The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 5, 1934, Page 3

} a ’ | Fir SEW YORK, MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1934 Page Thigh rst Year of Hunger New Deal Ends; Fascism and War Nearer Ty to Smash Dakota Balance Sheet Shows Workers’ Conditions Bob Minor ‘Lashes — a Worse; Government Strike-Breaking Grows Jim-Crow N. R. A. Codes at Hearing is Court Decree re To ail Anti-Eviction Fight; U. F. L. Calls Protest CHICAGO, eee nation-wide | movement to smash the injunction against‘ ‘the United Farmers’ League and the Unemployed Council granted temporarily by Circuit Judge Howard Babcock’ in’ Bisseton, South Dakota, has been called for by the national office of the United Farmers’ League, | Eighteen Dakota farmers in Rob-} etts County, including Julius Wal- stad, ‘state secretary of the United Farmers’ League, are held in jail, and more arrests are expected hourly as the state, at the insistence of the bankers, and insurance companies, goes, forward with its attempts to crush the resistance of the farmers to. foreclosures and evictions. Mean- while meetings of farmers to prepare for the. defense of their imprisoned comrades are being held despite the fact that the injunction forbids them to holé- meetings. ‘The-judge has set March 27 for a hearinewat which the farmers must “show cause’»why the temporary in- junetion’ suppressing the United Farmers’ League and the Unem- ployed Council should not be made permanent. °~ The United Farmers’ League calls on all workers’ and farmers’ or- ganizdtions to mail or wire pro- tests"'to President Roosevelt, to Governor Berry of Pierre, South Dakota, and’ to Judge Babcock at Sisseton. “Robérts County is one of the best orgaiiized counties in the West, and, because of its strength, threatens the profits of the.mortgagze-holding banks and insurance companies,” says the U..B,.L., This organization has been built, up,-at the price of much sacri- fice..and, hard work on the part of the fazmers.to protect their homes. It is;this. organization which the state is attempting to suppress and de- - Directed Against U. The: injunction is aaieietl es make illegdlany action of the farmers and Ninety-two farmers and workers, the United Farmers’ League and ‘the Unemployed Council are named If the injunction. The named persons, along with “persons un- known,”"are ‘forbidden to “advocate or ent¢otirage”* mass action, which it Jabel§’ “mob action, and riotous as- sembly,” or to “obstruct justice or obstruct, the statutes of the state of ‘South _Dako' ” Meetings of the militant, organizations, or the dis- tribution, oh literature advocating the stopping of foreclosures and evic- tions-are ade unlawful and crim- inal by. the injunction. The national office of the United Farmers” League characterizes the injunction as.a “headlong move of the stata! government dnd the banker class ds, open fascism.” pi to continue, the injunction -deprives the farmers and workers- of the most elemen- tary civil rights of free press, free speech_and the right of assembly guaranteed by the constitution,” states the national office. “It is a . direct attack’on the militant class organizations of the workers and farmers in ‘an effort to crush the resistance to foreclosures and evic- Trial Offer—ae. “Yelp win“6ver your friends and ‘ellow- workers to our revolu- tionary movement. You ean do this by reaching +hem..with our Daily Worker. Present them with a real revo- lutionary gift, a trial subscrip- tion of the “Daily.” For a period, we will send the “Daily” for one month every day‘ for 4 months every Saturday for only 50 cents. List below the name and ad- dress,of the one you want to receive the trial subscription. 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Farm, Jobless Groups Injunction tions, terests of the bankers and insur- ance companies, clearly exposes the effects of the ‘New Deal’ on the struggling population.” The arrest. of the 18 Roberts County farmers and the injunction against the United Farmers’ League grew out of the action of the workers and farmers in protesting the eviction of Harry Nieland, farmer, and in put- ting the Nieland family back on the farm from which the Northwestern Insurance Company had had him evicted. Seamen Demand Relief From NRA; 14 Jailed In New Orleans, La. NEW ORLEANS, March 4.—Four- teen unemployed seamen’ were ar- rested here Friday while demonstrat- ing before the office of Joseph Rhodes, N, R. A. Administrator, The seamen, led by the Marine Workers Industrial Union and the Unemployed Council, were demanding three whole- some meals a day. This relief the seamen demand shal be supplied by the government and distributed by an elected committee of workers. The arrested men are held for $200 bonds each. The demonstration was organized folowing the cutting of re- lief and was also directed against the terrible conditions in the flop houses where unemployed marine Roskers are forced to live. Joe Nelson, a seaman who was ar- rested here a week ago and held un- (der the dangerous and suspicious law, ‘was released due to the mass pressure of the seamen. Nelson was defended by the International Labor Defense. NRA Cuts Theatre Workers’ Wages Union Leader Stelle Off Strike Action NEW YORK.