The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 1, 1927, Page 4

Four THE DAILY W YORK, T' DAY, MARCH 1, 1927 STRIKERS HEAR WEISBORD PLEAD TRADE UNIONISM Philadelphia Workers Resist Wage Cut \, Feb 28.—Strik- packed the Ken- n to hear Albert fully led the PHILADELPHI: ing textile worker: sSington Labor Ly Weisbord, who textile strike in P: Declaring that I American industrie said that workers throughout the country would soon orga’ nd fight for their rights to a decent livelihood, ACC aic is a typical 1 city, Weisbord Strike leaders would arise from the masses he declared, and would lead the workers to victory. Strikers Encouraged. Attacking the A of L. for its failure to o ze workers in the basic industr ord said, “If the A. F. of L. officials refuse to or- ganize the rub the oil, the textile, ‘and the automobile workers, then the workers themselves, those organized in. the Work (Communist) Party, will lead the struggle for a higher standard of living. A NEW J NOVEL on Sinclair Ix It was a day like midsummer, ,and. the windows the hospital room were open. Next door, some twenty feet away, was an apart- ment house, and in the room di- rectly ac: this space, by the open window, was one of the two hundred thousand radio sets which are in use in the state of California. The occupant of the ‘tment was ane of those two hundred thousand housewives who are accustomed to perform their domestic duties to the tune of “Jes Lover of My Soul,” or else of amin’ Mamie, ire Vamp.” There are a doz- roadeasting stations _ within and you can take your choice. This housewife had catholic t and the watchers at Pau bedside were beguiled by snatches from the Aloha Hawaiian Quartette, and the Organ Recital of the First Method- ist Church, and the Piggly Wiggly Girl’s Orchestra, and Radio QXJ re- porting that a large vote was being cast in the East, and Radio VZW 1 some are always going, | offering second-hand automobiles for sale, andsan unidentified orator exhorting all citizens to hurry to the polls, and Miss Elvira Smithers, coloratura soprano, singing, “Ah loves you mah honey, yes Ah do-00-00-00.” There came telephone calls from the Workers’ party, and from the wobblies at the harbor. And news- paper reporters, who. politely lis- tened to Bunny’s indignation at the raid, and made a few notes, but published nothing, of co The newspapers of Angel City have a policy, which @ny child can under- stand—they never print news which injures or offends any busi- ness interest. A telephone call from Paradise; Meelie Watkins, now Mrs. Andy Bugner, calling. Her father and mother, with Sadie, had gone to at- tend a revival meeting. Meelie didn’t know just where it was, but would try to locate them. How was Paul? And when Bunny told her, she asked had they summoned Eli. whether they believed in him or not, it-was a fact that Eli was a great healer; he had cured all sorts of people, and surely should have a Encouraged by Weisbord’s address, Philadelphia textile workers are more | determined than ever to fight the Wwage-slashing campaign of the Tex- | tile Manufacturers’ Association, which has been rolling up enormous profits by means of a well-controlled market. More than 700 workers are nol engaged in the strike, which has lasted twenty-two weeks. They are resolved not to accept the 15 per cent wage cut foisted on them by the | ‘bosses, * Workers Wade Thru Deep Snow to Hear Weisbord’s Speech. PITTSBURG, Pa., Feb. 28.—Albert Weisbord spoke on “Organizing the Unorganized” to a crowd of about 200—all the Labor Lyceum Hall would hold. Weisbord was roundly chéered and applauded. In East Pittsburg, the same speak- er.delivered an address in the after- noon. The meeting was held under the auspices of the Workers’ (Com- munist) Party, Shop Nucleus No. 1. A two foot snow and~ consequent paralysis of the transportation sys- 25% tem made workers walk to get there, chance with -his own brother! So Dut still they came. The speech was, Bunny sent a telegram to Eli at ‘a teal Communist one, and well de-| the Tabernacle, telling him of Paul's condition; and two hours livered. later a large and expensive limou- | sine stopped