The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 20, 1927, Page 5

THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1927 Page Five ECONOMIC GAINS IN SOVIET UNION GET T-HOUR DAY ~ PARTY ACTIVITIES | NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY | Open Air Meetings Tonight. Second Ave. and 10th St., William W. Weinstone, Rebecca Grecht and ). Benjamin, speakers. 115th St. and Madison Ave., Bert Miller, Moreau, Dassa and Nehama. Willis Ave. and 148th St., John Marshall, Louis A. Baum, C. K. Miller and William L. Patterson. (Continued from Page One) large industry exceeded last year by six per cent the pre-war production, and during the first part of this year ANTI-LABOR RECORD OF TAMMANY HALL AS WELL |AS REPUBLICANS PROVE NEED FOR A LABOR PARTY Many of the workers of New York City and state are con- vinced that the republican party is their enemy but have the il- lusion that Tammany Hall, or the democratic party, is vitally in- terested in them, according to a statement on the forthcoming election by the agitation-propaganda department of the Workers (Communist) Party, District 2, last night. Are not Gov. Alfred Smith and Mayor Jimmie Walker friends of the people, friends of the working man?” the statement quotes the percentage of production over pre- war times rose to nineteen per cent. The total number of workmen em- Mz ployed in large and small industry amounts to seven millions and to- gether with the self-employed it amounted to 10,500,000. Several branches of industry have consider- nbly surpassed the pre-war normal production. Coal production last year exeéeded pre-war production by ten per cent. Oil industry exceeded it by thirty per cent. ‘ Further statisties given by Kuyby- chev were that electric power stations have risen to a production of 2,130,- 000 kilowatts against 780,000 in 1913. The capital stock of industry increased last year by 9.8 per cent and during the early part of this year by an in- erease of 12 per cent. After expenses were made capital constructi amounted last year to 1,492,000,000 roubles. In the current year it will amount to 2,333,000,000 roubles. The wholesale trade turnover amounted to fifteen billion roubles, being four times larger than the turn- ever in 19: The detailed turnover rose from six billion to 14.8 billion of , roubles, Agriculture Up to Par. In agriculture, also, there is rapid development. The crops area have reached the pre-war level. The in- erease in capital stock of rural econ- . 9my amounts to four per cent. The consumers’ cooperatiyes now control fifty-one per cent of thé trade turnover instead of four per cent as in the pre-war period, The number of shareholders in con- sumers’ cooperatives amounts to 25,-' 600,000. The general results of this recon- struction show, reported Kuybychev, that the greatest achievements of the Soviet regime are on the economic front. Industry is beginning to play the leading part in regard to other branches. Big Industry Grows. in the national economy, the spe- cifie gravity of large industry is con- stantly inereasing. Electrification is rapidly progressing. Industry, agri- culture and transport funds are in+ creasing. These achievements show that the proletariat, having taken power in such a backward country as Czavist Russia, and having shown un- precedented heroism and enthusiasm, is capable of constructing and achiev- ing socialism. In regard to the further prospects of economic development, Kuybyshev | stated that the next five years will be a period of socialist construction. The further increase of nominal and real wages and the growth of labor productivity are the urgent tasks of these next years, standing in close connection with the establishment of the seven-hour day. At the end of these coming five years the number of enterprises in socialized industry will amount to 87 per cent of the total industry as against 83 per cent in 1926. The trade turnover of state and cooperative or- ganizations will similarly rise then to 82 per cent. The number of collective enterprises then in rural economy will increase from eleven to fifteen per- cent, etc, The new plan of work, Kuybyshev declared, will be for the next five- years a plan of industrialization of the country and the construction of socialism, Washington and Claremont Park- Pat Devine, Joseph Brahdy, E. s and Solon de Leon. Open Air Meetings Tomorrow. Seventh St, and Ave. A.,, William F. Dunne, Sender Garlin, Kate Gitlow and Jack Goldman, speakers. 