The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 18, 1927, Page 3

Thousands Are Homeless As Result of Floods In Southern Part of U. S. WASHINGTON, April 17.—Suf- fering from the flood in the ity of Natchez, Miss., and W liffe, Ky., is rapidly growing more serious, according to despatches received today by the American National Red Cross, it was an- nouncel, , National headquarters of the Red Cross reported that a conser- vative estimate of the number of flood’ refugees in the four states east of the Mississippi affected by the floods is: Kentucky 4,000, Tennessee 1,000, Mississippi 3,000, Louisiana 1,000; a total of 9,000. Other thousands have been driv- en from their homes in states im- mediately west of the Missiscippi River. Farmer-Labor Party Of Miniesota Will Run Entire Slate MINNEAPOLIS, April 17.—Con- trary to all dire forecasts, the Minne- sdta Farmer Labor Party continues to grow more vigorous and to gather ever-increasing strength among the farmers and workers of the state. Right at this moment, much interest is manifest in the Minneapolis muni- cipal elections, and indications are — that there will be a full Farmer- Labor ticket in the field, which will be energetically supported by all branches of the labor movement. Convention Soon. It is believed that there will be a state convention of the Association within a short period, and this, no doubt, wil have the beneficial effect of consolidating all forces within the Association and laying the base for an unprecedented growth and activity. (Continued from Page One) vicinity of Nanking sweeping the Nationalist and “forthern troops with | THE DATLY WORKER, NEW YORK, MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1927 ‘REPORT 800,000 CHINESE WORKERS WILL STRIKE IN SOUTH CHINA TO PROTEST RAIDS British Want War. That the British die-hard govern- ment favors an ultiniatum to China shell fire. The number of Chinese} js reported in dispatches received killed by American and British guns| here from London. Chen's request has not yet been determined. The) for an ‘international investigation of uiser Cincinnati were the American {vessels taking part in the bombard- | ment. Enter, Standard Oit. The firing began when @ Standard Oil vessel was accidentally hit |Chinese gunfire. British cruiser, Emerald, immediate- ly opened fire with their four-inch ‘guns. The Preble, on its way up the rivar to Hankow, seat of the Na- tia ist government, opened fire on Nationalist troops who were en- trenched on the north bank of the river, Nationalists Take Yangehow. Despatches received here state that the Nationalists have captured Yang- chow, about fifty miles northeast of Nanking. It is also stated that the war lords have been driven back to Pengpu, in Anhwei Province Delay Answer To Note. WASHINGTON, April 17.—What action the state department will take with regard to the conciliatory note of Eugene Chen, Nationalist foreign minister, is unknown. Secretary Kel- logg is spending his “Easter vaca- tion” at Hot Springs, and action on the notes will be delayed until his re- turn. ing attitude adopted by the state de- partment in its identic note on the Nanking “outrages” has met with the opposition of certain members of the | cabinet. destroyers Preble and Ford and the by The Ford and the} {the Nanking affair strikes Austen Chamberlain as unsatisfactory, re- | ports state, Scores Press Reports. Rear Admiral Bullard, retired, chairman of the Federal Radio Com- 1, who has just returned to hington after a trip to China, criticized the news about China that has appeared in the American press, “I do not see how newspaper men could be in contact with what is go- img on,” he said. “They get the big events, but I don’t know how they could get general news on what is | taking place, except from travellers who come back. The spheres are so big they must take another’s word to | get information,” |. MOSCOW, Apvril 17.