PAGE NEW MILITANT SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1935 WORLD OF LABOR Progressive Whither the Relief Program. Texas Jobless Meet in NW Face Hunger and Pa. JoblessOrganizations Unite in Statewide Action Trotsky sWife Makes New AppealforSon Sergei Congress of Dutch Overwhelmingly (Continued from Page 1) can be eliminated, an Illusion sim on general wage levels, particularly And what is the prospect for next llar to the older dream that a Co the union levels in the building (Continged from Page 1)
year? Is this program going to be operative commonwealth can be trades. And in this direction, the Favors 4th Int l; Defeats Splitters (Continued from Page 1)
Conference has come into existence Culfilled? It is necessary to answer built up alongside of and within WPA, and relief work generally, Talk of General WPA Strike in order to bring the progressive capitalist society.
Unemployment Permanent Against this latest and most vic follow trade unions, as from the other sous constaught at unionists in the northwest closer Important conclusions The convention of the Revolutionary Socialist Labor Party of In the first place, we must always from these facts. Above all, they direction, the WPA 18 a problem 2nd, the unemployed of Texas are Roosevelt the Holland (R. held at Utrecht November 16 and 17 overwhelm, mecking ground for the discussion and wide sprend unemployment, eet rellet remains and will remain Thus the trade unions must be unorganized fashion. All over this together to provide a common bear in mind that unemployment, demonstrate that the problem of dir. for the unemployed organizations. struggling manfully it in a rather ingly endorsed the steps which had been taken by the leadership of the party in recent months in furthering the cause of the Fourth International.
of the educational activities of ts feature of the remaining years of employed. The programs of the un organizing and strengthening of the conflicts on projects which are sigThe Political Committee of the members to unity and strengthen capitalism. Private industry to employed organizations must con rellef workers, and for the lifting nificant of a growing resentment on behalt ot the party 600 in Newark The conference stands for a body of the unemployed. According as a primary focus, and must avoid union levelser great tinue to have direct relle demands of WPA and other relief wages to even if they are ignored by the Fourth International in August of state press. In Shelby County, on this year. It has participated, to WPA Protest dustrial unionism as tho necessary all probability, much too favorable lusory dream that the dole will however, the WPA, like any other refused to dig ditches in the sticky the Louisiana border, the workers gether with the other signatoriesmodern form of labor organization to be true. a máximum of 1, 000, shortly be eliminated. Moreover, it given form of relief work, is tem. mud until they were provided with the International Communist All the experience since the formal 000 workers have been re employed must be understood by the unemporary by its very nature. The longer shovels. When relief was League, the Workers Party of the (Continued from Page 1)
launching of the conference a year since the low point of employment ployed organizations that direct re struggles centering around the temporarily discontinued in Wichita Party of Canada in the prelimina toes; skilled workers to receive this position. In the coming year imum of 11, 000, 000 unemployed at part Federal institution. Mass the Administration unemployed protectia le pecea me nebes a les compede over ary work of establishing Contact prevalling trade union wages and progressive unionists everywhere the present time. Moreover, these pressure against Congress and the gram, must therefore be made part Commission for the Fourth Inter national. The secretaries of the other than trade they are regis. energetically than ever to popular on part time who are not making demand not merely a continuation vancement of the position of the that they dropped all their duties Sneevliet and tered for, to be paid wages for ize these ideas and convince the during a year even a bare substs. but an increase in Schmidt, are, in fact, the provision their trade and no Saturday unions of the necessity to adopt tence wage, or of the new work relief and these den screet Federal unemployed, for higher direct re to rustle food and clothing.
them and put them into practice. ers coming from the schools, high coupled with the demand to finance insurance, and for large scale pub of general rellet strike. Strike must be llef, for unemployment and social on every project of any size in al secretaries of this Contact Com work.
mission.
On Friday, Dec. 18 a second mass The struggle for the indus schools and colleges. It also leave the appropriations out of direct lic works. This last point is of es, with and largely under the India reported that the county adminis ed at the recent convention of the character of employment in many corporation, and income levies al ward to the next perlod, and has working hours to 70 per month in was trial form of organization conduct out of account the highly seasonal taxes in the form of inberitance, pecial importance in looking for against the shameful wage scale of ence of the German Socialist Labor trator would give no definite an. of L, and the setting up of a of the great industries such as auto rected at the higher brackets. been seriously neglected by the la order that every needy person may The unemParis today, conducesa in campaign in see the stage administrator de several internatonal unions to ployment Agures may be reduced problem for the reliet workers that genuine public works cannot bentimental expressed when the men In the party against the on Plans were made at the meeting for continue this campaign, are devel. stili further by the continuation of themselves, in double sense. In be handled in a scientific and large knock off work to eat their cold, the ground that in taking concrete the election of delegates from all opments of the greatest significance the present upeurve in the business the first place, the low wage level scale manner by a capitalist state. Oby lunches steps along with the co signatories Projects to Action Committees to and Importance. Progressive union cycle; but they will remain at an of relief work (e. the WPA) But suficient pressure can accom.
