The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 2, 1927, Page 3

THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRID. AY, APRT L 1, 1927 I. L. D. to Defend Strike Victim This Morning In Coney [sland Court Rose Besmick will be arraigned this morning in the West 8th St. court, Coney Island, on a charge of orderly conduct resulting from picketing the stores against which 600 Brooklyn clerks are now on strike. She will be defended by a law- yer assigned by the International | Labor Defense. The strikers, who have been out nearly a month, are fighting for recognition of their union and for a 57-hour week. Heretofore, they have been working from 80 to 100 hours a week, with no Sundays or | holidays .off. Many of the ‘wives and sisters of the strikers are joining in the pick- eting, with the co-operation of the United Council of Working-class Housewives, Right Wing ” Furriers Conspire With Bosses (Continued from Page One) Union and the American Federation of Labor and drew up the famous “eight-point agreement” which they planned to sign without consulting the members of the union or their representatives. Woii Can't Make Coats. ‘They were forced to give up that agreement when the members heard about it,” said Liebowitz; “and they) that the next step in the fight will| cents. h will be forced to abandon this new|be an injunction taken out by the | District Office one, It looked as tho the association’s leaders had learned a lesson; but evi- dently they did not. As Gold said last year, the A. F. of L. officials cannot make fur coats and that is what the manufacturers are interested in. The same thing is true now.” Regular Conspiracy. Mr. Samuels of the manufacturers’ association assures his members that the A. F. of L. Special Committee will observe the terms of the existing agreement and there will be no trou- ble in the industry. He indicates that this matter has been a subject of conference between the board of directors of the associa- tion and the right wing union-dis- solvers ever since, on March 7th and &th, the International Fur Workers’ Union wrote advising the association of the “dissolution” of the Joint Board of the Furriers’ Union and the “sus- pension” of the four constituent lo- cals, 1, 5, 10 and 15. Police Failed. Members of the Associated Fur { Manufacturers Inc. are asked to em- ploy only workers carrying cards is- sued by the tight wing international officials. This is- of course intended as a means of forcing registration since the efforts of the Industrial Squad, the police gangsters have been so unsuccessful in this direction. In many quarters it is anticipated fl mrs Pies U.S. and Britain 138 a ‘hi Split Over China (Continued from Page One) Cost Interferes, ‘After the British cabinet meeting ended today, it was indicated by members that the talk had been on the practical aspects of large scale war on the Chinese Nationalists. The cost of such operations was the chief thing deterring them from issuing an immediate ultimatum, without waiting for promises of sup- port from other countries. Secretary Bridgeman, for the ‘ad- miralty, pointed out to the cabinet that a blockade of the Yangtse and ‘the chief Chinese ports would be most | expensive. Would Send Planes. Sir Hugh Trenchard, of the air foree, suggested short and swift ac- tion with an airplane bombardment of all the Cantonese military head- quarters. This suggestion was also discarded. Beyond approving tentative plans for the sending of additional forces to China, the cabinet adjourned with- out reaching any decision. Coolidge’s |note is said to have had a decidedly sobering effect. Flushed. with their recent suc- cesses, the Cantonese are pressing northward to Hankow to give battle to Marshal Chang Tso-lin, the Man- churian war lord, according to news |received here from British consuls. | _ The fate of Peking and all northern |China will depend upon the outcome of this new offensive, experts as- sert. manufacturers against the , Joint |'Board. | Bosses Not Eager. | Many manufacturers yesterday were at a loss to understand just | what was expected of them by the | board of directors of the association, and there was a general tendency to | let matters slide for a while and not to force the issue of registration. | Liebowitz stated that the Joint | Board of the Furriers’ Union had al- | veady made plans for just such a | situation as has now developed