The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 4, 1934, Page 2

Page Two DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1934 ; } BRODSKY SPEEDS TO ATLANTA TO GET HERNDON OUT ON BAIL; $13,381 STILL NEEDED FOR HERNDON-SCOTTSBORO APPEALS Find Rail REPORT SHOWS bk, JOLUS LTTKY Board Run) RISE IN POVERTY Omee PONE? DICKENS 201s *™ By Bosses 107 BRISTOL STREET Workers Gave o Voice Bet. Pitkin and Sutter Aves., Brooklyn in Selection of “‘La- bor”? Members WISCONSIN TROOPS IN VILLAGE TO BREAK STRIKES Lynehers Lurk For | N egro Hero UNDER THE N.R.A. NEW YORK, — Confidential re- ports by the state directors of the National Dr. Maximilian Cohen Dental Surgeon 41 Union Sq. W., N. Y. C After 6 P.M. Use Night Entrance 22 EAST 17th STREET Telegrams to Governor Demand Safety | for Leader | Same tone. On June 16, the Roosevelt regime, with these records | anncunced that the bail fund had been oversub- $3,429.35. by noon yesterday | who are members of the Associa- tion of Railway Labor Executives. The reports come from the most important cities in «. states cov- .| ering every geographical area in the search Association concludes with | the question: “Were not Roosevelt Member Workmen’s Sick and Death Benefit Fund Emergency Council on/on hand testifying to the effective- Z | ba dak ee ices seu “Public Attitude Toward the NRA|ness of the NRA in putting the goes ieee : Ss a y : Program,” for the week ending|burden of the crisis on the back: 7 — Joseph Brodsk: —Bighis Peco = ni BW YORK — soph 5 ake apni tects ager |June 9, show the breakdown of|of the workers and poor farmers, = Labor Defense, left today for =| National Board of Adjustment | ores, SUP ee ee ae coe eee erg 2 { DR. EMIL EICHEL H ‘ a fs os ise 01 e and its “bene- Janta to complete ag ah = T “representatives” of labor were| the workers, according to the Au-| fits” to every section of the popu-| } DENTIST \ the release of Angelo Herndon | named here Tuesday by a closed + note f th 5 vi sty < eae pesklon et estaesnn\T bine. Chiat gust notes of the Labor Research | lation. 150 E. 93rd St. New York City} 5.0 ail S ce | iefs | Association. The state: “ Cor. Lexington Ave. ATwater 9-8831 At the same time, the I. L. D.| of the 21 standard railroad unions pasate Peery gear | 4 4 ' ‘ ' 4 scribed by The necessity of redoubled activ- ity from every part of the country demanding from Governor Eugene Talmadge of Georgia that the was pointed out by the I. L. D The activities of the Ku Klux| Two workers were killed and 39 were wounded when Kohler's deen sheriffs attacked a picket The sheriffs fired gas and bullets into the ranks of the workers of the Kohler Guardsmen, encamped in parks, have barred the streets to the plant, Low Pay, Long Hours Under the A.A.A., Shown in Survey of S gar Beet Fields Klan, to whom Angelo represents the living symbol of unity of black and white, and of Communism, in the past two weeks following a state convention, attended by high state officials, at which plans were laid for the most intensive organ- izational campaign. Press in Lynch Campaign The Atlanta press has been full) rabid attacks upon | —___ : Election F caved Drive Started In Wisconsin of the most Communism, lence, for weeks. The safety of Herndon, pointed out, is in the hands of the working class. The most intensi' and immediate campaign is neces- sary to prevent the lynchers from carrying out the desire of the Southern white rulers to eliminate the heroic young Negro Communist leader. vio- | citing lynch This campaign must be expressed | in thousands of telegrams from every part of the country, to Gov- ernor Eugene Talmadge at Atlanta, | Ga., demanding the of Angelo Herndon. Defense Fund Campaign At the same time, the I. L. D. urged on every individual and organization that the impetus of the Herndon bail fund campaign be continued to complete the victory toward which the raising of the 915,000 bail was such a tremendous achievement, A most essential part of this campaign is the immediate rais- ing of the $15,000 Scottsboro- Herndon defense fund, which must be completed by August 31. Money is needed from day > day, it was pointed out, to take the necessary steps to ensure the hearing of the appeals of Hey- wood Patterson, Clarence Norris and of Angelo Herndon, before the U. S. Supreme Court, and to carry on the campaign around these cases. Up to noon Friday, only $1,619.59 safety of Herndon be guaranteed, | Herndon | have been multiplied | | Ime of strikers. plumbing equipment plant. ASHLAND, Wis., Aug. 3.