The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 4, 1927, Page 1

seis SAVE SACCO AND VANZETTI! DOWN TOOLS JULY 7 AT 4 P. M. DEMONSTRATE AT UNION SQUARE, COOPER UNION, THE DAILY WORKER + iTS: FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THB UNORGANIZED FOR THE 40-HOUR WEEK FOR A LABOR PARTY Vol. IV. No. 146. Current Events | By T. J. O’Fuanerry. | ro LYING across thousands of mil of ocean will soon be as uneyent- ful as the crossing of an ocean liner. Science and human ing and} courage are gradually conqu ng the} forces of nature which have.been in|} combat with man since and before| the dawn of history. Unfortunately | human inventiveness is not always harnessed to constructive work, but to the work of destruction. Airplane feats in these days are chiefly for the purpose of developing the de- structive forces of capitalist powers. * * * E first thot that strikes the mind of the militarist, after reading of ‘ the achievements of Lindbergh, Cham- berlin, Levine and Byrd and his com- rades is the possibility of dropping bombs from planes on cities, distant thousands of miles. There is not the slightest doubt that such bombings will be feasible within comparatively few years. Instead of utilizing air | transport to bring the peoples of the} world closer together our ruling classes will use every new improve- ment in flying machines to make wars more destructive. This is a good ar- gument to give a worker who is op- posed to Communism because he be- lieves that it means war. * * * Wate American flying machines ’ arey’ romping in the air over two mighty oceans, American admirals are growling across Geneva tables at British admirals. Japanese admirals watch and listen and get a word in, once in a while. The Japan- ese have not much love for either the British or the Americans. Both have committed hostile acts against them, the British in dropping the Anglo-Japanese alliance at the be- hest of the Americans and the Ameri- cans in passing the anti-Japanese ex- clusion act. * * * inde three powers are jockeying for posit ition and as the Uuit i »the-chief ‘rivals, "the wily Japanese statesmen are availing themselves of the opportunity to get something out of the squabble. Noth- ing will come out of this conference except more warships. The New York World is very anxious to make it appear that progress is being made. The World wants to see a united) front of imperialism, this is a real| league of nations attitude, a united imperialism would be better able to wage war on the Soviet Union than a divided imperialism. But there is no indication that the imperialists ean reach an accord just now. Still it is not wise to lay down any hard and fast rule in this respect. It would create ‘a feeling of false security which would be very dangerous. ie * * 2 an interview with an English correspondent a few days ago, Tchitcherin, foreign minister of the U.S.S.R. expressed his conviction that there was little likelihood of peace be- tween his country and Great Britain in the near future. The Briton ques- tioned him about Communist propa- ganda alleged to have been sent out thru Soviet embassies. Tchitcherin denied the charge, but turned the tables on his interrogator by citing half a dozen instances of where British consuls, ministers and am- bassadors organized and financed armed revolts against the Soviet Union. ' * * * { OLAND is not sincere in its pro- fessions of a desire for peace with the U. S. S. R. Tehitcherin said. As proof of this he cited the case of the} murderer of the Soviet Minister Voi-! koff, whose life sentence was com-| muted by the Polish authorities to 15 years and who is receiving large SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In New York, by mail, $8.00 per year. STRIKE STEAMER E DAILY WORKER. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at New York. N. Y., uider the act of March 3, 1818, Outside New York, by mail, $6.00 per year. AMERICAN LABOR AIDS CHINESE T0 Refuse to Seab on the S. S. “Ifotterdam”’ By S. A. A remarkable example of working class solidarity was manifested by a} group of marine workers in connec- | tion with the attempted r2placement { by white labor of the Chinese crew! which had mu d on the “S, S. Rot- terdam” when they found that they | were being given a dirty deal by the| Holland American Line, | This group of workers, members of | the International Seamens Club at 26 South Street, went aboard this | scab ship and talked to the men who had been duped into working her un-! der the inducement of far higher | rates than the average wage today. This was done while the men of the were unaware of. the strike sit- uation and in order to break the NEW YORK, MONDAY, JULY 4, 1927 THIS WOULD BE A REAL FOURTH OF JULY Give Capitalism a Trip to the PUBLISHING CO,, 38 First Street, New York, N. Y. ‘ANTHMPERIALIST BOYCOTTS SWEEP |2,000 Workers, jand boycotts are sweeping south Removal Protested Stars. spirit and militancy of the members of the Dutch Seamens Union who are i now on strike in Holland for an = FUR MARKET crease in wages and the right to stand by the ship and receive wages | for working her while in port. | i | Refused Shore Leave. | F PICKET of the Chinese crew was that at the time that they were signed up on the } vessel in Rotterdam the ship masters i and officers had not told them that | { there was a strike on board the “S.| H sides this infamous move on the part tion is expected to take place tomor-' of the Holland American Line had TOW morning when thousands of, been promised shore leave on arrival | Strikers will gather in the fur mare in the United States. j ket to demonstrate against the scabs} Instead of giving them the shore | and the right wing International. | “s. S. Rotterdam” himself, he | arrests and long time imprisonments called upon the immigration author-| would break the fighting spirit of ties_and.customs officials. to prevent. the workers “willbe smashed after to- them from entering the country. morrow’s picket line. The Chinese sailors finding them- | To Appeal Case, the land of promise and being quite | peal the extreme sentences meted out! tired of the filthy quarters and miser- io the fur pickets. The legal papers | able diet of sou beans and rice dur-|have already been made out and will! ing the entire trip, armed themselves |}e submitted by tomorrow. The at-| after dressing in accordance with the |torney for the joint board expects! One of the reasons for the mutiny S. Rotterdam.” The Chinese crew be-| _ A tremendous picketing demonstra- leave promised them by the captain| The right wing hope that the mass selves denied the right of coming into | Arrangements are being made to ap-/ best American style and descended | quick ‘aabian teibe salen: the gang plank. In doing this they) Hyman Meilief, father of Oscar and displayed far more militancy than has | Nathan Meilief, active furriers, states | been manifested on the waterfront |inat libel proceedings will be taken | since the eventful strike of 1923. | against. the Jewish Daily Forward,| _A terrific struggle took place dur-|yight wing organ. It has accused the| ing which the company officials and | yeilief brothers of being gangsters. immigration authorities called upon | Martin Feldman and many other fur- the longshoremen at the docks to as-| piers are contemplating similar action. sist them in quelling this so called Spirit of Strikers. “riot.” The splendid spirit of the fur strikers and their friends is shown by) the attitude of the women who were the victims of Magistrate George! Ewald’s wrath when they came up for) sentence. Thirty-six of them are in jail on Welfare Island serving entences of five, 10, and—in certain cases—30 days and even six months. Those given five or ten days could come out 53 Arrested. Fifty-three of the Chinese workers were arrested and held in Hoboken for three days, despite the fact that no charges were entered against them. The crew itself had been originally paid a wage scale amounting to $6.00 | a week in American money. They worked for 12 hours a day and were ‘Red Army Invincible,” Declares Rykoff When Addressing Graduates MOSCOW, July 3—‘“The Red Army is invincible,” declared A. I. Rykoff, addressing 230 corps com- manders graduating from Frunze Military Academy today. “The Soviet Union is the only country in the world able to count upon the assistance of so many class allies behind the enemies’ lines,” said Rykoff. “This assis- tance of our sympathizers means victory in many a war.” Rykoff -was- referring «-to- -the Communist organizations in other countries who would strike and re- fuse to shoulder arms against the Soviet government. M. Vorshiloff, speaking after Rykoff, said that the country needs only a short breathing spell of peace, after which the Red Army would be sufficiently