—The Execu- | tive Committee of the Communist In- | ternational has issued an appeal to workers thruout the world and to all colonial and oppressed peoples to help avert a new: world war. The appeal declares, “Workers, demand the withdrawal of troops tfrom China. all means prevent the transportation of troops and arms. Down with the imperialist provokers of a new world war. Down with the ist henchmen of the Chinese people. Down with Chiang t is understood that the domineer- | Kai Shek and other deserters, traitors ' | and organizers of massacres of work- ers. Long live the workers of Shang- | hai. Long live the revolutionary | Kuomintang. Long live the Com- {munist Party of China,” Coal Miners Prepare For Unemployment (Continued from Page Onc) jtrain pulled out. The first soldier to jump down at the station was re- quested to hand over his gun. The same with the next, until all had given |up their guns. Then they marched out and we saw no more militia until the strike was won.” It is reported that applications for affiliation with the Farmer-Labor he Tinois situation begins to look Association continues to flood the warlike, they report, but all the pre- State Office in St; Paul, while the) parations seem to be on the operator ward clubs increase in size “and! side, The big No."9 mine of the Pea- strength. . hody Coal Co, at Taylorville has set a Ready to Go On. r precedent by completely fencing The veto of the Mce-Nary-Haugen | in its property, a proceeding hitherto Operators Warlike. bill. has strengthened the conviction | unheard of in the easygoing IlWnoise of the farmers and workers in Minne-| district. A 5-foot fence of closely sota that relief can only be obtained | woven wire strung on iron posts,set through a powerful organization |in concrete is surmounted by 4 strands which will fight unceasingly in their of barbed wire. Before the shut-down interests, and in their interests alone.| every miner -had to enter through a | With the bankruptcy of the working | guarded gate which was in conscant | farmers, and the résulting miserable} telephone communication both with! conditions of the city workers, a/ the mine bosses underground and with strong bond is being cemented be-| headquarters. The face bosses car- tween the two, which presages well | ried revolvers on the hip. Peabedy’s for the Farmer-Labor Party. No. 7 dnd 8 mines are reported to con- —_— template similar ineasures. Earl Carroll Improving. s | € GREENVILLE, S. C. April 17—An that Tlinois miners have a let official bulletin inane today by the of fight left in them,” the :winers con- physicians attending Earl Carroll says cluded, he is gradually improving. 1 19 * * By LEN DeCAUX, CLEVELAND, (FP). ot content {with locking out their miners to en- |foree a general wage cut, many. Ohio coal operators are seeking to drive them out of house and home, even eutting off their water supply and for- _ bidding them to grow vegetables in their gardens in some cases. The first notices to vacate were served on 500 miner families in Belmont and Perry * a | Bellaire and the Sunday Creek Coal Co. at Santoy. @ Sheriff Hesitates. | So drastic has been the Sunday Creek Coal Co. that Sheriff Harley APRIL 23 “The bosses learned at Herrin, ia} counties by the Powhatan Mining Co. | (1860) The Birthday of our Leader L, Choose this appropriate time to read what he has to say IE, on tha simplest, most nec- essary things in the revo- N lutionary movement. This work teaches fundamental It includes all and writings oblems. hig speeches ON ORGANIZATION + $1.50 In a cloth-bound library edition. The DAILY WORKER PUB. CO. 33 First Street, New, York, N. Y. | McNabb of Perry epunty announced |that he will refuse to evict miner | families at Santoy and it is believed | that no justice of the peace or con- | stable in the county will help with | eviction. Not only did the company order the ininers in company-owned homes to vacate within 15 days but it gave no- tice that it would cat off the water | supply April 15, As this littie mining Village has been supplied with water from the coal company’s reservoirs and light from the company’s power plant, the order will mean that the | miners will be without light and will ‘have to seck water from old drilled feld and near-Washington—where 700 | wells that have been unused for years |and may now be infected. | “No Gardens.” Another order is reported by Secy. | Conrad Wien of sub-district 6 at Nel- |sonville. He says operators Have or- | dered miners not to plant gardens on \ their lots. As many miner families have depended during hard times up- jon Vegevables which they could grow for themselves, this cuts off an im- | portant source of food supplies from | the strikers. More than 1,000 persons are said to | be affected by the action of the Pow- | tatan Mining Co. in the Bellaire Field ‘in ordering occupants of 200 of its houses either to pay rent in advance (during the lockout or to move out. Only five days notice was given, the union announces that it would go to ‘court to fight the eviction order if |necessary, and that in an emergeucy jtents will be supplied in homeless fam- ilies. i With the exception of a few mines operating non-union before the lock- out and a few that have agreed to con- tinue under the Jacksonville scale, al! of Ohio’s 25,000 miners have beer locked eut ? Injunction Against Traction Workers Will Be Appealed WASHINGTON, April 17.