The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 16, 1927, Page 1

TONG FIRST SECTION | This issue consists of two sections, be sure to get them both. Vol. IV. No. 157. 7 THE DAILY WO! SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In New York, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside New York, by mail, 36.00 per year. TONAL BALE BENET FUR Entéred as second-class ma'ter a t the Post Ofi'lce at New York, N. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1927 ¥ ISLAND STADIUM 100 PIECE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, INTERNA- RIERS AND CLOAKMAKERS JOINT DEFENSE FUND TONIGHT CER. ¥., uader the act of March 8, 1879, Published Dally except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 38 First Street, New York, N. Y. | | e| EDITION FINAL CITY | Price 3 Cents GENERAL STRIKE, CIVIL WAR, SHAKE AUSTRIA Current Events By T. J. O’Fuanerty, | | | | , The Federal indict- OVERNOR Jackson of Indiana is} ment against the Daily wise in hitching the charge of Worker and the mem- graft levelled against him by ex-dra-| gon Stephenson onto a horse. A steed may laugh but it never tells. nobody loves a tattler, “Woe unto the vanquished!” organization that depends on the fa- vor of a capitalist politician when it falls on evil days, While the K. K. K,|ica and _ particularly, was riding the waves the politicians} against its most mili- were willing to close the jail gates tant from the inside to its leaders. Now they are closing them from the out- | side. * * * T the risk of repeating, we wish | to call attention for the 20th time to the fiasco of the naval parley at Geneva. Instead of coming nearer an accord, the representatives of the three powers are progressively going in the other direction, The conflict between the Britons and the Yankees is nearing the physical force #stage. And| against these And woe unto the| | tion of the labor move- Until now no blows have been ex-} changed, but we would not be sur-/ prised at any moment to hear of} -monocles clashing with wads of chew- ing tobacco. may well look forward to seeing British soldiers that were devoured by the Germans several years ago. a eh Then our movie patrons | oe did not go to the Black! Hills of South Dakota to escape the sticky heat of midsummer, we} are informed. It is reported that his garters are giving him as much trouble as those of lesser and humbler mortals and that his socks sour as rapidly as delicatessen potato salad. What our self-sacrificing chief exec- utive is really doing is trying to sub- stitute beams for frowns on the betled brows and stern visages of the embattled farmers of the wide open spaces. Coolidge is one of those rare souls who regrets that he has only one soul to sell to Wall Street. Peas Aiea te ADY Astor, the Virginia dollar TALK OF ACTION aristocrat who brought a bag of | dough and the tongue of a fish mon-| ger into a noble British family in re-| turn for a title, has distinguished herself on many accasions in her adopted country for her vicious at- tacks on every effort that spells hu- man progress. Her latest publicity stunt was to heckle a radical preacher at a street meeting. The speaker happened to be a clergyman who was throwing a harpoon into the capitalist system. Lady Astor was gppalled that a minister of the christian gos- pel should represent Jesus as a friend of the masses instead of a forerunner of the blood-thirsty bishops and priests of modern christianity. * * * S those lines are wrtten the news ticker is clicking out merrily a story of revolution in the city of Vienna, Austria, the Mecca of inter- national social democracy. The so- cialists control the city politically, but as in every other instance they are playing the role of trained rams and keeping the workers in the shambles of exploitation. Here as elsewhere in Europe the fascists have been petted by the government and have abused and murdered workers with impunity. Against a recent flagrant example of judicial favoratism toward Fascism, the workers revolted Meg A ETHER the revolution will spread or is headed off by the socialist traitc’s depends on the strength and discipline of the left wing and Communist elements among the masses. The Communist Party of Austria is weak numerically. The main reason for this is the clever op- portunistic methods employed by the socialist leaders who used left phrases in order to fool the masses who are} farther to the left than any socialist membership in Europe. * * * TRANGE isn’t it that revolutions insist