The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 31, 1927, Page 2

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N, March 30.—The 17th anniversary of the martyrdom of 72 revolutionary heroes, who were killed ih an abortive attempt, in 1910, t overthrow the Manchu imperial gime, was observed here yesterd Bad weather failed to dampen the ardor of more than 100,000 paraders who marched through the streets of this city’ to the monument which} T “stands on Sunflower Mountain in memory of the fallen patriots: (The A HEARST his neek was broken on the gallows. nent The govern accomplis ment that 7 several thou women and childr that boasts of this the same govern- ting of th For 14 Years PATERSON, March 90,~--Ade Lessig, former Paterson silk wor! inion offi¢lal, who for i#years s] as undercover inforr c International Auxiliary corporation, has gone He has opened a ne ) store, and is sald definitely to ut of the silk.” lp 4. of ite busine China is the ‘ener given to the working | erment is the m i : 5° the payroll when it saw he was no hostile attitude of ie imper- Tt it monpment is a pyramidal mound o 1 owers towards it, “|influence in the Associated Silk ereystone at the peak of which | fi itself to blishing a nice, Workers, starfls a replica of New York Har-|respectable bourgeois vepublic, the! Lessig was exposed in 1925 by Col. wis Statue of Liberty.) y lords of the west would drop | Casimir Pilenus Palmer, a former! the procession was orderly. Po-| Chang-Tso- 9 and military forces provided to} aintain order had little else to do an to witness the march of the pil- tims through the streets. The ceremonies at the monument Were participated in by government! officials, Kuomintang members, stu-/| dents, workers, peasants, cadets, sol-| ), diers, members of various organiza- tions, and men and women of all) n speedily. But even &/ Seotland Yard man, and formerly on hold-up man is preferable to a move the general staff of the U. S. naval ment that bids fair to give the capi-| intelligence. Palmer came across talist system a strong push off the! Lessig’s name while making an inves- |tigation of the books of the Inter- if a Sap jnational Auxiliary Co., which oper- NDER KERENSKY visited! atey also under the name of the Bast- ington and issued his weekly | on Engineering Co., at 17 West 60th on that the Soviet govern-| st, New York. It is one of Amer- ment was about to topple, William Green promised him his sympathy! map. tla&ses. 3 has operated actively in the textile . Tene | but if Green’s sympathy is ‘no more | industries. Read The Daily Worker Every Day juseful to Kerensky than it is to the| Vormal charges were brought xtinued from Page One) ‘e actively engaged in spread- ogressive ideas in the schools. | a See | ite eo More Marines. REIDSVILLE, N. C., March 30.— | World! The first battery of marine artillery | dream. passed through Reidsville today en- route to China. On the train were 150 marines commanded by Capt. F. i, Nettikoven. Two more . marine | ns are scheduled to pass here to- JoEx L. LEWIS has promptly sur- | Jvendered to the operators without even shooting off his mouth. The Jacksonville agreement will have end- ‘ ite rat | members of the United Mine Work-| against Lessig by officers of his m4 is ers of America, Alex will have to de- junion and Palmer appeared to testify Torn Bodies of Chinese | pews * isis aes iad a Pantoee as to what he had seen in the spy %, | Kerensky hopes tha’ ina not/ bureau. Lessig failed go catry out Strew the Streets of |c.'the way his beloved Russla went |the instructions of thesunion which anking After Attack | tho he sympathizes with their aspir-| offered to assist him in a libel suit | ations. And so does Austen Chamber- | against Palmer in order to bring the Hain. |matter into the courts. Instead he ee . _ broke from the union and brought a HE editor of Collier’s Weekly is aj suit for slander against the union of- hopeful fellow. He still believes! ficial who had read 3 y that peace exists in the world today. against him at the trial, eae es 90). The war on China means nothing in| The charge against Lessig declar- cenes reminiscent of world war days | 8 Young life. Or ‘the occupation of ed him “guilty of conduct unbecom- were enacted here today as 805 U. S$. | Nicaragus by American pie heavy marines, China-bound, steamed out of 8 3 comfortable feeling to have, tho Philadelphia to join the thousands I doubt if such a christian science at-| vate detective agency and furnishing now in China. The men left on four | titude would get a person by in | information regarding our union, in- special trains, which