The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 26, 1934, Page 1

——————— ee CIRCULATION DRIVE NEW SUBS RECEIVED YESTERDAY te AMERICA’S ONLY WORKING Daily QWorker Me a ae CLASS DAILY NEWSPAPER CENTRAL ORGAN COMMUNIST PARTY U.S.A. (SECTION OF COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL) —_— Saat nS Vol. XI, No. 100 = x Sg pe NEW YORK, THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1934 WEATHER: Fair Price 3 Cents ALA. FASCISTS THREATEN ATTACK ON MAY DAY RALLY One Billion Strikes Sweep Cleveland; | for Cruisers Smith, M. E. S. A. Sec’y, Is Request Against Auto Unity of Roosevelt ctevera Brass Workers’ Auto Workers Union Out; Taxi Men To Delegation Denied Present Demands the Floor By A. B. MAGIL “Law and Order’ in Action Detroit Council Bans Use of Any Park By Workers for All Times Speeds Huge War Plans, | Violating All . Birmingham Commis- | | BULLETIN ‘Peace’ Talk By SEYMOUR WALDMAN WASHINGTON, April 25. —The sky overhanging vast China, the hunting grounds of competing French, Japanese, | English and American im- perialists, grows darker daily. But a few days after the Japanese Foreign Office an- nouncement of Tokio’s intention to apply a sort of Monroe Doctrine in the Far East and less than a month after President Reosevelt signed the Big Navy-Vinson Bill under a thin pacifist cloak, the President announced today in his press conference that he intends to. request authority in a forthcoming supplemental appropriation bill to begin construction of the 102 war- ships and 1,184 war planes author- ized in the bill. The appropriation referred to, which amounts to about $1,500,000,- 000 will most likely be taken up as soon as Congress completes the framing of the revenue bill. This billion and a half dollars is the “recovery” appropriation outlined by Roosevelt in his budget message. It is understood that $500,000,000 of it will be allocated to public works. Silent on Far East The President refused to com- ment on the Far East situation. However, he did characterize the impending imperialist conflict as an awful lot of cross currents and cross wires. One of the cross cur- rents, it may be remembered, is.. administration’s order to Secretary of Commerce last week to. stop the sale of old ships to hinder Japanese accumulation of scrap iron for mu- nitions. The five-year naval construction Vinson bill, signed by Roosevelt on March 27, gives him blanket au- thority to build up the navy to the limits of the 1930 London Treaty. Conservative estimates of the cost and this tremendous Roosevelt war program will entail range from $750,000,000 to $1,000,000,000 while the annual upkeep of such an ar- made was estimated, on the House floor, around $500,000,000. Roosevelt's announcemnt is also concrete notice to Japan that his administration, jointly with Great Britain, will face Japan at the 1935 Naval Conference with as much of @ built and building treaty navy as ible. The purpose of the Eng- lish-American United Naval front fs to meet the expected Japanese demand for naval equality with something more tangible than blue prints. “Limit Armaments”—with Big Navy It is significant that when Roose- velt signed the Vinson Bill he took great pains in attempting to allay the rising anti-war sentiment of the workers by pointing out that “this is not a law for the construction of @ single additional United States warship” in view of the “public mis- apprehension of fact in relation to the Vinson Bill.” He also declared that the policy of his administra- tion was “to favor continued lim- itation of naval armaments.” It was his “personal hope that the Naval conference to be held in 1934, will extend all existing limitations and agree to further reductions.” “All existing limitations,” how- ever, allow the construction-of the warship tonnage and war planes mentioned in the bill. Avoids Personal Strikebreaking Roosevelt, when asked about the rospects of the Wagner Labor isputes Bill, now being revamped by Senator Wagner and some Cab- Inet members to make it more spe- cifically a compulsory arbitration and company union measure than the original language made clear, declared that though the Wagner Bill may not be a permanent solu- tion to prevent strikes it will help bubstantially. Tho President i trying to avoid having to face th especially the loss of prestige among workers which results from each strikebreaking act. It*is clear that he does not wich to take personal responsibility for was forced down the throats of the \utomobile workers. _ In about the Wagner- wis “Unemployment Insurance” ill, a measure which ignores the sent fifteen million unemployed id doesn’t take effect until two hence, Roosevelt informed the jorrespondents that he is tremen- jously in favor of unemployment surance, The White House said that the mounting wave of strikes personally,) Another sell-out settlement such 23; CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 25.