The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 22, 1935, Page 2

Page 2 DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1935 RESISTANCE IS RISING AGAINST SALES LEVY PLANS IN TWO STATES poteteeteapeatsarones ariewrs Ser ieerierraesipigreiyereercire SeeVies czeis Mass Conference in Philadelphia Monday—City Pays Nothing for Jobless—N. J. .Tax Plan Scored by Communists PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Fe eb. 21—The West Philadelphia Unemployment Councils today called for a mass conference of all groups to plan the proposals of Governor Hoffma Monday night at 8 o’clock at first. Street The call for the c nce points out that Governor Earle’s taxes upon the masses call for relief e3 penditures of $120,000,000 over two-year period despite the fact that under the present relief, a total of $480,000,000 is being spent for a similar period. This double-edged sword aims to slash relief even be- low the present standards while at the same strike it will put the burden squarely upon the backs of the working population. Relief Stop Threatened While unemployed throughout the State are threatened with a com- plete stoppage of all relief under a recent announcement of Relief Ad- ministrator Johnson city of Philadelphia has contributed not one penny to relief to its 450,000 jobless since 1931, it was reported here yesterday. The barrage of publicity being given to this fact at present is in- thi tended to prepare the way for sweeping sales taxation upon the masses. While the city is completely ignoring the destitution among the working population, the relief lisis in Philadelphia last Friday reached the highest point of the crisis with 99,300 families on the lists. The previous peak was reached in May, 1933, when 70,000 families were on the relief lists. Fully 450,000 are unemployed, the Unemployment Councils state. Relief, when given, averages only $8.23 a month for each famil, Around a program for relief financing, which calls for increased taxation graduated upwards on all incomes above $5,000 a year, in- creased levies on large realty hold- ings and taxes upon the profits of all utilities and corporations, the Unemployment Councils are hold- ing mass meetings and calling for support from all groups. Plans are being pushed to send @ mass delegation to Harrisburg, the State capitol in March to de- mand increased relief and enact- ment of the Workers Unemploy- ment, Old Age and Social Insur- ance Bill by the State pending its enactment by the Federal govern- ment. Fight Jersey Sales Tax NEWARK, N. J., Feb. 21.—In an open letter to Governor Hoffman of New Jersey, the Communist Party (New Jersey, District 14) demands that he drop his entire sales tax program, which places a levy on every common article of consump- tion including foodstuffs. The Communist Party has put forward its six-point program for relief financing, and is mobilizing the workers behind this program. ‘These call for: endorsement of the Workers Unemployment, Old Age and Social Insurance Bill, H.R. 2827 by the State Legislature, graduated, income taxes upon all incomes and inheritances above $5,000 a year; all war funds (National Guard, State armories, etc.) to be applied to un- employment relief; relief in accord- ance with the benefit scales pro- vided in the Workers’ Bill, H. R. 2827; complete tax exemption for all persons earning less than $5,000 yearly, and abolition of all forms of discrimination against the Negro people, youth, women, foreign-born, part-time workers and others. C. P. Issues Open Letter The open letter of the Commu- t against the State sales tax n. The conference will be held Kings Hall, 507 North Forty- Support Grows For FSU Rally (Continued from Page 1) that “the and our own keep Americar hind the peace policy of Union. He urged ers to work towa breach with the Ru who have a thousand time: sincerity of their peac: New statements continued yester- day to follow up the barrage of statements and calls for mass at- tendance at the Garden demonstra- tion issued during the past few days by the International Workers Order, the Trade Union Unity Council, the International La Defense, the Food Workers Industrial Union, the Metal Workers Industrial Union, the Young Communist League, the ICOR, the National Unemployment Council and other workers’ ani= izations. proved the licy Furniture Union Writes In a letter to the F. S. U., M. Pizer, general secretary @f the Fur- niture Workers Industrial Union, said: “The F.. W. I. U. endorses the meeting called