2 SOCIALIST APPEAL June 11, 1938 SWP Rallies Held Alliance Progressives Local 544 Leads In Battling For Workers Boo Employers To Protest Slum Seek Militant Program Plea For Cooperation Unemployed In Minneapolis Firetrap Menace fire. 4 1. 25 50 ing 10 13 00 of in Yipsels held backward. Continued from page 1) Because Mrs. Elisa Gutierrez, Bridges Praised for Smashing Picket Lines At (Continued from page 1)
unemployed persons, one hundred a 34 year old home relief client, and thirty men, By CARL SHEA WlS. leaders are convinced energies of the unemployed are San Francisco Meeting; Audience so rapidly that 20 persons were children, conducted a sit in at grading attitude taken by her MINNEAPOLIS. As the that the relief crises, the hunger dissipated in perfectly useless trapped on the top floor of the the Non Settlement Bureau of relief investigator, Mrs. Ida Mae mounting economic decline throws and want existing in many large parades to Washington, interShows Distinct Class Bias building, the stairs having col the Welfare Department, at 376 Snyder, she has been charged new millions of unemployed into cities today, are due to the rotten minable conferences with labor lapsed.
Lafayette Street, last week.
with simple assault and sub, the streets, new upsurge in People Front line of the Work mayors, etc.
SAN FRANCISCO. Harry, by depressions, his words were While members of Local 4, of Special Sessions, in 500 bail, seen in America. The progres grip on the makes it Relief in Minneapolis More Than a Score Hurt the picketed the single although according to Facts and figures. Due to the Bridges, West Coast drowned in a spontaneous boo There were more than 60 per Men Bureau at 562 53 st. Gutierrez, it was Mrs. Snyder who militant unemployed organizations buckle down to the task of build ment to the the following Center with the Committee of Mrs. sive trade unions and the more impossible for unemployed to support of the trade urrion move director, met here in an open which the officials tried sons living in the house, of whom demanding an end of the present slapped her.
are probing for the best means ing strong and militant unem supplementary aid budget (which 43, a group of leading San Fran Bridges Talks Left It seems that investigators can of grappling with their prob ployed organizations capable of has been in effect here since last cisco industrialists, in an effort who escaped did so in their nighet met trobes esenting tingene then les bulldoze the unemployed without lems in their search, they tend forcing the state and the author. November 15, was renewed May to establish industrial peace. high light in the discussion and clothing were lost in the they could get away with, Charles unemployed strike back, imme are best handling the interests Heralded as a Town Meeting serikethactions tinh violation they Morrell, who, for two months diately there is a hue and cry of the unemployed of the Budget to be used for computing Supplements to earnings where problems could be thrash contracts. In defending this right, The greatest tragedy occurred desperately attempted to get on set up by Relief Commissioner union movement. Each day, in a in effect from May 15, 1938 to October 15, 1938 ed out and the class struggle Bridges put himself on record for Size smoothed over amicably, this the coming struggle in Septeman ambulance, a victim of labor interest and into the Federal Workers Sectwo children, Mrs. Esther Cohen, of Family 3 gathering was attended by 11. ber when he declared that if the died from suffocation. Her hue. Mayor La Guardia starvation much publicity has been givention of General Drivers Union Groceries 50 18. 40 24. 30 30. 90 38. 00 14. 10 49. 60 000 workers and business men. seamen were forced into strike policy, band, and their two children Mrs. Snyder version of the Local 544, Minncapolis, which While, of course, no real solution action at any time the InternaMilk 40 20 90 70 60 30 00 were severely burned and taken Give us adequate relief, not story, wherein she claims that has won a national reputation Rent 00 16. 00 18. 00 18. 00 20. 00 20. 00 22. 00 was reached, a number of imtional Longshoremen and Warehospitalization, the pickets Gas portant commitments were made housemen Union would be forefor its intelligent handling of 50 00 00 00 50 50 to hospital. Next day, the 14 year shouted as Messrs. La Bella and Mrs. Gutierrez Struck her.
old boy died of the burns he had Electric the problems of the unemployed 50 75 75 00 00 by both groups. The workers ed to support them on the picket Fire Trap Deaths Backer, relief administrators at suffered in the fire.
worker.
