The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 27, 1927, Page 1

j i) THE DAILY WORKER TIGHTS: ] FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THB i UNORGANIZED | FOR THE 40-HOUR WEEK POR A LABOR P4anty Entered as second-class matter at the Uost Office’at New York, N. Y., under the net of March 3, IST%. Vol. IV. No. 219. | Current Events | By T. J. 3. OF laherty | HE millennium is about to arrive and unless the wicked Bolsheviks shoo it away we may he saying cry do you do?” to it in a few weeks. ‘headline in one of our capitalis ers informs us that Geneva i on the non-aggression proposal re-| cently made by Poland. This would mean that the league would mit no wars between member nat‘o: cept those waged for defensive pur. poses. Not since mediaeval days has |@ there been a war of aggression, at least a war which all the belligerent powers agreed was due to aggressive action by one of them. * x * S civilization ‘advances honesty re- eedes. In olden days it was honor to start a fight but in era of our lord, each party to is continually pulling off a 5S and erying “foul”, hoping theyevy to win the favor of the fans, and the} league will decide which the a gressor in a war on the basis of the interests of those that have the dom- ipant voice in making the deci Lovers of the manly art of mass murder need have no fear that the endorsement of the Polish proposal will bring about the complete elimi- nation of war. There are plenty of colonial peoples still available for target practice, tho we admit there is not as- much thrill in slaughtering defenseless Nicaraguans for instance, | as there wogld be in sinking a few dozen British battleships. * * * E are decidedly of the that world peace it not even a decent dream as long as the present economic system exists. For those who like wars, unemployment, abject poverty at one end of the social pole and extreme affluence at the other, this is the best of all possible sys: tems. Those who would prefer a social system where the wealth pro- | j duced by workers with hand and brain would be equitably shared by | all producers and their dependents, where competition for food, clothing | and shelter would be eliminated, and wars automatically abolished, will en- list in a movement that aims to de- stroy the capitalist system and to build the socialist society in its stead. Since the workingclass are the chief sufferers from the capitalist system and its. by-products, war and poy; | erty, upon them rests the main tial sponsibility of getting rid of it. This zan only be accomplished by atrug-| gle and no matter how much the cap ‘a talists may babble about peace the | workers must prepare for war with| their only enemy, world capitalism. * * * [NDIANAPOLIS may not have con-! tributed as many presidents to the zountry as its neighbor, Ohio, but it s racing neck to neck with its sister state in the non-stop contest for es- tablishing a new record in filling jails with political grafters. It is true | the “Ohio Gang” in Berding’s cabi-| net hung up some worthy trophies but they kept out of the can. Indi-} anapolis has not yet begun to fight, out already she boasts of a governor | just out of Atlanta, a Ku Klux Klan grand dragon serving a life term in} a neighborhood penitentiary and a mayor convicted of graft, for which} he drew a $1000 fine and a month in| jail. Let other states please copy. | * * * REELING in the face of danger is sometimes harder on the face that cracks the smile than on those that supply the danger. This is one les- son learned by Louis Bemsk, Jr., the Bronx haberdashery clerk, if he lives to enjoy the fruit of his experi- ence. Two trade-mfrked bandits walked into his father’s store and requested the clerk to submit some shirts for their consideration. Chang- ing their minds suddenly, they sug- |Amorroso and C. opinion | REIGN OF WALKER | Walker regime began. | This was established yesterday af- SUBSCRIPTION RA‘ OVIET 2 DEAD FASCISTS ‘WERE LEADERS OF N.Y, BLACKSHIRTS 'Mussolini Determined to} Kill Two Workers | That the two fascists who werej killed in the Bronx last Decoration; Day were secret agents .of Benito Mussolini, the murderous ruler of; Italy, is now made known. Calogeroj Grecco and Donato Carillo, two Italian workers, who are opposed to cism, will go on trial here soon charged with the murder. | “Ghe