The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 26, 1926, Page 2

megs NEW RULINGS IN DISTRICT 1 AID OPERATORS Cappelini’s Sham Battle with Bosses * ARTICLE THREE WILKESBARRE, Pa., Sept. 23—The experience of the miners of District 4, under the Cappellini regime shows that there is more than one way of breaking down the working condi- tions. In‘ some instances, officials simply refuse or neglect to take up and fight vdolations of the agreement. The com- panies then are able, thru establishing Precedents, to continue contract vio- lations such as refusal to pay for rock work, timbering, etc. But the operators also can be favor- ed and miners’ conditions made worse, productions increased without ad- ditional pay, by TAKING UP CER- TAIN CASHS. All previous officials of District 1 have carefully refrained from trying to secure decisions on re- Strictions of ontput by the miners, knowing that no contract ever nego- tiated has contained a clause allowing this, and believing, quite correctly, thet any attempt to argue such cases would result in a decision against the union, “Restriction of Output.” Bat one of Pres. Cappellini's first eases dealt with restriction of out- put. * He lost the case—as he doubtless expected he would and the speed-up syetem of the operators is bulwarked now by a legal conference decision. Another case which brought a de- feat and a much greater demand up- on the coal diggers, because of Cap- pellini’s policy, was that dealing with “topping” (the technical term for coal piled up above the side boards of the car). In this case, President Cappel- ; Mai made an issue of the demands of the company for six inch topping, ‘written into the agreement in cold type, and, of course, was beaten, and had another precedent established which the operators now take the ful! est advantage of. More Coal For Operators. What this means to the miners is easily understood when it is known that in order to have six inches of topping on a car at the breaker it is necessary to load from 12 to 24 inches of topping at the face due to the loss in transit. ‘The miners therefore, are loading from one-half to one ton more per car then they were before Cappellini “fought” these cases. As we said in the beginning there is more than one way of aiding the operators. It can be done just as well in some instances by taking up cases, as by neglecting them. Cappellini’s policy seems to embody both of these features. Witltls Grabs Advantage. WASHINGTON, Sept. 23—(FP) — Because organized labor has declared that it will make a fight against his’ democratic opponent, former Senator Pomerene, Senator Willis of Ohio an- hounced at the White House that his Te-election will be an endorsement of Qeolidge by the voters of Ohio. ES OF PASSAIC STRIKE TO BE SHOWN IN CHICAGO SEPT. 29 Priday, October 29, at the nd Bivd. Auditerium, Ashiand and Van Buren Streets, will be Shown for the first time, the plo- ture of the Passaic strike. The plotyre depicts the struggles of the 16,000 textile workers against the mill owners of Passaio and Includes all phases of strike and relief ao tivity. The film Is being shown under the auspices of the Chicago Relief Conference for the Passaic Strikers, The committee requests that all sympathetic organizations make no conflicting arrangements for that date. THE GLOWN BELOW IS THE IMPERIAL WIZARD OF | THE KU KLUX KLANNERS Ar. Hiram Wesley Evans, | Dr. Evans is the peculiarly garbed | gentleman above as he looked on the oceasion of the recent Klan Klonvoca- | tion In Washington. Condylis Withdraws from the Leadership of Greek Government ATHENS, Sept. 24. — Gen. Condylis, today announced his withdrawal from the premiership. He will be a candi- date in the nearing parliamentary elec- tions. It is believed here that Gen. Condy- lis desires to remain free to watch over the defense of the republican regime in case it !s menaced by the hopes of the monarchists, and also to be able to defend the system of pro- portional representation. The major- ity of his cabinét will not take part in the elections, so the ministry now simply becomes a business cabinet. Gen, Condylis said today: “I repeat my former declaration that in case of the restoration of the monarchy all Forke Canada’s New Immigration Minister TORONTO, Ont., Sept. 25—Robert Forke, Progressive leader and member elect of parliament, has accepted the immigration ministry in the Mackenzie | ani King cabinet. His entry means a de- | tree-lined, | brutality of uniformed officials. ‘NJ. REVEREND SCORES BOSSES’ Assails Brutality of Passaic Police PASSAIC, N. J., Sept. 24.