The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 24, 1927, Page 1

* are pulling off a big racket, but they \ orators were on hand. [The Dally Worker Fights: Daily Worker Fights: F.. the Organization of the Un- org ized, F ¢ a Labor |For the toctiout Week. | For the 40-Hour |For the toctiout Week. | THE DAILY eg a Enitered as Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Office under the Act of March 3, 1879. Withdraw ] Withdraw the Marines from } Marines from Nicaragua! Recall the battleships from China! No |._ No: War. with: Menleg! 5.0) 4 with Mexico! Vol. IV. No. ° At “The SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In New York, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside New York, by mail, $6.00 per year. Garden” Workers Party Meeting Welcomes DAILY WORKER on Famous Anniversary In Lenin’s honor, on the third anniversary of his death, and the twenty-second anniversary of Bloody. Sunday, twenty thou- sand New York workers crowded Saturday night. Lenin Day thus far witnessed in CURRENT EVENTS By T. J. O°7FLAHERTY T least twenty thousand New York workers crowded into the gigantic arena at Madison Square Garden last Saturday night to hondr the memory of Nikolai Lenin, , the’ greatest leader of the revolutionary workers that history Has thrown up. The meeting was held under the aus- pices of the Workers (Communist) | Party and aside from honoring Lenin’s memory the meeting greeted} the transfer of The DAILY WORKER from Chicago to New York. ’- ¢ + OLICEMEN - were. there in scores but they had nothing more stren- aous to perform in the matter of duty than indulging in innocent “kidding” of young girls who felt called upon to lecture the policemen on whatever subject that appealed to them. “You must admit,” said one limb of the law, “that those people stick togeth- er.” Said another policeman: “What she hell? These fellows inside here are out for themselves, same as every- body,” *.* * UT the thousands of workers gath- ered inside the big auditorium were not there for themselves alone. It is true that they would not be there, that they would not be in the move- ment unless such activity gave them! pleasure but the outstanding fact is that they have developed a social con- science which is all the more thrill- ing because it is directed into a work- ingclass channel. Revolutionists do not feel that they are sacrificing any- thing. They are not. All people either do what they want or do what they. cannot avoid. Why plant the laurels on their brows? + » * into Madison Square Garden last It is considered the largest demonstration on America. Welcome DAILY WORKER. The meeting was advertised as also a welcome to The DAILY WORKER and the great audience was enthusiastic about that, too. Every reference to the arrival of “The DAILY” in New York, the an- nouncement that beginning with Monday’s issue it would appear reg- ularly on the New York news stands, and the auctioning off—Moissaye Olgin, auctioneer—of the first auto- graphed copy of the special Madison Square Souvenir Edition, was greet- ed with vociferous joy. Other copies, also hot from. the press, were sold by the thousands thru the audience. Ovation For Lenin’s Name. Chairman William Weinstone in the first few words of his introduc- tory address, “Lenin Day,” struck the keynote that prevailed thru the meeting. At his first’ mention of Lenin—prolonged applause. When he said “DAILY WORKER,” loud and sustained applause. Cheer- ing and applause when China was spoken of, when Marx’s name was first heard, when he began to talk of the Russian revolution. The de- claration that this enormous meeting was held unde® the auspices of Dis- trict 2 of the Workers (Communist) Party” of Aimerica resilted in more enthusiasm. Leninism_ In America. “Lenin, is looked upon by some as belonging to the European proletar- iat, and as one whose teachings do not apply in bourgeois America,” said Weinstone. “But when the American workers are ready to establish their dictator- ship of the proletariat, the name of Lenin will be on their lips, and Leninism will be their inspiration.” Weinstone introduced J. Louis FEngdahl as “Comrade, the Editor of The DAILY WORKER.” Leninism In China. Engdahl described the world-wide nature of the celebration of Lenin day, and the reasons for it. “It is no accident,” said The DAILY Te see twenty thousand revolu- tionary workers in a monster mass meeting which went thru its program without a hitch is an inspir- ing scene. The workers maintained order—an easy task. Not an individ- ual stood to gain anything in a ma- terial sense (I am speaking of money or its equivalent) from the meeting, yet each one collected more satisfac- tion out of the success of the affair than could be purchased for hundreds of dollars. Pity the poor devil who