at the hospital door. Eli Watkins, Prophet of the Third Revelation, wore a cream white flannel suit, which made his tall figure conspicuous. He had adopted @ pontifical air in these | days of glory and power. He did not shake hands with you, but fixed you with a pair of large, promin- ent, bright blue eyes, and said, “The blessings of the Lord upon you.” | And when he was in the presence of his brother, he stood gazing, but asking no questions; he was | not interested in X-ray pictures of | skulls, the Lord knew all that was | needed. Finally he said, “I wish to | be alone with my brother.” There | was no evident reason for denying | that request, so Bunny and Rachel | and Ruth went out. | It didn’t make any difference to | Ruth where she was—there was | nothing to do but stare in front of her, with that terrible quivering of her lips, that wrung your heart- strings. A picture of dreadful grief! The doctor of the hospital begged her to drink a little milk, and the nurse brought a glass, and Ruth tasted, but she could not | swallow it. tears to her eyes. You couldn’t | talk to her, or do anything with her at all. Eli went away without saying -a Sete for Coupons Immediately Thousands of Children of the Passaic Textile Strikers Are HUNGRY AND DESTITUTE HELP US FEED THEM Help Build a Strong Union! Take Some More To Sell not always understandable by com- mon mortals. There was no appar- ent change in Paul’s condition, Ruth went back to her vigil; but now the doctor gave an order, she must | take a sleeping powder and lie | down; he would not permit her to | kill herself in his establishment. Being trained to take the orders of doctors, Ruth was led away, and Bunny and Rachel kept the vigil. (To Be Continued). BUY_THE DAILY WORKER AT THE NEWSSTANDS NOTICE ON THE SUNDAY WORKER Owing to the fact that we are receiving many inquiries regard- ‘| ing the publication of the Sunday || Worker, the Management Com- mittee snounces that the publica- tion of the Sunday Worker is temporarily postponed because of the necessity for concentrating all attention upon the establish- ment of The DAILY WORKER for the present. We are there- | | | | fore offering to refund money | | — Office open from 9 a. m. to 7 p. m, daily General Relief Committee 799 BROADWAY ROOM 225 NEW YORK CITY Stuyvesant 2343 paid for subscriptions to the Sun- day Worker either in the form of literature, cash or an extension of the DAILY WORKER subscrip- tien—BERT MILLER, Business Manager. There came a rush of | | word; the ways of the Lord being | SUPREME COURT IN BLOW AT ELK HILLS OIL LEASES Says Fall, Robison and Denby Conspired (Continued from Page One) held by Doheny and Harry F. § clair are approximately The Teapot case is now pending in the court. The evidence, Justice Butler said, was conclusive that the contracts were obtained by fraud. The court found that after the |make_ the leases he dominated the | making of the contracts. Fall and Admiral Robison, Justice Butler said, conspired to give Do- heny’s companies the contracts. He traced the correspondence between the pair and Doheny. $100,000 For Lease. The $100,000 which Doheny gave Fall, the court held, was a part of |the conspiracy. The day $100,000 was paid. Fall said that D. heny would be given additional pr | leges. The final lease, the court found, |was made without any competitive bidding. The court failed to sustain ‘one contention of the government—that former Secretary of the Navy Den- by acted in the leasing under mis- apprehension, The court found that Denby acted collusively with Fall, but did not say that he acted fraudu- | lently. It was not necessary to find whether or not the $190,000 paid Fall {was a bribe, the court said. Fall’s whole action was fraudulent, the court found. Tank Contract Mlegal. Justice Butler held that the navy department’s agreement to have Do- heny build tanks at Pearl Harbor in exchange for Royalty Oil was illegal. Congress had made a practice of ap- propriating funds for every such con- struction and this authority was lacking, the court pointed out. Was Civil Suit. The case which the Supreme Court decided today was one of equity, and {was separate and distinct from the criminal charges brought against Doheny and Fall. It was ordered by the senate, and was instituted on March 17, 1924, the government seeking to cancel the leases to and contracts with the Doheny companies. The suit was first tried in the fed- eral court at Los Angeles late in 924, and on May 20, 1925, Judge J. McCormick handed down a de- cision in which he nullified Doheny’s contracts on the ground that the secretary of the navy had exceeded his authority. He also stated the leases and contracts were grounded in fraud. companies approximately $12,680,- 000, however, that had been expended for storage facilities, construction, ete. Doheny Appeals. The Doheny companies then ap-| ;Pealed from so much of the decision |as deprived them of the leases, and the government appealed from that) part which gave reparation to Do- heny. | The U. S. Cireuit Court of Appeals |at San Francisco reviewed the de- ‘cision and on Jan. 4, last year, handed down a decision which gave the gov- ernment the complete victory it had appealed for. It confirmed Judge McCormick’s decision insofar as the \cancellation of the leases was con- cerned, and denied the-right of the | Doheny companies to the $12,000,000 |reparation, Doheny then appealed to the Supreme Court. Doheny Whitewashed. While the civil cases were being |tried and appealed, the government | brought both Doheny and Fall to | trial on criminal charges of conspir- acy to defraud the government, and | Fall was charged with bribery. After a trial lasting several weeks, ja jury in District Supreme Court in | Washington returned a verdict of not | guilty against both men. The jury | decided there was nothing fraudulent |in the $100,000 loan, or the entire | transaction—a contention controvert- 'ed by today’s decision of the nation’s {highest court. So far as Doheny is |concerned, however, he is free and |cannot be tried again. Fall is due to face a criminal trial \here in April with Harry F. Sinclair over the Teapot Dome lease. In view of, today’s decision, there was lively spetulation as to what ef- fect the court’s finding of “fraud” would have on the jury that is to decide the fate of Fall and Sinclair. Realtor Stole Ring Former Sweetie Says Robert Ware Walker, real estate and insurance broker of Reno, Nev., today was awaiting sentence follow- ing conviction on a charge of grand larceny at Mineola, L. I. Walker was accused by Miss Lillian Morse, of Hollis, L. I, of stealing a diamond ring valued at two hundred dollars while she and Walker were rooming in the same house. Killed on Freight Train. Police today were attempting to communicate with relatives of Shel- ton E. Hill, 25, who was killed when his head hit a bridge while riding atop a freight train at Yonkers. } A the same. | |navy department requested Fall to} after the} He awarded the Doheny | The Manager's. Corner THE WELDER. Walter W. Petry, welding-engineer, contributes a valu- | able article on the subject of welding metals in The Pure Iron | Era (Middleton, Ohio). The electric-are welder produces temperatures about thirty to forty times higher than the boil- ing point of water, or from.6,300 up to 9,400 degrees. He adds, “The welder can produce this almost unimaginable heat for any length of time and concentrate it on any desired spot. It makes possible the, fusing and building up of nearly all kinds of metals.” The automatic arc welder, we are told de- posits a metallic bond evenly and smoothly and such welds are often stronger than the surrounding metal. The labor movement-is composed of numerous strands, currents and elements. The fact that these elements are not working together in the most coordinated fashion, that in- stead of one smoothly-working and powerful machine, we still have a loose disjointed structure, is a factor to which we | must attribute the present weakness of our labor movement. The DAILY WORKER might in a sense be compared with the automatic arc welder. It acts as an instrument to fuse the various elements in the labor movement together into one powerful, unified whole. The campaigns which The DAILY WORKER carries on for the Organization