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A. A. DELEGATES DENOUNCE BOARD, DRAFT ACTION PROGRAM ioe,’ | Do -Nothing Policy Faces Upsurge Among Steel Lodges , [Boston Store Bosses Set Up ‘CompanyUnion iekets Injured in Police Attack on DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDAY. JANUARY 3, 1935 Page 3 | VOTE ‘DetroitLabor United Front Session for the Workers’ Unemployment Insurance Bill H.R. 7598 This ballot is sponsored by the Daily ,AWorker Set to Thwart New Frame-up ,, ; soe P Communists Bakery Bosses Close Shops in Drive Set in Chicago to Back in Election pert seta com eensT PETE (SAeTIN mY CoN resem Pittsburgh Session Shows Disillusionment and Pressure for Action — Conference Set for Feb. 3 Despite Leaders’ Opposition By Tom Keenan PITTSBURGH, Pa., Jan. 2—Close to 200 steel workers, delegates from various lodges and districts of the Amalga- mated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers (A. F. of L.) crowded into the union hall in West End Sunday to voice mass disillusionment with the Steel Labor Board, to de- nounce the attempts of President? Roosevelt. and Bill Green to put) joint conference on assistance in over a “truce” in the steel industry, and to demand an organization drive as the first step toward achiev- ing demands formuiated at the 59th convention last spring. The meeting was a joint district | conference of all district committee | members, which district Chairman | Earl Forbeck did his best to sabotage by sending calls out only four days before the meeting. It bespoke the growing tenseness of the organized steel workers today that such a large turnout attended. International officials Thos. Gillis, Edwd Miller, and “Shorty” Leo- nard (President Mike Tighe was ab- sent) were helpless in attempting to control the meeting, in the face of a determined rank and file which exposed the do-nothing policies of the international officers and laid down its own program. Red Scare Defeated The old, outworn “red scare” was raised only to collapse on the head of the one who raised it. Shortly after the meeting was called to order, Walsh, of McKeesport, “rose to a. point of order.” “Mr. chairman,” he roared, “there are Communists in here.” All the delegates were immediately interested, and everyone wanted to see one of these Communists. Cries of “Where is he,” “Which one is him,” were heard. Walsh singled | out ar//her delegate from McKee- sport, “Here is one.” Somebody asked, “Does he have a card?” The “accused” pulled his union card from his pocket. That was all that the delegates wanted to know. The workers dispensed with further questioning. One jumped to his feet to demand | “whether the delegates were here to discuss politics or organizing the | steel industry,” and Brother Walsh, his “red scare” a complete flop, was left to subside foolishly in his seat. Reports were called for from all lodges which had been involved in negotiations with the Steel Board. Each report was practically the same. Delegates from Weirton, from McDonald, Duquesne, Apollo, Hun- tington and others—all telling virtu- | ally the same story, “the Labor | Board has done not a single thing | tor our lodge.” Steel Board Exposed Each drew practically the same conclusion, that the Steel Board would do nothing in the future, either, so the workers themselves had better take steps to achieve their own demands. A delegate from Weirton, black-- listed since the strike there, de- scribed the situation in that city. Workers who are in the A. A. are demanding that a strike be called. ‘The do-nothing A. A. national of- ficers’ policies which have dis- gusted many of the union men and led to the building of a strong com- pany union were brought up. The same delegate later stated that they are in an “awful mess” down in Weirton, and if Commu- nists can show them the way out, they will be only too glad to follow them. A burst of applause greeted his declaration. The reports showed strike talk among the steel workers in more than one place, in each ease plants where the A. A. is strong organizationally—in Duquesne, Ali- quippa, Apollo. Especially in plants where cases of outright discrimina- tion exist are the workers bitter against the Board and Tighe’s en- dorsement of it. In the little Apollo plant, the mill was just reopening Sunday night following a short strike against working Sundays and holidays, their demands won. But their wage scale agreement, which the company re- fused long ago, has been “referred to the Labor Board” by Tighe. On one occasion, when Leonard launched into an attack on a dele- gate from Weirton, the latter jumped to his feet, interrupted, and made a devastating counter-attack on the international official. As he finished, @ regular demonstration was staged in support of his remarks. Meet Again Feb. 3 Concretely, the conference put an official