The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 30, 1927, Page 1

a oe re FIRST SECTION This issue consists of three sections Be sure to get them all. Vol. IV. No. 92. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In Now York, by mail, $8. Outside New York, by mail, $6.06 per por year. HE Watered an second-class matter at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., NEW YORK, SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1927 der the act of March 3, 1879, ea PUBISHING RKE at. Published Datly except Sunday by THH DAILY WORKER CO., 33 First Street, New York, N. ¥. FINAL CITY EDITION Price 3 Cents Current Events HE MICHIGAN MANUFACTUR- Tir AND FINANCIAL RECORD is considerably exorcised because a representative, John Holland by name, introduced a bill in the legislature providing for the limitation of work in all state factories to eight hours a day and the imposition of a fine in the form of time and half for over- time on any employer working his help beyond the specified hour-limit. Should the employer flout the law and pay only straight time or nothing at all for the extra hours worked Mr. Holland would assess the refractory employer anything from $50 to $500 for each offense. * By T. J, O’FLAHERTY. * * fo be it from the indignant organ | of big business to commisserate | with the employer in his tribulation at the hands of this peculiar legis- | lator. It is for the worker's liberty that the paper does battle. “This is a characteristic privation of liberty of the workingman, in whose alleged in- terest it is presented” says the “Mich- igan Manufacturer and Financial Rec- ord.” Suppose the worker chose to work his overtime for nothing. Any citizen may make a donation of his property to any one whom he chooses. Suppose he desired to make a dona- tion of his labor. Under such a meas- ure as Mr. Holland presents, he couldn’t even have that liberty.” * * . ‘OW, I am sure you 4re all con-| vinced that this man Holland is an undesirable citizen who would Bol- shevize this country and reduce the workers thereof to a very low ethical | and social level by robbing them of} the god-given right to work for | Let us sup- nothing if they saw fit. pose by way of illustration that the daughter of a manufacturer wanted to divorce a count so that she could marry a prince. She would need ex- tra money to buy off the count in order to purchase the prince. And suppose her father’s loyal slaves were aching to contribute a few extra hours gratis to the marital experiments of their employer’s daughter, Holland’s bill, if passed into law would be the means of leaving a useless count on a fatr lady’s arm and a lonely prince pining away in his garret or gazing thru restaurant windows at food he could not buy. * . ‘HE American workers are more eapitalistically-minded than is good for them. Too many of them believe that without capitalists there would be no work for them to do, no food for them to eat and no clothes for them to wear. They do not realize that the boss hires them in order to profit from their labor rather than to play the role of a humanitarian in business for the purpose of putting Jood in the mouths of the hungry. But we dare say that a canvass of the workingclass population of the United States would not subscribe to the in- dignation professed by “The Michigan Manufacturer and Financial Record” | over the introduction of Holland’s bill. They would exchange a lot of abstract freedom for a few hours out of the factory or time and half for extra hours inside of it. - * J ERE is a human interest. story with a kick: William Keuntze of Hoboken finds $34.75 in his envelope on every pay day. Mrs. Keuntze puts her trade mark on $34.25 of that amount and she agreed that her reck- less husband could hold on to the bal- ance, provided he spent it on a daily lunch, a five cent cigar and a weekly package of chewing gum. Evidently William was saving his allowance, which made Mrs. Keuntze duly sus- picious. “I believe he wanted to squan- der that fifty cents on other womey,” she told the judge. His honor being a man of the world could not see what a fellow could do nowadays in view of . the high cost of living, with fifty cents, so he dismissed the case, re- turning Mr. Keuntz to the status quo, ut the flea of suspicion still bites the Jealous spouse, her theory being that what Mr. Keuntze saves by the week he\spends by the month. . \ Te little kidnapping escapade cost Aimee Semple MacPherson dearly. Confessions should now be in order. Her life since she returned from the desert, footsore and weary, but with her most priceless heritage intact, has been one disappointment after another. Her mother broke with her, her orchestra leader left her be- cause she bobbed her hair, and worse still, organized a rival church. The unkindest cut of all comes from the attorney who defended her against the Devil et al, in a Los Angeles court. He ' is suing her for $8,500, the balance of his fee for saving a beautiful soul from Satan. Old Nick is a jolly good fighter. He never quits, * Cc PINGS come from friend and . A California ci spied a (Continued on Page Three) » Hankow Government; HIGHLIGHTS OF | the liberation movement. | 4.