The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 5, 1934, Page 3

DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1ys4 Page Three C.W. A. WORKERS’ FIGHTS WIN DEMANDS IN MANY CITIES JOBLESS, Lewis Uses Trickery Chicago Arca Trade AFL Rank and File Elect D ToRobUMW Local Union Conference Is Meet To Plan Fight agi ‘ LOCALS To Be Held Jan. 6-7 For Jobless Relief Of Their Delegate g To Take Up Questions N. Y. Committee Calls| Henchmen Visit Mines To Keep Anti-Lewis Facing Work in TUUL! Conference To Push | and AFL Unions Work in Locals Men from Meet By TOM MYERSCOUGH Alabama To Close | -On Saturday and| NEW YORK—A conference to PITTSBURGH, Pa—On January Ward, 1934, the Regular Biennial | Sunday, January 6th and 7th, there| Strengthen the activity in the A. F. Most of Its Schools Convention of the U. M. W. A. will | will be a Chicago Area Trade Union|of L. locals for relief for the jobless) Conference of all th affiliated or-|and to protect the union wage scales! BIRMINGHAM, Als., Jan. 4— and s% al independent|on C,W.A. jobs is being called by| More than 90 per cent of the the Trade Union Conference for} schools in Alabama will close by United Action on Saturday, Jan. 13; the end of January, the State at 2 p.m, at Irving Plaza. Board of Education has an- a aie conga venient: nounced. This involves all schools taken as a criterion, the Lewis forces are very much on the job, trying to make it “regular” from their under- standing of the word, by trying to tion of the gains recently made | ‘The Trade Union Conference rep- tablishing a collective leadership in|resents rank and file delegates from in 60 out of the 67 counties of the state. have local unions turn over their credentials io the District officials Delegates from All C.W.A. Jobs _ To February 3 Unemployed Convention -C. W. A. Workers Forced To Risk Lives | Mass Delegation To Demand City Back | Work InsuranceBill Pittshy ‘gh Plans Tag Days To Raise Funds for National Meet ‘SBURGH, Pa., Jan. 4.—A mas on to demand that the newl: Council and the Mayo ppropriations for cit, se the Workers Un Soleteinetoon age ce groups. At this conference the points will be discussed: Consolida- following | |the Center; Establishing of leading|A. F. of L. locals and minority groups. | authoritative bodies, executives in the| At the conference on Jan, 13, the Already 2,000 rural schools have | affiliated unions; Establishment of|question of a united struggle for closed their doors, Some of these | concentration points for our unions| democracy in the locals, and against! schools had only a six-weeks term during the fall and winter of 1932. and perspective in the work of our |gangsterism and racketeering will also| unions in the T.U.U.L.; the problems|be considered. Rank and file mem- $ who “promise to have the locals rep- resented and at the same time saye the local the expense of sending their own delegates.” In Central City, Pa. (Somerset County) the district officials haye made this overture, according to re- Mable information, and this in spite of the fact that Article 12, Section 10 vf the U. M. W. A. constitution reads: “No appointed employe of the or- ganization shall be 2 delegate from any local union other than his own.” Talk about “Expense” The officiajs have informed several looals in this field that they can be exonerated from sending their own delegates and are encouraging the Yocal union leaders to apply for ex- oneration, because of the expense fnvolved, asking at the same time that credentials be turned over to them when they will disregard the constitutional provisions covering delegates as well as the amount of miners’ money they will spend to finance the “delegates” they will welect. Particularly are they anxious to have such locals as are outspoken against Lewis exonerated from the need to send delegates, They know that the miners in Somerset County, as well as those from Westmoreland and Fayette Counties, have not for- gotten the Lewis betrayals of 1922. Fail to Remit As a further means of keeping such feared delegates out of the conven- tion, the officials of District 2 (Cen- Central Pennsylvania) have failed to remit to the local unions this very nominal share of the dues collected and turned over to them by the coal companies for the past month and a half, on the more than flimsy ex~ cuse that “everything is jumbled up) and they don’t know which money is from which local union,” etc, The foregoing alone, should compel the Jocals to fight for compliance with Sections No. 12 and 13 of Article 14 which specify who should collect the dyes, 96 WeTl as make the apportion- | ments of same. ‘As a result of the discovery of the reason. for these tricks, several local unions in Central Pennsylvania are now fighting for the right to send their own delegates, despite their previous acquicsence to the offictals desire that they apply for the assured exoneration. Political Rights Another thing which must be foughi for in the approaching convention is the right to one’s own political free- dom, as “guaranteed” in the very first article of the constitution wherein It says, among other things “neither shall affiliation herewith interfere with the religious or political freedom of individua! members,” and which is nullified in the third povn- graph of Section No. 2, it wherein members of the Communist Party are proscribed from holding membership. _ ly this paragraph barred Original: » those holding membership in the Na- tional Civic Federation, but, because “good plums” can be plucked from this organizational tree (ask Matthew it was quietly “washed in the of the lamb (workers),” made than thou” and removed from of organizations “whose mem- be expelled,” and the Ci Party listed as one whos' cannot belong and this de- the fact that the Communist is the best champion and the fighter for and defender of a your rights. Go to prepared tO Mass Meetings Start Sunday in Virginia © L Pa, Jan. 4—Coal i is i ae | gh al ise Q F PELE a Jan. & Centralia Victim | Retains 1. L. D. To Fight for Release Becker, Last of I. W. |W. 7, Still in Jail After Fight with Legion WALLA WALLA, Wash., Jan. 4— Ray Becker, last of the Central prisoners still confined to the “eni- tentiary here, has issued an a. or- ization to the International Labor De- fense to take up his case and make legal and other moves to secure his immediate, unconditional release. Becker was one of the IL W, W. members arrested Nov. 11, 1919, fol- lowing an American Legion raids on the I. W. W. hall at Centralia. Three Legionnaires were killed by the men defending their hall from the attack. Wesley Everest, one of the pris- oners, was taken from jail, castrated, tortured and lynched. His body was hung to a bridge and riddled with bullets. Becker, who has already served 14 years, was convicted with six others of the hall’s defenders, of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to 25 to 40 years imprisonment. One of them died in prison, and the other five have been paroled. Becker has refused a parole on the ground that acceptance woud be an admission of guilt. The authorization to the I. L. D. states: “To whom it may concern; ‘This is to certify that I retain the International Labor Defense to | conduct my defense in both the | legal and mass aspects, and that this organization is empowered to demand from the General Defense Committee, the Centralia Publicity Committee, or any other organiza- tion or individuals or individual any and every affidavit or other form of proof which those who, acting in the guise of my agents, have | secured, but refused to me or make public. “(Signed) RAY BECKER, Walla Walla, Washington. The International Labor Defense will immediately institute a nation- wide campaign to force the uncon- nounced. | NEWS BRIEFS Two Killed In Auto-Train Smashup DEANS, N. J., Jan, 3.—The crack Pennsylvania, flier, The Spirit of St. Louis, crashed into an apple truck near here, the driver of the truck and the engineer of the train, who was pinned in his cab, Archbishop’s Killing Case Postponed NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-The case of the seven men held in connection with the killing of Archbishop Leon Tourain on Dec. 24, was postponed yesterday by Magistrate Erwin of the Homicide Court until tomorrow. Fascists Chain Impoverished Farmers to the Land ROME, Jan. 4—In a drive to keep impoverished Italian farmers on the Tuined farms, the fascist police head of Trieste yy issued an order 58 it i F : i submit to | ditional release of Becker, it was an-| of the united front coupled with work within the independent and A. F. of | L, unions. jto elect two delegates to attend the ‘conference. NEW YORK.