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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-26
Youth Work in the Trade Unions Is
Discussed by Lou Cooper at YCL Meet

young workers in one of the largest
radio shops, employing over thou
sand, against the company union.
When the bosses tried to reestab-
lish the company union, the work.
ers, inspired by the strike in Tele-
radio led by the vol, drew up
their demands and struck for them.
The Y.CL. gained great influence
in this strike. \
Comrade Cooper summed up a
vast amount of rich experiences of
the League in trade unions, saying:
To-day in the radio field we can
see how flexible forms of organiza-
ton, not based on air, but on the
concrete conditions of the trade, are
built. For example, in the A. F.
of L. we have spread our opposi-
ton groups to many shops, basing
it on the concrete conditions of the
youth that We find there. In the
Mechanics Educational Society we
have to work for winning over of
whole departments of this union
through the building up of oppo-
sition groups and through the move
for unity Of the auto unions.
Mine Work
Comrade Cooper dealt with op-
position work within the United
Mine Workers of America, saying,
I'VE considered that the U.M.WA.
was completely exposed and could
never come back as a force In the
bituninous fields of western Penn
sylvania. This was absolutely wrong.
With this conception we failed to
develop opposition work within the
U.MW.A. Nevertheless, the young
miners played a very active role In
the huge strike wave in 1898. They
developed special forms for spread
ing the strike, such as night riders,
and formed the backbone for the
continuation of the strike over the
protest OF Louis Pagan and Co.
Though we were able to bring Is
youth resolutions before the UNI.
WA. national convention. we have
not yet begun sufficiently to tackle
the Job of winning these youth in
the U. M. w. A. for the opposition
groups and for the Y.CL."
1t Is especially important, Com
rade Cooper said. to develop youth
work in the steel industry because
Of the raneuyers Of the steel trust
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in recruiting younger elements for
the industry on q mass scale as q.
bulwark against some Of the older
workers in the unions I'VE must
counterfeit this in our activities, by
mass agitation, by building the shop
nuclei in this most important basic
industry, by directing our main
fight against the company unions.
A comrade will tell me we knew
that before. There is nothing new
in it. That is right, but it is not
being done. We have to put an end
to these things and see that we
understand our problems not only
in words but in deeds"
"One of the major achievements
reported by the Party at its Eighth
Convention is the organization of
more than 5000 sharecroppers in
the Share Choppers Union in the
South. One thousand of these are
young Negro share troopers, organ
lied into 30 locals and 80 youth sec
tions. Not only here, but generally
in other parts of the country, our
League is beginning to pay atten-
ton somewhat to the farming prob
lem In the South this problem be-
comes one of national importance
raising a national problem, the
struggle for Negro liberation. on a
solid footing, allowing us to be able
to conduct struggle at the heart Of
the capitalist system, spreading to
the steel mills and or mines around
Birmingham, carrying through the
Negro liberation movement.
These are some of the expert.
ences of the League. From the re.
ports of Comrade Green 1t is seer
clearly that the League has gainee
wide experience, in carrying through
and applying the decisions Of thu
Young Communist international
What remains for us to do is to col
lectively discuss our problems, ant
come to the best conclusions as tt
what has to be done. We hav,
learned from this discussion: First
concentration of our activity Sec
ond. developing of new cadres an,
this will always be the problem a
our work proceeds, and third, tina
learning from these lessons we vii
go forward in building trade uniol
youth movement. and building
mass Young Communist League.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-26

