2 SOCIALIST APPEAL JANUARY 13, 1940 Dan Tobin Renews Demand for Labor Unity Million Jobs Cut By War Budget BLAMES LEADERS Lewis Playing With Dynamite In Building Trades Drive TEAMSTER HEAD QUEENS JOBLESS BACKED BY LABOR GROUPS y the budget? That means eight unemployed and their famifor RELIEF CRISIS IN DETROIT GROWS VERY ACUTE NY RELIEF ROLLS CIO Foresees Bitter Echo CUT TO SHREDS TO FDR War Budget BY LA GUARDIA will WORKERS FORUM lrying Local 544 Leaders Re elected By 1 (Continued from Page 1)
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. In tion the current improvement in business conditions.
a two day election in which Has he? The improvement has still left ten million without over 2, 000 votes were castFOR DIVISION the largest vote in the history of the union the leadership of General Drivers Union Local Warns of Reactionary By FRANK lies for every WPA job!
544 was re elected by three toThe CIO drive in the building Thurman Arnold, was appointed and hence illegal under the antiAttacks on Labor But, Roosevelt went on, there is reason to hope that a (Continued from Page 1)
one majorities.
industry, started with so much by Lewis to the staff of the trust statutes.
It is the same leadership Among the endorsements re continued expansion of business would diminish relief reHard Earned Rights noise and fanfare by John LUCWOC and pointed out that Government officials have re which conducted the famous ceived from organizations unable quirements substantially.
Lewis and his brother, this short sighted move constitu cently recognized jurisdictional drivers strikes of 1934, which to get delegates down to this Is that so? Where are the signs to show a continued exIn a notable editorial appear Lewis, Chairman of the United ted a shameful violation of union strikes and craft union restricmade Minneapolis, formerly an first meeting, were those from ing in the January issue of the Construction Workers Organizing solidarity.
tions as a major factor in retard open shop paradise, into the the Painters District Council of pansion of business? Madame Perkins and the rest of the Teamsters International Maga Committee, may yet end as a The CIO News of January ing the construction industry, best organized city in the Queens and the Plasterers Union Roosevelt officials keep uttering optimistic pronouncements, zine, Daniel Tobin, President minor disaster for the CIO country. It also initiated the of Queens.
but where are the facts?
of the largest and most powerful Lewis is playing with dynamite, seems to be all puffed up about Witnesses before the anti monoNorth Central Area Drivers Program for Unemployed First because he le invade this marvelous new acquisition to poly Committee have offered senits organizing staff and with sational testimony showing the Council which resulted in a program was adopted, callThe FACTS tell a very different story. The CIO research rank and file membership of both an industry that is organized by great pride points out that for extent of craft union abuses in twelve atate area contract for ing for a 10, 000, 000, 000 appro department, adding up the facts, this week reports that the Mr. Turner has this industry.
over the road drivers, covering priation by Congress for work business index will recede substantially in the first quarter of up and demand a complete ces most powerful and richest group been on the staff of the Justice Suicidal Policy hundreds of thousands of men. relief: the use of war funds for sation of hostilities between the of International unions in the Department where he took part The CIO News gives the un Incumbents re elected to the the benefit of the unemployed; the new year.
two organizations.
And not only the CIO reports this. All the bank and finan Less than one dozen men on Secondly, because he is at in anti trust law inquiries into mistakable impression that it executive board were cari several new reliet stations for the building trades.
favors the insidious union bust. Skoglund (president. Kelly the borough of Queens, addition cial surveys report the same prospect. Here, for example, is both sides are responsible for the tempting to sign contracts with division of eight million workers. the building trades bosses by es CIO Features Prosecution of Justice. It is either passively Miles Dunne, and Nick Wag: slum clearance and rehousing the January, 1940, survey issued by the National City Bank of We are facing reaction tablishing lower hourly wages The same issue of the CrO tolerating or actively cooperating ner.
