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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-15
n. Y. Women
Plan Welcome
To Delegates

NEW YORK. Women's organiza-
tions and anti-war groups are to-
day mobilizing their membership
for mass reception for II Amer
lean women delegates to the Paris
Congress Against War and Fascism,
who return tomorrow on the lie de
France.
The boat will dock at Pier 81,
foot of w. 18th st.
Workers with banners of their or
CARNATIONS will be at the pier to
greet the delegates headed by the
veteran working woman leader,
Mother Ella Reeve Bloor. Repre-
sentatives of the Womens Councils,
American League Against War and
Fascism, Needle Trades Workers In
dustrial Union and various anti
war groups, fraternal and trade
unions will welcome the delegates.
Mother Bloor, Equille McKeithen
and several of the other delegates
will speak at mass meeting Fri
day, Aug. "a, at Webster Hall, 119
E. 18th St., called by the New York
Women's Section of the American
League Against War and Fascism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-15

by the Daily Worker, there's no
question but that would probably
have been sent to my death on that
horrible Georgia chain gang.
The larger the circulation of the
Daily" the better it is able to
cary on the everyday fight of all
workers throughout the country. 1
appeal to the Negro people to join
in together with other workers in
putting this drive over. The Daily"
is the only paper in this country
that carries accurate accounts Of
the miserable lot of the working
class and thu Negro people and at
the same time is an organizer and
fighter for the interests of the en-
tire working class.
Surely we will not stop until this
drive has overpassed its quota!
Every worker a Red Builder and
shock brigader in the drive for TO-
900 new readers for Americas only
working class daily paper-the Daily
Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-15
The U.S.S.R. Organizes
All Its Resources TO
Save Crop
COUNTRY JUBHANT
Harvest Is Expected 10
Surpass Last Years
Record Yield

MOSCOW, Aug. IA. = The
entire country is jubilant with
the triumphant overcoming of
the drought which struck the
biggest grain districts during
the planting this summer.
When it became apparent
that the drought was endangering
the wheat crop, the Soviet govern
ment Immediately began to organ
ize all its resources to provide
water by irrigation and other
means, and to organize q tremcn-
dous battle against the drought in
the stricken districts. The slogan
issued by Stain, Not to lose a
grain of wheat or a seed" became
the inspiration of the whole coun-
try. Vast irrigation projects were
constructed in record time, and i'm
mense brigades organized to water
the fields and carry out intensive
cultivation.
The remarkable organizational
efficiency of the collective farms
reached great heights under the
tremendous enthusiasm of the
peasants, who performed unusual
feats of labor in the fight against
the drought, and finally conquered
its ravages, so that today the Soviet
Union will reap record crop.
It is confidently expected that the
record crop Of 9O,000,0 900 tons of last
year will be surpassed this year,
despite the destruction of the
drought. Last years crop was the
greatest in the history of the coun-
try.
Record Collections
Not only has the drought been
successfully overcome, but the speed
CT collecting and harvesting the
grain is also reaching records.
BY the beginning of July more
than 100000 hectares had been
harvested as compared with H.
100000 last year, and last years
harvesting had set the previous
record. CA hectare is two and
half acres.)
So great has been the victory of
the Soviet Government and the COL
lective farms over the climatic
changes that the Soviet Govern
ment will be able to export as much
as last year without lowering the
home consumption by one bushel.
The price of bread is low and
supplies are plentiful as result
of The successful fight against the
drought crop destruction. Every
effort is being made TO increase
the crops and acreage in order to
provide steadily rising living
standard for every worker and
farmer in the Soviet Union.
The destruction of crops by the
United States government even in
the face of the drought destruction
are looked upon as crime against
the needs of the people
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-15
Militant Union Fight Urged for Workers Textile Code

