The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 22, 1935, Page 3

| | DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22. 1935 Page 3 WHITE MOTORS WORKERS DEMAND GENERAL AUTO WALKOUT United Strike WHO IS SUPERIOR ? Thugs Club, To Present Strike Plan To Auto Body Resolution Proposes Committee Act in All the Plants By Sandor Voros (Daily Worker Ohio Bureau) CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 21.— Preparations for a united general strike in the auto and auto parts industry is demanded from the Na- tional Auto Council in a resolution by the White Motors Local of the A. F. of L. United Automobile Workers’ Union, the strongest auto union, with 3,000 members of the industry. Asserting that the March, 1934, auto agreement brought worse con- ditions to the auto workers, the resolution emphasizes that only by a victorious strike can the workers win their demands and improve their conditions. To Present Plan The resolution, adopted unani- mously at the meeting of the union following Green’s meeting in Cleve- land, will be presented Friday to the National Auto Council in De- troit in person by W. Mortimer, president of the union, and R. Reisinger, secretary, as delegates both of their local and the Cleve- land Auto Council. William Green, in a short confer- ence held last Sunday before the mass meeting with the delegates of the Cleveland Auto Council, prom- ised that the official recognition of the Cleveland Auto Council will be taken up in Detroit at the meeting of the National Auto Council. Demands Listed Urging every local to establish united committees in every plant and department, the resolution calls for the following demands: Thirty- hour, five-day week. Minimum an- nual wage of $1,560, with $30 a week minimum for unskilled and $35 for skilled workers. Time and a half for overtime, double time for work on Saturday, Sunday and holidays. Abolition of speed-up, piece work, bonus or group systems. with wages computed on an hourly basis. Abolition of the merit clause and company unions. Seniority rights. Free medical advice and hospital- ization, with no loss of pay for time lost from occupational diseases. Unemployment and social insur- ance. To prepare effectively for a gen- eral strike for the above demands, the resolution calls for the following measures in the entire auto indus- try: Mass educational and agita- tional drive by distribution of thou- sands of leaflets among auto and auto parts workers, asking their support in preparing for a strike. Recruiting Drive Set Setting up an organizational com- mittee in every local to undertake a mass recruiting drive. Appeal by each city to the A. F. of L, Executive Board for effective financial support. Organization of committees to build a strong strike fund. Calling general meetings in every city, with two weeks’ preparation, to ratify strike demands and elect | strike committees. Support of any individual plant by the general group should strikes break out before the general action. The demands drawn up in the White Motor resolution are basically identical with the demands of the workers in practically all auto and auto parts plants in the city of Cleveland. The resolution of the White Motor local expresses the sentiment and militant mood of the Cleveland auto workers, who insist. on a clear-cut determined policy from Green and Dillon after their vague and ambiguous stand as ex- pressed in their speech here last Sunday. Toronto Strikers Win TORONTO, Feb. 21—The workers of the Ontario Knitting Mills have victoriously gone back to work after a two weeks’ strike, gaining an in- crease in wages and recognition of the Industrial Union of Needle ‘Trades Workers (Shirt, Overall and Work Pants Local), | ee tSTE TT : pees ee Workers heave As Union Head Slanders Reds DECATUR, Ill, Feb. 21—At a mass meeting here attended by 1,500 workers in protest against a tear gas attack launched by police catur Garment Company's | Harry Rufer, district organizer for | the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, launched a provo- cative attack against local Commu- | nists and ordered strong-arm men to eject Donald Allen, Communist candidate for City Commissioner, from the meeting. | Allen had protested a statement by Rufer to the effect that “police, |like ‘our friends,’ the Communists, | have no respect for human lives,” |and had asked that the meeting be |thrown open to a five-minute dis- | cussion of Rufer’s lying statement. After the strong-arm men had | attacked and then ejected Allen and |a half dozen workers who had | jumped to his