The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 7, 1926, Page 1

The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Vol. III. No. 73. THE DAIL SSR In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. a cription Rates: Susiss Chicago by tan S00 ee year. 2 aE Re ER GREEK FURRIERS MARCH IN DEFI TO SCAB SHEET Police Are Called and 15 Are Arrested © (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK, April 5.—The latest attack of the employers upon the solid ranks of the striking fur workers ap- peared in the Greek National Herald yesterday and was met by a Spirited demonstration of Greek fur workers in front of the paper’s office this morning. As a result of the inter ference of the police who were sum- moned by the Herald’s owners, 15 workers were arrested and taken to the 30th street police station on a charge of disorderly conduct. Eleven were dismissed, and 4 were held on $25 each for hearing next Monday. Nationalist Statement. The Herald’s statement which aroused the Greek fur workers to ag- tion stated that families of the Greek workers were suffering and that the union paid no attention to their needs. The paper advised the Greek work- ers to break away from the union which was a thoroly Jewish organiza- tion and to form a group of their own and deal with the fur manufac- turers direct. Demonstration. The Greek workers held a mass sip yesterday and decided after discussion of this matter to stage a demonstration of protest this mori }° ing. Part of the group was left out- side of the building while a small committee went inside to request the] Herald to publish their resolution, drawn up at the mass meeting. ‘It’ was at this point that the newspaper sent in a call for the police and tife workers outside of the building were arrested. 2 Faith in Union. A The resolution which the Greek’ workers had drawn up stated their ab- solute faith in the union and their’ determination not to break away but to stand solidly with their fellow work- ers until their demands are won and the-union ends the strike. The Greek National Herald refused to print this resolution and the At- Jantis, another Greek newspaper, also refused to accept it, It was accepted gladly, however, by Empros, a Greek workers’ paper, which will publish it in full, LA FOLLETTE AND AIRPLANE SEATING 100 WILL TAKE OR UNLOAD PASSENGERS IN FLIGHT (Special to The Daily Worker) PLAINFIELD, N. J., April 5.—The Lawson Aircraft company is build- ing at their plant here what they claim to be the largest airplane in the world, The machine, which seats 100 peo- ple, is of new design and incorpor- ates some revolutionary changes. The principal of these is an ar- rangement by which the passenger compartment has two tiers of seats, one above the other, on each side, the tiers being at right angles to the central aisle. Of the ten propellers and engines with which the plane will be fitted, seven will be In regular use and | West 25th Street, New York. the other ‘three will be a reserve. The machine will have a total weight of 100,000 pounds or 50 tons, these figures giving some conception of its huge proportions. It will be able to take on oil while flying in the air. This will be accomplished | bers of the union who had been held by means of secondary planes. Pas- sengers may be unloaded on a flight in the same fashion, BOMB PERIL IN PEKING ALARMS FOREIGN AGENTS Chang Tso Lin Planes _ Shower City (Special to The Daily Worker). + PEKING, April 5.— The mediation. tralizing this city In the war between of the powers with the view of rer | )the kuominchun and allied anti-nation- alist armies of Wu Pei Fu and Chang. ‘Tso Lin has failed. The latter refused to observe the agreement after::the. nationalists had begun to evacuate the capital in accordance with its provisions, The nagional army forces thereupon returned and are now pre- paring to withstand an extensive siege. The Chang Tso Lin troops are using airplanes to demoralize the. kuomin- chun defenders but have succeeded only in arousing the fears of foreign legation officials for the safety of their own quarters. Eleven bombs were dropped in the heart of the city, do- ing some materiat damage but failing (Continued on page z.) WALSH ASSAIL COOLIDGE ADMINISTRATION FOR DEFENDING WARD FOOD COMBINE By H: M/ WICKS. (Special to ‘Tie Dally Worker) NEW YORK CITY, April 5.