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] Only 25 days are left te raise $13,219 de- fense fund for the appeals of Angelo Herndon and the Scottsboro boys. $1,781 received to date. See biank on page four of this issue. Rash contributions to International Labor Be- fense, 30 E. 11th St., New York City. Daily .QWorker CENTRAL ORGAN COMMUNIST PARTY U.S.A. (SECTION OF COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL ) Vol. XI, No. 188 > Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at New York, N. ¥., under the Act of March 8, 1879. NEW YORK, TUESDA Y, AUGUST 7, 1934 PRESS RUN YESTERDAY. 42,900 WEATHER: Fair, moderate winds (Six Pages) Price 3 Cents MASSES TO GREET HERNDON AT PENNA. TERMINAL TODAY (| STEEL WORKERS GIRD TO BUILD UP ONE MASS UNION 8.M.W.LU. Constitution Is Firmly Based On Class Struggle By TOM KEENAN (Special to the Daily Worker) PITTSBURGH, Pa, Aug. 6— Oarrying into action the proposals set forth by Jim Egan, national sec- tetary, in his report on the work of the union during the past two years, the Second National Conven- tion of the Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union adjourned yester- day, its slogan sounding the keynote: “Forward toward the building of a unified mass union in the industry.” The three days of almost contin- uous sessions saw the adoption of @ program of action and a constitu- tion based firmly on the class strug- gle and the realization that only a militant fight by united workers will gain better conditions now and the ultimate abolition of capitalist op- pression. Program of Class Struggle In marked contrast to the A. A. convention held here in June, with its core of A. F. of L. fakers led by Green and Tighe, and its periphery of vacillating trade union reformists, this rank and file assemblage seri- ously faced the task of-building. the struggle which the A, A, leadership ran away from. Two excerpts from the preamble to the constitution give the essence of the S. M. W. I. U.’s policy. Thus the opening paragraph— “Recognizing that the interests of the employers, who own and con- | trol the means of production, and | the workers, who possess nothing but their labor power, are directly opposed, the Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union bases it- self on the principle of continuous struggle for the interests of the steel and metal workers, and those of the whole working class, against the employing class.” And the final paragraph— “Through the united action of all wage earners as a class, the final abolition of wage slavery can be attained . . . through such action can the ownership of the means of production by the employing class be abolished.” Analyzing its weaknesses, exposing its shortcomings, drawing its lessons from the struggles of the last two years and on the basis of these out- lining the work of the future, this second convention undoubtedly formed a milestone in the history of the union. Program of Action The program: of action adopted for steel workers calls for a strike perspective on the basis of a 35 per cent wage increase, the six-hour day and five-day week, equal rights for Negro workers, abolition of North- South differentials, for recognition of the union and union shop com- ittecs, and for the right to or- ze, strike and picket. Paralleling the steel program was the resolution for action in metal manufacturing industries, for a $1.50 minimum hourly wage, a $20 weekly minimum for unskilled workers, against the speed-up by prohibiting the practice of one man operating more than one machine, equal pay for equal work for women and young workers, in addition to the basic de- mands of the steel program. Affiliated With T. U. U. L. Highly important in the movement toward building a strong, unified, independent federation of labor was the steel unions’s action in affili- ating officially with the Trade Union Unity League. This motion, adopted unanimously by the delegates, recognized that “the S. M. W. I. U. grew out of the Metal Workers Industrial League, organized in 1929 by the Cleveland Convention of the T. U. U. L.,” that further, it has been “through the efforts and the support of the T. U. U. L. that the S. M. W. I. U. was organized and developed into its \ present position,” and that “the T. 