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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-05
DOCKERS IN PHILA.
HIT WAGE CUTS
Officials Expel Men;
Try to Smash Ranks
BY H. FARMER.


PHILADELPHIA, Pa.-Despite the
rain, over 500 l.. A. longshoremen
attended meeting called by the
Marine Workers Industrial Union
and protested against the proposals
Of tn eshipowners for a wage-cut and
against the manouvers Of the officials
OF the I. L. A., who are trying to
force them to accept the wage-cut
voluntarily.
The shtpowners were proposing the
wage cut Of 10 per cent for April 1st,
but the militant resentment of the
longshoremen, who were warned by
the Marine Workers Industrial Union
Of the fake scheme, has forced the
bosses to delay their fake scheme.
In all four North Atlantic ports the
longshoremen unanimously voted
down the proposition Of the officials.
At the meeting Thursday, March
81, Polly Baker, the local rlisleader,
attempted to terrorize and intinni-
date the rank and file, but he was
unsuccessful, so he hired gangsters
to throw eggs at the speakers, but
this also failed. At this meeting a
unanimous vote was taken against
any reduction in wages or lowering of
the agreement and the Workers IN
employment Insurance Bill was also
endorsed.
The officials are attempting eto
smash the growing rank and file
movement within the lila and at a
membership meeting Of the 1. L. A.
last Tuesday the I. L. A. delegates
were checking off buttons and only
paid-up members were allowed to
attend membership meetings. Why?
The 1. L. A. officials realize that the
unemployed situation has reached
such a stage that now IS percent of
all longshoremen are either complete
ly unemployed or only working one or
two days week.
They also realize that these long
shoremen are not earning enough
money to buy food for their starving
families, let alone pay dues. Starva-
ton and misery, eviction notices.
gangster terrorism, discrimination, is
leading to open revolt by the rank
and file. Realizing that unless these
workers can be eliminated they will
prove to be the deciding factor in
preventing the labor takers from put
ting over the wage cut for the ship
owners, they therefore are attempt
ing to stifle the voice of these unem-
uloyed and part time workers of the
Philadelphia river front by prevent
ing them from attending membership
meetings.
The Marine Workers Industrial
Union has warned the longshoremen
that all these are attempts to smash
the ranks of the longshoremen in or
der to put over the wage cuts and
calls upon the longshoremen to take
things in their own hands to rally
around the slogan free dues for the
unemployed members of the I. l.. A.,
for equal distribution Of work, for not
one cent of the wages April LIST, not
one point off the agreement In favor
Of the bosres.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-05
MASS PRESSURE
WILL WIN VETS
BONUS DEMANDS

NEW YORK.-Mass pressure COM
ing from hte rank and file of unem-
ployed. hungry and starving war vet
Grams has forced once more the poll
ticians, particularly those represent
ing petty bourgeois interests. to make
gestures in the direction Of demand
ing full payment of the soldiers
bonus.
Despite Mr.. Hoover's open opposi-
ton to the bonus payment, masses
of vets are pinning their hopes on
this new gesture of the politicians
and thus stand in danger of being
lured away from real mass strug-
gle which is the only means through
which the vets can actually force the
government to pay the bonus.
Hearings have been called In
Washington on the bonus bill, start
ing April II, and the capitalist press
in doing its bit to raise the hopes
Of the veterans, is pointing out that
group Of congressman and sena-
tors who speak in favor Of the bill
will force the issue through for them.
This gesture of the press, however,
is really move on the part of the
bankers and industrialists to dampen
the militant spirits of the veterans
and win them away from the Work.
ers Ex-servicemen's League, the only
mass organization that is putting up
a real determined fight for hte bonus.
Hoover is against the bonus and
he is speaking for the Morgan, Ford
and Rockefeller interests which rule
the country. These rulers will not
give in to the pleas of the petty
bourgeois congressman, but will whip
them into line the same as they are
doing on the tax issue.
Only pressure Of the veterans,
backed by the militant masses will
win for the veterans the full and
immediate payment of the bonus.
War veterans, all out April 9Th
against war. Demand cash payment
of the bonus.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-05
'E.S. CALLS ON
MEMBERS TO JOIN
ANTI-WAR MEETS
Delegation to S. Twill
Answer Lies Spread
by Bosses

