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[Jobless Put |Y.C.L. and Y.P.S.L. Take|Courts Press DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1984 Page Three State Conference Called to Federate N.J. Jobless Groups Parley to Mobilize State-Wide Drive For Workers’ Bill Communist to Speak on Unemployment Insur- ance at Paterson Symposium With Rep- resentatives of Other Parties PATERSON, N. J., Sept. conference on unemployment 26.—A call for a state-wide and relief was issued to all trade unions, unemployed and relief workers’ groups, and veterans, mass and fraternal organizations by the United Unemployment and Relief Workers Association of New Jersey here yesterday. The conference, called for the Purpose of setting up a State fed- eration of all unemployed and re- lief workers’ groups and to enlist the membership in a campaign for the Workers Unemployment Insur- ance Bill, will be held in Newark on Dec. 7 and 8. This bill is one of the chief planks in the Com- munist Party’s election platform, All organizations electing dele- gates have been asked to communi- cate with Scott, chairman of the organization committee, 289 Market St., Newark, N. J. The conference will make plans for obtaining and guaranteeing union wages and conditions on the relief jobs, insure cash relief to all unemployed workers, and project a campaign against all forms of dis- crimination. In preparation for the conference, the Paterson branch of the United Unemployment Relief Workers As- sociation will hold a symposium on Unemployment Insurance tomorrow night at 8 o’clock at Washington Hall on Godwin St. Col. Edward T. Moore, of the Republican Party, Walter J. Hungeker, of the Demo- cratic Party, Peter Hocdemarar, of the Socialist Party, and Martin Russak, textile strike leader and member of the Communist Party, will speak. A Red Builder on Every Busy Street Corner in the Country Means a Tremendous Step Toward the Dictatorship of the Proletariat! Get Daily Worker Subscribers! LABOR DEFENDER MASQUE BALL c) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1934 Manhattan Lyceum, 66 E. 4th St. rs x NegroChurch Groups Back Workers’ Bill WASHINGTON, D. C,, Sept. 26. —Church schools and missionary societies of the A. M. E. Zion Meth- odist Church in Washington, Bal- timore and Philadelphia have unan- imously endorsed the Workers Un- employment Insurance Bill, the Washington Unemployment Council announced yesterday. The council sent delegates to present the Workers’ Bill to this Negro church group during its re- cent district convention held in ‘Washington. Several Negro pastors, addressing the 100 delegates, spoke enthusiastically for the Workers’ Bill in the discussion, which resulted in unanimous endorsement. Philadelphia Workers Will Demand Release Of Anti-Fascists Friday PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 26. Philadelphia workers and anti-fas- cists will mass Friday evening at 40th St. and Girard Ave. to pro- test the jailing of six workers for leading a Free Thaelmann demon- stration in front of the local Ger- man consulate last July. The demonstration was called by the West Philadelphia section of the Communist Party, following the rejection of the pro-Hitler Judge Heiligman of a motion by Interna- tional Labor Defense attorneys for @ new trial. Two of the six work- ets, James Wilson and Ben Gard- ner were sentenced to one year in jail. Sentences of six months were imposed on the other four, Beatrice Mash, Mary Smith, Sophie Braver- man and Mary Kohn, National Negro Theatre Forging A Weapon to Fight Negro Discrimination in the Theatre @ First Time in America All NegroClassic—Folk—Modern—Aftican Recital CHAUNCEY NORTHERN Dramatic Tenor. Received high critical ac- claim for his “Othello” and other operatic roles at La Scalla, Milan, Italy, JAMES BOXWELL Well known Dramatic Baritone, OLIVETTE MILLER Noted Harpist. EUPHONIC STRING TRIO Popular Radio Performers. THE CHAUNCEY NORTHERN ART GROUP CHOIR Songs in Jewish, German, Russian; Negro Spirituais. CARMEN DATES Popular Lyric Soprano. CECIL MACK CHOIR Outstanding Popular Choir in a Group of TOWN HALL 123 W. 43rd Saturday Oct. 6th, 8:30 Tickets 99c, 50c, 40 New Songs. ALICE WATKINS Lyric Soprano, JACK CARR Noted Basso and Broadway Star. HESHLA TAMANYA Abyssinian Hebrew, Colo1 cently arrived from Africa. Songs Representing Eight Nationalities. AFRICAN DANCERS In & Cycle of Authentic African Dances. ura Sopeano, re- In & Group of On Sale at Town Hall Box Office; New Masses, 31 E. 27th St.; Workers Bookshop, 50 E. 18th St.; Negro Liberator, 2162 Seventh Avenue Sponsored by the New Masses Saturday, Sept. 29 at 8:30 A Now Election Revue; Comrade Punch and His Puppets; Iser Walzer and Orchestra Bella Dorfman of the Artef _ejfeFe~-~_F FEHR OO FIRST ANNUAL POLITICAL COSTUME BALL of the Workers Laboratory Theatre at IRVING PLAZA Irving Place and 15th Street TICKETS: 50c in advance; 75¢ at door, at Workers Bookshop, 50 E. 13th St., W. L. T., 42 E 12th st. —— Philadelphia, Pa. DAILY WORKER AND 15th ANNIVERSARY of the Communist Party FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28th, 1934 at TURNGEMEINDE HALL Broad and Columbia Speaker: PAT TOOHEY wder and Clarence Hathaway will apear on the screen Admission with tickt 25 cents — Freiheit Gesangs Ferein Without ticket 30 cents At 14,750,000 After Survey Pen and Hammer Report Blasts Job Claims Of Roosevelt | NEW YORK.