The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 13, 1927, Page 1

e NOW MORE atenieeineiiemmane ee THAN EVER eee cee encumeemerncey me FIRST SECTION This issue consists of two sections, be sure to get them both. Vol. TV. No. 181. Current Events J. OFiamzerr, By T. ICOLA SACCO hagno faith that the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, about to decide on the latest legal move of defense counsel, will render him justice. He feels that the judges intend to send him to the electric chair, He is on the verge of-death as a result of'a long fast. The way- den of the jail threatens forcible feed- ing. The chair must have its vic- tim. fas the meantime the world protest against this outrage against two innocent men grows in intensity. It is good to hear of the British workers massing in their thousands in Trafal- gar Square ‘and marching on the American embassy to protest against the execution of two innocent work- ers in American. And in France where the press of practically all shades Of opinion denounce the Sacco and Vanzetti frame-up in strong and caustic language. The action of the French press is forced by the national anger of the workers and peasants. And it is the Communist Party of France thru its great journal L’Hu- manite which is chiefly responsible for crystallizing public opinion on this historic case. * F the Massachusetts hangmen ex- pected to pull the guts out of the Sacco and Vanzetti protest movement ~by going thri another piece of legal hocus-pocus they are greatly mis- taker. All signs indicate that it will grow in effectiveness between now and the date set for the execution, The eruelty exhibited by governor Alvan T.. Fuller in holding off a- reprieve until the last moment is rankling in the breasts of all American workers and other sympathizers with the con- demned pair, * * * * * * . . i tise brunt.of the fight to free Sacco and Vanzetti from the beginning has been borne by the left wing of the labor movement. While other elements in the population have made valuable contributions to the cause, it - was the economic action of the work- ers and the threat of further economic action that caused the execution ‘to halt at the switch. * * ‘ cr is interesting to note ‘that the al- legedly Jiberal New York World, which has espoused the cause of Sacco and Vanzetti, has refused publication to some articles written in behalf of those doomed men. by Heywood Broun, one of its chief columnists. Broun’s column has been missing for the past two days and in the issue of Friday, August 12, a letter appeared at the head of his column’s position on the feature page, by editor Pulitzer explaining that Broun expressed his views on the Sacco and Vanzetti case with “the utmost extravagance,” that the World then instructed him to se- lect other subjects for his next articles, but since Broun continued to write only on the Sacco-Vanzetti case, the paper omitted all articles sub- mitted by him. * * * * . TT? action is typical of the kind of support given to the case by even those capitalist papers that were in favor of a new trial. Heywood Broun is ynot an extremist but he is farther to the left than the editorial page of the World and those who own the World are strongly in favor of the capitalist system and do not want, to see any reflection cast upon its judi- cial arm. What they object to_in such cases is the feeling it is-certain to develop among the masses that | eapitalist justice is more cockeyed than blind. This is why Heywood Broun’s column felt the axe. * * * * ONE of the most important pieces of news of the day is the action of the Irish republicans in decidihg to take the oath of allegiance to the king of England in order to enter Dail Kireann for the purpose of over- | throwing the Cosgrave government. This is a sensible tho belated decision: I have written several thousands of words advocating a combination be- tween the Labor Party, the Commu- nists and the militant Republicans against the Free State reactionaries, with this’ end in view. The position of DeValera was that his conscience would not permit him to take an oath that he could not conscientiously live up to. Excessive purity is a nuisance and particularly in politics. * : oe D and quite properly announces that he considers it only an’ empty for- mula, Probably before this article appears in print the Cosgrave govern- ment that was busily engaged putting thru a “Hanging Bill” since the death out on its ear and a coalition govern- place will be disappointed. tioned for new government leader, is (Continued on Page Four, SEPP" Pave nennecs ease es wae Reg tw ' BOSTON UNIONS SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In New York, by mail, $ Outside New York, by mail, 96.00 per year. per year. LABOR MUST ACT FOR SACCO-VANZETTI E DAILY Wor Bntered as second-class matter at the Post Office at New York. N. ¥., nider the act of March 8, 1878. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1927 Published Daily BY AUTHORITIES Joint Board Property’ Seizéd by Sheriff | Once, again calling upon the police | authorities for aid, the right wing of the International Ladies” “Garment | Workers’ Union yesterday took over! the offive furniture of the Cloak and Dressmakers’ Joint Board that was stored at the Workers’ Coo: House, £700 Bronx Park East } A sqund of ‘pelice, together with | several sheriffs drove up to the co- | operative early yesterday morning and a Packard car containing Sizman gangsters, who were recognized as the same men who terrorized cloak- makers in the market,on thany oc- casions, were on hand to help the po- | lice if necessary. Give Out Su:nmons. i Summons were given to the coop-| erative: officials which directed them } to turn over the furniture to the sher- | iff. When Charles Nemeroff, -mem-| ber of Local 10, International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union} objected to! the procedure, he was brutally beaten | up and then ested. He was re-| leased after C2 furniture had been) “legally” takerl away. { The right wing has deposited $25,- 000 with the sheriff. After 72 hours} the furniture will be turned over to the Sigman clique. } JAIL HEADS OF ‘TOHALT STRIKE Released After Strike | { +ment. E VALERA now has taken the oath, of Kevin O’Higgins, will be thrown|® Teport today. ment of some kind in its place. Those|the worst in the state of New York who expect any radical departure|but the department of correction is from those who may take Cosgrave’s|helpless to completely remedy it un- ,Tom| til additional Johnson the Labor Party leader men-| vided,” the report said. Pees Aa a conservative of the James Ramsay|THINK OF THE SUSTAINING Was Ended By J. LOUIS ENGDABL. | (Special to The DAILY WORKER) BOSTON, August 12——Release of Jacob-Miller, business agent, and Wil- liam Seligman, chairman, of Cap- makers’ Union, Local No. 7, arrested on the eve of the proposed electrocu- tion last Wednesday night, of Sacco and Vanzetti, has revealed the dread ‘with which the Boston ruling class faced lest Tuesday’s strike move- “If I keep you here the general strike will not be a success,” was the statement that superintendent of Po- lice Michael H. Crowley made to me,” said Seligman. Feared Strike Not “Bombs.” “Thé fear of the strike movement was the real reason for our arrests, and not the effort to connect us with the so-called ‘bomb plots’ in. New York and other cities, as has been so widely published in the capitalist press thruout the nation.” Seligman and Miller were arrested Tuesday morning, the day of the strike for Sacco and Vanzetti. They had left the union headquarters at 28 Haywood Place, which has been continually watched by police and de- tectives for many days, for a concilia- tion meeting with some of the manu- facturers. The were followed by the) police to the Basch Cap Company, on Washington Street, where they were seized as they were about to enter the building. . Grilled By 16 Detectives. They were first taken to Police Sta- ‘tion No. 4 (La Grande Street). Later they were removed to the main police headquarters. Here they were taken into separate rooms, each being grilled by eight detectives taking turhs in questioning them. They .were questioned about their. intention to strike that day (Tuesday) (Continued on Page Two) Prison Conditions in Tombs Hit in Report ALBANY, N. Y., Aug. 12. — Fail- ure of New York City authorities to remodel Tombs prison was condemned by state department of correction in “The situation at best is one of pyson facilities are pro- erative \ STOP HIM! SAVE SACCO AND VANZETTI! rispicasetiinn SOT ee SS Draenei namne ed ADEE TEE, tarp, y rs x determined to accomplish its @ ‘Coolidge Ranges Self Definitely With Gang Killing Sacco, Vanzetti RAPID CITY, S. D., Aug. 12.) Again enunciating his decision not} to interfere with ‘the murder of |Saceo and Vanzetti by the mill-| owners of Massachusetts, Presi- dent send any message to Governor! Fuller. He had been urged to fol-! low Wilson’s example in the Moon-| ey case, and for reasons of state, | if he could not see the justice of the two workers’ case, relieve them of the danger of electrocu- tion. o— © LISBON, Aug. 12. — Masses of workers and sympathizers crowded the bulletins here all night in an‘ef- fort Ao get news of the Sacco and Vanzetti reprieve. Cheering broke FUND AT EVERY MEETING! é j/from the hundreds of watchers as jthe result of the stay of execution was made public. 