The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 9, 1934, Page 3

iB ChicagoGroups Forge, United Front Fight on Lynching, Jim Crow Conference Sabotaged by Negro Reformist Leaders OMICAGO, Feb, $—One hundred Gelegetes, representing 46 organisa tics, attended the Scotteboro anti- lynehing conference at the Forum Hall last Saturday. The Conference adopted pians to intensify the fight against the fascist lymioh terror, and elected a committee of 14 to organize mass protest actions ‘6 smash jimcrow practices on C.W.A. jobs and all forms of anti-Negro dis- cfitination in the city. Plans were for popularizing the Bill of its, drawn up by the League of Struggle for Negro Rights and pre- sented to Roosevelt: and Congress by the Scottsboro marchers, Organizations represented include the League of Struggle for Negro Rights, two churches, one local of the Committee on Unemploy- ment; Local 14 of the Cigar Makers’ Union, A. F. of L.; Bakery and Con- tectionery Workers Union, Local 237; the Communist Party; the Croatian Fraternal Union, Local 202; the In- ternational Labor Defense; Packing House Workers’ Industrial Union; ‘Trade Union Unity League; the Young Communist League; and the Ambassador Social Club. Although invited to participate in the fight against lynching, the Na- tional Association for the Advence~ ment of Colored People, the Universal Negro Improvement Association, and the Ministerial Alliance sent no dele- gates. This despite the promises of the last two organizations to support the anti-lynching action, and the wide 5 for the conference by (he rank and file of the U.N.LA. Striking Steamship | Crew Forces Owner To Offer More Pay : Greylock Strike Goes On as Unemployed Picket Docks BALTIMORE, MG—The crew ot he steamer Greylock, chartered by the Luckenback line, which came out On stfike Tuesday, has alfeady been offered & $10 increase in wages, which however docs nob meet the atiginal demands, the scale called for in the M. W. I. U. code. The strike is being continued for the original jemands, This sitike; and that of the Mun- somo, are receiving the militant and active support. of the unemployed “eamen, who at the same time are conducting a successful struggle for thé establishment of a Central Ship- ping Buro, with a roto system of shipping controlled directly by the slected committees of seamen. Thru ‘heir umited efforts they have forced shipping sharks to have men chipped porte, Standard Oi! is being pick- i ‘that ne a up on a ipping sharks to see that there is 0 back door shipping. The Matine Workers Industrial Union in all North Atlantic ports is warning all seamen that they must refuse to accept jobs oft any ship in Baltimore. The fight for the Central Shi; Buro, controlled by the is peitig: i cause winning this demand means abolition of the blacklist system, the snd of diserimination in giving out jobs, and we step forward in the somplete eli tion of the scab derding sttppine masters, fn ENEENNS | Ten New Subs Gained by 2 Illinois Units in First Spurt of Drive BERWYN, Ill—Ten new sub- seribers for the Datly Worker were secured in this small town by Units 4 and 5 during the first few days of activity in the pres- ent circulation drive. 1 The workers here are taking ad- vantage of the, special trial sub- seription offered during the cam- paign for one month of the daily +] edition for 50 cents. Those taking these subs offers Will be followed up for regular subscriptions. Berwyn will do its utmost to gain more new subs and help put the circulation drive over the top. Farmers Hit A.A.A. Milk Code, Exposing Big Trust Profits Shirley Wynne, Former Health Commissioner, in Pay of Trust NEW YORK—Feb. 8.—Declaring that What the Agricultural Admin- istration Act should do is consider the humah needs of the farmers and Workers and not the maintenance of the Milk Trust's profits, Fred A. Briehl, dairy farmer and member of the New York State Farmers Gom- mittee for Action and of the Execu- tive Committee of the Farmets Na’tl Committee for Action, presented yes- terday the first testimony on behalf of the real interests of the farmers in the three days of the AAA, milk hearing now taking place The hearing is on the new agree. ment Whith the A.A.A. ts proposing ‘ot the New York milk shed. It would set prices for the farmers but not for | the consumers; tt would give the Sec- retaty of Agriculture Practically un- limited power in setting prices and effecting production curtailment. The agreement also retains the classified price plan by which dealers are