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Page 2 DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1934 Coast Vigilantes Threaten Attack as Mass Trial Begin: Gangs Prepare Well-Known Scientists ‘Tag Days Opened To Terrorize’ 4nd Authors Support Saar Status Quo Fight 18 Defendants, LL.D. Lawyer Proves Jurors Are Friends of Prosecutor By JACK CRANE (Special to the Daily Worker) SACREMENTO, Cal., Dec. 21— Vigilantes are threatening to de- stroy the new Workers Book Shop in their efforts to create a back- gtotmd of terror for the trial here of 18 workers on charges of crim- inal syndicalism. The same gangs destroyed the book shop in the raids on workers’ organizations last Sum- | mer during the West Coast long-; shoremen strike and the San Fran- cisco general strike. Leo Gallagher, International La- bor Defense attorney, today pressed | again for an investigation of Jury | Commissioner Legraves, following | the revelation that all prospective | jurors called on the two regular | panels and seven special panels are acquainted with members of the staff of the District Attorney’s office. | Witness Worked for D. A. Juror Donaldson, a S.E.R.A. work- | er, yesterday admitted when ques-) tioned by the defense, that he had worked for District Attorney Mc- Allister during the California pri- maries. The prosecution violently objected when Gallagher asked Donaldson if his relations with the District Attorney, coupled with his knowledge that Deputy District At- torney Buchler had attended vig- ilante meetings called for the sup- pression of Communism, would prej- udice him against the defendants. The court obligingly permitted a prosecution witness, Mr. Rose, to give his testimony today to allow him to go duck-hunting tomorrow. Previous testimony had brought out the fact that, the District At- torney and his staff had been fre- quent recipients of gifts of ducks from Mr. Rose and his wife, who is included in Jury Commissioner Le- | graves’ selection of veniremen. Rose, in his testimony today, de- nied any knowledge of the conver- sations the procescution alleges the women defendants had with pros- pective jurors. His wife had pre- viously denied the charge of the prosecution that the mother of one of the defendants visited her home to intercede with her on behalf of her son. White Goods Bosses Dodge ' Wage Code The N. R. A. code in the white goods industry of New York means ‘that girls are working for as low as | $7 a week. This startling fact was revealed in a statement issued by the rank ‘and file workers of Local 62, Inte:- national Ladies Garment Workers Union, made public yesterday. The rank and file statement charges that the N. R. A. has brought drastically lowered wages for the 25,000 girls in the industry, while Samuel Shore, manager of the local, and other officials sit at code hearings and sanction this state of affairs. It is further brought out that the officials and code authorities in permitting many tricks designed to lower the workers’ standards, are thereby violating the ‘agreement won by the workers as a result of the strike in September 1933. which provides for a minimum ‘of $21 for operators and $14.00 for pressers and examiners. Violation of the union's constitu- tion by the officials and complete absence of democracy in the union. make it impossible thus far for the ‘membership to bring their griev- ances for action before the union. There has been only one member- ship meeting and one mass meeting since the 1933 strike. The union's constitution calls for @ membership meeting monthly. *Several weeks ago a delegation of girls, members of local 62 went to ‘David Dubinsky, International ‘President of the I. L. G. W. U. and placed before him a demand that a local membe:ship meeting be called. Although Dubinsky’s secretary promised that the demands will be placed before him, no action has as yet been forthcoming. Since the 1933 strike, the code “providing a $16.50 minimum scale for operators, and $14 for pressers and examiners has been adopted. Their chief grievance against the code is the inclusion of the “Phy- ‘sical deficiency clause.” Because of “the low prices set for piece work, the majority of the girls cannot even make the minimum scales. In order that the girl should hold on to the job, therefore, the following ‘procedure has been arranged ac- “cording the workers: The boss comes to the girl and gives her a sealed renvelope on N, R. A. stationary to <take to a doctor which he specifies. ‘The doctor signs the letter, and thereby the girl is stamped as “de- ‘ficient labor.” She is therefore