The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 8, 1927, Page 1

THE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS: FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THR UNGRGANIZED j FOR THE 40-HOUR WEEK FOR A LABOR PARTY Vol. IV. No. 176. Outside New York, by mail, $6.00 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: dn New York, by mail, $8.00 per year. Mntered az serond-ciass matter at per year. ALLY NEW YORK, MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1927 the Post Offtee at New York. N. Y., wader the act of March 3, 1879. Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO, 38 Firet Street, New York, N. Y. FINAL CITY EDITION Price 3 Cents Demand for Sacco-Vanzetti Strike Tuesday Growing | (COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL IN PLEA _ TO WORLD'S WORKERS TO HELP SAVE SACCO AND VANZETTI FROM CHAIR MOSCOW, U.S. S. R., Aug. 7.—The Executive Committee of the Communist International issued the following appeal today headed, “Save Sacco and Vanzetti.” It read as follows: “Communists in all countries! | of the whole world! Once more in a last hour effort the Com- | munist International appeals to the toilers of the world. Once) more it raises its voice appealing to the workers of the world| to stop the hand of the executioners who are ready to carry) out the sentence of American class justice against Sacco and| Vanzetti. “The workers of all countries have been moved by great indignation, they have protested in powerful manifestations against the mockery of a trial afforded the two revolu- tionaries—Sacco and Vanzetti, who for seven years have been pining in an American prison under the threat of death. “The sentence of death against Sacco and Vanzetti is an unheard of provocation against the world proletariat. It her- alds a new, cruel oppression not only towards the American working class but also towards the whole world proletariat. It testifies that ‘civilized America’ of all its technical achieve- ments reserves for proletarian revolutionaries only one; the electric chair. We appeal to all workers and to all revolution- | jary organizations. “Protest with all your passion and power against the exe-| cution sentence. Organize mass demonstrations! | “Only the united efforts of the international priletariet] may save Sacco and Vanzetti from the electric chair. | | “Workers, come out into the streets! Everything to save! Sacco and Vanzetti! De everything to aid the struggle against | the bloodthirsty American bourgeoisie.” JUDGE BROADHURST REFUSES STAY OF EXECUTION TO SACCO-VANZETTI BOSTON, Aug. 7 Toilers | the plea of Sacco-Vanzetti defense counsel for a stay of execu- tion after the filing of another new trial motion. Attorney Arthur D. Hill filed the motion for new trial at Dedham with eight supporting affidavits, new evidence since the sentence of death was prongunced on the two workers. ; Hill immediately took the plea for a stay to Chief Justice W. P. Hall of the superior court, at Fitchburg. The new trial motion is kased on the affidavits of Frank Sibley, John Beffel, Elizabeth Bernkopf, Lois Rantoul, Robert | Benchley and Proctor relating the prejudice of Judge Thayer at the time of the trial. * Baltimore Workers Demand Liberation | We heri.y demand that Sacco and WEST BALTIMORE, Aug. 7.— | Vanzetii 1 he freed as partiai We, hundreds of workers assembled |compensaticn for the wrong done at a demonstration in West Balti-!them, and that Judge Thayer be im- | more, Maryland, demand that: |peached for his partiality and injus- Whereas, Sacco and Vanzetti have |tice portrayed at the trial. been unjustly condemned; (Continued on Page Three) THE WORKERS PARTY MEMBERSHIP DISCUSSES CONVENTION PROBLEMS Political Committee Resolution Endorsed by New York, Chicago, | Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Detroit. * * css IN I Party, the declaration of the Political Committee on the resolution of the Communist International on the American Question was endorsed in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Cleveland and Detroit. The resolution of the Opposition was endorsed at New Haven, Conn, The vote was as follows: NEW YORK: For the Political Committee, 715; for the Opposition, 507; Abstaining, 60. CHICAGO: For the Political Committee, 312; for the Opposition, 256, PITTSBURGH: For the Political Committee, 72; for the Opposition, 50. | PHILADELPHIA: For the Political Committee, 95; for the Opposi- tion, 86, DETROIT: For the Political Committee, 120; for the Opposition, 61. NEW HAVEN: For the Political Committee, Six; for the Opposition, 23. * This edition of The DAILY WORKER went to press too early to get the results of the Membership Meetings held Sunday at Cleveland, Minneap- olis, Boston and Buffalo. * * SACCO AND VANZETTI SHALL NOT DIE! (FP).