The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 12, 1926, Page 2

Page Two reer rceenguenpe er ensmmengmcersr arora aaneNNReN eT Se SENTRA “ne THE DAILY WORKER SPECIAL FORD NUMBER SOLD OUT AT PLANT Workers Buy 2,000 Like Hot Cakes By LENA ROSENBERG. * (Special to The Daily Worker) DETROIT, Mich. Oct. 10—Two} thousand copies of the special Ford | editon of The DAILY WORKER dated | Oct. 7 were sold like hot cakes to the | workers in the Ford Highland Park plant. The previous record for sales | of the paper at this plant was 125/| copies. | A week had passed since the Ford | announcement of the five-day week. | When the special edition was an- nounced we in Detroit wondered how those who worked for such a “beney- olent” boss would receive it. Great Surprise. j At 2 p. m. last Thursday we took} our places at the gates with the 2,000 | copies, not expecting even to sell 1,000. | But to our great surprise, more than | at any other“time in our experjence, | workers were taking a great interest in the paper and buying it as fast as we could make the change. This proved to us that the workers in the Ford plant are not being taken in by | the five-day week stuff and that The Ford Worker, the Communist bulletin | in the shop, is having its effect. All Sold. When 5 o'clock came every one of the 2,000 copies had been sold. This shows that the auto workers of De-| troit are ready for organization. It) shows that the A. F, of L. convention | meeting here had better not overlook | the opportunity—-or it may have ,an- other “Passaic” to deal with. Resolution for Five Day Plan Is Weak! (Continued from page 1.) | doubled within recent years. Since | | The Children of Passaic It is only since the strike of the highly exploited textile workers’ of | Passaic that a filcker of light has come Into the lives of these little ones. CLOAK MAKERS PREPARING 10 FIGHT IT OUT Strike Relief F und Arm I. L. G. Pickets (Special to The Daily \Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Oct. 10.—Finan- clal reinforcements afe pouring into the treasury of the joint board, Cloak Sult, Skift and Dress Makers’ unlons, 180 East 25th street, to so satisfactory a degree, that the gencral strike of 40,000 cloakmakers of ‘New York and the vicinity can be successfully main- | tained Indefinitely, the union has an- nounced after tabulation of Incoming tunde. Further impetus was received at a meeting of representatives of local trade union bodies at the Internation- al Auditorium, 8 West 16th street. The meeting was called for the pur- pose of effectively combatting the in- Junction against the ‘striking cloak-’ makers, and also took measures to ald They are In the battle heart and sole—even if they do go hungry occasionally. | the strikers financially. Green Seeks Alibi for Eddy Speech ne enn (Continued from page 1) tion. I'told that at most I had only intended to say that I would approve of the recognition of Russia only on the basis of President Coolidge’s three conditions, mentioned in his address | to congress im 1923, but that if he wished I would omit this reference and would not ever refer to recogni- tion. This agreement I scrupulously fulfilled, never once mentioning the subject of recognition. “I never referred to the local dis- pute with the churches, and said at the outset that I was speaking as a private individual representing no or- ganization. I spoke, as I told Mr. busy. Green has completely surren- dered to them, but this will not help those thinking elements, small tho they may be, who have a few thoughts of their own. In any event, Green’s assault on Ed- dy has proved that free speech has less of a chance in an American Fed- eration of Labor convention than it has in a mammonized church, espe- cially when so:ne one comes wanting to shed light of truth on the Russian situation in favor of the workers’ gov- ernment. Open Shop Not Debatable.* President Green has even received a | letter from C, B. Van Dusen, president : Green and other that I would, on | of the Detroit Y. M. C, A,, inviting him the inaugurati ft the eight-ho jay; , | in the Sy erg gunning aey | iabor conditions in England, France, |to speak before the members. of that . ,|Germany and Russia, mentioning the | “open shop” subsidized outfit at some the handling of pig iron seven men do | strong and weak points in the present | future time. The letter“concludes: increased 50 per cent per capita. In the work formerly done by 128. To Begin or Not Begin. Delegate James Duncan came to the | battle lime with an amendment ask-} ing that the word “continue” be in- serted for “begin,” declaring that the A. F, of L. had always fought for the shorter workday. He