no slonger entitled to the minimum scale. Whatever she makes on the tbasis of the low piece work rates is then on legal. Many of the girls get as low as $7.00 after a full week's work, Among other complaints of the {rank and file is the permission of union contracting shops to compete ;Wwith union manufacturing shops. sAlso the union has not made a financial statement since the general strike. . | American Group Scores Nazi Terror Drive and) Illegal Registration of Voters — End of Espionage Is Demanded Among those participating in the world-wide campaign to aid the Saarlanders in their fight for the status quo against ; the return of the Saar to Germany while fascism exists there, are many well-known liberals, scientists and authors. The full statement of their stand on the status quo follows: “The undersigned, scientists, writers and artists, are| profoundly concerned over the ap- | proaching plebiscite in the Saar Basin on Jan. 13, At that time it| will be decided whether the Saar Territo-y shall be returned to the/ | Third Reich, be united with France or remain under the Status Quo, | that is, administered by the League | of Nations. | “We have learned from unequivo- | cal sources and particularly from | recent statements of the Saar Com- mission of the League of Nations that the Hitlerite “Deutsche Front” composed of Nazi agents, German | secret police and Storm Troops have been terrorizing and intimidating | jaarlanders, Moreover, about 15 per | cent of the prospective electors have been unlawfully registered in the voting lists of the forthcoming | plebiscite. | representing @- “Under such circumstances. of terror and espionage we submit that the Saar plebiscite cannot be held. Furthermore, we demand that every guarantee of freedom and liberty be given to Saarlanders in determining | their own political and cultural destinies. And finally, we demand the Status Quo of the Saar Basin under the League of ‘Nations and the postponement of the: plebiscite.” B. A. Cerf, C. Rimington, Nathan | Asch, George Soule, Julius Levy, | Frank C. Haninghen, Alice Hughes, James Waterman Wise, Henry Hur- witz, Dr. H. B. Parks, Franz Boas, | Charles Angoff, Pascal Covici, | Robert Nathan, Salvador Dali, Dr. A. A. Brill, Paul U. Kellogg, Roger Baldwin, and Prof. Edwin R. A. Seligman. Relief Workers| ‘Move to Strike | | | In New Jersey In | NEWARK, N. J., Dec. 21.—Fol- | lowing the complete refusal of the | | State Emergency Relief Adminis- | | tration to meet any of the demands jof the organized unemployed, the | tate Federation of Unemployed | and Relief Workers yesterday called | | upon all its affiliated groups to pre- pare for a general strike on all re- lef projects on Friday, Jan. 4. The State Emergency Relief Ad- | ministration yesterday refused all | the demands of the organized un- | employed for a decent standard of | relief to the jobless. Four Point Program The committee setting forth the | demands of the o:ganized unem- ployed presented a four-point pro- gram of demands formulated by the New Jersey State Federation of Un-| | employed and Relief Workers, The demands called for: 1. A minimum scale of wages of not less than 75 cents per hour for all unskilled labor on relief projects. 2. Union scale of wages at the prevailing rate to be paid for all skilled labor on relief projects. 3. The work week to consist of not less than 24 hours. 4. Single men and women to be allowed to work on all relief pro- | jects without discrimination. The administrative council of the | relief administration. refused to} meet with the delegation, but sent | State Relief Director Lewis Comp- | ton, who, speaking for the adminis- tration, stated that the demands could not be met “because of insuf- ficient funds,” that the present system of work relief vouchers was intended to “raise the moral stand- ard of the relief clients,” and that the unemployed “were not com- pelled to work for the relief allow- ance.” 65,000 Represented The committee in the name of 65,000 workers represented in the State Federation of Unemployed and Relief Workers countered this | refusal by giving the relief adminis- tration until Jan. 4 to meet the de- mands for living wages and trade | union standards on the relief jobs, Winter clothing and a general 20 per cent relief rise, or a general re- lief strike would be called through- out the State. The State Federation of Unem- ployed and Relief yesterday called upon all relief workers to prepare for the strike call on Friday, Jan. 4, 1935, and uzged all unions of the American Federation to back the strike. A quota of $1,000 