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The daily worker., 1934-04-28
Wages Immensely Increased in Chinese Soviet Area
Austrian e.. p.
wsRapidly;.
S. p. Men Join
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Over in Groups;
,Jeer DOllfuss

VIENNA, (By Mai) The
working class population of
Austria is seething with
hatred of the Dollfuss regime
which finds expression in
open actions and demOnstra-
tions against the fascist government
and in rapidly growing recruiting
to the Austrian Communist Party.
A report has been received from
Klagenfurt by the c. c. of the c. P.
A: I'VE can scarcely cope with the
press Of organization and consulta-
tions, and with dealing with the
many applications for member
ship.
From Cruz; Rapid strides are
being made. Both in the town and
the suburbs Republican Guards are
coming over to us. All the cells have
new members. Here we are on the
road to mass Party.
In MuerZzuschlag a group Of Re-
publican Guards have come over to
the c. P.
In Uttendorf (Salzburg) a social
democratic group and a number of
non-Party workers have joined the
@. P. A.
In Graz over 100 workers visited
the graves of the victims who fell
in the February uprising.
At Villach, whilst a patriotic dem
onstration was being addressed by
Dollfuss. Communists distributed a
leaflet and thousands Of handbills
Whilst the patriotic procession was
being formed, shouts of Red Front"
were suddenly heard. The wireless
broadcast Of the demonstration was
interrupted by workman, who
broke the contact When Dollfuss
commenced his speech, many work.
ers standing near him shouted.
"Shsmel Down with Dollfuss!" At
noon group of Communists sang
the "International' in one of the
most crowded streets, before the eyes
Of Federal army soldiers.
At Ezensee a demonstration was
organized in the main square, and
the International" sung. Before the
police appeared, the demonstrators
had vanished. The workers were
enthusiastic at the successful dem
onstration.
At Landshron (Carnithia) the un-
employed demonstrated for imme-
diate and more frequent aid from
the Winter Relief. The Mayor un-
dertook to get this demand granted.
The daily worker., 1934-04-28

States and bring back to their sisters program
Of real effective struggle against the looming, mur-
derous menaces Of fascism and war
Women Of America. and especially you proe-
tartan women elect your delegates organize and
raise the funds to send them across! 1t is a ques-
ton Of life and death for you and those you love.
Get in touch with the Women's Initiative Com
mittee Of the American League Against War and
Fascism, 1l2 E 10Th St., New York City.
Against War and Fascism. For bread work.
socialism.
For peace!
The daily worker., 1934-04-28
British Communist
Leader Must Face
Trial for 'SeditiOn'
Harry Pollitt Is Held for
jury for Speech at
Hunger March

LONDONDERRY Pollitt, leader
OF the Communist Party of Great
Britain, has been committed at
Pontypridd police court to take his
trial at the Glamorgan assizes at
Swansea Gn June some time)
on charges of uttering seditious
speeches at Trealow and Ferndale
IN February last at the time of the
National Hunger March.
Pollitt, in his defense, submitted
that there was no case to 90 to
trial, declaring:
Il plead not guilty and reserve
my defense. I am aware that I
could give and call evidence, but
am satisfied that politics, not the
law, is the deciding factor and that
those who are prepared to accept
evidence of the kind given in this
case are quite incapable of giving
impartial consideration to the evil
dence called in support Of a Com
muniSt.
Il don't propose, therefore. to
take any further part in these farci-
cal proceedings falsely called JUS
tice, for when any Communist
walks up through the door of a
South Wales police court, justice
flies out of the window"
Pollitt also characterized the case
as "frame-up" and submitted the
police witnesses to shorthand tests
in which they failed.
The daily worker., 1934-04-28

German Socialist leadership laid
down for its trade unions.
The central idea of the law, the
collaboration of leader (employer)
and followers (workers) to further
the purposes of the shop" is already
contained in the Socialist idea of
economic democracy" When the
Social Democratic leaders called on
the workers to Safeguard the in
terests of the firm" they were paw
ing the way for Hitler and his law
to force the workers to safeguard
the interests of the firm" This fas-
cist Towering of Social-Democratic
slogans is one of the clearest proofs
of the correctness of the Commu-
mist term Social-Fascist, applied to
the Socialist leaders.
But while Hitler can command,
he cannot compel Germany's mil
lions Of workers to obey. The ac-
tive resistance to the law has risen
high already, before it is put into
effect.
At a meeting called by the Nazi
shop council in the big Siemens
machine works, one Of the biggest
plants in Germany, the workers
loudly demanded an open discussion
of the labor law from the floor. The
leaders were unable to control the
meeting and hurriedly adjourned it,
And this is only one example of
the stormy response Of the German
workers to the new law.
The daily worker., 1934-04-28
Women and War

