The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 7, 1934, Page 3

—— WHAT’S O Saturday Manhattan ‘WORKERS School Spring Term. Week of registration. 5 E. 12th St. Classes| are filling up. SPECIALS in books and pam) eek at the Workers Book Shi 13th St, N.Y. C. REGISTRATION for Harlem Workers School Spring Term now going on. 200 W. 135th St., Room 214-A. WORKERS School 50 &. Opening Assembly Spring Term, 3 p.m. at 35 E. 12th St., Room 307. HENRI BARBUSSE Br. LL.D. Dance, entertainment, refreshments and lecture 884 Columbus Ave., cor. 103d St., 8 p.m. Comrade Speed will speak on ern Situation.” Adm. 25 cents. CLUB Obrero Chileno Inauguration Dance at 246 FE. 116th St., 8 p.m. Music by Bobbie and his Borincanos. Severe! acts by various artists. Contribution, 50 cents; ladies free. GALA Sports Nights—boxin fencing—dancing. West Side We Club, 210 W. 68th St. 8 p.m. Contribution 25 cents. RECITAL and Studio Warming Bt., 8:30. Adm. 25 cents. NCE and entertainment given by “Centro Cultural Benefico Obrero,” at 1418 Fifth Ave. cor. 116th St. Moving Pickure, good entertainers. Adm. 15 cents. ITY Theatre, 24 E. 23d St., presents three revolutionary plays, “Cred of Jehovah” and “Broadway, 1933. ing after the play. Adm. 35 cents CELEBRATE Amalgamation of Shoe and Weather Workers—Concert and Dance at Central Opera House, 67th St. and Third Ave. SOCIAL Concert and Dance at West Side Br., F.S.U., 2642 Broadway, cor. 100th St. Hatchek 25 cents. jets this e South-| Party, | auspices New Duncan Dancers, 108 W. 14th | stling, ee Adm. 25 cents; members 20 cents. DANCE and Entertainment given by ILD. Brooklyn Sec., 723 Fifth Ave. near 23d St. Jaz Band, Workers Lab. Theatre, Bar. Hat check 25 cents. Proceeds for political prisoners. JAZZ BAND Enterta singing at Boro Park Cu! Ave. é& 56th St., 8:30 p. m PARTY given by New Youth Club at home of Sackmen, 796 New Jersey Ave., 8:30 p. m, Refreshments, entertainment, movies. Sunday VILLAGE Forum—Lecture by Mae Boyd on “Unemployment Insurance.” 224 W. 4th St., facing Sheridan Sq., 8 p.m, Au- spices Ella Reeve Bloor and Rose Pastor ment and mass Stokes Br., LL.D. Adm. 15 cents. HAYS JONES speaks on “Lebor Unions in the U.S.A. and U.S.9R.” at Unem- ployed Teachers Assn., 33 pm LEON Abramovich ae. . 20th St., 8:30 speaks on “The nce of the Deportation of Work .” also a speaker on “The R the Socialist in the Taxi Strike.” -at the West Side Workers Forum, 2642 Broadway, near 100th St, 8:30 p.m. BENEFIT Affair for the striking food workers of Karp Br. at I. W. 0. Youth Center, 2462 64th St. 8:30 p. m, Ad- jen free. LARIFICATION SESSION,” Discussion of a new play. Speakers, Harry Elion and Peter Martin. Workers Laboratory ‘Theatre, 42 E. 12th St. 8:45 p.m. Ad- mission 16c. NORMAN ‘TALLENTIRE speaks on “Present War Developments,” at Unity ‘Theatre, 24 E. 23rd St. 3 p.m. Admis- sion 15c. JOSEPH GITBERT spec's on “The Role of 8. P. in Taxi Strike.” at 1813 Pitkin Ave.. 8 p.m. Auspices Section 8 C. P. UNITED FRONT Supporters \temberchip ENTERTAINMENT and dance given by meeting, 3 p. m., at new headquarters, 11 Unit 403, Sec. 4, at Labor Temple, S4th St. 8 p.m. Chalk talk by Good entertainment. SEVENTH Annual Spring Festival and Ball of Followers of Nature, Irving Plaza, main ballroom, 15th St. and Irving Pl. el fean Youth Federation, 144 Second Ave. 3B.) W. SPEND a Night in Russia at the Amer-|P ™. 18th St. Special speaker, inson. Friends welcome. "BS PARTON specks on ‘National Minorities and Anti-Semitism.” rt Post No. 191 W. E. 8. L., 69 E. Third St, 8 Admission free. “The A SYMPOSTUM Road to Prole- (9th 8t.), 8:30 p.m. All Russian enter-; tarian Culture.” at 8 p m.. speakers: tainment. GALA Dance and Entertainment at Har- Jem Progressive Youth Club, 1538 Madison Ave., 8:30 p.m. Dramatic Section; Negro Jazz Band. Adm. 30 cents, with this ad. 25 cents. ENTERT. and "Dance at Ger- man Workers Club, 79 E. 10th St. Dona- tion 15 cents. THEATRE show, dance, party by Amer- fcan Display Workers, celebrating strike victory. W. L. T. headquarters, 42 E. 12th Btreet. RED DANCER Studio Party 77 Fifth Ave. Jazz Band, Mara Tartar. Beer. LOWER West Side Workers Club—Party for the benefit of the Unita Operaia. Dancing, entertainment. 107 McDougall St. 8 p. m. DANCE at Mutualista Obrera Mexicana Br, 4953 I. W. O., 66 E. 116th St. Good orchestra, Subs. 25 cents. Bronx DANCING, Entertainment and Eats at party given by Y.C.L. Unit 1, Sec. 5, at 603 E. 136th Bt. FAREWELL Party for Comrade leaving for Soviet Union at Pelham Pkwy. Work- ers Club. 2179 White Plains Rd., 8:30 p.m INDOOR Campfire Party given by Y.C. ‘Unit 8 Sec. 15, 4419 DeRemier Av 241st St. Refreshments. FOURTH Annual Spring Frolic given by Intwor Youth Club, T.W.O. Hot hanc— dencing contest, entertainment. 