The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 20, 1934, Page 1

ne ane tenet nme ener nna Ae LW.O. BRANCHES, CHILDREN’S SCHOOLS: SPEED FUNDS—FULFILL YOUR QUOTAS! Yesterday's receipts . Tote" to date . wress Run Yesterday—43,500 pa eerie ere sem en er aera RE Vol. XI, No. 277 >* Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at Mew York, N. ¥., under the Act of March 8, 1978. Daily orker CHNTRAL ORGAN COMMUNIST PARTY U.S.A. (SECTION OF COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL ) NEW YORK, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1934 NATIONAL EDITION (Six Pages) Priee 3 Cents SILK STRIKE SET FOR TOMORROW FIVE CHARGE’: WITH GRAFT IN BRIDGEPORT McLevy Administration Officers Arrested As Fuel Takers INQUIRY DEMANDED Socialist Mayor Blocked Previous Inquiry Into Corruption BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Nov. 19.— As a result of the trial of Harry E. Husted, city official in the Mc- Levy administration here, four other city officials have been arrested, charged with robbing the city of fuel supplies. The four accused officials are: Fritz K. G. Weber, president of the Board of Public Welfare; Edward P. Quinn, Board of Public Pur- chases; Dr. Philip J. McLaughlin, former president of the Board of Education, and Charles T. Pitsey, former member of the Board of) Education. Each was charged with violating Section 6268 of the General Status, dealing with acceptance of gratu- ities by public officials. There have been persistent ru- mors and charges of corruption in the present city administration. Re- cently one of the Socialist Party members in McLevy’s administra- tion demanded an investigation of corruption. The investigation was blocked by the strong opposition of McLevy, who fougkt against any in- vestigation into the charges. Deputy Sees Huge German Army by 1935 PARIS, Noy. 19.—Charges, backed by official statistics, that Hitler could mobilize an army of 5,500,000 Men by 1935 were made here today by Leon Archimbaud, reporting on the French budget in the Chamber of Deputies. “In a few months,” Archimbaud declared, “Germany will be stronger on land than in 1914.” He utilized this fact and others as an argumeni for the huge appropriations for the French army and navy. The figures he put forward, how- ever, disclosed fully the fact that fascism has transformed all Ger- many into a war camp for the ag- gressiveness of German capitalism. In 1984 Germany had a total armed force of 480,000 men divided as fol- lows; An army of 300,000 men; police ready for military service, 100,000; auxiliary troops, 80,000. In 1935, Archimbaud reported, the figures were expected to be as follows: Army, 400,000; police 100,- 000; auxiliaries, 100,000. The reserves ready for mobiliza- tion at instant notice number 4,- 900,000 men, making a total of 5,- 500,000 ready for service in 1935. In addition, he estimated that Germany has between 3,500 and 4,000 trained pilots with a large number of airplanes. He proved that Krupp factories were hurrying the construction of heavy cannon, field pieces and powerful mortars, while explosives factories have in- creased their production. Soviet Elections Sin Wider Participation (Special to the Daily Worker by Inpress) MOSCOW, Nov. 19 (By Wireless). —Reports are beginning to arrive concerning progress of elections to the Soviets from a number of re- Publics in the U.S.S.R. According to data accumulated up to Nov. 16, four republics, the R.S.F.S.R.. Uk- raine, White Russia, and Trans- Caucasia elected 2,698 village So- viets, constituting 43 per cent of all the village Soviets in the U. S. 8. R. Collective farmers in the newly elected Soviets constitute 74.8 per cent, as against 33.7 per cent in 1931. The new composition of the village Soviets include 16 per cent Communists, while women consti- tute 23.5 per cent of the elected deputies. The activity of the electors has increased considerably. At mect- ings where accounts were rendered, they were accompanied by serious criticism. Suffice it to say that the work of 30 per cent of the village Soviets in the Ukraine, for example, is recognized as unsatisfactory chiefly because of the non-fulfill- ment of the workers’ mandates. 3,600 STRIKE IN SHANGHAI (Special to the Daily Worker) SHANGHAI, Nov. 19 (By Wire- less).—Because of mistreatment on the part of a brutal white-suard overseer, 3,600 workers of the Ame:- ican Tobacco Company here went. on strike today. The crews of other tovecco factories are also cut on 7 a\ Unemployed Groups In Ohio Map Plans For Capital Parley COLUMBUS, Ohio, Noy. 19.