The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 30, 1934, Page 3

Terror Increases, Betrayal Looms In Fisher Body Strike ‘Boston JoblessStop Means to Smash Means o Smash Strike By J.D. CLEVELAND.—The “honeymoon” Phase of the Fisher Body strike is oer. Saturday the company ap- plied for an injunction to restrain aicketing. The motion for the in- junction was not passed on that sime by the court, but the hearing vill be resumed Monday. ‘The company also paid for a full page ad in the Plain Dealer in which they stated their case. They claimed that the strike did not have the full support of the men; that only 700 out 8,400 voted for it; and that thé pickets are coercing the workers and preventing them from going back to work. They claim that the strike is a blow at the President's recovery program and against the spirit of the Na- tional Recovery Act. In relation to the chief demand of the workers, a 30 per cent wage inerease, this ad states: “At any time such a demand would be con- sidered exorbitant. At this time it is entirely out of line with wages paid in Cleveland or anywhere else in the United States. The man- agement of the Fisher Body Cleve- land Division naturally will refuse to meet it.” They state their policy clearly against recognition of the A, F. of L.: “Nor will the management enter into any agreement with so-called representatives of our employes who cannot show conclusively that they have ben seelected freely. ‘without coercion, restraint or in- timidatiow from any source,’ as provided in the president's agree- ment. To do so would be to break faith with the large body of local employes who have selected other means of representation.” It is clear now that Fisher body will not grant any of the demands of the workers, The A. F, of L. stated no policy as yet. At a meet- ing of six hundred Fisher Body Eviction, WinRelief ‘Rally for May 1st | Unemployed to Mass at Home Relef Buro at 9 A. M. Today BOSTON, Mass., April 29.—A delegation today stopped the evic- tion of Silverstein, member of the Furniture Workers Industrial Union, and his family, and forced the Wel- fare Board to grant relief. Silver- stein, whose mother is aged and ill, applied many times for aid, then he got a C.W.A. job which lasted a few weeks, but was unable to get anything — the relief authorities promised to investigate his case, but nothing was done, Wednesday he got a notice that he would be put out the next day. He got in touch with his Union (F. WLU.) and a delegation with Jack McCarthy, organizer of the Union, Alice Burke, Secretary of the Un- employment Council, Manuel Blanc, North End Workers Club, and Sil- verstein, went to demand stoppage of the eviction and immediate aid. Several thugs lined up and tried to stop the committee from going in to see Silverstein’s investigator, Mr. Phipps. While in the room, Silverstein was being shoved aside and intimidated by a plainclothes man, With no results, Silverstein was told to leave, and the police officers tried to force the whole dele- gation outside. But the delegation insisted, and after talking in the corridors with several workers who were waiting for aid, the authorities were forced to see the delegation, Mr. Kelly, one of the big: chiefs of the Welfare, was forced to call up and stop the eviction, promised to get a truck and move Silverstein DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1934 Page Three Rescinding of Vote on- Wagner Bill Is Necessary Special to the Daily Worker | PITTSBURGH.—The 59th Con-| vention of the Amalgamated Asso-| ciation of Iron, Steel & Tin Work- ers (A. F. of L.) has now been in session close on to two weeks and indications point to an extension of the convention for at least another week, possibly two. This convention is a historic convention, in that it reflects the revolt of the masses of the steel workers against the re- actionary policies of the Mike Tighe machine and the traditional no- strike policies of the A, F. of L. officialdom, Tighe has now but 40 delegates out of 128 who support his position, and the opposition is riding rough- shod over the machine proposals, Despite this favorable situation, the opposition is in a very dangerous position. Tighe with his small minority has been able to out- maneuver the opposition quite ef- fectively on many decisive matters. | Lack of Clarity | | As an example: Mike Tighe and Shorty Leonard introduced the reso- | lution to endorse the Wagner-Con- | nery Disputes Act. This resolution, from