The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 8, 1934, Page 3

DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1934 Page Thre Buffalo Aircratt Strikers Not Afraid Campbell Workers Labor Rouses the Waterfront | Pee ll, THE MARINE WORKERS GAIN CONTROL OF RELIEF Are Blacklisted AAS eee “Eee: Soup Strike End Of Bosses ‘Red Scare’ ® ssc yous coer: Soup oike Lam | single-sheet, linea mesures a camanlseed tr tlie SAC. A — For Fighting United Front to Win the Strike; “Communists Are Most Active Strikers,” Workers Point Out By JIM WEST BUFFALO, N. Y.—Completely rejecting the proposals | of the Buffalo Regional Labor Board to go back to work| and mediate their strike, 2,200 aircraft workers are gath-! ering their forces for larger mass picket lines and greater mass support in a determined effort to win their strike for higher wages. A tremendous ovation greeted the recommendation, of the Aeronautical Workers Union Executive Committee 30 Killings Laid to Profitable Racket in the Quaker City | newspaper, appeared on the | Baltimore waterfront in Sep-| |tember, 1932. It | tributed free by the Wat nt {employed Council. Typical of its contents were two items in its first issue: | “ANIMALS MAIM SEAMEN “Several seamen tried to sleep | in Brother Wolfe’s House of Hor- | rors (a waterfront mission), but | slumber they could not. They had no more than lay down when they were attacked by ferocious hedbugs, crums and un- | known animals. Those who man- aged to escape unharmed went | down and demanded that the Reverend boil the joint up to make it fit for human beings. A is little better than the old, except for some of the beds. The chow jis still garbage.” The Anchorage’s Christmas Din- | new was “strictly invitational,” and was attended by “dear religious and social ‘work from uptown,” while “one old man over 75 years of age, who has sailed befoi mast and on steamships all, life, was turned away hungry b the Holy Racketeers.” At last the seamen’s leaders were summoned by Greenstein to prove their charges. They pro- duced letters to show how one was forced to pawn his watch to pay room rent to the Anchorage, and j;to show shipowners expressed gratitude to the Anchorage for securing crews. They gavé evi- Manning Agreed to Active Striker Locked Office By H. M. PHILADELPHIA, May 7 workers of t e Campbell Soup end on May 3 by the history of social-fascist tr On May 4 most of the st one of the most infamo Discrimination Agains ; Vote on Co. Union: and Deserted . WICKS —The strike of the canner Company was brought to a betrayals in a eachery in the United State: rikers went back without organize * st pur ssajrrar Ajaintosan #traq 1 tion, without guidance, de serted by their leaders. <A Hathaway’s Article On Farmers Will Be | compan who incurred the wrath of th because of thei fe | committee visited the Reverend | dence of forced labor and of nu-|} in Tomorrow’s Daily || -tivity in the strike ar to reject th Labor Board proposals! PHILADELPHIA, May 6.—Poli¢e| the next day, but to no avail. So merous arrests in the Anchorage. | | blacklisted, with the ‘al at the meeting of the union last) attributed thirty murders in the| the committee went to the Board Finally, donations from shipown- | The publication of the prom- 4a ted, W the approval o , || Frank J. Manning, socialist leade eeiie naar oi oe || of the strike, and the socialist law t rade C. A. Hathaway has been || ¥¢!, Herbert Syme, who, from th them that their own interests were || unavoidably delayed for a day. || 2&Sinning kept from the workers th opposed. A few days later the|| It will appear without fail in || £@¢ts of their maneuvering with th seamen decided to send a delega-j| tomorrow's paper. Watch for it! |! bosses | tion to Washington to demand seamen’s control, and to strik Friday night. Immediately upon hearing the report of the executive, @ striker made a motion that the body as a whole unanimously vote to continue the strike. The motion | was carried 100 per cent for con- tinuation of the strike. | Leafiet of Marine Workers | ers identified them with the An-| chorage, and this, the seamen| | argued, was sufficient to heey last year and a half to the “numbers racket” which has netted upward of $2,000,000 for its operators. Sentence Leaders of Health with the damning evi- dence, including some of the hog- | Wash called ‘stew’ in a bottle. A Board of Health inspector was down to the mission before the committee got back. Wolfe ex- plained that they were just sea- | men who were dissatisfied with | All Active Strikers Out . - i r = "1 f striker pHisel ba he masting t6s asin Of Min ( W A his dump, and the inspector beat | Federal relief officials say that they “do not know how the