The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 20, 1935, Page 3

DAILY PITTSBURGH WORKERS [- COUNTER HEARST ATTACK § ° AeaEs = Mass Meeting Is Called! Tonight at Carnegie Lecture Hall GOLDFRANK TA LKS Hearst Incites Officials to Bar Communist Meet- ings from Schools PITTSBURGH, Pa., Feb. 19. Hitting back at Hearst's fascist in- | citement and protesting against de- nial of a permit for the use of a tity school, the Friends of the Soviet Union will hold an anti-Hearst mass meeting in the Carnegie Lecture Hall, Schenley Park. Oakland, to- night. The speakers will inchide Herbert Goldfrank, National Secretary of the Friends of the Soviet Union; Harvey O'Connor, author of “Mel- lon’s Millions,” and Robert Wishner, Westinghouse worker who visited the Soviet Union with a trade union delegation. Carrying through its nation wide campaign against all anti-fascist forces, aimed principally at the Communist Party, the Hearst gutter press, through its Pittsburgh Sun- Telegraph, has attacked the Amer- fean Civil Liberties Union and the League Against War and Fascism here for protesting the barring of schools to Communists and raised the cry for use of the Pennsylvania Sedition Law in gagging free speech. At a meeting for Mother Bloor last week, for which Superintendent of City Schools Graham had at- tempted to deny a permit, more than 800 workers passed a resolu- tion of protest against Schools Su- perintendent Graham’s pronounce- ment that Communists would be re- fused use of school halls in the future. The city schools head had taken his stand ater he heard “reports” of the Clarence Hathaway meeting, Jan. 29. Hearst played the ban up in a screaming headline against the “Reds,” but Graham was forced to back water immediately by a com- mittee of liberals, including min- isters and well known social workers. In a typical editorial, Hearst rails against the League as “parlor pinks,” reminds the fascists that the Sedition Law “is not a dead letter,” but has been used effectively, right here in the Pittsburgh district, to send “Red agitators” to prison for Jong terms. West Coast Seamen Award Applies Only To Steam Schooners Upon hearing of the announce- ment of the arbitration award for ‘West Coast seamen, which provides for a $70 a month rate for seamen, Pacific Coast members of the Ma- rine Workers’ Industrial Union, now in New York, have informed the Daily Worker that this agreement covers steam schooners only. A de- cision covering the other seamen is being awaited. Steam schooner work is extremely difficult, and the men are required to do longshoring and other work. le United We Eat’ Is Nica | Spirit of Union Grows Steadily Among Arkansas | FERA Men on Strike ep Again t Wage Reduction | FORT SMITH, Ark. Feb. 18.—jately filled by Raymond Koch, | All F-ER.A. relief projects around | teacher at Commonwealth College, | |who had just arrived unexpectedly | the Fort Smith area have been| rom eastern Oklahoma. Soon after closed as a result of strike activities | Koch was also arrested along with which began Feb. 8, as a local] several others, but strike activity | movement in the Southern part of| went on under the leadership of | Sebastian county. Claude C. Williams, ex-“preacher” The walkout gathered momentum /of Paris, Ark., and Socialist leader. until it carried the Fort Smith | Realizing that all attempts to break | workers with it, and by Feb. 13 all| the strike by arresting leaders were relief projects had to be shut down. | futile, Sebastian county officials re- The strike is organized as a protest | leased all the prisoners except Bry- against a wage reduction for relief | ant, who was held on a charge of employes from thirty to twenty | anarchy. cents per hour. Three thousand people marched Strikers are demanding forty|here last Thursday, demanding cents per hour and thirty hours per | direct relief for strikers and back week as a minimum. In spite of the | pay. fact that all relief has been cut off,| Strikers have been refused the | the strikers are carrying on with|use of the American Federation of | the slogan “United we eat; divided | Labor Hall in Fort Smith, but they we starve.” The whole county is| have carried on their meetings in holding out solidly against all at-/the open, despite the cold, wet tempts to intimidate strikers by | weather. Welfare committees have threats of militia, police interfer- | been sent out to the neighboring ence, and a permanent cessation of | towns soliciting aid for the needy relief. strikers. Although 12,000 people are Horace Bryant, state organizer for | faced with starvation, there are no the Unemployment Council, was ar-| indications of a breakdown. The rested while conducting strike ac-| spirit of union has been growing tivities, The breach was immedi- | steadily. WORKER. NEW YOR WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2 ELEVATOR MEN PICKET A member of the Building Ser on the picket line in front of one of New York's big buildings. | fi | ‘vice Employees International Union Wide Protest (90,000 Names Drive Starts |Is Goal of C.P. For Rakosi|In Chicago Poll A nation-wide protest against the | CHICAGO, Feb. 19.—With only second impirsonment .of Mathias | two days remaining for the collec- Rakosi by the fascist Hungarian | tion of mayoralty nominating signa- government is rapidly developing a| tures, Herbert Newton, Communist flood of protest telegrams the candidate for City Clerk, yesterday Vigilantes and Gunmen Two Workers Miirdavéd. In Lettuce Walk-Out Fire 500 Shots at Picket Lines of 1,200 Packers and Trimmers in West Coast A. F. of L, Strike | forced labor on S, E. R. A | tion recently | Veterans’ Page 2 |STEEL ENROLLMENT DRIVE |GOES ON DESPITE TIGHE Ex-Servicemen Forced t on Graft-Ridden Sl Feb. 19.- concentration PORTLAND, Ore one camps!” “Not veteran to is the slogan raised by the rank and file fight against “relief Veterans’ outfit here. Union, in a the camps.” A committee from the organiza- carried two cases to the office of State Relief Adminis- trator Goudy. Both cases were | overseas veterans, both had been wounded in action. They had re- fused to go to forced labor camps when ordered, and took their cases up with the Ceterans’ Union Goudy admitted that he had the authority to order the Red Cross to issue relief to the men, but said that the policy was laid down by the F. E.R. A. A gun in a holster | under his left arm emphasized the New Deal “policy.” Relief for Oregon war veterans is provided from two sources: the Sol- diers and Sailors Indigent Fund, supplied by taxation and F. E. R. A.| funds, and the Red Czoss. The Committee, digging records of = County through Fake Reliet ioe Vets o Work for Subsistence ave Labor Projects Auditor's office scovered that Jane Doyle, executive secretary of the Portland Red Cr had been doing strange things with the relief funds. A few of the items are: $80.09 for “Junches” on the forced labor projects and paid to the Adler Market and the Independent Grocers in one month; $1.127.72 pa to the Cumings Tire Co. for gas, oil and repairs; $1,471.72 for expenses and payrolls on the forced labor projects for two weeks in January $25 paid to the Portland Savings and Trust Company for parking lot rent for three weeks. These are just a few of the chan- nels into which veteran relief funds are finding their way—while hungry veterans are being denied relief. In typical high-handed Red Cross manner, the funds for hungry vet- erans are being used to finance | forced labor projects. The veterans’ relief law is being flouted by the “Great Mother,” which also served as a strikebreaking agency in the recent longshore strike. The veterans spike that. They are fighting | forced gator, now. Vigilantes Raid. ‘Union Offices In Seattle (Special to the Daily Worker) SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 19.—Vigi- lantes raided the Workers’ Bookshop and the joint offices of the Trade Workers F ight Legion Threat In Cleveland (Daily Worker Ohio Bureau) CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 19.—Fol- \lowing closely the fascist proposals |of the Secret Seven of the Cham- Rank and File Pursuing 10-Point Program Set at Conference NATIONAL IN SCOPE Need of Winning Negro Workers to Union Is Stressed Again PITTSBURGH frustrated Pa. Feb. 19.