The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 24, 1927, Page 1

AH DAILY WORKER F&F ' FOR TRE ORGANIZATION OF THR UNORGANIZEY FOR THE 40-HOUR WEE POR A LABOR PaRBY TV. No. 242. pare ree BUBSCRIPTION RATES: In New York, by mati, 4,00 per year, AILY WORKE Hntered as second-class matter at the Post Office at Now York, N, ¥., under the act of March 3, 19T Outside New Yorly by mall, §6.00 per year. NEW YORK, MON AY, OCTOBER 24, 1927 Published daily except bunday by The DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. 33 Firat Street, FINAL CITY EDITION Price 3 Cents New York, N. Y. 13,000 New York Workers Cheer U.S. Trade Union Delegation Report; Demand Recognition Of Soviet Union | WOMEN PIGKETS {fst "S01" NANKING TROOPS. (Some High Points in Speeches) “LIFE IN U. S, ORGANIZED AROUND _ SHUTCOAL MINES MOVEONHANKOW jof the Trade Union Delegation) pYs|NESS. IN USSR AROUND LABOR” said: ‘We are ALL Comsomols!’” . . “Dneiprstroi, the second largest Europe, talked about by the czar’s engineers for a quarter of a Tobacco Workers’ Strike Many Jailed by Guards in Shanghai Grows of Fuel and Iron Co. electric power station in| Delegation Leaders Will Meet N. Y. Lawyer in WALSENBURG, Colo., Oct. 23.— Dozens of women, daughters or wives of striking coal miners have added themselves to the picket lines that are choking off production in the Rockefeller owned Colorado Fuel and Iron Co. here—the perpetrator of the historic Ludlow massacre. “We will stand by our men, they make our homes. They are our living and a poor living it is at best. We will stay behind our men forever. We will not starve. a loaf of bread between us, we will beg” girl, a picket captain, and sister of two miners killed by Rockefeller agents at Ludlow. Thirty men pickets and ten women pickets were arrested by the Rocke- feller gunmen guarding the Ideal Mine of the Colorado Fuel and. Iron Co. yesterday. Six other women) If we do not have! declared one twenty-year-old| | Lafayette B. Gleason, selected by ‘Senator Wadsworth for the. office of |chief superintendent of the 1925 cen- sus in New York State defends Mrs. | Knapp, republican secretary of New York State, at the investigation into | various alleged forgeries and swin- dles of money she is charged with jcommitting. The same probe shows | that Gleason was selected so that the census would go “to the right people.” ; (Special Cable to DAILY WORKER) SHANGHAI, Oct. 23.—Official re- ports alleging that an “absolute agree- ment had been reached by Nanking and Wuhan” and that the “plenum of the Executive Committee and the cen- {tral Control Commission of the Kuo- |mintang would be convoked the first of November” were intended (as was to be expected) camouflage for a complete rupture of the two forces and the beginning of military opera- tions between both camps. Externally the Nanking govern- ment seemed to be making active preparations for the continuation of] the northern expedition. Great forces were concentrated in the Nanking region allegedly destined to support Feng Yu-hsiang and Yen Shi-shan. But it is known now that these troops moved to Wuhu against Tang Shen- chi who in a decree published by the pickets were arrested at other mines | in the vicinity at the same time. | The women were offered freedom, } in order to concentrate prosecution on | the men, but they refused to leave the | yail unless the men were set free} also. | Against Starvation Wage. | The strike in Colorado is called by| the I. W. W., and has the support of all. militant workers. The official | bureaucracy in the state federation of labor and the United Mine ‘Workers of America, are not recognizing the strike, other than to doclarp it proper for workers to scab on it. “fhe state} industrial commission has declared it! illegal. i i The miners demand a raise in wages. They have been getting only about two-thirds of the union scale, * * * Evictions in Ohio. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 23.—Two hundred and seventy families of union miners will be thrown out of their homes to face a cold bleak Ohio win- ter if the federal court here grants the peremptory order to compel evic- vion which the Clarkson Coal Mining Co. and the Atlantic Contracting Co.) demand of it. The Clarkson Company wants to} eject from their houses 185 families at Mines No. 1 and No. 2. The At-/ lantie asks that 85 families freeze at | Florence. if Court Kind To Companies. i ‘The court hitherto has given the! companies everything they asked in the way of injunctions practically; prohibiting picketing. The basis for} its present complaint is that the | union miners by continuing to live| with their wives and children in| houses in the mining camp are there- Ly “conspiring to prevent the opera-| tion of the mines” with scab labor. Ohio is an armed camp, with the, mines guarded by imported gang- sters, equipped with pistols, clubs,! Nanking government in all Chinese f i |mewspapers was proclaimed a rebel: Ki ASEINGTON TQ }and an enemy of the people. a | Nanking Moves Against Wuhu. century—built by the Bolsheviks in five years.’