The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 22, 1934, Page 3

DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY Page Three Why N.Y. Transport Men Are Organizing BMT Bulletin Can’t Cover Up Real Pay Cuts Independent Union Average Trainman Gets { -Workers’ Own Rank and File Union Organizes - Around Struggle for Rescinding of Pay Cut, for Eight-Hour Day with No Reduction in Pay By an I. R. T. Union Man “FOR many years the transportation barons of this city (Ryan, Shouts, Dahl, Hedle: about their ability to control 'y, et. al.) have openly boasted their “loyal” workers. Their K policy of control has always been, and still remains the old “method of the iron fist. When these financial jugglers used | the word “loyalty” they really mean®— servility. The boasts of these ex- ploiters of human labor are based upon the belief that all fighting spirit has been bulldozed out of the men and crushed. -. They comfort themselves with the belief that “their” workers are with- out courage and leadership to resist the degradation imposed upon them. > While it is true that there are men who have become discouraged and meek through long yars of service with the bullying corporations, these | spirit brokn men do NOT represent the majority of the New York City | transport workers by a long shot. | Through a series of sell-outs and betrayals by the A. F. of L. many of the B.M.T. and LR.T. workers Jost faith in organization. Under these circumstances they were easily herded into the company unions, ‘These company organizations under eompany controlled, assisted by the boot-licking, hatin-hand, treacher- ous officials, accomplished their mis- sion of placing the workers com- pletely at the mercy of Hedley, Dahl and Co. It would be hard to find a man in the employ of the B.M.T. or LR.T. today who is not aware of these truths. And it would be equally hard to find an honest two-fisted worker who is not ready to organize under honest, independent rank and file leadership to demand and fight for better conditions. What are our demands? The Record | Before answering this question, let | us see what has taken place since 1929. In addition to a 10 per cent Wage cut sliced from our already measly wages (against which the labor fakers of the “Brotherhood” and “representative” not only failed to raise a voice, but actually helped to put over) the companies have laid off thousands of men. Through the stretch-out and speed-up system the remaining men have been com- pelled to shoulder the additional work at 10 per cent less wages. This, in effect, is a double-edged wage- cut and is felt by the workers in every yard, shop, barn, line and de- partment. These are visible as plain facts even to the most backward worker. Since January, 1933, the transport. workers of the B.M.T. and the LR.T. Gala — Banquet and Dance To Welcome BEN DAVIS, Jr. New Editor of the “Negro Liberator” Defense Lawyer of Angelo Herndon Sun., June 24 6:30 P. M. Lido Ballroom 146th and 7th Ave. —PROGRAM— Earl Browder William Patterson Harry Gannes James W. Ford Cast of “Stevedore” Red Dance Groups £W.O. Symphony Orchestra DANCING FROM 10 P. M. TO 3 A. M. Music by Bonelli’s Lido Orch. ADMISSION $1 AT DOOR AFTER 10 P. M. 39 CENTS alone have had their pockets picked by the companies to the tune of over $10,000,000, with the active aid of their company unions. To the average New York Rapid Transit Worker the 10 per cent cut alone was equivalent to six months house rent per year. If your landlord raised your rent 50 per cent you would protest, or move, or organize with the other tenants and fight. But our protest and fight against the wage-cut was smothered by the com- pany union fakers. We could not move. But we CAN organize and fight. FIRST on the list of our de- mands is the UNCONDITIONAL RESTORATION OF THE 10 PER CENT WAGE CUT. The “Poor” Corporations The transport workers must not be fooled by the cry of poverty of the wolves of the Transit Corpora- $1,100 to $1,500 a Year AN ANSWER TO THE B.M.T, By a B.M.T. Worker In the attempt to sugar-coat its claws which are tearing at the workers, the B. M. T., through its mouthpiece, the Monthly Bulletin, is trying to show the workers how well off they are. In the May is- sue of the Bulletin is an article which compares the standard of liv- ing of 1921 and 1931. They are so anxious to convince the workers of their better present-day conditions, taking care not to mention any- thing of wage-earnings during those years. Now let us take the com- pany’s own figures for the “Cost of | Living” of 1931, the year before they graciously handed us a 10 per cent wage cut. | We quote from the Monthly, Page 3, Column 1, | “Phrased another way, items of living in New York City that cost $1 in 1931 could be purchased for 93¢ in December, 1933.” In other words the cost of