The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 5, 1934, Page 2

Page 2 DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1934 CHICAGO WORKERS FIGHT TO SMASH NEGRO SEGREGATION ‘AN Saute Union te dea Move Ag ainst |Head of Packers Order Ui rges ( Support for Scottsboro Fight Newton Ouster Pushed by C.P. Communist Candidate to Lead Masses to Defend Negro Rights (Daily Worker Midwest Bureau) CHICAGO, Dec. 4—With all South Side Chicago aroused over the attempt of Chicago property owners and Municipal Judge Thomas A. Green to enforce racial segregation and evict Herbert New- ro Communist leader, from ment house at 615 Oak- wood Boulevard, the Chicago De- fender this week declares that the issue is “whether the Confederate flag vAll be allowed to wave over Chitago” and predicts a huge mass movement as a result of the fight organized by the League of Strug- gle for Negro Rights against this latest attack on the Negro masses. Another Negro newspaper, the Chicago World, characterizes the movement as the “greatest legal battle and mass struggle in the long history” of the fight here against segregation. Robert Minor, chairman of the Chicago election campaign commit- tee of the Communist Party, de- clared today in a press statement that the Communist Party accepts the challenge of the white chauvin- ist property owners and judges, who are the common enemies of both the Negro people and the Negro white working class. Minor r stated that beginning with test rally Wednesday n Center, 700 Oak- , the demands of the entire working class for the aboli- gation and Jim-Crow S be forced down the of Chicago's ruling class. “The whole working class of Chi- cago, Negro and white, will be brought into the battle on this is- sue,” Minor said. “Trade unions and other organizations will be in- vited to join the fight.” : w,” continued Minor, “a fight has been started that cannot stop until every Jim Crow and all lines of segregation as well as every discrimination against Ne- groes in jobs, in relief and in trade unions has been abolished. In this fight, the Chicago masses will see on which side of the struggle those organizations soliciting their sup- port stand. “The League of Struggle for Negro Rights is doing a magnificent job in this fight, and the whole Com- munist Party and its candidates in the present election campaign will back them up. Herbert Newton is our candidate for City Clerk and he knows how to lead the struggles of the masses, as does our standard- bearer, Karl Lockner, candidate for Mayor.” Minor will speak, together with Newton and Lockner, at Wednes- day night’s rally. Coughlin Knew of U. S. Fascist Plot (Continued from Page 1) other group, including the Com- mittee for The Nation, an influen- tial organization of bankers and capitalists which has been cam- paigning for further inflation. This despite the fact that the De- troit News of Nov. 21 carried a re- port that five groups, the Commit- tee for the Nation, the National Grange, American Farm Federa- tion, the National Farm Union and the Sound Money League, had come to an agreement with Coughlin. “Whoever gave that report to the press,” Coughlin said, “was mis- taken.” Silent on Conferences Questioned by your correspondent as to the conference he had had with three leaders of the Commit- tee for the Nation, James H. R. Cromwell, stepson of E. T. Stotes- bury, partner of J. P. Morgan; Robert Harriss, broker and member of the New York Stock Exchange, and George Leblanc, former vice- president of the Equitable Trust Company of New York, Coughlin refused to reveal the nature of these conversations and said they were personal friends whose advice he had sought. He also refused to disclose the nature of conferences he had had with Henry Ford and Senator Thomas of Oklahoma, Coughlin denied that he had any congressmen lined up, despite the fact that he has held secret con- ferences with members of both the House and Senate, has established a lobby in Washington and admitted today that the letters he is receiving are being sorted out according to Congressional districts in prepara- tion for a political campaign in the 1936 elections. The Secretary of the Committee for the Nation, Edward Aloysius Rumiey, was revealed by John L, Spivak in the New Masses of No- vember 13 as a secret Nazi agent in this country. Opposed to Strikes Coughlin said he was opposed to Strikes and favored the Government intervening in such situations to see that the laboring man is treated fairly. This is entirely in line with Roosevelt's “industrial truce” pro- posal as a step toward the out- Jawing of strikes. Endorses C.C.C. Camps Coughlin endorsed the militaristic c. C. C. camps. But when asked as to his attitude toward compulsory