World Miners' Ask Coal Be Socialized
World Miners' Ask Coal Be Socialized Metal Workers' Federation Also Puts Forth ' Mililant Demands BERLIN (W.L.N.).—Two of the most powerful international trade organizations, the Miners'...
...Then it is noted that while so many workers are vainly seeking employment, thousands of others are working 52 hours a week, with permission of the Government, and some are toiling as many as 60 hours a week...
...Meeting In Frankford-on-the-Main, the Executive Committee of the International Metal Workers' Education, after sending a demand for real disarmament to the League of Nations "Disarmament Conference" in Geneva, called for the abolition of customs barriers and the creation of a single European economic field, noted that capitalism was no longer capable of solving present complicated economic problems and concluded by saying: . "The present line of development is not along the lines of the individual economic management planned creation of the Socialist of the past, but in the form of a community for the future...
...Radio Played Big Part In May Day Celebration BERLIN, (W...
...Early In the evening the Labor Radio Club of Holland sent out a "radio play" giving the high spots in the life of Karl Marx and closing with an appeal to the workers of the world to fight the) rising reaction with all their strength...
...This Sunday Notification Ceremonies to Take Place at Park Palace Dinner FORMAL notification ceremonies of the nomination of Norman Thomas and James H. Maurer as the Socialist Party candidates for president and vice-president, will be held this Sunday night, June 12, at the Park Palace, 110th street and Fifth avenue...
...The legal establishment of the 40-hour week and the 6-hours shift in continuously operated factories is urgent, not merely an order to provide some temporary relief for the congested labor market, but also as a permanent system made necessary by the enormous capacity of the tools of production...
...Thomas and Maurer in N.Y...
...And so It went all through May Day...
...The Dutch laborites suspended their own radio program in order to pick up Kautsky's speech and re-broadcast It, translated into the tongue of tbe Netherlands...
...At six o'clock in the morning the Vorwaerts man was cheered by the strains of the International from tbe radio station In Brussels, followed by a . brief address by Emlle Vandervelde, president of the Socialist International, broadcast to the workers of the whole world and picked up by thousands of listeners all over Europe...
...World Miners' Ask Coal Be Socialized Metal Workers' Federation Also Puts Forth ' Mililant Demands BERLIN (W.L.N...
...In a manifesto Issued by the Executive Committee of the Miners' International at a meeting held in Brussels in April, summarised by the Berlin office of the International Federation of Trade Unions, it is Stated that "For five years the Miners' International has demanded an understanding among the coal producing countries, for this is the only way of solving the international coal problem, in so far as it can be solved at all under the present capitalist system...
...L. N.).—Organized labor in Switzerland, both Socialist and Clerical, has no intention of allowing the program of wage-cutting proposed by the big employers and Government officials as a remedy for the unemployment crisis to be put through without a real fight Some weeks ago, the Executive Committee of the Christmas Trade Unions, speaking for about 25,000 members, vigorously denounced the wage cutting policy as a menace to the workers' standard of living and to trade and industry in general and called for energetic opposition to such a policy...
...the International Metal Workers' Federation, have recently come out with militant demands for the alleviation of the hardships of the tolling- masses through drastic action...
...Now the Miners' International demands the nationalization of all mines and their exploitation for the benefit of the community...
...Now the officials of the Federation of Labor, the Public Service Employes and the Salaried Workers, representing a combined membership of about 275,000, have submitted a statement to the Federal Council of the Swiss Confederation in which the State is called upon not only to oppose wage reductions, but also to embark upon a broad program of public works...
...It assigned a reporter to "listen-in" from early morn till late at night and write a story on what he heard...
...Maurer, Morris Hillquit, National Chairman of the Party...
...former Municipal Court Justice Jacob Panken, Heywood Broun, and B. Charney Vladeck...
...From Madrid came a measage late at night of solidarity with the Italian work-era and a word of cheer for them from their liberated comrades in Spa...
...A Communist candidate polled only 85 votes...
...Later in the day German Labor broadcast came thorugn with speeches and May Day concerts...
...The speakers^at the dinner-rally will be Mr...
...At 8 p. m., another "radio play" called "New Signals," was put on the air in Copenhagen...
...In the meantime, the Executive Committee decided again to urge the League of Nations to try to bring about an international agreement on coal production...
...The Socialist Mayor, Roloff, therefore waa re-elected...
...Attention Is directed to the enormous increase in unemployment, the number entirely or partly out of work in Switzerland now being about 100,000, against an average of 24,208 in 1031, 12,321 In 1930, 8,131 in 1920 and 60,995 in 1922, a year of great depression...
...Proof of the effectiveness of this up-to-date method of propaganda was supplied by Vorwaerts, the central dally organ of the Social Democratic Party of Germany...
...L. N.j—The Importance of the radio In spreading the message of world-wide labor solidarity was well illustrated on May Day this year...
...Huge public works are to be financed through a special tax levied on the higher incomes...
...Two of the most powerful international trade organizations, the Miners' International and...
...Louis Waldman, New York State Chairman...
...Therefore, union labor demands Immediate enactment of a general 48-hours a week law, reinforced by the granting of power to the Federal council to cut the working time to 40 hours a week in certain Irdustrles...
...And he wrote a mighty good story...
...Adequate aid for the unemployed is needed to alleviate distress among them...
...Thomas and Mr...
...Fraternal messages from France, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Scandinavia, and Spain...
...Tide Against Nash, If Interpretation of Brunswick Poll BERLIN.—(WLN) — Leader* of the Social Democratic party are hailing as a good omen for future campaigns the decisive gains made by their organizations In a lend election In Braulage, a health resort la the state of Brunswick, on May l. Although Brunswick Is s stronghold of Adolph Hitler's reactionary "Nazis," the Socialist vote In Braulage rose to 1,800, compared with 1,000 In the recent Presidential election, while that of the "Nazis'' fell from 1,281 to LOTS...
...At 4:30 p. m. the voice of KarJ Kautsky was launched upon the wireless waves at Vienna and listened to attentively by millions of European workers...
...Government and employers' efforts to reduce wages under pretext of promoting Swiss exports are scored as entirely unwarranted...
...Swiss Labor Asks Action on Public Works — I. ¦¦.....— Private and Public Wage Cutting Is De-nounced by Trade Unions BERNE (W...
...Labor men and German1 liberals In general are greatly encouraged by the result in Braulage and some of them believe that It may mark the turning of the political tide against the Hitlerite movement...
...Then came a graphic news story telling of the huge demonstrations In Liege and Antwerp, accompanied by band music and the tramp, tramp, tramp of the' marching hosts of Belgian Labor...
...In fact, from everywhere except the Fascist ruled countries like Italy, Hungary and Poland...
...A rally of Socialist Party .members of Greater New York will be held in the same hall beginning at 2:00 P.M., with reports from delegates to the recent national convention In Milwaukee as the main order of business, to be followed by a discussion of campaign plans...
...The meeting will adjourn in time for the notification ceremonies which will taki place at a banquet beginning aj, b:00 P.M...
Vol. 13 • June 1932 • No. 24
