The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 3, 1927, Page 1

y | | -SACCO — | HE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS: | FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THR 1 UNORGANIZED FOR THE 40-HOUR WEEK FOR A LABOR PARTY SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In New York, by mail, $8.00 per year. Ouwide New York, by muil, $6.90 per year. Vol. IV. No. 172. uuidor the act of March 3, AND VANZETTI SHALL NOT DIE! E DAILY WORKE Entered aa serond-ciass ma'te> at the Post Office et New York. N. ¥., NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1927 1878, Oo LY 7 DAYS LEFT TO AUGUST 10 LABOR MUST ACT! Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. 38 First Street, New York, N. ¥. FINAL CITY | EDITION | Price 3 Cents VANZETTI EXPRESS RECEIPT REFUTES FULLER eo Resolution of the Comintern | Meerstie Meeting on ‘ a '| Friday to Discuss New | on the American Question | Imperialist War Threat Endorsed by the Presidium of Executive Committee of the Communist « A general membership meeting | International, July 1, 1927. | | of District 2 to discuss the decision | | | of the Presidium of the Commun- | ist International on the American | question, has been arranged by the District Executive Committee No. | 2 to be held at Central Opera House | Friday evening, August 5, at 7 P. | 1. The Struggle Against Imperialism and the War Danger. CONTEMPT CASE "AGAINST DRESS UNION IS. WEAK |Bosses Unable to Prove | Violence Claim The attempt of the Dress Manu-| To Broadcast Speeches at Sacco and Vanzetti Meeting Tomorrow Night A meeting to demand the im- mediate release of Sacco and Van- | zetti will be held tomorrow eve- | ning at the New School of Social Research, 465 West 23d St. The meeting will be held under the aus- pices of the Student Sacco-Van- zetti Committee will be broadcast ‘FULLER TO GIVE SACCO, VANZETTI "DECISION TO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AT SPECIAL MEET THIS AFTERNOON Framed-Up Workers Growing Weaker After Long Fast; Sacco Still Refuses Food a Brissenden of Columbia and Sascha | form of an American Express Company receipt showing the de- Kropotkin have also been invited to address the meeting. The task of the Workers (Communist) Party is to form bread united front and to intensify the struggle against American imperitlism. The policy of the United States in China (Nank- ing), Mexico, Central and South America and American oppres- | R. JOHN H. WALKER, ipeaidents | Tierney oor Apel A ai eases | livery of a barrel of eels to Vanzetti on December 24, 1919, the || day of the crime. By T. J. O’Fiamesty. Two Witnesses. Two witnesses were called by the This sensational evidence which was suppressed by Afttor- ] HE United States of America, during the last decades, has | ™» to Which all members of the| | sacturers Association to send the| | bY station WPCH. Defense Committee Brands Insanity Report Lie; ; A s : 7 seas || District are called. Only those | Arthur Garfield Hays, of the]; | developed into the mightiest imperialist power. In the tech- | bringing membership books will be |leaders of the Cloak and Dressmak-|| , 7 oo) Civil Liberties Union, | | ' nique and system of economy it has outstripped Great Britain, | admitted. rey ancien aes sage Leonard D. Abbott, former editor | particularly during the war and post-war periods. It is also con-| Members of the Young Woe |did not gain very much strength at| of Current Opinion, Celia soleuk, . | testing to an ever-greater degree the leading political role of, acl oa district may attend | | the first day of the hearing yester-| z the eee Sana | (Special To The DAILY WORKER.) | Great Britain. p dail keg a eae 4 or is aaa ne id Sane Pdutee earners | BOSTON, Aug. 2.