The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 2, 1934, Page 1

~a Protest Raids by Olson’s Armed Forces on Truck Drivers’ Union Headquarters in Minneapolis! LAST DAY TO SAVE ANGELO HERNDON from the chain gang. $1,149 Bail Still Fund Will be Returned. Bonds to International llth Street, New York Vol. XI, No. 184 Needed. Loans to Bail RUSH Cash or Liberty Labor Defense, 9@ East City. aatered as second-class matter at >_> Daily .<QWorker CENTRAL ORGAN COMMUNIST PARTY U.S.A. (SECTION OF COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL) NEW YORK, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1934 the Post Office at New York, x. Y., under the Act of March 8, 1878. WEATHER: Thunder Showers and warmer. Make This Figure Grow PRESS RUN YESTERDAY. . AT, 300 (Six Pages) Price 3 Cents 20,000 AT ANTI-WAR RALLY $1,149 Still I ill Needed i in Last Hours of Drive to Save Herndon TROOPS WITH RIOT GUNS RAID MINNEAPOLIS UNION o Hundreds Of Pickets Arrested One More Striker Dies Of Police Bullets — Picketing Goes On MINNEAPOLIS, Minn, Aug. 1.—National Guardsmen today raided the headquarters of the truck drivers’ union, Local 574, and later, with ma- chine guns, raided the head- quarters of the Central Labor Union. Hundreds of pickets were arrested during the course of the day. The troops confiscated 40 picketers’ automobiles. Among those arrested were Wil- liam Brown, Vincent Dunne, Miles Dunne and Harry Prank, union leaders. Picketing in various. neighbor-. hoods of the city continues in spite of the raids and arrests of the na- tional guardsmen, John Belor, striker wounded by po- lice gunfire on July 20, died early this morning at the St. Barnabas Hospital. He is the second striker to die at the hands of police bul- lets. The resentment against Floyd Ol- son, Farmer-Labor governor, is growing as it becomes clear to the workers that Olson is leading a well-planned strikebreaking action. Qlson’s troops are escorting more than 70 per cent of the trucks. They have outlawed picketing and set up a military stockade to house the ar- rested strikers. ‘The action of the strike leadership in failing to expose Olson up to a couple of days ago, still leaves some illusions that Olson will help the strikers, When the troops raided the Cen- tral Labor Union Hall, a crowd of several thousand gathered. Twenty trucks with mounted machine guns lined, up outside the place. The po- lice seized all papers and records of the truck drivers’ union in their raid on the local union’s office. Several thousand workers attend- ed a union meeting last night held in defiance of the military ban on meetings. AFL Members To See Mayor On “Licenses” NEW YORK.—A mass delegation of members of A. F. of L. unions will protest to Mayor La Guardia and Police Commissioner O’Ryan today at noon against the system of police supervision of the trade unions ordered by the New York Police Department, the A, F. of L. Committee for Unemployment In- surance and Relief announced yes- terday. “The licensing of labor officials means the subordination of union ofécials and of the membership to the dictates of the police,” said Louis Weinstock, secretary of the com- mittee in a statement yesterday. “It will establish a ‘rogues gallery’ of union officials to prevent real ac- tion in improving the conditions of the membership of the unions and prevent organization of the work- ers. The order has been issued un- der the pretext of ridding the labor movement of racketeers, but it will only serve to recognize officially the racketeers of the labor movement who are known to the police and protected by them.” “The A, F. of L. unions will rally all their forces,” the statement con- tinues, “among rank and file and militant officials to prevent this fascist order from going into effect.” The A. F. of L. Committee has ad- dressed a letter to Charles Zim- merman of Local 22, I. L. G. W. U., and other labor officials urging them to join the delegation on Thu:sday at noon and participate in the pro- test movement. All unions and groups affiliated with the A. F. of L. Committee are urged to be repre- sented on this delegation. A. F. of HINDENBURG NEAR lie BERLIN, Aug 1.