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

freezing. LABOR MUST ACT! SACCO AND VANZETTI SHALL NOT DI DAILY WORKER FIGHTS: FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF a UNORGANIZED FOR THE 40-HOUR WEEK FOR A LABOR PARTY SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In New York, by m Outside New York, by mail, $6.00 Vol. IV. No. 143. Entered as second-class matter at ail, $8.00 per year, per year. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1927 THE DAILY WORKER. the Post Office at New York, N, Y., uider the act of March 3, 1878, PUBLISHING CO., Current Events By T. J. O’Fianerry. i ioloiem is an old saying advising the| ~ unwary to beware of Greeks bear- ing gifts. The Greeks were the orig- inal borers from within and a reputa- tion for trickery was handed down to them by ancestors that conquered a eity by marching a horsefull of armed Greeks into it. Since the Greeks were entirely surrounded by horse the de- fenders of the doomed city did not know what they were getting until they got it in the neck. * AM reminded of this ancient myth by the announcement that the Greek section of the Workers (Communist) Party is about to launch a daily pa- per. It will see the light on July ist and its baptismal name is “Empros.” The christening will take place next Friday evening at Bryant Hall and the Greek workers have issued a blanket invitation to as many as can be accommodated in the hall to come and say “hello” to the baby. Here is a gift for the Greek workers in Amer- ica that they are sure to appreciate.: We cordially greet i it. Lys old saying “as safe as a bank” es not mean a thing any more. ton Los Angeles bankers are ac- cused of embezzlement in a petrol \e-| um deal. Of course this is not so| bad at that, The bankers simply peed advantage of their positions swindle the public thru the issue af fake stock. Bankers usually plunge/ their arms to the elbows in the treasuries and make themselves! scarce. Sometime ago there was quite a movement thruout the middle west for the organization of vigil-; antes to protect batiks from hold-up/ men. But the bankers got: nervous and the movement did not develop. * * * ALVIN COOLIDGE is in the grip of a South Dakota heat wave. The| Mme. Sun Yat Sen Asks Funds to Aid Wounded Nationalist Soldiers Appealing for funds to aid troops wounded in the Chinese lib- eration struggle, Mme. Sun Yat- sen has addressed the following cable to all Hands Off China or- ganizations: HANKOW, June 29. — Two thousand wounded in Wuhan hos- pitals are in need of urgent help. Foreign medical authori- ties from all parts of China are assisting in this great emer- gency. Can you help? Address remittances to me. . (Signed) Madame Sun Yat Sen. SCORE BETRAYAL OF SOVIET LABOR “BY TUC LEADERS ‘British Right Wingers Aid Chamberlain (Special Cable to Daily Worker). MOSCOW, June 29.—Scoring the right wing leadership of the British! trade union movement for betraying the international workingclass move-) | ment of the world, and stressing the |need for immediate action on the) part of British labor if a new im- S. D. sun must have its nerve. Look-| |perialist war is to be averted, the} ing at the presidential face in the All-Union. Central Committee of shade of that ten gallon hat we!trade Unions has addressed a dec- should think that the sun would need | laration to the workers of the Soviet | an electric blanket to keep _ from! Tinion and.-Great- Britain, * * if this sultry condition} a | continues the Coolidge slogan fhat] alee Seerhdites, bod ain tie, yendered good service in the last! “The alarming “‘etaeptinesl sthub- national elections will be useless in! tig, arising from the danger of an the next. Instead -of “Keep Kool! attack on the Soviet Union by Brit- wth Koolidge' it will be vote For | ish capitalism has not aroused the Coolidge and Get Skinned. | Anglo-Russian Committee to any ac-| sf ®. * |tion whatever. The Anglo-Russian | pidge of low wages and still | Committee, however, was organized lower tips, three employees of a! for a struggle against the onslaught Fifth Avenue millionaire are said|of capitalism and for the unity of to have destroyed a quarter of amil-| the trade union movement against lion dollars worth of art housed in|an imperialistic war. that gentleman’s luxurious apart-) Refused to Hold Conference. ments. Judging by the names