The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 12, 1927, Page 2

Page Two SINCLAIR TRIAL FOR OIL FRAUDS | BEING PREPARED Great Efforts to Shield| Memory of Harding WASHINGTON deal. Final 5 became important. nu Le 6 Photo Old Haymarket Aid But now things | | | Dome lease, t on Oct. —Motion for the end of the 4 pot Dome r Court of W accounting Oil Comp: THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1927 YAQUIS LINING UP FOR MEXICAN GOVERNMENT elements in Mexico relied much on an outbreak of Yaqui Indians. promises did cause some of them to make raids several months ago when the clerical counter-revolution first The Yaquis support the government in greater and greater hows a platoon of Yaqui soldiers in the Federal army. are different. 'FEDERAL TROOPS Plentifal use of money and DEFEAT COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY ARMIES OF GENERAL GOMEZ (Continued from Page One) A. F. of L. officialdom, the chamber |of commerce and its secret service department: “Whereas, the unpr tention now being given | try to military matters (na jment and foreign naval bases, mili- |tary aviation, C. M. T. C. projects jete.) is clearly a part of the general |war preparations noted throughout | the world—eyen in so-called Disarma- {ment Conferences (Geneva); there- |fore be it x ; “Resolved, that this convention of the American Federation of Labor warns the workers against the grow {ing war danger and declares that a) war that the Great Powers may un- dertake cannot be in the interests of the great mass of the people, par- ticularly the .workers, but can only {mean new saerifices for them; and be it further “Resolved, that we oppose the mili- tarizing campaigns now going on in this country, that we demand prompt withdrawal of U. S. Military lented at- this coun- arma- the | workers’ interests in struggle against } | the employers.” | Repeal of Watson-Parker Law. | “Whereas, the employers, if al-| lowed to fasten upon the railroad | workers such an infamous piece of legislation as the Watson-Parker | Law, will not be slow to shackle the | workers in other industries with sim- | ilar anti-labor legislation, therefore de it “Resloved, that the American Fe eration of Labor, assembled in its \47th annual convention, condemns the | Watson-Parker Law as detrimental | to the interests of the workers and withdraws its endorsement from it; | jealls upon the affiliated railroad | junions not to resort to the laws arbi- | |tration provisions, but to insist upon | |dealing directly with the railroad | |companies; and herewith initiates a/| |movement looking towards the |peal of the Watson-Parker La ren “Resolved, that the following meas- | ures be applied to combat the graw ing unemyployment: ! unions of the world shall Unemployment. i OPEN SHOP PRESS TRIED TO AID GREEN ATTACK PROGRESSIVE WORKERS AT A. F. OF L. CONVENTION ism, in allianee with the oppressed peoples of the semi-colonial and col- onial countries, and’in unity with the trade unions of the world.” World Trade Union Unity. “Whereas, the largest trade union movements of the world (the British and Russian) as well as numerous others (China, Australia, India, Fin- jland, ete.) have declared in favor of an all-inclusive World Congress. for the purpose of achieving complete world trade~union unity, which pro- posal is further endorsed by the Red International; therefore be it “Resolved, that the American Fed- eration of Labor reply to the invita- tion of the Amsterdam International that it affiliate to that body, by pro- posing instead that a World Congress shall be ealled to which all trade be invited to send delegates according to pro- portional representation, which Con- ‘gress shall proceed to unify the world labor movement on the hasis of a program of militant defense of tho Group Backs 40th jand naval forces from China, Nicara-, Se aay, pees |gua and all other foreign territory, | z side every land. pot Dom (Continued from Page One) |Donato Segura. The rebels were| “1. The enforcement and introduc- | ———— named. | 3.—Final steps were expected to be taken in District 2 Court for} the appeal of H Sinclair from | Ir on charges of | | 4.