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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-16
Furriers' Union Stops
Shops of 40 Bosses;
Urge Morning Pickets

NEW Workshops of forty
lining contractors were stopped by
strikes today when it was discov-
cred that they we're working on
piece work, with wages below the
union scale. The Fur Workers In
dustrial Union, which stopped the
forty shops. is proceeding to stop all
the other contracting shops in the
trade.
Unemployed fur workers have
been asked to come to the offices
of The union, Isl w. oath St. to
cid in the fight against contracting.
All furriers are urged to come to
the union offices at am. to help
in morning picketing of fur shops
'now being struck
The last meeting of the objec-
tons and elections committee of the
union will be held at $50 tonight
at the office, room l. All nominees
have been urged to come before the
objections committee if they have
not appeared AS yet. Workers wish
ing to register objections TO any OF
the nominees are asked to co so be-
fore this committee.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-16

In
Big Parade
Will March Against Boss
Association, Corrupt
District Leaders

NEW YORK Painters Of this
city, on strike for over four weeks,
will march tomorrow in demon
stration against the Master Paint
ers Association and against the il
legally elected District Council of
the painters union.
The men will line up at Madison
Square Park, on the north side, at
18th Street at 1870 pm, and viii
march to the headquarters of the
employers organization. 2 Park
Avenue. From there they will pro-
coed to a rally before the Offices of
the District Council, 14th Street
and 9th Avenue.
Rank and file painters are par
ticularly bitter over the fact THAI
Philip Zausner. secretary of the
District Council by virtue of fraudu-
lent election, concluded a secret
agreement with the master painters
some time last winter. The agree
ment, which Grover Whalen, then
NR.A. chairman in the city, helped
to draw Up, agrees to an 8-hour day.
The men are now fighting for a
7-hour, SO day.
knowledge OF this agreement
reached the attention of the mem
be.ship through a letter issued to
the painters by the employers as
ISOLATION calling upon them to SUD-
port the zausner-Whalen- Master
painters pact. zausner is attempJ-
ing to settle the strike on these
conditions, in flat contradiction to
the expressed purpose of the strike.
Battles over the work tax of so
cents per member demanded by the
zausner machine are being waged
in every local of the Brotherhood.
In Locals 892, 84S, 400 and 499 the
tax has been overwhelmingly de-
feated In 848 the vote was 1877 to
10. lin Local 1872 the machine did
not dare to take vote.
Answering the charge that the
rank and file were sabotaging the
strike by fighting the work tax, ~
Schnurman, one of the leaders of
the opposition to zausner in Local
1902, stated:
"The rank and file is not OPP
posed to a work tax in principle.
We are, however, emphatically
opposed to- a work tax gougad out
of the membership by Zausner to
pay off the hugh loans contracted
by him, particularly when those
loans went for the stealing of
elections and the paying of gang
sters to slug members of the
Brotherhood.
1--WE will certainly support
work tax administered by rank
and file painters for the purpose
of carrying on a vigorous strike to
win union conditions on every
job in New York"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-16
New Haas Plan
Lets Company
/ nj rs In

MINNEAPOLIS, Miss. Aug. 49,
The strike committee of 100 in last
nights meeting reiterated its reiec-
ton OF the new Haas Dunnigan
proposal for the settlement of the
truckdrivers' strike, which is even
more strikebreaking in character
than the original proposal. 1t leaves
militant pickets open to discrim-
nation, takes all rights away from
the union in negotiation with en-
ployers and provides security for the
establishment of company union.
1t rejects even the wage minimum
of 52la cents an hour and proposes
to leave wages at the present stand
ard.
While the strikers feel indignant
at this outrageous proposal, the
Trotskyite leadership, with Gold
man as its spokesman, attempts to
make the workers believe that this
proposal shows that the bosses
lines are cracking up due to the
effective stand of the union.
A Communist Party leaflet, dis
tributed at last nights union meet
ing. proposes the following points
on how to win the strike: /. to re-
unite all forces of Local STA, call
ing drivers who we're sent back to
work to come ont and re-establish
mass picketing; 2, to make effective
sprca's to ell union locals, chops
and factories to Join the drivers,
and 8, to call a united labor con-
ference to decide the question of a
general strike in support Of the
drivers and for the rights Of work.
ers.
This leaflet places before the
drivers the example Of the San
Francisco longshore strike under the
leadership Of Harry Bridges. 1t de-
scribes the treacherous role of the
Dunno brothers in Minneapolis, and
points out the way in which real
Communist leadership would fight
and win the strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-16
S.P. Group
AffiIiates
TORed Aid
S o ciaIists in Austria
Unite on Aid To
Terror Victims