pro- tected against any loss in market the milk and by which the farmer stands that loss. In line with the policy of the Roosevelt administration the agreement results in the forcing 9A au wg ae into the Dairymen’s ague, the co-operative ‘h controlled by Bordens, co Briehl pointed out that the farmers’ matket was not thé dealer bit the city worker, that instead of seeking fo guarantee the dealers’ profit the AAA. shotild seek to give at least cost of production to the farmers. He showed that there was no surplus today, and that the trouble lay in the fact that the people producing the country’s wealth, the farmers and workers, were not being paid enough to buy that wealth back. He con- Cluded his statement, whieh provoked enthusiasm among the farmers Should take steps to cancel the debts ‘which the farmers are unable to pay Shitley Wynne, former Tamman: y Health Commissioner and now hend of the Milk Institute, the organiza- tion of the big distributors, who spoke Shortly before Briehl, testified that he received $18,000 a year Salary as head of the Institute and that he did not think that too much money after 30 years in the health business. (As commissioner, Wynne banned the sale of loose milk in stores, thereby in- creasing the cost te corsumots and j giving Bordens and Sheffields a better hold on the retail sale.) Wynne asked ment, which would pay ths farmers less than 3 cents a quart, be even fur- ther decreased. He stated that those farmers who could not make out should quit farming, leaving the fleld that the low prices set in the agree- the Peoria & Eastern R. R. Train Crew Laid Off (By a Worker Correspondent) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Master had to go back on the road braking when the big-four took over the road. The train crews are tired of going ah opening. Messengers Ready To Fight Against Firing of Boys Union Telegraph Company, working with the utmost speed, an its tempting to organize. The first blow was struck at a mes- senger, Abe Dubroff, who was fired last week on the vaguest pretext. Closely following this firing, was the “laying-off” of a number of other ting | messengers who either were members of the Telegraph Messengers Union or had expressed interest in the Union, Despite the tears and pleading company absolutely refused to take these boys on again. From the moment a meeting was Spontaneously called. ® few. months ago, the company by. means of: all Sorts of maneuvers tried to nip in the bud any organization of the mes- At this first meeting, which re- ceived & tremendous response by thé boys who came in great number: Well known company linesmen wet: stationed outside the hall to frighten away the messengers. * The messengers felt the need of Joining with other telegraph work- ers in order to gain support and therefore asked for admission into the United Telegraphers of America, an independent organization of tele- graph workers, The United ‘elegraphers of ¢ials has time and again maneuvered to squelch the messengers and to keep them from concrete action. As a result of this policy, the membership of this union decreased and the faith in the union was shattered. The messengers left in a body and decided to organize independently, They came to the Office Workers Union, 114 W. 14th St., to ask for the use of their headquarters. The Office Workers Union immediately granted this request, gave them guidance and assistance in their organizational efforts. ‘The move of the company in firing boys for activity can be com- batted by stronger organization, the Office Workers Union points out. The Workers are determined to bu organization and no “red scare” or compahy provocations should hinder for the richer farmers, them, the union declares. | HOW ABOUT THEM? The National Unemployment Convention held last week in Wash- ington fought for relief and insurance for these homeless workers and for many like these throughout the country, — Here is where railroad workers lose their jobs by the railroad closing down. Some of those workers had been with the Peoria and Eastern R. R. Co. 10 years and got laid off. The yard out and not getting back on the Job | when they told them they would| put them back as soon as there is| the bitter cold, 200 NEW YORK, N. ¥.—The Western | drive against workers who are at-| of the mothers of these boys, the| America through its buréaucratic offi- | id their ‘Boston CWA, Jobless Demonstrate for Workers’ Insurance Plans Further Actions to Force Enactment of Workers Bill BOSTON, Mass., jobs, and the | Workers Unemployment | tee of five, of whic! committer to makin taxation.” 