—Declaring that there are two Passaics, one clean, with luxurious homes; the other dirty, with narrow streets, dark, miserable homes, the Rev. Norman W. Pendleton, pastor of the Rutherford congregational church, Rutherford, in his sermon last evening scored the mill owners for their cold-hearted atti- tude towards their workers and criti- cized the protestant churches for thé unworthy part they have played in the big strike, Assails Police. Rev. Pendleton told his congrega- tion he had seen with his own eyes the unnecessary brutality of the po- lice and had watched the strikers peacefully picketing the mills: “IT have watched the strikers march, at a snail’s pace, along the sid¥walks; many of them boys and girls, singing their songs of ‘Brotherhood and Soli- darity,’ harmless as a Sunday school ; picnic, Saw Brutality. “I have watched the unnecessary T lis- tened to the Rev. John Hayes Holmes make an eloquent plea for the triumph of true Americanism and the vindica- tion of constitutional rights, and saw a nervous sheriff lose self-control and make himself foolish. And thru it all I have marvelled at the power of these people to hold themselves in, to hold their peace, when it would seem that there was almost evident purpose to drive them to violence.” INVOKES RIGHT OF REFUGE FOR FASCIST PREY (Continued from page 1) published a solemn decree signed by King Victor Emmanuel and Mussolini and Federzoni, denouncing Vacirca as a defamer and slanderer of Italy and the existing government, and as conducting “poisonous propaganda among the working classes, in par- ticular among our colonies of emi- grants” against the institutions of which Mussolini is the head. It describes Vacirca as a “resident in New York,’ and declares inflicted upon ‘him the loss of his Italian citi- zenship and the confiscation of his property in Italy. Mussolini's Brother Incites Murder. With the original copy of this de- cree Vacirca presented to the board an editorial published by the “Powolo D’ Itallia,” a fascist organ founded by Mussolini and edited by his brother, inciting the fascisti to hang Vacirca to a lamp post asa traitor because of his antifascist activities in Switzerland the United States. ‘he language used in denouncing finite fusion in Canada of the low jthe socialist deputy in this Mussolini tariff Liberal and Progressive forces.) Prime Minister Meighen and his ‘ Conservative cabinet did not resign as }was expected. Arrest Military to Halt Persian Crisis TEHERAN, Sept. 24—Many of the military, gendarmerie and police of | ficers, as ‘well as civilians, have been | arrested and charged with plotting against Shah Rhiza Khan Pahlevi. Martial law will be enforced again. ‘Texas Heat Kills Two. CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex., Sept. 22. ~—Two men died near here today from heart attacks, the result of a heat wave which has brought the ther- mometer to 100%, the highest in 39 years, according to weather bureau records. Send The DAILY WORKER for one month to your shop-mate. ‘Seurmavvesvveevevsnseceeegeennaenenaennennner nanan esse e Drive to Th Donations OONATIONS received Sept. 23rd— Seve je Rupert, Elko, Neva 00 Miss Regina Myroski, Mound fs Dunn, Toledo, Ohio 00 | ville, We Vas ous 1.00 Einar Peterson, Glen Co: A. F. Denneth, Rickreall, © 00 N.Y. 100 Frank Basick, Peeksville, Wisc. .... 1,00 00 Demetrius Karadem. 00) N. J see 4.00 00 Martin Kiall, Nor is 2.00 neha ky 1,00| Dr, M. Ba 1 10.00 t an, Ss. W. Atlanta, Ga. 2.00 erat RO RSwase Michalek, Clee, ‘i. . wn 2,00 jAlbert Kuhne, Chicago, All |S. Zollinger, Chicago, il! | J. Stidham, Annona, Tex, Oscar Dittrich, Patreson, Siegfried Seiler, Los Angeles, “os 8. H. Babcock, Conneaut, Ohl 20 = Gos 88333 10.00 Keep the Daily Worker! editorial is too vile for translation into English. It was after similar de- nunciations of Matteoti and the lib- eral editor, Amendola, had been pub- lished in the fascist press that those two leaders were deliberately mur dered. \ Vacirca’s History. Vacirca filed with the review board a statement of his struggle ‘for Ital- ian liberty. Born in Italy 40 years ago he lived in the United States from 1912 to 1919, marrying here in 1915. On his return to Italy in 1919 he was immediately elected to par- iament for the Bologna district and two years later from the