by your organization . « . We call upon the furniture workers to come to Madison Square Garden on Monday, Feb. 25, to dem- onstrate their sympathy and sup- port to the Soviet Union and to ex- press their bitterness against any Possible attack on the U. S. S, R.” Another new statement of sup- port was issued jointly by H. I. Cos- trell, National Secretary of the Jewish Workers Clubs and A. Lechowiteky, Secretary of the New| | York City Committee of the same organization. “Today more than ever before,” their statement said, “the world imperialists are seeking to solve their crisis by means of a robber war on the Soviet Union, the work- ers’ Fatherland. The Soviet Union stands as an inspiration to the workers throughout the world: and as a challenge to decaying capital- ism. Workers Clubs Act | “The National Executive Commit- | tee calls upon all’members of the Jewish Workers Clubs, who have in- scribed on their banners the words, ‘Defend the Soviet Union!’ to par- ticipate in nation-wide meetings and to mobilize the workers in their| neighborhoods for these meetings, especially for the one that is to| take place at Madison juare Garden on Monday, Feb, 25. The F. S. U. again called for | volunteers to distribute the special | Soviet Russia Today broadside, and for organizations to bring their banners to the F. S. U. office at 80 | East llth Street, to be used to | decorate the speakers’ stand at | Madison Square Garden on Monday evening. Sacramento | Judge Riled Chiefs in New Truceas Bronx Men VoteStrike (Continued from Page 1) he fur, garment and millinery ts of Manhattan, r 8 0 ac- by ‘the conference with real- epresentatives Wednesday at the 1 Holland, the Manhattan members of the union would be alled out on strike. Realtors Walk Out of Session The conference was broken up by the realtors when their leading rep- entative, Walter Gordon Merritt, us open shop attorney, Iked out, of the meeting. Bam- brick had presented the Union's de- mands of $26, $24 and $22 minimum wages, respectively, for buildings in A. B. and C categories, while the diords’ agents had offered $24, $22 and $20. At the meeting in Star Casino Bambrick declared the union would refuse to budge an inch on these demands. The groups representing the Man- hattan landlords at the conference own 640 buildings in Manhattan, most of them in the mid-town sector. Bambrick entered another con- ference with the representatives of the Manhattan realtor groups yes- terday afternoon. It was expected that the conference would last be- yond the 24-hour ultimatum set by Bambrick would expire at 7 p.m. City Ready With Seabs Board of Health inspectors were still being held in reserve by Mayor LaGuardia to help break a general strike should one be called. They have been instructed to telephone Board of Health headquarters every hour for instructions and have been ordered to report for special strike duty today, a legal holiday. Fur Union to Strive _ For Unity with A.F.L. lized in the Bronx yesterday when it seemed certain that a strike wouic be called. Police officials had scores of trucks ready to transport the uni- formed thugs to strike points. Resentment against the leaders for postponing the strike call is widespread among members of the Union. At the mass meeting in Star Casino addressed by Brambrick, strong-arm men attacked several members who insisted on knowing Hall here, the Fur Workers Industrial Union, affiliated with why a strike call had not been is-| the T,U.U.L., on Wednesday unanimously and enthusiasti- cally voted to work for a uniting of their union with the| failure to call a general strike, “I| Joint Council of Fur Workers (A. F. of L.) for one united| sued. Bambrick admitted, during the course of his explanation for his have been severely criticized for not calling a strike when the mem- bership voted for it, Maybe I was wrong.” Every reference made by Bam- brick to Mayor LaGuardia was met with catcalls and jeers by the mem- bership. When Bambrick demanded that the members show their re- spect for the Mayor the jeers in- i ABOR DRIVE || WagnerAdmits| LAUNCH ANTEL:! Congressman Charles Kramer of | California (left) and Congressman John W. McCormack of Massachusetts, of the House Committee for | investigating “un-American activities.” These are the gentlemen who | hid the names of the rich Wall Street men connected with a plot to | organize a fascist army. ‘They are now proposing that Congress outlaw working class newspapers in the U NEW YORK.