— A total of 130 delegates of un- employed organizations from all parts of the State met here this morning to outline action against the efforts of the State Legisla- ture, which convened today to levy a sales tax which would Place new burdens on workers and poor farmers. A delegation was elected to present the program and the demands of the conference against the enactment of the tax to the Legislature, to Gov- ernor White and to State Relief Director Henderson. The dele- gation will also demand a 40 per cent increase in relief allotments, endorsement of the Workers’ Unemployment and Social In- surance Bill and uniform cash relief. The afternoon session of the conference outlined plans for sending a broad delegation from this State to the National Con- gress on Unemployment Relief in Washington in January. SHIP STRUCK BY DOCKERS IN FRISCO (Special to the Daily Worker)” SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Nov. 19. |—Three longshore gangs struck the Dollar Liner President 12 to 15 cases per load. Last week, longshoremen working the steamship Silver Beach and Elmsley City. struck three days against a similar speedup. The shipowners organized in the Water- front Employers Union refused to meet the men until they return to work. Although the men did return the shipowners still refused to meet them. The International Longshoremen’s Association, last night wired Secre- tary of Labor Perkins, calling atten- tion to the violations of the agree- ment. by the shipowners, and saying the situation may flare into a general waterfront strike if the employers do not live up to the re- cent settlement award. The Dollar Line officials wired Joseph Ryan, International Pres- ident of the I. L. A. Ryan wired back that he would withdraw the local’s charter if it did not “be- have.” A mass meeting of longshoremen called for tonight will consider fur- ther action. Los Angeles Trainmen To Strike for Pay Rise LOS ANGELES, Cal., Nov. 19— Locomotive trainmen of the Pacific Electric Railway have voted to strike, demanding an increase in wages for motormen and conduc- tors to 89 cents per hours, and for coachmen to 80 cents per hour. The company offers 57 cents and 521% cents per hour, depending on length of service. The Locomotivemen’s Brother- hood announced that most of the 1,540 employes would be affected. The strike will tie up much of the local traffic within Los Angeles and all interurban service, winter, and Social Insurance. bringing together into one group of American capitalism. tightening lines of battle that are who have been deprived of relief, and evictions from the, land. | the first week of the general strike |in the Detroit fur industry coming which | Wilson last Thursday still refuse! to return under an increase from | 1 sepobes classes in this country, the working class " and the exploiting class, are preparing for the In the first week of January, the working class of this country will gather its forces in Washington in a great National Congress for Unemployment In the first week of December, the most powerful and reactionary Wall Street manufacturers will gather in a great Congress of American Industry, Nothing dramatizes more the growing gulf, the tween the handful of capitalist monopolists and the vast millions of the toiling population, than the preparations for these two Congresses. One Congress is the Congress of the American masses, the 18,000,000 on relief, the millions more workers who have had their wages slashed and who face every day the horrible uncertainty of a capi- talist job, the ruined farmers who face pauperism This Congress for Unemployment and Sovial In- —® FUR STRIKERS IN DETROIT WIN 16 SHOPS General Strike Goes on As 19 Owners Still Hold Out DETROIT, Mich., Nov. 19.—With to an end, sixteen out of the thirty- five struck shops have already signed agreements with the militant Pur Workers Association, affliated with the Trade Unon Unity League, ac- cepting all the union’s terms. The strike is continuing at the other nineteen shops, which are being picketed daily. Today a mass picketing demonstration was held at the Hudson Department Store, which is receiving scab furs from the Miller Shop. About 275 out of the 350 workers in the industry have been involved in the strike. The walkout started Noy. 9 at the Annis Shop, one of the largest in the city, and Tuesday night the workers voted to call a general strike in the industry. The wage demands range from 65 cents an hour for second-class finishers | | to $1.15 for first class cutters. Pre- viously finishers were getting as low as 30 cents an hour and cutters | from 60 to 80 cents. Other demands are a seyen-hour day, five-day week, time and a half for overtime; legal holidays — off, equal pay for equal work, equal di- vision of work, and recognition of the