The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 27, 1926, Page 1

The Struggle to Save the Life of The DAILY WORKER Is Part of the Growing Fight to Save the Lives of Sacco and Vanzetti By J, LOUIS ENGDAHL. [ ABOR needs weapons with which to carry on its struggles. 4 One of the most important weapons of the working In fact, without its press, labor is helpless. class is its press. This is clearly revealed today as the militant vanguard of labor stands before the giant task of making known to the whole working class the latest startling development in the Sacco-Vanzetti case. A battery of dailios from one end of the land to the other, could quickly rouse workers everywhere to instant and effective eas «| - vet iat ‘s, oO Ne “one . a action, | The DAILY WORKF 4 the Standard for / and Farmers’ € Vol. Ill. No. 243. Su By T. J. O'FLAHERTY . ©. STEPHENSON, former grand dragon of the realm of Indiana, promised big revelations a few weeks ago, revelations that would shake In- diana politics to its deepest cesspool and topple reigning politicians from their thrones. But the expected dis- closures have failed to materialize and the ex-dragon’s head is shut as tight as a miser’s purse, What happened ‘in the meantime? In all probability ‘the republican machine that now cou- trols Indiana, promised Stephenson his liberty after the elections, pro- vided he does not spill the beans, eee T was proven beyond the shadow of a doubt that the present G. O. P. leadership of Indiana owes its offi- cial existence to the support of the K. K. K. Stephenson put them in of- fice, but when he raped a young girl, who died as a result, and got into the toils of the law, his former political assotiates left him to hig fate. This made him angry, so he decidéd to “talk.” The jail authorities, on ‘in- structions from above, refused to al- Jow anybody to interview the ex- dragon, until they had a chance to get things straightened out. When permission was granted to the opposi- tion to the state machine to inter- view Stephenson, the latter would not satel ae ee = HE official organ of the Minnesota farmer-labor party has accepted ad- vertisements for capitalist candidates and the class conscious members of the party are up in the air about it. it appears that a gang of labor fak- ers got hold of the farmer labor party in Minnesote, evidently with the ob- ject of killing it. Those political ras- cals made constant war op the Com- munist members of the farmer labor association, principally ‘bechuse the Communists were the backbone of the movement and would keep an eye (Cc atinued on page 6) " WEST VIRGINIA CHOSEN GROUND DF OPEN SHOP * * Textile Mill to Use Mine Camp Women PASSAIC, N. J., Oct, .26-—(FP)— Acheson Hardch Handkerchief com- pany, whose Passaic factory is called the largest of its kind in the coun- try, has given the contract for erec- tion of the first unit of its new plant at Bluefield, West Va. The first Blue- field unit will employ 200 workers, mostly girls and women, and ulti- mately the West Virginia, factory is expected to employ 1,000, In February of this year the N. Y. ‘Times ran the following. ad, which Federated Press brought to the at- tention of labor papers: Business Connections. “1,500 GIRL WORKERS available in Bluefield, W. Va.; splendid op- portunity for hosiery, skirt, overall, slik or other textile mill; 1926 fed- eral census gives city 23,696; not a single industry employing women; ‘in heart of southern West Virgina; nonunion territory; half mile above sea level; cool, healthful summers insure labor efficiency all year; ad- Joining Pocahontas coal fields, pro- ducing world’s finest steam co: cellent transportation facilities limited electric power at low rates; fast-growing, progressive commun- ity, olty-manager government. Ad- dress Chamber of Commerce, Blue- fleld, W. Va." Use Women of Miners, ~ Nonunion soft coal miners in West Virgiaia have been found by a labor investigator to be working only part- time and not earning sufficient wages to support their families, As in other mining communities, the miners’ wives and daughters are forced ta vwork to eke out a living. ee % plates: ARY SUGGESTS AGREAT WORLD STEEL TRUST Says Workers Should be Satished With Wages (Speolal to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Oct, 26—iIn an ad- dress before the American Iron and Steel Institute today, Judge Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the United States Steel corporation, suggested the possi. bility of a concordant between the steel makers of the United States and