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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-11

Council is organizing the tenants to
fight the eviction and for demands
OF ten per cent rent reduction, and
for proper sanitary conditions in the
houses which are over run with rats
and reaches. A house committee of
3 has been elected. The tenants of
several houses have pledged their full
cooperation in the militant struggle
organized by the Unemployed Coun-
Gil.
The committee also reported on the
case of Mrs. Lucille Trise, Negro
woman worker of 224 E. Goth St.
who has been unable to work be-
cause of a broken arm and has been
forced to give away her six children
to the Hecksher Foundation to be
brought up as robots because she had
no food to feed them. She kept one
child, but can hardly feed this one
and herself.
Arising out of the activities of the
Unemployed Council, a large tenants
committee was elected to visit Mayor
Walker today to put forward the de-
mands of the tenants against evic-
tons and for a reduction in rent,
and cash relief for the unemployed.
An open air meeting will be held
in the block todya when the com
mittee reports back on the results of
their demands on the corrupt city ad-
ministration.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-11

the Forward, to help the state in its
attempt to railroad to the electric
chair five militant members of the
National Textile Workers Union. The
Forward not only plots against the
five members but also against the
N. T. w. U. In the second article 1t
attempts to prove that the statement
by the Defense Committee and the
National Textile Workers Union that
the bosses singled out these five
workers because the National Textile
Workers Union was active and sue
cessful in leading strikes among the
silk workers and that these workers
were active participants in the strug-
giles, "is a big bluff
The object of the article is quite
clear. 1t is a substantiation and an
addition TO the first one: Namely
that not only have the five workers
killed the boss but that the N. T. w.
U. plotted the whole thing. This is
the card the Forward and the whole
crew of the yellow socialists are
playing. And why not? Haven't they
got their own man as a prosecutor?
Wasn't he the understudy of Mr..
Morris Hillquit? 1t is true that at
the time when he was with Hillquit
he must have cen parading as a So
cialist. Today, however, he is a re-
publican. At any rate don't social
lists and republicans work hand in
hand? Any one that wants to see
the combination of republican, demo-
GRAFT and socialist, in action is in
vited to Paterson.
However, the workers in Paterson,
are confident that it will not be these
underdogs and ickspittles of the
bosses who will have their last say
in this frame-up case. 1t will be the
workers throughout the country that
will give expression through organ
lied demonstrations and financial
support that will have the last say
in this new Sacco- VanZetti case that
the silk bosses of Paterson are weav-
ing Workers, send your immediate
contribution and show your solidar-
ity with the five comrades in Jail by
sending your support to the Interna-
tional Labor Defense at 799 Broad
way, New York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-11
Duluth Longshore Scabs Hide
In Office in Fear of Pickets

The capitalist press carries news
of what must have been some very
militant mass picketing by the strik-
ing longshoremen in Duluth 1t tells
Of seventy strike breakers of the
Great Lakes Transit Co. who found
hundreds OF pickets waiting for them
at $50 p. m. last Tuesday. The scabs
fled to the Palladio building, in the
heart Of the business district, and
barricaded themselves in, while the
pickets massed outside.
The police department sent plain
clothes men to mingle with the strik-
ers, and then made sudden attack
with the intention TO clear a way
through Fourth Ave. for the scabs.
The police were not very successful,
ana finally the company had to hire
a fleet of taxicabs, into which the
scabs were loaoed, and, with police all
around them, sent them away some
where.
There are 600 longshoremen strik-
ing against a wage-cut.
The A, r. Of l.. leaders are urging
members OF their organization TO
support the scabs. The I. w. W.
leaders take the attitude that the
strikers must have nothing to do
With the Trade Union Unity League.
The Industrialista. Finnish language
/ W. W. /. per, carries the aiosan:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-11
"ALISONS HOUSE" OPENS AT
RITZ THEATRE.

