The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 17, 1927, Page 2

Page Two THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, MON Y. OCTOBER 17, 1927 Washington Negro Teacher Condemns — Segregation Plan (Continued from Page One) crees under date of the Tenth An- niversary of the Bolshevik revolution. “Fifth: To accomplish at the |state’s cost the allotment of land WASHINGTON, (FP) “Oct. 16.— jae to all poor peasant households Sti sd by the eloque of Noval H.}and weaker households of the average in Dunba: * Negroes branch of for Ad asants and to appropriate ten mil- ion roubles for this purpose, in addi- tion to the budget sums already as- signed to this work in 1297. the Distri Nat 1 A ssaciatic or ‘Austrian Delegates to November Celebrations Arrive in Soviet Union revolt; that, together with the peas- antry it can defeat the numerous ene- mies; that it is able to establish and | | consclidate its power, build its own | state and crush the resistance of the | | exploiters with an iron hand. This| | period showed also that victory was | i | | — } | ‘Theodore Dreiser To Be ‘Guest of I. W. A. at the ‘Anniversary of USS R possible under the leadership of the proletariat and its Party. Faced By New Problems | “The end of the war against coun- | ter-revolution placed the proletariat and the Soviet government before new problems. It was necessary to organ- ize the national economy -in such a way that socialists should be victor- (Special Cable. to to Bally Worker). MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., Oct. 16. —The Austrian Labor Delegation, | the first to be invited by the Cen- | ral Council of Labor Unions of the } |U. S. S. R. to participate in thé} | November festivities, arrived here | today. Theodore Dreiser, American noy- elist, will leave soon for the Soviet | | Union as the guest of the Interna-| tional Workers’ Aid, of which Fred| G. Biedenkapp is secretary. Dreiser | | will reach the U. S. S. R. in time| s the celebration in honor | | | | |of the tenth anniversary red People cheer Support for the Aged. | tion of segregation) “Sixth: To instruct the Presidium | n government em-| yf the Central Executive Committee | tion of Negro] and the Council of Peoples’ Commis- ap s of the U. S. S. R. to work out a > in rece law providing gradual support at the ; | cost of the state of aged persons andj jindigent classes of the peasantry and | to submit this law for examination to | ed segreg: od publicly; that Secretary of “Seventh: dget of 1927-28, in addition to the} fixed, estimates of fif-| million roubles for building} s in the villages, factories and | pernicious type increase the amounts | , nee funds for war invalids; than double the present rate. | o More Death Penalty. “Ninth: To exclude from the exist-| EST TT ing penal sorles - the Soviet Repub- | “Tenth: To instruct the Picsidium | s in the U. . R. the penalty of | of the Central Executive Committee t. There | i national | {crimes and armed burglary. jagainst the {ants of the U. | to wit of on ious. On the base of the nationaliza- tion of land, factories, works and cther instruments of production; on | the base of monopoly of foreign trade it was necessary to pass to the or- ganization of constructive work of} The delegation was welcomed at the station by numerous represen | tatives of the Central and Moscow Councils of the Labor Unions of | the U.S. S. R., and also by repre-; | First Workers’ Republic. | Henri Barbusse, noted French au. | thor, and A. J. Cook, secretary o | the British Miners’ Federation, wi also be the guests of the I. W. A.} the next All-Union Congress of Sov- ial cae bt heahe 0h “4 sentatives from various factories. i segregated |. || of their Teepestye countries at the| | millions ~ 6% massed front national! | Phe weleome piven tn: Meekow || department | '©**- , Z forthcoming celebration. I etn anige 1 by \| . To include in the state; 4 if Smet es ies ee workers to the Austrian labor dele- | “The successful solution of the most difficult _problems- concerning econom- ic policy was possible because the Oc- | tober Revolution created a base for planned direction of national economy. Afte® several years of the new eco- nomic policy the national economy of the U. S&S. R. recovered itself from | the period of disorganization, surpass- ing the pre-war level of productive forces, The industry for the socialist foundation of the national economy is now developed and consolidated. Co- operation and state trade has increas- ed and is now occupying a predomin- | | gates