The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 13, 1926, Page 2

SF %age Two THE DAILY WORKER DOCTOR REPORTS STRIKERS BADLY BEATEN BY COPS Passaic Police Torture | Frame-up Victims PASSAIC, N. J, Oct, 11.—Strike headquarters issued a statement this morning that the union physician, Dr. Tellman, 225 President Street, who was sent yesterday to visit the men held In the county jail, Hackensack, | in connection with the bomb throwing | in Garfield, reported finding the men | in very bad physical condition. One| of the prisoners, Paul Kobacs, plainly showed signs of a terrible beating, | Or, Tellman is said to have found this | man in plaster and bandages and to | have reported back to the union that he had several ribs fractured or broken and that altho the marks dis appeared from his body it was clear from the man’s internal condition that he had been maltreated. Dr. Tellman also found’ that Tom Regan, another f the prisoners, had had one of his teeth knocked out. Deak’s Statement. v Deak, chairman of the strike comm of Local 1603, United Tex- tile Wo ‘8, in making public the report of Dr. Tellman, declared “this report by the union’s doctor substan- tiates the statements of the men now out on bail that they had been sub- sected to the worst sort of police bru- and third degree methods in he effort force them to sign “‘con- fessions” they were not allowed to More and more it becomes lity ead clear, until today even the uninitiated police methods must realize the , that the arrested men are vic- ums of a police plot to break the ike by arresting and attempting to | seredit the leaders of the strike. “But again that this latest attempt will go | the way of all the others in. miserable failure. Not only that, but this fan- in Old Women Mill Workers Parade | In a demonstration of solidarity with the Passaic textile strikers, old workers of the mills parade the strike zone, URGE A. F. OF L. TO MAKE ENERGETIC DRIVE FOR BRITISH MINERS’ FUND By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. (Special to The Daily Worker) DETROIT, Mich., Oct. 11. — Tag Days for the British coal miners now on strike, in all the large cities of the land, are being ORGANIZATION | OF TEXTILE IS | PLEATOA,F.OFL, (Continued from page 1) ta substitute for organization of the workers within trade or textile union. On their lips is the company union, in their hearts is ‘the open shop,’ What in its essence is the open shop? A shop open to the unorganized until it can be closed to the organized workers, Open Shop Means, Despotism. “The open shop ds designated not to assure the freedom of the workers but to safeguard the power of the un- changeable masters. Open is a mis- nomer and a delusion, for open has something of the atmosphere and conotation of freedom, The ‘open shop’ is the open door to industrial despotism, “‘Abandon ye all hope who enter here’ might well be written over the door of the open shop, ‘The ultimate purpose of the open shop is to destroy the organization of the workers, and the American republic, with its work- ers denied the right to organize and smashed into submission, were not urged in the convention of the American Federation of Labor here as the result of a telegram received from EB. G. Hall, presi- dent of the Minnesota Federation of Labor, stating that $800 had been raised in a tag day held in Minneapolis recently. The tele- gram, addressed to Secretary F “Tam sending you today to the was raised by a tag day in Minnea: President Green has tried to con- done the small amount of financial re- lief sent in ald of the British miners by the A. F. of L., by declaring that it isn’t the amount sent, but the spirit in which it is sent. There are those who believe, however, that money talks louder than words in this case. see They Are Still Waiting. There were those among the dele- we want to tell the police}gates who said on last Friday that the omission 6f Dr, Sherwood Eddy’s speech on his European tour was omitted from the ‘proceedings due to tastic plot will react as a boomerang | lack of time required to set it up in against the mill owners whom the police are so assiduously trying to serve. These plots only help to make the strikers more determined on victory. They serve also to arouse public opinion thruout the country type in the printshop. They declared it would surely appear in the minutes issued in Saturday. But the printed record of the proceedings, issued dai- ly, appeared Saturday and still no re- Port of Dr. Eddy’s speech, altho against the industria] autocracy that the speeches of Miss Anna Fitzgerald, has made the city of Passaic and the | fraternal delegate of the Woman's In- other cities of the strike zone, the} ternational Union Label League, ap- symbol of industrial oppression and | peared in full, as did the address of police corruption thruout the civil-|Miss Rose Schneidermann, fraternal iged world.” eee Held Illegally. PASSAIC, N. J., Oct. 11.