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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-19
Workers Relief Calls
All to Help the Illinois
Miners Win the Strike

Again the miners are in revolt,
and again the thousands and hun
dreds of thousands of workers and
sympathizers in every part of the
country are being called on to aid
the heroic struggle of the Illinois
coal diggers.
Relief is the backbone of every
strike. Striking workers must fight
not only the bosses and their police,
thugs and the organized forces of
the bosses government, but much
more sinister, more relentless foe
starvation.
Strike and starve," say the
bosses.
"Strike and We'll help with food,
with clothing and shelter, with
everything that we ean," is the
pledge Of the workers.
The Illinois miners must win their
fight. They look to their fellow
workers throughout the country to
provide them with the necessary
food, clothing, medical attention and
shelter to keep them fighting and
keep their wives and children from
starving.
Rush funds and food at once to
the Workers Relief, 949 Broadway,
Room SIP, New York City. >. e. -.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-19
N. T,;W. u. LEADING
S II. K STRIKERS
| N CONNECTICUT
400 Out in Mystic; Try
to Spread Strike

MYSTIC, Conn, Dec. 1S.-The
National Textile Workers Union is
leading the strike of the 400 work
ers of the Sadonia Silk Co. mills,
who decided to stand no longer for
the unbearable naturalization, which
eliminated in the company's IN
creasing the looms from four to six.
Immediately at the start of the
strike a picket line was thrown
around the mill and efforts are be-
ing made to spread the strike to the
nearby textile towns, where equally
unbearable conditions exist.
The workers in all the textile
towns in the vicinity of New Lon
don are on the point of revolt, and
the National Textile Workers Union
is active in organizing mill locals in
all these towns.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-19
TRUST Gets u, S.
" AR SECRETS
Cuba Co. Gets Inside
Dope from CroWder

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that in case of war any attempt to
keep a traffic lane open between
the Philippines and the United
States would be promptly aban-
doned.
eve plan to use this memoran-
dunn and this information when we
can do so to the best advantage
probably after the matter gets into
the Senate.
eve are inclined to believe the
Secretary of War would support
Stimson (Secretary of State) be-
cause any limitation on reports
from the Philippines would tend to
create political disturbances in the
Philippines and increase the work
of the War DEPARTMENT.
Senator Smoot chairman of the
Senate Finance Committee) realizes
all these things, but is determined
to fight and we should do our best
to help him."
This document shows that the
general staff of the U. S. army in
it's discussions of war maneuvers
had developed differences in tao
tics over the question of the Philip
pines.
The war referred to is undoubted-
ly war between the U. S. on the
one side, and Great Britain and
Japan on the other. Stimson, who
is referred to in the letter, evident
ly taking the position that COM
munication with the Philippines be
kept up at all costs to stave off
revolution.
This is especially interesting IN
view of the recent conversations
with Stimson and the Japanese dele
gates to the armament conference
in which the question of the Philip
pines arose. U. S. imperialism
wants sufficient cruisers built to
crush any revolutionary movement
of the 100000 Filipino workers
and peasants in the event of war
in the Orient.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-19
COMRADE GULLIG DIES.

Comrade NJ. Gullig, one of the
most active Italian comrades of
New York City died Tuesday fol-
lowing an operation on the ear last
Saturday.
Comrade Gullig was also an ac-
tive member of the Harlem Section,
Communist Party. He was only ~
years of age, a young proletarian
very active in the Party and in the
Italian fraction. The news came as
a shock to those workers and COM
rades who knew Gullig closely.
The Harlem Section of the Party,
the Italian /. L. d. Branch and the
Italian Workers Club of Harlem are
arranging the funeral, which will be
announced in the Daily Worker.
All the comrades are urged to at
tend the funeral of Comrade Gullig.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-19
Plan Textile Fight
at Meeting Saturday