of the; In response to the attempt of the alleged vandals arrested by the pol-! All-Union Central Council of Trade ice, charged with the destruction, they| Unions to call a meeting of the An- are of the catholic faith. So far they| glo-Russian Committee at Berlin have not been charged with harbor-| (June, 1927), the General Council of ing “subversive” ideas. The only/ British Trade Unions eluded the in- mitigating circumstance that might’ yitation. be offered in extenuation of their) Therefore the All-Union Central act is the consumption of large duan-| Council of Trade Unions deems it its tities of liquor which they apparently | direct proletarian duty to address the located on the premises of their em- | following declaration to the workers ployer, ‘of Great Britain and the Soviet oR ed x | Union: papel police are taking a| The All-Union Central Council of kindergarten course in literature|Trade Unions considers that the mo- as a result of the theft of several ment has come when orgaris should rare volumes from local bookstores.|be created by the labor movement The police found in the vicinity of|of both countries to struggle against $2,000 worth of literature in the home an imperialist war. The international of Donald Gothals, so they immedi- trade union movement not only can, {tons of shipping will be tied up by | the strike, jton backed water, COMPLETE STRIKE ON BRITISH SHIPS IN CHINA WATERS 'Determined. to Resist | \Wage Cut; Kill Shipping | SHANGHAI, June 29.—Five hun- dred British officers and men on sev- jenty-five steamers engaged in Chi- |nese coast-wise trade will walk out) on strike this evening in protest | against a ten per cent wage slash. One hundred and fifty thousand Officers and engineers on incoming ships will join the strike |as soon as they put into Chinese ports. The strike in combination with anti- British boycotts which are being or- ganized thruout southern and middle China promises to completely tie-up British trade in China. * * . Deny Chiang Defeat, LONDON, June 29.—Reports re- ceived here yesterday that Chiang Kai-shek suffered a defeat at Hsuch- owfu have been denied by dispatches received here from Shanghai today. * * * Yelp for Intervention. | (By Nationalist News Agency). | SHANGHAI, June 29.—The offi- |cial British newspaper here, the North China Daily News, publishes an editorial in today’s issue which is | allegedly “contributed by an Amer-| ican.” It ditterly attacks the United| States for siot intervening in China| and declares that the Washington attitude was dictated by considera- tion of the coming presidential elec- | tion. The editorial says, “the most casual reader of American political reports will have noted that both the re- publican and democratic parties are | pathetically short of first class presi- | dential material. Otherwise the democrats would not allow Al Smith’s name to be mentioned as a possible candidate, nor would the republicans permit President Coolidge to rumin- ate upon his chance of a third term. Our readers who have not forgotten how the Nanking outrages were in- ternationally shelved when Washing- will appreciate | that every foreigner in China has good reason to watch the coming American election with an apprehen- | sive and jealous eye.” Local Americans believe that if this attack was written by an Amer- ican it emanated from the pro-Brit- ish clique of the American chamber of commerce which recently appealed for American intervention without success, and attempted ousting John B. Powell, the editor of the China Weekly Review, because of his stand against intervention. GARMENT WORKER ately assumed that only a thief would but must meet to discuss the situa- be liable to have such a well stocked|tion and bring its authority to bear library. The police admit it is the in defense of peace and against the toughest assignment: ever handed to! preparations for a new war. them. The chief however is keeping | Criminal Silence. them well supplied with aspirin and} To be silent or inactive at such a bromo seltzer. | time would be a crime on the oer a |the Anglo-Russian Committee. Sucl | eked year old evangelists are is ouy 5 io felt conviction. now the rage. We thot that Aimee | It was in this spirit and this con- * * Semple McPherson was knocked for yietion that the All-Union Central a row of Elmer’ Gantrys by Uldine! Trade Unions made