The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 20, 1934, Page 2

Page 2 SOCIALIST MAYOR ACTS AS WITNESS AGAINST WORKERS Sam Krieger, Jean Mureika and A. Cohen Given Terms and Fines for Demonstrating Against Nazi Rally Held Last October BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Dec. 19.—In a courtroom packed with workers, three workers, arrested for leading an anti- Nazi demonstration last October, were sentenced yesterday to jail and fines here as the Socialist Party Mayor, Jasper took the stand and attacked the anti-Nazi workers demonstration 5 rieger was sentenced to 30 days in jail plus fines totalling $32, Jean Mureika, of the Young Com- munist League and A. Cohen of the American League Against War and Walkout Against Scabbing Athletes Staged on Coast known as & leader of the was taken to jail to ce. r Trew out of a meet- led by local Nazis at which | German Consul-General of | rk, a Hitler agent, was in-| ak here at the Pyramid | Mosque in October. | Mayor Refused Permit | The American League Against | War and Fascism asked the police | FRANCISCO, Dec. 19.— Vhen a squad of 29 football players from the University of California boarded the Dollar Liner Taft, sailing for Hawaii, 113 longshoremen and 150 sea- men went on a one-hour pro- test. strike. The strike was called to express the resentment of the marine for a permit to hold || Workers against athletes and a demonstration against || Other University of California f near the hall, a peuiiest'| students who acted as strike- that was persistently refused by || breakers during the waterfront the Sccialist Mayor. Finally ae t strike and the general strike g to hold the meeting with- here during the summer. t several hundred wor! Harry Bridges, president of ers gathered outside the Nazi meet- || the International Longshore- where tyey were attacked by || men’s Association local, de- clared that some of the men in the stuad were believed to have been members of the univérsity’s scab cohorts. vho acted in the spirit y's refusal to permit the | demonstration. | McLevy on Stand | Yesterday McLevy on the stand | practically directed the verdict | against the anti-fascist workers by G Aid | Mike Truce speech, (Continued from Page 1) right to every Bridgeport to exercise the! ss. I deny the right of a up to interfere with any péaceful assemblage.” | = All workers and anti-fascists are | virtual recognition of the company urged fo send immediate protests | union. to McLevy at the Bridgeport City| The govérnment and the steel Hall and to Judge Quinlan at the | companies proposed that instead of Common Pleas Court, Bridgeport, | recognition of the A.A., there should Connecticut. be recognition of minority groups, ————_—- and that the union be “recognized” . Davis Urges William Green and Tighe rejected this “formulation,” knowing that | doing absolutely nothing to prepare the strike which the steel workers only as one group—in other words, . | Aid to L a dD. the steel workers would never stand demand. Instead they are co-oper- group in |the A. A. would work through the company union’s “works council.” | for it. However, Green and Tighe are (Continued from Page 1) plete liberation of the Negro people Fearing the growing unity and mili ta ers, no crime is too foul for the| steel employers to find a way to master class of the South to com-| kill the strike. mit against the elementary rights | Green and Tighe are trying to ar ag Lacie rr Get ia See we aed te the 4 f | Steel r Board whic! reen Scottsboro boys’ defense is desper- | helped set up last spring, and under ately needed now! A decision from | which the strike was prevented last a Reged aia abe |year and the demands of the steel Haywood Patterson “and Clarence | roe egy eet manda Norris cases is expected daily. The | tame the’ pnd! ate oie rc " aM ag authority 56,000 campaign which the I. L. D. | Labor Relations Board. is carrying on to cover the costs of | ‘Tie¢he and Green are talking of | | the appeals in these cases and for'| jegislation in Congress, thus delib- Angelo Herndon, and to provide for | erately causing further delay in the heightening of the mass cam-| strike preparations and weakening paign which has thus far saved the | the demands of the steel workers. lives of the boys, must be strength- | ened. . Let every true friend of the Hamilton Wool Plant, Scottsboro boys, and of the op- . pressed Negro people give till | Serene With Scabs, hurts. The $6,000 drive of the I. L. i D. must be put over the top! Says It Will Close Up Nothing can prevent this! Rush funds for Scottsboro de-| The Hamilton Woolen Company fense by airmail, telegraph, special | °f