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ed semanas Negro, White In Arkansas Act for Relief Crosby, Minn., Jobless Demand Jobs and Relief FORT SMITH, Ark. — Several hundred Negro and white workers marched on the relief office here, protesting the handling of relief cases and discrimination in giving out relief. Half of the demonstra- tors were Negro workers. In a protest telegram which the demonstrators sent to Roosevelt, they said: “We demand immediate action on behalf of those persons that are starving on relief rolls in ‘ort’ Smith. . We have kept the ‘ople that have been on relief from tearing up the relief office for one land one-half days. If we can't get immediate action we can’t hold them off any longer.” Miss K.M. Smith, a social worker in charge of the office, said the marchers “misunderstood the situa- tion.” “We have run out of surplus commodities,” she explained. * *# @ 300 March in Crosby, Minn. CROSBY, Minn.— Three hundred workers and farmers of Crow Wing County marched on the County Re- lief board, demanding extension of C.W.A. and a 40 per cent increase in relief. The demonstration was led by Joe Weller and Emil Nygard, former Communist Mayor of Crosby. While Weller and Williams of Brainerd spoke to the assembled workers, Nygard led a delegation of nine workers to the director of re- lief. The workers’ committee ex- posed the role of the New Deal as applied to Crow Wing County. £ om ‘When the relief board began to speak of the cost of relief in the county, Nygard immediately nailed the officials with the statement: Capitalist corporations and individ- uals have had their taxes cut by $1,467,000,000 in the last five years while the working class and con- sumers have had their taxes in- creased by $824,000,000, thus proving conclusively that the capitalists have placed the full burden of the crisis upon the backs of the working population, whether employed or ‘unemployed. United Front Stops 36 Evictions “FARRELL, Pa., April 30.—The Re- lief Workers Union of Masury, Ohio, Brookfield Township Local 233 and the Unemployed Citizens League of Brookfield have formed a united front. Through the united action of these groups, the unemployed work- ars here have stopped about 36 evictions which faced them on April 23rd through the eviction proceed- Ings instituted by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. ‘The Unemployed Citizens League, 200, many of whom have not before engged in active struggle, endorsed the Workers Unemployment Insur- ance Bill (H.R. 7598), after it was introduced for discussion by a mem- ber of the Relief Workers Union. —WILLIAM BELL——— OFFICIAL Optometrist eran 1096 EAST 14th STREET Near Fourth Ave., N. Y. Phone: TOmpkins Square 6-823' I. J. MORRIS, Ince, GENERAL FUNERAL DIRECTORS 296 SUTTER AVE. BROOKLYN Phone: Dickens 2-1273—4—5 Night Phone: Dickens 6-5369 For International Workers Order FOR BROWNSVILLE PROLETARTANS Sokal Cafeteria 1689 PITKIN AVENUE Williamsburgh Comrades Welcome De Luxe Cafeteria 94 Graham Ave. Cor. Siegel St. EVERY BITE A DELIGHT MAY Ist Celebration MADISON SQ. GARDEN 7:30 P. M. Reserved Seat $1.00 General Admission 25 cents Communist Party, N. Y. District 50 East 13th St. Boston, Mass. 49th SEASON BEGINS WED. MAY 2 POPS ARTHUR FIEDLER Conductor 85 Symphony Players Reserved Seats 50c, 75¢ and $1.00 Admission 25¢ REFRESHMENTS = SMOKING Tickets 2 Weeks in Advance which has a membership of about 3,000 Toy Makers Fight'Strike Smashing Attempts By Bosses SHEBOYGAN, Wis.—Two thou-| sand workers from the Gorton Toy| Co. walked out on strike last week demanding collective bargaining, that strikers laid off last Septem-| ber be reinstated, and higher wages. | Various means have been used to try to break up the strike. Twenty pickets were arrested on the first day of picketing. The police and American Legionnaire deputies, So- | cialist city officials and the N. R. A. labor board are doing all within their power to crack the strike. The bosses are using Max Ras- kin’s, Milwaukee’s Socialist city at- torney, statement on the seamen’: strike a few weeks ago that “pick- ets would have to allow free access to the plant.” However, all at- tempts to smash the strike have been unsuccessful as the militancy of the workers grows stronger and} stronger. New York CWA and Jobless Workers Win Jobs Demands, Mass Picketing Forces Granting of Workers’ Demands NEW YORK.