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The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Vol. Ill. No. 131. | Subscription Rates: mm, > = p be British tv Outside Chicago, viners’ Strike Blow at England’s Trade (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, June 13.—The effectiveness of the British miners’ strike is causing consternation in governmental circles and a} move by the government to cut off strike relief sent by the work- ers of the Soviet Union. The board of trade figures for May | In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year, show that, as compared to April, May imports fell off $115,000,000 | and exports fell off $30,000,000. Export of coal during May was only 263,000 tons, compared to 2,000,000 in May last year. Cot- ton yarn export fell $25,000,000 during May; machinery export $5,000,000; iron and steel and woolen yatn $5,000,000 each. Practically the whole of industry is collapsing from the fuel famine, and it can no longer be concealed that paralysis is spreading thru the cotton trades, steel, metal working, ship- building, machinery, shoemaking, rubber, potteries and other industries. Krassin Protests False Charge. Ambassador Leonid Krassin of the Union of, Socialist Soviet’ Republics, in a note addressed to the British for- eign office, has protested against the British government’s charges that the Soviet government had itself sent the considerable sums of relief to feed the striking British workers, their wives and children. This money, it is declared, was raised by ‘the Russian workers themselves in collections and donations through their unions. It is asked why this charge of gov- ernmental aid should not also be ad- dressed to other countries whose workers have also contributed to the relief of the British strikers, and the inference left is that because the Rus- | sian workers’ contributions were so great, reaching already close to $1,500,000, while those from. workers in capitalist countries are, much smaller, the British government seeks an excuse to stop this only, effective relief in order to break the strike. “Threatens Trade Retattons., ~~ The note of the British government to the Soviet Union was sent Satur day, protesting against the money sent to England for strike relief, charging that this is an°infringment on the conditions regarding propaganda at- tached to the Soviet-British trade agreement of 1921. This strange definition of “propa- ganda” is being used by the tory gov- ernment leaders insistent on a break with the Soviet Union, who have like- wise announced that the government will soon publish a “white book” con- taining whet is claimed to be “start- ling disclosures” regarding the perme- ation of the British labor movement by the British Communists. This also is to\be used against the Soviet government, and observers ex- pect the book,to contain another sheaf The whole situation, Tuesday in parliament. + says Baldwin, will be discussed jot take “Zinoviev letters” and like in- ventions of the forgery department of the British government. More Forgeries Coming. It is to be remembered that last year when the labor government was voted out by an elevemth-hour election trick of publishing a letter supposed to have been written by Gregory Zin- viev, president of the Communist In- ternational, later investigation proved that not only was the letter a forgery, but that the British government had previously printed forged copies of the Moscow newspaper “Izvestia,” with the whole paper made in imitation complete as to type, style and appear- ance, using these forgeries of the'Brit- |ifh themselves to excuse war and in- | tervention against the Soviet Union. It is understood that a second note will be sent protesting definitely against relief sent to the British min- ers, since the note of Saturday refers to relief in general sent to aid ‘workers ~ called “out Tin > strike. wes Kings of Capital:Versus United Front. The British capitalists are distinctly worried by dispatches from the con- tinent saying that Moscow papers pub- lish articles urging the British work- ers to prepare another general strike, organize defense; hodies of workers and committees of action with power to fight through to @ finish. New lead- ers from the masses should be chosen by union eléctions: “ The Moscow papers point out that British imperialism has a dark and doubtful future, as. its power is swiftly ebbing away,; while the United States and the Soviet Union; “the first representing the kings of capital- ism, and the second organizing a united front of-the world proletariat.” pote a BRITISH TRADE UNIONISTS RALLY TO MINERS; COOK IS IDOL OF THE WORKERS; LEARN STRIKE LESSONS By EARL BROWDER. (Special to The LONDON, May 31—(By M Daily Worker) ail)—Tonight at midnight the by mail, $6.00 per year. ‘Thousands of workers all over Ger- many are demanding in mass protest demonstrations that the vast estates of the rayal family be confiscated and the proceeds used to aid the great REVEALS TENS OF THOUSANDS } 1bia il Illinois Next State -to Face Probe (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, June 13.