—Collec- tion of nominating petition signa- tures and the acquisition of a large campaign fund have been desig- nated as the first two tasks of the Communist Party in its campaign to elect Lawrence Stone, American Indian, in the Tenth Wisconsin Congressional District. Pledges for contributions to the campaign fund are being asked of every,.Communist Party unit and all sympathetic mass organizations and individuals. All funds should | be addressed to Carl Paynter, Box 404, Ironwood, Michigan. had come in to the I. L. D. toward this $15,000, The I. L. D. appealed to all those who are able to do so, and especially to organizations, to help convert the $3,429.35 of over- subscribed loans to the Herndon bail fund, into Scottsboro-Hern- don defense contributions. All those able to do so were urged to return their bail fund certifi- cates, to be exchanged for honor certincates acknowledging their contribution to the defense fund. WHAT * 3) Day Saturday Manhatian DANCE and Entertainment Cultural Obrero, na at Centro 220 E. l4th St., 8 p. m, Revolutis ry pleyet, dancing until 2 a. m. Adm. 15¢ DANCE — Entertainment — Delicious Re- Yreshments at 884 Columbus Ave. (103- 404th St.) 9 p. m. Auspices: Y. CO. L. and Young Pioneers. Adm. lic. Send a Young Pioneer to Camp. Good time. ICE CREAM PARTY at Gilbert Lewis Br. LL. D., 418 W. 53rd St. Admission free. Refreshments — Entertainment — Dancing. 8:30 p. m. Bronx HOUSE Warming Party given by Unit 6 and 7, Section 14 C. P., at 101 E. 212th St., Bronx, 8 p.m. benefit of Williams- bridge Social Center. Pioneer Group, Bela- Mika music, etc. No admission charge ,, ENTERTAINMENT and Dance, 1401 Jerome Ave. cor. 170th St., 9 p. m, Very cool quarters. Adm. l5e. Auspices: Mt. Eden Youth Br. F. S& U. Brooklyn HOUSE PARTY for Crown Heights Br. Workers School at 155 State St. (I. R sub. to Boro Hall Sta.). Refreshments served. Subscription 15c. 8 p. m. Auspices: Provisional Com. C. H. Br. Workers School. WELCOME PARTY released political prisoners at 383 Sheffield Ave. corner Sut- ter Ave. Auspices: Alfred Levy Br. I. L. D. Cold refreshments free. Adm. 15¢. Sunday PICNIC under the auspices of Washing- ton Heights Workers Center at Van Cort- land Park. 10 a. m. Refreshments, en- tertainment, music. BRIGHTON BEACH Party near Fourth St. Beach. 10c charge for undressing at house of Charlotte Aserkopp, 2945 Ocean “Parkway. Refreshments served at beach. ‘Auspices: Fifth Ave. Dressmakers I. L. D. OUTING to Camp Kinderland arranged sfor the benefit of Cuban Y. C, L. leaving ood current spectacle at the Sara- toga race track affords a spicy éxample of the elements surround- ing the sport of kings in the United States. Never have the gamblers, politicians and _ society figures sported so handsomely on the in- nocent green. It used to be the custom to raid the joints once or twice during the racing season, to show that virtue was still trium- phant, and incidentally to raise the ‘graft collected by the local fathers, but since the repeal of the open and legal betting ban, sin has held sway like Hamilton Fish Jr. among the Daughters of the American Rev- olution. There isn’t a floater with the wherewithal to get there who hasn't made the town his headquar- ters, to make some easy money. The trains pour in the sharks and suck- ers, car load after car load. Crony meets crony frem Leavenworth, Hollywood, and the House of Con- T.