The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 1, 1934, Page 2

Page 2 DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1934 Central Labor Union Backs Social Insurance Congress NEW HAVE N GROUP CALLS CITY-WIDE PARLEY Action by Concord ON BILL Central Labor Union| Follows Long Discussion on State Unemployment Reserves Measure CONCORD, N. a. Nov. 30—The Concord Central Labor Union, after a heated debate employment insurance, endors' and long discussion on’ un- ed the National Congress for Unemployment Insurance, which will convene in Washing- ton, D. C., on Jan. 5 for a three-day s ment was passed at, the last regular meeting. The Granite Cutters Union here has arranged a symposium on Un- employment Insuranee, and has called upon all its members to co- operate in making the meééting & success. Délegates to the National Congress will be elected and steps taken to finance the large delega- tion from this city. | At the meeting of the Central/ Labor Union, the proposed unem- ployment reserve measure for New Hampshire, made on the basis of the recent report of the State Com- miésion of Unemployment, came up} for discussion, The majority of delegates were convinced that this measure holds nothing for the pres- | ent unemployed. Speakers pointed out that one must first obtain 4 job to be eligible for unemployment insurance under this measure, and that in no case will benefits be more than $15 for 16 weeks in the year. The minimum is set at $6. The conclusion arrived at was that the entire measure was opposed to the interests of organized labor. Under the new business, the Na- tional Congress for Unemployment Insurance came up. Previously, the call to the National Congress had been distributed to all delegates to the Central Labor Council. Manetivers were made to table| endorsement until further informa- tion was received from A. F. of L. President Green. Delegates brought) out that the Congress Call stipu-| lations are only covered by the | Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill. Endorsement to the National | Congress was then passed. Call New Haven Meeting NEW HAVEN, Conn., Noy. 30.— The local sponsoring committee here for the National Congress for Unemployment Insurance has ad- dréssed a call to all trade unions | and other working class groups, church societies, fraternal and ben- efit organizations to a city-wide conference on unemployment insur- ance to be held Friday, Dec. 14, at 8 p.m., at 857 Grand Avenue, New Haven. Among the local sponsors for the | call are Willard E. Uphaus, execu-/ tive secretary of the National Re-| ligion and Labor Foundation; L. M. Cory, Unemployment Protective As- | sociation; A. Sander, State Presi- | dent of the A. F. of L. Committee | for Unemployment Insurance and | others. Every local union in the city is being canvassed with the Congress Call, and are being urged to élect delegates to the National Congréss. The Journeymen Tailors is the latest to endorse the National Call, and has elected three delegates to the city conference, Since the predominant national- Ity here is Italian, the Italian Workers Club has decided to call a@ special city-wide connference of Italian groups for the purpose of endorsing the call and popularizing the Workers’ Bill and the Nationa! Congress. The local Y. M. C. A., together with the local sponsoring commit- tee, is arranging a forum on uhem- ployment insurance for some time during December. Steel Towns Show Advance In C.P. Vote PITTSBURGH, Nov. 30.—Election results just published show that the Communist Party scored consistent gains in almost every section of Al- legheny County, while the Socialist Party vote declined considerably. Harry M. Wicks, Communist can- didate for U. 8. Senator, polled 1,623 votes in this county, a 29 per cent gain over the 1932 Communist vote, In the 31st Congressional district, including such towns as Turtle Greek, Braddock, and other steel towns, the Communist candidate Polled 600 votes this year, compared with no Communist votes at all last year. The Socialist Party candidate William Adams, polled 1,108 votes, a drop of more than 80 per cent from the 1932 Socialist vote. In McKeesport, important indus- trial center, the Communist vote dropped from 63 to 43. But in the 10th Congressional district, the Com- munist vote rose from 1,129 in 1932 to 2,265 this year, while the So-/| Cialist vote dropped in tne various Congressional districts on an aver- age of 50 per cent. Trachienberg Banquet Will Be Held Tonight To Mark 50th Year | In acknowledgement of Alexander ‘Trachtenberg’s thirty years of ac- tivity in the working class move- ment, the Central Committee of the Communist Party will give a ban- quet tonight on the occasion of his | fiftieth birthday. Leading Party workers: have been | invited by the Central Committee | to the banquet so that the occasion can be made the springboard for an analytical discussion of the his- tory of the Party and its present ion. The endorse- Unity Proposals | To Go Before S. P. (Continued