The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 8, 1927, Page 2

2,000 Philadelphia Workers Cheer Ten Years of Sovitism Worker). Nov. (Special to Daily PHILADELPHIA, 2,000 worker stitute, 808 cust St., Sunday to listen to speakers relate the achieve- ments of the Soviet Union ing ten | of Bo: one of the ost enthu: in the his- y of the Work: here. “Mother” Bloc m F, Dunne, of The DAILY WORK Benjamin, organizer Philadelphi ty, George P: national orga Party, were amor the remarkable First Worker: Bloor made a c the meeting. A tableau entitled Russia,” in which a number participated preceded the speeches. the We who told of large arge State Politicians in Fight With National For Inheritance Tax} WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.--A cam- paign to contest in on of “states? | rights” by congress, with pa nlar | opposition to a federal inheritance | tax, was mapped out here today by | « the National Council of State Legis- latures. Ex-Speal Texas legislature, gathering, assert tives of every st joined in the Plans were r the appe of spokesmen before the House and Means Committee urge repeal of the ink the ground that i taxation. ker Lee Satterwhite of the who r d at the ed that representa- ¢ in the union have t. apperance Vays tomorrow to itance tax on | ate field of it is a WICKING LABROD BANKG OLE The collapse of the Labor Banks and Investment Com- panies of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. By Wm. Z. Foster OWHERE in the rec- .* ords of American labor history can such sensational treachery of labor be found as presented in this remark- able new book. Looting the treasury of a great union; rifling the insurance funds and pension money; corrup- tion of leaders; speculation with the savings of workers —- all the tragic abuse of leadership and policies that nearly wrecked the Brother- hood of Locomotive Engi- neers are presented in this book. The facts are brought to light by the author from the official records of the con- vention just held which lasted for seven weeks at a cost of hundreds of thou- sands of dollars. “Wrecking the Labor Banks” stands out as the most dramatic exposure of the dangers of class colla- boration that has yet been written. It is a book that should be in the hands of every worker. 25 Cents Five copies for One Dollar An attractive edition of 64 pages with a cover design by the noted artist, Fred Ellis. WORKERS LIBRARY * PUBLISHERS 39 East 125 St. — New York & ‘ 7.—Over | ammed the Labor In- | | “Old and New| If : | Toronto Workers Win | War on Injunction to Bar Sympathetic Strike | TORONTO, Nov. Declaring | | that a threat to call a strike des ot constitute an illegal act, justice ogie of the Ontario High Court, | solved an injunction against the | Toronto Building Trades Council, | | which secured 8 days earlier \] by building contractors. || The injunction was obtained to | | prevent the building trades union | | striking in sympathy with the || strike of the United Brotherhood | | of Car penters and Joiners for the losed shop. There was no malici- intent in the sympathetic ustice Logie ruled. The | 3 have appealed to the | court and asked for an hearing. But they re- other setback, being told wait until the court ocket is open. 4 | 1ust | | | Bs It | Cc Centhralia Boys Greet | Defense Third Congress | DRIVEN TO HOUSETOPS IN NEW ENGLAND FLOODS Man on porch roof looks out over flooded town of Bellows Falls, well enough they seemed able to resist the currents and their inhabitants saved themselves by climb- ing on the roofs. (Continued from Page One) | fo sctly willing to cooperate and work {in perfect harmony for the release of their imprisoned fellow workers, | for an injury to one is an injury to | all. “The eleventh day of November will be eight years in prison for the Cen- | | tralia defendants,” continues Lamb, ‘and we do not know just how much | longer we may have to stay in prison, | | unless we can get our friends and fel- workers to come to our rescue land show the powers that be that we e plenty of friends behind us that immediate re- are demanding our | lease.” | San Francisco To New York. | Another of the members of the I. W. W., just released from San Quen- | tin prison in California where he |served a term under the infamous | criminal syndicalism law, John Burns, | |writes: “I have been told that the |third annual conference of the I. L. ID. will be held early in November. |Here’s hoping that it will be the | greatest and most successful conven- ltion held yet, and that the I. L. D. will grow and become a strong and | powerful organization.” Thousands of miles across the coun- | try, in Sing Sing prison in New York, Joseph Perlman, one