The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 9, 1926, Page 2

fa DAILY WORKER ‘ehestra Page Two THE DAILY WORKE GIVES CONCERT AT OPERA HOUSE N.Y: Entértainment This Sunday (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Oct. 7.—The following program has been arranged by George Koukly for the DAILY WORKER cam-| paign concert to be given at two | o'clock this Sunday afternoon, October | 10, in Central Opera House, 67th St. and Third Ave., New York. Part I. 1. The International, “Lyra,” 3B Mandolin Or- Goldenstein, con- ductor. 2. .Trio ¢ » violin, cello and planc rieda Bose, violinist; celist; H, Ben- - Elfrieda F Viniavsky Rose, 4. (a) Spinalied, Med on, Papper- Massenet; (b) Naoum Benditzky, y ‘Worker—The m. W. Weinstone, Part Il. in G Minor, Chopin; Moskovsky; (c) Rigolleto | Verdi-Liszt—George Halp- Voice Waltz fa Sparks. Paraphrase rin, pianist. Impromptu, Bose. 8. Serenade, ditaky. 9. Russian Dance—Edith Segal. 10. (a) Flying Wedge March; (b) Broken Life, Waltz; (c) International --Mandolin Orchestra “Lyra”, Remember Last Year. Those who attended The DAILY WORKER concert last year will still remember with what enthusiasm El-/| frieda Bose, virtuoso violinist, was re- | cetved on that occasion, and will be | sure to bring their friends to hear her this time. Admission is fifty cents. Tickets may be secured in advance at The DAILY WORKER Eastern Agency, at 108 14th street. (b Porovlin — Elfrieda Papper—Naoum Ben- (Continued from page 1) \ united in the fight for hours, wages and conditions, the accepted basis of international affiliation. Here Green began to work himself into a frenzy, ending up with his pet Mme of attack that the Communisis are seeking to destroy the A F. of L. and its international unions. He Claims this 1s inspired by the Rus- sian workers. He concluded that the Russian workers must cease trying to destroy the great American Federa- tion of Labor before we can entertain any ideas of solidarity with them. Trevino Dodges Vital Issue. KM was only this outburst thet brought out the applause of the dele- gates. It quickly died, however, lack- ing the stamina of last year’s anti- Soviet demonstration. The addresses of the fraternal delegates were fea- tured by the complete failure of the Mexican spokesman, Ricardo Trevino, secretary of the Mexican Federation of Labor, head of the delegation of three, to mention the struggle of the Mexican workers: and the peasants against the catholic church. Hicks and Bromley Differ. Hicks and Bromley also clashed on the British strike. Hicks declared, in speaking of the strike: “We did not secure all we had hoped.” Bromley, on the other hand, argued that the result of the general strike was one of the greatest victories that trade unionism has ever won, In an effort to smooth over this difference with Hicks, however, Brom- ley continued: “We never set out in our first great adventure and bring home all ‘the prizes. This was labor's first attempt to free itself.” After pointing out that the conclu- sion of the general strike was unsat- istactory, Hicks declared that the con- ditions that had produced the general Strike still existed; that the workers cannot escape from the reality of the tremendous economic forces at work with the present social system, New General Strike Coming. “The two sides are again prepar- ing,” said Hicks. “General strikes of & more formidable character are in- evitable. We will be ready again when the time comes. We must not be timid. There is a glorious fleld of opportunity confronting us.” Hicks urged the American workers to march forward with British labor to the conquest of power everywhere for labor. Most of miley’s address was a humorous ital of the dire straits imposed upon the British ruling class by the strike. ‘fhe efforts of the dukes and lords to act as strike breakers and of his having been sent to parlia- ment “to keep my eye on tho thieves who are there for the exploiting in- terests.” “Not a Politician.” Bromley declared he was only a trade unionist, not a politician, but promised that at the next election labor would come into power in Great Britain, Bromley also dealt with the British Communists, declaring: “They are not bad boys, We are anxious to wr with them and J }prison-made goods, told the conven- Ation that she had found that the De- Green Clashes with Hicks on Unity Senne JUST BEFORE THE MEETING | President McMahon, of the United Textile Workers of America, and Alfred Wagenknecht, Relief Chairman, looking over the vast assemblage gathered at First Ward Park to welcome A. F. of L, to Passalc. Name of Late Sam Gompers Mentioned on Third Day of Detroit Convention; Catholic Delegates Enjoy Protestant Attack Against Detroit’s Y. M. C. A\ By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL, of their pet institutions, the Young (Special to The DAILY WORKER.) |Men’s Christian Association. GRAYSTONE BALLROOM, Detroit, ee * Mich., Oct. 7—Dr, J, C, Curran, of tle} Alfred Wagenknecht, considered by Near East Relief Committee, was the |Thomag F. MacMahon and Sarah Con- first to mention the name of the late!hoy, national officials of the Unfted Sam Gompers in the convention here.