—The Central Com- mittee of the Communist Party, U. 8. A., issued an appeal yesterday call- ing for support of the “New Pioneer,” working class children’s monthly ma- gazine which faces suspension of pub- lication because of lack of funds. “To all members of the Communist Party!,” reads the appeal “to all sympathisers, to all members of mass organizations: ing class publication issued for the children, is in grave danger! Unless we immediately rally to its support, it will have to be suspended. Read By 10,000 Children “For three years, the ‘New Pioneer’ has played an important part in the class struggle. It is read by over 10,000 children of workers and farm- ers giving them stories and poems of working class life and struggles. Each month it has mobilized them to support these struggles and has taught them their true position in capitalist society. In short, the ‘New Pioneer’ has become an indispensable organ for the proletarian education of the masses of workers’ and poor farmers’ children. “However, during this time the ‘New Pioneer’ has not received the support it merits. For three years it has been supported by the pennies of its children readers. It has strug- gled along with @ constantly mount- tng deficit. A point has been reached where immediate support is necessary if it 1s to live and develop. “The ‘New Pioneer, the only work- | 8 oes Appeals ar Aid to ‘New Pioneer’ Facing Suspension “We cannot allow the ‘New Pioneer’ to die! The loss of the ‘New Pioncer’ would be a tremendous blow to the whole revolutionary movement. The suspension of the ‘New Pioneer’ would leave the field clear for the boss class efforts to poison the minds of our children through their press, movies, schools, etc! “The program of the ‘New Pioneer,’ of the Pioneer organization, is the program of the militant working class movement which sponsors and leads the revolutionary children’s move- ment. We must come to the rescue of our children’s magazine imme- diately! “$3,000 is needed to save the life of our young fighter, the ‘New Pioneer.’ “We, therefore, appeal to every Party member, sympathizer and member of @ mass organization to mobilize immediately as individuals, in your branches and locals, in the campaign to raise $3,000 for the ‘New Pioneer’ im one month’s time. All workers and poor farmers must rally their forces with the same spirit shown in the Datly Worker drive. “Workers!” the appeal concludes, “the child of the working class is in danger! Help us to save it! Forward to build a mass revolutionary chil- dren’s movement in the United States!” (Organizations and individual work- ers should rush funds immediately to the “New Pioneer,” Box 28, Sta- tion D, New York, N. ¥.) ‘All Promises Are Dakota CWA Jobs Angry Workers March with Demands to C. W. A. Head (By a C.W.A. Correspondent) MITCHELL, S. D.—Saiurday was supposed to be pay day for those on relief work of the C.W.A., but a large percentage of them found there were no checks at the office for them, as hhad been promised. Some had been told to stay home, as there were not enough jobs to work on, but that they would get their full pay just the same. Others had been taken off and put on direct relief, so they were told, and that they would get a check, according to their case record. So far the latter got no checks at all. In some instances they had worked several days but got no check for that either, One case in partic- ular, two men who had worked 30 hours each (60 hours for both) got a joint check for $15. Some claim they could get no ig iu by ms dl sé i . z official would be right down. After the crowd had waited for over an hour, and the official had not put in an appearance, the workers handed a list of some of their grievances and demands to a clerk and told him give it to the C,W.A. officials and notify them that the workers would back in a body in a few days for ISS Sidler, the comrade who organized the unit here a few months ago. The first demonstration secured his un- conditional release at that time. Robert Minor to Speak at Newark Celebration NEWARK, N. J.