—Senator Robert M: LaFollette, speaking under the auspices of the People’s Legislative Service before a Carnegie Hall audience declared that the Coolidge ad- ministration was guilty of using all the power of government to . a defend the great trusts and combinations against the rest of the] %" draw pictures of “celebrities. country. After reading a letter sent out from the office of George 8. Ward, food trust magnate, to the Betty Brown Baking Com- pany at Port Chester, N. Y., urging the election of Coolidge and the defeat of the late Senator. LaFollette, senator, the speaker declared that thousands of such letters had WORKER. Entered at Second-class matter Septeinber 21, 1923, a ‘the Post Office at Chicago, illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. "UR FORKERS KIDNAPPED AND HELD PRISONER Prison Shop on Country Farm é (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, April 5 — A charge of kidnapping fur workers and holding them in an isolated farm house at Spring Valley, N. Y. is made today by the Furriers Union against the manu- facturing firm of Ratners’ Sons, 146 Rescue 8 Members. Attorney for the union, Abraham Goodman of 299 Broadway, states that he is preparing a suit against the firm on this serious charge following the rescue late Friday night of 8 mem- as prisoners at the Spring Valley farm house for three weeks. Held Prisoner, According to officials of the’ union, they were informed a few days ago, by Charles Wasserman of 1336 Rose- dale Ave., Bronx, that his father-in-law Benjamin Eisenberg, living at this same address, was being forced against his will to remain in Spring Valley and work for Ratners’-Sons in an improvised shop they had establish- ed there. Wasserman had telephoned Ratners’ to try to get a message. to his father-in-law and had been told he was not there but had gone to Pitts- Armed Guards. erg managed to telephone his son-in- “Taw and begged him to send someone to rescue him. He said he and other ‘workers Were surrounded by armed uards carrying guns and were not Sermittea to leave their place of work. He urged his son-in-law not to come to Spring Valley himself for he would \strely be shot. Wesserman asked the union officials to help release his father-in-law. Prison Shop. Isadore Shapiro, a member of the Union’s Strike Committee, went to Spring Valley Friday and with police officers visited the farm house where Eisenberg was held. They found a shop established in the barn there and 7 other workers, remaining like Eisen- berg agaipst their wills but afraid to attempt to leave. All 8 accompanied Shapiro and the officers back to the village and returned to New York. Captive Threatened. Benjamin Eisenberg states that he was induced to accompany a repre- sentative of Rathers’ Sons three weeks ago without knowing where he was going but was promised he could return at any time if he did not like the job. When he attempted to return to his home a few days later he was threatened and held captive. Eisenberg’s own affidavit and that of the other workers is being prepared to be presented when suit is filed against the manufacturing firm early next week. I. W. A. Stages Passaic Strike Ball in New York NEW YORK, April 5.—See the Pas- saic strikers on the picket line led by A. Weisbord in tableaux. See Hugo Geilert and Willie Grop- Hear the original songs about the Passaic strike as sung by Miss Jean Black and Miss Margaret Larkin who accompany themselves with guitar father of the present} and ukelele. You will like to hear Mike Gold and been sent thruout the country because the food trust heads knew | Jo¢ Freeman tell you interesting . they would be shielded by a continuation of Coolidge. “The election of Coolidge was worth whatever it cost the bread trust,” said La Follette in his attack on the brazen attempt of the baking trust to extend its tentacles until it secured a monopoly of the food of the nation, Walsh Is Chairman. The general subject of discussion was, “Shall the Bread of the Nation Be Monopolized?” A preliminary chair- man, after a few remarks, introduced the permanent chairman, Frank P,, Walsh, former joint chairman of the war labor board and chairman of the PAPAL SOLDIERS WILL GUARD CATHOLIC BREAD \ FOR CHICAGO HOLY FEED 1 to The Daily Worker) ROME, April 5—For the first time in history a detachment of the Vati- can Army will visit the United State: No! guards from the Vatican federal committee on industrial rela-| Will éscort ‘tions, who is now acting as counsel] Chicago for the for and ing the Passaic strikers |, gress. — } fn the attempt to force a senatorial} ” ‘Continued on page ©) A... END,IN A SUBL hour } } things, and then of course you like to dance and meet all your friends and eat good things and just have an all around good time. Get all your friends together and hetp make this Passaic strike ball the success of the season and at the same time raise money for the relief of the strikers. Remember, Saturday, April 10, at the Central Opera House, 67th street and 3rd Ave. Auspices Inter- national Workers’ Aid. Brakeman Killed on Job. SCRANTON, Pa.