was once a radical and has lost faith. Nothing remains for him but the river. Unfortunately those of little faith find the water too cold. SB i Woe the papers announced that; the officialdom of the American Federation of Labor joined with thi bankrupt socialist leaders in the needle trades unions in a war on the Communists, people expected that the workers would come in their thou- sands to express their hostility to radicalism. The capitalist press did the best it could to help the socialists. All the arrangements were perfect. Halls were large and spacious. The The police were there to protect the faithful from the radicals. Only the workers were missing. They went to hear the radicals at counter-demonstrations. Which proves that the active work- ers follow the radicals. The inactive workers stay at home unless they are forced to show their loyalty at the point of a gun or at the threat of a missing pay check. eo: en SURGEON on the United States! liner President Roosevelt had a busy time while returning from Eu- rope. He treated a few patients on other ships by radio but unfortunately for Gurt Neiderlander, he was on the same ship with the surgeon and was not saved by long distance. The sur- geon took his life. If there is a moral to this story it is that passengers should use the radio, Do doctors know anything medicine or the art of healing? y do, but they are more efficient bill collectors om healers. en WORKER editor, “that the trade union council is troubled and _revolt- ing Shanghai has announced that the trade unions of that city are cele- brating Lenin day.” He described the effect of Lenin- ism on the workers’ movements, and told the history of the Russian revolu- tion by way of illustration. It was (Continued on Page 2) ARBITRATION IN NICARAGUA URGED BY GUATEMALA American Bayonets Will |"“ Decide the Question WASHINGTON, D. C.,. Jan. 23.— Guatemala has again offered its good offices in the controversy be- tween President Diaz of Nicaragua, supported by American bayonets, and President Sacasa, supported by the Nicaraguan people. While Coolidge is willing to listen to arbitration proposals in Nacara- gua, he spurns arbitration in Mexico. United States marines are planted in Nicaragua and they intend to stay there. The decision of any arbitra- tion committee that would not be fa- vorable to Diaz would be spurned by the American government. There are no United States marines in Mexico yet. The conduct of Senator Borah in acquiescing to the administration policy in Mexico and Nicaragua, out- side of an oratorical effort in the senate, has disappointed liberals who usually mistake sound for’ sincerity. his policy. MOND JANUARY 24, 1927 ety Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WO R PUBLISHING CO., RKER $3 First Street, New York, Manufacturers, Army, Navy, Write $20,006 Brief Against Labor National employers’ organizations are aiding the fight against further labor legislation in New York, one of the most important industrial states, The $20,000 brief of the national industrial conference board, | prepared for the, associated industries of New York, to present before the legislature’s industrial survey com- mission, shows this. The conference beard has affiliated with it all the big national manufacturers’ organi zations, together with army and na’ ordnance departments, army air and} military intelligence services. | The conference board brief at-| tempts to show that New York’s pres- ent labor legislation has placed the state at a competitive disadvantage and that more labor legislation would make the situation worse. The brief indirectly pays tribute to the com- paratively advanced legislation or- ganized labor has largely aided ir securing in the state. PICKETING SHOPS THAT DISCHARGED FOES OF SIGMAN Joint Board Reiterates Challenge to Audit Picketing begins this morning in front of six cloak shops which have been called on strike by the Joint Board of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union because they have discharged workers who re- fused to register i the Tnterna. tional Unions ~ According to Louis Hyman, gen- eral manager of the joint board, these strikes are being called to pro- tect the interests of the workers whom the International Union is trying to persecute in this way, for their allegiance to the joint board and local officials who represent them. Workers the Victims. “The international officers, caring not for the workers but only for maintaining themselve\ in power, are using the employers \n an effort to force union members 19 register with them,” says Mr. Hyman. “They are willing to take the bread and butter out of the workers’ mouths in order to further their own interests, They think that the weapon of hunger will force the cloakmakers to surrender to their