The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 30, 1927, Page 1

- ; SERS Oo IRAN TERROR tener THE DAILY WORKER vIGHFS: FOR THE ORGAN IZATIGN OF THR UNOBGASTZED FOR THE ¢0-HOUR WEEK FOR A LABOR Panty Vol. IV. No. 222. THE DAILY WORKER. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In New York, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside New York, by mail, $6.00 per year, Entered as second-class mutter at the Post Office at New York, N, ¥., under the act of March 3, 1579. NEW YORK, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1927 Published dally except Sunday by The DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., FINAL CITY EDITION 83 First Street, New York, N. Y. Price 3 Cents BRITISH WARSHIP LANDS TROOPS AT SWATOW ALF. OF L. COUNCIL ADMITS ‘BUSINESS UNIONISM’ FAILS, Report Bares Low Level | of Labor Activity (Special to the Daily Worker). LOS ANGELES, Sept. 29.—The re- port of the executive council of the American Federation of Labor to the | forty-seventh annual convention, that | commences here next week, altho an| attempt is made at optimism, will re- | veal the low level to which the Amer- | iean labor movement has fallen. | Perhaps the most striking feature | } of the report is the admission that “trade union capitalism,” labor bank- ing and investment enterprises, etc., has proven a failure insofar as bene- fits to the labor movement are con- cerned. The report states that suf- ficient evidence is at hand “to make a solemn warning imperative. In our judgment the time has come to stor expansion.” The disaster which overtook the fi-} nancial enterprises of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers is referred to and it is evident that there has been wide adverse comment in labor | circles upon the trend toward “busi- | ness unionism.” Losses In Membership. The figures of per capita tax pay-| ments to the federation show a nom- inal gain of 8,441 members over 1926 | (Continued on Page Five) Fe! Current | Events| By T. J. aie iakeres | \ at ERHAPS there is not going to be a battle royal between Henry Ford and the Genéral Motors corporation after all. A struggle that promised to attract as much attention as the; Tunney-Dempsey fight in Chicago / may be side-tracked. This probability | is foreshadowed by a statement is- sued by the President of General Motors who declared that his organi- zation will not enter into competition | with Ford in his selected field, the| market for low-priced cars. Thus | the two gigantic —slave-driving-or-| ganizations will be in a better position | to fleece their employes and roll up} profits by a peace agreement than by a commercial war, Sens people are asking why is it that the American Federation of Labor has never made a serious effort to organize the slaves of the big cor-} porations? On the whole the mem- bership of the American Federation) of Labor is recruited from industries where trustification has not pro- gressed. There is a suspicion that Sam Gompers and certain big finan- ciers came to an agreement when the A. F. of L. was organized to keep the hands of labor organizers off big in- dustry. Whether there is any basis for this suspicion or not it is un- deniable that Gompers’ whole career in the labor movement has been one of undivided loyalty to the capitalists. Perhaps some inquisitive historian of tho near future may uncover facts that will shed light on this very in- teresting period. | Negclienad has been given a coat of whitewash by secretary of labor James J. Davis. Nettled by reports that the government was considering an investigation of the Fascist move- ment in the United States with a view instituting deportation proceedings against its members. The owners of the ‘Loyal Order of Moose, made it quite ‘clear that a member of an or- ganization that favors the overthrow of existing non-fascist governments ) by force and violence and “other » unlawful means” are persona grata ; to our ruling classes and that only } those who believe in the overthrow of capitalism are undesirable. This is just what we expected Mr. Davis ; would decide, and is what we have been telling you right along. , In fact when I saw a story in the Tele- gram last week to the effect that Davis delivered a blast against the black shirt dictatorship I was afraid I might have to cudgel my brain for a satisfactory alibi. Thank the lord, it 1s not necessary. Me Walker was not treated to a public reception when he arrived from his European jaunt but divers individuals took advantage of the op- portunity to break into print with pleasant or unpleasant observations on things that might attract his honor’s attention. One of those who jimmied his way into print was the inevitable Hirshfield who indulged in some serious writing about graft in various departments of the municipal governments. The mayor seemed] (Continued on Page Three) Health Officers Took | Bribes From the Poultry Trust, Say Witnesses Graft