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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-10
.MichiganPlans
Mass Eviction
ofUnemployed
Relief Administration
Will Force Migration
of 100000

LANSING, Mich, Sept. 9-Mass
eviction of more than 10000 FAM
lilies comprising approximately 300
600 men, women and childfsn-from
what are termed "unprofitable"
mining and farm areas to places
where they can earn their own liv-
ing, is planr.2d by the Michigan
Relief Administration. Where the
families were to go was not am
nounced.
This migration is the only posi-
bility for permanent relief for more
than third of the Michigan FAM
lilies now listed in the Chronic"
class, said Dr.. William Haber, State
Relief Administrator. Most of these,
he said, were in the mining area
of the upper peninsula. One-hslf
of the population of 20o,o 600 in the
upper peninsula is now on relief
rolls.
With the copper miners must go
the farmers who are living on the
cut-over wastes Of the northern part
of the lower peninsula.
Evidently not considering the
question of unemployment ihsur-
ance as an alternative, Haber stated,
II realize that moving these people
is the most difficult course, but at
the same time it seems feasible"
What the 10000 families thought
of the feasibility or desirability of
the plan was not stated.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-10
Socialist Club
to Sing at C.P.
Celebration

NEWARK, N. j., sept. 9-The So
cialist Liedertafl of Newark, a Ger
man workers singing society, will
take an active part in the fifteenth
anniversary celebration of The Com
munist Party to be held at the Y. M
H. A., High and West Kinney
Streets, on Sept. 26.
Announcement that the organiza-
ton would take an active part in
the celebration came in the form
of an answer to the invitation Of
the Communist Party. The letter
stated:
Dear Comrades:
1--WE thank you for the invitation
to your anniversary. We decided
last night to take an active part in
it, but 1t will be late when we will
appear, as we have very impor-
tant rehearsal on the very same
evening.
I'VE will come as early as pos
sible.
''We wish you success.
"Yours,
"SOZIALISTSfIE LTEDERTAFEL
NEWARK,
paul Engel, Secretary"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-10
A. F. L. Ranks Rally to SUPPORT Textile Strike

Workers, who have declared a strike
only after the insistent pressure of
the membership compelled them to
do so, and who seek today to turn
the strikers demands over to arbi-
tration. These same off1cials who
are at the helm of the strike we're
the ones who helped to draw UP
the slave textile code of the MIRA,
which, as the first code, set the
precedent for driving down the
standard of living of the American
workers to coolie wages. 1t was
this code, agreed to by the German
Mcmahon leadership in secret con-
ferences with the employers and
the government officials, which
paved the way for the i1ihuman
stretch-out, for the reduction of the
skilled workers wages to the mini
mum level, for gross discrimination
against Negro workers, for increased
unemployment for widespread COM
pany unionism in the textile in
dustry.
ut must be remembered that the
N.R.A. Beard in the cotton industry
succeeded in preventing a general
strike in June by getting the Cor
Mcmahon leadership to agree
to IS per cent cut in production
which sleshed Is per cent of the
wages. The present textile strike
arises out of the demands of the
stubborn determination of the rank
and file Of the textile workers. 1t
is not Germans strike; it is the
strike of hundreds of thousands of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-10

textile workers who are resorting to
their most powerful weapon, after
months Of false promises, trickery
and delays. which have served to
intensity their hardships and suf-
fering.
Lesson of San Francisco
1.-THE rank and file of the textile
workers must be warned to resist
any repetition of the action taken
in the San Francisco general strike,
when the reactionary officials, after
gaining control of the strike ma
chinery, proceeded to lead it to a
quick surrender. Like them, Cor
man wants to make it easier for the
MIRA. to step in and break the
strike which it could not prevent
That is why he has raised the cry
Of reds so persistently. just as
was done in San Francisco, the UT
w. chiefs hope to confuse and divide
the workers and create the basis for
driving out the most active militant
workers fighting in the interests OF
the strikers demands. With the
most courageous workers who cease
les5ly expose their strikebreaking
maneuvers removed, they will pro-
cesd to defeat the textil workers
struggle.
1.-THE A. F. of L. Committee has
issued a call to all its affiliated local
unions and supporters within the A
F. of L. to help bring this great
strike to victory. The rank and filt
of the A. F. of L. know that VIC
tory for the textile workers will
mean improved wage standards fol
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-10
Mill Bosses
Have New Plan
to Kill Strike
Especial TO the Daily worker

