The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 11, 1927, Page 1

THE ONLY ENGLISH LABOR DAILY IN NEW YORK The Daily Worker Fights: For the Organization of the Un- organized, For a Labor Party. For the 40-Hour Week. Vol. IV. No, 25. SUsESE EN RATES: In New York, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside New York, by mall, $6.00 per year. THE DAILY WORKER. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. NEW YORK, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1927 Ss a Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAIL’ SUBLISHING. ¥ <r, FINAL [ FINALCITY | | a aa CO., 33 First Street, New York, Price 3 Cents FUR BOSS SAYS WOLL'S CREW DEMANDED BRIBE augherty Linked vith German Gold Tedéebiias Girls ‘Testify Ex-A Ex-Aitorney General Phoned Alien ‘Capitalists’ Agent Frequently Two strong points were made in the graft case against Har- ry M. Daugherty, former attorney general of the United States, and Thos. W. Miller, former alien property custodian yesterday. It was absolutely established through the testimony of Richard Merton, the German metal magnate, that he had parted with $391,000 in liberty bonds and $50,000 in cash. He swore on the witness stand that he turned this money over to John T. King, late Connecticut politician to get back his $7,000,000 worth of property then in the hands of the alien property custodian. The government charges this money was split between Daugherty, King and Miller. The other point was the close relationship between Daugher- ty, Jess Smith, Miller, and King, brought out by testimony of Department of Justice employes. Merton took the stand at the opening of the afternoon ses- sion. He identified receipts given for the bonds and cash, but said he was not told where the money went, after it left his ~ ) hands. CURRENT EVENTS By T. J. O'FLAHERTY ALVIN COOLIDGE may be getting ready for the next presi- dential marathon or he may be de- veloping the muscles of his legs for the hike back to Vermont in case Wall Street decides that the White House has been an asylum for the iumb long enough, and hungers for a more vocal occupant. Whatever the reason may be, the president has de- sided to walk two miles a day around the White House. If Coolidge could use his head as well as his feet he night be allawed to ride hiselectric!,, 1obby horse four more years. * * * HO promising to land troops in Shanghai in case of emergency only, on last Tuesday, on Wednesday she British government ordered troops held temporarily at Hong Kong to re-embark for Shanghai, tho chere was not even a good sized brawl reported in the city. This is diplo- macy. The government heard the speech of Ramsay MacDonald, the leader of the labor party and felt that there was no sincerity in it. As a matter of fact, Baldwin already had an understanding with Lloyd George and MacDonald and knew that those two imperialists would not do any- thing to jeopardize the interests oi imperialism in China. * * . THE DAILY WORKER paid little attention to reports of a Cantonese defeat featured in all the capitalist papers on Tuesday evening and Wed- nesday morning. The story was an obvious faxe. There were no casu- alties reported, no figures of wounded and captured. It is now definitely known that the Cantonese, far from having suffered a defeat, are advanc- ing on their objective. This accounts for the renewed activities of the im- perialists in rushing troops to Shang- oe # HE United States is definitely out of the world court, an annex to the league of nations, thru the ac- tion of certain powers in not accept-| ing one of the reservations made by the United States government as a sondition of entry. The senate voted in favor of affiliation provided the United States could do as all im- perialist powers really do when they want something badly and have the power to take it, without interference from the court. * . The fraud in Williamson County, Llinois between two gangs of boot- leggers is not.on a lower moral plane than the conflicts between the im- erialist powers. They meet each other with daggers in their garments, heir peace conferences are conspicu- us by the absence of everything savoring of peace. They only agree | temporarily when there is some | mutual material interest involved, The rival bootlegging gangs in Wil- ‘iamson County were one in their war, m another element. When that was ‘} \ver they shot it out with each other. ’ {fot so long ago Britain would give lan eye tooth to have the United The Gang Arranged It. Merton testified King introduced him to Daugherty’s friend, the late Jess Smith and that either