The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-25
May Day 1884 in n. Y.
By CHARLES KRUMBEIN

By CHARLES KRUAIBEIN
District Organizer. New York District. C.P.U.SAl
THE present situation in New York City
l is such that the mightiest united May
Day demonstration ever held is possible.
With the increasing infringements on the
living standards and rights of the work
ers, they are more determined than ever
for action. Wages for the employed and
relief to the unemployed have been cut,
which in face of the continuous rising cost Of
living brings them to the verge of starvation.
Workers have been speeded up to the point Of
physical exhaustion with the result that more and
more workers are thrown into the ranks OF the
unemployed Their rights to organize, strike and
picket are being continuously challenged. Com
pany unions the order of the day. The
Negro masses, because of the vicious discrimina-
tion against them hit harder than any other
section of the population Young workers are either
unable to get work, or when working receive less
wages than their adult brothers. Women receive
less wages than men for the same class of work
The war veterans have had their compensation
cut and denied their back pay (bonus). The
foreign born workers especially Disseminated
against inundated and threatened with deporta-
ton when they fight against their increasing
misery.
In all this the government both nationally and
locally acts the executive committee of the
bosses. They use every means at their command
to force worse and worse conditions upon the work
ers 50 that the bosses profits may be maintained
The workers are denied the right to organize,
strike and picket; injunctions are used against
them police and other armed forces are modified
daily when the workers resist.
In face OF such situation unity of the work
ing class is more necessary than ever before The
workers when united on militant working class
program Of demands and struggle, can wiring con-
cessions from their employers as has been DEM
onstraed before. Workers have fought back against
wage cuts; they have been able to increase their
wages and lower their hours as result of strug-
gle Increased relief for the unemployed has been
obtained result of broad mass struggle More
can be obtained with the workers united
May Day. the international workers day Is
the time to demonstrate such unity and thereby
put fear into the hearts of the employers and
wiring concessions from them.
mighty May Day demonstration this year
will result in showing the workers their power
when united. This can result in increased wages
to meet the increased cost of living; more and
cash relief for the unemployed; exerting pressure
for the passage of H. R. 1898 (the workers Unem-
ployment Insurance Bid obtain rights for the Ne
gro masses and freedom of the Scottsboro bows.
stop the offensive of the bosses and their gov
eminent against the workers rights to organize
strike and picket; obtain better conditions for the
young workers and women force better conditions
and the bonus for the war veterans; stop the dis
examinations and threats Of deportation against the
foreign born. And above all weld mighty force
IN the struggle against and fascism
The leaders of the Socialist Party and Amer
lean Federation of Labor have done everything
within their power to prevent unity on May Day.
Ihey refused to give any consideration to the ap-
prosch of the left wing workers of New York City
for one united May Day demonstration.
More than this, after fighting" for the right
TO demonstrate in Union Square which was granted
them, they voluntarily" withdrew from Union
Square knowing beforehand that once their fol-
lowers came to Union Square they would remain
fraternize and unite with the left wing workers
who were to come into Union Square after the So
cialist Party, and thereby bring about real unity
OF the New York workers over the heads of and
against the wishes of the Socialist Party and Amer
lean Federation of Labor miseaders
THE task Of all the left wing workers. and es-
pecially the Communists, is to reach all the
workers in New York City, and especially those still
under the influence of the Socialist Party and Amer
lean Federation of Labor leaders to acouaint them
with the facts and the need of unity and thereby
bring them into one powerful May Day demon
stratlon which is being organized by the United
are to be distributed between now and Nav Dav
Local meetings are being held parades and DEM
onstrations a sectional basis are to take place
Two hundred thousand copies of a special MAY Dav
EDITION OF the Daily Worker must be distributed
All OF this requires the greatest activity on the
part OF all those that for unity on May Dav.
Between now and May First every worker should
make 1t his business to drop everything else and
give all OF his energy and time to building the
mightiest and most powerful May Day demonstra
ton that New York has ever seen
Come daily to the Section Headquarters and the
headquarters Of your mass organization to carry
on this work. The possibilities are here. Our task
is to utilize them. By doing So we will make Nav
Day, 1884 in New York City an historic one and
real beginning for the winning of the ma joritv of
the working class for the revolutionary way out
of the crisis.
Down tools May First.
All out to Union Square at o'clock!
All out to Madison Square Garden at 73O pm!