powerful to defend itself against any enemies. if they would pay their fines} but when a representative of the Furriers Joint Board went over Friday after- noon with money to release every woman there, all of them refused to allow the fine to be paid. “We will serve our sentences,” they declared. | And even the pleas of anxious rela- tives could not make them change this determination, Cloakmakers’ Meeting Wednesday. The Joint Board of the Cloak and Dressmakers’ Union is arranging a meeting for Wednesday evening at Columbia Hall, 522 Stone St., Brook- lyn. Important questions will be taken up. All cloak and dressmakers living in Brooklyn should attend. SUPREME COURT HAS APPEAL ON. MINE INJUNCTION. | WASHINGTON, July (FP)—} Yellow dog contracts go before the| United States Supreme Court in the | appeal of the United Mine Workers | | from the iron-clad injunctions of 316 |southern West Virginia coal opera- | | tors. Whether the coal bosses can tie | their workers up with individual con- tracts containing anti-union clauses and then get injunctions to enforce | them against union organizers is the big issue in petitions for writs of cer- tiorari to the circuit court of appeals. If acted upon favorably by the Su- |preme Court, these writs would} j oblige the circuit cot t to review ér- rors in its ruling upholding the yel-| \low dog contracts. | Nearly every operator in southern | West Virginia joined in the 12 suits | linstituted to end forever the possi- | bility of organizers legally approach- | ling non-union miners and asking them | to join the union or go on strike. The| | circuit court backed the mine owners | against the union by upholding | claims that the union is engaged in| “restraint of trade” through its wage | prices. Using the Sherman anti-trust law to hit at labor, the lower court | z issued general restraining orders Aided prohibiting any official or member | _, of the United Mine Workers from |*+ persuading non-union men to DE a us the meeting was held come members of the union or cease| is their labor in the production of coal.” Filed July 1, the petitions for the | (Continued on Page Two) THE ACTION of Massachusetts authorities in removing Sacco (above) and Vanzetti from Ded- ham jail to the Charlestown state prison has been condemned in a statement issued by the commit- tee working in the prisoners’ be- half, 20000 PHILA, WORKERS MEET FOR VANZETTI Demand Freedom. For Two Italians (Special To The DAILY WORKER.) PHILADELPHIA, July 3.—The largest Sacco-Vanzetti demonstration the meeting. Have Banners. not paid for one week out of every five that they worked. The pretext for this action on the part of the company officials was the fact that during this last week the “S. S. Rot- terdam” was not making profit for the company. In addition the bed- ding was rarely if ever changed, the food was atrocious and the company was instigating a drive against the Dutch Seamens Union. Paid $3 a Week. The Chinese, in turn, were paid the starvation wages of $3.00 a week and fed upon the diet mentioned. When the company found that they could not break the militancy of the Chi- sums of money in prison from Po-;nese firemen and coal passers, they lish admirers, who honor him for the (Continued on Page Three) murder of t's? Soviet Minister. The The Daily Worker Needs Your Support NOW! Will YOU Do Your Share? eae eae Labor, brought greetings from that The DAILY WORKER, four members of its staff, Bittelman, Dunne, Engdahl and Miller, and two contributors, Gordan and Kalar, have been indicted by a federal grand jury. The DAILY WORKER is threatened with the loss of its mailing privileges and the in- dicted members of the staff, and the contributors can be given a maximum penalty of 12 years in prison or a fine of $20,000, or both. Back of the attack on The DAILY WORKER are various professional “patriotic” so- cieties, open shop capitalist organizations like the National Ciyic Federation and reactionary the chairmanship of Dr. Giambaldo. organization. | der. class fighters.” Wicks Speaks. “Today’s demonstration,” said H. Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER SHANGHAI, July 3.