These same codes have introduced
the most vicious forms of speed-up
and strechout in all sections of The
industry.
1t is therefore significant for the
textile workers and especially for
the rank and file delegates to the
United Textile Workers Conven-
ton to compare the position of
Mcmahon and other top leaders of
the U. T. w. and the National Tex
tile Workers Union on this vital
issue At the time of the first hear
ing on the Textile Code in Wash
ington in June, 1888, the National
Textile Workers Union was the only
Union that militantly combated the
working class nature of the
codes. Mcmahon and the U. T. w.
top leaders helped to enforce these
slave codes and to this day try TO
convince the textile workers, that
the N, r. A. codes are beneficial to
the workers, and that wherever
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-15

government shall pay unemploy-
ment insurance equal to this
amount, and for part time work.
ers the difference between the
amount (s720) and their actual
earnings.
3-That the wages Of workers
receiving at present above this
minimum shall be increased inn
mediately by rs per cent.
THAT wages shall be adjusted
for all workers regularly as prices
rise so that there shall be no
lowering of the living standards
due to initiation.
5-Thst the labor code shall
provide for democratically elected
shop committees controlled by the
workers in all mills, to be recog-
nized by the employers. These
committees to deal with employ
ers In the enforcement of wages,
hours, discharges, conditions of
labor, etc, The right of the work
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-15
us. Will Go On Limiting
Produce to Force
Prices Higher
PORK GETS SCARCE
Packers Lay in Stocks
to Cash In on
Price Rise

WASHINGTON, Aug. IA
Whatever temporary changes
may be finally forced upon the
Roosevelt government in the
matter of relaxing the A.A.A.
program of crop destruction,
the essential policy of curbing
the food supply in order to keep
prices high will remain unchanged,
Secretary Of Agriculture Wallace
announced yesterday after a con-
ference with Roosevelt.
Wallace also emphasized that it
has not yet even been decided that
there shall be any government per-
mission to increase the crop plant
ings for next year. 1t all depends
on the weather, he said.
In the event of a surplus"
that is to say, a food supply too
great to be absorbed by the mar
ket at present prices and profit
rates, Wallace made it clear that
he is determined to continue
crop control next year"
The A.AA. farm program has al
ready destroyed more than one
third of the wheat, corn. cotton and
tobacco crop.
Smallest Meat Supply
AS a result of the destruction Of
hogs and cows under the AA.A.
program, as well as the drought
devastation, the supply of pork
coming into the market may be
the smallest on record" the Depart
ment of Agriculture declared to-
day.
The price of meats is expected to
reach new peaks this winter and
the Wall Street controlled packing
companies are already laying in
heavy supplies to cash in on the
price rises.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-15
Jamaica S. p.
Aids Defense
OF Popovich

NEW YORK. Brushing aside the
efforts of James Oneal, editor of
the New Leader, to sidetrack them,
the membership of the Socialist
Party and the Young Peoples So
cialist League of Jamaica has Joined
with the Popovich Defense Com
mittee, the International Labor De-
Tense and other militant groups
against working class terror in
Jamaica.
Popovich, an active Communist,
was arrested late in July for dis
tributing leaflets announcing the
August First anti-war demonstra-
ton and sentenced to six months
imprisonment by the labor hating
Magistrate Hoffman.
The united action was the result
of unanimous vote for united
front against local terror by the
Jamaica Circle of the Young
Peoples Socialist League on Aug. 9.
Similar action was taken by the
Socialist Party Branch of Jamaica,
which is Oneal's home branch and
stronghold. Oneal proposed to re-
fer the matter to the City Central
Committee, but the workers of the
local, aware that this proposal was
intended to prevent action, rejected
it.
The following evening, Leonard
Victor, a member of the Young
Peoples Socialist League, addressed
a meeting of 300 called by the ia
maica international Labor Defense
and urged unity of action to guar
antee the success of the fight for
Popovich's freedom.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-15
Bro'Oder VIII Speak Tonight
at Mass Rally for Herndon
Thousands Will Attend
Welcome Meeting in
Rockland Palace!

NEW YORK.-Angelo Herndon
will speak tonight at Rockland Pal
ace, 155th Street and Eighth Ave.
Negro and white workers and in
tellectuals of New York, VINO helped
rescue him from immediate torture
and death on the Georgia chain
gang, will have their first oppor-
tunity to hear this heroic young Ne
gro revolutionary leader, whose de-
fiance to the lynch courts has rung
around the world.
You may do what you will with
Angelo Herndon. You may indict
him. You may put him in Jail. But
there will come thousands of An
gelo Herndons. If you want to really
do anything about the case, you
must go out and indict the social
system. But this you will not do,
for your role is to defend the sys-
tenn under which the toiling masses
are robbed and oppressed"
Herndon, who is out on bail
raised by workers and sympathetic
throughout the coun-
try, will be greeted at the Rockland
Palace mass welcome meeting by
leaders of the revolu-
tionary movement, including Earl
general secretary of the
Communist Party; James w. Ford,
of the Harlem Section;
Anna Damon of the National Office
of the International Labor Defense;
Joseph Brodsky, William Fitzgerald,
and Israel Amter. Ben Davis, Jr.,
Herndon's defense attorney and now
editor of the Negro Liberator, will
act as chairman.
Rockland Palace can be reached
by the Sixth and Ninth Ave.
elevated lines or by East Side sub
way transferring at 167th or nth
Continued on Page q
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-15
Bridgeport Socialist Mayor Battles Against Own Rank and File
LOCALS PRESS FOR ACTION AT TEXTILE CONVENTION
Daily Indispensable Fighter!

