The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 1, 1927, Page 2

Page Two THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, ee ’ wh wf ARTHUR EMERSON, SON OF MARION L. EMERSON, DIES SUDDENLY; FUNERAL TOMORROW 23, Arthur Emerson, only son of Marion L, Emerson, secretary of Local New York, International Workers’ Aid, died suddenly last Wednesday -af- ternoon at his home in Brooklyn. The funeral will take place tomorrow, 2 p. m. at the funeral parlor at 187 South Oxford St., near Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn. Cremation of the body at Glendale Cemetery at 3 p. m. will follow. Comrade Marion L. been a member of the Workers (Communist) Party since its formation and was connected with the Friends Her only other Emerson has of Soviet Russia from the time it was organized in 1921. child, a daughter, died two years ago at the age of 22. CATHOLIC CHURCH AND TAMMANY POLITICIANS ALLIES OF FASCISM Blackshirt Squads Patrol City and Beat Up All Workers Opposed to Mussolini In 1925 the fascists of this country, reorganized by Count Ignazio Thaon di Reval on a semi-military basis, started a reign of terrorism against Italian workers who did not support the) blackshirt regime of Italy. This was one of the moves leading up to the arrest of Colegro Grecco and Donato Carillo, anti-fascist workers who are charged with killing two agents of Mussolini. Having the support of the Roman Catholic Church and the Tammany Hall politicians, the fascists thot that their task would be an easy one. ike duce, : The fascists were organized into! Chirek Helps Fascia. small groupe known a “squadistra.” | The Roman Catholic priests are Marching i the ri a Tate of/tined up.in support of the fascists. ie ey they ierarken ca aians| In the Bronx the leader of the fascist is peposed ere recat” |movement is Father Cafuzzi of the by Meentei one doptonber tm, ons, [Church of Mount Carmel. As most the “squadistra” draws its cflivera| Bre poll inbhd ahh vara and jel ‘exclusively from the fascist | seo te aati LS adpisieed eh és i |gious influence to line up every sta- ranks, and its chief task is to defend | tion house in the city on the side of at all costs, both at home and abroad,|¢a.cism. The same method is used to ap te pate into being} pain the support of the local Tam- wi e march on Rome. Dhaka Reval’s Last Card. This was Reval’s last card before accepting defeat as he began to real- ize that the overwhelming majority of the Italians living in America did not support the rule of Mussolini. In 1926 the Mario Sonzni branch of the Fascist League of North} America started night raiding Par-|'Tresca, who was arrested in the ties against anti-fascist workers ar| Bronx in March, 1927, the politicians the Bronx. EG eta ne puss jand the priests are lined up against a oe Ps eri ieee Rey shige Sg | the enemies of Mussolini, In the case ee ee Slof Tresca, who was arrested on the He gaa te ycoabagersinaae’ Cnet es of a fascist agent, the prin- ake s cipal witness against him was a ‘Ro- they dragged him into a dark cement Catholic-priest. The iniest held and beat him with sticks and clubs.| secret conferences with the judge Many anti-fascists were brutally| during the trial, even speaking _pri- beaten up in this manner. = were made to the local police authori-| the bench. ties but that did not help. Censored By N. Y. World. | All branches of the Fascist League Carlo Tresca, editor of Il Martello,|of North America either meet in or took two anti-fascist workers who|near a Catholic church, In Brooklyn, were beaten up with black eyes and| Passaic and Paterson the meetings other marks to the editor of the New! are held in the church. Whenever a York World. The city editor told/new branch is organized the first Tresca that they would publish a/ meeting is held in a church, the open- story about it and assigned a reporter|ing speech being delivered by the named Nudo to write it up for publi-| priest. cation. The story never appeared. In addition to lining up the police, This is a striking example of how! the courts and the church, another the liberal New York World helped | ally of the fascists are the blackhands the fascists to become more bold as|who are today working under the d: time went on. As neither the police or the capi-| try. talist press would take any action! against the fascists the Italian work-| ‘ers cided to defend themselves! will describe the fascist attempt to against the agents of Mussolini. This| murder the speakers and the audience resulted in many clashes