The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 10, 1934, Page 3

WALL STREETS’ CAPITOL ~By SEYMOUR WALDMAN 'ASHINGTON, March 9.—The Blue Eagle is blinking at the spectre of Communism in America. It was this apparation, in the form of a steadily rising wave of rank and file strikes, that caused the Swopes, Teagles and the Taylors. of banking and In | its, recommended that big busi- dustry to hurry their flock/ness make more lucrative use of to Washington to adopt a plan | the services of Bill Green, Ed Mc- designed to either abort or cruch|Gt@dv» John 1. Lewis, George the workers’ collective attempts to | Berry, and their whole disgusting, ¢ “rg 4 t ¢| brutal, traitor tribe. That’s part ne ere so nate eeashe of “the way out,” counseled the r toil. | \ ‘ . ..| general, who described himself as One of the elements of embry- |«q soldier by training and inclina- as already been | tion,” who revealed himself as a ell established—the na- man who has made over $100,000 and by Jove one who hopes to do it again, who as a white chauvi- ist, besides signing codes which discriminate against the Negro, entertained his superiors with the “joke” of the Southern newspaper depression headline, “Banker Mar- ries White Girl,” (this white chau- vinist jest did not appear in the text of the speech given to> the press the next day) and finally, as the anti-Communist sponsor | and salesman of the A. F. of L. to |such a bulwark of American capi- |talism as J. P. Morgan’s United States Steel Corporation. * ide low- the working class, in other words, codified, fiat militant unions, the use of the army as regu- lar foremen and 8 ntendents in addition to} eee! ‘ Peete se te ENTLEMEN, declared Johnson infiltration of army offi- | ioni cers in industry until the point is| of exploiters, the A: F. of Le i the reached where industry can be put |worst enemy the Communists on a war basis without any sub-| have (this also was deleted. from stantial loss of time, the cement- ing of a sort of industrial-finan- cial-governmental oligarchy, all these and others which, no doubt, are planned as part of the scheme of American capitalism to climb out of the well of the crisis at the expense of the blood and bone of the morkers. _ What will be the formula? Will it_ be the bludgeon, the machine Seymour Waldman jto the press the next day), there- jby virtually admitting that the | Communist Party is the only basic | opponent of the N.R.A. audience that the workers would fight shoulder to shoulder against }the company union and recom- mended that the best method of fight would be to fool the workers gun, the gloved fist of compul-|by delivering them into the hands Ss arbitration and the injune-|of Green, Lewis and McGrady, tion? Or will it be the more subtle | who may be trusted to use every e-breaking maneuver of de- ering the company union struc- ture, tremendously enlarged un- der the protective wings of the Blue Eagle, into the dollar-stained hands of the American Federation of Uabor betrayers? night of March 7, 1934. onstitution Hall, Washington. We must remember that night and ounce of their energy to break strikes and spy out militancy. Whichever fascist plan Ameri- tal adopts, the militant workers will fight to build their own unions and to expose the Lewises to their misled fellow- workers who still do not realize |the text of the speech distributed | In short, Johnson reminded his | can finance and industrial capi-| Greens andj place. For it was there that Na- tional Recovery _ Administrator re from the depths of his heart to theusands of fellow-industrial- reral Hugh S. Johnson, sneak- | that the A. F. of L. is the germ carrier of the Roosevelt admini- stration, the poison sprayer of emerging American fascism, one lof Secretary of Commerce Roper's “shock troops of recovery.” rkov, the largest industrial center in the Ukraine, offers many sting examples of the ultra-modern communal buildings charac- teristic of the Land of the Soviets ... workers’ clubs, community kit- chens, apartments and social institutions of many kinds. Although founded in 1406 by the Crimean Tartars, it is today one of the newest cities in the Soviet Union, having been rebuilt from the ground up curing the first Five Year Plan. The giant tractor plant is located at Kharkov. This capital is also noted for its tremendous new sport stadium, accommodating 100,000 people. The newly created capital and principal cultural center of the Ukraine, Kiev, is a complete change from the bold, new Kharkov. Here, oe at Nikolayev on its way to Odessa. MAY FIRST CELEBRATION TOURS NOW BEING the tourist finds restful charm, age- BOOKED old churches and a richness of precious monuments which time has spared. Overlooking the broad Dnieper River, Kiev has two re- markable treasures of the past ... Sophia Cathedral, famous for its eleventh-century frescoes, and the