The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 23, 1927, Page 1

CHINA! WITHDRAW TROOPS AND BATTLESHIPS! THE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS: FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THD UNORGANIZED FOR THE 40-HOUR WEEK FOR A LABOR PARTY Vol. IV. No. 86, Current Eventy By T, J. O’Fuanerry. ReApING books proniises to become | @ popular indoor sport in this coun- | try before long if the authorities in| various parts of the country continue to suppress harmless publications. It} is true that some of the books should | be suppressed in the interests of the | mental equanimity ofa certain sec- tion of the population. There is “Elmer Gantry” for instance. If I ‘were a preacher, a man of the cloth, | I would urge the author’s deporta-| tion on the ground that he was born in Minnesota under false pretences and therefore an undesirable citizen. | | * * | EADING is an uncomfortable habit | or those who read, as well as for| those who are written about. While | | | * spending a few happy weeks in Ber- rien county jail (Michigan) a few years back, in company with several other comrades we passed the time pleasantly and instructively reading books, magazines and newspapers. A local pugilist who got into trouble of a quite unpopular but not unusual nature caught the reading habit much to the amazement and horror of the attending detective who shrieked: “My God, so they got you reading.” Reading is habit-forming vice. | * HERE is a delusion in existence here in the United States that some races are more addicted to reading} than others. *The race from which I have sprung may not be the greatest | book-consuming public in the world | but they are not as averse to burning | the midnight gas over a choice piece | of literature as is commonly sup- posed. And they have produced aj James Joyce much to their horror. | It must be admitted on the whoie that the Irish have not been encour- aged by their spiritual overseers to! send ideological ferrets prowling among the spiritual rabbits in their mental burrows. * * * iti. 2 E that as it may I was more or less interested yesterday on seeing a sign over a bookstore at 127 Uni- versity Place. which seems to give hope for encouragement. This place is near a branch of that gigantie na- tional pawnshop known as the Morris Plan on the corner of Broadway and 14th. The sign read: “The Jimmy Higgins Book Shop.” Gazing in the| window I was still more amazed. In-| stead of seeing there “The Life of | Saint Patrick” or “The Story of the Immaculate Conception” there were books on economics, politics, biology, historical works and fiction of tne| kind that Boston policemen ¢onsider inimical to their morals. * J DECIDED to drop in and see Jimmy | but apparently he was elsewhere. | So his manager replied to my ques-| tions and introduced me to his as- sistant manager who holds the fort) while the manager is at lunch, An! agreeable staff who know so much about books that it is impossible to leave this orderly, well stocked store ewithout purchasing something—if you have the money. Whether you see Jimmy or not I can recommend his book store to the readers of this column. (Jimmy Higgins is not a per- son but an idea—Ed. D. W. What aoe | SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In New York, by mal, $8.00 per year. Outside New York, by matl, $6.00 per year. HE DAILY WORKER Bntered as second-class matter at the Post "Office at New York, N. ¥., under the act ef March 8, 1879. Mineola Court Room Sketches By Gellert In Monday's “Worker” A group of remarkable drawings by Hugo Gellert, brilliant radical artist, made in the Mineola court room where the trial of Ben Gold and the 10 other leaders of the New York fur workers has just ended, will accompany the com- plete account of the trial which will appear in Monday’s issue of The DAILY WORKER. Among those sketched by (il- lert in the coutt room are Ben Gold, I. Shapiro, S. Mencher, Judge Lewis Smith, District Attorney Edwards, Barnett Basoff, the stool-pigeon and star witness of the prosecution, the two “dicks” who cooperated with the right wing, and four members of the jury, including the foreman. A full page will be devoted to an account of the case in Mon- ; day’s issue. Mussolini Outlaws Strikes, Boycotts And Minimum Wage ROME, April 22. — Mussolini’s labor-smashing policies reached their climax Wednesday evening with the adoption by the Fascist Grand Coun- | TRAIN MURDERERS cil of the “Charter of Labor.” Strikes and boycotts are outlawed while the principle of the minimum wage is denounced and declared “un- sound.” The document which purports to establish ‘a “fair and proper relation- ship between capital and labor” grants Italian workers magnanimous concessions like the six day week, one annual paid holiday, and religious holidays “when deemed possible.” Maurer and Woll Expect to Clash At Boston Meeting (Special to The Daily Worker) BOSTON, Mass. April 22.