stop to further reliance on the Labor Board. Following the re- ports mentioned above, a resolution was introduced and passed almost - without opposition, which points out: a) The utter futility of rely- ing on the boards for any real bene- fit to the steel workers; b) the con- tinued sufferings of victimized workers and the harmful effects of six months’ inaction on the organ- izing campaign; c) that the program of action (strike) was called off at the June convention only on the understanding that questions sub- mitted to the board would be sat- isfactorily settled; d) the falling off of membership during this period. It then calls for another joint con- ference in Pittsburgh on Feb. 3, to consider steps for achieving de- mands formulated at the 59th con- vention. i Demands These demands included the six- hour day, the five-day week, an in- crease in wages, equal rights for Ne- gro workers, in addition to recog- nition. The resolution also called for the issuance of invitations to local unions of the United Mine Workers end the Aluminum Workers for a achieving all demands. | One delegate read a Federated Press dispatch describing the recent “truce” conference in Washington, the role of Madame Perkins, Pres- ident Roosevelt, and others at the conference. Expressions of resent- ment could be heard from every part of the hall as the workers | realized how close to betrayal they had been. A resolution was passed warning the international officials and Pres- ident Roosevelt that no truce would be accepted, nor any agreement ex- cept one approved by the member- ship of the union, Organization Committees | Another measure called for es- | | | tablishment of organization commit- tees in all districts, another, ap- proving the practice of taking in | all steel workers, whether employed | or unemployed—both passed by/ overwhelming majorities. A third | re-endorsed the Workers’ Bill, al- |ready approved by the A. A. at the | last convention, | In the face of a determined rank and file, the national officials feared | to oppose even the Feb. 3 meeting, the resolutions introduced from the | floor going through with almost | every delegate nodding his head in approval. | PITTSBURGH, Pa., Jan. 2—Mike Tigue, veteran traitor-president of |the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, has launched another attack on the rank and file of the union. In an inter- view with the capitalist press he has stated that the Feb. 3 national con- | ference being called by the First | | District, as well as any action taken | there, will be “outside the union | | and illegal.” Guild Pickets To Greet Train Of Publisher | | NEWARK, N. J, Jan. 2.—Strik-| | ing editorial workers of the Newark | Ledger, having learned that Lucius) T. Russell, publisher of the Ledger, left his palatial home in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Dec. 30, for Newark, | have announced that a picket dem- onstration will meet him in New York when he arrives. It is believed | that he will take the Broadway Limited from Chicago. Guild members along his route from Cal- ifornia, the strike committee re- ports, will be informed of the time| the train passes their respective cities so they can greet him with | picket signs, | Last Sunday night police were, | told a rock was thrown through the | window of the home of Charles T. Marshall, strikebreaking as city) editor of the Ledger, and president of the American Editorial League, an organization of strikebreakers. Irvington police sent to the scene were accompanied by Bill Gordon, Guild member and reporter of the Star-Eagle. When Gordon intro- duced himself to Marshall, the strikebreaker immediately pointed! a finger at him and shouted: “Ar- rest that man. He broke my win- dow.” Police pointed out however that Gordon was with them and ridiculed the charge. The strike committee issued a statement pointing out that it is not responsible for the act, but is conducting an investigation to de- termine if the Marshall incident was not manufactured as a means of throwing discredit upon the strikers. I. L. D. in New England Takes Larger Offices As Activities Increase BOSTON, Mass., Jan. 2.