indictments, one invloving a prominent New York attorney, will be asked by Assistant District Attorney Ferdinand Pecora, who is conducting the prosecution of the investigation of alleged graft and bribery of city health department officials and inspectors before Su- preme Court Justice Arthur S. Tompkins, it was announced yes- terday. Further charges of graft were made by Harry Rosenthal, of the Bronx, Samuel Sahn, of Brooklyn, and David Danziger, of Brooklyn, all live poultry dealers, told of us- ing health inspectors to eliminate rivals from competition, SIGNATURES ARE NEEDED TO PLACE PARTY ON BALLOT Party Members Must Help Over Weekend Steps are being taken by the New York organization of the Workers (Communist) Party for an intensive campaign in many of the assembly and aldermanic districts following a | decision of the Fifth National Con- | vention of the Workers Party held |here a month ago that the Party everywhere pay greater attention to election campaign work. The resolution adopted pointed out | that the results achieved by the Party | in the election campaigns in the past was far below the influence of the P| Party as shown by the successes of the Party in large mass meetings, | demonstrations and other fields of activity. This was due it is pointed out to a failure to take advantage properly of the election campaigns ‘and neglect to carry on intensive work. Steps are being taken to remedy this situation. Meet At Headquarters. On Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 1 and 2, the membership of the Party is celled upon to gather at the head- quarters of the Party in the section of the members’ residence and there receive their petitions and instruc- tions. Members are to report to the following places all day Saturday and Sunday. Bronx—2075 Clinton Ave., 180th St. Harlem—81 East 110th St. Williamsburg—46 Ten Eyck St. Brownsville—68 Liberty Axe. The following week a city nomina- tion convention will be held Sunday, Oct. 9th at Irving Plaza Hall—at which the district nominations will ‘al taken up for final approval and program for the municipal actions adopted. The convention will have before it some important problems dealing with the united front and the United Labor Ticket. Ben Gitlow, A. Trach- tenberg, Bert Wolfe, Wm. W. Wein- stone and others will address the con- vention. INTERNATIONAL LABOR DEFENSE near DEFENDS MINERS Attorneys have been engaged to de- fend the twenty miners of Cheswick, Pennsylvania, who were arrested and | indicted in connection with the break- ing up of a Sacco-Vanzetti demon- stration in that mining town by state troopers, and the shooting to death of one of the latter, it was announced by International Labor Defense today. The meeting, which was attended by hundreds of miners, their wives and children, was suddenly attacked by a squadron of state cossacks, who rode into the audience, trampling men, women and children under the hoofs of their mounts. Many of the workers gathered sustained severe injuries from the kicks of the horses and from the blows dealt indiscriminately by the cossacks. In the course of the scrimmage, a number of shots were fired, and one of the troopers was killed. It is generally felt here that} Were of | entered. the fatal bullet was fired by one his own colleagues, and not, as is charged, b; member of the labor audience. The. (Continued on Page Two) TEAR GAS FOR STARVING ae By Fred ‘Ellis ‘REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT NOW CONTROLS CITY U.S. Gunboat Threatens Bombardment LONDON, Sept. 29.—British imperialist troops have been landed at Swatow, now in the hands of a genuine revolution- ary government, according to dispatches ived here today. Using as an excuse a few stray shots which passed over the gunboats Blue Bell and Sidar, the troops were ordered to disembark. The shots were fired by a warship manned by jright wing Chinese troops. The American cruiser Ash- ville is reported anchored off Swatow and ready to land mar- ines. * Administrators Arrive. SWATOW, China, Sept. 29.—Kuo May-yoh. a member of the left wing Kuomintang Party, and formerly as- sistant to Tang Yen-kai when the -—©jlatter held the post of chief of the Rumor Fishwick of IL Miners’ Union, Secretly Confers With Operators | CHICAGO, Sept. 29.