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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-26
Miners Union
Urges Release
Of Thaelnnann
lnaiIr Worker Midwest Rur.aul


CHICAGO, Ill, Sept. z5.-The
convention of the Progressive
Miners Of Amesica yesterday passed
resolutions calling for the freedom
Of Ernst Thaelmann, imprisoned
German Communist leader, and all
anti-fascist prisoners; against the
N. r. A.; against deportations, and
for the freedom of the Scottsboro
boys and Tom Mooney.
The convention also endorsed the
Workers Unemployment Insurance
Bill and the soldiers bonus, and
passed a resolution declaring its
solidarity with the textile strikers.
All Of these resolutions we're intro
duced by left wing delegates.
The convention, dominated by the
Pearcy machine, tabled kilograms
from the anti-war congress ar
rangements committee as well as
the question Of granting the floor
to speaker for the U. S. Congress.
Against War and Fascism.
After two hours Of heated dis
cussion the convention refused the
floor to HutchinS, representative Of
the fourteen Hillsboro defenders.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-26
Shooting of Workers
in Costa Rica Strike
Protested by |. L. d.

NEW YORK.-Cables protesting
the shooting of banana strikers in
Costa Rica and court action taken
against Communist Congressman
Mora in connection with the strike
have been sent by the international
Labor Defense, the -Imperialist
League and the Marine Workers In
dustrial Union to President Jiminez
and the Costa Rican Congress.
At the same time a protest against
the same action was sent by the
trade unions and other worker or
CARNATIONS to the United Fruit Co..
offices in New York City. The wire
charged that reign Of terror has
been instituted against the banana
strikers at the direction of the
United Fruit Co. and that the Costa
Rican government is dominated by
this company
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-26
Police Bullet
Kills Militant
Chicago Baker
Mass Funeral Parade Is
Set for Tomorrow
Morning at 9

CHICAGO, III, Sept. 25.-Chica1
police murdered Joseph Piskono~
wicz a member of Polish Local
40 Of the International Bakery
and Confectionery Union Sunday.
Piskonowicz was returning home
from work and was passing by the
bakery which the local had de.
clared on strike when Police Ser
geant Joseph Ponich shot him. He
died instantly.
Sergeant Ponicki, according to
the local press, said that he had
watched Piskonowicz for days be-
cause he was active in the strike.
Local 40 had declared strikes in a
number Of bakeries; the P. and G.,
at 1852 w. Huron St; Palmer Bak-
cry, at Ashland and North Ave, and
Morris Aldman, TIA N. Ashland
Ave. 1t was in front of the last
mentioned bakery that Piskonowicz
was murdered Immediately after
his death Chicago police raided the
headquarters of Local 40, at 1860
Augusta Blvd, and arrested nine
workers, holding them for over
day. They later released eight, and
held the secretary of the local for
questioning.
The murder of Piskonowicz, who
has been a delegate from Local No.
40 to the Bakers Council for eight
years and a delegate to the Chicago
Federation of Labor-and who was
also a member of the International
Labor Defense and Polish Workers
Club Solidarity and a Red Builder
with the Polish paper Trybuna
Robo.nicza-has stirred tremendous
indignation among the broad
masses of Polish workers and
among the trade unionists in gen.
eral.
A huge mass funeral will be held
Thursday morning starting from
the Union Hall at 1860 Augusta st.
at 8 o'clock. The line of march will
pass each of the three bakeries now
being struck by the union. The
funeral will be under the auspices
of Bakers Local 40 and the Polish
Society "Jednosc." Other working
class organizations are taking an
active part in the preparations.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-26
Office Workers Union
Wins Klein Pledge
10 Rehire 9 Workers

NEW YORK.-After one week of
intensive negotiations with the S.
Klein department store, Uni on
Square, the Office Workers Union
has received a promise of rein
statement for nine union members,
fired for union activities.
The terms of the agreement,
reached Sunday, guarantee against
intimidation and interference by
the company.
This victory has been won not
only through the spirit of solidar-
ity of the Klein store workers and
the leaders of the o. w. u, but
by Beale and Albertson. of the
Food Workers Industrial Union,
who co-operated as representatives
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-26