of the members lof the International Ladies’ Garment | Workers’ Union serving a term in | prison for his activities in the cloak- |makers’ strike, also sends greetings to the conference. “I voice my earn- est prayer,” he writes, “that the third annual conference to take place in New York City on November 12 and 113 will prove to be a successful un- dertaking, and that it will tend to |further inculeate harmony and coop- eration within the rank and file, and cnhance the enthusiasm of our com- | rades to the end of attaining the jre ation of our righteous cause.” | Northwestern Railroad) Clerks Get Portion of The Demanded Increase By HARRY KLETZSKY. CHICAGO, Nov. 7 (FP) — An in- crease of 7 per cent to clerks and 4 per cent to freight handlers employed by the Chicago Northwestern R. R. is awarded in the decision of the arbi- tration board in the wage case of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, Freighthandlers & Station Employes | and the road. The award gives clerks an increase of approximately 4c an hour and freighthandlers a fraction jless than 2c an hour increase. The herhood asked for 15c. Nearly 0 workers are affected, 5,000 of whom are clerks. 40 per cent of the workers live in Chicago. Management arbitrators, William Walliser, Northwestern vice-president, and C. H. Westbrooke, general audit- or, filed a bitter dissenting opinion. They deny that living costs have in- creased and that they are relevant td the wage issue. “The public will have to stand the cost of this increase,” they pleaded, declaring the road’s present financial status would not per- mit an added wage cost of approxi- mately $510,000 which the increase will mean. Only Part of Demand. Brotherhood officials see the award as a partial victory, although the workers received but a fraction of | their demand. “We think the evidence | introduced warranted a larger increase | but the increase awarded is substan- tial,” commented Thor P. 8, general chairman of the Northwestern | clerks. “We had hoped for more,” said E. L, Oliver, who presented the brotherhood’s case, “but this is a vic- tory.” The increase will raise the average hourly pay of class B clerks from 55¢ to 59¢ and the freighthandlers from 47c to nearly 49c. The management urged that the board set the wage of freighthandlers at a minimum of 30c an hour, allowing the road to pay the market rate for labor. This wage prin- ciple, on which the management’s en- tire case was based, was thoroughly repudiated by the arbitrators. Another Donation. Dear Comrade: Enclosed please find a check for twenty-five dollars from the Ladies Auxiliary Workmen’s Circle-—Mrs. H. Heligman, Secretary. BUY THE DAILY Ys \ | victory for the strikers. | Washington. Independence will neve: Bridgeport Weaver Strike Continues: Bass Was Cheating BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Nov. 7.—The strike of the 300 weavers of the Salts Textile Mill is holding strong. - The workers, organized in the “Salts’ Tex- tile Employes’ Association,” origin- ally a company ‘union, which the workers turned into an independent union, stopped the looms last Friday afternoon when the management seemed determined to carry out theit policy of deducting fifty per cent of the piece rates on what they term “second grade” cloth. This policy had been practiced for some time, and met with the bitter resentment of the workers, who very often lost from 10 to 15 dollars a week on seconds which the company sold as first grade cloth. Refuse to Return. Production has been crippled. Two weave sheds are entirely closed, while the Salts Mill which is in the receiver- ship of the Harriman Bank of Wall St., has so far refused to meet with the strikers, demanding that the weavers return to their looms before they begin negotiations. This the workers .refused to do, and voted to continue the strike which is growing in strength and numbers. Heavy Orders. There is every prospect of a swift The Salts Mill manufactures mainly automobile upholstery and roof covers, and has been working on heavy orders from the Fisher Body Co., of Detroit. The strikers demands are: Abolition of the seconds system, a 15 per cent in- crease in wages for all departments, time and a half for overtime, double time for Sundays, better sanitary con- ditions, i.e., better lights and cleaner wash rooms, no_ discrimination against any employe. The strike started Oct. 28. VOTE ON BETTING Two states, Mississippi and Ken- tucky, are electing governors this year. The Kentucky vote is a fight over the question of race-track bet- ting. J. C. W. Beckman (D.) advo- cates repeal of the betting law, and has the church behind him. His op- ponent, Sampson (R.), seems to have