The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 28, 1926, Page 1

. —————————, The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Vol. Ill. No. 91. vic Ey fs 8. OF i pe. N.Y. MAY DAY TO BE HELD IN COOPER UNION Conference Issues Reso- lution NEW YORK, Apri! 26.—C, E. Ruth- enberg and Wm. F. Dunne of the cen- tral executive committee of the Work- ers (Communist) Party are two of the speakers invited to address the united front May Day mass meeting at Cooper Union, Cooper Square and Eighth street, New York City, on Sat- urday, May 1, at 2 p.m. Other speak- ers include M. J, Olgin, Wm. W. Wein- stone, Bertram Wolfe and Charles Krumbein. This is only one of many meetings arranged by the labor con- ference for the May Day celebration, 1926, all to be held simultaneously on Saturday, May First. Many Halls. The conference committee has: is- sned a statement explaining that they had to divide their forces in so many halls because of the impossibility of getting a hall big enough to hold all of the workers who are joining in this demonstration. The resolution adopted by the con- ference on the meaning of the May Day celebration this year follows: Resolution. “On May 1, 1886;the American Fed- eration of Labor initiated a general strike thruout the country, in behalf of the 8-hour day. Later the A. F. of L. proposed, to the International So- cialist Congress in 1889 that,May 1) be made an international labor day. The Social International Congress unanimously adopted ‘the proposal. May Day vs. Labor Day, ‘4 As the policies of the American Fed- eration of Labor changed, thanks to the expansion of industry, its trustifi- eation and the flood of millions of im- migrants from the south and south- eastern Europe, millions of agricultu- yal laborers and poor peasants ‘with no experience ‘in industry or working- class organization, who were imported as unskilled labor made necessary by this expansion, and made possible: the division of the workers .of this coun- try into unskilled and mostly foreign- born on the one hand and the handful organized into the A. F. of L., the aristocracy of labor—the A. F. of L.— gave up May 1 as its | ages and adopted“‘Labor Day,” the first Monday in September, the day handed down to the workers by the bosses, as the holiday of the American workers— this corresponding more and more with the policy of class collaboration adopted by the A. F. of L. bureau- craey. Holiday of Thousands. While the A, F. of L. abandoned May 1, the revolutionary workers of this country and of New York in par- ticular have been true to the revolu- tionary traditions of 1886 and have ‘every. year laid down their tools and - shown their solidarity with the rest of the workers of the world. As the-rev- olutionary and progressive elements ‘have ‘inereased their number, in, the labor,movement, so has May .Day againbe¢omé the holiday of increas- ing thousands of American workers, Vicious Attacks. This year May 1 takes place at a time when the capitalist class *éon- ducts vicious attacks upon the .work- ers. May Day is the day upon which the workers of the entire world, more than ever, come to feel the ties:that bind the toilers of all lands together in their common struggle against those that rob and oppress them. May Day is the day of the union ofthe, workers of the world! ‘ ‘Phis year, more than ever, the unity “of the working class is needed. In _ Subscription Rates: fs = fy pare VW O25 8 We 'So THE DAIL | In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. is Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year. Enteyed at Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at\the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879, America Protects Germany from Sin, a an Cautious Cal orders American business not to give German firms loans f ‘He.wants.Germany under a glass cover trade for himself. THE DAILY WORKER BUILDERS’ CLUB OF NEW YORK invites you to a DUTCH TREAT SUPPER in the Co-operative Cafeteria, 54 Irving Place (Near 17th) AT 6:30 THIS THURSDAY, APRIL 29. (You eat and pay according No collection or other charge. to appetite and pocketbook.) EXIT FREE. VERY DAILY WORKER AGENT MUST BE THERE and every DAILY WORKER Biilder should be, ‘ since an Official Meeting of DAILY WORKER Agents and DAILY WORK- ER Builders Club. will take place at 7:30,° immediately ‘after. the supper, Aprii 29th at 54 Irving Place, New York City. Agenda: Moscow Trip. Contest and DAILY WORKER Encampment. Every candidate: for the Moscow Trip is expected to take the floor at this meeting. ‘(If the candidates talk too long you. can get even with them when the time comes to vote for dele- gate.) x Section 1-A Promises to Land One Comrade L, Cooper, wide awake or- sanizer of Sub-Section 1-A, asks whether that Sub-seetion will get a delegate if it makes ‘46,000 points all by itself, ‘ SURE MIKE, we'll guarantee one delegate to every unit or group that reaches the mark, 40,000 points. 7 Comrade A. Chorover*of this Sub- section phones that he already hasten yearlies lined up That's O. K, for a starter. But remember: Only cash counts. A Challenge From Chicago by Wire. “Executive Committee of Chicago DAILY WORKER Builders Club un- animously agreed to challenge New York City in the big drive for sub- scriptions. We are going to beat New York by at least a week in securing our full quota and then some.”