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Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1934-01-25
Az ORSZAG GAZDASAGI

helyzete allando javulast mu-
tat es ma mar a javulas eleg
|gyors iramban tortenik.
a multi heten nellez ipar mar
IS szazalekos uzemmel dolgozta-
tott es nehany het alatt remelik
az otven szazalekos iizemet el-
erni.
Er6sen dolgoznak az aut6-gya-
rak. meg er6sebben az aut6-al-
katresz gyarak Is konnyii iize-
mex gyaraiban is dolgoznak.
New England szov6-gyarai Is
eip6 gyarai hetven szazalekos
uzemet tartottak a mutt heten
es mem felnek t6le, hogy ez a
kozel jov6ben megcsokken.
A vasutak a multi heten hat
vanezerrel t0bb ,rakott kocsit
kaptak szallitasra, mint mult
ev ugyanezen heteben es 0tven-
otezer kocsival tobbet, mint az
el6z6 heten.
A tozsden = a dollar devalva-
lasanak a hirere - az ertekek is
met kezdtek .emelktdni, de jobb
iertekek emelkedtek volna enel-
kill a hir nelkul is, inert Macy
vallalatoknak korllbelul a fele
ismet elkezdett osztalekot fizetni.
A terrnenyek ara emelkedett
Is bar az valoszinileg soka lesz
valosag, a deli -allamokban ujra
a husz centes gyapotrol almod-
max.
A kiskeresked6k, department
iizletek Is mail-order uzletek
'egyre emelked6 forgalmat mutat-
max Is inert tulsagos Macy rak-
taraik nincsenek, mem kell attol
felni, hogy a gyaripar ismet
megtorpan, mint a multi 6sszel.
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Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1934-01-25
RESZBEN. HOGY EFT

lehetetlenne tegyek a jov6re.
reszben, hogy a kormany altal
vagy a kormany penzen epitett
sok nagy villanytelep termeket
felhasznaljak, a kormany ra
akarja szoktatni a lakossagot
hogy haztartasban sokkal tobb
villanyt hasznaljon.
Nemcsak arrol fognak hat
gondoskodni, hogy Muscle
Shoal meg a tobbi hatalmas vii
lanytelep aramat nagyon olcson
iuttassak a fogyasztokhoz, ha-
nem arrol is, hogy a megfelel6
felszereleseket eszszeru aron a
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1934-01-25

mem csokkent er6sebben, mint
szovetsegi sziiksegmunkaba So
rozott emberekkel, inert a gya-
rak egyre tobb munkamegtaka-
rito gepet raknak be, amt az
emelked6 iizem alig ellensu1yoz
A nehez ipar egyik aga, a le-
mez4nyujtas allitott be ismet
szenzaci6s gepeket, amelysk bi-
zonyos munkakbol az emberel
othatodat tett&k XII egy csapasra
EFT a problemat t0bb oldalr6l
kell ostromolni Is erdekes az
egyik pittsburgh kiserlet.
Ezen a h3ten az egyik varos-
atya AIT inditvanyozza, hogy
szaz dollar kilon ad6t vessenek
ki minden olyan villanyos kocsi-
ra, amelyben a tarsasag egy en-
berre bizza a kocsi vezeteset Is
a p3nz kollektalasat.
Ugyancsak kilon ad6t akar XII
vetni minden o1yan telefon-allo-
masra. amelyen dial" rendszer
van. vagyis ahol te1efonbl Is
maga kapcsol, mem pedig lanyok
vegzik AIT a kozpontban.
A varosatya. nagyon helye-
sen AIT mondja, hogy ameny-
nyiben eek a vallalatok a fenti
intezkedesekkel nagyban hozza-
jarultak a munkatlanok szama-
max az emelesehez, tessek nekik
"a terhekhcz IS fokozottan ia
rulni.
NEW YORK VAROS III
polparmcstere maidnem olyan
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1934-01-25

