The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 20, 1933, Page 1

FIRST HAND INFORMATION! How Bosses’ Press Stifles Truth | in Jan, 6, 24-Page “Daily” ‘(Section of the Communist International) rker Party U.S.A. America’s On es Class Daily Newspaper ly Working | 1 iO WEATHER :-—Probably Rain 4 Vol. 5 ‘No. 304 >_>* New York, N. ¥., under the ee eet oe ‘he Post Office af Act of Mareh 8, 1878, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, "1933 (Six Pages) Price 5 come. ROOSEVELT GIVES LABOR BOARD FULL STRIKEBREAKING POWERS Thosuands in N.Y. March for. Freedom of Naz Nazi F rame-Up | Defendants 'Sharp Decline in | Another Billion for ‘Jobs and Payrolls| Wall Street Banks Admits Mrs.Perkins | Asked by RFC Head EXECUTIVE ORDER SEEKS TO PREVENT ALL STRIKES Nazi Consul Slinks Away As N. Y. Workers Join Fiery Demonstration at ——— SS "LF ee a ae somal — sumemmamsmmeennienmennes Many Meetings Cable! | Demand for Release of 4 Communists Will Continue Fight) Until All Are Freed by Nazis NEW YORK. — Bloody Hit- | Jer’s Nazi official representa-| tive in this city heard the) militant voices of thousands of | workers yesterday demanding the release of their fearless, | heroic comrades. Dimitroff, Torgler, | Popoff and Taneff, when, despite vici- ous police efforts to block it, a dem-} onstration was held for two hour in front of the German Consulate at 17 Battery Pisce } “Down with Hitler's murder re-| gime!” echoed along the whole water] front a= 5,000 New York workers, re-| presenting over 50 organizations with &@ membership running into the hun- dreds of thousands, elected a dele- gation to present a protest to the] ~ Hitler. March Without Permit Police attempts to stop the speak-| ers and the erection of the speakers’ stand was defeated by the militancy of the workers. Though no permit | for a parade was granted, the work- ers marched through the streets for hours, keeping thelr ranks solid un- til they arrived at Union Squate. The speakers were: Ben Lapidus, gf the Unemployed Councils; Edward Dahlberg, of the National Committee for Defense of Political Prisoners; C. Blohm, of the Workmen's Sick and Death Benefit Fund; Robert Minor, for the Cominunist Party; John Little, for the Youngs Communist League; Nat Bruce, of the International La- for Defense; Ri ix Conference for tion; Tom Ray, of the ers Industrial Union; Ben Stal'man, of the Needle Trades Workers In- dustrial Union. German Consul to be forwarded a Starting at 12 noon, the demon- stration in front 2e Consulate, turned into a mar covering 20 blocks in length, winding up at Union Square. Over 4,000 were in the ranks. The As the group d by the Work- ers Ex-Servicemen’s League swung into the square facing the German Consulate, the workers assembled for the meeting bi into a mighty roar, Immediately the police swung into action. Headed by a squadron of mounted police, they swept down on the head of the demonstration. A short struggle between the workers and the police started, Sam Stein of the International La- hor Defense mounted the shoulders of the workers about him and started the meeting. He called upon the What the Naz Nazi Consul Would Have Seen ‘Had He Not Run Away |} se > 9. A section of the thousands of New York workors who stormed the German Consulate yesterday, demanding the safe and immediate release of ths heroic defendants in the Reichstag fire trial frame- up. After demonstrating, the workers formed into orderly ranks and marched to Cale Square. 4,000 Stop Work in’ Protest Against Reichstag “Trial” 10,000. at. Meetings Demand Release of Communists NEW YORK.—Three thousand workers in two stitchdown shops and 22 slipper shops carried through a stoppage of work yesterday, under the leadership of the Shoe Workers In- dustrial Union, in protest against the ~|intentions of the Nazi dictatorship in Germany to murder Torgler, Dimit- roff, Popoff and Taneff. Under the leadership of the Metal Workers Industrial Union, 1,000 work- ers in 12 shops also stopped work ,'during the day, while several needle trade shops answered a call by the Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union for a protest stoppage of work. Over 10,000 workers attended pro- test meetings throughout the city last night, with 1,000 at the Manhattan Lyceum, 1,000 at the Ambassador Hall, Bronx; 500 at the Kreutzer Hall, Yorkville; 600 at the Brighton Work- ers Center, 1,000 in Brownsville, 400 at the 1.W.O. Hall, in Harlem, and other thousands at scores of open air meetings. At all meetings resolutions were adopted denouncing the Reichstag arson trial and the attempts to mur- der the four Communist leaders. Cables were ordered sent to the Nazi Leipzig court demanding the safe and workers not to.give way to police pro- | Unconditional release of the Commu- vocation, but to