living in this city has declined seven per cent. Assuming that the figures are correct, let us see how it com- pares with our earnings for 1931 and 1933. What We Lost First, we lost our bonus and door | accident prevention bonuses were cut in half, The 25 cents for con— | ductors in charge of platform was | | taken away. Then the company | |gave us one day off out of seven| FOR A FIGHTING UNION! NO OTHER CHOICE New York ity. Gentlemen: Please note attached request fer information regarding the Com- munist Party. Like thousands of others, I have felt. for some time that in order to be politically honest, there is no other choice other than the Communist Party. Those who chose militant action can't get far sitting in the blechers—so let’s go! Sincerely, —F. G, tions. The $250,000 bonus to Dahl, | without pay in order to make room| - ee the $28,000 “pension” for Hedley, the hundreds of thousands of dollars for |“Public Relations Departments,” th” | company |hundreds of thousands of dollars|clause in the agreement guarantee- for the beakie department rats, the $90,000 pay envelope of the labor hating receiver Murray, are not This wasn't a The the for the extra men. |spree of good-naturedness. wanted to nullify jing the extra men $18 per week. | nue two cent differential for the subway men was also lopped off. was clogging the sewers), the break ing of eggs, all add to the rising | prices. | Why does the B. M. T. make sure to have as few articles as possible on the present cost of living? Be- signs of poverty. All this money is} And on top of it all the 10 per cent | cause it is too touchy a subject for being robbed from our wages be- cause the bosses think we are hog- tied by the company unions andjseven day per week, with a special|Since they cannot force the co cut. A conductor in 1931, working |them to handle. To the workers the cost of living is the most vital cannot fight back. The nine, ten|on the platform, for six days re-| pany, through their representatives Second of our demands is the immediate installation of the eight-hour day for these men with no reduction in weekly pay. In 1929 when the 7 cent fare was in litigation the workers of the IR.T, were promised a 15 per cent raise in pay if the higher fare went through. At the present time the city administration and the trans- port barons are laying the ground work for a higher fare. They are} maneuvering to put it across in the form of a tax on riders “act.” The workers must be on the alert and be organized and prepared to de- mand an additional 15 per cent in- crease in wage rates just as soon as the riders are compelled to pay additional carfare in any form. An_ Indepedendent Union The Transport Workers Union of Greater New York is an indepen- dent union of the rank and file workers themselves. All members are assured protection against ex- posure by careful organization. Our union is a living reality. It roots are firmly imbedded in every branch of New York City Trans- portation. It is a rank and file or- ganization under intelligent direc- tion and open to every honest. BM.T., LR.T., or any other trans- port worker, whether Democrat Republican, Communist, Socialis Catholic, Protestant, Jew or Moslem. Race, creed or political belief will play no part in this organization. Our struggle is the fight for the right to live, for conditions on the job. 2 The Transport Workers Bulletin, published regularly, brings news to the transport workers from every yard, department, shop and line. It exposes all the maneuvers of the companies and their twins—the company unions. Our bulletin keeps us informed and fights the prop- aganda sheets of the companies, the subway “Suns,” etc. Without doubt, a hue and cry will go up from the Dahls, Hedleys, Keegans and the “Brotherhood” fakers. The worn-out cry of “Reds” will be raised and spread. Don’t be misled or intimidated by any such ballyhoo, The “red scare” is always dragged out by the bosses in an effort to split the ranks of the work- ers along political lines and prevent their unity. The companies will ap- peal to every human prejudice in order to break the rank and file unity of men fighting for a chance to live decently and obtain decent conditions on the job. Our power lies in our organized and united strength. Do not let the companies take away this power by dividing our ranks. Join the Transport Workers Union of Greater New York. JO] the SHOCK Brigade of DAILY WORKER Kighty-five fast-selling street intersections _ still open. Full or part time. Earn expenses. Call at City Office of Daily Worker, 35 E. 12th St. (In store). LEAGUE of WORKERS THEATRES presents Theatre by the Sea Saturday, June 23, at 9:30 P.M. Workers Lab. Theatre; Group Theatre; Artef; Eula Gray; Inwor Y¥ 4 CONEY ISLAND WORKERS OLUB 2874 W. 27th St., Coney Island ing the 25 cents for