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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-19
Speed-Up Is Unchecked
By Roosevelt Textile
Assignment Boards
BY CARL REEVE

President Roosevelt this week set
up three boards under a common
chairman to investigate" the
stretchout in the cotton, wool and
silk textile industry. These "investi-
cations" have been going on for
over a year. The Roosevelt MIRA.
Planning and Research Division
solemnly investigated" textile
workers demands last June, and
ruled that wages should not be n
creased, hours should not be short
ened, and stretchout should not be
decreased.
The textile workers struck Sept,
against the results of these in
vestigations. They demanded the
30-hour week, end of the stretcnout,
higher wages and recognition. At
ter three weeks the German leader
ship of the United Textile Workers
betrayed the strike, and sent one
half million textile workers back
into the mills without one Of these
demands granted. The Roosevelt
Winant decision ending the strike,
gave the strikers nothing. Now a
new board, the Textile Work AS
signment Board. has been set up to
continue Investigations"
The new order of Roosevelt,
while denying the workers all their
demands, provides that on permits
sion of the impartial chairman
of the new Textile Work Assign
ment Boards, the employers may
increase the stretchout after next
Feb. /. Stretchout now continues
unchecked.
The Communist Party through
out the entire struggle of the tex
tile workers against unbearable
conditions, has fought in the front
ranks for all of the demands Of the
textile workers. The Communist
Party has predicted from the be-
ginning that the Roosevelt govern
ment and it's N.R.A. boards would
swindle the textile workers out OF
their demands.
Before the strike, the Communist
Party outlined correctly the treach-
erous course OF the Gorman-Mac-
Mahon A. F. of L. leadership. The
Communist Party from the first ex-
posed the betrayal role of the So
cialist Party leaders, such as Emil
Rieve, and the Loyestoneite rene
gades like Keller and Rubinste-n,
would play as part of the Cor
-MacMahon sell-out machine.
During the course of the strike, the
Communist Party, through its
speakers, through the columns OF
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-19
Plan to Hold
ScOttsbOrO
Conferen

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Oct. 18.-Plans
are being pushed here for the mass
Emerg ency Scottsboro-Herndon
Conference called by the Interna-
tional Labor Defense and the
League of Struggle for Negro
Rights for Saturday, Oct. 20, pm,
at the Peoples Finance Building,
II N. jefferson Ave.
Within the last few days many
churches, unions and other organ
izations have been visited to urge
the election of delegates to the con-
ference. All groups are being urged
to unite in the fight to prevent the
legal murder OF the Scottsboro boys
on Dec, Z.
The conference will work out
plans to intensity the fight for the
lives and freedom of the boys and
against the growing fascist attacks
bv St. Louis police on the struggles
Of unemployed Negro and white
workers for relief. It will also inl-
tiate a struggle for the passage by
the Board Of Aldermen of a local
Bill of Rights for the Negro peo-
pie, and against the attempt 10
railroad to the workhouse six local
workers, framed up in connection
with the picketing of the saloon OF
Abe Fishman in protest against his
brutal attack on an eight-year old
Negro lad, Robert koonts. i,
The conference will be followed
by an entertainment, featured by
a revolutionary program and dane
ing.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-19

Party in the general textile strike
prove that the Communist Party is
hghting party of the working
class, Is a party which puts into &C
ton Its program, among the masses
OF the workers. The Communist
Party demands in the election cam
palgn are carried out in the fight
OF the workers every day for their
demands. The Communists were
active on the picket lines and all
phases of the strike.
The Communist PARTY election
program points out that in order
to win their demands, the workers
must build the solid unity of the
entire working class. In order to do
this they must expose and defeat
the Greens and Germans and Du-
binskys, the A. F. of L. and Social
lst Party leaders, who are betray
-ng the struggles of the workers
into the hands OF the Roosevelt
boards, and defeating the workers
demands.
The textile workers can now
clearly see that the program of the
Communist Party in the textile
strike was correct. The Green-Gor-
man leadership, and the Roosevelt
government, the government terror
OF troops, succeeded in defeating
the textile workers demands be-
cause the rank and file was not
strongly enough organized to take
the strike leadership and the nego-
tlations into their own hands. The
Democratic, Republican and Social
st parties alike played their part in
breaking the strike and betraying
the strikers.
Under the leadership OF the rank
and file. together with the Com
munist Party, many of the de-
mands Of the workers can be won.
But the only way out of the crisis
for the toiling masses is the revo-
lutionary way out-the abolition of
capitalist rule and capitalism, the
establishment Of the Socialist So
ciety through the power of a work
ers' revolutionary government, a
Soviet government, as the Con-
gressional platform of the Commu-
mist Party points out. The workers
of the Soviet Union were able to
win complete security and raise
their material and cultural stand
ards to the present high level only
through their revolution an d
through establishing working
class government which ran indus
try for the workers and farmers
benefit and not for profits for a
few.
The carrying on of a successful
election campaign of the Commu-
mist Party will help win the imme-
date demands of the textile work
ers.
A vote for Communism is vote
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-19
Textile StretchOut Is Major Election Issue