—The fact that the N. R. A. has reduced the wages of the ushers, cleaners and doormen of the New York theaters was revealed Sat- urday when Charles C. Levey, secre- tary of the Theater and Amusement Employes Union, presented evidence before the Regional Labor Board showing that ushers were reduced from $15 to $10 a week under the minimum wage clause in the code. Doormen have been reduced to $14 a week, Although the workers belonging to the union voted for a strike over a week ago, Mr. Levey continues nego- tiations with the Labor Board, ob- viously attempting to stall off strike action and pin the-workers’ hopes on the N, R. A., which is responsible for reducing their conditions to the pres- ent miserable level. It was also revealed that theater owners are intimidating workers in an attempt to keep them from join- ‘ing the union. Workers of the Loew State Theater were asked by the em- ployers to sign a petition stating that conditions were satisfactory. Workers in the union should see to it that the strike action for which they voted is carried out. Organize committees in every theater and do not rely on the maneuvers with the N. R. A. Force your demands by militant strike action. Gouge CWA Workers for Transportation Costs NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Mar. 5. —Lewis Compton, Middlesex County director of C.W.A. and Emergency Relief, has announced that in ac- cordance with new regulations origi- nating at Washington, no trans- portation will hereafter be provided C.W.A. workers. The statement of Mr. Compton follows: “Effective Friday morning, Feb, 23rd, 1934, no transportation will be furnished to any C.W.A. worker. This is in accordance with instructions from Washington.” This means that in some town- ship communities many workers will have to walk to and from work over distances of from six “active list.” . 16,000 SPANISH CLOTHING WORKERS STRIKE | BARCELONA, Spain. — Reports from Sabadell indicate that a strike of 16,000 clothing workers has been called to force the bosses to pfovide higher wages and better working conditions. CHICAGO WORKERS — Announces — BOOK STORES Such action taken in the in- | Improvements in Economic Conditions and Bosses’ Profits at Expense of Workers Do Not Solve Cri But Intensify All Contradictions of Capitalism ; Bankers Journal Admits “Recovery” More Apparent Than Real, While New York World-Telegram Says Future Will Be By HARRY GANNES ESTERDAY marked the end of the first year of the Roosevelt regime. This first year of the New Deal is now being weighed in the balance. Each class in society makes its own estimate. The bankers and capitalists are joyous because of their increased profits, and their increased power. But their joy is not unalloyed. They enter the second year of the Roose- velt regime with great uncertaintly and fear over the rising struggles of the workers. Opening with an orgy of demagogy, the first year of the Roosevelt regime expires amid the agony of bitter dis- illusionment among vast masses of workers, farmers and petty bour- geoisie. The torrent of criticism leveled at the N.R.A. at the “critics field day” demonstrated this clearly. Some of the closest supporters and apologists of the New Deal admit that the New Deal is not what it was cracked up to be, that tremendous class struggles loom, and that class lines are being sharpened. The World Telegram concludes its editorial on Roosevelt’s first year as follows: “The next year will be harder. Harder As Ilusio ns Wear Thinner flush of higher profits on the face, of the banks and big corporations. | 'HILE Roosevelt prevented the further collapse of the banks, he| intensified the financial crisis, spread-| ing’it into the whole body of the} capitalist system. Through inflation} he makes the toiling masses pay for| keeping alive defective banks and| port to rapid trustification, and par- tigularly to the most powerful trust he has sharpened the class strugg! Mainly this is expresed by the tre mendous rise of the strike wave, which | is the dominant feature of the class| |struggle under the Roosevelt regime. | The new year of the New opens up with strikes in aluminum, | discontent among railroad and steel} workers and among the miners. Conflicts Among the Capitalists Among the capitalist class there are | tion, for control of the trustification | increased profits and subsidies, paratus. This is seen in the sharper rift between small, non-trustified in- dustfy and the big corporations who through the N. R. A. are swallowing up small industry. It is seen in the conflict between various trusts, such as Ford and General Motor; in the Bureaucracy