The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 4, 1927, Page 2

Page Two THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, MONDAY, JOLY 4, 1927 In Plumbing Trade Organize Committes A committee to organize the tion plumbers was formed ing held Thursday even Labor Temple, 14th St. yenty-five worke Ave, Plans were lai drive, including uing of le lets to the trade. It was pointed ou at the meeting that the risdiction over nd an att plumbing indus- will be made pt become connected with that organi tion. It was said that of the 15,000 plumber workers in the y, only 5,000 are organized in the w 5,000 helpers and eration workers not being co next Thursday eve Temple. Fake Parson Arrested After Marrying 1,000 ELKTON, Md., July 3—For per- forming more than 1,000 marriages, Ithough he was not an ordained min- ter, the Rev. Richard T. Westrer was brought before a police magis- trate here yesterday and freed upon his own recognizance pending his trial saxt week. | Pewee nn + SONG OF THE Red Army (Budenny’s March) Words and Music by E. C. Paul Transiation 5 Cents THE DAILY WORKER PUB. CO. New 33 First Street, York. a a a aa a a a nn nn eee en nn enn ned } the equal work. Alteration Workers Government Workers’ To Demand 39-Hour Week at Convention By HARVE WASH TON O'CONNOR » (FP) July The wi rong Union. since their orgar ear for the f ernment obtained Saturda for four months, inst With the seven-hour da we have the June 1 to Sey 80. ep for the unic is to win the Saturday half holiday the year round. “When we attain that, it will be a beacon to all clerical workers in |the country, showing them the value of union organization.” In the meantime the union has a stiff fight on its hands in enforcing -equal pay the Sterling-Lehlbach Act ing federal empl passed in 1923, was hailed a: a great victory for the principle that women |~ ishould receive the same pay as men SUBWAY SCENE While the B. M. T. D IN NEW YORK Drawn By Wm. Gropper. eclares Its Dividends. Negro Labor — Speaker | In Cleveland Arrested | At Open Air Meeting'| CLEVELAND, 0., July The heights to w h police stupidity may was revealed when a speaker for American Negro Labor Congress arrested here last night at a et meeting, on the charge that he “stirring up race hatred.” Later Freed. | the was Needle Trade Defense The entire program of the New Symphony Orchestra conducted by Erno Rapee, and Borodine’s “Prince | Tgor” with Alexis Kosloff and his fa- mous ballet will be broadeast over the radio by Station WCGU, Saturday | Supreme Court Receives | | Mine Injunction Case (Continued from Paye One) | | writs of error and review cannot be! heard by the Supreme Court until | it reconvenes this fall. In the mean- time. the southern West Virginia | operators continue not only to prevent junion organizers from entering the | jtine fields, but are cutting wages | again. The last cut resulted from! \the Interstate Commerce Commission | order reducing rates on coal from the Pittsburgh field’ to the lakes by 20) {cents a ton. The southern West Vir-| ginia operators have responded by} offsetting the 20 cent differential} |through another slice off the wage: | The West Virginia Southern Coal| Co., newly organized syndicate, floating an additional $150,000 bond issue after a $1,500,000 issue on the boast that their properties “are and always have been operated by non- union labor.” Resting at ease behind {the shield set up by the circuit court ruling, the new company cocksurely | predicts that its earnings from non-| {union labor in the future will be ade- quate to meet interest claims. * * * Ohio Operators Try to Break ; CLEVELAND, July 3.—The Ohio| jcoal operators have determined to} open the mines in the state with scab labor. They held a meeting at Colum- bus recently and decided to appeal to the men over the heads of the union| officials, The officials challenged | them to find sufficient men. to obey | their call. A small group at Nelson-| ville, following the lead of a traitor- |ous president of the local by the name jof Emmet Searles, decided to accept \the offer of $5 a day and return to | work. | The rest of the men left the meet-| ing and it was soon apparent that} Searles, the Judas of the section, had | \little following. | Seabs Appear. The situation however is becoming | more complicated. At Adena the) ight Suly. 10;droicthe” open air | OPerators brought in seabs, who were | arena of the Coney Island Stadium. This dual concert and operatic event | | |hooted and stoned by miners and! their wives. The Sheriff wired to Governor Doheney, who promised aid| | the jthe Cooper, | Arizona combs, cutters and shears for | them. Flexible Shaft Co, Cuts Wages on Plea of Powerty; False CHICAGO, July 8 (FP).