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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-26

tanned in the confidential statement
submitted to Roosevelt by Olander
and constitute perhaps the most vi
cious attempt ever made to be-
tray a group of workers behind their
backs.
These proposals prove that the
IS.U. is not fighting for a CLOSED
shop" but asks clear field for the
collection of dues. This would be
real step towards fascism by
turning the seamen directly over
to the control and discipline of the
government, which would be ex-
ercised through complete control
by the government of all hiring
halls. The establishment of a Ma
tional Shipping Labor Board would
shackle the strikebreaking ma
chinery of the government thor
oughly around the necks of the
seamen.
OIander's Secret Proposals
The following are the proposals
which are even more reactionary
than those submitted in the off,
cial I.S.U. code, are contained in
this secret document:
~. The immediate creation of
National Shipping Labor Board,
as provided in the General Ship
ping Code, with the right of
trade union representatives to
consult with the seamen aboard
ship or the establishment of
a National Maritime Board SIM
liar to the one in Great Britain.
~. The transfer of the Sea
Service Bureau Of the Shipping
Board to the Department of La
Dor and the establishment of the
U. ). Employment Service OF
employment agencies for seamen
wherever necessary at principal
ports. At the Coast ports this
may be done in cooperation with
the U. S. Shipping Commission
ers."
1t is important to note that no.
where do the IS.U. officials even
demand joint control of the hiring
halls, but turn them over completely
to government control!
That the ISU. leaders still stick
by these proposals is proven by the
statements of these takers in the
East where they attacked all pri-
vate shipping sharks but praised
the U. S. Sea Service Bureau!
Therefore the tactics of the gov
eminent, the IS.U. leadership and
many shipowners is not only aimed
at enforcing intolerable conditions
and wages upon the seamen but it
is a further step in their war plans
and the authorization of the marine
industry, by a more close supervision
and control of the workers in the
maritime industry and their organ
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-26

izations by the government. 1t
must be emphasized again and
again that their strike breaking
tactics are determined by the grow
ing war danger and the role that
the marine industry plays in their
war plans and the growing influence
and strength Of the Marine Work
ers Industrial Union.
The Role of the M.W.I.U. and
Other Unions
All of the recent strikes, which
have involved masses of workers in
the I.S,U. and lila. have been a
continuation of the many struggles
initiated by the Marine Workers
Industrial Union during the period
when practically all the struggles
took place under its banner. The
character of these strikes have
been strongly influenced by the
tactics and slogans and demands
of the Marine Workers Industrial
Union, and reflect weakening of
the hold of the reactionary lead
ers Of the lila. and the I.S.U. on
their membership. In all Of these
strikes the Marine Workers Indus
trial Union has played a major role,
and its influence and prestige are
far greater than it's organizational
strength.
The rank and file movement in
side the LILA, especially in ports
where workers have recently gone
into the lila, has been strongly
Influenced by the program and &C
tivities of the M.WI.U.
The ability of the West Coast
longshorement to force the strike
over the heads of the reactionary
leaders and to replace them with
militant rank and file leader
ship shows the tremendous posi-
bilities existing or winning the
members of the LILA, which is the
mass organization of longshoremen,
for militant program of united
action.
How Takers Help Owners
The growth of the strike struggles
among the seamen under the lead
ership Of the Marine Workers In
dustrial Union, has forced change
of tactics on the part of the I.S.U.
leaders. For the first time since
1921, Andrew Furuseth, President,
and Victor Olander, secretary of the
I.SU. and Co., have entered into
situations where strikes were
threatened, or directly participated
in strikes, for the purpose of help
ing prevent or smash strikes. Ten
denotes to underestimate the ISU.
and consider it dead" with con-
sequent failure to give leadership
to rank and file movement in
side the IS.U., has made it possible
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-26

Meeting Will
Back Congress
On Social Bill
Cleveland Spoons orin g
Committee to Convene
on Wednesday

