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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-26
Pre- Convention Discussion of the Communist Party
York of Foreign Language Sections OF the Communist Party

the revisionist war program of the
fascist government. Besides the gem
eral weaknesses Of these campaigns
mot enough mobilization from be-
low, their counter demonstration
character, without following up and
establishing 9 permanent united front,
oppor5unist mistakes in policy, etc.
we failed to see that these Horthy
fascistS are also the agents of the
American government, that they are
closely connected with the manufac-
turers and bankers of their respective
cities This way the campaigns
haven't been sufficiently americanized
and localized; they weren't connected
with the burning economic issues fac
ing the workers. Thus, for example,
N. E, Nemanyi of Youngstown, Ohio,
has been exposed as a fascist, mis-
user of his societys funds, etc, but
we didn't expose the fact that this
came gentlemen is the financial editor
CT the ''Vindicator," the steel-trusts's
paper, q leading exponent OF the
manufacturers who went to Wash
ingt9n, p. c., to testify in their be-
half at the steel code hearing, and
also Their stool-pigeon who led to the
-'lctir1ization Of raany militant work
ers, etc. This led to the weak
ening Of our fight against the Hun
garian reactionaries, and to failure
to link up this fight with the main
issue facing the workers of Youngs-
town: the organization of the s. M.
w /. u.
The Hungarian section Of the I. W.
o. made a good beginning last sum-
mer in calling a united front con-
erence of fraternal organizations on
the issue Of social insurance and the
protection OF the unemployed mem
bers who are unable to pay dues, etc.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-26
Workers in Detroit, Milwaukee,
Toledo Out; Discomfort Rises
By HARRY CANNES

NEW YORK.-Wall Street is fear
full Of the rising strike wave in the
United States, especially the strikes
In the auto industry. The Herald
Tribune on Sunday carried leading
article by its financial editor, C. Nor
man Stabler, entitled Labor Unrest
Gives Stocks a Bad Week"
The parasites are beginning TO fear
that their profits will be interfered
with by the workers S ruggles for in
creased wages. for union recognition,
and against the slave codes and the
company unions.
There is already observable the
first sllirnlishes of a huge strike wave
in the auto industry. In Detroit a
whole series Of strikes have broken
out, with strike sentiment reaching
q very high pitch. In Milwaukee,
the Seaman Auto Body workers have
voted for strike. beginning Monday,
and are appealing to their fellow
workers in Racine and Kenosha to
Join them in a walkout for higher
pay, AGAINST speed-up and for union
recognition. In Toledo, over 1000
workers in auto parts plants are out
on strike, calling on their fellow
workers in other plants to walk out
with them.
N. II. A. Steps In
REALIZING the rising sentiment for
-trike among the auto workers, the
National Labor Board steps in. 1t
begins by re-shuffling two of the
strikes it broke last year, namely,
those in the Ford. Edgewater, N. j.,
plant and in the Philadelphia Budd
Auto Body plant.
The Ma ional Labor Board with its
A. F. of L. officials, know that the
workers are resentful and boiling
over with anger at the way these
two strikes were broken, the workers
betrayed and company unions
shacsled on them. The National La
Dor Board, in order to prepare to
break the other strikes now matur-
ing, wants to give the appearance of
being active TO gain Justice" for
these workers whose strikes they
smashed.
In the N. Fl. A. publicity release
No. 34T8. the National Labor Board
publishes the fact tina the bosses and
the A. F. of L. officials in the United
Automobile Workers Union, Local
1858. worked together TO keep the
Ford workers from striking.
They say: 'It was said by several
of the employees, testifying in Fri
days hearing, that spokesmen for
The United Automobile Workers,
Local 1913, an A. r. of L. affiliate,
attempted to disuade the workers
from the walk0ut, ard that the
p'ant manager, Neil S. Brown, also
reconstructed with them"
Merit" Company Union "Ciause''
The auto code, in which the A. F.
Of L. officials agreed TO allow COM
pany unions. through the so-called
merit clause" is now working havoc
among the workers. Wages and con
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-26
iraChOt VIII
Investigate
AtAnlbr'idge
S. NJ. w. |. u. Demands
Representation on
Committee

PITTSBURGH, Feb. %. CBy Mail
After months of stubborn silence
and inaction, Governor Pinchot OF
Pennsylvania has finally appointed a
commission to Investigate" the Am
bridge massacre.
