The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 8, 1926, Page 2

Page Two NEW YORK DISTRICT, WORKERS PARTY, HOLDS CONFERENCE TODAY All functionaries of the New York District of the Workers (Commun- ist) Party are meeting today in Manhattan Lyceum to take up prob- lems arising out of the reorganiza- tion of the party on a shop and nucleus basis. One of the chief topics of discus- sion will be plans to further the membership campaign the party has undertaken, LAWRENCE POLICE ARREST WORKERS ON JULY FOURTH Mill Town: Tools Break Up Workers’ Meet (Speclat to The Daily Worker) 2NCE, Mass., July 6.—While was celebrating indepen- , the police and city authori- the textile city Lawrence, Mass., demonstrated the kind of in- dependence we have here by arresting Fred Beal, chairman of the United Front Textile Workers of Lawrence, while he was reading the bill of rights at an open air meeting held here yes- terday afternoon. Professor Harry Dana, a grandson of the great Ameri- can poet, Longfellow, and Antony Ramula, Amalgamated Clothing Work- ers’ organizer, the other speakers at ..the meeting, wene booked by the po- lice officers and told to be ready to go to court when summoned. Free Speech Meet. The meeting was arranged as a free speech protest meeting. For the last few months the city authorities re- fi d to grant permits to the United Front Committee to hold open air meet s in the city. No reasons were given for their action. The real rea- son for it is this: The mill owners have inaugurated a movement to restore the fifty-four-hour as a means to increase “prosperity.” The conditions of the workers are Jnited Front Commit- Textile Workers is urging the to organize and fight the on- of the mill owners and the city authorities who, as true servants of the mill owners, refuse to grant permits for this sort of protest. Police Threats. The United Front Committee in- sists on its right to talk to the work- ers and yesterday’s meeting was held despite the refused permit and the dence da} ties of warning of t police marshal that he rest anyone who would speak atthe meeting. Fred Beal was the first victim. He was locked up and d in jail for a half a day and then released on bail, Dana Reads—Pinched, Professor Dana was the second speaker. He read the Declaration of Independence before the audience and said that those who arrested Fred Beal and are interfering with this meeting are showing contempt to the Declaration of Independence, When Dana stepped off the plat- form, the police just booked him but no aTrest was made. Dana protested and asked why Beal was not treated the same way, but the police did not heed him. The ie of Fred Beal, which is the test case for free speech here, will come up Wednesday morning in Law- rence court. The Boston local Labor Defense has taken up the defense of the case and will hlep fight for the right of the workers to free speech in Lawrence, NOGALES, Ariz.—(FP)—The Santa Cruz Council Onion Assn. is the new- set local co-operative to grow, har- vest and market onions in Santa Cruz and Pima counties. It is estimated that the association will handle 200 carloads during the year, i’m Telling You!!! | WISH J WAS A YOUNG PIONEER! All you have to do is col- lect $5 (Five Bones) on the Big $5,000 Drive of the Young Pioneers Young Pioneer Campaign, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, ti, YOUNG COMRADE, Name Address atc es And You Get a Swell Hand-Painted Pioneer Tie! - In the Meantime—I'll Contribute on the Blank Below ~ — — Dear Comrades: I am enclosing .... Yours in the fight, Workers Party Answers A.-F. of L. (Continued from page 1) HE second charge against the Com- munists is that they are fostering “dual” The executive council of the A. F, of L. knows that the Communists have set their face resolutely agafhst dual unions where there are real unions fighting the battles of the workers. If it were not for the work of the Communists against dual unionism the United Mine Workers of America would long ago have been split, because the work- ers, driven to desperations by the be- movements, yals of Lewis and Co., have again and again started movements for new union. It was the Communist influence within the United Mine Workers which prevented such dual unions from actually being crystal- ized. in charging the heroic strikers at Passaic with dual unionism the: exe- cutive council és playing a sorry role indeed. The whole textile