The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 26, 1934, Page 2

Page Two JANUARY 26, 1934 DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK. FRIDAY. Hail Friends of Soviet Union Deleg ates, New Star Casino, Tonight GUTTERS OF NEW YORK Waldorf St 5 rike Solid; Strike Meet Approves Plan for Gen’l Strike! Indusirial Union Urges United Front for General Strike A Ww YORK 1,000 In- ag sociation, he Hotel was also me day been re- ranks are solid . the speakers, eral strike, decisive strike com- Strike; Fi Eight-Page Club Meets Sat. Night r a dinner de Moun- d Ave., at 6 UMW Opposition in Lead for Right To shts Lewi (Continued from Page 1) organizers of Ohio, made an at~ tack on Bohus’ integrity as a union man. To his surprise the charge fell flat even at this convention consisting of a substantial number of hard boiled Lewis supporters, Bohus again took the floor and ably answered Pacefico, The ma- chine moved quickly to block off further discussion and to appease he delegates through a misleading solution, preceded by a statement from Lewis that the U.M.W.A. is not against strikes, voted on its Police Witnesses Contradict Selves In Powers Trial) eader of Unemployed Faces Frame-Up for 1932 Demonstration NEW YORK. out toda e Powers the fi court, Pow & police reporter the | to the Mayor's office because | Mayor did not care to see people of that type.” It is a known fact McCauliffe, the chief witnesses for the prosecution is |the leading vicious police attache against unemployed workers notably | in the evictions of unemployed fami- | lies. | At today’s proceedings, witnesses | for the defense will be called. It is | the duty of all unemployed workers |to answer the call of the Interna- | tional Labor Defense to pack the Hails the Sts. Part 8 top floor. in protest Just a Drop in the Bucket! Trade Union Unity League courtroom at Franklin and Centre| 10,000 in Chicago Meeting Greet Veteran Poyntz of the \Farmer Labor Local | ‘Elects Delegate to, | Jobless Conventic (Continued from Page 1) | articipate | ¢ York dele- | Convention jover New will be giv gation to the Billy of New Haven Against Unemr OT all of our readers, by structure of the so-calle this country. The leading Un with officers who range fre shysters who hang onto th of a low type. Some of ther England | Baltimore, r ere and arriving in ¥ ngton in time for the opening session of the | convention on Saturday morni: night | contributions to help cover expenses of delegates. Speakers at the meeting will in- their staunchest supporters. Y }see these gentlemen along with | other big shots at almost every Ja of the Herald-Tribune being among a long shot, are familiar with the d “amateur” sports movement of sport body in these more or less ed States is the Amateur (gawdelpus) Athletic Union, om leading army officers to plain * eir sinecures, petty little peale are very consciously building ul) a “disinterested Ss, ed j_It is planned to m the New ai Sa rey aa else RB Re ards ESET that e time arrest of Pow- York meeting a demonstration of | their organization as an anti-? oo orn spuliditig garth Ge tinoe ers he was working for the City News + pe of the Pebbeiaene Rau ae labor fascist weapon — andr was reinstated after putting up a t n nbs Cour’ t gates Vashing show- * 1 f: 7 ea 5 and stationed at Tombs Court. Power line deaeanes to Washington, show- | here their top leaders must be stiff argument. was arrested April 21, for incit- shetty Ne hes wi S are | ies e * . ing to riot.” | behind the demands for unempl included— “WHREE weeks later I fought at the alae aR eas SD oe . ediate relief, | officialdom HREE weeks late ght at the The star witness for the prosecu- pet tea ea ed ea ar adap FIST ; New York A. C. I was in the tion, David McCauliffe, chief deputy as well as extension of