The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 4, 1934, Page 1

TELEGRAPH All Further Orders for the America’s Only Working orker Party U.S.A. Class Daily Newspaper Jan. 6th Daily Worker! Dail WEATHER: Cloudy, probably snow. Vol. XI, No. 4 =_* New York, N.Y. under the Act ‘Bntered se ssconé-ciass matter at the Post Office at of March 5, 1678, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1934 (Six Pages) Price 3 Cents ROOSEVELT ASKS FIRMER STRIKEBREAKING MACHINE BOARD OF ESTIMATE PROVIDES NO RELIEF FOR 700,000 UNEMPLOYED Appropriation 0. Ked" By Board is Inadequate LAGUARDIA SILENT | Hodson Admits Million | Are Jobless, Most Not on Relief NEW YORK.—Although it was admitted that one million are unemployed in New. York City, and relief is entirely in- adequate, by Commissioner of Wel- fare Hodson in the Board of Estimate meeting yesterday, neither the Board nor La Guardia, who was present, took steps to give the unemployed jobs or adequate relief. LaGuardia who the day previous had refused to see a delezation of the Unemploye:l Councils, did not speak in the board tor any of the demands of the unem-~- ployed which are embodied in the Workers Relief Ordinance and which the delegation presented to La Guar- dia’s secretary Tuesday. Instead La Guardia allowed the routine relief appropriation to pass with only the interjection of a re- mark here and there. loner of Welfare Hodson, report to the Board of Es- , admitted that, “The general of city relief has not im- There are as many as 1,000,- ‘memployed in New York although ly of these are destitute and y, they are not eligible for re- under the existing laws, The f appropriations in the past have been adequate; the amount given atp/ family has not been suffi- t for even a minimum subsistence 1” To all this La Guardia re- ned callous, simply interjecting in in tir r bow for publicity that in his; vion when the applicant wished re- he should be given it and in- dgated afterwards. a Guardia again broke his elec- . promises. When, speaking at the ¥ Utrecht high school in Brooklyn Oct. 18, he stated that “surely a that spends 50 million a month . find additional millions to bring relief of the unemployed up to a mane mnimum.” But he forgot 8 yesterday. 100,000 Not On Relief According to figures supplied by, mmissioner Hodson, there are more an one million unemployed in New ork. Yet by the appropriations ‘ssed yesterday, only 112,000 now on .yme relief, and 179,000 which Whit- yy says can be provided with jobs the C. W. A, will be taken care of, leaving more than 100,000 unemployed in New York, facing the winter with no provisions for their Support, and with no promise of any ‘relief, according to the official figures which undoubtedly exaggerate the number on relief. ‘The board passed a resolution pro- viding $5,000,000 for relief in New York for the month of January, and $1,215,000 for material for Civil Works projects. This, it was explained by Mr, Whitney, would provide employ- ment for 180,000 men on C. W. A. jobs. Later he explained that this figure had been arrived at by tak- ing 135,000 men off work relief and putting them on C. W. A., leaving mily 45,000 new jobs created by the ©. W. A, in New York. No Lunches For Children .-In his report, Commissioner of fare, Hodson, asked that the 000 formerly spent by the city for, lunches to school children be stopped ; m the basis of “overlapping” of re- Again Mr. LaGuardia made a s (Continued on Page 2) fe en meee armen Daily Worker Today In the : Betrayal in Anthra- Militarizing the Jobless; é Pe” ax Signed in U. S. 8. R.,” by Ve "Smith, R.,” by Vern Foreign News. cite; Many Cities Elect Delegates to Feb. 3 Jobless Meeting Funds Lacking .To Feed and House the Delegates NEW YORK—Approximately three hundred delegates have already been elected by unemployed and other workers’ organizations to the Na- tional Convention Against Unem- ployment, to be held in Washington, D. C., on Feb. 3, 4 and 5, the Na- tional Committee of the Unemployed {Council reported yesterday. Every | day new reports come in of election of delegates by local conferences and organizations. Yesterday credentials | were received from Oregon, Califor- nia, Michigan and Louisiana, I. Am- ter, National Secretary of the Un- employed Council, stated. The Multnomah County Federation of Unemployed and Local 17 of the Unemployed Citizens League of Portland, Ore. have elected two delegates to the National Conven- | tion, The Auto Workers’ Union of Detroit is sending two delegates. ‘The Workers’ and Farmers’ Relief Conference of Douglas County, held! in Superior, Wisc., elected one dels- gate to the National Convention. At this conference 25 delegates, repre- senting 17 organizations, were pres- ent. A county committee was elected. Delegates representing C. W. A. workers reported much discrimina- tion in giving out jobs. Reports