ment, which had been placed
in evidence Friday, had been
altered over the weekend
This is the third day Of the trial.
Victory is charged with having
slashed with knife and robbed
Mrs. Carl Kaye. Southern-born and
educated white woman, on the night
of Saturday. May Il. A mass pro-
test movement has been organized
by the International Labor Defense
and League of Struggle for Negro
Rights to smash this vicious frame
up and prevent the duplication Of
the Scottsboro case in Detroit.
Attorney Sugar also revealed that
when Victory was arrested on May
IA, he was taken into a room at the
Connors st. police station, where an
officer pulled a gun, pointed it at
him and ordered him to confess.
When Victory asked what crime he
was being asked to confess, the Of
hcer told him meaningfully that in
Ohio people were strung no for
that" Victory did not know what
he was being accused of till he was
formally charged in court.
The disclosure of the alteration
of an official document was made
during cross exa mination of De-
tective Martin, one of the two de-
tectives who had been originally
assigned to investigate" the case.
The typewriter memorandum on
the case handed to Martin and
Detective Thompson on the morning
of May Ia gave the following de-
scription of the alleged attacker on
the basis of the story first told the
police by Mrs. Kaye: six feet, dark
clothes, felt hat pulled down over
face, unable to give age"
Document Changed In Court
Martin said he and Thompson
went to see Mrs. Kaye and from
her got the following additional in
formation which Thompson wrote
In pencil on the bottom of the
sheet, Thirty eight or forty-hun-
dred sixty-f1ve or hundred seventy
six feet or more-light brown skin
Negro-dark trousers-6srk brown
hat-dirty gray top. coat comes
above knees"
This was all that was on the
document when it was presented in
court Friday. But today there was
written after knees the words,
"long hair'-in a different hand
writing and with lighter pencil.
Victorys long hair is the one dis
tinguishing physical characteristic
which Mrs, Kaye now claims to re-
member. The alteration Of the
document as we'll as other evidence,
indicates, however, that she said
nothing about this prominent phys
zeal feature to the police until after
Victory had been shown to her and
she had supposedly identified" him.
Sugar also revealed that the
original police teletype described
the attacker as a Tone white
man." but the word white" had
been crossed out and "coIored" in
serted.
Testimony of Accuser Confused
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-26
BY HARRY RAYMOND

NEW YORK.-As the date draws
near for the election of a secre-
harry treasurer and business agents
OF the Painters District Council 9,
rank and file members Of the Il
locals Of the Painters Union should
take careful stock Of the activities
Of the candidates whose names will
appear on the ballots,
Whom will the painters choose to
lead the work of their union7
LOUIS Weinstock or Philip zaus-
ner7
The records of both these men
are well known in the labor move
ment.
Weinstock, member of local 400,
is the choice of the Painters Rank
and File Protective Association. His
record in the labor movement is one
of constant and militant fight for
the rank and file and against the
corrupt and dead hand of the A. F.
of L. offlcialdom
Organized Rank and File Group
In 1892 Weinstock, in opposition
to the entire A. F. of L. bureau
cracy, organized the A. F. of L.
Rank and File Committee for IN
employment Insurance to fight for
the passage of the Workers Unem-
pigment Insurance Bill, which
designates that al jobless workers
shall receive unemployment insur-
ance at the expense of the bosses
and the government,
Leading the campaign for unem-
ployment insurance in all sections
Of the A. F. of L. the Rank and
File Committee with Weinstock at
the head was successful in getting
1000 locals of the A. F. of L. to
endorse the Unemployment Insur-
ance Bill. This included four State
declarations and % Central Labor
bodies.
Weinstock likewise led the fight
in the A. F. Of L. for rank and file
control of the unions, for dues ex-
enption for the unemployed and
against racketeering.
The Central Trades and Labor
Council officials Of Greater New
York. with the infamous Joseph p
Ryan, who is now attempting to
break the west coast longshore
strike, at their head, feared Vein
stocks sweeping indictments Of
their anti-labor activities to such
an extent that they refused to seat
him as delegate to the council
after he was elected by his local
union, Painters Local 49e,
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local, controlled by the rank and
file, is growing, whereas locals con-
trolled by the burocrats have been
losing ground. He explained that
an all-inclusive industrial union is
necessary in order to unite the auto
workers in the fight for their
economic demands for union recog-
milton and against the company
unions. Only such united organ
ization of the auto workers, he said,
will have the strength effectively to
combat the company unions, and
the attack Of the corporations on
the auto workers standards of liv-
ing.
The Washington Agreement
Sophie Kushley of the Ternstedt
Local. Detroit, declared: THE ma
tional council would be a mere
shadow and not union. The chair
man would be tool Of William
Green. The auto workers lack of
confidence in the A. F. of L. has
its basis in the bureaucrats' policy Of
class collaboration, Of dropping the
workers economic demands, and re-
fusing to carry on any struggle for
the needs of the auto workers. For
example the local president of the
Ternstedt local joined the company
union and called on the workers to
do likewise. This is the logic of
Green's no-struggle policy and of the
Washington agreement signed by
the A, F. Of L. leaders, whereby they
agreed to arbitration" of the Auto
Labor Board sanction to bring for
ward the company unions, The auto
workers should support the motion
for an all inclusive industrial
union"
Green's Maneuyers
Green told the convention that If
the international Is formed now
when the members are dropping out,
the employers would break the
union. He said the intelligence and
experience necessary for running an
international is now lacking. The
employers would like to see the in
ternational now, Green said. He in
simulated their stool pigeons in the
conference supported 1t.
Arthur Greer, Hudson Local, De-
troit, bureaucrat, representing the
opposition in the machine backed by
Byrd of the Auto Board, presented
resolution for a national council
without Green appointed chair
man. In the discussion he shifted
his position to an indefinite opposi-
ton in order to capitalize on the
sentiment against Green and Collins.
Collins challenged him to speak
for his own resolution. but he didn't.
He feared exposure of the fact that
he has no basic difference with Col
Inns. Green organized caucus after
the conference. There were rurnors
he favors a split If so, this would
be in line with the General Motors
plan to split the A. F. of L. in direc-
ton of the company unions.
The Collins machine allowed a
vote only on concurrence or non
concurrence with the resolution
committee report. This banned
other motions, including the motion
for an industrial union. Despite the
confusion this caused, approximate
ly so delegates voted non concur
renee. There are 1877 regular dele
gates, 1872 including alternates from
1870 locals in II states. After the
conference there was big rank and
file disgust with the machine.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-26
TaxiUniOnLeaderS
In Court for Fight
OnCOmpanyUniOnS
Orner, Gilbert, Gandall
To Act in Own Defense
in Court Tomorrow
by del