of the Open Letter for the organismeet this week and bring back ists are bound gupport every de enormous figure.
makes supplementary relief in plish at least something in this Learning Solidarity ation of the Fourth International recommendations to a mass meeting clsive step for Industrial unionism Many of these unemployed sin many cases imperative. Secondly, Beld. At present, the public works Most revealing of all is the inthey were violating the taston on Friday, Dec. 20. Over 100 ap which alone will make poweble the manage to live from tvings, assis such Institutions as the WPA are program of the government has recreased solidarity between the unAgreement which last year brought plications for membership in the organization of the unorganized tance from relatives, charits, or temporary in character. The proceded into the background along long and the unemployed organiza together the Revolutionary Social Association were received at the millions, especially in the mass pro odd dollars that they pick up bere jects extend over comparatively with the advance of WPA. The tons. During the past year, the Ist Party of Holland and the Inde meeting.
duction industries, and thus and there. But there sources have short periods of time, and when housing program, about which there unemployed have rallied to the pendent Socialist Party, the latter the more representing, number from being affiliated with the London adjourned a member of the Unemerywhere. Progressive unionists are not returning to an extent suficienters are again thrown out of jobs. still remains almost entirely on backward series of Amsterdam Bureau and working plosed Councils demanded the floor. Mkewise firm advocates of union to revive them of the rest of the Thus the unemployed organizations paper, wattered in confusion among breaking a successive there for the Fourth Intervational it was pointed out that they should unity. Wherever progressive organ unemployed, it is and will continue proper must take the land in pro more than a dozen governmental strikes. Negroes, Mexicans whites, forgetting for the moment The leaders, while paying have asked to have a speaker priorizations are kept out of the to be impossible that they can all moting the organization of the re agencies.
The demand for a large scale the blinding prejudices inculcated Fourth International, have consisters were willing to stay there was tions, or because of expulsion by of by any made work or rellet tegrate the relief work demands public works program must be by the ruling class, and fighting a ently refused to take any concrete no objection. The three hundred reactionary officialdom, they should work or public worke plan. with the unemployed demands in brought forward sharply and forced common battle perhaps the first Direct Relief Stin Primary general upon the next Congress. This dedim outline of the revolutionary steps for its realization and by workers still in the ball indicated continue to work for unification their criticism of those who were willingness to listen and he was without, however, giving up their Direct relief the dole will con WPA Attack on Relief Standards and must distinguish public works pattern!
taking these steps, including Trot elven the floor. When the Councils progressive policies or their right tinue as a permanent feature of In fact, one of the primary pur clearly from temporary relief work. The younger group in the Texas sky, hate sabotaged the movement. spokesman had concluded, he at. of Internal democracy.
declining capitalism. In the cháo poses of the WPA must be under and above all must fight against Federation of Labor is fighting Unequivocally for 4th Internatioal tempted to introduce resolution The development of the big tic, anarchle conditions of capital stood as an indirect attack on re the conception of security wages. old guard in a demand for an imThe Political Committee of the through another speaker. This was movement for industrial unionism ism in its death throes, no rational liet standards. This must be re its central feature should be low. mediate general strike on all pro had contended that though objected to by the and the within the of creates the social planning is possible. It is a sisted at every point: by fighting rental housing directly subeldised Jects, to be reinforced by the colSuch lective strength of the trade unions, the party maintained a connection members of the Councils Immedlconditions to coordinate the efforts futile illusion of middle class im against the wage levels of the WPA by the Federal government.
with the London Amsterdam Bures ately set up a yell to permit the of Industrial unlonists outside as age makers to suppose that the dole itself, by preventing lowering of a demand, supported primarily by Spurred by misery as well as the for the purpose of working openly Introduction of the resolution. This well as inside the of The direct relief in shifting the unem. independent ca action, will do promise of union support, the unwithin it for the Fourth Interna small group, composed mainly of conference recommends that non trial union charter, and (2) inter ployed from one roll to another, by much to expose the demagogy, bol employed of Texas are becoming tional, the fusion congress had non project workers, then raised of unions follow the example nal democracy. By taking such a demanding supplementary relief, by lowness and wholly reactionary less demoralized, less ready to acclearly placed the party in the such rumpus that a member of of the independent unions of auto position the independent unions insisting on immediate transfer character of the Roosevelt reltet quiesce in the whims of well pala ranks of those who were unequiv. the executive board of the Workers mobile workers at Detroit and de can greatly strengthen the move ence to adequate relief when a pro program, and can play a prominent case workers. They are looking at part in a genuine advance for the the future and determining to live!