—Claiming that it is illegal, improper and un- constitutional to hold the group ‘of strikers now in jail in Patterson un- der bail so preposterously high that they can never possibly secure it, John Larkin Hughes, attorney for the strikers, presented arguments this morning before Judge Joseph A. De- laney in the Passaic Court of Com- mon Pleas for the lowering of this ball, now standing at $375,000 for six men, Bail Too High. “Bail should be just enough to se- cure a defendant's appearance before the court for trial, It should be based upon a man’s financial circumstances,” said Mr. Hughes in his plea for lower bail, “To place it so high that it can never be raised is practically the same as holding the men without bail. “The indictments on which these men are held were secured on alleged confessions which they were forced to make when third degree methods were used on them. We claim that these men have been badly beaten. Confessions secured undergsuch cir- eumstances are worthless.” ILLINOIS FLOOD WATERS RECEDE, PEAK REACHED BPARDSTOWN, Ill, Oct. 11— Steady declines’in the gauge readings at Peoria, while the river here re- mained stationary at a water mark of 26.24 feet, today aroused ‘hope im this flood-ridden city that the rioting Illinois river has reached its peak. The water now is over a foot higher than ‘at any time in past history. Active relief and rehabilitation work will get under way today with the expected arrival of Paul Dettmer, new director of Red Cross relief work. Ratiroads are operating day service trains into this city altho in many places the tracks are covered. The results of the flood now are becoming apparent as sheds, garages, eps and other debris float thru the streets. wee Will Discuss Relief. JACKSONVILLE, Ml, Oct. 11. — Fiood relief work will be discussed here tomorrow by R. A. Cowles of the Miinois Agricultural Association and | also introduced a resolution favoring the lifting of immigration restrictions, 80 that “the doors of America will be Opened to the oppressed and perse- cuted workers of Hurope,” Sangamon, Groon and Morgan|resolution by this delegation urges \erut bureau representative of flooded counties. Ferm bureau chiefs esti- mato that 100,000 acres of corn now are under water in Cass, Brown, ‘district organising campaigns.” - . ill nia ben A i delegate of the National Woman's Trade Union League. This will no doubt be a rather rude shock to the believers in the so-called “democracy” with the A. F, of L., under the Grben- Woll-Duncan regime. bs see Fear “The Radical.” On the day following the sale of 2,000 copies of the Special Ford Hdi- tion of TheMAILY WORKER, at the Highland Park plant of the Ford Motor Company, all the delegates to the American Federation of, Labor visited the institution. Many officials of the A. F. of L. have been issuing statements on the Ford plant and the five-day week ever since. It has be- come @ sort of nightmare with them. They not only heard of the distribu- tion of The DAILY WORKER, put also of the shop bulletin, The Ford Worker, published in a 20,000 edition for Oc- tober. The statement of A. J. Ber- Ties, secretary-treasurer of the Metal Trades Department of the A. F. of L., typical of the rest, is as follows: “The constant monotony which the men in the Ford plant, which we visited this afternoon, are subject to, added to the tremendous pressure which these men labor under, means that within a comparatively few years these men become another addition to the human junk heap and their Places are taken by newer arrivals. So long as new men can be constantly added to the force, such a plant can run, but no longer. “Instead of tending towards help- ing these men and making them bet- ter Americans, this system provides men who cannot help but being good material for the radical and the dema- gogue to work upon.” But it is only the radicals who take the fight of the auto workers serious- ly and carry on the struggle to or- ganize them, se @ The delegation of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union has introduced a resolution against Citi- zens’ Military Training Camps. They did the same last year but failed to put up a fight for it. Delegate B. D. Barry, of the Pennsylvania Federa- tion of Labor, has also introduced an antic. M, T, C, resolution under in- structions from the state convention of his organizations. ee The 40-hour work-week in all in- dustries is also urged in resolutions introduced by the Cloth Hat, Cap and Millinery Workers’ delegation, as well as the modification of immigration laws in fayor of political and religi- ous refugees. ee The I. L. G. W. U. delegation has Another rank Morrison, read: Washington office check for $800 for the benefit of the striking coal miners of Great Britain. This money polis, Saturday, Oct. 2, and the com- mittee suggests that