—At a me union in the industry. ¢ | This decision was a unanimous | (endorsement of the report and rec- | ommendations of Ben Gold, general | secretary of the industrial union. | In his report, Gold recommended that the unfon send a letter to the | Joint Council (A, F..of L.) propos- | S. A. | eting which packed Webster | as the workers again greeted him | with applause. Unity with the Joint Council on the basis of entrance into the A. F. of L. as a body, with full and equal rights, and with full trade union | democracy—this was the keynote of | Gold’s recommendations. | out | universal discrediting of Section 7-A | creased, He was forced to drop the |ing a meeting as soon as possible | subject when workers shouted, “We | to discuss ways and means of unit- “What will we do if they refuse \to unite with us?” Gold asked. His answer was greeted with tremend- | remember what LaGuardia did in| ing all the workers of the industry | | Unions Fight Slave Wages (Continued from Page 1) | ment slashing the works bill to provide only for the barest mini- ous applause: Against Individual Joining “Then we will know how to act, | into one union, affiliated with the \A. F. of L., ‘for the purpose of jStrengthening ‘the forces of the | workers against the employers. This | letter, a tentative copy of which |and the workers’ will know why we | | was read, will be sent to the Joint fas acting, Then we will fight the | Council of Fur Workers. | Foint’ Counc ci | ‘ouncil as the main and ob- Thus, on the basis of Gold’s re-| vious obstacle to unity of the fur port, the Fur Workers Industrial | workers, as a menace to the in- Union, which is by far the most |terests of the fur workers, as some- powerful trade union factor in the | thing that has to be done away | industry, is making every effort to | with for that reason.” hy unite with the Joint Council in) «we wij not break up our power- | | which these strikes took place, and | the interests of unity in the trade. | ¢, mum hunger doles, ul union which has won such vic- | As union labor throughout the country besieged Washington with jdemands that prevailing trade union |rates be paid on all relief projects, the A. F. of L. Trade Union Com- mittee for Unemployment Insur- jance and Relief announced a mass jmeeting to be held Saturday, March |. at 2 p.m., at Irving Plaza Hall, |Fifteenth Street and Irving Place, to marshall forces to demand union | Wages and conditions on the jobs, full organization rights, and enact- ment of the Workers’ Unemploy- ment, Old Age and Social Insur- ance Bill, H.R. 2827, In Bremerton, Washington, the |Bremerton Metal Trades Council, | Outlining the advances which the | junion had made in the past five years, in winning wage scales and jimproved conditions, Gold made it | clear that now the situation de- | |manded the unity of the trade into | | one union. | | Unity As a Body | “Now we make every effort, we |use every means, we try to remove every obstacle, that stands in the |way of unity of all fur workers,” | |Gold declared as the workers ap- plauded enthusiastically. | “We propose unity to the Joint | |Council. We will do everything in| Jour power to arrange a friendly, \blacklist, and expulsions, and that |of one union will guarantee im- | |Provements in the trade. “We form | boos and cries that the Lovestoneite nist Party to Governor Hoffman, | which has been reprinted and is} (Continued from Page 1) being circulated by the tens of thou- sands, brands his tax program for what it is—taxes upon the masses and increased exemption for the large property owners and the wealthy. “We read your bill for the sales tax,” the letter states, “which also includes a tax on food. The taxes according to your bill would yield $35,000,000 a year for emergency re- lief, reducing the inccéne from real | estate taxes by one third. You would exempt from taxes hotels and places of amusement which are fre- quented mostly by those in better | circumstances, and make up the amount by a two per cent food tax, thereby reducing the purchasing power of the employed and unem- Ployed workers. “All you have to offer to the tens of thousands of unemployed young workers is militarized C.C.C. camps, where they are forced to work un- der the most unfavorable condi tions.” Mass Meeting Saturday At a hearing on the sales tax measures yesterday, Governor Hoff- Man admitted that the taxes were unpopular and would be defeated if Placed before the people for vote. At the hearings, representatives of the Communist Party and other work- ing class organizations