—That Bartolomeo Vanzetti was selling The aggressiveness of American imperialism assumes in a rileree, annolntea cn Bice sop Liberation Committee ar! J. Louis|| eels at Plymouth at the time of the Bridgewater hold-up was | number of cases different, tho no less dangerous forms from G 1, tE t er, the bosses attempted to prove| | Engdahl of eae ae e Nate pop crgenipe by another important piece of evidence produced i ‘itish i ialism. ‘ that the union had picketed the Hogo| | 2mergency Committee wi @| by the Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee this evening in the } eee mberelen ur en. Ven. J Dress Shop in withition of the ine among the speakers. Prof. Paul F. | ; if § § HM | noon, to make the most momentous] yp semi-officially, had been that the | sion of iis colonies, form a basis for mobilizing and uniting all: the anti-jinpeyialist forces on a broader scale. Within this broad united front the Party must strive to establish the leading role, of the proletarian elements and combat the liberal illusions about | the peaceful role of American imperialism, thus creating the pre-| requisite for the revolutionary struggle. ‘ * N the present stage of the world situation, the preparations for | war against the Soviet Union and the imperialist menace to} the Chinese revolution constitute the greatest danger for the working class. British imperialism plays a leading role in these war preparations. At the same time the attitude of the United States towards these conflicts (China), the speeches of its of-| ficial spokesmen against the Soviet Union (Ambassador Herrick} in Paris}, its léaas to Poland, Finland, etc., show that America will not play a passive role. Despite all its antagonisms with Great Britain, the United States undertakes, to an increasing extent, to back, thru open and covert collaboration, the British war preparations against the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics in order, undoubtedly at) the decisive moment to support actively Great Britain's war policy while at the same time it continues to strive for world hegemony. The absolutely necessary struggle against. Great Britain’s | plans to wage war on the Soviet Union and the imperialist inter- vention in China must therefore always be linked up by the | Workers (Communist) Party with the mobilization of the masses, for the most energetic fight against the specific rele of American! * * of the Illinois State Federation of | hosses association. Morris Rothman, Labor is satisfied with the way labor! g clerk of the association and Ben- is moving in that state. Ina recent | jamin Goldberg of. the Hogo Dress issue of his Weekly News Letter,’ €o,, who claimed that the union had John, whose eyes are wont to drip’ picketed the shop and used violence on the slightest provocation, whether against scabs. Their evidence was it be a reflection on his political vir-, so unconvincing that Philip Witten- tue or some left wing criticism of his berg, attorney for the union did not| reactionary policies, published a re-| even cross examine them. | port he made to William Green on! The hearing was adjoumed until! what happened in the legislature) August 9, at 2 p. m. during the Jast session, It is entitled: * * “Progress in Legislation”. * * GOLD TELLS SHOP ig “Many workers who have register- Cases Dismissed. ed with the International and are 2 One hundred and fourteen fur)working in Associated shops are re- MONG the “successes” mentioned | pickets appeared before Magistrate turning to the Joint Board,” declared by the tearful one are the follow-| Brodsky in Jefferson Market Court Ben Gold last night addressing a ing: Thé Women’s Eight Hour Bill yesterday morning. “Jalf were dis-;moeting of, the Shop Chairmen’s wasepassedin the senate.bui: failed, charged-and the, rest: Mad slsuspeudedGouncil- of the Herriers’. Minion. at of passage in the house. The same|sentence. They had" been arrested \ Stuyvesant Casino, Second Ave. and misfortune. befell the Old Age Pension | several weeks ago and had their! Ninth St. Bill. The Yellow Dog Contract Bill | cases postponed until yesterday. + ney Dahey, who double-crossed Vanzetti, was produced by the Defense Committee as a reply to Governor Fuller's demand for evidence. * * . Approval For One of Three Alternatives BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 2.