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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-03-24
500 Negro, White
Force Relief in
Harlem Protest

NEW YORK-Basing their plans
on the demands of the successful
Harlem demonstration yesterday OF
500 Negro and white workers at the
Relief Bureau, where food and rent
checks were won for rs Negro ana
white workers, the Harlem Unen-
ployed Council will start intensive
work on house and block committees.
When the committee asked Super
visor Moore about relief for single
women, he airily replied, "Oh, they
can go to the Salvation Army or to
the Municipal Lodging House" in
other words, to the fiophouses and
pig pens.
At the Finnish Hall, after the dem
onstration, the striking tobacco work
ers Of the Edwin Cigar Co., 127th
Street and Third Avenue, exchanged
solidarity greetings with the unem-
ployed workers.
The Unemployed Council at $50
Lenox Avenue vii discuss problems
Of a united front, Monday night at
eight o'clock. Lodges, clubs, churches
will be drawn into action on these
demands. All elected delegates rep
resenting their organizations must be
present at the Council on that date.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-03-24

In the Anthracite though the operators and the Lewis
machine did think possible to through general
direct wage cut at this time the indirect cuts consd
eraby lowering the living standards of the miners are
ceedng rapid tempo. In Illinois the miners have again
had forced upon them renewal of the cut agreement
both by the leaders of the u NJ W. A. and the leaders of the
Progressive Miners Union The rank and file of the miners
are becoming and dissatisfied with these cond
tons But the rank and file opposition movement is still
too organize the forces of the miners that the
miners feed confident to enter the struggle over tn hads
their leaders This organization is however though at
slow pace, going forward.
The struggles now looming in Penn and Ohio will un
doubtdy have their repercussons in the Anthracite and
Illinois, where the objective basis for struggle great and
where the miners mood for struggle is rising
The workers in all other industries, the whole revolt
onary movement in the beginning Of the miners
strikes the strikes of the auto workers and the
strikes of the shoe workers. the smaller strikes through
the country the gathering of the workngass forces for
resistance against the general starvation conditions OF
the
Struggles will be accelerated by the offensive of capital
carried through with the aid and support of the Roosevelt
government This is by the strikes of the miners
against scrip The workers throughout the country must
watch the developments in the mining fields and only
show their solidarity with the miners bst 10 te~
svsetence in every
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-03-24

panes and that they strike these demands not grant
ed The conference adopted the general demands
others the basic demand for 10 cents increase per
for all miners. This demand adopted against pro-
posa for fiat tonnage rate for all miners which the
wheming majority at the conference did not think prac
teal in view Of the great difference in the rates at the
various and in view Of the fact that the miners
not ready for and not striking enough to call general
strike and enforce tonnage rate that will be in the in
terests of all the miners.
The conference also adopted demands for the
ployed for increase of relief decision for joint
demonstrations of the employed and unemployed
miners for joint demands unanimously adopted.
Thus that the miners not only taking
the struggle but measuring their forces and the
forces of the enemy in the most serious They
have adopted practical fighting program which begin
to put stop to the repeated and renewed attacks
their living standards thru the Roosevelt program This
struggle will lay the basis for the strengthening Of the
united front of the miners the strengthening of the Ma
onal Miners Union and prepare the for decisive
struggles in the interests of the miners The miners of
Pennsylvania and Ohio under the leadership of the NMU
by developing this struggle will be in good position to
take the initiative to unite the miners turnout the country
organized into the UMW.A., the PIMA, the N.M.U.
the w. Va Miners Federation and the unorgsnzed for
struggles reesta5sh beter conditions in the in
dustry
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-03-24
NERS PREPARING FOR STRUGGLE TO START APRIL FRS