united to op- pose the tax measures. I, Gordon of the Communist Party demanded the enactment of the Communist six-point program and the enact- ment of the Workers’ Bill. Jack Rose, State organizer of the power- ful New Jersey State Federation of Unemployed and Relief Workers, and F. Haugh of the same group, | presented the opposition of the un- to the sweeping taxes. Others who spoke in opposition to the tax measures included G. Ma-{ nago of the League of Struggle for Rights, I. Achterman of the ited Council of Working Class Women, and a representative of the Inter-Professional Association. A call was issued yesterday for a mass demonstration of all workers against the sales tax. The demon- stration will be held Saturday morn- | | lence, but emphasized their right of self-defense from the armed bands of the vigilantes. Despite the penciling out by Judge Lem- mon of certain parts of the edi- torial, the portions read smash- ingly refuted the lies of Special Prosecutor Neil McAllister that the |Communists advocate individual acts of violence and terror. While Darcy vead the editorial, Judge Lemmon and Prosecutor Mc- Allister stood peering over his shoulders. The court refused to recognize |Darcy, a leader of the Communist Party and an instructor in the San Francisco Workers’ School, as an authority on Communism, and also ruled out the program of the Com- munist International as the official guide of the Communist Party of the United States of America. Press Aids Prosecution McAllister now realizes that the |frame-up case is crashing about his \ears, but is depending on the power |of the local political machine and |his hand-picked jury to railroad the defendants to long prison terms. In | | this effort he is being ably aided by | the local boss press, which continues to whip up lynch hysteria against | the defendants and the Communist | |Party, publishing reports that the | ‘“Reds intend to seize the State gov- jernment any day.” Local hysteria is further developed by the action {special division of the National |Guard under arms in “readiness to | block the Red insurrection.” Confronted by doctors’ affidavits jthat three of the defendants are |seriously ill as a result of the bad food and treatment during their ;Seven months’ confinement, the court’ was forced to grant a con- tinuation until next Monday. The | three sick defendants are Lorene | Norman, Caroline Decker and Mar- |tin Wilson, McAllister had ob- | jected to the continuation, stating | | that the defendants, who are now | out on bail, “were running all over most powerful labor organization in |comradely, disciplined discussion |the Puget Sound navy yard, voted |with*them. We will discuss every- unanimously for the payment of | thing openly and above-board so trade union wages on all work re- that every step can be acted on by lef jobs. |the workers themselves,” Gold con- | Similarly, the Chicago Federation | tinued. of Labor voted to telegraph Wash-| “With such action on our part of the authorities.in keeping a/| jean demanding trade union rates |the whole issue of unity in the on the projects. In Washington, Senator Carter |Glass of Virginia today said that he believed Roosevelt would veto |the entire works bill if it were sent to him calling for the payment of \the local prevailing wages, which \are not even trade union rates. | |Washington Was Called ‘Traitor’ for Civil War Against King George and Tory Hired Lackeys By LEO THOMPSON Today ‘will be heard a hundred and one sentimental tales about the virtues of the “Father of Our Coun- try.” ‘All these tales are designed to hide the fact that Washington and his rich fellow-merchants and |“smugglers” unfurled the flag of Revolution and Civil War against Kihg George III and his Tory hired lackeys. | While we Young Communists re- ject all these sentimental myths that are spun around him, we how- | ever, do not belittle in‘any way the | useful progressive, REVOLUTION- |ARY part he played in United | States history. He and his fellow- rebels used the revolutionary weapon of civil war to save his country from the curse of English tyranny. For this Washington was called a “traitor” by the Tories and the Hessians, the latter being hired soldiers imported from Germany by England. During the week of Washington's birthday anniversary and through- ing at 11 o'clock in Washington |the State making speeches during | rich in revolutionary traditions. The _ Park, Newark, N. J. week-ends.” Revolution of 1776, the Declaration out the year, we Young