of the Un- organized, for Amalgamation, for Trade Union Unity, are but the stages in this fusing process. The intense heat under which this welder operates, is the intense heat of the cla. struggle, typified by gigantic struggles like the Passaic | Strike, the Cloakmakers’ Strike and the Furriers’ Str | Every reader of The DAILY WORKER is helpivg along this | important welding process. PLASTER, TILE, SHEETROCK, BRICKS, MAKE ENORMOUS PROFITS FOR THOSE WHO OWN STOCK By LELAND OLDS (Federated Press). | Profits, profits and still more profits has been the dafly refrain of the | | financial press since the- beginning of 1927. Each week brings a new crop} of corporation reports showing 1926 as a record profit year. | Outstanding is the report of the Us | S. Gypsum Co. showing a profit of Had to Break Law to | Bring in Fine Sheep $10,768,219, After all deductions for | depreciation, federal taxes and pre- ferred dividends, this means $7,808,- 184 or 77% on the $10,138,300 book yalue of the common stock. The real return is much larger |than this 77%. Beginning with De-| | cember, 1920, a series of annual stock | dividends have increased the original | investment of the owners 126%. The | | actual money put into the common | steck was probably not more than} $4,500,000. So the 1926 profit is real- | | ly at least 173% on the money risked | in the enterprise. { Leads World. i U. S. Gypsum leads the world in the production of hardwall plaster, fireproof partition, floor and roof | tile, Sheetrock and other plaster | |boards. It controls about 40% of | this business in the United States, It is on labor’s unfair list. | | In the last 5 years U. S. Gypsum) ‘has made a total of $41,282,930 in| | profits. The profits year by year,| with the amounts remaining for a ‘common stockholders after all de- ductions, were. | | bid ae tates pice’ One of the principal varieties of | 1926 $10,763,219 $7,808,184 | wool sheep raised in the United States | | 1925 10,474,302 7.834191 | today were introduced by an 18-year- | | 19294 8,825,697 6,574,204 | Old, illiterate Russian immigrant in} 1928 6,848,441 4,609,744 violation of United States law. | | 1922 4 370,771 2.700.152 Dr. C. C. Young of El Paso is that} | hie reds immigrant today in the Americanized | | otal $41,282,980 $29,526,475 form, and Karakul sheep, extensively | e raised throughout the central and far. Big Percentage. \west, and noted for their rich closely | The 5-year profit of $29,526,475 on | kinked wool, are the products of his | the $4,500,000 which the owners ap-jenterprise. They are probably the) pear to have invested in the common only variety of Asiatic sheep raised stock represents a return of more extensively in the United States. | than 650%, or an average of 130% a year. today the department of agriculture | U. S. Gypsum in 1926 as usual says the Karakuls are among the most! capitalized some of its excess profits Tapidly increasing varieties of sheep | | by issuing a 35% stock dividend. Al-'in the United States. | together the investment of the own- Cae etn i ers in 1920 has been increased 206% | | without an additional cent of cash CURRENT EVENTS | from them. Ne (Continued from Page One) Lots of Dividends, Chinese. But the exploited workers | The Gypsum company has alsojinside the party are not invited to} been very generous with cash divi-|the homes of dukes and lords. They | 'dends. Common dividends of $619,-' hate the ruling classes and the fact | | 659 in 1922 had grown to $6,116,088 | that they are gathered together in| tin 1926. Altogether the 5 years a labor party gives the new revolu~! | brought the owners a total of $15,- tionary leadership, represented _ b; | 998,754 in cash, or about $355 on|the Communist Party an opportun-; | each $100‘they had nominally invest-|ity to reach them with the program | jed in 1920. jthat declares unending war on im-| | The other building material con-| perialisin. | ‘cerns report generous profits at the expense of home seekers. These are | | the Illinois Brick Co. and the Cer-| | tain-teed Products Corp. | Gold Bricks. | Winois Brick, with a eapacity of | 500,000,000 bricks a year, reports