industry is seething with revolt against the un- bearable oppression of the textile bosses. The conditions of life of the textile workers are such that they are forced to fight against them. Also the Passaic strikers have carried on con- tinuous efforts and negotiations for their entry into the A. F, of L. What has the executive council of the A. F. of L. done to organize these workers? Why has it not forced its affiliated union, the United Textile Workers, into action? It seems to have no interest in the textile work- ers. It leaves these workers, who are hungry for organization so that they can fight their battles, to shift for themselves, and then cries “dual unionism” when they organize them- selves independently so that they can carry on a united fight! Does that express its leadership in the labor movement? If so, the exe- cutive council seems to have some other interest than organizing the workers to secure better wages and working conditions and a_ higher standard of life. HE situation in the textile industry is not the only one which ex- presses a crying need for organiza- tion. The rubber industry, the steel industry, the automobile industry all are without any real labor unions. Will it be “dual unionism” for which the Communists will be denounced if they support the workers in these industries in their efforts to create labor unions which will fight their bat- tles? The United Mine Workers of Amer- ica js the backbone of the A. F. of L. It has a record of militant struggle behind it With which no other union PROGRESSIVES WIN LOCAL 5 IL. 6. W. BOARD The entire progressive ballot was elected in Local 5 of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union. This local at one time was the strong- hold of the right wing. The candidates on the progressive ballot for the local offices were elect- ed by an overwhelming majority. The highest vote received by the right wing candidates was 65. B. Soll, chairman of the Chicago joint board of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ union, was elected chairman. H. Mettrick was elected vice-chairman; H. Rosen, re- cording secretary; R, Seigel, ser- geant-at-arms; I, Kroon, Brighbord, H, Mettrick, E. Nadel, N, Spenser, J. Sapp, R. Seigel, and W. Walter to the executive board. I. Kron, E. Nadel, and R. Seigel were elected to the joint board. H. Fogel was elected to the grievance board. I. Kroon and BE, Nadel are to be the delegates to the Chicago Federation of Labor. H. Fo- gel and Konewsky were elected to the United Hebrew Trades, a to help INSURE THE SSS SEES sss can compare. Togdy the life of this union is being sapped by the trans- ference of the coal industry to the non-union West Virginia and other southern flelds. Why does not the executive oouncil of the A. F. of L. take the leadership in the fight for the United Mine Workers by aiding in the organization of a drive to unionize West Virginia? ee Communists will not be stopped from aiding the workers in all these flelds because the executive council shouts denunciations and “dual unionists.” The executive coun- cil would be able to win greater sup- port from American labor, if in place of denouncing those who are fighting battles, it showed more in- est in advancing the cause of labor in this country. The answer of the labor movement to President Green's statement should be to demand action by the executive council of the A, F, of L, Demand real support for the British miners, financially and thru the prevention of shipment of American coal by trade union action to British ports. Demand financial and organization support for the Passaic strikers and for every other struggle of the work- ers whether they are in or out of the A. F. of L., and then pave the way for organizing these workers in the A. F, of L Demand that the A. F. of L. launch a real organizing campaign to organ- ize the textile industry, the steel in- dustry, the rubber industry, the auto- mobile industry, and demand that it compel John L, Lewis to launch an organization campaign in West Virginia, Demand that the executive council cease playing with labor’s interests politically by supporting republicans and democrats and that it issue a call for a national convention of labor to organize a labor party, Wo the A. F. of L, supports such @ program it will show that it is fighting labor's battles. The Communists are today support- ing that program and even a broader program, and will continue to fight for it in spite of all the denunciations hurled at them, The workers will judge them, not by the denunciations of the executive council but by their work in support ofthe labor movement and the work- ers’ struggle. Can the executive coun- cil of the A. F, of L, stand judgement on the same basis? Central Committee, Workers (Communist) Party, C. E. Ruthenberg, General Secretary. Beat Coolidge Man in N. D. pA Senate Race GERALD P NVE. Board of Education Bars American Civil Liberties from Schools NEW YORK, July 6.