The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 27, 1934, Page 1

Watch This PRESS RUN YESTERDAY Figure Grow 40,300 Vol. XI, No. 153 > * New York, MN. ¥., under (Protests Grow | As Thaelmann’s “Trial ight Arrested at Mass Picketing of N. Y. Nazi Consulate PROTEST GROWING ‘Free Thaelmann’ Flag} Flies in Chicago NEW YORK.—July 2 and the days immediately follow- Ing will be a period of nation- wide outcry against Nazi ter- ror and its latest embodiment in the lynch tribunal — the bogus “People’s Court’’—set up by Hitler to rush Ernst Thael- mann, heroic leader of the German working oiass, to summary “trial” and execution. The murder court begins functioning July 2, with Thaelmann slates as the first vic- tim. It will also pass sentence on 6,000 other anti-fascist fighters. Warning that the lives of Thael- mann and thousands of other fight- ers for human freedom are in im- mediate danger, the National Com- mittee to Aid Victims of German Fascism is urging all organizations and individuals to organize vigor- ous protest demonstrations and conferences throughout the coun- try around July 2. Printed material for this campaign is available at the offices of the Committee, 870 Broadway, as well as signature lists for the campaign for a million signatures to protest the hideous murder plans of the Nazi butchers. Signatures and funds must be collected immediately, the Com- mittee stated, in connection with the sending of a group of American at- torneys to defend Thaelmann, Or- ganizations are also urged to elect delegates and raise finds ‘to de- fray their expenses to Germany to visit Thaelmann and bh? present at the “trial.” * 8 Pickets Arrested at N. Y. Nazi Consulate NEW YORK.—Eight young work- ers were arrested yesterday when police attacked a mass picket line, organized by the Young Communist League, in front of the Nazi Con- sulate at 17 Battery Pl. Defying the police attacks, comrades of the arrested workers continued the picketing throughout the afternoon, demanding the freedom of Ernst ‘Thaelmann and other German anti- fascist fighters slated for early butchery by the Nazis. Free Thaelmann Parade In Bronx Tonight BRONX.—The Bronx Committee of Jewish Workers’ Clubs is holding a Free Thaelmann demonstration and parade tonight at Intervale and Wilkins Aves. Delegates from Bronx mass or- ganizations will visit Mayor La- Guardia this Su*urday, 12 noon, to protest police attacks on Free ‘Thaelmann meetings in the Bronx. ‘Thaelmann protest meetings will be held Monday night, 8 o'clock, at 141st St. and Cypress Ave.; 156th and Cypress; 16lst and Prospect; Dawson and Longwood; McKinley Square; Wilkins and Intervale; 170th and Walton, and 167th and Gerard. eo * RLS te. ee | Picket Brooklyn Subways With Free Thaelmann Signs BROOKLYN.—Pickets with sand- wich signs demanding the release of Ernst Thaelmann patrolled Brook- lyn subway stations yesterday in preparation for an open-air dem- onstration in Boro Park, 44th St. and 13th Ave., Friday night. Three of the pickets were ar- rested yesterday in Ridgewood and will be tried in magistrate court at Smith and -Schermerhorn streets this morning. The demonstration, organized by the Boro Park Branch of the Amer- ican League Against War and Fas- cism, will be addressed by Norman Tallentire, John Howard Lawson, Charles Alexander and others. On Thursday night an automobile torchlight parade will rouse the neighborhood with short open-air (Continued _on Page 2) Lucky Quintuplets — Canada Has No AAA, Crop Reduction Plan WASHINGTON. — Cynicism about the New Deal is evidenced on all sides by stories that are current among minor officials and workers in the N.R.A. and other governmental offices. One of them relates to the famous crop-destruction program of the Roosevelt administration. It’s a lucky thing, is the quip, that those quintuplets were born in Canada and not in the United States. If they had been born here the mother would have had to plow at least two of them under. e& ” Nears Leader of Farmers “Mother” arrested in Loup City, Iowa, with for leading the fight for the impoverished farmers, Ella Reeve Bloor, two Negro workers, Trial of Mother Bloor Opens in) Loup City, Neb. Two Negro Workers Are | Re-Arrested After Release (Special to the Daily Worker) LOUP CITY, Neb, June 26— Mother Bloor was released on bond last night and is now in the court room as the state opens prosecu- tion after the “selection” of.a jury of six picked up on the streets by Sheriff Saunders. Floyd and Loretta Booth, Negro workers arrested with her, were re- leased last night on their own rec- ognizance by