the following holidays: New Years day,
Independence day, Labor day, Columbus
day, Armistice day, and Christmas. When
these holidays fall on Sunday, the over
time rate shall be paid on the following
day. All workers to be given time off with
pay to vote on election days.
7. Under no conditions shall seamen do
longshoremen's work, such as driving
winches, etc.
8. No deduction shall be allowed for
shifting.
9. Transportation shall be furnished to
the men working in the stream from the
time they leave the docks until they re-
turn to the docks. All work at outside
points, the men shall be paid travelling
time and transportation. Time is to start
from the time they leave the starting
point until they return.
MINIMUM GANGS
10. In order to create more Jobs, the
minimum gang for general cargoes shall
be % men, with corresponding increases
for all other types of cargo. The union
local and dock committees shall determine
the size of the gangs.
II. Compensation shall be $40 week,
payable at once, upon injury. All ex-
penses incurred, such as doctors etc, to
be paid by shipowners and compensation.
Workers to have the right to any doctor
they want.
IL. The above demands and wage scale
shall apply to all men employed in the
business of loading or diScharging Of all
vessels and the assembling Of all csrgoes,
all checking, all cargo repairman. all
longshoremen on deep water and coast
wise docks.
RECOGNITION
10. The longshoremen shall have the
right to join any union they see fit; the
right to strike when their demands are
not otherwise granted; recognition of the
elected dock committees for the enforce
ment Of wages and labor conditions con-
tanned in these demands and in any other
problems that may arise, In all confer
ences longshoremen shall be represented
by committees elected by and from the
ranks OF the longshoremen There shall
be no discrimination on account Of union
activities.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-26
Basic Issues Are Ignored
in Proposals of ALL.
Misleadership

At a meeting of Local 791, held
several weeks ago, Ryan devoted his
speech to attacking the Rank and
File Committees, the Daily Worker
and the Communist Party But
several workers rose up to challenge
his statements and to demand a
real struggle for the return Of 1929
working conditions and wages.
The central Rank and File Ac-
ton Committee, at Room 80, 1
Union Square, issues q monthly
port bulletin called the shape-Up
News.
Many thousands OF leaflets and
stickers containing the demands
and program of action Of the Balti-
more conference have been dis
tributed. These leaflets urge the
formation of rank and file commit
tees on the docks and in the local
unions to prepare for strike action,
and to demand rank and file con-
troll of the wage negotiations.
West Coast Militancy High
a Reports from San Francisco
of the strike of two Dollar Line
ships crews and solidarity picket
ing of 1000 longshoremen, coupled
with the election victory in the I. L,
A. Frisco local Of the rank and file
slate headed by Harry Bridges,
leader OF the strike, show that the
fighting spirit and organized power
of the West Coast men are UNI
broken, and that they can be
counted on to give effective sup
port to strike action on the East
Coast. This is a positive factor OF
the utmost importance. Joint ac-
ton of the seamen and longshore-
men on both coasts would repre-
sent a tremendous concentration OF
working class power.
The question of whether the
treacherous lineup of Ryan, Olan-
der and company will succeed now
in putting over their betrayal
uldUGUNGIS VI o4OC-GA lNh1AA5 0OA Am
action is a question of developing
the maximum activity of the mill
tant elements among the marine
workers on the docks and ships, in
side the I. S. u, the I. L. A. and
among the unorganized. The work
ers must demand regular reports on
the negotiations. must fight for
rejection of any sell-out agreements
or arbitration proposals, must pass
strike resolutions on the docks
ships and in the local meetings, and
above all must insist on united &C
ton and solidarity of all marine
unions and crafts under commit
tees elected by the rank and file
1t is now the most serious clas
responsibility of all revolutionar!
workers and their organizations Il
assist to the utmost the militant
longshoremen and seamen in pre-
pairing and leading the coming
strike battles in the marine indus
try.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-26
Ryan Already on Record
Against Any Struggle
for Demands
By PAUL CLINE

