The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 22, 1927, Page 1

/SACCO AND VANZETTI SHALL NOT DIE! THE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS: FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THB UNORGANIZED FOR THE 40-HOUR WEEK FOR A LABOR PARTY ‘THE Vol. IV. No. 162. Current Events By T. J. O’Fuamerry. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In New York, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside New York, by mail, $6.00 per year. DAILY Entered as sercnd-class matte: at the Post Office at New York. N. ¥ uuder the act of March 3, NEW YORK, FRIDAY,’ JULY 22, 1927 1879, Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO,, 33 First Street 19 DAYS LEF LABOR T TO AUGUST 10TH MUST ACT! New York, N. ¥. FINAL CITY EDITION | | i Price 3 Cents er=="| ALL NEW YORK UNIONSBACK SUBWAY STRIKE ING “Ferdy” of Roumania, who had so long dodged the under- taker, finally passed in his checks, no doubt to the great relief of his loving queen who is now free to make another American tour in the interests of taleum powder and hole- proof hosiery without the likelihood of her adventures being marred by frantic cables from her spouse as was her last panhandling visit here. Much tho our upper and middle classes love royalty they are still too much un- der the influence of John J. Babbit’s conception of connubial propriety and they did not think it was nice of Marie to be going around inciting civil war among professional re- ceivers and greeters who fought for the honor of touching the hem of her majesty’s garments. * * * jee passing of Ferdinand will not make a particle of difference in the lives of the Roumanian masses. The country’s affairs are in the hands of the Bratiano brothers who have plundered it for several years. The king was never more than a figure- head. Like all the small nations of Europe and of the world, Roumania js a puppet of one of the big Euro- pean capitalist powers. So much for the right of self-determination of which Saint Woodrow spoke. John D. Rockefeller has more to say in Rou- mania than 100,000 Roumanians. thera, ieee Le reports from the sick bedside of J. Ogden Armour the hog king, have it that his illness is due to a mistake in going into the wrong can of pork byeproduct. It seems that there’ are two kinds of labels for the Armour canned goods. One is de- signed to notify the upper classes that the contents are fit for human consumption. The other decorates the cans destined for proletarian use. Armour probably got home late one night after ‘sampling some of those eclipse cocktails that are now the the rage in London, and raided the jee chest, but plundered the servant’s fodder instead of the grubdestined for_his own. arist jie s 2 ¥ RTHUR BRISBANE “admits that the killing of 300 Nicaraguans by United States bombs puzzles a good many Americans. Arthur’s Ameri- cans must be very naive. There is nothing puzzling about it. They were killed because they were ready to fight for the freedom of their coun- try and since Wall Street, for stra- tegic as well as commercial reasons wants a government in Nicaragua that. will sneeze whenever Wall Street takes snuff, hundreds and if necessary thousands of Nicaraguans will be killed to make Wall Street’s rule in that country supreme. - * * * ee Geneva naval parley is either busted up or most of its members have gone on a vacation after a few week’s snarling at one another. In our opinion nothing will come out of it except more business for the mass} grave diggers and more fresh meat) for the vultures and the sharks. The British delegates have adjourned to London to consult their government. It is possible that some fake agree- ment may be arrived at to save Cal- vin Coolidge’s face and bluff the masses into believing that those buz- zards favor peace, but it will be on paper only. . . . per reports form Vienna indicate that the capitalist government is wreaking vengeance on the workers who took part in the great demon- strations last week. The socialists, ; true to their treacherous tradition, | agreed to the government’s terms un- | conditionally even to calling off the | proposed mass funeral. Just as soon as the capitalists get the upper hand | they will not indulge in any mock ex- | hibition of forgiveness. They will use the iron heel and attempt to erush the workingclass organizations that proved, despite the handicap of traitorous leaders that they have the power to take things into their own hands in Austria. « * * | MES: Sun Yat Sen, widow of the late revolutionary leader of China and founder of the Koumintang, decided to quit that organization because of its desertion of the revolu- tion and its recent open alliance with imperialism. Mrs, Sun