County Judge Moeh- nert, after Floyd’s father died as a result of terror, shock and worry over the arrest and threats by fas- cist gangs to lynch the two Negro workers. Both of the Booths were immediately re-arrested by the sheriff, who brought them 60 miles to Northwest Grand Island today for trial with seven others for “in- citing to riot” and “unlawful as- semblage.” Mother Bloor had re- fused to leave the jail until they | were released and did not learn of their re-arrest until today. She was released on bond put up by a 90- year-old Sccialist farmer. Bental, International Labor De- fense attorney from Chicago, as- sisted by local attorney, is conduct- ing the defense. Assistant Attorney General Wright of Lincoln has come here to assist County Attorney Line for the prosecution. The courthouse and rooms are guarded by a horde of deputized thugs whose presence has not prevented thousands of farmers from packing the court- house, corridors and court-house lawn. All defense objections were over- ruled today. Gov. Bryan is back- ing the Fairmont Creamery Trust in the prosecution of defendants who supported chicken pickers in their strike. Farmer defendants have been released on their own recognizance. The prosecution is be- ing centered on so-called “out- siders,” Ford Thugs Arrest “Daily” Builder; Trial on Friday DETROIT, June 26. — Karo, “Daily Worker” seller was arrested Friday night by Ford gunmen wearing Dearborn police badges, taken for a long ride along the river through woods while the thugs threatened to shoot him and throw his body in the river. He is now held incommunicado under $500 cash bond on charges which provide for a maximum fine of $10 or ten days in jail. He was not permitted to wash until yesterday. He is charged with violation of the newspaper ordi- nance, although he has had a li- “| cense to sell papers for over three years, Trial has been set for Friday. A protest meeting yesterday adopted a resolution for presen- tation to the City Council tonight. CZECH DICTATORSHIP EXTENDED PRAGUE, June 26.—The plenary powers of the present (decree-law) government were extended until June 30, 1985 by an order issued on June 23, it was learned today. MARTIAL LAW IN CHINA AMOY, June 26.—Amoy has been under martial law for several days in an attempt to put an end to continuous anti-imperialist demon- strations under the leadership of | tendering his resignation from the the Communist Party, it was learned today, culate “ <r Daily .<QWorker CENTRAL ORGAN COMMUNIST PARTY U.S.A. (SECTION OF COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL) Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at the Act of March 8, 1879 NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1934 WEATHER:—Pro! Showers AMERICA’S ON CLASS DAILY LY WORKING NEWSPAPER (Six Pages) Price 3 Cents Prominent Socialist Party Worker Calls On Other Street Car Men ¢ Convention Reveals S. P. Bankruptcy NEW YORK.—In a statement | Socialist Party as a result of the | events at the recent Detroit Con- | vention of the Socialist Party, Donald Reiff, one of the authors and signers of the well-known declaration of the Revolutionary Policies Committee of the S. P., declares his support of the Com- | munist Party as the only Party | truly fighting for the interests of | the American working class. j Reiff, who was prominent in the affairs of the Socialist Party, will be one of the speakers at the meeting Wednesday night at | Manhattan Lyceum, 66 E. 4th St., where Earl Browder, General Sec- | retary of the Communist Party, will discuss the Socialist Party convention. The full text of Reiff’s state- ment, addressed to his fellow members of the Socialist Party, follows: Editor Daily Worker, Dear Comrade: Through the columns of the Daily Worker, the only real working class | statement to my fellow-workers of the socialist Revolutionary Policy | Committee and all other militant) racy takes socialist workers. The Socialist Party National Con- | States That the Detroit! paper, 1 wish to make the following) vention is over and we have ample, Co- proof of the reactionary and tunistic stand which soc! The 8) P. bh |completely to grasp the full fa ef the economic-political wa: C. P., will be chairman. answer the questions: Comrade Browder will explain how the Socialist Party differs from the Communist Party, the only working class Party and will Did the Socialist Party Convention go left, or was their radical talk a cover for their anti-working class program? Who are the “lefts” and rights in the S. P. Convention? Workers are invited to come to the meeting, bring their friends and shopmates and participate in the questions and discussion period. The members of the Socialist Party, the Young People’s Socialist League and of A. F. of L. unions are also invited to this meeting “| between Browder and Reiff to Speak On Socialist Party Tonight NEW YORK.