from Page 1) leadership has given verbal sup- por to the united front. Whether a vote of definite action at this meeting is the chief subject of dis- cussion in many sections of the labor movement today. Previous to his departure for Bos- ton yesterday, Hathaway issued a statement briefly setting forth the issues involved. “There is no valid reason for continued Socialist Party opposition to the united front in the United States,” Hathaway em- phasized. He cited the success of the united front in France, Italy and Austria. Communist Statement His statement follows: “We are going to Boston to press the Communist Party’s pre- posals for a united front of strug- Wages to Rise For Workers In the U.S.S.R. Closed Bread Stores No Longer Needed After January 1 (Special to the Daily Worker) MOSCOW, Nov. 30 (By Wireless) —The closed bread store system, | whieh for the last five years has provided the US.S.R. with bread and other foods at the lowest prices, will no longer be necessary after January 1. Parallel with the open purchasing of all food there will be a raise in all wages of manual and office workers, this not merely to overcome the slight rise of food prices but to mark the ex- tension of the sale of a thousand and oné consumers’ goods now available to the Soviet worker and peasant. These two questions were the their pledges will be confirmed by jmain subjects of discussion in a three-day plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ending today. Its resolution concerning the end of the ration system states: “First, to abolish on January 1, 1985, the card system supplying bread, flour, and cereals and to establish the universal sale of bread and other producets to the populations through the state co- operative shops. Second, to abol- ish all forms existing in the retail sale prices of bread, flour and cereals and to introduce single re- tail prices of these products in con- formity with several territorial zones. which will include definite groups, regions and districts as well as republics. gle on a number of immediate issues on a number of immediate broad masses of workers. “The National Executive Com- mittee of the Socialist Party, which nieets in Boston on Satur- day and Sunday, declared at its last meeting in Milwaukee that | at this December session it would again consider the United Front. Since the Milwaukee meeting the Second International, with which the Socialist Party is affiliated, has given each affiliated Party the right to determine its own atti- tude toward the United Front. The French, Italian, Austtlan and a number of other Socialist Par- tles have already concluded United Front agreements with the Communist Party. There can be no valid reason for continued So- cislist Party opposition to the United Front in the States. “We will urge united action against Roosevelt's new attacks on the unemployed and employed workers (relief and wage cuts, ete.) and for improved conditions for workers; we will urge united | struggle against war and against fascism. The recent disclosures of growing fascist activities taken together with the administration’s hunger policies makes united action imperative. We will do our best to convince the So- cialist Executive of the correct- néss of the Communist proposals.” Hathaway, Ford at Mass Meeting A report on the United Front di. cussions will be made at a mass meéting tonight, where Hathaway and Ford will be the ¢hief speak- ers, the Boston district committee of the Communist Party announces. Both will speak on the subject, “How Can the United Front of Socialist and Communist Workers Against War and Fascism Be Realized?” at the Trement Templé (Lorimer Hall), at 82 Tremont The situation of the unemployed |becomes more desperate day by day. The capitalist newspapers do not Teport the tragedies that are taking Place every day—yes, every hour and minute—throughout the country as a result of unemployment, low wages, etc. Oi{y when there is something “dramatic” or startling about such a tragedy, do the gutter sheets report. The misery of wide sections of the working population is growing. lashes in relief, wholesale removals from the relief rolls, cuts in scales on work projects to a starvation level, cutting down of hours on the jobs so that the pay on the relief jobs is only slightly higher than home relief, continued evictions— these are only a few of the ques- tions that face the army of 16,000,- 000 unemployed and their families. The government has a definite Plan: Roosevelt will endorse a so- called “unemployment insurance” bill, which will not grant a single penny to the unemployed. This bill will be of little benefit to the em- Ployed worksrs as well. and cannot go into effect before October 1936— taat is neany two yes. Subsistence Hommes‘e245 In addition, Roosevelt and Hop- kins propose to. herd the industrial |unemployed into “subsistence home- steads,” where the unemployed will raise their own food and work at scab rates in factories, in order to pay for their “homesteads.” The aim is