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MFRRTCK. ELSIE MAY-Beloved vile OF

MthhIV n, ELoIt WI -beIVEtV WWg OF
Charles S Merrick. daughter Of Mrs.
P fs1an6f F o Rosde PARK I' passed
away Tuesday. July 81. at Frankfort,
Ind Funeral from the residence. 100
Berkev road Friday, p m Friends
NAV call AZ the residence after p. m.
Thursday. Burial Grown Hill SHIRLEY
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FLORY. ROBERT Entered into rest
Tuesday As y m. age wears. be-
loved son Of Willard and Ella Mae
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LORS. 2050 z Michigan ST.. 3 ? m.
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HAWKINS, MAMIE Entered into rest
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LEARY, ELLEN Passed away Aug 2 30
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Charles. Frank, JoNn. Anna Marguerite.
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OLIN Err. JOHN SAMIEL-Z80b UheSTeTl
beloved father OF Jesse J. Oliver and
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and Mrs. w. A. Braden of Anderson
and brother of Jesse J. oliver Of Shaw
nee. Okla. and Andrew J. Oliver OF
Chicago. departed this life Wednesday.
age 80 years. Funeral Saturday, Aug,
4 230 p m. al THE MOORE AND
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Rmrlal Grown HllL- FrinndS invited
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REED. CHARLES JR.-Little son OF MI.
and Mrs Charles Reed. passed away
Wednesday morning. age months. Fu-
dence OF grandmother. 1924 w Michigan
st Friends invited. Burial Holy Cross,
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-02
2 Districts, Nem Jersey and
Nebraska Hold Contention

Among the workers from the
shops were seven textile workers,
seven metal workers, and six who
are active in the American Fedora
ton Of Labor. The composition of
the convention, according to all re-
prts, was great improvement over
ports was great improvement over
which was held in July, 1892.
Discuss Silk Strike Lessons
Thirty-one comrades participated
in the discussion. In addition to the
report of the district organizer,
there was a special youth report
The convention discussion centered
around the lessons of the general
silk dye strike in Paterson the prob
lens of concentration, the growth
of fascist organizations and how to
combat them, and the politicaliza-
ton Of the work Of the Party units
and committees.
The achievements noted In the
district were especially in the silk
dye concentration in Paterson as
the basis for the leadership in the
strike, the development Of the united
front from below in the struggles
of the silk workers, the increased
recruiting and Party growth, espe-
cially in the Paterson, Hudson
County and Newark sections; the
consolidation of the Party in this
district and the growth of the num-
Der of shop nuclei, the marked i'm
provement in the composition of
the new recruits in the Party, par
ticularly workers from the shops,
textile and metal workers and mem
bers of the A. F. of L.
The weaknesses stressed were par
ticularly the failure to follow a
consistent and firm policy of con-
centration, especially in the steel
and metal industry; the failure to
develop a broad rank and file OPP
position movement within the A. F.
Of L. textile union; the high fluctua-
ton in Party membership, the slow
reaction to political events, weak
nesses in the development of new
forces in various sections.
The discussion on Negro work and
the struggle against white chauy-
inism was an important part of the
convention
The convention elected a district
committee of II members, and a
Bureau of seven, to guide the
Party's activities in the New Jersey
district during the coming period.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-02
Continued from page 81

under the guarantees given General
johnson to the employers: "Their
interests are your interests"
The Wagner Bill fits perfectly in
to this mosaic. The bill itself is
combination Of the Lenieux Act
of Canda and the Watson Parker
Railway Act. The watson Parker
Act features Of the Wagner Bill,
with the Watson Parker law fea-
lures bulwarked by the Emergency
Railway Act, were noted by Otto
Boyer, former efficiency union ex-
pert for the Baltimore and Ohio
Railway and now labor expert for
Railroad Co-Ordinator Eastman. in
his testimony here. He said, ac-
cording to the press, that the Wag-
ner Bill contains no new or I'M
tried provisions-only the amplifi-
cation Of labor provisions of the
Emergency Railway Act of last
June which, he said, has operated
to prevent unfair labor practices.
Our definition of unfair labor
practices" and those of Mr.. Otto
Boyer, and Of the Wagner Bill, diff
fer widely. What is the present
status of railway workers who have
been under the beneflcent influ-
ence Of the Watson Parker Law
and the Emergency Railway Act
since May, 1925? The railway mag
mates are loud in their claims that
railway workers have received only
a 10 per cent wage reduction dur
ing the crisis. This is formally true.
But what has become of Spproxi-
mately 100000 railway workers
formerly employed? Around August
Of last year, for the first time since
1888, there were less than 1000, 600
railway workers employed o,a the
railway systems of the United
States. Between 100000 and 1,0OO.-
600 railway workers had been
squeezed out of the industry by
labor displacing machinery, ne W
equipment, speed-up and the de-
crease in traffic.
According to Mr.. Otto Boyer. and
the provisions of the Wagner BilA
and its precursor, the RailwaS(
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-02
Foes of Negro
Masses Active
in Their Ranks
BY ]. ]. SOLVENT

