The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 27, 1926, Page 1

The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard fora Workers’ and Farmers’ Government 30,000 MARCH IN PARADE AT PASSAIC MILLS 35,000 Cheer Speakers: at First Ward Park By J, 0, BENWALL (Special to The Daily Worker) PASSAIC, N. J, May 25. — The vitality of the textile strike which enters on its eighteenth week today was shown by the monster demonstra- tion held in support of the strikers, Sunday afternoon lead by the forty societies that have come out openly for the workers, in which over 30,000 took active part and another 30,000 lined the walks. Big Demonstration. It was the greatest demonstration ever held in Passaic. It was a dem- onstration that could never have been held without the tremendous power of the textile workers @tnder the lead- | ership of the United Front Committee and its organizer, Albert Weisbord. The parade started at 2:30 in the afternoon and it took over two hours for the line to pass. Several brass bands gaye their services and a mile of automobiles gave evidence of the far reaching sympathy the strikers have created. The parade passed by the Forst- mann and Huffmann mills and march- ed by the mansions of Julius Forst- mann and Col. Johnson, the two bit- terest enemies of the workers in the/| It wound up in the) ist Ward Park where an estimated | present conflict. mass of people of over 35,000 cheered a dozen speakers. Stand by Strike. John Wroblewsky, a priest who has spoken often before the strikers and who has always urged them to stand by the United Front Committee and their leader Weisbord, gave the same advice Sunday and was loudly ap- plauded. G. Kosik, editor of Catholic Tokol, told the crowd that “you could not go to Senators Edge or Edwands with your troubles. They are with the ‘mill’ owners. You must have a political party of your own and elect workers, not lackeys of the bosses. Your union will be helpless, unless you have pol- itical power to back it.” HOLD MEMORIAL FOR VICTIMS IN TRIANGLE FIRE Working-Women Visit Graves on May 30 NEW YORK, May 25. — On May 30, working class women will commemo- rate the 147: young workers burnt to death at the Triangle Waist Factory, where the bosses in their rush for profits kept the workers in a fire-trap. On that day, at 12 o'clock, the women will gather opposite 30 Union Square. From there ,they will go to visit the graves of the Triangle vic- tims, Masters Honor Slaves. On Decoration Day the ‘masters decorate the graves of those who were sacrificed by them in their “wars for}, profits. As they lay the wreaths on the graves, they plan further wars and more graves for the workers and their children. . sats On Decoration Day the workers will remember the hundreds» of thousands, of young lives, lost in‘wars; the thous-, ands mauled in factories, "killed in mines, because the Bosses in. their greed for profits do not+protect the, lives of workers. 93 “Remember Triangle Victims. On this day the working class, women, on the graves of the Tiiangle victims, will pledge themselves to or: ganize and educate the women ‘in the mills, fatcories, and, apyhome, to carry on the struggle shoulder to shoulder with the men workers for better living and working conditions, until human lives shall stand abéve ‘profits. The United Council of Working Class Housewives appeals to all wo- men in the shops, mills, and in the homes, and to all working women’s organizations to come and voice their protest against the disregard for work- ers’ lives. | | i | paign. country’s metropolis, party with particular reference to York elections: The: Ticket?” SENATE MEASURE KILLS APPEAL OF ALBERT FALL Walsh Bill Now Goes to the House (Bpecial to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, May 25—The’ ap- peals taken by Edward L. Doheny, ‘thulti-millionaire oil man, and former sécretary of interior, Albert B, Fall, from, their indictment on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government Would be dismissed immediately, un- der a bill passed by the senate today. - In, order to do this, the senate en- acted a bill, sponsored by Senator Thomas J, Walsh, democrat. of Mon- tana, famous oil prosecutor, amend- ing the legal code of the District of Columbia to prohibit such appeals as those taken by Doheny and. Fall. The amended law would be retroac- tive to include the Doheny and Fall appeals. The bill must be enacted by the house before it becomes a law, but Walsh announced he anticipated no, trouble in the lower branch, CONNECTICUT HOLDS FIRST STATE. CONFERENCE OF COUNCILS FOR THE ‘PROTECTION OF THE FOREIGN-BORN (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW HAVEN, Conn., May 25.