| Textile Workers of America as “the He eulogized Gompers for his work] wizard of finance” of the Passaic Tex- in connection with the relief of christ-|tile Relief forces, is attending the ian minorities in the Near East. convention as an interested observer hain aa of action to be taken on the Passaic Kate Richards O’Hare, who is cam-|reliet’ resolution introduced by the paigning thruout the country against | Textile Workers’ delegation. “2 * Bundles of The Milwaukee Leader, Victor Berger’s socialist daily pub- lished in the Wisconsin metropolis, are being given away to the dele gates. They are left on a chair but few delegates avail themselves of the free Leaders. On the other hand they pay their good money to buy The DAILY WORKER from Sarah Victor, the Detroit DAILY WORKER agent whois selling “The DAILY” at the convention. “ee John J. Ballam, general secretary of the central bureau of the national organizing committee of the textile industry, with which the Passaic strikers were affiliated before joining the American Federation of Labor, is a visitor at the convention. He an- nounces as a great achievement the bringing into the A. F. of L. of 10,000 Passaic textile workers, thus avoiding the pitfalls of dual unionism. He is aterested in what. the A, F..of L. in- eads to do to help organize the work- ors in the textile industry. one Louis N. Morones, secretary of In- lustry, Commerce and Labor in the Calles government in Mexica, has sent srectings to the convention. He is being urged as a presidential can- didate in Mexico to succeed Calles. e 8 e The influence of the striking Pas- saic textile workers, now affiliated with the United Textile Workers, is shown by the fact that the delegates of this union have introduced reso- lutions calling for organization of the southern textile workers, against com- pany unionism, for relief in aid of the strike that still continues, organiz- ing the unorganized, all of which reso- lutions were introduced by the pro- gressive bloc and adopted in the U. opportunity to study these economip T, W. at the recent convention of this and social conditions in our country. Fraternal Delegate Richard Lynch ibaa <r eee of the Canadian Trades and Labor 2 Congress told of the experiences of Pausch a tam cyeth a bm, the workers at Montreal with the in- |) 7 : coed lutions opposing participation of tha junction, pointing out that it was a United States in the League of Na- crime for these workers to assemble tions, World Court or Meettcasienat on the streets, He urged morg as- Talied office, thus hitting the A, F. sistance from the A. F, of L, in an otganieation cesipelie ia: 6 % of L. ee: ai — questions. The Old Excuse. In excusing the niilitancy of Ameri-| Furuseth has also introduced reso- can labor, as compared with the Brit-|/Utions opposing pending bills that would weaken the Seamen's Act that ish workers in the general strike, President Green made the talk that |‘t took him @ score of years to get thru congress. he usually gives in opposing the labor a ¢.& party in this country. He showed that in Great Britain the workers have but one language, a long history behind them; that they are concen- trated in a small territory, pointing’ out that the British workers are dif- ferently constituted and /differently situated. He declared the United States, how- ever, is @ melting pot, with differ- ences of race and tongues, a land of great distances, ie concluded with a defense of collective bargaining and trade agreements from the A. F. of L. viewpoint, declaring he must be per- mitted to draft those policies that will bring us the largest and best returns. He had previously denied this right, of course, to the Russian workers, Good Resolutions, Resolutions are now before the con- vention demanding the recognition of the Union of Soviet Republics, seek- ing the organization of the unorgan- troit stores were filled with the prod- ucts of prison factories. She said more money is