—On the 20th an- niversary of the beginning of the imperialist world slaughter, Presi- dent Paul von Hindenburg, faithful tool of German capitalism and its most reactionary groups, the rich Jand-owners and finance capitalists, who had taken part in both the Franco-Prussian war of 1870 and @ prominent part in the World War, was breathing his last. At the time this is written he is} not expected to live more than a few hours. | Von Hindenburg became presi- dent of Germany with the help of | the Socialist Party leaders, urged workers to vote for him a the “lesser evil” in the elections| in which Hitler was running as can- didate for the Nazi Party and Ernst Thaelmann for the Communist | Party, Later von Hindenburg assisted Hitler in assuming power and in| slaughtering German workers and anti-fascists.... Early today Hitler flew to Neu- deck, Hitler’s country estate, which | | arranged in expectation of the death dency. which... will was given to him because he aided DEATH the Prussian junkers (rich land- owners) graft from the state treas- ury with the consent of the Social- ist Party officials. It was stated here that Hitler would take over the position of Presidency and retain the post of Chancellor. This was expected to increase the gh seis among the capitalist groups jin Germany, especially between the | Reichswehr (regular army), headed by General Werner yon Fritsch, and the picked guards of Goering and | Hitler. Hitler after a short visit to the} | dying President, left to consult with he Nazi cabinet on the next step after the death of von Hindenberg. A special Nazi convention was summoned for September 5 to 10 in Nuremberg. This was specially of the President. A repetition of the bloody June days are expected in Germany in the fight over the office of Presi- sharper and more in e open a bitter conflicts Detweae the degen- erate ruling forces, POLICE RIFLE REGIMENT HEAD ADMITS GUNS ARE TO BE USED ON WORKERS NEW YORK. “Whatever de- mands are made of it, my company will be ready for action,” said Lieutenant Carl Anderson yester- day, when questioned on the future plans for O’Ryan, fascist rifle regi- ment. Anderson is the police officer who | was appointed head of the O’Ryan- LaGuardia new police storm troop regiment which is now training at a rapid pace in the city armories to crush strikes and struggles of the | unemployed. LaGuardia let the cat out of the bag when he blurted out that the Police Rifle Regiment was merely “the old riot squad under a new name.” Indeed, the old riot squad has been given a new name, but it has also had its forces refurnished with new weapons, and new methods, fascist methods, have become the order of the day within the ranks. That the regiment is being drilled to go into action against labor unions and Communists was made clear yesterday by Lieutenant An- derson in the armory where the regiment was drilling. He declared |office was one signed by Charles that in his opinion 25 per cent of union labor was Communistic. He admitted that a great deal of secrecy surrounded the organization of the fascist regiment. Supporting O’Ryan’s move to register leaders of the unions is the New York Board Trade, an or- ganization of busihess men, bank- ers and coupon clippers. It is “a) forward and progressive step,” said the board. Among the protests against the rifle regiment arriving at O’Ryan’s Johnson, secretary of a joint com- mittee representing twenty - one trade unions — blacksmiths, iron workers, engineers, pipe fitters and others—which has announced that it is planning a general strike on all heavy construction jobs in the emtropolitan area in sympathy with the midtown tunnel workers. While attacking the Rifle Regiment idea, Johnson at the same time attacks the Communists by declaring that he is “prepared to keep ‘reds’ from (Continued on Page 2) Thomas To Speak Friday on Rights Of Coast Workers NEW YORK.—The newly organ- ized Committee for Workers’ Rights, composed of six organiza- tions mobilized at the call of the American Civil Liberties Union to defend the civil rights of the West Coast workers, have arranged a na- tion-wide broadcast over the Col- umbia network (New York WABC), Friday, at 10:45 p. m. Norman Thomas, of the League for Indus- trial Democracy, will speak on “Civil Liberties and the California General Strike.” He will be in- troduced by A. L. Wirin, counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union. The Committee for Workers Rights protested to Secretary of Labor ies Perkins last Friday against the epeeien arrests of Vere Coast strikers. ‘The committee is ‘made up of the following organizations: American Civil Liberties Union, General De- fense Committee of the Industrial Workers of the World, International Labor Defense, League for Indus- trial Democracy, National Commit- tee for the Defense of Political Prisoners, and the Provisional Cory, mittee for Non-Partisan Labor De- fense. L. members are to meet promptly at the offices of the A. F. of L. Com- mittee, 1 Union Square, Room 810, Buffalo Tugmen Refuse To Return to Work BUFFALO, N. Y., Aug. 1.—Harbor tug firemen refused to return to work here today, it was reported, defying the orders of the union offi- cials that they end the strike. cS Chain Gang Waits For Negro Hero LL.D. Office to Be Open Until 11 P.M. for Loans to Fund NEW YORK.