—Frank Palmer. | “Conditions in Soviet Russia ought to shame us and their achievements ought to be a challenge to us.” —John Brophy. “Any one who would say that the delegation did not have an| den yesterday shouted and cheered for many minutes when Tom opportunity to go where we pleased and see what we wanted to) Tippet, a member of the United Mine Workers of America, rose would be an unmitigated liar.’—Albert F. Coyle. é ‘ _ “Russian wonkers are guaranteed more in the way of social’ resolution demanding that on the basis of the verbal report of legislation than any other workers in the world.”—Paul Douglas.| members of the First Trade Union Delegation to the Soviet Union, I found only three fat Communist officials in Russia. The) the great crowd assembled there demand that the United States difference between Russian politicians and American politicians | government recognize the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics. seéms to be about 70 pounds.’—Paul Douglas. “T am for recognition of Russia.”—Jerome Davis. Kellogg Sends Minister To Abyssinia; American Investors Want Slaves WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (FP). —Secretary of State Kellogg an- nounces that an American consul will be named as minister-resident to Abyssinia, while awaiting action by congress to send a regular min- Tang She-chi was accused of hav- DICTATE VOTING jing concluded an agreement with Bas IN NIGABAGUA Chang Tso-lin and with working to hinder the northern expedition and a. reunion of national forces. | Military operations are already be-' ling made. Troops of Tang Shen-chi {were taken by surprise are n retreating and have left Wuhu. Reports from Hankow state that ‘General Tang Shen-chi is mobilizing jall of his forces for a war with Nan- lking. Disorder reigns in the town. Shanghai Tobacco Strike. Five thousand workmen in the Ww Chamorro Must Wait! for Old Job WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. —- The state department has notified General Chamorro of Nicaragua that he can-| noe be president of that country next | Chinese-Japanese textile factory and term. Chamorro was used by United|the Chinese tobacco factory situated States business interests to overthrow |i, the suburbs of Shanghai have de- hy force of erms the liberal govern-| cared a one hour sympathy strike ment of that country and served part | yit) the striking workmen in the of the present term before Diaz, an- Anglo-American Tobacco Company. other Wall Street agent, was made} the chairman of the factory com- Dresigens: i |mittee stated in a long speech at a _It is not that Chamorro is unde- workers’ mass meeting. that the Kuo- sirable, but because it is considered mintang had taken power out of the expedient to show formal respect to the constitution which says that nc one can hold office two consecutive | terms, that he is barred by the Amer- | ican state department. Election Will Be Fake. It is not thought likely that the president selected will be antagonis' are to be conducted under “observa- tion” of the United States, and the marines and native constabulary com- |manded by marine officers are still trying to destroy every vestige of op- position so that the elections can be won for Wall wishes of the overwhelming majority of Nicaraguans. Crosley Radia Co, | Suchow Textile Strike. |to Wall Street because the electjons | heerv minke a Street against the; hands of the Shanghai workers, who | were as much oppressed as before. | » Denounces Right Wing. He further invited. the workmen “to jthrow off their oppressors and to re- jestablish their liberty, outraged by the Kuomintang.” | A strike of textile workers in tex- |tile factories at Suchow province land Kiangsu is continuing. The strikers having arrested many prom- inent merchants and having led them with their hands tied thru the whole |town, the owners of the textile works fled to Shanghai, where they told the military authorities that “the Suchow authorities were unable to master their workmen and that it was therefore necessary to send a penal ister to the Ethiopian empire. Kel- logg denies knowledge of plans by the segent of Abyssinia to furnish Javes to be cooplegee by American apital to develop the resources of he country. teases RN aeindiin mead ARMORED TRAIN TAKING MORROW TO MEXICO CITY LAREDO, Texas, Oct. 23.