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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-19
PASS WALL ST.
FILIPINO BILL
Senate Votes for Act
Against Island Masses

WASHINGTON, Dec. IS. - The
so-called Filipino independence bill
passed the senate late Friday with
out record vote. The bill now goes
to conference with the house of
representatives. The senate bill pro-
vides that after it becomes law by
action Of the two houses of congress
and has the signatures of the legls-
lature, which may approve it and
call a constitutional convention,
which will draw up constitution to
be voted on by the people of the
islands. When, and if, the constitu-
ton is adopted, the islands will enter
upon a twelve year preparatory
period, at the end of which time, if
they have fulfilled all demands of
the United States imperialists they
will be granted what is described as
freedom.
Juggle Date Question.
The capitalist press refers to this
as a bill granting independence in
twelve years. AS matter of fact
even this fake independence can be
postponed for many years while the
Juggling with the constitution goes
on. But even after formal independ-
ence the Philippines will be in a
similar condition to the Cubans who
are now supposed to enjoy independ-
ence-buts where Wall Street inn
perialism maintains in power a pup
pet government, maintains naval,
military and air bases and brushes
by bayonet and machine-gun any at
tempt to challenge Yankee tyranny.
This bill is now before congress
only as a part Of the preparations
for war in the Pacific; to'try to dis
integrate the growing movement for
independence in the islands and
strengthen it's military positions
against Japan in the conflict for
domination of the Pacific.
A powerful anti-imperialist strug-
gle, uniting in common action
against imperialist policy the toll
ing masses of the United States and
the colonial masses of the Islands
is the one thing that will drive the
imperialists out of the Philippine
Islands.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-19
HONOR ENGDAHL
IN MEMORIAL
Meet Calls for New
Effort for Scottsboro

NEW YORK-Crowds were moving
uptown yesterday evening and pack
ing into the big Bronx Coliseum for
the last tribute to J. Louis Engdahl,
who died suddenly in the midst Of
the struggle he was leading to free
the Scottsboro boys.
Engdahl's ashes were brought into
the Coliseum with the workers stand
ing and the Workers International
Relief Band of 40 pieces playing a
funeral march.
The meeting is not only in honor
of a good comrade, fearless and tire
less leader, but is new mobilization
to carry on the struggle for the
Scottsboro Negro boys from the point
where death struck down ]. Louis
Engdahl.
A principal speaker scheduled to
address the meeting was Mrs. Ada
Wright, mother of two of the boys
threatened with electrocution on
framed charges at Scottsboro. She
IS just back from the Scottsboro
campaign in Europe, during which
Engdahl died.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-19
MARCHERS WIN
FREE TOLL, GAS
Jail -Four, Reporting
in Farrell, Pa.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Dec. 49,
Triumphantly passing over the Mis-
sissippi River toll bridge without
paying toll, Columns 2, 3 and OF
the National Hunger March swept
into st. Louis. Friday all. together
in one caravan, and ready for new
struggles.
They announced a series OF victor
les, gained by the mass support, of
the workers in cities they recently
passed through.
In Terre Haute, organized pressure
Of local workers on the city council
forced it to provide 100 gallons of
gasoline and oil for the trucks of
the marchers. Fifty gallons of gas
oline was won in the same way at
Efdnghanl, Ill, and Is gallons from
Casey, Ill, town government
This line of returning marchers
has had to battle every inch Of the
way. They were attacked and scat
tered by police in Maryland, Virginia,
West Virginia, and Pennsylvania.
The weather is the coolest in this
part of the country known in Is
years; the temperature in below
zero.
The column rested over Saturday
in ST Louis, made reports TO mass
meetings Of the unemployed and is
now on the way to points west and
south west.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-19
u. S. FEARS WORLD DEBT DEFAULT
Socialist Leader Aids Plumber of Masses

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.---In adj
dition to increasing threats of war
like reprisals against French s3curi-
ties and the French tourist trade,
Washington officials on Saturday ex-
erted other forms of pressure in their
attempt to force the French Chamber
to reverse its decision to default on
the war debts payments.
They declared that the Wall Street
government was willing to continue
the debt discussions, but at the same
time insisted on unconditional pay
ment by France and the other de-
faulting states of the instalments due
on December Is.
Contradictions Of U. S. Imperialism
Meanwhile. U. S. Imperialism NOV
ing for reprisals against France was
somewhat hampered by its own con-
Predictions, the fear being expressed
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-19
MARTIAL LAW
in ARGENTINE
Bloody Terror Against
Masses