—The Executive Council meets to- morrow noon. State House observers said that if the council meets, receives no communication from the governor and leaves for their homes the doom of the two workers will be sealed. How- ever, if the council is held awaiting the decision, the conclusion would be that the governor had decided either for a further re spite, a commutation of sentence or a pardon, as approval by the council of all three alternatives is necgssary under the law. Muc speculation was in the aiz eee us | 1 Mand, expected visit to the State House Bij vel ie al today togarding thes hurried-and wi- Monday night of Judge Webster | had a can tied to its tail and the Five of the seven right wing gang- canine fled the house before the labor } sters who brutally beat up four strik- leaders could put a muzzle on it. The| ers over a month ago will have a One Day Rest in Seven Bill failed) hearing in Jefferson Market Court of enactment. A bill designed to! this morning. | “The workers in the Associated Thayer, who presided over the trial | shops are not getting the July raises of Sacco and Vanzetti when they were | and realize that only the Joint Board accused of slaying a South Braintree | will sincerely fight for it. We have paymaster and his guard. Judge} organized a propaganda committee to Thayer was summoned from his sum-| hamper the sale of j«ison made goods | The two killers ell by the wayside. The Firemen’s | Aaron Gross will appear in the same Pension Law Amendment, also sup-|court tomorrow. ported by the labor leaders was an- | ng other casualty. * * . Big Chicago Meeting. CHICAGO, Aughst 2. — Over the ‘O far we are only half way down | head of the Chicago Joint Board of the first column of Mr. Walker’s| the Cloak and Dressmakers union report and his progress is a chapter the Sigman-Fitzpatrick clique called * x who attacked | shops back into the Joint Board fold. | Collecting Tax By Force. “The scab union is collecting a $2 Internattonal tax and $1 for the local ‘scab union. The workers are not willing to pay, so the bosses are de- ducting the tax from the workers’ weekly pay envelope. get the workers of the Associated yor home at Ogunquit, Me., by Fuller | and he came by motor escorted by aj state trooper. | Sacco and Vanzetti remained in the | Cherry Hill section of state’s prison | today, not having been transferred to | the death cells. Celestinos Madeiros, | bank cashier slayer, who confessed | the crime for which Sacco and Van-| By Tammany As Bus Franchise Is Qkaves A ten cent bus fare looms as a re- sult of Staten Island power-shut-off on Monday. The fact that the Staten Islanders paid. the red per cent increase in fare without a murmur has heartened the e boosting ele- imperialism. (Continued on Page Three) of successive disasters, In fact in\a meeting last night at Schoenhofens| “At the present, time the Joint" '. ; fever vent twiGity Hell | Te Se: — ~ the entire report the only bill that! Hall to which it invited all members| Board has control of more than 6,000 ao ae folind rane roman se Mayor Walker yesterday ordered | was defeated by the use of the famous | of the union. j workers of which about 1,500 are un- ander aaa oe imhedied i die a check-up of the bus franchises in non-partisan weapon of the labor’ The joint board urged all unon employed. on Aue Boel the date-of tha Gene | Manhattan and Brooklyn. The fran- |fakers was a sterilization bill. It, members to attend and what was; “The scab union is demoralized. ene ? ” chise provides for eighteen new is doubtful however if the labor skat-| planned as a right wing rally was es should be given the entire credit | turned into a demonstration for the for this victory. Illinois is a rather| policy of the militant leadership of tough state and this would be a|the organization. 5 co-Vanzetti execution. | Posters have been distributed in ten | languages, announcing that it is il-| legal for citizens of Massachusetts to | They are divided into three group who are fighting for the control of the jobs the same way as the Kauf- man machine and the gangsters did routes and operates under a zoning system with an elastic clause in ref- erence to fare: B.-M. T. Is Sore. | dangerous weapon in the hands of a} PRESIDENCY IN 1928 ON 6. 0.P. TICKET Politician Who Rose to Fame Thru Breaking how the number of eunuchs in the | The well attended meeting was opened by Vice-President Salvatore Ninfo who acted as temporary chair- man. Disappointed at the large at- own machine guns. | Sacco Still Fasts. Weak but with his faith The B.-M. T. in the meantime is trying its best to sabotage the Brook- in the jlyn franchise by c lenging its le- | gality. The B.-M. T. was disappoint- in 1924, “Our fighting slogan now will be ‘back to the union and against the Policemen’s Strike Now Cast Aside |ranks of the republicans would in- | ce | RAPID CITY, 8S. D., Aug. 2.