The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 15, 1927, Page 2

Page Two THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1927 LABOR DELEGATES TO SOVIET UNION Philadelphia Chamber =| of Commerce Man Says Must Recognize _ USSR MOSCOW, July 14.—Clarence de Knight, Washington attorney representing the Philadelphia uber of Commerce, in a speech banquet here last night ex- pressed a strong hope that the United States would soon give full diplomatic recognition to the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics. The speech was made at a banquet at- tended by American business men and two Yale professors, Jerome Seorn Secrecy Charges; Stress Publicity A denial that there had been the slightest attempt at “secrecy” in the appeal for funds issued by the Trade Union Delegation which will leave for the Soviet Union the latter part of: this month, was madé yesterday by|| Davis and George F. Counts. All spokesmen for the delegation. are on a tour of study and busi- “President Green,” said one of the|| ness in the Soviet Union. delegation,” tries in his statement to} the press to create the impression} re * * ") Jersey Traction Kings that we'made all our preparatio: secret. As a matter of fact the whole Fighting for Monopoly question of the delegation, if8 com- position and purposes, was discussed JERSEY CITY June 14.—} publicly at the last convention of the |~he Public Service Corporation chou! American Federation of Labor. There) jt; subsidiary the Public Service| has been continual publicity sent out Transportation Co. and its attorney, by our secretary, Albert Coyle, edi-| Wiliam H. Speer, announced that it} tor of the Locomotive Engineers Jour-| would fight the franchise turned over | nal, and the press has dealt with the/to the Central Avenue Bus Co. by| matter at length.” the Jersey City commissioners. To Make Public Report. The action of Mayor Hague and the “We have not sent our appeal out/ Jer: City commissioners does not to the general labor movement be-|meet with the drive and the approval} cause the delegation is unofficial and|of the Public Service Corporation we did not wish to add to the friction | which is out to get a 100 per cent con-| engendered by the hostility of Presi-|trol of Bus and Street Car Service in dent Green and Vice President Woll|the state of New Jersey. It has a! to the delegation and its entirely legi-| great deal of influence over the State timate purpose which is: to gather! Public Utilities Commission. and lay before the American people; ‘This corporation thru the repuk the important facts relative to the|party which controls the state legi Soviet Union, its form of government/ ture and all the important committees and the opinion of the delegation as|of the state dominates the entire state. MUST GO BECAUSE STATE MCANDREW OF SCHOOL GRAFT Chicago Superintendent Viciously Anti-Labor | Su tendent William McAndrew of the Chicago School Board is} charged with helping to rob the board’s funds at the rate of one mil- lion a year. This interesting fact was i‘ FILLING STATION ATTENDANTS’ STRIKE SUCCESSFUL “ Photo shows “‘gas” line at one of the few filling stations in Chicago having a supply of fuel on hand after filling station attendants had struck. Kings County Hospital WM, GREEN TELLS Bared by Ex-Patients) Exposing the careless and unhy- gienic manner in, which the Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, is con- ducted, twelve former patients testi- fied before Commissioner of Accounts Higgins yesterday that they were given dirty linen. That complaints of patients about illness and requests for water were completely disregarded was also re- vealed by the witness: Inquiry To Be Made VOTE OLD PARTY Matty Woll Selects His Friend Ryan as Pres. Addressing the 29th annual conven- Beethoven Hall, 210 Fifth St., yester- day morning, William Green, pre dent of the American Federation of LONGSHOREMENTO tion of the Longshoremen’s union at } KOSLOFF TO LEAD [chicago Excursionsts Are BALLET AT CONEY |r, Setore, Say ISLAND BENEFIT By SAM HAMMERSMARK. Alexander Koslofff Metropolitan | Opera House star, appearing with his; CHICAGO, July 14.