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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-26
Archbishop Slain
By Anti-Soviet
Church Members
Murdered Bishop Said
USSR Had Religious
Freedom

NEW YORK -Archbishop Leon
Tourain, primate of the Georgian
(Armenian) Church of all North and
South America except California, was
slain Sunday near the altar of the
Holy Cross Armenian Apostolic
Church, 573 West 18TH ST., by mem
bers of an opposing church faction
who objected to his recognition Of
Soviet Armenia as the Armenian
home land.
Tourain was stabbed to death with
a nine-inch butcher knife while con-
Quoting services. Several assailants
gathered around him in the aisle of
the church to hide the killer
Two men, Adatos Leyletin, 80, and
Nishan Sarakisias, SO, severely beaten
by the congregation, were arrested by
the police. Four hundred people were
in the church when the stabbing oc-
Cured.
The archbishop, with whom the
majority of the church members sided
against the anti-Soviet faction, had
often stated that while he was not
o@Soviet, the Soviet Government
had aided Armenia. He also said that
tl.e Soviet Government had never III
terfered with the freedom Of the
church or its members.
Last July the archbishop was
to have spoken before an Armenian
Day celebration at the Century of
Progress Exhibition in Chicago. He
found the stand decorated with the
flag of the former Armenian govern
ment. Explaining that Armenia is
now a part of the Union of Socialist
Soviet Republics, he insisted that the
old flags be taken down and replaced
by the new Soviet flag which bears
white hammer and sickle on red
background. A fight followed.
Since that day opposition had been
developed against the archbishop.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-26
One National Industrial Union Furniture Workers Necessary

the idea OF organizing furniture
workers. Five other craft unions of
the A. F. Of L., with considerable
jurisdiction In the industry have
practically no members in this field.
They have been at a standstill until
they have been instructed by the N.
r. A. administration, to go out and
organize small percentage of the
unorganiged furniture workers, under
such high falutin' slogan as: 1.-THE
government is with you now--organ-
izel" Opportunity is given to each
and every one OF us today--provided
we organize as the new law urges
us to do Under these slogans the
A. r. Of L. has been sending out
their field organizers to the larger
furniture centers, especially tackling
such cities where the workers or
ganized thsdwelves or spontaneously
went out on strike after the dozens
of wage cuts during the last four
years of capitalist crisis. They did
considerable damage in the furni-
ture industry, to such an extent that
in some instances the workers ex-
pressed their indignation towards
any union. The most outstanding
example is Baltimore, Md, where Mr..
Deamer, the Upholsterers Interna-
tional, A. F. OF l.. field organizer sue
ceeded in organizing some 400 up
holsterers into Local rs, leading and
settling their strike through the local
N.R.A. Arbitration Board, with the
provision that the bosses may hire
non-union help in their union"
shops.
The bosses we're quick in accept
ing their wonderful labor agreement
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-26
Herman to Head YCL
in Cleveland; Little to
Lead League i'm N. Y.

NEW YORK. In line with its
policy Of concentrating on the most
important industrial sections of the
country, and sending the most ex-
perienced and capable comrades to
work there, the National Executive
Committee Of Young Communist
League has decided to send I. Her
man, District Organizer Of New York,
to the Cleveland District, an i'm
portant steel and mining center.
Comrade John Little will take the
place of Herman as District Organ
izer in New York.
A farewell banquet to Herman has
been arranged, at which the revolu-
tionary youth of the city will also
greet John Little. The banquet will
be held Friday, Dec. % in the Work
ers' Center, 35 East 18th St., and
floor. Admission Is IS cents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-26
Fur Bosses in Joint
Move With ALL. to
RenewWar OnUniOn
Reject Contract With
Industrial Union: Out
to Smash Wages, Hours