denounced some ‘ | of Frey's statistics. Frey came back| “Y's address, a statement was made with the declaration that he didn’t mean to “begin” the fight for the shorter workday, but that he wanted to begin to gather materia: about in- creased per capita production, a new phase of this struggle. Duncan denounced “Bethlehem” and “Lawrence” as two industrial spots where the lowest wages are paid under the highest tariff. Printer for 4Day Week, Delegate John C. Harding, of the Printers, declared that the fight should be made for the four-hour day and fourday week. Delegate James Lynch, also of the Printers, declared he did not share the tears that President James O’Con- Rell had shed over the workers in the auto industry, especially the man who works on Screw No. 999. “I do not believe that Henry Ford himeelf could eliminate this process from specialized industry,” said Lynch, “Our task is to remedy the fatigue and atrophy that develops as a/ result of the repetitive process in in- dustry.” He declered this could only be done by the shorter workday and the shorter work-week, giving the work- er an opportunity to get the poison out Of his system and recuperate for the new week’s labors. President Green also spoke, worry- ing about what the worker would do duirng his leisure time. No Real Fight. The resolution carried unanimously as amended by the committee. Thus the A. F. of L. makes no definite Asht for the five-day week. The convention voted for the uni- versal 44-hour week for all govern- ment employes. This provides for the Saturday half-holiday. Tt was also voted to increase the monthly dues of the federal labor un- fons from 75 cents to $1 per month, with the per capita to the A. F. of L. increased from 26 to 35 cents per month. The maximum initiation fee was also raised from $10 to $25 for the federal labor unions. There was little opposition to this boost. WANTED Back numbers of the COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL for New York Public Library Numbers ali previous to 1924 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 18, 20 A few copies of the October 1925 number of the WORKERS MONTH- LY wanted by The DAILY WORKER for our files. o New York comrades having any of | the Issues of the COMMUNIST IN- TERNATIONAL listed above kindly send them to JIMMIE HIGGINS BOOKSTORE for the ni YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY | loent trouble at Soviet regime,” | “In view of the garbled reports of Federated Press Hits Green's Alibi, | our interview on this matter, let me Eddy’s contentions are also strongly | again reiterate the statement I made bolstered up a version of the affair |to you, that upon any occasion when sent out thru the Federated Press by its manag-ng editor, Carl Haessler, as follows: “At the convention hotel, after Hd- by President Green, Vice-Presidents Woll and Duncan, and by Treasurer Tobin that Eddy had shown bad faith. Recognition Only Ban on Free Speech. “This opinion was not shared by in- formed delegates who had learned of the conditions agreed on in advance by Green and Eddy. According to these delegates Eddy had said to Green sev- eral hours beforehand: ‘Let us be frank Mr. Green; I intend to empha- size Russia.’ ‘Very well,’ Green was overheard to reply, ‘but do not mention recognition.” To this Eddy agreed and kept his agreement in his speech. The accidental witness of the agree- ment is a member of the same union as Green, the United Mine Workers of America,” This Federated Press version is the same as that sent out last week by your correspondent. Green’s After-thought. If Eddy had betrayed Green’s con- fidence, then Green certainly had an opportunity to tell it to the conven- tion immediately Eddy had finished. But he did not do this. In fact, he didn't begin hurling charges at Eddy until the diehard reactionaries got an acute controversial situation such as the present does not exist, you will | be a welcome speaker at any one of our Sunday afternoon meetings that will best suit your convenience,” Very evidently the great employing interests are willing to forgive Presi- dent .Green all else if he will.only carry on his vicious attack against the Soviet Union. Wapecially when that attack is also levelled against Dr. Eddy, whom the big exploiters at the head of the Y. M. C. A. are seeking to rid themselves of, in fact, have been trying to do so for several years. The officialdom of the A. F. of L. declares there are no divisions among them. They greatly resent that The DAILY WORKER should point out any differences. Altho no state- ment was made to the effect that Mat- thew Woll would contend for the pre- sidency against