25th St. and 8th Ave,, Robert Minor, Sylvan A. Pollack, J. M. MeDonald and C. K. Miller, 110th St. and Fifth Ave., Ben Git- low, Juliet Stuart Poyntz, Julius Cod- kind and Sam Liebowitz. 116th St. and Madison Ave., Ben Gitlow, Stuart Poyntz, Jack Stachel, Charles Mitchell and Julius Codkind 106th St. and Madison Ave., Ben Gitlow, Will Herberg, A. Markoff, L. Landy and Herbert Zam. Prospect Ave. and 168d St., John J. Ballam, Sam Nessin, Joseph Brahdy and Louis Siselman. Ellery and Tompkins Aves., I, Pot- ash, E. Koppel and M. Gordon. Grand St. Extension, Max Schact- man, A. Bimba, Ella G. Wolfe, Ragozin and P. P. Cosgrove. Pitkin and Hopkinson Aves., Bert {D. Wolfe, Ben Lifshitz, H. Ehrlich, ‘Axelrod, Julius Cohen and Kelly, * ok * Section 2 Meets Friday. The enlarged Executive Committee meeting of Section 2, called for last ‘Friday has been postponed to this Friday, 6:30 p. m. sharp. All mem- bers of the Section Executive Com- mittee and sub-section organizers must be present. * Section 3, Attention! All sub-section and unit industrial erganizers of Section 8 must attend a meeting tomorrow, 6 p. m. at 100 West 28th St. * Branch 1, Bronx. An important meeting of Branch 1, of the Workers (Communist) Party of the Bronx will be held Friday night at 542 East 145th St., at 8.30 o’clock. Election of officers’ and committees and other important matters will come up. ee | * ! $10 for Bazaar. This is to acknowledge the fact that $10.00 was received from Unit F. D. 4 Sub-section 2A for a greeting for The DAILY WORKER-FREIHEIT Bazaar | program. Through an oversight this was not mentioned in the program. eae oes | Yonkers Meeting Every Thursday. The Yonkers International Branch {meets every Thursday, 8 p. m., at the ;Labor Temple, 20 Warburton Ave. Members should bring dues books. Ce cee Settle For Tickets. All comrades are instructed td set- tle for The DAILY WORKER-FREI- HEIT Bazaar tickets at once. * * At the New Star Casino The International Labor Defense ball is only one night away. It will be held tomorrow night at the New Star Casino, 107th St. and Park Aye. Among the ‘features will be the granting of prizes to the best cos- tumes. A 10-piece jazz orchestra will play. ca OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION 6. CAMPAIGN .|also a sign of fitness). I, L. D. Dance Tomorrow |” these workers as asking. * “But anyone who takes the are concerned. Factional Outbreak. “A factional outbreak within. the democratic party in the 8th Assem- bly District and the 88th Aldermanic District convinces one of this. As often happens in “quarrels among thieves,” “the truth leaks out.” The} facts are as follows: “The 8th Assembly District Regu-| lar Democratic Club endorsed Robert! F. Sweeney for assembly and William O’Reilly for alderman. As is usually the case they issue leaflets to thei workers of the neighborhood de-! scribing the splendid qualities of the candidates. They are honest, effi- cient, fearless, charitable, upright. Both of the candidates started as “poor boys” and rose to success. The Sweeneys have seven children (this is The candi- the welfare of the people. Then dates have always been interested in comes the real shot in the campaign. Sweeney and O’Reilly stand for labor. They stand for the union working day. They are for labor protective measures. They are seemingly for Needle Trade Defense Haye You Paid Your Dollar Tax Yet? The call for the Dollar tax issued by the Unity Committee, cloak- makers and furriers, is of outstanding importance. The appeal of the Mineola prisoners is approaching. Others appeals are also coming up. Lately the right wing: clique began a series of new