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ee ae ae ee) » surance? Toilin Majority of Population Is Vitally Interested in_ Unemployment Act Earl Browder Says: Great Masses of Americans’ Growing Up Without Chance to Work Will Back Communist Proposal By EARL BROWDEK O ONE knows the exact number of unemployed. But| there is no doubt that there are at least 10,000 to 15,000 jobless in this country, even according to the government writers of statistics, whose task it is to conceal the truth. Furthermore—-and even doubt, even among the econo-® mists who serve the rulers of this country, that there is no chance under the present so- cial system of cutting down the number of unemployed to any ap- preciable extent. This means that for ten to fifteen million American workers in town and country, industrial workers, white collar men and women, pro- fessional people, intellectuals and civil service workers, THERE IS NO CHANCE OF GETTING WORK. A |great part of the American toilers are growing up without the chance of ever obtaining regular work, deprived of the opportunity of earning even a miserable wage in a factory, store or office. They will not be able to settle down and establish a family. American capitalism is unable to provide work for great masses of producers any longer! iS IT NOT clear that under such circumstances every jobless worker is intensely interested in having the misery of unemployment miti- gated by a fixed permanent relief, as is provided for in the bill pro- posed by the Communist Party, the Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill? Is it not clear that under such circumstances every working man and working woman is interested in having the Communist proposal on unemployment insurance made law? What worker knows whether he is not the next reczuit in the army of the permanently unemployed? What worker has not before him the sight of children or relatives growing up without a chance to work? Women, Home Owners Want Bill Is it not clear under such circum- stances that every working class woman, faced with the spectacle of unemployment for her husband, her sons and daughters, is highly interested in the passage of the Communist pzoposal for immediate unemployment insurance? Every farmer who will be chased from his land tomorrow—if he has not al- ready been driven off—will he not be interested in unemployment in- Every small home owner whose little house has been taken away by the mortgage company sharks—is he not interested? And is not every trade union member highly interested in a sys- tem of unemployment insurance? Would not the right of the worker to organize in a union of his own choice, the right to strike, the bar- gaining power of the unionist, be tremendously stronger if the worker and his wife knew that he could at least count on unemployment in- surance in case of a strike or loss |: of his job? Would not the trade unions be relieved of their diffi- culties in paying out strike and un- employment relief if unemployment insurance were a law? Would that not help to lower union dues? Only he who is an agent of the bosses can deny that the introduc- tion of unemployment insurance, as we Communists propose, wouid create a great rise in the trade union movement. * atta - IS NO exaggezation to say that at least seventy per cent of the American population is directly or indirectly interested in the imme- diate introduction of unemployment insurance. It is no exaggeration to say that at least seventy to eighty million American men and women, young and old, are interested in the passage of the Communist bill, It is clear that even the immediate introduction of unemployment in- surance cannot remedy all the misery, the anarchy, the contradic- tions of the present insane system. This can only be cured by a radical change of the whole social order and the establishment of a real, true democracy of the workers and farmers. But unemployment in- surance can protect the jobless from. deepest abyss of want. It is an aid against the demovalization of which fascism makes use in order to establish its bloody dictatorship. The principle of unemployment insurance such as the Communists propose is, that every man, woman and young worker over sixteen, shall receive from the day of the ge of We srs for the whole uration of unemployment, a minimum of ten dollars ($10) oe week as relief, without the de- borne by the government and the employers. Capitalisis and their government exclaim: We cannot do that! We can’t afford it! To this we Com- munists answer: You call yourselves the captains of industry and finance. You fight with all means at your disposal to preserve this situation where you are the captains. You indulge in feasts while the crew goes hungry. We Communists think you should go to hell, and that the crew should take care of the ship. But so long as you keep it by force and take all the benefits, you have more important—there is no starvation, demoralization