The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 22, 1927, Page 2

Page ‘Two THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESD. NOVEMBER 22, 1927 TTR; memeeeeeeeree Martial Law and Murde Workers Should Ral r In Colorado Mean ly to Help the Strikers (Continued from Page One) @orces, is being used against the coal miners for having dared to revolt against the tyranny of This is more than a local la attack on the workers of Colora of the coal miners. se right to organize is at s stake. The right to leave your the right to strike is at stake. The Colorado war on the working class is only one sector in| the general front of attack on the workers all over the United | workers States. to use the present moment for industrial serfdom. bor battle. It is more than an do. It is more than a struggle take. The right to picket is at job, to fight for a living wage, a general attack. Government by injunction, government by gunmen, government by troops, government by machine guns, government by gas bombs—such is the naked capitalist dictatorst ganctions, afrplanes, gas—these are the m which American capitalism sr and drives worke In the face of barons, the Work differences, to rally to the suppo: the face of government by injunc S. sylvania, in Ohio, in West Virginia, in Indiana, in Massachusetts, | in New York—we call upon the entire labor movement to unite | the right to organize, the right to picket, the right to} and strike for better conditions. to defend stop work In the face of democratic inj can injunctions in Pennsylvania, s back to wor. this brutal open warfare of the big industrial | mit to the ft Party calls upon all workers, regardless of |‘ate the opposition ta hip prevailing in America. In- men, state troops, national guards, machine guns, |wnanimous resolution welcoming the odern s hes strik ve driver’s whip with s, breaks picket lines, rt of the Colorado strikers. In tion, police and troops, in Penn- junctions in New York, republi- the use of armed force under a democratic governor in Ohio, under a republican governor in West Virginia, Ammon workers to rally to build a powerf Party, to end the two-party yst s the uselessness of the change from the Republican} o the Democrat Adams in Colorado—we call upon all | ul party of labor’s own—a Labor em in which workers vote first for a republican strike-breaker and then for a democratic strike- breaker, but always for the bosse: s and against our own interests. Workers! * Rally to the Colorado miners! Rally to the relief and defense of the mine workers of Penn- sylvania, Ohio and West Virgini: a! @ Fight the system of injunction government! Meet injunctions with mass violation! Fight the industrial slavery that is being fastened by armed force upon us! Fight against capitalist dictatorship! Down with government by the bosses! Fight for a workers’ and farmers’ government! CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PARTY OF AMERICA. Students Declare |HALDEMAN JULIUS DAUGHTER | IN “COMPANIONATE” MARRIAGE, GIRARD, Kan., Nov. 21. — Mrs. E. | Haldeman-Julius, wife of the well- | known publisher, of this city, today |looked forward “with delight” to the Open War Against Military Training CHICAGO, .Nov. 21 (FP).—Open student revolt against the R.O.T.C., which at the University of Wisconsin resulted in disappearance of the mili- tary. unit, is spreading to other mid- western universities. A movement is now on foot among students at Northwestern University, Evanston, Til. to abolished the R.O.T.C. As at the University of Wisconsin the stu- dent movement has backing of faculty members opposed to militarism. In a letter published in the North western student newspapers, three senior students attack the R.O.T.C. as an instrument of fostering militarism and international hatred. “If we are prepared for war we will get it,” the| students assert. “If the R.O.T.C. | would aid in the fight on the corn borer or on disease or aid engineer- | ing it would have a place in the uni-| versity,” they add. Theology students are leading the fight_at this school. Repairs to Palace Make) Ex-Diplomat Sad; Would | Lower Builders’ Wages James W. Girard, former ambas- | sador to Germany, has joined his | voice to the chorus of employers who | @re urging the cheapening of building | labor. His propaganda came in a| speech before the New York Building Congress at a luncheon at the Com- modore