The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 6, 1927, Page 1

| \ most important question confronting | \the population of the world today. | ; FRENCH WORKERS WORKERS COMMUNIST PARTY GABLES’ REPLY TO COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL THE DAILY WORKER ricHTs: { FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNORGANIZED H FOR THE 40-HOUR WEDK FOR A LABOR PARTY ——$_— Vol. IV. No. 201. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In New York, by mail, $8.00 per year, Outside New York, by matl, $6.00 per year. Entered as second-class matter at THE DAILY Wor the Post Office at New York, N. ¥., un NEW YORK, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1927 BOYCOTT LEGION ARRIVAL TO GREETING TO FIFTH CONVENTION Pledging: the Workers (Co effectively for the defense of the Soviet Union and the Chinese | Revolution and against the war danger, the Fifth National Con- | vention in session here has sent a cablegram to the Communist “International in reply to the greeting received and read at the opening session. The, cablegram also declai mmunist) Party to fight more s that the party will also resist more effectively the offensive of the capitalist reaction and the: reactionary trade union bureaucracy against our Party and the militant section of the America’ in full reads: n working class. The cablegram / “The Fifth Convention of the Workers (Communist) Party greets the internationa the Communist International. 1 leader of the working class, Under its leadership and with our own firm and unanimous determination to unify our Party, we will overcome the tremendous difficulties in the path »f building a mass Communist Party in America. The Conve ition recognizes fully as Party’s task the. winning of the American proletariat for the revolutionary struggle ag; inst American imperialism. : “In the execution of this t by the principles of Marxism ask we are inspired and guided and Leninism, by the exper- iences of the victorious struggles of the Russian proletariat and the heroic battles of the exploited and oppressed masses of Europe and Asia. The Convention and the incoming Cen- \ral Executive Committee pledge themselves speedily to elim- ivate all remnants of factionalism and to unify the Party as a prerequisite for the further success of our work. > “We pledge the unification of our Party and to fight more effectively for the defense of the Soviet Union and the Chinese revolution and agains { the war danger as well as to resist more effectively the offensive of the capitalist reaction and the reactionary trade union bureaucracy against our Party and the militant section of the American working class. “The Convention is spurred by a full consciousness of its duty to recruit the toiling masses of America for relentless struggle against American im perialism, “Long Live the Soviet Union! ; “Loag Live the Communist International! . “Fifth National Convention, ' “Workers (Communist) Party.” The Convention continued the discussion last night on trade union report of William Z. Foster. An effort made to conclude the Convention. Current Events By T. J. O'Flaherty sia 4 asses Senet Soe outa preachers and labor fakers spent Labor Day telling the workers of this country.that they did PEASANTS SWELL |RED ARMIES IN MARCH ON CANTON not have a care in the world and that | their chief worry should be lest the radicals draw them into their net. Others are of the opjnion that there! is so much prosperity in the land that radical ideas have little chance of roosting here. Matthew Woll warned labor against a Labor Party and Wil'ium Green played the same tune. ae A ANP yet on the front page of the New York World of Monday, Sep- tembet §, we read a story which tells of a man who set out from rural New ‘Jersey to New York in quest of em- ployment. He almost walked his feet off and spent the few dollars he had without suecess in securing a job. Hungry and disheartened he fainted in front of a restaurant, weakened with hunger. Here was a young man 28 years age willing to work but unable to d it, right in the wealth- jest etty In the world, starving in the midst of plenty. His case is not an isolated one, * aoe cst of the preachers devoted their vocal energies last Sunday to com- menting on the eternal conflict be- tween the workers and the capitalists. Needless to say the preachers did not sned any new light on the subject; neither did they employ the illumina- tion of Communist theory to teach \ their audiences something about the ~ Those. theological wind bags have nothing better to offer as a solution of the problem than christianity, which is the creed of the most brutal exploiters and imperialists on earth. a ie * HILE the labor buveancrats and}” their capitalist suypetiors were warning the workers against strikes and radicalism in general the Workers. (Communist) Party was bringing its Fifth Convention to a conclusion. This convention busied itself for five days with making plans to help the work- ers in their every day fight for a better standard of living and better working