As A delegate to the Party con-
n yention of District IS, came
away feeling that the discussion was
a splendid one, many problems were
made clearer and I had a distinct
feeling that there would be very
good turn in our work IN the dis
trict.
I thought that the comrade from
the Central Committee made a very
brilliant analysis and returned home
with more clarity and confidence
than ever before.
While walking home with the sec
ton organizer, we noticed a string
Of about 40 buses from New York
and New Jersey and we proceeded
to find out why they came to
Bridgeport and where. We found
the place and soon learned that
there was a Father Devine meeting
going on. We stayed while, look
ing around to see if we could find
our Negro comrades and Sympa-
thizers among the audience of four
hundred Negroes and a few whites.
Meanwhile we spoke to some of
the people there and in response to
our questions as to why they came
to Bridgeport, We got the answer
that wherever Father DeVine was
they would come. This clearly in
dictated that this movement had a
tremendous influence on the Negro
masses.
In t4e discussion at the conven-
ton, .sshe Negro problem, of course,
was discussed at great length. But
no Bne mentioned the enemies of
the Negro within their ranks. How
eel We hope TO win the Negro
n Uses, if we do not combat such
ii HuenceS as the Father Devine
Movement and others like it. We
mast not only fight the white land
lokds and imperialists who exploit
arp crush the Negro masses, but the
RI ormists snd revivalists and the
ca eitalists within the ranks of the
Nesroes.
Were it not for the fact that we
acCddently walked by this Father
Dev he meeting, we would not have
real4ed the size and the rapid
growth Of this movement. OF course,
we here in Bridgeport are going to
take np 5his problem seriously and
plan ~ assign forces to concentrate
on HRgro work taking into consider
stiiSr, not only the enemies from
W shout, but also from within.
Because these problems that /
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-02
Aim Of Wagner Bill Is to Weaken
Workers Struggle, Bill Dunno Shows

Labor Act the railway companies
had been prevented from INDUCING
in unfair labor practices, but they
have destroyed the labor market for
this vast army Of railway workers.
The figures in the monthly bulletin
OF the Department Of Labor for
February of this year fully confirm
this statement. The records Of the
hearings On the Black Bill also con=
firm it. Neither has the watson
Parker law prevented the MAIN
tenance of company unions. VIII
liam z Foster in pamphlet writ
ten in 1927 on the Watson Parker
Law, accurately predicted this de-
velopment.
In regard to the operations Of the
Lemieux Act, one should start with
the question: Why, if laws provid-
ing for collective bargaining be-
tive n workers and employers
through arbitration, Cancellation
and government supervision, have
been in existence for 81 years in
cs'NA"Nto, anu bilcoS iIltbSuI6S w AL
workers what their proponents
claim, are not the wages, working
and social conditions Of Canadian
workers far above those of Aneri-
can workers. They are not, but In
some cases are lower. The answer
is, OF course, that these measures
are not introduced to strengthen
workers organizations but to inn
pede, confuse and weaken them.
AS business agent of Local 213
OF the Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers in Vancouver, British Co
lumbia., as an officer of the VAN
couver Trades and Labor Council,
as a president for three terms
OF the British Columbia Federation
OF Labor, and later as -presi-
dent of the Pacific District Council
OF the International Brotherhood
OF Electrical Workers for the Pa
cific Coast District, which included
British Columbia, had much ex-
perience with the operation of the
industrial disputes act, called for
short the Lemieux Act by those who
favor it, and the Lemon Act" By
labor.
To he Continued TonorramA
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-02
By HERBERT BENJAMIN


