The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 8, 1927, Page 4

Page Four THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESD. 'VEMBER 8, 1927 \ ] — —e —n = : } { ~ | eee ] ae {Neweomh called “the sternest art. {own financial plans in mind, cultivat- j This article is a chapter in a new nment from lawyer to client I jed this panicky feeling. Said a letter | é . ” } book now on the press—“Wreck- | have ever read in my experience.” {from Attorney Squire: | Quality Street ] ing the Labor Banks,” by Wm. Z. | Delegate MecIlvenny of the Committee | “We do want to impress upon you 4 | Foster. The chapter, itself an as- jof Ten sounded the general opinjon’ - ‘that in our judgment you are rapidly parla Ns yee ae tounding presentation of the inevit- he said: “S able tragedy and danger of class collaboration policies, is but part of the full exposure in the book, ihe facts of which were taken from of- ears man came out here on t (Stone) and that just asy king was as ¢: peanut jrunning to ultimate destruction of \your Brotherhood itself and that no| Marion Davies in Siz {measures can be too heroic to be} Te 10) + | taken by you at once to save the situ- James Barr les Mild and | _ Innocent Comedy | ation.” |]N that cozy a FRANCES STARR. ittle theatre the Em-| Y|# bassy, Marion Davies is on displa: in the new mo’ . pictorial e, “Quality Street,” version of a play by Sir ficial convertion proceedings and i ae Jacke Aeron other authentic documents. “Tf in this matter T was represent- a {ing a private corporation I would say By WM. Z. FOSTER aes ee Herald |‘Let the law take its course,’ but I THE golden dream W te a ( t S subynitted a0 jto you men that I believe | you will an end. came Aetau vatide- | never under heaven save this organi- during the P. ention held ¥, coy a vena zation unless you protect the finun in Cleveland 5 to July 21, ‘thevGominis: cial end of it. 1927. The shock of ay eee i One thing the delegates leaznod their live overed Gor mates | that they have had a sufficiency e their w a damned| trade union capitalism. All voicec the greatest f as py thel that sentiment. lt would have take American histor} ever, from the'l a brave “abor-banker” to face that of banks and investme Adonted: heute disillusioned and enraged body of en- which they had tho POV a Shs ea | gincers and spin to them the f Seng suc nut to be sna A olen cay tn formerly gospel in the organi- Peeking’ but ne the whole Meenas Gate ese zation, about labor becoming capital thing totteri Y bank ngs; then it put| jand the work inning a compe- not : Thus the loss would be at least|fault on any of these guaranteess. “We have had a bitter, bitter €X-lfor several weeks to studying this that they, personally, could | s19.900,000. And this does not take| which have been made they can track | périence.” Del. Johnston. eran cara area eae ccaieaateaneel eeeccsnvle for 2 _<f dollars | into account millions lost by members| you back to your homes and follow) “We are broke and we know we Hae as four Sevier aad. thes aie? squandered in th dible finay in buying stock for which the B. of] vou down personally and individually are broke. What is the use of find-|(qu out of it, and the quicker you get debe Ther ronted a d -|L. E, cannot be made directly respon-| to your last dollar.” ing out any more about being broke.| oi¢ of it. why the better off you will ion t nine the vi te. Nel. Merriman even suggested j The Morning After. We are in the soup and the more of|;,0+5 "> : iy . 2 total loss of $30,000,000, and no one) 4s the full force of the disoster th coiimittee (of Ten) we get the! “phe leaders who managed to save cea a ee ee sivas vue | hit the delegates they hegan to get bole we ul and Ailes PE PLE: their skins in the house cleaning the 64 voars’ hist Biot F190, 000,000) qwac further indicated yoke mee. ce weneenes Tere ini a the He ee Be retaee cap, (umes blac ou carne sont, oe the. dele turned the| the pronosals of Mitten (to be dealt meant when it had declared in season £ & nvention purposes at least, 1 Rs by their leaders and) Business institutions wrecked, union! to have to pass through a baptism) world, had to combat.” Del, McGuire. pf aeleeetee ae Ate when to find a way save their organiza-! finances gutted. of s diseredited,| ,¢ ¢; eas fou th pai ids Eat Sis ee baie lope ; 0 os ora ay. dite i 1 an. thenigelved ‘tricked a abbset the| ° fi ou are ann ly ane ee s Although the delegates were mani-| we can forget about investr nent com- Ritannce a ta Peanut Stand. iris teec® cusnnmndideo was at aloe it at the ee Del. Smith. >d to save their union | panies, holding —eompani realty The convention showed practically | heauti picture for the