Communists | |remind the youth that America is | |trade, into one A. F. of L. union, becomes sharp and clear,” he con- | | tinued. Some comrades are worried | | about the name, the A. F. of L.,” | Gold said. “But it is not the name that counts. It is the policy, it is the interests of the workers and |how they are defended,” he said | of Independence, the Civil War of 1860-64, the writings and speeches | of Washington, Lincoln, Paine, Jef- |ferson and other great Americans prove that Revolution and Civil War are not “treasonable,” . “foreign,” “Red,” or “un-American” ideas. AMERICA WAS BORN IN ‘REV- OLUTION. Yes, Hearst and his poison-pen- prostitutes rave that to advocate | Revolution is “treason.” Publisher MacFadden, Father Coughlin shout “Hang the traitors!” But we Young Communists will never let the youth of America forget the inspiring ex- ample of Washington, Jefferson, Paine and Franklin who tirelessly fought for the Revolution as the only way to save America from English oppression. If to fight against oppression is “treason” — Messrs. Hearst, MacFadden, Dick- stein—then make the most of it. In the thirteen original colonies before the Declaration of Indepen- dence, there grew up a small group | of influential native merchants who were called “smugglers.” These young merchants wanted to develop their own system, their own in- tories for the workers, in order to enter the Joint Council one by one,” | Gold declared. He warned that | such action would inevitably open | the fur workers to discrimination, they would find themselves in the position where they would have to build their union all over again. He warned the workers against | the illusion that the mere existence | one union that we may be able to | struggle better, to fight better. And it is how we fight that will decide all these questions,” Gold stated. After Gold’s report more than 25 workers spoke from the plat- form, Boo Lovestoneite Proposal A significant interlude at the meeting was provided by a few Lovestoneites. At the opening of the meeting Gold proposed to the mem- bership that the Lovestoneites be ad- mitted on the basis that they main- tain order, speak in their turn, ac- cept the rules of the meeting that apply to all the members. The mem- bership accepted Gold’s recommen- dation. \the membership reject Gold’s rec- When Intrator, a leading Love- stoneite, however was given the every step, the business interests of England stood in the way. English Parliament passed many laws against the introduction of new machines and new industries in the American colonies. Heavy taxes and duties were voted against American trade, thereby crippling colonial interests and hindering the growth of native industry and com- merce. The vicious “Stamp Act” passed by Parliament against Amer- ican trade was symbolic of English tyranny. The famous “Boston Tea Party” was really a militant demonstration of these merchant “smugglers” who dumped British tea into the sea in the disguise of painted Indians. This was the signal for the Revolution which swept throughout the colonies under the leadership of Washington, Jefferson, and others. As a result of this struggle a re- markable revolutionary document of human rights was born—the “Dec- laration of Independence.” There should not be a Young Communist who cannot quote parts of this great document to the masses. Dur- ing the war it was “treason” to read dustries and trade. However, at from the Declaration of Indepen- a Bill Is Aid To Open Shop (Continued from Page 1) dorsed the Connery bill to place additional “Labor” representatives— that is, A. F. of L. bureaucrats— on the Roosevelt Boards which carry the anti-union tasks of the N.R. A. Green testified that it was Emer- | gency Council Director Donald | Richberg’s interpretation of the | “collective bargaining” promised by | the N: R. A. that led to presen “unrest” in the auto industry Green faild to say that he person- ally signed the infamous Roosevelt | auto agreement against which the | auto workers are preparing to strike. | He gave away the inevitable results | of adding more bureaucrats to the | Roosevelt anti-strike machinery, however, when he testified that em- ployers themselves and the Gov- ernment already recognize that they need the participation of labor mis: leaders to solve the employers’ prob- lems. Green said: “It was ...as a result of practical experience in a small but important group of industries that both the Administration and management recognized that representatives of