Southbridge, Mass., yesterday an- delivery to the International Labor | Mounced at its New York office in Defense, 80 East 11th Street, Room | the Empire State building that it 610, New York City. | has closed its plant and given up its 3 | business. The plant in Southbridge | has been operating with strikebreak- | ers under police protection. The Strikers, six hundred in number, have refused to go back to work | unléss all strikers are reinstated. | The company insisted on rehiring |only four hundred and blacklisting | two hundred. The company, whose announcement of suspension is looked upon as a threat similar to | the A and P company’s threat to ;move from Cleveland, has blamed | “red agitators” for the strike. | The strike is being conducted by Southbridge Local 2,324, United in Textile Workers of America (A. F. of L.), | Every sirikebreaking agency the |company could call into play, in- | cluding federal government media- | tors and N.R.A. arbitration boards, | failed to break the solidarity of the | strikers. ° ° EAD e | The strikers voted practically (RUSSIA) A Torgsin Order will enable your relatives in the U.S.S.R. to buy heavy clothing, shoes, underwear, foodstuffs, household uten- | sils, tobaccos and countless other domestic or imported articles. These gifts will be doubly vaiued with the on- coming of the long Russian winter. Prices compare favorably with those in America For Torgein orders see your lesal bank or authorized agent under the proposal of the Hamilton mills which included retention of 200 scabs and firing of 200 strikers. Strike for Recognition And Increased Wages JACKSON, Calif., Dec. 18,—Strik- ing gold miners here declared that the announcement of the mine oper- ators Tuesday that four of the larg- est mines will be shut indefinitely unless strikers return, is a bluff. The Argonaut mine started to re- mo its pumps, permitting water j to seep in. The workers declare, however, that the pumps were to have been replaced a long time ago. The miners, organized in the Amet- {ican Federation of Labor, are de- | mand:ng recognition of the union and an increase sponding to the rise in the price of |gold. The operators propose arbi tartion but refuse to submit to union reecgnition. The strike has been on for more | than three months, and has aroused the backing of many trade unions and laber councils, General Rep resentative In U.S.A at AMTORG, 261 Fitth Ave. N.Y. SO ET NE RT y of the Negro and white fight- } ating with the government and the | | unanimously not to return to work | California Gold Miners | in w2ges corre-| DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1934 Anti-Fascist Workers Sentenced in Bridgeport Cow ‘Unity Program Is Laid Before ‘ShipyardUnion SMWIU Proposals Put to Independent Body in Camden, N. J. An important step in the direction inging about joint action of s yard workers for improvement of conditions was made when | Charles Rivers, third vice-president | of the Steel and Metal Workers In- | dustrial Union, laid plans for such | action before the General Exécutive | | Board of the Industrial Union of | | Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, an independent union of |Camden, N. J, at théir meeting Sunday, to which he was invited. | The Board of thé I. U. M. 8. W. A said it would dis: the proposals H.R. VOTE for the Workers’ Unemployment Insurance Bill 7598 This ballot is sponsored by the Daily,QWorker America’s Only Working Class Daily Newspaper 50 East 13th Street New York (Cut out and sign this ballot today) BALLOT I have read the Workers’ Unemployment and Social Insurance Bill and vote FOR C] Name s. and inform the I. U, of} the action taken. | The proposals of the S. M. W. I. |v. a@S prepared by Rivers were for} both organizations to cooperate | closely with the aim of establishing one union in the industry, also that | the I. U. M. S. W. A. participate in the national council of independent unions in the metal industry that} is being formed. He also proposed} that a committee of two be elected | from each of the organizations to work out in detail how further co- operation may bé carri@d thfough. The S. M. W. I. U. has member- ship among shipyard workers in the port cf New York, Toledo and Buf- falo, Rivers said, The union decided, he said, to ex- ert all efforts to communicate with the I. U. M.S, W. A. in order that unity be established amongst the workers employed in the industry. This was considered particularly necessary because of the vicious and slandérous attacks made on both or- ganizations by William Gr een, Matthew Woll and the top leaders of the Metal Trades Department of | the A. F, of L, The Steel and Metal Workers In- | | dustrial Union, he declared, has always regarded the I. U. M. 8. W.