defense, the Rev. Douglas Anderson, leader of the Socialist Party of Illinois, took the floor and in effect sanctioned the fascist attack by iefusing to com- ment on it. | _ Disgusted at the action of both | Rufer and Anderson, many workers left the meeting and organized an- | other one at the local Unemploy. ment Council headquarters nearby, where they vigorously condemned | the splitting, provocative maneuvers \of the I. L. G. W. U. organizer and | the silence of Anderson. In Oklahoma | OKLAHOMA, CITY, Okla., Feb, 21—Food relief is a “gratuity” granted by the government, and unemployed workers have no right to protest its insufficiency or poor quality, Federal Judge Edward S. Vaught twice ruled yesterday in the Federal Circuit Court of 16 unem- ployed workers charged with “at- | tempting to overthrow the United States government” in connection with a food demonstration last May 21. It had been proved by the de- fence that for $1.13 worth of this “gratuity,” the unemployed were forced to give $2.40 worth of labor, at private exploitation rates, on the various work projects of a benefi- ‘cent government. Under cross-examination by J. O. |Cooke, International Labor Defense attorney, Horace Thompson, former Federal relief investigator, admitted that “relief clients never had been taken care of adequately in this county or any other county.” A protest meeting held in the i} _by more than 1,000 workers. A united front for the defense of the 16 workers has been established between the Communist and So- cialist parties in Oklahoma. The Capitol Hill Chapter of the Oil and Refinery Workers union voted $20 for the defense. Many other A. F, of L. locals have promised support. WHAT’S ON Allentown, Pa. Gale affair for the benefit of the Daily Worker, Sat., Feb. 23 at 121 No. Third St. Prominent speakers. Entertainment. Philadelphia, Pa. Labor Defender Concert and Dance Friday, Feb. 22 at Ambassador Hall, 1704 N. Broad St.; Nadia Chilkovsky in a series of revolutionary dances; well known violinist; entire Freiheit Gesang Ferein chorus; excellent dance orchestra. Adm. at door, 50¢} in advance through organizations 35¢. Tickets at 49 N. 8th St., Room 207, Grand Concert and Bazaar. Aus- picer: Unemployment Councils of Philadelphia, Friday and Saturday eves, March 1 and 2 at Olympia Arena, Broad and Bainbridge Sts. Glamorous entertainment, Puppet Show, Play, Dancing, Music, Na- tional Speaker, Sergei Radamsky and Maria Radamsky. Proceeds for pub- lication of newspaper for the unem- ployed. Adm. 35c for both evenings. Films and Photo League, 311 North 16th St., presents Laughter Through Cartoon “The Puzzle’; Re- porting the World; F. & P. League News Reel, Saturday, Feb. 23, con- tinuous showings beginning 6 p.m. ‘Subs. 25c. Fourth Anniversary Banquet of So- viet Russia Today will be held on Sunday, Feb. 24 at F.8.U. Headquar- ters, 126 South Eighth Street. Full Italian dinner served. Dancing and entertainment. Subs. 50c. Tea Party and Concert to help the Anti-Fascists in prison, Sunday, Feb. 24, 8 p.m., at 2456 N. 30th St. Aus- pices, Lenin Br, LL.D. ‘Commemoration meeting of Su Su Cheng, militant working class leader, Sunday, Feb. 24, at 2 p.m. at 1008 ‘Vine ®. Auspices, Chinese Br. LL. D. Program Nature Friends, Chinese and white speakers. Refreshments. Adm. free. Newark, N. J. ©. A, Hathaway and Harry Elmer Barnes will debate on Saturday, Feb. 23, at 8:30 p.m., at Y.M.H.A. Audi- torium, High and Kinney Sts., on “Gan Roosevelt Save American Capi- talism?’" Adm. 40c. Auspices: Jack London Club. A. J. Isserman, chair- man. Chicago, Ill. Organizations Attention! The Inter- national Workers Order of Chicago is celebrating its 5th Anniversary at the Ashland Auditorium, Feb. 23, 6:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. An excellent pro- gram has been arranged. Kindly keep this date open. Fifth Annual Cabaret and Dance, a la Moscow, on Saturday, Feb. 23, at Workers Lyceum, 2733 Hirsch Blvd., Dance Gipsy and excellent or- starting 8 p.m. Workers Group; Sonia Radina; new Russian songs; chestra; vance, everybody. Ausp.: LLL, Detroit, Mich. Michigan Youth Congress Dance on Tuesday evening, Feb. 26, at th Graystone Ballroom, with Ed Conti and his N.B.C. orchestra, Everybody invited. Adm. 40c in ad- vance, 50 at door. Proceeds to go toward carrying through the pro- gram of the Michigan Youth Con- gress and toward the ialling of the Second American Youth Congress to be held in Detroit, June 28, 29, 30. Cleveland, Ohio Jobless to hold dance. The ‘regular semi-monthly dance of the Ward 22 Unemployment Council will be