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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-02
Open Fight Against
MACOmpanyUniOn
attack On Workers
Continued from Page Il

tatiyes resigned from the company
union leadership and soon Watson
was discharged.
Meanwhile an A. F. of L. local
had been organized with Watson as
president. He complained to the
National Labor Board, and they
turned 1t over to the Regional Labor
Board. That Board held hearing
and announced, I'VE have decided TO
hold an election" because the COM
pany union was "a violation of the
law" Watsons discharge also was
held to be violation Of the law"
but the Board merely requested" the
company to reinstate him. It didn't
do it. And, before the election deci-
sion was executed. the company union
proceeded to hold an election - not
to determine collective bargaining
representatives or the union TO which
the workers wanted to belong, but
to determine which set Of rules they
would adopt. In this election the
Regional Compliance Board acted as
supervisor.
THE election was held by the en-
ployer and the company union and
the Muskegon Compliance Board,
without authority" Maurice Sugar.
lawyer for the union, told the Labor
Board here today. It was held. he
said, under such circumstances as
to shock even those who are COM
paratively immune to shock by il
legal acts on the part of employers.
The election was held in the plant.
Policemen were in attendance. Armed
guards surrounded the plant. For
men were exceedingly active in
rounding up employees and getting
them to vote. Employees were sought
out by Company representatives at
their homes and brought down to
vote"
Yet. when the Detroit Labor Board
was asked TO intervene, it refused.
In the light OF the facts" Sugar
asked, how can one avoid the con-
cluslon that the Board found the
company union Illegal, not because
1t was illegal, but because it's illegal
1ty was so obvious that the board
simply could not hold otherwise?"
Yet the A. F. of L. officials con-
Stltuted i've of the eleven members
OF this board. Their presence there
as minority is necessary TO give
democratic" appearance to the
thing-which operates in the inter
est of the employers. But instead
OF attacking this set-up, the N. r.
A: machinery itself, the local A. F.
OF L. union leadership protest, in
effect, merely complained against
part Of the machinery.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-02
U.S.S.R. Scientists Investigate
StratOstat Balloon Disaster

A radio message received Is kilo-
meters from Gomel, White Russia, by
NekJuev, an amateur radio operator,
deserves much attention. According
to his statement he received the
following message on his apparatus
at the wave-length Of 22o-250
meters:
Attention, stratoStat speaking.
Inform operator SIRIUS about this.
Struck zone of great humidity.
We're covered with ice. Situation
hopeless. covered with ice. Falling
down. Two of my comrades are in
serious condition. I'm finish
ing. :"
This information, like s. number of
others, still require attentive investi-
cation. More exact information re-
garding the reasons for the wreck
are expected when the commission
finishes its work.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-02
Auto Workers Press
AttaCkAgainStNRA
OpenShOpAutOCOde
Representative of II, 900
Says Men Are Being
Given Run-ArOund
By MARGUERITE YOUNG

DAILY Worker Washington Bureau)
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 1.-THE
Roosevelt administration is coldly
ignoring a steady bombardment of
labor demands for a hearing on the
N.R.A. open shop automobile code
which expired last month and is due
to be renewed soon.
I'VE are getting a regular run
around. Even a personal visit to
Washington has gained nothing de-
finite, Maurice Sugar asserted to-
day. Sugar, representing the Auto
mobile Workers, the Mechanics Edu-
cational Society and A. F. Of L. tool
and dye workers unions in the De-
troit and Pontiac area, laid the de-
mands before Leo Wolman, Chair
man Of the Labor Advisory Board.
Resent Double Gross
"rhe 1900 union members IN
volyed bitterly resent the way in
which we are being double-crossed
by the Administration" Sugar added.
eve and other automobile workers
for weeks have been piling in de-
mands for a hearing on the vicious
anti-labor provisions Of the Auto
mobile Code. We have been COM
pletely ignored.
And there is a curious circum-
stance here: while automobile manu-
facturers were meeting here recently,
NR.A. Administrator General Hugh
S. johnson suddenly announced that
it didn't make any difference to him
whether the notorious merit clause
was retained in the code; it matters
a great deal to us. And President
Roosevelt recently said that it would
not go into any more codes"
Contains Joker Clause
BeEides the merit clause" which
gives the employers the right to hire
and fire at will, the auto code con-
tains a joker clause under which tool
and dye makers are subject to from
100 to ITO hours Of day and night
work week, without one cent of
extra pay for overtime.
IT told Wolman that his and the
other administration executives be-
havior is sowing the seeds of an
other great strike" Sugar said. ''He
assured me that we could have a
hearing-even after the code is for
mally extended; which, Of course, is
not satisfactory Then he said he
would see johnson and try to ar
range for a hearing. But now I am
informed that they will have to let
me know later.
when we were here on strike
hearing before the National Labor
Board, the joker clause came into a
discussion and even Gerard Swope Of
the General Electric Company turned
to me in amazement and envy and
exclaimed, how did the auto manu-
facturers' get by with that?'"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-02
War Dept. Planning
Preparedness Week
(ContiHued from Page II