} A. as a rank and file organization and has repeatedly demonstated its) | willingness to assist that organiza- | tion. In instances where the 8, M. W. I. U. could have entered the field, and challenged the I. U. M. 8. W. A., it preferred to work in such a way that the workers in the industry felt | that the S. M. W, I. U. considered | the unionization of the workers first | and foremost, and did not put the | question in the light of competition | between the two unions. Such iiss | been the case in the shipyards in | Connecticut, the West Coast and} | other plac | Theater Night Planned! | As Chicago Celebration | Of ‘Daily’s’ B1th Year CHICAGO, Dec. 19.—The eleventh anniversary of the establishment of | the Daily Worker will be made the occasion here of a celebration on | Jan. 5, at the North Side Turner | Hall, 820 North Clark Street. | The celebration will be a “New | Theatre Night” under the direction |of the Chicago Workers Theatres | and the Theatre Colléctive. The | cast of “Stevedore,” booked for Chi- | cago during the week, will appear) , at the Theatre Night, The celebration will also mark the | official opening of the drive in the! Chicago region for increased circu- lation of the Daily Worker which is to continue until April 15 with a Address AGAINST a) City. Vote without delay and return your ballot at once to the worker who gave it to you, or mail it to the “Daily Worker” SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 19.—The International Labor Defense today charged Judge Brietenbucher of Stockton and the prosécuting at- torney in the case of the worker, Powell, with deliberately falsifying the court records of the trial in or- der to defeat an appeal to the Su- perior Court of San Joaquin against the conviction of Powell. The I. L. D. has started & mass campaign for the removal of the judge. Powell, arrested last August while looking for headquarters for a “Darcy for Governor” club in Stock- He was sentenced by Judge Breih- tenbucher to six months in jail and a fine of $360 to be worked out at the rate of $2 per day. Usiially a statement of appeal is drawn by the defense attorney who submits it to the trial judge, who ton, was charged with “vagrancy.”) California Judge Charged With Falsifying Records; LL.D. Demands His Removal :in turn gives the statement to the prosecutor for correction or addi- tion. In the case of Powell, the prosecuting attorney deliberately falsified the testimony given by the arresting officer. Judge Breiten- bucher signed the appeal, despite the objections of Leo Gallagher, de- fense attorney, whose request to be allowed to introduce witnesses to prove that the prosecutor had tam- pered with the evidence, was denied, On the basis of this tampered evidence, the Superior Court was | given a pretext for upholding Pow- |ell’s conviction, although it revoked the fine of $360. The I. L, D. has launched a mass campaign for the release of Powell, and is urging the sending of protests to Judge Breitenbucher, Stockton, and of greetings of solidarity to a in the County Jail, Stockton, Cal, Green Aids Bosses Against Insurance (Continued from Page 1) | parent that the newspapers of the country, and especially Washington, believe that the A. F, of L. is re+ sponsible for the calling of the ‘Na- tional Congress for Unemployment and Social Insurance’ ...” Green remonstrated that “this is @ grievous error.” The virtual cen- sorship plea to the press has its humorous angle in that Green would have it appear that the press could be so credulous as to believe that the A. F. of L. officialdom would evér sponsor such genuine unemployment. insurance as is provided for in the Workers Unemployment and Social Insurance Bill. Continuing the attack on the Daily Worker and the Soviet Union goal of 4,000 new readers. | t workers eveh more. ing sharper on all fronts. * . . | | making one big mistake in their cal lines. | | in the textile districts, in San Fran in the last two years before tear g! the mistakes of the elections! satisfied about the “confidence of deep mistrust which millions of s' showed during the past two years. But it would be equally wrong an forget this growing class. feeling of \ f twenty-four months. To correct the mistakes of the e! far more ens: of the Ame: This task mea‘ ganize and lead fought egainst the bosses in strikes, | for the bosses in the elections. ing class. that we mus! these millions of workers who but who voted | To overcome the tremendous burden of petty- bourgeois and bourgeois prejudices which still ham- | then the