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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-20
By JOHN WILLIAMSON

they finally forced Brach secretary of the Central
Labor Union, off the platform. Young Parger of
Detroit then finished his speech. Unfortunately
he turned the platform over to local Musteite and
for the next hour the crowd cheered and shouted
for the speeches and slogans of the c. P. and IN
employed Council Included in the speakers were
Eggert and Williamson of the c. P; Onda and
Ostheimer of the Unemployed Council; Stein of the
international Labor Defense. The Musteites also
spoke, including A. j. Music, Pollack and Mintrose.
Seeing the moods of the crowd, they picked up the
G, P. slogans, trying in this way to cover up their
previous alliance with Ramsey and further their
efforts to get mass base among the Toledo work.
ers Having lost control of this platform the A. F.
of L. officials tried to open another meeting at the
Mckinley Monument. When the shouts of the
crowd became louder, they then called their first
reserves, Leo Krzycki, National Chairman of the
Socialist Party, and Ex-Sherin Benson of Mil
waukee Even they could not keep the crowd quiet,
and finally the Y. c. L. comrades, with the support
of the crowd, took over the stand and again list
of our speakersi, including Blakeley of the Young
Communist League and l. o. Ford Communist can
didate for Governor of Ohio, spoke
The fine decisions of the previous night concern
ing the isolation of the Communists and only
A. F. of L. speakers had fallen through because
they had reckoned without the masses, who saw
in the Communists their co-workers on the picket
line and they also began to understand the correct
ness of the Communist slogans and ideas
New Se-Out Plan
Prior to the parade Ramsey had announced the
previous evening he had new plan to settle the
strike. He did not tell the strikers his plan be-
cause he said he was afraid of rats" but ne went
to Mr.. Taft and Mninger with his plans. Some
logicl On the night of the parade, Ramsey tried to
hold meeting but did not succeed.
The following day agreement for Auto-Lte
Ill
increase in wages q immediate opening of plant;
81 re-hiring a proportonate basis of non-st9ik-
erS and strikers; d dealing with the union
basis OF number of employed members it had in
the shop After sharp fight, during which for the
first time the three shops belonging to the local
union were divided it was put over in the Auto
Lite meeting by a iorty vote In the Logan Gear.
a stiff fight developed but there also the rank and
file were finally worn down
This egrcament was hailed victory by the
A. F. of l.. officials, including Ramsey, who put it
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and If there was the farmers have
no money to buy it. They must
either sell their cows, shoot them
or drive them some place where
there is food"
The stockyards have been over
run with gaunt cattle from the
drought areas. Capitalist plan
ming in this connection operates
thus: Although Milwaukee live
stock exchange quotations are
broadcast twice daily and farmers
are cognizant of the fact that prices
are weak, they continue to ship, not
because they want to, but because
they can't feed the animals. While
the drop in prices is severe, the
farmer is even hit harder than it
appears because grading is much
stricter chiefly because packers
have sufficient supplies and can af-
ford to be choicy, AS q result, the
farmer gets about $500 less for a
900-lb. animal in most instances"
incidentally, the prices quoted for
most of this distress" stock vary
from rs cents to $3.50 hundred
pounds. Workers in the cities know
how many pounds of meat they can
get for quarter, and farmers know
about what it costs to bring these
animals to maturity not to speak of
the losses due to low prices paid by
the milk trust.
Drive Farmers OFF Land
A great noise has been made
about the generous" appropriation
of half billion dollars for drought
relief. We have seen that the gov
eminent has been very tardy in
translating its plan" into action.
and that the bulk of the funds
made available are in the form of
loans. Real cash relief which the
farmers want and the Communist
Party demands is almost completely
absent. An APP, despatch from
Washington, dated June 9Th. gives a
clue to the administrations plan
ut was indicated that paying jobs
for farmers, instead of feed and
seed doles, will form the keystone
of the federal relief policy" Under
date of June 10th, we are entght-
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ened further: "$5O,OOO,O00 for work
camps to afford employment in the
drought areas for young men, prin-
cipally from cities and towns
Here there begins to be disclosed
the nature of capitalist planning
for agriculture. Delay the sending
Of seed and feed where it is needed |;
make it as difficult as possible to
obtain loans; force the sale of cat
tie and hogs at prices well below
the already low market" prices;
provide jobs for workers, psrticu-
larly the youth of rural towns-all
apparently in line with the effort
to destroy farm products on the
crazy theory that there has been
"overproduction" of agricultural
commodities.
Note that nothing is stated about
the rates of pay farmers are to re-
ceive on these relief" jobs, and
that the work camps" for the
youth are in line with the C.C.C.
military plans. observe also, that
the whole effect of the combined
features of this plan" is to increase
the gap between well-to-do and
poor farmers.
In fact, to marked degree it
can be clearly seen that the drought
is being utilized in the same man
ner as the cotton control plan of
the South. just as share choppers
are being divorced from the land by
the hundred thousand, so the poor
farmers of the drought area are
finding it difficult to obtain seed
and feed-essential if they are to
remain farmers. Instead, they are
being pushed into relief" jobs and
into militarized camps where the
pay is based on an F.E.R.A. estimate
of needs which are far below sub
sistence when judged by any correct
standard. The announced plan" is
"a hour week at 30 cents or $7.20
per week.
Readers Of this analysis which
shows how the Roosevelt drought
plan works against the interests Of
the mass of farmers, are asked to
study carefully the demands ad-
vanced by the Communist Party in
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the N. R. A. Advisory Board etc. For days in adj
vance the Communists, in leaflets at meetings in
signs in the parade in groups inside the Auto-Lte
strikers meetings, had popularized one central
three-word slogan Immediate General Strike"
The Toledo News-Bee of June 2nd reports the fol-
lowing:
Workers mean business" Taylor told the
crowd The parade has demonstrated that fact
From, the audience came a voice-forerunner of
what was later to become small chorus of
vociferous hecklng: 1--WE want general strike."
'"The who have represented the workers in
the peace negotiations" Taylor answered, have
done SO better than individuals who are
shouting for immediate actions. At least we have
forced the employers to recognition of our right
to Notwithstanding we did not have before"
After Gunthrop spoke, worker from Detroit,
by the name of Parker, members of the Hudson
local OF the A. F. of L. and sent by a conference
OF workers in Detroit finally forced the Central
Labor Union officials to let him speak He brought
greetings pledged support gave experiences of De-
troit auto workers being betrayed by arbitration
schemes and began telling the assembled crowd to
take things in their own hands and beware of sell
outs Allow the Toledo News-Bee to give a sum-
mary of the next few moments:
Half dozen hands pulled him from the
chair which he stood Mer on the steps
shouted: Let him talk Young Parker shouted
and struggled. Men n,iIe1 about mcnacngIy
The crowd down in the street grew restless.
street car messed into the th-ong. There were
angry shouts at the street cars approach Tip
it Overt. Break the wirdows JERK the trolley
few of the crowd shouted, but nothing hap
pencd. Otto Brach, secretary Of the Central La
Dor Union, climbed the chair to speak He
could not make his voice heard above a chorus of
heckling. He YVES drowned cut with shouts Of
We want general strike! They want to sell
yeu out young Parker shouted, still struggling.
Below the crowd grew more restless Then ten
SIGN grow-and then relaxed. Brach said few
words and Withdrew
THE crowd at that moment was in the balance
Some had taken up the slogans Of the c. P.
leaflet distributed among the parade and stnlu-
lated by the militant workers in the crowd Others
still had confidence in the leaders. The pulling
down CT the young auto worker from D7troit
sWsy3d the crowd ag2iAs. the officials and the
crowd h9cad the officials scouting we went on
immediate general strike and let him talk" till
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ARTICLE III.
Continued