— The New York board of education has again re- jected the application of the Ameri- can Civil Liberties Union to use the Stuyvesant high school for a free barred to the union until it “com- includes a repudiation of its defint- tion of free speech, said Dr. William J. O'Shea, superintendent, Forrest Bailey and Mrs. Milner said that the union would not comply with the demand of the board to repudiate its stand on free speech Garfield Hayes, Rev) John Haynes Holmes, James Weldon Johnson, and Rev. Nevin Sayre, Smith Announces Willingness to Be Presidential Candidate NEW YORK, July 6.—In a speech u the Tammany Hall fourth of July solebration here Goy, Alfred KE, Smith xpressed his willingness to run as the lemocrat nominee for the presidency f the United States, THE DAILY WORKER | and to submit in advance copies of| air the speeches to be made by Arthur | Passaic textile strikers and the strik- 2,000 NEW YORK CAPMAKERS PLAN TO 60 ON STRIKE Local Union Prepares to Walk Out NEW YORK, July 6.—-Two thousand capmakers are preparing to strike if the representatives of the bosses do not agree to the forty-hour week, a $5 wage increase and that the shops are not to send out their work to be done by jobbers under sweat-shop condi- tions, At a meeting of the union at the Headgear Workers’ Lyceum the fol- lowing resolution to strike until the demands are granted'was unanimously adopted amid thundérous cheers and applause: ' “Whereas, our conditions as cap- maker have become unbearable dur- ing the last few yeas’ and our earn- ings have dropped td 4 degree which makes it impossible for us to make a living for our famflies ‘and ourselves, and “Whereas the joblers have as yet not started, ayy negotiations for the sranting of our demands, therefore be it af “Resolved, that we, ty New York capmakers assembled at the general nass meeting on this 30th day of June, lo herewith authorize | our general strike committee to call a general strike for the purpose of securing our just demands, and be it further “Resolved, that we herewith sol- emnly pledge ourselves to stay on strike and fight tirelessly, however great the sacrifices we may be called upon to make, until the absolutely es- sential reforms we demand have been won.” The general strike committee which is to call and manage the strike con- sists of J. Roberts, chairman; J. M. Budish, secretary, and the following chairmen of the respective sub-com- mittees: M. Zuckerman, committee on finance; A. Weingarten, organiza- tion committee; §, Hershkowttz, set- tlement committee; M. Geller, relief committee; H, Sazer, New Jersey com- mittee; M. Pulver, picket committee; M. Wartenberg, law committee; L. Osatch, speakers’ committee; L. Baer, hall committee; J. M, Budish, press committee; M. Kadish; out of town committee; A, Gertlér, control com- mittee; A. Dolinko, ‘grievance com- mittee; Pearl Feller; ‘entertainment committee, and 8. Lifshitz, fund com- mittee. DELEGATES. FROM SOVIET ARMENIA WELCOMED HERE Armenian Colony Turns Out for Reports The Chicago Armenian colony greet- ed the Soviet Armenia red cross and the Armenian Relief Committee at a mass meeting held on'Sunday, July 4, at Y. M. C. A. Auditorfum, 19 S. La Lalle St. Representatives Report. The Armenian audience listened to a report by Dr. C, Kamsrakan, rep- resenting the red cross. Speeches were made by L. Vartanjen and Caren Mikadjan for the relief committee. During the civil war that raged thru- out Russia during the attempt of the counter-revolutionary armies to crush the Soviets, Armenia had more than its share, Many battles were fought in Armenia and about three-fourths of its industries were destroyed, the speakers said. Movie of Soviet. Progress, A moving picture, showing the achievements made in Soviet Armenia will be shown at the Central Theater, 64 E. Ven Buren St, at 7 Dp. m. to- night, Members of the delegation will speak. Admission will