and de- spair. You exclaim: But that is un- American! Well, since when is it American that the captains eat and drink until their bellies swell while the crew goes hungry? What is in the interests of the 70 or 80 per cent of the American population and not the money bags of the capi- talists, THAT is American, we say. s 28 * ‘OILING America, the overwhelm- ing majority of the population, must demand that these gentlemen who call themselves captains of in- dustry, who cannot give work, sup- port it at least with the necessities of life. The introduction of unem- ployment insurance, such as we Communists propose, is the fight of toiling America against begging, against tyranny, and for the most elementary human rights. It is from this standpoint that we Communists have fought for years for unemployment insurance. We were laughed at, insulted and re- viled by the bosses, local and federal governments, the A. F. of L. chiefs, the Socialist leaders—by all those who are the spiritual policemen of the capitalist class. A. F. of L. Leaders Aid the Bill The gentlemen of the American Federation of Labor leadership ex- claim: The Communists don’t want ; unemployment insurance at all. They propagate the idea only to make revolution. We reply: Yes, we are for revolution. For us, the Mor- gans and Fords are no gods, the preserving of whom is to be a first principle of a trade union moye- ment. Why do not the gentlemen of the A. F. of L. fight for unem- ployment insurance? That is no rev- olution. It means only the giving of several billions of dollars yearly to | the workers, instead of to the bank- ers and large trusts. That would mean a few billion dollars for mil- lions of starving Americans in de- spair, instead of billions to a hand- ful of people to revel in luxury. _ 8 ® HE idea of unemployment insur- ance has already taken hold of broad masses. It begins to become & power. It is not so easy any longer to resist openly the idea of the im- médiate introduction of unemploy- ment insurance as we propose. That is why the capitalist politicians re- sist now with promises, with shame- less demagogy. Before Roosevelt be- came president he promised unem- ployment insurance. He gave insur- ance ... for the captains of indus- try, for the bankers—at the expense of the toiling masses. One year of Roosevelt has come and gone, and he has not kept his promise of unemployment in- surance. To put it somewhat im- politely: He fooled toiling America. There will be elections in the Fall. Before such elections, it is custom- to indulge in promises. The whole practice of these politicians consist in doing continuously just the con- trary of their most sacred pre-elec- tion day promises. Roosevelt’s False Promises That the N.R.A., which has by no means abolished unemployment, is bankrupt, is becoming increasingly clear. The rising pressure of the masses demanding the passage of the Communist proposal forced Roosevelt at the close of the last session of Congress again to promise unemployment insurance for the Winter. It is clear that Roosevelt wants the representatives of his party to be elected to Congress and Senate, and his promises are as cheap and as worthwhile as rotten eggs. But let no one be misled. The President and the government de- pend on the great monopolies; they will do nothing for the masses as Jong as they are not forced to do so, They will surrender to the de- mands of the masses only when they are afraid to lose more. In order that the Communist proposal shall become law during the com- ing Winter, toiling America must be rallied for struggle. Toledo, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, San Francisco, the West Coast and sll the other strikes show that the working class has to fight hard even for the most minute demand. It is clear therefore that for the passage of unemployment insurance to im- prove the situation of the working class directly and indirectly even a little, labor must use all its per- severance, its power, its energy for the victory during the coming Win- ter. In this fight, the working class has to make use of all methods to mobilize its own ranks. In every trade union, in every factory and shop, in every store and office, in every organization of un- employed, in every fraternal order, in every neighborhood, in every home, this matter must be discussed. The great masses of the Negro peo- Ple, doubly oppressed by unemploy- ment and the race hatred consci- ously stirred up by the white ruling class, should discuss the question of unemployment insurance. The for- eign-born workers, who toil for mis- erable wages in America’s heavy industries and are constantly threatened with deportation, must discuss unemployment insurance in to give the crew at least the mini- mum in order to protect them from all their organizations. Farmers, cursed by twin cala- ary for the ruling class politicians’ DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURD. AUGUST 