The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 16, 1926, Page 1

The:DAILY WORKER Raises ' the Standard for a Workers’ | | and Farmers’ Government Vol. Ill. No. 208. Subscription Rates: DAUPYERTY GOT | Louse en By T. J, O'}FLAHERTY IXTY-THREE affidavits in support of a demand for a new trial for Sacco and Vanzetti were submitted in court Mat Monday. Held on the threshold of death for six years for a crime of which the two workers are as innocent as the unborn, the latest sensational development in this his- toric case has again attracted nation- wide attention. A confession made by a condemned murderer exonerates the two Italian workers and whatever ex- cuse the law may have been able to give in the past for doubting their in- nocence in the past their is none left now, eee ¥ anything was needed to convince the workingclass of the need for a Jabor defense organization such as.the I. L. D, the Sacco and Vanzetti case should prove sufficient. But for the efforts of sympathetic organizations to rouse public opinion in behalf of those two persecuted workers it is safe to say that they would now be making dust. It is by no means cer- tain that the confession recently made will save our comrades. I remember reading a story of the 1798 rebellion in Ireland where a leader of the reyo- lutionists was charged with the mur- | der of an English séttler. The latter expecting the rebel to be properly hanged by this time strolled into the courthouse while the prosecutor was picturing the death agonies of the Englishmen at the hands of the pris- oner in the dock. eee S he was describing the death gur- gle of the allegedly murdered man, the defense attorney spied the settler and haled him before the bench, This was not enuf, however. Tho the “murdered” man admitted he was the person over whom the fuss was made the prosecutor insisted that it was only his ghost that was in the court and it took a rescue party to take the rebel Irishman out of the hands of the Iaw. When the ruling classes want thelr pound of flesh they are in- sistent and persistent. eee ‘OHN H. WALKER, in his report to the conyention of the Illinois State Federation of Labor, sees an indus- trial slump ahead. Mr. Walker did “hot Propose any appropriate polity to mest this situation. Neither did he have to say about the sell- out of Farrington to the Pea- body Ooal company. He did not ex- cuse his endorsement of Samuel In- sull’s candidate, Frank L. Smith. He | @id use up several pages defending his honor against the charge of having | benefitted materially from the Insull donation to Smith’s fund. ees ee ee agencies sometimes employ novel tricks to separate the job seeker from the ten dollar fee which he is anxious to dodge by j@ppealing directly for his job to the factory. In the Daily News of Septem- ber 13, the Shepherd Service had their regular advertisement listed under “Male Employment Agencies.” On an- vother page there was an innocent Woking advertisement calling for ma- chine shop workers, “Mfrs, Distrib- utors, 6 South Wabash Avenue, Room ‘ 1805.” When workers went to apply for @ job they discovered that this was } the address of the Shepherd Service and the first question shot at them by the clerical staff was: “Have you got $107” see COORDING to the worker who came into our office with this in- formation, hundreds of workers jam, med the elevators on the way to the foom number given in the advertise~ ment... The particular job paid from, $16 to $22. And hundreds of workers) | Were grabbing a chance to work at’ Pea starvation wage. It is a crying that something is not bof @ dy the trade union movement” to , Orgenize.-the unorganized workers. Without. union thru which they can sell.thelr labor power the workerg are helpless, outside of the very tew ‘who s/n exceptional training, In Chicago, by GERMAN DOUGH; THATS CLEAR Witness Playing to Save Own Hide (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Sept. 14.—Efforts to whitewash Former Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty and Colonel Thomas W. Miller of the charge of having accepted a bribe of $441,000 to facilitate the return of $7,000,000 worth of property. of the American Metal Company, a branch of the Ger- man corporation known as the Metail- gessellschaft, to the owners, is evi- dent in the testimony of Richard Mer- ton, German capitalist. The assets of this corporation were impounded under the trading with the enemy act and Richard Merton, a Ger- man industrialist, visited this country and paid the sum of $441,000 to Daugh- erty, Alien Property Custodian Miller and John T. King, former republican national committeeman for Connecti- cut. The property was returned in- side of 48 hours and Merten received a check for over $6,000,000 from