The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 29, 1927, Page 2

O04 BOD HHH A ing tak age be ties beit for not tior alli: ae tair inte Party of the Soviet MOSCOW, U.S. S. R., July 28.— | The plenum of the Central Execu- | | mittees of the Communist Party | lof the Soviet Union has been) called to meet Saturday, July 30. Tt will take up the question of re-| }moving Leon Tretzky and Greg-| lory Zinoviev from their position | as members of the Central Execu- tive Committe. The Central Con- ! trol Committee recently issued a} ‘declaration pointing out that |'Trotzky and Zinoviev, the lead- ers of the opposition, had failed to discontinue their factional ac- | tivities against the party and the | Comintern. | Every effort is being made to develop the unity of the party in the struggle against the war dan- ger that threatens the Soviet Union. ———_— - Edison Rubber Monopoly Union Meets July 30, | tive and the Central Control Com-| | “| { Backs Firestone WASHINGTON, July 28.—Thomas } ‘A. Edison, noted inventor,.today de-} elared his belief that the United| States can raise enough rubber to! make it. entirely independent of any! in| foreign crude rubber monopoly time of war. Eédison voiced the opinion that while “rbber is the product of the tropics we should buy from these regions.” Experiments now being conducted in the south by himself, Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone, conclusively dem- onstrate that this nation can be peat pendent as to this great essential com- modity in times of national or interna- thinking of. tional stress, SEES “| THINK OF THE SUSTAINING FUND AT EVERY MEETING! 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. EMS THE WATSON-PARKER LAW The latest scheme to ham- string Railroad Unionism. By Wm. Z. Foster AS. THE THREAT TO THE LABOR MOVEMENT The conspiracy against the Trade Unions—with docu- mentary evidence. By Wm. F. Dunne THE LEFT WING IN THE GARMENT UNIONS By Margaret Larkin —15 —19 WHAT'S WRONG IN THE CARPENTER’S UNION —.10 LABOR LIEUTENANTS OF AMERICAN IMPERIALISM By Jay Lovestone —10 LEFT WING UNIONISM By D..J. Saposs (Cloth) $1.60 THE DAILY WORKER PUB. CO. 33 First Street New York — | | | ea: Mayor Walker of New York City reaps the political prestige for set- tling the strike, which may have been some “labor leaders” concerned were Of course the men got nothing from such a settlement. Engineers to Liquidate Capitalist Ventures (Continued from Page One) resolution adopted that reads: “Whereas our endeavors in the banking, investment and realty de- velopment since 1915 have not been what might with propriety be termed as entirely successful, “Resolved that it be the policy of WORKERS WONDER WHAT THEY HAVE WON o- ; eae a | will do that since Mayor Walker’s é | intervention.” be on their way before the week is The cost of hiring strikebreakers out. jand other incidentals of the strike Lay Down on the Job. threat cost the I. R. T. about $100,- I. R. T. officials deny that the! 000. Amalgamated is active in organizing | “No Further Action.” the traction workers. They claim] patrick J. Shea, one of the Amalga- that since the Amalgamated’s entry|mated vice-presidents said through into New York they have not carried | his publicity director that “they (the on any active organization work. officials) contemplated no further ac- The traction corporations are car-| tion but would protest to the mayor” | rying on business as usual. It is|if they were molested by the traction | definitely understood that the Amal- companies. gamated will not make any effort to| Unofficially, the mayor is reported | organize the workers. Statements! to have said that he will be pleased | made by Coleman and Shea as to a} to mediate in any future traction dis- corps of organizers at work have been| putes. denied by the I. R. T. officials al-| With the fizzle of the strike threat | though it has been admitted that vol-| the “bomb” story is fizzling also. It} untary enrollments have been made.| has served its purpose. It can now James Coleman, through his $1,000| be dusted off and put away until the | a week press-agent said yesterday,| next traction strike. “We shall make no overt move toward| Militant traction workers, however, | bringing on a strike, unless the I. R.| are active organizing and preparing (Continued from Page One) FRANK HEDLEY camer President of the Interborough Rap- | T. oversteps itself. I don’t think they | for further struggles. (Continued from Page One) ‘Department of Justice Reign of Terror Rages Agents Won’t Aid Sacco| Against Hankow Labor (Continued from Page One) | to comment on his meeting today with] more ruthless and frightful than that |his advisory board which has handed | carried out by Chiang Kai-shek. Each set of traitors outdoes the previous jin its report. * * * Won’t Show Files. WASHINGTON, July 28 (FP).— Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Van- \zetti can die in the electric chair be- fore the department of justice will raise a finger to reveal information in its files which would show that the two Italian workers were victims of |a federal-engineered frame-up. The two officials of the department |who might intervene to show that \their agents in 1920-21 participated lin the fabrication of evidence which doomed Sacc#* and Vanzetti to the jelectric chair have told Federated | Press that they are totally “disinter- \ested” in the case and will not make one move to help prevent a gross mis- carriage of justice. They are—Os- car Luhring, assistant attorney gen- eral in charge of criminal prosecu- jtions and J. Edgar Hoover, chief of |the bureau of investigation. While both Hoover and Luhring in- | sist the justice department is not in- the B. of L. E. to liquidate our bank- ing, investments and realty interests at the earliest possible moment and in such a manner as to occasion the least possible loss; “Resolved that there be no further expansion of any character whatso- realty interests and further that there be no further expenditure in the development of our present holdings except such as may be necessary to the end of liquidating | same.” The most remarkable aspect of the convention was the iron determination |to profit from the costly lesson and not leave the rails again. The brother- hood’s resources were placed at the | disposal of 3 financial trustees, in ad- | dition to an assessment on the mem- | The bank was ordered to be run by | Cleveland business men and deposits | guaranteed by the brotherhood until \it sells its controlling interest in the |bank. An alternative method of rais- |ing money, that may make the assess- |ment partly or wholly unnecessary, | was provided in the sale of interest- | bearing certificates of indebtedness of the brotherhood to the members | and sympathizers, Over $16,000 was | | paid by delegates in cash and $50,000 | pledged by them for such certificates before adjournment. Grand chief Johnston’s salary was fixed at $15,000 a year in place of the $25,000 for ex-Pres. W. B. Prenter, who with V. Pres. L. G. Griffing, V. Pres. Harry Daugherty and Secy. C, E. Lindquist was remoyed from office and disqualified for reelection. The delegates parted full of confi- dence in the strength and vitality of the brotherhood, “We have had a bitter, bitter ex- perience,” the grand chief said. “But I am convineed that we shall get out stronger than ever.” Big Game Shooter Dies. OAKLAND, Cal., July 28.—After a year’s battle against a tropical fever contracted in African explora- tion, H. A. Snow, famous big game | hunter and explorer, died here at his/ guilty, says the petition, and the con- home today. Convention Elections Soon! Have You Ore of These in Your Dues Book? BUND 3192758 If not, YOU CANNOT VOTE! See your Nucleus Secretary today. Tomor- row it may be too late. For Assessment Stamps, Inquiries, Remittances, On Sale of Stamps, etc., write to: NATIONAL OFFICE 1118 WEST WASHINGTON BLVD. ARTE ROI Be ” po ~ CHICAGO, ILL. ever in the banking, investment or | | bership that will yield over $7,000,000. | |terested in the Sacco-Vanzetti case, |neither denied that in the palmy days |of Flynn, agents had been assigned |to cooperate with the Massachusetts uthorities, But that is a closed book, | they say, and if Governor Fuller ishes to look into it, he will have to \get the attorney general’s permission. The department “got its men,” in- |deed, brought them within the shad- ow of the death chair, and now it \can afford to be “disinterested” while | Massachusetts completes the travesty |by turning on the “juice” or condemn- ing the two workers to life imprison- ment. eee Dreyfus Visit. | PARIS, July 28—The ghost of the \famous Dreyfus case was called up jout of the past today by an appeal lin behalf of Nicola Sacco and Bartol- omeo Vanzetti printed in the news- |paper L’Oeuvre Quotidien, which was |signed by Lieut. Col. Alfred Dreyfus, and a rumber of other prominent Frenchmen identified with the case. | Dreyfus has accepted an invitation to |join a French Sacco-Vanzetti com- |mittee which will visit the United | States. | Dreyfus served several years in the French penal colony on Devil’s Is- land, French Guiana, after being found guilty of treason. Later he} was exonerated when his case was| reviewed arid it was proved that a clique of French militarists had con- spired against him. This “martyr of France” empha- | |sized today that his only interest in| |the Sacco-Vanzetti case lies in the| fact that the men may have been} /eonvicted and doomed through prej- | udice. * . ’ | Millions Sign Paris Petition. | PARIS, July 28.