—A train of armored cars carrying 150 heavily equipped soldiers preceded the train carrying Dwight W. Morrow, the new “Wall Street ambassador,” into Mex- The train carrying Morrow was also heavily guarded with soldiers. Morrow’s private car that carried him from New York was attached to the Mexican train and will be taken to Mexico City. This precaution was considered nec- essary by the Mexican government be- cause there was fear that counter- revolutionaries might stage a provo- eatory attack on the train on which Morrow was riding in order to fur- nish an excuse for intervention by the United States against the Calles gov- ernment. jieo yesterday. * Report Gomez In Guatemala. MEXICO CITY, Oct. 23.—Reports received here from Guatemala City state that General Arnulfo Gomez, counter-revolutionary leader has es- * * REFERENDUM OF SIGMAN EXPOSED BY LOUIS HYMAN Proportional Voting Is. Vital Issue | } Exposing the so-called referendum arranged by Morris Sigman, president of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Unicn, Louis Hyman, man- ager of the Joint Board, Cloak and Dressmakers’ Union yesterday said: / “The present referendum vote carried | thru by Sigman and his clique is a} fake and a swindle and is recognized | as such by the great mass of the workers,” } “Since the year 1912,” said Hyman, } “our members have fought consistent- | ly against the arbitrary form of rep-| resentation in our union, which made it possible for a clique to maintain itself in power thru the votes of dele- gates from paper locals specially or-} ganized on the eve of conventions so} as to form a majority for those inj power. The ‘rotten borough’ system} of representation prevailing in our) union suited the interests of the clique in power and it therefore repeatedly voted down all resolutions for propor- tional representation proposed by the large locals representing the vast ma- jority of our members at conventions. Ridiculed Members. “The old administration could well afford to ignore and ridicule the ex- pressed wishes of the members sir.ce the approval of their policies and their maintenance in office did not depend (Continued on Page Five) BALDWIN SEES SOVIET POWER Debate on Question of Recognition Thirteen thousand workers gathered in Madison Square Gar- | from the audience, and offered from the floor of the meeting a The cheers redoubled when at the request of the chairman, the mover of the resolution mounted to the platform and read his resolution. Another mighty roar ef approval signified that it was adopted unanimously, as follows: | “In view of the facts concerning the real condition in Soviet Russia today presented by members of the First American Trade Union Delegation to Soviet Russia, and dered in creating a stable government of, by and for the people, “Tt is the opinion of this huge audience gathered in Madi- son Square Garden, New York, that the United States gov- ernment recognize the government of the Soviet Union at once for the peace of the world.” The crowd had been thrilled by a succession of speakers, all relating first hand information of the condition of workers in Soviet Russia, how they live, and work, and-what they are trying to do, as well as what magnificent aecomplishments already have been achieved by them. James Maurer, the chairman of the delegation and president of the Pennsylvania State Federation of Labor, who was obliged to remain in Pennsylvania by the outbreak of terror by the “coal ee ee a ————®and iron” police in the coal strike in [Pennsylvania, sent to the Madison aa {Square Garden meeting the follow- ing letter, which was read from the { / | “Tn view of the services which Soviet Russia has ren- | | | | platform, by Albert Coyle: “I am very sorry that Federation | of Labor work in the state of indus- | trial autocracy and turmoil makes | it impossible for me to speak at the meeting. I hope that the meeting will be helpful for better relations between the United States and the Soviet Union, which are so needed |Have Advantage Over Labor in Other Lands | By LAURENCE TODD. | (Federated Press). | WASHINGTON, Oct. 283—Not since |Henry Ford established his five-dol- lar wage for an eight-hour day has industrial