11, 1934 Page Five g America Demands Jobless and Social Insurance ® | mities of the A.A.A. crop-reduction | program and the drought, should | adopt resolutions and take actions} for unemployment insurance, There should be meetings, dem- onstrations and sympathetic strikes | in order to exert pressure on the Roosevelt government for the pas-| sage of unemployment insurance. There must be systematic actions in every community, in every state. The election campaign must be used extensively, and every can- didate must be asked: What is | your opinion about unemployment imsurance? Every candidate who Promises fo work for this bill must be forced to prove it by tak- ing an active part in mass demop- strations. We must not permit the acceptance of vote-catching prom- ises. Mass mobilization of toiling America for the passage of unem- ployment insurance in Congress this winter—this must be one of the main slogans of the American working class. The fight for the right to belong to a union of our own choice and for better working conditions is intimately bound up with the fight for unemployment insurance. We Communists have done our duty in proposing unemployment insurance. We continue in our duty in tirelessly organizing the masses for the passage of the Workers Unemployment Insur- ance Bill. In this struggle we are ready to fight together with any- one who really wants unemploy- ment insurance, be he a supporter of capitalist democracy, a social- ist, a leader of the A. F. of L., or @ man who believes in God. We do not inquire about his political and religious opinions. We do not whether he is for or against revo- lution. We ask only one thing: Are you seriously fighting for un- employment insurance and are you ready for practical arrange- ments to mobilize the masses for the passage of unemployment in- surance during this coming Win- ter? The wider the front, the more united the front is in this matter, the easier it will be to attain vic- tory, the easier it will be to over- come all resistance and to compel the politicians and demagogues to give to the people what belongs to them, If we succeed—and we must suc- | ceed—in arousing the millions and millions of toilers at the opsning of Congress; when in every town and village, from every home, from every meeting of working men, there comes forth the battle cry: Congress, we demand unemploy- ment insurance; when the iron front of toiling America is formed and millions of working hands lift themselves as one iron fist—then, and only then, will Congress sur- render to the pressure of the masses, Organize this mass front! There is an immense work to be done. But there is also abroad among the toilers of America a sound fighting spirit. Our task is now to mobilize the workers of America with a will against the bankers and industrial barons who let toil- ing America rot in’ unemploy- ment! Councils Arrange Picnic CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 10.— Elaborate preparations have been made for the picnic to be held by the Unemployed Councils here on August 12 at the Old Anderson Farm, Euclid Avenue and Green Road. One of the big events planned for the picnic is a baseball game between the Negro Scovil Giants and the Single Workers Nine. Both teams are made up exclusively of jobless workers. Athletic competitions, games, dancing and revolutionary vaude- ville will also be offered. Trucks and busses will be provided to transport the picknickers from Buclid Avenue and Green Road to the picnic grounds. 1,000 IN RACINE RACINE, Wis., Aug. 10.—More than 1,000 workers took part in a militant demonstration against war outside the City Hall a few days ago. The demonstration was pre- ceded by a parade thzough the downtown section. Workers lined the sides of the streets to watch the parade. The remarks of the speakers at the demonstration were well received by the workers gath- ered in front of the City Hall. Chairman was John Sekat. The speakers were John Vasey, of the Young Communist League, and Imperialist Powers Aid) Japan’s Drive in China As Move Against Soviets By R. DOONPING « The imperialist partitioning of |China now has far graver implica- tions than before the World War. It has become part of the struggle between the two worlds, the world of imperialism and the world of Socialism. The partition of China is closely tied up with the drive of the Imperialist Powers for a war against the Soviet Union and the destruction of the Chinese Soviet districts. Both Czarist Russia and Japan were prevented from entirely swal- lowing up Manchuria before the war by rival imperialists in West- ern Europe and America. But in 1931 no European or American Power offered any effective opposi- tion, except empty verbiage, to Japan’s virtual annexation of Man- churia. Evidently, Japan reaped the benefit of her position as the Far Eastern spearhead in the im- perialist design for war against the Soviet Union. The anti-Soviet issue