UTHEN the Civil Works program
" was launched, We correctly rec
opnized that this would serve to pro-
vide us with the possibility Of reach
ing and Organizing large bodies OF
workers many Of whom We were pre-
viously unable to reach. We also con-
sidered the possibility that because
of the bourgeois propaganda and
consequent prejudice among some OF
the workers, there may be instances
where these workers although will
ing to organize would not yet De
ready to affiliate to the Unemploy-
ment Council. We, therefore, warned
against infexibility in this respect.
We directed our comrades not to
permit this issue to become a break
ing point between us and the work
ers on these jobs. But we failed at
the same time to stress that our OBJ
ieotive must be to as quickly as
possible bring these workers into the
general united front movement
against unemployment (the Unem-
ployment Council. This was en-
tirely avoided in the practice Of our
organizations in many cenbeFs les
pecially New York..
Instead, our comrades Of the IN
employment Councils proceeded to
put on various political DISCUSSES and
to make virtue of nonaf6liation
and relationship with the Unen-
ployment Council. Independent or
CARNATIONS were built up in the
various, and sometimes in the same
localities sometimes even on the
same Jobs since workers on the same
Job sometimes lived in different 10
calities and neighborhoOds) Then,
when it became necessary to bring
these organizations together for
united action with each other and
with the unemployed who were or
gained in the Unemployment
Councils, we had to begin to speak
for and in the name Of the organ
ization whose face we had concealed
because by implication we agreed
that 1t was not united-front mass
organization, but q RED" or Com
munist organization.
Why should such tactic be nee
essary? Here were several million
workers affected by a common prob
lem The Federal government was
establishing q nationwide system
Of relief work which at the same
time concerned the workers of the
entire country, those who got the
jobs and those who remained I'M
employed. The temporary character
of these jobs; the wage-rates, and
all other general conditions were be-
ing determined in Washington for
all the workers. Why then shall we
not at least try, even while our best
approach may be on the basis of a
concrete grievance on a given job or
locality, to organize these workers
under a single national leadership?
Why not make clear from the out
set the common interests of those
who get the Jobs and those who re-
main unemployed? Why not ex-
plain to these workers the role of
the Unemployment Council and the
fact that it is the National move
ment through which they can bs
most effectively united with C.W.A
and unemployed workers in other
sections of the country?
TO TIE failure to do these things,
we can attribute the fact that we
have not been able to develop suf-
1lcient resistance to the present pro-
gram for the liquidation of the
C.W.A. jobs. This also has weakened
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-02
Fusion Deals on Top
WeakenUn Front
AFLOppositionWork
Lew Political Level of Fractions Often Loses the
Leadership of Rank and File Spontaneous
Resentment Against Bureaucracy

slight extent to which the work has
developed in New York shows that
there is arising a new and fresh
army Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of
the growing struggles in various 10
Gals, a corps of leaders able to win
and already winning the confidence
of the membership What is nee
esSary is to give confidence to these
leaders that they are able to main
tain leadership and to strengthen
them politically We must not kill
the initiative for struggle by posing
the question Of objective as that of
building the red trade unions This
is particularly the case with Ger
tain comrades leading the work in
the needle trades.
PROFESSIONALLY the rank and
v file oppositions must fight
against discrimination Of red trade
union members by the joint effort
of manufacturers, A. F. Of l. lead
ers. Lovestoneites in sCane unions
and Socialists. But this is to be
accomplished through the fight for
the immediate burning needs of the
A. F. of L. rank and file And
through this struggle the Commu-
nists must Fevolutionize the rank
and file, bringing them ever nearer
to the program of and into the
ranks Of the Party.
Not only must this struggle be
oriented to the shops, to the Job.
1t is the task of the rank and file.
and especially of the Communists
in the A. r. of L. rank and file
movement to organize the opposition
movement in the decisive industries
Of American capitalism: marine,
metal, mining, transport and rail-
road opposition work. which is led
by the Railroad Unity movement).
1t is particularly in these industries
where we find that the racketeering
bureaucracy rules with a mailed fist
in order to smash the living stand
ards of the membership and pre-
vent their struggles against the
bosses. The officials know very we'll
the need for protecting the biggest
imperialists. They know very well
that struggles for improving condi-
tions by the workers in these in
dustries would result in dealing
smashing blows against the rule Of
finance capital in the q. S.
In spite of steps taken in the
direction Of carrying through the
decisive work, some of the chief
tasks confronting the A. F., Of l..
opposition work in New York are
as follows: y Concentration in the
basic ndustries-marine and metal
p Capitalization Of the fractions.
81 The setting up of collective
leadership which viii engage &C
lively on all fronts. A. Re-orient-
ing the work Of the oppositions and
local unions following the opposition
line towards the shops. s. Winning
over the Jim-Crow and mixed locals
to the program of the opposition
center. 81 The building Of Commu-
mist shop nuclei and the mass re-
cruitment into the Party as q result
Of the work of the Communists in
the A. F. of L.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-02

satisfactory rate of progress. The
work is better planned and exc
cuted than before, but there is still
too large a gap between correct de-
cision and fulfillment.
among the unemployed youth as
well as starting some work among
the young steel workers of Republic.
All units have been visited by Blu
reau representatives and have dis
cussed the District Plenum, the 18th
Plenum Of the G. I. and the draft
resolution of the Eighth National
Convention Of our Party, discussing
especially in relation 10 the prob
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-02

