The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 23, 1934, Page 3

DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1934 Page Three Central Committee Resolution for oe on saab Fascism, War Accepts and Endorses 13th PlenumResolution of ECCI Stresses Carrying Through Strengthening of Trade Union Work, and of Tasks of Open Letter; | Struggle for Unemployment Insurance NEW YORK.—The following is the resolution unanimously adopted by the 18th meeting of the Central Committee of the Comnunist Party, U.S.A,, on the decisions and reports of the 13th Plenum of the Exec- utive Committee of the Communist | International. | ‘The 18th meeting of the Central: | Committee was held in New York City on January 16 and 17. 1) The 18th meeting of the Cen- tral Committee C.P.U.S.A. fully ac- cepts and endorses the analysis of the present world situation and the deci- sions of the 13th Plenum of the Ex- ecutive Committee of the Communist International. 2) The Central Committee ex- presses its full agreement with the stand of the ECCI on the situation in Germany, and the perspectives for-a new revolutionary upsurge of the Ger- man proletariat against fascism un- der the leadership of the heroic Ger- man Communist Party. The German Communist Party, led by Comrade ‘Thaclmann, correctly worked both-be- fore and since the ascent of Hitler to power to tear the masses from the treacherous leadership of the German Mass Work and 1 3) The analysis of the world situ- ation and the tasks set for the vari- ous Communist Parties by the 13th Plenum applies fully to the United States. The policies of the Wall Street financial oligarchy as expressed. by ihe Roosevelt regime, have failed to overcome the crisis. The New Deal, with the N.R.A, as its keystone, has led to a further impoverishment of the toiling masses. The character of the New Deal as preparations for war, and development towards fascism. be- comes daily more apparent. The di- rect inflation policy now inaugurated by Roosevelt becomes still another factor deepening the crisis for Amer- ican capitalism and still further sharpens the attacks on the masses and increases the antagonisms be- tween U, 8. imperialism and its for- eign rivals, particularly Great Britain, France, and Japan, bringing closer the danger of war. The peace talk of Roosevelt, his demagogy about non-interference in foreign affairs, serve only as a paci- fist cover for the feverish prepara- tions for war which today is the pre- dominant concern of the Roosevelt regime. The recognition of the Soviet Union, dictated by the growing power of the land of socialism, is used by Roosevelt to support this pacifist il- lusion, but in reality, is another in- dication of the imminence of war. The masses are beginning to over- come the great illusions which=they had in the New Deal and which were furthered and greatly strengthened by the support given to Roosevelt by A. F. of L., social-fascist and liberal leaders. A new strike wave is mat ing throughout the country on *t very heels of the strike wave ofthe past year. Already the strike wave of 1933 showed a clearly defined po- litical character, throwing the work- ers into struggle against the NiR.A; In the developing strike wave, this political character, as directed against the N.R.A. and the A. F. of L. hue reaucracy, -is- already much more pronounced, and will still further dey velop. Great struggles of the poor farmers and the unemployed are ‘also maturing. Clearly, Roosevelt's program, ‘with its fascist and war objectives, is ‘alSo leading to the sharpening of all antagonisms throughout the count and is placing on the agenda, he | and renegades. social democracy, the main social sup- port for fascism, and to win the majority of the working class and the toiling masses for the revolution- ary seizure of power for proletarian dictatorship for a Soviet Germany. | This position, the touchstone in de-| termining a real Bolshevik attitude, | must be widely popularized in the struggle against the social-fascists ‘The failure of the Hitler regime to} |solve any of the problems of Ger- man capitalism, the continuous low- ering of the living standards of the toiling masses, the extreme aggres- siveness of Hitler's foreign policy, es- pecially against the Soviet Union, | making German fascism one of the main threats to world peace, all in-| crease the class antagonisms within Germany, shatter the workers’ illu- sions in the demagogic promises of Hitler, lead to a rapid disintegration of social democracy, which the masses are beginning to see as the force chiefly responsible for the fascist vic- tory, and bring the masses in in- creasing numbers to the Communist Party. The tireless revolutionary work of the German Communist Party as- sures the victory of the German pro- letariat. lhe Open Letter also, the problem of the revoiution- arty way out of the crisis, the revo- lutionary seizure of power by the toiling masses, the proletarian revo- lution. The objective prerequisites for a revolutionary crisis are maturing. 