1304 8. Boulevard, near Freeman St. HOUSE Warming — entertainment and dance, given by F.S.U. Mt, Eden Br. at 1401 Jerome Ave., corner 170th St. Negro Jazx Band—colorful entertainment. Adm. 35 cents. DANCE and Entertainment given by Bronx Sec., I.L.D., at 2075 Clinton Ave., 8 p.m. Rose Name, soprano; Gladstone, tenor; I. Schlien, pianist. CONCERT and Dance at Tremont Pro- gressive Club, 866 E. Tremont Ave., 8:45 p.m. Program by Five Aristocrats. Solo and group entertainment. Nomad Jazz Band, HOUSE Warming Party given by Coun- cil 29 at 1003 E. 174th St., Apt. A-14, 8:30 p.m. Adm. free. Proceeds for central body. CONCERT and Dance at Prospect Work- ers Center, 1157 Southern Blvd. Excellent program. PARTY and Dance given by Unit 7, Sec. 15, ¥.C.L., at 2700 Bronx Park East, Apt. K-1. Benefit District Training School. FAREWELL Party to two comrades leav- ing for the Soviet Union. “Russian Night” dancing and refreshments. East Bronx Br., F.8.U., 1330 Wilkins Ave, Brooklyn HOUSE Party—refreshments, dance or- chestra, home of Fogel, 2077 E. 12th St., Apt. 3-A. Auspices Angelo Herndon Lib- eration Committee, 8:30 p.m. MARGARET Schiauch 5} at son “Folk~ farxian Point of View.” Bedford Center, 1082 Bergen St, con Nostrand Ave. Adm. 15 cents. GALA Evening Musicale and Enteriain- ment under the auspices of Women’s Council 21, at 261 Schenectady Ave. Adm. 15_ cents. GALA Social Evening — entertainment, gurpri ‘ve, Between Avenue U and Avenue T, 8:30 p. m. Comrade Taft, master ef ceremonies, THIRD Annual Dance—Vanguard Youth Club, Br. ¥-7, .W.O., at 1459 St. Marks Ave. cor. Howard. Jazz band—entertain- Ment. Adm. 25 cents, MUSICAL Evening and. Dance at Brownsville Youth Center, i05 Thatford i | tview i at New Culture Club, 2005 Go: | owie®, with Sender Garlin on Journalism, Grace Lump- kin on Fiction, Afred Hayes on Poetry, Albert Maltz on Theatre and Phil Bard on Art. At headquarters cf City Club Coun- cil, 11 W. 18th St. Admission 25 cents. A. L. Surarmen speaks on “Recent Strikes and the N.R.A.” at ‘Tom Mooney Br. LLD., 223 E. 13th St., 3-p.m, Adm. free—discnssion. IRISH Social and Dance at West Side ‘Workers Center, 210 W. 68th St., 8 p.m. Contribution 25 cents. Auspices Irish Workers Club. MARTIN Kave speaks on “The Struggle of the Cuban Toilers Against Imperialism,” at 2075 Clinton Ave. 8 p.m. Auspices Communist Party Sec. Adm. 15 cents. JOGEPH Tauber lectures on ‘Lesson of the Paris Commune” at Tremont Progres- sive Club, 866 E. Tremont Ave., 8:45 p.m. PARTY and Dance, given hy Y.C.L. Unit 11 to initiate youth week at the Coon. Youth Center, 2800 Bronx Park East. Adm. 10 cents. “National Peovles of the Soviet Union and the U.8.A.,” lecture by N. Phillips, at Bila May Br. LU.D.. 4109 13th Ave, Brooklyn. Adm. 10 cents; unemployed 5 cents. RABBI Weinstein speaks on "Fascism: Is Xt Coming to America,” at the Brighton Workers Center. 9290 ‘Coney Island Ave. Auspices Bill Heywood Br., I.L.D. DR. JACOUES Soiffer sneaks on “The Crisis end the Health of Workers,” at the New Culture Club, 2345 Coney Island Ave., 8:30 p.m. LECTURF, “Relicion and the Netional Minorities in Sq Russia.” at East New York Br., F.3.U.. 576 Hemlock St.. 7 p.m. Speaker, §. Sklorov.” Subscription 10 cents. DR. PAUL Saulter lectures on “Class Basis of the American Constitution,” at the Brownsville Workers School, 1855 Pit- kin Ave, 8:30 p.m. Adm. 15 cents, NEWARK. N. J.—Rebel Dance Group of Jack London Club presents John Bovine- ton—dancer-poet, on Sunday, Anril A. 8:30 pm. at Y.MHA, High and W. Kenny St. Dancing. PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—Dance on Sunday, April 8, 8 p.m., given by the Workers Cul- tural and Sports Club of Strawberry Man- sion, 26014 N. 32nd St. Good music. Installation of Unit 907, C. P. Concert and Tea Party, Sunday, April 8, 8 p.m., at 2043 Berks St. Prominent speaker— good prog Daily Worker Carrier in Atlantic City Freed ATLANTIC CITY, April 6—The local Daily Worker carrier, George Johnson, who was arrested Satur- day night on the Boardwalk for selling Daily Workers, was released today. His papers were confiscated and police said further sales would re- sult in his deportation. In an in- the International Labor Defense organizer the police lieutenant stated that “papers of this nature will not be tolerated in Atlantic City.” The Daily Worker had been a great aid to the workers in their recent organization of C. W. A. and ‘Ave. Chorus, M. Kahat, mandolin, play.