will retire | from political activity for the time being. She has howe in the final vic- | tory of the revolution, but believes that it must be a movement of the workers and peasants and all op- benefit to the Chinese people. She is quite right. “ * ENTLY Mrs. Sun does not gree with those long distance fake radicals who blame the Soviet Union for the division in the ranks of the Koumintang, This brave woman who worked shoulder with her famous husband Ingows that the Soviet Union of hil the governments of the earth was the (Continued on Page Three) ¥ pressed elements to be of any real, shoulder to| PREPARE TO FEED SACCO, VANZEETI BY BRUTE FORCE Boston Workers Plan! Mass Protest | | BOSTON, July 21.—Preparations jare being made in Charlestown prison. jto forcibly feed Sacco and Vanzetti. | Warden Hendry said yesterday that compulsory feeding would take place |@8 soon as the medical condition of \the two condemned workers war- {ranted it. | | _Dr. McLaughlin, the prison physi- | jcian calls daily to see the men and | |subjects them to a rigorous examina-| tion. So far, the doctor says, they | jare in a “fair” condition and the com; | [pulsory feeding is not being given to! \them. However, because of the hard- ships to which the prisoners have {been subjected it is feared that they | will not be able to hoid out very much jlonger. | When McLaughlin comes to that {conclusion the men will be strapped | to an infirmary table and be fed by| |means of a rubber tube which is| jammed into the stomach of the (Continued on Page Three) HAVE A SEAT! By Fred Ellis WITCHES HAVE VAUDEVILLE | AT DAILY WORKER CARNI “. SUNDAY | T “Rong the features ai jaily Worker Carnival Sunday will be the vaudeville program which will in- clude James E. Phillips and Ruth | Agee ‘who will sing popular songs. | A welcome package of hand knit | and crocheted articles of hand knit for the carnival from Mrs. Bishop Brown. It will interest the workers to know that the Bishop and his wife are spending all their time trying to put The DAILY WORKER on the map. Who'll be the most popular girl at | the carnival? We don’t want to know jthe most beautiful The boys | individually, will have their own ideas about that. That’s where the contest comes in. A vote will be ,taken to find out the lucky girl and she will be the leader of the Grand Mardi Gras Parade in the evening. | This is going to be a very popular ,item on the program so all are-urged to attend so that a true decision can be arrived at. The general opinion is that the 25,000 who are going to \the Stadium Concert Saturday will 'make for Pleasant Bay Park to sup- | port their favorites. 1. L. D. VICTORY ENABLES SEAMEN: TO STAY IN U.S, Foreign seamen cannot be deported after they have resided here three years. This is the decision handed down by the Seventh Federal District Court and sustained by the Court of | Appeals as the result of a long fight \on the part of the International Labor | Defense. | The fight of Mauro LaRusso ‘to ‘remain in the United States served as the test case. __ LaRusso, a seaman, arrived on the | President Wilson on March 14, 19238. |On November 11, 1926 he was arrest- ed on the charge of entering the | United States illegally. Fought Him As “Agitator.” Declaring that he was an “agita- tor’ sent here to stir up trouble pat- ‘rioteers began a campaign to deport |him, A warrant was issued for his |arrest and on December 7 he was taken to Ellis Island and scheduled jto be deported the following month, As the result of a long fight on |the part of the International Labor | Defense, the case was brought be- fore Federal Court, District 7, which decided that seamen cannot be de- ported after residing in this country for three years, The government carried the case to the Second Court of Appeals which affirmed the decision of the’ Federal Court, “An Offense Against the United States” These are the words used in the charge of the Federal Grand Jury against The DAILY WORKER and members of its staff. What does this mean? It means that it is “an offense against the United States” to open the eyes of the American workers to the growing War Danger and to agitate against it. It is “an offense against the United States” to denounce the murder of one of our marines in Nicaragua and the cold-blooded slaughter of three hundred native workers, or to hold Mr. Coolidge responsible for it. It is such an “offense” also to fight the Open Shoppers and the enemies of labor. For this “offense” and no other, The DAILY WORKER is now being prosecuted by the Federal Grand Jury, with the cordial support of various patriotic and reactionary societies, which are closely linked up with the leading business interests of the