seamen | the job at the same time. cnltas hone Gea ae Workers Industrial Union distri- n. Je oThe it, It appears that the bedbugs | got control of the Seamen's Relief Project in Baltimore.” But the sea- | the Committee laid their de fe : pret the pace buted a leaflet warning against, La-| . have increased in size since then. | men know. By exposing the graft of the relief officials, by strikes and | before pape Lewis, a - lg tioneanme yor Board arbitration and urging) i) st t | Maybe this explains where all the | mass pressure, the seamen forced the grafting officials to resign, leav- | Tctor of transient relief, the sea- U ( ll F which the strik ie ee it fe and) Dean oe he emons ration) Faas Oe era koe tote, | ing the seamen in control. Then, for the first time, the seamen on the | Samp) gat Brenan ea Mon Cais For | was to end. H Eaten meu an re: ee | Taited Front Wav 13th | ® sist ie cane armrests.” waterfront got decent relief, Above, the seamen’s project on Thames | waited. Lewis agreed to. investi-| . said the bosse 2 2 Beads “pou LF PAy! | St» Baltimore, controlled by the seamen themselves. | gate personally. He came to Bal- | t nl a OS): agreed to a 7 pe Fellow Workers: D _ DOUBLE WORK, HALF PAY! yaaa enero ons \ cont inmaen Demonstration to imore an iscuss everything | oC The Marine Workers Industrial Union is vitally interested in see- ing you win your strike. We know that a victory for you will .Strengthen the struggles of the seamen and harbor workers. We speak to you with the ex- perience of 75 marine strikes in recent months led by our union in this country. Of these 75 strikes, NONE WERE LOST. In none of these strike settlements was there any such thing as “impartial” 3rd party. All of them were settled by direct negotiations with the ship owners. We have found from ex- perience that so-called “impartial Boards,” like the Labor Board, ete, “accidentally or purposely” line up with the employers and AGAINST the strikers. Aireraft workers! You have struck at a time when production was high. Conditions are in your favor. Thousands of workers are with you! To call off your strike now would be suicide. ‘Your best guarantee to win is to continue mass picketing! Rally more mass support! Stand firm for open direct negotiation of your elected committee with the employers. We are behind you 100 per cent and pledge our continued sup- port. Do not let them put another one over on you as they did with the aircraft code. Stand firm and undivided and victory is yours! Beware of “im- partial” third parties like labor boards! Unity and struggle will win every battle of the workers! This leaflet was received with great enthusiasm. Communist Support Welcomed The Buffalo “Trend,” so-called Liberal weekly, declares that a ‘shadow has existed over the Air- craft, Workers Union, because it has admitted Communists to its ranks,” showing that once more that when you “scratch a Liberal you find a reactionary.” What are the feelings of the strikers about the Communists? Let them speak for themselves: One striker stated: “As soon as workers go on strike, they are Com- munists, whether they know it or aot. Believe me, the elections this year will show far different results than previous years!” Scores of strikers, when reminded oy weak sisters and the police that “Reds are in this strike,” reply: “Sure they are; and what of it? Where are the Republicans and the Democrats? Look at those deputies. Last year they were getting us to vote Democrat, now they club us on the line; a lot of them are Dem- oerat and Republican committee- men, too. The Communists are OK. They’re for the workers, and work- ers themselves! They support the policy of a fighting united front of ul workers against the employers.” Great Majority Solid The ranks of the strikers remain undivided, despite increased attacks on the picket lines, despite company efforts to organize a group to walk back in. The strikers are proceed- ing to rally mass support for the demand to force the removal of the deputy who began the attack on a woman picket, mother of eleven children and wife of a striker, who was knocked into insensibility. The Buffalo Local of the Aero Union has been active in organizing aircraft workers throughout the country, having sent field organizers so such distant places as Seattle, Wash., many months ago. The air- craft induustry looks to Buffalo, and a successful strike here will strengthen the struggles and organ- jaation of aircraft workers through- out the country. The Communist Party and Young Communist League continue their active work in the strike and a series of open air meetings to rally increased support have been ar- sanged. Laundry Workers Win Demands After Being On Strike Two Weeks NEW YORK.