being spent to punish criminals \than for educational pur- poses, eee Ben Gitlow, Communist candidate for governor of New York, who is now touring the country in the party’s con- sressional campaign, was a visitor at the convention. see The catholic delegates in the con- yention are laughing up their sleeves as the protestants are attacking one the labor Movement. ' They want a new world in five. minutes and of course we have to disagree with them. They call us everything but by our first names.” Communtéts “Little Trouble.” Several thousand miles from the scene of the British struggle he quite confidentially declared that, “our good Communist friends and our -mi- nority movement friends cause us lit- tle trouble.” Bromley sald there were now more labor votes in Great Britain than there were organized trade unionists and said it was the labor party that had smashed the liberal party. Have Same Exploiters. Trevino, from Mexico, after review- ing the common struggle of the work- ers of the United States and Mexico due-to the fact that they were ex- ploited by the same employers, in- vited President Green and the execu- tive council of the A. F. of L. to visit Mexico so that they would have an Delegate James. O’Connell, pri dent of the Metal ‘Trades department, has introduced the promised resolu- tion calling on the A, F, of L, to lead in the organization of the auto work- ers. Fitzpatrick Promises Union to Date Workers After Strike Victory John Fitzpatrick, president of the Chicago Federation of Labor, in ad- dressing the 125 Negro women strik- ers, who walked out of the Mar company date factory when a wage reduction notice was posted last Fri- day, declared that he would make every effort to get them admitted 1 to the A, F, of L. as a union, “if hey were successful in their strike.” Fitzpatrick suggested that they win aed, against the citizens’ military | the strike before they become a union, training camps, calling for the aboli- leclaring that would give them a tion. in all international unions of] chance for fraternal succ discrimination against Negro workers. The A. F. of L. officialdom is faced with the probability that none of its members will be allowed to addrese church audiences here next Sunday. It is charged that the local chambe of commerce hag brought influence tc bear to stop labor spokesmen trom appearing in any of the churehes and before the members of the loca’ He promised that the C. F. of L. would give the strikers credentials to solicit strike benefit contributions from Chicago unions, A mass meeting of the strikers and ympathizers has been called for Sun- ‘lay afternoon, 8 o'clock, at Union Trade hall, 8858 South Michigan Ay, port that many strike‘recruits are be- Young Men's Christian Association | ng obtained from: girls applying ir, where s00m uae: been dnvited to talk. work at the fagtery,” “ SS SRE AUIS = ae CANTON TROOPS DEFEAT FORCES OF CHUAN-FANG (Continued from page 1) were trampled to death in the rush to escape. A British steamer and a Japanese steamer at Hankow were fired on from the shore today, but neither suf- fered any casualties, . 8 ee Orders from Washington. PEKING, Oct. 9.-The American military attache here has received or- ders from Washington to proceed at once to Sianfu and liberate the Amer- icans now imprisoned there by the warring Chinese factions. Plans for effecting the rescue were not re- vealed. se oe Government Worried, ‘BOKIO, Oct. 7.—The government is seriously worried over recent develop- ments in Manchuria, Chang Tso-Lin seems to be feeling his rice. Chang recently. repudiated that part*of his agreement with Japan which permit- ted Japanese subjects to lease agri- hcultural lands in Manchuria. The Ps are now ready for harvesting, but Chang intends to bring them in with swords rather than with scythes. There are more than a miilion Corean families in, Manchuria who have leased land as Japanese subjects. In all probability the Coreans are no more enthusiastic over Japan's inter- ests in China than Chang Tso-Lin. . Chang May Desert Japan. Chang Tso-Lin and the Japanese government are rushing troops and Red Cross units to the Corean border. This looks like war. Or it may mean another uprising in Corea. If, as seems probable, Chang has decided that this is a good time for him to drop his Japanese @bnnections, the Coreans may find the time opportune to rise against Japan. Reports have come from Mukden that severe battles have taken place between Japanese and Manchurian forces with heavy losses on both sides. Still Negotiates with Japan. LONDON, Oct. 7.