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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-13
Chicago May l Meet Sunday
DAILY Worker Midwest Bureaul

Chicago May / Meet Sunday
DAILY Worker Midwest Bureau
CHICAGO, H., April 12-Robert
Minor, member of the Central Com
mittee of the Communist Party,
will be the main speaker at two in
door mass meetings here the eve
ming of May /, following the May
Day demonstration through the
Loop.
One meeting will be held on the
Northside at Ashland Auditorium,
1913 Ashland Boulevard, while an
other is being arranged on the South
Side.
Workers organizations have been
urged by the united front May Day
Committee of Action to send delega-
tions and protests to Mayor Kelly
and Police Commissioner Altman
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General Strike In Denmark

General Strike In Denmark
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, April
II (By Cable)-Danish seamen went
out on a general strike in protest
against seven crown cut in wages.
Besides demanding that the wage
cut be recinded, the striking crews
are demanding three watches on
deck, three in the engine room, and
all shipping TO be done through the
union halls.
The strike is being led by the
Danish Section of the International
of Seamen and Harbor Workers,
which recently left the reformist In
ternational Transport Federation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-13
Ships Grew
Strikes In
NY. HarbOr
All Danish Seamen Out
Against Wage
Cut

NEW YORK-The crew compris-
ing $50 men Of the Munson Line SIS.
Pan America went out on strike
today under the leadership of the
Marine Workers Industrial Union.
The strike is one hundred per cent
effective.
This is the first strike on a pas
senger ship since 1923.
Efforts are being made to spread
the strike to other passenger ships
of the Munson Line. Fifty per cent
of the crew are Negroes. The work
erS are demanding the recognition
Of the ship committee and are strik-
ing for the code of the Marine
Workers Industrial Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-13
Minor To Speak at Chi.
Meets; Final Confer
ence This Sunday
Morning

the Workers Book Shop, so E. 18th
CT
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-25
New Decree
Hits Mexican
ChurchPOwer

MEXICO CITY. Oct. 24.-The
outlawry Of the feudal re3ctionary
Catholic Church in Mexico was
fastened today By a government
decree applicable to at least five
sta es. The old question of which
is to have the larger sway in in
fluencing and exploiting the Mex
lean workers and peasants, the pro-
Wall Street government or the
feudal church. broke out in acute
form week ago.
In the states of Tabasco, Chiapas,
Sonora. Colina and Guerrero
priests have ben expelled and he
churches corfiscated by the au-
thoritias. Evidence that the gov
crnment, in the manner OF previous
administrations, is already moving
toward some compromise with
church officials is supported by The
fact that while the Mexican Cen
gress unanimously proposed legis-
lation covering all Mexico for the
exiting of all archbishopS and
bishops, action is being temporary
withheld. Nevertheless, troops are
being stationed near universities
and seminaries in order to resist
the efforts of certain resc ionsry
student clements who are anxious
to prolong the life of the notori-
ously corrupt parasitism of ths
church.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-25
The Second international Again Refuses
The United Front
BY EARL BROWDER

Word has from Europe that the latest approach
of the Communist international to the Labor and Socialist
(Second international for united front of struggle in
solidarity with the Spanish proetarat, has again been
refused
The Communist International issued appeal pub
shed in the Daily Worker of October 2 and at the
time appointed Comrades Cachn and Thorez of the French
Communist Party authorized negoators to speak d.
rety with the representatives the Second International
We should recall, also, that the Communist Party of
the United States of America simultaneously addressed
proposal to the effect to the Socialist Party of the
.. S. A. published in the Daily Worker of October ~
To this letter there has been reply acknow
edgment
Despite the refusal of these latest Comintern pro-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-25
OF R,F,C,
LOANS co TO BOSSES,
ONE-TENTH TO RELIEF
Jones, RFC Head, Urges
Bankers at Farley To
Borrow More
Dany worker washington Bureau)

