The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 25, 1927, Page 1

The Daily Worker For the Organization ‘of the Un- organized. For a Labor Party, For the 40-Hour Week. Vol. IV. No. 61. THE SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In New York, by mail, Outside New York, by mail, $6.00 per year. NEW % YORK’S LABOR DAILY DAILY WORKER. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. per year. NEW YORK, FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1927 ge Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKDR PUBISHING CO,, 33 First Street, New York, N. Y. FINAL CITY EDITION Price 3 Cents UNITED STATES MOVES TOWARD WAR ON CHINA Current Events By T. J. O’FLanerty. MAN who tumbled down Niagara Falls in a barrel and got away with it had nothing on Edward Payson | Weston, transcontinental pedestrian, | in the way of running into cheap ac- cidents. The conqueror of Niagara slipped on a banana peel in an Aus- tralian city, broke a limb and died from his injuries. Weston, the hiking marvel, while on his way to church last Sunday stepped in front of a) wheezing Ford and was knocked un- | censcious. If the veteran had eaten a} Sausage for breakfast, Bernarr Mac- Fadden would have an editorial in the Graphic on the hazards of meat- eating. MacFadden attributes Wes- | ton’s longevity to his abstention from Protest Slaughter Of Non- U. S. Sold Arms To Diaz Long Time Ago Combatants by Americans | WASHINGTON, March 24.—When the State Department was most loudly proclaiming its impartiality in Nica- rauga, it was tacitly selling arms and ammunition to the Diaz regime. | Announcement of Secretary Kel-| log’s attempt to “maintain law and | indigestible foods, We suggest that he add Fords to his verboten lists. |was made last night long after feel- | order” by providing Diaz with arms | Speer gs: | pd 1 the Fe yaoi o HE New York Times of last Thurs-| Tepertesent had auld: the nie Gov- day devotes a whole column to ernment 3,000 Krag rifles, 200 Brown- a story of graft in the Soviet Union ling machine guns and 3,000,000 rounds etate film industry. Some of the | of ammunition. The munitions were officials of the film organizations ap- | shipped to Managua, the Nicaraguan | pear to have forgotten they were liv- | capital, on February 25th. | ing under a Workers’ and Peasants’ ' “To Maintain Order” regime and not back in the “easy”| The arms were sent to the Diaz days of Czardom. Easy for grafters| regime “to maintain law and order in| and corruptionists. There is a strong | the country and suppress revolution- | possibility, according to the Times Tt Is War The action of the United States and British warships in bombarding the city of Nanking that had just fallen to the Nationalists is an act of state department can make it The city of Nanking fell to the Nationalists without the Early reports from Shanghai said loss of a drop of blood. that the situation was peacefu ers were not in danger. Then like a bolt out of a clear sky came the story of the bombardment and the big newspaper headlines of Americans killed. But details were suspi One Washington dispatch had it that the shells from the warships fell in the closely it was estimated that thousan Another report was that 20,000 United States troops in the Philippines would be rushed to China regardless of the treaty with China which does not allow American military forces to occupy any part of t The dispatch stated that this treaty would be considered “a scrap of paper.” This is the phrase that made so much trouble for the ex-Kaiser of Germany during the late world war. American imperialism is on the rampage. It will brook no opposition to its onward march. The collaboration between the United States and Great Britain in China hitherto only hinted at is now a reality. The two strongest imperialist powers in the world have joined forces to crush the Nationalist revolution or frighten it into submission. They will fail. The power of 400,000,000 people On China! |Force Sapiro to Drop Third of His Charges war and no quibbling of the look otherwise. land that the lives of foreign- ¥ Interviewed Any More DETROIT, March 24.