—The Connecticut state conference for the Protection of Foreign-born Worke: was held here, at which forty organiza- tions from all over the state were represented. The conference had the en- dorsement of the New en Trades Council and ‘Trades Council of Meridan, 1 s made possible by a organization of eity conter- of/the Foreign-born orkers in such large cities WSS SS New York and the United Labor Ticket A political campaign in New York is not only a New York cam-’ It is national in scope. All eyes are on it while it is in prog- gress. For the workers it has an added interest. united labor ticket will loom large in this year’s elections in the Beginning with Thursday’s issue of The DAILY WORKER, a series of articles will be run dealing with the problem of a labor articles will be written by competent working class ob- servers such as Robt. W. Dunn, Rose Pastor Stokes, Robert Macklin, Leona Smith, Bertram D. Wolfe and others. The first of the series will be by Bert Wolfe, “Why a United Labor Entered at Sscond-class matter September. 21. 1928, Bt |the j» $8.00 per yoar, # mail, $6.00 per year. STUNG AGAIN! The present session of congress started off with a flood of “farm relief” bills that indebted land workers out of their mortgage bog. brought to vote—the McNary-Haugen bill, a not very good one but a bill—was d ‘them, The session now draws to a close, Another lesson for the farmer, The question of the the role such a party in the New 303 BILLIONS, IS ESTIMATE OF U. S, WEALTH IN-1922 National Income.in 1923 Was 70 Billions (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., May 25—The national wealth of the United States is estimated at $353,000,000,000 for the year 1922 by the federal trade commission following an inquiry into the subject. The national income for 1923 was placed at $70,000,000,000. The report of the commission esti- mates that agriculture comprised 18 per cént of the total 1922 wealth, man- ufactiré and mining 14 per cent and railroads and other public utlities about 12 per cent. Dwellings, per- sonal goods and other necessities con- stitute.close to a quarter of the total. The wealth of corporations in 1922, according to book value, was $102,000,000, Of the estimated income for 1923, $70,000,000,000 the trade commission that between “capital” and the division approimates 55 per cent in wages and salaries and 45 per cent in rent, interest and profit, — Freight Car Runs Over Car Repairman DANVILLE, lll, May 25.— Claude Hampton, 43, a car repairman for the Cc. & B. 1. railroad, died at a hospl- tal of injuries received when a car under which he was’ working in the brewer terminals, near here, was bumped into’ a ‘switch engine and shoved over him on Monday noon, Altho the wheels passed over the low: er part of hig abdomen, he lived more than 15 houre THURSDAY, Many farmers had high hopes, recently the one. bill is settled the rest of (16 SPEAK Y STREETS , of Engdahl Is Another Communists hold open air meetings on the street#=ef Chicago was won when the appellate court reversed the decision of the lower court convicting J. Louis Engdahl, editor of The DAILY WORKER, of violating a city ordinance by speaking at North Ave. and Orchard St., last summer. Eng- dahl was fined $50 and the case was appealed. The case grew out of the efforts of the North Avenue Business Men’s Association to stop all Communist open air meetings along North Ave. In this they had the support of the police. No Ordinance Against Meetings. Attorney D. J. Bentall, in making his fight in the lower courts, pointed out that there was no ordinance against street .meetings. The city prosecutor deciared there was, The appellate court, with three judges hearing «the appeal, accepted Attorney Bentall’s viewpoint, declar- ing that the ep ordinance in ques- tion covered .qnlyg meetings held on land abutting aestreet. The court re- fused to pass wn the constitutionality of this ordinance as demanded by At- torney Bentall, The case was heard by Judges B. J. Barnes, Joseph E. Fitch and Martin M. Gridley, with the last writing the decision. Follows Biedenkapp Decision. This decision: follows the victory won in the case of Fred J, Biedenkapp, arrested on a charge of disorderly MAY 27, 1926 IlMnois, under the Act of March 3, 187). EEN 290 ARREST 40 FUR PICKETS JUDGE "RELEASES THEM | : . . ‘Upholds Picketing in o- [:s Decision (Special to The Daily Worker) | “NEW YORK, May 25. — For the |third successive Monday, a group of more than 30 striking fur workers | were arrested this morning while they | were picketing the shops in the fur | manufacturing district. This morning the total number of arrests was 40 and the strikers were jarraigned in Jefferson market court fon a charge of disorderly conduct. | After hearing all the testimony in the cases, Judge Brodsky dismi | mitting no unlawful act in peacefully picketing their shops. The Judge’s Views. “In the strike between capital and labor now being waged,” said Judge | Brodsky, “great care must be taken