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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-06
Revolutionary Day
Near, Says Pravda
Continued from Page y

sections the task Of leading the
widest masses Of toilers, of winning
to its side the greatest part of the
working class. This is one Of the
decisive conditions of the victorious
socialist revolution.
1.-THE BoLshevized masses-that is
the touchstone by which the Com
munist International tests tn e
strength of each of its sections.
Stalinist inlplacability before any
deviation from Bolshevism, the i'm
placable exposure of opportunism
under whatever flag 1t may fly, in
other words, the strongest Bolshe-
visit party - that is the necessary
quality Of the vanguard detach-
ments of the proletariat, since vic
tory in revolution never comes Of
itself, it must be prepared and con-
quered, and only a strong prole-
tartan revolutionary party can pre-
pare and conquer it. (Stalin)."
Pointing out further that the past
Is years equal whole epoch, Pravda
concludes:
After the first congress Of the
Communist International, Lenin
wrote: The ice is broken. The
Soviets are victorious throughout
the world. They are victorious first
ly, and more than all, in that they
have won the sympathy of the pro-
letarian masses. That is the main
thing, No savagery Of the impe-
rialist bourgeoisie, no prosecutions
and murders Of Bolshevists can take
the masses away from us. The more
the bourgeoisie RACES, the more solid
will these conquests be in the hearts
Of the proletarian masses, in the
spirit, their consciousness, their
heroic readiness to struggle. The
ice is broken
Eyes, the ice is broken! From
Austria, Germany, France, China.
Japan, India, from everywhere
sounds the powerful boom of the
new beginning revolutionary ice
drift.
THE ice is broken! Everything
shows the rapid advance of a new
revolutionary spring! The capital
ist world is directly faced with
new round Of revolutions and
wars. The banner of Stain and
Lenin is becoming the banner of
millions and scores Of millions of
toilers.
THE cause OF Communism is in
the trusted hands Of the feminist
Communist International, in the
tried hands of the greatest strate-
gist of the proletariat and leader of
revolutionary parties, Stain.
1.-THE historical breaking point is
near. The Soviet banner will wave
throughout the world"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-06
Union Heads
StOpCar Men
Strike Action
Milwaukee Car Men Had
Already Voted Strike
for Pay Rise

MILWAUKEE, March 5.-Work-
ing with the strikebreaking Ma
tional Labor Board, union officials
here agreed not to call strike
Of over 5000 electrical, street car,
and other public utilities workers
that was voted to begin today at
4 a. m.
Complying with Geographic re-
quest Of Senator Wagner, chairman
Of the National Labor Board, the
officials said the strike would be
deferred until March IS, when a
hearing of the National Labor
Board would be held.
The strike was voted by mem
bers Of the Electrical Workers
Union, the Amalgamated Associa-
ton of Street and Electric Railway
Employees, and Local 311 of the
International Union Of Operating
Engineers The workers voted to
strike for union recognition and a
IS per cent wage increase.
Joseph Padway, union attorney.
said the strike would be postponed
pending the hearing, declaring the
original purpose Of calling the strike
was not to bring the men out, but
to get the National Labor Board
into the dispute.
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them into an asset. So we did in
this case. We were faced with what
seemed great difficulty. We needed
a new press, and we were broke
But we turned the need into a
joyous occasion, that cannot help
because of the enthusiasm and
spirit here, but add to our revolu-
tionary energy and make us fight
and spread our Press ten times as
hard as before!"
All individuals and Organiza-
tions who were unable to con-
tribute at the Banquet, are asked
to mail their donations for the
new printing press to Press Com
rnittee, p. o. Box 1876, Station d.,
New York City, now. Red Press
Certificates have been mailed out
into the Districts of the country,
and organizations throughout the
country are called upon to quickly
respond, and send their dona-
tions of help and support to
the revolutionary press. Red
Press Certificates viii be mailed
to those who send donations.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-06
WeinStOne Speaks
In Cooper Union
Talks Wednesday on
Austrian Revolt

