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DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1934 AUTO WORKERS! UNITE TO STRIKE FOR YOUR DEMANDS! on U.M.W.A. Heads End Ala. MineStrike; Fear Unity Negro, White Page Three % 3 m. e a = 5 a ~) ®& a = =< | Strike Committees of AIUW orking in Plants a Rejection of R.R. Pay Cut F Central demanded a return of the 10 per cent cut. Plans are being| made to draw other lodges actively | inte the fight.’ | Workers Ready for Fight The action of the railway labor officials in rejecting the proposed wage cut, wen in the past they accepted “compromise” proposals which resulted in pey cuts, follo a series of strike v-i- past few months. Workers on the Chicago & North. City Southern, and Delaware &| Hudson have voted for strike. Rank and File Must Act | Now to Avert Treachery | im Putting Cut Over Concessions Gained Endangered by the Loopholes in Agreement; Starvation Wages Remain as Before Few Aute Workers Union for a United Frent Meet on Demands and Action | NEW YORK—“The action of the Railroad Brotherhood chiefs in issu- ing a statement rejecting the con- tinuation of the 10 per cent wage cuts is an effort to win back the | confidence of the railroad men and | spike the rank and file movement growing all over the country,” said DETROIT, Mich., March 19.—Circulated by the thou- | sands of copies among auto workers whose sentiment for} strike is reaching a high pitch, the following united front | appeal, calling for immediate preparations and organization | for strike, issued by the Auto Work-@~ —.— ia ee ea asia ay ae | pecial to the Daily Worker) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 19.—With remaining mines about to take a secret strike vote which would have brought |them out, the three-week strike of over 15,000 Alabama ers Union, is being widely discussed by auto workers: To ali organized and unorganized the servicemen and all sys- spy tems and for the abolition of the employers, for the abolition of ; | PHIL RAYMOND Harry Shaw, editor of Railroad Unity News, in an interview with the Daily Worker yesterday. The joint statement of the rail- way labor executive inadvertently shows the tremendous advantages) | miners was called off yesterday by U.M.W.A. officials over ‘otest of a large majority of “ h | . workers. The majority of strik- auto workers! proved anf Seileny The men are not only demand- | given to the railway bond holders 40 Sh ops Settle Textile Workers ers were Negroe To the locals and members of the Fr diaceicaliiatl ai | ing a return of the 10 per cent | through the wage cutting policies of p 5 v The opera leven. ae American Federation of Labor! | Ma waltak taaltens tae | cut,” he added, “but are insisting | both the Hoover and Roosevelt re-| el a ae eee Te the executive, shop stewards, | paisa = b dpedaseeag) axe ng yd on wage increases to offset the | gime. In Philadel hia A ] f F ds par eae ha vient Ragin ipa locals and membership of the | Jere ee eee won for ae Labor Board Stalls. rising cost of living.” Interest charges on bonds (and Pp i f ppea or un raitGien, 'abank pv Mechanics Educational Society | the same work as men, for no ’ of the discrimination against Negro Shaw exhibited copies of his paper, one half of the capitalization of the abolition i r e ‘ of the vici system ot cAnatheal | ai ‘ published by the Railroad Brother-| railroads is in bonds) have increased Cj 9 St | T P bl h P tie a iid lakor To all shop committees and other | [OTe Ne LO A ae die FWIU Demand hood Unity Committee at 2003 North | from. $51,000,000 in 1929 to. $553.~ eaners Strike 10 FUDLUS PLE | ord the eat of Gila aber ie workers’ organizations in all the | — f pPiants! Feliow workers: Now is the time for the autéomo- bile workers to strike and win their all departments, 5—For adequate cash relief to all unemployed, to be paid by the manufacturers and city and state Reinstate Workers: California Avenue, Chicago, Ill, pre- dicting the, action of the Brother- hood Chiefs, and exposing their maneuvers to keep the men from fighting. 