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The daily worker., 1932-09-23
Lancashire Weavers'
Union Leaders Move
Toward a Wage Cut

MANCHESTER. England, Sept. %.
The strike of 100000 weavers in the
cotton mills of Lancashire is still
solid, but there are disquie5ing re-
ports of sell out by the officials.
The weavers' officials have been
meeting, under auspices of the Ma
tional Governments minister Of
labor, with the mill owners for sew
eral days. 1t was announced some
time ago that the only difference to
discuss was whether the wage cut
would be two shillings on the pound
or one shilling, four pence, that is,
between a wage cut of ten per cent
or seven per cent, roughly.
Today's story is that the two par
ties disagree, but that there will be
another session Friday, and that the
difference between them has been
reduced"
The left wing and Communist
weavers are conducting a struggle for
no w5ge cut at all The employers
original demand. which brought on
the strike was for two shillings nine
pence on the pound, or roughly IA
Per cent cut.
The daily worker., 1932-09-23
DOLL WORKERS
EXPOSE SELL-OUT
AFL Pact Lets Scabs
Replace Strikers

NEW YORK. The treacherous
agreement engineered by Love-
s5oneite and Musteite leadership has
not only sold out the doll workers,
making them accept worse conditions
than existed before the strike, but
has actually bound the workers to
prevent any real strike action in the
future. A delegation of workers re-
veaied today in the office of the
Daily Worker.
This agreement, signed by the Doll
and Toy Makers Union, affiliated
with the A. F. of L., allows the bosses
to keep all the scabs imported dur
ing the strike 1t keeps wages down
to SIS and $25 a week, by allowing
to classify workers with many years
of experience as helpers"
BY a check-off system, workers
said, the bosses take off 81, 50, or
$3 a week off the workers salaries
and pay that to the socialist and
Low sstone rack t1ers. The bosses are
allowed to change to week work any
time a worker makes too much un-
der the piece rates.
The most militant workers in the
strike are blacklisted, and the union
acts as the bosses stoolpigeonS. The
bosses get information from the union
office on workers applying to get their
jobs back.
At the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.,
Van Sindern Ave, Brooklyn, the
strikers had been offered is per
cent increase, but they stayed out in
solidarity with the union, and now
under the agreement they get no in
crease.
Strikers who have been out five
weeks and are starving are denied
all relief by the union racketeers, who
ar now collecting big money from the
check-off system.
The workers, under the agreement,
are promised 44-hour week and bet
ter conditions after January /, but
after Christmas the season, which has
just started to be busy, is over, and
there is very little work, even at 10
hours a week.
The daily worker., 1932-09-23
Salvation Army Try to
Break Hunger March

McKEESPORT. Pa.-The day be-
fore the Allegheny County March
organized by the Unemployed Coun-
Gill; took place, officials Of the Saliva
ton Army in Duquesne for the first
time put meat into the soup they
handed out to workers in order to
keep them from the march. After
the hunger march the soup was as
watery as ever
The McKeesport National Tube
which gives its miserable relief to
workers in shifts, on the day of the
hunger march gave relisf to all the
workers on that day in an attempt
10 keep from The march.
The daily worker., 1932-09-23
MESSAGE SENT
BY MRS. WRIGHT
Thanks Czech Women
for Support