—One third of the libel charges, upon which Aaron Sapiro sued Henry Ford for a million dollars damages, were drop- | ped from the trial this afternoon |when Federal Judge Fred M. Ray- mond accepted Sapiro’s amended de- claration of libel. The court rendered a tentative opin- ion allowing the changes, over the protest of counsel for Ford. The amendments eliminated 54 of the 141 specific allegations of libel and struck out two of the twenty-one counts, | The judge, however, refused to al- low one paragraph in Sapiro’s amend- ed general declaration. This para- graph made a new reference to ar- ticles published in the Dearborn In- dependent over two years ago; the court held the statute of limitations applied to them. iciously lacking. packed streets of Nanking and ds of Chinese were killed. he country. Judge Tells Him Not To Be| U.S. and British Ships Bombard Chinese City Nanking and Chinkiang, Two Large Cities Fall to Nationalist Troops The most important developments in the Chinese situation yesterday were: 1. The fall of the important cities of Nanking and Chinkiang to the Nationalist army. 2. British and American battleships opened fire on Nanking. * * « Order More Troops and Ships To China. WASHINGTON, March 24.—The War Department has or- dered a full diyision of troops in the Philippines to prepare for action in China. There are more than 12,000 troops in the divi- sion. The state and navy departments announced today that Ad- miral Williams has the fullest authority to act as he sees fit in the emergency. “We are behind him 100 per cent,” Secretary of the Navy Wilbur declared. Admiral Williams, in charge of the American fleet has sent an ultimatum to the Nationalist commander saying he will shell the city at one o’clock Friday unless all the foreigners are aboard the ships by that time. ary activities, which not only threaten in revolt is a dangerous b om correspondent in Moscow—a rather} reliable person by the name of Dur-| enty—that a few of the crooked kino | directcrs will be brought face to face with a firing squad in the near fu- ture. Betraying the confidence placed In them by the government estab- lished by the sacrifices of the Russian workers and peasants is a serious business. . * ° RAFTING in Russia under Czar- dom -was as institutionalized a form of acquiring wealth as boot- legging is under prohibition. Czar- ist officials regretted that they had only a small part of the country to \ell, in order to afford their favorite \ uxuries. Andy their luxuries were ‘aeither few nor far between. They worshipped art in the flesh and not at a distance. One of the direc- tors of a Soviet film corporation in- flated with ego and perhaps ex- hilirated by champagne stepped on the first rung of the ladder that led many a pre-war Russian into the good graces of the Czarina’s waiting maids. The Soviet director's next. step was to a cell. E may expect many editorials in the capitalist press lecturing the masses on the weakness of human nature which renders co-operative ef- fort impossible. We will be told again and again that self-interest is the only dynamo that ever made the human motor whirr. That is why (Continued on Page Two) FEW HOMELESS SOVIET UNION, THO A reply to the recent capitalist press campaign by our own Moscow Correspondent. By That misinformation about. WILLIAM F. KRUSE. the Constitutional Government of Nic- aragua, but also the lives and prop- | erty of Americans and other foreign- ters,” according to the State Depart- ment. oes Protest Killing of Non-Combatants WASHINGTON, March 24 (FP)— | Formal protest has been delivered by President Sacasa of the Liberal Gov- ernment of Nicaragua to Secretary jof State Kellogg against the killing | of Nicaraguan non-combatants and | | the burning of several blocks of build- | | ings in the center of the tewn of Chi- | nandega by two American aviators, | Major Bill Brooks and Major Lee Ma- ; son, employed by the Diaz forces | which are backed by Kelloge. The avi- ators burned the town during recent fighting there. The United States cancelled the cit- izenship of aviators who served the French in the war against the Riffs in Morocco, Foreign Minister Espin oza declared “in, his protest to the State Department. He then says: “My government which in the pub- lic opinion of the continent, counting that of the great democracy of the United States, is the constitutional government of Nicaragua, respectfully but earnestly requests of yours in the name of justice, to proceed in this case as in the case of Morocco, by with- drawing the privileges of America citizenship from those who for no rea-' son at all except that of mercenary profit have come to perform such acts | against a weak nation that is not at war with yours.” CHILDREN IN THE RO SURVEY SHOWS. Soviet Russia, and bitter attacks The workers of the world States and Great Britain must see to it that their govern- “Jewish Issue” First. The