The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 12, 1935, Page 3

ANTI-COMMUNIST BILL SPONSORED BY LEGION Lower House in State of Washington Passes Ott Bill Aimed at Illegalizing Party— Measure to Reach Senate Soon SEATILE, Wash., Feb. 11.—Raging from all corners of the State, a storm of protest descended on Olympia this week against the Chamber of Ott anti-labor bill, passed last Commerce-American Legion’s Friday by the House and soon to come before the Senate for ratification or rejection. Warn- ing that the Ott bill, if passed, wille set a national precedent for a drive | against all labor organizations. the} Communist Party has issued a/ statement rallying all workers in) defense of their constitutional | rights. “Reactionaries have railroaded| through the House of Representa- tives of Olympia a measure to bar the Communist Party from the ballot. This bill is a blow to all labor.” the Party statement said. | “Under the provisions of the bill| anyone or any organization contem- plating change or overthrow of the government can be kept off the ballot. Aimed at AH Labor | “Is this bill aimed only at the Communists, only at the most ad- vanced, only at the most militant leaders of the working class? Any | Socialist, any militant American | Federation of Labor group or in- dividual -can and will be barred from the polls under the measure. “The attack against the ‘reds’ is always a signal for a widespread | bankers’ offensive against labor. In| the maritime strike right here in the Northwest the waterfront em- | ployers first raided the headquarters of the Communist Party, then the) Marine Workers’ Industrial Union, | then the Voice of Action, then the halls of the International Long- shoremen’s Association and the In- ternational Seamen’s Union. “The anti-labor measure was in- troduced by Representative Ott, head of the Americanization Com- mittee of the American Legion. It is part of a national drive under leadership of Belgrano, Hearst's millionaire banker friend who heads | the Legion. Final enactment here must be stopped before precedent for the whole nation is set. “What are the next steps publicly | announced by this ‘Americanization Committee’? They are out to kill) unemployment insurance (Initiative | 4 and H, B, 128) and prevent repeal | of the criminal syndicalism laws. | This illustrates the vicious charac- ter of their program. “The Ott bill passed the lower house by overwhelming vote. Wire| the State Senator from your dis- trict to fight against the adoption of House Bill 78,...And get your friends to take action. Get the or- ganizations to which you belong to protest passage of this bill to bar) the Communist Party from the| ballot.” The Socialist-Labor Party, in @ protest letter to Governor Martin and all legislators, demands rejec- tion of the Ott bill. “We protest,” the letter states, “because the taking away of the ballot from any person or group in the United States opens the way for the repression of free ballot of any or all groups. | “The ballot is the civil and poli- tical right of the people of the! United States to express their will! openly and above board; it is the tight given by the Constitution of the United States, and if the pro- posed House bill 78 is passed, you are performing an act undermining the very Constitution and rights you are sworn to protect.” Ruins of Buried City Discovered in Asia PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 11 (U.P.). —Discovery of the ruins of a pre- | historic city, believed dating back | to 3750 B. C., in Northern Meso- | potamia has been made by a joint expedition from the American School of Oriental Research and the University Museum of the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, it was an- nounced today. Excavations indicate the city may yield the oldest cultural remains | ever found in Asia, according to a | report made by Charles Bache, | field director of the expedition. Reading Times Signs Trade Union Contract With American Guild READING, Pa., Feb. 11. — The | Reading Times has reached an agreement with the American News- | paper Guild covering working con- ditions for its editorial employees. The contract which is about to be signed includes a graduated wage scale, a forty-hour, five-day week, two weeks’ vacation with vay for all employees with a year's service and three weeks for all of ten years or more i_.vice, a dismissal bonus of two weeks’ pay for every six sick-leave with pay, check-off