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PUBLISHED WEEKLY AS THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY Vol. II No.
401 Saturday, February 5, 1938 Cents per Copy Hates War Stalinists Try Stolberg CIO Articles Seamen Stop Frame Up Faulty In Analysis Stalinists In In Canada Union Fight His Attack On Stalinist Disruption In Unions Weakened By Whitewash of Leaders and Support of Class Collaboration Roosevelt Speeds Drive Toward War With Navy Budget Will Spend Billion In Arms Program BROWDER BACKS HEARST BACKS to SECOND STEEL PLANT STRUCK IN NEW JERSEY history Dockmen Tie Up Ships, Cargoes In Puerto Rico built for.
wher By Widick Furriers Union Aroused Labor Secretary of the Socialist Workers arty Rank and File Rescind To Fight Charges Made While exposing the treacher journalism.
Plan Hitting At West Against Federman ous and disruptive role of the Coast Brothers Although many labor leader Stalinist Party in the labor mo inspired by the Stalinists have Bulletin vement, the Benjamin Stolberg condemned Stolberg articles, NEW YORK. Rank and file TORONTO. Appearing bcarticles Inside the not a single prominent person revolt against the Communist fore a large general member printed in the Seripps Howard outside the Stalinist cirele has as party bitter campaign to des.
ship meeting. Locals 40 and 100 of the Toronto Furriers, a from the usual defects of liberal mental analysis of the Stalinists. Sailors Union of the Pacific workers jury, which had been reached a peak last Tuesday Correct Premise when a group of militants in the selected In both his annual budget message and his special Huge Outlay Bares War charges hear brought against Max Federmessage to Congress on naval appropriations, President Aims of American The Communist Party today National Maritime Union suc man, Vice President of the Inis neither red nor Communist nor ceeded in rescinding the Stalin Roosevelt has proposed the biggest armaments pro Imperialism ternational and Manager of the revolutionary, Stolberg wrote ist plan to pull West Coast men gram the United States has ever had in its peace time Toronto Locals, brought in a It is, in every country a branch off East Coast ships.
verdict of acquittal. special joint meeting of the By Maurice Spector of the Stalinist dictatorship. The Why? To protect the coast lines of the United The committee unanimously force of the Communists derives Deck, Engine and Cooks DiviStates from attack? Preposterous. No man in his right President Roosevelt mellsage cxonerated Federman and de from their totalitarian source in sions of the National Maritime was called by senses believes that the territory of the United States to Congress last week called for clared that in their opinion all Moscow. They are interested in Union, is liable to attack from a foreign power.
naval and military appropria the charges were a frame up.
the American labor movement members of the District Com PRES. ROOSEVELT Hugh Johnson has stated that there is no great tions totalling one billion dollars, only insofar as they can use it mittee in New York on January power that could invade continental United States. the greatest preparedness TORONTO, Canada The Sta. Following the splendid example for the political purposes of Sta. 24. The purpose of the meeting Major General Douglas McArthur has declared. budget in the peace time history linists in the Furriers Internaset by their brothers in Harrison linist world policy. Hence, they was to take proper action with of the country tional with Ben Gold as the last week, when a 36 hour sit. must rule or rain.
that an attack on American ports is impossible.
Curran, National organizer of The late Admiral William Sims said that no In 1932 the Democratio platspearhead, are preparing to con down forced the management to This basic evaluation is cor the NMU, from the Pacific Coast, form had attacked Hoover for duct a local version of the Mos concede to almost every demand foreign power or group of powers could operate across cow trials. The victim is Max they made, the workers at Cru rect. The West Coast Inbor mo which asserted that the Sailors the oceans and stand a chance in combat with forces burdening a tax ridden populace Federman, a Vice President of cible Steel Company Spuuldingement, above all, has discover. Union of the Pacific was yankwith military and naval expendioperating from the home base.
the International Fur Workers and Jennings plant in Jersey real role played by the Stalinists. Ships regardless of whether they tures approaching a billion dola Union and Manager of Toronto City went ont on strike Tuesday Only a few weeks ago, the had strike clearances.
ARMS FOR WAR ABROAD lars annually. That is a thing Locals 40 and 100.
January 25.
of the past. In complete disreSailors and Firemens unions reThe fact is that the unprecedented increase in argard of the express anti war The charges that were brought The rank and file action. com. pudiated in unmistakable fashion An Old Trick maments proposed by President. hate war. Roosentiment of the masses, Rooseagainst Federman alleged that mittee, elected by the local union, the Stalinist policies which Harry sevelt is for the defense and expansion of American velt continues spelling out the News of this special meeting he had mishandled union funds. Lodge 1339 of the Steel Workers Bridges advocates under the In the meantime the whole of the Organizing Committee. issued a guise of the o. was given out in the morning of Stikers Demand Wage interests abroad. The bigger army and the bigger navy imperialist logic of his Chicago the meeting day. Hundreds of Hike To 75 cents; are meant for war!