and a meeting of the Joint Board this | afternoon will authorize its officers | to take action in the matter. Workers For Joint Board “This latest move will not help the A. F. of L. Committee any more than all its other tactics,” said Liebowitz. “The fur workers are with the Joint |Board. Even the Reorganization Com- mittee knows that and that is why ithey are so desperate.” Does Not Want “Peache: BUFFALO, N. Y., April gins this afternoon to close any theatre in the city at which “Peaches” |Browning, deposed bride of Edward W. Browning, should attempt to ap- pear. The mayor’s action followed a report that “Peaches” was booked ‘for a theatrical engagement here. | To Select That Pi; To iano You Have Long Been Waiting Own! Come and See Our 1927 Line of NEWBY & EVANS Pianos Play: ers Grands THE INSTRUMENTS WITH THE GOLDEN TONE” Highest Quality—Moderate Prices—Easy Terms FREE! cover LISTEN TOIT! REAL RADIO AT LAST! Yperates entirely by Electricity ' o Batteries at all’ ‘o eliminaters o liquids or acids o bother or trouble ‘NE DIAL DELIVERY, | BENCH, CABINET ALL NEW MODELS NOW IN STOCK CONTROL DOUBLY \ SHIELDED er t tre « | bership Drive has been issued by the Schwab directed Chief of Police Hig- | OPEN RECRUITIN FOR RUTHENBERG MEMBERS INN. Y, Instructions to all nucleus on the carrying out of the Ruthenberg Mem- York District of the Workers (Com- munist) Party. ] The outline that follows gives a defi- nite outline on the methods to be fol- lowed by all units to help double the party membership as a tribute to Comrade ©, E. Ruthenberg, founder of the American Communist move- | ment, who recently died. At the present time when America is using its battleships and marines to suppress the nationalist revolu- tions in China and Nicaragua, and is plotting for a war with Mexico, new Organization Department of the New} | ¢|Call Ford Spies WOMEN MAY WORK To Help Hunt ‘Assailants Sapiro Abas Chained to Unselfish, But Got the Cash | DETROIT, April 1.—Altho Henry | Ford has had himself moved from | the hospital to his own home and is reported “resting easy,” the farcical “search” for his reputed assailants continues, and the physicians’ bul- letins have just that touch of uncer. | tainty and gravity which will prob-| lably enable Ford to avoid appearinz | for “emergency” on the witness stand in the million | 43 HRS. A WEEK SAYS GOV. SMITH Women May Work. April 1—Gov. Smith igned the so-called “com- 48-hour week bill for Coming as the result of 14 on the ALBA yesterday s promise” women, years of strenuous activity jpart of trade unionists, it is consid-| Jewish, and Carlo Tresca, Enea § ered a very feeble concession to women workers. While technically forbidding wom- en to work mote than 48 hours a week, the basis for evading the law is found to be in the loophole which grants employers 78 hours during the year in which their women work- ers may work, thus totalling an aver- age of 4914 hours, This is provided and “rush” times. Leaders in women’s trade union or- ganizations point out that when even members are needed to help proceed ‘dollar suit against him by Aaron Sa-(the American Federation of Labor is with the important work before us. The instructions issued by the or- | ganization department follow: | Mobilize Your Nucleus for the Ruth-| enberg Drive. | a. Hold a special meeting at which you will discuss the complete plan| sent by the District Committee. | b. At that meeting make arrange- | 'ments to get enough application cards | so that every member is given 8| number of cards that he must have with him at all times. ce. Collect, from every member 50! for which you will get from the | 20 pamphlets by Com- | |rade Ruthenberg, “THE WORKERS | |(COMMUNIST) PARTY WHAT IT) |STANDS FOR AND WHY WORK-) ERS SHOULD JOIN.” | | ‘d. Diseuss how to carry on the work in the shops, the unions, etc. Let every member give his experi-| ences and opinions for the benefit of | ‘all the other comrades. | e. Tell every member to make al ‘list of those workers in his shop, | ‘union, fraternal organization, ete.,| |that he knows and that is sympathe- tic enough that he may be approached to join the party. “Five of the best of these sympath- izers should be concentrated on t bring into the party, the others should | be given literature regularly. In this manner every member will not merely work for the drive in the abstract but will concentrate on individuals. f. Make