The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 15, 1934, Page 2

Page 2 DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1934 Unemployment Relief Crisis Spreads Rapidly in Michigan 1,29 5 TO BE CUT Biggest Textile OFF ROLLS TODAY; Plant To Close In Fall River Acasa Party ot Spain |More Delay Appeals to Workers BUDGETS SLASHED Lists of Families Needing Relief Are Far Beyond| All Previous Records—W orkers O to Fight Aga DETROIT, Mich., Nov. 1 developments icate the onw throughout 1. Following lies from work relief relief are being dras- firing of rolls, workers © | in tit ° 2; The number of families on re- lief in Wayne County, which em- braces Detroit, Dearborn, Ham tramck, ghland Park and other comm: h time ; Géneral Mo lists have also gon | time peak. 3. Twelve hundred and ninety- five welfare families in Shiawassee | County will be completely cut of from relief by tomorrow night, ac- cording to announcements in to- day’s press. Work relief budgets | will be reduced to the level of direct telief, John F. Ballenger, Wayne County Welfare Administrator, has | announced. This means that the men on work relief will no longer | receive money for rent, clothing, | light and gas ike the thousands on direct relie: will have to compel the Wel- nt to pay for these nd in many cases will | viction, shutting off of light gas and lack of warm clothing the Winter. 63,000 On Rolls There are now over sixty-three thousand families on the relief rolls in Wayne County, of whom over fty-one thousand are in Detroit. | ‘The all-time peak for the County, set in April 193: vas 62,500. Despite Bll the “recov ballyhoo, Bal- Jenger estimates that by February the County total will reach the huge total of 85,000. The daily av- étage increase in the case load is 473 families in November against 10 in October. * “In Flint more than 8,000 fami- fies are on welfare, surpassing the peak of 7,400 last December. Fol- lowing the failure of the Shiawas- Board of Supervisors to provid’ ene-third of the relief funds as de- fanded by Dr. William C. Haber, | State Welfare Director, all state and federal aid will be halted to- morrow night. The officials of the @ities in this county declare they fre unable to raise any funds and fre evidently prepared to let the unemployed starve unless the job- less themselves take action to win Telief. ‘)Steps Taken in Wayne County *:The workers of Wayne County, of Flint and other cities are taking | steps to beat back these attacks on | their already low living standards. | The movement that was organized | &t a conference in Detroit last Sun- | Gay, called by the rank and file A. F. of L. Trade Union Committee | put up a fight t fare De ar a for for Unemployment Insurance and|; Relief, is rallying all workers and Their organizations in the fight against the cuts. In this activity the Unemployment --The committee of 25 that was set up at the conference is demanding a hearing before the County Wel- fare Commission. This committee is also acting as an arrangements committee for the National Con- gress for Unemployment and Social Insurance, to be held in Washing- ton, January 5 to 7, and for the Michigan State Conference in Feb- ruary. McK ney and Republic Steel Groups Merged CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. 14— Further concentration of the na- tion’s steel industry into the hands of-a few bankers was effected here oday when it was announced that the merger of the Corrigan, Mc- Kinney Steel Company with the Re- public Steel Corporation has been virtually effected. The merger will create the largest steel empires “one of in the Inited States,” exceeded only by ® 4 a Rethishem and. the United greement, but points out there is i tect Corporations, The |® need cf immediate action. The Stee ations. e oe Leon Truscon Steel Company will also be absorbed by the merger Leathers and Young Freed in $1,000 Bail ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 13.— Annie Mae Leathers and Leah Young, two strikers arrested during the recent textile strike on charges of “incit- dng to insurrection,” were freed unter $1,000 bail each posted by! the International Labor Defense. The defendants face twenty-year Serms if convicted Loud speakers are a great aid in raising money fer the Daily -Werker $60,000 fund. In New York City, during the election campaign, the Red Builders Shock . Troop secured a loud speaker and “held a series of mectings on Union Square. The first day $38.65 was collected. During these me2tings, salso, 500 copies of the Daily + Worker were sol Even though you have con- | °, tributed before, céntrisute again >to the Daily Worker drive. The _ existence of the “Daily” depends upon YOU! n under the New Deal. ashes inst 4.—Three new post election} ard march of the relief crisis Workers Say Plan Is te Open With Non-Unior Men at Low Pay FALL RIVER, Mass. Nov. 14.— Complete closing of the American Printing Company, the largest tex- tile plant here, to be effected as as present orders are com- , Was announced last week by an Durfee, vice-president and MADRID.