its wording, was undoubtedly drafted by Wm. Green himself. The opposition, who are fighting for a program for strike struggle, leading to a general strike in steel, and seeking to effect united fronts with| not break the strike, however, BUFFALO BULLS Buffalo cops arresting two of the militant Curtiss Airplane strikers after an attack on the picket line. The cops attack could all organizations in steel, together | — with coal, railroad and auto, agreed to this resolution, without a dis-| senting voice. is looking toward this convention, Every steel worker in the country 4. Abolition of the differential | | North and South. This lack of clarity, and in some cases, rank opportunism is a grave error. Here the opposition agrees to a bill designed by the employers, to outlaw all strikes, while at the same time they draft and fight for a general strike program. They are therefore going on record as in favor of outlawing their own strike before it is called. Must Have Own Press Committee The opposition must immediately take steps to rescind this action and fight uncompromisingly for its pro- already the rumors of general strike that have leaked out of the con- vention, are being discussed by steel workers throughout the country, The opposition must publish its program now and call upon all the stee) workers to relly behind it and set | up the necessary committee and | organization to carry the program | | through. If the opposition passively | waits until the end of the conven- | tion to take this action, it will be | too late. The capitalist press will | not publish the opposition state- 5, Recognition of the Union, to hold any nation, these demands and strike action. strike. For the United Front of all! unions in steel. tion with steel, auto and coal the unemployed. 6. Equal rights for Negro workers jobs without discrimi- | 7. For immediate presentation of | One program presented calls for the immediate setting up of local} strike committees to prepare for Opposition in A. A. Convention Must | Prepare for Strike Action in Steel Mil May Day Committee ls Forces City Couneil ‘Caucus. should Defeat LQ Endorse HR 7598 Tighe’s Maneuvers For Delay must not be lost waiting for the adjournment of the convention. The program of action will be adonted, but Tighe will maneuver: to delay and sabotage the preparations for | the strike. | The old constitution calls for a | referendum on all the resolutions adopted by the Convention. This | will give Tighe room to maneuver | indefinitely. And Tighe with the | power of appointing his own com- mittee to count the returns on referendum can and will, unless he is stopped, veto in this manner the j entire convention. The convention j Must see to it that it sets up the apparatus to count the returns, The rank and file must not wait for the outcome of the referendum, The overwhelming | majority of all steel werkers are for immediate action to improve | their conditions and to establish the right to organize. The sub- lodges of the A. A. and the un- organized worke roughout the industry must immediately bi to set up their vtrike apparatus. The opposition delegates must organize thomselves as the lead- ership of a national opposition of the rank and file in the Amalga- matefl Association and be prepared to give leadership to the coming | strikes, and to consolidate the | growing revolt of the rank and file against the reactionary A. F. L. officialdom. The Steel and Metal Workers Union has issued the united front appeal to the Convention and calls upon all the delegates to support this call for unity. ‘Newspaper Tied Up By Pittsburgh | For close coopera- | Mailers’ § { r j k eC) Against arbitration. For unity with | Smithfield Miners Strike Against Firing Of Two Workers THFIELD, Ohio Coal Co. Despite threa officials of the U.M.W.A. N. R A. arbitrator, who t ized the st: committee ti sent to return to work, ers voted to strike w men were rehired. the two PINEY FORK, Ohio—Over 900 miners, bet: resentative of John L. Lewis, president of the UM.W.A., re- turned to wi today at Hanna Coal Co. The miners had walked out 100 per cent in pro- the use of battery ed by the com- The company makes a big t on these 8000 Camden Radio ‘Workers Win Ten ‘PercentWageRaise Strike Activity Rises In Philadelphia and Camden CAMDEN, N. J.