Is Lippman Right On "Coexistence"? THE See Page 2 MILITANT PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTERESTS OF THE WORKING PEOPLE Vol. X X III — No. 13 222 NEW YORK, N.Y.. MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1959 Price 10c Detroit Unions Ready Plans on Congress Tapers Off Aid Trip of Jobless DETROIT, March 22—Organizing a delegation to the April 8 unemployment conference in Washington is the main point on the agenda of the union movement here On Eve of* Jobless M eet now. ♦---------------------------------------------------- Last Tuesday a “ b rie fin g ses­ size partly up to the locals. sion” of 1500 UAW local of­ Employed members are being African Leader ficials and representatives was asked to contribute for this purpose—in some locals with Promises addressed by president Walter good results, it is reported. "Our Missile Program Is Swan Reuther and secretary-treasurer Emil Mazey. In addition, some groups more Two days' later the union or­ keenly alert to the unemployed crisis are making donations out To Unions ganized a demonstration and passed out leaflets publicizing of their treasuries, like the trim the conference in front of an unit of Dodge Local 3, which Song," Two Scientists Charge unemployment compensation of­ voted $500. Torn Up fice. These acts of solidarity be­ MARCH 23 — Two leading space scientists and a Later this week mass rallies tween the employed and un­ prominent banker-economist last week charged that the MARCH 28—April Fool's Day will be held on the west and employed auto workers testify Deadlier Than They Admitted U.S. missile and space program is designed to keep the came early for the jobless this east sides of town. to their common desire for an year. Yesterday the Democratic The number of people willing unstable American profit eco- effective fight for jobs and a catastrophe to the American Party "friends of labor" in the to go to Washington greatly ex­ shorter work week. nomy going. capitalist profit system. U.S. Senate followed the ex­ ceeds the number that w ill ac­ “Our missile program is the How effective the Washington ample of the Democratic Party tually board the train leaving swan song of a dying civiliza­ He said, in the words of the conference w ill be is another "friends of labor" in the House here: on April 7. tion”, cried Dr. A. R. J. Grosch Associated Press dispatch, "that story. of Representatives by breaking Mazey told the local repre­ from the floor of a conference if a disarmament agreement Unemployed delegations from their promises to union officials. sentatives that “500 or more” of scientists at California Insti­ were reached next Monday, the unions in 15 cities in the east­ They jammed through a bill to will be sent from Detroit. The tute of Technology «on March nation's economy would go into ern half of the country—“proper­ "taper off" federal aid to the exact num ber w ill depend on 20. “We don’t need better mis­ a tailspin on Tuesday." ly credentialed,” George Meany KWAMI NKRUMAH, Presi­ jobless. This was their alterna­ how much money the locals siles to destroy each other—the “Our economy is not healthy warned in a letter to AFL-CIO dent of the Republic of tive to letting such aid die raise for the purpose, at $22 ones we have now will do the because it is based upon con­ affiliates—will arrive in Wash­ Ghana, was a leading figure abruptly. round-trip fare per person. The job adequately,” said Dr. stant overstimulation of the ac­ ington on the morning of April at the A ll-African People's This pinch of crumbs for the international UAW will pay Grosch, who is manager of quisitive glands,” said Warburg, 8 . Conference at Accra, Ghana, jobless further underscores ■ the only for meals en route, and space programs for the Inter­ “upon a wasteful cult of pre­ There will then be a meeting last December. British imper­ need for a militant mass AFL- the AFL-CIO will pay for box national Business Machines mature obsolescence, and above at the National Guard Armory. ialists allege Nyasaland na­ CIO unemployment demonstra­ luncheons in Washington. Corp., manufacturer of missile all, upon a tacitly assumed con­ It will be addressed by union tionalists hatched "plot" to tion in Washington April 8. Ac­ This puts the delegation’s and space vehicle computers. tinuation of the cold war.” officials and politicians; Reu­ foment force and violence at cording to some top union of­ "And there isn't any point in ther has urged Eisenhower to the conference. "PEACE AN EMERGENCY" ficials, all that’s really neces­ zooming off into outer space. speak. sary is to “wake up” their We could spend the money bet­ So far as can be learned now, This “constant overstimula­ “friends” in Congress