The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-09

fusal Of the police chief to give
permit and mass meeting called
by the Unemployed League -(Soci-
afsD from which the Unemployed
Council was to be excluded, elected
a committee of 100 to visit the
mayor, after the Unemployed Coun-
Gil speakers had taken the stand
despite the opposition of the Soci-
alists.
John Vasey, a Y.CL. speaker was
arrested when he addressed the
crowd in front of the City Hall
after the delegation had gone in, but
was later released, in a courtroom
packed with workers, for lack of
evidence.
Mass pressure finally won /. e.
NIT from the mayor on the morning
of August / despite the opposition
of the police chief.
The police drove dozens of cars
through the crowd during the DEM
onstration, but did not succeed in
breaking it up.
JOHNSTOWN, Pa,-The workers
of this Bethlehem Steel town won
a victory through mass pressure,
getting a permit for the August Isl
demonstration. the first permit for
meeting under Communist aus
pieces ever granted here. More than
500 turned out.
McKEES ROCKS, Pa.-More than
5000 workers in this city one of the
largest steel centers of Allegheny
County, took part in an anti-war
demonstration on August l. Reso-
buttons against war, and demanding
that Governor Pinchot withdraw
the militia from the strike zone in
Western Pennsylvania were passed.
First Anti-War Meeting in
Claremont
CLARENONT, N. H. - The first
August l anti-war demonstration
ever held in this town of mass I'M
employment was thorough success
despite many attempts at provoca-
ton by the authorities. and by
Socialist heckler who exerted him
self to disrupt the meeting from its
beginning to its end.
AS the workers gathered in Browd
Street Park, a band struck up, at
tempting to drown out the speakers
and divert the attention of the audi
ence, and loud-speakers were used
to order the workers to leave the
park. A group of Boy Scouts were
also sent in to disturb the meeting.
AS the speakers put forward a
militant program of struggle against
war, Ell Bourbon, a Socialist, began
to heckle, carrying on a continuous
argument about everything but the
problems of the workers. and ask
ing questions without giving the
speakers time to answer,
Anti-War Meeting Wins Pay Raise
NEW BRITAIN, Conn.-About 500
took part in an August 1 anti-war
meeting here, which was addressed !
by Isaac Abraham, who is out on
bond for his part in the Tarifville |
tobacco strike. The meeting came |
one week after preparatory meet
ing in front of the Corbin Screw |
Factory, held by the Metal Workers |
Industrial Union, which resulted in |
10 per cent wage increase the next |
day.
ABERDEEN, Wash. - Over O0O |
workers took part in the August l |
anti-war demonstration here. The
ID. d r. Theatre sent sound truck |
which stopped on the corner op- |
poS1te the demonstration and PLAYED |
the Star Spangled Banner, in an at |
tempt to disrupt the meeting. A |
committee elected to carry a protest |
to the welfare board against relief |
cuts found the doors locked when |
they arrived. The next day the
county relief commissioner declared
he had orders from the State relief |
commissioner, and could do nothing |
The workers of Aberdeen are or
ganizing a mass meeting for strug-
gle for relief
BALTIMORE, Md.-At least 1000
workers took part in the main Aug.
anti-war demonstration here.
which was the most successful in |
the history of Baltimore. It was |
preceded by three preparatory meet
lngs, one at the water front. one !
In a section inhabited by Negro steel
workers, and one in another section
among Bethlehem Steel Company
workers. The main meeting, in the
evening, was on the waterfront. in
stead of in City Hall plaza as usual.
and was attended by many workers
in the key war industries, steel and
marine transportation.
CHAPPELL. Neb.-Farners of the
Nebraska Holiday Association held
an anti-war demonstration. and
passed resolution pledging them
selves to drop any and all respon-
sibilities in order to rally all the
people against the declaration of an
other war for profit"
HAMILTON, o. - Five hundred
workers greeted an exposure of the
MIRA. with thunderous applause at
an August l anti-war demonstration
here. Two members of the State
Legislature attempted to interrupt
but were prevented by the workers
and were forced to run away.
PORTLAND. Me. - Five hundred
took part in an. open-air August LIST
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