The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 30, 1934, Page 2

- \ Page Two DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1934 M P re ccd eap| RED BUILDER TALES The Plot Thickens by del| N. Y. Communist Party | Need Funds at Once Mass Protests Force | Will Hold Picnic in| . TN z = 7 | A ; wie HIMMEL! WHAT A “Tousen | Astoria Park on July 4/7 Sa Se tt bo itt | Of ° t : o aaeces Lo HANS GeHT Esti MM | MERNWHILE THE OAW.A | I] ene ee, | ee feel 0 Save SCOTTSDOrO A y Pere Se : “THE NAZI RACKETEERS' NEW YORK. — The Communist £ equi a ic Ory 9 “TOMMY IS IN ORGANIZATION GETS ae | Party will hold its annual piente | Q Angelo Herndon YORKVILLE, , | On ‘ommy's ~raniLt | fe] QROPPED |on July 4th, Independence Day. | 49 PA e NEW YORK'S : Some - | The day will be the mobilization | : a | | CERMAN SEC- i “THING |point for further struggles for the (Continued from Page 1) e rol egr oO Ol er TION HE Is i “right to life, liberty and the pur- SEO Rep MRE Cc FAST SELLING tp icial ‘ | suit of happiness,” mentioned in| by the Alabama Supreme Court on = HIS ‘DAILIES® |the Declaration of Independence. | the ground that the papers were not ae i a ae nee eg re SEE | L ic this yi vill be held j filed in time, the issue of the denial ae as : -| | BY SHOUTING E35 fd nee sea! ea si |of due proceea of Iaw will also Jury Out Eight Hours Despite Clear-Cut Nature of| | 2ario— Fire : | on store: Bese Fake Fest, 58 Or ge ee ee Evidence; Workers To Celebrate Victory Nehe Sais Bim AICHE | cents from almost any part of New| Defense Hits Trickery of Court bio ctes cea, Salting i HE SELLS A cavi-sseittay | York with B..M. T., I. R. T. or| The defense has contended, on 3. MAGII COPY “0 HANS Fao thd |Second Ave. “L” to Ditmars Ave. | the basis of an entry on the regord y A. B. MAGIL A GERMAN bor station. Buses will run from sta-/in the handwriting of Judge Calla- Special to the Daily Worker WORKER- CE continued, tion to park. : ___| han, that the judgment was entered DETROIT, June 29.—The six men and six wom-~ who A . led.) ae oekaat pedi jpeluding | oss Dec. 6. The appeal was filed 3 ee er ne : ae : y — r | Band and athletic events has been| within the statutory 90 days from Se ¥ h y filed into th rtroc stood before ie °. # 3 . gu < Sees arranged. Dancing from 2 p. m. to! + fon. anst / ong ei wt y ccihagal aes ges mm se They Men, women, boys and girls help boost the Daily | Office of the Daily Worker, 35 East 12th St., N.Y.C. See 11. Admission 25c |tothate “toe SiGe renee ‘ ? i ee = oak 4 pon = sattes “Worker circulation and earn expenses selling the Daily | Williams. Workers outside New York should write for | | argued, as a surprise move, at the : fad deen Out eignt hours and fitte n Ss. et, y 7 *, A ~, Tees | * a ” Se * b) hearing before the Alabama Su-/ ; Work busy New Yo rs ns. Call ity articulars. Papers free two weeks. | | k ‘ A i It was stifling hot, with the temperature outside hover- rker on busy New York intersections. Call at the City | p P : LW Kee orkers rams Court, that the eppetl should} 3 ing near a hundred. On the*— EF ea Te tee CREE SS eT EE AS Tin eee er a ee oe op ra ig att soovohon: Deka e £ left side of the room, guarded 16 Pi k ‘ C ] i] U ® 2 : 3 Bi R bb = ip . : St All T ff | Bad faith on the part of the Su- ‘w : | preme Court ell as the prosecu- Sea policeman, sat the de- of icketers a ] Al NnLOVS|| LL.D. Seeks Housing ig U. er ainters Score in preme Court as well as the prosecu | tion, in raising and sustaining this | TORGSIN by your relatives, IF fendant, James Victory, his j handsome mobil lf Ne ) half Indian face t toward the judge To the right of the jurors stood Maurice Sugar, International Labor Defense at who ~ morn- | nt to the had torn to shreds the fabric police frame-up against Vic- ro and of the Court asked the ner they had reached a They had. What was it? ‘The foreman’s low voice seemed to fill the courtroom: “Not Guilty.” Thus wa sthe curtain rung down jast night on the frame-up of James Wictory, thirty-nine-year-old Negro worker and World War veteran, in- dicted on two counts: “Robbery armed” and “assault with intent to murder,” on a charge of having assaulted and robbed a Southern- born white woman, Mrs. Carl Kaye on th? es-ning of May 12. The po- } lice, who decided to Victory and the ca which had yelved for were cheated of their prey. ' Gredit for saving this innocent Negrd worker from