Kiev-Pechersk Monastery, under- mined with catacombs where lie weird moschi (the mummified bod- ies of forgotten “saints”). Tourist parties are conducted through these Jabyrinths, recently lighted with electricity. From Kiev, side-wheeler steamers, similar to the famous “river pack- ets” of the Mississippi's heyday, carry the tourist southward through the Steppes and meadows. Seen from the boat, the colossal dam at Dnieproges stands out like a vision, made real by the comforting knowl- edge that the immense wall has so raised the level of the river that boats now float safely above the jagged rocks of the old Dnieper Rapids, which formerly challenged all craft rash enough to brave them. Twenty-four hours are required A number of low-priced tours to the Soviet Union are now being offered by World Tourists, Inc. These tours are so scheduled as to bring the traveler to Moscow dur- ing the annual May Day celebra- tions. The May ist Celebration Tour includes hotel accommodations, three meals per day, sightseeing with an English-speaking guide, the cost of the Soviet visa and return steamship ticket, valid for two years from date of sailing. Fifteen days in five of the most important cities in the Soviet Union—Lenin- grad, Moscow, Kiev, Dnieproges and Minsk. Special Low Rate Tours U.S.S. R. to make the trip from Dnieproges to Kherson, situated about twenty miles from the mouth of the river, which empties into the Black Sea. Kherson has a large shipyard and an interesting old fortress and cathedral. Here the traveler changes to a sea-going vessel, which calls RUSSIA with the OPEN ROAD Numbers of students, professional people, and civic leaders will spend this summer in Soviet Russia. $187.75 up Inflation does not affect your tour in the U.S.S.R. WORLD TOURISTS, Inc. 175 Fifth Ave. New York Because: American-Russian relations are influencing the world. Soviet Russia is the one foreign country where travel service rates IN DOLLARS have not been increased. The Open Road offers special services based on years of experience, resident representation, and friendly re- lations with key individuals and institutions. Open Road travelers see most in least time at least cost. Service to groups and those traveling on their own Details on application THE OPEN ROAD 58 West 45th Street New York Cooperating with Intourist Vets By H. E. BRIGGS IN returning to the front this | week, we are glad to know that while we were busy trying to fight off a bad attack of the | grippe, the boys were carrying on. | | We followed the “Daily” every | day. To be without it ts like | losing your right arm. And no veteran can afford to | lose either with the woods full of phoney Congressmen who prom- | ise to vote on the Bonus every year and then pass the buck to | the Senate when they defeat it. So come on, you sharpshooters and news scouts, start firing that | news about the doings of the vets. | | Prepare to fire! The range is | the 3-Point Program. We prom- | ise to report all bulls eyes. | | In Congress | “Somewhere in Congress” a series | | of veterans relief bills lay hidden. |In the last week’s report, we pointed jout that even if these were passed, | the veteran would still be robbed of over $200,000,000. Maimed and dis- | abled veterans, widows and depen- dents would still be deprived of re- Hef. Marching to Washington Mass pressure by the rank and file | veteran in every veteran organiza- | tion will get action. The Veterans Rank and File Committee in Wash- | ington says “Mobilize in every Con- gressional District to return to} | Washington before Congress ad- |journs. Come there supporting the | Three Point Program, 1. The Re- peal of the Economy Act, 2. Im- mediate Cash Payment of the Ad- | justed Service Certificates (Bonus), |3. Immediate remedial Relief for | unemployed and Farmer.” Action | in every city, supported by the peo- ple is the only way to get action from Congress. | That's a good statement—Rank and File Committee—But don’t | be surprised. The Veterans now want the workers unemployment | and Social Instrance Bill No. 7598 also. Give us data of your mass movement program, We'll give it a spread. Enemies at Work Our “friends” in Congress maneu- | ver behind closed doors in Congress while our open enemies are ahead | in a front line attack. | The National Economy League is | at it again and the kept press gives | it wide publicity. They publish their vicious statements against the veterans. The generals, colonels, majors, and Big Business for whom it speaks sheds “crocodile tears” for the disabled veteran who received his wounds in action. Well, this is just a little smoke screen. The Veterans’ Administra- tion itself admits that over 100,000 service connected wounded veterans have been removed from any relief by their own prejudiced re-rating boards. The non-service connected | veterans represents those veterans | who were advised to come under | that rating on the basis that it was ‘a sort of pension. “Service con- nected payments are only for a temporary period.” Veterans who had difficulty in proving their service connection, due to faulty government medical history of war cases accepted this form of pay- ment. Over 300,000 of these were completely cut from the list. Another Enemy Within Our Ranks | Now the American Veteran Asso- ciation comes along with full page| ads, claiming that veterans don’t want their back pay, Bonus. Who is this outfit? They tell it themselves, | At the hearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee, January 27th, 1934, they stated that they had no convention. Their dues are nom- inal, $2.00 a year, pay if you want to. They supported all the cuts | against the veterans, Want the old Civil War and Spanish War vets to starve, their widows and orphans to be uncared for. Their own testi- mony condemns them as enemies not only of the veterans but of all the people. | PAINTERS PICKET NEW Eighty-three C. W. A. painters, picketed the New York C. W. A. offices for two days, under the leader- DATLY WORKER, NEW YORK, SAPURDAY, RCH }, | YORK C. W. A. OFFICES who were fired from the C. W. A. | ship of the Relief Workers’ League, and forced the C. W. A. to re- | instate all. The first offer of the ©. W. A. to re-instate aH but the | three leaders was turned down solidly by the workers. WHAT’S ON Saturday Manhattan ENTERTAINMENT and Dance at Ger- man Workers Club, 79 E. 10th St., and floor. Excellent Orchestra. Donation 15¢ SOCIAL CONCERT and Dance at West Side Br. F.S.U. at Rudko Studio, 2231 Broadway (80th St.) 9 p.m. Adm. 35c. PARTY at Pen and Hammer, 114 W. 2ist St. Dancing and Entertainment. Ad- | Oronsky Home, 799 Elsmere Place, Bronx.|ment insurance, that is, to secure | |adoption of the Workers Unemploy- | mission 38c. DANCE and Entertainment for the bene- fit of the heroic Blechman Strikers at the O.W.U. Hall, 114 W, 14th St SPARTAKIADE Night arranged by Work- ers Sport Club “Fichte.” Grand Sport Ex- hibition and Dance. Labor Temple, 243 B. 84th St., 8:30 p.m. CHAMBER MUSIC Concert at Freiheit Mandolin Orchestra, 106 E. 14th St., at 9 p.m. Preiheit Mandolin Orchestra En- semble; Av. Weiss; Sylvie Bagley. mission 25c. DISTRICT ¥.C.L. Dance at Irving Plaza, 15th St. and Irving Place. Benefit of Schenectady Section, Adm. 39¢ at door. DANCE and Entertainment, Lower West Side Workers Center, 107 McDougal St., Bronx BANQUET and opening of Convention at Coop Auditorium, 2700 Bronx Park East. | National known speaker. Fine Entertain-| | ment. Adm. 40c. | ENTERTAINMENT and Dance at Tre- mont Prog. Club, 866 E. Tremont Ave., 3: 45) |p.m. Shirely Kaplan, dancer; Prospect | Club Mandolin Section; Negro Jazz Band. | HOUSE Warming, Refreshments, at |Renewal of activities of Fordham Prog. | Cub. |= DANCE at Ho-Lung LW.O. Youth Bi | 1013 Tremont Ave., 8:30 p.m. Entertat ment. | | GYPSY Camp Night and Concert at | Wilkins Hall, 1330 Wilkins Ave. near Free-| |man St, Sta, Balalaika Music, dancing, |refreshments. Come in costume if pos- | sible. Auspices East Bronx Br. F.S.U. |_ GALA Concert and Dance in Middle | way. | |_ PARTY given by Unit 35 Sec. 15 at Mt. | Eden Workers Center, 288 E. 174th St., | 8:30 p.m. Refreshment, entertainment. Ad- | mission 10c. PROSPECT Workers Center, Boulevard Concert and Dance. 1157 Bo. Good pro- | 8 p.m. Adm, 16c. | gram_prepared. 1994 and Others Meet for United Action | ees | OHICAGO, Ill, March 9.— The District committee of the Commu- nist Party, Chicago District, has issued a statement declaring its po- sition on the question of a united front of the workers in the fight The workingclass organizations have already set up committees, in- cluding the Unemployment Councils, the Civie and Public Works Labor | Union, the Chicago Federation of Labor and locals of the Workers Committee on Unemployment, to work out the common program and | actions for this united front. The following statement of the Chicago District of the C. P. analyzes the position of the Communists on this united front: “Throughout the five years of crisis, the bosses, through the Hoover and now the Roosevelt zovernment, constantly carried on their attack upon the working class, through wage cuts, cuts in relief, etc. There is hunger and starvation among the unemployed. Now the C. W. A. jobs are to be discontinued. “The task confronting the entire working class is to unite its forces in struggle for improvement of the conditions in the shops, increase in wages, shortening working hours and establishment of federal unemploy- ment Insurance Bill (H. R. 7598) now before Congress. Masses Demand Unity “One of the main reasons why the capitalists and the government were able to carry through their offensive against the workers is precisely be- Ad- | Bronx Workers Club, 432 Claremont