BUENOS AIRES, Dec. IS. - The
Argentine Government declared mar
tial law yesterday and launched a
murderous attack on the Communist
Party and other working class or
CARNATIONS, as sequel to the police
invasion and casing of mass
meeting Of workers called last Tues
day night TO protest against the
growing mass misery and the gov
ernments drive to participate in the
/, undeclared war between Bolivia and
Paraguay.
Abolish Rights for Masses
All constitutional guarantees have
been suspended, including freedom Of
speech and press, thus enabling the
government to arrest, de!ort or muir
der its opponents without court pro-
ceedings The government has sup
pressed the Communist press and
closed the offices of four port work
ers' unions arresting their organizers.
The government used the alleged
discovery OF a plct by Hipolito Iro-
goyen and other leaders of his Per-
SOtldllcId ftclutCdl MY lOl tilC OClH-
ure OF power as pretext for carry
ing out the widest terror against the
toiling masses, although admitting
that the proposed coup was crushed
with the arrests of the Irogoyenist
leaders.
Lies against Communists
To Justify" its terror against the
working class, the government alleges
that the Communists and other re-
evolutionary workers we're implicated
in the Irogoyen plot. 1t has broad
casted the vicious SANDER that the
Communists had an aoreement with
the Irogoyenists whereby the Com
munists were to be given 48 hours TO
sack the city"
The martial law edict is being used
In the provinces to crush the pre-
paratiors Of the ruined farmers for a
march of 100000 farmers on the
capital to demand relief.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-19

leader, issued a statement support
ing payment of the war debts de-
spite the furious protests of the
French working class, who are more
and more resisting the tax burdens
imposed by the imperialists. Blum
assures U. S. capitalism that the re-
fusal Of the French Chamber to pay
the December war debts installment
was only temporary" He says not
one word about the growing mass
misery in France arising out Of the
heavy taxations, armament burdens
and increasing unemployment. His
entire statement is a defense of
French Imperialism and call to the
wage-cutters of both countries to CO.
operate for the capitalist way out"
of the crisis-at the expense of the
toiling masses of France and the
Y. s
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-19

that increased tariffs against French
products would at the same time af-
feet the products of U. S.-owned
plants in France and the other de-
faulting countries. These fears, how
ever, did not lessen the volume Of
chauvinist nationalist agitation in
Congress over the war debts. Hoover
and Stimson were in secret confer
ence throughout the day at the same
time that Roosevelt held similar
secret conference with his advisers at
Albany.
socialist supporters OF imperialism
French dispatches report that Sen
ators Joseph Paul-Boncour. Minister
of War in the repudiated Herriot
Cabinet, has been called on to form
new cabinet following the failure
of the efforts of Camille Chautemps.
Meanwhile, Leon Blum, socialist
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-19
1880 PROTEST
POLISH MURDERS
Force n. Y. Consul to
Hear Demands

NEW YORK.-In an icy blizzard
more than 1900 working men and
women demonstrated almost three
hours up and down the Snow-covered
streets in the neighborhood Of the
Polish Consulate on E. 9th St, be-
tween Third and Lexington AYES,
In militant profession of interna-
tional solidarity they raised the
voice of the U. S. working class in
protest against the inhuman torture
by the Pilsudski government OF revo-
lutionary workers in Polish prisons;
against the mass murder of Jewish
and UkTainian workers by govern
ment melted pogroms. Stop this
bloody persecution now" the demon
strators shouted.
Try to Reach Embassy.
The demonstrators tried several
times TO march to the front of the
Polish Consulate, but only delega-
ton of five succeeded in penetrating
the war-lika police guard and in lay
ing the demands before the New
York agent of Polish tascism.
The long line of marchers held up
hundreds of banners bearing slogans
and demands. They shouted and
marched and sang while the snow
beat against their faces, and tried
from three different points to force
their way 70 the consulate. Each
time the Tanmany police threatened
force against the marching men and
women.
Police Interfere.
The police went out of their way
to direct traffic into the crowd while
Carl Hacker, secretary Of the Inter
national Labor Defense, was deliver
ing the report of the delegation OF
five at the close Of the demonstra-
ton.
But for almost three hours the
large crowd had marched in line,
two and one-half blocks long, back
and forth along Third Ave, Goth and
68th SITS, bordering the neighborhood
of the consulate. They stopped twice
to hold meetings, and in each case
the police disrupted the gatherings.
After the police pulled down one Of
the speakers at the first meeting in
the middle of the block on E. 66th
ST., the workers peradad to the cor
ner of Lexington Ave. and continued
the meeting in defiance Of the police.
Must Continue Fight.
The demonstration was called by
a united front committee, including
Jewish, Polish, Unainian and Rus
sian organizations and the Interna-
tional Labor Defense.
In reporting the delegations visit
TO the Embassy, Hacker said the
consul had replied to them in ex-
pected demagogic terms, and eau
toned that only continued mass
fight would have any effect in actu-
ally forcing the demands.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-19
BY vERN SMITH

