The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 26, 1934, Page 4

} Page Four DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK. SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1934 Foster, In T.U.U.L Call, Urges. United Aid to Toledo Strikers Growing Demand for Protest Against the Bloody Assaults of Nat'l Guardsmen; Support Steel Fight U nity in Action in Longshore Strikes West Coast Strike Is Coastwise Strike in Spite of Maneuvers of EL L.A. Leaders to Divide Port Locals By Although i lete HAYS JO too early to give a shore | a out | the growing demand a | in action, the eased m y of the w he. collapse | i the role m ‘of Labor | of the govern- the ment and hovsand longsho: n the car men have struck) on the Gulf. | The West pite of all K down the milit ant| The strike on the W remained a coastwise spite of efforts by the government, | and the I. L. A. officials to split it up into ports, and settle with each The | local apart from the others. longshoremen ted this tendency from the start, insisting on a coastwde agreement. and co: wide action. Ryan was more suc- | cessful in the Gul The strike Started as a coastal affair, showing that the longshoremen realize the} need of covering all the ports at once, But the strike in Mobile failed after a few days, the company unions in New Orleans abandoned the strike for a 10c wage increase, and Ryan himself divided off the} Sabine River Ports from the Texas} ports in settling the strike. Moreover, on the West Coast, the| seamen joined the longshore: en on| strike giving it an industrial char- The seamen came out in re- 1 of the Marine Union, or with- organizational call at all, Later, | unde: pressure from their membership, the International Sea-| men’s Union officials were forced to | call their members out on strike. ‘but they have consistently refused to join in the Seamen's United Front Strike Committee. The I. W. W. performed its customary function of trying to split the workers ranks, by refusing to join the United Front. I.W. W. members joined it. how- ever. There are now 3,000 seamen and 12°to 15 thousand longshore- men on strike on the West Coast The strike marks the collapse of the N. R..A. illusions. The men waited almost a year for the N. R. A. to “help” them. With the “Sec- tion” 7a” delusion in they reorganized. the I. L. A., which out when asked to work cargo. any was smeshed in 1919, and replaced | by Fink Halls,—company unions. After their leaders had double-| crossed them out of striking in March, with the aid of a telegram from Roosevelt, they over to a mediation board. This board found public meetings em- barrassing because too many long-| Shoremen attended. They withdrew into ‘secrecy and reached an early agreement. This agreement recog- nized the hated Blue Book (com- pany union) as the equal of the T. L. A. as an independent organ- | ization of the workers. It denied the, Strike right. and set up a compul- sory arbitration scheme the important demand for job con- trol and union control of hiring and firing. It granted only nart of the Wages demanded. Then the I. L. A. Officials tried to put this over, by trick votes in the locals. The men woke to the meaning of “mediation” | and gave a week's notice of their determination to get their demands or strike. struck. They have no more faith in the N. R. A. nor in the Federal | Government as a friend. N. ¥. Strike Sabotaged Outstanding as a piece of official sabotage is the New York strike. Here the men did not belong to the TL. A.. but Ryan's delegates put a cordon across the Clyde Mallory Dock gate, drove the longshoremen away without telling them why the strike was on. He stopped the de- mand for militant action, anda big strike, by this use of his gangsters, in cdoveration with the police, while scabs had free access to the dock. Mr. Ryan did this, / raise wages or reduce slir= said “their . workers are satisfied” that all ghey wanted was the privilege of joining the I. L. A.. and letting him speak for them. After ten days. the strike is called off. with a “plebiscite” in which the men have the dubious choice of Mr. Ryan | League | of the white charity | their tactics. their heads, | sc. The Struggle for. a United Movement of the Unemployed MUST EFFECT UNITY TO MOBILIZE ENTIRE MASS PRESSURE OF JOBLESS ® It denied | The week ended and they | to keep the workers from picketing, arresting 47 pickets in two and using the relief system to get scabs, The scabs were over- whelmingly white, and this fact dis- heartened the striking Negroes to | the point where they decided to re- turn to work till could get better organization support from other workers. I. L. A. officials are in the habit of saying that “Negroes will scab on you” when their white members want to strike. In Boston, the Urban (Negro Reformists) openly threatened to duplicate the attitude racketeers in Norfolk, and urge Negroes to scab if the white longshoremen there went on strike | No better example could be of-| fered of the tattics of reformists,| Negr$ and white, in splitting the} working class in the interests of the bosses, and rousing race hatred by The I. L. A. and the} Urban League belong in the same| category of enemies of the working class. What Are Our Tasks for the Future? | | The M. W. I. U. has issued a call | for a national United Action Con- | ference to be held September 1. In| the meantime a Gulf Coast confer- ence and a Pacific Coast Conference | will be held, to take up the problems | of those two coasts, prior to the | national meeting. A few months ago, even members | | of the union thought the M. W. I. U. slogan “Prepare for National and Coastal actions” was premature, thought it a mere dream. Today the perspective for such action is| clearer. | Every member of the M. W. I. U., and every member of the rank and fiel opposition groups in the other | marine unions must work toward the goal of these conferences, to- ward building up rank and file groups on the docks, toward build- | ing rank and file groups in the locals of the I. S. U. and I. L. A., to| | give a mass base to these confer- | ences, and to crystallize the demand | for a National Wage Scale, and na-| | tional working conditions, and na- tional action to win them. | Thesé goals can only be attained by raising struggleggon the job to higher levels, by increasing the number and size of actions on ships and docks, by building to the na- | tional struggle through company Strikes, and coastal strikes. Organize for action to win the} M. W. IL. U. code. terror. hours, they and |dented use of open terror | struggles of the Negro and white coal 6 Heroic Strikes Directed | Against NRA, Terror | of Government The Trade Union. Unity League, through William Z. Foster, Na- tional Secretary, has called for a united struggle in support of the Toledo and Minneapolis strikers in a statement issued yesterday. The statement calls for a united struggle for the right to organize, against company unions, against the attacks on the living stand- ards of the workers, and against the bloody capitalist terror, The statement folows in full: To all Trade Unionists orga- nized in the A. F. of L., T.} U. U. L. and Independent Unions. | To all Workers. Brothers: HE battles of the last few| days in Toledo and Min-| neapolis show that the work-| ers will not take the attacks |laboration and strikebreaking policy, on the picket line, the mass’ soli- of the capitalists lying down. | These’ heroic battles in the| face of the most unprece- | gainst | the workers can be seen also in the miners, iron ore miners and long- shoremen of Alabama, Texas and New Orleans. This same spirit was shown by the striking marine work- ers on the West Coast, by the fighting aeroplane workers in Buf- falo and in many other strikes. | The strike struggles now taking place, which are characterized by the killing and wounding of dozens of workers by the capitalists and their government, and by the cour- age and bravery on the part of! the workingmen and_ working- women, are being fought on isstes | |that are of immediate concern to| every worker. These issues are the right to organize and join unions of the | workers’ choice against the fas- | cist company unions, for a living | wage, for the right to strike and | picket, and against compulsory arbitration. Strikes in Face of A. F, of L. Leaders | The majority of these strikers, | Who are,organized in the A. F. of L | unions, are carrying on their mili- tant battles for the right of all the laboring masses over the heads of| the A. F. of L. bureaucrats, who did everything possible to break up the ranks of the workers. These A. F. of L. misleaders tried to demoralize the workers and have helped to lay the basis for the now most brazen} and cynical attacks of the capital-| ists through their whole class col- By I AMTER, Secretary, Unemployment Councils N NO section of the working | class movement is there greater eagerness for « uni- ty than among the rank and file of the unemployed. The }unemployed realize that they depend:for the realization of their demands on mass pressure. The demand for unity of the un- employed has been voiced at all conferences and conventions, no | matter of what organization. If brought forward by the leaders of the reformist organizations, it is |due to the rank and file. Why then is there not unity? Why is it possible for leaders and organizations committeed to unity to prevent the unity which the rank and file demand? Obstacles to Unity | The Unemployment Council was the first organization in the field. With the deepening of the crisis, the Socialists and Musteites en- tered the field, not to build up one unified movement, but to split it. Taking cognizance of the existence ,of more than one organization, the Unemployment Council continued to struggle to unify the unemployed movement, It is necessary |have been * unity. The principal National to examine what the chief obstacles to reasons are: 1) leaders of the Unemployed Citi- or Mr.