The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 28, 1934, Page 3

jp | | *—marches of farmers, of trade union DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1934 Page Three PLANS SET FOR CITY-WIDE NEW YORK RELIEF MARCH SEPT. 22 BROAD CONFERENCE CALLS ALL GROUPS Discuss TO DEMONSTRATE Eleven Main Demands Are Listed at United Action Parley NEW YORK.—The three hundred delegates to the fourth session of the United Action Conference on Work, Relief and Unemployment, held here Sunday, called on the membership of all trade unions, all workers’ mass, fraternal and eco- nomic organizations to demonstrate Saturday, Sept, 22 at Union Square, and march to City Hall with de- mands centering around the issue of immediate, adequate appropria- tion for work and home relief dur- ing the coming Winter. Plans for the march call for the massing of all working class organ- izations in Union Square and in the streets leading into the Square on Sept. 22 at 10 a.m. Fach participating organization is asked to subscribe to the general demands presented at the confer- ence. Instead of having a multi- Plicity of demands, each participat- ing group is asked to oarry, besides its organizational banner, large Streamers listing its central slogan or demand. Thus, for example, the Women’s Council, in addition to carrying its banners, will carry a large streamer or banner with its central slogan — “against the high cost of living.” Similarly, the veter- ans’ groups will carry banners for the passage of the veterans’ rank and file three-point program and for the enforcement of the Veterans’ State Relief Law. Workers to Carry Symbols Each worker is urged to carry symbols of his trade or something which refiects a central grievance caused by unemployment. Here it is suggested that unemployed work- ers carry huge replicas of eviction notices or of food vouchers, children carry empty milk bottles, relief workers carry picks and shovels. Employed workers are urged to carry symbols of their trades, huge card board shears, papier-mache ham- mers, ete. The march will be to present the eleven main demands adopted at the conference —for the Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill; in- creased cash relief, union conditions and wages on the rellef jobs; for the workers’ right to strike, picket, organize and assemble; a public works program to provide jobs for all unemployed and financed by tax- ation on the high incomes, inheri- tances, profits of public utilities and corporations, etc.; for one united unemployment movement. Against Bankers’ Agreement The conference demanded the abrogation of the Bankers’ Agree- ment by which the city limits relief to the unemployed while playing $23,000,000 monthly to the bakers and limiting the taxes on large realty holdings. A committee was elected to present the conference demands for taxation for financing relief to the Board of Aldermen, and demanded that no sales tax, subway tax, or any tax burden which falls upon the working popu- lation or the small merchants be enacted to finance unemployment relief. I, Amter, national secretary of the Unemployment Councils, speaking before the conference, denounced Mayor LaGuardia’s proposed relief tax program as providing a direct cut in relief while placing the bur- den on the shoulders of the working population and the small business men. Amter pointed out how the LaGuardia scheme will provide even less than is now expended for re- lief, and holds the promise of future relief cuts. He urged the confer- ence to adopt plans which would call for increased relief at the ex- pense of the big incomes, the trusts and corporations and not from the workers. Of the proposed LaGuardia relief tax, Amter said: “We're not opposed to the tax, but we demand that it be placed where it belongs, not on the workers,” Nation-Wide Demonstrations Amter told the delegates that the month of September would see not only demonstrations in New York, but in cities throughout the country members, and of the unemployed. “Workers throughout the country,” he said, “are planning hunger marches on their city halls and on the state capitols.” Amter urged the widest popular- ization of the plans which will be adopted by the National Arrange- ments Committee which will meet in New York on August 30 to plan a national action in Washington when Congress convenes, and de- mand the enactment of the Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill. James Gaynor, chairman of the United Action Committee, was elected chairman of the conference by acclamation. Emanuel Levin, organizer of the United Action Com- _mittee, delivered the main report. Greek Workers Clubs Will Hold Convention} DETROIT, Aug. 27.