The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 30, 1927, Page 3

CENTRAL OPERA HOUSE v«th Street and Third Avenue SPEAKERS: Wm. W. Weinstone Bertram D. Wolfe Charles Krumbein and the Young Pioneers. Juliet S, Poyntz Richard B. Moore John J. Ballam Also representative of Young Workers’ League Also Chinese speaker. Chairman: JACK STACHEL, Freiheit Gesangs Verein, Defend Kushner; Seek Appeal on Moskowitz Case Argument by Attorney Joseph R.| Brodsky, representing the two work-| ers who were arrested Wednesday for distributing “Hands Off China” leaf- lets, resulted yesterday in having the plea of Morris Kushner changed to} “not guilty,” and his case set over for hearing until Thursday, May 5th. Kushner, who was arrested with} Herman Moskowitz, had entered a} technical plea of “guilty” when he} ‘was not represented by counsel. For| this reason, Magistrate Weil, sitting | in the 57th street court, was unwill-| ingly foreed to allow a withdrawal of | the first plea and the entrance of a/ plea of “not guilty.” Bail was fixed) at $100, instead of $500 as the judge intimated was his intention. 1 It is this same magistrate who yes- terday sentenced Herman Moskowitz to six months¢in the workhouse on a} charge of disorderly conduct. His of-| fense was the same as Kushner’s; dis- | tributing leaflets. Attorney Brodsky has already started to appeal this ex- treme sentence, and to have Mos-) kowitz released on bail immediately. | Brodsky is acting in behalf of the In- ternational Labor Defense in looking after the cases of these workers. ‘CURRENT EVENTS (Continued from Page Une) pews item that told of a certain Feo- stor Volkov, who was recently sen-| tenced to death by the Soviet Govern- ment for murdering 300 peas- ants to avenge himself for the con- fiseation of his property by the state. He was a big landholder under the Czar. “Fine. I'd kill a million of you dogs if you tried to take my property” comments this gentle soul, whose property in all probability is confined to whatever livestock manages to eke out a precarious existence on the in- side of his rags. * } *. . F better stuff is our Cleveland correspondent who forwarded a clipping from a local paper which re- corded the death of a prohibition stool-pigeon. The fink is alleged to be | a former radical who became an agent of the department of justice and was responsible for the arrest and impris- onment of many workers, There is a; suspicion that the bootleggers got him. But the informer could not claim that they did not give him a fair .warn- ing. Some of them recently hung him by the heels out of an eight-story window -with the hint that the next time he became over-zealous in the line of duty, he would hit the side- walk, Those soft-hearted people who sympathize with stool-pigeons may now shed a tear over Dan Kuts, Read The ily Worker Every Day Volunteers Wanted Articles Wanted For The DAILY WORKER Booth at the Joint Defense Bazaar, May 12 to 16. Art objects of all kinds, especially antiques, pictures, stat- ues, vases, curios, ete. Report at once to the Local Office of The DAILY WORKER, 108 East 1th Street, New York City. | British Union Heads in Conference Against No Strike Bill of Tories LONDON, April 29,—Represen- tativés of 4,000,000 British trade unionists met today in Kingsway Hall to complete plans for a cam- paign to fight the government’s proposed bill for the control of trade unions.’ Although George Hicks, chair- man of the Trades Union Con- gress, announced that “labor forces will fight the bill to: the bitter end,” the convention indicated ear- ly in its session that it would take considered action, Communists proposed a_ real strike to force the withdrawal of the bill. Policemen Assault Workers Who Defy Fascist Murderer Uniformed policemen and detec- | tives last night again aided the no- torious fascist propagandist, Fran- cesco de Pinedo, who prostitutes his ability as an aviator in order to get ‘a favorable hearing for his apologies for the bloody regime of Mussolini, | by launching a savage assault upon some 2,000 or more anti-fascists who were demonstrating against the pres- ence of de Pinedo. The anti-fascisti workers were marching toward the Victor Emanuel Post of the Italian Legion at 215 Sec- ond Ave., where de Pinedo was de- livering one of his apologies for fae cism. There was no disorder and the marchers intended merely to pass the place in order to prove that the vast majority of Italian workers in this country, as in Italy, are opposed to fascism, As the workers marched toward |the hall Patrolman Schoenfeld and three other policemen tried to head them off by assaulting them with clubs. In a few moments reserves from three police stations arrived+ference Committee” which is organ- and began beating the marchers. At the same time a handful of fascist hoodlums who were listening to the harrangue of de Pinedo rushed out of the hall and mixed in with the fracas, Since the anti-fascists were anxious to avoid such a disturbance as was provoked by the police and the fascists ‘they withdrew. Fascist Had Revolver. A number of the fascists were armed and flourished weapons. One of them, Antonio ‘Tumbarelli, was arrested because he continued to flourish a loaded revolver in a drug store. The fascist explaimea ti oie} was a “self-appointed” defender of de Pinedo and that he was armed in order.to protect his leader, The anti-fascisti workmen who were interviewed charge that de Pine- do is utilizing his time here to en- courage the fascist to arm them- selves to avenge Mussolini against his political enemies in this country who criticise his murderous regime. Fear Four Fliers Dead. Washington, April 29.—Four navy fliers are believed to have perished when the plane in which they were flying from Philadelphia to the naval station at Hampton Roads was struck by lightning off Matthews, Va, late this afternoon, Concert SATURDAY, APRIL \At STAR CASINO, 10 ( , IVAN STASHENKO Well-known basso of Chicago DORA BACHOER Favorite Russian Soprano. UKRAINIAN CHORUS DANCING Tickets in advance, 75 Cents RESTAURANT, will be given by the “Novy Mir” In the Musical Program will participate: FREIHEIT MANDOLIN ORCHESTRA Under direction of the well-known composer JACOB SCHAEFDR, Under direction of M. HAYVORONSKY. Will follow musical program under FRLDMAN'S ORCHESTRA. é ST™'NWAY PIANO USED | On Sale at NOVY MIR OFFICE, 30 Union Square; FREIHEIT, 30 Union Square; RUSSKY GOLOS, ', 222 East 14th Street. and Ball 30, 8 P. M. Sharp 7th St. and Park Ave. Civic Opera. At the door $1, 64 East 7th Street; SOLLIN’S Demonstrate Against War. THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, APRIL 36, 1927 ~ Demand Hands Off China. [Scores of Big May Day Meets in New York | | (Continued from Page One) | Brooklyn Meetings. | Place, May 1,2 p.m, Speakers: Git- low, Mizara, Grigstas. |__ Royal Palace, 16 Manhattan Ave., May 1, 2 p. m. Speakers: Bimba, ' Cosgrove, Undjus, Maturano. Hopkinson Mansion, 428 Hopkin- son Avenue. Speakers: Lifshitz, Cosgrove, Ragozin, A. Stone. | New Jersey Meetings. UNIONS PERMEATED WITH CORRUPTION ASSERTS BECKERMAN AT COLUMBIA Amalgamated Temple, 11-17 Arion} | The Amalgamated Clothing Work- jers’ Union is immune to the “right jand left” fight occurring in the rest }of the needle trades, so Abraham Beckerman, |mated, told* members of the Social Problems Club of Columbia Univer- manager of the New| York Joint Board of the Amalga-| Page Three Demand Freedom for Sacco and Vanzetti. MAY DAY CELEBRATION Two Large Mass Meetings © SUNDAY, MAY 1,at1 P.M, Auspices: Workers (Communist) Party, District New York. Admission 50c. Two Large Mass Meetings Doors Open 12 M. M. J. Olgi Young Wor! speaker, Wm. W. Weinstone Wm. F. Dunne HUNTS POINT PALACE 163rd St. and So. Blvd., Bronx SPEAKERS: Harry M. Wicks Rebecca Grecht Rose Wortis Fanny Warshawsky kers’ League speaker, Young Pioneer Chinese speaker. n Chairman: A. TRACHTENBERG. Freiheit Mandolin Orchestra. |national Ladies’ Garment W Union and the Furriers’ Union, He jattributed it to the rise of the Trade | Union Educational League, and stated his belief that the only difference be- tween the rights and lefts was the question of whether an outside body should control the union. He felt the Passaic—27 Dayton Ave, May 1,|sity at a meeting ‘held yesterday af- O'Flaherty, | ternoon. 