The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 28, 1934, Page 2

. Page 2 DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1934 NATIONAL FUND DRIVE TO AID VICTIMS OF SPANISH FASCISM Van Kleek Reports ; i. 1, D. Issues Call to Rally Mass Support Week of Dec. 10 to 16 Set Aside in America and Other Countries A national we the vict of Spain, in which scores unions and other organizations all over the country will participate, has been called the National Com: ee of the Inter- Labor Defense for Dec. Funds are now being collected by the I. L. D. organizations in scores of countries, and transmitted to the Spanish I. L. D., which in svite of the terror and illegality is or- ganizing the work of relief to the victims of the fascist terror while the Communist-Socialist united working class front continues to battle for liberation. The same week has been chosen in scores of countries by the I. L. D. for an in- tensive collection drive for the vic- tims. More than 60,000 prisoners are in Spanish jails, prison-ships, ware- houses, bull-rings, and every other place where they can be confined. Hundreds of thousands of widows and orphans, children left without fathers and mothers, whole families deprived of their support, by the fierce reaction which slaughtered more than 16,000 and wounded more than 40,000 men, women and children. The drive is especially important to American workers, it was pointed out, in view of the active participa- tion and support of the murderods reaction which has been given by such American capitalist institu- tions as the International Tele- phone and Telegraph Company, and the National City Bank, Contributions for this fund should be sent directly to the national of- fice of the International Labor De- fense, Room 610, 80 East llth St., New York City, for direct transmis- sion to Europe. Bosses Plan Terror Against Dye Strike (Continued from Page 1) that discrimination is being used agenst many of their number. They are delayed in getting relief and | declare that they are not given | enough. Nathan Shefferman, Federal mediator, is again in town confer- ring with the employers. Father Mille, an Italian priest, who urged the dyers to return to work, was surprised at six o'clock Criminal Syndicalism Charges Against Two Postponed in West KELSO Wash., Nov. 27.—Pros- ecution of the criminal syndi- calism charges against Max Far- rar and Arne Pissila, militant workers arrested during the ma- rine workers’ strike, here, have ben put over to the next term of court in 1935, by Prosecutor se campaign in the elections was based mainly se prosecutions, and on forbidding free speech ; in Kelso to workers’ organiza- tions, was defeated. He goes out of office January 1. two cases bring the total of workers facing long terms on criminal syndical- ism charges throughout the United States to 46. Greet 50th Birthday Of Trachtenberg (Continued from Page 1) the workers in America in Commu- | nist theory and practice and the | publication of books and pamphlets on these and allied subjects was the | most urgent task. The Communist Party itself did little publishing; the Socialist publishing firm. of Charles H. Kerr and Company in | Chicago was practically out of busi- | Ness so far as new publications were concerned. No capitalist publisher would dream of bringing out the | works of Lenin or any of the rich literature which the October Revo- lution made available in the Soviet Union. | It was necessary to create an or- | ganization for that purpose in the | United States, and Trachtenberg was the logical man to head such | thorough | an undertaking. His Marxian erudition, his profound knowledge of both the Russian and American labor movements, his previous work as editor and writer, made him the ideal person for the job. Besides, Trachtenberg has a quality which few possess; he is a 365-days. ear-man; he works | every day in the year, from morn- | ing till morning. Even in August |and September, when hay-fever | knocks him low, he gets the better of it by working extra hours. Who else, then, could have been better | suited for the extremely responsible tor, publicity man, bookseller and strict accountant, than Trachten- berg? But it took considerable | persuasion to get him to accept the | task: Trachtenberg is so much a |part of the labor movement, so/ | much a man of action, that being | tied to a desk was the least he and intricate job of publisher, edi- | wanted to do. However, the need for the printed word was so great that he agreed. Foundation of International this morning by a demonstration | of the strikers in front of his home, | who shouted sarcastically, “Father | Mille. we are going back to work.” | The Relief Committee of the | Dyers Federation, appeals for all | BexceH workers organizations and in- | Thus, in 1924, International Pub- dividuals to aid with financial |lishers was established. It was by