the C. W. A. | in it. ‘ iressing ri i 0. ra \ t Receeatbe jobs, which the convention will de-| Both types t as ruthle peep pepe eg lg ete inspector, highlighted the proceedings need calodiatings Napicst in on, and one of the fights before mine of the afternoon session when he was Sheet Pre) ampathetic | Possible wa: intense love of the |@nded in a knockout, so that I forced to retract his testimony which : aoe _ All worsinig. clase ey Pol cite Ariavicat for ap Of |tushed in getting dressed. One o was in contradiction to that which he Sean TEES Gott cet ein | Solilee. fhe sha: hands the head officials of the A. A. U. gave in the lower courts several j 1G" bare sain “sible em ue eto | and active suppor, of the cap! came iato the room, bawling me out | months ago, He was forced to dec DXATH| cipport the convention by’ sending | Dress, Atihur Daley of the ‘N.Y, | because I was not already in the rine, | that “the delegation of unemplo, ” ps . ives to the meeting with |Times sports siaff and J. Abramson | (The procedure in amateur fighting | led by Powers was refused admittance ie | representatives to the meeting with | po! Ss! g ‘amso} in New York City was to box two men night.) As it happened, I knocked out my first opponent in the first round. In order to get a watch, the il clude I. Amter, Natior Secretary | 4 4 " ize. ry vi . | eae *| A. A. U. or Olympic Committee con- | first prize, I had to win another att. Se ers DEL SS of ae jer accbeence wont |ference, Bill Henry, sports editor | match. When my second bout came , Sam_ Gon- iter New York Un- , who was recently head of the organizing committee the Tenth Olympics Games F. of L. Committee on Unemploy. }ment Insurance, and Juliet Stuart Trade Union Unity e: ele Council. who presume to claim jurisdicti jof the Los Angeles Times, was the _ The | |ATURALLY enough, these people up. ebout 40 m |out the second round. tes later, I knocker nan in the second of r ; ory tae gle News and Chicago “The next day Ben Levine, the R ve ¢ F fg ye | aased irom Prison, H. Macawain Tribune won't let you enter a| matchmaker, suspended me indet- eturn oO OSTEET | 21 the League of Strugele for ¢80|Golden Gloves tournament unless| initely. This was in 1931. I soon Rights, Louis Weinstock of the A. you're registered with the A. A | left New York and travelled to Cleveland, Ohio. I had two profes- sional fights in Cleveland. Then I returned to Syracuse, N. Y., fight- ing as an amateur again through- Uv. | against the attempts of the police to railroad Powers to a long prison term. 1,000 Fur Workers substitute, which read: “That we oppose any State In- dustrial Court Law seeking to de- prive the workers of fundamental and inherent rights. We are com- mitted in principle and by wage : 9 ents t sent National Sater sett te ane | Surprise Secret wage agreements made there- . herefore, we hereby = law and agreements as the most enlightened and beneficial confu The Hotel and Re NEW YORK. — Learning of the | over “amateur” sports in the United States, reflect every major prejudice | * | Revolutionary Leader aap eerouh daaaie ne See Women’s Unemployed Meet i i ris hanged back is e: to see. NEW YORK, N. Y¥.—Thousands hat anxiety the revolu- | NEW YORK—The Women’s Com- piegehies agp society. The| Chimses preteoioanh fighter, I re- steel, railroad, mine and youn trade ement is) of the Unemployed Councils | Stock phrases about equality for all ceived $5 or $10 a bout. As an ers all over the country are v somplete recovery, We a women’s {{% the A. A. U, are brought out on 5 “amateur,” in Syracuse, I used to get from $15 to $125 a fight. When Governor Lehman put amateur boxing under the control of the gala occasions, but the Negro ath- | Ietes within the A. A. U. know better. (Can't the boxers at the fact that now you) cor nce on to give us more guidanve| held at Irving ving Place, Sunda to William Z. Foste: 'y of the Trade Unio: upon his return fi their greeti to be . and . 