—There are still two unemployed workers for every three workers employed in the United States, Pen and Hammer, a research organization, stated in a report is- sued yesterday of a detailed. study of unemployment and census sta- tistics. The Pen and Hammer estimated that 14,750,000 were unemployed in | the middle of July as compared with estimates of the Chamber of Com-| merce, 7,000,000; the National In-| dustrial Conference Board, 8,600,- | 000; and the A. F. of L., 10,700,000. | In arriving at its figure, the Pen| and Hammer counted as employed | all part-time workers even if they | work as little as one day every two | weeks, P. W. A. workers, etc. Those | on work relief, who work only for | their “budgetary needs” were count- ed as employed. | Pen and Hammer distributes its figures as follows: Manufacturing 3,440,000 Construction 1,500, Trade... 15 Transport 1,260, All others ..... 30,000 Youth (since 1930 ct i Pen and Hammer points out that | all unemployment estimates coming from governmental sources and the A. F. of L. do not include the ad- dition of millions of young workers | in the army of the unemployed. | These workers have come of work- | ing age during the four and one-/| half years since the last federal | census. | Ford Auto Workers Give Aid to Strikers In German Auto Plant) DETROIT, Sept. 26.—The Ford Local of the Auto Workers Union has sent a donation of $6 to the workers in the Opel auto plant in Frankfort, Germany, to aid them in their struggle against the Hitler terror. The Opel plant is owned by the General Motors Corp., an American concern. The donation was accompanied by a letter of soli- darity, which declares, in part: “The Detroit delegate to the Women's International Congress Against War and Fascism brought to us your invitation to help you Strike a blow against Fascism. We are happy to accept your offer. No matter how much we can do, we will feel ourselves to be your debtor. Your example of courage, determi- nation and ingenuity steels us for the struggles we are about to face. “We workers in Detroit know that we are not immune from the blight of Fascism. It is not an accident that Henry Ford helped to finance German Fascism during its forma- tive period. Some of the money wrung from our toil was used to pay the Hitler murder gangs. Ford and other powerful capitalists are bitter- ly opposed to the right of workers to organize.” Buick Auto Local Backs Rank and File Control of Unions FLINT, Mich, Sept. 26. — The movement for rank and file control of the A. F. of L. locals in the auto industry gained another victory when at the last meeting of the Buick local it was decided to en- dorse the program and decisions of the preliminary conference held in Cleveland, Sept. 16, and to donate $5 to the rank and file movement. The Cleveland conference decided to call a national conference on Nov. 10 in Michigan. The meeting of the local also en- dorsed the Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill (H. R. 7598), New Haven Furniture Workers in Walkout NEW HAVEN, Conn., Sept. 26.— Under the leadership of the Furni- ture Workers’ Industrial Union, some 20-odd workers of the Dia- mond parlor furniture shop are out on strike today. Demands were drawn up and presented Monday and the strikers are preparing to rally mass picket lines in front of the shop and to stay out until all demands are won. Many of the strikers came down in a body to the Communist Party meeting on the textile strike sell- out on the Central Green Monday night, Welcome NEW YORK Daily Worker — at the — Delegated Mass Meeting Sunday, October 7th At 8 P.M. Central Opera House 66th St. and Third Ave. jthe basis for a broad united front) ing at the A. F. of L. convention a in wages, hours...’ Step for Joint Action Youth Groups Discuss United Front Demonstra- tion Against Pageant of Fascist Italian Students in New York City NEW YORK.—A united front demonstration involving | members of the Young Peoples Socialist League and the| Young Communist League in protest at the pageant to be | Frame -Up of | Dock Strikers Calvin renee Is Bound Over to Grand Jury in Portland PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 26.