The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 28, 1927, Page 2

wey SAEs "Pare Two ‘Deomcrats Rival With | | Republicans for Honor Of Cutting Tax on Rich WASHINGTON, July 27 (FP). | —Put us in power, and we'll cut j your taxes deeper than the Re- | publicans ever did. Such is the assurance of John H. Garner, ranking Democratic member of the | house ways and means committee, jin a statement July 27 urging re- duction of the corporation tax from 13 and one half 10 per | cent, or lower than the reactionary Republican chairman of the com- mittee will approve. | One More Chicago Gang Murder Kills Hitchcock on CHICAGO, July 27.—Gangland’s guns which have spelled death to six- teen victims of a bootleg feud within the last few weeks, roared again here today and the body of Frank Hitch- cock was discovered on a lonely marsh. THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1927 | Traction Workers May Still Strike in New York (Continued from* Page One) he was reported to have said that the | matter stands just as it did on Tues-| day night. Union Not Recognized. Although the threatened strike had objective the recognition of the union this important point: still remains unsettled as far as the Amal- gamated officials are concerned. Yesterday another batch of strike- breakers pulled into town and joined the thousands of scabs already quar- |tered at the barracks at 145th street and Lenox avenue. Some of them) shouted a jingo war song: “We Don't Want To Go Home.” The strike- breakers haye not been paid off yet but it is expected that they will be }sent away in a day or so. for its Tammany Deal. At Tammany Hall and at the City Hall it was stated that the “settle- ment” was a decided victory. It was not said for whom. Former Mayor Hylan when inter- viewed said that the “truce” had alt the earmarks of a deal between Tam- GREEN, HEDLEY, AND WALKER SSS Hitchcock was kidnaped from his|many and the I. R. T. with the Amal- roadhouse by four men with machine | gamated coming in as a close second guns who intimidated his wife and a the “victory.” porter, a mysterious telephone call to! Later in the day the Amalgamated police directed them to a swampy ex- | officials stated that they are inten-| panse. They found the body of Hitch- | sifying their efforts to organize the cock lying in a pool of stagnant wa-| traction workers, J. H. Coleman said, ter, dead. A bullet had crashed thru | “The way we interpret the mayor's) William Green, President of the American Federation of Labor (photo at left) represents, the sell-out policies of the labor bureaucracy, and is a typical exponent of the tactics that have again ruined subway workers’ chances to improve their conditions. Frank T. Hedley (right) is the “hard boiled” president of the Interborough Rapid Transit Co., whe was assembling scabs to smash the subway strike and keep wages hie head. Find Dead Man. A mysterious explosion yesterday |claimed that three hundred and eight- which wrecked the interior of the one-| een men were signed up at the “vi family frame dwelling at 49 East jtory” meeting and that his organ Fifty-first street, disclosed the body |tion is now using the largest force of of a man who had been dead for a| organizers week, believed to be Ernest Christian-|ever used. son, 35 years old. The body was found’ in the kitchen by the police, and ac-| Amalgamated officials kept whistling | cording to Dr. James Boylan of St. lis the dark by asserting that they Mary's hospital, the man had been|sent out a corps of men to keep fi dead from one week to 10 days. Don’t Forget the Sustaining Fund! Books On COMPANY UNIONS And Other Dangers to the American Labor, Movement COMPANY UNIONS by ROBT. W. DUNN A study of employee rep- resentation plans, “works councils” and other substi- tutes for Labor Unions—with conclusion and a program for the fight against company unionim by Wm. Z. Foster. Of special interest is a sec- tion dealing with the “Yellow , Dog Contract” of the com- pany union in the I. R. T. in the impending N. Y. strike. 25 CENTS. BR THE WATSON-PARKER LAW The latest scheme to ham- string Rallroad Unionism. By Wm, Z, Foster —15 THE THREAT TO THE LABOR MOVEMENT The conspiracy against the Trade Untons—with docu- mentary eviderce. By Wm. F. Dunne LEFT WING IN THE Gane UNIONS By Margaret Larkin —1s —10 WHAT'S WRONG IN THE CARPENTER'S UNION —=10 LABOR LIEUTENANTS OF AMERICAN IMPERIALISM By Jay Lovestonse —10 LEFT WING UNIONISM By D. J. Saposs (Cloth) #1.60 THE DAILY WORKER PUB.’ CO. 38 First Street New York == When Coleman was intormed late |¢red up. ; 5 i Wal iF | statement we have a perfect right to| ovat) HSI ater on WW Sesee (S10) organize the I. R. T. employes and} if va view” between company and union we shall continue to do so.” He} pany after having ordered the police de- partment at the disposal of Hedley, turned over his office for the “inter- at which the union leaders com- promised away the men’s only chance. the Amalgamated has Thruout the day the discredited (Continued from Page One) had i years in the labor movement,” “honest 4 live | service,” these were the phrases with jthe strike atmosphere which was 80! which the traction workers were be- |prevalent prior to the sell-out. | guiled and the incompetency, coward- Men May Strike. lice and reaction of the “leaders” cov- in the day that the I. R. T. vigorously | Hugh Frayne—Strikebreaker. denied that the Amalgamated was to} Hugh Frayne, pot-bellied, gray- be allowed to organize the traction| haired and suave, his very presence | workers, he said, “If the agreement) in the situation a guarantee for the | doesn’t mean that, then we can call| bosses that the traction workers | la strike any time we feel like it, and) would be swindled, the strike sabot- |we'll probably feel like it.” j aged and the organization campaign Late on Tuesday when there ap-| demoralized, played the chief role. |peared to be some confusion as to the | He was the official apologist. Fresh | | interpretation of the terms of the “set-| from his task of smashing the La- | |tlement” James Quackenbush barked, dies’ Garment Workers’ union and | |“This agreement does not open the| the Furriers’ union, Frayne Tuesday | |door to the Amalgamated. If there is| Hight performed another service for | \anything that partakes of a construc-| the bosses. | |tion of that sort, I'll take care of that! Frayne sounded not one single note | |mighty quick. If the Amalgamated |0f struggle. Instead, he urged the |tries to continue to break contracts | traction workers to trust the very per- | bétween the I. R. T. Brotherhood and | ons who had betrayed them, “to give |the company then there will be a re- | 3 dollar’s worth of work for a dol- |newal of the situation.” jlar’s worth of pay,” and, above all, | The contract between the I. R. T.| * have always the interests of the land the members of its brotherhood | papee at heart. : | Specifies that no traction worker shall | “ty " effect, he inferred that it was) | join any labor organization other than| “'® public which had_ grievances, the brotherhood. It bars the Amalga-|°"4 not the traction workers, | Plenty of Advice. mated and mentions it by meine: | This indeed was the whole tone of |the meeting. Obscene subserviency | to capitalist party politicians, glori- | fication of conservativism, the duty | of the worker to his employer—a | whole stream of poison was poured j out upon the audience of 300 traction | Workers who had to be made to be- | lieve that a victory had been won by an ignominious retreat. “Listen to your officials conserva- tively and with an open mind, give | service at all times, be sober and | stand by,” said one speaker. He did |mot say how this would defeat the |company union but the officials who {were to be listened to applauded | wildly. | The Men Might Strike. ;. In the back of the mind of every labor leader who was a party to the surrender was the fear that the sit- uation might have got out of hand. | that the men might strike in spite }of the fake settlement. 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For Assessment Stamps, Inquiries, Remittances, On Sale of Stamps, etc., write to: NATIONAL OFFICE 1118 WEST WASHINGTON BLVD. | the strike last year, arose and moved | that the terms be not accepted and | the strike be not called off until the I. R. T. officials and the Amalga- | mated Association officialf had | signed a document embodying the |terms- with the signature of the | mayor as witness, Walsh was greated with tremend- ous applause when he arose and his motion got a similar reception. There was panic on the platform. Frayne consulted with Shea. | Shea refused to entertain Walsh’s | | motion. There was another motion before the meeting. | | Someone offered Walsh’s motion as an amendment. Shea refused to accept it. “It is) contrary to the spirit of the previous 1st ficiently confused, the question was put, 26 per cent of the audience voted “aye” and Shea declared the motion carried. As if moved by one lever, the plat- form full of “labor leaders” wiped their perspiring foreheads and leaned back with a sigh of relief. Breaking the Spirit. The biggest part of the job had ¥ CHICAGO, ILL, ‘TRAIL OF STRIKE BREAKING LABOR LEADERS RUNS FROM NEEDLE TRADES TO TRACTION been done. It remained oniy to make sure that no traction worker would leave the hall with a spark of rebel- lion left in his breast. For this purpose the secondary bat- tery of speakers was sent into ac- tion, The appearance of Walsh and the reception given him, concrete evidence that the workers had not forgotten the bitter struggle of last year, stirred them to frenzy. The tone of the speeches changed. They lost their apologetic tone and became attacks on the “hotheads.” Hotheads, of course, were workérs like Walsh who wanted something more than a second-hand assurance of “justice” and speeches eulogizing Mayor Walker. “Keep the hotheads in the background and the cool heads in the foreground,” said