—Fired C.W.A. work- ers in a meeting with Commissioner of Welfare William Hodson Satur- day forced the Welfare Department to promise them reinstatement to their jobs, and workers from the Relief Workers League forced the Welfare Department to review the cases of 75 workers who were fired from the job. In addition, a dele- gation from the Gold Dust Lodge won important concessions. Forced to Meet Delegation After the elected delegates of the workers had waited for more than an hour, Hodson summoned addi- tional police to reinforce those al- ready there, and gave orders to oust the delegates. As the workers shouted: “We demand to see Hod- son,” the police swung into action with clubs and fists, finally forcing the delegates out of the building. When the delegates reported back to the pickets who now numbered 250, the workers, refusing to be in- timidated by the additional scores of police, mounted and afoot, forced Hodson to meet with a delegation | of three. The cases of 75 fired C.W.A. work- ers were presented to Col. W. A. DeLamater, C.W.A. administrator, who promised to answer all cases presented when he meets with the workers delegates on Wednesday at 11 am. at 111 Eighth Ave. The Relief Workers League urges all fired C.W.A. workers to mobilize on that day to back up the demands of their delegates. As the committee reported back to the workers on the street, 200 work- ers from the Railroad Co-Ordination Project 177, who were fired after winning a wage increase last week, | marched in a body to Hodson’s office. Again Hodson refused to meet with the workers’ delegates, and again the pressure of mass demands forced him to reverse his decision. While the workers on the streets shouted: “We demand a_ hearing now!” and after a short consulta- tion, the delegates were admitted. In a short while they reported back to the workers that a com- plete victory had been won. The 470 workers on this project, Hodson and DeLamater promised, would be given work in the course of the week. The workers from the Salvation Army’s Gold Dust Lodge flop house forced the administration to grant them three meals a day instead of the present two meals a day, place a doctor in the flop house and grant the workers the right to organize. ‘The workers are now organizing to fight for free clothing and the stop- ping of forced labor. The workers in the Gold Dust Lodge, together with the East Side Local of the Relief Workers League, the Downtown Unemployed Coun- cil, the Rutgers Place Block Com- mittee and Unit 19 of the Commu- nist Party will mobilize at the Gold Dust Lodge, Corleas and Water St., Tuesday at 9 a.m. and march to the Battery where they will join the united front May Day march to Union Square. Wisconsin 7-0288 Dr. N. S. Hanoka Dental Surgeon 261 West 41st Street New York City DR. JULIUS LITTINSKY 107 BRISTOL STREET Bet. Pitkin and Sutter Aves., Brooklyn PHONE: DICKENS 2-3012 Office Hours: 8-10 A.M., 1-2, 6-3 P.M DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1934 Work of May Day and After Raises Tasks for the Communist Party an “See That Mass Desire For Struggle Does Not Die With May Ist” By CHARLES KRUMBEIN (District Organizer, New York District, C. P. U. S. A.) LL indications promise the big- gest May Day demonstration this year that New York has ever seen.| The United Front May Day Con- ference has been quite successful in reaching new sections of the work- ing class. The issues for May Day this year are clear and larger num- bers of workers than ever before show an understanding of these is- sues and are ready to struggle for their day-to-day demands. The need and desire for unity of the working class in these struggles is greater than ever before. An in- dication of this is the action in Painters Local No. 499 where 140 voted for participation in the United ‘ront May Day demonstration and only 9 against. Socialist Workers Demand Unity Wide Strata of Workers In the ranks of the Socialist Party and the Young People’s So- cialist League, as well as among their followers, there is great fer- ment and demand for unity of action on the part of the entire working class, Proof of this is the fact that the Socialist and Amer- ican Federation of Labor leaders can only get the workers under their “leadership” to participate this May Day through mechancial means. The International Ladies Garment Workers Union is forcing all workers to work half a day on May First and then holding meet- ings of the workers in the shops with the presence of the business agents who will try to force the workers to come in a body to the Socialist Party controlled May Day meeting. The burocrats in the A. F. of L. Painters Union are trying to put across a $9 fine against those who will not participate in the same parade. Nothwithstanding all these terroristic measures tens of thou- sands of A. F. of L, members, as well as followers of the Socialist Party will participate in the United Front May Day demonstration. More workers than at any pre- | CHARLES KRUMBEIN | Vious time in the history of the labor movement of New York City have been reached with propaganda material