28th, at the Soviet Union where he has been} ing and for which re preparing.”|}1 p, m. | fits, thouanay esos ie Tie cc New York Athletic Commission, recuperating | a NATIONAL EXECUTIVE BOARD! Delegates will be sent from wo- ¥ ee ‘ ok killed by Telegrams of greetings and welcome! Net ill be ser Wo-/ment from a New Haven Necro| after Ernie Schaaf was ‘RADE UNION UNITY LEAGUE) men’s unemployed groups, women’s C. W. A. and C, W. S. projects, and office workers union Carnera, amateur boxing was all washed up in central New York. I left Syracuse for New York City.” boxer, a reader of the Daily Worker. In its forthright simplicity, it’s a damning indictment of the so-called have been pouring in almost cease- lessly. Upon JACK STACHEL, Acting Secretary. | the of its General) eturn ” 9 "abe 1 hae hi Chicago Greets Foster The, conference will elect dele-|leaders of the Amateur Athletic ndusty.2l Union at a mass meeting) for our members and our union.” ‘whereabouts of @ secret conference |Secretary William Z. Foster, from the| i ‘ “4 oe ¢ Goer night at Br ail, elected @| Despite hundreds of dele-|to be held between the A. F. of L. |Soviet Union, the National Executive | CHICAGO, Ill—Workers gathered| gates to the National Convention | Union. Tt needs no comment. CONCERT committee to go to the Amalgamated | gates, through their negative vote | Joint Council and the representa-|Board of the Trade Union Unity |St @ Lenin Memorial meeting at Mra Be lerree . Haus dniceateatitin ree ° ° Dg | oF Union and appeal for unity and a| ocr abstention on the substitute, indi-| tives of the fur bosses associations, |Legaue adopted the following resolu- | Coliseum in Chicago sent the xO oe state C. W. A. offices on Tuesday, | “J AM.” writes Billy C. of New CHAMBER MUSIC joint committee for a real general) cated their wish for the original |More than 1,000 fur workers of the | tion of greeting: lowing greeting to William Z, al SOK; “of eivisved arid secre Haven, “a young Negro boxer. I Given By Spreading the strike inside the Wal-| domement of Bone tnesch’ tor She| Union, matched on the Hotel New| ret’ yastinal, Hxscutive Board | “ive, ten thousand workers of | Ploved woraen, and wives of ©. W. a. started amateur boning in New York|l{ 94, SAMO OY spreading th ike inside the Wal-| dorsement of Bohus’ speech for the| Union marched on the Ho greets your return from the Soviet | ae oe wor ay _ | City in , at the age of 15. etree! Only through: &. united unconditicns! right to acike | Yorker, invaded lobbies and cor-|tnion, and we all feel a great joy in| apart) peered ee Serre Raussen yaad lay-offs and recely- |i an, 1 have had about 60 amateur — PROGRAM — front and a united strike committee Praise Resolutions jridors and finally forced the con-|the knowledge that you are on the| an ie the Pest aT Z bouts, 20 of which I fought under ||} 1, mandolin Ensemble, Samuel Pursiman, it be possible to wage an effec- sanlaitris ference to discontinue, after loudly way to complete recovery and will,| Versary 0 ie loss of our great euieewin was re ais the A, A. U. regulations, receiving conductor. Many were pushed through praising the U.M.W.A. and | union but their own. its officialdom. A resolution de-| The fur workers surprised manding that the autonomy of the| fur posses in conference with Lucchi, local unions be restored presented | Begoon, Goldstein of the Joint Coun- by Local 661 of Hannah City, Tl. | cit and Hugh Frayne, the decrepit | |Was “referred to the Executive| organizer of the State Federation of | | Committee.” Other resolutions for|tabor, when they marched into the | e struggle against the powerful | protesting their