--An ap- | peal to the higher court will be taken | against the injunction issued by Judge |Delahanty in New York restraining representatives of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric organize employes of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, the American Federation of Lahor annovneed today. Senator-elect Robert Wagner, and Rep. Nathan D. Perlman will act as counsel for the union, which will be supported by the Federaiion of La- bor. Condemns Injunction. Condemning the injunction, Presi- | dent William Green of the federation said: “The American Federation of Labor is deeply interested in the pro- ceedings because organized labor does not believe that the injunction issued ; by Judge Delahanty is in conformity with law or justice. “We believe that the men employed | upon the Interborough Rapid Transit Company system should be permitted to unite with the forces of organized |labor and to join a bona fidé trade tunion if they wish. “They should not be prohibited from doing so through the operation.of a court injunctién, nor should the rep- resentatives of organized labor be en- joined from soliciting these men to | join a bona fide trade union.” } Most Lawyers Ignorant, ‘Columbia Dean Asserts Declaring that most lawyers were ignorant of social and economie prob- lems, Dean H. W. Jervey, of the Col- | umbia Law School, in a letter to the New York City Bar Association, ad- |voeates higher standards for admis- sion to the bar. Jervey declared that “lawyers | should be better trained to think about | the world in which they live before | they even come to law school. | No Dusting Without Union. } NEW YORK—Less blood on the ‘coal if mines are properly rock dusted. |The American Association for Labor | Legislation points to two recent mine \explosions in Pennsylvania—at Ehren- lives were saved because the mines ‘had been rock dusted. At Ehrnefeld only four died and 300 were saved. | Rock dusting prevents the coal dust in the mine air from retonating. Twenty bituminous coal states still Rock dusting is somewhat more ex- | killed in deadly explosions. Therefore, | there is, in the opinion of miners, very | ficient dusting, with or without laws, unless there is strong union organiza- tion to enforce regulations for dust- ing. Recent terrific explosions in non- union mines have resulted from the failure to effectively rock dust the mines. aS ie 10 Miners Killed. . MONS, ‘Belgium, April 17. — Ten people were killed yesterday by an ex- plosion in the Levant de Mons Mine here, it is officially announced. Twelve men are still missing and thirteen are injured. | Railway Employes-from attempting to | ‘lack rock dusting legislation, says the | | association. Only Indiana, Pennsyl- | June $ 20,421,644.79 A var | July + 13,564,990.34 vania, West Virginia, Utah and | A 11,066,775.00 Wyoming require it by law. Sent y * 415°757;863.29 pensive, on the whole, than merely | paying a little, compensation for men | | little possibility of getting any ef-! | Wuhu, Chinese City, Under Nationalist Rule ‘ Wuhu is a large and important city, the capture of which by the Na-| tionalists struck a fatal blow at the | imperialist navy pays special attention to it, because of the ptesence there 18 Said to have founded at least a) militarist Chang Tsung-chang. The of one of the largest methodist religious dope factories in all China. Millions Withheld From “Big Four”. Customers (Continued from Page Oue) income. The official New York State Insurance Report for 1925, which is the last available document on the j subject, shows that the Metropolitan’s | throughout the United States and! surplus was $220,666,867.00 greater | than was required for all claims and | financier by any means, and his pres- | Commissioner Warren has br }ence on the Metropolitan board of | move expenses. Profitable Business. The Prudential Life Insurance Com- | pany, & sister to the Metropolitan and one of the largest companies