traitorous. leadership. Joint Board Protects. “But the cloakmakers’ joint board will fight for the workers’ interests against these employers, who are al- lied with the~international officials, just as we have fought, continually, the battle of. the members of the union against Sigman and his clique, who have usurped power and are trying to take the union away from the mass of the workers who have built it.” Mr, Hyman touay expressed once more the joint board's willingness to have an audit of its expenditures, adding, “But we want an audit of the books for the past five years, and we also demand an audit of the books of the international office for the same riod. “It would be of great interest to the entire membership to know just how the l5c.per capita tax is ex- pended, and what was done with the special -$2.50 tax levied, supposedly for a strike, just before the workers’ demands were turned over to the Goyernor’s Commission in 1924,” Dock Worker Fractures Skull; Fifth Serious Accident This Week ‘While repairing the hold of the S. 8. Asina, Pier 54, East River, Victor Nicoletti, 22, of West New York, slipped from the ladder on which he was standing and fell to the deck. He was taken to St. Vincent’s Hospital suffering from a fractured skull. ii, Saas Arbitrate May Fight To Preserve “Property Rights” WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 23.— Pres. Coolidge is decidedly opposed to the arbitration of the matters at} issue between the United States and} Nicaragua and the United States and} Mexico, Political observers here take/} this to mean that Wall Street is of| the opinion that it stands to gain more by straight negotiation than by bringing in a third party. Calvin Coolidge, alias the “official | spokesman,” gave out the word*that what the United States government was concérned with was “confiscation of property” in the Mexican situa- tion. ministration has not any kind of a plausible exeuse outside of warships. The Clash At Washington Developments in Washington touch- ing on the Central American situa- tion are: A resolution introduced by Senator Robinson providing for the submis- sion of differences between the Unit- ed States #nd Mexico to an arbitral tribunal, Mexico in the meantime re- fraining from confiscating property until after the question has been ar- bitrated. Senator Frazier of North Dakota introduced’ a resolution expressing opposition to the dispatch of war- ships and troops to Mexico or to the In Nicaragua the Coolidge ad-| Mexican bordér during the recess of congress, Senator ih considered an op- ponent of inistration policy con- tinted: « iis. usaul-relo-ef “shock-absorber” for the Coolidge- Kellogg policy.. Borah favors the Robinson resolution which is satis- factory to the administration. Reed Supports “Cal’ Senator Reed of Missouri, a demo- cratic critic of the administration pro- posed giving a free hand to Coolidge in his Latin American policy. From what can be gathered here the administration does not want to create the impression in Latin Amer- ica that its hands are tied by a re- fractory senate. The general belief is that war is not an immediate pro- bability but Coolidge wants to give Latin America the impression that the United States will not stop short} of war to protect the interests of Wall Street. Coolidge made it quite clear that he would continue to prop up presi- dent Diaz of Nicaragua on his usur- ped presidential throne regardless of what sundry orators in the senate thot. At the moment Wall Street’s policy is on the top of the heap in Washing- ton. So far William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor has not protested against the attack on the rights of the Nicaraguan peo- ple nor against the threatened war on Mexico. Says Daily Worker is Smasher of Shams I greet the first New York issue of the “Daily Worker”. The “Daily Worker” is the only daily newspaper in the English lan- guage that voices the protest of the workers. against the domination of capitalist rule, and bureaucratic trade union leader- ship. Together with the “Freiheit”, the “Daily Worker” will help the New York workers to smash trade union bureaucracy and amalgamate their unions into strong instruments for their daily struggle with the em- ployers for a better life. The “Daily Worker” will help the workers free themselves from capitalist domina- tion,—Aaron Gross, Business Agent, New York Joint Board, Furriers Union. IMPORTANT NOTICE all mail for The Address DAILY WORKER to 33 First Street, New York, * Special Passaic Edition of the outbreak of the greatest textile strike in Amer- KER will have tomorrow special agticles on Passaic. uly| The strike is winning—you will want to know why. Buy a DAILY WORKER ” and against corrupt) Price 3 Cents (COMMUNIST LEADERSHIP IN STRIKES | Most