refusal to join any hotel bosses, the hotel and restaurant industrial union pointed out. The union urges that the strikers work their economic demands as a ral- int for struggles in other hotels. It called on all hotel workers to aid the strike by picketing and to oj we hope, very soon be able to fully icipate in the work of the organ- tion that you, more than else, laid the foundation for and to build to its present position of influ- ence and strength. It was your inspira- tion and guidance that in the last year of tremendous struggles in helped anyone | leader Lenin, send hearty revolu- tionary greetings of welcome to our | beloved chairman of the C. P. | U. S. A, William Z. Foster. { We | welcome you back to the head of | the revolutionary workers of Amer- ica and pledge to go forward with you under the banner of Lenin, | PEACE ON EARTH Henri Barbusse says: “I shall write and talk about this play in France.” CIVIC REPERTORY Thea, 14th 8. & 6th Ay. WA. 9-7450. Evgs. 8:45. c to $y 50 NO Mats, Wed. & Sat, 2:20. BO 1) tax Allerton Avenue Comrades! watches as prizes. Then I was sus- ||]? Duets, Minne Hafter, plano, Mathew pended by the A. A. U., because I was winning all my fights. One night I fought a white fighter in Long Island, ||] 4. Pisno Solos, Minna Hafter. who was the favorite. I knocked the ||| Friday, Jan. 26th, at 3:30 p, m. boy out in the first round, and bel At the fans threw bottles and sticks in the ring, showing the antagonism that International babel apibirtansad! | had ar ed a poge ne ene ae or, Brighton, Beach Aven, Brooklyn ers. After this fig! was immedi- Kahan, mandolin. 3. Trio, Samuel Furstman, Minna Hatter, Mathew Kahan. Sponsored, Brighton Beach Br. 139 I.W.0. ately suspended from the A. A. U. I Admission 25c. | received a letter to report at the | oN The Modern Bakery R tad | oiling the machinery were likewise | room. whi rea ‘ ici | Organized workers in stockyards, prevent a ping. referred to the Executive Commit-| "The hotel manager appeared on | “nich Peed ae Ca eet cl | steel mills, railroad, Negro, white and tee. A resolution, the clauses of/the scene and hearing cries of |the growing problems with which our | Yong workers, to win for our pro- s which pointed out that Andrew /|“racketeers” ordered the conferces organization is confronted. Today,| °f2™ in the AF, P., organized ney S€es far y Mellon, “who,” the resolution said, | out of the hotel. Frayne expressed |more than ever, we need you actively | Strussle against imperialist war, J “boasted of having three presidents | resentment ‘¢1en called a racketeer | for defonse of the Soviet Union. Japan-USS.R. War (Continued from Page 1) ~-we need 102 ships. The Vinson bill would authorize them. I’m going to vote for it.” Want 660 New War Planes ‘Thus the Roosevelt administration feverishly speeds actual preparations | for war. Only yesterday the House | in almost record time passed a $295,000,000 Navy the next fiscal y With the cer- tain passage of the Vinson bill, the total of Roosevelt appropriations and authorized for the Navy will stand at $1,015,0000,000. But that is not all. Today the House Naval Affairs Com- | mittee, headed by Representative Carl Vinson of Georgia, author of the Vin- | son five-year construction program, heard navy big shots demand still! another building program—for new] navy airplanes. Rear Admiral Will-| iam H. Standley, Chief of Naval Op- erations, declared he must have 660 new airships, in addition to the 1,000 now being proposed. The Navy re- cently received $7,500,000 of “Public serve under him, having Coolidge and Hoover refund from the U. 8, Treasury in the form of excess in- come tax, millions of dollars to him, was cut down to one clause on the soldiers’ bonus. The bonus resolution, which mentioned the “standing debt of the