in the world, reported that its surplus was | $172,199,983.00. In this case, as in| all others, the current expenses and! ‘ claims were deducted from the current | income, | The John Hancock Mutual Life In- surance Company of Boston, Mas: another member of the “Big Fou had a surplus over expenses of $35,- 309,465.00. These companies operate, as was | said before, under the guise of mu- tuality. They are mutual to this ex- | tent: all losses are mutually shared | by the defrauded policyholders while | profits and the manipulation of Billion Dollar Funds are enjoyed by the | hoards of directors who are vitally in- | | terested in the investments in which | the assets cf these companies are in- | | Vested, Operate With Banks. Let us take a very concrete ex- ample. In New York City, the Metro- jpolitan deposits its funds in the metro- | politan branch of the Chase National Bank on 23rd Street. Its cash balance varies between eleven millions and pssst millions. The yearly state- | ment is as follow: Jan. + $14,368,283.35 | Feb, . + 11,169,544,.27 Mar. « 13,624,250.48 Apr. . + 15,785,304.97 May » 22,979,697.65 Oct. Nov. . 21,807,534.13 -33,655,382.33 Dec. ........+ 81,976,524.64 In addition to the Chase National Bank the Metropolitan is interested in the following banks and trust com- | panies: Adirondack Trust Company, | Royal Bank of Canada, Bankers Trust Company, Central Union Trust Com- pany, Chatham Phoenix National Bank, Chemical National Bank, Equit- able Trust Company, Farmers Loan jand Trust Company, National City |Bank, New York Trust and the Crocker National Bank. It has been shown in previous ar- ticles that if the “Big Four” are “mu- tual,” the industrial policyholders do not benefit by this mutality. it figures on the Board of seph P. Day, the New York super- realtor, who is more than slightly in- terested in the Metropolitan’s real es- tate activities. Frank B. Noyes, also a Metro- politan director is president of the Associated Press which supplies news service to more than 1,200 newspapers Canada. Mr. No: is not a brilliant directors is protection against adverse press criticism of the “Big Four.” The writer knows through bitter ex- perience that any newspaper w carries the Associated Press news dis- patches will not utter a word whic hints of the gigantic fraud which i being, practiced upon 40 million American worker-insurers. Moreover yards, of praise and subtle propaganda finds its way into the Associated newspapers and thus the press and Wall Street tie-up is completed. As was mentioned above, the Chase National Bank is the.depository of the Metropolitan, in New York City. The following are Metropolitan Life In- Berger Asks Mercy For’ Horthy Victims In Cable to Regent Victor L. Berger, socialist con- gressman from Wisconsin, has just sent a cable to Regent Horthy of Hungary under whose direction a reign of terror is being made against all liberal and labor ele- ments in the country. The pro- test is made by Berger especially because of the court-martialing of Szanto and 30 others who face || possible execution because of pro- labor activities. Berger’s cable, a copy of which he sent to the International Labor Defense says: “Remember Maz- zini and Ki ith were considered dangerous radicals by the rulers of their day. Therefore heed his- tory. Be merciful and prevent the murder of your radical country- men.” VICTOR L, BERGER, Member of Congress, Ex-Spy Exposes | Security League Strike Breakers (By Federated Press) PASSAIC, N. J.—Strike-breaking methods of the National Security League are being exposed by Jack | Bryan, former mill spy and agént | provocateur employed by the Botany ; mills during the 1926 textile strike. | Bryan’s letters to the Passaic Daily |News accuse Robert J. O’Brien— jlately. of the National Security | League—of framing up Albert Weis- | bord, strike leader, last summer. | O’Brien, he says, was well paid for | the work, getting an initial retainer j of $1,000 and more later. According to Bryan, O’Brien direc- | ted the raid on the office of the Uni- jted Front Committee at Passaic last | April. He helped the grand jury frame up the “evidence” in the in- j } age Three POLISH WORKERS PROTEST AGAINST WHITE TERRORISM Extort False Evidence By ‘lorture; Bar Marx WARSAW, Poland, April 17.