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. "a
Jesse H. Jones, chairman of the Re-
construction Finance Corporation
and Texas banker, at the morning
general session Of the American
Bankers Association convention at
the National Theatre, contributed
to the new deal-banSers' love-fest
by calling on the bankers through
out the country to "replenish their
bank capital. either through local
or r. r. c. funds"
He also repeated the suggestion
which he made to the bankers in
1933-"That We go partners with
the President in his recovery pro-
gram, and without STINT"
Jones called on the bankers to
come out Of their liquidity dugout
and begin to make long time cred
its. The banks, he said, are CHECK
full of money"
Jones, who said nothing about
using the hundreds Of millions Of
dollars available for more handouts
to the bankers for genuine unsn-
ployment insurance ana adeaua e
relief, announced that the r. T. G.
in September had authorized cap
itsl investments in 1T banks. az
gregating $123 100000. To date our
authorizations aggregate 81 1855 001.-
600, and the nunter OF banks IS
6,743. The JOB is we'll on its wsv
TO completion, Though there are soill
a few hundred banks that need
more capital" Jones added:
r. F. c. authorizations and al
locations of every character have
been little more than $1,000 .o0o.-
900. s721 100000 OF this has been
cancelled or Withdrawn, but the
money was available if needed. OF
the remained S35o,Co0.o0O was a.
located by Congress 70 other Gov
ernmental agencies, $500, 900, 080
was advanced to the States for re-
lief and S80.00oG00 to the Federal
Emergency Relief Administration
by direct authorization of the
President.
Authorizations for loans Of al
kinds, including investments in
bank and insurance company capi-
tai. less cancallatio and the allo-
cations above enumerated, aggrs-
gate s5,3lO,C9O, 900. OF this, s4.5S4.-
G0O,00O has been actually discussed
and 226,C0O,00O remains to the
credit Of the applicants, substan-
tial portion Of which. however. will
not be used.
Our disbursements for bank
capital investments have been So01.-
100000, with repayments Of SS6,-
100000 We have authorized 1873
leans to 10 railroads, aggregating
S444, C00,G00, including eight roads
in receivership. Disbursements have
been SAILS, 100000 and repaymsnts
ST. 900, coo. Ten of these roads, with
loans aggrsgsting s55.000,000 are in
default as to interest or principal.
Generally speaking, however, our
railroad loans are very we'll Sc
cured
Shortly after many Of these loans
to the railroads the railway work
ers suffered new wage cuts.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-25
LID. SPEEDS
SCOTTSBORO
APPEAL FIGHT

Determination to build mightier
mass bulwsrk against the Southern
lynchers, backed by every legal step
that can be taken, to halt the
execution of Haywood Patterson
and Clarence Norris, Scottsboro
boys, was expressed in a statement
made public yesterday by the Ma
tional Executive Committee of the
International Labor Defense.
In view of the methods being
used by the Southern lynchers and
Attorney Leibowitz to confuse and
terrorize the boys, "the task before
us is clear" the statement said.
THE I. L. D. must continue and
intensity its fight, both on The
legal side and on the side of mass
action, without which the Scots
boro boys would have been burned
in the electric chair long ago."
The statement of the 1. L. d.
follows in full:
"As the da-e of Dec. 7, set by the
Alabama Supreme Court for the
execution of Haywood Patterson
and Clarence Norris, Scottsboro
boys, approaches, the attacks of the
enemies of their defense upon the
International Labor Defense and
the whole defense movement are
being daily increased and sharp
ened.
open collaboration between Gov
ernor Miller and Attorney-G General
Knight Of Alabama, and the war
dens of Kilby Prison and jefferson
County Jail, and Attorney Liebo-
WITT, to wrest the defense of the
boys from the hands of the I. L. D.
and 10 separate them from the
mass defense action which has
saved their lives for three and a
half years, has been revealed.
THE authorities, while giving
free access to the Jail to Leibowitz
fConfinued on Pare ~
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-25

MIAMI, Fla, Oct. 24-Overriding
the opposition of the leadership, the
legislative committee of the Amer
lean Legion voted to recommend to
the convention tomorrow that it 20
on record for the immediate cash
payment of the bonus.
The pro-bonus resolution Of the
committee was adopted with only
two dissenting votes, although the
leaders of the American Legion have
declared themselves to be unalter-
ably opposed to such action.
The rank and file sentiment for
Immediate payment of the bonus
was so strong that it had forced the
rules committee to grant more time
to the bonus issue than the two
hour discussion limit that is applied
to all other questions.
The action of the committee is
rebuke to Roosevelt who has in
sisted that no bonus be given to
the veterans.
Tomorrow fight will be waged
on the floor of the convention. with
the official machine making strenu-
Gus efforts to steamroller the reso-
luton into defeat.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-25
Police Arrest
Anti-Fascists
On Duce's Visit