Critical The current number of the United Mine Workers’ Jour- nal carries an article purporting to prove that Communist leadership in strikes means disaster for the strikers. Mr. Lewis’ editor is, however, somewhat unfortunate in his selection of examples to prove his case. Lewis starts out by boasting that the anthracite strike ended in a victory for the miners. We will allow the anthra- cite coal diggers to get a hearty laugh out of this lying boast and let it go at that. The three failures that Lewis chalks up against the Communists are: British miners’ strike, the Passaic strike and the New York cloakmakers’ strike. Let us tak ethe British miners’ strike first. That strike was practically won when the miners were betrayed by the right wing British labor leaders, men of the same type as John L. Lewis. They suddenly cancelled the general strike called by the trade unionists to help the miners, and these traitors spent the rest of their time abusing the leaders of the miners’ federation. cause he fought. Lewis showers abuse on Cook be- He and his tribe have nothing but praise for-the leaders that surrendered. It is true that the Passaic strike was led by Communists. They “organized” it. From the inception of the strike the leaders tried to get the American Federation of Labor in- terested in it but only when the sentiment throughout the labor movement became so overwhelmingly in favor of the strikers did the A. F. of L. take action. Matthew Woll, a vice president of the A. F. of L., issued several interviews in which he denounced the strikers but not the employers. Due to the militancy of workers in several mills won the right to organize. textile mills today. But for the acti ists there would be no A. F. the Passaic strike leaders the substantial victories including y of the Commun- of I. Unions in the Passaic The story of how the cloakmakers’ strike was sabotaged by the right wing labor leaders makes painful reading. The reactionaries from the yellow socialists to the bur- eaucrats of the A. F. of L. council joined in an unholy alli- ance against the workers, resorting to every trick in their bag to smash the strike. Failing to intimidate the workers by the use of thugs and police, they proceeded to split the union, a policy which they are continuing with a demoralizing effect on tite organization.” Not only was Lewis, through his official organ, con- sciously slandering Communists in saying that Communists “never won a strike anywhere” but it can be stated that the only outstanding victories in recent years were those won by the furriers of New York and by the Passaic strikers. Both were under Communist leadership. VISIT OF GREEN WITH WALKER IN MYSTERY SHROUD Mayor Not Available For Statement No confirmation could be obtained yesterday of the press announcement that William Green, president of the A. F. of L. and Vice-President Woll, also Acting-President of the National Civic Federation, were to be conducted to Mayor Walker thi smorning in erder—as on of the New York papers expresses it—“to present him with evidence in connection with Com- munists’ charges that members of the police force were bribed during the last strike of fur workers in this city”. Walker Dodges Giving View®. Efforts to question Mayor Walker or his secretary about this matter sesterday were unavailing, as both were reported to be “in conference”. TInuiries at te hotel where r. Green usually stays in this city disclosed the fact that the Federation presi- dent was not there, and was not ex- pected. In the meantime there is a per- sistent rumor that Joseph P Ryan, president of the Central Trades and Labor Council of this city, and other officials of that body, have been called to appear this morning before Dis- trict Attorney Banton in connection with these charges made by American Federation of Labor officials against members of the police force, It was Mr. Ryan who denied Vice- President Woll’s statement that the police had been bribed by the strik- ing fur workers. This was especially significant since Mr. Ryan himself was a member of the committee, headed by Mr. Woll, which carried on | the so-called investigation of the fur- vier’s strike and its expenditures. Perhaps Mr. Woll treated mem- bers of the committee as he did the officers of the Joint Board of the Furriers Union. According to Ben Gold, Manager | of the Joint oBard, when Mr, Woll’s committee had finished its question- ing of union officers, the minutes were yever submitted to the union for co’ tion as had been promised \Pontinned on page 3 British Government Transporting Indian Troops to Shanghai LONDON, Jan, 23.—The British governmerit has chartered trans- ports to transfer Jhansi Indian troops to Shanghai according to a central news dispatch from Cal- cutta. + * # SHANGHAI, Jan. 23.