—E£arl Browder, the national secretary of the Com- munist Party, will speak Wednesday, June 27, at 8 p. m., on the Socialist Party Convention at Manhattan Lyceum, 66 East 4th Street. Donald Reiff, co-worker and signer of the “Revolutionary Policy Committee” platform, who recently joined the Communist Party will speak and Joseph Brandt, organizer of the Down-Town Section, ‘Members to Follow Him Into Communist Party Author and Signer of R.P.C. Manifesto Flays S.P. Leaders king cla vi u “§ aat we can no longer put up with this sham and di way for fi m. “Socialist Conventio! “Thomas Leads \ demand an expression of the v point of one of the writers and} signers of the R.P.C. Reactionary Union Policy ary Program” was a very incomplete and inadequate jumble of words is obvious. The trade union section es- pecially was the most opportunistic oh trade union polic Was spurned by the Lovestonites who control the R.P.C. The weak exposure of the selling-out tactics of the labor-fak- ing Greens, Wolls, Lewises, etc., was (Continued on Page 6) Pipe, Steel Men| Talk Strike in Birmingham Butchers Discriminated Against in NRA Sell-Out (Special to the Daily Worker) | BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 26—/ Only about half of the A. and P.| and Hill Company butchers on} strike here got their jobs back when @ sell-out agreement, engineered by | Cc, L. Richardson, Department of} Labor representative, left wages to| arbitration after ten weeks of mili-| tant picketing. | Pasteurizing and raw milk dis-| tribution workers are demanding better wages and improved condi- tions, charging discrimination against workers engaged in union activity. Strike sentiment grows while Richardson tries hard to head | off the strike of pipe workers also. The T. C. I. Blast, Communist Party | shop paper, has appeared with an exposure of the T. C. I. company letter to foremen, announcing a shutdown of the Ensley Blast, Ens- ley Rail and Ensley Sheet mills on July 16 for at least three months.! Blast is backing H. R. 7598, the workers’ and farmers’ unemploy- ment insurance bill. White and Negro longshoremen) at Gulfport, Miss., voted solidly not to touch cargo from ships loaded) by scab labor in Mobile. They also voted not to handle any cargo for less than 70 cents per hour, $1.05 for overtime. eae (Special to the Daily Worker) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. June 24—j A new flare-up of the wave of strikes in and around Birmingham is indicated by the latest events in a number of industries. It is rumored that workers of two of the three cast-iron shops here have already taken a strike vote for their demand of a wage increase of 10 cents an hour, union recognition} and collective bargaining. While the companies offer an increase of only three cents, the union leaders are willing to compromise on five (Continued on Page 2) CHOOSE YOUR CAREER NEW YORK (FP). — American colleges are graduating twice as many yourg men as there are jobs for, Dean Z. W. Combs of Worces- ter Polytechnic College, told educa- tors preparing for a Choose-a- Career Conference, Dockers, Seamen Keep Ports Closed in Face of Y.CL. Confab. Armed Cops, Gangsters |Boston Dockers Vote to Support the West Coast | Strikers; Strikes in Mobile and Birmingham; Leviathan Stewards Win Demands SAN FRANCISCO, June 26.— Police and gangster violence is spreading in the Frisco Bay district against the striking maritime work- ers and their sympathizers. Three striking seamen were beaten and: badly injured by strike- breakers, or by gangsters hired by the shippers. Another seaman was stabbed in the back. Five members of the Woman's Auxiliary of thé | International Longshoremen’s Asso- ciation were arrested for distribut- ing pamphlets. George Butloff, a striking longshoreman, was given 30 days in jail for resisting an officer. Nine John Doe kidnapping warrants have been issued against strikers. The National Guard may be called “to protect free passage of commerce through the port of San Francisco,” Gov. Frank Merriam has threatened, a Blockade Continues Emeryville manufacturers are at- tempting to break the blockade which the strike has caused by run- ning freight through to Oakland in police-escorted trucks manned by men with lengths of steel pipe. The blockade still holds, however, five