—Robert Minor, member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, U. S. A, will be the principal speaker at the tenth anniversary celebration of the Daily Worker here tomorrow night at the Y.M.H.A, Auditorium, High and ‘West Kinney St. Another speaker will be Rebecca 1 | | Cincinnati, Workers Broken on South in Flop House Hold, Big Mass Meeting _ Then I went to the United Chari- | Demand Cash for Work ment though "he ae mace weren’ of O Done and Beton | rosie miter: thes wise whan T Conditions talked to told me to go to the Long CINCINNATI, Ohio, Jan. 4—Seven hundred single men, living at the Robinson “Opera House,” a flop house here, attended a mass meeting, and adopted demands for the payment of cash relief instead of subsistence for work, and the recognition of their grievance committee. The meeting enthusiastically endorsed the local united front conference for unem- ployment and social insurance and the national convention to be held in Washington Feb. 3. Delegates from the flop house will also be elected to the national conyention. 600 Sign Petitions About ten days previous, a petition had been circulated among the men calling for cash instead of meal tickets for the forced labor the men must do. Other petitions followed. z granted. Job. The Unemployed Council is taking steps to organize the workers on the other shifts, and is calling upon the other workers to follow the example of “C” shift, ‘The Welfare Department is trying to break this movement of the work- ers by bringing in Jeff Davis, “king of the hoboes” who is trying to divert the attention of the men from struggle by telling the single men that their problem is to learn how to pe freights and to cook “mulligan gtew.” Grecht, District Organiser for the Communist Party. There will be a concert program featuring , pianist, Julius Modlin, violinist, Mae Glober- man, choruses and the matic Group. Jack bers of every local union are urged| i revolutionary | been clearly London Dra- ‘These C.W.A, workers in Washington state are fo rced to risk their lives on the weakened dikes and fight- ing floods, before they can get their “pay.” Unemployed Seamen Win Recognition of | Grievance Com ~ ne Asks Charities for | Clothing, Is Shunted | From Pillar to Post) By a C. W. A. Correspondent | FLUSHING, N. Y.—I have worked | for the past four hours on a O. W. A. job, and have been paid for only ‘one. | Last week I went to the Red Cross in Flushing. I was asked to sit down and after waiting about one hour I was asked what I wanted, and I said, I wanted clothing for my fam- ily and me. They asked me where I came from, and I said I came from Corona. They told me they were only taking care of the North Shore. When I said that Corona was part of the North Shore, they said it made no difference to them, they weren't taking care of Corona. When I asked them if Corona people are not sup- posed to wear clothes, he told me/| get out or they would put me out. Island Charities and then added, as though she were putting something over on me—“That place is closed anyhow.” So I have not been able to find any place where I can get any clothes for eS my family of whom there are 8, Protests Win Quick CWA Job Payments, Boss Learns Men Are Unorganized, Holds Up Checks (By a C, W. A. Correspondent) | | said that | H #3 g a? e i across, i again, so they decided to call up . A. treasure and demand 2 But, by the following week, the ; through some stool-pigeons, out that it was unorganized workers doing this. Since then our has been coming in whenever they are good afd ready, in spite | of what the workers had to say. if any to win their demands. So, fellow-workers, let this be our lesson. I say let us get together and organize, join a real workers’ union which will fight for our needs. The union for us to join is the “Reliet | Workers’ Protective Association.” Then we can much easier win our ganization is | struggle for relief from the Anchor- | | age Y. M. C. A., who have been giv-| mittee Baltimore ‘Anchorage Compelled To Give Three Meals (By a Worker Correspondent) | BALTIMOE, Md., Jan. 4—The un- | employed seamen in the port of Bal- | timore have finally won out in the} ing out meagre relief only on the basis of forced labor. The seamen of Baltimore now get three meals} a day with a place to sleep, with no| discrimination against Filipinos and Spanish-speaking peoples. Of course | in our demands we included the Ne- | gro seamen. So far no Negro has/ applied for relief. But we are going | to furnish the Anchorage with a chance to see if they will discrim-| inate against seamen. If they do we will use all of our power to overcome this also. The seamen of Baltimore now know who to look to when any ques- tion arises about relief and have rec~ ognized the Provisional Committee to inspect food and relief activities that goes on at the new Federal relief | station for seamen. | Our committee was introduced to} all the seamen of last night’s meal and the authorities, although being there, did not challenge our right to have @ committee in the house. | Our committee is known as the Grievance Committee and all who have grievances were instructed to notify the committee and proper ac- tion would be taken. We have had <= !