000,000 in 1933, under the Roosevelt New Deal. During this period a Wage cut of 10 per cent has been in effect, and it is this wage cut Roose- velt wants to continue to keep up 2,300 Workers Will Go Back to Work, Four Written and Supported remain unchanged. There are many loopholes im the agreement. The cheek-off system, also, is so arranged that the miner fight against the miserably low| S0vernments, against the cutting | ¢¢.g75 vant °* Rank and File See Through Fakers| bond payments for the parasites. Demands Wo | by Textile Workers | ™ust__ individually request the Sr inhuman speed-up and| down and discharge of C. W. A- We'll Investigate,” | sections of the rank and fle| Mr. Whitney's statement ‘also ne ds im ets. tile : check-off, which amounts to the oppressive spy system and for| Workers and for the immedia ficial realize,” he pointed out, “that this| pointed out that under the New Deal} “ tie EW .. | blacklist. Negroes, who comprise the nent to organize into real work-| Passage of the Workers Unem- Of : Tells j same loud talk was used until the|income for profits of the raiiroads| (Special to the Daily Worker) || NEW YORK. The National Tex- | three-fourths of the miners, are ers’ trade unions. Never was the) gia Insurance Bill (H. R. Delegation | day the first 10 per cent cut was put | increased 75 per cent, namely, from| PHiLADELPHIA, March 19, —| ‘he Workers > g especially concerned with this dis- condition so favorable for a victor- ious strike as at present. Produc- tion is high and the manufacturers are in need of automobiles. If we allow this favorable moment to pass without taking action we will be acting against the best interests of the auto workers. The auto manufacturers know that now is the time that the work- ers can win their battle. That is ‘We propose that united rank and file strike comittees be organized | eity Worker Washington Burson) | immediately in all departments and} Washington, March 16.—Six strike | plants to carry through strike ac-| delegates of fhe Food Workers In- | tion for these demands. We are! dustrial Union of Pittsburgh, Pa.,| | Teady to meet with the locals of the| came to Washington yesterday to| | A. F. of L. and the M. E. S. A. ex-| find out what the National Labor | ecutive and locals to work out| Board intends to do if the Hotel) united action for the successful car- | pitt management continues to ig- | tying through of this program. But| nore the order of the National | over, It was done in order to hide the real intentions and to prevent the rank and file from mobilizing in time to stop the cut. “In the last few days, lodges in every part of the country are joining the campaign not only for uncondi- tional return of the 10 per cent, but for an increase of 10 per cent to offset the steeply rising living costs. They are also demanding increases $214,000,000 for the last eight months of 1932, to $419,000,000 for the cor- responding months in the eight months of the New Deal. Besides, the Roosevelt government contrib- uted around half a billion dollars through the R. F. C. to provide rail- road profits. The statement goes on to say that the workers have “contributed” $380,000,000 by 10 per cent “tem- Two thousand three hundred driv- ers and inside workers in forty cleaning and dying plants will re- turn to work today according to an agreement signed yesterday. The agreement calls for the re-hiring of all strikers, recognition of the union, extension of the old contract for one year and the appointment of a commission by the Labor Board to investigate the in- National | secretary, is sending an appeal to all workers in the textile industry and to all sympathizers to send contributions for the publica- | | tion of a textile workers newspaper. |The paper is designed to voice the | struggles of the unorganized in the mills, the rank and file members of the textile unions, and the unemployed textile workers. “There are over a million textile crimination. The bosses say: “The niggers are striking for their rights,” and use this as an excuse to fire them. The agreement hours at the mine face, which means virtually a ten to eleven- hour day. The state and federal govern- ments played open strikebreaking catis for eight i i : - | we i tes, scat- | rol fficials n= why they are doing