60,000 Apply; 6,060 Get Jobs ers. being laid off. family of s' should have you worked have to wali can consid There were the you on our rolls.” ings are being arranged in sll sec- tions. meeting and social will be held Wed- nesday. Central § iq) re. eC ee 4 Plan Boston United Front A conference, primarily of unem- ployed organizations, and employed committees work'~*-cless organi called for Sun , p. m., when Herb: speek. In the e ch 4th at 2 t Benjomin will 7 an affair will tales and here Herbert Ben-= jainin will be the main speaker. All these activities are planned in preparation for the struggles which will take place very soon—especiall; around Ma, t en C. W. A. 4 lans are being for the biggest y ever held. All working class organizations and unions are urged to set aside March 4, Brockton, Mass., City of Shoes, D Wages of Workers Have Fallen Below Barest Living Costs. (Continued from Page 1) é i z 3 z azed Under it meant “government interference” in their business, Population of 62,000 Brockton, situated 20 miles from Boston, has had a fairly lation of shout 62,000 native Amer- shoes were bought last year than the year before. increase, were lative basis when about Tetailers stocked cheaper grade of rosé on lal pout everything was going up. As aise either material or labor costs.” the same view on this business in- crease. It was “just speculation.” Perley G. Flint, treasurer of Fictd & minimum wage the shoe workers’ code specifies, Since work and wages depend upon the shoe business, we shall briefly consider just what happened to the industry here: Brockton shoe factories are work- ing only about 60 per cent of what, as the Chamber of Commerce hope- fully expressed it, “they ought to.” 60 per cent includes a 45 per cent increase in the industry's busi- ness over last year. In Brockton, however, the industry’s increase was about 3 per cent. btisiness ineréased, the buy- ing of shoes decreased in the retail Workers simply did not have je Money to purchase shoes. Shoe Purchases Dropped in 1933 “I don’t know why business in- creased last year,” Joseph F. Reilly, of Commerte sald “oriew there nas , “unless there was believed to be @ market. Apparently this belief was wrong because fewer . only way we can figure it out is that the shoes representing this tey bopas, tal Lg the N.R.A, Wholesalers and up, chiefly on the shoes, before prices and material. We turned out, the N.R.A. did not Bankers and manufacturers take Feb. 8—Despite workers gathered at the Parkman bandstand on Feb. 5, jin support of the presentation of |demands by the National Delegation to Congress for extension of C.W.A. enactment of the | Insurance | Bill. After brief speeches a commit- were two C. W. | A. workers, went in to see speaker of the House of Legislature, Soltsnstall. | The workers wanted to see Gov. Ely |—but Ely was basking in the sunny | land of West Bahama Islands, where he had gone on a crifise for one month, Speaker Soltenstall evaded the |questions of the committee and merely kept repeating, “I refusé to interfere in Federal business” when asked if he approved of the Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill. The finally pinned him down : the statement that he was Opposed to unemployment insurance because “we can’t raise money by There is great discontent atnong the unemployed and.C. W. A, works in Boston alone 60.000 -avplied for C.W.A. jobs—only 6,000 svt jobs— the resi are still waiting, Many are One worked six Weeks on the C.W.A. and was laid off last week. He went down to the Re- Nef Center to apply for relief for his it he was told: “You ived your money while C.W.A. You will it weeks before we ven delegates elected from Greater Boston to the National Convention Against Unemployment. ‘They are now back and report meet- In Cambridge a big report 14th at 8 p. m. at 2 trade unions tions, is being! | be held to raise funds to carry on eavy Hammer-Blows of F ine Years | FEBRUARY 9, 1934 Page Thre Fighting Speech of Ohio Negro Woman | Given Ovation By Jobless Conventio 9 |500 Hlinois Miners and | | CWA Workers Demand | Workers’ Insurance | HILLSBORO, Il, Feb. ¢—Pival hundred miners and ©.W.A. workers | demonstrated before the court house | here on Monday, Feb. 5, in support of the National Convention Against ; Unemployment, and demanding the enactment of the Workers Unemploy- ment Insurance Bill. One Hillsboro ©.W.A. project was completely stopped when about 50 Workers walked off the job to