— The greatest number of strikes in years held Ohio fast tonight. 14,000 workers are affected in this city alone. Eighty-four hundred men were striking at the Cleveland Fisher Body plant. Union officials esti- | mated that 14,000 workers in the automobile parts plants would in all probability walk out in sym- pathy. The Cleveland Worsted Mill Company is being picketed by 2,300 employes. Tomorrow 1,121 taxicab drivers are scheduled to walk out if their demands are not met. aes ele CHASE BRASS MEN OUT Special to the Daily Worker CLEVELAND, April 24. — Six bundred workers today formed a r ass picket line, closing completely the Chase Brass and Copper plant here, which employs 900 workers. The men, who went out on strike yesterday after the company offi- cials tried to force the workers to join their company union, demand a 25 per cent increase, time and a half on overtime work and recog- nition of th Steel and Metal Work- ers Industrial Union. American Federation of Labor members in the plant this morning joined the Industrial Union saying that “this is one real union.” Later in the day, strikers expressed their militancy when they overturned seven cars which were carrying scab workers. In addition, a New York Central locomotive freight train was stop- ped for four hours by the mass picket lines when attempts were ide~to carry shipments of brass from the plant to the train. Police failed to break the workers’ ranks despite their brutal mobilization and the shooting of blank cart-| ridges into the picket lines. | | | (Special to the Daily Worker) | DETROIT, April 25.—Matthew| Smith, general secretary of the M.| E. S. A., independent union of tool | and die makers, has again run true} to form. Once again he has re-| vealed himself as an enemy of| united action of the workers to de fend their interests and as an agent | of the strikebreaking Regional La-| bor Board, of which he is a mem- | r. | At the meeting last night of the| Ford Local, M. E. S. A., Smith and} his clique refused to admit a dele-| gation from the Auto Workers’ Union, or even to read their letter, | and stifled the persistent demand of the rank and file for action against the firing of 300 tool and} die mekers, members of the M. E.| S. A. by the Ford Co. last Satur-| day. The A. W. U. delegation, headed | by Phil Raymond, national secre- | tary, had come to propose immedi. ate joint action of the A. W. U. and the M. E. S. A. against this vic- | timization for union activity. While | the delegation were allowed to cool | their heels outside the meeting room, a rank and file M. E. S. A. member got up and demanded that | the A. W. U. letter be read and the | delegation admitted. The Smith| machine, controlling the meeting, using typical A. F. of L. tactics, re- fused even to read the letter or to| put the question to a vote. Men Demand Action ‘Throughout the meeting the men | were demanding action. Some of | those fired had been working at Fords for 12 years and wanted a real fight against the blacklist. Smith, however, while sprinkling ‘the workers with radical phrases, to calm them down, steered every- thing in the direction of the Regional Labor Board, which has (Continued on Page 2) Fisher Body | Plant Strikes In Tarrytown Mass Picketing Is Now Needed; Should Elect Strike Committee! TARRYTOWN, N. Y., April 25.— Several thousand workers in the Fisher Body and Chevrolet assembly plant are on strike here today against discrimination against work- ers, and demanding recognition of the Federated Automobile Associa- tion, which called the walk-out. Today there was picketing of the | plant by the strikers, carrying plac- jards which stated, “this shop is on strike against intimidation and dis- | crimination,” by the company. | Last night the entire night shift, | with the exception of a few, stayed | out of the plant, Some of the work- -ers in the Chevrolet factory, who | walked out yesterday, were reported | to have gone back today. However, the company will be forced to close down its plant within a few days, it was admitted, because they are dependent on Cleveland factories for parts, and these plants are on strike. The company is trying to scare the Fisher Body strikers back (Continued on Page 6) New Hatiles Loom in Spain ‘As Gov't Quits ‘Strikes Spreading as Fascists Gird To Get Power MADRID, April 25.