will grow aud the president will have difficulty in keeping close to the people. Re- actionary business and political forces will gather more power. And among the rank and file much of the excitement and glory’ of the New Deal will wear thin.” The Economic Crisis While there has undoubtedly been some improvement in economic con- ditions at the undenied cost of tre- mendous lowering of the workers’ standard of living, the basic antagon- isms in society, the main contradic- tions and conflicts of the capitalist system have been sharpened and in- tensified. Not only-is the economic crisis un- solved, but the basis has been laid for greater unemployment, an inten- sification of the financial crisis, a tre- mendous rise in inflation. A brief review of the conclusions from vari- ous class sources will show this to be true. struggle for financial domination be- tween the Rockefeller and Morgan banks, as well as in the air mail scandals. Doctored Figures No accurate estimate can be gained | of the present economis situation from government statistics as they are all doctored to suit the demagogy of the Roosevelt regime. This is ad- mitted by the Annalist, organ of Wall Street bankers (Feb, 2, 1934), which says: “... The college professors and government officials have thrown a veil of suspicion upon all Federal statistics . . . Who woud testify that the data emitted today by Fed- eral agencies have not already been warped by administration statis- ticians to show whatever the ex- igencies of the moment require?” Not only are the internal con- tradictions of American capitalism intensifying, particularly because of the rapid worsening of the conditions The current issue of the American Bankers Association Journal writes: “Underneath the surface, things reflect uncertainty. Improvement in employment, sales and similar items is more apparent than real. The increase in employment re- flects shorter hours under the code system rather than an increase in total hours worked . .. the volume ef goods moved was actually less than it was ayear ago ... The heavy industries, as a whole, have not only shown no improvement, but reflect rather a tendency to sag.’ Those who have profited most from the entire program of the Roosevelt regime are uneasy over the prespec- tives confronting them. The general crisis of capitalism, the fatal disease of the whole ssytem, grows worse, despite the cosmetics applied by Roosevelt that put a hectic of the toiling’ masses, but externally the conflict between U. S. capitalism and its leading competitors, Great Britain and Japan, have reached the point where the next stage is the direct development to war. More Fascist Methods In the face of this situation, with the growing disillusionment of the masses, who enter wie road of Struggle, the Roosevelt regime steps out more openly with its dictatorial power, using more and more fascist methods for its attack on the work~ ers, particularly against their strikes end trade unions, and for war preparations, When Roosevelt came to power he promised not only a solution of the economic crisis (particularly by the elimination of unemployment) but fundamental changes in capitalist economy to eliminate crises and bankrupt corporations. By his par-| Deal | auto,. marine, and with the deepest; _ sharper conflicts for dominant posi- | going on, for the greater share of the | and} for domination in the government ap- | FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT make of capitalism a stable, enduring system. What has Rooseevit accomplished? Through the N.R.A. and A.A.A. he has increased the power of the trusts, the big corporations. The so-called codes of fair competition have been shown to be vicious weapons against the workers, the farmers, and the small business men. Within the | codes, the big banks and dominant trusts gain the benefit of higher | prices, greater control over produc- | tion,-and the lower wages enforced on the workers. While the prices of farm commodities have risen, the prices of all other commodities have risen faster, through the control of the trusts, catching the farmers be- tween the edges of a sharper and more powerful scissors. Growing Unemployment The very N.R.A. which was sup- posed to decrease unemployment, tends to increase it. The evidence of this fact is constantly piling up. Here we will mention only a few of the items: On Feb. 26, 1924, the New York Times financial page car- ried the following headline: “Production rises, but jobs decline. The Reserve Board reports indus- trial gain and price advance for six weeks. A. F. of L. cites lay-offs. Green puts December-January to- tal (lay-offs) at 921,000—sets unem- ployed at 11,690,000.” The financial editor of the New York Sun, on February 20, 1934, gen- eralized this fact by saving: “Indus- trial production can increase con- siderably without any increase or with little, in employment, thanks to the growing