Europe. ; “We have heard considerable dis- cussion,” said Judge Gary, “relating to anticipated competition between iron and steel manufacturers of the United States and foreign competi- tors, but it is believed that, should-it become necessary, an international conference will be held between all these interests and a full, open dis- cussion indulged in, after which a fair understanding could be reached. “Of course, no agreement between the different interests relating to pric- es could legally be entered into, with- out sanction of our law administra- tors, but, if necessity arose, it is thot the approval of the public authority of the country might be obtained.” There are no indications that the demand for steel products will be substantially reduced in the near fu- ture, said Judge Gary, discussing bus- iness conditions, “The steel industry today is receiving orders at»the rate of approximately 80 per cent of the normal capacity of the mills, a rate which Judge Gary and the other steel leaders consider quite satisfactory. “While earnings reports for the quarter ending Sept. 30 have not been made up, we believe they will be fully as good for the industry as a whole as in the preceding quarter.” Surveying general business condi- tions at this time, Judge Gary said: “Crop reports indicate that produc- tion this year will be nearly as large as 1925, which was a bountiful year. “Money is plentiful, collections are satisfactory. There is sufficient labor to meet all demands, and workers should be and are entirely satisfied with their rates of pay and conditions of employment. The administration at Washington is reasonable and fair towards all. interests, and we have reason to believe that the majority of congress will support the president.” and Vanzetti. In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside Chicago, by. mail, $6.00 por year. But American labor has only one daily in the English lan- guage, voicing its grievances, making the fight today for Sacco That dally is The DAILY WORKER, Even The DAILY WORKER: is grievously handicapped in its efforts to bring the truth, about the deliberate attempt on the part of the ruling class to legally murder Sacco and Vanzetti, to the attention of the masses of tollers in this country, It must devote much and valuable space to the immediate financial problem that confronts it. explained to its readers, so that they will respond quickly with the aid necessary to continue the life of their paper. would gladly be devoted to labor's struggles, in giving greater attention to the Sacco-Vanzetti case for instance, if it was not This vital Entered at Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at E lik E action of Judge Webster Thayer in 1 strengthened and no time to lose. question must be This space Post Office at Chi WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1926 Fi Ea ing to Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti a new trial again dem- onstrates the futility of placing all of the hope ehd confidence of the aroused workers of the world into thé hands of the corrupt judges in Massachusetts. This last action of the venal and vindictive courts of Massachusetts, behind which stand the ominous figures of the Massach' tts manufac- turers and the politicians of President Coolidge’s home state, throws the two innocent Italian workers oneé more under the very shadow of the electric chair and indicates that the Massachusetts bourbons intend to hound these two brave fighters to, their death. It is more clearly than ever apparent that to place re- liance solely upon the justice of capitalist courts will con- demn Sacco and Vanzetti to their death. The years of respite which they have gained from a legal assassination have been secured mainly by the mighty action of solidarity in the international protest movement which gave expression WICKS HURLS CHALLENGE AT G.0.P. OPPONENT ils Republican La- bor Record (Speciat to The Daily Worker) PITTSBURGH, Pa., Oct. 25.