The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 27, 1927, Page 1

SACCO AND VANZETTI SHALL NOT DIE! THE DAILY WORKER. THE DAILY WORKER riGHTS: FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THB UNORGANIZED FOR THE 40-HOUR WEEK FOR A LABOR PARTY a | Entered as second-class matter a t the Post Office at New York, N. Y., uv ider the act of March 3, 1879. ONLY 14 DAYS LEFT TO AUGUST 10 LABOR MUST ACT! FINAL CITY | EDITION Vol. IV. No. 166. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In New York, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside New York, by mail, $36.00 per year. NEW YORK, WED) DAY, JULY 27, 1927 Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 33 Firet Street, New York, N. Y. Price 3 Cents UNION OFFICIALS BETRAY THE TRANSIT STRIKE Current Events) By T. J. O’Fianenry. HE Interborough Rapid ‘Iransit Company cannot afford to pay its | employes a living wage, but it can| afford to pay strikebreakers ten dol-| lars a day and expenses. Lots of People prate about public sympathy | not being with the strikers, but if the officials of the Amalgamated asso- ciation and the central labor council of New York do their duty the work- ers can win regardless of what the public” may think. The so-called public may think as it pleases, but it does not care to walk too far. ° * * QNE representative of the public told me in sorrowful tones that a police- man who had arranged to take his vacation with his family had to can- cel the arrangement because of the strike. “They had a whole year to pull off this stirke,” remonstrated my informant, “and they had to wait until summer time when the police- men take time off.” Perhaps most of you would have a hard time try- ing to excavate something to say in a case like that, but nevertheless it is surprising how many people there are in this world who will make simi- lar conversation. * * * “THERE. exists in the minds of Latin-American peoples a distrust of the attitude of our people. That distrust must be removed if we are to| develop commerce and understand-| ing.” This is William Green speak-| ing. Of course Mr. Gyen did not say a word about the slaughter of 300 Nicaraguans by United States gov- ernment marines and airmen. What | he was concerned with was the proper | technique to be employed by our im- | perialists in their depredations. This | labor faker does not want to havé Wall Street get too rough. The kill- ing of hundreds of people in Latin- American countries might cause American trade unionists to get their dander up against Wall Street. Of course Mr. Green in the last analysis would support Wall Street, but if Morgan and Company took proper preeautions it might be possible to fool the workers for a while longer. * * * OW simple it would be to prevent strikebreak xs from being shipped to New York City if only the labor leaders were on the job. Take Chi- cago for instance! There are 16,000 organized street and elevated workers in that city. They are good trade unionists. If the union officials gave the word those men would see to it that not one strikebreaker would leave the city for Chicago. a - . NLY two weeks between now and the date set for the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti! How lightly most of the workers take it. Here are two men who could be at liberty making a living in the usual way if (Continued on Page Three) SEE ROCKEFELLER HAND IN FIGHT FOR SOVIET Olt That the Rockefellers themselves have intervened in the conflict be- tween various branches of the Stand- ard Oil trust regarding the policy to be pursued in relation to Soviet oil 4s seen in the statement of Ivy L. Lee, publicity agent for big corpora- tions, urging the United States cham- ber of commerce to establish a bureau in Moscow for the purpose of en- couraging trade relations with the Soviet government, If properly ap- proached the Soviet government would probably welcome such a bureau, ac- cording to Lee. Lee Urged Trade. It will be recalled that more than a year ago Ivy L. Lee urged trade with Russia in a series of “confidential letters” to various financial and in- dustrial magnates and also to poli- ticians. . This followed the comple- tion of negotiations between the Standard Oil of New York and Vacuum Oil on one side and the Soviet government on the other regarding the purchase of large quantities of Russian oil. See Unanimous Policy. That there will soon be unanimity of action on the part of all branches of Standard Oil is indicated by the (Continued on Page Two) PUZZLE: Find the Cowboy. By Fred Ellis. SACCO, VANZETTI TO ENTER DEATH HOUSE ON #ONDAY Plan Five New York, Mass Meetings BOSTON, July 26.