held at 6615 Wade Park Ave, at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Feb, 23, Tenth Ward Assembiy holds another music social on Sunday, Feb, 24 at 8 p.m., at 3875 Payne Avenue. Barnett Br. | against women strikers at the De- | plant, | 16 Go On Trial court house last night was attended | CALIFORNIA FARM WORKERS HIT BACK | Striking agricultural workers at Hedar, in the Imperial Valley of California, scene of many vicious attacks on organized labor, let the bosses know that they are serious about keeping scab products off the market, They are shown above as they knocked some crates of lettuce, packed by scabs, into the street. [9 Demonstrators, Given Long Terms, | Now Up on Appeal | ST. LOUIS, Mo., Feb. 21.— Nine relief demonstrators, sen- tenced to a total of 12 years in jail following the Nov. 30 dem- onsiration against drastic cuts i relief and discrimination against Negroes came up yesterday for jury trial, on appeal, in Judge Griffin’s Court, Division ‘One. Mass protests against the pri ecution forced the removal from the case of Judge Dickman brother of Mayor Dickman, who | ordered the police attack on the demonstration. C. P. Expels | Strike Dodger ROBERT SILBERT, a Lettish | worker of New York City, waiter by | occupation and an old Communist | Party member, who occupied leading posts in the Lettish workers’ move- | ment, has been expelled from the Communist Party by the Central Control Commission for un-Com- munist, social-deocratic conduct and violation of Party policies and in- | structions in the hotel strike at Hotel Commodore in the first part of 1934. While disputing some details of the charges could not deny the main facts; namely, that the hotel workers’ strike was spread also to the Hotel Commodore, where he worked, and where, at the call of the Amalga- | mated Food Workers Union, about thirty workers walked out from the chef's department, representing fully sixty per cent of all the work- ers in that important department; that the place was being picketed by | both the Amalgamated and the In- dustrial Unions; that he had in- fluence ovér at least five other workers in his own devartment to the extent that these workers went down with him to the Food Work- ers Industrial Union, the next day, for consultation about the strike; and that, at least once, a leading comrade of the Food Workers In- dustrial Union instructed him to join the strike. Notwithstanding all this, he did not try to pull out on strike as many workers from his department, as he possibly could. In trying to justify himself, sil- bert said he was sent from the In- dustrial Union to the Amalgamated, that the striking cooks themselves suggested that the waiters, instead of walking out, should help the strike financially while remaining at work; and that his impression that the instruction given to him to walk out on strike was a per- sonal one and not one of the offi- The unit selects Comrade B. to sell the Daily Worker one night. He accepts the assignment. “Comrades, I will take ten copies.” he says encouragingly. His offer is considered as a sort of a challenge by the other comrades. He calls for his papers on the specified evening. The unit has not assigned him any special house. He goes to the street where his unit is concentrating. He climbs the stairs, rings a door- bell. “No, I don’t want any,” says a woman who comes to the door. “But you'll take one free, won't you,” our comrade asks. The woman takes one. But no discussion arises, Our comrade begins to think. The doors all look smoky, dirty, dis- agreeable. He presses another door bell. But this one doesn’t ring. He can see that there are people in- side, but they don’t know he is there. He leaves a paper at the door. They'll find it there when they trip over it. He doesn’t ring the next doorbell. He merely leaves a paper there. It’s easier that way. The paper will “speak for itself.” Perhaps some- body will find it, grow interested and later on subscribe to it. It doesn't take long to distribute the ten papers this way. Comrade B. gives his report: “Comrades, here is the 30 cents for the papers. I got rid of every one of them.” “Thanks, comrade,” says the Unit organizer, “your work serves as an example to the others.” What Is Wrong What is wrong with this dure? proce- Workers’ Bill Before House In Montana HELENA, Mont., Feb. 21—Out of five unemployment insurance bills under consideration by the House Committee of the State Legislature here, only the Workers’ Bill was re- ported out of committee and onto the floor for vote. The State Workers’ Bill here is