—Cal- | vin Krause, first of 27 longshore- | |men defendants to have a prelim-| staged by Italian fascist students on October 12 is approach- | inary hearing, has been bound over | ing realization, according to the letter which the Y. C. L. has just sent to the local Y.P.S.L. ® “Dear Comrades: against the entire revolutionary “We greet the expressed desire} movement. By their very actions of the Young Peoples’ Socialist | League to achieve unity together) with the Young Communist League | in the struggle against fascism, by) holding a joint demonstration on} October 12, in connection with the pageant to be staged by 300 students from fascist Italy, as a welcome and| favorable response to the repeated} efforts of the Young Communist} League in this direction. | Basis for Bread Unity | “We feel that successful united | \front action on this question will lay | on all immediate issues confronting the youth. We are, and have at all times been willing and ready to come together with your organiza- tion for joint united front actions against fascism, war, and for the} improvement of the immediate con-| ditions of the toiling and student | youth. With this in mind, we have already on numerous occasions in the recent past addressed to you a series of proposals for specific united front action between the Young Peoples’ Socialist League and the Young Communist League, as for| example on May 30, National Youth Day; on September 1, International Youth Day; on: September 19, in connection with joint action regard- ing the arrival of 300 students from Fascist Italy; as well as our most recent proposals for joint action in} connection with International So-| cialist Youth Week in October. | “Up to the present, none of these proposals had been accepted. In a recent letter from the Young People’s Socialist League to the Young Communist League, it is in- dicated that the Young People’s Socialist League is now willing to consider the establishment of such a@ united front. We welcome this, and will do everything in our power to hasten the establishment of the unity, for which we have been fight- ing consistently and sincerely. “Our proposals for unity have al- ways been made without advancing a single condition which would re- quire the surrender of any of the political principles of the Young People’s Socialist League. We be- lieve that the Socialist youth have} a right to expect this of us, and we have always respected this right. On our side, we believe that we have an equal right to expect that the Young People’s Socialist League shall not place as an obstacle in the way of achieving unity, conditions whose acceptance would merely sur- render all the basic principles of the Young Communist League. No Unity with Renegades “We are, therefore, surprised that the Young People’s Socialist League should ask the Young Communist League to negotiate for united front action not only with it and a num- ber of other organizations, but also with the renegades from Commu- nism, the Lovestoneites and Trots- kyites. Our attitude toward these people is well known. We consider that these organizations are the worst enemies of the working class, whose sole aim and purpose it is to slander the Soviet Union, as well as to carry out a violent struggle against the Communist Party, the and by the fact that they have been expelled from the ranks of the Com- munist Party and the Young Com- munist League, and by the role that they are attempting to play in the labor movement at present, they have well earned the position of be- ing the vanguard of the counter- revolutionary bourgeoisie .. . “From this standpoint, it is clear that while the Young Communist League is anxious to enter into united front with the Young Peo- ples Socialist League and all other youth organizations, it cannot, without compromising its revolu- tionary integrity and deceiving the | masses of youth, have any dealings with these renegade grouplets. Just | as we do not demand as a condition of unity with the Young Commu- nist League that the Young Peoples | Socialist League refuse to unite | with these renegade groups, s0 we | us as, a Condition of unity with it, | that we do unite with these rene- gade groups. To persist in such de- | mands would be to consciously | Place insuperable obstacles in the | way of achieving unity. We hope | that the Young Peoples Socialist | League will not do this. Meeting Proposed “We believe that if you are sin- | cerely interested in the establish- \ment of real unity of the youth of the city, you will not insist upon placing any obstacles in the way of achieving this unity by insisting upon the participation of these two |renegade groups on the arrange- | ments committee. “With the exception of the rene- gade groups, unity has already been achieved for this action be- tween two student organizations, invited by you to act as the ar- rangements committee for the dem- onstration. It therefore remains only for the Young Communist League and the Young Peoples So- cialist League to establish unity be tween their respective organiza- tions. “The recent American Youth Congress has demonstrated that a real working united front can be |established between our organiza- tions. We therefore believe that the establishment of a working agree- ment between our two organizations will be received enthusiastically by all other organizations and that they will join in