The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 9, 1935, Page 2

Page 2 Back Wages From Bosses Chicago Company Signs Pact With Industrial Union After Parley CHICAGO, Ill, Feb. 8.—Workers the Bloom Vogue Shop, the most jionable tailoring establishment Chicago, received about $4,000 in wages yesterday, as a result of agreement between the Needle Union the ba an Trades Workers Industrial and the firm guaranteeing workers s in the past year aver- 2 and 15 weeks. The settled between the e company and the mference. union The amounts received by the workers in a o each of ranged between $125 and $200 each. Negotiations are now on for a new agreemnet The strike at the Evans Fur Shop, also conducted by the } Lv, is still on. * 4 4 Green Evades House Quiz (Continued from Page 1) Monday, February 4, at 10 am, in the Caucus Room House Office Building, the hearings will con- tinue daily for approximately ten days. “You are cordially invited to appear before the Sub-Committee of the Labor Committee, which will have charge of the hearings, to discuss the above-mentioned Bill.” Dunn also made public séveral of the many letters sent by workers from all over the country to him voicing their endorsement of H. R. 2827. Paul Sturman, Jr., Supreme Recording Secretary of the Slovak Evangelical Union of Pittsburgh, wrote Dunn that “twelte thousand members of the union,” over half of them in Pennsylvania, Will be grateful to you for a favorable ac- tion on this bill.” Unions Back Bill A letter to Dunn from Andrew G. Baratka, Recording Secretary of the Car and Foundry Workers Union, charters Local No. 1 which is af- filiated with one of the big railroad brotherhoods, declared: “This let- ter is to inform you that our union is 100 per cent for the Bill (H. R. 2827.)" Louis Weinstock, National Secre- tary of the A, F. of L. rank and file committee for unemployment insurance, a member of Local Union 848 of the Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators, told the Labor Sub- Committee today that if the ma- jority of the rank and file of the A. F. of L. were permitted to ex- press their opinion freely, they would demand the adoption of the Lundeen Bill, H. R. 2827. While making it clear that he is a loyal member of the A. F. of L., Wein- Stock condemned the policies of the A. F. of L. Executive Council and the methods of suppression and ex- pulsions used by A. F. of L. offi- cials against rank and file members who refused to passively accept the dictatorial decisions of the Council i support of the Wagner-Lewis ill, Spokc.man for Seamen Brle Payne, the spokesman of the Marine Workers Industrial Union and the Waterfront Unemployment Councils, informed the Bub-Com- mittee of the unsanitary conditions under which unemployed seamen live. These seamen, he said, get one of the lowest forms of relief. They are forced to live in rotten hotels, such as the Bowery hotels in New York, or in places such as the Seamen’s Institute in New York. . . . In these places, seamen are terrorized by hired thugs. They are forced to sleep in dormitories with consumptives and others of this type . . . with unemployment insurance they would be able to sleep wherever they chose and un- der sanitary conditions. Ut gy Sabi ess Back H.R.2827 SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 8. —Nearly one hundred delegates from trade unions, unemployed and fra- ternal groups met at the Labor Temple here for the purpose of initiating a mass campaign for ne unemployment and social Age and Social Insurance Bill, H. R. 2827, which provides for the pay- ment of local average wages to all Workers unemployed through no fault of their own, Was unanimously endorsed, and a broad committee elected to carry on & campaign for ies tr icnt. Plans were also made @ local sponsoring com- Mittees for the Workers’ Bill, and members of the State legislature lined up for the introduction of the State Workers’ Bill. Although twenty trade unions and Tailroad brotherhoods had endorsed 1 > converence, only nine A. F. of L. unions and two lodges of the Rail- ro2d Brotherhood were repesented at the conference. These included: International Operating Engineers 358, Machinists 106, Brewery Work- ers 64, Blacksmiths 42, Plasterers and Cement Finishers 68, the Mid- yale and Lark locals of thé Mill, Mine and Smelter Workers Union, Bingham Miners 3, Barbers 377, and Railroad Trainmen 941 and Loco- motive Engineers 178. Twenty-four other organizations were also repre- sented. Fire Destroys Town Hall GREENVILLE, N. H., Feb. 8.— (U.P.) —Fire virtually destroyed the Town Hall last night, causing an estimated $150,000 damage. ©. P. Units: leave sample cop- pies of the Daily Worker in homts for a few days, then can- vags for snhseriptions, 30 weeks of work a year.| | | Aving read wages on the other T@ WORK. Gheck @ r place Each “secret” ballot mailed by tuting Co. to striking workers was mafked in Invisible ink with the time clock number of the worker. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 8.