a list of those comrades that have not attended the meetings for some time and divide them among the comrades that attend regularly and see that they are visited and brot back to the party. g. See that every member is a reader of The DAILY WORKER. Sustain The Daily. h. Urge every comrade to pledge him- self to sustain The DAILY WORKER by becoming a member of the sustain- ing fund. Let every member develop the habit of being responsible for the maintenance and building up of The | DAILY WORKER, no matter how little he can. i. See thatthe nucleus hold its edu- cational meetings regularly and that sympathetic workers are brot to these } meetings. j. Get the habit of regular distri-| bution of The DAILY WORKER end | ‘eaflets, literature, etc. Assign com- rades definite territory to distribute so that we may know what party is being covered and be in a position to judge the results of our agitation. Union Activity. k. Check up on the membership and j activity in the unions of every mem- ber. Also in the other mass organiza- | tions. 1. See that every official nucleus attends to his work. m. SEE THAT EVERY COMRADE IN THE NUCLEUS IS GIVEN A of the piro. Prosecutor Robert Toms announced today that the police could not find anything about the mysterious .“as- sassins,” and that he has asked the Ford secret service to aid him. The Ford spies are perfectly familiar with all the arts of frame-up and provoca- tion. Sapiro’s Sordid Rise. The meteoric career of Aaron Sa- piro as leader of the American cooper- ative movement was given a sordid | touch today during the cross-examin- ation of the so-called wheat king by Senator James A. Reed, chief of Hen- ry Ford's counsel. Before an interest- ed jury in federal court Reed drew from Sapiro admissions that all his work in helping American farmers to} organize cooperatives was well paid | for and always by agreements entered | before the wheat king began his ac- | tivities. Reed spent an hour delving into Sa- | piro’s connection with the cooperative | movement in Texas. For this work, | Sapiro said he received $57,300 in the years 1922 to 1926. The fees were paid for speeches, organization work and legal activities for the Texas farm bureau federation. Reed read Sapiro’s ostensible pur- se in Texas into the record but in| | } | sneering tones. Sapiro had made this statement a jfeature of all his speeches to Texas | | the standard of living among farmers, | in taking children out of the fields jand putting them in schools; in taking | women out of the fields and putting | them in homes.” | $19,000 For Little Work. | “You always got paid for it, didn’t | you.” was Reed’s scornful comment. ‘Then the Missourian brosght out the |fact that Sapiro drew $37,000 from |the Texas farmers in five years. | Sapiro testified he was paid ap- ‘proximately $19,500 for a “few days effort” in arranging government loans |from the war finance corporation for |ten of the cooperatives under his wing. This was brought \out by Senator James A. Reed, chief of Henry Ford’s counsel. BUY THE DAILY WORKER AT THE NEWSSTANDS AND GET REPORTS FROM EVERY | MEMBER AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH. now demanding the basic 40-hour week, this law providing for a 494- hour work week for women hasn't even the semblance of a triumph, as it is being described by professional boosters of the Tammany governor. POWER GRAB BILL VETOED BY SMITH; GOV. FAVORS 6. E Mellon and Young Pull Strings in Fight ALBANY, April 1.—Governor Smith vetoed the Republican power grab measure last night. The republican bill which provided for a commission of five “to investi- gate” the water power situation and to report in 1928, was intended to de- lay action on water power until a governor more favorable to the Mel- lon interests sits in the governor's chair, Governor Smith favors the Gen- eral Electric interests. Smith Favors G. E. With the Republican measure ve- farmers. It was: “I am not interested | toed, the Miller Power Act, which ‘humanitarianism’ of your |in money; I’m interested in raising | contemplates private development of ostensibly to get them out of jail.” state power remains in force. The State Water Commission, which is controlled by Governor Smith can be depended upon to ignore the Miller Act. Governor Smith favors “state de- velopment of water power.” He would Anti-Fascist Meeting Tomorrow Afternoon Church Of All Nations Tomorrow