The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 11, 1934, Page 2

DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1934 HUEY LONG’S ATTACK ON STUDENTS IS STEP TOWARD FASCISM Big Capital Backs Senator In Campaign Workers and Farmers Pay Heavy for His Bridge Plan By W. G. BINKLEY NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 10.—The recent ex] ion of five students from the Louisiana State University and temporary suspension of extending far It is the the 22 others is an act beyond its academic purport. ii ssolubly bound up with state political machinery, which is dominated by that bragadocious au- thor of “There may be smarter men than me, but they are not in Loutis- lana,” Huey P, Long The spark that led to the expul- sions started in the School of Jour- nali The students publish a col- lege paper, the “Reveille” where they get their training in orthodox journalism. One of the journalistic students dared to write a letter to the paper in which “hizzoner” Huey P. Long was criticized, mildly. The paper was censored; the editorial board protested; twenty other stu- dents joined in the protest; they | were all suspended by James M.| Smith, the Louisiana State Univer- | sity president, one of Long’s puppet officials. These students here ac-| quired more than a journalistic lesson .. . they came face to face with one of Long’s fascist acts. Here- in lies the political significance of the affair at the Louisiana State University. Immediately after election Long had a special session of the State Legislature called to pass certain “laws” to give his clique-more power and to advance his political ambi- tions. It was at this time that he got himself appointed by his puppet governor, O. K. Allen (“OK” for Long in every respect) to the board of supervisors of the university. This to further fasten his fascist foothold on the state. To criticize a U, S. Senator and a member of the board of supervisors of the school is lese majesty. “The | faculty has expelled students for at- tacking authorities less important than mysé¢lf” sayS Huey (telegram | to Western Conference College Ed- iters.) So why shoultin’t they expel those who dared to criti¢ize Huey | . however mildly? | Long’s Support It might be well to investigate | and see where Long gets his sup-| port. What are his methods of| winning support? What are his re-| lationships to the big capitalists | whom he denounces? and many| other quéstions correctly answered | might clear up the wherefore of his political success. His main show is the “Share The Wealth” performance. This famous cure-all remedy has been broadcast over the radio almost daily. It is heralded in red on the front page| was a Negro woman. This was too | of his paper “The American Prog- The Central Committee of the Communist Party. U.S.A,, instructs all Pa organizations to prepare for the carrying on of a systematic campaign in the Party and among the broadest mass of workers and toilers in preparation for the 7th Congress of the Communist Ir national as a Congress of strugele for the fighting unity of the working class. The basic link in the real mass preparation for the Con- gress must he the intensification of the struggle for the united front of all toilers against fascism and the danger of war. Every Pari organization will have to carry through a most careful analysis of our experiences since the Sixth Congress of the Comintern, to check up the policy of the Party, its tactics and slogans, from the point of view of the penétration of the Party’s influence among the toiling masses and pri- marily among the working class; also from the point of view of the organizational consolidation of this influence, the political growth and training ot Party cadres, and the ability of the Party to or- ganize and lead the struggle for the defense of the interests and rights of the workers and all toilers, Proceeding from the Open Letter and the 8th Con- vention decisions, this check-up of the entire work of the Patty must be conducted from the point of view of the necessity of building up the united pro- letarian front and of bringing about trade union unity on the basis of the class struggle. At the plenums of the District Committees, Sec- tion Committees, unit meetings, etc. and at meet- ings cf Party functionaries, the discussions should be carried on not only on the results of the work of the Party during thé past five years, drawing lessons from this for forthcoming work, but there should also be discussions cn the outlook for the growth of the Communist movement in the U. 8. This should be done on the basis of the analysis of the economic and political situation in the coun- try, the alignment of class forces, the changes tak- ing place in those parties and organizations which have influence among the masses (Socialist Party, A. F. of L,, etc.), the level of the mass movement, taking especially into account the all-round strengthening of the U.S.S.R. and its increasing in- ternational role. While concretely analysing the strength