The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 12, 1927, Page 2

ees ae THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1927 MILLINERY JOINT BOARD CONDEMNS PERCY GINSBURG Chicago Organizer in} Flagrant Treachery burg, who has been a member of the Cloth Hat, Cap and Millinery Work- ers International Union for the past 1S years, member of the general exe- cutive board, vice-chairman of the Cc. C. H. & M. W. I. U. General Or- ganizer of the Western states, busi- ness agent for Local No. Cap Makers of Chicago, has officially ac- cepted the position as organizer for the Cap Manufacturers of Chicago. Condemn Treason, The joint board of the Cap and Millinery Workers of Chicago, have-) taken into consideration the treacher- ous action of Mr. Ginsburg at this time, when the members of the Cap and Millinery Workers of Chicago are devoting their time and energy to organizing the unorganized in this city. Mr. Ginsburg has not only deserted our union; he has gone even further than that. He has gone over to the manufacturers, to use his knowledge of the union against his own sisters and brothers. Take Action in Board. At the regular meeting: of the joint board of Chicago Cap and Millinery Workers, representing Locals 5, 47, 2, 53 and 54, the following resolu- tion was unanimously adopted: “We, the members of the Joint Board Cap and Millinery Workers of Chicago, assembled on the 29th of January at 166 West Washington hereby condemn the action of Krother Percy Ginsburg (having ac- cepted the position of organi for the Cap Manufacturers’ Association of Chicago), and hold him hence- forth a renegade and traitor to the working class,” and be it further re- }ife of Lincoln was reproduced by|as evidence was a genuine almanac Adrian, state president of the manu- solved, That a copy of this resolution be sent to the ( B. of the C. C. H. and M. W. I. U. and copies, with a request for publication to the offi- cial organ of the International Union, the Headgear Worker, the Federated Press and all labor newspapers. \ ‘special statement should be sent by the press committee of the Joint Board with this resolution.” Relies on Members. The Joint Board of the Cap and ' Millinery Workers of Chic tupon all the members at th help solidify our union. Let nher participate in the cam the J. B. to organize the unor- ganized workers in our industry. Let show our enemies that we vady to sacrifice our time and energy to build a strong union of cap and millinery workers in Chicago. No matter how many Ginsburgs, Farringtons and other corrupt offi- cials betray us, we, the class conscious workers, will continue to fight our enemies until the final victory of the workers is won. Jake Lisitsky, chairman J. P-. Cap and Millinery Workers of Chicago, Anna E. David, secretary J. B. Cap and Millinery Workers of go calls are Chicago. Max Majesco, chairman press committee, J. 5. Cap and Mil- linery Workers of Chicago. Millinery Workers at New Office in Chicago CHICAGO, Feb. 11.—The Millinery Workers’ Union has a new address in Chicago. Its headquarters has moved te room 310, Crilly Bldg., 35 South Dearborn St. The phone number is Dearborn 4489. All Saved As Shin Sinks. DOVER, -England, Feb. 11. — The Danish steamer Signe colided w the Italian steamer I* ri pa in a heavy fog in the E nel today. The Italian steamer sunk but her entire crew was rescued by the Signe. . ABook for the frish Worker “Jim Connolly and: the Irish Rising of 1916” Introduction by T. J. O'Flaherty. By G. Schuller. PRICE 10 CENTS. Jim Connol leader of the in Ireland whi the British empire one of the most serious ¢ faced it during the world nolly, the inter joined his small with the nationalist s suctety known as the Irish Republican Brotherhood and raised the stand- Connolly in the international socialist move ment to appreciate the value of the nationalist question in the workers struggle against imperialism. He was 9 Bolshevik in the full sense of the term. This little pamphlet by G. Schuler is the first serious at- tempt to give Connolly his rightful place in the revolutionary history of this period. It was first pub- lished a8 an article in the official organ of the Communist Interna- tional. It skould be eagle 3 gael £ ¢@ quantities among the [rish workers in the United States, Con- nolly is a magic name with every Irish worker who has @ spark of the divine fire of revolt_in cg system, It can also be read with interest by every radical worker who wants to soak up on the stratesy and tactics of revolution, Comrade Schuler declares that eat