identical in content with the Na- tional Workers Unemployment, Old Age and Social Insurance Bill, H. R. 2827, except that a clause provides for the act to be effective until pas- | sage of the Workers’ Bill by the | Federal government. workers’ | | Endorsement of the bill against him, Silbert | | Silbert’s The Workers’ Biil was endorsed by the Montana Federation of Labor last year, and has been also en- dorsed by numerous City Councils in the State, More Endorsements SOMERSET, N. J., Feb. 21—The Morris, Somerset and Vic District Council of Carpenters, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, has endorsed the Workers Unemployment, Old Age and Social Insurance Bill, H. R. 2827. PRINCETON, Ind., Feb. 21.—The Central Labor Union here has en- dorsed the Workers’ Bill, H. R. 2827. is now pending before the Railroad Shop Crafts. The F. E. R. A, Council has also endorsed the bill. cial Party decision. These excuses, which only show social- democratic views about the strike, were rejected by the Central Control Commission. As a member of the Communist |Party, and as a leading member at that, he was in duty bound to take a militant intiative to spread the strike, regardless of what some of the striking cooks may have said—regardless of whether or not he received specific, official instruc- tions to that effect or not. Silbert showed his social-demo- Is Favored By MESA Head Tells ‘Daily Unity of A.F.L. and M.E.S.A, Needed in Auto By A. B. Magil (Special to the Dally Worker) | DETROIT, Mich., Feb. 21.—Mat- thew Smith, general secretary of the Mechanics Educational Society of America, independent union of tool and die make: In &n interview with the Daily Worker, declared himself in favor of joint strike ac- tion of the A. F. of L. United Auto- mobile Workers, the M. E. 8. A. and other unions to win better condi- tions for all auto workers. | Commenting on a front page edi- torial that appeared in. the last is- Sue of the Labor News, organ of the Detroit and Wayne County Fed- eration of Laber, calling on three independent unions, the M. E. S. A., the Society of Designing Engineers and the Dingmen’s Association, to affiliate with the A. F. of L., Smith said: “I am in favor of getting into | the main stream of the labor movement, of joining the A. F. of L., but only on the basis of autonomy for the M. E, S, A. I am not in favor of having the M. E. S. A. absorbed by the In- ternational Association of Ma- chinists as is the desire of certain A. F. of L. leaders.” No Official Stand Smith emphasized that he was speaking in his own neme. The M. E. S. A. has taken no official action on the question, In reply to the Labor News edi- torial, the M. E. 8. A. has issued an official statement opposing the ab- sorption of the M. E. 5. A. by the I, A. of M. The statement declares, however: “We feel that the pressure of events will overrule most of the present technical jurisdictional ob- | jections, but to speed the day, it would be advisable for contact com- mittees from all unions involved to meet and survey the ground and | make recommendations back to the | respective bodies.” | The statement suggests the fol- |lowing program of immediate de- mands: “The 30-hour week; minimum wage $49 per week; full wage in- surance for unemployed; rank and file control of officials and policy.” | “Joint strike action,” Smith | stated, “could be taken in six plants | which would paralyze practically |the entire industry. In each of thees plants either the A. F. of L. or the M. E. S. A. or both have con- siderable organization. A strike in | these six factories would tie up the majority of the General Motors | plants, the key Chrysler Plant (Ply- | mouth), and Ford—in other words, | the big three of the industry.” | | For Joint Program |in the Communist Manifesto, that | Poses its ideas upon the backward |are members of a Bourgeois Theories of Master and Slave Races Exploded by Historical Facts By Cyril Briggs There is a relation, by no means accidental, between the theories of upper class Negro the “racial” theories of bourgeoi “racial characteristi master” and “slave” side of the same memorial ferior,” “ and reverse spurious coin The black i entation, nated Negro man, because of his whether he be desig- or Ethiopian, is out- side the pale of civilization, say the bourgeois “race” theoreticians. He is incapable of progress, they de- clare, ignoring the historical fact that the Negro population of Egypt. Ethiopia, etc.. were the first to de- velop civilization and the sciences, and that the Kushites and Hittites whose achievements they