the Daily Worker, and its organ
izers, every day gave the correct
line for winning the demands OF
the strike.
The Communist Party, warning
Of the coming betrayals, urged the
building of united front rank and
file committees in each mill, the use
of mass picketing, flying squadrons
and marches to make the strike eff
fective, the mobilization of the
whole working class against the ter
ror and the spread of the strike in
support of the textile strikers. The
Communist Party called for the
rank and file to take the struggle
into their own hands in order to
defeat the traitors at the head OF
the U.TW.
Restrike Begun
After German betrayed the
strike, the Communist Party de-
clared that the textile workers
would continue the fight for their
demands, would re-strike against
the decisions of Roosevelt's boards
which have denied all their de-
mands. In fact the Roosevelt gov
eminent, together with the employ
erS has launched an even more in
tense wage-cutting, union-smashing
drive against the textile workers
This re-strike movement against
wage cuts and discrimination
against the stretchout, and for the
general strike demands, has already
begun. especially in the silk and
dye industry.
The Communist Party, in the
course of its election campaign
places as one of its major plankS
the fight to raise the living stand
ards of the workers. tn edevelop-
ment OF the strike struggles fol
these economic demands. and the
unity of all workers to fight against
the attacks of the employers ane
their government.
The first demand in the Commu.
mist Party program is Against
Roosevelt's New Deal attacks or
the living standards of the toilers
for higher wages, shorter hours, 6
shorter work week. and improved
living standards. The second de.
mand of the Communist Party il
the election campaign is "Agains
capitalist terror and the growing
trend toward fascism; against com.
pulsory arbitration and company
unions; against the use of troop;
in strikes; for the workers right
to join unions of their own choice
to strike, to picket, to demonstrate
without restrictions; for the main
tenance Of all the democratic right;
OF the masses" Other demands are
for the Workers Unemployment
and Social insurance Bill. and fol
equal rights for the Negro workers
The activities of the Communist
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-19

whole work of educating, organiz-
ing, leading the workers and i'm
poVerished farmers would be an
impossibility. An inadequate paper,
by the same reasoning, is an intol-
cradle handicap. The present Daily
is, of course, far from perfect, but
one has only to look at the pages
devoted to New York trade unon
news, at the space given to national
struggles - trade union, unemploy-
ment, attacks on workers. etc.-to
see how much we have gained.
When say that We must feel
the living, fighting force of the
Daily Worker ourselves, I mean
that every reader Of the paper
every trade unicnist, every member
Of mass organization, every men,
Der of any workers group-must
feel that he is ren1iss in his duty
to the working class If he or she
does not at once contribute and get
others to contribute at once to the
$4,000 fund. The same holds true
for those working class organiza-
tons which are not rallying their
members and friends to the drive.
I appeal to every worker and
farmer, therefore, to help fill this
great political necessity-to take a
paramount part at once in raising
the 100000. This can be done by
collections, by parties, by various
means. 1t can be done and I am
sure it will be done! The working
class will confound its enemies!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-19
Chicago High
School Strike
inlO-DayTruce
Negro Students Still
Threatened-C. p.
Fights Jim-CrOw
cDaily worker Midwest Bureau,

