The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 10, 1934, Page 3

Os a DA ILY WORKER, ‘W YORK, MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1934 NL Page 3 CLEVELAND WORKERS CALL FOR RELIEF MARCH ON DEC. 22 MANY UNIONS BACK DEMANDS DENIED Faga WHILE CONDITIONS ARE ADMITTED County Relief Committee Asks Unemployed Not te Demonstrate at Stations, to Send Demands » by Mail—City Hall Us Rally to Be Reply By Sandor Voros Daily Worker W. CLEVELAND, ashington Bureau) Ohio, Dec. 9.—Following the complete | For Mine Toll Covers Own Failure to Fight for Safety Rules by Attack on Bureau PITTSBURGH, Pa., Dec. 9.—In & last minute attempt to break into the news before Tuesday's elections in the United Mine Workers, Pat | Fagan, president of District Five of the U.M.W. of A., stepped into the meeting of the Coal Mining Insti- refusal of the Cuyahoga County Relief Administration Poli-/ tute in the Port Pitt Hotel to throw n Seeks Youn 'To Shift Blame gstown Passes _ Quota in Last Minute _ Spurt in ‘Daily’ Drive Seven Sections of Cleveland District Are Now Over the Top—Leadership in Backward Sections Must Take Charge | With Youngstown the latest to do so, seven sections in ithe Cleveland district have now gone over the top in the | Daily Worker drive! But Cincinnati, Toledo and Section 16 in Cleveland | a boomerang into the air in brand- | cy Committee to grant a single one of the demands of the |ing the U. 8. Bureau of Mines a| proper are still not taking up the task of finishing their quotas unemployed, although they did give lip-service to the Work- ers Unemployment Insurance Bill, the Unemployment Coun- cils and the Small Home Owners® Federation issued a joint statement | yesterday calling upon all workers | to march on Saturday, Dee. 22, The | relief march will assemble at Pub- lie Square at 1 p.m., and march to | the City Hall. ' Despite the fact that 2,000 fami- lies in the Cleveland area face im- mediate eviction, and notwithstand- ing their own admission of inhuman conditions on relief, the Relief Pol- icy Committee, in a meeting with the Unemployment Council, refused to take any steps to relieve this dis- tress. Those facing eviction due to torecloseure cannot benefit under the Annat Bill, the committee ad- mitted. Dodge Bill Endorsement The committee members individ- ually endorsed the Workers’ Unem- ployment Insurance Bill, but claimed that official endorsement as | a group was beyond their jurisdic- | tion. { ‘The unemployed delegation of | five, which was headed by Frank Rogers, exposed the shocking con- ditions in the city-owned fiophouse, Wayfarers Lodge, where 1,700 per- sons sleep in one dormitory—tuber- | cular and venereal diseased men using the same dishes and utensils as the healthy. The waiters there work ten hours every second day without wages; similar forced labor is employed with the other help. Lewis revealed discrimination against Negroes, who are getting less relief, must wait longer for re- lief orders, are evicted more quick- ly.and are treated brutally, The delegation demanded extra emergency Winter relief of $40 for each family, $15 for single men, in- creased relief of $1 a family plus 50 cenis for each dependent; $1 for single men, full rent in cash, equal relief for Negroes, and investiga- tion of all discrimination. The right of committees to present emergency cases every day instead of once weekiy, withdrawal of police from relief stations, representation of un- employed organizations on relief complaints board, suspension of payment on the bonded indebted- ness in order to increase relief un- til the passage of the Workers Un- employment Insurance Bill, an open hearing on Dec. 22 at the County House, the dropping of all charges against Mrs. Jubach and Mrs. Mar- tin, who were framed on extortion charges when they obtained relief clothing, were other demands. Downs Law Victims Face Trial Thursday Harris and Johnson A tive in Organizing for Insurance Congress BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. 9.—Ray Harris and C. L. Jihnson, workers who were arrested for violating the Downs law, will come up for trial before Judge Martin here December 13. Martin is the same judge who sentenced Fred Walker, Negro | worker, to six months on the chain- gang on faked evidence. That the big Birmingham indus- trialists have ordered the police to “get” known radicals and militant workers is clear from the fact that Harris and Johnson were arrested by Moser, Red Squad head, by Milt McDuff, private detective employed by heavy industry, and by an un-| named policeman. Johnson has been | active in mobilizing support for the National Congress for Unemploy- ment and Social Insurance to be held in Washington in January. Harris, an admitted Communist weighing about 120 pounds, was brutally beaten by McDuff, a burly man weighing about 180 pounds. Vegetable Harvesters Return to Work After Strike of Two Weeks SANTA MARIA, Cal., Dec, 9— Three thousand vegetable