—Superior Court Judge Broadhurst, a reactionary but the only justice available at the time, denied | | ley, | dragged Harry Cantor. the discussions at Membership Mectings of the Workers (Communist) | | Scores of police, | mounted, ' PROVOGATEUR'S BOMBS PROVOKE POLICE E GESTURE Guard Everything to Get | | Sympathy for Hangman | By ESTHER LOWELL (Federated Press) Although New York police have | been unable to connect the bombing | of the two subways with Sacco-Van- | zetti sympathizers, elaborte patrol duty has been started to continue | until after the expected execution | in Boston. Not since war days} have police had their vacations re- voked and been assignéd to guard| the city’s transportation systems, |banks, public buildings and power | | plants. “Suspend judgment,” cautions the |N. Y. Telegram of the comparatively liberal Scripps-Howard group. The | editorial warns against accusing Sac- | | | | { | | jco-Vanzetti sympathizers with the | bombings as acts of reprisal. “The stupid act of an agent provo- (Continued on Page Two) @, @ STRIKE! To the Workers of New York: Answer Sacco’s appeal to the working class! Only organized labor can paralyze the hand of the exe- cutioner. Down tools noon Tuesday, August 9th, and come in thou- sands to Union Square at 4 o’clock to demonstrate against the legalized murder of Sacco and Vanzetti. Accept the challenge of organized capital. Relentless war | | has been declared against us by the bloodthirsty textile and | railroad barons of Massachusetts. Go to Union Square on Tuesday and demonstrate labor’s solidarity in the face of this threat. Today it is Sacco and Vanzetti, tomorrow it will be any class-conscigus worker who dares to raise his, voice in protest against the rapacity and cruelty of the master class. The Sacco-Vanzetti fight is your fight. Strike a blow to liberate our imprisoned comrades. Answer Sacco’s call to the} vanguard of labor. : | Life to Sacco and Vanzetti! | Down tools en Tuesday! | e PUSH PLANS TO “DOWN TOOLS!” | Crush the Fuller decision by your organized strength. ROSE BARON, Secretary, Sacco-Vanzetti Emergency Committee. I } iG $| Raid B POLICE BREAK UP DEMONSTRATION ‘ON THE COMMCNS Arrest James’ Nephew, Pleading for Sacco BOSTON, Aug. 7.—Tyventy-five| thousand persons were thrown into} confusion this afternoon when the police broke up two protest meetings of Sacco-Vanzetti sympathizers. The crowd was charged by mounted police after an ultimatum to stop the meet- ing had been given to the speakers by the authorities. “We have just been notified by the police to stop this meeting,” cried Harry Cantor, chairman of the meet- jing held under the auspices of the Workers (Communist) Party, “but fellow workers I think we will con- tinue.” No sooner had he spoken than he was jerked from his platform by the officers and rushed to a nearby sta- tion. Then the police charged the | meetings, swinging their clubs. The smash-up of the Workers| Party meeting followed a police at- tack on a meeting held under the aus- pices of the socialist party. Permits| had been obtained for both meetings. Mounted police drove their horses thru the crowd and dispersed the sec- ond meeting as Harry Cantor, after! een ie the death sentences on Sacco and Vanzetti.as a piece of class injustice, introduced Arturo Giovan- niti, general secretary of the Italian | Chamber of Labor. Arrest Chairman. Police under Superintendent Crow- armed with , machine guns, As John Ballam began to speak, the police finished their job and dispersed the meeting. Edwin H. James, a nephew of Henry and Wm. James, and Alfred Friedman who attended the meeting and who protested against the action of the police, was severely beaten. | some of them surged thru the crowd. Many persons were brutally knocked down. Others were clubbed by the officers. Then came the clanging patrol | Wagons and hauled several members of the crowd out of the Commons. The socialist party meeting was, broken up when Alfred Baker Lewis, chairman, announced that a number (Continued on Page Two) oston Meeting / BRITISH WORKERS HOLD GIGANTIC Union Square Mass Meeting is Okayed By. Police Official | Police Commissioner Warren said late last night that he will allows the Union Square demon- stration to take place. admit that the order was issued under the stress of the moment and that he will not ban a peace- ful protest. In any case the meet- ing will be held.” Warren replied to this and re- | 8,000 British police were especially | called for duty today in the greatest mobilization Scotland Yard has eevr |carried out to supervise the Sacco- Vanzetti mass-demonstration in Tra- falgar Square. | The they are orderly. The meeting will each be under the surveillance of an inspector.” Warren explained that he will personally supervise all Sacco meetings and see that |e prevails.” American embassy at Prince’s Gate and the American consulate | 20,000 Demonstrate. | Scotland Yard’s entire tlying squad called out and stationed with dor’s residence at Prince’s Gate and | other nearby points. All mounted po- | lice and reserves were called out and mingled with the crowds at Trafalgar | Square. Many reserves were called | back from vacations for the occasion. | Despite these elaborate precautions | | all demonstrations were carried out | | without any disturbances. It was es- = timated that approximately 20,000 | gathered for the protest demonstra- | | Earlier in the day Rose Baron, 20, 000 Demonstrators | secretary of the Sacco-Vanzetti Emergency Committee, said: “I 'March on U.S. Embassy | hope that Commissioner Warren will have sufficient m&nhood to}| LONDON, Aug. 17.—More than | marked: “I see no reason for in-| | three main places heavily | terferring with these meetings if guarded were Trafalgar Square, | scene of the demonstration; the ars in ®arages near the ambassa- | TUESDAY IN SPITE OF BOMB SCARES, POLICE ATTACKS, OFFICIAL INACTION: Workers Rush Demands Upon the Heads of the American Federation of Labor THE FIGHT FOR SACCO AND VANZETTI. 