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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26
Lewis Acts as
Speed-up Agent
For Coal Bosses
Miners Must Produce
1912 Pc. More or
Be Fired
BY ANNA ROCHESTER

WHEN the president of the
" United Mine Workers opened
his successful drive for shorter hours
at the February. conferences for the
renewal of the Appalachian wage
agreements he held out to the
doubling employers the promise
that the reduction in the length Of
the working day would entail
neither decrease in efficacy nor in
productivity.
The implication was plain that
labor could mine as much coal in
seven hours as had been produced
heretofore in eight hours. This Is
by no means inconceivable, and
members of Mr., Lewis organization
clearly owe it to their union to
redeem the pledge of their chief
tain" Goal Age, May, 1884. Our
emphasis.-Ed)
So that is what Mr.. Lewis prom
ised in those private conferences
with the coal operators, when no
rank-snd-f1le miners were present
that the miners would speed UP
to produce as much coal in seven
hours as they formerly produced in
eight This would be q 1914 per
cent increase in the speed-up.
That the operators will try 10
force miners to carry out Mr. Lewis
promise of speeding-up. is clear
from editorials and articles in Coal
Age. In an editorial on schedule
ing" for efficiency, this trade Jour-
nal advises:
"Set a day. set an hour-that Is
the basis of efficiency. BY changing
the force, work to be speeded can
be brought to conform to schedule.
if the boss knows Just what the job
takes with a normal force"
Does this advice mean the firing
of older miners who cannot keep
the pace? Changing the force"
to conform to schedule" clearly in
wolves the firing of slower workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26

on the picket line, the mass soil
darity movement of the workers in
Buffalo in support of the striking
aeroplane workers, all these are in
dications of the new stage of the
struggle.
The workers of Toledo have also
shown that there are abundant
methods for the carrying on of the
struggle. Not only have they de-
veloped militant mass picket lines
but they we're able through their
siege of the plant to drive out the
scabs.
The new stage of the struggle,
the growing stubbornness Of the
workers, their courage and self
sacrifice can be seen from the fact
that neither the police, the armed
company thugs cg even the Ma
tional Guard could succeed in
breaking the spirit of the workers
and their resistance.
Open Government Attacks
With the sharpening of the
oruggle the bosses and the gov
eminent are throwing off all their
democratic pretense and making
open war on the workers. The
steel trust already in the most pro-
voking manner, full of contempt for
the workers, relying on the armed
force of the government announces
that it will deal only with the COM
pany unions. President Roosevelt
and his lieutenants openly side with
the bosses. The. A. F. of L, leaders
are doing nothing to prevent the
slaughter of men and women who
are fighting for their elementary
rights, who resist the attacks of the
master class. The bosses and the
government are preparing new and
more brutal attacks on the workers.
Brothers! We must organize
OUR forces to meet this attack.
Every struggle of the workers must
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26

to assist you in making
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chaser; and his supervi-
sion as to details concern.
ing customers desires.
5 The Jack6n Clothing Co.
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since it was Of fundamental sig
nificance," that he succeeded in
bringing delegates, including one
unemployed representative, Mr.. VIM,
Truax, president of the Ohio
League. TruaX did not attend the
unemployed sub conference, and
wants no united front" The pro-
posals of the Unemployment Coun-
Gil we're endorsed by the Congress
This is the shifting, sabotaging
history of the Musteite leaders.
Not single united front action
have they accepted or proposed.
Every step in the direction of
unity they have ejected-although
every move towards the united
front and unity was forced on
them by their rank and file in
fluenced by the Unemployment
Council. Not a single step have
they taken in support of. the Work
ers Bill, although 1000 locals of
the A. F. Of L. have endorsed it.
Only in Allentown have the
League locals endorsed the bill.
Have we nonetheless succeeded in
unifying the ranks Of the NC. and
U.CL.? We have in part, !.
In the state of Washington, the
Unempi@red Citizens League is
affiliated to the National Unem-
nioyment Council. In Columbus,
Ohio. the movement away from
.the U.C.L. to the U.C. is growing
rapidiy. In AlleThany County
Pittsburgh, several locals Of tte
U,C.L., formerly under the influ-
erce of the Mvst>it~~. 80 --o~lSirc
closely with th~ NC. r',a r.
mainder are under the control of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26
The Struggle for United Movement of the Unemployed
Billie ENTIRE MASS PRESSURE OF JOBLESS


