The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 7, 1927, Page 5

PONSONBY, M. P, WARNS OF SCHEME \TO ATTACK RUSSIA Says Invasion of China Saves Cash, Not Lives A warning that western capitalist nations plan war for selfish interests on China and the Union of Socialists Soviet Republi¢s was given yesterday afternoon by Arthur Ponsonby, mem- ber of parliament, who spoke at the house of peace, 109 St. and Fifth Ave. under the auspices of The Womens Peace Society. Referring to the situation in the Var East. the speaker said that the Chinese are ‘the most peace-loving people in the world, and that. the pre- sent conflict is not caused by one people doing an injury to another, bet that big commercial enterprises have invested their finances in China and call upon “civilized” white men to protect their ill-gotten spoils, Save Profits—Not Lives “The slogan of protecting Ameri- can lives”, is just a subterfuge, Pon- sonby stated, “the real cause for in- tervention is to protect the propert; und business of American capital- ’.” He continued by saying, that ists. if anybody wants to invest in a for- eign country that he must do so at his own risk, and not at the risk ot ihe lives of thousands of young men who will be enlisted to fight a war. Want War on Russia. The speaker said that he believea that a Chinese war would lead to a world conflagration, the ultimate ob- ject of which is to annihilate the Soviet Union. He urged upon every- one not to fall victim to any war propaganda, like that which was con- ducted in this country by the British in 1916, to refuse to support any steps taken by the government which might lead to war, and to petition both the president and congress, warning them that the people do not intend to fight another war against a nation which has done no wrong. How Armies Grow. Ponsonby. warned his hearers of the dangers of ‘enlisting men into the army. He showed that thé misery ot the worker, unemployment and low wages, make him susceptible to an invitation to end all his ‘worries and care “by enlisting. He related the fact that English working men had been enlisted in London. into the Spanish army to fight against the Riffs’ a thing only to be explained by the fact of unemployment and starvation. The’ pledge Girculated by the Women’s Peace Society is a refusal to bear arms in war, Labor in Twin Cities To Fight Against War On China and Mexico MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Feb. 6.— The movement for the struggle against the imperialist policies of the govern ment in Nicaragua, Mexico and China has taken definite form here thru the organization of a committee which has sent out a call for a gen- eral conference of individuais and | delegates from labor organizations and which is planning to hold mase | meetings against the interventiomst \ policy of the government. | The eall for the local conference is | signed by: Rey. John H. Dietrich, S. A. Stockwell, Ernest Lundeen, Louis A. Duncan, J. F, Emme, Rev. Howard YY. Williams, R. B. French, William | Mahoney, H. G. Teigen, W. A. An- ‘ derson, V. R. Dunne, I. G. Scott, Dr. | E. G. Bithel. < This committee, working under the name of “Conference against Inter. [GARMENT WORKERS JOINT | ON ELECTION OF FROGRESSIVE LOCAL OFFICERS The result ,of last "Thursda e boards of Locals 2, 9 and A Chairmen’s Comneil which supervised The balloting, which was carried overwhelming victory for the ‘progres: heaviest votes ever cast in these locals. sak The results in Local 2 were as fol- lows: Joseph Boruchowitz, manager ' ¥ * 2316 to 31 Isadore Steinzor, chairman 2252 to 40 Executive Board . Alkin . . Bleman . Hyman Miller ... . Busserman . . Bravin.... . Zimmerman . Kolov .... Lipnick , M. Solomon . E. Radish . A. Gross J, Aksler Charles Disenoise . M. Kanovitz .. M. Goldstein J. Blacher . &. Silkovitz Charles Weintrau 8. Raisner .... 3. Wejntraub A. Kutler .. S. Cohen M. Sunkin . J. Levine .. \. Summergrad - 4 Those elected in Local 9 were: A. Zirlin, manager, 1844 to 20. William Greenberg, chairman, 2171 to 15, Executive Board M. Volper D. Altenberg S. Silverman Abe Etkin .. Benny Greenstein S. Offenwasser . 