The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 23, 1934, Page 3

‘ Rochester, N. Y. DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1934 Page 3 U. S., Bosses and Green Plan No-Strike ‘Truce’ in Steel Jobless Push STEEL LABOR BOARD COMPANY UNI UNION WOULD BE LET IN BY AG REEMENT Green and Tighe Reported to Have Accepted Clause for Compulsory Arbitration in Seeret Negotiations in Washington WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 22—The federal govern- ment, the steel corporations, and William Green, head of the American Federation of Labor, in conferences here are attempting to foist upon the steel workers a “truce” which would head off the growing strike sentiment among the steel workers and stem the growing rank@ and file movement in the Amal- gamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers (A. F. of L.) The “truce” being concocted in these secret negotiations would in- clude a form of “recognition” in which the steel corporations would sign no contract, and would permit the company unions freedom of operation. The reported prelim- inary “rejection” by Green of these proposals, put forward by the United States Steel Corporation, and backed by the government, is seen as an attempt to save Green’s face before the steel workers and maneuver for ‘an acceptance of the “truce” in the near future. Workers Dissatisfied The steel workers are expressin: great dissatisfaction with the fact that the Steel Labor Board, set up when Green and Roosevelt pre- vented the strike of the steel work- ers last summer, has done absolutely nothing regarding the steel workers’ grievances. Under the Steel Board, the company unions are stronger than ever, workers are fired right and left, terrorization by private! police, as in the Jones and Laugh-! lin, and by regular police, is ram- pant. Speedup has increased and the steel workers lost all their de- mands, including wage demands. The government and the steel corporations are afraid of a steel strike in the spring. They are espe- cially apprehensive because of the growth of the rank and file move- ment im the A. F. of L. union. The New York Times yesterday said, “Pressure from administration quarters was brought to bear on the union to accept the terms of the proposal made by the steel corpora- tion on the ground that they meant ‘recognition’ in the general sense of that term.” It was reported that Green and Michael Tighe, president of the A. A., have already agreed to compulsory arbitration, provided the steel companies also agree in advance to abide by the arbitration board's terms. Follow Roosevelt Opwa Shop Policy the attempie of the steel corpora- tions and the federal government, which are given the full coopera- tion of Green and Tighe, to pre- vent union recognition and to main- tain the supremacy of the com- pany union, are in line with the “open shop” policy of the Roosevelt. administration, as announced in Donald Richberg’s speech of this week. Richberg, head of the N. R. A,, declared that minorities (mean- ing the company unions) and “in- dividuals” must “decide for them- selves” on representation. His speech was an anti-union speech. The negotiations for a steel “truce,” which are said to have “broken down,” will undoubtedly be resumed. Green, who at the A. F. of L, Convention demagogically called for organization of the un- organized steel workers, is embar- rassed by the militancy of the rank and file, and needs more time for maneuvering against them. AFFAIRS FOR THE DAILY WORKER Poe mee Eve pitts «9 yo Nov. and Good Dae Aneta Come in costume, Prizes for best costumes. Chicago, Ill. Gala Dance and Entertainment, fat- ugar, Nov. Workers Lyceum, Hirsch St. Auspices: Wiggins Br. Y.C.L. 9 and O.P. 512. Gala Affair and Dance given by Rus- sian Organizations on Saturday, Nov. 4 at Douglas Auditorium, Kedzie and Ogden Aves. Affair given by Unit 302 and 309 at 2817 on Park Ave. Saturday, Nov. 24th. ts, dancing. Dance given by Sec. 11 O.P. Stock- yard Section, Sunday, Nov. 25, at 392 E. 48rd St., 9 p.m. ap 15c, Affair given by me ‘ganiza- be Saturday, Nov, es Peoples Auditorium. Newark, N. J. ‘House Party given by I.W.O. Br. 512 at 1100 So. Grove 8t., mn. Sun- day, Nov. 25 at 6 p.m, Real. joreey dinner will be served. Adm, House Party at home of eta Hott man, 321 Leslie St., Sunday, Nov. 25. ‘and