—A general 10 per cent wage increase for 8,000 worke: employed in the R. C. A—Victor plant here was won last Tuesday, led by the Radio and Metal Work- | ers’ Union, who represented 3,400 employed members of the During the negotiations the plant management refused to negotiate with the company union Bosses Attempt to Intimidate plant. | Six City Councils, AFL | Unions Sign Social Insurance Bill NEW YORK — Six City Councils and a score of A. F. of L, and independent unions and fraternal organizations have added their names to the thousands of endorsements te the Workers Unemployment end Social Insurance Bill (H>R 7598). In Allentown, Pa, the United Front May Day Committee forced |the City Council to endorse “the | Workers’ Bill. Similarly, the City uncils and the Borough Coun- | of Wilkinsburg, Forest Hills and | Carnegie, Pa., of Des Moines, Iowa, {and two Pittsburgh Councilmen have endorsed the Workers’ Bill A.F.L. Workers Demand H.R, 7598 Iowa Di the United Mine Worke a (A. P. of L.) e rs’ Bill due of le for adequate and genuine ployment i Moulders’ Local 348 of Reading, Pa.; Local 79 of the Bakery and Confectionery Workers’ Interna- tional Union of Brooklyn; Journey- | men Tailors Local 86 and Technica] Engineers’ Local 54 of Milwaukee, Wise., and the Watchmakers’ Local 21 of the International Jewelry Workers Union of New York have jall endorsed H. R, 7598. Racine Labor Council Acts The Racine Trades Labor Coun- cil at a meeting two weeks ago en- dorsed bill, and instructed its secretary to write Congressmen La» Follette, Duffy and Blanchard, de« manding that they give active sup- port to it. Division Eight of the Racine County Workers’ Committee, a Socialist unemployed group, Signed the Workers’ Bill. On April | 27, the City Council of Racine went on record as endorsing the bill. Michigan A. F. of L. Conference Herds | For unemploy- Union Official | | ment insurance. And many other practical proposals for preparations) Scabs for Three Publishers of the lodges for strike. This pro- | PITTSBURGH, Fa., gram which stands against arbitra- | Ments after the convention, as read- tion and for the right to strike and | ¥ 5 it will now. picket. Tighe has throttled the op-! The Daily Worker editorially com- position quite effectively in another! mented on the convention and | manner and the opposition seem-| pointed out the danger of the Tighe | ingly does not consider it important. | machine, even though it be a mi-| workers, demands were raised that the A. F, of L. should call out the Detroit General Motors and other Fisher Body plants. A committee was appointed from the top to go to Detroit, but one of the A. F. of L. The Semi-Annual Conference of in- |the Michigan State Painters’ Con- ference at its meeting in Lansing on April 22 endorsed the Workers’ Unemployment and Social Insur- ance Bill. Delegates were present Campbell Soup Workers CAMDEN, N. J.—Trying to | j timidate the 2,300 strikers of the| | Campbell Soup Co., who are out for higher wages and union recogni- April 29—| tion, into a company union, Arthur | as soon as he found good rooms, and promised immediate relief. The May Day parade will start at Prince and Hanover Sts. at 11 a.m. and will go past the Welfare gram was ruled out of order by| . But the opposition is fight- | officials discouraged the idea. It| Bureau on Hawkins Street and will | Tighe set up his own press commit-| nority, and called upon the opposi-| ing for its adoption. |The Pittsburgh Mailers Union No.|C, Dorrance, president of the com-| {0m all local unions of the Paint- } is clear that a grand sell-out is|call on the Relief Workers to join | tee, and then proceeded to swear | tion delegates to meet in caucus and| Attention To Local Strikes |22 in defiance of the International| pany, demanded that the National |‘S’ Brotherhood in Michigan, The | being prepared by the bureaucracy.|in the march to demand relief to| every delegate to secrecy so as to! plan their action, so that every op-| ‘There is a dangerous tendency of | officers and the N. R. A. Board at|Labor Board, working in a con-| Painters’ Advisory Board (District Since Tuesday the plant has been| all, local relief stations, extension | insure that the only information | position delegate will have a clear! {he opposition to base its perspec-| Washington, D. C., last Wednesday) cealed hand-in-hand manner with | Council) in Detr composed of ~ shut tight. Fisher Body made no/of E.R.A. jobs, for the passage of Local Unions 37, 42, 357, 591, 552 attempt to start production against) Unemployment Insurance Bill H.R. and 675, endorsed the bill, and in- structed the delegates of the De- troit locals to bring up the bill, in the