everything to TRAY che kee fast that ner 18|Labor Board directing that all! to offset the indirect wage cuts, which | POrary deductions.” But the railway| dustry during the next nine weeks | torre Be Asin tig Meena pentitigy ou the secaenant, said postpone action and prevent us| tne rank kay mie voheese to ae striking employes be reemployed| amount to over 50 per cent. executives do not tell of their part|to determine how much of an in- from striking, so that they can build up a reserve supply of auto- mobiles and prepare their strike- breaking machinery. The N. R. A. and General Johnson who are re- sponsible for the slave auto code, With its starvation wages of 43 cents per hour and the open shop} “merit clause,” are working hand | in glove with the manufacturers to postpone action, to confuse the workers and wear out their fight- ing spirit. The auto workers can get nothing from the millionaire’s government and the N. R. A. If elections are held to decide the question of company unions or real} | without discrimination by March) | 24. Charles Perraudin, strike chair- | man, headed the delegation. | The strike was called when the} | wages were reduced below the code | provisions. Three hndred and fifty | workers struck. Ther che man~ which invited delegates from locals spaniaye hired ard aon) ala them of the A. F. of L. and the M. E. 8.| the wage scale demanded by the A,., shop stewards, shop committees, | strikers. | department committees and groups, | “irs. Frankfurter of the National | and from unemployed auto work- | rabor Board told the delegation ers, | i i Automobile workers: upon you) sai ane Se Ree ea “ae and you alone depends the success | der, “the strikers should wire us Gb Our fipab $00.8 Change i yOu and we'll investigate the case again. conditions. If you strike now, if * you unite your forces, if you fight Then if they don’t comply we'll turn ceed immediately to set up their strike committees and to take a strike vote for immediate action. We are calling a conference for Sunday, March 24, at 10 a. m., in Carpathia Hall, 3500 Elmwood, to “In Chicago, the trainmen’s lodges on the Pennsylvania Railroad re- jected the circular appeal sent out by the Grand Lodge, at this late date, asking for authority to nego- tiate to any conclusion they see fit. They have gone on record for the unconditional return of the 10 per cent cut, and for increased pay. “The Overland Lodge of the Rail- way Clerks on the Chicago & North- western, where the men have just forced a number of concessions on Job issues, has gone on record for a return of the 10 per cent cut and for €n increase in pay.” Asked what action was being taken in keeping the men from struggling against this “contribution” to the bondholders, Conditions of the railroad workers are becoming worse all the time, they admit, to such an extent that sweat shop wages are becoming the rule “as a result of which the stand- ard of living of certain railway classes have been reduced to the level of Chinese coolies.” ~ Wages Go Down Examples of the harrowing con- ditions suffered by the railway workers were given by the railway labor executives (without in the slightest showing how they helped crease it is possible for the work- ers to obtain. The strike still continues in the Bornot, Virginia Snow, A-C, and Rainbow plants. The strike was marked by whole- | sale arrests of pickets, high bail and police brutality, Russell Wat- son is still in Jefferson Hospital recovering from three bullet wounds inflicted by Barney Shotkin, an em- ployer in the trade. A resolution adopted at a mass meeting will be presented to the city officials de- manding that Shotkin be held with- out bail on assault charges, that his | Burlak. “The textile workers in the Northern mills do not know the] conditions and the struggles of the workers in the South. The work- | ers in cotton mills do not know what is happening among their fel- low workers in silk, wool, hosiery and rayon mills. Last year over 250,000 textile workers in the coun- try went out on strike. Without a textile workers’ paper, the work-| ers in the industry do not know all that is happening among all the textile workers.” This