The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 3, 1934, Page 5

DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1934 Page Five 8 LABOR’S WHO’S WHO Footnotes —— By HARRY RAYMOND —! VER on Staten Island there is a local of the Socialist Party. There is also a section f the Communist Party. The workers on the island are con- Fur Rabbit Dressers Resist All Efforts To Split Strike Unity Planning to Skin the Textile Workers With the Trade! Union Papers | By PHILIP STERL ING |The Union Hackie, Official Organ | of the Taxicab Drivers Union of | Greater New York. Vol 1, No. 5, ) September 1, 1934 ted with a whole series of labor ee * . , struggles, important trade union Pere 7 | ‘The ‘Union. Hackie. reflects i @e strugeles in many induct Proposals for United Actions in Strike Well) | snappy ‘appearance and brief lively Socialist work- = : . natant lees the fiatitt ‘it ers have been Received By Membership — Resolution | handling of news the fighting spirit active side by side with Com- munist workers ding the Ne paper Guild td, AND mass gagernzerions~ ALSO Took PART IN STREET -PERFORMANCES DURING He etection CAMPAIGN OF 1931 — On Friday, Aug. 24, fur rabbit dressers, members of the Fur Dress- Is Unanimously Adopted for Unity workers to a strike committee to constitute the only body with power of the organization which has car- |ried through two difficult strike struggles. The issue publishes the news of a =oy ictory by the union in defending New York in ssligeal sth ers and Dyers Industrial Union and|to conduct and settle the strike. Sam Orner, Joseph Gilbert and ; the fight againit g GERTRUDE of Locals 25 and 85 of the Interna-| 2. That joint picketing be carried | will: Gandall against a libel suit S. I. Newhouse, tional, carried through a joint dem-| on against all shops, union as well | ‘ollowing publication in t paper * By tT of the onstration and mass meeting in the| as non-union. This was to guerantee jof articles exposing a Mr. Kemm, Staten Island ORGANIZER fur dealers’ market, 27th St. and 7th|that no scabbing was going on in |cheirman of the Terminal Drivers Advance, to tee ne Ave. The purpose of the demon-| any of the shops. ‘ jcompany union. It is to be hoped , force the rein- 3. Raymond OFFICE WORKERS UNION. stration was to stop shipments by} 3. That a joint demonstration be hat the paper will take full ad- statement of . . dealers to out of town open shops.| arranged in the fur dealers’ market vantage of this victory to continue Alexander Crosby, who was fired for Nn activities, Why is it, then, that the Socialist The strike of the fur rabbit dressers | was then a little over a week old| to block shipments to open shops including the Van Dey Weghe and ts exposure of company unionism. | There is correspondence from and solid. other out-of-town shops. other cities, Philadelphia, Chicago t Phrty of Staten Island does not of- The solidarity of the rank and file} The commitee from the Interna- and Paris. There is a whole page of ficially establish a united front with workers of the two unions as shown | tional rejected these proposals; in- letters from local hackies which Yhe Staten Island section of the ommunist Part; J burning labor i y'on the many es in that section Mi ”?_uoining. HE ‘union-In FeB41932.SHE "Become ect KTIVE Steg) ESPECIBLLEY ution Gt MOST DEVELOPED OF THE m Shot emaue MEMBERS, SHE WA! in this demonstration was the cul- mination of months by unremitting activity on the part of the members stead they wanted to limit joint |picketing to the Singer shop only. In a statement addressed to mem- jmirrors the intensity of the desire among them for real union organi- 4 : ‘ > President William Green of the A. F. of L. (right) talking to | 2@t02. fo THOCIS UHERE SHE Ws EIMBLOVER Soe mtS0 Becune OoReE Cerin [Of the Industrial Union, aiming to] bers of Locals 25 and 85, the indvs.