-Mallory, the I. L. A. or al zens Leagues (Musteites) and company union, both of which the| workers enentiane (Soctaiista men would reject if a third alter-| ond Loyestonites): 2) Insufficient native were offered. But the Re- gional Labor Board rigidly refuses to allow a -third choice. Hit Red Scare Efforts to isolate the leaders of the rank and file movement, to damn them as “communists” met quick resnonse, and proper response, ! on the floor of the unions. The M.. W...I. U. failed to gain the prestige it deserved because the comrades were too afraid to bring it forward in cerly stages of the strug- plo, ‘The strike of seven hundred Negro longshoremen in Norfolk rightly be- lon@s in any, consideration of these strikes; although it was under M. W. T.-0. slag not that of the LL. A. When the M. W. I. U. organized these men, neglected by the I. L. A., and led them on strike, the I. L. A. representative in Hampton Roads, announced hfs willingness to fur-| promptly elected by locals in every | were endorsed. nis® sezbs to break the strike. More- over. the governtent agencies im- medietely started a campaign of coming forward with the only pro- | ally interested in ry HOO drive into the locals of these or- ranizations to build the united ; front and unity over the heads -of these treacherous, Lstundee4 leaders. Let us look at history to sie these assertions. ee ees Citizens cue Pennsylvania. Convention of the Unemployed Citizens League and | Pennsylvania Federation (Socialist) in Harrisburg in the Spring of 1933. The Unemployment Councils were not invited. Three days be- fore the convention, Muste called the writer and another comrade to his office to confer with him and Budenz as to whether it would be possible for the Unemployment Council to get delegates to the Har- risburg convention to save Muste’s | neck from the Socialists, who prob- | ably micht outnumber his dele- | gates. The U. C. delegates were| part of the state. lar: group in They were the the convesstion, 7) | gram. sabotage of unity decisions by the | |the truth by | They Natiorfal Guardsmen “persuading” Toledo workers from picketing. | The bayonet is the time-honored against the workers. weapon of capitalist “persuasion” through their support of the N.R.A | with its legalization of starvation| Buffalo in support of the striking Wages, company unions, discrimina- tion against Negro workers, and the | taking away of the right to strike | The workers who were told by the A. F. of L, leaders that the N. is in their interests have learned their ©wn bitter ex- perience and are now fighting against the N.R.A. and its com- pulsory arbitration edicts. They have learned to rely on their own organized strength in the fight for better conditions, in the fight for their rights. These workers who organized themselves only recen' have become tired and impatient with the promises of the govern- ment and the A. F, of L. officials. N.R.A, as the bosses instrument bringing untold millions in new profits to the canite'-t. ae the same time actually reducing | the living stanaaras 0. vc + A New Stage of Struggle A new stage in the struggle—new| methods and forms of struggle— |this is already the lesson of the |strikes now going on. The darity strike of the Minneapolis building trades workers shows that the workers are beginning to rec- ognize their power and use it. Kept down and split up by the A. F. of L, bureaucrats, the workers, are in spite of this, forging the bonds of} solidarity and moving to more gen- eral strikes embracing various in- dustries, The strike of the’seamen in sup- port of the striking longshoremen, the restlessness of the Toledo work- ers who already are fighting side by side with the Auto-Lite workers .| shown that have come to recognize the| breaking the spirit of the workers} soli-| | darity movement of the workers in aeroplane workers, all these are in- dications of the néw stage of the} struggle. | The workers of Toledo have jalso there are abundant methods for the carrying on of the struggle. Not only have they de- veloped militant mass picket lines but they were able through their siege of the plant to drive out the scabs. The new stage of the struggle, the growing stubbornness of the workers, their courage and self acrifice can be seen from the fact that neither the police, the armed company thugs or even the Na- tional Guard could succeed in and their resistance. Open Government Attacks With the sharpening of the cruggle the bosses and the gov-} | ernment are throwing off All their! |democratic pretense and making | open war on the workers. The} steel trust already in the most pro- voking manner, full of contempt for} the workers, relying on the armed force of the government announces} that it will deal only with the com- pany unions. President Roosevelt and his lieutenants openly side with. the bosses. The