NEW YORK. - william Vein
stone, member Of the Central
Committee of the Communist
Party, who Just returned from a
tour of Europe, will discuss the
Austrian situation, fascism and
conditions i'll the Soviet Union at
Cooper Union Hall Wednesday at
7 pm.
The meeting is under the aus
pices of the International Workers
Order. Max Bedacht will be chair
man. A uniform admission fee of
10 cents is charged to pay the eX-
penses of the meeting.
Weinstone has just completed a
speaking tour of cities surrounding
New York. He has addressed hun
dreds of enthusiastic workers in
Philadelphia, Paterson and the So
cialist city Of Bridgeport, Conn.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-06

ming, opened the banquet, by an
nouncing a fact known for the
first time, that the press was
formerly the press of the Wall
Street Journal. I'VE start by TAX
ing over their press he declared,
land we will wind up by taking
over their Street,"
James w. Ford received an en-
thusiastic greeting from the work
ers. "Our Daily during the ten
years Of its existence has made it
possible for us to reach great
numbers of Negro workers in this
country" he said. 1.-THE influence
our press has today among the
Negro people, has caused fear in
the ranks of the ruling class to-
day"
Moissaye j. Olgin, editor of the
Morning Freiheit, presented the
first Red Press Certificate of the
evening to q delegate from the
Bronx Cooperative, who brought
to the banquet $1,000 contribu-
ton. Olgin recalled the days, 30
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-06
Gives Bosses Right to
Decide What Is First
Class Work

Daily Worker Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, March 5.-The
n. R. A. code for the fur manufac-
turing industry, Just completed and
waiting for General Johnson's sig
nature. provides for legalized con-
tracing, the worst evil in the fur
industry. and among other anti
labor sections, establishes wage diff
ferentials for several localities, &C
cording to a nnimeographed copy Of
it given to the Daily Worker CORE
spondent by the office Of James
Worthy, assistant to Deputy Ad-
ministrator Earl D. Howard.
Gives Bosses Authority
In addition to inaugurating wage
differentials, and legalizing con-
tracing, the code, under wage pro-
visions, gives the code authority or
the bosses the right to determine
what is first class work and what
is second class, a proviso which af-
fords them an opportunity to break
down the minimum which they
themselves are setting up.
Under the wage differential allo-
cations, area GAP includes the states
Of New York, Connecticut, MasSa-
chusetts, Rhode Island. Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland
and the District Of Columbia. Area
p" includes Illinois and the city
of st. Louis, Missouri. Area &C.
which provides for a minimum OF
$45 week for IS hours for cut
ters, compares with the $50 for the
same operatives in areas "a" and
3"
1.-THE code authority, subject to
review by the Administrator. shall
determine and designate which type
Of work in the respective crafts
shall be designated as 'first-class' or
second class, " the code declared
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End Strikes, N.R.A.
Congress" Is Told
Ex-senator Wagner
Continued from Page y


