The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 12, 1927, Page 1

hs THE DAILY FOR THE © wod FIGHTS: FOR THE 40-HOUR WHEK FOR A LABOR PARTY Vol. IV. No. 232. ov THa | SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Entered ax second-class muiter at the Post Office at New York, N. Y, In New York, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside New York, by mail, $6.00 per year. NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1927 » under the act of March 3, Publixhe PUBLISHING AL CITY EDITION Price 3 Cents i daily except Sunday by The DAILY WORKER CO., 33 First Street, New York, N. Y. U.S-MEXICAN REACTION LOSES DECISIVE BATTLE “Green’s Policies Like Employers,” Says. Seneet Summerall to A. F. LE. DELEGATE HAYES FOR LABOR PARTY; ABUSED BY wag Arizona Delegate Open Agent’ of Governor BULLETIN LOS ANGELES, Oct. merall, lauded him as a “friend of labo Summerall praised Green’s patriot- | “I have often been} startled by the identity of the senti-| ism and said: ments of President Green and those of the captains of industry.” * See ee LOS ANGELES, Oct. Labor Party issue forced itself upon the attention of the conven- tion today. Max Hayes of the Typographical Union spoke bitter- ly of the recommendations for non- partisanism” ident Woll that he cooled his heels in the ante-room of the republican convention for three days before he was told to “go to hell.” President Green replied by say- ing that a Labor Party never got anywhere but that American social legislation compares with any in the world. President John H. Walk- er of the Illinois Federation of Labor came 4 the mourners: besch with the statement that he “was once blind like Hayes” but now he knows better. Walker’s support of Frank L. Smith, the Insull traction interest candidate for senator, in the last elections is evidence of his change of heart. Old Andy Furuseth objected to the executive council’s statement that the employers were friendlier to labor and warned that there was coming an offensive designed to drive the workers back to slavery. The convention may adjourn next Thursday. * * * LOS ANGELES, Oct. 11, — Lines were being tightly drawn today in the American Federation of Labor conven- tion for the impending fight over the Boulder Dam issue. Determined opposition to any en- dorsement by organized labor of the Swing-Johnson bill for a government built dam in Boulder Canyon has pro- vided the only controversy in the con- vention in which all real opposition to the administration is barred by the anti-“Red” crusade. | The dispute centers on the resolution by State Senator Daniel C. Murphy of San Francisco pledging the support of organized labor to Colorado River de- velopment projects and favoring pas- sage of the Swing-Johnson bill at the next session of congress. ‘Johnson Advocates Bill. Senator Hiram Johnson, one of the sponsors of the bill, was himself a speaker earlier in the sessions of the mvention, despite the fact that he Was often been condemned by labor in Cyffornia as the would-be hangman of* Ves Mooney of the Moulders Uniors and Warren K. Billings, former president of a shoe workers’ local and active ‘in organizing the street car workers, of San Francisco, and as be- (Continued on Page Three) Meet Today For Carillo and Grecco. A mass meeting for the defense of Greco and Carillo, charged with kill- ing two Fascists, will be held today * gt 3 p. m. at the Church of All Na- tions, 9 Second Ave. The speakers in English and Ital- ian will be Carlo Tresca, N. Napoli, Pippan and Louis bolas ys and ‘iveri. Workers Party Petitions Filed Naming Ticket In 11.—Presi- | | dent Green, introducing General Sum-| chief of the general staff, 11.—The | in the executive coun- | cil report and reminded Vice Pres- | OPEN SHOP PRESS TRIED 10. FINAL AND COMPLETE a ae Official Forecasts Partiy Cloudy w ser'Zartin'ee LOS ANGELES, ‘THURSDAY, OGTOBER 6, 1027 few’ PRICE FIVE CENTS | Police Obtain Conn wa i 0 Secret Doe. uments e of eel Sg = Wearkers’ Party Van Soin, OLE. of L. Halt Be a foring from Within’ Papers: Taken After Fight PLOT AIM UNION seyee <e GC \ \ al gee pay Ses wrt to “*roretrom. trlean Rederstion Py th Workers: } pare COMMUNIST ARRESTED IN LA \ \ Butea ima °\ iter CT SURVEILLANCE QUANG ABOR PLOT rssine yy THAT AADICALS UNDER Nex, NGELES a AFL: CONVERTION WE Letter Directs Introduction of Revolutionary Matter by Secretarial Faction THURSDAY, OCT. 6, | oeo AGHTATOR IN - | TOMS OF Law | | AS COMMUNIST | PAPERS FATIND the “captains of industry” are the sa Headlines from Los A cREST NIPS RADICAL PLOT HERE Angeles capitalist newspapers, showing how open shop publishers came to assistance of Green bureaucracy in baiting of sincere trade union work- ers at A. F. of L. convention, at Los Angeles. Summerail truly said, Green’s policies and the policies of pron ty Communists well known to police to ‘*bore from within’ at the forty. seventh annual convention of the American Federation of Labor probably will throw the meeting into a furor when it is called to order} his moriing in Cinderella Root Ballrgom. As General me. “T Got $100 a Week ee a AID A. F. OF L. LEADERS IN | NEW “RED-BAITING” CAMPAIGN | | Resolutions Hailed as “Plot” Evidence Are Public Documents of T. U. E. L. CHICAGO, Octboer 11.