to put the unemployed on their own, take the responsibility for relief off the shoulders of the government, scatter the unemployed over the countryside and make it difficult for them to carry on a fight. This is in line with the policy of the transient and C.C.C. camps. This will mean a lowering of the conditions of the unemployed and will be used in a drive against the tasks, wages of the shop workers. On top United | “This single price on bread and |othér products should be fixed ap- |proximately at a medium level |between existing high commercial \prices ard the too low ration prices. |In connection with the fact that this |circumstance will lead to «some |rise in the ration pri¢e of bread, the plenum of the Central Com- mittee, C.P.S.U. considers that a corresponding rise in the wages of workérs and employes should be effected, beginning January Ist. |Also scholarships to studérits, pen- |slon, @tc. are to be raised. There is to be abolished also the présent |system of rationing the supply of |bread to suppliers of agricultural |raw material; instead there will be developed the wide sale of bread and flour in all regions where there is delivery of agricultural raw ma- terial.”’ In connection with the establish- ment of a single rétail price on bread and flour the plenum fur- | ther decided to raise the delivery prices on agricultural raw material, | from collective and individual farm- ers, to establish the wide gale of grain forage, both to the population as well as to the state collective farms, |the price being fixed by the state. | The increase of the network of shops for trading in bread up to January 4, 1935, is intended to be no less than 10,000 units. | Street, near School Street, at 8 |P. . m. New York workers will have an opportunity to hear Hathaway dis- cuss the results of the meeting of the Communist Party delegation with the Socialist N.E.C. at a forum tomorrow night at thé Workers’ School, at 35 Hast 12th Street, on the subject, “Will There Be Fas- cism in the United States?” Social- ist Party members and followers have been particularly urged to at- end, the Workers’ School an- nounced. jot it all, the federal, state and local governments are carrying on a con- certed campaign to shift the burden of relief onto the shoulders of the workers by means of sales taxes, wage, fare’ taxes, etc. In short, a vicious offensive against the whole working class. The Workers’ Bill The burning issue of the hour, therefore, is the passing by the coming U. S. Congress of a system jof genuine unemployment and so- cial insurance. The only bill that ‘embodies principles that are of value to the workers, both employed and unemployed, is the Workers Unem- ployment and Social Insurance Bill. Tis has been demonstrated by the tremendous support given to the !Workers Bill by the rank and file of the A. F. of L.—more than 2,500 locals of the A. F. of L,, Railroad , Brotherhoods, ete.; six State Fed- jerations of Labor, 48 central labor | bodies, five international unions, large numbers of fraternal orders, youth, Negro, professional, veteran organizations, etc. The leaders of the A. F. of L. re-' zuise to give support to the Workets Bill. On the contrary, they will sup- Port any bill that Roosevelt and his “Committee on Economic Security” will propose. The question arises in ;the international unions, however, as to the right of the leaders of these unions to sabotage the deci- sions of conventions of the rank and file delegates of these unions. Thus, Mike Tighe, of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, cnd Thomas McMahon, of the United Texiile Workérs Union, | do nothing in support of the Work- ers Bill, despite the decision of the conventions. It is clear that here wwe have a fight that must be fought out by the rank and file against their reactionary leaders. This ap- Plies in somewhat similar measure to the State Federations of Labor. Urged to Speed Their With the largest districts racing to finish their quotas in the next few days, the $60,000 drive has entered its final stage. Four districts are now over the top (New Jersey went over too late for this tabulation) and Chicago has. guaranteed to go over tonight at its affair for the paper at the Peoples’ Auditorium. Detroit is ready to shoot across the line with $1,000 above its quota by the end of this week, at the latest—its “Victory Celebration” for the “Daily” takes place next Satur- day night at the Finnish Hall—and Cleveland has aroused all its forces to beat Detroit to the tape. Entire $60,000 Necessary Though the $43,000 that has comé in so far is a testimonial of the devotion of the American working class to the Daily Worker, the rest of the fund must be real- ized immediately if the Daily Worker is to be adequately as- sured of continued publication. The $60,000 is the minimum that is needed. This means that California, Seattle, Pittsburgh, Minneapolis, Received District Past Week 1—Boston 2New York City 3—Philadelphia 4—Buffalo 5—Pittsburgh Chicago 9—Minneapolis 10—Omaha 