The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 27, 1934, Page 6

‘ Page Six DAILY WORKER, 'W YORK, TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1934 Daily,QWorker SENTRAD ORGAN COMMUNIST PARTY U.S.A. (SECTION OF COMMUNIST INTERMATIONALD “America’s Only Working Class Daily FOUNDED 1924 PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY, COMPRODAILY PUBLISHING CO., INC., 50 E. 13th | Street, New York, N. Y. Telephone: Cable Address Washington igth and F Midwest Bureau Telephone: Dearb Algonquin 4-7954. Daiwork Room TUESDAY, MARCH 27, Roosevelt “Settlement” Is A | Victory for Auto Co. Unions (Continued from Page 1) | to representation. In order to get tion, the unions must submit list impartial committee. By this me: be able to obtain a record of union members. R. A. auto code the manufacturers can fire and blacklist active union the “merit clause” in the N. members. Where the workers protest against such discrimi- nation, the President’s statement provides further: “In cases where no lists of employees, claiming to be Tepresented, have been disclosed to the employers, | there shall be no basis for a claim of discrimination.” In other words, unless the bosses have the list of union members working in their plants, the workers | cannot claim “discrimination.” ‘To cap this set-up against the workers, Roose- “Decisions of the board (of three) shall be final and binding on employer | Velt’s statement declares: and employees.” On this board, which is to have the final say about the workers’ job, about his right to belong to | & union, will be a representative of the bosses, a so- called “impartial” member (General Johnson has already recommended his son), and one of those A. F. of L, leaders who helped the auto bosses betray the workers and drive them into company unions, Hereby the enemies of the auto workers are to sit in judgment on the strike-breaking board. history of these boards, like the National Labor Board, has shown that this spells disaster for the workers. Every worker needs but to remember the Weirton Steel strike, the Ford and Budd strikes, to know how these boards will act in the interest of the bosses. HILE William Green, President of the A. F. of L., declared that the workers gained some vantages,” he adds “the automobile manufacturers have simply given assurance of their full compliance With the labor section of their own industrial code of fair practice, their willingness to obey the law.” But the code and the law gives to the bosses the right to hire and fire any worker on the basis of “individual merit”—which means in the cases of an A. F. of L., or Mechanics Educational So- ciety, or an Auto Workers’ Union member, the right to fire them for union activities. To work or belong to a trade union in the eyes of the auto- mobile manufacturer is to lack “merit.” R. A, the law that Green speaks about, is the law that helped the auto bosses build the com- And with President Roosevelt's new interpretation, this power is strengthened and in- pany unions. Room to the so-called | creased for the automobile bosses. But President Roosevelt was not content with What the auto workers suffer and are fighting against, millions of other workers are resting here. struggling to overcome. Roosevelt declared: “I would like you to know that in the settlement just reached in the auto- mobile industry we have charted a new course in social engineering In the United States.” The charting of this new course, in the words of Alvan Macauley, of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, is “a settlement in accord with the principles in which we believe.” The new course is the carrying out in practice the purpose of the strikebreaking Wagner bill. On Saturday, the Detroit newspapers circulated a fake agreement which they claimed had been reached in Washington. The final “settlement” 5 by Roosevelt was not issued until late Sun- di nt. They did not dare to bring this to the Newspaper” ‘© workers until it was too late to call the strike for Monday morning. BY THE The A. F. of L. leaders were forced to lie to tlement. For secretary of the the workers about the conditions of Roosevelt's example, David Lano, executive- A. F. of L. auto union, wired to the meeting of 200 Chevrolet shop stewards: Press Build! mL. 105, Chicago, bosses ask for? tions? Did they right to strike? and the strengtl 1934 | | bitter and long | | is representa- | the bosses will Thru | officialdom, this strike sentiment conference there ganized shops. LAVING away by their leaders. for strike. The