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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10
Labor Party
GainsLOndOn
County Rule
Co ervative Defeat
Shows Rehabilitation
of London Masses

LONDON, March 9.-Desp diSil.
fusion with the hunger government
of the Conservative Party, and
rehabilitation of the masses Of lon
don workers has made itself felt In
the complete overthrow O. CORR
vative rule in Yesterdays elections
to the London County Council.
The Labor Party gained the votes
lost by the conservatives. getting a
ma ioI1ty on the Council for the
first time. Nearly complete returns
give the Labor Party 81 seats, the
conservatives municipal refornA
81, and the Liberals none. The old
council had 83 Conservatives, IS
Labor, and Liberals.
Only householders are eligible to
vote in this election for a municipal
body which controls housing, edu-
cation, relief. fire department and
other municipal departments.
Herbert Morrison, eade CT the
London Labor Party, be- to
reassure the capitalists Of the loyal
intentions of the new admini-
stration.
London may be confident that
the Labor majority will exercise its
power clearly and free from I'M
proper influences" he said: with
determination and with a sense OF
public responsibility. I hope and
believe London will MOI regret the
great change which has been made"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10
Farm ont Aluminium
Men on Strike; Lewis
Orders Miners Back

CLEVELAND, March "a. F. Of
L. leaders here refuse to announce
the results of the strike vote OF
nearly 5000 Fisher Body Co. work
ers which took place yesterday.
They declare that the vote will not
be announced until Wednesday,
pending ruling of the National
Labor Board. The workers voted de-
spite newspaper stories to the con-
trary. Voting undoubtedly showed
sentiment for a strike, although no
figures are available.
An A. F. of L. union mass meet
ing has been called for Sunday
afternoon at Moose Hall.
The workers are demanding rec
ognition Of their union, while the
A. F. OF L. leaders are doing all they
can to crush the strike sentiment
and hold back action by the work
ers. awaiting the decision of the
National Labor Board, which is
supposed to be given on March IA.
In reality, the National Board is
scheduled to mee5 on March 14th in
Washington, not to render a deci-
sion on that date, but to work out
plans to stem the growing strike
wave in the auto industry.
The Auto Workers Union calls
on the Fisher Body workers to vote
for strike, and prepare for action,
adding the additional demands of a
25 to so per cent increase in wages.
time and-a- half for overtime and
Saturday; double for Sunday work;
against piece work and speed-up.
They call on the workers to elect
their own rank and file strike COM
mittee, based on representation
from each department.
AL workers act now and form
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10

ers are asked to be at their mobi-
lization points by 1880. The various
organizations will mobilize as fol-
lows: Bronx section, together with
the International Labor Defense
and the Finnish Federation. at
126th Street and Lenox Ave; York
vile, East and Lower Harlem or
CARNATIONS, together with the
Young Communist League, at 115th
st. and 5th Ave, Harlem Party sec
ton and Unemployed Couniils at
131st St. and Lenox Ave; League of
Struggle for Negro Rights and all
Manhattan sections at 141st st. and
LenoX Ave.
The main mobilization will be at
131st st. and Lenox Avenue, from
which the march will start, pro-
ceeding up Lenox Avenue to l35th
Street, west to It'll Avenue, down
to 125th st., east to Lenox, and
eliminating in a huge demonstra-
ton at 131st Street and Lenox Ave
nue.. The speakers include James
w. Ford, organizer of the Harlem
Section of the Communist Party;
William Fitzgerald of the Harlem
Section Of the International Labor
Defense, Louis Campbell OF the
Unemployed Council; Charles
White, Young Communist League
organizer; and Herman McKawain
of the League of Struggle for Negro
Rights.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10
johnson Speech Praising AL
Heads, attacked Communists
General Dressed Up Speech for Boss Press, Delet-
ing Part Telling of Fight Against Communists,
and Section Slandering Negroes

NEW YORK. - General johnson
deliberately deleted important pas
sages from his speech praising the
A. F. of L. officials as the best
strikebreakers of the New Deal and
attacking the Communist Party.
The speech given out by N. r. A.
officials. made by General Johnson
on March 7th at Constitution Hall
in Washington stated:
IT want to tell you this for your
comfort. I know your problems. I
would rather deal with Bill Green,
John Lewis, Ed McGrady, Mike
MacDonough, George Berry and a
host Of others 1 could name, than
with any Frankens Elm that you may
build up under the guise of COM
pany union.
"In fact-take it from me and a
wealth of experience-their interests
are your interests! Z. :"
To this, General johnson added,
when he spoke to the 1000 leading
exploiters:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10
In the Daily Worker
Today