conditions as_well as for the (Continued on Page Three) - ~ Communists Leading Revolution in South ; MOSCOW, | avowedly biased reports concerning | the disintegration of the armies of | generals Ho-lung and Yeh-ting which revolted against the Wuhan govern- 'ment, these armies, according to of- \ficial information, have entered | Kwantung province and ever larger | peasant detachments are joining them | they move southwards. Ap- parently in direct connection with this \Kwantung expedition, an insurrec- tional movement is growing in Hunan, Hupéh and the western part of Kwangsi. | Revolution Grows. | Commenting on this news, Pravda | points out that despite the betrayal of the leaders of the Kuomintang and the fierce terror of Chang Kai-shek’s |successors, the revolutionary move- ‘ment in the south is growing. To the armies of Ho-lung and Yeh- \ ting, who is a Communist, whose for- /ees numbered 20,000 on their way to- | wards Canton, a considerable number of irregular troops have been added which, according to information in the English press, brings the total up to ' 50,000. The whole area which the ‘vevolutignary armies crossed is under } . \revolutionary sway and under Com- Imunist direction. | The Chinese counter-revolution- aries who originally looked down upon: the m@rch of the revolutionary armies are now seriously anxious and are hastily gathering their forces. In spite of all difficulties and the betrayals of the generals the Chinese Revolution is marching forwards and mustering its forces. -. Don’t Tempt Holy Fathers. _ SHARPSBURG, Pa., Sept. 5—Low neck dresses, short steeves, rduge, socks- and rolled stockings were banned at St. Mary’s Parochial School at the Opening session today. Prin- cipal Gobel made announcement of the new order. Pupils who do not observe the’ reg- ulations will be. suspended until they canter with the edict, Rév. Gobel said. i The Real Veteran—“YOU DON’T REPRESENT fey Oth. KER. der the act of March 3, 1879. FINAL CITY | EDITION PUBLISHING €0., 33 Eirst Street, New Police Herd Back Few not participate in any friendly 4. to Paris on September 19th, the convention. gathering. Pres ent Doumergue declaring which has arrived in Paris. boulevards and the riotous spirits Published Daily except Sunday by The DAILY WORKER York, 6.—United American War V representative of American ex-s with which the so-called veterans ex- pected to invade the capital of France were considerably dampened. This is the second shipload of Legionnaires to arrive in France. Rain Quenches Fire-Eaters. Later in the day a march was or- 4 ganized thru the Elysées and under y the Arc de Triomphe. Platoons of WG Syeranky 3 imperialist troops, representing every jally who _patticipated in the last | | | | | ‘slaughter, marched thru the down- ‘UNION INTERFERES AS BOSSES TRY TO FORCE | CRON gi Gene lee MINERS TO REPLACE TIMBERS IN IDLE anes, HOOVER SOOTHES ee wo SOUTH WHILE U.S, 1927 as they were in 1917 and are Nor are timber | | only waiting for another. generation of cannon fodder to mature in order to send new thousands of workers under the barrage. This parade of the Legion and the remnants of the armed hordes of { “miners are not permitted to do th work of timber men. BY ED FALKOWSKI \ Federated Press Price 3 Cents N. ¥ ME” EMPTY STATION AND FALLING RAIN ARE PARIS’ GREETINGS TO FASCISTS Who Watch Blind and Cripples’ Forced March in Rain History of Fight on Legion Convention 1.—Communist Deputies Cachin, Marty and Doriot, now in jail for fighting French imperialism in Morocco, inform p dent of chamber of their opposition to the legion convention. 2.—L’Humanite carries on daily fight against convention; ‘Paris will not dance on the corpses of co and Vanzetti,” declares P. Vaillant-Couturier. | 3.—Mayor of Lille informs minister of interior that he will demonstration for the legion. Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee of France asks (Aug- ust 25th) that the ashes of the two murdered workers be sent date of the opening of the legion 5.—Even the socialist controlled General Confederation of Labor follows left wing workers in fight to prevent legion fascist eterans, Post 1, send telegram to that the American Legion is not ervice men. PARIS, Sept. 5.—Except for a scattering of friends and rela- tives there was hardly a soul on the long, wet platforms of the Gare St. Lazaire, the Paris terminal welcome the latest detachment of for trains from the west to 50 American Legionnaires The féw curiosity seekers who came out to have a look at the Amer ered away under the steady disheartening drizzle. were overclouded all day, the offi-® cial bunting was soaked along the ican khaki-tourists quickly with- Paris skies ers have given the American Legion- naires and the determination of French Labor to boycott any militar- ist purpose to which the imperialists are planning to use the Legion’s stay in Paris has infuriated the officials both of the government and the Legion. The procession of the Le- gionnaires and their actions on the |boulevards have confirmed the suspi- eions of the French workers that | these. are not veterans of the late war \but masqueraders in khaki who have come to Paris for a good time. MORE MEMBERS OF DAILY WORKER T0 Aug. 5—Contrary to \ SHANANDOAH, Pa., Sept. 1.