ag 4 was a Leninist. He was. He fell before a British squad im 1916, one year before the Russian workers and Soman buried the Czar and Czar- liom and began to build a Soviet epablic on the ruins. LINCOLN * ABRAHAM SPRINGFIELD, Il, Springfield, the home of Abraham Lincoln, began its observance of the 118th birthday anniversary of the martyred president tonight. Tomor- row appropriate exercises will be held by various organizations and the an- nual celebration under the auspices of the Lincoln Centennial Association will occur tomorrow night. History was revived tonight when the famous “Duff” Armstrong trial which figures so prominently in the thirty-three residents of Cass County. The public presentation was given in the interest of the Lincoln memorial ANNIVERSARY TODAY TIFF BETWEEN GOVERNOR AND BOSS LOBBYIST 'Result Is Rather Good | For Michigan Labor | _ (Special to The Daily Worker) | MUSKEGON, Mich. Feb. 11, — |Michigan for the past three weeks | jhas been witnessing the unusual} |spectacle of a manufacturer governor, | |Fred W. Green, president of the| | Ypsilanti Reed Furniture Company} \of Ionia, Michigan, openly fighting to | ‘oust John L. Lovett, manager and of- | |ficial lobbyist of the Michigan Manu-| facturer’s Association, from the state | | capitol. } Governor Green announced several weeks ago, following his inaugural ad- | dress in which he declared he would | jrid Lansing, the state capital, of ali} lobbyists, that Lovett must go. Lovett | |fought back and has since secured the | jsolid backing of the Manufacturers’ | Association, It is their claim that} |they have a perfect right to be rep-} resented in the legislative halls by} | Lovett, their lobbyist. | | } { | | | | Personal Grudge? | | The real secret of the situation, it) is reported, is that Governor Green | |several years ago had a battle with! |Lovett. At this time Green was sti! | LINCOLN. Feb. 11.—)highway between Springfield and Old| actively engaged in the manufacture | jof reed furniture. Since then he has | Attorney A. T. Lucas of Chandler- | it in for Lovett and is now out gun-|} | ville wrote the play. It gave the/ning for him. The last step in the} |large audience an opportunity to ob-/ fight was enacted just before both serve conditions of living as Lincoln | of thé men visited this city to attend | lived and worked in Illinois in that|the regional conference of the Great) |day and time. |Lakes St. Lawrence Tidewater Asso- | | The scene of the famous trial was|ciation. It was thought that they | laid in the old court house at Beards-| might meet here and have it out, but! town and the date was as of May 17, the Governor’s visit was cut to but 1858. One thing that was brayght out two hours. in the production of the trial was Lovett and Poole Confer. that an almanae which Lincoln used; [oyett and W. H. Burnham, Salem. of | and not in any nag eo fictitious book- | facturers, however, were in the city) let, as has been intimated in many aj day conferring with Walter Poole, | articles written on the famous trial. secretary of the local employers’ as-| SENATE PASSES FARM RELIEF BILL (Continued from Page One) that if he dared to sign the his chances to represent the men of this country in ashington were ended. resentative Tincher of Kansas rted there never was any doubt arding President Coolidge’s atti- tude toward price-fixing legislation, and that friends of the bill responsi- ble for the report that he would sign! it through political expediency, knew better. If He “Does it Right.” “If the president ‘vetoes the bill, and does it right, as I believe he will, that will. make him the republican nominee for president whether he wants a third term or not,” Mr, Tincher said. “The fight now being waged is not between the president and his “sup- porters and the farmers of the coun- try. It is a battle for the protection ot the treasury against the marauders who propose to loot it in the name of relief legislation, » idea that a veto of the Hau- gen-McNary bill would cost the presi- dent the support of real farmers is nonsense. “Farmers Not Fooled.” “It would not injure but strengthen him in Kansas. I believe the same thing is true of other states of the agricultural west. “So-called leaders of the farm or- farm sociation and the one chiefly respon-| sible for arousing general indignation | | proceedings among capitalists against | |G. Sherwood Eddy, the Y. M. C. A. secretary who visited Soviet Russia} ganizations in Washington are not last summer and returning advocated | fooling the farmers. The latter