—The Eastern New England District of the International Labor Defense announced yesterday that it has moved into larger and better offices at 5 Harrison Ave. The I. L. D. will occupy the fourth and fifth floors at this address. The tele- phone number remains the same, Devonshire 9119. This move was necessary in view of the greatly increased activities of the I. L. D. in connection with the fight for the freedom of the Scottsboro boys and Angelo Hern- don and in defense of all other class war prisoners. The new office will be equipped to handle a large in- crease in work and at the same time will have space enough for various committees and other groups to meet. An appeal has been issued to all sympathizers and members of the I. L. D. to send funds to carry through this plan for enlarging the I. L. D. office, painting it, building partitions, and for office rent. All workers are invited to visit the new office of the I. L. D. at 5 Harrison Ave., Boston, Mass. and volunteers are also needed to put the office in shape for re Milwaukee Strike | MILWAUKEE, Wis. Jan. 2—A | conference of officials of the three | unions conducting the strike of the Boston Store, now in its fifth week, and representatives of the owners | | went into session Monday. Only | four union officials and company | representatives are involved and no |Teports have been made public yet. Thus far the company has agreed | to a small wage increase, but union recognition is refused. It is reported that the Boston Store owners may agree to recognizing committees representing only the union mem- | bers in the store for collective bar- gaining. In preparation for this move the employers have organized @ company union which is called the “Boston Store Clerks Self-Gov- erning Association,” and includes all America’s Only Working Class Daily Newspaper | | 50 East 1 New (Cut out and sign BAL 3th Street York | this ballot today) LOT I have read the Workers’ Unemployment and Social Insurance Bill and vote FOR [] Name Address Vote without delay and return your ballot at once to AGAINST O a 5 Sea |) | the worker who gave it to you, or mail it to j the first aid station set up by the | those who refused to come out on | strike. Seven pickets were arrested and | the “Daily Worker” several women had to be taken to| strikers, as a result of an attack on | Seven Years’ DC., Jan. 5 to 7. | A warrant has been issued for) De Jonge’s arrest on a new criminal syndicalism charge, and local offi- cials are keeping the wires hot in an attempt to intercept him before New Frame-up Mio * Keep DeJonge From Capital Parley |Second Sydicalism Charge Drawn Up in Oregon | Against Leader Already Sentenced to Imprisonment warrant charges him with conduct- |ing an assemblage of persons and | organizations syndicalism. “Insanity” Frame-up Smashed | PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 2.— The International Labor Defense has forced the release of Mrs. Mary Hockman, who six weeks ago was committed to an insane asylum for complaining against the insufficient relief accorded her family. Against Union DETROIT, Jan, 2. — What price labor frame-ups? The Jewish Master Bakers Asso- ciation has turned over a reward of $500 to Joseph Haftka, bakery own- er, for “identifying” Meyer Weiner, 27, member of Jewish Bakers Union, Local 78 (A. F. of L.) as the man who killed his son, Harry. Young Haftka was slain the night |of Dec. 12 while he and his father | _ were taking scabs in a car to their bakery where a strike has been in Party Proposes Huge Public Works Program fo¥ Benefit of Workers to Be Built by Union Labor Under Union Conditions and Pay CHICAGO, Jan. 2.—Proposing a vast program of publie works to be constructed by union labor at trade union wages, the Communist Party of Chicago has issued a call for a citys wide united front conference on Jan. 13 to endorse Commue nist candidates in the local elections. The conference at which the Communist Party urges the — attendance of all trade unions, shop and factory groups, small home owners, veterans, women and youth Bick Wikkers progress for several months. Weiner, together with 22 other! | ° ° members of the union, was held oy| W A police for eight days, during which | in £ ain st time the elder Haftka failed to| identify him despite the fact that) Weiner had worked for him two) groups, will be held in Mirror Hall, 1136 North Western Avenue. Each organization is to send two delee gates. The city-wide slate which will be proposed to the united front ratifi- cation conference consists of Kari advocating criminal | years and he therefore knew him | Well. Not till the ninth day did | Haftka suddenly “recognize” Weiner as the slayer; he immediately col- lected the reward. It is understood that the $500 is only part of a larger fund that the bakery bosses are collecting in an effort to smash the union. To help swell their war chest, they closed their shops for one day “in memory of” $5.75 from each of their workers’ | wages. They are also planning to introduce wage cuts. | Weiner is scheduled to come up for examination before Judge Jeffries on Jan, 9. The following day he and 22 others will come up on charges of conspiracy to obstruct operation of a business and con- spiracy to extort, Samuel B. Keene |is defense attorney in the case. The entire Detroit labor move- ment is rallying to the defense of | young Weiner and the Jewish Bak- jers Union. All signs indicate that the murder was committed by a hireling of rival employers, who have been engaged in a price-cut- the slain man and deducted | large display windows of the store, ; | 1-Day Strike | Jonge when they learned that the sweeping forward to increased or- appeal, is continuing his working strike. ance which meets in Washington, greater organizational strength, the into the Workers Protective Associa- | Pose of the criminal syndicalism facing Wisconsin Avenue, were mY | PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 2.