—After a two week's strike, led by the Laundry Work- ‘rs Industrial Union, the Univer- sal Shirt Laundry Co., 312 E. 95th 3t., signed a contract with the union. Through the settlement. which went into effect, yesterday, the workers won shorter hours (the 45- hour week), wage increases and! union recognition, Demand Release MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.. May 7.— Eighteen of the 33 workers who were on trial for their part in the April 6th demonstration of C.W.A. work- ers. which was broken up by the police only after a heroic defense by the 20,000 workers, were given |sentences Friday by Judge White. Fifteen were adjudged not guilty, Two workers, Arthur Hazelton and George Payne, who were charged with “throwing rocks,” were given the severest sentences of 90 and 70 days respectively. Sam K. Daviss, district, secretary of the Interna- tional Labor Defense, received a 50- day sentence. Arvo Halberg, dis- ‘trict organizer of the Young Com- |munist League, and Leo Tuuri and | James Bartlett, two other leading | members of the Young Communist | League, received 35 days each. | Greenberg, Kiley, Brotman, Stubbs, | Smedburg, Stevens, Hetry, and King | Were each sentenced to 10 days each. | All of the sentences are for the workhouse. The International Labor Defense won a ten-day stay of sentence | until May 14th, and will move for | a new trial. All workers organiza- tions are urged to immediately send | protests to Municipal Judge Clyde | R. White, Court House, Minneapolis. A demonstration under the aus- | pices of the International Labor Defense, United Relief Workers As- sociation, and Unemployed Council, is being called at Block 20, for 2:30 p.m., on Sunday, May 13th. 100 Out-On Strike At Stove Factory |Led By Steel and Metal Workers’ Union MASPETH N. Y.--Over a hun- dred workers of the Wellbilt Stove Co., 57-46 Flushing Ave., are strik- ing under the leadership of the Steel and Metal Workers’ Industrial Union. The workers are demand- ing 47!% hours’ pay for 40 hours’ work, division of work in the slow period, recognition of the shop com- mittee and stopping of the speed-up. Police are trying to interfere with the picketing by chasing the work- ers blocks away from the factory. The strikers, nevertheless, are keep- ing close watch on the factory. “The Williams Line, that makes piles of $$ in intercoastal trade, have devised a scheme to rob a few more nickels from the sea- men. The S. S. Willmoto, one of the floating prisons of this com- pany, called up the U. S. Ship- ping Board for a man capable of | performing the feat of doing O. 8. | (ordinary seaman) and messboy’s work combined for the staggering sum of $32.50 per month. They succeeded in getting a man, This shows what the shipowners want. Instead of a two-watch system, they intend to hand the seamen a one-watch system. You sign on, go on watch, stay on watch until you sign off. One trip, one watch, On the beach, starvation, misery | and death. The Dollars, Munsons, and all the shipowners will not stop at anything in their greed for profits. Seamen can make these shipowners come across with bet- ter conditions by organizing and fighting! JOIN THE MARINE UNION!” ,out the battleground of acute, im- ployment relief developed. and strikes—this is how they won. | A Marine Workers’ Industria! League was organized here in 1929, and converted into a branch of the M. W. I. U. in the summer of 1930. A Waterfront Unemployment Coun- {cil was organized in 1931. Member- | ship was small. As a seaman re- lated, “You could talk organization, but that was all, You couldn't con- vince anybody the others would stick.” The national strike, which was lost in 1921 under the leader- ship of the A. F. of L. International |Seamen’s Union, was still a fresh | memory, and so was that of the big '1923 strike led by the I. W. W. But the need for organized re- isistance became acute. After 1929, the average wages of $62.50 per month dwindled to $40 to $50, On coastwise vessels the two-watch ;supplanted the three-watch system. The Munson Line began to hold back wages. More and more sea- men piled onto “the beach” as big lines merged; and rationalization and speed-up appeared all along the line, until it wasn’t rare for mess- room meals to be replaced by feed- ing in the foc-sle. The unemployed WORKERS’ INDUSTRIAL) Thus proletarians’ pens scratched | | mediate needs on which the heroic | fight for workers’ control of unem- | It took | a year and a dramatic strike to rally the unemployed seamen “on the | | beach,” but once they mobilized, it | jwas for a militant class struggle. | With continual collective exposure of corruption, drawing their ranks; ever closer through demonstrations seamen in this port had to choose between gospel missions and Y. M. C. A. “Anchorage,” in all of which the avowed rule was “Cash custom- |ers first.” There was no public re- lef. Many of them lived on credit, |or bummed meals and slept in box- | cars. | Against all this “Scratch-House News” and the union’s port bulletin and leaflets kept up a_ barrage, and last August a __ leaflet heralded, “Strike!