—Major class batiles are looming in Spain, with the prospect that this May Day will be a day of sharp clashes between the workers and the armed bands of | the reaction. Widespread political strikes, grow- ing daily in protest at the amnesty bill which frees 9,000 reactionary Political prisoners but no worker prisoners, is the Spanish workers’ answer to a powerful effort of the Spanish ruling class to introduce a more fascist-like regime. The cabinet of Premier Alejandro) Lerroux resigned today, having been pushed out by reactionary interests | who consider that Lerroux’s ter- roristic methods against the work-| ers have been inadequate. An active campaign to replace Lerroux with a near-fascist govern- ment was spurred by a rush toward Spain of hundreds of the most re- actionary elements, exiled after the 1931 revolution, and permitted to return now under the terms of the amnesty decree. | and longshoremen who will appear Workers being attacked by Knitting Mills. Note woman defending herself. police at North Philadelphia New March to | Washington 'N. Y. Bargemen Win a May Day Victory; Oust | Frisco I, L. A. Leader NEW YORK—A second march of | seamen to Washington will begin on Friday to protest to Roosevelt against the government's attempts to break up the seamen’s relief pro- ject in Baltimore. “Every seaman on the beach that | can and is able should start moving to. Washington by land, rail and water,” said a call issued by the National Bureau of the Marine Workers Industrial Union, 140 Broad. Street. “Let the seamen in Baltimore know that they are not alone, that seamen in all ports are behind them.” The union has sent out a call to) all ships’ crews to send telegrams of protest to Federal Relief Admin- istrator Plunket in Washington and | to the President who are directly | responsible for the attack on the} Baltimore Seamen's Relief Project. “Let them know that the crews are behind the fight of the unem- ployed seamen,” said the call, To Protest N.R.A. Code | Backing a delegation of seamen | | in Washington, Thursday, April 26, to protest against the attempts of the N.R.A. and shipowners to put over a strikebreaking, low wage ma- rine code, a mass meeting will be held on the New York waterfront, (Continued on Page 2) Salinas Valley Strikers Win Out Industrial Union Wins, Almost 100% Raise | peES, | SAN FRANCISCO, April 22. (By | Mail).—The strike called by the} Cannery and Agricultural Workers | Industrial Union in Salinis Valley was won after three days of. mass picketing. On most of the ranches | the owners were forced to give the strikers almost 100 per cent raise. At the time of the strike wages | were 17 to 20 cents a hamper, after three days the price was raised to 35 and 50 cents. (An average picker can pick from four to six hampers a@ day.) Calls for Protest o Hunger, War, Eviction and Jim-Crowism By HENRY SHEPARD The Negro workers of New Yor! |i must nour out into the street~ | in tens of thousands on May Fi | against hunger, low wages, evir- tiors, unemployment, jim-crowism Sogzesation, and against the whole miserable position into which they have been forced by the rulers (the Jandlords, bankers, emp!oyers—and their Negvo agents, Pickens, Kelly Miller & Co.) States has there been a more sys- tematic and organized attack upon the living standards of the Negro, toilers than today, with the gov- |ernment playing a leading role. in a mighty protest demonstration — Never in the history of the United ,- With seventy-five per cent of tu2| : Negro Workers! Into Streets May 1! Demonstrate Againstthe Organized- Attack on Negro Toilers! | living to a higher level, leaves the} Negro worker still the “forgotten! man.” | Millions of Negroes are employed | as domestic servants at a miserably low wage, ard very long. hours— the N. R. A. never bothered about a code for this class of workers. There are also millions of Negroes employed on farms in the South, at. as low as 50 cents for ten hours herd work. Here again we find the N. R. A. that was supposed to teke care of the “forgotten man” leaving cut of all consideration the miser- ably exploited Negro farm laborers —no code covering farm workers. The whole N. R. A. was, and is nething but a smoke screen to fool Gaanking Plan |400 Siete’. In Alabama Steel Mill Ore Miners Prepare for Strike; 21,000 Coal Miners Still Out (Special to the Daily Worker) | BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 25.