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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04
Steel Union Leader
Jailed for 80 DAYS
Especial to the Daily Worker


YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio. June g.
John Gates, organizer of the Steel
and Metal Workers Industrial Union.
was arrested at New Castle, Pa. and
sentenced to thirty days in Jail by
the mayor for distributing leaflets
to the johnson Bronze Co. strikers.
The leaflets exposed the activities
Of the strikebreaking Labor Board
mediator and the A. F. Of L. Off
cials.
Five hundred workers, mostly
youth, are striking for recognition
of the union. They eagerly accepted
the S.M.WIU. leaflets. The leaflets
called for mass picketing, the cleo
ton of rank and file strike COM
mittee, and urged the strikers to
refuse to return to work pending
arbitration.
The A. F. Of L. organizer pointed
Gates out to the police and de-
manded his arrest. Protests against
the arrest should be sent to the
Mayor of New Castle, Pa.
The strikers stoned strikebreakers
and deputies Friday as they were
being escorted to the Leslie hotel
where they were to be housed,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04
Especial to the Daily Worker)

DETROIT, June B. Automobile
production in the United States and
Canada during the past week de-
clined about 35 per cent. Output
totalled 54,185 units, compared with
1921 for the previous week, accord
ing to Grams Automotive Reports.
Sharp reduction was due to the
fact that six. companies, including
Ford's, operated only two days, clos
ing Memorial Day for the rest OF
the week. In view of the collapse
of the temporary artificial boom in
the auto industry and the steady
decline in retail sales, these COM
panies took advantage of the hol-
day to shut down entirely, thus cut
ting wages for tens of thousands
of workers. Last year. when the
first imitation boom was in full tide.
the companies shut down for only
one day.
That further mass layoffs await
the automobile workers is indicated
In an announcement of Grams
Automotive Reports that retail sales
declined again during the past week.
While tens of thousands are being
laid off, the city welfare department
has announced that the number of
families on the relief list declined"
by nearly 1000 during May, and
is now about $4,000. 1t is clear that
the policy of the city government
Is. to refuse relief to laid-off work.
ers in line with the manufacturers
program of announced attacks on
the living standards of the masses.
TIE Auto Workers Union and
the Unemployment Councils are
driving forward In the fight for
adequate relief and the passage Of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04
Call Chicago A. F. L.
Meet on H. r. 1898

CHICAGO, Ill.-United front ac-
ton for the Workers Unemploy-
ment and Social Insurance Bill
Oh. r. 1899 will be taken OF a con-
ference of A. F. of L. locals to be
held at the Capitol Building, 159
N. State St, at l pm. July /.
All Chicago locals of the A. F, of
L. have been sent calls, issued by
the Executive Committee of the
Conference held here on April %,
and included nine local unions.
The call clearly contrasts the
fake Wagner Reserves" Bill with
the Workers Bill, and urged a
united fight for H. r. 1898.
{ An active force in the first con-
ference was, besides the local
unions, the A. F. of L. Rank and
File Committee for Unemployment
Insurance, which also supports the
Conference of July l.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04
BY BILL DUNE

Of troops-as Cannon and his lieu
tenants knew he would Only they
failed to tell the workers that he
would and prepare them for it,
On this very day, May rs, the
workers had been Unanswered into
accepting the shameful settlement
which did not contain but which
on the contrary ignored more than
go per cent of our demands"
The NR.A. Regional Board had
been recognized by the leaders of
the strike and the drivers turned
over to it and compulsory arbitra-
ton with their wage demands ig-
nored. THE strikebreaking role OF
this agency" had been conveniently
ignored.
Governor Olson was whitewaShed
at the time his troops were under
arms. The Issues which would have
produced general srtike action over
the heads of the Central Labor
Council and State Federation OF
Labor officials, exposed and defeated
Olson, and brought victory, were
showed deliberately into the back
ground.
1t is very interesting and inform
alive, in this connection, to read the
Minneapolis Journal paper which
cannot be accused Of bias toward
the strikers-account of the recep-
ton by the union membership OF
the settlement terms and the
method by which they were put
across. We quote:
1.-THE unions strike committee
which had been in session through
out Friday, announced an accep-
lance of the peace terms shortly az
ter pm What took place in the
strike committee meeting we do not
know. but the 24-hour session shows
that there must have been much OPP
position to the proposed settlement
in this committee.
We quote further from The Jour-
nal:
Shortly after vote by acclama-
ton was taken of the crowd at the
strike headquarters. 1t was so close
that William Brown, president of
the union, did not want to be gov
erned by it, According to Sender
Garlin of the Daily Worker staff,
who was present at this time, there
was nothing close about tit was
definitely against the agreement.
During the mass meeting dis
cussion preliminary to the vote on
the agreement" continues The Jour-
nal, "the opposition became so voci-
ferrous that there was doubt the
agreement would be ratified"
The opposition came from the
rank and file who were still think
ing In terms of the general strike.
Did the Trotskyite leaders of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04
ThugSBeat Seamen
At PhiIa. Institute
Win Relief Project; Men
Rally to Gust Thugs