THIS July %, just 20 years from the day
/ the first troops Of the World War
marched to the attack with flowers in
their rifle barrels, women from all parts
Of the world will gather in an Interna-
tional Congress in Paris.
1t will be Women's Congress Against
War and Fascsm
Twenty years ago the women like the men, were
not prepared when the imperialist rulers hurled
their sons and husbands against each other They
were not organized; they did not know what to do
Eleven million soldiers died; 80 million we're
wounded And behind the lines countless thou
sands of children and babies were taken to their
graves, pitfu swollen -belied skeletons victims of
hunger and disease. Women tasted unspeakable
misery and death.
Working women. professional women, all wo-
men Of goodwill are determined that they will not
be taken unawares this time
Fascism the grinning, blood stained watchdog
and butcher of decaying capitalism, is raging al
ready in countries; in all capitalist countries
it is preparing feverishly for the assault.
Fascism means misery, and fascism means war.
And fascism aims first Of all against the land
where women and children enjoy liberation, inde-
pendence, security, and opportunity such as women
have never enjoyed in all history before-the Soviet
Union the workers fatherland the land where the
workers and toilers, men and women black white
and yellow, have together thrown off all exploita-
ton and oppression forever.
IT is against the twin nenaces of fascism and war
that from all corners OF the world will
unite to work out program of effective struggle,
in Paris, July % to 30
Among these women from many lands there
must be a strong representation of American wo-
men, women from the industries, from the
shops, the mines the neighborhoods the farms, the
schools, the professions
They must come from all corners of the United
The daily worker., 1934-04-28
May Day>>,The Day of the
Working Class

0N May Day we drop our tools and march
" in the streets.
May Day is our day, the great day of the
international working class, the day when
the workers of the world send their voices
to their class brothers all over the world in mighty
pledges Of proletarian solidarity.
May Day the working class has broken the chains
Of its slavery on more than onesixth Of the worlds
surface in the two fortresses of the world revolu-
ton, the Soviet Union and Soviet China.
In the tomorrow that approaches swiftly we will
break the chains Of capitalist wage slavery all over
the earth
Today the ruling class masters in every coun-
try crack the whips Of hunger.
Today Roosevelt cracks the whip of Wall Street
through the NRA slave codes, through the strike
breaking traps of the NR.A. Labor Boards, through
the police clubs and machine guns Of Ambridge,
Pennsylvania, Paterson, Gallup etc.
Today the capitalist crisis tightens lbs bony t1ng-
ers around the Threats Of the propertyless masses
who must come before the capitalist class that
owns and controls the factories the mines the mills.
But, on May Day, the working class giant that
turns the wheels and belts of the factories raises
its mighty fist in the face Of the capitalist plumber
ers who get fat on the flesh and blood of all who
toll
Into the faces Of the Fascist beasts we fling
our challenged No torture you can invent can
stop the march Of the revolution that will smash
you to pieces!
To the Roosevelt generals who plan imperialist
war we give our answer: If you place guns In
our hands, we will turn them not upon our class
brothers of Japan Soviet China or the Soviet Union,
or Of any country. We will turn them upon you,
the Wall Street war makers in civil for the
smashing of the Wall Street dictatorship and the
setting up of a Workers and Farmers Govern
ment of the u s., a Soviet Amertcal
To the lynchers we say that we will destroy
the foul jn-crow oppression, and break the chains
that bind the Negro people.
To our comrades in Cuba, in the Philippines in
Haiti who feel the iron hand Of Wall Street i'm
perislisrn, clasp hands in common struggle
against our common Wall Street enemy!
Today, we march in the streets of the world
sending TO the very heavens the great battle cry
Of our revolutionary leaders, Marx Enges, Lenin
and Stain; Workers of the World Unite You
have nothing to lose but your chains, and world
to gain!
Fling high the banner Of international sodsr-
ity Long live the advancing proletarian revolu-
tonl Forward to the smashing Of the capitalist
dictatorship! Forward toward Soviet Power, to the
building of Socialism!
The daily worker., 1934-04-28
NeqV Wagner Bill Is Gun At Workers Ribs
Continued from Page y