King or Smith, he couldn’t remember which, arranged for him to meet Colonel Miller to present his claim. Merton met Miller, who turned him over to George Williams, manager of the alien property custodian’s office, the witness testified. Didn't Need | .awyer Before going to Washington the first time, Merton testified, he talked with King about the possibility of needing a lawyer and King told him there was no necessity for a lawyer. “You de not need a nwyer and you will save expense by not having a lawyer,” King said, according to Mer- ton. Regarding John I. Dulles, the law- yer with whom Merton first talked about his claim, King said Dulles was “the last person to represent Merton because Dulles and Col. Miller were not on intimate terms,’ Merton tes- tified. Louis J. Bailey, former chief of the bureau of investigation of the De- partment of Justice, now a special agent in the Atlanta, Ga., section of the department, told of Daugherty’s| inception into office, and of the pow- er of Jess Smith, late intimate friend of Daugherty, in the affairs of the department. Elizabeth Miller, youthful telephone ‘operator who worked in the attorney general’s office, told from the witness stand of the numerous long distance conversations. She said King’s calls were a regular thing, no matter where he happened to be. Miss Miller testified that King sometimes telephoned Daugherty from Washington, also, and that at times Daugherty would call King on long distance to New York. Under cross-examination the wit- ness said that she didn’t think of these telephone conversations between Daugherty and King until she read the testimony of the first Daugherty- (Continued on Page Two) Florida Compensation Law? ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (FP). — The Florida workman compehsation bill has a good chance of passing through the next session of the leg- islature, declares President J. M. At- kins of the Florida State Federation of Labor. Coolidge Sis at Meal | Byitish Workers’ With $5,000,000,000.00 Worth of Millionaires WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—Many of the wealtiest men in the country were guests at the dinner given to the president and Mrs. Coolidge by Secretary of the Interior Work, and many others had heen invited but were unable to attend. Had all the wealth invited been able to attend it is probable that some- think like $5,000,000,000 would have. been represented. As it was, there were present Henry Ford, reputed to be Amer- ica’s first billionaire; Andrew W. Mellon, said to bé the third richest man in the United States; Harvey S. Firestone of Akron, O., the tire magnate; Simon Guggenheim, the copper king; George Eastman, the multi-millionaire kodak manufac- turer of Rochester, N. Y.; Mrs. Marshall Field, widow of the mer- cantile king of Chicago, and others of lesser means. Among those invited but unable to attend were John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Judge E. H. Gary, Charles M. Schwab, and Cyrus H. K. Curtis, the Philadelphia publisher, whose combined wealth is estimated at well over a billion dollars. WORKER THRONGS IN COOPER UNION CHEER FOR CHINA Anti-Imperialist Meet Rebukes Coolidge New. Yi Workers filled Cooper Union *to He oe ay 4ast night to join with the Workers (Communist) Party in protesting against the present policy of American capitalism in send- ing American marines to China and Nicaragua, and the browbeating at- titude that is being adopted towards Mexico. Under the chairmanship of William W. Weinstone, general secretary of the New York organization of the Workers (Communist) Party, the as- sembled workers listened attentively to the speechs of E. K. Moy, associate editor of the Chinese National Daily, local organ of the Kuomintang, the national revolutionary party of China; Bertram D. Wolfe, director, New York Workers’ Schcol; Ben Gitlow and Jay Lovestone. Moy Denounces Corruption. When Moy was introduced he was roundly cheered. He attacked . the Peking government of China as being corrupt, “a shadow, being supported by imperialism ,to keep the Chinese masses in bondage.” Referring to the Cantonese, he pointed out that the Kuomintang is struggling for the liberation of China from the yoke of imperialism and in this fight the only friend of the Chinese masses is the Soviet Union. Wolfe in speaking, that -“we are gathered here tonight to . protest against American imperialism in Latin-America.” Murder By Marines. He referred to the 10,000 Hatians who have been murdered by American marines during the past ten years; also to “dollar diplomacy as practiced in Cuba, Columbia, Nicaragua, Mexico and elsewhere. (Continued on Page, Five) TRY TO IMPOSE LONG WORK-WEEK ON WOMEN IN STATE OF NEW YORK ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 10.