the Socialist Lieberman. In Salem,
Ohio, where Musteite in charge
was working in the city hall and
was denounced by the members of
the U.C.L. as stoolpigeon, the To-
cal affiliated to the U.C. after ex-
neIling this man, In Newton Falls,
Ohio, the U.C.L. affiliated to the
NC.
Why have the U.CL. organiza-
tions transferred their Affiliations?
Because the rank and file which
wants unity see their leaders sabo-
tagging and betraying unity
socialists-Workers Committee
Chicago. The history of the
united front of the Unemployed
Council with the Workers Commit
tee is no longer. Before october,
1882. the NC. delegates had to fight
their way into conference of the
Workers Committee and we're seated
by the vote of the rank and file at
the convention. Borders, a leading
Socialist, was against their admit
tance. but finding that the rank
and file was defeating him in all
proposals-when he even challenged
the position of the Communist
Party, which won the applause of
the workers-he left the convention
Result. splendid united front with
out Borders, with $4,000 participat-
ing in a united march through the
Loop. Then continued the sabotage
by Borders and the central commit
tee. A policy Of terror and threat
ened expulsion against locals favor
ing the united front was launched,
Result: Several units of the Work
ers Committee are continually in
united front with the U.C. in strug-
gle.
New York. The Workers Commit
tee formed occasional united fronts
with the NC and other unenploy-
ed organizations. The latter we're
the Workers League controlled by
the old guard-Hillquit faction of
the S.P); and the Workers Unenl-
ployed Association controlled by
the .Lovestonites). These two or
carnations have merged with the
Workers Committee into the Work
ers Unemployed Union. The policy
of the leaders of the Unemployed
Union was expressed in the expul-
sion of two locals for united front
action with the NC. They now
threaten the expulsion of two more
locals.
Hartford, Conn. Workers Unem-
ployed Association, controlled by So
cialists and Lovestonites. The lead
ers threaten with expulsion any
worker proposing the united front.
United front formed nonetheless: a
group sent a delegation to the Ma
t;onal Convention against Uncm-
nlovment in Washington, Feb. 3-5,
1924.
We fon, u. G. Wasl' on
Tenants Unemployed League $50
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26
Growing Demand for
Unity in Action in
LongshOre Strikes
West Coast Strike Is Coastwise Strike in Spite of
Maneuvers of LILA. Leaders to
Divide Port Locals