This move is the long delayed re-
suit Of persistent demands Of the
Steel and Metal Workers Industrial
Union for a thorough investigation
Of the Ambridge strike massacre and
the trial Of the authorities who or
gained and perpetrated this bloody
outrage, Hundreds of workers or
CARNATIONS and protest meetings
have made similar demands on
Governor Pinchot and President
Roosevelt.
Upon the announcement Of the APP
pointment Of the commission, the S.
M. w. I. u Immediately wired
Governor Pinchot requesting that
one Of its members be included on
the commission in view Of the fact
that the Anbridge strike was under
the direct leadership Of the S. M. w
I. u, that its members were killed
and wounded by the Jones and
Laughlin thugs, that the Union was
denied all rights to meet and carry
on activity in Ambridge following the
bloody terror Of October 9Th and
finally that four members and adj
herents of the S. M. w. I. q. have
been tried, conitted and sentenced to
prison on the frame-up evidence of
the agents of the steel corporations
who themselves organized armed
attack upon the picket line.
The S. M. w. I. y. Board has issued
q statement TO the local press calling
on all workers to continue the de-
mand for real and thorough public
investigation. The statement Of the
Union points out that it is quite sig
niftlcant that Governor Pinchot pro-
poses to investigate the massacre
some months after the local authori-
ties had already imprisoned four OF
the strikers.
The S. M. w. 1. U. is cooperating
with the International Labor Defense
in securing the witnesses and pre-
parlng Jne evidence TO present 10 the
commission. At the same time the
Union is making efforts to arouse
the local labor movement to closely
follow no the investigation and to
present the facts once more to the
working people Of Pittsburgh and
vicinity
The Ambridge massacre and the
reign of terror following it has pre-
sented the Union with many rew
difficult problems of organizing its
forces under extreme handieaps Al
the coming National Conference OF
the Steel and Metal Workers indus
trial Union called for March 9rd and
4th in PITTSBURGH. the Anb-id9e
case with all It's lessons and further
plans will receive special considera-
ton,
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mass work of our Party.
The success Of mass work and OF
the organizational cashing in depends
on the leadership Of cur fractions.
The discussion before and at the Con-
yention must help bring clarity and
action on the work Of Cur Party mem
bers in the transmission belts to the
masses, the organizations under our
leadership.
The poor functioning, and in many
instances n-functioning, of cur
fractions is q welI-known fact. Our
comrades do not act as q unified
leadership in the mass organizations.
They disagree many times among
themselves on the floor, and while
many comrades are active in the
every day work of the organization
(mostly Of their own choosing and
not assigned there by the Party), they
many times act Theoretically, sub
stitute for the non-Party members,
monopoliZe the collection of finances,
getting of subs for their papers, etc.
Our comrades capitulate many
times before the opportunist tenden-
cies in the organization and fail to
politiealize its life. to introduce the
campaigns OF the Party Cor do it in
very formal, mechanical way)
without anv efforts to raise the work
on higher plane. Furthermore.
there is no systematic recruiting going
On for the Party in the mass organi-
cations. Comrades are crying for
help, for the assignment Of more
Party members to the fractions, with
out taking the trouble of approach
ing the most active workers to join
the Party.
The weakness Of our fractions and
their failure to recruit is especially
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-26
Over 1000 Workers.
In Toledo Auto Parts
Plants Go on Strike
Mass Meeting Votes to
Spread Strike to
Other Factories

TOLEDO, Ohio. FEB. 25.-Over Two
thousand Toledo workers walked out
Of four plants here at noon Friday
FIFTEEN hundred workers answered
call for d general strike at the spicer
Manufacturing Corp, manufacturers
of auto parts. Three hundred women
we're among the strikers. Only 100
returned after lunch. in response TO
appeals from plant officials.
Three hundred employees walked
cut of the Toledo Elec- ric Auto-Lite
Co. at noon. Two hundred men are
said to have returned. although this
is probably capitalist press hokum 20
make the workers believe the strike IS
over.
At the Logan Gear Co. lbs walked
out, representing 20 per cent Of the
plants force.
The BINGHAM plant closed when
$50 workers failed to return" after
lunch.
Friday night a mass meeting was
held, attended by over 1000 workers
They voted to spread the strike and
fight for their demands Of IS cents
for men and women workers. The
business agent Of the local, Otto
Breach, told the workers TO have
faith in Roosevelt and the National
Labor Board, but the workers were
too militant to be interested in his
remarks.
