The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-26

increase has been h1ndered; MIA mas
tied them down to no-str1ke ar
bitration agreement. The Swift
reamsters' strike against their NRA
leader boss, Elmore Phelps, has been
Observation-Disclosures again. The new
NRA Compliance Board is found to
be composed almost entirely of capt.
talists, including the notorious labor
baiters, VIM. FreW Long and Mum
son Ravens. Living costs are ris-
ing sky-high, with wages tagging or
actually cut in many cases by NRA
stagger plans.
But all of these recent NRA
achievements" don't faze the Buzz
Yards "favorite sons" one bit. Mayor
Miller brags Of making Cleveland the
leading NRA CITY," Martin L..
Sweeney has made his chief slogan:
"Rack Roosevelt by electing Sweeney"
And so on down the line. with the
Socialist Party candidate bringing up
the rear with reservations"
Demand Right To Strike
The NRA and its Cleveland spokes-
men seek to save capitalism by
stabiliZing wages at low level They
would use all the powers Of the gov
ernmclt against strikes which alone
can raise wages to meet soaring liv-
ing costs Against this, the Commu-
MS Party demands the right to
strike and picket, free from NRA
strikebreaking.
The NRA seeks to sidestep the de-
mand for unemployment insurance by
feeding the millions of jobless on
recovery" ballyhoo while it cuts re-
lie. Against this, the Communist
Party in Cleveland demands a city
ordinance for cash relief to the job
less at 81 week. with 50 more for
each dependent-this to be in effect
till the Workers Unemployment In
surance Bill is passed.
Other demands of the Communist
candidates are for scent carfare; re-
duction of gas, water and electric
rates; stoppage of evictions and fore
closures; elimination of slums and
a public works program of benefit to
the workers districts; cash pay at
union rates on relief work; free
school supplies and lunches and pay
ment of teachers salaries without
cutting; reduction of taxes on small
homeownerS and increase on the rich.
Besides 1. o. Ford, the following
Communist candidates will be on the
ballot on Oct. 8: Elsie Young for
Board of Education; Walter Dicks for
Council, Ward II; and Frank Kara
for Council, Ward 10.
A new feature of the coming cleo
ton is the running of a united front
workers ticket, the initiative for
which came from the Small Home
and Land Owners Federation. The
following candidates have been en-
dorsed by the Small Home Owners,
by the Communist Party and by a
number of other organizations par
ticipating in the united front:
Yetta Land for Judge of the Num-
cipal Court, and these candidates for
Council: E. G. Greenfield, Ward 80;
A. Krcmarek, Ward 80; George Bires,
Ward %; j. S. Kalavsky, Ward Is;
Grace Levenhagen, Ward 80; Herbert
Clemens, Ward 8; and S. L. Adams,
Ward 4.
Workers Ticket In Euclid
In Cleveland suburbs there is
Workers ticket at Euclid, John
Truppo for mayor; Garfield Heights,
Fialla for councilman-at-large; Bed
ford and Linndale.
In Cleveland the election meetings
are featured by marches and parades,
with an amplifler used at open-air
meets, and big wind-up rallies each
Saturday night. All workers should
watch for the following meetings e
pm unless otherwise specified) at
which I. o. Ford will speak, as well
as for the many additional ward
meetings for the councilmanic can
dictates: Sept. "a, 1890 am, May
field and 125th; 8 pm, Clark and
Fulton hall; Sept. Is, lower Broad
way; Sept. rs, Grdina Hall, 640I st.
Clair; Sept. 27, 131st and Corlett;
Sept. 20, upper Broadway; Sept. 80,
upper Buckeye, also Public Square;
Oct. 1, 105th and Superior: Oct. 2,
quincy and 65th.