|I. L. D. activity. WORKERS! A safe place for your funds SOVIET GOVERNMENT 7% Gold Bonds YOUR MONEY IS SAFE These bonds are backed by the tremendous resources and im- mense wealth of the entire Soviet Union. In the 16 years of its existence, the Soviet Union has purchased more than $424 bil- lion of foreign equipment and materials—most of it through short or long term credits—yet as a result of its Socialist planned economy, it has met every Payment promptly. YOU ARE PROTECTED FROM INFLATION These bonds are issued in units of 100 and 1000 gold roubles. Since they are based upon a fixed quantity of gold and are pay- able in American dollars at the prevailing rate of exchange, your funds are protected from any loss resulting from possible further depreciation of the dollar. As « matter of fact, Soviet Government gold bonds that were purchased a year ago have risen as much as 70% due to the reduction in the gold content of the dollar. YOUR MONEY IS READILY AVAILABLE The State Bank of the U. S. S. R., with a gold reserve in the note issue department of $704 million, guarantees to repur- chase these bonds on demand of the holder at their full gold value plus interest, at any time after one year from date of purchase. Should you desire to convert all or part of your hold- ings into cash during the first year, this firm will upon request resell your bonds for you. YOU GET YOUR INTEREST QUARTERLY You receive your full interest payments in American dollars on January Ist, April 1st, July 1st and October Ist, by deposit- ing your coupons with the Chase National Bank of New York, which is the official paying agent, or with your own local bank. For full information regarding these bonds, write Dept. W-) Soviet American Securities Corp. Ps $0 Broad Street Now York ral Center, 13th! Gertrude! il DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1934 The Fighting Vets H. BE. BRIGGS The Wrong Way Out BUTTE, Montana—This city fur- | nished a splendid example of the viciousness of the Economy Act in the suicide of P. J. Kennedy, totally disabled war veteran. His body was found on the City Dump, a bullet | through his brain. Kennedy, like | thousands of other veteran victims of Roosevelt's “New Deal,” was not a “bum.’ His pockets contained notes for $1,350.20 owed to credito: who wiil never collect. Had he re- ceived his bonus and adequate dis- | ability compensation, this would not have been his fate. No parliamentary buck passing on | Capitol Hill will help these veterans. Neither will a bullet through the brain nor a gas pipe in the mouth. Only one thing will help—organi: tion plus mass action. The horrible fate of the above veteran is one of the best reasons for marching to Washington and demanding: 1, Cash payment of the bonus, 2. Repeal of the Economy Act. 3. Passage of Workers Unemploy- ment and Social Insurance Bill (HR. 7598). . een SACRAMENTO, Cal—‘“We have | just started for Washington. Tell | the boys along the way to watch out for us.” O.K., California, the; workers and farmers are behind your march and will help to make your trip as easy as possible. Stee eter DENVER, Colo.—A meeting was called here recently to prepare for the march on Washington. They report, “We are on our way. Every- thing going fine, see you in Wash- ington.” ee ce PITTSBURGH, Pa.—The Rank and File ex-servicemen of this city expect to be in Washington by the' 15th of May. Details later. They| are following the call of the Veterans National Rank and File Committee in Washington. oh. ou, NEW ORLEANS, La—Post No. 183, W.E.S.L. reports a croup of vet- erans, Negro and white, are march- ing shoulder to shoulder, enthusiasm is high and the ranks are solid. They are determined that no disrunter, black of white, shall split their ranks on this march, cor YORE; NEW YORK—Over 500 veterans from the American Legion, V.F.W., DAV. and W.ES.L. attended a maass meeting in this city to arrange for the Bonus March. All speakers emphasized the importance of stick- ing to the 3-point program. The audience agreed. The last march} taught these vets a lesson, when Mike Thomas and other clements tried to disrupt the Rank and File Convention with the plea of Bonus only. This, if followed, would split the ranks between able and disabled men. The second point in the 3- point program takes care of the dis- abled. The third takes care of all the unemployed