The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 1, 1934, Page 1

Workers to Join Youth Today in International Demonstrations Against War and ~—ee Gamps! Raise Funds for Daily! Make Golfections over Camp Kinderland Pledges Labor Day Weekend. $300.60, Camp Unity Sent in $76.15. Vol. XI, No. 210 > Daily,QWorker CENTRAL ORGAN COMMUNIST. PARTY U.S.A. (SECTION OF COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL ) Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at New York, N. ¥., under the Act of rch 8, 1879. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1934 WEATHER: Cloudy, warmer. Speed ‘Daily’ $60, 00 Drive + Fad! 4 Yesterday's Receipts . Total te Date . $317.04 Press Sous Yesterday—45,600 (Eight Pages) Price 3 Centa 1,000,000 SET FOR TEXTILE STRIKE E TONIGHT New Orleans Socialists Join Call to Back . Anti-War Congress % Workers Hit Terror In Ballot |} AM Candidates Backed By Communist Party Gain in California (Special to the Daily Worker) SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Aug, 34.—-Tremendous work- ing class resentment to the recent wave of terror launched against workers’ organizations is shown in the primary election returns coming in from California, Leo Gallagher, attorney for the Inter- national Labor Defense, candidate for Supreme Court Justice on an in- | dependent ticket endorsed by the} Communist Party, polled 180,000 vo‘es with about 600 precincts still uncounted. In San Francisco Gal- lagher is now a close. second. Leo Gallagher, internationally famous labor attorney, defended many of the workers who were jailed following the recent raids on workers’ headquarters after the general strike. Last year he de- fended the members of the Labor Sports Union who ran in the 1932 Olympics bearing placards demand- ing the freedom of Tom Mooney. Active for years in the Mooney Case, Gallagher led the fight for a new trial in 1933. He was part of an international committee to Investigate conditions in Nazi con- centration camps. Last year, run- ning for the office of Municipal Court Judge in San Francisco, he | polled 69,273 votes. For the Fight! a Yon pyfoud Bia fen Hilerfaseheve “4 German C. P. ThanksToilers Of U.S. for Aid Pieck Signs Receipt for $9,200 Contributed by Anti-Fascists NEW YORK — The Communist Party of Germany, through mem- bers of its Central Committee, has acknowledged receipt from the Communist Party, U. 8. A., of $9,- 200 “For the Fighting Fund of the Communist Party of Germany against Hitler Fascism.” A receipt for this sum,~dated August 11, 1934, collected from Party members and anti-fascists in the United States, has been trans- mitted to the Daily Worker, signed by Wilhelm Pieck, a mem- ber of the Central Committee of the German Party. Willi Muenzenberg, another mem- ber of the Central Committee, who recently toured the United States, and aided in the collection of funds for the German Communist Party, in a letter to the Central Committee of the Communist Party in the United States, writes: “Enclosed I am sending the Communist Vote Large In the early primary returns to- | day, local Communist candidates | also polled large votes. Meyer | Leseon, Communist candidate for | Superintendent of Schools in Oak- land, received 5,579 votes with some precincts still missing. A large part of the protest votes, early returns indicate, were diverted Into channels of the demagogues who are making political capital out of the “red raids.” Judge Lazarus, for instance, led Steiger, Deasy and the rest in the fleld for the office of Superior Court Judge. The sig- nificance of this can be seen when it is understood that Lazarus freed 150 of the workers arrested during the general strike, apologizing to them for the arrests, Judge Steiger, on the other hand, imposed heavy sentences on all pris- oners who came before him and issued the most provocative anti- Communist statements. Ben Lindsey, the liberal judge, who protested the anti-red terror, received twice as many votes as all his opponents put together in the office of Superior Court Judge of. Los Angeles. As far as incomplete reports for the non-partisan candidates, run- ning on a ticket endorsed by the Communist Party show, in San Diego county, Leo Gallagher polled 8,746 votes; Wilmer Breeden, run- ning for District Attorney, polled 3,498; Herman C. Bullman, running for Superintendent of Schools, polled 3,545, as against 1,400 last year. « # * LOS ANGELES, Aug. 31, Seventy-two workers have been ar- rested in California for labor ac- tivities during the past six weeks, the 14th District of the Interna- tional Labor Defense reported to- day. Fourteen are still in prison, while eighteen have been released on bail totalling $17,600. Sentences im- posed total 86 months. Three work- ers were given ‘Suspended sentences. Thirty were ‘discharged without | trial after being held for “investi- | gation.” The second trial of Joseph Toth, one of seven workers arrested at the June 1 relief demonstration, has been set for Sept. 4 by Judge A, A. Scott, after the defense at- torneys won a