taking charge | of platform, the total of $45.88. | Today the same conductor | works six days per week and three days on the platform (although the favorites still work six days on the platform), receives $31.35 per week. This is a drop of 32 per cent or $14.53. In the case of a conductor who did not work a special, he received for seven days in 1981, $34.72. Today the same conductor for six days draws $26.40, a cut of $8.32 or 2414 per cent. These figures do not include the bonuses. How many workers receive $31 per week? The B. M. T. wouldn't dare reveal the average earnings of conductors and trainmen. We know | they are receiving the measly salary Of $1,100 to $1,500 per year. Cost of Living Goes Up And while our salaries are dimin- steadily rising. The most elementary | | necessities of life, food, clothing and shelter are constantly rising in cost. | For example, the price of our uni- | form has jumped from $14 to $18, an increase of 282 per cent. The government inflation with the destioying of wheat, uprooting of | jfruit trees, dumping of milk (to missioner, Shirley W. Wynne was! forced to stop it because the milk | By BERG N May 20, 1926, the The Inter- borough Rapid Transit Company issued an order to all motormen on the lines to the effect that the men would have to take their trains into the barns, after their runs, without additional pay. Up to that time this work had been done by the switchmen, who were paid for it. A meeting of Local 7 (Motormen and Switchmen) of the “Brother- hood” was immediately called by the Committee of Delegates. A vote to strike against this vicious order was taken and passed. The Com- pany backed down and hastily with- drew its order. Shortly afterwards, July 1, 1926, the contract between the LR.T. Co. and the “Brotherhood of Inter- borough Rapid Transit Employes” (Company Union) expired. This company union had been in exist- ence since the 1916 strike. It was forme? by the president of the com- pany, Hedley, together with the legal department of the LR.T. Co. The Constitution and “yellow dog” contract of the “Brotherhood” was drawn up by this Legal Department at Hedley’s instructions. The men who formed the organizing com- mittee were picked out by Hedley and sent out to swing the men into the company union. The expiring contract with the “Brotherhood” provided for pay of 69 to 82 cents per hour for Motor- men, At the rate of 56 hours work a week (7 days) that amounted to Trom $38.64 up to $45.92 per week; the maximum amount being paid to workers who had been motor- men over six years. The pay for switchmen was from 58 to 61 cents per hour, bringing their weekly pay (7 days) to from $32.48 to $34.16. !The top of 61 cents per hour was for the men employed as switchmen over three years. The Motormen and Switchmen held a meeting of their Local 7 of the “Brotherhood” and considered their demands in anticipation of ishing, the cost of living has been | |and twelve hour days still exist for | ceived as his weekly wage, based on|to restore the cut in our wages, | transport workers in New York City.|an eight-hour day and not includ- | they are joining the Transport Workers Union, a union which can see how vital it is to the workers. New Lay-Offs Coming The company is well aware of the fact that the workers are flowing into the Transport Workers Union. In order.to stem the tide, the com- pany thinks by feeding the workers ional article on the “Cost ”’ they will be contented. But articles will not feed our fam- ilies, We know that we are living | On a starvation diet while the com- | pany’s profits are ever greater and | greater. But still this does not sat- | isfy the greed of the B.M.T. They | Which will eliminate conductors and trainmen. The motormen, besides operating the train, will also open |and close the doots at the stations. | In this way doing the work of two, while getting paid for one. clearly shows that the company is not interested in the welfare of the workers or the safety of the trav- elling public. Their motto is “Grab the profits and damn the public.” But there is a way out for us. The only way is the Transport Workers Union, which we must join and help build into a powerful or- genization for the workers’ interests. By doing this, we will be able to jsuch excess that our Health Com- | Prevent lay-offs, speed-ups and in~ | security of our jobs, Now is the time to join the union. the new contract. By vote of the Membership, the Delegates from the Local, Harry Bark, Edward P. Lavin and Joseph G. Phelan, were in- structed to request. Connelly, presi- dent of the “Brotherhood,” to pre- sent their demands to the LR.T. Co. for wages of $1 per hour for Motor- men and 75 cents for Switchmen. The Delegates carried out the deci- sions of the Local Membership and Connelly was requested accordingly. But