parti- cipate in the demonstration. The workers marched through the town, and assembled at the court house steps. | The 500 workers sent telegrams to Roosevelt and to members of Con- | gress and the Senate demanding the enactment of the Workers Unemploy- ment Insurance Bili. Telegrams of | greeting and pledges of solidarity Were sent to the workers national convention, in which the workers | Pledged their support to the struggle for workers insurance. There was an enthusiastic response {to the proposal that telegrams be ; Sent to the mayor of Staunton, Iil., and to the sheriff of Macoupin County protesting the attacks upon militant workers, and the burning of the home of Jim Crorkin by the union bureaucrats, ace Grand Rapids Polieé Arrest GRAND RAPIDS, Mich—Twelve workers Were atrested here and many were clubbed for holding a meeting on Feb. 5, demanding the enactment of the Workers Unemployment Insur- ance Bill, and in support of the Na- tional Convention Against Unemploy- ment, At 3 p.m. sharp, the workers gath- ered. One worker climbed up to a ledge and started to speak. A police- man clubbed him from his perch and the crowd surged forward to pre- vent their comrade from being beaten. More police rushed to the scene, but more workers camo also, until there was a whirlpool of clubs, fists, workers and police. Reserves came and the crowd was shoved on, The workers were arrested. One of these, @ Woman selling the Daily Worker, was roughly handied. Her husband tried to help her and both were held. Detroit Workers Greet Wm. Foster C. P. Meeting Sends Greetings DETROIT, Mich. Feb. $—Mem- bers of the Communist Party in Detroit, in s, membership meeting to which all sympathizers were invited, sent revolutionary greetings to Wil- liam Z. Foster, and wished him a speedy recovery from his illness. Conttade Foster has recently re- turned from the Soviet Union, where he was spending a few moriths for his health. Although much im- Proved in health, he is still unable to be very active. The letter of greeting to Comrade Foster from the Communist Party Thembéts ahd sympathizers of De- troit says, in part: “We send our revolutionary greetings to Comrade Foster, our leader, and chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Communist Party of the U.S. A. and wish him a speedy recovery from his illness.” CAMPERS AID NEW PRESS To help the Daily Worker instail new press, Workers vacationing at mp Nitgeds‘7st tock up a yo'm- tary collection Which amounted to fifteen dollars. ee ae an Tee as & day when all forces will unite to make the Unemployment Conference a great starting point for struggle, and rally ali their members and sup- a ters to make the “big Uneniplo: Counell affair’ a tremendous site: For further action, get in touch with Unemployed Council, 775 Wash- ington Street, Boston, at once, Budget; Make Deals Wit Editor's Note:—This is the second of & series of three articles on the | rele of the Farmer-Labor Party | leadership in opposing the demands ' of the unemployed workers. The first article gave the record of the F. L. P. leadership in fighting ment Insurance Bill. The Minne~ sote state leadership of the F. L. P., the article showed, opposed the de- mands of the unemployed wovkers who visited the state house a num- ber of times, Governor Olson's Bill, introduced in the state legislature by the F. L. P. leaders was not a real unemployment insurance bill, but barred those now unemployed from any benefits. Only ihe mass pressure of the Minnesota workers, led by the Unemployed Councils forced Congressman Lundeen to give support to the Workers Unem- ployment Inscrar-e Bill. ae ea By WILLIAM SCHNEIDERMAN Article 2. We have already dealt with the manner in which the Farmer-Labor islature. The record cf the Farmer- Labor Party representatives in Con- gress will show just how well the are “represented” by Lundeen, Shoe- maker, Kvale, Arens, Magnus John- son and Shipstead at Washington. The Farmer-Labor Party tells the} Workers in Minnesota that the five Farmer-Labor congressmen and the lone Farmer-Labor senator are carry- ing on a@ heroic and single-handed | fight against odds for “new social order,” but that the big bad Repub- licans and Democrats stand in the way. The same argument is used to explain why the Farmer-Labor Party does not carry out its election prom- ises in the Minnesota Legislature, although one house is controlled by the Farmer-Labor-Progressive block Shipstead Supported Hoover An examination of the actual facts, however, will show that the Farmer-Labor