During the past few weeks in
portant developments in the marine
industry, particularly on the East
Coast, have placed the question of
new mass strikes Of the longshore-
men and seamen on the agenda of
the class struggle. These develop
ments are:
l. The expiration on Oct. / of
the East Coast longshoremen's work
ing agreement. In the negotiations
now taking place in New York the
shipowners have made 1t plain that
they will stand pat for renewal Of
the present agreement, and for no
concessions to the men. On the
other hand the mass of longshore-
men affected by the agreement
10000 Of them in ports from Maine
to Virginia-are bitterly dissatisfied
with the present working conditions
and wage scale and are increasingly
pressing for action.
The weight of this pressure is re-
vealed by the fact that Joseph p.
Ryan, President of the Interna-
tional Longshoremen's Association,
has been forced to come out with a
demand for 81 an hour and $3.50 for
overtime as the basic wage rate for
the new agreement (This scale is
the same as that put forward by
the rank and file longshore dele
gates at the Baltimore Unity Con-
ference, Sept. u.
Ryan's Demagogy
Ryan, in making talk for 81 an
hour, has another motive in mind
besides posing as the champion of
high wages: He wants to cover up,
to push into the background the
question of working conditions lone
or two days work week, curtailed
size Of gangs, tremendous speed-up,
discrimination in hiring, etc. from
which the most burning demands of
the dock workers arise.
Furthermore, Ryan has already
made it plain as day that he is
quite prepared to drop his bluff for
high wages. Fearing that the long
shoremen may take him seriously
and prepare to back up demands
with strike action, he has come out
with the following public statement:
1--WE have been renewing contracts
with the shippers since 1915 with
out trouble. I don't anticipate
there will be any necessity for a
walk-out in this instance. 1t has
always been my policy to arrive at
an agreement with the employers
across the table. With two COM
mittees comforting, I believe we will
get any reasonable. demands we
will make"
Ryan Against Strike
In this statement Ryan openly
places himself on record against
strike action. He expresses conf
dence in the goodwill of the ship
owners-the same people who did
not stop at turning machine guns
on the West Coast stevedores. He
implies, of course, that the demand
for 81 an hour is unreasonable, -
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-26

HOURS
1. Six hours Of work shall constitute
days work. The day shall be between
am. and pm. The working week
shall be from Monday to Friday.
O. While 80 hours shall constitute a
weeks work, there must be a guarantee
Of 20 hours work week, 40 weeks year.
The government and industry shall guar
antee this minimum Of 40 weeks. All
workers getting less than 40 weeks shall
receive the difference between their ac-
tual earnings and the minimum wage
from the Unemployment Insurance funds
which shall be raised by 1 per cent tax
on every 100 pounds of cargo and from
funds appropriated for the Jones' White
act The foregoing minimum shall be so
guaranteed until the passage Of the
Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill
H. R. 1893, which bill has the endorse
ment of the U.A.C,
WAGES
3. The wage shall be 81 per hour for
general cargo and $3.50 overtime. All
work on offensive and dangerous cargo
hides, explosives, sulphur, barbed WIRE
damaged cargo, etc, wages for such cargo
shall be S1.25 an hour and 81 87ia over
time. Explosives are to be plainly marked
as such.
Wages are to be adjusted regularly as
prices rise, so that there will be no low
ering of the standard OF living due to in
flation.
HIRING
T. The gang system Of hiring shall be
discontinued and a rotary system insti-
tuted, to be controlled by the longshore-
men. There shall be no discrimination
against race, creed or color in giving out
jobs There shall be no checkerboard
gangs. Negro workers are to be given
equal opportunity for any job on the dock.
5. When men are called out and no
work is provided, the men shall receive
three hours pay at the prevailing rate.
After six hours, the men shall receive time
and a half. meal times to be double
straight time.
g. There shall be no overtime after six
hours. new gang is to be shaped up.
All Saturday and Sunday work is to be
paid at overtime rates, time and half,
Double straight time shall be paid for
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-26