—The first national convention of the Greek Workers Educational Clubs will be held in Detroit Saturday, Sunday and Monday, Sept. 1, 2 and 3. The convention will join the clubs throughout the country together in one federation. Delegates represent- ing 16 clubs in 13 cities are expected. The convention will open with a mass meeting Saturday night, to be preceded by a parade through the Greek section of the city, The ses- sions of the convention will be hoid at the Detroit Greek Workers Edu- cational Club, 1413 Randolph St. J Bhiced Leader| Held in $20000 In St. Louis Jailing of Unemployed Leader Denounced At Mass Meeting EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill, Aug. 27— Workers here massed at the Work- ers’ Center Friday to protest the arrest of Arthur Lipe, leader of the Unemployment Council of East St. Louis, who was seized Aug. 22 and held in $20,000 bail for participation in the mass stopping of an eviction. Charged with “inciting to riot, assault with attempt to kill and in- terfering with an officer,” in con- nection with the eviction of Mrs. Checkan, widowed wife of a war veteran, last June, Lipe was ar- rested by Claude Broshears, presi- dent of the Federal and State Aid Association. Lipe was a member of the Fed- eral and State Aid Association, and fought against ihe policies of Claude Broshears, attempting to place a militant program before the membership for the winning of re- lief and the stopping of evictions for unemployed workers, Broshears, it now is made known, is a “special officer,” under the commission of Police Chief Lau- man. In leaflets issued to the member- ship of the Federal and State Aid| Association, the International Labor Defense, in calling the mass protest meeting, called upon the associa- tion members to oust Broshears, and demand the withdrawal of his | police commission, Workers are urged to protest the | arrest of Lipe and the setting of bail at $20,000, which is designed to keep Lipe in jail until the time of his trial. Communists in Michigan To Celebrate 15th Year With Election Outing DETROIT, Mich., Aug. 27.—The Communist Party of Michigan will celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Communist Party with a picnic and election rally on Sunday and Monday, Sept. 2 and 3, at the Work- ers’ Camp on the 12 Mile and Hal- sted Roads. ‘The main speaker will be Mother Ella Reeve Bloor, who just returned from the International Women’s Anti-War Congress, and other speakers will be the candidates on the Communist ticket for the State elections: John Anderson for Governor; Phil Raymond for the U. 8. Senate, John Rose for Secretary of State, Frank Sykes for First Congressional, John Pace for 16th Congressional, Mary Himoff for State Treasurer, and the State Secretary of the Communist Party, William Wein- stone. ‘There will be swimming, dancing and sports. The admission is 16 cents at the gate and 11 cen‘s for tickets in advance. The Grand River street car will take the work- ers .to Seven Mile Road, and there will be busses from there until 4 p.m. to the camp. By automobile: Take Grand River out to Halsted Road. Parley Called To Set Up Anti-Fascist Group DETROIT, Mich, Aug. 27—A city-wide conference to combat the menace of war and fascism has been called for Sept. 15 at 2 p.m. at the A. B. C. Hall, 7949 Mack Ave., to establish a permanent organiza- tion, the Detroit League Against War and Fascism. This organiza- tion will be the Detroit Section of the American League Against War and Fascism, which has called the second U. S. Congress in Chicago on Sept. 28, 29 and 30. Detroit organizations who are opposed to war and fascism have been invited to send delegates to this conference, two delegates to each 50 members or fraction thereof. A prominent member of the National Committee is expected to be present. Detroit Election Rally To Hear Mother Bloor DETROIT.