on following rather un- gentlemanly methods despite the po- lite admonitions of liberals, pacifists and socialists against violence. Our socialist friends cannot very well blame the Communist International for this revolt. Vienna is the home town of Mr. Adler, the secretary of, the Socialist and Labor International, that international auxiliary of the league of nations. We will watch Mr. Adler trying to ride the storm and trying to bring the wild proletariat ship back safely into the capitalist haven. ; (Continued on Page Four) bers of the staff is not individ- It is a |eharge against the | working class of Amer- juals as such, section. The charges are _ levelled against these comrades as the direct represen- tatives of the most mili- tant and advanced sec- | ment. In this sense, not Alex Bittelman, William F. Dunne, J. Louis Eng- dahl, David Gordon, they seek to suppress. YOUR CERTIFICATES. SUBWAY STRIKE NEAR AS CHIEFS Consult Last Year’s Strike Leaders PPosibilities of a subway strike on the ILR.T. increased yesterday when | the officials of the Amalgamated As- sociation of Street Car and Electric Railway Employes went into confer- ence with the leaders of last year’s Interboro strike. This fact coupled with the growing dissatisfaction ‘of the rank and file workers is especially significant. J. H. Coleman, organizer for the asso- ciation said that he had received many letters from the workers in which they denounced the arbitrary methods used by the I, R. T. in securing sig- natures to the yellow dog company union contract. In answer to the question of the possibility of a strike in the immedi- ate future, Coleman said, “We will not promise to prevent a strike in the event of any overt action against any of our members.” Patrick J. Shea, vice president of the Amalga- mated agreed with Coleman by add- ing, “If a strike comes it will come suddenly.” According to Senator Robert F. Wagner and former Congressman Na- than D. Perlman, legal representa- tives for the amalgamated, the union will test the legality of the so-called agreement which the I. R. T. forced upon the subway workers, by making a test case of it some time next week. The court action will be based upon the plea that the I. R. T. contract was forced upon the employes under duress. * * * John F, Gilchrist and Samuel Un- termyer frightened that former mayor John F. Hylan would break into the transit hearings and spill another bushel of transit beans, yesterday posted a police guard at the offices of the commission to bar him. The cops received orders to oust all and sundry who had anything to say de- rogatory to the commission’s pro- ceedings, ; NEW YORK, July 15.—Arrange- ments were completed today for the broadcasting of the elaborate wel- come to be given to Commander Richard E. Byrd, and his three com- panions on the memorable New York-to-France flight, and Clarence Chamberlin, New York-to-Germany Vienna may now have to| aviator, on their arrival here next Monday. @ What is your answer to this charge? Will you meekly submit! or will you resist with the fighting spirit of a real militant? We | know you will not submit. We know you will fight. We know that tactics of the right wing were the you will show your colors by your active and vigorous support of | United — the GUARD THE DAILY WORKER FUND,,.WATCH FOR) Housewives and Local’ #1, of the I. || Many New Dwellings | | Break Tenement Laws, | -Is Riegelman Charge That many buildings which are being erected violate the tenement house laws because of the exist- ence of two bureaus with conflict- ing powers, is the charge made by |) Harold Riegelman, counsel for the |) Legislative Commission to Examine and Revise the Tenement Housing Laws. | Members of the commission talk of drafting a bill to co-ordinate the work of the New York City Building Department and the Ten- ement House Commission. The investigation of the unsafe and inadequate housing facilities of the city will be continued, it was announced. OHIO MINERS END PLOT OF TRAITOR TO BREAK RANKS | BELLAIRE, Ohio, July 15.