Park-|cause of the sabotage and refusal on the part of the leadership of the A. F. of L., Socialist Party, etc., to join in united front actions. On the contrary, this leadership supported every move of the Roosevelt hunger against unemployment, | | | Communists Cail for _. Unity in Chicago on the Basis of Struggle “The preliminary conference of |Federation of Labor | the civic ana Public Works Labor Union, the Unemployed Councils and | locals of the Chicago Workers Com- mittee on Unemployment, March 2. after reviewing the situation among the unemployed and the discontinu- ation of the C. W. A. jobs, decided to appeal to all workingclass organ- izations for one united front con- ference to take up the struggle for “(1) Continuation of the C.W. A. | projects. | “(2) Jobs or cash relief for un- employed, single workers included. (3) For Unemployment Insur- ance. | (4) Against racial discrimina- tion.” Federation of Labor Endorses “A delegation of 5, consisting of }representatives of the above-men- | tioned three organizations, appealed to the executive body of the Chicago Federation of Labor, proposing this |immediate united front action. The| Chicago Federation of Labor, ts meeting in March, 1934, unanimously endorsed these demands and en- dorsed the proposal for a united front conference, and agreed to meet with the representatives of the unemployed organizations and Civic and Public Works Labor Union on Saturday, March 10, to work out | jconcrete forms of struggles and ac- | tivity leading toward a city-wide march of all workingclass organiza- tions in the city of Chicago. The | Executive Board of the Chicago Fed- |eration of Labor was instructed by |the delegated body to appoint a/ committee for this purpose. | “The District Committee of the| Communist Party calls upon the} workers in the city of Chicago, and | particularly the A. F. of L, Railroad | | Brotherhoods, independent unions, | | unions of the T. U. U. L., organiza- | tions of the unemployed, organized | and unorganized workers in the} shops, Negro, youth and women, to} unite in struggle for the above} enumerated demands. | | To assure a united, citywide dem-! onstration, it is necessary that im- at i lw. Page Paseo WHAT’S ON f the Women in War" lecturé by Pannie Blacker at Tom Mooney Br. ILD., 323 B. 13th Bt, 3 p.m. Adm. free LECTURE on Fascism, in Ialtan, by Comrade Albertini, at Lower West side Workers Club, 107 McDougal 6t, 8 p.m. Adm. free. OPENING of Jacob Deinoff Memorig! Exhibition at John % Ave, 3 p.m. Promi LECTURE in Greek Youth in America” at Youth Club, 269 W. 2th St., 2n4 floor, 3 bm DANCE and Enterteinment gixgn Downtown Br. F.8.U. at Sttidio a . 1p. # IRISH WORKERS Social at 210 W. #eth St., 8:30 p.m. Good program, songs and tion i5¢ TTINGER lectures on “Gane Ger Life’ at Clarte, 306 W. S8th St, Admfse sion free. SERGEI RAD: strated at the Irving Plaza, 8 p.m. Discus- and Irving Place, Adm. 25¢. the Social Chaos.” an, N. ¥. World aw, Poetrr Teachers Situation at Worke ers Laboratory Theatre, 42 E. 8th 8, 4 AL and Dance at American Youth tion, 328 E. 18th St., 8:30 p.m. Ad- ssion 10c. OPEN FORUM, Margaret Cow! speaks no “The Peace Policy of the Soviet Union” at Post 91, 69 E. 3rd St., 8 p.m. INTERNATIONAL Women's Day Mass Meeting at Harlem Center, I.W.0., 415 Lenox Ave. Speakers: WiHiana Burroughs, Clarina Mi elson, Sadie Dorsohkin. Mus- ical Program. Adm. free. Auspices, Solidar- ity Br. 691 I-W.O. and Unit 493 OP, UNITED FRONT Supporters Forum, 40 18th St. “General Crisis of Capitel- "Speaker, Elstetn, 8:30 p.m. Adm. Members free. sm. 15c. GERTRUDE HUTCHINSON lectures on “Morals in the New World’ Pa at Pelham ‘way, 2179 White Plains Rd., 8:30 p.m. PARTY arranged by Unit 4 CP. ule 18, 1841 Bryant Ave, Proceeds to Daily Worker. Adm SADIE VAN VEEN lect on “The Role of the Women in the Revolutionary Move- ment” at Bronx Workers Club, 1619 Bos- ton Rd., 8:30 p.m DANCE at Tremont Prog. Olub, 66 E. Tremont Ave. Good Jazz Band, Adm. 20¢, 8:45 p.m MAX PERLOW lectures on the N.T.W. LU. fights for unity in the zaxiks of the workers and the A. F. of B. blocks unity; 1818 Pitkin Ave, 2 p.m. 4 “WHAT Happened in Austris” st Mew Culture Club, 2345 Coney Ipland Ave, 8:30 p.m. Speaker, Comrade Taft. Questions and discussion. Adm. 10¢. HARRY WICKS speaks on ‘Lenin, His Life and Work” at Brownsville W School, 1855 Pitkin Ave., mission 15¢ D. ©. MORGAN speaks on “The Paris Commune and the Russian Revolution” at 4109 13th Ave, Discussion followed by kers 8:30 p.m. Ad- dancing. Adm. Se. Auspices, Ella May Br. LL.D. M. OLGIN lecture on “The Paris Com- * m une and Austtia on the Barricades” at Brownsville Workers Club, 1440 East New York Ave. near Hopkinson Ave, RICHARD B. MOORE speaks on Na ional Minorities” at Aus. t Workers Club, mediately the lower organizations, | 3200 Coney Island Ave. @ p.m. Adm. 15¢, ENTERTAINMENT and Dance given by