—Ella Reeve (Mother) Bloor, 72-year-old veteran of count- less labor struggles, who has just returned from the Paris World ‘Women’s Congress Against War and Fascsim, will be the chief speaker at the Communist Party Election Picnic, to be held in Workers Camp, Twelve Mile Road, near Halsted, Labor Day week-end, Sept. 2 and 3. The picnic will also be a celebra- tion of the Fifteenth Anniversary of the Communist Party. Other speakers will be John An- derson, candidate for governor; Phil Raymond, candidate for U. S. Sen- ate; William Weinstone, district sec- retary of the Communist Party; Frank Sykes, candidate for Congress in the First Congressional District; Earl Reno, candidate in the Four- teenth Congressional District; Lon- nie Williams, candidate for attorney general, and Mary Himoff, candidate for state treasurer. A drive is being made to bring at least 10,000 workers to the camp for the picnie, Socialist Reply to Bid of Communist Party Asks | ‘No Criticism’ DETROIT, Aug. 26—United ac- tion of the working class, per- sistently urged by the Communist Party, is the subject of an ex- tremely significant exchange of let- ters between the Communist Party of District 7, whose center is this| city, and the Wayne County organi-| zation of the Socialist Party. | No‘direct answer to the Detroit | C. P.’s proposal of a united front, addressed to the 8S. P. on July 17, is made. Attempting to draw an) analogy between the Detroit situa-| tion and that of the Soviet Union| and its relations with capitalist) countries, the Wayne County S. P. secretary instead asks a “non-ag- gression” pact. | Answering the questions raised in| the Socialist letter the Michigan! Communist Party states in detail; the position of the C. P. on criti- cism within the working class move- ment and the C. P. position on the united front. It again emphasizes the need for united action on the most important issues facing the workers: unemployment relief and insurance, increased wages, the right to organize, the fight against com- pany unions, imperialist war, fas- cism, and the struggle for the ele-| mentary rights of the workers. The letter of the Socialist Party, | in part, follows: “We have your call of July 17| to a united front demonstration on August 1. Unfortunately, it reached us too late for the Wayne County Central Committee to take definite action on it. However, we have de- cided to reciprocate and do hereby submit to you a ‘non-agression pact.’ We feel that before there can be any united front on even a frac- tional scale, there must be firmly established a policy of non-aggres- sion, “To be frank, we are not fully | confident of your sincerity in ex- tending your call to us, nor are we absolutely convinced that you would adhere to even a non-aggression pact. “However, we ate willing to ex- periment further, because we are aware that, “First, the greatest tragedy of this revolutionary epoch is the division of the revolutionary elements of our society into two or more sections that are so hostile to each other that they are incapable of coopera- tion even when threatened with ex- termination by the reactionary ele- ments. “Second, the U.S.S.R. has signed non-aggression pacts with practic- ally every capitalist country in Eu- rope and has thus far lived up to them, “And third, the Socialist and Communist Parties of France have established a united front base which thus far is functioning. “We therefore hope that you will give this pact your serious consider- | anything which will cause him to ation. Should you decide to enter into it, please sign both attached copies and return one to us. “Sincerely, “(Signed) Arthur E. Kent, “Exec. Sec., Wayne Co C.C.” The “Non-Aggression Pact” The draft of the “non-aggression pact” put forth by the Wayne County secretary of the S, P. fol- lows: (An announcement, copies of which are to be prominently post- ed in all Party headquarters, halts and meeting places.) TO OUR COMRADES “The Wayne County Local of the Socialist Party of America and the corresponding portion of Dis- trict No, 7 of the Communist Party U.S.A. do hereby bind them- selves to a policy of non-aggres- sion between them, such policy to be in effect from August 15, 1934 until such time as either Party shall announce its withdrawal in writing. This policy, we hope, will be interpreted as broadly as pos- sible, but specifically it prohibits attacks on the part of any spokes- man or official of either Party, from any public platform or in any capitalistic organ or in any Party organ or leafiet which reaches other than Party mem- bers. Should any spokesman or official of either Party be asked comment in any way on the other Party, his answer will be, “I am under strict instructions to re- frain from any comments on the Party.” (Signed) Arthur E. Kent, For Wayne Co. Local, S.P.A. For Corresponding section of Dist. 7, C.P.U.S.A. The answer of the. Communist Party of, the Michigan District, sent over the signature of William W. Weinstone, district secretary, ad- dressed to the Wayne County Cen- tral Committee of the Socialist Party, was also forwarded to the branches of the S. P. The Communist Party intends to publish its answer in a leaflet form in order that every Detroit worker may know the Communist position on the united front and the latest developments