— faving the plans of President Mike Tighe of the Am gamated Steel and Tin Association of Iron Workers to break the or- ganization through wholesale ex- pulsions, the rank and file has taken hold of the organization drive jand is going full speed ahead | The program to organize the adopted at the Feb. 3 c ference at w 400 delegates represented seventy-eight lodges of the A. A. has already. been ar proved in many additional lodges. The following is point program, for which Mike Tighe |tried to expell the bulk of the or- ganization: | 1. Because of the nature of the industry’ the campaign be na- tional in scope. Every effort s be made to dramatize the opening of the campaign by distribution of jcirculars, radio speeches, mass meetings and wherever possible pa- rades should be held. All possible |Publicity should be utilized and the endorsement of other labor organi- zations, traternal orders as well as churches and th ffiliates. Organizing Committee Proposed 2. In each town where there is more than one lodge, joint A. A organizing committees should be. rmed ior the purpose of actively jand intensively carrying on the or- ganizing werk and co-ord’ the activities of the various lod; Hungarian Embassy at Washington, D. C., and cablegrams to the Buda- pest government. Throughout the country, mass pro- test meetings are being organized on a united front basis, drawing in thousands of opponents of fascism. Mass picketing took place last Sat- urday before the Hungarian Con- sulate in Cleveland. In Detroit last Sunday, 600 persons participated in @ mass meeting which voted to send a cablegram to the Hungarian Dic- tator, Horthy. Kurt Rosenfeld, German Socialist, who was Rakosi’s counsel at his first trial in Budapest, will make a tour for Rakosi’s defense. He will speak in Detroit on Saturday night, Feb. 23, at the Hungarian Workers Home, 8419 Vanderbilt, in Akron, Ohio, Feb. 24 at 2 p.m. in the Hungarian Home, in Cleveland, Feb. 24 at 8 pm., in the West Side Hungarian Home. Similar meetings are being ar- ranged for him in New York, Con- necticut and New Jersey, in coop- eration with the International Labor Defense. urged a concerted last-minute drive to bring the number of names on the petition to 90,000. Newton, leader of recent struggles against Negro discrimination which attracted nation-wide notice and support from workers, said: “Only two days remain to finish the collection of 90,000 signatures to place the Communist ticket on the ballot in Chicago, That means that work in these two days must be in- tensified a thousand fold. “We Must Get on Ballot” “We cannot afford to get less than the maximum number of signatures required. We must get on the ballot. We cannot allow the forces of fas- cism to triumph, There is nothing the steel mill owners, railroad mag- nates, stockyards bosses would like better than to see the Communist Party off the ballot. For it would mean that a worker would have to participate in a write-in campaign in order to vote for his own class. “We must get on the ballot. Let every worker collect signatures in his shop, on the breadline, at the relief station, in the flop house. Let every fighter against fascism organ- ize the members of his local, club, church, etc., to put the Communist ticket on the ballot.” Workers Bill Endorsed LANCASTER, Pa, Feb, 19—At a Jobless Leaders Jailed SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 10—Ronald Ginther was given a thirty-day sen- tence and Joe Smith ten days in police court here, on a charge of “disorderly conduct” for leading a demonstration of unemployed work- SAN DIEGO, Cal., Feb. 19.—Two strikers were murdered and four wounded Sunday when scabs, gunmen and vigi- lantes fired five hundred shots into the picket lines of the striking lettuce workers of Imperial Valley. One woman was severely beaten. The murders by the vigilante gangs were made at the William Wahl El Cen-® tro Shed. The East Coast settlement by the International Seamen’s Union on the basis of $57.50 a month, it is explained, will undoubtedly be used to drive down the rates on the West, Coast as well. CHICAGO, Ill. 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When Wesley Ran- dall, district secretary of the Inter- national Labor Defense and a law student, entered court to defend Ginther and Smith he was seized by the police and sentenced to ten days joint meeting of the Workers Protec- tive Association, the Unemployed Union and workers from the Relief Works Division, held here last week, a resolution endorsing the Workers’ | Bill and demanding that the U. S. Local and state police gassed the Strikers, The twelve hundred packers, bers of the Fruit and Vegetable Packers Union (A. F. of L.) struck a week ago for recognition of the union, no split bench, and for the Salinas scale of wages. Fifty-one stril rested to date, including eight wo- men. Governor Merriam, who played & leading role in breaking the San Francisco general strike, has added thirty men to the state highway patrol. The authorities are demand- ing the entire state force and the national guard