4. Hartman Dave Greenberg . SE sP ReneS 235 1222 1211 1178 1176 » 1164 1081 1081 1077 Louis Barak . 1061 i, Verner 1151 Sam Lorber . 1026 L. Pasniak .... 1044 1044 1021 1012 -991 Mollie Friedman A. Lieber .. M. Kaplan . Benny Cooper Sam Sanitz ... Sam Frankreich . J. Forman . Rose Kaplan Gabriel Rabinreich . Sam Rabinowitz M. Rembach . Hyman Berman . : Those elected in Local 35 were: J. Goretzky, manager, 904 to 79. Morris Goldstein, chairman, 869 to 69. Executive Board E. Gerchikoff . 834 A. Turck, ,.. 832 A. Kurrinecki . 809 S. Davidoff . 806 S. Goldstein. . 724 A. Kessler . 698 &. Zailer 677 M. Rautch . 677 | M. Friedman 636 | A. Goldenberg .617 M. Kahn ... 615 L. Weiss 613 &, Weiss . 602 3. Goldstein . -590 A. Greenspan . M. Bernatsky . 573 8. Goodman 565 S. Bizoff .. 5 M. Liebman 523 A. Kahn ..... 496 S. Tcherman AB {, Magaziner .. 440 8. Stern ... 450 8S. Kahn . 384 Way Behind Henry Ford . Poor John D’s Stocks vention in Central America and! China,” is planning to hold mass meetings in both Minneapolis and St. > Paul A ge early date. 4 TS oe 7 _ Anti-Imperialistic —- | Meeting in Belfast } Puts Out Disrupters j pe et _ protest against England’s imperialist _ policy in China ended in the ejection ~of several who tried to break it up. The trouble began when a woman in the gallery started. in a fit of pa- | trintie fervor, to wave .the Union Jack. Her followers created a riot, which was finally quelled. . The supporters of Britain’s policy BELFAST, Feb. 6.—A_ meeting of | ’ Increase Only 700% The huge profits that the Standard Oil barons have raked in during the last fifteen years are revealed by an analysis just completed by Jenks Gwynne and Co. Investors in the securities of the comnanies which emerged after the! _supposed disintegration of the Stand-_ lara Ud Company fifteen vears ago) | have seen their principal increase | nearly 700 per cent. In addition they, have had an average of 16.27 per cent per year on their investment. | The Standard Oil Companies. of | Kentucky and Nebraska, both of whioh are engaged in marketing,-have | yielded the largest returns. In fif- een years the Kentucky company has yielded the oil barons 49.87 er cent annually, while the Nebraska com- 35, has been BOARD ISSUES FIGURES 1 for managers and executive unced in detail by the Shop the voting. on for fourteen hours, resulted in an jive candidates and, was one of the | | Chief Consul Declares Government Very: Eeasy With Ward Bread Trust WASHINGTOD Feb. 6.—Over the protest of its chief counsel, A. R. Brinkley, the federal trade 52 commission dismissed its anti-trust | suit against the William B. Ward baking interests, Brinkley declared today hefore the senate committee | investigating the “bread trust”. Brinkley said he was convinced the gigantic merger, later dissolved by consent decree, was in violation of the anti-trust laws, ' “The case was strong and should have been prosecuted,” Brinkley. said. | BOSTON STRIKING CAPMAKERS BEGIN MASS PIGKETING Delegates From Other Unions Promise Aid THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1927 Page Fir MARX CABINET SHOP CHAIRMEN SCORE ROSALSKY WOBBLES THRU (Continued from Page 1) spirit of the cloakmakers and smash their union. “But such’ attacks cannot succeed, and the furriers will join with the |members of the International Ladies —— Garment Workers Union to see that yy they are defeated, and that Sigman Debate Proves Charge | ini nis clique are driven from the Of Monarchism True vin.” pint RS Goretsky Speaks. BERLIN, Feb. 6—The Marx, con*} Among the other speakers who de- servative, cabinet barely scraped| nounced Sigmangand protested the through with a weak vote on confi-, sentencing of the 16 cloakmakers, dence yesterday, in the first test it, were Joseph Goretzky ef Local 35, faced. who spent two weeks in jail this past Opposition in the Reichstag; month and is at present out on $25,- brought out some interesting proofs (00 bail, which was set by Judge Ro- of Communist charges. Hammered salsky; Sam Berg of Local 53 of by Communist speakers on the floor,| Philadelphia; J. Sunshein of the Wil- Dr. Walker von Keudell, newly ap-| liamsburg Progress Club; S. Solomon pointed Minister of the Interior, ‘ad-|of Workmen’s Circle No. 386; A. mitted that his farm was a camp for|Klempner of the Shop Chairmen’s the fascist armed body “Olympia’.