The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 9, 1927, Page 1

THE DAILY WORKER VIGHTS: | FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE | UNORGANIZED FOR THE 40-MOUR WEEK FOR A LABOR PARTY Vol. IV. No. 204. . By T. J. O'Flaherty HERE is something like a rank| and file revolt in the. league of| nations. The little fellows are kind of sore because the big guns of th league cannot bring about imperialis unity and are determined to ,ma trouble for the die-hards. Poland all the countries in the world was tHe | one to propose the outlawry of war.) Of course it stole the plang from| Oswald Garrison Villard but as some body said, recently one of the most infallible tests of leadership is the ability. to adopt good ideas wherever | found and regardless of parentage. * * * OLAND has not been an outstand- ing exponent of a pacifist policy; since its recognition as a self-govern-| ing entity after the world war came to an end. The rattle of Pilsudski’s sabres could be heard over Europe.! Poland was the most vicious of the buffer watchdogs that stood guard on the western frontiers of the Soviet Union. Has Poland experienced aj change of heart? The answer to this question is, that leopards do not change their spots. Then why this proposal? T is simply a manouver rendered necessary by the shaky economic structure of Poland, and the other small nations associated with Poland} in this protest are groaning under ( the weight of the taxation which the} upkeep of heavy military establish-! ments imposes on them. The logical consequence of this situation is mass discontent, so the government tools of the big imperialist powers that own those weak nations are compelled to{ make a gesture toward peace. They| may yelp all they like but their pro- tests are futile since their existence} depends on the good will of their im-| perialist backers. ae is a plausible suspicion that the fine French hand of Briand is behind the Polish poposal. Since the foundation of the league of nations ther has been a constant struggle be- tween England and France for control of this imperialist executive com- mittee. France has always used a pro-French strong of small nations} as a club against England. Pro- French, translated into“francs’ means paid for by French money. And France~got this money from the United States. x * * cr is said that the small nations) were encouraged to show their | fangs at the present session by the} resignation of Lord Robert Cecil from the British cabinet over his govern- ment’s policy on naval armament. Whatever the reason may be the little fellows jumped on the aristocratic Sir Austen Chamberlain until his monoele trembled. It was bad enough to be insulted by a Chinese delegate a few} months ago, but to have a whole} swarm of European mosquitoes buzz | around him with stings at rest, looked like a rank and file united front and ‘was enough to make the heart of the bravest quake with apprehension. There was a time in the history of the proud empire when such conduct would be replied to by the visit of a few British warships to the chief (Continued on Page Four) SPY PLACED NEXT. TO CELL OF BOMB FRAMED VICTIMS Police Admit Evidence Lacking Against Men Despite frantic efforts on the part of the-police department to scare up “evidence” against the six young Latin-American workers held with- out bail on the charge that they are responsible for the explosion near the Brooklyn courthouse early Mon- day morning, little evidence of any kind‘ has been brought forward. Coincident with the announcement by District Attorney Dodd that “no effort will be made to determine their political views?’ it was ad- mitted yesterday that hope was be- ing entertained for “vital informa- tion” as a result of the planting of a spy in a cell adjoining those of} the arrested men. Defended by Mexico. ¢ “We hope to be able to present the case to the grand jury Friday,” declared the district attorney. Meanwhile the six men, all of whom are being defended by lawyers engaged by the Mexican consul-gen- eral, are being held in the Raymond St. jail, to which they were remanded by Magistrate Hirshfield Wednesday ‘central executive committee. ' search work will also be’ the American Legion convention at Paris, September 19th. Thou- ‘sands of others* will sail on three steamships today, while an-| eoninid vton the erention: af other herd will sail on the Leviathan tomorrow. UBSCRIPTION RA Outside New York, by mail, $6. SS: In New York, by mail, $5.00 per year, E DAILY W' | FINAL CITY | EDITIO Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at New York, N. ¥., under the act of March 3, 1879. 