Ice present indicated by their apline. This declaration met with 00 00 00 00 50 30 00 Coming on the heels of a lower Clothing Origin of the 00 00 00 12. 00 15. 00 Ironically enough, a family had the 53 Street Bureau, and the 18. 00 21. 00 plause and boos just how well wild applause. 50 The Federal Workers Section Incid.
moved into this house of death Police, whom they called in, look East Side old law tenement fire 00 5, 50 00 50 heir class instincts were work7. 00 50 few minutes later, however, as he was summing up in his on Friday, the day before the ed on apathetically.
at Houston Street and Avenue was formed in 1985 out of the fire. They had not yet had time Council Meeting in which four were killed and Minneapolis Central Council of Totals 34. 13 53. 10 65. 20 76. 35 90. 85 101. 40 113. 60 Cash Box Ideology best peace and light manner, to arrange their furniture pro.
seven others injured, another Workers, the unemployed group Size Lapham while deploring this The decision for a city wide fire broke out at 157 Rivington ing that arose in the great drivof Family perly when they lost everything 11 12 Speaking for the bosses, attitude, turned to Bridges and at all relief bureaus Street, near Avenue B, adjoining ers strikes of 1934. The Groceries 57. 50 66. 90 74. 30 in the flames. This is a result sit in 77. 80 86. 60 94. 20 Roger Lapham, shipowner. dis said: In all fairness must adof the La Guardia policy of clos against the present chiseling the East Side Labor Center, head pioneered in linking up the un Milk 00 00 90 40 10. 40 11. 30 played the complete bankruptcy mit that Mr. Bridges did live up Rent 22. 00 ing some condemned tenements campaign of the Welfare Depart quarters of the neighborhood employed to the trade union 24. 00 24. 00 26. 00 26. 00 26. 00 of the capitalist class when ask to his contract by going through Gas 50 and foreing the tenants to movement and for a 40 per cent in and Local 16, movement and the has 00 00 50 50 50 ed if all the good will he was the picket lines set up by the into other ramshackle fre traps. crease in relief, long overdue, driving members and friends of been able to win fruitful victo Electric 00 00 50 50 2:50 50 expressing meant he would not sailors recently. This reference came at a meeting of the the Progressive Group, ries, one day for the unemploy Ice 00 00 00 00 00 4, 00 try to drive down wages or to Bridges attack on the picket Wave of Indignation Delegates Council, last week. who were attending its second ed, another day for a striking Clothing 24. 00 27. 00 30, 00 33. 00 36. 00 39. 00 worsen working conditions. He lines set up by the Sailors Union Sit ins will be staged in nine annual dance there, to the street union 50 00 50 10. 00 10. 50 said that depends on what comes of the Pacific to enforce their great wave of sorrow and bureaus on June 14, culminating early last Sunday morning.
The has its own office this present depression. contract with the Shepard line, indignation swept through the in sit ins at all bureaus by Only a short time before, mem in the Minneapolis Drivers Hall. Totals 126. 00 142. 40 155. 70 165. 70 179. 00 191. 00 After all there is that old cash met with a cold response from working class of the East Side June 20, according to the plan bers of the and It is represented on the board of box. And there has got to the audience. Even the business as a result of this tragedy of a strategy committee. Rent for rent plus heat add 50 per month.
into that cash till a little more men had the good sense to reHundreds stood around all day had returned to the Labor Center, Local 544. It is financially supWilliam Sherman, a leading after holding an open air protest ported by many unions. It has for rent plus light add one half of light allowance. than can be taken out. alize that applause would not be long watching the charred ruins, progressive militant and dele meeting near the scene of the a permanent staff of organizers, for rent plus light and gas, add one half of light and Instead of answering that it in very good taste when a boss On the evening of the five, the gate from Local 4, proposed a earlier fire, where maintenance grievance men, etc. working gas allowance.
they cannot operate industry at has just congratulated one of his and the Strategy committee of 15 in place of old law tenements was at under centralized direction. It for rent plus light, gas and heat, add one half allowance a profit and feed the people they agents publicly for union wreckmakes no distinction between for light gas and heat.
should get out of the way and ing efforts.
calling for action and placing the of the Stalinist motion for a tacked.
committee of With the vote workers and relief let blame where it belonged at City going into a 23 23 tie, with many the workers do it, Bridges Through this budget the liv in support of the latest demand replied, we know there is a Militant Slogans Unwelcome clients, embracing both catego ing standards of workers of the To increase the ceiling to wages.
