The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 30, 1934, Page 3

PROTESTS MOUNT IN P Workers Will | Mass at Relief Office Monday Loeal Meetings Called; Protest at Constable Office Today PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 20.— Achie Energetic Struggle Being Waged in All Big Fur Centers This is the third and final of a series of articles revealing charges Vigilance of Fur Union v i DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1934 s M Victori of the union, after $20,000 has been |stein, an official of the Interna- expended during the past 11 months. tional, went to Buffalo where the Win Demands of Workers In centers outside New York the }Fur Workers Industrial Union has |put over an agreement for the 40- |hour week. When Goldsiein returned to |furriers were on strike and helped | ‘ | . Bigs foneiee a f for the 40 | Indefinite Postpone- Planes in Excess of Treaty Limitations Ordered Croan Ends | |Mass Opposition Forces| ment of Case | ‘Riot’ Charges Turtle Creek | Army Dod ges Treaty On Plane Construction By Trick Contracts in Guise of Spare Parts, Glenn L. Mariin been carrying on energetic strug- gles and winning demands for the Philadelphia he helped prolong the | strike by promising the bosses the} PITTSBURGH, Pa., Nov. 29— | Worker Reveals in Letter Page 3 So HILADELPHIA EVICTION SLAYING Detroit “Daily Drive Needs To Be Spurred Special Measures Are Urged to Complete Campaign Quota 1 Detroit has forged rapidly A mounting wave of protest ac-) furriers. In Los Angeles, for ex-/40-hour week. As a result, the In-| Faced with the resentment of the | =“ since the beginning of this tions are being arranged by the Unemployment Councvils here pro- testing the police murder of Wil- liam Heaterly, a jobless Negro, who was murdered Tuesday as the po- lice sought to evict him and his family from their home at 1011 Callow Hill St. Every Council local in the city has arranged neighborhood mass meetings. A city-wide protest dem- onstration will be held Friday noon at the office of Constable Gillman, 1125 Girard Ave. who carried through the eviction and upon whom the Councils directly place responsibility for the murder. A city-wide demonstration will be held Monday morning at 9 o'clock before the County Relief Office, 1450 Cherry St. A delegation from the Councils, the League of Struggle for Negro Rights, and other organizations and trade unions will protest the cold- blooded murder before Mayor Moore, Chief of Police LaStrange, and City Council Chairman Cox. The mass meetings, the demonstra- tions and the delegations will de- mand the immediate rescinding of all eviction laws and the passing of a city ordinance against evictions, and immediate punishment of the murders. William Heaterly was shot and killed in his home Tuesday and his brother Samuel was slugged into unconsciousness when the police, led by Constable Gillman, sought to evict them. The police visit was the second in the course of a week. Neighbors had massed before the Heaterly home to stop the eviction. Police reserves were called. They smashed through the workers’ lines, battered down the doors, and en- tered with drawm guns. William Heaterly was cornered in a room and shot down. His brother Samuel, who fled before the gun frie, was captured, beaten into unconscious- ness, and spirited away. The murder of Heaterly climaxes a wave of evictions and a reign of police terror which is directed with redoubled intensity against the Ne- gre people who constitute one-third of those on the relief lists. Relief is pitifully inadequate at best, and yet a double standard is maintained—larger budgets for un- employed white workers and for those who fight for their relief standards. Rents are not paid. In addition to mass attendance at all the protest -actions, the Councils urge all workers and their organizations to send resolutions protesting the murder, demanding the removal of Police Chief La Strange, and an ordinance against evictions to Mayor Moore and City Council Chairman Cox. Delega- tions should be sent to the City Council demanding an end to all evictions. Protests should be sent demanding