The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 5, 1934, Page 1

} payments to the bankers required it. TELEGRAPH All Further Orders for the Jan. 6th Daily Worker! 5 -_ Vol. XI, N a O Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at New York, N. ¥., under the Aet of March 8, 1879, ist Party U.S.A. (Section of the Communist International) ly, Worker | | America’s Only Working Class Daily Newspaper | | WEATHER: Rein and warmer W YORK, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1934 (Six Pages) Price 3 Cents ROOSEVELT ASKS FOR 10 BILLION WALL ST. WAR BUDGET LaGuardia Rushing 125FROMNY. Wage Cuts, 7c. FareT0 JOBLESS Bankers to Protect To Meet Subw’y Owners| Tom’w Morning To Plan “Unification” WILL ACT SWIFTLY Cuts in School System Coming Soon NEW YORK, Jan. 4.—Driv- ing speedily ahead to the ex- ecution of the “major opera- tion’ he threatened would be necessary to permit the City to “bal- ance its budget’ before February 1, in order that all the interest pay- ments to the Wall Street bondholders shall be guaranteed, Mayor LaGuar- dia announced today that he will meet with the Wall Street represent- atives of the subways on Saturday, and will then.zo to Albany to secure the passage of his. new “economy” bil. 'Vhese two actions foreshadow a program of swift wage cuts for Civil Service employees, and the approach of the 7-cent fare. “LaGuardia is insisting that the city must so order its finances as to permit perfect safety for all those | who hold the City’s bonds and loans, that is, the Wall Street banks. Wage Cuts The economy measure that he will ask the State Legislature to pass grants him powers to slash the wages of Civil Service employees now pro- tected by law. Through a deliberate maneuver, the LaGuardia measure seemingly exempts all school teach- ers from this slash. It provides, how- ever. for a deep wage cut for all seheol teachers through the mechan- ism_of payless “vacations,” of four weeks per term for each teacher. Breaks Promise Reminded of his pre-slection pledge against all wage cuts for Civil Service employees, LaGuardia retorted: “This is an emergency. The city’s budget must be balanced. I said that if the city finances permit, there will be no wage cuts.” His promise’ thus turns out to be nothing but a concealed subterfuge whereby he cloaked his original in- tention to slash wages if the City Seven-Cent Fare Discussing the Saturday conference with the subway representatives, La- Guardia definitely declared that the city's finances are related to the ques- tion of the subway fare, declaring that “with the city’s credit shot to hell, you can’t expect to exchange city bonds for proverty.” He is refer- ring here to the offer he is willing to make to the Wall Street stockholders of the subways, giving them new City bonds on which ‘he will guaran- tee interest payments through wage cuts, reduced relief, and a higher subway fare. LaGuardia is said to be eager to consummate this “unifi- cation” scheme as soon as possible. SYMPOSIUM ON WAR AND FASCISM A symposium on War and Fascism will be held at the Pelham Parkway Workers Center, 2179 White Plains Road, tonizht at 8:30 p.m, Among the speakers will be I. Amter of the C.P., Francis Henson of the SP. and Abe Kaufman of the War Resist- ers League. 2 4 NORMAN THIBODEAUX [0 SPEAK Norman Thibodeaux, young Negro’ who was lynched and saved by two white work- | , will speek tonight on his experiences an Anti-Lynching Mass Meeting, held at the Grand Plaza, 820 E. 160th St., 8:30 p.m, (Prospect Ave. Station). Among the other speakers will be Joseph Brodsky and ‘William Patterson. In the Daily Worker Today Page 2 Sports, by Si Gerson. “Fur Workers Pledge Fight for their Union.” c Page 3 “Jobless C. W. A. Workers’ Fights Win Demands.” Lewis Uses Trickery to Rob U. M. ‘W. A. Locals of Delegates, News Briefs. Page 4 “In the Home,” by Helen Luke. “Dr. Luttinger Advises.” “Party Life” ™ 5 “What a World!” by Michael Gold Stage Tuning In, What's On. “Red Snow,” Story by Alfred Brant. “A Tailor” Poem by Alfred Hayes. “Jim Martin” cartoon strip by Quirt. P 4 Page 6 Editorials: LaGuardia’s ‘Economy’ Program; Trotzky Comforts the Nazis. How a U.S. S. R. Factory is Ad- ministered, by Vern Smith, Foreign News. ly anti-labor, Short Time Left for Raising $3,000 Fund For Jobless Meeting NEW YORK.—Only a little over three weeks are left for the com- pletion of the $3,000 fund necessary to carry through the expenses of the National Convention Against Unemployment, to be held on Feb. 3, 4 and 5 in Washington, D. C. This fund is necessary for the na- tional feeding, housing and assem- bly expenses. The National Com- mittee of the Unemployed Coun- cils urges all individuals and or- ganizations to aid in the raising of this fund, and to rush funds at once to the National Committee, Unemployed Council, 80 East 11th St., New York, N. Y. Maryland Plant at . Full Blast on New U.S. Navy Bombers Factory Ready To Turn | Out 25 Planes Weekly For Coming War (By a Worker Correspondent) DUNDALK, Md.