Colonel Miller at a champagne party in Merton’s quarters, Shielding Daugherty. The defense position is that the $441,000 was not a bribe but a fee. The German capitalist, who was the government's star witness, seemed to be anxious to absolve Daugherty and Miller of blame in the transaction. Merton knew King. was not a law- yer, but gave him the $50,000 retainer because of his influence with the ad- ministration, he testified. Merton re- ceived $250,000 from the metal corpo- ration for getting the claim dis- posed of. Fourth Day on Stand. Today was Merton’s fourth day on the witness stand.» Tho brought here from Germany by Federal Attorney Emory R. Buckner to testify for the government, it was remarked in court that Merton seemed to feel more at ease under examination of defense counsel than when + dep aaomasid by. Be Unitd States-attorney-—- An, effort to have..the conspiracy trial of M. Daugherty, declared a mis- Outside Chicago, by mail, Entered at Second-class matter September 21, mail, $8.00. per year, $6.00 per year, ® { 1923, at thegPost Office at Chicago, Ulinois, under the Act of March 8, 1879, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1926 *” Fight for Their Freedom in New Court Battle : | Brensedlna: sixty-one affidavits while show conclusively that Sacco and Vanzetti were victims of a frame-up, attorneys for the defense in the world-famous frame-up case are appealing for a new trial to save the two Italian! workers from the electric chalr to which they have been unjustly condemned. Left to right are Vanzetti, Sacco) and Mrs, Sacco, FARRINGTON AND LEWIS GANGS UNITE AGAIN Patch United Front to Fight Joe Tumulty (Special to The Daily Worker) SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Sept. 14.— Peace reigns again in the ranks of the officials of the United Mine Workers of. Illinois today,.with the announcement of state Harry Fishwick, that State. Senator trial was made before: federal Judge} William J. Sneed of Herrin has been Mack today, and failed. Judge Denied Motion. Max Steuer, counsel for Daugherty, made the motion. He asked: the judge to discharge the jury. Such © action would be equivalent to. declaring the case a mistrial. The judge denied the motion. Lawyers Have Difference. Another surprise developed when Steuer made it apparent tliat the two defendants, Daugherty and Miller, are not in accord on the legal tactics to be adopted during the trial. Steuer said he could not “divine” what Colonel William Rand, attorney for Miller, was aiming at in hfs de- fense—in fact in Rand's previous ex- amination of Merton, Rand had en- dangered the defense of Daugherty. Car Porters Endorsed. CLEVELAND — (FP) — Unqualified indorsement of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters was voiced by Negro Elks in convention at Cleve- iand. The Elks have 50,000 members. SECRETARY-TREASURER OF UNION THAT TOOK IN nated MILL mS appointed vice-president of the or- ganization. Simultaneously, Sneed an- nounced that he would be a candidate at the December election to succeed himself, foregoing the race for the presidency for which he had been an entry. This action was taken with a view to winning control of the Mlinois field to supporters of International Presi- dent, John L. Lewis, it is believed. Lewis Pleased With Deal. Lewis, in a statement declares his pleasure at the turn events have taken. Sneed states that the interests of the union in avoiding a political con- test at this time prompted his action. Feared Progressive Ticket. What forced the officials of District 12 to unite their forces was fear of a progressive victory under the. leader- ship of Joseph Tumulty, candidate for | president. |posure fresh in the minds of the coal diggers, and with a candidate who has jchine, Lewis, Fishwick, Sneed and the Peabody Coal company felt that this |rington and the Lewis gang to indulge jin the luxury of an internecine quar- |rel over the presidency of the Illinois | jess Union. president, | With the Farrington ex- | consistently fought the Farrington ma: | | was no time for the followers of Far- | PESTKOVSKY TELEGRAPHS DAILY WORKER DENYING REPORTED MEXICAN TALK In its issue of September 9 The | DAILY WORKER carried a tele- | graphed story from Mexico City say- | ing that Alexandra Kollontai has been appointed to succeed Stanisiav Pestkovsky, Soviet ambassador to Mexico, and that the latter had “at- tracted wide attention when he de- livered a speech here attacking the United States” with regard to the Latin-American situation, The DAILY WORKER has re- celved the - lewving telegram from Ambassador (Jestkoveky concerning this story:. ‘tl did not deliver any speech here :attacking the United States or make any declarations concerning Latin-America. Please correct your..cable In the Sept. 9 issue.” Signed>Pestkovsky. The DAILY WORKER is glad to print’ the correction and to state also that more recent dispatches sent from Moscow make denials of the report that Kollontai has been chosen to succeed Pestkovsky or that there has: been any indication of a change in its Mexican represen- tative. The originali-story was recelved by The DAILY WORKER from its regular news-wervice and was not cabled by a correspondent. Speaks for Sacco and Vanzetti to Illinois Federation Convention (Special to Tne Dally Worker) STREATOR, ILL., Sept. 14.