00 per year. NEW YORK, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1927 lished Dally exc t Sunday by The DAILY WORKER a PUBLISHING CO. irst Street, New York, N. Y. Price 3 Cents PARTY ORGANIZES FOR WORK AHEAD Chooses Committees; Names Dept. Heads At the first meeting of the new Central Executive Committee of the Workers (Communist) Party, held here following the Fifth National Convention, the two principal com-} mittees of the party, the secretariat and the political committee (poleom) was chosen as follows: SECRETARIAT: — Jay Lovestone, William Z. Foster and Ben Gitlow. \ Eleven Members of Potcom. POLITICAL COMMITTEE: — Max Bedacht, Alex Bittleman, James P. Cannon, J. Louis Engdhal. William Z. Foster, Ben Gitlow, Jay Lovestone, Robert Minor, Henry Puro, William W. Weinstone and Bertram D. Wolfe. CANDIDATES FOR THE POLITI- CAL COMMITTEE:—Earl R. Brow- der, William F. Dunne, Benjamin Lifschitz, Jack Stachel and Alexan- der Trachtenberg. The personnel of the trade union committee of nine members will be decided by the politicai committee at its first me 5 Pick Department Heads. Jack Stachel was chosen as head of the organization department and Bertram D. Wolfe as head of the agitprop itation and propaganda) department. The personnel of both the agitprop und the organization committees will he chosen later by the political conimiitee. The ques:ic: of developing the Workers’ School ef New York into a National Worke: School was re- ferred to the po,itical committee. It. was decided to create a national departments on co-operative and woman’s work. There will also be a committee “ss work “among the foreign-born to be under the diree- tion of a specia: committee of the mittee on r: organized. To Probe City Problems. Pians we: special committees on municipal prob- lems in all cities \. here the party has influence. There will be a special committee of the central executive committee to work out policies for these local committes.* _Miller’s Name Ommitied. The name o! Pert Miller, manager of The DAILY WORKER, was inad- vertently omitted from the list of those chosen for the central executive committee. ABANDONING HUNT FOR “OLD GLORY;” THIRD MAN FATAL Hearst’s Publicity Stunt Kills Three More The. search for Old Glory, the Hearst monoplane which undertook a flight to Rome, with stop over at! Old Orchard, Me., is already being abandoned. One liner after another wirelesses that no trace is observed, and freight is perishable, demurrage to be avoided. Bertaud and Hill, if alive in the sea, will probably drown. They may be dead already. Meanwhile the statement of Fok- ker, designer of the plane that the weight of the third man, Tlearst’s feature writer, Phil Payne, was an unnecessary luxury, and_ probably responsible for the airship’s falling into the sea, has led Hearst to make public telegrams to Payne (held sec- ret until now) which appear to urge that the flight be not made, and thereby pretend to clear Hearst of the guilt of causing the death of the airplane crew — and the publicity man. The Old Glory’s loss is a shock to devout Catholics, who believed that the papal blessing, the plenary indul- gence to the fliers, the painting of A com-| EW CEG OF THE _ SHORT TIME IN THE ANTHRACITE FASCISTS CONTINUE TO SAIL TO FRANCE FOR LEGION CONVENTION. ESS EEE * Six thousand more fascists ILLINOIS MINERS ence between officials of District 12, United Mine Workers of America | (Illinois) and the Illinois Coal Opera- tors Association reopened today, with only representative conferees taking ;part. These representatives were {elected at the larger meeting yester- i day. Wants Concession. Rice Miller, speaking for the Illinois the conference was about to open: “Tt was stated that miners are ready to make concessions relative to re- ‘ducing cost through savings in labor and the use of machinery. If they have some definite plan we shall be ‘glad to know what it is.” This marks a slight change of tac- ties on the part of the operators, as | they have until now insisted on an ‘open and formal wage cut. The de- termination of the rank and file of ‘the miners not to permit any of their officials to agree to any such easy (Continued on Page Two) Thwart Plan to Set Fire to “Freiheit” | A plan to destroy by fire the build- |ing of the Freiheit, Jewish Commun- ist daily at 80 Union Square, was | ; thwarted early yesterday morning. | The fire was discovered on the Venoriid floor of the building which is being remodeled to accommodate the new cooperative restaurant now be- jing established by members of the | editorial staff. | Evidence of the incidentiary nature lof the fire is found in the fact that to await further hearing on Sept. 14.