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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-11
WeinstOck i'm Interview
Tells of Work in
RefOrmist Unions
BY CHARLOTTE ToDEs

NEW YORK.-Within the ranks Of
me membership of the American Fed
exation Of Labor, its deep going revolt
against the expulsion and anti-strike
policies of the A. f. Of l.. leadership
IL fast developing into an organized
rank and file movement on nation
vide basis, according to Louis Wein-
stock, secretary of the A. F. Of L.
Committee for Unemployment Insur-
snce and Relief.
Organized rank and file groups in
the A. F. of l.. unions have already
waged a sharp fight against the Of
ficialdom on the question Of uneni-
jobless, as well as for the reduction of
salaries Of the high paid officials to
the level of the wages paid in the
industry" said Weinstock.
"A striking example of this was the
action of the rank and file Of Bakers
Local IA of Rochester, which on its
own initiative and in the name of the
local union circulated q petition to
the bakery locals of the whole coun-
try demanding that the International
Once call a convention to take up
the issue of the unemployed workers
and to plan a fight against the N.
r. A. code and for q shorter hour
week in the industry.
Similarly the Philadelphia carpen-
ters, were suspended by the Interna-
tional Brotherhood, for initiating a
referendum vote on unemployment in
surance. The referendum met with
wide response among the workers.
Activity of the A. F. of L. Com
nnittee for Unemployment Insurance
which initiated the rank and file
movement by its determined fight for
unemployment relief and insurance
and for the exemption Of dues pay
ments for the unemployed has gained
the support of 1900 locals in the
country. Three state declarations and
q score of central bodies have en-
dorSed the Workers Unemployment
Insurance Bill drawn up by the Com
mittee. The movement has swept
the country and wherever the issue
has been raised it has met with favor
able response among the workers.
THE pressure of this movement COM
PEELED the A. F. Of L. convention In
1882 to endorse unemployment in
Sursnce.
WeinstocB pointed out that this
movement succeeded in establishing
centers for organizing the rank and
fire in every large city in the country
thus laying the basis for building a
powerful united movement inside the
A. F. of L. to defeat and clean out
the reGctionary boss controlled ma
chine
The movement Is now not alone
confined to the struggle for the I'M
employed; it mas become broader u
said Weinstock. 1T is now the means
OF organizing program around all
the grievances Of the workers in the
locals, against the machines racket
eering practices, the lack of all SEM
blance Of trade union democracy, the
discrimination against Negro workers
high initiation fees and dues and the
notorious treacheries against the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-11
Hung Jury in Trial
OF Pat Chambers as
Strikers Pack Court

TULARE, Calf, Dec. f0.-A dead
locked jury resulted here in the trial
of Pat Chambers, cotton-s strike
leader, on charges OF criminal syn
dicalism. A new trial for Chambers
has been set for Feb. s. Chambers
is out on $4,000 bail raised by the
International Labor Defense, which
is conducting his defense.
His trial was marked by the MILL
tant attitude of the four to five hum
dred workers who daily packed the
courtroom.
The charges against Chambers I'M
der the criminal syndicalisn law are
more far-reaching than any ever at
tempted before in California. The
state set out TO prove that the cotton
strikers sought wage-ra.se, to get
their union organized, and obtain the
right of collective bargaining. Pat
Chambers is charged with criminal
syndicalism for being the leader of
strike called on the basis of these
demands. He is also charged with
advocating violation of the law be-
cause he recommended resistance by
strikers to Illegal arrests.
The aim Of the state is clearly 10
outlaw all strikes in California I'M
der the G. S. law.
The I. l.. d. throughout California
is pushing on its mass campaign for
repeal of the criminal syndicalism
law, and has collected thousands OF
signatures to this demand.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-11
Socialist Party Does Not Abandon Support of
N.R.A., Only Uses More Critical Phrases;
c. P. Only Party Fighting N. R. A.