was an imposing demonstra. tion of the fraternal solidarity of | the workers of Austria and the Sov- | iet_ Union. “The dictatorship of the bourgeoi- | sie gave w: to the dictatorship of the, proletariat and the main property of the bourgeoisie become the Work- ers State’s proper The proletari- an October revolution transformed (Russia, formerly the international gendarme and world hangman into the greatest stronghold of interna- ‘tional revolution, int oa herald of |peace and victory of exploiters. All the forces of the old world rallied | proletarians and peas- Continuous Attack. “They have tried all methods of higher, aa incomes of a acker: and peasants are increasing, and the num- ber of poor peasants’ households is falling.“ The cultural level of the population is being constantly raised. Illiteracy is being reduced rapidly. Women In Political Life. “Working women are taking part in the poitical life of the country. The new generation, thru the Communist ant position in the total trade turn- | Youth. Union and Pioneers’ organiza- over. Every year private capital is | |tions is being educated in new prin- | | acy and the cowardly murders prac- | |the press apoligy for the strike and begs for! Seven Hour Day For Workers in Soviet Union source of the new bourgeois conspir- | ticed by foreign political agents. against the U. S. S. R. the urgent task of all workers. ported by political and economic con- | solidation. “The Central Executive Committee of the U. S. S. R. invites workers of the whole world to lend their assist- {ance to this jconsolidation by all pos- sible means.” “Ohio Miners N Neud Relief; Ask Order For Mass Picketing (By Worker Correspondent) MARTINS FERRY, Ohio, Oct. 16. —District officials of the United Mine Workers of America recently met in Columbus to discuss ways and means of effecting a settlement in this district, which has been locked out since April of this year. The officials true to Lewis, Green & Co. are substituting for the traditional fighting policy of the miners, one of begging for “peace in the industry.” A letter sent to the operators and recently is thruout an “This consolidation of military force | is therefore | The} | military consolidation, must be sup-| County Labor Party Nomiinates Workers; Hapgood and Craig. PITTSBURGH, Pa., Oct. 16.—The labor party of Allegheny County,: Pennsylvania, has nominated candi- dates and will be on the ballot in the coming November elections. In the past few years the old party politicians were successful in captur- ing the labor party and using it for their own purposes. The labor party in reality became the tale end of the | republican and democratic: parties. This year, the city and county com- i|mittees were reorganized and a real jlabor ticket nominated. The demo- | cratic party, following the policy of the past years made an attempt to |place its candidates. for county com- missioners, Hoolahen and Brenen, on both the democratic and labor party tickets. They were both badly beaten jin the recent primaries by Powers Hapgood, a well known progressive miner, and Leonard Craig, a moulder, the nominees for county commission- tee of the labor party. The candi- ers sponsored by the courity commit- dates of the labor party are as fol- lows, Judges—(Vote for nine): Louis Wiseman, William Adams, H. J. Rath, Rebecca Horovitz, F. A. Furrer, H. M. Wilson, A. J. Daugherty, H. Slom- berg, Celia Paransky County Commissioners: Powers ; Hapgood, Leonard Craig. County controller, John Otis. * District attorney, D. E. Earley, death as a measure of social defense | |for any crime except state of war rras "Union| | of the U. S. S. R. to mitigate meas-|struggle: blockade and intervention, | ote and more thrust back and the | ciples. The educational work in the| » settlement on the basis of the Il- Soviet Russia | ures of social protection established |plots and revolts, sabotage and ter- | Commanding position of the proletar- | labor unions is unceasing. The Soviets | jinois and other agreements, with the iat is growing more and more power- | are becoming the greatest school in {in Leningrad on the eve of the tenth | g 5 }anniversary of the workers revolu-| SEN D FOR A CATALOGUE tion not by mere chance, but because | Leningrad is the cradle of the rev- THE DAILY WORKER | olution. Revolutionary leaders of BOOK DEPT. hae Piste ae ae the ae ranks of the Leningrad proletariat, 58 First Street New York, N. Y. he pointed out. The Communist Party and the government must =|therefore appear on the eve of the jtenth