country. The DAILY WORKER has committed an “offense” only against the ruling class of the United States with which the Federal Government, by its charge identifies itself. The DAILY WORKER has committed no offense against the workers of the United States. On the con- trary, The DAILY WORKER stands out more than ever as the firmest friend of the workers, particularly in this critical hour when the dogs of capitalist war are again being unleashed. For this reason the GUARD THE DAILY WORKER FUND will receive the full support of workers throughout the United States, in spite of the efforts of the Federal Government and the Dollar Patriots to destroy our paper. ANTHRACITE MINERS’ CONVENTION REF USES OFFICERS 4-YEAR TERMS Troops Are Still Gathering Strong Opposition Overcomes Fake Delegates) and Defeats Cappellini Grab for More Power |More Peasant and Labor ‘| Uprisings Worry Wuhan; | WUHAN, China, July 21.—As more and more stories of peasant uprisings thruout lower Hunan and Kwangtung provinces come into this capital, the government offi- cials retire deeper into their own confidence. Affairs of state are practically in control of the reac- tionary generals which the Kuo- mintang “leaders” have permitted to gain control, and it is reported that those who still believe the principles of Sun Yat-sen are leav- ing Hankow to gather in Kuiikang ing Hankow to gather in Kiukiang tang government may be estab lished soon. | SCRANTON, Penna., July 21.—The chief point at issue in the| convention here of District 1 of the United Mine Workers of| America (the anthracite district) has been all along the demand) of District President Cappellini that he and his official family be permitted a four year term of office instead of two years. And on that point the administration has been definitely defeated, after a heated fight, in which the opposition to the offiee grab was led by Wm. J. Brennan, candidate for International secretary- treasurer on the “Save the Union” ticket and others prominent in the fight for a clean administration last year. The full power of the Lewis administration in the In- ; ternational union was thrown in favor of the four year term, International Vice President Thomas Kennedy was gent down especially by Lewis to tell the convention that “there is no rea- son why you should not increase the term of office of your president.” The opposition to Cappellini was expected to argue that a four year Dempsey Knocks Out Sharkey Jack Dempsey made a wonderful comeback at the Yankee Stadium to- night when he knocked out Jack Sharkey of Boston in the enth round of their scheduled fifteen round bout. Eighty thousand people looking for a thrill paid more than a million dol lars to see the show. ’ term was unconstitutional, as no ether district has such an arrangement, qnd Kennedy’s function was to destroy that argument? The vote was 251 to 231, and came as a great surprise to Cappellini and his supporters, who have taken much trouble to pack this convention by the well known “fake local” and “fake (Continued on Page Two) Representing more than half a lion organized workers of New Y: City, the Central Trades d Labor Council unanimously endorsed the ‘drive for*the organization of Inter- boro Rapid Transit workers last inight. Cheers from the delegates greeted the statement of Patrick J. Shea, vice p: mated ‘trie Rail Employes, that a str would be called if the I. R. T. offi- cials persisted in their attempt to prevent the organization of the men. Announcing that a meeting of trac- tion workers would be called at the |Brooklyn Lyceum this evening, Shea }declared, “The Amalgamated Associa- tion is not coercing the traction wor ve not come in on our We have been called i of workers id.” Plumbers Helpers Aid. The action of the Central Trades {and Labor Council followed the an- |nouncement of the American Associa- }tion of Plumbers’ Helpers which |pledged its full support to the I R. T. workers ay afternoon. C. ,;E. Miller, president of the plumbers’ helpers, announced that a resolution |to the subway workers and pledging |that members of the organization would not ride on trains operated by CHARGE IT BRIBED | | | jaccused the Joint Board Furriers’ Unjon of b York police department, was delivered yesterday when Magistrate Joseph E. Corrigan, who conducted an investigation last April, port and denied the accusations. an’s report is biased © | \4 |rendered his r | Although Corri jand appears to have been motivated |largely by a desire to clear the New | York police force of the charge of | accepting bribes, he admits that there is no evidence backing up the claims |of Messrs. Woll, Green, McGrady and |other reactionary leaders in their | tempt to discredit the left wing