| Thomas F. McMahon, head of the United Textile Workers Union, | The editorials are brief and From my observations, while on} alpen m “He WORK OF BUILDING A SHOP FOR CRGANIZER AD ey NR lea ica Ce ee emt ON sg My UN de ee Abenie Beet ee aaa decision. alitke ag thes’ mee | pointed the picket line in the Staten Island @Roup in Gimeers —— ELecreD unanimouscy BYTHEY | trade. Time after time, this unity|has accepted everything that was i Phase y to defe je genera Ket = ney . The p: as a whole, is Mnenee Advance fight, it is clear that the eer ees came within hail of the workers in| proposed by the committee that| strikes in the past. The rank and file, howevez, by organ 4 ooking four-page index to what the Socialist. workers want a united this field, only to be dashed andj|claimed to speak in your name,| committces and taking the leadership in to their own ha can as- | ae drive ate aber trosn ear front with us. They told me so. sabotaged by their gang-ridden| although we knew they were not| sure victory to the struggle. intet tints herote struggles for aeiba In fact, a Socia’ told me that ° chiefs of the International Harris,| elected by you. We did that because saciieation. és 2 q it made him feel good to be united Y outh Committee Works Out Shulman and Lucchi. we wanted to have one strike. — ———— oa with the Communists on this is- Sue. I felt good, too, to be fighting side by side with him. But when we talked about his party forming a united front with mine on spe- Ps ages oa chee AE SRL dull season came to the aid of the| with your committee although we A e P id Ri h S k | SS cific issues he was vague on what p < : : i é bosses. They thought they had the) knew it was not the best procedure re I ey to 1¢€ nea s Directory the leadership of the S. P. would|/To Build Special Gommittees for Education of| workers where they wanted them.| in this case.” ea Liiccctccieniie do about the matter. I think the Socialist workers see Union Educational Program Young Unionists Membership Meeting Endorses Unity The wages of the fur rabbit dress- ers were meantime approaching the vanishing point. An exceptionally They had them working at one-half the wages that had been paid in this “We even accepted the proposcal | that no settlements be made unless | 75 per cent of the trade is ready to settle. We did this so as not to break Heartened by the success of the joint demonstration in the market Unorganized Daniesiic Toilee| Negro Woman Ww. orker Tells of Mistreatment in Trade Union MARINE WORKERS INDUSTRIAL UNION | ess meeting. clearly the tremendous value of the trade last year. on Friday, members of the Indus- fi Fie ne ie FF ional meeting united front. And they can see| Educational work among the, work correspondence should be} ‘The need for united strike action|ttial Union met right after that in Homes of Wealthy People held every other Wednesday, but the what happens when this united|young workers must be one of the| organized. finally became clear to all. When|the office of the union and passed sere ; t situation demands weekly bus front does not exist. most important activities of the] 9. All material dealing with youth| tho mnqustrial Union called a gen- | the following resolution: By a Worker Correspondent liberate trick cannot be doubted at ova Not long ago, a worker, a mem-|youth committees in the unions.| problems in the industr uch aS,! eral membership meeting of all fur We, the fur rabbit dressers, NEW YORK.—In the struggle to| This, however, is only one incid her of the Socialist Party, was fired This work, however, has been neg- trade union papers, shop papers, dressers members of the Fur Dressers and win the Negro people to the revo- those who | Unemploy> from his job Ww { the] leaflets, etc. should b t to th aia deL eee UREN eeed Cndasisinl: Gales cet thas| lublonary opecuyains in” New. Zor ie ating the Hees scpls nal Committee rom his job at the Procter and! lected for some time. We are of the| leaflets, etc. shoul e sent to the! tiocked to the meeting in great num- yers I ion, itiona gram in Ney mong e Neg e ; day—P g2 rn — Gamble soap factory on Staten|opinion that if this work wou!d be| youth committee of the T. U. U. C.