— \ The one-day work week has persisted |throughout the summer, in the Shan- andoah anthracite region, thinning |pay envelopes, putting miners \on \hardtime diets. Old settlers scratch jgray skulls for recollection of any-! thing like it, and since those early,} \far-off days no similar occasion can -be recalled, when demand for hard coal slumped so suddenly and def- linitely, cutting worktime to one day a | week. Payrolls. Thin. Payday has, for the time being, lost its crimson reputation. While electric pianos crash and bang in saloons, and fiddlers trot from bar- room to bar-room in search of an audience the vigor and glow of the men permitted to work two shifts on the same day. This is to assure men of more equal distribution of available work, The age limit is being tightened by the company here. Men who have passed 55 are eligible for retirement —without pay. The union ‘has been considering what to do in the tase of men who are, though of advanced years, still fit to perfovm their du- The union has never discussed ties. this matter with the coal companie: and no arrangements have reached covering the old men, definitely challenged, and will be taken before the conciliation board for final adjustment. the imperialists plying the workers build up more powerful organiz ers for war. Cripples Paraded in Rain. military STOPS FLOOD AID Levees Remain Broken; |Half Farmers Destitute MEMPHIS, Tenn jearnest attempt to still the growing. Legion, paraded armless, legless | refusing to permit the transfer of.soldiers who des bors allotment to the A New Disaster. 1914 is part.of the propaganda which he world over are in an effort to tions and to excite the work- In their effort to whip up enthusi- Sept. 5.—Secre- asm; the militarists, who have charge | tary Hoover is in town today in an of the reteption of the American lresentment, rage might not be too crippled and disfigured men thru the strong a word, which has seized the pouring rain. “The hopelessly crippled been | residents of the flooded zone at the were wheeled along in wheel-chairs ju the right of the employer to layoff men just because they are old is! $900,000 from the rivers and har- lives in the 1914 carnage, helpless and Mississippi- dependant on the tender mercies of ¢ River Commission for levee building. the government hospitals, are forced to propagandize for the wars which {action of Controller General Carl in and the blind were led by hand. These royed their whole golden age is vanished. Inflated sports walk with a collapsed air, limit their drinks, and find their way to bed unusually early. Over the entire anthracite region the gloom of slack time hangs heavily. Streets are crowded with passing peo- Unless money is forthcoming in the imperialists are again planning. the near future this work must be’ Most of the French workers, in- iiss Soa a a | ‘crevasses only partially closed, and ican Legion whose support of the \this might mean, said a high ranking murder.of Sacco and Vanzetti French WORKERS SEEN AS ‘officer of the Army Engineer Corps, labor has sworn neyer to forget, re- | “another calamity of grave propor- mained indoors in silent protest | them are as yet closed, although work yards were kept from seeing much of |to that end is progressing on the the procession by the hundreds, of |gaps in the main Mississippi River| mounted gendarmes and foot cops. | System. The entire Paris police force ful This last bit of red tape ineffi- armed was present to suppress any Apparently determined to place th ciency on the Part of a myrore siete evidence of the indignation of the ieces. y determined to place the} which the people are gradually be- French workers. None, however, was i ee Baling. 40 Ever | blame somewhere for the “bombing” | ginning to understand has actually attempted. . |. Frequent: layoffs ‘have reduced the |that took place early yesterday | caused this year’s flood by sacrificing mining force to such bare numbers: morning in the alleyway between the them to contractors and grafters in mere: apa tel, that gangways are falling, slopes are| Hall of Records and the Supreme! the matter of levee building, has made| The deportation of workers and unsafe, and production sinking. Men | Court Building, Brooklyn, the police} many who formerly were one-hun- their representatives is being ruth- sometimes cannot reach their point of | yesterday afternoon arrested three! gred-per-cent ‘Americans a little bit- lessly carried out by the police, all work because of closed gangways | Mexican workers, whom they charge ter, over France. Thousands have been to lucky pool sharks, and business men who still have loose cash. Other- | wise everyone recognizes the times as | tough, and satisfies his appetite on} bread and coffee-—the miner’s staple | on idle days. | Charged With Bombing in Brooklyn suspended about Noy. 1, leaving the censed over the arrival of the