—Calvin Coolidge will not be a} candidate to succeed himself in 1928. | The president in a few words typewritten on sheets of flimsy | paper, handed to the reporters renounced all claim to the republi-| can/party nomination for president and turned loose scores of | presidential bees that have been held in check by their owners pending a decision by the canny occupant of the White House. The words ‘that were sent racing over the wires are: “I do not choose to run for president in 1928.” As soon as the pieces of paper were in the hands of the reporters the! president waved them out of his office. j “A perfectly good cowboy suit was wasted on Mr. Coolidge” was the, facetious comment of a local man who expected a post office should the president make the White House again. It Was A Big Story. There had been no advance infor- mation that the president intended «1 % | noon, I shall have a further announce- | ment to make.” Pr } The speculation generally, backed | announcement of his political life. At| statement would have to do with the the regular Tuesday conference, held | impending failure of the naval con- at nine o’clock in the morning, he had| ference at Geneva. added at the end: Promptly at twelve o’clock approx- “If you gentlemen will return at! (Continued on Page Four) Commemorate the Anniversary of the crease should the democrats win. John H. Walker is not the only poli. tician who does not care to qualify for a job as bellboy in a harem. * * * (OW the unemployment problem can be solved under capitalism is sug- gested in a part of Mr. Walker’s report. “We also endorsed the Gaso- | line Tax Bill” says John, “that was} enacted which will result in a good} many thousands of men being put to | work making material and hard (Continued on Page 8). Passaic Holds Vanzetti- Sacco Meeting Tonight PASSAIC, N. J., August 2. — A} Sacco-Vanzetti protest meeting will | Le held here Wednesday evening at) Belmont Park. It has been arranged | by the District Council of the United Textile Workers Union. The speak- | ers will include Anthony Ragmulia and several others. i | | \ contracting system and the other evils (Continued cn Page 7). of the industry.’ GALL QUT POLICE|GREAT STRIKE A DEMONSTRATE AGAINST THE WAR A mass meeting to protest against the impending imperialist war | against the Soviet Union will be held in Union Square Thursday evening, August 4th. Thursday is the thirteenth anniversary of the world war. “Despite all the bloodshed of the last world war,” declares a state- ment. from the Workers (Communist) Party, under whose auspices the, meeting is being held, “new preparations are already on the way, on| a more elaborate scale than before the great war of 1914, for a conflict with the Soviet Union and for new conflicts between the imperialist | powers. At the Geneva conference which is taking place, the American and British nations talked not disarmament but more and greater arma-| ments.” | The meeting will not only protest against the increase of arma-| ments in preparation for a general offensive against the Soviet Union, but will protest against the maintenance of American troops in China) Among the speakers will be J. Louis Engdahl, William F. Dunne, Bertram D. Wolfe, William W. Weinstone, Moissaiye J. Olgin, Ben Gold and Rebecca Grecht. 6 HANKOW AGAINST ‘Goler To Be Ousted (Continued on Page Two) | ‘Under Tammany Plan Commissioner Bird S. Coler is be- ing groomed for the political chute. Mayor Walker is the author of a ‘scheme that will certainly oust the commissioner of Public Welfare.) Walker announced yesterday that he | has authorized Commissioner of Ac- counts Higgins to conduct “a city- wide enquiry into all city hospitals.” | This is an outgrowth of the Walker) hearings into charges of anti-semi- tism at the Kings County Hospital. { The report on conditions at the Kings ‘Jounty Hospital is completed) but wili not be made public until all the deta is in from other city hos- pitals, | Tammany for some time past has been very anxious to dispense with Coler’s services as he is a hang-over| ed when the Board of mate turn- ed down one of its subsidiaries on the Kings County bus fr hise. Regarding the B.