The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 28, 1934, Page 5

> iliary as a real company union, but DAILY WORKER, W YORK, FRIDA Y, SEPTEMBER 28, 1934 Page rive Scab Pact Aimed * Kearney, Hea - New Contract Will Reduce Workers’ Pay Virtual Company Union | Is Established With N. Y. Cafe Owners By WILLIAM ALBERTSON (Coittinued from Page 1) On_the insistence of the bosses an A. F. L. charter was granted to this company union which was instru- mental in breaking the general hotel | strike during the past winter. | Undermines Workers’ Conditions ; The agreement signed between Mr- {Klein of the United Restaurant J Owners Association and Mr. Kear- ney of the international union not * only undermines the conditions of the workers, but even states the structure which the new “auxiliary” of Local 302 must follow in being built. While the workers of Local 302 are striking for and have also been locked out in a number of shops for demanding $35 for coun- termen, the agreement, as signed, calls for $25 for countermen and $14 for countergirls. The unskilled workers are left at the mercy of the bosses and the miserable wages and conditions as called for in the restaurant code. The contract also calls for the establishment of an “auxiliary” to Local 302 to be composed of all workers who fall under this agree- ment. At the same time, the agree- ment states that all bosses who are members of the association will get the benefits of the agreement. And also, if a boss at present is under contract to 302 and he joins the association, his workers will trans- fer from 302 to the auxiliary. How- ever, the present contract runs for | three years while regular Local 302 agreements run for one year only. This means that workers at present under 302 contract, whose boss is or will become a member of the asso- ciation, will transfer into the aux- iliary while working under a 302 scale. However, when their agree- t will expire, Local 302 will find it impossible to re-sign the agree- ment, but the auxiliary wilt sign the agreement. Wage Scales Reduced This means that in a maximum time of one year or less, the con- ditions of the workers in Local 302 will be reduced from the present scale of wages down to $25 per week, At the same time, Local 302 will be liquidated by the bosses and the international union over a period of one year, turning over the , body and soul to the aux- local. which is an outright ccmpany union under the direct suporvision and control of Mr. Klein : the United Restaurant Owners “osiation. disputes and _ controversial ques.ions will be submitted to a committee Of five, composed of two members of the association, two members of the “auxiliary,” and an impartial chairman. The contract states that no strike will take place jn the association shops, bus that all questions will be submitted to the body in which the workers will be outveted at least three to two, Aimed at Industrial Union This scab action on the part of the International Union is not scmething new. It is a clever man- euver which was cooked up at the reccnt international convention in Minneapolis on Aug. 13 to 20. Be- hind this maneuver stands Mr. Klein of the asscciation. And work- ing together with Mr. Klein ere Messrs. Flore, International Presi- dent, and Lehman and Kearney, In- ternational Vice Presidents. Their plan is to put the restaurant in- dustry in New York under the con- tzol of Mr. Klein who has an in- junction since 1929 against thé Food Workers Industrial Union. Their ultimate perspective is that by building the United Association to- gether with the use of the injunc- tion, that not only will they be able to control the industry, undermine conditions, and establish this aux- also to eliminate the Food Workers Industrial Union from the picture with the use of their already in- faracus injunction. ‘Che officials of Local 302, by their actions and policy ate certainly not helping the membership of Local 302 and the other workers. In this present strike as in the past, only the countermen have veen taken out leaving behind the unskilled workers. Even realizing the fact that in some of these shops, mem- bers of the Cafeteria Workers Union were employed as unskilled, Local 302 did nothing to appreach this Union, organize a joint com- mittee, and declare joint strikes for the skilled and the unskilled work- ers. Meanwhile the Cafetezia Workers Union Local 110 of the Food Workers Industrial Union is approaching the membership and the strike committee of Local 302 offering cooperation in the strike for the demands and against the company union organized by the bossos and the International offi- cicls. ob enly is the membership of Leoal £02 incensed against this scab + >‘teay’and company union sell- out, but the membership of the ‘4 \vorkers industrial Union and the unozganized werkers realize that a victory for the association of the bosses and the