The National Committee of the
Friends of the Soviet Union today
called upon all its members to par
ticipate in the April 9Th mass meet
ings and demonstrations against
the threat of imperialist intervention
in the U. S. S. r., and issued the
following statement: "At time when
actual war RACES in the Far East
when the capitalist press is flooded
with anti-Soviet atrocity stories, it is
imperative for all friends of the
Soviet Union to exert every possible
effort toward combating this lying
crusade. -" the statement read.
THE delegation of so workers
which will sail for the Soviet Union
on April 10, will be an effective
means of exposing to American
workers the falsity of the anti-Soviet
propaganda, and of bringing home
the truth about, the achievements OF
the Five Year Plan
I'VE will give this workers del
egation sendoff on April 18th. at
Central Opera House and we urge
our members and friends to attend.
1.-THE delegation includes representa-
tiyes from the National Miners Union,
the Hosiery Workers Union, Central
Labor Union or Newport, delegates
from Minneapolis, and Denver, who
have the endorsement of the Broth
erhood of Railroad Workers, as well
as A. F. of l.. unions"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-05
BOSTON BUILDERS
ASSN. FOR Is P. C.
GENERAL PAY CUT
BY s. w.

BOSTON, Mass.-The Boston
Building Trades Council Of the A F.
of L. decided on March Is to allow
the Master Builders Association to
cut wages Is per cent, with the slo-
gans, "A years moratorium TO stimu-
late business" and Let us give a
voluntary wage reduction and win
public opinion" the went to the local
unions, forcing the wage reduction.
The majority Of the membership
in the local unions boycotted the
vote (for an example, the Painters
Local IL at their special meeting out
Of about 500 present more than 400
abstained from voting. Naturally,
when the Builders Association re-
ceiVed the notice Of the voluntary
Is per cent reduction they we're not
satisfied and notified the takers that
they wanted an official IS per cent
cut.
The Plumbers Local Immediately
JooK a stand against a rs per cent
cut. The sentiment among the other
trades is also against the wholesale
wage-cut. The takers, seeing the
sentiment of the workers, took a
stand at their meeting April
against" a 25 per cent cut, but this
they did as a maneuver, because they
have already laid the basis for big
slash.
The important thing, however, for
the building trades is the fight
against the wage-cut and for unem-
ployment insurance, because the
majority of the building trades work.
ers are unemployed and there is nc
work in sight. Building permits fol-
spring hardly reach 100000 in the
entire state.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-05
WORKERS IN
M KEESP0RT
DEFY TERROR
r a lily In Protest
Against Broad
Wage Cuts
Break Blue Law Ban
Force of Police and
Thugs Fail to Stop
River Bank Meeting

PITTSBURGH, Ia,
April 4. McKeesport
steel workers defied
Mayor Lysle who in
voked the Sunday blue
laws in a threat to smash a
mass meeting and demonstra-
ton protesting against wage
cuts in the McKeesport Tin
Plate Co. and against the gen.
eral wage cut yesterday afternoon.
Two carloads Of thugs, including
prizefighters and wrestlers armed
with clubs, etc. plus the entire police
force and an army of company men
failed to prevent the river bank
meeting.
The spirit of the workers is high
against wage cuts of 10 per cent in
the hot mill and 10 per cent in the
tin house. The Metal Workers In
dustrial League is rapidly building
up committees Of action and mobil-
tzing the workers against the cut.
The demonstration elected a del
egstion of seven to go to the County
Commissioner to demand relief on
Tuesday, and voted for another
Lodge meeting Thursday, April at
4:3O in the afternoon. The Du-
quesne steel workers elected dele
gates to the county, against wage
cuts and starvation and for the re-
lease Of the Negro Scottsboro boys.
Two workers were arrested Friday
for painting anti-war slogans and
for distributing leaflets against wage
cuts. They we're given 80 and 10 days
in Jail
Gus Mikados, Of the Young Com
munist League opened the meeting
from the top Of a telephone pole
far out of the reach Of the police to
prevent smashing the meeting before
the program of the union was pre-
sented Daley followed from the
ground and later from truck.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-05
Broom Makers Local
In st. Paul Endorses
Jobless Insurance