for this May Day. Over two million leaflets are being dis- tributed, issued by the United Front May Day Conference, its affiliated organizations and the Communist Party. Two hundred thousand copies of the special edition of the Daily Worker are being distributed; meet- ings, sectional parades, etc., were held on a large scale. All reports show that the workers have been very receptive tothe message of the revolutionary workers and their organizations from which the above conclusion can be drawn, namely, that this May Day will be the big- gest and most militant ever seen in New York City. The job now of every class con- scious worker is to see to it that this mass desire for struggle and enthusiasm does not die with May Day. May Day must be considered as the day on which the workers review their problems, plan their future action and mobilize to fight for their demands. Hundreds of thousands of workers demonstrating around the demands for this May Day will undoubtedly exert pressure upon the capitalists and their gov- ernment and wring concessions from them. But a maximum will only be gained provided the necessary or- ganizational follow-up and organi-| zation is carried through. | Organizational Tasks Therefore, it is now our task to continue working with the new/ contacts we have made, that we keep in touch with every organi- zation that we approached success- | fully or otherwise in preparation} for May Day, that these new tens |of thousands of workers be brought into the various organizations— those willing to fight against war and fascism into the League Against War and Fascism; the unemployed into the Unemployment Councils; | the workers into the revolutionary unions; the Negroes, and white fighters for Negro rights, into the} League of Struggle for Negro| Rights; into the clubs, fraternal) organizations, the Women’s Coun-} cils, ete., etc. If we give proper attention to this important phase of our work then we can rest assured that the big Mass movement brought into life as a result of our May Day activi- ties will continue after May Day and gain strength as we go along, with the result that we can have still bigger demonstrations against war and fascism on August Ist, etc. Spread the Daily Worker Our best agitator and organizer is the Daily Worker. Two hundred thousand copies of the special May Day edition are being distributed. Tens of thousands of workers get- ting the Daily for the first time if properly followed up can result in doubling and trebling the circula- tion of the Daily Worker in New York City with the consequent re- sult that through the use of this fighting organ we will be able to get bigger distributions in the fu- ture, as well as bigger mobilizations of the masses for struggle. Therefore, real serious attention must be given to follow up this special distribution with the object of getting additional thousands of permanent readers for the Daily Worker. With all the above-mentioned increased tasks the revolutionary Party of the working class, the Com- munist Party, has bigger and bigger obligations and must therefore be tremendousy strengthened. Every Party member should have applica- tion cards in his or her possession and make use of them. Thousands) of workers in New York City are | Nab d YCL “Recruit Thousands In-| to YCL by National | Youth Day” | ready to join the Party if only asked. Every Party member should} approach his fellow worker in the| May Day line of march or in Union| Square asking them to join the| Party. If we do this, we should be} able to recruit at least a thousand new members for our Party on May Day. | Recruiting to Party and Y.C.L. | But this is not enough. We must| consciously go among these new workers with whom we made co! tact as a result of our May Day work, and especially those in the factories and shops, day in and day| out in connection with all of our} work, recruiting for the Party. If} we tackle the question of recruiting | only half-seriously, we can have ten | thousand Party members in our dis- | trict within the next six months. In our May Day preparations we} have no doubt come in contact with | tens of thousands of young workers, young workers who have shown in the past that they are militant fight- ers and ready to be organized. We mut use these contacts to build the} Young Communist League into a| mass organization. It is the duty of every Party member to recruit for the Y.C.L. to the same extent that they recruit for the Party. Let us make it our business to recruit a] thousand new members into the Y. C. L. by National Youth Day, May | 30th. | The workers are ready for our message and for struggle. All that is necessary is to approach them, | give them our message, show them the way that they can