PAWTUCKET, r. L, Sept. g.
PaWtucket silk manufacturer Hertz
and Morgan Company, informed
workers today that they, and four
other small silk manufacturers,
Kahn, Cadillac, Russak and Taylor,
whose striking workers belong to the
American Independent Textile
Workers Union, are considering
granting all demands on the basis
of recognition of the Independent
Union instead of U. T. w.
This is an obvious union splitting
move and a false promise made in
order to start a stampede of work
efs when mills open perhaps Mon
day. Although small, these mills
are strategic because workers there
led all other workers in militancy
in past strikes.
Some leaders of the Independent
Union are consciously fostering this
strike-breaking move because of an
antagonism against the U. T. W.,
which ignores the Independent
Unions and their 700 members.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-10

practice of ignoring the specific
wage and Homage differential de-
mands in addition to adding the
totally new provision for arbitra-
ton, something not authorized by
the U. T. w. convention.
Our strike demands" German
listed as:
First: We demand recognition
of the union, the U. T. w, and the
right to collective bargaining.
Second: We demand reduc-
ton of the work week to 80 hours.
Third; We demand that there
be no reduction in the weekly wage,
SO that our pay shall be the same
for 80 hours that it has been for
40 hours. When we know that the
average wage today is less than $40
per week, that demand seems mod
crate indeed. Under this heading
there must be protection for wages
in the higher brackets.
Fourth: We demand that the
stretch-out be abolished. We have
plan designed to meet this prob
lem and lift the load from the
backs of the workers"
Not Against COde''-Gorman
Germans conclusion repeated the
U. T. W. contention that I'VE did
not strike against the code or
against the government. We are
Americans and we think we know
W h a t constitutes Amerieanism.
Americanism does not mean shoot
ing workers in the back and that
is what has been done by the hire
lings of the employers"
The plan to give the Winant
Board prestige among the broad
mass of the textile workers was
followed yesterday. German radioed:
I'VE have met the Board. 1t Is
composed of high minded men .
mo reaction from the employers
has been received as yet on last
nights arbitration proposal" Cor
man said. He added that he had
no appointment with the Winsnt
Board today. I'VE left with the I'M
derstanding that we'll keep in touch
From press reports I understand
that Sloan meets with the Board
Tuesday. No, there has been no
response from the President. We
simply notified him of our pro-
posal."
Financial Aid Planned
Officials of many A. F. of L. In
ternational Unions meet here this
week TO consider extending financial
assistance to the U. T. w. The
chances for such action are gener-
ally considered here to be good.
Concerning the possibility of the
A. F. of L. calling a general strike,
however, Germans Friday state
ment that "the general STRIKERS out.
I'm a textile worker" after his
previous announcement clearly in
timating that consideration of call
ing a general strike was in the wind,
makes it clear that William Green
is in the U. T. w. saddle. German,
after the talking-to Green gave him,
has dropped the general strike like
hot coal.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-10
1000 Hear BrOWder
Assail Red Scare
Continued from Page y

the speakers pointed out, the A. F.
of L. union had turned down this
proposal made by the National Tex
tile Union local. To insure the VIC
tory of the strike the meeting
Numbered its approval Of the other
demands of the speakers for no re-
turn to work under the mediation,
Cancellation and arbitration pro-
posals, but to continue the strike
until the demands of the national
convention of the United Textile
Union and the local demands are
met in all sections in fill.
The meeting adopted strong pro-
test kilograms against the murder
of strikers and pickets in the South
on Thursday and Friday. The tele-
grams, sent to Roosevelt and to the
governors in the Southern States,
demanded immediate withdrawal Of
troops from the strike area. Other
resolutions called upon all workers
and workers organizations to de-
velop solidarity actions with the
strikers.
Brcwder Scores Red Scare
The assembled workers were es-
pecially responsive to PROVIDERS ex-
posture of the red" scare, which he
characterized as an attempt to
danpen the militancy Of the strik-
ers. He pointed out that this at
tempt to frighten the strikers with
a red scare is an example of the
bosses fear of the growing mill
fancy of the working class.
Great applause greeted Browder
when he said that the worker need
not be afraid of the strike appear
ing red" THE more red it APP
pears the quicker the bosses will
grant the demands" he declared.
All the speakers pointed out that
the Communist election campaign
is not something apart from this
strike. BY the constant fight of the
Communist Party for the immediate
demands of the workers, this strike
is thus a part of the Communist
Party's fight to improve the condi-
tons of the working class generally.
A greatly increased vote for the
Communist Party candidates, the
speakers pointed out, will be the
greatest guarantee against further
wage reductions and further stretch
out for the textile workers, and for
improved working conditions for
the working class generally.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-10
WOOdWOrkers
Push Plan for
National Unity
Natl Furniture Workers
and ALL. Affiliate
Sign Agreement