ST. PAUL, Minn.-At a regu-
lar meeting of the Broom Makers
Local SO the Unemployed Insur-
ance Bill was brought up, and,
after a thorough discussion, the
Unemployed Insurance Bill was
endorsed, in spite of the action
of the Trades and Labor Assem-
bly, and the National Convention
of the A. F. of L. Many more
locals will endorse the Unemployed
Insurance Bill in the next few
weeks.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-05
Notice to Sheet Metal Workers,
V~..V 90


Notice to Sheet Metal Workers,
Local %
The Daily Worker will shortly
publish an exposure on the condi-
ton in Sheet Metal Workers local
No. %. An investigation is being
conducted and the article will
contain facts of vital interest to
you. Among the points we will
expose will be why Secretary of
Labor Doak, a hated enemy Of the
worhngclass, stepped in to help
your local officials. You can CO.
operate in making this exposure
by sending us an account Of all
your grievances.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-05

Women suffer more from war
and war preparations than the
men. Read about IL in "Women
and War;" by Grace Hutchins,
five cents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-05

Build n workers correspondence
group In your factory, shop or
neighborhood. Send regular letters
to the Daily WORKER. -. ..u.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-05

the Scottsboro boys and Of the op-
pressed Negro masses.
AL workers are urged to attend
this meeting. Admission Is free.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-05

What have you done in the half
dollar campaign?
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E A s T s n e
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-16
WORKER CORRESPONDENCE
Chats with Our
WOrcOrrS

When we get letters like these from
miners, we have something very basic
and valuable for the working class.
And when these letters describe not
only conditions, but also how the
workers are struggling against these
conditions, and how they react to-
ward our efforts to help them organ
ize, then we come near what real
Worker Correspondence should be.
Here we have some letters, however,
which could have been much more
valuable, had the writer's given some
note of organization and struggle in
them. The letters from Madrid,
Shenandoah, Old Forge, and Paines-
dale, give only a description Of con-
ditions. Contrast these with the let
tiers from Hentleysville and jeanette,
which breathe an atmosphere Of
struggle and achievements-and you
see how much the comrades from
the former towns could have i'm
proved their letters. We ask all these
comrades to write again, giving a
story of activity on the basis Of the
descriptions they have now sent. If
there is no organizational activity or
struggle, the comrades should give
their opinions on why this is, as the
miner from Alaska did.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-16
Blacklisted and Unemployed
Miners Force Through Relief
BenteyvilIe Worker Calls Unemployed to
Build Strong Unemployed Council

helped to break our strike with police
terror and reduce us to the state
that we exist in today. He says that
the more meetings the unemployed
hold, the less relief they will receive.
And, when he is approached by our
committee, he says he has nothing
to do about relief, although he prom
ised to run the affairs of the town.
Why did Rev. Carr turn in only S.
unemployed to the county as eligible
for government flour, even after 300
registered for flour? He and the
rest tries to hide the actual figures
of the unemployed. And it was the
timely investigation of our commit
tee that not only brought flour for
all, but also exposed this so-called
Rev. Carr.
Even milk now will be available to
children not going to school-all be-
cause of the activity of our commit
tee.
Fellow workers: Many of you are
getting this relief today. You are
getting flour. How long will these
funds allotted for this purpose last?
Sooner or later this relief that we
get today will be cut. How will we be
able to hold what we have unless
we organize all the unemployed into
a powerful Unemployed Council?
More mass misery and hunger is the
only thing in store for the workers
in the future. So let us prepare now
and for the future-organizel
A Miner,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-16
Miners on Benefit
Lists Are Being
Eased Out of Jobs

PAINE SCALE, Mich.-In the
Champion Copper Mine they have a
club paying system. The trammer
bosses play the men against each
other, telling how this man and that
got hurt, and saying: 81, don't want
to spoil your record. You have got
so many non-accident shifts, it
would be a shame to cut it down to
nothing" The bosses keep harping
on that record, saying that certain
man is a good worker. He got hurt
and came to work and saved the rec
ord land assured himself of his job.
The bosses give the workers a hint
that the man that gets hurt and
stops off work and draws compen-
sation for a month doesn't work very
long. In this way the company is
saved thousands Of dollars.
The same way with the work. If
the party that comes to work on the
last half of the month don't put out
as much ore as the first half, the
bosses amt long in letting him know
about it, as much as saying that if
the same work isn't done, well have
to change you around" which means
as good as a lay-off
A Young Champion Miner.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-16
MINERS MUST
PAY PRIEST FOR
JOB In MINE