'U. U. L. is a national center of mili- .tant industrial unions and is striv- \ing to unite in one independent fed- eration of labor all class, indepen- dent and industrial unions . . . on the basis of unification of the T. U. U. L. and independent unions in the respective industries.” Demand Thaelmann’s Release Other resolutions, passed unani- mously by the convention, showed the sentiment of solidarity among delegates with their class brothers all over the world. Resolutions de- manding the release of Ernst Thael- mann, Tom Mooney, Angelo Hern- don, the Scottsboro boys; protesting o— 30 Jailed In Frisco On Hunger Strike Against High Bail SAN FRANCISCO. — Thirty workers, imprisoned in the city jail as an outgrowth of the re- cent general strike here, are on a hunger strike against the ex- orbitant bail set upon them, The bail is $1,000 each. The workers are to come up before Superior Judge Lile Jacks on August 7. The International Labor Defense here urges that protests should be sent to the judge and greetings to the pris- mners. The judge may be ad- dressed at the city court; the workers at the city jail. Official Entry Into Elections Filed By C. P. NEW YORK.—With the filing of official notification of its intention to have a slate in every New York State county, the Communist Party has officially opened the campaign for the election of governor and other State officers. Because sufficient votes were cast during the last elections, for the first time in the history of the Com- munist Party in New York the en- rolled voters of the Party will par- ticipate in the primaries for the nomination of candidates for pub- lic office. Only those voters who en- rolled Communist in the last elec- tions will be entitled to vote in the primaries, which take place on Sept. 13. The various sections of the Com- munist Party in the New York dis- trict have already made their nomi- nations for the local offices of Al- derman, Assemblyman, State Sena- tor, Congressman and Justice of the Municipal Court. The State convention of the Party is being planned. This con- vention will name candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor and ohter major State offices. The dele- gates will also draw up an election platform, in which will be included its stand against the danger of war and the threat of fascism. : The Election Campaign Commit- tee of the Communist Party yester- day pointed out that “every vote for the Hammer and Sickle will be a blow against war and fascism” and that a large vote for the Commu- nist Party candidates “will be a stumbling block in the path of the capitalist war mongers and their degenerate fascist agents.” AFL Union Heads End Stock Yards Strike Without Major Gain's CHICAGO, Ill., Aug. 6.—After a two-day secret conference between union leaders, bosses and federal conciliators, the striking livestock handlers here were ordered back to work Sunday without winning a single major demand. The basis of settlement is as fol- lows: 1.—Scabs to be fired and union men hired. 2.—Guaranteed 48 hour week for regulars and 40 hours for “extras” in weeks when 4,000 carloads or more of stock are received. 3.—One week vacation a year with three days pay. 4—All other questions to be gov- erned by “interpretation” of the re- cent decision made by Judge Sulli- van, The first point is no victory since Local 517, which has the workers wholly organized, had a closed shop before the strike. The 48-hour weck is a gesture—in the 29 weeks, 4,000 carloads were received during only eleven weeks. Vacations are not yet back to the pre-crisis levels. All other questions are referred back to Judge Sullivan, including the demand for a $20 weekly mini- mum wage, The spread of the “Daily” to the mass of workers is a pre- requisite to their successful struggles. Peace Policy Of USSR Is Re-Affirmed Voroshilov Terms Far East Army Guard of Peace By VERN SMITH Daily Worker Moscow Correspondent MOSCOW, Aug. 6 (by cable). — The firm peace-policy of the Soviet Union in a world torn by war ru- mors is again emphasized here in connection with the fifth anniver- sary of the foundation of the Spe- cial Far Eastern Army which was awarded the prize* Order of the Red Banner. The Special. Far Eastern Army, under the leadership of Commander Blucher, be it re- called, was formed in 1929 when Japanese aggression into China near Soviet borders assumed the menace | of a new war. | Soviet newspapers publish the congratulations of the Central Com- mittee of the Communist Party ad- dressed to Blucher, the fighters, pol- itical workers and commanders, ex- pressing confidence that the glorious Far Eastern Army, whose invincible power enemies felt, remain an in- vincible future bulwark on the Far Eastern frontiers of the U.S. S. R. and for the peaceful labors of the people of the Soviet Union. Defense Head In Statement Newspapers also publish the fol- lowing order of Commissar of De- fense Voroshilov: “In 1929, when large masses of the workers and peasants, imbued with unprecedented creative en- thusiasm, under