to the Flint Jobless there is no plan for a single ter solving problems here at tion of the acquisitive glands,” needs of America’s five million unemployed worker to be heard home— taking care of our over­ w hich W arburg speaks of, is jobless. The present Congres­ "Massacre" crowded, underfed millions. If Sell Apples to at this meeting on unemploy­ nothing less than the private sional action makes clear they ment. we did that, we wouldn't need profit motive. aren’t asleep — they just don’t They will be expected to lis­ to find new worlds to colonize." "We are not prepared and give a damn. ten, applaud at the right places, Plot Alleged Get to Capital "INTERESTED IN PROFIT" are not preparing for peace," The leaders of the Democratic eat their box lunches, get on Warburg said. The country United Auto Worker mem­ Party, who ■ control Congress, the train that afternoon and get Dr. Grosch’s startling expos­ would be paralyzed by a major had pledged that they would bers in Flint, Mich., are selling out of Washington before dark. ure of the meaning of the atom­ depression if actual peace came introduce a bill to extend for apples on the streets to finance In Nyasaland The next day, after they are ic missile war program—an ex­ "before we could even complete one year the March 31 deadline a delegation to the April 8 AFL- gone, a legislative conference of MARCH 24 — Within weeks posure in which he also assail­ plans for dealing with this em­ on the federal emergency pro­ CIO unemployment demonstra­ The U.S. Defense Department now admits that poisonous AFL-CIO officials and represen­ of the exposure of its frame-up ed the corporations for being ergency." gram of supplementing state tion in Washington. tatives will meet to discuss of Jomo Kenyatta, leader of debris from atomic tests is falling to earth far more rapidly “interested primarily not in Peace would confront the unemployment c o m p e psation The first day’s sale, M arch 23,. the, Kenya, independence- move­ what, to ash of the. gov:on;upent. new scientific knowledge but in capitalists with a terrible “em­ then it had- previously "estimated." Sen. Anderson (D-N.M.) benefits. Instead they threw ift netted $450. The union appiè If their approach is like the ment, the British government' their 7 per cent profit”—follow­ ergency,” this astute . financier accused the brass hats of "gagging" the Joint Congressional the present bill which merely vendors ignored a city ordin­ one Reuther took last Tuesday, is attempting a similar frame- ed similar remarks by Dr. Louis warns. And yet, he makes plain, Committee on Atomic Energy in an effort to keep this in­ provides that those drawing ance requiring a license for any they will complain about “Re­ up against the Nyasaland inde­ J. Ridenour Jr., assistant gen­ circumstances may force the federal benefits as of March -31 kind of street sales but were publican inaction” and try to pendence movement. Yesterday formation from the public. eral manager of research and American, ruling class to thaw" will be permitted to finish col­ not interfered with. cover up the refusal of the the Colonial Office in London development in the missiles di­ out the cold war a bit. lecting the maximum of 13 ex­ Thirteen per cent of the FÌint Democratic majority in Con­ published a “White Paper" out­ vision of Lockheed Aircraft tra checks the program pro­ labor force of 140,000 are job­ gress to pass m eaningful legis­ lining an alleged plot by Nyas­ Corporation. Dr. Grosch, in his spontane­ vides. Those whose state bene­ ous outcry before the confer­ less and General Motors has lation for the jobless. aland nationalists to commit Dr. Ridenour, in a speech fits run out on April 1 will be just laid off an additional 5,500 “We must shatter the com­ ence of scientists in Pasadena, Socialists Urge Big wholesale massacre of white from the platform, linked the entitled to nothing. Calif., addressed himself to at its Buick and Fisher Body placency of that man in the settlers — including, of course; missile program to America’s When this “taper-off” mea­ these two horrible alternatives divisions. White House,” Reuther said. women and children. “traditional economy of waste.” sure sailed through the House of the American economic sys­ With relief rolls swollen and Of course Eisenhower can’t Earlier this year, in a sworn He said: last week it was blasted by the the county claiming lack of prevent the Democrats in con­ tem—war or depression. Washington Turnout March 19 Michigan AFL-CIO affidavit, the principal witness, funds, food orders were cut trol of Congress from passing whose testimony sent Kenyatta "ECONOMY OF WASTE" “We are planning to spend News as an “almost meaning­ 10% last week.