fascists who killed are Shortly after }their death, Dr. Di arzio, general | | secretary of the fasc branch in for- ‘eign lands, wrote a letter to Ameri-} can Ambassador Fletcher in which he), urged that the men arrested for~the| jer of Carisi and Amorroso be punished. The interesting part of DiMarzio’s communication is that | Amorr s designated as D’Ambros- oli, showing that he lived here under a different name so he could carry out his campaign for fascism under false colors. It is believed by many keen ob- servers that Amorroso, alias D’Am- brosoli, was an important figure in local fascist circles. Further proof is found in that when the bodies of the two fascists were returned to Italy hey were given unusually high hon- ors. In America the two men lived in a manner that gave the impression | that they were just ordinary work- ers. This gives more strength to the |theory that they were working as se- ‘eret agents of Mussolini in America. | Another interesting sidelight is that a staunch supporter of Mus- solini here denies that Greceo or Car- illo killed the two fascists. “Neither Greeco nor Carillo killed (Grentinned on fous on Page Five) MILK POISONING CONTINUED UNDER Witness Threatened By Smith Bros. Thugs Bribery and corruption among milk | inspectors employment by the Depart- nent of Health did not stop when the Hylan administration ended and the ternoon at the hearing now being held before Justice Arthur S. Tompkins, Despite the fact that one of the first “official” acts of the new health com- missioner, Dr. Harris, when he as- sumed the job was to institute a quiz into charges of graft during the previ- ous administration, bribe-taking by inspectors of his department continued to flourish as before. Paid $35 a Week. | A number of witnesses testified to this fact. Charles Shapiro, who used to have a dairy store at 363 Cherry St., Manhattan, told on the stand that he had paid $35 a week regularly to gested that Mr. Bemak, Jr., ignore David Leushtat, an inspector, for per-; the first request and take an order./ mission to operate a churn for mani-| it was to point his mitts to the ceil ing. The young counter-jumper gled at what he considered a gooc joke in the Bronx where humor al- rtays plays second fiddle to business. * * * Yow: in the profession of banaitr; ‘as in public speaking, there is noth- ng’ more damaging to the prestige of those engaged in those callings than to be treated with easy famili- arity. A public speaker can outlive 1 well-directed brick provided it does aot land on his tongue and a bandit san survive a bullet that does not strike a vulnerable spot, but neither tan affort to be laughed at. So when Bemak Jr., turned the hee haws |, (Continued on Page Three) pulating old butter against health de+ partment regulations. A witness in the graft inquiry was | put under guard yesterday after he told the district attorney that three} gangsters “are laying for me”. Adulterated Milk. The witness, Adolph Holderstein, was formerly employed as a truck driver for Smith Brothers, milk deal- ers. He testified last Thursday that he had seen an official of the com- pany adulterate cans of milk by pour- ing eight quarters of water into each forty-gallon can of milk—that is, eight quarts of milk would be re- moved and eight quarts of water sub- stituted. : In New York, by mail, 88,00 per year, Qutside New York, by mail, $6.00 per year. |consulting the union‘ |the right of firing 10 per UNIO! COOLIDGE AN ND MO —— Walker Returns Today; f Visited Mussolini and — ‘Pope; Boosted the Legion. | Feae isin |__No reception will be held for| Mayor Walker when he returns on| the Ile de France from his junket- | ing trip in Europe today. When abroad the chief execu- }tive of this: city kuwtowed -before the pope and Mussolini in Rome. He also snubbed Negroes in that | city, demanding their ejection from le night club which he visited. In| | Paris he participated in the Amer-| ican legion convention addressing | as fascist oie Big VOTE CAST BY MEMBERS OF FURRIERS UNION A report of last week’s elections | held by the Furriers’ Union, just} made public, reveals that a larger! percentage of members voted than in any other year with the exception of| 1926, when 500 more workers par- ticipated. Over 1,100 members of the union took part in last week’s election. The vote for the paid officials were | as follows: Aaron Gross: 14. For, 998; against, S. Liebowitz: For, 987; against, 14.