VIENNA, Austria. The Scottsboro
Negro mother, Mrs Ada Wright, thru
her lawyer, DR.. Franz Litna, at Pra-
que, Czechoslovakia, addressed a let
ter to the members of the Women's
Delegation who called and demanded
of the Minister of the Interior Slavik,
chat she be permitted to remain in
the country. The letter follows in
part:
Dear Comrades and Friends:
Words are too weak to give ex-
preston to my appreviation of your
efforts on my behalf. Although your
demand that I be allowed to remain
in Czechoslovakia was rejected, in
fact, I understand that the minister
of the interior would not even listen
to it and turned you out of his Of
fic, nevertheless, masses of workers
and sympathizers will understand
your motive and be inspired by it. !
know that your problems in Szecho-
sloyakia are the same as ours in
| America.
Il was not allowed to meet with
you in mass meetings. This regret
I did meet with many women of om
class in the jails ad prisons where
was kept during the few days that
was in your country. These womer
prisoners, especially at the Fishpane
Prison, understood my problem ano
our problem"
II am sure that your attempted
protest to the minister of the interior
will only be the beginning of your
interest in the Scottsboro campaign
which is not only a struggle to save
the lives of my two boys and the
other Scottsboro children, it is not
only struggle agains the persecution
Of my race-the Negro race-but it
is struggle of our class, the work
ing class. Your act of class solidarity
will not close the bonds of unity OF
the toiling masses of all countries. In
this spirit I greet you and thank you
Signed: ADA WRIGHT"
The daily worker., 1932-09-23
Work on Land Only
Yields Bigger Debts

AUBURN. Wash. - For a whole
year I worked for Weyerhauser. The
timber king, at Snouqualmie Falls
at $500 day. 4 days a week, three
weeks a month, with $40 a month
rent for company house, and after
paying for wood, water, lights, in
surance. welfare (?) fund, always in
debt. The mill burned down one hot
windy day, and with the insurance
money Wegerhauser built a more
modern mill, eliminating many men,
myself included
For three years / had no steady
work. I peddled wood, coal. fruit,
etc. I finally got three acres on a
share rent basis, cut 1000 pea poles
up in the woods. and after working
like hell day and night, and starving
till the crop came, I had to cat what
I could Of the crop, as l couldn't sell
IL. ind so I'm deeper than ever in
debt
Only solution see is for the work
crs and farmers to own the land
and the machinery OF production,
and right now to vote Commulis..
II. =.
The daily worker., 1932-09-23
Deny Relief Because
Woman Has Only Been
In City For Eight Yrs.
lBy worker Correspondentl

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Sept. 21-
Because she was not born in this city,
relief was refused to Mrs. Leila Mont
gomery, who had come to the relief
station with an Unemployed Council
committee.
Although this woman has lived
here for eight years, married and
gave birth to children here, the SUI
perintendent of welfare, Thorne, pro-
posed to deport the woman to South
Carolina.
A demonstration was held in front
of the relief station after the refusal.
In this city there is Hooverville
with about 200 to 300 families who
get their food from the dumps.
In the West End every time a truck
goes to dump its load on Tuesday
and Thursday crowd Of children
runs to see whether they can get any
food or clothing from the truck.
The unemployed workers are not
The daily worker., 1932-09-23
Arrange Sc0ttsbOrO
Demonstrations in
Midwest, Oct. 5 to s

CHICAGO, Sept. 21.-In order to
force the United States Supreme
Court to grant a new trial to the
Scottsboro boys when the case comes
up on Oct. 10, the Chicago District
of the International Labor Defense
is organizing protest demonstrations
in many cities.
The forcing OF the Washington
hearing was great victory for the
mass defense policy Of the I. L. d.
and if these demonstrations are car
ried through successfully the victory
will be extended.
All organizations are asked to help
in the tag days on Oct. l and 2 to
raise funds for the Scottsboro de-
fense.
The meetings to be held are:
Oct. S, Waukegan, Illinois, speaker
Poindexter: Oct. 6, Gary Ind,
speaker Lightfoot; Oct. 7, in Chicago
Coliseum, speaker from New York
Oct. 7, Terre Haute. Ind, speaker
Poindexter; Oct g. Indianapolis, Ind,
speaker Poindexter; Oct. 8, st. Louis,
Mo, speaker Joe Gardner: Oct. 8,
Decatur, ILL.,, speaker \ Poindexter;
Oct. 8, Hammond, Ind. speaker
Lightfoot.
Tag Days.
Chicago, Oct. 1-2; st. Louis, oct.
Ia; E. ST. Louis, Oct. 1-2; Belleville,
Ill, ILL.,, 1-2; Gary, Ind, 10.
The daily worker., 1932-09-23
Paterson Fur Workers
in a Militant Struggle
Against 8 Cent Wages