be called. C. B. Lawrence, secretary of the union, declared the strikers are just beginning to fight. The two strikers were killed, he said, by hired gun- trimmers and shed workers, mem- | rs have been ar- | men. Those killed were Paul Knight of Santa Maria and Eldred Ham- aker of Westmoreland. The labor board conciliator, Fitzgerald, de- clared he sees no hope of an ami- cable adjustment. The growers have so far refused to recognize the “outside” union. There are ten thousand Imperial Valley lettuce workers. The field workers are not yet on strike. The present lettuce crop is yal- ued at over two million dollars which the growers fear losing by rotting in the fields if the strike continues much longer. The American Legion officials charge that the Communists are responsible. All A. F. of L. unions, all workers’ organizations are urged to protest against the shootings to Sheriff Ware at El Centro. Two Biscuit Strikers Face Jail Sentences on Assault Charges PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Feb. 19.— Two National Biscuit Company strikers thrown into a Camden jail on charges of beating a scab, are facing jail sentences. Congress enact the bill, was passed unanimously, it was learned today. {This is the third article of a series on the situation of the steel workers.] “The actions of our union offi- \cials give us high biood pressure.” |This expression was often repeated lat the steel workers rank-and-file conference of February 3. The ex- pression may not best characterize the mood of the steel workers. High blood pressure is a state of the body where the blood cannot circulate freely due to a hardening of the arteries. It is an unhealthy situa- ition, What the workers wanted to say at that conference is that they are in a@ state of high tension, that their patience with the officialdom is running low, that they are be- coming ready for action, “High blood pressure” with them meant high-pressure indignation. For many years the leadership of the union has led a petrified exist- ence. The Tighe machine did not attempt to organize the steel work- ers. It did not even think of chal- lenging the steel trust. It let things drift. Its membership consisted of about four thousand, mostly skilled workers engaged in the smaller mills. It is to be assumed that the A. A. was, in one way or another, useful to those steadfast members, because they kept on paying dues to their lodges and the lodges kept on paying their per capita to the national office and thus maintaining the officials. The income was not large, but when you have a mem- bership which pays an average of $15 a year to the national office and when the top apparatus is not large, it is possible to lead a very con- fortable existence. It was a stable existence—for the officials. No prob- lems ever disturbed their placidity. Life seemed peaceful, orderly. That the steel workers were practically unorganized, that exploitation was | eating at their very vitals—this was | beyond the officials’ range of vision. |Within that range everything _seemed to dovetail. Conventions ‘convened, Officers reported. Resolu- tions were passed. Dues were paid. | The income was secure. What else (could one expect in a world that is | so full of unrest? Sources of revenue were not large Joseph Mahan, vice-president of the Biscuit and Cookie Workers ings which could be rented. There may have been other remnants of olden times—but this could not be ascertained. The crisis did not ma- terially alter the situation of the union. Some of its membership be- came unemployed, but the member- ship as a whole did not considerably diminish. It was still possible for Michael Tighe and his group of loyal henchmen to carry on. Summer, 1933 Then came the summer of 1933 and it shook them like a hurricane. The steel workers, don’t you see, took Roosevelt's promises seriously. They actually believed in the N. R. A. They maintained that Section 7-A gave them the right to organize in defiance of the steel trust. They did not wait for Mike Tighe to or- ganize them. They began the work of organization by themselves. Be it remembered that the steel workers are among the most ad- vanced sections of the working class. They understand organization. They have class consciousness at least to |" the extent that they hate the steel trust and realize that it has to be fought by united action. Moreover, they have the tradition of struggle. They are not migratory. They