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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
CWA. MEN FIGHT AGAINST Roosevelt APRIL | FIRING
Speed Plans to Rally All
Ne1U York Unions to Aid
CGbmen Smash Co. Union
Big NJ ass Conference
at Manhattan Lyceum
Sunday Morning

NEW YORK.-Picketing contin-
ued at the Parmelee garages yes
terday and the Taxi Drivers I'm
ion of Greater New York was
busy working out plans for a con-
ference Of delegates of all labor
organizations to be held Sunday
at II a. m. at Manhattan Lyceum,
Sc East Fourth St., where a broad
campaign will be launched against
all company unions in New York.
The strikers have set up head
quarters at Germania Hall, 10Th
st. and Third Ave-, where relief
is being distributed to the drivers.
Coffee and sandwiches is being
served to the strikers twice a day,
at noon and 6 p. m.
Cooperating with the union, the
Workers international Relief, $40
Broadway, is collecting food and
relief for the striking drivers. 1t
is the aim of the union to give
baskets of food to all strikers with
families. Relief donations are
being accepted at the strike head
quarters at Germania Hall.
In a further attempt to break
the strike, officers Of the so-called
Drivers Brotherhood of New York,
the Parmelee company union or
ganization, sent letters to the dri-
vers stating that the Brotherhood
had arranged for the men to go
back to work.
The dirty, sneaking, strikebreak-
ing nature of the so-called Broth
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
Another Veterans Bonus March On Washingto

File Committees answer, as well as
the answer of all rank and file vet
Grams throughout the United States,
is another march on Washington
before the adjournment of the pres
ent session of Congress. What Pat
man and Connery refuse to admit,
but what is true, is that eve, ything
the veterans gained has beeI the
result of mass pressure. Over 100000
veterans were able to borrow on an
average of $500 by the removal of
a two year restriction clause and
the interest rate on loars made to
veterans on their adjusted service
certificates was reduced from Az
to 3l2 per cent as result Of the
veterans march on Washington in
1882. The granting of loans in
itself was the result of mass pres
sure. AS a result of the rank and
file convention held in Fort Hunt,
Virginia and in the District of Col
umbia May 1918, 1888, with the
subsequent deluge of kilograms from
all over the country demanding re-
peal of the Economy Act of $780,
100000 was saved for the veterans.
Lundeen Afraid
Representative Lundeen of Min
nesota told the Daily Worker he
would be on hand to welcome
them" if the veterans marched on
Washington again, but at the same
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15

than soldiers to come here and
make their demands. l hope there
will be no poverty and distress in
connection with their visit and I'll
say that any soldiers who come
here either singly or in groups will
find me on hand to welcome them"
Patman, the Texas Democrat
who introduced the inflationary
cash-payment bill which provides
for controlled expansion" of the
currency by payment of the vet
Grams certificates in greenbacks,
declared that there is good chance
of enactment of Senate approval,
despite the threat by Democratic
Leader Robinson that administra-
ton followers will kill it in the
Senate.
Senate Would Kill Bill
IF the Senate Finance Commit
tee gives us a hearing, the Senate
will pass our BILL" Patman in
sisted. "Of course, they can bring
it into the floor without hearing
before the Committee, and lynch it."
What about Robinson'S warning
that the Senate will kill the bill?"
he was asked.
"Of course, Senator Robinson is
the Majority Leader and 1 don't
want to dispute him, but I think
the bill will pass the Senate"
What is your attitude toward
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
n axis Kill
For Arson
Same Fate Reserved for
Thaelmann, Whose
Trial Nears

BERLIN, March 14.-Richard
Bahr, "A, a Communist. was be-
headed with medieval brutality in
Ploetzensee prison yesterday, along
with two common criminals who
robbed and murdered an old
woman, on the charge of setting
fire to two barns and a haystack.
With this act of official ferocity,
solemnly approved by the highest
judicial authorities Of the Nazi
state, the German ruling class re-
veals its terror of Communists and
its maniacal resolve to destroy every
one it can get in its clutches.
The statement refusing to COM
mute Bahr's sentence declares he
must die because his is Commu-
nistically inclined" The charge of
firing barn and haystack is OBJ
viously reprisal for the Na5i de-
feat in the Reichstag fire trial.
Ernst Thaelmann, leader of the
German Communist Party, will face
trial for his life on charges of high
treason" very soon. Only a gigan-
tic campaign Of protest on the part
of the world proletariat can save
him from the fate of Richard Bahr.
Intensity the demand for Thael-
mann'S freedoml Raise the ques-
ton in hundreds of meetings, in
the unions, in the shops, in all or
CARNATIONS. Crowd the German
Consulates with demonstrations
and delegations, flood them with
resolutions of protest!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
Fire on
Havana Student
Demonstration
Strikers Standing Firm
Despite Government
Ban on Unions

