The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 17, 1927, Page 1

te fhe Daily Worker Fights: For the Organization of the Un- organized, For a Labor Party. For the 40-Hour Week. Vol. IV. No, 54, {CURRENT EVEN By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. ECAUSE Ernest V. Sterry refer- red to the christian deity as “this touchy Jehovali,” a Canadian jury found him guilty of blasphemous libel and he was remanded to jail for sen- tence. God did not appear against the defendant in person, but several of his followers denied all the allega- tions that Mr. Terry made against him. In charging the jury the judge declared that the bible is the dearest thing in the world to him. Unless his honor suffers in single blessedness he may be blaspheming his way thru a divorce proceedings. * * *. HE judge happens to be a Sunday school superintendent. In sentenc- ing the sinner against his lord the combination judge and teacher will no doubt weep tears while legally lash- ing the victim of the deity’s adher- ents, like a conscientious father I knew who belabored his children with zest on the slightest provocation yet with such a show of piety that the pun- ished ones shed more tears because of remorse than because of the stings of the birch rod. As soon as Mr. Terry is released from prison I sug- gest that he investigate his honor’s business connections in order ‘to dis- cover what particular graft the judge is trying to cover up with the mantle of piety. * * *. UM-RUNNING fleets may soon have to be considered in the war plans of governments and it would not surprise us if the interests en- gaged in the business of quenching the great American thirst should send delegates to the proposed partial nav- al disarmament conference sponsored by Calvin Coolidge. If the vatican is entitled to. representation at foreign courts, even tho his standing army is no larger than the armed forces of a Chicago bootlegger, why should not a rum-running baron have at least 9n observer at a naval parley? * * * IIE rum eruiser Vinces which was captured off the coast of South Carolina with 2,000 cases of liquor cleared from Nova Scotia bound for Nassau. Her radio room was so well stocked with guns and ammunition that the rum ship could hold her own in an engagement with the entire Dan- ish navy. In patio to the arsenal the rum shin. was. subrhariae SR “wad? to | booze when near its destinat . . * ‘HE days of romance are not over. With a new gold rush in r and a law Ht gambling, a bankrupt but handsome count. - ing up an oil millionaite for a quar- ter of a million dollars thru m: ‘i the president of Haiti refusing mission to an honorable United ; senator to enter an American ‘sat- vapy, Tum pirates that would Ca tain Kidd feel like a second and Harry Sinclair cae vending to stand trial on a charge of contempt, it seems to us that the mod- ern serivener has opportunties for the production. of. romantic fiction that Sar surpass the slack material that (Continued on Page Four). New York Central In) Plea For Lower Wages Calls $105_T Too Much “Evidence” in nthe toca. of tables and statistics was brought before the U.S. board of arbitration, 29 W. "ape St., yesterday by representatiy the New York Central R. R., port of their claim that the clerks, station employees and f, handlers were not ‘entitled per cent wage incre: manding. M. T, Mac Laury, speaking railroad, declared that 70 per the company‘s clerks receiv high as $105 a month and: $150 whereas in a large Massachusetts industries, out, only from 33 per cent cent of the employees ree less. Cross-examination by J. been out of ili for left ot note e tiny THE DAILY WORKER. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In New York, by mail, $8.00 per year, Outside New York, by mail, $6.00 per year, The Unity Committee, whose for- mation marks the first stcy toward the amalgamation of the needle trades, issued yesterday its first of- ficial statement of plans for its cam- paign against the reactionary bureau- crats of the International. Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union and the In- ternational Fur Workers’ Union. Organized by the New York Joint Boards of the furriers and the cloak and dressmakers, this committee will direct the joint activities of these two progressive groups and defend the in- terests of the workers against the ex- ploiting tactics of both employers and traitorous officials. “Gangsterism, graft and betrayal have been rampant in both unions un- der the right wing leadership,” says the committee; “and the result has been the demoralization and dis- (Continued on Page Five) NEW YORK’S LABOR DAILY Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879, Borodin’s Wife May Be Released in a Few Days; Was Not Harmed MOSCOW, March 16.