occupies such a paramount place in the mind of the British ruling class that, in addition to Manchuria, they were willing to permit Japan to ex- tend her influence to North China, where the Kailuang mines, the larg- est coal mining enterprise in the| Far East and an outstanding British concession, was situated. Japan is now proceeding to consolidate her position in North China, which she acquired through the Tanku agree- ment with Chiang Kai-shek, and to penetrate further in Mongolia. On June 11, the Tientsin Yee-Shih-Pao, an influential Catholic daily in North China, reported that Japan plans shortly to seize Chahar and Suiyuan, two provinces in Inner Mongolia, and set up a Great Mos- lem state to include the northwest- ern provinces of China. Japan Plans New Coup In fact, Japan has already opened custom houses in eastern Chahar, and placed all government institu- tions under their control. Under the Washington dateline of July 10, William Philip Simms, Scripps- Howard Foreign Editor, reports that “according to reliable advices from the Far East just received by the writer. . . a new coup designed to enlarge Japan’s slice of Asia at the expense of China is impending” and that “the entire area between the Great Wall and the valley of the Yellow River, including the Peiping and Tientsin area... . is being sys- tematically ‘ripened’ to fall into the lap of Nippon.” While Japan is clipping off the map of China from the northeast, Great Britain is engaged in the same work in the west and north- west, Tibet has long been known as a sphere of influence of Great Britain, which is now taking full advantage of the recent death of Dalai Lama, the ruler of Tibet and a notorious British agent, and the quarrel over succession to conso- lIdiate her position, Further north- ward, the British agent, Sheldrake, self-styled “king of Sinkiang” (Chin- ese Turkestan), supported by the Second East India Company, a firm with large business interests in South Sinkiang, is engaged in con- yerting Sinkiang into a puppet state of Great Britain. The “China Press” of Shanghai, an American mouth- piece, reported on June 4 that, af- ter a series of conferences between the British agent Sheldrake and various Moslem representatives, a decision to establish an “Eastern- Turkestan Empire” with its capital in Kashgar, was adopted. Move Against Soviet China The partition of China is accom- panied by a systematic attempt of the Imperialist Powers to stamp out the revolutionary movement of the Chinese masses, and above all, to wipe out Soviet China, which is the rallying point and base of opera- tions for the heroic struggle of the Chinese people to liberate China, Using Chiang Kai-shek as their chief agent for this purpose, the imperialists are supplying him with loans and ammunitions, American financial and political councillors, and German military advisers. Of course, the imperialists do not and cannot cooperate in an organized way without friction. Loans and ammunitions to China mean trade and profit and increase of political influence and economic control, of Communist Party ‘of Racine. which each Imperialist Power de- sires a larger share. But they all believe in keeping the Chinese people in servility and all are bent | upon stamping out Communism, | and they cooperate, in their anarchic way, towards this end. Prepares Anti-Soviet War For this reason, despite the over- whelmingly strong feeling against Japanese imperialism throughout China, Chiang Kai-Shek is con- sciously preparing war against the Soviet Union under Japan’s direc- tion. It is by no means accidental that leading Kuomintang circles are already echoing the Japanese prop- aganda that China should draw closer to Japan because of the kin- ship in language and culture. There is every reason to believe that the Kuomintang will fight on the side of Japanese imperialism in attack- ing the Soviet Union. The fact that Chiang Kai-Shek is able, repeatedly, to renew his anti- Communist campaign after having been routed five times by the Chinese Red Army is largely, if not entirely, due to the support he re- | ceived from the imperialists. It is no overstatement to say that had | Chiang Kai-Shek been left entirely | to his own resources, he would cer- tainly be wiped out by the id | Army, perhaps in less than a month. In other words, if the imperialists were forced to withdraw their ad- visers and to stop loans, ammuni- tions, and airplanes to China, China would be Sovietized in a short time. The overwhelming ma- jority of the people of China hate the militarist Kuomintang regime like poison and are sympathetic to the Soviet movement. The socio- economic program of Soviet China has already been sufficiently car- ried out to set an example and show to the masses what a Soviet- ized China would be like. Not a programme on paper, but concrete life in Soviet China, is pointing the Kuomintang China. The only thing that is holding back these hundreds of millions