The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 10, 1934, Page 1

(Shae Make This Figure Grow Daily,QWorker —— AMERICA’S ONLY WORKING | PRESS RUN / or aes sare A veepear, 41,000 _CLASS DAILY NEWSPAPER CENTRAL ORGAN COMMUNIST PARTY U.S.A. (SECTION OF COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL ) Vol. XI, No. 164 MR. one ta ee eae ie a ae NEW YORK, TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1934 WEATHER: Fair, warmer. (Six Pages) Price 3 Cents 8 MEN QUIT SHIP IN N.Y. BACKING FRISCO DOCKERS Nazis Hide | Thaelmann Fate in Fog) Of Silence Famine Conditions Germany Are Spreading FOOD SHORTAGE Inflation allies On, Bank Report Shows NEW YORK, July 10.—Re- peated radiograms and cable messages sent by the Daily Worker to many sources in Europe during the past week has failed to reveal any new clue to the fate of Ernst Thaelmann, leader of the German Communist Party. The consistent conspiracy of silence on the part of Nazi in government officials has pro- | alarm | among all workers and or-! duced the deepest ganizations engaged in the struggle for Thaelmann’s safe release from the brutal ehitches of his Nazi captors. NEW YORK.—Famine conditions are rapidly spreading over Germany, according to latest dispatches from Berlin and Rome. A cable dispatch to the New York Sun states: “Though the government radio broadcasts the assurance to the ‘people that|there are abundantsup- plies, many restaurants and homes are without the staple article of German food. The famine is ex- pected to become worse and the people’s faith in their govern- ment more severely shattered than by the most sensational events.” From Rome comes the report is- sued by the International Institute of Agriculture that the German wheat crop is a severe failure, and that the harvest will show a de- crease in yield of at least 29 per cent. Lack of Potatoes No potatoes have appeared in the Berlin and other markets for several days now, and the condition of the unemployed as well of the great mass of poorly paid workers is be- coming desperate. Several small shipments came in from Holland, but they were quickly snatched up. Other foodstuffs are running very low, and hunger and famine is talked about Germany. The latest report of the Reichs- bank also indicates the growing economic and financial crisis, especially the rapid increase of cur- rency inflation. The Reichsbank reports that the total circulation of currency this year is 260,000,000 marks higher than in 1933, show the government is trying to meet its huge war expenditures by printing (Continued on Page 2) Subscriptions Slip Seriously During Second Drive Week A re-check of subscriptions dur- ing the first two weeks of the drive for 20,000 new “Daily” read- ers by September Ist, shows a net loss of 134 subscribers. Deducting renewals, we find a total of 168 ex- pirations against which we have only 34 new subscribers. Only Districts 4, 9, 14, 16, 19, 20, 22 and 24 showed an increase in subscribers. The short-term subs of the past few months are not being renewed in sufficient quan- tity, nor are many new subscrib- ers being secured. Unless every Party member sets out to correct the condition exposed in the table below, the work of our Red Build- ers, route carriers, etc., will be largely nullified. SUBSCRIPTIONS JUNE 19 TO JULY 2 Increase Quota or Per of Decrease Cent New Since _ of District Subs June 19 Quota 1 Boston 250 - 2New York 275 - 3 Philadelphia 400 - 4 Buffalo 1B 10.6 5 Pittsburgh 100 se 6 Cleveland 350 7 Detroit 300 8 Chicago 500 9 Minneapolis 200 10 Omaha 0 WN. Dakota 80 12 Seattle 150 13 California. 250 4 Newark 200 5 Connecticut 100 — 16.N. Carolina 50 6.0 17 Birmingham 75 “iat 18 Milwaukee = 150 ey 19 Denver 5 58. 20 Ft. Worth = 50 ao 21 St. Louis ” is 22 W. Virginia 50 an 23 Kentucky x0 4 24 Louisiana 50 ex 28 Florida xO —_ 26S. Dakota 3 ea TOTAL — 4,000 | U. S. when he joined the National openly throughout | FRITZ GISSIBL Nazi agent here, who testified yesterday before the House Com- mittee investigating foreign prop- aganda in this country. U.S. Military Officers Aid Nazis Here House Committee Slides Over Evidence of Nazis in National Guard NEW YORK.— Close tie-up be- tween officials of the U. S. branch of the Stahlhelm, adjunct to the Nazi movement, and officers of the National Guard to aid in spreading Hitler fascist propaganda among the guardsmen, was revealed at the opening hearing yesterday of the special Congressional Committee in- vestigating foreign propaganda in this country in the Bar Association Building, 42 W. 44th St. Members of the Stahlhelm are sent here from Germany with in- structions to join the National Guard. And U. S. military officials of the National Guard here not only encourage Nazis to join, but facilitate their joining even to the point of breaking United States federal laws to get them in. This fact was revealed in the tes- timony of Walter Feige, why came from