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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-15

Hotchner, attorney for the taxi
bosses, who attempted to deny the
nature OF the work these inspectors
and supervisors were engaged in.
could dispel the stigma attached to
their names by the drivers who testi-
fled.
Hotchner, who is executive chair
man and counsel for the National
Association Of Taxicab Owners, put
forward the bosses stand that cab
men continue TO work on a COM
mission basis, instead of the standing
weekly minimum salary which they
demand.
He declared that William Green,
president Of the American Fedora
ton Of Labor, agreed with the
bosses on this point.
Hotchner also attempted to explain
away discrimination against Negro
drivers by weakly stating that the
taxi color schemes we're necessary to
DISTINGUISH different cab companies
who had the good will of the taxi
riding public" from others whose
service was inferior The drivers,
however, did not eapitulate on this,
nor on any other point
In his final woeds to Administrator
Allan, Jude Panken urged the estab-
lishment of a body composed of rep
resentatives Of both the cab drivers
and the employers, headed by an
impartial chairman" Thus Panken
tried to impose on the taxi drivers
the same N. r. a. practices which
have been so disastrous to workers in
other industries.
Panken's recommendation Tor an
impartial chairman recalled Com
missar Lityinoff's remark at the
Hague several years ago, to the effect
that at tine present time there are
two worlds the world Of socialism
and the world of capitalism. And ii
has been rumored about that there
is another world up in the sky where
the angels live Only an angel could
be an impartial chairman here Ano
haven't seen any angels walking
around here"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-15
NOPayfOr CWAMen
Saturday Is Threat;
Fire Million Today
III opkins Claims to Be
Without Funds; Call
for Protests

NEW YORK.-The four million @.
w. A. workers are threatened with
losing their pay Saturday because
Congress has delayed passage Of even
the meagre nine hundred and fifty
million dollar appropriation called for
by President Roosevelt's "tapering off
C.W.A relief bill. C.W.A. headquar-
tiers claims to have no funds. The
Roosevelt bill. now being discussed by
Congress, calls for the firing Of one
million workers today.
The National Unemployment Coum-
Gil, through I. Amter, secretary, has
issued a statement calling on all G.
W. A. and jobless workers to organize
job committees on C.W.A. projects
and protest against the lay-off of one
million men scheduled by Roosevelt
for today. The Unemployment Coun-
ellis calls for action by all workers
and workers organizations at once to
send kilograms and letters to the
Congressman and Senators demand
ing continuation and extension Of
jobs, without discrimination against
Negro and foreign born workers
Recognition OF the job committees
should be demanded.
The Unemployment Councils call
for demonstrations and meetings OF
protest against C.W-A. lay-offs and
wage cuts and for support to the
New York demonstration in Union
Square at s PM. today.
AL workers and workers organiEa-
tons should send kilograms and let
tiers to James Connery, chairman OF
the House Committee on Labor, the
Unemployment Council declares. call
ng for the reporting out Of that COM
n1ittee Of the Workers Unemployment
and Social Insurance Bill CHR. 1889
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-15
History Of Social
Democratic Leaders
Betrayals
BY OTTO LESSNER
lContinned front paqe y

Continued from Page u
fascist leader of the Heimwehr.
Prince Starhemberg, is one of the
richest land owners in Austria. The
broad masses Of the petty bourgeoisie
in city and countryside, who had put
their hopes on the promises of So
cial-Democracy, came more and more
under the pressure of the crisis of
the capitalist offensive and followed
the demagogic slogans of the fascists
who were organized by the bour-
beoisie, came under the influence of
the openly counter-revolutionary
forces.
Step by step, the Austrian hour
geoisie consolidated its power.
Army Transformed
The army was more Systematically
cleaned Of all elements under sus-
picion of being sympathetic with the
working class and was transformed
into reliable instrument against the
working class. The old reactionary
imperial officers and generals were
given positions. The same happened
with the police and the gendarmerie.
The bourgeoisie Systematically Or
gained and armed the fascists with
the help of large sums Of money. At
the same time, the arms in the hands
of the workers were Systematically
confiScated. The hourgeoisie con-
Quoted for years a systematic process
Of fascination in Austria, while at
the same time, the Austrian Social
Democratic leaders pacified the work
ers, proved" to them that they
should not conduct q struggle and
chartered about the building up of
Socialism in Vienna.
The Communist Party, which made
all efforts to establish the united
front Of the workers in the struggle
against fascination, which tireleSsly
warned the workers that the road of
Austrian Social-Democracy was lead
ing to fasciSm were denounced by the
Social-Democrats as people who
wanted to organize a bloodbath
1927 Demonstration
In 1927 a powerful demonstration
Of the workers Of Vienna took place
against the shameful decisions of the
bourgeois courts, which had ALSO not
been touched by the Social Demo-
cratic leaders in 1918. Thereupon.
the police of Socialist Vienna" Gre
ated a terrible bloodbath among the
demonstrating workers in which hun
dreds we're left dead on the streets;
during the course of the struggle, the
Palace Of Justice was burned as a
protest against bourgeois class JUS
tice.
The workers OF Vienna conducted
in these days heroic struggle against
the police. But, the Austrian Social
Democratic leaders who were at the
head Of the strongest Social Demo
cratic Parties, whose Schutzbund (de-
Tense organization) was still in pos
session Of large amounts Of arms,
who, in the trade unions were lead
ing the great masses of workers, In
stead Of leading the workers into the
struggle, into q strike against the
bloodbath and to defeat reaction
utilized their big power in order to
prevent the workers from big protest
actions.
This policy made the fascist resc-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-15
10000 Pea PiCkerS
in California Face
MachineGunThugs
Demand Pay Rise, Union
and Improved Working
Conditions