use of more efficient machinery.” The very shortening of hours under the code intensifies rationali- zation and speed-up to such a fright- ful degree that Ford workers unable to stand it any longer walk away from the belt. In the steel mills new speed-up methods are being intro- duced, against which the workers are fighting. In every large plant in the country, under the N.R.A., a process is going on of elimination of workers, an increase in the permanent army of the unemployed. This factor itself tremendous in- tensifies the crisis, taking place as it does in a period of increasing infla- tion and rising prices. It narrows the internal market, piles up more goods, and will have the effect later of agravating the financial crisis. Conditions of the Employed | The conditions of the employed wankers: BA ve Heed Go: ably sened in the one year of Ro reign. For this we have the flat ad- mission of the American Federation officials, who state that in view of rising prices, and fixed codes wh tia maximum tends to become minimum, employed’ workers |bad thei~ real waees cut on an age of 10 per cent. “Ever since October,” writes the American Federationist (February), “when the effort to increase work- ers’ buying power under the codes reached its peak, wages have been falling off.” They speak here of actual money wazes; tHe number of inflated dollars paid to the workers has been reced- ing. To get a glimpse of what this means to the workers we refer to a statement made by F. H. Fijozdal, president of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes (N. Y. Times. Dec. 4, 1933: “Living standards are being re- duced to the level of Chinese cool- ies, and actual starvation faces families of railway employees, who are supposed to be employed, and who, “for that reason, are not eligible to help from charitable re- lief agencies. Wages as low as seven cents an hour are being paid railroad section men.” The effects of the New Deal, in its first year, on the conditions and on the health of the worker class, can be gleaned from the following: “In the first half of 1933,” de- clared E. Sydenstricker, statistical consultant to U. S. Public Health Service (N. Y. Times, Jan. 14, 1934), “about half of the 28 states for which information is available ex- hibited increases in the general death rate, in infant mortality and in deaths from intestinal diseases among children. . . . The highly significant fact was revealed in these surveys that the sickness rate in 1933 was more than 50 per cent higher in families whose incomes had dropped most sharply during the preceding four years than in ve | aver- families with low incomes through- out this period.” Malnutrition diseases keep pace with increased profits squeezed out of the workers through the function- ing of the New Deal. Suffering from these conditions, the workers have entered upon a series of strike struggles. It was pre- cisely to avoid these struggles, to clamp down on the workers, that the N.R. A. was passed. At first a heavy dose of illusions was injected into the workers, thanks to the help of the A. F. of L. officialdom and the Socialist leaders. But this had only a temporary ef- fect, and not always that hoped for |keep wages low. by the bosses, and as the coal and Ammunition Worker Is Blown To Pieces HACKETTSTOWN, N J., March riife explosion syed the which he was n pletely house in Identifi- e only be- building. a widow and a dau Shoe Worker Fired; Lowell Shop Strikes — Fhe United Novelty here last ing the réinstate- tired two weeks ing room and lasting ed to walk out if the bosses do not agree to a satisfactory settlement. The strikers are holding their meetings in the hall of Local 70 of the United Shoe and Leather Work- ers Union. Send to the Daily Worker, 56 E. 13th St., New York City, names of those you know who are not read- Patronize Daily Worker Advertisers. steel strikes advanced the real na- ture of the N. R. A. as expressed cularly in Section 7-a, was brought out. The N, R. A. proved itself to be an instrument to smash strikes and to On the anniversary of Roosevelt's first year in office, his outstanding act was to strengthen the National Labor Board whose avowed purpose is to make strikes illegal. The N. R. A., which strengthened monopoly capitalist, also intensified the growth of company-unions. “It seems strange, but true,” writes the A. F. of L. Council, “that the N.R.A. which guaranteed that ‘employes shall have the right to organize and bargain collectively through repre- sentatives of their own choosing .. . should indirectly have led to a great increases in ber and membership of company unions.” This seems strange only to those who tried to mislead the workers as to the real meaning of: the N. R. A. ‘Thousands-of workers, believing the Roosevelt and the A. F. of L. official- dom’s talk about the right to organ- ize, flocked into the A. F. of L. only to be victimized by two forces. In the