A, F. of L, leaders! jare doing nothing to prevent the Slaughter of men and women who are fighting for their elementary rights, who resist the attacks of the |master class. The bosses and the government are preparing new and more brutal attacks on the workers. Brothers! We must organize pall workers. —* Minneapolis 2 and Other’ Strikers, Betrayed by | A-F. of L. Leaders receive the support of every. worker and of every workers’ organization. | We must organize and develop protest and solidarity strikes to in- crease the power of resistance of the fighting workers. A Wefeat at this time of any section of’ the workers means more severe attacks against | A victory of any sec- tion of the workers will have the effect of defeating the attacks of| the bosses generally. Fellow trade unionists, workers organized and unorganized; every- where adopt resolutions of protest against the murderous terror in Toledo and elsewhere. Demand the immdeiate withdrawal of all troops from the strike areas. A. F. of L. workers, send resolu- tions of protest to the A. F. of L. Council demanding that they take | steps to bring the whole ofthe or- ganized workers into action in sup- | port of the strikers. Demand that the A. F. of L. Council place its whole treasury at the disposal of the striking workers to help them in their struggle. A Can Win Through United Front The workers unitedly through common action can put a stop to the menace of the company unions, | can enforce the right to strike, can beat down the compulsory arbitra- tion plan of the bosses and the gov- ernment, can win the right to or- ganize and strike for better wages and conditions. If the workers would control their own unions and bring them into action they could win their demands, What stands between the workers and victory is the A. F. L, leader- ship that serves the interests of the bosses. We urge the workers in the A. F, L, unions, in every industry and locality to take matters into their own hands, and organize the fight for the needs and rights of labor. We call upon the membership of the T. U. U, L. unions everywhere to} — come to the assistance of the strik- ing workers, to give them all pos- sible support, through picketing. financial assistance, mobilization of | the entire communities in support of the strikers. We call upon all T, U. U. L. or- ganizations to support the fight of the workers who are fighting for recognition of A: ‘°F. of L. unions and to help them gain their de- mands. We urge the workers in all the unions, jointly with the unorganized and with all workers’ organizations, to call conferences in every localty for the purpose of strengthening the fighting forces of the workers, Fearing that National Guardsmen OUR forces to meet this attack. Every struggle of the workers must will not shoot’ down the strikers in their own community, the bosses The result: the Socialists withdrew, and an Eastern and a Western Regional Committee were formed — on paper. In Eastern Pennsylvania, where the Musteite | Briere was in’ charge, it was sabo- | taged. In Western Pennsylvania, | as a result of the united front, the | Musteite (McKinney) controlled lo- cals of the U.C.L. were expelled by the Socialist (Lieberman) con- trolled central committee. Did the McKinney locals join the U.S.? To be sure not—they formed another small unemployed organization. Let, this end the first phase of our his- tory. Adopted at the convention were resolutions for the united front and unity. The Workers Unemploy- ment and Social Insurance Bill was endorsed. Columbus, July 4-7, 1933—Ohio State and National Unemployed League conventions. Both conven- tions adopted the proposals of the delegation of the Unemployment Council for united front and unity. At this; convention, the Ohio League announced a_ statewide strike on August 1. The Unem- ployed Council pledged full cooper- ation on the basis of the united front. The strike was called with- out the U.C. being informed. It was called off on July 29—and never resumed—except in Toledo, where on August 1 the U.C. took the lead, built the united front with the U. C.L. and conducted a successful strike. EPTEMBER, 1933.-—Another ac- tion’ in Columbus, Ohio, The U.C. learned about it by chance j}and deman‘ed a united front. The U.C. worked out demands, whioh were amended by the U.C.L. leaders —Ramuglio and Johnson, and ac- cepted as joint proposals. Together they went to the city central of the U.C.L. There Ramuslio stated that they were pronosals of the U.C. and then proceeded to denounce the U.C. as “Communists. who never keep their promises.” He denounced the proposals and they were re- jected by the U.C.L. Trade Union Corference for United Action against NRA, Au- gust 26-27, 1933, @leveland. The united front, unity, Workers Bill were proposed by the Unemp!lov- ment Council: the Musteites pro- posed nothing. were unanimously adopted by the unemployed sub-conference and by the main conference. Congress Acainst War and Fas- | | cism, Sept. 29.