amended declaration was filed by Sapiro after the court had warn- and particuiarly of the United totally unrelated to facts, are still popular “dope” with the capi-| talist press is evident from the publication of a statement by a’ Yale professor, of history denouncing the Soviet Union’s present torm of goverment as “the worst in her long life.” The professor, altho born in Russia has not lived there since} 1917, yet he unhesitatingly gives details on the “deplorable” eco-| nomic condition of the country, und the dissatisfaction of the} people; and he points to the ‘thousands of homeless children,” who have been so widely exploited in the American press, as an example of the terrible rule of the Soviet Government. The DAILY WORKER feels it is time the truth was told ments will not be allowed to strangle the people of China in their struggle for emancipation. Sigman and Bosses Granted Injunction Lait Wing Prohibited from. Picketing Shops: Reactionaries Make» Affidavits Positive proof of collaboration between Morris Sigman, president of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union and the employers in the dress industry is provided by the temporary injunction which was granted yesterday to the New York Association of Dress Manufacturers against the New York Joint Board of the Cloak and Dressmakers’ Union. Sigman With Bosses. Appearing as the defender of the agreement made by Sigman and the manufacturers, and which was never | -—— — = ratified by the workers in the union, | Luigi Antonini, manager of Italian the lawyers for the manufacturers, | dressmakers’ Local 89 when he ap- thru the injunction, hope to prevent | plied for an injunction to prevent the the further picketing of shops which | Joint Board from collecting either the Joint Board has called on strike, | “es or taxes from their members. for refusing to recognize its business This move, inspired and backed by agents. the entrenched official machine, has Thirty active members, officials |"°t yet materialized. of the Joint Board, business agents, | Helps Employers. and shop chairman are named in the | C. S. Zimmerman, manager of the injunction procured from the courts | dress division of the Joint Board of with the connivance of the right wing | the cloak and dressmakers, and _ of | official machine. The court order | Seas named in the injunction points Fronts the ab’ nicketiog in fron| “The affidavit of Max Schecter, of or adjacent ta buildings, inducing | Which leads the list of those made by employes to breach and repudiate the | Sigman’s henchmen, shows clearly the agreement of the | willingness of the International offi- International |". 5 Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union.” cials to co-operate with the employers Affidavits Alike. {in securing an injunction against the A large number of affidavits, sign-| |mass of the workers. Max Schecter is an Executive ed by members of the Sigman clique | Board member of Sigman’s ‘reorgan- who have become professional “at- lized’ Local “35, was once a delegate to testors,” were appended to the appli- the Joint Board when it was under cation for the injunction of the | Sigman’s contgol, and was formerly bosses. Many of the affidavits were | the secretary of the old Pressers’ also suspiciously similar in content| Local 60. In spite of the fact that and phrasing to those furnished by | (Continued on Page Five) FURRIER REAGTIONARIES REJECT — BRODSKY'S OFFER OF MEDIATION Judge Louis Brodsky’s efforts to|Garment Workers’ Union, and the ] out these children, so it has arranged for a series of special ar- ‘HE newspapers of the enemies of the working class have opened up new bartage of attack against the viet Union, and again the attack is nningly dA\jvered from an angle cal- lated to in sentimental support rom the ses of the American “eommon pedple” who are being more and more impressed by the very real * progress” recorded on all fields in United Socialist Soviet Repub- lic. it year, our readers will re- member, the A capliioaag campaign harped upon the allege ythical thousands of political prison- rs. . So plausibly was the tale presented hat even some of our best friends mong the liberals and bourgeois rad- sals were taken in ne It was com- letely exploded by the reports of va- ¥ ¢\jails were considerably better, and and trade union dele- gations which visited the Union, Even MacKenzie Knew Better, And now only the English webkly edition of the N. Y. Jewish Daily For- ward (The New Leader) is brazen enough to attempt to rehash