Amig pl. egy meter szovet el6-
allitasi ara felemelt munkaber-
rel huszonot centtel nagyobb lett,
IA gyarosok szovet arat kozel
|egy dollarral emeltek: Ugyanez
lortent papiriparban, a cip6-
iparban Is majdnem minden mas
iparban.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1934-01-25
FRANCIAORSZAGBAN
A Macy

botrany hullamai eliiltek Is
ujra inkabb azzal foglalkoznak,
hogy mikent lehetne Nemetor-
szag koveteleseib6l minel tobbet
megtagadni.
Angliaban AIT szeretnek tudni,
hogy meg tudnak-e Roosevelttel
egyseges penziigyi politikaban
egyezni, vagy penzhaboru lesz a
ket angolszasz nemzet kozt.
Anglia kezdte meg penz le-
rombolasat IS egy even keresz-
till nagy iizleteket csinalt kill
foldon azaltal, hogy font arat
a nenlzetkozi forgalomban le-
nyomta.
Roosevelt csak az angol pei
! dat kovette, mikor ugyanezt tet-
te a dollarral, de Anglia EFT sem
megbocsajtani, sem tudomasul
venni mem kepes.
Macy megelegedest kelt egyeb-
kent Angolorszagban, hogy a
Soviet es Lengyelorszag kozos
akciora kesziilnek a balti ALA
mokban, ahol harom uj allan
fiiggetlenseget kozosen akarjak
garantalni.
A Hitler kormany ugyanis
oszinten bevallotta, hogy Elszasz
es Lorraine elveszteseert keleten,
a balti allamok rovasara akar
karteritest keresni Is Oroszor-
szag elleni szovetsegre hivta fe1
az eur6pai hatalmakat ilyen ce-
lokkal.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1934-01-25

|sitse. Al multi heten varosok on
kormanyzati jogat elvettek. .
varosi tanacsosokat Is polgar-
nestereket kormany fogja ki-
nevezni.
Ujabban a Nazik a Hohen-
zollern dinasztia ellen fordultak
$ ma mar biztosra veszik, hogy
Hitler a csaszari hazzal soha a
hatalrnat megosztani nem fogja
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1934-01-25

tiintetesek napirenden vannak
$ ma mar tiintetesekhez bonn.
bakat hasznalnak.
A multi heten egy olasz al.
lamtitkar volt Austria vendege
aki kijelentette, hogy Austria
fiiggetlensegere Europanak SILK
sege van Is hogy annak vedel'
met biztositjak hatalmak.
Ennek a hatasa alatt az osz.
trak kance1lar is eles iizenete1
kildott a nSmet kormanynak
ami azonban falrahanyt borst
lesz.
A levert Is megcsonkitott Al.
lanok mindig ki lesznek teve :
Nazizmushoz hasonl6 mozgal.
maknak, amig jogos igenyeiket
lem hajland6k kielegiteni a gy6z.
teS natalmak.
Altalanos bekesseg nelkul mem
lehet be1s6 bekessegre gondolni
Is ha Europa meg akarja allita-
nj a nazizmust az. osztrak hatar-
nal, akkor a revizi6vaI kell sietni
A kis antant gazdasagi haboru.
ia Is kozos gazdasagi frontjs
semmivel mem jarul hozza i BE-
kehez.
PORTUGALIABAN 4
'KOMMJJNISTA A
zavargas volt 4 multi heten 6
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1934-01-25

Latin Amerika t3bbi kliSs y Y
ban csendesseg volt ! inu.s B
ten, csak Chaco fronton folyil
! hare a r&gi elkeseredx xsse1
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-26

Has your organization made a
donation to the fund to finance
the National Convention Against
Unemployment, Feb. 3, in Wash
ington, d. c.? Send funds to Ma
tionaI Committee, Unemployed
Council, so e. 18th ST., New York
City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-26
Vets Demand Senate
Withdraw Roosevelt
Compensation Slash
Levin, ". E.S. L. Head,
To Appear Before
Senators Today