of Guild dues, a closed shop, and all disputes to go before | an arbitration board. MILWAUKEE, Wis. Anna Louise Strong lectures on “HUMAN NATURE UNDER . THE SOVIETS” Milwaukee Auditorium Sth Street entrance Thursday, Feb. 14th erm. Admission 25¢, Auspices: Friends of the Soviet Union, Seattle ‘Economy’ Turns Insane Over to Sheriff’s ‘Care’ SEATTLE, Feb, 11,—Since closing of the psychopathic ward at Harborview Hospital, insane patients are now being thrown in the county jail while awaiting transportation to asylums. Patients lie in jail one to four. days with no medical attention, and are not allowed clothing ex- cept for a thin denim jumper. || Two have died from pneumonia contracted in the jail. The psychopathic ward appro- priation, $15,000 annually, was eliminated at the same time funds for the sheriff's office was |] increased by $10,000. Seattle Call In Elections Is Broadened SEATTLE, Feb. 11.— Announce- ment of additions and changes in the Workers’ Municipal Election platform, detailed in last week’s Voice of Action, was made this week by the three labor candidates for the City Council, who originated the program. They are Michael Hudi, A, F. of L. Roofers Union Local 54; Robert Stephens. A, F. of L. Ma- chinists Union, Local 79, and Harold | Brockway, Seattle section organizer, Communist Party. The new points in the platform are cancellation of back city taxes | and assessments on the homes of unemployed and part-time workers, and no discrimination against Negroes. Other planks are an extensive | public works program at union wages for all workers; five-cent car fare with present transfer privi- leges; impeachment of Mayor Smith for his violence against maritime strikers last summer, the new mayor to be elected by popular vote; and city support of the Workers’ Old Age and Social Insurance Act (Fed- eral H. R. 2827 and State H. B. 128). Herndon Will Speak in Haverhill Feb. 14 HAVERHILL, Mass., Feb. 11.— | Haverhill workers are preparing a rousing welcome for Angelo Hern- don, Negro working class hero, on his appearance here Thursday night |at a Seottsboro-Herndon mass meet- |ing at Calvary Baptist Church, Ash- land Street. Herndon, who is on a tour of New England, will be the main speaker. The meeting will also be addressed by Alfred Poriro, agent of Lasters Local No. 8, United Shoe and Leath- |er Workers Union. | WASHINGTON, —The Committee of Six, elected at the Feb. 3 conference of the Amal- gamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers in Pittsburgh, de- manded today that the Executive of Labor publicly denounce the ac- tion of Mike Tighe, president of the Association, who ordered the expul- sion of workers who attended the jconference and lodges represented there. Members of the committee are: William J. Spang, Clarence Irwin, |Roy Hallas, Mel Moore, Charles Greenwood, James Corrigan and |George Athya. Spang, Irwin and Moore are presidents respectively of A.A. districts one, six and two. The statement of the committee follows: “We have been sent here by 78 of the most important lodges of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, to get the aid of the Executive Council of the American Federation of La- bor in countering the tyrannical and unconstitutional President Michael Tighe to expel the majority of the membership of the steel union. “We come to this body for two reasons: First, when our Committee appeared on the advice of President William Green to discuss the mat- ter with our international officers, we were forcibly ejected from our own international headquarters in Pittsburgh, on last Thursday, Feb. 7, by a typical steel trust gang of armed thugs. This happened after president Tighe bluntly stated: ‘We have nothing to discuss with you. President Green is running the Federation, but I am running the AA “Secondly, the dastardly attempt by president Tighe to wreck this basic union of the American Fed- eration of Labor, at a time when employers are using government agencies in a new campaign to drive Milwaukee Branch all American workers into company Congressman On Committee Endorses Bill Lesinski Supports 2827 Under Pressure of Dearborn Toilers Representative John Lesinski, member of the House Committee on Labor and Congressman from the Sixteenth Congressional District of Michigan, has announced his sup- port of the Workers’ Unemploy- ment, Old Age and Social Insur- ance Bill, H. R. 2827. Lesinski, the fifth member committee of twenty-one, from the city of