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. - Expelled
from the Seamen's institute for
protesting against the rotten food,
A. S. Moore, disabled war veteran
came into the place to get his mail,
was seized and held by the watch
man, while another thug beat him
about the head and body until he
was unconscious. Immediately, be-
fore his comrades could be notified
and arrive. the thugs had their
allies, the cops, take Moore away,
apparently to hospital.
The entire waterfront is aroused
to a fighting mood by this piece Of
fascist brutality. Seamen and long
shoremen are gathering everywhere,
muttering angrily.
The Marine Workers Industrial
Union recognizes this as a retalia-
ton for the exposure of the graft
in the Institute and the successful
militant struggle waged by the I'M
employed seamen for seamen-
controlled relief project. This will
accommodate 200. seamen, and
stockmen, in charge of the Insti-
tute, is furious at losing close to
$500 week that would ordinarily
have flowed into his hands from
the Transient Relief Bureau.
The NJ. w. I. U. is preparing to
intensity its activities among the
seamen and longshoremen in mill
tant campaign to drive these thugs
and grafters completely off the
waterfront.
The I. L. D. has arranged to de-
fend Moore as soon as he is out
of the hospital.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04
Chicago Unemployment
Meet on Unity, June 9

CHICAGO.-A conference on un-
employment will be held here on
June 9 at 10 am, at Mirror Hall,
fl36 North Western Ave, for The
purpose of unifying the unemploy-
ment movement of Chicago.
The Cook County Committee of
the Unemployment Councils and
the various locals are approaching
all A. F. of L. locals, Workers Com
mittee locals and all workers or
CARNATIONS to send delegates to the
conference to lay the basis for one
united movement.
Representation will be on the
basis Of two delegates for each so
members of each organization.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04
Sugar Prices To Rise
Soon To Keep Company
Profits Up, AAA Admits

WASHINGTON, June Pin order
to keep profits UP for sugar COM
panies and plantation owners. every
working class family will soon have
to pay another cent pound for
sugar. according to the latest re-
ports Of Boosevelt's A.A.A. officials.
The ezra cent will be taken
from the consumers in the form Of
a processing tax which Roosevelt
has already agreed to. This will
take about s7O,O0O,OOO from the pay
envelopes Of the masses in the COM
ing year, officials estimate.
In addition, the Roosevelt govern
ment has arranged for the reduc-
ton Of sugar-growing acreage in
order to further raise prices by re-
stricting the sugar supply.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04

After all, picket lines alone cannot
substitute for revolutionary politics.
With one gesture the Trotskyite
leaders nullified the days and nights
Of heroic struggle by thousands of
workers.
Cannon. self-appointed represen-
tative of the Fourth Interna-
tional," deserter from the ranks of
revolutionary fighters, maligner Of
the c. P. U. S. A., and the Com
munist International, was mainly
responsible for this shameful fiasco.
He can have his settlement" Let
him try to justify it to the members
of Drivers Union STA and the rest
Of the Minneapolis working class
three months from the Gay it was
slipped over on them!
AS for the four Dunno brothers,
speaking only OF the question Of
competency as leaders, the four
Marx brothers would have done a
better Job for the strikers. Harpo
at least knows enough to keep his
mouth shut. None of these CO.
medians has as yet been caught put
ting into the mouths of workers
the stoolpigeon statement that
these Communists are in the pay
of the bosses" as the Trotskyite
sheet does in its issue for May rs.
MOTE: The next article will
deal with the estimate of the
situation made by the Minneapolis
District Bureau of the Communist
Party, with the program issued by
il for the strike, and with the sc-
tivity Of Communist Party mem
bers In the strike.l
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04
Trotsky Group United With Olson Machine in
Il. +. off, to Send Back Minneapolis Strikers