Military training in the colleges, he lowered his eyes and said hastily: “I can't discuss that.” The leader of a movement which constantly speaks in the “name of the laboring class” and professes to oppose capitalism repeatedly ‘ institution | As Measure of Links Arrest of 8 in At- lanta With Frame-Up of Nine Boys By R. Saltzman (National Secretary, Jewish Section, | International Workers Order) To all members and branches, to all city and district committees of the Jewish Section of the Interna- tional Workers Order: The Scottsboro campaign is our own campaign. The International Workers Order, in its Declaration of Principles, and in its daily! activity, declares itself unequivo- | cally for the unity of workers of all |colors and nationalities and against | the attempt of the bosses to keep | the workers divided and weak on | | national or racial issues. | We recognize that in the Scotts- | |boro case the Southern lynch-rulers | Jare attempting to intimidate the | |Negro masses from joining and | participating in militant organiza- | tions of the working class. The Southern bourbons have ever used these and similar methods when- | ever the Negro masses threatened | to shake them but one bit in their thrones. Meaning Clearer | With the recent arrest of eight Negro I. W. O. members in Atlanta the meaning of the Scottsboro frame-up becomes even clearer and more sharply outlined. The South- ern ruling-class arrested these I. |W. O. members in Atlanta because |they are members of a militant | working-class fraternal organiza- tion, thus breaking their bond of social and national subjection and becoming equal with their white | brothers. This the white rulers fear more than anything else. When the working people of all colors and | nationalities unite then nothing can stop them in their struggle. This recent arrest, therefore, brought the Scottsboro issue even |nearer to us. | Branches Urged to Aid We call upon all our branches to | laid activity in the campaign to save jthe nine Scottsboro boys. We call upon them to go among the vari- | lous Jewish fraternal organizations jand bring forward to them the issue of racial. and national sup- pression. We call upon all our members to become a powerful and |potent factor for the defense of |these boys. | Above all funds are needed. Rush | jfunds at once to the International | |Labor Defense, Room 610, 80 East | llth Street, New York City, the| only organization that is staunchly | jand honestly defending the nine | |boys and deal a death-blow to the | traitorous and shameful dealings of | Leibowitz and his clique. | The Scottsboro boys must he | | saved. | | emphasized that “our whole idea is to preserve private ownership.” On the question of the Soviet | Union, Coughlin found himself in another tight fix which he-man-} aged to squirm out of in character- | istic style—I referred to a statement | he had made in a speech last Tues- | }day that in Russia everything is owned in common, shoes, hats, and even children. “What is the source of your in-| | formation?” I asked. He replied | | that people who had been there had | told him. “I’ve been there,” I re- |plied, “and I saw no shoes in com- | mon.” He replied suavely, “But they don’t put it into practice.” Leningrad Masses View Kiroy’s Body, (Continued from Page 1) POUR CELUI | | by leaders like him, trust in their | own beautiful future. Shot From Behind (Special to the Daily Worker) MOSCOW, Dec. 4 (By Wireless). | —According to information released by the Commissariat of Home Af- fairs the circumstances surrounding Sergei Kirov’s assassination have now been fully established. On Dec. 1 Kirov was preparing for a@ report on the results of the No- | vember Plenum of the Central Com- mittee of the Communist Party of | the Soviet Union, which he was to | have delivered on that day. Near |his office in the Smolny Institute, where Kirov usually received visit- | ors, at a moment when Kirov was about to enter his private room, Nikolayev approached from behind and shot Kirov in the back of the head with a revolver. The mur- derer was immediately seized. Kirov, mortally wounded, was carried unconscious into the office, where first aid was administered. When doctors arrived, Kirov was without pulse and respiration, and, despite their efforts, they were un- | able to restore Kirov to life. (Special to the Daily Worker) MOSCOW, Dec. 4 (By Wireless.)