—Labor circles here are watching closely the opening of the biennial convention of the Workers Education Bureau, when two of the most colorful figures in the trade union movement will have au opportunity to cross swords on an old grievance, if they care to. One THE UNHOLY TRINITY—GREEN AND HIS ASSOCIATES 5s NEW YORK, SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1927 FURRIERS TRIAL IN MINEOLA GOES TO JURY BR PUBISHING CO., 33 First Street, New York, N. Y¥. PURSUERS ATTACK CLERICS SQUIRM Papal Representative Admits Priests Led MEXICO CITY April 22.—Govern- ment forces, following hotly after | the marauding bana of clericals which day before yesterday burned to death | 187 peaceful passengers on a Gua- |dalajara Mexico City train, have |eaught up with the band at Yure- |chuaro, a town near the scene of the | massacre, and have inflicted a severe defeat upon them. . Arrest Traducers MEXICO CITY, April 22.—Arch- bishop Mora Del Rio, head of the Catholic Church in Mexico, and five other church dignitaries were arrested last night immediately after the issu- ance of a statement from the episco- | pate which accused the government of having been responsible for acts simi- lar to that of the Guadlajara bandits. | Those arrested besides Archbishop * * is James Maurer, president of the | Mora Del Rio included Archbishop Pennsylvania Federation of Labor! Valdespino of Aguascalientes, Bishop Foreigners Who Enter United States To Be As Immigrant Aliens WASHINGTON, April Drastic changes in the regulations relating to alieijs .crossing the Canadian and Mexttin borders into the United States were promulgat- ed today by the department of la- bor. Aliens residing in foreign con- tiguous countries and entering the United States to engage in exist- ing employment or to seek em- ployment will not be considered as visiting the United States tempor- arily as tourists, or temporarily for business or pleasure, but will be considered as aliens of the “im- migrant” class. 5 Seamen Thwart “Shanghai” Plot; Boat Dangerous “Shanghai” 22. An attempt to five rence” was frustrated yesterday when seamen aboard the S. S. “H. J. Law-| AFTER FOUR MINEOLA, L. I., April in the trial of Ben Gold and 10 fur workers charged with ‘ ville Center during the strike las lawyers and the district attorne: 5:30. At 9:35 the jurors filed |man asked that the transcript o read. é These included Greeve, one on the stand that he helped “work up” the evidence against the furriers; Miss Mary Fargas, |who was a strikebreaker in Michael |Barnett’s shop, where the attack alleged to have taken place; and Miss May Grefer, secretary to J. P. Cough- lin, of the New York Central Trades and Labor Council, All the testimony related to I. Shapiro, one of the members of the Joint Board. The questions of the jury relative to the testimony against Shapiro | would indicate that a verdict on Ben ~~ |Gold had already been reached. SACCO, VANZETTI HAVENOT MADE cE MESION PARDON REQUEST Mass Meetings | Attorney General Says (Special to The DAILY WorKER) |COOlidge Will Not Aid | PASSAIC, N. J., April 22.—Pack-! LABOR IN CITY ~ OF PASSAIG IS It has just been learned that both Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER FINAL CITY EDITION Price 3 Cents HOURS JURORS ASK TO HAVE PROSECUTION TESTIMONY READ Judge’s Charge Calls for Distinctions Between Groups of Defendants —At 11 o'clock last night the jury other leaders of the New York “assault” on a fur scab shop in Rock- t year, was still deliberating. Return At 9:35. With all the evidence in, and the summing up of the defense y, the case went to the jury at ack into the box ,and the fore- f three prosecution witnesses be of the detectives who declared CHEN PROTEST AS POWERS PREPARE DRIVE ON HANKOW 1,500 U. S. Marines to Joinn 42 Warships HIGHLIGHT’S OF TODAY’S NEWS. ___Powers prepare for attack on Hankow. Concentrate warships, rush 1,500 American marines. 