Connelly, past master of the art of betrayal, and acting in the interest of the company, refused to make these demands. The Switch- men and Motormen were aroused to action. They called another meet- ing where they denounced Con- nelly’s treacheries and broke with the company union. At this same meeting they formed a new union called the “Consolidated Railway Workers of Greater New York.” A vote to strike if the demands pre- viously presented to Connelly were not granted, was taken and passed. The workers also demanded the company’s recognition of their new independent union. Bring In Scabs The LR.T. answered the workers by massing scabs into the sheds. Scabs were brought from Chicago, Philadelphia and other places. They were also recruited from among former employees who had been dis- charged for drunkenness and fre- quency of accidents. The strike- breakers were given $1 an hour plus board and lodging. After the strike broke out, some switchmen who did not join the strike were made to function as motormen. The New York City administration backed up the strikebreaking of the company by placing 6,500 police on strike duty. On July 7, 1926, 752 Motormen and Switchmen, out of a total membership of about 1,500 in Local 7, came out on strike. Some work- ers on the “L” quit work at the same time. Their leaders, headed by Chairman Patrick Courtney, per- suaded them to return to work and VACATION AT CAMP NITGEDAIGET SWIM, DANCE, PLAY TENNIS, BASEBALL, ETC.—YOU’LL HAVE A GREAT TIME! Cars leave 2300 Bronx Park E.?t Friday and Saturday at 10:30 A.M. 8 PAM, and 7 P.M, Phone FStabrook &-1490, will be introducing a new train soon | This | What’s Wrong With the Irish? Asks Irishman By MAC IT is about time that the Irish workers in this city woke up to | the fact that they are more en- slaved in this supposedly free |land, than they were under the worst days of the British regime at home. Let us look at the facts, Have we got free speech? Abso- lutely, not. If you think so, just raise your voice at any of the various company unions’ meetings to protest against the graft and corruption, and you will find your- self out of a job. Have we a free press? Again the answer is no. The Irish news- papers in this city are controlled by big business. That is why they support Al Smith the associate of J. P. Morgan. They have em- blazoned on their front pages, these words, “American Industrial Liberator.” Well, let’s look at their record Aided the Bosses They allowed Tom Mooney to languish in jail 18 years, They helped the B. M. T. to put on the one-man car by their silence. They were silent when the I. R. T. put over the ten per cent cut. They are still strangely silent about the 12- hour day you are working. Fellow countrymen! Our standard of living is now lower than that prevailing at home. Let us compare the two | standards. First, let us take the street car workers, Belfast must have a crew of two men because of the Board of Trade truling that it is not safe with less. Thesé men receive 2.5 Pounds per week for a 48-hour week, together with free uniform and an annual vacation of six working days with pay. This man rents a four-room house for $1.50 per week. It will thus be seen that he is much bet- ter off than the street car worker in New York who works 12 hours per day or a normal day and a half. This man has a larger car to op- erate, he has ten times as much traffic, he has to watch lights, pick up passengers, collect fares and dodge automobiles, for a measly 60 |cents an hour. This man pays one- !third of his salary for renting two | wait for a general stoppage on the "L” lines. Immediately after the strike be- gan various workers’ groups in New York City came out in support of the Motormen and Switchmen. The Left Wing opposition groups, the Furriers, and Local 3 of the Elec- trical Workers Union raised funds for strike relief and sent speakers to address the strikers. The strike Spread. On July 8 more than three- quarters of the Motormen on the 6th and 9th Ave. “L” struck. On July 9 the power house workers of Local 1 came out- The company issued an order pro- hibiting any further meetings of “Brotherhood” locals. There was great unrest among the LR.T. work- ers and other traction workers. The | LR.T. Co. called into action more detective agencies and other strike- breakers. Millions of dollars were spent for their “services.” Between $25,000 and $50,000 a day in fares was lost because the public, both out of sympathy with the strikers and in fegr of the numerous ac- cidents which took place due to the inexperience of the scabs, deserted | the subways. Daily Worker Gave Support The Daily Worker was the only paper which gave full support to the strike. It put its pages at the disposal of the striking workers to print their appeals to the men who remained at work and to