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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-27
Ryan's NeqV Longshoremen's Agreement Is Cited
AS Most Brazen Betrayal OF Coast DockerS

s1.OO an hour and $50 for over
time-two of the three west coast
strike demands. But the veteran
faker carefully left out the third,
and most decisive west coast de-
mand-for union control of hiring
halls! The Rank and File Action
Committee of the I. L. A. in formu-
lating demands corresponding to
the basic needs and burning griev-
ances of the Atlantic coast long
shormen, proposed the West coast
demands with two important addi-
tons against Speed-up, for larger
gangs and smaller drafts; for the
right of Negroes to work on any
docks without discrimination in
work or pay.
During the three weeks Of nego-
tiations prior to Oct. 1st (the date
of expiration of the old agreement)
militant sentiment among the
masses Of longshoremen mounted
rapidly. Goaded on by unbearable
conditions, given courage by the
heroic example Of the West Coast
strike, and the strike preparations of
the east coast seamen, the long
shoremen were ready and willing to
fight for their demands. The Rank
and File groups in New York, al
though weak, developed an active
agitational campaign, popularizing
the lessons of the West Coast strike,
exposing and warning against
Ryan's maneuvers, demanding rank
and file control Of the negotiations,
urging the longshoremen to prepare
for strike action jointly with the
seamen.
Makes Fake Threat
On September 26th, matters had
developed to the point where Ryan
threatened to call the men out on
October LIST, unless the ship-owners
granted reasonable terms" Then,
two days later, in the face Of sea-
mems strike calls for Oct. 8,
Ryan executed a quick turn by
signing a truce agreement pend
ing announcement of the West
Coast arbitration decisions. The
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-27
Polish Groups
Cement Unity
In Detroit
Socialist and Communist
Workers Plan Series
of Mass Meetings

DETROIT, Mich, Oct. pa del
egstion from the Polish Socialist
Branch "Spojnia" and the Polish
Bureau Of the Communist Party
here met last week and drew up
joint plan of struggle for the i'm
mediate needs of the employed and
unemployed workers OF Detroit and
Hamtramck and for popularizing
the decisions Of the Second Con-
gress Against War and Fsscism.
The meeting between the repre-
sentatiVes Of the two parties decided
to call mass meetings for the pur-
pose of arousing the large Polish
population here in a struggle for
increased relief and for the enact
ment of the Workers Unemploy-
ment Insurance Bill, for workers
code and single class struggle in
dustrial union in the auto industry.
and for furthering the work of the
Congress against War and Fascism.
The mass meeting will be held in
the Polish Hall on the East Side.
in Falcon Hall on the West Side.
and in the Workers Home in Ham
tramck.
To combat the efforts of the po-
lice to organize divisions of youth
police in the West Side, special
mass protest meetings will be held
to fight the growing menace of fas-
ciSm.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-27
Communist Party Lists
8 Demands i'm Election

Following the eight demands Congress
slonal Election platform of the Communist Party
1Against RoOsevelts the living stand
ards Of the oers against rising living resulting
and initiation for higher shorter hours
and improved living standards.
AGAINST capitalist terror and growing
cm against deportations
against compulsory arbitration
OF troops in strikes for the
choice to strike to picket
the maintenance Of all the civil political
SFor unemployment and social expense of
the employers and the state Unemployment Insr
Bill H. R.. 1881.
4FOr the repeal of the Agricultural for
relief to the impoverished farmers with
out restriction by the exemption
erishd farmers from taxation; debts of moor
farmers for the Farmers Emergency Relief Bill
5-Aganst Jim Crowism nchng equal rights for the
Bill of Rights
6For the immediate payment the veterans back wages
bonus
Against the sales tax persons poperty
earning less than $4,000 graduated and greatly
increased taxation the
S-Aganst ROoseveIs program; against i'm
perst for the defense and Soviet China
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-27
Canton JObless
Will Protest
Relief .Jailings
Mass Rally Monday Will
Present Relief Demand
To Directors