OF the Civil Works Administration
as Nazifled unemployment solu-
ton:
Perhaps we should re-tinance it
(the C.W.A) and insure that no
worker lacks useful work at a wage
which on the one hand would be
sufficient to give him clothes, food
and shelter, and on the other hand,
would be an inducenent to get back
to private industry" Flanders as
serted that the new Roosevelt relief
proposal goes far" in this direc-
ton but that eve might go further. "
He was speaking for the Industrial
Advisory Board of the NR.A.-and
he drew more applause from the
assembled 1000 or so MIRA. code
administrators in Constitution Hall
than did any other speaker except
perhaps President Roosevelt.
The code conferences, beginning
on the first day Of the second year
OF the Roosevelt regime, will con-
tinue through this week. Just as
they opened, the United States Sem
ate was mulling over a government
report showing that ten bank Off
Gals last year received salaries"
ranging from 100000 to $165 ,O00-
not to mention the bonuses and
similarly tremendous salaries paid
to others in the banking oligarchy-
and the MIRA. had before it a re-
port of its own Consumers Advisory
Board, saying:
''The average purchasing power
per employed industrial and COM
mereial workers has been decreas-
ed [under N.R.A.] by rising prices.
Although the new workers en-
plOyed at minimum wages neces-
sarily pull the average down, it
seems very probably that the low
average also means that some of
the gains of the unemployment
program have been made at the
expense of the previously employ
ed-a considerable number of new
price increases may be expected
IN the spring-unless the stand
ards for wages and hours are de-
cidedly changed, the increase in
rates and employment required by
the codes lie mostly in the past
and since inventories have been
fairly well built up, the growth Of
payrollS is not likely to continue
unless there is further growth of
the final consuming market"
Roosevelt first declared that critics
are "unpatriotic" when they attack
fundamentals rather than methods,
once "the government has a specific
problem to solve and undertakes to
do it in specific way" And then
he boosted that "the great majority
Of complaints" in last weeks criti-
cism-fest "Were directed not at the
codes but at errors and omissions in
what has been done under the
codes" The distinction. at best, is a
hairline one.
Nor did the President forget to
warn that a new period of com
pliance" with the MIRA. is at hand.
Compliance, as has been shown
throughout the NRA.'s existence,
means compliance by labor with the
restriction Of its fundamental rights
to organize and to strike. Roosevelt
declared: 1--WE cannot tolerate abuses
of economic power-abuses against
labor, abuses against employers or
abuses against the consuming pub
lic.S
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ing standards lowered to fright
full degree.
Growing Fascination
"The MIRA. is neither fasciSn
or communism" said Roosevelt,
though he admitted that "democ-
racy" had failed. 1.-THE real truth
of the matter is" he said, chat for
a number Of years in our country
the machinery Of democracy had
failed to function"
He did not relate, however, the
dictatorial steps taken by the
Roosevelt regime against the work
ers on the ground that "the ma
chinery of democracy had failed to
function"
Blithly ignoring the mountainous
evidence that the MIRA. has re-
suited in lowering the purchasing
power of the American workers.
Roosevelt chewed over his original
ballyhoo uttered when the N.R.A.
was first passed:
TITS (the NRA.'s) aim was to
increase the buying power Of wage
earners and farmers so that indus
try, labor and the public might
benefit through building up the
market for farm and factory goods.
Slash in Real Wages
That the MIRA. has actually
achieved the opposite was testi-
fled to by the report of the MIRA.
Consumers Advisory Board, pub
lished on the morning that Roose-
velt made his speech.
"The average purchasing power
per employed industrial and COM
mercial worker" says this report.
ignored by Roosevelt, 'has been
decreased by rising prices
the gains of the unemployment
program have been made at the
expense of the previously en-
plOyed."
Speaking on the most intimate
terms with the bosses, he let them
know that the MIRA. was their in
strument, saying: 'You and are
now conducting a great test to find
out how the business leaders in all
groups Of industry can develop ca
pacity to operate for the general
welfare"
Irked by the basic criticism lev
elled at the MIRA. by the Commu-
mist Party spokesman, Roosevelt
dWelt at length in chauvinist
manner on what he termed "pa-
triotic criticism"
I am sure it will hearten you to
know" he told the exploiters of 80
per cent of the American workers
chained by slave codes, that the
great majority of the complaints
were directed not at the codes, but
at errors and omissions in what has
been done under the codes.
1.-THE great bulk Of the complaints
or criticism of the Recovery Act
does not go to the act itself Tonly
the Communist Party attacked the
act basically as a weapon against
the American workers.-Ed. but
rather to the details of mere meth
cd. In this we should feel encour-
aged and heartened that we are on
the right track and can go for
ward"
Demagogic to the core, Roosevelt
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-06
BY DEL