—The first strike for higher wages since 1923!” The S. S. Diamond Cement was tied up. The whole crew struck for a $10 in- crease. Police went aboard and ar- |rested four and put the rest on |shore. Longshoremen dropped their |hooks in sympathy. A picket line |formed, and unemployed seamen massed in it. Late at night the ship was tossed out into the stream. | There she lay for four days. She |was towed to Philadelphia, then, with a skeleton crew of professional scabs, bribed with increased wages. The effect of this was immediate. | Both employed and unemployed be- |gan to come into the union and the Unemployed Council. Strikes be- came epidemic; Munson crews struck as regularly as they hit Bal- timore, By fall the Unemployed Council was rallying small demonstrations outside the Anchorage to raise de- mands for an end to conditions re- ported by The paper specified enormous sums owning-class patrons _ including ship owners, and told how these were required by tha charity agency’s keeping down relief stand- ards to discourage striking. It con- centrated upon the acts of P. T. “Spare Parts” (Superfiuous) Hardin, relief director of the Anchorage, and ;of Frank, nicknamed “Warden” | Mitchell, secretary of the Anchor- lage, and ex-prison chaplain. Finally the Unemployed Council challenged | Mitchell and Hardin to appear at |an open street meeting to explain their use of funds in the Anchor- | |elected a committee to go inside to see the officials. Police, regularly sta- tioned there, were increased in number, but the committee went through and those inside massed around them. Mitchell heard the case and denounced his accusers. The committee invited all present to a meeting at their headquarters. More than 100 responded, and there began ‘a mass campaign against the Y.M.C.A. and all its works. Seamen inside and outside the Anchorage “Scratch-House News.” | ollected by welfare agencies from) | age. They didn’t come. The seamen} | with officials here and the sea-| | Were united for the first time. They|™eM, and agreed that a seamen’s | began to watch the officials closely,| S¥b-committee should function |and to report to “Scratch-House| With a “lay advisory committee,” | News.” Federal officials now say they} For $25.00 Minimum; With 30-Hour Week, Inasmuch as the average wagt was less than $1f a week, thi means an in | ; | Says Burlak , . | Just before Thanksgiving, one of | ae bia ratel Hes See is Bibi es ver them discovered that a supply of] tee came into control of the proj- | TIDENOH. B. 7 t 1 r Pena ne another reported he} “Hardin and the sub-committee| inion condemned the shut down H. M. Wicks he workers (Are saw Mitchell take three of them|were supposed to function to-| GA wie aatile, levine! cs from the restaurant where they, gether, but as soon as we began | Of yggdra ea ae thet ge: bs bie ba ihn were being dressed to his car.|we found out he wanted us to| : 3 :| company union or the independe “Scratch-House News” put out an extra. The banner headline: “Hardin| men’s grievances. Besides, the Common Chicken Thief!” |ay advisory’ committee didn't I have not seen the paper, but I! function; the doctors and lawyers believe the seamen’s statement that) on it, came to one meeting and| a John Doe warrant was issued for} got so tired of listening to our | “The Editor of the Scratch-House| demands that they told us to take | News.” He was never identified, for) them up direct. We went to Hardin |in fact he was a collective editor—| and told him, ‘Either we take over, | | the mass of seamen on the water-) or there'll be another strike,’ and | a waterfront was in an uproar. REE O SUE LOANS Nene Oresce | Without being surrounded by sea- got’ back to the waterfront, they men who stood and stared at him.| telephoned that Hardin was out He gave a statement to a local news- we were ‘temporarily in paper, telling how “ Old man Winter | hi: on Ps ¥ lis no longer a bugaboo to seamen| “?