— An- tonio Presi, of the Granite Cutters’ | Union of Chicago addressed the Illi- |nois’ State Federation of Labor here |and Vanzetti, He asked that the con- | vention demand! that a new trial be given to these two framed-up work- ers, the case of’ which he explained in detail. The question was referred to the resolutions committee for later re- | ports today, speaking in behalf of Sacco/| INSULL SLUSH ISSUE IN ILL. STATE UNIONS Smith Has. Friends at Streater Convention (Special to The Daily Worker) STREATOR, Iil., Sept. gate Al Obrill, representing the Chi- cago tracklayers at the Illinois State Federation of Labor convention here, | fhas declared in a speech that because Frank L, Smith, republican, and Geo. Brennan, democrat both have friends among the delegates, labor should re- malin “neutral” in the senatorial elec- tion. John H. Walker, renominated for president of the federation, will be op- posed by John F. Gaffigan of Spring- ileld. Victor Olander, secretary- treasurer Is unopposed. eras STREATOR, Ill., Sept. 14. — The shadow of the publicly regulated util- ity corporation hangs over the 44th Tllinois State Federation of Labor convention which opened in Streator Sept. 18. While many issues are touched on in the comprehensive re- port of Pres. John H, Walker, the out- standing issue is in effect whether a public utility candidate for the U. S. senate shall have the backing of Mlt- nois organized labor. Smith Has “Friends.” Having received the endorsement of labor officials and boards before the revelations regarding the real source | of his support, Frank L. Smith, repub- lican nominee, is fighting thru his friends at the trade union convention to prevent the withdrawal of the en- dorsement. Many labor men. who do not favor Smith because the anti-labor utility czar, Sam Insull, is his paymaster, nevertheless think that George Bren- nan, his democrat rival and former (Continued on page 2) oon am WeMust Keep The Daily Worker my Aimee SecPisioen case will mot}’” down.. Last Monday's papers (car | * tied the news that the lady who’ con’ fessed to occupying the cottage by the sea..with Aimee’s radio operator, con- fessed for the sake of the $5,000) that was promised her by Aimee for the altbi, It appears that Aimee’s willing witness did not get the coin, so she had to resort to writing bad checks, Now she has admitted her part in the affair. The DAILY WORKER re- ceived more than one letter from Los Angeles taking exceptions to our treat- ment ofithe story, Those poor dubs think the foxy Mrs. McPherson is the victim ef a papal frame-up, ERD is no difference between the Aimee McPherson type and the confidence men who sell the gullible real-estate in the Carribean Sea, ex- cept that Almee’s followers are lower {n intelligence than the suckers who fall for the real estate sharks, The catholic church has pulled off better- paying stunts than Aimee's, but the catholics get something for the money, be {t only a splinter from the sacred Mrs. Sarah Conboy has been seo- retary of the United Textile Work- ers’ Union since 1915. | 8,000 strik- ing textile workers of Passaic are now members of the new union which has assumed thé direction of the strike that still on against the New Jersey mill barons, By C. E. RUTHENBERG, General Secretary Workers (Communist) Party, HE DAILY WORKER has launched a campaign for $50,000, Of this amount $10,000 must be raised during the next two weeks and the whole $50,000 during the next three months. The life of The DAILY WORKER depends upon the success of this cam- paign, We started The DAILY WORK- ER on the basis of a $75,000 fund which the members of our Party, Its sympathizers and the militant work- ers generally subscribed in order to give the revolutionary movement in this country a militant, fighting organ which would voice its ideals and sup- port its program. We have kept The DAILY WORKER ative through the contributions de by these same workers in raising a fund of $35,000 in 1924 and again in 1926, N American daily working class newspaper cannot live upon the income it receives from subscriptions and -advertising the present stage of the development of the class strug- gle in this county. It