Ten Thousand pea pdckerS are
striking. Only twenty-three scabs
we're present. and they picked no
peas. Picketing continues strong.
A scab shot q striker in the hand
and the scab was put under pro-
tective arrest Fifty deputies
with rifles blocked the exits Of the
San Diego camp and held a thou
sand Mexicans back from attend
ing strike meetings and from the
picket lines.
Twenty deputies are guarding
four scabs in Grower Youngs field.
twenty-five Philippines were ar
rested charged with living in an
unsanitary camp and fined.
Grower Young through Judge
Grubel of Calipatria Offered to pay
their fines IL they would scab. All
refused. Funds are urgently
needed.
Ell CENTRIC, Cal, Feb. 14.-There
IRE now around 10000 pea pickers on
strike in the Calipatria area. Under
he leadership Of the Agricultural and
Jannery Workers Union, the workers
IRE demanding cents q pound, in
tead Of cent; clean water sanitarrF
conditions, release Of al
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-15
C.W.A. Layoffs Begins
Roosevelt Sees No.
Jobs for Unemployed
Painters Local ALL,
Calls for Action on the
Social Insurance Bill

NEW Y0RK.-LOcal Union 1872
Of the Brotherhood of Painters,
Decorators and Paper-hangers, A.
F. Of L., with one thousand mem
hers, at its regular meeting Tues
day night Endorsed the Workers
Unemployment and Social Insur-
ance Bill (H. r. 1888. The local
union voted to send a eommunica-
ton to Congressman Lundeen urg-
ing the enactment Of the bill at
the present session Of Congress.
The National Unemployment
Councils, In = statement yesterday,
urged all workers and workers or
yanizatiOnS not TO let the Workers
Bill (H.R. 1888. die in Committee,
but to send kilograms and letters
TO their Congressman and to Con-
gresham COnnery, chairman Of
the House Committee on Labor,
which Is considering the bill.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-15
JObIeSS, CWAUnited
Front Protest at
Union Square Today
Dem nstrate to Force
Continuance, Enlarge
ment of C.. w. A.

NEW YORK-Today at PM, on
the day Of the lay-offs by Roosevelt Of
one million C.WA. workers, the job
less, trade union, and C.WA. workers
will converge on Union Square in
united front mass demonstration.
Only the united action of the work
ingclass will force the continuance
and enlargement of the eva, stop
the Roosevelt wage cuts and mass
lay-offs, and force the LaGuardia city
administration to grant immediate
cash relief to the unemployed. This
demonstrations must be made a de-
cisive step in the movement to force
the federal government to enact the
Workers Unemployment Insurance
Bill.
All C.W.A. workers are urged TO
Join the demonstration. A delegation
will visit City C.WA. Administrator,
F. I. Daniels, to force the CW.A. to
pay these workers for the day on
which they exercise their right Of
protest.
In q statement isued yesterday, the
Trade Union Unity Council urged all
It's affiliated unions, and all workers
in independent and A. p. Of L. unions
to mobilize at Union Square at pm.
today for the united front demon
stration.
Col. w. A. Delamater, City C.W.A.
Administrator, in q statement issued
yesterday, promised that all c. w. A.
workers who left their jobs to par
ticipate in today's united front dem
onStration would be permitted to
leave work at noon on that day for
this purpose without prejudice to
their positions or standing. The
G. w. s. Administrator issued SIM
liar notice.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-15
AUSTRIA HOW IT HAPPENED!
Only the Workingclass
Can Show Such Heroism
i'm Its Battles