to unite with this half the capitalist
doctrine"
Tt is clear then that If the Socialist
Party adopted at present a more "cri-
tical" attitude towards the N.R.A., it
is merely, as usual, adjusting its
treacherous tactic to the policy Of the
bourgeoisie and to the growing radi-
calization of the masses. Now that
it is becoming every day more obvious
that the N.R.A. has failed to bring
back prosperity, that the MIRA. is
succeeding in increasing the profits
Of monopoly capitalism, in advancing
fascism, the leadership Of the Social
list Party is adopting more critical
attitude towards the N.R.A.
Why They Go 20 the Masses
The new National Chairman of the
Socialist Party in his article exclains
that I'VE must go TO the masses" (his
emphasis). Why is the Socialist
Party and Krzycki, its new leader, SO
anxious now to go to the masses? Is
it really TO tell them that "the true
voice of American capitalism" is heard
through the ballyhoo Of the N.R.A.?
Is 1t to tell them that the N.RA.
breeds fascism? Is it to tell the work
ers to unite in the struggles against
the effective" operation of the
NRA.2 Not at all. His call to go
TO the masses with their present So
called new attitude towards the MIRA.
is nothing but continuation of their
policies of disarming the workers in
their struggles.
The Dec. 9th issue of the New
Leader, gives us clear idea what in
strument it viii use when it goes
to the masses" In leading editorial
we read: "Where an industry has
code IL simply means that the conflict
between the workers viii be fought
out within the code administration"
1t is quite clear that the Social Fa-
scist leadership viii continue to foist
the MIRA. with its compulsory arbi-
tration, and no strike edicts, on the
rising workers. The workers, accord
ing to the editorial, must confine their
struggles with the employers to the
strike breaking machinery of the
N.R.A. The class struggle must be
confined within the limits OF the IA
scist breeding MIRA. This is the so
cialism" Of the Socialist Party and
its social fascist leadership
Since the recent convention of the
A. F. of L., the call sounded by Roose-
welt, by Johnson, by Perkins, that the
workers must not strike, found its
sympathetic response previously In
the famous statement OF Thomas
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-11

vidends. We repeat, extra dividends
Of S22 100000!
The owners OF industry so "effec-
lively evaded" the N. r. A. that with
the help of the A. F. of L. leaders
who we're congratulated by Norman
Thomas, the open shop became the
clause in many q code, and striking
miners, steel workers, farmers, were
murdered because they fought for the
right to organize. The owners of in
dustry SO effectively evaded" the N.
r. A. that collective bargaining has
become the mailed fist of compulsory
arbitration and the outlawing Of
strikes.
Mr.. Krzycki does not, OF course,
dare at the present time outright TO
tell the workers that the N. r. A.
has great possibilities" and that it
leads towards genuine socialism. .
He still in a roundabout way tells
the workers that If the N. r. A. failed
to bring them prosperity, as Roose-
welt and Hillquit promised, ito raise
wages, reduce working hours and in
crease employment" it is because the
Owners of industry" evaded its eff
fective operation.
When Krzycki and the Socialist
Party say that the owners Of industry
evaded its IN. r. Al effective opera
ton, they are trying to put over the
idea that if the N. r. A. raises profits,
cuts wages and raises prices, it is all
because the workers did not cheerfully
take advantage of the N. r. A. The
N. r. A. is nothing else but the in
strument Of monopoly capitalism. 1t
is the instrument for crushing strug-
giles Of the workers, their organiza-
tons, and outlawing their most eff
fective weapon-the strike weapon.
The Socialist Party wants the work.
ers to continue to believe that the
N. r. A. stands above classes. It
wants then to believe in the fiction
that the Wall Street Government in
Washington, with Roosevelt as It's
head, will sit in impartial judgement
over the effective operation" of the
N. r. A. The Socialist Party tells
the workers to embrace the very
chains designed to imprison them.
Why "Actual" Remarks
It would be wrong to assume that
the Socialist Party even in the days
Of 'its first flush" did not make crit
ical observations OF the N. n. A. To
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-11
Prevent Eviction of
Striking Shoe Worker

PHILADELPHIA the lead
ership of the Unemployed Councils,
so workers gathered at Bonshall and
Indiana Ave. on Tuesday, December
5, and prevented the eviction of a
striking shoe worker.
Although the gathering was small,
it displayed such militant character
that Constable Gilman, known to be
the most notorious eviction constable
In Philadelphia, took one glance at
the gathering and disappeared.
The worker who was to be evicted
has been elected as delegate to the
City Convention Of the Unemployed
Councils, which is to take place on
Friday, December % at the New
Gsrrick Hall, 507 S. 9th St., p. m.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-11