the convention recommend thruout the country tag days be inaugurated in behalf of the British miners and their families.” + 800,000 N. Y. Workers Back Cloakmakers (Continue from Page 1) linery, Shoe Workers, Bakers, Paint- ers, Furriers, Bookbinders, Waiters, Grocery Drivers and others, $100,000 From Furriers. Delegate Liebowitz told the confer- ence that the joint board of the Fur- riers’ Union has already raised $50,- 000 and expects to raise another $50,- 000 for the strikers, Several days ago the shop chairmen’s meeting of the Furriers’ Union degided to tax all of their members one dollar a week for the duration of the strike. Enthusiastic applause greeted Sam Liptzén, who brought in two hundred dollars in cash from the workers in the shops and fhe Trade Union Edu- cational Leagu@ Section of the Amal- gamated Clothing Workers. Barlier {n the conference several delegates had criticized the Amalgamated Cloth. ing Workers’ Union officialdom for its sabotage of the strike. Bring Checks. Checks were brought to the confer- ence from the following unions: Bak- ers’ Union, Local 87, $500; Bakers’ Union, Local 174, $100; Suit Case and Bag Makers’ Union, $500. The dele- gate of the Retail Cleaners and Dyers’ Union announced that they are taxing their 7,000 members one dollar a week for the strikers. The executive committee of thirty elected by the conference includes Edward Lavin and Jim Walsh who led the recent I. R. T, strike in New York; John Sullivan, president of the New York State Federation of Labor; Joseph P. Coughlin, secretary of the New York Central Trades and Labor Council; Ben Gold, manager, joint board, Furriers’ Union; Joseph Schlossberg, general secretary, Amail- gamated Clothing Workers’ Union and M. Feinstein of the United He- brew Trades. This executive commit- tee was instructed to hold the de- monstration at the city hall within a week. “Herrin” Issue Raised (Continued from page 1.) against the militants in the labor movement, patting Green’s adminis- tration in the A, F. of L. for all the reactionary measures that it espouses. Thus the Detroit Saturday Night, in its current issue, declares: “There is better work for the Amer- ican Federation of Labor to do than to force the closed shop on American industry with all that it costs the pub- Me in money and freedom of action, not to speak of the numerous and conspicuous outrages committed by closed shop bosses, concerning whom the parent organization maintains an ominous silence, The development of the labor banks and the labor dnsur- ance company is one of the most notable and encouraging achievements in the economic history of the coun- try. . “The American Federation has stood four square against the Com- munists and the recognition of Rus- sia. It has endorsed the Citizens’ Military Training Camps, In every test of patriotism it has been America first. Mr, Green himself has declared against the general strike as a viola- tion of contract. But there is some- thing wrong with an organization that shows @ steady decline in membership for the past six years, Evidently it needs a housecleaning, and the first thing it meeds to clean out is the closed shop and all its works, Public opinion is boss in this country, and not any churoh, klan, lodge or labor union.” * We will send sample copies The DAILY WORKER to pen friends—send us name and ad- hnagen mn lt fe we worthy of its name and destiny. Workers’ Courage Glorious. “The Passaic mill workers have dared to stand up and do battle with the weapons of the spirit with glori- ous courage and amid unbelievable suffering, for something which is in keeping with the traditions of Ameri- can freedom. The mill owners, who deny and would crush them, are bent upon the destruction of organized labor. Then let the American Fed- eration of Labor accept the challenge. “If the mill owners, drunk with Prosperity and entrenched in power, persist in their un-American refusal, then is the time come for the Amer- ican Federation of Labor to grant the fullest measure of its support to the undaunted workers in the Passaic mills. Duty of A. F. of L. “Victorious, these become the symbol of your strength; defeated and broken, they may become the token of your weakness. Upon you Mes the duty to organize the workers in the textile in- dustry thruout the land, thru the in- strumentality of the United Textile Workers. “Remember that the American peo- Ple are deeply stirred over the Pas- saic struggle. Lawlessness and dis- order have been monopolized by the mills and their police and judicial al- lies. Know that American men and women do not wish to wear clothing sweated out of Ragen tha Hits at Controlled Churches. Rabbi Wise also hit at the attitude of the Detroit churches toward the A. ¥. of L. convention. “The churches must not become the Sunday clubs of the would-be destroy- ers of labor,” he declared amidst great applause, “We