harvest hands and packers have returned to work, after a two week strike. The demands will be submitted to arbi- tration. During the strike not a truckload of produce moved out of this region. The strike started when the grow- ers attempted to cut wages from the prevailing 30 cents per hour for field hands, to 25 cents per hour. Two thousand came out under the lead- ership of the Mexican Workers Union. Later due to pressure of the rank and file in the Vegetable Packers Association, and A. F. of Charges Admitted The policy da es eed L. union, the 1,000 packers chiefly white workers, were called out. The to admit the. truth of the delega-| workers have to contend with un- tion's charges. : bearable conditions, and so weak is Grossman, the chairman, admit- ‘the case of the growers, that they ted “Many people who are hungry | were sure that even an arbitration are not getting their food quick | board could not uphold them, and enough.” They admitted that relief | therefore held out against arbitra- is inadequate, “treatment of ap- plicants not satisfactory,” addi- | tional emergency relief sorely need- | ed to replace exhausted household | necessities, and that conditions in Waytarers’ Lodge are shockingly inhuman. | They tried to wriggle out, how- ever, claiming insufficient funds and an undermanned staff. They ruled against holiday relief for the unemployed, but voted an extra paid holiday for the relief office workers. They refused categorically | the demand for the withdrawal of | police from the relief stations and meeting with the unemployed dele- gation, and for an open hearing. Their fear of militant action was expressed by Grossman who said he doesn’t mind demonstrations but Jet them be held elsewhere, not before relief station. They asked the Councils to send their demands by mail instead of committees in the future, and they decided to prosecute Mrs. Jubach and. Mrs. Martin to the utmost in order to intimidate the unemployed. New contacts for the move- ment can be made through the introduction of the Daily Worker. Impress them with the need for financial support of the paper, and ask for contributions toward the amount necessary to fulfill the Daily Worker quota. AFFAIRS FOR THE DAILY WORKER Columbus, Ohio Dance and Entertainment for Work- Press—Deily Worker, Uj Elore and Radnik—Saturday, Dec. 15 at, 8p. m. at Ivanoff Hall, 1899% So. | Parsons Ave, Adm. 25¢. WHAT’S ON RATES: 35¢ for 3 lines on weekdays. Friday and Saturday i0c. Extra charge fer additional space. Notices must be in by 11 A. M. of the previous day. Philadelphia, Pa. Centon Commune Commemoration, Saturday, Dec. 15 at 8 p.m, at Girard Manor, 911 W. Girard Ave. Speakers: Hansu’ Chan, editor China Today; Mother Bloor; also Workers Mandolin Orchestra, Workers Chorus and Play by Nature Friends. Commemoration Event under auspices of LL.D. Adm. 25c. Tickets at the door. Corliss Lamont will speak on “Soviet Union end Religion,” Friday, Dec. 21, 8 p.m. at Musicians’ Hall, 120 N. 18th St. Adm. 30c. at door. Ausp. Friends ef Soviet Union. tion. [Starvation 'HE sweeping resort to the sales tax in state after state as a solution to the tax crisis facing municipal, county and state govern- ments constitutes a new challenge to the rapidly dwindling living stan- dards of the masses. Just as mon- opoly capital tried to dump the burden of the crisis onto the masses by means of sweeping wage cuts, so it refuses to shoulder the burden |of the tax crisis, although the taxes needed by its governments are for the purpose of maintaining its rule. According to the capitalist class, increased wages and taxes are both burdens on industry and profits and as such are obstacles to recovery. Hence the drive to cut wages and taxes “burdening” capital go hand in hand. In view of this two-fold policy of impoverishing the masses while re- ducing ali forms of taxes affecting the rich, it is no surprise that a tax crisis has developed. Indeed, the tax strategy of monopoly cap- ital has been to use the tax crisis as a means of forcing through adoption of the most direct form of mass tax, the general sales tax. Robbed at the point of produc- tion, the worker is now to be robbed still more at the point of consump- tion. Already in 1850, Marx pointed out that “with every new tax the pro- letariat is pressed down to a stage lower: the abolition of an old tax does not raise wages, only profits.” Why The Tax Crisis But let us first note some of the reasons for the tax crisis, In the first place, the economic crisis has reduced the normal tax returns. Thus, the gasoline tax in Ohio is expected to bring $10,000,000 in 1935. But in 1926 the same gas tax brought in $23,000,000, a loss of $13,000,000, showing fewer automo- biles in use by the masses. In the second place, however, the very economic crisis, while reducing the tax returns, at the same time in- creases the tax needs of the various governments. There are at least four reasons for these increased needs of city, county, state and federal governments. 