The strike was called hastily under
pressure Of the workers.
What Workers Want
The Spicer strikers demand:
/. Minimum pay of IS cents per
hour. They are receiving DO cents
an hour fer common labor, which
falls to 80 cents per hour with the
Bsdaux speed-un system used in
the plants; and so cents for skilled
labor,
2. Recognition of the Autorno-
tive Workers Federal EMPLOYEES
Union, organized under the slave
N. r. A.
8. RECOGNITION Of Tom Ramsay,
president Of the union.
4. PRIVILEGE of seniority rights
within the plant.
Charles A. Dana, New York, preSi-
dent Of the Spicer Co., suggested to
the workers that they organize the
Spicer Employees Mutual Benefit AS
ISOLATION and named his own candi-
dates. He was booed. Dana then
threatened to close the plant and
put a For Sale" sign on II unless
the strikers went back to work.
Officials of the plant called police
scout crews. but, so far as we can de-
teTmine, no one has been arrested
yet. Instead of organizing 8
strong picket line involving all
the strikers, the union Of
ficiaIs called for some volunteers and
asked all the other workers to go
home and keep out of troublei'
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dttions are more miserable than they
have ever been in the auto industry.
Speed-up is terrific and frightful
Under these conditions the bosses
know thai the majority Of the auto
workers are ready for struggle, and
that the help Of the A. f. Of L. Off
cialdom viii not be able TO stop the
rising storm.
The Herald Tribune financial edi-
tor, well-informed through the wide
network of company spies, rats and
stool-pigeons from almost every auto
plant in the country, tells Of the bad
week" the stock market had, "beset
with the growing labor disorders,
and receipt of word Of the dis
turbsnces in the automobile indus
try" which have profit to their
account.
Additional strike votes are sched-
uIed for tomorrow (Monday, Feb.
26)," he adds, "in several units Of
the automobile industry and this
helped unsettle securities during
the short session yesterday"
These facts must show the militant
workers in the auto industry, espe-
cially the Communists, that the
workers are ready for struggle and
have already entered strike action.
The bosses, through the N. R. A.,
through the A. F. of L. officialdom,
viii do every hing they can to save
the bosses profits, to enforce the
slave codes, by trying to avoid or to
break the strikes.
1t is up TO the Communist Party
members to take the leading part in
the strike struggles, to help the work
ers organize their struggle, to bring
out the decisive plants in the auto
industry, to prof. by the A, F. Of l.
officialdom's betrayals Of the last
strikes, and to lead the auto strikes
to victory.
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dangerous when new, undeveloped
workers are being drawn into our
mass organizations. In Trenton, there
are over SEQ members in the I. w. O.,
Overwhelmingly new, and steps are
only now being taken to build frac-
Uion. In Detroit, only one member
was recruited for the Party out of
the 1000 members of the Small Home
owners Federation during the first
six months OF its existence. While
there has been some Improvement
since the fraction conference of Dee.
2 with about $50 new members re-
ported to the Central Buro, the link
ing up Of our mass work with the
most energetic recruiting and the
establishment of functioning fraction
directed through the District Ian
guage BuroS, remain the main tasks
before us. The coming in of new
forces into the Party, through strug-
giles, the training of cadres out Of
these new comrades, replacing many
of the old elements who are unable
to understand and carry out the
Party's line, is the best guarantee that
the language field, this hotbed of op-
portunism and sectarianisn, viii be
a powerful instrument for the mobin-
cation Of workers behind the cam
paigns of the Party.
BY breaking language sectarianism
through the participation in the class
struggle, together with the workers
of other nationalities-but linking it
up with issues facing the respective
national group-will we succeed to
make the language fractions an i'm
portant means towards applying the
Open Letter and the 18th ECCI
Plenum Thesis among the millions Of
foreign-born workers of the basic in
dustries Of this country.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-26
1,5W JObIeSS Youth
Demonstrate, Win
Demands, in MINI.

MINNEAPOLIS. MINI. Feb. q (Bv
Maid In one Of the most militant
damo""tratiors in recent years. 1900
slpgle pnempyoyed men and women
"othered IT tho meeting Of the P1'hIic
Welfere Board held in the City
Council chambers last Friday. THIS
NEE lnT Wes a special meeting called
bv the Poard as a result of q previous
demonstration for the purpose Of
taking IN soielv the demands of the
sirole unemployed.
