The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 22, 1927, Page 3

| THE DAILY WORKER; NEW YORK, MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 1927 Page Three “CHICAGO CROWDS ‘THOUSANDS OF SOVIET WoRKERS DEMAND THat’ WOMEN MEMBERS: | | FOREIGN BORN WORKERS’ COUNCIL TELEGRAPH FULLER FOR NEW TRIAL | t AS BOMBED BY SACCO AND VANZETTI BE FREED OF SOVIET S TO | | | | aaa rere aia ad | 1" » The National Council for the Protection of Foreign Born Workers, | MOSCOW, AUG 21.—The confirmation of the death sentence on q with offic 41 Union Square, New York City, makes public the fol-|-| |Sacco and Vanzetti has caused great indignation erpnees the mares i lowing tele; n sent to Governor Fuller August 19th: of the Soviet Union. A tremendous movement of protest has commenced} | In the name of millions of foreign born workers in’ this country we rs all over the U. S. S. R. Protest meetings in which tens of thousands of | | ask you to grant an unconditional pardon to Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo} | jee SE, | Workers took part have been called in Moscow, Leningrad, Khar KOV ll eee | Vanzetti. other towns against this terrible scandal of bourgeois class justice. ‘he }.| * Taae s | Signed: NINA SAMORODIN, Executive Secretary, Cops Attack Sacco and) |vccctutions adopted at these protest meetings of the toilers of the Soviet |All Soviet Union Makes | National Council for Protection of Foreign Born Workers. || Vanzetti Mass Meeting: | Union appval to the workers of the world to unite their powers to pre-| | Ready 10th Anniversary 1] . _ . ili ‘ is vent the vicious and brutal murder of Sacco and Vanzétti and to force) aseee || Ee Tap oues Sonee ee eu peor, of anillichs ctivoriera: inthis Fees tw |the American bourgeoisie to abolish the bestial sentence. Collections) | “MOSCOW, August 21—The presi- 1] country of both foreign and American birth, “It is our firm belief,”| | By THURBER LEWIS. Robi i eas ae sae Lieb oie yi\ 3 ma, oeMat Zl Tt re | 5 « r. * é £. CHICAGO ima Fully, | were made in many factories for the victims of capitalist terror. Pe ium. of the Central Executive Com- 1] states the secretary of the council, “that Sacco and Vanzetti have suf- SAGO, Ill, Aug. 21 lly | LU SE Seco ABRe Sa ade athe ee u a 2 etree } fered the tortures of death many times over during the seven years of| | half of Chicago’s police, motor and)” |mittee of the Union of Socailist Soy- or |] imprisonment.” The seeretary further states, “At this time when the| | foot, concentrated at’ or in the vicinity jiet ae aa ey pended degea eyes of the millions of foreign born in this country are fixed upon the| | of Ashland Auditorium, Ashland and Pee neds dae steer as ice ai | overnment’s anti-alien policy which expresses itself in the effort to| ; Van Buren St., I y night and dis- | Sress of women workers and peasants, e ahs ali ‘. fo ; ‘ : cS ersed with hickory clubs and tear |members of village and city Soviets. } adopt anti-alien legislation as registration, ete., this case of Sacco andj | Persec mCeEY : eu cee RSAOPE AES auestlcis onthe cceudl ins Vanzetti only tends to increase the belief that the persecution of Sacco, | at bombs several thousand workers | ig the questio . baci | d Vanzetti is due to the fact that they are of foreign birth | who gathered for a scheduled protest are the position of women work i ey “We deed the governor as early ‘as last April that ane erlal in that hall against the execution of and peasants in the Union of Social- | be given Sacco and Vanzetti and that ‘the Department of Justice records! ee ane ener dey weate the! ———— a ee. ed | 500 New | esata Seishe ttcmin Ae ctmantey nesses he ener |stats sre with enone by Opinion AM Over Globe Demands Reversal of [was iv Sti an rscoaten | a Pree ae . ee a : te two condemned men in ordrer that the| |{"equent charges, by running motor | Class Decision therein of women workers and peas-| | Pe ates ae nee Deena, ure ay Con COMUNE : % | |eyeles on the sidewalks and by ex- ants, | } minds of all those who have irterested themselves in this case may be |plosions of tear gas—squad cars Sai Aes pe From all parts of the U. S. S. R. ers j set at peace and that our belief in the justice of the American govern- |racing up and down nearby thoro- NEW STRIKES IN ARGENTINE. face aioe ator canine eA | | ment may be restored to us once more. | | fares, frequently stopped long enough BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 21.