—Mme. Borodin brought \in Shanghai. BELGRADE, April 29.—General vasions of Soviet Russia backed by | MOSCOW, April 29.—Doc | found by Chang Tso-lin in his unprecedented raids on the Soviet embassy compound at Peking were declared to be counterfeits |by. Communist International. | In a statement made public today, |the Communist International branded |Chang’s documents as spurious and declared that the “accusations. that the Communist International is stir- ring up the Chinese masses against foreigners are political lies, fabrica- ted by foreign espionage.” The charges are too ridiculous to need repudiation, the statement declares. | Substantial Backing. Chang has been making public | documents alleged to have been taken in his raids on the Soviet embassy in the hope of securing even more substantial backing from the powers |than he has been receiving. That Chang has succeeded in con- | vineing willing and credulous foreign diplomats of “Soviet plots” in China is indicated in dispatches received here. Senator Bingham of the United States is reportedsto have expressed sympathy for Chang Tso-lin after a perusal of the spurious documents. M. Cherny, Soviet Chargé who had \been recalled from Peking, has arrived here with his staff. *“ 2 * CHICAGO, April 29. — The local branch of the Kuomintang has cabled the Nationalist government at Han- kow pledging its support to the lib- eration movement and denouncing Chiang Kai-shek as a traitor. The cable, signed by Chao Ting-chi, resident secretary in America of the Oriental Committee of the League Against Imperialism, recently formed at Brussels, follows: .. Denounce Chiang. “Chiang Kai-shek has turned trai- tor. He is aiding imperialism. De- stroy him. All oppressed peoples are rallying to your support.” * * * Nationalists Hold Position. SHANGHAI, April 29.—The Na- tionalist troops are holding their own in their skirmishes with Chiang Kai- shek’s troops at Kiukiang, according to reports received here. In order to forestall a monster workers’ demonstration on May Ist, (Continued on Page Two) Read The Daily Worker Every Day. War Hero Badly Hurt When Cop Chases Him Off Roof in Brooklyn Gregory Golenko, who is said to have been decorated for bravery while serving with the 147th Infan- try in the World War, was serious- ly injured yesterday when he jumped from the roof of a three- story building at 63 Moore St., Williamsburg, while being pursued by Patrolman John Tanbrano, ac- cording to the police. Golenko lay unconscious in the yard, back of the building ‘until Ambulance Surgeon Donnelly took him to a hospital. i BUY THE DAILY WORKER AT THE NEWSSTANDS Calls Chiang Traitor TODAY’S NEWS 1.—Britain organizing White Russian army under General Wrangel, for war against Nationalist China. 2— Communist International brands Chang Tso-lin’s state- ment that it is creating anti-foreign sentiment as a deliberate lie; charges Chang’s “Soviet Documents” faked. 3.—Chicago Kuomintang cables support to Nationalist Gov- ernment at Hankow; denounces Chiang Kai Shek as a traitor to to Peking for “special trial.” 5.—Nationalist troops repulse Chiang Kai Shek at Kiukiang. 6.—Chiang tries to forestall mass May Day demonstration Wrangel, White Russian, whose in- the imperialist powers, were com- pletely crushed, is organizing an army of 20,000 for service in China. Great Britain is subsidizing Wrangel again, it is reported. Wrangel is collecting troops from Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Turkey. uments alleged to have been HANKOW TROOPS WILL JOIN” FENE IN PEKING DRIVE German Vessel Arrives Without Mishap ~ (Special to the Daily Worker). HANKOW, April 29.—The Nation- alist army in this area, numbering 70,000 men, has been mobilized and is proceeding toward Honan today. It is reported that this body will cooperate with armies of Feng Hu-hsiang and Yen Hsi-shan, the governor of Shansi, in a drive toward Peking. Spectacular review of troops in con- nection with the inauguration of mili- tary council officials took place yes- terday. a ieee German Ship Not Hurt. HANKOW, April 29.