— Striking workers of the Cleveland Chain and Manufacturing Company have caught the company in one | of the most despitable strikebreak~ determine if the workers want to returh to work—the time clock number of the worker receiving the latter was marked in invisible ink. The letter sent out under Mon- day's date was the second “secret” vote attempted, and aroused the suspicion of the workers, as the previous letter had the time clock number of the worker under the stamp of a self-addressed envelope. This time the workers found no number under the stamp, but one of the workers got the idea of hold- ing his letter over a flame and NUMBER HIDD the proposal regarding a 787 card, I AM IN FAVOR @F RETURNING de not have to sign it. ing tricks in its “secret ballot” to | DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1935 ON BALLOT side of this and mail teday, You the Cleveland Chain and Mannfac- Heating the card brings the number out in the upper right-hand corner. This number has been blurred for publication to prevent identification. ee emerged out of the clear white paper. The letier enclosed to thé strikers was under the caption, “How about your vote?” ahd then, to make things more convincing, an inscrip- tion on the ballot informed the worker “You don’t have to sign it.” Furriers Win [* SECRET? POLL Occult Quacks FlourishUnder ‘Hitler Rule Science Is Thrown to Rubbish Heap by Nazi Supporters BERLIN, Feb. 8—A further dis- integration of science and educa- tion uhder Hiter’s regime has brought about the revival of astrol- ogy and the “occult sciences.” As- trology_is held in special honor by Nazi officials and numbers of astro- logal journals are appear ih Berlin and elsewhere. One of these papers, “Der Seher,” published in Frankfort, forecasts events for the year 1935; it appears that this year will be a “fatal” one from many points of view, but Whereas every other country will have to cope with various calamities, the Third Reich is to flourish amidst peacé™and quietude. The advetisements in this paper are worthy of note, as they provide @ good instante Of the sort of men- tal attitude developed in & modern country as @ result of the prevailing regime: “Lady born under Pisces, music- teacher, fond of children, seeks suit- able mate.” “Artisan, aged 44, born under Tau- rus, desires to wed woman born un- der Taurus or Virgo.” “Film-fan would like to open “We are anxious to have these cards returned immediately, and, if | the vote warrants starting the fac- tory, we will do so &@t once,” the company informed thé workers. W. G. Powlesiand, of the Biack- smiths and Drop Forgers’ Union, conducting the strike, announced that it has collected two-thirds of the letters sent out by the company. It was discovered that workers fired nine months ago also had received slowly his time clock number ballots. Him As Li Hearst Record Shows ar, Swindler (Continued from Page 1) shows it was indissolubly linked up with Hearst's desire to extend his vast estate and mine holdings in Mexico and to help his Wall Street associates to further enslave the | toilers of that bordering country. Imperialist War Monger And just as he is today crusading against America’s militant workers, Hearst was also the spokesman of Wall Street in 1897 when the money lords conspired to grab for exploita- tion the rich lands of Cuba and the Philippine Islands. At this point it would be well to go into some details concerning Hearst's cateer—a career dotted thickly with the most brazen at- tacks upon the American people by ohe who has constantly posed as their friend and champion. Today Hearst maintains several highly expensive “hide-out” in New York. He owns considerable real estate in the metropolis, including most of the property in the Colum- | bus Circle section. In California, in which State he is one of the largest owners of property, he lives at his immense San Simeon estate. This estate, with towers and museums, and all kinds of relics, is today perhaps the most | expensive and palatial in the entire United States. The Hearst San Si- meon estate covers 400 square miles | and runs fifty miles elong the edge | of the Pacific Ocean. Unsavory Boyhood | It was in California that Hearst began his caretr of infamy and shame. Heafst was bofn in this State. It appeared, however, that in his very boyhood, he built up for himself a very questionable reputa- tion. This reputation was such that his wealthy father, the former United States Senator George Hearst, found it necessary to send the son away to New England for his schooling. But young Hearst did not chahge his ways while away from home. As a result young Hearst, despite tho powerful influence of his wealthy father, was expelled from St. Paul’s School in New England as not a fit associate for the other boys and for the “good of the school.” Senator Hearst later got his son enrolled at “fair and exclusive” Harvard. But Harvard refused to keep him. William Randolph Hearst here, too, was expelled for the “good of the school.” It was then that the elder Héarst turned over to William Randolph the San Francisco Ex- aminer. Yellow Journalism At once the