be one dollar. The picture is shown under the auspices of the American committee to ald Armenia. Demands of the Capmaker's to go to Arbitration —_—» Chicago capmakers have gone back speech meeting. The schools will be|to work pending arbitration of the forty-hour week, a $¥ wage increase plies with the requirements,” which|@d a demand thatthe bosses pay 5% into the unemployment fund, The bosses granted the demand of the union that no work is to sent to Lucille | Jobbers, |, W. A. Street Meetings in New..York, The International Workers’ Aid open tings for the benefit of the ing British miners, at which commit- tees of Passaic strikers direct from the picket line will be present and speak, are as follows: Tuesday, June 6, corner of Tenth street and Second avenue, Wednesday, June 7, corner of 7th street and Avenue A. Thursday, June’8, Columbus Circle and 69th street, . Friday, June 9, ¢orner of 111th street and Fifth a 5 Saturday, June 10, corner of Aldus street and South Botilevard. | Read “OIL” by Upton Sinclair ] ie ers Coolidge” Wall Street‘s Campaign Cry for 1928 By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL, jou (Special to The Dally Worker) ASHINGTON, D. C.—(By Mail) —Congress has adjourned and the Washington Post, the court or- gan of the Coolidge-Mellon regime is satisfied, glorying in all of its “achievements.” That is just another reason, however, why workers and farmers thruout the Iand should realize that they have had another batch of hostile legislation put over on them, From what I can learn here the Coolidge-Hoover-Jardine outfit does not fear for its present power, It feels safe and secure. By all indica- tions Coolidge is again to be a can- didate for re-election in 1928. The republican machine is satisfied that it can put him over once more. One of big facts that gives the republicans faith in thelr own con- tinuity in governmental power fs the lack of unity in the democratic party. The divisions as between the East, South and West, that tore the democratic convention to shreds in Madison Square Garden, in New York City, in 1924, still continue. The forces of McAdoo and Al Smith are still at each other's throats. The New York governor didn’t help his presidential aspiration very much when he crouched before the papal legate, Bonzano, to the recent Eu- charistic Congress and kissed the ring that felt the lips of so many ‘of the faithful. This will only ag- gravate the religious schism that plays havoc with democratic unity. Lacking unity the democrats also lack an outstanding leader of the kind they had in Woodrow Wilson in 1912, On the other hand there is no con‘ siderable revolt within the repub- lican party. Coolidge got practically everything he wanted out of tne congressionat session that just died. While the democrats lack leadership so do the so-called “progressive” re- publicans, LaFollette is dead. Borah is really not one of them. The small fry have, on the other hand, spent this congressional sessian trying to make peace with the regulars. The so-called “farm bloc” has no real virility. It is a loose coalition that falls to pieces on sufficient pretext, which does not need to be very great. The Butler-Mellon-Caolidge-Long- worth outfit,can therefore feel se- cure as it witnesses cringing “pro- gressives” in its own ranks and chaos playing havoc with any op- position the democrats might offer. It is with this outlook that the reg- ular republicans feel that they can right now again raise the slogan of “Four Years More of Coolidge.” But if there is the slightest indi- cation that “Silent Cal” won't do, that “the dear people” are tired of him, then there are other candidates just as serviceable in the interests of great business. The most likely substitute for Coolidge is Nicholas Longworth, the speaker of the house of representatives, the son-in-law of the late Theodore Roosevelt. Long- worth hails from Cincinnati, which is located in Ohio, where Wall Street goes hunting for presidents when it’ cannot find them further east. That is where Mark Hanna found William MeKinley to turn back the Bryan wave during the close of the last century, and who sat in the White house during the Spanish- American war when this country entered upon its era of world im- perialist adventures, A score of years later the same state provided Wall Street with Warren G. Harding and if necessary in 1928 it will furnish the American plunderbund with