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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-30
Revised Bill To prevent
Labor Disputes Wag-
ner's Purpose
ASKS NEW POWERS
New Board to Intervene
in Strikes

WASHINGTON, May 20
Even still greater strikebreak-
ing power was requested to-
day by Senator Wagner than
that provided for in the re-
vised bill bearing his name.
In a wordy disagreement with
Senator David I. Walsh, chairman of
the Senate Labor Committee, Wag-
ner insisted that the bill be amend
ed so that it gives to the National
Industrial Adjustments Board Ger
tain powers now provided for the
Secretary of Labor The bill as at
present formulated provides that
at the request of the Department
Of Labor the National Industrial
Adjustments Board can step into
any strike or controversy with full
strike breaking power. Wagner de-
clared he has no objections to
Madame Perkins having this right
but he insisted that all Of the initia-
tive go to the board itself.
At the request of President
Roosevelt the revised Wagner Bill
is being rushed through Congress
in an effort to break the rising
strike wave.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-30
Police Use
Gas, Guns In
Dock Strike
Strikers Hold Ma S S
Funeral for Parker,
in San Pedro

SAN FRANCISCO May %. -
Police brutally attacked a picket
demonstration of over 1000 striking
longshoremen with shotgunS and
tear gas, and machine guns were set
up on the docks when shipowners
refused to grant the main demands
of the strikers-recognition of the
union, wage increases and union
control of hiding.
During the police attack the long
shoremen, seamen and waterfront
workers defended themselves with
sticks and bricks. Tear gas blinded
the strikers as they fought hand to
hand with the police. A mounted
officer was pulled down from his
horse. Four strikers were arrested
and scores were lacerated bruised
by the vicious police clubbing. ct.
The longshoremen have refused to
return to work until the demands
of all maritime strikers have been
won.
The Oakland waterfront looks like
garrisoned city in time of war.
Police have barricaded open streets
leading to the docks and the City
Council has voted 100 special strike
breaking police.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-30
Communist Party Meets
Stiffen Resistance to
ALL. Treachery
DAILY CHEERED
MESA. Congratulates
Party on Figllt

TOLEDO, Ohio, Map 20
The nearly one thousand Auto
Electric Lite strikers, meet
ing Monday night at the
officially called meeting of
the Automotive Federal Lo-
cal CA. F. of L., booed the
suggested proposals for settlement.
But to the general surprise of every
body Thomas Ramsey, head of the
union, reported that no settlement
had been reached.
Rumors in the hall were that the
proposals provide for a settlement
on the basis Of a five per cent wage
increase, immediate opening of the
plant, with the strikereakers re-
tanned, and then hiring strikers as
needed at the discretion Of the man
agement with recognition based on
the unions strength at the time
picketing started.
The fiercely determined attitude
OF the strikers made impossible the
| presentation Of the sell-out pro-
posals by Ramsey. The strikers re-
sistance had been clearly stiffened
by the clear explanation by the
Communist Party of the whole
strikebreaking strategy of the A. F.
of L. officials working with the
"mediators" and the Regional La
Dor Board. This exposure Of the
A. F. Of L. officials line was given
by the Communist Party at a big
mass meeting at the Court House
Square during the noon recess of
the court trying the arrested pick
cts. The speakers, Robert Minor, I.
o. Ford, Onda and others, giving the
line of the Communist Party, had
the effect of modifying the deter
mination of the workers against
sell-out.
The general strike sentiment is
growing rapidly. Sixty eight local
unions of the A. F. of L. out Of
lO3 affiliated to the Central La
Dor Union have already voted for
a general strike, but the officials
Confined on Page q
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-30
Davis Spouts Fraudulent
Disarm a m ent
Proposals
BUT BUILD UP NAVY
Make Sham Attack on
Munitions Makers
BY SEYMOUR WALDDIAN
DAILY Worker Washington Bureau)