program for South Jamaica, and New York for its clients. Under the heading, decline in proagainst labor, and labor leaders and poorer working conditions News carries the following story in this campaign, which if suc Ray Rainbolt was elected drastic improvement in local duction indexes expected, it says: are to blame than prevail in the organized sec. in connection with the Construccessful would not only weaken recording secretary to replace handling of relief cases. We have spent the greater tion of the industry at the pre tion comittees organization work and eventually destroy the AFL Grant Dunne, who declined re Delegations to the conference Most observers expect that indexes of production will part of our lives trying to enact sent time in Washington, Several building trades unions, but the election on account of illness.
voted to solidify the group into decline after December legislation embodying in princi Third, because he is enlisting indictments of AFL officials are whole trade union movement of a permanent organization, to be Roosevelt, of course, knows all this, with his superior ple that contained in the Wag. the aid of and cooperating in the pending in Washington as a re this country, CIO included.
known as the Queens Committee information, better than any of us. But to hell with men of labor down there in Thurman Arnold and the De Justice Department agents are sives in the CIO today to demand ner Act. Isn it pitiful to see reactionary anti union drive of sult of jurisdictional disputes and it is the duty of all progresProgressivement Relief and sources Legislation. Rever the unemployed, says he, all money possible must go to preWashington before committees, partment of Justice.
reported investigating the cur that Lewis call a halt to these end Reusle of the Ministerial pare for war abroad.
disputing wth each other over FBI Snooper Hired rent tieup. strike AFL 12 suicidal policies and devote his Council. was elected chairman.
And this is the man who got elected to the White House the provisions of this act, argu. In last week issue of the borers on the 12 story RFC time and energies to uniting both Also on the executive committee ing with one another, hating each Socialist Appeal, we pointed out building structure. The Depart wings of the trade union moveIs Otto Popovich, well known on the platform of Federal responsibility for the unemother?
that Russell Turner Sr. an aide ment theory is that these disment, not pushing them further Queens unemployed leader. ployed. Calls For Mass Meetings of Assistant Attorney General putes are in restraint of trade apart.
Local Relief Demands Even the most ardent supporters of Roosevelt up to yesThe editorial further asks the specific program of improvelocal unions to make themselves ment in local handling of relief terday, the CIO leaders, have come out against Roosevelt heard at once, and continue to cases which Otto Popovich towar budget. It as plain as day now that the alternatives for voice their disgust and disap(Continued from Page 1) gether with other delegates of the unemployed are: FIGHT OR STARVE.
pointment and demand that la placed although the state took the Unemployed and bor come together. Mass meet these cases over only two days Workers League presented perThe mightiest force in existence is the united power of the ings should be held everywhere ago. One mother and her child sonally to Borough President workers, employed and unemployed. Together, by militant acand declarations made and for. Continued from Page 1) velt administration, received a check for 30. 00 and in Harvey last week was endorsed tion, they can take every dollar now earmarked for the war warded not only to the leaders of labor but to the President of Although business has reached ing army of the million trenment of rent due of 25. 00. What The borough president declared machine and put it to work feeding and enuploying America the United States.
Tobin, it be recalled, 1929 levels, 10 millio nworkers ployed workers constitutes a ter should she do? Should she pay that he would take all points up jobless. Continued from Page 1) remain unemployed.
sharply criticized the Padway rorible threat to their security and the rent and have only 00 with with Commissioner of Welfare and which to feed, clothe, pro Hodson. The program includes: port on the AFL policy concern get it, according to Welfare The CIO concludes by stating working conditions. The slashing side hent for herself and her (1) For the unemployed: ing the Wagner Act at the 1939 Commissioner Hodson own fig that it will continue to call for of the budget for work relief ischild for one month? Should she more not less public works, un a direct blow to the maintenance Relief for all needy in 72 convention and made strong plea ures.
Reviewing four months (July til all the jobless have work at of their wage scales and their un refuse to pay the rent and face hours. Emergency cases should an eviction? This is the dilemma be give naid within 24 hours.
gotiations between the AFL and through October. Commissioner decent wages; for more adequate ion contracts.
into which these mothers have 40 increase in relief Hodson reported that 120, 000 social and security services; and. That is why the present cio been placed through no fault of to make up for the rise in the HOUSTON WORKERS SHOW the CIO.