of the existing fascist movements and formations, and the fascization of the rule of the American bourgeoisie through the N.R.A, while analysing the fascist methods of work and demagogy, the Party organi- zation should discuss the question of how best to organize the struggle against fascism and fasci- zation in accordance with the concrete conditions and from the point of view of building up the widest anti-fascist front of the toiling masses. The Party organization must carry on a wide campaign of enlightenment on the question of struggle jor the united proletarian front as the most esséntial condition fer victory over fascism. At the same time, we must carry on a concrete and persistent criticism of the social-democratic policy of concili- ation with the bourgeoisie which is the cause of the Splitting of the working class, and, consequentiy, of its weakening in the face of the class enemy. The Party organizations must draw into this discussion and cathpaign the non-Communist work- ers (Socialist Party members, members of the A. F. of L., etc.). We must invite these workers and non- Party workers generally to the ‘meetings for discus- sion of the questions on the agenda of the 7th World Congress of the Comintern and its sig- nificance for the entire working class. All this preparation for the 7th Congress must be utilized for intensified recruiting of new members into the Party. OUTLINE OF TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED IN CONNECTION WITH THE FORTHCOMING SEVENTH WORLD CONGRESS OF THE COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL. The gencral tendencies of capitalist develop- ment since the 13th Plenum of the Communist International. The specific characteristics in the United States of the “depression of a special kind.” From the old deal to the “New Deal.” The crisis of the “New Deal.” The bankruptcy of all theories of Americas exceptionalism (bourgeois, Lovestone, Trotz- ky). To what extent and in what forms was the transition to the depression accomplished at the expense of the (a) workers, (6) farm- ers, (c) Negroes, (4) Urban middle classes, (e) Colonies, Plundering the public treasury to subsidize the monopolles—Inflation—War préparations. The question of the relations between fascism and social-democracy. Before the advent quently. The crisis of the Second International. The present role of the Socialist Party of America (analysis of its vatious groups and tendencies), The role of the reformist leadership of the A. F. of L. The concrete application of the Leninist prin- ciples of anti-war struggles in the present world situation. Present role of U. 8. imperialism in rélation to the war danger and to the peace policies of the Soviet Union. The struggle for the postponement of war. The struggle against the present chief war incendiaries (Germany, Japan, and the most reactionary circles of monopoly capital in all imperialist countriés). 1) 2) 3) of Hitler and subse- 4 a Organize for Discussion of Agenda of Seventh World Congress of the Communist International STATEMENT OF CENTRAL COMMITTEE, C.P.U.S.A., TO PARTY MEMBERSHIP AND TO ALL PARTY ORGANIZATIONS and support for its revolutionary policy of peace, The struggle for the defense of Soviet China. Support for the anti-imperialist struggles in China, 6 Our program of the revolutionary way out. The relation between the Socialist revolution in the U. 8. and the colonial revolutionary movement in the Caribbean and South America. The significance for the U. S. of the Socialist construction in the U.S.S.R. and of the existence of Soviet China. The effects upon the revolutionization of the class struggle and the fight for Soviet America, Bourgeois “plaining.” Socialist planning, 8 The struggle for unity of action and for the unity of the working class. In the unions, Socialist Party and Communist Party, League Against War and Fascism. Unemployed movement, Farmers. Negroes. ‘Youth. I. L. D, and general struggle for civil rights. Protection of foreign-born, Cultural, 9) Trade union work. The major problem of building the rank and file movement in thé A. F. of L. unions, of Winning the looal organizations, of winning the decisive sections of the A. F. of L. memi- bership, Forms of organization and methods of work of the rahk and filé opposition in the A. F. of L. Problems of work in the independent unions. Problems of building the revolutionary unions, Problems of work in the vomipany unions. 10) On the struggle against opportunism on two fronts. il) The fascisation of the rule of the American bourgeoisie, The Roosevelt N. R. A. as a method of masked fascisation and war preparations. ‘The growth of more open fascist movements and formations, 12) The specific characteristios of the growth of the revolutionary upsurge in the U. 8. Btrike struggles of a class war nature, Sympathy strikes, general strikes, Mass urge to tradé union organization, espe- Movement from below for the united front. Resurgence of unemployed struggles and of the movement for H. R. 7598. Maturing forces for mass break-aways from the old capitalist parties and toward organ- ized working claSs independent political action. Significance of Communist Party vote in- crease in the last election. Third bourgeois parties as a capitalist and reformist way of checking this process of mass break-aways from the old capitalist parties. Our experience and policies in linking up the Communists more firmly with the mass Movements and organizations for the pur- posé of direeting them into channels of inde- pendent political action and revolutionary struggle. 