—Though | pleading poverty in its refusal to make the wages of its metal polish- ers and grinders uniform with those of 60 other shops’ in the city, the Chicago Flexible Shaft Co. is in real- ity a flourishing concern, the Metal Polishers’ Union has discovered. The polishers have been on strike since fay 2 for a 10 per cent raise to $1.10 jan hour, Big Profit. Starting with a capitalization of $6,000 it now has $700,000 capital stock of which $650,000 is 7 per cent preferred. This the union fovnd out by research work in the country rec- order’s office. Tae principal stockholder is Rich- ard A. Cooper of the Cooper Securi- ties Co, which has world-wide indus- trial interests. It has probably the principal interest in the Cooper En- gineering Co. of Australia and Cooper Ltd. of England. The Australian con- cern has always placed big orders for Flexible’s. sheepherding equip- ment. The Chicago Federation of Labor executive board has placed tne Ghi- cago Flexible Shaft Co. on the unfair list. This makes the Sunbeam elec- tric irons and toasters unfair and also Stewart and Stewart- shearing sheep and horses. Organized Jabor in America and Australia are urged by the board to bear in mind the unfair nature of these products and to make known to the Chicago Flexible Shaft Co. at 5600 WW. Roose- velt Rd., why they do not care to vse The firm joined the anti-union Na: tional Metal Trades Assn. recentl: and has discharged all union toolmak- | ers from its employ. Gunmen can be observed around the plant waiting to beat up union pickets. for the same sort of work. is being presented by the Joint De-| Equal Pay For Equal Work. The speaker was later released and’ fense & Relief Committee, 41 Union But Coolidge, unwilling to admit) returned to the meeting where he re-| Square, for the purpose of raising | the force of the equal rights victory | ceived an enthusiastic reception from | funds for the wives and children of if needed. The miners began to pic- ket the mine, but the operators got a|Hear Injunction Plea restraining order, which prohibits | jwho have been consistentl: Ynefi’s wages for the same sort of work, will appeal to congre ‘but the struggle of Amer’ cation be sonnel! clas rd, in charge of its ad) istration, with enemies of the law. Now the Federal Employes Union, tired of appe g to the ‘board for justice for 200 women in the Bureau of P: ing and Ei ing denied winter to set up new administrative machinery out of reach of the Cool- idge appointive power. “Not only the undisputed rights of 200 women in a Washington bureau, 's millions \ of working women, exploited through the double st: rdard of pay, are in- is fight,” Gertrude Mc- Women’s Union of the ganized as L 105. reats of demotion and discharge because we insist on observance of the law will lnot swerve us from our appeal to congress to put teeth into the equal | work-equal pay law.” | Secretary Frank Coleman of the | Maryland-District of Columbia Fed- eration of Labor, promised the full |support of the Washington and Baltimore labor movements to the | federal wor! Five-Year Prison Term ‘For Opposing Fascisti | ROME, July | dictatorship of Mussolini, Stefano Le- |fano was today sentenced to serve \five years in prison by a s al mili- tary tribunal. The same body ac Anzelo n of- | Bartolini on the ¢ |fense against the king,” but 1 to one year on the ¢ “resisting arrest.” tenced arge of 01016010 10 00 your unit or your unit or; your unit or, — ry your unit or sale ene It is the only way to finance 6319 1 8 Ea 6 01 money for them— NOTIFY THE NATIONAL OFFICE! you from losing your right to vote. Money must be sent in today—50c to the National Office WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PARTY OF AMERICA 1113 W. Washington Boulevard, Chicago, Il. Convention, July 10th BUY YOUR ASSESSMENT STAMP, TODAY! ganizer has none— ganizer has not sold them— ganizer has not sent in the ganizer is not pushing the rgetically— the Convention and prevent 50c to the District Office SECRETARIES: Be sure to me ing payment. O06 E10 ntion invoice number when mak- & esident of the Federal) | | : | when it came to giving the |ment’s women workers har med|ored workers, The attempt of tht wage increases, ignored the Sterling-| yolice to break up the meeting was Lehibach Act packing t their whole-hearted support of the program and tactics of the Negro Labor Congress for drawing the white and colored workers closer together for a struggle against their common y—the bosses. Several workers | signed applications for membership in e the organization. Meetings of the Cleveland local of the Congress will be held every Mon- day night at the same corner—Wood- lawn and 40th Sts. Indicted for Perjury head of the ice nm its operations in New York city, was indicted by the Queens County Grand Jury Fri- | day on a charge of perjury. De Maria, who is general manager for the Metropolitan Coal Union, Inc., is charged with Deale: e had not discussed price-fixing in a conference held July 11th with John | Mur owner of an ice plant at Roc y Beach. LW! In the course of his statement Hazelton pointed out “the iceman sells his ice for three times as much as he pays for it or even more; he does not weigh his ice, and if a sr complains, the customer is | custor |to deliver it for a few days.” Anti-Imperialist