a represenia- tive of the moving picture operators’ union. Skilled Strikebreaking. “The mayor’s word is better than any agreement,” said another speak- er. “Dou’t we trust onr mayor?” “It’s easy to get men to strike but it’s harder to get them back on the job,” said another. “Look out for | the man that’s always talking strike. These are the kind of men that ruin organizations.” The barrage had its effect. There was no sign that the audience wanted to repudiate Walsh, but these speech- es convinced the workers that these leaders did not want to fight. Lead- erless, confronted with the full weight of the city administration, they sat silent. The Big Issue. But one question, asked by a slen- der young worker, gave a clear in- sight into what was going on in their minds: “Do we have to keep on belonging to the company ‘brotherhood?’” he asked. Shea replied, brutally and cynic- ally We have agreed not to dis- eviminate against the company union and I guess you men will have to keep on belonging to it.” The young traction worker sat lown. There was perfect silence for a full minute. Shea's statement, probably the only truthful one made from the platform Tuesday evening, had shattered the whole fabric of victory secured by surrender. The meeting adjourned amid cheers whose lack of spontaneity was pain- fully apparent, and ‘se vopping of flashlights as the ca’ evemen took final pictures of the pr wedings that marked the end of a car_"~!ly staged campaign in which traction workers were pawns and the triton barons and Tammany Hall had eid the basis for a raise in fares. The Role of “Labor Leaders.” Once more the official labor lead- ers have shown that they will not lead a genuine struggle of the work- ers. Once more they have shown consideration for a¥l factors in a given situation but the workers. One? more they have shown that even their denunciation of company unionism is a fake—that they are so much a part of the political ma- chinery of the bosses that for work- ers to trust them is to assure defeat. What Is to Be Done? What is the answer? Rank and file organization based on shop committees, organizatton re- sponsible to the workers, strike com- mittees elected by the workers who have to do the fighting, absolute rep- |udiation of every labor official who will not subordinate his personal am- bitions to the needs of the workers, The traction industry can be or- ganized but it will never be organ- ized if the workers wait for the Fraynes, Greens and their kind to do the job. They must be considered as enemies of the workers as their. records show them to be and they must be exposed, fought and defeated, With the traction organization campaign in their hands the traction bosses are safe, A “THIRD HOUSE” OF GOVERNORS TO FIGHT CONGRESS |Proposal of Maryland’s Chief Magistrate MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich., July 27.—A proposal that the governors | of the 48 states organize into a per- manent, cohesive body to combat the | increasing grasp of the federal gov- ernment in the affairs of the ordinary |citizen, was advanced today by Gov- |ernor Albert C. Ritchie, of Maryland, jas the nineteenth annual conference lof state executives drew to a close (here. | but what do we dg to preserve them?” | asked the Maryland governor. “We |do very little. | mit it. Centralization of power in |the hands of the few in Washington | jis one of the greatest issues before the American people today, and it is ene that must sooner or later be met. New Governing Body. “Why can’t we meet this situation by organizing ourselves into a real | house of governors—League of Na- tions, so to speak, which could function so as to become in effect almost a third house in the republic. Such an} | organization, to be sure, could act jonly in a voluntary cooperative man- Iner, yet if organized properly it would be in a position to deal with many | problems now seized upon by the fed-| eral government simply because no} j other agency of government appears} ready to deal with them. Half the issues that now eventuate should be handled by the states.” Wants Presidency. Governor Ritchie, a strong advo- cate of the rights of states and a potential Democratic presidential candidate, pointed out that twice in the last five years the governors have been summoned to Washington from their annual conference, each time to} discuss enforcement of the Volstead act. “If the White House,” said Gov- ernor Ritchie, “can summon us to Washington, why cannot we, acting as the representative of the 48 sov- ereign states, tell Washington what our rights are, and what are the pre- rogatives of the Federal government.” “Clean Elections.” The advice of the Maryland gov- ernor in his advocacy of the rights of states struck a responsive chord in the minds of his colleagues, for nearly every address delivered by the state executives here has contained some indictment of the federal gov- ernment for its increasing grasp of power. A committee may be