NEW YORK.-What promises to be
a repetition of the murderous at
tacks on the Fur Department of the
Needle Trades Workers Industrial
Union is seen in the recent decision
of ring-leaders of the Associated and
New York Fur Trimming Manufac-
turers Associations to reject nego-
tiations with the Industrial Union
and again enter into contract with
the defunct Joint Council OF the a,
r. of L.
In a letter to Herman Scheidlinger
president OF the Associated and TO
Henry Rosen, president Of the New
York Association, the Industrial
Union warns that this decision will
mean a drive not only to smash the
union, but to wipe out union stand
srds won by the fur workers. 1T
signifies" says the union, "the re-
newal Of Efforts by certain shady
forces in the fur industry to foist
the grip of racketeers on the indus
try. II forecasts bitter war between
the fur workers and the bosses for
the right to organize into a union
Of their own choice"
The Industrial Union has also sent
communication to the individual
members of the fur associations,
warning that all previous attempts
to keep alive the underworld led
Joint Council have proven futile and
costly, and against converting the fur
market into another bloody battle
field. 1t urges them again5t follow
ing the destructive wild and criminal
policies of the association leaders and
against folcing the workers into the
Joint Council. 'sThe fur workers and
their union are not interfering with
your right to belong to any associa-
ton. we therefore demand that you
do not interfere with the workers
right to belong to union of their
own choosing" concludes the letter.
Fur code hearings are scheduled to
be held in Washington on Friday.
All delegates elected TO attend the
hearings must meet in union head
quarters tonight.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-26

Furniture Worker" its official trade
organ, appearing monthly. The Ma
tional Committee correctly analysing
the present situation calling for ac-
ton in it's resolution covering
(a) breakdown of the MIRA, CD I'M
employment In our industry, co.
right to strike--against injunctions,
(d) unity with A. F. Of l.. workers,
(e) need Of educational work, en-
lightenment of the T.U.UL. policies,
and, finally, its organisational de-
cisions of sending out field organ
izers In preparation Of the conven-
ton, covering at the same time large
heretofore untouched furniture CEN
tiers. And, in order to finance these
organizational undertakings In prep
aration for our first convention, 1t
has levied a small quota in each local
and organization committee affiliated
to the National Committee.
For National Industrial Union
The course Of the furniture work.
ers in the U. s. A. is clear. They
can't expect anything else from the
A. r. of L. leadership but sell-out
and craft division, which, in the long
run, always plays into the hands Of
the bosses. The great masses of I'M
organized workers must take the road
Of industrial unionism advocated by
the Trade Union Unity League and
its affiliated union, the Furniture
Workers Industrial Union. The or
ganization Of the furniture workers
is historical task and necessity. we
will not fail. Now it is the task
Of every Individual furniture worker
TO fall In line and organize.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-26
TWO tOCelebrate4th
Anniversary Jan. II
Costume Ball, Dance
to Feature Novelties

NEW YORK. - The International
Workers Order will celebrate its
fourth anniversary of growth from
5000 to almost 10000 members with
a costume ball and concert on Jan.
81, 1884, at the 69th Regiment Ar
mory, Lexington Ave. and 25th ST.,
New York City.
For the first time in the history Of
The working class movement a Co.'S
tune ball will be actually featured
by proletarian costumes. There will
be costumes depicting the dress of
various revolutionary eras Of the
Paris Commune of 1871, of the Rus
IAN Revolutions of 1905 and 1917.
There Will be collective costumes
representing a group or idea, Prizes
viii be awarded to the most original
and most expressive costumes.
Various features have been ar
ranged as entertainment. There will
be q pageant depicting the birth and
growth Of the I. w. o. In which
over 100 children from the I. w. o.
youth sections will participate. The
famous Ether Wave Instrument
which caused a great sensation a
year or SO ago will be demonstrated
by Louis Barlevy. This instrument
is played by waving the hands, the
musician doesn't touch the instru-
ment. The music is drawn from the
air-from the ether waves.
There will be a concert orchestra
Of so pieces directed by irving R.
FOREMAN who accompanied lisa
Kremer on her recent tour through
cut the United States. Dance music
will be furnished by two Negro and
white bands of IA pieces. Admis-
SIGN is only 35 cents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-26
BY JOE KISS.

Organizing the tens of thousands
OF unorgsnized furniture workers,
building up powerful national
union, is the most vital matter be-
fore all workers in the furniture In
dustry.
The organization of the morgan
lied and building up a national Or
ganization is not only necessary at
this time for the coordination of our
struggle on national scale - but
because history teaches us, that
the bosses are successful in destroying
weak, small and scattered trade
unions.
Short History Of Our Trade
Organizations
The first important trade union Of
furniture workers in America, the
Furniture Workers National Union,
founded in 1873, was composed pri-
marily Of German cabinetmakers. It
made no attempts to organize other
trades or even other nationalities.
The short-lived organization, merged
in 1895 with the Machine Wood
Workers International Union. But
these mergings had no appeal what
soever to the furniture workers, since
it presented no fighting program for
their benefit, so in 1912 1t merged
again, this time with the Brother
hood of Carpenters and Joiners, which
since then had Jurisdiction over a
majority of furniture workers, but,
the exception Of a small number OF
highly skilled men, has had very few
members in the industry.
BY 1881 II had practically given up
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-26
Celebrate Fifth Year
of Needle Trade Union
on New Years Eve