ing, big-bosomed daughters Of the
American Revolution; the Coalition
of Patriotic Societies; the United
States Naval Reserve Association;
and "other patriotic organizations"
This war propaganda program,
the Reserve Officers Association an
nounced today "is rapidly nearing
completion. The period selected for
this observance is particularly
significant in that it is inaugurated
on the birthday of the savior of the
union, Abraham Lincoln, and ter1ni-
mates on the birthday of the founder
of the union, George Washington"
Whose birthday will be selected for
the declaration Of war was not an
uoulced.
Pershing is Pleased
In addition, General John J.
Pershing, who manages to get along
on $22.500 year while thousands
Of World war veterans starve, has
given his blessing to the week"
Pershing yesterday wrote Col. KEN
per Williams, National President of
the r. o. A. that "the wisdom of
Congress in providing funds for a
navy second to none establishes one
arm Of our defense forces on a
proper and satisfactory basis. The
Army should likewise be OF sufficient
strength and properly equipped to
permit its efficient employment
I hope that adequate National de-
Tense in all its phases constitutes our
best guarantee Of peace"
In 1917 the Imperialistic character
of the World War was hidden under
such misleading slogans as the now
notorious make the World Safe for
Democracy" Today, however, the
Imperialists are attempting to con-
vince the workers that their in
terestS coincide with such imperial
iStic worshjppers of Abraham Lincoln
and George Washington as the
Standard Oil Company This is
borne out by the subjects selected
for the ESSAY contests" 1.-THE
Navy and our trade lanes" and 'the
economic value Of the soldier" The
Wrod, Our" is the narcotic which
will be used in the attempt to keep
the workers from realizing the true
significance Of the colossal war prep
arations.
National Radio Hook-up
The coast-to-c coast radio hook-up
will present McSwain: Carl vinson,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-02
Especial to the Daily Worker)

MOSCOW, Feb. 1 CBy Radio An
authoritative commission, headed by
the famous scientist, Professor Mol
chanov, president of the scientific
commission which checked the seal
ing equipment of the stratoStat
"Osoaviakhim" before launching, and
Commander Prokofiev Of the strato-
stat "U.S.S.R.," left here for the place
Of the accident to conduct an inves-
tigation into the balloon disaster.
Although the investigating commits
sion has not yet reported, it is fairly
certain to say that the wreck of the
stratostat was due to the unusually
strong air currents from Moscow to-
ward the southeast. At the great
height attained by the Soviet aero
nauts, the stratostat struck excep-
tionally difficult atmospheric condi-
tons.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-02


which proposes cash payment at the
cost Of the government and the en-
pIoyers to every worker unemployed
through no fault Of his own for the
tull period Of unemployment.
1t would supply a universal guar
antee against insecurity from unem-
ployment, sickness, maternity, acct
dent, and old age. It proposes 2
scale Of benefits in no case less than
$40 per week for each adult and So
a week for each dependent.
Benjamin wired the mass meeting
that preparations for the Upem-
ployed Convention are now complete
but that funds are still needed
He urged that contributions be sent
in care of him, at the Masonic Au-
ditoricm, Tenth and o. Streets, N. w.
Washington, D. c., the text of his
message follows:
L am extremely happy to announce
that as result of our persistent
struggle the workers Unemployment
and Social Insurance Bill will be
formally introduced in Congress Fri
day morning stop. We must now
multiply our efforts and intensity our
struggles so that Congress shall be
forced to enact this measure imme-
diately stop.
"Au preparations for our great
convention completed our only re-
manning obstacle is dangerous made
quacy of finances stop Your contri-
lions and those Of other workers New
York and country if rushed to Ma
sonic Auditorium Tenth and q.
Streets Washington will also help
overcome this obstacle and make
possible complete success in this
for further struggle
against hunger stop Forward in the
struggle which can and must be
brought to successful conclusion"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-02
New MalOney Plan
Would Sell Out the
Hard Coal Strike
Proposes Bosses Tool in
Full Charge of All
Grievances