—During.the whole revolutionary movement the Commu- nist Party has not ceased for a moment to issue slogans to the masses, and to direct their struggle by means of leaflets and appeals. From October 4 to 15 leaflets were issued daily to the workers, peasants, soldiers, women, etc. These leaflets contained news from the fighting districts, since no newspapers were appearing except a few fascist pub- lications; they also contained the most necessary fighting slogans, At the present time an appeal of the Communist Party is being distributed all over Spain, emphasizing the lessons to be learnt from the recent struggle. This appeal formulates as follows the reasons why the revolutionary two thousand heads of fami- nt executive. The cotton divi- | x i : ne es ion will close down within six budgets r the remaining | Weeks, and the printing division p —— Aad within two months, the order | D . C P | stated. | . | Workers in the plant, which fs | etroit D *| completely organized “into the United Textile Workers’ Union (A. F. of L.), declare that this is a | move to wipe out the union, and | to re-open at a later date with | Ron-union employes at lower wages. About 3,000 workers are affected. These are the workers who led the re-strike movement here when 100 | militant strikers, part of the flying | | squadron, were fired at the close , of the first strike, A definite move has been made by eee mills here to curtail pro- ist | WUction with the same end in view Last Summer the Communist) a4 to bring about increased prices Party Committee in Detroit took| and vastly enlarged profits, stringent disciplinary steps against’ The leading daily newspaper of | a number of South Slav members the textile bosses, the Daily News | Whol ware ctoubal veailie of wiite Record, published in New York, de- | chauvinism .or who had taken chee ts tee spatch today | | that mills in Fall River “ latory attitude toward this | opportu iver “have the | the capitalist class | ness.” Acts On White Chauvinism One Is Expelled, Three Are Disciplined for Stand on Negroes ory nity of taking much busi- | poison struggle did not lead to victory: “Because, as our Party has always and unceasingly declared, the poli- tical and organizational preparations for the revolution were insufficient, because its program was not made known to the whole of the working masses, because not enough was done to popularize what the revolu- tion will give to the workers and peasants, the soldiers, and all the exploited, The fact was ignored that revolution is not made but or- ganized. And that the organization of revolution cannot be confined only to groups of people “prepared to do anything,” but that “the whole of the forces of the working class, and the immediate allies of the revo- lution, the peasants, must be drawn into the struggle.” The appeal refers to the resolution adopted by the C.C. of the Com- munist Party, which pointed out as early as September that without the enlistment of the peasantry for the Workers’ Alliance the victory of the revolution could not be assured. This, too, is the reason why the army, consisting mainly of peasants, did not go over to the side of the revolution. ... “The problem of power, the fundamental question of every revolu- spreads among the workers to di- vide their ranks. The influence of white chauvinism in the South Slav workers’ hovement manifested itself in the refusal to admit a Negro woman to a South Slav affair, as well as in| the resistance toward engaging a Negro worker in the workers’ res- “Most mills have definitely indi- cated that they are to get higher Prices before they will trade,” the Daily News Record continues. “This is shown particularly in the case of one large plant that has closed down many of its looms and yet | has the opportunity of doing a good tion, was not placed clearly before the masses of workers and peasants. The great majority of these did not know to whom, to what organs, they had to give the power, or what this power signified for them. In order that the great masses should play their part in the struggle, they. must be thoroughly permeated beforehand with the program which calls them to fight, which forms their banner. Since this was not done, | Woman when they were called upon ers contribute to any reserves sys- | to the affair. At the hearing con- be restricted, that everything be left | | ing to discredit unjustly the char-| York City, pleading for immediate | deal of business.” Print goods busi- |Mess has been turned down by the The District Committee found| ll managers, the paper further Rimac and Orish guilty of acts or | States. white chauvinism and ccnfirmed| The American Printing Company the decision of the Section to expel! announced that the layoff would Rimac from the Party and to place effect 2,476 operators in the print- Orish on probation for six months.' ing division and 714 workers in