—All those in Chicago and vicinity who wish to help The DAILY WORKER famous ballet in A. Borodine’s} “Prince Igor” will feature the Coney | Island Stadium Concert which will be | should buy their tickets for the ex~ held Saturday for the benefit of left | cursion from here to Michigan City, Indiana, on Sunday, July 17, wing cloakmakers, dressmakers and! | furriets. not later than Saturday evening of the preceding day. The DAILY Kosloff, who is the master of one of the largest studios in the city, en- WORKER will not profit from the sale of tickets sold at the pier on Sunday. Tickets are sold at the \tered the Ballet School maintained by | the Russian Government at Moscow | lwhen he was 10 years old. At the | Workers Party office, 19 South Lincoln St., 156 West Washington age of 17 he graduated with high | honors, the youngest pupil ever to! Blvd., third floor, Room 26, Vilnis, 3116 S. Halsted St., Freiheit Of- jattain such a distinction. As a teacher of dancing Alexis} fice, 3209 Roosevelt Road, Ny Tid, 2003 N. California Ave., Young Workers League, 2444 West Di-. vision St. | Koslo has had spectacular success. | Mother Bloor who has just ar- |Many stage productions have been ar-|| tived.from the west will address |ranged by him, among them, the Wan-|| the excursion crowds. The steamer lderer, Chu Chin Chow, The Passing |] Will leave the Goodrich dock at Show, Miss Simplicity, Sinbad, Peter || Municipal Pier at 9.30 a. m., and Pan, The Love Song, Le Coq D’Or, Sunny and others. John Barrymore, | |Julia Arthur, Marion Davies, Alice) Brady, Ann Pennington, Corinne) will return’ at 7 p.m. The round trip ticket costs $2.00. This will in- Griffith, ete., have at various times studied under his direction. clude one morth’s trial subscrip- #3 \ New York Symphony © | three months to the Young Worker. tion to The DAILY WORKER or Erno Rapee who is going to con- Wall Street Still Gets duct the New York Symphony Or-| World’s Gold Supply |chestra of 100 at the Coney Island | Stadium, Saturday night, was a well | WASHINGTON, July 14—For the known concert pianist before he took | first six months of this year, the |up orchestral conducting. | United States had a favorable bal- From conducting Rapee turned to|ance of trade of $240,758,000, com- motion picture presentation, taking | pared to an unfavorable balance last over the William Fox Theatre in’ year of $95,000,000, the commerce de- Labor used an opportunity to take a Philadelphia: He. conducted a spe-| partment announced today. Seer cate pbianc in Hae, (cial concert of the Berlin Phithar-| | Exports for the period totaled $2,- ipe have participated in polities for |monic Orchestra in 1925 and later vo. | S68) 008 000, & gain of $161,831,000. |many years so now we find people in| turned to his native city of Buda-) enthen ae Foss pataey a de- Ameriea who think we should do like- |Pest, where he directed numerous con. |°rease of $174,000,000. wise. \certs. to the proper relationships between |The action of the state legislature in|brot to light by the new president of} the Soviet Union and the United|removing the paving costs from the |the board, J. Lewis Coath. McAn-| States.” | corporation saves it hundreds of thou-|drew must go before September Ist is] Senator Borah, it is learned, will|sands of dollars. The attempts to|the demand of Coath. use the report which the Trade Union| monopolise the transportation of pas-| Coath says the money was filehed delegation will compile when it re-|sengers and increase the fares of bus from the board’s treasury thru a Into Detention ef | | turns, as additional material in the in- rides and street car rides is only part graft arrangement which enables 3 4 : ee i | Don’ Sf vestigation he is making of the policy }of their conspiracy to rob the public |crooked officials to roll up “nice little _“To this I object. It might be all s In Leet to the Oy ae Pee n't Forget the Sustaining Fund pursued by the state department to-|of millions of dollars for their own piles’ when holding office. It , Taste - writ, Tight for other countries but we here | Ben Gold, m anager | s a piles n Congressman La Guardia has writ- ; ao * \Joint Board will rt on the Fur- ward the Soviet Union. purposes. paid to middlemen who