the removal from office of Constable Gillman, and protest. actions arranged in the neighbor- hoods and at the relief stations. Tonight at 8 o'clock the North Philadelphia) Unemployment Coun- cils will hold a mass protest meet- ing at the Saint Phillips Baptist Church, 336 North Tenth St., near the home of the murdered worker. of corruption brought against the Compliance Division of the Fur Code Authority by the Fur Work- ers’ Industrial Union. Previous articles cited charges that Code Authority inspectors had helped the employers cut wages and that the chief inspector, Morris Sham- business for firms. By Sender Garkn Article 111 RES of complaints against. long hours, payments below the scale and piece-work could be cited in the fur industry. A worker, Ethel Sissman, working for Meckler and Horowitz, 350 Sev- enth Avenue, declared: “I am a finisher in the above | shop, working 44 hours for $22 per week. The conditions in the shop are very bad, workers working as late as 7 p.m, daily. “I went up to the N. R. A. Board and appeared before a committee of about 10 men. They listened to my case and told me to go home and wait for a communicatién from them. So far nothing has been done for me by the N. R. A.” (Signed) ETHEL SISSMAN. According to the Code, as well as the agreement, the following was established as the scale of wages: *Cutters, first class, $50-$60; sec- ond class, $44; operators, first class, $41.80; second class, $35.20; nailers, first class, $39.60; second class, $33; finishers, first class, $38.50; tapers ahd stayers, $30.80. Struggling against the fur manu- facturers and their agents in the Compliance Division, the Fur Workers’ Industrial Union has scored numerous victories and achieved a number of gains for its members. Describe Union Activities A summary report of the union’s activities from January 1 to Nov. 1, 1934, shows some of the following highlights: Shops declared on strike for viola- tions of the union agreement, 710; shop strikes settled, 689 (some of these shops are still on strike); com- plaints of workers settled by organ- from Jan. 1 to Nov. 1, 504; open shops organized, 229; increases to scale ‘Obtained for 1,184 workers ranging from $2.50 to $12.50 a week. Increases obtained for 1,200 workers in 200 shops in July, ranging from $2.50 to $12.50 weekly. Total number of leaflets issued, 240,000. One of the basic achievements of the Fur Workers Industrial Union is the Unemployment Insurance Fund, 114 per cent of which is con- tributed by the bosses, with a spe~- cial committee of the union admin- istering the entire fund. $28,000 was raised for this fund during the pres- ent year. A balance of $10,000 from the past year brought the total to $38,000, The sum of $18,000 is still AFFAIRS FOR THE DAILY WORKER Philadelphia, Pa. Branch 535 wil hold an affair for Daily Worker on Saturday, Dec. 1 at 4088 Germantown Ave.’ This will be & fimal effort to raise money to set our District over the top. All friends are invited. perce and Party given by U1 FP. Qat. Dec. 1 at 1391 N. 3 Mis St. Interesting program. Adm. free, Buffalo, N.Y. Daily Worker Dance, Friday, Dee. 7 at 760 Main St. Adm. 28¢. Rochester, N. Y. Red Press Nite, Seturday, Dec. 1, 21 7:30 p.m. Workers Center, 443 Or- Al inel, refreshments. Good program, Bridgeport, Conn. Cabaret and Ball, Saturday, Dec. 1, 7 p.m. at 280 Spruce St. Revolution- ary entertainment. Adm. 28, Hot supper served for 15¢ extra. Cleveland, Ohio Gala Affair given by Unit 28, Sat., Dec. 1, 8 p.m. at new IW.O. head- quarters, 879 B. 105th St. Adm. 10c. Detroit, Mich. Daily Worker Victory Celebration. 