The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 26, 1927, Page 1

THE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS: { FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE - UNORGANIZED FOR THE 40-HOUR WEEK t FOR A LABOR PARTY THE DAILY WORKER. Entered as second-class mutter at the Post Office at New York, N, ¥., ander the act of March 5S, 1879. | FINAL CITY | EDITION SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In New York, by Vol. IV. No, 218. Outside New York, by mail, 86.00 per year. mail, $8.00 per year, NEW YORK, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1927 Published daily except Sunday by The DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 83 First Street, New York, N. ¥. Price 3 Cents IOWA OPERATORS CALL FOR TROOPS; USE TEAR GAS ON WINER’S CHILDREN; CUT WAGES S250 PER DAY'S WORK Illinois Operators Declare for Open Shop; Try to Break Strongest District of Union CENTERVILLE, Iowa, Sept. —This community heard to- day that Governor John Hammil has agreed to send the state militia to the coal fields to continue the work of terrorism al- ready started by the coal company owned sheriff’s forces here. The situation is very tense, follow-® ing the assault yesterday of armed deputies throwing tear gas bombs 9 bombs used by the guards was brok- en up by threats to fire and more a i |Head of (een. Shoppers | Chamber of Commerce to | Greet A. F. L. Convention LOS ANGELES, Calif., Sept. 25. -—President McGarry of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and the Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association, one of the bitterest open-shoppers in this anti-labor town, has been invited to greet the opening of the American Federa- tion of Labor convention with a welcoming address by the General Arrangements Committee. George Cryer, anti-labor mayor of Los An- geles, will also be on the program to speak, despite the fact that he showed his vicious prejudice against the local labor movement very recently by ousting Secretary into a crowd of miners’ pickets who were peacefully engaged in persuad- ing strikebreakers not to work for two dollars and a half less per day than the union scale calls for. Women Were Watching. A considerable number of miners wives and children had come out with them to watch the argument, i which they have an intense interest as this ig the six month of the lock- out, and the sixth month without any family income. There were only thirty ,, Will be reopened on a basis of the -|ment, this will be the first time scabs, Poisonous 548; J. W. Buzzel of the Central Labor Council from the Civil Service Jommission. Pe ee SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Sept. 25—The Illinois Coal Operators Association, thru its officials, has issued a public notice that the mines of this state !non-union wage of $5 per day, which| lis a cut of one-third in the regular} wage prevailing under the dackson=| OF 7 ue | ville agreement. | If the operators succeed in getting! |any workers on an individual agree-} TRESGA WARNS NEW SACCO-VANZETTL FRAME-UP CALOGERO GRECCO ‘ DONATO CARILLO Two Italian Anti-Fascist workers held in “bomb plot” frame-up. | The labor movement is in a before the attacks of the employe ‘THIRD GENERAL CONFERENCE OF (Statement By National Office, T. U. E. L.) TRADE UNION EDUCATIONAL LEAGUE CALLED FOR NEW YORK, DEC. 3 deep crisis. It is on the retreat rs. Never was its morale so low. Never was its leadership so corrupt and reactionary. Never was ‘U.S, LABOR DELEGATION ARRIVES ON LEVIATHAN TODAY AFTER THOROUGH SURVEY OF THE SOVIET REPUBLICS ‘Maurer Lauds Development of Socialist Economy | in the U.S. S. R. tion, headed by James H. 1 Federation of Labor, will than after its visit to the | The American Trade Union De! | Maurer, president of the Pennsylv: jarrive here today on board the Le | Soviet Union. | “In spite of post-war destruction, the blockade and the back- ward technique of the Soviet Union, socialistic forms of economy have proved their vitality and their advantages over capitalist economy,” Maurer declared in an interview before leaving the U.S. S. R. for this country. TO MAKE REPORT. The delegation left the United States for the Soviet Union on July 27. It spent two months intensively studying conditions in the Soviet Union. Maurer will attempt to present his report jat the convention of the American Federation of Labor at Los | Angeles October 3. |PENNSYLVANIA LABOR’S PRESIDENT IS IMPRESSED BY VANZETTI CASE strikers/ have been used in this state, District \the need so urgent for the honest, progressive elements in the ——t present on the road to the mine/12 of the United Mine Workers of| ; mouth, as is prescribed in arbitrary| 4 merica, since the Herrin affair ¢ Charges Mussolini Is unions to combine in order to infuse the labor movement with a fighting spirit, to draw together its weakened forces, and to de- rulings laid down by the sheriff, and| 1922, which resulted in a pitched