The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 21, 1927, Page 1

THE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS: FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNORGANIZED FOR THE 40-HOUR WEEK FOR A LABOR PARTY Vol. IV. No. 84, Current Events By T. J. O’FLanerry. ia cag of piffle on Al Smith and his brand of religious hokum ver- sus the brand favored by Mr. Mar- shall and his ilk, continue to clutter the pages of the capitalist press./ Thousands cf patriotic citizens make| a living in shis country telling their | fellow-patriots that there is a papal | army in every parochial schoolhouse cellar waiting for the word to rally forth and burn every “little red school house” in the land. * * * the other hand we have the lieu- tenants of the self-styled prisoner in the Vatican make a better living | telling their deluded followers that! all those who are not believers in the catholic faith will roast and sizzle for ever and ever and ever in a hell spe- cially built by the kind christian god/ for all those who refuse to contribute | to the upkeep of the pope and his} horde of employes. And the christian god was good enough to employ a} devil and a host of roustabouts to} keep the home fires burning for his rebellious creatures. * * BETWEEN the two brands of re- ligious opium peddled by the rival spiritual joss houses there is no more choice than there is between two dif- ferent kinds of poison, both equally | deadly, Al Smith could state quite honestly that he is a loyal son of the catholic international in Rome and of American imperialism with head- quarters in Wall Street and an annex in Washington. Theoretically, of course, the vatican has never relin- quished the claim to the spiritual and temporal dominance of all the human beings on this earth, But it uses its head. * * @ : Tat was a time when kings trem- bled every time the pope blew his nose in anger. Those were in the! good old feudal days when a refrac- tory prince could be brought to the} papal knee to renew his allegiance! under threat of a loss of his power. | The papacy was more powerful poli-| Heatly. Jn_ those days. than it is. now. Tt m the boss of the existing social order than now. Today it is the servant of world imperialism and gives tit for tat. It renders a service to world imperialism and receives valuable concessions in return. There is an almost perfect entente between | the vatican and world capitalism.) Here and there a rupture occurs, But quarrels take place even in the best regulated families. . . . EN Governor Smith declares that the catholic church does not interfere in temporal matters he is talking for the benefit of the moron. What is the catholic church doing in Mexico today when it supports coun- SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In New York, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside New York, by mail, $6.00 per year. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at New York, N. ¥., under the act ef Mareh 3, 1879. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1927 <a PUBISHING we om 200 APPEALS T0 FULLER TO SAVE SAGCO, VANZETTI Cables, Wires, Letters Speak for 50,000,000 | Conference for Sacco and i Vanzetti Will Be Held | | | Tomorrow, Labor Temple & special ‘conference of trade unions, fraternal and other labor organizations will be held Friday evening, 8 o'clock at the Labor Temple, 243 East 84th St., under the auspices of the Sacco-Van- zetti Emergency Committee. Ac- | IMPERIALIST POWERS CAUSE PEKIN TO MAKE WAR GESTURE AT U. S. S. R. | Peasants’ Union Controls Wuhu; Workers and} Farmers Support Hankow Government PEKING, April 20.—The Peking Government has flatly re- | jected the request of the Soviet foreign office for the release ER. Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER |which the workers were locked for |refusal to register in the company BEN GOLD AND HIS BROTHER WORKERS FACE A LONG TERM OF IMPRISONMENT. ONLY A MIGHTY PROTEST FROM THE WORKERS CAN SAVE THEM. COME TO COOPER UNION, WEBSTER HALL, MANHATTAN EYCEUM, STUYVESANT CASINO AND ASTORIA HALL. COME RIGHT FROM WORK WHERE YOU WILL BE TOLD BY PROMINENT LABOR SPEAKERS WHAT CAN BE DONE THE DAILY WOR FINAL CITY EDITION Price 3 Cents FURRIERS FIGHT BOSSES’ UNION PLAN CO,, 33 First Street, New York, N. Y¥. TEN GREAT MASS MEETINGS TODAY SUPPORT LOCKED OUT FUR WORKERS Furriers on Trial Called “Irregular” and “Red” When Assault Charges Weaken THE ATTACK ON THE FUR WORKERS (1) With the workers in 9 more shops locked out by the bosses for failure to register with the company union of the In- ternational, the total number of furriers involved i over 1,200 from 53 shops. (2) The Joint Board of the Furriers, in reply to the adver- tisement of the Associated Fur Manufacturers published in “The Forward” and other papers gave the lie to the assertion of S: Samuels, representing the association, that the lockout was made necessary because the bosses desired to keep their contract with the International. (3) Ten