| Mermaid Lane. 7a. m. from 1662 Madison Ave. near 110th fe. Register evenings there. Round trip $1. y. I. R. General Fraction Meeting Mon- room 203, Workers Center, 50 &. Party members in neigh- borhood branches, W. L. T. Film and Photo League, W. I. R. Band and Medical Aid units must attend without fail. BUS EXCURSION to Followers of Nature Camp, Old Tapen, N. J., on Sunday, Au- gust 12th. $1.50. Tremont Progressive Club, 866 E. Tremont Ave. Monday, Wed- nesday, Thursday, or meet at 18ist St. and Amsterdam Ave. at 9:30 on the day of excursion, Rockland Bus. ONLY 300 seats available for lecture by Jack Stachel on “Left-Wing Communism,” on Friday, August 17, 8 p.m. 50 E. 13th St., Ind floor, Admission 25c or $1’s worth of literature from Workers Bork Shops. Philadelphia, Pa. ANNUAL PICNIC of the United Workers Organizations of Section No. 3 (West Philadelphia) on Sunday, August 12, at 52nd and Parkside. MOONLIGHT CAMP Fire, August 4, given by Office Workers Union. Take car No. 23 on lith 8t., get off at Or meet 5 p. m. at 130 Program, food. Adm. 20c. RED PRESS PICNIC given by Daily Worker and Labor Defender, Sunday, Au- gust 19 at Old Berkies Farm. You may be the one to get a week's vacation to Camp Unity or Nitgedaiget! Directions: Take Broad St. subway or Car No. 65 to to end of line. Change to car No. 6 to Washington Lane nad Ogontz Ave. Walk two blocks west. 8. Eighth St. Worcester, Mass. COMMUNIST PARTY PICNIC on Sun- day, August § at Olympic Park, So, Quin- sigamond Aye., Shrewsbury. DAILY WORKER and_ International COMMENTS Labor Defense Picnic, Sunday, August 19 at Olympia Park. So. Quinsigamond Ave. Shrewsbury. They come from Cicero, Il. and Palm Beach, Fla. Broadway, N. Y. has been deserted for Broadway, Saratoga Springs. aor WAS for the people, of course, that the legislature repealed the ban on betting. The people have nothing to do with their money, save to bet it on the horse races. Some of the people, naturally, need their money for food and clothing, and some of the people have no money at all, and can’t get work, but these people, of course, can’t come to Saratoga for the horse races. * + . 'HE people who come are of the type, among others, of George H. Bull, president of ‘the Saratoga Racing Association, who is now re- siding, as is usual during the racing season, at No. 1 Fifth Ave. Or they wrens, after years of separation. A ne SORE oan x are of the type of Mr. and Mrs. Parker Corning, who are staying at Saturday, Conditions of Increasing | Poverty Admitted in Data to Roosevelt By HY KRAVIF (Labor Research Assn.) A study covering half of the 110,- 000 contract workers in the sugar beet fields of the United States has recently been issued, but has not been given general distribution. It is a mimeographed 55-page docu- ment, bearing the title: “Report for the Committee on Labor Con- ditions in the Growing of Sugar Beets,” by W. Lewis Abbot. The investigation was authorized by President Roosevelt through Secre- tary of Labor Perkins. Here are some of its main findings. Wages: Average wage per acre far contract workers throughout the country in the summer of 1933 was $13.87. (In Colorado the average was lowest—$12.37.) This is the equivalent to about $78 per worker for the three to five weeks season. With an average of four to a fam- ily, the average family’s earnings for the year 1933 were only $312. Since only about one-third of the workers are able to supplement their income from the beet fields, this means that most families are forced to live an entire year on the season’s income of $312. As a result, many families are dependent upon the Federal Emergency Relief Ad- ministration or other sources to carry them through the winter. Average wages in 1933 were even lower than in 1932. Wages have decreased more than prices received by the owners. The average wage rate in 1933 was 12.7 per cent of the rate paid during the Agricultural Adjustment Adminis- tration’s base period—August, 1909, to July, 1914. The purchasing power of the contract workers in 1933 was 66.7 per cent of the base period. The report states: “Exact parity at the average price level of 1933, would be given by a wage of $20.80 per acre’—that is, nearly $7 more an acre than the 1933 average. Wages have decreased more in proportion than the gross income from beets. In the base period (1909-14) the grower received an average price of $5.58 per ton for the beets and paid contract work- ers $19.08 per acre. In 1933, when the price received by growers was $5.32, or only 26c less than in the