trucks having been forced back to Emeryville. The teamsters’ union refused to man trucks carrying armed guards, and trucking com- panies stated that they would not | handle freight moved by strike- breakers. Revive “Loitering” Ordinance Oakland has revived an old or- dinance to end picketing by a “move on” order. Men “loitering” on the waterfront are subject to jail sen- tences and fines up to $1,000. Six strikers have already been arrested under this law. Oakland machin- ists have voted not to work at the Moore Shipyards during the strike. Welders have already refused to work on “scab” ships at the Moore yards. UNION SUPPORT STRIKE The Window Cleaners Union, local 44, and the Waiters Union, local 30, have voted to support a general strike in sympathy with the water- front workers if one is called, it has been announced on the floor of the San Francisco Labor Council. Cloak- makers Union, local 8, International Ladies Garment Workers Union, in- | formed the council that its dele-| gate had been instructed to vote for | a general strike if the matter should | come before that body. | The San Francisco Labor Council, led by old-time reactionaries like | Michael Casey and Paul Scharren- | (Continued on Page 2) HagueMachine Frames Three For Picketing Enforce tiie Shop as Judge Gives 30 Days; Arrest 2 More JERSEY CITY, N. J., June 26.— The corrupt Hague machine today railroaded three workers to jail for 30 days because they were picketing | the Miller Parlor Furniture Co.,| where a strike is now in progress | under the leadership of the Furni- | ture Workers Industrial Union. The workers, Abe Rothbaum and Able Hendy, two strikers, and Goldie Perlow, wife of Max Perlow, general secretary of the union, were framed by the vicious labor-hating Judge William J. McGovern, boot- licker of the notorious Mayor Hague, staunch supporter of President Roosevelt and the N. R. A. This frame-up opens the road for the New York employers wishing to maintain an open shop, to oper- ate here with the secure assurance | of the police, court and Mayor, that they will be safeguarded against all unions and against any attempts of workers to better their conditions. The way for bosses to operate without fear of unions was further smoothed when Vice-Chancellor Charles M. Egan, a member of the | | “for some comrade who has par- Closes; Elect New Executive | Canadian Communist} Youth Brings Greetings NEW YORK.—Inspired by the re-| sults of their fruitful discusssion | and girded to greater tasks in build- | ing a mass Young Communist} League in the United States, the | delegates to the Seventh National Convention of the Y. C. L. closed their deliberations with a stormy| outburst of enthusiastic cheering, | singing and shouting. Many of these young workers had | traveled far to be present at this) convention, some hitch-hiking,| others riding freights. Every dele- gate took an active part either in | the discussions or in the work of | | the ten industrial, organization and unemployment commissions. The entire discussion was char- | acterized by the. sharpest seli-criti- | cism, especially by the young work- | ers from the steel, coal, marine and | other basic industries. New Executive Elected | A new national execu com- | mittee of 21 members and cight) | candidates was elected. | Earl Browder, Secretary of the | Communist Party, spoke to the con- vention yesterday on tasks of the} Communist Party in the struggles | of the young workers. One of those who greatly con-| tributed to the discussion on the various reports was Elsie B. Dunkin | of Southern California. Though! not more than 18, Comrade Dunkin | played an active part in the strike of 12,000 cotton pickers in San Joaquim Valley, California, last Oc- | tober. She was dressed in the Y.) Cc. L. uniform worn by the Califor- nia League members. “I have been waiting,” she said, ticipated in a strike in some fac- tory or industry to tell us not only} what they did in order to prepare | for the strike, or what they did dur-| ing the strike, but what they did} after the strike to build the Y. C. L.