the public. Signed appeals by the leaders were published in the Daily Worker. In an editorial on July 12, the “Daily” demanded that the A. F. of L. sup- port the strike and organize the workers. The A. F. of L. made no attempt during the strike to get the workers into the “Amalgamated Association of Electrical Railway Employes” and refused to lend any support. To save its face the A. F. of L., through their attorney, Wil- liam D. Perlman, made a_half- hearted appeal to the LR.T. Co. to be allowed to organize the men or they will be “driven over to the Communists.” However, the LR.T. decided to manage its own strike- breaking. The strikers were leaderless. They were spread the strike to the rest of transportation. The strikers were willing to arbitrate and submitted the names of three men: the Rev- erends William Montgomery Brown, S. Parks Cadman and Francis P. practically unable to A tramear in Dublin or by Himback "We Follow the Lead of Connolly When We Are No More Tools of By MARTIN MORIARTY Bs 1908, guided not only by his experience in the class struggle of the workers in reland and America, but also »y his knowledge of Irish na- ionalist organizations Tame's Connolly challenged the domination of middle class poli- ticians over his countrymen through the organization of the Irish So- cialit Federation. | The political name of the organi- zation may not have been so appro- priate but certainly the idea behind it was. For this was the role of the Trish in America as ly saw it. They were made tools of the American empire, whose demagogues | found Irish hatred of England most useful in America’s plans to con-| here, "| quer the earth. And the Tammany | orator who roared most about Brit- ish oppression in Ireland was most silent about the oppression—that very teal class oppression—of capi- talists over the Irish workers in the | States, For thus rallying the exiles Con .d. Respect~ sw Ited at y suggestion of “class strug-- gle” denounced him as “un-Irish.” Misguided “radicals,” who mistook their paltry scraps of book-learn- ing for “revolutionary” ideas, par-| roted the boss politician, though in| slightly different language. Hiding | behind the excuse of an “interna- | tionalism” that soared in the clouds, | | they denied that Irishmen in the| States need be approached on such | “non-revolutionary” ideas as the freedom of Ireland, This was na- tionalism! Connolly Flayed Pretenders “You pretend to be international- ists,” Connolly stingingly reminded them. “Then why do you deny us the right to be practical interna- miserable rooms. The same applies to subway workers. The London subway workers earn an average weekly wage of 2.5 Pounds for a 48-hour week, with free uniform, annual leave six days with pay, and in addition Easter Monday, Christ- mas day and Boxing Day with pay. From the foregoing it will be seen how low we have sunk. 12-Hour Day | Why are we exempt under the | so-called New Deal? Why are we working 12 hours per day compared with the British and Irish eight- hour day. The answer is simple. There are no company unions over there, Fellow countrymen, we fought British imperialism, let us now unite to fight American imperial- ism. Let us get back to the ideals of James Connolly and the Work- ers Republic. Today we are of- fered the greatest chance in a lifetime, to bust the company union, | No more shall we be made poli- tical footballs. We have no room for racial prejudice. Let us throw in our lot with the workers of all races. We are all brothers under the skin, Let us join the Transport Work- ers Union now. Irish workers, the Transport Workers Union is your Union. Let us make it the great- lest Union in New York, . Than of Brit JAMES CONNOLLY tionalists and help the f for na- tional freedom in I The Irish in the Si Connolly argued, were about the one race definitely organized in America for the support of a capitalist political party in Ireland. Hence he proposed to fight the boss with his own weapons. The Irish exiled workers also would organize and put for- ward a program for the national | freedom of Ireland. But they would aid, not the middle class careerist, but the men and women of their own class, the truest and most res~ olute national ters for freedom organized in those days by the Irish Socialist Republican Party. New generations have risen in Ire- land and America to test the truth of Connolly’s ideas. He pointed out 30 years ago that the hard-earned dollars of the Irish exile were being used to bolster up a political party of slum landlords who masqueraded as the United Ireland Party, the| Home Rule clique. What happened | to the war chest? We know the trage story: It was used to build up a conscienceless band of rogues and traitors who later, like John Red- mond, herded thousands of Irish- men into the British army to