assume this would be to lose sight
of the special role of the Socialist
Party as q social fascist party. II re-
bellious, radicalized workers are to be
disarmed in the fight against capital
list fascist breading measures, then
such measures must be presented to
them as socialist measures. But, of
course, it would be too raw to present
such measures as outright socialist
ones. We, therefore, see how the
Socialist Party, with q critical atti-
tude in words, and with o layer OF
socialist phrases, commits the most
reactionary deeds. And their attitude
toward the N. r. A. Is typical ex-
ample OF attempting to chain the
workers to 9 fascist chariot in the
name Of genuine socialism," In the
name of golden opportunities"
Not open fascism, but masked fas-
cism, with socialist phrases. This Is
the reason why we Communists call
the leaders of the Socialist Party
masked fascists-social fascists.
To go back to Mr.. Krzycki, example
No. 3:
Gerard Swope throws out the
whole plan of business fascism, which
might have been expected that Pres
ident Roosevelt would not admit q
plan put forward SO rawly to bury
his own version of the New Deal"
Here again, Krzycki advances lit
tie more cautiously than Thomas and
Hillquit did when they visited the
White House to congratulate Roose-
welt and his New Deal. Swopes ver-
sion is business fascism, but Roose-
welt has "his" own version of the
New Deal. Roosevelt is not as bad as
Swope. Here we have the shades OF
the lesser evil, Hindenburg was not as
bad as Hitler.
Roosevelt's Version
And what is Roosevelt's version Of
the New Deal? Wherein does it diff
fer from Swope'S business fascism?
Does not Roosevelt continue granting
high subsidies to the banks, railroads,
trusts, create compulsory arbitration
boards, murder strikers, let loose in
flation with its high prices and spend
billions for huge ornaments? Isn't
all this part of Roosevelt's own YER
sion Of the New Deal2 Is not tho
MIRA. the Roosevelt version Of the
New Deal? Is not every major step
of the New Deal and It's MIRA. pre-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-11
Ship Crew Endorses
MWIU Seamen Code

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec. TO-
The crew Of the SIS. w. A. Kineny,
many of them members of the Inter-
national Seamen's Union, have sent
q telegram to Mr.. Davis, Deputy
Administrator, protesting against the
National Boards recommendations
for shipping code as a measure not
in the interest Of seamen. They de-
mand the adoption of the Marine
Workers Industrial Union code which
was endorsed by $1,000 seamen end
presented to the N. r. A. administa-
tor by a mass delegation on Nov. Q.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-11
Must Build AFL Center
OF Opposition to Lead
Fight Against Betrayers"

workers in holding back strike action,
and aiding the N. r. A. in strike
breaking.
THE movement to Gust the officials
for their racketeering, gangsterism
and sellouts has reached high point
in the case of the painters of New
York and the New York carpenters
and electrical workers, who are or
g2nizing o strong movement to clean
out the existing nest OF corruption.
Some real successes have already been
registered by the workers in this
struggle. The New York painters
have refused to pay a SO cent daily
tax to the officials which has been
used by the officials to support gang
sterS to terTorize the membership.
Rank and file action in the garment
workers unions has resulted in sweep
ing out Of Office a clique Of reaction
airy officials and establishing q left
wing administration, In the face Of
the sharpest obstacles and increasing
drive toward explosions"
Miners Fight officials
That the struggle Of the miners and
steel workers against the N. r. A.
over the heads of the A. r. Of l..
leaders was another example Of the
determination Of the A. r. OF L. rank
and file to fight the officialdom, YVES
stressed by Weinstock.
Weinstock referred to the recent A..
F. of l. convention as an example Of
how the movement organized nation
ally can bring the voice Of the rank
and file right into the stronghold
Of the corrupt machine and expose
their treacheries.
"Only one rank and file delegate
/ elected as result of the opposition
work brought forward the demands
of the workers In the A. r. of L." said
| Weinstock. HE forced upon the floor
of the convention the program
adopted at the rank and file con-
vention which was meeting at the
same time, which demanded action by
the bureaucrats on the issues of I'M
employment insurance, exemption Of
dues payments for the unemployed.
the abolition of racketeering, oppo-
sition to service Of A. F. of l.. officials
on the strike breaking N. r. A..
boards, equal rights for the Negroes,
and anti-fascism. The workers Of the
whole country saw the A. r. Of L.
machine reject the demands Of the
rank and file and Dust by force the
rank and file delegation when it came
to the convention to speak in the
name Of the workers"
Immediate Tasks
"Our immediate tasks in building
the opposition movement must be to
consolidate the opposition groups now
in existence" said Weinstock, ito
build more such groups and to estab-
lish national centers in each trade as
g mean of coordinating our program
of struggle" He pointed especially to
the illusions which exist among work
ers in many of the unions that 1t is
possible to win the struggle against
the officials in the courts. these
courts, which are responsible for issu-
ing injunctions to defeat the workers
struggles and whitewaShing gangster-
ism and racketeering will not change
the situation within the A. F. of l..
1t must be our own organized rank
and file action which will clean out
the nest of racketeers and gangsters.
We must now intensity the work on
| a national scale"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-11
By SAM DON