2,—-Bugene Chen, Nationalist for- eign minister, protests against presence of 42 warships off Hankow. 3 ___France adopts more militant td policy, 4,—Chiang Kai-shek makes bid for imperialist support; continues wholesale arrest And execution of la- bor leaders. ___Bukharin advises Communists to ‘ work within Kuomintang. __American and British fire des- troyed setcions of Nanking, eye- jing Ukrainian Hall and the Workers |Home tonight hundreds of workers| | shouted their approval of the labor) | candidates for city commissioner—Al- | bert Weisbord, Simon Smelkinson and | Simon Bambach. Discusses Unemployment Albert Weisbord spoke on the ques- tion of unemployment showing the| |need of the mills either giving them work or pay them wages nevertheless. He demanded that the city start con- struction work on the parks, streets, | ete. Sacco and Vanzetti, now in Dedham jail, have refused for two weeks to sign a petition to Goy. Alvan T. Fuller for a pardon. Vanzetti held that he and Sacco are innocent and fears that the word “pardon” may | be misconstrued. Attorney William G. Thompson, defense lawyer, stated that a con- ference with the two framed-up men would be held shortly. oom WASHINGTON, April 22.—Presi- ‘ dent Coolidge and the department of _Weisbord also spoke of the neces- justice will refuse any form of inter- | sity of every worker being a mem-| Vention to halt the execution of |ber of a union. How in that way the | cola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. |labor movement would be better able+ This: announcement was made of- to fight the bosses in the every day struggle. yesterday. Dunne Speaks Greeted with enthusiasm, William F. Dunne, editor of The DAILY} . * * BOSTON, April 22.—Attorney Wil- liam G. Thompson, counsel for Nicola | ficially by Attorney-General Sargent | | witness testifies. 7 ___Rumor alliance between Chang *Tso-lin and Chiang Kai-shek, . * . WASHINGTON, April 22. — That the imperialist powers are making {preparations for an attack on Han- kow, seat of the Nationalist govern- ment, was indicated today by the cir- culation of the report that the 1,500 marines aboard the transport Hen- derson, due in Shanghai shortly, are bound for Hankow. Although Secretary of War Wilbur |has declared that the ultimate destina- tion of the marines is in the hands of Admiral C. Williams, commander jof the Asiatic squadron, responsible for the Nanking bombardment, close | observers of the situation believe that |the Nationalist capital is the certain destination of the marines, Bound for Hankow. and of the Education Bureau and the Anaya of Puebla, Bishop De La Mora of San Luis Potosi. the men escaped from the ship by| WORKER said that | ee “The world of| sliding down a rope to a coal barge | |: is watching the Passaic work- Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Ital- ian workers convicted of murder on | Dispatches from London quote the of it?—T. J. O'F.). | other is Matthew Woll, vice president gui vanes Aa which was laying alongside and from|e. 1 this election campaign. | Morning Post as saying that the * - | petebtinay propagandists in Shanghai are successfully insulting the intel- ligence of the reading public by ex- plaining the split of Chiang Kai Shek with the Kuomintang as a maneouver to save the face of the Nationalist government owing to difficulties with the foreign powers. A realistic mane-| ouver indeed! It is a rather serious piece of diplomatic trickery for the hundreds of trade union leaders who are being beheaded by the mercen- \ aries of General Chiang Kai Shek. O59 @ The explanation of this cock-eyed “news” is that Chiang is under the tutelage of the foreign imperialist experts who have advised him to con- tinue to strut his anti-imperialist z lest a sudden dropping of the ‘phrases might leave him with- rporal’s guard of a following the masses. But Chiang’s not fooling the Chinese They are getting ready to it to him the punishment a traitor deserves. The guns and armies of the imperialists will avail him little when the mighty power of the Chinese workers and peasants pours down on him like a tidal wave. * * * (ERE is a serious financial panic in Japan, So seridus is the situ- ation that it is not likely the new cabinet