departed sim- | "est#urant if his pockets were empty. | tended to be transmitted to our em- ultaneously from the Reading, B. and The Collier editorial thanks scientific | ployers, and that he sent communica- M.,, Pennsylvania and the navy yard |@chievement for our approach to| tions to the detective agency during fallmad stations. peace. Perhaps he never heard of | the progress of the recent strike * the achievements of the chemical de-| (1924) in the broad silk industry of partments of every war office in the| Paterson. : Let’s not disturb his Pleasant/ Lessig’s suit against the union of- |ficial, Frank Fried, is <ii}| pending jin the Passaic county civevit court. |The union officials hope it will be | pressed in order that the whole mat- ter may be cleared up. Palmer de- THE DAILY WORKER, Bosses’ Stool-pigeon| longer valuable, as he had lost all} \iea’s biggest labor spy concerns and | the charges | It|ing a member of our union in that| he has been in the employ of a pri- | night. To Sail For China. HAMPTON ROADS, Va., March 30.—Small detachments of marines | ed its inglorious career on March 31. This agreement has Jeen ‘honored more in the breach than in the ob- servance since it was signed in Flor- clares himself ready to testify at) any time as to what he saw on the| books of the spy agency, He charges| Lessig and the International Auxil- liary Co., with having shadowed him | | drift. The company estimates that By ROBERT MITCHELL | The story of the traction workers appears to be s reevrd of successive kes. In rea s for} rganization ar @ thlights in| y and consistent ex- | between strikes | 2 88 pescesble as | ie Taterbovough would have the pub-! believe. Underneath the surface | re raged at all times the pent up! rces of bitterness and discontent, | ughout these in between years | | | { jsuls for “agitating.” Men were al- ways being “put on the carpet” for/ | of their conditions, | Pretends Superiority. | | The methods by which the Inter- | borough succeeded in holding down }its men have already been related. The spy system was here developed | | to a high art. The normal | between workers in different occupations were played upon until there was built up chasms of craft pride and pretended superiority of one grade over another. | In addition, one other means of di- | | viding the men was utilized. This | method must be carefully explained and clearly understood because it has | played a considerable part in prevent- |ing organization in the past. During | the last strike it acted as a barrier to | unification of the men’s ranks, Un- | less it is overcome and its true nature | | exposed, the next attempt of the men | to better their conditions will likewise | be placed in jeopardy. Dividing the Workers. This is the method of dividing the | men on the basis of their -religious beliefs, Protestant against Catholic. | Beginning with the highest officials of the company down to the last work- | er in the shops, the personnel is di-| | vided on this issue. The important | | thing to note is that this division is |evidence seem to be, though we beac a conscious and deliberate plan of |not be certain, that Post was used the Interborough. | Frank Hedley, for instance, is a) | protestant and a Mason. Vice Presi- | | dent George Keegan is a catholic and | you were to go down the line of the road superintendents, the shop fore- men, the inspectors, the dispatchérs, s| Once |of the d W YORK, THURSDAY, MARCH 81, 1927 Organize the Traction Workers © | ARTICLE XIi—BETWEEN STRIKES; THE RELIGIOUS ISSUE | |you would find a similar paiting of was a catholic to influence certain jmien on this basis, The head or super- intendent of # division might, for ex- ample be @ Mason. In this case, it would inevitably follow that his as- sistant would be a Knight. Organize Clubs. There are also numerous clubs and associations within the Interborough based on this distinction, Such are the catholic and Masonic Transporta- tion Clubs, These ¢lubs, organized manifestly to promote the welfare of the service, are really agencies util-| eper and mag-| we tind records of consistent dismis- | ized by the company better to control the men. The rank and file members of these clubs are not, of course, all : | t ied atte 7 | f the true part played by tk workers here declare:thut the | Te#! or fancied attempts at arofising aware 0 J ‘ om | spy co fecration dropped Lessig from| their fellow workers to the injustice} them. The controlling officers, how- ever, are quite certain of their pur- poses. A new man coming to the Inter- borough is immediately given “the once over.” Then an