(Oaliy WOrker washing CoH DuhCauJ
WASHINGTON, May 20
The United States decked out
in new oratory it's familiar
Hoover-Roosevelt proposal for
the abolition of certain Gag
gressive" weapons, according to the
text of a speech made today by
Norman H. Davis, Chairman of the
American Delegation to the Gen
eral Disarmament Conference at a
meeting of the General Commission
Of the Conference at Geneva.
While Secretary of War Dern APP
peared today before the House Mill
tsry Affairs Committee to urge their
recommendation of the Thompson
Bill, a measure which would in
crease the enlisted men from $4,000
to 165, 900 and from 1900 to 14,06c
officers at an additional annual cost
of $35, 100000, Davis professed to be
vitality concerned with "the genera
peace and progress of the World"
Following the line set by Roose-
welt last winter in his Woodrow Will
son Foundation address, Davis de-
clared that 1.-THE progressive aboli-
ton of those types of weapons
peculiarly suitable for invasion
namely, heavy mobile artillery
tanks and bombing planes" is d
method of disarmament" which
CONSTITUTES a realistic aid to peace
He made it clear that big navies, at
least when made in this country, are
Continued on Page q
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-30
Federal Courts OK.
USeOfNRAAgainSt
WeirtOn Steel Men
StOps' Election" Pretense
for Betrayed
Strikers

WILMINGTON, Del, May 20
The Federal District Court here to-
day supported the Weirton Steel
Company in its sham battle with
the N. R. A. authorities over the
holding of elections" at the COM
pany's steel mills.
The issue arose when the N. R.
A. aided the Weirton Steel Com
pany las September to break the
strike of $4,000 steel workers. The
National Labor Board, with the help
of the A. F. of L. Officials, ordered
the workers to return to their jobs,
promising them no determinations
and future elections. When the
workers returned, thousands were
fired and no elections were held.
President Roosevelt himself prom
ised the workers that an election
would be held. The Weirton Steel
Company filed a suit for injunction
in the Federal courts at Delaware,
and the Department of Justice was
not very energetic in resisting the
Injunction.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-30
Farewell Banquet
To Sean Murray Is
To Be Held Tonight
Brow d err, Krumbein.
Ford, Brodsky Are
Among Speakers

NEW YORK.-Tonight a fare
we'll banquet will be given in honor
of Sean Murray. secretary of the
Communist Party of Ireland, who
has just returned from a speaking
tour of the United States.
Earl Browder, secretary of the
Communist Party, will be one of
the speakers at this banquet, which
takes place at p. M, at Irving
Plaza. Other speakers are: James
w. Ford, Max Bedacht, Charles
Krumbein and Carl Brodsky.
All irish Workers clubs and SYM
pathetic groups are urged to take
immediate steps to insure repre-
sentation at Irish Workers Confer
ence on Sunday, June 3, 1884, at
pm. in the Irish Workers Hall, LOT
w. Tooth Street.
The conference will discuss in de-
tail the Irish situation, with special
attention to the position of the Re
publican and labor movements, and
will outline plans of work for ex-
banding the clubs and coordinating
their activities.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-30
Roosevelt " Embargo -
Will Not Stop Arm $
To Warning Countries

WASHINGTON, May 29.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt yesterday issued a
formal declaration of an embargo"
on shipments Of arms to Paraguay
and Bolivia, who are at war over
control of the Chaco area.
Reports from the warning coun-
tries say that they are sufficiently
equipped with arms to continue the
war, nevertheless. The hypocritical
nature of the presidential proclama-
ton is shown by the fact that it
does not exclude the shipment of
arms to Chile, Argentina, or other
Latin American countries, who can
trans-ship to the warning nations.
The chief effect of Roosevelt's
peace" maneuvers has been to in
tensify the bitterness of the war
in Latin America, in reality a war
instigated by Wall Street and Brit
ish imperialism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-30
Millions in Z. S. S. r. Get Pay Rise on June lst

goes mainly to unskilled and semi
skilled workers and employees.
If to this sum is added the in
creased appropriation of the gov
eminent for social insurance in
connection with these higher wages,
the amount will total 107,000,000
rubles monthly; and before the end
Of the year, 749,000.0o0 rubles.
Raises Up to 1876 Per Cent
In heavy industry the wages af-
feet 1,848,200 workers, meaning for
them an average increase of 10.7
per cent. Still higher wages are
provided for certain branches of
heavy industry. In the hard coal
industry, for instance, the increase
reaches 1856 per cent. In light in
dustry, the wage increase affects
1,245,800 workers. Increases in
wages here amount to 10 per cent.
In sugar, fish, tobacco, meat
canning, and other similar indus
tries, the pay raise affects SOC, 400
workers and gives them an average
increase OF liz per cent.
Lumber and woodworking wage
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-30
Nasis Refuse to Pemit
British Delegation to
Visit Ernst ThaeInldrlrl
Writers Visit German
Consul in N. Y; Demand
Gree Thaelmann!"