—The ac- | counts. appearing in the press here| of~an impending settlement of the) lockout in Ohio on a basis of wage) reductions have been repudiated by} the scale committee of Sub-district 5 of Ohio, United Mine Workers of | America. : The committee called a special ses-) sion to investigate the reports in the papers, and found that one of their number, a certain James Kunik, al- ways a reactionary, had taken the rec- ponsibility of giving out a public state-/ ment, pretending to involve the scale committee in a wage cutting contract with the operators, and intended to start a stampede of miners hack to work and to break the union morale. Kunik was expelled by the scale committee and a resolution adopted condemning his action, which says, in part: | “We, the constituted Scale Commit- tee, with the Executive Board, brand such actions of James Kunik to be disloyal and contrary to the policy | outlined by the International Conven-, tion and later endorsed by the Sub- District. Convention of which James} Kunik himself was a party, such ac-| ition upon the part of James Kunik is a gross betrayal to the policy of the! International Organization and to the members of the Sub-District Scale Committee to which he had the honor of being elected, “Therefore, we deplore the action (Continued on Page Two) ‘ Write Liberties Union; Hit at Right Wing Scoring the Civil Liberties Union’s “investigation” of the break-up of the|Industry at Standstill; Sacco - Vanzetti dernonsiration in Union Square last week, the Sacco- Vanzetti Emergency Committee, rep- resenting 500,000 workers met at the Labor Temple, 14th St. and Second Ave., last night and unanimously de- manded a fair and thoro investiga- tion of the affair. The resolution, a copy of which has been sent to the Civil Liberties Union, was introduced by Rose Baron, acting secretary of the Emergency | Committee. Denounce Right Wing Tactics. zations affiliated with the Emergency Joseph Kalar and Bert Miller are on trial. YOU ARE ON TRIAL. | Committee denounced the tactics of It is your fighting spirit which the Federal government and the the right wing and socialists which | Dollar Patriots wish to crush. It is your militant resistance to the | Open Shop Drive and to the War Preparations, which they seek to eating the babies | destroy had resulted in the break-up of the | meeting by the police. ; Roger Francozen, representing the It is your fighting organ, the DAILY WORKER, which Industrial Workers of the World, de- |nounced the right wing for sabotag- ing the fight of American labor for |the. freedom of Sacco and Vanzetti. Other organizations which hit at the of Council Workingcelass (Continued on Page Three) CONCERT TONIGHT FOR CLOAKMAKER AND FUR RELIEF Conky Island Stadium Will Hold 25,000 The concert to raise funds for the relief and defense of the trades workers will take place to- night at Coney Island Stadium, West {Sixth St. and Surf Ave. 8 p. m. 'Ben Gold and Louis Hyman, mili- ‘tant leaders, will tell of the latest developments in the union struggle. In addition a unusually fine musical program has been arranged. Erno Rapee, internationally-ac- claimed orchestra conductor will di- rect the New York Symphony of 100 musicians, while Alexis Kosloff, known the world over. for his terp- sichorean activities will permanently appear in and stage A. Borodine’s “Prince Igor.” Landy, general manager of the Joint Defense and Relief Committee Cloakmakers and Furriers, made a statement yesterday to the effect that judging by the speed by which the tickets are going out, a crowd of at least 25,000 people will attend this concert-opera. The musical program will consist of world famous composers, includ- ing Wagner, Johann and Richard Strauss, Goldmark, Tschaikowsky, Rimsky-Korsakoff and Berlioz. Mr. |Rapee has personally selected these high class musical selections. Among the divertissements are “Two Guitars,” which will be per- |formed by Katya Minnassian; “Ani- tra’s Dance,” by Vera Miloi; Printemps,” by Ruth Hazelton. “Ay Government of Mexico Releases Dupes of the Priestly Riot \Lvaders MEXICO CITY, July 15.—All Catholic lay leaders of the clerical rebellion against the Mexican gov- ernment have been ordered released by President Galles. In the an- nouncement of the amnesty, the president states that the rebellion is completely crushed, and the im- prisoned men no longer dangerous, Furthermore, investigation has proved, says Calles, that they are largely tools of the Catholic hier- archy, acting out of fear of the priests, and therefore to be more pitied than punished. | Newspaper Captured; Official Government Machine Gun Fighting | BULLETIN | VIENNA, Austria, July 15.