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. 25-The
first meeting of delegates from or
CARNATIONS supporting the Wash
ington Congress for Unemployment
Insurance will be held at the Cen
trail Y. M. G. A. (Shurtleff Room)
at Twenty-Second Street and Pros
pect Avenue on Wednesday.
Delegates have been invited from
the Cleveland Federation of Labor,
the Ama1gamated Association of
Iron and Steel Workers, the Me-
chanics' Educational Society, and
scores of fraternal and benefit So
cieties. Both the Communist and
Socialist Parties have also been in
vited.
Interest in the Washington Con-
gress has been greatly increased
due to the fight of the Cleveland
workers for civil rights and for the
demands of the unemployed for
winter relief which were rejected
by the City Council and fascist ter
ror launched against the workers by
Mayor Davis at the Oct. 20 dem
onstration at the City Hall.
The State wide delegation of I'M
which presented demands
to Governor White and the Ohio
General Assembly on Tuesday, Nov.
20, will report back to the workers
the rejection of their demand for a
40 per cent increase in relief and
mobilize the Ohio workers for a
mass fight against the threatened
8 per cent sales tax being forced
upon them by the present session
For information about the Wash
ington Congress write to: Cleveland
Arrangements Committee for Wash
ington Congress, 942 Prospect Ave,
Room 469-X, Cleveland, Ohio.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-26
MASS ORGANIZATIONS

workers are joining forces in the
organization. The speaker was
Frank Glover, Epic assemblyman-
elect in the 69th District, VINO has
a record of militant struggle in the
old Relief Workers Protective Union
and who advocated militant or
ganization as the only means of the
working class to fight the lowering
of their standard of living.
Glover spoke the same evening
to similar organization, mostly of
s. E. R. A. job workers, in Lyn-
wood. Both of these groups have
the same general objective-to COM
bat relief cuts, to oppose the forced
labor of the garden plots and to
take up individual grievance cases.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-26
Red Builder to Face
Trial in Jersey Today

PATERSON, N. j., Nov. 25.-Jane
Williams, Red Builder who was
arrested last week while selling the
Daily Worker in front Of the dye
strike headquarters. will be tried
this Monday in Judge Duffy's police
court, Washington Street.
The International Labor Defense,
which is defending the Red Builder.
has called on all dye strikers and
other workers to pack the court to
protest the attack by the bosses and
their police on the only paper sup
porting the strike and rallying the
workers to the aid of the dye strik-
ers. Out of town organizations are
urged to rush protest kilograms to
Judge Duffy
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-26
Daily Quota Completed
In 3 Cleveland Areas;
Many Still Lag Behind
Youngstown in Second Category Despite Fact
That Organizer Took Personal Charge of
Campaign More Than Week Ago

Only three sections in Cleveland
have completed their quotas!
More than ten are still below so
per cent!
This is the serious situation in
this district, with less than week
left to Dec. 1.
Youngstown, the largest section
in the district, with a quota of
$500, is still in the second cate
CORY, though John Steuben, sec
ton organizer, took personal
charge of the campaign more
than a week age.
Erie, another large section, has
not reached Is per cent. Dayton is
barely above 10 per cent.
Only one other section is on the
verge of going over the top. 1t is
Section l, in Cleveland proper,
which may be over when this is
printed. The highest after it, Sec
ton 2, Cleveland, has only 70 per
cent.
wv a AV1C
1t is evident that the Cleveland
leadership must mobilize every
force available to work to the ut
most this week, if Cleveland ex-
poets to carry out the decision of
the Central Committee.
On three days last week Cleve-
land sent nothing to the Daily
Worker. This must not be re-
peated. An average of $500 a day
must come from Cleveland if it
expects to finish its part of the
drive in time.
]. w. o. Must Be Aroused
Particular emphasis must be
placed upon getting the I. w. o. to
meet its responsibility. With the
largest quota in the district-S600-
the I. w. o. has not filled even IS
per cent. 1t is only two places re-
moved from the bottom.
Relies On Cleveland
The language organizations must
be awakened. Fourteen Of them
have contributed less than $500. Not
one of them has completed its
quota. The highest is the Bulgar-
ian group, which has acquired a
meager 46 per cent. The highest
sum of money that has come in
from them is s69-from the SO.
SlavS..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-26