have already appeared in the Daily Worker of delegates elected from Philadelphia, Cleveland, Cin- cinnati, Worcester, Mass.; Detroit, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Omaha, Minne- apolis and a number of other cities, Amter stated. However, the reports do not yet show enough activity among the C. W. A. workers, aad among the A. F. of L. local unions, Amter declared. Not sufficient local struggles for jobs’ or relief and for other immediate _ demands have been carried out, The | (United front campaign for the de- mands of the unemployed is not sufficiently broad, especially among the unemployed organizations not af- fillated to the Unemployed Councils. In addition, the districts have not taken seriously the urgent need for the $3,000 fund to carry through the: convention. This fund is needed in addition to the expenses of the local organizations, The refusal of the Roosevelt gov- Sora aed assistance what- ) and fe etc., of the delegates, pbc rrateed this fund. Donations should be rushed to the National Committee, Unemployed Councils, 80 E. 11th St., Room 437, ‘New York, N. Y. Bolivian Indians Revolt; Seize Arms Protest War, Robbery by Government PUNO, Peru, Jan, 3.—Five thous- and Bolivian Indians revolted in the Guaqui region today against the gov- ernment's war policy and. bitter op- pression of the Indian population. The insurgents attacked the town of Guaqui, capturing the barracks and its ammunition and destroyed a train and the port sta on Lake Titi- caca. The uprising is expected to spread. An urgent appeal for troops has been sent by local officials to the Bolivian government, which is con- centrating troops it the Chaco region for a renewal ‘of hostilities with Organize CWA Workers’ Fight! | | . AN EDITORIAL of the chief tasks of the campaign for the National Convention Against Unemployment in Washington, D. C., on Feb. 3, 4 and 5, is the fight for the demands of the workers on C. W. A. projects. This struggle has not yet been organized on a mass basis. Spontaneous demonstrations, protests and marches of C. W. A. work- ers have been carried on in many cities. In almost every locality the C. W. A. workers have raised demands on their C. W. A. officials—for back pay, fires on the job, better wages, against discrimination, etc. In many cases these demancs have been won, But job committees, Relief Councils and Unions, have not been or- ganized except here and there, and in some cases where they have been organized they have remained skeletons. In the short time remaining before the national Unemployed Conven- tion, these spontaneous protests of the C. W. A. workers should be organ- ized. The fight for the Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill must be brought forward among the C. W. A. Organize job committees among the C. W. A. workers! Lead the struggle for the every day demands of the C. W. A. workers! Fight for the passage of the Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill! Elect delegates for the National Unemployed Convention! ‘from a C. W. A. organization Paraguay with the expiration on Jan. 6 of the nt truce, workers. 288 Delegates in Pittsburgh Plan Unemployed Fight, Convention. Indorses Feb. 3 Meet; An- swers Splitters By PHIL FRANKFELD PITTSBURGH, Pa., Jan, 3—Two hundred and eighty-eight delegates gathered together on one of the bit- terest cold nights this winter to at- tend the United Front Unemployed Conference. There were miners pres- ent from Coverdale and Library, Pa., steel workers from McKeesport, Homestead, South Side and Du- quesne. About 200 visitors were pres- ent in the hall. There were 23) organizations rep- resented, including 49 locals of the Unemployed Councils, five locals from the Unemployed Citizens League, one independent League, one Unemployed Citizens League local affiliated to the Unemployed Coun- cils, four Women’s Auxiliaries of the Unemployed Council; five Youth Committees and clubs, various fra- ternal lodges, Negro organizations, etc. There were several C. W. A. workers present as delagates coming R Pittsburgh. Mine and Steel Lay-Offs\ The worsening of the workers’ con- : ditions was very vividly portrayed by several of the speakers. Not a single report of the delegates showed any back to work movement in any of the steel or mining towns, despite the recent ballyhoo about a pickup taking place in steel production in the Pittsburgh area. On the con- trary, new layoffs were reported from these same mill towns. Musteites Split Movement Of special significance was the sub-report by fellow worker Ed Pretzhold, of Local No. 6 of the Un- employed Citizens League, who acted as vice-chairman of the conference. He dealt with the expulsions taking place in the Unemployed Citizens League, the role of the Socialist mis- leaders who now control the Citi- zens League, of the fact that united front actions were developing from below despite the sabotage of these leaders. Pretzhold stated that an) Unemployment ce Bill attempt was being made to form a new organization in Allegheny (Continued on Page 2) Anthracite Union Heads Block Call For Strike Action, Men for Action at Once But Leaders Call in NRA Labor Board WILKES-BARRE, Pa., Jan, 3.