The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 19, 1927, Page 5

News and Comment Labor Education Labor and Government Trade Union Politics L.A. WORKERS GET STORY OF STRIKE OF CLOAKMAKERS Meeting Disrupters Are Frustrated By W, SCHNEIDERMANN, (Worker Correspondent) LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17.—At a large mass meeting at the Music Arts Hall, with 800 present, Los Angeles workers heard the story of the cloakmakers’ strike. The meeting was under the auspices of the Los Angeles Relief Conference for the Striking Cloakmak- ers, which has already forwarded $2,500 to the New York joint board. Foil Disrupters. An attempt by right wingers led by A. Plotkin, manager of the Cloakmak- ers’ Union, Local 52, to disrupt the meeting and prevent the taking of a collection was frustrated when the ar- rangements committee at the last minute switched the program and had Tom Lewis, the main speaker, take the floor first and wind up his speech with a collection appeal which brot ‘m over one hundred dollars, This took the right wingers by surprise, and they were at a loss what to do when Rev, Robert Whitaker took the floor. Plotkin attempted to get the floor without success, as the chair- man, an entirely neutrdl person, P, D, Noel of the executive board of the Ci- vil Liberties Union, was determined that no ome was going to start a fight on the floor of the meeting. ‘This successful meeting followed upon the split which took place in the ‘onference, when the socialists walk- ‘ed out because they could not get a majority vote to control the relief ‘work in behalf of the Sigmanites. ‘They made an unsuccessful attempt to tie up all the money so that no money could be sent to the New York joint board, and they even went so far as to persuade’ the officials of the “labor bank” to stop a check for $300 to the New York strikers. They were fore- ed to back down on this, however, when the left wing leaders of the Gon- ference threatened to expose their dirty work, and the check went thru without difficulty. Form Fake Conference. The next step of the right wing was to organize a fake cloakmakers’ relief conference of their own, and ap proach the Central Labor Council to denounce the conference which they had split, which the council gladly did. The cloakmakers’ manager, Brother Plotkin, made a violent attack on the left wing delegates in the Cen- tral Labor Council and called upon that body to investigate their activi- ties as “representatives of the Work- ers Party”. ers with stealing funds they had rais- ed for the cloakmakers, despite the fact that a complete audited report of all funds collected and dispersed was printed and made available for all la- bor organizations to examine. The relief conference is continuing their energetic campaign for funds, and Plotkin is fuming at his ‘inability to break it up. Workers! Attend the Lenin Memorial Meetings! Chicago. Federation of Labor radio broadcasting station WCFL is on the air with regular programs. It is broadcasting on a 491.5 wave length from the Municipal Pier. TONIGHT. 6:00 p. m.—Chicago Federation of Lar bor Hour. 6:30—The Brevoort Concert Trio; Little Joe Warner; Rosalie Saalfeld. 8:00—Billy William: Charlie White, Buddy Baker and Chas. Burke, Harry (Dream Daddy) Davis, John Ude. 9:00—Alamo Cafe Dance Orchestra, 11:00—Alamo Entertainers, ‘aunuivarannngsscg tvs ' READ ' Imperialism—The Last Stage of Capitalism By N. Lenin Price, 60c in paper, $1,00 Cloth-bound. An indispensable book for the under- standing of the most ptr events in Countries now Inthe, throes of wonett =e Me ‘earcee, of revolt ox Witsase ‘Caplan By ‘The Export of Capital; the World Among Capitalist hee ag Division of the World Among ‘Great Capital og sian Party of Great _ Daily Worker Publishing Co. Dy and Sea January vim all i eaten He charged the left wing- |- derous intent of the ruling class. This NICARAGUA AND Organized Labor—Trade Union Activities IFEDERATION PLEDGES SUPPORT TO MEXICO; ATTACKS POLICIES OF STATE DEPARTMENT, The United States government's policy in Nicaragua, Mexico and China was attacked in a resolution passed by the Chicago Federation of Labor at its regular meeting this week in wh! The resolution follows: “Whereas: The department of state in violation of the principles of self- determination of all peoples has sent United States marines to support a dictator established by Wall Street in Nicaragua against