fight in the cause that Britain, with its unequalled capacity for easy irony, described as the “rights of small nations.” Compromise, deceit and betrayal so characteristic of the middle class | politicians, has imprinted its foul story on every page of Irish-Ameri- can history since then. The scoun- drels spawned by the old Home Rule | clique showed their “patriotism” in | 1916. It was not enough to drape} themselves in the Union Jack andj tell their dupes: “Fight for the em- | pire that holds you in bondage.” It | was they, through William Martin Murphy's “Irish Independent,” who | howled for the blood of the Con- | nollys and Pearses who organized | the battle for independence, and led | the protest against recruiting and | against imperialist oppression in the | rising of 1916. What became of the millions of | dollars collected to help the Irish | Republican campaign from 1916 on? | The wealth was used to raise to} power the tyrants who were the| spokesmen of the big businesmen in 1921 and who, because of their class affiliation enforced the “treaty” with Why the 1926 I. R. T. Strike Was Lost Duffy, to act as arbitrators. The | LR.T. had faith in its strikebreak- | ing machine and the inactivity of | the A. F. of L. Arbitration was refused. The company increased its | terror against the strikers. Private detectives, hounded the workers and | restrained them from approaching | company property to reach the men | on the jobs. The police arrested | strikers who distributed a referen- | dum among the men on the lines. | However, new hope came to the| strikers when on July 17, 105 men| of the East 74th St. power house | Struck. There seemed to be a pos-/} sibility to strengthen the walkout and bringing it to a successful ter- | mination for the workers. | But the IR.T., BMT., City Ad- | ministration and the A. F, of L. made a concerted effort to break the strike. Hedley threatened to| take away the seniority rights of the men who did not return to} work. Backed by the Supreme Court | he withheld the back wages of the} strikers as a forfeit in a law suit| for damages which the company | was conducting against the strik-| ers. The B.M.T. announced a wage} increase to its employees, effective | August 1, 1926, to keep them on} the job and isolate the strikers. | Herman A. Metz, spokesman for the | New York Transit Commission, | joined in the strikebreaking work. | He urged the leaders to induce the| men to go back to work and to go} into the company union, “the best form of cooperative bargaining.” He slyly urged the men to support the companies’ demands for higher fares. He hoped to turn the mili- tancy of the men to getting in- creases in profits for the Wall Street owners of the LR.T. The A. F. of L, did not enter the situa-| tion to organize the workers until after the strike. And then only to} | split the workers and have some of the militant ones exposed and fired. | Ended in July | The strike ended July 31, 1926.! The men were defeated because they | lacked organizational strength and support of the workers in the A.) F. of L. was withheld by its reac- | tionary leadership. Bark, Lavin and Phelan, leaders of Local 7, were re- | fused reinstatement. The A. F. of L. | absorbed the newly-formed “Con-| solidated” Union and broke it up. | During the trials for injunctions, damage suits and counter suits) which grew out of the strike, the character and tactics of the A. F. L. leadership came out in brutal relief. | Their lawyers put up in their de-| fense the most servile and treacher- | ous policies of the A. F. of L. Among} its many boasts the following stands out in its brazen, open strikebreak- | ing: “While the complaint charges that the Amalgamated Union has been a constant trouble-maker . . these charges are unfounded for| the facts are that it takes most elaborate measures to prevent strikes.” ... “The strike of 1905, as| the exhibits . . . show, was an outlaw| strike, condemned by the Amal- gamated Union, for the Amalga-| mated Publicity urged all men to| return to work,” without winning | their demands, of course. | From the 1926 and other strikes | the transport workers can learn; many lessons. Bnt the most im-| portant one is that with a strong rank and file organization, free | from the shackles of the company | unions and their A. F. of L. twns,| the workers can not only easily win a strike but will not even necessarily | have to resort to it. For the com-| panies will give it to their demands | when confronted with an iron union | of all transport workers. ‘ h Imperialism” +] asi diers and guns provided by Eng- Fianna Fail And now Fianna Fa party organ, the Irish Press founded with the help of the exiles’ dollars, To advance the republican move- ment,” its leaders said. In practice today it means “To halt the repub<« lican movement, to