CHICAGO. Oct. Is. - Morgan
Park High School strikers returned
to classes on Monday under circum-
stances which threaten to provoke
race hatred. Police instructions. to
search all Negro students for weap-
ons, continued insistence by fascist
elements and politicians for jim
Grow school, and carefully whipped
up chauvinistic spirit combine to
make the situation menacing.
The decision to end the. anti
Negro strike for a ten day trial
period" was made by the so-caled
citizens committee of adults. Pre-
viously this committee has pretend
ed in its open statements that the
white students took action inde-
pendent Of their parents in calling
the strike. However, there is no
doubt Of the power of the pros
porous property owners to stop the
action.
Police PrOvOcation
The police orders to search Negro
students for weapons is q ridicu-
lous provocation. Throughout the
dispute in Morgan Park. white
students and adult hoodlums have
been on the offensive, have made
all threats and incitations. Negroes
have been quietly going about their
studies, with those white students
who could not be stirred up to race
hatred.
In ending the strike, the fascists
have not altered their demand for
jim Crowism. They are merely Of
fering to send the children back
to school for a ten-day period
pending action by the school board
in herding and segregating the
Negro students.
Vile provocations to lynch action
have so far been defeated. Masses
Of Negro workers in Morgan Park
have been rallied to struggle for
free schooling for their boys and
girls in Morgan Park High. Led
by the Young Communist League,
these workers have defeated at
tempts by Negro politicians and
preachers to give up the fight and
submit to segregation. Nightly mass
meetings have been attended by
hundreds. who defeated time and
again police attempts to break up
the meetings.
In spite of terror by police. scores
of white workers have gone into
Negro territory working side by
side with the residents, forging a
organization against jim
Crowism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-19
Utica Textile Force Permit
Local Join S For Meeting
Hunger March inPhiladeIphia
Syracuse Workers Win
Food and Shelter
for Marchers

UTICA, N. Y, Oct. lahore than
300 cotton workers here, the entire
membership of the Utica local Of
the United Textile Workers. met
yesterday to discuss and plan ac-
ton for the statewide hunger
march which will converge on AL
bany Oct. 81 to place relief de-
mandS before Governor Lehman
and demand the calling of a special
session Of the State Legislature to
enact the Workers Unemployment
Insurance Bill.
At a recent meeting when Vincent
Ma ewski, president of the local
spoke in favor of the march, the
membership of the local voted to
elect delegates and to take steps to
finance their delegation
Workers in Syracuse have forced
the local Federal Transient Bureau
to agree to provide two meals for
the hundreds of marchers who will
pass through the city in the trek to
Albany. The Transient Bureau will
provide supper for the marchers on
Oct. %, and breakfast for the
marchers on Oct. %. Lodging for
number of the marchers has also
been promised.
The local committee which is
organizing and directing the hunger
march campaign here has demanded
of Mayor Marvin of Syracuse that
he order housing and feeding prep
arations be made for the marchers
in that city.
In spite of rainy weather, over
two hundred workers attended an
open air meeting in Chancellor
Park, Utica, Monday night to hear
Ben Lapidus, organizer of route one
of the march, explain the demands
of the hunger marchers. Textile
workers from New York Mills de-
clared at the meeting that they
would take up the election of dele
gates at their union local.
Workers in Rome have intensified
| their drive to elect delegates and
report that a minimum of ten
marchers will be elected. Arrange
ments have been made to have a
part of column one, the Buffalo
msrchers leave the main route and
go through Rome to join the Rome
delegation. A send off rally will be
held in Rome on Oct. 81.
Intensified preparations for the
march have forced the Buffalo Re-
lief Administration to increase the
weekly food allotment for the un-
employed from s85 ,293.50 to $685.
1887 for the current week.
1 Local upstate march headquarters
have been set up at S31 Broadway
Buffalo; 4042 Main Street, James
town; 233 Central Park, Rochester;
40 Niagara Street, Canandaigua;
$40 South Townsend Street, SYRIA
cuse; and 621 Elizabeth Street
! Utica.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-19
Opposition
Work in Ore.
Union Pushed