union affiliation. “ad- principles of the right to strike. The N. Slavery that the ditions, strike action! * | cqmpulsory arbitration against the workers. is precisely what was won by the bosses in the | Roosevelt “settlement.” ery to prevent the strike on Monday. Press reported that on Sunday night “The Detroit, | Flint and Lansing locals of the union were holding ‘death watches’ in their respective union halls. They were convinced that only a miracle could avert a ‘Won everything we asked for.” What did these labor lieutenants of the auto Did they ask for improved condi- ask for union recognition, and the They won the delay of the strike thening of the company unions and That They had to use this trick- The United drawn out struggle. When extra editions reached them they cheered.” Without telling the workers what was in Roose- velt’s agreement they urged the workers to pass | painted on walls in workers’ quart- resolutions praising the President. uced the “miracle” for the auto bosses, for which they were eminently plaesed and delighted. This most flagrant sell-out by the A. F. of L. Roosevelt prod- strengthening of the company union, this criminal stalling and betrayal of the of the workers, was exposed step by step by the Auto Workers’ Union. On Sunday night, when the A. F. of L. leaders were putting their names to the company union agreement, a united front conference called by the Auto Workers’ Union was being held rallying the workers for struggle against this sell-out. At this were delegates from the A. F. of L., from the Mechanics’ Educational Society, as well as from the Auto Workers’ Union locals and unor- * . * at the line, the auto workers will learn of the gigantic treachery imposed on them There will be a steady stream of lies and demagogy in an attempt to blind the auto | workers and keep them from realizing how badly they have been tricked and fooled. Now more than ever it is the task of the auto workers to rally their forces, to organize and prepare To be successful against the new at- tacks of the auto bosses and their government, but- tressed by the treachery of the A. F. of L. leaders, it is necessary to unite the ranks, regardless of The A. F. of L. workers should mobilize their forces to drive out from the midst the A. F. of L. betrayers. The Auto Workers’ Union has been and is lead- ing the struggle against the treacherous sell-out and for a united struggle of all the auto workers. In the A. F. of L. locals the rank and file opposi- tions must be built into a powerful force against the betraying leaders. be a struggle to overcome and defeat the Roosevelt “peace” terms that have delighted the bosses and which have been made in accordance with their Now more than ever there must open shop and the relentiss slave- driving of the workers, The Roosevelt government daily is showing it- self to be a strikebreaking government. has nurtured the company unions into a powerful octopus that is sucking the life out of the workers. It is decreeing that the workers shall not have the Its N.R.A. By its every action it mobilizes against the organizatiod of the workers into their own, genuine trade unions. against the working class, and is ready to go to the greatest lengths to impose the industrial peace and It has declared war bosses desire. The “settlement” in the auto industry is a blow against the whole American working class. capitalists in every industry will rejoice over it. The A. F. of L. leaders have fully lived up to General Johnson’s characterization of them when he told 4,000 bosses in Washington: “Gentlemen who con- trol industry, their interests are your interests!” Conditions in the auto plants are unbearable. As a result of Roosevelt’s “settlement” they will become worse. Roosevelt brings in a new force in an effort to keep the auto workers from struggling against these conditions. workers, only by united ranks, mobilizing their forces for strike, can the workers beat back these attacks and win union recognition and better con- Auto workers! The Only by action by the Organize and prepare for Mussolini in Bid For United Front Against Negroes Fascist Dictator Drags Out Bogey of Negro Domination of U.S. ROME, March 26.