—Fifty Chinese strikers were injured here today in a conflict with foreign police under the direction of the mill owners. Havana Unemployed Defend Themselves When Attacked line wharves today demanding work. | Led by two men recently discharged, had been sent to protect scab prop- erty. One guard was seriously hur. | Several of the strikers were ar- rested. ELEVEN PERSONS KILLED. ROUND ROCK, TEX., Jan. Eleven persons were killed, five in- jured, probably fatally, and four others were seriously hurt here today when a tfain hit a bus carrying the Baylor university basketball _and students from Waco to Austin. team HAVANA, Jan. 23.—Four hundred | unemployed men attacked the Ward the stevedores were driven back once only to return to attack guards who -| This conference, Gathering of Union’s History Delegates Will Attack Official Mismanagement By JACK KENNEDY (Special to The Daily Worker) INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 23.—With hundreds of delegates converging on | this city from every union mining dis- | trict of the United States and Canada, |lines were being drawn today for the | most critical convention in the history of the United Mine Workers of Amer- ica. | From eastern, central and western Pennsylvania, from far away Nova | Scotia and Alberta, from nearby Il- | linois and a dozen other mining states the delegates bore down upon Indian- apolis. On the busy streets they were identified, not. by badges, but | by faces seamed with the telltale blue- | black marks where powder had burned lits way into the flesh Lewis Uses Beoze A score of conferences were under way as progressive and machine forces laid down programs and out- | lined convention policies upon whic: hangs the fate of the greatest indus- trial union in America. | While liquor flowed freely in hotel | rooms as “regul: delegates were be- |ing told what they were to do in re- turn for their convention excursion, | progressives and left: wing forces | gathered in earnest groups to deter- | mine the line of action planned to :ave the Miners’ Union from the disastrous policy of President John L. Lewis. | Union Weakened Almost exactly three years ago the last miners’ convention met here. Eighteen hundred delegates repre- senting 400,000 coal diggers in every | mining district on the continent north | of the Rio Grande opened that conven- tion with the union at the ‘height of jits power. Today great gaps were arent, with West Virginia, Ken- , Tennessee, Oklahoma and other ‘districts represented only by lily- handed . “international representa- tives.” Optimistic predictions of total delegate strength ranged from 1,000 to 1,500 while outside limits 6f union membership were set at 250,000. In those fateful three years in which the destiny of the Miners’ Un- ion had been entrusted to “Emperor” Lewis, West Virginia with its 100,000 jand more miners had been completely jlost. Central and western Pennsyl- |vania had suffered staggering losses, entire states west of the Mississippi had been lost to unionism while prom- jising holds on Kentucky and Tennes- see had completely slipped. Delegates Angry | To say left wing delegates were in {an angry mood is understating the jcase. Realizing the desperate plight of their beloved organization, know- jing full well that continued control by “Emperor” Lewis means the death of | the union in the soft coal districts of | Pennsylvania and Ohio, the progres- sive forces were determined on a bat- | tle to the finish to save the union | from impending annihilation. This 30th consecutive and seventh | biennial convention, opening tomor- row, is scheduled to be in session until February 5. Its main immediate busi- jness is to decide upon demands to be laid before operators when union rep- resentatives meet them February 14. to be held probably on Flori gold coast where A, F, of and U, M. W. A. officials love to disp ort themselves, will’ try to nego- tiate an agreement to succeed the famous Jacksonville agreement, which lapses on March 1. If no agreement Continued on page 2 AMERICA TO SAV BOGOTA, Columbia, Jan. jan American concern. which is continuing to spread. SHOOT DOWN 15 STRIKERS IN SOUTH E U. §. “PROPERTY” 23.—Fifteen strikers have been killed by government troops in the Barracabermeja oil fields, where they have been striking against the Tropical Oil Company, According to latest reports stevedores and other workers in the Magdelena river ports have joined the strike The govenment has declared a state of siege and placed Gen. Victor M. Salazar in charge of its forces in the strike zone. As usual the cry of “Communist influence,” ‘is being raised as the main issue by the company officials. Telegraphic connections to | stroyed. and a close consorehip is being Want on all asses ie Barrancabermeja have been de-