unequivocal and Utley, who made some of his trouble} (Continued on Page Two) Sed vee Dr. John Roach beieal ut Aimee came back by proxy. One| °. i . of “her husbands forseeing sauals 21 Firemen Blinded by al sto a child on her. is ‘. child Roberta, has now become filled Fumes in pe een e holy ghost and is on the way to filling the maternal pooh Chemic arenouse with dough. She is now in Chicago} with a novel theory that should make Cicero go to bed for a year. INSTEAD ss telus pa text from the scriptures, the youthful. usher! of the lord picked up an old gag that was ancient in Pullman smoking rooms twenty years ago. It is “two is company, but three is a crowd”, We never thot thas this prosaic tru- ism would be turned into cash, but here is where we were mistaken. The Chie: correspondent. of the New York World, himself filled with the holy spirit or, Italian “red”, gives Roberta Semple credit for “eonvine- ing logic”. Lest you might think we - are kidding we will let the sixteen year old explain it in her own way. ‘O who ‘make’ company are god and yourself. When the devil comes in he makes three, and it is Twenty-one firemen were over- come and temporarily blinded by chemical fumes in a $500,000 ware- hhouse fire at Bleecker and Eleventh streets today which routed 200 resi- dents of adjoining apartment build- ings, and blanketed Greenwich Vil- lage with yellowish green smoke. An emergency hospital was set up on Bank street and two doctors worked over the prostrate and blind- ed firemen as they, were rescued) by their fellow fire fighters. i —___ Barred From Canada, " Suicide. SCHENECTADY, June 29.—Be- cause of his despondency over the re- fusal of the Canadian immigration authorities to permit him to enter the | a: country, Alois Danzer, yesterday leaped from a Schenectady-Amster- dam train speeding at 60 miles an Attempts He is said to have a good CHAIRMEN CALL FOR MASS PICKETS Hillquit Sends Funny Letter Asking Money At a crowded meeting of shop chairmen of the Cloak and Dressmak- ers’ Union held last night at the Manhattan Lyceum a resolution was unanimously adopted against the cossack tactics being employed by Matthew Woll and Edward F. Mc- Grady in their efforts to crush the furriers’ and cloakmakers’ strikes. The resolution reads as follows: WHEREAS: hundreds of strikers are arrested daily and thrown into jail as a result of the conspiracy of the Sigmans, Wolls and. McGradys to break the strike of the furriers and cloak dressmakers and thus force their corrupt and discredited leadership upon our membership, who are today engaged in a life and death struggle to maintain union condi- tions and save our union from com- plete destruction, and WHEREAS: in order to accom- plish their destructive purposes, these traitors have secured the active co- operation of the police, the judges, and hired thugs from the underworld whoh have publicly admitted that they are in the pay of Sigman and Co. to make murderous ae on the strik- ing fur workers and, WHEREAS, all their efforts oa now. concentrated in an attempt to Continued on’ Page ps STANDARD OIL THANKS NAVY FOR SERVICES IN CHINA; LAUDS BOMBARDMENT OF NANKING Whose property and whose lives American marines and war- ships are proteéting in China is vividly brought out in the fol- lowing letter sent by the Standard Oil of New York to the Navy Department. Theletter, signed by the assistant general man- ager, is addressed to Admiral Williams, commander of the Amer- ican fleet in Asiatic waters. Dear Admiral Williams: We wish to convey to you our sincere thanks and apprecia- tion of the great assistance rendered to us by the units under your command. Conditions in China have been most chaotic; in many cases it has been impossible to anticipate the future. During these periods of emergency your staff has, without exception, ren- dered our various branches invaluable assistance both during periods of evacuation and in protective measures. The assistance rendered us by you has in innumerable in- stances, not only protected the lives of our staff, but saved us from greater financial loss. The action taken by your forces during the Nanking in- cident, the evacuation of Changsha, Ichang and Chinking, the protective measures at all treaty ports, the convoy of our vessels thru disturbed districts and the courtesy of your wireless to points cut off from normal communication have placed the Com- pany and our staff under deep obligation to you. We would greatly appreciate your extending our thanks and appreciation to the several units under your command for the full co-operation and the privi’ ves extended to us, with un- failing courtesy, providing this request meets with your sanction. Very respectfully yours, STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEW YORK 3 Assistant General Manager. 