NEW YORK. - Joseph Gilbert,
Samuel Orner and William Gandall,
leaders of the Taxi-drivers Union of
Greater New York who we're ar
rested last week while holding a
mass meeting in front Of Arthur's
Garage protesting against the firing
of A. Rabin, leading member of the
union, for refusing to join the COM
pany union, will be tried in the 57th
Street Magistrates Court tomorrow
at 10 a. m. on a charge Of disorderly
conduct.
Adolph Rabin went to work at
the Arthur Garage on the morning
Of June Is. Instead Of being handed
car he was hailed into the office
and was given an application for
membership to q company union
and asked to sign it, Upon Rabin's
refusal to become a member of the
company union he was denied the
right TO take out a cab and was
later fired by Arthur.
Mass Meeting Called
AS part of its campaign against
company unionisrn, the Taxicab
Union arranged a series of mass
meetings in front Of Arthur's Gar
age on East 23rd Street to protest
the firing Of Rabin.
On June 20 Arthur called the po-
lice and had Gilbert, Orner and
Gandall arrested.
Gilbert. Orner and Gandall will
defend themselves in court acting
as their own attornies.
The Union Hackie has issued a
call to workers to come to the 57th
Street Court at II a. m, tomorrow
to protest against the failing of
the union leaders.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-26
Who Are the Candidates in
In the NY. Painters Union?

Weinstock has led the fight
in the Painters Union against the
corrupt zausner machine which has
spent thousands of dollars of the
members money to smother the
voice of the rank and file.
Louis Weinstock represents the
policy of militant class struggls
against the bosses - a policy Of
trade union democracy, policy
of fighting for real union con-
ditions for the painters,
Zausner Was Boss
The record of zausner is one of
the worst in the New York labor
movement.
In 1882 Philip zausner, then
working as boss painter connived
with officials of local 102 to allow
union members to work for him for
wages almost so per cent below the
union scale.
AT that time Jake the Bum"
Wallner, business agent of the
Brooklyn Painters Onion, and one
Jake Holtz helped to get union men
to work for Zausner at any price.
Men who worked for Zausner say
that they were paid from Sc to 81
and sometimes SO day, while the
union scale was 1920. zausner,
painters report, used his friendship
with the gangster Hymie Curley,
the brother of Jake Holtz. to de-
fraud union members of their
wages.
It is clear that Philip Zausner
represents the racketeering. gang
ster element within the union. In
fact, he is the leader of this ele-
nent. His is the policy of class
collaboration with the bosses.
Should Consider Records
The painters in the locals of Dis
trict Council 9 should carefully con-
slider the records of the two candi-
dates for the Office of secretary
The records of the candidates show
the policy which they represent and
will carry out while in ONCE.
AauSner represents all that Is COR
rupt and reactionary in the Amer
lean labor movement.
Weinstock represents an honest
fighting policy that will win union
conditions in the trade.
For union conditions, for trade
union democracy for rank and file
control-that is the program Of
the Painters Rank and File Pro-
tective Association.
Support this program by voting
on June 80 for Louis weinstock
for secretary and Frank Wedl and
l.. j. Stevens for business agents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-26
By HARRY CANNES