Hotel. Girard is the representative of The Publi@.on the State Industrial Survey Commission that has been staging un- friendly public hearings on trade union issues this last year. . The wealthy ex-diplomat then com- plained of the cost of some altera- tions made in his residence—a sump- tuous place. He went on to complain ef the cost of jurisdictional disputes. p forthcoming marriage of her daugh- ter, Josephine, 18, and Aubrey C. Ro- selle, 20. The engagement was an- nounced recently and it was said at the time the marriage will be “com- panionate,” though not exactly of the type defended by Judge Lindsey. Seldont has any book issued by a labor organization, at- tracted such weléome re- sponse as these collections of Red Cartoons. Thousands of copies have been sold of each number. The Commu- nist and other labor papers of furope, Russia and Amer- ica have reprinted them. We offer these three splendid collections at a special price if all are bought at one time: RED CARTOONS (1926) (Size 9x12) —.50 RED CARTOONS OF 1927 Same size as the first volume —with 6 new artists repre- sented. $1.00 CARTOONS ON THE CASE OF SACCO-VANZETTI By Ellis. 25 ALL FOR $1.50 and we will pay postage. WORKERS LIBRARY PUBLISHERS 89 E. 125 St. New York, N.Y. Tiger Flowers, THE BODY OF TIGER noted Negro boxer, is dead, and above photo shows some of his many friends coming FLOWERS, LYING IN STATE | | | OF EXPULSIONS ‘Condemns Trotsky and | Zinoviev for Attacks WORKERS PARTY political committee of (Communist) Party The the has The open-shoppers, the big employers, are determined | adopted and sent the following cable to the Communist Party of the Soviet |Union, welcoming the expulsion of | Trotsky and Zinoviev. * “The political committee adopted 3 expulsion of Trotsky and Jand calling upon the forthe |Party congress to terminate the oppo sition by expelling all who do not sub- will of the P: nd repu- s and un- {Leninist line. | “The resolution declares: “fhe Par- | ty has no room for self-appointed | leaders who defy its will, kit before anti-Party el plot | against its unity and that Com- } muni: Intern; h renegade ional wi and expelled elements and become a rallying center for all enemies of the Soviet Union and the Party.’ Unpardonable, “The resolution denounces- the |pardonable attack upon the Party | and the So Union made on the oc- easion of the tenth anniversary cele- | brations. It recites the history of the degeneration of the oppos the present bankruptcy of un- Party and its repeated and ever- graver offenses against the Party. It attack on the Communist Party of danger. Will Educate. | “The Central Executive Committee | is starting a taorough campaign to| educate the membership and the working class on the question. “The resolution ends: ‘The Work- ers Party pledges its solidarity to our brother party of the Soviet Union. “ ‘Hail the unity of the Commtnist Party of the Soviet Union and the Communist International, the leader of the world’s working class! a “‘Hail Leninism, the path to vic- tory!’” Girls Share Strike Pay With Workers’ Families In Phila, Hosiery Fight PHILADELPHIA, Novy. 21 (FP).— Let any of the oldtimers look over our picket line and see whether it could be improved,” said Gustav Geiges, president of the American Federation of Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers of a strike of all-young hosiery workers against the Federal full fashioned hosiery company. “The police are arresting our pick- ets repeatedly,” continued Geiges. “Two girls have been forced to ride in the patrol wagon. But the boys go right back on the line after getting out of the police court. No convic- tions have been secured out of some 20 arrests.” Some of the girls are turning their | strike pay over to married men with |Geiges, is a try-out on the part of a |group of Philadelphia manufacturers en on the 48-hour week. Longer hours are the only demand of the manufac- turers, 2,000,000 BALES SHORT. WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. — The census bureau today issued the follow- ing report showing the number of bales of cotton ginned from the 1927 growth prior to Nov. 14. Total run- ning bales, counting round as half bales, 10,898,182 against 12,956,444 in 1926. Negro Boy Rescues 3 Children From Well LIBERTY, Miss., Nov. 21. — Bud Francis, a thirteen year old Negro boy with great presence of mind and heroism rescued three