International of- ficials means a vicious use of the injunction against the industrial union, For this reason and to de- feat the bosses and better the con- ditions ,of the workers, the Food Workers Industrial Union has called upon the membership of Local 302 to establish a joint committee, to smash jeintly the scab agreement with the United Restaurant Owners Asscciation, to smash the united fron: bstween Kearney, Lehman, and Klein, audi to establish one : — ¢ | Order to Local 302 to sue to the auxiliary ana to the In- End Picketing Made After Signing Pact Mr. J. J. Kearney, acting pres- ident of the Hotel and Restaurant |Employees and Beverage Dispensers International Alliance of the A. F. L., ther with Mr. Klein, secre- tary of the United Restaurant Own- ers Association, signed one of the worst scab agreements on Sept. 22 known in the history of the struggle of countermen and cooks for better conditions, This agreement, which follows in full, establishes a com- pany union for cafeteria workers in the city of New York under the mask of an A. F. L. charter. Im- mediately after the signatures were attached to the contract, instruc- tions were sent to Local 302 to re- move all picket lines. The member- ship, incensed by this sell-out, re- fused to remove the line and invited Mr. Kearney to come to New York and remove the lines himself if possible. The agreement follows: This Agreement made this 22d day of September, 1934, by and be- tween the United Restaurant Own- ers’ Association, Inc., of the State of New York, a New York corpora- tion, hereinafter called the “United,” and Hotel and Restaurant Employees’ and Beverage Dispens- ers’ International Alliancs, herein- after called the “International,” as follows: First: The members of the United shall comply with the conditions of this agreement as hereinafter out- lined. Second: The International agrees that it will form the employees of the members of the United who are subject to ths agreement into an auxiliary affiliated with the Deli- catessen and Restaurant Counter- men and Cafeteria Employees’ Union Local 302 of the said Inter- national, or with some other Union duly affiliated with the said Inter- national, or with the International direct. The said auxiliary shall have full autonomy excent that its members shall be employed by the members of the United in accord- ance With the terms of this agree- ment. Third: The United agrees that its members shall employ in establish- ments that are now conducted and maintained by them, or in any new establishments that said members may open, conduct or maintain at any time during the term of this agreement, none but members of the auxiliary in good standing. Fourth: All steady, as well as ex- tra workers, must be ordered di- xeetly from the office of the aux- Diary. Fifth; No courterman, chef or cook is allowed to work more than six (6) days or six (6) nights in any one week, and nine (9) hours shall constitute a day's or night's work, excluding one (1) hour for lunch. Sixth: Countergirls shall work eight (8) hours per day, excluding one (1) hour for lunch. Seventh: The employer shall is- ternational a schedule for em- ployees, which schedule must be in accordance with the conditions of this agreement, and can be changed only with the permission of the parties hereto. minimum wages shall be paid by all members of the United to all Reg- ular Employees: (a) Chefs—$35.00 per week (b) Cooks 1. Male— $25.00 per week 2, Female—$20.00 per week (c) Countermen— MALE 1. For one (1) year from the beginning of this agreement— $25.00 per week. 2. For the second year after the date of the signing of this agreement—$27.50 per week. 3. For the third year after the date of the signing of this agreement—$30.00 per week. FEMALES 1. Fer one (1) year from the beginning of this agreement— $14.00 per week. 2. For the second year after the date of the signing of this agreement—$15.00 per week. 3. For the third year after the date of the signing of this agreement—$18.00 per week. (ad) Bus boys, bus girls, dish- washe:s, kitchen meh, vegetable men and porters shall be known as Miscellaneous Regular Employees and shall receive the scale of wages fixed by the Code of Fair Competi- tion for the Resteurant Industry. If Code requirements are modified to decrease the wages payable to said Miscellaneous Regular Em- ployees said employees shall, neve: theless, receive wages not. Jess than that payable to them at the time of the signing of this agreement, unless otherwise decided by the Ad- justment Board. Ninth: Workers other than those described in paragraph marked “Eighth” shall be known as “extra” or “part time” workers. An “extra” worker is a person who is hired for less than five successive days, whether for full or part time. Extra workers shall receive for the number of hours worked by them a sum equal to one and one-third (1 1-3) of the hourly rate payable