| units. She then described how Y. C. L. members were recruted from among the Mexican strikers in Southern California. “Forty per cent of the workers on strike were youth,” she said. “There was only one League com- rade in the field at the begin- | ning of the strike. For instance, (Continued on Page 2) (Continued on Page 2) World’s Fair to Be Drive Concentration 'HE happy hunting grounds of Samuel (Capone) Insull and Scarface (Insull) Capone, now the scene of American Capitalism’s Roman Holiday—the World’s Fair— must become a spearhead in the drive to get 20,000 new Daily Worker readers in the next two months, The Chicago District has gone ‘ to work on the campaign, and re- sults are being achieved, but a new and improved plan must be made. Chicago has announced that it will get 3,000 new readers by January 1, but this announce- ment does not take into account the quota of 2,000 new Daily Worker readers within the next two months. An intensive drive for Red Builders must proceed at once. Section and unit quotas must be set immediately. Every phase of Party and organizational life in the mid-west must be drawn into the drive, Agents’ Meeting Meetings of the Section Daily Worker Agents have been called, and section quotas and activity taken up. As a result of this, some sections have already started work. issuing challenges and _ offering prizes for those raising the most subs, It is reported that a number ® of two-months’ subs have already been secured. Another important activity of the Chicago District is the organization of Daily Worker Clubs. Sale of the Daily Worker has been attempted at the gates of the Fair, but sellers were driven away, Since then, carriers have been stationed on streets leading to the gates, and last week 50 papers were sold. DAILY AT FAIR GATES.—A Red Builder sold 50 Daily Workers at the gates of the World’s Fair, in Chicago. The visitors to this ex- travaganza are mainly workers, Seven more Red Builders are planned (though more are needed) to supply these workers with “Dailies,” as part of the drive to double our circulation and get the 20,000 new readers in two months | ‘This number can be tremendously increased if the drive is properly carried out. An enlarged staff of Red Builders must be recruited and trained to the task of reaching visit- ing workers by the hundreds with the “Daily.” Energy, regularity and stimulating slogans, taken from ap- propriate headlines in the paper, will greatly stimulate sales at the Fair. Special bags have been made for the carrying of the papers by the Red Builders. These bags are let- tered; “Daily Worker—3c,” and the hammer and sickle is painted on the center of each bag. The bags can be seen from a distance and are especially appropriate for the “Daily.” Need 50 Red Builders On the South Side, where Chi- cago’s Negro population is concen- trated, and where the Stock Yards, scores of large factories, shops and mills are located, only one com- rade is handling the delivery to newsstands and shop locations. This work is progressing, but is far too limited to get the potential distribu- | tion from’ this vital area. At st 50 Red Builders need be recruited to develop routes and sell the “Daily” before all the big plants on Chicago's South Side, it which paves the| ’ That the so-called “Revolution- |: sort of tripe. A real militant stand]! Begin In Mi Witness Against Jobless Jasper McLevy, Socialist May- or of Bridgeport, Conn., who will beawitness against Sam Krieger and Sparrow, leaders of the Bridgeport unemployed. esa | S.P. City Head Aids Frame-up of Unemployed Socialist McLevy To Testify Against | mobilized Strike lwaukee Unemployed Councils Active on the Picket Lines CARE ARE ARMORED Bergoff ‘Agency Sends in Armed Gangsters (Special to the Daze Worker) MILWAUKEE, Wis., June 26.—The Milwaukee electric street carmen strike this morning at 4 o'clock under the leadership of A. F. of L. unions. Pickets have been placed before all went out on car bans and power ho: . Huns | dreds of members of the Uneme Ployment Councils helping ¢ last minute efforts of." 's Committee” and a re ve of the Labor Board to ike, the union voted to walk scheduled time. A met of strikers last night heard ple: from organizations to support the strike and greeted the PO} unteered by the Councils, The union declares some 800 have gone on strike. The company hes all extra help and all hifts and thus far has maneged to Tun some cars, All cars are heavily armored with steel wiring and protected by poiice and detectives, Police have been mobilized throughout the city, all leaves cancelled and Prepared for 24 hours duty. Gen eral Immel, head of the National ae Guard, arrived in town to Icolz Krieger into the situation and prepare for (Special to “the: Daiiy Worker) | ae of the National BRIDGEPORT, Conn., June 26.