Lee Shubert will present the Civic
Repertory Company in "Alison's
House the Pulitzer prize play by
Susan Glaspell, at the Ritz Theatre
for a limited engagement beginning
today.
Eva LIE Gallienne will play in the
production this week only, leaving
for her tour of European theatres
the following week. "Alisons House"
following its run here will be pre-
sented by Lee Shubert in all Of his
subscription cities, including Phila-
delphia, Boston. Chicago, Pittsburgh,
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Baltimore,
Washington, st. Louis and Detroit.
On the reopening of the Civic Roper
tory Theatre in 1882, "Alison's House
will be in the repertoire.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-11
LEVY BLACkMAIB.
ON CARPENTERS
Local Suspended, Mel
Forced to Pay Twice
By RYAN WALKER

NEW YORK-Some 900 men
Local 585 of the United Brotherho,
of Carpenters and Joiners of Anne
lea "a. F. L. are now being depriv,
of work by action of Preside
Hutcheson. The other 500 in Il
local have been able to pay Il
double blackmail demanded by Il
Hutchinson gang, and have been q
lowed to transfer to other locals al
get work if they can.
An election in this local turned d
the reactionary clique and put
progressives. The clique, hoWeyI
voided the election by stuffing d
ballot box. A row started, and nj
election was held, which seated Il
progresSiyeS. Then Hutchinson sd
a man to come in at midnight al
take all the records from the loo!
He was stopped at the time, and al
other row developed. Hutchinson y
pended the local, in the early
of last year. a
Men were allowed to work on vol
ing cards for a while, and now &
told by Hutchesons office that til
must pay again for their work
cards. pay again 50 a month d 1
for the period since the local 4
suspended. and join other loo
Many can not do so.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-11
Audience Raises 1854
for Scottsboro Defense

While a thousand workers were
turned away from the New Star Ca
sino Sunday, unable to get in 5000
who packed the hall, heard one of
the liveliest debates of recent years
in which William 2. Foster for the
Trade. Union Unity League admins
tered a crushing defeat to A. j..
Music, social fascist chairman Of the
Conference for Progressive Labor Ac-
ton. The debate was held under the
auspices of the John Reed Club upon
the question of the merits and de-
merits of the respective organiza
tons.
AS subject Of no less interest,
however. Richard B. Moore of the
International Labor Defense led off
with an appeal for the Scottsboro
prisoners and a collection was made
of S464. After which Frank Palmer
of the Federated Press. acting as
chairman, introduced Comrade Fos-
ter as the first speaker. An ovation
was Immediately given the TUUL
spokesman.
While space forbids any detailed
account of the speeches, the whole
affair was a merciless unmasking of
the shameless demagogy of the Music
group and its chieftain on the part
of Foster, and on the part of Music
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-11
JEFFERSON THEATRE.

THE Iron Man is the screen at
traction at the Jefferson Theatre I'M
til Tuesday of this week. Lew Ayres
plays the chief role. Don Azpiazzu
and the Havana Casino orchestra are
the headliners on the vaudeville bill,
other acts include Milo, the I'M
known, Charles Wilson, Morton and
Parks, Jack Donnelly, Madeline Pa
trice, and the -Four Robeys.
Wednesday to Friday "The w
Plan" is the screen fare. On the
stage Don zelaya, Mae Usher, Miller
and Keller, The Drugstore Cowboys
Van Horn and Inez Petite Revue.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-11
SLIPPER WORKERS
ARE ORGANIZING
Held Meeting, Plan
Organization Drive

On Thursday, May 7, 1881, at Man
haitian Lyceum a meeting of about
100 slipper and statchdown workers
was held to discuss ways and means
of organizing the slipper and stitch
down workers. After a report given
by the organizer of the Shoe &
Leather Workers Industrial Union,
Biedenkapp, on the situation in the
trade, many workers discussed the
problems of organization.
The slipper and stitchdown work
ers are working under the most mis-
cradle conditions; 6o-65 hours a
week, frequent wage cuts, unemploy-
ment that is ever increasing These
conditions cannot be tolerated any
longer-they must be fought through
organization in a militant union.
An organization committee of rank
and file workers was elected at the
meeting to start, in cooperation
with the union leadership vigorous
organizational drive.
The workers present at the meet
ing pledged support to the strikers
of the Feifer Bros. Slipper Co., whose
workers are fighting against a wage
cut for over five weeks.
Slipper and Stitchdown Workers!
Organize and fight against wage cuts
and long hours. Come to the office
of the Shoe and Leather Workers
Industrial Union, is w. 21st St, New
York, N. Y.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-11