for the type of work done by said extras. A “part time” worker is a per- son who is hired for more than five successive days, but for less than the full work day. Part time workers shall receive for the humber of hours worked by them ® sum equal to the hourly rate payable for the type of work don> by said part time workers. Tenth: Any emplov2. reecivin~ at the time this agreement goes into effect, 2 wage greate: than the minimum, shall not have the said wage reduced. In the event of a vacaney in the joo of any sch emnlover r--s more than the minimum, his suc- cessor shall receive the wag? of his predecessor. Eieventh: There shall be an Ad- justment Board which shall con- Eighth: The following scale of | New Obstacles Raised for C.P. Slate in Illinois (Daily Worker Midwest Bureau) CHICAGO, Sept. 27.—Las! minute objections have be2n raised by poli- ticians to placing the Communist | ticket on the ballot in Illinois, and decision on these was postponed last night until Wednesday. The committee making the de- cision is composed of Governor Horner, Attorney General Kerner and the State auditor. Meantime ithe Socialist and So- cialici-Labor Party tickets, first re- | jected on technicalities, have been accepted and approved. A delegation from the Commu- nist Party, including La Verne Pruitt, candidate for Congressman- at-Large, and Sam Hammersmark, running for State Treasurer, was in Springfield, ba‘tling for a place on the ballot for the Workers’ Party. Candidates from Congressional and State Senatorial districts filed petitions with the election board Tuesday, and several more are to be filed Wednesday morning. Com- munist slates will be put forward in the following dis‘ricts. First Congressional, Herbert New- ton, opposing Oscar De Priest. Eighth Congressional, Eugene Zwolinski, who files nearly 3,000 signatures. Third State Senatorial District, Edward Doty for Senator, Joe Jack- son, Leroy Nealy, and Elsie Smith for Assemblymen. Fifth Sena‘orial, Lucious Arm- strong for Senator, Claude Light- foot, Isador Merlin and Oliver Law for Assemblymen. Seventeenth Senatorial, Elsie Grasso for Senator, Fred Berg, Al- bert Singer and Pency A. Dorsey for Assemblyman. Twenty-Seventh Senatorial, Jack Spiegel for Senator, Bernice Jen- kins, Anthony Drossel and Anthony Pszezolwski for Assemblymen. Milwaukee to Observe 15th Year of CP Oct. 7 MILWAUKEE, Wis., Sept. 21. — The 15th anniversary of the Com- munis‘ Party U. S. A., will be cele- brated at a mass meeting on Sun- day, Oct. 7 at 3 p.m. at Liberty Hall, Eighth and Walnut Sts. A program is being arranged by work- powerful union Of all workers in the eatezing industry. | ers’ cultural organizations in con- nection with the meeting. By Jay Rubin | The agreement just signed by | Kearney of the international Alli- ance and the hotel owners was pre- pared for at the recent general con- vention of the A. F. of L. food union. On August 13, 1934, the 27th General Convention of the Hotel and Res-aurant Employees and Beverage Dispensers international Alliance took place in Minneapolis, ;at a time when all the enemies of organized labor are concentrating their forces to smash the unions and the conditions of the workers. On August 20, one day after the Convention had adjourned, a hear- ing took place to revise ihe miser- able code of the hotel and restau- rant workers. At this hearing, the Administrator proposed to all exist- ing unions in the field and to the bosses to revise the code downward to such an extent that the bosses will be willing to live up to it. Everyone who works in the cater- ing industry would expect that a convention of that sort would dis- |cuss ail these problems facing the | catering workers, would really work out a program of acion for the workers thzoughout the country to follow, and in this way resist the attacks of the bosses in their re- Spective cities. Instead of this, we saw a gathering of about 141 dele- gates, mostly paid ‘officials, who. disregard all the problems facing the catering workers and who fought among themselves over the division of the spoils, Mr, Flore, the International Pres- ident, presented his report in writ- ing to the convention. The report did not ‘ouch the basic problems facing the catering workers, but consisted of praises of President Roosevelt, the N. R. A. and the National and Regional Labor Boards as to their constructive work in helping to build the union. The report also stressed the ques- tion of the necessity of working with the employers and together solving the problems facing the in- dustry. He also spoke in self- praise for the great work of having given a charter to the Guild, a Ne~ York company union, and making it a pert of the A. F. of L.; of the admirable job of having reached an agreement’ with the politicians of the World's Fair in Chicago from which, as a result, hundreds of sist of five (5) members, two (2) se- lected by