—| Four hundred steel workers in the Thomas blast furnace of the Re-| public Steel Co, struck this morn- ing, while 8,000 ore miners threaten to strike and the 21,000 coal miners remain out in the face of the N. R.) A. wage scale decision, with which | Roosevelt tried to force the coal} miners back to work. The Republic steel strikers are conducting militant picketing. They demand recognition of the Interna- tional Union: of»the"Mine; Mill and | Smelter Workers. An election held) last week in the Republic blast fur- | nace plant overwhelmingly voted | for a labor union and against a} company union. The Republic Co. refused to recognize this decision | of the workers and the strikers) walked out this morning. | The net result of the N. R. A. order to the ore miners is a five cents a day wage reduction because of one hour less work a day. | The officials of the International | Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers’ | Union (A. F. of L.) are talking} about strike action if their demands | are not granted within ten days. But’ these officials are delaying, and meanwhile 50,000 tons of ore| have been stocked up and more is piling up each day. The Communist Party unit of the Thomas blast furnace is distribut- ing leaflets calling for the election | of a rank and file strike commit-| tee. The leaflets urge the shutting | down of all ore mines, coal mines and all other enterprises of the Re- public Co. and call for a flat 20 per | cent wage increase and union rec-| ognition. The N. R. A. decision on the 21,000 striking coal miners called for $1 a day less wages to the Southern miners than the Northern scale. The miners refuse to accept Roosevelt's plea that they go back under this lower wage scale. Brooklyn Workers ToDemonstrate for Scottsboro Boys Hold Mass Meet Tonight To Protest Scottsboro Persecution } | { | | | { ( I! NEW YORK—Workers of the) Williamsburg Section of Brooklyn will protest against the continued torture and persecution of the Scottsboro. boys, in a mass meeting tonient. 8 o'clock. at the Social Youth Culture Club. 275 Broadway, Brooklyn. The meeting will be addressed by} Stev Mngsten of tho National Ex- | ecutive Council of the League of} Struggle for Negro Rights, Rabbi Benjamin Goldstein, formerly of Monzomery. Ale., for the National Committee for the Defense of Polit- ical Prisoners, and Sadie Van Veen for the district International Labor Defense. A Scottsboro-May Day preparatory merch will be held April 30 through the Nazi stronghold of Ridgewood. INDIANS MARCH OFF | RESERVATION SALTA, Argentina. April 24—A band of 80 Indians, living in miser- eble hovels granted them by the} Government and facing a continued) shortage of food are marching to United May Ist Demonstrations NEW York. — Union Sau: 2:30 to 5 p.m., preceded by two monster parades. Evening cele- bration at Madison Square Gar- den, 7:30 p.m. BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Capito) Park, facing Jefferson County jail. DETROIT, Mich—Grand Cir- cus Park. CLEVELAND, Ohio. — Publi Square at 4:30 p.m. CHICAGO, Ill—Grant Park. SOUTH CHICAGO.— At 90: and Greenbay Ave., 4 p.m. PATERSON, N. J.—Sandy Hi Park, at noon. ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Old Court House, Broadway and Market, at 4pm. BOSTON, Mass.—Charles St “MOTHER” BLOOR MotherBloor Mall, Boston Common at 12 o'clock. AKRON, Ohio—Perkins Square | at 2 pm. S k fl = NORFOLK, Va.—At Cone Park pea S N ay i Pavilion, East Princess Anne ‘i oy Road and Bolton St., at 8 p.m. A U: SPRINGFIELD, Ill—Berger's t nion Sq. Park. | pRACINE, Wis—take Front! Addressed May First | Meets Here in the °90s By HELEN KAY VIRDEN, Ill—City Hall. BELLEVILLE, Ill.—In front of Court House. ZEIGLER, Ill.—City Park. PEORIA, Ill.—Court House Sq. | LYNN, Mass.—Lynch Common| NEW. YORK—In tthe early May at 1 pm, |Days of thé 805 Mother Bloor. vet~ SALEM, Mass—Derby Square |eran labor leader, spoke at Union at 7 p.m. | Square, just as she will speak this PEABODY, Mass.—Main St.,| year in UNION SQUARE, on May corner Walnut at 7:30 p.m. |Day, 1934. NASHUA, N. H.