The miners who have almost without interruption car
red on struggle against the lowering of their living
standards during the last two years are now again pre-
pairing themselves for struggles This time the miners of
Pennsylvania and Ohio who have one of the
most militant struggles in 1881 under the leadership of
the National Miners Union taking the lead And Just
as the 1881 strike followed by strikes the anthracite
Southern West Virginia, Illinois, and Kentucky so the
present struggles developing the soft coal regions
OF Pennsylvania and Ohio will be followed by struggles
in other fields.
The recent conference of miners in Pittsburg where
some 300 representatives of the employed unemployed
miners gathered to for widening of fight dis
closed that already sections of the miners are fighting
The unemployed miners have developed the fight for relief
in many fields Thru the application the united front
tactic and the adoption of the fighting policies of
the National Miners Unions and the Unemployed Councils
they have already compelled the local to in
relief and to extend relief to new sections of the
miners The struggles of the employed miners have also
already begun The miners of the Terminal Mines and in
Powattan Point Ohio resisted and defeated the paynent
in scrip The miners beginning to the meaning
of the Roosevelt program and entering the struggle
against it,
The conditions of the miners are becoming more and
more unbearable. Employed miners the overwhelming
majority OF whom work part time are more and more
finding themselves in better position than the unen
ninved Their standard of living in many cases is not
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-03-24

much higher than that Of the unemployed miners who are
receiving relief In fact there where the called
employed miners off than the unemployed
who receiving relief This is due to the fact that
matter how many days they work, matter how much
ton they receive the company deductions supplies
for rent and other called fixed charges is by
company to equal exactly the amount Of their earnings
The result that they receive cash for which to buy
food and other necessities This condition increasing
the fighting mood of the miners and Is and more
creating the unity of the employed and unemployed min
ers for the struggle.
The recent strikes in the Terminal mines where the
UM.WA has agreement since the last miners strike
in 1881 has exposed the treachery of the
UM.WA officials and at the time shown that the
miners wish to forge the united front for action against
the operators 1t has also shown that many Of the lower
functonaries of the UMWA locals especially those
honaries who work in the mines ready to take the
united front struggle of the miners of the UMWA. and
the NMU. This lesson of the miners in the Terminal mines
both with regard to the readiness of the to fight
the Of the miners for united action and the of
the top leaders of the UMWA, fully brought out
at the miners united front conference and clarified
before all the delegates
The conference decided that the miners everywhere
begin to elect their committees of action formulate their
demands the basis Of the adopted by
the conference and these demands to the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-03-24
MEET PERKINS
AT COMMODORE
WITH PICkETS
Labor Secretary and
ALL. Group Scab
on Strikers

NEW YORK.-Miss Perkins, will be
met By picket line of the Hotel
Commodore strikers when, with Ed
ward r. McGrady of the ALL, and
a host of other labor "leace,'g" the
liberal Secretary of the L part
ment of Labor will attend banquet
at the hotel scabbing on The work
ers.
Miss Perkins has frequently made
statements against the yellow dog
contracts in hotels and has as fire.
quently "deplored" the sufferings Of
the hotel workers.
The strikers are fighting against a
wage cut which would reduce their
already meagre wages of $l2 week
to SIS.
This action OH the part OF Miss
Perkins and the other "laborites"
should serve to expose their real role
in the labor Observation-Disclosures"
said Statement from the Food
Workers Industrial Union, who are
leading1the strike, today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-03-24

cooks and walters to correctly re-
spect an officer, and had requested
the officers to give a black eye to all
walters falling in due respect to an
officer and gentleman.
For Sharing the Misery.
There was much said about Hoover
and his laudable share the-work
plan that works so much good. They
distributed petitions to gather sigma
lures to be submitted to employers,
etc, ''in whom we place Our full con-
fidence to help U.s."
AS a special drawing card, Clark
introduced one "Con1rade Bickel," a
former waiter, now high official
1t wasn't mentioned where or what
This Bickel became headwaiter in
Yates Restaurant, Cadillac Hotel, in
1924, and his first act was to reduce
the $i2 wages to SO per week for
the waters. He showed his mettle
TO his employers right OFF the reel
who, in turn, made him manager, to
reduce the wages Of the cooks and
kitchen crew also. For all his con-
descending talk, Bickel is for Bickel
first, last and all the time.
Anyone expecting jobs from the
likes of them will find himself skill
fully trimmed. woRCoRR.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-03-24

worried as to who gets the tips. 1t is
the walters themselves to whom leaf
lets should be addressed, explaining
to them how TO organize.
The organizational policy OF the
Food Workers Industrial Union is as
follows: In each hotel there must be
formed group of the most trustwor-
thy and militant workers, organized
with the view Of fighting all grievances
of the workers. In the case Of the
extras, they must work together with
the steady workers. To combat such
a racket as this, a group strongly or
ganized can demand sufficient wages,
or, in case they are not yet in po-
sition to combat the tip system, to
refuse to work for a head waiter until
he agrees that the tips go to those
who did the work.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-03-24
2 DAYS LEFT FOR
MAY | DELEGATES