mistrial verdict. The same jury had convicted McShann, Hendricks, Sanders and ‘Tennery. W. T. Sessoms was ac- quitted, and Arthur Milton has not yet been tried. Milton, a 67-year- old worker, was so badly beaten by the police that the prosecution total receipt, made by our Com- rade Wilhelm Pieck, for the sums sent until new by the Communist Party of the United States, to the Communist Party of Ger- many, for the struggle against Hitler fascism. “I take this opportunity to thank you, your Central Com- mittee and your Party for the brotherly and strong help you have given the German prole- tariat im the struggle against fascism and for the overthrow of the Hitler regime, and to send you comradely greetings. “With your help, and with the help of the International work- ing class we will more quickly overthrow the Hitler regime and open the read to a Socialist Ger- many and estabiish the workers’ and peasants’ government.” Another $3,200 has been collected since the last remittance was made and will be forwarded to the Cen- tral Committee of the Communist Party of Germany shortly. The $9,200 was collected as fol- lows: $4,000 through assessment stamps paid by members of the Communist Party; $3,000, generally, the rest through individual con- tribution and collections at mass meetings. Power Strike Is Expected In the East NEW YORK.—A strike of utility workers which might extend to the New England states loomed yester- day when the Brotherhood of Utility Employes sent a telegram to the National Labor Board demand- ing immediate action on the dis- ; Missal of three union members by the Brooklyn Edison Company. The union charged that the three workers, including James Donegan, Ex-president of Local 103, were fired because the company feared that the employes belonging to the company union would join the Botherhood en mass. The Regional Labor Board was charged by the Brotherhood with having disclosed confidential fig- ures to the company. If the strike takes effect it will shut down Brooklyn’s light and power system and the Hudson. gen- erating plant, the largest generat- ing unit in the world, ‘The Brooklyn Edison plant, where the workers were fired, is owned by (Continued on Page 8) the Rockefeller interests, Youth Day Marches For Today Nation-Wide Rallies Will Be Youth Call Against War and Fascism NEW YORK.—Workers through- out the country will rally today in demonstrations against imperialist war and fascism on the nineteenth anniversary of International Youth Day, the day of struggle for the rights of the working youth. In New York trade unions, youth, mass and fraternal organizations will line up along Madison Avenue, at Madison Square Park, at 1 p.m, to participate in a parade to Tomp- kins Square, Seventh Street and Avenue A. At Tompkins Square, I. Amter, Communist candidate for Governor; John Little, Young Communist League district organizer; Charles White, Negro leader of the Harlem Section Y.C.L.; Lou Cooper, youth organizer of the T.U.U.C., and Tillie Littinsky of the Women’s Section of the American League Against War and Fascism, will speak. “At a time when the Soviet Union is in such immediate danger of at- tack both from the East by Japan and from the West by Germany and Poland, the workers and their allies must rally in mighty thou- sands to stay the hands of the bloody imperialists,” a statement of the New York District of the Y. C. L. issued yesterday read. “Time is precious. We cannot wait. NOW is the time to rally against any imperialist attacks against the Soviet Union, against imperialist war and fascism.” z The organizations expected to take part in the demonstration and parade will line up in the follow- ing manner: On Madison Aye. from 23rd to 25th St. the Y. C, L. and Commu- nist Party will line up side by side, with the Y. C. L. nearest the park. On 24th St. between Madison and Fourth Ave, the Labor Sports Union, all independent unions, such as the United Radio Workers, the United. Shoe and Leather, the Amalgamated Food, Celluloid, Tele- graph Messengers, etc., and on 24th St. between Fourth Ave. and Lex- ington, the I. W. O. Youth and Adult, the Young Pioneers, and City Clubs Council will line up. On 25th St. between Madison and Fourth Ave. the A. F. of L. unions, such as the I, L. G. W. U., Dress, (Continued on Page 8) David Siegel Dies Suddenly in N. Y.; Was I.W.O. Leader NEW YORK.—David Siegel, mem- ber of the National Executive Com- mittee of the International Workers Order from its inception until last year, died suddenly early yesterday of heart ailment. Siegel's record of revolutionary | p activity dates back to his member- ship in the Jewish “Bund” in Rus- sia and to the Socialist Party and the Workmen's Circle following his settlement in this country. Funeral services will take place from the Workers Center 35 E. 12th Street tomorrow at noon, All In- ternational Workers Order branches and Jewish clubs are urged to at- tend the services with their banners, —® 'S. P. Local And L.LD. Sign Bid Noted Persons Endorse Conference To Fight War and Fascism PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Aug. 31. —The County Committee of the Young People’s Socialist League here has gone on record in favor of 2 united front with the Young Communist League in the struggle against war and fascism. The County Committee, in its resolu- tion, called on the National Com- mittce of the Young People’s So- cialist League to take steps for effecting such a united front on a national scale. NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 31.