Siracusa dis- trict. He held various local offices also. In 1921 the fasoisti began their at- tempts to kill him. In four towns they shot at him and on one occasion killed some of his friends. His houso was ransacked, his wife beaten, and they were both ordered to leave the town under pain of death. In Sira- cusa, Catania, Bologna, Casenza and other cities he was pursued, menac- ed and insulted and compelled to flee. When ‘in January, 1924, he asked for a passport for himself and wife Mussolini personally refused ot, and they escaped to Switzerland without passports. The American consul in Zurich gave them temporary papers of identification, and Vacirca came to New York in May, 1925. His family Joined him later. He has lectured and ledited the antl-fascist daily “Nuovo |Mundo” in New York City. Since he has no passport and no |cttizenship, the Italian socialist dep- uty cannot travel. If deported by the United States to Switzerland, the | Swiss may surrender him to Mussolini to be murdered by the dictator’s fol- lowers. Decision by the board of review may be made within a week. Mean- | while the case assumes an importance greater than any which has arisen |sinee America’s public opinion pre- ‘vented Elhiu Root from surrendering to the czar’s hangmen the refugees Rudovitz and Pouren, 20 years ago. STRIKE ACTIONS: ‘Jeverything else” the red sweatered BOMB EXPLADES:IN HANDS OF WORKER; MUNITIONS FACTORY IS WRECKED LISBON, Sept. 24—The Ribalon- ga munitions factory was partly de- stroyed, a neighboring church was wrecked and several persons were Injured today when a workman In the munitions factory exploded a bomb which he was manufacturing. The workman who es all in- Jury was placed under arrest. HEARST DRIVER DELIVERS SHORT, SNAPPY SPEECH THE DAILYYWORKER JACK LAIT SAYS GAMBLERS WON DEMPSEY-TUNNEY FIGHT IN PHILLY (Continued from page 1) The lamb slew the butcher, yes. But it was an active, vigorous lamb and a weary, sagging old butcher who showed upon a face that once was famous for its perfect delineation of the fighting man, a careworn and tor- tured expression, “Experts” Off, The “exper{s” who said that Demp- sey was in the pink of fighting condi- tion should wash their mouths with soap, This veteran reporter, who has taken in every important boxing match of his period, and that ranges back a few years, has never seen a sorrier defender of a title since that pitiful afternoon in Reno, when Jim Jefiries, staggered forth to do battle with Johnson, Dempsey Unfit. It took no sharpshooter to call the turn. It required no referee or meticul- When He Quit Talking Newsie Quit’ Selling “It I eatch you_selling papers be- tween eight o'clock and the time the bulldog shows up, you don’t get any more ‘Americans.’” This monologue took plate at the corner of Halsted and Madison streets at six o’clock in the evening Dempsey and Tunney caressed each other for the ten rounds. The author of the speaking part was a short, wiry fellow with a red sweater) He was a driver for the Hearst Evening American and the butt of his remarks was a meek newspaper ven- dor who expected a landoffice business cajoling pedestrians into reading “all about the big fight.” In expectation of big business the impresario of the newstand called out his whole family. Newsle Kept His Head. “This goes for Daily News and fellow continued, without any attempt at diplomacy. A big pile of Daily News almost brought tears from the news- monger’s eyes, but he thot it better to lose a few dollars ig profits than lose a week in bed 60 he agreed to accept the ultimatum. Thinking it peculiar; that a driver should be clothed with such dictatorial powers, The DAILY WORKER re- porter approached the humble news- vendor, after the driver was at a safe distance and inquifed whether the wiry lad was Benito Mussolini in dis- guise. A sickly laugh was the reply. It appears that something went wrong with the Hearst ‘service on the bout and that this was the method to square things with thelr competitors. For the benefit of tninitiated the “bulldog” mentioned ‘I the first para- graph is the first ection . of the morn- ing papers. Curious way to build up circulation! And is it surprising that you don’t see The DAILY WORKER on all news- stands? ‘ ously chosen judges. Before Jack Dempsey, the killer of old, had drag- ged his listless and lifeless carcass half way across the soggy ring at the clang of the opening gong, it was a foregone cinch. The man was