the pris- on atrocity garbage long since dis- carded by the capitalist press. Even so hostile a reporter as F. A. Mac- Kenzie, long stationed in Moscow by the Chicago Daily News, reported on his return to. America that Russian prisoners much more humanely treat- ed, than in the. ‘county jail in Chicago. Missed, the Winter. The New ider is behind the times. It shduld turn its sob-sisters oC : “(Cont ? serve as mediator yesterday between the right and left wing groups in the International Ladies’ Garment Work- ers’ Union and the International Fur Workers’ Union made no headway be- cause of the right wing’s refusal to appear and give information as to whether or not they hired gangsters as the judge had charged. Would Stop Gangsters. On Wednesday, when Judge Brod- sky freed 11 furriers who had been arrested without cause by members of the industrial squad, he stated em- phatically that the use of gangsters in this internal union controversy must stop; and he asked that representa- tives both factions should appear yesterday morning to discuss the sit- uation with him. ; Isador Shapiro, chairman of the Furriers’ Joint Board appeared for the Unity Committee, composed of representatives of the New York Joint Board of the cloak and makers of the International Ladies’ Furriers’ Joint Board; but Samuel Markewich, an attorney for the Amer- ican Federation of Labor and the In- ternational Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union right wing officials, refused to confer with any lefts and applied in- sulting terms to them. Proves Use of Thugs. According to Ben Gold, general manager of the Furriers’ Joint Board, this is just further proof of the fact that the right wing is employing gangsters as the lefts have repeatedly charged. “Seing that we were perfectly will- ing to appear, and to give any infor- mation desired,” said Gold, “the right wing is afraid to join the conference. “From the fact that their lawyer has repeatedly defended gangsters ar- rested for attacking our workers, we know that they do employ profes- sional sluggers. Their fear of meet- ing us with Judge Brodsky yester- dress-|day is simply additional evidence against the ed his counsel that the old declaration of libel was “insufficient.” In its reversed form, the declaration held that Sapiro was libelled when Ford linked him to a Jewish ring that ex- ploited the farmers by charging him with using Communists and anar- chists as assistants and by declaring | his cooperative plan looted the farm- | ers. | Sapiro’s counsel said the amended complaint would “concentrate case on. the Jewish issue.” Wouldn’t Adjourn. The charges were only tentatively allowed, the court said, in telling the Ford counsel he might change his rul- ing if they submitted precedents show- | ing he had errored. The court then or- dered the trial to proceed although counsel for Ford pleaded for an ad- journment until Monday. With William J. Cameron, editor of the Dearborn Independent back on the stand, opposing counsel got into }an argument immediately over a Jewish race. The jury was excluded. Anti-Semitism Proper? The court again ruled that any in- quiry into Ford’s general attack on Jews was improper. He held that wit- nesses could not be questioned on Ford’s anti-Jew crusade unless it were shown the attacks were levelled on “a class of individuals or toward individuals.” He made the same rul- ing on two preceding occasions. Judge Gags Sapiro, Judge Raymond trying the case has apparently set out to establish a reputation for being fussy. He has notified all spectators that contrary to the usual practise in New York and Chicago, he wants his court room to be a scene of “cathedral decorum”. Furthermore he has ordered Sapiro to stop giving interviews to the press. He had already asked the reporters not to write up for their papers those parts of the testimony he orders ex- cluded from the record. Each such exclusion is a blow to Sapiro’s case. In the interview, which caused the judge to issue his rather unique man- date, Sapiro is quoted as saying that Ford was a bigotted genius, who, “just as I am olor blind, seems to have a blind ot where justice to certain races is concerned.” More arguments over the amended complaint is expected. Cameron will probably be on the stand for several days, and then Fred L. Black, the business manager of Ford’s maga- zine, After that, either Sapiro him- self, or Ford himself—-the two big events of the trial. England Shoe Workers Exposed By the Union BROCKTON, Mass., March 24 (FP).