—O’Donnell! Mother Bloor, now 73, was then a Hall at 7 p.m. | Young woman in her early thirties, DAYTON, Ohio—Library Park | and today her spirit is just as at 4pm. jyeuthful. “In those early Union PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—Rey-|Square meetings, the atmosphere burn Square at 1 p.m. | Was more of a union holiday,” de- KENOSHA, Wis.—Old Relief |clared the “mother” of the Amer- Station, 55th Street and 8th Ave. |ican revolutionary movement. at 3 pm. | “There were mostly needle trades PITTSBURGH.—At Dinwiddle| workers, and some building trades. and Fifth Ave. to West Park, at|We had red flags. And it was taken 1pm. as a matter of course that we MILWAUKEE, Wis.—Red Ar-|should parade into Union Square. row Park, at 5 pm. Evening} We emphasized all along the line celebration at Milwaukee Audi-|of march that we were converging torium, at 7 p.m. onto UNION SQUARE.” FLINT, Mich.—At Moose Hall,! Daniel De Leon, of the Socialist 312 East First St. |Labor Party, and Lucian Saniel, YOUNGSGTOWN, Oh io0.—At| who participated in the Paris Com- Watt and Federal Sts,, 2 p.m. mune also spoke at this early May é aie Ohio.—At Perry Square, | Day demonstration. :30 p.m. 5‘ “One May Day stands out in my BELLAIRE, Ohio—At Bohe-| memory, much later than tuat one,” mian Hall, 41st and Harrison, at| declared Mother Bloor, “Lacian 7 pm. |Sanial returned from a visit to DILLONVALE, Ohio.—At «-/Paris, where a celebration of the operative Hall, Dillonvale, 7 p.m.| Paris Commune of 1871 was held. CONNEAUT, Ohio—At City/He told us about that historic Hall, 2 p.m. | gathering at the May Day meeting. PROVIDENCE, R. I. — City|He said that there was the same Hall Plaza, 3:30 p.m. | ALLENTOWN, Pa.—City Cen- | ter Square. Park, at noon. Evening concert at Washington Hall, 44 Godwin Street. HAMILTON, Ohio—At Ohio! (Continued on Page 2) Dillinger Hunted By Huge U. S. Force Court House, 6 p.m. F CHICAGO, Apr. 26.—Five thou- Fash | earmeagteas teats Wash- | sand police, 300 infantrymen, a flect \of airplanes and 100 sharpshooting | NEW BEDFORD, Mass.—Mass | agents of the Dept. of Justice were working under the supervision of the Federal Government today in the hunt of John Dillinger. A squadron of airplanes, ready to shoot at a moment’s notice, is con- |centrated in Milwaukee, St. Paul and in this city. Part of the gang is being tracked through Ohio and another through Minnesota. Federal authorities are gation” of the Jim-Crow policies} sure Dillinger is in the northwest. enforced in the House restaurant.| All available police were rushed to The vote was 237 to 114, with all| Columbia Heights, on the outskirts the Southern Congressmen voting |of Minnesota City, yesterday, upon against the resolution. ‘the reports of Dillinger’s presence. | Strike a Blow at Boss Class With 24-Page May Day Issue NEW YORK. — Class conscious | workers throughout the country (Continued on Page 6) House To “Investigate” | Own Jim-Crow Policy WASHINGTON, April 25.—The House today passed the De Priest resolution authorizing an “investi- United States. Special articles also tell of the workers’ movements )@ greater May are called upon to mobilize on Sat-| abroad. urday and Sunday, April 28th and} Help revolutionize the American! 29th, for waging a bread struggle | workers, help win them to militant} against the capitalist class by| and effective opposition to the} spreading half a million copies of | Roosevelt N.R.A. wage-cutting pro-| the 24 page May Day edition of the| gram by spreading the May “Daily”| Daily Worker. jon April 28th and 29th. Use this| ik hues j-tawy| Special edition to mobilize the The largest iscue in the history) yorxers for May Day caeosoiettas| of the “Daily,” the May Day edition tions in your territorie: contains popularly written and|~ : RR oe Volunteer today at the ‘est | horoughscing features on the fight poity hevaduate ‘Ss wa Sah) ans sion Revokes Permit; Instigates Fascists PITTSB’G TO PARADE City Council of Chicag Upholds Police Ban BIRMINGGHAM, Ala.— The permit for the May Day demonstration in this city, granted last week, was voked yesterday by the City Commission. The pretext is hat the demonstration, in which iking coal and steel 11 particinate. be attacked by the White Legion and other fa bands. A committee visited the commis- sion this morning and served notice .