has been set as a general strike fund, and an appeal has been sent out to all or- ganizations to rush funds at once to Fred Haug, state secretary of the Federation of Unemployed and Re- lief Workers at 52 West Street, Newark, N. J. The Federation is composed of 55 unemployed groups, 62 fzaternal organizations, and 20 trade union locals. Masses Hail Biro -Bidian (Continued from Page 1) People’s Commissars of White Rus- sia; a delegate from Paris named Gesard, and many others. A great impression was made by the speech by the Icor delegate, Abe Epstein, who presented a red banner sent by the workers of the United States. A brilliant speech was delivered by the Red Army representative, who “greeted the youngest member of the family of the Soviet States.” His speech terminated in a spon- taneous demonstration of the Red Army and workers with the par- ticipation of the Congress delegates, who filed cut into the moonlit street, where an extemporancous meeting was held. The Congress adopted greetings to Joseph Stalin, L. M. Kagano- vitch, V. M. Molotov and Michael Kalinin * Lenin Edition) Of ‘Daily’ Soon, 'To Be Printed Preparations are already moving forward for one of the signal events in the history of the Daily Worker, | which will take place on Saturday, Jan. 19, with the issuance. of the special Eleventh Anniversary and! Lenin Memorial combined edition. It will be an edition of lasting worth, a living, comprehensive ac- | count of the world historical pic- ture. The rising tide of class battles, the new offensive of American cap- italism against the working class, the imperialist preparations for war and a host of other subjects will be analyzed minutely and vividly. It will be a popularly written issue. | Special articles for the occasion are | being prepared by the leaders of the | American Communist Party. | Farmers, workers in factory and | mill, in mines and on docks, will find in the special edition, articles of the utmost importance to them, | The widest possible distribution of this anniversary issue must be planned, Workers who have never! read the Daily Worker before will | find in it a great incentive for be- | coming regular readers. Plans must be made for the sales to far exceed the 250,000 copies printed for the Tenth Anniversary | edition and the 500,000 capies’ printed last May Day. The sale of; this edition must be made the springboard for a concentrated drive to increase the circulation of the Daily Worker through subscriptions, carriers, and every other possible means, Communist Party units, mass or- ganizations and trade unions should order their bundles of this vital edition now. Canvassers should take orders from the workers in their territories. Greetings to the “Daily” on its eleven years of ceaseless struggle for the working class should also be sent in as quickly a possible. Greet the Daily Worker yourself and col- lect greetings from your friends, shop mates and neighbors! A greet- ing coupon is on another page of the paper. Nazi Position More Unstable, DeclaresRadek MOSCOW, Dec, 21, — Analyzing the contradictions which the rul- ing classes of Central Europe are now facing, the celebrated Soviet commentator, Karl Radek, in an article in the Soviet newspaper, Iz- vestia, comments: “The international situation of German fascism has become more unstable, which accounts for the development of differences between the political direction of German fascism and the direction of the Reichswehr. . This internal uneasiness will oblige the German government to take a more prudent course in external policy. Hence rumors of the eventual return of the Reich to the League of Nations. “German fascism employs three methods of diplomacy in its foreign policy. While Herr Rosenberg ad- vocates the policy of “dangerous alliances” and official diplomacy deals in polite notes, Herr von Rib- bentrop crosses Europe to disarm those who have created the bulwark of European peace. If the situation becomes more acute, however, the internel instability may farce new metinods on the Reich's foreign policy.” On the subject of Hungary, Radek writes: “Hungary is bound not only to Italy but also to Germany. If it comes to a conflict between Jugo- Slavia and Hungary, Italy would have to range herself on the same side as Germany.” 4 For Jan. 5 Congress (Continued from Page 1) for Unemployment Insurance any- way. The conference elected an ar- rangements committee representing all organizations participating, and an executive committee of five to | prepare the sendoff for the dele- gates and to raise money to send | delegates from those organizations who are financially unable to do so. Nine organizations have already elected their delegates. Polish Groups Elect PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 21— Twenty-six children from the Phil- adelphia area will attend the Na- tional Congress for Unemployment Insurance, the local sponsoring com- mittee announced yesterday, adding at the same time a list of newly- elected delegates. In the recent period, delegates Deal Democratic Club, Polish Cit- izens Club, 2800 East Allegheny Avenue; Polish-American Citizens Club, 2404 Orthodox Street; North East Polish American Citizens Club, 2400 East York Avenue; Bridesburgh Polish Club, 4555 Almond Street; I. W. O. Polish Branches 555 and 4543; Polish Chamber Club of Rich- mond; and John Sokeski Fraternal Association. In addition to these, twenty Polish organizations of Frankford and Richmond have en- dorsed the Congress. The Polish Beneficial Association, with a membership of 38,000, sent. a donation of $10 for Congress ex- Ppenses, and the Good Thinkers As- sociation of Frankford sent $5. A mass meeting Sunday after- noon at 2 o'clock at 2961 Tilton | Street, will be held to discuss the National Congress and to elect dele- gates. Unemployed League Elects (Special to the Daily Worker) JERSEY CITY, N. J., Dec. 21— Rank and file workers yesterday swept aside the reformist leaders of the Unemployed League of Jersey City and elected their own candi- dates to attend the National -Con- gress for Unemployment Insurance. Three delegates, Leslie Hart, vice- president John and secretary-treas- urer Stenton of the Unemployed League were chosen by the member- tional Congress. Thomas Berry, formerly Hudson county organizer for Father Coughlin’s “Union for Social Justice,” who also ran as candidate to represent the League at Washington, was defeated. A sponsoring committee for the National Congress .for Unemploy- ment Insuarnce has been set up in Jersey City to enlist the widest pos- sible support from trade unions and | mass organizations. Preparations are also being made for a city-wide mass meeting on Jan. 11 to hear the reports of the returning delegates. A. F. of L. Locals Back Congress PATERSON, N. J., Dec. 21.— A number of A. F. of L, unions and fraternal organizations in New Jersey are enthusiastic in their sup- port of the National Congress ‘for Unemployment and Social Insur- ance. Conferences have been called, delegates elected and money is be- ing raised. Local 1,733 of the Dyers Union ington and each shop chairman has agreed to sell supporting stamps for . industrially as the du Pont Co.” For ‘that reason, Mr, Raskob American labor, fascism now go hand-in-hand. Raskob’s letter. Senator Nye the speedy movement of a whole Morgans, Mellons, Raskobs. Here are the main trends: 1) and foreign-born workers. 2) militant workers. 3) 4) 5) the scab Civic Federation), began cated by Mr. 6) ‘askob, Major-General Smedley have been elected from the New| ) Fascism. The Fur Workers Indus- ship to represent them at the Na-| has elected two delegates to Wash- | (Continued from Page 1) pice eoncrarieneaiety is no group, including the Rockefellers, the Mor- gans and Mellons, or anyone else, that begins to control and be responsible for industry, as much Ponts: (that is the largest war munitions industry) to be the chief building force of the fascist set-up in the fight against Communism and militant We must remember it was their German prototypes, the Krupps and ‘Thyssens, the chief war munitions bosses in Germany, who were the main guiding spirits-behind Hitler. The arms makers are the most active in helping the develop- ment of the Fascist murder bands because wat and | Fd us trace events briefly after the writing of public believe that the main result of the “open organization” proposal was the formation of the Liberty League. That is nonsense. have more than one iron in the fire. b Soon after this letter was written, we could see developments, traceable to the chief sources men- tioned in the letter—the du Ponts, Rockefellers, The Chamber of Commerce and the Na- tional Association of Manufacturers came out openly for a detailed and vicious drive against the Communist Party, against the trade unions, The Dickstein Committee began to veer its sham investigation of the Nazis to a virtual lynch drive against the Communist Party and all A widespread campaign was undertaken in the large fraternal orders against the Com- munist Party, each following a suspiciously sim- ilar pattern, directed by a central source. The same drive was carried on by the top officials of the American Legion. Matthew Woll, and other high officials of the A. F. of L. (especially those connected with ferocicus attack against the Communist Party along the line laid down by the du Ponts, Raskobs, and meeting the approval of the big industries, the Rockefellers, Morgans and Mellons as indi- the fact that leading Wall Street bankers and industrialists were preparing openly the organiza- tion of armed fascist bands, to be supplicd with guns, ammunition and money by the very du jthe Congress in his shop. The | twisters and Loomfixers local has also elected a delegate. The Printers United Front Con- | ference at which were represented | thirty-one A, F. of L. and fraternal organizations in Paterson endorsed the Congress, and elected a delegate, agreeing to give tne Congress their full support. The Women’s Council of Paterson endorsed the Congress and elected a delegate, The Congress was endorsed and a delegate elected by Newark Paint- ers Local 777. Twelve organizations, among which are four branches of the Workmen's Circle, have elected dele- | gates to a general conference of | fraternal organizations called for Sunday, Dec. 30 by the International Workers Order in Newark. The con- | ference is called for the support of the National Congress for Unem- ployment and Social Insurance and it is expected that delegates will be elected from the conference. American Legion Acts ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 21—Upper New York State is rallying around the National Congress for Unem- ployment Insurance. In Albany the following organizations have en- dorsed the Congress and elected delegates to go to Washington; Painters Union, American Legion, American League Against War and trial Union in Gloversville, N. Y., has endorsed the Congress and elected a delegate. The City Em- Ployes Union and the Electrical Em- ployes Industrial Union in Schenec- tady, the United Textile Workers local in Amsterdam, and the I. W. O. | branch and the Friends of Soviet Armenia, in Troy, have all endorsed the Congress and elected delegates to go to Washington. TRENTON, N. J., Dec. 21—The National Congress for Unemploy- ment Insurance has been endorsed and a delegate elected by the Dem- ocratic Club of the Slovak Commu- nity House here. Demonstrations Planned MILWAUKEE, Wis., Dec. 21, — | The Wisconsin Sponsoring Com- | mittee for the National Congress | is redoubling its efforts to secure delegates to Washington as the date for the Congress draws nearer. About | thirty delegates are expected to at-! tend fron this section. Organizations in Milwaukee | County which have already elected delegates are: Slovak United Front consisting of ten Slovak church or- ganizations; Lithuanian United Front composed of fraternal and church organizations; United Fin- nish organizations; Sam Rocco Ital- ian Society and the Vespri Siciliana Society; Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union; the South Slav fraternal organizations; Interna- | tional Workers Order; International Labor Defense; Independent Un- i employed Organizations in Kenosha and in Fond du Lac; Unemployed Councils in Crandon, Antigo, Rhine- lander, Armstrong Creek, Oshkosh, Two Rivers. Local sponsoring committees have been set up in all the latter towns, In Two Rivers the Sponsoring Com- mittee is composed of the Unem- ployed Councils, the Central Labor Union Council 18,815, Machinists Local 1,181, and Eggerts Veneer | Workers Local 19,648. Sponsoring committees are planning to force endorsement of the Congress by the City Common Council in each town, through united action demonstra- tions during the week Jan. 3 to 7 | when the Common Councils meet for the first time in the new year. Raskob Letter Key to Recent Fascist Developments AN EDITORIAL without even significance of chooses the du its furious drive would have the The big trusts ment. A attacks, such as series of fascist What every Socialist Party, a simultansous effort must be Butler revealed every day! Let danger! i Pont corporations that Mr. Raskob appeals to for an open fascist grouping. . * We already see now symptoms of the increasing syndicalist cases, the severe drive on the Communist Party in Chicago, on the Negro masses, in the prep- aration of laws for the outlawing of the Communist Party, for the deportation of foreign-born workers. especially Socialist Party members and A. F. of L, members not affiliated to either the Communist or of all at the Communist Party will hit every sec- tion of the organized labor movement. Every new development, each new fact, coming from every stream of present-day life, proves, re- peats, reiterates, re-emphasizes the conclusion that the united front of Socialists and Communists must be formed without delay as the bulwark of the fight against fascism, This is the key to the united front of all labor in the United States, in a militant battle against the rapidly mounting fascist developments. The same forces speeding the war developments in this country are the ones stimulating and organ- izing for fascism. The same forces are at the head of the hunger program of the Roosevelt regime. At every opportunity, in every working class or- ganization, in every branch of the Socialist Party, in every state organization, the united front against hunger, war and fascism must be created. Every Rakosi Faces Hanging At Hands Hungarian Government of Fascist Anti-Fascist Leader, After Serving 812 Years! For Revolutionary Activity, To Be Tried Again on Same Charges BUDAPEST, Dec. 21.—-The Hungarian government is} about to carry out its barbaric threat against Matthias Ra- kosi, valiant anti-fascist leader of the Hungarian masses, by ordering him before a Special (lynch) Court. The “indict-} ment” against him is already After serving his sentence of eight ® and a half years of hard labor, Rakosi has been detained since April, 1934, as a so-called prisoner on remand in custody, and treated like a convict. The “summary pro- cedure” permitted the Special Court excludes the customary juridical procedure, giving the court almost be same character as a court mar- tial. Faces Death By Hanging The indictment enumerates all the cases in which the revolutionary courts passed death sentences (dur- ing the rule of the Soviets in Hun- gary in 1921). All arrests made among the counter-revolutionists are counted as crimes against Ra- kosi, The money expended by the Soviet government, and its use of the bank-note printing press, are designated as counterfeiting, with Rakosi as the counterfeiter. He is named as “main instigator,” “ac- complice,” and the like, and the paragraphs of the penal law are drawn up. cited to show that he has incurred execution by hanging. It is 15 years since the fall of | the Hungarian Soviet government. A number of one-time People’s Commissars, members of the So- cial-Democratic Party, live un- | troubled in Hungary. But Rakosi, who has already served the inhu- | man sentence of eight and a half years hard labor for his organiza- | tional activities, is to be hailed be- | fore a court again and condemned to death. Such a case is unparalleled in judicial history. When it became known in April | that Matthias Rakosi had not been | released on the expiration of his | sentence, a storm of indignation arose in all countries. The danger of his murder is more imminent to- day. Only an irresistible interna- | tional protest can save Rakosi from | death at the hands of Hungarian | fascism, U.S. Plans Fascism! In War Program (Continuea from Page 1) N. R. A., particularly Section 7-A,” Senator Clark said. “We are planning to utilize the advantages of the N. R. A.,” Colonel Harris replied, taking advantage of Clark’s concealment, objectively, of the fact that Section 7~A has served as the illusory screen for the legal- ization of the company union aad as a check on the militancy of many workers, “My information is that the War Department plans to abrogate Sec- tion 7-A,” Clark declared. “Plan for War” “You can’t have two bosses in war,” answered Harris, utilizing the demagogic implication that Section 1-A protects labor. Stephen Rausenbusch. chief in- vestigator and secretary of the Senate committee, asked Harris: “Isn’t this program a less rep- resentative set-up than the one we have in the N. R. A. now?” “It’s the best one we have now,” Harris replied, dodging. In reply to Rausenbusch’s remark that “this plan speaks for itself,’ Harris shot back, “It’s a plan for a very loud occasion. It’s a plan for war.” Rausenbusch described the Ad- visory Council to the Labor Ad- ministrative Board, the ten mem- bers of which are to be appointed by the president, as “a useless ad- junct in the sense that decisions would have to be made quickly and that they will never get time to do NY worker, any enemy of fascism, can see here too greatly penetrating the deeper the facts, the intertwining and linking up of the wide ramifications of the fascist forces in the United States. The basic factor is that the Roosevelt regime and its New Deal, unable to solve the crisis, despite on labor's living standard, is laying the basis for @ rapid development of fascism. The most reactionary section’ of finance