LINZ, Austria, Aug. 15.-United
action in the relief of working
class victim of the Dollfuss ter
rorism has been achieved with the
decision of the National Commit
tee of Revolutionary Socialists of
Upper Austria to afnliate with the
Moscow world headquarters of the
International Red Aid.
This action confirms those Of
many individual members of the
Socialist relief agency which has
been aiding the relatives of vic
Tins in the Dollfuss murders.
The revolutionary Socialists and
the Red Aid of Upper Austria have
issued a joint appeal, calling upon
all workers organizations, ali rev.
olutionary Socialists, to follow
their example. This means that
unity Of solidarity has been estab-
lished in very important part
OF the country, the province in
which the armed uprisings of Feb
ruary commenced, and Herewith a
very considerable advance made
towards the establishment of this
unity all over Austria. The Revo-
lutionary Socialists of Upper Aus
tria call upon their Central Com
mittee to take up negotiations
with the Central Committee of the
Red Aid, with the object of COL
lective affiliation.
This important political success
of the unity strivings of the Red
Aid will have an influence far be-
yond the confines of Upper Aus
tria. It is the first time that the
urge of the masses for unity has
gained the upper hand, and a
number of provincial Socialist or
carnations have taken stand
against the attitude maintained so
long by the Second International
and the leaders Of Upper Austrian
Social Democracy, and have in
sisted on the recognition of the
super-party unity organization of
the Red Aid.
The Linz appeal signifies a VIC
tory not only for the Red Aid of
Austria, 1t signifies the victory of
the splitters, over the attempts to
abuse the solidarity of the masses
abuse the solidarity of the masses
for collaboration with fascism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-16
1000 In Rally
FlayKnitgoods
Sellout Policy

NEW YORK.-Anticipating a SELL
out Of their hard-fought strike, 1000
knit goods workers yesterday DEM
onstrated before the Offices of the
MIRA. Regional Labor Board, at rs
Broadway, where David Dubinsky,
president of the International Ladies
Garment Workers Union, was con-
ferring with knit goods manufac-
turers and NR.A. officials.
The demonstration, led by the
militant Knitgoods Workers Indus
trial Union, was composed of menu
bers Of the IL.G,W,U. and the IN
dustrial Union.
A committee Of workers. elected
by the demonstrators, demanded the
right to participate in the confer
ence. When this was rejected. they
left; not. however. without warning
the NR.A. officials and the I.L.G.
WI. leaders that they would not
accept any sellout compromise on
the major demands of the strikers.
the 35-hour week and the minimum
wage scales.
Dubinsky. after the conference,
made two proposals for settling the
strike, both of which the Industrial
Union urged upon the strikers to
reject. One proposal is the 35-hour
week be abandoned, a 36-hour week
accepted, and the 35-hour week be
considered year later. The other
calls for the strikers to submit to
arbitration all demands. The wage
scale fo- every craft has already
bcen discarded by Dubinsky.
A very impressive united front
demonstration was staged in the
Bronx around the Globe Knitting
Mills. This shop, formerly an In
ternational shop. is now a company
union shop. The demonstration was
arranged jointly by workers of the
International and the Industrial
Union. A police squad was called.
Several workers were arrested.
Thirty EIGHT pickets were seized
when police smashed a picket line
of over 100 knit goods strikers in
front of the Star Sportsvear. 56s
Broadway. Most CT the pickets wers
members of the IL.G.W.U.
The strike committee of the In
dustrial Union began to make set
Elements with those manufacturers
who grant all the demands: 1S i'm.
portant shops. among them thret
former open shops. have aireadJ
signed agreements with the Indus.
trial Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-16
Ask Delegates
For Banquet
To Bob Minor