NEW YORK-Unity among wood
workers is being steadily pushed as
d result Of the agreement reached
Friday between the international
Woodcarvers' Association of Amer
lea, affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor, and the Ma
tionsl Furniture workers Industrial
Union, joint announcement OF
both organizations states.
Following continued efforts Of the
Industrial Union to create a tinted
front Of workers in all sections of
the industry, preparatory to a ma
tioh-Wide strike for improvement Of
conditions, the NF.WI.U.'s New
York local made a joint agreement
with the corresponding local Of the
A. F. Of L. Woodearvefs' Union.
This agreement was endorsed by
national representatives Of both or
CARNATIONS at Fridays meeting and
statement advising all locals Of
both organizations to enter into sim
liar agreements was signed by all
participants at the meeting.
Present at the meeting were:
Henry G. Bamberg, General
Secretary, IWC.A.; l. o III S
Sc horpp, Deputy, Zone 2,
I.W.C.A.; A. Kish, Executive
Board Member, IW.C.A.j Will
liam Betsch, Business Agent,
N. Y. Branch, I.W.C.A.; M. Per-
low, Member General Executive
Board, N.F.WIU.; M. Pier, Ma
tional Organizer, NF.WI.U.; A.
Overgaard, Representative, G.EB.,
N.F.WI.U.
The agreement, which was COM
nunicated to all the lower organ
1zations of both unions, follows:
1. To endorse the joint agree
nient already worked out by the
New York Local of the National
Furniture Workers Industrial
Union and the New York Branch
Of the International Woodearvers'
Association.
2. To advise all branches and
locals in the cities where the
Furniture Workers Industrial
Union has control of the shops
where woo6carve<s are also ill.,
volved, to establish the same
form Of joint agreement in lire
with the SPECIFIC local conditions
existing.
3. In such cities, also, joint com
mittees to Immediately work out
the details Of such agreements.
4. Both organizations agree TO
publish the agreement entered
into in New York, between the
two organizations.
5. A subcommittee Of two, one
from each organization, to work
out and formulate a national
agreement which shall be sub
nitted tt both national bodies for
ratification.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-10
Grew Gives Causes
OF Sea Tragedy
Continued from Page y

the failure of many passengers tx
be aroused.
Despite the fact that the com
pany is attempting to gag the sea-
men, a number of the men came te
the offices of the Marine Workers
Industrial Union, at 14O Broao
Street and related details of the
disaster.
The men told Roy Hudson, ma
tional secretary of the union, bit
terly of the two-watch system and
the spsed-up.
The men also charged that many
of the passengers were drunk.
Hudson Hits Sabotage" Charge
The charge that sabotage" BIZ
members of the crew was respon-
sible for the disaster, Hudson told
the Daily Worker yesterday, was
fantastic" He continued;
"The charge that there was
Sabotage and that the fire was
of 'ineendiary origin is a pal
pable lie, a fantastic story, in
tended to shift the blame for the
tragedy from the shoulders Of the
cornpany-where it properly be-
longs onto that of the crew. 1t
is, furthermore, a vile attempt to
pin this holocaust on to the crew
which is organizing against the
miserable conditions that are
characteristic of the Ward Line.
The Marine Workers Industrial
Union is carrying on its own in
vestigation and will bring further
details to public attention
shortly"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-10

