The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 24, 1934, Page 1

ULATION DRIVE NEW SUBS RECEIVED FEB. 21: Daly 3. a Saturday 100 Total to Date 375 Ge 534 Vol. XI, No. 48 <SBar 1 Entered as second-class (20,000 New York, N. ¥, under the Act of Mi ailyQWorker CENTRAL ORGAN COMMUNIST PARTY U.S.A. (SECTION OF COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL) matter at the Post Office at nh 8, 1879 ) & & N. W. Railroad Forced to Negotiate; Men Demand Action ¢ Leaders Meet R. R. Boss in Effort to Stem | Rank and File | CHICAGO, Il., Feb. 23.—Chicago | & Northwestern Railroad union of- ficials, and Fred W. Sargeant, pres- | ident of the road, conferred yester- day to reach some “agreement” on the innumerable grievances of the railroad workers over which the rank and file are demanding action. Sargeant’s condescension to nego- tiate after many months of refusal to deal with the representatives of the brotherhoods is seen as a sudden change of front to stifle the grow- ing movement for rank and file con- trol of any settlements. It is likely that the Brotherhood chiefs will follow former procedures For a full page of articles, news, editorial on railroads, see Page 4, of settling minor grievances and then hailing a great victory. What regard the C. & N. W. has for agreements can best be judged by the fact that the present dispute itself. is against fiagrant agreement) violations by the road. The Rail- road Brotherhood’s Unity Movement, with offices at 208 North Wells St., whose leafiets and activities are ex- posing the shady character of the recent “strike” ballot, is responsible to a great exent for the sudden desire of Sargeant to negotiate. “This step by Sargeant though,” said members of the Unity Move- ment, “is an effort to break up the growing forces of the rank and file movement, which alone can force a favorable settlement through organ- izing into rank and file groups on the job. Unless this is done, regardiess of what promises are made to the men, the C. & N. W., will continue its attacks on wages and concitions.” The Unity Movement also pointed out that in yesterday’s negotiations no effort. was made by the Brother- hood chiefs to demand the return of the ten per cent cut. Hunger Marchers Cather in London; Police Prepare Biggest Provocations Since 1926 Strike LONDON, Feb. 23. — Facing the most elaborate police provocations which have been organized in London since the general strike in 1926, the last ‘of several thousand hunger marchers are gathered in London today to meet in protest against the new Unemployment Bill, against police persecution, and for adequate relief. ‘They will meet in conference to- morrow, and take part in a gigantic mass meeting in Hyde Park Sunday. They will also demand the right to present their demands to Premier MacDonald, and on the floor of the House of Commons. The police who halted one con- tingent outside of London yesterday were forced to allow them to pro- ceed. In the city itself, police re- serves of 36,000 men have been mobi- lized to terrorize the workers of London. In the Daily Worker Today Page 3 “S. B®. Leadezs Issue Slanderous LO Se Dee Pea: Sensing, Co. Union Is Forced on Pa. Steel Workers in Shotgun Elections Daily Worker Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb, 23.— U. S. S'eel held a “shotgun elec- tion” yesterday to drive 50,000 workers into company unions in the Carnegie Steel, National Tube, American Steel and Wire and other plants in the Western Penn- sylvania area. News of this was brouzht to the Na'ional Labor Board by a bitterly protesting del- egation of the American Associa- tion of Iron, Steel and Tin Work- ers Unions of District No. 1, gation of 14 reported that they already had ret mation that em. charged for refusing to vote in the “shotzun election.” It was an- nounced two days ago, for today. Paydey was chanvzed for the oc- casion, and as the workers re- ceived their envelopes, they were ziven ballots asking, “Do you favor revision of the Employes’ Repre- sen'ation Plan?” That plen is vompany-unionism, first instituted n the plants last June. The del- »gation left Pennsylvania as soon is the election was announced, 3 Rail Locals Vote ActiononResolut'on. Against Wage Cuts Call on Other Union Lodges to Take Steps Against 10 P. C. Slash MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—The Rail- road Brotherhood Unity Movement has been informed that Local 299 of the Railway Cermen, Local 3 of the Boiterm=kers Union, and Local 257 of the St. Paul Union Station Lodge! of the Railway Clerks have adopted a resolution of the Rai'road Brother- ;hood Unity