entertainment, Sunday, Noy. 18 at 162 Lincoin Pl., Garfield. Concert and Entertainment given by Passaic Unit, Saturday, Dec. 1 at Maciacs Hall, 40 Third 'St., Passaic. ‘Adm. 20c in ‘advance; 25¢ at door. Cincinnati, Ohio 28, Workers School, Bim and Optra Blase 430, pans Philadelphia, Pa, An evening of entertainment given by Unit 102, Sat., er 28, 8:30 p.m. at 2342 8. Bth St. Buffalo, N.Y. Daily Worker Dance, Friday, Dec. 7 at 760 Main St. Adm. 26¢. pase a 2 Pa. Party, Friday, Nov. 28, 8 p.m. nternationsl Taber Defense Hall, 52 Place. Ausp.: Workers School Comm. ana Pith Ward Unit 2 OP. Pen & Hammer, second of its parties, Sunday, Nov. 25, 8 pm. at Workers Center, 443 Ormond St. Refreshments, entertainment, dancing, dramatics. Adm. 10c. Red Press Nite, Saturday, Dec. 1, at 1:30 p.m. Workers Cexter, 443 Or- mond St. Ausp.: Unit 7 C.P. Adm. i0¢ incl, refreshments, Good program. 9,000 Jobless Storm Racine Court House Huge Demonstration Protests Slash in Relief RACINE, Wis., Nov. 22.—Smash- ing through every effort by reform- g | ist organizations to keep them from the streets, 5,000 workers, men, women, and children, marched through the streets here Monday, packed the county court house and its corridors, and assembled at the outside, demanding that the county board of supervisors immediately rescind the 50 per cent relief cut The workers’ elected chairman, Samuel Herman, of the Action Com- mittee, who was selected by the workers as their spokesman, was seized by the police, but was imme- diately freed when the workers shouted their demands for his free- dom. The Board of Supervisors was to have met at 1:30 Monday after- noon, but because of the tremen- dous outpouring of the enraged job- less, they immediately voted ad- journment until a later date. When the supervisors failed to meet, the workers spontaneously took the streets, circled the court house in a militant showing of their mass strength; marched on and circled the relief department; again marched through the town; and held a tremendous mass meeting be- fore a local bank. Here the police and fire depart- ment were mobilized; but sensing the militancy of the workers, dared not interfere with the meeting or attack any of the workers. ‘Faced with actual slow starvation on the reduced relief budgets, hun- dreds of the enraged workers raised their voices demanding immediate and direct action to win the relief necessary for their starving wives and children. Side by side with their husbands and brothers, women present expressed their readiness to fight for their elemental relief needs, While Monday’s outpouring of the unemployed was one of a series of ever growing mass actions by the jobless here, preparations are being speeded for a continuous and sus- tained struggle until the workers’ relief demands for sufficient aid are won, if [Mass Rallies! lIn Reading Act ‘On Social Bill | Preliminary - Steps Are| Made Toward Unity of Unemployed READING, Pa., Nov. 22.—The Movement toward a real united front among the several unemployed organizations existing in Reading, gained momentum beginning with preparations for a mass meeting held before City Hall last Monday.| Initiated by the Unemployment Council, the meeting was called un- der the joint sponsorship of the Council and the Italian-American Independent League. Early in the arrangements the slogan of “Un- employed Unity’ went out, and there is developing now a definite sentiment for the merging of the four local unemployed organizations. The mass meeting discussed more adequate winter relief and the ne- cessity for unemployment insurance. A resolution demanding endorse- ment by the Mayor and the mem- bers of the City Council of the Workers Unemployment and Social Insurance Bill, H. R. 7598, and a proposal by the assembled workers for a city poor tax (exempting workers) to supplement the present inadequate State and federal relief, was adopted. A committee was elected to present the resolution to the city officials. The answer of the Mayor, speak- ing also for the councilmen, though evasive and apologetic, amounted very definitely to “No” to both de- mands. He refused to say what opinion he and the councilmen had in regard to the Workers’ Bill, whether they approved of it or not. He would only say that they would not sign proposals or resolutions of any kind as officials, that their of- ficial signatures