13) The allies of the proletarian revolution. Toiling farmers. Problems of penetrating their mass organisations ang of unfolding the daily mass struggles of the toiling farm- ers under the hegemony of the proletariat. Negroes—Negro proletariat. Sharecroppers. ‘The problem of the organizational erystalliza- tion of our political influence. Our experi- ence in the struggle for Negro rights and self-determination. The review of thé Stotts- boro struggles. The role of Amerioan impe- tialism in Liberia and in the West Indies. Urban middle classes. Méthods of work, Ex- posure of the reformist assertion of the de- creasing role of the proletariat (Thomas). 14) The special role of the youth and women in the struggle against fascisation and war. 15) The political education of the armed forces of the bourgeoisie (Federal Army and Navy, State militia, Américan Legion, etc.). A thorough sur- vey of the social composition of these forces and their commanding personnel, 16) Problems of Party Building. Recruiting. Struggle against fluctuation, Building of cadres, The contents of work of the Patty units. Special characteristics of work in the facto- ries and the spécial problems involved. Concéhitration (methods and experiences). The Agit-Prop Commission of the Central Com- mittee has been instructed to immediately take up the organization of all available forces to collect the information and to build up the necessary outlines The struggle for the defense of the U.S.S.R. cially semi-skilled and unskilled, for these discussions, jment relief.” The reply was signifi- cant: “We are too damn busy passing our own laws to listen to the de- mands of the unemployed,” One of the unemployed delegates much for Long's lily-white hench- |thought it was necessary; the ¢con- | trol over the State’s educational in- | | stitute with its 5,000 students taking |military training. Long may not |Sueceed in being the American fas+ cist dictator. Others liké Sinclair, Olsen and their type may beat him ress.” All that is needed is to limit| men. They let forth a fury of frothy |to it, but he is certainly Placing a Wealth to $50,000,000 per individual and annual incomes to $5,000,000. When this is done poverty and suf- fering will vanish. The big million- | aires are crooks, their wealth is a canker; they will surely go to hell. Long scorchés them in no uncertain terms. This demagogy has caused thousands to sign applications (They are free . . . the poorest can join) in the Share the Wealth out- fit. Not ofly are the poor unemployed workers drawn into this web, but hundteds of the middle class and farmers who feel themselves sliding back into the working class are his most loyal supporters. His “rélief” program helps them. At the August special session of the legislature several “relief? measures were passed. These mainly affect the taxes Of merchants and small busi- ness men. special sidewalk sign tax, and many such taxes where the city and county collect for, but Long had this done away with. The farmers (andowners, not tenants) were given a short moratorium on debts. Long appeals to them in a recent circular: “We have passed a number of tax relief measures. They should be given every help that they might immediately go into effect, but cor- porations ahd ring, politicians, the vice and red light disttict elements, who are affected by them, have cer- tain friends sitting on the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana, and they claim t6 have heelers and henchmen pigeonholéd in the partments of the United States gov: ernment. Therefore, as has been the case of all other relief measures, it may take s¢veral months or even a year or two to whip them down to where we can do very much with our laws; but with the faithful and constant fight of the people of Louisiana, we will in a short timé, as we always have, prevail with car- rying out the laws that the people have voted.” Arrest Unemployed Delegation Before elections all Long needed was to whip the “ring of corrup- tion” in the congressional elections. His candidates won, Now he asks for more time to put his famous “pelief” measures into effect. “May- be one or two years” will be re- quired, but just be faithful and leave it to Huey. You will get “relief” in the sweet bye and bye. But, what about relief for the un- employed? What measures has the state taken to aid them? Dur- ing the first special session a dele- gation representing the thousands of unemployed workers went