Toronto labor movement boils leaflet in the plant, listing the speech Militant, progressive and class seamen on the ships in the har What interests have the American masses abroad?
over the development, especially demands of the strikers, among Ortiz Arrested which were demands to put an conscious unionism is feared by bor could not be notified of the What do they need a war to protect? The billions of Stages of Policy the local furriers.
end to the stagger system; time the Stalinists because of the ob meeting in time.
dollars invested by Wall Street in all parts of the world? There he contemptuously jet, For the past few months, two and a half for Saturday, Sunday stacles it presents to the war.
The only point on the agenda Luis Vergne Ortix, political The collection of war debts to American financiers in tisoned the laboriously construct of the Stalinist selected vice and overtime; equal pay for the mongering policies advocated by presidents were busy in Toronto cooking the same kinds of work; an imine Earl Browder and his henehmen was the resolution by Moe Byne ecretary of the Independent Europe? The markets of American capitalism in Asia ed Neutrality policy of Congress; of the International Communist Party of Puerto Rico and Latin America. Stolberg expose of the Stalin which was presented by Jack (Fourth International. was ar next he ordered American diplodiate end to all discriminations, ists was, however, weakened by Lawrensen, both stoores of the rested by the San Juan Chief of plot.
That what the army the navy are being matie participation, in the Brus. on January for distria sels Conference; now comes the were assigned to their unenviablelinstatement of all union men un this basie motive behind the claimed that whereas the buting jobs by the recommendation of justly fired; and that the comWho stands back of the monstrous armaments bill huge arms Bill; and on February district officials had repeated workers strike. The longshorea sub committee of the General of Roosevelt?
14 there is to be American participation in the British naval Executive Board of the Interna. pany recognize the shop stewards: rule or ruin, order of Stainly made attempts to bring about men strike, led by the officers and grievance committeto the Browder Bridges clique.
unity with the Sailors Union of began January 3, since which COMMUNIST PARTY OKAYS BIG NAVY demonstration at Singapore.
tional.
men of the union as being ex False Characterization the Pacific, which was diserttime no cargo has entered or Glib assurances are forthcomCold Tactic Ropadiuted empt from the provisions of the As was to be expected, Browder and his Commun ing that the appropriations are The United Automobile Work therefore members of the board the ships. by refusing to a single word of criticism of the phenomenal naval But nobody need innocently imaseniority clause and that during a measure of national defense Since their arrival in Canada, their term of office the above ers of America has been the shall be given until February furnish steam for the winches, it is reported, the agents of Gold are the last to be laid off in the scene of the latest and most in 98 to trans oft of all East strike to be broken by season into the In actual appropriations which Roosevelt demands.
have oceupied themselves ex plant.
have made it impossible for the tensive campaign of the Stalin. or else be pulled fact, they endorse the Big Navy by the argument that merely means coastal defenses clusively with the work of disists to capture a powerful union Coast ships. This resolution, if crediting Federman. They have the reason for it lies with the war loving fascist na because it does not. As Admiral Have No Illusions movement.
passed, meant an open declara The strikers demands includthe docks.
William Leahy made plain, tions. In actual fact, they endorse the Big Navy by exterrorized, blackmailed, bribed Stolberg devoted considerable tion of war by the ed wages of 75 cents art hour and threatened to withdraw the Because of the highly skilled plaining how it can be built up in the best way. The it means the defense of Amerimilitant Sailors (the prevailing rate before the Daily Worker (Jan. 31, 1938) says: can imperialist interests union charter. Nevertheless, the nature of the work at the plant, space to exposing the double against the overwhelming belief of the fur and the resultant difficulty in dealing and unprincipled ma Union of the Pacific strike was 32 cents. a wage The demand should be raised: make the rich pay over they be neuvers of the Stalinists there.
riers is that the charges against obtaining strikebreakers, they he lost much of the force National Action Need settlement with clerks, checkers, for the increased armaments and increase all social It means for example the self.
and watchmen, recently organized legislation to balance the human budget.
arrogated defense of the Latin Max Federman are patently strikers felt they could afford Jerry framed. The workers in Canada to obey the anti labor ordinance of his arguments by a false chaKing. Lemmon and by the and the discharge Which is another way of saying: So long as the and Caribbcan Americans under quickly established their disgusto Hague administration: Iracterization of Homer Martin, other progressive officials oppos. of cargo at ports of destination of the Monroe Doctrine. It means file The Communist Party nas ne objection to eat bigger the defense of Standard Oil tank fought hard, cargo. The companies have of presidents and with Ben Gold, a time and wore large buttons auto workers.