attacks upon the unions. Money is needed to make the appeal of the Furriers successful. Money is needed to fight the new at- tacks of the Sigman clique. Besides this the cloak and dressmakers and furriers unions have begun a cam- paign to build their unions. Money is needed to help them in their work. All workers must help the cloak- makers, dressmakers and furriers fight for the release of the prisoners and to build their union. A dollar from every worker. Make this cam- paign a short one and snappy... If you have not yet paid your tax, send it in immediately. Every worker who sends in his: tax gets a card showing that he has paid. Every worker and sympathizer should carry with him a card, $80 From Cleveland. Harry Hatz of Cleveland, Ohio, sent in a checkefor $80 for loans. The following donated: H. Brown and J. Eisenberg, $10; N. Rabinowitz, $10; P. Sigel and S. Landau, $10; Jewish Carpenters Youth Club, $50. Los Angeles Ball October 22. The Cloakmakers and Furriers Re- lief Conference of Los Angeles has arranged a ball for Saturday, October 22. | Answer Appeal of the Unity Committee. The Grayever Young Mens’ Branch 35, W. C. sent in $19 with the fol- lowing letter: “The Defense Commit- tee of our Branch, 35 W. C., is work- ing untiringly for the cause of the progressive workers of the Needle Trades. We are now answering the call of the Unity Committee with $19. We will also support the needle trades progressive workers in the future un- til they will have a final victory over their enemies.” The New York office of the Defense || Committee received $34.50 from the recently organized Los Angeles Relief Conference for Cloakmakers and Fur- riers. This sum was collected in two days. Tt is expected that thri active work the Los Angeles office will soon have a Workers’ Self Defense organi- zation counting hundreds of members. Every city must follow the example of Los Angeles and organize a Self De- LABOR AND FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS U. C. W. C. H. Meet Tonight. There will be a central body meet- ing of the United Council of Working Class Housewives tonight, 8.30 p. m. at Irving Plaza, Irving Place and 15th St. MS WHAT PRICE TRACTION POLITICS? TAMMANY FLIPS A NICKEL, WINS By ROBERT MITCHELL. | The great fare steal has advanced another step. The Tam- |many political gang, working hand in glove with the traetion in- \terests, made the f: definite move yesterday towards the cul- ©. ey oes Drama League Dance Saturday. {| Mination of the long planned transit sell out. The Workers Drama League, as_ Announcement has been made of probable “negotiations” be- [Bart of its yer Sm tween certain public officials and representatives of the traction offer entertainment and dance at/);. ae tiene the othe tee e Wetimoate ha a its studio hall, 64 Washington Square | ines. At the same time the city Board of Estimate has passed trouble to study the record of the democratic party will see there is no difference between it and the republican party insofar as fighting for labor interests Both parties are enemies of the working class. Both represent the employers’ class. everything the workers want and| need, Fight Against Labor. | “And then comes the climax of | their campaign. The other men} seeking the nomination of the demo-! eratic party are enemies of labor. | ‘Larkin and Haslam, opponents of | Non- themselves, employ scab labor, union drivers carry posters of La and Haslam on trucks they drive. These trucks belong to DeVito, who is a strikebreaker who once helped to break the strike of the Roulston Co. employes. | “The case is complete. The evidence | is damning. One set of candidates | for labor, the other against. The} latter eharge is proved on black and} white. Both. Strike-Breakers. “Then what happens. The other candidates seeking nomination come out with their “dynamite.” Their} leader broadeasts a leaflet. The op-j ponent leader is frank. He admits he’s a strikebreaker. In fact he is| now in the strikebreaking game. But} what about the backer of the first} two candidates! That