textile workers paper will be written, distributed and supported by textile workers: themselves, Bur- “Our agreement is subject to any change made by the bituminous coal code commission or executive order of the President of the United States. We hope the agree- ment will result in better relations between the operators and miners: and we want to admonish the mem- bership now that illegal strikes will not be countenanced.” The anti-strike agreement re- mains effect until April of next yea Unity of Negro and White Workers Although betrayed and misled by their officials, the Alabama miners for the first time actually realized ‘ j Y lak states. It will first be pub-| solidarity of Ni nd in| cen | put them over) as follows: license to carry a be revok . 4 y egro and white. In P trade unions, these elections will] Tiitantly, there is no doubt what-| the case over to the Department of | to meet the new threat of a contin- “On the Southern Railway teh naeteh val Musee acaioe wie |lished as a monthly paper of eight |1920 the operators divided and de- be fake elections such as were held) over that your fight will be| Justice,” Perraudin informed the | uation of the wage cut, Shaw said: way. sectio ‘i at son, be dismissed, pages. Workers in the textile in-| feated the strikers, but the miners in the steel mills of Weirton, West | Crowned with success. The Auto| Daily Worker. In other words, the| Plan Conferences, Strike Be oenerak Hate Gas ae ee dustries are asked to suggest names| got a glimpse of their rising fight- Virginia, where the workers were) workers Union and all militant | Usual Labor Board delay which| “pans are being laid in Chicago thide jy Meigs ak ee earnest only] for the paper: To the textile work- | ing spirit and strength, 5 forced under company terror and trade unionists will render every | #ves employers more time in which | and other centers for mass meetings thin Waele Wace rape eae eta jer whose name for the paper 15} me influence of the C ist through the pressure of the. spy acsistance to your fight. Into ac.| ‘© attempt to break strikes. and the development and spreading | ment deducted 60 cents ander the 10 | oan number, earned $75 a month or| chosen by the editorial board, | party and ite organization is grow. system to vote for company unions.) tion for a might strike that will| “We are waiting the expiration | of this campaign in the lodges with 7 :. eS gre ere, Over 434.000 em-| year’s subscription of Labor Unity! ing am ~(pel The A. F, of L. officiald Aire | per cent arrangement, leaving the| ployes, 42 per cent of the total, wh ong the miners. Bigger Py get Ore t farcrabie | force the millionaires auto mag-| of the March 24 dead line, but in| the perspective of local conferences | men $5.40 for th k with : % a” apg | 2nd one year's subscription of the| struggles are ahead. A field stead of using the present favorable | | ‘ e week with which | earned less than $100 a month. The! textile workers’ paper will be sent = se Meld survey tolient -fo%call-4/ strike; cake play- | Dates to grant decent conditions| the meantime our strike activities / to plan a fight, and to discuss a| to care for their families and make railway employes who earned $125. f; shows that earlier strike figures s - | and wages and your just rights! | will continue solid,” the delegation | program for strike preparations to| their contribution to industrial re- - 1 eee were understated by the capitalist ing the game of the manufacturers, | strial re-|@ month or less numbered 749,000; Contributions for the establish- pitadis NATL. EXECUTIVE BOARD, | declared in a statement issued to force the demands of the men. covery, i | - ress. The miners claim that 80 giving the bosses every advantage me " a i F employes, and this group embraced! ment of the rand su ‘ions | | fash- ‘In Cl he pape: iggest fo."plle. tp care and.to demoralize|* AUTO WOMEENG UNION... ~| Gis pees suet before: ieaving Wr athe fread, tne clerks’ lodge | “Approximately 266,000 railway| about 72 per cent of all tailway| for a name shenid be sontrio a | Per CeMt of the 20,000 were out when une, workers, by postponing action, 10 Woodward Ave., Detroit. ington. and the firemen's lodge on the N. Y.