a | 1926 profit of $1,465,832. This is a return of $17.86 on each $100 invest- ed in the company’s common stock. | In the last 5 years, roughly marking the building boom, Illinois Brick has turned over to its owners profits equivalent to $95 on each $100 worth of common stock, The profits of Certain-teed Pro- ducts for 1926 amounted to $2,334,- 828 after all deductions for deprecia- tion, interest and federal taxes. This gives the common stockholders a re- | oe 8 | ULL indeed is the day that does | not bring forth some fresh ri-| diculous' decree from the executive | _ office of Benito Mussolini. His latest | is the creation of a new Italian no-| bility, founded on “good conduct,” open to all families of “unsullied records.” There is nothing novel in this. Benito is simply aping Na- poleon. Any fascist who shows Ben- ito a murder list as long as a round trip ticket from here to California is sure to land a dukedom. This new development does not look too well for King Emanuel. If I were that particular king I would take the ‘first boat to New York and open up a protected cabaret. * * * | for this occasion. And the sheep have prospered until Wed. M turn of $6.02 a share, But as each no-par share originally had a value of not more than $33 the owners are really getting about 18% on their in- vestment, Certain-teed profits over the past 3 years represent nearly 60% on the investment in common stock, , Run Over By Auto, Girl May Die. Knocked down by an automobile, then picked up by her little skirts and dangled from the fender—dragged for five blocks while her tiny face was ground against the pavement, Marion Savino, nine, of Brooklyn, lies today near death 4 : | REAT BRITAIN generously a- grees to accept the Coolidge pro- posal for a conference on reduction of naval armaments, but with reser- vations. There’s the rub. Britain will suavely tell the U. S. that light cruisers are absolutely necessary for 4niperial protection. We are also in- formed that Britain may recognize Diaz, Sure thing John. This offers still further verification of the re- port that England and the United States entered into a deal whereby one would look benevolently on American intervention in Nicaragua while Washington would stand by while John Bul! attempted to blast the Chinese into submission, Shaw’s “Pygmalion” to Be Given for Benefit | Of Daily Worker By LEON BLUMENFELD. George Bernard Shaw’s brilliant | satirical play, “Pygmalion” is being |vevived by the Theatre Guild. We | know that it is his object to surprise | the populace bythis topsy-turveydom, | to make people sit up and take no- | tice, The manner of his work is flip- | pant, vivacious. Yet people are likely |” to miss the serious purpose that lies behind his persiflage. Shaw is an enemy of humbug, conventionalities jand all sorts of befogged thinking, and to all evils these have led. His | plays are brimming with ideas. The | source of their merits cannot be | traced to its “plot,” as so many the- jatrical productions depend upon. The | eak point is that the action is often | subordinated to the discussions and |that all characters talk with pater- | natural brilliance. | The fact that he does not and can- {not please and appeal to all theatre- | goers has never yet caused Shaw to |go into spasms of worriment. If the | |entire world told him that his stuff | does not appeal to them, it would niean, literally, less than nothing to him. He writes to please himself. In all of his works his personality is al- ways obtruded, even if people fail to understand him. In their eyes he is vot English; he is unnatural and un- Y and attains his chief points by rsiflage. In taking over “Pygmalion” for th p entire week of March 21-26, inclusive, | The DAILY WOREER has borne in mind the aesthetic qualities of the Shaw comedy-satire and his popular- ity among proletarian theatre-goers | in New York. During the week men- tioned the show which is being pre- | sented by the Theatre Guild, will be readers and_ friends | WORKER, and a} given for the of The‘ DAILY percentage of all seats purchased at the office of the newspaper (108 East. 14th Street) will be used as a direct benefit to it. A special list of reasonable prices will prevail Seats will be $1, $1.50, $2 and $2.50 for the balcony and $3 for the orchestra, plus the tax. It will be given at the beautiful Guild Theatre, 52nd Street, west of Broadway. BUY THE DAILY WORKER AT THE NEWSSTANDS Ordains the role of Clyde Griffiths in “An American Tragedy,” Theo- dore Dreiser’s tense drama, now in its sixth month at the Longacre. BROADWAY BRIEFS The Shuberts presented their new musical play, “Yo San,” based on “The Willow Tree,” in Newark last night. The score is by Sigmund | Romberg, and the book and lyrics by Harry B, Smith. , | Tonight’s performance of “Bye Bye Bonnie” at the Ritz Theatre, will | be given for the benefit of the Fort | Washington Synagogue. Tonight marks the 200th perform- ance of “Queen High” at the Ambas- sador. “A Woman in the House,” with | Louis Mann and Clara Lipman fea- | tured, opened at the Bronx Opera {House last night. “The Ladder,” the J. Frank Davis | play which was closed last week ow- ing to the illness of Antoinette Perry, resumed its run last night at the Wal- dorf Theatre. Miss Perry is back in ;the cast. “The Ladder” will cele- brate its 150th performance next week. Alma Kruger has been added to the permanent company of the Civic | Repertory Theatre, at the 14th Street Theatre. Miss Kruger’s last appear- ‘ance this season was with “Daisy | Mayme.” AMUSEMENTS, Neighborhood Pla yho use i I Then, West 45th St. } PLYMOUTH M Tues., Wed., Fri, | Mats, Thurs. & Sat., 2:30 } WINTHROP AMES’ 466 Grand Gilbert & = Grand St OF PEN- Mons} -——- —--- | Thursday Evenings Only. “Ielanthe” Theatre Pe gyi: Bey, og! Be RR REE ERR REESE ie BROTHERS KARAMAZOV | WALLACK’S ¥#",, Wet,,,© Sat 7—PYGMALION Week Mar. W. 52 St. Evs, 8:15 & Sat. 3 GUILD ¢ THE SILVER CORD Week Mar. 7——-Ned MeCobb's Daughter John Golden Th.,58, E.of B'y [Circle Civic Repertory Ser $Az..& EVA LE GALLIENNE Tonight ‘TWELFTH NIGHT" ABRIEL BORKMAN’ ivening, RADLE SON BRO W. 440S Eves B50 Mats Wed Sei 230 149th = Street, Bronx Opera House j,'%tP , Stet. Pop. Prices. Mat. Wed. & Sat. Louis Mann and Clara Lipman in “A WOMAN IN THE HOUSE” ‘Thurs. 67. Wednesda Thea., 48 St., W. of B'y. Evgs. 8:30 Matinees WED. and SAT., 2:30 # BOnnie Musical Bon Bon with Dorothy Burgess, Louis Simon, Wm. Frawley, George Sweet. ‘What Anne Brought Hons A New Comedy Drama ; | KARL | CARROLL Vanities 2 Thea., 7th Ave. & 50th St. Earl Carroll 3x05" Thugs “a 'sit! 2:30 ELTINGE 42 St. A. H. Woods presents CRIME James Rennic & Chesfer Morria, Sam. THEA. West 42nd St, 0 H. HARRIS twice Daily. 2:30 & 8-2 WHAT PRICE GLORY Mats. (exc. Sat.) 50c-$1. Eves. 50c-98 cuanty’s THEATRE MASQUE “PUPPETS OF PASSION” 45 St., West of B’way iclephone: Chick, 1200, Evenings 8:30. Mats. Wed. and Sat. The LADDER Now in its 5th MONTH > WALDORF, 50th St. East of B'way. Mats. WED, and SAT, Either a New Species Or Yellow Journalism oes They say this anima), colored black and white, hands like a. monkey's, head like a dog, one toe nail and four claws on each hind foot, has been dis- covered in the Gyp Hills of Texas, Carnegie Endowment Circulates Fascist Defense of Tyranny The Carnegie Endowment for In- ternational Peace has printed in pam- phlet form a defense of fascism by Alfredo Rocco, Italian minister of justice. The defense is approved by Mussolini, and the pamphlet. is cir- culated by New York fascists who News Service. The Rocco statement is a denial of / every ideal that a democratic people hold and revives: the old Roman and later the German’ theory that the in- dividual exists for the state rather than the state for the individual. The pamphlet contains a list of sup- pressions of individual rights that are justified on the theory that the state is supreme, and that the individual is but a unit that can be used for the development and aggrandizement of the state. The suppressions include free press, trade unions and parliament, denial of local autonomy to towns and villages, government ‘recognition of trade unionism that recognize Fascist prin- ciples, compulsory arbitration, outlaw- i are Se een oe ee Sern en cee, ae have organized the Italian Digest and l y