Movement for struggle Conference Today against the wege-cut. The resolution declares that the ledges go on record demanding “the immediate and uncondit’onal return of the 10 per cent ‘deduction’; an ad- ditional increase in weges sufficient to meet the rising cost of living, due to inflation, and enforcement of agrecments, and restoration of condi- tions which existed and were recoz- nized and accepted on the railroads fricr to the depression.” The resotuticon adds that these lodzes call on all other lodges of the 21 Railwey Lebor organ‘zations in the U.S. to adopt similar resolutions and join in a concerted movement for wage increases on the railroad in- dustry. Since the resolution calls upon all lodges of the 21 railroad labor or- ganizations in the United States to adopt a similar resolution and join in a concerted movenient for wage in- creases if the railroad industry, rail- road workers who are readers of the Daiy Worker are urged to see to it that this resolution is introduced into their railroad lodge or local and adopted, and that other locals in the same city should be circularized with same. Bakery Drivers Strike Demanding Pay Raise NEW YORK—Five | hundred Brook- lyn baker drivers, organized in the Teamsters Local 138, struck yester- day demanding a minimum wage of , $28, plus commissions, or a straight salary of $45 a week and a six-day, fory-eight-hour week. Page 7 Tabane the Works: by MeBaat | sagas Workers te the Romi of a Bricklayer, by John L. Spivak Workers in Portland Score Hitler. ite Film, by David Platt 8 Page Wecelgn News ERNST SECAat SSA leader of the Central Committee of the Com- | munist Party of Germany, and leader of the Red Front, who has med by the Nazi gov- Minor Insists NRA Hear C.P. | Administration Telegram Shows Maneuver to Restrict Criticism NEW YORK.—Replying to a tele- |gram of the National Recovery Ad- |ministzation on the appearence of Robert Minor in Washington at the N.R.A. public. hearings beginning Tucsday, Feb. 27, the Ccmmunist Party de: es that it demands the full and free right to present its posi- tion against the entire N.R.Ar The gs, originally announced j by Gen ichnson for Feb, 27 to Mar. 5, declared that all complaints would be heard. But the telegram]. |sent by the N.R.A. Conference Com- | mittee to the Communist Party shows that an effort is being made to split up the hearirgs in such a way es to prevent a full exposure of the whole effect of the N.R.A. The N.R.A. Conference Committee telsgram reads: “Kindly advise which grours Robert Minor wishes to ad- dress. One is on employment, group two on prices, group four on code , administrat* ‘on and improvement, and group five on small enterprises and minorities. This information is neces- sary for registration. We will grant one half hour for your presentation, 20 minutes.” Answering this, the Communist |Party wired: “Your telegram relating to the N.R.A. hearings and enumerat- ing five groups asking us which we wish to address is vory unclear as to which groups weu'd give us an op- portunity to best present our com- plaints. word that all groups will be allowed to voice complaints against the |N.RA., and we have urgent ccm- plaints from the viewpoint of the (Continued on Page 2) Browder Speaks in Detroit Today Gen. Secretary of C. P. Talks on War DETROIT.— Earl Browder, gen- eral secretary of the Communist Party, will speak on “War and Fas- cism” at a mass meeting in Arena Gardens, Woodward Ave. and Hen- drie, tonight, at 8 p.m. Browder's lecture Saturday is one of a series which he is giving throughout the Middle West ~to ‘counteract the vicious war propa- ganda of “Preparedness Week” by the Roosevelt government. The events in Austria will be ana- lyzed by Browder in his talk. Clarence Hathaway to Speak at Brownsville Meet Tonight , listening iw Wome <workers Gieclgnbat janiiad fetes of steusgle egatnee whe | tal Ot hls exnerinates the city are responding to ths, ete Hide of series of mass meetings at which Clarence Hathaway expounds the Austrian situation and the tactics of the )united front. Socialist Party members, Peoples Socialist League, independent and A, F. L. trade union members, Srcaeaore! and ane pon men ve up majori the workers at these Snesttton in this country. _ BROWNSVILLE — —Saturday, Feb. 24, 7:30 pm., Hinsdale Workers Club, 568 Sutter Ave. MIDTOWN — Monday, Feb. 26, 7:30 p.m, Central Opera House, 205 E. 67th St., cae Third Ave, — Wednesday. Ballroom iid Miller’s Assem- buy), 318 Grand St. near Havemeyen, pai 28, 7:30 p.m., Grand Paradise roo! Against Codes but prefer to limit any one group to; “General Johnson has given his! NEW YORK, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1934 RED FROM C.W. A. JOBS, Week of International Figh ight for Thaelmann Begins Mareh 3 Campaign More Highlights on the Leipzig Trial Are Told, by Gallagher Monday ‘Thru an error it was announced yesterday that additional high- I'ghts on the interview with Leo Gallagher, LL.D. atterney who has just returned from Germany, will appear in tcday’s paper. This feature will appear in Monday's paper. Philadelphia Meet Tonight to Protest Dollfuss Brutality |Minor and Patterson to Speek; Will Forge | United Front PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Feb. 23.