the United, two (2) by the auxiliary, and an impartial Person to be chosen by the other members of the Board. If a choice as to the impartial person cannot be agreed upon, such person shall be designated in accordance with paragraph marked “Thirtieth” hereof. The fees of such impartial person shall be paid in equal paris by the United and by the auxiliary, Such person shall hold office for a period of three (3) months, and continue in office until his successor has been designated. Successive Chairmen shall be selected on the | first business day of each third |month. There shall be required a | majority vote of the entire mem- | bership of the Adjustment Board |for décision upon any question o: matter presented to said Adjust- ment Board. \shall have the full right and au- thority at any time to change its respective representatives on the Adjustment Board, provided notice in writing of such change at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the day of meeting of such Adjustment | Board is given to the other side, by jregistered mail to the business ad- dress of said party. | justment Board must meet, if there |be business to transact, every Mon- day afternoon, at 4 p.m. at the of- fice of the auxiliary and of the United alternately. The Adjust- | ment Board the evidence in writing which either party may desire to present upon the question or questions in dispute, and, within five (5) day after a final submission, render a report in the nature of an award which shall be binding upon both Parties and the membsrs of the | auxiliary and each of them. No | persons other than the members of | the Board shall be present at the | meetings of such Board, except wit- |nesses and representatives of the | auxiliary and the United, and when deliberation and voting take place, no person other than the members of the Board shall be in the hear- ing room. Determination by the Adjustment Beard with the Impar- tial Umpire sitting as chairmen thereof, shall be binding upon the parties hereto. The award in each case shall include all the evidence presented in the forms of a rec- ord. The decision of the Adjust- ment Board shall be complied with within five (5) days otherwise the auxiliary shall take such action against the delinauent member as the auxiliary sees fit, Twelfth: No worker can leave the | job without giving forty-eight (48) | hours’ notice in writing to his em- ployer and the International. Thirteenth: The United agrees | that its members shall display in | their establishments the interna- | tional or the auxiliary Union card. The said card remains the property | of the International or of the aux- iliary, and is to be surrendered upon demand duly made by the Adjustment Board. Fourteenth: An authorized rep- ressntative of the International shall have the right of admittance Recent A. F. of L. Conventi For New Sellout Agreement with Cafe Men 6 workers were forced to pay $25 for a job. These individuals completely for- got the massacres Which took place in Minneapolis, Toledo, San Fran- cisco, etc,, with the approval and | agreement of the N.R.A., the Labor Department and the government. These so-called leaders also forgot that the membership in the respsc- tive locals affiliated to the Interna- | tional had had their experiences | wich the Class collaboration policies | | pursued by thes? officials. The tens | of thousands of arrested workers in | Chicago, framed up, the workers | fighting in Philadelphia where the | bosses succeeded in smashing the | union, the hundreds of workers in| New York City forced to work | without pay as a result of this | policy, do not believe that the | bosses will improve their condi‘ions | without struggle. The corruption of the Interna- tional from top to the bottom, was quite evident at the convention. The only places where the Internaticnal was able to record progress was Chicago, New York Local 16, and Detroit. And even this progress made by thé International Union was not analyzed constructively. Instead, each local accused the other of gaining this progress \hrough racketeering and working with the underworld. The accused locals, in turn, charged the others of working with the bosses and of racketeering, of corruption in their own ranks, of charging the workers | $300 to $500 for jobs, etc. When a bunch of corrupted officials fight among themselves, the workers can discover the truth. The climax of the fight took place in the election of the International Executive Board. The New York delegation was especially involved. The delegation of Local 16 which came to the convention with a union of over 2,000 members work- ing in union shops, allied them- selves with the Chicago delegation to defeat Lehman for vice-presi- dent whom they accused of being & represen’ative of the United Res- taurent Owners’ Association in the ranks of labor. However, they failed to defeat Lehman because the