1.—Sentiment for national strike on Tuesday to save Sacco and Vanzetti growing; Workers (Communist) Party, Socialist Party, Industrial Workers of the World, International Labor De- fense and numerous other organizations urge strike. 2.—Strike voted by representatives of 186 organizations at Philadelphia meeting. 3.—Police in numerous cities attack demonstrations in ef- fort to smash strike; break up monster meetings on Boston Com- mons, in Binghampton; raid Workers (Communist) Party head- duarters in Los Angeles. 4.—Judge Thayer, agent of Massachusetts industrial autoe- racy, who sentenced the two workers to the chair will hear ap- peal for new trial today. 5.—International protest spreads; Paris police bar parade; | declare Anti-American boycott in Mexico. 6.—Conference of various seamen’s organizations Saturday ;evening votes 24-hour strike beginning Monday night. Telegrams were last night pouring into the headquarters of the American Federation of Labor at Washington, D. C., demand- ing that it take a leading part in the strike action, Tuesday, Au- gust 9 (tomorrow), to save the lives of Sacco and Vanzetti. At the same time an increasing pressure was being brought to bear upon local and state officials of the A. F. of L. in all see- tions of the country demanding similar action. THE DEMAND OF THE WORKERS. This demand was being made by an increasing number of mass meetings and demonstrations over the land, as well as by resolutions adopted by local unions. Thus 186 organizations 6f workers, including many trade | unions, represented by nearly 500 delegates meeting in Phila- SACCO MEETING delphia, unanimously ordered telegrams sent to President William Green, of the A. F. of L., and to James Maurer, president of the | Pennsylvania Federation of Labor. It also provided that a dele- | gation take up with local labor officials the development of the strike movement. A. F. OF L. OFFICIALDOM SILENT. Up to a late hour last night no announcement had come trom the A. F. of L. officialdom as to what action would be taken. Local officials, in different sections of the country, continued to use the capitalist press to declare they would oppose the strike. This, however, did not seem to discourage the rank and file of labor. Instead of intimidating the workers, and holding back the strike movement, the efforts of the police to break up the Sacco- |Vanzetti demonstrations, especially the one held Sunday, on | Boston Commons, only strengthens it and gives it greater im- petus. The workers also have refused to give one inch as a re- sult of the numerous bomb scares and outrages in New York City and elsewhere. ‘ * 186 Organizations In|Sacco, Vanzetti Strike Philadelphia Unite To|Decided On For Tues. \Strike On Tuesday 9th|By Waterbury Workers (Special to The DAILY WORKER. | (Special to The DAILY WORKER.) PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Aug. WATERBURY, Conn., Aug. The strike wave here, demanding the| All the workers of Waterbury will release of Sacco and Vanzetti, is ris-! lay down their tools for two hours jee Anes ont —= _, | tion in Trafalgar Square. ling. It is expected that Philadelphia| this Tuesday, August 9, in protest Continuing kal ridicule the idea} March on Embassy. | will show an excellent response,| against Governor’s decision ty mur- that the New Yosk subway bomb ex-} a stor two hours of speeches and | Tuesday, to the call for a half-day | der Sacco and Vanzetti it was de- plosion was the work of the Sacco- Vanzetti sympathizers, Rose Bloom,| (Continued on Page Five) (Coratinued on Page Two) A Geneued on Page Two) secretary of the Sacco-Vanzetti| Emergency Committee said, “So far} all attempts of the astute police have resulting in picking up a de- fenceless intellectual who had a copy of “The Nation” in his pocket while he stood outside of St. Patrick's | Cathedral. “The inability of the police to find anyone who logically could have been (Continyed on Page Five) | ¥ American Legion Votes to Panhandle Public TROY, N. Y., Aug. 7:—After a sharp fight on the convention floor, the State American Legion, in session here voted this afternoon to change the constitution governing the vet- erans mountain camp at Tupper Lake so as to permit public solicitation of | funds for the camp. 1 Sacco’s and Vanzetti’s Bravest Champion ITHOUT The DAILY WORKER, Sacco, and Vanzetti are left practically helpless to the mercies of the capitalist press, to the mercies of those who have the highest praise for Governor Fuller’s brutal decision to send these two innocent workingmen to the electric chair. While the capitalist press is seeking to poison the minds of the people with stories of bomb explosions, specially concocted for the occasion, The DAILY WORKER is carrying on a vigorous fight to free these men. Should the attempt of the reactionaries to crush The DAILY WORKER succeed, be- cause of the fact that not enough money was raised for the defense of the paper, it would be a stunning blow to the campaign for the release of Sacco and Vanzetti. must renew our efforts to build the GUARD THE DAILY WORKER FUND, and protect the paper from the enemies of Sacco and Vanzetti, the enemies of labor, who seek to destroy it. Therefore we ——_-___—____—__f ONLY 2 DAYS LEFT TO AUGUST 10 LABOR MUST ACT! \