The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 12, 1934, Page 2

Page 2 DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1934 Chicago Conference Called on Municipal Election Issues | ; -Workers’Enemies | W ORKERS WEARING COMMUN PROGRAM FOR UNITY Workers’ United Front Parley Jan. 13 To Organ- ize Broad Struggle for Main Immediate | Needs, Plan Election Campaign | CHICAGO, Dec. 11—The Communist Party here has issued a call for a Workers’ January 13 to consider the qu the working people in the coming municipal elections. | United Front Conference on estions and issues confronting IST PARTY big Rallies to PROPOSES 7-POINT SupportSocial Bill (Continued from Page 1) vote for the that they support ani Workers’ Bill. ‘On the day of the demonstra- tions, similar resolutions should be adopted and ‘immediately sent to President Roosevelt and to your congressmen and senators. “Action should be taken in each city before the City Council or county commissioners to compel them to endorse the Workers’ Bill and to petition Congress to enact it. This should be preceded by delegations to and demonstrations at the homes of city aldermen to force them to put themselves on VOTE for the Workers’ Unemployment Insurance Bill 7598 This ballot is sponsored by the Daily,AWorker crea, encan community ETT ESA 50 East 1 New (Cut out and sign BAL Cstcnen or teumuniey oi ieearionsi America’s Only Working Class Deily Newspaper 3th Street York this ballot today) LOT | some time ago as an unreliable, dis- | Workers’Enemies Exposed Daniel Johnson, of Fords (Wood- bridge Township), N. J., was ex- pelled from the Communist Party | ruptive individual. He was active among the Scandi- navian workers, failed to carry out decisions of the Patty and was ac- cused of using working class or- ganizations for his own personal | gains. | Since his expulsion Johnson has | jumped from one organization to another: first trying to work among the building trades workers, then to -ARMBANDS STAGE 4! PROTEST IN COURT Third Week—No Jury Formed—Gallagher Grills Process Server (Special to the Daily Worker) SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 11—The court of Judge Das M. Lemmon, where eighteen working class leaders and work- ers are being tried on charges of criminal syndicalism was thrown into excitement yesterday with the appearance of a I have read the Workers’ Unemployment and Social Insurance Bill and vote The call has been sent to trade unions, working class | ons of ex-@— record.” the I. W. W., then proposing the A. F. of L. to the workers, and now it is reported that he hes joined | group of 24 workers sent to the trial by the workers of Tulare i and Fresno to express their solidare organizations, organiza small home owners, Local Conference Planned service men, Sra Ne dl. Trad P. lity and support for the defendants. unemployed organizations and or- Troyanovsky Visits RICHMOND, Va—Ten delegates| FOR CT AGAINST fa) the Hoan wicaken Pavi edie eee ci aper |Judge Lemmon took exception to ganizetions of women and youth,| Biro-Bidjan Region; | are expected ie iene ba Seal noticed that Johnson wants to nave} Of Left Wing in AFL tne bea igen ‘ee See 3 + + del tes to . x tional Congress for nemplo; lent | some of an orgal group 4. H $, jarm-l ands worn by ie delegates, eee ccis sag ea a hia Is Impressed by Work | 5.4 social Insurance from this city. || Name ————_______ ior gmayan << Soe ie aot A Published in Chicago Jand ordered them thrown out of the cont ni Me 1 nela ae i 4 vantages and are refusing ave Ser ae, | jek! be, 13 vestern Ww ) C. Norman of the local sponsoring ess City. meas i the court room, but quickly backed at Mirro: Hall, 1136 North Wester: (Special to the Daily Worker please diced tere tetas | y anything to do with him. CHICAGO, Dee, 11.—The first is- | The Communist Party in its ap- peal calls on all th organiza- tions to elect delegates, who at the nference will work out a program around the following is- and demands: sues 1) The enactment of the Workers’ Unemployment and Social Insur-| ance Bill. 2) A public works program on which workers will be émployed at} union wages with a guarantee of 30) hours’ work a week. 2) Cash relief to the unemployed pending passage of H. R. 8. Shoes, clothing, coal and other ne- cessities to be supplied to the unem- ployed and their families. 4) The right of all workers to or-| ganize into unions and organiza- tions of the unemployed. 5) The abolition of the red squad anid against police terror. 