3 p. m. Speakers: | | Clarence Miller. } | Street, May 1, 2 p. m | Markoff, Powers. | Perth Amboy—308 Elm St., May 1, hav |8 p.m. Speakers: Powers. } | Newark—Montgomery Hall, Prince | wi jand Montgomery Sts., May 1, 3 p. m.| | Speakers: Devine, Huiswood. | Jersey City—166 Mercer St., May| |1, 2 p. m. Speakers: Ella Wolfe,| é | Joe Freeman. } | West N. Y.—Labor Lyceum, 17 St. and Tyler Pl., May 1, 3 p. m. | Paterson—Carpenter Hall, in. | Houten and Main Sts., May 6, 8 p. m. | Speakers: Wicks, Weisbord. St, April 30, 8 p. m. Speaker: Weisbord. Yonkers, N. Y. 20 Warburton Avenue, May 1 \8 p.m. Speaker: A Markoff. Connecticut Meetings, Hartford—Unity Hall, 64 Pratt St. April 80, 8 p. m. Speakers: Primoff. Stamford—Workmen Circle Cen- | ter, 49 Pacific St, May 1, 8 p. m./ | Speaker: Siskind. New Haven—38 Howe St. May 1, 2p. m. and 8 p. m. A. C. W. Workers to Fight Piece System ine! | mei | The methods I have used in ridding | | Elizabeth—Lutwin Hall, 152 Front|the union of this problem have been Speakers: | severely criticized,” Beckerman con-| |fessed, “but I have no apologies, They ve succeeded. “Tf someone sticks me in the ribs ith a knife, I go one better and get }a gun.” Admits Corruption. Beckerman was announced to speak m the present controversy in the |needie trades, but his talk was not So mutch of any issues at stake or any |problems involved as a picture of {wholesale corruption which he says |exists in all labor unfors thruout the jcountry. His frank acceptance of |these evils, without promise or hope | |for the future, “TY imagine it would be almost im- | possible to get an honest election in lany trade union,” said Beckerman. | “Books may be handed out promis- |cuously; they may be printed pro- miseuously and given to anyone who jwants to use them. I imagine there jare many crooks in the needle trades as a revelation. jand the rest of the labor movement, |He was taken off the job for failing |Many of the leaders are lazy. |the people thruout our country are} lined to smile at corruption.” He seemed to feel that trade union |of the T. U. E. L. mibers had the same attitude. No Faith In Membership. |matter would be settled by the mem- |bers themselves, but he did not ex- plain how. jefficacy of an election. no faith in an election supervised by an impartial body Civil Liberties Union. “I myself suspect that body. Two or three people do the active work for the others. For instance there was a meeting called discuss problems of our union and I delibex ately did not interfere, just to see {what would happen. But the Civil {Liberties appointed a committee to | visit that meeting without even ask- ing me whethes I wanted it. They have lost whatever usefulness they jhad.” Fired For Attending Meeting. | One of the students asked about jthe Kulok shop, where a worker was to ving meeting, and the whole shop jeame out on strike, Beckerman re- |membered that the man had been fined by the Executive Board for |some infringement of union rules, bu {he could not remember what it S. But: to pay the fine. According to Beckerman, members of the Amalgamated can be members but such members jeannot run for office. | “But as a member of the union is Beckerman discussed at length the |he not entitled to all privileges of the |“right and left” fight in the Inter-junion,” someone asked. | A mass meeting to protest against | |the attempt of the officials of the| | Amalgamated Clothing Workers to in- stitute the piece work system will be | | held at Manhattan Lyceum at 1 p. m. | | today. | Convinced that the establishment of | | the piece work method would eventu- | ally result in the return to sveat shop | conditions, the “Rank and File Con- izing the meeting will point out the dangers of the present policy of the Amalgamated officiuls. 