RESPITE all decisions of the officials,
the revolutionary workers, together
with the Communists, prepared for active
participation in the parade and mass meet
ing. While the local officials tried to keep
them out, the workers had different at
titude. Scattered through the parade
we're Communist workers among the strikers and
union men. An occasional banner or pacard was
to be seen. Near the end Of the parade YVES one
entire division with many manners, shouting slo-
gans, singing songs, etc. Here were to be found
members of the Unemployment Councils, Young
Communist League, Communist Party as we'll as
other workers. The local A. F. OF L. officials were
outmaneuvered. They first said absolutely no par
hcipation. When this didn't get such welcome
they proposed this division lineup on a specific
street and then join, although they tried to then
surround the division in order to isolate and sep
arate it, To their dismay these Central Labor Union
officials discovered too late that the street where
the division in which the Communists were greatest
had to wait was precisely one that every parti-
cipant in the parade had to pass and thus thew
read the banners and Joined in shouting slogans
Immediately prior to the parade the Electrical
Workers Union met and this time Bennett and
Myers told the men they had q 20 per cent increase
in wages and other concessions regarding working
conditions and union preference in hiring Not
Woro was SAID ABOUT no participation in general
strike After stiff battle with the supposed -to-be
general strike secretary, Myers, leading the fight
for acceptance, this bride was put over by a ma
jority vote. The newspapers Immediately got out
special editions for the parade, announcing VIC
tory for electricians and no general strike.
Huge Parade
Nearly 1900 participated in the parade, with
up to $4,000 at the mass demonstration at the con-
clusion OF the parade. The front of the Memorial
Hall, where the strikers headquarters was located
was used as speakers stand. L. Aubrey was chair
men. Speakers included Taylor special representa-
tive & Wn. Green; Thos. Ramsey. Of Auto-Lite;
Kohl, international organizer OF butchers Union w
Gunthrop. editor of Union Leader and member of
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THE GREAT TOLEDO STRIKE