Chicago delegation, as corrupt and supported Lehman. It is also of interest to note that the delegation of Local 16, for self- The parties hereto| The said Ad-| shall hear and take all | as the others, broke this alliance | shall, however, have no talk with employees between the hours of 12 }moon and 2 p.m. and between the | hours of 6 p.m, and 8 p.m. Fifteenth: The United agrees that its members shall not discrimi- nate against any member of Local 302 or of the Auxiliary, and the In- ternational agrees that Local 302 and no member thereof, and the auxiliary and no member thereof, shall discriminate against member of the United. Sixteenth: The United agrees that none of its members shall make any charge to the workers for the reasonable use of white jackets, aprons or pants. | Seventeenth: In the event that any member of the United has any jJabor trouble with a Union other than the auxiliary, the Interna- tional agrees that no member of the International shall go on strike or picket or in any way interfere with or disturb the business of the said employer, uniess the Arbitra- tion Board decides to the contrary. Eighteenth: There shall be no charge to workers for breakage un- less maliciously or wilfully done by them. Nineteenth: All full time workers shall receive two (2) warm meals |per day and lunch. Extra workers |shall receive one (1) meal a day. | All ready dishes shall be at the dis posal of the workers. Twentieth: The United agrees that each of its members shall pay the wages of all workers employed |in its establishment not later than Wednesday of each week in cash for the preceding work. Twenty-first: The United agrees that each of its members will enter into any individual contract with any workers affected by this agrec- ment. Twenty-second: The United agrees that each of its members shall be responsible for providing @ Teasonably safe place for the workers’ clothing, to which place the public shall have no admit- tance. Twenty-third: No employee shall be paid for holidays or for other deys on which the establishment is closed. Where an establishment is open on # Saturday or on a holi- day, operating on less than a full crew, the employer shall have the right to employ as many from each type of employee described in para- graph marked “Eighth” herein, as | his business may require. Twenty-fourth: The auxiliary grees to supply the members of the United with competent work- ers within twenty-four (24) hours after due demand, and to assist of his business insofar as they do | not conflict with the within agrec- ment. Twenty-fifth: Members that join |the United after the execution of this agreement shall be subject to all the terms of this agreement, and shajl employ workers at the rate which present members of the \ United will be subject to payment ng Company Uni any i such member in upholding the rules | d of A. F. of L. Hotel and Restaurant Union, Signs Scab Agreement Establishi the United. Members of the United, who, at the time of the signing of this agreement already have contracts with Local 302, shall be subject to the terms of this agreement, excep! as to provisions regarding wages |payable to employees and _ their | hours of employment. As to such provisions their present agreements | with Local 302 shall be in no way changed. In the event that a prospective }member of the United joins the United after the, signing of this agreement and said prospective member then has a contract with fied simultaneously with the ac- son as a member of the United, and the said member shall be sub- | ject to the tetms of this agree- | ment except as to provisions re- | garding wages payable to employees 4nd their hours of employment. As to such provisions their then agrec- ments with Local 302 shall be in no way changed. | After the signing of this agree- ment, upon the receipt by the | United of an application for mem- bership to the Association, the | United shall inform Local 302 of |the fact of such application for membership. | Tweaty-sixth: No member of United shall have the right to the de- Local 302, Local 302 shall be noti- | ceptance by the United of said per- | : P onin N.Y. y | By Sellout, Refuse | To Remove Pickets dum making reference to the iliary. The contents of said “Ex hibit A” are made a part of this agreement es though incorporated | therein. In Witness Whereof the parties }hereto have hereunto their |hands and seals the day and yeai first above written. United Restaurant Owners’ | Association, Inc., of the | State of New York | B; Ae SAPS OR rss 2 As Vice-President and Chair- man of the Board of Directors Hotel and Restaurant Em- ployeet’?’ and Beverage | Disdensers’ International | Alliance By | Vice-President | EXHIBIT A In the agreement bttween the | United Restaurant Owners’ Asso- \ciation, Inccrporated, and the Ho- tel and Restaurant Employees and Beverage Dispensers International | Alliance, it is understood that the |Auxiliary referred to therein shall be affiliated with Local 302 under the following conditions: First: All employees of the United Against Food Workers Industrial Union CappeliniGang roposes Mine nions Merge to the premises, The representative; at the time the new member joins But Members, Incensed Letter to U. M. W. A. Is Seen As Confession Of Bankruptcy SCRANTON, Pa, Sept, 27. — Rinaldo Cappelini, president of the Anthracite Miners of Pennsylvania, forwarded a letter here yesterday from the state penitentiary at Graterford, suggesting a merger be- tween his organization and the United Mine Workers, from which Cappelini led a large group cf min- ers a few years ago. Cappelini is in jail for violating his parole. Caprelini’s letter, addressed to Thomas Maloney, disirict president of his union, suggests that the leaders of the Anthracite Miners of America stop “kidding” themselves that they represent a miajority of the miners in the district. He also discusses thé poor financial state of the organization and the wel own fact that dues money promptly dis- appeers immediately after its collec- tion from the coal diggers. Cappelini suggests that James A, German, umpire of the board of Conciliation and a representative of the National Labor Reiations Board, dzaft the agreement betwéen the United Mine Workers and the Ah- | thracite Miners. Letter Seen Ags Bankruptcy Statement Rank and file miners here inter- lare a lock-out, nor shall any af-|shall be members of the Auxiliary | pret the Cappelini letter as a con« filiate or Union connected with the! of Local 302 and, in acceptance of | fession of bankruptcy and inability | International have the right to de- ! membership shell be subject to the to fool the miners any longer. Cap- \clare a strike against any member | following conditions of membership. | pelini, they observe, who had @ jof the United. Second: The members of the great deal of influence among the In the event of a dispute, the sub- | Auxiliary shall be subject to all| miners, particularly those of ttalian ject matter of the dispute shall be submitted to arbitration as herein | provided. Twenty-seventh: The Interna- ated with it shall, within the Bor- oughs of the City of New York, cafeteria or restaurant proprietor upon terms more favorable than those hereinabove enumerated. Twenty-eighth: In the event of a dispute between the United and the International as to the inter- pretation of any part of this agree- ment, the said question shall be submitted to the Adjustment Board. Twenty-ninth: In the event that either party hereto fails to name its representatives upon the Ad- justment Board, no strike, picket- ing, lock-out or other disturbance |at the place of business of any em- | ployer, as the case may be, shall be other party or against any member of any of the parties or affiliate or auxiliary, as the case may be, so long as the said other party has named its members. In the event of failure or inabil- ity on the part of the four (4) |members of the Adjustment Board |to name the impartial member of the said Board, the presiding Jus- tice of the Municipal Court of the |City of New York, shall be re- quested and authorized to designate such person. Thirtieth: Annexed hereto and marked “Exhibit A” is a memoran- | tional agrees that no Union affill- | declared or permitted against the| International laws and Privileges. Third: All Miscellaneous Regular | Employees shall pay a maximum of One and 25-100 ($1.25) Dollar per month to the Auxiliary dues. All jother members referred to in the |said agreement shall pay a maxi- jenter into an agreement with any|mum of Two ($2.00) Dollars per | month to the Auxiliary as dues. Fourth: All members of the Aux- jiliary shall, until with Interna- tional approval, remain as Auxiliary of Local 302 and shall, in meeting assembled designate a time, date and place of meeting for the purposes of selecting a Chair- man, Recording Secretary and any other officers and five (5) members to be designated hereinafter as the Executive Board of the Auxiliary. Fifth: The Auxiliary shall also jhave the right to select two (2) members who shell be accepted as memiers of the Executive Board of Local 302. Sixth: The Auxiliary shall con- tinue during the term of this azrae- ;ment, or until such time as the International Union may deem | otherwise. Seventh: Miscellaneous Regular | Employees shall pay an initiation |fee of Two (2.00) Dollars. All |other emoloyees referred to in said | agreement shall pay an_ initiation | fee of Three and 59-100 ($3.50) Dol- lars. The amount of said fee shall |be subject to revision after a pe- riod of ninety (90) days from the signing of said agreement, subject |to the approval of the Interna- tional. on Laid the Basis NY. Anti-War ish reasons, took a progressive | stand against the issuing of a char- |ter to Local 8, the Guild local, as a scab