Call For Unity Hall. mass protest rally was Stalinist fellow travellers vot At a demonstration, week ries. To the unions, it gives are raised appreciably. Example: state quota of jobs from leaflet put out by the Sou held that might cander het op ing for the Sherman substitute, ago, in front of 902 Broadway, great aid in strikes by furnish: In a family of five, a 60, 000 to 120, 000. We don want strikes, he cialist Worker Party exposing auspices at the scene of the fire. Jerry Benton, Stalinist head of central offices of the welfare ing pickets and getting relief for worker is working on a 60. 50 being brought to bear on the continued, if there is any way the real purpose of the Town program of action and a series the Unemployed Division of the Department, more than 50 mem trikers of demands were presented which who presided, east the debers of the 4th Inwere eagerly accepted by the ciding vote in favor of the smalternational) shouted such militAttempts to Unite With month 30. 35 supplementary aid. Congress; on the adminis ges added that it might be well workers in both and The is not a part of hundreds of assembled workers. ler hand picked committee.
In the winter season, the icetration, etc.
Liberal money contributions were ant slogans as: All war funds the Workers Alliance Two at allowance is replaced by an al The is also seeking to union meetings to present their front against the bosses and remade by the workers for the con Last Year Sell Out to the unemployed, and Schools, tempts have been made here to lowance for coal, ranging from get for Minnesota some of the case, that Lapham and the other pudiate this united front between In the to 13. 50 monthly.
Not battleships. The Stalinist unify the movement.
tinuation of the campaign.
housing funds allotted by con employers might find them the the latter and a section of the It will be recalled that last leadership of the which winter of 1937, when the last atworkers) much tougher to deal workers, was well received by gress.
On Sunday night, a second year, a Stalinist strategy com sponsored the demonstration, tempt was made, David Lasser Direct Relief Demands are being pressed on with than possibly their off the audience The manner as cials.
large street rally was held. Pemittee, after reaching com took exception to these sloganssion to the Workers Alliance was about to 10 per cent higher cial session of the state legisla! Loud laughter from the work themselves at the meeting gave Direct relief in Minneapolis Governor Benson to call a spewhich the workers conducted titions were presented demand promise with Mayor La Guardia and even attempted violence on that the Federal Workers See than direct relief in New York ture to set up a State Housinger filled balconies greeted efforts ample proof that they will take ing immediate action on the following: That all families living wide sit in aftex less than 10 and his lackeys, called off a city. the Yipsels.
of the employer spokesmen in spite of attempts to snatch tion sever its relations with City before Laguardia 10 per Authority.
to at face value Bridges attacks in old taw tenements be imme. hours of occupation of the city signs away from the young Local 544 and the Minneapolis cent eut last fall. The percentage appear in the role of humanitar on the bosses and will sooner or diately moved into safe and bureaus, contrary to the expres litants, and push them, with the union movement. On such terms Effectiveness ians and public servants. When later reject his efforts to tie sanitary homes. That the cost of them course now higher. From New moving be borne by the city sed sentiments voiced by the aid of the police, out of the unity was impossible, a step in favor of Minneapolis is of to the apron strings of week ago a Minneapolis boss one of these declared we That these families shall not pay committee, with progressive mi their ranks. Many Stalinist rank York labor mayor, the un paper said editorially: There is understand the suffering caused their exploiters.
any increase in rent. That all litants on it, would perhaps and filers took up the militant employed drew a cut. The only one possible answer to comthe old law tenements be closed scotch another such betrayal on slogans and shouted them along backed by the Minneapolis plaints raised in communities up and demolished.
unions, forced through the sup like Chicago and Cleveland, now the part of the Stalinist leader with the Yipsels, much to the plementary budget.
running into grave difficulties in 500 Signed Petition ship.