—Today is the last day to send cash and Liberty Bonds to save Angelo Herndon from the chain gang. Up to noon yesterday, $13,851 had been sent in to the International | |Labor Defense as loans toward the| bail fund of $15,000, leaving $1,149 | to be collected by August 3. The I. L. D. announced that the national office, 80 E. 11th St., would be kept open until 11 p. m., Thursday and Friday nights, to receive loans. The I. L. D. at the same time warned that collections for the $15,- 000 defense fund for Scottsboro and Herndon, much of which has to be used from week to week, has lagged dangerously, and the preparation of still }the-appeals in these ceases to the U. 8. Supreme Court may be ously hampered unless these con- tributions are speeded up. Certificates are being issued by the I, L. D. for all loans for Hern- don bail, countersigned and guar- anteed by the three trustees ap- pointd by the I. L, D,, Corliss La- mont, Robert Dunne, and Anna Damon. The first of a nation-wide series of emergency Scottsboro-Herndon mass conferences will be held in New York, August 8, at St. Paul's Church, 249 W. 132nd St. At this conference a national campaign will be launched for a million signatures to a demand for the freedom of the Scottsboro boys and Herndon, and | for the ensctment of the Bill for) Negro Rights. The loans that continued to pour) into the I. L. D. office for Herndon bail were mostly in small amounts, | from workezs, intellectuals, and) working class organizations. A girl who had not worked for} four months brought in the first $10 which she earned, as a loan for the bail fund. | A civil servant in Pennsylvania wrote: “I am sending $30. I am sorry I can’t make this a contribu- tion, but the way things are I can only make it a loan.” I. W.O. branch 39, Spring Valley, N. Y., sent in $15 through the Daily Worker, The Dzerzinsky Branch 34 of the I. W. O. loaned $40 for the bail- fund, and the Karl Liebknecht branch 76 of Philadelphia contrib- uted $10 for the Scottsboro-Hern- don defense fund. Both these I. W. 0. branches challenged other branches of the organization to do the same. Although the gzeater part of the $13,851 which had been loaned for the bail fund by Wednesday came in the form of small loans from in- dividuals and organizations, a num- ber of $50 and $100 loans were re- ceived from lawyers and other pro- fessionals, and several even larger sums were received. pes aa NEW YORK. nena 4 to break the strike of 12,000 New York paint- ers were brought to light yesterday when it was learned that Philip Zausner, illegal secretary-treasurer Broterhood, was making agreements with independent employers with- out referring the question to a vote of the membership. Locals 848 and 499 unanimously denounced this scheme at a strike | meeting yesterday at the Yorkville Labor Temple, E. 84th St. Mem- demanded that no agreements be signed until a referendum is taken. strike committee of Local 499, pointed out that Zausner, who has working with the N. R. A. to bring about a status quo agreement through which the conditions of the | workers will not be improved one iota. A statement issued by Local 499 strike committee charged that “Zausner and his gang are making another attempt to tax the mem- of District Council 9 of the Painters’ | Louis Weinstock, chairman of the | no right to speak for the men, is | bership to collect hundreds of thou- sands of dollars for the benefit of the crooked machine.” “To make possible this scheme,” says the statement, “the Master Painters’ Association had extended | an offer, which they knew the membership would answer with a strike, thereby obligingly giving Mr. Zausner, their protector, the chance | to again collect $160,000 for the| benefit of his gangsters and rack- | eteers.” Pointing out that the entire me! bership» of the union is fa with the trickery of Zausner ani | his. gangsters, Weinstock declared that the workers voted against the wage cut proposel and for a strike, but at the same time rejected the illegal and unconstitutional Dis- trict Council which rode into office through fraudulent voting. Hit Status Quo Plan Members of Locals 499 and 848 are demanding that the strike be carried on not for the status quo | (the seven-hour day and the $9 (Continued on Page 2) | N.D. Farm Holiday Convention Militants Call for Unity) of All Workers In the Trade NEW YORK.