the leadership of the great Party of Lenin and Stalin energetically undertook the con- struction of their new life, fulfilling for the first time in history, a So- cialist five-year plan—precisely at this time the Far Eastern frontiers of our fatherland were subjected to attack from the outside. Both the government, our Party and the (Continued on Page 2) Hitler Speech Lays Basis for New Terrorism BERLIN, Aug. 6—Speaking at memorial services for von Hinden- burg today at the Kroll Opera House, Hitler attempted to lay the groundwork for a further intensifi- cation of the terrorism «which has characterized his Nazi regime since he became Chancellor. He referred to Hindenburg’s ap- pointment of himself to the chan- cellorship on Jan. 30, 1933, saying that by this move the dead Junker- militarist had “concluded an_alli- ance between tradition and forces working for the future.” The last phrase evidently was meant to en- noble his own degenerate regime. Hitler’s speech revealed his prep- aratory intimidation measures for the referendum on Aug. 19, in which he hopes to terrorize the masses of German people into offi- cially adding to his powers those of the dead von Hindenburg. This threat was seen to be subtly woven into the purpose and content of his entire address. Aid to YCL Urged In Drive to Open Full-Time School Comrade Browder, in his report to the Eighth Party Convention, especially emphasized the impor- tance of a Marxist-Leninist edu- cation for all Party and Y. 0. L. members. In today’s rising tide of class struggle the youth are decisive. Now, more than ever, “He who has the youth, has the future.” The need of training leaders among the youth is among our most important tasks. The Young Communist League has worked out plans for a full- time training school for 25 of its best, most promising and active comrades, Six hundred dollars is needed for this school. The Secretariat of District 2, Communist Party, appeals to all Party members and mass organizations to sup- port the Y. C. L. in its drive to establish a full-time training school. Truck Strike! Leaders Aid Olson’s Troops Special to the Daily Worker MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Aug. 6.— Governor Floyd B. Olson’s restric- tions on the movement of trucks is in effect since last night as em- ployers again refused to ac- cept even the miserable proposals for agreement submitted by Father Haas and E. H. Dunnigan, federal mediators. The Trotskyite leadership of Local 574 of the General Truck Drivers and Helpers Union is carrying out its promise to Governor Olson of no effective picketing. The Trotskyites are sending cruisers only to report violators of Olson’s order to the Na- tional Guard. ‘The leadership of Local 574 has completely surrendered to Olson’s forces in the Central Labor Union, who have been appointed by the Trotskyites as special negotiators for the union. They are now urging the workers to place their faith in the hands of the same people who have prevented broadening of the strike— which would have meant victory for the strikers, A mass meeting was again called by Local 574 for tonight with the military permission of the Governor. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Aug. 6.— Encouraged by the docility of the leadership of Local 574, employers today took steps to obtain the right to immediately put all their trucks on the streets to be run by scabs when they filed a complaint in court charging that military permits are interfering with the right to use their own property on public strets. HATHAWAY TO SPEAK ON MINNEAPOLIS STRIKE NEW YORK.—C. A. Hathaway, editor of the Daily Worker, will speak on the “The Minneapolis Strike and the Role of the Trotzky- ites” at the Irving Plaza, 16th Street and Irving Place, August 10, at 8:30 p.m, The meeting is being held under the auspices of the Trade Union Unity Council of New York. Friday night, | Act Against iLoeal 499 Revoke Charter of Mil- itant Local of Painters NEW YORK. — Embarking on a course of splitting the union rather than having the rank and file lead it, officials of the General Executive Board of the Brotherhood of Paint- | ers and Decorators (A. F. of L.) yes- terday revoked the charter of Local | 499 of this city. Local 499 had been the active force in leading the fight of the painters in the strike now on and | in the struggle to oust the corrupt machine, headed by Philip Zaus- ner, which today controls the Paint- ers District Council. This is the latest step in the de- | velopment of the sharp fight be- tween the New York membership and the illegally elected Zausner | group. The struggle came to a head | in the current