Continued from Page u
the Dill Bill, has already formul-
ated its compulsory arbitration pro-
gram in the railroad field. Here,
according to Federal Coordinator of
transportation Eastman, if the Ma
tional Adjustment Board created by
the bill, disagrees, "they must call
in neutral member appointed by
the mediation board 10 decide the
Case" neutral, Of course, means an
employer minded person like DR..
Leo Wolman who is opposed to the
use of the strike.
Company Unions Flourish
As in the case of Section TIA
what was announced IS sugar
turned out to be gravel. When the
Blue Eagle was Matched the N. r. A.
was bally-hooed as a new charter
for labor. 1t resulted in a 50 per
cent increase in company unions,
the greatest gain in the history
of the country. The Wagner Bill.
the spearhead of the drive to abort
last months budding automobile
strike, was billed, especially by the
liberal chorus, as the legislative
fiery dragon that would consume
the company unions with one snort
1t revealed itself, as charged from
the beginning by the Communist
Party and the Trade Union Unity
League, as strikebreaker and pro-
tector of company unionism.
The true nature of the Wagner
bill was unfolded during the hear
ingS by both militant labor spokes-
men and frank reactionary employ
ers. Bill Dunno, the representative
OF the T.U. U.U.L., brilliantly analyzed
the bill in his opening remarks be-
fore the Senate Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor. ut is true that
the Wagner Bill has a certain emer-
gency character, but its main pro-
visions are inherent in clause IA of
the National Recovery Act of which
it Is an extension. AS such, the
Wagner bill, under the guise OF
stimulating and increasing the So
called bargaining power of labor or
CARNATIONS, actually diminishes the
power of workers to obtain better
wages and working conditions by
putting still more obstacles in the
way of effective use of the strike
wespon-that is, the ability of labor
organizations to stop production fol
profit by refusal to work until theil
The daily worker., 1934-04-28

demands have been acceded to-"
Dunno declared.
George Powers, representing a
united front steel delegation from
the American Federation of Labor
and the Steel and Metal Workers
Industrial Union at the Sparrows
Point, Maryland, plant of the Beth
lehem Steel Corporation, told the
committee; THE Wagner Bill would
only strengthen company unionism .
Blue Eagle Machine Guns
Pat Cush, President of the S. w.
M I. u, informed the committee
that his union had decreased from
10000 to $4,000 because everywhere
we went to organize, the N.R.A. put
a machine gun muzzle in our face"
He declared that under the NR.A,
code "for the first time" the hard
won right of steel workers to make
their own terms has been handed
over bag and baggage to the Iron
and Steel Institute (the steel mag
mates chief propaganda organ N. R.
A. code authority and trade associa-
tion0"
your organization will not be
affected by the Wagner Bill,
Chairman Walsh told company
union spokesman who had just tes-
titled that his organization elects
company foremen to represent the
workers. This followed a vehement
assertion by Wagner that II have
no objection to the company union
if it is the free choice of workers,
though he knows very well that g
company union and free choice
Of workers are mutually exclusive
The next day Wagner repeated
his promise to employers to re-
draft the measure to suit them bet
ter. He explained to George Ed
monds, President of the Philadel-
phia Chamber of Commerce: q
have always, whenever I spoke
against company unions, said
meant company dominated com.
pany unions. I don't know why
people insist on misquoting me
Whenever I've mentioned the sub.
! ject I have emphasized employer.
dominated company unions. I have
no objections to company unions |.
they are the free choice of the
workers"
In addition to clothing company
unions with legality, the commit.
tee indicated that it will write int
The daily worker., 1934-04-28
Jobless Show Open
Resistance To Nazii
FOrCedLabOr Order

BREMEN, Germany, April a.
indicative of the growing rebellion
among the millions of jobless
against the Hitler Fascist dictator.
snip, not one of the $4,000 Bremen
1ooless stepped forward in answer
to the Nazi call for volunteers" to
go to the Agricultural Labor Camps.
These Labor Camps are one OF
the ways that the Fascist dictator
ship is trying to solve" the unem-
ployment problem. The jobless are
herded into the camps to work
without pay.
The Mayor complains publicly
that the jobless are showing the
greatest stubborness in resistance
to the Fascist DEGREES for the job
less.
The daily worker., 1934-04-28
A Word to First I ime Readers