—Vari- ous organizations including the Socialist Party local and the local branch of the League for Industrial Democracy have issued a call for a conference to support the Second U. 8, Congress Against War and Fascism, to be held here Sept. 23, 2 p.m., in the Lee Circle branch of the Y. M. C. A. Among those endorsing the con- ference are: Richard Babb Whitten, national chairman of the Students League for Industrial Democracy; Frances Behre, secretary of the New Orleans committee of the League for Industrial Democracy; Louise 8. Jessen, secretary of the New Or- leans local of the Socialist Party; W. G. Binkley, Communist Party Secretary, District 24; Stanley Postek, secretary of the Marine Workers Industrial Union; Frank Deegan, Furniture Workers Indus- trial Union president; W. C. Marine, International Workers Order Secre- tary; Ann Miller, International Labor Defense secretary; Henry Rice, Workers Ex - Servicemen’s League secretary, am Jack Turban, Students League for Industrial Democracy national chairman. City of New Orleans residents who have signed the call for the conference are: Irving Lynn Adams, Emilie S. Behre, Rey. John J. Brod- head, Edwin Bruce, Rabbi David Fichman, Callman Rawley, R. I. Raymond; Dr. Frederick Rhodes, Jane Speed and Manfred Willmer. Emilie Behre is chairman of the Louisiana, League for Peace and Freedom. The meeting will discuss the united front and how to give sup- port to the U. S. Congress Against War and Fascism which will be held in Chicago the latter part of Sep- tember. In its appeal to all individuals and organizations opposed to War and Fascism the conference group stated: “The menace of war and fascism has for the past several months been growing darker. Today a second World War is already on the way. To give our support to the Second Congress Against War and Fascism we are calling a locai congress which will help to popularize its program and to organize locally a protest and resistance to war and fascism. Get your lodge organiza- tion, church, etc. to elec’ delegates. Take the matter up immediately with whatever organization you may be affiliated and see that the dele- gates are elected.” 20,000 New Readers by September 1 means 20,000 Additional Recruits for Organized Class Struggle! ® ‘COAST WORKERS CAST 180,000 VOTES FOR GALLAGHER 250,000 READY TO JOIN 730,000 IN NATIONAL TEXTILE WALKOUT; STATES PREPARE ARMED FORCES New York Ya Yarn Strike/ Spreads—2,000 Out | Already in Georgia | | BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 31. — Unprecedented mobiliza- | tion of police and ee guards is taking place in the| New England states in prep-| aration to attempt to break) the textile strike. The Scott detective agency has circularized textile mills offer- ing to suply armed guards and| strikebreakers, it was revealed by| the United Textile Workers officials | today. A “red scare” campaign is being Pursued on the front pages of the New England newspapers, against “Communist agitators” in the textile areas. The Hearst papers are tak- ing the lead in this strikebreaking campaign which is organized along similar lines to the campaign to break the San Francisco strike. In spite of the armies of police and guards being prepared, the U. T. W. leaders are feeding the strike- breaking “red scare” with state- ments against Communists, and are directing very little fire against the great police mobilization. In New Haven, Conn., where po- lice and detectives are being mobi- lized, and state troops already pre- | pared, a OU. T. W. leader ignored) this preparation, and attacked the Communists, threatening “rough treatment” to. “reds.” | | | MACON, Ga., Aug. 31—Two thou- sand. textile workers have already | walked out on strike here in the past two days in anticipation of the | general textile strike. A number of mills in Alabama, Georgia, and) North and South Carolina have) closed down, knowing that their workers would strike 100 per cent. N. Y. Yarn Strike Spreads NEW YORK—The strike of the) textile trimmers and yarn workers which began early this week in New York under the leadership of the Textile Trimming Workers Union, has continued to spread until it involves nearly 3,000 of the 5,000 workers in the trade, Several additional shops in the! Manhattan area joined the strike yesterday, Frank Woerz, head of the strike committee, announced at strike headquarters, 40 West 18th Street. All shops were picketed throughout the city yesterday and the union is concentrating its ef- forts to bring out more shops in the Bronx and Brooklyn areas. Of the shops on