appoint- ed to work out the details of Gov- ernor Ritchie’s suggestion. Although it has concerned itself mightily with the issue of “clean elections” the conference will take no definite action on this subject. The final business session of the conference today was devoted to a round table discussion of the four principal issueS discussed at the pres- ent gathering—farm relief, flood con- trol, merchant marine, and popular elections. After today’s discussion, lthe conference splits up, most of the two dozen state executives returning | directly to their homes, and the others | making a trip to inspect the northern “We talk and talk of state's rights, | We might as well ad- | | terest the details of the report on the Funds Something is wrong in Angelus temple, the “Four Square Gospel” venture of Aimee Semple McPherson. The kidnapping story was too strong for part of the congregation, and they have seceeded and are calling on their old leader to “confess.” Now another | row, over business methods, has re- sulted in Aimee (below) coming home| and firing out her own mother, Mrs. | Kennedy, (above) in order to take over the treasury. GENEVA NAVAL CONFERENCE IS NEAR WIND-UP GENEVA, July 27.—In spite of the announcement from London that W. C. Bridgeman, first lord of the ad- miralty, and Viscount Cecil, leaders of the British delegation, are return- ing today to Geneva to resume the parleys the prevailing opinion here is that the conference of naval arma- ments cannot proceed. The first ses- sion will probably reveal such a deep- going division that it can never be bridged by any conceivable compro- mise. The conference is approaching its final crisis. Gibson Pessimistic. Hugh Gibson, representative of American imperialism, at the confer- ence and chief spokesman of his dele- gation, is frankly skeptical of the out- come. “We can see, within a few days after the return of the British dele- gates,” said Gibson, “whether there is any possibility of an agreement. If there is no sign of an agreement our delegation wants to return to Wash- ington.” Reject British Compromise. The Americans examined with in- British compromise plan as published in this morning’s press, suggesting limitation of the cruisers of the 10,000 ton class ny and creating a second Michigan waterways. | The dirty linen of the forty-eight | |states threatened to flap in the faces | of their solemn governors met in sol- | emn conclave today, when ex-Gov- | ernor Pinchot of Pennsylvania, de-| nouncing Senator Reed for throttling | a proper investigation of the Vare | case, launched into an attack on legis- ‘lative corruption and corrupt election |practices. The attack came while | Governor Paulen of Kansas was re- lating how his friends had paid the elections expenses which the law pro-/ hibited him from recognizing. In the course of his attack, Pinchot | handed William S. Vare, the man) who stole the 1926 Senatorial prim-| aries in Pennsylvania, and Secretary Mellon a severe verbal denunciation. | Later he launched an assault on the | | Mississippi Valley flood control .proj- }-ects.. Most Colossal Blunder in History. “The most colossal blunder in en- gineering history,” ex-Goyvernor Pinchot characterized the handling of the Mississippi flood control work by army engineers. Not only should the federal government finance relief, but | should pay outright the costs neces- sary for levee construction. He as- sailed the. Mississippi river commis- sion for their failure to prepare plans for combatting the flood and the mis- ery inflicted on hundreds of thousands of people. | | When Pinchot urged that the gov- ernors go on record in connection | | with some of the problems before the |conference, Governor Brewster of | Maine, the president of the confer- ence, smilingly said that could wait for tomorrow, and in any case, such a resolution would have to be of a non-political nature, Tomorrow’s ses- sion, the last of the conference prom- ises to end in a free for all squabble on election frauds. | | France Curbs Ocean Flights PARIS, July 27.—The French cab- inet decided today to prohibit trans- Atlantic flights with military planes, |powers in a mad race for supremacy \of the seas. class of cruisers which will be unlim- ited. The Americans will insist that the unlimited category of cruisers have a maximum of 8,300 tons with 8-inch guns. The British will proba- bly demand a maximum of 7,500 tons with 6-inch guns, This situation as- sures the continuance of the dead- lock which was reached just 45 min- utes after the conference was called to order. - American delegates point out that the proposition of Britain would en- able her to increase her ships far bove the number of United States war cruisers, would also enable her to tremendously inerease her naval pow- er by arming her merchant-men with 6-inch guns so they could be quickly converted into war ships. At the same time the smaller craft would be utterly useless to the United States because of the long