-Oct. 1, 1933, N. ¥. City. The united front and unity” (Muste, who was | se bd arrangemsnts commit - of the Coserees, the Chace . The U.C. proposals ; I. AMTER manson Secretary, Unemployment Councils since it was of “fundamental sig- nificance,” that he succeeded in bringing delegates, including one unemployed representative, Mr. Wm. Truax, president of the Ohio League. Truax did not attend the unemployed sub - conference, and “wants no united front.” The pro- posals of the Unemployment Coun- cil were endorsed by the Congress. This is the shifting, sabotaging history of the Mustgite leaders. Not a single unite frent action have they accepted or proposed. Every step in the direction of unity they have rejected—although every move towards the united front and unity was forced on them by their rank and file in- fluenced by the Unemployment founcil. Not a single step have they taken in support ofthe Work- ers Bill. although 2,060 locals of the A. F. of L, have endorsed it. Orly in Allentown have the League locals endorsed the bill. Have we nonetheless succeeded in unifving the ranks of the U.C. and U.C.L.? We have in part. Y In the state of Washington, ithe: Unempl@ed Citizens League is affiliated to the National Unem- nioyment Council. In Columbus, Ohio. the movement away from sthe U.C.L. to the U.C. is growing ranidiy. In Allethany County ‘Pittsburzh), several locals of the U.C.L., formerl? vnder the influ- ence of the Mrstete~. are working Closely with the Mele chs mainder are under the control of 4 the Socialist Lieberman. In Salem, Ohio, where a Musteite in charge was working in the city hall and was denounced by the members of | the U.C.L. as a stoolpizeon, the lo- cal affiliated to the U.C. after ex- nelling this man. In Newton Falls, Ohio, the U.C.L, affiliated to the Uc. Why have the’ U.C.L. organiza- tions transferred their affiliations? Because the rank and file which wants unity see their leaders sabo- taging and betraying unity. Socialists—Workers Committee Chicago. The history of the united front of the Unemployed Council with the Workers Commit- tee is no longer.’ Before October, 1932, the U.C. delegates had to fight their way into a conference of the Workers Committee and were seated by the vote of the rank and file at the convention. Borders, a leading Socialist, was against their admit- tance, but finding that the rank and. file was defeating him in all proposals—when he even challenged the position of the Communist Party, which won the applause of the workers—he left the convention. Result: a splendid united front with- out Borders. with 50,000 participat— ing in a united march through the Loop. Then continued the sabotage by Borders and the central commit- tee. A policy of terror and threat- ened expulsion against locals favor- ing the united front was launched. Result: Several units of the Work- ers Committee are continually in united front with the U.C, in strug- gle.” New York. The Workers Commit- tee fornftd occasional united fronts with the U.G. and other unemploy- ed organizations. The latter were the Workers League (controlled by the old guard—Hillquit faction. of. the S.P.); and the Workers Unem- ployed Association (controlled by the ,Lovestonites). These two or- Workers Committee into the Work- ers Unemployed Union. The policy of the leaders of the Unemployed Union was expressed in the expul- sion of two locals for united front action with the U.C. They now threaten Ake expulsion of two more locals. / Hartford, Conn. Workers Unem- ployed Association, controlled by So- cialists and Lovestonites, The lead- ers threaten with expulsion afty worker proposing the united front. United front formed nonetheless: a group sent a delegation to the Na- tional Convention asainst Unem- nlovment in Washington, Feb, 3-5, 1934. War’ fon) D.C. Was! ron Tenants Unemployed League (So- ganizations have merged with the clalist control:.1) has merged with the Unemployment Council. This represents some progress towards unity, but totally insuffi- cient. This is due to the second reason given: Insufficient drive into the locals of the other unemployed organizations and achieving the united front and unity over the heads of the leaders of these or- ganizations. Where these organiza- tions are definitely controlled by social-fascist groups (Muste, So- cialist, Lovestonite, whose whole reason for existence is to fight Com- munism and to prevent the unity of the ‘king class), ‘our task is to reach the rank and file, which is made of the same material as the membe:ship of the Unemploy- ment Council. They are militant, but ate kept from militant action by their leaders, who believe in dickering, in using telephones, while making pompous speeches of “revo- lutionary” action. There are also unemployed organi- zetions controlled by local politi- cians, who use the unemployed for electicn purposes. There are groups built up by