could be attached only to matters of legislation. In the matter of a city poor tax, the attitude of city officials in the past has been that the law did not per- mit. Now, however, while admitting its legality, they decline to en- dorse the proposal on the grounds that a city poor tax would penalize city taxpayers, that it would con- stitute double taxation upon the property owners of the city of Read- ing, who, they say, already con- tribute to the relief of the poor when they pay their county tax, part of which finances the opera- tions of the county poor board. Their attitude plainly is: “Protect the property interests of those who pay the bulk of the taxes; to hell with the needs of the unemployed.” The committee will give its report. Friday afternoon at a united front mass meeting to discuss local relief, called by the Italian-American In- dependent League, in City Hall Auditorium, All unemployed organ” izations will be represented by speakers. ® é CHICAGO TO HOLD BAZAAR CHICAGO, Ill, Nov. 22, — The Chicago District of the Interna- tional Labor Defense will hold a three-day bazaar in the People’s Auditorium, 2257 West Chicago Ave., on Dec. 14, 15 and 16. The organiza- tion has asked all other working class organizations not to arrange any public events for these days. Challenge Is ditaad By Newark Communists In ‘Daily’ Campaign “We Are Prepared to Go Over the Top Within Next Few Days,” Says Jersey District of the Communist Party With Tag Days for the Daily Worker taking place tomorrow and Sunday, the Newark district is pre- pared to go over the top, Dec. 1, it has also taken other steps. Committees have been ap- pointed to visit mass organiza- tions and make appeals for funds. The District Daily Worker Agent is visiting the backward sections and helping them organize their forces for the completion of their quotas on time. In addition, af- fairs are taking place in Pater- son, Passaic, Garfield and Jersey City. Denver and New Haven, there- fore, must hasten if each expects to beat out Newark for third place! Milwaukee Section Goes Over In Milwaukee, Section 3 (West Allis) has gone over the top—the first section in the district to do so. It wins the District Daily Worker banner. Its quota was $150. Units 303 and 306 did especially good work. Originally taking a quota of $25, the former raised double that amount. Unit 303 raised $20. The Finnish group in this section contributed another $50. in the | | $60,000 drive, in the next few days! Moving fast to finish before | The Chicago Pen and Hammer, | after doubling its quota from $25 to $50, has fulfilled its pledge. But, instead of stepping, it is redoubling its efforts among the professional, intellectual and white-collar workers in Chicago, for the $60,000 drive. It challenges ail other organiza- | tions of its size to raise more money for the drive than it does. “By Dec. 1”—Is Slogan From all parts of the country units are answering the call of the Daily Worker to finish their quotas by the end of this month. From Unit 5, in the Cincinnati section of the Cleveland district comes a Unit 1 in Richmond, Indiana; the Danville, Va., units; the Plymouth, Hancock, Mich.; the Duluth, Minn., unit—these are other Communist Party units which are working with might and main to finish their | quotas by Dec. 1. No unit must falter. The future | of the Daily Worker depends upon the $60,000 being raised on time! ‘Los Angeles Car Men Plan For Strike LOS ANGELES, Nov. 22.—Unless the Los Angeles Railway Corpora- tion agrees to submit demands of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Em- ployees to arbitration, a strike will be called involving 2,500 street car and motor coach workers This was the ultimatum of union officials who were called by Dr. Towne Nylander, chairman of the Los Angeles regional labor board, The union is advancing the de- mand of an eight-hour day and a six-day week, which, according to, the union, would involve an addi. tional expenditure of not more than $700,000 annually by the company. With characteristic propaganda, the company countered with the dec- Jaration that such demands would cost $1,500,000 yearly and the im- pression is already being created by the capitalist press that meeting of such demands would inevitably lead to increased fares. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 22—Follow- ing closely on the heels of the threatened strike of employees of the Los Angeles Railway, came the | announcement that employees of the Pacific Electric were also plan- ning to walk out if their.demands are not yet. Jury Brings ‘For De Jonge PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 22. A verdict of guilty was returned yes- terday by the jury in the case of Dirk De Jonge, militant’ working class leader and second Portland worker to be tried on criminal syn- dicalism charges in the wave of persecution and legal frame-ups which followed the betrayal of the genera] strike here by the A. F. of | L, bureaucrats. | The jury which was out for 24 hours, evidently took its cue from the presiding judge in ignoring the constitutional questions involved, | the right of free speech, assemblage | and the right of workers to organize | and strike for better conditions. De Jonge was Communist can- didate for State Senator in the recent elections and received a vote | of 3,000. Donald Cluster, Section Organizer of the Young Communist League, was the first defendant “found guilty.” With Portland workers holding many protest meetings, the Portland International Labor Defense yester- day appealed to all workers’ organi- zations throughout the country to show their solidarity with the work- ers of Portland and rush protest telegrams to State Counsel Stanley Doyle, this city. Wis., unit; the Dreamland unit of | ‘Guilty’ Verdict East St. Loais Relief Association Members Back Struggle EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill., Nov. 22.— The unsuccessful attempts to e: the Communists and militant mem | = Against D ODGES DECISION angsterism IN ELECTION DISPUTE ! Asks for Additional, | Unimportant Testimony After 6-Week Hearing in Pitisburgh—Mrs. Pinchot PITTSBURGH, Pa., No Aids Whitewashing of Carnegie Steel 22.—Following one of the jbers has forced the Edgar-Clause | crudest pieces of whitewashing yet done by a Roosevelt leadership in Local 1 of the Federal hoard in the hearing of intimidation complaints against Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation last week in Pitts- | administration's desire to oust the | burgh, the Nawonal See Labor Relations Board has asked Jand State Aid Association to try new tactics in satisfying the relief | militant elements. This new method } |is the old gangster tactic of the | American Federation of Labor of- ficialdom—slugging and intimida- | tion. It has been learned from re- liable sources that the Police D partment would close its eyes “if something should happen to the Communists in the Association.” With this set-up, pledge to triple its assignment. ‘all set at the last meeting for th “The pledge is $30,” writes the “gang.” One of the hoodlums, Peg | unit. “It will be fulfilled this | Woods, attempted to involve Ray week.” Wycoff, a militant worker and} member of the Communist Party, | into an argument. When this failed, he assaulted Wycoff. Another thug, | a scab-herder in the Aluminum Ore | Strike, grabbed Wycoff. Rank and |and forced the thugs to retreat, threatening to “get” Wycoff after the meeting. The rank and file must unite their forces and clear the path for | a determined struggle against the maneuvers of the relief administra- tion to put over forced labor, smash limits relief ticket purchases to so- called staple commodities, and win adequate relief. Only militant action at the relief stations and the outpouring of thou- sands on the streets in the demon- stration here Saturday will win ade- quate Winter relief and for in- creased cash relief and the enact- ment of the Workers’ Unemploy- ment and Social Insurance Bill. Big Lay-Off Threatened EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill, Nov. 22— The workers of the General Cast- ings Corporation (Commonwealth Plant) have received unofficial in- formation that the plant will soon close down for two weeks. About 1,500 workers are now employed there. workers have been laid off in this plant. The owners declare that a big | order is awaiting, and that the shutdown is necessary for the in- stallation of new machinery, which in reality means a permanent lay- off for hundreds and speed-up for those who are retained. Packing House Workers Fired EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill., Nov. 22— Four hundred packing house work- ers