| Council; C. S. Zimmerman head of His only excuse was that this was be- the dress department of the Joint fore “Olympia” was declared by law! Board. to be a treasonable organization. Adopt Resolution. Theodor von Guerard, leader of the) The meeting unanimously d@dopted catholic centrists, represented in the the following resolution read by the cabinet by Marx and several others,! secretary of the Shop Chairmen’s formally wanned Marx in a speech Council, L; Kleinman: from the floor, that the Keudell af- WHBREAS, ‘sixtech cloakmakers fair must be investigated, and that rho have bi singioga a of th a ai centrist support would be “withdrawn! “ +f rabid a eas liana Have nad the cabinet overthrown if it were hee amis ig he th ney ed ae ieee proved that Keudell supported the| tes be J i a pera 83 Kapp putsch of 1920,.as had been er ee rewe roti y La long terine charged by opposition ‘parties, | of imprisonment for strike activities; Keudell and the entire cabinet) 224. might have fallen. then, had it not), WHEREAS, these sentences have been also’ revealed that Stresseman,| been the result of the vicious propa- now in opposition, was also a Kappist| 84"da and provocative tacties carried at that time, The game of “the pot|o by the officials of the Interna- calling the kettle black” did not look) tional and th® Forward, who planned well to some of the eabinet’s oppon- to have these workers convicted, hop- ents, and they were tempbrarily ing thus to break the resistance of silenced. 5 |the cloak and dressmakers against When the vote was taken on the| their attempt to impose their dis- BOSTON, Feb. 6.—A mass picket-| motion of confidence in the cabinet,|ctedited leadership on the workers; ing demonstration of striking cap- the Communists, socialists and demo- and jmakers is being arranged for tomor- reats voted in favor of overthrowing) WHEREAS, these workers have {row morning. The cap district will| it; the nationalist, catholic centrist,/never been guilty of any offense and |be covered, and sporadic cases of|German and Bavarian peoples party, have been placed behind prison bars violence of bosses against isolated! participating in the ruling bloc, voted| simply for the crime of fighting for ‘pickets will be stopped. | to save it, and enough of the other) the defense of their union and for the | Peter Krupnik, a picket, has al-| parties voted for the cabinet to give| improvement of their working condi- jready been attacked by an employer, it a majority of sixty-one. tions, and their unjust imprisonment and arrested. He was at once dis-) a |is a matter of concern not only to the Represented Wall Street missed. The charge was assault. |cloakmakers’ union, but to the entire Strike meetings are regularly ,held, | |labor movement, since the detention At a recent meeting, a telegram from the International was read, convey- ing “congratulations to the cap-| makers of Boston for their united and | unanimous stand in answer to the defiant attitude of the manufacturers | and extending wishes for a speedy | victory.” At the strike meetings speakers from other unions are often present. | Lately Max Rosen, of the Jewish | Bakers Local 45, Appel, of the Uphol-| \sterers, spake. ‘Jersey City Bus Strike In Arbitrators’ Hands ‘Expect Agreement Soon By SYLVAN A. POLLACK. (Special to The Daily Worker). | | JERSEY CITY, N. J., Feb. 6.