WASHINGTON, Jan. Is
Emanuel Levin, National
Chairman of the Workers Elk
Servicemen's League, was
promised a hearing tomorrow before
a Senate Subcommittee on appro-
priations. as the group today began
consideration Of demands for return
of the Grid war veterans benefits
taken away by the Roosevelt economy
act Of last year.
President Roosevelt recently issued
an executive order modifying the
effect Of the economy act, and it was
Indicated at the time that this was
all the administration intends to do
for veterans during this Congress
Statements given to the press said
the Roosevelt order would restore
more than S20,000,000 in benefits.
Roosevelt early last year slsshed vet
eran benefits by s400,000,000.
Edward A. Hayes, National Com
mander Of the American Legion.
testified today, however, that expert
opinion is that only about SO 200, 600
would be restored by the Roosevelt
order. Senators told him that the
rest would go to the ex-soldiers ia
additional disqualification opportuni
ties, ETC., but Hayes said that the
language Of the Roosevelt order
would not make eligible one new
man"
The Legion Commander smoothly
informed the senators, I'VE want TO
conserve the interests Of the Govern
ment as well as the Legion" And q
written statement Of the Legion's
program boosted, ut in no way
involves cash payment OF the adjusted
service (bonus) certificates" and that
it was moderate" and conservative.
The Workers Ex-serYieemen's
League, the first TO call for mass
marches Of veterans upon Washing
ton, announced at a Congressional
hearing early in 1892 that needy
soldiers would march to the Capital
as they did later in the famous bonus
marches. The League demands fun
payment Of the service certificates,
as well as full restoration Of all ben
efits taken away under the economy
act.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-26
Leather Workers of
GlOyersYille Face
New Boss Attacks
Tanners Seek To Smash
Industrial Union and
Impose A. F. of L.
BY L. SOLOMON

GLOVERSVILLE. N. Y-"The war
is not over yet. We have only signed
an armistice."
These were the words of Clarence
H. Carr, president of the Indepen-
dent Leather Workers Union Of Full
ton County, and militant leader Of
the history making strike of the 1000
leather workers of Johnstown and
Gloversville.
The tannery owners have already
started their planned attack on the
union. They aim to succeed now
with what they could not do during
the strike, namely, to break the
union.
Why do the tannery bosses want
the A. F. Of L. union? Because they
know that with an A. F. of L. union
the workers will be divided into craft
and departments and would give
them the opportunity to carry out
the principle Of divide and rule
If the beam hands would strike the
workers in the tanning room would
take their place, and if the knee
stakers would strike, the machine
stakers would take their place, and
so down the line. The shop com
mittees would Immediately be abol-
ished and the bosses would deal with
the official representative" who
would, only be tool of the bosses.
The workers know well that the
shop committees, even though ir
many instances inexperienced anc
still in fear Of the boss, are neyerthe.
less b real weapon in the hands o
the workers. AS, for instance, in the
case Of the Cane Tanning Co., where
the boss fired a militant worker, J
Bellin, but the shop committee i'm
mediately responded by organizing
the workers Of the department., wert
on strike for only half an hour ant
the worker was reinstated. In tflt
case Of A. J. Baker & Co., where thu
boss attempted to reduce the wage!
Of the stakers, the shop COMMITTEES
demanded a raise instead and re-
ceived 1t. The workers no longe,
heed the well-known expression o.
the bosses, 1'if you don't like it ge
out Of here because they know tina
they are united in q union that vii
defend their interests.
The leather workers can only draw
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-26
Painters Union Heads Craft 100000 Organze Cmgsters