in the negotiations for united action. The letter of the Michigan Dis- triet of the C. P. follows: “To the Wayne County Local of the Socialist Party of America, “To the branches and membership of the Socialist Party, “Dear Comrades: “In our letter of July 17, we pro- posed the joint fight of the Socialist and Communist Parties against the ever increasing attacks of the cap- italist class, and more specifically against the drive of the capitalists toward war and fascism. Instead of the united front, you have answered with the proposal for a “Non-Ag- gression Pact” which in substance means (since the Communist Party | never opposed criticism in the work- | ing class movement) that the Com- cite the non-aggression Pacts of the| Soviet Union signed by the capital- ist countries. The non-aggression Pact proposed by the Soviet Union is a method of struggle against the attempts of the capitalists to plunge the world into a new war. By Means of these pacts, the Soviet Union, which has no desire for war since it has no imperialist ambi- tions and does not covet the terri-| tory of other countries, hinders and | thwarts the plans of the capitalists | to make war upon the workers’ re- Public. By means of the non-ag- gression pacts, the Soviet Union furthermore exposes and brands be- fore the masses of the world the war-like aims of the capitalist coun- tries who refuse to sign them and| stimulates and encourages the | struggle of the workers against | their capitalists when war breaks | out, by showing them who is really | responsible for the war. AY “The polity of the Soviet Union, | the building up of Sovialism and| the raising of the material and cul- tural standards of the masses, are} undermining capitalist society and | are helping to mobilize the working class for revolutionary struggle in the capitalist countries. The Soviet Union—the workers’ government—is thereby doing its part in the fight against capitalism, in the struggle against war and fascism and is serving the interests of the working Class of the entire world. 'Th policy of the non-aggression p: is a weapon which a working class goy-! ernment in power can use against the maneuvers and designs of the| capitalist countries. “For the working class which is not yet in power and which is con- fronted by the violent attacks of the capitalist class, the duty of all class conscious workers is to unite forces and form “pacts of defense and aggression” against the capilal- ist attacks. This is the aim of our united front proposal. “In our letter of July 17, we stated that time does not wait, that the outbreak of war is imminent, The events since then in Austria, which brought the world to the brink of war, the attacks of the Japanese imperialists upon the So- viet Union in the Far East, all point to the danger of war. The ferocious attacks in San Francisco and in other parts of the country show with what speed the capitalists are developing fascism in these United States. Only the united front, the united actions of the working class, meets the present situation. We, therefore, reiterate our united front proposals and call for united action to struggle with all our resources and to mobilize the working masses for the following demands: _ “1. For increased unemployed rellef paid in cash; against ihe cuts on relief jobs and for the establishment of a minimum wage of 816 for all unemployed relief workers; and for a struggle for immediate, adequate winter relief. “2. For unemployment insut- munist Party cease criticism of the Socialist Party. ance to be paid by the employers and the government. ‘Non-Aggression’ and United Front “In behalf of your proposal, you! CP Urges Workingclass Unity for Struggle on Burning Issues “3. For Increased wages against the vicious speed-up. “4, For the right to organize into trade unions, without dis- crimination, and for a struggle against company unions, “5. Against the menace of im- perialist war, aiming to set up a united League Against War and | Fascism in Detroit. | “6. For a fight against fascism, for the freedom of Ernst Thael- mann and all anti-fascist fighters | in Germany; for the protection of the civil rights of the workers in the United States—the right to free speech, press and assemblage; against the use of injunctions, po- lice and militia in strikes, and against the vicious campaign di- reeted against the Negro and for- eign-born workers, “We propose that the united struggle be carried out by all means Possible, joint mass meetings in the greatest possible numbers and lo- calities, protest delegations, demon- | strations and other actions, includ- | ing