|that the demonstration will be held. permit mission or no permit. The declared that the mobilizing to sma. Day meeting. face behind the W May intention of the city to lead the fas attacks on the worker: in the May demo! ‘he Communist P; this brutal challenge by its effo: and iss’ increasing to mobilize the masses ig new leaflets calling for Day meeting. the same time, it was discove that leaflets forged in the mame o: the Party were being issued declar- ing the meeting was called off. Workers and their organization throughout the country are urged to immediately wire protests Commissioner W. O. Down: mingham, Ala., against the ban c the May Day demonstration and th police provocation. (Special to the Daily Worker) DETROIT, April 25,— Another blow at the Civil rights of the De- troit workers was struck, last night by the Common Council when it decided as a permanent policy to refuse permits to use any Detroit park for. political and religious meetings. This decision reverses the policy laid down two years ago the Council following a successful struggle of Detroit workers for the use of Grand Circus Park. The decision is intended directly to prevent the use of Cadillac Square which the May Day Com- mittee has requested as an alter- native to Grand Circus Park. This decision is an admission that Mayor Frank Couzens and Police Commis- sioner Pickert acted against the rights of the workers when they refused the park. The pretext for denying the parks is of the same flimsy stuff as that used in banning the use of Grand Circus Park, the Park Commissioner Henry W. Busch stating that meet- ings were usually held at right and required the services of a man to handle lights and the public ad- dress system. It is yet to be seen whether this decision nullifies per- mits already granted to hold assem- bly meetings at Perion Park and |Clark Park in preparation for the parades to Grand Circus Park. It is obvious that the auto kings in- tend to clamp down tight on work- ing class activities. The Veterans’ organizing com- mittee for the march to Weshin: ton May 10 have announced their intention to participate in the May First demanstration in behalf of their veterans’ demands, Wide- spread leaflet distribution carried on against the ban has drawn the ire of the reactionary “Detroit Times,” which editorially attempts ie niinued on Page 6) Machine Gun Firm in Rushing Business: Increases Dividends PARIS, April 25—The war business is having real prosper= ity. Latest reports show profi‘s of the Hotchkis Co. manufac- turers of machine guns, to be 15,147,371 francs ($1,105,785) for 1933, compared with 14,945,167 francs ($993,000) last year. Celebrating the rushing busi- ness in machine guns, the com- pany declared an increase in dividends to the stockholders (now scattered throughout the leading resorts of the world). Whereas last year the stockhold- i HENRY SHEPARD Negro worlsors 6 ‘kevs of this country, an act Ban eerie |for better working conditions, higher| joo 34 soo t4e ; sirastn || 2S investors collected $3.98 @ dleveland and St. Louis auto strikes| heemninged he teenie oe hs gro’ rovolt of the} a = Bet oe ats ons raat! wages, fo: unemployment insurance, | Le be wer igigedi aaah ahs aioe oe ae — ieee iS of tad not reached the President. | er Taanerekityy 6 a 21) SE mase he Roosevelt government} ~ 4 y Tha nem detartmant| for the crushing of fascist and im-| “2 <6). ; E keeping their steck in their safes, ernment, under the leadership of| agent of Well Street, has closed his and the induettiaiata-of the U. ig, end ium The ermy detachment| * Sell this edition to your friends, | this year they were rewarded with a $4.32 dividend on every share, One of the biggest customers is Japan, Pri prea war plots. ident Roosevelt hes‘allowed the | eyes to the trextment of Negzoes discrimination to be practiced| seeking aid from the Home Relief against the unemployed Negro} Bureaus of this city. workers on the C. W. A. jobs, while| The N. R. A. which was supposed Mayor LaGuardia, the New York’ to “raise” the workers’ standard of % is prepared to shect them down if A. consider the Negro so unim-| sf a oft portant that they think it is not| ‘ey attempt to entor the cities, to your shopmates, at factory gates end at busy street intersections. | cap-| Deliver a smsshing blow at Day edition] ' Down tools May 1 against fas- — \ eee here and abroad, for the | \ release of Thaelmann and all im- | aie anti-fascists! \ b) The edition is replete with photo- SERS 2) TP | graphs and drawings of the curzent Down tools May 1 against the | struggles of the workers and of Wagner = strikebreaking \italism with the May historical May Day struggles in the,of the Daily Worker! (Continued on Page 3) )