—Madame | Borodin, with three couriers, to the Nationalist government, all of whom were captured recently by Chang Tsung-Chang’s troops, prob- ably will be released within the next few days, according to the opinion of the foreign office here. It is reported that the Soviet Union’s consul at Peking proceeded to Tsi-Nanfu, where Madame Boro- | din and her companions were held, and learned that the captives were unharmed and under the guard of | white Russians. Sinclair Found Guilty; Faces Jail Term Pot Dome | Inquiry WASHINGTON, arch 16.—The jury in the Harry F. Sinclair con- tempt trial found the defendant guilty at 9:15 tonight. They had been out seven hours, one juror holding up a decision which would otherwise have been reached much earlier. The judge must give a sentence of fine and im- prisonment in convictions for con- tempt of the senate. In his instructions Justice William Hitz, presiding, confined the jurors to a pointed consideration of the four basic facts at issue — was Sinclair sui ned before the committee, did he , was he sworn, did he refi gui! ty,” the court said “in conclusion, The instructions required less than | fifteen. minutes. Closing arguments. were finished before noon. . ' The trial is the second criminal pro- (Continued on Page Two) PREDICT VETO ON REPUBLICAN _ POWER STATUTE . "Referendum / mith’s * AUBANY, © March 16.—The _pre- dicted passage of the. ter Power bill next rae mete a the ermor Al Ciamitied Contempt ia Tea | Our Czar of All Work HeRset Hoover From the days when “Hooverizing” was a slogan, and signified that a certain Californian and Australian had th pens to starve his own ophesying the downfall of Union, he is weaving a network of commercial agents over the rest of the world, and next year will dictate the radio wave length distribution. POLICE ARREST WORKERS; LET ~ GANGSTERS 60 Control Strikes Tae The iiaeal of right wing gang- ited, that of left was ‘wejected when four union mem! who refused to be| register with the ‘International Fur <b ia Union were arrested after been attacked at 27 moming Ae ad cut ) St. te er several » Remi George Diamond sters. was a wine? had ty onlin of Jack Earns forces = rg and Benjamin ‘Mar. Dies Vacuum” the Soviet Ke NEW YORK, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1927 <<a NEEDLE TRADES UNITY COMMITTEE INITIATES ORGANIZING CAMPAIGN The Nationalists Win Another — Big City | ‘Northern General's Price Is Five Million Dollars LONDON, March 1..—The Central | News reports that the Nationalists | have captured thing on Taipu Lake. Another report states that inde-| pendent Chinese naval commanders | on the Yangtze are making their way | to Hankow to offer their services to} the Cantonese. Nanking is menaced by the ad-| vance of the revolutionary armies. | Telegraphic communications between | Nanking and Pengpu are broken and both cities are liable to fall into the! hands of the Nationalists at any | moment. Fighting For Railways, | Chang Chung-chang is making a desperate effort to prevent the cut- ting of the railway at Soochow and! Changchow. e The local labor movement which | has increased in militancy since the recent beheading orgy of the mili- tarists is preparing to strike when} the advance of the Nationalists de- termites the opportune moment. The Associated Press continues to send out lying reports of sare | and intimidation on citizens by the Nationalists. The entire population | of the Chinese city is on the side of the Nationalists gause with the exception of the militarist garrison. Chang For Sale. | | Chang Chung-Chang is reported to| have offered to evacuate the terri- tory held by him for the sum of $5,000,000 and to permit the peaceful occupation of Shanghai by the Na- tionalists. Marshall Chang Kai-Shek of the Nationalist armies has quieted | rumors that he was dickering with the northern militarists by a public statement in which he stressed his loyalty to the 1 - was relieved The confer- that the sit- it wi it avcontinuance vey ige decrees which | leaders. . The victory of the left wing robs the imperial- ists of another redd on which they based their hopes of a split in the |! Koumintang ranks, ¥ American Aviators In Diaz’s Army Retire As [Their Boss Is Beaten ie eg aviators with the fi of z returned here today er participating in a. battle seen the liberal g aee at Tierra le Contievatives remained yes- terday at Mina to which place ~ retri from Muymuy the pare t ; atta they were de- ‘an eight hour with the 1 beg a ee erry March (16.— i Pedr eral minister of _ of America, e MANAGUA, N agua, March’ | .