huge meetings at Cooper Union, Manhattan Lyceum, and other halls at 5:30 today to protest agains tthe jail- ing of Ben Gold, furriers’ leader, on a trumped-up “assault” charge, and the present lockout aimed to force workers into a docile company union .of the bosses. (4) Immediate mobilization of fur workers and all needle trades workers in counter-offensive to the latest attack of .coalii- tion of right wing, bosses, police, and “Jewish Daily Forward.” (5) Twelve witnesses at Mineola trial corroborate alibis of Ben Gold and other defendants. * > now Ten huge meetings, with thousands of needle-trades workers in various parts of the city, to be held today at 5:30 will reply to the lockout of the 1,200 fur workers by the Associated Fur Manufacturers, and the imprisonment of Ben Gold, together with 10 other leaders of the Joint Board of the union on a fake “‘as- sault” charge. Picketing of the 53 shops out of Ford’s Attorneys Have Woman Juror Secretly Quized By U. S. Agents DETROIT, April 20.~An air of mystery was thrown about the al- leged jury scandal in the $1,000,000 Ford-Sapiro libel suit today when Mrs. Cora Hoffman, one of the wo- men jurors in the case was again brought to the federal building for questioning. Accompanied by her husband, Mrs. Hoffman, who is accused by Ford’s attorneys of expressing an- tipathy towards the motor king, was secretly grilled by department of justice agents. Neither the agents nor attorneys in the suit would discuss the latest development in the alleged scandal. union of the bosses—the Internation-| \al—began yesterday morning. Mass| meetings of workers were held in Manhattan Lyceum and other. halls where mobilization. of al) the foreds; of the Joint Board took place for the) | present phase of the struggle with) the right wing officials now openly} jaligned with the manufacturers and} | the police. | “Forward” For Bosses. | The Jewish Daily “Forward” for) the past few days has been publish- ling .advertisements from the Asso- ciated Fur Manufacturers, “explain- ing” that they had tc lock out the 1,200 furriers in order to preserve | their agreement with the Intrnational union.” At today’s meeting, to be held at Cooper Union, Webster Hall, two! halls in Manhattan Lyceum, two halls |of Soviet officials and property seized in Chang Tso Lin’s raids} on the Soviet embassy compound. | The refusal is interpreted by ob-| iservers here as an attempt on the| \| Chinese Kuomintang | ter-revolutions against the Mexican { government which happens to be a liberal government and opposed to foreign imperialism and the native blood-suckers who have lived on the tion on the calling of a national Sacco-Vanzetti conference and a general strike will be acted upon. All working class organizations Should be represented. BOSTON, Mass., April 20—Two ; hundred cables, telegrams and letters , flooded the office of Governor Fuller) | today continuing the world-wide de-| mand that Sacco and Vanzetti be! in Stuyvesant Casino and _ several} 5 other halls in the immediate neigh- MINERS LOCKOUT borhood, a large number of speakers will voice the attitude of the workers} part of the imperialist powers to, backs of the Mexican people for cen- turies? And every .student of Irish history knows that the church has been used by Great Britain ever since the conquest of Ireland as an over- seer holding the country in subjec- tion for a consideration. The sale of | Treland to a British king on condition | that the king turn over to the papal | treasury one penny for every human} being in Ireland is a historical fact. Not a very spiritual agreement! | o> * 94 catholic church must do a lot of spade work yet before the poli- tical soil in the United States is suf- ficiently prepared for the election of} a catholic to the presidency. Smith's blast is part of, a definite policy to break down the existing prejudice. Whether his interrogator, Mr. Mar- shall, was in on the plan or not makes little difference. As a result! of the publicity that accrued to Al from the controversy he is more ‘of a national figure today than ever and will prove a powerful contender for _ the nomination in the next democrat nvention. . i § OULD Smith receive the demo- rat nomination the religious issue will ybe one of the dominating factors in the election campaign tho there is little \likelihood that either of the main Gontenders will deal with the religions publicly. But two armies of whisperers will be busy. The lead- ers of \the capitalist parties will try to make the workers forget their own class interests in one more elec- tion ‘debauch. When the workers should be building a Labor Party to fight their own battles they will be asked to check their political brains until the spree is over. Then they will return to the slave pens—if they are lucky enough to have a job— while the successful and unsuccessful candidates sleep off the effects of the jamboree. * * * welled to my eyeg as I read an editorial wail in a recent issue (Continued on Page Three) taken