got es, % ‘Labor Devi ain the United States should continue |Joint Board will repor | a8 pe ten to Secretary of Labor Davis and ou, policy of rewarding our friends |riers situation. The lawyers of the) Composition of Delegation. The entire personnel of the delega- tion has not yet been fixed but those \Charged With Theft as| contracts to resell to companie these middlemen turn make a r bate to the officials for the favor. mentioned as taking an active part| in its formation are: William Johnston, former president | of the International Association of} oy ist: ; i vi agi nat A e Magistrate Short in the Bridge Machinists, WwW illiam Mitch, secretary | Plaza nie yesterday in answer to a of the Indiana district of the United | charge of theft, he told the judge that i te opi E. Manion of the/ the only food he, his wife Edith and pee = Telegraphers, Tim Healy, of | his infant daughter, Dora, had had for he Firemen and Oilers, Timothy|ihe past three weeks had been milk Shea of the Locomotive Firemen and | and a few buns. ss ee: sine Ziegler, editor of the| Betterly showed plainly the effect ¥ i . ay ‘ k, Frank Palmer, editor | of starvation and his wife was on the af b, . Sp orado Labor Advocate, Al-| verge of collapsing in court. He was sed oe oe L. E. Sheppard, Presi-| employed as a deckhand on an excur- dent of the Railway Conductors, chair-| sion steamer but was unemployed for man of the delegation. | the last two months. John Brophy, former president of| Th nee watt Ye i 2 Ayal Weiss | e police said they found six pawn District 2, U. M. W. A., and head of tickets in his possession when he was the “Save the Union” ticket in the) arrested. last election, has been mentioned as| The judge said that it was not in his an additional member of the delega-| power to show clemency and held Bet- tion but has not yet accepted. terly with. bail f jury. W. Jett Lauck, economist for a} rac ee aan sane number of labor organizations, Jer-| * oi r ee oe oe and Frank P. Walsh, na- | Wilbur andWork Divide ionally known labor attorney, will J 1 7 also accompany the delegation. a |Up Naval Oil Reserves The response tothe appeal for the |Patronage; Leases Back needed funds has been satisfactory, | Spee members of the delegation stated. Nut Law Barring ‘Dog’ And Pop Passes Board WASHINGTON, July 14.—Virtual- ly complete control of naval oil re- |serves and all leases will return of- \ficially to the navy department on | August 1, under an agreement reached today between Secretary of Navy W Wife and Child Starve When Lester Betterly appeared be- | Always Against Labor. This. closes another chapter in the ry ef the struggles of the Chi- cago teachers with the open shop bosses who make up the personnel of the school board. It was these rep- resentatives of big business in Chi- leago who imported McAndrew from |New York to break the teachers’ union. Fought Union. As soon as he took office he began a campaign for the abolition of any organized activity conducted by the teachers. He carried on a ruthless \fight against the teachers’ councils, a \form of shop meetings held weekly |by the organized teachers. He finally |sueceeded in abolishing them. He de-} jnied the teachers the right to post| bulletins in the school buildings an-j |nouncing their union meetings, he {threw many teachers out of work by jcrowding the classrooms, he fought for a cut in teacher’s wages and an | inerease in wages of principles and lolder teachers thus employing the old game of creating divisions among wotkers. He installed the system of secret markings of examination papers for teachers which was useful for dis- lerimination against aggressive and militant teachers. He docked their wages if they were laid up with ill- 38 Chinese Seamen demanded an immediate investigation into the detention of the thirty-eight | Chinese seamen who are being held incommunicado on Ellis Island follow- ing an alleged mutiny on the Holland- American liner the Rotterdam a few weeks ago. The seamen were hired at $6 per week at Rotterdam during a strike and were promised entry into the United States“on their arrival here by Capt. Peter Van Der Heusen. They were not informed that a strike was in