—In the news- paper “Il Popolo d'Italia,” Benito Mussolini, Italian fascist dictator, makes a bid for a united front of the buddng fascism of the “New Deal” with Italian fascism against the rising liberation struggles of the Negro peoples in the United States and Africa. Mussolini insults the Negro masses, to whom he refers as “the fertile grandsons of Uncle Tom,” and raises the bogey of Negro domination of the United States, asking, “Are we to see within a century a Negro in the White Hotise?” He discovers an “alarm- ing” decrease in the white birth- Yate in the U. S., which he de- nies is due to the ravages of the erisis on the whole toiling popula- tion, for that would be to admit the commonplace knowledge that the Negro masses are the worst sufferers under the crisis of decay- ing capitalism. Mussolini finds even the present gavage fascist lynch terror against the Negro masses in the U. S. too mild and tells his fellow reac- tionaries that they are sacrificing their power of tomorrow “to the comfortable life and illusory well- being of today.” Seeks Allies for War Plans Tt will be remembered that in a recent war-like speech, Mussolini threatened his imperialist rivals with an Italian expansion at the expense of their African colonies. Fascist Italy is frantically seek- ing new alignments for its war plans, both in Europe and across the Atlantic. In addition, fascist Italy is waging a savage war of extermination against the militant tribes in Tripoli, North Africa, who have refused to submit tame- y to the robbery of their lands. § Vickers Enjoy Boom in Armament Sales LONDON, March 26.—Business seems to be rising steadily so far as the armament factories are concerned. General Sir Herbert Lawrence, presiding at the annual meetings of Vickers, Ltd., one of the largest munitions firms in the world, an- nounced today that there has been a “satisfactory” increase in orders for land armaments. The increase was attributed to a demand for light tanks and to sales of anti-aircraft equipment. General Lawrence revealed that the English Air Ministry had sent in large orders for new tor- pedoes to fire from aircraft. Austria’s Fascist Constitution To Enslave Workers. Gives Authority Than Haps- State Greater burgs Had VIENNA, March 26.—The fascist “constitution” of Austria, which gives the Dollfuss-Heimwehr gov- ernment greater power even than to the Hapsburg monarchy, includ- ing the power to alter the con- stitution at will, is announced here. It is to go into effect at Easter, next Sunday. The constitution announces that. all state power “emanates from God,” makes the Roman Catholic church an established part of the state, and provides for government by representatives of finance capital, industry, and the church, who will “advise” the government, and reach their decisions in secret. The working class is not even given the pretense of representation in the government, which will rule by dictatorial decree. Absolute en- slavement of the Austrian masses is provided for, \ Germany Nearing Financial Crisis, Open Inflation Starvation Level for All Workers Sought as Deficit Soars BERLIN, March 26—The Hitler regime is rapidly approaching a financial crisis of major proportions. This fact is revealed even by the Official announcement of the Fin- ance Minister, Count Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk, that the budget deficit up to June is six billion marks ($2,382,000,000). Of this sum, he said, four billion marks ($1,588,000,000) is to be raised by discounting future taxes. This sum includes the three billion which the Nazis announced they would use to “reduce” unem- ployment, which is greater today than it ever has been. Even with this gigantic deficit, the Nazi government can function only by putting through a new wage-cut program more drastic than any previous one, reducing the standards of living of the masses to the lowest subsistence level. Their “unemployment program” is a gigantic “share the starvation” program by which they will try to spread the mass payrolls out among a larger number of workers. The billions of the deficit, which are to be borrowed, are in addi- tion to the regular budget, which is 600,000,000 marks higher than last year’s, almost all of the increase going to the army, navy, and the Storm Troops and other war prep- arations, All these steps are bringing into the open the conceaied inflation on which the Nazi regime has operated ever since coming to power, and bring the moment close when they will have to enter the road of open inflation, with a sudden and cata- strophic rise in the cost of living and a repetition of the horrors of the gigantic inflation of 1923-1924, 4 Delegation in Berlin Seeks to! See Thilmann Italian, Polish, French Workers Give 15,000 Franes for Fight PARIS, March 12 (By Mail) —A| | workers’ delegation elected by 14 large factories in Paris has reached | Berlin to