8 at 8 p.m. Finnish Hall, 5969 14th St., near McGraw. Good Pro- gram, Dancing, Refreshments, Adm. in ady. 15c, at door 200, Passaic, N. J. Entertainment and Dance, Satur- day, Dec. 1 at 40 Third &t., W.L.T. Speakers, Dancer, 8 p.m. Chicago, Ill. House Party, Friday. Dec. 7 at 6052 Gidding Ave. at home of Henry Glaz, Adm. free. Ausp.: Sec. &, Unit Musicale, Food Melody at 2037 Montrose Ave., Sunday, Dec. 2, at & p.m, Ausp.: Unit 411 ©.P. Akron, Ohio Concert and Dance given at Ukrain- jan Hall, 562 Corice St., Saturday, Dec. 1, 7:30 p.m., to celebrate the achievement of Akron Section’s quota in the Daily Worker Drive. Singers, dancers. Dancing till midnight. Ad- mission 20c. in adv., 25¢ at door. WHAT’S ON RATES: &5¢ for 3 lines on weekdays, Friday and Saturday 50¢. Money must necompany notices, Chicago, Ill. ‘The International Workers Order, Junior Section, is holding » huge rally at People Auditorium, Dec. 22, and are asking all workers’ organi- % tations not to arrange any affairs for that day. Pirst Annual Dance given by Painters Br. 565 LW.O, Saturday, Dec. 8 at Mirror Hall, 1186 N. Western Ave. Adm. 25¢ in ady., 35¢ at door, | Philadelphia, Pa. Lewis Bentzley, leader of the Na- tional Farmers’ Movement, speaks at the Workers School Forum, Friday . on “The Parmer Under 908 Chestnut St., 5th floor. ‘Mass meeting in defense of the Scottsboro boys. Ruby Bates, main speaker, Saturday, Dec. 1, at 2456 WN. 30th St. Adm. 15c. Concert and Report of the Inter- national Women’s Congress Against War and Fascism, Mother Bloor, Friday, Dec. 7, 8 p.m. ‘Ie. Ausp.: City Comm, Working Wo- men's Councils. Jubilee Concert of 20 years of pro- Ietarian musical development of the celebrated proletarian composer, Comrade Jacob Schaefer, Friday, Nov. 30 at Mercantile Hall, Broad and Master Streets. “Einziger Span” will be performed. Tickets 40c, at 316 Washington Squere Bidz, 7th and Chestnut Sts. | Boston, Mass. Thomas Boyd, veteran and author, will review “Veterans on the March’ “by Jack Douglas, Friday, Nov. at Hotel Bradford, Tremont 8t., 8 p.m. Adm. 25c. Tickets free with shop, 216 Broadway. “Oust” the Jinx” Party with plenty of laughs, music and fun, Sunday, Dec. 2, 8 p.m. at 12 Hayward Place, the Sacco-Vanzetti Room. Subs, 18¢. Providence, R. I. First Annual Bazaar of Labor Educa- tion Association. Three evenings: Thursday, Nov. 29; Priday, Nov. 30; and Saturday, Dec. 1, at 1755 West- minster St. Starts 7 p.m. Adm. 16c. Bargains, dancing, entertainment. Cleveland, Ohio Michael cold, on lecture tour for the New Masses, speaks on “The Crisis in Modern Literature,” Satur- day evening, Dec, 1, at News Au- ditorium, E. 18th and Superior Ave. at a meeting arranged by the John Reed Club. Adm. 25c. Supper and Dance given by West Side Hungarian LL.D. Br. Saturday, Dec. 1 at West Side Hungarian Workers Home, 4309 Lorain Ave., 7:30 p.m. Benefit Political Prisoners. Adm. 35c. Rochester, N. Y. Michael Gold on lecture tour for the New Masses, speaks on ‘The Crisis in Modern Literature,” Friday Eve., Nov. 30, at Lithuanian Ball, 875 Joseph Ave. at a meeting arrani |izers, 3,017; shop visits made by or-| ganizers, 14,426; discharged workers | jreinstated, 187; agreements signed | available for unemployed members | 30, $1 purchase at International Book- | | federal housing. projects. Under |trolled by the right wing Interna- roth, had used his office to solictt | y ight wing Interna- | ample, where the Industrial Union has a majority of the furriers, the| 35-hour week has been won, In Chicago, where the same situation | exists, the union has compelled the manufacturers to grant the 35-hour week. However, in those shops con- | tional, workers are compelled to put | in a 40-44 hour week. In St. Paul and Minneapolis | where the International still con- |trols the majority of the workers | though terrorism, the 40-44 hour | week prevails. In Boston, too, where | the International reigns, workers put in the 40-hour week. Leaders of the Fur Workers In- dustrial Union tell how leaders of the right wing International in Philadelphia helped the bosses in preventing a complete victory in the struggle for the 35-hour week, in- crease in wages, no discharges, and | for an unemployment fund. The strike had almost come to a vic- torious conclusion, Industrial Union leaders charge, when Harold Gold- ‘Strike Army in \Has Reached the Million Mar in the first eight months of th ber involved in the general textile strike of September, and other strikes during the same month, and the figure rises to well over the mil- lion mark. Thus the number of strikers in the first nine months of 1934 al- ready exceeds the total for the en- tire year 1933 