1i—North Dakota 12—Seattle 13—California 14—Newark 15—New Haven 16—Charlotte 17—Birmingham 18—Milwaukee 60.89, 13,00 10.15 26.00 19—Denver 20—Houston 21—St. Louis 22—West Virginia 28—Kentucky 24—Lotiisiana 35—Plorida 26—South Dakota Miscellaneous 1.00 473 4.15 TOTAL $2873.32 Speedy Completion of Drive Share of Work to Aid Milwaukee, Buffalo and the smaller districts must at once reconize their responsibility to rush the comple- tion of their quotas. The leadership in these districts must assume di- rect personal responsibility for the carrying out of this work. Cali- fornia, Seattle and Minneapolis, especially, must take special, all- embracing action. Affairs—unit, section and on a district scale—should be at once ar- ranged. A thorough circulation of collection lists should be made. Territories must be fully canvassed and personal visits and appeals for funds made to workers organiza- tions. “Daily” Calls for Speed The sum still needed to com- plete the $60,000 fund can be raised quickly, if determined steps are taken, and the Daily Worker calls on those districts that are behind not to dtag along for an- other minute. The district table for the week of Noy. 23-29 follows. (The proceeds of the New York District's Thanks- giving Eve banquet are not ineluded) : Percent. of quota 80.50 18.10 377.70 $43449.28 $60,000 Trotzk yite Is Prosecutor In Reliet Case CHICAGO, Noy. 30.—The anti- working class role of the Trotzkyites was again emphasized in the ap- pearance of Jack Scher, Trotzkyite attorney and man-Friday to Albert Goldman, as prosecutor for the Cicero, Til, relief bureau against Mrs. Kroc, a Bohemian worker framed up by relief officials on a charge of “assault and battery.” Max Naiman, International Labor Defense attorney, who was in Cicero at the time on another case, was asked by local workers to de- fend Mrs. Kroc. Appeating at the court to ask an adjournment, as he was then on a case in another court, Naiman found Scher repre- senting the relief officials. Scher strenuously opposed an adjourti- ment, his evident desire being to force the woman worker to trial without an attorney. The adjourn- ment was won over his protest. Scher, together with Albert Gold- ‘The rank and file, led by the opposi- tion, must take up the fight, Socialist Leaders The leaders of the Socialist Party refuse to endorse the Workers Bill. On the contrary, they mippert bills similar to the Wagner-Lewis bill, which has the endorsement of Roosevelt. The Socialist-controlled unem- ployed organizations, as also the Muste-controlled unemployed or- ganizations, on the other hand, have in the main endorsed the Workers’ Bill. The movement for welding to- | gether all forces to compel the U. S, Congress to pass a genuine unem- Ployment insurance bill, is being built in the organization of the Na- tional Congress for Unemployment and Social Insurance, which will be held in Washington on Jan. 5, 6 and 7. The leaders cf the Socialist and of the Muste controlled unem- Ployed organizations refuse to par- ticipate in the organization and ar- rangement of the National Congress, although several times they have been invited to do so. This raises a question as to their sincerity in endorsing the Workers , Bill. This shows that only the pres- Sure of the rank and file of their organizations forced them to give at least lip service in support of the Workers Bill and must force them to go further. Today the paramount issue before the unemployed organizations is unity. The leaders of the Socialist and of the Muste unemployed or- ganizations pretend that they are in favor of unity. But they declare jointly that they will support “unity with enybody except the Commu- nists and the National Unemploy- ment Council.” Unity Rejected When the Socialist and Muste or- ganizations planned demonstrations on Nov. 24th, the National Unem- ployment Council proposed the | | approaches the bloody terrorism of man and a number of other attor- neys, were dropped from its legal staff by the I. L. D. more than a year ago, when they were discov- ered in underhand Trotzkyite ac- tivities. He recently followed Gold- man into the Socialist Party. His connection with the Cicero relief bureau began as a case worker, de- veloping into his present status as prosecuting attorney for the relief officials against unemployed work- ers fighting for relief. Caretaker of the Office Of Anti-Fascist Paper Tortured by Saar Nazis (Special to the Daily Worker) SAARBRUOKEN,. Nov. 30.—(By Wireless)—As the Saar plebiscite the fascist “Deutsche Front” in- creases. A cértain Frau Weingaert- ner, caretaker of the editorial of- fice of a workers’ newspaper was pressed into unconsciousness in a wooden chest and covered with paper parcels. A note nearby de- clared that from now on she would “no longer incite any more chil- dren.” The note was signed “Heil Hitler.” Frau Weingaertner is a Pioneer leader. united front of all unemployed or- ganizations. This was rejected on the grounds that the National Un- employment Council have proven to be “disrupters.” That this is an idle excuse is Proven emphatically by the excellent united front demon- stration in Chicago, with the full participation of the Unemployment Council, which forced the Chicago Federation of Labor to endorse the demonstration and march, and brought into the streets 25,000 work- ers. In New York, on the other hand, because of the refusal of the united front by the Socialist leaders, the demonstration was poor, The Un- employment Council, at short notice, participated, but even the rank and file of the S,P.