base period, wages per acre aver- aged $5.21 less than the base period. Child labor: About 14,743, or 13.6 per cent of the 110,000 workers, were found to be under 16 years of age. Employment of children 10 or 11 years old “for long hours a day is common in beet work.” Elsewhere the study remarks that “children as young as six and seven years old ; Work for nine hours or more a day, and are kept out of school for this purpose.” Hours of work “are long during brief periods. In blocking and thin- ning, work for 12 hours a day is not uncommon.” In other branches of work, hours are limited by daylight, ON SPORTS » their farm near Albany and motor in every day for the races. Ask them for a ride, if you see Mr. and Mrs. Corning on the road. They are always glad to take another lover of sport in. Or they are of the type of the Vanderbilts and Whitneys and Prince Murat. ees . ANY of the people who come stay at the United States Hotel, whose wine steward is the wine steward of the Plaza Hotel in New York and the Grand Nacional Hotel of Havana, two hotels for the peo- ple. The United States Hotel is quite an hostelry for the people. Its Division Street elevator has heen done over in old ivory just for their sake. patie ene" y ros history of the Saratoga track is also a saga of the people. It was founded by John Morrisey, a prizefighter who eventually donned the toga of a Congressman, and who hil feowder To Speak on Strike Wave NEW YORK. — Earl Browder, General Secretary of the Commu- nist Party, will speak on the lessons of the West Coast general strike, the Minneapolis strike and the present strike. wave at a meeting at Webster Hall, 11th Street and Third Ave., Tuesday, Aug. 8, at 8 p. m. The mass meeting is called by the Downtown and Midtown Sec- tions of the Communist Party, New York District. Leaflets are being distributed to the striking workers in the building and _ knitgoods trades, inviting them to attend, Ad- mission will be ten cents. (son Orders End Of Truck Strike (Continued from Page 1) troops from Minneapolis and restore the rights of picketing in Minne- apolis, These delegations will also demand that he use his executive power for the removal of Mayor Bainbridge and Chief Johannes from office. The Communist Party has also issued a statement to the workers of Minneapolis which calls upon the trade unions and other working class organizations to get together in a conference and start joint action in support of the driv- ers and for withdrawal of martial law and the troops from Minne- apolis. Such a move has already been initiated by the A. F. of L. Trade Union Committee for Unem- ployment Insurance and Relief and has been endorsed by the Building Laborers Local and will no doubt get the support of many other A. F. of L. local unions. This confer- ence will be held the coming Sun- day night. Picketing continued in various parts of the city. A number of trucks were stopped. Truck driving operations have been reduced 75 per cent within 48 hours, it was re- ported. averaging from 9% to 11 hours daily. The living conditions of the workers “are characterized by over- crowding and lack of sanitation, and inadequacy of diet. During the past two years, these conditions have been aggravated by rapidly falling wages,” adds the report. The usual quarters of a family of beet workers consists of a tent, a shack or an adobe house of two rooms each 12 feet square. “In. such houses families averaging six per- sons, and actually including as many as twelve, are reported.” William Fuchs sold the track to a group of New Jersey saloon-keepers. From these pious hands it fell into the horny hands of the Whitneys, the former Secretary of the U. S. Navy, W. C., having been the first president of the association. Cee aa PN Hee much the repeal of open and legal betting has done for the sport of horse racing in New York State can be seen, however, from a statement in the New York Herald- Tribune, “Not within the span of twenty- six years,” says the writer, “has this historic town throbbed to such opti- mism for gain as the native this afternoon and evening was howling to the high heavens.” The legislators