nine months fruitless efforts to
adopt a marine code.
'The code committees of the
ship owners refused to meet rep
resentatives of the trade unions
(meaning the I. S. u in any con-
ferences. Indeed it was not until
December that they consented to
even confer with the Labor Ad-
visors appointed by the N. r. A.
(the N. r.. A. appointed OIander
to advise on seamen's probIems)
and then they insisted that their
meeting with the labor advisors
must not be construed as in any
way giving recognition to the Ia
Dor organizations of which these
advisors were officers and mem
bers."
This statement was made June
10 at the height of the West Coast
strike. The stand of many ship
owners still remains the same even
though they are partners to the
West Coast strike settlement and
the East Coast truce"
Gus Browns Complaint
After month and a half of ne
gotiations in the East we find Gus
Brown, before the Dickstein Con-
gressional Committee, making the
following complaint against the
ship owners with whom the I. S. U.
has truce:
IF the American ship owners
employed our men they would be
better off than they are today.
We are all experienced seamen
with a sense of right and justice
not only to ourselves, but to
those who employ us and to the
American flag under which we
serve. We have been told at hear
ings between our men and the
ship owners that they did not care
if they employed Communists,
atheists or anything else. This Ia
Dor conference has been going on
for months and we have gotten
nowhere"
We can summarize the present
situation by stating that on the
question of wages, hours and condi-
tons there is agreement among the
ship owners, I. S. U. leaders and
the Government, but the question
Of how far to entrust the I. S. U.
leaders with carrying out their
strikebreaking and starvation pro-
gram has thrown a monkey wrench
into the negotiations and arbitra-
ton proceedings.
This has occurred in spite of the
fact that the I. S. U. leaders have
developed q formula which they
hoped would be acceptable to even
,he most rabid open-shop ship
owner. These proposals are con-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-26
Plan Fight on Forced
Labor in California

COMPTON, Cal, Nov. 25.-Twen-
ty garden plot workers met here
last week to plan an organization
of struggle for better conditions on
S. E. R. A. work and the cut in re-
lief since the funds have been ad-
ministered through the S. E. r. A.
After making temporary organ
national plans and laying the basis
for the immediate enlargement Of
the group, the meeting voted to send
a committee to the Public Workers
and Unemployed League to ask for
afnliation.
Epic, Utopian and Communist
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-26
Fascist Plan of Hiring
Through U. S. Is Part
of War Set-Up

shows that this is not such an easy
task. The East Coast strike ex-
posed certain basic weakness in the
work of the M.W.IU., namely, lack
of strong functioning ships commit
tees, neglect of concentration work
on the larger and more decisive
lines, and especially a complete
failure to carry on work inside the
LS.U. At the same time and the
most important to emphasize, is that
the strike showed the continued will
lingness of the seamen to struggle
and that the MW.IU. is a major
factor in the industry, with suff1-
cient strength and influence to in
dependently initiate the largest
Eastern seamen's strike since 1923
in spite of inadequate preparations
and in the face Of the tremendous
strikebreaking activities of all the
forces against the strike. At the
present time when, due to a num-
Der of factors, the mood for strug-,
gle is growing, and the mass Of
seamen are as yet unorganized, the
building of the Marine Workers In
dustrial Union into a mass union
is basic task in the preparation
for these struggles. An energetic
campaign to win the mass of sea-
men for the M.WIU., and the &C.
tual beginning of opposition work
inside the I.S.U., is the key to iso-
lating Fureseth, Olander and AK
tell, Of winning the mass Of seamen
for united struggle and through
united action towards one union in
the industry.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-26
Pay-Cut Wave
Hits Detroit
Auto Plants
p a cka d and Briggs
Rehire Men at New
Reduced Rates