| parc, Proposals for united strike| N. T. W. I. U. take note that the | City, the task of building a strong of other cases. m meets at 12 p.m.; 3p. m. Sunday, Island for union activities. He was conducted as it has been planned on This material will be used for refer- action were enthusiastically received. efforts ef our union to bring about functioning Domestic Worke! There have been times when the Open Forum. ove of the most militant workers in| many occasions, we would not only | ences, reviews, and exhibited at our | Unity Conference Broken a united strike of the members of | Union, is of fundamental impor- | ee framed bol Layee ea aac aed ‘he plant. The Communists went |have the existing youth committees | affairs, The unity proposals laid down at| Wf union and the members of | tance. Ae ead Seabee Syste Jes ERS UNION to this worker and suggested a|much longer and stronger but many} 10, A list of all young workers] that meeting were so broad and in-| Locals 25 and 85 have at last been | Recently a case o! oe eae and lh eae Kea ie pega Jos meets every Wednes= United front struggle for his re-|new youth committees would have| who are speakers and are willing to] clusive that all but hardened pro-| owned with success. The unity | malicious mistreatment o a domes- | husband nlenae ties buecbr tall instatement, proposing that all |been established in other shops and| speak, should be sent into the youth| fessional _strikebreakers determined | im this strike has been achieved | tic worker, by employers who were|or she intends to pay, but by the ferces should be rallied in a mass unions, committee of the T. U. U. C. as soon to sabotage unity at all costs could after many months of strenuous sure there could be no comeback, time the maid has spent a few dol- 5 ni ee ideei e “Slipper Gri The Socialist leaders, however,|T. U. U. C. is suggesting the fol-| 11. The educational committee|so it turned out. Unable openly to me Mere dha teste Present | graduate, forced into domestic ser- | paid. : ute ireage a advised him against such action. | lowing plan to begin the educational | should organize (particularly during | discredit these proposals, Harris and| time is to bring about the closes vice by economic conditions, was| We are going to fight this case| shoe Repair Trade Board meets every They him to take up the| work. strikes), open forums in the union | Shulman gave seeming adherence to| Cooperation possible between the | 01.44 te miserly monthly pay-| presented here’ We are going to| Monday st'¢ pam whole case in a “legal” manner, to] 1 Every youth committee should, halls, publish revolutionary songs,|them only to throw them over at| Members of our union and the is depend on the activities cf a lawyer. elect an educational director. utilize working class films in educa- the first opportunity. members of Locals 25 and 85, so ment, $20, agreed upon, on the as- protest to the College Agency. But e Board meets every Thursday at 8 pm ‘ 5 . sertion of the employers that the| we ought to make an example of} * yoint Council meets every second Friday Well, the Socialist leaders had| 2. Those unions who do not as| ‘ional work, have discussions on| ‘The proposals called for a united ee Ce ae agreement had been made for $20) this. It is the duty of the militant | of the month at 7 pm. their way and the worker is still| yet have a youth committee, should |Current events, reading circles, or-| strike led jointly by elected com- This kind of co tion and unity |* 5°8s0n, that is, for three months, pconscious worker: toenter into) AD meetings are held (ste ae Walking the streets, looking for a|have on their educaational commit-|8anize dramatics, dance and sport] mitteces, joint picketing and settle- bition all Neg soiree in the fur | mstead of for one month. the struggle of the Negro domestic | Reece seat E job. This action of refusing to cs-|tee a young worker who will take | STOUps. It will be of great interest! ment, a control committee from ecedisis rane psa ba et fied This was “explained” after the| worker, to fight not only for im- BROTHERHOOD OF PAINTERS, DECO+ tablish a united front not only|charge of the educational work|t develop competition in a mem-/ each union to supervise the settle- ae ‘i girl, having worked two months,| proved conditions, but for a cessa- harmod the worker who was fired, among the youth. bership drive, sport games, best bul- ments and one unemployment insur- plithed, no matter who is opposed and having obtained $10 of her RATORS AND PAPERHANGERS OF ok Ww bri hoa Us tion of this outright robbery. AMERICA t i letins, ete. i ist dP, CB BY ia |money, and being tired of continu-| If actions like this are allowed to| Local Union 261, every Friday, at 210 E. ea Shae of all the; 3° Rach educational director Bee € ne ane re aaa doiney home poate i greatest and mest effective unity | iy ccna sa ee cide Eee haa (Teunetoored ey wil drones bo spigotl Talon 261, ever ay, a a should establish an educational com-| "ne mext issue of the “Young | addition, ‘as Proposed to permit) of “an the strikers by all of us decided to pack up and leave for|retard the march of the Negro| local Union 499, every Wednesday, at ste pais is won ett the | mittee which should be composed of say yuo deal with the educa- arian aes Tete joining all our efforts to stop the good. | woman worker toward joint struggle| Labor Temple, th St. and 2nd Ave, united front was shown clearly in ¢ from each trade section | ional work in our various unions. | unmolest in shops contro! y ! “ ‘ ie : rf { ‘ N.Y.C. the ‘recent struggle of the United | n°, Colesnte trom eat! : We request the youth committees to| the other. pen shops and strengthen the | The last time the girl asked for| with her white sister in fighting Drydock workers on Staten Island. The bosses fired a member of the Steel and Metal Workers. Indus- trial Union. He was kicked out be- cause he was a good union man. The Steel Union immediately. sent be formed to force tho_re- inctatement of the union man. Leaflets were distributed through- out the yard urging ell union men to unite to demand that their brether be put back on the job. A of the union and large shop. Each member of the committee is to be an educational director in his own trade section or shop. His main activity should be to conduct educa- tonal work in his own trade section should see to it that in each large shop where’ there are no shop pavers or bulletins, is should be issued as soon as possible. The educational committce must see to it that every trade union pubiication should have send us all their experiences in edu- cational work among the young workers, Gold Dust Lodge and Free Labor Racket By a Worker Correspondent NEW YORK —The first dav I ot in the Gold Dust Lodge under the The strike was finally called on August 16th and was almost 100 per cent ‘effective. Only a few shops re- mained in operation. But when the | Strike committee of the Industral Tuesday proposed further steps to make the strike more effective, the committee from the International got up and walked out of the meeting. _ Three Proposals strike. We therefore decide that in order to complete our united ef- forts to win the strike we, the strikers of the Fur Dressers and Dyers Industrial Union will go to unite with them, stay with them and join our efforts with them for the remainder of the strike. This will be the most convincing evi- dence of our unity. The bosses will then no longer be able to take money, the woman had said she in- tended to pay her “everything” ai the end of the season. Not at any time was the “agreement” $20 for 90 days’ work mentioned, or even hinted at. she had made the agreement not with the family, but with the girl, and the school agency. (The job was obtained through the Brooklyn College Employment Agency.) That the whole thing was a de- about | against discrimination of all woman workers, T call upon all domestic workers to get in touch with the Domestic Workers’ Union, 415 Lenox Ave., cial problems of the Negro worker. It is not vague assaults on general problems, but concrete action that | will win these workers to our pro- gram. A NEGRO WOMAN WORKER, Local Union 848, every Monday at Labor Temple, 8th St. and 2nd Aye, N.Y.C. Local Union 892, every Monday, at 216 59th Bt., N.Y.C. Local Union 905, every "Friday, at Hunts Point Palace, Bronx, N.Y.C. E. i jot a New York City, to organize. — Local Union 1011,’ every Friday, at 109 ae ALF. of Li uni | or shop. | Union at a joint conference with the hall where the strikers of When the girl’s family protested, I call upon all _ revolutionary E. 116th &t., N.Y.C. tie ree Seal e talted 4. Bach educational committee Contractors Set Up members of Locals 25 and 85 last| Locals 25 and 85 are located and |the employer angrily insisted that | workers to bear in mind these spe- equesting