William Green this year, nevertheless, the head of the Photo Engravers’ Union has. issued a lengthy statement declaring for re- election of William Green, claiming he is too busy with the development of the Union Labor Life Insurance Company right now, the major task being to raise $400,000 “capital and surplus.” Delegate James Lynch, of the print- ers’ union, has also come out with a statement declaring he will not con- test the election of Frank L. Morrison for re-election as secretary. Shanghai Is Near Captured as Canton- ese Army Sweeps in (Continued from page 1.) hig troops at Kiukiang and reports state than those who did not join the Cantonese have terrorized Kiukiang for several days. Sun Retreats to Nanking. Sun reports that he has “withdrawn” to Nanking, where he is to make a “final stand.” He has now been forced to evacuate the righ province of Kiangsi, and the Cantonese have taken full control of that section. They ordered Sun a month ago to get out of the province and have made good their warning. Cables from London say that Great Britain is preparing armed interven- tionvin China and that by October 15, sufficient armed forces will be con- centrated at Canton to make an attack in force upon the Canton government, Two thousand marines are to be landed first under protection of naval bombardment, according to reported plans, Ready for War. British marines have already landed at Hankow on the pretension of guard- ing the British concession, and two more gunboats have reached Chung- kipg, far up the Yangtse near the re- Wanhsien. In addi- tion, there are American, French and Japanese gunboats there, The imperialist powers are angered by the Canton government's recent an- nouncement that it will carry out the tariff customs terms of the Washing- ton conference, collecting the 2% per cent tariff of general commodities and five per cent on luxuries. The powers have always insisted that Chinese customs be collected by themselves, and not by the Chinese, thus weakening the government be- cause the powers xept the revenue for payments of loans previously forced upon the country. Foster and Gold to Discuss A. F. of L. Meeting at Detroit (Special to The Daily Worker) DETROIT, Mich., Oct. 10— William Z. Foster and Ben Gold will address a@ mass meeting of the Trade Union Educational League in Detroit, Tues- day, Oct. 12, at the McCollester Hall, corner Forest and Cass streets, The subject will be the “American |Federation of Labor Convention” now in session in the city of Detroit, What is the answer of the A. F, of L, convention to the pleas of the millions of unorganized workers in the basic industries and what are the pro- posals of the Trade Union Educational League and the left wing to these problems, will be the ‘questions dealt with by the speakers, i Members of the trade unions of De labor movement are invited to hear these important problems discussed from the Jeft wing point of view, Ad- mission of 26 cents will be charged. Illinois River Continues Rise, BBHARDSTOWN, IIL, Oct. 7.—Anew record was, set here early today when the Illinois river reached a stage of 25.6 feet, six inches higher than the crest of the deyastating flood of 1922. Hleven hundred additional acres of land are under water, following erumbling Tate last night of the Kel- ley Lake lovee, north of thig-pity, troit who are vitallysinterested in the | Settled Shops Make Up Half. From one source alone, the levy upon workers in settled shops, there are obtained funds to meet half the strike benefits of the men and women still on the picket line. The strike benefits of $7 and $10 weekly for sin- gle and married men and women, re- spectively, average $150,000. At a stirring meeting in Cooper Union of workers employed in shops that have already acceded to the union terms, assessments upon them were volun- tarily increased from 15 to: 20 per cent of their weekly wages. This will automatically bring into the union treasury $75,000 per week to meet half the total strike benefits, In addition to voting 20 per cent of their weekly wages to siipport their fellow workers still on strike, 10,000 cloakmakers at work have already given the union an additional one day's pay, the total sums obtained from both sources being $150,000. While this additional day’s pay is not a regular donation, it is expected to be forthcoming voluntarily whenever the finances of the striking cloakmak- ers require it. Other Needle Trade Unions Donate. Large sums have been obtaind from other sources, and more is forthcom- ing. The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America ‘have voted $50,000 in installments to the be sieged strikers. Of this