-controlled unem- Ployed organization could not under- stand why there were no speakers of the N.U.C., no N.U.C. members in the delegation. In both demon- strations, there was a splendid spirit of unity. Our questions to the Socialist and Muste leaders—Lasser and Fox, Ramuglia, Johnson and Truax—are, ;Who are the disrupters? Who is ,keeping the unemployed from unit- \ing their ranks so that they can put jup a battle for their rights? Who is fighting FOR unity and who is fighting AGAINST unity? Surely these people cannot pre- tend to be champions of unity, when! they profess to support the Workers | Bill, but refuse to participate in the National Congress. They cannot pretend to stand for the united front, when in all localities, they and their Heutenants do everything to prevent united action. They can- not pretend to stand for unification of the unemployed organizations, | when their reply to the unification Proposals of the National Unem-| Ployment Council of October 23rd Was silence! They cannot pretend to stand for real unity, when they Large Districts Gird |UnityUrged onS.P. For Decisive Efforts In $60,000 Fund Drive Four Areas Have Filled Quotas; Smaller Ones For Insurance (Continued from Page 1) speech of President Roosevelt at the recent Conference for Economic Security, in which he reférred to Plans for genuine social insurance as ‘fantastic.’ The speech of Post- master General Farley a few days later called upon the Democratic majority in Congress to ignore their pre-election promises. The orders issued by relief administrator Hop- kins were that wage-rates on relief wo:k shall no longer be based on a fixed minimum, but shall be de- termined in each locality in accord- ance with local conditions. “Surely, the present situation calls. for the most vigorous and united resistance on thé part of all who need and all who favor a fed- eral system of unémployment and social insurance which is to be pro- vided at the expense of the employ- ers and the government. “The National Congress for Un- employment and Social Insurance represents an attempt to éffect the necessary united action for social insurance. The individuals and or- ganizations who sponsor this Con- gress represent the great and grow- ing movement for such insurance among the workers, farmers, pro- fessional and other sections of the population. Like the movement it represents, the National Sponsoring IN SOVIE ecial to the MOSCOW, Nov. 35. (By pares the condition of these br: are the youngest in the U. S. Bolivian Army) Reported to Be In Full Retreat LA PAZ, Bolivia, Nov. 30.—The Bolivian army along the Pilcomayo River boundary of the Gran Chaco is in disorderly retreat along the entire front, an official dispatch from Paraguay reported. At the same time President J. L. T. Sor- Committee includes individuals and organizations of various political af- filiations and views. S. P. Invited “It is our hope and aim that the Congress shall in a fuller man- ner reflect the unity of all who agree on the necessity for a com- prehensive and adequate social in- surance program regardless of dif- ferences on other issues “For this reason, we renew our invitation to the Socialist Party to join the campaign and struggle and to participate in the National Con- gress for Unemployment and Social Insurance. Since many leaders and sub-divisions of the Socialist Party have already expressed their ap- Proval of the Workers Unemploy- ment and Social Insurance Bill, and of our plan for united action in sup- port of this, which embodies the principles of a social insurance pro- gram such as our Committee and the Congress aim to advance, we feel that it should be possible for you to join with the other partici- pating organizations and groups in this vital action. “We feel sure that the action you take in this vital matter will greatly interest not only the membership of the Socialist Party, but also the many millions of workers who through their trade-union, unem- Ployed, fraternal, veteran, profes- sional, cultural and other organiza- tions expressed their demand for genuine unemployment and social insurance by endorsing the Workers Unemployment and Social Insur- ance Bill. These masses have al- ready recognized or are rapidly learning that their urgent need for a system of compensation that can Safeguard them against loss of in- come because of unemployment, old- age, industrial accident and sick- ness and during periods of mater- nity, is being trifled with by