ths e 3 Painters Rank and Pile Protective Asso- ciation meets every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month at Labor Temple, ath St. and 2nd Ave., Room 7. In the above locals there are organized groups of the Painters’ Rank and File Protective Association. Brownsville—Meets every Weduarday at n, N.Y. 527 Hopkinson Aye. Brook aes 14 ei eiteiecseh 3 “my | . The measures proposed by the In-| advanta of our divisi This Bronx—Meets every Wednesday at 1532 committee w: formed. represent- | @ youth page or youth column which | supervision of the Sal 1 Army et ; aes 9 ze 0 ion. is Eerie RS ae ouabain NS a EE. ing the Blectrical kee will deal with the problems of the|for lomeless men ti acked me dustrial Union were three: will lead us to victory for our just Boston Road, Bronx, N.Y. ed his mind. ter work) at 1532 Boston Road. ¥ esti . 1, That each shop elect three| demands. whom complaints may be made), I SHOE REPAIRERS MEET the Boilermakers Union, the Car-| youth in the. trade. One of the oon 25 gure HOD such wt my AFL Taken $3 a Week m sending this information to you, | _Evety fire} and third Monday, 9 puleak penters Union and the Sice] avi; members of the educational com- | fa’ seit mother’s name, Amer- eS er hoping that you will look into this} Usiom Hall, 22 w. 15th st Metal Workers Union. When mittee should act as the editor of | ican seers ned foreign-born, army s | s Dues From Unemployed ition peg tee es poate aad pod Steetie Section Maste—Severs Wednes- was confronted this|the youth page. (The job of the| service, religion, name of my friends ailors nu Harb. iW, vs. % 5 lay (after work) at 1370 Myrtle Avenue, ed committee representing all| youth editors should be to-encourage|in case I drop dead, how long in 6 Or | Worked For City But Funeral Chauffeurs aoe BEY ec ee oe fone £08 # area edi Meets--Every Monday (af= mized Iabor in the yard he| young workers to write, to collect all| the country and city, and what| House Employes Work | Politicians Turn Him He gave the man his job back. meteral dealing with the problems of the young workers in the trade, kind ef work I do, will I be able to work again, ete. Up to 20 Hours Daily Out Now To Starve By a Worker Correspondent —Unemployed Funeral Chauffeur Tell all Shoe Repair Workers in your NEW YORK—1 am one of the| x Be Her should get | wmibernord to Jom and attend Oitea ‘ | — Note: Thi s ngs. ere sre two striking examples.|to publicize the activities of the] When I got up the next morning - —. 800 unemployed funeral chauffers pane erst bhai hg We ae eta Ths | shows what disunity | youth committee. to put on my clothes, I found « By a Worker Correspondent (By a Worker Correspondent) of the Funeral. Chauffeurs Local! hig union who have the same TAXI DRIVERS UNION OF GREATER neans. The second shows what can} 5. One member of the educa-| Work ticket on my lapel of my| Recently the following came to s & Pt 648 of the A. F. of L. complaints and get in touch with ‘Ww YORK through the united | tional committee should be elected | Jacket. I went to work fixing and|my attention: aA rts Uy Gat gk ceca arp oN 1000 chauffeurs work-| the A. F. Rank and File | onecausrters, 60 W. 45th Bt.; | Shop lite ad ‘Contig: [2S literature agent. |The, job of the|Dainting skylights and water tank) (1) A strike of the painters em- | perience of one cl'tzen. Out of work |. Continuously, with no openings | Gemmittes, 1 Unies soar, rae, | ualmmen, meet Monday: Active re Beever ists and Commu-lijterature agent is to sce that the|there. I found out from another por, | 10r four years. Every cent drawn | !"& fi i : q egponskss neste an ne on Staten Island. There are vy important questicns on which 2 can unite. * ate WORKER from the Willow Cafe- teria chain acvises us that there is a nice little company union scheme afoot in the place where he works, On Aug. 28 a mecting ef all the workers. It wasn’t calied by the workers either. The meeting lasted over two hours. so the worker says. and nobody got " his job, since the union delegate 1i7 ORCHARD STR should encourage the young readers|L00%e they told me I would have | exempt. | year of work and two weeks of va- fea oA rae = 7 ARD STREET a nickel pay for this overtime. (through their’ chap red youth |to be punished now and work ten Cane concern uses. non-union| cation. The salary paid covered 50) 1eS not sympathize with the aie NEW YORK —Kirylak-Kurowski, Nr, Delancey Street, New York City We'll give one gucss as to what the main topic of discussion was about. If you're a good guesser you will say “Efficiency” and march right up to the head of the class. Yes, efficiency, that’s what they talked about. Messers. Lowen- stein, Miller and Zurich, spokesmen for the management, were the mas- "3 of ceremony. doormen. cra: and a Fusionist. racketeers, who are in control of Workers on Strike 14. batt cnanuines of the workers’ 7. Each large shop, trade section A mass meeting of multigraph The doorman is a combina‘ion of the union. For months now, the Cc A F EET ERI A eee ‘3 4 should have young reporters in order | operators (union and non-union) clothes was especially stressed. One af the officials said that this “re- flected on the employees’ homes.” This cfficial did not exolsin to the werkors how they could clothe themselves and families and buy feo? for the home on $12.12 a week, which is the price paid for good la- bor power in the Stewart and Wil- jJow esteblishments. Anyone who refused to attend the meeting was threatened with discharge. ‘There's a company union in the making on the Stewart and Wil- Jow chain. It can be nipped in the pud if the workers get together in ino vorieus cafetcrias and organize s of the Food Workers In- ‘al Union. The headquarters sale and reading of all’ our trade union publications and all our other working class literature should reach every young worker in the trade. Each trade section and large shops should have its own literature agent. All the literature can be se- cured from the youth committee of the T. U. U. C. (Let us know a week in advance how much literature you expect to get.) 6. The educational committee pages, leaflets, at union and shop meetings, etc.) to attend the workers’ school. It should participate in establishing special training classes for the most active members of the union in order to develop and train them to become better fighters to improve conditions of the workers in the trade. to supply material to the youth page and union publications, “Young Fichter,” shop bulletins and other working-class publications, 8. If possible a special class on worker there that I was working for a contractor, with no pay. I decided to quit. When I quit the contractor started to pat me on the back telling me I was a good worker and to keep on at work. I told him to go to hell. The contractor reported me to Salvation Army officials and they threw me out, so I went back to South Ferry to register again. When I came back to the Gold Dust hours a day for the misdeeds I had done before. I am hungry and I have to keep up with these rotten conditions. The food there is rotten and I could hazdly eat it. The beds are lousy and full of bedbugs. MULTIGRAPHERS TO MEET will be held by the United Multi- graph Operators Union of Greater New York at Helenic Center, 307 West 54th Street, Thursday, Sept. 6, at 8 p. m. ployed by the Sailors Snug Harbor. (2) apartment houses. (3) The 10 per cent cut in the wages of the employes and the elim- ination of their yearly one week ‘acation. ( (4) The variety of jobs per- formed by each employe. (5) The Sailors Snug Harbor is one of the richest organizations of af 's kind in the world. It is also tax- painters, paying them $20 per week. Their house employes put in as many as 20 hours per day, when the shift from day to night is made, and received wages as low as less than $14 per week. To give an ex- ample of the variety of duties per- formed by the employes I'll take the the following: Doorman and haliman. Docrman and renting agent. Doormen end porter. Doorman’ and messenger. Doorman and elevator operator. The hours of labor put in by | the employes of the concern in their | from the bank. Insurance lost. Thrown out of a union local for non-payment of dues. Failed to get work at any city or state em- ployment office. Can't get relief be- cause he is not yet in the street. He is not sick yet and ready to fall out of a window. The undersigned has another story to tell. He was