I'VE Want Solidarity and Unity. but
Organization is not necessary" This
is exactly the opposite program to
that put out by the l. w. W. leaders
In the Illinois mine fields, where the
Wobbly leaders ordered their men to
scab on the grounds that a strike
was no good unless everybody was
fully organized first. The I. w. w
leadership tactics seem to be: ANY
thing at all TO cripple any workers
organization except the l. w. W.
Rank and File support.
In spite of this, many 1. w. w
members and former members are
showing full solidarity in the strike.
The strike is led by the elected strike
committee of the strikers. The Trade
Union Unity League and Marine
Workers Industrial Union is rallying
support throughout the region, and
is actively opposing the attempt Of
the employers to get strike breakers
from Minneapolis and other points.
The T. U. U. L. is issuing leaflets
to the railroad workers and workers
on other docks. calling for solidarity
and support.
The Workers International Relief
is making preparations for a relic
conference and organization of
campaign to collect funds for feed
Ing thel strikers,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-11

The first article appeared in the
Forward on April IS, making the
brazen statement that Urban was a
Communist; that as such he went to
Russia; that he became disappointed
in Russia and returned as an OPP
ponent of the Communists. There
fore, the Communist strikers killed
him. This article was answered by
Comrade PitkoWitz with an article
IN the Morning Freiheit, showing up
the scoundrels OF the Forward gang
in this city, their connections with
the movement here TO execute the
five comrades now held in Jail and
the runors that the correspondent of
the Forward along with the president
of the Purity Association" (at this
writing he is at the convention of
the workmen's Circle, a member of
the General Board of Directors) and
the bosses brother we're called to
the Grand Jury, to give testimony
against the five comrades.
The article, by Comrade Pitkow-
itz. dealt with the activity of the N.
T. W. u. in Paterson, and the bosses
determination to crush it. Hence the
frame-up. 1t exposed the Forward
gang, their provocative role in the
strike of 1928. Today the Forward
prints another article by the same
correspondent, who makes the state
ment that the Communists were the
scabs in the 1928 strike and that it
is the Communists who are respon-
sible for the miserable conditions of
the silk workers in Paterson. In
passing it will be of interest to note
that this creature, who writes for
the Forward, as the correspondent of
Paterson, was himself a silk boss.
Many fight took place in his shop
not only against wage cuts and the
lengttening of the hours but also
against stealing yards from the
weavers pay, who were getting paid
by the amount of yards produced
per day. Today, he is candy store
keeper and has as much to do with
the labor movement as has the For
ward with socialism. About 10 days
ago his place was raided for slot
machines, gambling, etc.
But this does not prevent him from
writing in and plotting along with
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-11
FINDS WORKERS STARVING ON
{ goth ST., MANY FACING EVICTIONS

FEW YORK - Members Of the
Harlem Unemployed Council have
been busy visiting the homes of
workers on Goth Street. between I'd
and Bird Avenues, and have found
the most outrageous conditions of
actual starvation and intense misery.
The majority of the tenants are
Negro and Porto Rican workers who
habe been hardest hit by the crisis
on account of the boss policy of dis
eliminating against these workers,
both in the way of jobs, wages and
the meagre relief of the capitalist
charity racketeering organizations.
The members of the Unemployed
Council found a Negro family of 4
who are to be evicted tomorrow,
Tuesday, by order of the boss court
Of 88th Street. Mr.. and Mrs. Fergu-
son have two children between the
ages Of and 6. Mr.. Ferguson has
been unable to work for the past six
months, even if a job were available,
because of serious injuries to his
hand received in construction work
as laborer.
The committee from the Harlem
Unemployed Council met with the
landlord, A. Karp, owner of many
tenements in the neighborhood and
demanded stay in the eviction The
landlord fatty refused to consider
the situation of the family. The
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-11
Foster Administers Crushing Defeat to Muste
in Lively Debate; Exposes Denoagogy