—The government is still negotiating with Japan with a view of psec the Mikado’s sup- port ina aign against China, Japan is bargaiping for terms. All the other powers approached by Eng- land, with the exception of Italy, turned down the plea for intervention. Whatever aid England receives from Japan and Italy will have to be pur- chased dearly, The black hand gov- ernment of Italy does not have to be moré venal than the government that broke the triple alliance to enter the war on the side of the allies, in or- der to uphold the Rome tradition for purchasibility. Japan’s Terms. What Chamberlain offered Italy as the price of its assistance is not yet known, but Japan’s terms are as fol- lows: 1. The reduction to a minimum of the Singapore project. 2. The recognition of Japan's “spe- cial interests” in Central China. of penetration of Northern China, Manchuria, and Mongolia. 4. A number of concessions favor- able to Japanese commercial and financial interests. Whether the British government will be willing to pay such a heavy price, or whether Japan would be pre- pared to take less remains to be seen, If agreement is reached, the danger of armed intervention will beeome im- mediate, If no agreement {s reached, there is @ possibility that the British govern- ment, realizing the impossibility of single-handed intervention and im- pressed by the rapid extension of the authority of the Canton government, which now extends over half of China, will decide upon a startling reversal of policy. It is reported that the cabinet has already under consideration this alter- native plan of recognizing all “de facto” and provisional governments and abandoning the pretense that the Peking government represents all China. Such a step would mean that the ‘| Canton government would be recog- nized in the South, the Peking gov- ernment in the North, Sun Chuan- fang in the eastern seaboard pro- vinces and Chang Tso-Lin in Man- churia, Many Join Strike of Window Washers, Call Meeting Friday Window Washors’ Union, Local No. day afternoon at 30 North Wells to discuss further steps in the strike. hag been increased by 60 m fon is demanding. No further grrest the members Thursda: made on the union bh Police, $1.25 an hour. guarantee will’ n * 8, Full support to Japan's policy | A special meeting of the Chicago 40, which has been on strike since last Monday has been called for Fri- Union officials report that since the strike the membership of the union who were eager to join in the fight for an increase in, wages which the un- were made of altho a ¢con- sistent campaign of intimidation was by the Those in charge of the strike re- poe weien to-do atest OT even the worst methods em- ployed by backstairs private de- tective agencies were neglected by the United States government in ‘Jeague with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the effort to le- gally murder Nick Sadco and Barto- lomeo Vanzetti. This is clearly brought out in the affidavit now in the hands of Judge Webster Thayer in the Norfolk county court, signed by John Ruz- zamenti, would-be stool pigeon for the prosecution's forces. a) Ruzzamenti declares that he was asked by Feri Felix ‘Weiss, of the staff of the prosecution, if he would like to act as a spy in the Sacco- Vanzetti case. This was in Decem- yber, 1920, It was at this time that District Attorney Katzmann, according to Ruzzamenti, told him In substance THAT HE HAD NO EVIDENCE AGAINST SACCO OR AGAINST VANZETTI. i Not having any evidence, the prosecution set about, as best it could, to manufacture it. Ruzzamenti was to mix with the prisoners, staying in jail with them, in order to listen- in on anything that they might say. But, first of all, he was to come into the prison, where Sacco and Vanzetti were con- fined, as a bona fide crook in order not to arouse suspicion. With this agreement between him and Weiss, Ruzzamenti came to Boston and told District Attorney Katzman of the plan proposed to him by Weiss, that he should commit a burglary and be arrested by prearrangement, com- mitted to Dedham jail and placed in the cell next to Sacco. yen ee But the district attorney seems to have felt that he had a better plan. Katzman proposed instead that Ruz- zamenti should secure employment in the town of Stoughton, hire a room in Mrs. Sacco’s house, estab- lish friendly relations with her and secure any confidential communica- tions from her as to the criminal activities of her husband. But the mere fact that the ge” wn- ment forces carried out either one of these plans is added testimony