EDITORS NOTE:-This is the
third of a series of articles OH
the strike movement in Minnea-
polls, which was recently defeated
by the Trotzkyite group in COM
bination with the Farmer Labor
officials in the leadership of the
Central Labor Union. The second
article dealt with the 'truce"
called by these A. F. of L. officials,
and the settlement they agreed to
which surrendered the strike and
gave up the demands.)
THE truce" having been
1 signed jointly with the
officials of the Central Labor
Council by the Trotskyite
leaders of Drivers Union STA,
the picket lines were called
in while Governor Olson
maintained three regiments of Ma
tional Guardsmen under arms. The
movement for general strike was
demobilized by methods already
described.
The truce" itself, in addition to
being entirely one-sided in view Of
the military mobilization, simply
called for no attempted movement
of auto trucks by the employers
trucks already irnnobilized by the
strike. =.
The next step was to put over the
agreement" The methods by which
this was accomplished would do
credit to Edward McGrady, Assistant
Secretary of Labor, and other high
ly skilled mechanics in the trade of
making workers think they have
won something long enough to vote
against their own interests.
Strategy of CL.C. Leaders
1t is not too much to say that
the militant truck drivers, who had
cleaned the streets of professional
scabs, special deputies and aston
ished cops and tied up truck trans
portation tighter than a bulls eye
in fly time, were stunned by the
sudden right about face of their
leaders.
The strikers, of course, did not
know that the strategy of their lead
ers was to avoid conflict at all costs
with the henchmen of Governor Oh
son in control of the Central Labor
Council; to avoid open conflict with
Clson at all costs-and to establish
a broader base for their anti-work-
ing class activities in the labor
movement regardless Of whether the
immediate economic and political
aims of the workers we're sacrificed.
In other words. with all the ap-
nropriate but meaningless demo-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04
Bronx Workers to Form
Unemployment Local

NEW YORK Working class or
CARNATIONS meeting at 951 Leggett
Ave, the Bronx. Tuesday, elected a
provisional committee to establish
an Unemployment Local in this
territory. An open-air meeting is
scheduled for 6 pm. today at Daw-
son ST. and Longwood Ave, at
which speakers will stress problems
facing the unemployed. This will
be followed by a mass meeting on
June 13 (time and place to be an
nounced later of all interested
workers in the vicinity. All workers
organizations in the neighborhood
are asked to communicate with
Joseph Morgan. secretary of the
Provisional Committee, at 951 Leg
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04
Buffalo District Of Steel
And Metal Union Urges
UnityW A.A, Members

been due to a misunderstanding
Of the policy Of the S.M.WI.U. as
outlined by the National Execu-
tive Beard Of the Union.
"A general membership meet
ing Of the union was held last
night at the CADETS Hall at which
this issue was clarified, and at
which James E2gan, national SEC
rotary Of the union, was present.
The position of the S.M.WIU.
is, that in the proposed steel
strike the Steel and Metal Work
ers Industrial Union endorses the
action Of the rank and file of the
Amalgamated Association as put
forward at their last convention,
which called for concerted action
to win higher wages, shorter
hours. better working conditions
and union recognition.
Our policy has always been
that We stand ready to form
united front with all workers in
the Steel and Metal Industry, ir-
respective of union afflliation, to
better the economic conditions of
the workers, and in the present
situation we have made such pro-
posals to the rank and file of the
Amalgameted Association.
However, in regards to the
A. A. presenting demands to the
companies for only recognition of
the A. A. and not bringing for
ward the economic demands as
adopted by their convention, W
criticize this as not carrying
through the decisions of the rank
and file.
On regards to the demand for
recognition, our position is that
we stand for the right of the
workers 10 belong to any union
of their choice and against the
company union. Where our
union and the A. A. exist in the
same plant, we stand for the
recognition of one committee.
democraticalIy elected by all the
workers in the plant, and one
agreement to cover both unions.
The International officials of
the A. A. have expressed them
selves as opposed to the unity of
the steel workers. Despite this, We
are ready to hold joint meeting
with the rank and file of the A. A.
to work out joint demands and
proposals for which both unions
can unitedly struggle.
"Our proposals for unity with
the A. A. in the coming strike
we're on the basis, that the locals
of both unions meet jointly and
present joint demands, and that
the demands for recognition
should be as stated above. The
local of the A. A. in Buffalo did
not follow this proposal and, in
stead, presented demands for rec
ignition of their union to cover
the whole shop, and informed our
membership that they must strike
to win this for them. Quite nat
urally, our membership refuse
such a proposal Inasmuch as in
the strike of last year, our union
won recognition of the shop COM
mittee, and have since, on several
occasions, invited the A. A. to
elect delegates to this committee
without success"
1--WE are ready on the basis of
joint meeting to work out joint
grievances and demands with the
rank and file Of the Amalga
mated Association.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04
Raise Red Scare After Strike
OF Col0rOda Jobless