the opposite point of view, but says little about it. The Mississippi election is a mere formality, as the Democratic nominee always wins. This year it is T. G. Bilbo, who defeated Dennis Murphree inthe primaries. Disease and Hunger in New England Flood (Continued from Page One) The possibility of a food panic is still great, especially in some of. the smaller cities and towns in this state and in Vermont. Everywhere, except in the valley of the Connecticut in Massachusetts, hunger and thirst laid a heavy hand, freezing weather with snow adding to the general misery. Typhoid Epidemic. Typhoid fever has broken out in several Vermont towns, according to reports received here today. The dis- ease claimed its first victim outside Montpelier, Vt. Thruout the flood region, the col- lapse of the water mains feeding the fire fighting system heightened the danger from fires. * * Housed In Armory. WINDSOR, Vt., Nov. 7.—Over 600 | persons, their homes destroyed by the (flood, are now quartered at the state armory here and in several of the churches. ee ae | Drown Asylum Inmate. | BURLINGTON, Vt., Nov. 7. — A |tragie scene was enacted at Water- bury Insane Asylum during the flood, according to word from the flood- swept town today. As flood waters bore down on the insane asylum, officials were forced to release 800 inmates. One insane cripple, unable to“escape, lost his life. Later the insane were herded into a temporary shelter. Coffins stored in a barn in. Waterbury were con- verted to use as life rafts. Women Fight to Save Lives of Two Chinese Condemned to Death HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 7.—Last minute efforts were being made to- day to save the lives of two Chinese, doomed to die at midnight unless the pleas of Kitty Soo, young Irish wife of one of the condemned men, are heeded. The condemned Chinese, Chin Lung and Soo Hoo Wing, of New York, were convicted of a tong war in Manchester last March, under circumstances which suggest the jury was race prejudiced. for her husband’s life until Mrs. Clara A. R. Ricker, Newark, N. J., welfare worker, became interested and joined forces with the young wife. The | board of pardons will be urged today to commute the sentences to life. WANTED — MORE READERS! ARE YOU GETTING THEM? Anti-Imperialist League Greets Filipino Nationalists; U rges Reliance on Masses (Continued from Page One) would be naive of us to expect any benefit to the Filipino people to be| |derived from your conference with | President Colidge. unless it be to ex- | pose once more the liberty-crushing purposes of American Imperialism, | whose spokesman Mr. Coolidge is. Conference Useless. “The road to Filipino independence does not lie thru the White House at be voluntarily granted by Imperial- ism. It is in the masses of the Fili- pinos themselves and their sympa-| thizers among the oppressed peoples | everywhere that the hope of national emancipation rests. Not petitions to} Washington, but rather militant! struggle on the part of the Filipino| people and their actual and potential allies; this is the essential require-| ment of the Filipino cause, which we also look upon as our cause. Some Mistakes “In perfect frankness we feel that we ought to say that we do not be- lieve that the official movement, of which you are recog- nized as leader, has always followed the best course. It seems to us that new methods are necessary. We by no means wish to imply that in say- ing ‘new methods,’ we would have the Filipino movement adopt such ‘new methods’ as those suggested re- cently .by Senator Osmena, on the contrary our position is the exact op- \ Nationalist | oposite of that taken by Senator Os- | mena. ing in the Filipino people continued illusions regarding what is to be ex- pected by Wall Street and Washing- ton. | Bound to Filipino Cause. “We take the liberty of addressing you in this manner for the simple rea- son that we feel ourselves bound by he closest fraternal ties with the Filipino cause. It is our kinship with. all those striving for Filipino emancipation that enables us to speak out sd frankly when frankness is | necessary for the furtherance of our common cause. | “We terminate this communication | expressing to you once more our soli- darity with the Filipino people and assuring you that we shall do every- | thing in our power to fight shoulder | to shoulder with the revolutionary | Filipino nationalists against Ameri- can imperialism and for immediate, complete and Absolute independence for the Philippine Tands. “You have had enough of governor- generals. It is the duty of every pro- gressive element in the United States, and especially the workers, to help you rid yourself of them. “Fraternally yours, } All - American — Anti ~ Imperialist League, “Manuel Gomez, Secretary, “United States Section. j Kitty Soo was fighting a lone hand | Where the houses were built The shacks in which New England’s mill workers are forced to live were demolished. ® & oat ——— | Hoosier Bribe Case Above, Warren T. McCray, Indiana governor, who recently served a term in prison for a large scale swindle, and below, the present governor of trial charged with bribing McCray while the latter was still in office. Indiana, Ed Jackson, soon to go on Picking Judge to Hear Gov. Jackson Charged With Crime Sd INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 7.