union. Four Negroes Seized in New Lynch Frenzy CLIFTON FORGE, Va., Nov. 19. —Four young Negroes were imme- diately seized and the usual lynch hysteria is being drummed up, upon the discovery of the bodies of two | children with their heads crushed | by heavy blows in the woods near | here early this morning. The Negroes, who were taken to Roanke for “safe keeping,” were Philip Jones, his wife, and John! Pryor and Arthur Smith, The Com- monwealth Attorney, M. J. Putnam, has announced that he has an al- leged confession from Jones. This has served to stir up lynch senti- ment. Anti-Fascist Soldier Is Hanged in Bulgaria SOFIA, Bulgaria, Nov. 19—Natcho Lazaroff, one of 11, soliders sen- tenced to death for carrying on revolutionary activity in the army against the savagely fascist Bul- garian government, was hanged at Plovdiv Friday. Only immediate and powerful demonstrations at all Bulgarian Consulates and Embas- sies can save the other ten anti- fascists from death. BERLIN, Nov. 19.—On the charge of Communist activities in the dis- trict of Neidersachsen, Hermann Waldvoight, 25, was sentenced by the “People’s Court” today to 12 years at hard labor. surance, to meet control the count: issued yesterday: the whole force @ program upon drawing up be- enterprise.” There tan be a@ great Congress, fact which the the jobless, the ernment and the the living standa1 ‘A united fron’ Second International Spurns World Unity, Shifts National Stand OF LEIBOWITZ ‘Joint Campaign Urged! World S. P. Agrees to| Renegade ‘Attorney Still in Support of Spain’s Revolutionary Youth The Young Communist League of the U. 8. A, has addressed the fol- lowing appeal to the Executive Committee of the Young People’s Socialist League and to all members | of the Y. P. S. L., urging immediate | unity of action in support of revolu- | tionary struggle of the workers in | Spain Dear Comrades: Now, more than ever before, our loyalty and sincerity to the work- ing class must be shown. The workers of Spain are being hunted, jailed, tortured, and killed in the very streets of Madrid, of Ovieda, in Asturia. Hundreds of young anti-fascisis, Socialists, Communists and Syndicalists, are being cut down in the prime of their lives. In their glorious struggle against the fascist Le- roux-Robles regime, the workers and peasants, among them tens of thousands of youth, are seal- ing with their very life’s blood the united front of struggle against fascism. Socialist, Com- munist, Syndicalist—all are united in the Workers’ Alliance of Spain. Together, they are even now pre- paring for a renewal of the valiant struggle against the fascist mon- ster. Terror cannot stop the rev- olutienary advance of the Span- ish toilers; they have retreated but have not been defeated. New gigantic battles are looming. Already 3,000 workers have been killed in the armed fighting; 60,000 are in jail; hundreds are marked for death. Largo Cabel- lero, Socialist leader, is in jail and faces momentary execution. Com- rade Rosado, secretary of the Central Committee of the Young Communist League of Spain, is also in jail and faces death, as (Continued on Page 2) Approve of National Unity Actions PARIS, Nov. 19 (By Wireless), — The decision of the Executive Com- | mittee conference of the Second | | International on the proposals of | |the Communist International im- | |mediately to effect united action in support of the Spanish workers, ac- | |cording to a letter from Emil Van- |dervelde, chairman of the Second | International, declares that since | jaid and support for Spain has al-| |ready been undertaken in each | |country under individual condi- |tions, it is not “advisable” or “ap- propriate” to continue negotiations between the Internationals. The letter also stated the recom- |mendation of the Executive Com- |mittee of the Second Interntional in March, 1933, forbidding unity of action with the Communist Parties |without the approval of the Inter- national automatically expired after | |the new uprisings which occurred | |later, and from now on “every sec~ tion may carry on its negotiations | in complete independence.” “L'Humanite,” organ of the Com-! munist Party of France, also gives the text of the minority» report, signed by the Socialist sections of | Switzerland, France, Spain, Italy,| Poland, Austria and the Menshe- viks. These sections “greeted the freedom of negotiations of the in-| |dividual countries and hoped that! wher2ver the united front had been | | accomplished the unity of the world \proletariat would be urged and |guided through the dangers of the; jactual situation.” | There were sharp debates over \the proposals of the Right (Eng-| jland, Scandinavia, Holland) about |the