the wishes of the people and the labor movement of that republic, and “Whereas: The department of state is further dispatching part of the United States navy to China to pro- tect so-called extra territorial rights against the wishes of that republic and its people, and threatening to break off relations with the republic of Mexico to protect Wall Street oil interests, thus stimulating the dangers of new wars, and Cites A. F. of L. Responsibility. “Whereas: The American Federation of Labor is affiliated to the Pan-Amer- ican Federation of Labor of which the trade unions movements of Nica- ragua and Mexico are part, and “Whereas: At the El Paso conven- tion of the American Federation of Labor and at the convention of the Pan-American ‘Federation of Labor which followed it, pledges of brother- ly aid and co-operation were made to the labor movement of Mexico and Latin-America; therefore be it Pledges Support. “Resolved: That the Chicago Fed- eration of Labor declares its unalter- able position in favor of the rights of self-determination of all peoples and pledge our brotherly support to the Iabor movement of Mexico and Nicaragua, and be it further “Resolved: That we protest empha- tically against the invasion of Nica- ragua, the threats against Mexico and intervention in China.” Hit School System. Resolutions and discussion, attack- ing the administration of the Chicago public schools by Supt. William Mc- Andrew; formed the main part of the meeting! A resolution protesting the attempt of McAndrew to break up the teachers’ organizations by refusing to consider or“ hear~-reconnnendations either ‘by individuals or organizations was passed, as was a resolution, spon- sored by Oscar Nelson, city alderman and vice-president of the federation, condemning the “platoon” system of education; the junior high schools, and the so-called intelligence tests. These three policies were flayed as an at- tempt of business interests to deprive workers’ children of the same ‘educa- tional advantages given children of the rieh) of devéloping children who DETROIT WORKERS By CYRIL LAMBKIN. DETROIT, Mich., Jan. 17. — The class conscious ‘workers of Detroit, like their brothers in other cities in the United States and in other coun- tries, have not been indifferent to the fate of Sacco and Vanzetti. For, to- gether with the rest of the class con- scious workers and the large groups of liberals they have long since been convinced that Sacco and Vanzetti were innocent of the crime they are charged with, and that the preferment of the charge was but another in- stance of the dastardly frame-up sys- tem so brazenly resorted to in the United States against militants in the labor movement. May Protest Meetings. Many protest meetings were held in Détroit and some of the other large cities of Michigan during the early stages of the case, Hundreds of dol- lars were collected and sent to the Sacco and Vanzetti Defense Commit- tee. The Detroit Federation of Labor and the Michigan State Federation of Labor adopted resolutions branding the charges and trial as a frame up, Italian united front committees were formed for the special purpose of holding protest meetings, raise funds for defense and publicity. W. P. Takes Lead. In all these activities members of the Workers Party played a great, if not the major part, And it was the Workers Party that alone sounded the warning that. Sacco and Vanzetti might be executed despite the grow- ing file of affidavits and evidence that they were the victims of a dastardly frame up, Must See Danger. It seems that however much the class conscious workers and liberals were convinced of the innocence of of | Sacco and Vanzetti they are not yet | convinced that the ruling class will ge | not hesitate to carry out a death sen- ¥ | tence in a frame up cae, unless its y.