They made a drive against the
workers,
The Daily Worker is in posses
sion Of the sworn testimony of a
worker forced to sign up with the
brotherhood, from the Rifhn &
Lasoff shop, 174 3rd Ave. He swears
he received three wage cuts with
the connivance OF union officials.
This 10 indeed, o "big push"
This same shop was formerly con-
trolled by the Alteration Painters
union, which had won and was en-
forcing a SO day wage scale, seven
hours per day. five days a week.
I'VE were working under these
conditions until Nov. 2, 1888, when
Harry Rosen, organizer for the
Brotherhood Of Painters, District
Council No. Q, with a carload of
gangsters. cams down 10 our shop,
and told Us that either we Join the
Brotherhood OF Painters, OF our
heads would be split. Since we saw
that any resistance on osr part,
would endanger our lives, we were
forced 10 go down 10 the District
Council No. Q, where Mr.. zausner.
received us, collected $S from each
man, and told Us, that the additional
$l6.75 must be paid within a period
OF two weeks"
Now tbs racketeer- gangSter drive"
is seen more clearly.
The following month the boss told
these workers that if they wanted to
work for 90 a day they could do so.
If not the organizer Mr.. Rosen, had
promised to supply him with men for
much less than they were getting.
The men elected one man to COM
plain to Rosen, for their back wages.
These wages were collected; the men
never got the money and the COM
planning worker was fired. The men
never complained again and are now
working for IS and So a day with the
direct knowledge of the union heads.
This so-called method OF winning
conditions for shops controlled by the
brotherhood has been practiced by
the officials throughout the history
OF the brotherhood. They needed no
special drive" for this.
Inc Daily Is In possession OF an
other affidavit made by a member of
Painters Local 26l. The story goes
back to September, 1892 and concerns
the Baron 81 Cohen shop at 245 w.
72nd Street. Dave Shapiro was dis
trict council secretary at that time.
The shop had been newly organ
lied after the strike led by Edward
Ackerly, General Vice President OF
this district. At the end Of the first
week the boss paid $3.50 and 81 in
stead of the union scale of $S. The
men who complained to the boss de-
manding their union scale we're fired.
These same men reporting the action
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-26
500 Georgia Iron
MOulderS Solid On
9Th Week Of Strike
Rank and File Strike
Committee Continues
in leadership

ROME, Ga, Jan. 25-Between 400
and 500 men are out on strike from
four of the five Rome stove foundries.
For weeks they have fought tooth
and nail against the bosses-stop-
ping production completely. The
several attempts Of the bosses TO
send out material have been stopped
by the pickets.
Six months ago the men had or
ganized in the Iron Molders Union
"a. F. Of L., set up shop committees
and won some small concessions
The IM.U. sent Nick Smith and
Pendergraft, the National Secretary
and Vice-President, to dicker with
the bosses. They reached no agree
ment with them. Then they got
orders from Lawrence OKeefe, Presi-
dent of the IM.U., to send the men
back to work. The men refused to 60
The bosses had refused to deal
with the state MIRA. labor board SO
they appealed to the National Labor
Board. The officials Of the I.M.U
succeeded in getting the men to
agree to go back to work with the
decision Of the Nib. Now the men
realize that the Nib. is made ur
Of bosses and most likely they will
try to sell them out so the strikerE
are preparing for further action il
the decision of the Nib. is not sat-
isfactory.
The strike committees have beer
refused the right to interview the
bosses with the officials of the union
The bosses and the bureaucrats can
stand to have the men hear then
bargaining on the terms of q selI-out
The Southern Foundrymen's Asso
citation has been helping out the
bosses in the striking foundries BY
arranging to have other foundries fl
their orders.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-26
Sardine Fishermen
Win Strike Victory