painters’ strike, be- gun a week ago last Monday, when the workers walked out for a 6-hour day at $9 a day. A number of the locals have refused to accept the leadership of the Zausner machine and have elected local rank and file strike committees to lead the strug- gle. The main objective of the strike, painters charge, was the col- lection of a $1 tax by Zausner.. Ultimatum to Local Yesterday morning Edward Ac- kerly, International vice-president and representative of the General Exceutive Board, appeared at Local 499 headquarters, the Yorkville La~ bor Temple, accompanied by Eu- gene McNamara, president of Dis- trict Council 9 and henchmen of Zausner. There they met with offi- cers of Local 499 and made the fol- lowing demands upon them: 1—That the rank and file strtke (Continued on Page 2) Industrial Union Wins Gains for Fur Workers; OutdoorRallyTomorrow NEW YORK.—Fur workers of the Yedwell Fur Corporation went to work yesterday afternoon with gains of back pay and a paid up unem- ployment fund after the Fur Work- ers Industrial Union had taken over leadership of their strike. The workers had been intimidated by Yedwell, the owners, and Fish- koff, into joining the Joint Council when a committee from the Joint Council, reinforced by police, last Wednesday compelled them to go to the Council headquarters to join up. The next day they appeared at the Industrial Union, which immedi- ately declared the shop on strike. Yesterday the agreement was signed. Workers got back pay and other gains. One worker received $82.76. The firm recognized the right of workers to belong to unions of their own choice, An open air meeting will be held at 29th St. and Seventh Ave. tomor- row at noon. The union is holding an open forum on unemployment at 2 p.m. today at 131 W. 28th St. in |the Party mem- « For Intense NEW YORK—Calling on all units circulation drive at tonight’s mret- ings, Charles Krumbein, district or- ganizer for New York, yesterday is- sued an appeal to bership to exert its entire energy toward meeting its new reader quota by Sept. 1. Krumbein’s ap- peal follows: “The quota of new readers for our district is 10,- 000 by Sept. 1. To date we have se-Charles Krumbein cured 2,983 or 29.8 percent of the quota. The remain- ing 71 percent must and shall be obtained by Sept. 1. “We are entering the eighth week of the Circulation Drive to get 20,000 new readers by Sept. 1. The Central Committee has set aside the week of Aug. 5 to 12 for all dis- of the Communist Party to take up| the question of the Daily Worker) Krumbein Calls on Units 7-Day Drive To Spread Daily Worker , tricts to concentrate on the drive. “We must at once throw forces into the drive and set campaign into greater motion. “The results obtained from the little work done so far shows very | clearly the good possibilities we have. We should make these seven | days not days of ordinary activity, but days of a real intensified drive. The entire membership must be in- volved in this drive in the most thorough manner. By doing so we will be able to concentrate so that | in this one week we will get an in- crease in bundle orders, subs, etc., of 1,000 new readers per day. “At tonight’s unit meetings a thorough check up on the work of | each comrade should be made. A check-up of comrades working in fractions should also be made. “New York hhas-proven.in every | campaign for the Daily Worker that it can put it across, Let us get on the job and put this campaign over very speedily, and raise our quota of 10,000 new readers by Sept. 1. “CHARLES KRUMBEIN, | “District Organizer.” our this | Would Bar Pic | Economic Council Seeks NEW YORK — Stating that it | would work for the passage of laws prohibiting all unemployed workers on the relief rolls from voting, the New York State Economic Council yesterday issued a report which it will ask all candidates in the com- ing election to endorse. The pro- gram put forward by the Economic Council, which claims a member- ship of 50,000 large taxpayers, also states that it will work for the pas- sage of laws barring workers from calling sympathetic and general strikes, a ban on picketing, and a law opposing all forms of unemploy- ment insurance, The group, of which George Wickersham, former Attorney Gen- eral of the United States, is honor- ary chairman, seeks to bar all pick- eting to a mere statement of the issues involved. Merwin K. Hart, president of the organization, in commenting upon the proposed barring of all unem- ployed workers from voting, stated that the greatest fear of the or- ganization was that all unemployed workers would organize. the auditorium, Under the guise of “reducing gov- Trotzkyites Knife Minneapolis Str Events Show Commu- nist Party’s Warnings Were Correct By JACK CARSON District Organizer, Communist Party MINNEAPOLIS.