R.R. Unity Committee at Workers Center, 50 E. 13th St. Jazz Johnson’s Syncopators; John Bovingdon Dance Recital; June Wil- liams and Malian Opera Singers. Adm. 30c DANCE at Workers Ex-Servicemen’s League, 69 E. 3rd St., 8:30 p.m. Admis- sion 20c, Jasz Band. Good time, Benefit National Office. UNITY THEATRE, 26 E. 23rd St. Benefit Performance of Spirituals and Work Songs for a framed Negro Worker. Dancing to Hurley's Harlem Harmonizer and Refresh- ments. Adm. 35¢. ENTERTAINMENT and Dance given by ‘Turkish Workers Educational Club, 402 W. 40th St., 8 p.m. Contribution 10¢. HARRY ALAN POTAMKIN Film School Presents Hauptman’s ‘Weavers’ (7 reels) at 12 EB. 17th St. Adm. 25c, Dancing af- terwards. NATIONAL Theatre Festival of League of Workers Theatres. New York Final Competition; 7 groups performing; Fifth St. and Broadway, at Ave. Theatre, 28th 8:30 p.m. DANCE and Entertainment given by the Watchmakers Union Local 21 at New Web- ster Manor, 125 E. llth St. Music by a famous band. Adm, ladies 50c; gents T5c. ENTERTAINMENT and Dance, Midtown Sect. IL.D., 130 W. 28rd St, 8 p. m. Refreshments. Contribution 10c. ENTERTAINMENT and Radio Dance at Yorkville Y..L., and C.P, Unit 405, 227 E. 97th St. Gala opening of the 98th St. Block Assembly headquarters. SOCIAL EVENING at Harlem Int. Br. F.S.U., 87 W. 128th St., 8:30 p.m. Dancing, | inment. Adm. lic. RAND Youth Club, 380 Grand &t. Dance, Waltz Contest. DANCE and Entertainment at Red Spark A.C., 64 Second Ave, near 4th St., 8:30 p.m. HOUSE PARTY at Clarte, 304 W. 58th St., 8:30 p.m. Adm, free. ‘WHAT HAVE YOU to lose under Fas- |and war government, through the N. Sen Dance and Entertain-/R. A, arbitration boards, through ment of the Bronx Hungarian Workers i : | Sport Club at 642 Southern Boulevara.| Joining the government relief ad- | Admission 36c. | ministration and helping conduct a Brooklyn | ballyhoo for the N. R. A. DANCE and Entertainment, Variety| “However, the idea of the united Program. Dance music by Ben Louis and/front penetrated deep among the his serenaders. Social Youth Culture Club, | 4 | 275 ‘Broadway. Hat check 25c jee There is a growing senti- | CONCERT and Entertainment arranged |Ment among members of the A. F. | by Unit 9 and 12 Sec. 8 at Workers Cen-|of L., Socialist Party and masses of | ter, 1813 Pitkin Ave. Proceeds for ‘Trans- | unorganized workers, Negro and ortation Concentration. Program: Work- 4 ‘, en Lab. Theatre; Artef. ii white, impoverished farmers, and |the toiling masses in general, for BANQUET, Concert and Dance given by | the 5 | Brownsville Icor at Hoffman Manor, 142| united action. Only through unity | Watkins St., 9 p.m. Paul Ferber, baritone;!can they defeat the aims of the Erna Maru, soprano; Sam Goldstein, piano. | ENTERTAINMENT and Dance at Cen-|20S8eS and force concessions from | tral Hall, 196 State St. Filipino and Am-| them. Struggles on basic demands, Anti-Imperialist League. Adm. 25c. PARTY and Dance given by the Harry | “Sher stage, toward the final strug- erican Entertainment. Auspices: Pilipino} once developed, can be led to a| Simms Br. LI.D. at 5602—13th Ave, at| Boro Park Cultural Center VETOHERINKA and Entertainment, 7- course dinner arranged by the Nathan| Green Br. LL.D. at 527 Hopkinson Aye.,| |8 p.m. Adm. 25c. | Sunday | SYMPOSIUM on ‘‘The Role of the In-| | tellectuals in the Workers’ Struggles” at |Irving Plaza, 15th St. and Irving Place, |at 8 pm. Speakers, Barl Browder, Gran- | ville Hicks and Mary Ven Kleok. Aus- | pices, John Reed Club and New Masses. SENDER GARLIN, of Daily Worker Staff. | | speaks on “The Press—a Major Industry” | at West Side Workers Forum, 2642 Brond- | | Way, near 100th St. 8 p.m. Adm. 10c. | Unemployed free. FOLLOWERS of Nature Hike to Forrest | View. Meet at Dyckman St. Ferry, 10 a.m. Leader, Sol Maltz. VILLAGE FORUM, 224 W. 4th St., facing Sheridan Sq. Speaker, Joseph Tauber on cism?” What happened in Germany and| “Role of the Courts in the Class Strug- Austria. Speaker, Dr. Marie Halbersiadt gle.” Auspices, Ella Reeve Bloor and Rose at Unemployed Teachers Ass'n., 33 East| Pastor Stokes Br. LL.D., 3 p.m. Adm. 15c. 20th St., 8:30 p.m. SPARTACUS Greek Workers Olub dance and entertainment at 269 W. 25th 8t., 8 p.m. Adm, 25¢, JOHN BARNETT, writer on agrarian | problems, speaks on “The Agrarian Prob- [lem and Leninism in America.” Workers School Forum, 35 E. 12th St., 8 p.m. gle against capitalism, for the aboli- tion of the capitalist system, for the establishment of a workers and farmers government, with a real workers’ democracy, the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, as the only way out of the misery, hunger and star- vation of the toiling masses. Basis of Unity “The Communist Party nationally jand in -the Chicago District, on a number of occasions, proposed united front actions on burning issues, pro- posing at the same time that “at |the time