PATERSON, N. j., Sept. %. - A
hundred fur workers are on strike
here in the Van Die Way shop. The
dressers belonged to the Needle
Trades Workers Industrial Union,
when they struck last Thursday the
dye workers came out also
The strike is against wages as low
as cents per hour in some cases. A
wage increase is demanded, and re-
cognition Of the N.TWIU. Half of
those on strike are American born.
The strikers are showing much mil
itancy on the picket line. Tuesday
they stopped the boss nephew who
was bringing in scabs, and regular
fight took place in front of the shop.
After that, two workers were ar
rested.
Full unity of Negro and white
workers is seen in this strike,
The daily worker., 1932-09-23
CARPENTERS HIT
A.F.L. WAGE CUT
Wingdale Rank and
File Gust Agent
tBy a Worker Correspondent.)


WINGDALE, N. Y.-The carpenters
in Wingdale, New York, Local 1190
had wage scale of $40 until May l
When the bosses got together with
the high officials of the A. F. Of l.
and attacked the wage scale of the
Building Trades Workers, the Car
panters Local in Wingdale resisted
the cut proposed by the bosses from
$40 to So.
The officials maneuvered so that
the carpenters went back to work
under the new scale. This construc-
tion work went on until Aug. /, when
the rank and file of the Carpenters
Local 1190 saw that this new wage
scale is permanent.
The strike was called by TIE tenn
porary business agent, Jack Stanton
who was at that time in the hos
pital.
Send Scabs.
The general office OF the Carpen-
ters Union, which is controlled by
the Hutcheson machine, played into
the hands of the Merit CONSTRUCTION
Co., which is doing the state job ir
Wingdale. This company claimed
that the general office of the unior
permitted them to hire any unior
men that they saw fit, because this
strike is an outlaw strike, as the
general office of the union was moi
notified in time about the strike.
One Monday morning, the old busi-
ness agent, Jack Stanton, all of g
sudden got well and came to the jot
in a new car and ordered the strik-
ers to go back to work, and threat
ened that if they did not go back
to work New York members of tn:
Carpenters Union would take theil
places. About 40 out of the 100 out
en- strike went back to work.
The rank and file in Local 1890 ;
still fighting, but without proper
leadership. Through a leaflet re-
Gently issued by the Building anc
Construction Workers Industria
League the rank and file of Loca
1190 ousted the old and new busi-
ness agent and elected strike CON-
mittee of five.
Only through an organized fight
by the rank and file against the
union racketeers will the carpenters
in Wingdale get back the $40 scale
The daily worker., 1932-09-23
OVER
ALA. TERROR
Bosses Try Disrupt the
Scottsboro Defense
BULLETIN

BULLETIN
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Sept. 22.-
Landy, Burke and Keith were re-
leased here today after 27 hours
grilIing by the police. The authori-
ties are still maintaining terror
situation in. the effort to prevent
the Conference. The raid has in
terfered with the financing of the
Conference. Funds are urgently
needed. Send to International La
Dor Defense, 80 E. 11th ST., New
York.
BIRMINGHAM, Sept. 22.-Work-
ing-class protests began to pour in
here today in condemnation of the
police raid on the Southern office of
the International Labor Defense in
the Martin Building here. The raids
were carried out in an attempt to
disrupt the Scottsboro Defense cam
paign and to stop preparations for
the All-Southern Scottsboro and
Civil Rights Conference called for
Oct. 2 at the Masonic Temple in tbs
city.
Donald Burke, local secretary of
the l. L. D.; A. Landy of New York,
and Fred Keith, the three workers
arrested in the raid, are still being
held incommunicado by the police
Although not convicted of any crime
they have been photographed and
finger printed.
Tremendous preparations for the
conference are being made, despite
the police terror. Scores Of dele
gates are expected from the main
Southern cities and from some Of
the agricultural districts, especially
Camp Hill. Alabama, where NEGRO
croppers are carrying on militant
struggle against starvation and the
cutting off of relief.
All workers organizations are urged
to wire protests Immediately to Com
missioner Of Public Safety John Tay-
lor, Birmingham, demanding the re-
lease of the three arrested workers
and a stop to the terroristic attacks
en- the Negro and white workers who
are fighting for the release of the
innocent Scottsboro Negro boys.
The daily worker., 1932-09-23
BELGIAN WORKERS AGAINST
REFORhIIST CAPITULATION