WILKES BARRE, Pa, Feb. i.-Ir
a So-called peace plan," broadcastec
over the radio, Thomas Maloney, dis
trict president Of the Anthracite
Miners Union, took a further steI
toward selling out the present strike
Of the anthracite miners.
Maloney has endangered the strike
by refusal to defy injunctions anc
organize broad mass strike with
mass picketing. He now proposes
that a new Cancellation board be set
up, but with exactly the same "um-
pire," James German, as the present
Cancellation board, recognized by the
N. r. A. German is umpire" OF
the board which now consists Of three
UMW.A. officials, three coal opera
tors and German, also tool of the
coal operators.
Decision Binding"
Maloney now agrees to place the
fate Of the miners in the hands of
the coal operators. He said in his
proposal, that disputes should be
referred to board of Cancellation
to consist Of six persons, three of
whom to be selected by the opera
tors, three to be elected by the An
thracite Miners of Pennsylvania, and
in case Of disagreement, the ques-
ton at point shall be referred, to the
present umpire, James German, whose
decision shall be final and binding. !"
Gives Up Demands to German
Maloney lays the basis by these
proposals for a deal between himself
and the U.M.WA. officials Of the
LewiS-Boylan machine, to sell out
the rank and file and also by the
proposal to allow the present Con
citation" board to continue to func-
ton, "where the members Of the old
union are employed" side by side
wit. new" Cancellation board,
both boards to have the same "um-
pre-" German.
Maloney promises to send the
strikers back to work within twenty
four hours" if these peace" propo-
sails are agreed to. He asks obolition
Of the check off, no discrimination
and recognition of the Anthracite
Union in collieries where it exists,
but makes these demands meaning
less by proposing to put all griey-
ances in Germans hands.
Maloney has weakened the strike
daily by refusal to organize the mass
forces of the miners, and by con-
tinuing to advocate compulsory ar
bitration by governmental con
Citation" board.
Strike Still Effective
The strike is still effective, but the
miners are seeing more clearly each
DAY, that Maloney wants to sell them
out to arbitration. The unemployed
miners especially see that Maloney
and Cappellini will not carry on a
struggle to get jobs and unemploy-
ment insurance for the unemployed
miners. Maloney announced today
that the new union will be spread
to the lower anthracite, and that a
mass meeting will be held in Sham
okin, Sunday, Feb. 4th.
Eight locals of the U. M. w. A.
around Nanticoke have proposed
that a District No 1 Convention be
called to elect q new District Presi-
dent and that Maloney, Boylan and
another candidates name be cn the
ballot, that the ballot also contain
the question, do you want a separate
union il the anthracite.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-02
DAILY Offers $4,000
Trial Subs at SOC. to
AttrGct NetU Readers

NEW YORK-During the pres
ent drive for new readers, the
Daily Worker offers a trial sub
scription for one month Of the
daily edition or 4 months Of the
Saturday edition for the reduced
price Of so cents. This offer expires
at the end of the drive, May LIST.
A total Of $4,000 Of such trial
subscription cards have been
printed and rushed to the districts.
These trial subs offer a splendid
opportunity for approaching work
erS not yet readers Of our Daily"
to interest them in our paper.
Every class conscious worker,
sympathizers Of the revolutionary
movement, readers Of the Daily"
are urged to approach their
friends and fellow workers to ask
them to take one Of these trial
subscriptions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-02
Carpenters Strike Led
By Independent Union

NEW YORK-The carpenters Of
the Greenbaum Woodworking Com
pany went out on strike Wednesday
against lockout and maneuvers
of the boss to break away from the
union, and destroy their standard
Of living.
The workers are striking under
the leadership of the Independent
Carpenters Union.
All carpenters are urged to join
the picket line, at 1873 East 25th St,
New York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-02