Sof Labor leaders, Boris Shiskin M2d
Dave Williams, terminating the
Ifour-week walkout of 8,7O0 men from
the Mellon plants.
The agreement" considered q
bare-faced sellout by the workers
sends the men back to work With.
out a single demand granted. Ths
so-called agreement" which Shis.
kin, Williams and Co. are supposed
to have effected with the company
consists Of a written statement,
signed by the president ana secre-
tary Of the Aluminium Company.
reiterating the companys former
position in regard to empleye-fela~
tionships-which ignores the de-
fnands of the workers and A. r. Of
L. leaders alike, and, not even
deigning to mention the name Of
the union, thumbs AndrEW Mel
Ions nose at the National Alum
mum Workers Council.
New Kensington, Arnold, and Lo-
gans Ferry aluminium workers heard
Dave Williams read the agreement
at meeting OF the local union at
2 pm. yesterday and left the hall
dissatisfied and resentful, conscious
that their strike had been betrayed.
No Vote Taken
No vote was taken of the Union
membership, either accepting or re-
jecting the settlement" the work
ers simply being ordered to return
to work tomorrow morning.
Greeted by booS from some Of the
workers present, Williams tried to
make the bitter pill easier to swal-
low by declaring that the checkoff.
one OF the central demands of the
workers, would have been no good
for the men even if granted.
In addition to the cheekoff; other
demands were for: An average ST
per week increase in wages; a 500
minimum wage per hour; recogni-
ton Of the Union in writing plus
a signed contract; abolition Of
Mort h-South diffefentials; and
seniority rights. The settlement"
does not mention any of these ex-
cept seniority, which the company
agrees to recognize after all other
standards for Judging a worker
have been first applied.
Picket lines were abolished at the
direction of traitorous union heads
at pm. this afternoon.
Paul Hewlett, president of the
New Kensington local, who had
frequently declared he would not
see the workers return without a
written, approved agreement with
the company, gave his sanction to
the strikebreaking order.
Threaten to Outlaw Strike
A. F. Of L. leaders had made it
painfully clear to the aluminium
workers that if they did not return
to work the federation would "out-
law the strike and withdraw all
support"
Although the general resentment
Of the workers Kept deepening as
the meeting progressed and the
bra5efitless of the sellout became
clear. very little opposition to the
settlement and officials was voiced
from the floor.
One worker said afterward,
though that "the A. F. Of L. is
through for good in this town." the
March strike having been betrayed
in much similar fashion.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-10
Larger Hall Is Chosen
For Hathaway Banquet
In Br'klyn on Friday

NEW YORK-The committee ar
ranging the election banquet to be
held on Friday for C. A. Hathaway,
editor of the Daily Worker and
Communist Party Congressional
candidate, has announced that the
event will be held in the Royal Pal
ace, 1918 Manhattan Ave, Brook
Ign, instead of at the Crystal Palace
as originally announced. The change
was made necessary by the growing
demand for reservations. All reser-
vationS should be made at once at
81 Graham Avenue.
Among those organizations which
have already reserved places for
large groups of their membership,
are the International Workers
Order, the Bridge Plaza Workers
Club, the Alteration Painters Union,
the Council of Working Glass
Women.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-10
German Proposals
Resented in South
CONTINUED from Page y


Grooge, while speaking to the 10000
strikers assembled at the funeral
of the six slain strikers at Honea
Path, repeatedly urged the listeners
to pin faith on the man in the
White House and went at great
length in his praise Of Miss Francis
Perkins, Secretary Of Labor.
In an interview with the press
last night in G-eenville, Peel and
Grooge stated that more mills
would strike on Monday and char
acterized the prediction of George
Sloan, textile manufacturers repre-
sentative, that mills will reopen to-
morrow as erroneous and mis-
leading"
There will be more mills out on
Monday than closed on Thursday"
Peel declared, and added that this
would be brought about because of
the murders committed by hired
thugs and gunner of the manufac-
turers posing as deputy sheriffs."
Commenting on Governor Black
woods threat to arrest all persons
who assemble at union meetings or
on picket lines in South Carolina on
charges of unlawful assembly, Peel
said that there had been mo I'M
lawful asSeinblages" and that the
union would continue peaceful
picketing." 4.
The workers are enthused and
aroused and ready to mass on the
picket lines and continue the flying
squad activities tomorrow. They
are sceptical about pinning their
faith on the Roosevelt Board as
some leaders have advised. They
correctly see the arbitration move
as a trick to break the strike. 1t
is clear that Mr.. German will have
considerable difficulty in convincing
the workers of the Carolinas to
place their hard-fought strike into
the hands of the three representa-
tives of big business who compose
the Roosevelt Board.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-10