terror, arTesting Al picketS in two
hours, and using the relief system
to get scabs. The scabs were over
whelmingly white, and this fact dis
heartened the striking Negroes to
the point where they decided to re-
turn to work till they could get
better organization and support
from other workers.
7. L. A. officials are In the habit
of saying that Negroes will scab on
you" when their white members
want to strike. In Boston, the Urban
League Negro Retormists) openly
threatened to duplicate the attitude
of the white charity racketeers in
Norfolk, and urge Negroes to scab
if the white longshoremen there
went on strike
No better example could be Of
fered of the tactics of reformists,
NegrH and white, in splitting the
working class in the interests of the
bosses, and rousing race hatred by
their tactics. The I. L. A. and the
Urban League belong in the same
category of enemies of the working
class.
What Are Our Tasks for the Future?
The M. w. I. o. has issued a call
for a national United Action Con-
ference to be held September /. In
the meantime a Gulf Coast confer
ence and a Pacific Coast Conference
will be held, to take up the problems
of those two coasts, prior to the
national meeting.
A few months ago, even members
Of the union thought the M. W. I. U.
slogan Prepare for National and
Coastal actions" was premature
thought it mere dream. Today
the perspective for such action is
clearer.
Every member of the M. W. I. u.
and every member of the rank and
f1el opposition groups in the other
marine unions must work toward
the goal of these conferences, to-
ward building up rank and file
groups on the docks, toward build
ing rank and file groups in the
locals of the I. S. U. and I. L. A.. tc
give mass base to these confer
ences, and to crystalline the demand
for National Wage Scale, and ma
tional working conditions, and ma.
tional action to win them.
These goals can only be attained
by raising struggles on the Job tc
higher levels, by Increasing the
number and size of actions on ship,
and docks, by building to the ma
tional struggle through company
strikes, and coastal strikes.
Organize for action to win the
NJ. w. I. U. code.
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gram. The result: the Socialists
withdrew. and an Eastern and a
Western Regional Committee we're
formed on paper. In Eastern
Pennsylvania, where the Musteite
Briere was in charge, it was sabo-
tagged, In Western Pennsylvania,
as a result of the united front, the
Musteite mckinney controlled To-
Gals Of the UCL. were expelled
by the Socialist Uieberlnan) con-
trolled central committee. Did the
Mckinney locals join the U.S.p To
be sure not-they formed another
small unemployed organization. Let
this end the first phase of our his
tory. Adopted at the convention we're
resolutions for the united front and
unity. The Workers Unemploy-
nent and Social Insurance Bill was
endorsed.
Columbus, July At, 1933.-Ohio
State and National Unemployed
League conventions. Both conven-
tions adopted the proposals of the
delegation of the Unemployment
Council for united front and unity.
At this convention, the Ohio
League announced a statewide
strike on August /. The Unem-
ployed Council pledged full cooper
alton on the basis of the united
front. The strike was called with
out the NC. being informed. It
was called off on July 29-and never
resumed-except in Toledo where
on AUGUST the NC. took the lead.
built the united front with the U.
CT. and conducted successful
strike.
cEPTEMBER, 19S3.-Another ae-
v ton in Columbus Ohio. The
NC. learned about it by chance
and demanded a united front. The
NC. worked out demands, which
were amended by the U,CL. leaders
-Ramuglio and Johnson. and ae-
cepted as joint proposals. Together
they went to the city central of
the U.C.L. There Ramuglio stated
that they were proposals of the NC.
and then proceeded to denounce the
NC. as Communists who never
keep their promises" He denounced
the proposals and they were re-
jected by the U.CL
Trade Union Conference for
United Action against NRA, Au-
gust 1921, 1888, Cleveland. The
united front, unity, Workers Bill
were proposed by the Unemplov-
ment Council: the Musteites pro-
posed nothing. The NC. proposals
were unanimously adopted by the
unemployed ub-conference and by
the main conference.
Congress AGAINST War and Fas-
cism, Sept 29.-Oct. ], 1888, N. Y.
City. The united front and unity
wcro endorsed, (Muste, who was
inst''7 arrangements committee of
th- C-~9ress. ~--~ - 'i7i7et.c-
ally interested in the Congress
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26
BY I AMTER,

bN L fALFl
National Secretary, Unemployment
Councils
IN NO section of the working
L class movement is there
greater eagerness for uni
ty than among the rank and
file of the unemployed. The
unemployed realize that they
depend for the realization of
their demands on mass pressure.
The demand for unity of the I'M
employed has been voiced at all
conferences and conventions, no
matter of what organization. If
brought forward by the leaders of
the refornist organizations, it is
due to- the rank and file.
Why then is there not unity?
Why is it possible for leaders and
organizations committed to unity
to prevent the unity which the
rank and file demand?
Obstacles to Unity
The Unemployment Council was
the first organization in the field.
With the deepening of the crisis,
the Socialists and Musteites en-
tered the field, not to build up one
unified movement, but to split it.
Taking cognizance of the existence
of more than one organization, the
Unemployment Council continued
to struggle to unity the unemployed
movement.
1t is necessary to examine what
have been the chief obstacles to
unity
The principal reasons are: y
sabotage Of unity decisions by the
leaders of the Unemployed Citi-
Gems Leagues tMusteites) and
Workers Committees Socialists
srd Lovestonites) p Insufficient
drive into the locals of these or
carnations to build the united
front and unity over the heads
of these treacherous, sabotaging
leaders.
Let us look at history to prove
these assertions.
Musteites-Unemployed Citizens
League
Pennsylvania. Convention of the
Unemployed Citizens League and
Pennsylvania Federation (Socialist)
in Harrisburg in the Spring of
1888. The Unemployment Councils
were not invited. Three days be-
fore the convention, Music called
the writer and another com~ade
to his office to confer with him
and Budenz as to whether it would
be possible for the Unemployment
to get delegates to the Har-
risburg convention to save Muste's
neck from the Socialists, who prob
ably MIGHT outnumher his dele
gates. The u. c. delegates we're
elected by locals in every
1art of the state. They were the
arrest group in tae convc~4 on.
oning forward with the only pro-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26