from Swifts, Armours and Hunters packing plants here have been laid off in the past three weeks. They have been promised their jobs back if the government gives the packing plants another batch of cattle and pigs to slaughter and prepare. the stage ee | file workers came to his assistance | the planned budget system which | During the past month about 500. ‘Fight Opened To Get Pardon! For Frankfeld| B Cominities Wall Demand | Red Tape Be Slashed for Jobless Leader PITSBURGH, Pa., Nov. 22—The Frankfeld-Egan Liberation Commit- tee announced here today that im- mediate steps are being taken to force the State Pardon Board to set aside some of the usual red tape attached to pardon action in the case of Frankfeld. | Parole for the Unemployment Council leader now serving a two to four year term in the Allegheny County workhouse having been re- fused by Judge Lewis a petition for | unconditional pardon will be filed with the Pardon Board at its next | sitting on Dec. 10. |. The customary procedure followed by the board provides for the re- ceiving of petitions on the tenth of any month, deliberation as to whether a hearing will be granted until the next sitting, and if a hear- ing is finally granted, the date is! set for the month following that. Thus, at least three months elapse hearing is allowed. A committee will go to the State capital on Dec. 10 and demand that action be taken on Frankfeld’s peti- tion immediately and the hearing date set so that the board now sitting, headed by Attorney-General Schnader, will rule on the casa | Harvey O’Connor, chairman of the Liberation Committe ment issued today emphasized the need of further intensifying the | campaign of mass protest to Gov- ;ernor . Pinchot..and the Pardon Board if the action taken by the committee is to be suecessful in forcing authorities to take imme- diate action in the case of the rail- roaded working class leader. “Every worker,” said O'Connor, “should protest individually and see that letters of protest are sent by the organizations of which he is a member. Protests should be made out in duplicate and one mailed to the Governor as well as to the Board of Pardons.” One letter should be addressed to ;Governor Pinchot, State House, Harrisburg, Pa., the other to the State Board of Pardons, same ad- dress. Federal Government and Employers Speed Anti-Strike Manewvers, Y bess United States government is putting into effect “new formu- Jas” with which to tighten up and extend its anti-labor drive, which went into full swing immediately after the election campaign. The sharpening of the attacks on the working class were heralded in the “no strike” truce speech of Presi- dent Roosevelt, delivcred over the radio on September 30. On October 25, at the meeting of the American Bankers Association Convention, it was already apparent that the pressure of big business and banking for a faster tempo in putting through the anti-labor pro- gram would meet with no objections from the Roosevelt government. Since that time, the Chamber of Commerce, the Manufacturers As- sociation and the code authorities in the basic industries have gone ahead full swing to push throtgh these anti-labor measures. The meeting of American manufactur- ers, called in New York for Decem- ber 5 and 6 by the National Associ- ation of Manufacturers, following their own convention, to “draft rec- ommendations for recovery,” has as its purpose the better organization of the campaign against the work- ing class and its organizations, Bankers’ and manufacturers’ as- Wea |Sociations have already taken a more open and direct hand in the conduct of the government and its N. R, A. machinery. The demagogy necessary until the election was over, the emphasis on the “rights of labor” to organize and to “bar- gain collectively,” as embodied in section seven A, is being shoved into the background. The anti-labor character of the government, the fact that the government is the weapon of the employers, is more brazenly and openly revealed. It was to speed up this anti- labor drive that the N. R. A. was “reorganized.” The placing of 8S. Clay Williams, a director of the Reynolds Tobacco Co., as chairman of the new Industrial Recovery Board, was a clear indication of the of the N. R. A, Williams is fit for the job. He imposed slave conditions on the tobacco workers code, The Reynolds company plant at Winston-Salem is notorious for low wages and horrible working conditions. Following Williams, a whole series of direct representa- tives of big business were brought into key positions in the N. R. A, The principal aims of the Roosevelt government in its “re- organization of the N. R. A.” ana its legislative program for the coming session of Congress are: 1) To uphold and protect the profit system and to maintain and increase the profits of the em- ployers, 2) To outlaw strikes and picket- | ing and to declare them illegal. 