Germany on June 30, 1932, joined the Stahlhelm here on the same day, and soon after joined the National Guard. U. S. Officer Falsifies Card Feige was not a citizen of the Guard. He swore that he had told the recruiting officer, Captain Louis A. Imhoff, that he was not a citi- zen, yet the captain signed his mem- bership card as a U. S. citizen. It is aganist the law for a non- citizen to become a member of the National Guard. Feige also admitted that National Guard officers and Stahlhelm offi- cers were quite chummy with one another, and often attended the celebration of one or another of the organizations. At at least one of these celebrations of the Stahlhelm, in October, 1933, National Guard officers present openly invited all members of the Nazi Stahlhelm to become members of the guardsmen. (Continued on Page 6) United Front Stuns French Fascists 30,000 Anti-Fascists in Paris Rally PARIS, July 9.—The powerful united front anti-fascist demonstra- tion of over 30,000 war veterans here yesterday has caused consternation in the ranks of the fascists as they were able to muster less than 20,000 with government support. The two demonstrations on Sun- day against the cut in the veterans’ pension were held in different parts of the city. The veterans under the banner of the fascists marched to the Arc de Triomphe to the tomb of the unknown soldier. The united demonstration of Communists and Socialists, massed at the Bois de Vincennes, where a mass meeting was held. Speakers exposed the pro-fascist activities of the Dou- mergue government and called for a united front of all workers to smash the development of fascism in France. Truckmen Reject NRA Arbitration Minneapolis _ Drivers Vote To Deal Direct With Employers MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., July 9.—| The General Drivers and Helpers | Union Strike Committee, under | pressure of the rank and file, to- day rejected the decision of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Regional La- bor Board. The strike committee voted to ask for a meeting direct with the employers and not carry | their decision back to the Labor Board. | The deadline of 8 p.m. Wednes- day has been set when a strike vote | will be taken and other unions will consider a general strike unless the demands of the drivers and helpers are granted. They demand union recognition for all crafts connected with the drivers and helpers. Call Troops Against N. J. Farm Strike 60 Workers Hurt Brutal Tear Gas Assault in| BULLETIN BRIDGETON, N. J. — Donald Henderson and his wife Elinor, organizers of the Agricultural and Cannery Workers Industrial Union were seized and rushed off to jail here today, after a battle had raged for hours between hired thugs, police, “vigilantes” and more than 200 farm strikers. PRP mgs (Special to the Daily Worker) BRIDGETON, N. J., July 9.—More than 100 deputized thugs, local po- lice and armed “vigilantes,” rich farmers organized into bands, at- tacked a picket line of 200 men, women and children here this morning with tear gas bombs, clubs, lead-weighted rubber hose and the butt ends of guns and pistols. In a battle that lasted for one and a half hours, the pickets finally succeeded in keeping the scabs off i the farms. Seabrook, the wealthy farm owner, had attempted to rush 25 field workers into the fields for the beet crops and 40 workers into the canning house. More than 60 workers were beaten or affected by the tear gas. One} woman striker was badly cut by a| tear gas bomb. Several strikers’ children were nearly choked to death by the gas attack. Call Militia At one point in the battle, the local fire department was called and turned a stream of icy water upon the pickets, who bravely rushed their (Centinucd on Page 2) Roosevelt Refuses To Return Pay Cut; Living Costs Rise WASHINGTON, D. C., July 9.— President Roosevelt yesterday re- fused to give the federal employees their five per cent pay cut back on the grounds that the cost of living had not risen sufficiently to war- rant it. The cut takes $45,000,000 from the pay envelopes of the Government employees. NEW YORK.—The cost of living of wage workers continued to rise during the month of June, the Na- tional Industrial Conference Board reported today. All major items of daily expense showed steady advances, food and clothing leading. Clothing prices are now 25 per cent higher than last year. The average cost of living is now at least 10 per cent higher than last year, the board reported. Amsterdam Jobless Brave Guns to Continue Protest AMSTERDAM, July 9.