a living tomb g0es to the International Labor De- fehse and League of Struggle for Negro Rights, which in addition to securing competent legal defense, organized a mass protest movement Of T7);ro and white to win his re- Tease. The ILD. and L.S.NR. are plan- ning a celebration in honor of Vic- tory’s release. uD (OOD and other TYPR- WRITERS SOLD and RENTED Guaranteed—Lowest Priced Quickest Service Remingtons, Royals, L. C. Smiths and all other makes sold, rented, bought, repaired, exchanged. ‘Rebuilt’ and re- finished. Guaranteed for one year, the same as new machines J. E. ALBRIGHT & CO. 825 Broadway, N.Y.C. Bet. 12 & 13 Sts, ALgonquin 4-4828 Established 1896 Dr. Maximilian Cohen Dental Surgeon 41 Union Sq. W., N. Y. C. After 6 P.M. 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This is the biggest case which has hit the corrupt Hague government for a long time. The lawyers, bonds- |men and political lapdogs around Hudson County Court house are | buazing with excitement, with the discomfort that the militant Pur- |niture Workers Industrial Union is causing “King” Frank Hague, czar of a regime which is trying to grind the worwkers into powder. The union, with the assistance of the International Labor Defense and the American Civil Liberties! Union expecis to take this case to| | the highest courts in the land. The workers are asked to support this| | action by the broadest mass agita- | tion. | | Arthur Garfield Hays, A.C.L.U. lawyer, counsel for Alfred Bingham, | a picket and editor of “Common| | Sense,’”’ called for an investigation | | of Judge McGovern yesterday in a | letter to the Hudson County Bar | Aassociation, which is like the re- | cent occurrence in Coney Island, | when Commissioner O’Ryan asked the New York police to investigate] | their own brutality. Fire All Single ‘Workers From New York Relief Jobs | Organize at the Harlem) | Flop House After | Strike NEW YORK.—Ail workers who were nt at the domonstra- tion at 50 Lafayette St., May 26. and saw the arrests and brutal beating of the unemployed work- | ers, are urged to register at the District Office of the I. L. D., 870 | Broadway, either in person or by | letter. | ee ata NEW YORK.—In an order signed | by H. Levine, case supervisor of the | Home Relief Bureau, and issued j today to all Home Relief Bureau) | supervisors, all single workers on| | work relief jobs are to he fired to- day and placed on Home Relief. In| | addition a further cut is to be made | in supplementary relief, all work-| | ers with insurance policies are to be} | forced to surrender them for their | | cash value, and all workers on relief |are to be fired if they have bank | accounts. | | 'This*move is in accordance with | the La Guardia policy of cutting off |the jobs of those who earn more | than the “budget efficiency” of the | |Home Relief Bureau. Thus a single worker who earns $12 weekly | jon relief work will get $2.50 while | on the Home Relief lists, | | On June 18, Welfare Commis- | sioner Hodson announced a plan by | which all work relief payrolls would | |be “examined” and useless jobs| |eliminated. In carrying out this} |Program, it was at that time] | planned to fire 15,000. Tompkins Square 6-7697 Dr. S. A. Chernoff GENITO-URINARY Men and Women 223 Second Ave., N. Y. C. OFFICE HOURS: 11- 7:30 P.M. SUNDAY: 12-3 P.M. DR. JULIUS LITTINSKY 107 BRISTOL STREET Bet, Pitkin and Sutter Aves., Brooklyn PHONE: DICKENS 2-3012 | Office Hours: 8-10 A.M., 1-2, 6-3 P.M | LERMAN BROS. STATIONERS and UNION PRINTERS Special Prices for Organizations 29 EAST lath STREET New York City ALgonquin 4-3356—4-8843—4-7623 | mittee for Unemployment Insurance | | sued a call to all unions and rank | and file groups to elect delegates to To Conference] On Hat Strike Strike Enters Sth Week; | Bosses Refuse To Grant Demands | NEW YORK—The hat manufac- turers refused point blank to dis- cuss demands of the workers at the | conference of the bosses and rep- resentatives of the strikers held in New York. The bosses suggested | that the workers give up their de- | mands for increases in pay and ac- cep: the old prices plus vague prom- | | ises that conditions would be im- proved some time in the future. | When reperts of the conference| reached the workers on the picket | line and in the strike hall, the| bosses’ proposal was met with ridi- cule and contempt. Although the strike is now