—Attempted fleecing of Brock- ton shoe workers by Florida real es- tate sharks has been stopped by ac- tion of the joint council, Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union. John M, Long, council secretary, made an appeal to the Miami Realty Board when the local shoe workers responded to an ad in Brockton papers promising Florida work. Workers who answered the ad re- ceived real estate ads but no men- tion of prospective shoe making work. A Brockton employment agen- cy had signed up 800 shoe workers for southern work when the snag was discovered. | the | question about Ford’s attacks on the} Three of the most modern cruisers in the American navy, the Marblehead, Cincinnati and Richmond, were ordered from Hono- lulu to Shanghai under full draught. They steam at 35 knots an hour and should reach Nanking in seven days. enc othe Réport Many Chinese Killed. NANKING, March 24.—Thousands of Chinese were killed today when American and British destroyers poured a rain of shot and shell into tens of thousands of soldiers and non-com- batants who packed the streets. For hours every gun, large and small, on the American de- stroyers and the British destroyer Emerald bombarded the city. London Foreign Office Satisfied. LONDON, March 24.—-The foreign office stated tonight that Admiral Williams and the British authorities are working in clos- est co-operation. The initiative taken by the American forces is characterized as most gratifying. * The First Serious Attack. SHANGHAI, March 24.—The first serious concerted attack on the Nationalist forces by the imperialist powers occurred to- day when British and American destroyers opened fire on the (Continued on Page Two) Nanking—Where U. S. Warships Shed Blood of Chinese People Nanking, or Nankin, is the capital of the Province of Kiang- Su. \ It is situated on the right bank of the Yang-Tse-Kiang, 130 miles from the mouth of the river, and about 580 miles s. s. e. of Peking. Its ancient walls can be traced over a distance of many miles, but the modern walls are much less extent. The part of the city occupied by the Manchus is separated by a wall from the Chinese town. In the early part of the 15th century, Nanking was attacked by the Tai-Ping rebels, who de- stroyed the remarkable porcelain * ” the British, which terminated the Opium War, was signed at Nan- king in August, 1842. In 1853, the Tai-Pings assaulted Nanking, took it, and made it their capital. It was captured by the imperialists in 1864. The pop- ulation is between 300,000 and 350,000. The American Consu] at Nan- king is John K. Davis. The Vice- Consul-is J. Hall Paxton. The commander of the Ameri- can warship William B. Preston is Lieut.-Commander G. B. Ashe. Lieut.-Commander R. C. Smith, Jr., commands the Noa. tower, a structure 291 feet high and with nine stories. Nanking has little foreign com- merce. By the Grand Canal, which crosses the Yang-Tse- Kiang about 50 miles to the east, it communicates directly with Pe- king. The city is a great military depot, and the chief seat of liter- ature in China. The treaty between China and American institutions and or- ganizations functioning in Nan- king inglude the American Uni- versity, Friends Mission, Gingling Women’s College, Language School, Methodist Episcopal Mis- sion, Nanking University, North Presbyterian Mission, South Presbyterian Mission, University Hospital, Y. M. C. A., Liggett and Myers ‘Tobacco, Standard Oil Company and Texas Oil Company. POLICE HEAD OF PASSAIC CALLED AN AID T0 VICE (Special to The Datly Worker) PASSAIC, N. J. March 24,—With the local election about ten weeks off, the fur is already beginning to fly. Abram Prieskel, commissioner of public safety who gained world wide notice as one of the leaders of the “Cossacks” against the Passaic tex- tile workers during the recent strike here has been charged by the pastors association of Passaic of working in (Continued on Page Two) wel tthe is 1,500 Workers Are Injured Here Daily Every day 16500 workers are hurt in New York, state industrial commissioner James A, Hamilton told the Associated Upholsterers and Decorator Owners annual dinner. In- Stallation of safety devices, with co- operation of employers and workers, could greatly reduce accidents, he asserted. 3 Burleson Supports Al. AUSTIN, Texas, March 24.—Al- bert B, Burleson, who became notor- fous by surpressing Socialist news- papers when postmaster general in the cabinet of Woodrow Wilson has announced his support of Alfred E, Smith for president. Read The Daily Worker Every Day