Dearborn, includes a large number of Polish workers. His support of the Work- ers’ Bill was announced in a letter to the Polish Chamber of Labor. His letter to the Polish Chamber of Labor, 1815 West Division Street, Chicago, stated: “I have your letter of Feb, 2, in which you advise that my reply to your letter relative to H. R, 2827 is not satisfactory and meaningless, You, of course, know that it is not at all a good policy to commit your- self one way or another unless you are acquainted with the full details of the bill. “I wish to advise you that during the labor meeting yesterday, this bill has been discussed at great length and I can advise you that I am in favor of same.” The National Joint Action Com- mittee for Genuine Unemployment Insurance has urged that all mem- bers of the House Committee on Labor be immediately flooded with resolutions demanding that they act on the Workers’ Bill. Hearings be- fore the sub-committee will end Thursday, and the measure will then go before the full committee for action. The members of the House Com- mittee on Labor are: William P. Connery of Massachusetts, chair- man; Mary T. Norton, New Jersey; Glen Griswold, Indiana; Matthew A. Dunn, Pennsylvania; Charles V. Truax, Ohio; James H. Gildea, Pennsylvania; Joe H. Eagle, Texas; Jennings Randolph, West Virginia; Robert Ramspeck, Georgia; Kent E. Keller, Illinois; Reuben T. Wood, Missouri; John Lesinski, Michigan; Marcellus H. Evans, New York; Subert C. Dunn, Missouri, all Dem- ocrats. The Republicans on the committee include: Richard J. Welch, California Fred A. Hartley, dr., New Jersey; William P. Lam- bertson, Kansas; Clifford R. Hope, Kansas, and Vito Marcantonio, New York. One Progressive, George J. Snyder, and one Farmer-Labor- ite, Ernest Lundeen, complete the committee. Thus far, five members of the committee, Representatives Lundeen, Connery, Dunn, Lesinski and Marcantonio, have signified their intention of supporting the Workers’ Bill. of the comes which Hathaway Will Speak in New Orleans Feb. 17 NEW ORLEANS, La., Feb. 11— Arrangements have been made for Clarence Hathaway, editor of the Daily Worker, to speak at a public meeting in this city on Feb. 17 at2 pm. The meeting will be held at the first Afro-American Baptist Church, on Third Street near Lib- erty. This is the first of a series of such meetings planned by the Communist Party here in its cam- paign to bring the program of the Party before the workers and op- Pressed masses, Hathaway's meeting is considered timely since on Feb. 11, Oscar De- Priest, bootlicker of the white rul- ing class is scheduled to speak in the city. Mr. DePriest has been invited to New Orleans by a group of Negro petty bourgeoisie, with the support of city and relief officials, D.C, Feb. 11., Council of the American Federation | attempt by | in an effort to disrupt the growing unity of white and Negro workers. union moyement. “The steel trust is the backbone | of the anti-union forces throughout the United States. If you fail to- day to defeat president Tighe’s | union-busting plan, ‘you will only bolster the steel trusts’ com- | pany-union drive, but you will also |lay the basis for similar blows at the membership of every organiza- tion of the American Federation of | Labor. If you help the steel work- ers to organize successfully and force the steel trust to recognize union labor and bargain collectively, resistance to organized labor in all industries will receive a decisive defeat. “If president Tighe succeeds with his autocratic plan, it will be ex- ceedingly difficult for the American Federation of Labor to gain the |confidence of the masses of the steel workers. This must not happen. Facts Reviewed “The Executive Council no doubt is familiar with recent developments in the Amalgamated Association. Therefore we will review the facts very briefly in chronological order. “Steel workers, after being sub- jected for years to company es- Pionage systems, coercion and other repressive measures. were influenced Sign into the Amalgamated Associa- tion by the tens of thousands. They correctly foresaw, however, that they could not long continue active work in the organization unless the steel trust could be forced to recog- nize the union. And so, at the 59th convention of the A.A., the steel workers, through their elected del- egates, decided on a program of |concerted action by all lodges to achieve recognition and better con- ditions. In the face of the demands, | the