from the shadow of the elec-: goad the Soviet Union into war.) trie chair. izations representing 50,000,000 peo- ple. The appeal of the British Inde- pendent Labor Party came in with another from the South African Trade Union Congress, the Cleveland local of the American bor Negro Congress and the Italian Federation | | of Clubs of Salem, Mass, More than 250 names were on the Salem Italians’ appeal, representing various business and fraternal groups. Fuller has let it be known that when the legislature adjourns, within the next few days, he will turn to a consideration of the Sacco-Van- zetti case. It is understood also that he is awaiting a formal appeal from William G. Thompson, chief of de- fense counsel. Coolidge reactionism fought Smith College liberalism at the Northamp- ton meeting Tuesday evening when President Neilson of Smith appealed eloquently for a review of the Sacco- Vanzetti case, Old cronies of Presi- dent Coolidge, under whom he got his political start in his home town, fought ferociously against Neilson and the solid ranks of college faculty and students. Nevertheless, it is re- ported that former Senator William M. Butler, chairman of the Republi- can National Committee and Cool- idge’s confidante, is interesting him- self in the case. The Defense Committee today dis- claimed any responsibility for pub- lished reports of Butler's activity. Fuller a Capitalist. The governor is a self-made man. Back when he was 14 years old, he conducted an ambitious bicycle ven- ture, and has kept his money on rub- ber tires ever since. Residents in- variably point to Fuller's Folly far out on Commonwealth Ave. where he has erected huge Ford-like plants to handle his extensive New England Packard business. Catering to one of (Continued on Page Two) To date the governor's! | office has received 10,000 different | jappeals from individuals and organ-| PASSAIC BOSSES WORRIED BY THE LABOR CAMPAIGN PASSAIC, N. J., April 20,— | Apparently Albert Weisbord’s cam- | paign for city commissioner in Pas- |saic, N. J., has the capitalist. candi- dates worried. Together with Simon Smelkenson and Simon Bambach he | is putting up an aggressive working | class campaign that is linked up with! the vital issues that confront the workers of that city. Endorsed by the Workers’ (Com- munist) Party, the three labor candi- dates for city commissioner: have is-| sued a detailed program presenting the issue of the campaign from a working class point of view. Free Rents. It raises the issue of a moratorium on rents which to the textile workers at the present time is a major ques- |tion. After more than a year of strike and with very little work in the mills at the present time, most of them can not Pay their rent. Linked up closely to the question of a moratorium on rents is the plank that demands compensation from the city for those who are un- able to secure a job. No comment is necessary on the need of such a bill at present. It raises the issue of the exclusive use of union labor on all municipal work which effects every trade unionist in the city, something the other candidates completely ignore. It demands that the city establish an unemployment bureau in which the ‘local labor movement shall partici: pate. It is interesting to note that 3 demand was first made by the (Continued on Page Three) no ena et YS |the full |Chang’s raids were conducted with} permission of the foreign} diplomatic corps at Peking, and ‘it is! believed that his refusal of the! Soviet requests was made at the sug-| gestion of the British foreign office. Sent Mild Note. The Soviet note which was handed to the Peking Government early this month made no threats whatever and fixed no time limit, Interferes with U, S. 8. R. Citizens. Chang Tso-Lin continues to inter- fere with the activities of the citizens of the Soviet Union in Manchuria. Reports from Harbin indicate that they are prevented from moving) from town to town "y the Man- churian war lord. | * * ° 1 Bukharin Scores Chiang. MOSCOW, April 20.—‘Commun- ists must mobilize their propaganda against Chiang Kai Shek, taking up the cudgel against him only when in full readiness,” declared M. Bukharin, leader, today, commenting on Chiang’s campaign in opposition to the Com- munists in China. “We must remember that we have the army of Feng Yuh-Siang, which as yet has not been brought into the fight. It is necessary to avoid forms and organizations that will give the imperialists cause to yell about ‘the Sovietization of China.’ The Com- munists must not leavé the Kuomin- tang, but must push out the right wing elements instead. Workers must enter the Kuomintang and bore from within, never forgetting that Hankow is a left government and a considerable part of the National army favors it and that Hankow will become more and more the center for the worker and the masses.” . . . British Rush Troops. SOUTHAMPTON, Eng., April 20. —Two additional batteries of the royal field artillery and a motor transport company, consisting of 61 six-wheeled lorries, were embarked ‘upon a transport for China today. Orders Section in U. S. To Expose Gen. Chiang (Special To The Daily Worker) ‘SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 20.