support. Funds and food should no means a simple matter. In the be sent to the Dyers Relief Com- | brief space of a short article there mittee, 203 Paterson St., Pater- | is no room to recount the difficul- son, N. J., care of the Federation | ties which the publishing house of Dyers (U. T. W.). faced the first years. They were Thomas MacMahon is in town| the difficulties of a labor move- endeavoring to confer with the em-|Mment that was disjointed, of a ployers on the silk situation. | scattered and untrained reading It is reported that the shop | public, of a lack of distributing cen- chairmen’s committee of the strik-| ters, of opposition on the part of ers voted yesterday that MacMahon | bourgeois bookstores and libraries could sit in at the meeting only|to handle international publica- on condition that he have a voice | tions. but no vote and that he must speak! Another man in Trachtenberg’s on the line of the settlement com- | mittee’s proposals. If he opposed the settlement committees policies, he must leave the meeting. AFFAIRS FOR THE DAILY WORKER Philadelphia, Pa. ‘Thanksgiving Eve Dance, Wed. Nov. 28 at State Dance , 20th and Market Sts. Good Dance Orchestra. Come in costume. Prizes for best costumes. Branch 535 will hold an affair for Daily Worker on Saturday, Dec. 1 at 4032 Germantown Ave. This will be a final effort to raise money to set our District over the top. All friends are invited. An evening of entertainment given by Unit 102, Sat., Nov. 28, 8:30 p.m. at 2342 6. 8th St. Dance and Party given by Unit 502 GP. Sat., Dec. 1 ‘at 1831 N. Frank- ya St. Interesting program. Adm. ree. Cincinnati, Ohio Big Affair. Musical Program, Good Food, Ed Hamilton, Speaker. Wed., Nov. 28, Workers School, Elm and Opera Place, 8:30 p.m. Buffalo, N. Y. Daily Worker Dance, Friday, Dec. 7 at 760 Main St. Adm. 25c. Rochester, N. Y. Red Press Mite, Saturday, Dec. 1, at 7:30 p.m. Work mond St. Ausp. incl. refreshments. Good program. Bridgeport, Conn. Cabaret and Ball, Saturday, Dec. 1, 7 p.m. at 280 Spruce St. Revolution- ary entertainment. Adm. 3c. Hot supper served for 15¢ extra. Cleveland, Ohio Gala Affair given by Unit 23, Set., Dec. 1, 8 p.m. at new I.W.O. head- quarters, 879 E. 105th St. Adm. 10c. Gary, Ind. Dance given by Unit 3 CP. (Tol- leston Br.) on Thanksgiving Day, ‘Thursday, at 7 p.m., 1221 Grant Bt. Good music. Adm. in adv. 10c, at door 18c. New Haven, Conn. Dance, Red Cabaret at 232 Lafayette St. Wed. Ney. 26. Ausp.: ily Worker Comm. Detroit, Mich. Daily Worker Dec. 8 Victory Celebration. . 8 at 8 p.m. Finnish Hall, 5969 Idth St. near McGraw. Good Pro- gram, Dancing, Refreshments. Adm. in adv. 15c, at door 20c. place would have thrown up the job |or would have succumbed to the difficulties. But not Trachtenberg. | With a determination that knows | no obstacles, dogged persistence and a faculty for laughing off difficul- ties, he succeeded in carrying the | publishing house over the top. Today, when we celebrate Trach- tenberg’s fiftieth birthday, we cele- brate at the same time the tenth anniversary of International Pub- lishers. We celebrate a unique achievement in the history of the | American labor movement—Lenin’s and Stalin’s works made available | to American workers, Marx and En- gels re-published and a number of | volumes hitherto not known in | nglish translated and published; | the works of Soviet writers, both in | the sciences and belles-lettres; im- portant works of Marxian writers from all lands; a Labor and Indus- try Series dealing with conditions in the United States—in all about 175 separate titles, some of which have gone through several editions. Also the International Pamphlets, 42 titles to date, in editions from 10,000 to 50,000. Every single item enumerated here had to receive minute atten- tion; editing and frequently pref- acing, checking of translations, an- notating; selection of proper type, paper and binding. Then the con- tinuous effort to reduce costs and selling prices; and the tireless ef- forts to make the books and pam-~- phlets available over as wide a ter- ritory as possible, without at the same time running into an impasse of uncollected bills and too great an overhead. This is the job years. Yet not this alone. Trachtenberg finds time for numerous other ac- tivities, on the cultural front, in mass organizations, in assisting or directing various publications, in speaking and lecturing. He finds time for advising with young writers and publicists. with research stu- dents and editors, with leaders in various fields as well as tank and file workers—the number of his dis- ciples and admirers is legion. At fifty, Trachtenberg is still young and full of pep; his work is many-sided; but his road is straight, it points to the goal which he set for himself as a youngster, Trachtenberg accomplished in ten | Article V (This is the fifth in a series of Spain.) By Harry Gannes | "FWO outstanding