|inurderous “hand is stopped by the most determined opposition on the part of the working class. And so the png meetings while obviously incerity, lacked the fire of Pri tesa (dare in the mur- to the labor movements of Nicaragua and Mexico. that Chicago labor protests emphatically against the invasion of Nicaragua, threats against Mexico, and intervention in China, tions committee, which was that it concurred in the resolution and referred it to the executive committee of the A. F. of L. for action, was adopted. ich the federation pledged its support The resolution declares The report of the resolu- + vould be easily “handled” by em- ployers after they completed school, and to enable big interests to evade their share of school taxation, Labor Party Is Need. Arne Swabeck, delegate from the Painters’ Union, in commenting on the resolution, declared that the only way the workers could change the present school system and to wrest it from control of the big business interests, was by asserting its power. Labor needs a labor program, he said, it must have labor candidates for of- fice, and a labor party. “We can get nowhere by backing ,candidates of the democratic or republican party,” said Swabeck, Fitzpatrick Attacks Swabeck. President Fitzpatrick made an ef- fort to kill Swabeck’s suggestion for a labor party, declaring, “We had a labor party once. We elected govern- ors and U. S. senators, and almost elected mayors, when the previous speaker (Swabeck) betrayed us and wrecked the, party.” It was significant that the attack on Swabeck by Fitz- patrick failed to bring any applause. It was remarked by some of the dele- gates that “the federation was fed up on this story of Fitzpatrick’s.” Delegate George Koop also told the delegates that it is impossible to ob- tain a change in the school system as long as the workers aligned them- selves with democrats or republicans. “You can’t get anything by resolut- ing,” said Koop. “You won't get any- thing until the workers rise up and exert their power.” He then attacked labor leaders, who are republicans or democrats, whom he charged receive favors from the system in control and bow to La Salle street.” No Interest in Labor Temple. The proposal of a labor temple for Chicago, which had been talked of at the last three meetings of the federa- tion, was declared by the executive board to be impossible until more in- terest is shown by the unions, par- ticularly the building -tradesy--The committee reported that no union had yet shown any interest in the pro- posal, Farmer Speaks. A representative of the North Da- kota state-owned flour mills urged Chicago labor to purchase flour pro- duced by the mills. He declared greater support of the mills was necessary to prevent its failure and thus defeat the aims of the North Dakota farmers. BACK FIGHT FOR RELEASE OF SACCO AND VANZETTI conviction was supplied by the denial jast May by Judge Webster Thayer of the motion for a new trial, and again by his denial of a similar mo- tion a few weeks ago. Italian United #ront, As soon as word came of the denial of the motion for a new trial last May two huge mass meetings were ar- ranged. One was a real united front effort on the part of all the Italian working class groups in the city of Detroit. The speakers at that meet- ing were Sormenti and Carlo Tresca in addition to local speakers. Cyril Lambkin, representing the Interna- tional Labor Defense spoke in Eng- lish. The historic House of the Mass- es was crowded to the doors, Later these groups published a special Sac- co-Vanzetti Bulletin in Italian which was widely distributed in Detroit, Many Other Meetings. The other meeting was held under the auspices of the Save Sacco and Vanzetti Commitfee, which was com- posed of the various sections of the Detroit Labor Movement. The speak- ers at this meeting which was held im the Majestic Theater on June 4, were Frank Martel, the president of the Detroit Federation of Labor, C. E. Ruthenberg, representing the Workers Party and Jacob Margolis, for the I, W. W., and similar groups. A telegram wag sent to the governor of Massachusetts demanding a new trial. Later thru the 1. L, D., 25,000 leaflets including 15,000 of the special Debs leaflets were distributed. The Sacco and Vanzetti case above all must be utilized to make the work. ers see the real danger lurking be- hind the frame-up system. They must organize themselves to offer effective resistance to it and to the capitalist system which makes it possible. GINSBERG'S ain. Brooklyn Avenue, JANGELES, beam f Bet THE DAILY WORKER Policies and Programs The Trade Union Press Strikes—Injunctions Labor and Imperialism JUDGES, FOES OF EDUCATION, ARE RAPPED BY LABOR Stand Aine Compul- sory School Scored MILWAUKEE, Jan, 17, — Lawless judges who ingite boys to break the continuation school statute and en- courage employers to promote truancy are denounced by the Wisconsin State Federation of Labor in resolutions adopted Jan. 7 by its general execu- tive board, The strong stand taken by organ- ized