—Be- | cayse they expect a settlement by’ to- | |morrow, the four hundred Hudson | | Boulevard bus drivers who went on_ strike Saturday, are “conducting” | -588 their struggle minus a picket line and. sre depending entirely on arbitration |for a settlement, in spite of a grow-| ing feeling among the men on $trike | that moré militant tactics are needed. | The scab busses are being run by | the bossés and their “relatives” promise to give the public full ser- | the end of the strike. ! Conference Called. A conference held Saturday at the | Filks Clubs, although not reaching a cefinite agreement, promised an early ‘end to the strike. At this conference the strikers were represented by Fred | Bremer, vice-president of the Boule- | \vard Drivers Union, and Edward | Levy, business agent. The bosses. iwere represented by William Bayer,” | Moe Greenberg and Neil Eaton. The | | arbitrators are: Boulevard Commis- | isioners, Joseph Payton, James Bill- | jington and Edward Moore, and Sup- ‘ervisor of Jitneys, William Whelan. | | The demands of*the ‘strikers are a flat wage of $45 a week and a three | year contract. This is an increase of | £2.50 a week over the present scale, The strikers were willing to compro- mise on a Smaller increase at the eleventh hour to prevent a strike, but the bus owners refused. irchietrsbae ety Broke and Hungry; _ Found Dead in Hall ‘ An unidentified man died yester- | vice until In Argentine Republic of these jworkers would undoubtedly above, United rgentina, has Peter Augustus Jay, States ambassador to / been in the diplomatie service, sta- tioned in many countries, since 1902. Nearing Sees Mexico Leader of Revolt by Latin-American Lands American imperialism is develop- ing in the Caribbean a situation just like China, so Scott Nearing declareai last night in his talk before the open forum at the Community Church,; Park Avenue and 34th Street. “Sooner or later’, said Nearing, “we will have the same problems to face as those now meeting the imper- ‘Reactionary Officers | Of Upholsterers Local Skimp Strike Relief (By Worker Correspondent) At the last meeting of Local 44 of} | the Upholsterers’ union the secretary made a report in which he emphasized that in spite of the fact that the local supported the general labor movement yet the financial situation | is better than a year ago. And then he ehumerated that the local gave ten dollars for the support of the English | ‘iners’ strike and the same amount | the Passaic strike and 600 dollars for a city garden. This means that the city garden |means much more to the officials of jour local than the outcome of such jan important struggle as the Passaic \strike or that in England. It was) luseless at that time for the progres- | sives to fight for more aid for the |hungry children of Passaic. But six, hundred dollars for a city garden is ‘not too much! Funny Forty-Hour Motion. There was spent 1,200 dollars for who ‘resigned, effective March 18. He has | * organizing’ purposes, but we, the members, did not hear of the results of that organizing.. It was the or- |ganizer who made a motion that the ,fotty-hour week is timely—but not during the season! He meant it is good during the slack time when there is no work anyway—good for the bosses. It would be good for the | workers during the four months’ sea- son. And it is the desire and wish of the workers to accomplish the forty- ‘hour week all year around. But the pete Sas ar and maybe the bosses know why—are opposed to it. The | members are afraid of them as yet. ‘They are afraid that they will not get jobs from them. were compelled to express their feel-| pany has yielded an annual return of |day as a result of exposure. He wa: iglist powers in the Kast. | There was a motion made also at TW aMecico will he the leader and our last meeting that the term of all cther Latjn-American countries will the officers shall expire at the same follow. Already they are building up time not as it is today. Wagner, the revolutionary movements, expropriat- Secretary, became frightened when he | img the property of foreigners ana|heard the motion, and he spoke | liberating their own people for finan-| against it. He argued that it is im-| cial development. possible that his term shall expire in| “United Staves capitalists have four, January, right after the season, He- billion dollars invested in Latin-|¢annot get any job then. Poor Wag- | America and of course they-are not does Mr of eae eigen jt dollar | in i i salary he could buy only one house—| oan sara taboo anaenbthf2 so far. And he is afraid that he! «ouching on the Nicaraguan situ-| won't be able to get a job. The mem- | ation, Nearing said, bers of the union face this situation’ ings in a meeting held outside. 