NEW YORK. - Pointing out that
only two days remained before the
United Front Labor May Day Con-
ference, the Provisional Arrange
ments Committee, 799 Broadway
Room 234, yesterday stressed the urg-
ent necessity of all workers organi-
nations electing delegates for the Con-
ference to be held this Sunday, March
26tll, at pm. in Manhattan Lyceum
66 East 4th st. ", u.,s.s...
The arrangements Committee fur
Their stated that in the period in
which the Conference is called, a
period in which the crisis has taken
new downward plunge. must wit
ness the broadcast gathering of work
ers' organizations through their ell
ected delegates to map decisive ac-
tionS for the May Day Demonstra-
ton.
The struggle for immediate ade-
quate relief and unemployment and
social insurance must be tine central
slogan Of Labor on this May Day.
The Conference will also take up
the question of fascist terror against
the German masses, and will request
the delegates to urge their organiza-
tons to join with other workers bod
les in one united, mighty struggle
against fascism, both in Germany
and against its growth in the United
States.
The Provisional Arrangements
Committee stresses the question of
the election Of delegates. Those or
CARNATIONS which have not yet done
so should Immediately take this ques-
ton up and see that delegates are
elected.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-03-24
City Takes Furniture
of Ousted Finnish
Seamen; Search Men

NEW YORK. evicted Finnish
seamen found their furniture taken
away by the city and their quarters
nailed yesterday. They were pre-
vented from entering the consulate
by squad Of police, who kept guard
all day
The Finnish sealnen voted TO par
ticipste in the demonstration on
March % at Whitehall and South
Streets. This and another demon
stration at West and 18th Streets or
the same date are being called by the
Waterfront Unemployed Council TO
protest the relief cut for all Sesmen
on April l by the Haight Emergency
Committee and for increased relief
for the sailors and all other marine
workers in New York.
The officials of the Seamen's
Church Institute, of which Roosevelt
is an official, are frantically trying
to stop the distribution of leaflets for
the demonstration in their premises.
Their stool-pigeons searched the
sleeping men Thursday about am.
to try and find the guilty person or
persons. They found the leaflets
already distributed. The institute has
millions Of dollars in its treasury, but
is throwing hundreds OF seamen out
on the street, while it has empty
beds.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-03-24
MAY AMPUTATE
LEGS OF BOMBED
STRIKE LEADER
Morris LANCER in Crit
ical Condition at
Newark Hospital

SUMMIT, N. j., March 2S. 49, The
snputation Of both legs may be
necessary for Morris LANCER, leader
OF the fur dressers' and dyers' strikes
against A. Hollander and Philip
Singer of Newark. LANCER was in
jured yesterday by a bomb which
exploded under the hood of his auto
mobile. He is at the Overlook Hospi-
tai here
When visited at the hospital last
night LANCER was very weak a5 a
result of loss Of blood, and was given
two blood tranSfusions. His right
hand is wounded and his body and
legs are badly burned.
The murderous attack on the life
OF LANCER is part of the bosses at
tempt to crush the strike struggles Of
the fur dressers and dyers under the
leadership of the Needle Trades
Workers Industrial Union.
Knows AssaiIants
LANCER, although in weakened con-
dition, stated that he saw two ma
chimes parked near his home on the
night preceding the outrage and
could identify the men in the cars
who he believes planted the bomb.
1t was only by accident that the
bombing was not a major tragedy, for
hangers children are accustomed to
accompany him in the car to their
school. On that morning they had
fortunately not yet entered the car.
Workers Angry
Tremendous resentment is being
expressed by the workers in New York
and New Jersey against the crime
perpetrated against their leader. The
Joint Executive Board of the Needle
Trades Industrial Union at its meet
ing last night decided to hold a mass
protest demonstration on Tuesday
afternoon In New York.
Resolutions demanding the inne-
date arrest of the assailants we're
adopted. Monday at 5 pm. the IN
ternational Labor Defense of Newark
will hold a demonstration at Military
Park in protest against the murder
GUS attack.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-03-24
TRY TO GUST MILITANT
CARPENTERS

