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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-09
Court Denies
New Trial to 6


PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 8.-The
intensified drive in this city against
anti-fascists was resumed Friday
when the Pennsylvania Superior
Court refused a new trial to Ben
Gardner, James Wilson, Beatrice
Mash, Sophie Braverman, Sophie
Kahn and Mary Smith, six workers
arrested last August in Free
Thaelmann" demonstration before
the local German Consulate.
Judge Baldridge ordered the six
anti-fascist fighters remanded to
prison to serve out their sentences
of one year each for the men, and
six months each for the women.
James Wilson, militant Young
Negro worker and one of the de-
PENDANTS, is now in jail, pending
disposition of his appeal from a
conviction in Judge Allesandroni's
court for helping to organize a chill
dren's Scottsboro protest school
strike. Sentence on this charge had
been suspended, and now Wilson is
in danger Of getting a double SEN
tence.
The Superior Courts decision re-
manding these six anti-fascists to
jail is one of series of incidents
revealing clearly the growing anti
working class drive in this city, in
Guiding the slanderous attack by
Judge Harry McDevitt on the Com
munist Party, which served as an
excuse for the city to cancel a con-
tract for the use of Convention Hal
for the Lenin Memorial Meeting
Almost Immediately following this
the Federal government stepped on
the scene in a renewal of its two
year -old drive to deport A. w. Mills
district organizer here of the Com
munist Party. Soon after this; DO.
lice denied the Communist Party 9
permit for its annual New Years
Eve Dance.
Philadelphia workers, rallying ir
determined resistance to these at.
tacks, are planning a mass turnout
for the Lenin Memorial Meeting
which will be held Friday evening
Jan. IS, at the Market Street Arena
46th and Market Streets.
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the last few weeks alone, during a.
great roundup all over the con-
try, 1900 persons were arrested;
the police and Siguranza (secret po-
lice) agents forced their way into
the houses, indiscriminately arrested
anyone who was under the slightest
suspicion of participating in the
struggle against the Rumanian fas-
cists.
The well-known Dobrudja ma
tional-revolutionary, Jordan Russef,
was arrested during the roundup,
according to the latest information.
It is feared that he is threatened
with the same fate as the Dobrudja
revolutionaries, Dontseff and Stoy-
anoff, who were vilely murdered by
the Siguranza.
Raids Aimed at Workers
In accordance with official COM
munications, the round-ups were
made in search of "Ustashi" mem
bers and Macedonian terrorists who
were supposed to have sought ref
uge in Rumania. In reality, how
ever, the roundup had the purpose
of undermining the ever stronger
influence of the revolutionary and
anti-fascist organizations upon the
masses, as well as Of destroying the
revolutionary organizations, which
had been driven into illegality-the
Communist Party, the Young Com
munist League, the Red Aid, and
the revolutionary trade unions.
Immediately following this, q gov
eminent decree prohibited all the
radical trade unions, the anti-fsscist
committees, the left-students' or
CARNATIONS. the Jewish Cultural
League, the Muncii League labor
League), ETC., and the property and
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bars to step into position of
leadership when the leaders are
picked off by the police. Organ
ization of defense corps to meet in
creasing attacks was also stressed,
and the need of defending the or
ganization against disrupters who
are placed inside the ranks as well
as those who work outside the
ranks of the councils.
In concluding, Amter stressed the
need of building the united front
in the localities and reafirmed the
clear position of the National I'm
employment Councils on the ques-
ton of the united front and the
ultimate unity of all the unem-
ployed groups into one militant
fighting organization.
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Federal local won signal victory
over the reactionary American Fed
Grafton of Labor bureaucrats at
their last regular meeting.
The White Motor local, recog-
niSed as the strongest and best or
ganized union in the automobile
industry, originally endorsed the
sending of delegates two weeks ago.
The American Federation of Labor
leaders, local as we'll as national.
Immediately prepared to have this
action rescinded at the recent meet
ing and came down with all their
heavy guns of oratory to bring this
about.
T. N. Taylor, national A. F. of l..
organizer in auto, with McWeeney
and McKenna also present, warned
the White local that this move
ment not only does not have the
approval of the A. F. of L., but it
has its utter condemnation"
Assail Flag Rule
One rank and filler after another
got up and attacked Taylor and the
other reactionaries, maintaining
that the workers have the right to
run things in the way which will
best benefit their conditions. They
bitterly attacked the A. F. of L.
leadership for its attempt to gag
them into submission, one of them
saying: This rule from the top is
faScism. We want everything con-
trolled by all of us workers"
Another pointed out that, far
from disuniting the A. F. of T.. as
Taylor had claimed, this movement
is intended to unite them in one
powerful union which could really
conduct struggles for the benefit of
the workers.