ocally committed to the building of Alliance who was in the hall took clare their readiness to cooperate ment for industrial unionism in the Ject ends, etc.
the Fourth International, and that the floor and condemn the Coun with the undustrial union of of and basten the unifica However, from another point of entire unemployed movement, and HAVE YOU FULLFILLED THE all steps taken by the had cils for attempting to break up the forces and to enter the of Ltion of the labor movement on an view, not less important, the WPA through it for the working class as flowed politically and organization meeting on only two conditions. 1) indus industrial union basis.
program constitutes major attack a whole.
EIGHT PAGE SUB QUOTA ally from this basic position of the party.
tee delegation, actually showed up, ers needed was a Social Security The Utrecht convention endorsed They were the Stalinist Dan Slinger People Congress broad enough to this position of the leadership by a from Allentown and the Staliniat bring them the support of the vote of 2, 500 for, with 250 aghinst Solomon from Easton. The Daily churches, the lodges, etc. Although and 200 abstentions. The convenWorker lied as usual. The united they had mcked majority of the tion decided that the party in the front from below resulted in the committee as Against the lone repfuture would establish direct and usual fizzle.
resentative of the they ney.
specific organisational ties only Conference Opens in Disorder ertheless backed down and changed (Continued from Page 1)
with such parties and groups as (Continued from Page 1) its regular Chairman and Secretary against tuberculosis. months conference opened on the the words Social Security People On June 1, 1935 addressed stand on the platform of the open todging arrangements, the delegates rellet ago this young woman was still at administration Jim crow Harry Alexander and Daniel Hart morning of December amid such Congress to mass action, in the chaos and tumult as only the Stal resolution they finally adopted. On a letter to the press in which Liberty and she was the ONLY stated that my 27 year old son At a regular meeting of the gov. Inists can create. The sponsoring the floor they discarded the resoluperson who could have concerned will be thatntained with any troupe stept in the capitol building itsele man, respectively.
which are moving in direction Saturday night. One of the deles erning body last month, the Stalin organizations could not agree tion altogether and fell into line Sergei was arrested at the begin herself with helping Sergel. The of the Fourth International, only reason for this arrest could Orgates, the father of a family of 18 ist George Wade of Lancaster and among themselves on the selection with extra meal for the mass march ning of the year by Stalin with living on the miserable relief orders, the Stalinist Bernard Child of York of a temporary chairmen, nor even to Earrisburg. Our line been the sole alm of persecuting him have been my attempt to send leadership of the German for the political activity of Leon her money.
are definitely broken off by action day. The heart attack was brought sence of the regular officers and ference. Every leading stalinist in for Real United Front Trotsky. My son is a profes Any International committee of the convention because of the on by undernourishment.
usurped their places. With Com the state was present. Besides the On the question of organization, sor at one of the highest teeb of honest and sincere people could role played by this leadership in Considerable progresy along the munist Party members representing familiar faces of Herbert Benjamin Gordon proposed resolution set nical schools in Moscow. He has establish without trouble that the seeking to create turmoil within the line of united front action was the Unemployment Councils and the and Pat Toohey there were dozens ting up a continuations committee never engaged in political activ arrest of my daughter in law was Datch party achieved at the conference despite Anthracite Workers Alliance pres of other functionaries. Yet on with equal representation for all ity. He has been absolutely loyal due to no other reason When both the representatives of a number of obstacles due mainly ent they decided, unauthorized, to the very first vote taken, the elec the major organizations partic to the Soviet power. He has can only ask myself: How the opposition who were given equal to the usual splitting activities of call a state wide conference in Hartion of the temporary chairman, the pating in the conference; each or never even been in correspond to explain this last arrest? Is it time at the convention and those the stalinists and their communist risburg on December and Stalinist Bernard Child was badly ganization to have veto power; all ence with his father, purely and simply out of feelings of the Political Committee had Party controlled organizations. Without any Authorization what beaten.