—Ham- mersmark. New York's Official Answer. “So’s your old man. Try and do it.” Katterfeld. United Front Meeting With S. P. ‘Wednesday evening, April 28, at New Star Casino 107th Street & Park Ave. Every Builder should be there and bring his friends, Pencil Pushers Also Needed E hope to be swamped with subs from this day henceforward. Comrades’ that know their way about an office and have spare time are invited ‘ to drop in any old ti We'll keep you out of mischief—K, fight for a decent’ standard of living, they are met with, police clubbing and arrests. Workers thruout the United States meet with injunctions on all sides whenever they'step forward in defense of their interests. Reaction Grows, The last year his séen the growth Passaic, where thousands of workers.}of reaction, the tightening of the grip are trying to resist wage cuts and to jot naked imperialism;upon the toiling ~ COAL MINERS AT AVELLA, PENNSYLVANIA, IN ORGANIZATION DRIVE TO UNIONIZE THEIR J0BS masses thruout the world; arrests and imprisonment of thousands of workers in fascist-ridden Italy, Poland, Czecho- Slovakia, France, England and the United States. May Day is the day of demonstra- tion against international imperialism, against wage.cuts, open shop drives, anti-strike legislation, against the at- tempt to deport foreign-born workers on which the American business WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1926 coe cnectnne re amgeapanrme : | man gan step to reach the voll, MANY BM MAY DAY MEETINGS: ARE PLANNED | FOR NEW YORK DISTRICT Open Air Meetings, New York City. All open air meetings will start about 7:30 p. m., due to the fact that all the indoor meetings: are held in the afternoon. 11 St. amd 5th Ave.—Weinstone, Markoff, Codkirat, Jampoisky, Lanty and others. 10th St. and<2nd_Ave.—Carl Brodsky, C. E. Powers, Jos. Zack, Harry Fox and Square—Jewish speakers and Pitkin Ave., Brooklyn—Cos- of grove, Rosenberg, Elia Wolf, Mitnik and others Grand St. Extension, Williamsburg — Primoff, Nesin, Rosen, Undjus, Potash spect Ave., Bronx— Belle Robins, Pol- algamated Temple, uthenberg, Dunne. Mecca Temple, 56th Ruthenberg, Bunne; also a meeting at Cooper Union, 8th St. and 4th Ave., Ruthenberg, Dunne, It is a day when the working class expresses its solidarity for its most vital needs, warld trade union unity, for recognition: and defense of the Soviet Union,«for the organization of the unorganize@workers, for a united labor ticket attd for a labor party to express the néwds of the workers. The conditions of the working class in the United States demands the greater solidarity of the workers. The growing brutality of the capitalist class, the imperialist rivalry, the men- ace ofa new world war, demands that this year the working class drop their tools, come out from their factories and join together in united action to demand a solution of the problems touching the: working class—-to make the capitalist («lass understand that the working s¢lass will not. submit easily to increased exploitation and oppression, | COOK REBUKES 290 sg PUBLI Published I SHING except Suiday by THE DAILY S0., 1113 W. Washington’ Blvd., C' »IS NEAR AS 14th WEEK OF STRIKE OPEN Eich REROTOT SELES ; FRANK HODGES’ PEACE SPEECH Takes Hodges to Task for Treachery (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, April 26. — In a. state- ment to the press, A. J. Cook, secre- tary of the British Miners’ Federa- tion, sharply rebuked Frank Hodgés, | Ashe Thet Juries. Be | Abolished for Trials of Liquor Violators NEW YORK, April 26.—Trial by |jury should be set aside in bootleg trials says United tates Attorney | Emory R. Buckner of New York. | would reduce the cost from $70,076,1 It | to $12,441,000, The distrtict attor intimates the percentage of convic- | tions would be higher if juries were Fabolished. He’ proposes a constitutional amend- |ment to cover the su stion and has asked Prof, Felix Frankfurter of Har- | vard to prepare a statement on this |He reports that 60,000,000 gallons of |denatured alcohol were diverted into the bootleg market in the year 1925. | | international secretary of the Feder- | ation, -because of a speech Hodges | made which declared he thought the | R | | enters WU Y COMP ETE }ever as the season for fall work ap- NEW YORK EDITION WORKER hicago, Ill Price 3 Cents PASSAIC MILLS MUST SETTLE ~ OR CLOSE DOWN ‘Record Week for Join- ing Union Ranks By J. O. BENTALL. (Special to The Daily Worker) PASSAIC, .N. J., April 26—The | strike of 16,000 textile workers here its with fourteenth week chances of victory more bright than | prosperity to the mining miners might agree to a lengthening of hours in order to avoid the coal strike on May 1, Cook's reply to Hodges is as follows: “Mr. Hodges has led the public to Believe that the miners would be pre- ‘pared to consider the question of a longer working day, and also that the commission’s report would bring industry. On behalf of the British Miners’ Fed- eration, I desire again to inform the public that Mr. Hodges has no official connection with the Miners’ Federa-} tion, and that he has no authority to) speak on their behalf. “I regret to find that, in his state- ment, he is supporting the mine owners and the government rather than the miners, whose interests he|the Prosecuting attorney, Robert M. | deliver it to the mill look Toms, and attorney for the defense, |; is supposed, internationally, to after. I cannot understand how he can suggest, as international secretary, that the consideration of longer hours is a solution to the problem.” Thruout the country great rallies are being held in support 0! labor cutive council of the Trade Union| belief at that time that it would take} y | Several more. days to.impanel the pury officials of” the Miners’ | 22d then there was the probability Congress” aré’ touring ‘the corntr: along with Union preparing the workers for the coming crisis. District mine union | eaitevantaa are confirming the stand against wage cuts taken by the recent London conference of the miners. There is little hope for a settlement. The whole British labor movement is preparing for the mine walkout. UNITED PASSAIC DRIVE GATHERS NEW MOMENTUM Endorsements and greetings to the ;campaign initiated by the Interna- tional Labor Defense for a nation-wide non-partisan movement of protest and defense of the arrested leaders and sympathizers with the Passaic textile strike continue to come in to the national office of the organization. The successful culmination of the ef- forts to secure unity of action by the announcement of the formation of a joint committee composed of repre- sentatives of the International Labor Defense, the American Civil Liberties Union, the League for Industrial | Democracy, the Federated Press, the United Front Committee of the tex- | tile workers, and the relief committee, has given thé movement a tremendous impetus and big results may be ex- pected, o “Weeof the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union of New York were among the first to show our soli- darity with the Passaic strikers,” writes Charles Zimmerman, manager of the dress department of the New York Joint Board of the I, L. G. W. U. «Continned on page 4.) ao ald the Cause of Unionism Thru Unorganized Fields'in Western IN SWEET CASE; TARE TESTIMONY Defendant Confident He Will Be Freed By CORIENNE ROBINSON (Special to The Daily Worker) DETROIT, Mich. April 26.—Afte: a six-day examination of 200 jurymen, | Clarence Darrow, agreed on twelve | veniremen for the Sweet triral. The completion of the jury came as a surprise after the recent outbreak | due to prejudicial statements made by ¢|jurymen under exmanition. Both the trade with Russia.| 1. miners. The members of the éxe-|1efemse and prosecutor expressed the that if; would be necessary to enter motion for.a change of venue by Dar- | row. | ‘Sweet told The DAILY WORKER | reporter that he was certain of an | acquittal, His confidence is inspired | by both the presence of Darrow, famed | for his ‘skill as a criminal lawyer, and |by the fact that he feels the merits jof his case cannot fail to convince a fair and. impartial jury of his right to self-defense. The prévious jury in the former trial was said to have had }four members of the ku klux klan on jit in spite of Darrow’s effort to weed out 100% elements. During the past ten years the Negro | population of Detroit has been in- creased from about 15,000 to 81,831. | (Continued on page 2) Religious War in India. CALCUTTA, April 23—Serious riot- ing between Hindus and Moslems has broke out anew. One person was killed and eighteen injured, bringing the casualties of the present period of rioting to five dead and thirty-five injured. NEW YORK, April 26.—Carrying | proaches. Either the mill owners will capitu: | late and grant the strikers their full | demands or many of them will face | bankruptey as it is am open secret that banking circles have told agents | of the larger mills in Passaic that | they cannot expect to receive loans | to carry them over when they will have no chance to market products | for the simple reasort that they will have no production. The last move on the part of the jenemies of the strike was elaborately planned, but met with the failure that it deserved. That was the attempt of yovernor A. Harry Moore, of this tate, to take the strike out of th jhands of the present leadership and owners and agents, using Henry T. Hilfers, reactionary secretary of the New Jersey State Federation of Labor as a | tool in his-drive against the strikers. Exposes His Hand. Governor Moore backed out on his agreement to meet with the represen- | tatives of the united front committee of textile workers and. refused to me- diate as he had promised. | The strike committee with H. T. Hunt as their attorney and represen- tative met at Carpenters Hall prompt- ly at 10 o’clock this morning and were surprised to find that Governor M@ore had backed out and that he did not dare to meet the strikers. His flimsy excuse that he was unable to meet with the committee unless Organizer Weisbord was eliminated was looked upon as an insult by the strikers and there a noticeable tighenting up of the ranks and a more grim deter- mination on the part of the workers to stick to their committee and their leader. The absurdity of the governor's move is the more glaring when it. is remembered that this was to be onie a preliminary meeting. Weisbord has offered time and again to withdraw if the situation should demand his withdrawal from the negotiations, but the strike committee absolutely re- fuses to consider a settlement without him. “He has been with us for thir- teen weeks and fought for us and helped us and gone to jail for us,” they cry, “and now they want us. to (Continued on page 2.) FIRST AMERICAN SHIP SINCE WAR TAKES CARGO TO SOUTHERN RUSSIA (Special to The Dally Worker) a cargo of oil well machinery, motor trucks, tractors, twine and other articies for agricultural uses, the first steam- | ship flying the American flag to southern Russia since the war is sailing. The Rushville, .4,500-ton freighter operated by Henry Kuntz of the Clifton Co., will’ bring back Russian cement. been puréhased in the U. S. for cash in Russian ports will be considerably ships of governments which have re with the Russian government. Amtorg Trading Corp., official export and import agency of the Soviet government, made arrangements with Kuntz for the ship. The cargo has » Kuntz reports that docking charges higher for his American ship than for jciprocal shipping or trade agreements