Another worker analysed the de-
cision of the San Francisco Con-
vention endorsing" the industrial
union for auto workers. He showed
how the wording of this decision
provides that the Executive Council
OF the A. F. of L. shall determine
policies" of this industrial union,
Shall choose all officers and shall
manage the business and finances
of the organization" This, he
pointed out, would be absolutely
contrary to the best interests of the
auto workers, since the Executive
Council is made up chiefly of In
ternational officers of craft unions,
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archives of these organizations were
confiScated.
The roundup also had the aim
Of dealing a destructive blow to the
anti-fascist movement, which was
acquiring an ever broader mass
character, as is expressed in the
great united front movement.
United Front Concluded
Based on the proposals of the
Anti-Fascists' Committee in Bucha-
rest and of the Muncii League,
united front pacts with the Left
Social Democrats (Ghelerterists)
were concluded under pressure Of
their membership against the great
danger of an open fascist dictator
ship, against the fsscisstion of the
state apparatus, against the terror,
class justice, the murderous prison
regime, and for the struggle for the
daily demands Of the toiling popula-
ton.
The Rumanian bourgeoisie is
likewise attempting to intimidate
the peasant masses. Nov. Is was
the latest date for the payment of
the peasants debts, and from this
day on, the banks and private
money lenders began, with the as
sistance Of the police and the army,
to enforce the payment of these
debts. Serious unrest among the
peasants is expected. Hence the
terrorist measures directed against
the revolutionary organizations by
the government
The Rumanian Government and
its clique has not however succeeded
in destroying the illegal revolution
airy organizations or in depriving
them of their leaders.
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Piekets Fight
TokeepScabs
Out Of Plant
Troops Bem b ar d e d
With Vegetables and
Stones in RessviHe

ROSSVILLE, Ga, Jan. 8.-Na-
tional Guardsmen rushed more
than 1000 workers who massed at
r the Richmond Mills here to prevent
its opening with scabs, and placed
sixty under military arres {
yesterday. All are to be taken to the
, concentration camp at Atlanta,
Colonel L. c. Pope, in command,
stated.
Among those to be taken to the
concentration camp are ten women.
p The workers resisted and used
every possible means to defend
themselves. At one time the
Guardsmen were bombarded with a
volley of vegetables and stones.
Following the announcement by
the Richmond Hosiery Mills that it's
local plant will reopen Monday with
scabS, $50 National Guardsmen ar
rived on the scene yesterday. The
guardsmen, under the command Of
Adjutant-G Lindley Camp,
who also was in command of militia
during the general textile strike in
September, arrested five strikers
Immediately upon their arrival.
In making the arrests the Adju-
tant-G General stated that the con-
centration camp set up in Atlanta
for arrested strikers in the general
strike was still ready for use, and,
if necessary, active strikers will be
taken there.
When the troops arrived hun
dreds of strikers moved over to the
Tennessee side of the state line
which runs parallel with the plant
about 100 yards in front, and. jeered
the soldiers.
At meeting in Rossville Arena
on Saturday five hundred strikers
voted unanimously not to return to
work until the wage-cut announce
ment posted by the company is
withdrawn. Large picket lines have
been placed in front of the plant,
and very few scabs have come
through, the strike committee re-
ported.
Troops were sent by Governor
Eugene Talmadge after he received
a telegram from Judge Porter of
Rossville, requesting troops. The
Judge informed the Governor that
the Richmond Hosiery Mill has
placed advertisements in all Chatta-
nooga papers for strikebreakers, to
begin operations Monday, and that
: the situation is beyond control of
local police forces.
The Textile Labor Relations
Board has been investigating" the
situation for weeks and still has no
decision on the case of the Rich
mond Hosiery Mill. Apparently the
usual procedure is followed, of first
giving the company every oppor-
tunity to break the strike before
even stating its opinion.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Jan. g.
The American Federation of Ho-
siery Workers in Philadelphia sent
a protest against the use of troops
in the strike of hosiery workers in
Rossville, Ga, yesterday, to Secre-
tary of Labor Perkins and Attorney
General Cummings.
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wages and conditions on the relief
jobs we're stressed In the report.
THE question arises" he contin-
ued, ION how do we conduct our
struggles? Organized mass action in
the localities and in the relief sta
tons remain the basis of struggle.
Nevertheless, certain things must be
brought to the attention of the del
egates. We find vast numbers wait
ing in the relief stations. Finding
that our committees go through
without waiting, these workers are
antagonized and ask who are given
first attention. These thousands
who wait in the relief stations must
be won by action inside and outside
the relief bureaus. Then we will
have demonstrations that will win
for the workers increased relief"
In reviewing the state of the I'M
employment councils, Amter re-
ferred to the bloated figures handed
out by the National Unemployed
League. which claims 100000 mem
bers, the Illinois Workers Alliance
which claims $4,000, and the Work
ers Unemployed Union which claims
100000 in the New York area.