attempt is made to line him up where he belongs. signed” to one or the other sions, he is thereafter kept from learning the true facts of the other side, The “dollar-a-day” men play an-important part in this con- nection by spreading false rumors and. ther increase their suspicion and hat- red of the opposing group. Fool the Workers. Especially during elections does this religious prejudice play an im- portant role. The information is broadcast that the particular candi- date is a Knight or a Mason. The suggestions are thrown out that he is seeking office merely to control the men for the interest of the par- ticular body to which he is attached. To what extent this division may be carried and the danger of the practice is vividly illustrated from the experience of the last strike. One of the leaders of the motormen be- fore the strike was a man by the name of Post. Post is a mason. The knowingly or otherwise as a tool to offset the growing popularity of Ed. Layin who is a catholic. The strong |point about Lavin had always been} a Knights of Columbus member. If|his eareful avoidance of this issue. | It seems that this did not satisfy Post and underneath the surface he always utilized the fact that Lavin leceptions among the men to fur- j men, Was Unsuccessful. | That he was entirely unsuccessful |in dividing the motormen on this fake jissue is clearly evidenced from the 100% walkout last July. Significant- ly enough, however, it was Post | linto the various elubs, Instructions are always outlined to them as to) their activities among the men. The fact of common religious connections | or membership in the same fraternal organization is utilized for the low| purposes of beating down the men! and casting suspicion and lies among | them. | Sent Telegrams. | During the strike, both the catholic | and masonic organizations sent tele-| |gtams urging the men to return to} |work, Other influences, direct and | indirect, were utilized to break down the moral of the workers. | The lesson of these facts is clear: | The interests of the workers are one! | All issues which result in the fact of division among the workers will be found to have as thetr source the propaganda of the bosses. The capi-| talists use religion just as freely as| they use the government and the po- lice force to maintain and carry out | their purposes. The religious habits and instinets of the American work- | ers are still strongly ingrained. | But the workers must realize that | like all other forees in the life around | them, these habits arise out of the! conditions under which we live. These conditions are, of course, controlled | by the capitalists, They therefore | control the religious feelings just as | easily as they control the feelings of patriotism, The traction workers, | |like all others will realize that the. {only dependable force is the solidar- ity of the working class, | | (Continued. from Page One) other observers say the number is/ from New York, Philadelphia and |ida three years ago. With its death| and with having attempted to perse- Norfolk arrived here today to sail for |from natural causes on March 31,|cute and discredit him since he first China aboard the U. S. 8. Nitro, The |the miners will not even have this | brought the charges against Lessig Nitro will carry large supplies of am- | poor agreement to lean on and Lewis | two years ago. Lessig hired both munition, food and equipment. leaves them to fight it out with the! Paterson and New York detectives in . bosses, each distriet by itself instead | an effort to “get” Palmer. of all districts in a united front. If} this is nat treason I miss my ra N EW . oes Anti-Horthy Meeting in Newark. A protest meeting against the | threatened execution of the 53 Hun- | garian Communists by the white-ter- : Ps ; apolar - | ent of Horthy will be held MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., March 30,—/ Ship of their trade unions seized | TO fovernment o i A manifesto issued by the Central | Shanghai even before the arrival of St the Hungarisn Workers’ Home, BUY THE DAILY WORKER AT THE NEWSSTANDS RUSSIAN WORKERS SCORE NANKING MASSACRE; PLEDGE AID TO CHINA Council of Trade Unions yesterday |the Nationalist armies. It was against Newark, on Sunday afternoon, April 3 | A number of well-known speakers, | Illinois was standing pat on its an- | | probably 250 were entombed, but! | certainly much higher. At times as jruany as six hundred men have worked lin the part of the mine destroyed. The officials of the U. 8. bureau of | |mines have sent a mine rescue car ‘with government equipment from Derby, Pa,, and the state department of mines has also been notified. * * . Suspension Appears Inevitable. CHICAGO, Mareh | 30.