—“Traitors! You are finished! | cold feet!” These and similar shouts greeted the Socialist leaders, | working class! Disloyal to the Our day has come! You have prominent in the second international, who attempted to “plead for order” before the crowds of wor! ings in Vienna. | VIENNA, July 15. — Revol kers attacking government build- utionary conditions prevailed in | Vienna today, when the workers’ organizations enraged at the | the ministry of justice and polic | for a workers’ government. Representatives of various organi-| acquittal of fascists charged with the death of Socialists, captured e stations and raised the demand The Workers’ Committee is reported to have sent an ulti- |matum to the government demanding the resignation of the | The police have withdrawn and worker guards and troops, equally divided, are assuming responsibility |for order. | Effigies of ministers of the gov- |ernment have been strung up before |the government buildings and burned. Ambulance stations have been es- tablished in the parliamént buildin) © and the wounded are streaming in. Hundreds of police have suffered in- |juries and many of them have been virtually shorn of their uniforms. Several police stations have been stormed and no reliable news is reach- ing police headquarters. Hundred Fifty Casualties. | Nine persons are reported dead and |150 wounded as the result of the fight- |ing workers. | cabinet and the police chief, threatening a general strike otherwise DENOUNCE WUHAN GOVERNMENT AS. ‘WORKERS’ ENEMY \Third International { Demands Action | MOSCOW, July 15—There has | been released for publication the of- |ficial resolution of the Communist needle Printers have walked out leaving the Fighting prevailed throughout the | International dealing with the pres- \city with police and troops attacking | ent phase of the Chinese revolution. the workers who set up barricades. | The resolution states that the Com- | Municipal workers have gone on| ™unist International deems it im-| strike and other trades are threaten-| Perative for the leadership of the} Jing to follow with the possibility of |Communist Party of China immedi-| a general strike tieing up the city,| ately to correct its mistakes of com-) | promising with the wavering and treacherous elements within the} | city without ‘spapers. Nae ie Biddy * Wuhan government. They must| What is Your Answer to the $00,000 DEMAND WORKERS WOULD OUST GOVERNMENT FOR FREEING Charge of the Federal Court! | PROBE IN SACCO | _ FASCIST TERRORISTS; ERECT BARRICADES; SEIZE | MEET BREAK-UP STRATEGIC BUILDINGS; DISARM ’ Socialist Leaders Strenuously Attempt to Hinder Demonstration in the Streets POLICE AND MILITIA Brief Sketch of the || Background of the Huge | Struggles in Austria In the last Austrian election || held on March 24 of this year the ;| social-democratic party polled 1,- 500,000 votes out of a total of 3,- 200,000 votes cast. This means that with the execption of 18,000 votes registered for the Communist Party list, the lemocratic ticket and program were supported by practically the whole working- class of a country of approximately 6,000,000 population. In addition to the workers, many thousands of middle class. elements supported the social-democrats. The capitalist parties have 94 parliamentary seats and the social- democrats 71. Austria is a creature League of Nations. The industrial and financial ma- chinery is in a chronic collapse and the burdens placed upon the work- ers have been growing heavier steadily. The latest figures show that there are more than 300,000 unemployed workers and, that with their families, one-third of the in- dustrial popiilition is affected by this condition. The social-democrats have al- lowed the social welfare measures to be stripped down constantly in |] response to the allied pressure for “stabilization” and in Vienna alone there were recently thousands of workingclass families without shel- ter of any kind. Modifications have been made in the rent laws in favor of the landlords and by raising the famous slogan of “sac- rifices by all classes alike,” Otto Bauer, with other leaders of the social-democrats, aided the capital- ists in their efforts to squeeze more from the masses. With 600,000 members of the party—12 per cent of the total soci of the population—and class demonstrators broke out here to- day, during demonstrations of protest against the acquittal of fascists who had killed three workers and wounded several others. More than 150 persons have been wounded in the fighting, in which workers stormed the ministry of jus- tice and made their way into the build- ing, burning a picture of the ex- kaiser. Police and troops were summoned and prepared to attack the workers who had taken refuge behind barri- cades, The entire fire department was called out and the greatest excitement prevailed in