entering its fifth week, | the hatters have not weakened and | are determined to stay out until| all demands are granted. Need Relief The main need of the strikers at| the present time is relief. From the very beginning of the strike the} hatters made demands for relief upon the national office of the| United Hatters, Cap and Millinery | Workers International Union and upon the Central Trades and La-| bor Council, but the burocrats of these bodies absolutely refused to give any assistance whatsoever to the strikers, | Call Conference In order to get relief for the strik- ers the strike committee has ar- ranged for a conference of trade unions and other labor organiza- tions to be held Thursday, July 5, at Beethoven Hall, 210 E. 5th Street, All trade unions and workers or- ganizations are asked to elect two delegates each to the conference and to make donations to the strike | relief fund. Organizations that do not meet between now and July 5 should see to it that officers appoint | the delegates. | A committee has already been set | up to lead the work of getting re-/} lief for the strikers called the A. F. of L. Committee for the Hatters} Strike Relief Conference, “The conference being called by local 8 should receive the sup- port of every A. F. of L. local union, every rank and file growp within the A. F. of L. locals and | of every A. F. of L. member in the city of New York,” said a state- ment issued by David Gordon, | organizer of the Paper Plate and | Bag Makers Union and chairman of the committee The A. F. of L. Trade Union Com- and Relief, 1 Union Square, has is- the conference and bring substantial donations to the strikers. Personal R.—Please come home immediately, Con- cede everything. ©. B, For Meetings, Dances, Banquets, Conventions, Ets. STUYVESANT CASINO 140-142 2nd Ay. Near 9th St. Catering for All Occasions HAIR REMOVED Permanently by Electrolysis E. 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All LL.D. members and sympa- thizers who can put up these delegates are asked to conmu- nicate with the district offices, 870 Broadway, Phone GRamery 7-2489, The delegates wiil ar- rive in the city Friday ey and stay until Sunday. Roosevelt Sets Up | New Scab Board (Continued from Page 1) signed to catch workers throughout industry in a network of anti-strike negotiations. Miss Perkins said that sides the Marine and Steel boards are contemplated “now.” It is gen- erally understood, however, that additional special boards will be created to arbitrate demands for which labor plans important strikes in basic industries. All other labor complaints and strike threats will go to the General Labor Board. The General Labor Board is ex- pected to be composed, like the steel and marine bodies, of “neu- trals.” That means no direct repre- sentatives of labor, and no direct responsibility upon labor organiza- tion officials for whatever whacks are taken at workers under the board's decisions. Although official announcements have been withheld, it is said in well-informed circles that the gen- eral board and the special. national boards for single industries prob- ably will form the basis for many other subsidiary boards — regional bodies similar to those created un- der the old national labor boards. All of which offers labor the pros- pect of sending complaints to these boards, and of havivng them ban- died up and down the line in a buck-passing process that might very likely require months or, often, @ year. The “neutrals” of the National Steel Labor Relations Board are: Walter P. Stacey, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Caro- lina, whose judges are notorious for anti-labor injunctions and pro- yellow dog contract decisions, and “axbitratcr” in five railroad lebor disputes; James Mullenbach, pro- fessional arbitrator, who has served the clothes trades for 22 years, and Admiral Henry A. Wiley, who has seen service in two railroad dis- putes. As a high official of the Navy, Wiley naturally has a very intimate knowledge of the “problems” of steel owners who supply the mak- ings of battleships. Secretary Perkins was asked what about the Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union’s proposal for drastic democratization of promised elections and pre-election relations between steel workers and their employers. “I have no idea what they [the | Steel Board members] will do about