from turning their mis- erable homes into a happy land of Soviets is the white terror and anti- Soviet campaigns maintained with the help of imperialist subsidies in the form of loans, airplanes and ammunitions bought on long-term credit, Must Fight Imperialist Plans It is up to the workers and farm- ers and other sympathizers in im- perialist countries, especially Amer- ican imperialism, which is the main support of Chiang Kai-Shek, to do their part in stopping this imperial- ist intervention in China and de- prive the Chinese landlords and comprodore (native agent) capital- ists of the main support which keeps them in power. In doing this, the American workers and farmers are not only helping the Chinese people, but are also helping them- selves. The loans with which their imperialist government is subsidiz- ing Chiang Kai-Shek, for the bene- fit of Wall Street interests in China, come from the pockets of the Amer- ican people. By stopping such loans by mass pressure, American friends of the Chinese people are not only depriving Chiang Kai-Shek of the money to finance his terrorist cam- paigns, but are also lightening their own financial burdens. Further- more, the only way to stop the cap- italists of America from using the low living standards of oriental workers to lower the wage scale in this country, is to help the Chinese workers to raise their own living standards and defeat the tactics of capitalists, to set the workers of one nationality against those of another nationality for their own profit. The only guarantee for an ever increas- ingly higher standard of living of the Chinese workers and farmers is a Soviet China, a China governed by the workers and farmers of China and dedicated to the cause of the workers and farmers and oppressed people throughout the world. By rallying to the support. of Soviet China and the Chinese people’s struggle for liberation, the American workers and farmers and sympathizers are defending their own interests! You can share by: 1—Demanding the withdrawal of imperialist armies and naval forces, aviation pilots, military and finan- cial advisers from China; 2—Helping to stop the granting of Joans and shipment of munitions and airplanes to China, The Fighting [Negro Reformists Fail Vet By H. E. BRIGGS Organizations may come and go, political parties may rise and fall, but the Bonus March of 1932 broke | the last barrier of individualism in America. Here, 35,000 veterans set a precedent for the working class in their ten weeks siege of Congress and their battle egainst the armed forces of the United States. It is not necessary to point out here that the majority of these men did not know that they were—staging a re- volt. The main thing to remember is, that they came, they learned who their enemies were and they shed their illusions. These things are ably explained by the author of this book, Douglas on the Second Bonus March. He was on the inside of every move, and tells the truth about the various leaders, organ- izations and maneuverings in dram- atic fashion. From the first chap- ter to the last, we are constantly in the thick of the fight for what is today one of the major demands perplexing Congress. Chapter 2, Ti the halo off the “Father of Country” by showing that he not only irst in Peace, First in War” but also, first in the pock ets of his countrymen. From thi Chapter which deals with the “Pay March” after the lutionary Wer and the sell-out by the poli- ticians and misleaders of that pe- riod, we march steadily forward to our own time. The tale of George Allman’s almost forced march from Oregon and the split between him and Waters is a revolutionary doc- ument. Another fine chapter is that which tells the story of the “Battle in the Railroad Yards.” It is here that John Pace, ex-Marine, ex-Ku Klux Klansman became one of the outstanding rank and file leaders of the workers and veterans. This chapter and the one entitled “Tast- ing Lead Again” are history in the making. The story of John Pace and his Ozark Mountain ancestors who have been active in every war from the Indian skirmishes to the World slaughter is something every one interested in the radical de- velopment of the American masses should not miss. It is a story that will be worth repeating to your grandchildren after the Revolution. The chapter on the “Death March” shows you how the splendid courage of these men was wasted on misleading issues by the swarm of fakers who infested the Bonus March. It was this “Death March” which gave Vice-President Curtis the jitters, and made him in a pan- icky moment order out the marines. It was here that the first show of revolt in the armed forces came about when a detachment of Mar- ines called by Curtis refused to make a move against the veterans. Needless to say, they were immedi- ately rushed back to their barracks. Those liberals who are led to be- lieve by the vicious publicity of the National Economy League in the capitalist