DETROIT, Nov. 25.-Wage Cuts
are being introduced in various De-
troit plants. Those companies that
are beginning to rehire some men
after the long layoff are in many
cases paying them lower wages. At
the Briggs Mack Avenue plant,
grinders who were getting 80 cents
an hour when they were laid off,
are being rehired at 55 cents. The
Packard plant has rehired metal
finishers at reduced rates. In one
of the Murray Body
plant workers, on being rehired,
found their rates reduced from SO
to go cents an hour
Cuts in Buick Plant
In the Buick plant at Flint, as
already reported in the Daily
Worker, wages have been slashed
from 20 to 80 per cent.
A recent issue of Automotive In
dustries, manufacturers trade or
gan, reports that one large COM
pany has cut wages of Office work
ers from 5 to 10 per cent.
Prelude to Big Drive
These wage cuts, now being
gradually introduced, are I'M
doubtedly the prelude to a general
drive by the auto companies against
the living standards of the work.
erS when the production season
starts again early in 1895. This is
in line with the new agreements
made by President Roosevelt with
the bankers and big industrialists
for boosting profits at the expense
of the workers. The building up
of committees of workers in every
department to take action in de-
Tense of their basic needs is es-
sential in order to defeat these new
attacks of the open shop auto COM
panies.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-26
AFFAIRS FOR THE
DAILY WORKER
Philadelphia, Pa.

Philadelphia, Pa.
Thanksgiving Eve Dance. Wed, Nov.
% at State Dance Hall, goth and
Market SITS. Good Dance Orchestra.
Come in costume. Prizes for best
costumes.
Branch s35 will hold an affair for
Daily Worker on Saturday, Dec. ! at
4o32 Germantown Ave. This will be
a final effort to raise money to set
our District over the top. AL friends
are invited.
An evening Of entertainment given
by Unit l02, Sat. Nov. Is, $40 p m.
at 2342 S. 9th st.
Newark, N. J.
House Party given by Two. Br. STA
at 100 So. Grove ST., Irvington. Sum
day, Nov. IS at 8 pm. Real turkey
dinner will be served. Adm. 25c,
Cincinnati, Ohio
Big Affair. Musical Program, Good
Food Ed Hamilton, Speaker. Wed,
Nov. 2s, workers School, Elm and
opera Place. $50 pm.
Buffalo, N. Y.
Daily Worker Dance, Friday, Dec. 2
at 100 Main St. Adm. 2sc.
Rochester, N. Y.
Red Press Mite, Saturday, Dec 1. at
1880 pm. Workers Center, 443 Or
mond st. Ausp.: Unit CP. Adm 100
incl. refreshments. Good program.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-26
VERDICT FOLLOWED
BY DEMONSTRATION
In A PACKED COURT
/. L. d. Attorney Tells Court That Workers Need
Sincere Revolutionary Leaders to Head
Fight for Relief and Insurance
By Steve Verne

MASSILLON, o.. Nov 25-Leah Faye, Unemployment
Council organizer here freed of all charges following
her arrest while leading committee of demanding
clothing at the local relief unit by jury of nine and
three in two-day trial before packed court AS
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-26
CENTRAL EASTERN
STATES PLANNING
ANTI-WAR FARLEY
Delegates from District of Columbia, Delaware,
Pennsylvania and Maryland Will Meet in
Philadelphia, December 9

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. ga call for a Regional Con-
ference Against War and Fascsm embracing the eastern
part Of the state Of Pennsylvania Baltimore Nd Delaware
and Washington D. c. has been issued by the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-26

Chicago, I'LL.
First Annual Dance given by Painters
Br. SOS TWO. Saturday. Dec. 8 at
Mirror Hail. 1856 N. western Ave.
Adm 25c in adv, Csc at door.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Mass meeting in defense Of the
Scottsboro boys. Ruby Bates, main
speaker, Saturday, Dec. 1, at PASS
N, 3oth st. Adm. I5c.
Daily Worker Readers Club meet
ing on Monday, Nov. IS at PISA
Toronto St. All readers and sympa-
thizers are invited to attend.
Fitchburg, Mass.
The Ernst Thaelmann film will BE-
shown here on Monday. Oct. rs at
pm. at the Grove st. Hall Tenn
perance Hall. Adm. zoe in adv.
Csc at door.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-26

When the role of the Daily Work
er is brought out during some
struggle, never fail to mention the
100000 drive, and ask for financial
support.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-26

1.-THE third and final article of
this series will be published in
tcmorrow's Daily Worker.J
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-26
WHAT'S ON

RATES; 35c for lines on weekdays.
Friday and Saturday sec. Money must
accompany notices.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-26
Only Doubt Of Leaders
Ability to Hold Men
Checks Owners
BY Roy Hudson

This is the second Of a series of
three articles by Roy Hudson,
secretary of the Marine Workers
Industrial Union, on the present
situation and the tasks before the
marine workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-26
PHILADELPHIA. Pa.
Fitchburg, Mass.