anniversary of the’ Bolshevik revolution before the Leningrad jworkers and transmit to them the |greetings of the whole country, said |Kalinin, and declared the Leningrad |proletariat was, is, and will be the| most faithful guardian of the revolu- tion on one of the most important posts of the Union of Socialist Sov- jiet Republics. After Kalinin’s speech, Rykov, a chairman of the Council of Peoples Theatre and Commissars, reported on the inter. y hal national and internal situations at Education the tenth anniversary. He concluded in by reading the manifesto of the Cen- tral Executive Committee, addressed to all workers of the U. S. S. R., to SO V IE I the proletarians of all countries, and the oppressed peoples of the whole world, outlining the decisions for a f books on elopment of on the Musie, Poetry, Lit- erature, Cinema seven hour day, and other improve- ments. The Central Executive Committee of the All Union Congress of Soviets | has unanimously adopted a manifesto |containing a survey of the outstand- ing and stirring events in the history jof the November Revolution which, | beginning with the overthrow of the |Czar, resulted in the establishment jof the first workers’ and peasants’ | government and established the pro- jletarian dictatorship over all the ter- |ritory of the Soviet Union. | The manifesto also reviews the jachievements of the Russian Rev- olution and points out the many deci- sions of the Central Executive Com- mittee for the improvement of the ‘life and conditions of the working jclass and the peasantry in the U. S. | \S. R. during the. ten years since the | establishment of the Soviet Republic. | Modern Russian Composers By Leonid Sabaneyeff Written a in brilliant by Russios gifted com- posers, r tesk So It demonstrates that the tenth ant pee Pio |niversary of the Russian Revolution or: 7 13, . on pate. is the greatest achievement of the ver pore aaa st | aad international revolutionary move- work is discussed in a ; delightful ‘manner. —$2.75 |ment of the proletariat. RUSSIAN POETRY | 1917. ee | An 2 both old | “Ten years ago the capitalist n an and with in jof imperialist war. | had placed all mankind on the verge of an abyss of infamous destruction biographical sia’s new poe lated ABET TH plundered and ransacked the Soviet jcountry in all directions, supporting the gentry and armies of czarist gen- erals. “All these armies were forced to retreat before the Red Army of the workers and peasants. Counter- revolution was spurned back and overthrown. The period of civil war and military Communism showéd that the proletariat can more than improvements into the national econ- omy and reinforce the economical and political struggle. for socialist. Trac- tors and broadcasting newly acquired en large scale in the villages. Many regions have already been supplied with electrical energy. “The growth of cooperation is in- }ance to Kulaks. Every year the con- | ditions of life for the toilers have im- pie: The wages of workers are creasing and showing greater resist- | |Its growth frightens them. They see | how pitiably unfounded and ridiculous are their hopes for the destruction of the Soviet State. This is the real cause of the change in the policy of the bourgeoisie and for their new at- tacks against the proletarian country; of the new danger of war actively provoked by oil kings and bankers, the | generals of the imperialist armies, dip- lomats and czarist immigrants and their adherents abroad. This is the By LELAND OLDS (Federated Press). The steady shift of American in- dustry toward the South Atlantic states where 100% American labor works Chinese hours for coolie wages is suggested by each month’s employ- ment report from the Massachusetts department of labor. The report for August shows a gain of 2.8% in fac- but this is little more than half of the seasonal gain in the same month a year ago and leaves the level 8% lower than in August 1926. New England Unemployment. The factory employment index of} Massachusetts now stands at 79.8%, compared with the’ average for the| years 1919-1928 taken as 100%. More | than a fifth of the workers who had jobs in Massachusetts factories in the earlier period have been forced to look elsewhere for work. With the execption of the cotton mills all the more important Massa- chusetts industries registered a con- siderable drop compared with last year. The boot and shoe industry re- tory employment compared with July | HUNDREDS OF MASSACHUSETTS WORKERS JOBLESS “Mme. — Schwimmer AS BOSSES SEEK CHEAP SOUTHERN