younger Hearst plunged into an orgy of sensational and crooked journalism “for the good of the people.” This was in 1887 and he is still at it. It is strikes, prepare strikes in auto, steel, ete, in forcing upon the wofkérs N.R.A. bitration boards, was not brought Leader. A. F. of L, member, Socialist of HOW CAN THE UNITY OF THE UNION DRIVE BE ACHIEVED? in the United States. The Communist Party united drive: 1) unions into mass unions; to launel conere: drive to organize the unorganized auto workers; to (Continued from Page 1) the steel and mining industfy in latiiching a. split- ting red scaré afd expulsion pélicy which would wreck the unions and prevent the preparation of Nor is there mention of their failure to actually year, but NOW. The whole role of Green & Co. ‘The main question which arises before every THE FIGHT AGAINST ROOSEVELT’S ANTI- The proposal of the Communist Party for @ joint, unified fight against Roosevelt's new ufion-smash- ing moves, is the key question before every worker To build the A. F. of L. auto highly significant that although Hearst has his home and most of his interests in California, he came to New York to actively enter into politics. Those who knew Hearst in those days, point out that his "evil associations” made his name a by- word and that he would have had absolutely no chance for public of- fice in his native state. Coming to New York, Hearst, whose father left him an estate of thirty-four million dollars, pur- chased the New York Journal for seven million dollars. Almost im- mediately, he aligned himself with Charles Murphy, Tammany boss, known @s the most notorious of the tyrahts that held political reign over the city and one of the most successful of Wall Street's political servants, Backed by Blackmailer In 1902, as the candidate for Congress, Hearst brought to New York Mayor Sthmidt of San Fran- cisco to support him in his cam- paign. It was Schmidt’s job to tes- tify to Hearst's “sterling character.” Schmidt extolled Hearst as a man of integrity, ability and brilliante. But the value of Schmidt's esti- mate of a man’s character was proved most adequately sometimne later when that San Francisco worthy was convicted as a black- mailer. This bosom friend of Hearst was found guilty of taking graft from small business men and from the dregs of the capitalist un- derworld in San Francisco. Another such companion to cam- paign for Hearst was the former Governor Budd of California. Herein lies another story attesting to Hearst's “sterling” character. After the election, Hearst and Budd hired a special train to go to Wash- ington. On the train they had as companions a humber of disrepu- table characters, Orgies on Train An altercation started and soon news of the shameful doings on the train began to leak out to thé out- side world. Budd, fearing complete disgrace, fled to Europe. Shameless and unprincipled, Hearst continued through his news- papers and his associates to extend his financial and political fortunes. When, in 1905, Hearst believed he could unseat Boss Murphy and himself ascend to the leadetship, he opened a fight on the Tammany chief “for the good of the Demo- cratic Party.” However, Within a year he made a deal with Tam- many and took back all he had said about the boss of the Tam- many robpety machine. Hearst en- tered the race for the governorship as Tammahy Hall’s eandidate. During the sueceeding years, hée has alterhatély fought and sup- ported Tammany Hall, the Repub- For a United Front Against Union Smashing Drive AN EDITORIAL ers into the A. The working », nob Oly last . compulsory ar- out by the New friendly correspondence with lady born under Pisces, Scorpio, Cancer or Taurus.” Trotskyite Aids Police SHOE WORKERS TO UNITE United Body To Fight for Pay Rise and Better Conditions The united front of the shoe manufacturets throughout the country in their onslaught on the conditions of the workers places the question of whity of all the workers, regardless of union affilia- tion, to beat back these attacks first and foremost on the order of the day. The unification of the existing unions into oné powerful, militant union, controlled by the member- ship, and the initiation of a cam- paign for the organization of the bulk of the unorganized shoe work- ets is advocated in a statement is- sued recently by the Executive The statement follows: To All Shoe Workers: The time has come when deeds must follow words, when action must take the place of arguments, when promises must become feali- ties ahd wheh the unbearable con- ditions under Which thé shoe work- ers and their dependents must live be wiped out. For many years the workers have beeh separated, betrayed and de- fled the fight to work and to earn a living, to this very day the work- ers find themselves unemployed, hungry and starving while those workers who have a job are forced to work for pauper Wages, and—all of this in spite of the fact that we are sutfoufded by mountains of wealth, created by the hands, the brains and by the skill of the workers who toil in the sweat of their