CANTON, Ohio, Oct. ga mass
protest meeting will be held at Ger
man Hall, s12 Tusc Street East
Monday night at 8 o'clock to rally
the Canton workers in support of
the relief demands of the Massillon
unemployed and to put forth relief
demands of the Canton workers.
The mass meeting will also mobil-
ize the workers to the jury trial of
Leah Faye, who was arrested while
leading delegation to the relief
station and whose jury trial will
come up Wednesday, Oct. 81.
Leah Faye was jailed after the
delegation of workers who have
been denied relief were refused a
hearing by Ralph Bush, Massillon
relief director.
Hours on all F. E. r. A. jobs have
been cut here and some of the relief
grocery orders have been slashed to
sl.a5 a week for family.
Last Friday, when the MassilIon
American Legion Post left to attend
their national convention in Miami.
an angry crowd of workers assem-
bled on the square while the Saliva
ton Army, which doles out wretched
maggoty food to the jobless, filled
the Legion trucks with jellies, baked
foods and cakes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-27
SUPPORT the Strike of 10000 Textile Dye Workers
An Editorial

lines. Brown leader in the 1888 dye and
silk strike
The Communist Party of New Jersey, rs soon
as the strike declared. issued statement to
the strikers, calling for rank and file control of
the strike and the steps listed above, and pledgng
full support of the strike.
While the New Deal Democratic Party Of Roose-
vet supported by the Republican Party in all anti
strike activity is trying to sell the strike out in
Washington, the Communists active strength
ening the picket lines While the Socialist Party
leaders consent to Germans sell-out policy the
Communist Party has continuously fought against
his acceptance of arbitration schemes and called
for rank and file control.
DYE STRIKERS! Keep control of your own
strike Defeat all arbitration maneuvers Stay on
strike conduct picket lines, until the strike
is won. Vote Communist. Vote for your own Party
the Party of the working class. Join the Commu-
mist Party.
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the Arieta Building in Blocker
Square.
The Independent Leather Work
ers Union elected five delegates to
the march at general membership
meeting in Gloversville and an un-
employed section will be set up
within the union.
The union will appeal to all other
organized labor groups in the area
to support the hunger march. A
committee from the leather work.
ers union will visit the Mayors of
Gloversville and nearby Johnstown
to demand food and housing for the
northern division and a permit for
a parade through their cities.
A mass meeting to greet the
marchers has been arranged. The
United Action Committee mean
while is urging all workers and
workers organizations in the State
to wire Mayor Thayer OF Albany
demanding that he provide food
and shelter and the right to free
assemblage for the marchers.
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Jones declares, have men and wo-
men been called upon to take such
chances as those taken by members
of the I. L. D. in this case. The
Scottsboro boys themselves have not
been in much more jeopardy at
times than the men and women who
have gone to their defense under
the banners of this organization"
He points out that on the other
hand, "the men who have recently
fallen in behind Samuel Leibowitz
have done nothing in the past that
would justify belief that they are
willing to make the sacrifices and
follow through with the logged
militancy needed in this case.
IF they are in earnest" he con-
tinues, there is no reason why DR..
Edward E. Haynes, William H. Davis
and their associates might not ex-
ert their full influence in this case
without trying to GUST the I. L. D.,
which literally snatched these boys
from the electric chair when they
were doomed to legal lynching by
an Alabama court"
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drstry is necessary The silk workers organized into
the same union fighting the same blacklist and
wage cuts should fight for agreement which
pires at the same time the dye workers agree
ment Joint action of the silk and dye workers will
strengthen the whole fighting front of the textile
workers struggle.
The dye strike is taking place in the midst of
the election campaign. The textile workers can see
which party is the party of the working class.
The members of the Communist Party. which at
once sprang to the support of the dye strikers,
are active in the dye strike. In Lodi S. Saller,
Communist candidate for Congress in the Seventh
New Jersey district Bergen County, is playing
leading role in all strike activities. In Paterson,
Morris Brown Communist candidate for Governor
of New Jersey is active the dye strike picket
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-27
WOrkerS'EnemieS
Exposed