SERF LABOR jer workers and factories turning out | foundry and machine shop products, 13% fewer than Woolen mills also cut 3'4% of last year’s employes off the payroll bring- ing the level down to 77% of the j average for 1919-1928. | Cotton mills, around which New | England industry developed, in -spite 6 are employing 30% than in the earlier period. i Textile Move South. Another reflection of the shift of | industrial activity toward the south} ‘is found in the monthly report on the | cotton spinning industry by the U, S. department of commerce. The report for August shows that the 36,556,026 | | spindles in the United States aver- jaged 245 hours of operation during | fhe month. But southern spindles | in August 1926. | of a gain of 64% compared with Au- | fewer | | Her activities in trying to stop the great war seem to be remembered. | When she applied for American cit- izenship in Chicago, she didn’t get i hours in August 6r nearly double the 8,045,362,597 produced by the 18,349,- | 098 spindles in all other states. Massachusetts with 10,394,504 cot- | ton spindles in her mills produced 1,- | 695,998,977 spindle-hours during the the usual reply: | averaged 326 hours compared ‘with an | month. But the Carolinas with 11,- average of 164 hours per spindle in| 602,292 spindles produced 9,943,602,- New England. ~267 spindle-hours of operation. The tion per spindle in Mas- There are now about as many cotton thr ieeens gtd Rs ks spindles in the cotton’ growing states yi hla peas Soe todra, tor Nore las-in all other states of the union, Carolina 319 hours and South Caro- The miners in their seven month struggle, exhausted,—are facing star- vation, and eviction in the winter months. The miners for the past couple of months have been clamoring for re- lief from their district officials, with “Wwe would show our Weakness to the operators if we were to solicit relief.” About $1.75 a weck has been paid to a few. In a number of localities in this sub-district the miners’ are themselves collecting relief in their respective cities, but they are fast realizing that the whole organized labor movement must be mobilized in their behalf. They are making preparations for organizing a State-wide relief organization. The mines in this locality are gradually opening on a scab basis with the leaders, instead of urging |the miners to break the injunction | and go out en mass to the picket line, | having a difficult time keep them at) |home, and urging them not to use! any abusive language when yelling) The from for the scabs to leave the mines. miners are blue in the face having to yell at the scabs for months | with megaphones, from a distance. One hears very frequent comment: “we have never won any of our past strikes with megaphones and unless | we start mass picketing this strike will be lost!” | Protest Against Ban On I. W. W. by Mayors Of 5 Colorado Towns | WILLIAMSBURG, Colo., Oct. 16. —An appeal to Governor William H. Adams of Colorado to investigate the actions of the mayors of five Colora- do towns who have issued warnings that I. W. W.’s “will not be tolerated” was made Thursday by Forrest Bai- world was blazing with the flames} Capitalist rule | duced its forces 8%% bringing the | the figures being for the south 18,- lina 364 hours. level down to 58.9% of the average | 206,928 and for all other states 18,- for 1919-1923. Manufacturers of elee- | 249,098. But in the south the 18,206,- trical apparatus employed 15.6% } 928 produced 5,978, 4565, eel spindle-} BOOST THE DAILY WORKER! GET A NEW READER! Office: 69 Fifth Ave. Corner 14th St. New York ¢ Telephone: st Block of Co- nd Block of Co- CH and A. YARMO- ee LINSKY $2.25 {and the annihilation of cultural | FLYING OSSIP | achievement. Amidst the monstrous hort stories by the best of |chaos of the world war the Russian | BOm Aree OF oe sak | Revolution of March 1917 scared up | si llike a signal rocket. wai “The proletariat mobilized its | by Y TROTSKY forces during the sharpest struggle | | opera- | ALGONQUIN 6900. opera- tive houses tive houses is estab- willsoon | lished. beready The construction of a ley, director of the American Civil Liberties Union. The warning was issued by the mayors of Florence, Rock Vale, Coal Creek, Williamsburg and Canyon City following the arrival of several I. W. W. organizers in the Fremont coal fields. The message from the American Civil Liberties Union follows: “We are informed that the mayors of Florence, Rock Vale, Coal Creek, Williamsburg and Canyon City, all in Fremont County, have issued notices banning I. W. W. organizers from these areas. We respectfully question the rights of the mayors to restrict the free movement of individuals on the mere assumption of intention to commit crimes and appeal to your Excellency to investigate and to in- tervene if the facts warrant.” Plan International Tin Trust at London Meet History j by court sentences or administrative |ror. All attempts to bring back the | selection of a committee of two and Social Studies | order in regard to all convicts except {old regime have been repelled and | !