Party is nothing more than a third party of capitalism, distinguishable only from the Repub- ican and Democratic parties by the use of more radical phraseology and masses into supporting the capitalist way out of the crisis at the exvense of the workers. It is well known that Senator Shipstead during the Hoover regime was one of the fore- most siipporters of the Republican the Seriate Foreign Relations Gom- particularly in Nicaragua and South America. Shipstead received Repub- lican support in the elections, and it is commonly known that if he is not nominated by ‘the Farmer-Lal Party, due to inner-party quarre! over spoils, he will run as an “inde. pendent” Republican. Today, Shipstead is just as ardent @ supporter of the Democratic ad- tministration in power as he was /.-- merly of the Republican. In past election campaigns, it was a common practice of the Farmer-Labor Party to form election alliances with the Democratic Party, making agrec- ments to support certain Democratic candidates in return for Democratic support to Farmer-Labor candidates. In municipal elections in Minnesota, the Farmer-Labor Party does not hesitate to support Republican or Democratic politicians who run on Labor ticket, after an ent is made about the divi- 1 of th rpoi's among them. Roosevelt dzet Summerted by Wan aetakon Porty ‘The recent approval of the Rocse- ».Or-war budget of the Congress was ‘Labo > of whom Yoie2 against it. According latest reports, the willis for na’ army appropriations of hundre millions of dollars for a hundred poorted Flint, shoe manufacturers here, ex- pressed succinctly: “People bought their damned fool |heads off in July and August. There is no doubt they overstocked and We're suffering from that now.” | Brockton used to make expensive | Shoes. Since the depression became | more pronounced, the cheaper grade | Of shoe has been in demand with the result that Brockton had to start manufacturing cheaper shoes, To maintain their profits, manu- facturers are using a cheaper grade of leather. Simultaneously they re- duced the wages of the skilled and unskilled workers to lessen the cost of production. General Reduction in Wages The result has been a reduction in wages all around for the shoe indus- try; until now many skilled workers do not ear even the minimum wage specified under the N.R.A, shoe code. is failure to earn the minimum wage is due partly to the seasonal nature of the shoe industry and partly to the “stagger system” put into effect by the Boot and Shoe Workers Union, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, and arose after @ ten week strike last summer, When, as will be told in a sub- sequent article, shoe workers rebelled against A. F. of L. domination which carried with it a long series of abuses over many years, and formed the in- dependent union, the Brotherhood of Shoe and Allied Craftsmen, the “stag- ger system” was still maintained on the grounds that “the union believes since kept up by the new union that| a in giving all its members an equal chance to work.” The “stagger system,” according to the Chamber of Commerce here “is ® Frankenstein monster, started with ali good intentions, which has only to come back and plague them.” What the Stagger System Does Reilly, secretary of the Chamber, frankly admitted, that the workers now are not earning a living wage. “On paper they are,” he said, “but not in the pay envelope. Let us say the worker is su} to get $18 a week. Actually, if divides his time with another worker, he gets con- siderably less.” The Brotherhood naturally does not approve of these conditions but it does approve of the stagger sys- tem because it feels that “each union member is entitled to some work, no matter how little it may be.” Big Fall in Property Values With the profound reduction in that followed the years of deepening depression, the values of properties here fell tremendously. Doubling up resulted in yacant homes, reduction in values of the properties and non- payments of vent in numerous cases made houses Mabilities. Unable to live on the wages they were earning, when they were work- John Mi , president of the newly fo: rotherhood also ad- silp redwood Whe Dineg tober ot aes ally reduces power e worker by about one third. “If @ man averages $18 a week, let us say,” he explained, “under the stagger system verages $12 a week. The Possibly lve why we find g 5a ‘i é tele atest irs ing, the workers began to draw on their savings accounts. The general) depression, destruction of stock, in- Yestment