conditions through which the |Soviet Union might be brought | (Continued on Page 2) Salt Toke City ake aga Pledge to Fill Quotas by Dec. 1 NORRIS NOTE BLASTS CLAIM. Pretends Authority As I.L.D. Acts “My very intention is to have you and Mr. Fraenkel and Mr. Pollak to | represent me in Washington and |any one else that you see fit to have,” writes Clarence Norris in one of many letters received during the past two weeks by the International Labor Defense from Norris and Haywood Patterson, Scottsboro boys YOUNG COMMUNIST LEAGUE APPEALS FOR UNITY ON SPANISH STRUGGLE | for whom the ILD. has just ob- | tained a stay of execution from Dec. 1 to Feb. 8. Norris’ letter, dated Nov. 12, is a final answer to the claims of Samuel S. Leibowitz that he is in charge of the appeals to the U. S. Supreme Court, and a repudiation of the dis- | ruptive activities of the renegade | defense attorney and his Negro| cronies, William H. Davis, publisher of the Amsterdam News, Rev. King, | ACTION PLANS. and others. The I.L.D. attorneys on Saturday filed a petition for a writ of certiori ; and the supporting legal brief, in ad case of Norris, with the U. 8S. Supreme Court. The petition and \ pact in the case of Patterson will The letter, published in today’s|be filed this week, the ILD. has announced. “I want you please to understand | what I am saying in this letter is really coming from my desire deep down in my heart,” Norris states in his letter, which was addressed to Joseph Brodsky, IL.D. Chief of Counsel. “My very intention is to have you and Mr. Fraenkel and Mr. Pollak to represent me in Washing- ton and anyone else that you see fit to have.” “I realize that the LL.D. made it possible for me to be alive today,” continues: Norris. ‘The I.L.D. came to my rescue when I was really in they have put in every effort to gain my freedom of a crime that I am really innocent of. “Please let me hear from you as early as possible. My confidence is | still in you as strong as it have ever been, or stronger. Closing in the best of courage and highest of spirit, your’s truly, “CLARENCE NORRIS.” J., Communist Party sections yes- terday wired the Daily Worker their pledges to fulfill their quotas by Dec. 1. “Criticism Salt Lake “General membership meeting every effort to fill quota and remove black spot on section. Large emergency committee selected before Dec. 1.” From Paterson came the following: “Aegree with you that Paterson section has not done suffi- Especially so when we take into consideration decisive role ‘Daily’ played in silk and dye strikes. Taking steps to cor- ciently. rect weakness. Making plans Saturday, Nov. 24. Mobilizing all local sympathetic organizations Units are arrariging parties for the Daily to help out in this. Worker within the next two quota by Dec. 1.” The Daily Worker is watching the work of both these sections. em ‘again this week! Only ten days remain to carry out the decision of the Central The Daily Worker calls upon every Communist Party section in the country to put its full force into the drive for the final, It expects to hear from: ~ Committee! successful push! AN EDI January 5 to 7, will be the voice of the masses who demand bread, shelter, and ade- quate security against unemployment and disease. The New York Congress of American Industry will be the voice of the monopoly industrialists who Ty's economic life, the representa- tives of Wall Street. What they will demand is given in their call “This is the time for industry to formulate which it can stand unitedly ... the major question is what new steps are neces- sary to bring about recovery . . . stimulate private no mistaking the intent of this nation-wide mobilization of American industry into It is one further evidence of the Daily Worker has been pro- claiming in the past week—that the Roosevelt gov- industrialists are now engaged in the organization of a new ruthless offensive against rds of the whole working class in a new drive for profits, | of American industry! This is @ direct and open challenge of American capital to Section justified,” the first declared. expressed determination to use to intensify drive to fill quota for Daily Worker collection on weeks. Paterson will fulfill its TORIAL that every working class demand months will be confronted by a “ The employers permit no obsta ington Congress on January 5 to 7. of growing mass misery, |Tuptive activities of the Leibowitz the American working class, a threat and a warning exploiters and the Roosevelf government. Our answer can only be a united front of the American working class in the Washington Congress for Unemployment and Social Insurance! the way of their unity when it comes to a wage- cutting