90,875 in Councils
I'VE say that these figures are
pure bluff" Amter said, land can
only serve to bring confusion to tie
minds of the workers. Such lies
can only cause the workers to doubt
the effectiveness of organization
when they see nothing commensurate
with these figures accomplished"
Amter stated that from March
to December, 1884, 90,875 member
ship cards had been issued by the
National Unemployment Councils
and 1929 stamps bought. This
represents only small fraction of
the actual membership. He sharply
brought to the attention of the del
egates the need of building men,
SAAP SOAAihilGbCCo III dll locals TO
register every member, issue reg
ular dues stamps, and recruit new
members into the councils.
For what do we find" he asked
Some workers come to us when
they are denied relief. The evic-
ton is stopped; relief is won; and
they drift away until such a time
as they are again denied relief. Still
another case exists. The relief case
worker tells the client to have
nothing to do with those reds: or
in other cases others are approached
to sell their birthright in the hope
that a key position will be attacked
and result in diso.ganization of the
council local"
Build Up Social Life
He also called for greater organ
national efforts among the women
the youth, the Negro and the farm
ers.
Every effort must be made. he
said, to build up the social life OF
! the locals and to train all the mem
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: 4
the report of the I. L. D. Is more
accurate.
Despite the great activity of the
government against Crime" the
crusade against kiGnappers of the
rich and the converting Of a So
called Crime Conference at Wash
ington, d. c., lynching increases
in barbarity and Roosevelt has
not raised a hand against it.
The measures taken by the
Governor of Tennessee, calling
out troops to shoot into mob at
Shelbyville, was taken because of
the growing desire of the Negro
masses, supported by sympathetic
whites, to fight against lynching.
NEW BILL CITED
The struggle against lynching
lies in the fight for the freedom
of the ScottsbOrO boys. Through
the principles involved in this
fight path of struggle for the
rights of Negro people has been
opened up. A Bill for Negro
Rights has been brought forward
by the League of Struggle for Ne
gro Rights. These principles have
been endorsed and approved dur
ing the three-and- half years
fight; and the recent victory Of
the stay of execution has COM
pIeteIy justified the tactic of the
/. L. d.
The masses have shown that
they want unity of action along
these lines-by the mass demon
STATIONS in Harlem and through
out the country, by the response
of Negro students in the South,
who went in delegation to see
Roosevelt at Warm Springs, GeOr-
gia, by the building up of Scots
borO Action Committees through
out the country, by many invita-
tions extended to Angelo Herndon
and the Scottsboro Mothers to
speak before the membership of
various organizations, by the fight
against discrimination, which has
taken broad proportions in New
York, Cleveland, Chicago and
other places during the recent
period, and finally, by the repu-
diation by the masses of all those
who have attempted to disrupt
the defense.
The National ScottsbOro- Hern-
don Action Committee organized,
at a Conference in New York,
attended by 242 delegates repre-
senting 10000 members, for the
purpose of broadening the united
front in support of the i. L. D.,
reaffirms its stand for unity. We
point out that the LID. has let
nothing stand in the way of unity.
We call upon all sincere fighters
to let nothing confuse and divide
the growing movement for the
freedom of the Scottsboro boys by
building up a solid united front.
We, therefore, appeal to all
Justice loving people, workers and
intellectuals. to join us at the
Second Conference to map out
plans to save the lives of Hay
wood Patterson and Clarence Nor
ris, and to fight for the uncon-
ditionaI freedom of the Scottsboro
boys, and for the defense of An
gelo Herndon.
SAMUEL G. PATTERSON.
Secretary National Scottsboro-
Herndon Action Committee
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I'm porte d Saarlanders
May Not Vote for Nazis
In Sundays PIebiscite

SAARBRUECKEN, Jan. 8.-Manv
Of the 358 Americans who ar
rived here this afternoon will not
cast their vote for Hitler, it was
ascertained here through reliable
sources. United States newspap per
men were barred from the visiting
platform by the Nazis, who feared
lest reports of the newcomers Sc
cret anti-fascist feeling be broad
cast.
Preliminary voting by essential
government employees, transit work
ers, etc, in preparation for next
Sundays plebiscite, continued quiet
ly today.
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worker or farmer, whether small
business man or professional, must
realize that this anti-foreign cam
paign is directed against the fun
damental liberties of the American
population. 1t is directed against
himself. Enslaye the foreign born
and soon the native will be in
Z chains.
Congress opens soon. Measures
will be introduced, either by the
Mccormack Dickstein Committee or
by other agencies, to suppress
working class organizations, to out
law militant unions, to outlaw the
: Communist Party, which is the
leader of all the exploited and OPP
pressed If they succeed against
the Communist Party, then they
will succeed against all organiza-
tons of workers, farmers, profess
SIGNALS. Congress must be con-
fronted with a determined resist
ance on the part of the masses.