fight against the continuous encroachment on| their living standards. From this} show them the final way out of! their misery—the revolutionary way | out of the ci Speak to the work- | ers, sell them our press, sell them | our pampblets, give them our leaf-| lets. They are ready for our mes: | sage and will follow our leadership if this is done. | The tasks enumerated above can be carried out by us, and when they are carried out they will be long strides toward winning the majority | of the working class for the final struggle. “USSR Workers Are Masters of Own Destiny,” Says Voroshiloy in May | Talk to Red Army “Millions Rally Under Bolshevik Banners,” Declares Leader (Special to the Daily Worker) MOSCOW, April 30 (By Radio) — Klementi Voroshilov, speaking in the name of the Revolutionary Mil- itary Council of the U. 8. S. R, today issued the following proc- Jamation to the Red Army, in con- nection with the May Day celebra- tions: Comrades, Commanders of the Red Army and Political Workers! I congratulate you, as the inter- national the loyalty of the workers, young and old fighters, to the Workers’ and Peasants’ government. Today is the day of review of the revolutionary forces of the interna- tional proletariat. . It is a day of review not only of the toilers of our country but of their heroic struggles and victories for Socialist construc- tion. With the just pride and joy of victors in this intense labor, mil- lions of workers and peasants in the Soviet Union, millions of build- ers of a classless, Socialist society, are today rallying under red ban- ners, with unshakeable Bolshevik will, Stresses Gains The working class of our country has created powerful industry, has laid a firm basis for the further un- precedented rise in productive forces. Millions of kolkhoz and state farm toilers have gained one victory after another in Socialist agriculture, by dint of their per- sistent, conscientious labor, and are gradually bringing it to a number one rank in Socialist industry, and the joy of all toilers in the Soviet tate, The creative, constructive work of millions is in full swing every- where, over the vast territories of our great country, The colossal creative energy of the working class, the working class which is master of its Socialist fatherland and of its own destiny, is embodied in the unparalleled examples of heroism on the ice fields of the Arctic, on the unexplored expanses of the stratosphere. It is embodied in the ardent enthusiasm of Socialist con- struction, in the greatest striving of the whole nation, toward knowl- edge and culture, in the brilliant victories of Soviet science and tech- nique. “New Life” It is a bright, new, joyful life, conquered with blood from the en- emy, over the unfolding Soviet land. The victorious march of Socialism OPTOMETRISTSC2Y ()opTicians || 1378 ST.NICHOLAS AVE» 1690 LEXINGTON AVE. jo at!79"ST.NY at 106% STNY, DR. EMIL EICHEL DENTIST 150 E, 93rd St.. New York City Cor. Lexington Ave. ATwater 9-8638 Fours: 9 a. m. to 8 p.m. Sun, 9 to 1 Member Workmen’s Sick and Death Benefit Fund PHOTOS...of the better kind AT REDUCED PRICES BLUE BIRD STUDIOS 1595 PITKIN AVENUE, Near AMBOY STREET BROOKLYN, N. Y. — Phone DICKENS 2-1096 resounds powerfully over the whole globe, inspiring the toilers of the world. The cause of Socialism in our country is invincible! Inde- structible is the great army of labor united under the great banner of Marx, Lenin and Stalin! The Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army, supremely devoted to the cause of Socialism, ig first class fighting technique, vigilantly the borders of the Soviet State. The fighters of the Red Army are surrounded by the care and love of the toilers of the Soviet Union, Steadfastly is fighting readiness raised in their ranks. Firmly do they master powerful armament. Persistently and stubbornly are they working over their cultural and po- litical development. No Army Like Red Army Today the Red Army. demon- strates before the world, before the proletariat congratulates you, on our May First festival. The solemn promise is here made of proletariat, its fighting power. Once more it declares that there is no other army in the world which is Clementi Voroshilov > No Other Army WhoWill Fight for Peace Like The Red Army so closely connectéd with its nation, so devoted to its government as is the Red Army. There is no other army in the world which, together with the whole country, would so fight for peace as the Red Army. But there is also as yet no other army in the world which will so mercilessly, so self-denyingly, pro- tect its fatherland as will our glori- ous Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army, should enemies encroach upon us. Long live our