offensive against the American masses! will be a crime if any working class group does not act at once to weld the united front of the working class, jobless and employed, at the Wash- The Congress for American Industry will demand lower wages, slashed relief; it will declare war on unemployment insurance and any form of social insurance, It will demand that the relief appropri- ations be smashed down, that forced labor be estab- lished for the jobless, that cash relief be stoppéd, that the starving feed the starving. It will launch an offensive against the trade unions, against All working Class organization. It will demand, in short, the capitalist way out of the crisis at the expense The I.L.D. yesterday reiterated its urgent need of funds to cover the | costs of the defense action, pointing Responding to the criticism of their District Bureaus, the Salt | 0Ut that the chief effect of the di Lake City, Utah, and Paterson, N. group has been to confuse support- ers of the fight for the boys and |impede the speedy raising of the $6,000 fund required. Buick Motors Slashes Pay 20 to 32 Per Cent For Rehired Workers FLINT, Mich., Nov. 19—During the past two weeks huge slashes in| wages have been put into effect in| almost every department of the Buick Motor Car Company, division of General Motors Corporation. | Makers Club of Newark, the Air- The wage cuts commencing in the | craftmen’s Federation, the National foundry range from 20 per cent to | Die Casting Workers League, | i | Local 14 of the Mechanics Educa- 32 per cent and in all cases include recently rehired men. While the | tions local press is silent on the wage | eration of slashes they are giving great pub- | licity to the recent announcement | Sheet need of help, and ever since then | 5 | | of General Motors of steady em-); ployment to all their employees. in the coming ‘united front” of 1) cles to stand in It the employers, workers. ployers. another. A. F. of L. wash relief! | TWO CONGRESSES—AN ALIGNMENT OF CLASS FORCES The working class Congress for Unemployment and Social Insurance will confront this capitalist ciass program with its own demands, the demands of the American masses: For immediate unemployment insurance benefits to be paid to every jobless worker without discrimination at prevailing union rates, to be not less than $10 a week, with $3 for every dependent. All this to be paid by the Federal Government and 3) For social insurance, health benefits, sick insurance, and accident and maternity insurance to be paid for by the government and the em- In these two Congresses the classes face one | The success of the working class conven- tion depends on the width of its representation, on its united front character. organization of jobless, every trade union, every local, every Socialist Party local must take immediate steps to have its delegate. Let us answer the Congress of American Industry! For unemployment and social insur- | for higher wages, against company | the convention. | Local of the I. W. W. Food Corporation Starts Pension Plan At Employees’ Cost The General Foods Corpora- tion, mammoth food products trust yesterday announced a subtle wage-cutting scheme in the guise of an “old age retire- ment” fund which in addition to making the workers more de- pendent on the company will take millions of dollars annually off their pay checks. The company will have com- plete control of administering the fund although the workers will pay the lion’s share of it which will be deducted directly from their pay checks. The payments of the retirement fund are to start at the age of 65 for men and at 60 for women, The major- ity of the workers were not con- sulted on their opinion of the plan which is in effect as of Sept. 1. METAL UNIONS : MAKE JOINT NEW YORK.—An important step toward the united actions of all] workers in-the metal and allied| industries was taken Sunday at the New. York district convention of the Steel and Metal Workers In-~} dustrial Union. At the initiative of the S. M. W I, U. twelve independent organiza- tions with a membership of over] 10,000 workers represented at the| convention, agreed to report back favorably to their unions that they participate with the S. M. W. I. U. in organizing a council of indepen- dent unions in the metal and as- sociated industries for joint struggles unions, against injunctions and for the enactment of the Workers Unemployment and Social Insur- | ance Bill. A resolution for the estabdlish- ment of an autonomous organiza- tion in the metal building industry with a national office in New York, was adopted by | and machine} A resolution was also passed de-) manding the following minimum! wage scales in