6) Against evictions. The repeal) of the sales tax. 1) For the full social, political and economic equality of the Negro people. Around these demands and issues and the other problems that con- front the working people of Chicago a platform will be worked out around which all workers can be| rallied. The Communist Party urges the organizations to discuss these demands and change and add de- mands of their own. On the basis of this united front Platform, the call urges the nomi- nation of candidates on the Com- | munist Party ticket. The candidates will be selected at the conference by the delegates, and will go into the elections with a program that will continue the united front strug- gles of the Chicago workers. Two delegates can be elected from every local‘of'eath organization. Saar Youth Leader Breaks With Nazis, Supports Status Quo Many Held in Bulgarian BIRO-BIDJAN, Dec. 11 (By wire- less).—Telling the workers of Biro- Bidjan what a strong impression the formation of a Jewish autonomous ion had made upon all circles of population abroad, especially’ upon the Jews, Soviet Ambassador | to the United States Alexander) Troyanovsky paused here for the} afternoon on his tour through the | Far East, while en route to America. Ambassador ‘Troyanovsky spent} four hours examining the collective farm enterprises, the cultural insti-| tutions, and the mode of life gen- erally. “I thought I would mest here | | a small hamlet,” he declared, “but | what I saw surpassed all my expec- tations. It is true that much work must still be done in order to master | this region, but the enthusiasm with | which construction proceeds is a guarantee of the victory of our na-| tional policy.” | Four Soldiers Hanged, | Drive on Anti-Fascists | SOFIA, Bulgaria, Dec. 11.—Fol- lowing the hanging of four soldiers | accused of being Communists on | Dec. 8, nineteen students have been | seized for revolutionary activity in| | Tatar Pazardzik. | The soldiers were charged with | conducting struggles against Bulga- |rian fascism in the army. Leaflets | | allegedly found on the persons of | | the students are the sole basis for | their arrest. They are in immediate | danger of being court-martialed and | killed, it was indicated here. Four Communist leaders were arrested in Orshanie, it was reported. Twenty other Communist workers’ now on trial before a court-martial at Shiratz may become the next vic- | tims of the savage persecution by} the fascists, unless international aid | rescues them in time, | SAARBRUCKEN, Dec. 11.— The chief of a section of the Hitler Youth Movement, Heinrich Krae- chen, of Wemmetsweiler, has an- nounced that he has passed over in- to the Communist Youth of the Saar and issued an appeal io all young people in the Saar in which he pledges himself to fight with all his power for the maintenance of the status quo. SAARBRUCKEN, Dec, 11. — Through the instigation of the in- dustrialist-politician Roechling, a “Union of German Employers” has been formed in the Saar. This body is a mere mask for a “Nazi organ- ization of industrial cells” designed to agitate among the workers by means of terrorism. Rape Frame-Up Fails In Seima, Alabama SELMA, Ala., Dec. 11—The “rape” charge as a way to keep white and Negro workers apart was again ex- posed when the plans of the local police to frame a Negro miscarried here. Ed Johnson, a Negro em- ployed by the city, was arrested and charged with having attacked a white woman, Then the police went out to get the “evidence.” ‘They had planned to have John- son accused by a local girl, Miss Kynard, of having attacked her. In this way they expected to railroad Johnson to the chain gang and at the same time make bad feeling between the white and Negro workers in the city in order to check the growing influence of the International Labor Defense there. But the police got a triple sur-| Scandinavian Military Cinetes Discuss War Against U.S.S.R. prize. First Miss Kynard refused to aid in the frame-up. She stated that she would not be like Victoria Price, but that like Ruby Bates, she would tell the truth. Although she was beaten up by a policeman named Dukes, she continued to re- fuse to lie. The second surprize was the at- titude of many white workers. In- stead of joining the lynch-mob, they to: the side of Johnson pouring protests on the police chief and other city officials, The third sur- prize was the militancy of the Ne- groes, who were mobilized by the TLD. all over Selma. ‘The police were forced to release Johnson. As soon as he was freed, a defense squad of ex-service men surrounded him and took him to a safe place. Johnson’s release was hailed throughout the community as a great victory for the white and Negro workers of Selma. The Co-operative Opticians, New York City, pledged to the Daily Worker financizl campaign 5 per cent of their gross sales for the month of December, and chal- lenged every group of professional workers to do the same. East St. Louis Rally =| Observes Founding of Armenian Soviets EAST ST. LOUIS, fll, Dec. 11—| |More than 250 Armenian workers | jand their friends attended a cele- | bration of the 14th anniversary of the establishment of the Socialist | | Soviet Republic of Armenia. | The meeting, held under the aus- | pices of the Friends of Pomvar, | ; adopted resolutions calling for the | defense of the U. S. S. R. for the |freedom of all anti-fascist fighters |being held in European dungeons and concentration camps. A pledge was made to immediately raise $20 for the Daily Worker. | Wisconsin Factory Jobs, | \Wages Drop Sharply | | MILWAUKEE, Wis.. Dec. 11.