| ke Ben Gold: For, 974; against, 12. S. Skolnick: For, 966; against, 17. A. Winagradsky: For, 864; against, J. Horn: For, 862; against, 31. * * * Cloak Bosses Demand Piece Work. The cloak and dres manding the right of installing piece | work in the shops, also the privilege of discharging the workers without Many manufacturers who obtained | cent of} their workers with the help of Gov. Smith’s commission are today loud in their demand for wholesale dis- charges. The fact that juany of the bosses are working hand and hand with the Sigman right wing crew is held accountable for this state of yaf- fairs. Using the union as a busife: proposition, the right wingers make . (Continued on Page Five) MA P | | Another Tammany Hall | 60. | | | bosses are de-} | } | cipal court justice. )RROW— “BS Fr ed El illis SReRERRS NEE 2 Say <cog of “MEXICO | ee ——<——_ THIRD ANNUAL 1, LD, CONFERENCE — TO LINK SACCO-VANZETTI MURDER WITH FAMOUS HAYMARKET CASES Meeting Will Mark Beginning of Nationwide Anti-Frame-Up Campaign A call for the third annual conference of International Labor Defense to be held on November 11, 12 and 18 in New York City, on the fortieth anniversary of the execution of the Haymarket » | Martyrs, has just been issued here by James P. Cannon, secretary, | in the name of the national executive committee. It is aimed, reads the call, “to make the Third Annual Con- /ference of the International Labor Defense a great mass demon- stration and the concentration point for a new and powerful na- tion-wide campaign to expose the frame-up system and to organize the workers for the fight against it. “The Third Annual Conference will sound the alarm against ‘the frame-up system of American capitalism and call the workers to new struggles against it. All sections of the militant and con- scious labor TiO ce eiireen| Lear Pare 2 Nea End; Attorney ‘Argues for Defense cine, torture and murder, which is an important part of the fight for the liberation of § the workers from the yoke of} Attorneys for both sides summed ‘up their cases before Federal Judge William Grubb yesterday in the gov- ernment’s suit against the Journey- capitalism.” (Continued. on Page Three) f men Stonecutters’ Association of America and allied unions. They are | Man Urges Re-election | of Judge J. Panken charged with conspiring to restrain trade by prohibiting the use of scab stone. Another old party politician had Ie erony Judge Jacob Panken, So- cialist, for reelection as a muni-| Att zk 3 ‘ This time it} | Attorneys for the defense made a |motion for dismissal but the judge | lreserved decision. Jeremiah O’Leary, outlined is V. S. Lippe, Tammany Hall nom- eel for the stonecutters inee for city court judge. | letter to the Lawyers Non-Partisan | | Committee for the Reelection of | | Justice Panken, Lippe urges Pan-| ken’s return to the bench. Congressman FE. H. LaGuardia, | } counsel conditions in the building trades in igeneral and compared them with con- ditions among the stonecutters in particular. He said that although {stonecutters were among the most eh es pat nee peu ae | skillful of laborevs, conditions under | will take an active part in the iid % | campaign to reelect the Socialist | which they worked did not compare | | judge. »|branches of the building trades. Published daily except Sunday by PUBLISHING favorably with conditions in other | from Portland, | Roads, Va. FINAL CITY EDITION The DAILY WORKER York, N. ¥- ATTACK Price 3 Cents co. First Street, New i “RETURNING U, $, LABOR DELEGATES EMPHASIZE WAR DANGER; EXPERTS PRAISE RUSSIAN WORKERS’ GAINS “Jim” Maurer Hea ry expect Full Repe Two Weeks. Strength and Construc and Cooperatives High aly Returning on board ine tour of the Unier of Soviet delegation issued a partial report n trade union the fear of Soviet Union’s workers of an attack b Britain and their gen- uine desire for peace. e The delegation, hez ent of the H ‘ F fiv Pe lvania State ‘Fede ve groups, 0 rve} the Soviet Union, visit- d, the Ur Donetz coal basin, Crimea, e Ukrainian agri al belt. ere was on the, ~ @ part of the whom ft , | ire delegation met that Great Britain |EXpect Another Group | would attempt isolate their coun- | try and to-embroil them in war,” the Of German Workers at | report stated. “But the agati ¢ | was impressed with the f in 1 | people are eager to remain at peace Spas a Soviet Union unless attacked.” Se Aen oe: ; Denying reports of low wa LENINGRAD, U R. — The in the Soviet Union, the d second group of German workers declared that the real wages of who underwent a cure in the Cau- workers in the Union had increas s has retur to Lenin- ‘ a ist evious groups these German workers have bene- tion in the form of social ins fited vi much by the cure and vacations with pay and free are very "pleas sed with their trip.