— For having railed adequately to safe- guard the life of Kirov, assassinated Dec. 1 in the headquarters of the Leningrad Central Committee of the Communist Patty, the Chief Com- misar for Home Affairs for the Len- ingrad region, his assistant, and six other responsible workers were dis- missed from their posts. They will be tried for slackness in the per-| formance of theiz duties in protect- | jing the safety of the state. | aap paca, The Duluth Unit No. 1 and the Superior Unit contribute $5 each. Has your unit sent all money raised for the $60,000 fund? | arrangements and leadership. As a jresult, the Chicago Federation of | sired and demanded by the rank and | Self-Defense 20 Million On | Hunger Dole (Continued from Page 1) | pak. acaba | ployment Council were not on the platform, why members of the} council were not in the delegation | to the State relief director, etc. Cites Harmony Between Groups The demonstration passed off in a spirit of the greatest harmony be- | tween the rank and file of the Workers Unemployed Union and of the National Unemployed Council. In Chicago, we had the same ex- perience. This proves that the statement of Mr. Lasser and his as- sociates is not true. Why then are such statements made? They are made not in the interest of the unemployed and the workers generally, for what is needed most today is unity and not further division in the working class, A ‘We must examine why the dem- onstration in Chicago was far better than in New York. In Chicago, there was a real united front, with all organizations participating in the Labor was compelled to endorse the demonstration. In New York, on the other hand, although the relief situation called for the mightiest demonstration that the city has ever seen, not only was Lasser and his associates unable to mobilize their own members, but also the unions that had promised to cooperate with them, and that have a membership of more than 200,000, did not bring out more than a handful. The Greater New York Unem- ployment Council had only a few} days in which to mobilize, owing | to the attitude of Mr. Lasser, and yet the Unemployment Council fur- | nished the larger part of the dem- onstration. This is not said in a/ spirit of boastfulmess, but only to| indicate that if. a real united front | had been formed there would have | been an outpouring of workers such | as New York has not scen in some | time. | The demonstrations, however | prove conclusively that the united [ front is not only possible, but is de- | file of the unemployed organizations. Unity Proposals On the basis of this experience, the National Board of the National Unemployment Council again pro- | poses to the associated unemployed organizations that: 1. They all participate in the | National Arrangements Commit- tee of the National Congress for | Unemployment and Social Insur- ance and mobilize their organiza- | tions to send delegates to the | Congress. | 2. They appoint a committee to | meet with a like committee of the | National Board of the National | Unemployment Council to work | out ways and means of broader | and closer united front, which | shall lead to a merger of the un- employed organizations. What the Jobless Face What is the situation that faces the workers today? The Roosevelt | government and the employers in-| tend: | 1, To introduce a so-called “un- employment insurance” bill which will not provide a single penny for the 16,000,000 unemployed; 2. To cut appropriations for re- lief at a time when they admit that want and misery are growing; 3. To introduce forced labor on a wide scale; 4. To cut down the scales on the work projects to the so-called pre- vailing local rates; 5. To impose sales, wage taxes, etc., on the earnings of the em- ployed workers, to provide relief for the unemployed; | 6. To conduct a wage-slashing campaign and a vicious offensive against trade union organization; 1. To carry on a campaign of terror against the militant work- ers and their organizations. In a situation of this kind, it is clear that only two paths are open: 1) To keep the ranks of the unemployed divided and scattered and thus help our enemies; or 2) To unite our forces in order that we may more effectively fight for our rights. Up to the present you have chosen the first course. Although practi- cally all of your associated organ- izations have endorsed the Workers Unemployment and Social Insurance Bill, which was initiated by the National Unemployment Council, you have refused to cooperate with the National Unemployment Coun- cil and the other organizations and individuals participating, in organ- izing the National Congress. This means to weaken the fight for genu- ine unemployment and social in- surance, We can understand why the lead- jers of the A. F. of L. and of its | affiliated organizations, because of | their close ties with the Roosevelt “New Deal” government, oppose the Workers’ Bill. They not only do everything in their power to mis- represent it, but threaten their membership with disciplinary action if they support it. You, on the