@"8e- {on the waterfront.” The Unemploy- | ; ment Council called a mass meet: jing and read the story there. Thi | elected a committee to see the ci |editor of the newspaper, and sa | “Print the seamen’s side of this story or we will print 10,000 leaflets | exposing you.” The editor printed) their story. | | The federal government mean-| | while had responded to the nation- be a buffer between him and the} (Tomorrow: Before and After Workers’ Control) Vote to Strike at L. I. Shoe Factory Picket Garside Plant Today ‘wide demand for fulfillment of the| Mass Roosevelt, campaign promise of un- employment relief by setting up a transient relief agency. It classified | seamen 4s transients. Its funds were administered by the states. The ‘Maryland Emergency Relief Com- mission chose to use its share of | federal funds to buy food and shel- | ter for seamen from the same Y. M. lo. A. Anchorage; Harry Greenstein, LONG ISLAND CITY. — Workers of the Garside Shoe Factory voted to strike today under the leadership of the United Shoe and Leather Workers Union. The strike will begin with a mass picket demonstration in front of the state relief administrator, was a iy ‘ ‘ professional social service expert,| Plant. at 37-06 Thirty-sixth St., at 8 | closely associated with them for |0’clock this morning. years. He rented the Anchorage’s annex, named it the Seamen's Re- lief Project, and placed it in charge }of the same “Spare-Parts” Hardin. The Boot and Shoe Union leaders, who are utilizing the organization a. a strike-breaking apparatus, tried to| force the workers to join the or-| The waterfront rang with ®/ ganization. Upon the workers re-| apa Seamen's Control of Re-| fsa to join, they were threatened They raised this cry at count-| with dismissal by the bosses. less street meetings. They sent Z c nittees with it to the Ma: or | Militant workers in the shop ex- aes ype | Posed the leaders of the Boot and ; of Baltimore, the offices of the} Baltimore Emergency Relief Com- | Shoe as strike-breakers and racket- | eers. Following this the workers mission's offices, They organized voted to go out on strike under the inside the Seamen's Project. At meals their leaders would stand | leadership of the United Shoe and Leather Workers Union. They are and point out such conditions as I the lack of butter on the tables—! demanding recognition of the union. In the presénce of the bosses the proposed by the NRA. silk code authority, in a statement just is- sued, The statement of the N.T.W.U., signed by Ann Burlak, secretary, follows in full: “The National Textile Workers Union condemns the proposed shut- down of the silk mills as ‘a prep- aration for further attacks upon the living standards of the silk workers. The employers will utilize this shutdown as a means to en- forces further wage reductions, speed-up and more machine load upon the silk workers. “The proposal of MacMahon, | U.T.W. head, for a ‘30 hour week| and a 10 per cent increase’ is noth- ing more than a proposal for a further wage reduction to the work- ers. A weaver who is making $18 for a 40-hour week, will make onl | $14.85 if the proposal of McMahon| were to go thru. The National Tex- tile Workers Union takes a definite stand against any wage-cuts, | whether they are direct or indirect. | the “We are prepating to fight any attempt of the employers to cut wages of the already low-paid silk textile workers. We favor a 30 hour week only if accompanied by a no-wage-cut clause. “If the N.R.A. officials and the silk employers put thru a lay-off during the week of May 7th, the National Textile Workers Union is preparing to organize mass demon- Sstrations of silk workers for “full wages from the employers or relief from the government” for the week of unemployment. Silk workers are | already living on a hand to mouth asis, and cannot afford to lose a whole weeks wages. Our union fur- ther intends to raise the demands we raised at the beginning of the national silk strike. “No less than $25 a week for silk | weavers. “Proportional other crafts. “At least 30 hours work per week, and 40 weeks per year. “No more than 3 to 4 looms per increases to all union which conducted the strike. Syme said the workers were to have seniority rights, but deliberately omitted to mention the discriminae tion agreement whereby no worker who was arrested and convicted for strike activity to be taken back; | likewise all workers who signed affi- davits accusing the company thugs and scabs and police of violence are to be kept out. j | Deserted Picket Headquarters The workers, seeing the mill fill- ing up with scabs, as a result of the refusal of the Socialist leader- ship to wage a militant fight, and kept in the dark regarding the dis- | crimination, voted to go back. | But when they arrived at the fac- tory this morning and discovered | that the best fighters were to be kept out, many of them went te the picket headquarters across the | street from the main gate, but that | place was locked, and not one of strike leaders was ‘in sight. | Manning, the Socialist léader, could |not be