—Navy depart | sitions, meeting of the Pior Aid Anniversary Meet themselves, and they were the ones = “T quickly organized a pursuit port tion, which wi founded | and will give you a detailed report | who attacked the most difficult po- CHICAGO, Oct. 11. — At the last |column, which is following the flee- some fc s ago to take care of |as soon as possible.’” and Sup-/ing adherents of Gomez and Almada, | the widows and children of the Ha market Martyrs of 1887, and to erect eral court in Wyoming to e down without waiting Teapot Dome wells infjand care for the monument that until legal formalities accompanying | stands over their graves in Waldheim decision, are rve oiil in the the Supreme Cour complied with, to ground. 5—Atlee Pomerene, government spe- cial counsel, announced that an early trial of Fall and Edward L. oil magnate, on_ bribe: a growing out of the Elk Hills, Ca lease would be sought. y department nounced that they r a request to con trade part of t jcemetery, it was unanimously decided {to send a warm greeting to the third jannual conference of International |Labor Defense, which takes place in New Yo on November 12-13, at Plaza Hall, on the fortieth anniver- sary of the execution of the five working cl leaders in Chicago. a > One of | from Chicago ¢ | Will conv personally to the conf: in the name of the Association and report on the forty years of its work. The Pioneer Aid cons lk Hills re: 2 serve to private oil companies in order to make the government reserve a solid|collected the funds from workers all block and p: vent possibility of drain-|over the country to put up the splen- age. This w so g chance to|did monument which commemorates favor‘some of clair’s rivals at the|the American pioneers of the eight- expense of Sinclair. hour labor day movement and has The sum involved in the Elk Hills held Haymarket memorial meetings and Teapot Dome 1 about | evs ye: Last year the meeting $32,000,000. was held with the support of Inter- Frequent accusations of complicity national Labor Defe which has of President Harding and other mem- collaborated cl hers of his cabinet than Fall are not| 4 iq x po. be investigated by the Department The Chicago local of International of Justice, it is understood here. Libor’. Defense. formally. affiliated with the Association — which al- ready has the support of many labor organizations — at its last meeting. | The memorial meeting this year jwill be held at Wicker Park Hall, !North and Robey, and special efforts i made to make the Fortieth y meeting successful, Ap- sriate musical numbers have been ged for, and Otto Herrmann, of ion, and Max Bedacht, a 1 committee of Interna- tional Labor Defense, together with another speaker in English, will ad- RUSSIAN dross the audience. REVOLUTION ane On Russian Trade Unions . RUSSIAN PRADE UNIONS . is aSes THINK OF THE SUSTAINING FUND AT EVERY MEETING! (Continued from Page One) prison, unanimously endorsed the \forthcoming Third Annual Conference of International Labor Defense to be held in New York on the fortieth an- niversary of the Haymarket martyrs, November 12-13, —.05 Y TRADE UNIONS 1 By A. Losovsky . LABOR LAY INSURANC - RUSSIAN Wor WORKSHOPS ot only was the conference en- dorsed but the delegates also urged with the Pioneer | Calles Congratulates Generals. the Calles statement | Continuing, say! “President Calles sent General |Escobar the following message of | congratulation: | “‘In the name of the Mexican re- |publie and in my own name, I con- |gratulate you and the generals, of- | ficers and troops. of your column, who | knew how to punish traitors that rose {in rebellion against the institutions jof the country. I am awaiting your {detailed report on the activity which ended the revolution.’ ” Generals Flee In Terror. presidential statement The | sumes: “Regarding the surrender, of which |we have spoken in the first part of | this statement, General Robert |Cejugo, commandant of the Jalapa Garrison, informed President Calles that this morning more than 500 |Gomez-Almada rebels, including of- re- render, this constituting the entire number of infantry that the traitor Gomez commanded. They surren- dered unconditionally after the defeat General Escobar inflicted on them. lan, state of Vera Cruz, the men who surrendered informing the govern- ment troops that more rebels would be coming in to surrender and ask- Gomez, Almada and Medina, who fled in such a cowardly manner, abandoning their officers and men. “At a place called La Boquilla, jstate of Queretaro, a battle was fought between armed peasants and a small group of rebels headed by Generals Armado Garza Linares and jficers, presented