distance between her naval bases. Britain has a net of closely woven naval bases through- out the world and could readily fuel smaller cruisers and operate in all parts of the world. Means Unlimited Competition. The outcome of the conference called by Coolidge to “limit naval armaments” will result in just the op- posite. It will be the signal for the most intensive campaign of naval competition the world has ever exper- ienced, with the two great imperialist Already the aircraft race is on in full swing; the war chemists are! working overtime perfecting more deadly gases and liquid fires and high- powered explosives to hurl at enemy armies and populations. The frenzied race is to be extended to naval equip- ment in preparation for the next world slaughter. See Imperialist Designs. Close observers at Geneva sve in the naval conference something more than imperialist rivalry between the United States on one side and Britain and Japan on the other. They see in the impending competition in arms the world-wide preparation on the part of until the planes are equipped with floats. the imperialist powers for an attack on the Soviet Union and the rebellious| FUND AT EVERY MEETING? Browder to Tell of Chinese Revolution In Chicago Lecture: CHICAGO, July 27. — Earl R. Browder, editor of Labor Unity, has ! just returned after spending six j months in China during which he} travelled through the Nationalist territory, visiting 40 large and small | cities, interviewing several hundred ; leaders of trade unions, peasants’ j unions, Kuomintang, Communist Par- ; ty, student leagues, merchants’ asso- | ciations and every phase of the Chi- nese Nationalist: revolution. He was at the headquarters of the National- ist government during the split with | Chiang Kai-shek and in close touch ! with the leaders of the left Kuomin- | tang and Communist Party. He consulted with such men as { Borodin, adviser of the Nationalist} government, Tan Ping Shen, minister} of labor and head of the All-China La- | bor Federation, and others, In addi tion to all these personal contacts an the direct information he has gather- ed, Browder securéd access to a vas quantity of English translations o! 1 reports of the trade unions and peas- , ant unions covering the past two years of their tremendous expansion from a few hundred thousand mem- bers to their present status of thirteen million. Browder’s lecture will deal not only with the large political factors of the | Chinese situation but will also give an intimate picture of the mass or- ganizations of the Chinese toilers in the midst of their struggle. At the close of his six months trip in China, Browder was a representa- tive of the T. U. E. L. at the Pan- Pacific Trade Union Conference in Hankow, China, where the delegates from eight countries and fourteen million workers, gathered in the first meeting of its kind in labor history. Browder was elected as secretary of the permanent organization formed there, the Pan-Pacifie Union Secre- tariat. He will also report briefly on this historic conference. Browder speaks in Chicago, Wed- nesday, August 3, in the Northwest Hall, corner of North and Western Aves., at 8 p. m. A New Book Profuseiy illustrated with striking photographs The ‘ Pockan TEXTILE STRIKE by the noted novelist and writer MARY HEATON VORSE. “ HIS then is the _back- ground of the Passaic strik Enormous prof- its, low wages, the accompa- nying poor living conditions, night work in the mills, the j denial of civil rights, in ad- ‘ vent of workers’ demonstra- fion, espionage, blacklisting. the fierce fight against the workers’ organization, all these form the soil from which springs the historic struggle in Passaic. A struggle which lasted from January 25, 1926, to February 28, 1927, during which time the self-control of \ the workers never lapsed to H violence, during which time their morale mounted as they grew to know each other and ' as they became ever more re- 1 solved to come out of the |. struggle with a Union, This ' pamphlet aims only to show the workers passing bag ow! hi { the many phases of the strike and overcoming the succgssive difficulties and disappoint- ments standing between them 4 and a@ final vietery.” i 35 Cents. | READ ALSO PASSAIC—By A. Weisbo.u, leader of the great strike we 5 STRIKE STRATEGY By Wm. Z. Fost. —.25 THE DAILY WORKER PUB. CO. New, York 33 First Street colonial and semi-colonial peoples through naval blockades and actual armed intervention under various pre- texts. It is pointed out that Ameri- can bank capital is supporting most of the fascist nations bordering Rus- | sia that are being mobilized against the workers’ and peasants’ govern- ment &nd in spite of the pretensions — of the American delegation to favor | reduction of naval armaments it is recognized that this is mere propa- ganda for home consumption and that both the tory government and the Coolidge government know that Gen- eva is a farce and must collapse. THINK OF THE SUSTAINING