them,” Perkins replied. “They will be transmitted to the board along with innumerable other sugges- tions.” Asked once more about the strike, the Secretary said: “The demand of the A. A. was for the appointment of a board. Since that time they have examined the executive order [of President Roosevelt, creating the steel board] in minute detail, and it is satisfac- = Full Hiking and Camping Outfits Breeches, Shorts, Slacks, Sweaters, Shirts, High Shoes, Sneakers, Work Shoes, Horsehide Leather Clothes, ete. TENTS, COTS, BLANKETS SPECIAL—Suede & Wool Windbreakers Hudson Army & Navy 105 THIRD AVE. Corner 13th Street Mention Daily Worker for Special Discount PANTS TO MATCH Your Coat and Vest Paramount Pants Co., Inc, 693 Broadway SP 17-2659 WE MATCH ALL SHADES AND PATTERNS AARON SHAPIRO, Pod.G. CHIROPODIST Selentific Treatment of Foot Ailments 223 SECOND AVENUE Algonquin 4-4432 Cor. 14th St. Avoid Strike Firestone, Goodrich and Goodyear Close Week; | General Co. Still Out | AKRON, Ohio, June 29.—Three big Akron rubber plants, the Fire- stone, Goodrich, and Goodyear, are closing ostensibly for an “inventory week,” but the real reason for clos- ing is to avoid the strike sentiment which is growing everywhere as a result of the fact that 1,500 workers are striking at the General tire. Mass picketing continues, rein- forced from the big plants. All ef- forts of the company to split the strikers’ ranks have failed, as the workers are solid for their demands. The company union is using post} cards to sign those who are weak | or opposed to the strike, trying to break the ranks and get the strikers to return to work, but is making no headway. Claherty Leaves Town | Ralph Lind of the Regional Labor | Board of Cleveland is negotiating with the company and the union committee. Newspapers say he has proposals for settlement, but he has| issued no statement. | Coleman Claherty, A. F. of L. or- | ganizer, left the city for ten days, which is explained by the workers’ unfriendly attitude toward him. The top officials of the A. F. of L. rub- ber unions can clamp down better on the strike without Claherty. The Officials oppose the spreading of the Strike and urge the locals in the big plants to refrain from a strike vote at their meetings Sunday. City police and company stools are trying to incite the strikers against the Communists and Daily Worker sellers. One attacker of sellers had no connection with the unions or strikers. He was probably & police thug. The Akron Rubber Workers Federal Locals are nearly a year old and have as yet secured no benefits to the workers. Now the members demand action to raise the pay and get better conditions. They declare that this is the time to move unitedly for their demands. Company Union Must Go The strikers at the General Tire Co. insist the company union must go now. This demand is rallying workers whose bitter experience with the company unions fans the revolt. Average weekly earnings are declining and older workers are kicked out without compensation. The following post card, left at the | strikers’ homes, exposes the strike- breaking activity of the c: “Post Office Box 131, Akro: Master Relph Lind, Executive Sec- retary, Regional Labor Board. Dear Sir: Please add my name to the list of employees of the General Tire and Rubber Company who desired to be allowed to return to our work without interference.” tory to them.” ‘The Roosevelt order is interpreted as providing for recognition by steel employers of representatives chosen by a majority to represent all the workers in collective bargaining. The order specifically provides that the minority may petition, however, and this correspondent is informed that labor officials in the govern- ment already are aware that the reason the Iron and Steel Institute has agreed to majority representa- tion is that they have assurance that they can obtain, through in- timidation and the spy system and other time-honored weapons, a ma- jority vote for company unions, at least in strategic points. It is reported here that A. A. offi- cials already are considering nar- rowing the territory in which they will make intensive campaigns. To Hire AIRY, LARGE MEETING ROOMS and HALL Suitable for Meetings, Lectures and Dances in the Czechoslovak Workers House, Inc. 347 E. 72nd St. New York ty.| to how to the pressure of the rank | .