LONDON, May 49, = The British
delegation that left for Berlin to in
terview Ernst Thaelmann and find
out what treatment he is getting at
the hands of his Nazi jailers has
been refused permission even to see
him.
The delegation, including the Earl
of Listovel, member of the House of
Lords, Mrs. William Ellis, noted
writer, and Attorney Benabue, has
had to return here, convinced that
the Nazis are afraid to show the
outside world what condition Thael-
mann is actually in as result of
his maltreatment by the Nazis.
Cops Eject Delegation in New York
NEW YORK. A delegation of
writer's from the National Commit
tee for the Defense of Political Pris-
oners, who went to the German
Consulate Monday to protest against
the imprisonment and ill-treatment
of Thaelmann, secretary of the
Communist Party of Germany, were
elected from the Office by a police
man.
Members of the delegation, con-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-30
General Strike Is Near AS
68 Local Unions Favor It:
Wagner Bill Is Rushed
Birmingham OpsRoid
Negro Homes, Arrest
Three on No Charges
Especial to the Daily Worker,

'DBN~A-A ~ wiz ASNG " VI MI
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, May 90.
Terror against Negro and white
workers on strike in the coal
fields continues as police raided
the home of several Negro work
ers and arrested three. No
charges were preferred against
them.
All charges against Louise
Thompon, International Work
ers Order organizer, have been
dropped.
Secretary of Labor Frances
Perkins announced yesterday
that mediator will be sent
here within a week. There seems
to be no immediate solution to
the ore strike other than to wait
for the code. Stored ore is being
moved to the mill under heavy
guard Of troops. The policy of
the bosses and police officials
seems to be to starve the strik-
ers out and demoralize their
struggle.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-30

increases, affecting $4,000 workers,
amount to 10.5 per cent.
More than 301, 800 municipal
workers and employees, who get an
average wage increase of 12.1 per
cent, are affected by the new order.
Teachers, likewise, are give wage
increases. A pay rise of 8.6 to 16
per cent depending on the locality
and the skid is granted to 585,OOO
teachers, $4,000 workers in the pre-
school institutions and $4,000 school
employees. Approximately the same
wage increases are given to health
workers.
Pensions and Insurance Up
Government, commercial and
other employees are given increases
in wages, affecting 100000 people.
Office employees of Moscow, Lenin-
grad, Kharkov and other towns in
the U. S. S. R. get wage increases of
6.5 to % per cent depending on the
scale of the present wages.
Pensions paid by the government,
as well as the social insurance, are
also increased by June LIST. Invalid
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-30
BY A. B. MAGIL
Especial to the Daily Worker)

TOLEDO, May 29-In an interview
with your correspondent, Thomas
Ramsey, Business Agent of the A.
F. of L. Federal Union leading strike
of Electric Auto-Lite, Bingham
Stamping and Logan Gear workers,
refused to state whether he was for
or against general strike. This,
despite the fact he and other A. F.
of L. leaders had talked general
strike last week when the tremen-
dous display Of solidarity Of the
entire working population of Toledo
burst forth.
Press reports state" said your
correspondent, That about 60 A. F.
of L. locals have voted fer the gen.
eral strike. Is that correct, Mr.
Ramsey?"
yes. several have voted for it,
he conceded with some reluctance
81 understand the question is
coming UP for decision on Friday
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-30
Latvia w Orker
Deputies Face
Death Penalty
LID. Calls for Protests
Against Fascists'
Murder Plan

RIGA, Latvia (by CABLE. = The
entire Workers and Peasants Frac-
ton of the Latvia Seim, arrested
last November, has been turned over
to the military court, following the
recent fascist coup in this country.
A new law passed by the now
openly fascist government and made
retroactive makes all working class
activity punishable by death. The
members OF the Workers and Peas
ants Fraction are charged with be-
ing Communists.
1t is believed the military court
will Immediately demand the death
penalty for these workers and peas
ants representatives. They are
Gulbis, Rutyn, Berg, Matisson, Lapin
and Bite.
The deputies were arrested last
November 81, when the state pros
ecutor demanded that the Seim
(Parliamen0 suspend their parlia-
mentary immunity and permit their
arrest and detention "for investi-
CATION" The Social-Democratic dep
uties registered only formal pro-
test to this procedure, which was
unanimously passed by the bour-
geois deputies. By the arrest of the
six deputies, 10000 workers and
peasants were deprived of all rep
resentation in the Seim.
NEW YORK. = Calling for the
widest protest action against the
new death threat hanging over the
Workers and Peasants Deputies Of
Latvia, the International Labor De-
tense today sent the following cable
to Premier Ulmanis, at Riga, Latvia
Demand immediate freedom
worker peasant deputies and re-
scinding of death law and freedom
all worker peasant political pris'
oners your fascist jails.'
The I. L. D. called for immediate
protests to be sent to the Lettisl
Consulate, SC Rockefeller Plaza, New
York.
Whever possible, the I. L. D. urged
protests should be cabled to Premiei
Ulmanis.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-30

Saturday at
Welfare Dept
Protest Police Terror.
Demand Increased
Relief

NEW YORK.-The Committee of
One Hundred has called a mass
demonstration of all workers, Negro
and white, employed and unem-
ployed, at so Lafayette St., Satur-
day, June 2, at 10 a. m, in protest
against the brutal clubbing of work.
ers at the demonstration last Sat-
urday, and demanding increased re-
lief, immediate issuance of rent
checks for all unemployed. adequate
medical aid, and no cutting off of
relief and work relief employees.
Relief funds in New York state
were slashed by more than one third
in April over March, 1884, figures
issued yesterday by the offices of the
T. E. r. A. show. During March,
S33 ,416,064 was spent for C. w. A.
wages and direct relief. In April,
s21,0l1, 1926 was spent for relief and
work relief" wages.
Despite continued increase in re-
lief applicants, further cuts are
planned. A statement issued on
March 30, indicates the scope of
future cuts which are planned. The
T. E. r. A. statement indicates that
municipalities in the state will be
reimbursed for an expenditure up
to rs million dollars. The statement
continues: I'm the month of May
the total will be $23 100000; in
June, $22,000,0o0; in July, $21, 900, 900;
in August, September and October,
$19,000,000 per month"
To put through these cuts, 10000
families are to be cut off Home Re-
lief on June l. another 10000 are
to be fired from work relief" at the
same time, surplus food orders are
in almost every case completely
stopped, and an order has been put
through the Home Relief Bureau
to stop all rents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-30
Nazi Decree Against
Raw Material Imports
Will Sharpen Crisis

BERLIN, May 29.-Drastic mea-
Sures to cut down payment for i'm
ports were decreed yesterday by the
Nazi government in vain effort
to stem the growing economic and
financial crisis. the new regula-
lions provide that the allotment of
foreign exchange to pay for i'm
ports shall not exceed 5 per cent of
the amount spent in $780,
The effect of this measure will
be to extend the fascist embargo
on the imported raw materials,
thereby severely restricting produc-
ton, throwing new hundreds Of
thousands out of work.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-30
4utO-Lite Union Head, Music,
Pussyfoot On General Strike

Do you know what stand you your
self will take on it,"
Eyes, do"
What is it?"
81 can't tell you," he said.
"Are you in favor Of united ac-
ton of all workers groups" your
correspondent asked.
That's another way of asking
whether I'm in favor of general
strike" he lodged.
Where Ramsey Stands
mo, not necessarily. There are
many forms Of united action"
Il can't answer your question" he
said, though he had begun inter
view by saying: 1--WE welcome help
from everybody
What is your attitude toward
Detroit Automobile Labor Board?'
your correspondent asked.
Il feel we can settle our problems
right here"
What about some other arbitra-
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-30
Hold Natl Youth Day
Meets AS Sec'y of War
Dern Asks Bigger Army
Youth Demonstrations
Throughout Land Hit
lingo War Plans
N. Y. PARADE Up. NJ.
Workers, Students Mass
Along Second Avenue