PAGE 2
Sports, by Sam Ross.
PAGE 3
Wall Streets Capitol, by Sey-
mour Waldman.
Pre- CcnverN 'N'-cussion.
PAGE
Strikes in Auto, Coal Show Ris-
ing Struggle Against N.R.A.
Spy Agency Linked With a. F.
Of L. Heads; S. P. Press Aids
Scabs.
PAGE 5
Seeds of Fascism in New PAM
phlet by Secretary Wallace.
Communist International Cele-
trates 18th Year Under Lenin,
Stain Banner.
PAGE 6
Letters from Miners.
Elm the Home
cdr. Luttinger Advises"
"Party Life
With Our Young Readers.
PAGE Z
"Change the IFc--G," by Sender
Gariin.
Browder Tells of To-Day Trip
Through Concentration Dist
riots.
eff He Doesn't Get Work, He'll
Do Anything" by john L.
Spivak.
Sherwood Eddy Sees U.S.S.R.
Through New SpectacIes," by
Harry Raymond.
PAGE 8
Materials
Foreign News.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10
5 Ships and
Dock Strike
In Baltimore
N gro Longshoremen
Walk Out AS the
Crews Strike

BALTIMORE, Md, March 9.-The
crews Of five ships and coastwise
longshoremen struck here, under the
leadership of the Marine Workers
Industrial Union.
The crews walked off the ships,
demanding the full code of the M.
w. I. 1.-THE 1929 wage scale, full
crews and better conditions. The
striking longshoremen, all of whom
are Negro workers, are members of
Baltimore Local l of the Longshore
Section of the Marine Workers In
dustrial Union. They are demanding
rs cents an hour.
The names of the striking ships
are the Walter Munson, the Rebore,
the Fireore, the San Angelo and the
New Britain. The crew of the FL
Captain sent word ashore that the
men are ready to strike.
The SIS. New Britain got out OF
the harbor with a skeleton crew
bound for a southern port.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10

Gentlemen, the A. F. of L. is the
worst enemy of the Communis s."
This fact is reported to the Daily
Worker by Seymour Waldman. Of
the Daily Worker Washington
Bureau who was present and heard
General Johnson speak. The whole
story can be found on page three
of today's Daily Worker.
This shows clearly that General
Johnson not only told the exploiters
of go per cent of the workers under
N. R. A. codes that the A. F. of L.
leaders interests were their own,
but that they we're the worst enemy
of the Communists who have ex-
posed and fought against the N. R.
A. slave codes.
Besides this important omission,
General Johnson did not allow the
capitalist press to publish his chau-
whist "joker" wherein he RECALLED
the 1000 bosses with the story of
the Southern newspaper depression
headline; Banker Marries White
Girl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10
5000 Chicago Milk Men
Reject Bosses Pay
Proposals

met they will go on strike here at
the Stanley Works on Monday.
MIDDLETOWN, Conn, March 9.
900 weavers here at the
Russell Manufacturing Company
went out on strike today declaring
THAI promises made for the ending
of a previous strike have been
broken. A committee representing
the strikers met with the bosses and
demanded 10 per cent wage in
crease, which was promised at the
ending Of the last strike.
Bosses, Union Heads, Ward OFF
C. & n. w. Strike
CHICAGO March 9-Discussions
of railroad owners and union off,
Gals on Chicago e. Northwestern
ended this week with the settling
of a few of the thousands Of g1iev-
ances and with practically COM
plete victory for the bosses in ward
ing off a strike.
The union offlcials, who tricked
the workers into voting them COM
plete power to negotiate with the
rail owners, are attempting to shut
the eyes Of the workers to the main
grievances Of the ten per cent wage
cut and the working conditions
which have grown even worse during
the very week negotiations were
taking place.
The present concessions, which
consist Of the return of jobs to some
workers and back pay, were forced
by the active Brotherhood Unity
League movements which already
has had resolutions passed in sew
eral lodges against the wage cut and
demanding action.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10