dclegates,|., We have been in the worst condi-| at omething of a panic | companies. -and get back to the ipery entert of the Rr. of Judge Newcomb yubbed more salt into | tion it was possible for us to get! hit the convention as di: ter piled old Rrothethood as a labor organiza- to bet ipt. Judge Newcomb said: theis ‘wounds when he pyinted out| inte.” Del. Hedges. pe The lawyers, with their | von: “The ng of the home for the/ that ¢ individual union members| e Bi ok) ae ae ot Thee ee oe eS nae a Brotherhood “eveland we think | wer ponsible for all t upt ° . lyerv othe svement since that| held a majority of the stock or where z time imp as of very do it. had guaranteed the character er, Squires, em- and loans. He s they tloyed by the Brotherhood, condemned same po! the Danbur By ALBERT MOREAU. (a Y A few mutual) of capitalism which can be accom- the whole system of “Tf there is any de- | ig up which prom-| plished by the organized action of the Annual Conference wer 1 white elephants re ent of L. bad B. Third with later) which 100 required that How hard a thin dime to pay it with.” D DELEGATES November 12th and 13th of appr 600,000 hanging over us. the 000,000 to cover the wit tence by investing in labor banks and t A fto: ye Be similar, concerns. Even the most re- ay Eyes actionary of the leaders had to yield » of Ten to the rit of disgust towards labo’ bae' and! finaneiering that animated the rank ane and file. Del. McGuire of the Com- mittee of Ten sounded the keynote {when he said: “T have been giving all my tim save’ the-day.” Del. Nelson. + “There never was a bunch of mer in the history of this organization o1 and out that trade union capitalism is fatal to trade unionism. Let a few quotations illustrate the way the con- vention was flaitened by the news: “ong opponents of trade union capi alism and its works. They tried to t a fresh hold upon the rank and gel any other that went out (from con- fil en hi ae Baer i ‘ fe 2 lc by capitalizing the indignation eens ey twhile q eh rnioe tbe ina “I liken this situation » great deal ss ntion) with such a task Del.) ond resentment in the latter’s hearts Root, 8. trustees “On Jule 16th wwe, tthe San Francisco earthquake, | Barret: Thus, Assistant Grand Chief Engi yout $1,000,000, as enn AM i bagi ae es when the city was shaken lown and “You stand here today confronted} ec Edrington. himself all involved | thomeelves of teehee Noe Wee orm exenange! burnt up. It has hit us something | with a situation {hat I do not believe|in the financial disasters, put into % | Ban} New York and we didn’t have a labor orga fore this, at any time be- the history of the j like that earthquake.” Del. Burbank. “You are still, in my opinion, going voice the determination of the body For the last few years New York |has witnessed the greatest inflow of Porto Rican workers that ever im- imigrated in this land of Wall Street {imperialism, Porto Rican workers} ‘are leaving their native country where once life was easy and wage {slavery unknown. | workers on the industrial and political fields, as political rights to their members not through struggle but through the political influence of their leaders. For Tammany these creole work- vs constitute a fertile source for an increase in number of votes, in time |of election. Hence the appearance of |demagogic leaders in these organiza-| WASHINGTON, Nov. 7. (FP)— At present, there are over 85,000 | tions who aid the workers in deviat-| Henry Ford’s long suspension of |Porto Ricans in this city, the great-|ing them from the real issue, i, e.|™motor car production, with conse- {est number of whom are centered in|class struggle. quent shrinkage of 500,000 in the the heart of Harlem. | There are two Porto Rican candi-|Yeer’s sale of cars 1 Since American imperialism set its|dates on the democratic ticket for the| States, is blamed for the business iron foot on Porto Rico in 1898, the | November election. It is doubtful economic life of that country under-! Whether Tammany will gather many} +) a Mien a i |went a thoro change, always for the|Votes in spite of the demagogy Gd paca eg aay omens ae | betterment of the plantation owners) the political leaders of the organiza-|(ON/ ™yAines, 1) ONE f ShgBosts : Hie . 