3) To establish the company union and smash the power of the real trade unions by tieimg the A. F. of L. bureaucracy more firmly up with the strikebreaking N. R. A. apparatus. 4) To reduce the wage stand- ards of the workers, including the wage level of the skilled work- ers. 5) To defeat the attempt of the workers to secure the thirty-hour week without decreases in week- ly wages, 6) To strengthen monopolies and sharpen the direct attacks on the workers’ in other words, increased fascist measures against the workers, in- cluding more direct government | control of trade unions. 7) Cutting down on relief to the unemployed, under the slogan of “balancing the budget.” Denial of real unemployment insurance. The section of President Roose-~ velt’s speech which was most high- ly praised by the employers de- clared, “We count, in the future, as in the past, on the driving power of individual initiative and the in- centive of fair private profit, Strengthened with the acceptance of those obligations to the public interest which rest upon us all.” The Bankers Association Conven- tion, in which the federal govern- ment officials played a prominent and blocked any sort of a tobacco; part, declared, of this statement, “There is a feeling among bankers and business men everywhere that a recognition of the vital need of individual initiative and of fair Profit is a sin qua non to recov- ery.” (Report of retiring President F. M. Law.) statement of Roosevelt, President Law said, “is reassuring.” The Attempt to Outlaw Strikes President Roosevelt opened the renewed campaign of the employers against the workers’ organizations and their living standards in his speech of September 20, under the slogan of “industrial truce.” He said, “I shall seek assurance of the making and maintenance of agree- ments which can mutually be relied upon, under which wages, hours and working conditions may be deter- mined and any later adjustments shall be made either by agreement or, in case of disagreement, through the mediation or arbitration of stat or federal agencies.” In other words, Roosevelt called upon the unions to surrender their main weapon with which to main- tain their living standards—the strike, Roosevelt called on the unions to accept “a specific trial period of industrial peace.” It soon became clear that Roose- velt’s speech was merely the open- ing gun in the employers’ campaign to outlaw strikes and picketing. The arbitration of the N. R. A. and La- bor Boards made possible by the treacheries of A. F, of L. leaders ;had robbed the workers of their de- ;mands in the steel, auto, textile, jcoal and other industries, The em- ployers showed their determination to go a step further and make strikes and picketing illegal. On Nov. 2 the National Associa- tion of Manufacturers issued in New York a six point program, which proposed that state legisla- tures pass laws “to make picketing illegal when it is carried on in such a manner as to intimidate or co- erce employes or customers.” They further proposed laws “to make ;Sympathetic strikes and lockouts il- legal,” and other anti-union meas- ures. They based themselves on Roosevelt's September 30 speech, calling their proposals “a plan for industrial peace.” The Manufactur- The above quoted | ers’ Association this week again called for anti-sirike regulations in the reorganized V. R. A. The employers in all basic in- dustries launched into the anti- strike campaign. George Ehrn- \strom, Jr., the resident editor of Iron Age, organ of the steel mag- nates, declared in the October 11 issue that the federal government would “do well to restrict the ac- tivities of national unions,” and ar- gued for more support to the com- pany unions, He continued, “Why not benefit further from the British ex- Disputes and Trade Unions Act of 