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Plentywood herald., 1934-11-29

10 FAR as the great steel industry
- Is concerned, it appears that the
industrial truce asked by President
Roosevelt cannot be arranged, and tbe
prospect Of strike Of the steel work.
ers Is growing.
In behalf Of the United States Steel
corporation, proposal was made to
the American Federation of Labor that
recognition Of that organization wonla
be granted. but that no contract wonld
be made. This proposal. 1t was said.
would be agreed to by s. per cent Of
the steel industry.
The labor spokesmen, led by William
Green, president of the A. r of r., re-
1ected the tender on the ground TINT
1t was hedged about In such way Ia
permit collective bargaining With mi.
norlty groups or company unions. and
that the employers were still unwilling
to accept the principle Of majority rule
as set forth in the national labor re-
lations boards decision In the Houde
case.
Ii rupture comes the Federation
of Labor may find the federal govern.
ment rather unsympathetic. Mr. Green's
influence In the White House has been
waning noticeably and he has had no
personal contacts with the President
for some time.
New Yorkers with offices In sky
scrapers were gladdened by the news
that a threatened strike Of elevator
operators had been averted and an
agreement, drafted by Mayor La
Guardia's board Of arbitration, had
been signed by representatives OF the
real estate interests and the union.
The Enion withdrew It's demand for
closed shop: and standards of wages
and hours In various types OF buildings
Plentywood herald., 1934-11-29

DONALD r. RICHBERG. executive
- director of the national emergency
council and now perhaps the presi-
dents chief adviser. addressing the AS
sociated Grocers of America at their
convention in New York. proposed the
creation of a new federal body, com
bining functions Of the NRA and the
federal trade commission, to define and
regulate concerted trade action in the
twilight zone under antitrust laws.
Discussing the program for perma-
nent NRA legislation, he reiterated his
opposition to control of prices and pro-
duction. He said the fixing Of -mini-
mhm wages and maximum hours had
demonstrated its soundness for elimi-
mating the worst forms Of unfair com
petition IN treatment of employees, and
that admittedly dishonest business prac-
tees should be prescribed.
Plentywood herald., 1934-11-29
'sl I
WIfLQz
ROGERS

BEVERLY HILLS.-Well all
know is just what read in the papers.
Been buckling down pretty hard at the
Plentywood herald., 1934-11-29


delbhia firm of Barnes, Biddle, anu
Meyers. He served from 1922 to 1926
as assistant district attorney for the
eastern district of Pennsylvania. In
his new post his task win be the set
tlement of labor disputes arising out
Of the recovery act, especially those
involving collective bargaining.
FRANCE Rs worried by the admitted
fact that Germany has developed
military air fleet of considerable size,
composed Of modern pursuit and bomb
Ing planes, and Gen. Victor Denain,
French minister Of air, estimates that
by January the reich will have from
1000 to 1,100 of these machines swift
er and better than those possessed by
France. Consequently he has asked the
chamber Of deputies for about $780,
100000 to finance a program for re-
covering the ground lost by French
aviation. The task Is already under
way, So, 100000 having been spent out
of an appropriation for modernization.
TT UGH r. WILSON, American am
bassador to Switzerland, laid be-
fore the disarmament. conference in
Geneva a proposal by the United
States for international control of
arms traffic and full publicity to pre-
vent secret arming of nations. The
proposal was well received BY most
of the delegates, and 1t will be studied
by committees in January.
BY the American plan each govern
ment would license it's manufacturers
Of munitions for five year periods. No
reserve stocks would be allowed and
manufacturers would be required to
present bona fide orders before recelv-
ing license. Details of war vessels
built for other nations would have ia
be reported. Reports OF licenses and
orders would be turned over to a CEN
tral committee at Geneva and made
a matter of public record. A perma-
nent commission, including mem
ber from each sgnatory nation, wond
be empowered to Investigate transac-
tions.
N1OTABLES of the Catholic church
gathered In Chicago from AT
parts OF the world to take part In the
silver jubilee OF Cardinal MundeleIn.
Plentywood herald., 1934-11-29