in various| at an open air meeting wrranged by parts of the city between anti-fascist| the Anti-Fascist Alliance on Septem- workers and the camp followers of!ber 11, 1926. |many Hall politicians. |and the police, almost every local |democratie leader is giving aid and |comfort to the agents of Mussolini in |New York City. | The Courts Also. Whenever an anti-fascist is brot Meet In Church. ee eee Last Opportunity! To Participate in the JUBILEE TOUR TO SOVIET RUSSIA Registration Closes in a Few Days! Sailing October 14th, 1927, via Cunard liner “Carma- nia” and return Dec. 15th (8 weeks) to London -- Leningrad -- Moscow The Tourist Delegation will have the privilege of participating in the Grand Celebrations and Festivals of the 10th Anni- versary of the Russian Re- volution. Entire cost $600. You Must Apply Immediately! World Tourists, Inc. 69 Fifth Ave., New York TELEPHONE ALGONQUIN 6900 ) |connections with the Catholic church] vy into court, as in the case of Carlo| Protests | vately to him when he was sitting on} rections of the fascists in this coun-| Tomorrow The DAILY WORKER} Shaking Hands Before the Gong Rings | ABOVE CLOSE-UP shows Ad- miral Osami Nagano of the Jap- anese navy, commander of the Japanese naval training cruisers that arrived in New York harbor for nine-day stay, with 132 mid- shipmen aboard. (Continued from Page 1). not see him thru a night’s spending in a south side cabaret. * * * IM was a “labor leader.” It is not clear whether he was against so- | cialism or Communism. I do not be- | lieve he was, for the good reason | that he could not comprehend the | meaning of the terms. But he,was | against anybody who dared to take his leadership away and many a shaky undertaking business was put | on its feet by the custom brought its | way by Tim’s revolver. To shorten | what could easily be a long story, | Tim was sent to Leavenworth for the |sake of appearances, but so great s the power of his personal mag- | netism, and perhaps the appeal of his | pocketbook, that he is said to have spent most of his sentence in dental chairs and Kansas pool rooms. He: is now back in Chicago running a flourishing gambling house on the North Side. At least that is what I heard from a Chicago acquaintance who keeps me tipped off on doings in the underworld. * * * WE HAVE nothing against Tim—in fact he is a rathé@r ‘ititeresting in- dividual and certainly generous to the needy—but he serves to illustrate the folly of doing things by fractions. | Had Tim devoted his business ability to stealing pennies from blind news- vendors, his bones would now be | moulding in some prison cemetery and | Chicago orphanages now flourishing as a result of his generosity would be cheerless wastes or untenanted rookeries, There is also the case of Mr. Hecksheker, Jr., who was recent- {ly declared bankrupt, with liabilities | amounting to $5,000,000. This money | was never his own, He got it from |thrifty citizens who had confidence jin his business ability. He would | invest it for them and all concerned ould be happy and rich. But this millionaire took care to hold on to over one million and a half which is enough to keep a good battery of lawyers busy for a few years and | should enable him to stage a come- | back. It was also enough to induce a Follies chorus girl to marry him. Yes, Messrs. Mitchell and Moore were | | pikers and are now paying the price. * * * LIGHTLY irritated because he was convicted of bribery in office, the mayor of Indianapolis, instead of stepping on the sawdust trail or or- dering his tailor to put stripes in his next suit of pajamas, decided to ap- point his wife to his vacant execu- tive chair and keep the business of running and ruining the city in the family. The mayor had more to lose than his honor, in losing his job. Not | only was his ‘own salary depending on the retention of the job in the house of Duvall, but had he quit as | he was expected to, eight members of | his family would have hit the slave | market with him, Whatever may be | said against the mayor of Indianap- | olis, it must be said in his favor that ' he loves his family. “Greater love hath no man than that he should sacrifice his honor for the sake of his household.” * B that may cause patriotic citizens to | let their chin whiskers recline on their | | i} * * UT while Indianapolis is giving an | exhibition of political turpitude ; ° TAMMANY CONFAB POSTPONES START OF SMITH BOOM G.0.P. Group Giving ’Er- bert Hoover a Try-out Governor Smith did not ‘refer to the forthcoming