'SACCO - VANZETTI39 FUR PICKETS |: STRIKE PLANS GO GIVEN JAIL TERMS ON; JULY TTH AT4BY BIASED JUDGE Workers Organizations 205 More Ir In “Silent Line Up for Action | Defense” as Protest Local labor organizations through | Thirty-nine striking furriers were their representatives involving @| sentenced to jail yesterday morning | membership of over 500,000 have en- | by Magistrate George Ewald in Jef- dorsed the plans for a Sacco-Vanzetti | ¢arson Market Court. protest strike which has been sche-| duled for July 7th at 4 p. m. At that time all workers will down tools and proceed to Union Square} where a mass ‘protest demonstration will be staged. Vivid banners em-| blazoned with revolutionary slogans | will feature this mass gathering. Among the organizations which are behind the strike move are the fol- lowing: Amalgamated Metal Workers | of America, United Textile Workers, Joint Board Furriers’ Union, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join- ers, Typographical Union, Local 7, Brotherhood of Painters and Paper- hangers of America and 16 other labor groups. In addition, various fraternal and political associations have pledged their support to make the protest! he was immediately, ruled out of or- strike 100 per cent effective. They der in a rough manner. are the Anti-Fascist Alliance of North) «jf you continue to object, I will America, International Labor De-| Continued on Page Five) arrested before. Ten men were sen- tenced to five idays each with no | choice of a fine, while 11 women were | | given the alternative of 3 days in jail | or $10 fine. |other woman worker was given ten | days after she had been pointed out | by Samuel Markewich, right wing at- torney. The other 205 who were arrested Monday wlil come up for trial this morning but after seeing how the | magistrate acted yesterday they have decided not to put up any defense, declaring that it is a waste of time. When Jacob Mandelbaum, lawyer for the strikers, entered objection yes- terday to any act of the magistrate, Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER Three of the men workers were! given 10 days each because they were | They all chose jail. An-| Price 3 Cents 33 Firat Street, New York, N. ¥. U.S. GRAND JURY INDICTS DAILY WORKER DUNNE, ENGD HL, BITTELMAN AND MILLER FACING FEDERAL PRISON Government Joins Patrioteers and Militarists to. Crush National Labor Daily Indicted for Attacking Business Men and A. F.: of L. Labor Fakers | The United States grand jury in the New York district yes- |terday returned indictments against and ordered the arrest of J. Louis Engdahl and William F. Dunne, editors of The DATLY WORKER, and Bert Miller, business manager. Included in the indictments are Alexander Bittelman, editor of the New Magazine lof The DAILY WORKER, and David Gordon and Joseph Kalar, |contributors to the columns of this paper. This new drive against The DAILY WORKER was inspired by the same reactionary militarist clique that initiated the at tack of the courts of the state of New York which resulted in convictions of the editor, business manager and one of the con- \tributors, and which are now on appeal to the higher courts. It jis generally recognized as part and parcel of the general vicious = offensive that is being waged against the labor move- oe geod in the United States. WATER SIEGE MAY START A PLAGUE |try, but in spite of f all etortg to sup- press the paper it has been able to Negro Tells of Abuses | y Coal-Iron Police |dictments are the most menacing at- tack yet made against us inasmuch |as conviction carries long prison sen tences in the federal penitentiary. Sentence may be as much as five years in prison or $5,000 fine or both. | The same aggregation of spies and jlabor-haters that inspired the attack jin the state courts were in evidence |when the government made its at- | | { | withstand the fight. ‘The federal in- | | ; CASTLE SHANNON, Pa., June} —A