NOTABLES Of the Catholic church
gathered In Chicago from all
parts Of the world to take part In the
silver jubilee OF Cardinal MundeleIn,
who was consecrated bishop Is years
ago. The pope sent his personal greet
ings and his blessing.
Plentywood herald., 1934-11-29

DRESIDENT ROOSEVELT is reveI-
ing In baths and rest at Warm
Springs, Ga, but he is not neglectlng
the nations business. keeping In close
touch with Washington and receiving
many official visitors. AT his first press
conference there he announced with
glad smiles that he would again lend
his birthday January 80. to the ma
tional committee that arranges BIRTH
day balls all over the country for the
benefit of infantile paralysis sufferers.
COMPTROLLER GENERAL ]. r
~ MCARL has thrown monkey
wrench into part of the machinery of
Relief Administrator Harry l.. Hop
kins. Turning down a check from Hop
kins to the officials OF the District of
Columbia which was to have started
work on A housing development Mr..
McCarl held that the federal emergen-
cy relief act, providing for the grant.
Ing of funds for various relief pur.
poses, could not apply to the acquisi-
ton OF real estate and the construc-
ton of homes. This type of activity,
he said, would be of a permanent and
not an emergency nature, and the act
was adopted to meet emergencies.
The FERA already has under way
a program of 'rehabllitating" $4,000
farm families In homes and on land
to be sold to them by the government.
MORE and more 1t becomes evident
that President Roosevelt intends
to pursue middle of the road policy
In his effortsfor national recovery. and
Plentywood herald., 1934-11-29

PHILADELPHIA lawyers are tradl-
tionally supposed to be able to
nnraYel the worst OF tangles, so Presi-
dent Roosevelt has picked one to be
Plentywood herald., 1934-11-29

MOT SO pleasing to the industriallsts
were the two speeches the presi-
dent delivered during his inspection of
the Tennessee valley project, for If his
predictions are borne out, his "revolu-
tion" will bring about the death of pri-
vate enterprise In the power industry
AT Tupelo, Miss, he declared himself
fatty for public ownership of public
utilities, saying: 'What you are do
Ing here Is going to be copied In every
state In the Union before we are
through; the allusion being to the
fact that Tupelo has contracted for
IVA power.
In Birmingham the President said:
Il am aware that few Of your citizen.
ry are leaving no stone unturned to
block and harass and delay this great
national program. ! am confident,
however, that these obstructionists. few
In number In comparison with the
whole population, do not reflect the
views of the overwhelming majority.
i know, too, that the oyerwhelm-
ing majority of your business men, big
and little, are In hearty accord with
the great undertaking of regional plan.
ming now being carried forward
EORTY-F FIVE new bills were pushed
L through the Louisiana legislature
In five days with Senator Huey Long
on the rostrum telling the legislators
just what to do, but seldom stopping
10 tell them why. The "Kinghsh" SAYS
he now is In position to make the state
a Utopia or rather, In his own words,
the kind of state nobody has dreamed
Of 1t Is the general belief that he
hopes his share the wealth" program
will ultimately land him In the White
House.
The senator's most ambitious legis.
latlon is the statute proclaimng two
year moratorium for harassed debtors
Another bill sets up q clvil service
commission, composed OF state admin
istration leaders, with power to re-
move police and fire chiefs. That win
give Long control OF virtually all mn
nicipal policemen, and firemen Long
said the bill was intended 10 take then,
tout OF politics"
Plentywood herald., 1934-11-29