State Conference. The Glass- given to the press would be what understanding of how to collectively | tive entirely on general strike, not| Voted to strike immediately and|the company officials, hold a Mike Tighe wants to be given out.! fight the Tighe machine, end force| paying sufficient attention to the|Friday the three newspapers of) framed-up poll of workers in an at- the obvious determination of the| 7598. These will be some of the The opposition must realize that if} through their program. But the} necessary steps to set up this local| Pittsburgh were tied up tight by| tempt to push aside the Industrial men to prevent any scabbing. The! most important demands to be | Tighe can succeeed in confining the) delegates are so confident that they! strike apparatus and develop local | the 150 mailers. A wage cut had| Cannery Workers’ Union. workers picketed in small numbers presented to Governor Bly after the | revolt of the delegates to his regime | have Tighe beat already, that the; strikes and broaden them into aj been forced upon the mailers re-| * * . at the gates following the orders of their misleaders. But they stood opposite the gates in large num- bers, sometimes up to three thou- sand. During this period the police frat- ernized with the strikers and claimed that they would protect pickets and prevent scabbing on condition that they have nothing so do with the Communists. There was a united front of the A. F. of &, bureaucracy, imported thugs and the police in preventing any Com- nunist literature being distributed. ‘n spite of this, hundreds of copies ot the Spark Plug, the Fisher Body shop paper were distributed. This peaceful period is now over. The company is now using every means to break the strike. If the men resist the sell-out which will inevitably be prepared by the A, F. xt L. fakirs, they will find the seemingly friendly police turn into bitter enemies, protetcors of the scabs as at the Chase Brass and Copper strike, where they used the police station as an employment agency for the scabs. Electrical Workers Win Strike Under S.M.LU, Leadership Defeat Bosses’ Attempts To Bring in A.F.L, Misleaders CHISAGO, Ill, April 29.-—After five days of strike under the lead- ership of the Steel and Metal Work- ers Industrial Union, the workers of the Harward Electrical Company, have won 40 per cent increases in vay, an agreement to rehire all strikers without discrimination, a cecognized shop committee elected by the workers, as well as a 48- hour week instead of the 54. During the strike the employers tried to break the ranks of the workers by urging them to leave the S. M. W. I. U. and join the A. F. of L. Attempts were made to whip up white chauvinism against the Negro workers. The attempts failed. The leadership of the strike has won great authority not only among the workers in the Harward plant but also among the workers from | parade and demonstration on the | Boston Common at 12 noon. PRE See | Protest Bronx Eviction | NEW YORK.—The Relief Work- | ers League calls for a demonstration | at 9 a.m. this morning at the Emer- gency Home Relief Bureau, Webster and 188th Street, Bronx, to protest against thé brutal eviction of Fortios Vassolarides, unemployed worker and world war veteran, from his rooms at 681 E. 189th St. Vassolarides’ wife, at present, is at the Morrisania Hospital. C. W. A. workers in the vicinity and the Workers Ex-Servicemen’s League have pledged their support to Vas- solarides. The Relief Workers | League calls upon all workers to protest against this eviction, Down tools May 1: Rally the fight against the N.R.A.’s attacks on living standards and workers’ organizations, The Red International of Labor Unions, world trade union center of the revolutionary workers, has issued the following call to all workers, to participate in the world May First demonstrations: WORKERS, WOMEN WORKERS, YOUNG WORKERS OF THE WHOLE WORLD! Comraties! May Ist is approach- ing—our International Proletarian Day of Struggle against capitalist oppression and violence. This year May ist will have spe- cial significance in the development of the struggle of the international proletariat for socialism. Never be- fore has the world of rapidly-de- veloping socialism been so sharply counterposed to the world of de- caying capitalism. The wave of rev- olutionary upsurge is rising stormily. In fear of the oncoming revolutions, the bourgeoisie entrusts power to the bitterest. enemies of the work- ing class—to the fascists. Never before has the terror against the toiling masses been so fierce, never before has the revolution been so furious. Fascism drowns in blood the nearby shops. Two Bathrobe Shops Strike; Leader Jailed NEW YORK.