bourgeoisie, the capitalists, attack the Therefore, it is not mere chance that the attacks of the bosses and the govefnment are now becom- UT these capitalist. gentlemen who think that they have the workers in their pockets are We say, yes, it is unfortunately true that the workers did not vote as they struck on the picket But this only showed that the workers are ready to fight, but in a way different from the way they voted. The workers who fought so bravely and Minneapolis, the millions of workers who stood chine guns, police clubs, in hundreds of battles, will quickly recognize their mistake in the elections. And they will coon correct their election mistake with new picket lines, new demonstrations in the streets, new hunger marches, new strikes. The united mass actions of the masses will soon correct The gentlemen of the capitalist class who are s0 the last elections are forgetting the hatred and True, there is still a great contradiction between | the picket lines and the election results. be wrong and dangerous to overlook the confusion of the workers as expressed in the election returns. pressed in hundreds of brave battles in which the workers have fought the bosses during the past organizational form to the splendid fighting spirit of the American masses, to overcome the contra- diction between the picket lines and the election votes, we have got to rousé oursélves to work with r ‘yaken tho class consciousness made yesterday before the Dickstein AN EDITORIAL employers—this Is there a organize the working class and bankers? culations. True, this is cisco, in Toledo every fraction, jas attacks, ma- ary Party that must rouse us the toilers” in itriking workers It would for “destroying id dangerous to the masses ex- ‘lections, to ive ing, which you t convince, or- of the working Americal Committee by Michael F. Shannon, head of the Elks, Green described the “Daily” as “the official organ of the Soviet Republic in the United States.” Green and Morrison did not com- ment on the news that Thomas Maloney, District President of the United Anthracite Miners of Penn- sylvania, has just been compelled to announce his support of the Unem- ployment Congress because of rank and file enthusiasm for the Work- ers Uneniployment bill, organization for the passage of which will be the main work of the Congress. Jobless League Head Blocks Aid to Congress TOLEDO, Ohio, Dec. 19.—Truax, League, sabotaged the sénding of a delégate to the conference called by the American League Against War and Fagcism in Toledo last Sunday, by raising the “red scare” that the conference was “Communist dom- inated.” The Latest Anti-Labor Drive and the Recent Elections aaa cet (Continued from Page 1) per the American workers in their fight against the is our great task now. What a tremendous, historic task this is for class conscious workers, for Communists! more inspiring task than this, to brave fighters of the American into a class-conscious, political, revolutionary army against the strongest capital- ist class in the world, the Wall Street monopolists not a task for down-hearted, tired souls, dejected and overcome by the victory of thé enemy. True, these tasks are not for cowards and miserable surrenderers! But it is the tremendous revolutionary spirit of these tasks that must now inspire every nucleus, evéry unit and Party member with the hard determination to conquer every obstacle in our daily tasks. It is this tron, Bolshevik spirit of our revolution- now more than ever must fire all our work in the factories, to win new recruits in the factories, to widen our influence so that we transform thousands of militant workers into class- conscious fighters against capitalism! It is this spirit, this driving will to power, that to bring tens of thousands of new workers, with all their prejudices and illusions, into the powerful united front of the working class. Hardly a day passes that paper or some capitalist organization does not yell about the “Communist menace,” and about the need some capitalist the Communist Party.” We reply that this is easier said than done, We will know how to fight against this. This talk of our enemy is recognition of the fact that Com- munism is marching and advancing in this country. But we are modest. We answer those capitalist gentlemen who are crying about the Communist danger: Wait, gentlemen, we are not satisfied. The elections show us that we have to work much better. All your pre-election promises which you are break- ing now, day by day, your pre-election sugar-coat- are changing now into vinegar for the workers, will help us to work with greater suc- cess than ever before. Before thé election we declared to the workers: Vote as you strike. Now, after the elections, we say to the workers: Fight as you did not vote, against the employers’ offensive, against the new attacks, for the power class in this country; for a Soviet head of the Ohio Unemployment , Communist Polls 12, 321 In Arizona Negro Candidate for Tax Commissioner Gets 10,801 Votes PHOENIX, Ariz, Dec. 19.