factories they found that the “right to organize” was a travesty. From their leaders they learned that to use organization for struggle to improve better conditions was con~ trary to the meaning of N.R, A. Yet the growth of the A. F. of L.; and especially the influx of new forces ready for struggle, as well as the re- viving of the spirit for struggle among the older members, as well as the growth of independent unions, made necessary the greater organiza- tion of the militant rank and file within these unions against the N. R. A. and the trade union official- dom closely allied with it. (Lo Be Concluded Tomorrow) How Field, Cannon, and Gitlow Betrayed the N.Y: Hotel Strike Made M any Promises, | Refused to Build United Front By WILLIAM ALBERTSON (Secretary of Local 119, F.W.1.U.) NEW YORK.—On Tuesday, Feb. 27, 1934, the general strike of the hotel and restaurant workers of New York City, was called off by Messrs. Field, Gitlow, Cannon, Kostas, Caldis, Christman, Hill and Company. The strike was called off at a regular strike meeting where no vote was taken. For six weeks, the workers fought bitterly, sacrificing everything they had in order to win higher wages, shorter hours, better conditions and security on the job. But while the strikers were fighting the bosses, the Amalgamated “officials” behind closed doors, agreed to call off the strike and send the workers back to work. In this decision to send the workers back, in all of the betrayal policies carried through by the Union officials, these misleaders of labor were actively as- eae by Burkhardt and Gundt—Gen- eral Secretary and Organizer of the eneunaed Food Workers of Amer- At the meeting, the workers ex- pressed their revolt against the be- trayal action of their leaders. This showed definitely the mood of the le iC ek ee on @ militant basis and against the betrayal. However, the strikers sere promised that everyone woula be taken back within two weeks, and tion after the two weeks period. The strikers, not trusting their epee Mercy What does this betrayal mean to the striktig hotel and restaurant workers? It means that the strikers are left at the mercy of the bosses. It means that hundreds of the most active strikers will be blacklisted and discriminated against by the bosses. The bosses are the ones who will choose whom they want and whom they do not want back to work. The fate of the blacklisted workers and their families will be referred to these misleaders to the Committee of Five for consideration. The result will be that the blacklisted and discriminated workers with their starving families will continue to starve for weeks and months, and then will remain without jobs! The strike was not lost just because the bosses were strong, but because the strike “leaders” and their labor ad- visers, Gitlow and Cannon, the Trot- skyite, Lovestonite, and Gitlowite cliques betrayed the strikers with their wrong policies. Instead of util- izing the sentiment developing around the Waldorf-Astoria strike in order spread the organization in the other hotels and to develop a real general strike, they called unprepared strikes, They issued leaflets calling on the workers to “Strike Now and Come to the Union Headquarters.” As a result only small numbers of workers in certain hotels came out on strike, leaving behind, inside of many hotels, the majority of the workers, The Nation Does Its Bit In the vanguard of the forces sup- porting the betrayal maneuvers was one Herbert Solow, writer, member of the Trotzky group and ex-mem- ber of the editorial board’ of the Menorah Journal. Writing in the last issue of the “liberal” Nation, this gentleman, under the guise of supporting the strike, launches into a vicious attack against the Food Workers Industrial Union and the Communists, who were active from the first day of the strike on the picket line and in meet- ings attempting to unite all the workers against the hotel owners and the betrayal moves of Mr. Field, Cannon, Gitlow, N. R. A. officials and Calling the Food Workers Indus- trial Union the “18th Street Gang,” Mr. Solow proceeds to declare that the clearest voices of the progressives in the strike were J. P. Cannan and his paper, the Militant, the chief function of which was to attack the Communist Party. Indeed, if Mr. Solow looks around by | others. he will find himself standing with a united front of strikebreakers, which include the police, Matthew Woll, Grover Whalen, Hamilton Fish and others who, also call the F. W. I. U. the “18th St. Gang.” And in so far as the “progressives” are concerned, one cannot deny that Cannon belongs to this group. La Guardia, Mrs. Elinore Herrick, Morris L. Ernst— strikebreakers all—they are also “progressives.” The Daily Worker is accused of slander by Solow. The fact of the matter is that the Daily Worker con- tinually exposed all strikebreakers, from Weasel Duffy to James P. Can- non, and was the only paper which consistently