will risk gratifying the ex- pectations.of the anti-Chinese fac- tion with a more aggressive policy in China. The economic system in Japan has been shaky since the end of the world war. Two disastrous earth- quakes shook the country’s economy to (Continued on Page Three)’ of the A. F. of L. and the Bureau. They clashed recently on the Na- tional Civic Federation’s attitude on old age pensions. Maurer, a leader in the pension movement criticized vigorously the policy of the Civic Federation, of which Woll is acting} president. Here at Boston, however, | they will find themselves on the same platform with full opportunity either to reach an agreement on the old age pension question, or to discuss further their views, Sacco-Vanzetti Action. Some action is being planned on behalf of Sacco and Vanzetti, although the form has not yet been deter- mined. It is urged that the 200 dele- gates go make a pilgrimage to Ded-| ham jail, where the two workers are held pending their threatened execu- tion on July 10, One issue likely to precipitate live- ly action on the convention floor the opening day will be the status of the Workers School of New York. Claim- ing to be one of the largest, if not the largest labor college in America, the school is expected to ask a seat in- deliberations. If the Bureau, how- ever, follows out the action of the A. F. of L. convention, the Workers School may be banned because of .its connection with the Workers Party. Rain Quells Forest Fire ALBANY, N. Y., April 22.—Rain has wiped out the forest fire danger, at least for the present, the Conserva- tion Commission announced é Every fire was out today and rain was general throughout the forest fire area, Sacco and Vanzottl Must Not Die! Vatican Admits Leadership. WASHINGTON, April 22.—Irrita- ted by the horror and resentment against the catholic church, whose priests led the clerical rebels who perpetrated the Guadalajara—Mexico City train massacre, the Rev. Pietro Fumasoni-Binobi, apostolic delegate to the United States, has hastened to deny that the Mexican hierarchy is responsible for it.’ However, Fumasoni-Binobi, direct representa- tive of the Vatican, inadventenly, in his defense of the catholic rebels, admits that priests led the attack. - Feels Hurt By Charge. “The charge is without foundation and the result of the bitter hatred of President Calles for the catholic church,” said the Rev. Fumasoni- Binoli. “This bitterness of the pre- sident of Mexico and his utter lack of logic must be evident to anyone who reads his statement.” “Because three priests led the at- tacking party, as he asserts, then we must’ conclude that the catholic church of Mexico is responsible for the massacre, a‘ 5 SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 22. —Rumors that the Mexican govern- ment has discovered a wide spread plot to assassinate the public offi- cials may very likely be true, said representatives here, as it is konwn that the church has thruout its his- tory resorted in times of crisis to inspired assassinations, but the local consul general has not heard of any seizure of tho telegraphic service, nor any censorship established in Mexico City, there taken ashore by a friendly lighter, Vessel Dangerous, The men, George Pappdoqus, J. Cringel, F. McKenna, B. Barran, and @ messman, whose name could not be procured, refused to sail on the boat, a coastwise vessel upon which they had been working for four days be- declared that the dynamo was out. of order, endangering the lives of the men aboard; the pumps were also dislocated and held together by rope. In addition, the mess service was inadequate, in as much as the single }eook (instead of the customary 2 or 3) had been in a state of chronic drunkenness for the past few days. The escaped seamen had not signed any “articles,” and were consequent- ly not bound to leave with the ship. J. Louis Engdahl Places Wreaths on the Graves of Liebknecht - Luxembourg (Special To The Daily Worker) BERLIN, April 21. (Delayed) — J. Louis Engdahl, editor of The DAILY WORKER who is bringing the ashes of C. E. Ruthenberg, general secretary of the Workers (Communist) Party to Moscow where they will be interred in the Kremlin wall, today placed a wreath on the graves of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxembourg, pioneer German Communists who ‘wore murdered in 1919 by the