1927.” This act, he declared, would stop general and sympathetic strikes and restrict unions, “in any attempts to coerce persons or groups not parties to a controversy.” He asks, doesn’t self-government imply the right of management to deal with employes without the in- terference of extraneous labor agen- cies?” The October 25 issue of Iron Age continues the campaign to outlaw strikes in a leading article advocat- ing “Emulation of British Labor Policy.” On November 5, Iron Age, in an editorial, again proposes anti-strike legislation similar to the Britfsh anti-strike act. Steel, organ of the steel manufacturers, is active in this campaign, and the National Manufacturers Association has cir- cularized its members with copies of the British anti-strike act which followed the 1927 British general strike, (Labor Research Associa- tion.) Earlier, the textile manufacturers followed up Roosevelt’s no strike speech with concrete proposals for anti-strike legislation. The Ameri- can Cotton Manufacturers Associa- tion, meeting in Greenville S. C., in October, passed resolutions against mass picketing, against flying Squadrons, against sympathetic strikes, and for a united front of nothern and southern manufactur- ers against the trade unions. This was followed up by a joint “Ten- point program” of the American Cotton Manufacturers and the Na-. tional Association of Cotton Manu- facturers, issued at the end of Octo- ample by studying the British Trade | ber, which demanded that “strikes or lockouts should be illegal when they are designed to coerce the government, either directly or in- directly, by inflicting hardship on the community.” Every one of the ten points was aimed to smash the| trade unions and make the com-| pany union supreme. (Daily Worker, iNoy. 8.) The National Industrial Confer- ence Board, the research organiza- tion of the large employers, is also campaigning for anti-strike laws, and in a recent service letter to) employers proposes the passage of jan anti-strike law for this country. It proposes drastic curtailment of picketing and outlawing of sympa- thetic and general strikes. This campaign to outlaw strikes 23, 1934, by the Wall Street Journal, which declared that “Organized em- | ployers are planning a drive at the next session of Congress to place le- gal restrictions on the activities of labor unions,” and advocates that the British anti-strike act be du- Plicated in this country. United Front Against Workers The government measures to out- law strikes and smash the power of the unions will be in the center of the decisions of the meeting of manufacturers in New York on De- cember 5 and 6. This meeting is sponsored by all of the big employ- ers of the country. ‘The Chamber of Commerce, at its board of directors’ meeting on No- vember 17, devoted itself to strengthening the anti-labor cam- paign of the employers and the Roosevelt government. President Henry Harriman appointed Silas Strawn, corporation lawyer, to head a committee of employers to confer with Roosevelt government officials for “a united stand against the thirty hour week, the soldier's bo- nus and inflation,’ as the New York Tribune of November 18 put it. The Tribune story of the Cham- ber of Commerce plans declared that this united stand “was assured today.” The Tribune goes on, “The co-operative plan to narrow the gap between Administration and private initiative did not include labor with business, industry and agriculture Intensify Drive on Trade Unions and Workers’ Living Standards By Carl Reeve in the announcement which fol- lowed yesterday’s meeting of the directors of the Chamber of Com- merce. Business leaders . . . were not at all confident the plan could |be made to work if extended to la-} jbor.” The Chamber of Commerce let it be known that “they preferred } to proceed on the theory that labor was an integral part of the other three groups.” This plan of a_ united front against the thirty hour week, the |bonus and other measures advo- jeated by the workers, found “Don- ald P, Richberg, head of the Na- tional Emergency Council, praising it,” the Tribune declares. The lines are formed by the em- Ployers and their government to was signalized as early as August | utilize the coming congress to take from the workers their elementary right to organize to strike and to jpicket, and to move forward all