MILAN, Italy, Oct. 24.-While the
entire press outdid itself in the
portrayal of the "delirious raptures"
with which the population awaited
a view of II Duce on his tour thru
northern Italy, the police, which
knew the temper of the population
little bstter, arrested hundreds
of anti-fascists. who we're delivered
to the prison at San Vittore or i'm
prisoned in the dirty cells of the
local police cemmissariat.
Hundreds OF other suspects" fed
from their hcmes and others from
the city in order to escape certain
arrest. Numerous police officials
and agents CT the O.V.RA. (Secret
State Police), who had come to
Milan for this express purpose, pat
rolled the streets in unbroken lines.
stationed themselves at strategic"
points throughout the city, and
stopped to search anyone who
seemed to them in the least suspi-
ciouS.
The reason for Mussolini's jour-
ney to Milan is the general dis
satisfaction existing in this state,
which has already received reports
of heavy unrest and street fighting
throughout Europe. Mussolini is
anxious to quiet the population
with the presence of his authority
and also to quell the inner struggles
-ithin the fascist organizations. a
direct result of the economic crisis.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-25
KUOM|NTANC LEGION HEADS
is PRESSED GET SETBACK
YRED ARMY ON THE BONUS

HONG KONG, Oct 24.-The Red
Army, 10000 strong, is storming the
Kuomintsng army lines here, 200
miles north of Canton, in furious
battle.
The Kuomintang army under the
leadership of General Chen Chi
Tang of Canton Is strenuously at
tempting to stop the Red Army
from invading Kwantung province.
Bombing planes are being used
against the Red Army, but they
have not been able to stop the ad-
vance of the huge concentration Of
the Red Army.
For some time now, General Chen
Chi-Tang has been strengthening
the Kwangtung border. fearing an
attack of the Red Army from both
Fukien and Human provinces.
AT the same time, the Red Army
is taking the offensive in Szechuan
and Kweichow provinces. TIL e
Szechuan authorities are sending
urgent kilograms to Chang Kali
Shek requesting that the govern
ment send them reinforcements
against the advancing Red Armies.
The Red Army. under the leader
ship Of Comrade Ho Lung, is making
a new drive into Kweichow prov
ince.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-25
Anii-F ascist Students
Sentenced for Rally
Against Hanfstaengl
lspeeIal 10 the paiIy worksrl

BOSTON. Oct. 24.-Seven anti
Fascist students, one young girl,
were sentenced to six months in
isil and $40 fine each and ordered
to Immediately begin serving SEN
fences yesterday in Judge George
james court. East Cambridge,
Mass, for demonstrating against
the visit of DR.. Ernst T. S. Hanf-
staengl. Hitler propaganda chief, to
Harvard University
In answer to this outrage. the
Boston City Central COMMITTEES Of
the I. l.. D.. he's called q meeting
OF al its mem.,c--s, including dele
gates from traGe unions and mass
organizations, for II O'Clock Sunday
morning, at the district Office, Il
Harvard Place. to pan the inne-
di2te organization CT a broad pro-
test campaign, with the collection
OF thousands Of signatures to Pc
titicn5 demanding suspension Of the
sentences and fines.
The J. L. D. also called on all or
ganiz2ticns throughout the coun-
try to wire protests to Judge
George James. East Cambridge,
Ma, demanding the release Of the
se-on srti-Fascists: Sara Barr.
Joseph Jacobs. Irwin Miller. Arvid
Johnson. Ic'on rye1thier. Joseph
Dauber and Timothy Burr.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-25
.USSR Urges
Peace Move
By Red Gross
Especial to tn. Daily Worker,