—Ac- cording to figures issued by the! | Wisconsin Emergency Relief Ad- ministration, there was a decrease of 1.8 per cent in Wisconsin fac- tory employment and a 4.7 per cent ‘payroll drop during August to Sep- tember, contrary to the usual sea- sonal upward trend. A total of 90,938 cases, which |represent 336,902 persons, are on | the relief lists. The percentage of population on relief ranged from 4) per cent to 36 among the state’s 71 counties. Since the above data has been gathered the increase has con- tinued and on Nov. 30 approximate- ly 450,000 persons were on relief, ac- cording to the ratio of increase. x ( Congress, | tion of Teachers (A. F. of L,). before the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People at its meeting this week. It is hoped to secure delegates from this organ- ization. A conference on behalf of the composed of delegates from local unions, unemployment, fraternal and church organizations On Friday there will be a mass meeting under the auspices of the Unemployment Council to demand shoes and clothes for the unem- ployed in this city. Ann Burlak, on an organization tour in this section for the National Sponsoring Committee is working this week in Hopewell, Danville and Norfolk, Committee Set Up GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.—A spon- soring committee for the National Congress for Unemployment Insur- ance has been set up here. Six of the eight members of the committee represent trade unions, and two the Workingmen’s Association. The Sec- retary of the committee is M. Young, a member of the American Federa- A conference for the election of del- egates to the congress will be held on Dec, 19, at 415 Ottawa Street, JACKSON, Cal. — The National Congress for Unemployment and Social Insurance was unanimously endorsed at the last meeting of the International Union of Mine, Mil! and Smelter Workers, Local 48. CINCINNATI, Ohio—Photo En- gravers Local 13 has added its en- dorsement to the thousands of A. F. of L. locals which are supporting the Workers Unemployment and Social Insurance Bill. Education Conference Is Called in Pittsburgh To Plan Dist. School PITTSBURGH, Pa., Dec. 11.—~A broad Western Pennsylvania Edu- |cational Conference will be held in |Pittsburgh Sunday afternoon, in | Walton Hall, 220 Stanwix St., for |the purpose of organizing a District Training School, Circuit Study Courses, and a Pittsburgh Workers School. A call has been sent out to all friends of the workihg class and working class organizations, asking that delegates be elected to attend the educational conference. The District Training School is scheduled to open Feb. 1, 1935. Credentials or information con- cerning the conference can be ob- tained from Lee Hill, Secretary. Ar- | Tangements Committee, 1638 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. Seattle A.F.L. Unions Back Plan to Organize Anti-War Committee SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 11—The organization of a city committee of \the American League Against War and Fascism assumed broad aspects this week when it was announced that six American Federation of La- bor unions had endorsed the pro- gram of the League and were send- ing delegates to the city committee. The Church of the People and the Kenwood Branch of the Socialist Party also have delegates to the city committee. The city committee, representing aprpoximately twenty organizations, has applied to the American League Against War and Fascism for a charter, OSLO, Dec. 11—Military collabo- zation between the northern Euro- pean states, Norway, Sweden, Den- mark and Finland is widely dis- cussed in the military press of these | countries in connection with a joint | future attack upon the Soviet Union. There is even talk of forming a military bloc of the four states, al- though in the opinion of certain of- ficers, notably Captain Kvam, Den- mark should be omitted from the coalition because of differences with Germany over South Jutland. In an | article published in the Norwegian | newspaper Janus, Kvam envisages the possibility of an anti-Soviet war, | whose issue, according to him, will | be decided on the shores of the Baltic, and in which the Scandina- vian countries will be very inter- ested in not remaining neutral. This war, even in Kvam’s opinion, will rapidly pass over into civil war against the gove:nments of the at- tackers unless a coalition is formed among the northern states. MOSCOW, Dec. 177.