local and state marches and| strikes, “Since you have raised the ques- tion of criticism as an objection to establishing a united front, we wish to state that we regard the right of criticism in the working class movement as an essential part of working class democracy. We con- sider that criticismm—the clash of ideas—enables the working class to judge what is right and wrong} and thereby raises the consciousness and revolutionary unity of the} working class ranks. “Nevertheless, in order to estab- lish the united front we are willing | to abide by the arrangements made | between the French Socialists and Communists in the united front agreement which they signed, which is: ” "That if the above demands or demands of a similar nature and the above methods of struggle are | agreed to, we are willing to sub- | scribe to an understanding to mu- tually abstain from criticism while the agreement is in force upon the issues agreed upon, on the condition that each Party re- serves the right to denounce any- one who tends to evade the ap- plication thereof or anyone who commits acts militating against the mobilization of the masses and the success of these activi- ties” “We consider that the test of | sincerity of working class organiza-| tions at the present time consists in! the readiness to do everything in| their power to effect a united mass struggle, energetically and unhesi-| tatingly carried through against the | reactionary ruling class. | “Sincerely yours, “COMMUNIST PARTY OF USA., MICHIGAN DISTRICT. “Wm. W. Weinstone, Secretary.” Hospital Tries To Keep Negro Death Secret NEW YORK—The Veterans Re- lief Committee and the Harlem Committee Against War and Fas- cism took steps yesterday to pen- etrate the veil of secrecy surround- ing the death of William Alfred, Negro veteran, who died of starva- tion Thursday on his way to or in the Harlem Hospital, Lenox Avenue | and 136th Street. The Harlem Hospital officials have sent Alfred’s body to the city morgue, and do not allow anyone to scrutinize the death papers. Sev- eral years ago Alfred had been dis- charged from the hospital following an automobile accident while he was still not well, it is charged. The Veterans Relief Committee will send a delegation to the hos- pital this morning at 10 o'clock from the headquarters at 119 W. 135th Street to demand that the hospital officials notify Alfred’s mother in Jersey City of his death and allow an inquiry into the cause thereof. _ Yesterday the United Action Con- ference on Unemployment passed a resolution demanding the removal of Harlem relief officials,,Mrs. C. Mason, Mr. Wright and Miss Flories. The National Rank and File Veterans’ Committee is urg- ing all veterans groups to protest. the treatment given to Negro and white veterans by the, Home Relief Bureau. A telegram to the Veterans’ Bureau in Washington demanding a funeral at government expense, a thorough vestigation and that Alfred’s mother be notified. Suffering from afflictions received in the World War, Alfred had been ill-treated, discriminated against and starved by the Home Relief Bureau here on the excuse that he was not a resident of New York. Although discharge papers, affida- vits and bills showed that he had lived here at least four years, Al- fred was refused any relief by the bureau at 181 W. 135th Street. The relief bureau based its re- fusal on the fact that Alfred had given the address of his mother in Jersey City to Washington officials The Daily Worker can Better Aid Your Struggles if You Build its Circulation. Our Readers Must Spread the Daily Worker Among the Members of All Mass and Fraternal Organ- izations As a Political Task of First Chicago and Cleveland Plan | To Speed Election Activities CHICAGO, Aug. 27—Special mob- ilization days have been designated for the various mass organizations co-operating in Chicago’s Red Week nominating petition signature drive. Today is Unemployed Council Day. Tomorrow is to be Interna- tional Labor Defense Day. Desig- nations for the remaining days of the week, on which members of mass organizations will take part in the petition-drive are: Wednesday, League of Struggle for Negro Rights; Thursday, Trade Union Unity League affiliates and other trade union groups; Friday, International Workers’ Order, and Saturday, all foreign language or- ganizations. The week will culminate in a red election rally at the People’s Audi- torium, 2457 W. Chicago Ave., on Saturday. Unless 15,000 signatures ate collected during the current week, the Communist Party candi- dates will face the danger of losing their places on the ballot. Campaign Pians Outtined CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 27— Plans for developing a penetrating mass campaign for the Communist election program and candidates were outlined yesterday by Alex. Voros Wrought, chairman of the newly reorganized State campaign committee. Wrought is himself aj| candidate for the United States Senate. Wrought, formerly a member of the staff of Uj Elore, Hungarian Communist newspaper published here, announced plans for the issu- ing of a special election campaign newspaper here during the final stages of the campaign. With a view to making the cam- paign effective on the broadest pos- sible scale, Wrought said, a State committee of 100 is being organized. This committee will hold its first meeting today at 8 p.m. at 1524 Prospect Ave. Thugs Attack Jobless Meeting and Stab Two— Are Freed by Police NEW YORK. — In an organized attempt to smash the Workers Committee on Unemployment, locals 2 and 3 and the Rutgers Place Lo- cal (affiliated to the National Un- employment Council) gangsters at- tacked a meeting Saturday night at Rutgers Square, stabbing Sain Suskin and Mike Karzema, and injuring four other unemployed workers, The workers resisted the attack, putting the gangsters to flight. When cornered in a store at 13 Essex St., the gangsters knifed Sus- kin and Karzema. A policeman, who entered at this time took the sters, put them aboard a taxicab and let them free. The workers later sent a protest to Police Inspector Valentine and will visit the Clinton St. police sta- tion today to identify the police- man who freed the gangsters, In addition to the stabbing of Suskin and Karzema, who required seven stitches to, close the wound, Morris Zimmerman, Sam Schacter, Abe Stenka and Louis Edilstein | were injured. 20,000 New Readers by September Onion Strike Leader Returns to Defy Mob Which Kidnapped Him McGUFFEY, Ohio, Aug. 27.—Okey O'Dell, leader of the union weeders strike here, was beaten and kid- napped by a fascist mob, trans- ported from town and ordered not to come back, O'Dell, however, re- turned to town, armed himself and defied the onion growers’ gang to come and get him. He is still in the city. Cooperation between the city ad- ministration and the fascist gang, which included business men, was apparent when Mayor Ott’s wife de- clared, “It’s about time,” after hear- ing of the beating of O'Dell. That the violence against O’Dell was well prepared is seen in his arrest shortly before he was kidnapped. The fas- cist mob, sent out by the onion growers, took him away from the deputy sheriffs who showed no will- ingness to protect the union leader. ‘There are 50 armed deputiss being used against the strikers. Fifteen deputies and Prosecutor Kaylor were in the mob which kidnapped O'Dell, he said. The onion weeders and harvesiers get only eight to twelve cents an hour. They are demanding 35 cents an hour and an eight-hour day. The 1 means 20,000 Additional Recruits Importance! 1 for Organized Class Struggle! i strike which includes several hun- Chinese Hold | Mass Meeting Against War, NEW YORK—An out-door mass / meeting was held Sunday at the corner of Bayard and Mott Sts. un- der the joint auspices of the Chi- nese League Against the Japanese Invasion of China, the American League Against War and Fascism, Friends of the Chinese People and t he Workers’ Ex-Servicemen’s League. The meeting was called to expose the role of General Tsai Ting Kai in his connection with the Chinese liberation movement and to express the indignation of the workers at the arrival of the butcher, General Chang Fat-Kwei, who in 1927 murdered thousands of Chinese workers in crushing the Canton Commune. Liu of the Chinese League Against the Japanese Invasion called upon the Chinese masses io unite on a basis of the United Front proposal of Madam Sun Yet-Sen, which was published in the New York Herald Tribune on Aug. 2, and to present these proposals to General Tsai Ting Kai, urging him to pledge sup- port of these proposals and to carry them out when he goes back to China. Other speakers were Yen of the Chinese Unemployed Alliance; Y. T. Young, of the Chinese Anti-Im- perialist Alliance; Rosenkranz, of the League Against War and Fas- cism, and Edward Brooks, who brought greetings of the Friends of the Chinese People. Workers attending another meei- ing nearby, called by the Chinese Benevolent Association to welcome General Chang-Fat-Kwei, deserted that meeting to join the protes: against the arrival of General Chang. Knitgoods Union Calls 2 Meetings Tomorrow NEW YORK.