papers that the “Bonus is a Racket” will think differently after reading this book. Its as- tounding facts and human interest put Katherine Mayo, W. W. Waters and all the authors of those sneer- ing books purporting to deal with the veteran question, on the spot. My only quarrel with this book is the lack of space allotted to the Workers Ex-Servicemen’s League; which though small and poorly organized at that time, was still the prime mover behind the march. And at the time of the eviction of the vets, the only group that had a program and rallied the men for a future Rank and File veterans movement in America. To say that this book is important would be superfluous. It is the only book on the market at present which por- trays the veteran in his true eco- nomic role. It is a book that every- one who is even slightly interested in the veteran question and its re- Jation to the rest of the working class cannot afford to ignore, There is an appropriate foreword by John Dos Passos. All in all, it is a swell book for any comrade, friend or buddy. All Posis of the W. E. S. L. should get a covy of this book for their reference library. There will be spe- cial rates to Veteran organizations for quantity orders. Read, discuss and pass the good word along. “The Veterans on the March” by Jack Douglas. Foreword by John Dos Passos. 384 Pages, 28 illustrations. Price $1.25. Published by Workers Library Publishers. P. O. Box 148, Station D, New York City, Sheriff Aids Vigilantes, I. L. D. Charges Letter Reveals Terror Against Workers in County Prisons LOS. ANGELES—Protesting against the organized terror against working class prisoners in the County Jail at El Centro, Pettis Ferry, district organizer of the In- ternational Labor Defense sent the following letter to Sheriff George L. Campbell of Imperial County: “Sir: After a long unbroken series of outrages in Imperial Valley, reports continue to be received at this office of further terror against the workers and of inhuman treat- ment of working class prisoners in the County jail at El Centro. “On July 23, three car-loads of vigilantes visited the Union prison- ers at the chain-gang ceip at Superstition Mountain. The vig- ilantes were led by W. F. Aycock, the man who assaulted Attorney Besig. These vigilantes fraternized with the prison guards and very carefully scrutinized Antonio Sol- orzano who was to be released the next day. And, as you know, on the night after Solorzano was re- leased his home was entered by eight vigilantes who in a cowardly attack finally knocked him uncon- scious and threw him on top of his small children lying on the bed. “Your denial—without investiga- tion—of this bestiat assault can only mean that you are once again as- suring the vigilantes of immunity in future assaults. “Further we find that you have not taken one step to arrest the vigilantes who visited the chain- gang camp the night of July 26, who burned a fiery cross, admitted the attack on Solorzano, and who, with knout and hangman’s’ noose, threatened death to Stanley Han- cock and Nieto, “We have learned of your inhu- man mistreatment of Dorothy Ray, (9, and of Emma Cutler, confined in the County jail at El Centro for six months. Your giving these young women nothing but half- cooked starches and pork, while holding them in a stifling tank which rises to over 120 degrees, is breaking down their health. Last Tuesday when Emma Cutler was} visited she was hardly able to stand. We know no words adequate for your inhuman acts in turning back those who have come to the County jail with milk and fruit for these young women, cA “These assaults and persecutions | are directed at those guilty of no) crime but that of organizing the workers to better unbearable work- ; ing conditions. We are well aware of the facts. Union workers are rail-roaded to convictions, long sentences and jail through frame- ups and farcical trials. Emma Cutler, convicted of vagrancy, was arres‘ed in her car three hours after she arrived in the Walley... . Antonio Solorzano’s trial consisted solely of this: Solorzano was brought into court. He was asked in Spanish ‘Do you speak English?’ He answered in Spanish, ‘No.’ He was led out. Two weeks later (in prison) he by chance saw an old copy of the Brawley Spanish news- paper ‘La Gaceta.’ In it he learned he had been convicted and sen- tenced to ninety days. “In the name of the 1,500 mem- bers of District 14 of the Inter- national Labor Defense, we demand: “1, The immediate arrest and prosecution of W. F. Aycock and of all the other vigilantes engaged in the fascist proceedings in Imperial Valley; that you as Sheriff of the County stop acting in implicit obe- dience to the hand full of big grow- ers, shippers and bankers and in-! Organizer Cites Cases of Brutal Assaults, Slow Starvation stead protect the thousands of workers and small farmers whom these growers, shippers and bankers are exploiting. “2. Adequate food for Emma Cut- ler and Dorothy Ray—food which has the necessary elements to re- store their health which has been dangerously undermined by the ill treatment. “3. Protection for the working class prisoners now on the chain- gang and in the County jail at El Centro; protection for workers ac- tive in the Union who now are being assaulted and threatencd; protection for the workers’ lawyers (flve of whom have been assaulted or imprisoned) to make possible legal representation of the workers in Imperial Valley. “Because of your actions, much of the responsibility is yours for ; What has already occurred in Im- petial Valley. We now hold you strictly accountable for the safety and health of our prisoners in your charge and for the fulfillment of the above demands.” I met | On Terror Plax By CLAUDE LIGHTFOOT Note:—The author of this ar- ticle is the South Side Section Organizer of the Young Com- munist League, and a leader in | the struggle of the Negro workers. | He is a candidate for the State Assembly in the coming elections. CHICAGO.—Harry Haywood, in his report to the Eighth National |Convention of the Communist Party, pointed out the increasingly herous role of the Negro re- formist misleaders. These mis- leaders, he stated, become more active as agents of the white ruling | class precisely at a time when our |Party and League are engaged in |decisive struggles for Negro rights. |In son es they constitute the | main to the Negro people as an aid to white chauvinism. must review the activities of these | people in Chicago and their official Jorgan, the Chicago Defender, in | Tecent weeks. | Jim-Crowism Fought Over a month ago the Young Communist League and the Youth Section of the League of Struggle for Negro Rights uncovered an “unwritten” law of Jim Crowism ap- plied and enforced on the Jackson Park Beach. These organizations immediately organized a struggle to smash this “law.” The Hyde Park Businessmen’s }and Property Owners’ Associations, together with the South Park Com- missioners and their police thugs immediately launched a terror drive against the unity of Negro and white workers. They scented in this unity on the beaches a step to further united actions for more re- lief, against high rents, wage cuts and speed-up in the shops, and for other demands of the workers. Wide Terror Protest Over forty young workers were arrested for violating Jim Crow regulations on the beach, and were vilely insulted and abused by police. At meetings held to protest against these arrests, hoodlums employed by the businessmen threw stench | bombs. Instead of crushing this struggle through terror as the white rulers expected, the bosses were flooded with protests, resolu- tions and letters from workers and intellectuals, from individuals and organizations, demanding a cessa- tion of terror and Jim Crowism on the beach, The South Park Commissioners, becoming alarmed at this growing sentiment, now called upon their Negro agents, the misleaders, to come to their rescue. A mass beach party, scheduled to take place on July 29, had these people trembling in their boots. Again they calculated on terror to smash this demonstration of unity, but they realized that terror on other occasions had only broadened out the issue. Negro Reformists Brought In They realized that it was neces- sary to take other steps. Accord- ingly, the Negro reformists began to cry out, “There is no Jim Crow- ism on Jackson Park Beach. The Communists are attempting’ to create an issue for agitation. The holding of mixed beach parties by the Communists will create a race riot, as there are people on the beach who are opposed to mixing (1), The fence on the beach that divides Negroes on one side and whites on the other was not for the purpose of Jim Crowism, but to collect revenue from one side.” (Though none was collected and the fence remained—C. L.) The traitors of the Negro people went to every length of. slander against the Negro workers. “If the Negroes only used one Side of the fence,” they shouted, “It ; Was because they segregated them- | selves.” | It was with these slogans that the white rulers mobilized their misleaders to smash the rising sen- It is from this viewpoint that we | | In Attempts to Block _ Negro-White Solidarity |Communists in Chicago Lead Successful Rally on Jim-Crow Beach, Forcing Police to Back Down Negro Misleaders Defeated timent of unity of Negro and wi a d the Beach Party of July 29th. Lies about Discrimination The Chicago Defender came out week of July 22 in a glaring ne stating, “There is no dis- crimination on Jackson Park Beach.” The following week™ it used its yellow sheets to prepare for the bloodiest massacre of workers in recent years. The Chief of Police of Chicago issued an order to all police cap- tains stating, “Racial unrest is being stirred up in District 16 and 17. All captains hold special forces in reserve. The Beach Parade must There is no permit ny be issued.” dent and Lieut- f the South Park legation