14th street, New York City. The following newsdealers The DAILY WORKER and desi Name of Dealer © 32.05 per cent. ‘ARE YOU INSPECTING THE NEWSSTANDS }him he IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? _ . Fill out this blank and send it to.L. E. Katterfeld, 108 East are not receiving any copies of re to handle the paper. Copies Exact Location found in the hallway at 439. We: 42 St. Having no letters to identify was taken to the morgue. Acéording to the police records he was about 45 yeats of age. Appar- ently a of work he had slunk into the hallway to get out of the cold, but being tired and hungry he was not able to stand the gaff. Capitalists Now Using Radio. The General Motors Export Com- pany has installed six short wave pa- dié stations in its South American lranches, it was learned yesterday. Thi» is said to he the first instance in which a company has used the radio for commercial communication Letwen seattered units of its organ- izstion in another country. Buy Your DAILY WORKER. -at the Newsstand: ( “The present situation in Latin- | America revolves about the Mexican land laws, They are, the real bone of contention, as well as Mexico's ef- fort, thru recognition of the Sacasa government, to line up Latin-Ameri# can States. “The United States has not only recognized Diaz, but has provided him with munitions, military support and Assistance in many other forms.” The auditorium of the Community Church was crowded for the Nearing lecture, and an hour of questions and discussion followed his talk. ~ sentiment against the United) évery year, but Wagner wants special , ‘favor. ' No Anti-Foreignism In China. There is no anti-foreignism China but the Chinese people object to foreigners having priveleges which infringe on the sovereignty of the country Ziang Ling-Chang, Consul General of the Peking government di |clared in a statement issued here.) The consul warned Americans to be on, their guard against “forcign, | propaganda” designed to prepare) | public inion for hostile action, ‘against China. in TRADE UNION EDUCATIONAL LEAGUE FURRIERS CONCERT AND DANCE FEBRUARY 18 The farriers section of the Trade Union Educational League will hold | concert and dance on Friday, February 18, 1927, at Manhattan Lyceum, ew York. All needle workers are invited. i lead to further prosecutions against OPORTO OUTBREAK sentatives of labor organizations as- sembled in conference on Saturday, February the 5th, at Webster Hall, at | the'call of the Shop Chairmen’s Coun- Pisa): pare) cil of the cloak industry, protest most |Coincides With General emphatically against the imprison- | * ‘ ment of these loyal union workers; Railroad Strike we express our most vigorous con- | « r ay BT j : demnation against the activities of LISBON, Feb. 6. — An artillery the Forward, Sigman and Beckerman, | oe a heavy inion bry ht ® igh tebye8has. r -theiy| this afternoon between the rebels who are directly responsible for their and government forces at Oporto. imprisonment; and ‘ RY steer xh The rebels are still héavily en- Mi | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, | trenched in the place de Barthalha that we organize a defense commit- | : veil alia « | and declare they will fight to death tee of workers from various organi- vathde that. sechenden. zations to undertake a wide-spread Tha ehadalties. Ave. baleead 46 1a campaign to arouse public opinion | heavy. The city is In panic. Many against - these unjust imprisonments | houses have been damaged by the Seibel Bisse Moga oe eee Sal shooting and several persons have ers to take part in the protest de-| La Pia be vases she mionstratibns arranged by the Joint | “« » Cloakmakers Union for Wednesday, LISBON, Feb. 6.