—So strong was the demand for strike at the convention of the United Anthr- acite Miners of Pennsylvania which closed here yesterday that union of- ficials were able only to postpone the date to January 15 instead of permit- ting it to begin immediately. Thomas Maloney, president of the union, pleaded with the miners not to strike, teling them “it would be suicide to strike now.” | To defeat the immediate call for strike, the union officials called in Monsignor Curran, _ strikebreaking priest; Major Moore, N, R. A. media- tor, Col. Smith, newspaper editor, and @ host of others. None of them could get the miners to give up their strike demand. In- stead, however, the officials worked out ® proposal that an appeal be made to the National Labor Board to take up the grievances by January 13, and act on them. If no action fook place at that time, the strike would be called on January 15. In this way, the officials of the United Anthracite Miners of Penn- sylvania, which split away from the U.M.W.A., hand the whole strike issue over to John L, Lewis and other A. F. of L. betrayers on the National Labor Board, Five delegates are being sent to Washington to confer with the Na- tional Labor Board. The convention adjourned to re- convene on January 13th. The course of the National Labor Board’s action in the anthracite fields is already indicated by its behavotr in Weirton Steel, Budd Auto, and the Philadelphia taxi drivers strike. The National Labor Board, with John L, Lewis on it, will take the situation on “under advisement.” The matter will be delayed and postponed indefinitely, to wear the miners out. Finally, @ decision will be reached, the first point of which will be that under no circumstances shall the miners strike, Los Angeles Dairy Men Plan Strike For Higher Wages: Food Workers Union Organizer Greeted With Cheers LOS ANGELES, Jan. 3.—A vote to strike if necessary, was taken by the milk section of the Food Workers | Industrial Union at a mass meeting | of the workers in the dairies here. Over 700 workers took part in the strike vote, and 500 have joined the new union. Baylin, the union organizer, was greeted with cheers when he declared: “The capitalist press will try all sorts of tricks to defeat us. They will spread rumors of settlement, of men going back to work, They will raise the ‘red scare’ But I would rather be red than yellow.” Due to the efforts of the union, the Brentwood Dairy has raised the men’s Wages $10 a month, and as a result, re other workers are joining the union. Help The Fight For the Workers “Peace on Earth,” Jan. 11, Thurs- day evening. Tickets at Unemployed ‘NRA Board Ends Further Orders for Anniversary “Daily” Must Be Telegraphed NEW YORK.—The management of the Daily Worker announced yesterday that additional orders || for the Jan. 6th, tenth anniver- |/ sery edition of the Daily Worker can be filled only if such orders are wired immediately to the “Daily,” 50 E. 13th St., New York City. Orders sent by mail from yesterday on will arrive too late to be taken care of. Wire them |/ at once. | | Philadelphia Milk | Drivers’ Strike, Taxi Drivers Still Out;| Call Conference of All Unions PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan. 3.—The milk drivers’ strike here has been broken. The men decided to return to work today and submit grievances to the Regional Labor Board for ar- bitration, The sell-out planned by the A. F. of L. leader, O'Brien, of the Team- sters International Union on Sunday, was prevented by a delegation of Women's Leagues and Communist Party speakers. The decision ci the Regional Labor Board to return to work immediately was interpreted by the men as being compulsory. Taxi drivers continue out on strike. The rank and file forced through a mass conference of unions and work- ers’ organizations regardless of affil- fation for Sunday, Jan. 7, at 3 p. m.,/ 1907 Spring: Garden. The Trade Union Unity League is calling a meeting in support of the strikers on Thursday, Jan. 4, at Girard Manor Hall, 911 Girard Ave. The Socialist Party has been in- vited to send a speaker. The planned strike of shipyard workers was called off by the So- cialist leadership after a visit of the | Regional Labor Board. The excuse) given was “lack of funds.” 5 Seamen Released After S. P. Mayor Helps Break Strike McLevy Silent as Cops Jail Sailors To Smash Walkout BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Jan. 3.