—The Glen-Martin Aircraft Plant in Dundalk, Md., is working full speed. ports from workers shows that the company is how completing a new type of bombing plane for the Navy Department. This plane will have a speed of. 210 miles an hour and will be abie to carry two tons of explosives. plane is equippea with special in- struments which will be able to con- trol the aim of the bombs dropped by the plane in all weather condi- tions. The company has an order for 25 planes of the same type. The workers report that it took almost two months to produce this plane, but that after equipments have been and will be in a position to produce arranged properly, the factory will be put on a mass production basis 25 planes monthly. The Glen-Martin Plant employs about 1,700 workers and is notorious- Thirty workers were fired last spring for attempting to organize. The wages paid in this factory are about 40 cents an hour, the lowest wages of any aircraft plant of the same type. Sections in N. Y. to Deliver Bulk Orders For Jan. 6th “Daily” NEW YORK.—All bundle orders for the tenth anniversary edition of the Daily Worker will be deli- vered in New York at the various section headquarters of the Com- munist Party, beginning tonight at 10 o'clock. Organizations and individual workers are asked to call at the following addresses for their bundles, No deliveries will be made at the Daily Worker office, Downtown — 140 Broad St. 96 Ave C; Midtown--56 W. 25th St., 410 W. 19th St.; Lower Bronx— 699 Prospect Ave.; Upper Bronx— 2075 Clinton Ave:; Harlem—29 W. 115th St.; Brooklyn—132 Myrtle Ave.; 61 Graham Ave., 1109-45th St.; 1813 Pitkin Ave.; Long Island —148-29 Liberty Ave., Jamaica and at 4206-27th St., Astoria. Volunteers for inserting the ma- gazine supplement in the regular section of the edition and for can- vassing with this historical edi- tion on Red Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 6 and 1, are asked to report to the above headquarters, Clip this out for reference. Bronx Workers Strike To Lower Bread Price —— NEW YORK.—Workers who never before were active in struggle are taking part in a price of bread ani sky’s Bakery, 182) Ave. Confidential re- The e to reduce the rolls at Sheveshf- ‘ad St and Prospect At a mass meeting held Tuesday, at 813 E. 180th St., Bronx, scores of workers took the floor in discussion. Report on the were made by Cohen, Fine, and other workers who have been arrested for their activities in the strike. Attempts are being macie to spread the strike to other neighborhoods and to involve other workers in strikes against bakeries that overcharge, Section 15 of the Communist Party, and Women’s Council ‘No. playing a leading role in the strike. of the strike 39 are CONVENTION Demonstrate on Feb. 5; Tag Days To Be Held Week of Jan. 8 NEW YORK. — On Feb. 5, the day that the National Con-} vention Against Unemploy- ment closes in Washington, the workers of New York will stage a city-wide demonstration before the City Hall at 12 noon, Richard Sulli- van, secretary of the Unemployed Councils of Greater New York, in is- suing the call for the city-wide dem- onstration, asked that all workers come out on this day to force the La Guardia administration to grant re- lief to the unemployed workers of New York. At least 125 delegates, representing New York, will attend the National Convefition in Washing- | ton, Feb. 3, 4 and 5. Workers Relief Ordinance With regard to La Guardia’s refusal o advocate relief for the one and a quarter million unemployed of the city in the Board of Estimate meetings, except the routine Janu- ary relief appropriation, Sullivan stated, “La Guardia’s program must be exposed by an immediate cam- paign for the passage of the Workers Municipal Relief Ordinance, which so far La Guardia has refused to con- sider. Every Unemployed Council, block committee and C.W.A. job com- mittee should publicize all eviction cases, every case of discrimination, layoffs on C.W.A. work, etc, under La Guardia’s administration. All of these cases will be presented to La Guardia on Feb. 5. We must force La Guardia to take a stand on the | Workers Relief Ordinance.” All organizations should formulate their demands for presentation to La Guardia, and begin a campaign of collecting petitions demanding that) the aldermen endorse the Workers Relief Ordinance, and that La Guar- dia, who has promised so much to the unemployed of New York, should) himself introduce the ordinance. La Guardia this week refused to see the Unemployed Council delegation. Tag Days To Be Held The entire week of Jan. 8 has been set aside as Unemployed Council week. Beéginiling Jan. 8, tag days will be held and canvassing of homes for funds carried out to house and feed the large New York delegation to the National