Longworth, of Cincinnati, who has been one of its best henchmen in the present congressional session. It was Longworth who murdered the Haugen Farm Relief Bill, stuck the knife of death into the Longshore- men’s Accident Compensation Bill intended to safeguard the lives of tens of Thousands of workers, slaughtered the movement for fact finding into profiteering in the coal industry, put to sleep the move for old age pensions and minimum sal- aries for federal employes, to cite only a few measures he led as heads- man to the executive block. Long- worth led the assault against all la- bor and farm measures and this makes him good timber for the re- publican presidential nomination. The Wall Street looters of the people won't even go as far west as Illinois to pick up a Colonel Frank O. Lowden as a candidate to fool a few farmers. It feels that it doesn’t have to. The year 1928 is therefore des- tined to see brazen reaction seeking an endorsement of its crimes from those it has looted and plundered, The democrats will be no less re- actionary. It is the democratic vote in congress that has stood loyally by Cal Coolidge, especially in securing endorsement of the world court to protect Wall Street’s investments in Europe, and the passage of legisla- tion reducing taxes against the great rich, The “farm bloc” will continue trying to play its “non-partisan” politics within these two old parties. This situation is a challenge to the workers and farmers of the na- tion. It is a challenge to all labor to develop its own independent pol- ‘itical action. Will labor accept that challenge. All the indications in-the eve of this fall congressional elec- tions are that labor will be a grow- ing power for the 1928 presidential struggle, NEW YORK LADIES’ GARMENT WORKERS AND CHICAGO POLISH LOCAL 60 GREET JAILED PICKETS Telegrams from the mass meetings of the New York Joint Board of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, held in Madison Square Gar- den where strike action was discussed, and from Local 22 of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union have been received by the jailed 1924 strike pickets in the Cook county prison. These telegrams express the sympathy of the members of the New York union with the girls that are in jail and urge them to carry on the fight for better conditions and for the com- plete organization of the Chicago market. Polish Local No, 60 of the Inter- national Ladies’ Garment Workers Union of Chicago sent the following message to the jailed 1924 strike pickets— many of whom are members of this local: “Polish Local No. 60 of the Inter- national Ladies’ Garment Workers Union greets you, brothers and sisters unjustly imprisoned in the Cook County jail, for defying the anti- picketing edict issued by Judge Denis Sullivan during our strike of 1924, “We are struggling for your libera- tion. We pledge ourselves to continue these efforts until the last resort is exhausted, ‘We also pledge ourselves to carry on an open fight against injunctions and to do all in our power to arouse the Chicago labor movement to fight for your liberation and against injune- tions.” The Polish Local No. 60 of the International Ladies’ Garment Work- ers Union, the Polish local of the Machinists Union and the Polish Workers Clubs have selected a com- mittee and are planning to hold a ban- quet for the released garment strike pickets. Attempts are being made to get the Polish local of the Amalga- mated Clothing ‘Workers Union to participate in the banquet. YUMA, Ariz.—(FP)~—Yuma_cotton- growers are forming a pool for the sale of the 1926 Acala cotton crop. Owing to the bumper crop produced in 1925 and the prevailing low prices it is the belief of the local growers that sales can be made at better fig- ures where there is @ large list of uniform grade and staple cotton of- STEEL COMPANY COURT DECLARES PAPGUN GUILTY (Continued from page 1) opinions, “seditious «utterances,” un der the infamous Pennsylvania Anti- Sedition act, which has been met with universal condemnation and opposi- tion from the organized labor move- ment of the state. ¢ Follows Other Convictions. The conviction of Papcun follows closely after a similar conviction in the cases of the Pittsburgh Commu- nists, headed by Edward Horacek. All of these cases were defended by In- ternational Labor Defense which initt- ated the conference held a short time ago, in which organized labor express- ed its determination to proceed in an organized manner against the anti- labor Anti-Sedition act. Altho the Horacek conviction was based on mere membership in the Workers Party, and Papcun was found not guilty on that charge, the appeal in the Horacek case will to a certain extent influence the final disposition, of the Papcun case. Opposition to the rough-shod dom!