— Five striking seamen on the Greek cargo ship Kelypsis Vergotti were re- leased today before Judge Lavery. Attorney Edward Kuntz of the In- ternational Labor Defense told Judge Lavey that the men were arrested only because the captain and police} authorities wanted the strike broken. The ship sailed with a scab crew to Norfolk, Va, The entire crew had gone on strike demanding back pay, improved conditions and union rec- ognition. When the striking seamen were ar- rested, the Socialist Mayor MacLevy did nothing to aid them and made no protest at the breaking of the strike by the police. Bridgeport has a So- ciatist city administration. “There are no charges against “I am going to hold them anyway,” replied the Jurge. Attorney Kuntz pointed out that even the immigration authorities had Placed no charge against the strikers, Council, 29 E. 20th St. Spotlights, Orchids, Furs, Mark Opening of Con and the charge of breach of the 20 UWMA Locals in Pennsylvania Map | Convention Fight Program Cites Basic Demands of Miners Against Lewis PITTSBURGH, Pa., Jan, 3—The Pennsylvania miners are making ex- tensive preparations for the coming/ convention of the United Mine Work-| ers of America. | Twenty locals of District 3, West- moreland County, are holding weekly conference, through their representa- tives, and discussing the program they will present to the convention and fight for it at the Convention floor. This program includes the basic demands contained in the Coal Code presented by the National Miners Union at the N.R.A. hearings in August last year. The demands in- clude: five-day week, six-hour day and $6 a day, against arbitration of any kind, for the right of the miners to strike, against check-off, for im- mediate election of District and In- ternational officers right after the convention, etc. All twenty locals have elected anti- Lewis delegates pledged to the locals that they will carry on an uncom- prising struggle against Lewis and his | henchmen. The Renton local of the U.M.W.A. in the Allegheny Valley has issued a (Continued on Page Two) Committee To Go to. Leinzig To Demand, Release of ‘‘Four’’ Mass Actions ° Urged | To Save Communist Defendants NEW YORK.—A cable from Paris reports that an international com- mittee will go to Leipzig, Germany, this week in the interest of the world- wide movement for the freedom of Georgi Dimitroff, Ernst Torgler, “asil Taneff and B'agoi Popoff, the four Communist Reichstag defendants, ad- mission of whose innocence was wrested from the Nazi court by the world-wide protest. A committee pre- viously sent to Leipzig was refused permission to escort the defendants to the border. The present committee includes | Andre Gide, famous French author, Prof, Prenant of Sorbonne University, Paris; Malreauz, well known French publicist and writer on foreign af- fairs; and Dorothy Woodman, sec- retary of the British Committee to Aid the Victims of German Fascism. The cable addressed to the National | Committee to Aid Victims of German} Fascism calls for large demonstrations | in every country to force the libera-| ton of the four defendants and their tafe conduct out of Germany just as the world movement and opinion forced the verdict of not guilty. In response to this call for action, the New York Committee to Aid Victims of German Fascism, called a demonstration for January 10, 8 o‘clock at the Central Opera House, Third Avenus and 67th St. Committees and sympathetic or- ganizations in ther cities are urged to take similar action and to acquaint the Nat’onal Committee, | at 870 Broadway, New York, with their plans, | Peace was not sustained. Finally the prosecuting attorney 9 made a motion to discharge the men, Repeats War Policy Of Growing Fight _ For Foreign Trade Wall St. Celebrates Roosevelt Tax Law With More Dividends NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—Twelve large Wall Street industrial com- panies celebrated the Roosevelt repeal of the dividends tax yester- day, by declaring extra dividends, special disbursements or renewal of payments. The Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co. declares an extra dividend. It is said to be controlled by Bernard Baruch, Roosevelt's financial ad- viser. Other companies were the Briggs Auto Parts Manufacturing Co., the Melville Shoe Co., owner of the Tom McCann Shoe chain, Phillips Petroleum, gasoline pro- ducers, Curtis Publishing, pub- lisher of the Saturday Evening Post, Cannon Textile Mills, etc. The Roosevelt repeal of the dividends tax on the first day of this year will save Well Street corporations over $60,000,000 a year, it is estimated. These sav- ings are going into dividend pay- ments to the stockholders. Elections for Cuban Constitution Bowy Set for April 22nd N. Y, Workers March in Support of Cuba 5-10 Cent Strikers HAVANA, gan. 3.