brow. (Continued from Page 1) swers, Mini reveals his cowardly in- tent of saving his own hide at all costs, Mini’s treacherous act of last August constitutes the most danger- ous weapon of California industrial and agricultural interests and their puppet courts and officials in the attempt to railroad labor organizers td long prison sentences. It tom- forms completely with the disrup- tive tactics of the Trotzkyites in the Jah. 15 united front conference in San Francisco, and the action of Mini’s Trotzkyite attorney, Albert Goldman, in joining the prosecution and the court in an attack on Leo Gallagher, International Labor De- fense attorney, on Feb. 3. Denounces Party Mini, who was undér suspension from the Communist Party at the time of Ais arrest, denounces the Party in his stool pigeon testimony and gives an uttétly distorted in- terpretation of the Communist posi- tion On force and violence and the question of the revolutionary over+ throw of capitalism. He supports the Hes Of fred-baiting employers and the proséecution that Commu- nists advocate individual terrorism, although the whole world knows that Communists are relentlessly opposed to individual acts of ter- ror and base their activities on the program of organizing the working class for the winning of their im- mediate demands and for thé tevo- lutionary overthrow of their ex- ploiters. Mini made definitely incriminat- ing statements in regard to Albert Hougarddy, one of the defendants who is section organizer of the Communist Party. His Statements on John Warnicke, whom he, at that time, believed to be wavering like himself, are significantly mild. In his shameless crawling before the prdésecution, Mini disassociated himself from the Communist Party, already in August, laying the basis for his open affiliation with the ‘Trotzkyites, and réferred to Karl Marx as a “German Jew.” Tries Demagogic Speech Goldman, fealizing that this taw treachery aganist the ing class would further disctedit the Trotz- kyites in the eyes of the workers, attempted to minimize the railroad- ing effect Of Mini's stool-pigeon statement in a long, demagosic speech yesterday afternoon. The effect of Mini’s treacherotis act is already shown in the eager ruling by Judge Dal M. Lemmon, presiding at the trial, that Mini’s stool-pigeon testimony is considered by the court as binding on all the defendants. lican Party atid Fusion groups. But regardless of which capitalist wing he campaigned through his news- papers, Hearst aways remained close to the house of Rockefeller at 26 Broadway, ahd he was for years an intimate friend of Judge Elbert H. Gary, of Morgan's United States Steel Corporation. His fellow-capitalists have always referred to Hearst aS a representa- tive of the big fanciers in the fight “against thé radicals.” (T6 Be Continued) préparé strike against the anti-labor code and AUTO Labor Board imposed by Roosevelt; 2) For a pow- erful drive to organize the unorganized steel work- F. of L. steel union and prepare strike in that industry. class is in danger. The Roosevelt government is hammering down the workers’ living stafidards, attacking the thiohs, entrefiching thé company unions, and moving towards fascism. Every member of the Socialist Party must serious- ly consider this danger to the very life of the work- Communist, is: WORKERS IN ers’ organizations, Which are menaced by Rooke- velt’s intensified attacks. The Communist Party proposes a united front to build the A. F, of L. unions and prepare the im- mediate strike struggles, & whited front te fight of the A. F. of tely proposed a h an immediate which méans a wage cuts, company unions, and the danger of fas- cist and inipérialist: war. The Communist Party proposes a united front L, unions, the Sotialist Party, and the Communists for enactment of the Workers’ Un- employment Insurance Bill H. R. 2827—for a pro- gram of real security, not Roosevelt's fake security, néw attack on the workers, Boot and Shoe Code Protects Moving of Shops The manufacturers, with the aid of the administration and under the protection of the Boot and Shoe Code, are moving into unor- ganized centers to escape union demands for a decent living wage and working conditions. In the or- ganized centers new wage cuts are peing forced upon the shoe workers. The experiences of the past—the lessons learned wndér independent militant left wing unions and lead- ership, together with the sharpen- ing attacks upon the workers’ standard of living by the bosses, with the help of the administra- tion, plus the failure of the A. F. of L. bureaucrats to aid and help the workers—all of this ripened the struggle of the workers for rank and file leadership and culminated in ah amalgamation, and the estab- lishment of the United Shoe and Leather Workers’ Union. The United is now entering its second year of existence. The Amalgamation Convention, held in Boston on Dec, 11 and 12, 1933, welded together four separate shoe unions into one organization. This Was an insviration to all shoe and leather workers throughout the country. The principles, policies