America received such a shock as in the announcement from | Committee of the All-Union Congress of Soviets had decreed a seven-hour workday throughout the industries of the Soviet Union. Conservative economists in Wash- ington, long accustomed to speak of Soviet industry as primitive, ineffici- ent and hopelessly burdensome to the workers and consumers, at first look- | Russian v Leningrad that the Central Executive | for the peace of the world.” Workers Will Defend Their Power “There is no czar and no capitalist power that can take away from the ‘kers what they have pro- duced,” said Frank Palmer, editor of the Colorado Labor Advocate. “With a conviction which we could not get around, Russian workers told us that they intended to defend the Soviet Union.” Contrasting the positton of work. ers in this country with those of the |workers of the U.S.S.R. Palmer said, |“Life in the United States is organ- ized around business, in the Soviet | Union around labor. The rapid development of Soviet industry was stressed by Palmer who \declared that Russia is “gaining in | industrial efficiency faster than any ‘: : ‘fi iti Pr 5 ..|caped over the border and crossed into : 4 7 ” SE ana aie prods libel cre eae ae ee SUE a cece Guatsmalban territory. Other dis- ed skeptically upon the news. Phen ee oe Ware: s. ynounted at the mines light up the d — patches: ‘received: “here ‘state that | bcd ae 4p a aes be Conveying ass iesekpe’ Gace Fs * . Gomez is hiding in the vicinity of j some o: le more tberal-concedec ts ; ‘i a ‘ hg a |make the change without undue r Sas ; Wa ane | makers Refuse Offers 3 i PARIS, Oct. 23.—Roger_N. Bald |e eoain du ceeeduetion: |tell the workers of America that the yt Will Be Easier Sailing This Time. A . Business Men to Greet Morrow. win, direetor of the American Civil |* i Fe yi old Russia is gone and that the young of Right Wing Group MEXICO CITY, Oct. 28.—American | Liberties Union, who is now in Paris Stirs ‘Discussion. {workers are building a new Russia.” 1250 British descendants of the Pilgrim Fathers will sail from Eng- jand next year in a modern equival- ent of ‘the Mayflower, namely, a 21,- 000-ton. liner, to visit the haunts of their ancestors in America, according to a London despatch, Hynes. Woll’s Own Cop LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oct, 2%, W #, Hynes, chief of the poties “fntelligence” department's “red squod,” and the man who gainew a good deal of notoriaty 43 the ona responsible for tha arrest and un- seating of Communists at the ra: eant American pee ig of Lae hex convention, @ fox tha Sages: Vangetti yaids, has failed to pass tha jnielligenee tes} ef the police depart nived pf ail sasicing pepe in the ranks of the Fed- por, Phe ios used in tho fast would sly oaay f A ‘ M To Boost Product CINCINNATI, Ohio, Oct. 23. — The Crosley Radig Corporation, manufac- turer of receiving sets especially, has sent a lettct full of sweet language ond veiled threats to each of its 2,500 employes, practically ordering them to get busy and become, in their off-duty and work should be compensated to the best of the ability of the organiza- tidm, and that ability is largely based upon its success, Word of mouth ad- vgvtising is the best that can be ob- iainad, T (the president of the com- ‘any) am not asking you to boost Svosaly products as a favor to me— de it for your own wake,’ | Tho Crosley company is known as lene ef tha worst slaye-driving estab- Jishmonta in the country, where speed- ‘ip eystemd, “officioncy” stunts, hid- am spies and graded penalties for slow work male tho tollers’ Ife’, hard ons, Now comes the polite insistence 2 saris ptter hours “for your own sake, CHICAGO, Oct. 23.—The attempt of the right wing group of the Inter- national Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union to reorganize Polish Local 60 is not meeting with success. At a conference between the execu- tive board of the local and Molly Friedman, international vice-president, er’s terms. The local executive board has adopted a resolution condemning the action of the right wing. “We the members of Local 60,” it said, “over a period of many years helped to build a strong union. Under the left wing leadership we have pro- greased to a remarkable degree.” The right wingers of the I. L. G. W. U. have attempted to use the busi- ness manager of the Polish local of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers in their move against the left wing. In this plot they have been unsuc- cessful, the Polish cloak and dress- makers continuing to