HAVANA, March 14-Several
thousand high school students dem
onstrated in Central Park today, at
the call of Ala Izquierda, revolu-
tionary student organization, and
demanded the ousting Of U. S. AM
bassador jefferson Caffery and the
end of the Caffery- Mendieta terror
drive against the Cuban workers.
They then marched to the union
headquarters Of the striking dock
workers, who were meeting. Ma
rines sent to disperse the demon
stration fired, but no one was re-
ported injured.
Although the government has
outlawed their unions because they
remain out, the Havana dock, drug
store, telephone and ferry workers
remain solidly out. Scabs pro-
tected by the army are doing some
Of the work.
A bomb was exploded at the
headquarters of the dock workers
union, injuring one worker
Soldiers with bayonets and ma
chine guns broke up demonstra-
ton at Matanzas today.
Twenty former army officers were
arrested at Santiago last night,
charged with conspiring against the
Mendieta government.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
Auto Bosses
Maneuver To
Stop Strike
Men Not Being Fooled
by Fake Increases;
Demanding Action
By A. B. MAGIL

DETROIT Mich, March IA
Faced by widespread discomfort OF
automobile workers which has al
ready broken out in a wave Of stop
pages and department strikes, Ford
General Motors and other manu-
facturers, have resorted to maneu-
vers to head off the immediate
strike situation and surging of work
ers into trade unions. Auto work.
ers, stirring as never before, have
been demanding wage increases
slowing down of speed-up, and an
end to company unions. Ford work
ers have been talking and acting in
the direction of realizing the 1928
wage scale of 81 and So day. 80
hour week, and slowing down inhu-
man speed. To check this move
ment, Ford has announced an in
crease from 81 and $40 to SIS.
General Motors, Chrysler and
others have announced a 36-hour
week, which means the four-shift
system, and promise corresponding
increase in hourly wages to make
up for hours decreased. These ac-
lions do not remedy the basic evils.
With a small number of exceptions
among the lowest paid, the weekly
wage will remain the same in the
face of rising living costs. More
over, thousands who wrung pay in
creases through militant actions in
February will receive no further
hourly increase, which means that
Continued on Page q
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
Runaway Prices
Due Soon, Big
Banker Predicts

NEW YORK.-The imminence
Of huge inflationary rise in
prices was predicted today by
Frank Vanderlip, former President
of the National City Bank, at the
annual meeting Of the New York
Exporters Club.
TN the not very distant future"
he said" there is grave danger
of a great initiation of prices
Of prices running away"
The Roosevelt NR.A.- initiation
program has already sent prices
more than 20 per cent above last
year. With further initiation a
certainty because of the avowed
objective of the Roosevelt govern
ment to raise prices, further
rapid increase in the cost of living
is certain.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
LegalButchery
Of 3 Negroes
Set For Friday
Lyn c h-Rulers Hesitate
on Plan to Let Father
of ''Victim'' Do Job

JACKSON, Miss, March 14.-The
Senate bill authorizing the father
of the girl in a rape" frame-up to
act as State hangman of three Ne
gro youths in the legal butchery set
for tomorrow in fernando, Mis-
sissippi, received setback in the
House today as the result of nation
wide protests against the measure,
The bill, supported by Senator
Collins, cousin Of the alleged
rape" victim, was hurriedIy
passed BY the Senate on March Z
to enable De Soto County authori-
ties to keep secret agreement
to permit the girls father to
spring the trap, as reward, de-
manded by Senator Collins, for
what he termed the fathers ere
luctant consent to let the law
take Its course" Collins is the
author Of another bill, now before
the Senate, to make every hang
ing of Negro public holiday in
Mississippi.
The Senate measure was sent to
the House, which was expected to
rush it through into law. Mean
while, however, a furious storm of
protest rose from all parts of the
country following exposure Of the
measure by the Communist press
and the International Labor De-
Tense. Governor CVollins and other
Mississippi officials were flooded
with protest kilograms from organ
izations of workers and intellectu-
ais, North and South. The House
decided it had better pigeon-hole
the measure, and Representative
Walter Sillers, chairman of the
House Judiciary Committee, came
forward in fake opposition to de
galized butchery in this state"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
Continued on Page y
Fear Vet Protest:
House Will Debate
1888 Economy Act
DAILY Worker Washington Bureau