—Elections for delezates to a constituent assembly will take place on April 22, declared the Grau-Batista government in a statement issued yesterday. According to the statement, the preesnt government would resign on May 20, turning power over to the assembly. President Grau San Mar- tin said he would not run for any office. This is the usual formality |of candidates in Cuba who will run for office. Meanwhile, the Grau-Batista re- gime is strengthening its dictatorship, arresting workers and doing all it can to keep the Communist Party from participating in the elections. On the day this announcement ap- peared, La Luz, government news- paper, declared that it had discovered new plans of a “rebellion” against the government. On the basis of these reports, martial law is strengthened and attacks against the revolutionary workers increased. Sle) fe Support Cuban Strike NEW YORK. «- Demonstrating their support of the struggles of the Cuban workers, Young Communist League members picketed the ex€cu- tive offices of the Woolworth Com- pany and distributed leaflets calling upon American workers to support the strike of the Cuban Woolworth employes. For more than a quarter of an hour young workers marched in front of the Woolworth building carrying | placards demanding the withdrawal of Amercan gunboats from Cuba and repeal of the Platt Amendment. The picket line then marched through City Hall Park and began picketing the Woolworth store located on the) corner of Chambers Street. gress Show WORKERS ABSENT IN HALLS WHERE WALL STREET, NAVY LOBBYISTS SWARM By MARGUERITE YOUNG (Daily Worker Washington Bureau) WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 3—In an atmosphere suggestive of both a college fraternity reunion and a Sun- day school picnic, the seventy-third Congress assembled today and heard its master, Franklin D, Roosevelt, de- liver in person instructions for con- solidating the New Deal — the pro- gram under which unemployment is increasing faster than ever before during the crisis and millions in the factories and fields are barely sub- sisting. Every face in the crowded House of Representatives chamber in the Capitol lengthened and solemnly set as the president walked over a ramp covered with royal purple cloth and stood on a dais to address the joint session of the House and Senate. They greeted Roosevelt with un- restrained clapping, complacent grinning, and wild yelling. They ap- plauded major tions, including one that Finland — alone among the nations—paid in full the installment due on world war debts to the United States. And be- fore and after the president spoke, they laughed strutted, joked and posed their spectacles in attitudes of piousness and smug festivity. The Big Show Holding opening formalities separ- ately, the Senate and House met in their respective chambers at noon. Vice-President Garner, the Texas banker, called the Senate to order and they swore in four new members while Postmaster General Jim Far- ley, commandant of the Roosevelt political machine, sat back and watched, and a cynical reporter re- marked, “The show's over in the House today.” Nevertheless there was standing room only in the Senate galleries— standing room for the overflow of diplomats and those who had cards well as in the performance. Meanwhile in the House chamber gentleman farmer Henry T, Rainey, the spaker, was calling for order be- cause the confusion was so great that it was impossible to hear the roll call. Besides wives and chil- dren, lobbyists who formerly were members of the body and therefore have the freedom of the floor, were crowded in. For example, Phil Campbell, former Representative from Kansas and now a lobbyist for the Standard Oil Company, sat in the Representative’s chair on the last cir- cular row surrounding the well of the chamber. Oscar De Priest, bourgeois Negro Representative from Chicago, also real estate man, whose property in- cludes brothels, sat alone and solemn -—the only “Representative” in Con- Sress of 13,000,000 of his people. Some were reading newspapers, some were twirling their spectacles. slapped one another, they gathered in knots in the aisles and between the rows of leather chairs. Again a call for order, this time from sleek Representative Mary T. Norton, pro- tege of Democratic Boss Frank Hague of Jersey City, New Jersey. And still the confusion continued. Jingo Fred Britten of Illinois, former chairman of the Naval Affairs Com- mittee, strutted stiffly around the chamber in a tight frock coat. Furs, Orchids Most of the women members wore orchids. Joseph P. Monaghan, rep- resentative from Montana and the| “baby” of the House, held hands and| petted with his bride of a few days. Tammany song-writer, Representative Loring Black, of New York, hailed @ liberal friend in the big gallery reserved for the press, over the dias. | Representative Howard of Nebraska, once secretary to the “Great Com- moner,” William Jennings Bryan, of admittance. Workers were con- and minor declara-| spicuously