—Sar- castically referring to William S. Vare, the hoodlum candidate for United States senator on the republican ticket, as mentally incapable of defending his alleged platform, H. M. Wicks, Work- ers (Communist) Party candidate for governor of Pennsytvania, in an open letter to the republican campaig committee, challenges their candidat for governor, John S, Fisher, to defen the republican platform and cand dates in a joint debate to be held an; where in the state of Pennsylvania ani any time convenient to the republican standard-bearer. Four of the Pittsburgh daily papers and most of the papers thruout the state carried the challenge, but thus far the republican gang remains silent upon the question and no answer has as yet been received at campaign headquarters of the Workers’ Party. A Scorching Challenge. The following fs the letter sent by Wicks to republican campaign head- quarters: “Our representatives were in attend- ance at your headquarters last Satur- (Continued on page 6) U. S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS © “RESERVATIONS” ON EUROPEANS’ MOVEMENT FOR TRUSTIFICATION PARIS, Oct, 26,—- At the meeting of the Council of the International Cham. ber of Commerce, quite a stir was created by Basil Miles, American commis- sioner to the chamber, when he announced that he had received a cable from Washington instructing him to “reserve American opinion” on the question of “international industrial ententes”—or in plain English, trusts, as they are now being organized on the European The council was considering a long report by @ special commission, carry- ing with it full approval of the new series of industrial combines, cartels and trusts being organized on the con- tinent, With a brief discussion, the council was ready to adopt it, when Miles sprung the American “reservation of opinion until U, 8, interests have fur- ther time for consideration,’ This, In the opinion of observers, is the sign that American industry is going to oppose the trustification movement which has been gotng on for & year on the continent. B. & O. Wreck Kills Three. HEREFORD, @., Oct. 26.--Three persons were killed here early this morning when an eastbound Belti- more and Ohio passenger train col- lided with an wutomobile. The dead: J. J. Doo, Paut Richards, James Gam- ble, All are reatdents of Canton, ue ® continent, necessary to combat the great and pressing danger of being forced to suspend publication of jabor’s only daily. In this campaign, therefore, this weapon of the working class—The DAILY WORKER, is being repaired, made ready for greater efforts. * i <a” No Illusions About Sacco and Vanzetti! burnished, But there is Not only in increased space, but also with a greater circulation, The DAILY WORKER, must be developed into a keener, more effective fighting organ of labor. Let every reader and friend of The DAILY WORKER, there- fore, bend to the task of achieving immediately the goal set forth in yesterday’s issue. Within the next few weeks, The DAILY WORKER must have the full quota of $50,000 necessary to keep it out of dan- { ger financially. | Less than one-fourth of | | | | doing something, no matter REMEMBER! The struggle to save the life of The DAILY WORKER is | part of all labor's struggle | AND VANZETTI! . Hlinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Publisied Dally except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Bivu., Chicago, Il. to the determined opposition to the frame up by millions of workers. Sacco and Vanzetti are murdered for their loyalty to t and sinister forces of reaction their instruments on the benches of the courts, on the very verge of being he, working class. The black have cunningly manipulated They have subjected Sacco and Vanzetti to that terrible torture of suspense which keeps them on the brink of death every mo- ment of the day. They have refused them a new trial in the face of the overwhelming evidence which has caused even capitalist papers to admit the flimsy nature of the prosecu- tion's case. Now more than ever must the main energy of those masses of workers, in this coun try and throughout the world, be concentrated in an incessant agitation and a determined opposition to the conspiracy to railroad Sacco and Vanzetti to the electrocution chair. y INTERNATIONAL LABOR DEFENSE ESE SARA SERN ETS Coolidge’s Endorsement of Senator Butler in Massachasetts Shows the -Frame-up Gang Sticking Togethe Declaring that every Communist vote cast in the elections next Tuesday party. next Tuesday,” said Engdahl. “Only the vicious class election laws of the Pitalist rulers, who are trying to U. S, NEGROES REPRESENTED AT BRUSSELS Pickens Going to the January Conference (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Oct. 25,—American Negroes will be represented at the International Conference on oppres- sion of minority races and peoples in Brussels next January by William Pickens, official representative and field secretary, National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo- ple, President Plutareo Calles of Mexico has asked that his.country be allowed @ representative at the Conference, the N. A. A. ©. P. reports, Gen, Chiang Kai-Shih, commander- in-chief. of the national revolutionary army of China, has’ expressed sym- pathy with the Brussels conference, as have Bishop William Montgomery Brown, Manuel Gomez (secretary All- America Anti-Imperialist League), Henri Barbusse (Frehch writer in be- half of oppressed European minor- ities), Prof. Kou Meng You of Canton National University, and Fritz Dan. siger of Berlin, Two Sea Workers Lose | American Financier Lives when Freighter Capsizes in Hudson TARRYTOWN, N. Y., Oct. 25.