York, considered the tale of enough i'm.
portance to warrant the calling Of wit
nesses to prove or disprove it. General
Butler made his story public through
the columns of the New York Evening
Post, as the proceedings of the com
mittee are conducted in private.
II Butler is to be believed, he was
approached bye-eierald r. MacGnire,
bond salesman In the stock exchange
firm Of Grayson VI. 7. Murphy and
Company, and urged to accept the lead
ership of d soldier organization of half
a million men (which would assem-
probably a year from now-n
Washington, and that within a few
days 1t could take over the functions
of the government" MaeGuire. accord
ing to the general, thought the over
turn OF the government might be ac-
complished peacefully and suggested
that we might even 20 along with
Roosevelt and do with him what Mus
solini did with the king of Italy,
Buffers story continued.
He told me he believed that at
least half of the American Legion and
Veterans of Foreign Wars would fol-
low me.
"MacGuire explained to me that they
had two other candidates for the posi-
tion Of Man on the White Horse He
said that If | did not accept an offer
would be made to Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur chief of staff Of the United
States army, and that the third choice
would be Hanford MaeNider. former
commander of the American Legion.
so far as / know, neither General
Macarthur nor MacNider has been ap-
preached. Their names were merely
mentioned as alternates.''
The general said he was offered con-
siderable sums for expenses which he
did not accept. He said MacGuire In.
timated that among the hackers Of the
plan were Mr.. Murphy and Col. Robert
) Clark, 4 wealthy New Yorker with
offices In the Stock Exchange build.
ing; and he added that later Colonel
Clark offered him money to 60 to the
American Legion convention In Chi
cago last year and make d speech for
retention of the gold standard. which
speech MacGuire had previously given
Butler.
Clark, at present in France, admit
ted he had asked Butler ito use his
influence in favor Of sound money and
against infation," but strongly denied
that he had sponsored Fascist move
ment. He declared he would take ac-
tion for libel against any person ac-
cuslng him In such connection.
Murphy and other Wall street men
SAID the story was absolutely false
and unutterably ridiculous and Mac
Guire, after being heard BY the Nc
Cormack committee said. "Ifs d Joke
"A publicity stunt | know nothing
about 1t, The matter is made out Of
whole cloth. I deny the story complete
ly."
Plentywood herald., 1934-11-29

MORE and more 1t becomes evident
that President Roosevelt intends
to pursue a middle of the road policy
in his efforts<for national recovery, and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-23
10000 Must Be Raised in Neat Few Days!

OUR NINTH ANNIVERSARY finds the LID. faced
with serious financial emergency which crit-
cally endangers our burning defense tasks. Out
standing among these is the fight to defeat the
renewed drive of the Alabama ruling class lynchers
to burn the nine innocent Scottsboro Boys.
With your aid we succeeded in defeating the
infamous maneuvers of the Ku Klux Judge Callahan
and Attorney General knight to rob Haywood Pat
terson and Clarence Norris Of the right of appeal
and to rush them to the electric chair. The appeal
has been made to the Alabama Supreme Court
But as the statement from the chief defense council
Joseph Brodsky shows, we must pay at once the
balance of s21181o
The recent decision of the Supreme Court Of
Georgia upholding the sentence of 18 to 20 years
on the chain gang upon Angelo Herndon forces
us to appeal the case to the U. s. Supreme Court
To this heroic Negro workng-class leader
who led the struggle of starving white and Negro
workers for relief, from death by torture, we must
raise Immediately $4,000.
The Atlanta Six-Ann Burlak Mary Dalton
Herbert Newton George Powers, Carr and Storey
are being rushed to trial on the instruction"
slave law to the electric chair. To renew the bond
for those militant union leaders, we must also
raise S26000
In addition, we must secure funds for the vital
mass campaign to free these workers Ernst Thael-
mann and the many other class-war prisoners
whose numbers have increased with the growing
fascist drive against the working class and the op-
pressed Negro people
In the next few days, must raise at least
$4,000 to carry through these defense struggles,
which Of the greatest Significance and urgency.
We have other recourse than to appeal to every
worker. every oppressed Negro, every person who
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-23