Army and Navy with which the workers of the world who came to Toronto personally, instead of placards. But the work Homer Martin and his admi ninting to the need of national fered 10 cents an hour and, al.
means implementing the policy are to shoot cach other into perdition, so long as Wall At a general meeting conducters are under no illusions about nistration in the are action to defeat the government though the strikers have lower Street pays for every shell that is used.
Roosevelt enunciated of the qua od by Locals 40 and 160: Feder: the administration. At all times, known as the progressive group. Mediation Bill, showing that their demand to 60 cents, have rantine, which is another worul HEARST ALSO SATISFIED for blockade anywhere on the fidence. The recommendation to members employed at the time sram Stolbers said. The op. against this Federal attempt to discuss a wage settlement with seven seas.
suspend him was defeated by of the strike vote are to be found position known as the unity fachog tie the seamen, and that it the clerks and watchmen or the The President and Browder are not alone in their ushed By Depression carefully counted vote of 268 to across the street from the plant tionis benton only one thing was time to fight the ship owners question of delivering cargo to endorsement of the armaments campaign. They are 71. Trial Committee of seven in the union headquarters, ready to topt to impose to Martin and and not our brother seamen. The ports of destination. joined by William Randolph Hearst. The Hearst papers American imperialism has Asks Strike Support have given their unqualified support to the President emerged from its phase of temboth vice presidents.
Thus far, the police, deterred a Communist guided leadership. too effective. The seamen were increased armaments demand. The New York Journal porary quiescence. To this the The Trial Committee had by the tremendous amount of Actually, Homer Martin pro caught unawares. By a vote of The leaflet comrade Vergne anul American (Jan. 31, 1938) writes: collapse of the New Deal has in its trade union aspect 480 to 221 the civil war NO Ortiz was distributing called for number of sessions. Witnesses publicity given the anti Haguetters not in the least from that lution was passed. The progres united support of the strike by The President has listened to the VOICE OF AME powerfully contributed. The more RICA were questioned and it prepared campaign, have made no moves of the unprincipled Stalinist sives were set back but not deall workers members of the President stirring words and catastrophic bis domestie poto present the results of its into break the strike. With mes. and the Free Federation backing of the whole country. We are now pledged to his practical application of them should receive the licies turn out, the more insis.
tently Franklin (Happy Days vestigation. With the knowledge sages of solidarity coming in clique opposing him. Heywood feated.
Throughout the next morning, affiliated with the of that the findings of the Com lodges all over the country, the public. might find fault with petitions were circulated among employed and unemployed and from Crucible and other steci Broun, writing in the New Re.
defense. a DEFENSIVE PEACE. and a NAVY Are Here Again) Roosevelt will SECOND TO NONE. LET CONGRESS ACT AT Lurn in the direction of the world market.
rotten frame up, the stalinist Jersey City Crucible workers are Stolberg praise of Martin, but the men, on shipx and advocated industrial unionismo ONCE.
vice presidents rushed a call to determined to stay out until a neglects to mention that Mar: ashore, calling for a second pe pointing to the joint aetion of fine united front for the billion dollar aums pro Representative Mavericki Ben Gold Gold first step in real victory over the company tin opponents are of the same cial meeting that night to re the ships crews and the long yram: Roosevelt, Browder and Hearst. All together charges that the New Deal has friend of the Administration, Toronto was to get to work on scind the former action and con shoremen as an example of the has been won. Continued on page 2)
the members of the committee.
demn the undemocratic method effectiveness of that form of for imperialist war!
more or less abandoned all its of passing the civil war reso unionism. He was arrested, how.
Instead of a billion dollars for workers homes, they economic ideals and is riding With an arbitrary sweep, in iution. Hundreds of names on the ever. on the ground that the leaf ure ready to give you a billion dollars for workers horses in all directions without violation of all the principles of petition resulted in another joint let did not bear the name of the graves.
getting anywhere. The cost of the workers movement, Gold dismecting printer. When the leaflet was charged three of the regularly Down with the war mongers and their lawyers! living travels upwards. The elected members of the Commit.
The progressives resolution shown to be mimeographer, the Not a man and not a penny for their capitalist wars! millions of unemployed continue with the signatures was present. charge was dismissed. This is but to add to their ranks. The trust tee. He then appeared at a ge.
neral membership meeting and ed. motion to table was made one example of the pressure used busters and brain trusters are NEWARK, Success in Periphery organizations, fake by the first person recognized by by the police under the influence at sixes and sevens. The New demanded the dissolution of the the Crucible steel strike in Jersey slogans about the o. drive the chair. And then followed an of the manager of the Bull Steam.