—A manifesto calling upon workers to \preparation for the celebration of the| [| Pee SES aE e SR ae e *| to allow plain clothes men to leap out| strike on Morey in petal af Sacco and Agere yas eer today a |tenth anniversay of the October revo- } H | and arrest workers recognized as par-| the Argentina Regiona! Confederation, and a similar call is expected [ition There are being prepared ex- || i WORKERS AND PEASANT ARMIES MOVE AGAINST ticipating in previous prot following Sunday’s meeting of the Syndical wuon of Argentina to lahitions of the SccHRELITIOr of in-| Maurer, Secretary of the whom the police denied a permit for a protest demonstration. ld e Pies i . ” | et 2 5 Fi 2 er ustry and agriculture during these| | CANTON; PRAVDA CALL ON THE WORKERS j ternational Labor Defens ’ This action folowed the decision of oe eee prerene |ten years, particularly agronomic ex- ¢ Hi | D Angelo, arr in the Court and also as a result of this rejection of appeal an added guar \hibitions in the different village dis- The splendid rs ,. | parade of last sek and ten others! was placed at the various American institutions in this city. leriots \ (Continued from Page One) ,; capitalists, merchants and landlords. | were taken. to ious district sta- * * * i. tack on that city, and that these re-} inforcements have much encouraged the army which Chiang Kai-shek has now deserted. * * * Son of Feng Denounces Father. MOSCOW, Aug. 21.—Pravda, organ of the All Union Communist Party, publishes a letter to the paper from Feng Chong-kuo, the son of Feng Yu- hsiang. This is a copy of a letter which the young man has sent to his father, and it points out that, know- ing his father’s opportunism and ob- stinate, ambitious character, he is not surprised to hear that Feng Yu-hsiang has passed over to the side of counter- revolution. He writes: “Having now thrown off the mask, and not only refusing to defend the interests of the working class and peasantry, but even openly cooperat- ing with and forming a bloc with Chiang Kai-shek, the hangman of the workers and peasants, you have pub- lished an impudent declaration alleg- ing that merchants, dealers and own- ers of industrial enterprises are op- pressed by the workmen and peasants of Wuhan territory. Should Support Workers. “All this is nonsense. The time has men and peasantry to ‘oppress’ the i \9 qv ott et eo 30 He oo wo * A @ Browder has just returned from six months in China, Mi] as a member of the Interna- tional Workers’ Delegation, during which he visited over 40 cities and towns, during the period of the Chiang Kai-shek split. He spent two months in Hankow, in close touch with the leaders of the @ Kuomintang, the trade un- ions, the peasants, and other revolutionary bodies. He was also a delegate to the Pan- Pacific Trade Union Conference, and was the sec- retary of that body. He tells C) a graphic and authoritative @ story of the beginnings of 2) the Civil War now raging in Nationalist China, The pam- phlet has many documents, photos, ete. G4 pages, colored cover not come yet for the Chinese work- | “But even if the workmen and peas- antry really oppressed the manufac- turers, gentry and landlords, you ought to adopt the point of view that the interests of the majori of the population support the workers’ and peasants’ purpose of throwing off the | exploiters. “Being revolutionary, I take into consideration only the interests of the revolution and not the mutual rela- tion of father and son, and therefore I am bound to break off all connec- tion with a counter-revolutionary father. “Henceforth I will regard you just as Chang Tso-lin, Chiang Kai-shek and other counter-revolutionaries and fight with the greatest energy against my own father. These e my last words to a _ counter-revolutionary father.” Competition of Hangmen. Pravad points out that there is now | observed in China real competition be- | tween hangmen of different denom- inations and different tendencies. The | laurels secured by