must not allow the church and the synagogue reduced to the level of scab agencies,” _ Wants Whole Industry Unionized. Rabbi Wise declared the Passaic strike had now developed into a lock- out under the Prussian despotism of the mill owners. “I am here to plead for the organi- zation from top to bottom of the tex- tile industry,” he repeated again in concluding his talk. When Rabbi Wise had finished Pres- ident Green pledged the support of the A. F. of L. to the Passaic strikers. Delegate Skrah Conboy, secretary of the United Textile Workers’ Union, also spoke, telling of the eight months’ struggle of the Passaic strikers, de- claring: “If the mill owners can win in Pas- saic, only God knows who will be their next victims,” Must Fight Open Shop. “It seems that two organizations, the United Mine Workers of America and the United Textile Workers’ Federa- tion, are the butt of the open shop at- tack. You must help the Passaic strikers now. You must back them up today. Their victory.will be your victory.” Altho it was known that Rabbi Wise would appear before the convention on behalf of the Passaic strikers, the res- olutions committee had not prepared to report out the Passaic resolution, as it did in the case of the strike of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, unanimously en- dorsed last week, Convention Delays Action. Thomas MacMahon, lent of the Textile Workers’ Union) was not in the hall when Rabbi Wise made his *peech and did not appear later, Ellen Dawson, an official of the textile strik- ers’ union, was in the hall, but was not given the floor, President Green announced that the Passaic strike res- olution would come up later, when there would dowbtless be other speeches on the subject. Instead of completing its action on the sie strike, the convention wag asked to listen to an address by Bugene T, Lies of the Playground and Recreation Association. The convention stood for a tew mo- ments in memory of labor officials who had died during the past year, The name of Sam Gompers, who died nearly two yéars ago, immediately fol- lowing the Bl Paso convention, was added to the list. r ——— Your nefghbor wilh te ~ foe BALL WOBKII, ori PRA DATLY " - I a - ORKERS of America! Memorize the testimony offered by the de- partment of justice agent, Fred J. Weyand, in his affidavit now on file with Jwdge Webster Thayer, in the Dedham, Mass., court where rests the power to say whether Sacco and Vanzetti shall live or die, Especially American labor must commit to memory several state- ments by Weyand as follows: “At one time as many as 12 agents of the department of justice in Boston were assigned to cover Sac- ‘co and Vanzetti meetings and other radical activities connected with the Sacco-Vanzettl case.” ‘ “NO EVIDPNCE WAS DISCOV- ERED WARRANTING THE INSTI- TION OF PROCDEDINGS AGAINST ANYBODY.” “Shortly after the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti was concluded, the af- flant (Weyand) says he told Weiss (Feri Felix Weiss of the prosecu- tor’s staff) that he did not believe that they (Sacco and Vanzettl) were the men that shot the paymaster (at South Braintree), and Welss replied that that might be so, but they were bad actors and would get what they deserted anyway.” P “Mr. Weyand says that he is thoroly convinced, and always has ‘been, that these men had’ nothing whatever to do with the South Braintree murder, and that their conviction was the result of oo- operation between the Boston agents of the department of justice and the district attorney.” “It was the general opinion of the Boston agents of the department of justice having knowledge of the af- fair, that the South Braintree crime was committed by a group of profes- sional highwaymen.” sf. © These are statemefts from the confession of the ex-department of justice agent, Weyand, who has at last, after six years, unleashed his tongue to tell what he knows. Weyand says that he was con- cerned in the government’s activ- ities against workers called “reds” and “radicals,” including the whole- sale raids made in January, 1920. ‘This was under the regime of Presi- dent Woodrow Wilson and Attorney General J. Mitchell Palmer, the New Jersey college professor and the “Pennsylvania quaker, Weyand says that some time be- fore the arrest of Sacco and Van- zetti, the names of both of them had got on the files of the department of justice as “radicals” to be watch- ed, and as followers or associates of ah Italian editor named ‘Galleant. The suspicion entertained by the de- partment of justice against Sacco and Vanzetti. was that they had violated the selective service act, and also that-they were anarchists and held radical opinions of some sort or another, Shortly after the arréSt of Sacco and Vanzetti, meetings began to be held by sympathizers, and Weyand says he was. assigned to attend those meetings and report to the de- partment, He says