factors underlie | all developments in Spain since the October armed uprising. On {the one hand, the toiling popula- | tion shows no expression of defeat. | There is no pessimism. Its fighting | spirit was not crushed. Spain seethes with growing discontent and rapidly maturing new battles. |The great reserves of workers and | peasants who were not drawn into | the revolutionary struggles are rest- |ive. The workers’ organizations not jonly were not destroyed but are | growing. The masses are discussing | with the greatest enthusiasm the | course of the battles, the reason for failure, and especially the achieve- ments of the Asturias Soviets. The anarchist leaders are losing their grip on the Catalonian workers, and the Communist Party is growing rapidly. ‘ On the other hand, the. fascist |regime has the greatest difficulty | solidifying its rule and asserting it: | brutal dictatorship. Its mass base ic | weak, disorganized, conflicting, in- decisive. The ruling landlords, in- | dustrial capitalists, financiers anc | the bloodsucking church hierarch jhave clashing interests whict sharpen as the crisis of Spanisl capitalism grows worse. | Need World Support | In its hysteria, fear and rage, the Spanish bourgeoisie slaughters and |harrasses the arrested toilers, but is split even on the question of the | degree of its gone revenge. And it |is here wheré the international ac- tion of the workers, the united front in support of the Spanish fighters, becomes of the greatest importance, of the most powerful immediate value to our Spanish comrades against their hangmen. While kill- | ing hundreds in secret in Asturias, | only two workers up to date were | executed as a sort of national ex- |ample to the revolutionists. These | butcheries were met with strike ac- | tions on a large scale. | No Spirit of Defeat As a correspondent of the Daily Worker in Madrid described the situation existing on November 1, nearly one month after the fighting: | “There is not the slightest | spirit of defeat among the work- ers. The glorious Commune of | Asturias is the main topic of dis- | cussion among them. Asturias has become the guiding light of the Spanish workers, They hail ‘La ; Commune’ of Spain. The workers are learning more and more of | what happened; are discussing | their mistakes, preparing to gain | by them. This is heightening the despair of the bourgeoisie. . . . | “Fascism is having the most dif- | Workers’ Organizations Show Marked Growth Following Uprising—Fascists Find Great Difficulty in Solidifying Rule six articles on the situation in | SPAIN SEETHES WITH DISCONTENT; NEW CLASS BATTLES ARE MATURING @ 6 ficult time trying to institute its dictatorship over the workers, The type of fascism, based on the church and religious trimmings, sought by Gil Robles, is finding the greatest difficulty as the workers are learning what fascism is, The briefest picturization of the situation in Spain today is that of an invading army which has managed to seize some of the important fortified points, but is awaiting with fear and trepida- tion the attack of a hostile popu- lation.” Failure and inability to consoli- date the fascist regime in Spain led to a‘ partial cabinet crisis on No- vember 17. Foreign Minister Ri- cardo Samper Ibanez and War Min- ister Diego Hidalgo were forced to resign. The fascist leader Robles precipitated their resignation on the ground that Civil Guard forces hould have been increased and reater counter-revolutionary meas- ures taken against Socialists and Communists in Asturias before the armed uprising. Robles, unlike Hitler, repeatedly denies fascist in- tent and declares his love for the Republic. Crisis Is Acute The economic crisis, especially acute in Spain before the revolu- tionary struggles, now with the “victory” of fascism, is plunging toward catastrophe. Starvation is becoming the lot of greater masses of peasants. Unemployment almost doubled when work began after the general strike. The financial con- dition of the government, always in- creasingly bad, is now grave. The cost of the civil war was so great, that the governmen$ gladly ac- cepted donations from every mon- archist and capitalist source to help pay for the slaughter of the workers. Ex-King Alfonso donated 50,000 pesetas. All of the big com- panies and landowners added their bit. Even the American Telephone & Telegraph Co., and other Wall Street corporations in Spain con- tributéd thousands of pesetas to the fund for the armies which killed the workers, The mutinies which occurred in the armed forces during the fight- ing hang over Spanish fascism like a heavy cloud. Besides the regi- ment at Gerona, and the sailors at Santander, who refused to go into action against the, workers, there is the case of Lieutenant Colonel Lopez Bravo of the African troops who were ordered to Spain. Bravo was arrested and is now in prison because he declared: “They