as reported by this |government agency. And 1933, in turn, showed more strikes (again using government figures) than in any year since 1921, and more strik- ers involved than for any year since 1923. In the first eight months of 1934, | cha) ey | were won, dustrial Union was forced to com- promise on settlement for the 36- |hour week, after a six weeks’ strike, All the other demands, The 35-hour week was gained for the Cleveland furriers, leaders of the Industrial Union point out, as a result of the united front action of the left wing furriers and the A. F. of L. local of the Interna- tional, affiliated with the United National Committee of the N.T.W.I. and LF.W.U, A general strike of furriers is now on in its third week in Detroit. |The chief demand here is for the 35-hour week. Two organizers of the Fur Workers Industrial Union are on the ground, and are aiding the local leadership in bringing the struggle to a victorious conclusion. In every fur center of the coun- try, leaders of the Industrial Union declare, the organization is waging energetic struggles and winning more and more concessions for the workers. iS. His Voar By Labor Research Association At least one million workers were involved in strikes in| district attorney's office had been | the United States in the nine months ending Sept. 30. This is clear from an examination of the United States Depart-| mon. | ment of Labor’s figures of 998 strikes with 738,586 workers | e year. Add to this the num- also, the average number of work- ers involved per dispute (740), was larger than in any year since 1916, excepting 1919 and 1922. Below is the strike record for each year since 1927 as reported by the United States Department of Labor, whose figures, incidentally, are ex- | tremely conservative and fragmen- tary, as admitted by many observ- ers. For example, this bureau has omitted from its compilations the second strike of some 30,000 New York City taxi drivers which began March 14. Number of Number of Average Number Number of Workers Man Days Workers Per Disputes Involved Lost Dispute 1927 os 734 349,434 37,799,000 476 1928 629 357,145 31,557,000 568 1929 903 230,463 9,975,000 255 1930 653 158,114 2,730,000 242 1931 894* 279,299 6,838,000 312 | 1932 808°* 242,829 6,463,000 301 1983. » 1,562 812,137 14,819,000 513 1934 (8 months) 993 738,586 13,310,000 740 Labor Fact Book II (p. 125) erroneously gave this figure as 312. Same as above; figure erroneously reported as 301. Action on Workers’ Bill Sought in Madison, Ill. | MADISON, Ill, Nov. 29.—The Unemployment Council has calied | upon all workers to assemble at the open hearing of the Village Board Tuesday, Dec. 4, when the unem- ployed will present demands for the endorsement of the Workers’ Un- employment Insurance and the financing of a delegation to the National Congress for Unemploy- ment Insurance. A committee of six workers pre- sented these demands to the Village Board last Saturday after one hun- dred had marched on the City Hall. The Village Board at that time voted to call the open hearing for Tuesday. however, to ~~ | beaten by a squad of 45 deputies. | Turtle Creek citizenry against the | frame-up of three workers of that |community on charges of “inciting riot” and “obstructing legal process,” Assistant District. Attor-| ney Chauncey Pruger was forced to| pronounce their trial “postponed indefinitely” in court this morning. |The three, now at liberty under bail i $1,000 each, are James Snyder, | | John Hutsko and Meredith Mauk. | So aroused are the workers at the obyious attempt to railroad three | innocent men to the workhouse \that the town council of Turtle | |Creek urged their release by | unanimous vote, a Democratic Club jonly last week demanded their | | freedom, and the other day a peti-| | tion was handed to District Attor- | | ney Parks containing 600 signatures | of borough residents. The three were arrested last Jun | assembled to prevent the eviction | |of a Turtle Creek family were bru- | |tally attacked, tear-gassed and | In attempting to cover up the fact that this third postponement | of the Turtle Creek case was forced | | by the