—Anti- ever held in America took place here| today when more than 20,000 men and} women gathered at the Century Cen-| was thrown into tenial grounds to protest against the| nouncemeént by Judge Y, S. Ziar of attempt to execute the two Italian) ip, Chinese ‘Provisional: Court that Starting from Broad and Christian | reets in the center of the city over| prosecuted for t 15,000 people marched to the grounds aire a TOE CET Sh ¢ COR a When | torials calling the court |they arrived, there were over 5,000 che pee workers waiting for the opening of With scores of banners distributed |thruout the assembled workers telling | lof the attempt to murder Sacco and |Vanzetti, the meeting opened under James H. Maurer, president of the of | “We know that Sacco and Vanzetti,” }said Maurer, “are not guilty of mur- The reason that they are today | vestigation” yesterday into the char- jin jail is because they are working | ges of religious and racial discrimina- WEBSTER HALL —— FINAL CITY EDITION Price 3 Cents STRIKES AND SOUTHERN CHINA; RIGHT WING TERRORISM IN CANTON Students Jailed Henchmen in Canton as Revolt Looms by Chiang British and anti-Japanese strikes ern China. Steps are being taken \in Shanghai for the organization of an anti-British strike to pro- itest against the tax boost authorized by the Shanghai Municipal Council, which is controlled by Englishmen. Despite the efforts of the right wing administration, an effective boy- cott against British goods is taking |place in Canton, according to reports |received here. Japanese trade alse has been hit hard in Fukien and Kwantung provinces as a result of a |boycott to protest against the dis- | patch of Japanese troops to Shantung. * * * (Special Cable to Daily Worker). SHANGHAI, July 3, — The cam- paign against the imposition of addi- tional taxes by the Shanghai Muni- cipal Council without the consent of the Chinese taxpayers is acquiring po- | litical significance. The former fun- | damental demands of the Nationalist movement are being put forward by the native population. Agitation placards are posted thru- out the city. Protest meeting are be- ing held by various organizations. In | view. 6f the unsatisfactory negotia- |tions with the municipal authorities the Committee of Chinese Taxpayers has decided to call a general strike in the native settlement. Chiang Executes Workers. General Yang-hu who was recently sent by Chiang Kai-shek for the “pa- cification” of Chekiang has vainly at- | tempted to crush the labor and peas- ant movements. Yang-hu has been commissioned by Chiang Kai-shek to Lexecute some “reds” at Ningpo.ith-— | out trial. 2 * * * 2,000 Jailed by Chiang. CANTON, July 3.—Since the Jatest coup d’etat by Li Chi-shin, right wing leader, about two thousand workers and students are languishing is jail. A conference of the Chinese sailors’ junion, attended by a thousand dele- gates, discussed the question of a | struggle for the restoration of the Chinese sailors’ union at Hongkong. | * * * | Prosecute Die-Hard Sheet. | (By Nationalist News Agency). | SHANGHAI, July 3—The foreign die-hard press whose columns reek | daily with anti-Chinese propaganda, - a panic by an an- the British official newspaper, the North China Daily News, will be Judge Ziar, read from that paper edi- “A mockery, (Continued on Page Two) Rabbi Charges Race Discrimination at Kings County Quiz Mayor Walker continued his “in- |tion which exist in the King’s County |Hospital and which resulted in a |lynching party being staged at the M. Wicks of The DAILY WORKER, ; hospital two weeks ago last Monday. “is the biggest ever held in America.) The hearing failed to produce any It shows that the working class of | evidence other than that which has this country will not allow the rulers | been in circulation since the six gen- Soviet chief stated that the youthful murderer will be a rich man when he is released and this will be an in- centive to others to engage in the profitable business of murdering So- viet ambassadors. Poland is not yet ready for a war with the U.S.S.R. But the preparations are going on with feverish speed. * * VERY important conference is taking place in Wall Street these days. The real rulers of the capi- talist world are meeting there. They are: the governors of the state banks of Germany, France, England and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. They are expected to discuss a re- vision of the Dawes Plan, withdrawal (Continued on Page Four) Flyer Punctures Tire. HONOLULU, July 3.