DAILY Worker Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, March 14-Fear-
ful OF the veterans protest votes at
the polls next fall, the House of Rep
resentatives today voted, DAT to 1859.
to debate the partial return of ben
efltS taken away from veterans and
pay taken away from Government
employees under the Roosevelt Econ
omy Act. For two hours, then, the
congressman hectically quarrelled
over the amendments to an appro-
priation which the tenate already
had approved. In no case would all
benefits and pay be returned, how
ever, and the partial return still
faces the final vote in the House
and the veto of President Roosevelt.
The veterans amendment would
restore only about 100000 of
the approximately 1898 O00,o 900 worth
of benefits taken away by the
Economy Act. During the debate
Representative Connery of Massa-
chusettS announced niggardly con-
cession was preferred by the lead
ership Of the American Legion and
the disabled American veterans to
the bonus cashing bill now pending.
Connery declared that the reac-
tionary leadership of these veterans
organizations ARE not asking for"
the bonus.
Just before this it has been made
clear that the White House is still
unalterably opposed tos the bonus
caslling bill. The excuse of the
administration is that the bonus
cashing bill calls for printing
money to pay for cashing the bonus.
The veterans amendment now
being discussed would not restore
disability allowances which were
taken away by the Economy Act
from 100000 veterans who accepted
them in lieu OF pensions. 1t would
discriminate against remarked world
war veterans widows, providing no
pensions for them, but restoring
these of Spanish American war
widows. 1t would discriminate be-
tween soldiers and officers. pro-
viding no return of disability al
lowances to soldiers, but allowing
to officers 500 to $14o . month.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
This Bill Will
Stop Strikes
Says Wagner
Bill Dunno to Expose
Strikebreaking Act
at Hearings
By MARGUERITE YOUNG
DAILY Worker Washington Bureau,

WASHINGTON, March 14.-Flat-
ly declaring this bill will prevent
strikes" Chairman Wagner of the
National Labor Board today pre-
sented to the Senate Labor Com
mittee his bill proposing to estab-
lish compulsory arbitration under
the pretense of making good the
MIRA. promise to recognize the
right of workers to collective bar
gaining.
Three soft-paunched but hard
faced members of the Labor Com
mittee heard Wagner's presentation
speech lauding this bill, which is a
life-and-death matter to the work
ing millions of Americans. And the
three committee members didn't bat
an eye when Wagner, despite a free
flow of dernagogy, virtually admit
ted that this bill is the supreme
strikebreaking scheme of the New
Deal.
Bill Dunno, who came to Wash
ington to testify against the Wagner
bill on behalf of the Trade Union
Unity League, was unable to speak
today because all time today and
for several days to come was re-
served for supporters Of the legisla-
ton. Dunno will testify later.
Describes Measure
Frankly admitting that the bill
was inspired to thwart the great
spring strike wave now rolling up,
Wagner gave the following descrip-
ton of the necessity (of the bosses)
for the bill:
"Since the passage of the Reco-
very Act, trade associations lem
pIoyer combinations) have been
strengthened enormously. and. in
dustry has gained practically I'M
challenged control of the (N.R.A.)
code authority mechanism. During
the very same period, genuine CO.
operation among employees has
received one setback after an
other. The 100000 working
people in this country rightly feel
that this is unfair. In addition,
employees are becoming impatient
at the denial of their rights, and
Continued on Page y
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15

Washington the first week of May.
The W.E.S.L., in answering the
plea of congressman not to come to
Washington (see acc m anyin G
Washington disratch) stated that
the last bonus march won for the
veterans all concessions that the
veterans had gained. kilograms and
letters should be written to the con-
gressmen demanding the cash bonus
and repeal of the Roosevelt Econ
omy Act but this is not enough. 1t
was not until the march of the vet
Grams in 1882 that congress was
forced to act. 1t is the fear of an
other bonus march that forces them
to make concessions at this time,
the WE.SL. stated. The veterans,
the WE.SL. said, are not afraid of
the hardship and distress" which is
feared by congressman Lundeen.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
Italian Fascists Seek
Deportation of Worker
Now Living in Chicago