rington, Music had defended by say
ing that selling out to the operat-
ors is not so serious to the miners"
Still quoting from the Music organ,
Labor Age, Foster quoted Mustes
writing that the B. & o. plan was
only collective bargaining and
there was mo use to fight against
it."
Music Excuses" ALL. Treachery.
Every treachery and betrayal Of
the A F. of L. leaders, Music had
hailed as great victory" In the
Illinois mine strike Music said, 1--WE
are as unwilling to cooperate with
Communists, as is the A.. F. of L. it
self Every renegade from Commu-
nism is Immediately embraced by
Music, who while pretending to be
friend of the Soviet Union, supports
the counter-revolutionary socialist
party in the elections. Music talks
against wage cuts, but the Music
controlled Full Fashion Hosiery
Union was the first to accept a wage
cut. Music supports the Socialls
Haywood Broun. who openly opposed
the enforcement of the Constitu-
tional Rights of Negroes, while
Muste's union in the south jim Grows
Negroes. The TUUL organization and
policy is indispensable to the work
ing class.
Again there was stormy ovation
as Foster closed. Music took the
floor and, as Foster pointed out in
his devastating rebuttal devoted 40
minutes to attacking revolutionary
unionism without so much as one
word of attack against the A F. Of
L. and its policy and practice OF
treason to labor.
Repeats Renegades Slurs.
The chief points of Music were
that the TUUL is in collapse chief
ly because of dual unionism and
abandonment of work in old unions
This had brought about isolation"
and so on Music made copious usc
OF the quotations from Lenin's LIEF.
Wing Communism, and the Comnu-
mist and TUUL press where mistakes
of abandonment of work in old
unions" of bureaucracy" and Jig
noring of the rank and file were
criticized.
A general horse laugh greeted
Mustes last remarks which were to
the effect that the Communists were
really nter-revolutionists, a false
hood which Foster pointed out Mus
tie had adopted from the counter
revolutionary renegades from Com
munism. Music quotes from the
Communist and TUUL press where
revolutionary workers are criticized
for their mistakes in building revo-
lutionary unions, Foster stated, "and
one would think who listened to
Music that his greatest worry was
how to build the revolutionary
unionsl"
Music quotes from Lenin against
dual unionism, Foster stated, without
stating that Lenin would discrimi-
nate between concrete conditions and
had himself approved the formation
of dual unions in France. I'm fact,
said Foster, "Mustes quotations from
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-11

an exemplary Illustration of this
demagogy in which the voice was the
voice of Music, but the policy was
the policy of Matthew Vol and the
Communist renegades, Lovestone,
Cannon and Weisbord. Indeed, some
of these latter worthless followers
were fervent applauders of Muste's
remarks.
Foster led off by explaining the
TUUL organization and policies as
opposed to those of the A. F. of l..
The A. F. of l.. bureaucracy has made
it an organization of strike breakers,
of class collaboration. The A. F. of
L. leads in the war propaganda
against the Soviet Union, its leaders
are fascists, crooks and racketeers.
Forced TO Organize Revolutionary
Unions.
The TUUL for some years did not
build independent unions. But the
workers were forced to do so. The A.
F. of L. unions cannot be captured
by their members through demo-
cratic means and many instances
were shown. The unorganized-the
vast majority of the workers-have
to form new unions. The organized,
too, are forced by the reactionaries
to split from the A. F. of L. in order
to fight the employers. The TUUL in
its two years has been in dozens of
struggles and in them has faced not
only the terror of the bosses, and the
betrayal of the A. F. of L., but also
the support of this terror and be-
trayal by the Musteites.
Radical talk and conservative or
reactionary action" said Foster, lis
the policy of Music and his group"
Foster proceeded to explain the world
role of social fascism as an auxiliary
of such fascists as Green, Vol and
Fish. Music puts on "a bright red
dress" in this crisis just as Fitzpat-
rick and Nockels did in the first
postwar crisis, just as Hillman once
wanted to represent the Red Inter
national of Labor Unions.
Music and his group talk of
planned economy and Music was
quoted on this as in agreement with
Iilquit, Vol and Hoover, as a way
out of the crisis.
Musteites Take Capitalist Path.
Foster explained that this is the
capitalists way, the fascist way. The
TUUL denies this and says that only
the revolutionary working class can
solve the crisis to the benefit of the
working class. The A. F. of L. lead
ers, as Lenin said, are the agents of
the capitalists, in the ranks of the
workers. Music tries to picture them
as "erring brothers" and their be-
trayal of the Southern workers,
Music has said is merely "just an
other grave short-coming," while the
A. F. of L. opposition to unemploy-
ment insurance, Music describes
merely as amazing inconsistency.
In short, the Music policy is a de-
Tense of labor treachery. where it is
not an open completely with this
treachery. And Foster explained the
instances of Music treachery. The
Sell-out OF. the Illinois miners by Far
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-11