bat- consented to by the miners’ union of-| tle, with the loss of many lives and! ficials. But the mine guards, underqthe closing down of the mine. i command of the sheriff, made an ex-; The district officials have done: cuse of the women and children) nothing to prepare the miners for any standing some distance away to at-| effective picketing or other militant! tack both the latter and the pickets themselves, The tear gas bombs, hurled the children were particul tive, and as the half bl were slowly forced from the brandished weapons and a st nonade of bombs, women a: were left writhing on the the roadside, fallen out of thi retreat and too severely injured to pick their way back. An attempt of the men to gather together and rescue thei from the intollerableg poisonous gases of the among} panies, attempting to get a separate! effec | district agreement by concessions. In} adults|this they have been unsuccessful.! | told that an attempt was to be made| soon to crush the union entirely, and) see in this announcement of the oper- aters’ association complete confirm: tion of their forebodings. They will of the district. ‘ | ay | Current Events | By T. J. GFlakerty PEACE” BY DEBT a very proper and respectable state, | where state troopers sometimes MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., Sept. 25.—! amuse themselves by turning into| The Pravda points out that the de-| bootleggers or shooting into farmers’ | ¢ ion of the government of the houses, because the farmers shot into, | Soviet Union to pay the French debt- fail to exhibit the correct attitude to- | holders the sum of 60,000,000 gold! eats cons ane au woh enleyed | ranes in annuities does not at all animals. An old tor who signify that the czarist debts, an- the luxury of possessing a wife many! nulied by the October revolution, years his junior was eliminated in a)y ave been acknowledged. The gov- eta tHe ator “| the stipulated sums only on condition | le is Bae that it receives for them credits use-| {ful for socialistic construction. yo shooting husbands is not exactly Buying Right To Peace. | a hazardous sport as things go in’ 45 4 matter of fact, it is a simple. this go-getting era, the widow of the | commercial payment ” by means of, murdered doctor is being put to some which the U. S. S. R./is buying the! MURDER that may rival the fa- mous Hall-Mills case, has been enacted or transacted in New Jersey, inconvenience and tho she picked up U.S. SR. “BUYS. Behind Frame-Up Charging that the present move to frame up Calogero Grecco and Don- ato Carillo, two Italian workers who for the accidental death of two cf his camp followers a year ago, Carlo Tresca, editor of Il Martello, declared zetti case is in the making. “On September 16, 1926, the Anti- Fascist League had arranged an open air meeting to be held at First Ave. and 114th St.” said Tresca, “We attempt to rally the miners for ac-|found out that the fascists had made’ | tive opposition, despite the officials| arrangements to shoot at the speak- | ers from an adjoining roof. We then notified the police of the murderous plans of the fascists and opened our meeting two blocks further uptown, at 116th St.« Wectias Spoiled Fascist Plans. “This spoiled all of the prearranged plans of the fascists. So instead of throwing a bomb from the roof they decided to use an automobile, pass our meeting and throw the bomb at us. “When their automobile started to cross the street it was held up by the traffic lights. The bomb exploded in the car and the two fascists who were inside were killed. It was discovered later that one of those killed was an official in the fascist army, paid by Mussolini to come to America and kill Italians in this country who do not support the fascist government. Altho the police had been notified of the murderous plans they were con- spicuous for their absence. The near- est they came to the corner during the entire evening was within three or four blocks. Newspaper Censorship. “It was very interesting to watch Duce Forces Workers to the way the ‘newspapers, the police an infallible southern alibi there is reason to believe that her path is strewn with more trouble. The lady charged two unknown Negroes, John and Rastus Doe, with the crime, but as Negroes vote in New Jersey «and | © the K. K. K, is not what it used to we before most of its leaders were opportunity for peaceful economic re- | and the department of justice treated lations with one of the capitalist the matter. They all “agreed” that are of ale 5 ae hit vio an capone and Betas = sum to be paid is much lower! fact that those who were kille y han the poe taaas sreucs Se Bere mutes had intended to murder sev- alone paid yearly for the debts|eral anti-fascists, ineurred by ezarism at the cost of| “Mussolini decided to obtain ven- the Russian people. The French fas-| geance. Two months later secret po- cist papers, bribed by the British oil-|Jice of the Italian government reach- sent to