Continued from Page OneJ
T,U,U,L., one on the situation in
the South, one on organization of
Negroes and one on organization
and strike strategy.
After that should come industrial
conferences on silk, cotton, knit
goods, woolens and worsteds and
possibly other sections of the field.
There must then be reports on
organization of women workers, on
organization of young workers, the
election of a new national council,
and sometime during the proceed
ings, the amendment of the present
constitution in the light of lessons
learned during the first year of the
unions existence.
Full opportunity for free discus
sion from the floor of all the prob
lens of the union must be provided
for, and this is considered one Of
the most important parts of the
convention.
The two most Immediately press
ing problems, and opportunities, are
the Southern situation, and the
situation in the silk industry.
The South, where the union has
fought heroic battles at Gastonia,
Homestead (Leaksville strike) and
other mill towns is not losing in
Importance. The beginning only
has been made, and the fight will
be complicated next year by the
use of the ALL. in greater meas
ure by the mill owners to try and
prevent organization of the mill
workers. Southern delegates will
be prominent at the convention, and
among them will be most of the
Gastonia defendants.
The workers in the silk industry,
the dye houses, too, are going
through horrible conditions, and a
general strike, under the leadership
of the N.T.W.U., is probability.
This convention will have at least
hundred workers from the first
battle ground of the N.T.W.U., New
Bedford, and 25 of them will be
young workers. There will be at
least 35 from the South.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-19
Cleaning Workers Go
On Strike; d e m a n d
Back Wages Be Paid

The workers at the Rainbow
Cleaning and Dyeing Plant in Mt.
Vernon went on strike yesterday
demanding back wages. Some of
these workers did not get pay for
nearly five weeks. The Cleaners
and Dyers Section of the United
Cleaners and Laundry Workers In
dustrial League organized workers
and declared the place on strike.
The strike will continue until the
following demands are being real
lied;
1. Full payment of all the back
wages. 2. No firing of help. 8.
Equal division of work. 4. The
wages must be paid regularly at
IL o'clock on every Tuesday.
The enthusiasm and the spirit of
the workers is very high, reported
R. Gozigian, organizer of the United
Cleaning and Laundry Workers In
dustrial League.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-19
Communist Activities

Paterson Y.CL. Forum.
Will be held Thursday Dec IS at
Union Hall, 205 Paterson st. Max
Harris will lecture.
Comrnde Amter to Speak in Coop.
On Thursday. Dec. 10, at the auditor.
ium. 2700 Bronx Park East at $50
D. m. on the recent developments. In
the Communist Party.
Unit Agitprop Directors.
All unit Agitprop directors will
the Workers Center. 5th floor. Very
important questions will be taken up,
including unit discussion, shop papers.
etc. All unit agitprop directors must
will be taken.
WI.R. Organizers. section I.
A special meeting Of all w. I.R., or
Friday, Dec. 90 at $50 p. m, at Sec
ton headquarters. ~ -. 4th ST. Very
urgent matters to be taken up.
Attention of Y.C.L.
All members of the Young Commu-
mist League are instructed to appear
at the district office on. saturday at
p. m. for. special mobilization,
roll call of each unit will be taken,
and no comrade will be ecused. Don't
Open Forum. Section 4.
Otto Huiswood will speak on Haiti
in Revolt" Friday. Dec. 20 at 1870 D.
m. at the section headquarters. 81 Fl.
4th St. Come and bring your fellow
workers.
Y.C.L. Upper Bronx I.
viii meet Thursday. Dec. 10. All
members must bring their member
shin hooks to Rtrnighten their aC-
counts.
Unit 12F. Section .,
A special membership meeting Will
be held Thursday. Dec. 10 at 1179
Broadway. Functionarles meeting
will take place earlier IN the evening.
Unit I. section 4.
win meet Thursday. Dec. 10. $40
p. IN. at 235 w. 129th st. Discussion
on membership drive and new dues
system. Unit .memeers must attend.
Unit is, section 2.
Meets Thursday. Dec. 10 at ITS
Broadway.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-19