capital, as ex- posed in the letter of Raskob, is already organizing its fascist forces, trying to lay the mass base for fascism, to speed the drive, first on the Communist Party, snd then more swiftly against the whole organized labor movement in the United States. Whoever tries to belittle the danger now plays into the hands of the fascist forces in this country. The pro-fascist movement is developing rapidly on the basis of the objective conditions, created by the crisis and the policy of the Roosevelt govern- the mounting number of criminal worker should mark and act on, is that these attacks aimed first made to extend this united front cn a national scale. Socialists! You see the danger becomes greater us not delay in uniting our forces on the issue of fighting and beating back the fascist i this.” Senator Clark agreed, saying | that it would be “nothing but a debating society” and that “all the questions assigned to it would be} decided first by the labor Admin- istrator.” “We'd have a high morale and war measures are temporary. They | (the employers) wouldn’t hold out,” Harris declared, trying to tone down the frank criticism. To Protect Huge Profits “We've seen that the du Ponts held out for three months to get what they called a fair profit,” Clark rejoined, referring to the du Ponts’ profiteering stalling in constructing the Old Hickory Plant during a crucial period of the war. Nevertheless, as Clark didn’t point out, the du Ponts with the Morgan U. 8, Steel Corporation are the/ backbone of the New Deal war preparations plans. i Harris agreed that “these mat- ters” wouldn’t be given much pub- \icity in wartime, indicating clearly that a profits jaunt is planned that will repeat or surpass the world war 800 per cent performance. Rausenbusch agreed with Harris on the absence of publicity during wartime. “Even in peace time that happens,” he added, and declared, “can you think of the number of reports published by the N. R. A. Labor Advisory Board (headed by A. F. of L. officials) and the N. R, A. Consumers Advisory Board? Well, I can’t think of a single one.” Rausen- busch pointed out also that under the N. R. A. “there is, has been, about 18 months of discussion over the steel and auto codes,” but failed to state that one of the reasons for this extended “discussion” is to divert strikes into the employer- controlled channels of “discussion” and “fact-finding.” War Dept. to Control Wages “Wages are going to be under the control of the War Department and not one of the twenty members of the two boards will have any con- nection with labor, Rausenbusch stated. Harris agreed, saying that “wages are going to be pretty def- nitely fixed by the War Depart- ment-Industrial set-up.” In referring to the War Depart- ment provision which proposes to place hours and working conditions under the bankers’ and industrial- ists’ price-fixing boards, Rausen- busch pointed to the labor-control lines planning the “suspension of ail restrictive legislation not having the force of law which might interfere with production.” “Doesn’t that mean union regula- tions?” Rausenbusch asked. “I don’t feel qualified to answer that,” Harris replied, Even the slave-code wage and hours in most of the N. R. A. codes, according to the War Department Plan, “would have to be scrapped,” Rausenbusch showed. “That is not in the mobilization plan. It is the simple opinion of a group of officers,” Harris declared. Would Forbid Wage Rise “Would you feel free to say whether the War Department wants this?” “I'm not qualified to express an opinion,” Harris answered. “This War Department plan parallels the N. R. A. except that it takes out Section 7-A.” Rausen- busch told Harris. “Who are the brains behind this?” he added. Harris replied that in effect the “brains” are the whole commanding staff, “What is the meaning of this phrase preventing the ‘unethical competition between industry for labor?’