—A tale of political corruptionyin the recent Penn- sylvania senatorial campaign was un- | folded to the senate’s “slush fund” | committee today by followe: ernor Gifford Pinchot, who wai under in the three-cornered race . The forces of Representative Wil- }liam S, Vare and Senator George Wharton Pepper were charged with lit- erally buying tens of thousands of votes through the employment of work- | ers. Conditions in Philadelphia, where | the people Were satisfied to “stew in the juices of political corruption,” were rivaled by those in Pittsburgh, where paymasters for Vare and Pep- per paid off workers for a week after the election and where the votes in whole wards can be purchased, This was the picture drawn for the committee by T. Henry Walnut, Pin- chot leader in Philadelphia, and by Frederick K. Beutel, the governor’s leader in Pittsburgh. Millionaires’ Committee. , | Secretary Cook of the British Miners’ Union, has received an urgent requ the Fost Omce at Ciicayo, Lilinole, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Ss” D VAST ESTATES ROYAL FAMILY- BE CONFISCATED inemployed, victims of the war and poor peasants. ih shows a demonstra- rs in Berlin in which donned military uniforms number imperial! to show their determination that they are ready to fight to dispossess the royal family of their. vast estates. The disposession referendum will take place June 20. IERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR THE BRITISH MINERS’ STRUGGLE jal Workers’ Aid has appealed to William Green, presi- rican Federation of Labor, and the executive councit of that ich a campaign among all its affiliated organiagtions for ‘Already ‘the United Mine Workers of- America has taken up the question of relief and appealed to its various subordinate unions to send relief to the British miners thru its own organizational channels. The International Workers’ Aid, that has until the past few days borne the sole burden of rellef work in the United States, sent the following tele- gram to therheadquarters of the A. F. of L. in Washington: i | “Executive Gouncil, American Federation of Labor, | William Green, President, Washington, D. C. “International Workers’ Aid, thru its international organization and to initiate a campaign in the United States for relief funds for the British miners. The international Workers’ Aid has camplied immediately and will do all in its power to support the splendid struggle of the million striking miners thru rushing rellef funds to them. It has already forwarded the first thousand ‘dollars. We urge that the Executove Council of the American | Fede ition of Labor come to the ald of the miners by issuing a call to all | local unions, central bodies and internationals to make contributions, sending them, if desired, thru the Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor. We will be glad to co-operate in such a campaign. Realizing that the organized labor movement of this country can be put solidly behind the fight of the British miners thru your action, we urge you to help them win under their slogan ‘not a penny off, not a minute on.’ “International Workers’ Ald, F Bishop Willlam Montgomery Brown, chairman) Fred G. Biedenkapp, secretary.” 60,000 CHICAGO WORKERS ORGANIZE’ § Published Daily except Sunda; PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. NEW YORK EDITION 3 $$$! by THE DAILY WORKER ‘ashington Bivd., Chicago, IL Price 3 Cents Chicago Strike Pickets Begin 10 to 60-Day Terms Rifty-six members of the International Ladies’ Garment | Workers’ Union started today to serve sentences of from 10 to | 60 days in the Cook county jail imposed on them by the labor- hating “Injunction Judge” Denis E. Sullivan for alleged viola- | tions of his injunction during the 1924 strike in the Market street | district. Most of those sent to jail are women some of whom have babes of five to seven months old, husbands that are ill and need their care and others that are the sole support of their families jand aged parents. Before ordering them to jail, Judge Sullivan, | judicial agent of the open-shop interests of Chicago, declared | that he would grant clemency+— to those whose “cases war-|Boncynski, ten days, who has a hus- jranted it.” band and three children dependent on The union attorney brought up a her; Mrs. Florence Corn, thirty days; number of cases where women were| Miss Marion Brostick, 10 days; Miss the sole. supporters of families with|ADne Berenbaum, 10 days and’ $250 two or three children or had sick hus-|N¢; Miss Caroline Wiglowskt, ten bands or babes to take care of. The|%@Y8; Miss Frieda Reiker, thirty days and $200 fine; Miss Evelyn Dornfield, whose parents are dependent on her, ten days and $350 fine; Mrs. Rose Goodman, who must support three children, ten days and $125 fine; Miss Besste Gettman, ten days and $350 fine; Miss Yetta Hornstein, sole sup port of a sick