The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 28, 1926, Page 2

Page Two JURY COMPLETE IN SWEET CASE: “TAKE TESTIMONY Defendant Confident He Will Be Freed (Continued from page 1). At the same time during this Period | no less than 300,000 southern whites | have come into Detroit bringing with them doctrines of “racial purity,” 100% Americanism,” anti-Negro, and anti-foreign character. This group has greatly strengthened the ku klux Klan movement in Detroit, and in fact, as penetrated the entire state. ‘Where the Negro in Detroit previous to this time was oppressed in most eases, by the general oppressors of Workers, as a class, the influx of thou- sands of Negro workers and even more southerners have added to his work- ing class problem the deplorable “race problem.” The Sweets are not the only individuals who have suffered from the humiliating oppression that has been prevalent. The Turner case, which oc- curred immediately before the Sweet case, was practically the same, only Dr, Turner let the “kluxers” bluff him ‘out while Sweet stood his ground as- sisted by his friends and made a mil- itant fight against them. Theater Refuses Daily Worker ’ Reporter. Saturday afternoon, The DAILY WORKER reporter went to a play house in Detroit, the Garrick, and was refused a ticket in the balcony or on the main floor. “All the tickets are sold out except in the gallery,” said the ticket seller. The young comrade purchased the’ gallery ticket after some argument with the man to the effect that he was making a false statement. Standing aside for a few Moments, the reporter noticed that Several white persons in line bought main floor and balcony tickets. This is only one of many such humilating occurrences in, not only in Detroit, but in many other cities of the north where prejudice is iNegal (so is moonshine). Federal Authorities Take Hand in Strike of Cleveland Painters CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 26—The government has interfered in the strike of the painters and building laborers in this city. Mr. Faulkner, federal commissioner of conciliation, and Secretary of Labor Davis have intervened and are now cconducting negotiations to bring about a “set- tlement.” The strike has grown out of its local stage and takes on a na- tional aspect. The painters and laborers have been on strike since March 1, and altho a large number of independent con- tractors have settled up, the big con- tractors refuse to make any conces- sions. The painters demand $1.37% an hour and the five-day week; the laborers $1 an hour. In spite of the venomous attacks of the chamber of commerce and the open shop organization, the strikers have stood firm and are determined to get their terms. Negotiations have been broken off, and will not be re- sumed till next week. The Coliseum May Day demonstra- tion will deal a body blow not only at Italian fascism but at American. Telephone Lehigh 6022 DR. ABRAHAM MARKOFF Surgeon Dentist 249 East 115th St., Cor. Second Ave. NEW YORK CITY i : 9 to 12 A. M.; 2 to 8 P. M, Dally, except Friday; Sunday 9 to 1 B. ME Special Rates to W. P. Members WANTED: ROOM—by radical couple. Mod- ern apartment with kitchen privileges. N. W. side prefer- red. Phone Van Buren 1029. Two More Communist Deputies (Continued from Page 1) throw him out when the strike is all but won. We will never consent to it.” . Hilfers Lies. In @ conversation with Weisbord yesterday, Henry T. Hilfers, secretary of the State Federation- of Labor, tried to get Weisbord to commit himself to the project of elimination. Weis- bord told him he could not decide as he had to obey the command of the strike committee. This was clear. But this morning Hilfers comes out with the statement that Weisbord had agreed to stay away from today’s meeting. Weisbord branded this as a naked lie and showed that Hilfers is not a friend of the strikers, but that he will even lie to serve the interests of the bosses. This puts Hilfers in a bad light before the strikers‘and eliminates him entirely as a power to help the bosses break the strike. Until he came out as a liar he might have had some in- fluence, but now it is gone. United Front Against Workers. This unmasking of the governor who had chosen as one of the mem- bers of his committee the labor sec- retary and the entire fiasco of the governor’s move is the outstanding evidence of the united front of the bosses and the government in their fight against the workers. Settle or Close Mills. Today marks the beginning of the end of the strike. The bosses have only two cards more to play: one is to settle the strike. They will have to settle the strike with the approval of the strike committee. That is fixed. The other is to shut up their mills. Scabs Desert Mills. Just now tife strikers are more firm than ever. They are getting stronger. The scabs are deserting the mills. This morning over 200 workers signed up with the union before 10 o’clock. Many of these had been trying to work part of the time, but as they see that the strike is getting nearer to a con- clusion they figure that it might be well for them to be on the list of the eligibles when the mills open after the union is recognized. More new members have been received into the union during the last week than any one week previous. The bosses say that less than 600 out of the 16,000 are working. Very little picketing is necessary. The stories that “the mills are opening” no longer grace the first page of the Passaic Mills Must Settle or Close Down Elected to French Chamber of Deputies FURNIER governor to the effect that the gov- ernor would be in Passaic at 10 o'clock, Friday morning and would like the united front committee to select a committee of strikers with their rep- resentatives to meet his committee that has offered to mediate the strike. “Organizer Weisbord informed Mr. Hilfers that the united front commit- tee would be glad to accept the invi- tation of the goveronr and would elecet a committee to meet the gov- ernor’s committee with the hope that this would be a step forward towards settling the strike. There was no of- ficial information given to» anyone that the strikers would be dictated to and told whom to put on the commit- tee and whom to leave off. “The united front committee did not feel that that was in the province of a mediation committee and after select- ing a commitee of strikers represen- tative of all the mills, authorized Attorney T. Hunt and Organizer Weis- bord to be their spokesman. “Today the committee, found that when they appeared at the meeting place appointed by the governor no one was present to receive them, and the committee were informed that be- newspapers. It @oesn’t pay. Nobody goes back. Committee Makes Statement. The united front committee, in charge of the strike, has issued the following statement regarding the maneuvers of Governor Moore and his associates to discredit the leadership of the strike: “Yesterday Mr. Hilfers called up the office of the united front commit» tee and requested to speak to Organ- izer Weisbord and then told him that he was delivering a message for the SSSR ESE SS SS The Biggest Bazaar of the Year in New York! THE SECOND Freiheit Most Novel Program! Greatest Bargains! Music——Dancing———Refreshments at CENTRAL OPERA HOUSE, 67th St. and 3rd Ave., New York City on FRIDAY, April 30, 1926. .....:.:0:.sxers010s TOC SATURDAY, May 1, 1926. ...... SUNDAY, May 2, 1926.. Tickets at Freiheit Office, 30 Union Square, New York City. Bazaar Biggest Surprises! exere: $1.00 caus of the presence of Mr. Weisbord the meeting was called off. “The united front committee would like to know if this demand that the leader of the strukers be eliminated is a demand that comes from the mill owners or a demand that comes from the governor himself. If it comes from the mill owners, then the united front committee would like a clear cut statement of that fact so that it could call a meeting at once to determine its policy. If it comes from the Bov- ernor himself then we challenge the right of any mediation committee to lay down conditions and dictate terms to one party of the mediation. There has never been a mediation commit- tee on record that has had the inso- lence to demand arbitrarily that one side or another to the mediation should limit itself in such a manner, “The strikers will not allow a medi- ation committee to become a strike breaking committee. The citizens’ committee headed by Judge Cabell had the honesty and sincerity to meet with the strikers and their represen- tatives in an open manner without any conditions being imposed on the strikers. It seems that Judge Cabell understagds the proper method of conducting a mediation committee,” United Passaic Drive Given New Momentum (Continued from Page 1) “We called upon the workers of our industry to work one hour for the financial aid of the textile strikers, . + Now, when the leader of the strike, Albert Weisbord, has been viciously attacked by the tools of the mill owners and when others coming from the outside are arrested*by the police under orders trom the bosses, the strike is approaching a showdown and more than ever needs the support of other workers, We must see to it that Weisbord is defended by all the workers. He must not go to jail. “International Labor Defense has begun a big campaign to free Weis- bord, Robert W. Dunn, Esther Lowell, Norman Thomas and other victims of Passaic police terrorism. I ask the organized workers in the coal and dress industry to give all possible sup- port, moral and financial, to the In- ternational Labor Defense in its ef- forts to fight against the persecution of workers and their leaders, “Collections should be taken among workers in the shops to build up a great defense fund to prevent the rail- roading of Weisbord and the others who have been arrested. Send the money to International Labor Defense all you can gather together. Now, more than ever, the textile workers need your help, Organized labor must call a halt to this latest dastardly attack upon working-class leaders.” You can go to the COLISEUM any day, but to get the MAY DAY SPIRIT, you must go there May First, THE DAILY WORK FUR STRIKERS Soviet Union Does Not| FOREIGN-BORN ARE SOLID FOR Drive Children Upon the COUNCIL ACTS FIRST DEMANDS N. Y. Strike Will Go on to Victory (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, April 26—Altho there Is talk of possible negotiations for peace in the great fur strike In this city, Ben Gold, chalrman,of the Gen- eral Strike Committee, told the shop chairmen In Manhattan Lyceum this afternoon that the unipnjis prepared to continue the struggle for the rest of 1926 If necessary to, win its de- mands. The chairmen were called to today’s meeting to hear what progress had been made during the, past week to- ward a settlement of thé ‘strike, Ben Gold stated that yesterfay’s confer- ence of International, Ke York joint board and A. F, of L.’representatives had decided that the’ manufacturers should be informed that. their com- promise 8 points would not be con- sidered as a basis of any discussion of settlement. He said’ it was now up to the A. F. of L.’and the manu- facturers to exchange further notes on the subject, and in the meantime the union was going ahead with the work of strengthening its strike ranks. New Committee. The shop chairman named a new committee, composed of representa- tives from the various locals of the joint board, which shall consider all complaints and the personal problems of the strikers, Benefit Payments. Ben Gold announced that the union was arranging for loans that would make it possible to continue the benefit payments, and they have been offered further finaitcial assistance from Local 2 of the-dréssers and dyers of Brooklyn. Further additions to the benefit fund will comg from those workers who have feturned to the shops settled by the ‘tinion, There will be 2,000 of these\workers by the end of next week. 9.4 Mass Picketing. Larger committees for 24-hour picketing are being formed, and mass picket demonstrations will be held next Monday and Wednesday morn- ings at 7:30. Perhaps the bosses are still foolish enuf to-@ream of com- promise terms in this)strike, but to the workers the onl{dream which comes in that of complete victory for all of their original demands. ee 8 NEW YORK, April 26—Following a meeting of the manufacturers’ asso- ciations in a New York hotel Samuel N. Samuels, President, of the Asso- ciated Fur Manufactirers, Inc., the largest of the employers’ associations, for the first time acknowledged that the bosses have already replied to the letter of William Gresn, president of the A. F. of L., asking if the manu- facturers are ready to’ go into con- ference on the settlement of the fur strike. Deep Secfet. In an interview with newspaper men, Mr. Samuels divulged the deep secret that the manufacturers had told President Green they would be glad to have him act as mediator in the settlement of the strike but they would only enter into open negotia- tions on the basis of the famous 8 points of compromise which they pro- posed to Hugh Frayne and interna- tional officials last week. Then in the next breath Mr. Samuels hastened to state that the manufacturers had not refused the suggestion of a settlement conference; so evidently if they can- mot get the 8 points*they will take what they can get. And according to the General Strike Committee, they will get nothing but the original demands announced by the strikers 9 weeks ago and demand- ed even more vigorously today. As Ben Gold, general manager of the New York joint board’ says: Gold’s Statdment. “The manufacturers had their answer to this proposition (of a com- promise settlement) at the 3 miass meetings of strikers held on Friday, April 16. The 8 points were unanim- ously rejected by the strikers. Car- negie Hall gave a still more emphatic reply to the manufacturers on this Proposition. The mass meeting at 69th Regiment Armory, yesterday, should have definitely terminated the dreams of the manufacturers about their pro- posed 8 points. If thé manufacturers wish to terminate the present conflict, open and direct conferences and dis- cussions of the original demands is the only possible and practical way of doing so. All other schemes and maneuvers will only create complica- tions and difficulties,” Plumbers Helpers’ Club of Brooklyn, New York calls on all helpers to join the club. Meetings ev FRIDAY night, 8:80 Pp. pi at 7 Thatford Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. if Rese children of the Union of Soviet Republic are enjoying the greatest fruits of the bolshevik revolution. It 1s no doubt for this reason that every power of capitalist propaganda is di- rected in an effort to misrepresent the very favorable condition of these chil- dren, To let it be known to the world that the children are the first care of the proletarian dictatorship would be to arouse workers everywhere against their capitalist oppressors, When the Soviet State provides care for the mother, not only during but before and after confinement, and when day nurseries are established among other institutions for the care of the children, then the charge of capitalism is hurled around the world that Russia's children are being na- tionalized. Every charge of this na- ture, however, has been riddled with so many facts that workers and farm- ers, if they will but use their common sense, can see thru them all easier than they can penetrate a seive, a a The children of the United States, altho Wall Street got a strangle hold ‘BAILY HouRs Pon voaxiae cHiLonens Regerarion aspites op to at Yeast 48 years of i ie sxeept Suigion, eu, iar, ne ire it te 16; Lithuania, le The greater part of Europe, of which Soviet Russia constitutes one- half, demands the eight-hour day for working children up to at least 18 years of age. Finland appears on the map as placing the hours between six and eight. The map does not show that the children in Soviet Russia di- vide their eight hours, four at work and four at school, with pay for eight G08 HIN FOR CHILOAD ENTERING ENPLOTIENT Nes at feast to factories, SiS inary of the eeurtrten [© apptien te Glt Ocegpations. Here the Soviet Union stands alone in the lead, with its minimum of 16 years for children entering industry. Altho the United States claims a min- imum of 14 years, nevertheless the figures above quoted show that nearly 400,000 working children are under 13 years of age, really placing this coun- PRON EITION OF MIGHT WORK FOR CHI LOREM on the world’s gold supply, lost the war, The children of Russia, thru the bolshevik revolution, won the war, It would take a long article to review all the fruits of their yictory, that capi- talism’s adherents would misrepresent or deny to them altogether. Let it suffice to point ott a few facts, with three maps for illustrations that ap- peared in a recent issue of “The American Child,” a thoroly respect- able monthly bulletin of the national child labor committee, New York City, o,f, @ When the United States govern- ment took the 1920 census, in the year that 27,000 new war million- aires were spending some of their loot while the workers and farmers were being deflated thru bankruptcy, it found that 1,060,858 children un- der 15 years of age were engaged in gainful occupations. More than one- third of these, 373,063 of them, were 10 to 13 years of age. No such child labor standards prevail in any part of Europe. Here is the first map dealing with the daily hours for working children: E=6- Biv. Ee 10 Z2-8-Bibee MBM Noteget ception hours, which makes the condition of the Russian children the most favor- able. Compare the condition of chil- dren in the United States, where the full eight-hour day is in force for chil- dren under 16 years, two years below the European minimum. Now turn to the second map, showing the age min- imum for children entering employ- ment: : (E10 yoo FEB yee «10 year ptosis 1 GT try down in the scale with the black spots on the map: Spain, Hungary and Turkey. Here it must again be emphasized: that the time of the Rus- sian children is divided between work ew school, with pull pay. Here fol- lows the next map showing the pro- hibition of night work: Treadmill of Industry] |N CLEVELAND By J, LOUIS ENGDAHL. Big Mass Meeting on April 27th (Special to The Daily Worker) CLEVELAND, 0., April 26.—Profes- sor A. R. Hatton of the city council, Judge Bradley Hull of the municipal court, Rey. Dilworth Lupton of the First Unitarian church and Congress- man Mooney of the 20th district will address a mass meeting of the local foreign-born population in protest against the proposed bills for the reg- istration of aliens now pending in ‘Congress. The meeting, which is be-' ing arranged under the auspices of the Cleveland Council for the Protec- tion of the Foreign Born, will take place Tuesday evening, April 27, 8 P.m., at the Slovenian National Home, 6421 St. Clair avenue. Other speakers will be Councilman Peter Witt and J. Olchen of the International Asso- ciation of Machinists, Local 439, 10,000 Members. The council was organized by a pro- visional committee and met for the first time on March 14, 1926, A call issued by this provisional conference Was answered by fifty-two organiza- tions, embracing a total membership of 10,000. A mass meeting which was called for the afternoon of the same day wag attended by 1,000 persons. Petition Drive, The council has issued petitions which may be signed by anyone who wishes to register his opposition to the passage of the bills. Petitions were issued April 1; 1,000 signatures have been submitted to date. Steps are being taken to form simi- lar organizations for the principal lan- guage groups in the city, ‘PRIESTS COMBINE WITH CAPITAL IN MEXICO’-CALLES Coyle Quotes President on Catholic Church (Special to The Daily Worker) EL PASO, Tex. April 26.—Albert Coyle, editor of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineer's Journal and representative of the labor press on a committee of seventeen investigating the religious problem in Mexico quotes President Calles as follows on the attitute of the Mexican govern- ment towards the catholic church: “Priests Obstacle.” “We respect all cults and are tol- erant in every sense. The present government is doing an intense edu- cational work in its attempt to im- Prove the material, the spiritual and the economic position of its people and, incredible as it may seem, the Priests are the greatest obstacles, It is impossible for you to understand this because the conditions under which the priests of your country work are entirely different, In all Latin-American countries union be- tween the priests and the big business interests are traditional.” “Hands Off.” The committee of seventeen, which included a rabbi, several priests, ex- governor Sweet of Colorado and others recommends a “hands off” policy on the part of the United States towards Mexico in the present warfare between the catholic church and the government. The committee reports that the con- troversy is not due to religious but educational motives. The government had demanded the use of lay yeachers in all catholic schools instead of priests, SSS the Dawes plan; Hungary under Horthy, and Spain beneith the heel of its. military dictatorship, e. Oe writer in “The American The ‘| Child,” in view of this showing, RUSSIA to 18 years of age. The minimum in it on @ low level w the United States is 16, again placing | plane of the new Communist with Germany under | tion, makes the very reserved declaration that “European child labor standards compared with those which prevail in the United States and with those laid by this committee, ARE DISTINCTLY HIGH.” Even the national child labor com- mittee, therefore, dares not demand conditions for the rich and affluent United States that prevail in Europe, burdered with war debts. To insist on conditions existing in the Soviet Union would be to raise once more in this country the hysterical outcry, “Bolshevism!” that was shrieked thru every corner of the land ment against the passage ot labor amendment to the United States constitution, ae ° Every nation must be care of, its children. the, Soviet Union stands of fhe lst, while the mine and factory to struggle up out of "ei of cana mir fo th gh ra” * steer