VIRGINIA, Mimi, Oct. l8-As a
result Of the Conference of the
Mesaba Iron Range section of the
Communist Party, held on Sept. 30,
steps will be taken toward strength
ening the rank and file movement
within the Mine, Mill and Smelter
Workers Union "a. F. of L..
At the section conference it was
made clear that the majority of
the miners are now in the union,
an A. F. Of L. affiliate, but the re-
dictionary leadership within it is not
interested in developing a struggle
for the needs of the workers The
village attorney at Hibbing, Mimi,
gave one of the reasons for their
work when he stated that unless
the workers are organized into the
M. NJ. S. w. U. they will join a
radical union"
Among the outstanding decisions
at the conference are: That all
members of the Communist Party,
who are eligible, should join the
union and fight for rank and file
control. Also, that members of the
Finnish Workers Clubs, Finnish
Youth Clubs. and all other militant
organizations should be urged to
Join the union and help fight for
the militant policy.
In view of the fact that many
farmers often work in the mines
during the busy season, the COM
pany tries to use them as scabs. 1t
was therefore decided to urge such
farmers to likewise join the union
and help weld the unity between
the workers and the small farmers
Rank and file opposition groups
are to be built in every local.
1t was decided TO begin system
attic recruiting into the Communist
Party from the ranks of the miners
In line with this, classes are to be
opened designed to teach the pro-
gram and tactics to be followed in
the union The work in the pres
ent Congressional election cam
paign was taken up.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-19
Negro and White Workers Invade Texas State Cabito
Austin .JObless
Demand Relief
Aid Payments
1000 Families Dropped
from Relief Rolls in
Travis County

AUSTIN, Tex. Oct. 13-Five- hun
dred Negro and white workers, with
their children, invaded the state
capitol demanding adequate relief
from the Texas Board of Control.
This demonstration was so we'll
planned that it took the state Off
cials by complete surprise. Boss"
Thorp, Austin's red-baiting Chief
of Police, was not informed of the
workers plans, hence had no chance
to attack the demonstrators.
The workers, modified by the
Austin Unemployment Council, en-
tered the building in orderly fashion,
maintaining prole arian discipline
throughout. Soon the entire first
floor of the capitol was crowded,
while press correspondents left their
typewriters to observe the demon
stration. Many of the demonstra-
tors had not eaten for several days.
1000 Cut Off Relief
A committee OF three, headed by
r. g.. Mayhall, chairman of the
Council, was elected to present the
demands OF the workers to the
Board of Control. The committee
told the Board that two-thousand
families had been summarily drop
ped from the relief rolls in Travis
County.
They are being cut off now with
Winter ahead" Mayhall shouted,
pounding his fist on the table. It's
these devilish officials doing it.
That's where the m on y goes.
Where one case gets too much, as
YOU Board members claim, 100 don't
get enough"
The committee also claimed that
300 children in the Tenth Ward are
unable to attend school because
they lack sufficient clothing. Yet, "
the committee asserted, you claim
that some people are getting fat
and prosperous from the relief.
Within the shadow of this building
and all around you, people are
hungry and starving. What are you
going to do about it,"
The Board promised to investigate
the cases of those who had been
dropped from the rolls. The work
ers left, promising to return unless
steps we're taken to feed the
hungry.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-19
Workers Will Assemble
at Reyburn Plaza on
Saturday Afternoon

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Oct. IA
The Board OF Park Commissioners
we're yesterday forced to grant, a
permit for the mass unemployed
demonstration to be held at Reyburn
Plaza Saturday at p. m, after
innumerable workers delegations
had besieged their offices.
When the Park Commissioners
informed the Unemployment Coun-
ellis that the permit for the demon
stration had been refused, workers
organizations and groups of liberals
Immediately sent committees to the
Board. Yesterday the secretary of
the Board, Mr.. Martin, informed a
committee from the Councils that
the demonstration would be per-
mitted
Will Withhold Police
To their demand that the police
keep their hands off The demonstra-
ton, Martin S ated that no police
would be on hand other than the
usual park guards.
After a week of negotiations. the
Socialist Party leadership of Phils-
delphia refused to enter Che united
front demonstra ion at Rey burn
Plaza Saturday. On previous visits,
David H. Felix, left wing leader
of the Philadelphia Socialist Party
had promised to support the fight
for the Workers Unemployment In
surance Bill, but stated that he
could not speak for other members
of the Socialist Party.
Joseph Schwartz, chairman of the
Socialist Party County Committee
referred the Council delegation to
the County Committee meeting,
where all united front offers were
refused by Balsky, Socialist Party
organizer.
Appeal to S. P. Members
The Unemployment Councils of
Philadelphia have appealed to all
members of the Socialist Party 10
support the demonstration tomor-
AON at INtyUuTH Fldzd.
A com mi t e,e of hundred
elected at recent conference here,
will report to the assembled work.
ers a. Reyourn Plaza on their meet
ing today with the City Council,
where they will set forth the de-
mands of Philadelphia 400, 900 job
less. These demands call for union
wages and conditions on all relief
jobs; immediate doubling of present
relief without any discrimination
against Negro, foreign born, women
and young workers, payment of
rents, issuance of Winter clothing
and enactment of the Workers
Unemployment Insurance Bill, the
bill initiated by the Communist
Party and incorporated in the Com
munist election platform.
Fight Government Strikebreaking
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-19
Cotton Textile Bosses
Made 20 Million Profit
In 1888, Report Reveals
Labor Research Association Issues Figures on
Huge Profits Amassed by Manufacturers