the city. Burn Government Press. The Reichpost building, occupied by the government’s newspaper organ, (Continued on Page Two) Make Preparations For Mammoth Daily — Worker Carnival The Grand Carnival and Fair to be held at Pleasant Bay Park was dis- cussed at a DAILY WORKER Con- ference held July 13th. A. group of a real old-fashioned workshop where watches, necklets, ete., will be en- graved and cleaned. A special fea- ture of the workshop will be ham- mers and sickles that will’ be made while you wait. Forty workers will be on the job so everybody is urged to see to it that they are kept busy. Section 5 of the Workers’ Party decided to take the financial respon- sibility for the catering side of the carnival. Reports from the various other or- ganizations were of such a nature that the confident expectation is that | ( Continued on Page Three) — ing between the police and working! | tion leave the Hankow government | Demand Punishment of Guilty. | In the most decisive manner -the be denounced. It must be explained that this hostility to the elementary {needs of the movement in China is ing and denouncing Hankow. The most summary punishment must be VIENNA, July 15.—Furious fight-| demonstratively and without hesita-/ | hostile attitude of the Hankow gov-| ernment toward the agrarian revo-! lution and the labor movement must} the reason for the Communists jeav-} with the huge popular support shown in the re- cent elections the social-democratic leaders could easily take over the government by decisive action in the present crisis. Bhat they are trying instead to turn the struggle into harmless channels is shown by our dispatches and that this has made their role of defenders of Austrian capitalism clear to many workers is likewise shown by the accusations hurled at them by the workers yesterday in the fight with | | jewelry workers have decided to have | government forces. Whatever the immediate result of the strike and civil war—may, be in forcing concessions from the government, it is certain that there is a great swing to the left of the masses of the social-democratic party in Austria which will bring thousands of them much closer to the Communist Party. (Ed. Note). Nicaraguan Libera Refuses to Disarm at U. §. Ultimatum MANAGUA, Nicaragua, July 15.— General Sandino, in possession of a | considerable section of the country, |which he holds as the successor to | the liberal administration of General Sacasa, has refused to disarm and vill fight for the independence of his }country. This is his answer to an meted out to those guilty of gepres- sive measures against the workers and peasants While denouncing the Hankow | government as traitors to the revolu-| tion, the Communist International insists that the Chinese Communist Party remain within the Kuomintang, Party, in spite of the fact that the! reactionary leaders of the Kuomin- tang are insistently demanding their) expulsion. The nationalist liberation | movement has gone forward thus far| under the Kuomintang and the Cen-| tral Committee of the Kuomintang) must not be permitted to use the tra-| ditions of that organization and of! Sun Yat Sen for purposes of stop-| ping the revolution at a stage satis-| factory to the big capitalists and the imperialists. | Through remaining within the | Kuomintang as an opposition to the | Central Committee, the Communists | will strive to establish closer contact |with the great masses of workers jand peasants and ruthlessly expose |the duplicity of the Cental Commit- |tee, demand its expulsion and pre- |pare for a congress of the Kuomin- | tang in order to reorganize it with. {out the counterrevolutionary ele- ments. |} ultimatum ‘sent by Major G. D. Hat- | Strengthen Labor Movement. | field of the U. S. Marine Corps, who | In addition to the fight within the| informed him that if he persisted in | Kuomintang, a maximum of effort his defiance of President Diaz, syp- must be devoted to building up and) Ported by the U. S., Diaz’ troops and strengthening the labor and peasant| U. S.. marines would co-operate to movement, Work among the pro- | attack him. letarian masses must be intensified) HAVANA, Cuba, July 15.—Admir- in every way possible; mass labor/a! Julian P. Latimer, U. S. Navy, the organizations should be organized|man that Wall Street sent to crush and masses should be prepared forjout the independence of Nicaragua decisive struggle; the leadership in/and place the puppet president Diaz (Continued on Page Two) firmly in its office, is returning. * i %