—Sacco and} Vanzetti are scheduled to enter the! death house in state’s prison on Mon- | day, ten days before the date set for | their electrocution. While the two. framed-up workers | continued their visory committee of Governor Alvan T. Fuller speeded up deliberation of | the case, having ended its formal in- vestigation. The committee, com- posed of President A. Lawrence Low- | ell of Harvard; President Samuel R. | Stratton of Massachusetts Institute | of Technology and Judge Robert Grant, expected to have its findings ready before August 3d, the day the chief executive must decide whether | he will grant another reprieve. | Fake Investigation. | Governor Fuller’s personal investi- | there should be continual protest from | gation remains incomplete. He has) 10 more defense witnesses to inter-! view. He will conclude his interview with Vanzetti and will talk with Cel- estino Madeiros, who has confessed to the crime for which Sacco and Vanzetti were found guilty. Unless workers throughout the country organize mass protests the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti is likely. Both of the framed-up radi- cals have been considerably weakened by their long hunger strike. Pe ee Five New York Mestings. The Sacco-Vanzetti Mmergency Committee has announced five open air meetings, to be held in various parts of the city on this same eve- i er strike, the ad- |} {the Cloak and Dressmakers’ {at Hunts Paris Hears Poincare Trying to Break Bown Relations With USSR PARIS, July i» rumored here, in connecti: with the gov- ernment’s pi : of eight Communists ju: mvieted of op- posing French imp: lism and therefore charged ith treason, that Premier Poincare at his last interview with Ambassador Rakov- sky of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics threatened to break off all relations between the two countries. Préssure from England, and wrath at the recent Communist gains in the French by-elections are ascribed as reasons for the threat. Ambassador Rakovsky has left for Moscow, for a conference and could not be reached to con- firm or deny the rumor. ning—Friday, July 29, at 8 p. m. According to Rose Baron, secre- tary of the Sacco-Vanzetti Emer- gency Committee, reports from Bos- ton concerning the probable catcome of Governor Fuller’s investigation make it absolutely necessary that (Continued on Page Two) Cloak and Dressmakers Holding Mass Meeting Tomorrow at Eight p.m. A series of section mass meetings will be held throughout the city of Union to acquaint the membership with the latest developments in the union. Tomorrow’s meeting will be held Point Palace, Southern Boulevard and 163d St., 8 p. m. “The speakers will be Louis Hyman, Chas. S. Zimmerman and Julius Bourchi- witz. LATING APPLAUD MARTINEZ FRANK ANTI-IPERIALISM | By MANUEL GOMEZ. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 26.— ardo |zuelan w Martinez, the young Vene- o made a_ singlé-handed |fight against American imperialism at the convention of the so-called | Pan-American Federation of Labor, |has already become an international | figure, according to correspondents lof Latin-American newspapers here. |Many papers in Central and South merica have printed leading edi- torials commending him From a group of Latin-Americans jin New York the Venezuelan dele- gate has received the following tele- | gram, sent to him in care of the Pan- American Federation of Labor: “Sincere congratulations on your |courageous stand for the weak and ‘oppressed. Following your efforts with the keenest interest.” | Commenting upon the above tele- gram, Martinez said: “This means more to me than all of the denunciations; of Green, Woll and the others. No matter what the handful of renegades*supposed to be representing Latin-American coun- tries at the convention may say, Latin America is a unity in opposi- tion to the Pan-American schemes of Wall Street and Washington. As for the working people in the United States, we have the utmost confidence in them, for they are our brothers. (Continued on Page Three) Officials and directors of the United States Steel Corporation, re- fused to confirm today, Wilmington reports that Pierre Dupont will be elected to the steel board and ulti- mately succeed Elbert H. Gary as chairman of that board. Section 2, New York, Sends a Challenge Section 2 of District 2, W. P. of A. knows the importance of The DAILY WORKER. In the past several months it has donated over $1,500 to The DAILY WORKER, as much as the entire Chicago District and almost as much together. as all the other sections of New York City When Section No. 2 wished to call the attention of the workers of New York City to the Danger of War arising from the Imperialist Attack on the Chinese Revolution, it knew of no better way than to arrange a mass meeting on the question and have a large collection taken so that The DAILY WORKER could continue functioning and enlighten the American workers on this question. Now there is an immediate danger of War arising from attack on the Soviet Union; Section No. 2 has therefore decided to hold a mass meeting on Wednesday, July 27, at 7 P. M., with Moissaye J. Olgin, Louis J. Engdahl and Jos. Freeman, speakers, at Bryant Hall to arouse the workers of New York City on this question. But that is not enough. The CO-OPERATE WITH Six New York Rallies Arranged for Friday — Evening at Seven p. m.. The Sacco-Vanzetti Emergency | Committee will hold six open ai meetings Friday evening 7 p. m to demand the immediate release} of the two framed-up workers. | The meetings were originally ar- ranged for Union Square, but a} police permit was denied. i The meetings will be held at Rutgers Square; 153d St. and/ Prospect Ave.; 10th St. and Sec-| ond Ave.; 110th St. and Sift! Ave.; Grand St. Extension, and} | Stone and Pitkin Aves. Well) STRIKE. 