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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-05
TRADE UNION UNITY LEAGUE
CALLS FOR FIGHT ON R.R. CUT

Just as tamely at the end Of twelve
months as they did this one. The
promise" of the company TO do
all they can" to furnish more steady
work are an insult to the railroad
workers.
It is necessary that a fight be Or
ganized Immediately against this
shameful treachery. The wage cut
must be voted down and struck
against. Every misleader who had
anything to do with this shameful
betrayal should be driven out Of union
office. In every union minority groups
should be organized. Under the lead
ersIip of the National Railroad IN
dustrial League the betrayed railroad
workers must rally TO struggle against
the companies and the reactionary
union leaders.
Workers, organize and fight against
the wage cut. Demand that the wage
cut be submitted to the workers for
referendum vote, and then vote 1t
down. Demand that strike vote be
taken. Form committees and prepare
to strike against the wage cut. Drive
out Of official position every official
who voted to accept the cut. Demand
unemployment insurance and the six
hour day without reduction in pay.
Build the National Railroad 1ndB-
trial League.
VIM. U. FOSTER,
Gen. Sec, Trade Union Unity League
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tirely upon their own initiative and
responsibility. They did not consult
the mass Of workers before they &C
cepted the cut, nor will they do so
now if the matter is left in their
hands. These misleaders, with their
$4,000 to $4,000 a year salaries, could
easily agree to cut the wages of the
rank and file, their own salaries re-
naming intact. If the railroad work.
erS had been given an opportunity
to express themselves, they would not
only have voted down the wage cut
proposition, but would strike against
it.
The maneuvering of the companies
and the railroad union leaders to
put over this wage cut upon the work.
ers was a striking illustration Of the
latter's role as the agent Of the boss
es. 1t was manifest from the outset
that the officials would either direct
ly accept the wage cut that their
masters insisted upon, or concede it
to them by arbitration under the
Watson Parker Law. All their pro-
testations and submission of counter
proposals" amounted to just so much
talk, designed to create the impress
sion among the rank and file that
they we're fighting against the wage
cut. They will accept another cut
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-05

NEW YORK.-The Soviet delega-
ton, headed by Maxim Litvinoff,
scored its first victory in Geneva
Wednesday when 1t forced the Swiss
government to admit Karl Radek, the
brilliant Soviet editor, TO the second
session of the So-called disarmament
conference.
The delegation from the land OF
the workers and peasants summed up
the latest hypocritical peace" gesture
of the imperialist powers in the Far
East as follows:
ut won't do any good. Yester-
days action of the powers is only
one of a series of fruitlesS steps tax
en- by the League in recent months,
each of which steps resulted In q
hop-skip and jump forward by the
japanese"
In commenting on the imperialist's
efforts to concentrate all attention
on the proposal of neutral zone
around Shanghai in an effort to dis.
tract the masses from the real dan
ger of the attack on Hardin. which is
an open war move against the Soviet
Union, the spokesman for the Soviet
delegation said:
THE real problem is In Manchu-
ria, not In Shanghai, which is an
isolated, although tragic episode.
The attention of the big powers Is
being distracted over the relatively
insignificant Shanghai question at
the expense of the vastly more i'm
portant seizure Of Manchuria,
which is the real object of Japan's
aggression
In face of these facts, with actual
war going on against the Chinese
masses, with the imperialists rushing
more troops to the scene Of the
slaughter, with Hardin falling before
the Japanese onslaught, socialist
Henderson, representative Of British
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-05

I'VE will produce 100 Iiilliards
kilowatt electric power in 1887, that
is, we will approach the level Of the
United States. However, in utilizing
the power eletcrfc stations, We wiz
leave the United States far behind.
"The second Year Plan must
completely strengthen our inde-
pendence technically and econonai-
caIy. Does this mean we viii have
no economic relations abroad? BY
no means. These relations will exist.
but they will be realized on tbs
basis of our economic Independence
from the capitalist world, on tbs
basis of our growing economic tech
nical power,
Production Of articles and their
general consumption will grow two
to three times, housing accomnnoda=
ton and cultural catering will be
considerably improved.
A number of comrades, including
Cirinko, Commissar Of Finance, Kos
sior, Stetzky, Streltsov, Unschlicht,
Weinbergskripin. Milutin and others
participated in the debates.