babies who had fallen in a 40 foot well. He slid down himself, and stood on a narrow brick ledge at the water’s surface while he held them on the same shelf until help came. with flowers to his coffin. Tiger Flowers would have been still more noted, say most of the sports writers, if the referees in his recent fights had not apparently let their race prejudice interfere with their judgment of a prize fight, $ ( [® | WIRES APPROVAL ) BOSTON, ‘tary of Commerce young children. The strike, explained | | to see whether the union can be beat- | Red Cross to Make Flood ; Sufferers Wait for Free Meal Until Thanksgiving BURLINGTON, Vt., Nov. 21. — The Red Cross has decided that it will make a careful, and time-tak- ing survey of.the “needs of the flood sufferers here” before giving them much of the $80,000 contrib- uted to it for relief. The only di- ct relief immédiately proposed they will have to wait for until Thanksgiving day, when there will x “community” dinners for 600 selected ca at Waterbury and ‘00 at Johnson. Thousands are uffering hunger. President Cool- nal head of the Red y of Commerce yed the situation ely spent for roads, to get bus- going again. © Rain Starts Flood Again as Hoover Is Cutting the Relief 1. Herbert Hoover, |fresh from the flood regions of Ver- mont, was preparing to go before the New England council at Springfield N jtunities and rehabilitation of roads, a on bloc, | great deluge of torrential rains raged he pr of all its poli- about the New England states and cies, its repeated repudiations by the|Wastern New York causing grave |fears of a new flood disaster. | gree. ‘two weeks ago. Much Suffering. Not only was a new flood-fear grip- |ping this section but from Vermont |came reports that relief and rehabili- {tation was being hampered by the |rain, which was causing much suffer- ing among the flood-stricken villages. Highway construction werk was halt- ed by the new rains, ~ Hoover proposed that credits for in- dustrial and commercial establish- ments be arranged by the New Eng- land Bankers’ Association or the New England council and that the federal highway bureau be asked to estimate the cost of federal and state road re- construction, leaving relief for suffer- ing individuals to private charity through the Red Cross. Coolidge Denies Help to Coal Miners (Continued from Page One) legal power to interfere and end the strike. Lewls was one of Coolidge’s strong- est supporters in the last presidential campaign, and is still a member of the Republican National Committee, but this did not cause him to make any more than a mild remonstrance that the miners, are not in favor of | the powers Coolidge wishes to have conferred upon him by congress, nor jof the bills he has had introduced. | Issue Appeal. The A. F. of L. conference has is- |sued an appeal to union headquarters all over the country, asking that re- lief be supplied the miners as quickly as possible. The appeal tells of the “suffering, sacrifice and starvation” in Pennsylvania, “these heroic min- ers and their families are the victims of brutal and inhuman treatment ac- corded them by coal and iron police, the state constabulary and deputy sheriffs.” « “Thousands have been evicted from their homes.” the appeal added, “and are living in barracks built for them by the United Mine Workers of America. Thousands are facing evic- tion. With the approach of winter their hardshins will be almost un- bearable and they must have help in order to endure them. “In these desperate straits they look to us, their brothers and sisters in the trade union movement, for sustenance and support. The long- continued struggle dyring the sum- mer and fall has exHausted their re- sources, Without funds, clothing, food or shelter they battle on with a grim determination and with an un- conquerable, spirit. “The intensity and duration of the struggle constitute a test of the cour- age and purpose of the miners. Each day makes new demands upon their fortitude, and each hour they are called upon to make new sacrifices,” Boxer Buried With Big Funeral in Atlanta, Ga. ATLANTA, Noy. 21, — “Tiger” Flowers, Negro boxer, middleweight champion of the world, was buried with an elaborate funeral service this afternoon at the city auditorium. More than 60,000 persons, white and Negro, had passed today through led that fungs be | | -While Secre- recently to talk over business oppor- Rivers