backer, Mich- | ael J. Reilly, leader of the 8th As sembly Distriet Regular Democratic | strikebreaking job. Michael J. Reil-| Club, hired him, DeVito, to do the| ly was in the employ of the Roulston | Co. and was in charge of breaking} the strike. | “The cat is out of the bag. Both) have proved their cases. DeVito was | “hired” to break the strike. Reilly did | the hiring for the breaking of the | strike. Need For Labor Ticket. “The true colors of both are seen—| as strikebreakers. Though both of these factions are fighting each! other, Tammany feels safe—of a good | strikebreaking candidate. Tammany) is well protected in either case, and! so are the bosses. Whoever wins the democratic nomination and then the) election will be a fit government) agent for the breaking of strikes.| More than that, the defeated candi-| date will be ‘endorsing and supporting | the successful candidate at election! time in spite of the latter’s strike-_ breaking qualities. And both would) support the republican candidate tho} his strikebreaking record is just as clear, were there candidates of a United Labor Ticket in the field. Tammany As Strikebreaker. “Tammany is interested in labor—| for votes, But Tammany, like the re-| publican party, is the enemy of labor, breaks and will break labor strikes. jall arrangements as we did not wish | ficers against the Soviet government. | progressing more rapidly than any! ¥ |of course, been made to it. So., Saturday night. Poetry readings, interpretative dancing, cartoon sketch- | ing and a sailor’s hornpipe will be | features. | * * * Postpone Olgin Banquet. The jubilee banquet in honor of M.| J. Olgin has been postponed to Fr day, October 2: It will be held at Stuyvesant Casino, Ninth St. and Sec- | ond Ave., under the direction of the | Shop Chairmen’s Council of the Fur-| riers’ Union. Coyle Tells Reporters About Soviet Progress (Continued from Page One) “We had complete freedom in our trip through Russia,” he continued. | “We had ample opportunity to see and with the nec of Controller Berry an appri included in the city budget subway construction. tr stre ion on > part 20,000,000 to be you-go policy of gesture of oppc ion of some ards the pay M ’s Succes: Appea DAILY WORKER Why the so- ba peel tn eid : ppears. led Untermyer u tion plan xerhard M. Dahl, « : branded ung a fake, the unrelenti board of dire of hitherto appar y his opposition to any from Special Counsel S: * although it ec few pre- } k now be AILY WORK- and its suggestions 1 Unter- ectedly” 0,000,000 of ue 8 to is b bonds under the t WwW comes new B.-M. T. i the miter laid down by Unterm hims: le, fi ee tiated \e., the conditions of the Morgan Fioen nt. is eae ms _ fhe. S of Mares Jance of the bankers a ankers). 2 the equal of which Most significant of all, ‘the days of | vague ions are being ; fs Hooking “negotiations” All Here |tween newly formed committees of of ithe. Aneel traction securit 0. i the local | cia Untermy: homas Cochrane, e phrewdeat of the Morgan firm, ‘and other “in- crowed in the United visit all the places we desired. The} Russian trade unions took charge of | to have any direct connection with the Soviet government.” Delegates Visit Prisons. Coyle told of visits paid by delegation to prisons and of their talks with counter-revolutionists they found | in them. “In Tiflis we spoke to several pris- cners,” he continued, “who had been arrested for working with British of- the} | | | “Anyone who says that the delega- tion was taken sight-seeing. by the Soviet government is a pure and sim- ple liar.” | Coyle told also of conditions in the | villages, where he said members of | the Young Communist League were | educating the peasants and playing a leading part in all affairs. | “Industrially the Soviet Union is! \ other country jn Europe,” Coyle stated. “We checked figures of the trade unions with data obtained in individual factories. Some of the| charts are remarkable in the way in| which they show the progress of pro- | duction. I have brot some of them back to America with me. | “The workers in the Soviet