chagrin of the Stalinist cheer Whereas in many cities taking care of relief clients, that Some 500 signatures to the pe this siten The Progressives will fight in leaders, workers work 110 hours at 550 we cannot keep on paying for a real militant All progressive Locals must titions were obtained on this program of action, delegate rally their entire membership receive less than 60. 50 monthly, That answer is, You ve got SAN FRANCISCO. Confront. under control of the International took petition forms to circulate progressive same night. Dozens of workers Sherman, sylitant delegates, when the sit ins take place. It for the other for the most effective action, in Minneapolis the work to keep on paying for relief. ed with the alternative of sub Longshoremen and Warehouseamong their neighbors. When told the Stalinist leaders.
is during these sit ins that the Refuse To Accept Rules work only 88 hours at 68 What many people forget mitting to bureaucratic ultimat men Union and the local some Stalinists began yelling hourly for common labor. who bemoan the high cost of um or fighting for their demo Council. Fascist Trotskyists and similIt seems that the Grimm Com unemployed have an opportunity Barring 15 Steel Close Check Kept caring for the unemployed is that cratic rights, the organized ware. The Warehouse Division, whien ar epithets, the workers came to mittee report, which last year to learn at first hand the lessons Lodge Men relief and among other house office workers of San Fran under the order would be placed defense of the ers and revealed that relief expenditures of progressive policy and militagainst those of The keeps up a con things, are a form of insurance cisco chose the latter, as last directly under Bridges dominademanded that the put up are 40 per cent inadequate, has ant action a or shut up.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio. The stant pressure on the ad against first class trouble on a week they voted, 95 to 6, to leave tion, is the real base of the union been filed away for posterity collaboration with the city ofby that progressive of mayors, ficials, Rhoda Pearson, secretary Mahoning County convention of ministration, the welfare boards, wide scale and insurance against the and affiliate with the and is the only division that has workers are widespread disturbance at obtained contracts for its memfrom militantly because the finger of for a 40 per cent increase in re support for the coming city wide May 25, broke up when the chair pressure, in breskpertorm any try best safeguard against sub. United Office and Professional this section of the union that take up the issue of the slums in addition to the main slogan portation. the centre widede held in Youngstown, Saturday, higher wage brackets by e. poliey continues to be the coun. Executive Committee of the Bridges point of view, it is from trap LaGuardia administration. be raised at the city wide sitblame pointed clearly to the fire lief, the following demands will sit ins.
man, a Stalinist stooge bureau tasks but common labor.
versive action against our form Workers of America acceded to the progressives have obtained cratically ruled that no organiza!
The attempted first to re in. Example: W. worker of society and government. the demands of Harry Bridges, their support and have succeeded Akron Defense is tion could have more than five doing common labor. He is asksurrect the Stalinist skeleton, West Coast director, that in throwing out of office the StaJobs for all who can work votes at the convention. Lesson For Labor ed by this foreman to do some the Tenants Union, which had Local 34 be disbanded and placed linist officials.
This ruling, had it been accept. semi skilled job. Through been dead for two years. But. at trade union wages, add As the Northwest Organizer Alliance militants. the speed and militancy of the action and its enger acElimination of red. tape 15 delegates from two steel pressure on the work answered, also editorially: It is lodges, and left the convention er either gets an increased hour by no means accidental that this ceptance by the workers forced wherein clients are compelled Recent Battle On Picket in the hands of the Staliniste ly rate, or he refuses to work at unusually frank statement apthe Stalinists to expose their to wait weeks and months on who had a considerable number gets the increased wage rate.
the new job In most cases, peared Minneapolis paper, hand. The Tenants Union obligend while being investigated Line Was Stimulant of delegates from their paperFor in this city the unemployed ingly closed its meeting on Sunto starvation; organizations For Action Present Demands have as their spokesman the National Appeal Campaign: Miscellaneous For 24 hours service on day afternoon, yielding the platFederal Workers Section of 544.
form to The Stalinists emergeney cases and 72 hours Ruling Challenged Total Each project has Here unemployed and employed. The drive is on and it has a good 54 foamed and yelled about Trots on regular cases; AKRON, Ohio. While negoThe stewards are closely knit together. The start, too, as this week list of kyist disruption and issued a For the setting up of an The delegates from the steel meet every Wednesday night to full power of organized labor is subs proves! All campaign mat Jack Kane of Toronto has inpetition which called upon the Appeals Board to adjust re the United Labor Defense Com the chairman refused to recog out plans for the future. General jobs and unemployment relief way to brunch literature agents. While Fred Walker of Portland, remained deadlocked this week, lodges challenged this ruling, but discuss their problems and lay thrown into the fight for erial is in the mail and on its creased his bundle order by six, Constitutional Convention in Aland bany to amend the State Adequate medical care for mittee composed of represent these delegates walked out of the second Friday in each month. high and are kept high by the July is the offical starting account with 10. St. Paul and nize the challenge and thereupon membership meetings are held As a result, relief standards are up Constitution so as to provide for all who need it.
atives from the and a better housing program.