unfit to fight, No contender in history ever got the break that Tunney did—weigh- ing 185 pounds, a defensive boxer, a so-so hitter and a 3-to-l outsider, catching the champion of champions in such a situation and coming out the monarch of pugilism. The whole business was off key. Fancy a heavyweight king, who drew 132,000 people and $2,000,000 never being introduced, and the alleged aspirant not even rising to take a bow when his name was called. It Was Raining. It was raining. Tex Rickard had tdken his pitcher to the well once too often. He had put on seemingly end- less preliminaries, meaningless com- bats between unimportant nobodys, until far after nine-thirty. And by the time Dempsey and Tunney got into the ring, it was pouring so that,no one cared much about anything. Then they started taping—yards and yards of gauze they wound about the hands of the supposedly two best gladiators in the whole world. And when it finally started, it was wetter than ever. Dempsey, that notorious devastating mauler, shuffled out of his corner with the look of a school boy caught playing hookey—as indeed, he had, for more than two years, Tunney Nervous. Tunney was as nervous as a bride, sparring, backing, boxing until it dawned on him that he was roped in with a phantom, a shadow without substance. Even then he never assumed the ag- gressive, except in the last two rounds, when he had the championship in his hand and should have taken no chances. An astoundingly stupéd fighter is this Tunney. He won every round N. J. UNIONISTS FIND PICKETING LAW DON'T HELP WILDWOOD, N. J., Sept. 24—The convention of the New Jersey State Federation of Labor defeated Henry F. Hilfers, its secretary for 17 years, replacing him with Hugh V. Reilly of the Newark machinists. Reilly gain- ed his support from the carpenters, iron workers and the Hudson county delegation hbeeides his own. The legislative committee of the New Jersey state federation of la- bor twas instructed by the Wildwood convention to prepare a bill amending the 1913 law to provide for a 44-hour week for state, county and municipal work, The committee likewise was in- structed to take up the question of obtaining more effective legislation for peaceful picketing. ‘The picket- ing law that went into effect July 4, 1926, has proven a joker and of no ad- vantage to New Jersey organized la- bor, although the unions backed the bill hoping for a gain against injunc- tions. The convention endorsed Theodore M. Brandle’s attack on the port of New York authority committee. Brandle, Hudson county union head, charged the port atithority with fa- voring open shop employers with the contracts for certain building con- struction jobs, Ex-governor George S. Silzer is implicated in the deal by Brandle. Contracts’ amounting to $4,000,000 are involved. ‘The 48th annual New Jersey state federation of labor convention's en- dorsement was angwer to Silzer’s statement that Brandle was not back- ed by organized labor, Brandle said that the bidding was limited to firms unfair to labor and that “an examina- tion of the bide had led interested parties to suspect there had been collusion among the bidders.” The superstructures for two bridges connecting Staten Island and New Jersey are the jobs concerned. All New Jersey building trades tinions SACCO, VANZETTI IN LOST STAND FOR NEW TRIAL (Continue from Page 1) | or disprove the assertions of Weyand and Letherman, 63 At Sixty-three affida idavits. its supported the defense motion; twenty-seven the state’s opposition, The deposition of Celestine Madeiros, whose confession was the basis fomethe new trial mo- tion, was read into the record, to- gether with certain correspondence Thompson deemed essential to show his stand thruout the preparation of the case. The Confession. The main facts of Madeiros’ confes- sion were already known: that he and a gang identified in other affidavits as the Morellis of Providence, R. I., com- mitted the South Braintree payroll robbery which resulted in the murder of the two guards, Berardelli and Par- menter, Sacco and Vanzetti were con- victed of first degree murder for this crime and haye spent over five years in the shadow of the electric chair while their friends have carrfed on a momentous battle for their lives, Appealed to Butler, Defense Counsel Thompson appealed to United States Attorney General Sar- gent, upon advice of Senator William M, Butler, for aid in securing access to the Boston