1S. URGED BY EDWARD LAVIN IN PLEA TO MEN Act At Once, Is Demand | Of Popular Leader Edward: P. Lavin, who .lead last | year’s subway strike distributed thou- sands of leaflets to the traction work- ‘ers yesterday urging them to join in a city wide strike. They were given to the men when they left the terminals at 2 p. m. The leaflets read as follows: TRACTION WORKERS OF GREAT- ER NEW YORK | A Message from the Leader of the} 1926 Strike. “Brothers: “I want to send out this personal message to every traction worker of Greater New York. The leaders of last year’s traction strike are behind \the present struggle to the fullest ex- |tent of their powers. We are work- TAMMANY HALL AND TRACTION BARONS TO SEND MEN BACK TO WORK; PLAN 10 BOOST FARE; LAVIN, WALSH FIGHT BETRAYAL Quackenbush Declares That Men Who Join Union Will Lose Their Jobs Walsh, Leading Militant Workers’ Written Agreements Demands The voice of the militant traction workers in the person of Jim Walsh, one of the leaders of last year’s traction strike, cut straight across the flowery speeches of the official leadership of the “Amalgamated” and the New York Central Trades and Labor Council at last night’s meeting at the Brooklyn Labor Lyceum with the demand that the alleged agreement for no discrimina- tion and the renewal of the discharged men be placed in written form and signed by the Amalgamated officials, the I. R. T. of- ficials and Mayor Walker as a witness. Walsh’s motion was made with the accompaniment of tre- mendous applause following the previous recommendation that the report of the Amalgamated officials be accepted. Chairman Shea refused to entertain Walsh’s motion and from then on every labor “leader” spoke in favor of the alleged settle- ment, denouncing the “hot-heads.” * * * The traction strike will not take place. The officials of the Amalgamated working hand in hand with Tammany Hall and the traction barons have sold out the workers, called off the strike and laid the foundation for a ten cent fare in New York City The decision to call off the traction strike was made after P. J. Shea and J. H. Coleman, Amalgamated leaders, bamboozled workers meeting at the Brooklyn Labor Lyceum last night into |accepting the fake “peace plan” worked up earlier in the evening at a meeting called by Mayor Walker and attended by the union officials and James L. Quackenbush, Interborough counsel. The “peace plan’* earlier in the day for attending meetings of the Amalgamated. It |does not in any way, despite the statements of Shea and Coleman, /union “leaders,” ‘recognize the right of New York traction work- ers to joint a bona fide union. That the scheme hatched by Amalgamation officials cooper- ating with Tammany Hall and the traction barons includes plans for a ten cent fare was made clear by the agreement that there |would be no “labor troubles” until the Tammany “unification program” for a ten cent fare goes thru. Plan Fare Boost. © 3 ‘HYLAN SUPPORTS ice president In a statemer ued immediat after the conference with Mayo Walker, Patrick J. Shea, agreed not to discriminate with ‘com- calls for the reinstatement of men fired’ ing earnestly and sincerely to win for | pany union’ members, and with these you this time. A year ago on the I. things in sight there is every reason mH over @ thousand of us carried|to believe that the subway situation out a strike which paved the way for|here will become clear and free the present one. Now everyone can |Jabor troubles at least until the w see that what we then said was true: cation proceedings are completed.” A strike is never lost. The fake peace plan was jammed “Brothers: Through our sacriffces through the meeting, and persevering effortd against all jarge proportion of the workers head obstacles during the past year we|ed by Lavin and Walsh, last year’s have prepared the way for victory strike leaders, objected to it. | this time. The time to act is at Shout For Lavin. hand! You have the power to free ? nh eres i Ey yourself at last.: Everything is in| Shouts of “We want Lavin, rang your hands! Let us unite our ranks | through the hall as Shea, Coleman and stick together for victory. For | and Hugh F rayne, general organizer our part we pledge ourselves to con- for the A. F. of L., pulled the wool tinue to fight and sacrifice for you|0Ver the workers’ eyes and told them and for our cause at all costs and| that the agreement reached ay under all conditions. You can trust | Hall earlier in the evening permitted us. We know the situation. Fall in| the Amalgamated to carry on an or- line behind us. This time we will| @nization drive. When