NEW YORK-To q convention
of young workers from basic indus
tries, most of whom had played an
active role in strike struggles, the
report of Lou Cooper for the Ma
tional Executive Committee on
trade unions was greeted as a con-
tribution to Qualification of youth
work within the trade unions.
I'VE are creating basis for win
ming over the working class youth
away from reforrnism for the strug-
gle against capitalism" said Com
rade Cooper to the delegates at the
7th National Convention of the Y.
CT. I'VE cannot jump over this
obstacle of reformism." He pointed
out that the youth have become an
important section Of the A. F. Of
L. Since the N.R.A., with the great
increase of strike struggles, the
youth have more and more par
ticipated in these struggles. The
A. F. of L." he said, ARE starting
to organize the so-called youth
trades, such as radio and light
metal. We also see large num-
Der of young workers being drawn
into industries as policy Of the
employers to counteract the or
ganizational activity"
Failure to understand the correct
trade union policy in the A, F. Of
L., and organizing the revolutionary
trade unions, he said, accounts for
the isolation of the League from the
masses of young workers in indus
try, and especially those entering
strike struggles.
Radio Union
Speaking on the experiences in
the radio field in which he has been
most active, Comrade Cooper said:
I'm New York, our policy has
been to build an independent class
struggle union. The Y.CL. has been
mainly responsible for establishing
the union. We were clearly brought
to the struggle against the A. F.
of L. bureaucrats. At the time of
building this organization, carrying
on our opposition work within the
A. F. of L., we were able to utilize
the discomfort within the trade.
and gain organizationally."
He described the fight Of the
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mo Strikes" Says
Jersey City Mayor
Continued from Page y

Kiss. Rose Vicktor and Alfred M.
Bingham, editor Of the magazine
Common Sense" are to be tried
in the Criminal Court today at 10
am, for the crime" of picketing.
Gale Strauss, A. Thomashefsky,
Max Norman and a Federated
Press photographer, Martin Harris,
are to come up in court Friday.
This group is charged with melting
to riot, a felony, which carries a
heavy prison sentence.
On top of this, william Betsch,
representative of the woodcutters
Association of the A. F. of L., was
arrested at Journal So for talking
to Miller Company worker
A photographer and a reporter
were arrested while taking notes
and pictures in front of the Mil
Ter establishment.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-26
LID Exposes Change
In Police Document
During Victory Trial
Defense Blasts Lies of Police and Coached Ac-
cuser in MonstrOus Frame-Up of Negro Worker
BY A. B. MAGH
Special to the Daily WOrker)

DETROIT June 25 - Sensational proof of the clear
rameup character of the arrest and trial of James Victory
Negro worker and World War Veteran introduced into
the trial today when Maurice Sugar Attorney for the Inter
national Labor Defense revealed that official police docu
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lCoNttnNod JroM Pdg6 y
Green's proposal" Mortimer showed
that the aim of Green in proposing
the council was to take all power
away from the rank and file and
from the local unions and vest it
in the Collins-G Green A. F. of L. ma
chine, which works hand in glove
with the Auto Labor Board and
which has worsened the conditions
of the workers.
Mortimer showed that his own
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-26
Y. L.. Convention
Cheers 3 Injured
Continued from Page u
By HARRY CANNES

commissions to take up detailed
problems confronting the youth in
the various basic industries.
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Krumbein Urges Party
In n. Y. to Pass Quota;
Units Will Act Tonight

Continued from Page y
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-26
Auto Men Demand
Industrial Union