such united front actions, “We therefore propose that a meeting be immediately held be- tween representatives of our organ- izations, where details for this anti- fascist action can be worked out. As the outcome of this meeting, a Joint call can be issued to all the youth of New York on the basis of the minimum program that will be established for this united front ac- tion. “We sincerely urge you to accept these proposals so that we can go forward to a successful, mighty, joint anti-faseist youth action on October 12th. “Oomradely yours, “JOHN LITTLE, “Young Communist League, Young Communist League, and “District 2.” to the Grand Jury on a charge of murder in connection with the kill- ing of James Connor, scab long- | |shoremen, on Aug. 20, when a |group of s‘rikers stormed the hall men’s Association, a scab outfit. The other 27 are to have a pre- liminary group hearing this week. Several shots were fired from in- side the hall. A gang boss has even admitted that one of his shots might have been the fatal shot. In addition, several of the defendants have definite proof they were not even present at the scene of the| | fighting. This weight of evidence | in favor of the defendants has | made no impression on the court, | which is intent on carrying out the | orders of the shipping bosses to! frame up these 27 militant rank and file members of the International | Harvey Scott, white member of the | ing wy, Longshoremen’s Association. Wives of 21 of the defendants have organized a defense commit- | tee. Although the main activity of this committee so far has been to take care of prison relief, steps are under way to broaden its work for up prisoners. | United Front Appeals Against Fascism Are) Spread Through Vienna VIENNA (By Mail).—Recently, tens of thousands of leaflets were | spread throughout the city during | the course of one night, calling for | demonstrations against the fascist | | government, the liberation of anti- | fascist prisoners, for the defense of | |the U. 8. S. R., and for the dicta- | torship of the workers and peasants | jin Austria. These leaflets were signed by the | central committees of the Revolu- tionary Socialist and the Commu- nist Parties of Austria and by the | committee of action of the Schutz- bund, Socialist defense corps. | During the same night red flags | were hoisted on many tall factory smoke-stacks. Newspapers Refused| | To 2 Scottsboro Boys, | | Kilby Warden Admits | | ss | SUPERIOR, Wis. Sept. 25—A letter received last week by the Tom Mooney Branch of the International Labor Defense here, from George P. | Walls, warden of Kilby Prison, con- |firms the charge that Haywood |Patterson and Clarence Norris, two |of the Scottsboro boys, are being deprived of newspapers and litera- ture sent to them by workers on the outside, The branch had sent the boys} | some literature and a letter express- | jing its solidarity with the world-| | wide mass fight for their safety and | | freedom. When four weeks passed | without any word from the boys, the branch wrote the warden, who |replied that he was running the} prison to suit himself. | Refusal to permit the boys to re- |ceive news of the fight for their release is part of the program of | the lynch rulers to demoralize them. | Protests against this outrage should | be sent to Warden Geo. P. Walls, Kilby Prison, Montgomery, and| Gov. M. L, Miller, Montgomery, Ala. ion Ranks in Revolt at A. F. of L. Sellout ry To Wres ‘Members Organize t Control From Misleadership | Committee for Rank and File Control Acts After Stormy Local Session Where A. F. of L. Machine Is Flayed by Workers By TOM KEENAN NEW KENSINGTON, Pa., Sept. 26. — Rank and file members of the Aluminum Workers Union here, realizing of the Columbia River Longshore-| that their solid strike was sold out by leaders for a com- pany union agreement, are organizing to wrest control of the organization from the hands of present reformist mis- Sheriff Hails Landlord Who Killed Cropper GREENWOOD, Ark., Sept. 26— Sharecroppers’ Union here, was shot and killed by John Olswald, a land- lord neighbor, on Sept. 2, it is ad- mitted here. Despite his knowing that Sco‘t is guilty of Oswald’s murder, Sheriff Leonard Bell, of Pope County, re- dead body, he said, according to witnesses: “Tell John he did a good job. I would have pinned a blue ribbon on him if he had got his buddies, too.” Bell has been leading a reign | of terror against croppers here. He broke their 1933 strike with Klan methods. Olswald admits he murdered Scott. He charges that Scott was stealing corn from him. Four ears of corn were found in the dead man’s pocket, but it was evident that he had been rolled over and the ears put into his pocket after jhe had been murdered. Demands for the prosecution of Olswald for the murder are being sent to Assistant Prosecutor Joe Shepherd, Greenwood, Arkansas. Knit Workers Strike At Two N. Y. Mills NEW YORK.