know) Tecosnition of Ruseia. | the Haugen-McNary bill ought to be) Shook Up Labor Department. beaten, and would join in praising the| Another of the interesting political | president for swinging the veto axe,|developments since the inauguration | The house vote on the bill will be|of Governor Green was his appoint- close, but I believe there is still a/ment of Eugene J. Brock, of Detroit, | chance of defeating it.” fprmer union organizer for the Inter- | Praises Its Faults. national Machinists, as chairman of The MeNary Haugen “farm relief”|the department of labor and industry. | bill is not a very revolutionary mea- Brock replaced Perrf Ward, another | sure, even using the word in its most! Detroit union leader, who is reported | figurative sense. Its author, Haugen,|to have let the big manufacturing | defends the lack of any provision for! interests off too easy with his inspec- cheap loans to the farmers, and calls|tion and other work. | that lack a virtue... In a speech in the house he said: “We do not want a bill granting a subsidy,” or to cram down the throats. of the producer further loans to put the farmer deeper in debt. We want this bill, endorsed by practically all} of the producers who favor practical,| German Plans “Fish Boat” Liners to Go | Sixty Miles an Hour BERLIN, Feb. 11.—A “fish boat,” lation.” | territory for the spread of chattel | talism sought to hasten the funeral. at aa) The Lincol ns of 1927 Must March in Today’s Army of Emancipation By J. LOUIS | INCE this is the anniversary of , Abraham Lincoln’s birth, the question is raised, “What attitude would Abraham Lincoln take to- ward Nicaragua, Mexico and China | if he were in the White House to- | | day?” | This question has already been | raised in congress with both the | war crowd and the anti-war ele- | ment claiming Lincoln as_ their | own, | * * * Representative Benjamin L. Fa’ child, of New York, republican, who introduced the first resolution in congress to endorse President Coolidge s Nicaraguan and Mexican | policy, claims Lincoln for his side. | So docs Representative George Huddleston, of Alabama, democrat, most outspoken against the Cool- idge imperialist policies. | aia ae In speeches that will be* made today, in all sections of the land, the worst’ capitalist reaction will laud Lincoln as its own. Every kept sheet will publish editorials bur- dened with fulsome eulogy and Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Speech” will again find space in fancy type, For this there must be some reason. That reason is very clear. Lin- coln in 1860 was elected as the pres- ident of an aspiring young capital- ist class in this country. It had not yet come to power. The south- ern slave holding aristocracy still held the reins of power. Lincoln opposed the predatory war against Mexico that ante- dated the Civil War. He spoke | against this war as a member of | congress. That was thoroly con- | sistent with his position as @ | spokesman of northern capitalism. The South wanted to annex new slavery, which mean} the increase of its grip on governmental power in Washington, that was rapjdly slipping. Chattel slavery was in a death struggle with the develop- ing wage slavery. Northern capi- | When the Civil War started, “for the preservation of the union,” Lincoln did not have in mind the freeing of the slaves. The eman- cipation prociamation did not come until the war had been on for some | time, and then ‘only ‘as a’ “war | measure” forced on the North in its | efforts to win a military victory, | and not as a matter of principle. * * * The rising capitalist class in all ' countries has always sought allies among the workers. Lincoln put much into writing that is being used to show sympathy for the working ENGDAHL, He was even in communica- tion with Karl “Marx, founder of class, the International Workingmen’s Association, who laid the scientific basis of Socialist theory and prac- tice. It was Marx who exerted every energy to keep the mill hands of England’s industrial cen- ters sympathetic to the North, in Spite of the fact that thé British textile mills were idle and many were starving due to the war block- | ade of the cotton-growing South. Lincoln warned of the abuse of power that was falling into the hands of profit-hungry capitalists. In this he was’ a prophet of the evils that would develop under the new social order. * ” * Those evils have developed far | beyond anything that Lincoln pre- | cicted. The oppression of the vic- torious capitalist North has not only spread to all the domains un- der the stars and stripes but, with its, imperialist expansion, seeks to enslave the whole world to the rule of the dollar, It is this power that rules in Washington today in place of the chattel slave owners of the last century. Both the republican Fairchild, from New York, and the democrat Huddleston, from Ala- bama, are supporters of this capi- talist social system based on the private ownership of property. ‘they may have their differences to be sure. There were also various wings of the democratic party that | espoused chattel slavery before the Civil War and sought, thru years of bloody conflict, to perpetuate it. There are also numerous factions of the republican party. But they are alike in that they support the dominant social order. power, ers, eat Just as in 1860, so in 1927, there is a new class rising to power. That class is the working class, that wars against the capitalist class in today’s class struggle. If Lincoln lived today, occupying a position similar to that of 1860, he would be with the class that is rising in power, which is today the | producing mass of workers and far- mers. . “The Emancipator” of must stand for and fight for the liberation of the last oppressed class thru the victory of labor, He must be a part of that great army of liberators that Karl Marx re- ferred to when he said, “the work- ing class must emancipate itself.” The Lincolns of today, loyal to the new rising class, will march for- ward with the workers. They have no other place to go. sound, sane, safe and effective legis-) Which ultimately successful would re-| volutionize shipbuilding and produce’ | Defends Equalization. ocean liners with a speed of more than! The equalization fee plan of the bill) 0 miles an hour was invented by to which his name is attached was de-| A+ Boerner, a Dresden engineer, it! fended Haugan denying it would) WS learned today, ‘ | give the importer an advantage over! 27-foot trial boat, built on new the American producers. principles produced remarkable re-| In the last analysis, Haugen de- sults on the Elbe River, it is said.| clared, the farm relief bill is an ex-| The invention is based on the method | periment, and he called upon all offi-/ of propulsion used by a fish, accord- cials of the government to unite sin- ra hes pes be eS eats ly in working “its workable” pro-| fish propel themselves by the er! : . anie’ PFo-\ which they swallow thru their mouth| and expel thru their gills. Their fins 4 Members of “Vice Squad” Rob Woman; Facing Trial Today; MINEOLA, of four members ssau county vice squad accused of extortion went on trial before Supreme Court Justice Humphrey here today. They are County Detective Bernard Greve, and Deputy Sheriff Chester Evans. County Detective Lannis Ray and Deputy Sheriff Raymond Teal are the other two men on trial. . Mary Barberesky alleged that 20 ‘last the four men re ore in Hempstead in search of liquor, and that they took $400 which they found in a trunk. The Fitzgerald Bill For D. C. Workmen’s Compensation Sidetracked in Congress WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. (FP). —| Opponents of the Fitzgerald bill es tablishing workmen’s compensation in the District of Columbia on the plan approved_by the American Fed- eration of Labor, are sidetracking that measure as the 69th Congress draws | to its close. The latest obstacle to enactment is the development of a fight in the camp of the local citizens’ associa- /tions council which had endorsed the bill, The council has now agreed to call back its endorsement and con- | duct hearings where the insurance ‘agents and other critics may air their | views. | Roll in the Subs For The DAILY} today by Assemblyman Dickey, WORKER. Adi: ’ are used merely to keep their balance,| _ — t ce jhe says. Their tail is their steering m rtality; gear, he concludes. ut la ity; | In the same manner his “fish” boat) Is Friendly to Diety | tees in water in the front, expels it| | by turbines on the sides which are so} WEST ORANGE, N. J., Feb. 11.—| grooved that the boat acts in the Thomas Alva Edison is growing old.; water the same way as a fish, It shows in more than the fact that | ed he coed Just now his eighticth |y tterary Guild May _ The spark of genius still -appears Publish Own Books it | in his conversation, but the old man’s Opposition Continues | | inconsistency is there too. With a| swarm of reporters around him, with | Fearing that it will sell books! Henry Ford standing by his side, Fdison talked by and large about life | cheaply to readers and cut down on the profits of large book stores, pub- and inventions. lishers and book dealers are waging He regards the phonograph as his greatest invention. He does not feel sure of the immortality of the soul. He believes that some supreme power guides for good the destinies of man- kind. He approves of the military training camps. He is ready to work | on until “two or three days before a boycott war arsinst the newly- formed literary guild. The encrmous waste in the ‘distri- bution of books, which is characteris- tic of capitalist methods of production) and distribution, would be substan-/ tially reduced by the literary guild,! which proposes to sell twelve books! ms a year to its subseribers for $18. Air Stops Death Rays. The average cost of producing a BERLIN, Feb. 11. —: Death rays | $2 or $2.50 novel in lots of 25,000 is which pour down on the earth from | less then thirty cents, according to the universal space are strong enough | the guild. | to destroy all life on this planet, if| f publishers and book dealers per- they were not caught by the protec-| sist in their opposition, the guild tive armor of the atmosphere, was| threatens to publish its own books, definitely ascertained by Dr. G. von! Zona Gale, Glenn Frank, Mark Vai | Salis, the Swiss scientist, it was re- | Doren, and Heywood Broun are some; ported today. of the leading members of the guild. Dr. von Salis is said to have made his observations from the peak of | Monk Mountain, at an altitude of more | than 12,000 feet. the Edison funeral.” Rich Find New Mecea. } BERLIN, Feb. 11.--Maria Spring, whieh pours out sulphur water at a | temperature of 97 degrees fahrenheit Asylums for Drug Addicts. at Baden, near Vienna, may become ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 11,--Private |the mecco for all sufferers of dia- institutions where narcotic drug ad-| betes, it was said today. dicts are treated would have to be| Physicians have found this hot sul- licensed by the state under the terms phur water produces most favorable of a bill introduced in the legislature | results in the treatment of diabetes Re- although no direct cures have yet \been registered. publican of Erie. FOR CONFERENCE MERELY TACTICS Expect no Disarmament Powers Too Jealous - WASHINGTON, Feb. 11—Political observers here, including officials and diplomats, practically admit that the Coolidge call for a new disarmament conference is merely a gestute to force the debtor nations of Europe to either put aside their weapons and | permit the United States with its sup- erior building capacity and material resources to dominate, or to lay on them the stigma of “militarism” if they do not disarm. Dont Expect Disarmament. Washington opinion is very frankly divided on whether the conference will ever produce any naval disarmament. Baby Anglo British Unity? The new parley may find the United States and Great Britain join- ing hands against Japan, France and Italy. Great Britain, with so many colonial possessions to protect, has laid down a huge building program of fast, modern cruisers, but she is up to her eyes in debt. With a five- five-three ratio, she and the United States would have a combined fleet at least equal to the balance of the world, Will Keep Subs. France, unwilling to yield her army control, will refuse to relinquish her) everwhelming superiority in submar- ines. Japan may refuse to abandon her cruiser-building race wth Dng- land. Mussolini’s ambition for a new Roman Empiré is seen as another possible obstacle. Scarlet Fever Closes School. PATERSON, N. J., Feb. 11,--Dis- covery of sixteen cases of, scarlet fever among pupils of Public School No, 20 here today Jed to closing of the school until February 28. The decision was reached following a con- ference between health officials and the school authorities, Six hundred children attend the grammar nchool. A. F, of L, Official to Mediate Hollywood Movie Labor Rows WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—(FP).— From secretary of the metal trades department of the American Feder- ation of Labor to labor secretary and special representative of the studio mechanical employes in the moving picture industry is the transfer of jo» accepted by A. J. Berres, who has had wide experience as a wage negotiator, He leaves A. F. of L. headquarters with the good wishes of President Green, Labor executives who will coopér- ate with Berres in preventing strike: on the movie-making ‘Jot’ and in producing theatres Noonan of the electrical workers, Hutcheson of the carpenters, Weber of the musicians, Hedrick of the} painters and Canavan of the theatri- cal stage employes. Berres is 2 mem- ber of the pattern makers’ organi- zation, < State Dept. Wises Killers They May Lose Their Citizenship WASHINGTON, Feb, 11 (FP).