con- trary, profess to support the Work- ers’ Bill, At this time, when the struggle to compel the United States Congress to adopt the Workers’ Bill is reaching a higher stage, you nevertheless fail to add your forces in united effort. Consistent Policy of Councils On the other hand, by choosing the other course—of unity—the un- employed will be greatly strength- ened in the bitter struggles facing us. For one and a half years, the National Unemployment Council has | 25. In our previous communication | ‘immediately elect a committee to | the above burning questions. | National Unemployment Councils, “Oust Lewis” gle for the united front and for unity of all unemployed organiza- tions. The National Unemployment Council is the oldest and strongest unemployed organization in the country. With organization in forty- four states, Alaska and Porto Rico, the National Unemployment Coun- cil nonetheless recognizes that the mass of unemployed remain unor- ganized, unable to fight for th rights and more easily used as strikebreakers against workers in| the shops and mines, This is a situation that our joint efforts might | rectify. Our mutual task should be to lessen antagonisms and divisions and to unite the workers. Only| the second course can bring this| about. | In connection with this, we have} been informed that you propose to} hold a unity convention of your as- sociated organizations on January we proposed to you to hold a unity convention of all unemployed or- | ganizations in Washington, D. C., on January 8 afd 9, immediately following the National Congress for Unemployment and Social Insur- ance. We informed you, however, that the date and place of the unity convention was not important. We asked for your suggestions—but your answer was silence. This silence can mean only one thing: That you do not wish unity—that you wish the divison to continue among the unemployed. We repeat that we made no con- dition for this unity except that it | should be brought about on the broadest deniocratic basis, with full information to the rank and file on the unification negotiations and | proceedings, and that the line and program of the unified organization should be a class struggle line. This is the desire of all workers in the United States. We once more appeal to you, the responsible leaders of a section of the organized unemployed of this | country, to drop the first course of action, which means continued di- | vision and animosity, and to adopt | the second course, which will lead to ufiity and growing power of the un- employed. As in the past we will try to con- vince you and meet your objections. But we must also declare that the burning need of unity at this cru-| cial time requires that we take fur-| ther action. We are making this | letter public and will reach the rank | and file of the unemployed organ- | izations throughout the country. The National Unemployment Coun- cil considers it one of its most urgent responsibilities to bring about unity of the unemployed, and united action of the employed and unem-| ployed, white and Negro, native and foreign-born, since the attacks on| the whole working class are grow- ing with speed that allows of no delay. ! We trust, therefore, that you will | confer with a committee of the National Unemployment Council on Fraternally, | I, AMTER, Secretary The letter was addressed to the following organizations: National Unemployed League, Chicago Workers Committee, Tlli- nois Workers Alliance, American Workers Union, California Workers Association, Wisconsin Federation of Workers Committees, Workers ployed League, Taxpayers Protective League, Minnesota Central Council of Workers, Florida Federation of Unemployed Leagues, Ft. Wayne Unemployed League. Slogan Raised (Continued from Page 1) ment of 62 locals at the rank and file U. M. W. of A. conference held at California, Pa,, in September. Candidates reported that the most vigorous campaign ever carried on against the Lewis machine was going on throughout the district, that the miners were on their guard and in a fighting mood, and that any attempt to tamper with the district ballot or elections would mean open battle. A strong plea was made for sup- port of the Workers Unemployment and Social Insurance Bill, which, it was stated, already has the sup- port of practically every local in the Allegheny Valley, in which the rank and file struggle in the Pitts- burgh District is centered. In answer to the demand of a Negro rank and file delegate for a clear statement of policy on the discrimination against Negro min- ers which he stated was on the increase and which made it almost impossible for a Negro to get a job in the Pittsburgh District today, the candidates and miners from half a dozen