NEW YORK. - The New York
District Committee and the Central
Committee of the Communist Party
have called on all organizations to
elect two delegates from each Or
ganization to the banquet arranged
to celebrate the fftietf birthday of
Fighting Bob" Minor. The ban
quet viii be held on Aug. 30 at
Irving Plaza, 18th Street and Irving
Place.
The Communist Party will cele-
brate during the month Of Septem-
Der its fifteenth year of leadership
in the working class struggles of
America. Close upon this celebra-
ton comes the birthday of Robert
Minor, who has had a leading role
in many of the most important
working class struggles in the
United States.
Minor was arrested for snti-war
work in France during the world
war. He tcoS leading part in the
Tom Mooney case, the Msrch 6
dem onstration for relief in New
York City in 1880 and has partici-
pated in the growth and building
Of the Communist Party.
A number of prominent speakers
will be present at this banquet. The
John Reed Club artists are prepar-
ing program. Admission will be
Is cents. Reservations are to be
made with the Robert Minor Ban
quet Committee, so East 18th Street.
Room SOL. New York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-16
Herndon Rally Arrangements
Pushed for Bronx Coliseum

Rights; Ben Gold, Robert Minor,
Ben Davis, editor of the Negro Lib
orator and Herndon's defense at
torney; Gil Green of the Young
Communist League, and Ruby
Bates, key witness in the Scots
boro case. Nat Stevens, district
secretary of the I. L. D. will act as
chairman. The meeting is under
the joint auspices of the L. S. N. r..
and the I. l.. D.
Several mass organizations al
ready have elected mass delegations
to the meeting. All organizations
are urged to follow this example
and to vote contributions, to be de-
livered by their delegations at the
Coliseum meeting, for the s15, 1000
Appeals Fund needed by the 1. L. D.
to carry the Herndon and Scots
boro appeals to the U. S. Supreme
Court.
Organizations are also urged to
adopt resolutions demanding re-
versal of the death sentences
against the Scottsboro boys, and the
chain gang sentence of 10 to 20
years against Herndon, and the i'm
mediate, safe and unconditional re-
lease of these ten Negro victims Of
capitalist justice.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-16
Vast Illegal
Launched
Posters and Leaflets
Flood Cities in
Election Drive

BERLIN, Aug. Is. = With
true Bolshevik boldness, the
Communist Party of Germany
by putting up Ernst Thael-
mann, imprisoned Communist
leader, as the candidate to OPP
pose Hitler in the August 10
elections for President of Germany.
The candidacy of Thaelmann is
being broadcast through the
length and breadth of Germany
by the epic heroism Of German
Communists, who hourly defy tor
ture and execution in the distri-
button of pamphlets, leaflets, post
ers and handbills.
Socialist workers by the thou
sands all over Germany are work
ing hand-in-hand with their class
brothers in fighting for the candi-
dacy of Thaelmann and the
smashing of the tremendous cleo
ton propaganda which the Nazis
have let loose in the last week.
Berlin has been covered with
stickers, signs and posters by Com
munist and Socialist workers,
whose ingenuity eludes all the eff
forts of the Nazi police to stop
them.
Thousands of these Socialist
workers voted for the militarist-
fascist Won Hindenburg against
Thaelmann on the advice of the
leaders Of the German Socialist
Party in the elections of 1892. To-
day they know better. The last Is
months have taught them much.
Everywhere sidewalks are paint
ed with red paint; 1.-THE Red Front
lives! Vote against Hitler!"
Letter boxes are stuffed with
Communist leaflets in all parts
of the city.
Defy Nazi Terrorism
Wherever the Nazis have posted
huge ballots in the streets to in
dictate which way the people ought
to vote, the workers manage to
write q huge NO and the yves"
is torn of.
In preparation for the Aug. 10
election in which Hitler asks for
approval Of his taking the Pres
idency, the Nazis are intensifying
Confined on Page q
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-16
FortW orth Passes Quota, Taking Lead in Campaign

JUMPING from 86.6 to 1900 per cent in one week. Fort
Worth topped its circulation quota by Is new Daily
Worker readers and took first place in the 10000 drive In
addition, Fort Worth took an impressive lead over North
Carolina in the District Socialist Competition although the
latter gained cent its quota during the past seven
days.
Impressive activity also displayed by West yir-
gnla Florida and Buffalo, these Districts gaining $685. 25
and 219 per cent respectively.
New York again took loss for the week drop
ping 452 daily readers Where are the New York Units
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-16