Chiang Kai-shek | from merchants and foreign imperial- ists fo his persecution of workers and |Peasants disturb the sleep of Wang |Ching-wei, who is striving by mass execution to outdo such experienced | rebbers and murderers and hangmen jas Chiang Tso-lin and Chiang Kai- | Shek. | _The workers of the Union of So- \cialist Soviet Republics, says Pravda, |eannot remain indifferent thru_ thi jorgy of cruelty and vileness now go- jing on in China. ‘ | All Rally for Defense! | Even in the midst of the Struggles | against the death and for the release cf Sacco and Vanzetti, it is necessary | to proceed with a campaign for the defense of the Chinese revolutionar- les. | The struggle against the American jhangmen has assumed considerable proportions despite the sabotage by reformist leaders, and this shows that proletarian solidarity is no “Com- munist invention” but lives in the {hearts of millions of honest prole- tarians in all parts of the earth, Fight Harder. | But it is necessary to carry on a still more stringent fight against the hangmen’s terror in China, especially now when the Kuomintang leaders di- @ rected by Wang Ching-wei are form- later by the representative from the | ing elaborate plans for the most vio- jlent struggle against the Communist | Party. | The working classes of the world, Cs) says Pravda, would be guilty of the lutionary struggle against capitalism. | greatest crime if they did not hasten |to help detachments. of the workmen and peasants, who are not only fight- @ ing in China their own enemies, but | Finally, the representative from the! the enemies of all workers. Revolt Among Troops. Pravda announces that reports are continually being received from China, of the greatest unrest among the hangmen’s troops, who are obliged to disarm their own military forces for their sympathy expressed towards the revolutionaries. This unrest ‘will cer- tainly increase when the working classes of the whole world loudly raise their voices against the traitors @ and bandits attempting to extinguish the revolutionary flames with blood. The heroic young Communist Party of China is holding high the banner of struggle for China’s independence and for the unity of the Chinese peo- ‘ple, for a workers’ and peasants’ China, It must be surrounded by a wall of sympathy from the working masses of all the world. 25 CENTS READ ALSO CHINA By Jas. H. Dolsen 50 CHINA IN’ REVOLT As THE DAILY WORKER PUB. CO. 33 First Street, New York S tatvion Prisoners Go 3 On a Hunger Strike @ RIGA, Latvia, Aug. 21.-—All the po- litical prisoners of the Central and ® Terminal prisons of Riga are contin- @ ving their long hunger-strike against ‘the unspeakable conditions obtaining @ jin the jails. The political prisoners ;Who are kept in the lowest level of \damp, unsanitary cells are demanding the right to read. books, to see visi- jand to buy other foods than the sup- ® stances served by the prison officials. ‘all in its power to discredit the hun- @ ger strike, tors oftener than every two months, | @ The Lettish bourgeois press is doing {tions and held incommunicado over night. Effo: to locate them failed | until noon y when they were} found to be boo on high bail for “inciting to riot. | Bunk About “Mobs.” | Local newspapers and national | press services are carrying stories of | “surging mobs” 1 “girl riot lead-| jers.” They are a featuring the ex | | plosion of two bombs, one in a res- | taurant, obviously the result of a | trade war and the other in a candy |company, probably for the same rea-| son. These are openly proclaimed to be ‘highly suspected” of being the} work of Sacco and Vanzetti thizers As for the many years since such an impressive | police xorce has been mobilized in one place in this ci Not for ten} seconds were more than five people allowed ‘to come together in the| neighborhood of the hall. The doors | at both entrances, on Van Buren and | on Ashland were guarded by a double | row of uniformed and plain clothes | officers. | The violent suppression of all right | of free speech and assemblage that is | |confronting’ the radical and labor| {movement of the city in the present | |agitation for Sacco and Vanzetti is| | unprecedented since the famous raids! of 1919. | | Another atternpt to voice a protest against the legal murder of the two! Massachusetts workers will be made} jon Monday under the leadership of | International Labor Defense when a} demonstration will gather at Vernon | Park, Sibley and Taylor~Sts, at 3/ |p. m, { re | | Sacco and Vanzetti Shall Not Die!) Police Arrest Greeks | As Fear of Workers’ _ Power Seizes Bosses | BOSTON, Aug. 21.