—It is un-| derstood that President Harry Fishwick, of District 12 (Illinois) of the United Mine Workers of Ameries, and officials: of the Hli- nois Coal Operators’ Association have been holding secret confer- ences for several days. Dwight M.; Miller, a director of the operators’ association, is authority for the statement that an open meeting will be held tomorrow to confirm the decision arrived at in secret. Progressive miners fear that the; reactionary district leadership will not only sign a separate agreement for the state, thus breaking the front of the miners in their strug- gle, but will make disastrous con- cessions to the operators to get an agreement. > (See also Colorado Mine News On Page 3). SACCO, VANZETTI ASHES WILL BE IN PARIS SOON The ashes of Sacco and Vanzetti will be in Paris within a week. When Signorina Vanzetti, sister of Bartolomeo Vanzetti left on the Cun- ard liner Mauretania late Wednesday night it was announced that she would stop off at Paris for a few days be- fore going to her home in Villa Fol- letto, Italy. She will disembark at | Cherbourg and from there proceed to aoa Miss Vanzetti took with her the | gation of her brother and part of | those of his comrade, Sacco. The rest |of Sacco’s ashes are in the custody of his wife in Boston. | British American Crash. | MONTEVIDEO, Sept. 29. — The |British steamer Nagara and _ the American steamer Crofton Hall have jcollided in the River Plate in a fog, according to reports to the perfecture here. Details are not available. | | Enters Broo ica several weeks ago, Vincenso INTERNATIONAL LABOR DEFENSE MEETS NOV. 11TH A “conference, ee size and import- | ance of which wil! surpass that of any other gathering of its kind since the | famous Mooney Defense Conference | years ago, was predicted here about | the Third Annual Conference of In- ternational Labor Defense, to be held in this city on the fortieth anniversary of the execution of the Haymarket) martyrs, November 11, 12 and 13, “According to our estimates, there | will be practically twice as many dele- gates to our third conference as there were te the second conference last | year,” said James P. Cannon, national | secretary of the I. L. D, “We expect to have upwards of five hundred dele- gates in attendance at this year’s meeting. Aw Anniversary. “The I, L. D. conference this year because of its size, however. It is) not. accidental that we are arranging | for the opening session of the confer- ence to coincide with the fortieth an- niversary of the execution of the Hay- market martyrs, pioneer fighters for the eight-hour day. The legal murder | Cook County has a historie resem- blance to the assassination of the two martyrs of labor, Sacco and Vanzetti. We hope at this conference to per- petuate and strengthen their mem- (Continued on Page Two) derson is near the border of Virginia BOSSES KILLING OFF SOUTHERN TEXTILE WORKERS , WITH FAMINE WAGES, FOUL CONDITIONS AND DISEASE By ART “SHIELDS (Federated Press). DURHAM, N. C., Sept. 29.—Listen to the mothers of Henderson—the | fascism in this country. Vecchi al-| cotton mill town that struck 5 weeks and came into the United Textile ways proudly boasts of his attacks Workers’ Union as one of the southern outposts of that organization, Hen- | on the workers of Italy. and North Carolina. COMPANY CRUSHING WORKERS. Three mothers, who work inthe mills and nurse their children besides, telling their troubles to Alfred Hoffman, the union organizer, as I “T had only 35 cents in my envelope,” the first mother was saying. | “They took everything else out.” will have special significance not only | of those workers on the seaffold of | ANTLFASCIST EDITOR ASSAULTED FOR EXPOSING MUSSOLINI AGENT Vincenzo Vacirca Murderously Hit When He klyn Subway Bécausé Novo indo, of which fhe is the-etiter, expesed? . |Ferruccio Vecchi, one of Mussolini’s agents who arrived in Amer-| | Vacirca was murderously attack- | {ed yesterday morning by members of the militant section of the) |fascist movement in this country. Vecchi, who is guilty of some of the darkest deeds in the | bloody history of fascist violence was exposed as one of the most | ~———— ecruel allies of Mussolini. | 4 excavation. Leaving his home 87-17th Ave,|9 Brooklyn, 9 a. m, yesterday morning, Jacirea went to the West End line | subway station at 8th Ave. and Bath| Beach. As soon as he went thru the} turnstile he was hit on the head. | Putting his hand on his head Vacir- | ca felt the blood pouring out of the wound. Looking backwards he saw| | two men throw a package on the} |floor and run towards the exit. i Tried To Follow. Vacirca attempted to follow them| jbut found that he could not. In the | meantime the two men had disap-| peared. The blood continued to pour down his shirt and suit as he was) jtaken to a drugstore. Later an ane |bulance arrived and the surgeon) ‘sewed several stitches in his head. | Vacirea said afterwards that if he | | was not wearing a cap with a woolen lining the results would have un-| |doubtedly been more serious. He al- so said that the attack was expected, | /as several threatening letters have} been received recently. Ferruccio Veechi came to America} to take charge of the terrorist sec- tion of the fascist movement in this country. Vecchi has belonged to the terror- list section of the fascist party since | | 1919. He is the man responsible for) \the destruction of the publishing | plant of the Avanti in Milan in that year. { After the newspaper plant was destroyed thousands of workers met {in the Arena of Milan and held a protest demonstration. After listen- |ing to speeches the workers started !a parade against fascism. After the workers had marched a jshort distance they were ambushed | by a group of ex-officers headed by | | Vecchi who shot into the crowd kill- | \ing eleven and wounding many more. | From 1919 to 1923 Vecchi has| played an important part in eae and demonstrations. any Italian workers have Pal hat he came to America for, The lattack on Vacirca is the answer. His mission is to attack all enemies of| | Water Meter Fight. | CHICAGO, Sept. 29.