| employes, over 25 per cent of the! employes.” | Ballam, editor, 80 B. lith St, N.Y.C. the strike was called off. and by creating a false impression) cs x 2 he imetitise bel ee [ee ee Seen Corie Sek: erin Ricavo OPA (A lec ee ay a to ee ee a ele, Oe dey RRs 2) pamper UE SO EET iB Nat eae bil) Fe Nae a] pie Pcie mi Th W 4 Pend ° F : : . ; ‘ : wmuncoy women see: he Work of Trade Union Fractions in the Pre-Convention Discussion |DR. JULIUS LITTINSKY ; ae PORURG SEN whe f 2 A es pee dag gry oa meas Soe ae en || Bet. Pitkin and Sutter Aves., Brooklyn a hand to the game of the manu-| ° ° ry ° | PHONE: DICKENS 2-n012 | keer 22°: How We Can Improve the Work of Party Fractions in the Trade Unions |" a strike at the present time would | a sid a j vd be a calamity. | si eae ® LER SATE ee —- | A victorious strike, for which all Fraetions Aet im To 0 union led the strike of 10,000 work-, and the Wagner bill, which seem- The most vital problems of the have never be 4 : ‘i teal eels ie ks Fashi jers who had never been connected |ingly is against company unions, | workingclass are discussed in the | Party basin ia on te pias Party Does Not Give deed be a calamity to the profit Narrow a Fashion with our movement before, these | but in reality aims to strengthen | Daily Worker. |The recent recruiting campaign in Sufficient Guidance greedy General Motors, Ford, Hud- *. h U: ‘ workers just like the workers in all| the arbitration machinery and out- | | New York City will show that ve i i “ “ | son, Chrysler and other millionaire im the Unions other trades had illusions about the |law strikes. Unless we take im-| The Fractions and Party Units | Say a a ma ls to the Fractions | exploiters, but would be of the NRA. Many of our Party com-|mediate steps to raise the politfcal| The third reason is that there is|{i™ comrades have heen recruited SRE es || If 1378 stacnovas ave» 1690 vexins greatest benefit to the enslaved auto By ROSE WORTIS \rades instead of being the driving | level of our fractions we will not | tO much separation between the | ad Sante eid i it st - | fracti th | fractions. The Party member may| between the sections, units and workers. we the Work ot | £0Fce for combatting these illusions, |be able to give real leadership in | fractions and the Party organiza- | send hours going after a contact fractions. The following are the Fellow workers: Much valuable|How Can We Improve the | fell victim to them and permitted a|the coming struggles of the work-| tion. The Party in the last few| oo rea ‘through the nit’ bot tve| proposals: time has already been lost, but there | Our Fractions in the Trade Unions? | <ituation where the hopes of the | ers, months has carried through some | © Ee eC eer ee ‘ is still time to strike and win, One of the most important prob- | workers for a settlement of the | fundamental political discussions in| *#™me comrade functioning in the) The Org. Dept. to designate a We propose to all auto workers in | strike were pinned on the N.R.A. The second reason to account for | the units, such as the discussion on| ‘ade union will overlook many) committee of three developed com-_ | { all plants to united their ranks and lems confronting the Party | : Sk the shortcomings of our fraction is | the N.R.A., the lessons of Germany, sympathetic elements with whom| rades to be in charge of trade union | ¢ Dentist form a powerful united front, and|Vention is the improvement of our) In the cleaning and dyeing |the failure to properly understand | the lessons of the Austrian revolu-|Ne is in contact trom day to day) fractions. Arrangements to be made | | \ to decid i aa trade ion work. When we read trade our fraction, consisting of . tion, discussions on the Negro prob- | #5 material for the Party. So that for one mem to be in the dis-|4 !50 E. 93rd St., New York City | action for the following main dee |though the weekly Party letter in| commades of long standing in the {pei Pole in the trade unions. While | jem,’ on the Soviet Union, the 13th |AUNdreds of workers in full agree- | trict office every night between the | Cor. Lesington Ave. -aTwater s-s338 | a | Party, failed to expose the vacillat- e 1rac- | Plenum, the Open Letter, etc. The|™ent with the line of the Party hours of 5 and 7 to take up prob- Hours: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sun. 9to1 | rape ee to the conditions rome Spal ae ara place, | 8 poliey of the strike chairman Noga wero fe oe ener aie, of Syd pao clats “ia to putas | Con to be tynipatlitvers instead | lems with fraction secretaries. H Member Wekman's sick and Death | i $ : | iti | tiv ders of the Com- } i cornalete 1—For the $35 minimum wage xamine the|®d his secret negotiations with | the political level of the comredes | © Deing active bui | All fraction mee to be Fad ee mercial for s 30-hour week (6-hour day, |revoluti¢uary work done by these | the officials of the A. F. of L. This | ourselves to the fine unigg atten: and prepare them for better leader- the abe of netet woemness 15) a at the district office. Org, De-| ———___— S-day week). For a 30 per cent /fractions in the trade unions we| Undermined the | morale Of .(n¢| which chould be thrashed out TE para Peas dace ee cord ad samen coordinate the Work oF all feon|Partment to work out regular] WILLIAM BELL crease in wages to all workers | find many glaring weaknesses which | ' the union, the fractions as yet do| eee seta eto cok deg barabagen yea hange e fhe | Schedule of fraction meetings. OFFICIAL Q); ; receiving above this minimum. were particularly manifest in the | ‘he strike. not function systematically as an|T@es, the real Party mass work- | 00 0: RoneAb onal ars fo ‘the | "very fraction to desimate a def- Optometrist aed 2-For the abolition of the | recent period when real Commu-| Im most other trades where we | instrument for clarifying the funda- | TS: 2T€ not present at these meet- | istak tte. cated in Od | nite day for its leading fraction Wie murderous speed-up system, for | nist leadership was necessary to|have an organized fraction our|mentel questions of policy and for| 1985 and do not benefit by the | MISSkes often repeated in one Tor vey at least once in two weeks the election of workers commit- | counteract the demagogue Roose-| comrades were very weak in expos- | winning the mass of workers in the ean fretusto ERS comrades | oir arorte tor build cea fect and general fractions once a tees to rents a yelt’s New Deal. | ing the real character of the N.R.A., | unions for these correct policies. In | hTough the Party. |have not met with any cooperation | month. . ie ek e rig] organize Hewcn we deoount for sibiae ee for instance in the printers, |most instances this is considered| We find a situation, for instance, | from the leading comrades. A brief report on the attendance eG " trade unions of the TRIAL erate sak. Che Ibe oe politi-| Where our comrades working in the | the task of the leadership of the|such as in the furniture workers | eee of the fraction meetings and the 196 EAST 14th STREET Worksty onyn cholee, for the re- | First because of the 1 of the| left wing permitted an editorial to) union and not the fraction itself.| where the Party fraction secretary | Until very recently the Party did Problems that come up to be given Sean BASE AYR Nee fractions, Despite the correct Party be printed in the “Printing Worker” We often find rank and file com-|had absented himself from unit! not give sufficient attention to the/ tothe aiiriAt onle a medth. Phone: TOmpkins Square 6-8237 analysis of the NIR.A., the poison-| Which not only failed to clarify the | rades criticizing the leaders for not | meetings for more than a year. |/ife of the fractions. Leading Party | Racit tnalicls Ge eases ws. eben | Weleome Spring ous propaganda carried on by the |°!Tect position of the N.R.A. but | having correctly brought the view-|This is by no means an exception, |C°mrades visited fraction meetings | committee for the Daily Worker, : ernment and the reformists| Ve? brought more confusion among | point of the fraction before the | This isolation from the direct Party | Ply when special problems came ce eae ante ble for J, J. MORRIS, Inc, in ee She ee ak ceria r| the workers. In many trades the | union membership but at the same |life on the part of active