The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 1, 1934, Page 1

—— Demand Tizelmann’s Release! Mass Saturday, German Consulate! CIRCULATION DRIVE NEW SUBS REC Daily . 67 Total to date. .1,160 EIVED YESTERDAY: Saturday...... Total..... Vol. XI, No. 52 N.Y. Y. Workers to ; to Hail Liberation | Entered/as second-class mi Sau Daily .QWorker CENTRAL ORGAN COMMUNIST PARTY U.S.A. (SECTION OF COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL ) atter at the Post Office at New York, N. ¥, under the Act of March 8, 1879 “NRA IS OFFENSIVE ON WORKERS,” MINOR TELLS JOUNSON Soviet viet Union Masses Join “Comintern Leaders in Hailing Dimitroff, roff, Popoff, _Taneff In New Star Casino Friday Night At 1 Hour’s Notice Gay Workers Mass With Band at Airport USSR WILD WITH JOY Gonitnvcrny bes dees Rush to Hail Three Comrades BULLETIN The New York District of the Communist Party has arranged a mass meeting and concert at the New Star Casino, 107th St, and Park Ave.. tomorrow night, March 2, at 7:30 v.m., to celebrate the vic- tory of the world proletariat ir snatching the heroic defendants of the Reichsteg fire trial. Comzade: Georre Dimitroff, Basill Ponoff ane Blagoi Teneff, from the hands of the bloody German fascists, Max Bedacht. Nat*onal Secretary of the International Workers’ Or- der, and M. ¥. O'gin, Editer of th~ Freihit, wil! be the main speakers. The I. W. 0. symnbonv orchsstr> the W. I, R. band and the Dail Worker chorus will provide music Servei Radamskv has volunteered t> sin~. This meetin” will also be a rally to mobilize the workers to the dem- ons‘ration to be held before the German Consu’ate on Saturday. Merch 2, at 1:30 p.m. Special to the Daily Worker . MOSCOW, Feb. 28 Radio) —Although the of George Dimitroff. Teneff and Blagoi Popoff from flieht Vassil Berlin was onlv known an hour he- | the like fere they . arrived in Moscow. news snread over the entire city wi'ifire. ‘The leaders of the Communist In-| ternatione], Manuilsky, Knorin, Heckert, Lozovskv, Schmeral, Mitzke- vich, members of the Centre] Com- mi‘tee of the Communist Party’ of the Soviet Union, of the Execvtive Committee of the International Red Aid, and representtives of brother Communist Parties were at the air- port to gree’ en1 embrace the lib- erated Communists. The whole of Moscow is a vic ure” of joyful excitement. Last night the workers in fectories and homes hardly spoke about anything else than the arriva’ of the heroes of the Iq proletarict. ‘Althouch there was literally Sniv a few minutes between t vel of the first news and the arrival of Dimi- troff, the factories in the neighbor- (Continued on Page 2) Weinstone, on Tour . Will Sneak on Austria NEW YORK—W, W. Weinstone, member of the Central’ Committee of the Communist Party, who has tus returned from Eurone, will speak on the Lessons of the Austrian Situation and Ovr Duty to the Austrian Proletariat. He will be in Paterson, N. J., Friday, March 2; in Philadelphia on Saturday, March 3, and in Bridgeport, Conn. on Sunday, March 4. Weinstone will also ac- dress meetings in New York and Detroit. a ———————— In the Daily Worker Today Page 2 Sam Ross Sports Page 3 “Progressive Miner” “Daily” Page 4 Demand Enactment of Workers Insurance Bill Pre-Convention Discussion’ . Page 5 Minor Rips “New Deal” at N.R.A. "Hearings Joe Kiss, of Furniture Union, ' Lashes N.R.A. Cede Page 6 Letters from Farmers, Workers “party Life” Page 7 { “Change the World!” by Sender Garlin Rants at ’ “Be™ird the Scenes of the A. F. of L, Convention,” by Cari . Reeve N. ©. School System is Crum- bine, by John L, Ssivek “Wor Po’nt Na, 1” hv Li-abach “Men of Two Worlds,” by £. » Morks » Page 8 Editorials Fereinn News | Class That Created Dimitroff Invincible, ‘Pravda’ Proclaims (By | Barricades, Soviet C. P. Special to the Daily Worker. MOSCOW, Feb: 28 (By Radio). — “The class that is capable of creat- jing a Dimitroff will triumph in its struggles,” the “Pravda” official or- gan of the Communist Soviet Union, dec! day in its leatling edi arrival here of Dir comrades, Popoff and Taneff. “This news,” the editorial conti- | nues, “fills the hearts of millions of workers with “The proletariat and | {armers of the Soviet Union, and the Party of the | the shattering defeat of Fascism at Leipzig has now been crowned by a new gigzntic succoss for the prole- tariat. The three f s fighters for the proletarian rovolution have been torn from the hands of the Fascist | angmen. We fervently sons of the working greet these heroic s fighi:ng for of Communism under the er of n and Stalin. | Nazis Guilty “A year ago, the Fascists set, fire | to the’ Reichstag. “During this year, | workers’ organizations were routed, | were murdered, and the Fascist pris- | ons filled to overflowing. | “At the. Leipzig trial two classes faced one anather. Millions. upon millions of proleterians admiring-y of 4 nism und=: or the guidance of Dimitroff | jm made aga: the fascist dictatorship at this trial. The attack was crowned | with complete success. The Commu- | nist Party of Germany emerged from {the Leipzig trisl victorious, while | Fascism emerged with the brand of | the incendiary on its bri “At this trial, Dimitreff did what Party entrusted him to do, From ing the accused, e the user, the prosecu! he dock of the Fasc’ 2 revoluti tribune ‘e hoisted tl ional the banner of Se eran dnd Stalin, high above the ts world.” e J court int om which collective | | international proletarist exn say that | | thousands of revolutionary workers; watched the attack which Commu. | nner cf intern2- | “Thousands Of Dimitroffs Fought On Austria Millions More Build Socialism,” Organ Siates | “The world struggle of Dimitroff and his comrades served as a spur to the gigantic mass movement against | Faso'sm in the capitalist countries of the world. The international prole- | tariat took Dimitroff and his com- rades under its defense. The inter- national proictariat through its fr-ht is| has ‘succeeded in winning ‘back its own. At Leipzig, the Fascists were forced to acquit the four Communists, there- by acknowledging burning of the Reichsteg was the work of Fascist | provocateurs. | The Fascist dictatorship was forced to let Dimitroff, Popoff and Taneff out of its hands. But it has re- mained true to itself. The secrecy of the way the Fascists sent them out of Germany is typical of the whole Fascist reg:me in Germany. But the Fascists again miscaleu- es Thousands of the Scviet pro- t quickly arrived at the Mos- cow airdrome to welcome the ccurage- ous revolutionszics. The workers on | the collective farms of the. entire | Soviet Union welcome them. The cause. of Dimitroff is invin- cible, Tens cf thouzznds of Dimi- ‘reffs fought on the barricades cf Austria, went out into the streets of Paris. to fight Fas¢ism. Mil- ‘ions of Dimitrof’s are ercating a new life in the immense tand of the Soviet Union, | Dimitroff, Popeff and Taneff are .ow with us in Moscow. But our reyclutionary comrades Thaelmann \and Torgler are still languishing be- |hind Fascist walls. Let the demand of the masse ring forth: backs ic1emn! Liberty for | all revolutionary prisoners! On this |day of Dimitrofi’s and his’ comrades’ arrival in Moscow, let the sound of | proletarian solidarity with the heroic | Austrian proletariat resound through ; the world! The fight against Fas- ‘cism goes on! The class which has | shown itself capable of creating Di- | mitroff will triumph in its stragzles! | Bolshevik revolutionary greetings to | Dimitroff, Popoff and Taneff, hero-c | soldiors of the great Party of Lenin and Stalin! How Red Capital Srosod By MICHAEL KOLTZOV Special to the Daily Worker. MOSCOW, Feb. 28 (By Radio). — "|The radio cperator of the “Pravda” ran upstairs excitedly. “I've just received something very important,” he said. “Two lines in English from Reuters, saying that the '\three acquitted Bulgarian Commu- nists flew today by plane to Mos- cow.” No official confirmation. A hurry- up call to Berlin. The Soviet Em- |bassy says the German authorities did not info>m them about the trans- fer of Dimitroff, Taneff, and Popoff. When the Sovict Embassy enquired from the German ministry it wes in- formed it was now dinner hour. No one can give any information. Is it Dimitroff? : What the devil! The person in charge of ‘“Derutuft,” the Beri: Moscow air line, answers from the airdrome that a plane is expacted —$—<$—$ $$, | Goering Rewarded for | “Fatherly Protection of Berlin Against Reds” BERLIN, Fev. 23—Capt. Her- mann Withelm Goering, head of he Nazi secret police who yester- ‘lay was forced to give up George Dimitrof and his tvo comrades 62 the demand of the Soviet Union, -fter their acquittal at the Reichs- ag five trial, wes yesterday made on honovaty citizen of Berlin. ‘This wes for “his fatiorly solici- tude for the cap‘tc], and for hi- services in definitely sunpressine ‘he red terror followint the Com- untst burnin? of the Reichstar.” Three Communist fleroes Comintern and Soviet Communist Leaders Embrace Three Fighters Who Tell of Experiences from Berlin at 8 p.m. According to information from Koenigsberg, there are three persons in it. Who exactly they are is unknown... Very appro- priate figure. Hurry to the airdrome! The high- ceilinged