BRUSSELS-There is great anger
among the Belgian miners at the
calling off Of the strike by the re-
formist leaders. The latter have is
sued an appeal calling for a united
return to work in discipline and self
confidence.
The appeal declares the strike to
have been victorious In order to
cover up their tracks and to split the
ranks of the miners the refornlists
are at the same time conducting
furious campaign of incitement
against the Communists who are de-
clared to be allies of the employers.
New arrests of Communist work.
ers are reported from Liege and Brus-
sells. At many meetings resolutions
in favor Of the continuation of the
strike have been adopted.
The daily worker., 1932-09-23
Worker Delegates at
World Anti War Meet
Outline the Struggle
1000 Representatives of All Kinds of Unions
Demand United Front on War Makers
To Be Based on Broad Committees, Particularly
In MunitiOn and Transport Industries

At the World Congress Against
War held in Amsterdam recently
| there was a conference of the dele
gates from shops and trade unions.
More than 1000 representatives of
reformist, Christian, Syndicalist and
revolutionary trade unions were at
the congress. This conference has is
sued a statement to all workers. de-
claring:
"The imperialist powers are at
present at work to force a way out
of the unprecedented and ever sharp
ening world economic crisis by means
Of an imperialist war.
New wars are now raging in Chi
ma, Latin America, India, North At
RIGA, and other countries. Hundreds
of thousands of workers are being
murdered on the battlefields once
again.
THE attack on the Soviet Union.
the only country which has no crisis
or unemployment, the land of sue
cessful socialist construction is being
feverishly prepared"
if.I.D. maneuVerS
The declaration then goes on to
point out that the International Fed
Grafton of Trade Unions at its Zurich
conference recently declared that in
case of another war it would call on
its unions to oppose it, and if Japan
did not stop her war campaign in
Manchuria, would proclaim a boycott
against Japan.
After theis, the World Congress
trade union delegates point out.
there came the bloody attack on
Shanghai, and the predatory occupa-
ton of all Manchuria by japanese
troops-and the reformist union
leaders did nothing and still do no.
thing. The Amsterdam conference Of
trade union and shop delegates de-
clares:
"The fight against imperialist war
must be carried through on the basis
of the day to day desperate struggle
of the masses for bread and for their
very existence. In the daily struggles
of the German and Polish proletariat
against Fascism, in the heroic fight
of the miners in Belgium, Czecho-
Slovakia and the United States. in
the fight of the lancashire textile
workers, in such struggles, the steel
front of the proletariat is being
forged against the capitalists and
their agents, the war mongers, the
organizers of the new imperialist
war"
Garry the appeal of the World
Congress Against Imperialist War to
the masces-fight for the adoption of
this program in all trade unions.
Stop Munitions!
Organize to fight against the pro-
duction of war munitions. prevent
the transportation of troops, NUM-
tions and all kinds of war materials.
Tape up widespread activity in
the munition works. Apply all meth
DDS and means however difficult in
order to carry on with success the
fight against imperialist war. Expose
the methods of carnouflage of pro-
duction and transportation of wal
materials. Demand that all forms OF
war production be made public. Fight
the lies of the bourgeois press.
Hands Off China!
Fight for equal rights for foreign
born workers and those Of colored
races. Fight in defense Of your wages
and unemployment relief.
Build committees on the broadest
united front basis on ships. docks
railways and waterways, and in the
munitions and chemical industries
The daily worker., 1932-09-23
BOLIVIAN "TIN
KING" DONATES
BOMBING PLANES
Rockefeller Oil Trust
Backing Up the
War Moves