—Workers in Fe knitted garment trade voted overwhelmingly for a |city-wide walkout, it was an-| uined yesterday at the headquarters of the Interna- tional Ladies Garment Work- ers Union. The vote was taken on Tuesday at polling places in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Union City and Serpe N. J. Tt was announced that 4,79 vos for the general strike a 259 against. Hundreds of workers pasted stick- | ers of the left wing opposition on | their ballots. The stickers said: “I fog. one strike, for | one united action with other organ- | ized workers in the trade, for one set of demands, under one united elected leadership.” The New York Times in report- ing the voting lied about the pro- cedure of the left wing group by stating that the “Communist left wing fraction deposited its votes in| a ballot box beside the box used by other voters.” There was only one ballot box in each headquarters. Meeting Tuesday night, the left wing group | pointed out that officials of the In- Backs C. P. Farm Relief Bill ternational were placing no em- phasis on the wage demands, which present time. While insisting placing the demands for the on 35- (Continued from Page 1) in Irving Plaza Hall | (Special to the Daily Worker) | SISSETON, N. D., August 1—}| | Despite all “Red-baiting” by Milo | Reno, national president of the |Farm Holiday Association, and-ac- tive attempts at sabotage by the top officials, the State convention of the North Dakota Farm Holiday Association two days ago over- whelmingly endorsed the Farm Re- lief Bill proposed by the Commu- nist Party. There was only one dissenting vote after visting farmers from the United Farmers League finally suc- ceeded in getting the floor to pre- sent the Farmers Emergency Relief Bill, as the Communist Party meas- ure is called. Defeat “Red-baiting” The extraordinary enthusiasm for the Communist Party bill is evi- denced by the fact that Senator Frazier who took the floor after Ishbel Ingerson spoke for the mea- sure in the name of the United Farmers League, could not succeed in ‘swaying the farmers from their support of it. Milo Reno, notorious for his call- \strikes in Towa, also failed to alien- ‘Hitler’ Ss Hand jate the assembled delegates from the bill, despite every kind of politi- | cal trickery and “red baiting.” Hundreds of leaflets were dis- In Putsech Told ILGWU Chiets Soft-Pedal Wage Issue Bat talloae As Knitgoods Workers Vote Strike; Of Workers Left Wing Urges Elected Leadership In Parade ZAUSNER ATTEMPTS TO SELL OUT STRIKE OF 12,000 PAINTERS Minor, “Kranbein And Others Speak at | Union Square | NEW YORK —In the | greatest August First demon- | stration ever held in this city, more than 20,000 workers raised their voices in militant yrotest against imperialist war and fascism when they gath- ered at Union Square late yesterday afternoon. At 4 p. m., one half hour before the demonstration was called, thou- san of workers we already crowding into Union Square with banners and placards calling for militant struggle against imperialist war and fascism and for the release |of Ernst Thaelmann, Angelo Hern- don, Tom Mooney and other class | war prisoners, | At the time the Daily Worker was | going to press thousands more were still marching into the Square with bands playing. Carrying banners of their organ- izations and waving placards de- |nouncing imperialist war and fas- |cism, thousands of workers marched into the Square singing the “Inter- national” and other revolutionary songs. From all parts of the city they marched. Most of them came with | their trade union groups and mass |organizations. Others came individ- |ually. All came imbued with a spirit of struggle, determined to fight the |dogs of war and fascism. Militant Spirit This spirit of st:uggle was req flected in every phase of the dem- onstration—in the marching work- ers, the banners, placards, and in the speeches of the veterans of a hundred class skirmishes who spoke at the Square. As part of a world- wide protest of workers and farmers against imperialist war, it struck tributed among the delegates by the | United Farmers League. The Farmers Emergency Relief | Bill proposed by the Communist | Party calls for a comprehensive re- lief program for the toiling farm population, the farm workers, small and middle farmers. Repeal A. A, A. It proposes to “protect and aid tenants, sharecroppers, and operat- ing owners of farms by insuring their continued possession of their farms and providing for that abun- dance of crops and livestock which is essential to the well-being of farmers and industrial workers.” It calls for the cancellation of all mortgage debts, the repeal of the Roosevelt A.A.A. farm program, stoppage of all farm evictions, cash relief for all farmers in need or drought-stricken, with a $2,000,000 | farm relief appropriation to be ob- tained by taxing the higher incomes heavily, and by heavy inheritance ing off of the tremendous farm | taxes. Connecticut Is Fi irst District to Reach Drive Quota today at 1p, m. *’| took reader losses for the week.. bye lahat goes over the top in the 20,000 new reader drive, achieving 106.2 per cent of