| which are given to a considerable Another group of German work- | number of wage-caggers, the delega- nt by the German Insurance | eae report pointed out. to the Soviet spas will) reach Leningrad soon, FAKE TICKET IN relative importance of priv ate| ea is decreasing due to the growth of the co-operative movement. which now includes 14 million members, and | which are now handling nearly in Kea | the retail trade of the country,” report said referring to the aia sf | socialism. “The government’s stores | jean handle an additional 15 per cent.| | “The delegation found the ten mil- lion trade unionists one of the most powerful forces in the Soviet Union and they were not, as is commonly al- leged in the United States, controlled by the government. The delegation (Continued on Page Two) N.Y. STEVEDORES AGAINST RYAN’S WAGE AGREEMENT Convinced that they could without much difficulty have achieved their original demands for a ten-cents-an- hour increase in wages, longshoremen in the New York locals manifested considerable opposition to the com- promise settlement put through with | the steamship companies by the union president, Joseph P. Ryan. The men, whose agreement expires | the 30th of this September, served} notice upon the company about 10 days ago that they would strike un-| less they were granted the. increase, together with an increase of fifteen eo TRICK EXPOSED PASSAIC, Sept. 26.—Four sets of candidates participating in the | Garfield election campaign for mayor and councilmen. are In order to confuse the voters and to minimize the chances of the laboa candidates, Deak P and De |Santo, the mill owners have put up an independent ticket besides those of the two old, parties. The republican candidate, Burke, is well known strike attitude, while the democratic standard bearer, Perrapato, is not much better. It was therefore neces~ sary to oppose the labor men with an independent ticket headed by Edward Hallicy, an obscure politician, who is ming to be a friend of labor, bet whose affiliation with the bosses is shown from the lot of publicity he ig getting from the local papers and from the noisy campaign he is car ing on. Working Single-handed. The three labor candidates, works ing together with Councilman Quinlie van, independent candidate for May- cents an hour for overtime. Included °%; who endorsed their program, are in these demands were 2,000 checkers |atrying on the campaign single who asked for a raise of one dollar a | handed, among great obstacles. i day. The lack of funds, the sabotage of The bosses, through the Transat- ich press, the difficulties in securing lantie Steamship Conference Commit-| headquarters cannot prevent them, tce offered an increase of five cents | however, from carrying on an effec an hour to the longshoremen and an| tive campaign. An _ openeir increase of ten cents an hour in over | meeting for the 4th ward, where Johm le Mayor for his anti. time. To the checkers they made | Santo is the candidate for coum a compromise offer of fifty cents an cuDa BE, will be held Tuesday, Sept. hour. The proposals to the longshore- 27, 7:30 p. m., at corner Semel Ave, men have just béen passed by a bare | aud Jewell St. majority. | The 2nd Ward Club, supporting the The offer of the employers, made candidacy of Gustav Deak, the presi- to Ryan, the president of the long-|dent of the textile union, will have | shoremen’s union, affected about 45,-|its meeting this Thursday, corner 000 men, 30,000 of whom are in this| Palisade and Belmont Ave. Well | city and the rest on the Atlantic coast | known speakers from New York will Me., to Hampton |address the meetings and a good re- )Sponse is assured. BR BIR RRS TO THE National Bazaar Committee 30 UNION SQUARE :: NEW YORK, N. Y Investigators; * . GARFIELD BOSSES —