steel trust remained adamant. | Hence a general strike was set for June 15, 1934, Qn the Eve “On the eve of this scheduled by the promises of Section 7a to! DABEY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1935 Page 3 STAGE A COUNTER-RALLY WAS THWARTED FIGHT AGAINST FASCISM AND WAR WORKERS DEMONSTRATE IN COLUMBUS CIRCLE—AN ATTEMPT BY FASCISTS TONSTRATORS BY THE DEM TO | | Jewish Daily Fires Eleven GuildMembers Move Called ‘Economy’ | Measure—Unit to Continue Eleven out of a working staff of eighteen were dismissed from the Jewish Daily Bulletin on Saturday after the paper suspended as an eight-page tabloid and began pub- lication yesterday of only four pages. The staff was 100 per cent organized as a unit of the News- paper Guild of New York. The change was a surprise move by the publisher, Jacob Landau, who announced it on Saturday, when the paper does not appear and the entire staff is off duty. Immediately following the an- nouncement, the Newspaper Guild of New York arrived at an agree- ment with Landau by which the eleven dismissed employes are to re- ceive an extra week's pay. It also provides that any further additions to the staff must be made from the members of the Guild Unit of the Bulletin, The Bulletin Unit is maintaining its organization intact and will meet regularly, the Guild announced. A strike of the Bulletin Unit sev- eral weeks ago resulted in the em- ployers agreeing to pay back wages | surance Health Insurance Bill, Backed By Unemployed, Introduced in Congress Measure Endorsed by Jobless Insurance Congress | Provides Medical and Dental Service Paid for by T axing the Rich WASHINGTON, D.C., Fe for Unemp “ment Insurance Federation of Greater New Y gress last Thursday by Rep: Pennsylvania The bill provides for the estab- lishment of health insurance, pro- viding hospitalization and medical aid, dental care, and all other health services, under a health insurance commission administered by work- ers. The .bill provides that alt health agencies may be utilized, and all workers are to be given free choice in the selection of the health agencies at which they will apply. Funds for the service are to be raised through taxation on all in- comes above $5,000 yearly, and services are to be extended to all persons without any discrimi: The text of the bill follov Workers’ Health Insurance Bill Section I—Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- tives of the United States of Amer- ica in Congress assembled that this act shall be known by the title of on, due the staff in weekly installments, the Workers’ Health Insurance Act, STEEL COMMITTEE PUTS DEMANDS TO sh was endorsed by the National Co: b, 11.—The Workers Health I and sponsored by the Economi fork, was introduced into Con- resentative Matthew Dunn of Section I1,-The Secretary of La- bor is hereby authori: rected to provide for t establishment of a sy: insurance for the purpose of pro- viding full medical and nursing care, including hospitalization, med- ication, laboratory tests, and treat- ment as well as all special services. Health Insurance services shall be extended to inclde the dependents of the insured e.g. housewives, chil- dren, etc. The Health Insurance funds thus created, shall provide dental care including the replace- ment of missing teeth to all ns covered by provisions of this act | land their dependents Workers’ Administration Section 1J.—Such Health Insur- ance shall be administered by Health Insurance Commissions com- posed of elected representatives of workers’ and farmers’ organizations the 59th convention in order that |it might hear the proposals of pres- | ident Green for averting the stril | These proposals, cussed with Presi: previously ident dis Roosevelt, | three and gave assurance that thus | we would gain our demands for recognition and better conditions. | “We accepted President Green's | proposals and held strike action in} | abeyance, | “But eight months have passed and | these promises have turned out to) | be just so many words. The actions | | of the Steel Labor Relations Board jhave strengthened the company | |unions and weakened our union.) Many of our lodges, in fact, went | | defunct, and a general lack of faith |in the policies of our unions, as ‘well as in the Steel Labor Boards, grew among the steel workers. Thus it became evident to the ; membership who were loyal to the A, A, that something must be done to prevent disaster to our organiza- tion and to better the