decisions requiring a unanimous This letter caused measlness of vengeance, an arrest which presented their case to the member. The first step toward a state wide soever, they added the name of the The Stalinists had come there vote to be acted upon. Here the even among the so called friends does not have the slightest just ship, the membership was 60 in united front of the unemployed in Pennsylvania Security Langue, some with an agenda prepared for one of Stalinists showed thelr real hand. of the Soviet Union. Some of fication or political significancet censed at the political bankruptcy Pennsylvania was initiated by the of whose locals belong to the Inter their familiar People Con They proposed a resolution calling them sent Inquiries to representa Or is it that Stalin finds it necen and the organizational measures Pennsylvania Unemployed League County Alliance, as one of the mongresses, with the usual Labor par. for the establishment of a perma tives of the Soviet authorities sary to hide from publie opinion which had been employed by the last September. In a perfectly loy. sors of the call, besides the Councils ty plank, etc. The Security Leng nent committee, with headquarters abroad and in Moscow. They the REAL fate of my son canopposition that they voted over not free myself of the thought al and correct united front proced. and the other organizations men mers proposed an agenda of lobby in Harrisbursal decision require were told that my son was not whelmingly, against the advice of ure the Invited the Pennsyl tioned. The caught off guard, Ing and petition activities. Their ing a two thirds majority to be that taking the new circumstane the Pontient Committee for more vania Security League, the Alle apparently allowed itself to be so arrangement committee could not acted upon. In the discussion, the der special surveillance to provent es into consideration, the rumor tizens seduced, having in mind to steal a even present coherent report. delegate pointed out that the him from having relations with circulated by the Soviet authoritaking back into the party those Longue, the Communist Party dom. march in the manner on the Penn. Amidst a farlou uproar, the con need for the moment was a loyal his parents.
ties that my son is not in prison As a matter of fact no such takes on a most fatal and irre it than the resolution had several lesser organizations to spon. much more powerful organization committee, composed of three mem needed to be established first of all relations existed (precisely for parable significance. If Sergel is recommended!
xor Joint conference in Allentown and a more serious competitor than bers of each of the organizations and that this could be accomplished Sergel own safety) unless one not in prison then where is ho?
of special interest is the fact on September 11.
The conference the Councils and the other stalinist represented, to replace the old one only by action on which parties counts the rare communications And where now is his wife!
that, as the organ of the met, decided on a program of action controlled organizations. Both of the new arrangements committee, were agreed. The followers from my son and myself confined puts it, crushing majority of and voted to reconvene in Harris. these organizations, the stalinists with the participation of the 1merely railroaded through thelr resNATHALIE TROTSKY.
to matters of health.
Nov. 15, 1935 precisely those branches mainly burg on September 20. On Septem and the Security League, an at thus delegates, worked out an agenda olution, which was in effect composed of former men der 20 a joint committee presented aceed disloyally to leave the for concrete mi action. This tempt to set up a new state organ information that my son is not. that CHICAGO MEETING bers, namely, the party which had the case of the jobless before the as well as the Allegheny County agenda was finally accepted and ization with their packed majority, in prison is absolutely false. Dur the Industrial Unionists been afiliated with the Landon Am State Emergency Rellet Board. Onunemployed Citizens League (afi the conference got down to bus as a competitor to the and the other state wide organizations.
Ing the last three months sent Capture the of L?
sterdam Bureau, voted for the September 21 the conference elected lated with the out of the iness to the address of my son wife Speaker: resolution The delegate was denied the and solidarized them Lester Heckman of the picture Mass Action Surprises selves in unmistakable fashion with as its Continuations Secretary. It Stalinists Alarm Security League right to make a minority report by PAUL HERMAN The Stalinists who had come to the Stalinist majority.
to sld her, if such were possible, MONDAY, DEC. 23, P.
the leadership of the fused party. Was agreed upon adjournment that The Staliniste Immediately re stage another one of their 1214 Washtensw Ave.
of De Nieuwe Fakkel while reports were to be carried on through the sorted to their old. Gunited front people masquerades were con Woment before this typically been receipt from her, made several Ausp: Branoh 2, Chicago below tactic. Individual mem. sequently entirely unprepared for eaucratic procedure of the stalinists Inquiries at the bande, sein van the convention, concludes with the Continuations Secretary.
bers in several of the 86 locals of any proposals for concrete action was defeated, the point of view of statement that the convention has On October 10 the organization the brought in the call and This was clearly revealed in the the being presented to the Credit Bank informed me that cemented the fusion of the former again cooperated in a loyal united moved for the election of delegates committees, organized by the con conference by Gordon. Mrs. Scher the orders in question were not WORKERS RS. and and in brilliant front before the Works Progress to the December 8 affair. The Cerence for the detailed work.
merhorn of the Pennsylvania Securexecuted since the recipient could Protect Yourselves Against the In not be found at the address Indithis fusion and the independent these steps, besides helping to in a campaign to pack the conter for instance, Anthony Ramuglia, torlaltáshion for an organization cated!