the The Party showed leniency toward | cotton division. Orish, because he admitted his mis- | takes and promised to correct him- Se cielo ot gli wa wigs Roosevelt Parley guilty of conciliation toward white | bd | Hears Benjamin Krina chauvinism and were placed on | (Continued from Page 1) taurant, probation for one year. They were not politically alert to the presence of white chauvinism and did not| come to the assistance of the Negro | to take a stand as to her admission | tem adopted, that the application | ducted by the Party on this case,/to the states to accomplish, and| Krina and Latin, instead of fight- | Similar reactionary features be ap-| ing against white chauvinism, con-| Proved. The pressure of the mass/ ducted their defense in such a way ‘movement for unemployment insur- as to play into the hands of those | ance, however, was evident again | guilty of white chauvinism, by try-|When Mayor La Guardia, of New acter of the Negro woman. |action by Congress, declared that oe: the day’s discussion “would have Conciliation to white chauvinism | peen interesting in 1920, but this is at times even more dangerous | js 1934; we can’t work on an actu- than open chauvinism, because it | arial basis... . We must have im- conceals the disease and makes the} mediate action because we can’t struggle against it more difficult. It carry the [relief] load any longer.” was taken into consideration, how- the gigantic powers of the united proletariat in every factory, every mine, every farm, remained latent. And therefore neither factory com- mittees, nor committees of the peasantry, nor alliances formed at the places of work—none of the organs for the preparation of the armed insurrection, the embryonal organs of the power of the triumphant revolution (Soviets)—were set up. That all this was lacking was no accident. It accorded with the unclear conceptions and tactics. The theory and practice of revolution were absent. “The unity and discipline required by the Party of the revolution were absent. In the very heart of the Socialist Party, side by side with revolutionaries ready for any sacrifice, there are elements who do not seek to conceal their hostility against all revolutionary action. This was bound to be reflected in vacillations in instructions, in confused and contradictory directions. Therefore the frightful error was com- | mitted that the general strike was not carried out before the forma- tion of the government, This meant leaving the initiative in the hands of the enemy, Another frightful error was the leaving of the issue of the struggle in the hands of such vacillating persons as Companys. . .. “If the revolution is to be victorious, it must remain in all its forms in the hands of the exploited, This has been once more demonstrated by our heroic comrades in Asturias and Biskaya.” The manifesto further deals with the monstrous betrayal of the revo- lution by the anarchist leaders, points out the necessity of continuing the struggle as unitedly in the future as during the last few days, and concludes by stressing that there can be only one Party of the reyolu- tion—the Party which bases its activities on the expérience gained in ever, that Latin had done good work | in mass struggles and fought for | the employment of a Negro worker } nt in the past; and} and Krina admit- | akes and the wrong- | jfulmess of their attitude at the hearing. | The South Slav Bureau of the | Party was instructed to combat by educational and organizational means all traces of white chauvin- |ism, which is the influence of the | bourgeoisie within the workers’ | movement. Without a sharp strug- gle against this poison and against social-democratic ideology, particu- jlarly at this time when fascist groups are carrying on a chauvinis- tic drive against Negroes and &: t foreign, born, the working class movement will not be able to preserve its standards of living and to defend its rights. Rally to Protest CON.Y. Oustings | (Continued from Page 1) | of the anti-fascist movement, is in ed, must likewise include groups from all over the city. The expulsions, suspensions, and probations, come as a result of the | Oct. 9 recevtion to students from |Fascist Italy. Despite Student Council protest, mass student ob- jection and repeated demands that the visit be called off, President Robinson refused. The direct cause of the disturbance was the attack on Edwin Alexander by faculty members and the Italian students, jas he was addressing the reception in the name of the Sttident Council of which he is a membt i | Workers Will Write Bill “The truth of the matter is that unemployment insurance will be! written not by these people,” Ben- | jamin commented later, “But by the | workers in the streets. We can ex- pect no action from these people for genuine unemployment insur-| ance, and we of the Unemployment Council and the forthcoming Na- tional Congress for Unemployment and Social Insurance will continue to work for real unemployment