—Sporadic fighting continued in the streets here against police and soldiers who during the past four days have slaughtered nearly a dozen workers for protesting against the muni- cipality’s cut in unemployment re- lief. New barricades were raised in Jordaam, the workers’ section of Amsterdam, and red flags flew on top of many buildings and the hastily flung-up barricades. For days now the soldiers and po- lice, aided by military tanks have been trying to drown out the work- ers’ resistance by machine gun fire. Again and again, however, the work- ers returned to the streets to con- tinue their protest, showing the greatest heroism in the face of the huge massing of armed forces of the government, Hundreds of workers have been arrested, and a vicious drive is be- ing made especially against the Communist Party of Holland. The central organ of the Party has been occupied by soldiers and its printing presses smashed. The Dutch im- Pperialist government does not want the truth of the events of the last few days to reach the toiling masses in other parts of Holland. They are especially afraid of the call for a general strike which is being pro- posed and is gaining sympathy and support among great number of em- ployed workers who are enraged at 2,000 Workers Picket West Side Docks: Uses Drastic Powers Given By Roosevelt Against Strikers SUBPCENAS LEADERS Seeks To Stop Fast Growing General Strike Actions SAN FRANCISCO, July 9. — Supplementing the use of 2,000 armed National Guards- men who are patrolling the waterfront, the Roosevelt goy- ernment today flung its newly created strike-breaking Na- tional Longshoremen’s Board into action today as it began its open hearings to “settle” the three-month old strike. The Board has been given the most drastic powers to break the back of the strike which has tied up the entire coastal shipping. The Board has power to subpoena strike leaders to “state their case,” in order to direct “public opinion” against those allegedly standing in the way of a “settlement.” General Strike Feeling Gains Momentum Meanwhile the movement for a general strike is steadily gaining headway despite all the efforts of the A. F. of L. officials to smother united action with the striking dock workers. The Teamsters Union has already voted for a general strike, to begin after a confirmation vote to be taken on Wednesday night. If the Board seeks in tricking the marine workers back to work before then, this vote will be called off. It: is: Obvious that Roosevelt’s Board will attempt to move with the greatest speed to break the marine strike. The program of this Roosevelt Board is similar to that which the men have already rejected providing for “arbitration” after the men agree to go back to work. Execution Stay Won for Norris And Patterson Must Intensify Mass Fight for Freedom of Scottsboro 9 BULLETIN MONTGOMERY, Ala. July 9. —The world-wide mass protest against the Scottsboro lynch ver- dicts once more set back the hands of the Alabama execu- tioners today as, under pressure of a flood of protest telegrams and letters, the Alabama Su- preme Court granted an applica- tion by the International Labor Defense for a stay of execution for Haywood Patterson and Cla- rence Norris, pending appeal against the lynch death verdicts. eae at NEW YORK. — Applications for re-hearings. on the appeal for Haywood Patterson and Clarence Norris, two of the Scottsboro boys, have been filed with the Alabama Supreme Court by Osmond K. Fraenkel, noted New York attor— ney, who is handling the appeals for the International Labor De- fense. Fraenkel at the same time filed an application for a stay of execution. August 31 was set for the legal murder of the two lads under the recent decision of the Alabama Supreme Court, rejecting the ap- peal for Norris, and refusing to consider the appeal for Patterson on the basis of the legal techni- cality falsely raised by Attorney General Knight, fanatical perse- cutor of the nine Scottsboro boys. Accompanying the application for a re-hearing in the Patterson case, Fraenkel submitted: a brief which pointed out that the court’s decision striking out the bill of ex- ceptions had failed in any way to mention the three main conten- tions of the defense. The de- fense’s position on this matter was that the bill of exceptions was filed in time because filed within 90 days from Dec. 6, 1933, the date of the judgment as set forth in the record and as stated by the attorney general in writing when moving to strike out the defense’s motion for a new trial. Fraenkel cited cases from the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the U. S. Supreme Court to up- hold his contention that striking out a bill of exceptions under such conditions would be unjust. In the Norris case, the brief called attention to certain distor- tions cf the contentions of the de- the slaughter of the jobless, fense by the state court, . { ' | | General S In the foreground are two victims of San Fran- cisco police guns which were mercilessly turned on striking longshoremen and sympathizers who refused trike May Avenge These Workers ? : err (7 to back down in their struggle for union recognition, abolition of speed-up and for increased wages to meet soaring living costs under the New Deal. ACK. ; Group| Urges Support For Strikers Rank and File Commit- tee Calls for Protest on Green’s Statement | NEW YORK.