Discussion Is Scientific and Thorc
The delegates in their speeches con-
centrated chiefly on the most vital
theoretica1 and practical programs,
the building up of classics socialist
society, the abolition of classes and
the causes which breed class dstinc-
tons, on the problems set out In all
their acuteness in the thesis of the
Central Committee on the second S
Year Plan.
Almost all the speakers put on the
highly principled Bolshevist basis
most of the complex problems In the
struggle for the further success Of
socialism in the U. S. S. r.
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Fight Hunger And
War! Spread The
Daily Worker!

The Daily Worker is a power
full weapon in the American
workers fight against the i'm
perialist slaughter of the Chinese
workers and peasant sand espe-
cially against the movement of
the imperialst against the Soviet
Union. All mass demonstrations
against the bosses hunger and
murder campaign should be the
occasion for spreading the Daily
Worker to the masses of American
workers.
District Daily Worker agents,
unit agents, order extra bundles
accompanied by cash Immediately
to make permanent the results of
today's unemployment insurance
demonstrations. Intensity the drive
for subscriptions. Build a solid
mass base for the struggle against
the bosses war to crush the
Chinese Soviets. Build a solid
mass base for the defense of the
Soviet Union. Spread the Daily
Worker through mass circulation
and mass subscriptions.
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A report received yesterday by the
Washington government points out
this danger The report, which the
government refuses to publish, is from
Admiral Montgomery M. Taylor
Commander of the U. S. Asiatic Fleet
now at Shanghai. A Washington dis
patch reports:
although the report Of Admiral
Taylor was not made public, 1t was
manifest that he regarded condi-
tons as serious and perhaps not
made more grave molly because of
self-control exercised by the foreign
forces in the International Settle
ment.
1T Is understood Admiral Taylor
pointed out that the japanese were
using the Settlement as a base of
operation against the Chinese, who
were exercising care to avoid press
ing the fighting into that neutral
zone."
Tension Grows eBtween Imperialist
Bandits
Admitting that the Japanese had
been permitted to use the so-called
neutral international Settlement at
Shanghai as a base for operations
against the Chinese. the United States
has now prohibited further use OF
that area by the Japanese. The Jap
aneSe are reported to have Withdrawn
their troops from the Settlement.
The prohibition of the use to the
Japanese of the International Settle
ment is only one of sereis of events
indicating strong differences between
japan and the other imperialist pow
ers.
Following day of constant tele-
phonic communication with the Brit
ish government, the United States Is
sued a statement assuring the Eu-
ropean imperialists of lone hundred
per cent naval and military coopera-
ton" in Shanghai. The statement fol-
lowed the receipt of Admiral Taylor's
report. Latest reports indicated that
the Japanese have agreed to with
draw from the International Settle
ment as base of operations and to
leave the suppression Of any resist
ance by the Chinese masses to the
U. S. and other imperialists.
A Shanghai dispatch intimates
that the demand upon the Japanese
to withdraw their forces from the
Settlement was not altogether unwel-
come to the Japanese who have been
badly dashed by the Chinese forces
within the past few days. The dis
patch further states:
TT can now be divuIged that for
taroe days The American lines IN
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of the tOilers In all capitalist coun-
tries, have been abolished.
The fundamental scheme of the
first S Year Plan consisted In ex-
tending the position of socialism.
We achieved during this period
absolute predominance in the SO
cialiEed sector.
THE plan for collectiviZation has
been overfulfilled. The question of
who beat whom has been com
pletely solved in the entire country.
We have put heavy industry on .
firm footing, have abolished unen-
ployment and considerably improved
the material and living standards of
the toilers, and transferred the ma
jority of the workers to the seven
hour working day.
Cultural Advance Of Workers
I'VE are building houses for
workers, schols, clubs, theatres and
Cinemas, and raising the cultural
. level of the toiIers of our country 10
the highest degree.
"Our successes enable us to set
out on the new tremendous of the
second Five Year Plan.
In cast iron smelling, we will
rank first with Europe at the end Of
the second Five Year Plan. In coal
production, we will almost reach the
level of England in 1929; in machine
building, the second Year Plan
will promite us TO second place in
the world; In the production of
automobiles, only the United States
will excel us. In the production of
chemicals and fertilizers, our coun-
try will take first place in the world
under the second 5 Year Plan
To Equal and Oustrip U. S.