to the legislature to present a program for | acy were afrested on the | relies. steps of the Capitol by Long’s special deputies, carried to jail and held until the legislature adjourned. ‘When asked what they were doing tiére, the delegation replied: “We| came to present a bill for ufemploy- Formerly there was a/| indignation: “No nigger has ever been in the capitol building and jnever will.” “Niggérs ain’t got no tight in Louisiana and you Whites ought to know it.” And a whole |hice lécture on how théy should look to their “betters” for succor. If anyoné is fooled by the fact | that this was not Long in peéfson and he was fot résponsible for this just listen to his argument on the {poll tax law. This was one of his |pet “relief” measures, a law doing jaway with the poll tax as a quali- | fication for voting. It was mainly |a “relief” for Long and his sup- porters who had to pay thousands | of dollars each year to register pros- pective voters. His enemies attacked | the law on the ground that it would |énfranchise the Negroés. Long’s an- |Swer is: “There are other ways to keep the Negro from voting. We |have the education qualification act |and other means may bé used if |necessary.. This is a white man’s |government and will remain so.” This Long assures them over the radio (WDSt), and in special cir- | culars. | Finance Capital Supports Long | How well Long follows the foot- |steps of Hitler and other fascists |can be seen from his demagogic acts |and promises to the large section of jthe middle class and the farming |section, But there is another very |important phase to this: Long is | supported and his movement is fos- tered by the large capitalists—the very ones whom he denounces in |the most vicious terms. Baton Rouge, the State Capitol, is owned jand controlled by Standard Oil. | Here is located one of their largest refineries in the South. The whole | Mississippi River valléy is decked |with large oil refineries and other equipment. Standard Oil supports and helps to finance Long. The L. and A. (Lotisiana and Arkarisas) Railway is oné of thé State’s most |important railroads. This is one of |the big corporations which Huey warns is robbing the people. Btit, he has often been seen with Harvey Couch, the president of the L. and A, in his private car riding be- {tween New Orleans and Baton |Rouge. Couch and Long are close |Personal friends. The American Sugar refinery, controlling most of \the State’s sugar industry and the |N. O. P. S. I. (New Orleans Public | Service Inst.), another of the largest corporations, are also reputed sup- porters of Long. Just now, as the latest maneuver |to fortify his control of the political |machinery, Long has had Walmsley, |Kis political opponent, ousted from the chairmanship of the Democratic |Party and has himsélf been elected to that post. This gives Long full reign in all important political fields of the State. Controller of the of- ficial political machinery, the State | legislative and judicial, and also the military apparatus since the first Special session empowered his pup- pet, O. K. Allen, to call out the militia whenever in his opinion he |high bid for the job and he is mov- jing fast, No story about Long can be com- plete without mentioning his free |school books and the bridges. When the Western Conference of College Editors protested his gag rule on the “Reveille,” Long wired back with 4 lecture on free school books and bridges. Criticize Long for what you will and he yells with childish |glee: “Look at ‘the school books. Look at the bridges I built.” The | poor farmers and workers are taxéd |to the limit to pay for this plus the |sraft Long pocketed. The Communist Party is the only voice raised against this demagogue. Weak as this has been, the organ- ized workers under the lagdership of the Party has been the only force demanding and forcing the govern- ment, both local and federal, to grant relief for thé unemployed. It will be thé Party that will put up @ feal resistance to his fascist ma- neuvérs and upon the Party rests this great task to save the workers of Louisiana and the South from the experience that befell the work- ers of Germany and Italy. Kill More Crops, Says Roosevelt (Continued from Page 1) from its major rivals, British and Japanese imperialism. Hull showed that Ameriean im- perialist groups negotiated an agreement through Ambassador Caffery in Havana whereby Cuba pledged to give preference to Amer- ican manufacturers in return for certain concessions granted to Cuban products in this country. In this way, both the Cuban workers and the American workers are forced to pay higher prices for daily necessi- ties in order that groups of Amer- ican vapitalists and Big farth land- lords and wealthy Cuban interests can reap bigger profits. The prod- ucts involved in the agreement in- clude pork, beans, tobacco, autos, iron and steel, sugar, paper. electric fixtures, chemicals and other at- titles. Fight A.A.A, Policies These agreements with Latin will be pressed by American