—Local On Relief Jobs | militant working class fighter, re- ganizational activity following the | class activities and is now on his Realizing that the promise made workers are striving to form job tion. laws to smash the struggles of the In order to take the Hockman family off the relief rolls, Mrs. Mears of the Albina Welfare Sta-) ting war and once before planted a bomb in the Haftka bakery. without a warrant and railroaded to| is giving full support to the defense, Friday, Jan. 11, at 8 p.m. in Litt- j lared judge, Hotchkiss, bluntly declare tinea Peoples Theatre, 8210 12th, that “anyone belonging to an un-| tion, had Mrs. Hockman arrestea| The International Labor Defense! the insane asylum, The committing |{t is calling a mass protest meeting | Ouster Order | Longshore Union Heads | Forced To Reinstate Old Members TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 2—Charter | members of Local 1356, International Longshoremen’s Association, forced Polly Baker, president of the union in the Philadelphia district to re- instate them in good standing, fol- lowing a conference in Trenton last Friday. The reinstatement is a result of months of struggle during which the case of the Trenton longshore- men who were locked out of their union hall by the reactionary Baker | because they founght against his appointed officers of the local, was taken to all the locals of the L.L.A., | York, and to the entire trade unton movement of Trenton. During that | period the longshoremen, founders of the Trenton local, were forced off the docks and their places were | taken by non-union men. The long- | shoremen report that the local pres- |ident, Hornstein, was giving work permits to non-union men at a| commission amounting from 10 to 25 per cent of their wages. to the International office in New, Lockner for Mayor, Sam Hammers- mark for City Treasurer and Herbe bert Newton for City Clerk. Communist nominees for aldere men aré being nominated and ene dorsed in the respective city elece tion wards. The public works program for which the Communist Party will conduct an energetic fight in the elections includes the building of a subway, the building of workers’ homes, hospitals, schools, parks and playgrounds, particularly in the overcrowded Negro sections of the city. Pending the passage of the Work- ers Unemployment Insurance Bill, the Communist platform proposes the payment of cash relief to all unemployed workers at the rate of $8 a week for single men, $13 a week for a family of two and $3 for each additional dependent. Other demands set forth in the conference call are, for the right to organize, for the abolition of the Red Squad, for the repeal of the Illinois Criminal Syndicalist Law, | for immediate payment of back pay to veterans, for full social, political and economic equality of the Negro people and for the Negro Bill of Rights. The city elections are to be held on April 2, ¥ Resolutions Adopted The call, issued by the Commu- pickets by police, during Saturday's | picket demonstration. Two of the smashed. | Work Wi orkers in | authorities this week cooked up a |mew frame-up against Dirk De LANCASTER, Pa., Jan. 2—Lan-| cently sentenced to seven years im- caster unemployed workers are| prisonment and out on bail pending winning of important work relief} way to the National Congress for concessions last week in a one-day| Unemployment and Social Insur- by the relief officials will be kept and new demands won only by committees on each project and bringing every unemployed worker | he reaches Washington. The pur- Last week, a delegation from the working class is clearly shown in executive committee of the Workers ‘his latest attack on De Jonge, and | Protective Association met: with Re-| the following wail in the Oregon lief Director Flood, and Misses Doty | Journal of Dec. 31: and Radel and Mrs.Siedle, members| “Although. the $750 expense of employed organization must be | crazy.” When Mrs. Hockman at- | tempted to explain that her grocery | order was insufficient to feed her | tamily, the judge turned psychia- | of the relief administration, | Preparing a transcript of. proceed- | trist and diagnosed her condition as | ings of the previous trial was un-| “violently insane” and declared she Win Committee Demand | dertaken by the State on De Jonge’s | In addition to winning full recog- | plea that he had no funds and no} nition of the Workers Protective means of obtaining funds, he is now Association, Relief Director Flood /| traveling by bus to Washington, D.