organized labor must participate in the code authority work in order to be able to deal realistically with | | the employment problem of a codi- fied industry.” | Boldly attempting to revive worker illusions in the N. R. A. by confessing that it has helped in- | dustry and promising that it will) now, through this bill, get around to helping labor, said: “We have released the business man from the undiscriminating en- | forcement of: the anti-trust laws, | which had been subjecting him to/| the attacks of the price cutters and wage reducers—the pirates of in- dustry. ... “While industry’s freedom of | action has been encouraged until | the trade association movement has blanketed th> entire country, employes attempting in good faith | to exercise their liberties under | Section 7-A have met with re- | peated rebuffs.” Wagner naturally refrained from adding that he himself directly par- ticipated in devising such “rebuffs” to labor as the Weirton, captive | mines and other now notorious de- | cisions. Desperately attempting to | maintain the fiction that the Presi- dent still has Labor's interest at| heart and wants a “partnership” | which would be fair to labor as well | as industry, Wagner phrased the | Senator Wagner | as a “breakdown” of the Section. | He said that “a practical situation” is “reducing Section 7-A to a sham and a delusion.” Then he promised | to remedy the “breakdown” which last Summer “led to a procession of bloody and costly strikes which in| some cases swelled almost to the| magnitude of national emergencies.” Attempting to conceal the anti- labor Roosevelt decrees against the merits of Labor's objectives in | the struggle, he declared it is “not | material” to inquire “where the bal- ance of right and wrong rested in respect to these various controve>- sies.” platform his proposals were greeted with a storm of boos from the en- tire membership. He proposed that | ommendation for merging with the Joint Council as a body, and urged the workers to leave the Fur Work- ers Union and join the Council (A. F. of L.) as individuals. When he insinuated that the membership was accepting the pro- posal to join as a whole body only because Gold was “ordering” them to do so, the membership made such @ demonstration of disapproval by found it impossible to continue his speéch and was forced off the stage. In his summary, Gold empha- | sized that the union act immedi- ately on the membership’s vote, leaving no stone unturned for the q-ganization of the ‘whole trade for struggle against the employers. Firm Caused Death of 13 Miners HARRISBURG, Pa. (FP).— The blame for the death of 13 mine- workers in an explosion on Jan. 21 has been placed on the Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co. by the Pennsylvania Department of Mines, which ordered the company’s Gil- berton mine closed until the safety laws are complied with. dence—many left-wing Socialists were arrested for doing ‘so. Today the only party that carries forth the revolutionary traditions of the Revolution of 1776 and the Civil War of 1860-64, under present conditions and relations of classes, is the Communist Party. Never was there a generation of youth so com- pletely robbed of its “inalienable right to life, Mberty and the pur- suit of happiness” as the youth to- day. Never have the youth and the masses suffered such “a long train of abuses.” Never were there such “destzuctive” effects upon these rights of the masses as_ those brought about by the present Roose- yclt government. e But today the new “principle” mentioned in the Declaration of In- dependence which must be the basis of the “new safeguards for their future security” must be the Prole- tarian Dictatorship — the Soviet Power. Only Soviet Power through the ove:throw of the Wall Street government (a right given us by the Declaration of Independence) can give the youth “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” | other of these agreements not only RAILWAY HEADS PUSH CONSOLIDATION PLANS TO GUT OUT MANY JOBS Eastman Report on Poss ible ‘Savings’ Shows That Job-Slashing Campaign Is Going On— Brotherhoods Must Act Now By Kenneth Eggert | ; TOLEDO, Ohio, Feb. 21. ceeding with their plans for —That the railroads are pro« further consolidations which will deprive tens of thousands of railway employees of their jobs, is shown by a report just made public by Federal Railroad Co-ordinator Eastman. Complete co-ordination in USSR Urges Peace Pact (Continued from Page 1) time it considers as a step forward the