—Chiecago to- ling awaited official action of Wash- | ington water meter fight. Mayor William Hele Thompson,. in defiance of federal authorities, or- | | | | | | | The company checks off for rent, about $1.60 a week on the average; | dered inspectors to discontinue read- v of a score of workers| then another dollar for kitchen wood, and in winter $1.75 for the weekly | ing meters which the war department (Continued on Page Two) order automatically restored, | Political department of the Wuhan army and Chu Yi-lai, Communist leader in the peasant movement in "Strike Ties Up Work On| Church Building As Men Demand the Closed Shop the District of Eastern River, Kwang- tung province, have arrived in this ity. Issue Statement. The two leaders of the people’s re- | | 000 Mount Carmel Church in South "The Mineola Case Is On | months ago, the committee has taken | volt have issued a manifesto on be- half of the political bureau in the course of which théy,say: “The Nanchang Revolutionary mittee has raised the slogay ontinitethon Pee LABOR DELEGATES FROM U. S. LAUD THE SCVIET UNION While the members of the Ameri- can Labor Delegation to the U.S.S.R. have been too busy upon their official report since their return to make much detailed or extended comment upon their impressions during their visit, a number of enthusiastic state- ments by various experts on the com- mission have arrived thru the Soviet press. Professor Paul H. Douglas of Chi- cago University, w! was with the |delegation in the Soviet Union, de- clares that in no other cotmtry of Europe is observable so rapid and wholesale an improvement of the conditions among the workers since the war. “In no other European country” he said, “has the economic condition of the workers improved in the post-war period as rapidly and to such an extent as in the U.S.S.R, In Germany, for instance, wages of | WHITE PLAINS, Sept. 29.—As | the result of a walk-out of forty | | union men, work on the new $255,- | Lexington. (Awe.;.-has-prac’ | stopped. The workers walked out at the request of the Building Trades Council of the Westchester county, it is said. The union demanded that union men be employed in the excavating work. Regal Brothers, contractors, are in charge of the | { a NEEDLE TRADES CONFERENCE TO ACT ON DEFENSE the Agenda Future activities of the Joint De- |fense Committee will be taken up at a conference to be held Sunday, Oct. 9th, 10 a. m. at the Irving Plaza, Irving Place and 15th St. All trade unions, Workmen Circle branches and | workers’ clubs are urged to elect delegates. Among the most important questions | will be the néw trial of the workers |the majority of workers employed in | who were convicted at Mineola. the heavy industry have not. yet reached the pre-war level, whereas A report of the past activities of the they have alfeady exceeded that level committee will be given and plans for the future taken up. Organized eight true that this was lower in the U B. ae i pre-war level in Russ than abroad, but having made a car® stem of. social in- R., care of the families of many work- ers who have been framed up by the right wing. The fines of scores workers have also been paid. « * * ful study of the sy: surance in the U. of }say that worker I venture to Soviet Union in t jare better provided for than in West Europe.” Albert Coyle, of the All-American Bosses Feel Happy. In the current issue of the “Ap- parel Producer.” official organ of the Dress Manufacturers’ Association, an editorial appears pointing out the con- (Continued on Page Five) Cooperative Commission, and editor of the Locomotive Engineers’ Journal, expressed himself as enthusiastic over the conditions among the trade unions of the Soviet Union. “Political power (Cont inued on Page” Two) Roy D’Arcy To Be Mexican Bandit in “The Temptress” ‘Sunday; Charlie Chaplin in “The Champion” and Moscow ‘Trio To Be Special Feature for Daily Worker Showing Roy D’Arcy, the well-known film star, is here shown as he looks taking the part of a fierce Mexican bandit in “The Temptress,” the story of ad- venture in the Argentine. D’Arcy is co-starred with Greta Garbo, the sen- sational Swedish beauty, and Antonio Moreno. The program also includes a revival of Charlie Chaplin’s side-split- ting comedy, “The Champion” and musical selections by the picked group of musicians known as “The Moscow Trio.” Tickets are moderately priced at 65 cents. Th¢ DAILY WORKER has bought out, almost the entire house. , j Lf ROY D'ARCY ix THE TEMPTRESS”