and resolutions adopted at the Amalga- mation Convention gave the newly established union the possibility of becoming the only union of the shoe and leather workers. One year has passed and as a result of the incompetency, un- faithfulness of the national leader- Ship to the best interest of the workers, and the complete disre- gard for the constitution and pro- gram as laid down by resolutions and convention decisions, we, members of the U. 8S. L. W. U., are forced to recognize that our union has not fulfilled the hopes of the workers in thé shoe and leather in- dustry, and all responsibility for the criminal negligence must be laid directly at the door of the national leadership, and particularly the Resident Executive Board. Local 23 of United Advocated Unity The New York Local No. 23 of the U. 8. L. W. U. long ago sounded the call for further united action as set forth in our October resolu- tion, wherein it is clearly stated as follows: “Th view of the Hipening move- trent for united action with our union on the part of the rank and file in other independent wnions, and in the Boot and Shoe Workers’ ‘Union locals, as evidenced by the Mies sentiment among the Brockton shoe workers, and by the p 1 of the executive of the Boor and Shoe Slipper Local of New York to our local for a united front on Specific trade issues, we call for hited action with all other na- tional and local otganizations for the safeguarding of the interests of all shoe workers, against runaway bosses aiid for a joint action ih the organized prebaration and con- Giicting of a national strike based on this program.” Union Resolution Advocates One Union in Industry This resolution was endorsed by @ number of locals of the U. 8. L. W. U. in New England. Further demonstration in this direction was given by the large delegation of shoe workers, rebresenting various shoe workers’ organizations at the Congress for Unemployment and Social Insurance in Washington, D. C, in geld 1935, when they adopted a resolution stating in part as follows: “We further declare that we shall work in our local unions and shops for the building un of a united front of all shoe wotkers in defense of our Wages and conditions for the ot- Lien ve unorganized shoe workers; for the struggle against the removal of the shoe factories, “We further declare ourselves to work for the unification of all the Shoe workers’ organizations into = militant ufion of shoe work- Five Unions Adopt Resolution It is this spirit of militancy from the ranks of the shoe workers, in- cluding our btothers in the Boot and Shoé Union who are imbued with the spirit of class solidarity— that strikes the hour for united action — which brought forth. the following resolution: “BE IT RESOLVED, Whereas, Board of Local 23 of the United | Shoe and Leather Workers’ Union. | Scabs Disarmed By Picket Group in Foundry Strike ALBERT LEA, Minn., Feb. 8. —Pickéts at the Potters Foundry seized the weapons of deputized stabs and drove them out the fwondry, driving away the sheriff and the scabs, on the first day of their strike. Sheriff Meyers, of Freeborn County, had armed the Stabs With rubber hose and wooden clubs . Since the scabs were driven off no attempt was made to open the plant. A umber of strikers have been arrested. The strike was started by the firing of members of the Independent Unions of All Workers, in violation of an agreement with the union. A heavy line is now guarding the plant. After the arrest of the strik- ers, a protest parade marched to the jail and through the business section of the town. a there ate several shoe workers’ or- ganizations in the United States and Canada, and whereas, they compete with one another and beat dowh Wages and working conditions to inhumanly low levels, now, be it therefore resdlved, that there should be 4 single International Union in the boot and shoe indus- try embracing all shoe workers in the United States.” Signed in Washington, D. C., in January, 1935, by: John J. Mara for Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union, William Mackesy for United Shoe and Leather Workers’ Union, John D. Nolan for Shoe Workers’ Protec- tive Union, Stanley P. Mixon for American Shoe Workers’ Union, and John Murphy for the Brotherhood of Shoe and Allied Craftsmen. Turn Words Into Deeds In order to realize the intent of the above-mentioned resolutions, it is now necessary to do all in our power to bring about one union in the industry under rank and file control and to make sure that there shall be no autocratic control from the top as practiced in the Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union, and that there shall be no revetition of bu- reaucratic mismanagement and dis- regard for rank and file decisions as practiced by the national official- dom of the United Shoe and Leather Workers’ Union during the past 12 months. Program for One Union Advances The rank and file tired of be- ing dectived by the bosses ahd mis- Jeaders of labor. The workers of the different unions in the shoe industry demand and will bring about a rank and file