locals arose and pledged to carry on an energetic fight for full equality. Increased support for the Coal Digger was promised by a number of locals. Philadelphia Parley Against War-Fascism To Be Held on Sunday PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 4—A regional conference under the aus- Pices of the Philadelphia League Against War and Fascism will be held on Sunday at the Hosiery Workers Hall, 2530 N. Fourth St., at 1 pm. : The response to the call sent out by the League has been very good. In the last few days credentials have come in from the Jewish Junior League of Flemington, N. J., the City Committee o Baltimore, iad., Carpenter's Local 1073 of the A. F. of L. of Philadelphia, and many other labor and liberal or- ganizations. The leading speakers will be Dr. |demand the immediate release of lat Reyburn Plaza Thursday after- | for Big War Gains ‘Mother Bloor | To Lead 100 | In Protest Delegation Will Score Killing of Negro In Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 4.— Mother Elia Reeve Bloor, the 72- year-old leader of workers and farmers, and William Jones, editor of the Afro-American, will head a delegation of 100 to the City Council Thursday at 1 p.m. to protest against the. police murder of William Heat- erly, 35, who was shot when police broke into his home last week. Police last Tuesday broke through the lines of Negro people who as- sembled before the Heaterly home at 1011 Callohill Street, battered down the door, and entering the home with drawn guns, shot down William Heaterly, while carrying through an eviction. Samuel Heat- erly, brother of the dead man, who fled from the police gun fire, was captured, slugged and jailed. He is being held without bail. Both of the Heaterly brothers were unem- ployed, The delegation, which Mother Bloor and William Jones will head at the City Council Thursday, will Samuel Heaterly, arrest and pun-| ishment of those responsible for the murder, issuance of food and shelter to the two Negro families, and an end to the vicious terror against the Negro people. In addition, they will demand a city ordinance against evictions, the immediate removal from office of Police Chief La- Strange and the City Constable Gill- man, The Unemployment Councils, which have appealed to all working | class groups for a united front fight | against evictions and the police terror against the Negro people, have called upon all workers to assemble noon at 1 o'clock, when the delega-) tion will be organized to march to} the City Hall. | Side by side with the fight against evictions and for the rights of the! Negro workers, employed and un-| employed, the Councils are pushing forward the drive to have the Negro people fully represented at the com- ing National Congress for Unem-} ployment Insurance which will meet in Washington on Jan. 5-7, All Negro groups, fraternal and mutual | benefit societies, churches and church groups are being canvassed and urged to elect delegates to the National Congress. Arms Makers Plan (Cont inued from Page 1) exporters of munitions and arma- ment. President Roosevelt’s Chaco embargo, Hudson said, “has had some effect, but it has not dried up supplies of Paraguay or Bolivia.” Nevertheless, the embargo, signed by thirty nations, was a “great step forward,” said Hudson. “A great deal can be done by each country on its own, but this subject cannot be handled without international legislation. .. . One cannot be proud | of the record of the U. S., certainly | up to last year... . It is due to! President Roosevelt's initiative that} the subject (the Geneva Draft Con- yention) has been rescued.” Hudson steered clear of any reference to Roosevelt's unprecedented imperial- ist war preparations, especially to the President's avowed intention of building a navy “second to none.” Benedict W. Holden, attorney for Colt’s, entered the morning's testi- mony through the introduction of a statemént made by Him to the Bu- reau of Internal Revenue showing the U. S. government's knowledge of Colt’s activities. “The contract with the U. S. Zovernment, with deliveries assigned to the British navy, is an eloquent testimonial as to the knowledge on the part of officials of | our government that firearms would | be in demand or required by Euro- pean nations. ... Delivery in Can- ada for Great Britain was made on purchase orders and contracts be- ginning as early as 1914 and con- tinuing uninterrupted to 1916.” Holden spoke also of the fact that the armament makers, around 1908, expected “a titanic conflict.” It is reliably reported that J. P. Morgan and Company have pulled every wire possible to have certain testimony not brought out publicly. The presence of an army of muni- tion and armament kings in the