of the common fight against capital and fascism, it re- frains from making attacks on so- cial-democratic organizations,” while at the same time firmly stating, “the most ruthless fight must be con- ducted against all those who violate the conditions of agreement to carry out the united front, or disrupt the united front of the workers.” locals, branches, form committees in | the factories and neighborhoods, | uniting the forces of the working class, developing local actions and preparing for a particular mass | action. The whole city of Chicago | should be mobilized for these actions. | In the factories we must work toward | stoppage of work and, wherever pos- | sible, leaving the shops, joining the} city-wide demonstration to establish unity in action of the employed and | unemployed, organized and unorgan- | ized workers. | Will Expose Disrupters | | “The Communist Party will sup-| | port this movement and will actively | | participate in it and will at the same} time fight against any sabotaging, any attempt to destroy the unity of | the workers. We are fully aware of | the fact that the united front with-| out a concrete program of action} against the capitalist class, without | undertaking mass mobilization of | the workers in struggle for their| burning demands, borders on the} | line of betrayal of the working class. | “The Communist Party will expose | everybody who will sabotage the united front action, regardless of | who they may be, as strike-breakers, | as scabs in the ranks of the working | class. We repeat that in the course | of the united front actions, it will| refrain from attacking organizations participating in the united front. But it proposes a program of action. | Particularly, we call upon the locals | 8 pm, Philadel phia SHOWING of Soviet Film “Road to Lite” on Saturday, March 10, 8 p.m. at 1208 Tasker St. Adm. 25¢. = New Britain, Conn. HERBERT BENJAMIN speaks on “Social Insurance and Bill HR.7598" at St. Jean ” the Baptist Hall, 308 Main &., Saturday March 10, 7:30 p.m. Adm. 10¢. Auspices Unemployed Council. - city-wide united front demonstra- - tion, the date of which is io be set by a Conference of all workingclass organizations, and immediately set- ~ ting up local united front commit- tees in the factories, in the neigh- borhoods, which must be undertaken. . without delay, This will guarantee” and assure the success of city-wide actions. “Unite in struggle for the enact- ment by the U. S. Congress of the _ Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill (H. R. 7598). | “Unite in your departments and shops in struggle against vicious speed-up, wage cuts, for increase in _ wages, for shortened working hours. Unite in the struggle for Negro rights, for right of Negro workers to all jobs, No discrimination in relief, - against Jim-Crowism and segrega- tion. “Unite against the growing fascism © and danger of war. “Forward with the unity of the working class. “Forward to victory! of the A. F. of L. to go on record | (Signed) “DISTRICT COMMITTEF, ° for such united front actions, to) Communist Party, District 8, endorse the Workers’ Unemployment 101 S. Wells St. Room 705, Insurance Bill and rally for one Chicago, TH.” By HARRY HAYWOOD The XIII Plenum of the Execu- tive Committee of the Commu- nist International characterized the present international situation as a period of a new round of wars end revolutions, and of the maturing of the objective prerequisites for a revolutionary crisis and world war. What is the political significance of this analysis for the Negro question in the U. S. A.? What is its implications for our work among the Negro masses? Already the resolution of the XV Plenum of the Central Committee of our Party, in estimating the events in Tallapoosa County (Reeltown, Ala.) where Ne- gro croppers and poor farmers re- sisted with arms in their hands, the attempts of landlords and sheriffs to expropriate them declared: “The Negro question in the South is one of the most sensitive sectors on the home front of American imperialism, a point where revolutionary explosions are most imminent.” Must Fight Back Orgy of Fascist Lynch Terror The fascist New Deal program of the Roosevelt administration directs its sharpest blows against the Negro masses and has resulted in an all- around strengthening of’ national and social oppression. The N.R.A. codes, with their differentials, le- galize discrimination against Ne- groes in industries; the Farm Acre-; age Reduction Plan (cotton plow- under program) results in the further ruination of the Negro agrarian masses in the South. The “No-Plow” program of 1934, which proposes to take 40,000,000 acres of cottonland out of production, is a virtual death sentence for thousands of croppers and poor farmers and their families, These attacks on the economic field are being accompanied by the wildest orgy of fascist