to the innocence of Sacco and Vaa- zetti + Since. Sacco and Vanzetti were not involved in the South Braintree affair, or in any’ other crime, they would have no criminal activities to discuss in prison between them- selves, or with the other prisoners. There was nothing for a stool pigeon, as Ruzzamenti was proposed to be, to listen in on. Similarly, Sacco had no criminal activities to discuss in the few let- ters that he was permitted to send to his wife. So Ruzzamenti was minus the stool pigeon’s job. Ss... om In his affidavit Ruzzamenti says that District Attorney Katzman told him it. would be several days be- fore he was ready to go ahead. Nothing further developing, how- ever, Ruzzamenti returned to Penn- sylvania about the middle of Jan- uary, 1921. Ruzzamenti adds that District Attorney Katzman never did pay him for his time and trouble, When the Government Stoops to the Murder of the Militants of Labor By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. Thus the government double-crosses even the lowest breed of its own agents. oe Instead, the government sought to bolster its case by getting an affida- vit recently from Joe Morelli, the white slaver, bootlegger, payroll bandit and freight car thief, who is now serving a 12-year sentence at the federal prison at Leavenworth, Kansas. Morelli, to be sure, denied any knowledge of the South Braintree crime. He said he had never heard of Celestino Madeiros or James F. Weeks, claiming he always forked alone. He even said he had never heard of the Rice and Hutchins “Shoe Factory, when four counts in the indictment under which he was convicted charged him with stealing shipments of the Rice and Hutch- ing factory. This is poor stuff with which to combat the affidavits of Madeiros and Weeks. ee On the other hand, the case of Saceo and Vanzetti is bolstered at every step, especially in the affida- vits of Barney B. Monterio and his wife. Barney B. Monterio, proprietor of the so-called Bluebird Inn at See- konk, makes affidavit that Madeiros worked for him in 1924 as a car- penter; that he owned at least two revolvers; that he had several] bank accounts; that he knew and asso- elated with James F. Weeks; that Madeiros told the affiant, Monterio, that he was interested in the South Braintree affair; that he knew more about it than Sacco and Vanzetti did, that Sacco and Vanzetti knew nothing about the job, and, finally, in so many words, said that he was in the gang that committed the South Braintree crime. Mrs. May B. Monterio’s affidavit supports her husband's. She also tells of a visit to Madeiros in the Dedham jail. When she asked Ma- deiros if his statement about the South Braintree murders were true, he said they were. HE SAID THAT HE KNEW SACCO AND VANZETTI WERE INNOCENT AND THAT HE FELT SORRY FOR SACCO BECAUSE HE HAD SEEN SACCO'S WIFE AND CHILDREN. ee Jeti a It should not take the workers of the nation long to decide as between the authenticity of such affidavits as that given by Joe Morelli, at the Leavenworth prison, to the govern- ment forces, or the affidavits of Ce- lestino Madeiros, James F, Weeks, Barney B. Monterio and his wife, and nearly three scores more. Mo- relli has everything to gain thru silence. Madeiros, Weeks and the rest have nothing to gain, except the ‘hostility of the bloodhounds of the department of justice at Washing- ton and the local prosecution in Massachusetts, thru their efforts to help cheat the electri¢ chair of the lives of the two workers—Sacco and Vanzetti. eee Tomorrow—The confession of Fred J. Weyand, former ‘agent of the United States government's de- partment of “injustice. CURRENT EVENTS By T. J. O'Flaherty. (Continued from page 1) Here our labor fakers are a. little more consistent. They believe in the capitalist system and admit it, oeet HERE will be a conference of the Russian Communist Party held on the 25th of October, and this is about the time we issue our annual warning to our readers to be prepared for strange tales of uprisings in the So- viet Union. Even our own DAILY WORKER had a story yesterday (an authentic one) of a visit paid by the opposition to the central committee to a meeting of party comrades, where they expressed themselves vigorously in opposition to the prevailing view of the party. “So far the capitalist papers have not hafled this political exuberance ag‘an indication of the early fall of the Soviet regime. Some- St BOF De ae ee *f HE capitalist It Trotsky, Zinoviev, were doubtful, Soviet collapse, and the exiled whitg thing or somebody may fall, but it papers are learning by degrees, tho for a while we Radek and other leading members of the Russian Party got up at 1 o'clock in the morning a fow years ago to attend a mpeting every lar from Riga to Geneva would be busy predicting guardists who are now scratching themselves in the garrets of Berlin and Moscow would be submitting their verminous anatomies to the sunlight Cap Label Identifies Body. DANVILLE, Ill, Oct. 7.