—The Knitgoods Workers’ Industrial Union will hold two section membership meetings tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. to hear a re- port on the general strike situation and to elect delegates to the Second Anti-War Congress to be held in Chicago. | The Manhattan meeting will be held in ‘he office of the union, 131 W. 28th St., in the auditorium. The Brooklyn meeting will be held at the Hinsdale Workers’ Club, dred workers, began in June, |U. C. in the fight against hunger. | , at which Congressman Lundeen and |Cleveland Police Jail Communist and Socialist Parties in Detroit4. RALLIES CALLED FRIDAY TO PREPARE YOUTH DAY MARCH ee ‘Jello | ~ Push Plans For| Hunger March October 12 Set As Date for Departure of 1400 for State Capital (Specie to the Daily Worker) lY.GL. Awaits Answer of Y.P.S.L. on Bid for United Action | NEW YORK—A list of prepara- |tory section demonstrations to moe | bilize the working youth of the city for Saturday's International Youth | Day parade and mass meeting, were |announced yesterday by the New | York District of the Young Com- munist League. In four important working class districts of the city ¥.C.L. branches will hold open air meetings and PITTSBURGH, Pa.—Preparations | Parades on Friday evening to pub- for the Pennsylvania hunger march | licize International Youth Day as to Harrisburg were pushed to com- |2 day of struggle against imperial- p the Alle: County Committee | of the Unemployed Councils. The} report of 213 delegates from vari- | ous sections of the country indicate | an enthusiastic response to the call | as a result of which the original | county quota of 500 marchers has| been increased to 1,000. | At the meeting were representa- tives of the Independent Unem- ployed Citizens League, which has | entered into a united front with the They reported the raising of their original quota from 200 to 400, | Phil Frankfeld in his report on| preparations for the march declared | the local column will leave Pitts- burgh, Oct. 12, traveling via Johns- town and Lewiston, and will in- cude marchers from Beaver County planning to arrive at the state capi tol Oct. 14. | Letters are now being written to} Gov. Pinchot demanding provisions | be made for feeding and housing | the marchers during their stay in Harrisburg. Collection lists are now out, and U. C. representatives are scouring the district for trucks to transport the mass delegation. The Citizens Protective League of Pittsburgh has voted to join the march, Preparations were completed for the huge open air mass meeting Friday night in West Park, spon- sored by the U. C. and the I. L. D., Ruby Bates will be featured speak- | ers. 14 Seamen Picketing For Meals, Clean Beds CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 27.— Fourteen marine workers were ar- rested here Friday for picketing the local Federal Relief Bureau. The men were demanding a decent place | to sleep and three meals a day, as was promised them last June. “At the present time the men are sleeping in flop houses, and lousy flop houses at that, and are forced to eat the most appalling food in greasy restaurants,” said Jack Granger, local secretary of the Marine Workers Industrial Union. Granger cited an instance of a man who came for relief and was sent to one of the flop houses, where he placed his clothes under the pil- low. When he got up in the morn- ing he found his clothes ridden with | vermin. The relief officials sent the man to the Woodyard to have his} clothes “fumigated,” in the process of which they were ruined. Chicago Carmen Urge Strike; Shout Down A. F. of L. Official CHICAGO, Iil., Aug. 27. — “We want to strike and we want to vote now,” workers at the A. F. of L. elevated union meeting shouted when President John J. Bruce re- fused to allow a discussion or vote on the strike question. The workers refused to let Brown finish his speech, it was reported. The elevated and surface car workers have been demanding a sympathy strike with the bus men who have been out for many days. But the International officers of | the Amalgamated Association of Street Railwaymen (A. F. of L.), have refused even to take a strike vote. Up-State New York Kluxers Announce Anti-Labor Field Day PORT CHESTER, N. Y., Aug. 26. —Up-state labor was challenged to- day by announcements of the Ku Klux Klan of plans for a fascist field day on Sept. 8 at Schmelling’s Farm. Leaflets advertising the project declare the “Klan Rides Again... The Klan Will Not Tolerate Com- munism” and invites “white, gentile, Protestant Americans” to join the night-shirters. The wording of the invitation makes clear that the Klan, alteady a factor in strike- breaking in several parts of the country, will be directed against Ne- groes, Jews, Catholics, and all other workers daring to fight for the right to live, for unemployment in- surance and relief, against wage cuts, fascist terror and imperialist r. UNEMPLOYED LEADER FREED ALBANY, N. Y., Aug. 23.