demand the right to visit Ernst Thaelmann, who has not been | seen for six weeks, Goering and Hitler did not dare | bluntly refuse this delegation, which | consists of two workers and a phy- | sician, but they have nevertheless | not been able to see him yet. Telegrams and letters to Paris from Berlin show that the workers of Berln had learned through un- | derground channels of the coming | of the delegation. Slogans were | ers, and illegal leaflets calling for | support of the delegation were dis- tributed in many factories. The news was passed by word of mouth all over Berlin, and aroused great | enthusiasm. Italian, Polish, French Contributions The International Red Aid of France, and the illegal Red Aid or- ganizations of Poland and Italy (corresponding to the International Labor Defense in the U. S. A.) have contributed 15,000 francs to the In- ternational Committee for the Re- | lease of Thaelmann and the 200,000 | other anti-Fascist prisoners in Ger- | many. | The Red Aid of France con- tributed 7,500 francs, that of Italy, | 4,100 francs, that of Poland, 3,400} francs. Numerous delegations have been | storming the German embassy in Paris, demanding the release of | Thaelmann. Delegations have been sent by the worker's of all the rail- way stations in Paris, by a number | of trade unions, and by the chief large-scale plants in Paris. An- other delegation was sent by a gigantic mass meeting to support the French workers’ delegation to Berlin. Police stand on constant guard at the embassy, and no delegations are received. The delegates have sent their protest by telephone, tele- graph, and registered mail. Hun- dreds of telegrams have been sent to Berlin to support the delegation. Italian “Election” Returns Reveal | Gigantic Fraud | Mussolini Claims 99.8 Per Cent Approval of Electors ROME, March 28.—The official report of Mussolini’s fascist gov- ernment on yesterday's “elections” | gives a total of 10,025,513 votes of “Yes”. ot the hand-picked fascist list, 15,265 votes of “No,” and 1,219 “disqualified ballots.” These totals are so far beyond! credibility in a period when Mus- solini has been forced to respond to the growing unrest of the Italian masses by his recent demagogic declaration that he was “abolish- ing capitalism,” while putting through measures to strengthen the grip of capitalists on the working class, that they can only represent a gigantic falsification. Five years ago, before the world crisis, the official figures of a sim- ilar “vote” were 136,198 “No,” and 8,506,576 “Yes.” Since that period, the crisis has hammered the living standards of the Italian masses down to unprecedented low levels, and produced mass struggles of a violent nature despite the 10-year establishment of fascist terrorism which has destroyed all the work- ers’ means of open organized pro- test. Yesterday's “elections,” in which the voter could only say “Yes” or “No” to a list of candidates selected by the fascist party, was preceded by the wholesale arrest of all per- sons known to lack sympathy with the Mussolini regime, and carried through under conditions of open terrorism. Nevertheless, the 99.8 per cent of “Yes” votes announced, obviously indicates an unexpectedly large number of “No” votes which the | fascists felt compelled to cover up by a wholesale fraud which has over-reached the bounds of plausi- bility. Pereda Starts Hunger Strike SAN JUAN, P. R., March 26.—In protest against the legislative reso- lution for statehood, Professor Cle- mente Pereda, of the University of Puerto Rico, announced he will be- gin his hunger strike and continue through Easter holidays. The pro- | fessor is a nationalist for island in- | dependence. He actively supported the recent strike of university stu- dents against the appointment of the Socialist Rafael Alonso Torres ae A LONGER AND STRONGER CHAIN! FILIPINO MISLEADER, Pres. Roosevect Philadelphia, Cleveland Press Chicago for Lead in Sub Drive NEW. YORK —wWhile .Chicago continues to hold top position in the Daily Worker circulation drive, | its leadership is sharply challenged by Philadelphia and Cleveland, both of which are steadily pressing for- ward, Up to and including March 21, Chicago obtained 338 new daily subs on a quota of 750; Cleveland, | 260 on a quota of 500; Philadelphia, 256 on a quota of 500. Boston, Omaha, Newark and Minneapolis are leading among the districts with | lower quotas. Last week Chicago sent in 71 new daily subs; Philadelphia, 59; Cleve- land, 55; Boston, 42. Chicago Prize Banner There is keen competition between | sections and organizations in Chi- | cago to win the district prize ban- ner offered for the largest number of subs obtained during the drive. This banner, of which a reduced Photograph is shown, is of red vel- vet, and 36 by 48 inches, The same photograph also shows a portion of the large blackboard, | 3 by 9 feet, which is displayed with | the prize banner in the Chicago | book store. The blackboard shows the standing of the Chicago sections and various organizations in the drive. Other districts are urged to follow Chicago in this effective method of stimulating the circula- tion drive. Last week a total of 432 new daily subs came in, compared with 363 the week before. Saturday subs fell down, however, 222 coming in, while the week before the districts sent in 364, The chart below shows the stand- ing of the districts up to and in- cluding March 21. Study the stand- ing of your district. Speed up the drive toward victory, comrades! Every worker, ask your friends and fellow workers to subscribe to the “Daily.” CHICAGO PRIZE BANNER Reduced photograph of banner | offered by Chicago District in the | “Daily” sub drive. Also shows por- tion of chart used in Chicago to show progress in the campaign. New Daily New Sat. District Subs Quota Subs Quota 1 Boston 187 200 142° 1000 2.New York 232 —— 390 3 Philadel. 256 500 85 1000 4 Buffalo 72 150 13 300 5 Pittsburgh 117 300 44 600 6 Cleveland 260 500 140 1000 7 Detroit 141 500 70 1000 8 Chicago 338 750 438 = 1500 9 Minneap, 126 200 161 400 10 Omaha = 111 100 64 200 11 N&S Dak 48 100 64 200 12 Seattle 46 300 40 600 13 California 83 350 13 700 14 Newark 146 300 33 600 15 Conn. 60 200 32 400 16 N&S Car. 10 50 40 — 17 Alabama 34 50 3 18 Milwaukee 74 200 34 400 19 Denver 52 150 39 300 Cc. & F, 6. 4 TOTAL 2454 5000 1532-10200 What Readers the May Day Daily Worker Will Find in With 350,000 copies of the half- million copy May Day edition of the Daily Worker already ordered, activities are being speeded up by the Daily Worker staff to insure the publication of an outstanding and valuable issue. How inclusive and valuable the May Day edition will be can be judged from the ar- ticles to appear in it. The following is a complete list: Earl Browder on “May Day, 1934: Situation and Tasks”; C. A. Hatha- way on “May Day and the Struggle for Power”; Jack Stachel on “May Day and Trade Union Struggles”; Sam Don on “War and Fascism, and May Day”; James S. Allen on “The Historical Background of May Day in the United States”; Gil Green on “Youth and May Day”; Moissaye J. Olgin on “The Inter- national Aspects of May Day.” Cyril Briggs on “The Negro and May Day”; Carl Reeve on “A Year of Struggle for Social Insurance”; Harry Gannes on “May Day and the Socialist Party”; Milton Howard on “The Failure of Fascism and the Growth of Revolution’; Sender Garlin on “The Press Reaction to May First in 1886.” In addition to this, there will be to the board of rustees a review of the N.R.A. by Mar- Los Angeles May Day Demonstration CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 26.— One hundred and twenty delegates from 100 organizations, local unions, fraternal societies, etc., attended the opening mass meeting of the May Day United Front Conference last Friday night at the Workers School, 1524 Prospect Avenue. The dele- gates and audience enthusiastically endorsed the call of the District Committee of the Communist Party for one united front May Day dem- onstration this year against the growing fascist offensive of the Roosevelt “New Deal,” the threat of a new world war and for defense of the Soviet Union, ‘ Re % Workers Fight Ban on guerite Young and a review of the war preparations and situation by Seymour Waldman, as well as spe- cial features on May Day in China, Latin- America, and the Soviet Union. A special article on “May Day and the Farmers’ Struggles” is also on the May Day edition list. These are the outstanding articles of the May Day edition. Other smaller articles and varied features of all kinds, from historical photos and pictures to contemporary ac- counts of Haymarket, will also ap- pear in the half-million copy Daily Worker. Be sure that you receive your copy of this edition. All Districts which have not as yet placed their orders for this edition should do so at once. Swell the 350,000 orders to a half-million within the next two weeks! STOKOWSKI PLAYS “INTER- NATIONALE” PHILADELPHIA, March 26.