—On the schemes of Scandinavian militarists for a northern military bloc directed against the Soviet Union, Pravda, organ of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, comments as fol- lows: “The fact that the question of Dano-German disagreements has been raised in this connection is enough to show that the proposed coalition has an essentially German bias. There can be no doubt that the Scandinavian press campaign is far fram being a spontaneous one. It is well known, for instance, that the militarization of the Alland Islands in the Baltic Sea was sug- gested first of all in the Berliner Boersenzeiiung. Finland, also, is no stranger to these war-like projects. The links connecting the militarisis of Finland with fascist-military cir- cles in Germany are equally plain.” | Vote without delay and return your ballot at once to | the worker who gate it to you, or mail it to the “Daily Worker” Discontent, Sa | AMSTERDAM, Dec. 11—“There is far more suffering in Germany today than there was before,” the well-known Dutch conservative newspaper, the Haagsche Post, de~ ‘clares in a survey of nearly two years under the Hitler regime. “Wages have fallen and the prices of essential commodities have risen,” says the Post. “Two out of the four years which Hitler demanded for the reestablishment of the public welfare have already passed, and during this period things have gone against him. Discontentment is seeking an outlet and no amount of terrorism can stifle it. Both the opposition Protestants and the starving people have become too nu- merous to be ‘éducated’ by impris- onment or other means of chastise- | ment; victims are made, but their fate does not daunt their comrades. “Opposition has increased partic- | Nazi Terror Fails to Stifl will be held here on December 28. | s Dutch Paper @ number of universities the ma- jority of students refused to take part in the festival commemorating Hitler’s putsch of Nov. 9, 1923. Some weeks ago the manager of a refresh- ment room for students in a Prus- sian establishment had to announce to the students that in the future the price of lunch, fixed for several years past, would be higher. The students protested, but the man re- torted: ‘It is your own fault; you wanted the Third Reich, and the Third Reich has raised all the prices. There was lively indigna- tion at those words—how dare he Say such a thing? But the man refused to be intimidated: ‘I re- peat,’ he declared, “the Third Reich was going to improve everything, and instead it has made everything worse!’ This happened some weeks ago, but the man has shown no uneasiness—there are so many per- sons nowadays who make these pro- ularly among the students. ., . In| tests Coughlin Conceal Capital’s Support (Continuea from Page 1) public necessities which by their very nature are too important to be held in the control of private individuals. By these I mean bank- ing, credit and currency, power, |light, oil and natural gas and our God-given natural resources. 4, I believe in private ownership of all other property. 5. I believe in upholding the right to private property yet of control- ling it for the public good. 6. I believe in the abolition of the privately owned Federal Reserve Banking system and in the estab- lishing of a Government owned Central Bank. 1. I believe in rescuing from the hands of private owners the right to coin and regulate the value of money which right must be restored to Congress where it belongs. 8. I believe that one of the chief duties of this government owned Central Bank is to maintain the cost of living on an even keel and the repayment of dollar debts with equal value dollars, 9. I believe in the cost of produc- tion plus a fair profit fer the farmer. 10. I believe not only in the right of the laboring man to organize in unions but also in the duty of the Government which that laboring man supports to facilitate and to protect these organizations against the vested interests of wealth and of intellect. 11, I believe in the recall of all non-productive bonds and thereby in the alleviation of taxation. 12, I believe in the abolition of tax-exempt bonds. 13. I believe in the broadening of the base of taxation founded upon the ownership of wealth and the capacity to pay. 14, I believe in the simplification of government, and the further lifting of crushing taxation from the slender revenues of the labor- ing class. 