These demands were that the single
UNEMPLOYED should be given rent and
grocery orders. and not he forced to
stay il the fophouses Of the Salva
ton Army, the Union Citv Mission
and the Seventh st. Girls Club.
After a lot OF passing around Of
the buck, I. S. joseph. head Of the
Welfare Board. and Swanson. ar
other member Of the Board, tried 10
sneak out Of the meeting and avoid
giving the workers q direct answer
However, hundreds OF worker
blocked the doorway and said that
they would not be let out until they
gave an answer to the demands
Faced by the militancy, determine
ton and anger of the workers, they
had to stay and give their answer
All Of the Welfare Board members
then favored the demands. and
promised to put them into effect.
The workers made it plain tina
IA M ofgsaf1
Of the 1880 who are on the soup line
as well as for the single workers In
the neighborhoods. Jack Carson, one
Of the spokesmen. said that eff ali
those single unemployed who want
the rent and grocery orders were not
given their orders within Two weeks
from this date. then the Unemployed
Council would lead a mass march o.
thousands of single unemployed to
home Of Joseph, and take him IL
the Mission to live under the condi
tons of the workers there"
This sta ement received thunder
Gus applause which lasted for several
minutes. A stool PIGEON and police
soy. by the name of Olson, got up
during the meeting and called the
meeting a Communist meeting and
Jack Carson an agent from Moscow
SO provocative were his remarks that
q large group OF workers seized him
by the neck carried him out INTO the
hallway and beat him up. He IS
known for his disruptive tactics at oil
demonstrations of workers.
This concession is clearly another
big victory for the militant program
of the Unemployed Council and the
Communist Party The workers left
the meeting pledged to fight until
all the single unemployed who SO
desire shall be given the rent and
grocery orders
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Here too, the mistake was made Of
not linking up this good general pro-
gram with the local issues facing the
workers, of talking about unemployed
connittees in the societies, but failing
TO connect these up with the unen-
ployed council. Notwithstanding the
breaking into many societies with Cur
program, OF popularizing the l. w. Q.
Before the masses (Which helped con-
Giderably to recruit over 5000 mem
bers during the recruiting campaign
the movement hasn't developed to the
extent it should. The improvement
in the work depends a good deal on
working from below in the societies,
establishing opposition groups, and
he mobilization Of the entire I. w. o.
Cor the campaign for Social Insur-
ancs.
A great weakness OF the successful
recruiting drive CT the I. w. 0. has
been, incidentally, It's non-political
content, with too much stress on the
low insurance rate, and with still
limiting the campaign fo- social in
Surance to propaganda, without win
ming over to it our full membership,
not to speak of the millions of mem
bers under reactionary leadership.
It was quite necessary to stress all
these aspects of mass work, because
the building of our press, mass Or
carnations and Party, cannot be sep
arated from the winning over of
workers to our side through struggle.
The gain in the membership of the
I. w. O. and Workers Clubs, the Sc
curing OF 1900 new subscribers for
the vi Elore during the past two
months, and the steps to stabilize it
financially, show the possibilities, pro-
vided we break with the narrow
orientation and participate in the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-26
1,2OO Strike Today
At Seaman Auto
Body Company
Call on Nash Workers To
Join Them; Militant
Action VIII Win

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Feb. Is. --
Twelve hundred workers Of the Sea-
man Body plant, making auto bodies
for the Nash Auto Co, 60 on strike
Monday morning here The strike
takes place after long negotiations
with the company officials failed to
reach q satisfactory agreement.
The strikers are demanding a 20
per cent increase, the same as the
Nash strikers in the Racine, Wis,
plant.
Workers IN the Kenosha, Wis,
plant have already taken strike
vote and a committee is now pre-
senting demands to tbs company.
The strike in Kenosha will tie up
all Nash works.
The Trade Union Unity League
has issued q Ieaflet to the Seaman
workers calling for a united struggle
for higher wages, and rank and file
control of the strike through broad
strike committees, workers partici-
patton and approval of all negotia-
lions, and mass picketing, mo order
to prevent a betrayal Of the strike
by the A. r. of l.. leaders.