— Caught in the tornado gale which swept afross the Tappan Zee, the freight steamer G. F. Brady capsized and sank in the Hudson river near here today with the loss of two lives. The dead; Charles Hayes, fireman; Mrs. Catherine Demond, cook, Thom- as H. Kelly, chief engineer, is in a hospital, with burns and suffering from immersion, Nine others of the crew were saved by a tug. When the gale upset the steamer water rushed Into the boiler room, trapping Hayes as he attempted to ascend the sted] ladder. The vessel was blown to bits by the force of the boiler explosion.’ Finds Improvement in German Business (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Oct, 19,—Germany's rehabilitation is the most outstanding recent development in Europe, acoord- ing to Charlton Ogburn, American fi- nancier, vice-president of G. KE. Bar- rett and company, who has just re- turned from a tour of Europe. Germany's recovery ig nothing short of a miracle, said Ogburn, The chief factor in its recovery, he said, was the part played by American gold which was sent into Germany by American ‘capitalista, » He also praised governmental and municipal control of many industries ae aiding in Germany’ recovery, will be a protest against the attempted legal murder of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti by. the “open shop” tyranny of the New England shoe factory and textile mill owners, J, Louis Engdahl, Communist candidate tor| United States 4 tor from Illinois, in a statement issued today, pointed out | that mbna: “et had again placed-himself squarely behind theframe-up } of these two workers thru urging the re-election of Senator Butler, the multi. millionaire mill baron of Massachusetts, campaign manager of the sepablieesih “Workers in a dozen states over the nation can register their protest | akainst the attempted legal assassination of Sacco and Vanzetti by casting their votes for Communist candidates + ‘put Sacco and Vanzetti to death, have | made it impossible to have Commun- (Continued on page 6) ij NEGRO LEADER RETURNS ENTHUSED FROM VISIT TO THE SOVIET UNION | (Special to The Daily Worker) / i of Colored People and editor of The | Crisis, hag returned from a Euro- pean trip of three months. He was in Beigium, Germany, Constantin- ople, Italy and most of the time Russia, where he covered over 2,000 mil Dr. DuBois comes back full of en- thusiasm for what the Russian peo- ple are trying to do and is going to write in The Crisis and lecture on the subject during the coming year, the N. A, A. C. P. announces. Irish Workers Greet ; Sacco and Vanzetti BOSTON, Oct, 26.——“Greetings to Sacco and Vanzetti and congratula- fons on defense offered, from the ‘orkers’ Union of Ireland. Jim Lar- in, secretary”—is the text of a cable- ram received by the Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee, Box 93, Hanover St. Station, Boston, Debt Settlements no Business of Public’s says U. S. Ambassador (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Oct, 25.—The time for individual tinkering with the Franco- American debt settlement is past; it is now @ matter between the two gov- ernments and private citizens should keep hands off. This was the parting advice to individuals of both coun- tries from Myron T. Herrick, Ameri- can Ambassador to France, as he sailed on the Paris to resume his post after a vacation. A subscription to The DAILY WORKER for one month. to the members of your union dea good way. Try it ) DEBS MEMORIAL MEETINGS WILL COVER COUNTRY L L. D. to Start “Debs Enrollment” The first series of a number of Eugene V. Debs Memorial meetings, | to be held in cities from Boston to Kansas City, was today announced by International Labor Defense. “Debs belongs to all the fighters and rebels in the movement,” said |James P. Cannon, secretary of I. L. {D. “In the meetings we are holding to pay tribute to his long years of splendid service to the working cl: his militant record as a fighter and revolutionist, we will help to per petuate his memory and fill