of which the vet- erans form a large percentage, and coming as they do from the shops, mines and farms, it is to their ad- vantage that the 3-point program is strictly adhered to. aye ee PEORIA, Ill—Hi, buddy, we just learned that 250 veterans have join- ed the Unemployment Councils in this town. This is a good start, but how about joining the Workers Ex- Servicemen’s League? You can form @ Post as soon as you have a com- mittee of eight members. With 250 veterans, you could spread all over Illinois. The W.E.S.L. pledges unity with the workers in their struggles j and fights for unemployment insur- ance, If you are interested in getting your bonus, are disabled or in need of relief, the W.E.S.L. as a veterans’ organization, is the place for you. j You can immediately set up Rank and File Committees or get in touch } with Posts No. 4 and No. 195 of the W.ES.L. in Chicago, These boys are going to Washington. They are fighting for the same thing you are.! Come on, Buddy, Fall In! If any veteran desires information on the march, compensation prob- lems, State Bonus issues, it would be to his advantage to write to 799 Broadway, New York City, New York, Room 523, W.ES.L. 20,000 Schools Shut April 1, Teachers’ Report Indicates School Crisis Affects | Negro Teachers Especially NEW YORK. (F. P.)—The plight of the country’s schools is graphic- ally set forth in a pamphlet, Schools and the Crisis, just published by the Teachers Research Council of New York City. Here are some of the facts disclosed: Some 2,000 rural schools in 24 states did not open in 1933; 20,000 schools were closed by April 1, 1934; 2,280,000 children of school age are not in school; 25,000 teachers have been fired while a million more children have been added to overcrowded schools; 250,000 gualified teachers are now jobless, of whom some never had ; Positions; payless paydays have cost teachers more than $40,000,000 in unpaid salaries; teachers’ cash salaries averaged less than $1,000 in 1933-30; Negro teachers’ salaries averaged $388 in 1930. The council attributes these con- ditions to the tax delinquencies of financial interests. The pamphlet is published by International Pam-! phiets, 799 Broadway, New York City, at 10 cents, What is your Unit, trade union, mass organization doing to get subscribers for the Daily | Aldermen endorse this bill Haverhill Bosses Call Labor Board Start ‘Red Scare’ Drive in Attempt To Cloud Pay Raise Issue (Special to the Daily Worker) HAVERHILL, Mass., April 6—The shoe workers in 42 shops of Haver- hill are continuing their militant struggle for wage increases and against the arbitration agreement which the Haverhill manufacturers are trying to force on them. The manufacturers have intensi- fied their attacks on the shoe work- ers. They sent an appeal today to the U. S. Department of Labor and the National Labor Board to come down to Haverhill to smash the strike. The arbitration agreement was fully exposed when it was found to contain no wage increases, and as a result the manufacturers have started a campaign against the workers by raising the “red scare” in the Haverhill Gazette in an at- tempt to confuse the issues and split the solid ranks of the workers. Workers at mass meetings have} denounced the “red scare” campaign and have clearly shown that they are solid behind their economic de- mands, Relief is now the most important problem for the strikers. The United | Shoe and Leather Workers Union is calling for a campaign in every shoe center to aid the Haverhiil | strikers, Entire Militant Slate of United Shoe Union | N.Y. District Elected I. Rosenberg Elected General Secretary of N. Y. District NEW YORK.—A splendid en- dorsement of the militant rank and file leadership of the United Shoe and Leather Workers Union here was registered in the New York dis- trict elections last week, the final and official returns show. I. Rosenberg was elected by an overwhelming vote, 2,300 to 115, to be general secretary for the New York district. J. Magliacano was elected organizer of the shoe de- partment of the union. Steve Alexanderson, Leo Sanders, Max Abelman, and Frank De Sisto | were elected business agents for the New York district. George Rabin- owitz and Irving Glasser were chosen organizers for the slipper department, and George Martin and Frank Russo organizers for the shoe repair department. Julius Krane was elected organ- izer for the stitchdown department. In many cases, as in the case of Rosenberg, the Lovestoneites did not dare to put up any opposition can- didates. In those cases where the Lovestoneites did put up candidates, jthe workers’ vote showed that they repudiated their policy of attempt- ing to draw the union into the A. F. of L. scab organization. A concert and ball will be given tonight by the United Shoe and Leather Workers Union to cele- brate the successful amalgamation movement under which 70,000 workers have been united on a militant program. The ball will be given at Central Opera House, United Shoe Local’ In Chelsea Backs Workers’ Bill 7598 CHELSEA, Mass.