SNAAAAAS " GAlC lllCEIIllR LII lilly
determined to find out if the
teams failure to get into the
challenge round against France this
year was caused by unwise methods
of preparation.
Suzanne Lenglen and other French
experts on tennis were outspoken in
their criticism of the training meth
DDS, that, they said, sent the Amer
leans into the interzone finals un-
able to play anything but their best
game. The fact is that the Amer
leans have been subjected to such
severe training that one may describe
it as Senseless.
American tennis men who had to
do with the preparation Of the
players know only too well that the
Davis Cup team was not up to par
in condition for the matches. Such
Is the state OF affairs Of most of
our sport activities. In an en-
deav0r to prepare sufficiently for a
contest, the managers Of partici-
pants stop at nothing, having no
regard for the capacity of 3 player
in training. Players undergo nm
told agony through the pressure Of
managers who are chiefly inter
eSted in the finances of the activity
and know nothing of the game it.
self, urging them TO win. And in
that keen desire to win, there is
always the danger Of going to ex-
tremes in the preparation for any
contest. entertaining, stalenesS, and
loss of the fun Of the game are the
penalties.
Trick plays and quick thinking
have won many G game or competi-
ton for their originators, and one of
these tricky plays is a classic of the
gridiron that has had the sport world
laughing for almost thirty years. 1t
has been told many times before, but
Ii is worth telling again. It happened
in a game between the old Carlisle
Indians and Harvard at Soldiers field,
Cambridge in 1903.
In those days it was something I'M
usual for a minor college team to
beat one Of the big colleges, or even
to play them close game, yet in
this game the Indians were leading,
SO, at the end Of the first half,
Jimmie Johnson, Indian quarterback
having booted over a field goal. A
field goal then counted 5 instead OF
3. At the start Of the second half,
kicked off to the five yard
line, where Jimmie Johnson caught
the ball.
Instead of running with it, he
stood still and waved for his team
mates to gather around him. The
other Indians ran to him and
formed a circle. Hidden from view
of the Harvard players behind this
blanket Of Indians, johnson slipped
the ball under the back Of the
jersey of Charlie Dillon. Then
Johnson shouted, "GO!"
The Indians raced up the field In
/ body, while the Harvard players
jidn't know which one to tackle
jince none Of them knew who had
,een carrying the ball. The spec
5ators saw the hump on Dillon's
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-02
City Events
SHIRT IRoNERs 10 MEET

SHIRT IRONERS TO MEET
All shirt ironers who are working In hand
laundries dealing with the Quick Service,
Central or Pearl White laundries are called
to special meeting tonight at pm at
l4S Z. 1OSrd ST.
GERMAN PROFESSOR TO sPEAK
Prof Alfons ooldschmidt, formerly Dean
u the School OF Economics and Journalism
u Leipzig University, will speak on Can
Hitler Lsst?" at the American Youth Club
4o7 RockaTay Ave, BROOKLYN, tonight
RELIEF WORKERS LEAGUE MEETINGS
TONIGHT
Three Relief workers League Meetings will
axe place throughout the city tonight at
pm. In Dykers Park at Central Kali,
lee State st. In Harlem at AZ W. 1i5th st
IN the Bronx at i73 st. and 5rd Ave. Am
bassador Hall.
TALK ON CHILD HEALTH
Or. John 3. Schwedel will speak on 'aThe
Health OF Your Child and the Conditions
in the Schools" at 1882 Boston Road, to-
night, s:l5 pm.
TALK ON RUSSIAN MINES
W. Wood, Soviet Russia's chief consulting
engineer. will speak on Industrial Russia
tonight at $50 pm. at the Fs..U, 1911 Ber-
gen ST.
TEACHERS MASS MEETING TONIGHT
mass meeting to demand better condi-
tons for teachers and students will take
place tonight at Stuyvesant High School.
First Ave and 18th St, $3.50 pm.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-02
Mid Winter Hash
By TED ROBERTS
Batting for 81 GersOn)

THE defeat of the Davis Cup team by Great Britain four
matches to in this summers interzone final was
bombshe to American tennis enthusiasts The echoes of
explosion are pretty certain loudly through the assembly
hall when the delegates to the annual meeting of the United
States Lawn Tennis Association get together this winter
lot of tennis especially those from the West are
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-02
anna sCHULrz IN CHICAGO

cHrCAGo.-Anns Schultz, former secre-
tary Of Ernst Torgler. will speak or Ger
many at the Chicago workers School, Buck
ingham Hall 50 E. Van Buren, ST., SUM-
dey, pm.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-02
rALK on THE 'cwAys QUIZ