While Argentine continued yester-
DAY to threaten armed Intervention
on the side Of Paraguay in the un-
declared war between Paraguay and
Bolivia, Brazil was rushing warships
up the Amazon River to the port of
! Leticia over whose possession Colom-
bia and Peru are preparing to go TO
war.
There are no indications at this
time as to which side Brazil is sup
porting in the Colombian Peru quar-
rel. In the meantime, the Brazil
ian provisional government is being
hard-pressed by growing revolt.
which begun in the state of Sac
Paulo and is reported To be spread
ing.
Huge War Loan
The Colombian Government has
announced the over subscription of
the $10,00O,000 war loan proposed In
the Senate TO finance hostilities a.
gaiflst Peru The loan was offered
10 foreign capitalists and the native
The daily worker., 1932-09-23
Argentine and Brazil Preparing to Join
Spreading War Movement in South America

bourgeoisie and landlords. 1t is un-
derstood that most of the loan has
been taken up by foreign imperialist
interests. The Peruvian Congress has
also approved war loan of $5,o00,-
900.
The Paraguayan troops were re-
ported gaining yesterday at the end
of the 18th day of the battle in the
Gran Chaco region. The Bolivian
forces in Fort Boqueron are bottled
up and all efforts of Bolivian REIN
forcements to break through have
been frustrated.
Standard Oil Behind Bolivia
From his safe position in La Paz.
Simon Patino, Bolivian "tin king"
has donated two tri-motored Junkers
airplanes to the Bolivian army for
use against the Paraguayans. The
Bolivian bourgeoisie press is continu-
ing it's agitation for the bombing
of Asuncion, Paraguayan capital, by
airplanes.
The Standard Oil Company in Or
der to exploit the Gran Chaco oil
deposits is supporting the Bolivian
mobilization. The British rivals of
Standard oil are secretly supporting
Paraguay.
The daily worker., 1932-09-23
5CONTRIBUTI0NSTO TO
DAILY" FUND

Total donations for Wednesday,
Sep4e~'re~ 81. reached $342.22. Be
carse Of lack of snace we gve detailed
list for New York only.
The Acme Theatre U1i~n Square N Y,
devoted to showing Soviet films, gave $40,
10 per cent OF its grors proceeds for week.
end CT Sept. 1883 added to it $50, making
t?tsl donation Of 500 TO the i'Daily'
Er'eroency Drive Fund.
Ieft-vin~ rark r~A fiie members of th-
InternctiorsI 'I.s''es' Garment WORKERS
I'~'9u d~r-te4 SEQ Other large SUMS r.
1-@'-0T. so; r.. DaNo7, SIT; Helen Fare
veil Parry 81: R"'H-n Pia~r W9rlse--'
Cll'h and Finnish Working Women. $40
och T"icnds cf Soviet Union, Wisconsin,
sent So
The daily worker., 1932-09-23
PORTLAND PRESS LIES

PORTLAND, Ore.-The bosses of
Oregon ran a vicious campaign
against the Communist Party in an
attempt to incite the hooligans of
the American Legion at their con-
vention here against Communists. A
coast guard cutter in Astoria was ap-
preached by gang Of gangsters and
robbed Of machine gun and some
pistols, etc. The boss press was full
of filthy propaganda trying to link
up the Communists with the gang
sters.
The daily worker., 1932-09-23

Garry on the fight in the indus
tries against the terror, and the spy
system, against fascism and hate
breeding nationalism.
GIVE your active support to the
national war Of liberation of the CO.
lonial and oppressed peoples. De-
mand, Hands off China Defend the
Soviet Unionl"
The daily worker., 1932-09-23
Pray on Sundays,
Evict on Weekdays