Plague of Labor Skates the people had applied to the relief for advance and not retreat in leadership reacts so quickly and their own. The first notice of cost of living caused in part ROAD TO ALL SOUTH Since the formation of of course, we have the Lewis twelve state North Central Areu bureau for assistance and that legislation increasing govern with such sensitivity to this braz leviction has already been receiv by the real estate gouging and Editor: and Green cliques here also, in Committee two years ago and only 66, 000 of these had been ment responsibility and effect en provocation of Roosevelt toled. Undoubtedly more will follow. the World In a recent edition of the Ap the way of organizers and stoogthe subsequent organization of found eligible. In his latest relveness in promoting the public throw an additional million Monthly clothing allow peal read a very interesting let es. These self esteemed big shots workers out into the streets. Labor Movement Acts hundreds of thousands of over port to the Mayor, Commissioner welfare.
ance of for each adult and ter in the Workers Forum from spend most of their time the road drivers, the Teamsters Hodson boasts that the relief bu First CIO Attack Lewis and his advisors feel the The first steps have been taken for each minor.
hot breath of dissatisfaction and by the labor movement to coma worker in Memphis. to show the men the advantages (2) For the WPA workers: This marks the first official at revolt on the part of millions of bat this situation. Local 79 of the Inter powerful labor union in this last few months than inte bare tack of the national CIO leader their members, and understand state, County, and Municipal signed from the reltet rolls realize there is a difference of the Labor Boards and the New WPA workers newly as of conditions between Memphis Deal, how much better it is to country and probably. this is called for. This saving came and Houston, but each of the cit. negotiate, arbitrate and comprodisputed by the miners the lar. right out of the hides of the city Ship upon the Roosevelt admin that they must act if they are Workers of America, CIO, the istration Three months ago ies is heavily marked with South mise than it is to have violent gest. Tobin, for several years, has jobless.
John Lewis told the CIO conto preserve their leadership, union of employees of the De checks cut off before they have been the most consistent advo There has been no improvement vention at San Francisco that Militant Action Needed ern characteristics. Houston is strikes. And while these big shots Welfare Department, at its troit received their first full WPA not in any sense a paradise for are expounding their pacifist doccate of labor unity and is a can in the city employment rate to the President War program calls for the employment of passed a motion urging the CIO The cio legislative program membership meeting on January check.
workers. But in this district the trines and preening their feathdidate, it is believed, for the Pres. justify this dropping from the 50, 000, 000 program of workers have won privileges thaters, the rank and file have the idency of the united labor organ rolls of 85, 000 families and the gross and by the people and cav three million workers on public Industrial Council to immediately WPA construction at union have been denied in other cities. job of doing the real organizaization refusal to take on others. The ling should cease. But the cav: projects; a work program to call a conference of all CIO locals rates or We have been able to strike tional work, and they are beginpay in Queens give all unemployed young people and all other interested groups. war boom, feeble enough in Two kinds of Unity Housing Project Policy Tobin has been an ardent New providing jobs nationally hailing did not cease and today public employment: increase into consider and organize action to and maintain our picket lines ning to see that these high salthe CIO leadership is forced to The Unemployed and Relief without meeting direct strike aried labor skates are only a burDealer and a close political been particularly unimportant in reverse itself and begin a tight old age pensions to 60 a month combat this crisis.
Workers League, in its immedi breaking force of the law enforc den that we could easily do withfriend of the White House. It is New York. Half the city workagainst the first fruits of the at 60: increase in unemployment This must be done at once. ate program, endorsed by the ing agencies.
out.
entirely possible that this new ing population is engaged in per Roosevelt War Deal: budget compensation benefits and expan The importance of a struggle by Queens Committee, also 448 Occasions to win strikes by secincluded We have been able on several Educate, Organize!
unity campaign was worked out sonal service, trade and trans that provides a million less jobssion of the housing program the whole labor movement policy with regard to the in cooperation with President portation none afecten war than last year inadequate bud inadequate as it is to meet the emphasized too strongly.