were reported slowly rising emphasizes the special gravity of an jeverywhere but not to a startling de- Streets in lower sections of the Soviet Union in view of the war | North Adams were under water, and |recalled the stirring flood days of just “Tiger” Flowers, Negro | Hearst Charges Calles Financed Chinese | | (Continued from Page One) the Hearst papers under the copy- right of the Washington Herald. | Based upon faked documents, the |first of the series of which was ex- jposed in Saturday’s DAILY WORK- ER, where it was proved that the so- jealled “original document” was _al-| tered twice in the office of the New| | York American and appeared under | different filing dates in different is- | sues of the Hearst publication, the | “expose” of Hearst occupied a page | jand a half of his Monday morning | | paper in an effort to show that Calles placed Mexican funds at the | disposal of Generals Feng Yu-Hsiang jand Chiang Kai-Shek, who are de- |seribed as “financed and aided in the jrevolution by the Russian Soviet, to ‘whom President Calles, of Mexico, contributed funds for use in China.” A Hearst Pipe-Dream. ‘Vhat a country so pove:*y jas Mexico should be in po: | finance a revolution in China, no | matter how justified such action | might be, is absurd. Again Hearst [resorts lo reversing the customary taie about the Kussian Solsheviks 1i- |maucihg every revouuon taruvut the jWomd wld how cuarged Caues no lumy wiih i:uancing ie Chinese rev- |wuaon, bul senuiug muuey Ww the Duisaeyiss ineniseives, due aime-nove: styie In which the jatest slory reiated is highly amusing. says the American; “aaeXican luvney “ior the propaga- tion Of isussias Ked docirine has been spent iavishiy by rresidenv Valles Hot only m nis own country aud in tne territory of his Centra: american neigubors, as shown vy tue tiearst papers in preceaing articies of this series, but in Kussia itsei and China. “Orders drawn by the Mexican ex- ecutive on his treasury departmenv prove the world-wide scope of his pro-Bolsnevist activities. Both or- uers were made payabdie to basillo wadillo, the mexican minister to kKus- sia. | 1s Propaganda in China. “The larger sum, $100,UUU, was to be turned over to ‘Citizen Basil Li- vitnott,’ designated by Caltes as. ‘se- cret agent of Mexico in Leningrad, for the carrying out of propaganda arrangements spoken of by Caues in a letter written by him to Minister Badilio, . “The small sum, $50,000, Minister Badillo was instructed yo use tor ‘propaganda expenses in favor ot idexico in China. in both instances, it will be noted trom the text of the orders, the money passed through the Mexican fiscal agency in New York.” Not even “Nervous Nelly” Kellogg, the highly imaginative secretary oi state in the Coolidge cabinet, ever permitted such unyestrained romanc- ing to carry him as far as the pres- ent stories in the Hearst publications. in their desperation to pubiish spuri- ous documents in behalf of the pol- icy of American imperialism in Lat- in America the Hearst writers sink into plain idiocy. Pani’s Resignation. The source of the Hearst fictitious documents are partly indicated in the statement that “readers will have noticed, by this time, that the sec- retary of the treasury, Alberto J. ani, never signed the treasury de- partment orders carrying out the wishes of President Calles in regard to the spending of Mexican money in anti-American measures or Bolshe- vist propaganda. \ “Secretary Pani always evaded this responsibility, requiring his sub- ordinates to sign the necessary or- ders. Senor Pani resigned his posi- tion as head of the treasury depart- ment last February. Pani’s intimate friends attributed his resignation to long standing disagreement with Calles over the latter’s reckless ex- penditures of treasury funds every- where save at home, where they were most needed.” Pani a Paid Spy. Secretary of the Treasury Pani, at the time of his resignation, claimed that he resigned because of the anti- clerical policy of the Calles govern- ment. Himself a catholic and an agent of the big landholders, the feu- dal-clerical reaction in Mexico, used his office for purposes of espionage against the Mexican government. Hearst’s story seems to indicate that Pani was for sale to anyone who could pay him for his services| and that probably Hearst was the one who bought him. Ignorant and superstitious, his/nature and training