—From the 18 shops so far stopped in the campaign initiated by the bathrobe workers for higher wages, 2 shops have been formally declared on strike. These are the shops of Goldstein, 158 Thatford Ave., Brooklyn, and Berman & Garfinkel, 1 Chester Street, Brooklyn. %n both of these shops, the em- ployers refuse to grant the demands of the workers, and have secured the help of the International to break the strikes, In an attempt to smash the strike, police arresttd Ben Stal- man, organizer of the Bathrobe Workers Union and four strikers. ~The strikers were placed under bad ) \ the towns and villages of the cap- italist countries! Fascism is rais- ing its head everywhere. But, on the other hand, the work- ers of a numbtr of countries are rising for counter-attack, the work- ers of France declare a general strike, while the workers in Austria, with rifle in hand, fight against fascist tyranny. Anti-fascist dem- onstrations are growing in all countries. The bourgeoisie is con- centrating all of its forces on sup- pressing the revolutionary ferment in the masses. The imperialists are Preparing a war against one an- other, they are seizing foreign ter- ritories, as was done by Japanese imperialism in China, they are pre- paring for a counter-revolutionary war against the Soviets Union and are carrying on a war against the toilers of their own countries. What has fascism brought and what does it bring to the toiling within the four walls of the con-|so far have held only one caucus, vention, all the resolutions andj and Tighe has now so arranged the programs that the opposition vote | work of the Convention, so as to through, will not have the effect} make a caucus of the opposition they wish them to, nor will they} difficult to call. In the interest be in a position to see that reso-} the rank and file the opposition lutions and progrems are carried | delegates must realize that no work | into life unless ell the steel workers; of the convention is as important in the country know about them! as their caucus, and these caucuses and understand them. It is true, the opposition delegates | what is left undone, can and will go back to their locals; ous to underestimate the cunning of and fight that their program be | Mike Tighe. True, he is not as skill- carried out, but this is not enough. ful a faker as John L, Lewis, but In the steel industry there are 500,- | nevertheless he has the counsel of 000 workers. Of these, not over 50,- | @ll these master-fakers at his com- 000 are organized in trade unions.| mand, and the delegates must be that it has but 30,000 in its ranks, Tighe machine. and it is important that the oppo-, done through caucus meetings, sition speaks not alone to its own iti memberships but to all the steel ee eee | | | must be held regularly regardless of | It is danger- | | vi i | ‘4 we | ducing their weekly wages Baie See deaheal Gan ripe elas to $29 with the understanding | | doubtedly exists, but it must Bob | ee ce oun be Peenrnod Re me be forgotten that out of 500,000 steel | 50,000 are now or- ganized, and only if the organized | Workers qiow proper initiative in| | organizing and developing the strike, will the unorganized workers re- | Another resolution before the con- ention calls for the redrafting of the constitution, along the lines of trade union democracy, and strike struggle. This resolution has the support of all The A. A. reports at the convention | ready to meet every move of the|the opposition, and even some of This can only be| the delegates from the old lodges | ee also supporting it. | workers, only industrial unionism, ers Unemployment Insurance Bill (H. R. 7598) was The Work- | unanimously For a United ? | promised all to all. workers in the industry, bringing forward now their fighting program. mediately setting up their own press committee. | 1. Six hour day—five day wee! This the opposition must do by im-) | The opposition resolutions call for: | adopted. The lodges of the Amalgamated expiration of the agreement on No- |vember Ist and a new agreement| | reached based on the return of the; | wage scale to $37 per week. | The proposal of the publishers | and international officials which} has dragged out since November in the most secret manner is to con- tinue the agreement