jail for murder, rape, arson and other gentle misdemeanors, there may be color blind in this case. omic agreement which is * * * - , who are interested in relations with ’ course all those concerned in the | the USSR. ' case are christians tho far be it, es, te i from me to insinuate that only! _ 8. S. R. Wants Peace. | christians are capable of murder) . The ‘oilers of the U. 5S. Ss. R. de-| wholesale or retail, circumstancial sire peaceful economic relations with and direct evidence to the contrary, the capitalist countries. The govern-' . We submit however that a soul-full| ment of the Soviet Union proved its ‘of the holy spirit is no antidote for| peaceableness in 1917 when it ended hamicidal weaknesses as court records| war by, accepting even the heaviest will show. * ,terms. But the present situation of the U. S, S. R. is not such that any- Ee SWEETIN, soul-mate of a} body could expect its economic capi- minister of the gospel in a small|tulation. The toilers of the U. S. S. Illinois town, was acquitted of the!R. are willing to speak with the mer2! murder of her husband by a big-/chants of the bourgeois world in their (Continued on Page Three) | (Continued on Page Two) UNIONS AND PARTY UNITS ARE FIGHTING TO BUILD. GIANT RED BAZAAR AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN rR | Articles ranging in size and value} te declared, “Every Party unit, from from animal crackers to an automo-, New York to Seattle, every working bile are pouring in from labor and class organization, sympathetic with ‘vaternal organizations and units of| the revolutionary movement, every | the Workers Party thruout the coun- group of class conscious workers try for the giant DAILY WORKER| should be on the: job,” Ads for the and FREIHEIT Bazaar at the Madi-| program, the committee states, are son Square Garden, October 6, 7, 8,| $75 a page. \ and 9, | Dollars from workers anxious to! Workers’ organizations thruout the help The DAILY WORKER and the country are mobilizing their forces to| FREIHEIT and to have their names build the giant bazaar for the two|inscribed in the Red Honor Roll are| proletarian dailies. | pouring into the offices of the Bazaar Urging Workers Party units to|Committee. Thousands of workers ex- send their ads for the souvenir pro-|pect to contribute to their two fight- gram, the National Bazaar Commit-|ing dailies. owners, are doing their utmost to|ed these shores. They came here for Legion’s invasion of French soil. is a possibility that capitalist justice, | lveak off the preparation of the econ-|the purpose of framing up those who Marshall Foch has retired to his advan- do not agree with his government country eState on the excuse that he tageous to French business circles and take their lives as the price of js their ideals. “Jt is very easy to see that the present charges against Grecco and Carillo are directly connected with Mussolini’s idea of revenge. “July 11th two Italian workers were arrested in Brooklyn. Twelve more were arrested in raids on the Il Nuvo Mondo and II Martello of- fices in Manhattan. Of the 14 ar- rested two were held, charged with he murder of two fascists on Decora- ion Day. “Taking advantage of the American frame-up system Mussolini is at- tempting to frame-up the two work- ers. We must not wait seven years as we did in the Sacco-Vanzetti case. We must not wait until it is too late. We must act now and save the two framed up workers.” Tresca also pointed out that many members of the New York police force, as well as many judges are also connected with the fascist move- ment. He told of several cases and how the fascists in America have acted, “In 1925 a fascist killed a worker in Hoboken. He was freed because he had the support of the Italian gov- ernment behind him,” continued Tresca. CHICAGO, Sept. 25.—Prof. Albert A. Michelson, world famous scientist of the University of Chicago, has been compelled to postpone his ether drift test, it was revealed here today. |velop an offensive against the insatiable capitalist class. American capitalists, in furtherence of their tremendous drive for world domination, have working class; for workers who tactics in this district, but have pur-|are enemies of fascism, is a result of vast imperialistic profit-grabbing schemes. |sued a policy of yielding to the com-|Mussolini’s attempt to get vengeance’ rying on a strong, many phased and exploit the workers. a most pressing need for a docile can be used as pawns in their Hence, they are car- offensive to exploit, disorganize, Specific aims of this offensive are to cut production costs by slashing wages and speeding up the work- Progressive elements among the rank|that if the workers of this country ers, to smash or devitalize the unions, to enchain the workers to jand file miners have all along fore-|are not careful another Sacco-Van-| the capitalist political parties, to enmesh the workers in the rap- idly growing militarism and war plans, and to crush out all pro- gressive and revolutionary spirit among the workers. (Continued on Page Three) ‘Nice “Bombing” Viewed As Attempt to Frame-up Sacco-Vanzetti. Friends NICE, France, Sept. 25.