found. | ‘There were about 2.000 on strike. |When the betrayal was put over there were 400 scabs in the place. The scabs remained, while those who, against the orders of the So- cialist leadership, waged a struggle on the picket line, were kept out. | Vote Against Company Union | In spite of the betrayal of the Socialist leaders, the workers are still determined to continue the fight | and to renew the open struggle at the earlest possible moment. They ere furious because of the mass discrimination approved by Man- | ning, Syme & Co., and are demand- | ing reinstatement of the workers ‘now being victimized. The Communist Party of Camden has issued a leaflet urging the work- ers to fight against discrimination | to vote against the company union {and for the independent union, to oust the treacherous leadership and set up rank and file committees in every department and form a fac- weaver. tory committee to carry on the “Unemployment Insurance Bill) fight. (HLR. 7598).” | From the beginning of the strike May 10 National Convention By MILTON HOWARD | HERE has recently been al- together too much neglect by the Party of the veterans movement for the adoption of the “Three-Point Program” which includes the fight for the so-called bonus. Particularly at this time, with Congress still in session, the fight for the passage of the rank and file veterans’ program becomes one of the vital links for placing the Party before a large and important sec- tion of the masses as the best de- fender of their daily, immediate leeds. The significance of the fact that the first major political de- feat of the Roosevelt government took place precisely on the ques- tion of the veterans’ compensa- tion must not be overlooked. The present Congress, as faithful to the interests of Wall Street as any that has preceded it, nevertheless cannot now dare to ignore the powerful, insistent feeling of the rank and file veterans fighting for the repeal of the “Economy Act” and the restoration of the mill- ions of dollars of lost compensa- tion and hospitalization pay- ments. And so powerful is the present mass resentment of the veterans that even the veto of Roosevelt was swept aside by it! This is not altogether as strange It Is Time to End Neglect of Ex-Servicemen’s Struggles Call for Solidarity With las it may seem, when it is remem- bered (what we too often forget) that the veterans themselves con- stitute at least 10 per cent of the total electorate, and with their fam- ilies make up at least 20 to 30 per cent of the whole voting popula— tion. The veterans’ movement, it is ob- vious, is of tremendous scope, reach- ing deep, into the most varied sec- tions of the working class popula- tion. To neglect this phase of the struggle of the American masses against the Wall Street dictatorship and its policies would be to make a serious political mistake. Already in its. resolution in September, 1932, on the Bonus March to Washington, the Central Committee warned the Party “against the general underestima- tion of the significance of the fight of the veterans for the bonus. . . .” This warning still is necessary. Due to this general underestimation of the veterans’ movement, we missed a rich opportunity to lead the fight at the opening of the pres- ent session of Congress. We must not ignore the im- mense fighting sentiment that is smouldering among the veterans. We still have the opportunity and the task of whipping up the vet- erans’ fight to a powerful mass movement before the present Con- gress adjourns some time in June. We must seize this opportunity with energy and enthusiasm. We can win important victories by effective, immediate action. The immediate opportunity is given by the tasks placed before us by the coming veterans’ convention. which will take place in Washington on May 10. Already hundreds of vets from all parts of the country have reached Washington and have appeared in committee before Roosevelt's private secretary. At this moment hundreds of vet dele- gates are on their way to the con- The rank and file committee elected by the veterans now gather- vention. which includes: ‘The convention will get down to (a) Immediate cash payment of the achieving of the following | their hack pay, misnamed the | program: “bonus.” | First, the passage by Congress (b) The immediate repeal of | of the “three-point” program, the “Economy Act.” (ce) Relief for the unemployed | —Congressional action on the Workers’ Unemployment and So- cial Insurance Bill (H. R. 7598). Relief for the farmer—action on the Farm Emergency Relief Bill. In addition, the Convention has} the job of laying the ground-work | for the creation of a uniform vet-j| erans relief law which will free the veteran