—Final tabulation of election results in this state show a vote of 10,801 for T. R. Days, Negro Communist candidate for Tax Commissioner. A. H. Showey, Socialist candidate for the same office, received 3,347 votes. Robert Williams, Commu- nist, polled 12,321 votes for judge of the Supreme Court. The Communist vote for Su- preme Court judge, the highest registered by any candidate of either Communist or Socialist Party, is far in excess of any vote ever registered heré before for the Communist Party. The vote for other offices was: United States Senator, Ramon Garcia, Communist, 606; C. D. Pinkerton, Socialist, 1,59 con- gressman, Martin Gehon, Commu- nist, 369; ©. A. Preston, Socialist, 1,478; judge of the Supreme Court, Henry D. Rosa, Democrat, 53,577; Robert Williams Communist 12,321. Clay Naff, Communist candidate tor Governor, received 374 votes and Lawrence McGiyen, Socialist, received 1,884. The vote for other offices was: Secretary of State, James Porter, Communist, 717; W. D. Philips, Socialist, 556; state treasurer, L. Vomocil, Communist, 323; Ben Show, Socialist, 1,607; at- torney-general Clarence Lynch, Communist, 232; superintendent of Public instruction, Loraine Tayor, Communist, 630; K. W. Holmes, Socialist, 1,623; corporation com- mission, George Barnes, Commu- nist, 559, George B. Rothenberger, Socialist 1,417. 34 Stevedores Charged With Death of Scab PORTLAND, Ore., Dec, 19.—The grand jury here has returned four indictments against each of the thirty-four longshoremen, memibers of the International Longshoremen’s Association, artested shortly after the West Coast marine strike. The indictments charge felonious assault, assault with deadly weapons such as sticks and stones. The arrest of the longshoremen took place during a fight at a fink hall here in which a scab, James Connor, was killed. Evidence showed that Connor was killed by his fellow strikebreakérs and thugs within the hall, At a preliminary hearing it was found that at least six of the strikebreakers carried guns and used them but not one of them was in- dicted. The case is now attracting attention as a frame-up and a broad defense campaign has already been developed in the northwestern states. ‘Insanity’Frame-Up Fails ‘As Psychiatrist Calls |Jane Newton ‘Brilliant’ (Special to the Daily Worker) CHICAGO, Ill, Dec. 19.—Jane Eméry Newton, white wife of Her- bert Newton, Communist candidate for City Clerk, and prominent Negro Communist leader, was freed today from Psycopathic Hos- pital as the attempt to frame her on an insanity charge fell com- pletely flat. A. staff psychiatrist declared in court today, “This young woman is not only sane but is an exeption- ally brilliant person.” Mrs. Newton was turned over for ® psychipathic examination by Judge Thomas A. Green following her arrest when the Newton home at 615 Oakwood Boulevard was raided last week, Herbert Newton is coming up for trial tomorrow as a result of his fight against the eviction. Mrs. Newton will be one of the speakers at a mass meeting in de- fense of the Chicago Workers School, which is also a target in the attack of the Hearst press against Communist Party..The meeting will be Friday 7:30 p. m. at Grill Room Capitol Building, 159 North State Street. Five Held for Protest On Slaying of Negro Freed in Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 19. — Mass pressure organized by the Interna- tional Labor Defense won a signal victory this week in forcing the re- lease of five Negro and white work- ers, arrested when police attacked @ delegation of 100 which visited the City Council on Dec. 6 to demand the punishment of the police mur- derers of William Heaterly, unem- ployed Negro worker. Heaterly was shot down in cold blood by police officers who invaded his home in an eviction proceeding. William Jones of the staff of the Afro-American and 11 - year - old Mother Bloor headed the delegation and were singled out by the police for the brunt of their attacks. In- dignant workers went to their res- cue, and a number of women and mien were badly beaten by the police thugs. The five released workers had been sentenced by Juige O’Hira to 20 days in jail, afte: thoy refused to sigh a ple¢se to keep the cenitelist “peace” for a yéar, that is, to dis. continue their sirugties 97" starvation, cvictions and fascist ter- ror against Negro and white work- ers. They are J. Mack and J. Hutch- ison, colored, and Sarah Denmen, Abe Maritz and Edward Weis, white. ’ | Communist Party of U. Made in Struggle fo: | | proving the abolition of the END OF BREAD CAR MARKS NEW PHAS IN SOVIET ECONOM S. S. R. Cites Big Gai r Socialism—W arns All Enemies of Proletarian State MOSCOW, Dec. 19. (By Wireless) .