—The “Internationale,” Communist an- them, beloved by the workers and the oppressed of all lands, was ac- claimed by a capacity audience when played by the Philadelphia Orchestra last Thursday. Leopold | director, Stokowski, conductor, LOS ANGELES — (FP) — Refusal of U. 8. Judge George Cosgrave to enjoin the Los Angeles City Coun- cil, who have taken out an injunc- tion barring a May 1 parade by the United Front Conference Against Hunger, will be carried to the U. S. Supreme Court by the American Civil Liberties Union, it has been announced. {An injunction issued by a lower court was withdrawn by appeal by the Los Angeles City Council to the higher court.—Ed.] The reactionary City Council of Los Angeles, who have been trying to continually throttle the growing militancy of city workers, have con- tinuously refused to issue a parade permit to “an organization in which some of the members are Commu- nists.” 4 Clore Warne, A.C.L.U. attorney, and the ILD. are fighting against this “arbitrary discrimination, which violates constitutional guarantees.” While the A.CL.U. and the ILD. are fighting legally against the City Council injunction, workers of Los Angeles are organizing to carry on with a United Front May Day par- ade despite the Citys’ reactionary policy, eRe He. 130 Delegates at Milwaukee May Day Conference. MILWAUKEE, March 26. — One hundred and thirty delegates, repre- senting some 60 working-class or- ganizations, attended the United Front May Day Conference here last Sunday. The conference de- cided to rent the large Milwaukee Auditorium for an indoor meeting following the open-air demonstra- Los Angeles YPSL (usts 2 Who Spoke At Anti-War Meet Leading Members Fired Out for Part in Broad United Front Meet LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Isadore and Paul Shapiro, for five years ac- tive members of the Young Peoples Socialist League in Los Angeles, were expelled March 21, by the league’s executive committee because they spoke against war and fascism at the Plaza mass meeting of March 14, ‘They have both been leading workers in the Y. P. S. L., one hav- ing held the office of county organ- izer, the other, county educational and both having been members of the county executive committee. Paul Shapiro was not present at the time he was expelled. Isadore Shapiro demanded that he be tried before a red card meeting of the membership, but his demand was denied. Although the Plaza anti-war-and- fascism demonstration was held under the auspices of a united front conference at which a number of church, liberal, and trade union or- ganizations were represented, as well as the Communist Party and other militant organizations, the young men were expelled on charges of “breaking discipline by speaking at a Communist meeting.” Anti-Fascist Front Routs Fascists in Two French Cities Leaders of Veterans Launch Fascist Campaign PARIS, March 26.—Anti-fascists routed Fascist meetings in Tours and Toulon yesterday. Tonight, the Anti-Fascist Front is mobilizing against a meeting of the fascist Solidarite Francaise, an organization formed by Rene Coty, perfume manufacturer. At Tours, workers broke up a Na- tionalist meeting, and battled police for three hours. At Toulon, a naval base near Marseilles, more than 50 were injured, including policemen and three naval officers, after a meeting addressed by a Nationalist deputy. Following President Doumergue’s jingo radio speech of Saturday, when he declared that an anti-fas- cist struggle would cause a “risk of foreign invasion,” it was utilized by the council of the Veterans Na- tional Federation, representing 3,- 500,000 ex-servicemen, to raise a fascist slogan of “authoritarian government,” and to announce they would enter politics with a platform which is fascist in all its essentials. Send us names of those you know who are not readers of the Daily Worker but who would be interested in reading it. Address: Daily Worker, 50 E. 13th St. tion. The second and final conference will be held Sunday, April 15, at 10 a.m. at Bues Hall, 914 North Plankinton Avenue. ee et Iron River Conference, April 1 IRON RIVER, Mich., March 25.— The May Day Provisional Commit- tee, set up by several organization, has issued a call to all workers’ or- ganizations to send delegates to a conference April 1, at 1:30 p. m., at Bruno Hall, to plan a united May Day demonstration in this city. “ 8 NEW YORK.—The May Day Ar- rangements Committee announced yesterday that it had secured the co-operation of the John Reed Club and the Sign Painters Union for the preparation of May Day banners and slogans. In a statement, ad- \of protest. Many Anti-War Meets Planned For April 6th New York, Chicago and Boston Announce Programs NEW YORK.