Particularly militant mass picket
ing during the strike, and rank and
file strike committee TO represent
every department is urged by the
Trade Union Unity League. They
warn the workers against secret
negotiations and arbitration and the
strikebreaking role Of the MIRA.
through it's National Labor Board
which broke the auto strike in Fords,
and the Budd Auto Body plant
The T. U.UL. is urging the workers
to spread the strike to all Nash
plants throughout the country.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-26
congressman Admit
Masses Demand for
Social Insurance
Kelly Gets Many Letters
Demanding Passage
OF I'll. r. 1898

DAILY Worker Washington Bureaul
Washington, Feb. IS. 49, 1t seems
that the worker constituents OF the
31st Congressional District Of Penn
sylvania are very busy informing
their Representative, the reactionary
Clyde Kelly (Republican) how deter
mined they are to see the workers
Unemployment and Social Insurance
Bill III. r. 1899 enacted. They have
written so many letters that Repre-
sentative Kelly eagerly explained
when interview "Of course I'm fun
damentally for something of the
kind"
But [ have bill Of my own
that's better than the Workers Bill, "
Kelly added, land my own bill is
my first choice"
Kelly's P.W.A. Projects
Better" the Congressman evi-
IDENTIFY meant, from his own owning
class viewpoint. Which emphasizes
the necessity for constituents en-
phasis upon their viewpoint that the
Workers Bill is better" than bogus
substitutes.
Kelly's bill, II. r. 1898, would set
up an Industrial Adjustment Corpo-
ration" whichs would take over ali
public works, civil works, subsistence
homestead and other government
work-relief projects, and place un-
employed workers on Jobs on them
Tt would provide - guess what2
Wages and hours identical with the
low MIRA. code provisions, a stand
ard so bad that it was rejected by
the C.W.A. Though that organiza-
ton soon Capitulated to demands by
MIRA. Administrator johnson, pri-
vate employers, and President Roose-
velt).
But what about insurance for I'M
employment"
VIII Not Oppose Workers Bill
ooh, I've been for that for al
most 20 years." Kelly replied Back
in 1915 [ introduced a bill to pro-
vide that a commission should study
the systems other countries have and
propose one for the United States
Right now I want to get my own
bill for an Industrial Adjustment
through"
Have you heard from your dis
trict on the Workers Unemploy-
ment and Social Insurance Bill?" he
was asked.
eyes" he said, "I've had quite q
number of coupons"
He referred, apparently, to form
letter which the weekly newspaper
"SwissVale Independent" published
recently in support of the Workers
Bill
What will be your attitude TOWARD
the Workers Bill-win you oppose
it,"
"Oh, moi" he fastened to answer
I'm for anything that will help ge
workers taken care of"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-26
Use C.C.C. Camps for
Military Preparations,
us. Senator Proposes

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. Is. -e
use Of Civilian Conservation Corps
and the Civilians Military Training
Camps for open military training for
the young and jobless workers IN
the United States was definitely pro-
posed by Senator David A. Reed Ut
a Washington birthday meeting held
by the National Defense Council, a
lingo organization here last week.
Reed urged that features OF both
C.C.C. and C.M.TC. be combined to
effectively train war forces,
Either teach the C.C.C. TO drill
and march aad obey commands, -
he oaid, @or teach the young men in
the c. M. T. C. to build roads and
trails. 1t would be a step in the
right direction and a distinct con-
trioutjon to the national defense"
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examples, although not many, could
be brought from other cities.
The most characteristic features in
this work are the opportunist re-
distance of the so-called old timers,
including Party members, to shop
work, the difficulties to make cur Dis
trict Fraction Buros concentrate, and
coordinate our work properly (altho
the Is concentration cities in the
country were already selected last
September) and the readiness of the
new comrades to understand and ap-
ply the line of the Party.
The success of the work depends q
good deal not only upon the leader
ship coming from the fraction buros,
but also upon the attention paid by
the Party Committees to language
work. Language departments in a
section scale are mainly on paper,
with definite uuderestination of
language work as against PARTY"
work. (This is partly due to the
gectarian practices of cur fractions,
which can only be eradieated under
the leadership of the Party commit
teesl. The proper recognition Of this
work by the District Committees,
coupled with organizationa1 steps, is
bound to bring real results example,
Ohio.
Building the United Front.
The development of these struggles
on the basis of the united front from
below shall not proceed isolated from
those on specific issues facing the
foreign born workers.
Just like other groups. we have
carried on campaigns against the
Horthy agents, who have been trying
to win over the Hungarian masses to