2 z fi yy the National City and worse for the native workers.;tions. Yet, promises and illusions | pk Eager of possession of the tobacco, ee ana: @ good number of these!" ‘That one rich man should be able, jcane sugar and coffee plantations, | Pro etarians who belong only to the} hy his personal choice of policy, to the Yankee trusts sought a prosper-| Working class. ‘Other Manufacturers Blame Ford for Slump in the United | \ slump throughout the country, by of- | icials of the National Association of | inally produced | here in 1902. Those wha he whimsical venilia of that isher will un- doubtedly be de-| lighted with the ent production ch is about as | from substance cr meaning as any- | thing that can be imagined. The only adequate ex- | planation why the story was resur- | rected in the present form is that | |Marion Davies needed something in which she might be cast to advantage. | The story is of a gentle maiden! © has a lover who leaves for| | | | James Barrie orig- like | ju- | | far Marion Davies ” Star of “Immoral Isabella, Law- ton Campbell’s bright satire, which jmoved last night to the Ritz The- | atre. to the cast of “Spellbound,” the play by Frank Vosper in which Pauline Lord is starred which opens next Monday at the Earl Carroll Theatre. Al Jolson is to continue with “Big Boy.” He opens his season in Albany on Nov. 28. twelve years of war” and upon his return finds that the maiden has be- come a matronly and unappetizing | schoolmarm. The rest of the picture | |deals with the wily efforts of the | fe minine pedagogue to recapture the | j affection of the handsome officer, | Winthrop’ Ames igi e haa that |George Arliss will act Shylock in |Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of | | Venice” here e in January. This | will be Ar first appearance in and “The Pirates of | shakespeare is now in rehearsal and} “Tolanthe” Penzance” | will be restored to the Gilbert and| Leff Sibiriakoff, Russian opera star, will make his American debut under the banner of Hurok Attrac- | tions this Sunday afternoon at the Fé ~ es ;Century Theatre. Mr. Sibiriakoff, By Compton) noted English act-| during the past five years has been tress is to return to New York this | singing in the principal cities of Eur- et to appear in “Queen Victorix bes Hs program will include arias Beene enema from “Life of the Czar,” “Boris Godounoff,” “The Demon,” “Faust,” Alison Skipworth has been added | and “Mephistofeles.” Sullivan repertoire at Chanin’s Royale | ere the ‘Mikado” is now playing. 49th st. THE An “J 9 H N” Phip B ATRE, We of Bway MATINE WED. & SAT., 2:30 H. WOODS presents THE FANATICS RUSE ROR See resent? GARRICK ‘Thea Extra Mat. (Ele Actors’ Theatre Production est with Jacob Ben: Klaw Thea., “The Theatre Tuesday. | ‘ oO R G Yi BASIL SYDNEY and MARY ELLIS Ba 4 | With Garrick Players in the Modern Guild 7; res aunt nicion’| TAMING of the SHREW Tuesday ' ion Day LA ‘Whentre, 41 St. W. of Bway Eys.8:30. Mts.Wed.&Sat.2:30 Extra Mot. (EB) Day) ay “The Trial of Mary Dugan” Tues PRAY FULTON 28", i8 8 iller, with REX CHERRYMAN BOOTH W.. 45th 8:30) Wm. Fox presents the Motion Picture Mats. Wed. at 2:30 | ; | i. 4 S U NR I S E < Directed by | Special Election Day Mat, Tuesday | W. MURNAU WINTHROP AMES presents | JOHN GALSWORTHY’S Thea., 424 St., | ESCAPE LE! 1 HOWARD ~WICh DAIL ‘The Desert Song repvstic ye with Robt, Halliday & Eddie Buzzell | By HERMANN SUDERMANN tone Accompaniment W. of Bway Symphonic Mov | Times Sq. | Evenings 8:30 T. | Mats. Wed.&Sat. ous field that would increase their capital in reducing the island with its 1,800,000 inhabitants into an Amer- iean colony. From 1898 to 1920 the wage workers were shifting from the tobacco factories to the sugar and coffee fields with the periodical un- employment. Men worked in tobacco factories in winter while their women | Porto Rican workers must under- stand that if Coolidge and his admin- |istration are responsible for the |ruthless imperialistic policy towards the Latin American countries, it is | because they are the agents.of Wall | Street. The republican party as well jas the democratic party is the party of the capitalist class, It is an error |ereate unemployment and suspension | Le] Soi autneeae ay| |of buying-power among hundreds of | IMPERIAL ANP MCE lignes thousands of people, in scores of in-| Mats. Tui nd Sat., ies radiating out from his own |HUDSON West 44.St. Evenings 8:30 M Tues. & Sat. ) dust WILLARD MACK'S COMEDY DRAMA factories, is looked upon as a normal | Weather Clear Track Fast — thea, Bvay at 020 St hi nt of big business consolidation. | Hs », . Courtieign | Hampden’s ivinings att The Mulberry Bush | with James Rennie & Claudette Colbert WALTER HAMPDEN in Ibsen's comedy “AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE” 30. | |It is further admitted that within five | {or ten years it may be possible for | ‘one or two or five men to tie up a/ With Joe Laurie Jr. & Wi |controlling part of the industries, for | ~ in Matinees* Wednesday and Saturday 2:30 International LABOR DEFENSE Irving Plaza Hall (15th Street and-Irving Place) Fortieth Anniversary Haymarket Martyrs For information