"Only the Communist Party if it really is the
guard of the revolutionary class if contains all the
best representatives of that class if consists of fully
class conscious and devoted Communists, educated and
hardened by the experience of stubborn revolutionary
struggle if this Party has managed to link itself in
separately with the whole life of it's class and through
this class with the whole of the of the exploited
and if it can Undue this class and these masses with
complete confidence-ony such Party is capable of
leading the proetarat in the most ruthless, determined
and final struggle against al the forces of capitalism
"On the other hand only under the leadership of
such Party the proletarat develop the whole
might of its revolutionary onslaught"
From the Resolution Of the Second Congress
of the Communist International
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-02

BY bringing out clearly and
sharply the class program Of the
S.M.WIU we have decisively de-
feated reactionary elements who
tried TO turn the National Sanitary
Local (Salem) of the SMWIU.
into an independent union. We can
also record new life IN the She
nango-Penn local in Shsrpsviile,
where the men are getting ready for
a fight for higher wages and a
union agreement.
But as for the main question, ac-
tual building of the union in Re
public, we must record entirely un-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-02

raise were left out of the discussion
at our district convention and be-
cause there is a possibility that
other districts do not pay serious
attention 20 these problems, I bring
it to the attention of the Party
through the Daily Worker
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-02

Reports Of two noteworthy and
enthusiastic district conventions of
the Communist Party come from
two districts as far from each other
as Omaha, Neb. District 10, and
Newark, N. J. District 1D, pointing
to definite nationwide advance in
the spirit of the Communist Party
on the eve Of its Eight National
Convention, which opens in Cleve-
land today.
The Omaha convention, held last
weekend, according to one delegate,
was the best one ever held in our
district The discussion was better
than we've ever had at any plenum
or district committee meeting. Prae-
tically all Of the comrades in their
discussion were concrete and spe-
cific.
Fifteen elected delegates were
present" this delegate reports fur
Their, "snd 40 invited comrades. The
average age of the delegates was 3S
years, and the average length of
time ia the Party was nine months.
The average length Of time in the
Party of both the delegates and the
invited comrades was twenty and a
half months.
FOHr Farmer Delegates
-Four of the delegates were farm
ers; three were packing house work
ers employed in the district concen-
trating plants in Omaha. One dele
gate was a miner from Arkansas,
seven others were unemployed or
CWA workers. There were four
Negro delegates and one farm work
err"
The discussion centered about the
concentration industry Of packing
in which much progress is expected
within the next period. Three dele
gates were chosen from this district
convention to attend the Eight Ma
tional Convention of the Communist
Party IN Cleveland.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-02
New Jersey Convention

The New Jersey District Conven-
ton, held on the same week end,
was attended by 80 regular and 81
fraternal delegates, with Max Be-
dacht present as the representative
of the Central Committee of the c..
P.U.SA. OF the regular delegates,
five were Negroes, II workers from
shops, II unemployed, II function
aries and one housewife.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-17
ROOSEVELT ATTACKS
POLITIC0-LAWYERS
President Hits Prostituting
of Party Positions.
BIZ Unitcd Press

BY tHifCd Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17-Presi-
dent Roosevelt struck sharply today
against the custom of national COM
mitteemen establishing themselves
as lawyers in the shadow of the
Capitol.
The President is opposed to the
practice. it was revealed at the
White House. This revelation came
close upon the action of Interior
Secretary Harold L. Ickes in for
bidding certain well known lobbyists
to ply their trade with persons in
his department.
The Presidents attitude became
known in response to questions to-
day. There has been much gossip
and some newspaper comment on
the activity of politico-lawyers in this
administration, although the custom
of practicing law here has not been
expanded since the Democrats came
into power. Republican politico-
lawyers also frequently have offered
their legal talents in the capital
Mr.. Roosevelt feels that it is not
quite in accordance. with the. spirit of
the administration for any persons
holding high party place, such as
membership on the national COM
mittee. to make a livelihood prac-
ticing law here if there is any dis
position for the lawyer to present
himself as having back door access
TO the government.