presidential contest in his keynote speech at the democratic convention held in Albany last Thurs- day. The chief executive of the state devoted most of his speech to state affairs and to a reply to criticisms which speakers at the G. O. P. state convention were scheduled to make at Rochester. Smith opposed the four-year term amendment which was passed by the | republican legislature. He declared | that ability to run the job of governor | of the state was the best qualification a man could have for the position. Against Premature Boom. The delegates were ready to turn on the works in an “Al Smith for | President” demonstration but were | advised by messenger that this would be against the governor’s wishes who thinks the launching of his boom’ would be premature at this time. Smith, the darling of the labor fakers, paid no attention to the problems con- fronting the workers. The labor lead- ers being respectable fellows do not intend to press labor’s claims in an unseemly manner, on the laughing jackass jockey. Chief Democratic Contender. Smith is yet the only outstanding aspirant for the presidential. nomina- tion in the democratic ranks. The withdrawal of McAdoo has cleared the field -of serious contenders but it is not likely-that the dry wing of the “democracy” will fail to dig up a candidate who will carry~the fiery cress against the followers of Baechus. Herbert Hoover is being given a try-out by his republican trainers. Hoover-is to the political world what Géne Tunney is to boxing fans. Both are steady workers at their respec- tive games but unpopular. If Hoover wins it will be on points, Hoover ts Bum Thespian. Hoover would look even more ludi- -erous than. Coolidge in a- cowboy eos- tume and if he ever tried a game of eraps after_the manner of the late lamented Warren Gamaliel Harding, he would be run out of Washington on a rail. If Hoover ever gets elected it will be by the radio vote. A different kind of candidate is | Charles G. Dawes. He is the Jack Dempsey of the political arena. Tho he falls asleep at the switch on oc- casion he manages to retain his popu- larity with the babbitry and since he quit swearing his chances for captur- ing the methodist vote have improved greatly. Dawes is a banker and would be a good man for the job in this period that sees ambassadors be- | ing taken from Morgan’s desk and dispatched to our empire in Latin- America, Wall Street May Run Morgan. |. Of course there is a possibility that Wall Street may decide the time is ripe to appoint Morgan or Rockefeller president. Yet it may decide to wait a few years longer. There is yet no serious sign of a Labor Party revival thruout the coun- try. The great protest movement that polled four million votes for LaFol- lette in the last national election is silent. But it should not be assumed that the absence of a Labor Party | movement or. a progressive third party movement indicates the absence of discontent. Not at all. The eco- nomic shoe pinches the foot of the poor farmer and the industrial work- | er. Between now and the next presi- dential elections a strong agitation for a Labor Party must be conducted inside the unions among the unorgan- ized workers and among the farmers. Are You Working Night and Walker Shows the Effects i | | | { | . i { i ft New York’s mayor, back at his of- fice door after his tour of the caba- rets of Europe, from one of which he had some Negroes ejected for daring to contaminate him by their presence. His face shows the strain of the night life, and he is said to be under doc- tor’s orders to obey the 18th amend- ment hereafter. In First Test of Japanese Suffrage What may prove e for labor when the national elections commence has been foreshadowed in the success of the labor candidates in the Japanese | prefectural balloting. The prefectural | elections are the first test of man- | hood suffrage in Japan, and the vic- | tory of the 27 labor delegates com- bined with the failure of the govern- ment’s flagrantly corrupt and brutal practices to influence the voting, are seen as little short of a triumph. Tt | is believed that the reactionary gov- ernment will now use every effort to revoke or render futile the application of the suffrage right in the Japanese | elections. Attempts to terrorize the | workers are reported to be beginning WALKER SAYS HE DID NOT EXPEL NEGROES; CABLE PROVES HE DID| Night Mayor Denies Being in Rome Cabaret; Club Owner Declares That He Was Mayor Walker’s denial that he had visited any night club in Rome and had