¥l- | socialist construction. The proletar-| two to “study the conditions in the} County treasurer, E. J: Horacek. Political active members of political parties|smashed by the force of ‘the prole-} ,, hy teem roa _ ian dictatorship possesses all that is | industry” and on the findings of this! County recorder, Otto’ Yeager. Economy aiming at the destruction of the Sov-|tarian and peasant masses. Internal | ,. The _ elect penton eve ce a | Wannenea) Ht cane fake AnAnNEy °F | committee to determine the wages and County register of wills, Maude 8S. hil teh aest ac heihe takors!? | sishute oi i Volhovstroi, Dnieprostroi, and many | the building of socialism according to | conditions in the Spring of next year. |p; Envenoopy ae har ieee aaa F4 5 | eae reve eR domed: 4 or stan other powerful electro-stations is en-| the directions of Lenin, its leader aiid | When informed of the proposal, Richter. ryote teu ; unten oie ae Eaten. ve pallies, etna: tering the life of the Soviet Union as | genius of the labor movement. the representative of the operators} County clerk of courts, Sam Shore. Fiction night in the Uritzky Palace with an Krasnovs, the troops 2 some of the most important achieve- | War Danger. | declared that the Ohio coal operators| County prothonotary, H. J. Lohr. Likecaidie inaugurative speech by Kalinin, presi-! the United Biebes : iaaiena ee ments of the revolution. The Semire- | “But the Soviet Union, surrounded | gre not interested. However another County directors of the poor: An- Pods |dent. of the Soviet Union. He em- lining Franea Sagas Geni sie chensk Railway, the Colgadon Canal, | by capitalist enemies, is being threat-|conference was proposed by John] drew Schmolder, Nelson Lorenz, J. S. et =: phasized that the session was opened | kia, Polat , Rumaniaicdll ee and other giant erections bring new|ened by imperialists of all countries.) Cinque, sub-district president. | Truhar. City Ticket. City council, H, D. Gardner, David Rinne, M. Jenkins, A. Horvat. City controller, Robert Lieberman. WANTED — MORE READERS! ARE YOU GETTING THEM? Greetings SOVIET RUSSIA on the | i | | N the special issues of The DAILY WORKER to be printed on November 7, the opportunity to send personal greetings to Sovy- iet Russia is given to American workers. These names will appear in the special Honor Roll in The DAILY WORKER. To cov- er the expense of printing, 25 cents will be charged for every name, SEND YOUR NAME Send the names of other workers— GREET THE RUSSIAN WORKERS and PEAS- ANTS on the Tenth Anni- versary of the Russian Revolution, THE DAILY WORKER 83 First St., New York I enclose $ greetings (at 25-cents a name) from the following workers: WRITE PLAINLY. |with its enemies under the direction | {of the steel Bolshevist program and | |under the leadership of the immortal | |Lenin, and in October, 1917, (old | | style, Nov. 7, new style), it broke the |principal front of imperialism. Workers Assume Power. “The proletarian rising brought! ich there of ters. no is a fran all the new rd Block of Co- operative Houses will soon begin! LONDON, Oct. 16,—Plans for a hnge international tin trust, in which | \ United States capitalists will have at! least a 25 per cent interest are be- ing made here, Plans to contro! the world price of tin is the object of the new move. About 55 per cent of the world’s pro- All the modern equipments and ae commodations as well as rents Every apartment of this 3rd block of co-operative houses will have a NEW THEATRE AND A OF SOVINT RUSSIA IUNTLEY CARTER thorough study of ye and motion pic- A Russian st tures-—with 68 photographs |liberty to all nationalities. Soviet Come and select an airy, aa duction of tin is controlled by British eet Deals elated a ee, |rule transformed imperial Russia | are same as that minimum of two capital. | EDUCATION IN SOVIET |from & people's a oa a goal Be) in the first two sunny apartment of exposures and Registration Fails Off. 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