Leninist Party, our great leader Stalin! Long live the Red Army, the most, hopeful pillar of peace, the power- ful, unshakable guard of the pro- letarian revolution! ‘ThousandsFromAll Lands Stream Into 'MoscowforMayDay Workers Delegations Bring Revolutionary Greetings Special to the Daily Worker —A specially large inflow of foreign guests into the U.S.S.R. for the May Day celebrations is taking place this year. Workers delega- | tions and hundreds of tourists from various countries are arriving by every train. Three steamers have arrived in, Leningrad with tourist from the United States, Great Britain, France, Belgium and even Tunis. Many tourists from the Scandinavias are arriving through Finland. Among the tourists are repre- sented toiling intellectuals, teach- ers, doctors, artists, writers, jour- nalists and many workers who saved up for many years in order jto visit the Soviet Union at least once, on the day of the Interna- tional proletarian festival. Delegations from World Over American, British and Cuban workers delegations arrived in Len- ingrad on the Soviet steamer Rud- zutak. Among the Cuban delegaticn, which is visiting the U.S.S.R. for the first time, is the Secretary of the National Confederation of Trade Unions of Cuba. Arrived in Moscow is also a delegation of Australian workers from the or- ganized trade unions and the Friends of the Soviet Union. An- other delegation is composed of members of the Socialist Young Guard of Latvia. Foreign guests can be found at every May Day workers’ meeting. The delegations receive extremely warm receptions at all Moscow factories. Down tools May 1 against fas- cism here and abroad, for the release of Thaelmann and all im- MOSCOW, April 30. (By Cable) | Peasant Revolts - Risein Manchuria | Against Japanese | Japanese Troops Beaten In Several Encounters Tn Manchukuo (Special to the Daily Worker) PEIPING, China, April 30 (By | Cable).—Greatly increased insurrec- tionary movements against Japan- ese imperialism in Manchuria is re- ported by the Chinese press. Es- pecially in the valley of the Sun- gari river, where the Japanese-Man- chukuoan Government is taking land from the peasants for the ben- efit of Japanese army reservists sent here as settlers, is the armed strug- gle against the invaders growing. According to information from Harbin, a rebellion of peasants against Japanese occupation, is also taking place in the middle reaches of the Sungari. The Harbin paper states that during the fighting of the rebels against the Japanese troops in this district, the Japanese punitive expedition commanded by Captain Indzuki was annihilated. Information has also been received of many other fights wherein Jap- anese troops suffered serious losses. The fights between the Japanese troops and guerillas acting jointly with rebellious peasants and Man- churian troops that have deserted to their side are still continuing. The “Asiatic” agency in the Northwest Province of Kirin states that a detachment of 7,000 rebels occupied a number of points in this province. Unceasing fights against Japanese occupiers in Mukden prov- ince, despite innumerable Japanese punitive expeditions, goes on. The entire Eastern part of the province is practically in the hands of the rebels acting jointly with the Man- churian irregulars, up to the Korean border, and fighting under the slogan of “Liberation of Manchuria and Korea from Japanese imperial- ism,” The Japanese-Manchurian Gov- prisoned anti-fascists! ernment decided to introduce a sys- Aireraft Strikers On Mass Picket — Line, 400 Strong Strikes Break Out| In Manchester, Connecticut (Special to the Daily Worker) HARTFORD, Conn., April 30.— The Pratt & Whitney aircraft strik- ers are still out solid. Over 400 were on the picket line this morn- | ing. President Lavista stated that | they will stay out a year if neces- sary. Sentiment is very militant. The ILD. is taking over the de- fense of arrested strikers. In an interview with Charles Campbell, LL.D. representative, we learned that over $50,000 in bail is ready if necessary. The case of Atillio Lepri, which came up this morning, was con- tinued for one week so that the I.L.D. can prepare its mass defense. Lepri was arrested on framed up charges of intimidation and breach of the peace. The IL.D. calls for mass protest in wires to Judge O'Connell, Police Court, East Hart- ford, Conn. Two other cases of pickets who were pulled off the picket line by state police who were called in by the Manufacturers Association, were tried last week. The strikers were threatened with 30 days in jail with fine. Cases were appealed by the local LL.D., obtaining a nationally- known lawyer to take over the cases. Arrow strikers went back last week with no union recognition, with