—-Complete suspension of soft coal mining in the |central competitive union field on/ | April 1, when the Jacksonville wage \seale agreement expires, appeared in- | evitable today. | ‘The coal operators association of nounced policy of shutting down its | counties, bitterly attacks the British and Amer-| them that the international settle- ; Ake tecertalints for the bombard-|™ent has erected barbed wire en- | active oth; eng e labor ya ment of Nanking. Pointing to the suc- | t@nglements. | posit Pisin oe this wander vi cessful struggle of Russian ‘Warners | “But the Chinese workers cannot | seca against exploitation, the manifesto | fight the battle alone. They need the ‘ exhorts the Chinese workers and peas-| support of workers thruout the TEW = vec ad ants to continue their heroic struggle | world. Sending warm greetings to). NE OCHELLE, N. Y., March against their foreign oppressors, |the heroie Chinese workers and their 30.-- The body of Guy C. Mariner of The complete text of the manifesto | glorious trade unions, fighting in the | Bon Mar Road, Pelham Manor was follows: |front battle line of the world reyolu- found today 200 feet from the spot ; | “The British and American imper-| tion. The Central Council of Trade |i® Long Island Sound, near Fort Slo- ialists have committed am unprece-| Unions of the Soviet Union calls up- | °U™ where he and four companions dented act of violence ag&inst the/|on all organized toilers of the Soviet | Were thrown into the water when Chinese people. Under the cover of | Union to raise a voice of protest | their launch was upset last Friday. provocatory lies, and alleging that /against the slaughter of Chinese work- | Mariner and two others were drown- Nationalist troops had attacked for- | ers. jed. eigners, the British and American, ships shelled Nanking with heavy ar- tillery, killing seven thousand inhabi-| tan ho “This new atrocious act was com- mitted because great Chinese masses have arisen in a struggle against for- eign imperialism. first time that the imperialists have massacred Chinese toilers, but what has happened at Nanking leaves far behind it anything that has thus far heen committed, even the Wanhsien and Shanghai shootings. “Bach time that the imperialists ha¥e attempted to drown in a sea of hlood the struggle of the Chinese masses, the flame of hatred against he exploiters has grown stronger and stronger. The same thing will happen again, The unprecedented crime com- mitted at Nanking will but strength- en the resolve of the toilers of China to carry their struggle thru to a com- plete victory. “Workers and peasants of the Sov- jet Union have themselves experienced the benefits of bourgeois eiviliza- tion. For four years they fought off the onalaughts of the imperialists and of their Russian white guard bands. The toilers of Russia can appreciate the events in China because those who are trying to crush the Chinese rev- ‘olution waged war against us yester- day and are ready to repeat the ex- periment at the first suitable moment. “Chinese workers under the leader- 1, ‘ and destroying hundreds of This is not the| “Hands off awakening China! Down with the imperialist robbers! Long live the Chinese revolution! Breaking Chains Plays Philadelphia Friday PHILADELPHIA, March 20.— | Breaking Chains, the famous movie jof life in Russia, is coming here. New York, Boston and other large centers, the film will make its initial bow in Philadelphia on Friday April Ist, at Kensington Labor Lyceum, April 2nd at Moose Hall, Broad & Masters Street. The price of admission is 50¢ in advance and 75c at the door. The | proceeds will go towapd relief of the striking Tapestry Carpet Workers, ‘Stock Yards Bulletin To be Issued in Chicago | CHICAGO, March 80.—Section 3 of the Workers (Communist) Party held» an affair at Vilnus Hall, 3116 |South Halsted street, to raise funds j\for publishing a stockyards bulletin, Herbert Zam, recently retdrned from the Soviet Union, spoke. BUY THE DAILY WORKER AT THE NEWSSTANDS After a successful run jn Chicago, | | 2,000 Homeless In Tenn, | MEMPHIS, March 30.