hold their ranks and| Mist leaders, as well as similar tele- continue with the meeting. The first struggie with the police ended with a victory for the workers. parade lasted until past 4 o’clock in the afternoon. As they marched, the workers expressed their solidarity (Continued on Page 2) 1,000 Demonstrate in grams to the German Consul in this city and telegrams to Gov. Miller of Alabama, demanding the release of the Scottsboro boys. NEEDLE TRADES FORUM ON CUBA Educational Committee of the Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union will hold a forum, “Role of the U. 8. in Cuba,” to- day, 3 p.m, at union headquarters, 131 W. zeth St. . Boston; Attacked by ATTENTION: soba cee AGENTS Police; Six: Arrested BOSTON, Mass, Dec. 19.—One thousand workers, demanding the release of the Communists who are being framed for the Reichstag fire, demonstrated in front of the German Consulate today. The delegation sent in to are sent their demands to the C were not permitted to deere Mounted and foot police attacked the demonstration and arrested six workers on a charge of erate Daily Worker Will Print Decisions of Mining | Conference NEW YoRK—On Sunday an important conference of Commu- nist Party members from the mine. fields was held in Pitts- burgh, The resotution passed by this mining conference, giving the tasks of the Communists in the mining fields will be printed In full in Satarday’s issue of the Daily Worker, All districts should order Saturday's issuc In advance in order to secure rufficlent copies for the miners of these Im- portant directives for the mining work of the Communist Party, Thursday's Daily Worker will | carry a news story of the con- ference. Young Worker agents of all units and sections are called to a special meeting tonight, 7:90, 36 E. 12th St., room 505, Four Cent Milk Tax Proposed; Will Cost] | Workers $30,000,000 WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—A 4-cent processing tax on every hun- dred pounds of milk was proposed by Roosevelt's Secretary of Agri- ture Wallace here today. This will raise the cost of milk to. consumers to the extent of $30,- 000,000 a year, it was estimated. Wallace has already, through the A.A.A, milk codes now in force in various cities raised the price of milk by 1 to 3 cents a quart. The $30,000,000 extra cost for re- tail milk will be used to buy up vows and destroy them, A.A.A, offi- cials declared, in order to keep the price of milk high. 28 Needle Trades Leaders Face Frame | Up Charges Today, Mass Meet Tonight to Protest; Funds Needed for Bail NEW YORK.—Twenty-eight leaders and rank and file members of the Needle Trades Workers Ind. Union are ordered to surrender today at 10 o'clock in the morning in the Fed- eral District Court, Post Office Build- ing. It is anticipated that every pos- sible obstacle will be placed in the way of preventing their early release ‘on bail. Hundreds of active members are expected to be present in court today when the 28 comrades will be ar- raigned on a framed-up indictment. A Special committee wil take charge of the office during the absence of the arrested comrades. The com- mittee has arranged a mass protest meeting of needle workers to be held tomorrow, Thursday, right after work at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, 28th St. and Broadway. 2 Killed j in sii As Gov't Tries ‘SplitWorkersRanks Grau Regime Tries to Pit Native Against Foreign Born HAVANA, Dec. 19.—At least two workers were killed and several per- sons rounded in street fighting which raged throughout many s ions of Havana today as a result of the gov- |ernment’s attempt to pit native born | workers against foreign born on the |basis of a government decree requir- |ing that 50 per cent of all employees {be natives. Governmert organized | | gangs several times got beyond con-| |trol of the government and raided | several shops for food. a NEW YORK.—Havans cables show that the Grau San Martin regime, following the methods of bloody Ma- | chado, ex-president of Cuba, is organ- izing the unemployed, especially the Negro workers on the basis of a chauvinistic attack against the for- \eign born in order to split the united front of all Cuban workers. | On Sunday, the unem jtacked the scab newspaper El Pais, destroying the building and press. Six workers were killed in the melee and 20 were wounded. The soldiers, most- ly in civilian clothes, helped the un- employed in their marches on both El Pais and the Havana Federation of Labor, a right wing labor organ- ization, under the control of Spanish- born workers, The attack on El Pais, a newspaper run by scabs, has the wholehearted support of all Cuban workers. How- ever, the main purpose of the Grau regime is to use the unemployed to split the ranks of the workers. This is done by means of the slogan of 50 to 80 per cent native Cubans in all jobs. The Havana Federation of Labor is prepared to call a general strike of all Spanish-born workers, with the support of the Spanish merchants, in (Continued on Page 2) loyed at- | Jobs Down 3.5 Peraent | RFC Chairman Gets and Pavrolls 6.8 | $60,000,000 for His in Month Own Bank By SEYMOUR WALDMAN | WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 ~Another | ; billion dollars of Government funds |. Wally Worker Washington Burean) | rovide subsidies for banks will WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 19.—|be requested ut the next Congress, | |Emvloyment and payrolls in manu-| iit was announced today by Jesse | facturing industries between October | Jones, Chairman of the R. F. C and November showed the sharpest These funds will be to pur- | declines since the same monthly n2-|chase referred stock in various | rlod during 1929, the year of the Wall} ban! and to make loans to these | | Street crash, Secretary of Labor| banks in order to relieve them ot | | Frances Perkins announced today. the pressure of their froze’ | six months after the incubation of the | talkative Blue Eagle, emnloyment in | 89 of the princinal manufacturing in- | dustries dropped 5.3 per cent, the ex- \act fall during the corresponding ‘riod of the crash y vhile pay | declined 6.2 per cent, the highest drop since the 6.8 per cent decrease in the same pericd of the crash Admits Significance ‘The average monthly decrease in | employment over the last ten irs is | 13 per cont, according to Department | of Labor figu “This significant decline,’ Secretary admitted at the opening of today 's weekly press con- eee at which the employment and | ‘oll figures were released. The | Secretary then devoted most of the interview to attempting to explain | away the significance of the official figures, “The drop in unemployment is seasonably natuzal,” she declared at the conclusion of the. conference, Secretary role of successful. prophet tellinz the correspondents, “You remember I told you what was coming some time ago. |I told you about the trend,” despite the fact that on Oct. 30 she told the Same reporters that “We are witness- ing a business revival” and that “The present strikes are natural with the revival of business.” “The loss in employment in the manufacturing industries,” said the (Continued on Page Two) ‘Striking Munson Crew Win Back Pay Led by MWIU, Hold! Up Ship 18 Hours BALTIMORE, Md., Dec. 19.—The crew of the Munlisto came out on strike last Friday for immediate pay- ment. of all back wages due. The officers supported the strike and de- elared that the ship would not go out until they got their money. The captain and company agent at once called the police to keep dele- gates of the Marine Workers Indus- trial Union off the docks and ship, then told the crew that the money would be forthcoming within a few hours. They then offered draws and youchers, etc. The crew were warned of what would happen in advance, so they followed out the program as worked out with delegates of the M. W.LU. and went on strike. A wire was sent to Munson in New ‘York for the wages of the crew, and they stayed out until an answer came back in form of co'd cash. The ship was deloyed over 18 -heurs, and as scon as the monsy came aboard the captain opened up the bag and showed them the money, and said he would pay them off immediately. They were all paid off and no one was fired, even a member who quit Perkins also piayed the| Nine months after the inauguration|The G | of President Rooseve't’s New Deal and | Pr | | capital los Thus turned over through pr oe a The National City Bank o ernment over which have be 2 them as loans. One of loans, to the Dawes Chicago, ing to $80,000,00% Jesse Jones, hime Chairman of the R. F. he “largest mount- d ae c., borrowed $60,000,000 from th: rec mare R. F, for his private banks hs Oklahom: In addition, Jones ha that the R. F. C. be grant huge loans directly mo- nopoly indusiries, This week, four large railro: | $23,000,000 fi |R. F.C. has will not have t first year, s about $1,900 LaGuardia =e to Grant 7Cent Fare to Wall St. Bankers NEW YORK, De the raising of the rapidly being finis inder guise of discussions of “unification” of the city’s subways, it was revealed today 19 for are —Plar f Mayor-elect LaGuardia conferred today with banking representativ | of the B. M. 'T. with a view to estab- lishing the price that pay for their holdi | ways. It was frankly stated at the con- ference that the LaGuardia admin- istration is epared to give the present bondholders of the subways & guarantee that the city will take the proper steps to pay the interest on the traction bonds, and that this will be accomplished on the basis of a “self-supporting” fare. the city in the sul A seven-cent fare is seen as a swiftly approaching probability if the LaGuardia government carries out its guarantees to the Wall Street bank- ers. Minor to ‘Debate Thomas on Friday NEW YORK.—Robert Minor, Com- | munist candidate for Mayor of the City of New York, and Norman Thomas, Socialist, will debate on “Which American Party Will Lead the Workers to Socialism, the Com- mu-fet or the Socialist Party?” The debate will take place at the Bronx Labor Center, 809 Westchester Ave., Bronx (Prospect Ave. Station), Friday, Dec. 22, at 8:30 P.M. was asked to make another trip. Munson is learning that it takes money to operate his shops. the |} AGAINST NRA CWA Worker Pans || Roosevelt: Fine $10 MUSKOGEE, “Okla., Dec. 19.— Accused of criticizing President Roosevelt, Tom Smallwood, a C. W. A. worker, was fined $10. “That's for biting the hand that you!” Police Judge Jim id as he imposed the fine. Smallwood was not permitted to return to work until he promised to be “more patriotic” and refrain from further 4 ‘ Waiters’ Protest : Against N.R.A. Code’ Forces Strike Vote: IN . tite has | NRA Code Cuts Pay to! Ley 7 114, an Hour; A. F. Tal “Le 44.9 | Chiefs Talk Strike NEW YORK.—A threat to a involving 30,000 hotel and| rant workers to prevent Presi-'| Roosevelt from signing the “tion restaurant code, | nt to the President Sunday{ after a vote taken ab a meet-| { the New York Joint Board of national Hotel Workers and Vaiters Unions arived out, the strike will be | in protest against the signing of an N. R. &.| At the headquarters of Local the Waiters’ Union yesterday, nd file mem ‘s of the union that th knew nothing rike, and that no pre- ing made for it. | The strike vote is the result of a torm of protest among the mem- t both the hotel code ap- | yy the N. R. A. on Noy. 17,] d the restaurant code which has st been sent to the Precident by |General Johnson for his signature. | The restaurant code calls for 28| cents an hour and a 54 hour week, and permits the employers to de-/! duct tins received by the workers from the hourly rate. This would reduce the rate paid by the | emplo, to about 50 per cent, giv- | ing the waiters a 14 cent hourly rate. | | Other intolerable provisions of the ke about t paratior | Company UnionThis | | Month, R. R. Plan} | Shoperaft Employees Send Protest | PITTSBURGH, . Pa., Dec, 19.—Rep- resentatives of the 35,000 shopcraft employees of the Pennsylvania Rail- road, threatened with company unions, sent a letter to Joseph B. Eastman, federal railroad conciliator, asking for a hearing. The letter fol-| lowed a meeting of chairmen of re-j gional general committees in Pitts-| burgh and represented the sentiment | |of the men, The union officials ask | for continuation of their right to deal | with the company, which is threat-| ened. Our Thanks 1 * the thousands ‘THE 18,745 WORKERS WHO CONTRIBUTED ARE URGED TO Dear Comrades: | baepraers workers and bosses and dif” | tate terms to the workers to preven, | ment agreement, SLAVE CODES | Aimed at Prev ented | Rise of New Strike # Wave in U.S. 2 |OK’s Past | Smashita’ \of Walkouts Througl* Fake Promises | By HARRY GANNES NEW YORK CITY.—Greate,, | Strikebreaking powers, open jing the way for wide faseis® {attacks on all strikers gna |trade unions, were granted t the National Labor Board by | an executive order signed by Presi, | dent Roosevelt in Washington todas: Realizing that the workers are be: coming disgruntled with the Te | Peated smashing of strikes throug! | fake promises of the N. R. A., Roose velt empowers the National Lab Board to step into every controv “ cs w strikes, The most vital section of the nev. vicious order, designed to still fur. ther restrict th ers, reads that Board industrial disputes, whether arising. out of the interpretation and opera¢ tion of the President's re-emplo;y or any duly ap, proved industrial code of fair compe-. tition, and to compose all contfliciy threatening the industrial peace of, the country,” Carrying Out Threats Concretely, this means an extension! and widening of the tactics used to break the Weirton Steel Co. strike’ ighis of the work, National Labo. th “shall continue to adjusts alj and the Budd Auto Body Manufac- turing Co, strike. By executive order, President! | Roosevelt is now carrying out thc threats of outlawing all strikes made, by General Johnson and Secretary of Labor Prances Perkins at the last A. F. of L. Convention in Washing-! ton, At that time the A. F. of Is officials applauded and supported: | this threat against strikes which were retarding the efforts of the Rooseveit regime to shackle the workers with N. R. A. codes. In both the Weirton and Budd strikes, the N. R. A. stepped in, or- | dering the wo: to return to work under the promise that they would |mot be discriminated against and