Convention. Mass organizations, cultural and fraternal groups, and all organiza- tions holding regular meetings, de- bates, lectures, etc. are urged to in- clude in meetings a discussion on the need of unemployment insurance. Funds from the tag days should be brought to the Unemployed Council, 29 E. 20th St. New York County Conference Preparations are now under way for County Conferences Against Un- employment in all the boroughs of Greater New York. The New York County Conference Against Unem-/| ployment will be held at the Christ Church, 334 W. 36th St. Saturday, Jan. 6, at 1 p.m. Organizations send- ing delegates should notify the pro- visional County organizer, Ben Lapi- dus, at 29 E, 20th St. ‘The Bronx County Conference will be held at Ambassador Hall, Third Ave. and Claremont Parkway, Sunday January 7 at 10 am. Organizations sending delegates should notify Helen | Lynch, organizer at the headquarters of the provisional committee, 1400 Boston Road. 'The Kings County Conference will be held at Central Hall, 196 State St., Brooklyn. Organizations should noti- fy Mike La Vera at the headquarters Congress (Special to the Daily Worker) MOSCOW, Jan, 4.—In preparation for the Seventeenth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the Political Bureau of the Central Committtee has approved the basic lines of Kaganovitch’s report on “The Party and the Soviet Struc- ture,” which is third on the agenda of the coming congress. At the same time, the political bu- reau announced the draft of new by-laws for the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. All these organ- izational measures are directly con- nected with the Second Five-Year Plan’s program of great construction business. Kaganovitch’s report states that the working class of the Soviet Union is advancing steadily towards new vic- tories only because “the Bolshevik Party and its Central Committee not only proclaimed political slogans, but were able to organize the masses in a Bolshevik fashion, to carry these slogans into effect, organizing and building all the organs and machinery of the proletarian dictatorship suited to the new tasks of the reconstruc- tion period.” Unity of Goal and Method The report asserts that Bolshevism is unconquerable while it has unity of goal and organizational method, unity of the theory and practice of Socialist construction, opposing So- clalist organization to capitalist an- archy. This is exemplified in the Soviet Union more clearly than ever Basic Reorganization Draft for Communist Report by Kaganovitch Proposes Closer Party} Link with Actual Production Process Party |B! rk and increased production, which is second on the Congress order of of U.S.S.R. today, with the execution of the tasks of the Sccond Five-Year Plan in transforming the entire working pop- ion of the country into active ers of the classless Socialist so- ciety. | Under Stalin's leadership, the re- jorganization and improvement of the} work of all organs of the proletarian dictatorship have been carried out be- tween the 16th and 17th Congresses, |the report continues. ‘The Party con- sistently drew the Party organiza- tion and the governmental organs near to the primary organs of pro- duction: Industrial plants, collectives, the Soviet farms, etc., systematically molding an organiza- tional structure suitable to the given tasks of Socialist construction. The Program of Reorganization In this respect Stalin’s well-known speech, “A New Situation—New Tasks of Economic Construction,” was a detailed program of action. The same reasons e back of the Party de- sion for reorganising the manage- ment of transportation and coal min- ing, for providing political depart- and the Soviet farms, later on the} railroads, and for other measures. These measures are insufficient, however, the report states. “The 17th Party Congress considers that, de- spite the achievements attained and the reconstruction of the levers of the proletarian dictatorship, organ- izational and practical work still lags} behind the requirements of our po- (Continued on Page 2) Rank, File Mine Worker| Picketing at Pier 60 Today in Strike of the Radio Operators NEW YORK—Picketing in the radio operators’ strike takes place this morning in front of Pier 60, North River, where the American Merchant is docked. Ail marine workers are urged by the Marine Workers Industrial’ Union and the American Radio Telegraphers As- sociation, conducting the strike, to take part in this morning’s picket- ing. Report for picketing at 410 W. 19th St., at 7:30 this morning. 500 Miners Strike To Reinstate 2 Men UMWA Heads Permit Boss To Discharge Without Cause JOHNSTOWN, Pa. Jan. 4.