NEW YORK.-At meeting of the
District Council of Brotherhood OF
Carpenters, Wednesday night, s. mo-
ton was adopted to bring up all Of
ficers Of unions involved in the rank
and file opposition movement on ex-
pulsion charges. This action was
taken following the reading of the
demands Of the rank and file which
call for stop to the official policy
Of undertaking the union scale, t6
union obuse and for program OF
relief and Unemployment insurance
A meeting of the left wing car
penters opposition group is to be held
on Friday evening, Marcn Gath, at
lo6 z. l4til st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-03-24
Government Workers
toBeFired Swiftly and
Quietly Says Paper

WASHINGTON, D. c., Mar. 23.-
The Government workers are about
to be knitted in the back swiftly and
quietly" by the denagogic President
Roosevelt. This conclusion may be
drawn from news item in the
Washington Star March 10, 1889
which states in part.
'"The task of cutting down the
Government establishment is pro-
crossing swiftly and quietly, with Of
ficials guarding against advance in
formation for fear of having their
work complicated by pressure from
affected units
Roosevelt cuts s75O00o,0O0 from
the wages and pensions Of the Gov
eminent workers and war veterans.
Only a few Government workers
are organized, and these are misled
by the reactionary officials Of the two
unions But the achievement Of the
Roosevelt plans, secretiv and other
wise, cannot fail TO open the eyes OF
both veterans and Government work
ers to the meaning OF the new deal"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-03-24
POLICE ATTACK
NEEDLE PROTEST
Hoffman Arrested for
Demanding Racket
End

NEW YORK. - Se;Nral hundred
needle workers fought police yester-
day afternoon when the latter at
tempted TO break up demonstra-
ton before the Emergency Work
Bureau at % st. and Fourth Ave,
against the Gibson Red Cross Fund
rscketeering and graft, and against
the firing of Negro worker from a
Gibson shop.
Hoffman, secretary Of the Needle
Trades Unemployed Council was ar
rested.
AS the workers began gathering in
front of the Offices of the Gibson
Committee, the police, in the most
brutal manner. bounced upon them.
The workers refused to be dispersed,
went around the block and came back
again.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-03-24
BY Food worker Correspondent

ny FOOu NVfheE Correspondent
NEW YORK CITY.-In, the contest
Of the most hard-boiled capitalists for
the exploitation and abuse of work
ers, the e tains of the hotel and
restaurant industry fully deserve the
championship. Whereas i'll other in
dustries the bosses limit their exploit
alton Of workers to long hours and
low wages, in the hotel industry, as
far as the walters are concerned, they
succeeded in eliminating wages alto
gether, and in securing a considerable
extra profit by robbing the tips from
the walters.
In the hotels, thousands Of workers
are employed as banquet walters who,
due to the common routine OF the
hotel racket, are not permitted to &C
cept tips from the guests. Not be-
cause Of the ethical attitude of the
hotel owners Directing to this miser-
able and obsolete form Of begging.
On the contrary, the captains of the
hotel industry discovered here a great
possibility. for a wonderful racket.
Head Waited Gets Cash
After the last eouRse of the dinner,
the walters have to leave the room
immediately, and now the sly head
waiter, under many bows and COM
pliments, approaches the entertain
ment committee Of the banquet. He
explains that in. this exclusive estab-
lishment the walters are. not permitted
to collect bps at the tables, therefore
he would suggest that they hand The
money that was intended for the
walters to him in one sum. This trick
always works perfectly, as the head
waiter is the triumphant enlbezzler,
by keeping the lions share for him
self. Not being organized, the I'M
fortunate walters are absolutely help
less against this piracy.
The question arises, how to organ
ice the walters? An efficiently Or
ganized stool pigeon system seems to
bar every opportunity. Yet there is
a possible chance by using certain
tactics.
Suppose an organization would get
out a cleVerly written circular letter
in which the methods of the head
walters would be exposed, and the let
ter addressed to the Entertainment
Committee would appeal to them.
They would state that as long as the
tip system is so strongly established,
the walters can choose no other way
Of getting their livelihood, and there
fore the committee should insist upon
handing the tips directly to the serv-
ing walters and not to the embezzler.
Another leaflet, stating the action Of
the organization could be distributed
at the exit Of the hotel among the
walters as they leave.
e. M.
Editors Note-It is true there are
many stool pigeons who hamper Or
ganization Of the rank and file wait
erS, and most of these stool pigeons
are head walters and managers them
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-03-24
Tag Days Start
Tomorrow to Save
the ScOttsborO Boys