will not shoot down their brothers.” | The discussion of the lessons of} the revolutionary struggles, stir-| ring the toiling and peasant popu-/ lation, is sweeping through the| army. “There is practically nothing left of the state and spirit of the re-| public of 1931,” declared the mon-| archist Deputy Colva Sabila in the| Cortes after the insurrection. Reforms Wiped Out This meant that the process of} the Right of destroying through “democratic” means all of the gains | of the 1931 republic had been prac- | tically achieved. The agrarian re-| forms are now wiped out. The con- ditions of the workers are being jmade worse. The Socialist and Communist municipal representa- tives are being thrown out, and fas- cists appointed in their place. Church reforms are ended, and the chureh has been strengthened as a fascist base. The autonomy meas- ures granted to Catalonia and Bis- cay wnder the constitution are now completely annihilated. The Communist Party of Spain has come out of the battles intact and strengthened. Prepared for il- legal struggles by the previous pe- riod of long suppressions, by the world experience of fascist develop- ments, by the Leninist leadership of the Communist International, the organizational structure of the Party was not injured by the ter- ror. The Central Committee of the Party meets constantly in Spain and directs the increasing activity of the Party. Immediately after the battles, the first issue of the ille- gal organ of the Party, Bandera Roja (Red Flag) appeared contain- | ing the following articles: “After the glorious revolutionary days, the battle is not ended”; “They are the savage assassins”; “The ‘Truth About Asturias”; “A new ignomini- ous affront of the Second Inter- national”; “Prisoners of the Same Cause”, “Unity and Solidarity”; | “Soldiers! Class Brotherst our Place | Is on the Side of the Revolution!” | Those Socialist members of the Cortes who were not arrested met to discuss the question of whether they should participate in the ses- sions of the Cortes. By a-vote of 23 to 16 they decided to boycott the sessions until the arrested deputies were freed. The leader of the Right Wing, Besteiro, who fought against the armed struggles, did not vote, deciding to participate in the Par- liament of the fascist Lerroux- | Robles government. Heavy Censorship Anxious to suppress fhe truth of the present situation in Spain, the Lerroux-Robles regime not only en-} | went to Madrid with Rabate, repre- |Sentative of the United Confedera- |So that they are being packed like forces its censorship, but does ev- erything possible to prevent dele- gations from other countries in- vestigating conditions. The Paris lawyer, Oppman,/of the Interna- tional Juridical Association, who tion of Labor of France, to aid the arrested workers and to learn of conditions in Spain, were both thrown into prison, The two Brit- ish investigators, Miss Ellen C. Wil- kinson, former Labor Member of Parliament, an:. the Earl of Listo- wel, author, were kidnapped in Oviedo, on Nov. 17, and driven for 17 hours to the border and then told to go or their lives would be in danger. The French and Portuguese gov- ernments co-operate with the Ler- roux-Robles fascist regime by de- porting fleeing revolutionists, and turning them over to be impris- oned or killed. 3,000 Are Dead The International Labor Defense of Spain, from official figures, and from its own reports, estimated the losses of the revolutionary strug- gles in Spain as follows: 3,000 dead, 5,000 wounded, 60,000 prisoners. With regard to prisoners, the offi- cial figures show that in Barce- lona there are 6,000 in prison and 3,000 in Madrid. All jails are frightfully overcrowded, five or six prisoners being packed into cells meant for one. The Spanish section of the Inter- national Labor Defense, addressing itself to the workers in all coun-~ tries, on their tasks in defense of| the Spanish workers in the present | situation, declared: “Thousands of families and or- phans are left completely destitute, Mass arrests are still being made | all over Spain, and there are not | enough prisons to hold the arrested | cattle into improvised concentra- tion camps. ... “rhe Spanish section of the | I, L, D. took its fighting position from the first moment. We know | it is our duty to bring help quickly) to thousands of prisoners, thou-| sands of families and children of | dead revolutionaries. We are ex- erting our utmost efforts. We are} calling on the toiling masses every-/| where to aid us in the tremendous} task, for without help we cannot| carry it out. | “We need your help! “In the name of the heroic Span- ish workers and peasants who have given their lives in the struggle against fascism, we appeal to the toiling masses of the whole world to aid us in carrying out our task. “In Spain the Socialists, Commu- | nists, Anarchists, have fought side by side against their class