mother, twenty days and $350 fine; Mrs. Kate Koppa, twenty days; Miss Jennie Miller, twenty days and $350 fine; Miss Lena Movich,twen- bers of the union acéompanied the|tydays and $200 fine; Miss Rose Sil- women and men who fought for bet-; Ver, ten days and $350 fine; Miss Es- ter conditions, Bouquets of red car-|ther Richman, ten days and $350 fine; nations were handed those sentenced | Miss Sara Sneider, ten days and $125 to prison by members of the union, | fine; Miss Minnie Seidel, five days and é $150 fine; Miss Jennie Chanin, ten Aii But Two Are Women, daysand $350 fine; Miss Eva Jacobs, Among thése that have started to}ten days; Oscar Simon, thirty days | Serve their jail terms are Mrs. May | and $350 fine. (N.Y. FUR WORKERS. ACCLAIM- THE ~ ENDING OF SUCCESSFUL STRIKE {Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK CITY, June 13.—The shop chairmen’s meeting held at the Manhattan Lyceum here to listen to the report of | Ben Gold, manager of the Joint Board of the New York Fur | Workers’ Union, was the scene of a continual jubilation over the victory achieved by the left wing of the Furriers’ Union against |the fur manufacturers’ association and the Jewish daily ‘‘For- wards” machine. Strikebreakers are to be discharged immediately, was one of the concessions won that enthused the union furriers. The | strikebreakers will be disciplined by a special committee of the junion, They will not be allowed to work in union shops until they have paid fines assessed by the special committee. This is a signal victory for the left wing leadership as in only rare instances in American labor struggles has the immediate | discharge of all strikebreakers been secured. The meeting announced for one o’clock brought out thou- sands of workers in addition to the shop chairmen. The furriers could not contain themselves in their expression of joy that the long-fought-out battle had resulted in a victory for the union. The platform of the Manhattan Lyceum was bedecked with red roses sent by workers representing the various shops as well as various unions of ‘New York+— judge declared that these cases did not “warrant clemency.” 400 Accompany Defendants. The garment strike pickets gather- ed in the union headquarters, From there they went to the city hall hold- ing an informal parade from union headquarters to the city hall. From the ctty hall they then went to the Cook county jail. 400 mem- ’ ultimatum of Premier Baldwin to the miners expires, and the next move in the great dispute will be up to the government. The miners are standing pat and preparing for a three-month strug- gle. ‘The industries of Great Britain are slowly but surely closing | A carefully selected committee of | millionaires raised the campaign fund of Senator George Wharton Pepper, Mellon-Coolidge candidate, in Penn- City. C tulati d i ? TO FREE SACCO AND VANZETTI ‘in; ‘overs ste "when 5-0 B OB ZIN LEADING : Ses |Gold appeared upon the scene Sixty-fouridelegates representing 42 organizations and well ovér 60,000|he was received with a tremen- down. The Daily Telegraph today declared that its investigations syivania's recent sefatorial primary, showed that the leading industries have fuel enough to run 50°% | Robert Glendenning, state chairman of of capacity for three weeks more, with transport, light and the Pepper finance committee, told power in a position te ‘run on a 50% schedule. for three months. bed senate “slush fund” committee to- Tonight’s papers carry rumors Ss FEDERATED PRESS STORY OF MINERS’ RELIEF IS GIVEN WRONG CREDIT The story about the U. §. miners starting a drive to aid striking Brit- ish miners appearing on the front page of The DAILY WORKER of urday, was furnished by the Fed- erated Press.. Becausé of an error on the part of the mechanical force in the printing plant,” the by-line “Special to The Daily Worker,” was substituted for “Federated Press,” Payroll Bandits Shoot Up Office NEW YORK, June 13, — In a fruit- less attempt to capture the $5,000 ‘Weekly payroll of the Sunglo Company, Inc,, wholesale grocers and canners at thetr offices here today, four armed bandits shot up the cashier's office on the second floor, killing the cashier and a girl stenographer and seriously wounding another young woman. of a move towards settlement, but nothing definite has mater- ialized. 