the place he left by initiating a ‘Debs Enroll- ment’ campaign of organization for International Labor Defense, upon whose national committee Debs serv ed since the day it was formed. “The unfailing support which Debs | constantly gave to International La bor Defense and his warm appre tion Of the work for the class war prisoners was a source of inspiration which will lead thousands of workers | to rally to the banner of 1. L. D. in the ‘Debs Enrollment’ initiate in the tribute we will pay to the old warrior at the Memorial meetings.” Meetings that have so far been ar- ranged for Debs’ Memorials by In- ternational Labor Defense are as fol- lows: New York, October 25. Cleveland, ‘October 27. Chicago, October 30. Detroit, October 31. Philadelphia, November 7. Boston, November 4. Buffalo, November 5, Music Hall. Meetings have also been arranged in Pittsburgh, Akron, Youngstown, St. Louis, Kansas City and Milwau- kee, and it is expected that other centers will be heard from in a very few days. BOSSES FAIL 10 ATTEND MEET THEY REQUESTED OF DATE STRIKERS WERE The bosses of the Maras and company date factory failed to show at the arbitration meeting that they themselves had asked for Monday morning. A committee representing the striking Negro women appeared at the appointed hour but no one from the employers attended. Saturday the strikers reed to meet the bosses in an effort to ar- range a settlement, after the com- pany pleaded for such a meeting, It Is felt by strike leaders that this action wae a subterfuge to cause a.siackoning of picketing. Picketing will continue, It le an nounced. Elmwood come in up to the present time. DAILY WORKER Army must rush in at least $5,000. Turn to Page Four today and read what some of the sol- diers in this Keep The DAILY WORKER Army are saying about their achievements for their “DAILY.” Then join the army by which we will! that total, about $12,000 in ail, has This week the Keep The how gmall, in aid of this campaign. “8 to SAVE THE LIVES OF SACCO NEW YORK | EDITION Price 3 Cents Pius e - we IS WEEK ent | fetal Ui cw avd te | Fearful of Effect on Ty, I Workers (Special to The Daily Worker ‘ NEW YORK, Oct, 25.—Five days 2 week in the nation’s industries meets with strenuous objection on the part of fifty leading manufacturers, according to a statement made public by the Na- tional Association of Manufacturers. e specific objections “Adop' dustry jecrease of the fi generally the nin in greatly cost of “It would be impr i dustries. able for all in- would create a craving for addi- the addi- uries to occupy | | the best in ‘terests of the man who wants to work jand advance. “It would make us more vilnerable |to the economic onslaughts of Europe {now working as hard as she can to }overcome our lead.” \..Expregsions. condemning the five |day-week plan came from such manu- )facturers as James C. Martien, Balti- jmore; W. L. Clause, Pittsburgh Plate {Glass company; A. L. Humphrey, Westinghouse Air Brake company Philip T. Dodge, Mergenthaler Lino- type company; George L. Markland, Philadelphia Gear Works company: Robert P. Lamont, American Steel Foundries; Paul T. Norton, Columbus? O.; A. H. Mulliken, Pettibone-Mulliken company; Charles R. Sligh, Grand Rapids, and Charles B. King, Marion, Ohio. N.Y, JEWELRY | UNIGN TAKING /1,500 Workers May Go Out for Demands NEW YORK CITY ning at 11 a. m stoppage of work in all | 8hops in New York, ff th ‘espond to the call he newly r Jewelry Workers’ lt is ann will assemble union headquarters and await an ented to the 15. The chief demands are recognition, a 41-1 @ half for ov increase in ws Toda was authorized at a meeting of the Amalgamated Jewelry Novelty Workers, Local No. 17 of the international Jewelry Workers’ Union, held Friday evening. Unioss the employers settle with the uhion today, it will mean a aprike i nall unsettled shops tomorrow, ae cording to Anthony Capraro, manager of the uniop, About 1,500 workers are involved in the 45 shops in this city engaged in the manufacture of novelty jewelry, such as white metal, aluminum and jsilver imitation jewelry, toilet sets, Spanish combs, celluloid earrings and bracelets, buckles and millinery orna- ments. a 4 a Oct today the issned Union 701 to demands pres vcturers on October for union , time and da 10 per cent es ‘8 Sioppa; Upholsterers Strike Scranton, Pa., Shops SCRANTON, October 26.—-(FP)— Thirty upholsterers—26 men and tour women—@re striking against R. J. Smith piant at Quackenbush Ware- house for a 44-hour week, $1 per bour - for men and $26 a week for women workers,