objected to the presence of two Negroes was flatly | contradicted by a telegram received from Anton Bragaglia, owner | of the cabaret in Rome bearing his name. ® Walker on his return from France on the Ile de France denied that he had ever been in a Roman cabaret jand told reporters: “I had only vis- | | ited a single night club all the time |that I was away. That was Jose~ \phine Baker’s place in Paris. Objected To Negroes. | Altho Bragaglia’s cable attempted | to whitewash Walker’s conduct, it |definitely declared that Walker had ‘both been in the Cabaret Bragaglia MORROW RESIGNS FROM MORGAN CO, TO HALT ATTACK Labor Wins 27 Seats : Wall Street Ambassador Despite Action WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.—Dwight | Morrow, Wall Street’s newly ap-} pointed ambassador to Mexico, has | “severed his connections” with Mor- gan and Company, in which he was a| partner, according to a statement is-| sued by Secretary of State Kellogg today. Morrow’s resignation is interpreted as a move to disarm critics who are certain to object to Morrow’s connec- tion with the House of Morgan when the question of his confirmation comes up. Morrow, despite his resignation, will go to Mexico City as the am- bassador of Wall Street. He is ex- pected here next week to confer with Kellogg. WORKERS PROVIDE MOST OF DEAD IN ST. LOUIS STORM ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 30.—There | are 77 known dead in St. Louis from yesterday’s tornado, at least 700 in- jured at private homes and hospitals and property damage amounting to more than $100,000,000. Practically all of the victims were in the working class districts. The better built houses of the richer sec- tions “ofthe town stood the storm well, bat roofs crashed in and walls collapsed in the slums and cheap tenements were crumpled up with an overturning of stoves and a crossing of electric wires that added fire to the storm’s dangers. School Children Killed. Bodies of three girls were found in the Central high school auditorium, and it is feared other bodies may be in the debris. The small loss of life in the schools was considered re- markable. Forty School Children Hurt. The storm hit the central district with the greatest fury, leaving North Sarah St. a tangle of wires. Reports have Columbia, Ames, Yeatman, Marquette and Central chool buildings slightly damaged, nd about forty pupils in all slightly cut by flying glass or bruised. The total damage to school build- ings of the city may reach an esti- mated $1,000,000, according to Ben already. ie For $10.27 Money Order I will ship to any worker 25 lbs. best dried Prunes 25 Ibs. Sultana Raisins 25 Ibs. Figs 25 Ibs. dried Peaches. All new pack and fine quality. | | Day for the Big Red Bazaar? Fun — Sights —— Bargains at _the Big Red Bazar. Qe LOUIS. BERGOLD Roseburg, Oregon. AT /?PECIAL PRICE? All the Cartoons Printed We offer in this combination at a special price a i | | River—Granite | Madison. Weidle, president of the Board of Education. The War Department has today formally issued orders placing the 1,000 troops in Jefferson barracks at the disposal of St. Louis in patroi- ling the streets of the storm area. General William Lassiter, commander of the Sixth Corps area, has left Chicago to take command of the troops. General Harry A. Smith, commander of the Seventh Corps area, Omaha, was ordered to co-oper- ate with Lassiter. 4 The Department was advised that Lassiter took action last night to move the soldiers to St. Louis. Die in Other Cities. Five persons were known to be lead today in three Illinois towns struck by the tornado traveling northeast across the Mississippi City, Venice. and The dead were Police Chief Michael Clifford, of Venice; David Rhule, Nick Radick and W. L. Cotter, all of Gran- ite City; and Charles Heft, of -Madi- son. At least a score of persons suf- ered injuries. Big Hold-Up Foiled. One bandif was captured, another shot and wounded and two others put collection of nearly 200 selected cartoons—the best work. of leading American artists. All are so good, that altho you may have one or two of these books, breasts, another Hoosier city is whooping it up for Old Glory. Gray, |” named after the late lamented head | of one of our biggest and best trusts, | has broken into national prominence with the news that several hundred white high school students have | struck against the admission of Ne-+- groes. This patriotic strike has been | engineered by the Ku Klux Klan;j_. which was behind ‘and in front of the | seandal in Indianapolis. And no ~~ doubt the Steel Trust looks on the” movement with a benevolent eye,!. 