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Houghton will entertain King George and ueen Mary at dinner sho: according to the Daily Expres In addition to his plenepoten- tiary activities Houghton acts in the capa: f director for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Com- pany whose business practices are threatened with an investigation due to pressure brought about by a series of articles now appearing in The DAILY WORKER. ‘Maj, Berry Opposes Five Day Week For Printing Tratles Men President George F. Berry of the International Pressmen’s Union re- | ceived the commendation of the American Newspaper Publishers As: sociation in convention here y r day when he declared that he op- posed to the five day week in the printing trades, The publishers special standing committee on the five day week quot- ed with approval Berry’s statement in his official journal, the American Pressman: “The International Printing Press- men and Assistants’ Union of North America has very frankly declared that it does not consider the time propitious to even think about a fur- ther reduction in the work week.” The American Federation of Labor, in which Major Berry, whose title es from quartermaster service during the war, is an important tead- er, has declared officially for the five day week. Berry has forced his union to buy séveral banks in Ten- nessee, He was formerly vice com-| mander of the American Legion and| tried hard to get the democratic vice presidential nomination in 1924. \ Give Beckerman the Air. NEWARK, N. J., April 29. Abraham Beckerman, manager of the New York Joint Board of the Amal- gamated Clothing Workers’ Union | was chased out of a meeting of Local 24 that was held in this city last Tuesday evening, when the installa-| tion of new officers of the local was , to be the order of business. Wea, pe Three elections have been held in the local during the last month where two cliques have been struggling for the two paid jobs that are available. | Last Tuesday Beckerman had more | than 200 ballots stuffed in the ballot | box and “elected” his two men. Mr. Pim Passes By is again a DAILY WORKER “Mr. Pim Passes By” is a ¢ (“BIESTA” TICKETS W: {1 jtered residents who 1 }ed upon the BLAST LEVEE T0 TURN BIG RIVER ON POOR FARMERS Militia, Plague, Famine Add to Flood Horrors POYDR. La.,, April 29.—The Poydras ¢ on the east bank of the M ppi, twelve miles be- low New Orleans was blasted at 2:17 p. m. today 1 & supreme tempt to break the back of the ’s most devastating flood in his- Guns and Deadline. Virtual martial law prevailed from break today in the territory in which the levee line v be ripped open with dynamit tate troops patrolled the highways and fast river boats with armed guardsmen aboard tained a dead line across the river. Airplanes flew over region to give final wa the doomed ing to scat- e either, un- aware that the river to be turn- » or unwilling to leave their possessions to the yellow tor- rent. Three hundred people were be- lieved by state offi to be in the sacrificed territory) y-break. d Some stragglers still made their way to New Orleans. A few others apparently, were preparing to ta theim chances on high spots in the yicinity of their farms and gardens. Ruins Two Parishes. The Poydras dynamiting already has gone into history as th 000 blast, that being conserva ficial estimate of the property loss involved to St. Bernard and Plaque- mines parishes, New Orleans for most...part went about her business quite as usual—almost nonchalantly—as she has during the entire period of ihe flood, apparently convinced that man-made voleano at Poydra: rémove the last menace to Amalgamated Food Workers BAKERS’ LOCAL No. 1. 350 E. 85th St. Office hours from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Meeting on announcement of Executive Board. ee | Advertise your union meetings here. 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