SAN PEDRO, Jan. 90 CBy MaiD -
Twenty-four hours after the striking
fishermen had completely tied up the
ssrdine fleet their complete demands
for better working conditions were
met by seven Of the eight large can
neries against whom the strike was
called.
The strike forced the bosses to
accept all catches averaging eight
inches in length Heretofore the
major canneries used various pre-
texts to refuse catches,
The strike was united front Of
the Fishermen and Cannery Workers
Industrial Union, the Japanese Fish
erIner's Association, the italian
Fishermen's Association and the Boat
Owners Association.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-26
Permits to Work Under
Scale Arouse Rank
and File

repeatedly made. But the Alteration
Painters Union has been able to
register definite achievement in the
field Of organization and improve
ment of the painters conditions,
fighting on 8 class-struggle basis
Then Zausner on Jan Is, 1884.
capped this farcial twisting Of facts
in statement made to the Evening
journal: Another dual union, call
ing itself the Alteration Painters
Union" he said, restored to many
violent attacks upon members OF the
district council. Scores Of our mem
bers were beaten by agents of this
opposition group and many Of them
had to be taken 10 the hospital for
treatment"
He - attempting through these
fortnight lies to diminish the grow
ing bond Of sympathy that b being
established between rank and fiIe of
the Brotherhood and the Alteration
Painters Union. Zausner will never
smash the Alteration Painters Union,
but he Is on the road Of wrecking the
Painters Brotherhood by his rack
eteer handling of the treasury for
the purpose OF keeping his mob"
supplied with easy money. The union
is practically bankrupt now.
The immediate steps in the Pain
ters' Brotherhood must be to arouse
an aggressive militant fighting spirit
in all the locals, directed against the
spoliation of Zausner and the other
A. F. Of L. officials in the union.
The Evening journal is claiming
demagogic credit for forcing zausner
to temporarily abandon the vicious
so cents daily work tax. Only cru
sader like Hearst would have the
crust to claim credit for q bitter fight
that was waged by the rank and file
from the time the tax was announced
on Aug. u, 1888, until the fake ref
erendum two weeks ago showed
zausner he had too much opposition
in the locals against the tax. De-
cision to drop the tax was taken be-
fore the Journal started "crusading."
Reports from the locals indicate a
powerful upsurge by the rank and
file against the Zausner- Gangster-
Racketeer clique. Opposition groups
are being formed in locals that pre-
viously had been closely gripped by
the strong-ar1n terror used to beat
the workers into silence. zausner
and company can and must be
smashed and a rank amt ffar eie4Ssd
to his place in u =
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-26

to Shapiro and Ackerly received the
answer that no action could be taken
now. 'Take as much as the boss gives
you and be satisfied; there can be no
reinstatementS now"
The men, however, took things into
their own hands and went on strike,
forcing the boss to promise to pay
1925 in back wages to the As workers
in the shop. The council which had
taken cognizance Of the strike after
it had started duly collected the
back-wage money from the boss.
When the men in turn went to col
lect from the council they were told
they would be put on charges because
We need the money ourselves"
The men were found guilty of
working below the union scale; the
money was never returned to them.
When Local 261 protested this action
the district council made no reply.
But, TITS dead and buried" was the
declaration of the council delegate,
we need the money, we're broke. y
In this same place to this very day
they are still working below scale and
the union officials are getting a
shakedown from the bosses.
From 1880 10 1899 reliable figures
estimate tbs number of Painters
who dropped from the brotherhood,
due to these openly corrupt actions
ON the part Of the officials at $4,000.
So much for the Organizing drive.
A group Of these painters on July
Is, 1882 formed the Alteration Paint
ers, Decorators and Paper Hangers
Union which is based on closed
shop policy: that the bosses should
not be allowed to hire or fire without
the consent Of the shop committee;
that the unorganized in the Altera-
ton trade should be organized; and
shop committees in place of the
Steward System" (The Steward is
the graft-point-o contact the dis
trict officials with the boss.)
Another reason for the organiza-
ton of this union was that the
brotherhood refused to organize the
Alteration Painters despite that being
skilled workers, they were working
under conditions as miserable as
those of common laborers.
Instead of improving conditions for
the members of the union Zausner
spent great part of the 100000 in
gangster fees, for the purpose of
smashing this Alteration Painters
Union,
A strong-arm flying squad attacked
the picket line in Harlem established
by the Alteration Painters, beating
up the workers. Then zausner issued
the statement that the Alteration
Painters pickets beat up Brother
hood pickets who were striking this
job. Similar strong-arm attacks were
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-26
Unity Committee
In knitgOOdS Trade
Fights N.R.A. Code
Unite i'm Drive for
10000 Signatures;
Meet Thurs.