¢n said. that “I am going to be very miunist. Your nationality. all of you help us in our struggle. has issued a | ference,” hat the liberal. | causes is not a true friend of Chinese free- | dom.” Published Ds PUBISHING Farmer Becoming (Farmer Becoming Peon | As Tenancy Increases, Statistics Indicate WASHINGTON, D. C., March 16. —That the American farmer is be- ing driven into a state of peonage is brought out by statistics issued by the bureau of economics, de- partment of agriculture. There were 56, owners in the United States in 1925 than in 1920, and 7,724 more | tenants, according to the survey. After a study of the details. of the situation the report declares that the situation is “not at all reassur- ing.” Increase in tenancy has come in the actual farming districts, and especially in the newly developed cotton areas of the Southwest. Farm ownership has increased only in surburban areas of industrial states. Chinese Rebuke Sabotage by Socialist |‘Hands Off China’ Conference To Hold Mass Meetings The “Hands Off Ch China” conference held at the Labor Temple, 14th St. and Second Ave., formed a permanent organization and | laid out plans for future work in spite of socialist obstructionism that re- ceived a sharp rebuke from one of the Kuomantang delegates, who was des- ignated for that purpose by the Chin- ese delegation to the conference. Tuesday night An executive committee. of 21 was elected with instructions to arrange | mass meetings, visit trade unions, ob- | tain the support of church organiza- | tions, print leaflets and carry on special work among youth organiza- tions, Give Five Mipptes yc the nd of the oaference owands | Edward Levinson, delegate from the | Young People’s Socialist League, who {had been trying to break up the con- | ference from the very beginning, | asked for the floor for five minutes. powers in tle hands !On @ motion. by delegate Cherno, seeonded by delegate Pat Devine, it was granted. inson then deliyered a violent on the Workers. (Communist) stating that it “cares nothing P ph but wants to use it for its Own needs.” Chinese Delegate Speaks ‘At this point the Chinese delegates od that one of their delegation Id be given the floor to state y position. uel Cha of the Chinese Work- ‘Alliance in his rebuke to Levin- ik. The Chinese delegates are very itich puzzled at what is happening here tonight. We ‘have come here to ask for your support in our fight ainst Imperialism. We do not ask ther you are a Socialist or a Com- We don't ask your color or All we ask is that “The Chinese cause is not only for themselves but is a part of the world revolution.” Levinson Sneers have great hopes for this con- ” Sha _ continued. \“Whoever unnecessary debate and trouble “We Socialist Betrayal He was followed .by Bertram D. » Said he was glad that Levinson provoked the Chinese dele- estes to. take. the leadership of the ect an Executive e committee € pci by e consists of cap} al punish- 756 fewer farm | FINAL | FINAL CITY | | | RE ag aily except Sunday by THE Sut Ls cia R CO., 33 First Street, New York, ‘Argue War Records In Ford Libel Suit |Sapiro’ 8 Attorney Says He Consorted Only With U.S. Officials, Not Radicals DETROIT, March 16.—William H. Gallagher, counsel for | Aaron Sapiro, who is suing Henry Ford for $1,000,000 damages because of alleged libels in the Dearborn Independent, Ford’s journal, tried to drag into his opening statement today Sapiro’s Price 3 Cents | bt tonalist, war record to show him a “good He was blocked by objectior attorney. stating: jitself in war and volunteers were called, officers’ training camps were organized, Aaron Sapiro was thirty- three years old, married and the father of two children. modest fortune. his duty as a citizen here, there can be no dispute. When the first call came—” Senator Reed, of Missouri, chief of Ford counsel, objected, saying: “If the court please, that is incom- petent in that case,” and was sus- | tained by Federal Judge Raymond, | who ruled it might come in as evi- |dence but not in the opening state- }ment. No Jews or K. K. K. | The Sapiro-Ford case jury is made jup of housewives and small shop keepers and merchants, of several different religions, though all Jews and members of the Ku Klux Klan were kept off by challenges from one or other of the counsel. The jurors are as follows: No. 1, Mrs. Emma S. Clarkson, Presbyterian, housewife, Ann Arbor. No. 2, Charles A. Parkhurst Presbyterian, dry goods retailer, Detroit. No. 3, Mrs. Grace A. Jewell, Bap- tist, corsetiere, Detroit. No. 4, Miss Anna M. Konen,! Catholic, housekeeper, Detroit. 