Conference Sunday
A conference has been called for
next Sunday, 2 pm, at Irving
Plaza, New York, to organize such
resistance, A delegation will be
elected to bring to Congress and the
Labor Department demands of the
workers that persecution of foreign
born workers be halted and that
!, measures against working class Or
= CARNATIONS be withdrawn. In order
that the delegation have weight in
the eyes Of the ruling powers,
mighty movement must develop be-
hind it. The conference must be
the first step in this direction.
It is the duty of every working
class organization, whether native
or foreign born, Negro or white,
men or women, to send delegates
to that Conference. We must make
+, it an event in the history of the
labor movement.
Deportations must be stopped
The workers can force the bosses to
do sol In the meantime funds are
necessary to wage the legal battle
on behalf of the deportees. Workers
and workers organizations should
send their contributions to Commit
tee for the Protection of Foreign
Born, 80 East Eleventh Street,
Room Gil. New York City.
Quick action is needed! Let this
action be as powerful as the emer-
gency demands.
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has removed four million persons
from the Federal relief rolls, trans
ferring them to the charity and
mercy of the bankrupt state and
city governments. The so-calIed
unemployables, aged, crippled and
other disabled workers and their
dependents in the midst of winter
face starvation. In addition, Roose-
welt has ordered that all workers
now on relief shall be compelled to
work for their relief. This shows
the rapid move in the United
States towards forced labor.
After pointing to the past prom
Uses of Roosevelt to provide Jobs
for unemployed, and after con-
sideration of the Roosevelt denial
Of real unemployment insurance, a
plan for reserves" which in no
case will become operative before
October, 1896, the Councils declare
that the Roosevelt relief program
is challenge to the whole work.
ing class. I'VE take up this chal-
lenge," the program declares, and
will mobilize the workers of the
United States to fight against it."
Shows Hand of Bankers
The program analyses the Roose-
welt offensive against the workers
as one directed and drafted by the
American Bankers Association and
the National Manufacturers Asso-
citation. Eleven points thus stand
out:
Cutting relief to minimum
and removing millions from the re-
lief rolls.
2-Shifting relief responsibility
from the Federal to the state and
municipal governments, which in
turn are enacting sales taxes, wage
and transit taxes, burdens not only
upon the unemployed, but the en-
ployed masses.
3-SlaShing work relief wages.
4Shifting the relief workers to
home relief in the name Of economy
and profits, and, after Feb. l, back
onto the relief projects at greatly
reduced wages.
5-Extension of the transient
camps as an open expression of
forced labor.
G. C. c. Extended
6-Extension of the C.C.C. camps
to a figure of one million under a
rigorous military regime, with pro-
posals to include married men in
these camps.
Stun clearance, which will
raise rentals and provide reduced
wages for the building construction
trades.
"A public works program sim
liar to the one originally projected
under the N. I. R. A. to pour huge
funds into the railroads and indus
tries and provide additional ex-
penditures for war under the cloak
of giving jobs.
Subsistence nomesteads to re-
move vast numbers outside the pale
Of the economic system, where they
will be forced to accept whatever
conditions are imposed on them.
10-Home Owners Loan Corpora
ton, which safeguards the bankers
mortgages against the farmers.
Against these attacks, and while
carrying forward the fight for the
enactment of the Workers Unem-
pigment and Social Insurance Bill,
the Councils pledge to fight for the
elementary economic rights of the
unemployed millions.
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LOUISIANA'S CONSTRUCTION
STRIKE

BATON ROUGE, La, Jan. g.
Construction workers engaged in
building the $1,000 900 Solvay Proc
ess Company plant here have come
out on strike demandirS higher
wages and short hours. The walk
out ties UP the entire project en-
ploying now $500 workers.
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RumGnidn Government
Launches New Terror
4 gdirlSt ReUOLutiOnGrieS
Workers Organizations Are Unbroken by Mass
Arrests Made by Secret POlice-Oppres-
sion of Peasants Grows
,special to the pailv Worker,

BUCHAREST, Jan. 8.-With sudden and vicious at
tack against the remaining open organizations of
workers and peasants here the Rumanan government has
increased its terrorism against the revolutionary and anti
fascist movement to incredible height In the course of
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Greet the Daily Worker in the
name of your family. 1t has spent
its eleven years fighting for you.
Send your greeting before Jan. IL.
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White Motor Trucks
Defy National Chiefs,
Back Detroit Farley
Decision To Send Delegates to Auto Unity Con
ference Reaffirmed After Bureaucrats
Denounce Move and Threaten Official Action
DAILY Worker Ohio Bureau)

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 8-Endorsing by over
whemng vote the sending of delegates to the Detroit Auto
conference JAM &C. called by ten Cleveland auto locals
and Joined in by locals of Flint, Detroit, Milwaukee,
Kenosha and Ashtabula the members of the White Motor