do not deny, were Negroes. Imposed Ideas Karl Marx long ago pointed out, | “the prevailing ideas of a period | have always been simply the ideas of the ruling class.” By its control of the “free” press, the schools, churches, etc., the ruling class im- sections of the toiling population. Today, the “racial” theories find their most brutal.and open expres- sion in fascist Germany, where the Nazis are conducting a campaign of terror and murder against “non- | Aryans,” (Jews and other minority groups) and the vevolutionary Ge man workers. This is not acci- dental. Fascism is a continuation | under more openly brutal forms of the capitalist dictatorship against the majority of the population and the setting of one nationality against the other. These bourgeois “race” theories seek to justify capitalism and its colonial policy (imperialist plunder- | ing and oppression of the Negro, | Chinese and colonial masses). For their own misery and exploitation at the hands of the white ruling | class, the white toilers are offered the “compensation” of belonging to a “superior” race. Mess of Pottage | This mess of pottage is proffered | the exploited white workers as a} bribe to gain their support for the | brutal colonial policy of the imper- | jalist bandits. They are told they “superior” race and must not associate or fraternize with the “inferior breeds.” By this | and other means, capitalism, which is based on the exploitation of al! toilers, black, white, and yellow, | 8 More Held | For Barratry « FORT SMITH, Ark., Feb. 21 Eight more have been azrested and framed on charges of barratry in the drive of Arkansas officials and big | |man by es previously dealt with and “scholars” of inherent, im- es,” of “superior” and “‘in- races. They are the obverse seeks to maintain its rule by ting the ranks of its victims Like the Negro reformist theories. already dealt with, the “race” theo- ries seek to hide the social contra- ions which are tearing the capi- system asunder, and helping to prepare the way for the conquest of power by the proletariat, for the free, classless. Socialist society. This is already rising trium- in the Soviet Union and Soviet China, where exploitation of man, unemployment and mass misery, race hatred and na- |tional oppression have been abol- ished forever. The “race” theories have been time and again refuted by the out- standing teachers and leaders of the working class, by Marx and Engels in their day, later by Lenin and in the present day by Stalin in his writings and speeches on the National Question. Bankruptcy Revealed In his book, “Historical Material- ism: A System of Sociology,” Niko- lai Bukharin, Soviet writer, clearly shows the bankruptcy of the “race” theory, and points out, on page 127: “At bottom, this thi itself to the peculiarities of races, to their immemorial ‘character.’ If this were the case, this ‘charac- ter’ would have expressed itself in the same way in all periods of history. The obvious inference is that the ‘nature’ of the races is constantly changing with the con- ditions of their existence. But these conditions are determined by nothing more or less than the relations between society and na- ture, ie., the conditions of the Productive forces.” | The Communist Party relentlessly | fights against all theories and prac- | tices designed to split the ranks of | the toiling population and perpet- uate the system of private owner- ship of the social means of pro- | duction, of exploitation and social and national oppression. The Com- munist fractions in the mass organ- izations and all Communist work- ers must wage a ruthless struggle against these anti-labor theories, whether put forward by bourgeois “scholars” or born in the fantasy of Negro reformist. theoreticians. sentenced to six months in jail and} a $500 fine. It was the second anarchy convic- tion in Arkansas in recent weeks. ‘d H. Rodgers, Socialist Party member and a leader of the South- ern Tenant Farmers Union has been | sentenced on the same charge. The sentences are being appealed. Rod- gers, an F. E. R. A. instructor, has |landowners to further force down | also been fird by the F. E. R. A.