Because now rising in South Jamaica that were using products of so that the job may be done It is better that we educate Even this program, woefully against relief slashes cannot be apartment slum clearance proj ondary pleketing of all places ourselves in organization work Roosevelt. Roosevelt is interested pations directly affected by war get.
real needs that exist today among of the seasonal nature of many The unemployed organization de strike bound plants.
in seeing a united labor move orders and most of the other Budget Hits CIO right. In spite of all the disapthe one third of the nation that Detroit industries, a period on re mands the rehousing of all ten ment, not because it will help the workers are in such occupations Press Is Anti Labor The three million odd members is ill fed ill clothed and ill lief is a regular part of the cycle ant families who formerly lived pointments that Roosevelt and workers to fight more effectively as printing and the garment inOn the other hand, the daily the labor fakers have brought of the CIO consist, in the main, housed; even this program will of life for workers here. Amin on the site; complete equality be papers have constantly carried about the workers are far from for their rights, but because it dustry.
Even if a family gets on relief, of unskilled and semi skilled remain a dead letter, unless the tant fight now to prevent cuts in tween white and Negro families anti labor propaganda in their being disheartened, and there labor movement behind the war it now takes ten days to get mass production workers employ rank and file membership begins relief is the only assurance that in the allocation of available columns and have distorted labor scem to be great prospects for machine. emergency relief emergency e in the very nerve centers of an earnest fight to have the cIothere will be any relief at all in apartments, that is, 50 white news in every conceivable man more real workers action in The rank and file of both the meaning the family is literally American economy: coal, steel, cooperation with the AFL, in the future.
and 50 Negro; and the inclu ner. On one occasion, for in Houston than we have ever Part of National Crisis sion of the same percentage of stance, the Houston Post carried known.
ever, take up this campaign to cially discriminated against in re comprise in addition the most paign, relying on militant actions relief families in the project as a full page advertisement for the And especially we should force through the resumption of lief, as in hospitals, schools, etc. militant and aggressive section and labor demonstrations to force efe is in frequent boast of new o: American organized labor. By the Congress to stop wast of the general relief crisis of the of the very small percentage of struck, and it included a states the Negroes, for in the South for movement, with full rights of the York reliet officials that relief the very nature of their employment tense people mortemen gune Hash everywhere relief is being relief families normally admitted ment that the Up workers were they are a fountain of untapped industrial unions preserved, not standards here are as high as scents the understand most can be the sand began ton streaming Mountieeled Dras de neus way with and into government housing proj not on strike, and also carried a power.
to help out Roosevelt in his war anywhere in the country. That is clousy and are most deeply af: death and begin to feed the hun. tirely. Drastic cuts in WPA and ects.
drive but to strengthen the hand true. But what that means confected by the war measures and dry and provide jobs for the un relief have, as their accompaniMemphis may be a tougher nut prove that there was no labor to crack than Houston, but no ment, tremendous increases in trouble.
of labor and the effectiveness of cretely is shown by these figures: anti union moves of the Roone employed the budget for war.
matter how tough the situation, WPA wages these are the reN. Membership the trade union movement.
Shortly therafter six of the there is always work than can be lief aristocrats were cut this Progressive workers must fight Meets Jan. 17 company seven trucks were de done. Organize if possible. If it for more than merely to retain molished on the streets so that is not possible to organize workJOIN! JOIN! JOIN! few. They now average about 14 the miserable relief doles which Party membership meetthey were not in any shape to be ers at the present time, in your The Spartacus Dance Group 76 Meal we have at present. ALL WAR ing will be held on Wednesannounces the opening of of use; and before these trucks district, you can keep agitating day, January 17, 1910, at But this is positively lavish FUNDS TO THE UNEMclasses under the direction of had been repaired, the company and explaining the injustices at the Irving Plaza, 15th compared to the budgets allowed PLOYED must be made a keyLeah Dillon.
signed a closed shop contract that are being done. What you St. and Irving Place.
by the Home Relief Bureau.
slogan in this fight.
with the strikers and agreed that tell the workers now may not Mon. Wed. 7:15p. In New York City, financial The program of demands in Admission by membership no one would be prosecuted for seem to make an impression, but 119 East 17th St.
card in good standing only.
nerve center of America and (Continued from Page 1) in the statute was to punish at Congress now being carried in evthe so called violence. And this never fear, when the crisis comes. bet. Union Sq. Irving Pl. the richest city in history, a reMembers of the YPSL appeartion of 162 residents of Minnetempts to defraud and cheat the ery issue of the Appeal must be ing with their cards, will also particular strike directly caused they will remember.
lief family of four is allowed apolis and St. Paul, charged with government: certainly. Congress part of every local fight for rebe admitted.
the signing of agreements with 88 cents a day for food. This is conspiracy to violate the relief did not intend that this statute lief.
five other bottling companies. Pasadena, Texas a trifle over cents a meal per act. The entire proceedings seem be used against organized labor.