The old master Hillquit is gone, but
his pupils are still with us.
The successor of Hillquit, the new
National Chairman of the Socialist
Party, made his debut in the De-
cember 2nd issue Of the New
Leader"
In an article called The Logic OF
the Socialist Case Against Capital
ISM" he makes bold to assert, in this
fifth winter of the crisis, that "capi-
tslism has failed" He then jacks
up courage not to attack, but to
make friendly. constructive criticism
OF the New Deal and to give the 'in-
dependent" position of the Socialist
Party ON the New Deal
Serving Capitalism That Failed
What is the real purpose OF
Krzycki's article? Is 1t to draw rev.
olutionary conclusions from the fact
that capitalism has failed? Is it
to develop program Of united front
struggles against the New Deal and
the N. r. A. as instruments of mon
opoly capitalism? Or Is KrzycH
ready to admit that the Socialist
Party served the capitalism that has
failed" when it pictured the N. r.
"A. as the road towards genuine So
cialism"? Does Krzycki now admit
hat the Socialist Party betrayed the
tnterests of the workers when he told
them to have faith in the N. r. A.
because Of its great opportunities
NOT AT ALL.
What then is the real purpose OF
krzycki's article now that even in
capitalist circles the cry is heard that
the N. r. A. has failed to bring back
prosperity, especially now that the
workers, through their bitter expert
snces in the recent strike wave, be-
gan to see In the N. r. A. the head
Of rising fascist monster, instead
Of the vehicle toward genuine So
cialism"? Mr.. Krzycki tries to ex-
plain away the OPEN support of the
ENTIRE Socialist Party leadership
70 the N. r. A. This is the purpose
IF his article!
4, How does KrzycH perform the con-
PORTION? Here is sample No. /:
N Nov that the first flush Of en-
y thusiaSm over the New Deal has
begun to fade, the true voice OF
American capitalism is speaking up
again"
Glorified the N. r. A.
In the above sentence, to begin
Nth, Krzycki tries to pass over (ike
"a innocent babe in the woods) the
socialist Party's Qualification Of tn,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-11
Sullivan Resigns to
Undertake NewRacket

ALBANY, NY. Dec. 10.--John Sui
Ivan, president Of the New York
State Federation of Labor since 1925,
has resigned from this position for
g. better paying racket as member
of the state Alcoholic Beverage Con-
troll Board. In his capacity as head
of the state A. F. of L., Sullivan has
record Of utter indifference to the
interests Of the rank and file and
complete subservance to Tammany
Hall and the employers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-11
Shall Not Die!" New York Demonstrators Declare
5000 Unemployed on
March Demand More
Relief and CWA Jobs

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Dec. 8
More than 5000 unemployed
workers marched on the county
court house here and demanded
that an end be nut to the delay in
starting Civil Works Administra-
ton Jobs, and protested against
favOritsm in job dist button and
inafeuuacy Of lc1Tl relief.
Workers bore have been receiv-
ing only s1.20 to $3.50 per week
total relief for an entire family.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-11
Fire Ruins Wealthy Americans
English Home

WHITCHUBCH, Eng. Dec. g.
A French Duke and British army
captain died in a fire which reared
through the home of Leander Nc
Cormick, wealthy Chicagoan, leav-
ing the mansion virtually in ruins.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-11
AstroIogers Advise King

BANGKOK. Siam, Dec. 9.-The
King viii open Parliament tomor-
row at HOP am, this having
been chosen as an suspicious hour
by the royal astrologers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-11
Lindbergh's to Fly Up Amazon
River

