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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-21

THERE are over 100000 unemployed young
workers in the United States, The condi-
lions of these workers are becoming worse and
worse Homeless misery, hunger, evictions, etc.
face the unemployed workers. AS result the
unemployed workers have organized demonstra-
lions, hunger marches etc. Under the leader
ship of the Trade Union Unity League and the
Unemployed Councils to demand Unemployment
insurance, against evictions, etc. ~
The young workers participated very niltantly
and fought against the police. gangsters, when
the Hunger Marches were attacked 4. :
In the Hunger March in Borough Hall Of
Brooklyn the young unemployed workers played
a very important role. They were in the fore-
front Of the march and TITO young workers we're
elected to present the demands Of the unem-
ployed together with committee to the Borough
President When the police attacked the Hunger
March. the young workers helped the adult work.
ers to fight back the police very. bravely
In Minneapolis thousands Of leaflets we're is
sued to the unemployed young workers, the Ma
tiorial Guard, etc. calling them to, participate
in the Hunger March Hundredsgo of Young work.
ers. workers children joined the Hunger March.
They cheered and shouted for the demands of
the Unemployed Council. i, young worke and
an unemployed workers child was elected in the
delegation to present the demands OF the UNI
employed to the city authorities. After the Hun
ger March 40 young workers joined the IN
emr ,yed Council.
/ Cleveland the Youth Committee of the
Tu.C L. together with the Unemployed Council
led thousands of young and adult workers to
the city hall to demand unemployment insur-
ance The young workers especially are very
militant and from restaurant to restaurant, ate
food and told the owners to charge it to the
city. .
In Detroit, hundreds of young workers par
ticipated at the city hall demonstration expos
ing the fake program of Mayor Murphy and
demanding unemployment insurance that will
be supervised by the Unemployed Council.
Everywhere we witness the growing n1iftancy
of the young workers expressed in the Hunger
March s, demonstrations, etc. The fact that We
can rally the unemployed young workers to, our
demonstrations and Hunger Marches shows that
We are good propagandists. This is very well.
But the main thing is to draw in the vourg
workers into the Unemployed Councils This is
our weakness IT, however VIC have drawn the
Young workers into the Unemployed Councils we
think our lob is completed We do not give the
Young workers activity We do not develop
Youth Committees of the Unsnployed Councils,
VIC do II t develop special struggles around GER
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-21
By HARRISON GEORGE.

TT is sometimes difficult TO overcome the lie,
! spread year after year by the capitalist press,
that it difficult to get the farmers and
workers to ally their forces against capitalism. The
capitalist press always pretends that farmers
follow the city capitalists rather than the reVo-
IutionAry workers
1t is true that some farmers do so, but then
there are all kinds of farmers poor middle and
rich farmers. and the rich farmers certainly
feel an attraction to their fellow capitalists,
sometimes influencing part OF the middle farm
ers in the same direction.
But the poor farmers and part of the hard
run middle farmers are very glad to meet revo-
lutionary workers from the cities, they welcome
gladly the idea and organization of an alliance
between them and the militant city workers, and
any such worker who will only try, will find
most inspiring fraternity and will for joint strug
Gle AGAINST the robbers Of both workers and
farmers.
An instance in point is that of a Toledo, O.,
worker who took the Program OF the United
Farmers League the only militant organization
OF farmers whose address is Box 27S, New York
Mills Minnesota, into the farm region near his
home and spoke to meeting Of some 40 farm
ers The result is indicated by the following
resolution which they, adopted
= we the poverty stricken farmers Of Rising
Sun. Wood County, Ohio assembled In mass
meeting, after listening to the speaker and after
we discussed the economic position of the poor
farmers in the United states of America, came
to the following conclusions:
a. That the U. S. Government is an nstitu-
ton OF the bankers, capitalists and landlords
for the purpose to exploit, Cypress and suppress
the poor farmers and wage workers, and
~ The present economic crisis is being placed
on the shoulders Of the poor farmers and the
wage workers by the capitalists and landlords
With the support of the government, and
49, Because the government helps the land
lords and capitalists to exploit the poor farmers.
hundreds Of farmers in our County Of Wood
are being reduced to the position Of niser-
able existence many being forced TO leave the
farms and go In the cities as unemployed work
ers; and tf'
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-21
A Worker Visits the Farmers