eminently fitted him for the role of tool of the reaction, See Hand of Pani. An analysis of the faked docu- ments reveals the fact that all of them purport to be orders of Calles on the Mexican treasury during the period that Pani was secretary of the itreasury. This fact indicates that the forgeries were concocted with the assistance of this same lackey of the feudal-clerical reaction that for years has worked hand in hand with the American oil and fant thieves against the Mexican government in an effort to pave the way for the complete imperialist domination of that country in order to obtain a free hand in the exploitation of the great natural resources of that rich country and to enslave the Mexican people, the doors of Flowers’ palatial home on Simpson Road here to witness the remains, which lay in a bronze silver casket, Flowers was robbed of his cham- pionship several months ago when the Chicago referee gave the decision to Mickey Walker. He had been dis- bisa against in other matches Oe QUAKE NEAR SMYRNA. LONDON, Nov. 21.--The town of Mulga, near Smyrna, was partially destroyed by an earthquake, accord- ing to reports received here from Constantinople, Save Greco and Carrillo! o e Ku Klux Klan Used the |) Election Officials to Bar Vote of Detroit Negroes DETROIT, Nov. 20.—The Ku Klux Klan used illegal means to prevent the Negroes from voting, is charged by W. Hoyes McKinney, prominent Detroit attorney. * More than 5,000 names of colored vot- ers were crossed from the regis- tration lists on the eve of the No- vember § election, is asserted by the officers of the National Asso- j ciation for the Advancement of | | Colored People. | It is further alleged that the let- ter “C” was placed before the name of every colored voter, and other legal means to intimidate the Negroes and keep them from the polls were employed, including the making of arrests immediately before election day. Ratio Monopoly Is Still Tighter: New Restriction Made WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 21.— Admiral W. H. G, Bullard, Chairman of the Radio Commission, in a state- ment today to amateur operators fur- ther restricted their field of action and made the monopoly of the best wave lengths by big rich broadcasting stations whose politics are correct from his point of view a little more rigid. Bullard’s announcement is as follows: “Radio telephone is authorized in the following bands: 150 to 190 me- ters, 2,000 to 1,580 kilocycles; 20.68 to 21.4 meters, 14,000 to 14,500 kilo- cycles and throughout the entire band between 4.69 and 5.35 meters, 64,000 to 56,000 kilocycles. “The authorization to use radio phone in the 80-meter band is re- scinded.” All protests are referred to the “Radio Relay League,” and the fed- eral commission announces that it will not receive any more. The Radio Relay League is a private body, con- trolled by wealthy broadcasters, | © ‘District Organizers Of Workers Communist Party and Addresses The National office of the Workers (Communist) Party has published the following list of the district organ- izers of the Party, and the territories included in each district, All wishing information on the Party should write or call on the district organizer of the district in which they find them- selves. Thosé in parts of the coun- try where district organization is not yet established can write directly to the National office, 43 East 125th St., New York City. District One: Alex Bail, 86 Cause- way, Boston, for Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire. District Two: Wm. W. Weinstone, 108 East 14th St., New York City, for New York City, Yonkers, New Jersey (Hudson and Essex counties). District Three: H. Benjamin, 521 York Ave.,’ Philadelphia, for Wash- ington, D. C©.; Delaware, »Eastern Pennsylvania, Maryland, W. New Jersey. | District Four: James Saunders, 8-20 | Eagle St., Buffalo, for Northwestern New York State, Erie, Pa, District Five: A. Jakira, 895 James St., Pittsburgh, , Pa., for Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia. District Six: I. Amter, 2209 On- tario St., 2nd Floor, Cleveland, Ohio, for Ohio only. Distriet Seven: A, Weisbord, 1967 Grand River, Detroit, Mich., Lower Michigan, Indianapolis, Ind. District Eight: Max Bedacht, 19 So. Lincoln St., Chicago, Ill., for North- western Indiana, St. Louis, Mo., Ili- nois, Lower Wisconsin. District Nine: N. H. Tallentire, 210 So. Third St., Minneapolis, for Minne- sota, Wisconsin. 