halls of the airport are empty and quict. The person on duty announces that the Koenigsberg plane passed Velikie Luka without stop- ping, and is coming straight to Mcs- cow, therefore it won’t be later than 7 p.m. That means in less than an hour! Excitement and unbelievable joy buzzed over the telephone wires of the red capital. Meanwhile the plane with the un- known passengers flies through the evening’s snowy haze. People run from one to another on the way, dis- cuss, don’t themselves believe as they tumble into automobiles. Suddenly, without warning, by airplane... This ‘5 like the fascist manner of treating the arrested. But what if it is not they? Or if it is they, what if something dréadful happens at the last moment... A group of people get out of auto- mobiles, r2pidly pass through the ves- tibule of the airport. It is the mem- bers of the presidium of the Ex- ecutive Committee of the Communist International — Manuilsky, Knorin, Eeckert, Lozovsky, Schmeral, Mitzke- vich, representatives of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the U.SS.R., and of the Executive Committee of the International Red Aid, representatives of brother Com- munist Parties. Newspaper corres- pondents arrive. A delegation of air- (Continued on Page 2) NEW YORK, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1934 WEATHER: Warmer, rain or s' AMERICA’S ONLY WORKING CLASS DAILY NEWSPAPER Price 3 Cents now (Eight Pages) Hopkins Orders Mass Firing of New Jersey CWA Workers at Once TRENTON, N. J., Feb. 28.— Specific orders to start immediate mass firing of C.W.A. workers in New Jersey were received yester- day by State C.W.A.. Administra- tor, John Holt, from Harry L. Hopkins, Federal Relief Admin- istrator. According to Holt’s figures, not more then 92,990 will work duving the week of March 2nd, and by March 30th, this will be further slashed to 64,000. Firings will continue thereafter until the en- tire C.W.A. program in New Jer- sey is closed. No Cash for ReliefinNew Jobless Plan of Roosevelt Nothing Over 950 Mil- lion Originally Appro- priated, Says Hopkins By SEYMOUR WALDMAN (Daily Worker, Washington Bureau) WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.— Presi- dent Roosevelt today ditched the continuation of general federal relief and repudiated the setting-up of an adequate substitute for the olathe C.W7.A. by launching “a flexible pro- gram of public works,” which he Said will cut the relief responsibility on local’ communities, controlled in most cases by bankers, industrialists | and merchants. The “plan” does not: pre for a cent over the $950,000,000 e2dy appropziated. ee begining May 1, it is to be “flexible” starvation for the unem- ployed. The new program, pitifully inade- quate for the needs of nearly sixteen | million unemployed, will merely ad- . For special page of unemployment news turn to page 4. vance to locatities the $950,000,000 re- cently appropriated by Congress, in the form of wages for a period of fifteen months. In crowning the campaign against Federal relief and unemployment in- surance waged by the reactionary United States Chamber of Commerce and the virulenily anti-labor na- tional association of Manufacturers, Roosevelt declared in his press con- ference today that public bodies must organize work programs and that federal contributions will go 100 per (Continued on Page 2) Doumergue Cabinet Given Dictatorial Control of Budget French Government in First Open Step Toward Fascism PARIS, Feb. 27—The Senate to- day followed the Chamber of Depu- ties in granting the Doumergue cabinet of war and reaction dicta- torial] powers to balance the budzet. The senate voter 277 to 18. after Doumergue had threatened to re- sien if they refused. This step. the result of consolida- tion of all canitalist interests in feer of mass resistence to the brutal tax and wage-cut program needed to meet France’s gigantic war pre- parations bill, is a step toward fas- cism similar to the stavesi by which fescism was prevared for in Ger- many and Austria. 100 Jobless Storm City Hall, Force Gity to Give Jobs NEW YORK.