progress, according to Michael Murphy of the International Seamen's Club at 26 South St. On the trip across the men were forced to endure revolting living con- ditions. They were fed on an unin- terrupted diet of rice dried fruit and housed in filthy, quarters. Captain Lies to Crew. On their arrival in Hoboken, Van Der Heusen told them that they could not go ashore as it was contrary to the immigration laws. The Chinese damp |workers, infuriated at the deception which was practiced upon them, forced their way to the street. They were arrested and sent to El- lis Island where they are now being held incommunicade, according to their counsel, Hugo Pollack, who said that all efforts on his part to inter- view his clients have been frustrated by the island officials. In La Guardia’s letter to Davis he urges that the investigation be di- and punishing our enemies.” Plays to the Galleries. |Mineola trial will also address the | -|vast gathering. | and wormy | As almost one third of the 200. dele- gates at the convention are Negroes, Green said that “the American Fed- eration of Labor welcomes into its yanks all workers irrespective of their color, creed or polities. All workers no matter on what they disagree, are eligible to join the American trade junion movement.” Matthew Woll, president of the | Union Life Insurance Company ad- dressed the convention and urged the assembled delegates to instruct the lofficers to be elected by the conven- ition to give it their utmost support. Ryan Next President. Referring to Joseph P. Ryan, vice- president of the union and president of the New York Central,Trades and Labor Council, Woll said that “we |have fought shoulder to shoulder dur- \ing the last two years to rid the local |trade unions of the Communists. According to rumors, Ryan is slated |to be elected president of the union When the convention closes Saturday. {It has been meeting every morning |sinee Monday when the first session was held. NEWS IN BRIEF | Another Nungesser Rumor. Tickets are $1 for general admis- | sion and $2 for reserved seats. | * eae) | Paterson Again Raises $300. | $300 was again received in the de-| fense office, as proceeds from an af-| fair given by the workers organiza- tion in Paterson. L, Nelson made the} appeal. | * . * Ten dollars were raised by the ten-| ants of 688 Rockaway Avenue, Brook- | lyn, was received in the defense of- | fice, with the promise that they will | make all efforts to further help the’ defense. | * * * The Shoe Fitters of Albert & Son) forwarded $12.95 which they raised | in their shop. The money was brought | in by D. Bedkovitch and D. Rames. * * * 5s i Géo. Simkins of Detroit forwarded | $5 to the defense and A. Ordin of} | Rochester sent $5. In answer to an} | appeal for the defense $26 was raised | ‘at a farewell party for a friend leay-| ing the city, at 2700 Bronx Park E. | * * * | Carpenters and Electricians ane Carpenters and Electricians atten- tion! There is a lot of work in con- nection with the Coney Island Stad- jum Céncert that must be done im-| mediately. If you can spare a few) LEFT WING UNIUNISM By DAVID J. SAPOSS of Brookwood Labor Coliege MONG academic people writing about labor prob- Jems David J. Saposs has come closer than anyone else in the appreciation of the va- rious forves are At work iu the labor movement at the present time, He has worked with Professor Commons for He has investi- SCARSUALE, N. Y., July 14—\bur and Secretary ef Interi i to the De-| f ee 2 s Q y of Interior W is t i bp CHICOUTIMI, Que., July 14.—Un- hours of your time come othe De-| many years. eueaele nial school athletes yester-| This agreement provides that local | MT is interesting to note that the rected especially to discover if the] verified reports that 'Nungesser and/|fense Office, 41 Union Square, Room | a pe We ag estes aay cogitate: that they will no longer control of the reserves shall be ves mtemneik attack which he conducted steamship companies are in conspir- |Coli, ill-fated French aviators who|714. : { sively on outstanding labor pe able to train on soda pop and “hot systema acy to unlawfully obtain admission of |jaunched a Paris-to-New York non:| We also request all sympathizers | events, dinance passed by the Scarsdale board | executive order of President Harding of trustees. which transferred control to the in- The ordinance prohibits the opera-|terior department, PPresident Cool- tion of frankfurter, peanut and re-|idge, following the (Supreme Court’s freshment stands within the village\decision attacking the validity of limits. Mrs. Ruth Johnson, the only. | Presigant Harding’s act, revoked the woman member of the board, who} executive order. introduced the ordinance, said shel The oil scandal and the subsequent was working in conjunction with| prosecution of the principals resulted Clinton Leonard, physical training|from leases made in the reserves by ra } ed in navy inspectors, thus restoring | dogs” as the result of a village or-|the status that existed prior to the| against the teachers were made un- |Arrest Tim Buck for /Telling Ford’s Workers | About Trip to Russia | TORONTO, July 1. ) Tim Buck was arrested in Ford City, (By Mail).— der the pretense of saving money. | | Chinese into the United States and are holding out promises to Chinese workers that such entry can be made. General Says 0,000 ‘Marines Needed to OSI OGIO Fae EO ESAOEG tie Ruthenberg Sustaining Fund? | Don't Forget the Sustaining Fund! | stop flight recently and since have not been heard from, had been found, |were revived here today by two In- 'dians. | They came into Chicoutimi with a | story that they had seen a wrecked | airplane and had even touched it with ‘their fingers in a dense bush near | here. Sleep In Automobiles. \who own ears and are willing to help to report to the Defense Committee. Very important work has to be done. Smith Airplane Well on Way to Hawaii; Passed 'Farallones at Mid Day July 14—A | SAN FRANCISCO, “Left Wing Unionism” rep- regents a historical study of the origin and development of the Left Wing Movement imong the trade unions. “Bor- ing from within,” amalgama- tion, dual unionism, revolu- tionary and opportunistic rad- icatism, in their numerous manifestations among the So- cialists, Anarchista, 1. W. W.'s and Communists are the theme of this book. No worker ac- tive in the labor movement could afford to be without this book, which is full of docu- material and is | dlireetor and athletic coach of the high! ex-Seeretary of Interior Albert B.| while addressing an open air meeting | . : WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., July 14.—| message received at naval headquar- ||! therefore a very useful refer= j School. Paap Oee aS EK ern eo ___jon a vacant lot adjoining Ge a Beal the Nicara tail |Hundreds of persons from New York | ters ey eee iio Reece ta Lido es aie een eS t roa | Ukrainian Labor Temple. Comrade spent the night in parked autobiles | Compas: Aa ‘a Journal wrote 1 o105¢ 1 OF Ol ORO | Buck has recently ee from it lon the road from Valhalla to York. | ands, - miles west of the Golden | ine. Sear Russia, and was describing his trip - town in an attempt to escape the| ate, said: } Wing Unionism”: y a es, ~ 5 Hl . Wing Unionism”: i] soi {olan enthusiastic aucience. "last sulier sof Veneauclan ‘na (Sveltering heat, nolice reported to-|_ “Plane heard bat not sighted aan othe ae \ Buck’s demand for the reason for | ,; gee ue j , | day. assed. lew no ard 0: x aA 4 " TION ? hiacareees was met with bullying and tionality é but of wide ho ae ae haa a road is high and there is al- Headed directly west.” | ‘of ig teste ° u CONY ENSION insults from the police, and it was throughout Spanish America has ar-| 0. a fair breeze. No attempt was| The message apparently had been| that is usually § STAMP e | that the Desk Sergeant had re- phe a8 ey orks ana states that made by the police to interfere with filed at 12:15 p. m., and indicated that | out much RPE ip rrctyenrt ee c : ed orders not to grant bail. AMEERES COSY eee ran eee (the outdoor sleeping parties. | all was well on the first leg of Ernest | ee Gs, center vative ie ae . Mw. ing a storm of resentment all over | VAN | Smith’s flight to Hawaii | bor official because it makes d ia ry @ delegation to the Mayor, i, southern republics. Both sides in Li y | hin seé Zed. © |“‘Ribardy,” who was elccted on his | +. Nickraeuae conflict, he