and company union. Leh- man, on the other hand, and his as- | sociates, supported and approved | this ac'ion. This fight and the vic- |tory’ of Lehman over Local 16 | forced this delegation to take a | definite stand, with the result that |the International President prac- ticed exactly what his colleagues are doing in the affiliated local unions. He refused to recognize even Coulcher of Local 16 when the latter tried to make a nomination against Lehman. The delegation of Local 16 left the convention as a protest against these proceedings. A number of resolutions were in- troduced by the different delega- tions. Especially constructive reso- lutions were presented by the dele- | gate from Atlantie City, Harry | Paulussen, bringing up the question of unity, investigation on racketeer- |ing, unemployment insurance, an anti-injunction fight, the fight against fascism in Germany and America, é:c. But, as was expected, |all the resolutions were postponed to the last possible minute. No dis- cussion took place frorh the floor, with the result that the real basic program for the workers in the catering industry, affiliated to the A. F. of L., was not acted upon but referred to the incoming General Executive Board. It is well to note that there were a number of resolutions upon which action was forced. The resolutions demanding that ihe general presi- dent be instructed to investigate racketeering in the A. F. of L. and thet for a Labor Party were pass¢d. But all other resolutions, the ques- tion of uni‘y and other basic prob- lems facing the catering workers, olution on the Labor Party was only passed as a smoke-screen to fool the workers that the Catering | International Union is progressing, so that, even at inis time, with the | unemployed in their ranks, with the | workers willing to fight for better conditions, they could still do their | dirty werk under the progressive mask of a labor party in the United Sta‘es. The convention is over. | The membership of the Interna- tional knows very well that they cannot depend on those individuals to carry on the fight for them. In were not acted upon. Even the res- | spite of all the maneuvers of Flore, Lehman, etc., to dress themselves in progressive clothes and even to grant the right to Local 16 to take in the kitchen men, bartenders, and | unskilled workers under their juris- diction, these workers will take the |situation in their own hands and | regardless of the decisions of the | Convention will fight to maintain | | and improve their conditions. The catering workers’ locals af- fillated to the Food Workers Indus- | trial Union can learn from tt Convention that we cannot expect to reach any understanding with those leaders in regard to a fight against the bosses and for the workers. At the same time, we must also leatn that the rank and file workers in the local unions of the A. F. of L. are not corrupted. These workers are ready and will- nis leadership. It is our job after the Convention, in every city whore there are locals of the F.W.LU. in | existence, to approach the rank and file workers affiliated to the A. F. of L. for joint struggles and for joint action for the interests of the inspite of the decision of the con- vention not to work for unity with us, | Only on this basis will we be | able to help develcp a real rank and file movement in the local unions | Of the A. F. of L., to develop inde- | pendent action, and work in the direction of establishing ome unicn in the catoring industry based on a class struggle program. Boston Truck Drivers _ Adopt Strike Decision BOSTON, Sept. 27—Referring the exact date to the executive board, {2,300 members of Truck Drivers Local 25 here have unanimousl; | voted to go on Strike. The strike will affect evory truck- |ing firm in greater Boston, where | the employers refuse to sign union agreement conceding union condi- tions, The demands of the drivers are an eight-hour day, with time and a half for overtime, with the present basic wages scales. workers. We can win over these workers around a program of struggle. We can establish unity) Delegates Get Big Send-O | NEW YORK. — More than 3,000 Workers, professionals and intellee- |tuals joined in a mass. send-off | meeting at Mecca Temple Wednes- day night for 450 delegates to the | Second United States Congress | against War and Fascism which | Opens tonight in Chicago. Norman Tallentire, who pzesided, | announced during the course of the | meeting that 3,300 credentials were | already in the hands of the Chicago | arrangements committee. - | Ann Burlak, fresh from the New| | England textile sirike front, brought | greetings from the embattled work- ers there, | She pictured vividly the iconclad | | unity of the strikers in the face of 13 vast peacetime mobilization of | |cluded Guatd troops and con- cluded by saying: | “We must now win these workers as shown in the textile strike, to