paign against the victimi2ation of
these workers, farmers and their
synpathizers in and by the courts
and police.
1t can be seen that the tasks of
the LID, flow from the activities
Of organized and unorganized work
ers, impoverished farmers, students,
intellectuals and liberals. It's mem
bership should by no means con-
sist entirely of members from class
struggle organizations. To entertain
such an idea is to regard the LID.
as an eXtsemely narrow and sec
tartan organization.
LID. and Clause IA
In keeping with the specific tasks
of every class struggle organization,
the attacks of the ruling rlass haSve
peculiar significance. More con-
cretely, clause IA of the MIRA.
has brought more company unions
into existence than this country
ever saw What specifically does
this mean to the LID? It means
that on this particular field the
rights OF the working class have
been restricted as never before.
Therefore, the LID. not only
fights against the direct curtailing
Of workers rights but must also
clearly show the link up between
executive action and judicial action
and must thoroughly expose the
class character Of the courts.
Let us examine the demands of
the steel workers, a six hour day
and a five day week, for minimum
wage and 81 per hour, for union
recognition, for no discrimination
against Negroes. for abolition Of the
speed-up and for the passage of
the Workers Unemployment Insur-
ance Bill H. R. 1898, These are no
exorbitant demands, none that ex-
coed the democratic or constitu-
tional rights of the workers.
Refusal on the part Of the bosses
to grant these demsnds-snd we
must remember thai these demands
differ little from those of workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-23

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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-23
By Popularizing Its Work, |. L. d.
Can Win Broad Masses for Struggle

in other industries-mean the fur-
Their worsening Of the conditions Of
the workers both on the Job and in
the home. For the LID. many tasks
arise out Of such a refusal The
Negro question is involved, the de-
NAL Of constitutional guarantees
becomes an issue, etc. And when the
industrialists hire armed thugs to
prevent the workers from realizing
these rights and state and federal
authorities and their armed forces
are modified to aid the private
armies of the industrialsts, talk of
impartial democracy, the state rep
resenting all Of the people alike,
becomes easy to expose.
LID. and the Courts
Behind this come the court perse-
cutions. The LID. must lead the
defense struggles. It should not be
difficult for it to approach the best
of lawyers who only see in all Of
this a miscarriage Of justice but
who are ready to actively protest
such fragrant miscarriages" Of JUS
tice. Wide strata of liberals and in-
tellectuals can be interested in in
dividual cases. This is the task Of
the LID, to create the broadcast
possible united front around each
case.
This is the method by which the
LID will root itself into the ranks
of the working class Upon the basis
Of its exposure of the role of the
courts and the armed forces it will
prove to workers the class nature
of the state. 1t becomes an inesti-
mable aid in awakening the class
consciousness of worker.
Out in Illinois, through correct
tactics in struggle, the LID. won
over several locals of the Progress
sive Miners of America. What was
the significance of this? Not only
that these miners we're won TO the
program Of a working class organi-
cation but that this organization
was insepsrably tied to all other
class struggle organizations.
The Special Role of the LID.
The task Of the LID. is to be-
come q mass united front organize
ton of the working class, to stop
the tremendously heavy fuctuation,
to consolidate its ranks. The tasks
Of popularizing the LID. and OF
clarifying its role is the tasks OF the
whole movement. Until this is seri-
ously approached the LID. cannot
grow. The 10th anniversary Of the
LID. should see it more than
double its present size.
But the LID. is a loosely COM
posed organization. 1t must not ex-
pect to involve all Of it's members in
active front line work. 1t must not
expect all of its members to accept
at once the whole Of its program,
it must not exact rigid discipline.
Its official organ, the Labor De-
fender. must become not only a
mass propaganda and agi-stlonal
organ but mass organizer as well,
1t must win wide strata of the pop~
ulation to the struggles Of the work.
ing class. It must neutra1ize hune
dreds of thousands Of others. This
Is an anniversary perspective for
the building Of the LID. into
broad, powerful mass organization.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-23
BY WILLIAM L. PATTERSON