—Los Angeles papers received here following the arrest of Sidney Bush, a member of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union, at the A. F. of L. convention, dis- play headlines hysterically heralding a “Communist plot.” In the possession of Bush were a number of resolutions drafted by the Trade Union Educational League for which he was seeking favor- able consideration from the delegates. That the openshop press tried to start a new “red-baiting” campaign seems clear, The Los Angeles Times-heads the story of the arrest of Bush | by the secret service department of the Los Angeles police, which works under direction of the Chamber of Commerce, with “Plot Aimed at Union Sessions.” Cres Other Headlines. COMPANY UNI The Los Angeles Illustrated Daily News screams: “Arrest Nips Radical T Plot Here.” The Examiner says: “Communist Arrested In Labor Plot.” The Express has it: “Police Guard A. F. of L. from ‘Red Workers.’” The Evening Herald yells: “Guard Labor From Red Plots.” The Record is more restrained and simply says: “Jail Communist With Resolutions.” During Strike” ~ - Sigman | Mie Ds «UNION - WRECKING ear canny In ideas ¢ Canin ACTS OF WITNESS BARED AT TRIAL Sigman ‘Quid During | Freiheit “Libel” Suit An exposure of the policies of Mor-, ris Sigman, president of the Interna-; tional Ladies’ Garment Workers’) Union, took place yesterday under | Orders for tens of thousands of | copies of the pamphiet, “The | Tenth Year,” telling the inspiring | | story of the rapid rise and the | | tremendous achieversents of the| | Union of Soviet Republics, are ex- pected with the announcement yes- |terday that the pamphlet will be} ready for distribution Monday, Oct. 17th, The author of the pamphlet is J. Louis Engdahl. It is being issued as “No. One” of the proposed American Workers’ Library Series. | This pamphlet is being issued in large quantities on this Tenth An- niversary of the Russian Bolshevik Revolution, Noy. 7, 1927, to ac-| {and Unity, left wing publications. quaint American workers with the Sigman charges the union leaders} meaning of this working class tri-| |and editors with “criminal libel.” umph and to arouse the toiling] |Hearing of his complaint masses of this country to the nec-| |sumed yesterday by Magistrate Louis essity for the recognition and the| |B, Brodsky. defense,of the Soviet Union. When cros ae celina GROCERY CLERKS <== sky and Louis B. Boudin, attorneys for Ben Gold and Louis Hyman, lead- workers, and editors of the Freiheit examined by Attorney gman admitted he s to replace cloak 2 who had gone on er with the right! an also admitted! dre Hak re: | | wing union. | lhe sold membership books for 50 \cents to strikebreakers. Broke the Strikes, IN NEGOTIATIONS tsi: 3 sanz ye of the workers on strike? sent to take the 2” Sig- cross-examination by Joseph R. Brod-| ers of the progressive needle trades} was re-| of those who’ paid| FEDERAL TROOPS BADLY DEFEAT COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY ARMIES 'Officials in Border States Supply Indians With Arms; Permit Smuggling of Munitions BULLETIN. 11.—Ameri LAREDO, Tex., day in answer to Oct. accusations by n government officials here tow indignant Mexican citizens promised that the United States Bureau of Investigation would arrest four Ameri- can citizens who are known to be preparing to take airplanes to Vera Cruz A government agent was reported to be in Laredo in search of the to aid the counter-revolutionary forces. men. Rio Grande three near Rio Grand City. Oil men here’ said four American planes were seen to fly over the days ago, headed for Mexico and crossing the river * * * MEXICO CITY, Oct. 11.