—The arméd ré- February the 9th, at various halls in bellion which broke out last Thursday this city. in the garrison barracks at Oporto, Committee Named. spread thruout the country. On Delegates to the Saturday confer- | account of the strict censorship éstab- ence who were named on a Commit-| lished by the government very little tee of Arrangements for the mass | news is being given out, but from all meetings were: Sam Lipzin, A. C. accounts the fighting seems to be of A.; S. Sazar of the Cap & Millin-| mostly around Oporto, the commercial ery Workers; M. Sunsh of the Wil-| center of the country, where the ré- liamsburg Progress Clu yolt gains strength. W. C. 548; M. Finkelstein, The rebellion is direeted against oo A. Lefkowitz, Downtown Workers |the president and minister of war Club; S. Zamsky, Bath Beach Work-|Carmorna, who thru a* military coup ers Club; Silverstein, Worker: of last July seized power, broke up .| tbe existing government and estab- lished himself as dictator of Portugal, He centered his troops around Oporto, and has from this operation center conducted a rigid control over the af- fairs of the country, which has of | late developed into a reign of tefror, A Liberal Revolt. The opposition, lead by Sousa Diaz, has gathered sufficient troops and amunition to challenge the regimé of Carmona. Befote engaging in an open attack, Diaz sent a committee to Carmona, demanding that constitu- tional government be re-established. General Sinel de Cordes, acting minis- ter of war, answered this demand by sending out his troops and surprés- sing the rebels, The opposition forces are very popular and have the support of the greatest part of the population. Industries, which had cansidérably broken down due to the military dis- turbence, is’ now completely tied-up by a general strike of the railway workers. The strike “was declared last night. Constant Unrest. Portugal has been in a constant state of intermittent convulsion ever since the assassination of King Carfos of, 1908. His sori Manuél as- | eended the throne, but was deposed j after two-years, foliowi education Club; Rosenberg, 886; Nevins, Women’s Council; Trout- man, Lower-Bronx Workers Culture Center; Goldfield, W. C. ; Fishler, A, C. W. of A.; Zwick, Cap Makers; Zikowsky,, Millinery Workers; Sam Gross, Bronx Young Workers’ Cul- ture Club; A. Glimcher, Parquet Floor Workers; M. Kaufer, W. C. 671; Paul Broder, Boro Park Jewish Workers Club; Max Delmore, Shoe Workers Protective Union; Harry Grossberg, Br. 111, Jewish National Union Lo- cal 55; Mutznik, W. C. 188; Abe Nuor, | A. C. W. of A.; and from the Fur- riers’ Shop Chairmen’s Council, M. Lang, Joseph Neisberg, H. Trachten- berg, B. Alowitz and Paul -Skolnik. Ten members are to be added from the Cloak and Dress Shop Chairmen. Reported Capture of Co-ed Moro Princess Who Led Island Revolt | MANILA, Feb. 6.—Princess Tara- hata Karim, who with her husband,, Datu Tahil, are leading a Moro up- rising in Jolo, has been capture, ac- cording to a report received here to-| Details of the reported capture of A A vr the princess, niece of the Sultan of} Fai dateed Gite Wace ae et Sulu and a University of Mlinois' ,’ oe, hee oad graduate, have not been received. | to support his favorites in luxury. Philippine constabulary sent to! 3% quell the disturbance have been held| Power Maintenance Men Meet. at bay. | The Amaigamted Power Plant and PRS SSO Can Teen Building Service Workers, Local No. 1 * | calls on all employes engaged in pow- hs 7 ~ rgd for jer plant and building maintenance i i work to meet in mass meeting to be er ah nsurrection f held tonight at 8 p. m., at the New | Labor Temple, 14th street corner of MEXICO CITY, Feb. 6.—=A sweep-/ Second avenue, New York. ing federal vitcory over the rebellious ‘ Yaqui Indians was officially ‘con- j firmed today. The Yaquis have aban-’ LOS ANGELES. Feb. 4, — Lita doned Bacatete and Sierra La Gloria Grey Chaplin's request that her hus- and have fled to a new stronghold. | band, Charles Chaplin, be artested for The federals are pursuing and anothét| failure to support his two children major battle is expected today or to-| was refused by District Attorney Asa Charlie Still Free. morrow. / Keyes here today. i ATTEND! ATTEND! 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