—Enthusiastically < bread-card system as a lar mark in Soviet economy of the first importance, the Len: grad and Moscow Plenums adopted the decisions of the N vember Plenum of the Central Committee of the Communi ?Party of the Soviet Union in | number of important resolutions. 30,000 Minnesota Farmers Threaten To Let Cattle Die ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 19— Bitter at the failure of the Roosevelt government to provide any relief for their families or their stock, 30,000 farmers here in the State Farm Holiday Asso- ciation are prepared to starve their cattle to death rather than let them go for the prices that they would bring now, it was reported today. Since the drought, the Roose- velt government has ignored the demands of the small, ruined farmer for government aid to keep his stock alive. Only the well-to-do fazmers have been able to procure government loans. Thousands of small farm house- holds are being pauperized by this policy of the Roosevelt gov- ernment. | Unions Mass for Jan. 5 Congress (Continued from Page 1) Congress for Unemployment Insur- ance. A permanent committee of twenty was formed to arrange for big mass meetings in January to greet the/ returning delegates and to receive | reports of the Congress. ‘West Coast Jobless SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 19.—The Unemployed Citizens League here! voted at the last meeting of the Central Federation to elect delegates to the National Congress for Un- employment Insurance. Locals will name candidates to represent the League, and the final vote will be taken at the next regular meeting. Shoe Workers Back Congress HAVERHILL, Mass., Dec. 17.—/ Lasters Local 8 of the United Shoe and Leather Workers Union, with | @ membership of 1,500 yesterday elected a delegate to the National Congress for Unemployment Insur- | ance. Other locals are expected to | follow. The Unemployment Councils are pushing the drive through daily ac- tions at the welfare stations for |eash relief and the opening of a jcafeteria for the single unemployed |men, in spite of the attempts by some of the reactionary elements in the stitchers local of the union. Thes? elements come from the Zim- merman-Lovestoneite Glee Club, which holds secret meetings to plan its attacks upon Communists and other sincere fighters in the union, The membership of the union, how- ever, are rallying to the support of the Unemployment Council. Local fraternal organizations here are also sending delegations to the National Congress for Unemploy- ment Insurance, A. F. of L. Locals Represented PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 19— Latest A- F. of L. unions here to elect delegates to the National Con- gress for Unemployment Insurance | include Looal 1050 of the Carpenters and the Amalgamated Lace Oper- ators of America, Branch 1. Legion Post Represented NEW HAVEN, Conn., Dec, 19, — Twenty-seven delegates elected by trade unions, fraternal, benefit and professional groups met here last week to speed plans for the National Congress for Unemployment Insur- ance. The Conference unanimously | elected a delegate from the local American Legion Post to attend the National Congress. The conferencs voted to send an appeal to the local branch of the Socialist Party urging that it elect delegates to the National Congress. | Aircraft Workers Act HARTFORD, Conn., Dec. 19.—The. Industrial Aircraft Union of Amer- ica, the Order of Good Templars and the Hartford Unemployed Leagues have endorsed the National Congress for Unemployment Insur- ance and elected official delegates. Representatives at a recent con- ference here leid plans to further popularize the National Congress in; the trade unions and other groups. The Daily Worker ballots for the Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill have been enthusiastically re- ceived in the shops heré. Permenent Grou» Established LYNN, Mass. Dec. 19.