themselves for sur-, “The surrender occurred at Cosaut-| jing mercy for them. Our loyal fed-; jeral cavalry troops are now pushing’ completely exterminated and Gen- erals Linares and Segura and Major Luis Pedrejo were killed in battle.” Small Outbreaks Suppressed. | MEXICO CITY, Oct. 11—A num-} ber of small outbreaks by religious} fanatics, incited by agents of Ameri- can oil interests, proved abortive and have been quickly suppressed. Press dispatches from Villa Hermosa, an- nounce that a revolutionary attempt in Chiapas quickly subsided with the arrest of a number of politicians. | | Dispatches from other sections of | the country report complete victories for the government troops. Tampico dispatches state that two nephews of General Gomez, with a small group of followers, were arrested near the} town of Almada, in the state of Tam-| aulipas. | | Workers Aid Federals, The suppression of the rebellion ‘was made possible by the support ac- jcorded the federal troops by workers and peasants thruout the country. Re- actionary groups of bandits and fan- atics, organized and subsidized by American agénts, were in many in-| stances attacked and annihilated by groups of armed workers and peas- ants. Les ee | Wall Street Arms Rebels. | TUCSON, Ariz., Oct. 11.—Groups of Yaqui Indians here have been ‘armed and sent back across the bor- |der to aid the reactionary revolt. | Large quantities of munitions are ‘reported to have been smuggled across the border with the full knowledge of American officials. Ha ees | Confiseate Rebel Estates. MEXICO CITY, Oct. 11.—The gov- /ernment has spent 10,000,000 pesos | (about $5,000,000) in the suppression jof the Wall Street-inspired revolt. | The cost, however, will at least in |part be met by the confiscation of the jestates of the reactionary leaders. GET A NEW READER! | NEW YORK UNIONISTS AID TENTH ANNIVERSARY earned the support of all class-con- scious workers, All organizations should send delegates to its third an- |nual conference and make it an im- {posing demonstration of working class solidarity in the fight against the frame-up system.” The resolution, introduced in the name of the resolutions committee by Rose Wortis, of the International | Ladies’ Garment Workers, was adopt: American Fascists on Way Home But | ‘See George First | SOUTHAMPTON, Oct. 11. — The | liner Leviathan, used by the 4mperial- and that we declare our unqualified} . : 4 u opposition to foreign intervention in|tion of shorter working hours, with | China as well as to war against the|the 8-hour day as a maximum and | Soviet Union.” |wherever possible, the introduction of | For a Labor Party. jthe 5-day week. i “Resolved, that the 47th annual) “2. In industries suffering from | convention of the A, F. of L. rejects|considerable unemployment, equal! as detrimental to the interests of la-|distribution of work to all the work- | bor, the non-partisan policy of labor|ers of the industry, instead of throw- | | upon ed after the conference had heard the| sts to transport cannon fodder dur- | speech of James P. Cannon, national | ing the late war, is bringing back the |secretary of I. L. D., who was dele-| main contingent of American legion- By Wm. Z. Foster jall sympathetic and affiliated labor eee ae AL REVIVAL IN ovganizations to send delegates to By I. Heller the forthcoming labor defense gath- .. RUSSELI ering. The resolution praised the oF RUS work of International Labor Defense i me ene and declared its s' UTION OF VIET RUSSIA Just MARK The DAILY WORKER BOOK DEPT. 33 First Street, New York Bnelosed $ marked above {gated from that organization to the pproval of the con-| defense conference. : ference taking pfyce on the fortieth) Lucy Parsons to Speak. veneered jf of thy Chicago martes | Lucy E. Parsons, widow of Albert as the most fitting’ occasion for the| R. Parsons, one of the foremost lead- gathering of delegates from all over) or. of the great eight-hour day move- the country to organize the fight) ment 40 years ago, who was hung jagainst the frame-up wire * | with the other Haymarket martyrs “We firmly belie says the reso-|on the scaffold of Cook County, Il- lution, “in the necessity of a nation-| linois, will be the guest of honor at wide. fight in behalf of all the Rael the third annual conference of Inter- war rs and consider the. third] national Labor Defense, Nov. 12 and annual conference of the Internation-| 13, in New