CHICAGO, ILL.,, March 14.-Ar-
rested at the request of the Italian
fascist government, Santo Virrusso,
tried and sentenced to life impris-
onment in Italy while he was re-
siding in this country, yesterday
awaited the decision of federal
commissioner on an Italian request
for his deportation.
Virrusso was acquitted Of the
charge of murder while he was in
Italy in 1923. In 1927, the Musso-
lini fascist government resurrected
the case, and sentenced Virrusso to
life Imprisonment while he was liv-
ing in Chicago.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
i. s. War Dept.
Head Whitewashes
Contract Graft

WASHINGTON, March IA
complete whitewash of the activi-
ties Of the War Departments con-
tracts for supplies was given today
by Secretary of War Harry H
Woodring in statement to the
House Military Affairs Committee
investigating charges Of wholesale
graft and corruption in the War
Department.
1t was shown that Woodring
had changed the specifications in
many contracts to make sure that
the orders went to certain firms.
Woodring attributed the charges
o, corruption in the handling Of
war contracts as coming from
"sniping critics" He is a Roose-
welt appointee and is an advo-
cate of policy of open militar-
ism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
Veterans Mass on Washington
For Cash Bonus Early in May

NEW YORK.-The Workers Ex-
Servicemen's League called on all
rank and file members of veterans
organizations and all unorganized
veterans to support the mass con-
vention of veterans to take place in
Washington the first week in May.
E. Levin, the chairman of the w. E.
S. L., will tour the industrial centers
to mobilize the veterans in support
OF the mass movement on Washing
ton, the w. E. S. L. announced.
Levin will visit Pittsburgh, Cleve-
land, Detroit, Chicago and other
cities.
The W.E.S.L. statement urges all
veterans to support the call of the
Veterans National Rank and File
Committee, located in Washington,
for the mass convention in Wash
ing, for the mass convention in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
Pressure of Last March
Won Concessions
for Veterans
Continued on Page q
DAILY Worker Washington Bureau

DAILY Worker Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, D. C. March a.
Representatives Connery of Mas
sachusetts and Patman of Texas,
prime movers" in the so-called
bonus bloc in Congress yesterday
revealed to the Daily Worker that
they are less concerned with the
final enactment of the bonus cash
payment bill than with the prospect
of another mass march of veterans
on Washington.
Both of these gentlemen, who
have been misleading veterans for
number of years, fearfully OPP
posed any mass action on the part
of veterans. They, as well as all
those who voted for the infla-
tionary Patman bonus payment bill,
know that President Roosevelt will
veto it even If the Senate ap-
proves the measure just passed by
the House. Yet Patman declared
that a mass march of the veterans
would be ''ruinous," and Connery
asserted that it would do no good"
Gains Won BY March
The Veterans National Rank and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
NRAHears How AFL
Heads Stem Auto
Strike For Demands
Foster to Write on
Youth Question in
Mondays "DaiIy''

A special feature of the pre-
convention discussion will be an
article on the Youth Question,
by william z. Foster, chairman
of the Central Committee of the
Communist Party, which will
appear in the Daily Worker on
Monday, March 10.
In this article Comrade Foster
will deal with the most urgent
and burning problems confront
ing the Party and the Young
Communist League in organizing
the youth for the struggle
against fascism and war and for
the proletarian revolution.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
Collins Ignores Wage
Dem Is; Says eve
Are Not for Strike
RAYMOND SPEAKS
AutoW Orkers Union Has
Delegation at Hearing
By SEYMOUR WALDMAN

By SEYMOUR WALDMAN
DAILY Worker Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, March IA.
The National Labor Board
today opened a hearing called.
to head off the general strike
in the automobile industry, by
calling American Federation OF La
Dor officials who crawlingly testified
that they have labored to prevent
strikes but nevertheless don't know
how long we can keep the men
back"
More than 100 labor union rep
resentatives were present. The Auto
Workers Union and A. F. Of L. del
egates were there-amused to see,
present, delegation of about 20
representing company unions. What
the latter will say in defense of
universally hated union
ism is something the Independent
Union members are eagerly waiting
to hear. Among the delegates were
spokesman for workers in Fisher
Body and General Motors plants in
Flint, Detroit, Cleveland and St.
Louis.
Waiting TO testify, union repre-
sentatives bitterly condemned the
Automobile Chamber of Commences
and Henry Ford's new fake hours
reduction program. They declared
that the promised reduction to SO
hours is "a laugh" because the work
week was 80 until the N. r. A.
recently extended it.
In organizing these workers there
is no intention to foment, foster, or
n
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
Call Unions to Elect
Delegates at Once
for Cab Strike Meet