—The Chelsea local of the United Shoe and Leather Workers Union some time ago went on record as endorsing and demanding the enactment of the Workers Unemployment and Social Insurance Bill, notifying | Congress and the President to that} effect. At the last meeting of the Chelsea local the workers went on record as demanding that the House Committee on Labor take fa- vorable action by referring this Bill, now known as HR 7598, to Congress, for debate on the floor. These workers also went on record as de- manding that the Chelsea Board of and notify Congress of their action. These actions are a step in the tight direction, but the shoe work- ers of Chelsea must realize that the mere sending of letters will not win for them any concession from the government in the form of un- employment insurance; that they can win this and other concessions only by staging militant mass dem- onstrations and a continued struggle for the enactment of the Workers Unemployment and Social Insur- ance Bill. Workers must realize, however, that these politicians in Washing- ton who love to pose as the friends of the working class will try to pass off on them some fake insurance bill such as that proposed Fy Sen- ator Wagner of the N.R.A. Labor Board. We must militantly protest serine the enactment of such fake bills. The N.R.A. Labor Board chair- man is trying to pass off a bill, Supposedly an unemployment insur- ance bill, which does not go into effect until 1935, which completely ignores the millions of workers who are at present unemployed, and which, through many of its provi- sions can be used as a strike-break- ing weapon against the workers in their struggle for better living and working conditions. 6ith Street and Third Avenue. A delegation of shoe workers from New England will be present. Demand Hours Be Cut on Lake Ships Relief Fight Is Won by Marine Union BUFFALO, April 2 (By Mail).— Demands for increased wages and improved working conditions for seamen of the Great Lakes were presented here this morning to of- ficials of the Great Lakes Carriers’ Association, 151 E. Eagle St., by a committee of 20 led by Michael Young, secretary’ of the Buffalo local of the Marine Workers’ In- dustrial Union. The demands were worked out at a meeting of seamen held Sunday at the Italian-American Workers’ Hall, 301 Seneca St. Demands of the seamen include the three eight- hour watch system, the establish- ment of a rotary system of hiring through a rank and file seamen’s shipping buro, ship committees on every ship to represent the men. The lake seamen in many cases are forced to work 12 hours a day. This action of the seamen fol- lowed close on the heels of an ac- tion of last week, which forced the ,Seamen’s Home to give relief amounting to three meals a day and a place to sleep to unemployed sea- men, Boonton Oil Workers’ Strike in Third Month BOONTON, N. J., April 6—Tne strike of the Drew Company work- ers has now entered its third month. The company has attempted to op- erate the plant with 35 out-of-town scabs, but this morning 17 of the men sent to scab walked out. The workers are striking under the leadership of the Vegetable Oil Workers Union, Local 19035, for in- cae Wages and union recogni- ion. On Harlem Hospital To Plan Fight Against Rotten Conditions NEW YORK.—A conference on conditions in Harlem Hospital will be held this Sunday afternoon, 4 o’clock at the Y. M. C. A, 180 W. 135th Street. ‘The call for the conference, issued by the League of Struggle for Negro Rights, is accompanied by a scath- ing indictment of the city govern- ment and the broken promises ot Mayor La Guardia to correct the rotten conditions in Harlem Hos- pital and the general discrimina— tion against Negroes practiced by the entire city hospital system. All organizations are invited to send two delegates. RABBI GOLDSTEIN LECTURES IN BOSTON BOSTON. — Rabbi Benjamin Goldstein MI lecture on “One Year of Hitler Ger-! many" on Sunday, 11 a.m, at the Well-/ ington Auditorium, 156 Wellington Hill, Dorchester, and at the Malden High School Auditorium at 8 p.m. the same day, The meetings are under the aus- Worker? Help put the sub drive over the top! Conference Sunday. U.S.Labor Board Man Sent Against Buffalo Air-Craft Strikers BUFFALO, N. Y., April 6.