—-Two thou- ‘sand persons, driven from their |homes last night when the Laconia Circle levee tumbled into the river and flooded 19 square miles of farm lands, were being housed today in }bex ears and tents at Helena and | Snow Lake, Ark, | | Caught In Door of Bank. had got his leg caught in the revolv- ing door of the Capital National Bank, Broadway and 145th street, set. Front & Cambria Sts., and Saturday, | TU0TS of an attempted hold-up in| motion during the noon lunch hour | yesterday and before the excitement was over a crowd of more than 500 |had collected, “Peaches” Out of Luek, Frances “Peaches” Browning while \in the midst of preparations yester- day for a trip to Pittsburg, where she was scheduled to play an import- ant part in the opening of a style |show, received notice that her en- gagement there had been cancelled. ALBANY, N. Y., March 20.—Gov- signed to prevent the erection of a tuberculosis hospital near Goshen, | Orange county, unless the proposal had been approved by the supervisor of the town and the trustees of the j village. Yells of an eleven year old boy who} ernor Smith today vetoed a bill de-| mines unless the United Mine Work- | ers agree specifically, and in advance of negotiations, that they will sign contracts for a cut in the miners’ al- {ready low wages, | Snub Policy Committee. | Not even the tempting prospect of separate agreements for the various) |union districts as suggested to the operators by the union policy com- mittee yesterday will budge them from their determination to lock out the coal miners, use up the surplus stocks of coal, and then begin nego-| | tiations for worse conditions and low-! er wages. rn Rice Miller, president of the Ilinois Operators Association, has stated that his organization executive board meets in Chicago tomorrow, on the last day of the old agreement, but that it expects to have only formal | decisions to make, the coal mine own- ers being united on the matter of a ‘lock-out, No Seabs In Illinois. Miller also claims. that organiza- tions of coal companies in Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania have notified him that they will carry out the same policy, | “As far as’ the Mlinois field is con- \cerned,” said Miller, “there will be |no attempt to run the mines with \strikebreakers after the suspension. We are not opposed to the union,” | Miller said he. knew of no Illinois {companies that expected to sign in- dividual temporary,extensions of the existing contracts, “Complete sus- pension om April 1 appears inevi- table,” he said, No scabs have been used in Illinois since the Lester strip mine at Her- rin attempted to work with them, in the 1922 strike. The result was dis- astrous to the strikebreakers, who at- tempted to terrorize the néighbor- Food in the manner employed in other industries, and were beaten in the fight. Illinois is Nu bn (eagpedl of union territory, bein, ly organ- ized, and including about @ third ILLINOIS OPERATORS TO LOCK OUT AT MIDNIGHT; FEW CONTINUE WORK the membership of the United Mine | Workers of America. Fishwick Claims Agreements. Miller's statement that none of the Mllinois operators will continue work | after April 1 is contradicted, Ap- proximately thirty bituminous coal! operators, both independent and those | affiliated with the Illinois coal oper-| ators’ association, have completed agreements with the Illinois mine president of District No, 2 (Illincis) United Mine Wotkers of America, an- nounced today. Fishwiek, stating the list was in- complete, refused to make public the mines to be operated, He named only the United Electric Company mine at Danville, stating that the remainder were in all parts of the state, the majority being in northern Illinois Big Berd Signs Up. The first announced break in the solid ranks of the operators in the! central competitive field, comes, how- ever, from Brazil, Indiana, where the Big Bend Coal Co., in the Indiana block coal region a small concern! producing about 200,000 tons a year,| has signed a temporary agreement to continue at the Jacksonville seale| until a decision is made in the rest) of the field, : The block coal field of Indiana is| 4 separate district of the union, and! is regarded by operators and union, officials as something like the out-| lying districts in Montana, Wyoming, | for the duration of the strike or lock- jout unless terminated before by the | company. | block-coal companies will follow the example of the Big Bend, Day is } Fight for “Check-off.” SCRANTON, Pa. (FP).