1, The need to maintain an ever- “woeful failure.” Fagan tried to shift the blame of 49,602 fatalities, an average of 2,300 a year for 22 years, onto the shoul- jders of the bureau. He failed to | mention why he and John L. Lewis, |and the other top leaders of the | U.M.W. of A. fail to move a finger to force the coal operators to pro- vide for the safety of the miners. In a palpably stupid attempt to be demagogic, Fagan denounced as “trickery” the bureau's use of ton- nage as the basis for showing the number of miners killed from year | to year. He wants the number of | fatalities listed according to man- marks. to bring the actual total lower. He issues what is meant to be a with- |ership” of the mine bureau, but the |number of miners killed remains, | tends to do nothing about it. | He stated that the bureau feared to do anything that “would be re- garded as offensive to the worst ele- ment among the mine owners.” | tisting 41 miners of Logans Ferry | by revoking their charter and issu- ing a new one during their strike last summer, the rank and file of District Five have their own meas- uring rod for determining who are the “worst elements”’—they will de- termine this on Dec. 11. On that day Charley Nolker, of Curtisville, a rank and file leader opposes Fagan in the race for dis- trict president, and the miners in all the locals have taken their own precautions to insure that their Hartford Workers Form | Committee for Congress ‘For Social Insurance HARTFORD, Conn., Dec. 9—A ling Negro and white ministers, rep- resentatives of A. F. of L., indepen- dent and Trade Union Unity League j unions, was established here last | week at a provisional conference in support of the National Congress for Unemployment Insurance. A city- wide conference will be held heve next Sunday. Among the eleven organizations represented at the last conference were the Pratt and Whitney Avia- tion Workers Union, Bakers A. F. of L. union, Furniture Workers Indus- trial Union, the Order of Good | Templars, Young Friends Progres- dent Trade Union Unity League | sive Association, Communist Party. | International. Workers Order and the Lleague of Struggle for Negro Rights. growing bureaucracy which, while typical: of capitalism in its general imperialist phase, is especially great |during the period of crisis, as is shown by Roosevelt's numerous boards. 2, The need to meet ever-grow- ing police and military expenditures jfor war against the workers at home and imperialist struggle abroad. The outlay for war prep- arations is the greatest in the his- tory of capitalism. In addition, the increasing strike struggles of the workers, the mass actions of the unemployed, the farmers and other sections of the poor people impels the bourgeoisie to increase its police appropriations in order to quell the revolutionary upsurge, break strikes |the bourgeois road to recovery. Thus Mayor Davis pieads for sup- port of the 4.5 mill levy to main- tain the police department, while Pointing to the need of 500 extra policemen this coming winter al- though he has consistently refused to appropriate a single cent for city relief. 3. The need to maintain so-called welfare and social services, first of all in the form of subsidies to the \capitalists affected by the crisis such as banks, etc., or of mijitary importance such as railroads, ship- ping, and airplane companies; and jonly to a far lesser degree for re- lief and other poor aid. Thus, for every dollar given for relief, the New Deal has given ten to the ‘bankers. 4. The method of anticipating future tax income in order to meet. growing budget needs means that vast sums are turned over to the bankers not only in the form of original interest, but also in the form of increased interest as a re- sult of so-called refunding deals in which old bonds are called in and new bonds issued at higher inter- est rates. In 1933, for example, the whole State of Ohio paid $124,747,380 in principal and interest on a debt of $861,891,000. John Love, Cleveland “Press” economist, points out that 15 per cent of the $60,000,000 Gov- ,overnor White expects to raise from ithe sales tax is to be paid out in ering blast at the “spineless lead- | But with Fagan’s record of black- | | local sponsoring committee, includ- | |with the Bolshevik tempo required.