amount, $10,000 was promptly received. The Rochester unions of the same organ ization contributed $5,000. The Bos- ton ladies’ garment workers contrib- uted $5,000 to their striking brethren. The bonnaz embroidery workers of this city, a small organization, have voted to tax themselves to $5 each. They expect to raise $6,000, of which $3,000 is already on hand. In response to the appeal of the American Federation of Labor and af- fillated international bodies for funds, the A. F. of L., at its*convention in Detroit, made the call a special order of business and unanimotisly voted immediate assistance. International bodies affiliated with it are already responding. NO DELEGATE T0 AMERICAN LEGION FROM A. F, OF L. By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. (Special to The Daily Worker) CONVENTION HALL, DETROIT, Mich., Oct. 10.—There will be no fepre- sentative of the American Federation of Labor officially attending the an- nual gathering of the American Leg: fon, Instead President Green said a greeting would be sent in response to the greeting just received from John R. McQuigg, national commander of the American Legion, reading in part as follows: “As national organizer of the Amer- ican Legion it is my privilege to send this word of greeting to the members of the American Federation of Labor assembled at their annual gathering. Were it not that our national conven- tion comes on approximately the same dates as your own I would cast every- thing else I might -have arranged aside and accept your, kind invitation to be present and speak a personal work of greeting and extend our good wishes to you, I know you will un derstand why at particular time it is impossible, but 1 sincerely hope you will convey to\the delegates and friends in attendance at your conven- tion the warmest thanks of the Amer- ican Legion for all the American Fed- eration of Labor has done and is do- jing to promulgate those things which tend toward 4 greater and more peaceful citizenship and which we so mutally endorse, May the years to come see the bonds of friendship be- tween the American Federation of Labor and the American Legion grow stronger and stronger.” De e George L, Berry, head of the pressmen’s union, is in the con- ventiony He usually, serves in the capacity of messenger.of gree be tsa two organ: a mh been a vice co} jar of the legion. lit is not known why he basn't been wicked for the Job thie Yemty. ol heed fight for the lives of the class war prisoners, Nick Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, is before the annual convention of the American Federation of Labor in Detroit, That is not saying very .much, of course. This struggle has been before every A. F. of L. convention since the United States government first put its bloody clutches upon the throats of these two courageous militants of labor, It often entered as an uninvited guest. It was never welcome, oe @ Last year the effort to keep the Sacco-Vanzetti case before Ameri- can labor, thru securing repeated ac- tlon by the A, F, of L., resulted in a severe rebuff from the stolid re- action, In the words of Vice-Presi- dent Matthew Woll, reporting for the resolutions committee, “We have adopted similar resolutions several years in succession. We are on record in this case. These reso- lutions should, therefore, not be brought in here year after year in ‘this way.” And the Sacoo-Vanzetti resolution introduced last year at Atlantic City was forthwith con- signed to the waste basket, ees ¢ This year, however, the powerful fist of the Sacco-Vanzetti case, de- manding attention, crashes ite way upward thru the floor of the A, F. of L, convention hall. Last year the resolution was in- troduced by the\ delegation of the International Ladies’ Garment Work- ers’ Union, but not e single mem- ber of the delegation raised his voice in favor of it, This year the resolution is pre- sented by Delegate Samuel Squibb, of the International Granite Cutters’ Union, one of the most reactionary organizations in the whole A. F. of L. Its chief spokesman, James Dun- can, i8 first vice-president of the A. F. of L., perhaps the staunchest supporters of the late Gompers’ regime. He felt himself the logical successor of Gompers, but Green got the job. Thus even this wing of ithe A, F. of L. recognizes that “The case of Sacco and Vanzetti has again. come before the public.” Every worker in the land should read the resolutions which are as follows: . “Where, after six years of im- prisonment those who take an in- terest in this case are now more convinced than ever that Sacco and Vanzetti are not guilty of the crime they were charged with and con- victed for, and “Whereas, the motion for a new trial based on newly discovered evi- dence, primarily on the confession of Celestino F, Madeiros, is now be- fore the court of Massachusetts, and “Whereas, on this motion for a new trial, affidavits of former agents of the department of justice of the United States have been produced that show there are records on file in the office of the department for The DAILY WORKER, big fight to SAVE THE UNION. The Sacco and Vanzetti Case Is Before A. F. of L. Convention at Detroit By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. of justice, establishing the fact that there was collaboration between the department of justice and the dis- trict attorney of Norfolk county to convict Sacco and Vanzetti on charges of a crime, of which the department of justice did not be- lieve them guilty, and “Whereas, the attorney general has refused access to the records in the case to the counsel for the defense, in spite of his urgent re- quest for the same, and “Whereas, a large number of the international unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor are deeply interested in the chse of Sacco and Vanzetti and have by resolutions adopted at their conven- tions, expressed the sentiment of their members on this matter, be it therefore “Resolyed, that the American Fed- eration of Labor in convention as- sembled demand an immediate in- vestigation by the congress of the United Statse of the actions of the agents of the department of justice; the connection of the department of justice with the conviction of Sac- co and Vanzetti, and the refusal of the department of justice to dis- ‘close its files on the Sacco and Vanzetti case, be it further “Resolved, that copies of this resolution be sent to the president and congress of the United States.” ee 8 Not a very militant resolution, to be gure. Requesting a congressional investigation is an easy method of dodging the real issue, especially when congress is not in session, as fs the case at the present time. But even this is something. The laboring masses over the land must tise and demand more. Madeiros, who would be the chief witness for Sacco and Vanzetti, should a new trial be granted, is himself sentenced to die Oct. 27. Judge Webster Thayer may hand down a decision at any hour order- ing Sacco and Vanzetti to the elec- tric chair, The hour doesn’t wait for congress to assemble, ee With the passage of the above resolution thru the A. F. of L. con- vention, the protest should grow so big over the land that the depart- ment of justice will be forced itself to disgorge the documents, now held in secret.) that would so clear- ly show the innocence of Sacco and Vanzetti,, that even a capitalist judge, time-server of his class, would not dare rule against the demand for a new trial. ® It ds, of course, good to know that the A, F, of L, convention will be told that the case of Sacco and Vanzetti is again before the public, very class conscious worker knows and feels that it has been before the whole working class clamoring for attention, since the day more than six years ago that saw the ar- rest of these two workers. It must stay there, for all the world to see, until Sacco and Vanzetti are free. ANTHRACITE MINERS DIG DOWN TO KEEP THE DAILY WORKER The anthracite miners, battling against the most corrupt and reaction- ary bureaucracy in the American trade union movement as well as against a highly trustified group of capitalists are on the job striking, telling blows CAPPELLINI I$ FIGHTING HARD- COAL DIGGERS Unions Reviving .Their Grievance Committees WILKES-BARRE, Pa., Oct. 10—The general grievance committee of the Glen Alden Coal company meets on the first and third Saturday afternoon, |in Union Hall; 12 Market street. Two- thirds of the mines of the Glenn Alden company are represented on the com- mittee, The reorganization of the grievance committee is a sign that the miners are ignoring the opposition of Rinaldo Capellini and his district board, who are hostile to any attempt on the part of the miners to take.the initiative in solving their problems, Delegates from the grievance com- mittee of the Glen Alden Coal com- pany are urging the organization of a general grievance body made up of delegate from all collieries. Every progressive miner in the dis- trict. is intent on getting his local rep- Tesented in this committee. CURRENT EVENTS By T. J. O'Flaherty. (Continued from page 1.) wife or a chunk of real estate, he takes out his equad and his flivver and whenever he spots a bootlegger or gangster, he‘shoves him onto the curb and concocts a sentence in which a $100 bill figures. The gangster usual- ly has a one hundred per cent