controlled One Union in the industry—with or without the hélp of officiats and will fight showlder to shoulder for the 30-hour week — for a high standard, living wage, for job pro- tection and for unemployment in- surance on the basis of the Work- ers’ Unemployment, Old Age and Secial Insurance Bill, H. R. 2827. It is now, more than ever before, the task of every class-conscious and militant minded workér in every local of all unions in the shoe industry to put forth every effort to help in bringing about one union in the industry under absolute rank and file control. Under no conditions, howeve>, ean the workers permit the one union to be_a continuation of the Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union, with its bosses’ policies and pro- gram of bureaucracy, its rule and control over. the membership from the top. This, however, does not mean that a rank and file con- trolled national union of shoe workers could not be affiliated with the A. F. of L. Rank and File Control—a Requisite This question of A. F. of L. af- filiation should be decided by the entire membership of all merged unions after thorough discussion in their local union and specially- called conventions. Should any union officials oppose the merger of all existing unions into one union—then it becomes the task of the rank and file to act in their locals and shops—over the heads of their officials and participate in all merger activities and delibera- tions and become part of the fight for One Union in the Shoe Indus- try—one union, of the workers, for the workers and by the workers. New Election in U. 8. L. W. U. We have just emphasized the neéd for one union in the industry —our coming elections are closély connected with the task of bring- ing together all of the now existing unions on the basis of rank and file control. Let no one think that the election of our next national organizer, gencral secretary and general executive board is of ho importance, The contrary is the case. Now, more thah ever before, must we go through With our na- tional elections and elect the fight kind of leaders into office — now, hore than ever before, do we need @ real rank and file national execu- tive committee. Our next officials must not only be willing but also capable of carrying out the mandates of the membership as laid down in the forgotten resolutions and constitu- tion. Stich a leadership must have backbone, integrity, honesty, and, above all, be free from all contam- inating bosses’ influence and be able and willing to defend the workets’ interest—everywhere, any time—always. New Officials to Piedge to Program The elections of our new officials to the ational office is an issue of first importance, the next election must be an honest and above board in every detail, All officials and executive board methbers elected to office must pledge themselves to carty out the following program: 1. To aid in every honest way possible for the immediate bring- \Advocate One Union in Industry ri Membership | ‘Controlled Union To Organize the Unorganized | ing out of one union in the industry | on the basis of rank and file con- trol. 2. To call an etergency conven- | elected officials take office. 3. To carty oh a Vigorous cam- paign for the organization of the unorganized. | 4. To carry on a struggle against | the removal of factories. | 5. To carry out the resolution of the convention for the sigiing of agreements without compulsory ar- | bitration. 6. To insure that the prices on all | Opezations be settled With a guaranteed minimum hourly rate, thereby eliminating the evil of Wage cuts through shoe regrading. 7. To carry on the movement on a nation-wide scale to bring to- gether all the shoe, allied craftsmen and leather workers in a united strugele for improvement of the conditions of the workers, for the unification of all shoe and leather workers into one militant national union in the industry. Around this movement to raise the perspective for a nation-wide strike, for the 30- hour Week and weekly earnings as embodied in the joint proposals by all five unions at the recent Code Hearings in Washington, D. C., for an unemployment insurance fund, provided by the manufacturers, and for uniform agreements. 8. To mobilize the shoe workers behind the Workers’ Unemployment, Old Age and Social Insurance Bill, H. R. 2827. Code Revision Will Not Soive Problems Finally, we must warn the shoe workers against any illusions or false hopes that may arise in con- nection with the recent hearings in Washington, D. C., on the re-open- ing of the Shoe Code. It must be clearly understood that the code re- vision will not solve the workers’ troubles and that only militant, united action on the basis of the program herein outlined, will win for the shot workers their just de- mands. Shoe Workers: The carrying out of the above recommendations will ‘@ssure all shoe, slipper, stitchdown, and allied craftsmen in the - shoe industry the realization of their hopes. We cannot afford to lose time. All of us realize the need for unity to meet the growing