Walsh asked oie if the subway officials were willing to signify in writing their willing- What We Are Fighting For. ‘ baleres “We are fighting for the rights of | P€ss to permit organization, Shea de- of free men! clared that he would rather place his “Smash the reptile Company | faith in Mayor Walker’s word than Union. in traction officials’ writing. Making No Bones About His Position James L. Quackenbush declared af- ter the City Hall meeting: “We in- tend to stand by the Brotherhood “The eight-hour day; time and one | 100 per cent as before. We will half for overtime. | take ‘back these men and forgive “Fight for improved conditions in| them, and ask the Brotherhood to do all departments. |the same. Why We Will Win This Time. I. R. T. Will Smash Union. “This time victory is certain! The| “Our status with the Amalgamated powerful Amalgamated Association | remains as before. This I wish most is behind us. The entil® New York| emphatically to state, does not open labor movement and the whole Amer-| the door to the Amalgamated. We jican Federation of Labor has guar-| have not given up a thing. We have anteed.us support. The public of! agreed to nothing beside this.” the whole city and country has| “If the men continue membership learned of the justice of our cause|in the Amalgamated,” he continued, and will be behind us. It is neces-|“and so break their contracts, we sary only to act together. All for| will face the same situation again.” one and one for all. Unite for vic-| Actually begging the traction tory! | workers assembled at the Brooklyn Stand By For the Call. | Labor Lyceum in the evening to help “Fight for our own Union under | our own control. “Twenty-five per cent increases in pay—for all grades on all lines. although a} mass meeting will reach only 1200 workers. The DAILY WORKER though reaches tens and tens of thousands. It is our most important vehicle for propaganda and information. The Danger of War, the importance of fighting for recognition of Soviet Russia—these messages can most effectively be brought to the attention of the workers of this city through The DAILY WORKER. Section No. 2 has therefore decided to distribute 10,000 DAILY WORKERS before the meeting and to give all the proceeds of The DAILY WORKER to the GUARD THE DAILY WORKER FUND. We challenge other sections of the city, other districts of the country to do as well or better. 4 (Signed) BEN GERJOY, Section Organizer, Section 2, District 1, W. P. A. ¥ “Already the Traction Companies have imported strikebreakers to steal our jobs and to provoke us into ac- tion. The brothers on all lines are already walking out as a protest against this Traction Tyranny. Do not work with strike breakers! Re- spond in one mass protest, first by coming to our Brooklyn meeting to- night at eiyit o’clack and after: Brooklyn Labor Lyceum, 947 Will-| Meranind on Page Five) \ the I. R. T. pile up bigger profts and clearly ndcatng the extent of the brazen betrayal of the traction workers by reactionary Amalgamated officials, J. H. Coleman, organizer, said to the men: Coleman Betrays Workers. “Build up the business which gives you a livelihood. Let us show the pub- lic which ultimately pays our wares that we can sell traction service. (Continued on Page Five) OF TRACTION MEN Charges Fare Raise Is IRT-Walker Scheme “To the underpaid thousands of traction workers in this critical mo- {ment I extend my best wishes,” said |former Mayor John F. Hylan, in a |statement issued last night. | Hylan characterized the striking traction workers’ demands as “just,” The ex-Mayor charged that certain |Tammany overlor the I. R. T. and he B. M. T. deliberately provoked a |strike situation to use |fare propaganda. Hylan’s statement \follows in part: | “It is a known fact that secret con- | ferences were going on for some time before the public became aware. of |the seriousness of the present trac- tion situation. More than a month jago preliminary strike confergnces | were held at the Cadillac Hotel and | there is no doubt that the Mayor was {informed that a serious strike threat- jened. Still he refused to take a hand |until the eleventh hour when all pros- pects of effecting a setllement were |impossible. For Traction Interests. “By this deliberate sin of omission he has worked in the best interests of jthe traction corporations. And in view of the t that the Smith over- lords are committed to a ten cent fare, this act was the best thing Walker | could do for his traction frieyds. “To make matters worse, Mt. Hed- ley’s deliberate provocative act in im- |porting from the underworld of other cities professional gangsters and strikebreakers has - precipitated this crisis. Sends Greetings. “To the underpaid thousands . of | traction workers in this critical mo- |ment, I extend my best wishes that this honest move for better living con- ditions and the recognition of their own union as against the Hedley-con- trolled so-called company union is successful. In the most prosperous (Continued on Page Five) or. vires