—A_ bill providing for a 491-2 hour working week for women in industry will be recommended to the legislature by the Industrial Survey Commission in its report to the lawmakers next week, it was reported today at the capitol. The commission, headed by former Assemblyman Jasper Cornaire of St. Lawrence County, was created by the legislature of 1926 to make a study of labor legislation. Governor Smith and the officials of States in the world court or theline State Federation of Labor, for league of nations even if only on one! several years, have urged the passage of a bill providing a 48-hour working (Continued on Page Two) week for women in, industry. In the past the republican leaders of the legislature always have defeated democratic measures of this nature, John Sullivan, president of the State Federation of Labor, today issued a call for a meeting of the executive council of the federation in this city next Monday morning: The labor leaders are expected to decide whether they will support the com- promise 491-2 hour bill, John M, O’Hanlon, legislative representative of the federation, will report on all labor measures pending before the cereal For Cantonese Recognition Demand Made in Commons For Complete Independence | LONDON, Feb. 10.—Sir Austen Chamberlain in a speech on the Chinese situation delivered in the house of commons this evening re- fused the demand of labor for a withdrawal of British troops from Shanghai. ey le LONDON, Feb. 10.—Debate on the Chinese situation was opened in the house of commons today on a labor- ite motion deploring the dispatch of troops to China and demanding their recall and also urging -the recogni-' tion of the national teetente of the Chinese. Charles Trevelyan, oping the de- bate for the laborites, declared that the policy of the Canton Government! is also the policy of the Labor Party. This policy, he said, is for absolute independence for the Chinese, the dis- appearance. of concessions and the withdrawal of military and naval) powers of the western nations from territories, and waters of China. Great Britain has spent $3,225,000) thus far in sending troops and naval! units to Shanghai, Sir Laming Worth-' ington-Evans, minister of war, an-| nounced, Great Britain desires peace in| China but realizes that “a peaceful settlement is unobtainable by sur- render or scuttling,” Foreign Mini- ster Sir Austen Chamberlain declared in the house of commons tonight. Sir Austen declared that an agree- ment has been reached ‘with Eugene Chen regarding the ‘Slavkow eonces- sion, to the effect that the concession will be “formally” returned to Great Pritain, but a new council will be elected to administer it, the Chinese having full representation on this council, This is taken to be a settle- ment to save Britain’s face. Yes fas On Way to- Shanghai. HONG KONG, China, Feb. 10,—| Two Punjab battalions from Caleutta, due to arrive here today, did not de- bark from their | transports. The troops, a part of the great concentra- tion of British forces intended for ac- tion against the Cantonese, proceeded directly to Shanghai. The Punjab battalions closely fol- lowed two regiments from Gloucester- shire and Durham, which left for Shanghai after a short stay here. The movement of troops to Shang- hai is being made in the face of pro- tests from both Peking and the Can- tonese governments, Changsha messages report that Tang Seng Chi, who recently arrived from Hankow, is showing marked anti-British propensities, A street demonstration against the British went off without untoward incident. The houseboys’ strike at Hankow,' according to reports, has been de- ferred until Sunday. The general situation at Hankow is said to be quiet at present. * oo59 Two Hearts Beat As One. GENEVA, Feb. 10—The British policy in China is “in complete ac- cord with the letter and spirit of the league of nations covenant,” declared a lengthy statement from Sir Austen) Chamberlain, setting forth the Brit- ish Chinese policy, and received to- day by the secretariat of the league. + * * U, S. Marines Arrive. SHANGHAI, Feb. 10.—Three hun- dred American marines arrived here today. The British Gloucester and Durham regiments are due to arrive from Hong Kong tomorrow. Other Mexicans Strike if Rail Workers Quit MEXICO CITY, Feb. 10.