NEW YORK. = Both the
lingo war-mongers and the
working class youth will
march today.
For the jingoists it will be
parades of soldiers, police,
politicians modified by the
American Legion, D. A. R., Rotary
Clubs, Chambers of Commerce and
other patriotic organizations, who
will extol the soldiers murdered in
past wars to make the world safe"
But for the young workers and
students it will be National Youth
Day parades against imperialist
war and fascism. Throughout the
country, from HaverhiIT, Mass, to
Los Angeles, California, youth will
rise TO strike blow against war,
against fascism, against the cap
italist system that breeds them.
In some cities the police, urged on
by lingo organizations, have refused
to issue parade permits on the ex-
cuse that May 80 is reserved "for
the patriots" In other cities there
will be two paradeS of youth against
war and fascism the Socialist
youth leaders having on one pretext
or another split the wall of united
youth action against imperialist
war.
New York Demonstration
The largest demonstration is ex-
pected to take place in New York
where youths from Pioneers up will
mass on Tenth st. and Second Ave,
at IL noon. The parade route will
take the marchers through the pro-
letarian neighborhood on the lower
East Side and will wind up at Ave-
nue. A and E. Seventh st. with a
mass meeting.
WHERE TO GO
West Of Second Ave.
Anti-war groups, WOmen's
Councils, "Y's, settlement houses,
etc, on Tenth st.
Trade union groups on 18th st.
7. G. L. and C. P. on 18th st.
Pioneers and Students on 18th
st.
East of Second Ave.
Labor Sports Union, workers
clubs on Tenth st.
I. w. o. and Young Circle
League on 18th st.
Marsnals will meet on Tenth
st. and Second Ave. for final
instructions promptly at IL noon.
At the meeting on Avenue A and
Seventh St., speakers from the va
rious participating organizations
will address the demonstrators. Jim
Lerner, of the Youth Section, Amer
lean League Against War and Fas-
cism, under whose auspices the
parade is being held, will be chair
man.
The Socialist leaders, without a
mention of National Youth Day, will
hold their own march in Harlem.
The Youth Section of the Amer
lean League Against War and
Fascism issued call yesterday for
Continued on Page 6)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-30
FOUR MORE BELGIAN MINERS
KILLED

MONS, Belgium, May 29.-Eour
workers were killed yesterday when
a cable broke, releasing the scaffold
on which they we're working in the
mine at Peronne-lez-Bi nche. Mine
workers who have carried on pro-
test campaign against dangerous
working conditions in Belgian mines
exposed by the Paturages disaster
charged the deaths of the four men
who were repairing masonry in the
Peronne-l -Binehe mine to slack
safety inspection. !.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-30
Social Insurance Fund
Is Also Steeply
Increased
By VERN SMITH
Especial to the Daily Worker)

MOSCOW, May 20 (By Ra-
dio). Sweeping wage in
creases for millions of work
ers, teachers, students and
government employees thru
out the Soviet Union, totalling
95,000,000 rubles monthly,
will go into effect on June 1st.
Besides this tremendous raise in
pay for workers in the Soviet
Union, there will be steep rise in
social insurance payments, pen
sions, etc. Before the end of the
year. the total wage increase will
amount to 665, 100000 rubles, which
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-30
EXTEND STATE OF ALARM
IN SPAIN

MADRID, May 29.-The state of
alarm Ca form of martial law de-
clared for one month, which should
have terminated Saturday, was still
in force today, having been ex-
tended by government decree. 1t
applies to the whole of Spain.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-30
Mass Funeral for
Murdered Striker

SAN PEDRO, May 81, (By Air
MaiD.- hundred workers consti-
tuted workers jury and found Wal
ter Hannif1eld, shipowners' gunman,
Hynes and Pfeiffer, Of the Los An
geles Red Squad, and Hache and
Cole of the San Pedro Red Squad,
guilty of the murder of Richard
Parker, killed when guards and
police fired on crowd of defense
less strikers. Patterson and Peter
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-30
W orkers in Nearly All
Industries Benefit
from Raise

workers get an increase of 10 to
12.5 per cent; old age pensioners,
1875 per cent; fatherless families,
an average of 10 per cent.
simultaneously, commencing June
1st there will be an increased al
lowance made to all students in
universities, workers faculties, tech
nicums, to total over 100000 rubles
monthly.
Crop Damages
MOSCOW, May 30 (by radio).-
Partial damage in the sowing of
crops in some of the Southern
districts of the U. S. S. r., due to
dry weather in May, brought an in
crease in the market price of grain.
This compelled the Soviet Govern
ment to raise the extremely low
price of rationed bread
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-30
STONE NAzI LEGATION

ATHENS. May 29-The windows
of the German Legation were
broken during a Communist demon
stration at the time of the flying
visit to Athens by Reich Minister
OF Air Herman Goering.
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