—William Hall, for 40 years a. brakeman on the Lacka- “holy sacrament to wanna railroad, who was thrown from } Eucharistic Con- /a train: by sudden application of *| brakes. died from his injuries. Hall was,an.agtive member of the Broth. erheod | of, i jlroad Trainmen, ¢ ( WEDNESDAY, On the night of March 31st, Eisen- W. + OF ALL PARTY tone and Stachel to Make Report . NEW YORK; April 5—A conference of all party ‘functionaries of the city, that is all the organizers, secretaries and agitpropidirectors of the shop and street nuclei,all the Section Organ- izers, Sub-Section Organizersand all members ofthe Sub-Section Execu- tives, as wellias members of the Dis- trict Executive Committee, members of all district: Sub-Committees, agit- prop, Negros women, etc., will be held this coming Sunday, April 11, at 10 a. m. at ‘the Manhattan Lyceum, 66 E. Fourth St. Weinstone to Report. Comrade Weinstone, general secre- tary of the district will report on the political work of the district and will treat the following—Campaign for the protection of the Foreign-Born—Pas- sai¢ Strike and the Furriers’ Strike —United /Front and the Socialist Party United Labor Ticket and the Coming Elections—and other work. Comrade Jack Stachel, organiza- tion secretary, will report on the pres- ent stage of'the party reorganization, on the control of the activity of every member and other organization problems. Comrade Katterfield will report on thei!plans of The DAILY WORKER and in general the in- crease of thecsale of party literature. Discussion. There willli'be discussion by the functionariés ‘following the reports. At least 40 comrades will be able to Set the floor and express their opin- fon on the:cproblems of the party. Admission wilt be to all members of the party even if they are not fune- tionaries, buttevery one will have to show a membership book at the door. North Dakota Bankers’ Union Uses State for Consolidating Banks (Special to The Daily Werker) FARGO, April 5.—The North Dakota Bankers’ Association, which is bitter- ly opposed to labor organizations, has issued a report to the press boasting of its success in accomplishing 14 bank consolidations in the last year. In addition, it helped to change the location of 11 banks where business had drifted in other directions, Gilbert Semingson, bank examiner, has used the machinery, of the state to aid the association. Cannon Fodder Ch ' WASHINGTON, April 5;—According to a statement by the war department, the expenses of recruiting have been cut in half, The cost of getting an enlistment was $48.42 during the first quarter of the current fiscal year, com-, pared to $93.32 in 1914, y APRIL 7, 1926 LESS WORKERS esto 290 PUBLI POUNDING EDUCATION INTO CHILDREN , “American Schools Get at the Seat of the Trouble.” CHICAGO FEDERATION OF LABOR DEMANDS UNION LABOR BE USED AT PHILADELPHIA EXPOSITION § "The Chicago Federation of Labor demands, that all work done in the uildin, do elphia Sesqui-Centennial International building and operating of ‘the Philad tion by a vote of 76 to 30 demanding t Dual Union of Night Shirt Knights Adopts Mystic Letters K. A. P. (Special to The Daily Worker) INDIANAPOLIS, April 5,—The in- dependent klan of America, with head- quarters at Muncie, . Indiana, was authorized by Secretary of State Schortemeier today to change its name to the K A. P. No explanat.sn of what K. A. P. stands for was given. The change fol- lows the ruling of Federal Judge Thomas Slick this week upholding the suit of the ku klux klan to prohibit the Muncie organization from using Published Dally except Sunday by Exposition be done by unidn labor. In its last meeting it adopted a resola- by organized workers, The resolution calls on NEW YORK EDITION WE DAILY WORKER SHING CO., 1113 W. Washi:ifgton Blvd., Chicago, IL. Price 3 Cents 130 WOUNDED IN ATTACKSBY THE POLISH TERROR Thousands Gather at Impressive Burial By J. PRYSTUPA. Communist Deputy, Polish Sejm. (Special Cable to The Daily Worker) WARSAW, April 5—Great delega- tions of workers streamed into Stryj, Galicia, from all parts of the Dom- brova basin and Polish-occupied Western Ukrainia to attend the funer- al of ten unemployed workers who were shot down during a police at- tack on a demonstration of unem- ployed workers two days ago. 30 Jobless in Hospital. Thirty jobless Polish workers lay in Stryj hospitals with wounds re- eaiyed during the vicious gendarme attack on their peaceful meeting. Police charged the procession and fired without warning into the crowd. Five thousand workers from all portions of Poland occupied Ukraine, in which Stryj is situated, massed behind the ten caskets in an imprés- sive parade to the funeral grounds. The Communist deputies, Paszcuk and Sochacki, spoke to the assem- blage. Mass Arrests of Workers. Mass arrests of unemployed -work- ers who take\the privilege of demon- strating continues thruout Poland. | Altogéther* 523-amenrployed workers have been arrested in the past few weeks. One hundred and fifty work- ers have been wounded as the result of police attacks. Martial law is pro- claimed. All trade unions are out- lawed. . The unemployed workers of Poland hat all work at the exposition be done e executive council