can only be kept alive to voice the ideals and pro- gram of the revolutionary movement through thy, willingness of those work- ers who are committed to those ideals and that program coming to its ald ich year through contributions to its aining fund, HE capitalists daily newspapers are sustained through the ad- vertising which they receive from the capitalists, Thee capitalists are suf- ficiently class censcious not to sup- port a working class, revolutionary paper which is? fighting against the capitalist systemrwith their advertis- ing, and rtising matter from work- ing class sources Is not sufficient to replace the income which is thus denied a working class daily. The only way this deficit In Income can be made up is through contribu- tions through a sustaining fund. The DAILY WORKER has been obliged to resort to appeals for such a sustain- ing fund, and the militant workers who stand behind it have given that fund, They have kept The DAILY WORKER alive. They have made it possible for it to continue its marvicee to the workers’ cause, Is The DAILY WORKER Worth Kerping? HE question we have to answer in relation to The DAILY WORKER campaign for $50,000, is whether The DAILY WORKER is worth keeping? ‘ Are its services to the revolutionary working class movement sufficient to warrant the militant workers coming to Its ald to the extent of raising $50,000 to “KEEP THE DAILY WORKER"? NO ONE WHO KNOWS AND READS THE DAILY WORKER WILL QUESTION WHETHER IT IS WORTH THE SACRIFICE NECES- SARY TO RAISE $50,000 “TO KEEP THE DAILY WORKER.” The DAILY WORKER is worth even gre rr sacrifices to the revolutionary working class movement. The DAILY WORKER Is today the heart and center of every movement which expresses a militant struggle against capitalist exploitation and op- pression, ‘T Is The DAILY WORKER which is fighting for militant left wing trade unionism, which would make the trade unions workers’ fights for better ter working conditions and a higher standard of life. It is The DAILY. WORKER which brings the stories of the workers’ Published Daily PUBLISHING CO. NEW YORK EDITION except Sunday by THE I AILY WORKER 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. Price 3 Cents New Affidavits In Sacco Trial Prove Frame-up By S. D. LEVINE. (Special to The Dally Worker) DEDHAM, Mass., September 14.—That the department of justice was interested in persecuting Sacco and Vanzetti, that the names of the two radicals were on the files of the department some time before the arrest and that an understanding existed between the department of justice and the county authorities that information gained be swapped to help each other to get r of the two radicals was disclosed by affidavits of former justice hear- ing for a motion for a new trial. Next to the Madeiros confession and allied evidence in considered very important in the demand for An affidavit by John Rusgamenti states he was as trial, a department of justice agent to zetti case, that he was to comm placed in cell next to Sacco in order to get infor former District Attorney Katzman, told him he had no evidence} against Sacco and Vanzetti and it is for Rusgamenti to get it. Co-operate With County. Another affidavit by Fred Y. Wey- told of the assignment of men spying in the Sacco and Vanzetti case and co-operation between the county authorities and the justice depart- ment. He believed that their convic- tion was the result of their being rad- ieals, but that they were innocent of jthe erime. He also told of the fact |that the names of Sacco and Vanzetti as radicals and evaders of the draft were in the files of the department \some time before the arrest. Evidence on File. Lawrence Letherman, a former jus- tice department agent, in an affidavit stated that the federal agents failed 14.— Dele- | jto get suffictent evidence to deport | Sacco and Vanzetti and they thought | the murder convietion a good way to | dispose of the case. He said that there lis a lot of correspondence between the }department and District Attorney |Katzman in the office of the: depart- |ment of Justice which would show the preparation of the case. Attorney Thompson, in reading the affidavits, told the court that he asked for the files of the department of justice in order to sustain these affidavits but they were not given to him, Confession Read. The Madeiros confession was’ read. It states that he was in the South Braintree crime and that Sacco and Vanzetti were not there. The affidavit gives the particulars of how the mur- der was committed and the part he played in it. Madetros’ confession does not disclose the names of the murderers. But an affidavit of John Weeks, an associate of Madeiros in the Wrentham case, tells of a state- ment made by Madeiros, in which he