—The ar- raignment of Governor Ed. Jackson and of his three co-defendants on charges of bribery on which they were indicted by the Marion County grand jury on September 9 today was postponed until 9 a. m. Wednes- day, because of a hitch in the selec- tion of a special judge to try the eases. Jackson is charged with bribing Governor McCray of Indiana. McCray has served a term in prison. Criminal Court Judge James A. : {Collins announced it would be neces- “Nothing can be gained by foster- | sary for him to select an entirely new list of three judges Wednesday, since Circuit Court Judge Jerre West of Crawfordsville declined to be one of the three judges from whom the presiding judge for the governor’s trial was to have been named today. Meanyhile the Marion County grand jury and the special county prosecutors turned their attention to sensational charges of illegal re- lations between large public utilities and the state government. The announcement of Judge Collins will remove Grant Crumpacker, of | Valparaiso, judge of the Porter cir-| cuit court, and Carl Morrow, of An- derson, judge of the Madison circuit court, from the list of possible judges. From the new list of three names the state will strike off one, the de- fense one, and the survivor will be the special judge. 322.6 MILES PER HOUR MITCHEL FIELD, N. Y., Nov. 7.— Alford J. Williams today holds the world’s unofficial airplane record of 322.6 miles an hour, The plane which Williams flew was the same racing seaplane in which he tried to establish a world’s speed record at Port Washington last sum- er. The plane has since been con- rted from a seaplane into a land plane. / speed | Fascisti Plan Death for Labor Leaders in Italy; Workers Party Calls for Protests (Continued from Page One) Griccho, Gennari, Millineri; Ferrari and Bendini, “This trial is the culminating point of a violent terroristic campaign of reaction and persecution carried on by the Mussolini government follow- laws. The victims of this campaign are not only the workers and peasants but every Italian man and woman who dares to oppose the present fascist regime. Supresses Press. “Riding on this wave of reaction, which is being ‘justified’ by the at- tempt at Mussolini’s life in Cologne last year, the fascist government of Italy has expelled from parliament 162 opposition deputies, has decreed the dissolution of all political parties from the Communist to the Constitu- tional Liberals, has suppressed the entire opposition press, and has in- troduced the death sentence for of- fenses which were long exempt from such penalties even by the capitalist law. “Topping this long list of fascist outrages, comes the present monster trial of ninety Communist labor lead- ers. The Mussolini government is | obviously determined, by means of | this trial, to decapitate the labor | movement by sending to their death | or to life imprisonment the best and Burns Confesses He : Spied on Vurors (Continued from Page One) Jackson, who had been asked by the Fall lawyer to look him up. His first | knowledge that Jackson had made any inquiries about him came from the attorney general after the district at- torney had communicated with Sar- | gent. George Aikens was repairing Lamb’s car at the time Long’s affi- davit says he saw it in pursuit of the automobile driven by Juror Glasscock. The Plant In the D. J. Mark B. Thompson, Fall’s attorney, already has been before the grand jury to answer questions about a tele- phone call traced from him to Dan | Jackson, the assistant to the attorney |general. It is understood Thompson admitted talking to Jackson about the case. Jackson also was trailed by Burns men and there are e half dozen re- | ports on him in the files seized in the government raid on Burns’ headquar- ters, Thruout Burns’ organization, |one employe watches another—none jis trusted. “Catchim” Caught. Douglas “Catchim,” the former as- sistant manager of the local Burns office, was the first witness of the afternoon session. Wearing a marine private’s uniform, he