steady stream of compiaints | ‘and the real danger that a serious'| epidemic of typhoid fever and other} j diseases will result from the use of | Military Order of the World War. | polluted water has forced the state “py hlet: d ki department of health to make a ges- ‘amphiets and cartopos, saa Eisaset din investization of ‘th Pitts, | American business men, the American burgh Terminal Coal Comtpariy’ ’s BOS | ve iatg “4 oS Telewae bee | tempt to drive its miners back to! pon tear art seit ne te j work: ills ited off their drinking| \ritings” objected to by the fedetal authorities, Governor Fisher states: “I have re-| Jy vie of the fact that the present jeeived complaints about the turning! charges are brought on a federal and joff of the water, and we are making| not a state law, the mailing privileges lan investigation. It is alleged the) water supply is under control of the! |those who made the complaint was that of Captain G. A. Darte, who calls |himself “adjutant general” of the | 4 4 eth |in immediate danger of suspension, coal company. It appears water has| Chief Asistant Federal Attorney been shut off from some of the min-| George Ss. apr ala who. presented the ers’ houses and the occupants have} evidence to the grand jury said: “The been forced to secure water from} 4 | government has a right under ‘open springs. . law to stop any letters, pamphlets o “The state health department is in- 4 publications from circulating vestigating these sources to determine | the mails that contain ‘indecent’ if the water is free from a menace|ten matter.” to health. The direct interest of the} However, Post Office h \state applies in case the supply is|Keene called attention to # |found to be contaminated.” that the defendants have State health authorities of Pitts-|in directing a campaign ¢ burgh are reporting daily by tele-| publicity in favor of citiz phone to Dr. Theodore Appel, secre- tary of the state department, Harris- burg, on their investigation. L, E. Wickersham, district health engineer, declared today he had re- quested Horace F. Baker, president of the Terminal corporation, on Sat- urday, to turn on water hydrants which had been disconnected and that barons Beker had refused. (Continued on Page Two) i RYKOFF NAILS BR EXECUTION OF 20 fense, all branches and units of the | Workers Party, Workmen’s Circle and among many others the Young Work- | ers League. The American Federation of has on repeated occasions pion hel conviction of Sacco and Vanzetti in sharp and condemnatory terms. At a recent convention the death-sentence was branded as “a ghastly miscar- riage of justice.” Hundreds of thousands of leaflets | are being distributed by the Sacco-' Vanzetti Emergency Committee. A volunteer distributing corps is in ac- tion throughout the entire city. Spe- cial attention ‘is being given to the in- dustrial centers. One of the leaflets reads in part: “The whole working class must sink its differences and present a united front against the enemies of the labor movement who would railyjoad our two brothers to the electric chair.” The call to strike ends with the slogans: “DOWN TOOLS AT 4. P. M. ON THURSDAY, JULY 7th—RALLY TO THE DEFENSE OF SACCO AND VANZETTI—SACCO AND VAN- ZET@I SHALL NOT DIE.” The Sacco - Vanzetti Emergency Committee, which is the central strike organization, feels confident that the New York strike will be as dramatic and effective as the various Sacco- Vanzetti strikes which have been held throughout the world, notably in Ar- gentina, Uruguay. and Brazil. Assassins Received MOSCOW, June 29.—Replying to a telegram from George Lansbury, James Maxton and Fenner Brockway, leaders of the British Labor Party, “deploring” the execution of white} nm guard assassins by the Soviet Gov- ernment, M. Rykoff, Chairman of the Council of Peoples’ points out that a series of anti lies and calumnies about the tion are flooding the capitalist with a view to gaining p= port for an offensive against the : viet Union, Assassins Received Trials. . Rykoff, in his reply, points the executed assassins before an e: despite the reports in the ress. The telegram from the borites which ‘invoked sage says: f to you a bas “We appeal without trial ‘Answers British Labor Party ITISH LIES ABOUT -»:. ae WHITE GUARDISTS EE Trial, British |tack. Prominent among the names of 7 jof The DAILY WORKER are now ~