epot in his jeans and everybody goes his way. eee O there are reasons why the po lice are averse to seeing the gangsters slaughter each other. Re- cently a peace conference between the rival gangsters took place. Besides the plenipotentiaries from both sides there: were present a policeman and a big politician, The conference was no more successful than the last meet- |ing of the league of nations. One side wanted the heads of two members of the rival gang. This concession was not granted, so the meeting adjourned. “We'll meet in the morgue,” they ob- served playfully and departed, Such is life in a big and thriving Ameri- can city. Now, ff it happened is Mos- cow— eee HIS fellow Stephenson of Indiana- polis;who made governors and un- made politicians of all kinds who fail- many sided character. He made over, ‘a million dollars in a few years out of the white shirt business. Nobody knew very much about his history, ex- cept that he learned the tar and féathers trade from~‘Doc” Evans, the chief kluxer of the southlands. Steph- enson was one of the lads who was go- in all her natal purity. He was also out to bury John Barleycorn, Te: wy. TEPHENSON did neither. In fact he did what he could to do the opposite. It can be said to his credit that he never drank moonshine, Noth- ing but the best from Andy Mellon's distilleries would satisfy his palate. He was a diplomat. Being the unof- ficial boss of Indiana, his house was the scene of many meetings, parties and conferences, When churchmen visited his home, bibles were placed where the clerical eye could not fail to see them, But when more worldly persons were his guests women, gay and free, in scanty -attira took the Place of the bibles. And the rum flowed. see The Luzerne Street Nucleus Number One of the Workers (Communist) Party of America has just sent in $100.00 to KEEP THE DAILY WORKER. This was collected from the anthracite miners who are now engaged in @lqreams, A little bit of a Mussolini IN ebredestardicttand was very much in the public eye those days. Sud- denly special writers “discovered” him. He talked of the nation and his was Stephneson. And the Hoosiers The anthracite miners realize that The DAILY WORKER has done| lapped up, his publicity, just as greedi- more than its bit for building up a powerful militant union of miners. This|!y a8 Stephenson lapped up his whis- $100.00 is only the beginning of a number of big contributions that the an- thracite miners are sending in for The DAILY WORKER, fields? Will ‘you join and be with the militant miners of the anthracite coal The workers of Philadelphia are doing so! ; We have just received $100.00 from the Philadelphia section of the Workers (Communist) Party, The workingmen and workingwomen of this city are surely heart and soul in the campaign to KBEP THE DAILY WORK- ER. Will you pitch in? We know you will! ‘This means every worker who is for the working elass, and its militant champion, The DAILY WORKER, DETROIT TRADE UNION EDUCATIONAL LEAGUE » Invites you to hear bd William Z. Foster Secretary-Trensurer of the Trade Union Bducationss League Ben Gold Manager of the N. Y, Joint Board of the Furriers’ Union J. Johnstone Well known leader of the Left ‘Wing in the Labor Movement r Speak on “The American Federation of Labor Convention” Now in session in Detroit Tuesday, October |2th—8 P. M. at McCOLLESTER@HALL—Cor, Forest and Cass" fee eon key, The Hoosiers were giving him their money to protect their women from shame and their sons from in- toxication, Stephenson debauched thousands in all-night liquor parties and wound up his career by raping a girl, who afterwards died from her in- juries, = # i see 13 the saps who were carried away py their ex-dragon’s imbecilities still believe in the K. K. K.? It is too much to expect that wisdom should strike them over night, In all prob- ability, another klan organizer could prove to their satisfaction that their former dragon was stung by the devil, the pope or by an agent of the Mquor interests. And they would go as nutty about the new faker as they did about the discarded one. Barnum knew that suckets are born every minute, and he made a fortune, But it seeins that there are periods when the suckers bite more savagely than usual, The period since “Emperor Simmons” sold his first night shirt until recently was the greatest open season on suckers that this country has ever knowa, Note to Wu Pei-Fu, PEKING, Oct. 10.—The American legation here today sent word to Gen- eral Wu Pei-Fu that military attaches would leave shortly to rescue a nam: bor of Ame besieged by the eatoe aan ed to follow his instructins was a © ing to preserve the American woman ~ af Fr: