The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 18, 1927, Page 3

STILL DEMANDING MINERS’ PAY CUT “Almost Persuaded” By Lewis. Efficiency Plan. ° MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 17.-—The nego- tiations between the coal miners’) union committee and the operators’ | representatives were not open to the | publie today, the crucial matter under | discussion having been handed over to a sub-committee of eighteen, equally divided between operators | and members of the union whose duty it is to try and decide on a basic wage. The committee at“a late hour this afternoon had failed to report) any agreement and seems to be dead- locked. | The sub-committee has under con-| sideration the operators’ program, submitted and defended by Wm. H. Haskins, of the Eastern Ohio Opera- tors Association, and Herman BE. Per- ry, of Nlinois. This provides for a competitive wake, based on that pre- | yailing in the non-union districts, | with an arbitration board to decide everything else, the neutral members of the board to be selected by Wm. Howard Taft, chief justice of the su- preme court, and notoriously anti- labor. Lewis’ Efficiency Plan. ae sub-committee also is supposed | # ve considering International Presi- | dent John L, Lewis’ proposal for a! continuation of the same wage (nomi. nally $7.50 a day, actually less be- | (Continued from Page One) Local 10—Mark Spivak, B. Gra- ham and J, Fliss. : Local P5—L. Greenberg, J. Wino- gradski and Fannie Warshawski. The Ladies’ Garment Workers’ dele- gates represented unions which had been “suspended” by the right wing International officials while the fur- | vir delegates represented locals now save the under charges by the A. F, of L. for! their militant policy, Si€man’s Desegates In. Delegates representing “reorgan- ized” locals of the I. L. G. W. were seated directly after the real dele- gates had been expelled. The opening was a letter from | Green, dated February 16 ordering | | the Central Labor Union te drive out | the militants. ters, charging ence”, follows: “The attempt of certain Commu- nist leaders to substitute Communist Parts of Green’s let- “Communist —influ- | principles and policies for trade union | | principles and polices in the admini-| the Communists of using violence | stration of the affairs of these two| and suggesting organizations cannot be tolerated,” | Mr. Green ‘says, “It is imperative THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1927 COAL OPERATORS|Disrupters in Trade Unions Expel Leaders of Militants MORRIS SIGMAN _—_——— country saying that it started in Chicago then spread to Minneapolis and utimately reached Winnepig. | “Now it is carrying out its activities jin New York.” According to Woll, in the needle trades, “the Communists have set | ap a reign of terror.” Also “we must needle workers from the | Greek mobs of the Communists.” | “These needle trades workers are | of a different nationality from most |of us here tonight. They are mostly pall Jews. But we find that the left wing Jews are presenting the work- jers of their own race, Hates Daily. “Why has The DAILY WORKER moved to New York? This smudge | sheet in which Foster, Ruthenberg j and Gold carry out their fight? It jis because they realize that the cent- {er of struggle is in this city.” He closed his speech of accusing that the Central Trades and Labor Council call a del- |egate conference of local unions to | that organizations chartered by the| carry on their fight. | American Federation of Labor be! With the left wing delegates al- a r ane Page Three FIGHT EFFORT OF of the Communist movement in this | T0 WRECK BANK | ‘Joint Board Seeks to Save Institution | The Sigman clique dominating the | Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union is | willing to damage the interests of the | International Union Bank to carry on | its war against the membership of the | New York local. A suit filed in the New York supreme court yesterday by | |New York Joint Board brought these charges to the fore. The International Union Bank, the Joint Board declares in its action, is helping to destroy the value of prop- |erty which it holds as security for a jloan, and so is damaging its own stockholders and depositors in an at- j; tempt to aid the Sigman faction. | Locals 2, 9 and 35 joined the Joint Board in sponsoring the suit. The defendants, the International Union Bank and Frederick F. Umhey, |who is trustee of the property for the bank, have been ordered to ap- |pear in part 1 of the supreme court maintained and administered upon a| ready deprived of their vote, and the | February 18 to show cause why sound and constructive trade union| center groups confused by the vehe- | they should not be enjoined from pur- basis, Solomon In Judgment. “Tt has been brought to my _atten- | tion that Locals 1, 5, 10 and 15 of! concur with their the International Fur Workers’ Union, as now constituted, have for- feited the right to representation in| your central body, and that the dele- gates representing Locals 2, 9, 22 and }mence of the attack by the highest | officers of the A. F. of L. the reac- tionaries secured a standing vote to | action in expel- \ling the garment workers delegates. Guerillas There. . Many guerillas and strong arm |men were stationed at strategic suing their present course of action in regard to the property. | The suit grows out of a loan™of | $289,000.00 made by the bank to the | Joint Bord last July for the purpose of carrying on the recent cloak- | makers’ strike, according to the com- plaint. All of the shares in four union buildings, and a large block of cause of dead work, ete.) and the| 35 of the International Ladies’ Gar- | Positions thruout the hall. But they | capital stock in the International creation of a “bureau”, which shall) be a “tribunal” to settle all problems | arising in the industry, and which) _ shall endeavor to promote efficiency | ment Workers’ Union, who have been recognized as duly accredited repre- sentatives to your central body, 1.u likewise forfeited the right to |had nothing to do as the left |delegates had left as soon as | were denied the floor by Ryan. | The following are the right wing they wing on’the part of the miners and opera-| tinue: as delegates to the New Yori | delegates seated by the LL.G.W. tors alike. | This proposal of a tribunal seems | te have rather enthused some of the! operators. H Pleasant Surprise. Perry, of the Illinois operators, | said he “was almost persuaded hy | Lewis’ proposal, because, outside of wages, it contains nothing that has | not already been proposed by the! mine owners from the floor.” However, he wished to amend it by increasing and more strictly defining | the arbitration powers which Lewis’ | “tribunal’ plainly possesses. | Arbitration Unpopular, One of the progressive miners’ de- mands at the international conven-| tion last month in Indianapolis, was “no compulsory arbitration”, and) though the Lewis machine oyer- Central Trades Council.” Matthew Woll, vice president of The American Federation of Labor and chairman of the special com- mittee selected by the executive council of the A. F. of L. said in part: “New York is the strong hold of Communism, In this city is the only organization where they still have control in the furriers’ union.” Communism Grows. He then referred to the growth Noe right wing credentials were j handed in for the furriers’ union. | Local 2: B. Moser, M. agman, | Saul Stieglitz; Local 9; H. Willen- berg, J. Halprin and F. Rein; Local |22; Mollie Friedman, Julius Hoch- |man, B. Wollinsky; Local 35; | Friend, H. Dorfman and Louis Rief. | The capitalist press was well re-| | presented.. Notified in advance of | what was going to take place the | labor editor of almost every capitalist 'newspaper was on hand to witness the red baiting. loosens of Letters Reveals Chamberlain Plot With Czarists- Innocent Furriers Are Railroaded on Charges Proved to Be Baseless Four members Of the furriers’ union, I. uatil the borrowers had been gi | Union Bank were turned over, upon! | the advice of Morris Hillquit, then at- |torney for the Joint Board, to his | clerk, Frederick F. Umhey, as trustee. | Hillquit’s Man Accused. An affidavit of Julius Portnoy, ac-| jcompanying the complaint, declares | |that in spite of assurance that the/| ownership of this property would not \be disturbed by the deposit, or any- |thing done with the shares of stock \chanee to pay off the loan, Frederick Umhey has transferred the ownership |of the buildings to himself surrep- titiously using the share of stock de- posited with him. Deeds for the four buildings were |recorded in Umhey’s name in the of- \fice of the register of the county of New York on December 26, and these }transfers were made without the | knowledge of the lawful boards of | directors of the holding companies, | according to the complaint. | The affidavit points out that the whelmed it, arbitration is extremely | unpopular with the rank and file of , the miners, and union officials will; take many chances with their already | tion of fascimiles of secret corre- waning popularity if they yield too| SPondence of ex-czarist diplomats openly on this point. | now living in England, “reveals MOSCOW, Feb. 17.—The publica- Max Forsky, Jack Pollack, P. Panos property is likely to be lost altogether T.U.E.L. of Garment Workers Meets Today An important meeting of the T. U, E. L.-of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union will be held today right after work |] at the Stuyvesant Casino, 2nd Ave- {| nue and 9th Street. The importance || of the meeting requires the attend- ance of every member. and in an illegal tempt to deprive the internal fights and surreptitious the plaintiff of their property.” Acting for Faction. “The International Union Bank is not acting in its own interests or in the inte s of its stockholders but merely in the interest f tion of the International Lad 5 Workers’ Uniort now in control of its executive board, and contrary to its intrests institu- and the inte and depos! own tion Portnoy de- It is pointed out that even if for closures does not destroy the equi property, the tying up of the property in lengthy litigations as to its ownership will case its real to depreciate. Willing To Pay. The complainants declare that they were willing to fp the bank the $389,000 upon the return of the col- lateral which they put in trust of Umhey. At the present time, three suits on promissory notes aggregating $104,000 have been brought by the bank against the Joint Board “with the evident purpose of bankrupting the plaintiff’s association by forcing payment of judgments while their property is being tied up so that they cannot use it for the purpose of spy- ing such judgments.” Deeds Void. The plaintiffs ask that the false |deeds of the property be declared null and void, that Umhey be directed to re-transfer the property to the right- ful owners, and that he be restrained at once from exercising any rights lover it, that the bank be restrained from recognizing Umhey, as the own- er of any of the shares of capital stock of the bank, and from interfer- ing with the rights of the plaintiff as- socations in. the shares. They ask for imme the ground that unless relief is given at once, the judgment given thm later may ‘be utterly valueless, as much of the property involved is likely to be- come worthless by foreclosures, unléss are put in a position to make eessary payments at once, by se- curing to them thir rights in the prem ises. 2: Daughter of Leisure Decides To Go To Work As Teacher. Miss Elizabeth R. Morrow, eldest relief on, | | Amalgamated Meeting | |-|At Cooper Union Will Score Beckerman Rule Saturday’s meeting of the Amal- gamated Clothing Workers at Cooper Union, under the auspices of the Trade Union Educational Leauge will be a mass demonstra- tion against the tactics of the Beckerman regime. Ten prominent speakers, among them Ben Gitlow, Louis Hyman and Gen Gold will tell of the infamous readjustment program of the Beck erman machine. which has been re- sponsible for hundreds of good union men loosing their jobs. The meeting will start at 1 o’clock sharp. Admission is free. All are invited to come and to bring their fellow workers along. TICKET SCANDAL OVER BIG FIGHT IS BEFORE BOARD Promoter Implicated in Wholesale Scalping The boxing commission is today in- vestigating an alleged scandal in con- nection with the sale of tickets for the Delaney-Meloney fight at Madi- son Seuare Garden. James A. Far- ley, chairman of the commission, learned that a number of tickets pur- chased by ,Dan Carroll, manager of Maloney, had found their way into the hand of Broadway speculators. Included in these were a number of $3.30 seats which were supposedly not to be placed on sale until late yesterday afternoon. Carroll denied that he had sold the tickets to speculators. He admitted that he purchased 1,077 tickets and that he had placed these on sale at his restaurant in Boston. He did not keep any check on the tickets, but says he sold them to his customers. Tickets located in the hands of speculators that were purchased from the garden by Carroll included $5.50 and $7.70 seats. One of his $22 tickets was located. Sub Zero Weather Coming. CHICAGO, Feb. 17.—It will be ten below zero here Saturday morning. That was the prediction of United States weather forecaster C. A. Done nell today. He said the coldest wave of the winter would reach here during | Friday night, and that on Saturday morning, there might be some frozen noses. ‘DAUGHERTY NOW WHITEWASHED AS FINE CHARACTER James Beck, Red Baiter, Lauds Grafter se for Harry W. Miller, and prominent e Ohio gang, was clearly hen Miller’s without call- This move fol- Knox's refusal ments against single wi t li and Miller. ‘oo Muce! dence. tion for the dis- spiracy charges al Judge Knox as plenty of evi- pair. Following the 1 of the motion, the attorneys agai intir dence for the defense tried to waive the vital porti of the evidence against Daugherty and Miller of bonds traced from erton, German industrial to the accounts of various he Ohio gang, as well as teleg: {and Mill ims ouncing Daugherty’s al of the alien for the modest sum 0 labelled “irre- levant” by Aaron Sapiro, Miller’s counsel, in his motion for the dismis- sal of parts of evidence against the pair. Spread Whitewash. Witne: were summoned to white- wash | y Daugherty’s character by his counsel after Sapiro rested his ease for Miller. James M. Beck, who hunts reds with as much vigor as Daugherty and Palmer did in their palmier days per- formed his job nobly. George J. Karn, Ohio oil magnate, Elia Chio coal baron, Mr: Willebrandt, rum-hunter and assistant United States attorney general, and Kush L. Holland, formerly grand exalted ruler of the Elks were among those called upon to youch for the virtue of Harry Daugherty. In resting his case for Miller, Sa- piro declared, “In my opinion the gov- ernment has failed to prove its case against Mr. Miller.” His action fol- lowed the refusal of Federal Judge Knox to dismiss the evidence against Miller and Daughert: New Chief Clerk. ALBANY, Feb. 17—Mrs. Elizabeth ¥. Colbert, of Albany, today was ap- pointed chief clerk and second deputy in the department of state, sueceed- In spite of the fact that Lewis’ proposal seeks, in his own words to secure “conditions that will give a proper return to capital and advance the living standards of employees; | resse hasarday Ra Fy es = cy to destroy the p: 3 1 iulow goat of beodacieet mene ten | readjustment of freight rates and co- | operate in legislative matters the | operators jockeyed for time when the mattey was presented to them, and immediately transformed the confer- ence into a secret meeting of the| wage scale sub-committee. Probable Shut Down, | Observers here are confident of a! suspension of work. next April, whether it be called a strike or not, because of the ninety million tons of coal accumulated by the. companies and consumers as well as dealers in preparation for a walk-out. It will take about sixty days to us¢ this up and release the capital invested in it, { ‘Attention! CO-OPERATIVE MEMBERS Tonight is the annual gen- eral membership meeting of the United Workers Co-opera- tive Asséciation, at Manhat- tan Lyceum, 66 East 4th St. Elections for the board of directors for 1927 will take the existence of a conspiracy be- tween Winston Churchill, Lord Birkenhead, Locker Sampson and Sir William Joynson Hicks with czarist agents to bring a break” in the trade relations between England and Soviet Russia, according to the newspaper Pravda today. The letters boast that the English government has recognized the Defacte czarist diplomats in London where representatiyes of the White Russians are now living, and is framing its Russian policy accord- ing to ir advice. New “Captive” Prods Crusaders Into War On Horace Liveright Vice hounds, aided by police, were in full pursuit today of Horace Liver- ight, play and book producer, because | he threatens to Sponsor the re-opening of “The Captive” next Monday. “The Captive” was withdrawn this week by its present producers. Liveright said he had taken pre- cautions against “police interference.” Meantime the district attorney’s of- fice was busy looking over the old indictment against Liveright in con- nection with the publication of a hook entitled “Replenshing Jessica.” Liver- ight refused to name the house where he will put the play on, but said he had agreements with all but one of the original.cast. Attorneys for “Sex” and “The Vir- gin Man,” otHer plays raided by the police, announced that formal notice had heen served requesting the ap- pearance of District Attorney Banton in court today to show cause why the cases against the productions should not be transferred toe General Sessions, where a jury trial may be held. SAVE THIS. VALUABLE PRIZE COUPON A Copy of Red Car for 50 Cents With 50 RED CARTOONS OF 3 sl includes wonderfu' — CUT THIS OUT AND SAYE IT. h picture is ns of 1927, Worth $1.00 of These Coupons even a finer collection of the 8 large eng be framed in all 64’of the tinaet cartoons 1 volume is not for sale. It is | who help us to build the Daily Worker. ork, N.Y, and George Seches, have been con- vieted before Judge Collins of the General Sessions Court on a charge |of malicious destruction of property growing out of the strike of last sum- mer. R. Shapiro of the Furriers’ Joint Board states that the defendants are entirely innocent and that two of them were at their homes when the alleged crime was committed. All the defendants will appeal, but are being held in jail until they are sentenced Feb. 23. Bail will then be fixed. “The right wing,” said Shapiro, “by their continuous propaganda against the New York Joint Board and the defendants have made themselves re- (sponsible for these convictions. Their actions will be repudiated by the la- bor movement of New York when the truth becomes known.” Them Fur Babies Will ‘Have a Hot Time This Friday Night at the Ball (By One Who Knows Them) Did you ever eat cherry pie, or apple dumpling that didn’t cost you anything? Well, you ate and ate until you couldn’t eat any more. That’s the way you will feel at the concert and ball, this coming Friday. night at Manhattan Lyceum, 66 East 4th ,street, Take a tip from me, they are some jolly bunch there, Of course, if you knew who I was you’d swear to it. But this is no occasion for introdue- tion, I'll meet you there and be sure to dance with you. But you must come prepared. These fur babies mean business, they are brushing up on some of the stunts that won them the 40 hour week... I don’t want to say anything. I have promised to keep a secret. But 1 know you well and I haye full con- fidence in your honesty. Shhhhh . . if you are sure no one is listening in, and won’t say I said so. Ill let you in on one I heard from authority, and they said that the boys are going to stage a strike dance. . . Well, if they can dance as well as they can strike. I’d suggest that you get your tickets ianehneiy if not sooner, as I suspect that even seventh heaven will be overcrowded. This Stenaiph did ‘not come from Aimee McPherson, but just as good of an authority, As Uncle Ben used to say before ing to bey miore forget”. . . Y, ty ruary eight THIS YEAR, nf. lene All human beings invited. I hope you are not a policeman, Thanks, ‘ to these advertise- DAILY WORKER. When replyin, Jmente mention fsinee payments on mortgages are not being met by Umhey, nor by the or- |ganizdtions which haye thus been de-| prived of their title, and that such a| daughter of Dwight W. Morrow, one of the chief partners in J. P. Morgan have an independent career. There- contingency is a dangerous stability |fore she has joined the staff of the) Well, you just couldn’t stop. . .| of the International Union Bank. The bank is made a defendant in the action on the ground that it was party to’a conspiracy “to cheat and defraud, the four plaintiff associa- tions of their said property, and that the bank and Umhey “are also being used by the International Ladies’ Gar- ment Workers’ Union as pawns in Dwight School for Girls in Engle-| j wood, N. J., as one of its teachers. | pia Sa aaa Dry Trip For Britishers CAIRO, Feb. 17. — Two British motorcyclists who are touring the world and were believed to be lost in the desert between Suez and Jeru- salem are now reported to be safe. By LEON BLUMENFELD. For onece devotees of the silent drama are in line, so to speak, for a dynamically rigid account of the eternal struggle of the working class as caught by the magic eye of the motion picture camera. “Breaking Chains”, the opus we are referring to, may make appearancces of being an ordinary cinema play, judging by respective of the fact that themeti- cally, in part it has a simple, hut bautiful tale of love with actual char- acters whose allotments are eloquent- \ly symbolical, Originally it was |shown at the Waldorf Theatre for one day, and so significant was its approval that it was at once deter- mined to give another performance |to accommodate the hundreds who could not gain admittance due to over \erowded conditions. And so, this |Sunday “Breaking Chains” will re- peat its message on the silver screen of the Waldorf Theatre, located on 50th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues, 3 Breaking Chains” strikes deep in- to the heart of humanity; it tells in its own forceful manner the wrath of millions of understanding voices, its title, but it is far from that, ir-| “BREAKING CHAINS” TELLS OF THE WRATH OF UNDERSTANDING VOICES individually and collectively: reaching scenes are laid in Russia. In the be- | ginning we see the Russia of the late | lmperialistie regime, followed log- jically by the new, re-born U. S. S. R. of today. The sequences that termi- |nate in the establishing of the Soviet |nation are humorous and tragic in jits dénouement. A few inspiring close-ups of Lenin are shown near the end, but it is manifest that the | great comrade’s teachings and doc- | trines, the things he stood for domi- {nate the celluloid strip as they are jflashed on the screen. | This labor film has a story to tell without being preachy, a moral to preach without the hackneyed preach- ‘iness that accompanies attempts at) mass education. Consequently, it is |bound to hit the note of | wherever it i; exhibiied. The players are skillfully cast and do -eredit to the acting \rofess' {Particularly capital in their rol {Miss W. Popoff, as Katja, J. Kowai- |Samburrey portraying Andrew, her lover, W. Erncloff-Borosdin, as Slag- lobin, the greasy capitalist, who |purchases titles and honors from the | rand duke for money, and A. Kto- ‘roff, as the latter’s ill-fated s BAZAAR COMM a delegate meeting: 20th, at 2 p. m. in Manhattan Lyceu must attend, The bazaar is being held March everything. ported. A meeting of the bazaar committee is bei IL, D. CALLS MEETING OF ITTEE SUNDAY The International Labor Defense released today the following call for held on Sunday, February m, 66 nat 4th street. All delegates 10 to 18 in Star Casino, 107th street and Park avenue. There are only three more weeks in which to prepare Delegates are asked to bring reports of red honor ‘rolls, contribution lists, bazaar progam, tickets. We must haye intensive ac- tivity for last few weeks. Many things of vital importance will be re- out for the hand of justice. All the) »enularity | {ing Elmer H. Zacker, of Buffalo. & Co., has decided that she wants to) Second Annual | BANQUET and DANCE If YOU want to meet President Coolidge, Secretary Kellogg, the Prince of Wales and Queen Marie of Roumania next Monday . -night— don’t come to the banquet and dance of The DAILY WORKER BUILDERS. These celebrities won’t be there. Be- ‘sides, it's to be a banquet and dance— not a RIOT! But there are compensations. Contrib- utors and editors of The DAILY WORKHR will be present: J. Louis Engdahl, Scott Nearing, Bertram D. Wolfe, William F. Dunne, Vern Smith, Tom O'Flaherty, Robert W. Dunn, Michael Gold and (illustrious fellow) Others. And there'll be sort of a riot, too—at least it will seem that to us if the dancing is as thoroughly modern as at some of the affairs we've been to lately. Concert music by an excellent orches- tra during the dinner. Dancing after- ards in the beautiful Yorkville asino Ballroom. REMEMBER! Reserve Monday night, (Washington’s Birthday Hye) Feb- ruary 21, 1927, fer this SECOND ANNUAL BANQUET AND DANCE of The DAILY WORKER BUILDERS OF NEW YORK, YORKVILLE CA- SINO, 212 EAST 86th STREET, NEAR 3rd AVENUE. i Banquet at 7 p.m. Dancing at 9 p. m. TICKETS for the banquet and dance, $1.50; tickets for the dance only, 50c, For reservations, write or phone Local Office |THE DAILY WORKER. 108 EAST 14th STREET NEW YORK CITY Telephone: Stuyvesant 6584 A }