that 1 of its forces i and no parties enant d inf ed them uld be mol would be held “Defender” Supports Police In face of these threats, the Chi- cago Defender opened up its sheets to a cunningly written article justifying the planned attacks. The article stated that trouble would take place at Jackson Park Beach Sunday, July 29, and the Defender wanted to warn its readers of the situation, The article stated that a@ huge beach party of Negro and white workers would take place and that police were going to break it up. It then proceeded to justify this attack by stating that all known radicals would be arrested on sight. It warned its readers that these arrests would not be because the party was mixed, but because the Communists were trying to use the beach for propaganda purposes. It advised that the Negro work- ers attending not permit their chil- dren to play with others, not to mix with whites, and to call the police to arrest anyone that approached them. This was the heroic support of white chauvinism which the De- fender undertook by its efforts to smash the struggle against Jim Crowism. Force Rulers to Back Down In spite of this, our Party and League met and defeated the man- euvers and plans of the white rulers and their Negro agents. By continuing to arouse the masses against these people and their schemes, we forced the au- thorities to back down. The great wave of protests finally made the South Park Board half-heartedly promise non-interference with the Party of July 2. When, in spite of this promise, hundreds of police were brought to the beach, the solidarity and unity was so great that they did not dare to attack. Every weapon and lie used by the white rulers and their lackeys were defeated. Negroes Flock to Party First, we defeated their cry of ‘creating race riots’ by uniting non- revolutionary workers, Negro «and white bathers in the party. Second, their cry that Negroes had segregated themselves was ex- posed when large numbers of Ne- groes came across the old ‘color line’ to join the party when they so no hostilities were developing. We likewise forced the commis- sioners to cut a gate through the fence that had divided Negroes and whites. This partial victory must be fol- lowed up until all our demands are won. Our message to the Abbots, McGills of the Chicago Defender, Foster of the Urban League, and the whole line-up of reformists is: “Judas, for the wonderful service you rendered your white masters, go get your thirty pieces of silver, If they reproach you for haying failed, tell them you did your best, but the unity of the masses, Negro and white, under the leadership of the Communist Party and the of P ‘Toung Communist League defeated you.” Sum to Be Used to Pay —Consumers Will Pay Retail Prices for By Labor Research Association The bituminous coal industry plans to spend at least $900,000 dur- ing the current year for the cost of administering and obtaining compliance with the code, accord- ing to the code authorties’ budgets recently submitted to Administrator Johnson for approval, This large sum will be used in paying high- salaried executives, their travelling expenses, and other over-head charges of code administration. Here are the budgets for one year proposed by the sub-divisional code authorities: sion (division I), $249,840.36; East- ern sub-division (division I), $201,- 050; Ohio sub-division (division I), $200,000; Illinois sub-division (divi- sion II), $105,000; Indiana sub-di- vision (division II), $64,087.23; Divi- sion III, $44,556; West Virginia Northern Panhandle (division I), $25,520; Michigan sub-division (di- vision I), $8,250. While these amounts are to be raised by assessments on the com- panies’ 1933 tonnage, it is certain that the costs will be later passed an to the consumers in the form of Western Pennsylvania sub-divi- | ‘Coal Barons Plan to Spend $900,000 to Enforce Code High-Salaried Executives Cost in Form of Higher Coal Next Winter increased prices for coal. Already retail coal prices are about 11 per cent higher than in March, 1933, when Roosevelt took office. The National Industrial Conference Board reports that coal prices moved up 1.4 per cent in July, 1934, “an increase which is not generally observed until August.” * pe ok Code Violations Exposed How mine foremen help tha higher-ups in violating the N.R.A. code is shown by Coal Age in an article on “Mine Foreman Faces Added Responsibilities Under N.R.A, | Regime.” With great sympathy for the mine foremen, the journal ex- plains how some of them cheat the miners: Do “In many _ instances, however, crafty mine foremen have endeav- ored to side-step compliance with some provisions in order to reduce their costs of production. Then, when some member of the organiza= tion (that is, the union—Ed.) dis= covers the evasion and brings the attention of the mine con tee and other members of his union, resentment naturally is ated and attempts at reprisals sure to follow.”