Continued from Paes y
Evening star., 1934-03-14

Of material following the subsistence
Of severer weather. Heavy melting
grade is OF IS cents q ton at Pitts
burgh, but has advanced so cents a
ton at Chicago. The Iron Age scrap
composite has advanced slightly from
$12.92 to SIS a gross ton.
Structural steel awards, at 13,500
tons, compare with 81 800 tons a week
ago. New projects total 12,600 tons
compared with $4,000 tons last week.
prices of bolts, nuts and rivets
have been reafiirmed for the second
quarter. Low phosphorus pig iron
has been reduced from $23 to $l9 a
ton, T. o. b. Tennessee furnace. effec-
tive March IT, The Iron Age COM
posite prices on pig iron and finished
steel are unchanged at $3.50 a ton
and 2O2S cents pound, respectively"
Evening star., 1934-03-14
HARDWARE MEN HAIL
CONTINUED EXPANSION

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, March IA COM
Portable rate of expansion continues
in hardware sales, whether reported
by manufacturers or by wholesalers.
The movement of goods has returned
to normal in areas where the demand
was retarded by the late February
storms. In fact, Hardware Age will say
tomorrow in its market summary, a
number Of wholesalers found the late
squirt of Winter demand very help
full in clearing remaining supplies Of
cold-weather items. Meanwhile there
has been no let-up in current Spring
ordering by retailers. Much dealer
buying is for replenishing stocks too
moderately estimated on first orders.
Sales managers and travelling execu-
tives report the South and Midwest
are the most thriving sections.
Evening star., 1934-03-14
FOREIGN EXCHANGES.

NEW YORK, March "a R.-Foreign
exchange steady; Great Britain in dol
lars. others in cents: Great Britain. de-
mand. 5.1Oh; cables. 5.10H: 60-day bills.
6.5s; italy. demand. s.5s; cables s.6s.
.o Demands @ = Beleium, 23;3O: Germany.
Sweden. 26-3i.; Denmark. 1916; Finland.
2.26; Switzerland. 32 80; Spain. - 50
1897; Czechoslovakia. 4.16; Yusoslavia,
2.2S; Austria. 1890 (nominaD; Rumania,
l.Q1; .Argentina. "a 90 tnominaN; Brazil
$3.50 (nominaD; Toxic. 30.25: Shanghai,
yer peso). 81 .95; Montreal in New York,
80 .9334; New York in Montreal 100 .0eI4.
Evening star., 1934-03-14
CURB IRREGULAR
AS TRADING LAGS
Specially Shares Move Up
With Utilities, but
Others Decline.
BY JOHN L. COOLEY,


NEW YORK, March 14.-The Curb
market was irregular today, oils
metals and some of the industrials
declining, while specialties and utili-
ties were higher Trading was indif-
ferent
American Gas, Electric Bond &
Share and Niagara Hudson Power ad-
vanced fractionally.
Distillers Cooperation. Seagram'S
Humble Oil, Lake Shore Mines. New
mont Mining, Cities Service and Swift
81 Co. yielded around half a point to
nearly point
Edison Bros Stores, Pittsburgh &
Lake Erie, Union Gas of Canada and
General Tire & Rubber advanced l
to 2 and more points.
Acme Steel declined around 3.
Evening star., 1934-03-14
|STEEL MEN READY
TO INCREASE PAY
Disposed to Follow R00Se-
welt Plan if Prices Will
Offset Costs.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March l4.-Iron Age
said today that the steel industry
seems disposed to follow the Presi-
dents suggestion that wage rates be
raised, and might agree to an ad-
vance U as much as 10 per cent
provided that prices might be raised
sufficiently to cover the increase in
cost"
Further shortening of hours in
the steel industry" stated the review,
is not a practical possibility since
the average work week per employe
during operations under the code has
been only 29.2 hours.
The possibility of a wage advance
is already being taken into considera-
Evening star., 1934-03-14
MEETING AGAIN DELAYED,

JERSEY CITY, N. j., March IA (F).
The annual stockholders meeting
of Kelly-Springf1eld Tire Co., ad-
iourned from yesterday, was further
put off today until 4 pm. tomorrow
to permit final tabulation of the
shareholders votes. A group of stock
holders. headed by Protective Com
mittee, conducted proxy contest to
wrest control from the present man.
agement.