THE drive to get 10000 new
L readers for the Daily
Worker is of tremendous i'm
portance to every worker and
workers sympathizer in the
United States. In view of
the desperate efforts of the
ruling class to send the
Scottsboro boys to the chair,
the frantic efforts of the Hit
Ter bloodhounds to kill Ernst
Thaelmann, the fascist ruling
class violence that suppressed
the general strike = the inn
portance of putting the drive
over the top must be i'm
pressed on the minds of all
workers.
l want to point out that the
Daily" has been an indispensable
factor In the fight for my freedom.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-15
U.T.W. Leaders Stand
Is Compared With
Militant Line

Mahon effectively crushed that
movement for a national cotton
strike, just asthe latter prevented
the wooden and worsted strike.
Only a militant strike led by rank
and file elected strike committees
around these main demands will def
initely improve the general work
ing conditions of all textile wor..i;-
ers and help to win the present
strike of the Alabama cotton work
ers The National Textile Work
ers Union calls upon the delegates
to the u t. w convention to 60
on record for such strike action inn
mediately. The National Textile
Workers Union pledges full coopera-
ton in such a struggle.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-15

there is discrepancy, it is due to
unfair employers.
At the time of the first Cotton
Code hearing, the National Textile
Workers Union proposed the follow
ing amendments to the Cotton Tex
tile Code:
THAT industry and the gov
erment assume the responsibility
for fixed minimum weekly and
yearly wage for every worker In
the industry. This to be achieved
through provisions that no worker
shall be given less than 40 weeks
per year of employment--no less
than 30 hours per week and a
maximum of 40 hours per week;
that wages shall be set at min
imum of Soc per hour. This would
provide a minimum wage Of S720
yearly for every worker.
2-That where the industry does
not provide workers with this
minimum Of yearly earnings, the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-15
SOVIET UNION BEATS
DROUGHT, FARMERS
RAISE BUMPER CROP
Farmer, Embittered
By Order to Ruin
Crop, Kills Himself

GREENVILLE, S. c., Aug. IA.
-Embittered and all its instincts
outraged by the government or
der that he pillow under the three
acres of surplus" cotton on his
farm, B. B. Medlock, tenant
farmer, shot and killed himself
Monday.
His cotton crop, the result Of
long months of back breaking
toll, would have been valueless
to him under the terms the gov
eminent was forcing upon him
under the Bankhead Bill, which
makes all surplus" cotton sub
ject to enormous taxes.
Harrassed by the government
officials and the big landlords
who benefit by the Bankhead
Bill, Medlock, unable to get him
self to destroy his crop, seized
a shotgun and shot himself
through the heart behind the
barn.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-15
WOrkersHit
The Policy
OF McLevy
Bridgeport SO cialists
Are Bitter at Mayors
Anti-Labor Tactics
WANT UNITED FRONT
Conc e mr. Executives
Hailing of Nazis Attacks
on Jobless
BY 81 GERsoN