4 since if-is to the interests of the | slave drivers to keep White and black | workers ‘divided on racial lines, the | better to exploit them. How long: are the workers going to be the vic- tims of the capitalists and their | agents in, foolishly falling for this pernicious propaganda? | we urge you to get all th: 70 drawings by 17 artis’ And we will p: in Mmited qu: * and filled in ers. They will like them—everybody does. RED CARTOONS OF 1926 RED CARTOONS OF 1927 ~Aneluding the work of 5 new artists. CASE OF. SACCO-VANZETTI That great. collection just off the press. All for $1.50-— Books offered in this column on hand | | ree to give to other work- ts. Now—.50 —1.00 25, ay the postage. lantities. All orders cash turn as received, | ta flight yesterday when q lone po- lliceman frustrated an attempt ‘to Seize a $11,000 payroll carried:-by- William Schokoff, marble com president. pan GET ONE NOW 14-Karat Gold Emblem A (Actual Size and Design) . SCREW-CAP TYPE $1.25 ~-Sent by Insured Mail for $1.50 On Receipt of Money by Jimmie Higgins Book Shop- “106 University Place New York City } In Lots of 6 or more $1.25 each. No Charge for Postage, jand had objected to two Brazilian |Creoles dancing with white girls, The text of Bragaglia’s cable follows in full: “I’m glad to have the chance to state the facts. Mayor Walker, see- ing two dark men dancing here, told me he was surprised I allowed them to dance with white women. I re- plied the reason was that I am a Catholic and the Catholic Church not only recognized black people as brethren in Christ but the Pope ere- ates Negro bishops. Forced To Stop Dancing. “But since Mayor Walker was my distinguished guest that evening, I jasked the Brazilians in question not \to dance. They were very indignant and explained they were not Negroes but Creoles, and, moreover, French citizens, although Brazilian born, and artists. They were members of a French troupe then residing in Rome, they said. “I told this to Mayor Walker and he accepted the explanation, I also asked a friend of mine to tell the Brazilians not to dance any more be- cause I didn’t want any fuss. They left off dancing. Mayor Walker did not leave my place before everything was over, and never even threatened to do so,” Building Trades Rejects Amsterdam Affiliation (Continued from page 1) President McSorley of the Building Trades department reported a period of peace, with fewer strikes and lock- outs thru the last year. Hates Left Wing. President Green of the A. F. of L, made his usual venemous attack on the Left wing movement in the union, sandwiching in between a boost for | labor banking and insurance a wordy assurance that the “Bolshevik plague” was “eradicated from the unions.” He told the press that the convention would not discuss the Sacco-Vanzetti case and that “all Reds were barred from the A, F, of L. convention” that will open Monday, and likewise all | “Soviet propaganda.” For Slow Progress. The five-day working week will be a major issue before the convention, President Green said. “Tnereased production makes it nee« essary that the week be shortened to five working days, but. it must be done gradually,” he told reporters. “It must be accomplished slowly so} the industries can accommodate them- selves to it. It is sure, however, to become general.” Carpenters Readmitted. The United States Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, which has been estranged from the Building Trades department of the A. F. of L. for the last five years, was reinstated in membership at the departmental meeting. The Metal Trades convention has also been in session two days, and has passed a resolution to organize the aircraft factories. It has voted to ask the government for more wages for ‘workers in arsenals and naval yards, The Trade Union Label convention is holding sessions. The Printing Trades departmental convention will be called to order tomorrow. Governor Young and Mayor Cryer, open shop champion, will address t) convention of the A. F. of L. wher opens Monday. en it 14th Street and Second Avetw THIS SUNDAY / DR. G. F. BECK “The Antigone of Sophocles” ADMISSION 25 CENTS 7:15 to10 P.M, LABOR TEMPLE OPENING NIGHT SPEAKDRS EDMUND B. CHAFFEE DR. G. F. BECK and others, (aaa ia eames nee eemmareatienl }/EAST SIDE OPEN. FORUM 9 Second Ave., near Houston St. |} SUNDAY OCTOBER 2, 8:30 P. M. CHAS. C. WEBBER will “speak on “THE RESULT oF SACCO- VANZETTL CASE.” iq