Strike And Beycott in China | (Continued from Page One) a scandal, and a misfit that must go,” and accusing the Chinese judge with interposing himself between criminals and the law. Judge Ziar pointed out that such statements court contempt under both British and Chinese laws, and that | the North China Daily News was | fined for contempt by a British court a few years. ago because it attacked a British judge for sentencing Mor- | riss, the paper’s proprietor. The Chinese court might be unable to get at the North China Daily News directly, said Judge Ziar, because for- eign newspapers hide themselves un- der the shelter of extraterritoriality, but its Chinese printers are technical accomplices to the contempt and they are under the jurisdiction of the Chi- nese court. The present incident devéloped when agents of the newspaper brought suit lin the Chinese court against a Rus- ‘sian for rent. The case was thrown out, Judge Ziar declaring that the | court “cannot give relief to the North | China Daily News when coming here reeking with the blood of its own of- fenses against the court.” The paper had previously attacked the court be- cause of the court’s refusal to enforce the foreign municipal anti-Chinese laws which are contrary’ to the Chi- nese code, * Rush More Marines, SAN DIEGO, Cal., July 3—Two hundred marines will leave for China within a few days. They are being mobilized here for transportation to China aboard the President Pierce. * * and Ice| vern-| the large crowd of 200 white and col-| the imprisoned cloakmakers and fur- riers. Mr. Rapee, who needs no introduc- he per-'denounced and the crowd signified tion to the vast radio audience, has prepared a special musical program for this occasion. Some of the com- posers whose work will be featured |are: Tschaikowsky, Wagner, Johann end Richard Strauss, Rimsky-Kor- sakoff, Berlioz and Borodine, Rapee | will also conduct the musical program \of the well known Russian opera, as \well as the divertissements, which ‘are being arranged by. Kosloff. Rita |de Laporte of the Metropolitan Opera | House, Katya Minassian, Emma D. Miller and Valentia Kaschouba, re- cently arrived here from Russia and who danced in the company of Anna | Pavlowa, will render solo selections in | addition to their respective parts in | “Prince Igor.” | In case of rain on Saturday, July | 16, the concert will be postponed to | the next night, Sunday. * Back Concert. The example set by the Food | Workers shows that workers outside * * telling Referee Hamilton that| the Needle Trades are commencing | offers 8 cents per net ton for loading; | to realize the importance of defeat- | ing the attempt to destroy the healthy |trade union movement. All class |conscious workers must now throw | their energies into the struggle to arouse the workers, A moral as well ;as a financial success at the Coney | Island Stadium will be a big step in | this direction. See to it that your jorganization takes tickets. Urge |every member of your local union, ‘or opposing the |punished by the iceman “forgetting | fraternal society, Workmen’s Circle, ‘or other organization, to attend this Concert. Tickets are only $1.00 for general admission and $2.00 for re- served seats. A magnificient pro- gram has been arranged. Borodine’s world famous “Prince Igor” presented | by Alexis Kosloff of the Metropolitan | Opera House, in person, assisted by his famous ballet corps and the New York Symphony Orchestra of 100 musicians, conducted by Erno Rapee, internationally-acclaimed musical vir- tuoso, will be the principal attrac- tions. Rita de Laporte, solo dancer of the Metropolitan Opera Company, will be presented in the principal female role. ‘Still’ Found in Plant of Big Captain of Industry Application to dismiss a charge of conspiring to violate the prohibition law and to vacate the bail of five de- fendents, which has been filed with the clerk of the federal court, dis- closed a case which involves a well- know New York business man and four others. The New Yorker is George Leary who keeps offices at 15 Moore Street, and whose town residence is at 1053 Fifth Avenue. Mrs. Leary, his wife, was decorated by the pope in 1919, Leary was arrested April 11th. Thriving Business. | On that date, according to P. Tubbs, a prohibition agent, a still was discovered on the plant of the Red pany of which Leary is president. The agent states that several lines of pipes were laid from the stills and reservoirs into the general offices of the company. THINK OF THE SUSTAINING FUND AT EVERY | MEETING! Hook Electric Light and Power Com- them from having more than 20 men) on the line and from holding meetings | within a certain area. Company spies also are on the job.