— reparations are going ahead at full eed for the mass meeting in soli- darity with the Austzian workers, to be held Saturday evening, Feb. 24, in the Broadway Arena, Broad and Christian Sts. This is expected to he one of the largest and most effec- ive indoor mass meetings ever held here. The speakers will be Robert Minor. of the Communist Party, and Wil- liam Patterson, national secretary of ‘he International Labor Defense. This is to be a united front meet- ‘ng, and the call for attendance has been sent out to all workers, regard- ‘ess of political affiliation, and to members of all trade unions, to dem- onstrate their solid indignation and vrotest against Dollfuss fascist bru- tality in Austria and azainst the srowing tendency toward fascist pol- ‘cies of the Roosevelt government in the United States, [.L.D. Calls for World German Party Leader member of the Central Committee ; to Liberate Protests to Mark Year Since C. P. Head Was Seized NEW YORK.—The week of March |3 to 10 will be an International De- fense Week for the liberation of Ernst Thaelmann, leader of the Ger- man Communist Party, at the call of | the International Red Aid, it was announced yesterday by the Interna- | tional Labor Defense, That week will mark a year since | Comrade Thaelmann was seized in Berlin, where he remained to lead | the struzzles of the illgalized Com- munist Party. For a whole year he has been tor- mented in the Nazi dungeons, in| | chains most of the time, ax | trial for his life on a charge of treason.” The International Labor Defense | has issued a call for hundreds of demonstrations, thousands of meet- ings throughout the country in that week, to flood the consulates and em- igh ~ WEATHER: Fair, co BEN GOLD, Workers In released ye s mington, Dela., j impzisoned for his act last Hunger March. } ‘Shipowners to) Grant Pay Raisel- &| Strikers Continue to} Fight for Code of Marine Union BOSTON, | tant strik | the bassy with tle~rams of prot and 7 send hundreds of commit and delevations to the consulates to reg- ister the indignation of Ame: tion of the beloved leader of the German working class, as well as the Torvier, Vassil Taneff, B’aq0i Popo‘t. tand ell other class-war prisoners of the bloody Nazis. In every union, in every shop, in! every organization of ‘workers, stu-! dents, intellectua's, the queztion must. be raised of a determi! struggle on a gigantic scale for the re’ of the working-class victims of Nazi fascism. forum at which ‘he question of Thae’mann is raised, at which the workers present are called on to take lease. Daily Worker, entirely recovered from his encounter at Madison Square Garden wih the Socialist Isaders, discoursed enthusias‘ically yesterday on the new printing press that will soon print the Daily Worker, and other revolutionary papers, Hathaway, who was a machinist for many years, seems to know all the ins and outs of the new press, and proceeded forthwith to give some fig- Ben Gold, Back from Jail, Welcomed by 2,000 Fur Workers Speaks at Union Head- quarters to the Furriers — NEW YORK —Ben | Gold is back. The militant leader of the fur workers was welcomed yesterday af- comment on the conditions ‘union, Gold stood on a chair on form high above the hea: dience. He was and dark tie. and a litile tired, jlighting up came to All of them paid tribute to their The purpose of these meetings is} BORO PARK —Thursday, March | leader: to pledge solidarity with the herolc|1, Linden Helchis Community Cen. rrr Mites werner, onde pi tel te, ts a. ond Mint Are “The furriers didn’t forget Ben Gold when the bosses railroaded Clarence waihawayi editor of the .