q. we arc convinced that the government
will not give us any relief as long as we are
not organized in militant organization and put
10 fight for immediate farmers relief There
fore
we RESOLVE: To form Township Com
mittee ii Rising Sun embracing all poor farmers
in order not only to fight for immediate relief
but to join the United Farmers League Of Amer
lea, and
That re fully approve and accept the Program
of the United Farmers League, and
we pledge ourselves to do everything in our
power for the organization of all poor farmers
for united struggle against the rich farmers
and landlords and capitalists, and
THAT We carry on this struggle for the estab-
lshment of Workers and Farmers Govern
ment.7
At the meeting over 500 copies of the United
Farmer organ of the U. S. League, we're dis
tributed a Township Committee formed and a
secretary elected to keep connection with the
League headquarters
In all sections of the country this sort of work
can be done by any worker who really tries.
makes trips into the country on Sundays, and
not only gets organization started but keeps
in touch afterward and helps the new Commit
tees Of the League function and grow and begin
really to fight for the interests of the farmers
Of the district
The demands to be stressed of course, vary
greatly according to the different section and
special product Workers must not be rigid,
but flexible in allowing every initiative to these
fighting farmers in both the choice of local or
sanizational form or name, ard in centering
their struggle around one demand felt by them
to be most important so long as 1t is directed
against capitalism, whether they accept the
whole program of the United Farmers League
Or not
With this in mind, there should be workers
in all cities who will go into the country around
to bring the message of workers and farmers
alliance to the poor and middle farmers They
will be welcomed almost everywhere. Help the
farmers to win something, and show them that
the workers will keep UP their end of the al
liAnce
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-21
The Struggle Against High Prices

which is carried thru by the monopolists thru
high monopoly prices A basic phase Of such .
struggle Is Of course also the struggle for the re-
duction of rent for workers.
There is no question that there exists at the
present time both sound basis and subjective
readiness of the masses to fight against high
prices. Tho the movement has not yet developed
because we failed TO express this need, to formu-
late demands upon which we can rally the mas
ses unless we hasten to give attention to this
front, the workers will be nislead by the dena-
gogues Of all brands, fascsts and social fascists,
who will take hold Of the movement The plat
form of the Hiterites In the recent German cleo
tons ought to bring this danger forcefully to our
attention.
The following are some Of the important things
that must be remembered in the development Of
such movement
!. The movement against high rents and high
prices must enlist the support OF the workers
engaged In the production or service Of the ar
Hrle Of consumption for which a struggle to lower
prices IL IN prooecA The movement must be
clear from the very beginning that the lowefiHo
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-21
By JACK sTACHEL.

1t is almost surprising that the fight against
high prices Of bread, milk produce, meats, ETC.
has not yet developed into mass struggle. Un-
questionably this is due to the fact that neither
the Communist Party nor the Trade Union Unity
League have given any attention to this ques
ton. In only isolated places was the fight un-
dertaken. In Detroit the fight for the reduction
of the price Of bread carried on against the jew
sh bakers under the leadership Of the left wing
wofnens organizations and the TUUL. was sue
ccssful of the attempt Of the socialists thru the
Jewish Daily Forward to cripple the mov1nent
No doubt the chief reason for the failure of
our Party and the TUUL to develop this move
nent is due to the fact that there exists wrong
idea that ths workers should not fight against
monopoly prices, since the basic fight must be
At the point Of producuon-in the shops. or
course this attitude has nothing in common with
= Communist position It is hold-oyer from the
SIP and Iww theology. Marx long ago had
established the fact that the workers. arc ex-
plotted not only at the point Of production, but
That there exists aiae . secondary 1xAIdtsttou
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-21
(Resolution of the Bureau of District Six,