enemies. Carry out your solidarity action on the same broad basis of the united front of all workers, and of all or- ganizations of the toiling mases.” Relief in Detroit (Continued from Page 1) jon Direct Relief have received cut after cut. Slashes in relief from 10 |to 30 per cent have been made by the Welfare Commission. More cuts are coming. Rent allowances have been re- duced by one-fourth, medical and dental aid have been reduced. Clothing allowances have been taken away from relief workers. Winter is here but we have diffi- culty in getting coal, Lights and gas are being cut off in many workers’ homes, Single men are without means of support and are sent to the grave- yard of the young and old—Eloise— or ate condemned to suffer slow starvation. It is time to call a halt to the hunger offensive of the auto mag- nates. It is time to voice a mighty pro- test against the attacks on the un- employed and employed workers who are given part time work. If we do not act now, hunger, cold and starvation face thousands up huge profits during the last year for the auto kings. Mr. Ballenger and the Welfare Commission say there is no money. BUT $13,000,000 are paid in inter- est to the Wall Street bankers by the city of Detroit. And millions are handed out by the Reconstruc- tion Finance Corporation to the bankers and railroads. There 1s Plenty for the rich, but nothing for |the poor, Workers struck on the relief job at the Connors Sewer the other day jand forced Ballenger to take back the cut. Workers who demonstrated in the neighborhoods have forced conces- sions. But this is not sufficient. It is necessary to unite forces on a county-wide scale and demands; (1) All welfare cuts be stopped; |(2) adequate cash relief—a mini- jum of $16 per week for married couples and $8 per week for single men, $3 each for each dependent; 5c per hour for unskilled labor and prevailing union rates for skilled labor on jobs; (3) cash voucher to be issued for rent each month, for an increase in minimum rent allowance to $18; (4) adequate clothing and coal to each unem- Ployed family; (5) relief to single men; (6) medical and dental care for all unemployed on basis of in- dividual needs; (7) the abolition of the present flop-house at the Fisher \Lodge, and instead work to the present. inmates at a rate of 175 cents per hour to make a minimum of $8 per week; (8) Unemployment Insurance, and the passage of the ioe of working people who have piled, Ronee Unemployment Insurance ill. The Detroit Conference for Un- ployment Relief and Insurance, representing 38 trade unions, ten unemployed locals, and 46 frater- nal and other organizations, calls this meeting and demands of the Welfare Commission and Mr, Bal- lenger to come to the Arena Gar- dens and state before the employed and unemployed workers of this clty why these attacks are made and to publicly give an answer to these demands. Unemployed workers of the neighborhoods: Organize and come to this meeting. Trade Union workers and em- ployed workers—part time workers —Men and Women—Young and Old—Negro and White—all out for adequate Winter Relief—for in- creased Relief—for Unemployment Insurance. All out to the County-wide Mass Meeting, Arena Gardens (Wood- ward at Hendrie), Sunday, Decem- ber 2, 2 p.m. Admission free. Signed: Detroit Conference for Unemployment Relief and Insurance, repre- senting 38 local unions, 10 unem- ployed organizations, and 46 fraternal and Social organizations. Perkins Sanctions Company Unions (Continued from Page 1) the “labor provisions” of the N. R. A. with the Labor Department as a front, Madame Secretary declined to comment. She admitted, how- ever, that she had read of the plan. What is in the offing for labor as far as majority representation and the threat of the company union was made quite clear when Sec- retary Perkins, using typical Rich- berg talk, tried to convince skép- tical correspondents that the Roose- velt administration had used only its good offices in last year’s auto- mobile “trouble,” and that the notorious proportional voting (com- pany ftinion) and Auto Board settle- ment was “a voluntary contract” between the employers and employ- ees; in brief, that the Roosevelt ad- ministration had not used every means at its disposal to break the emerging strike ~ In the meantime, the govern- ment, it is understood, is drawing up an “economy” program that threatens the dismissal of many employees. It is reported that de- partment heads have been notified by budget officials to cut costs in submitting their estimates for the new budget for the fiscal year be- ginning July 1, 1935. War prepara- tions expenditures, however, are to be increase? ‘New (tise Breaks ‘Loose Among Nazis (Continued from Page 1) over the middle class, numbered | 3,000,000. However, in the last six months hundreds of thousands of young soldiers under 25 years have been sunimarily expelled and told