4) This places before our Party the task of energetically and speedily car- rying through the decisive turn to serious mass work, as demanded by the Open Letter of the Extraordinary Party conference. The most deter- mined efforts must be made to arouse the initiative of all Party units, sec- tions, and districts, and of every Party member to insure the taking of every possible step to establish Communist leadership in the sharp class strug- gles now maturing. Particularly, the most serious ef- forts must be made to raise the po- litical understanding of the memiber- ship to prepare them to stand firm against all attacks and solve all the problems with which the present situ- ation confronts them. Through the Party press, particularly, but also through the regular political discus- sions with the membership, and through Party schools, and classes, the decisions of the 13th Plenum must be widely popularized and develop- ments within the country examined in the light of these decisions, with the objective of making a thorough understanding of these decisions the property of every member. At the same time, the populariza- tion of the decisions of the 13th Plenum, and the preparations for the Highth Convention of our Party must be made the occasion for a renewed and more sustained drive to realize the objectives set for the Party by | the Open Letter. This means, in the first place, a strengthening of the efforts to penetrate the big factories of the most decisive industries, build- ing there on the basis of closest at- tention to the day-to-day needs of the workers, units of the Communist Party, and of the Young Communist League, and department and factory committees of the revolutionary trade unions, and, in cases where the A, F. of L. is established, of the trade union opposition. Decisive and sys- tematic work must be undertaken to win the working youth, including the unemployed who have never had an opportunity to work in the factories, and to transform the Y.C.L, into a | broad mass organization. Strengthen the Trade Union Work y district. section, and unit, is rly charged with the task-of strengthening all phases of our mass trade union work. “This includes, both ‘he building of the revclutionary trade unions, and especialiy the over- coming of all underestimation of seri- ous work in the A, F. of L. and in- dependent unions, developing the broadest united front from below, “In this connection, the Political Buro and the District Buros are charged with responsibility for the through of a drive in the ‘ bring every Party member into a The campaign for social and un- employed insurance must be seriously undertaken, with an effort to dray in both the employed and unem; workers, The present serious weak- nesses in the work among the unem: ployed, make it particularly necessary to emphasize the need for decisively taking up this task in every district and section. a The organization of sige and PW A workers must receive still attention. The announced cut , in wages on CWA jobs most favorable situation for organi», zation and struggle. At the same, time the work among the greater ‘mass of the unemployed who are still without jobs and on greatly reduced relief rations, must receive much) pcre attention, The proposal of the government::to force 1,000,000 boys into the CCC's and the million of single unemployéd into forced labor camps, must be inet zational work and the carryiny through of struggle. © ‘The work among the Negro masses, particularly the by of the Ne- gro workers into the revolutionary trade unions and into the unemploy- ment movement, must receive much more serious attention. While deep- ening the struggle against all white chauvinist tendencies both in the Party and the trade unions, and for equal rights for the Negro people,.it. is necessary to give much more at- tention than heretofore to the dis~, crimination against the Negro masses’, in the factories, on the CWA and PWA jobs, and ai the relief bureaus. The struggle against the develop ment of fascism requires much more | crimination and for the unity of the | Negro and white toilers. The work among the agricultural | proletariat and the poor farmers, as- | sumes much greater importance in| view of the developments towards fas- cism and war. The work in the rural | districts must henceforth receive the eisraecays of the Party in every dis- Each district and particularly the concentration districts (Chicago, De- troit, Cleveland, Pittsburgh) are charged with the responsibility of im- mediately checking up on the con- trol tasks set by the District Buro and of taking steps to realize these con- }|trol tasks before the Party Conven- tion, The fight against all right oppor- tunist tendencies, as the main danger, and against all “left” deviations must be carried on not only more firmly in the Party ranks, but among the masses, Particularly is it necessary to ex- pose before the broadest masses the dictatorial character of bourgeois democracy, of the rapid transforma- tion of bourgeois democracy into fas- cism, and of the feverish preparations for war. On the basis of the most deter- mined struggles for the burning de- mands of the masses and the struggle against war and fascism, it is neces- =| sary now to boldly bring forward the revolutionary way out of the crisis, the proletarian seizure of power, pro- letarian dictatorship, a Soviet America, The bold putting forward of the revolutionary objectives of the Com- munist Party, popularizing these among the broadest masses, stressing the most serious work in the factories, in the trade unions, and among the unemployed, in an effort to wi the day-to-day demands of the workers. This is the road toward winning the | decisive majority of the American pro- | attention to the struggle against dis- | ’| tremendous organizational gains and phenomenal growth of the U. M. W.! | iow Pressure Wins } Release of Phila. Negro | | PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan. 22.—/ Freedom, at his second trial, from al sentence of two years’ imprisonment | jand a $500 fine was won last week | | tor Theodore Richards, Negro worker arrested nine months ago here at an open-air meeting to protest an evic-} tion. Richards was charged with incit-| ing to riot, and an appeal was taken by the I. L. D. from the sentence im- posed by Judge McDevitt, who for! some time had been out to “get” Richards. White and Negro workers packed the court at the hearing. Arrest 7 Defenders ‘Of Sacramento, Cal., Workers’ Center | Workers Resist Attack of Legionnaires and C.W.A. Foremen | SACRAMENTO, Calif, Jan. 21— Seven workers were atrested here for defending the Workers’ Educa-| tional Center against an organized } attack by a group of Legionaires. After telling the arrested workers to get out of town, the chief of police was forced to release them when the Legionaires failed to appear at the court to place charges against them. The attack was organized by Jack North, who is in charge of the C. W. A. Ben Ali project on the outskirts of Sacramento, after he had failed to intimidate workers on the job, who were distributing leaflets calling the workers to a meeting. On Jan, 6 a worker named Long handed a pamphlet by Anne Roches- ter to a fellow-worker. After circu- lating, the pamphlet fell into the hands of a stool-pigeon. When Long started to work on the following day he was ordered to go home by North. Meanwhile, the workers circulated leaflets calling the workers to a mass meeting. On the next day, North organized a@ gang to raid the Workers’ Center. They gathered for the attack on the hall when they thought it would be empty. A small group of workers were in the hall, however, themselves and the hall from attack. One of the workers and 15 or 20 of and defended | In the newest strike in California’s sun-blistere d Sabertal Valley, these lettuce workers are shown lined up just across the ditch from the fields where the bosses want them to continue their serfdom. Vi and hired deputies have failed to break the spirit which this picture shows so vividly. It is militant strikes like these which haye convinced more and more California workers and farmers of the effectiveness of the (See article by Sender Gariin on Page 6 of this issuc.) fighting program of the Communist Party. By H. M. | Sunday evening, Jan. 21, J. B. 3. Hardman, Louis ‘Budenz, Gerry Allard, Robert Levey and a few k | specially 35 inteliectual and white-collar workers the whys and wherefore of the new “American Workers’ Part: rectly and, naturally, soon as Hardman angrily demanded: doing here?” wanted to know what the “American Workers’ Party” had to offer to the workers. He couldn't quite get up the nerve to throw me out, and so I was permitted to stay showed up. As spotted me he “What are you the attackers were injured. In about 20 minutes the police ar- rived and arrested the workers for “inciting to riot.’ The workers were released when their attackers failed to appear at the court. SAN BERNARDINO, Cal.. Jan. 22. —More than 400 workers in the citrus belt, of which this city is the center, strike was called by the Cannery and Agricultural Workers’ Industrial Union in united front action with the Mexican Confederation of Labor. The strikers have been paid 3 and 4 cents a box, for picking, the equiv- alent of 20 cents an hour. They are demanding 60 cents an hour for orange pickers and packing house workers, a five hour minimum and eight hour maximum working day, elimination of contractors, elimina- tion of speed-up, picking sacks and clippers to be furnished free of charge, free transportation to and from the fields, recognition of the in- dustrial union, and hiring to be done through the union. Soon after the strike was called, the growers instigated police attacks | on the strikers and 12 pickets were arrested, Bail has been set as high} as $1,500 for a vagrancy charge. Students from Redlands University were on the picket lines with the strikers on Thursday, and succeeded in keeping about 65 workers from {scabbing. Officials of the university ae the students with expul- sion, [Coming Convention Will, Suppress Facts of N. M, Strike By PAT TOOHEY (Article 1.) The 38rd Consecutive and Consti- tutional Convention of the United Mine Workers of America will con- vene Jan. 23 in Indianapolis. The convention, no doubt, will be regaled with tales by the corrupt and reac- tionary leadership of Lewis of the A. in the West. U.M.W.A, Leaders Broke Strike But what are the facts regarding the role of the U.M.W.A. leaders in the West? Will the delegates be told about how the U.M.W.A. officials in Gallup and Utah were strikebreakers and agents of the operators in attempt- ing to smash the N. M. U, strike? Or of how the Wyoming miners who voted overwhelmingly in a referen- dum against a 20 per cent wage cut were blackjacked back to work on threat of expulsion and forced to ac- cept this wage cut? Or about when the Colorado miners struck against the “contract” signed by the U. M. W. A. leaders, in which every method of repression was used against them? Of course not! The delegates will not hear of these things. But the miners must know of the treachery and strikebreaking activity of the Hefferleys in Colorado; Fontechhio’s in Utah; Morgan, Lambert and Radilj in Wyoming and Utah. 400 Orange Pickers Strike for More Pay, walked out on strike last week. The | | Attack Communist Party | Hardman opened the meeting by | introducing Louis Budenz, who im- mediately proceeded to deliver a 45-minute speech, devoted for | vicious and unscrupulous manner the | Communist Party of America. When he wasn’t slandering the Party, he Unemployed Leagues in Ohio. When he finished, Hardman announced that the floor was. open for questions and d , BUT, he stated, no Communist yen the floor | {or be pe: way to take | {part in ion, that this ¥ med at me, I imme- diately sp! up and demanded the right to reply to all the lying slander that Bud had made about Party and it the Party wasn’t speaking the language and Marx were out of date so far as this country was concerned and finally ended with the conclusion that the C. P. U. S. A. was bankrupt and that the A. W. P. Was the party | that could lead the Knowing the group, he had | Sidney Hoo | had joined | this, one of the workers present uttered under his breath, is that whom they got?” who heard thi Wi ison As he Said’ yeuste and company to play with. Despise American Workers Hardman frequently had to come to tie up with him. | and Spenly: that it was un-/| constantly in hot wat fortun: udenz had men- he questions thet were pm it he A.W. P.j t i > pi men for-| On ecersion He n the New Mexico miners decided upon | the National Miners’ Union as the union of their choice. At one of | these meetings in Gallup, with local | speakers only and secret ballot, the N. M. U. received 475 and the U. M, W. A. only 26. Despite that, the bosses, city and county officials, | Chamber of Commerce and National Recovery Administration officials were actively smuggling in the United Mine Workers of America. The miners repudiated it and chose the N. M. U. Memory of the treachery and betrayal of 1922 of the U.M.W.A. leaders was still fresh in the miners’ minds. Regardless of the methods j used, the U. M. W. A. could muster no support from the Gallup miners, j aside from a handful of company | suckers, stool-pigeons and no-account elements, \ The employers correctly estimated that mass and militant struggles were inevitable if the National Miners’ Union gained leadership of the miners. This explains their interest opposed to the N. M. U. But Hef- ferley, who was appointed by Lewis well known to the miners of Penn- sylvania and Illinois as a wretch and rascal), was too cowardly and fearful .| of appearing before the miners and challenging the program and lead- ership of the National Miners’ Union. With the bosses, N. R. A, and C. of C. they tried to maneuver the miners into the U.M.W.A. An ex- ample of this was when this gang called an innocent appearing “N. R. A. Rally” and spread the word that “union speakers” would be there. in establishing the U. M. W. A. as} as District President (and who is| | failed to mention the heroic sti lights of the Muste clique met at | of the 14,000 miners in Mexico which |Hardman's house to explain to a|had been led by the C. P. invited group of about} Agricultural Workers ¢ some to | Grips with Iuaperial Valley Bosses ward as their “front.” | Before Hardman could stop me, I went on to ask Budenz why he had I asked whether that cirike proved the bank- | | Tuptey of the C. P. or the inability | | workers, I had found out about this indi-| I explained that I) the | 0 {| most part to slandering in the most | was ranting about the activity of the | Knowing | the | Budenz h: cd that the Com- munist Part Ss existed on fic- tions, that it had no fi ers in the | trade unions, that ns of self- j determination for groes in the Black Belt was h, that the | of the American workers, that Lenin | “My God, | Hardman, | . later took the floor | to the rescue of Budenz, who was | , by trying to cruits obt: of the Party to attract American And I further asked ke Build | whether the successful drive of the | Daily Worker for $40,000, which all over the country, bankruptcy of the C. P. stated that I was from Kalamazoo, Mich., places when I heard Budenz speak | about the activities of the Unem- | ployed League in Ohio. of in New York, I demand But by this time Ha led. came in smali change from workers |C. W. A.. gave two days wor proved the | most deserving. I further | papers were all agog over i ke the man in| there is from 120 to 150 at the subway who reads testimonials | Hast Rock Park. and such | into Worker’? Questions Fitdidtrass: ‘Nae Hevea CWA Musteites Forming New “Party” Men Improving Land { for Rich Penile Courts, Athletic Fields for Wealthy (By a C. W. Worker Correspondent) NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The Pork Barrel Actors, known better The ca) They are three different crowds. One} | crowd is digging out a hill and filling | Iman, white | attend |up a large valley with the sand. This Why hadn’t ‘will reclaim about four acres of land. | the Unemployed League been heard | When finished it is to be used by a ltarge crowd of female students that private school on ibaa a parents are Hill. = Thi | with anger, s s rights as} | owner of the house ai sisted that ! Hockey, light baseball and I stop. Then one of i worker: jae When th do obtained the floor and aeked Hord-|the park they a | ma “What questions is one al-|The police give them special protec- lowed to ask here?” tion. | To Aid A. F. of L. Officials ‘Another crowd is at wofk on the } : ; north side of th | Another worker ¢ e floor and | 5° building a a {inquired about the attitude of the/ of ground ae ered iden, fa ‘This wood. When done this is going as answered by Budenz. ed! to be us y the Archers / A. F. of L. but at the same time| tion a work as an op; ition group. The sent immediately other workers pr don him, their idea of building the A. F, of L. means working with the bureaucra and is certainly not working in the aterests of the workong class nother worke 9 stated that he, had a tradition 200 years of New England bac! ke for about ten minutes to point out that the lanzuage of the C. P. was not foreign to him, that in fact all the workers | he came in contact with understood | cleacty its aims and its program and | that the only function the A. W. P. could have would be to disrupt the unity of the workers at a time when they were showing greater and} nced that the A. W. another toy for Hardman, miners against the N. M. U. But the trick failed. Only four miners out of 1,500 attended this “rally” and they attended on union instructions to see what happened. On Aug. 28, climaxing an intensive organizational campaign which em- braced the great majority of Gallup miners, all N. M. U. locals presented demands to the bosses, which were rejected and a strike called, The strike closed all mines tightly, Bosses Help U.M.W.A. Heads Out of these 1,500 miners the U. Swikebroaking In New Mexico By an overwhelming majority vote ‘gether where Hefferiey, The scheme was to get the miners to- surrounded M. W. A. had about 40 members. A few were sincere rank and file miners pointing out: that |; ——-—- a still | PAT TOOREY by the city, county, N. R. A. and bosses’ officials, could pump the |° about 45 years of crawling out of a tight spot, stated \that the mentality of the American workers was developing b: ‘instead of forward and tha |W. P. would have to use artific’ twin him over. Someone then asked whether he expect win the ; workers over by fooli | When Hardman saw that the meet- ing wasn’t coming off as he had ex- | pected he took the floor and made a ‘long demagogic appeal, stating! frankly that this move in organizing the A.W.P. may be considered oppor- tunistic, but, he asked, “What of He also admitted that they had d y little proares Never- praised Trotsky The meeting broke up with no re- pt two f. of | two whom ith the N. R. A who had been forced into joining by | rushed to Gallup hospital with eye-/ Reese heer | bosses’ threats of being fired unless they joined., The strike brought out | these members also. The U. M. W. A. leaders in- stantly showed their colors as boss instruncents. Hefferley sent a tele- gram from Denver, addressed to William Ferguson, a most shady and unscrupulous character in Gal- lup. This wire condemned the strike and instrected all members of the U.M.W.A. to return to work immediately, But the sincere U. M. W. A. mem- | bers refused to return. Only the | company suckers, agents of the bosses went back. Angered by the refusal of the rank and filers to scab, Bill | Reese, notorious scab-herder and | company stool-pigeon, who was U. M. W. A. “leader,” issued his famous call to action. This “Call to Action” condemned the U, M. W. A. members who refused to scab and demanded they either scab at once of be ex- pelled from the U. M. W. A. | All this time the U.M.W.A. “lead- jers,” Reese, Statham, etc., enjoyed ‘covery privilege of holding "meetings, organizing, visiting camps—all of martial law and soldiers. Why not? Were they not a part of the strike- breaking machine of the coal com- panies and state? Reese was active during the strike. Very active. One of his jobs was that of chauffeuring carloads of scabs from Gallup to the mine up the high- way and through mass picket lines of the N.M.U. stretched in gauntlet form along the highway. One day Reese earned himself an unforgettable reputation, Going through the picket lines he sprayed divided | ¥ Ylorder to be eligible for if very | highly” and revretted not being ied which the strikers were denied by/ “1(Porto. Rico. Send Delega U nemploy ed To Demand Jobless Insurance at Minn. Mass Demonstration MINNEAPOLIS, Mi —The Unemployed Jan. is or- 20 ganizing a m demonstration for unemployment insurance on | Jan. 26, at 9 a before the City Council cham The rators will demand that Council en Unemployment ance Bill, which will be presen’ Insur- e the ted Ee to the Pre: gress and the Senate b: ates at the | National Convention st Un- loyment, to be held in Wash- ton on Feb. 3, 4 and send-off mass meeting Minnesota delegates to th tional Convention will be held on Saturday evening, Jan. 28, at the Metal Workers’ Hall, 329 Cedar Ave., South. Young Workers Call Meets To Fight for Relief or CWA Jobs To Hold Women’s less Conference on Sunday NEW YORK.—All Home Relief ius here, after the continued nd pr struggies *f the jol- less youth, which culm in the actions of the young workers of Brooklyn and the Werkers E: | vicemen's League in nd | winning the prom started to register akers Yet this move Home Relief that the vic § a pioyed workers of New York is sured. Although registrations taking place, the Home has not pul change in policy, won only in inst: _joung workers haye t t by sung unemployed workers. In relief, the single worker must have a place to {cook food. Also, relief, it is under- stood, will be given out in the form of food baskets. Single unemp! workers, who have no c which to cook the fo Home Relief Bureau is d single workers must eat, criminated against. Young workers should immediately call conferences of all single unem- ployed workers to demand cash lief for all the jobless Benjamin to Speak at Boro Hall Meet Herbert Ben, in, National Organ- izer of the Une! yed Councils, will | |Speak at a boro meeting of single and unemployed workers to be held} | Thursday, Jan. 25, at Central Hall, | 196 State St., Brooklyn, at 8 p.m. ch the ng the are to be | Delegates will be elected to the} ional Convention Against Unem- | ent to be held in Washington | N ploy on Feb. 3, 4 and 5. Williamsburg Conference of Young Workers The single jobless w liamsburg of all single unempoyed workers at | the Progressive Workers Club, 159 | Sumner St., on Wed., Jan. 24, at 8| p.m. Demands for the continuance of the C.W.A. ‘s of Wil- Job- | djto C. W. are calling a conference | We at Coa tes to Feb. 3 Convention ¥ ork “Send-off Arena on Feb. 1; Call for Funds (New at NEW YORK.—Credentials for de | egates from Porto Rico, Colorado ang jaho received in one morning indi- ate the widespread response to the 1 Convention Against Unem- The Eorto Rican a ploymer Denver are from the and one from an A. F. of 1. Two delegates from Coeur , Idaho, represent the Work- farmers York delegation to the ntion will have a send-off meet- at the St. icholas Arena at @ on Feb. 1. New England delegation will esent at this meeting. The National Committee of the Unemployed Councils urges all organ- | izations to send representatives to the meeting with donations to help cover the expenses of the delegates. “The send-off meeting must demonstrate that the workers of New York are behind the Unemployed Convention and their demands for immediate relief and unemployment insurance,” the statement of the National Com- mittee declares. “Show that you are with your fellow workers. Get your organization to make a contribution Come to the send-off meeting! Bulfalo Meetings Protest Lay-Ofis, _ Pay Cuts on CWA | Demonstrate Wednesday In 7 Halls; Relief Union Active BUFFALO, N. Y., Jan. 22—Mass meetings in seven halls throughout the city will be held here on Wednes- Jan. 24, and Thursday, Jan. 25, protesting against the Roosevelt ‘abandonment of the C. W. A. pro- gram and the mass lay-offs and wage At these meetings the reason offs and wage cuts will be explained, and a campaign started for the Workers’ Unemployment In- surance Bill, The Relief Workers’ Protective Associati is issuing 10,000 leaflets A. workers and employed and unemployed workers against the wage cuts and lay-offs. The leafiets call upon the workers to discuss these questions during their lunch hour and at the relief stations. The demands of the workers. which are raised in the leaflets, call for immedjate organization of all C. WwW. A. we to resist this newest Roosevelt a tack upon the workers, and that, in the event of lay-off, workers all be placed on relief im- mediately at the same rate as Was the pay. | Support the National Convention Against Unemployment, Feb. 3, im Washington, D. C. be ra! a The Women's mittee of the Unemployed Coun the Trade Union Unity League, and the United Council of Working Class Women, | have issued a joint call fora Women’s | Unemployment Conference to be held at Irving Plaza, Sunday, Jan. 26. Rone to the National Convention | sight endangered. | ‘Was Reese arrested, although the | \soldiers were present and witnessed this? He was not. Captain Harrison janswered the pickets’ demand that | Reese be arrested with, rved right.” fou wer’ at full speed, purpos: kets, no matter if they or kids. | Messrs. Reese, e women |of their breed performed another ser- | {site for tre ¢ bosses of sup. That en. th jnands with tie have the troops retained in Gallup. } Has any miner eyer witnessed the U.M.W.A. pleading for the retention | of soldiers in a strike zone? |happened in Gallup. Thirty-six hours after the strike lup and martial law was declared. The strike was called an “insurrec- tion” and Governor Seligman ordered the troops to “execute the laws and suppress insurrection.” A part of his | proclamation says: “There is a condition existing in McKinley County, State of New Mexico, regarding the activity of sundry and various persons several- ly and collectively in defiance of law and organized society and goy- ernment, tending to disrupt and de- stroy the same by force and vio- lence, which activity has reached such proportions that it is affecting the welfare of the State of New Mexico,” ete. The “insurrection” was simply that the miners presented demands to the bosses, they were rejected and a strike occurred. Such is insurrection under the New Deal! Meetings of all kinds the pickets with a deadly acid. Some 35 men, women and children were | prohibited, picketing not allowed and s On other days Reese would drive his car through the lines} ing to hit| was $100,000. The militia tried to Statham and others } joined | jaunched -a 2s in fighting to | throughout the state for withdrawal Western UMWA Leaders Herded Scab Aided aa: in Gallup Acid On Pickets, Praised Martial Law the union driven underground. Five | hundred dollars daily was the cost of the troops and the ultimate coss | choke the union and smash the strike. Openly the militia was the instru- ment of the employers. Demand Troops Withdraw The N.M.U. and Communist Party vigorous campaign of the troops and restoration of civil | righ Various A. F. of b, unions, |railroad brotherhoods, the New Mex- That | ico Federation of Labor and various newspapers supported the demand. As a result, a tremendous pressure was called, troops detrained in Gal-|was brought on the Governor to withdraw the troops. Plainly, the Governor and state was on the run and further use of troops could not | be excused even by bourgeois circles. To prevent withdrawal of ‘the | troops, the bosses mobilized their \forces and initiated a campaign to \force their retention. Side by ee |with the bosses and Chamber’ | Commerce there appeared the talks tion of Reese, Statham and other |scab leaders of the “United Mine | Workers of America.” They pleaded with the Governor to keep the troops in Gallup, that “we want to work }and not be interfered with,” “that the compenies are treating us good and we do not want to strike,” etc. So, again, the U.M.W.A. leadership aligned themselves with the employ- ers in an effort to smash the strike by keeping the soldiers in Gallup and martial law in effect. (To Be a