will look into this. They had no thought of gain when they passed the repeal. Somebody is always taking advantage of the government of the people, by the people and for the people, ; Leandro Arpinati today. The workers, who are supposed to be represented by these men, had | no say in their appointment, Harry Shaw, of the Railroad) Brotherhoods Unity Movement, | stated today that the whole Board| of Adjustment is a fraud, and that it can serve no useful purpose for the workers. He pointed out that there are eighteen so-called “labor” men on the board and eighteen bosses. If only one of the labor leaders was bought off, any dispute would be lost for the workers, Even if the labor representatives were all honest and incorruptible, Shaw pointed out, there would be a tie vote, in which case the Presi- dent's board of arbitration would have the final say, and would have power to settle any question with- out appeal. The Railroad Brotherhoods Unity Movement, while pointing out that the board of adjustment must be removed, is also raising the slogan of election of workers to the posts on #he board by referendum of railroad workers, Negro Mother Faces Cop’s Framed Charge Of Assault on Monday NEW YORK.— Brooklyn workers were urged yesterday by the Euel Lee Branch of the League of Strug- gle for Negro Rights to pack the courtroom in which Mrs. Claudine Tim, expectant Negro mother, is to be tried Monday on a framed charge of assaulting an officer. Mrs. Tims was beaten and ar- rested by Patrolman Henry Werner, Shield No. 16235, on April 20, when she failed to move quickly enough to suit Werner, who was trying to clear the sidewalk of the Prospect Market. The Euel Lee Branch, which has sent two delegations to Mayor La- Guardia without success, on Thurs- day determined to send another del- egation to Police Commissioner O'Ryan to ask Mrs. Tim’s uncon- ditional release and the prosecu- tion of the patrolman. Mrs, Tim is at liberty in $500 bail. Bagmakers Strike In Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Aug. 3.— Six hundred bag and luggage work- ers struck Aug. 1, closing the city’s 17 factories, when employers at- tempted to smash the Suitcase, Bag, and Portfolio Makers’ Union, A. F. of L. by absolutely refusing to negotiate a new agreement to re- place one that expired July 31. ‘The workers are demanding a new contract giving them “genuine col- lective bargaining,” wage increases of 20 per cent above the present $14 a week rate, and a reduction in hours from 40 to 35. Party Feuds in Fascist Italy ROME, Aug. 3.—Feuds within the Italian Fascist Party brought about. the expulsion of 20 friends of Arpinati; a former Secretary of the Interior and close associate of Mussolini, was recently expelled from the party. A Red Builder on every busy street corner in the country means a tremendous step toward the dictatorship of the proletariat! Classified AIRY, Modern newly-decorated room. Ele- vator, private, suitable for 1 or 2, reason. able. ‘145 Second Ave., Apt. 20, ae PI GRamercy Ca nan a PT LIGHT ROOM, separate entrance, tele- phone, Inquire all week. 881 7 hone East 178th SHARE EXPENSES — Leisurely auto trip through Vermont, Maine. . landt 71-8064. amg ee WANTED—Sedan, Call AL, 4- pols L, 4-5741, office Personal Will IRVING GLASS or friends please communicate with sister, ANNA GOOD- MAN, 6001 2st Ave., Brooklyn. country. Extracts from the main reports follow: Boston, Mass.: “Consensus of opinion is that NRA is more effec- tive for large industries than for small. . . . Employment shows a | slight drop.” Hartford, Conn.: “Industrial em- ployment in Hartford shows a slight downward trend since May 1.” Buffalo, N. Y¥.: Public attitude toward Recovery Program “¢on- fused.” Calls for a vigorous pro- gram of “public education” to “correct the damage already done.” Strike Wave Cited Philadelphia, Pa.: Cites “grow- ing apathy toward Recovery Pro- gram and Blue Eagle. . . . Labor conflicts and unrest continue and strike situation is getting worse.” Richmond, Va.: “Public attitude toward NRA in Virginia is increas- ingly unfavorable. . .. Employment. during latter part of May showed decline.” Charleston, 