—The min- ers’ leaders in the three anthracite | districts are making an issue of the |“oheck-off” demand at the coming | meeting of the anthracite conciliation | board in Philadelphia, April 21st. | The conciliation board represents | the union and ‘the employers in the hard coal region. It is a higher court, whose job is to interpret the agree: ment and to settle grievances. The union is contending that the agree- ment signed 13 months ago, after the anthracite strike of 1925-26, called for the “check-off.” This the opera- tors deny. The “Reciprocal” Clause. In the text of the agreement is a clause calling for “reciprocal cooper- ation and officiency.” International President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers of America says the clause was understood to mean that the “check-off” would be applied. The “check-off” is a coop- erative ent that has: long been used in the union bituminous fields. It is a plan by which union Towa and such states as have already | signed similar temporary agreements, | It is expected that other, monthly earnings and turned over to the U. M. of A, The adyantage of the “check-off” | | to the union is that it means one hun- | dred per cent organization in a given | mine. | “Button strikes” are called to en- | {and other forms of pressure are ex- lerted, but they do not as thorough | | financial results as the “check-of: Sod } | Need Strike Funds. With bituminous strikes to support, | the International union needs. all the | dues that can be gotten from the an-| thracite, and the “check-off” is re- | garded as of the utmost importance. | The union brought up the issue at the last meeting of the conciliation board but the operators managed to | delay it till the next meeting. The board is presided over by a chairman from outside the industry who will have the balance of power. The “chock-oft” decision will de- pend on the official interpretation that will be given to the “reciprocal | cooperation and efficiency” clause. Lewis will be the chief witness for’ ; the union as to the operators’ verbal | ; assurances that the clause meant the, “check-off.” He will be seconded by | Rinaldo Cappellini, Andrew Mattey | and Christ Golden, president of the | three hard coal districts. An import-| ant witness will be Richard I. Grant! fi the Hanna coal interests, who layed the leading role in a i the settlement. * * of * Coal Operator Arrested. - SCRANTON, Pa. (FP).—The ques- tion whethér a wealthy coal operator can continue to wreck the streets of south Scranton and endanger the lives of its inhabitants will be tested | in the Lackawanna county courts, | Robert Barron, president of the Bar- ron Coal Company, has been arrested | on a charge of violating the -Kohler mine cave law. 4 | Miners’ wives have been living in) |a state of terror as portions of the| “Streets caved in, one after another, over the tunnels of the Barron Coal | Company, not far underneath the | surface of the city. Houses began to |dip and it looked as though at a ‘moment buildings might ¢ aah | peevaarb At last a citizens’ petition bros it action from the district ate orney, if Newark Barbers Start: tomorrow evening at a joint meeting of locals No. 877 and No, 913 at Franitlin Hall; 44 Franklin street. + Rosario Rotolo, organizer of the ‘Newark local; and John Tartenello and Petes Materano of the Brooklyn local will be among the speakers. Leaders of both locals are deter- mined to organize the large number of barbers who remain outside of the union, Leaders have hitherto neglect- i dues are collected by the company] ed. to real organization ' cd|payunataé “Hod lewd oak lease rd |foree hundred per cent membership - ABOR LEADERS \Are High ‘Salaried | whom the erborough used as the | first Bind 3 breaking the ranks te Agents of ig the men. As is now well known, Post/ American | turned traitor, went over to the com- oF ae |pany and attempted to draw his fol-/ Imperialism lowers with him, | The company union is likewise con- READ THIS trolled upon this basis of division, NEW BOOKLET Paddy Connolly is a catholic while EXPOSING some of his right hand men in the REACTIONARY company union machine are protest- ‘ sa ants. Thé delegates of the “Brother- TRADE UNION | hood” are lined up as soon as possible BUREAUCRATS a Labor Lieutenants of American Imperialism oak Ecce Oase s a NSM eae tema am A New Pamphlet by JAY LOVESTONE Here is the evi- dence of the despi- cable role of reac-_ tionary leadership in American trade unions: The methods lead- ing the trade un- ions into the hands of rampant Amer- ican Imperialism. The high salaries and “expense money” of trade union leaders. Here are facts in A BOOK FOR EVERY me WORKER A BOOK FOR EVERY TRADE UNIONIST 10 cents BUY MORE than one copy to give the men in your shop. Seven cents a copy in lots of 5 or more! y Big Membership Drive bs =” / At Tonight's Meeting JAY LOVESTONE/: bnpsmapsie) i sierrer aia di py oven wa GOVERNMENT-STRIKEBREAKER the barbers of Brooklyn in launch- (Papen) 25 Cents ing @ vigorous organization campaign Cloth 50 Cents BLOOD AND STEEL _ 3 Cents Lp Aa eT RR RS DAILY WORKER PUR, CO. 33 FIRST STREET - NEW YORK