afternoon at three p. m. an anti-fascist mass meeting will be held at the Church of All Na- tions, 9 Second Ave. under the aus- g The Anti-Fascist Alliance and Dr. C, Fama will speak in Eng- lish; Ben Gold and M. J. Olgin in r menti and Pietro Allegra in Italian. Rebecca Grecht will preside. Committee of Hundred Says Sigman Falsifies (Continued from Page One) dangerous ground your organization We shall be forced, t+ ourselves in against any w well intended, prot legitimate every move, no imatter | which has for its end, either immed- iate or ultimate, a cynical perve: of true liberalism and the good a welfare of an orga ation like ou which, over sixteen rs, has labor- iously built up one of the most en- lightened and most progressive insti- tutions in the world of labor. rs only to have it nearly wrecked by a band of irresponsibl In his answering letter Mr. Bailey stated that the American Civil Liber- ties Union nnot v take to hold litself responsible for any action on the part of its members when they act as individuals”, and that thdse who have joined the committee confident that due precautions will b taken to safeguard expenditures of funds collected” so that they shall not be “diverted to uses not comprehend- ed in the original’ purpose of the com- mittee”. To which Mr. Sigman replied, “We have your astounding letter of March {28th”, * ¢ “Your ance that none of them Civil Liberties members \is officially concerned with any other issues than just those involved in de- fense and relief of prisoners * is not convincing, when the of your high officials must be inex- trivably bound up with the gangste’ ism, fraud and corruption employed by these former leade: vho them- selves conspired to imprison certain cloakmakers and then invoked the members el e “We must advise the individual Civil Liberties members participat- ing in s so-called “defense com- mittee” to keep their hands off all cases of convicted cloak and dress- makers * who have appealed to the International Ladies’ Garment Page Three CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION DENOUNCES AIR CENSORSHIP M. L. Ernst Returns From Hearing . of the Civil from Washington where he appeared before the Fede Radio Commis- sion. Warning t regulations must be adopted to gu against “a dan- gerous nd in us censorship of the air,” Ernst sought a ruling which would ve equal opportunity of speech to candidates representing minority political p ies. In citing a long list of censorship by New York broadcasters, the spokesman of the Ci Liberties Union declared t there is one sta- tion at which no prot + can talk on, “Other catholics,” on religi ornst while “ not be some of the statio POLICE SWARM IN BUCHAREST WHILE KING NEARS END Regents Tremble; Spies Harass Workers ERLIN, Ap ain political disseminated at E -—All Rumania is in a state of excitement and suspense over the report of the approaching death of King Ferdinand. The king's days are numbered and according to the meagre news that could tonight get through the rigid censorship at rest, the king has already lost ousne His death, it id come any hour, Police Are Thick. Extraordinary precautions are re- ported to have been taken by the po- lice and military to suppress ruthless- ly any manifestations hostile to the lar regency council consisting of a judge of the high court, the metropolitan of the orthodox church, and Prince Nicholas who are to rule for the five year old Crown Prince 1 Prince Carol. Parts ‘ef the Rumanian arni been mobilized and are kept cc trated at the barracks in Buchi , son of hare Secret Police Also. have the state develop New York’s| Workers’ Union for legal aid. The} With the famous Rumanian “sigu- rich water power resources and would | International can take care of its own, araniza, secret te police work. | hand out fat contracts to the General | Electric Company for the distribu-|ence for anyone not responsibly con-| tion of the power to the public. Owen tributor to the Smith campaign fund and has been one of the most relent- less boosters of the Smith-for-Pres dent campaign. Lockout of Plumbers Of Other Boros Today (Continued from Page One) jlaid off at noon today, according to, This may be arranged either by setting aside a special meeting at which the comrades report what they have done during the month or by having a few comrades report at every | meeting. | g. See that the newstand in the territory of your nucleus carry The DAILY WORKER, and see that it is well displayed. JACK STACHEL DEFINITE TASK TO PERFORM Org. Dept. Dist. 2, Workers Party. BROOKLYN 1 Daily Worker Concert and Spring Ball SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 9th at the | Royal: Palace Hall, PROG 1) Freiheit Mandolin Orchestra. 