department of justice files. Neither Butler nor Sargent suc- ceeded in getting the information, Sargent did not even write an answer to Thompson's request, altho Thomp- fon is a fellow republican and head of the Massachusett’s bar grievance committee. , Charlie Schwab Goes on Partial Strike; He May Make It General from all his countless enterprises ex- cept the Bethlehem Steel company and the Chicago Pneumatic Tool are particularly interested in the fight for union labor on these pub- le works, PO CC ce RV ER UGE COLL ONT AN TURE facies ht. int oT a eae aren Send Additional $1,000 for Miner Children An additional $1,000 check for the rellef of British miner children is on the way, sent by the International Workers’ Ald from ite headquarters at 1163 W, Madison St, Chicago a ” * aca ARMOR ihe ’ company was announced tentatively by the steel magnate on his arrival herg today from Minneapolis. “I have been working hard for more than 45 years, now,” Schwab said, “and I want to drop all my work, I'm getting too old to work. “Right now, I'm working only two hours a day and I'm going to stop doing even that.” Resignotion of Charles M. Schwab| trom what had been a truly miraculous champion, and yet he came forth con- victed of almost every misdemeanor known to smart ring generalship. He could have knocked Dempsey out in the first round if he had forced his way; he should have dispatched him in any of the following rounds. But, when he had the world to gain he was careful, and when he was already champion before the decision that made him so, he was undecided, now forcing it, again taking to his heels. Dempsey Green, Dempsey was a pathetic spectacle. He started with his face green. Set in a silly grin, He tried to put on the snarl of the murderer, but his features wouldn’t respond bécause his heart wasn't in it. After he got a few cracks to his jaw, he folded up as he did tin the first eleven rounds of his match with the late Bill Brennan, Spitting gobs of blood, his left eye closed tight, his right cut and bleed- ing from a ragged wound, he bobbed and crouched and missed and swung and puffed and tried to look ferocious. Like a grotesque, synthetic thing, his tallommade nose stood forth in the middle of the face like sdme fantas- tic butterfly that had fluttered into a slaughter-house, Misses A Mile. Tunney, a second-class defensive boxer, coulin’t stay away from him. Dempsey kept leading, following, plunging in and missing a mile, and Tunney had to strike at him through a sense of shame. It would have been a sin not to hit him under the cir- cumstances. * Dempsey scarcely laid a glove on Tunney. The few times that he did connect, always at the start of a round, those blows which of old were enough to send the crowd home were steamless, spiritiess and stingless. No power, no heart, no*soul in them. Dempsey may have entered the ring with an honést desire and intention to win, but it failed him after the first counter punch that nailed him on’his nice new nose. Dempsey Weak. After that he stalled, with an oc- casional sporadic flurry of going through the gestures of fighting. The whole tragedy just showed again that being a champion spoils a good fighter, and keeping out of the’ ring kills a champion. Dempsey never was much shucks against a fighter that kept moving, and Tunney did that—he kept moving, mostly backward but still kept mov- ing. Jack loves them big, anchored and flat-footed. Tunney is none of these. He made a sucker out of our Jack, being made to order for the job. Bookies Won. The first good Heavyweight that meets Tunney will beat him. At best he is one of the better lighter heavy men, no matter what his weight. Munn Hanson, Persson—not to say Wills— would swallow him Ilke an oyster, And he is the heavyweight champion to- day. ANYWAY, THE BOOKIES PAID OFF ON HIM, WM4N Hosehit or horshrd! omfwyp SPANISH DICTATOR IS AGAIN FACED WITH AN OFFICERS’ COUP D’ETAT General Primo de Rivera, dictator of Spain is reported to have developed sharp differences with King Alphonso in whose behalf a new junta artillery officers is said to be on the war path against the directorate government whose head is Rivera, WCEFL Radio Program | Chicago Federation of Labor radio broadcasting station WCFL is on the air with regular programs. It is broadcasting on ‘a 491.6 wave length from the Municipal Pier. TONIGHT. Ping Pp. pace onicage Federation of Labor to C30 Fable meg honcc Ml for rate ‘Uitte S Werneh