—Two Greek | | workers, Eeconomos and Hogelias, one} |of whom is a representative of the | |daily Greek paper, Empros of New | York, were arrested without warrant) | this morning by Boston police, upon} |their arrival from New York. After) {being illegally detained and brought! |to the police station, they were cross-| examined by the police officer and} State house. | | In questioning, the police were par- ticularly interested to secure a state-)| ment of the use of force in the revo- ;The question of whether or not the} |detained workers believed in the use| of force was asked about 15 times.) |State house wanted to know what | would the workers do if they were in |majority and were attacked by the | minority, to which Comrade Hogelias, |the representative of the Greek pa- ‘per, replied, “Once the workers come | to power and are in majority they | would not stand with folded arms and jallow themselves to be attacked.” | The fright and imagination of the |police officer further prompted the |question as to whether or not there {exists an underground Communist Party. The police have searched the {bag and also the shipment of books and were somewhat. perplexed and) alarmed at seeing the books on Lenin-} ism on Organization, Elements of Po- litical Education, and the Building Up of Socialism. They were also alarmed at seeing a large number of leaflets, used for the purpose of announcing mass meeting. Nick Economos was asked what he was doing in Boston and in reply he frankly stated that he comes to Bos- ton after losing his job in New York, on account of participation in the Sacco-Vanzetti strike. On further} questioning Comrade Economos stated that if the strike should be called on| any other time he would not hesitate to join. It was evident that the chief reason for the arrest is the apprehension of the police regarding the possible strike and their desire to prevent this strike by terrorizing the workers. However, this terrorism does not stop the determination of Boston workers, who are meeting tonight at the Amal- gamated Clothing Workers Hall, to SOVIET P ANTS CALL ON U. S. FARMERS. MOSCOW, U. S. R., Aug. 21—The Red Peasants Internationals today appealed to the farmers of America and the peasants of all coun- tries inviting them to join the protest of the working class against the execution of the two innocent workers, Sacco and Vanzetti, * * * GERMAN PROTEST. BERLIN, Aug. 21.—The fi radical meeting ever held in the for- mer House of Lords for the Kingdom of Prussia, took place tonight as part of the nation-wide protest against the Supreme Court decision in the Sacco-Vanzetti case. Never before had the red flag adorned these walls for the building is denied for political party meetings. Spontaneous demonstrations of protest were held also in Hamburg, Cologne, Hanover, Leipsic, Halle and other cities. At every gathering the speeches appealed for pardon and branded the action of the Massa- chusetts courts as torture worse than the middle ages. This charge of torture is voiced in the protest sent to the American Embassy by the Berlin trade unions, and it is a charge repeated by many of the conservative Berlin papers. Throughout the whole German press there is almost unanimous condemnation of the latest step in this “most barbaric judicial murder.” * * * SWISS TO BOYCOTT U. S. GOODS. GENEVA, Aug. 21—~A hoycott of American products, especially films, is to be advocated by a special propaganda committee appointed tonight at a meeting held in behalf of Sacco and Vanzetti in one of the city’s largest halls. The gathering, addressed by trade unionists and radicals, also ap- proved the despatch to Governor Fuller of a cablegram demanding the release of the two doomed workers. The American embassy is under special armed guard following the calling of demonstrations in all the principal cities. The authorities show every evidence of fight at the bitter attitude of the Swiss workers. » x * BRITISH MINERS DEMAND LIBERATION. LONDON, Aug. 21.