—Concerted action } of all members of the A. F. of L. in support of the West Coast marine | workers’ strike is urged in a state- ment today issued by Louis Wein- stock on behalf of the A. F. of L. Committee for Unemployment In- surance, “The heroic struggle of the strik- | ing seamen and longshoremen has! the support of the entire labor) movement,” says Weinstock. “The rank and file members in every A. F. of L. local are watching with keen interest the development of the strike.” Wires Scab Statement “William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, has telegraphed the Seattle Central La- bor Council instructing them not to strike in support of the longshore strikers. But Green's instructions not to declare a sympathetic general strike are not the sentiments of the local unions of the A. F. of L, The! local unions will make their voice heard against this attempt to with-| draw support from the Pacific Coast strikers. “The local unions in Seattle, Port- Jand, San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles and in other cities of the West Coast are demanding a gen- eral strike of all trades. The reac- (Continued on Page 2) Green Stabs Dock Strikers in Back AN EDITORIA TLLIAM GREEN, strikebreaker, with unprecedented brazenness, stabs the striking Pacific Coast marine workers in the back, at the very moment when they are being murderously attacked by national guard troops and police on the picket lines. Green’s strike-breaking telegram says: “The Central Labor Council at Seattle must not either coun- tenance or favor a sympathetic strike on the part of workers not involved in the longshoremen’s controversy. The Central Body would be violating the laws of the A. F. of L. if it either directly or indirectly gave comfort and support to such a sympathetic strike. A great injury would be done the cause and good name of organized labor and no substantial assistance would be ac- corded striking longshoremen.” Thus, William Green's telegram does not protest against the brutal murder of marine workers by the government forces. Green confines his telegram to splitting the strikers off from the much needed sup- port of the rest of the working class. The Pacific Coast strikers are fighting for the right to strike, to organize and to picket. This is the vital concern of the workers of all industries. The attempt of Green to withdraw support from and weaken the maritime strike must be defeated by the rank and file members of the A. F. of L. Green would send the strikers back to work defeated. This is the essence of his telegram. Workers in the A. F. of L.! Ail Workers’ Organizations! Answer Green’s strike-breaking treachery. Send telegrams and resolutions from your local union and individually to the Seattle, San Francisco and other Central Labor Councils on the West Coast. Demand the general strike there! Demand the support by these A. F. of L. officials of the marine werkers’ struggle! De- mand the immediate end to murders of the marine workers! Demand the immediate withdrawal of the national guards and police and other armed forces from the Pacific ports! Defend the right of the Pacific coast workers to strike, to organize and to picket! Defeat the slimy maneuvers of Green and company to break the Pacific strike! NEW YORK. — A delegation repzesenting 15 organizations and; 150,000 members was turned away at City Hall yesterday when it! came to protest against police terror and to demand the immediate re- movela of Police Commissioner O'- Ryan. Although two telegrams had been sent to Mayor La Guardia apprising him of the visit, he did not permit “the group an audience. Meeting the! delegation in the waiting room, Lieutenant Hartmann first sug- gested that they see the Police De- partment. Then, when Nat Bruce of the International Labor Defense, spokesman for the delegation, in- sisted on their right as citizens to see and bring their grievances be- fore the mayor, Haztmann asked that a letter stating in full the delegation’s stand be submitted to the mayor. | “What if our statement ¢e! pigeon-holed in one of the fi What if they decide to forget about it?” a woman mzmber of the dele-| gition asked. La Guardia has not i given an To Protest Police jthese mectings, sur-ounded the au-|with the Mayor and the cn | dience, and in an organized City Officials Turn Away Delegation Terror at City Hall audience to a workers’ delegation|ises of several clubs in a manner since he made known his brutal/designed to intimidate the member stand on the unemployed and on|ship of these organizations. police terror. The statement prepared by the committee, which the delegation had planned to pzesent to La Guardia} for action, cited the following instances of police terro:: “1, The bestial beating and tor- ture of Patsy Augustine, organizer of the Cafeteria Workers Union of Coney Island, and Jack Schz der, | worker arrest-. organizer of the Fur Workers In-| oo peo seg yo fatce Auntiial Union, beaten by the same| 7d framed oa a false charge. detectives responsible for the tor- ture of Patsy Augustine. “3. The evidently well-prepared | attacks upon peaceful meetings of the unemployment councils at| Union Square, Saturday, June 1 and June 30th. Police in riot cars, i these instances, descended and attacks members of Union. 