company lin excellent financial
condition" 1t reports also that
Charlottesville Wooden Mills, Char
loctesville, Va, has averaged to pay
its stockholders more in dividends
per annum per loom than any other
mill in the country. On both COM
mon and preferred stock issues
Charlottesville hasn't failed to pay
dividends for something like 80
years-if not longer" Jonathan
Rich & Brother of Woolrich, Pa,
is likewise regarded as "in excellent
financial condition, full of liquid
assets, a great success. -"
Rise in Inquiries for Mill Stocks
Is Noted, reads headline in Daily
News Record the day after the strike
Sell-out was agreed to by U. T. w.
leaders. 1t was expected by brokers
in Greenville, S. c., that the de-
mand for cotton mill stocks would
show a noticeable improvement in
the next few weeks. Scheduled pay
ment of preferred dividends on Oc-
tober / by number of mills in this
section is expected to further in
crease interest in mill stock. it
is expected that the usual dividends
will be paid"
Clifford A. Cochran, former head
of Alexander Smith & Sons, carpet
manufacturers, left an estate valued
at $3,497,917 net, when he died in
1880, it was recently announced.
With profits reaped from exploita-
ton of carpet workers, Cochran was
able to maintain lavish race horse
stables, three horses alone being
valued at $4,000.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-19
By Labor research ASSOCIATION


It is estimated that in 1898 the
cotton textile industry rolled up
profits of approximately $79, 0oo, 600
Wamsutta Mills, New Bedford
trade magazine reports that this
company had very good six
months and showed fair profit for
the first half year, after all charges,
and that the Wamsutta manage
ment, the directors and the banks,
are very much encouraged" Pep
perel Mfg Comet profit of ST.
607, 685 for year ending June 80
1884. This is $685., 1855 more than net
profit for previous year and best
showing" since 1920
Apponaug Color year ending
June 80, 1884, showed net profit oil
$l6O,154; Victor Monaghan Co.
s451,718 for same period, while dis
tributing 1921 ,037 in dividends
Duplan Silk Corp. showed net profit
of s659.564 for year ending May 81
1894. Industrial Rayon Corp. re-
ports net pront oil 81 .SOo,oZ4 Iof
first nine months of 1884.
Lowell textile workers especially
should note the fact that the stock
of Boot Mills. quoted at around SAC
a share on the stock market, pays
81 a year dividend which thus yields
to the investor about 10 per cent
The American Wool 81 Cotton Re-
porter calls it "a mill share worth
owning" Pelzer Mfg. Co. with
plants at Pelzer and Tucapau, S
S., subsidiary of the New England
Southern Corp. of Boston, is re-
garded by thu same trade journal as
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-19
Legion Leader Scored
At Meeting in West

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 18.-Amer-
can Legion hecklers Saturday night
at the protest meeting at the
wrecked headquarters at 1922 W.
Adams St, were answered not only
by Communist speakers, but by
members of the crowd who belonged
to the Legion. When a former COM
rnander of the local post protested
that he himself had not been guilty
OF melting acts Of violence against
workers, several bystanders imme-
diately came forward to relate ter
roristic activities of the Legion lead
ership,