—John L. Conner, Commander of Concen- tration of the National Labor Board, has arrived here to assist Thomas H. Williams, local Federal labor con- ciliator, in the Government's at- tempt to help break the strike at the factories of the Consolidated Aircraft Co. and the Curtiss Air- craft Co., so the plants could con- tinue with their war contracts. Conners is a Southerner from Huntington, W. Va., and has already mediated 200 strikes. It is already clear that Conners is here to try to get the workers to go back to work and to leave the question of higher wages to arbitration. All the strikers say is, get the companies to raise our wages and recognize our union and we don’t have to strike, there is to arbitrate, The workers in the surrounding factories are in sympathy with the strikers and say, “We should be striking ourselves and show the com- panies that we also want higher wages.” The workers on the picket line say, “We are out to win.” The workers in the neighborhood are saying, “We are with the strikers.” A leaflet was distributed by the Communist Party (Black Rock Sec- | tion) stating that it supports the strike and appeals to all workers, employed and unemployed, cially to those in the factories to support the strike, The leaflet was distributed to all large factories in pices of the Boston Committee to Aid the Victims of German Fascism, ‘ vB the surrounding territory. The work- ers eagerly took the leaflets. espe-| Workers of Plot To Split _ the Union Trick To Rescind Vote | of Boston Lasters Is Exposed NEW YORK—An open letter has been issued by Sam Ziebel, member of the coordinating committee of the United Shoe and Leather Work- ers Union, to members of the union exposing the plot of the Lovestone- ite Zimmerman, and the reaction- | aries to frame-up a new election |in the Boston iasters’ local so as to against Fred Biedenkapp, just elected national organizer for the union. “After the final results of the| election were already made known (including the figures of the lasters’ local in Boston),” says Ziebel’s let- ter, “the election committee of the lasters’ local, under the influence of Zimmerman and Brother Mackesy’s supporters, declared that the ballots | Were stolen! | “This maneuver is typical of the A. F. of L, and Nolan-Kelleher lead- ership! | “To steal votes and ballots is the practice of A. F. of L. racketeers in order to impose themselves upon the the rank and file. This corrupt tactic leads to splits and the build- | | ing up of racketeer leadership. | “Protest against any attempt of the members of the coordinating committee to carry through new ! committee or general inspectors elections in the lasters local for the | purpose of packing votes!” ‘Chicago Police Jail Ten More Jobless: Demanding Relief ‘Urge Workers to Pack| Court At Trial On April 13 (Daily Worker Mid-West Bureau) CHICAGO, Ull., April 6—Ten more workers were arrested here Wednes- day when a committee from the Unemployed Councils demanded re- lief for the jobless at the relief bu- reau at 6165 Cottage Ave. The ar- rests bring the total to 18 in the} last two days in the drive of the ; authorities who seek to stop the | struggles of the unemployed for ade- | quate relief. The eight workers arrested at the Humboldt Park Relief Station on! Tuesday were released after the In- ternational Labor Defense posted bonds of $50 for each. The eight workers go on trial before a jury! on April 13 at the Jury Court, 1121 South State St., Room 805. Workers are urged to pack the court room, Worker Groups Support Fight on Jim-Crow Bus Co. |Boycott of Fifth Ave. Buses Is Spreading, L.S.N.R. Reports BULLETIN NEW YORK.—A demonstration fo demand that the Fifth Ave. Bus Co. give employment to Ne- groes as drivers and conductors is | called for this morning at 11:30 o'clock in front of the com- pany’s offices at 132nd St. and Broadway. The demonstration is called by the League of Struggle for Negro Rights, which is lead- ing the mass struggle against the discrimination policy of the bus company. All workers are urged to support this action. Bee ae NEW YORK.