—Labor unions, not affiliated with the Mexican Federation of Labor, threaten a sympathetic strike if the railroad workers strike on Feb. 17 as they threaten to do The sympathetic strike would portially affect electrical plants, cotton mills and bakeries. Bill to Wipe Out N. Y. Anti-Vice Society as Merely Blue-nose Club ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 10.—Re- peal of a law of 1871 which incor- porated the New York Society for | the Suppression of Vice, is provid- ed in a bill introduced in the legis- lature today by Assemblyman F. L, Hackenburg, New York City, | democrat. In a statement, Hackenburg de- clared members of the society have ‘“fnjected themselves into every- body’s business and stuck their blue noses in the affairs of the entire nation.” He asserted that America has grown out of its “swaddling clothes” and that the time has come to put an end to reformers. The original members of the so- ciety, Hackenburg said, were: Mor- ris K. Jessup, Howard Potter, Ja- cob F..Wyckoff, William E. Dodge, Jr., Charles E. Whitehead, Cephas Brainard, Thatcher M, Adams, Wil- liam F, Lee, J. Pierpont Morgan, J. M. Cornell, W. H. 8. Wood, El- bert B. Monroe, George W. Clarke, Cornelius R. Agnew, R. R. Me- Burney of New York City, and Moses S. Bach and Henry R. Jones of Brooklyn. Sought Money For | F ixing’ 2” Report President of Eitingon-Schild Co. Declares He Did Not Pay as Ordered; Called “Communist” Sensational charges of bribery in connection with the Ameri- can Federation of Labor’s special report on its investigation of the New York fur strike, were made in a statement issued yes- terday by Motty Eitingon, president of the Eitingon-Schild Co., Inc., who was attacked by the report for his activities in connec- tion with the settlement of the strike last June. This report of the A. F. of L.’s special investigating com- mittee, which was made public by Matthew Woll early in Jan- uary, attracted nation-wide attention because it accused union leaders of the fur strike of paying huge sums of money to mem- | bers of the police department. Also the report created a stir be- cause it accused Mr. Motty Eitingon of Communist sympathies and insinu- ated that he had affiliations with Moscow which led him to force the manufacturers to settle the strike in the interests of the workers. Another Fake Disarmament | Came for Money. | Now for the first time Mr. Eitingon | |has made a public reply to these CHICAGO BOARD |charges of the American Federation | of Labor officials, and his first startl- jing statement is that he was informed Good Terms of Bosses jof these charges a whole month be- | fore the report was made public, and |that the emissary who brought the | information said that the report could ‘be stopped upon money. | This interview was witnessed by | Michael Hollander, head of A. Hol- lander & Son, who in an interview yesterday afternoon told his part in Credit to Progressives) he matter, and confirmed Mr. Fit- lingon’s statement concerning the (Special to the Daily Worker.) | bribe. CHICAGO, Feb. 10.—A new agree-| Careful Approach. ment has been signed between the| “The gentleman refered to by Mr. Chicago Association of Dress Manu-| Eitingon (who still remains name- facturers and the Joint Board offi-| less) came to see me before the mat- cials of the International Ladies Gar-| ter was taken up with Mr. Eitingon. ment Workers’ Union with the follow-| He told me what the situation was ing increases on the previous exist-|and asked me whether I considered ing scales. Sample makers received it advisable to broach the subject to a $5.00 increase; examiners, basters| Mr. Eitingon. and finishers, $2.50; piece workers,) “After some deliberation I decided 10 cents per hour; drapers $3.00 per| that Mr. Eitingon should be given an week, and cutters $7.00 per week. | opportunity to hear what this gentle- Two Conferences Held. |man had to say. I consulted Mr. The agreement was signed after| Eitingon, and from the offices of the two conferences were held. One on Litingon-Schild Co., Inc., I telephoned Saturday, January 29th, and another, this gentleman to invite him to come which was concluded on February 5th to see Mr. Eitingon in my presence. at the Sherman Hotel. Those repre-| | He did so, and related what he knew. senting the Manufacturers’ Asso-| Didn’t Believe Own Report. ciation were Samuel. H. Phillips of | “He said he had been invited to a Phillips & Gauss, president, Mr. L{conference at which he was given full Ferdinand, secretary, Nathan Alexan | insight into what the report contained, der, Mr. Sobie of Sobie & Davis, M | and was told it was ready to be put the payment of Conference Wall Street J Jockeying for Better Position WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—Another peace fake was launched today by President Coolidge when he submit- ted to the senate the text of a memo- randum which his ambassadors in the principal foreign capitals were simul- tancously delivering to the chancel- | lories of the + eight world powers. ¥ prnperts 40 be an extension of the Washington Arms Confe a futile meeting, | which only served to s pen the ap- petites of the powers for more arma- ments on land and sea. Imperialists Will Not Disarm. If the president knows anything about international affairs he is quite well aware that no imperialist power has the slightest intention of depend- ing for protection on any agree- ments that may be arrived at at such a conference. Least of all has the United States any intention of doing this. Speaking for the United States, President Coolidge advised the pow- ers that America’s delegates to Geneva will be authorized to nego- tiate for an agreement covering aux iliary naval craft. He invited them to Fingerhut of Groner & Fingerhut, J. Goldbarth, and Samuel J. Brown of| Brown & Harrie. Those representing] the union were Mr. J. Levin, manager, who was the spokesman for the Chicago Joint Board, H. Ross and! Philip Hauser, president and secre- tary of Local 100; Evelyn . Dornfeld, business agent, and I. L. Davidson organizer. As far as the conditions are con- cerned the agreement could have been signed at the first conference but two} conferences were held because the} union and the association were inter- ested in discussing the general situ-| ation in the industry so as to come to} a clear understanding. Repudiates Statement. This repudiates the statement in a bulletin issued by the association headed by Frank J. Mitchell of December 2nd, 1926, which reads in part as follows: “Negotiations between the union and the Northwest Dress Manufacturers are deadlocked, The union shows no intention to give, up its demands and has threatened to call out all members at the expiration| of the present agreement unless their demands are granted. On the date that this bulletin was|bare another sordid side of “la- issued the union’s demands were not/bor banking.” even formulated and naturally a dead- lock was impossible between the union and the association at a time] 1... when the demands were not sub- mitted. The fact that this agree- ment has been signed is an additional! proof of the untruthfulness of this! so-called association, Slavery In Their Shops. The union is now ready to publish (Continued on Page Two) Roll in the Subs For The DAILY WORKER. Ida Rothstein,| Roy Glassman, similarly equip their delegates with authority. NEW SIGMAN TRICKERY REVEALED IN LABOR BANK WAR ON JOINT BOARD “International” Heads Try to Strike Blow at Left Wing Thru Manipulation of Finances | (Continued on Page Five) An attempt of the “red-baiting” Sigman regime in the In- ternational Ladies’ Garment Workers’ union to strike a new blow at the left wing Joint Board in New York City by a tricky manipu- lation of finances has just come to light in the filing of suits by the International Union Bank for recovery on three promis- sory notes, in spite of the fact that Morris Hillquit, socialist, |attorney for the bank, controls the property which was offered as security, and which is of much greater value than the amount of the note. The Sigman regime has control of the bank, in which mem. bers of the union are urged to keep accounts. In addition to re vealing another underhand method of attack against the left wing, these revelations also strip prosperity was entrusted to him, that it would not be used for any other purpose than as security for the Exposes Financial Trickery. | loans. The three suits were filed in A statement issued yesterday by| the supreme court of New York. is Hyman, manager of the Joint! Hyman’s Statement. Board, tells an amazing story of| Mr. Hyman’s full statement, detail- financial tsickery by which the bank} ing the situation is as follows: of the International hopes to get a} “The International Union Bank, has judgment for $104,000.00 against the} just brought three actions against the Joint Board, in addition to the build-| Joint Board and the Cloak and Suit ing of the Joint Board and shares of| Makers Building Corporation, which stock in the bank amounting to more) is the holding corporation of the we one half of the entire capital| Joint Board, and as such, owns the ock, which it holds through Mr.| Joint Board building at Lexington Hillqait's clerk, Federick I, Umhey. | avenue and 25th street. The three Hillquit gave a promise, when the | (Continued on Page Five)