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo
Paving the way to break all prom
ises made to the F.EE.A. relief
workers after the termination of a
successful strike a few weeks ago
Police Chief Harper, and Katzen-
meier, relief superintendent, both
active in trying to break the strike
have launched an attack upon the
Communists here.
At a hearing in the City Hall
Katzenmeier claimed the "Commu-
nists had threatened to lynch him, .
and had even gone so far as to
"endanger the lives of Is men," by
secretly removing the brake pins
from a truck" that he was driving.
Katzenmeier's charges we're sup
ported by Police Chief Harper, no.
torious red batter and head of the
police chief association of the US.
Katzenmeier was made a foreman
of F.E.R.A. project for his strike
breaking services in the strike. P.
Feste, Communist Party organizer
of Colorado Springs who has been
active in struggles here, is the only
Communist working on the project.
The charges are obviously aimed at
framing Feste for his Communist
loyalty to the working class Of
Colorado Springs
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04
M.WI.U. and I.S.U. Workers
Unite for Relief

SEATTLE, Wash.-A joint COM
mittee of so delegates each from
the Marine Workers Industrial
Union and the international Sea-
mems Union we're elected at q
united front meeting here Friday.
The delegated workers will appear
before the Federal Relief Admins
tration to demand three meals day,
and clean towels and bedding for
the unemployed and striking sea-
men.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04
Former US. attorney
Organizes Fascists;
N. c. Labor Protests

HIGH POINT, N. G. (FP9-
The Central Labor Union of High
Point and vicinity, meeting in
executive session, passed a reso-
luton condemning the Order Of
Black Shirts, American Fascist,
which is organizing local units in
North Carolina, as a public
enemy endeavoring to mislead
the workers. A former U. S. dis
trict attorney in South Carolina
has become manager of the or
ganization for that state.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04
NickIe Tobacco Is
Days Pay in Govt Camp
Daily Morker Midwest Rnreaul

4 DAILY Worker Midwest Bureau
CHICAGO.-"Sure, it's tougher
than ever on the road" A younger
worker just off the freights, is
talking. But these transient camps,
boy, they're bad.
Il was in a camp at South Park,
just outside Pittsburgh, last week.
They told US they would pay us go
cents a week for six hours work a
day
But all we got was a package of
tobacco day, and nickel tobacco
at that. The federal government
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04
Rochester Relief Strike
Solid in 7th Week

ROCHESTER, n. Y.-The strike
Of 5000 F.E.R.A. relief workers IN
Rochester, now in its seventh week
Is still solid despite all efforts of the
relief administration to force the
workers back on the jobs under the
starvation forced labor relief bud
get.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04
|. An,ter Speaks On
Workers Bill HR 1898
In Ohio State Tour

CLEVELAND, Ohio. June s.
Israel Anter, National Secretary
Of the Unemployment Councils,
will make a tour OF Ohio. begin-
ming June 4 at Wheeling. AM
ter will speak on The Workers
Bill H-R. 1888 - How the Fight
For 1t Can Be Won
Anter will speak at the fol-
lowing cities in his tour:
Wheeling, Juns Hamilton. June 9
3ellaire, June Cincinstti, Juns To-
Newark. June Il
Columbus, June Cleveland. june u
Dayton, June Warren. June 70
youngstown, June Il
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04