the industry for a 30-hour, five day week; a mini- mum of $45 a week for tool and) die make a minimum of $37.50 for machinists; $30 a week for spe- cialists; $24 a week for all helpers | and $20 a week all unskilled boys/ and girls. Among the organizations repre- sented by fraternal delegates were The Radio and Metal Workers | Industrial Union from Camden and Newark, N. J., the Tool and Die Inc., Society of America, the Fed- Architects, Engineers and Draftsmen, the Independent Metal Workers Union and the Metal and Machine Workers Not a cent to come from the Every working class For jof the dye bosses jet line today. ‘workers of |ronize” | paring :|}down a KELLER TRIES TO HEAD OFF BIG WALKOUT Dyers Keep All Mills Closed With Strong Picket Lines HALTED SCABS ARE Silk Weavers Incensed Over Negotiations By Morgan PATERSON, Noy. 19.—The large est number of dye pickets since the beginning of the dye strke turned out this morning at every plant in response to widespread publicity that attempts will be made to start operation with scabs today. Every plant remained closed in the entire strike area On the other hand, Eli Keller, manager of the American Federae tion of Silk Workers, made des perate attempts to head off the strike which the workers unani- mously decided will begin at mid- night Wednesday. In a statement the capitalist press he declared that strike sanction must be given by the Joint Executive Board, and the National Executive Board. But |&® meeting of the Joint Executive Board is deliberately set for Thurs- day, a day after the strike call takes effect. This open strikebreaking maneuver has aroused tremendous indignation among the workers who have demanded that the meeting take place prior to Wednesday eve- ning. As this dispatch is being written, an Executive Board meeting of the broad, silk department is in session, where it is expected a decision will be reached for an early. meeting of the Shop Chairmen and delegates in whose“hands the conduct of the |strike was voted at Saturday's membership meeting, There is no doubt that the strike will take full effect on Wednesday at midnight, but Keller's attempts are chiefly aimed at holding back some of the other branches in the industry, such as the warpers and loom- fixers, The net result out of the effort to rally scabs, were three dye foremen at the Vogue Piece Dye Works. Several hundred pickets were immediately on hand. The vice-president of the union, Charles Vigoritto, and the shop chairman headed a committee which went into the plant, and the foremen were taken off. Many Pickets in Lodi Lodi likewise saw its biggest pick- There the dye bosses conceived of a petition among the “those who want to re- turn.” One of the solicitors for such a petition is the Kuenen Drug Store. A large picket line was soon on hand at the drug store, and some Picketed all day with “Don't Pat- sandwich signs. The dye house owners are pre= for Wednesday evening when a so-called impartial hearing is to take place, to which five of the workers’ side and five of the manufacturers’ side are invited. This is organized through the ef= forts of the business men in the city, and they will likewise hand “verdict.” The workers will send representatives, but it is quite commonly considered that this is part of the effort to mobilize opinion against the strikers. Weavers Incensed Silkk weavers are especially in- censed at the reported negotiations going on between the silk manu- facturers and Thomas F. Morgan, reported as counsel for the union, Morgan was never authorized to ne= gotiate for the workers. H: is @ former partner of Mayor Hinch- kliffe in the silk business and a local Politician. At Saturday’s member= ship meeting workers demanded to know how this former manufactur= er came to represent the union, But no answer could be forced from Keller. Keller, who at Saturday’s meeting called workers forced to work under the scale scabs, and his clique were decisively defeated in the election of delegates at the national con- vention at that meeting, Six Chicago Workers Seized for Picketing Home Relief Bureau CHICAGO, Ill, Nov. 19—The Oakwood Relief station at 505 E, 50th St., added to its record of bru= tality to the jobless here on Thurs= day, when six pickets representing a united front of the Workers Com= mittee, Local 34 and the Unemploy- ment Council, Branch 56, were ar rested after they had paraded in front of the building with sandwich signs for 45 minutes. The signs borne by the pickets called on the unemployed to fight against the recent relief cut in Cook ance! Build the Congress of the workers} iinet County and urged them to support. the city-wide mass demonstratior on Nov, 24 ‘ | i ; 4 4