—The Gomez-Almada rebellion, ine | spired and subsidized by Wall Street, has been completely crushed, ‘according to a government announcement issued late last night. Despite the aid of officials in American border states who permitted the smuggling of arms in large quantities and subsidies received from American oil interests, the Gomez-Almada reaction- aries were routed yesterday afternoon, near Ayahualulco, in the Perote region of the state of Vera Cruz. Federal troops, under | General Escobar, are reported to have captured six hundred of |the reactionaries. | Orders that full amnesty be granted to the lower officers and men of the counter-revolutionary forces who had surrendered were ed by President Calles when he received the news of the victory. Reduced To Bandits. Altho Generals Gomez and Almada have eluded capture, they have been reduced to the status of. bandits, [wether any appreciable number of COMMUNIST PARTY CERMAN BLEQTION( aie wees President Calles’ statement, issued thru General Jose Alvarez, chief of the presidential staff, last night, fol- lows: | Pravda Lauds Gains in if Peland, Too (Special to the Daily Worker). MOSCOW, Oct. 11.—The Pravda, in an editorial emphasizes the sympto- | mat ie importance of the electoral suc- | cesses of the Communist Parties of | Baca and Poland. he results of the municipal elec- ins at Hamburg show how incorrect | |the social-democrats were in their government forces traitors under Gomez and Almada were completely defeated. The rebel leaders Gomez, Alamada and Medina fled shamefully when they heard the first shots, leaving their troops at the mercy of the government forces. 600 Rebels Surrender. “About 500 or 600 rebels, infantry jand cavalry, surrendered to the gov- }ernment Monday morning at the vil- }« ophecy” of oe Reams Sine of lage of Cosautlan. General Gonzales |the Communist Parties. The electoral |p. .ohar, commanding the Federals |victory at Hamburg is the more il-| who defeated the rebels, telegraphed luminating as the Maslov group was ‘completely routed, the editorial states. Communist Influence Grows. The results of the election prove that the defeats of the ultra-lefts have contributed to the enhancement of the jinfluence of the Communist Party. Even tho the social-democratic vote increased in the same proportion as |the Communist, no comparison is pos- ad pecan ae on Pens: Five) the presidential office that he had fought a battle; with the rebels com- manded by Gomez and Almada, com- mencing at 2 o’clock Sunday after- noon near the town of Ayahualuleo, which is in the Perote region. “The report of General Escobar fol- lows: “We fought them fully six hours until we drove them away from the inaccessible hills where, in advance, had built small fortifications, ‘ought them in front and on both’ flanks, The unsuccessfully, |attempted to occupy positions behind. | ener N.Y: UNIONISTS Jus. But we drove them off. Ar- \ jnulfo Gomez, after two hours of j |fig hting, shamefully in the dis jrection of e town of Cosautlan, | | abandoning his comrades. “In. their first. encounter with the « the group of ©” It will be recalled that William Hynes, head of the so-called intelli- gence service of the police depart- ment which in reality is a spy agency for the Los Angeles open shoppers, acted with Vice President Matthew Woll and Secretary Morrison of the A. F, of L. credential committee in refusing to seat William Schneider- man, a delegate of the Office Work- ers Union, because of membership in the Workers (Communist) Party. The arrest of Bush followed as did the arrest of Carl Haessler, managing editor of the Federated Press, a labor news service. The Trade Union Educational League Resolutions. Trade Union Educational League for submission to the A. F. of L. con- vention consist of the elaboration of the points of its program to conform to coyvention requirements. Its pro- gram is a public document and its resolutions have been published either The resolutions drafted by the] © That the company: union, working with the Metropolitan Window Clean- ers Company, has hired thugs to beat up striking window cleaners was the charge made yesterday by officials of Local 8, of the Window Cleaners’ Protective Union, Thugs Threaten Union Man. “We publicly charge Murray Tay- lor, of the company union, with em- ploying gangsters to terrorize our workers,” the union statement said. “Taylor, in company with a Mr. Rothstein, of the Metropolitan Win- dow Cleaning Company, and a group of paid guerrillas, attacked Mike Harris, one of our strikers, on Sixth (Continued on Page Five) With picketing continuing at two shops and a membership of 300 ready for action, the Retail Grocery and Dairy Clerks’ Union of Greater New York began yesterday to negotiate settlements with employers for the ensuing year. More than 20 shops had settled late yesterday, according to the press sec- tion of the strike committee of the union. Settlement Committee Sits. Present. contracts will expire next Saturday. The union has written to employers advising them that its set- tlement committee would be in regu- (Continued on Page Five) WORKERS PARTY SUPPORTERS MAY REGISTER. UP TO SATURDAY NIGHT FOR NOVEMBER 8 Fewer followers of the capitalist political parties qualified at regis- man was asked, The question was ruled out of or- der. “Tf these people had been sent to the shops to take the place of strik- ers would you consider that scab- bing?” “Not at all,” Sigman answered. | Big Winds Kill Church Goers, Attorney Brodsky also asked Sig- man if it was not true that guards} ST, LOUIS, Mo., Oct. 11.