tarians to fascist dictatorship. Theyi
saw the German proletariat merei-.
lessiy suppressed, its best Leaders
JAILED, tortured, murdered, and they
understood at once that TIE lesser
evip Dollfuss, which the Social
Democratic leaders thought would
prevent the establishment Of fascist
dictate this exactly Ike Musso-
lini anU Hitler, the bloody ezecu-
toner Of the Austrian proletariat.
And they arose, with that heroism
OF which only the proletariat Is ca
pable, who inStinctiyely know that
they are fighting in the interest OF
a higher order Of society, of better
future, against the barbarie forces,
against 2 decaying order of society
which is poisoning the world with
murder and blood.
The social democratic and Com
munist workers are jointly conduct
ing heroic struggle which viii play
a powerful role in the greatest days
of the liberation struggle Of the pro
letariau class.
AT heaYy Odos
At the present hour it is not yet
clear who will remain victor in these
struggles, the Austrian working
class led from defeat 10 defeat by
the social democratic leaders, fight
ing in this situation where heavy
disadvantages make this struggle
tremendously difficult. In this hour,
, the hour Of bloody struggle, where
the lives Of workers, women and
children, are being destroyed by the
bullets Of a class trembling for its
| profits and its power, in this hour
! the workers of the world must yecoc-
tlize which road Is the correct one, the
road Of social democracy In Austria
and Germany, which led the working
class from the position Of power in
1918 into Fascist Dictatorship, or the
road Of the Communists, who in all
countries Of the world are moldine
the workers together into an uncom-
promising struggle against the bour-
geoisie and show the road TO power
that power which brought about
the historical successes Of the Soviet
! OAASAAf hAhCLC SAtC bOASHbNAhS beiZSu
power, destroyed Conference.-The
and are building up socialism.
In this hour there is not a single
honest worker in the other countries
who, in his thoughts, is not among
the fighters, who would not wish to
fight with a rife in his hands side
by side with the Austrian workers
against Fascist barbarism. In this
hour, there is not single honest
worker who does not understand
that the struggle Of the Austrian
workers is the big proletarian pre-
liminary skirmish of the European
workers for the destruction of fas-
cist-capitalist reaction and domina-
ton.
In this hour every worker must
learn the lesson that the uniting OF
the workers into the struggling
united front against the bourgeoigie,
the throwing overheard of the bank
rupt and treacherous social democ-
racy, which leads the workers from,
defeat to defeat and strengthens the
forces Of the bourgeoisie. is a life
and death question for the prole-
tariat.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-15
Important Shoe Union
Meetings on To-day

NEW YORK.-The United Shoe
and Leather Workers Union an
nounced today that it will hold an
important membership meeting at
$3.50 pm. at the Arcadia Hall, 91S
Halsey st., Brooklyn.
The meeting will discuss the
question Of the constitution which
was adopted at the Boston Anal
gamation Convention and nonin-
alton of officials.
The Unemployed Shoe Workers
Council calls upon aii shoe work
ers who are out Of work to be In
the headquarters Of the union, II
Fifth Ave-, New York. today at
1880 pm. From headquarters they
viii proceed to the demonstration
on Union So. called by the United
Front Committee Of the Unem-
ployed Councils against the closing
Of @. W. A. projects.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-15
Furniture Union to
Open Fight Against
NRAMinimumWage
Delegates on Way Home
from Convention; to
Build Big Union