along the line with anti-labor legis- lation, The federal government, under the slogan of “industrial truce,” is preparing to make arbi-/| tration of all the workers’ demands jeompulsory, and thus defeat these jdemands and remove any obstacles to the company unions, before any action is taken in case! in a state-| the Amalgamated Association to prove that the Carnegie Steel Com- | pany carries on commercial activity jof an interstate character. The impression {s being giverr out y the Steel Board and Amalga- mated leaders that, by par ite The elections in question were requested by employes of the Car- negie Steel Company, U. 8. Steel subsidiary, in both the McDonald, Ohio and Duquesne, Pa. plants. As one means of inducing the steel workers to mark time while the board goes through the involved and lengthy process of holding hearings and forever weighing tes- timony, the Amalgamated leaders are utilizing Mrs. Cornelia. Bryce Pinchot to make radical sounds for | the workers. Yesterday she spoke at a mass jmeeting called by the Braddock lodge of the A. A. The burden of her speech was approximately the same as that of other of her ad- dresses to steel workers—that the “big” money interests of. Wall Street have captured the -N.R.A,, and the only way steel or other or~ ganized workers can remedy their lot is by obtaining better represen- |tation on the code authorities of the National Recovery Administza- tion. |_ There is little doubt but what | Mrs. Pinchot's recommendation is one of the objectives of Mike Tighe and Co., to sit with employers’ rep- resentatives on code bodies. . WHAT’S ON RATES: &5¢ for 3 lines on week | Friday and Saturday S0c. Money must accompany notices. Chicago, Iil. First Annual Dance given by Painters 565 IW.O..Saturday, Dec. 8 at Hall, 1156 N. Western Ave. ‘Adm. 25c in adv., 35¢ at-door: Ten Theatre Groups in action. Second Midwest Festival of League of Work- ers Theatre. Performances by Gary, ‘Tri-Cities, Milwaukee and Chicago Groups. Peoples Auditorium; 2497 W. Chicago Ave., Friday, Nov..23 at 8 p.m. Adm. 365c. “Can the Negro Achieve id Social Freedom Under Speakers, Herbert New- L., and Euclid L. Taylor, Director National Bar Association, Pen and Hammer, 20 EZ. Ontario St, Sunday, Nov. 25, 8 p.m. Adm. I5c. Boston, Mass. First Film showing of “Ernst Thael- mann, Fighter Against Fascism,” Sat, Nov. 24 st Lorimer Hall, Tremont Temple Bidg., 83 Tremo: St. Four shows: 2 p.m.-4 p.m.-7 p.m,-9 p.m, Afternoon 25c. Eves. 35c. Philadelphia, Pa. Oakley Johnson speaks on “Bduca- tion and the World Crisis,” Workers’ School Forum, 908 Chestnut St.,.8 p.m. this Friday. Adm. -96e--Unem- ployed 10c. Jubilee Concert of 20 years of pro- letarian musical development — of the celebrated proletarian composer, Comrade Jacob Schaefer, Friday, Nov. 20 at Mercantile Hall, Broad and Master Streets. “Kein Binzer Schpan" will be performed. Tickets 40c, at 316 Washington Square Bldg, and Chestnut Sts. David Platt, National Secretary, Film & Photo e, will address open membership meeting of Philadelphia F. & P. L. on “The Progress.of. the Workers Film Movement,” Sunday, Nov. 25, 8 p.m. at 1208 Walnut St. Followed by showing of several newse reels. Adm. free, Boston, Mass. Scottsboro Protest Mass” Meeting, Friday, Nov. 23, 8 p.m. New Inters national Hall, 42 Wenonah St., Roxs bury. Adm. free. Ausp.: John Reed Br. LL.D. Philadelphia, Pa. Mass meeting in defense of the Scottsboro boys. Ruby Bates, main speaker, Saturday, Dec. 1, at 2456 N. 30th St. Adm. 150, DETROIT, MICH. OPENING of the NEW YORK SHIRT SHOP 2234 Woodward Avenue Saturday, Nov. 24 |] FULL LINE OF RUSSIAN NOVELTIES Special Sale of $1.39 Shirts for 97c. DETROIT, MICH. IL. D, ANNUAL Finnish FRIDAY | SATURDAY Player; BERT & his banjo; J. 8. MICHIGAN STATE AMATEUR, cham pion|Club in mouth organ player, POLONIA, famous TURE; batic dances ‘nian Chorus Program starts 8 P.M. all 3 acro- EATS — DRINKS CONCERT and Bazaar November 23—24—25 FREDDIE, noted accordion | QUARTET OF THE DE- TROIT SYMPHONY OR- CHESTRA; also John Reed “SCOTTSBORO" and | and HOUSE OF AGRICUL- “AIDA,” to the tune of the HARLEM CLUB ORCHESTRA (8 pieces) Admission 20c each day or 50c for all 3 days Hall, 5969-14th Street SUNDAY WM, WEINSTONE, District Organizer, WIT speaks ANGELO HERNDON cues | [sad ORORDS Lithua- days. Dancing from 10 to.2.-- + REFRESHMENTS ee eee ore