HAVANA. March 9.-U.S.
Ambassador jefferson Caffery
md President Carlos Mendieta
are preparing TODAY to st-
tempt to drown in blood the
general strike of Cuban work
ers, which is sweeping the island
and approaching the scale Of the
strike which brought about the
do~7'7f7ll Of Mschado last summer.
While a spokeman for Mendieta
announced that the strikes would
be broken with full army protection,
fascist bands armed through the
help of former Ambassador Sumner
Wells and Cafferv are being drilled.
in the fear that the army viii
fraternize with the revo1u+ ionary
workers. These fascist bands. com
posed Of young members Of the ABC
capitalist landlord party. are known
to have at least , non ri1es. 100
machine guns. and 10000 rounds
Of ammunition.
U. s. Marines Ready
Capt. Albert B. Moore. formerly
of the New York state Police. ar
rived in Havana last r'rl,+ - ~eor-
ganize the Havana police force.
Several U. S. warships are in
Cuban harbors. and the transport
ship Antares. with the full roorine
force of the U. S. VVvop7i71, = on
chored in Havana ro~'~~r. Othar
marine and nil'tc~-' f--ce- ore
cuartered on TO i~'~~d p TIE
Crantanemo baeN.
These elaborate military nrepe ra-
tons are the We'll Straet-Mendis a
governments answer to a gigsntic
revolutionary wave which received
immense impetus from the emer-
oencu decree i-sued yesterday sus-
pending constitutional guprsntees
and outlawing sll strikes.
The spread Of the general strike
is a direc' defense of the revolution
arv National Confederation of Labor
(CNOC) and the Communist Party,
which the emergency d~~re~ Is
avowedly intended to smash. The
CNOC has 100000 members.
United Front negotiations between
the CNOC and the Labor Federation
for Joint struggles in defense of
workers rights are progressing, and
Continued on Page q
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10
1000 Post Office Subs
Laid off in Chicago, I'LL.

DAILY Worker Midwest Bureau)
CHICAGO. ILL.,, March all
postoff1ce substitutes here were
laid off today, and their routes
added to the routes of the regu-
lars. The latter arc working
under a terrific speedup. They
are being given four day fur
loughs without pay instead Of
the promised Is per cent pay
increase in pay.
The National Association of
Post Office Employees is imme-
diately taking steps to fight
against the layoffs. The postof1ce
heads claim there are no funds
left to pay substitutes for the rest
Of the fiscan year, which ends on
July 1. Twelve hundred substi-
tutes are affected by the layoffs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10
1000 Cabs Stop
Rolling AS Men
Hit Blacklist
Strike Starts When the
Parmelee Co. Fires
Union Man
COPS AID COMPANY
Call for Election o {
Broad Committee

NEW YORK.-Taxi drivers
Of the Parmalee System, Inc,
the largest taxicab fleet in
the city, struck yesterday
against the formation of 2
company union and the discharg
Of a union shop steward.
over 1890 drivers we're out b
noon and 1000 cabs we're in tn
garages. The walkout which began
at garage at 155th ST., and Brad
hurst Ave. where a shop steward,
Samuel Jaffe, was fired for his
union activities, has spread to all
garages in Manhattan, Bronx, Har-
lem and Brooklyn. It is being led
by the Taxi Drivers Union of
Greater New York.
The strikers have drawn up a list
Of II demands which include REIN
statement Of all discharged men
fred for union activities, abolition
of the spotter system, two weeks
vacation with pay for all regular
drivers, uniform caps to1be supplied
by the company. abolition of the
blacklist. no discrimination against
Negroes and recognition of the Taxi
Drivers Union of Greater New
York.
Many Drivers Fired.
Joseph Gilbert, field organizer of
the union, told the Daily Worker
that the firing of Jaffe was not an
isolated case. "The same diScrimi-
nation against union men could be
found in all garages" he said. Men
have been fired in Parmelee garages
all over the city for refusing to join
the company union"
The strike was called following
a vote taken by the drivers at Irv-
ing Plaza Hall, 18th st. and Irving
Place, and Rockland Palace. $50
w. 150th St, at 3 o'clock in the
morning. A strike committee of
nine, three from each borough, was
set up and pickets were sent to the
(CeSstSstMed OF Pace a.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10
5000 in Walker County
Defy NRA and UMWA
Leaders

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, March O.
Machine guns, gas bombs, atplanes,
rifles and bayonets, along with a
cavalry unit, are being transported
into Walker County by three COM
panies of the Alabama National
Guard to crush a general strike,
voted by 10000 miners in their To-
Gals. Eight thousand miners are
already on strike, and are sending
delegations TO all mines to pull them
out. The miners involved are do
tying the district labor boards rul-
ing to end the strike. as well as the
orders of the U. M. w. A. officials.
Admitting that No violence has
been reported in the strike areas"
Brigadier General John G. Parsons,
nevertheless. gave his troops the
order to march against the miners
in Walker County.
Communist Units Active.
The Communist Party mine units
are issuing leaflets calling for a
spread of the strike, and rank and
file control. They demand full rec
ignition of the union and to fight
against the company union. A basic
day rate of $40 for outside work.
ers, and $40 for inside labor; sixty
two cents per ton, with a minimum
Of four cars day: abolition of
contracting; equal pay for equal
work, and the right of Negro min
ers to any job; an eight-hour day;
re-installing of free transportation
10 work and for larger bath houses;
reduction in high commissary
Continued on Page ~
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10