—Workers of the Leonard Knitting Mills, of 427 Broadway, and the Culver Knitting Mills, 127 West 17th St., are on strike for the 35-hour week, wage increases and union recognition, the Knitgoods Workers Industrial Union announced yesterday. Organiza- tional activities of the union are expanding, officers report. A general membership meeting of the union will be held tonight at 6 p.m., at Irving Plaza, 15th St. and Irving Pl., union officials stated. There will be a report on the gen- \eral strike at this meeting. Nom- inations for organizers and the ex- ecutive board will be made. Artist Dies After Being Run Over by Police Car NEW YORK.—After a three months’ illness brought about after she had been run down by a po- lice car while she was picketing the Hudson Relief Bureau, Diana Gellerman died at Beth Israel Hospital Tuesday, at 7 p.m. Diana Gellerman was a member of the John Reed Club and the Artists’ Union of New York. Join the Red Builders! Zimmerman ‘Strike’ Ballyhoo ‘Exposed yr Mask | For Support of A. F. of L. Anti-Strike A. F. L. Rank and File Group Analyzes His Role in Union NEW YORK. — Rank and file members of A. F. of L, locals yes- terday characterized the statement of Charles S. Zimmerman, of the LL. G. W. U., calling upon William Green for a “general strike,” as a Piece of trickery to bind the work- ers of the A. F. of L. to the bureau- crats who have already betrayed the auto, marine, steel and marine workers. In addition, the statement of the rank and file A. F. of L. members, speaking through the A. F. of L. Trade Union Committee for Unem- ployment Insurance and Relief, declared that while Zimmerman in- dulges in demagogic appeals to the treacherous A. F. of L. leadership for “general strike,” working con- ditions in his own industry are get- ting worse and worse. The full statement of the com- mittee follows: “Mr. Zimmerman, manager of local 22 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, has just announced his intention of propos- ‘nation-wide strike movement to achieve union recognition, a rise and a shortening of ficial of a local union of 30,000 members, this announcement may appear to many rank and file mem- bers of the A. F. of L. as a militant proposal in the interests of the rank and file. Every rank and file member of the A. F. of L. should remember however, that during the great general strike of the textile workers, which has just been broken by the greatest betrayal in American labor history, the chair- man of the strike committee, Francis Gorman, resorted to simi- lar militant proposals. He talked of general strike and used high sounding phrases but proved to be the most valuable agent of the employers in driving the textile workets back to hunger and in- creased misery. Zimmerman’s Record “While Mr, Zimmerman is call- ing for a general strike, in his own local union a complete breakdown of conditions in the dress shops with violations of the code and strike agreement are being re- ported by the workers and are being met by indifference and dis- regard by Zimmerman and other Officials of Local 22. The code authority has admitted that 1,500 violations of the code reported by workers have been shelved. Mr. Zim- merman, working closely with of- ficials of the International, who reecntiv promoted him to the posi- “Coming from the lips of an of- i tion of vice-president in recognition of his loyalty to them, is responsible system which has meant increased speed-up and wage cuts for the dressmakers. In Local 22 the last vestiges of trade union democracy are being wiped out, with members being suspended, terrorized and penalized for expressing opposition to Zimmerman’s policies. Zimmer- man’s talk of a general strike does not square with his complete failure to take any stens to stop the drive against the dressmakers’ condi- tions. “Furthermore, at a time when the Workers’ Bill for Unemploy- ment and Social Insurance is the most burning issue before the mem- bers of the A. F. of L., and will be the means of protecting the unem- ployed as well as the standard of living of the employed, Zimmerman jis silent on this question. It is well known that Zimmerman supported the reactionary officials of the In- ternational Ladies Garment Work- ers Union in their convention last June when they refused to consider the Workers’ Bill and instead sup- ported the Wagner-Lewis Bill. “Why also has Zimmerman failed to reply to repeated requests of the trade unions for united action to provide rélief and to mobilize the A. F. of L. members azainst the ter- ror used against the San Francisco and textile strikers? “Mr. Zimmerman comes forward with militant proposals at this time when the A. F, of L. convention is Machine for the introduction of an efficiency He Attempts to Disrupt Opposition at 54th Convention about to open because the leader- ship of the A. F. of L. of which he is a part knows and fears the strength of the rank and file move- ment. They know that at the com- ing 54th convention they will be called to account for their shame- ful sell-outs of the workers when victory