15. I believe that in the event of a war for the defense of our nation and its liberties, there shall be a conscription of wealth as well as a conscription of men. 16. I believe in preferring the sanctity of human right: to the sanctity of property rights. I be- lieve that the chief concern of gov- ernment shall be for the poor be- cause, as it is witnessed, the rich have ample means of their own to care for themselves. Ignores Mass Needs This is the program for which @ powerful Wall Street group, headed by capitalists with J. P. Morgan connections and Stock Ex- change interests, is not afraid to pay for, which, on the contrary, they are eager to spread among the workers of the country. We shall put to this Coughlin program the acid tests by which every worker should judge all poli- tical programs: Will it give cash relief to all jobless workers at the expense of the rich? Will it pro- vide social and unemployment in- surance for all workers to be paid for by the government and the em- ployers? Will it protect and raise wages at the expense of the boss’s gage holders? Will it cance] all mortgage debts which the banks hold over the heads of the ruined and impoverished farmers? Will it defend the right to organize and strike for better wages, against the speed-up and wage-cutting of. the N, R. A. codes? Will it fight the reactionary terrorism against pick- ets, against all violations of civil rights? Will it comBat race hatred, lynching, and national oppression of minorities? Above all, will it weaken the power of the Wall Street capital- ists, the banks, the employers and landlords, and will it strengthen the cause of the working class fighting to abolish the capitalist system of private profit, will it help to establish the power of the work- ing class in a Workers and Farm- ers Government? No Mass Action The first thing to notice in Coughlin’s program is that he very carefully avoids anything that will bring the workers together in in- dependent mass actions against their exploiters. Ali the blessings which Coughlin promises are to be Won not by mass strugles, but by @ process of “believing.” Coughlin is very careful to keep the workers within the bounds of the capitalist parties, his application pledge for the Union of Social Justice stating very carefully that “I pledge my- self to publicize these principles in- dependent of political party .. .,” the conclusion being that the work- ers do not have to leave the Re- publican or Democratic Parties to fight against Wall Street. Secondly, Coughlin’s platform, if any action is to be taken at all by the workers, is purely in the form of “lobbying” of Congress. And this “lobbying” will not take the militant form of mass marches, demonstrations, such as the bonus march or the hunger rsarch, but rather of Father Coughlin’s per- sonal lobbying in secret conferences with capitalist Congressmen, The first question, then, that every worker should ask himself is, why is it that Coughlin is opposed to independent class action by the working class against all capitalist parties? Why is it that Coughlin never urges the workers to go out to or- ganize and fight for their needs in strikes, demonstrations, protests, etc? Why does he never urge his listeners to join with their fellow workers to demand, in mass ac- tions, the granting of their class needs? The Communist Party organizes the working class to fight for its needs, to demand cash relief, to stop evictions and foreclosures, to strike for better wages and against speed-up. The Wall Street group that sup- Ports Coughlin hates and fights the Communist Party. But they pay for the “radical” Coughlin who is supposed to be fighting Wall Street, Is it not clear, then, that here we have the first basic reason why Coughlin gets Wall Street support —that his “opposition” to Wall Street and the capitalists is merely in words, that his “opposition” will not reduce Wall Street profits or power by a single cent, that he keeps the masses from fighting against Wall Street in united, class action. Tomorrow we shall examine Coughlin’s ideas in further de- profits? Will it stop evictions and foreclosures by landlords and mort- (To be continued) Handlovich, of Woodbridge, N. J., who was dropped from the Commu- nist Party about a year ago, is an untrustworthy individual. He sold out to ex-Mayor Ryan (of Wood- bridge) and to the Democratic Party, campaigning for them in the elections of November, 1933. Handlovich expected to get a good job for three years, if Ryan were elected. Failing in this, he is try- ing again to gain confidence among the workers. But the workers of Woodbridge have not forgotten his betrayal and are rejecting all his advances, Milk Consumption Cut In Metropolitan Area Despite Press Ballyhoo ITHACA, N. Y¥., Dec. 11.