—An at- tempt to frame up workers sym- pathetic to Sacco and Vanzetti| | and at the same time give publi-| | city to the American Legionnaires] | is seen as the result of the “bomb”| | exploding near the train conveying legion members today when they arrived here from Paris. None was injured and no dam- age was done by the bomb. t ©-—— re SET uaseTare:¢ BID LEGION TO CUT THE BERLIN TRIP See U. S. Blackshirts PARIS, Sept. 25, — Resentment among all classes of French society ‘against the tariff attitude of the United: States is still apparent in the actions of various French officials during the last days of the American unable to participate’ in any further Legion activities owing to a “gastronomic indisposition.” Foreign Minister Aristide Briand, ft is being generally observed, kept religiously | away from Paris all of the time that the Legion was celebrating. His as- tuteness is now the envy of ether French politicians whose effusive ef-| forts to welcome to French soil the} murderers of Sacco and Vanzetti,! whom the workers of France had} isolated with a boycott of contempt, has a disagreeable impression on their electors in the light of the recent American tariff ultimatum. The few American Legionnaires who remain in Paris at this date are seen sulking along the boulevards and are reported to be in dread of their own M. P.’s. These “veterans” are the remnant of the crew who scandalized the French by champaigne and absinthe orgies on Montmartre in the course of which half-naked “filles” were carried on!| the Legionnaires’ shoulders shouting obscene songs thru the streets of Paris. The bulk of the Legionnaires, how-| ever, have departed for Italy where they are being officially received by their fellow-fascists of the black- shirt completion. While the Italian workers are reported to be incensed at the presence in Italy of the murd- erers of their countrymen, Sacco and Vanzetti, the Mussolini government is 7 PAID JOBS BIG PROBLEM AT THE | | | Must Find “Pie Cards” for All Sigmanites BOSTON, Sept. 25.—At the meet- ling of the general executive boar’ International Ladies’ Garment Worn ers’ Union the most difficult task fac- ing the right wing union wreckers is |to find paid jobs for all of their camp |followers. Of equal importance is to devise ways and means of formulat- ing new tactics for their struggle against the rank and file workers who support the left wing. One of the right wing lackeys is |Polikoff whom the union wreckers are making manager of the Boston local. He was formerly manager of the Baltimore local. When he smashed that organization, he was sent to Canada where he was equally “suc- cessful.” According to all indications Polikoff will have similar results in Boston. Was Philadelphia Manager. International Vice President Reis- berg is another burden on he shoul- ders of the Sigmanites. m seven years he was manager i the Phila- delphia organization. Before his ar- rival it had 5,000 members, active dress and waist makers. When he left the local was smashed by his poor administration. He was fired altho he wanted to continue in office as long as there was any money left to pay his wages. A job must also be found for Mol- lie Friedman, likewise for Jacob Hal- perin, who nominally is head of the “east district department.” In the past Halperin had as his task the packing of conventions with delegates from paper locals to defeat the left wing. The right wingers are now scouting around to find him a new job. Pee Ven, * Mineola Appeal! Saturday. The nine fur workers who were framed up in the famous Mineola case will appear in the supreme court next Saturday to appeal for a new trial. As thousands of dollars are neces- their | S277 to carry the case to the higher} courts all workers are urged to do their share. M. Cohen and W. Wol- liner, 22 East 22nd St. are in charge of the contributions. Planes Search for Missing Acrtess. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 25.—Four additional airplanes were sent out to- day to search for Marion Mack, film acrtess, and pilot Frank Tommick, missing with their plane since Wed- nesday when they hopped off at 9.30 a. m. for Chicago via Salt Lake. Miss Mack bore the greetings of the film making preparations for the recep- (Continued on Paae Two) colony to Jack Dempsey on the eve of his attempt to regain the cham- pionship from Gene Tunney. ¥ “1L 6. W, MEET WORKERS OF SOVIET UNION | By JAMES H. MAURER. (Federated Press presents this letter from James H. Maurer, presi- dent of Pennsylvania State Federation of Labor and chairman of Ameri- can Labor Delegation to Russia, in full so that readers may know the impressions as completely as Maurer has expressed them.) DNIEPROPETROVSK (formerly Ekaterinoslav), U. S. S. R. (FP).