6f - LILLIAN - ' = = AsAeG@AN
National Secretary, international
Labor Defense
THE international Labor Defense
now reaches its ninth anniver-
sary. It's dues paying membership
is approximately twelve thousand.
It's influence reaches perhaps q
quarter of a million. For at least
five years its membership has varied
only slightly. Yet during this period
especially the later part of it, its
influence has extended widely.
The LID. is the defense arm of
the working class. 1t defends work
ers' rights, their democratic rights,
their constitutional guarantees,
their right to fight for working class
democracy. This general statement
is as generally understood. But if
we are going to build the LID, if
it is going to escape from the or
ganizational standstill into which
il has slipped, We must be very par
ticular concerning the tasks of the
LID.
Before going into any detail let
us put the question of its tasks as
generally but from more positive
angle. The LID, fights against any
restriction of workers ri ghts,
against the curtailment of demo-
cratic rights, against the violation
of constitutional guarantees and
against the suppression of the
workers struggles for working class
democracy.
From the very beginning it should
be obvious that no class struggle
organization has possibilities of a
wider range of activity or broader
social base. It's membership-due
paying ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS num-
Der hundreds Of thousands of work
ers, farmers, intellectuals and lib
erals, white and Negro, native and
foreign born. The basis for such q
statement is not hard TO see,
Tasks of the LID.
The carrying through of the gen.
eral tasks mentioned calls for the
development of many broad cam
paigns. Together with Our national
and international campaigns for the
release of Thaelmann, Herndon, the
Scottsboro boys, Mooney and Bill
ings, we must develop the growing
struggles. A carefully prepared and
decisively carried out campaign
ag ainst injunctions, restricting
workers rights to picket, to strike,
to organize with leaders of their
own choice, etc; campaign for
recognition Of the political status
of prisoners victimized for attempt
ing to exercise their rights; cam
paigns around the defense of Negro
victims of class and national per-
secution; campaigns against the de-
portation and general persecution
of foreign born workers; campaigns
in defense of poor and middle farm
ers struggling against mortgage
foreclosures, pillow under" robbery
and usurious loans, etc Particularly
does it demand q continual cam
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-23
Hay 70 God Patterson,
OF ScOttsbOrO Nine,
Greets His Defenders
Kilby Prison,
Montgomery, Ala.
Nav 80. 1894.

Ny Dear Comrades and Friends:
Your letter at hand. I sin
cerely hope the 9th Anniversary
of the Organization will be a
great success. I want all Of my
friends and comrades to know
that I appreciate everything that
they have done for me. And to
my mind I believe that this Or
ganiZation some day will become
one Of the greatest bodies that
was ever organized for the bet
terment Of the laboring class.
And I sincerely hope that I will
be able to take part in the next
anniversary.
(SignedD Haywood Patterson.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-23
SHORR, BRODSKY g. KING
100 Fifth Avenue
New York

SHORR, BRODSKY & KING
100 Fifth Avenue
New York
International Labor Defense
so East 18th ST.. New York
New York City.
Dear Comrades:
II is imperative that the following balance
due in connection with the appeal of the SCOTS
bcro Boys be paid at once:
EXPENSES;
Steno~raphic minutes of the
trial and printing of
records and brief - s42s9.s1
Railroad fares and expenses
of attorneys while in
South ............. 1050.7z
Legal services .............. $500
Stationery, telephones, tele-
grams, postage, miscel-
lanecus ....-.......... 35O1S ss2151s
CONTRIBUTIONS TO MEET THIS:
Expenses ....................... 4097.00
Balance needed .............. S211819
Fraternaly yours
JOSEPH BRoDsKY
is opposed to the murderous, fascist suppression
of the telling masses to make the greatest sacri-
Ace to meet this urgent need
RUSH YOUR CoNTRIBUTIoNs-THE UT
MOST THAT YOU CAN-Now.
INTERNATIONAL LABOR DEFENSE. 80 EAST
18th STREET. NEW YORK.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-23
One Days NeoOs Of the
Fight Against Terror
By JOHN HOWARD LAWSON

A FEW years ago. young Negro named Angelo Herndon,
"A penniless and unemployed happened to pick up a
crumpled handb the streets of Birmingham Ala The
handful asked would you rather Fighter starve? and
announced meeting of the Unemployed Council in the heart