establishment during the Lon- don conference’ of the necessity of rendering immediate assistance to any country attacked in cases fore- seen by the pacts. “No War Can Be Localized” “In setting up a unified scheme embracing various parts of Europe,” | the statement continues, “the Soviet government is inclined to see the recognition of mutual dependence in preserving the integrity of all these pacts—this being a recognition of the impossibility under present cir- cumstances of localizing any war started in Europe. “It therefore considers that the aim set by the London conference, | ‘the organization of the safety of Europe,’ can only be reached by the | realization of all regional pacts and agreements mentioned in the Lon- don communication, a..d that on the contrary, disregarding one or the | will not serve ‘the strengthening of the prospects of peace,’ but rather, can be considered as an open en-| couragement to the violation of | peace in any given territory. The) Soviet government hopes that the same is the conception of the authors of the official communica- tion and that the regional agree- ments discussed among some states | prior to the London conference not | only will not be impaired but will receive in London new forms of support. Few for War “After the London agreement it is possible to state that the idea and) the necessity of adopting the swift-| —* Toledo, the report said, should produce “an even greater economy than that obtained by the New York Central which resulted in savings of $750,000.” | On the lookout for the profits of | the railroad barons, Eastman points out to them that “there are seven more lines operating independently jand making independent — inter- changes in Toledo.” Mr. Eastman further explains that “restrictions in reduction in railroad employment which were imposed by the co-ordi- nation act, has been a leading ob- stacle in putting the economies into operation.” Yards Abandoned It is interesting to note how the “savings” made by the New York Central were effected. In Toledo the Michigan Central and the Ohio Central yards were merged. The switching formerly done in the Michigan Central yards was trans- ferred to the Ohio Central vards and the old Michigan Central North Toledo yards were practically aban- doned.° The increased volume of business in the Ohio Central yards necessitated putting on additional men, but not anywhere near as many as were formerly employed on the Michigan, Central. ‘The additional men required were not transferred from the Michigan Central. but new. younger men were hired. men who did not have any equity in pension rights. En- eines : that formerly. worked the North Toledo Michigan Central yards were shunted to the “grave- yard” and were put in white lead and so were the men who worked them, along with carmen, clerks, hostlers, etc.. and the New York Central pocketed an additional $750,000 in dividends. What Eastman Means What the railroad owners plan here is one big terminal, one gigan- tic yard, one big car shop round- est and most effective measures to| house, ete. The numerous yards, counteract military aggression | shops, roundhouses. etc., around To- through pacts of mutual assistance jedo would be eliminated. All trains As. actively supported by. the four! would pull into..the “Big. Yard.” largest states in Europe, namely, the where they. would be busted.up and U.S. S. R., France, England, and) gwitched out on a modern hump. Italy, as well as the countries of the | wo more hump riders, the automatic Little and Balkan Ententes. All of | car retarders would take care of these jointly possess a population of | that. No, more puller crews, the 365 million, or 70 per cent of the | road crews would take their train Population of all Europe. Can it be yiont out of the outbound. yard. doubted that the prevailing majority Thousands of conductors, switch- of the other countries of Europe/men, brakemen, engineers, clerks, also regard sympathetically all that) car inspectors, switch fenders, yard- can be undertaken for the strength- | masters and many others would ening of peace, that thus the exist-| t,x their places on the bread line. ing ‘tendency for the aggravation of | the danger of war’ is represented by | a@ comparatively small number of adherents? | “Under these conditions,” the} communique concludes, “it is diffi- | cult to suppose that such an enor- | mous majority of European coun-| tries, inspired by one purpose and united in this struggle for peace, would be unable to realize the set task of strengthening peace by those | measures which it recognized as/ necessary and irreplaceable. Wel- | coming the London agreement on} the condition of its full undivided | realization in the spirit of the above | remarks, the Soviet government wishes to hope that it will be fully and consistently carried into life.” Thus Wall Street would effect more “savings.” 