+ These sections have been slow since the beginning of the drive, and while other sections, previously lag- ging, have already responded to the call made by the “Daily” for all| quotas to be filled by Dec. 15, these sections have still not aroused | themselves. It is necessary for them to realize that they are keeping their district from reaching the top. Canton, Lorain, Section 11, in |Cleveland, and Mansfield are also still below the finishing mark. Youngstown’s Example These sections—and all the other | |should study Youngstown’s accom-| ben, the section organizer, took per- | ; sonal charge of the campaign. In a short time, money began coming! It has been jin from Youngstown. and now | |coming in regularly, | Leadership Must Take Charge | The leadership in every section in the country which is behind in jone of the districts which is at the| placed by the unemploved the drive must also immediately take “personal charge” of the campaign and see that their sec- Clecetiad Workers’ Bill TOLEDO, Ohio, December 8. — The Paintezs Union of Toledo has | endorsed the Workers Unemploy- | the protest of the union’s business | | agent, who said that “this was not | the Bill endorsed and backed by the _ American Federation of Labor offi- cials.” The Central Labor Union of | | Toledo had refused the previous week to endorse the bill or send a delegate to the National Congrgess for Unemployment Insurance in | Washington D, C. on Jan. 5, 6 and 7. | This local will undoubtedly send | delegates to the Congress in Wash- ington as will many other organiza- tions and unions in Toledo. The Lucas County Joint Action Committee on Unemployment which ‘mcludes all unemployed organiza- tions in this district has been the main sponsoring committee to tions carry through their work this week! The Daily Worker particularly the work tions now in the rear Pittsburgh, California, Milwaukee! From the Granite City unit in Section 1, the St. Louis District, a district which has not yet raised 40 per cent of its $200 quota, comes a contribution and a pledge to rush $20 in a few days “Section 1 is intensifying the drive,” announces the section. “Affairs have been planned up to will watch of the sec- in Chicago, Seattle and hours workers, according to his re- |!agging sections in the country—) Dec. 23, to put us over the top.” Unit 2 in St. Paul, a unit which “Every unit in our section,” is the Unit 2 declaration, “has been guilty of serious delay, but we can still make the grade.” The Markham units of the Min- contributions to help put the dis- trict over the top. Minneapolis is bottom of the list. Every unit in its Barlak Urges Women to Act For Social Bill Points Importance to cial Insurance to Em- ployed Women The National Congress for Un- employment and Social Insurance convenes in Washington Jan. 5, 6 and 7. It is a congress that is of vital interest to women, not only unemployed women, but to women in the trade unions. Especially in the textile field, the woman working in the mill is often the entire support for an entire family, since relief is denied to those who have any income, no matter how small. Her meagre wages must be stretched out for the support of the entire family, which means a lowered standard of living for all workers. The purpose of the Na- tional Congress for Unemplovment and Social Insurance is to discuss the ways and means to further de- velop the already growing move- ment for unemployment and social insurance, Already more than 2,900 American Federation of Labor lo- cals have endorsed the “Workers’ {Unemployment Insurance Bill (H. |R. 7598), which shows that there While this would show a relatively |Plishment. Less than a month ago./has greatly improved its work in|exists a large sentiment for un- higher level of fatalities, Fagan fails | Youngstown was far behind; it had|the last month, has issued a chal-| employment insurance among the to explain why the Lewis machine ;0t moved perceptibly since the lenge to Unit 1, the strongest unit! trade unionists. of which he is a part does nothing | 4rive had started. Then John Steu-|in the section. | The women in trade unions are |fighting for their own wage stand- ards when they participate in the | National Congress for Unemploy- |ment and Social Insurance. The bosses use the poverty of the un- |and President Fagan does, and in- | Youngstown has fulfilled its pledge. neapolis district also have rushed | employed as a threat to the women in the shops. telling them thev must work for lower wages, or be re- The place of the trade union women CALL FOR FOR SOC 1,000 at Boston Meeti CONGRESS TAL BILL ng Urge Election of Delegates to Washington Parley for Insurance BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 9.- gress for Unemployment among 300 loca! unions here Insur and Relief -The call to the National Con- nee been circulated the local sponsoring com- has mittee, and delegations which are now visiting these unions territory must hurry with its funds | js at the Congress to strengthen the to make the district go over in time!