CLEVELAND--DaYid Reisz will speak on
the Proposed Roads to Prosperity st
Painters Hall, 2oso Euclid Ave, Sunday, 7:AS.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-02

Chairman of the House Naval At
fairs Committee, who just steered
his s57O,0o0000 London treaty navy
present to the aviation and steel
corporations through the House; and
Mrs. William l.. Ochiltree, President
of the American War Mothers, who
will take care of the sentimental,
mother-son part OF the war propa-
ganda addresses,
1.-THE purpose of National defense
week" according to National Head
quarters of the Reserve Officers AS
ISOLATION, is to disseminate useful
information to the citizens of the
United States concerning national
defense" the r. o. A. announcement
declared.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-02
N. Y. Hotel Strikers
ReDudiate Official
Sell Out COntrac'
fContinued from1 Paae y

NCONttShtU IfOHb { ugG
tract gives the officials the right to
collect dues, but provides no i'm
provement in theh long hours and
miserable wages for the workers. In
the strike halls of the Amalgamated
sentiment against the contract has
spread like wildfire. Throw it out, "
Burn it up" the strikers are de-
handing.
The officials, confused and caught
unawares in their treachery, try to
evade responsibility for the agree
ment. at was drawn up by the
law department without the sane
ton of the officials" said one. The
law committee enphatically declared
that they did it with the approval
of the officials.
A motion was made to draw up a
new contract. The meeting ended III
an uproar as the treachery and be-
travail of the workers by the Anal
gamated leaders was exposed. Within
the leading committee, it was clear
that no unity exists. Only among
the rank and file who are struggl-
ing together on the picket line is
there q sincere desire for unity and
united strike action.
That the Trotskyite jim Cannon,
expelled from the Communist Party
seeks to squirm out Of any respon-
sibility for the strike is revealed in
a statement by him in his sheet,
declaring that he is not special
strike organizer" but participating in
an advisory capacity" in the strike.
The responsibility for the strike, says
Cannon, rests with the Union Off
Gals. It is his advice" however
which resulted in the treacherous
betrayal contract offered the hotel
bosses.
The officials of the Amalgamated
again looked to the n R. A. to settle
the strike yesterday while the strik-
ers were actively seeking to win their
strike through mass picketing and
spreading the strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-02

kuel Lee Br. L.S.N.R., Saturday night ~
1871 Fulton ST. Adm. IS cents
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-02
rALK on RussIAN MINEs

w. Wood. Soviet Russia's chief consulting
engineer. will speak on Industrial Russia"
tonight at $50 pm. at the F,s..U, 1911 Ber-
gen ST.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-02
Social Insurance
Bill introduced in
Congress Friday

(C0ntinued from Page y
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-02
GERMAN PROFESSOR TO SPEAK
j RELIEF WORKERS LEAGUE MEETINGS
TONIGHT
rALK ON CHILD HEALTH

Or. John 3. Schwedel will speak on s'The
Health Of Your Child and the Conditions
in the Schools" at 1882 Boston Road, to-
night, BIS pm.
Evening star., 1934-05-08
MRS. KATE BLACK, 81,
DIES IN SILVER SPRING
Alexandria Native Was Graduate
of Westminster College-Ill
Since January.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
SILVER SPRING, Md, May g.
Funeral services for Mrs. Kate Sey-
mour Black, 82 resident of this COM
munity since 1903, who died Sunday
evening at her home here, will be held
this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the
residence. Rev. Frederick M Morris
Of Grace Church, Woodside, officiat-
ing. Interment will be at Union
Cemetery. Rockville.
Mrs Black spent much of her early
life in Alexandria, Va, of which she
was a native. She was a graduate
OF Westminster College, Md. Follow
ing her marriage to James Neville
Black she made her home in Kes-
wick, Va. until she moved TO this
community in 1903 She was stricken
with paralysis in January and had
been in i'll health ever since.
Besides her husband she is survived
by son, William c. Black of Silver
Spring, and three daughters. Miss
Lucy Seymour Black. also of this
place; Mrs. o. E. Way of Capitol,
View, and Mrs. Lloyd T. Everett Of
DeLand. Fla.