agenits, American and Eutopean countries Hull stated. Thus the imperialist struggle for markets, at the expense of the wotkers at home and in the foreign countries, is sharpening, | bringing with it more naval arina- | ments and the menace of impe- rialist war, The building of trade agreaments cannot help the vast majority of | small American farmers who have | Deen ruinsd by the Roosevelt A.A.A, j and N.R.A policies. Their remedy | can cniy ¢omée from a struggle ‘against these polici¢és here at home. United Vote in Auto Is Urged (Continued from Page 1) tives and the organization they desire to speak for them in collec- tive bargaining. Those who do not specify an organization will them- selves be considered as a group, and in this way so-called “propor- tional representafion” will be éstab- lished. Contains Traps This apparently democratic scheme contains a number of traps for the workers. In the first place, no at- tempt was made to hold such elec- tions right after the Washington settlement, when in a number of important plants the A. F. of L. had the majority of workers ofgan- ized and would undoubtedly have won. Instead, the Automobile Labor Board, creating the impression that the A. F. of L. was the only union to be dealt with, began a long proc- ess of checking the A. FP. of &. mem- bership in various plants for the announced purpose of establishing Proportional representation. This checking was dragged on for months till the production season was over and the vast majority of the work- ers were laid off. No afhouncement Was ever fhadé as to the results of the checking. Ditches Original Plan Now the Automobile Labor Board completely ditches the original plan and adopts a new scheme. The m- jin tent is clear: The membership of the A. F. of L. automobile locals had declined sharply; moreover, many workets, because of the be- trayal policiés of the A, F. of L. leadezs, have growh skeptical of all trade unionism. The Auto Labor Board calculates that these workers, under pressure of the companies, can be lined up behind the com- pany unions. In addition, the Board, in a grand and democratic gesture, throws the élections open to ail unions, hoping to split the vote and assuré victory for the compahy unions. ‘Down With Starvation’ Is Cry in Berlin Circus BERLIN, Dec. 10, — The Busch citcus has been the scené of a dem- onstration against the governmient. The Nazi press has béen careful to pass over it in silence. During the performancé, Wheh the house was plunged in darkness, shouts came from the audience: “Down with the starvation government! Dowh with the present regime!” The police were warned, stirrotinded the circus, and made 300 arrests. Units which have completed theit quota in the Daily Worker firancial campaign must continus rising additional funds so that the drive will end by Dec. 15. Students: Ask your classmates for contributions to thé Daily Worker drive, State Reply In Scottsboro Case Is Filed WASHINGTON, D. C., Dee. 10.— Attorney-General Thomas &. Knight, Jr., of Alabama, today filed with the U. 8. Supreme Court a brief opposing the application by International Labor Defense at- torneys for a review by that court of the lynch death verdicts against Haywood Pattérson and Clarence Norris, two of the Scottsboro boys. In his brief, Knight conceded that systematic exclusion of Nt from juries Would violate the 14th Amendment to the Fédéral Consti- tution, but proceeded to deny, in the face of ovérwhelming proof of such exclusion of Negroes from the Scottsboro juries, that Negroes had been excluded because of their race and color. The court is expected to act soon on the appeals of Norris and Pat- terson. It is the second time that I. L. D. attorneys, backed by the world-wide fight against the “pape” frame-up of the nine Scottsboro boys, have taken the case of the U. 8. Supreme Court. On the first oceasion, the court reversed the death decisions and ordered new trials for the boys as & result of the maés préssuré. The present ap» peal is being handled by Walter Pollak, famous cohstitutional at- torney, who successfully atgued the firét appeal. Pollak is being assisted the case by Osmond Fraenkel, hotéd appeal lawyer. Japan’s Envoy ToManchukuo Peril to China TOKYO, Dec. 10.—With the ap- pointment today of General Jito Minami as Japanese “ambassador” to Manchuktio and commander-in- chief of the Kwantung army (the Japanese military forces on the mainland of Asia), the war aims and territorial aggression of Japa- support. leave for Hsinking on Deceitbee 19, im as an “unwavering believer in his country’s imperial destiny on the continent of Asia,” and ohe who was for “direét forte- ful metiods of dailing with any that oppose Japan’s mission to maintain the ‘peace’ of East Asia,” writers and officials here released state- ments which were in effect a blank forecast that the Chinese provirices bordering Manchtkuo—Hopei aid Chahar—which have already been invaded, would scon bé erished under the fire and sword of Miniftil’s vandalism. Several Japanese and Marichu- kuan expeditions have cro=-54 into Chahar since the seizure of Jehol jin March, 1933, Jersey §. P. Backs The Workers Bill (Continued from Page 1) restored to thé unemployed in Essex County. Leagués Support Congress ZANESVILLE, Ohio, Dec. 10.