says, | Cops Shoot Into Car. til banks Cleese militant ‘ f ng class” slogan, Z Aah *| When the automobile in - which , tag | trade unionist shodld "i ; your unit organizer hasnone-—— fl reeted with vague hints about ii a qunetiten Reakery, eee Thoma’ Moran and his wife were va, German Jews Bare Bias, copy ot ‘Saposs' “Lett “Wing your unit organizer has not sold them— Orang out this red tif ae Ee een ee eo aeua and ie in did not stop immediately at the In Immigration Quotas ||} vice tnd secure a copy ot the u ° your unit organizer has not sent in the ww | erences to higher authorities. the AsseHcan tntereoatian ders. eommand of police yesterday it was | : | book, m—- Hs After keeping Buck in the lock-up all} Nogales stated’that he had visited chased by the cops who shot into the) BERLIN, July 14—Charging that Cloth Bound, 192 pp., $1.60. Pp money for the fg: ated 8 ape I tee cg “fe ‘ DP» # e your unit organizer is not pushing the | night among bed-bugs and drunks, he| the army of General Sandino, which ‘1,98 they went along. ; She Da ereeen Seve ees eee te " ane ‘ aia? as released on the astonishingly low| consisted of about a thousand swell Mrs. Moran was wounded in the! criminating against Jewish immi-| READ ALSO fj eo sale energetically— 00, after the total refusal! armed patriots opposing U. S. rule back during the period of the chase grants among the German quotas| V night before and that altho so few in number, i rg eeen bap se two of permitted to enter the United States, SER pee ANG: NTE w VAT ~ | The 4,000 Ford production workers,| they would be able to resist the in- em were placed under arrest. German Jews will send a protest to By Mave. bir aechs a NOTIFY THE NATIONAL OFFICE! | who have been worki three days |vaders unless at least £0,000 Shite Sn ane In ga the State Department. - | Ma ees ane eran ja week, have now been laid off for an | were sent against them: because of 3 re scoale gtine arb. re In filling out the immigration BARE SVBONG IN DHE ' It is:thenly way to finance the Convention and prevent | indefinite period. They are begin-\the nature of the country and the «py CHT, Paris, July 14—) forms, the letter charges, German | 5 t is: fr ly way pi ‘ “fyi ‘The Columbia may accompany C iti 4 A WOR: IN: you from losing your right to vote | ning to fell the pinch, and the “friend sympathy of the population. ta Ca ay eoanPany Cap- citizens of Jewish faith are compelled|}/ pe eno LAtEY, 5 | : the pga! Lega isn’t bitten tain Sidhe aE Breserrig jg Aha i bes ead eh designate their race as Hebrew. y Scott ROE —10 skaie' ee: ‘aeat fek toiep ob0e to tha Natiodall Otte | chances on their hearing anything Pitched Ball Kills Player. | i rt The protest was originally addressed ° Money nf 4c \t5 the Duron: oS about this Russian stuff. MACON, Ga., July 14.—A coroner's | Mere, today. arrangs it, we may fiy|t %¢ Department of Labor which DAILY WORKER PUB. | rh cin ict Soon jury has returned a verdict of acci- with Courtney yan) Traian Hag Bid passed the buck to the State Depart- COMPANY | “logging Verdict Soon. dental death in the case of Ray! foundiand,” sai at) « ~| ment. . : WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PARTY OF AMERICA | TOCCOA, Ga., July 14-—The jury] Mann, third baseman of the Macon |siher’ WNpontion a Geuttnwe ole. i. 33 First Street, New York. °o jin the ‘vig! of Elmer Clark, ti team in the South Atlantic League, | never entertained a thought of going| See? Up the Sustaining Fund i i i Mrs. Ansley | who truck over the heart by a, ‘ mn Boulevard, Chicago, Hl. wrth ‘the, Slogging of: 2 who was struck ove Y 4 as his passenger. 1113 W. Washingtoi bd Bowers and her 15-year-old son,|pitched ball in the third inning of e es | - ee Le oe re ie ie is Syne eee a ETARIES: Be sure to mention invoice number when mak- ce i arrell, who was playing his first) A. Doran, school teacher of Flint, st ine payment. i ia? plicated professional year with the Asheville | Mich., hopped off from Checkerboard a & M | i a siphe team, was pitching at the time. field here yesterday on the second leg bathing nearb: cy | Have ,Paid Your Contribution to of her proposed flight from California Kollar South y: CoH to Hawaii. \ » South