—A petition signed jby 2,800,000 persons, calling on Gov- lernor Fuller to liberate Sacco and | Vanzetti in the name of right and humanity was sent from here today |by the Paris Sacco and Vanzetti com- |mittee. Sacco and Vanzetti are not |science of the world demands their | release. * * * |French Workers Demand Liberation. | NICE, France, July 28.—French workers here today sent an enegetic protest to Governor Fuller against the murder of Sacco and Vanzetti. |Sacco and Vanzetti “must be saved from the chair,” said the message. * * . | Swiss Union Sends Protest. | BERNE, Switzerland, July 28. — In a message to Governor Fuller the | delegates to the congress of Swiss Postal and Telegraph Employes to- |day demanded the unconditional re- jlease of Sacco and Vanzetti. | * * . | Coolidee Gets Australian Protest. SYDNEY, Australia, July 28. — |Messages from trade unions, work- ers’ congresses and conferences, and |sympathetic . bodies demanding the liberation of Sacco and Vanzetti were sent to President Coolidge from here |today. Feeling for the prisoners is strong in Australia and hundreds of |meetings have been held and thous- ands of hand bills calling on Goy- ernor Fuller to release the men have been distributed. 5 ones in wholesale murder and torture against the revolution. * ® United Counter-Revolutionaries. SHANGHAI, July 28.—In spite of press reports to the effect that a drive is contemplated by the treacher- ous Wuhan government against Nan- king, the workers and peasants are preparing to carry on a fight against | Wuhan as well as Nanking, knowing | that the published statements of Tang Shen-shi are absolutely contrary to | the actions and policy of the Wuhan government. Undoubtedly there is much bad blood between Chiang Kai- shek and Wuhan because Chiang is heartily distrusted and is known to be self-seeking, adventurous and un- reliable. But then so are the Wuhan gang who have gone over to the big} capitalists and are now playing the game of the imperialists. Assail Reactionary Front. | The Central Committee of the Young Communist League of China has issued an appeal, in the course of | which is declared that the Chinese | revolution is entering a new phase with Wuhan and Nanking as rallying points for the united counter-revolu- tionary front. “The Chinese revolu- tionary masses,” says the appeal, “will never countenance the bloody regime of the reactionaries and traitors.” Concluding the document, issued to all workers and peasants states that “to militarists united front must be op- posed the united revolutionary front of the toiling masses of the cities and villages, headed by the Communist Party, which alone remained true to the revolution and to the Kuomintang {revolutionary banner. Masses have learnec to rely wholly upon them- selves and with arms in their hands must overthrow the power of the gen- erals and landowners, seize the lands, abolish the gentry and establish their own dictatorship. In this struggle the youth must fight in the front ranks | of the revolutionary forces. | GOVERNORS WILL MAKE APPEAL TO OOLIDGE'S BOSS Want Farm Relief Meet To Convince Bankers MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich., July 28.—A conference of the country’s reputed exverts—economic, financial, induste “i and agricultural—to con- sider the existing farm situation and to try to evolve a workable plan of relief, was being considered seriously here today by several middle West governors who have been most vocal at the annual Governor’s Conference, in demanding that something be done by winter. The governors discussed quite frankly the prospects of putting through the MacNary-Haugen bill * G again, or something like it, but de-|, cided that though such a bill could be passed, prebably Coolidge would veto it. It is recognized that Cool- idge responds directly to the orders of the big financial interests of the East, and they hope to educate these rather than the president. They believe if the industrialists and bankers could be got around the same table they could speedily be convinced of the seriousness of the situation and the need for immediate action, The Governor’s Conference stood adjourned today, and the remaining executives embarked from this his- toric spot this morning for a trip through the upland lake region and to inspect the locks of the Soo. They will scatter to their Hémés tonight following the day’s outing. WASHINGTON, July 28 (FP).