—I have now been in Russia seyeral weeks and can at least tell in part what I have learned about the country during the time that I have been here. But before telling you what the country is like now, I deem it impor- tant that we take a glimpse behind the curtain and see what the country was like up to the time the workers secured control. For several centuries the peasants were slaves, and belonged to the land just as houses, stables, and cattle did. Since 1861 the peasants were free, that is they were not sold as chattel any more. During the past century there were at least half a dozen revolutions, but all except the last one were crushed. Most of the landlords who owned the land did not live in Russia, but either in Paris, London or at some aristocratic residential districts outside of Russia; their estates were taken care of by local managers. These ab- sentee landlords had had no other interest in their estates than to grind out profit. Peasants Used to Live in Shacks. The peasants lived in miserable shacks that contained, one or.two rooms? most of their so-called homes were built out of mud with straw roofs-mmd in some cases the roofs were covered with dirt upon which weeds grew. They had little or no furniture and their food consisted of little more than black bread and cabbage soup. The land was cultivated in pretty much the same manner as 2,000 years ago. It must also be remembered that 80 per cent of the people in Russia were peasants and that 90 per cent of them were illiterate. Education among the workers was discouraged. Industry, as we understand it in America, had really not secured any appreciable foot-hold. The World War, in which the Russians fought with the allies against Germany, began in 1914 and during the three and a half years of their participation in the war, Russia lost 1,700,600 men, while 5,000,000 more were wounded. While the young men—Ru s best blood—were being sacri- 'ficed at the battle front, women worked like slaves in the coal mines, rail- roads, and rolling mills. Counter-Revolution Caused Setback. Then came the revolution of March, 1917, and the overthrow of the Czar’s government. Another revolution in November of the same year over- threw the Kerensky “Menshevik” (minority) government and put the Bol- shevist (majority) government into power. This government has endured ever since, but not without tremendous opposition. From the signing of the peace treaty of Brest-Litoysk (March, 1918) up to 1921, Russia suffered its greatest property loss due to the counter-revolu- tions which were financed and assisted in the main by England, France and (Continued on Page Two) APPOINTMENT OF DWIGHT MORROW | I$ A CHALLENGE EIGHT - HOUR DAY POLICE, FIREMEN AGAIN ASK FOR AN Having no union with which to make their demands effective, New York’s policemen and firemen again appealed for an eight-hour day. Their demand for a decent working day took the form of a brief presented to the views on the recently defeated meas- {ure .which would grant them the | eight-hour day. Asking that policemen and firemen |be “permitted to enjoy some of the {home comforts of their fellow-citi- zens,” the brief points out that an eight-hour day would not involve any a shorter working day would mean {the appointment of 1,500 additional \firemen, the increased cost would jmore than be made up by policemen and firemen sleeping at home. The cost of 23,000 beds, which the city is about ‘to buy for men in the two de- partments, would be saved, the brief says. The brief was submitted by the Pa- Board of Aldermen setting forth their | ¢ additional expenses for the icty. Altho | Statement of the All-American Anti-Imperialist League (United States Section) CHICAGO, Ill., Sept. 25.—Charles G. Dawes, banker and oil magnate, is vice president of the United Statel picked by the same convention that nominated Coolidge. Andrew Mellon, ruler of the multifarious Mellon banks and industrial monopolies, is secretary of the treastiry in Coolidge’ jeabinet. And now Dwight Morrow, \a partner in the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co., is appointed by Coolidge to the most important post in the U. & {diplomatic service. The appointment of Dwight Mor- row as ambassador to Mexico is one and Washington. It means that Wall have a fr Latin Ame Street is to hand in Mexico and in in general! It means that Wall Street is now directing the United States govern- ment not merely from behind the nes but by taking over the of- s of government in its own right! Workers Should See.. This appointment should arouse the American workers to struggle jagainst the ruling class as a matter of life and death for the labor move« jment. American farmers, growing | poor in the shadow of mountainous monopolistic wealth, cannot fail to jsee that Wall Street is intrenching ‘itself still more firmly for assaults fi trolmen’s Benevolent Association and |¥pon their living standards. Every, the Uniformed Firemen’s Association. (Continued on Page Two) _ ., H