—Charges against Richard Sullivan, secretary of the Unemployment Councils of Greater New York, were dropped here yesterday when he came up for trial. Sullivan was seized by the Albany Police on July 31 as he was about to enter the Sons of Italy Hall where a mass meeting was to have been held by the Albany delegation 568 Sutter Ave, which presented relief demands to Governor Lehman, on Saturday at a meeting of |18t war and fascism. | DOV | united action. Local demonstr: ms have ale dy been scheduled in the followe ections of the city HARLEM.—126th St. and Lenox Ave. at 8 p.m. NTOWN. — Hamilton Fish Park at Houston St. and Avenue C at 8 p.m. Parade to the park will start from Seventh St. and Avenue A. CROWN HEIGHTS (Brooklyn). Throop Ave. and Quincy St. at 7 p.m. RED HOOK (Brooklyn).—Colum- bia Pl. and State St. at 8 p.m. The city-wide demonstration will be held Saturday at 1 p.m, Work- ers will mass in Madison Square Park and march to Tompkins Park, Seventh St. and Avenue A. Saturday evening there will be an International Youth Night” cele- bration in the Workers Center, 50 E. 13th St., second floor, at 8 o'clock. There will be dancing and enters tainment, Reliable sources indicate that several branches of the Young Peo- ples Socialist League have voted to have a united front with the Young Communists and have referred their decisions to the City Central Com- Mittee of the Y. P. 8. L. for per- Mission to engage in the anti-war and anti-fascis m. demonstration Saturday. So far, however, the Y. C. L, has reecived no answer to its offer for A reply from the Y. P. 8. L. committee is expected today. Meanwhile preparations to make this the greatest and most spectac- ular International Youth Day dem- Onstration are going ahead. Artists are hard at work constructing floats and placards. Plans aré being made for having bicycle and roller r | Skate sections, Office Workers’ Union Meetings Are Smashed by Philadelphia Police PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 27.—Aid- ing department store owners to pre= vent organization of their employes, the Philadelphia police have broken up several open air meetings held by the Office Workers Union, and arrested workers who picketed the department store district in protest against this infringement of the constitutional right of free speech and assemblage. A member of the union was also arrested for dis‘ributing leafiets. The policeman acted on the orders of the Blauner department. store. The arrests were so flagrant that the courts, faced with a rising pro- test by the workers, have been forced to release all defendants. Meantime, however, the police at- tacks continue. A delegation sent by the union to Superintendent of Police Le Strange to protest the arrests was practically told the workers had no rights the police were bound to respect. The union plans to carry on a sharp fight for the right of free speech and organ< ization. Regional Labor Board Fails to Decide on Case of Firm’s Exodus NEW YORK.—The Regional La- bor Board heard the protest of the International Pocketbook Workers Union against the Enterprise Ac cessories, Inc., which locked out its workers and moved to Greenfield, Mass., to dodge paying the union scale, but the Board did nothing about the matter except to refer the case to the National Board. The Enterprise Accessories re= fused to hire union members when the union offered to pay their fare to Greenfield. In appealing to the National Labor Board, the Regional Board places the question in the following manner: “Was the de- sire to rid itself of a union con- tract one of the major considera- tions in the firm's removal to Greenfield?” Certainly, any clear-minded per= son would say “yes” to this ques- tion, but not the Regional Labor Board. It is too big a problem for the board. They had to send the query to Washington for an answer. Scottsboro-Herndon Rally Called in Detroit DETROIT, Aug. 28.—A dig rally for the defense of Angelo Herndon, Ernst Thaelmann and the Scotts- boro Boys will be held here Sept. 17 at the Detroit Light Guard Armory, corner of Brush and Lars ned, under the auspices of the Scottsboro-Herndon-Thaelmann De> fense Committee of 4222 Woodward Ave. The rally is endorsed by the In= ternational Labor Defense, thé League of Struggle for Negro and several other organizations. Ef- — forts are now being made to secure — the endorsement of other groups