Stanley DziengeIefski, of Dickson
City, Pa, has been expelled from
the Communist Party as an out
and-out petty-bourgeois opportunist
and turn-cOat, who has betrayed
the interests of the toiling masses
by refusing to carry out the line
OF the Communist Party in workers
mass organizations by his anti
semitic attitude and Polish national
chauvinism, and by ISLANDERS against
the heroic German Communist
Party and against the Communist
International.
In 1924 Dziengelefski was a
staunch supporter of the infamous
Baltimore and Ohio Plan and of
the general policy of class collab-
grafton. He studied at the Brook
wood College under A. j. Music,
and later joined the Communist
Party. He has dropped out of the
Party and rejoined several times.
While his past record of instability
wac well h1lOMll, I1lC L al W gave llllll
another chance and readmitted him
again when the workers of Dickson
built up an Unemployment Council
Of several hundred members and
Dziengelefski promised to work in
this movement along the line and
policies of the Party
This he has deliberately failed
and refused to do When the I'm
employment Council instructed him
to organize the relief workers in
Dickson, he sabotaged this impor-
tant work. When strike of the re-
lief workers took place. he became
panic-stricken and stated that
the politicians will drive us out Of
the Council" thus showing his
cowardiee and lack of confidence in
the workers and their mass strug-
giles.
Then he began to oppose and
SANDER the Communist Party. He
expressed Grass acknowledgements
by saying that he was not going
to carry out any orders from two
Jews and one Irishman." In an at
tempt to cover up his political
bankruptcy he Sided up to the
American Workers Party, saying
that it had a better and more COR
rect program than the Communist
Party.
After ne was expelled from the
Communist Party, this renegade
started to disrupt the work of the
Unemployment Council and was
driven out from there by the work
ers themselves. He then started to
organize his own Unemployed
League in cooperation with other
people who were kicked out from
the Unemployment Council for
various reasons.
All workers organizations, espe-
cially those of the unemployed, areas
warned against this descriptive and
treacherous individual. He br1ngN
harm to all unemployed organiza- -
tons, regardless of their political
attachments.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-27

/ full force of gangster apparatus was
modified around the docks on
Monday, Oct. LIST, to prevent spon-
taneous walk outs and to enforce
the sell-out truce. However, Local
No. 808, in Brooklyn, meeting that
night condemned Ryan and de-
manded action by Oct. 5. But when
the longshoremen on the Isthmian
Line docks walked of in sympathy
with the crew of the Steel Traveller.
the I. L. A. burocratS promptly SEM
strike-breaking requirements. Ryan
is fully justified in his open boasts
that he prevented a strike of the
Atlantic Coast longshoremen.-at
least for the present.
But Ryan found himself in a
somewhat difficult position after
That important concessions had
that importan concessions had
been wrung from the. Arbitration
Board, that the bosses and the gov
eminent, fearing the unbroken
power and militant leadership of
the longshoremen and seamen. were
forced to grant the hr. day, 30 hr.
week, IS cents an hour-$1 40 for
overtime, and partial union control
OF hiring through the placing Of an
1, L. A. dispatcher in the hall.
Ryan, who had tried his damnedest
TO break the West Coast strike.
greeted the gains made as a great
victory"-but tried to make it out
Of course as victory for peaceful
arbitration" He kept ominously
mum, however, about the bearing
that the West Coast concessions
would have on the East Coast
agreement.
The reason for this silence was
made clear upon resumption of ne
collation. on Oct. Is latter the sea-
mems strike had been choked off
by the I. S. U. fakers).
Putting through his moves with
sleight of hand speed. Ryan first
scaled down the wage demand from
SIC an hour to IS cents an hour
with only s135 for overtime. Then
two days later he dropped entirely
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-27
Gives Hiring Control
To Companies; No Vote
Taken On Plan