PHILADELPHIA
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-29
Form New Union Local
Among Rural Workers

LEBANON, Ore, June PA
local of the Cannery & Agricul-
tural Workers Industrial Union
was organized at u meeting held
at the City Hall here last night.
A group of speakers including
Oscar Ingram of Lebanon, Oscar
BOstwick, secretary of the CA
VIII local in Albany; Harlin
Talbcrt, secretary Of the Albany
local of the Socialist Party; and
Stanley Kent, section organizer
of the Communist Party, eX-
planned the program of the GA
VIII, and the necessity of the
workers organizing to better
conditions in the agricultural
industry and to struggle for adc-
quate relief.
A good group of workers joined
the union and all promised to
work to build the union and
prepare for a struggle for a liv-
ing wage in the hop fields this
fall. Hops are the biggest crop
in this territory, and will be the
main concentration point of the
union.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-29
FCWIU Organizer
Attacked By Tracy,
Alaska Dock Super
BY B. T. LAURENTE

On June 10 when the 5. s,
Northwestern of the Alaska
Steamship Company was sched-
uled to sail at 8 a. H., went on
the dock and talked to all the
Filipino workers wnO were going
to Alaska to work in the salmon
canneries.
| had talked to them pre-
viously in regards to organiza-
ton and the vital Importance of
uniting into one solid union,
controlled by the rank and file, |
had pointed out TO them before
the necessity of un:;y. Told them
to join a union that would fight
for higher wages and better liv-
ing conditions.
My efforts to OrgaiZc Mr.. TOlin-
tinO'S men into the Fishermen
and Canncry Workers Industrial
Unto were at first fruitless, be
cause, at that time had no
money to pay initiation which
the FCWIU's constitution calls
for.
| managed to get them to sign
into the FCWIU on the Alaska
Steamship Company's dock. This
is why | happened TO be there
this particular morning before
the scheduled sailing time.
Duyongan Exposed
The Filipino workers realize
that in their midst is a Filipino
faker by the mOnikcr of DuyOn-
gan "a. +. of L. who will be best
remembered as the guy who
tried to stop members of the
FClWU from sailing on the
Aleutian sometime ago, the same
fellow who for the iast month
has robbed the FilipinOs of s.
each in exchange OF a slip Of
paper as a receipt.
The workers on the dock
knew, too, his maneuvcrS and
his tactics in securing the same.
They wanted to join our rank
and file controlled union.
While | was busy signing up
these workers, DuyOngan kept
an eagle eye on me. Realizing
that his racket was fast going
to the dogs, he reported me
to one of his white hcnchmCn.
This thug in turn reported my
activities to the superintendent
of the Alaska Steamship Dock,
Mr.. Tracy. Mr.. Tracy, without
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-29
Lumber Workers Vote
For General Strike

RAYMOND, Wash.-The Ma.
tional Lumber Workers Union
local here has voted itself on
call in case general strike ac-
tion is necessary. Mere notifi-
cation by the secretary of the
local, and strike begins.
The union at the request of
the International LongshOre-
mems Association, has put the
General Petroleum Company on
the unfair list.
Joint action by the Transfers
and the |. L. A. here has forced
$. l.. Dennis to recognize the
Transfers Union.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-29
barrow NRA Board
Member Flags F. R.

WASHINGTON, d. c. - De
nOuncing the NRA as a program
benefiting only the most power
full Wall Street monOpOlies, w.
A. Thompson, prominent Chi
cagO attorney and member of the
DarrOw NRA Review Board, has
handed in his resignation to
President Roosevelt.
Thompson bitterly attacked re-
cent backwatcr antics of the
board as "mancuvCrs by which
it hopes to establish itself in the
good graceS of the MIRA" He said
that the latest statement of the
board on the proposed change
in the NRA price-fiXing policy
was obviously going OaCk on the