in- surance , regardless of what the Roosevelt Government brings forth to confuse the issue.” Benjamin told the conference, “There is just one bill which meets the needs of the unemployed, and it has not been mentioned here; it is the Workers’ Unemployment and Social Insurance Bill. ‘Its principles must be included in any genuine unemployment system. That is, we must have the following principles: “Compensation in amounts equal to average wages: uniform pay- ments throughout. the country, rather than the present haphazard methods and suggestions, so as to bring about a transformation of surplus wealth into purchasing pow- er, because you can’t make pur- chasing power by asking workers to take money out of one pocket la- belled ‘wages’ and put it into another pocket labelled ‘unemployment re- serves.’ pecially, you must cover all workers without discrimination, par- ticularly without discrimination against Negro worlg:rs, and you most provide benefits for the full time of unemployment. For work- ers, Professor Doublas, must eat every week and not just 20 to 26 weeks a year. Finally, we must have administration by the workers themselves.” Hopkins Skirts Subject Federal Relief Administrator Hop- kins, a member of the President’s committee, skizted the subject | | Vaguely at a luncheon meeting, at- | tempting to show that very little is | known about unemployment insur- By a Worker Corre The faculty, which is composed | only of these of professional rank, | voted to accept the account of the jeffeir as presented by the Dean. Morton D. Gottschall, but decided that his recommendation of sus- pension for Edwin Alexander and four others would be too lenient. As 4 result they expelled 21, put 12 en probation and gave 4 others ance. He also stressed the fact that today’s unprecedented unem- ployment totals must be considered in the light of the fact that many who wouldn't work in “normal” times are now seeking work, He hinted at housing-plan and more reactionary “work-bench” proposals, Krubitat stein, a Scheinberg, E. Selikson, A. Ziegler. short timie suspensions. The ex- | saying one of the gzeatest problems pelled are, Edwin Alexander, Jr.| today is workers who will never get Charles Goodwin, Lecnard Gutkin,| back into their trades and must be Morris Milgram, | given some substitute. Jeseph Ballam, H. Gilewitz, | . B. Klibanoff, George | cy WASHINGTON, Nov. dent Re 14.—Presi- sevelt revesled his readi- d bankers and bosses from for unempltyrment Oscar Jaff two victorious revolutions, the Russian and the Chinese, State Officials Sanction Strikebreaking Agencies License division officials of the Department of State of New York yesterday frankly admitted that, although the Peter Bergoff Service Bureau is licensed as a detective agenty, its chief activities consist of strikebreaking. At the office of the Secretary of State, 80 Centre Street, Bergoff's strong-arm activities were justified on the ground that it is not in vio- lation of Article 7 of the General Business Law, which permits detec- tive agencies to hire men for “pa- trol duty.” This applies to the Pinkerton, O'Toole and other de- tective agencies active in the im- pending elevator strike. Bergoff is among the various scab-herding agencies of the city which are mobilizing an army of armed thugs in preparation for the elevator strike which union offi- cials have thus far succeeded in deferring. Bergoff admitted to a reporter for the Daily Worker that he: had gun permits to arm his “guards” in preparation for the strike Tues- day. Police authorities yesterday declined to state categotically whether or not the Police Depart- ment had granted Bergoff permis- sion to arm his men. However, it was learned by the Daily Worker yesterday that gun-toting permits have increased recently, judging by reports from police precincts, and there is no doubt that a large ma- jority of these permits have been obtained by the thugs hired by the strikebreaking agencies. Officials at the State Depart- ment of Licenses volunteered the information that numerous com- plaints had come in against Bergoff for “non-payment of salaries,” ap- parer‘ly to his thugs. These com- Plaints, the license officials stated, had been turned over to the State Labor Department. The New York City Department of Licenses declined to take respon- sibility for the activities of the strikebreaking agencies who are now mob: ainst the elevator workers. Officials here blandly declared that these agencies were detective bureaus, not employment agencies. . Strikebreaking on principle, how- ever, met with no disapproval there. A representative of the Department of Licenses said that “the country is overrun with so many strikes now- adays that nobody knows who is striking.” Defending those who Scab, the Department of License official declared that “nobody ought interfere with the civil rights of a man to take any job he pleases.” Meanwhile, with the full sanction of the New York State Department. the