4 if Coolidge today refused to) | evil *purpose. Help the Daily Worker Keep up the Fight for Sacco and Vanzetti The cruelty of the Spanish Inquisition bears no comparison to the mental torture being inflicted upon the two victims of the hatred of the ruling class, Sacco and Vanzetti, in their race with death. The capitalist class has granted them a brief respite only to allay the burning indignation of the proletariat, and to furnish an opportunity for the institution of repressive measures intended to intimidate the working class and prevent further agita- tion. The temporary victory gained by the workers has made the ruling class even more The struggle promises to be harder than ever. The DAILY WORKER, which has taken the lead in the fight for the freedom of Sacco and Vanzetti, must redouble its efforts to mobilize public sentiment for the fight which is ahead. But the fight has been exhausting. Our own case has aggravated our financial bur- den. We want the comrades to help us maintain the fight, at all costs. the fact that only the mass pressure of the workers gained the brief respite of ten days, and saved Sacco and Vanzetti temporarily from the jaws of death, then we must recognize also that greater pressure must be exerted to free them. should fail to do his utmost to help The DAILY WORKER, so that it may continue to carry. on the fight until victory if won. If we recognize At this cracial, time, no comrade | | (> Rose Baron, secretary of the Emer- gency Committee, announced yester- partment of Parks for permission to hold a meeting in the Mall of Central Park on the afternoon following the Union Square mass demonstration. parks, is on his way to Europe in company with Mayor Walker, but ef- forts have been made to communicate DEMONSTRATION IN CENTRAL PARK TO BE HELD SATURDAY, AUGUST 2 | Union Square Rally and Neighborhood Meetings | Is Part of Program Preparations to hold a monster demonstration in the Mall of Central Park on Saturday, August 20th, are now bein jout by the Sacco-Vanzetti Emergency Committee. ‘A huge mass meeting in Union Square will also be held on \Fridzy. A series of neighborhood meetings in various parts of | the city are other features of fhe liberation campaign |date the vast crowds which will join lin making the coming activities the | largest in the history of New York. When asked why she chose Central Walter R. Herrick, commissioner of Park as the place of the Saturday | where the crime was committed on which Sacco and Vanzetti have been | demonstration Miss Bron, said, ‘Tues- day’s meeting at Union Square has (Continued on Page Three) i IGE SR, PUBLISHING CO., 38 First Street, New York, N. Y. 9 NINE MORE DAYS TO SAVE THEM FINAL CITY: | EDITION | | except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER Price 3 Cents esMAY KILL SACCO WITH FORCIBLE FEEDING! UNION FURNITURE GIVEN TO SIGMAN TO EMPLOY BARBAROUS METHOD IN LATEST TORTURE OF FRAMED WORKER | Executioner Kept In Boston As Fuller Plans To Go Ahead With Murder See Little Hope In Court Action; Workers Continue Program For Mass Protests BOSTON, Aug. 12.—Plans for forcibly feeding Nicola Sacco —by an extremely painful method which may result in his death —were discussed today as the framed-up worker entered the twenty-seventh day of his hunger strike. Nasal feeding—the method that prison authorities threaten to use—is in keeping with the barbarous torture inflicted by the Massachusetts industrial czars on the two workers during the |seven years of their imprisonment. . Thru a tube which prison authorities will insert in Sacco’s nostrils milk or the white of eggs will be forced into his stomach. The nasal method of forcible feeding is extremely painful and is likely to result in Sacco’s death. NEW PLANS FOR MASS PICKETING IN BOSTON DESPITE TERRORISM Ask Borah to Open Department of Justice Which Contain Frame-Up Evidence | | (Continuec on Page Two) (NOTE—This special telegram sent Thursday afternoon from Boston to The DAILY WORKER was mysteriously slow in reach- ing its destination and failed to appear yesterday.) | * * | By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. | BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 11.