legal apparatus OF the state IS mo-
bilized against workers and working
class leaders jailed during the wide
spread raids and attacks.
Elaine Black. secretary of the In
ternational Labor Defense, has been
convicted by the jury of vagrancy.
She defended herself in court.
The first victory in combating
cooked-up vagrancy charges was
won when Louise Todd, Communist
election campaign manager, and
Ida Rothstein, were acquitted. Leo
Gallagher, candidate for governor
of California, defended their cases.
The Grand Jury has indicted six
workers for collecting signatures.
This was denounced here as a con-
tinuation of the State drive to keep
the Communist Party off the ballot.
The police continue to keep the
hall of the Marine Workers Indus
trial Union at SIS Jackson Street
closed, although they do not arrest
the marine workers.
Despite all of these suppressive
measures, the Western Worker con-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-16
Organizations Back
ScOttsborO-Herndon
Tag Days, Aug. 1922

NEW YORK.-Support of the
Scottsboro Herndon Emergency
Fund tag days conducted by the
New York District Of the Inter
national Labor Defense has been
promised by all branches Of the
International Workers Order,
Women's Councils, many Eng
disappearing and Jewish clubs,
and from the United Front Sup
porters.
The five tag days are Satur-
day, Sunday. Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday, Aug. 18 to %. A
mass meeting to commemorate
the anniversary of the murder
of Sacco and Vanzetti on Aug. %
in the Bronx Coliseum will con-
clude the drive.
Almost 1000 collection boxes
are ready. They may be OBJ
tanned from the offices of the
I. L. D., 78O Broadway.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-16
S. |. Advance
Is Picketed
By Reporters

NEW YORK. = New York news
papermen, members of the News
paper Guild, were on the picket line
again yesterday, demanding the re-
instatement of Alexander Crosby,
news editor of the Staten Island Ad-
vance, fired because of his member
ship in the Guild. He was the only
Guild member on the Advance.
The Guilds emergency committee
went into action after a meeting of
the Guilds Representative Assem-
bly, Tuesday night rejected a pro-
posal to submit the question to ar
bitration. The publisher had called
for arbitration after meeting Mon
day with representatives of the
Guild in the office of Mayor La
Guardia.
The Staten Island Advocate is
owned by S. I. Newhouse, publisher
of the Long Island Press, who was
forced to recognize the Guild after
picketing campaign early in July.
Immediately after signing an agree
ment in the Mayors Office, New
house began to go back on it, in
timidating members of his staff in
an effort to force them to resign
from the Guild.
A special issue of the Guild Re-
porter, organ Of the Guild, reciting
the facts on the Crosby case, was
already on the streets late yester-
day, and was distributed by pickets
at both terminals of the Staten Is
land ferry.
At Tuesday nights Representative
Assembly meeting, Carl Randall,
president of the New York Guild,
reported that Roy Howard, pub
Usher of the World Telegram and
the other papers of the Scripps-
Howard chain, had declared himself
willing to negotiate with the Guild
for an agreement for the World
Telegram unit, and had said he
would not hold out for a company
union. Negotiations are not yet
completed, however.
The Daily Worker unit of the
Guild, at regular meeting, adopted
a resolution to support the World
Telegram unit in every way in its
stand against company union form
of agreement. and in another reso-
luton undertook to take an active
part in the fight for the reinstate-
ment Of Crosby on the Staten Island
Advance.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-16
U.T.W.V Vote
On Measure
Unanimous
Delegates Instructed TO
Press for Measure at
ALL. Convention
By CARL REEVE