scab-herding agencies of the city are hiring thousands of strong- arm men, backed by fire-gun per- mits in preparation for the strike of the elevator operators. Confezerice when he declared that all insurance plans must bé financed not by taxes but by “contributions.” In his statement that insurance must be set up with the purpose of decreasing unemployment was seen the intention of making any insurance benefits so small that “forced labor” projects would be considered preferable by the work- ers. He disclosed more of the true na- ture of his economic security plans by declaring: “Unemployment insurence must be set up with the purpose of de- creasing rather than increasing un- employment.” In this statement he supported the slander against worl- Murray Eomeér|and ‘ance tdfay ih a speech before the Economic Security ers common among those who op- pose any form of unemployment rée- lief on the grounds that it encour- ages workers to be idle. Roosevelt's speech also indicated that the new Deal government favors a spreading of the respon- sibility for unemployment to the States as a means of making it easier to shift the burden of pay- ments for insurance to employed and part time workers, “For the administration of insur- ance benefits,” the President said, “the States are the most logical untits. ... Not only will there have to be a Federal lew but State laws will also be needed,” thus implying his complete opposition to the Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill, which has keen endors2d by 2,500 American Federation of Labor locels and other organizations com- “ng millions of individual mem- Men’s Strike Army of Thugs and Police Increased in Garment Area In spite of reports to the contrary, published by some newspapers, all indications point to the improbabilty of any action being taken by the Building Service Employes Interna- tional Union in connection with the expected strike in the garment cen- ter this week, No changes can be reported other than that the real estate interests maintaining their army of 10,000 thugs and strikebreakers and an in- creased police mobilization could be seen yesterday in the garment cen- ter. A mass meeting of building em- ployes has been called by the union for Friday night at 205 East 67th Street, Strikebreakers Riot Numerous instances of hired strikebreakers rioting at the offices of various scab-herding agencies took place yesterday. In some cases they demanded their pay that was not forthcoming, in others they dis- played impatience over delays in hiring, etc. In a statement issued yesterday by the A, F. of L, Trade Union Com- mittee for Unemployment Insurance and Relief, 1 Union Square, the New York Real Estate Board is severely condemned for its strikebreaking activities and an appeal to the strik- ers is made. The statement follows: “The New York A. F, of L. Trade Union Committee for Unemploy- ment Insurance and Relief thoroughly condemns the vicious strikebreaking activity of the New York Real Estate Board, which has mobilized 10,000 strong-arm men and strikebreakers in an effort to break the strike of the elevator oper- ators and other building service workers led by the Building Service Employes International Union Local 328, “While the Real Estate Board re- fuses the just demands of the union for wage increases and for union recognition, these same people have already spent close to $200,000 in less than two weeks in order to maintain the strikebreaking army of ten thousand, Shows Role of Section 7-A “This attack of the Real Estate Board is the most flagrant and au- dacious action of a group of em-| ployers yet taken against labor fighting for the right to organize and the ‘betterment of their condi- tions. “This is but one more example which proves that Section 7-A of the National Recovery Act does not give the workers the right to or- ganize, a fact about which the em- ployers now, as many times before, have been fully aware and of which they have taken advantage with the result of wrecking labor organiza- tions. “The only answer that is to be given is a mighty protest of the en- tire labor movement of New York against the strikebreaking activities of the Real Estate Board, and to give full support to the building service employes’ strike. The entire labor movement should flood City Hall with thousands of telegrams, telephone calls and letters demand- 12 CHICAGO GROUPS In Elevator |FTLE PERMIT NOTICE FOR NOV. 24 MARCH Mass Conference Saturday to Make Final Plans for March and Demonstration Against Relief Cuts, for Social Insurance CHICAGO, IIl., Nov. 14.—The twelve organizations which have already entered into united front arrangements for a mass march and demonstration on Saturday, Nov. 24, against the sweeping relief cut recently ordered here, yese terday filed formal notice with Mayor Edward J. Kelly and «the members of the City Council Nazi ‘Peasants’ At Fete Are City Workers Great Resistance Shown! to Scheme to Create Festival Crowd HANOVER, Germany, Nov. 14.