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for March LIST.
Discussion on Women's Work and
Youth Work brought out the I'M
portance of building Women's Aux
iliaries of the union, and establishing
youth sections to mobilize the young
miners. The union is also becoming
more active in the organization of
Unemployed Committees among the
jobless miners.
Resolutions were adopted in sup
port Of the Kentucky strike relief
campaign, in defense of Mooney, the
Scotsboro boys. the Kentucky miners
and other class war prisoners. A spe-
cial resolution was adopted appealing
to the miners to rush funds to save
the Daily Worker.
The miners on The iron and cop
per ranges need the Daily Worker,
fighting organ of the working
class" this resolution states. Help
save our Daily, 10 carry on the
night against hunger" support was
alsc pledged 10 the Nine wsrke~~
and Labor Unity"
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HOOVER ISSUES DESPERATE II
APPEAL FOR AID TO WALL ST.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE)
getary deficit of two billion dollars
will rapidly depreciate In the ef-
fort to avoid this, Wall Street has
resorted to an emergency appeal for
the construction of boarded money to
the banks. Whether this money will
be returned or not, and in the face
of the mounting wave of bank fail
ures it is impossible that it will, the
financial crisis with which Wall
Street is faced will continue to
deepen.
Hoover's appeal is especially signi-
ficant in connection with the war in
China. The feverish preparations for
a war against the Soviet Union makes
it necessary from military point of
view that the American treasury be
in as strong a position as possible
The announcement of Hoover is as
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-05
BALKAN to Lecture
In Akron on Feb. II

AKRON, O.--John j. BALKAN will
lecture at the Workers Centre Hall
February II under the auspices Of the
Workers International Relief.
The Workers International Relief
branch here is active in the Ken
lucky Tennessee Miners Relief Cam
paign of the WIR. A strike of Ohio
miners is also included in the cam
paign.
A tag day for relief was held on
January 80 and a food and clothing
collection has been planned for Feb
ruary 30.
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Japanese seizure OF Manchuria, In or
der to afford the other imperialists
bargaining point against Japan in
the division of China.
The American and European I'M
perialists had already endorsed the
Manchurian seizure on the under
standing that Japan would use Man
churia as a military base against the
Soviet Union and would act as the
spear-head In the armed attack on
workers Russia. The Japanese re-
fused to reopen the question. On
the basis Of the fact that Japanese
troops are now advancing towards the
Soviet frontier, the japanese were nc
doubt able to point out that they
were carrying out their part Of the
sinister agreement against the Soviet
Union.
Fear Japan May Bottle Up Fleets
On YanktLe
Fear was expressed yesterday In
League Of Nations circles in Geneva
that the Japanese might attempt to
bottle up the warships of the United
States. Britain, France and Italy nov
at Shanghai and further up the Yang
tze River. These warships were rush.
ed to China for use against the revo-
lutionary Chinese masses, and espe-
cially against the Chinese Red Army
whose victories in Central China are
spreading alarm among the imperial
lists and threatening their plans for
the partition of China. Another aim
behind the dispatch of these tremen-
dous naval forces was to restrain the
Japanese from taking more than their
share of the loot. A Geneva dispatch
states:
"The hope that the open door
had been left open for further
talks was offset to some extent by
the fear that the Japanese might
have used the time gained to bring
more forces to Shanghai and, above
all, to put themselves in a position
to try to bottle up the European
fleet at Shanghai by occupying
forts at the rivers mouth"
The fear was also expressed that
the Japanese intend to capture
Shanghai and hold 1t as bargaining
point over the heads of the other
robber imperialists in the dividing
up of China.
Sees Danger Of Prevocation Between
Troops Of Imperialists
In addition to the danger of an
inter-imperialist clash over the divi-
don Of the loot, there is the danger
that the regular troops and volunteer
forces OF the impss4ahsts may BECOME
ernbroiled. - : A'4a- : CO.