—The dis-| escourted strikebreakers furnished by) trict of St. Louis, devastated by the the right wing to the shops. Sigman (Continued on Page Five) recent tornado, offe hundreds of people a spectacle of} digging among| Klan Goes to Supreme Court in Secrecy Case WASHINGTON, Oct. 11,.—Declar- ing that the Walker Act, of New York state, which requires local chapters of the Ku Klux Klan to file a roster of members and a copy of the oath and by-laws with the secretary of state, deprives him of “life, liberty and property without due process of law,” of their friends and relations, the ruins of churches for the ns eee Almada, with the other rebel |leade} Medina and Aguilar, accome | panied by the dispersed groups of |rebels, fled likewise. More than two a a delegates, | Take Many Prisoners. representing 91 trade unions and) “‘] cannot report the exact nume j other labor organizations of New/ber of casualt mong our ene. \York City and vicinity, gathered at/mies, but I can assure you we pune the Plaza Hall“on the call of the Joint|jshed them sever (General Al- Defense Committee to organize fur-|yvarez estimated that there must be ther support to the fight of the cloak-| at least fifty dead and 100 wounded). maker's and furriers, a number of ‘We have a large number of pris- whom have again just been sent to|oners (about 500 or 600) and our (Continued on Page Two) troops show great satisfaction in |having punished their old comrades, |who forgot their duty and turned traitor. ‘The conduct of the federal of- ficers and men was very satisfae- |tory, and I am very proud to have headed them. The battalions of the Guard distinguished (Continued on Page Two) THE WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PARTY DENGUNCES TROTSKY’S OPPOSITION HE Political Committee of the Workers (Communist) Party at its meete in full or in condensed form in Labor| | tration booths on the first day of registration this year than on any} attorneys for George W. Bryant, are ing of Friday, October 7, adopted a resolution expressing its approval of Working Class Sections The Workers (Communist) Party filed petitions last night naming candidates in ten working class dis- tricts of Manhattan, Brookly and the Bronx for next months’ elec- Two open air meetings were last night. Many more will be first day in the last three years. day was only 124,022, Unity, its official organ, or in other labor publications. The portions of the resolutions of the Trade Union Educational League which call for action, and the sub- jects with which they deal are as follows and their content is a com- plete refutation of the statements of the capitalist press of Los Angeles, (Continued on Page Two) and platform Nov. 8. as voters at the proper place. Men not be permitted to vote. BEN? Registration hours on week da, 10:30 p. m, and on Saturday from 7 The total registration in the city Mon- But such indifference should not be found in men and women who}. will cast their ballots for the Workers (Communist) Party candidates Communism’: preparing to plead his case before the supreme court. He was convicted of violating the act. In another case, recently dismissed by the supreme court for lack of juris- diction, the Ku Klux Klan of Georgia attempted to repeal a Kansan law which compelled the klan to gain the state’s permission to solicit for mem- . bers. 's adherents should qualify at once and women who do not register will , all this week are from 5 p. rn. to a. m. to 10:30 p. m. the decision of the Executive Committee of the Communist International, removing Trotsky and Vuyovitch from the Executive Committee of the Communist International. The resolution condemns the violation of pledge and the attacks upon the unity of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Communist International on the part of the opposition, and declares that it is the opinion of the Central Executive Committee of the Workers Party that the Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, to held in December, should take final steps to prevent any continuance activities on the part of the opposition in the Russian Party and the Com tern. The resolution follows: eager on Page re?