Union | do not read baseball scores. They are | interested in more serious problems, such as polities and economics. The newsstands in any Russian railroad station have more periodicals than those in the United States. The or- dinary rank and file workers are read- ing newspapers and books to an extent that is amazing.” End Bankruptcy Claim: Against Morosco Here terested” parties. Cochrane has re- placed Dwight W. Morrow, new am-} bassador to Mexico, in the Morgan States. Maneuvering under a cloak of de | votion to the fi the Mor- office. ori cea cn gan-controlled Tamn henchmen, eee eee nes the leadershi Al. Smith, This means, first, that the bitter made .a conf 1 compact antagonisms between the Morgan in- contains the following fea- which terests and the Chase National Bank-! ¢ 3: 1. Complete “unification” of Dahl-Chadbourne group have now /all subways under Morgan control, in been partially if not completely ironed! which the B.-M. T. group will share. outs |2: Probable inerease in the city debt Readers of The DAILY WORKER! borrowing limit to permit the city to are by this time familiar with the|pay the half billion dollar costs re- story of how the Chase National Bank | quired for mew sub’ construction. group, by buying into the I, R. T,,/3. A stipulation by court action or have been holding up the Morgan-| other maneuvey that the subways Tammany increased fare sell out. {must be self supporting, i. e., an in- New veiled announcements now/|crease in fare, probably to 7 cents, show clearly that the fake “investi-|4. The city to remain responsible for gation” conducted by the transit com-| additional deficits to be made up by mission and its special inquisitor, Un-| taxation, a principle already estab- termyer, has had its intended’ effect:| lished by the passage of a $20,000,- The B.-M. T. gang has been forced| 000 appropriation included in the city into line. Certain concessions have,| budget. 5. Municipal ownership de- Its mem-/nounced and discarded. 6. Subways bers will not be left out in the cold| new and old probably turned over to when the next new unification scheme | what may be termed a “quasi-public” is finally worked out. But from now | corporation, privately owned but sup- on agreement and reconciliation will | ported by public funds. be the order of the day. Angel-Faced Tammany. The Poor 5-Cent Fare. In all this Tammany Hall w These developments also mean|tinue to appear as the tried and true that the Untermyer “unification”|defender of the 5-cent fare. When- plan will be “modifie Under the}ever there are no opponents of the original .unification plan,-put forth|5-cent fare before the publie eye ostensibly to save the fast-fading five| Tammany will do as it has done in cent fare but actually as a weapon of|the case of Controller Berry and threatened bankruptcy against. the| Charles Smith, the St. Louis engineer. con- traction gang, some measure of city ‘control over transit would have re- }mained. Under the coming “modi- |fied” plan no such provision will be left, Even the new subways which the city will continue to build and |finance will fall into the clutches of |the newly fotmed traction déligarchy junder the domina Morgan 7 It will create straw men to tear down in order to appear as the defender of the nickel ride. Mayor Walker's office set in circu- lation yesterday a report that he would retire to private life when his term expires, Dec. 31, 1929, Tam- many Hall does not take the ane j | bankers. The’ nouncement seriously. The workers of New York City must in have a Labor Party of their own if they want their interests fought for and protected. And one of the best ways to push this movement for a Labor Party in New York City is to support the work of the Workers| (Communist) Party when is carry- ing on the fight for a Labor Party) in this city and country.” —_——_————— | Two years ago when the govern- Donation For “DAILY.” |ment conducted a mail fraud inves- The Hancock, Mich., division of the | tigation of the Morosco Holding Com- Womens Clubs of Upper Michigan | P@"y, five