un- scrupulous politicians and dema- gogues. They realize that such a system of compensation can be won only by united militant action and struggle. They have a right to de- mand of all political parties, that claim their support, a serious and energetic participation in this neces- sary struggle. “It is in behalf of these great and growing masses and in the in- terest of all who face the threat of destitution and greatly debased living standards, that we direct our- selves to you with the earnest in- vitation to join in a united mov Unity of All Unemployed Organizations the Vital Issue By I. AMTER —. ae zations, and leave outside the Na- tional Unemployment Council. Dividing the Unemployed The workers know that the N.U.C. was the first and today is the strong- est and only naYon-wide unem- ployed organization in the country, with organizations in forty-four states, in Alaska and Porto Rico. The formation of the opponent un- employed organization had only one result: to divide the unemployed. It could have only one aim: to fight against the National Unemployment Council. The purpose of the pro- posed unity of the Socialist and Muste organizations is to unite all forces in struggle against the Com- munists and the National Unem- Ployment Council. But that is not the final result. The consequence of this action will be a continuation of the division in the ranks of the unemployed, in- creasing antagonism and a weaken- ing of the forces in struggle for workers’ rights, Against this, the National Unem- ployment Council proposes a unity convention to unite all the unem- ‘ployed organizations in the country. The only conditions laid down for unity are that it shall be on a broad democratic basis, with the rank and file being fully informed on the negotiations and proceedings and that the program shall be a class struggle program. Unity Essential The struggles ahead demand unity, Who dares stand in the way of unity? In the interest of the working class, the Communists are fighting for unity. Without unity, the unemployed, both those organ- ized in the National Unemployment Council and in the opponent unem- Ployed organizations, and the unor- genized unemployed, will not be able to méet the coming vicious at- Propose to merge their own organi- ‘ tacks with full force ano, recently raised to the presi- dency by a coup d'etat, speaking for American oil and tin interests, appealed to the soldiers of the Bolivian army to hold fast against the advance of the Paraguayans. While the Paraguayan forces pushed on toward Forts Cururenda and d’Orbigny, the coalition gov- érnment of President Tejada of Paraguay found that its services of continuing the war for British im- perialism was meeting with mount- ing resistance throughout the coun- try. The utbearable poverty and the appalling number of those slaughtered in the conflict has led to a rising opposition on both sides toward the continuation of the war, and the cabinets of both countries are facing a dilemma for which either alternative signifies a defeat for their servile bourgeoisie. The termination of the war would mean the demobilization of huge armies to cities and farms where no means of subsistence await them; continuing the slaughter would ab- solutely result in the mutiny of the armies. Bolivian soldiers have al- ready been prohibited from carry- ing arms except at the moment of going into battle; afterwards the weapons are collected and locked up. Swiss Decree Forbids World Student Parley To Meet in Geneva (Special to the Daily Worker) ZURICH, Nov. 30 (By Wireless). —A decree of the Swiss Bundesrat, the parliament, forbids the meeting of the World Student Congress at Geneva on the score of “Commu- nist propaganda.” The recommen- dation that obstacles be put in the way of the Congress proceeded from the Swiss cabinet. All demonstrations in the Swiss canton of Waadt have been pro- hibited, the decree being particu- larly directed against a hunger march in the city of Bern and an anti-fascist demonstration in Win- terthur. ment that can compel favorable ac- tion by the United States Congress. “Fraternally yours, “National Sponsoring Commit- tee of the National Congress for Unemployment and Social In- surance, “HERBERT BENJAMIN, “Executive Secretary.” The New Republic of Nov. 28 says the following: “We do not know, or care, what proportion of the leaders of the unemployed organizations ate pees ye do know that in many parts of the. country, the Communists are the only group that has shown any real and con- tinuing interest in the problems of what is now the one-seventh of our population. .. . In ¢ity after city, including New. ork, Communist-led demonstra- tions have helped to drive into the public consciousness the critical situation of the jobless, and have made possible larger appropria- tions—municipal, state and na- tional—than would (Emphasis mine—I. A.) The National Unemployment Council, as the most militant, courageous, determined, uncompro- mising unemployed organization, with its clear line, raises