THE battles of the last few
L days in Toledo and Min
neapolis show that the work.
ers will not take the attacks
of the capitalists lying down.
These heroic battles in the
face of the most unprece-
dented use of open terror against
the workers can be seen also in the
struggles of the Negro and white coal
miners, iron ore miners and long
shoremen of Alabama, Texas and
New Orleans. This same spirit was
shown by the striking marine work.
ers on the West Coast, by the
fighting aeroplane workers in Buff
falo and in many other strikes.
The strike struggles now taking
place. which are characterized by
the killing and wounding Of dozens
of workers by the capitalists and
their government, and by the cour-
age and bravery on the part of
the workingmen and working
women, are being fought on issues
that are of immediate concern to
every worker.
These issues are the right to
organize and join unions of the
workers choice against the fas-
cist company unions, for living
wage, for the right to strike and
picket, and against compulsory
arbitration.
Strikes in Face Of A. F. Of l..
Leaders
The majority of these strikers,
who are organized in the A. F. of l.
unions, are carrying on their mill
tant battles for the right of all the
laboring masses over the heads of
the A. ?. of L. bureaucrats who did
everything possible to break up the
ranks of the workers. These A. F.
of L. misleaders tried to demoralize
the workers and have helped to lay
the basis for the now most brazen
and cynical attacks of the capital
lists through their whole class col
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26
Foster In TU.U.L Call, Urges United Aid Toledo Strikers
NeW Jersey Relief
Applications Soar

NEWARK, N. j., May "a
Relief cases showed a marked in
crease in New Jersey from March
to April according to an an
nouncement by the P. E. r. A,
The following statistics on the
larger cities give an indication Of
the situation as it stood last
month At this time it is APP
parent that relief cases are con-
tinuing although the figures will
not be available until ext
month.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26
Heroic Strikes Directed
Against NRA, Terror
of Government

The Trade Union, Unity League,
through William 2. Foster, Ma
tiOnal Secretary, has called for
united struggle in support of the
Toledo and Minneapolis strikers
in a statement issued yesterday.
The statement calls for a united
struggle for the right to organize,
against company unions, against
the attacks on the living stand
ards of the workers, and against
the bloody capitalist terror, The
statement follows in full:
To all Trade Unionists Orga-
nized in the A. F. of L., 7.
U. U. L. and Independent
Unions.
To all Workers.
Brothers:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26
A BROAD STATEMENT
from the President Of
JAG KFIN CO.

For many years, the Jack6n
Clothing Co. has manufac-
tured fine clothing for men
selling as a wholesaler to the
better class stores through
out the country, also, cater
ing direct to the consumer
of good taste.
Under the n. R. A. clothing
code, the practice of selling
wholesale and retail is being
forbidden. Therefore, the
JackGn Clothing Co. en-
barks upon a new policy.
Commencing this day our
doors are open to the public.
Manufacturing on its prem
ises its traditional quality
clothing for public con-
sumption only. To carry out
this course of action, the
JackGn Clothing Co. is now
located at 91-93 Fifth Ave.
Because of this advantage
Gus location it being the
center of the wholesale
clothing market-we are in
a position to select the finest
woolens and trimmings that
go into good clothes :. at
prices decidedly favorable
to the public. The consumer
therefore, will benefit by
purchasing clothing direct
from this large establish
'ment at astonishingly
low prices.
These services and price
policies are made possible
because
| We were fortunate in OBJ
tanning these new quarters
at an incredibly low rental.
2 As manufacturers. selling
direct to the public, we
are operating only on a
manufacturers profit.
3 Our trained staff is ready
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Evening star., 1934-08-28
STATIONS TO GET
Flight SOUVENIRS
N. b. C.. Will Thank Broad
Gas. ers in ID Cities for Aid
Stratosphere Hop.