labor against judges who breed contempt for.jaw in the minds of youth was provoked in the first place by a resolution of the Wisconsin Coun- ty Judges Association, urging the legislature to repeal the compulsory provision of the continuation school law. This requires boys and girts between 16 and 18 years to attend the | continuation school at least 8 hours a week if they are not pursuing other educational work, | Judges Denounce Laws. “On a number of occasions,” says | the state federation of labor “some of | the county judges, who are also juvi nile judges, instead of urging obser ance of the law and encouraging chil- dren to attend classes, have denoun- ced the law; iustead of calling to task certain employers for inciting those | of school age to truancy, they have | impressed on the students\that the | Jaw is an imposition.” The chargeg: by judges that the | part-time s¢hool promotes poolroom | loafing and ¢?iminality are shown as preposterous by the labor statement. It brands the mttempt at repeal made | } by the judges'as “an unwarranted re- | flection uponsthe part-time branch of | jour educational system and as an un- fair assault upon the opportunities of | 70,000 boys andsgirls who are the sons { and daughters of the workers of Wis- ; consin.” Warn Judges. The judges are further admonished to. sir-.oath.of. office.and. “to refrain from the practice of en- couraging truancy among our minors, and from encouraging by their judi- cial outbursts! Yeluctant employers in their nefarious evasions of statutory educational régulations.” The state ldbor body is warning every local wnfon of the unholy al liance betweetjudges and employers for breaking down the state education structure an@4s sending a copy of its resolutions to @very county judge in the state. Southern Milf Invasion Hits:Northern Labor (Continued from page 1) Mills, Lawrence, Mass.) purchasing Hssee Mills at Alabama City, Ala. Rayon, or artificial silk, is made in the south by three of the biggest pro- ducers: Dupont interests near Nash- ville, Tenn., with a $4,000,000 plant; American Bemberg at Elizabethtom, Tenn, beginning the second $2,000,000 unit of five; and Viscose Co. with a new plant at Parkersburg, W. Va, is Mill Villages Grow. Mill villages of North Carolina tex- tile manufacturers are counted as a fourth of the plant investment, one of the Journal of Commerce 30th annual textile review writers fells. Withouy describing old mill village houses nor the proportion of new to old, he men- tions that the modern villages have houses “of pleasing and varied de- jsign” to avoid the monotony of the jold and that they contain “lights, run- ning water and all plumbing facili- ties.” He claims that the companies pay “upkeep of streets, sewer and water systems, playgrounds and ath- letic equipment, community work, etc, The mills own the village — homes, churches, schools—and practically finance the social life. Paternalism, “All of the Jatin North Carolina mills support, ither wholly or in part, Y. M. C. A. of Y, W. C. A, buildings, community hollses and their activi- ties, with a pafll staff to do the work,” he tells in further describing southern textile manufacturers’ paternalism. “Medical supervision, domestic science among girls, canning clubs, Boy Scouts and similar organizations draw heavily upon the mills for sup- port.” The writer claims that a $15 wage in the south is equal to a $22.80 wage in the north because of the cheap rent ($1.25 a week average, he says) and paternal practices of the southern mill employer. He attributes North Caro- lina’s lack of textile strikes to the “very close pergonal relationship be- tween employ@and employe,” tho this relationship is maintained by the staff of welfare pedple paid by the firm, which frequentipeis made up of north- ern investors, #¢r 8 | GBT A SUB, ‘Nicaragua, |the present situation in foreign rela- Page Five DEMAND RESPITE FOR MADEIROS, SAGGO WITNESS Real Pctiinal Slated to Die Before Trial BOSTON, Jan, 17.