U. S. govern- ment to the veterans” was tabled to be taken up later in the conven- tion.” Dodge Tabulating Locals Four resolutions were introduced appropriation for | demanding that all local, district | nd national officials be tabulated in the Mine Workers Journal, was carefully put aside. Delegates Listiess Many delegates are sitting around indifferently talking and reading newspapers, while the machine clicks. The Daily Worker correspondent was threatened with a “cracked skull” yesterday and barred from the convention by Lewis and the “sergeant of arms,” The “Daily” reporter had covered the first day of the gathering from the visitors’ gallery, but when he seemed to be |in the post of General Secretary. The by a rank and filer, and asked the | numerous requests from our organi- fur workers whom they thought they | zations and rank and file workers, were addressing. jespecially miners and steel workers The conference was finally broken | up by the police with the bosses and | the A. F. of L, fakers slinking out | of the hotel. Mass Protest Wins As the workers left the hotel they [tounge tend drove tens one the : [pees “ws Sore em ow Prompt Relief For |Tag Days for National | Jobl ess in Pitts Unemployed Convention | 5 (Continued from Page 1) | NEW YORK.—The Unemployed | | Councils of New York appeal to the | members of all working class organi- etc., must be taken care of the | zations to participate in the tag days da: 3 hat the committee brings in the to send the New York delegates to the | “C™plaint. National Convention Against Unem-| It was agreed that a federation be ployment to be held in Washington| proposed to other unemployed or- on Feb. 3, 4 and 5. January 26, 27,|Sanizations which will set up a joint and 28 have been set aside as tag minittee for going down to welfare days. | offices, county relief boards and so on. Collection cans and credentials may | " 7 be obtained from the following pr |the relief board. The question of , 2 same day at the Unemploye apnea reese Wome clk: ay; | Council presents them represents a great victory for the Unemployed All the proposals were adopted by} was first to settle Bread Strike and first to sign with the FOOD WORKERS’ INDUSTRIAL UNION 691 ALLERTON AVE‘ RICKOFF'S PHARMACY 116 Second Ave., cor. 7th St. Prescriptions Filled by Registered Pharmacists DR YDOOK 4-7755 Long live the C. P. U.S. A.! BILL GEBERT. Chairman of Meeting. City Even DRESSMAKERS OPEN FORUMS Three Mass Open Forums Will Be Held Sunday, Jan. 28 SUITS | | BROWNSVILLE.—H. Koretz, assistant sec- | retary of the N.T.W.LU., will speak at the | Hinsdale Workers Club, 512 Sutter Ave. Sub- | ject, “Dual Unionism and the Role of the | Lovestonettes.”” | ! aeeeteete i | . BRONX.—I. Weissberg, manager, Dress | | Department, N.T.W.LU., will speak on “The | | Present Stoppage in the Dress Trade for | | Flat Prices and What Is Behind Them,” at | the Bronx Workers Club, 1610 Boston Road, at 11 am, 3. J. MORRIS, Inc. GENERAL FUNERAL DIRECTORS —— %¢ SUTTER BROO! WILLIAMSBURGH.—J. Goldman, organizer n Med Be Dress Department N.T.W.LU., will speak on “The Present Stoppages in the Dress Trade for Flat Prices and What Is Behind Them,” at the Workers Club, 285 Rodney St., Brook- lyn, at 11 am. C.W.A. MEETING TONIGHT C.W.A. workers will protest wage cuts Phone: Dickens 9-1273—4—5 Night Phone: Dickens 6-5360 For International Workers Order FULL OVERCOATS All Garments Are Strictly Union Made Work: money for building navy | the center of attention by the John planes. Standley also reported that; L. Lewis watchmen, decided to cover the Navy found ways to expand its/it at the regular press table. He air base at Sunnyvale, on the Pacific} got no further than the entrance Coast, under the C.W.A. program, | to the auditorium, when one of the and he added that