live in the same town for many years, especially in the Pittsburgh area. In the steel towns of Pennsylvania great numbers of workers have their own homes. Most of these homes are either heavily mortgaged or have passed into the hands of the companies who are the mortgagors, but the consciousness of being, so to speak, part of the local life is there. The steel workers demand a decent living in the place where they live. They Can Pay They know that the powerful steel trust can pay them a decent wage if forced to do so. And steel workers have not forgotten the great steel strike of 1919. Many of them still remember the strike struggles of 1909 and 1900. Even a reminisence of Homestead is still alive. The steel workers of the vicinity of Pittsburgh are a mixture of many nationalities, but during the post-war years they have amalgamated into a more or —but then there were some build- Jess uniform working class popula- Federal Union, which is conduct- ing the strike was dragged by police off the picket line Saturday and held in the plant several hours. The charges against him have not yet been made known. Mahan is one of the most militant strike leaders. It is believed that police are mak- ing efforts to frame Mahan. John, Weaver, Communist section organizer, was released by Magis- | trate Costello. He was held because he refused to sign a $1,000 peace bond. tion. The Poles and Slovaks and Hungarians are not much different from the Irish and the Scotch and the native Americans, The younger generation is mostly native. The antagonism between white and Ne- gro has greatly diminished. All pre- requisites for sharp class strugles are there. During the summer of 1933 a great number of new lodges of the A. A. were organized. Not all the members could pay their initiation fees. Not for every member were per capita payments made to the national office. The latter is willing to issue a charter for a new lodge provided payment is made for a minimum of fifteen members. The new lodges availed themselves of this privilege and became a recog- nized part of the A. A. New life was pouring into the old Amalgamated Association. The new members were not all skilled workers. They represented an average of those engaged in the steel mills. They were militant. They demanded action. The strikes in Weirton, W. Va., and in Ambridge, Pa., showed them the real meaning of the N. R. A. and made it clear to them that their national officials were not willing to lead their strug- gles. But this only increased their enthusiasm for a fighting union. A Hard Blow Things came to a head at the April convention of the A. A. where Tighe’s machine was defeated by the delegates from the new lodges. A resolution was passed to start a broad organization drive and to prepare for a strike which was set for the middle of June. It seemed that the rank and file had triumphed, but on the eve of the day set for the strike Mike Tighe “reconvened” the convention and with the aid of William Green, President of the A. F. of L., ma- neuvered through a decision to re- voke the strike order. It was a hard blow to the steel workers—and they never forgot it. The machinery had all been set for a strike. The minds of the workers were attuned to strike action. Tighe’s move succeeded in disorgan- | Union Unity League, National Lum- | ber Workers Union and the Fishery and Cannery Workers Industrial Union Wednesday night. At both places they wrecked the premises, stealing and destroying | $200 worth of literature, records, let- terheads, union seals and supplies | of membership books. | The “red squad” sent to “investi- gate,” refused to take fingerprints | of the raiders and instead arrested | Ed Hendrickson, Young Communist | League leader, | Vigorous protests were made to the police today by leaders of the} International Labor Defense, the American Civil Liberteis Union, and the Commonwealth Builders. | ‘The raid is part of the new anti- | labor campaign launched here by | leaders of the American Legion, the | Seattle Chamber of Commerce, the | pro-fascist Hearst press and other reactionary elements sponsoring the anti-Communist bill recently rail- roaded through the Washington | State Assembly, and now before the | | Senate, Butchers. Released PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Feb. 19.