NEW YORK .-Some 5000 attended
the debate in Mecca Temple Friday
night between Congressman Hamil-
ton Fish. Jr., and Scott Nearing,
under the auspices of New Masses
and Earnest Briggs. All the tickets
at the New Masses and Workers Book
Shop were sold out ahead OF time,
but Briggs apparently sold large
blocks OF tickets to scalpers. The
police held the crowd, both those who
had and had not tickets, outside the
doors from 730 to almost pm. while
the scalpers piled their trade. Con-
siderable resentment was audible in
the crowd tanning the street, but
considerable self discipline was evil
dent also, and there was no oppor-
tunity for police to club.
Once inside, proceedings were on a
high plane of politeness. but not on
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-19
State Hunger March.

AS4BllDOIIlOOO anu S6CU1On OASIS.
State Hunger March.
The Unemployed Councils of Erie
and Pittsburgh will cooperate with
that Of Philadelphia for a march
from all parts Of the state to the
state capital
A united front conference of un-
employed and workers mass organi-
cations will be held soon, with the
main task, in addition TO the state
march, of fighting evictions.
AS a result of the reports Of the
marchers, several new neighborhood
branches and block committees OF
the unemployed council have been
organized New unemployed coun-
ellis have been started i'll North Hills,
and Arsly, where previously there
was no organization.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-19

masses and intellectuals of South
America and of the whole world to
Immediately take. up the world wide
struggle against war initiated by the
World Congress Against Imperialist
War, recently held at Amsterdam.
The call points out:
THE hour has arrived to take up
the struggle against war or to per-
ish in the war serving the inter
ests of the imperialist oppressors,
the landlord slave-drivers and the
incipient, greedy, native bourgeoi-
sizes. We must Illustrate the war
plans or be the cannon fodder sac
rificed to the interests of the money
bags of our exploiters!"
Danger of World Slaughter.
The Call warns that the undeclared
wars between Bolivia and Paraguay
and between Peru and Colombia, ac-
companied by bloody coups in Chile,
Brazil, etc, are rapidly developing
into continental war with the sin
lister threat of a new imperialist
world slaughter more bloody than the
last one.
The Unsuitable voracity of the i'm
perialist nagnates and their native
allies in Latin America, the semi
feudal landlords and the lincipient
national bourgeoisies, is shedding riv-
ers of blood in the Chaco region, has
provoked armed conflicts on the
frontier of Peru with Ecuador and
Colombia giving rise to extensive war
fare in South America. And these
are just the beginnings of the con-
flagration. Day by day the tense
ness in Argentine Bolivian and Bo-
livian- Uruguayen relations is grow
ing worse Friction is beginning
to manifest itself in the relations be-
tween Chile and Argentine and be-
tween the latter and Brazil
A Hunger-War Program.
by means Of the unlimited ex-
ploitation Of the toiling masses, the
redoubling of the serfdom of the In
dams, further enslavement of the
Negroes, letting loose war, the imper-
ialists, the native landlords and
bourgeoisies hope to unburden them
selves Of the crisis :"
But such a war will have the con-
trary effect: Hunger. economic ruin
the destruction of the fruits of de-
cadeS of labor, these will be the con-
sequences of this new world war
The daily trend of world politics
show the imminency of this. Japan
with its policy of military occupa-
ton of Manchuria, its war of pill
lage and dismemberment of China
has intensified the struggle among
the imperialists, each In its effort
to obtain the greatest slice of the
loot. The wars in South America
the coups, the internal war in Brazil
are also part of the nter-imperialist
struggle.
It's ti-Soviet Aim.
1.-THE armed forces of imperialism
are being modified against the
Soviet Union, against the construc-
ton of Socialism in what used tc
be the Russia of the czars The
Latin American governments are
preparing to collaborate actively and
under the direction of the imperial
list general stats In this attack
against the Workers and Peasants
Republic"
The Call outlines the following
proposals for combating the Grim
inal war drive of the imperialists:
This great Anti-War Congress
will have for its aim the prepara-
ton Of an effective struggle against
war and against imperialism, its
instigator and to unity all forces
CONTINUED ON PAGE 81
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-19
FISH-NEARING DEBATE
VeryFnnny, But on Lou PoliticatLeVel