at- tacks of the manufacturers. Let Ws at once raise the question in the shops and the locals, for a mili- tant leadership ih our union and for one powerful militant unicn in the shoe industry. Orusha Police Chiet Persecutes Jobless in Transient Camps OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 8. — A police campaign against unemployed work- ers living in the Federal Transient Camp here, has been instigated by Police Commissioner Frank Myers after Mis attempt to have the camps abolished or patroled by military police failed. The Commissioner issued orders to his men to “bring in the damn tramps and charge them with va- grancy” When the City Council re- fused to take the requested action of condemning the shelters. Sev- eral scores of the men have been arrested, some sentenced to ten days and others threatened with long jail sentences if they are ar- rested again. The Unemployment Council has issued a call for a militant fight against this attack and for decent conditions in the camp, Local workers’ organizations have been urged to send protests to Police Commissioner Frank Myers ahd Police Chief Robert P. Samardick ‘at City Hall. Daily Worker Sellers: Tell ws about your experiences in selling the Daily Worker. Send your let- ters to 50 E. 13th St. | tion immediately after the newiy | F.D.R. Ignores Research Data (Continued from Page 1) | board,” with broader powers to re | place the Auto Labor Board. This recommendation of the N. I. R. B. | was rejected by Roosevelt in his decision. The regulations of the Auio Labor Board, the report said, wee administered so as “not to meet the needs of those workers’ who have voluntarily presented their problems to those conducting the survey.” The resttiction of the age limit at Which workers get jobs “un. doubtedly exists with increasing rigor in most automobile plants with the speed-up of today,” said the report, and this problem has not been solved by the Auto Labor Board, it was added. Admits Replacements Large numbers of workers have been replaced by new mechanical devices and speed-up, it was ad- mitted. The speed-up was “beyond human endurance,” and the spy system “is bitterly resented by the workers as un-American.” A man forty years old finds it almost im- Possible to get work, and “it is socially and economically indefens- ible for the automobile industry to Say that old age comes to its work- ers from ten to twenty years prior to the time it comes to any other group of Similiar workers in the United States.” The employes are in ignorahte of what pay is coming to them, it was pointed out, beeause of the vicious group and bohus systems. Genuine colleetive bargaining cannot exist, under these circumstances, where the men complain of “terror and discrimination” it was stated. Monopoly Control The increase in monopoly control under N. R, A. was admifted in that section of the report which ad- mitted that the three biggest auto concerns, General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, are increasingly getting a greater and greater share of the total business of the auto industry. This concentration of business, “should not be accelerated by the government” it is recommended. The proposal of the report to change the code against the aver- aging of hours over a long period, wes ignored by Roosevelt, who pro- vided for the averaging of hours over the life of the code (to June 16) thus making it possible to work the employes almost unlimited hours. “The insecurity of the workers has been tremencously increased in recent years” it was admitted. Profits are “far greater than the average industry and a high per= centage of the profits having been retained in the industry,” it was revealed. Speeding Admitted Examples of the terrific mecha* nization (with accompanying speed up) were given, showing that for example: in 1929 the labor cost of producing a door was $4, and in 1935 the labor cost is fifteen cents. In 1929 the labor cost of hand fin= ishing oody frames of wood before panelling cost three dollars, today it cost twenty cents. In 1929 body framing cost $3, in 1935, 35 cents. Trimming the body cost $12 in 1929 and $4 today. Less than five years ago a manufaciurer finished 100 eight-cylinder fmotor blocks With 259 men on a given lineup and today the same line finishes 250 motor blocks with only nineteen men, and using 20 per cent more operations. In all spheres of production, sim= ilar labor saving was cited. “Uncertainty of employment” was declared to be the rule in the in- dustry. Thirty per cent of those on relief in Detroit are automobile workers, it Was reported. It was also claimed in Washing- ton today that Frances Perkins learned of the decision of Roosevelt extending the auto code through the press, and failed when she tried to consult With Donald Richberg. Demand for the Daily Worker has increased sinte publication of the series on “Wall Street’s fascist Conspiracy.” Ask yout newsdealer to take a bundle. Send his ad- dress to the Daily Worker, 50 E. 13th Street. Torcsn. G 1. 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