—Five hundred miners employed at Revloc, Indiana County, Pa., struck Tuesday to compel reinstatement of two men fired for losing one day’s work. The men went away for Christmas holi- days and got snowbound on the re- turn journey, thus accounting for loss of a day. An official of the U.M.W.A., who demanded that his name not be used, declared that under agreement with the union, the company had the right to fire the men as well as to levy of the provisional committee, 291 Wykoff St, New NEW YORK.—Thirteen hundred and twenty-five persons committed suicide in New York City in the past year, according to the annual report of Dr. Shirley W. Wynne, Commis- sioner of Health. At one point in his report, Wynne admits that the “demands of the bankers” cut down the budget for health work, “For the past five years the mor- tality rate charged to suicides has been unusually high,” the statement reads. “The rate among males is about three times that among fe- males. The economic depression since 1929 has been held responsible for the high rates prevailing in re- cent years. It is true that high sui- cide rates have often accompanied periods of depression.” } $1 a day fine on all employees for striking. York Suicides, Infant WinsPMA Local Election Some Offices Are Won’! in Gillespie and Good Vote Recorded COLINSVILLE, Iil., Jan. 4—In the local election of the local Progressive Miners of America in “Nigger Hollow Mine,” the rank and file candidate for president, Henry Bumhartener, was elected by a large majority de- spite all efforts of Keck, secretary , of the P. M, A, who attempted to defeat Bumhartner by putting up another candidate in opposition. The candidate of the reactionary group was badly defeated. This is an im~ portant victory for the miners and is the second time that the miners have elected Brother Bumhartner as president of the local. A number of other rank and file candidates in the local have been |elected. Incomplete reports from other locals indicated that a number of rank and file candidates have been | elected on pit committees and wher- ever rank and file candidates were put up (and they have been put up in large numbews), have received a large number of votes. The basic program of the rank and file movement was the program adopted at the Cleveland United Front Trade Union Convention. ie aes Make Substantial Gains GILLESPIE, Ill, Jan, 4—The rank and file candidates in the elections in Local No. 1 of the Progressive Miners of America here received sub- stantial support as indicated by the votes and election of a number of rank and file candidates to office. Joe “Dennis, candidate for local president, received 408 votes. Joe (Continued on Page 2) NEW TRIAL OF village | 5 ments in the machine tractor stations NAZIS PLAN REICHSTAG 4 |New York Workers in Mighty Protest on Wednesday Night BERLIN, Jan. 4.—Held now for over two weeks after the! verdict of not guilty wrestal by the world-wide mass protes from the Nazi court, the four Com- munist Reichstag defendants are threatened with a new trial on charges of treason against the Nazi murder regime. ‘The four defendants were deprived of the right to receive visi ¢ Taneff's wife siting him under the new police order, it was reported by Leo Gallagher, Los Angeles at- terney, who is here in behalf of the | four defendants. A letter sent Bulgarian wr: of Police Eb’ formed of the impudently minals,” SOFIA, Bulg sands of Bulge strated today in cipal casino for the relea four Communist defe Reéchstag trial, and pe the Bulgarian G t 2 safe return to Bulgaria of Goorge Dimitroff, Vasil Taneff and Blagoi Popoff, the three Bulgarian defend- ants. Attacked by the police, the workers fiiercely defended themselves, shout- ing revolutionary slogans and refus- ing to be dis! , furi- ous at the petnt blank into d, wounding of demonstrators. Several leaders of the demonstration were ar- rested. The bo is report that Dimitroff has te’ to the Bulgarian Gov manding a guarantee of safe condu to return to Bulgaria to fight agai the sentence imp upon him o revolutionary ac- N. Y. Protest Wednesday NEW YORK.—An anti-Nazi dem- onstration to demand the immediate and safe release of the four Com- munist defendants will be held at Central Opera House, 67th St. and Third Ave., next Wednesday nigat. The demonstration is called by the New York Committee to Aid Vic- tims of German Fascism, in response (Continued on Page Two) 10-Yr.-Old Children Affected by Nazi Sterilization Drive BERLIN, Jan. 4—Ten-year old children of the working-class are to be included in the Nazi sterili- zation program, it was revealed today by Dr. Arthur Guett, Nazi “eugenics” expert in the Ministry of the Interior, which has charge of the carrying out of this bar- barous measdres directed against the political opponents of the Nazi murder regime. Women, as old as fifty, and men even older than that are, also to be included in the list of 400,000 slated for a mass sterilization, under the pretext of sterilizing mental de- fectives and incurables. Deaths Increase in 1933 “DEPRESSION AND BANKERS’ DEMANDS FOR ECONOMY TO BLAME.”