Continued from Page One)
tented themselves in arresting three
workers.
Frame-Up For Two.
The case of R. Potash, chairman
of the N. T. w. I. u. organization
committee, and Joseph Winogradski,
came up before Magistrate Dodge,
the one who held Shiffran for trial,
in jefferson Market Court yester-
day. A gorilla named Moretsky
complained that the two workers
had beaten him up in the fur mar
ket several weeks ago. His wit
nesses were policeman, and no.
torious gangster named Harry
Pitt. Pitt swore he saw Vino
gradski and Potash fleeing from
the scene on a day on which he had
previously, when charged with an
assault, claimed he was in Canada.
A little contradiction like that did
not bother the labor hating Magis-
trate Dodge. He held both defend
ants for the grand jury. The union
and the International Labor De-
Tense will vigorously combat this
frame-up.
Two Importai Meetings.
The Needle Trades Workers In
dustrial Union continues its organ
ization struggle, fight that must
involve whole series of strikes,
sharp conflicts with bosses who re-
fuse to grant union conditions. To
further organize this struggle, the
Joint Board has called a meeting
tcc1ay, right after work, at the union
office, 131 West 2Sth St., of all
shop chairmen in the shops of the
Dress Association.
Another meeting today of all
cloak and dress cutters will take
place at p. M, in the same union
office.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-19
800 PITTSBURGH WORKERS IN
Great WELCOME TO ACCORSI

ney for the international Labor De-
Tense in the Accorsi case, and Sim
clair Lewis, noted writer.
Lewis enthusiastically endorsed
the International Labor Defense and
stated that it was responsible for the
freeing of Accorsi. He made bit
ing, satirical speech on the anti
working-class activities of the boss
es and their courts. He said that
justice could not be obtained by the
workers in the capitalist courts, and
cited the Sacco-Vanzetti, Gastonia
and Woodlawn cases. Lewis made
a collection for the LID.
The International Labor Defense
plans a wide organizational drive in
this section.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-19

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Dec. 49,
Nine hundred Pittsburgh workers
welcomed Salvatore Accorsi at a
mass meeting al Carnegie Hall,
Northside, Mon. night. The meeting
was held under the auspices of the
International Labor Defense, which
backed by the militant American
workers, forced the acquittal of
Aecorsi, whom the capitalist courts
had tried to railroad to the electric
chair.
Accorsi was enthusiastically greet
ed when he addressed the assembled
workers. Other speakers were Pat
Devine, Detroit, organizer of the
Community Party; Margolis, attor-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-19
1000 CAL. T0ILERS
IN Meet FOR USSR
And FOR H A | 7 |.
q Workers j DIN the
Communist Party

Especial to the Daily Worker.)
OAKLAND, CAL, Dec. 1S.-Near-
ly 1000 workers took part in a
mass demonstration at Oakland for
the defense of the Soviet Union
against the attacks of the imperial
list powers and for the Haitian
worker peasant revolution. The
workers then marched five blocks
to the meeting hall, where a mass
meeting was held. Twenty-one
workers joined the Communist
Party at the meeting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-19
Organize Athletic
Clubs for Class Fight

Workers Defense" is no longer
only a necessary slogan, but an
actual demand.
The Eastern District of the Labor
Sports Union Lave taken it upon
themselves to organize a school for
physical educa on to develop leaders
to assume the responsibility stated
above. The dase of the opening of
the school is January Is, 1880. The
school is to be held in the Cheko-
Slovakian Work ; Home on 72nd
St and is to consist Of a three
Months intensive course on physi-
cal education, administration and
club leadership, public speaking, and
elements of political education. The
course is to be conducted two nights
a week, Tuesdays and Thursdays,
from TOO to 1000 p. M, and Sun
day mornings from 1000 a. m. to
1900 noon.
For information on the school
communicate with Eastern District
L. s. u, care Of T. U. U. L., 2 w.
18TH St., N. Y. c.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-19

lecture to be given by j. Louis
Engdahl, national secretary of the
international Labor Defense at the
Workers School, 26 Union Square,
Sunday, Dec. %, at 8 p. m. One of
the features Comrade Engdahl will
bring out is the fact that the Ac-
corsi victory does not end the strug-
gle in Pennsylvania. There are 8
miners facing long prison terms for
their activities against the bosses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-19
WILL ORGANIZE
Detroit J0BL-ESS
Jan. Conference Will
Form Militant Body