agreement kept secret. The leadership promised all strikers a blanket increase of 10 per cent, but the strikers found this was not true when they returned. A strike is on with over 100 nurs- ery men in Burr Farm, Manchester, Conn., for $1.50 cents a day increase for women and 40 cents an hour for men. The owner of the nursery is commissioner of police of the town, using the whole power of his police force to break the strike. Seven were arrested this morning, and four convicted. The LL.D. also is entering the case. Cheney Mill, Manchester, Conn., has a good sentiment for a strike next week organized under A. F. of L. leadership. The Communist Party called on all Pratt & Whitney strikers to join the May Day meet- ings and demonstration tomorrow. The meeting May Day is in Odd Fellows Hall, 420 Main St., at 8:30 tomorrow evening. Southern Lynch Mob Searches for Negro. CRISFIELD, Md., April 30.—Ac- cused of attacking a policeman, Harry Flemming, Negro, was rushed to a Baltimore jail after a lynch mob of 500 had made an unsuc- cessful search for him. Flemming | is charged with having attacked | Policeman Harry Daugherty when | he went to arrest him last night. the villages. Each ten families must | guarantee for each other, and all} together answer with their lives for | the slightest resistance to the au-! thorities by one person. | These drastic measures, however, are not restraining the peasants | from joining rebel detachments, fre- tem of collective responsibility in 3,000 Remain on the F.E.R.A. workers into an A. F. jof L. union, offering initiation fees of $1 to join. Cut Relief quently in whole villages. Page Three Fisher Body Strike. Ends With Sell-Out By A. F.L. Officials Great Lakes Seamen End Boycott; Get 10 Per Cent Pay Raise BUFFALO, Ap of the Lake Car the seamen wa: in a m The ful the men; on the shi solidly to win the coming s The boycott, Marine Worl was suce: the shipowners to cent increase in Strike Despite AFL “Settlement” Glove Workers Refuse To Accept Union Betrayal GLOVERSVILLE, N.Y. (By M: —The 3,000 striking glove wo: here are remaining out despite 1e | fact that their strike has been of- ficially “settled” by the A. F. of L. leaders. The bosses want the men to go back to work on the old schedule until the new schedule has been adopted throughout the coun- | try. The strikers refuse to go back to work until they are assured the adoption of the new schedule at once. So strong is the determina- tion of the workers to fight for an immediate raise that the union | leaders have been forced to support their demand | There is danger, however, that the union leaders will betray the} workers in this struggle. | Although the union has officially approved the wage settlement, 50 | many glove workers are seeing through the betrayal that the union} leaders are using terroristic _meth-| ods to crush opposition. Several | workers outspoken in their opposi- | tion to the betrayal were threat- ened that they would be “taken for | a ride.” | | Jobless Arrested — In Toledo Strike AFL Leaders Force Vote | To Refer to NRA (Special to the Daily Worker) TOLEDO, April 30.—Three mem- | bers of the Unemployed Council} were arrested for assisting strikers) of the Bingham Stamping Co., here last week. The boss courts fearing the mass resentment of the strik were afraid to charge them wit! violation of the injunction and made} the charge of “disturbance.” The Unemployed Council assisted in the| picketing at the request of a group} of thirty-four strikers of this plant, | including members of the shop committee. This request was made over the) heads of the A. F. of L. who said} that they did not want “outside| help” and were in favor of the in- Junction preventing picketing by) the Unemployed Council. | The A. F. of L. leaders laid the| groundwork for selling out the Strikes of the three factories here by taking a rising vote of all those! who were willing to trust the U. S.| Government, which means that the) Strike will be submitted to the) strikebreaking Labor Board. Ram-| sey, A. F. of L. leader, stated that) they would never relinquish their seniority rights which means that all the other demands have already been given up. | Fail To Break Ohio Work Relief Strike Workers Resist A. F. L.| Leaders’ Tactics MIDDLETOWN, Ohio, April 29.