—DR. WYNNE) ¢ ~ 2 The four years, 1926 to 1929 in- clusive, show an average of 1106 sui- cides a year, his report admits, with the year 1929 the highest, and the four years, 1930 to 1933 inclusive, show an average of 1456 suicides a year, according to Dr, Wynne’s fig- ures, In speaking of infant mortality, Dr. ‘Wynne’s report continues: “For some reason not clear, there has been an increase in infant mortality through- out the country. In New York City the rate is higher than it was in 1932. It is likely that the increase represents one of the effects of the economic depression, for with cur- tailed budgets there 1s likely to have been an increase in mothers gainfully employed, and a diminished budget for milk, orange juice, cod liver oil land other essentials for child health.” It is “not clear” to Dr. Wynne why unemployed workers’ children starve to death simply because they have nothing to eat! Budget for Health Lowered The gross per capita yearly expen- ditures for city health have been de- creased from 75 cents in 1931 to 64 cents in 1933, and the total expendi- tures have been decreased from $5,329,439 in 1931 to $4,725,762 in 1933. These economies have been effected at a great cost to the public health, The demands of the real estate owners and the bankers come be- fore consideration of the public health, according to Dr. Wynne’s report which states: “A plan for the reorganization of all the medi- cal services in the city was submit- ted to the Mayor several years ago, but because ef the demands for | economy on the part of the real estate interests and the bankers, it was laid aside.” At the same time the report states: “Attendance at the tuberculosis clin- ics has increased from 55,000 pa- tients annually in pre-depression years to 120,000 in 1933; at tubercu- losis consultation stations from 437 to 10,000; venereal disease clinics from 63,000 to 180,000; at baby health stations from 550,000 to 700,000; and at pre-natal clinics, from 24,000 to 50,000, Tuberculosis, it was found, was very prevalent among those living on Home Relief. “Every person over 15 years of age in families on home ad the | Huge Debt Load to Fall on Workers in _ Taxes, U. S. Orders First 100 War Planes in Expansion Program WASHINGTON, Jan, 4—Roose- velt’s war speech to Congress was followed today by an announce- ment by the War Department that it will immediately purchase 100 fighting airplanes as part of a huge air force expansion and re- placement program. Move for New Trials for 2 of Scottsboro Boys Six Points Raised in| Demand for Retrying | of Scottsboro Boys DECATUR, Ala. Jan, 4—Motions | for now trials for Clarence Norris and | Heywood Patterson have been filed | here with Judge W. W. Callahan, and copies delivered to Attorney-General Thomas E. Knight at Montgomery, | by the International Labor Defense, | it was announced today. At the some time it-was announced | that hearing on the motions has been postponed to January 27, by which | date the transcript of the trial record | Will have been completed. The pre- | liminary motions filed now will prob- | ably be replaced by completed mo- jtions after the attorneys have re- ceived and studied the record in the case. Six main points are raised in the moticns, which demand reversal of the verdict of the Decatur lynch jury. The illegality of the indictments under which the boys were tried, and which were handed down by a lily- te grand jury picked in violation of the 14th amendment to the U. 8. eq | Constitution is put forward as suffi- cient basis for a reversal. Besides this, the fact that the jury record was tampered with, and names of Negroes forged on it by Jackson county offi- cials, proved in court, and that Judge lahan brazenly refused to rec- ognize this proven fact, is also held to be reversible error. “Denounce Exclusion of Negroes from Juries The I. L. D. has pointed out ‘that while Judge Callahan has it in his power to reverse the verdict, he him- self was the chief lyncher in the court, as proved by his open coach- ing of prosecution witnesses, his ob- vious prejudice toward the defend- ants, and his closing charge to the jury. Only mass pressure can force Judge Callahan to reverse, the I,L.D.