—While at- tempting a take-off for the mainland today, Richard Grace, Hollywood stunt flyer, punctured a tire on his union officials who belong to such organizations and hate the Worker because of its un- compromising advocacy of honest and militant trade unionism. The attack on The DAILY WORKER is not something separate and apart from the drive to crush the United Mine Workers of America, the announcement that the 10-hour day must become the regular working period, made by Daniel Willard, president of the Baltimore and Ohio, the refusal to grant a wage increase to the trainmen and conductors on 55 western rail- roads, of conquest of Nicaragua, the continual threats against the Mexican people, the bom- bardment of Nanking by American and British warships and the propaganda for a huge navy and outright militarism which is sweeping over the country like a poisonous tidal wave. The only daily paper in the United States which fights the battles of the working class on all fronts without asking quarter from any section of the capitalist class or its hangers- on, The DAILY WORKER naturally becomes the target of attack. The DAILY WORKER gets its support only from the militant section of the American workers. Since January 18, 1924, this support has enabled it to carry on the struggle for organization of the unorganized, a labor party, honest and effective trade unionism—basjr needs of the American labor movement. Only a continuation of this support, and its increase in volume to meet this new emer- gency, can keep The DAILY WORKER on the firing line. ; Money is needed, new readers are needed, This is the only effective way to answer the pa of reaction and to keep the voice of the only national labor daily from being silenced. Workers Party Holding ‘portant Membership Meet Wednesday Eve. The District Executive Commit- tee is calling a special Party mem- bership meeting for Wednesday, July 6, 8:00 P. M., at Manhattan Lyceum, 66 East Fourt street, to discuss the present international |, situation, particularly: 1, The attack against the So- viet Union and preparation for a campaign for defense of the So- viet Union. 2. The present situation in China and the prospects for the Chinese revolution. 3. Immediate danger of war and what our Party can do to counteract it. Bring your membership cards with you, All members of the |of this land to take from us our fel- low fighters.” Other speakers included, Juliet | Stuart Poyntz and Joseph Magliacano. | Yesterday afternoon an airplane | flew over the city distributing 150,000 |leaflets telling of this afteynoon’s |demonstration which was held by a |committee representing 160 organiza- be tions. | * | * * Reports from the various Sacco- | Vanzetti committees thruout the coun- | try confirm the fear that the removal ‘of the two Italian workers from Ded- | ham jail to the penitentiary in the | |close proximity of the death-house is | ‘a move that should be met with spir- ited and forceful demands on the part | lof organized labor for the immediate | ‘velease of the railroaded radicals. | Labor Backs Strike. ! According to Rose Baron, acting | secretary of the Sacco - Vanzetti | Emergency Committee, trade union | | tile internes who took part in the | “hazing” were expelled from the | Brooklyn institution. | Cruelty, Anti-Semitism. | Rabbi Louis Gross, of Union Tem- | ple, Brooklyn, chairman of the com- | mittee of 100 rabbis who have con- ducted a sectarian investigation into the conditions at the hospital as they affect their co-religionists, took the stand and adduced evidence to show that cruelty, marked anti-Semi- tism and contempt for Jewish patients were practiced at the King’s County Hospital. The rabbi offered affida- vits to substantiate his testimony. Everything is being done by the mayor to turn his investigation into a political weapon for the ousting of Commissioner Coler from his post as head of the department of Public Wel- |fare. He has taken sides with Dr, Mortimer D. Jones, superintendent of the hospital, who admitted on the stand Wednesday that he voted in tiny monoplane. Grace is planning a non-stop flight from Honolulu to Santa Monica, Calif. heads are calling at the committee of- | favor of a ruling that kept Jewish ap- fices daily, pledging support to the | plicants for internships out of the strike move on July 7th. leity hospital Young Workers League are asked ? Beer IY Gi erga ower iy Will you do your share—NOW ? i EDITORIAL-AND MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES OF FHE DAILY WORKER. oR