—Frederick T. Wood, president of the Fifth Ave. Coach Co. 605 West 132nd St., has fe- ceived hundreds of letters and wires from organizations in the past two weeks, protesting the discrimination practiced by the company in their refusals to hire Negro drivers and conductors on the buses. Rose Wortis, of the Trade Union Unity Council, to which many unions are affiliated, notified the League of Struggle for Negro Rights that her organization and eight af- filiated unions had sent resolutions to Wood endorsing the fight against discrimination. The United Council of Working | Class Women of the Bronx wrote | Mr. Wood: “We shall do everything in our power to urge the women of our organization and their friends not to use the Fifth Ave. buses un- til you concede the demands against discrimination.” The Workers’ Dance League noti- fied the company that their 800 members had also pledged not to use the buses. Similar action was taken by the Edith Berkman Branch of the International Labor Defense, the Prospect Workers’ Center of the Bronx, and several other organiza- tions throughout the city. Picketing which continues daily at 125th St. and 7th Ave. is partici- pated in by workers from clubs, unions and various organizations not only in Harlem, but from Brooklyn, the Bronx and downtown sections. All workers, interested in the campaign for jobs, are urged to report at the headquarters of the League of Struggle for Negro Rights, 119 West 135th St. Thousands of leaflets are being distributed along the bus route, and many individuals have sent in their protests against discrimina- tion. Thes leaflets, which have a form at the bottom to tear off and mail to the Coach Co., can be ob- | tained at 119 W. 135th St. MEETING OF NOVELTY WORKERS YORK.—A very important meeting of Celluloid and Plastic Novelty Workers | Pack the votes for Mackesey and| Electric Workers. | Form Own Union |Mass. General Electric Plan Rejected representation plan in both River Works and West Lynn plants, the workers voted 2,774 to 1,513 in favor of the Electrical In- dustry Employes Union A significant fact ELE. received 224 mi s it had members, and its members comprise more than 80 per cen the factory help. The union is expecting the com- pany to accept it as bargaining authority for the whole shop as a result of the majority. Clerical will be given a chance to join their up. Communists Show Marked Increase in School Board Votes Candidates in Superior, Duluth Top Last Year’s Total | SUPERIOR, Wis., April 6—Elec- ion returns held here yesterday for the School Board show the Commu- nist candidates to have polled 200 more votes than the previous year. W. A. Harju and Siiri Anderson, Communist candidates, received 872 and 1,376 votes respectively in com- | parison to the winning candidat who polled 7,083, 6,698 and 6, respectively. In Duluth, Minn., Alma Foley, Communist candidate for the school board, polled 619 votes out of a total of+15,235 votes cast Los Angeles Poultry Workers Vote Strike LOS ANGELES, Salif—Two hun- dred retail poultry workers, mem- bers of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters’ and Butchers’ Union, have voted to strike for higher wages and union recognition, i By ASHLE 30) development of the U. S. but the program is prehensive, embracing not only the music, opera, ballet and folk music. It is now well known that the U. 8S. S. R. gives the utmost en- | couragement to its composers, both | in assuring the creative musician. economic independence and in pro- | viding for publication and adequate | performance of new works. Hence we find, on the program of this| festival, both older and younger} Soviet composers of significant at- | tainment, such as Miakowsky,| sometimes called the “dean” of the) composers of present-day Russia, | and Shostakovitch. perhaps the | best-known and most-discussed of the younger creative musicians. | Several of Shostakovitch’s or- chestral works have been presented | in America, notably by the Phila- | delphia Orchestra, under the baton of Leopold Stokowski. The ‘Lenin- grad Festival is presenting his re-| cent opera “Lady Macbeth of Mzensk,” which has attracted wide attention in the Soviet Union, as well as a new piano concerto, with the composer as soloist. Other Soviet composers included in the festival are Asavef, whose sensational ballet “Flame of Paris” is being presented; Steinberg. who has specialized in the preservation | of traditional Jewish music, being | the composer of a symphony, as well as other works on Jewish themes; also Thebalin, Sherbatshev, Shivotof, Shaporin, etc. | Among recently inaugurated poli- | cies, with a view to the enlarge-| ment of musical