The daily worker., 1931-04-10
ALL OUT ON UNION
SQUARE MAY |
Police Try To Bar
Workers From Square
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First, The May Day United Front
Conference refuses to be intimidated.
MAY First is the day Of struggle
against speed-up, wage-cuts, unem-
ployment, for the 7-hor, 5-day week
and unemployment insurance, against
imperialist wars and for the defense
of the Soviet Union. The Russian
White Guardist generals and their
colleagues, the socialist party, have
nothing in common with May Day
hence, the united front between them
and the police.
Demonstrate On Union Square.
THE May Day United Front Com
mittee continues with its task OF Or
ganizing a May Day demonstration
on Union Square from 1880 to D
o. m. Further protest deinonstra-
tions will take place before May Day.
every workers organization will be
mobilized to protest against Chlet
Commissioner Mulrooney'S deliberate
attempt to create trouble. The work
ers, including ex-servicemen, former
supporters of Tammany Hall and the
socialist party, will be out on Union
Square May Day, but under the lead
ership of the May Day United Front
Conference. If any trouble arises, 1t
will fall squarely on the shoulders
OF the police department and their
allies, the socialist party.
Signed by E. D. Anis, Negro worker
and chairman Of the May Day United
Front Conference Committee and b.
John Lembke, secretary, the commit
tee has issued another statement {:
the press and to the workers an
ioblesS workers of New York, as fol-
cWS:
Since the strike in this country
Tor the 8-hour day on May /, 1866.
May Day has become the worze-c
International day of struggle which
has been combatted by every reac-
tionary force in the country. Union
Square synbolizes working-class
struggle demonstrations in the city
of New York, therefore, we see all
the anti working -class forces mob
ilizing this year, as they did last
year, to take Union Square away
from the workers by a decree of the
police department. The workers,
through the May Day United Front
Conference, are determined that they
will demonstrate on Laion Square on
May First.
Hunger stalks the streets OF every
neighborhood in New York City
thousands of children go hungry to
school, eviction is the order OF the
day--attacks against the foreign
born workers have been intensified
discrimination against the Negro
workers is increasing. This, with
wholesale wage-cuts, speed-up, longer
hours, has lowered the standard of
living of the workers fully so per
cent in the last few years.
Bosses Campaign.
"This is the program of the en-
ployers as a whole being put into
effect, namely, to make the workers
pay the full cost of the economic
crisis, and the attempt to give Union
Square to either the fascist leaders
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars or
to the socialist party is part OF the
bosses program to make the work.
ers pay, and it is quite natural that
the bosses, through the police de-
partment, should be the instrument
by which the socialist party is Or
ganizing for May Day.
"The socialist party has nothing in
common with May Day-the Inter
national Day of Struggle against
wage-cuts, speed-up, for the shorter
weekday, for unemployment insur-
ance. The socialist party has Moth
ing in common with May Day, the
International Workers Day Of Soil
darity and Struggle against imper-
ialist wars and for defense of the
Soviet Union. A May Day on Union
Square, under the leadership of the
socialist party, would be May Day
under control of Wall Street.
"The May Day United Front Com
mittee is making full preparations
for May Day on Union Square, 1880
to 5 p. m. The 300 organizations
now affiliated to the May Day United
Front Conference will be doubled at
the next meeting of the conference,
to be held Monday evening, April 20,
at the Manhattan LyceGm. We cell
uron al workers, white and Negro,
foreign-born and native, to join the
May Day Union Square demonstra-
ton and to protest against the de-
liberate provocat.on of the police and
to demand that the police shall not
interfere with the May Day DEM
onstrat tion -