| honds of solidarity between em- 3 Deported Painters Back In Los Angeles AsCommunists LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec—Three workers were taken from Los An- geles Thursday in a government ci rank and file votes are counted. | ment and Social Insurance Bill over | by the immigration service for de- portation as Communists. This the first instance of deportation about a year, of workers charged ; with being Communists. Deportation of eleven other work- ers to the Soviet Union is held up because of negotiations between the Soviet Union and the United Stat over passport procedure. The three deported are Sopheles Devranos to Greece; Ivar Stjarnmark to Sweden and Daniel Johnson to Canada. Devranos was originally ordered deported four years ago but a con tinual legal battle has resulted i repeated postponements. Stja:n- mark and Johnson were arrested a few weeks ago and deportation pro- ployed and unemployed women. These bonds have been shown in recent years in the joining on picket lines of unemployed with the employed, at textile mills, metal shops, needle trades shops, etc. The women in the shops have a definite interest in maternity in- surance, which would allow them a| \specified time with vay off from| |work, before and after childbirth. | Other measures for the protection | of the health of working women, |come under the question of social | insurance. | Trade Union Women: Your place is at the National Congress for Un- | employment and Social Insurance. Bring up in your trade union the election of women delegates to the Congress. |Factory Jobs Dropped 2 Points in November | CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 9.— | Factozy jobs dropped two per cent in November as compared with the) previous month, according to the) figures of the National Chamber of | Commerce. The employment index issued by this body was 74.8 for are meeting with a favorable The Boston Joint Council of the Shoe and Leather Workers Union endorsed the call and sent a resolu- tion to the shoe workers’ m: meeting held last Tuesday to er dorse the congress. The more than 1,000 workers who attended the meeting approved the resolution which urged the locals to elect dele- gates to the congress. The Stitch- ers Local of Boston endorsed the call and recommended that the Joint Council elect two deleg: In Fall River, the Weavers U nm of the American Federation of Tex- tile Operators endorsed the call at @ special meeting Friday, elected a sponsoring committee of eleven, and voted to call a city-wide mass con- ference of all organizations for next | Friday, Dec. 14. The president of the union is chairman of the spon- soring committee. The Painters Local of Chelsea has endorsed the call, and will elect a delegate to the National Con- gress at their next meeting. The mixed local of the National Snoe Workers Union of Cheis2a, has e wise acted on the call, but due to a depleted treasury, they have decided to send a to the National Congress. They have taken fiftcen calls which they are bringing local organizations, and have el es cted a delegation to demand that the Board Aldermen endorse congress. Funds Needed NEW YORK—Twenty-five gates to the National Congres: Unemployment Insurance are ex- pected from Iowa, according to in- formation received in the office of the National Sponsoring Committee. One hundred delegates from trade unions, fraternal and unem- ployment organizations in Cleve- land will attend the National Con- gress, the Cleveland Sponsoring Committee stated. Letters coming into the office of ‘the National Sponsoring Committee from isolated sections of the South and the Southwest, indicate a keen interest in the National Congress. Scores of organizations would elect delegates. they write, but are find- ing it difficult to raise funds for them. Many of the delegates are unemployed. “Thousends of dollars are needed if we are to get these delegates to Washington,” declared the National Sponsoring Committee in an appeal issued last night. “Transportation must be paid for, lodgings must be prepared, focd must be provided. “In order to make the Congress ceedings were rushed through. popularize the Congress. The Un- Councils November, as compared with 76.3 |@ success and in order to intensify for October. Large layoffs in one jthe fight for the Workers Unem- employment cooperated and provided most of the workers who demonstrated on Nov. 24 and now the workezs are watching to see if the leadership of the Unem- | ployed Leagues will be as zealous in| backing the National Congress .as | they were in working for “their” Nov. 24 “National Unemployed | | Demonstration.” By AY L interest to the bankers. Poses to issue bonds in this amount | ($24,000,000 as Ohio's share of its | 11935 relief costs) and includes $6,- | 000,000 for interest and amortization | charges on this amount in its pres- | jent tax. program.” In anticipation | jof the passage of Governor White's | |Sales tax Mayor Davis, who not long ; ago put over a four and one-half! Language organizations: Complete your quotas in the Daily Worker drive to enable it to come to a suc- cessful close by December 15. More than $7,000 are still needed to bring the Daily Worker drive to a close. Rush whatever you have collected immediately. ANDY $1.019,000,000 in 1929 dropped to smaller profits. Roosevelt's “Decentralization” This trend has become even more pronounced following Roosevelt's recent “reunion” with the bankers. This “reunion” is signalized in the