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this sector hae been In grave dam
ger, lying between the japanese
and Chinese fighting forces"


Demands in Congress for Huge Fleet
and Army
The developing tension between the
imperialists found its echo yesterday
in Congress, where the Shanghai sit
uation was used to forward the plans
of the Wall Street imperialists for
huge navy and army appropriations
while denying adequate relief to the
unemployed and sentencing tens OF
thousands Of jobless workers and
their families to starvation. A Wash
ington dispatch to the New York
Times reports:
with the dark shadow Of crisis
hanging over the Pacific, Congress
should proceed at once TO enact
the Vinson Bill for building the
navy up to the limits of the London
treaty, Representative McFadden
told tho House today
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-05
March On City Gov'ts; Demand Relief

The Executive Committee of the
unemployed met last night, with
twenty present and elected officers
and organized various committees to
carry out the campaign.
The question Of the County and
State Hunger Marches were taken up
and a committee assigned to work
out the details This committee is
affiliated with the National Com
niittee of Unemployed Councils.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Feb. AT
a preliminary demonstration on Feb
ruary End, in front of the Youngs-
town Sheet and Tube Co., IL workers
we're arrested. Three are being held
by the federal authorities, while nine
are out on 800 bail bond each.
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NEW HAVEN. Conn, Feb. 4.-De-
spite refusal to grant permit for a
factory gate meeting, $50 workers of
winchester today demonstrated their
solidarity with the unemployed and
for unemployment insurance at a
noon gate meeting today.
Three hundred workers demon
strated on the Central Green of New
Haven for unemployment insurance
and immediate relief, and elected a
committee to present their demands
to Mayor Murphy The mayor was
out and his representative told the
committee that the city cannot do
anything more for the unemployed.
Demand 2 Months Work at $40
Week
LAWRENCE, Mass, Feb. 4.-Two
thousand workers crowded the Com
mon bandstand in an enthusiastic
meeting, despite the cold.
Governor Ely will be eating for the
jobles tonight at banquet of the
American Federation of Labor.
Mayor White proposal for the tax
exempt mill owners was scored. The
workers demanded two months work
at $40 a week, and the release of
Edith Berkman.
Speakers were Pizer, Bramhall,
Stone for the National Textile Work.
ers Union and Nat Kaplan.
JAMAICA, L. L, Feb. 4.-Two thou
sand workers participated in a mill
tant demonstration demanding the
enactment of the Workers Unemploy-
ment Insurance Bill and for immedi-
ate relief. Hundreds Joined the DEM
onstration at Union Square, New
York City.
one thousand demonstrated in
Huntington, L. I. Here the police at
tempted to disrupt the meeting, but
were unsuccessful.
800 Stamford Workers Demonstrate.
STANFORD, Conn, Feb. 4.-Three
hundred workers demonstrated at
New Little Park, despite a heavy
rain, for the Workers Unemploy-
ment Insurance Bill.
A resolution was adopted endors-
ing the bill. A delegation of six
presented the demands of the work.
ers to the city and town government.
The Laborers and Moulders Union
Of the AT. of L. of Stamford elected
delegates to the State Unemploy-
ment Conference to be held in Hart
ford on February 14th. This Con-
ference was called by the Unem-
ployed Council. Members of these
unions we're present at the demon
stration.
Speakers we're wossy and Forman
for the youth.
1000 Come Out In New Castle.
NEW CASTLE, Pa, Feb. A.
George Lewis of the Unemployed
Council here was arrested immedi-
ately after he tried to speak TO 1000
workers on the Public Square. In
spite of the fact that a permit had
been denied for demonstration to-
day for unemployment insurance and
relief, the workers assembled.
After Lewis arrest, the mayor
tried 10 speak, but was booed down
by the workers.
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JAPANESE VENT FURY ON SHANGHAI
MASSES AFTER MANY DEFEATS

"Then, these foreigners reported
incendiaries began putting the dis
trict to the torch, whereupOn for
eigners used pistols to drive Japan
csc incendiaries and hooters from
their homes. Herr Krenn tells many
tragic tales of five nights of terror
declaring the streets were strewn
with dead bodies.
Herr Krenn asserts that when
Chinese ran from their burning
houses he saw japanese shoot them
down. While leaving the area he
said he found wounded Chinese
woman lying in the gutter, where
she had ben for two days, with
nursing infant in her arms.'
Koumintang In Secret Conference
With Japanese.
The Japanese campaign OF fright
fulness represents a deliberate at
tempt on the part of the imperial
lists to crush the resistance of the
heroic Chinese masses against the
imperialist war for the division and
footing of China. Every worker,
every working class organization
must rally to the defense of the
Chinese masses, to the defense Of
the Chinese Revolution and the
Soviet Union. Workers! protest
these hideous outrages against the
Chinese masses! Form United
Front anti-war committees in your
shops and factories, in your or
gani1ations: Smash the attempts
of the imperialists to solve the
crisis at the expense of the blood
of the toiIing masses of the world!