This is part of series of articles for the Daily
Worker. The series will he followed by an article
in the July COMNTUNISTD
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-20
$4,000 Voters
ForLightfOot,
Negro Leader
Chicago COmmunist
Polls Large Vote for
Assembly
lDalIy worker Midwest Rursaul

CHICAGO. June 17-Three years
Of battling in the ranks Of the
working class. three years of heroic
leadership Of struggles Of the un-
employed and the Negro people
have won Claude Lightfoot the re-
spect and love of thousands Of Chi
eeEo workers.
Tnirty-three thousand votes we're
cast for this militant young Negro
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08
To Meet On Shoe
Elections Tonight
Objection Committee to
Check Candidates

NEW YoRK.-I'he Omitted g1nos
and Leather WorkerS' Onion an-
nounced yesterday that an members
who wish to register objections
against candidates In the coming
elections must register sans when
the candidates appear before the
Objection COMMITTEES.
Candidates viii appear before tins
committee at the following places:
Candidates running for the she's
department viii appear before the
committee on Thursday evening ct
pm. in the headquarters Of the
union, IT Fifth Ave-, N. Y.
Candidates for ths sIlrGe1 de-
partment will appear on Friday,
March 9, at 8 pm. at union head
quarters.
StiLchdown candidates win ap-
pear on Saturday, March 10, at 2
pm. at union headquarters.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08
BY II. PUR0
Part III

NF COURSE the remedy for solving
" the problem Of winning the toll
ing farmers is not just putting the
Party forward mechanically. The
question cannot be solved as simply
as that.
Many problems are related to
this. We must first of all make
clear to ourselves what categories
of the rural population we aim to
win. Here the first attention should
be given to the work among the
agricultural laborerS, organizing
them into the revolutionary unions
and leading their struggles. A good
beginning has been made already
in this respect in some parts of the
country California and Colorado,
while in the other parts of the
country this work has been entirely
neglected (around the big industrial
cities, where there are tens Of
thousands of agricultural workers..
Organization and political educa-
ton of the agricultural workers will
greatly strengthen the proletarian
leadership of the farmers move
ment, creating at the same time a
bridge between the industrial pro-
letariat in the cities and the toiling
farmers in the countryside. We
must more clearly place our main
efforts to win over the semi
proletarian, poor and small farmers,
especially Negro share troopers and
tenants and to make every effort
to overcome race prejudice among
the poor white farmers in the South,
winning them into joint struggles
with the Negroes, against the most
vicious robbery and oppression of
the Southern white landlords and
capitalists. All this emphasis on
these most exploited sections of the
farmers should not let us forget,
however, that, due to special condi-
tons in the United States, due to
the extreme depth of the prolonged
agrarian crisis and the extreme
robbery of finance capital and its
agencies, that the situation is very
favorable for us for winning over
large sections of impoverished
middle farmers into comm o n
struggles with the poor and small
farmers under the leadership of the
Communist Party. Therefore, while
our program must be based pri-
marily upon the needs Of the poor
and small farmers, we muse in
clude in our program those de-
nnands Of the middle farmers that
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08
Farm Work in Pre-Convention Discussion
Put For,Oard Party Program in Agrarima York