veritable avalanche of pro-| | test sent to the district attorney by hundreds of workers and working class organizations, Pruger claimed that “no court was yet available” | for trial of the case, and that the unable to round up the long line of | witnesses which it plans to sum-| Jobless Force Concessions In Detroit | DETROIT, Nov. 29—A demon- | stration of 150 workers at the Fort | Street Welfare Station, organized by the Unemployment Council, |compelled the supervisor to receive a committee of five and to prom- ise immediate attention to thirteen cases that were presented. That same day an investigator came to the home of one of the cases and promised that he would receive an additional half ton of coal for cooking, a stove and stove- pipe, a mattress and blankets. The unemployed workers through- out the entire city are mobilizing for the great mass meeting this Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in Arena Gar- dens, Woodward Avenue and Hen- drie. The meeting, called by the De- troit Conference for Unemployment Relief and Insurance, will organize a determined struggle against the 10 to 30 per cent relief cuts that have been instituted in the past month. “I send you one dollar toward the | $60,000 drive. I'm out of work. I'm not a Communist, but I’m interested in your paper. A fellow in the rooming house where I’m living gets your paper daily, and I read it.” | 81 for the United States Army is now | al gations. |for a total of 129 ships, yet the} {company will have built 156 ships. e | Procurement officials of 1 | Field, Dayton, Ohio. The company when a crowd of workers who had/‘.'+,’ nuiid an experimental plane | broke up the organization. By a Worker Correspondent BALTIMORE, Md. Nov. 29.— Work on the government order for high-powered bombing planes in full swing at the Glenn L. Mar- tin Company. ment gets around their treaty obli- Together, these orders call The Martin Company also has submitted plans for a super type bomber. These plans have been ap- proved by the experimental and Wright |from these plans and if it proves | | successful it will be used as a model | for 200 or more additional ships under pro- gram. The workers employed at this plant receive average wages ranging from 40 to 60 cents per hour. This in itself is bad enough, yet ever so often they are laid off for periods anywhere from three months to one year between contracts. Speed-Up Instituted On this contract the company. is trying out ways and means to speed up production. In most depart- ments special time tickets must be filled out for each operation. Sev- eral workers are given similar jobs and are made to compete with one another. Different operations are combined so as to eliminate some of the workers. A special system has been going on for some time which tends to reduce the wage expenses of the company. Young, inexperienced workers are trained the 1936 procurement | to do the more skilled work. They soon learn to do the work, yet their wages are never brought up to the level of the experienced work | When a lay-off takes place, | are the last to be laid off and fi to be rehired. The American Federation of La- bor, toward the end of the last con- tract, tried to organize the workers they Early this summer the company | in this plant. They started strike | delivered the last of an order for 48 | talk going in the factory. Many planes. Each of these orders carries | Workers joined the union, No ac- a spare part clause which brought | tion, however, was taken. The the first contract to 60 planes and | union tried to close the factory with brings this order to 96 planes. In| an injunction. This, of course, this way, the United States govern- | failed. The president of the union de- cided to open an airplane factory of his own by having all union members buy $30 worth of stock. A | few of the workers bought stock | and a small factory was rented, not |however, building planes. They | are now engaged in building guinea pig pens. This, together with the inaction of the union, completely Workers Fight Discouragement | The workers now realize that set- ting up their own corporation to |compete with the Glenn Martin | Company won't solve their prob- |lems. There are plenty of com- | panies already, with large capital | good equipment and government connections. The only way for the | workers to better their conditions is |to rebuild the union on the basis | of a fighting program for better wages and working conditions | Many old union members are dis- |gusted with the union because of | the lack of activity. But being dis- gusted won't bring us better condi- | tions. At this time our main job is | to go back into the union, see that the A. F. of L. charter is retained, and work up a real program }around which the union can be built. This is the only way we can bet- ter our conditions. | Last winter, while the union was conducting a membership drive, the jcompany got worried and came | across with an increase in pay of close to five per cent. Marine Workers to Run Cleveland Open Forum CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. 29.—The seamen and longshoremen have or- ganized the Marine Workers Cen- ter as a recreational and educa- tional center. A series of forums on the vital issues of the day have been arranged on the following dates: December 2.—Fascism—What it is and how to fight it. December 9.—Unemployment In- surance and the Administration. December 16—The Negro Worker in the American Trade Unions. The forums start promptly at 7:30 p.m. Admission is but ten cents to defray expenses. The general pub- lic is welcome. cated at 1282 E. Ninth St. Unemployed workers with mem-| bership cards in Unemployment Councils are admitted free. Also union members whose books have | The Forums | unemployed stamps. are under the auspices of the Ma- Alfons Van Almies, Chicago. | rine Workers Industrial Union. Government Promises Bankers ‘Sweet Business’ By CARL REEVE | The “housing” program of the Roosevelt. government is an impor- tant phase of the accelerated drive to increase profits by hammering down the workers’ living standards. This “housing” program includes: 1) reduction of the building con- struction workers’ wages and through this reduction in wages, lowering of the whole wage level of all workers; 2) giving the employ- ers a free hand and financial aid in making more profits in all future building and eliminating govern- ment expenditure on housing in or- der not to eat into the profits of the private employers. The demagogy of the Roosevelt government regarding slum clear- ance, regarding low costing housing and big P. W. A. housing expendi- ture now turns out to be hollow talk. The greatly ballyhooed Fed- eral Housing Act sidetracked all the P. W. A. only ten million dollars has actually been disbursed for housing projects since it began in the summer of 1933, according to a U, S. Treas- ury statement of Nov. 23. These figures throw a startling light on the ballyhoo of Secretary of the Interior Ickes and other Roose- velt officials regarding great housing projects. A total of $150,000,000 has been “allotted” out of the three billion three hundred million dollars P. W. A. funds, a very small sum when the more than a billion spent out of P. W. A. on war preparations is taken into account. All of this $150,000,000 has been allotted to private contractors who are to build houses renting from $12 to $15 a room a month, a prohibitive figure when it is considered that families require more than one room. And: of this allotment, it is now revealed that only ten million dollars has actually been disbursed. The Federal Housing Admini- by the Fen & Hammer of noche istration, set up by the Federal; ance up to July, 1937.” In the Wage-Cutting Federal Housing Program Housing Act, is now the chief hous- ing program of the Roosevelt ad- ministration. What is its purpose? Here is what Roger Steffan, di- rector of Modernization of Credits, Federal Housing Administration, said to the bankers’ convention of the credit phase of the Act. “The plan is to release idle funds to sol- vent property owners now to repair, alter and improve their homes and business property. This should pro- vide an outlet for bank funds that will net a fair return. . . . Here is a chance