CINCINNATI, Ohio.--Being res
pectable church members dosn't keep
people here from evicting poor fami-
lies. William 4. Koetter, 2707 Colum-
bus Ave-, a member of st. Rose
church, recently paid $3.50 for a
court order to evict a man who had
a wife and four children.
Henry G.. Krehnbrink, 1871 Fair
fax Ave-, Walnut Hills, Cincinnati,
another prominent church member,
was the agent that evicted the man
with his wife and three children. He
was helped by Mrs. Elmer Refs. 2485
Eastern Ave, another good Cath
olic." M. b.
The daily worker., 1932-09-23
SOCIALIST VICEGOVERNOR IN AUSTRIA BARS
SCOTTSBORO PROTEST MEETING IN GRATZ
GRANTS PERMIT
FOR FASCIST MEET
in THE SAME CITY
Vienna Workers Greet
Scottsboro Mother
and Engdahl
BULLETIN

BULLETIN
NEW YORK.-The Scottsboro
Defense Committee has issued a
call to all organizations to elect
delegates to represent them at
ScottsbOrO Defense Conference on
Sunday, Sept. 25, at pm. at $50
LenoX Ave-, it was announced yes
terday.
VIENNA, Austria (By MaiD The
social-democratic vice governor of the
province of Steiermark, Machold,
acting in the place of the fascist gov
ernor, Bintelen, on vacation, was di-
rectly responsible for the prohibition
of the Scottsboro protest demonstra-
ton at GradZ, Austria's second city.
When delegation Of workers came
to Vice Governor Machold, demand
ing the right to proceed with the
meeting for the Scottsboro Mother,
he even refused to listen to them,
but declared through subordinate
official that all meetings had been
prohibited
Unity Of Fascist Socialist Leaders
The united action of fascist and So
cialist leaders against the Scottsboro
campaign, however, was clearly re-
vealed in permission granted to the
Nazis to hold a meeting in the same
hall and on the, night following the
proposed Scottsboro meeting. The
workers of Oradz will continue their
efforts to carry through the Scots
boro meeting at some later date.
Dr. Franz Littna, the attorney for
Mrs. Wright at Prague, in Czecho-
Slovakia, has informed her that Pres
ident t. G.. Masaryk has refused to
receive a delegation that asked for
an opportunity to protest against the
expulsion of herself and j. Louis Eng
dahl, general secretary of the Amer
lean section of the international Red
Aid. The appeal against the expul-
sion, however. has been filed and will
be fought out Immediately.
Protest to U. S. Embassy
Thousands of workers in two great
mass meetings held on the same eve
ming in opposite sections of Vienna
vigorously denounced the expulsion of
the Scottsboro Negro Mother, Mrs.
Ada Wright, and j. Louis Engdahl,
general secretary of the American
section of the International Red Aid
from Czecho- -Slovakia.
The account of the imprisonment
of Mrs. Wright, with the finger print
ing and photographing of the Scots
boro Negro Mother like an ordinary
criminal, reused the rage of the two
great gatherings.
Mrs. Wright and Enedahl spoke at
both meetings Resolutions of pro-
test against the Scottsboro judicial
lynching we're adopted. The resolu-
ton will be taken to the American
embassy in Vienna by delegation
of ron-Party, al-democratic and
Communist workers elected at the
meetings. The murder by Horthy
fascism of Sallai and Fuerst was de-
nounced and demands made for the
freeing of Karikas.
Speakers stressed the mobilization
for the World Congress of the Inter
national Red Aid in November in
Moscow and the necessity of build
ing the Austrian Red Aid into pow
erful mass organization. Scores of
new members enrolled in the organ
ization, more than one third of those
being social democratic workers.
The daily worker., 1932-09-23

miserable welfare junk given by Ma
comb County and picketing the
trucks the county sent to the few
who were willing slaves. Armed
thugs attacked the workers and ar
rested the ten heroic men and women
leaders.
Macomb County is notorious for
giving the most miserable relief in
the state of Michigan, amounting to
3-4c per meal per person.
The ten workers sentenced have