—Nicola Sacco and Bartolemeo Vanzetti left the death house today. They were returned to the Cherry Hill wing of the Charlestown prison. The-mighty thunder, the lightning flashes of world labor's protest snatched them back from the electric chair, in which the ruling class had condemned them to die. | The giant crashes of working class insistence that “Saceo and Vanzetti must not die” shot thru the golden dome of the Massa- chusetts state house, and Governor Fuller and his advisory com- mittee, sitting beneath it, in session for many long and tedious hours thru Wednesday afternoon and far into the night, changed | their minds. eS ae ae f Federation of Miners to the gallows Twelve Days to Fight. | in his own state more than a score / But it was the brain of the indus-| of years ago. g worked é fart, in! day that she will apply to the De-|0rder to get permission to accommo-| | | trial autocracy of Massachusetts that| | spoke, deciding that the sentences of | death imposed on Sacco and Vanzetti | be respited for 12 days or until! | midnight on Monday, August 22,| 1927. But this only means 12 days} more Of the most energetic struggle) |on the part of workers in all lands. If working class protest weakens, | then Sacco and Vanzetti are doomed, | {as there is no hope in the continued | |debate before the courts resumed to-| day. Defense forces today opened the! | renewed attack onthe federal gov-| |ernment, demanding the opening of | | the Department of Justice files. that | | contain the testimony that will prove| | the innocence of Sacco and Vanzetti. | The attack has already been started | | thru United States Senator Borah, | with the help of Senator LaFollette. Since justice Holmes has closed the} doors of the United States Supreme | Court at Washington, this move is the only one than can be made at the nations capitol. Thet is the possi- | bility, of course, even ii the files can eis opened, that the papers condemn-| | ing the United States Government as| a party to the frame-up of our two comrac , have been removed from the rec rds. It is here that Senator Borah can best serve as an agency for getting the testimony of the De- | partment of Justice agents involved. Two of whom have already confessed | in sworn affidavits, that “there are papers in the files of the govern-| ment that prove the complete inno-| cence of Sacco and Vanzetti.” The| }appearance of Senator Borah in the |Saceo-Vanzetti case recalls that Borah appeared in 1905: as the prosecutor in Odaho of Moyer, Petti- | bone and Haywood, in the attempt to railroad these officials of the Western 1 TOUR OF SPOTS FAMOUS PRAME-UP. WILL BE | } || James, has written an article on the issue of The DAILY WORKER. | Among the places visited by J. framed, Bridgewater, where the robbery was committed for which Van- | zetti was accused, and Brockton where the two workers were arrested. | o— — = ———————@ Develop Mass Protest! No stone is being left unturned to build the fight mountain high against the would-be assassins of Sacco and Vanzetti. Appeals are being sent out today to the nations workers to con- An extensive picketting is being mapped out for Boston, to be renewed at the earliest possible moment in spite of the mass arrests of pickets on Tuesday and Wednesday. Thirty-seven pickets arrested Wednesday were declared guilty yes- terday and fined five dollars each. Bertram D. Wolfe and George Kras- ka, both members of the Workers (Communist) party, were held for trial today, when the court will also attempt to dispose of those arrested Tuesday. Reign of Terror. In the meantime the reign of terror continues. Six workers who came to join in the “Death Watch” at the prison were arrested as “bomb sus- pects.” They were taken to the Joy Street police station where they were severely grilled. Their names are Philip Palumbo, David Riskin, Luigi Bove, Antonio Pelegreno, Orlando Delduco and Salvatore Fratali. The officials are trying to make much dut of the fact that they carried copies of fhe DAILY WORKER, special at- tention being given to the cartoon by Fred Ellis, entitled “An Evening Affair.” Enrico Parrenti, tailor, Watertown, was fined $20 in Waltham Court to- day for distributing Sacco-Vanzetti defense circulars among workers at the Hood Rubber Company. (Continued on Page Two) IN SACCO-VANZETT! | DESCRIBED BY ENGDAHL| | J. Louis Engdahl, editor of The DAILY WORKER, who was one of| the members of the party which visited localities famous in the Sacco-| ° | Vanzetti frame-up, with Edwin James, nephew of William and Henry tour which will appear in Monday's | | Louis Engdahl are South Braintree, |