strata Of unorganized farmers and
the members Of old line organi2a-
tons into united action. We must
discuss the role of the left wing
Omitted Farmers League and Or
ganizations close to it, in these
united front struggles. We must
relate our experiences in farmers
strikes and other struggles. In the
organizational questions, too, it is
necessary to overcome right devia-
tons which tend to abandon the
conscious role of leadership of the
Communist and revolutionary left
wing, and also to compact against
left sectarian narrowness and isola-
ton from the great masses of the
toiling farmers.
Build the Party
Finally, the systematic building of
the Party in the farm communi-
ties must be done at an accelerated
rate. The Party must carry on
active election CAMPAIGNS among the
farmers in coming elections. The
most class conscious clements among
the agricultural workers. share
troopers, poor and small farmers,
and the most militant middle farm
ers, must be recruited into the
Party. And if Communists actively
lead the struggles of the toiling
farmers for their everyday de
mands, if the Psrty's revolutionary
program is thoroughly explained to
them, there will be no difficulties
in getting them into the Party. In
fact, we are receiving more and
more questions from the militant
farmers and their wives, as to "how
can become a good Communist? ?"
What is the program of the Com
munist Party for the farmers?" etc.
For guaranteeing the correct, eff
ficient leadership of the Party in
the farmers struggles and over
coming the tagging behind the rural
masses, it is necessary to take note
Of the resolution of the 18th meet
ing of the Central Committee, which
says: THE work in the rural dis
tricts must henceforth receive the
attention Of the Party in every dis
trict."
All these and many other ques-
lions related to our agrarian work
must be thoroughly discussed by
every leading committee, units and
fractions. Discussion must have in
view the working out a program fol
every locality, section and district
and enriching the material for the
national agrarian program of oul
Party
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are not in contradiction with the
interests of the workers and poor
farmers.
Against Capitalist Landlords
1t is necessary to carry forward
sharp class struggle in the country
side against the capitalist elements
rich farmers and landlords. In
order to fight against the develop
ment of the fascist movement,
which seeks especially its support
from the countryside. 1t is neces-
sary to fight hard against social
fascist and bourgeois influence to-
day and undermine their support
among the toiling farmers.
In order to infuse strong prole-
tartan theology and proletarian
hegemony in the farmers move
Inent systematic intercourse through
joint actions, meetings, exchange of
delegations, demonstrations and
struggles of the workers In the
cities and the farmers in the coun-
trySide, shall be more and more
developed. Joint actions on the G..
w. A. jobs, in the relief struggles
(hunger marches) joint demon
strations, etc, farmers assistance
to striking workers, workers sup
port Of farmers strikes, ETC., should
be developed and organized.
A great interest among the toll
ing farmers for the struggle against
war and for the defense of the
Soviet Union has been demon
strated in connection with the
American Congress Against War
and the convention Of the Friends
of the Soviet Union, at both con-
ventions Of which farmers sent
large delegations. However, we
should not underestimate what ef-
feet war hysteria, beclouded by
demagogic patriotism and the prom
Uses of returning prosperity" can
have in the countryside, especially
among the youth and among those
sections of the farmers, whom our
revolutionary work has not yet
penetrated. Therefore, we must
carry on systematic work against
imperialist war in the countryside
connecting this question with the
everyday activities for the imme-
date economic demands of the
toiling farmers, showing them con-
cretely that war can bring only adj
ditional burdens and more misery
upon the toiling population, as the
present crisis demonstrates. Draw
ing into the movement of women
and farm youth is of the utmost
Importance both from the point OF
view Of effective struggle against
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the war as well as from the point
of view of the preparation of the
actual war situation.
A program of action of the Party
must be crystallized around the
slogan of the complete cancellation
of the debts of the poor, small and
middle farmers, both mortgages,
rents and taxes. This demand has
already assumed a wide support
among the most militant sections
Of the farmers. 1t must be widely
popularized and concrete united
mass actions organized around it.
In the South we must more def
initely put forward the demand OF
the land for sharecroppers and
tenants, raising the question Of the
confiscation Of the land of the big
landlords and it's division to the
poor landless tanners.
Revolutionary Way Out
In addition to the immediate de-
mands our Party must put forward
its revolutionary program, point
ing out that the way out of
the present industrial and agrarian
crisis is the proletarian revolution
carried out under the leadership OF
the revolutionary proletsriat in al
lance with the toiling farmers that
finally and completely liberatss the
toilers. Explaining the achieve
mentS of the Soviet Union, we can
demonstrate concretely to the debt
ridden and impoverished majority
of the American farmers as to what
the Soviet power will be able to
give them in this country We must
show that in contradiction to the
so-called capitalist democracy and
the fascist dictatorship of the rul-
ing class, the Soviet power is the
state form of the revolutionary
democratic dictatorship Of the pro-
letariat and the peasants, it is
democracy for the toilers, but stern
dictatorship against the exploiters.
Quotation from 18th Plenum thesis
of E. C. C. t.
In the last period we have over
come much of The organizations.
confusion that was characteristic Of
our work in the first period. How
ever, by the discussion of our or
ganizational problems we mus
achieve further clarity on them
We must discuss how to carry or
effective work in old line or.
CARNATIONS, agricultural marketing
cooperatives. How to organizs
Farmers Committees Of Action
How to make them the greatest
weapons Of united front struggles
drawing through them the widesl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08
Two Laundries Strike
For Increased Paw