and that granting of the more basi
demands is out of the question.
The shipowners' position is that
wages should be cut 10 per cent an
hour, but in any case they will not
bulge beyond renewal of the pres
ent contract. Ryan's strategy (Which
is being carried through under the
direction Of the shipping interests
is obvious: To make a bluff at
demanding the rank and file wage
scale, shelve the much more basic
demands raised by the men, create
illusions among the more backward
sections Of the I. L. A. membership
and to sign victory" agreements
on the basis of the present agree
ment with perhaps an increase of
five cents an hour as the sugar
coating.
In order to carry through this
sell-out strategy, it is necessary first
Of all to smother militant rank and
file opposition. This Ryan is at
tempting to do by an intensified
campaign against the Rank and File
committees and their dock bulletins
lin Local 1858 a motion was jammed
through for a dollar fine against
anyone caught accepting Red" lit
erature), by raising the red scare"
by defeatist SANDER against the
Pacific Coast strike, etc. Also as
part of this campaign, the I. L. A.
bureaucrats in New York are carry
ing on a fake organization drive
among the unorganized longShore-
men, aimed primarily at controlling
the militant spirit of the workers,
and holding them in line for the
Sell-out.
Heading Movement to Behead 1t
% The Oct. 8 strike call issued
by the International Seamens' Union
"a. F. of H. Is a bid by the mis-
leaders to head the coming strug-
giles Of the seamen in order to be-
head them. At the same time it
is a brazen move to strengthen
their bureaucratic apparatus by
gaining recognition of the I. S. u.
and control of hiring. This is made
plain in the strike resolution which
exemptS from strike action seamen
ION ships under agreement with
the I. S. U. or ships sailing under
arrangements approved by the Paci-
f1c Coast division of the I. S. U, [orl
ships of companies with whom
negotiations are now in progress"
In this way Olander, Furuseth and
Co. call on the unorganized seamen
to strike for the I. S. U. code sub
mitted to the N. r. A. while their
own union members are ordered to
remain scabbing on the job for
wages and conditions below the re-
quirements of this code!
The M. w. I. u, in theoretically
exposing these treacherous maneuv-
ers, calls on all seamen to convert
the fake Oct. 8 strike into real
strike controlled by rank and file
committees, tying up all Atlantic
coast and gulf shipping. 1t calls
on the seanen to prepare to strike
in support of the longshoremen if
| they go out before Oct. 8.
United Action Popular
Any action undertaken by the
Seamen is assured of a strong SYM
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-26
Sympathizers To Build
Sound Truck for C.. P.

NEW YORK. - The Technical
Equipment Committee, group of
Communist sympathizers. are ar
ranging for the construction Of a
powerful sound simplifying truck for
the use of the Communist Party in
the election campaign.
The committee calls on sympa-
thizers who are interested to tele-
phone S. j. White, Gramercy $1,000
for further information.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-26
JObless Plan
Relief Drive


PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Sept. u.s.
Delegates from 80 organizations
representing A. F. of L., indepen-
dent and unions affiliated with the
Trade Union Unity League, women,
youth and Negro groups, met at a
conference on unemployment here
Sunday to plan immediate steps in
the fight for adequate relief. In
addition to these delegates from
Philadelphia, Reading, Lancaster,
Coatsville and Scranton, two dele
gates representing the Ministers
Alliance, an organization of 400
Negro ministers, pledged support to
the struggles of the unemployed.
A program of action under
which the organizations participant
ing in the conference will conduct
a vigorous campaign to force the
city relief administration to adopt
the demands of the jobless was
unanimously decided upon. This
plan calls for the sending OF one
hundred delegates from the partlcl-
pating organizations to the City
Council at its meeting on Oct. ID.
A mass demonstration will be
held Saturday, Oct. 20, at Rayourn
Plaza, Philadelphia. Statewide &C
ton will be held on Oct. 10 at 10
am, at which time unemployed
workers throughout the state will
demonstrate before the local relief
stations and elected delegates will
present demands for immediate
adoption by the relief officials.
The delegates pledged to enroll
25.OOO new members into the IN
employment Councils by Dec. 81.
Herbert Benjamin, national or
ganizer of the Unemployment Coun-
ellis. reported on the immediate
campaigns of the unemployed ana
the plans for a National Congress
for Social Security to be held IN
washington on Jan. 5, 6 and to
demand that the Federal govern
ment enact real unemployment ana
social insurance.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-26
If Not Passed
Bill Must Go
Before Voters
Communists File Names
If $4,000 Who Signed
Initiative Demand