ers' demonstrating in England,
France, the Soviet Union, and the
United States for the liberation of
Thaelmann, taken in some in
stances at the risk Of the photog-
raphers' lives.
Thaelmann, framed for his anti
Nazi activities, is scheduled to be
one of the first victims of Hitler's
Peoples Court" He was to be tried
July 2, 1884 Only the mass pres
sure exerted by workers all over
the world prevented the Nazis from
legally numbering him at that time.
No word has been received from
Thaelmann since June 30, 1884.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-10
.FWIU Assails
Police Raid on
Headquarters
ALL. and Employers
Responsible, Furriers'
Union Charges
See Editorial on Page g.

NEW YORK-An official protest
to Mayor LaGuardia and Police
Commissioner Organ against the
invasion and arbitrary search OF
the offices of the Fur Workers In
dustrial Union last Thursday will
be made today, officers of the union
announced. The union is being
supported in its protest by the
American Civil Liberties Union and
the International Labor Defense.
A dozen detectives from the
Alien Squad and the Both st. Police
Station, headed by Detective-Lieu-
tenant McDermott comprised the
raiding party. Despite the fact that
no search warrant was produced, the
police broke locks on desks, pried
into pigeon holes, carrying off pa
pers and written complaints Of fur
fiers. Fifteen workers present in
the mall were arrested, six of whom
were later released.
Louis B. Boudin, attorney for the
union, arrived during the raid and
protested very vigorously to the Of
ficers without avail.
Coming on the heels of the an
nouncement of a contract signed by
the union and the New York Fur
Trimming Manufacturers Associa-
ton, in which important conces-
sions were made to the fur workers
after a three week strike, the raid
was undoubtedly instigated by
chiefs of the moribund American
Federation of Labor union in the
industry and certain employers
leaders of the F. w. I. U. charged
in statement yesterday.
The statement follows:
THE Needle Trades Workers In
dustrial Union considers this illegal
and unwarranted raid upon the Of
fices of the union, and the illegal
search as an attempt to intimldate
the members of the union. This
raid came at a time when the Fur
Workers Industrial Union carried
through a successful strike and con-
Guided an agreement with the New
York Fur Trimming Manufacturers
Association in which the union is
fully recognized, and the workers
granted important concessions. We
shall and will be able to prove that
this raid is a result Of insSigatior
on the part of employers who have
not yet recognized the union, ant
officials of the A. F. of L. whc
seek to compel the workers to be.
long to their organization.
Our union is taking up thi
matter with the Civil Libertie
Union and with the international
Labor Defense in order to lodge al
official protest to the Mayor anc
to the police commissioner ageins
this unwarranted and illegal raic
and search"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-10
Cleveland to Observe
18th Birthday of C.P.
With Meeting Sept. 30

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. g.
Cleveland workers will celebrate the
fifteenth anniversary Of the Com
munist Party, U. S. A., at mass
meeting in the Metropolitan The
atre, SOLO Euclid Avenue, on Sun
day evening, Sept. 80, at 1880 o'clock.
Party leaders of national inpor-
lance will review the history Of the
organizations leadership in working
class struggles.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-10
Police Attack Bathrobe
W orkers Picketing Shop

NEW YORK Police with drawn
guns attacked a picket line Of
striking bathrobe workers in front
Of the Van Baalen Bathrobe Com
pany, 126 w. 26th st., Friday, and
arrested John Cureo, member of
the Bathrobe Workers Industrial
Union, and assaulted several others.
Ben Stallman, organizer of the
union, was assaulted for the second
time by four gangsters who attacked
him as he was leaving the subway
station last Thursday night. In
spite of the terror, mass picketing
is continuing at all struck shops.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-10

These pictures of Thaelmann in
the forefront of the fight against
war and fascism and the srade
union movement will soon be shown
in New York City for the first time
since they we're taken.
The film is issued by the Thael-
mann Liberation Committee thru
the Office Of the American League
Against War and Fascisfn.
1t is at present in the form of
individual shots of Thaelmann up
to the time he was imprisoned by
Hitler in 1888 when the Nazis took
power It will be assembled here
and will include pictures of work