employed by the city 15 years ago as a baker in a city institution—50 weeks a weeks, but was spread over 52. I sacrificed four weeks of wages in 1921 because the city was “poor.” Now I ask them to throw me a life line—but they don’t see me. Now, maybe I can still become a Communist and sell the Daily Worker. I have failed as a Demo- Unless Every Section and Unit in the Party Throws Its Forces Vigor- ousty Into the Circulation Drive, available for these unemployed. To belong to the union, the uemoloyed pay the same dues as those that are employed, otherwise you are forced out. These dues are paid promptly, whether employed or not. In spite of this fact, no work is given us, and there is no one to complain to. The situation is a very difficult one. An employed man cannot complain for fear that he will lose ers, but fights for the boss. is no reason for this situation, as there is plenty of work, if only the employed in this trade, like all other trades, worked reasonable hours, and were not made to work inhu-, manly, long hours. One cannot voice his opinion for fear of being surrounded by the unemployed have not averaged $8 per week, and still they are forced to pay the $3 dues without any re- turns. |the Daily Worker Remains Un- ‘known to Thousands of Workers. Since this union is unlik> all others (where there is a head to advies and help. With this com- mittee are affiliated rank and file groups of many other A. F. of L. unions who are conducting a joint struggle against conditions like the ones described above. American Delegate to Recent Congress Jailed in Poland American Polish Chamber of Labor delegate to the recent World Con- gress of Poles, and an American citizen, is in jail in Warsaw, it was learned here yesterday. 500 Akron Rubber AKRON, Ohio. (F.P.).—Demand- ing wage increases, a six-hour day, seniority rights and abolition of the company union, 590 employes of the American Hard Rubber Co. in Akron have gone on strike. Action Committee Appeals te Unions to Rally for City Hall Mareh To Demand Union Pay| On All Relief Jobs In the City All the relief tax schemes yet devised by LaGuardia hold the cer- tainty of relief cuts during the com- ing winter. By its most inflated Proraises, the LaGuardia tax plan Having established siarvation standards for the relief workers, the State Temporary Emergency Relief Administration, in an official bul- letin issued on Aug. 25, declared that These demands call for: 1—The Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill. 2—Union wages and conditions on all. relief and P.W.A. jobs. Instead of having a multtude of de- mands, each participating group is asked to carzy, besides its organiza- tional banners, large streamers or banners displaying their czntral | March to ‘Take Place September 22; To Hit Taxation Plan tive Committee meets Friday, All meet- ings will be held in the evening at the headquarters of the union. JOIN THE SHOE WORKERS’ CENTER in your neighborhood. COHEN’S EYES EXAMINED By JOSEPH LAX, 0.D. Optometrist Wholesale Opticians Tel. ORchard 4-4570 Factory on Premises MEET YOUR COMRADES AT THE th STREET 3 East 14th Street, N.Y.C. Near Sth Avenue Comrades Patronize JADE MOUNTAIN American & Chinese Restaurant 197 SECOND AVENUE (Bet. 12th and 13th St.) WEST SIDE WORKERS PATRONIZE ROWNS HAND LAUNDRY 239 West 72nd Street . Co % % will raise only $35,900,000 for relief} all relief workers are “denied” the} 3—Increased cash relief without Slogans. Thus. for example, trade A Rese h bee Between. giving & West End Ave. hs cf tha union is up et 69 West 45th) The United Action Committee has|quring the coming winter. At the right to organize on the jobs, to|discriminetion to Negro, foreign-|unions would list their main griey- es x oe anidvacs i ae a eee : Street. appealed to all trade unions to| present rate, the city is now spend-|strike, or to present organized d2-|born, women and young workers. _|ances under the NRA. unemployed | ar Broup Le beste ene vara tn ‘TRafalger 7-0496 SELES PALS TS mobilize their entire membership| ing $4,500,000 for relief each month.| mands to the relief administration. 