I for the hundredth time spoke of re-
employing workers, but instead OF
using his old phrase about decent
standard Of living" he resorted to
the more meaningless phrase of
purchasing wages"
'T give to industry today this
challenge" he said. ut is the i'm
mediate task of industry to re-
employ more people at purchasing
wages and to do it now. Five dol
lars. or five cents for that matter. q
week can purchase something.-Ed.]
Only thus can we continue recovery
and restore the balance we seek"
Hoover's Stagger Plan
That this proposal for new stag
ger plan was aimed to help the
government cut down relief is evil
denced by Roosevelt's remark: 1.-THE
government cannot forever continue
to absorb the whole burden Of IN
employment. The thing to do now
is to get more people to work"
Reduction in hours" he added,
with a decrease in weekly wages
will do no good at all. for it amounts
merely to a forced contribution to
unemployment relief by the class
least able to bear it.
Yet all the codes are gagged on
an hourly basis, so that when Roose-
velt's new proposed stagger plan
goes into effect, the hourly wages of
the workers are cut.
Against Strikes
Worried by the rising strike wave,
and the fact that the workers real
ize that the N. r. A. has lowered
their living standards. Roosevelt
demagogically repeated his original
statement when the N r. A. was
passed:
every examination I make" he
said, land all the information I
receive lead me to the unacceptable
conclusion that we must now con-
slider immediate cooperation to Sc
cure increase in wages and shorten
ing of hours. I am confident that
your deliberations will lead you also
to this conclusion"
This was addressed to the very
bosses who through the N. r. A..
were ehle to increase their prices and
lower living standards to a point
where their profits were driven up.
Roosevelt repeated the phrases of
section IA, saying the workers had
the free choice" to decide what or
ganization they wanted to belong
to, their own unions, or company
unions. He said the government
would see they get that right. He did
not recount his repeated promises
to the Weirton Steel Co. workers
whose strike was broken by the Ma
tional Labor Board through similar
promises by Roosevelt and his
henchmen. He did not explain how
he had twice promised the Weirton
Steel workers that he personally
would see to it that the government
would supervise a free" election,
and then shamelessly abandoned the
workers to the very company union
that was foisted on them through
Section "A.
Tt throws more openly complete
power over the MIRA. into the
hands of the bankers and manufac-
turers, clearly dropping the mask
of partnership" put on when the
MIRA. was first passed. The real
work, Roosevelt pointed out, was to
be done by these exploiters gathered
to safeguard the monopolistic powers
given to them by the N.R.A.
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ACNPtStF6cO tFSrs OfSc -
------------
ers?'' Manzon and Sajona asked the
officers who barred their way to the
entrance OF the new house Office
building.
We're sorry, but we have orders
TO keep you out" the officers replied
Visit War Department
Before going to house Office build
ing, the delegation presented its de-
mands to Brigadier General Greed
r. Cox, Chief Of the Bureau of In
sular Affairs of the War Depart
ment. Pointing out that it spoke
for over two hundred thousand
workers and farmers, the group de-
manded 'tf1e immediate and uncon-
ditional independence for the Phil
Ippine Islands"
The General instructed the dele
CATION to hand in all the state
ments." He promised to '1ook into
the matter" and to "refer the entire
case to Governor General of Philip
pines Frank Murphy"
THE convictions the statement
declared, reflect the present policy
Of the Philippine government to-
wards the workers and peasants
movement for complete and uncon-
ditional independence, both from
the native bourgeoisie and American
Imperialism"
Real Crime Is Communism
Referring to the Roosevelt March
2 message to Congress, the stat2-
ment declared that Roosevelt "has
recommended certain amendments
TO the Hawes-Cutting Act, which in
effect do not change the ultimate
aim of the American government
towards the Philippines.
These leaders are charged with
sedition, but the real reason for i'm
prisoning them is that they are
Communists" J. Tauber Of the In
ternational Labor Defense legal staff
told General Cox.
Other members Of the delegation
we're: r. Escalone, Filipino sea-
man; j. Roberts, of the Communist
Party; Nat Bruce, the New York
LID; B. Schor, Secretary of the
Action Committee, and D. c. Nor
gan, Of the National Committee for
he protection of the foreign born.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-06
Call to Mass
PicketCOlby
Cafeteria
Open New Drive on
Injunction Menace
Tomorrow

NEW YORK.-In its first action
since its organization, the N. Y.
Trade Union Anti-Injunction Com
mittee today issued a call to all
workers to protest the Injunction
against the strikers of the Colby
Cafeteria, and urged workers to
join in a huge mass picketing DEM
onstration against the injunction
Wednesday at noon at the cafeteria
at 38th st. and Eighth Ave. The
Injunction is a drastic order pro-
hibiting all union activity in the
Colby and outlawing picketing.
The N. Y. Trade Union Anti
Injunction Committee was organ
lied as a permanent committee to
direct the fight to abolish injunc-
tons at a recent anti-injunction
conference, in which nearly 300
delegates from A. F. Of L. unions,
independent unions and unions at
filiated with the Trade Union Unity
Council pledged their support.
"This mass action in solidarity
with the Colby cafeteria strikers
will express the determination of
thousands Of workers Of New York
City to destroy this strike breaking,
union smashing weapon. 1t viii
register a protest against the i'm
prisonment Of three members Of
the Amalganted Clothing Workers
who were sentenced to Jail for three
years at Red Bank, N. j., for violat-
ing an injunction prohibiting them
from striking against an MIRA.
starvation code" the Anti Injunc-
ton Committee declared in state
ment today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-06
Left Wing Wins in
Garment Union 38

NEW YORK.-A victory for the
left wing group Of the International
Ladies Garment Workers Union was
won in the recent elections when the
progressive candidate, Joe Pruice,
was elected to the executive board
of Local SO. He received ESQ votes.
Machine candidate Danish and L.
Rea, were elected to the posts of
manager and business manager re-
spectively by small majority.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-06