NEW YORK.-The Work.
ers Unemployment and Sociaf
Insurance Bill was unani-
mously endorsed by the Ma
tional Convention of the
United Textile Workers Union
in Town Hall yesterday after
neon. The resolution. specifically
endorsing H.R. 1898, introduced
into Congress at its last session, in
structs the U.T.W. delegates to the
coming national convention of the
A. F. of L. to bring the bill before
that convention and work for its
adoption.
This is the third international
union of the American Federation
Of LABOR to endorse the Workers
Unemoloyment and Social In5ur-
ance Bill The Workers Bill was
endorsed at recent national conven-
tons Ct the International Mine.
Mil and Shelter Workers Union
and the Amalgamated Association
of IRON Steel and Tin Workers. In
addition the Full Fashioned Hosiery
Workers Federation endorsed the
Workers Bill
In the debate before the passage
of the Workers Unemployment In
surance Bill Delegate Batty, Of New
Bedford, representing the conserva-
tive element at the convention, con-
demned the bill as "a Communist
Bill sponsored by the Communist
Party and condemned by the A. f.
Of L."
Unaninoas Endorsement
John Powers, chairman of the
Legislative Committee, in his report
for the committee, recommended
the adoption of two almost identical
resolutions for the endorsement Of
the Workers Bill. Following Batty's
attack, q delegate from Ravenna,
Ohio. made an amendment that
the convention endorse unemploy-
ment insurance, but name no speci-
fic bill. This amendment was de-
fested by an overwhelming vote and
the original motion of the legisla-
tive committee to endorse the
(Corfinped on Pnge q
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tinues to appear without Interrupt
ton.
The State convention of the
American Legion, in progress here,
is witnessing definite struggles
within its own organization, mainly
among rank and file veterans, over
labor questions.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. IS. = A
countrywide mass demonstration
will be held at the Plaza here Sat-
urday noon, Aug. IS, to protest the
railroading of June demonstra-
ton defendants to maximum prison
terms.
Sponsoring organizations are the
Relief Workers Protective Union, Of
which all the framed workers are
members, and the International La
Dor Defense, which is now appealing
the case. Workers throughout the
country are urged to flood Judge
Crum with kilograms and letters of
protest.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-16
Bronx Taxi Drivers Hit
Company Union Scheme

NEW YORK-Jamming the Pros
pect Mansion to the rafters, taxi
drivers of the Radio fleet yesterday
pledged to fight the company union
in their plant and elected a dele
CATION to Mayor LaGuardia to de-
mand that he guarantee that there
be no discrimination against men
who do not Join the union.
The meeting. which was held at
3 am, grew out of the demand Of
the operators of the fleet that all
hackmen join the Association Of
Fleet Drivers, company union,
Another meeting of all Bronx
drivers will be held at the Prospsct
Mansion, Prospect Avenue and 156th
Street at 3 am. tomorrow morning.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-16

The Socialist letter was sent in
reply to the Communist proposal
for joint action on August / against
imperialist war and fascism and
for any subsequent action. The
meeting will decide what attitude
the Communist Party should take
toward the letter.
Other points on the order of
business is the election campaign
and the Daily Worker circulation
drive. George Wishnak. Daily
Worker manager will speak.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-16
yoLIrNTEERs ARE CALLED

Volunteer neat typists are wanted
to address special letters for the
Daily Worker circulation drive.
Lunch money and fare will be paid.
Call at Daily Worker Business Of
fee, eighth floor, so East Thirteenth
Street. Ask for Benice.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-16
Five Jailed When Police
Raid Shop Gate Meeting


ANDERSON, Ind, Aug. 15.-Five
workers were arrested here on
Tuesday in a police attempt to
break up Communist Party shop
gate meeting at the big Delco-
Remy General Motors plant. Over
1900 workers were listening to the
speakers when police raided the
meeting.
Those arrested included Miles
Blansett, candidate for Congress in
the Eleventh District; Jim Woods,
candidate for Mayor of Anderson;
Helen Layton, organizer Of the In
ternational Labor Defense, and Mrs.
Woods and Mrs. Blansett All were
released on 500 bond. The hear
ings come no tomorrow.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-16
Detroit Functionaries
Meet to Discuss Reply
of Socialists on Unity

DETROIT, Mich, Aug. 15.-The
Socialist Party's answer to the Com
munist Party's proposals for a
united front will be discussed at q
Communist Party functionaries
meeting to be held Thursday eve
ming at 1869 Fourteenth st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-16
Meeting Broken Up,
lid Head Connected,
CnnVdssers Indicted
Election Manager Acquitted-Marine Workers
Hall Still Closed-Mass Meeting
Called in Los Angeles
Especial to the Daily Worker,

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 15.-Vigilantes attacked and
dispersed meeting of workers in local hall Monday
night the coast terror campaign against workers organ
zaons continues undated Papers here ignored the event
completely.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-16

Earn Expenses Selling the Daily
Get Daily Worker Subscribers.
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Only S2,41S has been contributed to date
to the $4,000 defense fund for the appeals of
Angelo Herndon and the Scottsboro boys. Only
is days are left. See blank on page four of this
Issue. Rush contributions to International
Labor Defense, so E. 18th St., New York City.
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Quota 10000 New Readers TO Date 7s Per Gent ss
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