trade|¥P-| The Party must give more di-| iad ey the f heduieeian in TEN, 7 arene paneinated ‘the vanike of | Party fractions at times were afraid | time the individual members con-| unionists reacts unfavorably both |7ect amd systematic guidance to the particuise union for increasing |] CHoNERAL FUNERAL GAM P our fractions. Although this did| ‘© fight the illusions that existed | sider themselves exempt from this|on the Party and the fractions and| ‘the fractions so as to help them (ine cirtulation of thé Daily Wotke DIRECTORS not find open expression at the|2ong the workers. They were | task. A specific illustration we can|develops a tendency toward pure | Pecome a real instrument for revo-| the oe eathets poieos ndence. 296 SUTTER AVE. _ BROOKLYN es ITGED AIGE T fraction meetings it seriously af-|*T#ld to go against the tide. cite from the shoe workers. At|and simple trade unionism. The lUtionizing the masses. This can|¢T &nd wo oe 8 peo weer macae soa fected the Communist work of the| Our fractions also underestimated | OM¢ Of the fraction meetings during | active fraction members do not see | Pest be accomplished by develop-| Party recruiting to be aed Ae Far. Titerantienal. Atathhie thee Beacon, N.Y. Tel. Beacon 731 | fracti d the decisiveness with | the effect of the subtle propaganda | ‘he, strike the comrades severely | the broader aspect of our struggle |! Political discussions in the frac-| first order of business at every 5 ions an ie propat criticized the leadership for the fail- he uni i tions and to concretize these dis-| meeting and a brief check up on x meee er act which our fractions carried on the|of the renegade Lovestonites and ei and tl it discussions are very Cars leave daily at struggle against the reformists. Trotskyisis who under the cover of | Uwe ‘0 bring forward the face of | often of an abstract character be- | CUSsions on the basis of the spe-| progress made. New Folding Chairs 10:30 A. M. from Co- Brae kta) tabdlc eden here Ghee seven tueaey culiaen July, the Party. But when the comrades|cause of the absence of the real|Cific conditions of the workers in Fraction secretary to check up on) | m r & operative Restaurant we have the strongest and most | cooperated with the bureaucracy in| Wefe asked how many of them had| mass workers who could help to|the particular industry. In the re-| Party standing of members once in| [JOHN KALMUS Co. Inc. a5 W. 26th Bt. a 2700 Bronx P’k Bast. advanced fraction, many comrades | their support of the N.R.A, This |TecTuited Party members, only two | concretize these discussions on the CCM period the New York district two months, raisins RRM ogee Ph.: Estabrook 8-1400 did not correctly ‘estimate the re-| underestimation came as a result |°T ree raised their hands. basis of their experiences. The | has given special attention to this| Bvery fraction to be made respon-| Schee! Eautpment NEW and USED ‘3 A : th The comrades | of our failure to understand that| Neither do factions fully | fault for this situation does not Ite | (Neston, and already we can see | sible for bringing various Party | sult of the strikes. The les |of our failure mi T the ions fully | sntirely with the fraction, The fact | Y¢TY B00d results. In many of our | into the respective unions | Tompkins Square 6.913% Ce ie aie Me Wiles ee failed to understand that the im- the danger of the renegades at this | understand their role as the Party 5 ‘ s|fractions such as in the shoe, | Cnmpaigns into the respective unions | : provements gained by the cloak and | period lies not so much in their|instrument for bringing the cam-| ‘that many of the Party members) AC Ons | fie *:|and to arrange for speakers when- |] (Caucasian Restaurant NEW MASSES {fressmakers were the direct result | organizational strength (which is | paigns of the Party tate the unions, |2F@ not as yet actively involved in tte, Tecrulting ig how Going ion: | ever it ts necessary. ‘| 66 9 ; ‘Anmial of the militant struggle of the work-|very Weak) as in the reformist |The Party undertakes special cam-| trade union work throws the bur-| rs <Oie'oe ihe Dally Worker ing | Leading members of the Org. De- KAVKAZ ers in the A. F. of