—Solely thru the name of @ Danville haber- dasher in the crown of a new cap, the badly mutilated body of a youth killed by a freight train Sunday at Idelia, Ta., has been identified as James Williams of tiis city, by his Wm. Williams. The body will * | BIG SURPRIZES! = ee npn ea PS The greatest Chicago demonstration of revol workers ever held! ar, CELEBRATION of the first edition of the DAILY CHICAGO FREIHENT } SPEAKERS: Ben Gold, Manager N. Y. Joint Board Fur Workers’ Union C, E. Ruthenberg, Gen’! Sec’y, Workers (Communist) Party M. Epstein, Editor of the Freiheit—First time in Chicago CONGERT TICKETS ONLY 50 CENTS, Bold at Fretheit Office, 3209 W. Roosevelt Road (Tel. Rockwell 2306); Borenstein's Look Store, 1402 8. Kedzie Ave.; Chesynski’s Book Store, h 1 Me ce nhc Yall ats iced ite POLICE ATTACK N.Y. STRIKERS ON PICKET LINE Window Neahivi Find Legality Don’t Help (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Oct, 7.—The first days of the strike of the New York.window cleaners already prove that the police and the judges are on the side of the employers. Heavy bail was imposed upon the arrested men) ranging trom $10,000 to $50,000. Altho picketing is legal and lawful, yet the: peaceful pickets are rounded ' up by the police and sentenced to jail, Many Strikers Jailed. For,speaking to scabs and attempt- ing to take off two strikebreakers, A. Oleksi and J. Rulcheckl were sen- tenced to 30 days in the workhouse. Five other strikers for similar offence were sentenced to five days each. Frank Rocelko and William Schap were fined $50 each for merely at- tempting to make two scabs join the union. Others are still jailed and awaiting trial, Before the striking windo; ers is now the problem of the right of peaceful picketing. The bosses alone are powerless, the army of gun- men they mobilized does not dis- courage the strikers in any way. The enemy of the striking men is now the police, who by unprovoked at- tacks are framing up the strikers and the courts take the opportunity to impose long jail terms upon them. Capitalist Press Aids Bosses. . The capitalist press is trying to”in- fluence public opion against the strik- ing window cleaners, The prostitute press with eight-colunm headlines is popularizing the bravery of the police in beating and jailing the peaceful pickets, But the just cause the striking win- dow cleaners are fighting for is well known’ to the working masses. To risk a human life for $44 a week is not such a great bargain. One of the” liberal judges had to admit that the demands of the window cleaners are just, and the dangerous work they perform deserves even a shorter working week and a larger wage. Lynch is Opposed to Frank Morrison for A. F. of L. Secretary (Continued from page 1) thew Woll, seemingly on his own in- itiative let loose a blast against Sen. Borah. Similar developments ‘have taken place on other issues, + It is not believed that Woll will come out against Green at this con- véntion. The fact that he fs head of a small union is not held against him, it is said. This may, in fact, be some- thing in his favor, resulting in less friction between some of the large international unions that contend for the direction of A. F, of L. policies. Green Depends on Miners. President Green is a member of the miners’ union, credited with being the largest in the A. F.of L. If Green can control the votes of the miners’ delegates, in case ‘of a vital division on some issue, then he can | practical. - ly dictate the de: No_such division has yet taken ; place, It is not expected to arise at this convention. But the cleavage will no doubt develop, Then {t will be to the interests of some of the other unions to have the head of a small organization in the presidency of the A. F, of L. Progressives Invisibie. There Was a time when it was in-' teresting to speculate to what com- mittees the various so-called “progres- sives” in the convention would be as- signed, It ig not necessary to waste this effort in this convention, The 14 “progressives” here are of such a slight tinge and they are so few that they are completely lost in the gen- eral shuffle, clean- Send In a eub today! a