— Cloth headgear workers, steel work- ers, building laborers, molders, silver polishers and gypsum workers are disputing with employers over wages, hours and union rights. The depart- ment of labor is attempting to effect settlements. of New York police. force at the disposal of the traction | companies for strike-breaking pur-| id Transit Co., who discharged old time workers for refusing to train | the scabs that would take their jobs. He wants a ten-cent fare for himself and lower wages for his employees. | Commissioner Warren Commissioner Warren is in charge He placed his poses, Needle Trade Defense A group of workers gathered at the home of Brother L. Freilich last Sat- urday night. They were under the impression that the concert would not take place due to the rain. Later they learned that it would take place but as they were far from the Stadium they decided not to attend. They knew, however, that the af- fair in the Coney Island Stadium was not a capitalist enterprise; that every penny would be used for the arrested cloakmakers and furriers. So they not only paid for their tickets but they also made a collection of $10 which they forwarded to the Defense Com- mittee. Only when other workers follow this example will the financial result of the Coney Island Stadium be a success: You must remember that the sooner you settle for the Stadium tickets, the more successfully will we carry on our work. * * Buenos Aires Workers With Defense. A check for $10 collected among the workers of the “Morris Winchefsky” | Jewish Culture Center, Buenos Aires, Argentine, was received by the De- fense Office. The working class movement in Argentine is very weak and the economic conditions of the workers there is not very favorable. Yet in spite of that they raised $10 to help the New York workers in their struggle against the Right Clique and the bosses. * * * Mothers League of Winthrop Forwards $15 Fifteen dollars was received at the Defense Office from the Mothers League of Winthrop, Mass., through their secretary Mrs. Eva Gibber. This is the second time that donations were received from this organization and much more is promised. * * * Workers Clubs Mass Meeting Friday, July 29. «« mass meeting of all Workers Clubs of New York and Brooklyn is cased for Friday, July 29, where the pxosent situation in the Needle Trades will be discussed and plans formulated how to further help the Defense work, Well known Needle Trades leaders will address the meeting. Jurisdictional Strike Ends in Baltimore BALTIMORE, July 28 (FP).—AI- though techincally correct in its sup- port of the plasterers in a jurisdic- tional row, the Baltimore building trades council has been asked to end its general city-wide strike in their behalf by President McSorley of the building trades department of the A. F. of L. Accordingly, the strike of 6,000 workers on since July 11, was terminated July 25. Strikes will be limited in the future to jobs where marble setters, affiliated with the bricklayers’ union, attempt to set ar- tificial marble awarded to the plas- etrers’ union by the national board for jurisdictional awards. * ‘ALUMINUM TRUST WORKERS STRIKE AGAINST SPEEDUP Cheer Communist Plea For Organization NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., July 28. —When the management of the local plant of the American Aluminum Co. a Mellon corporation, announced that it would require the pot-men to work nine instead of five pots per shift in the future, all three shifts walked out on strike and assembled at a} near-by hall where plans for a deter- mined struggle against the speed- up system were drawn up and en-| thusiastically approved. | Urged To Organize. The previously unorganized work- | ers cheered lustily the remarks of Herbert Benjamin, district organize: of the Workers’ Party, who was called in from Buffalo, when he} urged them to for ma permanent or- ganization that would not only de feat the present attack of the com pany but redress the many wrongs | |that had been imposed upo nthem| during the past several years. An/ executive committee of nine mem. | bers was elected to conduct the strike | !and arrangements made for daily | | meetings of the strikers, for effective, | picketing and to call out the 700) | workers who are employed in other} | departments. i In a statement issued by the strike | | committee, the workers effectively | urged them to form a permanent or- |C. S. Thayer, superintendent of the |local plant and expose the horrible conditions under which they have} | been forced to work. This statement | Shows that the rich Mellon. corpora- | tion has been following consistently | }a policy of reducing the working | force and adding to the labors of the |remaining workers, while the earn- ‘ings of these workers were con-| |that had been imposed upon them new equipment was introduced that made for substantial savings for the |eompany and added misery for the | workers, | | Terrible Heat. | The work of the pot-men consists| | of attending the hot-metal. The heat around the pots is so terrific that the workers are forced to run to a neutra! area where the temperature is “only” 120 degrees for a gasp of breath. Recently the company under | the direction of a couple of college