—The German freighter, Eidarwald, unarmed and un- convoyed, arrived here today unmo- lested by Chinese troops. It left Woo- sung, at the mouth of the Yangtze River three and one half days ago. This is interpreted in Nationalist circles here as indicative that nations not despatching troops to China and not making threats of the use of force in China are regarded as friends by the Chinese people, and therefore do not have trouble. * *. * Japanese Resume Business. HANKOW, April 29. — Japanese shops, factories and river services are resuming today and a majority of their 10,000 Chinese employes are re- turing to work for the Japanese firms. The local representative of the Nip- pon Kisen Kaisha have wired to Shanghai for additional passengers and freight ships to come up the river. Four boats are held here for unloading. It is understood that cotton mills will resume operations shortly. * . Labor Chiefs Meet. HANKOW, April 29.—The labor conference called under the auspices of the new labor commission, includ- ing Eugene Chen, Chen Kung-cho, head of the labor department of the Central Kuomintang, and Su Shao- chen, labor minister, which has been formed to act in cases of labor ques- tions involving foreigners, will meet today to consider steps to promote local business prosperity. The conference will be attended by representatives of all important labor bodies. It will discuss the general policy of specific measures to bring labor into line with the government on measures to be taken to restore nor- COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL GIVES LIE TO CHANG TSO-LIN’S FAKE DOCUMENTS Great Britain Reorganizes Wrangel’s Army for War on Nationalist China Chicago Kuomintang Wires Support Pledge to i} |mobiles as they traverse Riverside Drive and be assured that| 4 . a ' Imperialist Armada Anchors in the Hudson ‘\. On Friday, tWo days before May Day, there steamed into @ mouth of the Hudson River the combined Atlantic and Pa- cific fleets of the United States navy, fresh from their maneuvers in the Carribean, where they were parading mightily and majes- tically before the peoples of that part of the world in order to properly impress upon them the convincing means by which Wall Street is able to enforce its will against smaller nations. In all there are 129 warships, the greatest concentration of | naval force New York has ever seen, anchored in the Hudson | and extending from 57th street in Manhattan to Yonkers. Bat-| tleships, destroyers, armoured cruisers, light cruisers, sub- marines, aircraft ténders, mine sweepers and all the other float-| ing instruments of death and destruction that human ingenuity | has yet devised comprise the combined fleets. Every battleship that is not occupieg'terrorizing the inhabitants of China, Nicara-| gua or some other country where Wall Street has heavy invest-| ments is now on exhibition in New York. | The bankers, the industrialists, the exploiters of labor, the} despoilers of weaker peoples, may now sit in their exquisite auto-| THEIR FLEET, fully armed and equipped, the mightiest on earth, stands at their disposal, ready at their command to repeat} a hundréd fold the massacres of helpless colonials as they massa-| cred the Chinese on Socony Hill a few days ago. But for workers these majestic ships are ominous signs of impending disaster— | of new and more devastating wars in which the, death toll of | humanity will mount to millions upon millions. Also the very presence of this colossal assemblage of battle-| ships at this time is significant for the working class. The mas- | ter class knows that this May Day is set aside by the militant) workers for a concentrated attack upon the forces of imperialist} reaction that are now ravaging China, throttling the legally con- stituted government 6f Nicaragua because it will not become a lackey for Wall Sreet, striving, through ridiculous talk about! “forged state documents” to conceal its foul designs upon Mexico, and endeavoring to murder Sacco and Vanzetti in order to strike} terror into the hear§i.of the foreign-born workers in the slave) pens of America, Knowing this, the presence of the fleet at this! time was unquestionably deliberately timed by the master class in order to give the city a martial color during the period of the; May Day demonstrations. In spite of the presence of the gunmen of imperialism, the TO PICKET UPHELD 12 WORKERS FREE Judge Throws Cases Out in Decision The fur workers locked-out by the bosses for refusing to register with the reactionary right wing Interna- tional, have a perfect right to picket their shops and to peacefully persu- ade other workers not to turn scab and fill their places. This was the decision of Magistrate | Simpson in Jefferson Market Court | vesterday, when he dismissed seven fur workers who had been arrested in several parts of the fur market for | picketing. The workers brought to court were Lillian Winogradsky, Ester Polansky, Morris Wiener, Jack Kramer, B. Goldberg, Annie Feldman and M. Leuber. They had been picketing 150 West 20th St., 333 Seventh Ave., and one shop in West 32nd St. The court ruled that they have a perfect right to do this, and cannot be interfered with by the police. Magistrate Gottlieb