lead jers. Corrigan’s Unproved Charges. Corrigan’s report attempts to shift |the issue from the charges of “brib: ery” to vague hints that fur leader put the unions’ funds to “improper us' Corrigan’s veiled charges are no-more substantiated by fact the charges of the reactionary labor leaders. The investigation was begun at the |direction of Mayor Walker under pro- |visions of Section 82 of the Inferior |Criminal Courts Act to decide wheth- Jer any official of the police depart- ment had been bribed duripg the last fur strike that began February 16, 1926, and lasted for 17 weeks. In his report Magistrate Corr pointed out that no evidence was ¢' to prove the charges of the American |Federation of Labor Committee. Part of Report. It reads in part as follows: “The members of the investigation committee, which consisted of Messrs. Frayne, McGrady, Woll, Ryan and Sullivan, were examined and test in substance that the charges referred to had been made by Gold, Shapiro and Mencher of the Joint Board. It appeared that not all the members of the investigating committee were present at all the hearings, but a stenographer, Miss Holden, was pres- ent at the hearings and both she and members who were present tes- tified that the charges had been made by Gold, Shapiro and Mencher. Examined Gold. “Gold, Shapiro and Mencher, when examined, swore that not only had they never paid or. heard of payin graft or bribés to the police, but they had never said to the inve: ing committee or elsewhere that they had paid such bribes, and in support of their position they produced their stenographer, Miss Elizabeth Kesson, who also had been present at the h ings before the committee, and who produced her original notes. A com parison of the two sets of notes (Continued on Page Five) had been passed pledging financial aid | | A crushing defeat for Matthew Woll and his than | ‘CENTRAL LABOR COUNGIL SUPPORTS ORGANIZATION DRIVE ON INTERBORO Delegates Wildly Cheer Motion Hitting at Tactics of Company Officials strike should be called. vite of the thre of the I. R. empts to ¢o- leclared, the uld continue. Unionism ssue of the 1» of subway nism versus orgar Sullivan of Labor en- a if Urging the zed s of New York to the Amalgamated’s campaign, Sullivan declared that a defeat for the subway men would mean a defeat for all New York work “They will he said, “if they get our sup- ration of La- 1. Coleman, organ- Amalgamated, “has the pledged us its full support in our drive to organize the workers on the I. R. ce Wa : for izer The motion, finally introduced, which scored the yellow dog contract and the methods of the I. R. T. of: ficials w y the delegates reur it was said, made the presence of William Green, presi- dent of the American Federation of Labor, impossible, A number of dele- ing wondered about ircumstances.” gates at the me the nature of the COURT CLEARS FURRIERS’ UNION OF NEW YORK POLICE Magistrate Corrigan in Report Denies That Money Was Given Tammany Cops ssociates, who g the New SHOE LOCAL FOR BEING MILITANT Continuing their policy of disrupt- g the Shoe Workers’ Protective nion, the General Council yesterday expelled Loe: when at its meet- ng held at econd Ave., it de- jcided to support the New York Dis- \trict Council and condemn the acts of the General Council. The meeting was called after a general strike to protest against the high-handed meth- ods of the General Council. | General President John D. Nolan and General Secretary J. Fitzgerald, who came to New York last week, have so far revoked the charters of the Dis Council and Locals 58 and 54 who have gone on record to sup- port thes New York organization. “Local Automony.” Nolan in his speech to the member ship of Local yesterday said that- the reason he had revoked the char- ter of the New York District Coun- cil was because he is opposed te cen- tralization and favored local auto- mony. In stating the point of view of the rict Council, Louis Trubowite, its ent, openly charged that the ex- pulsion policy is being practised be- cause the national organization {fe afraid of the militant membership here. Opposed New Members. Trubowitz pointed out how last year the General Council opposed the bring- ing into the union of 6,000 new mem- bers from the American Shoe Work- ers’ Union, because Nolan and his col- leagues were afraid that they would support the progressive elements of the organization. That all Nolan and his clique are interested in is hold- ing their jobs, and feel that by ex- pelling the opposition, that they will be more secure. Trubowitz pointed cut that the na- al officers have ndopted the ex- n poliey at the suggestion of cal 66 which is seabbing in the \ Unity shop strike. sf Di T . w Slt sl sss