—The British Miners’ Federation, thru its presi- dent, Herbert Smith, issued a statement today “protesting against the miscarriage of justice in the Sacco-Vanzetti trial and urging their lib- eration.” » A denunciation of the Supreme Court’s action was also pub- lished by Ben Tillett of the General Council of the Trades Union Con- gress. Protests came from H. G. Wells, John Galsworthy, Chairman F. 0. Roberts of the British Labor Party, and all liberal and radical papers. Officials of the British trade unions sent a cablegram to Governor Ful- ler urging him to liberate Sacco and Vanzetti. The Communists are planning a mass demonstration outside the American Consulate on Monday night, and a great protest meeting in Hyde Park. A eablegram imploring Governor Fuller to save Sacco and Vanzetti was sent today by four British churchmen, who made their plea “In the name of Christ.” * * * BELGIAN SOCIALISTS SEND MANIFESTO, BRUSSELS, Aug. 21—A manifesto demanding a new trial for Sacco and Vanzetti was issued today by the General Council of the Belgian Socialist Party. * * * THOUSANDS DEMONSTRATE. BREST, Aug. 21.—Thqusands of demonstrators demanding that Sacco and Vanzetti be snatched from the clutches of American class justice marched thru the streets of this city. The demonstration resulted from the excitement aroused by the announcement that the Massachu- setts Supreme Court had sustained the death sentence. * * * BUFFALO GENERAL STRIKE. BUFFALO, Aug. 21.—A general strike to protest against the kill- ing of Sacco and Vanzetti has been called here for Monday. All workers must lay down their tools to prevent the murder of these two innocent prisoners. * * * , ROCHESTER LAWYERS DEMAND STAY. ROCHESTER, N. Y., Aug. 21.—A group of prominent lawyers of this city today telegraphed President Coolidge and Governor Fuller urging “gommutation of sentence or stay until all doubts are absolved” concerning the guilt or innocence of Sacco and Vanzetti. . They state that “substantion legal opinion here holds that Sacco and Vanzetti have not had a fair trial.” * * * MACHINISTS DEMAND LIBERATION. CHICAGO, Aug. 21,—Lodge 478 of the International Association of Machinists has passed resolutions denouncing the death sentence which the corrupt Supreme Court of Massachusetts has sustained against Sacco and Vanzetti and demands their immediate liberation. A copy of the resolution has been forwarded to Governor Fuller. * * * LETTISH WORKERS DENOUNCE FULLER. CHICAGO, Aug. 21.—The Lettish workers of, Chicago, assembled at Harmony Hall, have passed resolutions denouncing the brutal sen- tence of the Massachusetts capitalist courts against Sacco and Van- zetti and and the immediate release of the two condemned men. The resolution has been sent to Governor Fuller. Stone Cutter Sues Boss ‘General Strike Monday Sl a eS for Breach of Contract WINSTON SALEM, N. C., Aug. 21. —David Goings, member of the Gran- | ite Cutters’ Union, has turned the tables by suing his former employer for $30,000 for breach of contract. Goings declares he was discharged for membership in the union and prevent- ed from working at his trade any-| where in North Carolina. INTERNATIONAL FALLS, Minn, Aug. 21.—The 45th convention of the Minnesota State Federation of Labor opened at International Falls Aug. 15, Legislative program, worker education consider the calling of a general @ Sacco and Vanzetti Shall Not Die!|strike for Monday, — and election of officers are leading matters before the delegates. Of Philadelphia Labor PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 21.