was at hand. It is by means of the Zimmermans end other demagogueés that they hope to side- track the rising indignation of the rank and file into safe channels and at the same time cover up their own tole as strikebreakers. “The rank and file cannot count on these demagogues in the labor movement, whose deeds belie their words, to bring about improved con- ditions. The rank and file must rely on its own organization, de- termination and militant struggle based on the program drawn up by the rank and file in its own interest to defeat the employers and their agents in the ranks of organized labor. The A. F. of L. Trade Union Committee for Un- employment Insurance and Relief calls on the rank and file in the unions to suvpert the program, which will be presented at the coming 54th convention by rank and file delegates.” t ®leaders and replace it with rank |and file leadership and a militant program. The first statement of the newly-formed committee for rank and file control was distributed Monday, following up a blistering attack on A. F. of L. leaders and their strike tactics made from the floor of Friday's local union meet- ing. |_ Not only Dave Williams, A. F.. of L. traitor-organizer for the union, but also Paul Howlett, president of ew Kensington local, was ex- posed and discredited at the Friday night meeting. One of the rank and file floor jleaders gained recognition of the chair shortly after the session be- ;gan and launched into a sharp, | penetrating attack on the “strike expect that the Young Peoples So-|the fight for the release of their | fuses to take any action against| settlement” and A. F. of L. mis- cialist League will not demand of | husbands and the other framed-| him. When the sheriff saw Scott’s| leadership which was responsible for the sell-out. | Accuses Leaders of Betrayal His utterances following much the |same line as set forth Sh the rank and file statement, the speaker finally accused the Green-A. F. of L. clique with “betraying the last | strike,” when Howlett slammed his | gavel down and ruled the remarks out of order. The speaker immedi- ately appealed from the decision of | the chair and when a vote of the membership was taken not one vote | upheld Howlett’s order, a regular demonstration being staged to up- |hold the right of the speaker to continue in his remarks. | Following the first speaker, Wil- liams stood up and tried to dis- credit him as-being ‘‘a red, a sttike- | breaker, and a unién buster,” but he was answered immediately by the accused worker, who told the A. F. of L. traitor that he was not a “red,” but neither was he “yellow.” Other rank and file speakers then fook the floor and attacked the | “settlement,” strike tactics, and té- |formist misleadership of the union top officials, all demanding rank and file control of the union and all action. The statement issued Monday, headed “Save the Union,” gives.a complete analysis of past mistakes of the union and future remedies, It brands the “settlement” a com- pany union agreement and ascribes the loss of both strikes to “the absolutely wrong policies and tactics carried on by our union, under the dictation of a handful of American Federation of Labor leaders.” It calls on all union members “to take immediate steps to clear up and rebuild our union into a fighting, rank and file controlled union with a correct program of action and militant leadership.” The statement brands Shishkin }and Williams as “mouthpieces of Wm. Green and the A. F. of L., the same mis- leaders of labor who have stabbed | in the back every recent strike of | the American working class,” | declaring | “the American Federation of La- | bor top leaders work hand in hand with the employers and the National Labor Boards.” Rank and File Program It appeals to every aluminum workers local in the country to en- dorse the following program: (1) For a national industrial union in the aluminum in- dustry, under absolute rahk and file control, embracing all workers, regardless of craft, race, creed, sex, or color. For the granting of such a charter by the A. F. of L. and immediate reduction of the Present 35-cent monthly per capita tax to 1 cent. a For the adoption of = consti. tution and by-laws which will uphold all points under the first heading. No acceptance of dictation by any “handful” of A. F. of Ix leaders. For a militant policy, direct negotiations with employers, no arbitration, broad elected committees to handle all situ~ ations. Immediate repudiation present agreement. New agreement to be om basis ot following demands: (a) A 50 cent minimum hourly i} (3) (4) (5) (6) (b) Abolition of differentials. (ce) For an 8-hour day, 5-day (d) Donble time for Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays. (e) Fuil crews on all jobs. (f) No discrimination against” workers, : women (g) Adequate relief by the com-— pany to all laid-off em- ployes. A (7) For the calling of a national convention of rank and file elected delogates within three months 0