. . . It seems to me that this means the forbidding of raising wages. What would be unethical’,” Rausenbusch asked Harris. “If the raising of wages would be contrary to the national interest I would say it would be unethical,” was the reply. “National defense” is the phrase used by army officers and indus- trialists to mean anything endanger- ing the profits of the capitalists. NEW ORE SHAPT MOSCOW, Dec. 21—A new shaft is almest completed in the Karl Liebknecat mine in the iron ore district of Krivoyrog (Ukraine). This will yield an output of more than 1.6 million tons of ore yearly, and will be set in operation at the beginning of 1935. Railw aymen In Insurance Congress Bic Lodges BackWashingtol State Session for | Workers’ Bill t SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 21—Twy | lodges of the Brotherhood of Raili way Trainmen here, Lodges 464 ané 698, have added thelr names to thé long list of endorsers which have, signed the call for a State Unem ployment Insurance Congress whictt will be held in Olympia on Jan. 27 and 28, t The name of Kebel Murphy, State Senator from the Fifth Dis-) trict, will also appear on the call) when it is sent out this week. 7 Local conferences will precede; the State Congress in Olympla., Since the distance will prevent many, organizations from sending delé-, gates, it is planned to hold local meetings at which delegates will be elected to a broad committee to, attend the Congress. : The State Congress will lay down 5 Plans in the fight for the enact- | ment of Initiative Four, the State | Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill here. Under the legislative | laws of the State, the Workers’ Bill, | identical to the Federal Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill, will be presented to the State Legisla- { ture for action as the first order of business when it meets Jan. 15, if 50,000 signatures are attached to it in the form of a petition. The legislature may pass the bill, reject it or vote a substitute motion, but in any event, if it fails of passage, the measure goes before the vo**"s at the next general election. Nazis’ Ranks Split in U. 8. (Continued from Page 1) which the Haegele faction answered in a special edition of the “Beobach- ter.” While no political differences be- tween the two groups can be noted in these leaflets, the Haegele group accuses the Gissibl people of corrup- tion, while the Gissibl group calls the other “cowardly traitors” and calls them no less corrupt. Though Haegele is in possession of the paper, the print shop and the telephones, the editorial and business offices are being held hv the Schnuch group until Dec. 19, when they will have to leave thom because of an injunction taken out by Haegele. Charge Defense of Hauptmann ‘The Haegele group held a meet- ing last Tuesday attended by about 2,000 people, in which the accusa- tions against Schnuch were re- peated. Schnuch answered with two meetings on Wednesday, one in Yorkville, where Gissibl spoke, and one in Brooklyn, where Schuster made an address. The Haerele faction claims that Schuster has been collecting money for the de- fense of Bruno Hauptmann, accused in the Lindbergh baby murder, According to latest information from reliable sources, the foreign department of the German Nazi party, undoubtedly under orders from Goebbels, has ordered the German Embassy to intervene in the fight and prevent the internal fights and corruption from become ing known to the American public. In case of a solution which the German Propaganda Ministry likes, the money needed for the publica- tion of a paper will again be forthe coming. It is said that the “Deutscher Beo- bachter” will not be published any longer, unless the Schnuch group succeeds in getting it into their own hands again. Relief Workers Strike For Better Conditions On Lancaster Project LANCASTER, Pa., Dec. 21—Ree lief workers here under the leadere ship of the Workers Protective As sociation yesterday struck a décie sive blow in the struggle of relief workers throughout the central Pennsylvania area to better their work conditions. On the initiative of their job come mittee, the workers at the Wash: ington School job took up the ques- tion of their right to make up time lost through no fault of their own. When the foreman threatened the men, the job committee met and decided upon a one-day strike, and 64 men walked off the oh te oe If the relief fuses to comply with their the men will take up the matter @ general strike on all relief jobs, @ spokesman of the executive com- mittee of the Workers Protective Union stated yesterday. It was also stated that the Work- ers Protective Association has the support of unemployed groups in York and Reading. The Workers Protective Associa- tion of Lancaster has already elect- ed a delegation to attend the Na- tional Congress for Unemployment Insurance which will meet in Wash- ington on Jan. 5 to 7. SOVIET PROTESTS KIDNAPING MOSCOW, Dec, 21—The Soviet consul at Harbin, Manchukuo, has protested the kidnaping of Dmitri+ evitch Rovenko, a consulate courier, it was reported here yesterday. Rovenko was kidnaped by White» Guardists and questioned regarding consulate affairs. He was thrown from an automobile after the ques- | tioning. t