NEW YORK.-The Unity Commit
tee for the New York knitgoods in
dustry, elected at a unity conference
held in Irving Plaza on Jan. 90 rep
resenting 1000 knitgoods workers,
yesterday called on all knitgoods
workers to unite in a drive for 10000
signatures, to demand the abolition
of the starvation N. r. A. knitgoods
code.
The Unity Committee calls for a
campaign to unite members Of all
three unions in the industry, as well
as unorganized workers, in the fight
against this starvation code.
The Unity Committee includes
members OF the United Textile Union,
the International Ladies' Garment
Workers Union and the Knitgoods
Workers Industrial Union (affiliated
to the Needle Trades Workers In
dustrial Union. Jack Sidner was
elected chairman Of the Unity Com
mittee, Jack Pearl secretary and
Jack SaIny treasurer. At the unity
conference over 100 shops were rep
IeSSuGSN.
A mass meeting will be held at
Webster Hall on Thursday, Feb. 8,
under the auspices of the Unity Com
mittee. All knitgoods workers, in all
three unions and unorganized, are
urged to attend this mass meeting
and register their protest against the
slave conditions in the N. r. A. code.
Prominent trade union leaders have
been invited to speak.
The Unity Committee calls on all
knitgoods workers in the city for a
united fight against the N. r. A. code.
This code permits home work, allows
a starvation minimum wage of IS
cents an hour for skilled workers and
Is per cent less for unskilled, and
allows a 40 to 4S-hour working week.
The Unity Committee demands a
35-hou week with full pay and a
higher minimum wage scale.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-26
seasury Looted; Used
Thugs To Break Strike
of Alteration Men
BY A. s. PAscUAk

NEW YORK.-One hundred thou
and dollars for union organizational
YORK was used to organize" and
ray a bunch OF gangSters by officials
II the Painters, Decorators, Paper
hangers Brotherhood Of the A. F.
Il l.. in the six months period from
July to December. The money was
queezed out of the membership
trough the 30 cents daily work tax.
No iten1ized Accounting for ali
his rnoney which went into the Or
esSaizing fund was made. The rank
md file opposition consistently sent
protest resolutions to the District
Council No. Q, demanding this item
iaed Hse. But We ZauSner- Gang
stess clique had some particular
reasons FOR not yiefdirtg 10 this de-
n1asfd.
For examples Voucher of Sept.
a8sh, reads as follows: Organizing
Campaign and Picket expense $500. ("
Another reads: Organizing CAM
naign s135;;" and another one:
General Pickets $685." fourth:
Organizing Campaign and General
Picketing SLIT" and still another
voucher for the same purpose is
marked for 1850. Why did zausner
and the other A. r. OF l.. officials
hide behind this general wording Of
the voucher? This tactic was not
only true for the month Of September,
in which the brotherhood conducted
q short general strike. (The official
pay Of rank and file pickets is 81
day. It is also true for practically
every single month as the statement
made by Acct. Jacob Falk for the
six months period from July to
December shows.
In the introduction to the report
he states: 1.-THE weekly transfers to
the organization fund were made at
my suggestion, in the interest OF eff
fciency and amenability to auditing
control zausner said the same
thing "Just a little matter Of book
keeping"
The clue to this indefinite method
Of accounting is to be found in the
remark made by one of the gang
sters who had forced Louis Vein
stock, rank and file opposition leader,
out of the Sept. IS, Mecca Temple
meeting: we have the whole I'M
derworld behind U.S." Zausner
headed a powerful machine for the
purpose OF ir1timidating and terror