NEW YORK.-The fifth jubilee OF
the Needle Trades Workers Industrial
Union, Of 1871 West 18th St., will be
celebrated New Years Eve, Dec. 81,
at Mecca Temple, 100 w. 56th st.
The jubilee, the Union reports, will
not only be celebration Of the birth
Of the union five years ago during the
wave OF mass explosions from the
International Ladies Garment Work
ers Union, but will also be q DEM
onstration Of resistance to the attack
erS OF the Industrial.
An interesting program has been
prepared in accordance with the
character of the celebration. The
Freiheit Gesangs Verein will carry
through a series Of Soviet and work.
ers' songs. A well-known dancer will
perform a series of proletarian dances.
Charles LIGHTER, well-known violinist,
and Nigob, pianist, will also perform.
Prices for tickets are very low.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-26
Fur Workers Condemn
Lies Of Forward"

NEW YORK. -Outraged by the lies
spread by the Jewish Daily Forward
in its issue OF Dec. II, that the work
ers of the Meyer Budabin shop, at
3S7 Tsh Ave. are working 20 hours a
week and are not paid for holidays,
the fuT workers Of the Budabin shop
met and drew up a resolution con-
de1aning The Forward for its attacks
on the workers.
The resolution says III part: eve
declare that these lies are part of
The weapon of the bosses. the Joint
Council, the Forward anu the So
cialist party to destroy our union.
Our shop is an Industrial Union Shop
working IS hours and under union
conditions, Including pay for holi-
days"
The resolution is signed by all the
WORKERS in the shop.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-26

AS soon as q man had finished, an
other was ready to take his place
at the table.
With police and guards standing
over them, the men gulped their
food; got up from the table; and
shuffled out of the building.
Once outside, the police were again
at hand to keep them moving away
from the buil6Nng Men who had
gathered in the sun were told to
keep moving"
Inside the building the police band
played AUD Lang Syne," and other
tunefuI homilies to remind the men
Of the times in the past when it
was not necessary for them to de-
pend upon the city flop-house for
their Christmas dinner.
Promptly at D. m. Gordon Of
police formed at the opposite end
of the street and stopped all who
had not come before 2 p. m. from
forming into line to be fed.
DISAPPOINTED ones gathered about
the barbage cans of Belleyiew
Hospital nearby, and paved over the
refuse, looking for scraps OF food.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-26

are workers today, Thirty-five per
cent are women.
Now, 1000 students are enrolled for
the four-year course. Students are
only admitted to the institute after
they have completed a nine-year
school course, during which they have
specialized in developing themselves
as sportsnen and women.
Three Faculties
The institute maintains three facul-
ties, pedagogical, factory and army
and navy. The curriculum for all
three contains such subjects as chem
istry, physics, anatomy and physiology
in the physical sciences. In the So
cial sciences, philosophy, political
economy, dialectic materialism are
taught. In physical culture, the stu
dents work at track, swimming,
wrestling, skiing and skating, jiu jitsu
boxing and other sports.
To graduate, student must be mas
ter of at least two of these sports. Il
soccer is one of his major sports, ther
he must be a first string player; in
track, he must not do worse than Ills
seconds for 100 meters; in the high
jump, not worse than $50 en-.
Building New Men
THE objective conditions for thu
new Socialist society are being Gre
ated in Soviet factories and plants
the chief says. I'VE are building the
new men and women for this society
in our laboratory"
Many unusual problems come to the
laboratory.
American baseball is introduced in
the Soviet Union by foreign workers,
Immediately becomes popular. But
what to do for balls, bats, catcher's
mitts and fielder's gloves? The old
Russia imported such material, when
it was needed. Now, the problem is
not solved in this manner.
"We must learn to make our own
sports equipment" is the slogan.
A Sov.et-made baseball, catcher's
mitt, a pair of square-toed skiing
shoes, a smooth, slippery pair Of jiu
jitsu shoes are passed along for our
inspection. A sporting goods factory
made them after designs drawn in the
institute.
Look through the window, there.
Those banners, the shouts, the sports
field under the pale autumn sun
light. For the first time in the history
Of the U.S.S.R. and the world, Spar
takiade of Red Army and Navy Com
manders is being held most of
the participants heroes of the Civil
War.
Each fall, the youth Of the Soviet
Union march in vast physical culture
demonstrations which bring tens OF
thousands of young athletes in public
review.
The new generation of workers,
healthy and joyial, is here.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-26
Leipzig Fire Trial
Proves Nazi Guilt
Says Soviet Paper
(COntinted from Page u