4—Right of all workers, employed | groups in the unions would demand es aie este aie ite aon To Open New Class for participating in the demonstra-|'This means that under the present Rising food prices, coming relief}and unemployed, to strike, picket,|a system of public works in working one = ree Sey ae bigs . = é tion and mass march to City Hall| plans, the city wil! actually have|cuts, and the use of police terror to speak and assemble. class centers at trade union wages. = ae “ 2 feels Bh: Seek WORKERS } In Union Strategy BTS pte Santee ae eee less “earmarked” for re-| terrorize all the unemployed who! 5—A public works program os pro-|Each worker is asked to carry a foley pe oy ag gh wie ee eeene is a ot a roprii lief than present figures would war-|organize and fight for increased|vide jobs for unemployed workers at symbol of his trade, or something < At Brooklyn Center | winter retief. rant. When the federal and State | relief, hold the promise of the most| trade union wages. which reflects a central grievance | Mich will be held at City Hall. pease COLONY ; The recent manouevers of the La- | 8tants are added to this, relief ex-| frightful winter yet experienced by| 6—A graduated tax on all incomes| under the N.R.A. or by unemploy-| In preparation for the march, in 00-2800 BRONX PARK EAST. Sam Ziebel, one of the leaders of Guardia regime around the question | Pemditures for the coming year will | the unemployed. in the higher brackets, stock trans-|ment. Here, for example, relief| addition to issuing leaflets calling has reduced the rent, several f the United Shoe and Leather Work- 8 q thus be cut by $76,000,000—a one-| To force the city administration to| fers, public utilities, corporations, | workers would carry their picks and upon all workers to mobilize for the good apartments available. > ers Union, will teach the clas; in}of relief tax legislation, the surety | third slash in relief expenditures. appropriate adequate funds for win- | trusts, etc. shovels, garment wor r Trade Union Strategy and Tactics that the relief administration will In the face of this planned relief ter relief, employed and unemployed Cther demands call for 2 special carry huge cardboard shi | mass march, organizations are urged - to gather detailed information Cultural Activities for Adults, at the Brownsville Workers School,| attempt to ram relief cuts down the| cut, LaGuardia end Welfare Com-| workers will mass in Union Square|sescion of the State Legis All organizations are urged ts lay on the relief j r aN: aa ed ais coal : 1855 Pitkin Ave., Brooklyn. throats of the jovless during the| missioner Hodson have both de-jon Saturday, Sept. 22. at 10 a. m.| Oct. 18 to pass immediate le telegr: cuts, evictions, graft, d'sezimination Youth and Children. - ‘ The school is also offering classes|}coming winter, and the inadequacy |clared that an expected ris> will be in Principles of Communism, Poli- tical Economy, Principles of Organi- zation, Negro Problems. Marxism- Leninism and others. Workers are being urged to register immediately. of all forms of taxation yet put for- ward by LaGuardia and his Wall Street “advisers.” make it doubiy imperative that the greatest possible numbers be mobilized for the march. seen in the winter demand for relief. Mzanwhile. food prices continue to soar, and goyernmenial sources have stated that food prices will continue to rise during the coming winter. and march to City Hall. The workszs’ committee will pre- sent the cleven main demands adopted at the Auz. 28 United Front Conference on Work Relief and Un- employment to Mayor LaGuardia. , for unemrloyment rolief, ee free- dom of political prisoners, ete. Each organization participating in the mareh and demonstration is asked to subscribe to the general de- mands presented at the conference. Guardia : ing thet he be pr the mass delegation which will pre- sent the workers’ demands. Each city organization is asked to elect two delegates to represent at the relief bu: au and en the jobs, Mobilization points will be estab- lished for all organizations partici- pating in the march, Direction: ston Ave. White Pining {rains Stop at Allerton Ave. station O%ecs open daily from 9 a.m. to 8 Pm Sunday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Telephone: Estabrook 8-1400—8-1401 © friday and Saturday § a.m. to 5 p.ith