(Resoution of the Bureau of District Six
AN advance to a higher stage of militancy
IA through the introduction of direct mass &C
ton in the struggle for immediate relief is the
outstanding and most significant achievement
of the hunger marches in District Six. The
struggle against unemployment which has been
tagging has been given new impetus and rallied
new forces.
Carried through in the face of unfavorable
weather conditions, they reveal in dramatic
manner the bitterness and desperation of the
unemployed and their determination to seize
every opportunity for struggle against hunger
and for immediate concrete demands
BY forcing the city authorities to recognize
our delegation as the spokesman of the unen-
ployed: by compelling them to make our demands
the basis for their discussion and to actually
make some concessions as in Youngstown, by
exposing the unwilingness of the capitalist poll
ticiars to provide even small measure of relief,
we have proven to the unemployed through act
ual experience that organized mass struggle is
the only means Of effecting some amelioration
of their condition and actually securing inmed-
late relief The workers have also been given a
practical lesson in revolutionary. parliamentar-
ism and in the class character of government
which must serve to accelerate the process of
rehabilitation.
The practicability of street demonstrations
that begin in various working class neighbor-
hoods and converge in one central point was
established by the Hunger Marches This marks
an important advance in our struggle for the
streets which must be noted and followed up.
Mistakes and Shortcomings
Although BITTER planned and executed than
any previous demonstrations, the preparatory
campaign and the Hunger Marches revealed once
again the still persisting weakness of the Party.
The principal shortcon1ing was the failure to
bring the T.U.U.L. forward as the leader in the
fight for the immediate partial demands of the
workers. In view of the weakness of the local
T.UU.L. which made it impossible for us to de-
pend upon its apparatus for the preparation OF
the Hunger March In the short time at our dis
posa the Party was obliged to play too prom
inent role In this action. This was further ag-
gravated by the fact that it was necessary for
the Party DO. and in other cities the Party
section organizers, to head and act as spokes-
men of the delegations. We must recognize that
although necessary in this instance, and that
while the Party appear within these dem
constructions, our aim must be to bring the tn.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-21

ton to Congress at Washington. The District
and sections must adapt the plan for the Hunger
March to the immediate tasks Of preparing these
demonstrations.
Finally, our Party organization must be very
drastically overhauled. Incompetent function
aries in sections and units as well as in the Dist
riot must be replaced without delay. The depart
ments and the section and unit bureaus must
function regularly and with dispatch. The en-
tire membership of the Party must be thoroughly
activized in line with the District Plan of Work
We must prepare for attacks upon the Party
and create the means for rapid mobilization of
the Party for any emergency, and under all con-
ditions Definite proposals for this are to be
made by the District Org Department and pre-
scented for adoption to an early meeting of the
District Bureau.
The Hunger Marches of January 5th we're but
a prelude to the militant mass struggles of the
employed and unemployed that must be expected
during the present winter. All members Of Dist
riot Six must draw the necessary conclusions
from these marches and prepare to give leader
ship to tn greater struggles ahead
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-21

of the prices must not be at the expense of the
workers. On the contrary it must always point
out the exploitation of the workers in that indus
try and raise the demand for higher wages and
better working conditions. In this manner the
fight against high prices must be organicaly con-
nected up with the struggle against the attempts
Of the bosses to lower the living standards Of
the workers It must stand for the struggle for
higher wages.
2. The movement must aim to organize the
consumers Into tenants leagues consumers
groups etc. oreanically connected with the move
mont Of the unemployed and the Trade Union
Unity League.
8. The struggle must be mass struggle We
must guard against petition campaign appeals,
etc. Only the militant mass struggle of the
workingclass housewives who must be in the fore
front Of the struggle assisted by the entire work.
ingclass can be successful in the lowering Of the
prices and advance the general interests Of the
entire working-cla
4. While members Of the professional classes
small merchants, ETC., can become part of such
movement, only the workers and their organi-
cations, the organizations of workers wives can
lead such movement. Real care must be taken
that these other elements do not dominate the
movement.
While the basic struggle is the fight against
the boss offensive on the living standards of the
workers, thru the development of strike strug-
giles against wage cuts, for better conditions for
unemployment relief and insurance the develop
mcnt Of the fight against high prices and rents
can become . powerful auxiliary force in this
struggle
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-21
Antonio Ora: Filipino Fighter
for independence, Reported
Dead

MANILA dispatches to the capitalist press tell
IVA rather vaguely, of the death of Antonio Ora,
f years a leader of the Philippine working
class movement. 1t is said that he was killed
in an automobile accident" while on the way
to court to answer charges of "sedition" 1t is
said that Ora was connected with the Commu-
mist Party of the Philippines.
Antonio Ora was one of the outstanding fight
ers for Philippine independence, an intensely
militant and honest leader of the Philippine Pro-
letarian Labor Congress, section of the Pan
Pacific Trade Union Secretariat and the revolu-
tionary trade union center embracing the ma
jority of the organized workers. He was lead
err of the street car strike some years ago.
crushed by the American imperialsts by armed
force and won the confidence of the workers
generally by his staunch bravery in defiance
of oppression.
There : yet no Communist Party in the Philip
pines. and in 1925 Comrade Ora, with others
formed . Labor Party, Ora receiving one-third
of the total vote of Manila as candidate for
mayor. Since then, the party has changed its
name in view of the anti-worker character Of
labor" parties in England and Australia, but
it was not and is not Communist Party.
In view of Conlrade Ora's sincerity and
bravery in leading the workers and peasant of
the Philippines in their struggle for national in
dependence and for working class interests, all
workers will understand why he was under
charges of "sediton." 1t will also be understood
why the capitalist press says he was killed "ac-
cidentally." Ora was not the first militant Fill
pino worker the imperialists and their unspeak-
able native servants have tried to assassinate
The death of Comrade Antonio Ora leaves a
gap in the thin line of capable and honest revo-
lutionary working class leaders of the Philip
pines. But with the aid of the working class
movement of the United States and the world,
and the experience of their own struggles, the
Filipino masses will raise up out of their own
ranks and other fighting leaders who will carry
on to the victorious end the struggle in which
Comrade Ora served as pioneer.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-21
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oAN-PACIFIC TRADE UNION Sec
'ETARIAT TO THE REVOLUTIONARY
TRADE UNIONS In INDIA