high political level. The chief fea-
lures we're Chairman Roger Bald
wins wisecracks and the Glowing
by Fish.
Nearing sat in business-like fashion
at the table provided, Fish--as be-
comes a rich man playing politics
lounged in an easy chair.
Outlines Cc.sis
Nearing spoke first, and outlined
the fairly well known features of
the crisis: millions of unemployed,
over so per cent wage cuts, ware
house jammed and industrial plants
fully able TO provide for everything,
only the capitalist principle Of pro-
duction for profit standing in the
way.
He contrasted this with the great
expansion of production in Soviet
(CONTINUED ON PAGE TryREE)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-19
Roosevelt Jokes AS
He Signs Bill to Cut
City Workers Pay

NEW YORK.-In the comfortable
library of his town house, one of his
many homes, the wealthy President
elect Roosevelt, signed, as Governor
of New York, the legislatures bill
cutting wages of the teachers and
permitting the Tannamy Board OF
Estimates to cut wages of all other
city employees. He joked and laughed
over it, saying that by signing these
bills he reduced his record Of veto
ing. Up to now he had vetoed % per
cent of the bills passed by the legis-
lature. But not these.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-19
GOES TO PRISON TO SAVE
STARVING FAMILY

DETROIT, Dec. l8-Richard Ram
bow, 26, and unemployed for three
years Is one of the thousands of
workers who sacrificed their liberty
as the only means of providing sup
port for their families. RAINBOW re-
fused probations sentence and
chose a two year prison sentence
instead after Judge Boyne explained
that man must be sentenced for
at least two years before his wife is
eligible for a pension.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-19
issue CALL FOR ANTI-WAR
CONGRESS TO FIGHT WAR
PLOTS IN SOUTH AMERICA
Warn That Present Wars Are Prelude to
New World Slaughter
Urges All Persons Against War to Supper
Congress Feb. % in Montevideo, Uruguay

MONTEVIDEO Dec. 18.-Declarng against the i'm.
periast and bloody coups raging South Amer
ica the Latin American Confederation Labor in co-opera-
ton with anwar committees in Argentine Uruguay has
initiated broad movement for anwar congress at Mon
tevideo, Uruguay, beginning February 28 1888
call for the congress- issued by organizaona COM
mttee set up by the three organizations appeals onp
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-19
Soviet Sports
Contests ShOV
Great Advance
BY N. BUCHWALD
European Correspondent Daily
Worker.

MOSCOW, Dec. Is CABLE The
results of the All-UniOn contest of
the athletic societies reflect the i'm
proved material conditions and
higher health level of the Soviet
masses.
Over two thousand athletic or
CARNATIONS participated in the con-
test. $4,000 athletes won their
"G.T.O.' letters certifying their fit
ness for "labor and defense" Near
ly two and half million workers
are qualifying for the coveted
"G.T.O." distinction.
Abe members of the athletic
groups are among the leading
shock workers. $4,000 suggestions
for greater efficiency in industry
came from these athletes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-19
Win Use OF City Hall.