— Ten members of the Butchers Local of the Food Workers Industrial Un- ion were discharged by Judge Mc- Devitt, Friday, after being brought | on charges of violating an old anti- las picketing injunction, granted Irv- | to ing’s meat market. Irving charged that strikers threw a bottle of acid | into his store, then after consulting | the attorney, McDevitt although a | labor bater, discharged the strikers. The strike at the four stores con- tinues. Mike Tighe Is Preparing His Own Defeat By MOISSAYE J. OLGIN the morale. Not for long, though. The crisis is an excellent teacher. Hunger can- not wait. The workers rallied from Tighe’s blow. They have learned a valuable lesson. The conference of December 30, and the much greater conference of February 3, gave expression to the fighting spirit that is rapidly grow- ing among the steel workers. In their present campaign the militant steel workers are actuated by the following fundamental ideas: 1—They must build up the Amal- gamated Association to be a power- ful union capable of challenging and defeating the steel trust. 2—They want to stay within the Amalgamated Association. It is not their aim to drive for a dual union. The union, they say, is good enough for them. What it needs is a new spirit. 3—The upbuilding of the union must be made with a view of call- ing a general strike of the steel industry in the near future. 4—The national officials with Mike Tighe at their head will not lead a strike movement. The leader- ship must pass into the hands of the rank and file. Mike Tighe has tried expulsions. Mike Tighe has spread the red seare. The workers are determined to have their union and to have it as the Amalgamated Association no matter what obstacles the offi- cials may put in their way. the new lodges? I have made an inquiry and I was told that no less than 6,000 workers have enlisted in these lodges. They may not all have paid their dues, but they are all good union material. It will be hard for Tighe, even assuming that he controls about 4,000 members hich is rather questionable), to “expel” the bulk of the union with some 60,000 members. If he does so he will only hasten his own de- feat. ‘There was a misprint in Olgin’s article in Saturday’s issue of the Daily Worker. ‘Instead of Rollins” read: “Roy Hallas.” fer of Commerce, Sam Deutch,|Such A? A. committees should chairman of the Cuyahoga County |enlist the support of other local o: Council of the American Legion, fina | ReRieRH Ons and other liveral ele- been quoted as saying that the) 3 Recause of the importance of American Legion was being drilled/haying public sentiment favoring at night to edad any possible |the steel workers wherever possible radical uprising.” Mr. Deutsch|We Should set up committees of izing the ranks and In weakening | How many members are there in |” stated that all necessary arms | would be gotten from the Central! tors, | Armory. The announcement a |great deal of dissension among the Legion’s own ranks and drew vigor- ous protests even from various high officials of the Legion. The strike- breaking intent behind these night- ly drillings was so obvious that Mr. Deutsch felt. compelled to modify his statement by saying that he had not been made completely clear in his first announcement, that it was a plan to combat created | only by force.” The Communist Party announced that it will appear at'the Public Hearing called for next Thursday by the special City Council Com- mtitee appointed to investigate the Secret Seven, in order to expose the |open fascist attempts in Cleveland smash the growing struggles of the workers, especially in the auto and steel industries. Bill Backed In West ROSLYN, Wash., Feb. 19.—The Slovenian National Benefit Society chapter here at its last regular meeting endorsed H.R. 2827 and HB. 128, the Workers Unemploy- | ment Insurance Bills, national and state, and voted to wire and write | their legislators demanding support its the bills. WHAT’S Philadelphia, Pa. ON Friday, Feo. 22 at Ambassador He | 1704 N, Broad &t.; Nadia Chilkovs! in a series of revolutionary aance: well known violinist; Gesang Ferein chorus; dance orchestra. Adm. at door, 50c in advance through organizations 35¢. Tickets at 49 N, 8th St., Room 207. and Bazaar. Councils Grand Concert icer: Unemployment Philadelphia, eves. March 1 and 2 at Arena, Broad and Bainbridge Sts. Glamorous entertainment. Puppet Show, Play, Dancing, Music, Na o Maria Radamsky. Proceeds for pub: lication of newspaper for the une ployed. Adm, 35¢ for both evenin, Soviet Russia, member of the So- cialist Party, will speak on