8, C.: The public at- titude has been unfavorable toward the NRA and that “unrest is in evi- dence throughout the textile area.” Little Rock, Ark.: The report quotes from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics industrial survey of 513 industrial concerns for the week of May 15. Employment in the state dropped 7.8 per cent. Memphis, Tenn.: Nearly 3,000 tex- tile workers affected by the NRA order curtailing cotton production 25 per cent. 84,000 Jobless in Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio: ‘‘Farmers throughout the state are apathetic toward the Blue Eagle... . Sag in employment. . . .” Cleveland es- timated 84,000 out of work—an in- crease of one per cent in two weeks. The other reports continue in the and Johnson lying in their June 16 NRA anniversary speeches, when they had at hand from their own investigators such facts about the | real situation?” Restaurant and Garden “KAVKAZ” Russian and Orieptal Kitehen BANQUETS AND PARTIES 382 East 1ith Street New York City Tompkins Square 6-9132 Phone: TOmpkins Square 6-9554 John’s Restaurant SPECIALTY—ITALIAN DISHES A place with atmosphere where all radicals meet 302 E. 12th St. New York — WORKERS WELCOME — NEW CHINA GAFETERIA Chinese Dishes American Dishes — ~ 206 Be 848 Broadway bet. 1sth & 14th se. Comrades Patronize JADE MOUNTAIN American & Chinese Restaurant 197 SECOND AVENUE (Bet. 12th and 13th St.) | | aH Hours: 9 a. m. to 8 p.m. Sun. 9 to 1 eee oe .! COHEN’S 117 ORCHARD STREET Nr. Delancey Street, New York City EYES EXAMINED By JOSEPH LAX, 0.D. Optometrist Wholesale Opticians Tel. ORchard 4-4520 Factory om Premises CAthedral 8-6160 Dr. D. BROWN | | Dentist 317 LENOX AVENUE Between 125th & 126th St., N.Y.O. N. ¥. U. Comrades Patronize VIOLET CAFETERIA 28-30 WAVERLY PLACE New York City WHERE Our Comrades EAT RAPOPORT'S DAIRY 2nd VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT 93 Second Ave. N. Y. City ‘All Comrades Meet at the NEW HEALTH CENTER CAFETERIA (Fresh Food—Proletarian Prices—s0 K. 18th St.—WORKERS’ CENTER_____| HOLD OUTING TOMORROW NEW YORK—The Party and the Young Communist League of Brownsville will hold an outing at Forest Hills Park tomor- row. The outing will start at 11 18g5 Pitkin Avenue, Brooklyn. Phones: Chickering 4947-Longacre 16039 COMRADELY ATMOSPHERE Fan Ray Cafeteria 156 W. 29th St. New York Garment Section Workers Patronize Navarr Cafeteria 333 7th AVENUE CHEERFUL CAFETERIA & RESTAURANT Catering For Al Occasions 113 Brighton Beach Avenue Brighton Beach Station on B.M.T. Brooklyn, N. Y, PANTS TO MATCH Your Coat and Vest Paramount Pants Co., Inc, 693 Broadway SP 17-2659 WE MATCH ALL SHADES AND PATTERNS Communist o'clock from the Workers School, PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS to: Hire for Telephone: 1612 FULTON ATREET Bellaire Sound System DECATUR 2-9780 AMPLIFIERS OF ALL KINDS All Oecasions BROOKLYN, N. Y. CAMP UNITY WINGDALE, NEW YORK Week-End Program Campfire—Interesting Plays, Sports’ Spectacles, and our Original Campfire Newspaper. CONCERT AND BANQUET for the National Training School of the Com- munist Party. Chorus of 50 Voices, Hans Eisler Betthoven, Etc. Trio in Program of Arenshy, REVOLUTIONARY PLAY i} By Berenberg and Jacobson. SPORTS! DANCING! FUN! Cars leave from 2700 Bronx Park East daily at 10:30 A. M, for Camp. On Saturdays, Sundays, at 10 A, M., 3 and 7 P. M, Rates: $14 a week, ALgonquin 4-1148 a day IMPORTANT NOTICE To All Comrades Planning to Vacation at Unity Please plan to come out on Sunday instead of Saturday after dinner. to avoid unnecessary crowding, if you expect to vacation for longer than a week-end. We will be able to supply adequate accommodations after the week-end crowd checks out Sun- Yours for a happy, healthful vacation, LOUIS PASTERNAK, For the Management | Saturday and Sunday are S pecial Program Days at CAMP NITGEDAIGET BEACON-ON-THE-HUDSON, NEW YORK ARE YOU COMING? LET’S MAKE IT A DATE! Finest Accommodations! Fridays and Saturdays, Cars leave 10:30 A, M. from 2700 Bronx Park East FStabrook 8-1400 ALL THE SPORTS! DANCING! WORKERS SCHOOL! FUN AND REST! Excellent Food! $14 a Week! 10 A. M., 3 and 7 P.M, ?