6. The case of Fletct Sy; Negro worker arrested, killed by upon the Taxi |his prer property valued at $527.00. | “7. The case of Clyde Allen, Negro 1/scapegoats of the pol upon |that the blame for such man proceed to club the workers pr: “4. The series of raids on wo; clubs, during which police repeatedly and inexcusably entered the prem- | Police This delegation declare: |that the silence of the Mayor in no commenting upon the (Continued on Page 2) | | | N.R.A. Board Moves to Break the Strike oe “Every Scab Ship Must Be Tied Up,” Says MWIU Leader NEGROES WALK OFF Rennselaer Dockers NEW YORK, July 9.—Six- ty-eight members of the crew of the S. S. Virginia, Panama-Pacifie liner, which arrived here yesterday from | the west coast, walked off the 5. The series of intimidations of | hackmen and} Drivers | two plain clethcs men, who entered} { ses, shot him, and stole| 5 shot in the les,! wisconsin, BE rs IB Sol seater ac nee ne EB hip in support of the Pacific maritime strikers The ship, one of the few to get away from the strike area, was met by a demonstration of 2,000 workers shortly after it arrived at Pier 61, 2ist and West St: Under the leadership of the Ma- rine Workers Industrial Union, a mass picket line was set up in front of the dock at noon. The picketing commenced following a short meet- ing held during meeting was addressed Jones, Editor of the Mar! ers Voice, and H. Baxter, retary of the Marine dustrial Union “Every scab ship must be tied up,” shouted Jones. “Ryan has re- fused to call the longshoremen out because th®9 belong to a different | district. We all belong to the same working class, and regardless of the District we belong to, we must sup- port our heroic brothers on the West Coast.” Cheers Greet Strikers Tremendous cheers greeted meme bers of the crew as they walked off the ship with their sea bags. “We got shanghaied on the ship | in New York,” said one member of | the crew. “We didn’t know there | Was a strike. But when we got to San Pedro our eyes were opened, | We were not permitted to go ashore, | So we had to wait until we got back | here to get off.” | _ Practically all of the Filipino and eee members of the crew walked off. | Among those who walked off were | Waiters, stewards and laundry help. More of the crew were expected to leave the ship momentarily. Organizers of the Marine Work- (Continued on Page 2) ‘New Labor Board Takes Up Work of Smashing Strikes Three ‘Experts’ Assume Office in Place of Wagner Board =| (Daily Worker Washington sureau) WASHINGTON, July 9—The new National Labor Relations Board, composed of three men widely touted as “Labor Relations experts’ in view of experience varying from corporation law to supervising em- ployment for a huge department store, went to work today on the strikebreaking job begun by the Na- tional Labor Board. Under the new labor disputes act the old board headed by Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York ceased to exist today and the new group took its place—armed with ; new powers to “investigate” indus- | trial disputes and create pressure |for compulsory arbitration, and | With many other s rike-stalling and | strikebreaking powers. Their chief “oncounters,” ally, will be st wore natur~- worn in by Samuel ef Clerk of the Labor ment, son of the cigar- who helped to found the American Federation of Labor and | who later became the right hand bower of President Woodrow Wilson in smashing militant struggle by his followers. | The new Labor Relations Board ; members are: | Lloyd Garrison, four years asso- ciated with the big-business law of Rot, Clark, Buckner and tine of New York, big cor- | poration lawyers, now dean of the | law department of the University of the college which is | closely integrated with the LaFol- “This delegation declares that the} Jette political macine; above-mentioned examples of police | terrorism show a deliberate, organ-| ment manager at Edward A. Fil- ized attempt on the part of the city | ene’s Department Store in Boston, administration to dest:oy working-' chief labor compliance officer of |class organizations; thet the Negro| the N. R. A. in Massachusetts, pro- people in particular are selected as! fessional “labor relations specialisty” e terror;| and Edwin S. Smith, former employ- ills, professional “labor the University of y is dominated il in“erests, and formerly chairman of the Board of Arbitration in the men’s clothing ‘industry in Chicago, 1919-23. | { {