—On Wednesday, duly 11, local 574 of the General Drivers’ Union called a meeting of its membership to take a strike vote. Before the meeting started, a statement was distributed by the A. F. of L. Trade Union Committee for Unemployment Insurance and Relief, advising the drivers to act without delay. It promised the full support of this rank and file com- mittee of A. F. of L. workers. It urged rank and file control of the strike and warned against a repeti- tion of such an ending of the strike as took place in the May Strike of the drivers, The Communist Party expressed its entire approval of this statement’ and gave its support in its distribu- tion. What was the answer to this statement by the strike leadership? uggle ; : The Dunne brothers, Trotzyist lead-|officials of the A. F. of L., Tobin, Communists’ Slogans ers of local 574, put forth before the drivers a proposal to postpone action until the next Monday, giv- ing the employers fully five days to prepare for the strike. The em- ployers utilized those five days, emptying all their warehouses in the Market and establishing temporary warehouses out of town to cover the out of town distribution of produce. Thus, the first blow against the success of the strike was delivered by the action of this union leader- ship, Cc. P. Urges Spread of Strike On Thursday after this meeting, the Communist Party issued a statement distributed in thousands tion with the approaching strike of the truck drivers. This statement urged that the Minneapolis workers in all unions prepare at once for sympathetic action with the drives. It declared that the action of the! Citizens’ Alliance in preparation for this strike, together with the “red seare” raised by the Minneapolis}ers on the picket line in the May | boss-controlled press and the top- } Matthew Woll and others, all indi- cate that the employers were unit- ing all anti-working class forces to smash the coming truck drivers’ strike. The statement issued by Chief of Police Johannes that if the strike is called he will immediately call upon Governor Olson to send in troops, makes the danger greater, of the military forces of the state under control of Governor Olson being used against the strikers. Therefore, the C. P. called on all local unions and all working class organizations immediately to start a protest movement against the use of armed forces in the strike, and! of copies to the workers in connec-|to demand of Governor Qlson and {selves opened an attack against his troops “hands off Minneapolis workers.” The Communist Party called upon local 574 in this state- ment immediately to sta:t a cam- paign against the “red scare,” show- ing to the workers that the Com- munists and the workers under their influence were the best fight- strike and that the Communist, for Effective Tactics Sabotaged Party is always fighting the battle of the working class. Refused to Protest to Olson The Trotzkyist strike leadership answered this statement in the fol- lowing manner: They organized groups to chase our comrades who distributed this statement away from the union meetings and union hall. They ignored the pzoposal to protest to Olson against the use of troops. Instead of fighting the “red scare” of the Citizens’ Alliance, they them- the Communist Party, trying to prove are no Communists end their lead- sarming, that there ameng the 4: ership. Thus, in the Ci 1 labor w r used in all strikes, the leadership tended toward disarming the drivers (Gontinued on Page 2) . Ts From Jobless, Qutlaw Strikes Workers’ Rights kets, Take Vote| Sweeping Revocation of | ernment expenditures,’ the Eco- nomic Council seeks wide-spread reduction in present relief standards, asking the suspension of “all activ ities, which, however meritorious, are not absolutely essential.” ‘The fifteen-point program’ put forward by the group also calls for the open shop on all public works projects, and asks that the Attorney General “may obtain an injunction restraining the application of trade union funds for the support of il- legal strikes.” Sausage Workers Call New Strike In Detroit DETROIT, Mich. Aug. 6.