NEW YORK. Following the cleo
ton Of a new national executive com
rlittee, the First National Convention
Of the Furniture Workers Industrial
Union adjourned Monday night, all
the delegates returning to their re-
Tpective locals. prepared to get down
to the work of forging solid united
fighting front Of the furniture work
ers in the big centers.
The following national officers we're
elected at the final session: National
Cha irman. Harrv Yeaoer. from Ian
caster, Pa; Vice Chairman, Jack
IcCartv. from Boston: Secretery-
treasurer, Joe Kiss, New York; Ma
tional Organizer, M. Pizer, New York.
National headquarters of the union
will remain located at 812 Broadway,
New York City.
The delegates elected to the Gen.
eral Executive Board Of the union
are as follows: Harry Pickard. Silver,
j. McCarty, Rich and j. Suckney
from Boston; M. Perlow, L. Sitkoff,
A. Handy and M. Pizer from New
York; Blottner from Chicago; Wade
and Gugenheim from Lancaster, Pa;
A. Sokolov and J. Dillela from Phila-
delphia; Bslvage from New Jersey;
o. Nelson and E. Broden from James,
town, N Y; and Brooks from
Providence, r. I.
Emphasis On South
At the last session Of the conven-
ton special emphasis was placed on
the problem Of building a strong
union in the South, especially in New
Orleans, Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia
and North Carolina.
| In the most brazen and determined
manner the bosses have kept the
wages in the South at starvation
level. The thousands OF veneer work
ers in the South are classified to
come under the N. r. A. lumber code.
receiving a meagre minimum OF "a
cents an hour. II was revealed that
a lumber manufacturer, w. Q. Bel
cher, Of Centeryille, Ala, has been
paying his veneer workers is cents
an hour, working them unlimited
hours.
The union delegates pledged to
fight against the wage differentiation
between the North and the South,
demanding a 70 cent minimum per
hour for the urskilled.
For Unity of Negro and White
The convention delegates unani-
mously declared that they will carry
on fight through their locals for
Unity of the white and Negro masses,
against race prejudice and discrimi-
nation against Negro workers.
1--WE will get down to real work
now said q delegate from Boston.
I'VE must unite all our struggles with
the struggles of the workers within
the A. F. of L"
Finally, the convention went on
record to greet our fearless, courage
GUS, honest and militant leaders of
the American labor movement, the
leaders Of the Trade Union Unity
League"
without their assistance" said a
statement issued by the convention,
I'VE would not have been able to come
together at this date for the forna-
ton of our rank and file union"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-15
j. Panken, Former S.P. Judge.
Has Good Time at Taxi Hearing
lells MIA. Administrator How Much He Enioyed
Account of Misery, Jim-Crowism, Slave Wages

Il hope, Mr.. Administrator. that
you've had as good a time as have"
1t was Jacob Panken, former So
cialist Party municipal judge, who
has been exposed on a number of
occasions as beneficiary OF Tam
many favors, speaking 10 William L,
Allan, deputy N. r. A. administrator
on Tuesday, the second day of the
taxi code boards hearings in the City
I all Board of Estimate chambers.
Nrhe good time" to which Mr..
Panken referred was the running &C
count, throughout both sessions. OF
continual revelations by drivef-Wit-
nesses Of miserable, staryation-wage,
back-breaking conditions under
which the taxi drivers are forced to
work.
Among . mass of other vile COM
ditions revealed at the hearing, q
systematic JIM Grow system against
Negro cab drivers was disclosed.
SIT is fact said Samuel orner,
a driver. shat, although we're
north Of the Mason and Dixon line,
discrimination and Jim Crewism
against eolored haekmen prevails
In New York's taxi industry"
He declared that, until recently,
only grcen-colored cabs were given
to Negro drivers, In order TO enable
company inspectors and passengers
to know that a Negro was driving
the car. "At the garages" Orner
stated, cars are very seldom given
TO Negro drivers. When Negro
hackmen does get a cab, he Is
forced to bring in definite sum
at the end of his shift. Sometimes
he has to make it up out Of his
days tips, and at other times he
even has to put out his own money,
II he has it,"
The existence of this Jim Crowism
evidently gave the former S. P. judge
his good time"
Administrator Allen and other N.
r. A. officials, who have been try
ing to sidetrack the wages issue at
the taxicab code hearings, squirnsd
in their chairs when they heard the
demands of the drivers, which were
presented by William GandalI, rep
resenting the hacfunen's committee
of IS.
Gandau read a code which was
prepared by the Taxi Workers Union
and presented to the committee by
Joseph Gilbert, leader of the union
and member of the committee Of 10.
The code calls for g. minimum Of
s2S a week for day men and $35 per
week for night drivers. Where the
industry does not provide SO weeks
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-15

present struggle started. A few
weeks before this struggle, joint
demonstration of left radicalized
Social-Democratic workers and COM
munists took place,
Hold Workers Back
Instead Of leading the Austrian
proletariat into the struggle, which,
during the past few months, could
have been done with relatively few
sacrifices, and successfully, Austrian
Social-Democracy let every oppor-
tunity pass and held back the prole-
tariat until the Dollfuss fascists took
aim for the final blow. The Helm
wehr people, the police and the army
occupied the trade union and party
buildings, tried Systematically to con-
fiscate the last arms which the
workers had still hidden, they began
the fascination Of Austria after the
example Of Hitler and Mussolini. But
now the Austrian workers began TO
move. For years they had believed
their leaders that the road Of bour-
geois- democracy was leading to-
wards Socialism.
Learn What Fascism Means
With anger they watched how the
power which they had in their pos
session was taken away from them
piecemeal, and how fascist counter
revolution consolidated its forces. To
an ever-larger degree, they began to
understand the correctness Of the
road Of the Communists, and from
the example in Germany they
learned what fascist dictatorship
means. They saw how in Germany
Social-Democrsey left the prole-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-15
Three Mass Meets Of
Needle Workers to
Protest on Austria