capital lends credence to this report. Past successes of the financial fig- ures behind the arms companies in getting the State Department to work in their interests point to the successful conclusion of whatever ef- forts are being made now. Irenee DuPont, one of the wit- nesses waiting to be heard, inter- rupted Nye’s opening afternoon ses- sion remarks to protest a Washing- ton newspaper story which declared that the DuPonts had done away with valuable information desired by the Senate Committee. “We didn’t burn up any files,” DuPont said. “We don't do busi- ness that way.” Chairman Nye mollified DuPont, the representative of the key con- cern in the War Department in- dustrial mobilization war plans, by declaring: “Such reports are un- authorized by the committee.” However, evidence introduced be- fore the committee some weeks ago proved that the DuPonts have de- Stroyed contracts to kev) them out of the hands of the committee in- vestigations. Nye, evidently, thought 4 Lrg not to remind DuPont of this fact. DuPont was attended by William Harry F. Ward, head of the Amer- ican League and Mother Ella Reeve been carrying on a consistent strug- Bloor, famous working class leader. Donovan, Wall Street attorney and former Assistant Attorney General under Hoover, Over Murder of Bolshevik; Severe Punishment Demanded | Socialists Shelve United Front (Continued from Page 1) their demands are accepted. A so-called “interstate confer- ence” was called by the reactionar- ies just before the opening of the N. E. C, meeting, which worked out an exceptionally sharp factional program for the N. E. C. meeting. They demanded the re-submission of the Declaration of Principles to a new vote of the Party member- ship, and, pending such action, they presented the unheard of demand that the Declaration be not binding | on those States whose membership had rejected it in the past referen- dum—a proposal to virtually split the party on a basic programmatic question. Coupled with this they demanded the removal of Clarence Senior, the national secretary, and the addition of four “old guard” supporters to the N. E. C. The most brazen fac- tional gall was contained in the de- mand that the N. E. C. liquidate the two other factions, the so-called “militants,” headed by Norman ‘Thomas, and the , “Revolutionary Policy Committee,” so-called. The most reactionary faction, openly de- fying the decisions of the Detroit convention, and brazenly threaten- ing a split in the Party, demands the liquidation of the two groups which, formally at least, adhere to the Declaration of That's democracy for you! What Waldman Said But we will let Mr. Thomas, the “militants” and the R. P. C. worry about their inner democracy; we are concerned with the united front. And on this the “old guard” leade:, Louis Waldman, had the following to say: “The National Executive Com- mittee shall announce in clear and unequivocal language that it will neither consider nor discuss any proposals that may come from Communists for a united front, for any purpose, nor will it con- sider embarking upon any nego- tiations for such a united front, and will also advise state organi- zations to so instruct their locals.” Now, the N. E. C. is not controlled by Mr. Waldman and his group; it is controlled by Mr. Thomas and his “militants.” Yet the decisions made by the N. E. C., by the “militants,” entirely conform to the demand of the “old guard.” Of course, Thomas adds his “liberal” trimmings; he says the S, P. “heartily believes in working-class unity,” but after hav- ing said that he goes on to declare that “the N. E. C. hereby decides not to conduct negotiations for a united front with the Communist Party ... until after the next con- vention”—that is in two years! that not a complete capitulation to the demand of Waldman? B. Charney Vladeck, another “old guard” spokesman, outlined most clearly the course which that reac- tionary group wishes to take, and the reasons for their opposition to the united front with the Commu- nists. “Any bond with the Communists,” he stated, “will surely separate the Socialist Party from the broad masses of the American workers.” He appealed to the N. E. C. “to sur- render its left policies [!] and rather to seek for a rapprochement with the organized workers and farmers, who are politically organized, as in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and to- gether with them create a labor party.” United Front “Rightward” ‘This clearly is a proposal for a united front toward the Right, toward the A. F. of L. bureaucracy, toward support for the “New Dea!” as against a united front with the Communists against the “New Deal,” against fascism and war. Here also the Thomas group fully meets the