| “I would favor such action as-/ the living conditions of sharecrop- | @dninistration here, | | suming that there would be a joint | program, a joint committee and pers and relief workers. Barratry | | | joint negotiations. I believe it ought | is the local term for anarchy. | rie eens Oeat Ga 1 to be done right away; the sooner) Rey. Claude C. Williams, recently | white share croppers and relief | hearing before the Central Control Commission and after he was shown how wrong his actions had been, he stubbornly persisted that given the same circumstances he would act | again in the same way he did ‘in the Hotel Commodore strike. In addition to expelling Silbert from the Party, the Central Control Commission also pointed out to the nucleus and section of the Party, that they committed a serious error in using any leniency on this case (merely passing a severe censure upon Silbert and giving him certain control tasks), and make a full and prompt report on in failing to) the better.” | He declared that “a strike, to be effective, must involve the produc- tion men. The companies can shift dies to other cities, but they can’t shift production machinery.” | A. F, of L. Heads Mark Time | Meanwhile the top leadership of the A. F. of L. is marking time, try- ing to delay preparations for strike action till the meeting of the Na-) tional Council of the United Auto- mobile Workers this Saturday. Pres- | ident William Green is expected to | attend this meeting. In the evening | | he will address a mass meeting in| ousted from his church because he supported the struggles of the sharecroppers, and George C. Ed- wards, college organizer for the Stu- dent League for Industrial De- | mocracy, are in the Fort Smith jail following their participation in a strike of 4,000 relief workers in San Sebastian county. | Horace Bryan, state organizer for the Unemployment Council in Ar- kansas, and a leader of the strike, was another of the group arrested, | the case to the District and Central | the Light Guard Armory, Brush and Which includes one woman. Bryan offices of the Party. The unit does not divide its work properly. It does not assign a spe- cific house where the Daily is to be sold. The unit does not demand @ report on every apartment. The looseness of the unit makes this loose check-up possible. This way of circulating the Daily Worker| spoils its reputation. The“ Daily” becomes a doormat, benefitting the | feet, not the brains. This is the worst way—but it is not uncommon. Comrade G. takes 10 Daily Work- ers. He gos to a house that he selects himself. He rings the doorbell. It it is out of order, he knocks. —Will you buy the Daily Worker?” “What is it?” “Tt is the workers’ one in the city.”” “What's in it?” Now this comrade’s shortcoming is exposed. He never reads the Daily Worker himself. He only reads the front page headlines, as it 4s impossible not to notice them, “Well, news about the workers. News from China and Abyssinia. Besides that, news about the Soviet Union,” he explains. He thinks that these will influence the person to buy. But the person asks: “Ts there news about jobs, relief | buros, wages, children’s shoes?” The comrade’s hesitating replies result in his not selling the paper, but in giving it free, without even mentioning that it costs three cents, He goes to every door, gives a poor explanation and hands over the paper free. The “Daily” is received with suspicion. A free paper—can- not be any good. paper. The only | Larned Streets. . Three Ways of Circulating the Daily Worker By KALLE RISSANEN One house, ten papers. Then people have received an imperfect picture of the Daily Worker and its | agents. Ten people glance at the “Daily.” Ten people quite possibly forget it on the chair. Ten people | remain outside the Party’s sphere of influence. Our comrade has not been able to make his purpose clear to the | Workers; he did not get money for |his papers, he carried out his work mechanically and without advance preparations, He has merely stam- mered. He has therefore had a confusing effect on ten people. | The Daily Worker seller must have knowledge, he must be able to answer thousands of questions. The Daily Worker agent is a con- necting link betwen the Party and the non-Party workers. This link must be of strong, enduring steel. Everyone can temper his own steel by selling the “Daily” politically, by explaining things patiently, by him- self first reading what he wants to make others read. The unit must learn to demand a-real report, which will bring out how the comrade attempted to carry out his task. The Real Agent He is not very talkative. He | scarcely opens his mouth at unit meetings. But he has been able to sell his papers correctly. He sells ten papers. During the last elections he learned one important thing. When the Democratic Ward captain told the capitalist papers that his party would get so and so many votes. our comrade noticed that this ward captain knew every resident in his has been convicted -of