ali agent was as- signed, as undercover man, to win the confidence of the Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee, and that this man became one of the collectors. This government stoolpigeon told ‘Weyand that he was in the habit of taking as much money for his own /use as he saw fit. By H. PURO. T is almost three years since the the Daily Worker was born, Ever since it has been a fearless fighting organ of the American working class. Whenever and wherever workers are compelled to struggle against their op- pressors, the Daily Worker has always been found on the job, helping wor- kers. But it has not been only fight ing. It has also enlightened and edu- cated workers and yr farmers re- garding their role in the class struggle, It has also helped to organize the un- organized and strengthen the already existing organizations of workers and poor farmers, In this work, in this great and in- valuable service to our cause, the Daily Worker has been greatly ham- pered, because of its need of ample finances. 11 American working class does not yet, as a whole, appreciate the |’ great work done by the Datly Worker ~-for its cause. Therefore, the wor kers are unable to estimate the value of their own daily paper, This is true, not only for the rank and file of the working class of this country, but even for the so-called class conscious worker who does not become a reg- ular subscriber and supporter of his own paper. This is why the Daily Worker is not selfsupporting, This is why tt has to make general campaigns at least once every year. And again, the Daily: Worker ap- ‘Fealize Mighty U.S. Government Can't Dodge Confession by One of Its Own Agents By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. Our Duty Towards the Daily Worker ee Mr. Weyand says that no evidence was obtained of utterances at any meetings which warranted proceed- ings against anybody, The reports of the meetings were sent to the Washington office of the department of justice and duplicates were kept in the Boston office, It was under these preliminary circumstances that the government took an active interest in the joint trial of Sacco and Vanzetti, with Mr. Weyand being assigned to cover the trial. Another agent, William J. West, who attended the trial for the sama purpose, told Mr. Weyand that an Italian named Carbone was. under an arrangement with the district at- torney, the sheriff and Mr. Weiss, Placed in the cell next to Sacco’s some time during the year 1920 for the purpose of winning Sacco’s con- fidence in order to obtain incrimin- ating evidence against him, NO EVIDPNCE OF THE SORT WAS OBTAINED BY CARBONE. ®: 2 & The understanding in this case, Mr. Weyand says, between the agents of the department of justice in Boston and the district attorney, followed the usual custom that the department of justice would help the district attorney to secure a * conviction, and that he in turn would help the agents of the depart- ment to secure information that they might desire. The Boston agents be- Heved that these men “were an- archists, and hoped to be able to secure evidence against them, from their testimony at their trial for murder, to be used in case they were not convicted of murder, There is correspondence between Mr. Katzmann (district attorney) and Mr. West (department of justice agent) on file in the Boston office of the department, but it is kept in secret." All efforts to force it to public view have failed. Mr. West furnished Mr. Katzmann informa- tion about the radical agtivities of Sacco end Vanzetti, to be used in their cross-examination, sf ‘Thus at no time did the prosecu-_ tion, bolstered by the U. 8, depart- ment of justice, really believe that Sacco and Vanzetti were guilty. Yet with this knowledge, and also with the suspicion if not actual proof that the South Braintree affair was the work of the Morelli gang, the police bloodhounds were called off the real scent and “12 D. of J. agents set to watch the rising protest of American labor over the arrests of Sacco and Vanzetti.” It will be remembered how Hils- worth ©, Jacobs, the New Bedford Police agent, told how the search for evidence against the Morelli Bang was dropped with the arrest of Sacco and Vanzetti, altho everyone connected with the case knew that Sacco and Vanzetti had no connec- tion with the payroll robbery and murders at South Braintree, Powerful and mighty tho the United States government may be, it cannot dodge or sidestep the facts Tevealed by its own agent, Fred J. ‘Weyand. nr Tomorrow.