new additions to| two heavy-set “gentlemen” suggest~ the Hawaiian Islands base is “needed. ‘W. 40th St.; French Workers’ Club, 304 W. 58th St.; Waterfront, 410 W. 19th St.; West Side Workers’ Club, 210 W. 68th St.; Lower Harlem Coun- cil, 63 E. 104th St.; Tenth St. Block] Committee, 283 E. Tenth St.; Upper Councils. Delegates Elected A number of delegates have al- ready been elected from Pittsburgh to the National Convention Against While high American officials represented as feeling relieved Foreign Minister Hirota of Japan's recent assumption of a placating at-| titude toward America—publicly—it | is well understood here that the| United States is not being swayed by| it in private war preparations. Thus,| ed that “get out of here, you son of or we'll crack your skull.” now barred from the con- The local press headlined @ rumor that an Illinois miner had threatened Lewis’ life, therefore, ex- tra guards were placed in the hall, This is seen as a call for police as- vention. |Harlem Council, 109 W. 133d St.;|Unemployment. Among those elected | Washington Heights Council, 4046|are three delegates from the Steel Broadway. | Workers’ Union, one from the Food | _ Brooklyn—Boro Park Council, 4109 | Workers, two from the Packinghouse | 13th Ay.; Brownsville Council, 237| Workers, two from the International Powell St.; Williamsburg Council, 61| Workers Order of Western Pennsyl- Graham Ave.; Brighton Beach Coun- | Vania, two from Unemployed Citizens |cil, 87 Bay 25th St.; Coney Island | Leagues and one from the Indepen- sistance in “handling” i even the National Council for Pi delegate ei eens vention of War, a bourgeois pacifist} pn organization, issued a statement t PERSONALS” | Council, 2784 W. 27th St.: Crown|dent Unemployed Citizens League, 25 | Heights Council, 1777 Atlantic Ave. | Bronx—Middle Bronx Council, 1400} | Boston Rd.; East Bronx Council, 2800 |delegates from Unemployed Councils. Locals of unemployed organizations and layoffs at @ mass meeting of the Re- Met Workers tonight at 8 p.m. In the Am- basgidor Hall, Claremont Parkway and 3rd Ave., Bronx. Don’t fail to attend. ¥.0.L, HOLDS MEETING Lenin Memorial meeting will be held at the Savoy Mansion, Friday, Jan. 26 at 3 p.m. This meeting is held under the joint auspices of Units 7 and 10 of the C.P. and the Y.C.L. Adm. 15¢, Soe ee EARL BROWDER TO SPEAK Earl Browder will speak at the first an- niversary celebration of Section 7 O.P. Sat- urday, Jan. 27, 8 p.m. at International Workers Club, 723—Sth Ave., near 23rd 8t., Brooklyn. A good program and entertain- ment has been arranged. delegates nearest them in egch local- ity and send their credentials along. € COHENS’S 111 ORCHARD STREET Nr. Delancey Street, New York City EXAMINED Wholesale Opticians ae awauean Tel. ORehard 4-4520 Factory on Promises DR. JULIUS LITTINSKY 107 BRISTOL STREET Bet, Pithis and Sutter Aves, Breckiyn PHONE: DICKENS 2-3012 Optometrist appreciate exceptional” value. The dey asserting that the Vinson pro- which haye approved the convention Such delegates will have to submit a/ BRONX WORKERS, ATTENTION! Creditor’s Sale |i STRICTLY HAND-TATLORED $18.50 $16.50 CHOICE OF ENTIRE HOUSE NEW STYLES AND PATTERNS, HAND- FINISHED, FINEST WOOLENS AND ENGLISH DRAPES. $30.00 VALUES FOR $16.50 AND $18.50. COME EARLY FOR SELECTION Also Ask to See Our Deluxe Models This Sale Is For A Short Time Only VIX CLOTHES SHOP 1015 SOUTHERN BOULEVARD (Near Simpson St. Station) BRONX, N. Y, ‘We are placing this ad in the Daily Worker because we feel the readers will Daily Worker will receive regular advertise- ments if the readers will co-operate—mention the Daily Worker. PHIL YOUNG, wire or phone the jabora- | BtOnx Park E.; Lower Bronx Council, tory immediately. Very important. Herb. 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