in Jefferson Market Court yesterday freed Ester Kushner, Annie Liebowitz and Anna | Shapiro, three dressmakers who were arrested a couple of weeks ago for picketing one of the shops on West 36th St., where an injunction had been granted against the union. Two other dressmakers also gained their freedom yesterday after serving a setence of 30 days imposed upon them for their strike activities last ) Summer. « Gussie and Clara Kimberg had been confined in Raymond Street Jail, after being convicted of attacking a scab | who identified them only because she | had once worked in the same shop. The Kimbergs were met yesterday ADMIT PLAN TO STOP ONLY LABOR DAILY FURRIERS’ RIGHTUAIL EDITORS ~ AND SUPPRESS PAPER IS PLOT Professional Patriots on Stand Confess Plan Salaried professional patriots and | the organizations for which they | work have been plotting for eigh- teen months to “get” The DAILY WORKER staff, rob the paper of its mailing privileges and railroad the editors and business manager to prison, it was stated under oath yesterday morning in the Essex Market court with Magistrate | Tolleris presiding in the trial of William F. Dunne and Bert Miller. Under the searching examination of Attorney Joseph Brodsky, George L. Darte admitted that he. is the paid “adjutant-general” of the Military Or- der of the World War, that the or- ganization is incorporated, is com- posed exclusively of ex-army officers, has its headquarters in Washington, |D. C. and that he had personally | notified the postmaster-general of the publication of the poem America on which the charge is based. Read Daily For Year . He also testified that he had read The DAILY WORKER “religiously” for a year and a half and that this was the first time he had ever felt impelled to register a complaint with | the postoffice and police authorities. Darte parades the title of “captain” in addition to adjutant-general. George Seitz, who described him- |self as “a research worker” for the Keymen of America, testified that his |job was to furnish information—he | would not say about what or to whom. “What kind of an organization is | this Keymen of America?”, asked At- | torney Brodsky. Seitz replied that he | admirals, vice-admirals and the rest of the braided and epauletted | by a delegation of workers carrying | kneW little about it. officers who will strut before their masters in their gilded clubs| and talk long and loudly about the glory of this government and} lie about its pacific intentions, we will raise the standard of in- ternational solidarity of labor on this as on every other May} Day and do all that we can to mobilize the workers against every- thing that the fleet stands for by demanding: Hands Off China! Hands Off Nicaragua and Mexico! Stop the Imperialist War Maneuvers! Life and Liberty for Sacco and Vanzetti! | Open the jail doors and free the imprisoned fighters against) capitalism! And in every way we will strive to direct the mass energy | of the American working class into revolutionary channels so} that the workers and farmers and not the Wall Street brigands | 13 Admirals Lead MANY MAY DAY MEETINGS IN Fleet Up Hudson in | Huge War Show AND NEAR CITY All Rally to Protest | Against Tyranny Labor’s vanguard has completed | arrangements for the celebration of | May Day—lInternational Labor Day Uncle Sam’s foreign policemen, 32,- 500 bluejackets, came into town yes- terday. Like a circus parade, 122) men of war of the United States fleet | came through the Narrows, steamed | into New York harbor amid the} clamorous welcome of metropolitan | Pi rar +,|——in innumerable meetings to be held pg hig its Groped. ‘anchor in New York and vicinity. Every| | worker should come and demonstrate | flowers, and their release was cele- brated by speeches and an enthusias- tic welcome from the union. They were escorted to their home by the workers, and they will be guests at a banquet to be held on Sunday, In- ternational Labor Day. HELPERS PLEDGE FULL SUPPORT TO PLUMBERS UNIO A thousand striking plumbers’ |helpers showed their solidarity with | the striking and locked-out plumbers | ing The DAILY WORKER'S exposure |in a demonstration which was held| of the weekly payment frauds of the yesterday in front of the Labor Tem- |ple, 248 East 84th St., where the | registration office of the locked-out| as a member of the Armstrong state New York plumbers is located. The helpers not only showed their support of the plumbers in this way, but, according to C. E. Miller, presi- dent of the American Association of Plumbers’ Helpers, they also “wanted to call the attention of: the,plumbers to the miserable conditions in which their helpers, with whom they work le by side on the job, find them- selves.” Such slogan as “We are heiping you, will you help us to’ win a union?” “You have a union, we want one too.” “Four