to enter the horrible forced labor camps as a last resort. Further- more, the ugly memories of the “purge” of June 30, with their uni- versally known background of quar- Tels for powér among the Nazi chieftains and the dark accusations of corruption and degeneracy which then filled the air, are being resur- rected in an atmosphere tense with disgust and rebellion, ‘The tempest now growing in mili- tary quarters is assuming tremen- dous proportions, The various armed divisions, including the police, amount to over 4,000,000 men, and the working class forces among the soldiers is rapidly increasing. How- ever, the forces of discontent among the soldiery generally can only be understood on the basis of the ter- tific blows which recent economic and political crises have dealt Ger- man capitalism. Instability Grows Thus the recent failure of the at- tempt to set up a Fascist State Church conspicuously provided an outlet for the pent-up rage and dis- satisfaction generated among the broad masses by fascism’s efforts to save the profits of the exploiters. The desperate plight of the utterly ruined peasantry, lately expressed in violent open struggle against the police, is only another indication of the growing instability of the Nazi regime. The German prole- tariat, above all, in numerous and swift strikes, in letters and even demonstrations, has shown its grow- ing desire for greater anti-fascist action. Arising out of Hitler’s necessity to seize the Saar territory at any price, the factor of international violence and espionage has so in- flamed the war situation in Europe that the present state of emergency of the German army is also a direct result of fascist savagery and ag- gression practiced by Hitler’s agénts even beyond the borders of Ger- many, in the Saar, Dantzig, Alsece, Poland, etc. Thus, because of the desperation of Germany’s capital- ists. both in its domestic market and in its rivalry with other imperialist powers, the year and a half’s sow- | —A picture of forced labor and deep | Nazis Fire Men Hire Women At Lower Pay STUTTGART, Germany, Nov. 27. working class misery in the face of the coming winter and an ex- posure of the complete unreliability of Hitler’s unemployment statistics is revealed in many recent events here. In an artificial silk factory at Freiburg-Breisgau, the Nazi man- ager lately dismissed all unmarried workers and replaced them by wives of jobless men. These women are paid 60 marks ($15) a month, while their husbands lose all unemploy- ment benefits. In many cases, espe- cially in families where there are children, the family income is smaller than when they were on unemployment relief. A recent visitor to Thuringia de- scribed the scene as “one of pro- found misery. Thousands of peo- work, earn just enough to buy a few potatoes and a pound of salt, which constitute practically all their food. At Steinheide, 225 out of 250 inhabitants are living on subsidies. In Sonneburg, a workers’ section, 33,000 of 80,000 people are living on unemployment benefits. The dreaded war-time necessity of wear- ing clothing made out of paper and cardboerd is gradually returning in these days of bitter cold.” Another Fur Shop Settles In Detroit (Special to the Daily Worker) DETROIT, Mich. Nov. 27.—As the general strike in the Detroit Fur industry today concluded its second. week, another fur shop set- tled on the union's terms, making eighteen in all. Twenty-one shops are still out. The strike is led by the militant Fur Workers Associa- tion, affiliated with the Trade Union Unity League, and the overwhelm- the industry have been involved. Mass picketing has taken place daily and the spirit of the strikers is strong. All the settlements are a hundred per cent victory for the workers, including wage increases ranging from 45 to 100 per cent, a 35-hour, five-day week, time and a half for overtime, equal pay for equal work, equal division of work, legal holi- ing of their tool, Hitler, may now reap the inevitable harvest, \ days off, and recognition of the union. |the defense by the I. L. D., which ple, in return for a painful day’s f ing majority of the 350 workers in | boy: N egroes in Jamaica Attacked by Police As They Go On Strike KINGSTON, Jamaica, B. W. I. (By Mail).