attempts to bolster up the prestige
Of persons who were mot subject to
the present trial?" This is the coarse,
cheap work of the fascist judge
Buenger.
That the verdict is an attempted
Justification of the fascist leaders it
celf confirms the fact that they and
no one else were the organizers of
the Reichstag arson. The fascist
leaders did not succeed in removing
the stigma of their guilt.
Fascists entity
The verdict makes their position
On this question hopeless. On the
one hand, they were forced to acquft
the four Communists, since the for
geries and lies on which the case
was based had utterly failed. On
the other hand, they don't dare to
affirm, as stated in the indictment,
that Van der Lubbe set fire to the
Rsichstag single handed without any
accomplices.
The fascist judge Buenger, to
shield the obvious Nazi accomplices
of Van der Lubhe, speaks of ac-
compress necessarily from the Com
ruunist camp" But the court can
not name them; and the whole fas-
ciSt state machine is unable to find
them. The fascist authorities sue
ceeded in numbering thousands of
German workers, combining hundreds
of thousands of working-elass VIC
tins in prisons and concentration
camps and yet they are unable to
discover the few accomplices of Van
der Lubbe."
"They Couldn't because these ac-
completes were not from the Com
munist camp. Besides, how could
the fascist court find Van der Lubbe's
actual accomplices when the verdict
designed to 'exculpate' them was die
tated by the higher fascist authori-
ties?
Defeated in Court
'@The picture is now clearer than
ever. German fascism has suffered
a hard defeat at Leipzig. This shows
the force of the German proletariat,
its revolutionary vanguard, the Com
munist Party, the powerful move
ment of the world protest and the
heroic struggle of the four accused
Communists, particularly Comrade
Dimitroff.
StiII in Nazi Hands
1.-THE defendants are now wrenched
out of the hands of the fascist court,
but their lives are still in danger.
We must not forget this for one
moment. The assurances of the fas-
olst authorities that the accused will
be given safety and protection are
not worthy of belief. These assur-
ances are given in order to allay
the vigilance Of the workers of the
world"
Liberty and Safety for Dimitroff,
Torgier, Popoff and Taneff! This
still remains the battle slogan of the
workers of the world. We must not
forget that after their soandalous
Leipzig failure, that the fascists are
already preparing a new trial for
the German revolutionary fighters.
Proletarians, be vigilantl Down
with the fascist executionarsl De-
fend the prisoners Of fascisnl Liber-
ate the thousands of revolutionary
fighters suffering in the torture
chambers Of the fascist dictatorship
This battle call will echo still
louder throughout the world.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-26
SHOUT SLOGANS IN UNISON
New York City.
Dear Comrade Editor:

Dear Comrade Editor:
7 have Just seen some of the
marchers who were protesting
against the NaH frame-up. They
were indeed a very inspiring and eff
fective sight, but think that we can
be still more effective if we would
all shout the same slogans, etc. 1t
looks bad, or rather it gives the i'm
preston of lack of organization,
when we have a few individuals
shouting something else, and in gen.
eral all the watcher hears is a few
grumbles and squeaks. Let's have
everybody shouting the same thing.
LET THEM HEAR OUR ROAR OF
PROTEST. Let's not have in
dividual voices, but the voices of the
mass! The voice of the mass is the
one that will gain new members to
our ranks and make our enemies
tremble!
This may seem like little matter,
but it will make our parades and
demonstrations q hundred times
more effective.
Comradely yours,
T.. ZEE.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-26
Officials Trick Stops
Election of Rank, File
in Hatters Local 7