—A/ general strike to protest against) the murder of Sacco and Vanzetti| will be called here today. All work-| ers will lay down their tools in an| effort to save the two innocent| men, Protest mass meetings will be held at the Machinists’ Temple, 13th and Spring Garden Streets at 2 P. M., and at the Kensington La- bor Lyceum, 2nd and Cambria Streets, at 8 P. M., Monday. Prom- inent speakers from New York and the Philadelphia will address | |“Stop The Executioner” |) Says District Two (Continued from Page One) | the general strike called for August | | 22, Strike Anyway. We appeal to the workers of all the labor organizations of New York | City and environs to frustrate this| treacherous attempt of the trade | |union bureaucrats and socialists. The || | workers must make this day of Aug-| 5x* 92 the greatest labor demonstra-| “Jr in the history of the United| {| | States. Only thru their own power, | | ‘tru their vigorous determination, | | thru a united effort of millions can| | | they halt the hands of the murderers || and save Sacco and Vanzetti. | We know that together with the|f)| workers of America the workers of | | the world will on August 22 protest | in collossal masses against the pro- | posed legal murder. Let us join) hands with our fellow-workers. in other countries. Let us make this |day a day of growing strength of | the working class. Comrades, fellow-workers, in the |name of our class interests, in the |name of our liberation, in the name | of our class victims, Sacco and Van- zetti, we appeal to you! Down tools at 3 p. m. Monday, August 22! | -On to Union Square te the huge mass demonstration at 4 o’clock! Raise your voices in protest against the capitalist murderers! Stay the hand of the executioner! Save Sacco and Vanzetti! ‘Negro Experts Attend ‘Pan-African Congress Opening in New York M. Dantes Bellegarde, former min- ister of Haiti to France, minister of education in Haiti and delegate to the League of Nations, is one of the first delegates to arrive for the 4th Pan- African Congress meeting in New York Aug. 21-24. Delegates from dif- ferent groups of colored people will report on labor, economic, political and social conditions in their sections. Dr. Normail Sylvain, son of one of Haiti’s patriots, will also attend the congress unless the American occupa- tion (by marines) in Haiti finds a way to prevent him, the Circle for Peace and Foreign Relations learns. The circle is arranging the congress, Chief Amoah III of Gold Coast, West Africa, is already here. He knows conditions in the English, French and Portuguese West African colonies from years of study. He has attended previous congresses, T, Au- gustus Toote, former acting attorney general of Bahamas is also here for the congress. | Congress headquarters are at) Grace Congreational Church, 308 W. || 139th St.,, New York. The opening| | meeting is at St. Marks Methodist || Episcopal Church, 137th St. and St. Nicholas Ave., Sunday afternoon at 4p. m Soviet Purchases Break § All Records; Experts § In U. S. Study Methods | During July Russian purchases |} through Amtorg Trading Corp. in the | United States broke all monthly rec- ords by over 50%. The total, exch- | sive of cotton, was $4,600,000. Orders | for the first ten months of the curent |! sovt fiscal year amount to $22,700,- || 000 in this country, says Saul G.| fi! Bron, chairman of Amtorg’s board. |f| Cotton purchases this season made | by the All-Russian extile Syndicate to- | tal $48,000,000. Most of Amtorg’s | | purchases are production rather than | | consumption goods—machinery, equip- | ment and raw material. | During the last 10 months 75 Soviet technicians and industrial executives have visited the United States to| familiarize themselves with = productive methods. They represent- ed some of the largest Soviet economic organizations, including Asneft oil trust, Groznet oil trust, Don Basin coal trust, the chemical trust, the Dnieper hydroelectric development and the supreme economic council. fy campaign conducted by the Daily Worker for Saeco and Vanzetti, has gained for us Five Hundred. additional readers in New York City and vicinity alone, within the short period of two weeks. aos Fw This indicates how fully the Daily Worker expresses the sympathy which the workers feel for the condemned men, and how thoroughly the workers appreciate the strong fight which we are waging for their release, 9a@qg Now is the time to prove to the workers the value of our paper. 2a@gs¢ In every shop and residential section, our comrades should be actively carrying on the campaign for Five Thousand New Readers for the Daily Worker, the shining leader of the fight for the freedom of Sacco and Vanzetti.