support the mili- tant Chicago Joint Board leadership. business men, representatives of oil companies and legionnaires here are making preparations for a dinner and reception to be given to Dwight Mor- row when he arrives here to take up his duties as ambassador. Delegations from the American Chamber of Commerce, the Americar: Legion, and the American Club will USSR Anniversary As a special feature of the celeb- ration of the Tenth Anniversary of the Russian Revolution, planned by the Central Executive of the Work- ers (Communist) Party, each city will greet a city in the Soviet Union with a banner and a greeting on parchment expressing appreciation of the success of the Russian workers. New York will greet Moscow and Chicago will greet Leningrad, accord- | ing to present plans. The cost of the banner and parchment will be met by a charge of 50 cents each for signatures on the parchment. at work on a book about Soviet Rus- sia, from whence he has returned re- cently, declares that “in spite of the fact that only one in 145 are mem- bers of the Communist Party, the re- gime is popular.” He added, “I see no possibility of its being overthrown.” Reaction in State of Fear. Baldwin, who was author of a book to. Although the reactionaries, the old ezarists, old bourgeoisie, rich peas- ants, Tolstoyans (vegetarians), etc., are not free to carry on their criticism, there is no sense of fear on the part of the rest of the population. Much of the activity of the police will be lessened the moment the gov- ernment is assured there will be no intervention by the foreign powers. This they fear because of the activitie of a number of the great powers. Prison conditions are better than in any other country. “An amusing fea- ture of prison life in Russia is that prisoners having records of goed con- duct get a two-weeks’ vacation a year | with pay,g said Baldwin. | _ “If it be assumed,” said Ethelbert Stewart, commissioner of the U. S. ureau of Labor Statistics, “that Rus- a is to maintain its present rate of production, or increase it, then the application of the 7-hour day to Rus- {sian industries becomes a problem of jadjustment of physical energy and skill to machinery without unduly in- | system has stimulated the workers to adapt their physical motions to the | improved machinery, so that waste | motion is eliminated, there is no rea- son why they should not gradually come to produce as much in seven | hours as they now do in eight. Bodily |fatigue should not be increased. | “But if they try to get equal pro- duction in seven hours in the poorly equipped industries—those which: de- ‘pend chiefly on human muscle—they are likely to find that the increased | hodily strain in seven hours is too big a price to pay for the shorter work- day. That is, if we assume that new methods of saving waste motion are (Continued on Page Two) Russian workers, he said, expressed | the hope that American workers would like them, determine “that they are able to run their own im dustry and government.” Palmer declared that he was espe- y impressed by the workers’ rest “The rest home in Samara,” , “had formerly sheltered one . hours, salesmen without compensation | representing the right wing general] ereet Morrow when he steps off the|assailing Russia, now admits that he creasing the strain upon the human] ™é nt prince; now it sheltered At A. EB. i Convention. for the product of the factory. executive board, the former refused | train. was wrong. While in Russia he was | clement. : 1,500 workers on their vacations * “Work is after all‘work,” says the | *° accept the terms of the right wing, — permitted to go anywhere he pleased| “In such of their industries as are | ¢very two weeks. “ on the grounds they were strikebreak- i igate 2 ine he wanted; well equipped, and in which the bonus|Economic Professor Sees Workers’ Fails Intelligence Test company, “It cannot be called play, DD: S. Workers to Greet and investigate anything he wante¢ Success. Following the great ovation for Palmer, when he declared for recog- nition of the Soviet Union, Paul H. Douglas, professor of economics at the University of Chicago also stated that he was in favor of immediate recognition of the Soviet Union by the United States. Douglas analyzed gonditions in the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics as follows: “The matter of so-called political democracy, the right of all whether enemies of the new regime or not, to vote and run for office, does not much interest the workers. They do (Continued on Page Two) ( ,