-~¢ two-year fight to get the demands and relief, but now that we have got it much care will have to be exercised to see that they don’t maneuver us out of any of them. Everybody is reading the Daily are placed out where the workers | can see them. We are now selling through our marine Daily Worker agent about 50 copies a day. Film and Photo League To Sell Jan. 6th ‘Daily’ NEW YORK.—The Film and Photo League of New York placed an order for 200 copies of the 28-page special anniversary issue of the Daily Worker for sale and distribution by members of the League. Copies will be sold among the stu- dents of the Potamkin Film School and Photo Class, as well as at the Fim and Photo—New Masses film showing this Saturday night at the New School for Social Research. National Events TALK ON GERMANY PHILADELPHIA.—‘What's Going On In Germany?” will be the subject of a talk | by M. L. Olken, Secretary of Philadelphia | Committee to Aid Victims of German Fas- | cism, tonight, 8:30 p.m. at Workers Cen~ | ter, 2456 N. 30th St. * C.W.A. MEETING IN PROVIDENCE PROVIDENCE.— A meeting of 0. W. A. workers and those who registered but did not get jobs will be held Saturdey, Jan. 6, $ p.m. at Pederal Music Hall, 10 Slocum St. ———— If Government Pork Smells Bad, It’s Good, Relief Bulletin Says PEORIA, Ill, Jan. 3—If gov- 1 pork ‘smells nldy, wipe it off dipped in vinegar,” is the instruction to relief re- cipients here in a bulletin printed by the Department of Home Economics of Illinois Uni- e nd issued by the relief Full instruction on how to scientifically on govern- nent poison pork is contained in the bulletin. “If the meat smells or looks mouldy, wipe it off with a cloth dipped in vinegar. It is good food. Always save the water in which the meat was cooked and make gravy or soup with it. The bone from this cut can be soaked and cooked with vegetables for another meal or it can be boiled The D: that the above cluded in the “White House Re- cipes,” of Anna Roosevelt Doll, who receives a big salary for her column in the Liberty Magazine on how to cook. Workers’ Plaints on CWA Bring D. J. “Red” Investigator | Federal Attemnt To | | Terrorize CWA Workers BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Jan. 4— | Unemployed workers’ letters to Pres- jident Roosevelt and to Governor Mc- Nutt of Indiana protesting against | political favoritism and discrimina- |tion on the part of the local C.W.A. officials brought an answer in the form of a Department of Justice | NEW jagent to investigate “alleged” Com- |munist activities of urttemployed work- | Worker at the relief station as they | ers here. time the workers had Hoping to For some | grievances on C.W.A. jobs. jcorrect these, the workers sent let-| ters to the president and to the gov-) On Thursday, Dec. | \ernor of Indiana. |28, B. J. Dworsky, special investigator | for the Department of Justice arrived | jin Bloomington, He immediately sent a telegram to a worker whom he designated as “organizer of the Unemployed Council,” ordering him to |appear before him. Instead, the worker summoned all those who had grievances, and about 30 workers appeared before the agent of the Department of Justice. The Department of Justice agent promised that none of the informa- tion would be made public. following day, however, full reports were published in the capitalist press. The Department of Justice agent then went to Washington, and will return on Jan. 4. It was then an- nounced in the press that the ac- tivities of these workers were being “investigated” by the Department of Justice. Servicemens League will meet tonight, 8 p. m, at 4640 Langley Ave. to map out a plan of action for the frst three months of this year. PHYSICIAN TO TALK ON MEDICINE CLEVELAND.—Dr. Harold S. Cohen will expose some medical frauds everyone should know, in a tay: on “Medical Cult and Quackeries” on Sunday, Jan. 7, at Painters DROP USA On the} Insurance Bill, will City Council, Wednesd: The delegation is being se: employed Councils of Pi The delegation will also d at the city appropriate fund financial support of th as gton Conference Against Un employment on Feb. 3, | days and house to house col, ms to raise funds to send tht 5 Pittsburgh delegates to the Wash. ington Conference will be held or | . 6 and 7. Boxes for these col. tions will be ready on Jan. 4 an) and stations will be located ir parts of the city. City station: ated at 1524 Fifth Ave r Aye. and at the IL.D office, 611 Penn Ave. On the Nortr | Side Stations will be at 805 Jame: St. and 1335 Medley St. On the South Side the station will be at | 11th and Bingham Sts., and station: | will be set up in the Butler Street |section, Brushton, West End, etc. The youth committee of the Un- lemployed Councils calls upon al young workers to go in # mass dele- | gation to the C.W.A, headquarters on |Jan. 9 to demand jobs for unem- |ployed young workers, In the event of refusal of jobs by the C.W.A., the young workers will | go in a body to the Welfare Depart- ment to demand cash relief equiv- |alent to C.W.A, wages. | Help The Fight For the Workers | Unemployment Insurance Bill—See | “Peace on Earth,” Jan, 11, Thurs- employment |10™ ANNIVE Dail || CELEBRAT DISTRICT 1 Moss.—Jan. 6 st 336 Central 6 | Dance Concert and Speakers. Adm. 18¢ | LAWRENCE, Mass. —On Jan. 6 at Loon Pixers Hall, 35 Margin St Entertain ment and Dance. Adm. 28c. | PROVIDENCE, R. I.—On Jan. 6 at Swedis Hall, 59 Chestnut #t. | MAYNARD, Mass.—On Jan. 6 at 20 Pow- | “dermill’ Road. BOSTON.—On Jan. 6 at Workers Center in | Worcester, Mass. | DISTRICT 3 TLADELPHIA—On Feb. 3 at Manor Hall, 911 W. Girard Ave. program arranged. ALLENTOWN, Pa—On Jan. 7. WASHINGTON, D. C.—On Jan. #6. DISTRICT 4 N. ¥.—On Jan. 7 at Workers Center, 443 Ormond St. Negro Boys Trio; Songs by Lithusnian Workers Club; Al de Grandis Dance Orchestra. DISTRICT 5 HILL SECTION, Pittsburgh.—an. 18. SOUTH SIDE, Pittsburgh—Jan 12. NORTH SIDE, Pittsburgh—Jan. 1%. «A lyn, 84 Potty BEA TONS Qirarc | | pen | Gove McKEESPORT, Pa.—Jan, 13, DISTRICT 7 MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, Mich.—On Jen. at Ukrainian Hall, corner Hackly en 9th St. DETROIT, Mich.—On Jan. Finnish Hall, 5969—14th St. A. W. Markof from New York, will be speaker. Musical program arranged ‘wil follow. DISTRICT & CHICAGO—On Jan. 14, auspices Section +, at Craftsman’s Masonic Temple, Harding and LeMoyne, at 6 p.m Admission 28. DISTRICT $ HIBBING, Minn.—On Jan. 6. SUPERIOR, Wis—On Jen ¥ s¢ Worker: Center, 1308 M. Sth St, Mustesl pro- gram and dance. | 14 | Dance DISTRICT 16 OMAHA, Neb.—On Jan. @ in So. Omahe. OMARA, NeS.—on Jan # at Ahoma Wall, | 2ist’ St. and Cumming 8t. | DISTRICT 12 ABERDEEN, Wash.—On Jan. 10 at Workers Hall, 713 B. First St., at 8 p.m. Good program. Admission i0c in advance; 8c at door. BILLINGHAM, Wash.—On Jan. 12, at Tullp Hall, Cornwall Ave. | DISTRICT 16 | NEWARK, N. J.—On Jan. 6 at the ¥2i HLA. Auditorium. Robert Minor, main ‘arranged speaker. Excellent program Adm. 30c; in advance 25¢. DISTRICT 1¢ NEW HAVEN,, Conn.—Jan 7th at Little Cinema Theatre, 38 How St. at 2 p. m. Harry Gannes will speak. Workers Lab, ‘Theatre will perform. NEW BRITAIN, Conn—On Jan. ‘7th Workers Center, 53 Church St. at Pp. m. Admission ‘free, at 4 Hall, 2030 Euclid Ave., 7:45 p.m. eee ee TN POSTCARD! CONFERENCE ON LENIN MEMORIAL DETROIT.—A conference of all mass nd | cultural organizations will be held at Fin-| nish Hall, 14th and McGraw, Saturday, | January 6, 2 p.m. All singing, dancing and | dramatic groups are requested to attend the | *|first rehearsal of the pageant to be pre-| sented in con rial, to be he! Sunday, Ja~ tion with the Lenin Memo- | t Perry Hall, 1343 E. Ferry, | 1 pm. CRTCAG: -RVICEMENS LEAGUE, 4, TO MEET CHICAGO.—Post 4 of the Workers Ex- LET US know what advertisers in the DAILY WORKER you patronize. Give us the names of firms whose advertising you would like to see. Doing this will help us secure new advertisers as well as hold old ones DAILY WORKER 50 East 13th Street New York, N. Y. ————————————=—=—[=[=[=[===