pointed out the correct trade union policy of unity, which, had it been carried out, would have taken the strike out of the hands of the betrayers and placed it into the hands of the militant rank and file. No Activity to Spread Strike Instead of tying up the hotels from the top floor to the cellar, they only called on the dining room and kit- talk to the rest of the workers. Do} not forget about those workers who have been discriminated against. If you do, then the boss, the manager, the headwaiter, the maitre d’hotel will | take advantage of your weakness and will force upon you worse conditions than even before the strike. The only way of guaranteeing that this will not happen is to maintain the organization in the shop, is to consider the strikers who are still out} as a ‘part of your shop, and above all to establish unity in your_ranks regardless as to whether or not the Officials or the bosses like it. Regard- less of what union you are a member, regardless of whether you work in the kitchen or the dining room, regard- less of whether you are a cook, waiter, busboy, dishwasher, chambermaid, houseman, etc., call joint meetings and elect joint hotel commitiees that will represent you and that will take up all grievances and ail agreements made providing that ycu accept them. Places Responsibility The Hotel and Restaurant Workers chens. No activity was organized to spread the strike to every hotel and restaurant in the city. They refused to allow the strikers to elect broad rank and file strike committees in each shop to handle the shop prob- lems and to lead the strike as the workers wanted it, These officials es- pecially sabotaged every effort on the part of the strikers, and all workers’ organization to raise relief for the strikers. No real functioning relief machinery was established during the whole course of the strike. Believed In N. R. A. Why did the officials pursue such a policy? Because they believed that the N. R. A. would settle the strike. Instead of having faith in the workers and their militancy, they believed in the N. R. A. Regional Labor Board. Only the militancy and united action of the workers, the intensification and spreading of the strike, the develop- ment of a real relief campaign, would have forced the N. R. A. and the bosses to settle the strike favorably |edly the cooperation of the bosses and for the workers. Hotel workers, When you go back on| they betrayed the strike. the job, remember that the fight is} We on our part did all in our power not yet over. Do not be afraid to/to establish unity by sending our Taise your voice. Do not be afraid to|strikers to join hands with you. We Union, Local 119 of the Food Work- ers Industrial Union is holding the Field, Gitlows, Cannons, etc., respon- sible for this sell-out. These indi- viduals and their cliques before the strike and from the first day of the strike, continued the policy of flirting with the bosses and the N. R. A. and sabotaged every militant act on the part of the workers. They are re- sponsible for the fact that the strike was not spread to all the hotels and to all the departments of every hotel. False Promises They promised general strikes of ‘the bakers and butchers as a means of helping to win the strike. They are responsible for not establishing the unity of the strikers regardless of their union affiliation. They consist- ently refused the cooperation of the Food Workers Industric} Union, claiming that if the workers would accept the cooperation of our Union, that public opinion and the N. R. A. would be against the strike. At the same time, they accepted wholeheart- the N. R. A—and together with them Liberal “Nation” Writes to Divide Ranks of the Workers colected funds for the strikers. We organized mass demonstrations and mass picket lines. We popularized the strike amongst the workers in other industries. We fought side by side with you on the picket lines for the winning of the strike. And we mobil- ized all of our affiliated locals throughout the United States for the purpose of stopping the shipment of scabs to New York as well as to de- velop real strikes, as was done under our leadership in the hotels in Pitts- buurgh, Pa, The strikers are realiz- ing more and more the corectness of our policy. The strikers realize the betrayal by the officialdom of the Amalgamated. At the same time you members of the Amalgamated still have the job of cleaning your union of all labor fakers, to arrange a general meeting, and there to elect a rank and file com- mittee to take over the job of running the union on the corect policy. You must take the leadership into your own hands. Raise the question of unity and the establishment of ONE Union in the hotel and restaurant in- dustry immediately. We on our part are ready, even now, to discuss the details with your elected representatives of how to es- tablish the one union. We are willing, together with you, to