—The ruthless cruelty with which Marshal Joseph Pilsudski has attempted to crush opposition to his’ reactionary government is. indicated in a resolu- tion adopted by the Polish Federation of Labor. “Citizens are robbed of their rights in a manner whichmakes the guaran- tees provided by the Constitution a mockery. It is despicable that citi- zens should be arrested and kept in jail for their political convictions, for their membership in a party or for | having paid party fees or sold litera- ture. Even worse, things happen. “Agent provocateurs are employed for the discovery of offenses. Sus- pects are held for months in prison, and there often subjected to un mentionable torments, only to be finally released, wrecked and ex- hausted for want of proof. Bar Marx. “Newspapers such as the Robotnik and Kurjet Poranny, works such as “Capital’ and ‘Communist Manifesto’ |of Marx are prohibited. “Prisoners in the outer districts of Poland are exposed to maltreat- jment. At the preliminary examina- }tions confessions are extorted by |physical terrorism, by blows and sometimes by elaborate cruelty. In this fashion there is often extorted false evidence whereby fresh victims are then drawn in. “To all the above must be added the activities of the courts of law, with their ineredibly harsh sentences in political cases, sentences which are only founded on the evidence of spies. By such sentences there are often sent to prison adolescents who have perhaps committed some trif- ling offense.” Ask Amnesty. The appeal ends with the follow- |dictment on which Weisbord is still |" demands: cs p |held under $30,000 bonds. O’Brien| “Amnesty for political prisoners, |also, in a flippant mood, tossed off) especially minors, above all when they | the figure of $200,000 as the amount | have been sentenced for merely be- of “Moscow gold” which he declared longing to a party. ¢ | was behind the strike. Senator Ed- “More lenfent sentences, especially | wards of New Jersey used this figure | for young offenders. bah . |in his speech in the U. S. Senate de-| “Abolition of the prevailing meth- fending the mill owners. ods of police investigation, of the O’Brien is now reported to be | S¥stem of police spies, etc. f operating another “League for the “Strict supervision by the prison Constitutional Defense” at 309 Fifth | Staff of the treatment of prisoners. “Energetic resistance to all attacks n the rights of citizens. | score of these leagues, devised solely | “Compulafey consideration, in the |for the, purpose of raising money | sentence, 0: the period of detention |from the bosses to line his own poc- |” the remand in all political cases? | kets. In Norman Hapgood’s forth- |coming book on “Professional Pa-| | Avenue. Within the last 10 years he! | Worry Over Kellogg. | triots” (Boni Bros.) Mr. O’Brien will | WASHINGTON, April 17.—Paest- |receive “honorable mention” as one | deut Coolidge was nettled today over |of the world’s foremost inventors of | "ecurring newspaper reports of splits names for “patriotic” leagues. | and possible resignations in his PaO BE cabinet. “Caar” Daly is Removed. The presidential spokesman declar- ss . {ed there wa no disagreement in the One of the first acts of Police | cabinet over the administration’s Chi- " nae Deen to re- | nese policy. He particularly made Deputy Commissioner Daly, the powht that Secretary of Commercé known as the czar of the taxi in-| Hoover approved all steps taken by ; dustry. Warren says he will ap-/this government in hina. point a civilian in his place as direc- The White House knows of no in- {tor of the traffic division of the! tention of Secretary of State Kellogg police department. to resign, it was said. Even if Kel- > NOES logg should retire, the spokesman de- WORKERS! PROTEST AGAINST clayed’that Hoover would not be ap- DEATH OF SACCO and VANZETTI!! pointed to the post. 3 Our Australian Letter March 11th, 1927. | realizing that a good attack is the As I mentioned in my last letter, | best defense, are already taking steps the Commonwealth Arbitration Court |to circumvent the intentions of the | decided that 44 hours per week would | employers and are cagyying on a cam- surance Company directors who are \ be the standard hours for workers in | also directors of the Chase National | the metal industry of Australia, All paign against piecework. Directors of the Metropolitan are Jo- Bank: Charies M. Schwab Henry Ollesheimer Frederick H. Ecker Albert H. Wiggin Now in view of the fact that the | Metropolitan always has an average balance in the Chase National of about