— A meeting here called by Welfare Director Browning and President Hosea of the Hamilton Trades Council and executive member of the Socialist Party, failed com- pletely in attempts to send the striking F.E.R.A. workers back to work at 40 cents an hour. Middle- town is a company town dominated and owned by the American Roll- | ing Mills. The strikers booed and hissed Hosea and Browning, and walked out of the meeting in a body, leav- ing them alone. Hosea is trying hard to organize} In order to split the splendid unity of the strikers and the un- employed, relief is being slashed in Hamilton. The relief officials sent out circular letters stating that re- lief was being slashed because it Was necessary to grant relief to the strikers. Meanwhile the workers are inten- | sifying their drive to obtain ade-| quate and decent relief. Thirty- five strikers stopped an_ eviction} last Wednesday. Five workers were | arrested and immediately released ‘on. bail. As Hosea and Browning are pick- ing out the most militant strikers and cutting them off relief, the workers’ elected commitee met with Browning and presented their |bor in forty years,” this was | Only 1,000 Men in Hell Out of 8,400 Strikers (Special to the Daily Worker? CLEVELAND, O 130, The Fi Body have been sent back by Board “Don't Expect High Wag ibed the , Fisher and Knudsen of Gen- eral Moto) He fina convinced them, he that ti must treat with the A. F. of L, because labor was getting restive and would or- ganize in spite of hell, He told them “The proper thing to do is to play 1 l with the sane and sensible or- ganization (A. F. L,) or one of se days you'll hs to d h an organization which ball at all.” Interspersing his talk with senti- mental protests of his love for la- bor, he finally yously) came to the point he had to put over. Gen- eral Motors would not negotiate with the men while they were on strike. Therefore the best thing to do was to go back to work Monday morning. “Some of you will think that this is just another stall,” he said, and the men shouted from the floor, “You bet your life!” He made grandiose promises of the fine benefits that would be had from the Labor Board, if only the men would get together and con- sider the mutual inter: of the employers and the workers. He warned the men not to expect high wages, as this “would force the com- pany out of business. Leave wages to the board,” he said He was followed by Brother Mc- Weeny, Cleveland A, F. of L. or- ganizer, who has been busy the past few weeks selling out strike after strike. Claiming to be impartial he said that the men in St. Loui Pontiac, Flint, Detroit and ot! General Motors towns had leit Cleveland Fisher Body in the lurch and therefore it was best to go to work, He was met with some ap- Plause and some boos. Strike Already Called Off Brother Dillon, an experienced won't p »|Jabor faker, now operating in Flint, Michigan, next took the floor. When he said “Some may think this is a sellout, but I think we have gaiged the greatest victory obtained by la- tog much and he was greeted by a large chorus of boos, When he asked, “Do I look yellow,” a worker yelled he did look yellow, and he took off his glasses and challenged the worker to come round the alley or fight right there on the platform, This the worker was perfectly will- ing to do, but Brother Dillon changed his mind. One worker jasked if the A. F. of L. had been recognized. Dillon said he consid- ered the fact that the company was willing to sit at the same board across the table with representatives of the A. F. of L. recognition. The strike vote was taken by closed ballot. Slips of paper were handed out on which the men were to write either yes or no, There were incidentally about 1,000 men in the hall out of 8,400 out on strike, The chairman, President Miley, of the Fisher Body local, announced that the result would be given over the radio. But the Cleveland news- papers were already informed that the strike was called off before the men even cast their ballots! | 8-County Conference on Unemployment To Be Held in Peoria, Tl. PEORIA, Ill, April 30—On the initiative of Peoria County Unem- ployment Councils, an eight-county unemployment conference is being called to meet at 119 State St, Peoria, Tl., Sunday, May 13, at 16 a. m. to. consider the establishment }Of an unemployed workers’ news< paper for the following counties: Peoria, Piatt, Tazewell, Fulton, Mc- Lean, Schyler, Macon and Knox, and to n a further campaign for the Workers’ Unemployment ~ and Social Insurance Bill (H. R, 7598). The dictatorship of the prole- tariat must be a State that em- bodies a new kind of democracy, for the proletarians and the dis- possessed; and a new kind of dictatorship, against the bour- geoisie—Lenin. ognition of the Workers’ Protective Union, recognition of all job com- mittees, no discrimination. Brown- ing explained that he would not grant the demand for wage in- creases, because he did not want to have a strike in the metal shops, which are receiving less than the FERA. workers demand. The committee refused to accept the partial demand and voted to con- tinue the strike until all demands demands. The demands were: Rec- are met,