| yer —Socialist Mayor McLevy of this| 4 delegation from the Trade city declared that he would ap-| Union Unity League, Unemploy- pear as a witmess.against S; at | Krieger, unemployed leader rested in a demonstration last | spring. Krieger, who will come up on trial with R. Sparrow, another un- employed worker, who was ar- rested on March 5, when police, | under McLevy’s orders, attacked shovelers demanding their pay. Despite the fact that the court) cited a law passed last year which | tuled that “outside” attorneys | would be barred, the wor ers won the right to be de- fended by a member of the legal staff of the International Labor | Defense from New York. Workers packed the court room while’ Socialict officials in this So- | cialist-administered city prepared | to take the witness stand against | the leaders of the unemployed. | Department Strike In Chicago Steel Mill Stops Pay Cut. Acetylene Men Walk Out Against Wage Cut, Win Victory (Daity Worker Midwest Bureau) CHICAGO, Ill, J 26.—Quick, militant action _ sm ed an at-| tempted waze cut in the National | Malleable and Steel Castings Co. vlant in Cicero Saturday. An at- tempted 35 per cent cut in the waces of acetyline torch men in the steel foundry Friday, June 22. was an- | swered by a walkout, which included | both day and night shifts. These men received $17-$18 Fri- | day instead of their usual pay of $27-$28 a week. Both shifts quit at once, demanding the same wages as before. Saturday the straw boss sent the | torch men word to come back at| the same wages es before. How-| ever, the $10 stolen from the men | J, ment Councils, John Reed Club and others sent a, delegation yesterday to the Socialist Mayor Hoan de manding the withdrawal of police from cars and picket lines and pro- hibition of provocative tactics by the street car company. The mayor referred the committee to the So- cialist City Attorney, Max Raskin, |the demonstration of city snow| Who stated that the city has no authority to interfere. The Communist Party has issued leaflets to the workers in the city to give full support to the strikers by refusing to ride the cars, and Joining the picket lines, It cal's upon all unions and shops to raice their own demands and give sup- port by sympathetic strikes, 3 Thugs Sent to Milwaukee NEW YORK.—The Bergoff Datece ive Service, 2 Columbus Circle, ad- mitted to the Daily Worker through E. H. Bergoff that armed guards had been sent into the “socialist” city of Milwaukee to protect scabs in the strect car strike there. “More will be sent to Milwaukee as needed,” Bergoff admitted to a Daily Worker reporter, Paris United Front Built by Socialist, Communist Toilers Saar United Fron Weapon Against Nazis t _PARIS, June 28.—Socialist depu- ties today raised a storm of nrotest against an announced united front against fascism completed with Communists by local leaders and tank and file Socialists today, The new united front was an. nounced by placards, and the depue ties finally decided there was noth= ing to do but recognize “a limited agreement as to time and scone” for the united action demanded by the According to “L’Humanite,” organ the deduction was made bec the | of the Communist Party of France, men used too much air during the week, The torch men had been worki on smaller ai vsuel which caused the use of more than a normal amount of air. | The Steel and Metal Workers In- dustrial Union issued a leaflet to) the workers in National Mallecble. | pointing out the result of united | action, and calling for the torch| men to fight to get baci: the ten dollars apiece they were robbed of. | The S. M. W. I. U. is put: for- | ward the demand for a minimum ef 60 cents an hour in the whole shop and 75 cents for skilled work- ors. GERMAN RESERVE AT NEW LOW} BERLIN, Juné 25.—The reserve covering German money shrank still further during the week be- ginning June 15, the w state- ment released today re’ ed. The low figure of 29 per cent) coverage shown on June 15 had dwindled to 2.3. por repre- senting a toiel of only 76,500,000 marks gold and foreign exchange. negotiations for a joint campaign n behalf of Thaclmann have ale ecady been opened. = United Front In the Saar Saarbruecken, June 26—The coms pletion of a united front of Come munists and Socialists in the Saar was greeted by workers here today, The Nazis are working feverishly to get a favorable vote in the plebie scite Jen. 1, 1935, which will decide whether the Saar region will be uns der the German or French dome ination, 22 SENTENCED BY NAZIS BRESLAU, June 26—The Bres- lau Communist trial, which has set a new record for brutal indifferencd to pretense of fairness, sent 22 mord clacs victims to Nazi torture chamé bers today. Six of the Communists were sentences of three to ten years 16 were imprisoned from 1 to months. The scntences in each casq were for “semi-solitary” confine, ment,