DETROIT. Mich, Dec. 18.-With
unemployment in Detroit so serious
that the bulk Of the auto workers
and allied industries are jobless, and
most of the rest on part time basis,
the unemployed workers are turn
ing to the militant leadership of the
Trade Union Unity League and the
Auto Workers Union.
These organizations are planning
the organization Of d powerful body
of the unemployed workers of De
troit, and steps they have begun the
drive for the demand of unemploy
ment relief. Dozens of mass meet
.ngs of the unemployed workers are
being held by these organizations
thruout the city.
A conference for the unemployed
workers, to be held Friday, Jan. II,
viii map out plans for powerful
organization Of the unemployed
workers Of Detroit.
The call for he conference follows,
in part:
To all shop committees, trade
unions and other labor organiza-
tions.
To all workers of Detroit:
The remedy that the bosses have
for the present unemployment and
economic crisis is further campaign
CT wage cutting, an intensification
Of the speed-up. This is the pro-
gram worked cut by big business
at the Hoover conference, endorsed
by President Green of the American
Federation Of Labor. This is the
program that Mayor Lodge and
Martel of the Detroit Federation of
Labor are proposing The Ford fake
wage raise" is part of this cam
2aign to lower the living standard
Of the workers.
We must not be fooled by the
bosses promises, by their fake plans
Of public works We can expect
nothing from the capitalists, their
Community Fund and their other
agencies. Only the organization of
the unemployed into a powerful or
ganization united in common strug-
gle with those employed can force
the capitalists to consider the needs
of the workers. This struggle must
unite all workers organized and I'M
organized, employed and unemploy-
ed, white and Negro, young workers
and women workers.
We must organize and fight for:
1. Work or wages! Unemployed
relief to be paid for by the employ
ers and their government, and adj
ministered by the workers organ
cations. No payment Of rent while
unemployed!
2. Fight against speed-up, wage
,uts, and for the seven-hour day!
8. Organize the unorganized!
Form shop committees in the fac
,ories!
4. Organize! Unite all workers
IN the militant trade unions of the
Trade Union Unity League!
s. Fight against the A. F. of l..
which is the agent of the bosses!
6. Fight against imperialist war,
and war preparations
7. Defend the Soviet Union-the
workers fatherlandl
On the basis of the above pro-
gram, we call upon all workers in
he trade unions, shop committees
n the plants, and all other labor or
,anizations, to send three delegates
. the conference for the organiza-
ion Of an unemployed council, to
De held on Friday, Jan. II, at 7.3C
p. m. at the Trade Union Center
1882 Woodward Ave, near Seldom.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-19
Engdahl to Talk on
Accorsi Case Dec. %

The acquittal of Salvatore Ac-
corsi in the midst of the fascist
wave of terror thruout the country
as a result of working class pres
sure, and the general attack by the
capitalist state on the militant
workers will be the subject Of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-19
HIPPODROME

Rudy Vallee, with his Connecti-
cut Yankees, in "The Vagabond
Lover" Vaudeville includes O'Han-
lon and Zambouni Tabor Brothers
and Greene; Carr Brothers with
Betty and Pepito.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-19
Vaudeville Theatres
PALACE

Ted Lewis and His Musical
Klowns, with Eleanor Brooks;
Madge Kennedy, in new playlet,
"The Red Hat; Burns and Allen;
Mr.. WI, with his Chinese Show
boat; the Dixie Four; Fellows;
others.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-19
RIVERSIDE

The Weaver Brothers, with Ell
viry; Herb Williams; Venita Gould;
Glenn and jenkins; the Five Dan
ubes others.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-19
Labor and Fraternal
Organizations
ALL LABOR ORGANIZATIONS AND
PARTY UNITS, ATTENTION!