dollars a day is a Thirteen admirals and vice admir-| als, at the head of the fleet, were| wined and dined by their capitalist bosees last night. A series of din- ners and conferences are being ar- ranged, to culminate in a dinner at the Hotel Astor on May 3, which will be attended by all the officers of the fleet. Rodman Wanamaker will be toastmaster. The fleet is the largest aggregation of warships ever assembled in New York harbor. Even when the United States was mobilizing for the world war, yesterday’s record was not ap- proached, No reasons for the parade could be secured from the Brooklyn Navy Yard last night. Naval officials scouted the theory that the men of war were being prepared for a trip to China, but admitted that the mobilization was part of the admin- istration’s peace-time preparedness program. Mayor Walker, late as usual, ar- rived at 11:45 a. m. to extend the city’s official greetings to Admiral mality of business conditions and in- | Hughes at the city hall. Huges was sure safety for lives and interests. : 4 | ‘ kept waiting three quarters of an a for “Hands Off China,” for freedom | dog’s wage, not an American’s” were for Sacco and Vanzetti, for defense | seen on the banners carried by those of the persecuted leaders of the|taking part in the demonstration. tara: liltanemmnaie: —— | masses in New York, or international | labor solidarity. Attend your May | Day meetings. | New York Meetings. Central Opera House, 67th Street and Third Avenue, May 1; 1 p. m.! Speakers: Gitlow, Stachel, Wein- stone, Poyntz, Moore, Krumbein. Hunts Point Palace 163rd Street and Southern Boulevard, Bronx. Speakers: Dunne, Wicks, Weinstone, Trachtenberg, Grecht, Olgin, Woriss, Warshafsky, (Continued on Page Three) hour, When Walker hove into sight sur- rounded by a cloud of photographers, the admiral impatiently asked, “doesn’t the mayor ever go anywhere without his photographers.” The police department was given special instructions on how to handle the 30,000 gobs on shore leave, No clubs, and no rough stuff, the cops were warned. Sailors are better than ordinary workers, Vaan | Hep n= ete Confer With Burke. Coincident with this rally of the helpers, a conference between their representatives and Thomas E. Burke secretary-treasurer of the United Association of Plumbers and Steam- | fitters, was being held at the Aber-| deen Hotel. Burke firmly deniea that he had stated the A. F. of L, was opposed to organization of the Association which is working for for- mation of a union, “The problem of the helpers wilt have to be solved,” he said. “The situation is very complicated and {t must be taken up by the whole exe- cutive board at the annual meeting ar Chicago.” The American Association of Plumbers’ Helpers was invited to send delegates to’ this meeting. Mediators Baffled. According to Burke there was no change yesterday in the situation’ of | the locked-out and striking plumpers, so far as the men were concerned. It is reported that representatives of “Is it a Communist organization?”, (Continued on Page Two) INSURANCE MAN BEATS RETREAT AS PROBE NEARS |Tully Resigns as Daily | Trails His Activities William J. Tully, general solicitor }of the Metropolitan Life Insurance |Company resigned yesterday, follow- Big Four insurance companies, | Tully first reached fame in 1908 | senate committee. He was one of the | reactionaries who blocked the move |to have the “Big Four” investigated at that time. | Shortly afterward Tully was ap- pointed solicitor with the Metropole tan with a yearly salary of $20,000, later raised to $30,000 He organized the law department in 1909 and has been its executive chief ever since. Governor Smith’s action in indicat- ing that there may be a legislative i gation of the industrial life insurance business is believed to have caused Tully’s speedy withdrawal. He ill travel in Europe and the Far the department of labor, Thomas ‘Wile jliams and George Liller, would con- | tinue their efforts to act as mediators but no results of their activities were jannounced yesterday. The head of the Building Trades’ Employers’ Association, C, G. Nor man, continues to refuse discussion lof .the lock-out until the striking | Brooklyn plumbers return to work, The workers stand firm in their | plumbers helpers, or to the American strike demands for $14 a day and a five-day week but are ready to dis- |cuss a peace settlement at any time on the basis of these terms. | They will be guests of honor at |the Proletarian Banquet for “Unity,” |the weekly newspaper recently Ine augurated by the two Joint Boards, which is to be held on May 1 after |May Day celebrations in the Star | Casino. | The other guests will be Ben Gold jand Isadore Shapiro, who were ace quitted in the “Mineola” case last week, All workers are invited to attend the banquet in the Casino, £ ees