York City at Plaza Hail. Defense as the proper place| In accepting the invitation of the ation of the struggle. I. L. D, to attend the conference, Lucy | Parsons warmly praised the I. L. D. BRN o es bie oscascesictopewee score Zarned S G te | ae Earned Support 4 jand appealed for support “in its Street “By its great work for Sacco and | splendidly useful. work.” Cty Janzetti and its non-partisan sup- Stat PAMPHLET-THE TENTH YEA ; : “THE TENTH YEAR” is the name press Monday, Oct. 17, ready for distribution in the celebration in this country of the Tenth Anniversary of It was written by J. Louis Engda’ May and June, of this year, gathering first-hand information as to the in- ternal development of the Workers’ Republic. 4 ; The pamphlet will be “‘Number One” of the American Workers’ Library Series to be issued by the American Workers’ Library Fund. Tenth Year” should be sent in immediately to The DAILY WORKER, “The 43 East First Street, New Yor, | City. wholesale price to branch agent: \and be eight cents per copy; ts of The DAILY WORK price to DAILY WORKER agents, who of literature sales for an entire city or district and are official is seven cents per copy. f The Haymarket Anniversary. pore ee shia >: Sa “Your third conference is to meet parts of the country, the 1. .L..D. 88! in New York City on'the anniversary |of the Haymarket martyrdom” she |wrote. “A most fitting anniversary, |indeed. The holding of a conference jby such a forward-looking organiza- attention of the present generation ‘ |the facts of the frame-up and con- of the pamphlet that will be off the} |zers to the gallows. the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. on for the organization andj national executive committee of the} spiracy that sent five labor seit jnaires from their orgies in Paris and other cities of Europe. The departure of 2,000 “veterans” from Southampton yesterday made no |stir, The legionnaires, who were re- |ceived by the hostility of the entire European working class for support |the American fascists’ gave to the |murder of Sacco and Vanzetti, soon jmade themselves so disgusting or ridiculous as to turn against them al! execpt the wealthy classes in every country they visited. “ The Polite Facists. | However, the king and queen of | England received the “heroes” before \their return. Visibly overawed by the formalities and the surroundings at | Buckingham Palace, and impressed by ;meeting another king and queen, the | legionnaires, who have been the laugh- | ing-stock of the British working class |publie for days, pressed forward | eagerly to clasp the king of England’s |hand, “O, boy,” one of the legion- |naires is quoted as saying, “we've held the hands of three kings and two queens on this trip.” WANTED — MORE READERS! ARE YOU GETTING THEM? hl, who was in the Soviet Union during Orders for ally reported to have been moved i: Phe sivlcaik 10-cunte per copy; ‘the City. This address is incorrect. individuals ordering $5 worth or more a aa a CORRECTION IN ADDRESS OF NATIONAL OFFICE The National Office of the Workers (Communist) Party was origin- The correct address of the National Office is 43 East 125th street, New York City. All comrades should make note of the change because much mail is going astray as a result of the incorrect address. All mail intended for the National Office sho he addressed: Workers Party, 43 Hast 125th street, New York City, to 38 East 125th street, New York supporting’ candidates on the tickets of the old capitalist parties and en- dorses the proposition of independent working class political action through the formation of a Labor Party; and be it further “Resolved, that the incoming Exec- utive Council of the A. F. of L, be instructed. to immediately enter into conference with representatives of all other economic and political labor or- ganizations with the aim of bringing about a national labor conference, sometime in July, 1928, to ‘organize and place in the presidential elections a labor ticket and to launch a Labor Rarty; and be it further “Resolved, that all city and state control labor bodies be called upon to-initiate immediately all necessary measures to launch local and state labor tickets in the forthcoming elec- tions in their respective localities; and be it further “Resolved, that the Executive’ | Council of the A. F. of L. unaertake to bring about the organization of a political bloc between the