- nation of the steel trust in Western Pennsylvania is growing stronger here and the night of free speech will be fought out to the finish. ST, LOUIS.—(FP)—The Order of Railroad Telegraphers enrolled 343 new members during May, fered than through privaty sale of| A aub a day will help to drive small lots, \ capital away. a. al “Four More Years of JOHN D. HEADS DONORS TO DRY SLUSH BARREL Committee Fights Over Name Publication WASHINGTON, July 6.—After, @ hectic session, in which the senate slush fund committee reversed ttself several times about making public the names of the Anti-Saloon League’s “angels” and the amounts of their contributions, a compromise was fi- nally reached this afternoon to make public a partial list of the dry don- ors since 1925. John D. Leads, The largest contributiors to the An- ti-Saloon League, in the list made pub- lic, were the John D. Rockefellers, father and son. They were credited with $20,000 since 1925, altho it is known that their contributions prior to that year were considerably larger. The list originally furnished by Wayne B. Wheeler had included all gifts since 1917 and dozens of names were thus held secret by the commit» tee. Gen. Andrews Resigns, NEW YORK, July 6. — The New York Evening Post this afternoon car ried a dispatch from a staff corre- spondent at Washington stating that Gen. Lincoln C. Andrews resigned tos day as assistant secretary in chargq of prohibition enforcement. “At the urging of Secretary Mellon, however, General Andrews agreed ta remain én office until about Septem ber 11,” the dispatch stated. Favored Beer, Before the senate committee inves« tigating prohibition, he created a sen> sation by declaring that legalization of 2.75 per cent beer would make en- forcement easier. Andrews proposed a number of radi cal amendments to the Volstead act which failed of passage in the last congress. Treasury officials declared Andrews? retirement does not mean that the government will go back to the old methods of prohibition enforcement. Mellon plans to fight for enactment of Andrews’ legislative program and especially will seek a bill creating a bureau of prohibition and bureau of customs in the treasury. MEETING BRANDS BOSTON MAYOR AS “TYRANT” BOSTON, July 6. — Denouncing Mayor Malcolm Nichols of Boston as a “greater tyrant than George III,” speakers at a free speech meeting in the Old South Meeting House opened war on the mayor's policy of banning speakers and “drawing the line in Bos- ton regarding free speech.” Dr. Samuel M. Crothers, pastor of the First Church, Cambridge, charged the mayor with “bulldozing.” Dean Roscoe Pound of the Harvard Law School scored city officials for “ad- ministrative lawlessness.” James P. Monroe, manufacturer and educator, said that “a greater tyrant than George III is in the city hall today.” The controversy goes back to the barring of Anthony Bimba, Lithua, nian editor charged with blasphemy and convicted of sedition in Brockton, Mass., from speaking in Boston halls in February and March. A ‘protest signed by a group of Massachusetts citizens, including John S. Codman, Richard W. Hale, Samuel Crothers and Lawrence G. Brooks was ignored by the mayor.. In a later exchange of letters between Mr. Hale and the mayor the latter declared that “a cer- tain amount of repression was the only course possible for any self-re- specting government” and that “upon the whole the enemies within our gates suffered little and were treated far better than they deserved.” 2umnensecaynsirauvusuaucegeanitaaceacsaana i dust Off the Press! The British Strike Its Bapkground—Ite Lessons By WM. F. DUNNE. An account of the great- est demonstration of work- ing class power seen since the Russian revolution. A booklet that should be read by every worker—and given to your shop-mate to read. 10 CENTS. Other booklets by the same author: “Speech at the Portland Con- vention of the A. F. of L.” . 6 Cents “Worker Correspondence” 10 Cents —— es READ ALSO “BRITISH LABOR BIDS FOR POWER.” A record of the. historjc Scarborough Con- gress, By Scott Nearing, 10