the issue of unity as the burning question. ! Unity in struggle gainst relief cuts, | against evictions, for union rates on |Jobs, against discrimination, for the | Workers Bill, Ury; in organization will enable us to organize the mil- lions of unorganized unemployed jand put us forward many miles in the fight for our rights. The coming National Congress for Unemployment and Social In-! suratice will be a test stone for the| and Musteites. With or without the approval of their lead- ers, the rank and file of these un-| ‘employed organizations should elect ‘delegates to the Congress. Similarly, they should elect fraternal delegates | to the Fourth Convention of the Na- tional Unemployment Council, which will be held in Washington on Jan. 8-9, immediately following the Con-' ress. The unification of the unem- Ployed organizations is imperative. i AUTO PRODUCTION T UNION SHOWS SHARP RISE 57,500 Automobiles and 77,300 Tractors Were Produced in U. S. S. R. During Ten Months of This Year—New Plants Built Daily Worker) wireless) —Dealing with the work in the automobile-tractor industry, Pravda, the organ of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, recently com- anches of industry—and they S. R.—before the Sixth Con- ress of Soviets in 1931 and now before the seventh. This industry was really created in the last four years. When the sixth congress was being held only one, the Stalingrad plant, existed, the other plants (Stalin-Moscow plant, Kharkov, Cheliabinsk trac tor plants, Molotov and Gorki auto- mobile plants) having started op- erations only after the congress. In 1930 the U.S.8.R. produced 8,500 automobiles, these being as- sembled mostly from foreign parts, and 12,800 tractors. Since the sixth congréss not only have new plants been constructed but they have been mastered. All the tractor and automobile plants in the U.S.S.R. are working at full planned capacity. In its report to the seventh con- gress of soviets the government will be able to make a complete state- ment of the fulfillment of the plans for the automobile-tractor industry. During ten months of 1934, 57,500 automobiles and 77,300 tractors were made. So far as tractor production is concerned, by 1932 the US.S.R. had already occupied first place in the world. Since then the Soviet tractor industry has continued to develop tempestuously, while a fur- ther reduction in the production of the same in the capitalist countries took place. The main mass of tractors in the U.S.S.R. has been sent to the ma- chine tractor stations, the number of which has of late greatly in- creased, athounting at the present time to 3,500 as against the 158 existing in 1930. . The automobile-tractor plants themselves are being reconstructed and perfected. With the extension of the Stalin Automobile plant it will begin to make passengér cars, besides trucks, The Gorki plant is extending its production up to 300,- 000 automobiles yeatly and the Yaroslav plant extending produc- tion up to 25,000 five-ton trucks yearly. According to a decision of the seventeenth party congress three new automobile plants are to be built, one at Ufa and at Stalingrad, whose production capacity will be 100,000 three-ton trucks yearly each, and also one at Samara, whose production capacity will be 25,000 five-ton trucks yearly, Wash Drivers Plan Strike In St. Louis ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 30.—The Laundry Drivers Union, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor téamsters brotherhood, has presented demands for higher Wages and voted to walk out if these demands are not met by tomorrow. Last year when the drivers struck and inside laundry workers struck in sympathy, the drivers unions officials betrayed the inside workers by going back and hauling scab laundry. This year the rank and file of the laundry drivers should call on the inside workers to come out, and the drivers should pledge that they will strike until an agreement for both inside workers and drivers is reached, ‘The inside workers are now re- luctant to come out because of the betrayal of the drivers’ officials last year. But both the drivers and in- side workers should arrange for a united front strike of both, in spite of the officials, and both pledge stay out until the demands of are granted. Manchurian Reports On Bandits Cover Up Resistance to Japan (Special to the Daily Worker) HARBIN, Nov. 30 (By Wireless). —In reporti on the number of “bandit” operations in Manchuria for the month of September, the Japano-Manchurian press has cov- ered up the thousands of armed struggles which took place—and are now going Japanese imperialism. According to their data there were 38,000 “bandits” in Mukden, Kirin, Heilunkiang, and Heihet provinces in September who under- took 1,706 operations under the leadership of 1,000 ring-leaders, } CLEVELAND, Ohio WEEK OF DECEMBER 2nd Gorki’s ‘““MOTHER’’| Penn Square Theatre Eucitd E. 55th, Cleveland, Ohio Dr. G. O. Vennesland Dentist 4816 N. Western Avenue LOngbeach 0757 Chicago, Ml.