| said. The illegal exclusion of Negroes from the trial jury is also cited as ground for reversal. In the denial of a change of venue, the I.L.D. charges that it was not only proved by numerous affidavits \that the Scottsboro boys and their (Continued on Page 2) Detroit Policeman Fires Death Bullet | at Negro by Error’ Slain Worker Was a Member of Communist) Party and L.S.N.R. DETROIT, Mich—The savage at- tacks by local police on Negro work- ers, marked in the last few months by the murder of several Negroes in the Black Belt here, have claimed another victim, Alfred Alexandrine, a member of the Communist Party and of the League of Struggle for Negro Rights, Alexandrine was shot down without warning on Saturday, Dec. 23, at 5:30 p.m., at Hastings St. He died the following morning in @ hospital, ‘but it was several days before workers here learned of the attack on him and of his death. The policeman who murdered him made a statement to a bystander that he had received orders to shoot down a C.W.A. worker named Frank, and had fired his bullet at Alexandrine by mistake. He did not say why he had been ordered to shoot a C.W.A. worker. The League of Struggle for Negro Rights and the Communist Party, in Inflation Swift Organization For War Seen In Growing Navy TO BORROW FUNDS Inflation “Drive Cuts Wage Buying Power By SEYMOUR WALDMAN (Daily ‘Worker Washington Bureau) WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—In the most extraordinary budget message ever delivered to Con gress, herarlding a sweeping step toward further inflation, heavy taxes on the masses, and government credit crisis, all con- verging in a concentrated program of war preparations, President Roosevelt today called for the record-breaking expenditures of a $10,000,000,000 budg- | et for the coming year. Emphasizing the growing instabili- ty of the government finances as a result of the greatest program of war bui'ding and subsidy to bankrupt Wall Street monopolies, Roosevelt's new budget will leave the United States at the end of the year with the staggering debt of $32,000,000,000, a ficure that towers far above any previous government debt, even dur= ing the 1917 war period. The Roosevelt budeet, with its new debt load, its intensified drive toward inflation and war, heralds new bur- jdens and suffering, through hegus taxes, and slashed Purchacine a for the entire tolling populat? it the country. For immediate requirement;, Roose- velt calls for approximatay $2,000,- 000,000 for the entire government, of which nearly $600,000,00 is for the War and Navy Departments despite the fact that these two military ad- juncts in the last few months have been allotted, under the exploded fic- ticn of “public wor! nearly $1,000,- 000,000 by the so-called Public Works Administration. Raise Army Officers’ Pay He also proposes to appreciably in- crease the pay of the army navy and the marine corps, especially the offi- cers, notwithstanding the fact that his message proposes to return only 5 per cent of the 15 per cent pay cut for the federal employees. This con- trasts with an average increase since last April in retail food prices alone, for 51 cities, estimated recently by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor, to be 16.7 per cent, ‘ To Cut Relief In “vhe face of the greatest rate of increase in unemployment since last January and the steady reduction of wages under N.R.A. codes, Roosevelt informed Congress that “if we main- tain the course I have outlined,” one of the things “we can look forward to” 4s “a dimfnution of relief ex- pend'tures.” He asks for a total of only a little over $1,000.000,000 for civil works jobs, home loan banks and farm loan refinancing. Just a few weeks ago lead'ng senators were pre- dicting this amount for C.W.A. and P.W.A. alene. In addition, Roosevelt definitely forecasts the progressive scaling down of fed2ral makeshifts toward meet- ing the permanent unemployed prob- Jem: “The government during the balance of this calendar year should plan to bring the 1936 expenditures, including recovery and relief, with- in the revenues expected in the fiscal year 1936. We should plan to have a definitely bolanced budget for the third year of recovery and from that time on seek a continuing reduction of the national debt.” This is a defi- nite threat of cutting down the in- adequate relief now being given, Protects Big Employers In his discussion of taxes Roosevelt invites the open support of the most reactionary employers in the country by not recommending one increased tax on the big corporations and the huge personal incomes despite the re- cent large increases in n profits. However, he does recommend the continuation of ‘the 3-cent postal rate for non-local mail. “It is highly important that this rate be continued, I recommend its con- tinuance.” This is one of the ways by which the large masses of the people will continue to pay the gov- ernment bills. Subsidize Ship Owners And, siraight in the teeth of the recent exposures of the many millions of government graft handed over to the steamship companies, especially to those with the worst labor condi- tions, Roosevelt proposes that Con- gress maintain the “subsidies” to the steamship concerns, supposedly for the transportation of mail. He asks Congress to give the steamship com- conducting an investigation of the relief was x-rayed; 15 per cent were found to be tubercular . . , 82 per cent of these were in the first stage. murder, are rallying the Negro and white workers to demand prosecution of the killer, panies $28,000,000. To the militaristic and low-payir (Continued on Page Twa Y- =