conditions of the steel workers. On many occa- sions lodges and district confer- ences appealed to the international | executive board for a more correct | Policy. Instead of giving us vigor- ous and capable leadership in such | a critical situation, our inter- national officials actually withdrew | all the organizers from the field. | Must Meet Situation “It became imperative, there- fore, for the lodges to come together | and clarify our policy to meet the | situation. A joint district ‘confer-| ence was called on Dec. 30—in strict | conformity with the constitution of the Amalgamated Association. At_ this meeting there were present 180 | delegates representing five districts of the organization. They reviewed Federation of Labor. The confer- ence was set for Feb. 3, “When the resoiution for this Feb. 3 conference was adopted six international officers of the Amal- not called for an impartial board of | gamated Association were present: Lewis Leonard, Ed Miller, Tom Gil- lis, Gaither, Gray and Savage. The vote for this resolution was unani- mous. Secretary-Treasurer Leonard Offered the use of the international headquarters for the conference, and agreed to send out the calls for it. Tried To Prevent Conference Then, for reasons best known to themselves and without consulting any of the delegates who partici- pated in the decision for the Feb. 3 conference, the international offi- | cers issued statements to the press, sent letters to lodges, and used the | columns of the Journal to prevent this conference. They threatened with expulsion any member or lodge attending. They went to the length of villifying district presidents, lodge officials and the general mem- bership who expressed themselves in favor of the Feb, 3 conference. Despite all this, 78 lodges in the most important mills in the in- dustry sent 400 delegates to this conference—which shows how alive the membership are to the issuss, and how determined they are to check the decline of their union, consolidate our present forces, and lay the basis for future growth. This, we are proud to say, the Feb. 3 conference did achieve. Minutes Tell Story “The minutes of that conference, which we now present to you, speak for themselves. The plans for or- ganization, painstakingly drafted and already in process of execution, provide a basis for building the Amalgamated Association of the and representatives of the allied GREEN {| sive action, President Tighe | of organizetion in steel, pending the | ditions of the st ‘unions, jeopardizes the entire trade strike, president Tighe reconvened! promised drive by the American | the situation and condemned the | American Federation of Labor into actions of the Steel Labor Boards. | one of the most powerful unions in They decided to hold a further con-/ the country, one capable of bring- ference to draw up a detailed plan | ing a real improvement in the con- 1 wor! “But in the face of progres- promptly issued expulsion notices to the participating lodges. “This action by President Tighe is in direct violation of the consti- tution of the Amalgamated Associa - tion. We refer you to Sections 74 to 79 of our constitution. They state categorically that no lodge can be expelled unless charges are made against it in writing, the lodge noti- fied of trial two weeks in advance, and a conviction obtained in open trial. But President Tighe neither preferred charges, nor notified any lodge, nor arranged one trial. Antocratic Notices “President Tighe issued the no- that his action was final and that] no appeal from it ever could he taken. He backed this up with de- tectives and gangste-s wi tioned at our union headquart deal with us as we are used to b ing dealt with by the U. S. Steel Corporation. } “We ask you of the Executive Council, do you expect the stee! workers to interpret this as any- thing but an attempt by President Tighe directly to carry out the union-smashing policy of the steel trust? We say to you that the en- tire membershin of the Amezican Federation of Labor organizations await your answer and your action in this matter. “We ask you whether a more | e |Us2 health insurance funds for t! ;|inheritances, gifts, technicians and all others who come under the provisions of this act The Health Insurance Com sions shall immediately upon the enactment of the Bill, utilize all ex: | ing health agencies, ie. hos- clinics and offices of private practitioners for the rendering of | the above services to the insured | and their dependents. The insured shall be given free choice as to who all render treatment, that is, any practitioner of their choosing or clinic within their dis’ In either case, the amount of pay of the medical professionals and med- ical workers as well as the condi- tions under which they work shall be determined by agreements hbe- | tween the Health Commissions and the medical professions and medical workers, Funds The Health Insurance Commis: sion: ll further be empowe: to he Purpose of extending existing fa- cilities through the building of ad- | They | ditional medical institutions shall also be empowered to make any changes in the form of medical practice necessary to improve the working conditions in the medical professions and to supply all the in- sured and their dependents with adequate medical care. Section IV.—All y to cover the cost ices guaranteed act and he c of establishing and main- taining the administration of this act shall be paid by the government of the United States. All such moneys are hereby appropriated out of all funds in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appro- priated. Further taxation if neces- sary to provide funds for the pur- pose of this act shall be levied on individual and corporation incomes of $5,000 per year and over. The benefits of this act shall be extended to all work- ers, employed or unemployed whether they be industrial, a ul- tural, domestic, office or sional workers and to farmers, with out discrimination because of age sex, race, color, citizenship, religious or political opinion or affil: Secton V.—This Bill to t effective 30 days after its enact- moneys neces- of the health profes- | Alaska Dock Workers Win Strike Victory Josed Shop, Wage Rise. Overtime Rate Is Won in Juneau SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 1 -Acting the orders of Paddy Mor- ris, International oremen’s Association di Ju- neal shoremen for union recognition 2 won a complete vic accord to word 1 ved here by the W: front Worker, I.L.A. rank ar lie Local here advised by tele rom Morris to return to work e to take our own ri cannot afford to i unions in unauthorized stated a telegram received Waterfront te ot ater telegram, the Waterfront “Strike won here: closed shop 100 per cent, 95 cents an hour straight time, $1.40 0 5 p. m. until 8 a. m. 8 m. to 5 p.m time Sunda lidays and meal hours. Agree= ment expires September 30, 1935.” Wir of overtime for working during m hours caps this as the greatest victory for the Northwest I. L. A. to date Peter Ordenotts 42. Long a Communist, Dies in Milwaukee MILWAUKEE, Wis., Feb. 11— Funeral services were held here re cently for Peter Ordanoff, 42. a member of the Communist Party since 1920, who died in the County Sanitorium here after a long strug: gle against pulmonary tuberculosi: Ordanoff, who spent several years in the sanitorium, spent much of his time in the institution teach- ing Marxism-Leninism to his fellow patients. Ordanoff, who came to the United States from Bulgaria, was active among Bulgarian workers here. In 1928 he was Communist candidate for Alderman in this city Clevelanders Invited The Dramatic Studio of the East 105th Street Section invites all comrades and sympathizers to a “Soviet Village Party.” which will take place Sunday, March 3, at 879 Fast 105th Street The party is being given for the benefit of the Morning Fr Russian, Ukrainian, Lithuanian and Hungarian musicians will en- | tertain. WHAT’S Philadelphia, Pa. Labor Defender Concert and D: Priday, Feb. 22 at Ambassador H 1104 N. Broad St.; Nadia Chil in a series of revolutio: well known violinist; Gesang Ferein chorus; dance orchestra. Adm. at door, 50c; in advance through organizations 35c. | | | Tickets at 49 N. 8th St., Room 207, Fascist Development in the United States Exposed! Hear John L. Spiva on “Wall Street Fascist Conspiracy,” on Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 8 p.m. et Mercantile Hall, Broad and Master streets, Adm. spices, LL.D Scott N from Europe and will lecture on Parcism and Communism on Saturday. Feb. 23 at 8:30 p.m at the Olympia Arens, Broad below Bainbridge, Adm. 36¢. Roston, Mass. Bazaar for Communist Party at International Hall, 42 Wenonah Roxbury. Wednesday to Satur Feb. 13 to 16, Additional featur main program every evening. bargains, entertainments. Chicago, Ill. Organiz The Inter« tons ntion! Wo? at 1 gram has been arranged. 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