The Welfare Department has of unions voted to con. the convention, asking all sincere Special membership meetings are vigilant work of the date, but there should be plenty Montana (due to the fine work been rejecting applications on basis.
tinue its work on a permanent delegates to do likewise. The held on call.
backed by all labor.
of local campaigns under way by of John Boulds) moved up among Stalinist Action convention adjourned at this the grounds that they will soon On Wednesday night, May 25, And this fact points the road that time. If you doubt the value the leaders this week. John manas programmet uden mediante de la regiono rield Services and union rights for picketing and intend to protest the action of theetings was imenbeysbar belief turn those who needs and at the results the Minneapolik veles parts of the state relaterte he action. Just an attempt to kill tle longer. It compels young guarding the civil liberties of workers are putting their o. k, on ecutive committee, it will proba Drivers Hall Auditorium. Lead are not getting it, and to secur has been getting!
the housing issue by placing the people who have been forced to labor was given as the reason bly reconvene as soon as a rulers from all sections of the Mining still higher standards of liv. Here the list for the week, the Socialist Appeal. New hands of those very politicians perate economic plight, to sue mittee which played such an in ing is handed down.
Building Trades Council, the ers. More and better organiza ing up its fine showing of the hind and dropping into the minor of the Democratic Republican, their parents in court for supportant role in the recent Good The etate constitu Teamsters Joint Council, the tion. More militancy and deter past weeks but getting better leagues. Abe Miller says all and American Labor parties who port.
year strike.
tion provides that affiliated or Central Labor Union, etc. mination that the bosses owe us and better: his stars are going on a sitare responsible for the present Meanwhile, city officials were ganizations shall have one dele dressed the meeting. All spoke all a living.
MINNEAPOLIS 21 down strike against getting new conditions Militancy Alone Can Win harrassed by damage claims filed gate at conventions, and an adhousing. No tents, no mosNew York City ANNOUNCEMENTS At the funeral of Mrs. Cohen, This vicious treatment of the by unionists and bystanders who ditional delegate for every one quitos. Fare 80 cents to Red Montana held on Monday morning, thous unemployed, both young and old, attack on the peaceful Goodyear tion, and that no delegate shall Insertions in this column are were injured in the vicious police hundred members or major fracTank Inquire phone Bryant St. Paul We want to hear from all ands of workers gwarmed into must be stopped immediately, a picket line two weeks ago.
for train schedules. Newark literature agents just as soon as the streets in a spontaneous fare. spokesman for the progressive The executive board of the chairman ruled that this section of the aboven before six June rates, daily 50, weekly, Chicago they ve received campaign matewell demonstration to the martye Group in the Alliance declared. United Rubber Workers. of Ame meant that no organization could o clock Monday evening. 15. 00.
Texas riai and have drawn up plans for of capitalist greed. Every possible must be rica, holding its quarterly meet have more than five voting dele.
Pennsylvania ATTENTION NEW YORK action. Let us know what you re NEW YORK Winners of the Build the So Washington, doing to raise the circulation of branches called an indoor mass coming sit ins. All militant for an extension of the nation ment to the contrary refused to cialist Appeal Contest were Ohis the Appeal to the 10, 000 mark.
meeting for last Tuesday, invit progressives in the labor move wide organizing drive, and again recognize the other voting dele XPSL ORGANIZERS MEETING Fred Larin, Edith Kirkman, ing speakers from the Workers ment must cooperate in turning recorded itself against un gates of the steel workers. All CLE and fraction organizers Alliance, Local 15. This united this action into a victory for the authorized stoppage of work. the Communist Party stooges comrades please call at the Socialist Appeal this Saturday at p. sharp City Office and see Abe Miller partly a supported him in this obviously 116 University Place Date istrict Office.
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