— The Unemployéd Leagués of Musk- ingum county voted last Thursday to give complete support to the Na- tional Congress for Unemployment Insurance, elected delegates from théir organization to atterid the Congress, ahd issued a call to all the Ohio Unemployed Leagués to likewise back the National Con- gress. Fréd Payton, county chairman of thé Unemployed Leagues, placed the question squarely before the Targe number o: delegates présent at thé county committee meeting. “This is a national campaign,” he Said, “to obtain unemployment in- surance as defined in the Workers’ Bill. This is a vital need of the whole Working class, We will, each ahd every one of us, take our stand right hére and now, We are either for or against unemployment in- surance. If we ate honest mem- bers of the Uheémployed Leagues, thea we must be for the Workers’ Declares Inaction a Crime “To be in favor of the Wotkers’ Bill and do nothing is a crime,” Payton continued. render Up. service and avoid action is the to! of a coward. The county cominit- tee must fully discuss this matter. We want no misunderstanding. But in my opinion, any member of this committee who opposes action to secure unemployment insurance will not be able to show his or her face before honest workers, when the workers know that such denial of the struggle is against the best in- terests of each and every worker. I am asking you to give this Con- gress your full support.” ae he pee eee after delega floor urged ene ie endorsement and action on National Congress for Un- employment Insurance. State Organizer a Delegate _ Harry Stots, Negto worker and State Crganizer of Ohio Un- employed Leagues, and Payton were elected as delegates to repre- sent. the Soe Committee ne oe Muskingum County Unemploye: Leagues at the National Congress. Mest of the local units have already elected theit delegates. Alternates have also beén eléctéd in many to make certain that they shall have representation at the National Con- aress. The delegates from all over the coufity will hold a special meet- ing on Saturday, Dee. 15, to plan for broadening the delegation afd rais- in necessaty funds. The county committee will hold their next meeting on Dee. 31, one week before the usual time, to check They further plan to involve all Zanesville in support of the Na- | tional Congress for Unemployment Insurance. LR.T. Workers Vote Support NEW YORK ~Smashing through the influence and pressure of the Officials and delevates of the Brotherhood of L.R.T. Employes, a company union, workers of Local 1, representing the 148th Street repair shop, voted at their last meeting to éeléct a déléegate to the National Congréss for Unemployment Insur- ance, Whith will meet in Washing- ton on Jan. 5 to 7. In addition to the delegate who will represent the Brotherhood Local, the men will sehd one delegate to the Congréss as their direct representative from the shop. “This action was another expres- sion of thé contempt which the men have for the wage-cutting ‘pen- Sion plan’ which the company forced upon us recently,” oné of the sub- way workers wrote to the Daily Worker. This “Pension plan” is a disguised 3.5 per cent wagé cut and a yellow-dog instrument. Since its inception last October, mote than 5,000 subway wotkers have refused to join the “pension plan” or joined under the pressure of the company union officials and later resigned from it under a mass campaigh gas by the Transport Workers ion. Hugh Connor, recently “chosen néw delegate in the 148th Street local of the Brotherhood, was elect- ed as delegate. His acceptance is conditional on the approval of the General Committee. Shop Delegate Elected Not to be thwarted in their de- termination to be represented at this congress, thé men immediately madeé provisions for a substitute, in the event that Connor is influenced by the General Committee not to attend the Congress. In addition to the delegate that will represent the Broth cal, the mén havé decided to send Ohe delegate to difectly fepreésent th shop. Although each of the company union delegates réceived a covy of the call and one was sent officially to the local, in care of the secretary, it WAS net tintil raised from the floor that the issue Was reluctantly permitted to come up for disetis- Sion. The sefitiment in favor of na- tional legislation providing for tn- employment ahd social insurance wes greatly stimulated by the fight which the men on the entize LR.T. system waged against the “New Pension Plan,” for reinstatement of | workers disc! for unién ac- yyy and other improvements, led by the Transport Wotkéts Union. The fight for the passage of the Unemployment insttrarce Bill (B. R. 7598) must be tied Lies the campaign to asctiré publisation of the Daily Worker for the next year. Ask for