on the basis of the wage cut and to “arbitrate” | all differences that arise. The pa- tience of the mailers was exhausted and they struck in spite of tele- | grams from Hugh Johnson. The first scab paper that ap-| peared in the streets carried a strikebreaking statement of Munro | Roberts, seeretary-treasurer of the! Mailers Trade District Union. | Latest reports were that the} newspaper publishers have agreed | 2. Fifty per cent basic wage in-| Association mast immediately begin | to give in to some of the demands of 3. Minimum $4 per day. | the setting up of broad strike com-|the strikers, restoring the ten per! despite the rising terror from police mittees to prepare for action. Time cent wage cut, Workingclass Front on May Day. -R RED INTERNATIONAL OF LABOR UNIONS CALLS ON WORKERS, WOMEN, YOUNG WORKERS TO RALLY TO REVOLUTIONARY FRONT | sented from} Knitgoods, Shoe and Auto Workers | Fight for Demands PHILADELPHIA.—Strike activity among Philadelphia workers brews militantly. One hundred and twenty workers of the Samuel Baylin Shoe Co. wnt on strike last Thursday in order to prevent the company from breaking its contract with the United Sho and Leather Workers’ Union. On the same day, the Commer- cial Auto Body Workers’ Union, at | mass meeting, voted to strike for | the demands of union recognition and a closed shop in the Commer- cial Auto Body Shops of Philadel- phia. The Finnessey Body, pre- with the demands of the workers, agreed to them, giving the workers a Closed union shop Meanwhile the striking knitgoods workers’ Local 357 of the Painters’ Union, and the Coopers’ Interna- tional Local 54 have signed the | Workers’ Bill. In Danbury, Conn. the Barbers’ Union Local 175, and the United Hatters of North America Local 10 are behind the bill, adding their en- dorsements. Local 164 of the | Amalgamated Food Workers’ Union, |New York, signed the bill. Local | 34, Progressive Miners of America, ome Ill, adopted the Workers’ | Wide Endorsement in Penna. |_In Pitcairn, Pa., a lodge of the | Eagles with 1,000 members; the | Clairton, Pa., Taxpayers’ League, with 750 members, and various | lodges of the Sons of Italy and Su- perior Order of Lithuanians |throughout the county have en- still | dorsed the Workers’ Bill. Four lo- naar cals of the Pennsylvania Unem- the! ployed League voted endorse. ment to the bill at a confer- ence held on March 4. In Chal- font, the School Board, and the Allegheny County Poor Directors |have endorsed the bill. In Havzel- wood, the Federation, composed of six locals of the Railway Brother- e e r e | hood — se apeyteenip re and Boil- | ermakers of the A. F. of L. jgneker f L. endorsed Fraternal Orders Act Recent endorsements from fra- | ternal organizations, etc., include: |the Hollis Circle Democratic Club workers of Philadelphia are picketing the Majestic Mi Booth Coane Mill, the Superior Mill and gangsters. What has it really given? Wage cuts, abolition of social insurance, smashing of all working-class organizations, bullets, the hangman’s axé and tortures for toilers, and—billions of government. funds for trustified capital. The same can be seen in Italy, Poland and other countries. In the Soviet Union There is only one country in the world, where there are no fascist organizations and where there can be none, where there is no medi- eval reaction, because in this coun- try there is no exploitation of Man by man, because in this country capitalism has been uprooted and its last remants are being elimi- nated—this is the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. That is why the eyes of all oppressed and down- trodden in the capitalist and colo- nial countries are turned towards the land of the Proletarian Dicta- torship, where the working class firmly holds the power in its hands and builds socialism, despite and against the international bourgeoisie and its reformist lackeys. And what does international re- formism, in the person of the Second and Amsterdam Internationals, do in face of ferocious fascism, reac- tion and the rage of monopolist capital? The Amsterdam International, which from the very first days of its existence (1919) waged a fierce struggle against the working class of the U. S. 8. R. and socialist con- struction, which tried to dissuade the workers from the path of revo- lution, which sabotaged all econom- ic and political action of the work- ing class, this International has shown, by the examples of Germany and Austria, where the policy of the reformist