L. under left | ideology which under cover of revo- | paigns such asthe campaign against |@en on a few who become so in : S| partment and District Bureau to | ‘ek epigiestnt: E SPRING FROLIC | wing teadership, and the inde-|iutionary phrases they spread in| war, the campaign in support of | Ylved in the day to day economic |MProved and the Party campaigns PAITI fraction meeting at | saiiack ia paca : 5 ” jare being brought into the unions |#ttend every fraction meeting at | BANQUETS AND PARTIES . pendent struggles of the industrial | the ranks of the workers. the Communist Party of Germany, | Sttuggles that they become isolated # ~ |least once in three months. B32 East lth Street | New York Clty Friday, March 23 inion, Our comrades did not utilize in support of the Cuban workers,|{rom the Party. Many comrades | 8% seen by the quick response to the ; 1 , union, Our comrades did not ui ‘Thus we See that the Party trac- »| who praticipate in the discussions |C@™Paign in the Austrian situation,| Org. Secretary to report at Dis-| $1 S dastnse pices seins fo strengthen ig oo tidiia Kats Hot as Fok é Scottsboro, tdi! Cag ne ore rarely consider it their duty to|the recent unemployed conference, | trict Bureau on by work at | Nexaaintees aus i $1.50 at door lence workers heir become a real | Since these ipaigns 5 least once in two months. " RREES Dance THI 3 a. m. with Sto, to. tees rapenonh frees | elednes ter NE Se she a et area oc Oe eh trig: Ue in unite Gee meee | hc Org. Department of the ais-| _J0imt, meetings of all fraction Patronize ‘. bosses thro struggles. = | lutionary policies fore non- | Class Party of course approach- _ “| secretaries with section org. secre- 9, ‘ So eee ornare stead many members in our Party es the trade unions and other mass | Concern themselves with the imme-| trict is now beginning to give more |taries to be organized once in two || Gorgeou’s Cafeteria WEBSTER HALL | "2tions became afflicted with de- Rap Gime Pag gel aya organizations on the basis of the | ‘iate economic problems. attention to building the trade|months. Important experience in | 2211 86th Street featism and permitted the Love- united front, Party Recruiting which fundamental policy is in- 119 East llth St. N. ¥. C. stonites to take the offensive. This | Weaknesses because we ree that ae Moe duesNn sila sana oe a pules Gace eae union fractions. A number of ac- Varad “Sh Wetec ak theme Near Bay Parkway ae ae i ; a a Z . Fase le gt MEW wapone, si | greatly hampered our work snd | ‘the workers booome sharper the | of building ihe Daily Worker and | Uon of Party reewiting. ‘The Barty |“'Ve Comrades trom the A. F. of L.| weetings and also. at the special |_ PT Food at Proletarian Peee Book shor, 50%. 13th St. made it possible for the bureaucracy | tosses and reformist leaders will | the distribution of Party literature |has long recognized the trade|Unions and the T.U.U.L. unions) fraction meetings arranged by the and | the Bowes to es the condi- | resort to even more subtle dema- | which fone of pissok, assttaniba unions “ the best Goats of res have been drawn into the Org. eet eae a ue ae . es means of which will | to the Party fractions carrying | cruiting since many ese work- | De: ment, A meeting of frac- i sys- | igi veesab cdr sper kibeatcns Similar was our experience amang nae crush the rising feast of | through their daily tasks in lead-|ers have already been involved in aos Meds Seca a plan | matically we will correct some of | a e erla De Luxe Cafeteria || the siterstion painters after the |the workers (Detroit strike, ete.).|ing the struggles of the workers. | struggles under our leadership, still 110" Secretaries Nes adopted 2 Dian \the ‘baste weaknesses in our frac | 1° Seawwevitu PROLERARIANS 4 Graham Ave. Cor. Siegel st. | | Tent strike. ee ae een ae | ak ene cen Lee Dew few.) we ind thousands of ee te a Eee pM Saieahib| Pes pace bk the miameee oa fone aidan Venticibio. EVERY BITE A DELIG! 1 In the shoe trade where our! duction of the Connery 30-hour bill months has been greatly improved.) workers e trade unions who! establishing a r relat 1 in 5

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