jthat no outside influence should enter | which will coerce one side or the jother, While capital is entitled to | its full sway and swing, so is labor en- } titled to certain rights. One of the | rights, under our law, is to strike— | peacefully, to be sure, but strike | nevertheless. | “Picketing is lawful and proper, and there is nothing in the testimony (here which would indicate that any of the defendants committed any of- | fense other than walking up and down the streets, or congregating, if at all, |for but a few moments to talk to one janother. No unlawful acts of any kind have been shown to have been | committed by any of these defendants, and interference by the police under such circumstances would amount to coercion against the laboring element, who are entitled to every protection their condition in their laboring oc- cupations. I therefore discharge the 'defendants in éa¢h of the cases,” + Designers’ Support Strike. The general strike committee re passed at a meeting of foremen and designers: “We, the foremen-and designers of the fur industry, now on strike, pledge our solidarity with all the fur work- ers. We hereby: express our full con- fidence in the general strike commit- tee. “We endorse the attitude of our conference committee in its demand that a 40-hour week must be accepted by the manufacturers as a basis for a settlement. We are confident that the determination of the strikers and the sineere efforts of the general strike committee will result in the ultimate victory for the strikers.” Assail Samuels. Resenting a statement of Samuel N. Samuels, president of the Asso- ciated Fur Manufacturers, Inc., which) was published this morning in one of) the Jewish papers, a number of fur shops held meetings today and passed resolutions of. protest. Mr. Samuels’ statement declared that the striking furriers had beey forced against their will to sign the ballot endorsiag the demand for the 40-hour week, and he also charged that the. union was employing gang- sters, especially on the picket commit- tee, to keep its members in subjec-| tion. All Mr. Samuels’ charges were categorically denied by the various groups of fur strikers, and statements to this effect were signed by commit- tees of the workers and forwarded to the general strike committee. One, of these came from the Weckstein Shop of 338 Seventh avenue, which is the largest shop in the trade, employing at the height of the season about 350 workers, Provide Refuges fo’ Birds, Urges Berger; What About Workers? WASHINGTON, May 25.— The es- conduct for speaking at a street meet-| tapishment of a national forest re- ing on the northwest side. The court] serve and migratory bird refuge in ev- held it was not “disorderly conduct”! ory gtate in the union was proposed to speak at a sireet meeting. SEGREGATION OF NEGRO “1S LEGALIZED BY UNTED STATES SUPREME COURT WASHINGTON, May 25.—The ex- clusion of Negroes from restricted residential districts by mutual con- tracts between ‘property owners is legal under thesconstitution, the su- preme court held, in effect, in dis- missing a test case brot from the lower courts of the District of Co- lumbia, The decision was rendered by Justice Sanford. aberey | a by Representative Berger, socialist, of Wiseonsin, vorkers stating that they were com-j i & Post Office at Chicago, Published Daily except PUBLISHING CO., 1118 Apes by THE DAILY His Task Is to Appease France’s Bill Collectors Arranging a_ settlement of the French debt to England will be the! job of Finance Minister Peret, when} the English parliament convenes; May 27. While he is negotiating with John Bull he will have to get the French chamber to ratify the settlement with the United States. PARTY TRAINING SCHOOL OPENS | DURING JULY New York Offers Two-| Week Summer Course (Special to The Daily Worker) 1 NEW YORK, May 26.—The Work- ers (Communist) Party and Young Workers (Communist) League sum- mer training courses, to be held in the last two weeks of July, have been ceived today the following resolution) combined into one national summer training school. All ¢lasses are to -jneet in the headquarters'of tho, Work- ers’ School, 108 Hast 14th street. The combining of the two schools enables the choice of the best pos- sible instructors for both, Leading Young Workers (Communist) League students will take many of the same courses as the Workers (Communist) Party training students. Each district of the country is expected to send in two or three of its best young work- ers and two or three of-its best party functionaries and leading trade union- ists to New York for two weeks. Study Courses, The courses so far outlined are as ory of the American Working and American Economic and Po- History, instructor, Alexander | Trachtenberg or Solon De Leon. Our Work in the Trade Uniong, in- structor, Wm. F. Dunne er Ben Gitlow. America