—According to reliable sources the central committee of the Kuo- mintang of America has received a cable from the central commit- tee at Hankow instructing an im- mediate propaganda attack against Chiang Kai Shek for his treachery to the Nationalist movement. The central committee here is holding the cable as a secret from the membership of the American Kuomintang who are impatiently waiting an opportunity to show their displeasure at the treason of Chiang Kai Shek. There is much questioning among the rank and file regarding the motives actuat- ing the California central commit- tee’s lack of action. Peasants Control Wuhu. SHANGHAI, April 20.—Reports from Wuhu state that the Chinese Peasants’ Union has assumed com- plete control at Wuhu. Workers and peasants are taking over control of cities and towns thruout the upper Yangtse Valley and are rallying to the support of the Hankow Govern- ment, according to dispatches re- ceived here. 3 Plan Drive On Chiang. A large military demonstration, believed to be a forerunner of drives against Chiang Kai Shek as well as the northern war lords, was held at Hankow today. General Tang Seng- chi, associated commander-in-chief of the Nationalist armies, is already marching against Nanking, reports from Hankow state. Execute Labor Leaders. 3 In the meantime Chiang Kai Shek continues to execute left wing and labor leaders at Nanking. Secret executions are proceeding nightly ‘at (Continued on Page Two) | lin the entire needle trades who will | refuse to be intimidated into form-| ing company unions which will even-| tually result in their return to sweat} shop conditions. } | Message From Leaders. | Among the speakers at the huge} protest meetings will be Louis Hy-| }man, manager of the Joint Board of | |the cloak and dressmakers, Sam} | Liebowitz, acting manager of the | | Joint Board of the furriers, Ben Git- |low, Albert Weisbord, leader of the | Passaic strike, Juliette Stuart} Poyntz, Lena Chernenko, Moissaye J.| | Olgin, William Weinstone, Joseph} | Boruchowitz, Joseph Goretzky, C. S.| Zimmerman, Julius Portnoy, and} other officials of the cloakmakers’| union, Fannie Warshawsky, Irving Potash, S. Polansky, and other active | |leaders of the Furriers’ Union. It is| announced that a message from Ben Gold will be read at these meetings. The original number of shops locked out Tuesday was 44. Yesterday 9 more were added, thus increasing to 53 the total number of bosses who have join- | ed the’ reactionary officials in helping | to form a docile company union. Expose Manufacturers. | The Joint Board of the furriers’ union has issued a statement expos- irig the pretenses of the Associated | Fur Manufacturers, who, in their ad-| vertisements in various newspapers, | including “The Forward” insist that it was their “duty” to insist on work- ers registering with the International. The statement follows: “No matter what Mr. Samuels, of ; the association, may state in his paid | advertisements, he will not succeed in| controverting the fact that he does} interfere in the internal affairs of the Furriers’ Union. The order issued by the Board of Directors of the Asso- ciated Fur Manufacturers, directing the fur manufacturers to discharge those fur workers who refuse to reg- ister with the federation dual union is a direct act of interference in the internal affairs of the union. Not First Attempt. “We wish to remind Mr. Samuels | (Continued on Page Five) DRAGGING ALONG: CRISIS NOT YET European Operators in Near Panic INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 20.— The coal lockout continues its regular way. The miners are enduring their enforced vacation, the companies in general are not producing, the public is slowly using up the coal reserves. The crisis is some weeks ahead, when the stocks grow low, and the activity of left wing and progressive elements in the miners’ union brings out the unorganized workers. From the beginning, and in spite of the apathy of the union officials to their appeals, the progressive “Save the Union” bloc in the United Mine Workers of America has insisted that the unorganized miners are the key to the situation, ee ee Costs Ordered Revealed—Perhaps. WASHINGTON, April 20.—At last the mask of secrecy has been almost ordered torn from the books of the biggest coal, coke, pig iron and steel (Continued on Page Two) Many Baltic Workers Emigrate to Canada WASHINGTON, April 20 (FP). —Emigration from Esthonia to Canada and Australia is steadily increasing, according to informa- tion made public by the U. S. de- partment of labor. It quotes the Esthonian papers as saying that if there were no immigration bar to the United States, from 2,000 to 3,000 Esthonian workers would come immediately to this country. Economie conditions in the Baltic states are hard.