work out the de- tailed plans of how to merge both our unions into ONE BIG UNION, The conditions demand from all of us now more than even before the strike, to consolidate all our forces, to es- tablish one union and to prepare for futher struggles which will enable us to establish real conditions for the workers and prevent further betrayals. Drive the labor fakers out of your! ranks! For one union in the industry based on rank and file control! Workers! Fight together with all workers against discrimination and for one Union! By joining our Union you will help to carry through the Program for one Union in the industry bo gee blacklisting and discrimi- nation: { | Communist Spokesman | Challenges Gov't. To | End Discrimination | MEETS HARD SILENCE Exposes Aid for “New Deal” by Socialist / Party Leaders a £ | By SEYMOUR WALDMAN | (Daily Worker, Washington Bureau) | WASHINGTON, March 2.—Speak |ing in the name of the Communist | Party of the U.S.A., Robert Minor of the Central Committee yesterday |challenged the National Recovery | Administration to cease its officially directed discrimination against the Negros throughout the country. The challenge was met by stony silence —eloquent proof the Blue Eagle's in- tention to continue its ruthless Jim- Crowism and the various forms ef “recovery” race differentials. “The N.R.A. gives its OK. and iis Blue Eagle to theatres, restaurants, | hotels, any institutions which diseri- minates against Negroes and excludes them from service,” charged Minor in the afternoon “criticism” session held in the luxurious, Jim-Crow Mey- flower Hotel. “I wish to ask, for the record, and I ask this of the whole Administration of the NRA. Would you gentlemen agree to withhold the Eagle from all business or opher in- stitutions which carry on unfair prac: tice, the unfair practice of ei service to Negroes, or in the segre- gation of Negroes?” I should like very much to have @ reply,” he added Alvin Brown, Chief Executive Ofi- cer of the N.R.A. and Chairman of the session, remained coldly silent. with more than a suggestion of a sneer on his face. Minor explained that the Communist Party opposes e pur- poses of the N.R.A. ... We are prac~ tical in our struggle for every pos- sible gain for the classes. With the N.R.A. in effective control although we disapprove of the fight of the N.R.A., we... find that every possible gain that can be gotten by workers should be secured, not be- cause of the N.R.A., but beeause of our pressure against the N.R.A therefore I propose the elimination of differentials.” In discussing the Socialist Party's jectives” of the N. R .A, as enun- ciated here by Louis Wakiman, Code Chairman of its Public Affairs Com- mittee, Minor declared: “The Social- ist Party has clearly stated that it is a third capitalist party, defending the interests of capital from the point of advantage inside of the labor move- ment against the interests of labor itself. The Socialist Party’s state- ment speaks of the N. R. A. as hav- ing established a principle that the conditions of employment are the concern of the Government. I wish to point out that the N. R. A. makes questions of employment its concern only from the point of view in the last analysis of the welfare of the employers.” Company Union and N. R. A. On the Socialist Party pretense that the company unions serve to defeat the purposes of the “Recovery” Act, Minor said: “I deny that flatly. We say that the company union expresses precisely the purposes of the National Recovery Act. Labor is represented in the N. R.A. by gentlemen of the type of Mr. Woll, although he may not himself be directly connected with it, Mr. Green, Mr. Berry, Mr. Wald- “All of these gentlemen, without ex- ception, are supporters of the capital- istic system, and antagonistic to the ultimate aim of the labor movements. and are, therefore, quite consistenly serving today in the N. R. A. to break down the American standard of living to enable American capital te com- pete in foreign commerce at a low cost. In making that statement I am positive of what I say. Now, we may expect Mr. Norman Thomas and Mr. Louis Waldman to be inducted into the N. R. A. because certainly they would seem to be glad to come in, but certainly the Communist Party will decline, as any representative of the working classes that must refuse to participate in strike-breaking or- janizations.” How Demands Will Be Won In addition to calling for enactment of the workers and social insurance bill (H. R. 7598), Minor demanded “the shortening of the day, with no decrease in the total weekly wage paid, a substantial in- crease, not alone to cover the in- under pressure of the masses, through strike action, of a strike movement. We ask for the raising of all and the abolition won from the N. R. A.” Brown asked Minor no questions. These code conferences, which be-- gin next week, many of which will be endorsement of the “purpdse and 6b-