3 The rebuff suffered by Eastman at the General ‘Chairman’s Con- ference on Jan, 12 in Chicago dees not mean that consolidation plans have now been dropped. On the contrary, they will now be pushed more vigorously than ever. An ex- ample of how these things are done, was the vutting across of the wage cut in 1931. Up until three days before the wage agreement was signed, press releases were be- ing sent out that “the unions will not stand for a wage cut being jammed down our throats.” And that “we are going to fight to a finish.” Pressure Needed Now How the Grand Lodge chiefs “fought” is now a matter of history. In accepting the wage reduction, D. B. Robertson. of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engine- Mine Bosses Plan Terror (Continued from Page 1) section that the reign of terror is a preparation for such a move; that the miners should not be caught napping but prepare to meet it with mass picketing. Tomorrow morn- ing, it is expected, will prove of de- cisive importance in the strike. Strikers Released Three of the six strikers at No. 20 Tunnel Local of Glen Alden are charged with dynamiting homes of strike-breakers on company prop- erty and were released yesterday on $10,000 bail each. The release of the others also is expected soon. The local press continues to publicize these six workers as a “dynamiting ring” and that they confessed, but no word is said that they pleaded not guilty and were put under the third degree. Four thousand unemployed in Luzerne County, chiefly miners, on 34 relief projects, were suddenly laid off and transferred back on relief. The reason given is lack of funds. The lay-off, it appears, has been timed to coincide with the ef- forts of the Glen Alden Company to obtain strike-breakers. The Un- employment Councils will fight the move and intensify efforts among the jobless to increase support for tHe strikers. Demand Investigation A committee of the Unemploy- ment Councils went today before the County Relief authorities and demanded investigation of Ann Grawl, head of the Pittston Relief Board, in connection with the shot fired at John Muldowney, chair- man of County Unemployment Councils on Tuesday, when he ad- dressed a Council meeting in Pitts- ton. She previously threatened un- This is the meaning of Washing- ton to the youth today. employed leaders with the fate of men, made the “fighting” statement that: “Thousands of men will be employed in the next 12 months, who would not have been employed if railway labor had not agreed to the 10 ner cent reduction.” (March issue’ of their journal.) How this was carried out can be seen by the fact that 145,000 more railroad workers lost their job- during the first wage cut year. The same methods will, no doubt, be used to put across the consolida- tion and layoff plans. Do not be fooled by Eastman’s talk of a dis- |missal wage. It amounts to noth- ing. Their plans can he stopped by the united efforts of the mem- bers of the Railway Brotherhoods, Adopt resolutions in your lodges let- _ ting the Grand Lodge Chiefs and © others know that. we railway em- | ployees will resist consolidations and their accompanying layoffs to the last ditch. Form anti-consolidation — committees in your lodges. Support — the Associations for the Prevention _ of Consolidations, which are being _ formed in various places. f ‘ ‘ there several days ago. An investle gation was promised, i Following a speech by Joe Prusch, _ check-weighman at Wanami mine, _ before a meeting of three hundred _ farmers at Nescopeck, a pledge was given by the farmers that they will — not be strike-breakers any more, _ Prusch is addressing a similar meeting in Berwick tonight. The Wanamie miners, who already re< f ceived their second eviction notice, © sent a protest telegram to Governor _ treasurer of the U.M.W.A. When the appeal against the ( delphia Supreme Court, it was } learned that the judges are on va-: Campbell and Reilly, murdered Earle and Lieutenant Governor ~ Kennedy. The latter is secretary- ~~ Valantine injunction which outlaws the strike was filed in the Phila. cation and the appeal cannot come, up until April 15. 1