graduated “efficiency experts” re-| duced the lining in the pots, thus) depriving the worker of what little | protection they had from the heat. | Then they discharged the sweeping | gang and compelled the pot-men to sweep in the periods when they pre viously were free to leave the im- mediate proximity of the red-hot pots for the comparative cool temperature | of the “neutral area.” Not content with this, the “effi | eiency men” were responsible for the lelimination of a gang of men that) previously prepared the carbon for| use and introduced a new type of car- | bon twice as heavy as that previously | used and of a shape more difficult to handle and compelled the pot-men| |to do this additional work also. At |the same time a new process was in-) troduced which resulted in bringing | the same pots out on the line twice |the previcus number of times which in effect meant a doubling of the number of pots handled. Wages Same. | While the labors of the workers were thus increased their wages con- tinued stationary et $4 a day and a bonus which they had been receiv- ing was in some unexplained way| constantly reduced. The workers de-| clare that it would be humanly im- possible under these conditions to work nine pots instead of five per shift. They have decided to strike to retain the five pot basis; for a) dollar per day increase; for elimina-| tion of extra work and for recogni- tion of their elected representatives. The workers in the other departments have suffered in a similar manner from the inhuman policy of the com- pany and many of them have declared that they but await the call of the strike committee to join in the strug- gle. It is expected that these will be be called out in the next few days. Jeered By Miners’ Wives, Infuriated Scab Kills A Boy WASHINGTON, Pa., July 28.—EI- lis Burns, 26, a scab and alleged ;murderer of Tony Seik, 14, who was killed when Burns fired into a crowd of miners more than a week ago, was captured in Coalburg, Pa., today. Previous to his firing, Burns had been scabbing in the Tyler Mine of the Washington Gas and Coal Co. On his way home from work, enraged miners’ wives taunted him. Burns later returned and fired three shots into a crowd of miners, hitting the Siek boy in the head. Seik died in the hospital two hours later. Burns will be held for tht grand jury on a charge of murder. THINK OF THE SUSTAINING }FUND AT EVERY MEETING! | Bad Underground Timber | was located on the 1,200 foot level, ee ener [Polish Miners Die In | Mine Disaster Due to |: WARSAW, July 28—At least three miners were killed and a number of others are believed to have lost their lives today when the timbering in a coal mine at Somnowice gave way, hurtling a hundred carloads of coal down on the miners below. Only three bodies have so far been recovered, and all were badly mutilated, The platform which collapsed Se «nn ee TIT A | IMPERIALISM The Final Stage of Capitalism By LENIN HIS book, a classic of Commu nist Hternture, was written, (as Lenin ex- plains in his introduction) to “help the reader to under- stand the fundamental eeo- nomic question, without the study of which modern war and politics are unintelligi- ble—” = 4 With « growing danger of an imperialist war, at this time particularly it should be read by every worker. In a new complete edition PAPER, .60 CLOTH $1.00 On American Imperialism READ: OIL IMPERIALISM By Louis Fischer Cloth, 82.00 IMPERIAL WASHINGTON By R. F. Pettigrew Paper, .25 Cloth, $1.23 DOLLAR DIPLOMACY —.50 By Scott Nearing THE AMERICAN EMPIRE QIL AND THE GERMS OF WAR LABOR LIEUTENANTS OF AMERICAN IMPERIALISM By Jay Lovestone THE DAILY WORKER PUB. CO. 33 First Street | New York Mn A New Book Profusely illustrated with striking photographs a EB a Se TE The TEXTILE STRIKE by the noted novelist and writer MARY HEATON VORSE. 667 HIS then is the back- ground of the Passaic strike. Enormous prof- its, low wages, the accompa- nying poor living conditions, night work in the mills, the denial of civil rights, in ad- vent of workers’ demonstra- tion, espionage, blacklisting, the fierce fight against the workers’ organization, all these form the soil from which springs the historic struggle in Passaic. A struggle wl lasted from January 25, to February 28, 1927, durin which time the self-control o} the workers never lapsed to violence, during which time their morale mounted as they grew to know each other and as they became ever more re- solved to come out of the struggle with a Union. This pamphlet™ aim y to show the workers h the many phat et and overcoming the successive difficulties and disappoint- ments standing between them and a final victory.” 35 Cents. READ ALSO PASSAIC—By A. Weisbo.u, leader of the great strike a5 STRIKE STRATEGY By Wm. Z. Foste. 5 THE DAILY WORKER PUB. CO. 83 First Street New York