|the plane in papal colors, the blessing | the entire floor of the new restaurant (Continued on Page Two) (Continued on Page Three} ‘was covered with gasoline, by Fred Eis YNIQN TO PROTEST AGAINST USE OF UNIFORMED MEN AS STRIKEBREAKERS Truckmen Win Wage Raise, Shorter Hours From Twenty Independent Firms iW New York assumed the role of ate , morning when uniformed men fired amsters at Houston The police department of tive strikebreaker yest« 112 shots into a crowd of over 1,009 striking te jstreet and Second avenue. The attack followed an attempt on the strikers to ed States Trucking Corporation of which Gov. Smith is said to be a large RABBIT WORKERS GAINS STRENGTH N. Y. Locals Nominate For All Officers The fur rabbit workers of Brooke lyn and New Jersey, who went on rike Wednesday morning to organ- ize the open shops, reported yester- induce scabs to leave a number of truck by uniformed of! each truck was a cop. Longshor Leaders of the striking teamsters yesterday threatened to call upon the powerful longShoremen’s union to support them in a sympathy strike if the bosses continued in their deter- mination to hire scabs. The long- shoremen are practically 100 per cent organized, and their entry into the fight would be certain to bring t strike to immediate and _victori- CN an ous conclusion. day that two shops have already ex- St s declared that under any pressed their willingness to settle circumstances the longshoremen with the union. would undoubtedly refuse tg work According to Morris Langer, man- ger of Local 25, Newark, the two shops will be signed up by Monday. He also stated that all the workers ® With non-union teamsters. Jsing the same ta s that were Pershing and Secretary of War Davis to Attend | | Legionnaire Spree Friday CHICAGO, Sept. 8—The confer- | - Truckmen Win Fight Hour Day, Raise From | Twenty Indepeadents Twenty independent firms have | | admitted defeat in the strike of | | the 7,000 truckmen who walked out | |early Wednesday morning, and | | have led with the union on the | |latter’s terms. This includes the | | winning of the eight-hour day, an sailed yesterday on six ships for e of $5 a week in pay, and an hour for overtime, instead s the scale prevail- ing before the strike. Secretary of General Pershing, War Davis and a number of other | reactionaries, will speak at a little |fascist love-fest on board the Levia- ;than this evening. The storm of indignation against he American Legion convention! among French workers is indicated in| | L’Humanite, fighting organ of the | French Communist Party. French Protest. NEW REVOLUTION RISES IN CHINA zetti; the French Communist Party,! the Genera] Confederation of United | < SHANGHAI, Sept. 8—A _ revolu- l common during the strike of paper of the Consolidated Rabbit Dressers’ box makers, cloakmakers, and fur- riers, the police tore into the crowd | Association are out and will soon be and viciously attacked the strikers ed by hundreds of other workers, Denounces Statement. Langer denounced the statement made by the Dressers’ Association that appeared in Wednesday’s issue | of The .Women’s Wear Daily, a trade | Paper, to the effect that the work- }ers would return to the shops any |time the bosses requested them to. “That is not true,” asserted Lan- “We are going to stay out un- (Continued on Page Five) with club: Strikers Defend Themselves. In defending themselves against! the police attack, strikers threw stones and tin cans. In the fighting that followed two strikers were knocked out, and two others arrested. The latter are Albert Chesta, 110 Waverly Place, and Eugene Nelson, | 1208 East 93rd street. Both were! ser. (Continued on Page Five) CLOAK AND DRESSMAKERS HOLD BIG GATHERING AT “GARDEN” TOMORROW Gold, Hyman and Others to Address Workers; Launch Big Organization Drive Thousands of cloak and dressmakers are expected to attend the monster union demonstration at Madison Square Garden to- morrow, 2 p. m. « Called by the New York Joint Board, the meeting will be used as In 1923 the “Ottoman” Sigman put forth this demand in his so-called ten commandments. Finally we gained Coal Operators’ Association, said as | steps to bar the convention of the | American Legion from Paris. The appeal says in part: “They have been murdered, Sacco jand Vanzetti are dead. “Thruout the entire world, at the Labor and the Communist Youth) tionary division has been formed in jurge Frehch workers to boycott | ortheastern Hunan, consisting of /American capitalism and to take} veral companies of regular troops the starting point of a gigantic or- who have deserted the traitorous Wu- ganization drive to unionize the han government, who have joined cloak and dress industry of this city. hands with the partisan peasant de- Up. to the time that Morris Sigman | tae ments. This move will give ex- started his strikebreaking