| and file. | tary~Treasurer. PlanisShutto Fight on Zausner «: (Continued from Page 1) maneuver. He called his District] ; Council together and proposed that | Domagalski was electrocuted and local 499 which had voted for a| rank and file slate have its charter revoked. This would place Wein-/| stock, leader of the rank and file} opposition, and other militant rank | and file leaders outside the union.| The District Council immediately | carried out Zausner’s wish. By a vote of 13 to 3 Zausner’s men voted to expel the entire local. Zausner charged that members of local 499 “vilified orally and in writing and slandered officers and| members of the Brotherhood, as well as officers and members of New York District Council No. 9, and have encouraged and incited others | | Vote for | Louis Weinstock | | Secretary Treasurer of D.C. No. 9 (Pull Dews Levee 1.6) &) Frank Wedl pepe 3 & L. J. Stevens Business Agents of D.C. No. 9 (Pull Down Lever $A) to do so.” He charged that members | of local 499 “made public statements to the effect that General Executive | Board and District Council No. 9} have acted in collusion with and have conspired against the interests of the membership of District Coun- cil No, 9... A copy of the charges was for- warded to the General Executive Board. Rank and File Supports Local But the rank and file in District 9 rallied to the support of local 499, The movement, led by the Painters’ Rank and File Protective Associa- tion, spread from local to local. Not only local 499, but locals 848, 490 and 51 defeated the Zausner group and elected rank and file delegates to the Council, Prossure Brings Results Pressure of the membership bore heavy on the General Executive Board, whose job it was to decide on the expulsion of local 499. The membership understood Zausner’s plan. It was quite obvious that he was trying to clear the way of all obstacles, the chief of which was Weinstock, and ride back into office of secretary-treasurer, once more to carry out the wishes of the bosses. The Executive Board was forced | On June 27, Clarence E. Swick, general secretary-treasurer of the Brotherhood, sent the following let- ter to Phillip Zausner: “Request No. 109136 of District Council 9, New York, that the General Executive Board inves- tigate the charges of the Council against local union 499 and if the Council is found to be justified, that the charter of local union 499 be revoked. ... “I have been instructed to notify District Council 9 and local union 499 that the request is not granted.” The decision of the General Ex- ecutive Board to uphold local union 499 was a great victory for the rank and file. A greater victory can be scored in the elections today. The painters have the opportunity of driving Zausner from the leadership of the Brotherhood by voting for the rank and file candidates. For rank and file control of the union, for the 6 hour day and the 5 day week for the $9 wage scale, for strict union conditions, vote for: LOUIS WEINSTOCK, for Secre- LEWIS J. STEVENS and FRANK WEDL, for Business Agents. , s 4 COHEN’S 117 ORCHARD STREET Nr. Delancey Street, New York City EYES EXAMINED By JOSEPH LAX, 0.D. Optometrist Wholesale Opticians Tel. ORchard 4-4570 Factory on Premises Telephone: RHinelander 5097 / Cars: Le TGEDAR 7k. Ea sf ave for @ 19m 2100 Bronx daily: 10.30°A.M TI, Sak ond 7. 10, 3 Benefit Fund CAMP GOING “To A REO CAmP/ NOW \'ve cot “HE Gooos Er ;one who is supposed to represent of utility property, it is a question (Continued from Page 1) | | point, was charged by the ILD. Elias Schwartzbart, I.L.D. attorney, was sent especially to Alabama to examine the record on this’ point when the appeal papers were filed. | The LL.D. at the same time made public a statement of its expenses in connection with the case, since April, 1931, and up to April 30, 1934, In that period, it was shown, $55,- 194.92 was raised and spent on the case. Of this sum, $41,100.29 was raised directly by the ILD, $8,394.32 by the National Commit- tee for the Defense of Political Prisoners, while $3,482.20 was turned over to the defense by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and $2,713.05 by the American Civil Liberties Union. The statement does not include the costs of the printing and other expenses incurred during May for the appeal to the Alabama Supreme Court, which amounted to $6,215.19, of which $2,118.19 remains as’ a deficit. Cost of