lynch terror, persecutions, and lynch frame-ups. In the South, the capitalist land- lord offensive assumes its most murderous and plundering forms. Must Clarify the Negro Question in the Pre-Convention Discussion. Comrade Haywood Draws Lessons from the XIII ECCI Plenum for Our Work Among the Negro Masses Leninist program of the Party in the work among Negroes in these conditions of deepening crisis and sharpening national oppression, has led to a great advance of the rev- olutionary movement of the Negro masses for national liberation. The activities of the Party around the Scottsboro issue, the campaign against lynching, unemployed struggles, North and South, strike actions involving large sections of Negroes— St. Louis, Buffalo —the further development of mass struggles and organization among the Negro poor farmers and share- croppers in the Black Belt—all this has brought the Party forward as @ leader among broad masses of Ae toilers throughout the coun- iY. ‘Thus there is taking place a pro- gressive sharpening of all contra- dictions between the Negro masses and American imperialism. There can be no doubt but that the Negro question has become a major ques- tion in the political life of the country. The national revolutionary struggles of the Negro masses is already a powerful factor in the sharpening of the crisis of Amer- ican capitalism, and, depending upon our ability in the further or- ganization and leadership of mass Struggles, it will become an im- portant instrument in hastening the maturing of the revolutionary crisis in the United States. The mass movement around Scottsboro brought to light in the sharpest manner the extreme tension of class and national antagonisms in the South. It revealed the smouldering fires of national rebellion among Negroes, which may break out into the open at any moment. “Even some relatively in- significant acts of the Ku Kiux Klan bandits on the Black Belt can become the occasion for im portant political movements, pro- vided the Communists are able to organize the resistance of the in- dignant Negro masses. In such eases, mass movements of this The bold application of the rebellion. (ECCI Resolution 1930), Negro Question Most Explosive The Negro national question takes on extraordinary importance in connection with the developing war | situation, There can be no doubt |that the national revolutionary struggles of the Negro masses for jand and freedom constitute an explosive secto* in the rear of American imperialism, for to para- phrase the slogan of the Irish rev- Olution: “America’s difficulties are the Negro people’s opportunity.” The feeling of the Negro masses, today stronger than ever, to take advantage of the difficulties of American imperialism which would accrue from a war situation, will undoubtedly be an important factor in the next war. The fear of a blow in its rear from the national libera- tion movement of the Negro masses is already causing great concern to the imperialiss national govern- ment. For some time, already, the War Department has been carrying through a policy of disbanding Ne- gro regular army regiments as active combat units, and has ceased the rectuitment of Negroes into the regular forces. It is significant that | Mr. Charles Houston, N. A. A. C. P. | leader, warned his imperialist mas- | ters of the dangers of defection of | the Negro masses in the event of war. Mr. Houston, in the hearing on the Costigan-Wagner “anti- lynch” bill said: “. , I think that you and the country both should know that there is grave disillusionment and deep distrust among large ele- ments of the Negro population, especially in the South . . . And the time may come in an inter- national crisis when the loyalty or disloyalty of one-tenth of the population may spell the differ- ence between national success and national disaster; and that day unless sooner wiped out, the country may reap the lynching harvest.” | Growing fascism carries with it propaganda among the masses in an attempt to disrupt the rising revolutionary fight of Negro and white toilers against the New Deal ‘offensive at home, and for consol- idating the “national front” for imperialist aggressions abroad. The existence of an oppressed and out- lawed Negro navion within a coun- try affords a convenient target for rising fascism in the country. The ferocious chauvinist lynch wave sweeping the country, is at the same time a cloak under the cover of which the forces of fascism are | mobilizing, not alone against the Negro masses, but against the rev- olutionary movement of the whole working class. Just as Hitler used the Jewish question in the interests of German fascism, so his Amer- ican counterparts are attempting to use the Negro question to promote fascist reaction in the United States. The ruling class South with its backward semi-feudal social struc- ture based upon the violent plun- dering of the Negro masses and the degradation of the white toilers, with its Negro-baiting shibboleths of “white supremacy,” “race purity,” is a fertile breeding ground for ris- | ing fascism in the country. The XIII Plenum of the E.C.C.I.