anarchy and district. He knew everybody in the ward, Would this be possible for our | comrade too? Yes, it is possible. He sold the Daily Worker in a specified house. He began from the top and worked down, floor by floor. Every door was opened. He stopped at each door, explained, sold a paper, gave one free very seldom; he got contacts, he increased his sales—in a word, he knew the houses that he visited. “Mrs. Diaz’ husband is ill. Mrs. Kohler’s son is getting teeth. By fixing the doll of Mrs. Jones’ daugh- ter, I got a half-year subscription; Smith's family is moving to Apart- ment 12 in the same house; Hen- derson’s rheumatism is slightly bet- ter. Johnson had a tooth extracted yesterday.” He knows everybody and every- body knows him. He is welcome in every home. He calls attention to special articles in the Daily Worker. | He is like a doctor who visits his, patients every evening and pre-| scribes a special remedy for them. | We can increase the circulation of | the Daily Worker tenfold and its | influence a hundredfold by following the correct style in our work. To bring this about, the street units must get real reports, they must | criticize these reports and give the | comrades an opportunity of becom- | ing engrossed in their work. The| comrades must know their territory | so that they even know when Johnson has a toothache. | By patiently following the cor-| rect style in our work the Daily Worker will become “bellows that will fan the embers of discontent of the people into a revolutionary | flame,” as Lenin said. 1 \ The charge of barratry has be- | come a weapon in Arkansas to beat | down the demands of Negro and | workers for.a decent existence. Pro- tests should be sent to Gov. J. M. Futrell, Little Rock, Ark. and to F. E. R. A. Administrator Harry Hopkins, Washington, D. C. Gas Rubber Plant Strikers More Dhan a Dozen School Children Were Injured (Daily Worker Ohio Burean) WILLOUGHBY, Ohio, Feb. 21.—~ Scores of rubber workers were ine jured and more than a dozen school children were gassed as deputized Cleveland gangsters, brought in as company guards to protect scabs, attacked striking workers of the Ohio Rubber Co. Throwing up effective mass picket lines, the iking rubber workers prevented ported scabs from Cleveland, Akron and the neighbors ing cities to enter the plant. The first dash occurred Tuesday, when hired thugs brought in from the Cleveland Mayfield slum district by the Associated Industries attempted to break up the picket lines by clube bing the strikers, As the pickets de« fended themselves, Deputy Sheriff Leon De Bolt was seriously injured and John H. Walker, of the Associ ated Industries, received cuts on the face and head when a brick smashed through the window of his car, E, C. Edgerton, manager of a butcher store suffered a similar fate when he tried to deliver food in his car to the scabs in the plant. Another scab trying to run his car through the picket lines ran into a car parked inside of the gates with such force that he was catapulted through his windshield and seriousiy injured, One Run Over The striking workers also suffered serious casualties. One young work er was run down by an automobile driven by Larry Mitchell, traffic manager of the plant. Determined to break through the picket line and assure delivery of food to the scabs who do not dare leave the plant, the deputized thugs of the Associated Industries laid down a barrage of tear gas in front of the Henry W. Longfellow school just as the children had been dis- missed for lunch. Many of the chil< dren were gassed and hundreds ran in terror as a pitched battle took place between the strikers and thugs. The strikers retaliated with well-aimed bricks beating back the attack. Delivery of food was ars Three pickets were arrested ans charged with assault. Ask Higher Wages The strike is led by the Rubber Workers Union (A. F. of L.) for higher wages, recognition of the union and seniority rights. The situation was very tense. Po lice forces from adjoining cities are being mobilized. Feeling is running very high against the imported thugs. The majority of the popu« lation is siding with the strikers. = Allentown, Pa. Gala Affair Benefit “Daily Worker” Sat., 121 Feb. 23rd N. 3rd St. Prominent speaker. Entertainment CHICAGO, Ill. SUNDAY, FE @ DANCING ir the ERNATIONAL CONCERT AND DANCE B, 24th Peoples’ Auditorium 2457 West Chicago Ave. - Doors open 3:30 P.M. @ Big Musical and Dramatic Program in Afternoon Evening Admission 35¢, with this ad 25. Auspices: C. P. 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