~ Ado stations in IA mid
~ western cities will receive this
in week rom George McElrath,
N. 3 G.. operations engineer,
stuvtrirs of the recent Ma
tional GaogI lliic Society Army Air
Corps stratoiphere flight and letters
thank lg then for cooperation in the
broadc asts.
Spet lal eqli 1ment was installed by
each Il thest stations at points out
side lei.' cities in order that mes
sages from he balloon might be
picked up with maximum strength
and ilaved to the networks in the
event The BIZ Tag drifted toward the
statior S palrcular area or landed
tnear s city
Every tlay curing the five weeks of
prepar ati,n ,cr the flight IA stations
conducted tess with the N. B. G.
camp at the stratoSphere bowl near
RAPID City, :, Oak. Here equipment
ident al with that used in the bal
loon vas set up under McElrath's su-
pervGion. The stations, through the
tests, were able to adjust their re-
ceivirE equipment so that messages
from the str # of1yers could be brought
In CLEARLY al c completely.
The stations which aided in making
the 1hghi BIC adcast one of the out
standL1e radi1 features of the year
were RFYR, Bismark, N. Oak;
WDAY, Fargo, N. OAK; WHO-WOC
and 3Sc', res Moines, Iowa; WREN
and WTAF, Kansas City; KWCR,
Cedsi Rapids, Iowa: WLW, Cincinnati;
KOA Denver; KSTP, Minneapolis;
WIKI, Oklahoma City; WOW, Omaha;
WSN, Nashville, and KWK, st. Louis
r Ai}oR DAY broadcasts will center
L. mainly en- the addresses Of the
ks eaders Of the labor movement.
Ths n. E. C. chain has scheduled
two talks so far One will be the
wfrl iga SPEECH of William Green,
presi lent of the American Federation
ofrI ahor The same network will
carr, the address, of Frank Morrison.
seere ;ary OF the federation, at Flint,
Mic,
CT cen will be heard again the same
ever nG over Columbia, in a discus
sion Of What the New Deal Has
Dor for Labor"
Ct, ur1iaias special Labor Day broad
cast will be description of the labor
parsie IN Washington.
E1i "
TTInE cast Of "One Mans Family
u 81 dramatic series originating in
the N B. C. San Francisco stu
di0i will receive Radio Stars aware
fer distinguished service to radio
Evening star., 1934-08-28
Consul Is Slugged.

NEW ORLEANS, August 2s CP).-
Rodrigo Anzueto, 26, Guatemalan con-
sui at New Orleans, was slugged over
the head with q pistol in a French
quarter night club here yesterday. Po-
lice arrested James Anselmo, 81, an
ex-puglist. Oficers said the consul had
been warned by Anselmo to refrain
from asserted loud laughter during the
floor show Anzuetto said he did not
understand the ex-pugilist.
Evening star., 1934-08-28
MAJOR FEATURES AND PROGRAM NOTES.

Friml operetta based on THE Squaw
Man." will be the Theater of the Air
presentation over wRC at 9. Gladys
Swarthout and John Barclay will
have the leading roles.
Isidor Philip, head Of the piano
department of the Paris Conservatory,
will make his American radio debut
as soloist with the N. 3. c. String
Evening star., 1934-08-28

WIs1, '1J3F and VOL will have
micrullhor ss in front of Secretary of
Tres,nry M:Igenthau tonight at 8
for Ills / ,oa.dcast on the monetary
situa ion. EIs is expected to review
the franc al condition of the country.
"Tla vraice Eagle" the Rudolf
Evening star., 1934-08-28

Symphony Orchestra on WMAL at
$780, He will play Bach's seldom
heard Concerto in D Major"
WMAL has scheduled at $50 a
broadcast from the annual meeting OF
the American Bar Association in Mil
waukee. Part Of the program will in
clude an address by Lord Tomlin,
British legal expert.
Evening star., 1934-08-28
The medal will be presented early in

The medal will be presented early in
September.
Curtis Mitchell, editor of Radio
Stars, in announcing the decision to
make this award, said:
lone Mans Family captures
something in life that most programs
miss. 1t contrives artfully to repro
duce experiences through which many
OF US pass-or would like to pass. It
does all this with O minimum of sugar
coating, with most Of the stuff left
raw and lusty, as Nature intended"
Evening star., 1934-08-28
CIRCULARS PROHIBITED.

In order to protect its advertisers
from receiving circular matter, 1t Is
expressly understood and agreed that
ali such matter will be withheld as
far as possible by The Star. Only
bona fide answers to advertisements
addressed to box numbers in care OF
The Star will be delivered to adver-
tisers on presentation Of the box
number ticket.
Evening star., 1934-08-28
Justice McReynolds Returns.

NEW YORK, August % P).-Jus-
tice James G. McReynolds of the
United States Supreme Court returned
yesterday on the liner Leviathan after
a months vacation abroad.
Evening star., 1934-08-28
Virginia Lawmaker Dies.

PEARLSBURG, Va, August 28 Up.
Judge Martin Williams, II, author
Of much of Virginia's constructive
legislation, died in st. Elizabeth's s
Hospital yesterday.
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