The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 21, 1933, Page 3

| pe ' Wholesale Lay-Offs Thousands Lose Jobs as Roosevelt Signs NRA Textile Rule By CARL REEVE NEW YORK.—The recent “inter- ” and “amendments” to the N.R.A. codes, all of course in the interests of the employers, indicate the speed with which the government is intensifying its wage cutting drive. The recently formulated new codes, 28 well as these “amendments,” drop much of their demagogic language, and as the fascist tendencies of the government increase, reveal more openly the N.R.A. as the weapon of the employers. These amendments accelerate the cutting of wages, speed-up and mass layoffs. Mass Layoffs Legalized In the textile tndustry three codes have recently been drastically amended to legalize mass layoffs. The Roosevelt government approved an amendment by the cotton textile code “authority” (the employers), cutting the amount of hours of operation re- quired 25 per cent. The reason given was a “seasonal slump.” The silk in- dustry followed suit with a similar 25 per cent cut in production hours, which was also approved by John- son and Rocsevelt. Then came the cut this week in the hosiery industry. The Hosiery Code Authority (employers), with the ap- proval of General Johnson and Presi- dent Roosevelt, declared all hosiery knitting mills on the three-day week, giving as the reason “a normal Jan- uary and Februa jump.” The pe- ried “of curtailment” began on Mon- day, Dec. 18, to run for five consecu- tive weeks. Every mill is “ordered” to reduce onverat 4) vor cent. The NRA. thus legaiizes the mass unem- ploym= which has e@lready begun. and the whole government apparatus into play to prevent pro- test against the ss layoffs. fascist ten- ened attack is This code allows a 54-hour week, sets a minimum wage of 28 cents an hour, but provides that half of this “wage” shall come from tips, thus making the actual “wage” of the hotel. and 14 cents an hour. | This code has already been approved | by General Johnson. Or take the | steam laundry workers of New York City, who are working from $7 to $8 & week and less and as high as 60 hours a week. The code protects the laundry employers in imposing these slave conditions. “Amendments” to Codes A flood of “amendments” and “in- terpretations” to the N.R.A. codes which cut even lower the starvation minimum «wages already established, and which drastically change the codes, have been recently approved by President Roosevelt. How these “amendments’ work to make the codes a more effective means of cut- fing wages and speeding up workers 4s seen in the amendments to the Men's Clothing Code, which-were ap- proved this week by Roosevelt. The first amendment to the code nulli- fies Article III (3) which states that there shall be “no” work done or labor performed on any garment or part thereof in the home of a worker,” After only three weeks of operation, this article is amended as follows, OUT OF TOWN AFFAIRS Deil ron THe nie Detroit Dec. 21st: Film showing of “Cain and Artem” at Finnish Hall, 5969—14th Street, Showings at 7 and 9 p.m, Adm. 18¢, Chicago Dec. 23rd: LIFE SAVER Party given by Units 908 and 907 at 1951 W. Division at. 3rd floor rear. Good i--1, lots of fan. Hear the Russian accordion troup. : Cleveland Dec. 28rd: 0 Wade Park. Adm. free. Legalized By New “NRA ‘Amendments’ “For a period of three months after Dec, 11, 1933, any employer affected by Article IIL of the code may en- gage learners to supplant home work- ers, who shall be paid not less than 70 per cent of the minimum wage provided in the code.” The amend- ment, therefore, allows the doing away with the minimum wage in the code for a period of eight weeks by the institution of “learners” to replace home workers. This is a 30 per cent wage cut, Coupled with this is another amendment regarding wage provi- sions in Article 2. The minimum rate is 40 cents an hour for operators and $14 a week for other workers. The amendment reads: “Persons whose earning capacity is limited because of physical or mental handicap may be employed at a wage below the mini- mum. ... ” This reduction in the minimum wage, the amendment states, must not be below 70 per cent of the minimum established in the code, and the proportion of such persons must be 5 per cent. These amendments, taken together, are a virtual 30 per cent reduction in the minimum wage allowed by the code. The 5 per cent qualification is then nullified as. follows: “The code au- thority (employers) may, upon ap- plication and proof, allow the em- ployer to employ more than 5 per cent of excepted persons.” That is, the em- ployers, when they feel like it, can “exempt” as many as they want from the minimum wage provisions in the original code. These amendments, ironically, wind up: “These excep- tions shall not be used by the em- ployers as a device to evade the pro- visions of this code.” ‘These are only a few of the most recent examples of legalizing the sharpened attack on the workers. They do not cover direct violations of codes, which are general, or “in- texpretations” of codes. The Roose- velt government stands ready at all times and without notice, to “amend” its codes when the employers need the help of the government in laying off men, cutting wages and speeding workers up. Gary Anti-Fascist Workers in Court Arrest Follows Stop- ping of Fascist Meet GARY, Ind—Three workers who were arrested on trumped-up charges sworn out by members of the fascist Macedonian Political Organization, will be tried on Dec. 22. They will be defended by the International Labor Defense. ‘The workers, Mike Elloff, John La- zeroff and Pando Markoff, were among the workers who prevented the meeting at which Peter Aztef, secre- tary of the fascist organization, was scheduled to speak. Aztef was identified as one of the fascists who kidnapped and mur- dered Simeon Kavrahiroff, a worker, in Bulgaria, He is the same fascist who swore when he arrived in this country nine months ago that he would break up the Macedonian Peo- ples Progressive League. The workers at the meeting booed and hissed him and demanded to hear a true representative of the Ma- cedonian people. Aztef picked up a chair and attempted to hit young worker who interrupted him with a question. He was seized and the chair taken away from him. He then took out @ lead pipe. This, too, was taken away from him. Police arrested Aztef, ing him j , charg with intent to kill with an instrument. | day. Brodsky to Speak on Scottsboro Verdicts NEW YORK.— Brooklyn workers will hear the details of the Decatur lynch trials at a meeting tomorrow night at Boro Park Manor, 4116 13th Ave., at which Joseph Brodsky, Scotts- ittorney rr. Ruby Bates, Rabbi Ben Goldstein of Montgomery, Ala., Sadie Van Veen of the International Labor Defense, Negro Rights, will be the other The is the of the LS.N.R. and the Hila May Branch of the Celebrate TENTH ANNIVERSARY DAILY WORKER Clarence Hathaway BDITOR—DAILY WORKER BRONX COLISEUM EAST 177th STREBT ‘Tickets 40c in advance at all Workers Book Shops and at the Daily Worker Office DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1933 Nat'l Jobless Meet Must Have Funds for Convention Jan. 13 Preparations for the National Convention Against Unemployment to be held in Washington, D, C., on Jan. 13, are seriously weakened by the lack of funds! The National Committee of the Unemployed Councils is without means of doing necessary printing and mailing. Money is needed in order to se- cure a place of assembly and to nake other arrangements in Wash- Every union local, every work- ers’ fraternal organization, club, and every sympathizer is urged to rash contributions. Help to build a mighty movement for unemployment and social in- surance! RUSH CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE UNEMPLOYED COUN- CILS, Room 437, 80 E. 11th St., New York City. AFL Rank and File Endorses National | Unemployed Meet Calls All Affiliated Organizations to Give Support PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 20.—The A. F. of L, Trade Union Committee for Unemployment Insurance and Relief at its executive committee meeting Three Cents in Stamps for i, ‘+ Deobaber 18/1990, ‘Yoar shipment whigep: proceeds amounting 40. & For rhish ve encteve Dab we Meat tr oe he oe, Above is a reproduction of a bill chee s sKo ne Bit ©: Sens freight Sis Veday bat been: inapested, the erent above, nett ieneni iG hope this is fubiy st you agnin, and #1 of sale sent to small farmer in the Yakima Valley, Washington. It shows the payment of 3 cenis to a farmer for the hide of a calf, The company pays the farmer with a 3-cent stamp for his product, which required weeks of care and labor to produce. LL.D. Tells Ho held in Philadelphia on Dec. 17, which was attended by national com- mittee members from Washington, Atlantic City, New York and Phila- delphia, endorsed the program of the National Convention Against Unem- ployment to be called in Washing~ ton, D.C., Jan. 13, 1034, It called upon all its affiliated or- ganizations to give all possible sup- port to the Unemployed Councils in electing delegates to the convention. The National Convention Against Unemployment will meet in Wash- ington on Jan. 13, 14 and 15 to plan @ united fight for unemployment in- surance and immediate relief. A. F. of L. organizations, railroad brother- hoods, independent and T.U.U.L, un- ions, and all other working class or- ganizations are being invited to take part in the convention. The A. F. of L, Trade Union Com- mittee for Unemployment Insurance will be represented at the Washing- ton Convention by the following dele- gates: Harry Paulessen, secretary- treasurer of the Central Labor Union, Atlantic City; R. Sullivan, delegate to the Washington Central Labor Union; C, Weedman, member of the International Longshoremen’s Asso- ciation, Philadelphia; Frank Mozer, national chairman of the A. F. of L, Trade Union Committee; Louis Weinstock, National Secretary of the A. F. of L, Trade Union Committee. On Dec. 15, at a united front con- ference in Rochester, N. Y., which was attended by delegates from labor organizations, unemployed councils and local unions of the A. F. of L., the National Convention Against Un- employment was endorsed and a de- cision made to elect delegates. It was also decided to call a mass meet- ing to discuss the program for the struggle for unemployment insurance and immediate relief, and for pre- senting demands to the Civil Works Administration, Indiana Indicts 7 Company Officials {Police Chief Seeks to wu) School Skike for Scottsboro Boys Was Begun PHILADELPHIA.