contributions ime- up on full atrangements, and to plan a huge send-off mass meeting diately. More than $7,000 must be faised by Dec. 1& A for the delegates to the Congress. |ing Worker Push - Chicago Fight On Segregation Rent Strike Declared in Fight Against Eviction of Herbert Newton (Daily Worker Midwest Bureau) CHICAGO, Dee. 10. — Herbert Newton, outstanding Negro Com munist leader, and Harriet Williams, white worker with whom he shares an apartment at 615 Oakwood Boulevard, were suddenly evicted in the snow last Friday morning. Within a few hours, their furni« ture had been returned to the aparte ment by indignant Negro and white workers, who also set up a Picket liné in front of thé home of the white landlord, Dr. Mitchell, at 648 Woodlawn Park, When several weeks ago, Newton with his wife and baby, moved into Miss Williams’ apartment, the lands lord ordered her to evict them or Surrender the fiat. Miss Williams tefused, and the courts came to the aid of the chauvinist landlord, with Judge Thomas A, Greén issuing an eviction order at the request of the landiord. Friday's unsuccessful at- tempt to evict the two families was carried out without the customary 24-hours eviction notice, as Chicago landlords, the courts and police Joined in a concerted effort to block the growing mass fight organized by the League of Struggle for Negro Rights around the case. A protest rent strike was declared last Wednesday night by all of the white tenants in the building, and a drive has been launched to or« ganize a similar strike in Dr. Mitehell’s jim-crow house at 5715 Calumet Avenue, where he exacts exorbitant rents from Negro ten- ants whom hé bars from his “lily- 4 white” houses. Mass Delegation Visits Mayor A mass delegation of thé white tenants at 615 OakWood Boulevard and many workéfs’ organizations visited Mayor Kelly’s office on Thursday to demand that the city safeguard the constitutional rights of the Negro people. Théy were met by the mayor's personal representa- tive, Mr. Wright, who suavély evaded the issues raised, but under pressure agreed to arrange to have the mayor meet the delegation this week, The delegation was elected at & mass protest meeting held here last Wed- nesday, at whiech Bob Minor, Karl Lockner, Communist candidate for mayor in the present municipal election campaigh, Newton, Com- munist candidate for City Clerk, ahd William Heitler, one of the white tenants at 615 Oakwood Boulevard, Spoke. Negro Alderman Refuses to Act Forty-three delegates, represent- Many organizations, walked three milés through snow and slush Friday afternoon to see William Dawson, Negro Republican alder- man of the Second Ward, to demand that he take a stand against racial Segregation. Wilting under David Poindexter’s fire, Dawson still re- fused to do anything, thoroughly disillusioning the Republican tiem- bers of the delegation, who later in ithe day joined other workers in re- turning the furiture to the apart- ment. : Another délégation visited Tittin- ger, Democratic ward leader, last Saturday afternoon. Negro and White workers picket ing Dr. Mitchéll’s home on Satur- day were arrested, but later released. ‘Their signs, denouncing segregation and jim-crowism, Were confiscated by the police. Preparations are now being made for mass picketing of Dr eeleanelr's home and housés he owns. Protésts against the eviction order are flooding Judge Thomas A. Green, Municipal Court, and Dr, Mitchell. Rich, Richer, Poor, Poorer (Continuea from Page 1) small groups above the $25,000 & year class. It shows that while the orest section of the population fost close to a billion dollars in net income during fhe first ten months of the New Deal, the millionaires doubled their incomes. Capitalists Take Half The government survey also showed, despite all the manipula- tiohs of the figures and concealed capitalist exploitation, that fully 50 pér cent of the national income is Officially admitted to come from open appropriation of surplus valué produced by wage labor and appro= Lo- egghead 48 another. Thus, Bein ee ificomtie headed “wages and &al was $7,196,828.256 for 1933, a drop of over half & billion dollars, the in- eomé listed under “dividends” or “business” of “rents,” etc, totalled about $6,000,000,000. The report showed that rich cor- porations afd individuals were per- fitted to make “deductions” from their taxable income amounting to more than two Billion dollars, Also of significance was the data showing that the so-called “excess profits” tax of ‘the N. R. A. cut into the incomés of the ri¢hest corbora- tidfs ehlv to the extent of $6,266,071, a negligible figure. ‘The number of returns from cor- pat showing increaséd income jumped 82 per cent, while the num- ber showing no income decreased 9 Bex céht, and thé total corporation Geficits reborted 29 per cent, showing the way ih Which thé Recsevelt, New Deal and the N. R. A. Heélned the hitgest corvorations to incréase profits while the wagés of the lowest *rouds were béing rape idly reduced by the N. R. A, codes.