-M. s charge that the bus awards were railroaded through the Board of Estimate with- out a hearing Walker said: Maycz In Deal. “Why should the B.-M. T. seek to obstruct on such a flimsy excuse? I suppose every minute of delay in put- ting buses on the streets means dol- lars in its pocket.” Walker’s interests conflict with those of the Brooklyn subway com- pany in that the mayor and his poli- tical friends are heavily interested in the American Car and Foundry Com- pany which is to supply the 700 buses which are required under the fran- chise. Referring to the contracts which are now being drawn up between the Equitable Coach Company and the city Walker said: “We want them to be ironclad, so far as the city’s interests are con- cerned.” The mayor means busines. and business is business. A letter received yesterday by City WHEN MINERS GET Last World War from the Hylan regime, this is now) Magistrate Hirshfield from ex-Mayor possible under the new Walker) John F, Hylan strongly criticizes the |scheme under which all city hospi-|/award of bus franchises to the Equi- Guard the Daily Worker Struggle Against a New World War UGUST 1 to 6 we have set aside as Anti-War Week, as the Fight Against a New World War Week. We ask our comrades to pay a proletarian tribute, a revolutionary tribute to those who fell in the last world slaughter. No more fitting tribute for this occasion could be devised than a contribution to the GUARD THE DAILY WORKER FUND, to tke fund for the protection of the paper, which is dedicated to the fight against a new imperialist blood bath. Unless this support is forthcoming, the path of the war-mongers will be free for their nefarious work. No voice of opposition will be there to speak plainly and militantly to the workers: of America, to warn them of the approaching danger, to rally them for the fight against it. It is the lesson of the last World War has been brought home to you, then you must give clear evidence of that fact, by giving your utmost to the GUARD THE DAILY WORKER FUND. Use your certificate book and get other workers to do the same. j \ « SCABS TO STRIKE AVELLA, Pa., Aug. 2.—Tear gas bombs, guns, “yellow dogs,” sheriff’s proclamations restricting picketing— all this has awakened this little min- ing town, where quiet reigned since April Ist, when the mines were shut down. Last Wednesday, July 28th, the train of the Pittsburgh and W. Va. ‘| Railroad stopped at 12.40 in the after- noor on a siding of the Duquesne Coal and Coke Company and unloaded eleven strikebreakers. Eight guards of the company or as miners call them, “yellow dogs” with machine guns and tear-gas bombs ac- (Continued on Page Four) RULERS’ CRUELTY HANKOW, Aug. 2.—Under orders | of the military authorities the Wuhan troops yesterday shot into a demon- | stration of workers. Thousands of, workers had organized a demonstra- tion in front of the Chinese Chamber ; of Commerce to protest against the! suspension of the unemployment doles. | This infuriated the agents of the big, capitalists and imperialists so the troops were ordered to shoot into the | crowd. The result was that four were | killed on the spot and scores wounded. Seven thousand workers have de-| clared a strike as a protest against these shootings. (Continued on Page Two) A |tals will be brot under unified con-| trol Furriers General Meeting Tomorrew Night, After Work, at Cooper Union A general membership meeting of the Joint Board of the Furriers’ | | Union will be held right after work tomorrow evening at Cooper Union. | All fur workers, including those | who have registered with the scab union are urged to attend. Im-| portant trade questions will come | up for action. oe table Coach Company by the Board of Estimate and terms the company a “dummy” for certain subversive Tammany interests. Comptroller Charles W. Berry, the man who refused to O K the $175,000 power bill and whose refusal resulted in the cutting off of power on the Staten Island trolley lines, has come out in favor of granting certificates of convenience and necessity to the Tompkins Bus Company. Berry said that the municipally operated trolleys were “an eyesore He added that the satisfied with bus service but failed to com: ‘e and a menace.” bus riders seemed to be the ment on the reaction of the riders the ten cent fare now in operation the bus lines. ,