TO the readers Of this issue-In this special "a
page edition of the Daily Worker you will find
presented not only the historical significance Of
May Day. the great anniversary of militant labor,
born in the struggle for the eght-hour day, but a
clear, concise presentation of the program Of the
Communist Party of which the Daily Worker is
the central organ.
Reading this special issue you will find the Com
munst analysis Of the present economic crisis which
The daily worker., 1934-04-28

has brought hunger and want to millions and their
this crisis
You will want to continue reading this fighting
paper Of the working class You will find the Daily
Worker on newsstands in your CITY, If it is not
available there make enquiries at the headquarters
Of the Communist Party Trade Union Unity League,
the revolutionary trade unions. Or, write direct
to the Daily Worker, 50 E. 18th st. New York City
The daily worker., 1934-04-28
S.P. Trade Union Policy
Permits Big Dividends


STOCKHOLM, April 24.-At the
general meeting of the Boliden
Mining Co. gold, copper, and other
valuable minerals), it was decided
to distribute the usurious dividends
of Is percent, equivalent to clear
profit of 100000 crowns, to the
shareholders.
That such gigantic profits are
possible is due solely to the constant
reductions Of wages and worsening
of working conditions. The Social
Democratic and Brandlerist trade
union leaders have given their con-
sent to all these worsening of wages
and working conditions, using as
a pretext the difficult situation of
the industries" and have thus con-
tributed their part to enabling these
high dividends to be paid.
The daily worker., 1934-04-28

IN May Day we drop our tools and march
" in the streets.
Montana labor news., 1934-04-12

stating that the national labor board
has no authority to hold an election or
to undertake mediation without per-
mission of both sides. Both state
ments were untrue, it was learned at
the national labor board, as President
Roosevelt's executive orders of Feb
ruary specifically outlined the boards
powers to hold elections and to med
late.
Union officers should be willing,
Johnson said, to submit to the auto
companies the names of their mem
bers, as demanded by the Automobile
Chamber Of Commerce and the Natl
Assn. of Manufacturers. The pro-
posed industrial relations board would
serve as a guarantee against dis
charges Of union members, it was
urged.
Cases of discrimination should not
have been submitted to the regional
and national labor boards but to the
auto code authority, which is the no
%toriously anti-union Natl. Auto Cham
Der Of Commerce, the general main
tanned. The chamber is now willing
to have an industrial relations board
with employees on it, he said. Pre-
viously the chamber had offered Karl
J.. zimmerman, government member
of the code authority, a proposal that
the board be composed of five retired
auto employers. The NRA labor adj
visory board refused to approve the
proposal after zimmerman had okohed
it.
The sentiment of the union dele
gates in Washington remains firm
for a strike. Many of them are open
ly critical at continuing conferences
whose only purpose is to delay the
strike and jockey the unions into a
defensive position. If the strike is
postponed a month, the cause Of I'M
ionism in the auto industry may be de-
feated, as the peak season will be
over by then.
Conferences at the White House
late March %, first with a manufac-
turers' committee consisting of Knud-
sen, Chrysler and Nash, and then with
a union committee of three headed by
William Collins, resulted in a report
of progress" 1t was expected that
final conferences March "a would re-
suit in a decision one way or another
IN the issue of early elections to be
held in auto plants.
Montana labor news., 1934-04-12
SHOWS
TRUE COLORS
CRACKS DOWN ON AUTO UNION
ISTS-SIDES WITH AUTO
MANUFACTURERS