strike five have offered to settle with the union, but union officials said that negotiations. would not be started until next Thursday. There will be a mass picket demonstration Tues- day and a special strike meeting Wednesday at 1.30 p. m. at the strike headquarters. The Textile Trimming Workers (Continued on Page 2) (See Editorial The general cotton textile strii 750,000 workers have been called on wooten and worsted textile workers The demands of the textile workers—Against the stretch-out, on Page 8.) ike starts tonight at 11:30, Fully strike, Another 500,000 rayon, silk, may be involved in the strike. re- duction of the machine load. A 30-hour week, no wage reductions from the present pay. Wage minimums for the semi-skilled and skilled as well as the unskiled. These are the demands adopted at the U.T.W. national convention. The U.T.W. national leadership has added a de- mand for an “impartial” arbitrati ion board, which leaves the road open for the betrayal by these leaders of the other demands. Strikebreaking mobilization. ational Guard called ovt in South Carolina. Unprecedented mobilization of polite and armed guards in New England States. Intense “red seare,” participated in by capitalist press, U.T.W, national leaders and government authorities. Forces with machine guns and poison gas mobi ilize in southern states. Extent of strike—Two thousand additional workers situck in Georgia. Many milis in South already closed, knowing strike 100 per cent effective in these mills. Strike will center in Alabama, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey. Unity.—National Textile Workers Union proposes unity with U.T.W. in strike, with one strike front. “red scare” talk. NEW YORK.—Members of the U.T.W. officials answer with vicious Seventh Infantry Regiment, New York National Guard, have been ordered to appear Monday morning for strike duty, assembling at 66th St. and Park Ave. CHICAGO, Aug. 31.—The 250,000 cotton garment workers will join the general textile strike, it was predicted by Morris Bailis, vice-presi- dent of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. G. W. U. officials are forced by the predict strike, The I. L. sentiment of their rank and file to N.T.W.U. Calls for Unity Ot Two Unions in Strike. The National Textile Workers Union, through its national execu- tive board, has addressed a letter to the United Textile Workers Union and its strike committee, supporting the textile strike and calling for unity of the two unions in one strike front. The letter, sent for the National Executive Board of the N.T.W.U. by Ann Burlak, national secretary, is addressed to the General Exec- utive Board of the U.T.W., to the U.T.W. strike committee, to the lo- cal unions of the U.T.W. and to the entire membership of the|w U.T.W. The letter follows: “The National Executive Board of the National Textile Workers | Union, in a special session held Aug. 30, greets your determination to call a general strike in the tex- tile industry to wipe out the stretch-out system, for the right to belong to a union of the work- ers choosing, to fight for decent | living conditions, the 30-hour) week, without pay cuts, and wage a struggle against the starvation | code of the N.R.A. The National Textile Workers Union, pledges ev- ery support to this strike and at the same time decides to call upon our membership to join in} (Continued on Page 2) Textile Strike Emphasizes Need of ‘Daily’ for $60,000 IRGING the North Carolina dis- trict into a tremendous effort in the Daily Worker drive for $60,000, Paul Crouch, organizer of District 16 yesterday issued a statement Tsai Calls for Fight on‘Traitor Chiang and Japan’ | 19th Army Le Leader Says, Masses Made Possible Shanghai Defense NEW YORK.—Admitting that it was the masses of Shanghai who made possible the heroic fight of the 19th Route Army at Shanghai when the Japanese imperialists opened up their bombardment at Woosung and Chapei in 1932, Gen- eral Tsai Ting Kai, former com- mander of the 19th Route Army, now in New York, in an interview declared he would never be “the running dog of the traitor Chiang Kai Shek.” General Tsai was visited by two representatives of the Chinese League Against Japanese Invasion, Y. T. Young and C. M. Yim, at ae Waldorf-Astoria on Tues- ae questions put to General Tsai and the’ answers he made are as follows: Question: Did Chiang Kai Shek and the Nanking Government give any assistance to the 19th Route Army in the defense of Shanghai in the spring of 1932? Answer: Chiang Kai Shek sent the 88th division not to help us, but to disarm us. However, the whole division, from regiment com- mander down to private was over- whelmingly against Chienz’s order. and joined our fight. No support has been given to us from Nanking. On the contrary, the contributions from Chinese from every corner of 7 the world was swallowed by Chiang Kai Shek and T. V. Soong, then Finance Minister of Nanking. The 19th Route Army received only one- third of the sum. Could Have Won Q. How did the masses of Shang- hai support the 19th