— A large proportion of the “peas- ants” whose “enthusiastic and vol- untary” participation in the Har- vest Thanksgiving Festival on the | Buckeberg is commented on by the | Nazi press were industrial workers from the Hanover works and fac- tories, ordered. there to swell the crowd. This device was resorted to last year as well, but this year the resistance offered to the farce has been much greater than last year. The disinclination to attend the Thanksgiving was evidencec long before the event in the jokes cir-/ culating in the works and factor- jes: “Well, are you farmers from the Conti Works going to the Fes- tival again this year?” Or a fac- tory worker gardening on his allot- | ment would be chaffed: “Your po- tatoes are looking fine. You will certainly have to go to Buckeberg.” In spite of all pressure from j above, participation in the march | was sabotaged to a wide extent by the workers. A few figures suffice to show this. Of the 6,000 workers | employed in the Conti works, only | 800 took part; in the rubber goods factory, Excelsior, 200 out of 2,100; in the metal works of Wellenberg 24 out of 550. Aldermanic Group Avoids Transit Tax; (Continued from Page 1) while the charging of a fee of 60 cents on the transfer of each $1,000 bond would net about $5,000,000. Through the inheritance levy and the tax.on savings banks surpluses, $10,000,000 and $5,000,000 ‘respec- tively, will be raised, the aldermen | state, Laws embodying these proposals will be drafted for the next meeting | of the Local Laws Committee, which will meet next Monday, it was announced, This by no means concludes the matter, observers point out, since the banks and large business or- ganizations which have been cam- paigning for a transit tax do not intend to drop the matter. Even if the Board of Aldermen adopt the ing that Mayor La Guardia com- pel the Real Estate Board to im- mediately dismiss their ‘guards’ and strikbreakers,” Protests Rise Over Shooting Of Negro sea ak ice oye ale of Allen was shot in the back last Sunday morning by Policeman tax measures proposed by their Local Laws Committee, there is still no guarantee that the Board of Estimate will adopt them. Krumbein States Communist Position Commenting on the new tax pro- posals of the aldermanic commit- tee, Charles Krumbein, District Or- ganizer of the New York District of the Communist Party, said: “The new tax proposals do not mean that the sales, transit and payroll taxes have been defeated. The bankers and their puppets in the city government will not rest until they put over these taxes on the workers, small home owners and small business people of the city, The opposition to the tran- sit, sales and payroll taxes must William Smith, one of the worst Negro-haters on the local police force. Allen is now in the hospital, in a critical condition, and is not expected to live. The young Negro worker, a resi- dent of Hartford, had just returned from a ©. C. C. camp and was eat- ing in the Windsor lunch room, Windsor Street section of Hart- ford, when Smith entered and started questioning him. Allen pointed out that he lived in Hart- ford and had just returned from a Cc. C.C. camp. Smith then ordered him to leave the restaurant, and, as Allen was walking down the street, the policeman drew his revolver and shot him in the back. The po- lice department has taken no ac- tion against Smith, although many witnesses report that Allen was shot down without the slightest provoca- tion. Three protest mass meetings were held Monday night and a broad united front protest movement is developing. The L. 8. N. R. and the I. L. D. are calling a conference for this Allen case and the struggle for Ne- gro rights in Hartford, as well as the fight for the lives and freedom organizations to support the action. Branches of mass organizations who are doing their part in the Sunday to plan action around the; PO of the Scottsboro boys. The Com- ; munist Party is issuing a call to all’ be intensified. “However, the very fact that these measures were not intro- duced by the aldermanic. commit- tee Shows very clearly the tre- mendous pressure being exerted on the aldermen in every neigh- borhood. These politicians are very alert to the fact that spon- soring of a 7-cent fare would mean political difficulties for for a parade permit. Final preparations for the march and demonstration will be made at a mass conference this coming Sate urday at Mirror Hall, 1136 North- western Avenue. The full text of the application for permit follows: “We hereby request the city gov- ernment to grant a permit for a |march and parade of all workers for the purpose of registering protest against the recent 10 to 35 per cent cut in grocery orders on relief and to bear pressure upon the authori- ties for the enactment of the fol- lowing program: “1—Public works at union wages—building of subway—work- ers’ homes. “2—For cash reliet—against the relief cut. “3—For immediate winter relief —shoes, new clothing, blankets for the unemployed, “4—For the Workers’ Unem- ployment and Social Insurance Bill, H. R. 7598. “S—For the recognition of re- -lief committees at the relief sta- tions, “The march to start from two points — Twenty-second and Went- worth and Union Park, Ogden and Randolph Streets; to start at 10 a.m., Saturday, November 24. South lines to proceed— Wentworth to Archer—Archer to Clark—Clark to Harrison— Harrison to Franklin — Franklin to Randolph, where the, two lines will converge. West line to proceed from Union Park down Randolph to Michigan Avenue — Michigan Avenue past 1319 South Michigan to a meeting in an empty. lot at 1,500 block on South -Michi- gan Avenue. Respectfully yours, “ELMER JOHNSON, Sec’y, “Committee for United Action on November 24 “(Signed) Chicago Workers Committee on Unemployment; Unemployment Council of Cook County; A. F. of Le Trade Union Committee for Unemploy- ment Insurance and Relief; Interpro= fessional Association for Unemploy- Federation of Frater- nal Organization; Polish Chamber of Labor; Federation of Jewish Trades; District Counell of Bakers and Con- feetionery Workers Union; Federation of Architects, Engineers, Chemists 2nd Technicians; Federation of Social Se-- vice Employees; American Consolidated ‘Trades Council; Small Home and Land- owners Federation of Illinois.” Union City Police Fire on Dye Pickets (Continued from Page 1) them if they picket peacefully. Among those to call upon the workers for more determination and militancy, was the worker from the hospital with his head bandaged. Vice-President, Charles Vigoritto, who was leader of the picket line, aroused the greatest cheer when he stated that the next time a picket line goes to Union City, it will be better prepared. The attack in Union City followed the arrest of six and clubbings yes- terday at the same plant, and opens a new stage in the fight of the 25,- 000 dye strikers, which, from all in- dications, will be marked by bitter struggles. Dye Bosses in Session A special meeting of the dye bosses is now in session, where it is be- lieved that a decision will be made to attempt to open plants with im- ported scabs. The newspapers are being harnessed into the strike- bfeaking machinery and are carry ing stories of the dye plants mov- ing out of the Paterson area. The International Piece Dye Works made a definite announcement, but these are quite commonly regarded as meaningless by the workers and likened to the deliberately false alarms issued in the case of the Atlantic and Pacific Stores in Cleveland. The dye house owners are openly them, if not political. suicide. Hence, these gentlemen have made what is apparently an about-face. “Let the Bankers Pay” “However, let no one be de- ceived for one minute. These gentlemen are servants of the great bankers. If they do not and Rockefeller banks—the real masters of the city’s financial policles—it is not because they or Mayor LaGuardia have any fundamentel differences with the bankers. It is simply because of the tremendous op- position to a higher fare and the sales and payroll taxes at this time. “The Communist Party is op- d to any tax measure that | puis the burden of relief on the masses of the city, We repeat again our fundamental tax : jet the large bankers, the utilities, sae large business corptations pay out of their swollen profits. Pending the passage of genuine we demand that no payment of the debt service be made to the “Daily” drive should demand of lagging branches in their district that they make every effort to bers. finish their quotas by Dec. 1, ’} bankers, The $180,000,000 set aside in the 1935 budget for in- terest on the bankers” loans to the cities must be turned over for relief purposes.” federal unemployment insurance, | stating that they will expect the local government to protect. scabs which they import. Broad Silk Strike Vote Saturday A very important development ig expected in the broad silk situation, as a membership meeting is called for Saturday at Carpenters Hall tq take a strike vote, which will likely go into effect very soon. Notices for the meeting entitled, “Strike Against Wage Cuts” were posted at all mills this morning. The silk manufacturers were ser$ @ letter by the union demanding a renewal of the contract, and thy aré given until Saturday to answe:, void by the manufacturers because workers came out during the recent general strike. The only statement. coming from the manufacturers is likeWise the false alarm that shops will move out. Action of thé Paterson silk weav- ers, it is expected, will force the is- sue of a general silk strike and fot a uniform wage scale at the cons vention of the Silk Workers Feder- ation to begin in New York on Nov. 24.- Furthermore, a strike, jointly with the dyers, will paralyze the entire industry and will bring quick victory. In Passaic county it will bring the bulk of the organ- ized labor movement on strike, The contract the union had is called - ea