—Despite an intensive publicity campaign of ballyhoo, which was financed by the State to the amount of $500,000 un- der a proclamation of Governor Lehman, milk and cream consumed in the New York market dropped to a low level during September and October, according to a report issued yesterday by Dr. Leland Spencer and H. R, Varney of the College of Agriculture. Receipts of milk at the New York market were 4 per cent less in Sep- tember and 5 per cent less in Oc- tober as compared with the cor- responding months of 1933, the re- port said. The consumption for Oc- tober was the lowest for that month since 1925. The press blurbs accompanying the State subsidized campaign of Publicity went to unheard of lengths. Slogans such as “Think more milk,” a fitting one for chil- dren in the slum areas who are fed canned skimmed milk by the relief department, were issued. One of the leading New York morning capitalist newspapers devoted a complete rotogravure section to the subsidized campaign, C. P. Students Pledge To Carry On for Kirov By Mastering Leninism In a resolution adopted yesterday the student body of the National Training School of the Communist Party of the United States declared | its “deepest regret” at the “death of | Comrade Sergei Kirov, one of the outstanding Bolshevik leaders of the | Communist Party of the Soviet Union, who was assassinated by an enemy of the Socialist Republic.” “We, the students of this school, pledge to equip ourselves with revo- lutionary theory, the weapons of Marx, Lenin, Stalin, so that we will be able to organize the working class successfully to take power in. America, By doing this we will fol- low the example of the heroic Bol- shevik Party of the Soviet Union, of which Comrade Kirov was one of the outstanding leaders, thus giving our best contribution. to the cause for which he gave his life,” the resolution declares. FARMER GETS 40 CENTS FOR 4 CALVES | NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., Dec. 11. —Fred Markel bought four live calves here for ten cents each from a farmer who was so impoverished by the drought and the Agricultural Adjustment Administration that he was unable to lay in enough food |down before the protests of the sue of the Needle Workers’ Voice, |jarge crowd of workers present, per- official organ of the left wing needle trade groups of the A. F. of L. in Chicago, has appeared and was enthusiastically greeted in shops and on the market. Much space is given to shop con- ditions and news of activities in the local unions, and especially with the expulsions taking place and reor- ganization in the shops. The com- ing elections in the locals and the issues before the rank and file are dealt with. A seven-point program is an- nounced on the front page, and will be the basis of the struggle that the paper will lead, These are: (1) Democracy in the unions, (2) against expulsion of militant workers, (3) enforcement of scales, (4) against wage cuts, (5) for rank and file control, (6) exempt dues for unemployed, (7) for the Work- ers’ Unemployment and Social In- surance Bill. The address of the paper is at 160 North Wells Street, Room 300. Three More Writers Join Newspapermen In Ledger Walkout NEWARK, N. J., Dec. 11—An of- fer to mediate the strike of the Ledger editorial strikezs, made yes- terday by the New York Regional Labor Board through its representa- tive Ben Golden, was accepted by the Newark Newspaper Guild. Nothing has yet been heard from Lucius Russell, publisher of the Ledger. Three more Ledger workers quit, the staff yesterday and one more is expected to leave the staff to- morrow. Those who walked out are the photographer, a reporter who came from Bangor, Me, on the promise of a job, and a woman who functioned on the society column. Ithaca Relief Workers Win 4-Week Old Strike ITHACA, N. Y., Dec. 11—After a four-week strike relief workers here returned to work with a five cents an hour wage increase and other demands granted and their ranks solid, The Ithaca Relief Workers’ League has signed up 125 new mem- bers as a result of its militant lead- ership in defeating the scab herd- ing relief officials and exposing the activities of stool pigeons. ORDINANCE AIMS TO OUTLAW MEETINGS ABERDEEN, Wash., Dec. 11—A local ordinance has been passed here prohibiting street meetings, and especially those defined by po- lice as “advocating the overthrow of the government.” This ordinance, which will be fought by the Inter- national Labor Defense, is aimed as a direct blow at the Communist Party, the militant trade unions and other working class organizations. In creating a new political crime, the Aberdeen city council is en- deavoring to reinforce the vicious ie syndicalist laws of the state, SALES TAX KILLED PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 11.