promoters were sent to has donated $10 to The DAILY| Prison. Morosco testified he had been WORKER Sustaining Fund. Another | induced -to sign over his rights to $6 collected at San Jose, Calif., at the} plays, pictures and theatres to the monthly “DAILY WORKER Sun-| Concern and had lost control of it) day” of Street Nucleus 1, Workers through misrepresentations. (Communist) Party has been re-| . DAG geo kh Re Sy ceived. | “BUY THE DAILY WORKER ernest AT THE: NEWSSTANDS Guard Window Cleaners’ Hall. emer cmm vem ee vee: eed sae Bispitel Ce uahatmen ton je We. Cater to Students of Health the Window Cleaners’ Protective Eatwell Vegetarian Restaurant Union, Local 8, 15 E. 3rd St, as a\f 78 Second Ave., near 4th St. result of the assault there of Peter Spr money, ieee turer Fae denetee eee Seah otal fats. used, All dishes scientifically * D Oliver Morosco, former film and theatrical producer, was discharged yesterday from the bankruptcy which | he entered two years ago when he, listed liabilities at $1,038,404 and his | assets as six old suits. | Among Morosco’s creditors were, | Peggy Joyce, $15,000, two California banks $50,000 each and a hotel $4,000 | for rent and other items. | Help theClass War Prisoners of America and the World over! GRAND COSTUME BALL given by the INTERNATIONAL LABOR DEFENSE New York’ Section FRIDAY, OCT. 21, 1927, at 8 P. 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The workers of Los} window cleaners are striking for a Angeles are active also in general re-| living wage and union recognition, lief work. At every affair, gathering | or party the workers make it their | business to put the defense on the or- der of business. Gold to Lecture at Brownsville. Ben Gold, manager of the Furriers’ Joint Board, will lecture on “The Oppose Fare Raise in Tarrytown Representatives of the village of | Tarrytown and the town of Green- burgh appeared before the Public ervice Commission here yesterday to ppose the application of the West- | Trades,” Friday, at the headquarters pany, a subsidiary of the Third Ave- of the Azaritchers Progressive Young nue Railway System, for an increase Men’s Society at Columbia Hall, Stone jn fares, The company is now and Blake Aves., Brooklyn. Admission | charging a 10 cent fare and seeks to| will be 35 cents, All workers of |jncrease the fare to 20 cents. Brownsville are urged to attend. = wry Furriers’ Banquet Friday Night = The Shop Chairmen’s Council, Pur- |JANYLHING iN FROTOGRAPHY riets’ Joint Board; has arranged aban-||/8TUDIO OR OUTSIDE WORK quet, and-concert in honor of the.25th | P izbsiepeng basen! 6 jubilee of M. J. Olgin, Friday at Stuy- SPIESS STUDIO |vesant Casing, 142 Second Ave. “64 Second Ave. cor. Srd St. “General Membership Meeting. s A meeting of all ‘members of the Workers’ Self Defense of N.Y. will: — take place next Monday after work at | \Irving Plaza Hall, Irving Place and 16th St. This is the first meeting of Su 1 | -PATRONIGE Co-operative Repair Suop Present Situation in the Needle chester Street Transportation Com-| <== a) Health Food Vegetarian Restauran: 1600 Madison Ave. PHONE: UNIVERSITY §&:65 Phone Stuyvesant 3816 John’s Restaurant BPHCIALTY: ITALIAN DISHES A place with atmosphere where all radicals meet, 302 E. 12th St. New York eS tel. Lehigh 4028, Dr. ABLLAHAM MARKOFF SURGEON DENTIST Office Hours: 9:30-12 A, M. 3-8 P, Mm Daiiy Except Friday and Sunday. 249 EAST 116th STREET Cer. Becond Ave. New York. Dr. J, Mindel Dr. L. Hendin its kind to be held in N. Y. The : speakers will be Louis Hyman, Tsidore |419%2 6th: Avenue, near 25th St. Shapiro, Ludwig Landy and’ Joseph | @iuits Pressed While U Wai Boruchowitz. All members of the hoes Repaired alt Workers’ Self Defense and sympa- thizers are urged to come. 25% Reduction to Striking Workers, Surgeon Dentists 1 UNION SQUARE | The First American | Trade Union | Delegation Will Report On Sunday, Oct. 23 at 2 P. M. MADISON SQUARE GARDEN by AUSPICES OF THE NEW YORK CONFERENCE COMMITTEE FOR THE TRADE UNION DELEGATION TO THE U. 8. S. R. Baleony 50 Cents— ADMISSION — Arena One Dollar.