MADRID, Ia.-Here there is one
large mine employing about 800
miners. This mine belongs to the
Scondia Coal Company, which is a
Catholic company, Most of the
miners live in company shacks
These mine villages look more like
Hoovervilles on the banks of the
Mississippi River at st. Louis than
anything else. But the company col
lects high rent for them just the
same. Then there is the company
store where the miners have to trade
and they charge such high prices,
that the miners give back to the
company everything they make.
At the No. mine, those that go
to church and give SIS or $40 to
Father Flanagan every pay, get the
best Jobs. About year ago the Pope
broadcast his hocus-pocus all over
the world and this Catholic COM
pany gave him $4,000. So now the
miners have to pay this back.
Before the national elections, the
Communists had meeting in Ma
drid, so they were going to expel
everyone from the miners organi-
zation for attending the Communist
meeting. This is the condition
around Madrid. But some day this
chain will be broken. This can't
last much longer.
Iowa Miner.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-16

BENTLEYVILLE, Pa.--Ever since
the first betrayal of the U. M. w. A,
takers, the miners here have been
living in mass misery and starvation,
MANY mines have since been shut
down in the vicinity because of the
crisis, and there have been mass lay
offs. The coal barons have chalked
the blacklist heavily with active
miners in the 1881 strike.
Organization has forced concession
after concession from the local au-
thorities in the matter of relief. A
committee of unemployed and black
listed miners compelled the town Of
ficials to keep the soup kitchen go
ing after strike relief gave out. The
committee grew stronger and forced
one days work a week on the roads
for $3.50 groceries, which was later
increased to $3.50 by more mass
pressure. On top Of that we won the
right to trade in private stores in
stead of in the towns 'commissary,
and single workers also began get
ting relief.
One of the directors Of the poor
from Charleroi, Mr.. Ferry, tries TO
evade our local committee with jokes,
and has a habit of running away
without settlement of our commits
tees demands.
Another official, who has his hands
sunk deep in the relief, Is Burgess
South. He is a tool Of the Bethle-
hem Steel Co, and the very one who
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-16
Miners Combine
Wage Cut and
Relief Struggle

JEANETTE, Pa.-On Dec. l the
miners of the Hillman Coal co. got
a is per cent wage-cut, lowering the
tonnage rate from 40 cents to "a
cents a ton. They are beginning to
organize against the wage-cuts and
also for immediate winter relief. The
Red Cross recently cut off the flour,
in order to put over the wage-cut.
A committee was elected and took a
registration of all the families to the
County Red Cross organization, with
the result that the flour was again
to be given on Dec. IA.
H. G. Prick Co. Is disbanding all It's
mines in Westmoreland County, TAX
ing out all of the machinery, tearing
down the tipples, tearing down the
houses, abandoning the mines, in or
der to escape paying taxes. This is
a subsidiary of the U. S. Steel Co.
Thousands of miners are starving,
being out of work for the last three
years, without any place to get work
and nothing to go with, With a his
toric tradition Of struggle they are
again beginning to organize in the
demand for immediate relief and I'M
employment insurance. The Unem-
ployed Council, together with the
National Miners Union, leading this
fight against starvation, has won
some immediate increased relief in
the county and other small demands.
valley.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-16
Shenandoah Miners
Killed and Manned;
No Compensation