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Aug. IA
Tomorrow night the Socialist Party
of Bridgeport-the ruling political
party of the city-will hold its
membership meeting. Kieve Liskov-
sky, Socialist selectman, is up on
charges for expulsion from the So
cialist Party, indicted on the helm
Gus charges Of working with the
Communists and speaking from a
Socialist platform" Socialist
Mayor Jasper McLevy is leading
the attack on Liskovsky.
And thereupon hangs a tale that
is of vital interest not only TO the
workers of Bridgeport, but to people
all over the country who are Won
dering how a Socialist Mayor gov
erns a city.
Mcevy was swept into office last
Fall, along with a number of other
Socialist officials, on a wave of
popular disgust with the two major
parties. A few weeks after the cleo
ton the Daily Worker interviewed
Mayor McLevy. At that time the
Daily Worker correspondent, Carl
Reeve, wrote:
"McLevy made II clear through
out the interview that he will
carry on no fight against the in
terests of the Bridgeport poIiti
clans who represent the manufac-
turers, and will not fight for the
demands of the unemployed. He
will be safe Mayor, Mayor
who fits in well into the city pOlit
icaI machine, and who will not
embarrass or disturb the employ
ers of the city and State. He will
hide his inaction behind the
city charter and blame his own
spineless inaction on the workers,
claiming that they will not follow
him into a fight" DAILY Worker.
Dec. 20, 1884,
These words, expressing the atti-
tude of the Communist Party on
McLevy, have been proven up to the
IllG ny uSfSIOpillCllUo III IA AN6SRoAo "
Testimony has been piled mountain
high proving that the Daily Worker
was correct then and is correct now
in its analysis of McLevy, his poll
cies and the direction that McLevy
is taking.
JASPER McLEVY'S election was
y conceived in sin, and it bears the
scarlet letter of shame today. AS
one Socialist who was elected to an
unpaid office stated to the writer
recently. "a election deal was
undoubtedly Matched between Nc
Levy and the Republicans, by which,
in return for McLevy's election and
the presidency of the Board of AL
dermen, the Republicans we're to
get posts as the head of or on a
number of leading city committees.
Confirmation of this is recorded
in q resolution adopted by Senior
Continued on Page q
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-15
Cuba Linenen
Solid as C.. p.
Backs Strike

HAVANA, Aug. 14-With the
strike of the telegra ph and commu-
nications workers solid, all lines
here are paralyzed.
The Communist Party of Cuba
has issued a statement of enthusi-
astic support of the strike, which is
being led by the revolutionary OPP
position in the Communication
Workers Union.
Fifty-three mail carriers, includ-
ing the militant leader, Escalona,
were seized last night by the Men
dieta police.
The Communist Party leaf1et calls
upon the workers to keep the strike
in their own control and out of the
hands Of the union officials and
politicians. The leaflet also urges
work among the armed forces to
get them to drop their arms and
refuse to attack the picket lines.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-15

ers to belong 10 any union of their
own choice shall BE- fully stated.
The right of the workers to strike
whenever any demands are not
granted shall be stated in the
code.
6-No night work for women in
any part of the country.
7--Same rate of pay for both
north and south.
S-No child labor under Is;
shorter hours for youth between
the ages of is and Is; government
compensation to those children
who lcse employment through this
order.
Today, fourteen months after that
first code hearing, these demands
presented by the National Textile
Workers Unions still hold good. Two
months ago the cotton workers de-
n1anded national strike for prsc-
tically the same demands. Me.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-15
Resolutions
CiteBurning
Problems.
Leaders Still Evade the
Strike Issue In Their
Speeches
GROWTH REPORTED
Red Scare Is Raised by
Nc Mahon Against
Unity Pleas
Bv CARL REEVE

NEW YORK. - More than
100 resolutions had been in
troduced into the national
convention of the United Tex
tile Workers of America, re-
flecting the most burning
problems now facing the tex
tile workers Of the country. In
Guided are many resolutions calling
for a general strike in the textile
industry.
One resolution called upon the
U.TW. officials to withdraw from
collaboration with the MIRA.
boards, which have reduced the tex
tile workers living standards. This
resolution lays down a policy for
the union of strike action to secure
better conditions.
Other resolutions called for en-
dorsement of the Workers Unem-
ployment Insurance Bill; against
company unions; against the wage
differential; for 30-hour week in
the textile industry; against injunc-
lions; for the release of Tom Moo
ney; against the stretch out, and
for higher minimum wages.
Five hundred and seventy-three
new locals with 100000 members
were reported by Secretary Urea
surer Starr since the last national
convention of the union. Starr, in
his report, did not make any recon-
mendations regarding the strike
struggles now facing the textile
workers, nor did he take any posi-
ton on the question of declara-
ton Of general strike. which is
uppermost in the minds of the dele
gates.
Starr Approves N.R.A.
Starr put forward the demand OF
the five-day week, six-hour day in
the textile industry, but said this
did not include the silk mills, where
he advocated the eight-hour day
and five-day week.
Starts report dealt chiefly with
the New Deal He claimed that the
discrimination against union mem
bers and the low wages and stretch
out which are now rampant in the
textile industry are brought about
by those who violate the code pro-
visions and the MIRA. He did not
bring out the fact that it is under
the New Deal itself that these con-
ditions have come about, and that
the NR.A ushered in and is re-
sponSible for these conditions. The
MIRA. is carrying forward the low
ering of the textile workers living
standards. Starr admitted that I'M
der the NR.A. the minimum wage
has been made the maximum" but
blamed this on unfair employers"
Thomas MacMahon, president of
the union, raised the red scare"
when the question of greetings to
the knitgoods strikers came up. The
original motion was to send greet
ings and give support only to those
knitgoods strikers who are affiliated
to the A. F. of L. union. But a
rank and file delegate made mo-
ton to send greetings and support
all of the knitgoods strikers. This
rank and file delegate advocated
Continued on Page p
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-15
Philadelphia Furriers
Call General Walkout