The P. P t. U. S. has addressed a. letter to
the forthcoming session of the All-Indian Trade
Union Congress The letter reviews the revolu-
tionary situation in India and points out the
enemies of the Indian working class in its Strug
gle for national emancipation II The national
bourgeosie National Congress- and, most dang
erois of all, the left national reformists the
young Nehru, Bose, and others who deny class
struggle and want to turn the trade unions into
an appendage of the bourgeois National Con-
gress % the British Labor Party which car
ries out the blood and iron policy of British i'm
periaism in India and 81 the Second and Am
sterdam International, who are trying through
their British sections and Indian agents to draw
the Indian labor movement into the moraSS of
social reformism and class collaboration.
The letter further lays down two basic condi-
tons necessary for the success of the struggle
for liberation of the Indian workers and peas
ants from foreign and native oppression: u a
clear-cut working class program and policy, based
on the uncompromising class struggle, with or
CARNATIONS absolutely independent of the bour-
geoisie and purged of all bourgeois and petty
bourgeois leading (nnisleading) elements who
only paralyze the revolutionary proletarian
movement and hamper it's development on the
revolutionary class lines and o international
proletarian solidarity and joint action by the
toiling masses of the colonial and semi colonial
countries in alliance with the revolutionary pro-
letariat of the capitalist and imperialist coun-
tries.
The letter draws the attention of the Indian
revolutionary trade unions to the necessity of
developing the economic struggles of the working
class, linking them with political demands The
elimination of these partial struggles in the gen
eral strike will put the Indian proletarat in the
forefront as the real leader of the peasantry and
all the toiling masses in the Indian revolution.
The organization of revolutionary industrial trade
unions on the basis of shop committees is also
stressed. Finally, the letter calls upon the mil
liant trade unions in India to join the P. P. r.
U. S. as the united revolutionary front of work.
ers in colonial and capitalist countries against
Imperialism, capitalism and their social fascist
allies.
At the annual session of the Al-Indian Trade
Union Congress in November, 1929, heated dis
cusson occurred between representatives of the
revolutionary trade unions and the reformists
on the question of utilization to the p P. T. U. S.
The extreme right reconnaissance direct agents
of British imperialism in the Indian labor move
ment-- seeded from the congress and made an
attempt (ti now not materialized) to organize
their own All-Indian center In the Executive
Committee of the Congress the resolution cal
ling for affiation to the p. P. T. U. S. was pas
sed by considerable majority. but afterwards
the final decision was postponed for one year
| The question will probably be again on >the
agenda Of this years session.
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Milford chronicle., 1931-05-01
WILLIAMSVILLE
Near SelbyVllle)

Mrs. Ella McCabe died at the home
of her daughter at Chincoteague, Va.
on Thursday night. April 30. Her
funeral services were held at the
Sound NJ. f. Church Sunday after
noon, conducted by Rev. McCorkle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Daisey had as
their guests Sunday Mr.. and Mrs.
Horace Stephens and son of Will
Evansville.
The home of Mrs. Lott Lekites of
Williamsville was burned to the
Sround Saturday night.
Misses Myrtle and Arneta Ennis
spent the weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. Stephen H. Hudson.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Brasure and
son Billy spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. win Hudson of near Bayards
who is very i'll at this writing.
The stork visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Gray and left them fine
sirl Sunday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Stephens and
son spent Monday night with Mr..
and Mrs. William Ennis and family.
Don't forget prayer meeting Fri
day night. William Kelly is in
charge.