MOSCOW, Oct. "a (By Wireless :.
The Red Cross delegate from the
Soviet Union, Christian Rakovsky,
speaking at the International Red
Cross Congress in Tokyo, declared
amidst the uneasy silence of the
other delegates that the work Of
the Red Cross was futile, unless
war itself were made impotent.
Rakovsky called not only for
struggle against the various forms
of war and against the various
kinds of ornaments, but against
any sort of conflict and against
war itself. In behalf of the Soviet
delegation Rakovsky made a mo-
ton introducing resolution in
which, referring to the fact chat
the progress of military technique
was creating almost unsurmount-
able obstacles in the work of the
Red Cross during war; time, he said:
The delegation of the Red Cross
and the Red Crescent of the U. S.
S. R. expresses the hope that all
national Red Cross societies and
all peoples will draw attention to
their governments of the necessity
for preserving the lives of tens of
millions, saving tens of millions
from want, also averting terrible
cata5trophes of destruction of the
material and moral riches accumu-
lated in the course of centuries.
by the establishment throughout
the world of such legal and inter-
national relations which would ex-
Guide the outbreak of was and
would guarantee the peaceful solv-
ing of international discussions"
TIL chairman of the Congress,
Prince Tokugava, referring to the
greatness of the problem raised"
suggested that Rakovsky hand over
the resolution to commission in
the Congress.
1t is characteristic that a majority
of the Japanese press was silen
regarding the speech of the Soviet
delegate and also the resolution
moved by him.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-25
25,OOODYERS
BEGIN STRIKE
AT MIDNIGHT
Manufacturers Farley
with Union Broken
Off Abruptly
SCABS ARE WARNED
Mass Strike Meeting
Toda y at Paterson
Municipal Stadium

Twenty-Five thousand silk and
rayon dye workers walk ont on
strike at midnight, Wednesday.
500 textile workers strike at
Whitmirc, N. C. Textile mill en-
ployes at Roanoke Rapids, N. c.,
vote to strike Monday.
Concord, N. c., mill workers
prepare TO walk out.
Cotton garment strikes continue
in Allentown and three Troy,
N. Y. mills.
1900 on strike at Burlington,
Vermont.
PATERSON, N. j., Oct, rs. - AT
midnight tonight $4,000 silk ane
rayon dyers in the Passaic Valley
and New York, walk out on strike
The strike was called in accordance
with the unanimous decision of 20(
shop chairmen and delegates of dye
plants at meeting last night.
A conference held yesterday with
employers, and another one with
the U. S. Mediation Board, was
broken off. as not even concessions
were offered. Tomorrow at 2 pm
a huge rally Of the strikers will take
place at the Municipal Stadium
Among the speakers there will be
former Judge Panken, Socialist
Party leader, and Judge Joelson. AS
the union has invited Socialist Party
leaders to address the rally, the
Communist Party requests that Moe
Brown, an active dyer, and its can
didate for Governor, be permitted
to greet the strikers.
The shop chairmen and delegates
will function as the strike commit
tee, and daily bulletins will be is
sued to inform the strikers on the
progress of the strike. A commit
tee of the union went to the Ma
tional Unemployment Bureau, ano
informed them that if scabs are
supplied from the relief rolls, the
most drastic action will be taken
against them by the strikers.
The Unemployment Relief Asso-
citation protested the threat to use
unemployed as strikebreakers and
pledges every possible assistance ,r
the picketing.
1t is reported that the Manning
Detective Agency has sent in thugs
to mingle among the workers for
disruptive and Strikebreaking &C.
tivity.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-25
u. S. GIVES BILLIONS TO BANKERS
MRS. WRIGHT BARES PLOT AGAINST LID
Organizations Must Act!
To All Workers Organizations:

To All Workers Organizations:
revolutionary wOrking-cIa movement cannot be
built by act. II requires the continuous dayto-dav
activity Of every member.
To finance daily workers press requires such con-
tinuOus activity, well.
Every wOrkingclass organization which knows the
need for such press to mould the minds of its members
to fight for their interests must not only participate in
such continuous activity by contributing but must see to
it that other organizations do likewise.
The Daily Worker calls every organization which
has contributed to the 100000 drive to committees
to visit other organizations and get them to contribute
also.
calls for this in the Of W. o. branches trade
union locals workers clubs wOmen's councils and other
groups
1t calls for immediate action
The future of the Daily Worker must be assured!
THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-25

posals by the Second International the silence of the
Socialist Party of the u S. A. concerning our pro-
posas here we declare that these proposals remain
in full force internationally and in every separate country
The decision of the Second International representa-
tves to postpone the question until November making
dependent general negotiations the united front
in reality refusal to organize immediate Joint help
the Socialist Communist and nonPary workers of Spain
who fighting bleeding and dying shoulder to shoulder
In its answer the Second International ignored the
concrete proposals put forward by Comrades Cachn and
Thorez and limited itself TO general declarations which
means to abandon the Spanish fighters to their fate
The Communist Party Of the u S. A. calls these facts
to the attention of all workers and especially the work
who follow the Socialist Party. We ask you workers
Continued Page 81
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-25
Co m m u mist Candidate
Far Ahead of Socialist
in Digest California Poll