—The story of the ex- department of justice agent, Law- rence Letherman, supporting the confession detailed above of Fred J. Weyand, the importance of a daily~organ for the American working class, It is not a shame that the workers’ paper appeals to us. It would be a shame, should it appeal to our enemies, 7 04k: ta, bar @uty 05 veapeat t0\ehie appeal. It is the unquestionable duty of the Party members who should respond one hundred percent. Also, it ig the duty of all those workers who. Tealize how important such an organ the class struggle as the Daily Worker is. in Let us all do our duty! Let us all |. aahoenrapedahieimarkg wrong CURRENT EVENTS By T. J. O'Flaherty. (Continued from page 1.) latter plan, the labor leader is elimi- nated, In his place we find the com- UNION WEAK IN PA. SOFT COAL FIELD Daly Hope a National Strike Movement By ART SHIELDS, Federated Press. ALTOONA, Pa., Oct. 4—(FP)—More than half its former members have been swept out of the minefs’ union in the great soft coal fields of Pennsy!- vania by the openshop tide of the last years, Six desperate months must pass be- fore the 3-year Jacksonville agreement expires and the union is free to negoti- ate another national pact or to use the weapon of a national strike to re- cover Its losses. Till then it must depend on jocal strikes. Local strikes are a frail protection In an overde- veloped Industry that can easily sup- ply the market with only half the mines in operation. Local Strikes not Enough. The Allegheny mountains that hide the coal of central Pennsylvania—Diet. 2, U. M. W. A—and the broad river valleys that overlie the seams of the western Pennsyivania, or Pittsburgh, district (5) are spotted with these local strikes. The local unionists that are left carry bravely on. But they know that their salvation lies ina national movement that will swing the great West Virginia fields back into the fold. Unlonizing West Virginia,the Key. The fate of the Pennsylvania miners is inseparably wrapped with that of their West Virginia brothers. The breaking of the union’s hold in the border 6tate has let loose a flood of cheap scab coal into the northern mar- kets on which the Pennsylvania men depended. The two states together produce about half the total bitumin- ous production of the nation. Former- ly Pennsylvania had the major por- tion but last year West Virginia, with its more than 30% wage differential, nosed it out, - The men of the four counties were left out of the settlement in 1922. Soon after the union membership fell to its former porportions. But with the rest of the state still unionized the United Mine Workers were still a highly formidable institution. Jacksonville Pact ne Security. Then came the Jacksonville agree- ment, going into effect April 1, 1924, and promising to give these older fields security for the next three years, Yet—such is the irony of - events—the great losses have taken place since this peace treaty was signed. Jacksonville agreement was, In the language of wartime diplomacy, a scrap of paper as far as some large operators were concerned. They sign- ed it to avoid a national strike in 1924, knowing that the operator who broke the contract would be faced only with local strikes. As lopg as any operator kept the agreement a complete tieup of the industry would not be attempt- ed. ; The Starvation Cure, In 1924 great shutdowns began. Men were being starved by the prospective contract-breakers; the Pittsburgh Coal Co., Bethlehem Mines Corp., Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh R. R. group and others. _ After months on the meager relief that district organiza- tions could furnish, men were offered scab work at the 1917 scale, a 30% cut. To their honor few accepted. Strikes were fought fiercely against gunmen, imported strikebreakers, and all the paraphernalia of the openshop plan. Furnishing “Black” Coal Help! This summer it seemed that things were cracking. Now comes the British coal demand. Some mines have fe- opened on the union scale. The union has a slight breathing spell. But a desperate winter of fighting and waiting is near. The miners need all that the rest of the labor move- ment can give them to maintain what is left of their union till next April when the chance may come of re- covering the rest. (Later Pennsylvania stories will deal with Dist. 2, Dist. 5 and the non- union Somerset-Fayette fields.) . Robots Invited to See * . * Play in Adding Machine Chicago robots will have a chanca. to see themselves ag others see them, on Sunday, Oct. 24, when the famous’ play: “The Adding Machine,” will be presented by the Studio Players, in Park Auditorium et 4 p. m. The play, followed by a banquet and dancing to polish off the enter tainment will be given under the aus- pices of the Workers (Communist) Party for the purpose of raising funds to help The DAILY WORKER. Eating and Dancing. © Tho eating has its attraction and dancing is not to be sneesed at as an amusement for the aye ae the lay will be the piece resistance ba es bill. For the benefit of those who do not understand French, this means the chief attraction. In cother announcements The DA'- LY WORKER will give a bird's eye . view of the play, with a es sl to come aot ag ing our eyetul 4 oth