—On Dec. 7 the District Bureau of the International Labor Defense decided upon a school strike five days later, for the pur- pose of mobilizing the children be- hind the Scottsboro Boys’ defense. Three schools in which Negro chil- dren predominated were selected for concentration: the Reynolds Gram- mar School, the Barry and the Au- denreid Junior High School. The actual strike was achieved at the Reynolds School. On Thursday morning the Young Pioneers gave out leaflets calling the children to a meeting for three o'clock the same afternoon. Sixty-five children at- tended. Many of the ideas which were carried out were proposed by the children, such as arm bands, painting the sidewalks around the school, visiting of classmates, writ- ing the strike notice on the biack- Free 15 Arrested in Portland, Ore. Meet Smash Jobless Group PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 19—Fif- teen workers, arrested Nov. 29 at a demonstration before the Multnomah County Relief Committee here, were released Monday, Dec. 11 and the charges of blocking traffic dismissed. The demonstration was called and led by the Multnomah County Fed- eration of Unemployed to protest against the discrimination in relief; the calling in of police intervention by relief officials, and the failure to dispense relief, even in accordance with federal regulations, More than 600 workers participated in the face of Chief of Police B. K. Lawson's threat to smash the dem- onstration and arrest the leaders. CROWN POINT, Ind. Dec. 20. — Seven men, previously associated with Sam Insull in the Northern In- diana Service Co., were indicted and charged with mismanaging the company’s funds, it was reported to- fs a 9 tare RS eT tactic tela tae ten (AE al nthe dana eect Ean EES i ie Eg SME Ee, Ra ad ES a Sn and United Farm League Wins By KAY HEIKKILA | The milk shippers of the Bridge-| i having been -_ Proper Work of C. Pp. -| the mass meetings of the strikers to strike. it ‘The workers arrested had all spoken during the demonstration. Lawson, wh se record is that of an army coionel and penitentiary warden, expressed to this committee his determination to smash the united front Federation of Unemployed. boards and sending a delegation of children and parents to the prin- cipal. A meeting of 100 parents was held Sunday. Leaflets were issued to be distributed among the teachers and pickets were assigned for duty on ‘Tuesday, when the strike was de- clared. At recess time a mass picket line of 200 kids marched through the schoolyard to picket the school. A delegation of teachers and children was sent to the principal. They were met on the school steps by po- lice, who clubbed one young. worker of 17 into insensibility. The chil- dren threw snowballs at the cops and refused to leave until the small army of cops forced them away. After the battle the children, aug- mented by the other kids who joined the strike, were taken to a workers’ hall, where the lessons of the strike were explained to them and future actions in the fight to free the Scottsboro boys were discussed. At the Audenreid Junior High School, the lack of preparation pre- vented an organized mass sirike. Without any meetings with the pa- rents or group meetings with the children, several classes in which Ne- groes predominated were neverthe- less paralyzed. Reports place the figure at 300 who stuck together with the Reynolds school Tuesday. A mistake of the strike prepara- tions was the neglecting to place a few leading children inside the school to explain the strike more. fully. 200 Jobless in Small New Hampshire Town; CWA Jobs for Only 38! Drewsville, N. H. Daily Worker: There are over 200 unemployed in this small town. Only 38 got C.W.A. jobs. I was not one of them. I am unemployed, I am sending a dollar to the Daily Worker. I want to help-pay for —E.. 0. M. the new press. children on \Price Scissors Gets Small Farmers Again,| Cutting Real Income WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—The . e 'Defyin small farmers are being caught| | more firmly in the price scissors of | | the Roosevelt program, the latest Government figures indicate. During the last two weeks, the price of what the farmers sell | | dropped again, while the price of {| the manufactured things he buys rose again, according to the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Compared with the pre-war ay- erage, the index of the price of farm products is now at 69, w! | the index of the things he must | | buy from the big monopolies is now at 117, compared with 103 a few months ago. | News Briefs | Diphtheria Carrier Hunted | ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 20.—An o' break of diphtheria in the Me Hospital here caused health aut =| ities to search for a person who might | have been the carrier of the disease. The hospital was quarantined for 24 hours, | | | | | Farm Organizer Lindberghs Home After 30,000 | Mile Flight NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—The Lind- berghs landed on the East River this ove is the p taken afte: s kidnapped gionnaires morning after completing a 30,000- as a mile fight through four continents n up in and 31 countries. the Yakima on, a few months ago, Notice tic letters USSR painted on his back with t paint by the gang. Not « is the figure of the fasc which the vigila WACO, Texas, Dec. 20.—Three per- sons were killed on the highway near | here yesterday when their auto was struck by train at a crossing. Woman Killed by Hit-Run Driver NEW YORK, Dec. 20.— tified woman here was y a hit and run driver. Several persons | saw the accident but no one could | ” Nalieae Bee ‘Against Nazi Court ist swastika es made on Boskal- | ion’s head by ripping his hair out. Millionaire Real Estate Operator Missing 00.000 Pledge Fie NEW YORK, Dec. 20. — Jesse L aks scOSe te Livermore, millionaire real estate and| Against Fascism in t operator, has been missing ‘ eure ce yesterday morning. Police said All ( ountries thought he had been kidnapped | = and is held for ransom. NEW YORK following ex- |cities against the Nazi threat t TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Dec. 20—| ‘ ; r . |der the four heroic Communist de- The locomotive and eight cars of a R | i |fen stag arson mail train were derailed 38 miles | «yj; the Daily west of here, Heinle sarge’ NO one was hurt, of- | worker yesterday from the Farmers sesidlarnas |National Committee of Action, with PER eh: jheadquarters in Washington, D. C. Gol Ty $ | “The ruined ers of America Vil Liberties to |sana‘uucay varie ot, meres t against the threat- in mi Aid Defense of 9 3232s Bee besa: ers who evi homes in . - . the me 0} t hes: 2 | Will Raise Funds for to murder t be working s here i Scottsboro Appeal [sre now domy in asec ‘ reply to thi NEW YORK.—The preparations of bus: S is fii ve; ve usiness men is to fight every move the International Labor Defense to| they make to grind us down still carry the fight for the Scottsboro | jower, We find that every fight helps boys once more to the U. S. Supreme | jn, rolling up our mass power against Court will be supported by the Civil |the respecta Liberties Union, according to an an-| “One thousand farmers nouncement yesterday by that body.|sent their delegates to the Farmers “The appeal from the triais of the |Second National Cc rence in Chi- Scottsboro boys just convicted,” the|cago and there d ed themselves announcement said, “will ‘be aided! against fascism in all its forms, by the Clvil Liberties Union through | “Fraternally, raising funds among its members and| «paRMERS TIONAL COM- friends, to be used by the attorneys | FOR ACTION. j tetained by the I. L. D. In doing so,} c “LEM H. 'U. S. Farmers Join World-Wide Protest the Union follows the policy of sup- porting the defense established after the first Scottsboro trial, when it be- came clear that every effort was be- ing made by the state authorities in appeals to passion and prejudice to ‘electrocute these Negroes,” | Roxpury | the Anz | New Party Club Night New In Roxbu Page Three Northwest Farmers, Violence, Meetings [Farm Leader, Beaten lby Gang, Returns for Renewed Struggles TTLE, Wash., Dec. 20.—Despite terroristic attacks, the United Farmers League has called another | State Conference, to be held Jan. 6 jand 7, This was announced by C. M te Secretary of the SE | | severely beaten when jh ped several months ago | by a gang of rich farmers, Americar | Legionnaires and so-called “vigilantes” 'as he tried to open the meeting of 1 farmers and agricultural labor- in the ma Valley. y this terrorism, Com- Boskaljon is going forward wi preparations for the next nee. His letter to the Daily Worker follows: | Dear Comrades: The United Farmers League again has called a United Front State Conference, to be held at Finnish i Hall, 102 9th Ave. and Seattle, Jan. 6 ard 7, | are determined this farm- | ers conference is not going to be | broken up by vigilantes and fascists as was done at Yakima. This conference is going to be so | Streng that police will not dare to interfere. Over 500 calis have been mailed to organizations with the re- quests for electing and sending dele- gates to this conference. Enclosed find a bill of sale, which speaks for itself. The western Wash- ington farmers are mostly small stump ranchers trying to make a living by raising a few hundred chickens or by milking several cows, | or both. The prices of eggs, milks | and butter are so low, it is impos | sible to exist mach longer. Many | begin to open their eyes, however | not until they are broke. The Na- | tional Robbery Act is losing ground, | Even the backward granges are | coming our way. Comradely yours, | Cc. M. BOSKALJON. State Secretary, United Farmers League. Stop Farm Eviction in Driving Blizzard 400 Answer Call of the United Farm League NEW YORK MILLS, Minn., Dec 20.—Despite a driving blizzard, over {400 farmers responded to 9 call of | the United Farmers League to engage g,in a@ “penny sale” on the foreciosed y|farm of Neil Beehner, whose cattk ie and machinery were to be foreclosed by the National Bank of Wadena. The banker had attempted to dis- organize the mass action against the foreclosure by spreading the news that it had been postponed. The farmers appeared, nevertheless, re- fusing to risk any treachery. ‘The farmers all came ready to pay 3 cents a piece for the cows, and then turn them back to the dispossessed farmer. The U-F.L. has formed two new Jo- cals here and is ready for any further foreclosure action of the bankers, ©. P. BAZAAR HARTFORD.—Max Bedacht, General Sec- retary of the International Workers Order, wili “lecture on N.R.A. and Sociel Insurance” on Frid 22 at 8 pm. The lecture has been arranged by the Youth Section of the I.W.O. in Hartford and will be held at the ¥.W.C.A. Auditorium, 262 Ann Street. The Minnesota Milk Farmers Win Strike Against M pressed by it and remembered it as well as the struggles carried on dur- ing the last winter against the offi- cials of the county. The sympathy for our organizations was very great and had a great effect on the carry- ing through of the strike. The strike finally actually was gotten into action without any or- ganized committees, pickets or lead- of the Forbes territory sent a the U. F, L. for support, as knew we were quite strong in farming territories in these communities, peg pera neg U, F. L. in taking the quest up sending é The Mesaba Range Co-operative Creamery of Virginia, Minn., with @ militant working-class _ leadership, immediately issued a call for the sup- port of their members and patrons to the strike and sent delegates to Propose united front action in the Picketing, etc. This action by the creamery resulted in the farmers ac~ tually seeing for themselves the dif- ference between working-class and so-called “neutral” creameries and co-operative institutions in this ter- ritory, the “neutrals” taking no ac- tion whatever in support of the Free Milk for Jobless ‘The Unemployed Council and the National Miners’ Union also mo- bilized their members for the strike and raised the demand that the raises for the farmers must come from the profits of the milk trust and not through added increases in the prices of milk to the consumer. ; ‘The proposal was made for dis- tribution of free milk to the un- employed workers, and the active pickets and the farmers stated that they were willing to give all their milk free as long as the strike lasted if the workers could be got- ten to support the strike. Distribu- tion centers were organized into the Mesaba Range Co-operative Creamery and into the Farmers’ Market in Eveleth, The demand of the U. C, and N. M. U. was made one of the main issues of the strike through leaflets and meetings. ‘The mobilization of several dozen farmers from the different territor-| through active participation, prove | themse! ies through the U. F. L. and Party| the correctness of our position on| demand for brought great support for the mili- | actually | tant organizations and showed the strikers that we were fighting together with them even| the Steel Trust to try to discredit | eries in th though we were not handling milk in these parts. The Virginia City Council, led by a Farmer-Labor demagogue, Mayor Baker, practically promised to use the police force to break the strike if necessary and to prevent the carry- ing through of picketing. This was put into practice on the last day of the strike when in the~ course of the picketing Comrade Reino Tant- tila, the State Organizer of the U, F. L,, was arrested. Comrade Tanttila, having been the | leader of the picketing, was especially hated ‘by the creameries. In order to be able to hold him the city po- lice force used an old warrant which had been issued against him for help- ing to stop the foreclosure sale of a farmer's cattle in Carlton County with about 200 other farmers. This arrest was used to try to intimidate the strikers and to stop the picket- ing. Raise “Red” Scare Intimidation of all kinds was used through the paid press of the Steel Trust, in these towns and especially the red “scare” was raised. However, because of the correct policy of the comrades in the strike on this issue it was in- effective. The farmers had asked several of our pickets if they were Communists and received the an- swer that they were. The question of Communism, raised by Mayor Barker as a last resort lo discredit: the strike lead~ ership, served just to increase the confidence of the farmers in the | Communists, because they had been the most active supporters and fighters in the strike. The farmers were somewhat afraid! cessful preventing of the raising of /N.M.P.A,, too much effort had to be| comrades!” | of the Reds at first and asked us not }milk prices (the attempt engineerea, “Red | to start raising the question of Com- |munism in the strike. We assured them that the strike was the fight jof all of us, and that we would, these questions; further, that the question of Communism would be the \first thing raised by the agents of | the strike. We were able to prove | that we knew our enemies as well as anyone and even better, and re- | ceived that trust of the farmers in turn. The ending of the strike with the smashing of all charges against Tanttila arising out of the local strike, through the demand of the strike committee, shows the strength jof the feeling in support of the U. F. [. and the Party. Further, in leaving after the victory, the leader- ship of the strike extended their thanks and appreciation to all or- ganizations and members that had taken part in the strike and prom- ised in the future to aid any ac- tion, that may need their help, be- ing carried on by us in these differ- ent territories. The final termination of the strike after the meetings lasting several hours, shows that the bourgeoisie tried all their various schemes to break the resistance of the farmers. When the negotiations started they tried to get a minority of the strike commit- tee together in order to break the committee and through it the strike. However, our comrades were alive to the situation and rapidly rallied the rest of the commit- tee to the meeting and thereby pr vented the plans of the milk tru: jand Mayor Barker from succeeding. The trust tried to put over a point in the agreement of raising the but- | terfat content of the milk to 4 per jcent from 3.5 per cent which was forced hack to 3.8 per cent even in |this preventing the entire plan of the {trust from going through. | At the same time the delegates of the farmers pointed out that thou- sands of workers cannot pay a high | |prepare the 1 y the B. R. and Ss in Virginia) thr re of the consumers, of the pickets forced nto the meeting with the | freedom for the leader |of the strike, Tanttila, but were only jable to prevent the pressing of |charges against him by the cream- ne fight for the rights of the farmers in the strike. The farm- jers won @ very definfte victory and | through last winter j other creamé the mass pre A committ es themselves acknowledged that without! e various organiza-| the support of th tions, they would have been betrayed by the clever demagogues such as gent and the leaders of the Haion1 Bike ye seaaiaa i co-ops. | Some Mistakes The shortcomings of the strike are | Most evident in the preparations and jorganization of the whole struggle. |The preparations were carried on en- \tirely too much within the org: jtion of the Milk Produce: |tion, with the result that jof the various territories jout any knowledge of the i strike and would have | easily drawn into strike break tivity. Some were gotten milk by the propaganda ¢ jana were definite ainst th The majority of those to whom t strike was brought home through meetings and personal discussions were strong supporters of the st We will have to learn by this to of supporters to c- nip on ke. to carry on in the The connection between the es and Cook te nd should © been ¢ tik om ‘ough joint meetings and de from each group to the other's meetings. The organi suffered imc preparations were pickets any idea of whe relief thro’ over the pic of working to mobilize every of these organizations includi the | price for milk. We had seen the suc- wg | assure onopoly Dairies Scare” Beaten | by United Front | Struggle used to keep the pickets out in the different territory. The should have been immediately started | before the creameries in town, where the trucks would have to come, eventually, There the stopping of the trucks wonld haye been most suc- cessful. These shortcomings are the means whereby we can prepare our- selves for further struggles im the future and actually make them more effective and of a greater mass char- acter, For the Communist Party and the U.F.L. this struggle was very im- portant. We have had many defeats in the past and this victory must be brought home to the farmers and workers as a proof of the fact striking can be sucessful in the of the forces of the steel trust such g “SEROGH GSR. Fe FARSTHRTIFTIT Fegee ewesgass ; &5 were brought against us in these sections. t We have the immediate task penetrating into these | through meetings and through per. |sonal contact work. The C, P, |the U.F.L. can get several | fighters to add to our ranks this struggle. At the same time it important to note some of the weak- esses shown in our work, The sponded yery slowly to the call (action. The clesest units were worst, with actually no members | ithe strike! Our comrades { the attitude that they » because they Were not in which we can carry the instructions of the i {ihto effe: jOpen Leiter “to activize every ing to these questions, 2 the ti of coming es and taking an active > ive going on around us,” ties ere great, and as Com Manwilsky said at the Twelfth of the E.C.C.1, “It is all up sone } x V BBIPRETE rr le st xt st ee, 3 ae