| dustry of the him | Hathaway, The Machinist, Explains the New Press Red Press Certificates Will Be Issued at the March 4th Banquet {ures and facts, about old and new presses, Meanwhile, downs‘airs in the press room, as the interview proceeded, men were crawling in and out, ad- justing a bolt here, wiping a long, delicate looking piece of mechanism there, looking down from above, peer- ing from below, at the press, until the press was literally covered with mechanic;—all this being preparatory ‘to giving the press its first try-out today. “Just to make some comparisons,” Hathaway stated. “The old press could put out no more than 14.000 or 15,000 paper per hour, and if we got out a ten page issue, it could do no more ‘han 12,000 an hour—not speak- ing of the possibility of stripping half the gears (because of the additional strains). Taking into consideration that the press had to alternate with first 15.000 of *he “Daily,” then 15,000 \of the Freiheit, ete, consideriny breakdowns, and the business of ad- justing and inking, there was never an assurance thxt our papers would meet train schedules. “It meant for instance,” Hathaway explained “that the comrades in Cleveland would go to the station or (Continued on Page 2) i | to fail,” one worker said. “We wel- come him back now so that we can all go forward to victory together.” Potash, secretary of the district union, commenting on the return of Gold, stated: “This demonstration and reception shows once again that we can be ab- victory in their struggle against the latest maneuvers of the fur manufec- turers and their agents in the A. F. of L. The Labor Board says it wants a referendum in the industry, The workers will demand that it be imme- diately carried out, that all locked out workers Lelio at once reinstated. The demonstration today shows that the fur workers are on Legis and will not allow repetition in the fur in- fake Weirton referen- dum.” There will be a “Welcome Home” banquet for Gold 8 Sunday night at Irving Plaza, SS liberation of Grorze Dimitroff, Ernst | 22° Every meeting must be made a Ih immediate action to demand his re- _ solutely confident of the fur workers’ | pelled | ini Jand pr — | At th has a | of the by the Union.’ No" ave ready to ~ an poe in gr t| Among the ships now on strike is| ce the Isanc Ma Co.; the C | Page, and Sewal Water D. Noyes struck in the port of Philadelphia. The crew of the Berkshire is preparing to come out in Providence, Fight for M.W.L.U. Code tee, Efforts to > 62t 9 | ers to re of prem: Line, se: on the bi fail ed Then the foe c MW.LU. spread use of the police to smash the strike and to prevent it from spreading. When the crew of the Thomas P. Beal were ready to march ashcre the police cut the ship lines and she was towed out into the (Continued on Page 2) panies to grant the tails an the | Seamen Force | | | SSS See AMERICA’S ONLY WORKING CLASS DAILY NEWSPAPER (Eight Pages) Price 3 Cents QPKINS ADMITS —o 2,200 Toledo Auto Parts Workers Strike for More| Pay, Against Co, U inion | ‘TOLEDO, Ohio, Feb. 23.—De- | manding wage increases from 40 | to 635 cents an hour, 2,200 workers | of the Spicer Man’ i arts makers, went on | lay at 12 o'clock. sides asking wage increases, the workers demand an end to the company union forced on them, | and the right to belong to a union | of their own choosing. Another | demand is weekly payment of | wages instead of bi-weekly pay | days. AFL Unions, Clubs + Island, C Povahantas | t: Beal, | | Feb. 18, have indorsed the Wor The companies have made wide-| — stream. Despite this the majority of }. | John Cooper, the local cor _The companies seh refused to nego- | Indorse Workers | Insurance Bill NEW YORK.—The Brother- heod of Painters, Decorators and Parerhangers (A. F. of L.) local union 121 rs Unemployment and Social Insurance Bill CH. R. 7593) at| meeting Wednesday nizht. ‘union, sent a nt ef the To | al union has 350 mem- | The Conneaut, Oh!o Branch of the Star of Italy, at their meeting of Unemployment and Si 2Ce | Bill (H, R. 7593). A resolution was sent to Chairman Conn ef the House Li Committee, demanding | that the bill be enavted. Another} resolution was sent to gressmon vressman, demanding his support of the Work- ers Bill. Intzllectuals Demand Enactment 109 young members of the Jack} and to. ine the passage of the Wor employment Insurance Bill (H. R. (Contined on Page 2) Martiel Law Follows Murder of Sandino Ecigng oh ag Feb, 23.