Hickey ng nore, ie einai , ’ 7) SB ah CURRENT EVENTS By T. J. O'Flaherty. (Continued trom page 1) It would have been most dis+ agreeable and as it is—thanks to Mr Brennan—nothing was said and now our great electorate can march to the Polls and vote its mind, eee floor. $3 far old friend Parley Christensem had some supporters there also. They were very naive. They felt sure that the convention should reverse its ‘traditional policy and condemn both Smith and Brennan and endorse Parley himself. In view of all the money Mr, Insull bas spent it would’ have been most ungrateful for Mr, Walker to have allowed this to happen. And as-I have said, with the able assist- ance of Mr. Brennan, it did not take place, Parley. I saw him last night at the Morrison, and he had on knickers, I ask you what has labor in common with knickers. It svems to me that the Commonwealth Edison Co. and public utilities commission and the like are much nearer labor, I feel’ that the labor leaders are right. se 6 Be what I have said about our leaders cannot be said, I am sorry to put down, about the city of Streator. Its accommodations for the delegates was quite inadequate, There were dances and that sort of thing and liquor a-plenty, but as one married man from Peoria said to me: “There isn’t a decent whore in the town.” It's no wonder the delegates voted to go to East St. Louis next year. Bt on the whole the convention was a huge success. Not a boss in America could possibly be offended at what we did. They even kept that Farrington matter off the floor, too. And you know there were delegates there who thought a resolution’ should be passed condemning Farrington’s ac- tion as a sort of threat to leaders in the future. And that, of course, would have been most disastrous. How are we going to attract real men to our movement if we deny them the oppor- tunity to pass from our organizations into more highly paid professions. I am glad you are going to Detroit. I understand a similar performance is guaranteed there. Therefore I am sure you, too, will come away, as I have, with a renewed determination to carry on with—L A BOR. Furriers Tie the Tin Can to Jack Millstein The election of Irving Israelson, progressive candidate for business agent in the Furrier’s Union was reaf- firmed by the tabulating .committee after the defeated candidate, Jack Millstein contested the count. The final tally stood: 150 for Millstein and +| 164 for Israelson. . Chief Fight Against Millstein. The progressives waged their prin- cipal fight against Millstein and sev- eral offices went to the right wing- ers. The progressives will have » majority on the executive committee if the tie between Alex Skolnik, pro- gressive and Morris Liberman, reac- tionary for the fourth place is won by the former. The DAILY WORKER was incor- rectly informed yesterday that 61 new members voted whose names were not on the ledger. From the same authority we learn that 61 new members voted who had just been in- itiated and have not yet paid dues. Most of these were not on the ledger. Russian I. L. D. Branch Gives Concert Oct. 3 The Russian branch of International _ Labor Defense will give a big concert and ball for the benefit of class-war prisoners on Sunday Oct. 3 at Walsh's Hall, Noble and Milwaukee Ave. A very interesting program has been arranged some of the participants of which for several reasons have asked that their names be givea no publicity, The concert will start at 6:30 p. m. There will be speakers in both English and Russian, Admission in advance is, 50 cents, at the door, 75 cents, Tickets are for at the Workers’ House 1902 W. Division St. the Rus- sian Co-operative Restaurant, The DAILY WORKER office, 1113 W. Washington Blvd., the local office of the I, L. D., 23 So. Lincoln St., and by all members of the Russian branch. Get your tickets in advance. ITALANS THROWING LITLE PARTY TONIGHT; “YOU ARE GIVEN INVTE Those of our Chicago readers who would like to meet @ group of Ita- tlans who are anxious to enter the squared circle with Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey, preparatory to knocking Benito Mussolini into the Tiber are Invited to attend a ban- quet and dance under the auspices of the Ariti-Fascist Alliance of North America at 2450 South Oakley Ave- nue tonight. Luigi Candela secretary of the Chicago branch who conveyed the Information to the Dally Worker says that admission will be free, And about our old side-kicky,.