trade union bureaucracy leads. Role of Amsterdam Gritting their teeth, with deep hatred in their hearts. the workers of Germany and Austria now re- member the policy of their trade masses? In Germany fascism vinced themselves from their own experience of the degree to which the Red International of Labor Unions was right, when day in and day out it tried to prove that in- ternational reformism meant defeat for the working class, that the slogan — “Through Democracy to Socialism” actually meant— through democracy to fascism, that the trade union bureaucrats ful- filled the social orders of the bour- geoisie, organizing in all countries a fierce struggle against the revo- lutionary trade union movement. Workers! Look at developing events. On the one hand — unemployment, starvation, poverty, suicides, grow- ing prostitution, bloody fascist terror, brutal exploitation — either open or screened by democratic phrases—this is the Dictatorship of Capital, on the other hand—pros- perity of the national economy, the absence of unemployment, the growth of culture and improved welfare of the broad maszes of work- ers and toilers—this is the Dictator- ship of the Proletariat. The Chinese Soviets On the one hand—the path of the Second and Amsterdam Inter- nationals, the path of Germany and Austria, on the other hand— the path of the Communist Inter- national and the Red International of Labor Unions, the path of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The path of Austria dnd Germany or the Soviet path—this is how the question is dictated by the course of the class struggle, this is how it 1s dictated by developing events! Every worker must seriously think over these two paths. It depends upon this—will the working class rapidly march towards victory, to- wards socialism, or will it suffer defeat after defeat, sacrifice aficer sacrifice on the alter of the domi- nation of monopolist capital? The past year was an especially union leaders, They haye now con- stormy one in the development of the world revolutionary movement. Side by side with the U. 8. 5. R., the Soviet Chinese Republic grows and strengthens, uniting one-sixth of the Chinese territory ‘with & population of 50,000,000; the work- ing class of Japan is rising for the struggle against plundering Japan- ese imperialism—this provocateur of war against the U. S. 8. R.; the broad masses of India seethe with hatred; the French proletariat re- plied with a general strike to the impudent attempts of the fascists to seize the streets; the workers of Austria took up arms, and despite their social-democratic leaders and the strikebreaking policy of the trade union bureaucrats, heroically fought against the strong forces of the enemy; the workers of Germany carry on a relentless struggle against the bloody fascist reaction; the workers of Spain, by means of continuous gigantic strikes, shake the bourgeois-landowning dictator- ship, which is covered by the ban- ner of thé Socialist Party. The working class of Cuba came forward in the struggle against its foreign and native exploiters, the workers of the U. 8S, A. England, Poland, the Balkan countries, of distant Australia and Canada, are rising for the struggle against the dictator- ship of capital, against fascism and imperialist war. For Soviet Power The higher the wave of revolu- tionary resentment and wrath amongst the masses, the lower do the reformists bow their heads to the power of capital! Open be- trayals and left cunning maneu- vers—such is their policy in face of growing fascism and the menace of war. However, in spite of thousands upon thousands of betcayals and open going over of the most out- Standing leaders of the German Social-democracy and tirade union bureaucrats of Austria to the camp of the fascists, despite the daily and hourly betravals on the part of the trade union bureaucrats—in England, France, the U. 8. A, in Czechoslovakia and other countries, ; there are millions of proletarians who still have faith in the social- | democracy and the reformist trade | union bureaucrats, who still listen | to them and wait for “democrati socialism to rid them of poverty, starvation and misery. However, they wait in vain. International reformism up till now has not} brought cnything except defeat, and cannot bring anything else to the working class, and woe -betide those who rest their hopes in the traitors, who brought the working class of Germany and Austria to such unprecedented disaster. Workers! May First this