labor move- ment and the poor farmers‘ for joint action in the forthcoming presidential election and generally for common political struggle against the capi- talist class.” Relief For Striking Miners. “Therefore be it resolved, that this convention herewith authorize a call all affiliated international unions to assess their membership and to their loeal unions to make sub- stantial contributions out of their treasuries for the struggling miners.” Amalgamation. “Whereas: These unions, because they are divided against themselves along trade lines and are thus unable to make united resistance against the employers, constantly suffer defeat after defeat, with heavy losses in membership and serious lowering of the workers’ standards of living and working conditions, and “Whereas: The only solution for the situation is the development of a united front by the workers through the amalgamation of the various trade unions so that there -will remain only one union for each industry, therefore, be it “Resolved: That the 47 convention of the American Federation of Labor instruct the Executive Council of the A. F. of L. to call a series of con- ferences of the unions in the respec- tive industries for the purpose of initiating movements to amalgamate all the unions in the given industries in single organizations, each of which shall cover one industry.” Organizing the Unorganized. “Resolved, that this convention of the American Federation of Labor goes on record for the initiation of an aggressive and wide-spread campaign for the organization of the unorgan- ized workers in the various industries. To this end the Executive Council stands instructed to hold conferences jing large numbers of workers into the } streets. ‘ | “3. Pressure upon the federal, | state, and city governments in favor j jof large appropriations for public | |works, with wages and working con- ditions to be based upon union stan-| dards. ‘ | | “4. The initiation of a national} {campaign for the establishment’ of | jfederal and state insurance against | unemployment.” | Resolution on Mooney-Billings Case. | “Resolved, that the 47th annual-| convention of the American Federa- tion of Labor reiterates its conviction | that Tom Mooney and Warren K. Billings are the innocent victims of a frame-up, and be it further “Resolved, that this convention in | regular assembly, herewith shall send a delegation to the Governor of Cali- fornia to once again state the posi- tion of organized labor on this mat- ter and to demand the unconditional release.of Tom Mooney and Warren K. Billings from the penitentiaries of | California,” Organization of Negro Workers, “Resolved, that the American Fed- eration of Labor, in 47th convention assembled, declares emphatically in favor of the organization of the Negro workers into the organizations having jurisdiction over their particu- lar line of work, and fo this end it | calls upon the labor movement gen- erally to put the following principles into effect: “1. To insist that Negro workers | receive the full social, political and economic rights enjoyed by white workers. “2. To remove all constitutional | barriers in the unions against the ad- mission of Negro workers. i “3. To initiate special campaigns among Negro workers, employing wherever necessary special Negro or- ganizers, to draw the Negroes into the trade unions.” H For a Militant Trade Union Policy. | “Resolved, that this convention of | | the A. F. of L. specifically repudiates the so-called “Higher Strategy’ of Labor” and all its separate manifes-! |tations, and declares that the trade! union movement must resolutely take | up a policy ‘of aggressive action against the employing class for the positive raising of real wages, short-! ening of hours, and increasing the relative power and economi¢ stand- ing of the working class; this must | include well planned campaigns to or- ganize the unorganized workers, es- pecially in the basic industries; amal- | gamation of the craft unions into in- dustrial unions; the breaking with the capitalist parties. and establish- ment of a labor party; an aggressive struggle against American imperial- o~ M These Fighting Americans (above you see one of them By WM. GROPPER wnd other Cartoons and Drawings by DIEGO KIVERA—BOARDMAN ROB- INSON—LOZOWICK WANDA GAG— SOELOW—WM. SIEGEL—A, DEHN and other leading artists. 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