NEW YORK-The Needle
Trades Workers Industrial Union
issued a call today to all needle
workers to rally in three mass
meetings tomorrow CFriday noon
in a series Of three mass meetings
to protest against the murder Of
Austrian working people.
The meetings will be held At
the following places:
Cloak and dress workers;
Thirty-sixth ST. and Sth Ave.
Fur workers; Twenty ninth
st. and Sth Ave.
Millinery workers: Thirty
seventh st. and 6th Ave.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-15
Chi. Socialist Rejects
United Front Against
AUSTRIAN Fascisnr

Daily Worker Midwestern Bureau
CHICAGO, Ill, Feb. 14.-Harold
Kelson, publicity director of the
Socialist Party, told Tom Nc
Kenna, local secretary of the
American League Against War
and Fascisn, that he could not
accept the proposal for a united
front against Austrian fascism
because she was against action
which involved foreign countries"
He then suggested" that the
League speak to other officials OF
the Socialist Party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-15
Postpone Jobiess Meet
of Delegates One Week

NEW YORK.-The meeting of the
delegates to the Unemployment Con-
vention in Washington, which was to
take place tonight, has been post
poned In order to enable full mobili-
zatien OF the unemployed to attend
the Coliseum meeting In defense of
the Austrian workers. The delegates
VIII meet instead on Thursday. Feb.
~, at 1880 p. m, at Irving Plaza.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-15

PoYNTZ SPEAKS ON wAR
This Millinery Opposition OF the A. y. OF
L will hold the second IN series OF lee
lures on current events Wednesday, Feb,
l4th, $50, ct So ". gath st. Juliet Stuart
Poynts will speak on the war danger. Ad-
mission free.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-15
NEW ENGLAND TOUR OF rHIBopEaux

NEW ENGLAND TOUR OF THIBODEAUX
The schedule of the tour of Norman
Thihedeaux, Donald Burke and Scottshoro
Film Is: Lawrence-Maydower Hall, 1872 Essex
St, Monday, Feb. IL. Haverhill-Calyary
Baptist Church, Is Ashland ST., Tuesday,
Feb. Is. Worcester--Washburn Hall, Mech
anics Bldg, Thursday, Feb. is. Providence
Odd Fellows Hall, $40 Cranston ST., Friday,
Feb Is Boston-Dudley Opera House, lis
Dudley ST., Saturday, FEB. IT. Quincy
Mooes Hall, 143 Hancock St, Sunday, Feb
Is, 2;so pm. Chelsea-Labor Lyceum, ASS
Broadway, Monday, Feb. 10. Malden-Tues-
day, Feb. 20. Lynn-At LID. Dance. Rus
sian Club, Wednesday, Feb. 81.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-15
National Events

sHICAGO Y.C.L. CITY-wIDE MEETING
CHICAGO - Young Communist League
membership meeting Thursday, Feb. is, at
. pm, at Peoples Auditorium, 3rd floor,
2457 w. Chicago Ave.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-15
DAILY WORKER MASS MEETING IA
nEERnIT

DETROIT, - Daily Worker Mass meeting
Thursday, Feb. is, 1880 pm, at ls4s g.
Ferry Ave. Europe and the Task OF the
Revolutionary Movement Here"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-15
City Events

UPHOLSTERY WORKERS MEET
AZ important membership meeting OF the
upholstery Section Of the Furniture Workers
industrial Union will be held Tonight at
1880 pm, at sl2 Broadway.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-15

LORD MARLEY SPEAKS IN DENVER
DENVER.-Lord Marley will speak here on
Sunday, Feb 18th at the Broadway Theatre
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-15

WHITE GOODS WORKERS MEET
4 meeting Of al white goods workers viii
be held tonight right after work at Man
haitian Jyceum, &c z. 18th st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-15
Protest Firing of Million off C.W,A Today by Roosevelt

PRECONvENTIoN DISCUSSION IN
TOMORROW'S DAILY.
The Preconyention Discussion with
COmrade Gebert's article Is omitted
from tOday's issue. TOmOrrow's
Daily" will carry the article.