SHENANDOAH, Pain the Brook
side Mine of the Redding Coal Co.,
two miners lost their lives, G. Bigart
and S. Sudberg The Redding Co.
gave no directions to the miners. AS
a consequence they mined their way
under water. When coal was blasted,
the entire top fell in and after it the
water. under which the two miners
persisted.
Some time ago there appeared in
a local paper an announcement by
this company that in the Hammond
Mine there had not been a single
accident during the entire month.
At a meeting of the miners 1t was
exposed that the employers concealed
the injuries of workers in order to
avoid payment Of compensation.
The method of the company has been
to send the workers home to recover
as best they may. The miners toler-
ated this, fearing loss Of the job.
Here we had this case: A Rus
sian miner crippled his finger. Fear
ing loss of his job, he kept quiet. In
INC IilGdllbllllC VIC 4AAt5SA AONVOo AASAA'
off his hand till the flesh completely
rotted away and fell off the bone.
A 15-minute walk east of the Shen-
dos Mine the company put up a new
breaker, in accordance with the last
word in technique. 1t produces $1,000
tons of coal, resulting in discharge
of 1000 men by the company.
The Redding Coal Co. employs
around 1000 workers in Shenandoah.
1t was closed down since January,
1892. Before the elections the mines
began to work. The miners breathed
easier. but not for long. And just
then the mine boss informed the
miners that each miner should also
be a salesman, and should sell coal,
declaring that whoever takes the
most will get big turkey.
A date was set for Nov. "a. Some
what afraid, the miners took coal in
order to please the bosses, and sold
it at a loss, Some took the coal and
gave 1t away at half the price. The
mines worked three weeks, and closed
again. The bosses got the turkey,
while the workers were left with I'M
employment and hunger.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-16
Miners Unemployed
Meeting Applauds
Communist Stand

GILLESPIE, Ill-At our Unem-
ployed Council demonstration up
here a while ago we had some
speeches first of the Socialist Party
and member of the Y. G. l.. But
when Comrade Bill Gebert took the
floor he shook the whole crowd with
his explanation to all the people
around here Of the Communist posi-
ton of class against class.
SO, after he finished speaking, the
Socialist Party did not have much
to say. So we passed some resolu-
tons for the demand of memploy-
ment insurance and more relief, and
to endorse the National Hunger
March.
And we sent one to Sheriff Browne
Robson and State Attorney Marion
Hart of Franklin County, demand
ing freedom of speech to the rank
and file miners and to establish their
own rank and file union. So we said
long live the united front of work
ers with the Third International
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-16
NANKING in NEW
MASS ARRESTS
Intended to Allay the
Imperialist Alarm

SHANGHAI, Dec. 15.-The Nan
king Government, forced by mass
pressure to resume normal diplomatic
relations with the Soviet Union, yes
terday carried out a series of raids
and arrests of Chinese revolutionistS
by way of assuring the imperialist
bandits of Markings continued ad-
herence to the schemes of world i'm
perialism for the crushing OF the
Chinese Soviet Revolution and the
Iooting and partition Of China.
Three professors, attached to the
National University, Peiping Univer-
sity and Peiping Law School were ar
rested for alleged Communist activi-
ties. A large number Of students
were arrested at the same time on
similar charges,
Marking New Anti-SOviet Drive
Marking also announced a new
military drive against the emanci-
pated masses in the Chinese Soviet
Districts. The Hupeh militarists
pledged their imperialist masters q
vigorous anti-Communist campaign
throughout the province, especially
where disconnected farmers are aid
ing in the establishment of Soviets,"
The Chinese Red Army controls a
large part of the province and, as
the militarists themselves admit, the
farmers are actively supporting the
Red Army and setting up Soviets on
their own initiative. The Red Army
in the province has smashed all pre-
yiOus offensives.
Red Army Near Inner Mongolia,
a large Chinese Red Army is re-
ported moving through Shensi and
Kansu Province, on the borders OF
Inner Mongolia and Sin Kiang. The
westward advance of this force has
spread alarm among Marking and
japanese nlilitarists alike, both fear
ing the extension of the Soviet Dis
tricts to the frontiers of the Soviet
Union and the Monaghan Peoples
Government. The Marking General
Ma Hung-kwei, commanding the
Fifteenth Route Army, has been Of
fered the position of war lord OF
Kansu Province as a reward if he
succeeds in blocking the westward
advance Of the Red Army, which is
reported commanded by Hsu Shang-
tsien,
Kuomintang Meets.
The Kuomintang central executive
committee will begin its third plen-
airy session at Marking tomorrow,
with the northern militarists refrain
ing from attendance and the Canton
clique represented only by sun 70.
General Chang Kai-shek, who
personally commanded the unsuc-
cessful anti Communist campaign in
Hupeh Province has returned to
Marking for the session.