—Further stay of execution is sought by Sacco-Vanzett! counsel for Celestino Madeiros, whose confession exonerated the two Italians of participation in the South Braintree murder, of which they were convicted Defense Counsel William G. Thomp- son has asked Governor Fuller of Mas- sachusetts for extension of the for- mer respite granted Madeiros. The confessed criminal is awaiting execu- tion for another murder. Slate Death for Jan, 27. | Unless the extension is granted Ma- deiros, he dies in the chair January 27 and the key witness, who can swear to the innocence of Sacco and Van- zetti, will be gone, never to be ‘brot back. Thompson appealed for the Ma- deiros sextension, following the post- ponement.of the state supreme court hearing of the Sacco-Vanzetti case to March, The postponement till March was granted to give Thompson more time to prepare his case against the denial of a new trial. Chicago Government Heads Dine and Dance with Latin-Americans At the same time that all Latin- | America is inflamed against ot of Po| American, Mayor Dever, Chief of Po- |lice Collins and other officials repre- senting the city and state government will attend a dinner dance in honor of all Spanish-American consulars iy Chicago Saturday evening. The dance is given by the Spanish-American Con, sular Corps, an organization of all’ their consuls and staff. B. Singer, Chicago representative of when asked what éffect tions would have on the festivities said it would have no effect. “Why, there isn’t any situation,” said Singer, “it's all greatly exaggerated.” Police Probe Baby “Market” Here; 3 Are Under Arrest With more arrests promised, police have renewed their investigation into the alleged “sale” of newborn babies by three’ midwives;-alt ~mder arrest. Those accused of disposing of “un- wanted” babies for amounts ranging from $250 to $1,200 are Mrs. Helen Dugdale, Mrs. Amalie Becker and Mrs. Anna W,. Lee. “This is one of the most vicious practices that has been brought to my attention in years,” Health Com- misioner Herman Bundsen declared. “The sooner we put a stop to this sort of thing the better.” The practice was carried out by disposing, at profit, of unwanted ba- bies, many purchasers, it was declar- ed, seeking to “fool” their husbands, Police Raid Cicero Gambling House in Announced Campaign What police say is the beginning of a campaign against gambling houses in Cook county was staged when “The Ship”, one of largest gambling estab- \lishments in the county, located in Cicero, was raided. More than 100 inmates were taken in the raid, and equipment said to be worth $75,000 was seized. Four squads of police raided the place, breaking down a huge door, and entered the room with drawn guns, The Ship is said to be owned by Al Capone, James Mondi, Frank Pope, and others. Jack Shoemaker, 2334 8. Fifty-second avenue, was keeper. Indiana Klan Intends to Steer Legislature INDIANAPOLIS, Jan, 17.—The Sev- enty-fifth General Assembly of In- diana will convene here, Thursday, at 10 a, m. Election of officers will take place. In the upper house the repub- licans count 36, the democrats 14. In the lower house republicans control 63 votes. The ku klux klan prepares again to be a strong if not a controlling pow- er in the legislature. The state dragon, W. Lee Smith, arranged a banquet “in honor of cer- tain state senators and state repre sentatives who are members of our organization,” the invitation stated, It is expected that Senator James J, Neidz, republican, from Lake coun- ty, will be elected president pro tem of the senate, Neidze, it is said, has the support of Governor Jackson, whose close connection with the ku klux klan was exposed recently. Joseph M, Cravens of Madison, is expected to lead the democratic sen- ators} SUBSCRIBE TO The American Worker Correspondent 1118 W. Wastihgton Bivd, Chicago, IN, Only 50 Cents'a Ye | WORKER dinner and conference held |‘ at Yorkville Casino raised $2,226 to oom d The Manager’s Corner noe Headline Readers. said Senator LaFollette, “red” “that a great “Let us remember,” referring to Seeretary Kellogg's recent majority of the people of the United States are what might be termed HEADLINE RUADERS.” In. spite of the fact that the document produced by Secretary Kellogg is nothing but “the flimsiest sort of propaganda,” he ventures to say that many peo- ple have been convinced by it. Senator LaFollette stops at thig point and gives no reason for this unfortunate situation. Why is it that in a country where such a large percentage of the population can read and write, it is possible to effectively influence the minds of the majority of the people with such stuff as the misleading document entitled, “Bolshevik Aims and Policies in Mewico and Latin-A merica’? The reason is clear. The capitalist press is the most potent force in modern capitalist society which breeds mental