Troops, AirpIanes Sent
against Ala. Miners;
10000 Vote for Strike
Smith, Canadian Labor
Leader, Acquitted by
Jury in SeditiOn Trial

TORONTO, Can, March "a
verdict of not guilty was returned
yesterday by the jury in the case
Of A. E. Smith, veteran labor
leader and General Secretary of
the Canadian Labor Defense
League, whose indictment on a
charge Of sedition evoked a ire
mendous outburst of mass pro-
tests in this country and in the
United States.
Editors Note. - The Daily
Worker will carry a complete
report Of the final day of the
trial and Smiths speech in court,
on Monday)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10
AF Heads Refuse Dge Fisher Body Strike Vo Strikes Spreading

worsening of t their conditions
through the MIRA.
Lewis declared under the existing
wage agreement strikes are illegal,
and that the miners in striking are
violating the agreement.
Local U.MW.A. leaders urged
Lewis to make a tour of the region
and see how rotten conditions are,
but Lewis answered that business"
in Washington keeps him occupied.
He is too busy breaking strikes to
observe the conditions against which
the miners are striking.
5000 Milk Drivers Reject Proposal
CHICAGO, March 9. - Six thou
sand milk drivers voted unanimously
last night in Garments Hall to reject
trusts proposal to substitute COM
missions for present wage of forty
dollars week. The proposal guar
anteed" thirty dollar week with
system of points for sales.
ut llcbllllc O1ltCldlS Vi OllE NIL n
Wagon Drivers Union Local 1853
have ignored the demand of the
rank and file that negotiations on
the wage cut, which have gone on
for more than a month, cease. The
Trusts have recently lowered the
price Of milk of this city one cent
in a maneuver to cut wages and
then increase the price of milk
again.
The rank and file committees with
headquarters at $50 North Wells ST.,
Room 3ol, are organizing the work
ers for strike against the wage cut
and against the fragrant betrayals
of the union officials.
Connecticut Workers Strike
NEW BRITAIN, Conn, March 9.
Demanding 40 per cent wage in
crease. 100 tool and die makers de-
cided that if their demands are not
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10
Hospital Red Tape Kills
Baby; Parents Protest

NEW YORK.-A case OF hospital
red tape which delayed medical aid
to baby was forced to Mayor La
Guaxdias attention after forcefuI
complaints were made by the par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Barrett.
The baby died last Saturday at
the Kings County Hospital without
the hospital authorities notifying
the parents how dangerous the case
was, and the paernts were turned
away from the hospital during their
frequent visits and told to return
during regular visiting hours
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10
HugeCityWide
Protest Action.
Harlem Today
Callahan Again Denies
Scottsboro Motion; All
Out Against Lynchers!
BULLETIN


DECATUR, March 9.-Judge w.
w. LYNCH Callahan today again
refused to hear a motion for
new trial for Haywood Patterson
and Clarence Norris, two of the
Scottsboro boys. declining to hear
argument by Eli Schwartzbard,
International Labor Defense at
torney, against his recent decision
which virtually attempts to rob
the two boys Of the right of ap-
peal.
Appeal has been filed with the
Alabama Supreme Court by the
LID. attorneys. All workers or
CARNATIONS are urged to rush de-
mands to President Roosevelt,
Gov. B. M. Miller and the Ala
bama Supreme Court for the
immediate, unconditional and
safe release Of the nine Scots
boro boys.
NEW YORK.-"They Shall Not
Die!" will be the thunderous answer
of thousands of New York workers
this afternoon to the latest maneu-
vers of the Alabama lynchers tc
rush the Scottsboro boys to the
electric chair, as workers from all
over the city mobilize in Harlem fol
a powerful Scottsboro protest DEM
ons5ration.
The Harlem sections of the Com
munist Party and Young Commu-
mist League in calling the demon
strstion urged all sections OF the
party, and all mass organizations
and workers throughout the city tx
turn out
The demonstration is called fol
z o'clock this afternoon. All work
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10
Will
Rearn, Says
Hitler Note
Britain Answers Vinson
Bill With Gigantic
Military Budget
BULLETIN