| | Places the fight against chauvinist | ideology as a central task in the , chauvinism in the labor movement. | imperialism, known in some places - Under the formula of the Negro! as the Pacific movement (Chicago, question as a “pure” labor question, | Detroit, St. Louis, etc.), the jim- as opposed to an oppressed nation, | crow nationaliss movement for a they gloss over the national oppres- | 49th State (Chicago). These move- sion of the Negro people by Amer-| ments are particularly dangerous - ican imperialism and consequently | because camouflaged with anti- reject the struggle for Negro rights. | imperialist slogans while propagat- In practice, the counter-revolution-| ing the wildest, reactionary utopian | ary activities of the Socialist lead-| ideas. However, much more ma- ers is best exemplified in their) terial is necessary on these latest vicious sabotage of the united front | reformist trends based om the ex~ around the Scoitsboro issue and in| periences of the comrades in the the campaign against lynching. field. The fight for proletarian inter- nationalism for the unity of the Negro and white toilers also neces- sitates a more popular and persist- ent exposure of Negro reformism, “which takes advantage of national oppression in order to further its own bourgeois class aims.” Reformists in Desperate Demagogy The Negro reformist leaders of all shades are feverishly working to halt the revolutionary drift of the Negro masses, to hinder the growth of working-class unity in the struggle against rising fascist reac- tion. Thus we see the new ma- neuvers of the N. A. A. C. P. lead- ership against the rising mass anti- lynch movement, as witnessed in the bringing forward of the so- calied Costigan-Wagner anti- mobilization of the masses against! lynching bill, the increased doma- growing fascism and the war dan- ger. “The Communists must daily and concretely expose chauvinism to the masses in every country and oppose it by proletarian interna- tionalism; in the imperialist coun- tries come out determinedly for the independence of the colonies, for the liberation of the depend- ent nations from all national oppression.” Expose Social-Fascists and Negro Reformists In this connection, it is partic- ularly necessary to carry through persistent exposure of the social- fascists—Socialist Party leaders, A. F, of L. bureaucrats, who are acting kind can easily develop into real | a strengthening of white chauvinist| as the main social bearers of white gogy on the field of economic struggles, particularly around the| N.R.A, codes. In this way they are being more and more revealed as the chief social prop of imperialist reaction among the Negro masses— as the main enemy within the ranks of the Negro people. | Indicative of the present situa- ; tion is the appearance of definite | “left” reformist trends and move- ments, already in part character- ized in the Draft Resolution for the| Convention: neo-Garveyism, the} | National Rebellion on the order of | the Day ai The present situation in the Ne- gro national liberation movement places on the order of the day the preparation and organization of the national rebellion of the Negre- | people as an integral part of the. | task of preparation of the Amer+ | ican working class in the struggle for power. This means an ener- | getic and bold putting forth of our™ full program, equal rights, con--— | fiscation of the land, self-deter- | mination, and the closest linking up _ of the fight for the specific de- | mands of the Negro masses with ~ | every phase of the general fight of— | the whole toiling population against | growing fascist reaction. It, means | the speedy overcoming of’all weak- | nesses, and shortcomings in our work among Negroes on the basis of the line laid down in the res- olution of the XIV Plenum of the Party, and the Open Letter of the Extraordinary Conference. In this connection, it is important to bear in mind the resolution of the ©. I. (1930) on the Negro question, which states: “Whether the rebellion of the Negroes is to be the outcome of a general revolutionary situation in the United States, whether it is to originate in the whirlpool of -- decisive fights for power by the petty bourgeois around the issue of jobs for Negroes, (Costigan, Bal- timore, Negro Alliance, Washing- ton, D. C. etc.) the movement for |a@ united front of the darker races under the leadership of Japanese working class, for proletarian die- tatorship, or whether on the con- trary the Negro rebellion will be the prelude of gigantic struggles for power by the American pro- letariat, cannot be foretold now”