write to National Conference Headquarters, I. L. D. ROOM 402 80 EAST 11th STREET NEW YORK CITY Vn |to look upon the democratic party as the expression of a more liberal at- | titude towards these subjugated coun- American technic in production, re- | tries. If the democratic party were sulting in an intense exploitation of|in the White House today, the same! «light earthquake shock was felt the working masses, brought about| militaristic policy would have been! here at 3:42 o'clock this morning, Re- jthe awakening of their class con-|Pursued by its leaders. |ports from Ventura and San Luis sciousness with the sequel: spasmod-|_ The Porto Rican workers and all| Obispo said the tremor was noticed in fe strikes. A general strike took place | Latin American workers must realize | those cities. Recently severe damage in the sugar plants in summer. Men and women had their seasons respee- tively. The rapid development of the | any reason that may seém to them to be sufficient. SANTA BARBARA, Cal., Nov 7.— lonly be gained through the downfall! earthquake. Lenim Said:- | ruthlessly crushed. Since 1920, over |90 per cent of the total production of the Porto Rican tobacco, coffee and sugar.is imported in this country by {Wall Street speculators. Fleeing |from the hungry and mise icken labodes, the workers are entering the |U. S. A. wherein they find a discrim- ination against their race, more ex- | ploitation and low wages. them are unskilled worke: workers. especially dish washers with 'an average pay of 10 to 12 dollars | Jper week. Those who work in the! without which the Russian Revolution would have b. tobacco factories are a little better} {off but the chronic unemployment} \makes them join the hotel and res-| | taurant workers sooner or Y, 1} | others toil in shoe and electric fac-| |tories and constitute easy preys for) the employers as they work in open| shops and know not of the benefit of unions. | “Not a single class in history achieved power without pu Most of forward its political leaders and spokesmen capable of organ hotel | (he movement and-leading it.” een impossible. We must organize a strong party in this country that will be able to organize and lead the masses. The Workers (Communist) Party as! in the fight for: A Labor Party and a United Labor Ticket in the 1928 elections, The defense of. the Soviet Union and against capitalist wars. The organization of the unorganized. | Segregated as a race in a limited) Making existing unions organize a militant struggle. neighborhood, the Porto Rican work-| The protection of the foreign born. ers have to struggle with high rents! ...,...... ahs aah Wes awed eile ace Boga une er epee lee a Application for Membership in Workers (Communist) Party dreadfal as they crowd themselves in (Fill out this blank and mail to Workers Party, 43 E, 126th St, N. Y. City) lan apartment in order to meet the} 5 monthly high rent. Name ..... Porto Ricans have been given th» right of American citizenship and | Address . “political freedom” in return for their | economic freedom. In spite of that, | they deeply feel the rude expatr', tion, The.colony has its maim -head-- ks you to join and help State Occupation .. mie (Bnclosed find one dollar for initiggon fee and one mov*i’s dues.) for the first time in 1919 which was that their national independence can| was done to Santa Barbara by an] izing | And he proceeded to organize the Boishevik Party of Russia | 'A WALLS: | with MUNI W John Golden xtra Mat., lection Day, T CIVIC REPERTORY THEA. 14 St. & 6 Ave. Prites 50¢ to $1.50 EVA LE GALLI ae AL Mat. ‘The LADD | ' le. Mts. Wed.,Sat xcept Monday + Roy neces EF. 4 oy aber ee ed. ie 2 ‘: Mor es. Onl “1 NTHE’ a, DAVENPORT THEATRE MUSIC AND CONCERTS {1388 E. 27th ear Lexington Ay Eien ace em ne a fvenings 8:15. Mat. Sat. 2:15.) A GRAND OPERA “ >>] CARLO cos " 34, ALLO" ae with BUTLER DAVENPORT Tee and an Excellent Cast, | The NewPlaywrights Theatre 40 Commerce Street, near Sheridan Square Greenwich Village TELEPHONE WALKER 5786 THE ONLY HOME FOR’LABOR PLAYS IN AMERICA | | \ Presents Paul Sifton’s play THE BELT 3 The first modern labor play to debunk company unionism and the so-called prosperity in the Ford factories, WHAT LABOR CRITICS SAY OF “THE BELT” “The Belt is the truest revelation of our industrial life that has | for some time pounded the stage,”—Joseph T. Shipley in’ the New Leader. labor's own, and is far ahead of anything of the kind attempted in this country It should receive the support of ‘all mili- tant classconscious workers.”"—Ludwig Landy, in the Daily Worker, Help support this theatre and The DAILY WORKER by buying tickets at The DAILY WORKER office, 108 East 14th Street,