I
PARTY UNITS, ATTENTION!
1t has been generally understood
that when any section of the Party
or any sympathetic workers organ-
iz;iIs0n holds an affair to secure
funds for activities, 81 paid advertise
ment for the affair should be jim
serted in the Daily Worker. Tins
would increase the Daily worker in
come considerably ana make it more
possible TO build mass circulation for
our official organ.
In recent Issue of the national
edition of the Daily Worker the
Workers Calendar contained 23 no
tees, 20 of which advertised bazaars
and dances and other mOney-makin2
affairs. OF the 20 affairs only
Worker. We hold that income af-
fuirs should no longer be advertised
free of charge in the Workers Calen-
dar.
We therefore give notice that here
after the following rule regarding
insertion of notices in the Workers
Calendar Will prevail; J.. Notices of
meetings of organizations will be in-
serted free of charge but should not
consist of more than five lines, siN
wishing to give publicity to income
affairs will receive n free notice of
such affair in the Workers Calendar
provided they insert paid advertise
Worker. 3. Organizations that do
not place "a paid advertisement of
their income affairs in the Daily
Worker will be charged for space in
the Workers Calendar at the rate of
20 cents n line, each line to consist
of six words, remittance to be made
when notice of affair is sent.
Central BODY U.C.W.W.
Will have a meeting Thursday, Dec.
10 at the Workers Center. 26 Union
So. All c. Il. delegates and secre-
taries must come.
"BuiId the working Women"
Conference.
win be held on Thursday. Dec. II,
at s p. m, at 26 Union Sd. All repre-
sentatives and agents must be pres
ent.
Bronx workers Athletic Club.
Is having a membership drive. All
workers are welcome. The club has
sport and also educationaI program.
to 4 p. m. at lai7 Boston Rd.
w. I.R. Chorus Rehearsal.
Will be held on Thursday at $ p. m.
at Sse E. 1Sth. st. All welcome.
Harlem Progressive Youth Club.
VIII hold lecture on The Right
| w llk III liit 4 ~
| ty." Friday, Dec. 20 at 8 D. m. at i4e2
Madison Avo. near 1o3rd st. Sultan
will lecture
| workers school sport Club.
| VIII meet this Friday. Dec. 20 1T
| $50 D. m. at the school. Various
| branches will be formed. Comrades
who have registered and who will
not come to the melting will not be
considered as members.
| Workers Theatre.
This Friday members will be taught
n group of workers songs by James
| Phillips. Work will also be started
on mass recitation. Those inter-
ested come to "The First Year Of the
! Five Ycar Plan" Astoria Hall, 81
e. 4th ST. third floor at 5 n. NJ,
Workers Laboratory Theatre.
Casting for the next production he
gins this week at the Workers Center
l2f-2S Union So. All workers interest
ed In proletarian dramatics. invited
Meetings Monday, Friday and sunday
at p. m. Information at Workers
Metal Workers League.
Will meet Thursday, Dec. o at
D. M, at Irving Plaza. Irving ri, and
| 18th st.
n. Y. Drug Clerks Union.
General mass meeting of All locals
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-19
4. fnr n- / am concerned. / can't

As fnr ns I am concerned, 1 can't
claim to have discovered the ex-
tstrnce Of classes in modern society
or their strife against one another.
Middic-cInss historians long ngo
described the evolution OF the clars
STRUGGLES. nnd political economists
shaved the economic phy siolOgy OF
thr ciTsses. I have added ms n new
contribution the following PROPOSE
tIODsi ~ that the existence OF
classes In bound mp with certain
phnses Of material production, -
thar the class struEgie lends neces-
snriiy 20 the dictatorship Of the
rroictnrfat; ~ that this dictatorship
IL hut the transition 20 the abDIi-
tiou ~ all classes and to the ere
ntion ~ society OF free and equal.
-rs~xx.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-19

Build The Daily Worker--Send
in Your Share Of the $4,000 New
Subs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-19
Workers Laboratory Theatre.

Casting Tor The neXt productIon he
gins this week at the Workers Center.
2G-2S Union SCI. All workers interest
ed In proletarian dramatics invited.
Meetings Monday, Friday and sunday
at 8 p. m. Information at Workers
School office.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-19

Build the United Front of the
Working Class From the Bottom
Up--in the Industries!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-19

p. M, at irving plaza, Irving III, and
18th st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-19

General mass meeting of all locals
in New York will be held Thursday,
Dec. 10 at $50 y. m. at Stuyvesant
Casino. 142 Second Ave.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-19
Dress Pickets
Smash Gunman

Continued from Page One)
tented themselves in arresting three
workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-19

Paterson Y.C.L. Forum.
Will be held Thursday, Dec. IS at
Union Hail. 205 Paterson st. Max
Harris will lecture.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-19

This Friday members will be taught
group of workers. songs by James
Phillips. Work Will also be started
ested come to "The First Year Of the
Five Ycar Plan" Astoria Hall, 81
E. 4th ST third floor at n. NJ,