Deal has labored mightily and Trial Committee, proposing a City will be the greatest impetus being a battle between demo hour of discussion on points of ship Line, who was president of alphabetically to produce another to union organization in Boss cracy and fascism, and other order, which resulted finally in the Police Commission until reManeuver Defeated Hague domain that is possible, such ballyhoo must be kept in the passing of the motion to cently. His influence over the of a decaying capitalism. Widick, labor secretary of the background.
The Toronto furriers were not the Socialist Workers Party Hague is on the spot.
table. But immediately Lemmon police system has not been curAs the keenest representative He presented the chair with another tailed by his resignation from his BULLETIN of bartenders union of the American ruling class, in the least intimidated. By a pointed out last Sunday night in raised the red scare against the written motion in line with the official post.
huge majority, they decided that a talk to nearly 100 trade union. but now he up against first one which took precedence fight against the unions Roosevelt realizes that the pre.
The Puerto Rican government, over the week end with the Food gle for higher wages, lower hour ruins. The struggle for redistri The Sharaf strike was settled and thus break the militant strug datory set up of Versailles is in the remaining four members of ists and party members here. the fact that a strike has been over a motion from the floor to faced with an outrageous increase workers Union winning a prefer and better working conditions.
the Committee should bring in The strategy of the steel called by known Jersey City adjourn.
in the cost of neceseities, has ential shop, wage increases, re.
bution of the world spoils, cotheir verdict in the name of the workers offers a key to the workers, who are popular in Finky Not Tolerated been forced to set up a commis duction in hours and time and whole committee of seven. The problem of how to fight their locality, and that the griePoulos Makes Denial lonies, materials, and markets, sion to regulate prices. Pricea half for overtime, besides va.
is in process. In the future the Committee will report at the next am the law Hague, and win, vances which the workers have men who sailed for have been skyrocketed so higheations with pay.
Sharaf advertised in the daily post war antagonism between general membership meeting. Widick declared.
will win wide support. It will months on the West Coast, with as to put dried codfish beyond press that the walk out in his the British Empire and AmeriMax Federman is a Left Paole By involving the workers and be infinitely more difficult for papers to prove it, testified that the means of the underpaid company was caused by a juris can interests, temporarily tided Zionist, well liked by the work the people of Jersey City against Hague to pull a successful red full fledged members of the workers. Even in normal times, for unity LYNN, Mass. strong plea dictional dispute between the over by the naval parity agreeers, who was largely responsible Hague and aiding them in get scare now.
for the amalgamation of all fur ting elementary demands from The Crucible Steel Company are sailing from halls from 20 to 25 per cent higher made here last week, by John Nothing is further from the But at this juncture Roosevelt unions into one International. He the bosses we will split the seem is confronted by a determined on West Coast ships, but that than in New York City, since the Poulos, business agent of the truth, Poulos has stated repeatedly his willing ingly united backing that Hague rank and file leadership assisted the West Coast was not tolerat Island imports most of its food Foodworkers union. Poulos sta strike was called after seven rection of Anglo American colness to submit to any decision claims to have.
by an o. organizer, Ed ing anyone possessing a Copeland (including the beans, rice, and cement, which contained a pro weeks of fruitless negotiations laboration against the lean of an impartial workers tribunal. The must emphasize Kaempf, who only last week di finkbook During the last election in Ca in its fight with Hague that the rected successful sit down prove his strike clearances. The the great bulk or who could not codfish that make up the diet of mise that the Food workmarked by Sharaf refusal to the accumulated fat of both. The hungry fascist powers, menacing of the people). ers union here would observe nada, Federman supported the right of collective bargaining, of CCF, Canadian social democratic union organization, are the fun strike at the Harrison plant of arguments of those fighting for and pays excessive freight rates jurisdictional lines, gave added concede any contract and demands New York Times reports that the civil war resolution were and tariffs. When it is re support to the three weeks strike of the workers, he added. the news of the Roosevelt mesthis concern.
party against the Stalinists. damental issues, with other po that the does not want called that the Puerto Rican at Sharaf a chain restaurant Assurance was given to the Asage was received in London alThis is undoubtedly one of the litical considerations coming in Organized labor throughout national unity because they vot worker has to spend over 90 company, of L, that the bartender would most as if Britain had won causes for the CP campaign to as secondary at the present the country must give unstinting ed for Independence and because per cent of his income for food, drive him from the union.
time. Widick declared.
This move smashed the hope of be allowed to remain in his own war victory. Continued on page Continued on page Continued on page 3) Sharaf that he could get the union. Continund page 3)
Labor Secretary Widick Blasts Hague Before Jersey Unionists Lynn Food Workers Unity Move Aids Fight Against Sahraf Chain componente ord person the laws new one,