NEW YORK.-The workers Of
two laundries, the Independent, 36I
Herzl st., and the Great Laundry,
400 Junius St., both in Brooklyn.
are striking for increased wages and
the 40-hour week.
Max Cohen, manager of the indie
pendent, brutally beat two girl
strikers. Through the use Of police
the bosses of the Great Laundry are
trying to bring in scabs, but the
girls are determined that they will
not let the scabs in the plant.
The drivers, who we're on strike
and settled last Friday, are now
wearing union buttons, and the
union leaders are attempting 10
make the public think that there is
no strike.
To take up important questions
concerning the drivers the Laun-
dry Workers Industrial Union is
calling q mass meeting tonight at
Hunts Point Palace. Southern Blvd.
and 163rd st., Bronx.
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President Will Not
Order Hours Cut
Or Pay Increased
(C0ntinned from Page u

trusts in the country, Il was ~
yGaled here today.
Johnson'S declaration that there
would be no reduction in hours c.
dered In the codes, but that each
boss will have his code taken no
separately, with due consideration
to his needs, shows that the 90
called 30-hour Connery Bill was also
passed to suit the needs Of Roose-
velt's campaign Of demagogy.
Arriving Unexpectedly at the czn-
ployment section of the conference,
General johnson said that code
authorities were falling down on Ehs
job, and that unless they get buS
IN. r. A. Is going to be the woEsE
flop in the world"
He then made clear the govern
ment's position of hours, putting
forward the suggestion" that hours
be reduced 10 per cent but making
1t clear that no industry would be
held to that requirement..
Confronted with the growinx
strike wave, Roosevelt made the
longest and most demagogic speech
since he assumed the presidency at
the code hearings, in order to stem
the rising struggles. The whole
capitalist press featured his speech
as a promise Of lower hours and
higher wages. 1t now turns out
that this is not at all Roosevelt's
intention, but that he proposes to
leave these "details" to the good
wishes Of the bosses, who definitely
say they will not lower hours and
will not increase wages.