and real estate value re- sulted in the failures of some banks here, and, in those that survived, a tightening of bank credits. Brockton banks struggled along until last year when the two with most of their deposits from workers savings, crash- ed: the Brockton: Trust and the Ply- mouth County Trust Co. Homes and Savings Lost About 70 per cent of all the de- posits in these banks consisted of their homes during the due to inability to meet mort- gage payments, and in a number of against the Workers Unemploy- | Party “supported” Unemployment in-| surance in the Minnesota State Leg- workers and farmers of Minnesota more subtle methods of decetving the | administration, and as ® member of mittee was an enthusiastic supporter of Hoover's imperialist foreign policy Farm-Labor Pa rty Has Record| Of Support of War Bill: Farmer-Labor Congressmen Supported the War » NRA h Democrats, Republicans warships j Blanes passed | sentatives with Farmer-Labo: without one opposition deen. from | tions, fisin | Wage-cut: and miserable | Lundeen a Lundeen’ The F; }campaign | Lundeen wi War “Record is “y Sp sstved eleven year Guard; one of tean | tional ch: } shor in the to win the lonship for expert 5 ted in favor of yo! ters and war preparations. Roose velt wrote to him: ‘ Oo not tion your loyal Velt, not F would endorse Under the pre sentiment of ers, Lundeen voted against the dec Jaration of war in 1917, is doing his best to live this down in the interest of 100 In his 1930 el this, too—W. S. war. patriotism si forgiven him his repented si cially since he rallied so ne the colors to put through the na ent session of Congress. capitalist masters. Lundeen’s Support of N. R. Lundeen and other Farmer leaders in Minnesota had advocating many of the features in, corporated in Deal, “reforestation” such schemes. cam and othe: form of the ©.C.C. camps Roosevelt, @ forced-labor program o! militarizing the youth for war port of the Farmer-Laborites, hailed it enthusi: the direc: f s a step ir ‘al o s, and raise italist monopolies. attack he Farmer-Laborit velt’s demago: the “chiselers On the farmers’ problems, which does not s the crushing debt burdens on the | new (The third will deal with | evit"). ; Pick-up in business, is clearly shown | by the falling off of savings deposits | jin the whole community. |. In 1932 savings account deposits here totalled seven millions. | In 1933 they totalled five millions. Behind this drop of two million | dollars in the savings of the whole wages and the general depreciation | community, which includes not only | | workers but sma’ iness men and | “white col workers,” is the essence lof the story of the drop in wages all | around. These figures, however, apply only to those who are still able to earn a “saving wage.” No one keeps records of the thousands who not only do not earn a “saving wage” when they work but have already Jost what they saved over a long period of years. Charity Applications Increase There has been a terrific increase in charity applications by workers who always live from hand to mouth. What happened to those thousands who might be termed the “middle class”"—the skilled, formerly high- priced worker, the white collar worker and the small business man, is shown by the number of houses that have been lost in Brockton since the depression. There are 14,000 homes in Brock- ton. Most of them are two and three story tenements where workers live. About 10,000 of these were privately owned before the depression. Today @ little over 8,000 are privately owned. One thousand of these homes were taken away from the owners within the past two years. ‘Two thousand homes, representing the sayings and dreams of a life time, ure of the anti-war workers and farm- However, he cent patriotism jon campaign, he} made speeches pointing out that once war was declared he supported the He is very much hurt that his wd be questioned, and no doubt the American Legion has and war appropriations at the pres- He can now join Norman Thomas whose patriot- ism is no longer questioned by their ady distinguished themselves in 1932 for the Roosevelt New when they associated them- selves with a scheme called the “Four Million To Work Club,” which ad- vocate & form of inflation to finance With slight modi- fications, this blossomed forth in the under The N.R.A. and other features of the New Deal received the full sup- who t of the enforce- | ie N.R.A. boards prices in the interests of the big cap- When the resentment of the masses against the N.R.A, grew as a result of