was taken from his guard and marched into the grand jury room, Assistant United States Attorney Burkinshaw would only say of “Catchim” that “he proved to be a very interesting witness.” The witness was apprehended fol- lowing a tip that the ex-Burns man had boasted he “would be fixed for life” if he got out of the country, and was found enlisted in the marine corps, just ready to ship out to Haiti on a government troop ship. Next, in turn, the grand jury heard from Miss Bernice Heaton, Bradner W. Holmes and Robert C. Flora, all jurors in the Fall-Sinclair trial. W. Sherman Burns in his confes- sion that Sinclair’s man Day hired his detective agency to spy on the jurors, said: “Mr. Day told us that inasmuch as the jury was not to be locked up he wanted them placed un- der surveillance—for their own pro- tection naturally.” The Burns defense was outlined by W. Sherman Burns and his father, Wm. J., as being that the “opera- tives” merely followed and watched the jurors, but did not bribe or ter- rorize them. Seared Jurors. It became known today, from tes- timony of the jurors, however, that practically every one in the jury box had the impression that they were be- ing spied upon, and that when their shadows were made aware that the victim was aware of the operation, strange voices called them up over the telephone and tried to convince them that it was the prosecution which was eves-dropping on them. Reports made by the Burns detec- tives mention conversations with some of the jurors, and attempted conversations wiht others. Juror Dislikes Publicity. Edward J. Kidwell, the Fall-Sin- clair juror whose alleged loose talk brought the oil conspiracy case to a mistrial, today filed through his at- torneys a petition asking that Don Key King, reporter for the Washing- ton Herald, and Ray Akers, street car employe, be cited for contempt of court. BUY TWE DAILY WORKER AT THE NEWSSTANDS ANEW NOVEL ing the adoption of the exception| gang is to go the limit against those Gon Sinclair | Ition efforts. @most loyal leaders of the working class. Mussolini Wages War at Home ig Preparation for War Abroad- “Let no one mistake the purpose of the Mussolini government in thia trial. For the intention of the fascist who take light-heartedly the trial of these Italian labor men who already have passed through a year of torture in the fascist jails. For the Musso« lini government sees that the labor movement and the Communist Party are its deadliest enemies. “Mussolini is aggressively puttin; into life the imperialist policies a Italian capitalism. He has established over Italian labor a regime of virtual slavery, cutting wages, and outlaw ing unions and strik He has ex tablished the same sort of regime oven the peasantry. Mussolini is prepare ing for new conquests in Africa, in Aria, in the Balkans, and elsewher to bolster up his prestige at home and to strengthen the position of the Ital jan capitalists abroad. “The only force in Italy struggling today against the war machination and violent labor reaction of the Mus« solini government is the militant lae bor movement inspired and guided by the Communist Party. That is why Mussolini is landing now with such terrific force upon the labor militants and the Communists. That is why the danger is now so great, of this trial resulting in the murder of sev« eral prominent labor leaders and the imprisonment for life of many more, Halt the Hand of the Fascist Murderers, “The Workers (Communist) Par- ty of America appeals to the Amert+ can workers and to all labor organi zations to join in mighty protest against this fresh attempt of Musso« lini upon the Italian working class, We also appeal to the working and exploited farmers to raise their voices in the severest condemnation of the fascist oppressor of the Italian peas- antry. We call upon all sincere op- ponents of fascist rule, all those op« posed to new imperialist wars and the fascist government as one of the chief fomenters of imperialist war, to stand up in defense of the labor leaders now on trial before the fas cist court. “Condemn this conspiracy of the fascist government against Italian labor. Demonstrate and protest ix front of the Italian embassy and com sulates. Demand the release of th¢ Italian labor men and Communistg now on trial. Save the lives of tha active fighters against new imperiak ist wars and against fascism. “Central Executive Committee, “Workers (Communist) Party of America.” eee First Number of the _ New Workers Library Publishers Io by FE Touis-Engdahl price: 15 churns The Story of the Rise and Achievements of the Soviet Union — in a handsome 10th Anniversary Edition. 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