SEATTLE, Wash, Sept 25.-In-
itiative number four, State I'M
employment insurance bill, modelled
on the Workers Unemployment
and Social Insurance Bill, was Of
f1ciaHy filed with the Secretary of
State at Olympia last week, after
workers had collected $4,000 sigma
lures to petition.
Under the state initiative laws,
the State Legislature is forced to
place the State Workers Unem-
ployment Insurance Bill on the
first order Of business when it con-
venes on Jan. IA. Under the same
law, if the bill Is not passed by
the State Legislature it automati-
cally goes on the ballot for refer
endum vote at the next general
elections
Initiative number four, which
has been backed by hundreds of
working class organizations in the
State Of Washington, is worded the
same as the Workers Unemploy-
ment Insurance Bill introduced
into Congress last Feb. 2, under
House Resolution 1898 with the in
clusion Of a paragraph stating that
1t will be effective until the Work
ers Bill is passed on national
scale.
Filled by Communist Candidate
It provides unemployment insur-
ance benefit payments equal to
average local wages for all work
ers and farmers unemployed
through no fault of their own. The
benefit payments under the bill are
hn no case to be less than $40 a
week for each unemployed worker
plus So for each dependent.
1t further provides full payment
of benefits to workers unemployed
because Of sickness, old age, mater
nifty, or strikes.
Initiative number four was filed
by Charles e. Malone, Communist
candidate for State Senator from
the 45th district. Malone is presi-
dent of the Central Federation of
the Unemployed Citizens League
(af1liated to the National Unem-
ployment Councils. The League
led In the drive to obtain the nee
essary number Of signatures to
place the Workers Bill before the
State Legislature.
Malone, for twelve years mem
Der of the Railroad Switchmen of
North America, was an organizer
Of the militant Crown Hill local
of the Unemployed Citizens League,
and led the two hunger marches
to the State capitol. His long fight
for the working class won him the
candidacy on the working class
ticket for State Senator.
Malone, in filing the Workers
Bill, warned all workers that under
the State initiative law the State
Legislature has the option of
presenting a substitute bill along
with initiative number four, and
called upon the workers in the
State to continue an unrelenting
fight for real unemployment insur-
ance as embodied in the Workers
Unemployment Insurance Bill Gin
itiative four), the bill which has
the support Of millions of workers
throughout the country.
The drive for the $4,000 sigma
lures was well under way during
the past week, with all mass meet
ings called by the Unemployed
Citizens League filled to capacity
The Cedar Mountain Local, the
United Mine Workers of America
and the Boot and Shoe Workers
Union and the Painters locals lead
ing In the drive for the $4,000 sig
natures
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-26
CORRECTION

1t was incorrectly stated in yes
terday's Daily Worker that Moe
Brown is a local leader Of the Ma
tional Textile Workers Union. Moe
Brown is a member of the United
Textile Workers of America, an af-
filiate Of the A. F. L.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-26

Of the cafeteria workers in S.
Klein's.
More than 100 of the 1000 work
ers in the store applied to the o.
w. U. for membership during the
past two weeks. An intensive or
ganizational campaign has been
started by the union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-26

Our Readers Must Spread the
Daily Worker Among the Members
of All Mass and Fraternal Organ
izstions As Political Task of First
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-26
Demands for Longshoremen

Following the list Iongshoemen adopted at
Baltimore United Conference approved
National
Association the Industrial
The Washington times., 1934-03-26
DEATHS

Laura Christine Rice, so years. AIS
Seventh St. n. w.
Patrick A. Downey, rs years. 2s1s P
Ht. N. W.
Lawrence Polling, 7s years, 1919 Wis
0onsin Ave. N. w.
George " Buck, S6 years, 1925 Thir-
Eeenth st. n. w.
John T. Flournay 81 years. Garfield
Hospital.
owen Mcvearry, So year. Providence
Hospital.
John Ritchie, jr., So years, 1880 Church
Ot. N. w.
ogden T. Davis, SIS years. George
Washington University Hospital.
Alta P. Lumsden, years, in front OF
Mckinley School,
Ronald P. White, years, Sibley Hos
pital.
Donald Curry, IS months Children's
Hospital.
Robert Dingler, 1 month, Georgetown
University Hospital.
Walter Case, 1 month, Georgetown
University Hospital.
Edgar W. Porter. sS years. Freed
John L. Bryant, So years, Gallinger
Hospital.
Charles E. johnson, 70 years. Gallinger
Hospital.
Betsy Hall, 80 years. 1919 Union Ct.
8. W.
JSIAI 1dHHSAlI 90 years. EdIIluseE nos"
pital.
Julia Oscar, So years 1908 st. N. W.
Joseph Jackson, SO years, Gallnger
Hospital.
Mary Pierce, 50 years, 1880 Second St.
o. ".
Louise Taylor, so years. Gallinger Hos
pital.
Sam Thomas. 4s years, Freedrnen's
Hospital
Fred Avery. 81 years, Gallinger Hos
pital.
Thomas Hughes. 20 year. Gallinger
Hospital.
Haywood Robinson, 20 years, CALM
ger Hospital.
Leroy ouarles, 2s years. 1917 -Four.
teenth st. N. W.
Arhelia Miller, Is years, 1922 st.
N. W.
Walter Latner. months, children's
Hospital.
Catherine Kerr, s months, 2123 Eigh-
teenth st. N. W.
Marie Evans. months, Freedmen's
Hospital.