I marching with banners &C
claiming the freedom of Tom
Mooney, for the success Of a
strike or for the demands of
bread and butter for children so that
they can be built to be the future
sportsmen Of the world, how much
more impressive and meantngful the
whole thing would be.
Imagine the stadium packed 10
the gillS with 100000 spectators, de-
handing workers rights, workers
freedom, a workers Soviet Republic!
UTTERLY impossible? Ridiculous!
y you say. Read this letter from
Gardner, Mass:
Dear Sports Editor:
About $50 employees of the D. W
Siebert Co. struck here February IL
for a 80 per cent wage increase.
simultaneously, hurried, detailed
militant plans were drawn up by the
Executive Committee Of the Atlas
A. c. Qocal Labor Sports Union
Clubs. r. The entire apparatus
Of 100 members of the organization
swung into action in support Of the
strike.
"A tremendous volume of applause
from the Threats, hands and feelings
Of these exploited workers greeted
this expression Of solidarity.
"on February II, benefit bas-
ketball game between the Alta,
A. C. and the Spartans A. C. OF
FitchbITg rallied more than 5Ot
strikers and workers TO the Ash
Street Hall. The closely contested
fray left the local labor sportsmer
on the long end Of a 80 to ~ score.
Constant cheers went up. Come
on, Atlas!' With a result that more
than $50 was realized at this asfair
for the strikers benefit. Plans are
now under way for another benefit
game to be held within the next
few days
''The Atlas A. @. was the first
and only sports organization in
the city to officially come 30 the
aid Of the Seibert workers.
Congratulations, Seibert workers!
You are the pioneers of Gardner in
fighting for higher wages and bet
ter living. Some Of us are furniture
workers, some aren't, but we're stick
ing by you like a key Of glue.
ANON"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-06
A STIMULUS TO CANNON
FODDER PRODUCTION

BERLIN, Mar 5.-The City OF
Berlin came out with the mag
unanimous announcement yesterday
that they will honor the birthday
Of Adolph Hitler on April 2 with
contribution to the support of
all third and fourth children born
after that dstT
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-06

Send us names of those YOU
know who are not readers Of the
Daily Worker but who would be
interested in reading it. Address:
Daily Worker, 50 E. 18th St., New
York, N. Y.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-06
Fur Code Will
Legalize Vicious
Contract System
NSL to Picket Hearst
lingo Paper Tom rOSU

NEW YORK.-National Stu
dent League members will hold
a mass picket demonstration be
fore the offices Of the N. Y.
American, 30 South St., the
lingo Hearst paper which is con-
Quoting a red-baiting expose"
Of the Leagues anti-war, anti
retrenchment and Negro equal
ity activities in the colleges and
high schools.
The picketing will be held To-
morrow at 5 pm,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-06

SUBWAY WORKERS SPEAKS ON U.s.s.R
A young subway worker who recently
returned from Moscow will speak on MY
Personal Experiences in the Soviet Union
tonight, p. m. at 1913 Boston Road,
Bronx. Adm. free
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-06

Send MS names Of those you
know who are not readers Of the
Daily Worker but who would be
interested in reading it. Address:
Daily Work. 80 z. 18th ST., New
York, n. "
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-06
CWA Firing Heavy
In the Large Cities
Continued from Page y

lCUfbbfot%CU lfUHt u4b 4
from II per cent of all Illinois fam
lies to 9 per cent.
Subsequent further drastic cuts in
Federal Emergency Relief grants are
also expected, following Roosevelt's
announced intention to slash relief
all along the line.
wiping Out C.W.A. In Iron Range
BY a C.W.A. Correspondent
EVELETH, Minn.-Eighty per cent
Of the men working on federal for
estry C.W.A. projects have been laid
off here. Airport projects have
stopped completely. Local C,W.A.
projects were reduced one third.
This is an industrial area Largest
iron mines in the United States are
in this section) but has been class
lied as q rural area, in order to
make drastic reductions in C.W.A.
jobs.
Fire $4,000 in South Carolina
CHARLESTON, S. c., March s.
The C.WA. Office for South Carolina
announced that the C.WA. force
viii be cut from $4,000 to 1900 by
March 80, upon orders Of the Roose-
Welt government. The C.W.A. here
was already cut from $4,000 to the
present force Of 34,5oO. In addition,
C.W.A. workers on direct federal
projects are being laid Off as rapidly
as possible