While this horrible carnage is be-
ing carried on by the japanese
against the Chinese masses, tht
traitorous Kuomintang gang OF i'm
perialist tools are holding secret con
ferences with Japanese military anC
naval officers aimed at further be.
traying the struggles of the Chimes
masses.
Martial Law Declared In Hankow
As Chinese Red Army Be-
leaguers City.
Kuonintang troops are threaten,
ing the anti-imperialist masses ii
HaHkow, in Swatow, Annoy, Cantor
and other Chinese cities. They have
fired on Chinese workers and stu
dents who dared to demonstrat,
their anger against the bloody crimes
OF the Japanese and other imperial.
lists, against the imperiahst ar1nec
intervention against the Chimes
Soviet Republic and the Chinese Rec
Army.
In Hankow. where the workers arr
threatening an uprising to welcome
the Chinese Red Army which il
laundering at the gates of the city
the Kuomintang officials have de
clared martial law and are shooting
down Chinese workers. The Japa
nese are strengthening the defense o
their concession in the city. Japa'
nese, United States, British ant
French warships are being rushed W
the Yangtze against the Chinese Ret
Army.
In Marking, the Kuomintang trait
ors have made an agreement will
the Japanese not to oppose their ad
vance into Central China, where tn,
Chinese Red Army is In full control
except for few garrisoned cite
that are still holding out against it!
victorious advance.
d the two main points of thu
tly by the United States, Brit
these two points called for ;
anese warships and troops t,
70 reopen the question of tn,
A report received yesterday by tn
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fighting against the Japanese in the
hastily dug trenches on the Shang-
-Woosung front The Chinese SOL
diers in Shanghai are troops who
defied Chang Kai-Shek and threat
ened to revolt against their officers
unless they were lead against the
Japanese invaders. They were joined
By other troops sent by Chang to
diearm them. The Chinese forts on
Wednesday sank Japanese destroyer
and crippled two others,
The Chinese troops have launched
a strong counter offensive against the
Japanese. A Shanghai dispatch re-
ports that the Japanese are facing
major disaster:
Chinese troops, flushed with re-
pkated victories, launched fierce
offensive over a twenty mile front
, against the Japanese today and
trapped two battalions Of Japanese
marines.
TT was the first major attack by
the Chinese in a weeks bitter
battling for control of Shanghai"
An unconfirmed report reached
. London yesterday that the Japanese
naval commander who had been re-
: called from Shanghai had committed
suicide as result of the defeats in
flicted by the Chinese forces.
Japanese Vent Fury ON Congested
Native Districts
The japanese vented their maniacal
fury against the native sections of
Shanghai, dealing death among the
congested Working-class populations
by bombing planes and direct bonn
bardment from their warships and
field pieces. A Shanghai dispatch re-
ports:
Japanese airplanes resumed the
air attack over Chapel this after
noon. They used larger bombs than
In earlier bombardments. Fires In
creased and spread rapidly"
AS in earlier bombings of this
working -class section, the Japanese
used machine gun squads and snipers
10 shoot down the workers as they
attempted to escape from the burn
ing section.
Chapel, formerly populated by over
100000 Chinese workers. still contains
more than 100000 destitute workers
who are living in the cellars Of ruined
houses because they can find no other
refuge Other sections of Shanghai
are congested with the masses who
fled from Chapel after the first
bombing.
Rake Crowds with Machine Gun
Fire
A Shanghai dispatch reports that
she Japanese admitted that their0
airplanes loosed machine gun fire on
crowds of Chinese watching the battle
from roofs. They attempted to
excuse this murderous action by
claiming that the Chinese had fired
at the planes.
Japanese civilians have shot down
Chinese workers in the Hongkow area
of the International Settlement, set
ting fire to their homes. A Shanghai
odispatch quotes the report of num-
Der Of foreign eyewitnesses of the
Japanese frightfulness. The dispatch
states, IN part:
The Japanese have reject
proposals which were made joi
ain, France and Italy. One o
stop to the movement of Jal
SHANGHAI The otbar snuob+