December issue of Banking, pub-! lished by the American Bankers As- sociation, as “such a combination of | big plant which was not named was given as the reason for the drop. The Printers Group of the | Workers Cooperative Coieny, N. ¥., contributed $15 toward the Daiiy Worker fund. Has your group raised as much as possible to ful- fill the complete quota in the | drive? by Taxation—Government’s Challenge to the Workers | will have to carry the hod and bow And Dale Cox, writing in the | $275,000,000 in 1933. Here again, it | their heads to the fury of the tax- Cleveland Plain Dealer on Nov. 28,/should be noted that the decline | payers,” (that is, the masses). states that “Governor White pro-|cannot be entirely attributed to! Roosevelt's “decentralization” tax | policy is thus only a fancy name for monopoly capital's class policy of | taxing the masses. In view of this policy, it is no accident that the | sales tax, for which the bourgeoisie has been preparing for some time, is now being rushed through in dif- ferent states under the slogan of the | ployment and Social Insurance Bill, | |tens of thousands of organizations ;must be informed of the congress. Organizers must be sent out to help local groups build up a united movement for the bill. “The N: mal Sponsoring Com- mittee for the congress appeals to all those who believe in the work ithat the congress is trying to ac- | “to throw government into bank- | ruptey,” states significantly: “Now that it is law, a sales tax seems un- | avoidable. It is well to recall, in this connection, that Governor White aided the ten-mill amend- | ment.” Thus, the capitalists and their | agents maneuvered to put over the | general sales tax. But the very | papers that before claimed to op- Pose tne sales tax now declare un- and defeat the mass struggles as | ba: |Million dollar “deficiency” bond i: |Sue for the bankers, is already pro- government, banking and business jbe retired over a ten-year period, World War.” “The change,” ac- thereby preparing to saddle the | cording to Banking, “has been de- |masses with a sales tax for the next | veloping for several months, cul- \ten years in order to pay the , minating in the annual convention nkers. of the American Bankers Associa- Roosevelt Applies Tax Policy of tion.” As a direct result of “the Monopoly Capital better understanding effected on In the face of these mounting tax that occasion between the govern- requirements, the Roosevelt govern- ment and the bankers,” as Banking ment has consistently carried out | describes it, Roosevelt told Senators the tax policy of monopoly capital.| Robinson and Harrison that he A few figures will show this process | wanted no new federal taxes from of shifting the burden of taxes from | the new Congress. But as Dale Cox rich to poor: (a) Already in his| practically admits in his economic report to the 8th National Con-| column in the “Plain Dealer” of vention in April, 1934, Earl Browder Noy. 28, this was only to remove cited the following significant facts: | as large a burden of taxes as pos- “The shift of the burden of taxes, | sible from the shoulders of monop- the basis of the budget, comparing | oly capital in order to place it di- j the current year with 1928-1929, is | rectly on the masses. as follows: Government income) After bewailing the fact that from taxation on corporations, rich | business now has to pay “real estate, individuals and wealthy middle | personal property, federal and capi- class declined from $2,231,000,000 to tal stock, state franchise, state $864,000,000—a saving to the rich of | privilege taxes, federal bank check $1,467,000,000. At the same time, | tax, federal income, federal excess taxation of workers and consuming j profits, federal processing and the masses increased from $1,571,000,000 levies to finance N.R.A. code au- to $2,395,000,000—an increase of the | thorities.” Cox adds: “This tre- tax burden amounting to almost the 'mendous tax burden upon industry total taxes now paid by the rich.” | must be assessed as a charge against (p. 25.) It is obvious that this | production, and the administration, “equalization” of the tax burden is| eager to encourage business, sees not due to decreased profits -ef that. any more federal taxes would monopoly capital and increased | now be ruinous to business... The wages and income of the masses! ese seems to be that the New Deal (b) Or let us take the figures of is decentralizing taxation insofar as one of the latest reports of the Na-' possible. By decentralizing taxes tional Industrial Conference Board. | insofar as possible, the indignation In 1929 the tax on corporations was of the tax payer will be directed ' $1,075,000,000. In 1933 it dropped | against the state and local govern- down to $382,000,000. Similarly, the! ments and not against the New individual income tax which was|Deal... The state administrations ‘posing to issue sales tax bonds to | 28 has not been formed since the | “extraordinary emergency” brought animously that although it is an | about by the “tax crisis.” evil, in view of the “emergency,” " A | the evil is necessary. Thus, the Mow it. Werks in Ohie | “News” declares in the above edi- | In Ohio, the big real estate and (torial: “The sales tax is undoubted- |mortgage companies, the banks, | ly open to objections, but in the the only way out.” And the “Press” Commerce prepared the ground for | | in its editorial of the same day ithe sales tax as the solution of the bring on this crisis. Taking ad-jrisy: “The sales tax is unjust and | vantage of the desire of the small! it is unsound. It is a tex on the | property ovner for lower taxes, |cconsumer, bearing most heavily on | these forces maneuvered through | pecple of limited means. In the | the adoption of an amendment to| present emergency it seems in- | the constitution in 1933, reducing | escapabe.” Obviously, patrotism is | the limitation of real estate taxa-| the last refuge of more than one |tion from fifteen to Hen mills. | scoundrel. Although the mass of small owners! (The next artcle will analyze believed they would benefit from | Goy, é z Y | the -five-mill out, in reality the | Coes tes (ax Progam). railroads, utilities and Chambers of existing emergency it appears to be | “tax crisis” by actually helping to writes with the same oil of hypoc- | response among the workers. h to give their approval form by a donation. Every count. All funds should the National Sponsoring Committee, T. Arnold Hill, Tr arer, Room 624, 799 Broadway, New York sAR WOOD, N. J.—Local 2 of the tional Die Casting Workers ue has endorsed the Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill. “We hereby respectfully call to your at- tention that on November 9, 1934, our Local 2 of the National Die Casting Workers League, Inc., of Garwood, N. J. with a membership of 185, voted unanimously to sup- Port the Workers Unemployment and Social Insurance Act,” writes the secretary of the local to the Senators from New Jersey and the local Congressmen as well as to the Secretary of Labor. Delegates Elected WORCESTER, Mass.—Ten dele- gates will go from this city to the National Congress for Unemploy- ment and Social Insurance, repre- senting labor and fraternal organi- zations. A house to house collection will be held on Sunday, Dec. 23 to cover the expenses of delegates. Trade Unionist Lends Aid SOUTH HADLEY FALLS, Mass, —Leslie A. Richards, general or- ganizer of the Independent Wood Workers Union and special organ- izer for the United Textile Workers in this district, has given his en- dorsement to the National Congress for Unemployment and Social In- surance. Wide Support in New York NEW YORK—Four more A. F. of L. unions in New York have elected delegates to the National Congress for Unemployment and Social In- surance, the New York Sponsoring Stated. These are the Printing Pressmen, Local 51; Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators, Local 905: Bakers Local 505 (two delegatz:), Branch 5, American Federation of Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers. A mass meeting on behalf of the National Congress will be held on Tuesday at 8 pm. at the Abyse Sinian Church, 132 West 138th St. Father Devine has sent out a call to his followers, pointing out the | importance of the Congress and asking them to attend the meet- ing. A Harlem Sponsoring Commitee for the Congress was set up on Fri- day night with Frieda Jackson of the Harlem Unemployment Council as secretary. A meeting of this committee has been called for Wed- nesday evening, Dec. 12, at the Workers Center, 131st Street and Lenox Avenue Crown Heights, Brooklyn, is also establishing a special sponsoring committee for the congress, Three hundred people at a meet- ing in P. S. 19, Williamsburg, were enthusiastic in their endorsement of the National Congress, when I. Amter of the National Sponsoring Committee spoke there on Friday night. The meeting, called to dis+ cuss the new tax program in New York, was to have been addressed by Alderman Sullivan. Sullivan failed to turn up, however. Demonstrations before each borough relief office and at the transient bureau, culminating in a mass demonstration before City Hall on behalf of the Workers Un- employment Insurance Bill on Jan- uary 7 when the bill is presented to Congress, are announced by the New York Sponsoring Committee ‘— PHILADELPHIA, Pa Market above EUROPA THEA. "Wein erect Beginning Tomorrow! Amkino presents the film epic of the birth and progress of a great nation 3 Songs About es Lenin” Hear Lenin’s Voice for the Pirst Time on the Screen Directed by GZIGA ZERTOV Music by SHAPORIN | $45,000,000 saved by this cut went | | primarily to the big capitalists, the | utilities and railroads alone saving | $3,000,000 each. At the same time j the masses were faced with the |burden of replacing the $45,000,000 turned over to the capitalists. 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