Latest Developments in Soviet Rus. sia.” the World,” the powerful picture o! the Russian Revolution Hall, 927 N. 8th St. Wed., 8 p.m. Adm, 20c. Auspices: City Central Br. F.S.U. Films and Photo League, Tears; Cartoon ‘The Puzzle’; Re- News Reel, Saturday, tinuous showings beginning Bubs, 2c. Chicago, Ill. Organizations Attention! Feb. 23, con 6 pm is celebrating its Sth Anniversary al the Ashland Auditorium, Feb. 6:30 p.m, to 2 a.m. An excellent pro: | this date open. la Moscow, on Saturday, Feb. 23, a Workers Lyceum, starting 8 p.m. Workers Group; Sonia Radina; new Russian songs; chestra; dancing. Adm. 250 in ad vance, everybody, Ausp.: Detroit, Mich. 30c at door. \ toward carrying through the pro. gram of the Michigan Youth Con: gress and toward the ialling of thi be held in Detroit, June 28, 29, 30, “any at- | tempt to overthrow the government | Labor Defender Concert and Dance entire Freiheit excellent | Friday and Saturday | Olympia tional Speaker, Sergei Rademsky and Pred H. Gunsser, just returned from | “The | German | Feb. 20, North. 311. North 16th St., presents Laughter Through porting the World; F. & P. League ‘The Inter. national Workers Order of Chicago 23, gram has been arranged. Kindly keep Fifth Annual Cabaret and Dance, a | 2733 Hirsch Blvd., | Dance | Labor Defender Gipsy and excellent or- m. 25 in ae || Concert and Dance LL.D. Barnett Br. Michigan Youth Congress Dance on Second American Youth Congress to |prominent people of the com: jnity such as Church people, edu writers, etc. for the purpose jot speaking at meetings giving |terviews to the press and in ot ways seeking to mold buble or in favor of the steel wor 4. Each lodge should elect an or- Ranization committee who-e shall be: (a) To bring back those members who have dropped out of the } (b) To recruit new member ; (©) To form Women’s Au in each lodge (d) To work in close harmony with the City Organization Commit- tee. duty Volunteers Asked 5. In each lodge we should develop the idea of volunteer organizers, who will plege themselves to do spe- cific organizational work. Such members to be placed on a Special Honor Roll in each Lodge and each District. 6. In order to meet the maneu- vers of the Steel Trust and other enemies of the steel workers, edu- | cational committees should be set up for the purpose of training the | workers along the lines of trade unionism. Also special educational features such as lectures, diccus- sions. questions and answers. e+ should be introduced in each Lodge. 7. The success of any movement to organize the steel workers greatly depends on what side the un- employed steel workers will be. With | this in mind each lodge should set up special Relief Committees that | will develop activities in favor of ~ | the unemployed and part time steel | workers that are union members as | well as to recruit unemployed steel | workers into the union. | 8. One of the greatest lessons we must learn from recent struggles of workers is the importance of dre7- jing the Negro workers into | union, otherwise the Steel Tru j use them against the Union. f: jorder to attract the colored steel workers into the Union, special de= mands should be worked out, tne Aus-| against the differential, etc. {/ 9. Bach district should set up a | Publicity Committee that will popu- larize the organization campaign. | Wherever possible we should enlist the support of professional men, writers and newspaper men that are friendly to the cause of the steel “| workers. 10. Without finances there can be no organized drive. This must be Each lodge must t - | made clear to all. Also ‘Ten Days That Shook therefore form Finance Committees «| whose chief task shall be to raise | finances, through organizing affairs, parties, appeals, etc. Each lodge shall have enough finances to cover its expenses, as well as to contribute to the District hslentass fund. Furniture Worker To Speak CHICAGO, IIl., Feb. 10.—Joe Kiss, National Secretary of the Furniture Workers Industrial Union, will speak here at the People’s Auditorium, + | 2457 West Chicago Ave., on Febru- ary 15th. | - PHILADELPHIA, Pa, — Friday, Feb. 22nd ie te Tuesday evening, Feb. 26, at the | Ambassador. Hair Graystone Ballroom, with Eddie | 1704 N. Broad St. Conti and his N.B.C. orchestra. Everybody invited. Adm. 40¢ in ad- Freiheit Gesang Farein Chorus vance, 50 at door. Proceeds to g0 z Osear Langman, Violin Sole = Good Dance Orchestra 2 Ady, to org. 380 Adm. at door S0e