would have the right of election to choose their own representatives, ~ In the Weirton Steel Co., after the N. R. A. broke the strike, the bosses: fired 2,500 workers, and through threats and intimidation forced the workers to pai pate in company (Continued on Page 2) Budd Co.Retainslts Scabs, Co. Union ‘Labor Board Allows Co. to Diseriminat WASHINGTON, D. C,, Dec. id= The Budd automobile part manufac- jturing company refused to hire back men who had been on strike, refused |to allow them to hold a new. tion to select their representatdi Who Helped ‘Us in the “Drive” BUILD SUSTAIN wish, today, to cxpress cur most sincere appreciation to our readers and supporters for their generous and inspiring response to our $40,- 000 campaign to maintain the Daily Worker. * Our warmest thanks go to every contributor, whether their con- tribution was ten cents or ten dollars. It was the collective efforts and the collective sacrifice, with each worker giving in accordance with his means, that has shown the excellent revolutionary spirit of our sup- porters, $36,762.34 has been raised to date. But still more significant!—this amount was given by 18,745 workers! This compares with 15,806 in our last campaign for funds, an increase of almost 3,000 contributors. Does this not show, comrades, a1 inspiring increase in workers’ sup- port for our paper? We believe if, does, It indicates not only an in- crease in readers (our circulation since Aug. 15th, has increased 10,000 copies Gaily!), but an increase in the number of readers who view the Daily Worker as their paper. It proves the growing strength of the revolutionary workers’ movement, led by the Communist Party, which stands solidly back of our paper. ° . . LMOST $37,000 has been raised, A little over three thousand dollars must be raised still to put the drive over the top, We believe that without further appeals in the columns of the paver this amount will be secured. To avoid misunderstanding, we emphasize the need of completing the campcign in the Districts until in each case the quota is reached and where possible surpassed. This will then cover our past debts, en- able us to meet the first payments on the new press, and insure the continued publicaticn of the Dafly Worker for the next period. This can be done, comrades, if each District, still lagging in the campaign, goes over the top. With this expresston of appreciation for the excellent work already done, and with our appcal to the few lagging Districts to complete their quota, we officially end the $40,000 campaign, know that this does not end the workers’ support for the Daily Worker, We ask our comrades to maintain the same close relations with the paper now as during the heat of the drive. Help us now through sug- gestions and criticism to make our paper a better paper. Help us, through letters and reports, to more completely reflect the needs and struggles of the workers. ‘We also ask, comrades, that you aid us in further extending the circulation of the Daily Worker, During the past period since the en- ne FUND, AND INCREAS SE CIRCULATION | any largement of the paper the daily circulation has increased 10,000 and the Saturday circulation more than 15,000. This was without any spectal circulation efforts. Now, a circulation campaign is being prepared, to begin with our 10th anniversary edition on Jan. 6th. We appeal to all our readers to cid this campaign, Finally, wo urge thoo or monthly to a permanent we urge organizations to con affairs for the Daily's benefit. our financial position. contributions weekly | Like who can to continue their + Sustaining Fund, to s ge house parties and other This ‘will greatly help in strengthening GAIN, comrades, we express our deep appreciation for your support. On our part we pledge ourselves to strive to make your paper a better organizer and fighter in ctruggle against American capitaliem for a Soviet A: 17 Comrade). Cy Av HATHAWAY, for th Siait GEORGE WISHNACK, for the Business Management Tuesday's receipts ‘ Previous total 936,762.34 TOTAL TO DATE deal with the company, Budd, dn La letter to the National Labor {made it clear he will not deal union but the company which he controls. The Natio | bor Board has allowed the Bu | pany to deny the workers the “1 to collective bargaining.” ‘Labor Board Orders ‘Taxi Strikers Back PAILADELPHIA, Pa. Dec, 18— ‘The National Labor Board, which has now been given dictatorial to outlaw strikes by decision of. ident Roosevelt, has ordered drivers to go back to work at The order is for the taxi strikers return to work without any agree= ment ¢ nds won, and “all submited to arbitrat is a return to work, ordered the Brotherhood of portation Workers to call of a ened general cttike of truck The officials of this union, it is. ported, have called off the