—One hundred un- employed workers stormed the city hall yesterday, and forced the city administration to give them jobs shovelling snow with the De- partment of Sanitation forces. The workers pushed past the policemen stationed at the door, and demanded to see the Mayor. A committee of five presented the workers demands to L. B. Stone, the Meyor’s secretary. Later each of the workers was assigned to a job. April 4, A.F.L. Heads in Secret Deals On Auto Strike Want To Bike Toledo Strikers Back With “‘Arbitration”’ TOLEDO, Ohio, nezotiations ‘o end the strike of 4,000 workers of auto part plants | walkout hers have been oin7 on e” day at! men to de: the Commodore Perrv Hote! between the employers and A. F, of L. offi-' cfals. A meeting of strikers hes been) called for—tor'>"t-to hee~ the re- port. Busine-; men and the c-ni- tallst: nress are brin~iny nrescure cn the.m-n to re‘urn to work immedi ately, —Thev nronsse further the selection than “eeitralnn® comet. tee to settle the strike demonds by etter the strike is bron. Bu‘ thew inci-t the men return to work withont doley. Yesterd-v strikers howe? down an attemnt to stemneds them beck to Work without aainine thajr main de mans, The officiols axe sti rre- Ventine moagintatatinn Snail suns Pf ninkats giand hetaled erannd fires awey frem the nent. while seme srohs pre allone? to enter. Desn'te the sti? ne of 2” militancy, renorts from the Sm‘cer Manw*nctur- ine Co, mekers of vriver-nl joints. where pn attemnt was made ty oner, show tha’ it wes met with fofvre. | Thr-e hund--d pickets remeined necr the rent. Two sme" niants emn'ov- ine 30 men joined the strike this aft-rroon. The Auto Workers’ Union issued | two leeflets supporting the strike, calling for mass picketing and an elected strie commi'tee. Thomes Remsey, business agent of the A. F. of L. Automotive Union, mede an avreement with the police to have only six pickets at each gate | of the vlant.. The A. F. of L, is try- ing to make an agreement wih em-/| Ployers not to take back members | of the Mechanics Educational Secicty, @ union of tool and dye makers, who have joined the strike (See page 5 for additional news on the Toledo strike.) Detroit Auto Men In Department Strikes Win Raise Walkout Acainst Orders of A. F. of L. Officials DETROIT, Mich., Feb. 28.—De- partment strilxes are continuing in the auto plants of the Detroit area, with the workers winning wage in- creases. Two departmertts of the Dodge plant, and the gear cuiting depart- ment of the Hudson Jefferson plant won increases. A big victory was won recently in the trimming de- partment of the Fisher Body plant in Flint. The workers struck over the heads of the A. F. of L. mis- leaders, demanding increases, and time-and-a-half for overtime and Sunday work. They mere joined by other departments. The company was forced to grant all the de- mands. One thousand streck in the as- sembly department of the Flint Buick plant, demanding $1 per hour minimum and a seven-hour day, less speed-up, and abolition of the bonus system. ie A, F. of L. leader, Frank Greats told the men to go back, that the strike was impos- sible, unless the men were 100 per cent organized. The men beceme demoralized. Nevertheless, the com- pany was forcei to grant a ten per cent increase. The Auto Workers Union ina statement to the strikers appeals for united action in the shops, and the buil‘ing of one united auto union in the auto industry. Hat rs ee 338,500 UNEMPLOYED IN PHILADELPHIA PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 28.—Phila- delphia’s uncmployed in January are estimated at 338,500 by the industrial research department ofthe University of Penncy'vania. This represents an inereese of 51,000 over the preceding month, si Feb. 28.—Secret | | 1,400 Picke et etiAuto Body Plant in Milwaukee; Protest to Hoan KENOSHA, Wis. Feb. 28—By a vote of 1,200 to 2, Nash Motors Co. workers here voted to w out on strike, sup ing the and Racine cuto in the demand f crease in The Nash wor company with fai a by every ficials, including the S at the Seaman ny today. The pickcts sur rounded oe Plant and p:cvonied railroads from delivering material. Despite the rough tactics of the| police, the w The Trade U: Proposed that the sti committee to the Socialist Mayor manding the withdrawal of The American Federation of La aber | Officialdom is Icading the st: betrayal. There is no broad s committee, though all the strikers are actively engaged in picket Z, and the wae § i sag | of sev iether with a couple of state ficials. of | deral Union of the A. F. of cs to acc at pat: tool and dye makers, watchmen as athe ers. are told to remzin outside of the | factory organization. The workers resent this very much and call it “compu'sory scabbing.” Mr. Seaman, company head, let the | cat out of the bag today when he| inadvertantly exposed the promise of the A. F. of L. lead ip not to} strike other plants if small conces-| per cent wage increase and union | recognition. Call for Kenosha Strike In the Nash Motozs strike in Racize 1,200 w Picket. The Auto Workers Un’ Kenosha Nash lccal, issued les today with the following appeal: waukee are striking for higher p2 and decent working conditions. W must join with them and close down |” the plant here. “Brothers! Members of the A. F.. of- L.! We appcal to you to vcte unanimously for strike at your meet- ing tonight. Unorgenized workers! LOOT OA on Page 2) Miners Kille Killed When Explosion Hits Mine M’ALESTER, Okla., Feb, 28—An) explosion at the Kala-Inla Coal Mine at Cambria killed an undeterm: number of men today. The men were burned by the explosion and no de- tails were given out in the first re- ports. ined | Kenosha Nash Motors Men Wj] Fight It to Vote 1,200 to 2 to Join Milwaukee, Racine Strike , End”, Is Answen to FD hccads Offer Jotnson Tells Minor To “Co-operate,” But Gets Sharp Reply NO COMMON GROUND Will Organize Workers To Fight and Defeat It y MARGUE RITE YOUNG By ommunist Party of ‘the A. was invited today to ‘eet toseiher” with the Na- iona! Recovery Administration by Administrator General Hugh S. Johnson. Robert Minor re- plied on betat of the Central Tke C ROBERT MINOR |Committee of the Party, “Th re is no common gr ou 1 o@ensive az: ‘Torrent of We will fight it to ve took place as Minor r tk econd time-in the + confesses Discontent if | Hits the NRA Communist t Party Replies : to hear, end to Gen. Johnson With se Orient sea | Proere ¢ | frogram. of Strugs gle ip meeting on “control i tion of tot See Pare 5 fo- full tert of Mine's. speech at the N.R.A, hearings on Tuesda; cond time put in By MARGUERITE YOUNG ces, and ri | (Daily Worl Vashington Buce2u) tive relationshin’ | WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 - the NIRA, Minor boldly as- ent of disco: ted that “there can be no planned le and ce- d the revoluti jonary program of % | the Communist Party, turning 4 2 sovial gri Johnson re= | peated hi on for “getting to- |sions are given to the Seaman} | workers. Tke strikers are demanding a 20) ¢ (Cont anes on Page 2) = Tahaway To Speak | Tonigh it on Austria ig to- As- of Labor and | ory oreiaiee an | | And United Front it has formerly been ly’s business to conceal: iit you expect Labor to get ae. Meeting at : ievisig Plaza Friday To Raise Funds for Training School ral Recovery Act will have to be changed.” ich Fred Hewett, represent- : 1 Asscciation of | | | NEW YORK.—Clavence. Hathaway, | x of the Daily Worker, who has ned from the N.R. A, heat= Wachinston, will continue. his ss of citv - wide moss mestines throus*out New York. He will speak tenirht at the Linden Peights Com= 45th St. and Ninth 8, meeting, called n of the Com= ss in AF. of L, ent trede unions and the and the Young Peg- League are especiclly y to the support of the workers, © main topics to be taken | prevent our worl he bit between thei | tone as for as we cow! 7 re are gong to keve let go the reins. I hate to con- | | (Continued on Page 2) Bronx Co- Oserative Tenants Donate $1,000 to Red Press = Workers’ Orauainitions Certificates at March 4th Banquet NEW ‘YORK.—A donation of one thousand dollars, collected from tenants of the Bronx Co-} operative of New York, will transferred Sunday night, to he Press Committee at the Red P-e Banquet, which opens at 7 o’el in New Star Casino, 107th St. and Park Ave. Meany Organizations to Attend Many organizations have i fied their i their donat! through their delezates. ing to information ree: bers of the Interna ers Order will come to the b: quet en masse, in a competitive attempt to outnumber all groups. Such varied groups * SEN Painters’ Opposition, A, be | other | is is the need, of & d front of all workers in against war ‘and fascisin. ‘av, Merch 2, Hathaway ‘will < on “Revo'ution Knocks at the pe.” This meeting, to be za under the aus School, will also. raisins funds ning School of Will Receive Red Press for the N | the Oominnaise Pi |Hundreds Lecked Out — at Budd Plant After the A. F. of L. “Settlement” PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 28, — District Council No. 9, | Workers Club of Osakizont, Pa.,| the edonian People’s League of California, Ohio, and the Edu-| ‘onal Workers League of New Jugoslav Jos, Certificate: | Bob Lewi |the Group t “The Red t rechlee hit, at the Benquet, jand a now revo’utionary cycle. Send your $1.09 for a reser- vation to the et xt ONCE. Other ication you will nct be asSared of a nlace at this mass Banoret. | Send donations and reServat a now to Press Co——ittre, P. Box 136. Station D., N. He demanded, nment cancel all its Budd, remove his Biue ceuts him. red Budd workers ed out since Richie | and his union scttled the strike and he hes done nothing about it excent yell to the strikebreaking Roosevels | government. Y Cc