from the control of the} Veterans Administration, giving the} vets the right to choose their own} doctors, giving them independent} methods of appeal, to present a/ | bill with these provisions to Con- | gress. The building of the Workers Ex-| Servicemen’s League, the building| of local Rank and File Committees of vets in the Legion, the Veterans! of Foreitn Wars, etc.. for united ac-| tion on the Three-Point Program will also be major items on the agenda. This will be one of the most im- portant phases of the convention. In criticism of the work of the Party comrades in the veterans movement it must be said that a ing at Washington to demand the passage of the Bonus Bill, and the Three-Point Program which includes the demand for H. R. 7598. The committee gained admission to the White House where they saw Roose- yelt’s Secretary, Louis Hove. The vets are arriving at Washington every day in preparation for the National Convention to take place on May 10. LEFT TO RIGHT, Front—J. J. Beatty, Brooklyn, N. Y.: Harold Hivkerson, Chairman, New York, and H. B. Mutlens, Washington, D, C, REAR—William Hinkelman, Wheeling, W. Va.; Oscar Matlock, New Orleans, and George Alman, New York, great weakness was the failure to consolidate in an organizational manner the upsurge among the veterans during the last Bonus March. There was a marked neg- lect in the building up of a strong chain of W. E. S. L. branches all over the country. The whole field of rank and file committees in the Legion, ete. around — this program was not developed with persistence and energy. At Must Press Fight in Congress for Vet Relief the coming Convention on May 10 those vets who are Communist Party members must give special attention to this problem, for without this organizational con- solidation the gains of the mass actions, the marches, etc., will be largely dissipated. Other of the convention's tasks will be discussed later. The veterans are an important section of the revolutionary move- ment. They ruling class conscious]; seeks to d Fascist groups from their ran The vets are among the best fighters against the Roose- velt Wall Street “New Deal,” and are more and more joining the workng class ficht for a real pro- gram of Unemployment Insurance and relief. We must put an end to our neglect of their fight! In accordance with the state- ment of the Central Committee issued yesterday, an immediate task for the Party, and all the mass organizations is to send res- olutions to Roosevelt, and Con- gress demanding the passage of the vets “Three-Point Program,” demanding that the Veterans Con- yention on May 10 and all the preparations now going on at Washington be unhindered by the government officials, and that di- rect aid be given to the veterans now in Washington to go forward with their Convention, Clasp hands with the veterans! We are fellow fighters against the Roosevelt-Wall Street. robbery sys- tem. Manning and his associates in the Socialist Party leadership in Cam- den and Philadelphia carried on a campaign of slander and provoca- | tion against Communists and other | militant fighters, even going so far |as to incite the police to arrest workers distributing leaflets to the strikers, and to appear in court as police witnesses against workers. | When an injunction was threat. jened Manning and the leadership | supporting him assured the judge that all his wishes would be obeyed without an injunction. So the judge | was convinced that it was not nec- essary to issue a formal injunction j inasmuch as the Socialist leaders | “defeated” injunctions by agreéing |in advance to observe all provisions | of any contemplated legal action. | Will Renew Strike Soon | The first day in the slave pen has | shown the workers the measure of | their betrayal, but from their com- ments at the end of the day the fight is not ended. The fight against | discrimination end for union recog- inition is already under wey and, combined with the departmental struggles against spted-un, brow- | beating of foremen, etc.. will quickly | develop into renewed strike struggle , under renk and file leadership. The infamous betrayal of the cannery strikers by the Socialist leadership has had a_ profound effect unon the strikers in the big naval ship building yard of the N. ¥. Shipbuilding company, whe are demanding more militant ac- tion from their leaders, who have been playing around with the labor board at Washington, Chicago T.U.U.L. Changes Address CHICAGO, Ill—The Trade Union Unity League has moved to 1703 West Madison Street, Room 4. All workers should take note of the new address. The Daily Worker gives you full news about the struggle fot re employment insurance, Subscribe to the Daily Worker,