5, Herbert. Schoenhals, Con- hardware” salesman, Chelsea. * No. 6, Carl P. druggist, Detroit. No, 7, Mrs. Anna C. Brown, house- wife, Farmington, Her feligion was not developed during examination. No. 8, Amor M. Duart, accountant, Haag, Catholic, Christian Science “leanings,” De- troit, No. 9, Charles J.. Daly, ex- Catholic, farmer, Waterloo. Lutheran, cafe employe, Farming- ton. No. 11, Mrs. Cora M. Hoffman, Catholic, housewife, Detroit. No. 12, Mrs. Grace L. Stiles, Uni- versalist, widow, Detroit. Gallagher Has His Day. Attorney Gallagher, “appearing for the plaintiff in Aaron Sapiro’s million dollar libel suit against Henry Ford, had his day in court. That is, he did most of the talking today. His main line of argument con- sisted of placing in evidence various articles in the Dearborn Independent, Ford's newspaper, in which charges | were brought against Sapirc that he Jewish bankers, plotting, with the aid of the Communists, the I. W. W., and the Non-partisan League to reduce the American banker to a servile state, and outlining his refutation uf them. | Funny Charges. S Extracts from the articles, read out flaying and dissection by Gallagher, made Ford’s accusations seem more comical than ever. Ford’s charges that the Sapiro group fostered Bolshevism in the! northwest were discussed at length by Gallagher. The criticism that radicals of all shades have leveled against Sapiro’s | “cooperatives” is that they are mere middle class selling agencies, of a corporate commission merchant type, munist or an I. W. W. has in mind Lowden and Morgan themselves. Politicians. Gallagher ‘attacked the matter of radicalism, however, from exactly the other side. He offered to introduce evidence to show that Sapiro's real associates were neither radicals nor Jews, but none other than cabinet members and U, S, senators. of gentile blood. “We will show that such men as Frank 0. Lowden, former governor and Secretary of Agricul- (Continued on Page Two) { “In 1917, when this countty found He had a very} “As to whether or not he displayed | No. 10, Ernest Schwein, German) was part of a “ring” of international | in the open and subjected to merciless | and as far removed from what a Com-| 3 East 14th Street, Telephone Stuyvesant 6584 American.” n from Senator Jim Reed, Ford’s Gallagher closed an entire day of laudation for Sapiro, and of bitter attacks upon the veracity of Ford’s journalists, by Coal Operators lo Open Shop Threat |Lewis’ Order Not to Strike Results in Short Contract ALTOONA, Penna., March 16.— The Altoona offices of the Associa- tion of Bituminous Coal Operators has immediately taken advantage of United Mine Workers President John L. Lewis’ statement that he will un- der no circumstances order a strike }on April 1, and has practically issued an open shop threat to all of its | employees. From the Association of Bituminous | Coal Operators of Central Pennsyl- |vania comes the announcement that | the offer of the union to permit local | mining operations to continue at old |rates pending the negotiation of a |new agreement has been accepted. But the association adds: ; “It is to be distinctly understood, hovvever, be terminated’ at any ‘time by this association, or by any individual mem- }ber, acting on its own behalf, and that this acceptance does not commit this association or any of its mem- bers to any definite extension of the present wage scale agreement or to {any agreement which may hercafter be made between the United Mine | Workers of America and any other | district of operators.” To Prevent Strike This means, say miners here, that if any strike breaks out later during extended negotiations over a wage | scale this spring, the central competi- | tive field, western Pennsylvania, Ohio, | Indiana, and Illinois, will strike with- jout central Pennsylvania. A tempo- lrary arrangement will keep miners at work there, breaking the strike, and when the strike is broken, the operators’ combine will repudiate its agreement, and lower its own workers” wages. Not To Save the Union Lewis’ disastrous diplomacy is ex- actly the opposite of the “Save the Union” policy laid down by John Brophy, retiring president of District 12, and candidate against Lewis at the last international election. The pro- yressive forces in the miners’ union made their most important slogans, “No Separate , Agreements,” “No ‘Short Term Contracts,” “No Wage | Cuts.” | Warning From Brophy Brophy, whose place is taken April 1, by James Mark, former vice-presi- dent of the district, issued a ringing message to all members of the union when the Lewis committee’s confer- ence with the operators broke down ja short time ago at Miami, Florida. He called on all to prepare for a desperate fight to preserve the union, jand foretold the present attempts to | divide its forces and wear it down | piecemeal, | . Only preparation of a nation-wide | strike, with all the unorganized drawn into the confliet, will prevent the coal operators from carrying out their ex- pressed determination to reduce the miners’ already low wages, in the opinion of Brophy and the progress- ives. Lewis Ties Union Hands Lewis’ answer to this has been his public statement that there will never be a strike ordered, and his series of timid attempts at short term agree- ments with just enough of the out- lying operators to prevent a. strike from succeeding, if by some miracle it eame about. that this armaagement may. wt