NEW YORK.-Protest resolutions
alone will not save the nine innocent
Scottsboro Boys from the electric
chair, it was declared today In q
joint statement by mass organize
tons endorsing the New York Dis
trict International Labor Defense Tag
Day Drive, which begins this Satur-
day, for raising defense funds for
the nine framed Negro boys. Money
must be raised at once for carrying
on the struggle to save them.
Workers are urged 10 contribute To
their utmost during the Drive, which
will be carried ON by hundreds OF
volunteer workers from March IS 10
April ?.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-03-24
ROOSEVELT HAS
MORTGAGE PLAN
Aids MortgageHolders
Fearing Cancellation

WASHINGTON. March 20. - A
mortgage "refinancing plan" osten-
sibly to aid the farmers and small
home owners will be put forward by
Jhe administration in message TO
congress which President Roosevelt
will deliver early next week.
This was indicated today following
conference between Roosevelt and
congressional chieftains, including
the Senate and House chairman Of
the Agricultural Committee.
Another Snare for Farmers.
The plan would call for $1,000
100000 federal bond issue. The spon
sors Of this program claim that its
purpose is to lease the burden UPON
the farmers who are now paying from
six to nine per cent interest on their
mortgages. BY means Of the bond is
sue. they assert, their Indebtedness
will be transferred TO the government
to which it will pay lower interest
rates.
The scheme was submitted today
to. Secretary Of the Treasury Woodip
for approval preparatory TO peing
placed before Congress by Roosevelt.
Aids Mortgage Holders.
The key-point of the. proposal,
however, Is that the cash raised thru
the floating of the bond issue would
be turned over, not to the debt-loaded
farmers. but to those who are holding
the. mortgages upon the far1ns-the
banks. railroads. insurance conlpa-
MES. etc. In this way the mortgages
would be taken care Of. thus saw
ing them from the spectre of out
right cancellation which becomes in
creasingly certain as the militancy Of
the farmers increases. ....
Speaker Rairey in commenting to-
day on the mortgage proposal said
that under present plans 1t would be
added to the administrations farm
bill, and will be written into the price
fixing bill as q Senate amendment.
The administration farm bill pas
SEQ yesterday by the House, was re-
ceived in the Senate today and i'm
mediately referred to the agricultural
committee, which will meet tonnor-
row.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-03-24
LID Demands Right
to Defend Workers
Perkins Would Deport

=, NEW YORK. I'm face of orders by
the new bosses Secretary Of Labor,
Frances Perkins. which prove that
she intends to follow the vicious pol
icy laid down by Doak against for
eign-born workers, the legal staff Of
the New York District International
Labor Defense vii send two repre-
sentatives to her in Washington with
demand that attorneys for the !. L.
D. be given the right to see. inter-
view and defend workers held for
deportation.
At present the bureaucratic su-
ttorities at Ellis Island refuse to
recognize the I. L. D. as an organi-
zation entitled to have attorneys off,
cially represent it in deportation
cases. In explanation of this dis
elimination, the authorities stated
that the I. L. D. criticizes them too
much"
Workers organizations, especially
branches of the I. L, D., are urged to
back up the demand Of the legal
staff by sending resolutions to
Frances Perkins cofldemning the
action of the Ellis Island officials.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-03-24
Extend to Whole Country.

According to information from the
Treasury department this practice is
to be extended to the whole country
with the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration, an agency OF the govern
ment, directly helping in the pillsg-
ing Of the small depositors who stand
to lose not less than ~ billion dol
g in such reorganization,
In Cleveland, Ohio, there is to be
formed a new National Bank, similar
to the one in Detroit, to take over
the assets of the Union Trust Com
pany, the second largest bank in the
city. There are 100 smaller banks in
the state which are still closed.