agency, |perienced military direction to the the jadies’ garment workers had a Cap ees Eatae benleri4 Who powerful union. . It is the intention +d © revolutionary of the workers of the trade to build the 40 hour week after a bitter struge gle of six months. Oe “What | become of the 40 hour week? Sigman gave it to the bosses as a price for their support. As @ result of the pogrom the cloak and dressmakers are forced to work 50 to 60 hours a week. This means slave | tion of Changsha (capitol of Huhan province). According to latest infor- mation the revolutionary troops have occupied Ping-Hsiang, a well-known coal mining center and an important strategical point. At the same time the Wuhan papers report that pea- \sant troops have disarmed one whole protest against the crime. “In France thru appeals of work- ers’ organizations, thru the monster | |demonstration at Vincennes and the} twenty-four hour strike, the working | class raised amighty protest against! the murder. | call of the Communist International | standard. st organization. Tomor- ‘and the Red International of Trade! Moving Toward Capitol. goats 7 SANE wait be ete fat step in | Unions workers will raise a mighty; The division is moving in the direc- eee ee eee ery—this means a shorter season— this means constant unemployment.” The speakers at tomorrow’s meet ing will include Gold, Louis Hy» that direction. Joint Board Statement. In a statement issued by the Joint Board it is pointed out that for many man, J seph Brouchowitz, Julius years the union fought for the 40|Portnoy, Rose Wortis and a_repre- hour, 5 day week. ‘“‘At every con-| sentative of the shop chairmen’s council. Charles B. Zimmerman will vention,” it declares, “we adopted resolutions embodying such demands. | preside. Must Avenge Murder. | “The defiance by capitalism of the | working class must be avenged. The ‘murderers must not go unpunished. “The working class will avenge its n. “Governor Fuller, with all his vi- ciousness, is not guilty alone. The blood of the two innocent workers stains the hands of American capi- talism. “It is necessary for the workers of the world to organize, prepare and \launch collective reprisals against. |American capitalism which is re- |sponsible for the crime. Fight To Bar Legion Parade. “The insolent parade of the fascist American Legion must he barred by the city which witnessed the Com- mune, “Effective measures must be taken to immediately effect a boycott. “Long live Sacco and Vanzetti! “Down with capitalist terrorism! “Amnesty for all victims of the revolutionary struggle! “Long live the world revolution! division of Tang Sheng-Shi’s troops in northern Hunan’ and other peasant troops have occupied two districts in South Hueph and have seized Kungh- sien. | Jap Press Confirms Reports. | Japanese correspondents in several | HANDS OFF CHINA MEETING WILL HEAR BROWDER DESCRIBE REVOLT 1 be held at the Central Opera auspices of the Students’ Hands Off of Columbia of the provinces affected with the vise of the new wave of revolution have sent reports to their papers re- | lating the collapse of divisions of the \reactionary armies and the desertion |to the peasant forces, with arms in |hand, of a | panies. A huge Hands Off China meeting w House, 57 3rd Ave., at 0 p. m. Frid: Hands Off China Committ of New York, China Committee and the Chinese Students large number of com- ltiawarnity: Among the sp the Association who will addr the meeting are Earl Browder, }Paul Blanchard, s ry of the I e for Industrial Democracy and P. T. Lau, a member of the Kuomintang of Philadelphia and secretary of the Ph elphia Hands Off China Comm The role of the workers and peasants in the Chinese Revolution will be fully explained by Edtl Browder in his 2ech. Labor and peasant} unions were visited by the speaker during months’ stay in revo-} lutionary Ch r was in C ne tir that Chiang Kai-shek wa rrying on his policy of breaking up the unions and his 1e labor and peasant leaders, he is able | to give an intim tis phase of the struggle. “Civil War Browde account of the Pravda Hails Movement. MOSCOW. Sept. 8 —The news- paper, Pravda, enumerating the news of the series of revolt the desertion of army companies and the forma- (Continued on Page Two) y’ Plea for Graham. attorneys made a formal application yesterday to have Patrol- man Daniel J. Graham, Jr., accused | | of slaying his friend, Judson H./ | and Pratt, examined by a lunacy commis- | sion. China,” events in China In the latest and most authentic record of the Chinese revolution, will be on sale at the meeting. | pa —— ile DEMONSTRATE AGAINST WAR ON CHINA TONIGHT CENTRAL OPERA HOUSE, Third Avenue and, 67th Street BROWDER, BLANCHARD AND LAU WILL SPEAK a / >