} Recently one was at Adena, who de-| clared he-was for Brophy, as the |proper man to. lead the organization. The next night he attacked Brophy, stating that he wanted to build a new union. The union must be saved —and any man who states that Brophy or any other sane man wants to form another, union now is help- ing the operators. | Thousands of miners were reported to be in Steubenville, but the sheriff, according to his own words, took {steps to clean them out, in order “to {avoid trouble.” Now the operators |say that they will not consider any | |further negotiations with the United) Mine Workers. July 1st has come and the mines are to resume opera- |tions, S. H. Robbins, president of the |Ohio Coal Operators Association, jholds out the offer of $5 a day,! negotiations to be either through or aside from union affiliations. He cutting with breast machine, 11} cents; cutting with short wall mach- | ine, 9 cents; cutting with top mach- ine 5 cents; and maximum eight-hour | day $5. Threaten Scabbing. | “If the union does not officially | sanction the new wages and allow the men to.return to work, we shall dis- Of Painters Against 3 Crooked Officials | The application of Harry Bloom, | president of local 1011 of the painters’ union for an injunction restraining | officers of the District Council from | treatment, nosis, |interfering with the books of the |Physician in charge told Risbeiro to council while criminal proceedings against several of the officers is in progress was yesterday taken under advisement by Justice Ingraham in supreme court. Alfred J. Fischer, president of the council; Alex Stein and William Hart- in the union’s funds Wall ges of grand larceny. regard the union and open our mines with non-union labor.” Union officials have looked ask- relief of the miners. Workers have had a slack time of it for years— working one, two or three days a week—they have no funds to fall back on. Progressives argue the la- bor movement must be called upon to help the miners. The open shop opera- tors are determined to go the limi \In Pennsylvania they are even tak-| ing away water from the miners’ homes. In Ohio, the court does not jallow them to picket in masses. They | claim the officials shoyld be obliged to go thru the same ‘restrictions as the miners, 6 Poverty Stricken | Suicide Victims Are Buried in Flushing The bodies of Mrs. Marie Freeman and her five small children who died Monday night from gas poisoning in {their home, 43 East Eighteenth | Street, Whitestone, Queens, were buried in two graves yesterday in Flushing cemetery, Queens Avenue and 168rd Street, Flushing. Feared Poverty. Mrs. Freeman, fearing the poverty which faced the family after the death of her husband several months ago, turned on the gas in a bedroom where the children were sleeping, killing herself and the children. Brief funeral services were held at the undertaking establishment of | Martin A. Gleason, Highth Avenue {and Twenty-first Street, Whitestone. ) The Rev. Frederick Govenlock, rector of Grace Episcopal Church, White- stone officiated. Only about fifteen people, all friends of the family, at- tended. Among them were Mr. and Mrs, E. R. Dawson, of Auburndale. The Dawsons had visited Mrs. Free- man but a few hours before the tragedy and Mrs. Freeman wrote Mrs. Dawson a letter explaining that the reason for her act was that she feared the poverty which confronted her. After the services at the funeral parlors, the six bodies, that of the mother in a grey hearse and those of each of the children in separate white hearses, were taken to the cemetery. After a brief service at the cemetery the six bodies were placed in two graves. Mrs. Freeman and her two youngest children James, two years old, and Nancy, three, were placed in one, and Kathleen, five, Jeanette, even, and Theodore, eleven in the ther. 'Despondent, Tubercular ‘Patient Takes His Life DOBBS FERRY, N. Y., July 3.— Luiz Risbeiro, 40, of Hastings, was \in a ¢ritical condition at the Dobbs | Ferry Hospital today as the result of a suicide attempt, according to po- lice. Knowing he was afflicted with tu- | berculosis, Risbeiro applied at the | Dobbs Ferry Hospital yesterday for After a diagnosis, the |go to the Grasslands Hospital, and jgave him a note direéting his admis- | sion to that institution, Instead of going to Grasslands, he |returned to his home, and fired a | bullet into his chest. He was rushed |to the hospital, where little hope was |ley are accused of using $50,000 of | held.out for his recovery. Street | | speculation, and are now under char- | Bronze Statue of jance at the idea of a conference for | KARL MARX | A beautiful work, six | inches high, is now ready. | Selling at $5.00 each. SEND FOR ONE TODAY THE DAILY WORKER | 33 First Street, New York. let's PARTY LIMITED. Room 803 go! Write immediately to JULY Pan. SOVIET RUSSIA The time is short, but if you step lively, you can still get your pass- port, pack your bag and be ready to hop off with the rest of the party on the 14th, bound for Leningrad and Moscow. You Need Only $575 ° A SIX WEEKS’ TOUR including every expense for steamship and railroad fares, rooms, meals, sight-seeing trips, theatres and concerts. BOOKING CLOSES JULY 9. : WORLD TOURISTS, Inc. 41 Union Square Phone Stuyvesant 7261. New York City i i AED ae AEE