—Negro laborers on road construction work at Ips- wich went on strike early this month against starvaticn wages of 12 to 24 cents a day. Local police attempting to break the strike were driven off by the mil- itant workers, with severe in- juriies to District Constable Grant of Lacovia who led the police at- tack on the strikers. An armed police detachment was dispatched from Black River to the scene, and the Daily Gleaner of this city later re- ported that “the mob was scared and order restored.” Unity Urged in Scottsboro Fight | | | (Continued from Page 1) papers in the Patterson case are being perfected by these attorneys, Osmond K. Fraenkel, who is re- tained by the I. L. D. in charge of appeals, and Walter N. Pollak, em- inent constitutional attorney who) prepared the papers and made the arguments in the first successful appeal to the U. S. Supreme Court. Courts Forced to Recognize LL.D, “In granting this stay, and in accepting these briefs, the Alabama | State Supreme Court and the U. S.) Supreme Court have recognized from a legal point of view the fact that the I. L. D., which has handled these cases from the beginning, is still in complete charge of them. “There is now more than ever a/ necessity for united action by all) friends of the Scottsboro boys, by| all those who wish to see justice done in these cases, by all friends of Negro freedom. “But at this crucial moment, in- stead of unity, there is division, and it should be quite clear that such a situation can only react to the detriment of the boys, to the harm of the fight for the issues in- | volved in the case, and of the cause of freedom for the Negro people. Attacks on LL.D. Unjustified “Mr, Samuel Leibowitz, Dr. George E. Haynes, Mr. William N. Davis and others have made cer- tain charges against the conduct of we feel, ar not only incorrect and unjustified, but have the effect of harming the defense of the boys. “The most serious of these charges is that which alleges ne- glect in the filing of the briefs in the case. This charge in effect justifies the trickery of Judge Callahan and Attorney-General Thomas E. Knight in their attempt to rob Haywood Patterson of his appeal rights. The facts in this matter have been amply detailed in the statements’ by the attorneys in- volved, which prove, fact by fact, and document by document, that the charge is without foundation. In spite of whatever differences of opinion may exist, it stands as an uncontrovertible fact that it is the defense which the I. L. D, Has guided and conducted for three and one-half years which has kept these boys alive. Important points have been gained in the face of the most determined efforts to consummate the legal lynching of these boys. “Nothing must now be permitted to stand in the way of a united de- fense, of joint efforts by all lovers of justice, all those who bélieve in the struggles of the Negro people for their civic rights, to obtain the unconditional freedom of the nine innocent Scottsboro boys. “Every division at this time plays into the hands of those who would lyfich these boys. A solid front in the fight for their release strength- soe those of us trying to save their ves. “The National Scottsboro-Hern- don Action Committee was set up by a conference of delegates from 242 organizations, representing 190,- 000 people, around a program to rally the widest support from all or- ganizations and individuals behind the International Labor Defense in its conduct of the Scottsboro de- fense. “We stand for an uncompromising fight for the unconditional freedom of the Scottsboro boys. “We stand, therefore, for the broadest unity of all individuals and organizations who desire the ac- complishment of this end. “We feel that on this single is- sue there is room for all sincere and honest people to stand to- gether, irrespective of their political or religious affiliation or sympathy. Unity Declared Essential “This is pressing. Delay cannot be permitted to interfere with the establishment of the united effort which is the need of the moment. “To achieve this essential unity, we propose that a conference be arranged during the week of Nov. 25 at which representatives of the American Scottsboro Committee will meet with representatives of the National Scottsboro-Herncon Action Committee to discuss how steps can be taken to present a solid front in the fight for the unconditional freedom of the Scottsboro boys. “We feel sure that you will give prompt attention to this communi- cation, take prompt action upon it, and notify us at the above address of your decisions. “Yours for united action on be- half of the nine innocent Negro ‘s, “NATIONAL SCOTTSBORO- HERNDON ACTION COMM. “Samuel C, Patterson, Sec’ 8. O. of Claremont, Va. when he renewed his yearly subscription, sent an extra $1 for the Daily Worker drive. “It is the best I can do, as my incomé dried up out West the past summer.” The Daily Worker fights for genuine relief for workers and farmers. Contribute to the $60,- 000 fund! 1 On Planning (Continued from Page 1) by Miss van Kleek have been con- firmed by the experiences of the one country which has already established a planned economy under workers’ control, the Soviet Union. There was, she said, a lack of data sufficient for significant meas- urements of standards of living or the limits of productive capacity. This research is hampered by the secret patents of monopolies, and the unwillingness of manufacturers to set up standards, But enough information is avail- able to show the glaring inade- quacies of the living standards of