build a broader and more solid front against wat and fascism,” Anna Burlak said. Charies Krumbein, District O:- ganizer of the Communis: Party, | analyzed the economic basis for war | and the growth of fascist tendencies in stirring terms. | He poinied out that all the im- | perialist powers have an equal in- terest in making war on the Soviet | | Union for the division of its vast territories and for the destruction of the Soviet wozkers’ government | “which serves as an exampl2 to | Workers in other countries to go and do likewise.” | “Despite these things,” Krumbein ‘said, “We can prevent Fascism from winning in the United States and we canystop a wer or at least | seriously delay it. The Communist | Party, is doing its utmost to pre- | pare workers, if war should come, | to turn the guns which they will |be given against their only real |enemies, the capitalist class, with- jout the destruction of which, it is not possible to destroy War and fas- | cism.” Theodore Dreiser, noted American |movelist, made a fifteen-minute ad- dress which was broadcast through | Station WEVD. He attacked th arguments advanced by the ints’. lectuals among the war mongers that war is a necéssary agency for the spread of culture and that it is a natural expression of the * foe Neg Bay an | gescent, was an officer in the U, M. W. A. for a long time. “However, due to his corrupt and treacherous Policies he was ousted. After at- tempting unsuccessfully to worm his way back into leadership in the U. M. W. A., he began to build support fo: himself among the | thousands of miners wh¥ were dis- | Satisfied with the policies of the U. |M. W. A. leadership. Using militant language he pledged his opposition to the United Miners officialdom— fully as corrupt as that once headed | by Cappelini himself, On the batis |of the revolt of the miners against ieee U. M. W. A. officials, Cappelini and Maloney led a split movement |from the U. M. W. A. and formed |the Anthracite Miners of America. | This, however, soon degenerated, as | Was evident from the start, into the |dues-paying racket that Cappelini | desired it to be. Now, many miners feel, Cappelini, | realizing that he cannot maintain |his union very long, has made a | backstairs deal with the U. M. W. A. |ruling clique and is preparing to turn the miners in his union over to |the tender mercies of the latter crowd. | Rank and filers, organized into oppositions in the various locals of | the U. M. W. A. and the Anthracite Miners, urge the unity of all the |hard coal miners into one union with rank and file control in tae | locals and the district and the oust- jing of the U. M. W. A. officials as | well as the discredited Cappelini gang. | eee ee ee Oregon Jails Three, Presses Drive Against Worker Newspapers GRANTS PASS, Oregon, Sept. 27.—Pressing their drive against the workers’ press, local authori- ties have arrested Kyle Pugh on a charge of “criminal syndicalisth.” His “crimes” are selling the Daily Workers, Farmers National Weekly, Western Worker and other working class literature. | C. L. Cluster and James Stock- man have also been arrested for working class activities and are being held on various trumped-up charges. Provests are being sent to County Attorney Coding, Medford Ore., for Stockman and Pugh, and to County Attorney Guy Gordon, Roseburg, Oregon, for Cluster, de- manding thstr immediate release and the dropping of all frame charges. Seatile Unemployed Win Surplus Food Allotment ing to fight. It is true that some|and other hundreds of thousands, | a of them still have faith in this|use their ability for unified action | SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 27—For vhe first time in recent relief his- | tory here the unemployed, led by |the Georgetown Local of the Un- employed Citizens League, won | meat, corn and tomatoes as surplus |commodities on their weekly food | dole. ‘These crops had been planted by the Georgetown unemployed at the | airport gardens, but had never be- \fore been turned over to the jobless | for their own use. Despite the intimidation of the jobless and their delegates by four thugs armed with a machine gun, |the unemployed stood their gtound | until granted a hearing on the dis- | tribution of the food. Although the supply of food was exhausted before all were supplied, the jobless re- mained until more was obtained and ‘all were given complete supplies, | CAFE WORKERS TO MEET NEW YORK.—A special fraction meeting of the Cafeteria Workers Union here, will be held tonight at 8:30 o'clock, at Manhattan Lyceum,, 66 East Fourth St. tS ee that all Communist Party me: jin cafeterias and busy bees attend, | — | “predatory instincts of human be- | ings.” He pointed out that all the cultural prog-ess of the world has | been made in spite of wars and wars | riers. War has not “War isa racket. benefited the masses of the popula- said, tion in any age,” he