of the American Federation of Labor to rally the entire labor movement behind this demand. are appealing to the workers of the Defeat Fitzpatrick-Nockels. world to protest against the terrorism The attempts on the part of the | being waged against them by White John Fitzpatrick-Edward Nockels ma-| Poland and are asking relief for the chine in the Chicago Federation of | suffering victims. Labor to defeat this resolution met ————— with a dismal failure. All that the Rotor Ship to New York. machine could muster against the| KIEL, Germany, April 5—The Baden resolution was 30 votes, Baden, the famous rotor ship designed When the committee reported on/by Anton Flettner, sailed from this the resolution it declared “that while | port last night for New York. This is the committee is in favor of the senti-|the longest voyage it has yet under- ment expressed in the resolution, it|taken and will exhaustively test its does not think that the Chicago Fed-|commercial possibilities, eration of Labor should act on this resolution” and that as only Phila- (Continver o& page Z) If you want to see the Com- munist movement grow—get a sub the name “klan,” START PETITION DRIVE AGAINST ANTI-ALIEN LAW Plan to Get 1,000,000 Signatures ~ (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK, April 5. — A mass demonstration against the Aswell, Johnson, and all other anti-alien bills now pending in congress has been ar- ranged by the New York Council for the Protection of Foreign-Born Work- ers for Friday, April 16, 8 p, m., at Manhattan Lyceum, 66 East 4th street. Petition Drive. This meeting will hegin the petition drive for 1,000,000 signatures demand- ing in the interests of the entire Amer- ican working class the defeat of all discriminatory measures against for- eign-born workers. Plans are being laid to send a workers’ delegation to Washington to present these petitions to congress. ‘ Drive Starts April 16. The workers of New York must show their solidarity and their op- position all blacklisting and strike- breaking” bills by attending the meet- ing en masse. Start the drive for sig- natures with a successful demonstra- tion on April 16, Funds are needed to carry on the campaign. All workers’ organizations are urged to contribute immediately, Address all communications to the headquarters of the council at 127 University Place) New York City. chal ldiahifiibaseam We need more news from the shops and factories. Send it int bi ONTARIO LABOR PARTY VOTES TWO TO ONE NOT TO EXPEL THE COMMUNISTS FROM CONVENTION (Special to The Dally Worker) LONDON, Ont., April 5.—The Ontario section of the Can- adian Laber Party meeting in convention here voted two to one not to expel members of the Communist Party. The vote was 116 to 56, Immediately the hall filled with the strains of “The Inter- national.” It was a decisive defeat for the reactionaries, Accord- ing to the constitution of the Ontario section of the Labor Party, the matter cannot be. raised¢——————_—_—_—___.— again for three years. front and we have worked for all can- ————— The vote was on a resolution sub- mitted by the London branch of the Brotherhood of Railway, Carmen that had, on a previous occasion, expelled Communists from . its ranks. The disbarment resolution was based on, “Too much of the time of past con: ventions has been taken up with use- less discussion between Communists and non-Communists.” MacDonald Speaks. The debarring resolution was re- turned in a majority report of the resolution committee. Loud protests arose from the right wing when J. A. MacDonald, president of the Canadian Labor Party, rose to submit a minor- ity report. The chairman, A. E, Smith of Toronto, silenced the reac- tlonaries and gave MacDonald ten minutes in which to report, MacDonald said “If this resolution goes thru the whole responsibility will rest on the reactionary elements. The Communist Party will not lose but will increase in membership. In the past we have worked for @ united didates chosen and supported by the Labor Party. We believe that we are an integral part of the labor move- ment; in fact, thdt we are the spear- head of the workers’ army. The loss will surely be yours and not ours if you cast us out.” Simpson Opposed. James Simpson, secretary-treasurer of the party made a fervent speech against the motion to, bar the Coni- munists, “I am taking the matter very seriously,” Simpson said. “I am willing to forfeit every job I have in the Labor Party for this principle. That the only way to get any real progress in the Labor Party is tc have & general and catholic movement with a united front.” Scott Nearing, who visited the con- cention, was given a five minute ova- tion and spoke to the delegates on the conditions of the Western Canad- jan farmer. The two labor members of parliament, J. $, Woodworth and J. P. Heaps, are eXpected to address the convention tomorrow, 4 ee