Today, instructor, Jay Love- stone or Bert Wolfe. Party History and Problems, structor, William W. Weinstone. League History and Problems, in- structor Sam Don. Structure and Organizational Prob- lems, instructor, Jack Stachel. Marxism-Leninism, instructor, Bert Wolfe. in- Special Talks. These courses will be supplemente@ by special lectures by experts in va- rious fields on the work in their field and by visits to factories, shop nuclei, trade union fractions, ynion meetings, newspaper plants, etc. New York is the heart of world capitalism and the best place to learn how to better carry on the fight against it, For further information about the school, inquire of the district organ- izer of the Workers (Communist) Party or the Young Workers (Commu- nist) League, or write to Bertram D. Wolfe, director of the Workers’ School, 108 East 14th street, New York City. Bandits Get $34,000 in Cash, NEW YORK, May 25,—Six bandits slugged a Negro messenger boy with a lead pipe in front of the branch of the Hamilton National Bank in the Bronx and escaped with 3§4,000 in cash, COMMUNISTS OF MEXICO PROTEST MENACE TO SACCO AND VANZETTI The following telegram has been received by the Federated Press from the Communist Party of Mexico: “MEXICO CITY, May 25.—The fourth national convention of the Com- munist Party of Mexico energetically protes' assassination by United States capitalism of valiant working clase leaders Sacco and Vanzetti. We are arranging a demonstration before the United 6 representative in Mexico, Denial of a new trial is a challenge to the Sta workers of the world, ‘ , (Signed) JUAN GONZALEZ, Chairman.” against proposed judicial fashington Blyd., Chicago, IL NEW YORK | EDITION WORKER Price 3 Cents CONFERENCES ON FOR SACCO AND VANZETTI Chicago, Cleveland and East Ohio Begin Giving sharper form to the senti- ment which exists everywhere against the proposed execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are the united defense and protest con- ferences which are being organized in the larger cities. International Cleveland h, working ¢ and fi tions for the organization of a Sacco- Vanzetti conference to be held on June 15, at Insurance Center Building, 1783 EB. 11th St. at attendance is expected conference. A similar conference existed a few years ago in which were represented a large uumber of labor organizations. Mine Section. A united conference of large organ- izations are also being arranged for in the Eastern Ohio mining section. The conference will be held in Neffs, Ohio, very soon. Chicago Conference. Chicago I. L. D. has issued a call for a united conference to be held at Redifer’s Hall, 30 N. Wells Street, Room 304, on June 1ith at 8:15 p. m. All Chjcago unions and other labor organizations are being asked to send delegates to the conference. 1b. GW. U, Joins, Sentiment against the verdict on Sacco and Vanzetti can be seen from the message just received by Interna- tional Labor Defense from the ex- ecutive board of the Cloak, Skirt and Dress Pressers Union, Local 35, New York, of the International Ladies Gar- ment Workers’ Union. “The brave fighters for the cause of labor, Sacco and Vanzetti, have been brought to the threshhold of death through the influence of the employing class who wish to put these true and tried labor leaders out of the way because of their .. sincere sacrifice to the cause of labor.” 7,000 Members. In the name of our seven thousand members we emphatically declare that we stand by Sacco and Vanzetti and demand their immediate release from prison. We call upon all organ- ized labor to act quickly and save these two courageous fighters from the gallows for the labor movement.” The resolution was adopted by the executive board of the local and sign- ed by J. Gerchikoff, president, and J. Goretsky, manager. This is an indi- cation of the feeling of the labor movement on the case of Sacco and Vanzetti, Bouck, Wires. William Bouck, head of the Western Progressive Farmers, who hag just left to work for his organization in the mountain section of the Weat, wires I. L. D. “If I can be of any service after June fifth let me know.” Bouck is a member of the national committee of International Labor De- fense. William Mahoney, editor of the Min- nesota Union Advocate, the official organ of the Minnesota State Federa- tion of Labor, writes to James P. Gan- non, I. L. D. secretary, “Best wishes for the effort to secure a new trial for Sacco and Vanzetti as a matter of plain justice and fairness.” Taylor of Detroit. “If the injustice done to Mooney and Billings is not to be repeated in this ease, labor, “writes Join T. Taylor, president of the Allied Printing Trades Council of Detroit, “particular ly. organized labor, must raise its mighty voice in protest.” Donn nn ne ore GET IT SATURDAY! 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