tolerate and en- courage its enemies e the blu shirts, to pack the prisons with ree publican and anti-fascist fighters Clearly what was true of Irish« America in Connolly’s day is as true are still the pawns of the middle class politician whe builds them into a team for the use of American imperialism. And just the old Tammany-inspired ad of Ireland” directed the dis- content of the Irish voter into the one channel—against England—and class politics while he long distance Irish pa- triot of today serves more than oné Political boss when he shouts to the Irish unemployed: “You're unem- Ployed because England won't pay her war debt! You have no uneme ment relief while the English- n t dole, because England won't pay her war debt! Your home and property is in danger, because England won't pay her war debt! Make England pay! Make our navy second to none!” Its w War-Mongers As capitalist statesmen prepare ta scrap their precious pacts and treaties the war-cries rise fiercer, Irish editorial lions, taking their cue from Washington and Hearst, out- do their masters in war propaganda, The United States is pictured as the starveling Cinderella who “made hing out of the war.” To these ly-blind demagogues the Amer- ican armament companies must have been living in Never-Never Land in 1917-19. The Carnegie Steel Cor- poration, the United States Steel, the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, DuPont—thse famished sharehold- ers who made nothing from the war! They made millions! They're ready to make miilions in the coming war and precisely for that reason organ- ize such jingo groups as the Navy League, whose publicity receives such generous display in the col- umns of the Irish-American press, Clearly the Irish Hearsts are help- ing to whip the Irish into a war- fever under the convenient guise of “Make England Pay” and “Prepared- ness.” Clearly their useful weapon is a hypocritical exploitation of the Irish question. Clearly the way to expose them is through building up the Irish Work- ers’ Clubs. The Irish Workers’ Clubs, follow ing the example of James Connolly, must prove to the Irish here that empires (this means American also) are not interetsed in freeing subject nations, however much they trifle with such causes purely to taunt and embarass rival powers. Just as the fight for Irish inde- pendence must be led by the most resolute fighters, the revolutionary working class aided by the small farmers, so the I -American auxiliary must be led by their class brothers and sisters in America. Then the role of all the Irish in America will become once again truly progressive and worthy of the finest traditions of the Irish struggle for freedom. WHAT’S OI SATURDAY -END Outing to opening of Camp nd arranged by Red Spark Club, $2.25 includes round trip, three meals and night's lodging. We leave Saturday, June 23, 12 noon from our club rooms, 64 and Ave. near 4th St. For information call at above address. Sunday BOAT RIDE and Picnic, Sunday, June 24th to Hook Mountain on 8,8. Islander. Dancing, games, baseball. Buffet at city prices. Ti€kets $1.00 on sale at F.6.U., 799 Broadway, Room 233. Boat leaves Pier A, Battery Park, 9:30 a.m, Return 11 p.my OUTING to Camp Unity by Harlent Pr Club, Sunday, June 24, at 7:30 a.m) er in advance at 1886 Third Ave. t@ ssure seat. Round trip $1 ‘ PICNIC at Tibbetts Brook Park, 10.36 Sunday. Dancing, Games, Refresh= ments. Firle Time Promised. Take Jerome Ave. Lexington Express to last stop. Adm, free. Auspices, Mt. Eden Br. F.8.U. PICNIC given by Roumanian Workers Club Sunday at Witzels Marquards Park, 119th and 14th Rd. College Point, b. I Roumanian Delegate T. Sites, just ree turned from Soviet Union, will speak, Adm, 35¢, All invited. Local 155, L.L.G.W.U., at Tibbetts Brook PICNIC by Rank and File Opposition 0 Park, Sunday. Meet at 10 a.m. sharp) ai Woodlawn Station (last stop) Jerome A¥®. line. Good time guaranteed to all GRAND OPENING of Jamaica Workers Center, 104-31 Rockaway Road, Jamaica, LI, Banquet and Entertainment, 8 p.m PICNIC of Bronx Workers Clubs at Pleasant Bay Park, Sunday, July 1, Ad- vance 15c. At gate 25¢. Tickets Prospect Club, Bronx Club, Jerome Club, Allerton Club, Middle Bronx Club. Entertainment Dancing. Sport Games. Refreshments. (Additional What's On on Page Why Com On Sale 50 East 13th Street Pamphlets, Books and Periodicals Workers Book Shop and Circulating Library and at munism? at the New York City 699 Prospect Ave., Bronx 369 Sutter Ave., Brooklyn 4012 Eighth Ave., Brooklyn ANSWERS THIS QUESTION 80 Fifth Ave. N. ¥. 0. 27 Hudson St., Yonkers ! 20 to 50% Discount Sale NOW ON—Ends Saturday, July 7th @ Be sure to take advantage of this sale at all Workers Book Shops, Join the circulating library of the NEW YORK WORKERS BOOK SHOP, 50 F. 13th St. Write for Catalogue or call ATL-4-6053