demand of the “old guard.” They shelve the united front with the Communists for. two years and at the same time agree to undertake “a survey of the polit- ical scene with the aim in view of possible cooperation in the forma- tion of a farmer-labor party.” From this it is clear that the pro- gram put through at the Boston N. E, C. meetiing, in all its political essentials, by the Thomas group of “militants” was in reality the “old guard” program of Waldman. Nor- man Thomas, who greeted the united front of Socialist and Com- munist youth at the National Youth Congress, who there declazed his support for the Communist initiated Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill, who told that large audience that the Socialist Party was about to enter into a united front with the Communists, abandoned every prin- ciple at Boston, and in the most cowardly manner capitulated to the reactionary Right Wing. This action by the “militants” should discredit them in the eyes of every sincere Socialist worker who saw in the new Declaration of Prin- ciples a much desired turn to the left and who believed that the Bos- ton sessions would take decisive steps toward united action on a class struggle basis, These workers, ready to vigorous- ly fight hunger, war and the ad- vance of fascist reaction, should now see the necessity of heeding the Communist Party’s advice: Form the united front in your locality, in your neighborhood, in your trade union! Unite and fight, together with the Communists. Eoeuae In a second article tomorrow I will take up some Of the arguments Principles! | Is} Program for FDR. ® —- No Attempt to Disrupt} Social Labor Will Go Unpunished (Special to the Daily Worker) MOSCOW, Dec. 4 (By reless). —In reply to the shot which struck down Comrade Kirov,” Izves- tia, Soviet Government organ, writes, “all of the U. S. S. R, is aroused.” “From border to border millions of constructors of socialism have swung into action. Factories, mills, railways, mines, scientific bodies, | artists, collective farms, state farms, all send messages of sorrow and anger and grief combined. “The enormous fighting echo, whose thunders are heard through- out the world, testifies many things —it shows how pitiful is the isola- tion of the vile murderers. It shows how strongly the masses ral- lied to their Party. It shows what a powerful and overwhelming force of millions stand behind the Party. But through the mouths of these millions it also speaks of the neces- sity of an unweakened vigilance. “On the whole, the working class of the Soviet Union has crushed the class enemy and the cause of so- cialism has conquered irrevocably and forever. But this does not mean that the remnants of this enemy, his scattered detachments, his individual agents, enraged at the victories of the proletariat, will not try to attack from behind. “The broad masses of toilers feel this and resolutions, arriving from all parts of the enormous country of the Soviets from workers and collective farmers, speak of this breathing sorrow, rage and indig- nation, resolutions demanding se- vere punishment of the criminal, and vigiance, vigilance, and again vigilance. “The vile shot of Comrade Kirov from behind is a shot at the prole- tariat, a shot at Socialism, a shot in the back of all the builders of the new world. But nobody and nothing can shake the ranks of these builders. These ranks are welded into a single great force with one will and one aim. The treacherous shot caused an enor- mous psychological mobilization of millions and the voice of these millions sounds firmly and cénfi- dently more than ever before. The pitiful enemies of the victorious Proletariat will be dragged from their holes. Not a single attempt to disrupt the peace and disorganize the great labor of the Soviet Union will remain unpunished. This guar- antee is the determination of mil- lions, is their warm loyalty to the cause of Socialism, their firm in- tention to carry it to a victorious conclusion. ‘Bosses Map New (Continued from Page 1) which proposes the following meas- ‘ures: “Wage rates for work performed on work relief should be lower than current wage rates in private em- Ployment and must never be suffi- cient to entice workers from private employment. “Taxpayers should not be used in such a way as to encourage or in- vite strikes, by financing those vol- untarily quitting their jobs. “We commend the C. C. C. camps as an example of successful relief work combined with citizenship training.” Continuing the attack against re- lief appropriations, the program states, in complete opposition to any principle of unemployment insur- ance and of funds to reactionary principles, that all relief must be based on private contribution