to take some paper which is safe, liquid, profitable, will do an enormous amount of good and may be a real help to business recov- ery.” This is the heart of the Fed- eral Housing Act, now the “hous- ing program” of the Roosevelt gov- ernment. Loans are made to prop- erty owners by bankers, at inter- est up to 5 per cent, to be paid back in monthly installments, in- sured by the United States govern- ment, or guaranteed by security. ‘Chance to Make Some Money J. Howard Ardrey, Deputy Ad- ministrator, Federal Housing Ad- ministration, told the Bankers’ Convention regarding Titles II and TII of the Housing Act, which deal with insurance of amortized mort- gages: “If you will read this Act you will find in there the possibili- ties of your making some money, and you will find in there the possi- bilities of your being able to co- operate with this administration in the thing which it has done, on a basis that is sound and profitable.” Ardrey told the bankers how they could make profits from Title II of the Act, which “deals with insur- ance of mortgages made by a se- lected group of people—a selected group of people as makers, selected risks—in the property we are to in- sure.” . . . “The government does not touch it anywhere except in the administration, and in the guarantee of this mortgage insur- Title TIT of the Act provides for the forma- tion of national mortgage associa- tions, with five million dollars minimum capital. Regarding Title III of the Act, Ardrey said: “We can and will or- ganize national mortgage asso- ciations with five million capital reach. THEY WILL BE PROF- ITABLE. THEY WILL PAY DIVIDENDS. ... If any of you gentlemen are unwilling holders of mortgages which are sound and which we can insure, and you would like also fo find a ‘sweet’ piece of business that will pay you a profit, I invite your earn- est attention and examination and exploration of the possibili- ties of these two things under Titles If and II.” This aide of Roosevelt boasted to the Bankers’ Convention that he had been “for eighteen or nineteen years among that unhappy group of ‘Wall Street bankers.” Low Cost Housing Scrapped This is the “housing program” of the Roosevelt government—only ten million dollars disbursed to date by P. W. A. for housing, and a Housing Act aimed to bring profits to the bankers and covering only property owners, a complete scrapping of slum clearance and low cost hous- ing, of which Roosevelt has spoken so much. Secretary Ickes is still made use of for demagogic ballyhoo regard- ing government spending on low cost housing. But Housing Admin- istrator Moffett is meanwhile carry- ing through the “housing” program of the Roosevelt government—a bankers’ program aimed to increase the bankers’ profits. Wall Street Reassured The line of the Roosevelt govern- ment is stated in the Wall Street Journal of Noy. 26 in the following words: Nothing would do mcre to re- tard the progress of the co-opera- tive movement of the government and business to bring about the permanent recovery of the capital goods industry, of which con- | CHAS. struction constitutes an impor- District O7 JOHN tant part, than the suggested plan of Secretary of Interior Ickes to pump a large amount of federal funds into low cost housing. This is practically the unanimous opin- ion of the leading producers of building materials, who believe such a step would have a baneful effect on the growing confidence of finance and industry.” “The attitude of the government recently has become more reassur- ing,” adds the Wall Street Journal, praising Donald Richberg. In other words, Roosevelt is more openly scrapping his demagogic promises and speeding up the bank- ers’ program of “less government spending” for unemployed relief, of more direct and open aid to indus- try. and wage cuts. relief cuts and anti-strike arbitration boards for the workers. Secretary Ickes, as well as Mof- fett, openly demanded that “labor co-operate” in these bankers’ “housing” schemes by accepting wage cuts. The abolition of the thirty-cent an hour minimum work relief wage has the same wage cut- ting purpose. William Green replied that