Hazards of Life. Join the party of the Fourth International build up the sentiment for united ence, at which they planned, as was representing the caught which professes to be democratie in So they have also arrested my WORKMENS SICK DEATH based upon it.
action, achieved substantial results evidenced later, to set up a new them entirely off guard with a pro character, rose to order the It is interesting to note that the for the workers in the form of wage state organization. The Security posal for the adoption of the five delegates not to vote on the ques son wife, who works in fl BENEFIT FUND OF THE one voice raised in recent weeks in increases on the projects through. Leaguers became alarmed by this point program of action outlined at tion of unity at all. Ramuglia, of political activity, and who in.
brary, who is utterly free of any 1884 1935 the parliaments of the European out the whole state.
maneuver and at the last minute the head of this article. Despite the the followed to explain the nations for the full Leninist proThese moves toward state wide sent out a hurried call to the fact that muss marches and state stand of his organization. He charcont years has been struggling Organized, managed by and for workers with only one purpose: gram against war and sanctions unity of the unemployed have been and the Allegheny County to wide strikes do not fall in with acterized Mrs. Schermerhorn stand eate, to pull the chestnuts out of to render protection to members was that of Sneevilet, Secretary supplemented recently by the nego come to the conference. their reformist line any longer, as cold blooded in view of the fact the fire for them. Sweeping aside and ther familles, and to sup of the In a remarkable ad tiations for national unity carried dress in the Dutch parliament.
port all endeavors and struggles on by the and the Workers cedure and receiving an apology offer any substitute. The Security unemployed with the discontinua co stalinista, he expressed alarm of for the improvement of toilers.
NOMAD LECTURE POSTPONED the Stalinists began an open cam the state committee of the such organizations, amorphous in genuine unity of action imperative up and suggested that the Councils AHIance of America. At this point and an explanation from the Leaguers welcomed the lead because tion of federal and state relief make lest the whole conference be blown About 50, 000 members organ Max Nomad lecture on In Paign to undermine the progress of decided to send a delegation but in. character and loose in polley, can for the workers. But, he went on to withdraw their resolution altoized in 350 branches. Reserves tellectuals and the class Strug88. 100, 000.
glo will be postponed until the national unity negotiations and formed the locals of the Staliniat not help but follow when a positive say, for genuine unity to be accom gether. This was done with amaz.
Death benefit graded accord Friday, Dec. 27. P. It will been achieved in the state.
to disrupt the united front that had maneuver and instructed them not program is offered. The proposal plished the establishment of mutual ing promptness. The Stalinists thus be held at Branch headquarters, any delegates.
ing to age at entry. Sick benefit of the carried unanimously, confidence and trust was necessary. admitted the collapse of their whole 320 East 14th Street, Stalinist Coup payments from 860 to 900 to The Dally Worker of December In the Resolutions Committee, that could be gained only by such maneuver and the actual achievThrough the unemployed organl reported wide spread revolt In delegate Sam Gordon offered steps as proposed in the report of ments of the conference were re.
men and women, according to classes.
PAUL LUTTINGER, zations they control in Lancaster the against the action of the rewolutions in line with the program delegate Gordon stricted to the few concrete united DANIEL LUTTINGER, and York, they pulled off a regular state committee, and informed its of action proposed by the Benjamin Changes the Line front actions described above.
Monthly assessments from 450 opup etat in the Inter County readers that any number of locals The Stalinists Steve Nelson and to 20 The Stalinlats continued for a The is devoting itself to Washington Square North Unemployed Alliance and Works were sending delegates despite the John Parks argued against the res while to press their line of anti the concrete tasks agreed upon at For further information apply 2 and 8 Except Sundays Division. The latter organization, decision. At the conference on Sat olution for a mass march, for In unity machination amid an increas the conference: building the genu.
to Main Office. and Holidays.
composed of unemployed units in urday exactly unemployed league stance, on the grounds that this was ing tumult. It remained for Her. Ine unity of the unemployed in ac. 714 Sencon Ave. Brooklyn, several Eastern countles, elected as delegates, besides the state commit too radical astep. What the work bert Benjamin, as a fraternal del. Itlon.
Tbe ganizational ties with the emig died of a heart attack on the second simply took advantage of the ab on an agenda to propose to the con changed again. to