Twenty Millions of Dollars, this inter- lacing directorate takes tn a special significance. . It is not by mere chance that these “boys” are sitting pretty on the board of one of the largest banks in the world. A permanent balance of Twen- ty Millions Dollars in cash’ obligates the Chase National to the officials of the Metropolitan and it ‘s the “mu- tual” officials and directors of Mother Metropolitan who benefit by this friendly contact, rather than the be- wildered policyholders of the “Big Four.” Mr. James A. Beha, the Superin- tendant of Insurance up at Albany, a personal appointee of Governor Smith, is acquainted with these facts. He knows that the reports issued by the “Big Four” are doctored, he knows that the high-hatted, sleek Wall Street gang sits astride the tens of millions of policyholders who are defrauded of hundreds of millions of dollars every year. He knows that “mutual” policy- holders.do not benefit by any trans- action, official and unofficial which these companies engage in. If Mr. Beha continues to prove him- self in league with the “Big Four’) by ignoring these specific charges, certainly Governor Smith should de- mand an immediate investigation into the evils of the weekly payment {n- surance business. 1928 is not a long way off! ‘ of the unions in the metal industry are | now preparing their cases for the variation, which will give them the re- duced hours of work. Last year the metal unions in N. |S. W. won the 44-hour week by the | strike method, and they lost 4 hours | pay. I It is the 4 hours pay that they are jafter now. The fact that the metal | workers in N. S. W. already had a | 44-hour working week was a big fac- |tor in the recent 44-hour case in the Commonwealth Court. It is known that N. S. W. ironmasters were anx- in each state, so that employers in some states would have no undue ad- vantage of those of other states. Fear American Methods. There is a grave danger that Amer- ican methods are about to be intro- duced into the factories of Australia. Sometime ago, a delegation was dis- patched by the Cofimonwealth gov- ernment to America for the purpose of studying speed-up methods, bonus eystems, co-partnership, ete., and last week Chief Judg Dethridge made the following very clear remarks. “The forty-four hour week is pos- | sible only if the workers in every | way work up to their limit.to keep up | to the collar all the time. No court, | no parliament, no power on earth can | get a forty-four hour week for the workers if they do not do their best, It means that payment by results will | have to be recognized as a legitimate thing. It does not matter about union rules. Payment by results must come, If it does not come the forty-four hours will have to go.” | Fight Piece Work. We shall see. Some of the unions, ious that similar hours should prevail | Labor Party Fight. There is a terrific fight being waged in the N. S. W. branch of the Aus- tralian Labor Party at the present time. By various methods the officials of the Australian Workers’ Union, led by J. Baily of ballot box fame, have gained control of the executive of the A. L. P., and have postponed the An- nual Conference from Easter until June, They know that if the confer- ence is held at Easter they will lose control, because at Easter, on account of the holidays, rank and file dele- gates can attend.. On the other hand, if the conference is held at June, only the officials will be able to attend. This decision has aroused a storm of | protest throughout N. S. W. ° The president, Mr. Seale, took mat- ters into his own hands, and has called the conference for Easter. For doing | this, Mr. Seale has been suspended | by the executive, and it is quite pos- | sible that the Easter conference will be declared bogus. Nevertheless, I {wm convinced thet the rank and file will rally to Seale, that the conference | will be held at Easter and that the | Baily ‘faction will be defeated. | Building Workers Out. Active preparations are being made among N. S, W. unions to send a dele- gation to the Pan-Pacific Congress to be held at Canton on May 4th. We hope to send five delegates. The building workers of Brisbane, Queensland are still being locked out because they refuse to work more than 40 hours per week. The “Labor” government is stil doing all in its power to defeat the workers, but the men are still solid nothwithstanding that they have been locked two months. ba