NEW YORK.-AH trade unions
and workers fraternal organiza-
tions, societies, clubs, ETC., were
called upon by the Taxi Drivers
Union of Greater New York to
elect delegates to the Anti-Com-
pany Union Conference to be
held at the Manhattan Lyceum
on Sunday at IL am.
All unions Of the Trade Union
Unity League, A. F. of L. locals,
branches of the International
Workers Order, Workingmen's
Circle, Workers Ex-Servicemen's
League posts, all Unemployed
Councils, Women's Councils, shop
organizations should elect dele
gates at once for this important
conference.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
Roosevelt Will Try to
Kill Bonus Bill
i'm Senate

the Rank and File Committees call
for a march on Washington"
oh" exclaimed Patman, such
action as that will absolutely ruin
usl 1t ruined us before, you know"
Don't you know that your bill
was passed in 1882 while the bonus
marchers were assembled on Capitol
Hip"
"Oh, the House didn't pass the bill
because the veterans were here, :"
Patmsn declared. IF the veterans
hadn't been here, the Senate would
have passed the bill also, in 1882. 4"
AS Patman knows very we'll, tSe
reason that the bonus bill was not
passed by the Senate in 1882 is that
the veterans themselves were di-
vided, and their leadership sold out
to the Hoover Administration.
Doesn't Want To Face Vets
"Of course, anybody's entitled to
come to Washington, Patman has
tened to add. IF they come to see
me, I'll treat EN- nice. They acted
like gentlemen last time, and 1
Continued on Page q
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
u. 8. GUNBOAT SINKS OFF
CHINA

HONGKONG, March 14.-The U.
S. gunboat Fulton, belonging to one
of the two fleets which America
maintains in Chinese waters to pro-
tect U. S. inperialist interests and
help the Chinese war on the Chi
nese Soviets, burned up and sank
in Bias Bay, north of this city. The
crew escaped.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
UNEMPLOYED GIRL TAKES
POISON

NEW YORK.-A young unem-
ployed girl, Constance Sacre, at
tempted suicide yesterday by drink
ing poison in a restaurant at 562
Seventh Ave. She was taken to
Bellevue Hospital in an unconscious
state. Her condition is said to be
serious.
There was IS cents in her purse.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
5000 Meet In New York

NEW YORK.-More than
5000 workers, representing
every C. W. A. job and project
in Greater New York, jammed
Beethoven and Webster Halls
on Tuesday night in a mass protest
against C.WA. firings and the paup-
ers' oath QUESTIONABLE which has
been forced upon every New York
G. w. A. worker The entire meet
ing endorsed the Greater New York
Conference on c. W. A. and Unem-
ployment called by the Unemployed
Councils and the Relief Workers
League, to be held at Irving Plaza,
March 18th, at p. m.
The March Is Conference will
concretiSe the struggles against C.
w. A. firings and the paupers' oath:
will lay plans for struggles on the
jobs; will formulate petitions and
protests to be signed on the Jobs
and sent by worker delegations to
Roosevelt, to La Guardia. and to
! ASNOAA " W. IA utuSAdiSg anu Will lay
plans for huge protest meeting of
all G. w. A. workers at Madison
Square Garden, and plan a city
wide demonstration.
Paupers' Oath.
The meeting on Tuesday night
was called as a result of the dele
gated conference, held at the Grand
Opera House on Monday night, at
which 700 delegates responded to an
overnight call for action. issued by
the Federation of Architects, Emf
neers, Chemists and Technicians.
The 5000 workers present at the
two meetings protested against the
mass flrings on C. w. A., and laid
plans for a concerted and organized
refusal to sign the paupers' oath.
On less organized jobs, the work
CONTINUED on Pace q
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
In the Daily Worker
Today

PAGE 2
Sports, by Sam Ross.
PAGE 3
Pre- Convention Discussion,
PAGE 4
Letters from Farmers.
Party Life"
'Dr. Luttinger Advises"
TN the Home"
PAGE 5
"Change the World" by Sender
Garlin.
1.-THE Hordes That Battle" by
Joseph Freeman.
New Orleans A. F. of L. Unions
Shattered" by John L. Spivak.
Leaders of the Red Army"
Creative Writing on a 10 Per
Cent Commission Basis" by
Gene Russell.
PAGE 8
Editorials
Foreign News.