and not on federal appropriations. Referring to the revisions in the N. R. A. codes for which Roose- velt recently asked industrial capi- tal for suggestions and directives, the National Association's program lays down the principle that what- ever is beneficial to monopoly capi- tal in the N. R. A. codes shall be re- tained and that whatever stands in the way of direct control by monop- Jennings Case Ruling Fought By Publishers Decision to Reinstate Writer Irks Anti-La- bor Association WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 4—— |The decision of the National Labor |Relations Board that the San Fran- |cisco Call Bulletin must reinstate Dean S. Jennings, a rewrite man fired for union activity, was attacked today by Howard Davis, president of the Ameri¢an Newspaper Pub- lishers Association. The Call Bulletin is one of the | Rewspapers which entered into the |conspiracy, led by Hearst, to defeat the San Francisco general strike by a flood of well organized anti-labor propaganda and daily slander against the strikers. Davis declared that the order for |the reinstatement of Jennings, fired because of activity in the | American Newspaper Guild, is “a |threat to a free press in the United | States.” Davis wants to preserve ithe “freedom” of the members of ithe American. Newspaper Publishers, to fire Guild reporters and print |as much anti-labor slander as they |please, unchecked by any restraint. |These newspapers are owned by bankers, industrialists and other |members of the employing class. The decision of the National La= |bor Relations Board, which upheld Jennings’ claim that he was forced jout of the Call Bulletin for his union activity, does not mean that Jennings will be reinstated without }@ fight on the part of the Guild {membership, Hundreds of such de- \cisions have been made by the La- |bor Boards. But as in the B. M. T. ‘case in New York the companies |continue to keep union employes on |the blacklist in spite of demagogic decisions of the Labor Boards. The Roosevelt government, in- |eluding the N. R. A. the Labor Board and the courts, have not en- forced a single one of these deci<- sions (Weirton, Houde Case, etc.) junless the mass pressure of the |union itself and the threat of a strike or an actual strike, forced the employer to take back the }union meniber. In the textile industry alone, scores of thousands of workers who j took in the general textile istrike are still blacklisted, in spite lof demagogic decisions of the Tex- tile Labor Relations Board that they jmaust be taken back. | ‘The newspaper owners fought the case on the grounds that to force |them to take back Jennings meant |modification of the newspaper code. They declared the National Labor Relations Board had no jurisdiction |in a newspaper case. The Board ruled that the news- |paper business is like any other \business except that the freedom of the press cannot be abridged. They tuled that Section 7a of the N. R. A, had been violated by the Call Bul- letin. Davis, in commenting on the de- cision, declared that it “nullifies the freedom of the press reserva- |tion contained in the daily news- paper code.” oly capital shall discarded. Revision of Labor Provisions The program recommends revi- sion of the N, R. A. labor provisions pertaining to child labor, minimum | wages, maximum hours and collec- ‘tive bargaining, with especial em- | phasis on “clarifying definitions of collective bargaining and provi- sions for more elastic working hours.” Continuing the drive for monop- oly control under the N. R. A., the National Association of Manufactur- ers’ program proposes that Congress pass a Fair Trade Praétice Act in order to provide for monopoly rul- ing within each industry. Pointing to the fact that non- monopoly industry will be subjected to increasing restrictions, the Na- tional Association of Manufacturers’ program proposes that all rules laid down by the monopolies in a: given industry, “shall be binding upon the minority.” These proposals will be submitted on Dec. 5 and 6 to an enlarged ses- sion of the N. A. M., which will be called the Congress for American Industry, to include leading manu- facturers and industrialists from every part of the country. These in- dustrialists will be addressed by | leading spokesmen of the Roosevelt government, including Raymond Moley, Donald R. Richberg and Daniel C. Roper. F GOOD PROGRAM — DANCE — GOOD ORCHESTRA DETROIT, MICH. DAILY WORKER VICTORY CELEBRATION Saturday, December 8th at 8 P.M. INNISH HALL 5969—I4th Street, near Mc Graw OVER THE TOP BANQUE Sunday December OTH at 8 P.M. DAILY WORKER T NEW INTERNATIONAL HALL 42 Wenonah Street, Roxbury Hot Tasty Meal—Gay and Interesting Program Chalk Talk by LIMBACH Admission 35 cents —=_