the appeal to the U. S. Supreme Court will probably amount to a minimum of $15,000, the ILD. points out. * * The Young Communist League of New York is calling a demonséra- tion July 4, 10 a.m., in Harlem at 126th St. and Lenox Ave., to rally all workers and students of New York into immediate mass action to save the lives of the Scottsboro boys. The speakers will include all well known leaders of the youth move- ment of New York. J. Little, Dis- trict Organizer of New York Young Communist League; Lou Cooper, youth organizer of the Trade. Union Unity Council of New York, will be leading speakers. In preparation for this action, all Y¥.C.L. units, sections, and other or- ganizations over which they have influence, will send telegrams of protest, will hold dozens of open-air meetings, parades, .demonstrations, and will circulate petitions, etc. Tens of thousands of leaflets will be issued. In all actions the fight for the freedom of Ernst Traelmann, Angelo Herndon, etc., will be put sharply in the forefront, together with the fight for the release of the Scottsboro boys. Trial of Taxicab Men Is Postponed NEW YORK—The case against Samuel Orner, Joseph Gilbert and William Gandalt, leaders of the Taxicab Union of Greater New York, was adjourned again Thurs- day when it came up in the 57th St. Magistrates Court. This time the trial was set back until July 31 and will come up in the First District Magistrates Court on Centre Street. The union leaders are charged with disorderly conduct for holding a meeting in front of Arthur’s Garage last week to protest against com- patiy unions. Tt was reported that a driver from the Parmelee System was fired because he appeared as a wit* bombs were thrown into the crowd. They continued advancing. The flood lights were turned out. Two workers in the front ranks stumbled on high tension wires. | died in a few minutes, and another worker had both arms and legs frac- tured and burned. The demonstra- tors fell back amidst the maze of high-powered wires. One hundred city policemen of the Socialist city of Milwaukee were at once rushed to the plant, break- ing all precedent for city police be- ing sent outside the city. Mayor Hoan issued the first state- ment since the strike began three days ago. Waiting to see which Side of the fence the public was on, and seeing that it was against the utilities, he issued to S. F. Way, President of the Electric Company, @ weak and cowardly statement for thousands of Socialist workers and unemployed. The tenor of the let- ter qan be gathered from the fol- lowing excerpts: | “. .. Now our fair city is be- smirched with a record of violent disorder. . . . You impudently re- fuse to comply with the reason- able request of the representatives of the U. 8S. Government until Uncle Sam himself has been com- pelled to rebuke the insolence by removing the Blue Eagle. ... In | the name of our city and all that is fair and decent, in the interest of preserving peace and order, I urge you to set aside your pride and arrogance and cooperate with the Federal Government in bring- ing this strike to a speedy end...” The question with Hoan is not the gassing, clubbing and arrest of hundreds of workers, the use of Milwaukee police in the protection of the Electric Company agreeing to arbitration so they can get their Blue Eagle back, and all will be quiet on the Western Front. Hoan, in his statement is cover- ing up the fact that the deputy sheriffs, the city police, out of town gangsters from ithe Bergoff and other detective agencies, are coop- erating to smash the strike and that Mayor Hoan and the Socialist ad- ministration of the city have not taken one single concrete step to aid the strikers. On the contrary, the electric company has had a free hand in its violence against the workers. All taverns, restaurants and stores in the vicinity of the five strike areas are forced to close at night. A complete shut-down of all elec- tric power is considered probably before nightfall tonight, plunging the city into darkness. The Lake- side Power Plant has held the Strikebreakers prisoners for several days Approximateiy one hundred work- ers are under arrest, charged with inciting to riot and assault, which carries a sentence of one to three years imprisonment. Chief Federal Conciliator, Father Francis Haas and Rev, J. 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