shallowness and superficiality, The with few exceptions, encourages loose reading and shallow thinking, « non-critical at titude, a submission to prejudice and hysteria. The capitalist press has developed in America a nation of HEADLINE READ- BRS, But fortunately for the workers of America, there is The DAILY WORKER. The DAILY WORKER is more than a news- paper. It is a training school for the proletariat, It consciously aims to raise the ideological level of its readers. It encourages a spirit of investigation and criticism. The DAILY WORKER presents for the cansumption of its readers more than the head- lines, more than the news itself, a clear theoretical guide to the events and the forces at work in capitalist society. The problem of destroying HEADLINITIS, of destroying superficiality and shallowness, of building in its stead a strong, analytical viewpoint and a clear theoretical understanding of capitalist society is essentially the problem of building a power- ful working class paper devoted to this task. BERT MILLER, DAILY WORKER CONFERENCE IN NEW YORK PROVES GREAT SUCCESS _By SYLVAN A. POLLACK (Special to The Daily Worker) i NEW YORK CITY.— The DAILY} most scare, capitalist press, jand the large influence they have on {the workers. “The organ of our French party, . Humanite’, is a powerful weapon in » fight against capitalism,” he stat- ed. “It has a daily circulation of 225,- 009 in Paris, while its northern edition s read by 120,000 workers every day. Tho the Berlin:“Rhote Fahne” has a | slightly smaller circulation, it is sur- rounded by a group of daily newspa- pers published thruout Germany. But when it speaks thru its dally articles it is listened to with respect by all who read it.” Ovation for Nearing, help move the newspaper to this city. The 400 DAILY WORKER boosters who were present heard many prom- inent speakers, including Scott Near. ie Jay Lovestone, Bert Wolfe, Ben | Gitlow and James P. Cannon, explain the importance of haying a militant English labor daily published in New York. Joseph R. Brodsky, well-known labor attorney, presided. Brodsky Donates $500. When Chairman Brodsky asked for | donations, he received $500 from B. Brodsky, who he explained was no relative... Edward. Royce then. came across with $100 and Leo King pledg- ed $300. Other large donations were: United Workers’ Co-operative, $100; Local 2090, Carpenters’ Union, $50. Other fifty dollar donations were re- ceived from Sub-Section 5-C of the Workers Party and The Trade Union Education League of Local 9, I. L. G W. U. Ten dollars was also brot in from a group of Passaic textile strik- Scott Nearing was greeted with sus- tained applause when he started to speak. He pointed out that five mil- tan area of New York, and with The DAILY WORKER published here, its duty is to attempt to become their spokesman. Also that in his opinion a daily labor newspaper should follow the example of the capitalist press to the extent of combining vital labor news with a certain amount of stimu- lus. That a newspar2r must not be a tract, but a part of the living strug- ers. |Ble of the workers. Lovestone $peaks. Other speakers in addition to those Jay Lovestone, reéently returned |aiready named were L. E, Katterfeld from Soviet Russia, was introduced as one of those who Secretary of State Kellogg is blaming for the present trouble in Mexico and Nicaragua. “My last public speech was deliver- ed in St, Andrews’ Palace, which be- longed to the former czar of Russi: said Lovestone. “When I speak here tonight I bring a message of greet- ing from the workers of Russia. Al- so from our fellow workers in China and Rebecca Grecht. LIEBKNECHT penne BUFFALO—January 22, 8 p. m., at Workers Forum Hall, 36 West Huron street. Speaker, Sam Essman. BOSTON—Paine Memorial Hall, 9* Appleton St., Jan. 23rd, 2:30 p, m; 8. Bloomfield, speaker. NEWARK-—Sunday, Jam. 23rd, 7:30 who at the present time are doing |p. m., Newark Labor Lyceum, 704 So. such a mighty fine job.” 14th street, near Springfield Ave. Lovestone continued by referring to PITTSBURGH—Sunday, Jan. 23rd the Communist newspapers of Europe lat 8 p. m., at Labor Lyceum. WHAT MESSAGE HAS LENINISM FOR AMERICA? READ Bertram D. Wolfe: Towards Leninism in the JANUARY LENIN ISSUE of FAWORKERS MONTHLY This Is Only ONE of the Valuable and Timely Articles in This Issue gf the Workers Monthly NOW ON SALE} 250 A ( am lion workers live-withinthe metropalin.... j