named the “Morelli gang,” a notorious Providence gang, as the ones com- mitting the crime. Sixty-one affidavits were presented by Attorney Thomp- son. The court room is crowded with | labor representatives and radicals of Boston. Many correspondents from) different parts of the country are here. Sacco and Vanzetti Not Present. Sacco and Vanzetti were not present in court. Sacco’s wife and six-year-old | child were there watching the proceed- | ings in which the fate of husband and father is being decided. GERMANY SEEKS WITHDRAWAL OF FRENCH TROOPS Disarmament | Confab In- definitely Shelved (Special to The Dally Worker) GENEVA, Sept. 14—Herr Strese mann, representing Germany at the league of nations confab, has made a request of the French premier, Aris- tide Briand, that France withdraw her troops from German soil, This re quest of the German premier is made on the grounds that since Germany is a member of the league she should be trusted and as proof of the good in- tentions of the allied powers toward Germany these troops should be wiih- drawn, It is not known what action Briand or the French government will take, It ts expected that France will offer to cut down the number of oo eupaticnal forces in an effort to side- step the question of withdrawing the troops. The general disarmament confer- ence has been put on the shelf for the year. It is not expected that any attempt: will be made to hold a con- ference this, year, Non-permanent members of the council are to be elected Friday. It ts expected that Chile, Poland and China will be given the three-year seats and strikes to the masses of this country | Uruguay, Belgium and Holland the (Continué@ oti ‘page 2) one year seata department men read by Attorney Wm. Thompson in the |mond, former justice department man, | affid act as a spy in the Sacco-V it burglary, get arrested and %e ation then prosecutor in the ERP KERER IRN ET OTe Cae j ELECTRICAL Wf AKERS’ UNION OFFAL St¥! STRIKES A ATE HO GOS BUUL (Speciat to The Daily Worker) STREATOR, Ill, Sept. 14. — Ed ward J. Evans, of Chicago, executive official of the Electrical Workers’ Union, speaking before an afternoon gathering, scored the strike as a weapon of organized ‘aor. “The strike has become obsolete,” Evans declared. Evans \ptilaben Se labor insurance. CHICAGO FUR WORKERS FIGHT B. A. MILLSTEIN Indiguetion. “Meeting to Be Held Tomorrow The attempts on the part of Busi- ness Agent Millstein of Local 45, Cht- cago Fur Workers’ Union, to mant- pulate the coming elections so that the slate which he {is putting forward wins, has caused the president of the local union to issue a special call meeting of the union to take up the question of elections and to discuss the attempt of Millstein to strangle the expression of the membership in the coming elections. Jam Thru Decision, At a meeting of the executive com- mittee Millstein and his henchmen jammed thru a decision that all bal lots to be cast in the coming elec- tions must be cast in the office of the union and that the appointment of tellers and supervision of the printing of ballots and determining who !s to |go on the ballot is to be left to Mill- stein henchmen. The vote which put this decision thru was 6 to 4. Among the six voting for the Millstein pro- posal were several not entitied to vote, The four—among whom was Interna- tional Vice-President Ida Weiustein— left the meeting as an expression of their indignation at Millstein’s high- handed methods. Call Special Meeting. The following call has been sent out by the president of Local 45, calling on the membership to attend the spe- cial meeting where an attempt will be ade to curb Milistein’s activities: “Sisters and Brothers: “To those who were in doubt as to the. methods pursued by Millstein & Co., the Executive Board in session held Monday, Sept. 13, passed a motion to hold an election contrary to the constitution by electing their own tel lers and avoiding a meeting for elec- tion as was always conducted for the election of officers, namely, to have the membership come to the office of the union or some room and cast the ballot for people who Milstein would have elected to office. The ballots are being printed by himself. Various (Continued on page 2.) A subscription to The DAILY WORKER for one month to the members of your union is a good way. Try it. Italian Workers! The latest attempt on the life of Benito Mussolini, the fascist tool of capitalism, in Italy has tracted public attention to the tion In that country, Tomorrow's DAILY WORKER will carry an in- terview with L, Candela, secretary of the Chicago branch of the Anti- Fascist Alliance, on fascism in Italy and interesting facts about the dom- inant elements in the black shirt party. Don't miss tomorrow's DAILY WORKER