its quota during the week just past! This splendid showing proves that the drive can succeed, and will, if all forces of the Party, mass and fraternal organizations and trade unions, as well as indi- vidual “Daily” readers, move up to the front line of circula- tion activity Districts 19 and 20 are close seconds in the race for quota victory, running almost neck and neck ... Denver with 89.5 per cent of its quota and Ft. Worth with 85.3 per cent. Noteworthy gains were also made by New York, Buf- falo, Pittsburgh, Omaha, Milwaukee and Louisiana. Other Districts forged #head, with the exception of Boston, Minne- sota, North Dakota, Newark and West Virginia, all of which | Cheney in Clelidicn by Districts Since July 23) Circulation Circulation Over July 23 Today's DISTRICT Saturday 1 Boston 2124 2 New York City 19,308 8 Philadetphia 3,728 4 Buffalo 899 5 Pittsburgh 1,096 6 Cleveland 3,685 7 Detroit 2.953 8 Chicago 5,406 9 Minnesota 1,701 162 591 1,545, 1,300 1,558 it ‘867 16 North Caroling —___ 187 17 Birmingham 291 18 Milwaukee a3 19 Denver 827 20 Fort Worth see 21 St. Louis aot 385 22 West Virginia 140 28 Kentucky - 7 24 Louisiana - a 28 Florida 9 26 South Dakota 138 Canada end Foreien - out TOTAL 51,196 Today's Mon.-Fri. Increase or Decrease Increase Percent Since Start of of Drive Quota 1,286 16,399 2,817 o19 580 1,999 1,732 3,959 {a mighty blow into the hearts of the militarists and fascists. By Rintelen The main speaker of the day, VIENNA, Aug. 1—Further proof | Robe:t Minor, veteran working class that the Austrian Nazi putsch was | leader, received a great roar of ap- engineered by Hitler forces in Ger-|plause when he rose to speak into many was contained in a confession|the amplifier. Speaking in the made today by Dr. Anton Rintelen, name of the Central Committee of Dollfuss’s ambassador to Rome, who |the Communist Party, he called for was to be the Nazi chancellor after|_ united struggle against impezial- the murder of Dollfuss. Rintelen was arrested after the failure of the putsch and attempted | to commit suicide. He was ques- tioned by the police for five days. They searched his house and found proof of Hitler’s part in the putsch among Rintelen’s private papers. When confronted with this evidence, Rintelen confessed. He gave the Police evidence which led to the arrest of other Nazi plotters. | Rintelen maintained that forces jin the Heimwehr were also plotting their own Fascist dictatorship. His | confession implicated Major Emil Fey, present Minister of the Interior, | who was “captured” along with the | other members of the Cabinet when the 147 Nazis seized the Chancellory and shot Dollfuss. 400 Butchers Strike |to overthrow Dollfuss and set up| jist war and fascism. Among the other speakers were |Charles Krumbein, district organizer of the Communist Party, Roy Hud- son, national secretary of the Mas rine Workers Industrial Union, | Richard B. Moore, acting organizer |of the International Labor Defense, Rose Wortis, assistant |the Trade Union Unity Council, and | John Little, district organizer of the Young Communist League. Score LaGuardia Program Speakers scored the LaGuardia | program for fescisizing the New | York trade unions and denounced |the militarization of the police for }use against striking worke:s. They bitterly attacked the “lib- eral” Roosevelt government as the \greatest war-making regime in the jhistory of the United States and urged the mightiest struggle against |the N. R. A, and the tezroristic In Chicago Plant) | methods of Johnson, Perkins and others of their ilk. _(Daily Worker Midwest Bureau) i: een ma afternoon yesterday CHICAGO, Ill, Aug. 1. — Four | Communist Party Sections began to ers walked out of the small pack- sea oa ve od ae Tha Fee, arte Gs oy tee oy | section of the lower East Side led stock fendiere sick and to en- | fe do a ce fa sat = e downtown streets. other sec- Sank seniority rights In its own|tions thousands of leaflets’ were per enn Strike is still prevalent | anak Gh membezs and unor- t knifi if by s ¥% the top eee Proposals By | canis workers were mobilized by is taking effect. the Needle Trades Workers Indus- Curtailment of shipments has| ‘tial Union, the Food Workers In- [forced reduction of the number of | dustzial Union, the Marine Workers scabs, due to lack of work. | Industrial Union, various indepen- Local Union 517 leaders are still|Gent unions and mass organizations talking strong, “We will not arbi-|and the Workers E-Servicemen’s trate this strike. We will not go| League. back till all demands are granted,” A Red Builder on every busy jone stated today to the Dail: | Worker. | street corner in the country means. General Johnson arrives to-| a tremendovs step toward the ‘ morrow. dictatorship of the proletariat