year must be turned into a monster dem— onstration of the power and force of the oppressed and exploited masses! By means of meetings and | demonstrations, by means of mass political strikes, the workers of the whole world must manifes: their will to fight against fascism and imperialist war, against capitalism, for Soviet power, for Socialism! All Out May 1 Members of reformist trade Unions! Do not listen to those who will try to dissuade you from dem- onstrating on May Fitst! It is these same people who dissuade you from the struggle against fascism, only for the purpose of handing you| over, bound hand and foot, to the| fascist murderers. It is those sam people who try to set you agains the revolutionary workers, i) is} these same people who smash the} united front of the workers in or- der to establish the united front with the capitalists and landlords. | Do not listen to those, who, in- stead of struggle, call on you to bow your heads to the unbridled fascist beast, who propose to you to beat back the attacks of monopolist cap- \ital by peaceful means, who call on} | you to res: all your hopes in bour- | Pcois democraty and “democratic” socialism! Do not listen to them! jand lead you to defeat, Remember the fighters on the They lie} |of Elmont, L. 1; the South Shore | Unemployment Association of El- |mont, L. 1; Finnish Club of El- Vienna barricades, who could have won if it had not been for the social-democracy, if the trade union leaders had not dealt them a blow in the back, if it had not been for the trade union leaders who broke the general strike, when the work- ers came out with arms in their hands against their enemies. | Workers, who by force and hun-| | ger have been driven into the fas- cist unions! Remember that May } First is not a holiday for the unifi- | cation of labor and capital, but is a day for labor to struggle against | capital, a day of struggle against | the fascist murderers, against the| fascist agents of trustified capital, against the instigators of imperial- ist. war. It is a day when the workers must manifest their class unity, their will to fight! For the United Front Tt is a day on which the alarm must be sounded in all factories, at all mills, in all workers’ districts: For the united front over the heads of the strikebreaking lead- ers, for the struggle against capi- tal! Unity of action for the strui gle against fascism and imperialist war! The united front for the struggle against dismissals, against wage cuts, for higher wages! For state unemployment insurance! The united front for the liberation of | the prisoners of capitalism. For) the united front between the work- | rs of the imperialist countries and) the toiling masses of the colonies; for the independence of the colo- nial countries! For the united front in action, in mass demonstra- tions, in all battles against fascism, against imperialist war, for the U. 8. 8. R., for Soviet China, for the Soviet Power throughout the world! Down with bloody fascism and hea reformist agents! _ Down with Japanese imperialism— scizer of Chinese territories! Down with the Amsterdam Inter-| national, the organiz-r of the defeat of the working class! Long live the Red International Unions} ie of Labor jmont, L. 1; the newly-formed | Claremont Workers’ Club of Bronx, |N. Y.; the Italian-American Pro- j greasive Club of Far Rockaway, N. | ¥., and the Triple City Councit of the Sons and Daughters of Liberty 203 in Phillipsburgh, N. J. The Cherkasser Benevolent Association, a fraternal order (landsmann- scheft) endorsed the Workers’ Bill unanimously. Wants “Daily” Rooted Among Masses; Acts To Help Achieve This DETROIT, Mich.—W. Chasson, of this city, wants to see the Daily Worker circulation expanded so that our paper wil) attain a tremendous revolutionary influence among the working class masses. Unlike many comrades who have the same desire but do little-or nothing to help achieve this Comrade Chas- son makes it his revolutionary task to sell 2 copies of the “Daily” evers day. During the sub-drive he ob- “ tained new sub- scriptions W. Chasson amounting to 644 yearly subs, The circulation of the Daily Worker in this automobile center could easily be tripled if every class- conscious worker follows Comrade Chasson’s revolutionary example, Ask your friends and shopmates subscribe to the “Daily.” Order a bundle of the Daily | Worker for sale at a factory gate in your territory, at meetings 0 your trade union, mass 01 or fraternal body i ae Is