the “plan,” sugar coated with a promise of share the work, will be given “fair consideration.” That is, William Green and the A. F. of L. leadership have already promised the Roosevelt government support in its drive to cut the wages of the workers and given assurance that they will sabotage a fight | against the wage cut drive of Roosevelt. Roosevelt promises the bankers profits, and “sweet business” from | his housing program. He attempts to enforce a wage cut on the work- ers in his housing schemes. The housing program is a bankers’ pro- gram, NAR nn RR a iS OS NN i aad LiR NIV PNSASNS NER ON Meee The center is lo-| Los Angeles to Hold | 3-Day Press Bazaar | LOS ANGELES, Nov. 29.—The jannyal bazaar for the benefit of the | workers’ press will be held here in the Cultural Center at 230 South Spring Street, on Dec. 14, 15 and 16. Entertainment will be provided during the three days nd now outdistances Cieve- nd, with itis in heavy come tition. y three of its 15 sece tions have completed their quotas $60,000 drive in the Of the 17 mass organizations, only six have reached the 100 per cent mark Three sections—Kalamazoo, Mus- and Monroe—are still below per cent mong the Jewisn groups e raised barely $100 of their quota of $400. Two I. W. O. branches, in particular, are lagging badl: Nothing has been heard from the Greek groups. Special Measures Necessary With Detroit still in need of al- most $400, it is obvious that dras- tic, special measures must he taken in regard to every Party section and mass organization, if Detroit's work is to be carried through by Dec. 1. Though Detroit has pledged it- self to raise $1,000 above its quota by Dec. 8, at the latest, this does not obviate the absolute necessity for the district to fulfill its orig- inal $ task by the time set y the Central Committee! Affair, Dec. & The special affair at which Des troit expects to realize the addi- tional $1,000 it has pledged will take place on Dec. 8, at the Finnish Hall. It has been decided to give a ban- ner each to the section and mass organization reaching the highest Percentage in the drive. For the additional $1,000 the sece tions and organizations have taken the following quotas: Section 5—$100; Sections 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10—$25; Polish organ- izations—$50; Rumanian—$30; Rus- sian, Hungarian—$25; Bulgarian— $15. the BOSTON, Mass. MASS MEETING For United Front Against War and Fascism Speakers Clarence Hathaway Editor Daily James W. Ford Negro Communist Leader on ‘How Can the United Front of Se- cialist and Communist Workers Against War and Fascism Be Realized?” || SAT., Dee, 1 Tremont Temple 8 P.M. 82 Tremont St Ss REFRES) Admission in Advance lic GOOD PROGRAM — DAN | DETROIT, MICH. DAILY WORKER VICTORY CELEBRATION aturday, December 8th at 8 P. M. FINNS Boo Ale 5969—14th Street, near Me Graw iCE — GOOD ORCHESTRA HMENTS At Door 20¢ — Philadel | @ SUN. DEC. 2nd District phia, Pa. — || DAILY WORKER : | VICTORY BANQUET BROAD STREET MANSION Broad and Girard Ave. KRUMBEIN ganizer of New York SPARKS District Organizer of Boston will present the flag to our FREIHEIT GESANGS FAREIN WORKERS’ LABORATORY THEATRE ADMISSION: Official delegates from organizations free. who will collect $1 until the banquet, will be admitted free. Comrades JUBILEE To Celebrate 20 Years of the Proletarian Composer JACOB SCHAETER TICKETS 40 CENTS To be gotten from every singer or at the Freiheit Office— 318 Washington Sq. Bldg. Seventh and Chestnut Sts, CONCERT FRIDAY, NOV. 30th AT 8:00 P.M. MERCANTILE HALL BROAD and MASTER STS. PHILADELPHIA CHICAGO, ILL. Peoples Auditorium 2457 West Chicago Avenue “Newsboy” by Theatre Collective Freiheit Singing Society Music by 6-Piece Orch. FUN GALORE, FOR ALL Program: Gala Entertainment and Dance DANCING UNTIL 2??? All proceeds of this affair will go towards completing the Chi- cago District Quota in the Daily Worker $60,000 Drive. SATURDAY, DEC. Ist —s8 P.M. — Prizes will be presented to: Section having raised most money over quota—Lenin Set. Organization with highest amount.—Red Flag. Section far behind achieving quota. —Black Flag. !— EATS OF ALL KINDS