—Thirty delegates from 19 organized grouvs met here Monday night and solidly endorsed the Workers Wnemploy- ment Insurance Bill and the Na- tional Congress for Unemployment Insurance. After reports were made, the body formed a permanent organizetion to fight for adequate relicf and un-' employment insurance. Plans were | also made to force the City Council | to endorse the Workers’ Bill. rganizztions participating at the conference were the Lasters Local, One resolution of the plenur pointed out that the bread ca system, introduced in the years the first Five Yea: Plan under coi ditions of limited food supplies « the proletarian state, allowed tt Party of the Soviet Union regin to organize an uninterrupted an preferential supply of bread to tk workers at fixed state prices, als considerably to increase the suppl of bread to the peasant population: Thus the card system played : tremendous positive role in the suc cessful carrying out of the socialis industrialization of the U. 8. S. R. Most Important Step The abolition of the card system and the establishment of the exten- sive sale. of bread and other products, the decision of the Plenums continues, is a new and most important step. In the turn- over of goods, in strengthening tha Soviet ruble and the whole finan- cial system, it is a real basis for carrying out a policy of price reduc- tion, it will undermine the possi- bility of speculation, will provide a growth in the real earnings of the workers and employees, will further raise the material well-being of the collective farmers and _ toiling masses, and will further strengthen the union of workers and peasants. The Moscow as Well as the Lenin- grad Plenum paid attention to the question of Kirov’s murder, point- ing out in their resolutions: “The might of the Soviet country is growing and from year to year, from month to month, has beconie strengthened. For this very reason the enemies of the Party of the Soviet regime, defeated in political struggle, have become. powerless, embittered and resort to the last White-bandit fascist means of struggle—terror. The base insidious agents of the class, enemy, the.con- temptible dregs of the former Zino- viev anti-Party group, has wrenched Comrade Kirov f:om the Party ranks. They have dealt a heavy blow to the Party but,” the resolu- tions says, “let our enemies know that this heavy loss will harden our ranks still more, will rally us still more closely around the Party. its Centra Committee. and the beloved great Stalin.” Laud Kirov’s Work Both Plenums passed a number of decisions concerning the immortal- izing of Kirov’s memory, naming certain districts and streets in Leningrad and Moscow after Kirov and renaming the Red Putilov Plant into the Kirov Plant, also the Mos- cow Dynamo Plant into the Kirov Plant, remaining the town of Khibi- nogorsk into Kivorosk. Both Plenums sent greetings te-Steln.. Dealing with the decision of the two Plenums, Pravda, Communist Party organ of the Soviet Union, editorially writes: “The attention of the Party and the masses should be fixed to these most important documents of the two leading organizations of our Party—Moscow and Leningrad. The Plenums’ Regional Committees of these organizations met conjointly and heard and discussed reports conce:ning the results of the November Plenum of the Central Committee. In unanimously ac- cepting the resolutions on the reports of the secretaries of the Central Committee of the Com- munist Party of the Soviet Union— Kaganovitch and Jdanov—leading organs and numerous active mem- bers of the red capital and Lenin’s city approved wholly and com- pletely the Plenum of the Central Committee with tremendous enthu- siasm. “Both -resolutions emphasize how the Moscow and Leningzad prole- tarians and with them all the tolling masses of the U. S. S. R. have re- ceived the decisions concerning the abolition of the card system for bread and certain other products and the decisions to reform the political sections of the machine tractor stations, thanks to the poli- tical and economic strengthening of the collective and state farms as a result of the tremendous victories of socialism.” ers Local, Cutters Local, Woodheel Makers Local and the Joint Council of the United Shoe and Leather — Workers Union; the Communist Party, Jewish Workers Clubs, Rus- sian National Mutual Aid, Unem- ployment Councils, National Leather Workers Union, Armenian Clubs, Greek Workers Educational Club, Polish Workers Clubs and several others, The newly formed nization is to meet again at Lee Hall on Fri- day, Dec. 28, to hear report of elected delegates to the National Congress and to elect delegates to the Congress from the Conference © itself, Utilize the Datly Worker ballet for the Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill to acauaint work- ers with the paper, and to build tne circulation of the wally Stitchers Local, Woodheelers Local, Packers Local, Ironers and Finish- > Worker.