—An- other strike of sausage workers started today when the workers in the sausage department of the De- troit Packing Co. walked out after the company rejected the demands presented by the United Sausage Workers Union, affiliated with the! Trade Union Unity League. | The workers some of whom have been getting as low as thirty-two) and a half cents an hour, are demanding twenty cents an hour} Increase for men and fifty cent: for women, a forty-hour week, time} jand a half for overtime, a regular | lunch period and recognition of their shop committee and union. This strike comes shortly after the two-day walkout in twelve shops led by the United Sausage Workers Union in which the work- ers won an overwhelming victory. It is the first strike to affect a packing company and efforts will be made to |spread [it |to the slaughtering department where many Negroes are employed. Mass picketing has been started. GREEN TO REPORT ON Y. C, L. PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Aug. 6.— Members of the Young People’s Socialist League and the Young Circle League have been invited to attend an open membership meet- ing of the Young Communist League, to be held at the Music Settlement House, 416 Queen St., jat 7:30 pm. tomorrow. Gil Green, national secretary of the Y. C. L.. will report on its Seventh Nationel Convention. A Red Builder on ev2ry busy street corner in the country means a tremendous step toward the To Win Wage Increase), dictatorship of the proletariat! AFL Chiefs WORKERS’ ORGANIZATIONS LED BY BROWDER, LL.D. TO MEET HEROIC NEGRO Train Arrives 6:35 P.M. Greetings Planned on Way to City NEW YORK.—A delega- tion headed by Earl Browder, General Secretary of the Com- munist Party of the U.S.A., and-by the national leaders of the Internationel Labor De- fense, will greet Angelo Hern- don, heroic young Negro when he arrives at Penn Station tonight at 6:35 (da saving time). Thousands of workers and pathizers, many of them wit banners of their organizations, are expected to be at Penn Station to remendous enthusiasm of the masses, white and black, with the young hero just released on 000 bail after 19 months’ imp: in a Georgia torture cell. In New York, as well as in Washington, Philadelphia, Balti- mere and Newark, through which his train will pass, the masses who made possible through tre< mendous self-saerifies, the raising of the huge sum in bail in 20 days, will mass at the station to greet Herndon, The train carrying Herndon will pass through Washingion at 2 p.m., Baltimore at 2: Philadel- phia (30th St.) at 4:46; North Philadelphia at 4:57 and Newark at 6:17 (all daylight saving time). In the delegation to greet Hern- don will be, besides Browder, Anna Damon and Richard B. Moore of the national office of the Interna- tional Labor Defense; Benjamin J. Davis, Jr., attorney in the Herndon case and now the editor of the Ne- gro Liberator; Ruby Bates, star witness in the Scottsboro defense; Robert Minor, of the Central Con mittee of ¢ Comymnunist Part James W. Fi Harlem O1 of the Communist Part; e Amter, national secretary of the Unemployment Councils; Roy Hude , Secretary of the Marine Work- ers’ Industrial Union; Williana Burroughs, director of the Harlem Workers’ School, and Mac Weiss, of the Young Communist League. The National Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners an- nounced yesterday that the follow- ing noted persons would be at the station to welcome Herndon: Rose McClendon, _ actress; Emanual Eisenberg, Metro-Goldwyn - Mayer star; Holland Flannigan, Princeton student; Louise Thompson; William of The Witness; ice John, poet; Ann Douglas, artist: David Kinkead; Wallace Spradling; Allen Taub, assistant secretary of the National Commit- tee, and Alfred Hirsh, secretary. of the National Committee. With Herndon will arrive Joseph R. Brodsky, cheif counsel for the International Labor Defense, who flew to Atlanta Friday to post Hern- don’s bail, and the Rev. J. A. Mar- tin of Atlanta, Negro minis accompanied Herndon on the trip north, in which a circuitous route was taken to avoid interference by the Southern lynchers or their agents. Immediately upon Herndon’s are ival, it was announced by the I. L, he will be put in charge~of physicians and steps taken to in- sure his recovery from the illness which wracks his body as the result of the 19 months of torture and abuse he underwent in Fulton Tower prison, Atlanta. 200 Negroes Strike Against High Rents In Harlem Tenements NEW YORK—Two hundred Ne- gro tenants of three Harlem tene- ment houses are on a rent strike against the excessive rents and rotten unsanitary conditions im- posed upon the Negro masses by white and Negro landlords. The houses, which are owned by the Sonn Leasing Corporation, of 119 W. 25th St., are located at 281 Exgecombe Ave.. 746 St. Nicholas i 722 St. Nicholas Ave. jor demands of the tenants are for immediate fon cf the discriminatory high rentals, better service, aboli- tion of unsan conditions in the hallways, staircases. roofs and dumbwaiters of the buildines. and redecoration