the American working people. Miss van Kleek challenged the conten- tion of reactionaries that the masses have to endure low stand- ards because production is too effi- cient. She called attention to “the alarming insufficiency of the food supply of the American people, the low standard of housing for dwel- | ings, the growing obsolescence’ in machiwrry, the insufficiency of clothing, and the menacing dete- rioration in education and in health service, not to mention the im- possibility. of maintaining or de- veloping the arts and the sciences.” She used official figures to illu- strate that enough food was pro- duced in 1929, a so-called prosperity year, to furnish a “liberal’ diet as worked out by experts in the De- partment of Agriculture, In terms of this standard the present diet of the American people is poorly bal- anced and inadequate in total quantity. This is because poverty drives workers and farmers to eat salt pork which is cheaper than milk and vegetables. A recent sur- vey showed that in: 19 cities over 14 per cent of the families were unable to afford any fresh milk at all. Because of the limitations of cap- italist production in 1929, there was a shortage of 27 billion pounds of milk and cream, two billion pounds of butter, seven billion pounds of vegetables, three billion pounds of fruits, fourteen billion pounds of | eggs, besides a shortage of other vital foods in terms of the govern- ment’s own standard as to what a liberal diet requires. Besides food, there was a shortage of decent housing, deficiences in clothing so that only about one- half a suit per man and boy was being manufactured. Then there were deficiencies in provisions for education. In the school year, 1933- 34, two thousand rural schools failed to open in 24 states, and some 2,280,000 children who should have been in school were forced out be- cause the present system will not provide for such “luxuries” as edu- cation for the masses. Miss van Kleek then spoke on Jack of adequate health services. She said that “large numbers of the population are unable to pay for médical services if it is avail- — able in their communities, and that in many communities and indeed in whole counties there is no adequate medical service as measured by very moderate standards of actual practice.” On the basis of facts such as those cited above, Miss van Kleek ridiculed the ballyhoo raised by re- actionaries that the crisis is due to the production of a. “surplus.” What is needed, and what could be pro- vided in a functional economy un- der workers’ control, is increased productive output to meet the real needs of the masses. For example, in 1983 the A. A. A. called for the retirement of 40,000,000 acres from production at a time when the needs of the massés required the cultivation of an additional 40,000,- 000 acres. In discussing the dynamics of plannihg, Miss Van Kleeck em- phasized that planning would cover every phase of the production cycle: the establishment of stand- ards, actual production, distribution, utilization and final liquidation in order to meet progressively rising standards of living. All phases must be under planning control, otherwise friction might develop that would wreck the whole pro- ductive mechanism. Planning would see to it that there would be an uninterrupted flow from one phase to the other with the constant ob- jective, not profits, but the fulfill- ment of human needs. Her conclusion centered around the important problem of control. At all points in an integrated social economic plan there emerges the problem of social controls. Without the solution of this question, it is impossible to speak meaningfully of the fulfillment of planning, Only a workers’ controlled econ- omy could push through the neces- sary risé in living standards, once the profit system was destroyed. It is workers’ control that is con- sistent with technological develop- ment and the applications of science, and the full utilization of the services of technicians in a so- ciety in which they, too, would be workers. Miss Van Kleek appealed to the technicians to become “aware of the significance of the working class ‘2 modern industry.” She posed tie fact that the technicians must de- cide whether they would continue to face in the direction of an out- moded economy which does not utilize the potential plenty that could be achieved. They must turn in the direction of the workers, and together bring about the necessary changes in American life. She said that the I. R. I. Research Group, which is an international body initiated as a result of the World Social .Economic Congress, ,| “stands ready to link together ¢co- nomists and technicians in America and in other countries” who are willing to engage in ‘research in planning in preparation for the day when the workers will seize control, and begin economic planning of the kind practiced in the Soviet Union, 7 ——> RE