| will meet with the heads of the job|D., to attend a convention of un-| committees each week to settle job | employed organizations.” grievances. | The new criminal syndicalist Other demands won include pay- | barge cooked up against De Jonge, ment of streetcar fare to all relief workers in addition to the budget, one hour’s pay on rainy days, cash is based on his attendance at a mass meeting of Portland - workers pro- testing his first frame-up. The new | unemployed workers of Lancaster payment by supplementary check was suffering from “persecutory de- lusions.” PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 2.—Kyle Pugh, recently sentenced to five years on a charge of violating the | Oregon criminal syndicalist law, has been granted additional time to file his appeal. Pugh is still in jail, pending the raising of funds for his bail. where budget is cut from eight to seven units (a unit is three days of | six hours work; a man works any- where from two to seven units a month according to the size of his| family), payment of a bonus at the | end of the fifth week, and granting | direct relief for two weeks after a/ man goes to work. Le: fi Experie: | —Sending his greetings to the Con- P, ui eee gress of Soviets in the Gorky region, ‘ast experience has shown the) Maxim Gorky, internationally cele- ; : | brated Soviet writer, said the follow- that the promises of the relief ad-\ ing on the recent assassination of ministration mean nothing unless | gergej Kirov: blacked up by militant organization | ~“Pollowing Must Be Annihilated, Gorky Tells Congress (Special to the Daily Worker) MOSCOW, Jan. 2 (By Wireless). upon this murder, that is alert to every maneuver of the relief set-up and is ready to counter every move or attempt to cut relief. The Workers Protective Association calls upon all unem- ployed and relief workers to close ranks and present a strong fighting front to maintain the relief co:ces- _scores of hired assassins were caught in the country, sent by our ‘most cultured’ neighbors for the annihil- | ation of Soviet leaders. The reply throughout the country to these facts roared sufficiently loud without shadow of depression. | revealing any sign of panic or the, our constant attention, has been proved. The enemy must be relent- lessly and mercilessly annihilated and no ngtice taken of the moans | and sighs of professional human- \itarians. It must be remembered | that in the bourgeois world of fake | humanism the real humanism of _the proletariat will burst into flames, a humanism whose aim is the liber- ation of the proletariat of all coun- tries from the iron cage of capital.” A. Landy Will Lecture on Lenin in Cleveland DETROIT, Jan, 2.—In connection with the approaching eleventh an- | niversary of Lenin’s death, the Workers Open Forum here has ar- ranged a lecture on “Lenin, the Militants Win In Gloversville ‘Leather Union GLOVERSVILLE, N. Y., Jan. 2.— Clarence H. Cart, militant leather worker and Communist candidate for Congress in the 72ni Congres- sional District in the last elections, was re-elected president of the In- dependent Leather Workers Union of Fulton County. Carr defeated | Willard Bennett, ardent supporter of the New Deal by a three to one | vote. Bennett led a group within the union which carried on a red scare | campaign against militant members. The members voted for a complete | Communist, was re-elected trustee. | The complete results follow: | President, Clarence Carr; Vice- | President, Charles Smullins; Vice-; President, A. A. Hine; Treasurer, Charles Stefic; Assistant Treasurer, | Walter Osborn; Financial Secretary, M. Petrak; Recording Secretary Rudolph Slander. Trustees: Leo Smullins, Marion Lake, Patsy Al- |bansese;, Anton Albrecht, John Whittman, Edward Taylor. | The union endorsed the National | Sonacese for Unemployment Insur- jance to be held Jan, 5-7 in Wash- Thirteen A. F. of L. locals in Tren-| ton adopted resolutions demanding |that Joseph Ryan, International President of the I.L,A. should rein- state the ousted longshoremen. A | delegation of the locked out work- nist Party Election Campaign Come mittee, of which Robert Minor is chairman, is endorsed by the City Committee of the International Workers’ Order, by the Unemploy- ment Councils of Cook County, of ers came to New York to see Ryan,| Which Carl Lockner is secretary; but were refused an audience. An-| the Needle Trades Workers’ Hn- | other delegation waited for Ryan/| dustrial Union, the League of lin his office for three days until| Struggle for Negro Rights, the they finally cornered him. Ryan| Polish Chamber of Labor and the denied any jurisdiction in the case | International Labor Defense. but promised a conference between The election conference is looked district. officials, local officers and| to by the Communist Party here as |the men, In the meantime Ryan/a continuation of the broad and threatened to lift the local charter | effective united front which staged altogether and in that way sought| the city-wide relief demonstration to divert attention from the struggle | of Nov. 24, in which 25,000 Chicago within the local for removal of the| workers took part to fight against militant slate of officers; M. Lake, a) officers. Reinstatement Offered At Friday’s conference reinstate- |ment of all longshoremen was | offered, but removal of the ap- Pointed officers was refused, They were to stay in office until the next local election in November, 1935. The longshoremen here realize that they have won only a partial victory. As long as the appointees remain in office there will be dis- crimination against the militant rank and file members, and Horn- stein's profitable work permit racket will continue, In taking their case to the locals of the L.A. and the | other trade unions they exposed how the job racket works in their local, and that it is only an example of methods used in many A. F. of L, locals. They are determined to con- tinue the fight against every at- tempt at discrimination. relief cuts. Tag Days Saturday and Sunday | CHICAGO, Jan, 2—The Com- | munist Party lection Campaign | Committee here will hold tag days on Saturday and Sunday to raise | funds for its work. All sections of | the Party here have been urged to mobilize all available workers for participation in the tag days. Petition Drive Lagging CHICAGO, Jan. 2—The collec- tion of nominating petition signa- tures for Communist candidates in the local elections is proceeding with dangerous slowness, Robert Minor, chairman of the Communist Election Campaign Committee, warned yesterday. Not only must enough signatures be collected to place the candidates in the running, it was pointed out, sions already won. The Workers Protective Associa- “This is as it should be. is not enough to shout. It is neces- | tion has already elected delegates | sary to foresee and avert. We live in and will be represented at the Na- a state of war and we must remem- | But it | Man and His Work,” by A. Landy, | ington, director of the Cleveland Workers | School. The leciure will be given | Greet the Daily Worker in the this Sunday at 72:50 p.m. at the name of your family. It has spent | but so overwhelming a mass of petitions must be presented that election officials will not be able to Tule these candidates off the ballot Mass Pressure Wins Parole for Burgess Insurance, CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Jan. 2— Acting on the decision of the re- cent National Executive Committee | meeting, and pointing to the actual joint actions which are being pre- | pared, leading Socialist Party mem- | bers today issued a call to the State organizations of the Socialist Party urging the formation of united front agreements with the Communist Party on the vital issues facing the working class. Refe to the united front ac- tions of the Arkansas farmers and the Alabama sharecroppers, as well as the joint actions against the Huey Long gangs, and in defense of the Spanish revolution, the state- ment, signed by Myles Horton, ex- ecutive committee member of Ten- nessee; Zilla Hawes, Southern La- bor Secretary of the S. P., and James Dombrowski of Tennessee, calls upon the states to act on the basis of the recent Chattanooga united front statement, signed by other prominent Socialist Party members, including Francis Henson, secretary of the Revolutionary Pol- icy Committee in the S. P. The full statement follows: To the members of the State Ex- ecutive Committee of the Socialist Party in all southern States: At a recent United Front meeting in Chattanooga on Dec. 6 of So- cialists and Communists it was agreed thet “economic distress in the south under the New Deal in- iinstant. That the enemy deserves tional Congress for Unemployment |ber this, not forgetting it for a single | Finnish Workers Hall, 5969 14th | Ave., near McGraw. State Bodies of Southern Socialists Urged — To Complete Agreement on the United Front its eleven years fighting for you. | | Send your greeting before Jan. 12. | PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 2.