The conference will take
place Saturday, June 16, at 2
pm, in the Community House
of St. Phillips Church, 134th St.
and Seventh Ave. It will con-
slider, together with other burn
ing questions confronting the
Negro masses and their white
allies, the question Of establish
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04

The dictatorship of the prole-
tariat must be a State that en-
bodies new kind of democracy,
for the proletarians and the dis
possessed; and a new kind of
dictatorship. against the bour-
geoisie-Lenin.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04
Calls United Front
Meet to. Push Fight
For Negro Freedom
League of Struggle for Negro Rights Urges
All Groups Opposed to Lynching and Negro
Oppression to Send Delegates June Is

NEW YORK Sounding the alarm against the increas-
ing fascist terror and oppression against the Negro masses
the League of Struggle for Negro Rights has issued call
for United Front Conference of all organizations and
groups ready to fight against lynch terror and Negro per-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04
Pittsburgh Safety Director
Asks Money for Tear Gas

PITTSBURGH, Pa. June 3.-"Pub-
lie Safety Director" A. Marshall
Bell, of Pittsburgh, showed the
public" just how safe" they would
be, and who the safety director does
his directing" for, at meeting Of
the Council on Tuesday, when he
asked an appropriation of $4,000 for
gas guns, tear gas maces, and six
new motorcycles. The Council, how
ever. voted it down,
The move on the part of the po-
lice head is viewed as a direct prep
aration for the impending steel
strike, and serves to show the ex-
tent to which the armed forces of
the state here are under the con-
troll Of the steel companies.
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04
Mass Unemployment FoNows
Auto Production CurtaiIment
Detroit Councils and Auto Union Call June /
Demonstration for Relief and Jobs

the Workers Unemployment In
surance Bill (H.R. 1881. They are
rallying workers for city-wide
demonstrations on Monday, June
IL against the 20 per cent cut in
relief and for a 30-hour week on
all P.W.A. jobs.
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-25
MOSQUITO CONTROL EXPERI-
MENTS WITH RATES OF SEEPAGE
Hope 10 Ascertain Proper Spacing OF
bitches in Various Types Of
Marsh Lands

In order to minimize working time
and expedite the mosquito control
! work now being done in the marsh
a: cas- of Delaware. experiments III
rates of seepage are being conducted
! in the different types of rlrSh
lands.
Robert o. Hayes. office engineer
of the Delaware Mosquito Control
Commission, under the direction of
the Executive Office. is experiment
ing in the various types of marsh
lands, to determine the rate of seep-
age and ascertin the proper spacing
of bitches in each type.
The first experiment was conduct
ed in the marshes near the site of
old Green Hill Light" at the end
of Pilot Town Road, and a satisfac-
tory lot of information obtained. A
box was prepared. 100 feet long by
10 feet wide of inch by 10 inch
planks. partially buried edgewise
into the marsh sod so as to leave
about 4 inches extending above the
marsh level. This trough was filled
with water from a nearby salt hole
and the receeding water carefully
timed until it had entirely disap-
peared. The object is to space
bitches on each marsh so as to Sc
cure adequate drainage of any area
within two or three days after the
cessation of rains or the recession
of high tides; normally it requires
five days for flooded marshes to
breed mosquitoes.
Such information as can be OBJ
tanned must be correlated to such
other factors as RAINFALL. evapOra-
tion, present grOund-water level. and
the like
"The rate of seepage is probably
less now than during the hot sum
mer months when evaporation would .
be greater and ground water to a
lower level than now says w S. .
COrkran. executive officer and engi-
neer of the Delaware Mosquito Con .
troll Commission. We don't want !
TO dig more bitches than Necessary.
and by the use of such information
we can dig just enough to drain the
marshes before mosquitoes have Il
chance to breed after heavy rain
falls or excessive tides. So far as
we know this is the first time an
experiment like this has been car
ried on in mosquito control work.
It is part of our policy to study all
he underlying factors of marsh
irainage and to apply them to our