the growing realization that it was an against the workers’ living ndard imi- ted General Johnson's and Roose- and blamed it all on the Farmer-Labor group in Washington supports the Rooseve!t-Wallace corn- a ‘the interest, ve the problems cf Farmer-Labor | of| Party and the theory of the “lesser | of the Crisi: Fight Against Evictio Jim Crow, Told by Delegate EDITOR'S NOTE:—The spe siven below of Mrs. Langston. Negro woman worker of Columb Ohio, was one of the ontstand speeches delivered at the Natio Convention Against Unemploym in Washington, D. C. 4. workers, fe esenting the 1s of Columbus, C I come to b 2 mnloyed wi Columbus, Ohio. We came ffer to the convention in We ngton support of the Unemployn nd Social Insurance Bill, egroes are very much d against but we, the Ni rs, are in the forefront of ‘dless of all discr Negroes came to in Columbus, Ohio, for the worker: ight ii fight together sught until the p forced to assign e r week. Relief for Single Men We have been fighting for te for the single men and single won Only just once in a while we fin single woman for whom not any ef has been gotten but when urn from this convention we emand that they do something the unemployed women of Colum) | Ohio. We are going to let the boss ¢ know in Columbus, Ohio, that t annot treat the workers so. Th re two bailiffs sent out, one @ } ro and one a white, to take’ ay the furniture from a poor worker: when they refused to move, say they wanted a chance to pay out; + of the bailiffs took a 14-year old cl and put him against the banni: and pulled a gun and he was stop) or else he would have done it J had a chance and it was the } gro bailiff who did it. Negroes in Forefront of Fight I want to say that we Negroes in the forefront in the Unemplg Councils. We are going fo see 7 that our Negroes do not treat other Negroes so bad. We are go to stop them from letting the bail take the furniture out as one did. * have already forced them to carry t -| furniture back in the house after t: ing it out. The week before last they brous out a poor widow-woman's hot st with the coals still in it, and ¢ | workers refused to put their har on it, but forced the men who t it out to set it back, and % want |say we Negro people in Columt |mean’ to stop our Negroes from s: f/ting- out other Negroes, After t bailiff set them out, let them. he the job by themselves of putting ¢ stuff back. Not only have we whipp | those who have set the furniture o 1|but we have eyen whipped the lan | lord I do not approve of workers livi in a home-owners home if they ¢ Pay rent, not to, but if they do x pay it and cannot, let the small hor owners organize into the Unemploy Councils and we will demand wi him better conditions, (Prolong applause), The Robber N.R.A, So we have decided in Columbus we cannot get the small home-ow ers to see the light and organize wi us, then we are going to force the to keep tenants in the house witi out rent because the poor unemploy: cannot live in the street, It is n their fault that they have no job ar ze unable to pay, But in the city of Columbus mat think that Roogzevelt {s one of ti ereatest men in history, They ev tell you whet the NRA, is, In n cpinion it is the National Robbe: Association. That’s all it is, becat overything they put that darn bh buzzard on has risen in price. W see that it is the National Robbe: i ause they founded oor working. class éut'« they can get. Remember, workers, that Y am gc ing to fight in this organization ur ‘til I die. (Prolonged applause). ) Q c ‘Homes and Savings Los After Bank Crash, Many Starving gone for inability to pay taxes ort | meet mortgage payments, Two thousand homes out of 10,00 That means one out of every fiv | who owned his own home lost it dur ing the past few. years. While their homes were being take | away and family bread earners wer unable to bring in enough to fee the family, the wives were thr upon the labor market. middie-aged women went. "One ing the labor of thelr hands in des | perate efforts to bring in -enot t keep their homes and te gether. n ‘ |. With the reduction the inttux of x women on the ib market, the manufacttirers, the Chamber of Commerce, began! t: advise other manufa¢surers to mov their factories here Chamber. adveztiséd “Labor is cheap, “Skilled labor is abundant.” “Female labor is plentiful. eres? pag ¥ Tomorrow: the second of John L. Spivak’s articles on conditions | in a typical New England: eda Don’t fail to read the amaz- ing quotations from the Brockton Chamber of Commerce ment regarding the