these politicians and labor fakers on the base of their having’ “influence” in getting relief and jobs. We must penetrate these organizations with proper programs, and win the rank and file for mili- tant mass action as the only method of the workers achieving their aims. We must tie up these organiza- tions with the National Unemploy- ment Council. It is necessary to unify the unemployed movement in- to one powerful fighting organiza- tion like the National Unemploy- ment Council, which, securing the support of the workers in the shops, mines, unions, fraternal, veteran and other organizations, will not only* procure decent cash relief, prevent evictions and secure jobs, but also force Congress to pass the Workers Unempioyment Insur- | anee Bill. In’ carrying on the work, while ma‘ntaining 9 friendly attitude to the rank and file;-we must openly and sharply expose the rocitl-fas- cist. leadership, both national and lecal. These people are the main obstacle to unity. They are con- sciously or unconsciously aiding the bosses in carrying on their drive against the workers. The winning of the workers can be accomplished only by freeing them from the influences and con- trol of social-fascism. Social-fascism is the chief barrier to the Prole- tarian -Revolution— it is also the main. suppor* of fascism. Militant program, militant Jeaderchin. noity —that is our program for the un- 1 employed, | New Jersey Relief Applications Soar NEWARK, N. J., May 24.— Relief cases showed a marked in- crease in New Jersey from March to April according to an an- nouncement by the F. E. R. A. The following statistics on the larger cities give an indication of the situation as it stood last month, At this time it is ap- parent that relief cases are con- tinuing although the figures will not be available until next month. 4 # ee ae FS <oa8 Camden 6,080 7,553 Elizabeth 1,172 Jersey City 7,307 Newark 16,573 Paterson 2,256 Trenton , 2,754 are mobilizing them from other towns, This requires that every- where where they are being mobi- lized they be reached arid shown how the bosses are using them against their own brothers. Dem- onstrations should be organized at stich mobilization points. Our immediate concern is the sup- port to and the winning of the strikes now going on. We must ‘already now mobilize all possible support for the coming strike ‘of the steel workers, which can become a struggle of the great- est significance to the workers of this country. Brothers, trade unionists, work- ers everywhere! Forge the bond of the unity of labor! . For the right to organize! For increased wages! Against company unions and compulsory arbitration! For the right to strike and picket! Against the bosses’ murderous terror! Organize protests, solidarity ac- tions and strikes in support of the demands! National Executive Board, Trade Union Unity League. ‘WM. Z, FOSTER, Gen. Secy. lane ‘Acts as Speed-up Agent For Coal Bosses Miners Must Produce 12% P.C. More or Be Fired By ANNA ROCHESTER HEN the president of the United Mine Workers opened his successful drive for shorter hours at the February conferences for the - renewal of the Appalachian wage agretments he held out to the doubting employers. the promise that the reduction in the length of the working day would entail neither decrease in efficiecy nor in productivity. “The implication was plain that labor could mine as mich coal in Seven hours as had been produced heretofore in eight hours. This is by no means inconceivable, and members of Mr, Lewis’ organization clearly owe it to their union to redeem the pledge of their chief- tain.” (Coal Age, May, 1934. Our emphasis.—Ed,) So that is what Mr. Lewis prom- ised in. those private conferences with the coal operators, when no rank-and-file miners were present —that the miners would speed up to produce as much coal in seven hours as they formerly produced in eight! This would be a 12% per cent increase in the speed-up. That the operators will try to force miners to carry out Mr, Lewis’ promise of speeding-up, is clear from editorials and articles in Coal Age, In an editorial on “schedule _ ing,” for efficiency, this trade joure nal advises: “Set a day, set an hour—that is the basis of efficiency. 'By changing the force, work to be’ speeded can be brought to conform to schedule, if the boss knows just what the job takes with a normal force.” Does this advice mean the firing of older miners who cannot keep the pace? “Changing the force” to “conform to schedule” clearly ine volves the firing of slower workers. A BROAD STATEMENT from the President of JACKF For many years, the Jackfin Clothing Co. has manufac- tured fine clothing for men selling as a wholesaler to the better class stores through- out the country, also, cater- ing direct to the consumer of good taste. Under the N. R. A. clothing code, the practice of selling wholesale and retail is being forbidden. 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