activities and cul- tural growth, the Soviet Govern- ment has been inviting leading artists and composers from other | countries to participate in the musi- cal life of the U. S.S. R. So we find such well known interpretive artists as Heifitz and Zimbalist scheduled to appear. Especially noteworthy is the appearance of the composer Prokoviev, who, after | many years of residence in other | lands, is living in the U. S. S. R. It is impossible to overemphasize | the significance of this great fes- tival. The Soviet Union is ready to “show the world” the cultural developments possible in a socialist | state; even to place in close juxta- position with the “classical” heri- tage of Russia the achievemenis of her musicians, who have received | their training under the influences of a new society, in the building will be held Saturday, March 31, 1p, m., At 131 W. 28th &t. on the fourth floor of which they are not the least important factor. »|meant anything in the way The announcement of the Leningrad Music Festival (Ma is attracting music lovers and those interested S. R., the world over. the 100th Anniversary of the birth of Borcdin, the great composzr; most com-¢ aaey Page Thr Liebel Warns Shoe Consolidated Gas Co. WorkersinN.Y.F ight Company Union Plan ‘Bosses Push Campaign However, to Enforce Slavery Scheme NEW YORK.—Despite the bitterness against unions felt by those workers company in the auxiliary companies of the Consolidated C where the company uch unions, announced i proceed ¥ that Signatures to su for company union: ned in the same w cist government roll up vot one refusing to sign is made to derstand what the consequences be. This “request” for a bal company union representatives the company to select the t to count the votes. “Free a cret” ballots are promised, but thing is said about the freed make nominations. The Brotherhood of Uti ployes has issued a stateme: it would challenge such an e and would ask N. R. A. pervi! elections. These elections have in practice, however, been of not much benefit to the workers, who ve found in the last few montt only struggles under rank leadership for better conditio such a protection and material gai A company union was formed sey- eral months ago by the New York Edison Co., a subsidiary of Con- solidated, and its existence has aroused a great deal of bitterness among several thousand wo: has failed to benefit them material way, representat The workers in the Brooklyn E son Co., Hudson Ave., steam gen erating plant, biggest steam ger ing plant in the world and produc- ing a million horsepower, ar most solidly organized independent union. Y PETTIS 2 to in the cultura! This festival honors Open Road is o1 most significant musical composi- | to attend the Lening' tions of Russia’s lassical” . era, | tival under the leader: but also demonstrating the new| Pettis. The musical activities of Soviet Ru 9 trom New Yor The result is to be a panoramic |ington. The presentation, and blending of the | Leningrad is quoted: F category, old and new ‘in a richly varied Tourist category, $134.90; program of symphonies, chamber | § catezory, $82.55. Torgsin Prices Compare With Those on U. S. Market According to A. Mintz, Assistant General Representative in the United States of Torgsin (State Corporation for Trade with Foreigne ers), prices for merchandise carried in the Torgsin stores compares favorably with those prevailing in the United States. For example: Shoes, per pr.—3 rbls. 70 k. Suit, woolen—7 rbls. 50 k. Sweater—60 k. Butter, per lb—25 k. Rye flour, per lb.—3 k. Since the prevailing rate of ex- change is one rouble fourteen kopeks to the dollar, it is obvious that Americans with friends and relatives in the Soviet Union can send orders for food and clothing at prices comparable to those usually charged by stores in the United States. The chain of Torgsin stores ex- tends to every city in the U. S.S. R.. including the most remote parts of the country. The growing volume of Torgsin remittances is a re- flection of the confidence in the Torgsin organization. Orders are forwarded without delay and red tape. The merchandise is good in quality. LENINGRAD MUSIC FESTIVAL MAY 20-30 A Group Under the Leadership of ASHLEY PETTIS Well-known authority on Soviet Music. Sailing on the 8.5. Washington on May Oth, Ashley Pettis will lead a group of music-lovers to the Cent composer Borodin to he May 20th, through the 29th, Symohony soloists, opera, ballet. FOR DETAILS ADDRESS THE OPEN ROAD 36 West 45th St. New York, N, ¥.