PARA, Brazil, Dec. 9.-The Lind
berghs will leave here tomorrow for
a thousand mile trip up the Amazon
River on their way to Miami, it was
reported. They arrived here yester-
day from West Africa, a 1000 mile
trip.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-11
Ten COnyicts Escape from
Georgia Jail

MILLEDGEvILLE,, Ca, Dec. TO-
Ten conYicts escaped from the Geor-
gia State Prison by saving the bars
out Of dormitory window and slid
ing to the ground on a rope made of
blankets. Two were recaptured while
the others maie good their escape.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-11

This article by COmrade Sam Don concreely shows the
support given by the Socialist leaders to Roosevelt in his
attacks the workers living standards through the So
called New Deal" This should further convince Socialist
workers and militant workers generally of the need join
ing the Communist Party which alone fights for the work
ers' needs and for sociaism.-EDITOR.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-11
Five Deaths in Colombian
Flood

BOGOTA, Colombia, Dec. TO-
Five were drowned today when the
Magdalena River overlooked its
banks. More than thirty houses
were destroyed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-11
NeuS Briefs
Four C. c. c. Workers Killed
As Trucks Crash

CENTER OssIPEE. N. H, Dec. 10.
-Four Civilian Conservation Corps
youths were killed and two were SER
iously injured as two trucks carrying
them to work Collided here last night.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-11
Concentration Camps
Set Up in Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 1o.-Con-
centration camps at which transient
workers viii be forced to work with
out wages under Roosevelt's plan
for forced labor are being estab-
lished here, with a federal appro-
priation of 100000. The Salvation
Army and the Union City Mission
are to act as agencies for conscript-
ing these men. The work, it is an
nounced, will be of the same nature
as that of the reforestation camps,
in which 100000 young workers are
being forced to work under army
supervision. 49,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-11

Church Steeple ColIapses, Kills
Six
STTLO, Italy, Dec. 9.-Shaken by
a storm. church steeple collapsed
here, killing six people.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-11

1t would be wrong to assume that
the Socialist Party even in the days
of tits first flush" did not make crit
ical observations OF the N. r.. A. To
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-23

parity at which such return safe
" can be made" the committee OBJ
served, necessarily will depend up
on the conditions in that country
as well as those abroad. And these
questions can be determined only by
the proper authorities in each coun-
try separately"
This, Moley may tell the London
conferees, was said by the COM
mittee several months before the
United States left the gold standard
At that time the countries of gold
including Britain apparently
Fundamentally approved.
Now that the United States is of
gold, and for the moment finds it
inconvenient to stabilize, the other
nations have no just cause for com-
plant.
That Moley and Hull do not see
world problems eye to eye is an
open secret.
The assistant is not particularly
optimistic over the outcome of the
London conference. If it achieves
certain very limited detectives, in
his opinion. it will be lucky. The
secretary hopes it can succeed all
the way.
In the secretary's opinion, most
of the major ills of the world are
traceable to trade barriers, which
have caused SURPRISES to pile up,
prices TO fall. buying power to
shrink, and jobs to disappear.
The assistant secretary holds that
the cures for our ills lie mostly
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-23

TWO FOR ONE! A Saturday
Times Want AID gets buyers for the
advertiser on Saturday and Sunday
two days at one days cost.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-23
HITLER STRIKES
CRUSHING BLOW
AT SOCIALISTS
Outlaws Party in Latest
Edict; Thousands Flee
From Berlin.
BY PAUL KECSKEMETI
United Press STAFF Correypondent

BERLIN. June 23.-socialists
joined Communists in hiding
throughout the Reich today as Nan
storm troopers and local authorities
began rigid enforcement of the
cabinet decree outlawing the So
cialist party, the second largest in
Germany
The decree. one of the most
sweeping ever issued, deprived all
Socialists elected by the people, of
their offices; conflscated the party's
property, and prohibited Socialist
Newspapers or Socialist meetings.
The Socialists hold 121 seats in the
reichstag and many in state diets,
all Of which now are eliminated.
The decree and the order out
having the Communist party de-
prives 30 per cent of the German
electorate of direct representation.
The decree charged the Socialists
with preparing for high treason"
by maintaining connections with
leaders who fled to Prague,
Czechoslovakia, since the rise to
power Of Chancellor Adolf Hitler.
Public employees and workers In
public plants were forbidden to adj
here to the Socialist party, and it
was said that in the future
Socialists and Communists would be
regarded as identical.