—Floyd | Burgess, unemployed worker sen- tenced to jail for one year at Kelly Butte for participating in a demon- | stration protesting relief conditions, | was released on conditional parole | by the Governor after persistent | protests by delegations and the adoption of protest resolutions by | hundreds of organizations all over | the Northwest. | creases daily. The growth of labor unions and the spread of the strike movement and other militant strug- gles against hunger and misery are being met by an intensified fascist drive on the part of the ruling class. In this situation the United Front becomes the key question before the southern workers and farmers.” Following the action of the N. E. C. of the S. P. meeting in Boston Nov. 30 to Dec. 1, authorizing state executive committees to enter into negotiations with other working class parties for a, united front, we, the undersigned members of the S. P. call upon the state executive committees of all southern states to call a special session for the pur- pose of effecting a united front be- tween the Socialists and the Com- munists and other working class groups within each state. Issues Pointed Out We suggest as a base for United Front Action the following issues which were agreed upon at the Chattanooga conference mentioned above: 1. The struggle against war and fascism, against lynching, against the denial of constitutional rights and for the disbanding of the K. K. K. and other fascist bands. 2. A sustained effort to pass the Lundeen Workers Unemployment and Social Insurance Bill. 3. Against the New Deal differ- ential in wages and relief for south- ern labor, i tf 4. Campaign to unionize the South and to develop an aggressive rank and file movement in the A. F. of L. on the basis of equal rights \for Negroes and the unity of white | and Negro labor, 5. Support united front action |with the International Labor De- |fense in its struggle for the needs of the exploited farm population. Anti-Lynch Parley Planned Point number one is being made concrete in the preparations of a broad united front conference in | the south against lynching and for trade union and constitutional rights. We would call the attention to |the state executive committees to several significant steps taken re- cently to effect such united action in the south. In addition to the | United Front conference in Chat- tanooga already mentioned, there is an effective united front between the S, P. and the C. P. as shown in the joint unemployed demonstra- tions against armed gangs of the Long and Waimesly factions and the joint meetings in support of the brave struggles of the revo- lutionary workers in Spain. It is seen in the beginning of joint ac- tion of the Share Croppers Union in Alabama and the Southern Ten- ant Farmers Union in Arkansas against the misery in the cotton , Tields. | While urging vigorous action on \ all of these points it is recognized | CHICAGO YOUTH PLAN PARTY | that satisfactory arrangements CHICAGO, Jan. 2.—The Young} should be made to allow criticism | Communist League of Chicago will | of both parties of each others larger | hold a party on Sunday evening at | political aims and it is further un- | 1131] Hyde Park Boulevard to raise | derstood that such united front ac- funds for the defense of Claude | tion would not in any way curtail Lightfoot, Herbert Newton and| |the autonomy of each party Nor | others who were arrested on Dec. 20 | limit their agitational or organiza-| in a demonstration against segrega-| | tional work, tion of Negroes in the Wendell | In submitting this letter we feel ; that we are voicing the sentiments | Phillips; High School here. lof the majority of Socialists and | | Communists in the south as well as CHICAGO, all honest trade unionists. Affirma- | tive action at this time will do | much to strengthen such efforts as have already been made to form a determined body of workers and farmers struggling against misery and developing fascism in farm and factory. Signed Myles Horton, Executive Comm. | Member, S. P., Tennessee. | Zilla Hawes, Southern Labor | Secretary, 8. P. James Dombrowski, S. P., Tenn. P. S. The following signed the resolution at the Chattanooga con- ference: Claude Williams, 8. P., Arkansas. Strator, Research Worker for L.LD., formerly Exec. Comm. Francis Henson, Sec’y., R.P.C., S.P. Graham Lacy, 8. P., Alabama. Eugene Sutherland, S. P., Ky. Howard Kester, Exec. Comm., 8.P., ee SAT. JAN. th 8 p.m. NORTH SIDE TURNER HALL Anniversary DAILY WORKER FEATURING NEW THEATRE NIGHT PRESENTING STEVEDORE CAST - NEWSBOY - LYNCHED - TROOPS ARE MARCH- ING - CAPITALIST FOLLIES OF 1934- And Many Other Attractions Tickets at 2019 State St: 4905 Roecersit Rend. by a mere technicality, as was done in the November elections. The campaign committee urged that all petition lists be turned in to it as soon as they are filled. WHAT’ ON Philadelphia, Pa, Lenin Memorial Meeting Friday, Jem, 18, 1935 at the Market St. Arena, 46th and Market Sts. Prominent speakers, excellent program. Buy tickets now. ‘War or Peace in the Saar Plebiscite? Lecture and discussion at Lulu Tem= ple, Broad & Spring Garden Sts. Auspices Phila. Relief Comm. for Victims of German Fascism. 5:18 p.m, Thursday, January 3, 1935. Lawyers’ Banquet, Priday evening, Jan. 4, 8 p.m. at Broad St. Mansion, Broad and Girard Aves. Prominent speakers and talents. Adm. 50¢. Ause pices International Labor Defense. ILLINOIS