— ‘they are | all a part of. the class that is in | today | are Presidents! VAN SWERINGEN "BROTHERS ASK TO FORM TRUST Want to Unite Erie and Chesapeake Ohio WASHINGTON, Fel. 11.—The Van Sweringen billion dollar railroad mer- | ger, turned down by the interstate |commerce commission some months | ago, made its appearance in a new form tate this afternoon when the | Chesapeake & Ohio railroad applied to the interstate commerce commis- sion for authority to control the Erie and Pere Marquette lines through | stock ownership. In the Merger. Both roads were to have been in- ‘cluded in the billion dollar merger. | At the-same time, the C. & O. peti- tioned the interstate commerce com- ‘mission for authority to issue addi- | tional common stock of C. & O. stock | to the value of $59,502,000 par. Basis For System. The practical effect of the new Van | Sweringen plan is to make the Chesa- peake & Ohio, instead of the Nickel plate, the basis for the great system | which the two brothers have project- led. | “Such unification will encourage in- | dustrial development, as it will pro- |vide a wider distributing territory | and improved service,” it said. “The | lines of the railroad of the applicant jand of the Erie and the Pere Mar- |quette are complementary to and | supplementary of each other, and, logically lend themselves to unifi- ation and operation as a single sys- em, Majority of Common Stock. | In addition to the shares now own- jed outright, the Chesapeake & Ohio Be _ purchase, subject to the com- | mission’s approval, shares cf the Erie jand Pere Marquette covered in op- {tions obtained from O. P. Van Swer- |ingen. It will acquire from tne Nickle late 174,000 shares of Pere Mar- | quette common now under contract. | Such additional shares of Pere Mar- quette will be purchased in order to give the Chesapeake & Ohio numer- | ical majority of the common stock in | both roads, | | | | | | | | Evening Telegram Sale | Indicates N’ ewspapers Regarded as Weapons The New York Evening Telegram has been sold by Frank A. Munsey’s | heirs to the Scripps-Howard interests, publishers of a string of newspapers across the continent. The sale price was not announced. Wm. T. Dewart, president of the Eve- ning Telegraph Company, said, how- | ever, that he did not sell to the high- est bidder, but to one wliose policy |he liked. : HARLEM OPEN FORUM Sunday, Feb. 13th 8 P. M. Whither Russia " Dr. A. Markoff at } i f 81 EAST 410th STREET. COME AND BRING YOUR FELLOW WORKERS. THE PEOPLE’S INSTITUTE | At Cooper Union (8 St. & Astor PL) | fat 8 o'clock | [Sunday, Feb. 13—John Cowper nrad, master of “Joseph Ci |}. the real romance. | (Tuesday, Feb. Prof Harold B. al Seience and the | 4. Trend of Civiiizution.” | Fri j | f) Fish: “Biol Feb, 1j—Bverett Dean Mare What | {ArT MANHATTAN TRADE scHOOL |} Lex, Ay. & 23d St, at 8 o'clock. | Singlo Admission, 25 cents, | Reduction. for Course Tickets. Ved. 16—Dr. Morris Ry American ” Philosophy. “General Background and Chars acteristics of American Thought.” i Monday, Cohen Wed., Feb, ae Robert Chambers: Secretary of State Kellogg has been RY Abe, | RemAtatS, Woe ae so fat stung by oriticism of the bomte| | {OWE Ehowledwe of Living Mat. ing of Nicaraguan towns by Ameri-| } Thurs. Feb. 17—E. G. Spauldings can airmen employed by his dummy! Gaver ’ts 'eeble Pareet a pes | president, Diaz, that he has ordered (ak Siig eee be. ussell at, ‘eb. b—| J that these bombers be advised that {Siycnoloeical Relativity: the tens the department, does not approve Geometries of the Soul.—The their service under a foreign flag, || Machinery of Goodn Liew, He says he is investigating their) presence in the Nicaraguan ¢ivil war,’ ¢ jand that he will report on it later. LABOR TEMPLE 14th Street and Second Avenue THIS SUNDAY 3 P. M.—Contemporary Authors. PROF, H. W. L. DANA “Nexd” ADMISSION 2h. CENTS 7:15 P. M— EDMUND B. CHAFFEE “Where Would Lincoln: Stand . Woman's Torso Found. SOUTH BEND, Ind. Feb, 11. | Authorities were attempting tonight to learn the identity of a woman, | | whose armless and headless body was found near St. Mary's College along | the St. Joseph River near here today. Her body had been eut in two pieces, and the legs wore wired under her to the thighs. It was believed | that she had been killed, her body. 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