WASHINGTON-FP)-Gen John
son, NRA administrator, has finally
Cracked down." But not on General
Motors OF Ford. Instead, in the cru
cial test of the Administrations la
Dor policy, Johnson banged his fist on
the desk and ordered representatives
of General Motors union workers to
call off their projected strike and be
satisfied with a board to review the
discharge of ~unionists.
Echoing the statement of William
S.. Knudsen, executive vice president
of General Motors, that the discharge
of $50 or 200 unionists is nothing
at ALL" Johnson said the unionists
should accept the industrial relations
board he proposed to settle the issue
of discrimination. The former cav
airy officer and anti-union Moline
Pillow Co. boss, reverting true to type,
told the union men they could not
hope for recognition. The auto man.
ufactmers had just been in to see
johnson before the labor delegation
came.
Delegates from Detroit, Flint, Pom
tiac and other G. M. centers, answer
ed Johnson's f%ist-pounding ultimatum
with the same kind of language. At
one time ten delegates were on their
feet shouting defiance into the face
of the ~gin-soaked administrator of
MIRA.
From his office they proceeded to
the White House, where honey was
substituted for vinegar. The dele
gates were introduced to Pres. Roose-
welt, %whereupon half of them left, Is
remaining to present their grievances.
That done, they too, withdrew, leav-
ing to Pres. Green of the A. F. of
L., William Collins, his organizer in
Detroit, and two other union rep
resentatives the discussion of propo-
sails for calling off the strike. After
the discussion had ended, Pres. Green
announced that they had had a "pleas-
ing and most interesting conference"
and that Substantial progress" was
being made.
On March 20, further conference
was held with Gen. johnson and his
labor assistant, Edward F. McGrady.
An immediate election in auto plants
to determine whether the workers
want the company union or the real
union was the final word put up to
johnson. The NRA administrator took
up the cudgels for the auto bosses by
Montana labor news., 1934-04-12
MINIMUM WAGE
SET in THE OIL
INDUSTRY

the
approval of the petroleum labor pol
icy board, Secretary of the Interior
Harold Ickes, the oil administrator,
has fixed slips an hour as the mini
mum wage for rotary tool drillers,
and 75c for their helpers. Cable tool
drillers' minimum was set at 81 an
hour with 81 lie for their helpers.
Present wages above the minimums
cannot be reduced, Ickes rules.
Magnolia Petroleum, a Standard
Oil subsidiary in the Texas field, has
accepted the petroleum labor policy
boards ruling that company unions
cannot represent employees who desire
other representation. A majority Of
Magnolia workers in a Fort Worth
plant asked for representation by the
Oil Field, Gas Well and Refinery
Workers union, an A. F. of L. af-
filiate.
Seniority rights for employees Of
the Phillips Petroleum Co.. in East
st. Louis, ILL.,, are upheld by the la
Dor board which has outlined a policy
of adjusting disputes. Upon failure
Of the company and labor representa-
tives to settle a controversy, the u.
S. labor departments Cancellation serY-
ice is to be called in, with right of
final appeal to the petroleum labor
policy board.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-26
OF RAILROAD AND
 FAMILY HERE
H. A. Scandrett, Head of Chicago, Milwaukee, with
 Wife and Son on Tour

H. A. Scandrett, President of the Chicago Milwaukee Railroad, Mrs. Scandrett and their four year-old son Skipper" are making a vacation tour of Alaska and passed through Juneau on the steamer Yukon last evening. They expect to leave the steamer at Seward and make a leisurely trip to Fairbanks on a special car of the Alaska Railroad with stops along the way for trout fishing
 This is the first trip MT. and Mrs. Scandrett have made to AL aska and both declared that it made a perfect vacation while the beauty of the scenery exceeded all expectations. They expect to spend a day or two in Fairbanks and return south on the next south bound sailing of the Aleutian. Weather has been perfect the en- tire trip and is delightfully."- cool after the heat near Evanston, H. llnois where they make their home, they said.
 Mrs. Scandrett is particularly interested in the towns and at. tractive homes of the Alaska peo-' pie while her husband is looking forward with interest to travelling on the Alaska Railroad as well as making good catch or trout while in the Territory. Young Skipper has been fascinated by the totem poles seen in the coast towns and thinks he might like to live in Wrangell where they abound. He is under the charge of Miss Eva Schmidder, nurse, who is accompanying the party.
 While they were in Juneau MT. and Mrs Scandrett made the Gray Line trip to Mendenhall Glacier and called informally on Gov. John w. Troy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-26

weather Bureau. This, he said, has been curtailed during the past year, but air transportation has been increasing. Both the Signal Corps and the Weather Bureau have reduced operations in that time. During his study of condi- tions, he flew more than 2,O00 miles north of the Arctic Circle alone.
 Program Is Complete
 Chairman Goddard of the Fleet Entertainment Committee reported the program is virtually complete. The committee will meet at Bailey's Cafe at noon tomorrow to wind up last minute details.
 A tent information booth, equip ped with telephone service, will be put up on the dock tomorrow for the convenience of the divisions personnel. Courtesy cards to be displayed by autoists who can take visitors on trips out Glacier High way will be furnished by the Chamber. They can be obtained from Miss Caroline Todd at the Tourist Information Booth.