PHILADELPHIA. = Completely
tying up the fur industry of this
city, furriers poured out of their
shops today in response to call for
general strike issued by the Fur
Workers Industrial Union.
The union is demanding a 35-
hour week, 10 per cent increase
in the minimum wage, an unem-
ployment fund paid by the en-
ployers, no contracting, no overtime,
no discharge, and recognition of
the union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-15
500 Furniture Workers
in n. Y. Strike Today

NEW YORK.-Five hundred par
Tor frame workers will go out on
strike today under the leadership
of the Cabinet Section of the Ma
tional Furniture Workers Industrial
Union, Local 2.
The union is appealing to all or
ganized and unorganized workers in
the trade to strike together, and to
all unemployed workers to aid.
Strike headquarters are at 8l2
Broadway.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-15
Unemployed Knitters
Hold Meeting Today

NEW YORK. Unemployed
workers in the knitgoods industry
have been called on by the Knit
goods Workers Industrial Union to
attend a meeting at II o'clock this
morning at Irving Plaza Hall, FIJI
tenth Street and Irving Place, to
discuss their situation and their
relation to the knitgoods strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-15
Police Aid
Scabs In Bridgeport
Especial TO the DaiIy worker

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Aug. IA
Mayor McLevy's police massed in
full force today to protect strike
breakers and prevent picketing on
relief jobs. A majority of state
cases and many city cases total
about 700 workers out on strike.
Indications are that the strike will
spread. Many unemployed organi-
cations in other Connecticut cities
have pledged support to the strik-
ers. Socialist Party officials con-
tinue their support Of the strike
breaker Edward Leak, henchman
of McLevy, and his defunct organi-
cation.
Israel Amter, national secretary of
the Unemployment Councils, will
speak here on Thursday night at
Remens Hall.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-15
Party Functionaries
Meet in Center Today

NEW YORK.-All leading func-
tionaries and bureaus of Conmu-
mist Party fractions in revolution
ary unions will meet today at $50
pm. at the Workers Center to dis
cuss a matter of great Importance
Due to the Angelo Herndon mass
meeting in Rockland Center, the
functionaries' meeting has been
called early and will begin prompt
" at the stated time.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-15
NTWU Calls for United
Struggle Against NRA
and Bosses
BY ANN BURLAK
National Organizer, National Textile
Workers Union

The workers everywhere have
learned, through numerous expe-
riences during the past year, that
the National Labor Board and other
Government Arbitration Boards, set
up by the N. r. A. have been used
by the employers as strike breaking
instruments. The Textile Codes
have definitely been instrumental in
reducing the wages of the textile
workers both directly and indirectly,
making $13 a week the maximum
wage instead Of the minimum.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-15
Jewett City Textile
Workers on Strike

JEWETT CITY, Conn. Aug. IA.
Five hundred employees are re-
ported on strike here today in the
Aspinook Co. textile bleachery,
after they refused to accept a 10
per cent reduction in wages.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-15

A. F. OF L. FRACTION MEETS
NEW YORK.-There will be a
meeting of A. F. of L. fraction ser
retaries tomorrow evening at 7::30
o'clock on the second floor of the
workers Center, so E. 18th st.