absent in the audience as One threw kisses at a woman in the gallery. They yawned, they back- smoothed his Buster-Brown hairbob. the 435 members were present — no more than usual on the first day, and many more than will be present when the bulk of business is executed. The clerk announced the roll and the House adjourned to await the Pres- ident’s arrival, Reconvening at 1:30 p. m., the House settled down to a semblance of order, only to break velt, her daughter and her grand- children entered, swathed in furs and out anew as Mrs. Franklin D. Roose- velvet. After the Senate came the Roose- velt Cabinet, the latter taking chairs placed for them in the well of the House, directly around the dais. The crowded galleries rose also as Roose- velt arrived and the Kleig lights of news movie cameras swept: the scene from tripods in the galleries. As Roosevelt concluded, there was an- other burst of applause, and then began the droning debate over who should have first crack getting speeches into the record for home consumption—in anticipatino of the Three hundred and ninety three of , 1934 elections. Tells Congress Policy of Wall Street Aid Will Continue DEFENDS ARMING Cloaks Fascist Trend | With Deceitful Talk | of “New Order” By MARGUERITE YOUNG (Daily Worker Washington Buren) | WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. —~ President Roosevelt personally delivered to Congress today a message intimating further fascist steps by calling for con- solidation of the strike-break- ing N. R. A. under a program of even closer contact between the Executive and Legislative branches of the Gov- ernment. Boldly ignoring unemployment in- surance, the president called for per- fection, and improvement of both the agricultural and the industrial New Deal, under which millions are being Cispossessed of city jobs and small farms. He indirectly made a veiled |endorsement of certain sections”of | the recent fascist Swope plan for | greater freedom for big business uns der the N. R. A. He calmly asserted | that many of his own objections haye been accomplished. He declared “the ruthless exploitation of all labor” has been abolished and thet other magical reforms had taken place. In essen*~ his message called for extension. of the N. R. A, with som? “improves ment,” and furtherence of the ALA. A. Congress Will Obey The 73rd Concress received the in- structions without a murmur. It is teady to deliver the gcods to Roose- velt in the interests of the upper classes it represents. Roosevelt congratulated the Con- gress uvon its cooperation with bim during the special session last Win- ter and bluntly asserted that out of “friendly contact” between the capitol and the White House, “we are, for= tunately, building a strong and per= manent tie between the legislative and executive branches of the gov- ernment. For Fascisation “The letter of the constitution wisely declared 2 separation,” Roose- velt tellincly added, “but the impulse of pnmmomon mrepose declares & union.” He also said: “We have created # permanent feature of our modernized industrial structure and... it will continue nnder the supervision but in the are |'ftrary dictation of government it- self.” In the latter reference, many observers quickly saw a veiled ene dorsement of the Swope Plan’s de- mand for increased. control of N. R. A. machinerv by the blegest trusts and monopolies, organized in a kind of suner-Chamber of Commerce. N. R. A. administrator Johnson fe- cently has indicated a strong deter- mination not to allow further re- presentation of Government or Labor in the bodies who executed the N. R. A. codes. He also scfd that the Swope plan was in full accord with the final objects which the framers of N. R. A. had in mind at the time they drew it nm On Lynching talked an uncomplie ;Mentary phrase toward lynching— | but only those which occur outside of class court rooms, He said that “crimes of organized banditry. cold- blooded shooting, lynching and kid- napping have threatened our secur- ity; that practices have been brought | to life which have shocked those who (Continued on Page 2) Hooded Rand Beat Tax Reduction Organizer Roosevelt By a Worker ORLANDO, Fia., Jan. 3—The or- ganizer of the Taxnayers League of Orange County, a Mr, Ferguson, was whipped by hooded fascist bands Who objected to the League’s program ‘og. reduction of taxes for small hom. oe ene farmers, e International Labor Defense is investigating the activities of: the hooded bands who have scores of Negro and white workers.in the past few months, wae Japan Moves for New Attackon North China PEIPING, Jan. 3—Collapse of the offensive of the Japanese tool, Gen. Liu Kwoi-tang against Peiping, was followed today by a Japanese aerial demonstration over Peiping by plane’ laden with heavy bombs, wes The demonstration is regarded # the resumption of Japanese milltard fa "