2) Max Margolis, violinist, with a musical quartet. | 3) Yetta Stein, piano recital. | A DOUBLE BAND ‘FOR DANCING. Auspices—Section 6, Workers Communist Party. 16 Manhattan Ave. RAM: | WORKERS OF NEW YORK, tional Furriers’ Union and the A. Board Furriers’ Uni WITNESSES ON BOTH THE ASSEMBLED WORKERS All proceeds wo for the defense and riers’ Prisoners. Arrang | A WORKERS’ TRIAL herous action committed by the officialdom of the Interna- flonal’ Farrier RF. of Ls against the New fon with its Twelve Thousand Members. Lawyer Max Levine will be the Chairman of the Trial. Ben Gold and Louis Hyman will serve as prosecutors. The tribunal opens at 1:30 P. M., SUNDAY, APRIL 3rd, at the New Star Casino, 107th Street and Park Avenue. Letters were sent out to the officialdom of the Internat Union and A. F, of L, and were asked to oP thelr representat! under the auspices of the Furriers’ Shop Chairmens’ COME AND BE THE JURY York Joint ional Furriers’ pear before the trial of send ves, SIDES WILL APPEAR. WILL SERVE AS THE JUR relief of the Cloakmakers Pur- ADMISSION S00, Council. Queens, at headquarters here. It is expected that there may be a lock out throughout Greater New York. ~ DENT Tel. Lehigh Dr. ABRAHAM MARKOFF Ts SURGEON DENTIST Office Hours: 9:30-12 A. M, 2-8 P, M, Daily Except Friday and Sunday, 249 BAST 116th STREBT Cor. Second Ave. New York. Dr. J. Mindel Dr. L. Hendin Surgeon Dentists 1 UNION SQUARE Room 803 Phone Stuyv. 10119 Orchard 3783 Strictly by Appointment DR, L. KESSLER SURGEON DENTIST 48-50 DELANCEY STREET Cor. Eldridge St. Naw. York Tel. Booth Phones, Dry Dock 6612, 7846, Office Phone, Orchard 9319. Patronize MANHATTAN LYCEUM Large Halls With Stage for M Entertainment “vi » ath 8 Small Meeting Room: 8 Always Available, , Tel. Dry Dook $206, 9045, 2591, I, KITZIS, Prop. THE ASTORIA Palatial Ballrooms & Dining Rooms CATERING-A SPECIALTY 62-64 EB. 4th St. New York City, Telephone Dry Dock 9069, Meet me at the Public Art ; Dairy Restaurant and Vegetarian 75 SECOND AVE. NEW YORK Opposite Public Theatre and regards it S$ a sheer impertin- nected with this organization to set D. Young of the General Electric up defense committees and defense | gs is ¢ Company has been a prominent con-|funds for these International mem-| no se | bers. *. *. * If the gentlemen |sociated with your organization c to take up with such blackguard character assassins, underworld char- acters and corruptions, in the name of humanity, they are welcome to do so”’—Yours very truly, M. Sigman, | president. Wicks At Open Forum, H. M. Wicks, labor journalist, will Carnegie Hall, 57th St. and 7th Ave., | Sunday night at 8. Kill Deputy Sheriff: BORGER, Texas, April 1—rac |Kenyon and A. Terry, deputy sher- iffs, were killed near here today. | Their bodies were found near their automobile. Both were shot through the head. SPRING Sovcecevcccesoocccoooousce Celebration of the 4th Anniversary of “The Young Worker” Saturday, April 9, 1927 Harlem Casino, 116 St. & Lenox Ave, ADMISSION 50 cents in advance, 75 cents at the door. Auspices—YOUNG WORKERS’ LEAGUE, DIST. No. 2. ing in closest coo; tion with the e belief prevails in Buch- al circles that unpopular 2 triumvirate regency council, ious disorders will take place {following the king’s death, The suspense and excitement at Bucharest is spreading to other Bal- capitals because of the unce tainty of developments which might leasily affect the political conditions | throughout the Balkins. Miller Lectures Tomorrow. Clarence Miller, youth organizer of and participant in the recent Passaic | an announcement made yesterday by |talk on “A Communist Looks at Re-|strike, will lecture on “Youth and |Jacob Stockinger, Jr., president of |ligion,” at the Ingersoll forum meet-|Child Labor” this Sunday, 2:30 p. m., | the Master Plumbers’ Association of ing in the Chamber Music Hall of/at the Down Town Street Nucleus open form, 35 East Second St. NEWSBOYS WANTED TO SELL THE DAILY WORKER AT UNION MEETINGS. REPORT |AT THE LOCAL OFFICE, 108 East | 14th Street. | sales. 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