PEIPING, March g. Japanese
military officials today sought to
get list Of American mission
properties in North China, 'in
order to avoid damage to these
properties in the event the Jap
anese army found it necessary to
come southwark from the Great
Wall in the near future"
GENEVA, March 9.-Germany has
officially announced its decision to
Tearm, claiming equality with all
other powers in its right to military
forces.
This is revealed in a memorandum
of Dec. IS, made public by the
League Of Nations today.
Louis Barthou, French foreign
minister, declared that France would
refuse any disarmament steps if
Germany rearmed beyond the YER
sailles Treaty limits.
Baldwin Sounds Anti-Soviet Hate
LONDON, March 9.-The defin-
itely anti-Soviet character of Great
Britain's active war preparations
was once more made clear by STAN
ley Baldwin, Lord President of the
Council, during debate in the House
Of Commons last night on the $87,-
805,000 war plane construction
budget.
Baldwin, leader OF the Conser-
vative Party, and former premier,
interviewed in the name of the Cab
met to insist that Great Britain
must create an air force equal to
that Of any country within strik-
ing distance"
Half Billion War Budget
If Great Britain fails to get a
disarmament" convention on its
own lines, it will start to work
the next morning to try to get an
air convention alone among the
countries Of Western Europe, for
saving our own European civii-
Zation."
The airplane budget presented by
the government calls for construc-
ton Of six airplane squadrons.
Added to the current army and
navy estimates, it brings the British
military expenses for 1934-35 to
$3.50, 555, 900.
The energetic pushing of British
war preparations is understood here
to be a response to the American
big-navy and warplane program,
and particularly to the Vinson bill,
which provides for making the
U. s. navy the most powerful
afloat.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10
Eighth Army Flyer Is
Killed in Government
Air Mail Service

NEW YORK. March 9.-The crash
of two Army planes, one in Ohio and
one in Florida, brought the total Of
killed army fliers to eight since the
Army took over the air mail service
less than a month ago. Both planes
were carrying mail when they
crashed.
Roosevelt has just decided to turn
the air mail over to private COM
panies again.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10
4 Hurt in u. S. Submarine
E-nIaciou

SAN DIEGO, Calf, March p
Four members of the crew Nautilus,
a locally based submarine, were
hurt last night when an explosion
occurred due to an exploded crank
case as the submarine was engaged
in a power run 100 miles out at sea.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10

ization as a good agent Of the bosses
made by General johnson to the
1000 bosses, today ordered 1000
striking anthracite miners in PAN
ther Greek Valley to return to work.
The miners are striking against
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10
q Hurt. 1 Killed in Bus Grass

% Hurt, Killed in Bus Crash
PROVIDENCE, r. l., March g.
One woman died and % persons
were injured when a New Haven
Railroad bus bound from New York
to Providence skidded this morning
due to the freezing of snow that
fell the previous night.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10

are working with the rank and file
against the agreement.
Lewis Orders Strike Broken
WASHINGTON, March 9.-John
L. Lewis, living up to the character
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10
Fairmont Aluminium Strike

FAIRMONT, West Va. (By MaiD
More than 125 members of the
Aluminium Workers Union No. 1922,
went on strike here March End in
support of the 1000 out on strike at
the Msllon- controlled Aluminium
Company of America plants in New
Kensington, Pa.
The aluminium workers picket
here, starting at o'clock in the
morning at the Fairmont aluminium
Company plant.
The workers here, like the New
Kensington workers, are demanding
recognition of their union and in
creased wages. kilograms were
sent to John B. West at New Ken
sington, official of the union, telling
him of the strike.
Howard Nuzum, president of the
local union declared: 1--WE are in
sympathy with the men of New
Kensington, Pa, and all other mem
bers of aluminium companies, be-
cause We think our wages are too
low, our working conditions made
quate and our hours too long, but
we have declared this holiday pri-
marily for our own benefit"
The demands of the workers are
similar to those of the strikers in
New Kensington: $1.06 an hour for
unskilled workers; the present wage
here is 35 cents an hour. =
The 1000 New Kensington strik-
ers three times rejected efforts of
some of the leaders to put over fake
agreement to end the strike. The
local leaders. in New Kensington.
such as Hullit Mccall and Caruso
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10
W Orkers of U.S.!
Support Cuban
Toilers' Fight
More Strikes Answer
Attempt to Smash C.P.,
and Trade Unions
FULL TIE-UP NEAR
Fascist Bands Armed
With u. S. Aid
BULLETIN

WASHINGTON, March s.-Se.
cret orders TO all American war
ships in the neighborhood OF
Cuba to be ready at short notice
to rush to the island have been
issued by the Navy department.