Speech of person.
to be subversive of the true in such an interpretation of the law Leon Trotsky Such a family now gets about terests of justice and opposed to would transform this Republic 730 a year for all its expenses: the letter and spirit of constitu from a government of law to a ity, ice, medical care, carfare, tional guarantees for a fair trial government of men.
recorded on two discs; made food, clothing, rent, gas, electric The facts are relatively sim Further, the number of people for the New York meeting etc.
ple. During the recent WPA indicted reflects a kind of a strike, Minneapolis WPA officials witch hunt rather than any true Living Thoughts of Marx This is about a third of what celebrating the tenth anniver 00 the Federal government esti did not shut down the affected consideration of the facts involv new 200 page condensation of Karl Marx CAPITAL, sary of the founding of the mates is a minimum health projects although the strike re ed. The insistence of the prosecu Vol. I, with a brilliant introduction by Leon Trotsky, dealFourth International in this and decency budget. The ex ceived overwhelming support in tion upon mass trials of as many ing in a large measure with the American scene. Long NOTICE: The last issue of the mer subscribers. that city. Under such country.
act figure set by the Bureau of circum 28 25 persons at one time (a pro man s, Green Co, publication.
Appeal was unavoidably delayed NEW YORK CITY.
of four, is 978.
stances, the strikers and persons cess more suited to the mockery one day in mailing due to the fire PHILADELPHIA Only 50 sets available Labor Statistics, for a family sympathetic to them began pick than the respect of thw) is prejuthat occurred in the National Fascism and Big Business (paper cover) 00 Baltimore e in many dicial against the defendants The relief bureau budget is also to that which took place it detailed exposition of fascism, its coming to power and headquarters of the Party. This less than the emergency budgeting such projects, action similar since the jurors, who might recall Syracuse. 00 each per set week Appeal as well as future et which Mayor LaGuardia own other cities. On July 14, disorder only the more damaging evidence. the forces that make it possible. 300 pages, by Daniel Minneapolis ones will be mailed out on Thurs Akron Committee on Unemployment on the picket line resulted in the will apply such alike to all the Guerin.
days as customary.
Newark Get Yours To day! Relief set up for a family of four. death of one picket and the defendants involved.
IN COMBINATION Toledo.
The Emergency figure was wounding of several bystanders If any of the defendants have Below is the list of new sub Glen Ellyn, III.
Send check or money order. 992. 72. The Committee nor and pickets after police had dis been guilty of any overt acts of Single combination (1 of each. 25 scriptions obtained during the not cash.
mal budget for a family of four persed the picket line with bul violence, they are liable for these Combination of (3 of each)
past week. We point out to all. 50 Total: on relief was 1899. 68, almost lets and tear gas.
acts in the proper courts. It is indouble the 780 actually paid.
literature agents that this repre. Perverts Law Intent Combination of (5 of each)
imical to our democracy that 00 sents a low point in subs obtain Monthly branch statements are The Mayor Committee recom The indictments by a Federal striking workers, engaged in ed in a one week period and urge now being sent out to all branch Pioneer Publishers mended that both the food and grand jury took place soon after peaceful picketing, are prosecuted all agents to renew their efforts literature agents. Please make rent allowances should be in wards, charging 162 persons with under a Federal statute which PIONEER PUBLISHERS to get new subscribers as well as sure to put consideration of these 116 University Place creased at once. That was in conspiracy to violate the relief was never intended to apply to renewals New York, 116 UNIVERSITY PLACE 1935. The relief families are still act. It seems to us that the true such conduct and tried en masse, bills on your local branch agenda NEW YORK, Is your branch making assign and send us in a substantial pay.
waiting.
purpose of the conspiracy clause thus being refused a fair trial.
ments to visit contacts and for ment!
CIO and AFL Officials Protest Mpls. Frameup SPECIAL OFFER APPEAL ARMY