—The municipal sales tax proposed here by Councilman Trainer was killed to keep them through the Winter. millions of toilers, the Washington congress need not representing several million workers, a movement drawing the majority and Social Insurance Bill, time remaining before the congress, support and active participation of ington congress, they have agreed (Continued from Pag: Experience has shown during recent weeks that limited to the most advanced, the most revolu- tionary workers alone. It can become a movement broader by far in its representation than previous efforts in this field. It can be a conference already class into the fight for the Workers’ Unemployment Our comrades, our units and fractions, in the their efforts to broaden out the congress’ represen- tation, particularly bending every effort to win the and local central bodies, and the local, county and State organizations of the Socialist Party. In this connection it is important to note that in. a number of the cases where the Socialist or- ganizations have entered into the united front with the Communist in the preparations for the Wash- with us in approaching the A. F. of L. locals. This should be our aim everywhere—not contenting our- yesterday by the unanimous vote of the City Council. AN EDITORIAL je 1) Rally All A. F. of L. Locals, Socialist Organizations, Unemployment Groups for ‘nsurance Parley, Jan. 5-7 mitting the delegates to remain if the arm-bands were removed. A three weeks postponement was ordered in the case of Donald Big- ham, the only one of the 18 defend- ants to be tried singly. Process Server Grilled After exhausing two regular and two special jury panels, the court opened the third week of the trial today with a roll call of a third special panel of 17 prospective jur- ors. Forty-two challenges have been exercised to date by each side. James Jackas, process server and deputy constable, was severely grilled by defense attorney Leo Gallagher today. Jackas’ anxiety to get on the jury was evident, but he got snarled up in his answers, des- pite the careful prompting of the Prosecutor, Asked by the prosecutor if he believed in the Criminal Syn- dicalist Act he at first answered no, but later under promptings of the |Prosecutor declared he had not un- derstood the question at first. Shocked Prosecution He shocked the prosecution again when he answered in the affirmative the defense’s query “would you he influenced by the Constable’s prej- udices?” Attempting to retrieve this blunder, he declared in answer to another question by Gallagher that his prejudices would not prevent him giving the defendants a fair and impartial trial. At this point, the prosecutor excitedly interposed to give Jackas a chance to empha- size his pretendsd “impartiality.” “Now, you could give the defendants a fair and impartial trial, and your opinions will have no bearing on this case?” the prosecutor asked, to which Jackas dutifully responded “yes.” Mrs. McConnel, one of the few jurors selected to date, suddenly took sick ar@ a recess was called to 1:30, followc@ by adjournment for the day at 2:30, when the court re- ported that Mrs, McConnel was still unable to report for jury duty. England Will Default on War Debt; Refuses To Discuss Settlement LONDON, Dec. 11.—The conflict between American and British im- perialism will be still more inten- sified on Friday when the United States government fails to collect its semi-annual tribute of $117,110,765 in war-debt installments from Great Britain, it was learned here today. It was pointed out in the House of Commons today that the Wash- ington suggestion to “talk over a settlement” was strictly in line with the shrewdness and aggressiveness of American capitalism, But neither Britain nor the United States is willing to take a first step toward “settling” the war-debt problem, since such a move would jeopardize the payments of European capitalist countries to both imperialist powers. Do you want to help bring the Daily Worker financial drive to & successful finish? Hold a party in your home, or in some club headquarters, invite your friends in the neighborhood, and ask for a collection during the evening, selves with a formal endorsement and an agree- ment to participate by the Socialist local, but the be a movement etc. , and can launch of the working should redouble A. F. of L. locals to work jointly surance Bill} v Ree trem inane on eaten teste hinges anatomist en NNR man SSR Ec RS A See immediate setting up of joint committees of So- cialists and Communists to visit the unions, to Prepare and issue joint appeals to the A. F. of L, William Green, Matthew Woll, Louis Waldman and Norman Thomas can be counted upon to place obstacles in our way, but the movement for united action, significantly strongest on the issue of social insurance, is gainly powerful headway. Our job, the job of the Communists, is to utilize the victories already won in the South, in New Jersey, in Provi-+ dence, in Portland and in dozens of other localities to push forward the united front for social insur- ance everywhere—into the Socialist Party, into the A. F. of L., in every workers’ organization. Our main orientation slogans now must be: All forces, all energy, into the preparations for the Washington congress! Win the A. F, of L, locals, the Socialist organi- zations, and the organizations of the unemployed) Make the drive for the united front the key te the. unfojding of a mighty mass movement, mile lions strong, for the Workers Unemployment In-