so- cialist government of Germany. cause of its unsafe condition. They | | The framed-up charges, today asked Gov. | labor movement wants to see if the} alyan T, Fuller for another respite | bitter struggle here for union recog-| for Celestinos Madeiros, condemned nition, wages and working conditions,!t, die in the electric chair next which aroused §vo~'d wide admiration | Thursday morning. and support has stimulated a class ie loyalty which sees in support of labor | candidates a continuation of the * A large delegation, representing ; |trade unions and fraternal organiza- | Strike struggle on another front. |tions, adopted plans last night look- Meeting Is Answer ing toward a national conference to “This tremendous meeting gives a |help save the lives of Sacco and Van- | partial answer to the American labor zetti, at the Labor Temple, 243 East }movement. An avalanche of ballots | g4th St. marked for Weisbord and his fellow} Called ‘by the Sacco-Vanzetti fighters will be the final answer. | Emergency Committee, the delegates “This you will do and once more you | passed a resolution calling upon com- will show the textile barons that the plete unity in the work of helping to | Passaic Workers know how and when free the two framed-up workers now |to fight for unionism and the power | facing death in the electric chair. that it brings.” Enthusiastic support was given to Heckled At Meeting | the decision to join with other groups Speaking last night at Carpenters|in New York City for the purpose Hall at a meeting called by the demo- cratic party he was heckled by the president and secretary of that or- ganization. He also spoke the same evening at a meeting arranged by the League For Women Voters where he received a good reception, It is apparent that an organized group of hecklers are visiting all the meetings where the labor candidates speak and carry on a campaign to dis- organize when Weisbord has the floor. It is believed that they are being paid for this. Sacco Vanzetti Meeting ers protested the decision. of the The Saceo-Vanzetti meeting that| Massachusetts courts, were urged by was first arranged for last week will | the delegates, | be held Wednesday evening, seven| The immediate selection of a‘ com-| o'clock at Belmont Park, Garfield, un-| mittee representing org nized labor| der the joint auspices of the Inter- | in this city to call upon Gov. Fuller national Labor Defense 2g! the Anti-|of Massachusetts was decided upon) fascist Alliance. Among the speak-j|as one of the first steps in the cam-) protest against the threatened execu- tion of the two men. In order to |have united and simultaneous action | with xespect to the stoppage of work, a committee was appointed to work in harmony with other groups in the | city who have initiated plans for the | strike. More Demonstrations Urged. | Additional protest demonstrations in behalf of Sacco and Vanzetti, simi- lar to the one held in Union Square ers will be Albert Weisbord, Robert W.|paign to free the two framed-up| Dunn and Pat Devine. workers, | of calling a local general strike in| last Saturday, at which 20,000 work-! ; American contingent will proceed di- | rectly to Hankow. Chen Protests. Eugene Chen, Nationalist forei, minister, has protested against the |presence of the imperialist warships off Hankow, according to a dispatch from that city. Conditions in Han- kow and small number of foreignérs in the city do not warrant the pres- ence of 42 foreign vessels, Chen said. | The concentration of imperialist warships outside of Hankow is re- | garded as part of the preparation for |a possible attack on the city. Latest | reports put the number of imperialist war vessels in Hankow at 42. Other (Continued on Page Two) Mother of 8 to Serve Ten Years in Prison || For Shooting Daughter || Mrs. Christine Stoble, who shot and killed her sixteen-year-old daughter immediately after the girl gave birth to an illegitimate child, was convicted of manslaugh- ter yesterday. She was immediate- |] ly sentenced to serve 10 years in |] prison—the maximum sentence. The judge presiding in the case accompanied the sentence by a de- nunciatory speech. During the entire time since she was arrested, Mrs. Stoble, a mother of eight children, has been in a half-crazed state, and even now refuses to believe that her daughter is dead. Sacco and Vanzetti Must Not Die!