— The workers of New York are preparing to observe the seventeenth anniversary of the entrance of the United States into the World War, April 6, with many outdoor rallies, culminating in a mass meeting of protest and mobili- zation against the impending war. This meeting will be held in St, Nicholas Arena, 69 W. 66th Si., un- der the auspices of the New York City Central Committee of the American League Against War and Fascism. The City Central Committee has called a special meeting on April 2 to prepare for the April 6 demonstration. All city-wide or- ganizations are urged to elect two delegates (neighborhood Commit- tees of the League, five), and send them to this meeting, in Irving Plaza, 15th St. and Irving Place, at 8 p.m. This meeting will be the final mobilization for the April 6 mass meeting. All unions, clubs and other organizations should immediately get leaflets and tickets for distribution at the of- fice of the American League, 112 E, 19th St., Room 605. Already 100 organizations havé sent 150 delegates to the City Cen- tral Committee and activities on a large scale are now planned both before and after April 6, culmimat- ing in a great demonstration of August 1— the twentieth anniver- sary of the outbreak of the Wowd War. Heal Boston to Fight Meet Ban BOSTON.—The Boston seations of the Young Communist Ltague have called upon all working-class organizations to participate in a demonstration against war and fas- cism on April 6. The demonstra- tion will be held at the Boston Com- mon at Tremont and West Sts., at 5:30 p.m. The application for a permit for this demonstration has been refused by Mayor Mansfield. This is a clear case of discrimination against the Young Communist League, since a meeting on that same corner was held by the Socialist Party on Feb. 22. The Young Communist League and the International Labor De- fense have begun a mass campaign Hundreds of protest post cards have already been sent to the Mayor. All workers’ organ- izations in New England should immediately send telegrams of pro- test to Mayor Mansfield, City Hall, Boston, Mass., to force the granting of a permit. Pay aie Chicago Youth Anti-War Meet (Daily Worker Mid-West Bureau) CHICAGO.—A mass youth dem- onstration against war and for the use of war funds for relief and con- tinuation of C. W. A. will be held in front of the Cribben and fexton ammunition plant, at Sacramento and Chicago Ave. April 6, at 3:30 p.m, The demonstration, called by the Youth Section of the Chicago League Against War and Fascism, will meet in front of the plant. Chicago will fight against any im- perialist war. Cribben and Sexton, who now make stoves, made shells during the last war and its shell-making machinery has recently been in- spected and made ready for instant use, A delegation will be elected to protest to the manufacturers. The delegation will report at a mass meeting April 13 at Herzl Commu- nity Center, Evergreen and Califor- nia Ave. Speakers are visiting Y. P. S. L. circles, Young Judea groups and other organizations, urging their members to participate in the dem- onstration. . * 8 LOS ANGELES.—The police com- missioner has denied the Youth Section of the American League Against Fascism and War a permit to hold a dance. No reason was given. A committee of lawyers will carry on a fight on behalf of the League, Plenty of Jobs for the Poison Gas Division of the U. S. Army NEW YORK —During one of the Round Table Discussions at the Anti-War Conference at Co- lumbia University, a professor of chemical engineering told the students that there was no such thing as an unemployed chemical engineer these days. While civil, mechanical, electrical and archi- tectural engineers, because they wish to do creative work, are un- employed, chemical engineers are snapped up by the poison gas division of the army as fast as they graduate. Cleveland Workers Endorse Call for May Day United Front Successfal Contes ence in Milwaukee; Meet Is Called in Iron River dressed to all organizations support- ing the May Day preparations, the committee declared: “It is imperative that we prepare for our monster demonstration at once. The ranks of marchers will be swelled by thousands of new workers drawn to the sides of the class-conscious workers the struggles of the last year. We must impress these workers and the world of workers watching us with our banners and slogans. These cannot be anaemic, chaotic looking pieces of paper. They must be seen in the line of march strong and clear to which all workers will rally." i l