10,000. Cheer Cook. Saturday night,(May 29) a great demonstration*was held in Albert Hall in support ofthe miners and the class war prisoners, ‘Ten ‘thousand workers cheered enthusiastically when A. J. Cook, secretary of the Miners’ Federa- tion declared that he and the presi- dent, Herbert Smith, would never sign an agreement which didnot meet the demand of the miners—‘“not a penny off the pay, not a minute on the day.” A collection of more than $5,000 was taken, plus & quantity of jewelry, three-fourths of which goes to the a The finance committee, Gtendenning said, was composed only of men who “could give $1,000” without missing it. The committee, under this arrange- ment was composed of “thiry or forty” of the richest men in Pennsylvania. “Everybody I thought was good for Chicago workers participated in the Sacco-Vanzetti conference, called by the International Labor Defense. The MacHinists’ District Council, the Joint Board of the International and the Industrial Workers of the World, were among those represented mee eae SWISS WORKERS FORCIBLY EJECT |a $1,000. I put on the committee,” |Glendenning, a Philadelphia banker, said. “How many did you get?” asked "(Continued on page 2) GZECHO-SLOVAK FASCISTI RUB SALT AND PEPPER INTO WOUNDS OF WORKERS FASCIST GANGS nected withthe Sacco-Vanzetti case, gave a graphie account of the outrage- Blackshirts Fail to Break Up Meeting | ous manipulations of the pros®cution at the trial ofthese two innocent vic- tims of frameup. He ended with an appeal not omly for the freedom ot (Special to The Daily Worker) GENEVA, June 13.—Clashes between fascisti and workers at anniversary protest meetings against the assassins Ladies’ Garment Workers and South Chicago Trades and Labor !Assembly | ‘dous ovation, the biggest he has jTeceived during the days of the |strike. © Gold announced the |terms of the settlement as fol- lows: 1, Forty-hour, S-day week. 2. No overtime except during months of September, October, No- vember and December. Manufactur- ers have right to ask employes to work four hours Saturday at extra time only. Since four hours meas- ured on basis of forty-hour week this a gain, 3. No sub-contracting. important demand. 4. Bot have no right to dis- charge workers one week before holl- day which they have been doing, thus nullifying the advantage of holiday with pay. 5. No apprentices for two-year period. Agreement terminates Feb. This is miners relief fund, and one-quarter to the class war prisoners aid. William} pragun, Czecho-Slov: ‘une 13, Paul, editor of the Sunday Worker, —Salt and pes sie pred me the Was one of the principal speakers, and | wounds of their enemies by the was given anenthusiastic hearing. | gecho-Slovakian fasciati, ‘The fascisti Other speakers included Ellen Wilker-larm themselves with rubber whips son, member of parliament; Cyntitia | wnion they attack workéré who dare Moseley, recent aristocritic adherent |onpoge the aims of the fasctsti, After to the labor party; Dr. Marion Philips, |they have made a number of open of the Women's Reliet Committee for wounds on the hody of the worker, the miners; and George Lansbury, the |they thon rub salt and pepper into the _ (Continued on page 2). wounds, x y, / mittee. Brother J, J, Uhlmann of the Machinists’ Union was elected permanent chairman of the confer- ence. Brother A. Wechsler was elect- ed secretary. The International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, the Machinists’ Unions, International La- bor Defense, Woodturners’ Union, the Painters’ Uniom and the Amalgamat- ed Clothing Workers of America are (Continued on page 2) Sacto-Vanzett!‘but for all labor to ral- of Giacomo Matteotti were quite fre- ly against thp menace of all such cases of misearriage of justice. quent in France and Switzerland. In Geneva Italian fascisti entered Establish Conference. A Chicago Sacco-Vanzetti Defense the halls where the workers were holding memorial meetings and tried Conference was established with an executive committees of 17° members with the provision that it will be to turn them into fascist demonstra- tions. The workers refused to allow the hi ° possible to furhter add to the com. 1, 1929 6. fascists to turn the’ meetings into vy penalty for violation of -agreement. 7. Three legal holidays which are not paid during months of January and February when no more than thirty per cent of workers are em- ployed, Workers Show Satisfaction. ngling among crowds one heard everywhere comments only of satisfac- (Continued on page 2) emulations of Mussolini. They drove the fascisti from the halls with chairs and other instruments: BY 1,000 VOTES IN CARPENTER POLL Progressive Candidates Get Huge Vote The election of the United Brother hood of carpenters and Joiners for the officers of the Chicago district council, resulted in a victory for the united progressive forces and a defeat of the |Jensen machine by the ousting of {Harry Jensen himself, from the office lof president of the council by a vote of 9,004 for the progressive Fred Bob- zin, against 7,966 for Jensen, accord- jing to the returns received from all but a few small outlying locals whose |totals will not change the result. Not only is Bobzin elected, but the pro- |gressive slate is leading in general with few exceptions. This victory for the united progres- sives was won against the utmost op- position by the Jensen machine, whose jagents managed to hold several locals |for Jensen only by crooked election {methods that will be investigated upon |the demand of the progressives. Some business agents, being dependent upon |Jensen’s favor, also lent their aid to (Continued on wage 2) DVEL BY UPTON SINGLAIR APPEARING EXCLUSIVELY IN THE DAILY WORKER, ON PAGE 5 en