Sam Darcy, the Communist can
didate for Governor of California.
was running ahead of the Socialist
candidate in the first returns of a
poll conduc ed by the Literary Di-
gest. The returns made public yes
terday are from six cities and show
Darcy far ahead of the Socialist
nominees in five of the communi-
ties.
In Oakland Darcy received thirty
ballots to Dempster's two. In Sac
ramento Darcy got five, while the
Socialiss received only one. In San
Jose, Darcy got four and Dempster
none. And in San Pedro Darcy
received six and Dempster none.
In the same returns Frank F.
Merriam, who broke the San Fran
cisco general strike. was leading his
Democratic rival, Upton Sinclair, by
two to one.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-25
A.F.L. RANKS
PREPARE FOR
CONFERENCE

NEW YORK.-The first report to
be given in New York on the A. F.
of L. convention will be made by
Louis Weinstock, national secre-
tary Of the A. F. of L. for Unem-
ployment Insurance and Relief in
Webster Hall, Eleventh Street near
Third Avenue, at $50 p. m. tonight.
How the brand of A. F. of l.. trade
union democracy" about which
Green boosted at the convention
rode roughshod over the demands Of
the rank and file for endorsement
Of the Workers Bill for Unemploy-
ment and Social Insurance and for
other rank and file measures will
be described by Weinstock at the
meeting tonight. Among the speak
ers at the meeting will also be other
official delegates to the convention.
The mass meeting at Webster Hall
tonight will rally A. F. of L. work
ers to support the program to in
tensify the struggle to win unem-
ployment insurance and to pledge
a fight for real trade union democ-
racy inside the A. F. of L. unions.
New York rank and file delegates
elected to the Third Annual Rank
and File conference which opens
Saturday morning, 10 a. m. in
Pittsburgh. Fa.. are scheduled to
leave early Friday morning, ac-
cording to arrangements made b.
the New York Committee. Dele
gates are urged by the committee
to report before Thursday night to
the office Of the Committee at l
Union Square, Room $40, regarding
transportation arrangements. if they
want to make sure Of reserylng for
the trip.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-25
C.P. TICKET
is ENDORSED
BY JOBLESS
Unemployment Council
Urges All Workers
To Vote Red
RELIEF DEMANDED
Party Led the Struggle
for Unemployment
Insurance

Pointing out that the Communist
Party is the only party that has
conducted energetic and constant
activity in behalf of the unem-
ployed," and that the Communist
Party has always supported the
program of the Unemployed Coun-
ellis, the National Executive Board
of the National Unemployment
Council yesterday announced its un-
qualified support of all Communist
candidates wherever they have
been named.
The statement of the National
Executive Board follows:
THE meeting of the National Elk
ecutive Board of the National I'm
employment Council held in Chi
cago discussed the elections and the
attitude of all political parties to
the questions confronting the I'M
employed, particularly the matters
OF relief, jobs, and unemployment
and social insurance. The decision
of the board was:
The National Executive Board of
the National Unemployment Coun-
ell recommends to the affiliated
bodies and to the workers generally
the endorsement of only such can
didateS as actively support. the
Workers Unemployment and Social
Insurance Bill. We point out that
only one Party has conducted en-
ergetic and constant activity in be-
half of the unemployed and the
Workers Bill This is the Commu-
mist Party. The candidates of the
Communist Party are in many in
stances workers who have helped
to organize and conduct the daily
struggles Of the unemployed. In
all cases. they are workers who fully
support the program of the Unem-
(Ta.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-25
Jobs and PayrolIs Show
Big Drop in California

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Oct. "a
A precipitous drop in jobs and a
far greater slash in payrolls in
California for September as COM
pared with August is reported by
the latest survey Of the State De-
partment of Labor.
September employment dropped
III per cent as compared with
August, and total payrolls were
slashed 1871 per cent, the survey
shows. Employment was 80 per
cent lower than the same month of
last year, and total payrolls were
3 per cent lower.