Amer- | APPEAR IN COURT Federal Grand Jury to Quiz Workers Today ral mor > members of the edi- and mechanical de- The DAILY WORKER will appear before the Federal Grand Jury in the old Post Office Building vursday and Friday 11 pep- cted ple co witr the paper were called to the Federal Court and were icned at greut length ds to the n of the Communist roseeute Paper. The ottack upon the The DAILY WORKER is being conducted by As- ant Attorney General George F, Leisure, who ed by Herman Forster, another assistant attorney general. The September panel of the grand jury that is hearing the evidence which undoubtedly will be ple, while business men complain of tions.” : against the American desecration of |... EB Rpoaniage ns D seant trade. Saloon-keepers stand at There are 225 crevasses in the the Unknown Soldier’s Tomb where used for ee eeagorn ae pally 5 their doors, with folded arms, await- LABOR FRAME |levees of the Mississippi and her the Legion has dared to lay wreashes. Bi ipsa ech Jie 7 : me ing customers. ambling is confined a (southern tributari and not. any of The few who were along the boule- 2 ested in the servation of the status quo. The present investigation is a con- tinuation of the case started against “the daily” several months ago when the editors and business manager were indicted for the publication of the poem “America.” According to many well-informed nt attack on ‘The s a result of the determined struggle it conducted for the liberation of Sacco and Vanzetti. Th resulted in a substantial in- crease in the circulation of the paper. The With DAILY WORKER Federal courts, it all of its supporters ially to the utmost. 's are. needed at y can be saved as in _\vorted, has been abolished. Contract where weak timber can no longer up-|with the crime. | Hoover Sits on Lid. deported in the last months, many on hold the weight of rock. Unsafe gang-| The workers, Jesus Silva, Julius de) yy,5ver's time is taken up by a faked charges. In their terror the ways holdup motors, pulling out trips |Hoyos and Mario Madreno, are held) wind of. back-slapping among the French bosses are willing to del of loaded cars, | without bail. They will be given a| ountry bankers and business men, all power to the police and they hav The company, instead of hiring | hearing tomorrow. After their ar-| 244 the assurance that there may be, carte blanche to hunt down whatever men to put up timber, insists that the | "est yesterday they weire taken t0/ ome time in the future, legislation leaders have dared to protest against; miners put up timber after their | Police headquarters, on Centre~St., to relieve the farmers of. their crush- the exploitation of the we or the shifts are over, © Contract miiners,| Where they were. put through, the) i. burden of taxation, which they imperialism which France « im, sing after “making coal” inthe daytime, | third degree. Madreno is accused) 16 unable to pay because of bank-'on Moroces and other colon work a few hours in the evening put- |! carrying a concealed weapon in| wuptey thru flood. | ‘Tho many of the editors are in jail, ting up, timber in dangerous gang-| “dition ‘to the other charge.) ur am certain wo shall solve every L’Humanite, the great French labor ways and slopes. | nested, thelr room waa full of “tadic|Phase of the problem,” said Hoover daily, is still leading the workers’ The sunion has stepped into Tet die dl ante atitedlgta Tr hae aca 6 aR delegation of the flood im- fight~against the Legion. Since the victure, forbidding any man to work longer than his regular shift without written permission from the com-| mittee men of his colliery. ~ Working “double shifts,” while hundreds of miners walk the streets in search of work, is contrary to the policy of the United Mine Workers, and, where re- Ww 4 cal literature’ when searched, and pharaphernalia that could be used ‘in the manufacture of a bomb was found. It could also be used for radio, ete. . “Apparently ‘the local authorities are determined to arrest workers here so the militant labor movement can be coerced and prevented from! carrying out its activities. 4. - = | poverished, and their creditors, from Sacco and Vanzetti demonst ations ithe small towns, as he stood in the the Paris police, under the dire tion \best hotel in Memphis today. But/of Chiappe, the prefegt of Paris, have \how he meant.to do it he did not been relentless in their persecution of |vouchsafe, beyond the general as-|L’Humanite and are determined to |sertion that tho the “problems are) try to destroy the influence which its Senormous, this is an enormous coun-! policy has given it over the masses try.” of workers. (Continued ox Page Two) The cool reception which the work- At \ the working s country. British Soccer Players Want Entrance Fees to Ge to Soviet Air Fleet MOSCOW, t. 5 )sport organization which recently |played the team from the “Soviet | Union at Kharkov has requegted that all entrance fees for the football matches be transferred to the fund for the air squadron which is the So- viet Union’s reply to Chamberlain, 4 \ rs : The English