agricult in disc! ig the down- ward trend of industrial activity from July through October, declares that “indications are that the level of pro- duction in November was somewhai lower than in October.” The Department of Commerce in its “Business Situation at Home and Abroad,” released today, reports: “Data so far reported on November re- tail trade do not indicate a gain over @ year ago in dollar sales, commen- surate with the price increases in this interval. Department store sales de- clined in November contrary to the ‘usual seasonal trend, and the adjusted income dropped 7 per cent.” |Labor Dept. Refuses to Stop Deportation PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 18.—' Labor Department recently refused te re-open the deportation cases of George Poulos and Anthony Bellussi. ‘The International Labor Defense ha® | taken out writs of habeas corpus to | Stop their immediate deportation and: | has filed an appeal to the U. S. Gir- cuit Court. A protest meeting was held on Friday, Dec. 15, at 1206 Tasker St. to demand the stopping ‘of deportation of workers for their | working-class activities, | George Poulos was arrested for having a Daily Worker in his posses- sion, He was refused the right to, have @ lawyer, interpreter or to com-> municate with anyone. f Captain Commits Suicide When’ Ship Grounds LONDON, Deo. 18—Cap.ain Hickey, |commander of the American freight steamer, Exarch, committed when his ship ran aground near ee | coast of Cynrns, it was reported me Uae | \ \