HAVERHILL, Mass, Dec. 49,
Collection of signatures of so citiz--
ems and persistent demands forced
the city council to give the City Hall
for the report of Haverhill delegates
on the National Hunger March. The
right Of workers to use the city hall
for meetings has been denied for the
last three years.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-19
HUNGER MARCHES ON 6
STATE CAPITALS FOR
UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF
Intensified Struggle AS Result of National
Marchers Report and Call of National Comm.
Similar Action Follows Soon in Other States;
United Front Conferences Plan Details

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec 18.-Six thousand workers
in % meetings around the city heard the returned National
Hunger Machers report and the immediate results of their
reports plans for:
state hunger march Harrisburg Feb. l.
march by children of unemployed workers the Board
Of Education here, Dec "a.
Many mass Demonstrations and meetings on block
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-19
Prepare In Southern Cal.

LOS ANGELES, Cal. Dec. 10. -
-Four field organizers left this city
Dec Is TO tour the southern Califor-
MIA cities and help organize delega-
tions and mass support for the Cali
fornia State Hunger March on Sac
ramento. Jan. 10.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-19
SALES TAX TO HIT ToILERs

NEW YORK, Dec. ia state
Sales Tax of per cent which would
reduce existing living standards Of
workers and poor farmers to the tune
OF s40,000,000 is being pushed by Sea-
bury G. MaStick who is chairman of
the Legislative Tax Revision Com
mission.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-19
COPS DEFEND LANDLORD IN
FIRE DEATHS

NEW YORK, Dec. 18-Trapped by
fire and smoke on the top floor of a
two-and-a-half story building, at 90
3S 176th ST, which has no fire escape
two brothers, 20 and Z years old, lost
their lives, while the mother and
two daughters were seriously and
painfully burned. The police, who
serve the landlords in eviction cases
Immediately came to the defense of
the owner of the building by saying
that the rear entrance of the build
ing freed the landlord from the obi
cation of installing a fire escape.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-19
ANOTHER STARVING VET

CLEVELAND.-George Fisher, 80,
World War veteran, after nine
months of unemployment, has Of
fered to work for anyone who will
take care of his two daughters, aged
and 6.
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II the DAVIS
NeavS
PLAN TO PILOT ROCKET

MADGEBURG, Germany, Dec. l8.
Engineer Heinrich Nobel has de-
signed a rocket which would carry a
pilot some 5000 feet into the air on
the first rocket-pliot flight to be at
tempted. The flight has been sched-
uled for next spring. The rocket is
to return to the ground by means Of
a large, automatic parachute. The
pilot is to descend by a separate
parachute.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-19
so Organizations Plan March.

DENVER, Col, Dec. 19-Tlle United
Front Committee for Winter Relief
and Unemployment Insurance will
hold a city-wide conference here to-
cay in Carpenters Hall, for the pur-
pose Of completing arrangements
TO welcome the western contingents
of the Hunger Marchers and to pre-
pare for the Hunger March on the
Colorado State Capital when the
legislature convenes early in Janu-
airy.
The United Front Committee con-
sists of nearly so organizations in
Denver. of which 19 are A. F. of l..
local unions; Unemployed Councils,
Citizens Unemployed Leagues, hide
pendent Unemployed organizations,
fraternal organizations, etc.
Expose Child Hunger.
TRENTON, N. j.. Dec. 18.-On De-
cember % a committee Of so needy
children from many cities in New
Jersey will call OH the Governor Of
New Jersey, Mr.. Moore. and present
demands to him for immediate re-
lief 10 the children.
Public hearings are being held
throughout the state TO expose the
miserable conditions of the children
and for the election of delegates to
the governor. These hearings will
elect committees of workers and
their parents to go to the local
school authorities to place demands
for the immediate relief Of the chill
dren going to these schools.
The delegation will arrive in Tren-
ton on Dec. % in the evening and
will hold a public hearing
On the 23rd at 1920 in the morn
ing the New jersey Children's Con-
ference on Child Misery will be held.
This conference will elect the COM
mittee of children and parents to
present demands adopted by the con-
ference to the governor at 1870 P.
M.
Following the call Dec. IA OF the
National Committee of the Unem-
ployed Councils for state hunger
marches and delegations TO the legis-
latures, to demand relief, Unemploy-
ed Councils of six states have an
nounced such action in preparation.
In addition to the states named
above. there are Washington, Jan.
9 and Illinois, Jan. 29.