—A “state of | ich President Juan | nowered to take any | to “meintain order” | ablished, following the} mancder yesterdzy of Aususio San. dino, his brother Socrates, and tw aites. In an official statement, President | sa shows his ryproval of the| ‘der by making clear he has no intention of punishing the murder- ers beyond “reproving” them. | WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. — Mabel Byrd, Negro social worker who was forcibly ejected from the Senate hearing on the Costigan-Wagner | “anti-lynching” bill, is confined to her bed, under doctor's orders, as a result of her brutal manhandling by two Canitol policemen. Miss Byrd today described the atieck on her: “Two policemen literally shoved me down the stairs to the base- ment when I protested that dis- crimination against my race in the Capitol of this free country. I, of course, refused to submit to such treatment without remonstrance.” Gives Lie to Senator Copeland Miss Byrd gave the lie to Senator Copeland’s statement that her ejec- tion from the restaurant was not a case of disczimination, that she was denied serv: Only because every table was filled and “there was no room at the moment for any one, white or Nezro.” She declared she and two white women companions were headed for an empty table when she was asked to leave. She waa informed that Negroes would not be served in the Senate restau- rant, and when she protested was forcibly ejected, she declares. Senator Copeland continued today his pretense of “defending” the con- stitutional rights of Negroes to ob- restaurant last Tuesday, during the} ‘Negro Woman Il from Violent Expulsion by Jim-Crow Senate { tain service in any public restaurant, declaring: “The Capitol of the United States is no place for Jim Crow discrimina- n. I am against it. Some other members of the committee wanted me to set aside a special room in the restaurant for Negroes, but I wouldn’t consent to that kind of segregation.” (Emphasis our’s, Daily Worker.) Miss Byrd, victim of the Senate| jim-crow policy, has had experience before with governmental discrimi- nation against the Negro people. She was brought here from Chicago sev- eral months ago as a member of the N, R. A. “investigating” staff on the understanding she would be as- sicned to cases of robbery of Negro workers undsr the N. R. A. codes. Fired for T2k'ng Up Complaints On N. BR. A, She was provi with an office in} the Commerce Building, but never| allowed to work in the field. When} she insisted on submitting com- plaints of Negro wo: N. R. A, codes she was discharged, with the promise of Gen. Hugh 8. Johnson, N. R. A, administrator, that. she would be recalled to serve the consumers’ advisory board. Johnson promised her, she states) to put her back to work by Jan. 3. That's three weeks ago, but she has ers, Harry L. H indorsed the} pe - their own Contressman Brunner, | ¢ | Hundreds of workers never been placed, No Relief Planned for Those Fired; Jobless Must Fight, Organize Hopkins Supports Only Futile Wagner Measure FIRING CONTINUES 'Folur Million Families Were Jobless, He Says By SEYMOUR WALDMAN WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 ee |Pressed for particulars about his mysteriously mentioned work relief “long range pln” for the unemployed and ae | precaric y Federal Relief announced “the first of the week,” he added. “Will this new plan take care of eae isa ent. “I wouldn’t say that,” he replied calmly. Rolls Emptied Before May 1 apvroximately 4,000,090 announced to be e been thrown into the At this rate, the rol's will be emptied even before May 1. Admits 4,500,000 Families Were Jobless The corresponients were electrified to hear Hopkins declare tha: Figuring co: ing the gre: at number of pzovle who destitute, or recistered b admits that en <-en million unemployed in 1933. The “Roosevelt Administration has (Contoutd en on Page 2) Jobless, C.W.A. Men Demonstrate for Jobs or Relief |Stamford, Clifton and Nokomis Workers on March STAMFORD, Conn., Feb, 23.— demonstrated at the town hall here Saturday, back- ing up an elected committee of six who visited the Mayor and demanded an end of C. W. A, firing, some local demands, and the indorsement of the Workers Unemployment and Social Insurance Bill (HR 1593). The demonstration was called by the newly organized Relief Workers League. The demonstration secured the re- instatement of his C. W. A. job of a C. W. A. worker who was fired because he went as a delegate to the National Convention Against Unemployment in Washington. The committee is to go before the Com- mon Council next week to follow up the other demands. Sea RSET 300 Demonstrate CLIFTON, N, J., Feb. 23, — Over three hunded. workers demonstrated in front of the relief headquarters here Thursday, demanding C. W. Ay dhs or cash relief for all unem= Miners Demand Relief NOKOMIS, IL, Feb, 23.——Uni pleyed workers and farmers besie; ] the office of the Emergency Relief! here, Tuesday, led by the Une! ployed Councils, demanding jobs relief and protesting against rotten salt pork handed out as “Te icf.” Mayor Brown admitted thi the pork was rotten. Members the Progressive Miners took pat the protest,