Route Army? A. I want to tell you that with- out the support of the masses, we could not even stand for one day, not to speak of 40 days. Just imagine, we were fed clothed and nursed by the mass organizations, The workers, peasants and 5 took care of 10,900 wounded soldiers. They even participated in direct fighting against the Japanese army. Q. Do you think we could have driven the Japanese out of Shang- ! Q | the Fukien Government. Agrees To , Consider Call of Mme. Sun Yat-Sen | for War of Defense hai, were it not for the treacherous | policy of Nanking Government? A. Certainly. Q. Did the Fukien Peoples’ Revo- lutionary Government, of which you were an outstanding leader, sign a pact with the Chinese Soviet Gov- ernment and its Red Army? A. Yes, there was such a thing. Do you think the failure of was pri- marily due to the hesitation of that | Government to arm the masses and | to help organize the mass movement | (Continued on Page 8) % Pointing out the necessity proved by the general strike. “The general strike in the textile | industry brings to the Party in Di trict 16—and to the whole Party a greater realization of the im- portance of the Daily Worker—of | it is| 9\ setting the $60,000 which urgently calling for,” he said. “There are about 150,000 textile workers in our District—including more cotton mill workers than in any other District. Many strikes have taken place here during the past few months, showing the mi- litancy —of the workers. It was this militant attitude on the part of the Southern workers which contributed much to forcing the strike vote at the convention of the U. T. W. “These militant workers are looking fer such a paper as the Daily Worker! “We must make the greatest efforts to build the Daily Worker cireulation and build it to eight pages and three editions by raising the $60,000.” Twenty thousand new readers by Sept. Ist means 20,000 addi- tional recruits for organized class struggle, 250,000 Cétinn Gar. ment Workers Ex- pected to Strike Also By SEYMOUR WALDMA (Daily Worker Washi WASHINGTO August 31. — The file torrent of strike senti- ment rushed on to another victory today as the United Textile (A. F. of L.) come promise-minded comm 11:30 strike order | 000 cotton 140,000 worsted workers in New England j and the South. | -Workers~in these sections of the | industry and in the silk and rayon divisions have been peppering strike headquarters with wires and letters prodding their A. F. of L. strike leadership to action Strike Chairman man issued t strike tee refusal of B lee A. Wool Code é cept the invitation of | for @ peace conference. | Workers, Gorman declared, will | probably be called out at the same | time if Peter Van Horn, chairman of the N. R. A. Silk Code Authority, | takes a similar pos | . With the issua: }der and the alr the silk an | affected, ab volved | “Scores and scores of telegrams jand letters calling for strike action are coming in all the time the Silk, woolen and rayon work- ers,” strike chairman Francis J, Gorman, otld the assembled res porters in his morning conference, In the course of a telephone cone | versation put through from London by the Manchester Evening News, ; Gorman, who left England at the age of thirteen, declared: “We're looking for a complete shut-down of the textile industry within the negt | week.” He described the stretchout (speed-up) as “the most vicious cone dition we have here.” Reject United Front Following the lead of President ;Green of the A. F. of L., Gorman coupled his rejection of the united front proposal made yesterday by | the National Board of the National | Textile Workers Union with proyo- | cative remarks tantamount to open indorsement of the fascist polices | employer terror sweeping over the j country. Asked to comment on the |N.T.W. proposal “for a conference |with the strike committee of the | U.T.W. and the national officials of [sr U.T.W. of America on the basis of agreeing on common demands j}and one united strike committee,” Gorman replied brusquely : “I'm not interested: This is a | strike under the principles of the |U. S. government. No Communist | Sovernment is going to get into this one. The National Textile Workers a Communist Union.” “May I correct you on that?” your | correspondent asked. Se," “Your statement is incorrect.” It is apparent that the A. F. of L, leaders, taking their cue from Gen- eral Johnson's and Green’s speech attacking the San Francisco gen- eral strike, are moving towards support of fescist attacks on mili- tant strikers. Queried on the Washington press reports of blackjacking of workers by Southern police officials, Gorman significantly avoided criticizing the government's stand on such brutal- ity. He remarked calmly: “We have a lot of that. Most of it is brought on by detective agen- However, he became excited in ies, thugs and the employers.” ¢ his militant activities the Communists.” ve to fight the Commu- know they're going to tage of the strike. We've always had to fight them.” “Do you consider the Communist irom (Continued on Page 2) ‘ Ne