the demand for the hr. day, 80 hr.
week. The following day, Thursday,
the ship owners committee eagerly
announced its acceptance of the
revised demands" which meant
handing them several million dol
lars out of the coming years pay
envelopes of the Atlantic Coast
longshoremen. On Friday, the
LILA. racketeers were sent back to
their respective ports to conduct a
membership poll on acceptance of
the proposed agreement. On Satur-
day and Sunday the poll" of 10000
longshoremen, coopers and checkers
was completed. And on Monday
Ryan announced that the men had
voted for acceptance and signed the
agreement
Fraudulent Poll
Only a few facts need be cited to
prove Off proof is at all necessary
that the week end" membership
poll was faxed. In New York, for
instance, a mass meeting was sup
posedly held of the Iongshoremen
working along the North River The
meeting was so well organized"
that out of the 5000 men eligible to
attend, so selected machine sup
porters turned out. The selected
fifty voted that the absent five
thousand accept the agreement!
Another fact: the West Coast mem
bership poll ending the strike en-
braced less than 10000 men yet it
required over a week for compile
ton.
Not a single tabulated count of
the membership poll has been an
nounced from any city or any local.
The masses of longshoremen know
that Ryan lies when he says they
voted for his sell-out terms in the
new agreements!
To be concluded tomorrow
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-27
Unite Forces
At Glendale
Anti-Nazi Meet
League Against War
and Fascism Aids
in Unity Efforts

GLENDALE, Calf, Oct. %
United front action between Social
lists and Communists, together with
other snti-fascists in Glendale, was
realized at a mass meeting here
in the Socialist Hall, Brand Boule-
ward and the Chevy Chase Drive.
Members Of the Glendale Socialist
local agreed to participate unoffi-
cially in the meeting, which is spon-
sored- by the American League
Against War and Fascism. Their
executive committee has voted to
write to the national office to ask
permission to enter the united front
officially.
Particular significance is at
tached to the meeting because it
was held near the two most i'm
portant air terminals in Los An
geles County, in Glendale and Bur
bank. and near several sirplane
manufacturing plants including
those of Lockheed and Ford.
Featured speakers were Seema
Matlln, secretary of the American
League in Los Angeles and dele
gate to the second U, S. Congress
Against War and Fascism, and Mrs.
Anna Barnett, delegate to the In
ternational Women's Congress
Against War and Fascism held in
Paris. A. Sherwood, Jr,, of the So
ciaIist local presided at the meeting.
First steps toward united front
were, taken when E. A. Kope, mem
Der of the Communist Party, at
tended a meeting Of the Socialist
local and suggested joint snti-fas-
cis5 activity. At the next meeting
a. representative Of the American
League was invited, the objective
being to use the League as a lnedi-
I'm through which both political
parties, as well as all others inter
eSted- in opposing fascism, could
function.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-27
Councils Spike Eviction
OF Unemployed Family

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Oct. as
Beginning today, the Unemploy-
ment Council has established a
picket line before the business es-
Enlistment of G. Click, Second
and Spruce Streets, who has taken
eviction proceedings against the
Diamond family, one of his tenants
at 4O21a Spruce Street.
Diamond, in his five and one
half years residence in the house,
has paid s1,750 rental, and con-
tinued to pay by borrowing after he
had been long unemployed. The
Welfare Department has refused to
pay the rent. Eviction proceedings,
which have thus far been stopped
by the assembled workers, were
taken after Diamond owed IS back
rent.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-27
Workers Bill
Endorsements
Is Demanded
Delegation With Huge
Backing Presents Bill
in Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Oct. PA
delegation Of workers representing
total of ffty-eight fraternal So
cieties, with membership aggre-
eating over 100000, visited Mayor
McNair and the City Council Tues
day to demand their endorsement
Of the Workers Unemployment In
surance Bill, and the appropriation
Of sufficient funds by the city to
meet present needs of workers
whose insurance is lapsing because
OF unemployment, until the Work
ers' Bill is passed by Congress.
The visit to McNair brought an
categorical refusal on the part Of
the city executive. He declared em-
phatically that he is against all un-I
employment insurance.
At the Council hearing, despite
heckling from President Garland.
who continually interrupted speak
ers, three Of the delegates gained
the floor to present their demands.
When Councilmen discovered that
it was the Workers Unemployment
Insurance Bill which the delegation
asked them to endorse, they
claimed long friendship with the
bill. President Garland, however,
tried to close the hearing without
giving any indication whether the
Council intended to consider the
demands or not. The delegates OBJ
jected and finally forced the body
to promise to send a communica-
ton regarding any action Council
takes, and Councilman Kane's final
suggestion that some action be
taken met approval of the others.
Councilman MCGEE claimed that
he favored unemployment insur- .
ance," but that the Workers Bill
SIS impractical" ignoring the fact
that this is the only bill which
would really help the unemployed
now on relief lists.
The delegation was representa-
i've committee elected at a confer
snce of fraternal organizations held
here last month, at which the dele
gates present went on record unani-
nously in support of the Workers
Bill.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-27
.JObIess Win
ReliefRaisein
Pennsylvania
W estmOreland County
Workers March on
Relief Office

GREENBURG, Pa, Oct. 20
Three hundred Negro and white
workers from Westmoreland County
massed at the office of the Relief
Director Paul M. keenan, here last
Friday where an elected committee
of % forced him to grant the prom
Use that relief increases would be
made effective on Nov. l.
The workers marched from Is
towns in the county, many Of them
being forced to walk because of a
recent State ruling prohibiting them
from riding in trucks.
H. F. Robinson, county treasurer
Of the Unemployment Councils,
headed the delegation of 28 Negro
and white men, women and youth.
An 11-point program of demands
was presented calling for the i'm
mediate appropriation of adequate
winter relief funds; cash relief at
the rate of 50 weekly for each per-
son on relief, $3.50 for single work
ers; cash payment of rents and tax
exemption for small home owners;
no forced labor, union wages and
conditions to apply on all relief jobs;
no discrimination; free milk, cloth
ing, shoes, light, water, gas and
fuel; workers representation on the
relief boards; and enactment Of the
Workers Unemployment Insurance
Bill.
A countrywide petition campaign
is being conducted by the rapidly
growing Unemployment Councils for
the removal Of Relief Director
K en- a n for his discrimination
against unemployed Negroes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-27
Detroit Communist
Nominees Lead 1000
In Relief Struggle
Especial to The Daily worker

DETROIT, Mich, Oct. 26.-
More than 1000 workers, gather
ing at the Welfare Station at
Dawson and Joseph Campau
Avenues, this morning, hurled
their demand for withdrawal of
the recent relief cuts and for
twenty per cent increase in re-
lief. The demonstration was or
ganized by the Unemployment
Council of North Detroit and the
united front relief conference.
Led by Mary Himoff, Commu-
mist candidate for State Treas
urer, who spoke from the steps
of the welfare station, the surg
ing crowd Of Negro and white
workers shouted their approval
OF demands for relief increases.
The demands we're presented to
the station supervisor, Mrs. Cos
tello, by the workers commit
tee.
John Anderson, fighting auto
worker and Communist candi-
date for Governor, was warmly
welcomed by the crowd.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-27
Anti-F Movie
Showing in Chicago
For Thaelmann Fight

CHICAGO, Oct. 26. = Chicago
anti-Fascists announced today
through the Chicago Committee for
the Liberation of Thaelmann that
they are squirting the campaign of
protest and demonstration for the
freedom of Thaelmann by turning
the scheduled film showings of the
new Anti-Fascist film Ernst
Thaelmann, Fighter Against Fas-
cism" into gigantic rallies for the
freedom of Ernst Thaelmann.
The Chicago Local of the Ameri-
can League Against War and