NEW YORK.-In a surprise move,
officials Of local of the United Hat
tiers "a. F. OF L. announced that
elections would take place within a
weeks time instead Of the usual
month allowed for this purpose.
Militant Rank and File candidates
we're unable to make satisfactory
preparations for the election, but sue
oeeded in polling So out Of the 200
votes cast for the candidates for Of
fice.
Offcials sidetracked victory by the
trick of putting the rank and file can
didates at the end of the list instead
Of in alphabetical order.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-26
Wilmington Police
Stop Soviet Film;
Arrest Two Workers

WILMINGTON, Del, Dec. 25.-
A showing of the Soviet film ''war
Against the Centuries" was stopped
by police Saturday, who arrested
two workers on charges of promot-
ing the showing. The workers,
John Adams, Daily Worker repre-
sentative, and Anna Krause, local
woman, are held under $500 bail.
The affair was arranged for the
benefit Of the 'Daily Worker" and
was attended by oveT 200 workers, q
large crowd for this city, who de-
fled police attempts to intimidate
them.
The two workers are being de-
Tended by the International Labor
Defense and E. Redding, local Negro
attorney. Their trial comes up to-
morrow at a. m.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-26

Stain once formulated the
aims Of physical culture: eve
must bring up a new genera
ton of workers, healthy, jovial
and capable Of raising the might of
the Soviet country, and to defend it
from attempts on the part Of the
enemy"
Glance through that window there
to the banner-furled field Of the in
stitute =. there, where the lines are
gold with autumn. Flash of crimson
cap over the high jump. Sway of
navy blue over the balance bar. You
are seeing the wives of Red Army and
Navy Commanders in their first an
nual track and field meet. Two hun
dred women, all trained and capable
of participating in practically all Of
the sports events.
IF a wife stays at home, is physi-
cally weak, negligent about her per-
sonal appearance and untidy, she is
not real life partner to a Red Army
Commander, but burden" the chief
at the institute declares.
Physical culture as means OF rails
ing the productivity Of workers in FAC
tories is being thoroughly tested in a
dozen Moscow factories under the di-
rection of the institute, we are told.
Raise Production
AT the Trekhgorni Textile Mill, ex-
ercises were introduced successfully
during rest periods. The productivity
of the workers increased between
and 10 per cent. The Stain (AMO)
Auto Plant, the Kauchuk Factory, The
Krasni Proletari Machine Building
Works, the Red October Candy Fac
tory, Kazan Railway Shops, Hammer
and Sickle and E1ectrczavod, as well
as other large plants are being used
as laboratories to work out research
problems.
Before the Revolution, physical cul-
ture was unknown in Russia except to
the sons of merchants, mobiles and cir
Gus performers. The whole movement
was recreatienal, rather than educa-
tional, and not taken seriously. (Ex-
cept, of course, by the circus perform
ers,)
Foreigners, by introducing soccer
about 80 years ago and helping in the
organization of football teams in the
big cities, were directly responsible for
the first organized attempts at physi-
cal culture. A sort of Russian base
ball Qopta) was played even before
the foreign invasion of soccer, but it
was never organized.
Only after the Revolution was the
idea born in Russia of creating spe-
cial institute for physical culture. In
1918 the institute was organized. IN
til 1923 it moved in an extremely mar
row and restricted field. devoting it
self wholly to research. Then 1t ex-
panded, throwing open its doors as a
training school for physical culture
instructors. The institute worked I'M
der the Commissariat of Health, and
the first instructors specialized in
work connected directly with health.
Thirty or 40 instructors were grad
uated each year. The work was an
improvement over the earlier efforts,
but still there was plenty Of room for
improvement. In 1929, there was a
general reorganization, the institute
being placed under the Supreme
Council Of Physical Culture of the
U.S.S.R. The policy of the institute
changed, for it was found that many
graduates were not proletarians.
Eighty-five per cent of the students
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-26
200 Strike on Job When
3 Hosiery Workers Are
Fired for Talking

READING, Pa, Dec. 25.-Becsuse
three of their fellow workers in Local
10 Of the A. F. Of l.. Hosiery Work
ers' Union were discharged, 200 work
ers of the Full Fashioned Hosiery
Mills here declared a strike on the
job. They stood at their machines
but refused to work. The manage
ment was compelled to stop all oper-
ations and later ordered the mill
closed.
The union workers were discharged
because they were discussing radio
speech with non-union workers while
at work.