Lenin are a piece of social fascist by
pocrisy, as can be seen from his writ
ing in the Labor Age where he sneers
at the high priests of Moscow Lenin
is one of these high priests whom
Music attacks and every feminist in
the Communist International fully
supports the TUUL and firmly con-
dennis Music"
Music says we are Isolated We
ask Music, Did you happen to be
at Union Square on May First?'"
Music pretends to be for the rank
and file, but he supports Breach
in the Electrical Workers Union,
who says, Anybody who leaves it
to the rank and file is fool"
The attack of Foster drove Music
deeper into demagogy 1t was not
surprising that this awoke derisive
outcries from the audience. Some of
his remarks were: L want to see
capitalism destroyed The only al
Tentative are fascism or a world war
that will wreck civilization" Il be-
iieve in the class struggle" mot in
putting ballots in the box THE
workers face a choice of submitting
to fascist Dictatorship or establishing
q p-oietarian dictatorship" q hope
they will have the courage and
strength to choose the latter"
support TUUL.
But where this demagogy lead to
was evident when, after saying that
"a Communist movement is newt
able, and that every honest worker
must commit himself to the estab-
hshment of revolutionary move
ment on every field, Music pro-
posed his social fascist program as
this revolutionary movement" Fos-
ter smashed this astounding hypoc-
risy in his summary and closed the
debate with an appeal for the TUUL
W3ile the audience again gave him
an ovation that proved which side
had won the debate.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-11
FIREMEN AID FIRE
IN RED QUARTERS
Brownsville H all Is
Destroyed

NEW YORK.-The Section Head
quarters of the Brownsville section
of the Communist Party was COM
pletely demolished by fire. The fire.
men, contrary to the usual procedure
of saving everything possible, helped
to destroy those things that the fire
did not touch, These firemen, get
ting their instructions from those that
ere very much interested in destroy
ing the movement of the workers
and everything that belongs to them,
took particular pains to tear up, and
pour water on. all the revolutionary
pictures and literature. All the fur
niture, chairs, benches, tables. etc,
near which the fire did not even
come, were broken.
The Communist Party is now con-
fronted with the problem of setting
up a new headquarters Until such
a place is secured, the Party will
temporarily make its headquarters in
the Workers Youth Center, liz Os-
borne st. The Workers Youth Cen
ter, upon discovering that the Party
headquarters was burned down, i'm
mediately offered the use of their
headquarters, as did the other work
ing class organizations, clearly illus
trating their loyalty to the Party.
The Communist Party, having no
other source but that OF the workers,
is calling upon all the workers of
Brownsville and all Of the working
class organizations to assist in the
setting up Of new Workers Center.
A conference of all mass organiza-
tons will be held Thursday. May %,
at 118 Bristol St. at p. m, where
this question will be thoroughly dis
cusSed.
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Important Notice

Workers who still have the May
Day greeting lists which they have
not turned in should bring them
to the Daily Worker office today
Saturday with the money. The
Daily Worker needs every available
dollar Saturday Lists from out
side New York should be sent in
Immediately.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-11
Jewish Forward, Socialist Sheet,
Helps Prepare SaccO-Y anzetti Fate
For 5 Paterson Workers Framed-up
Print Lies To Aid State Prosecutor Put Over
Legal Murder Of Five Strikers Who Are
III Jail Awaiting Trial

PATERSON, N. j. May 10,-The Jewish Daily Forward
working overtime, to help the state create the sentiment
against the five framed up workers. members of the National
Textile Workers Union held in the Passaic County JAIL
at Paterson n j. without bail first degree murder.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-11
NOTICE

Anyone finding purse lost at New
ar Casino at Foster-Muste Debate
rcturn to Daily Worker. M. Ruyo-
reti, 3o4e Ocean Parkway. Brooklyn.
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Edna Ferber's Novel
On Cameo Screen

Although having played on Broad
way for four months, "Cimmarron' is
back again this time to the Cameo
Theatre, where it is playing a weeks
engagement. "Cimarron' is the story
of the Oklahoma land rush. The
cast is headed by Richard Dix, Irene
Dunno, Estelle Taylor. Roscoe Ates,
George Stone, and Edna May Oliver,
zone Romantic Night" with Lillian
Gish, Robert Montgomery and Con-
rad Maggie, is an added feature at the
Hippodrome. This picture will be
shown every morning in addition to
Jack Holt in "Suway Express" and
eight acts headed by Herb Will
liams.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-11

GIVE YOUR ANSWER TO HOO
VER'S PROGRAM OF HUNGER,
WAGE CUTS AND PERSECUTION