5 District Ten: H. Ochler, Room 1, 207 East 14th St., Kansas City, Mo., for Colorado, Missouri, Iowa, Texas, New Mexico, District Twelve: A. Fislerman, Box 125, Seattle, Wash., for Washington, Oregon, District Thirteen: E. Levine, 1212 Market St., San Francisco, Calif., for California. District Fifteen: G, Siskind, Room 6, 388 Home St., New Haven, Conn., for Connecticut. Agricultural: District: A, Knutson, Box 293, Bismark, N. D., for North Dakota, Montana, South Dakota. at Hague Planning War Against Soviet Union LONDON, Nov. 9 (By Mail).—The Congress of the International Asso- ciation Against Communism, which is believed to have the financial sup- port of British oil interests, opened at the Hagut yesterday morning. The | Kill Four, Maim Dozens Of Colorado Miners (Continued from Page One) tion at the Columbine this morning. The Columbine is the only mine in the northern field that has operated daily since the strike began, tives Order to Fire. Lewis N. Scherf, head of the state police, ordered the strikers to keep off the mine property. Scherf, reports said, fired his revolver twice, but the strikers continued to advance. Following Scherf’s lead the entire constabulary force opened fire. 6 * * * (Special to the Daily Worker). Strikers Unarmed. . DENVER, Nov. 21.—The northern coal fields of this state now have their Ludlow. Four pickets were killed and mews than thirty, including women, injured, a number fatally, when mine guards and state police fired point-blank into unarmed strike pickets at the Cok umbine mine near here. Adam Bell, well-known leader, is one of t®se killed. Deliberate Provocation. The Columbine mine management, from the very beginning of the strike, now more than five weeks old, has adopted a provocative attitude. The mine property was turned into a for- tress with barbed wire entanglements and sand-bag barricades. Machine guns were mounted and Governor Adams was told by the mine officials that they intended to shoot “tres- passers.” ‘ The governor endorsed this stand by assigning national guard officers and state police at the mine to rein- force .the company rah: Following a big mass meeting at Boulder Sunday night, attended by many women, a mass picket line was organized and strikers and their fam- ilies, men, women and_ children, marched to’ the Columbine mine as they have been doing daily. * * “A Little Hot Lead.” ‘DENVER, Nov. 21.—The Colum- bine mine where three strikers were killed and many wounded by state po- lice and mine guards is one of the thirteen properties owned by the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company—ihe second largest coal mining concern in the state. The officials of this company have been qugted as saying that they were “ready to give the I. W. W. a lesson,” miners’ }and that all that was needed was “a little hot lead.” The strike is practically 100 per cent effective in the north. In the south, where Colorado Fuel & Iron Co, properties are, it is 90 per cent effective, leaders announce. 16 Released. R. W. Henderson, Bakersffeld. Calif., attorney for the International Labor Defense and the I. W. W. Gen- eral Defense has succeeded in obtain- ing release of 30 miners who were jailed in raids conducted by Gov. Adams’ “Special state police.” But only rank and file strikers have been released; leaders are still held. Habeas corpus writs were obtained from Federal Judge J. Foster Symes for 8 I. W. W. leaders. These include Roger Francezon, chairman of the I. W. W. general executive board, A. S. Embree, Paul Seidler, Kristen vanum, R. Orr, Karl Clemons and: A. B. Harris. The judge ordered that the men be brought to Denver within a week to be formally charged. Be- cause the special police have trans- ferred the I, W. W. ieaders from county jail to county jail to prevent demonstrations, -difficulty is experi- enced in locating the prisoners. Girl Arrested. Despite the governoy’s announce- ment that he would welcome petitions signed by miners outlining their grievances, his special officers have thrown a girl strike sympathizer into jail for distributing petitions. She is Aurora Sampson. The girl was ar- rested when discpvered asking Wal- senburg miners to sign a petition for a conference between the miners and the operators. Even the daily papers in the state are now recognizing the effective- ness of the I) W. W. strike. Dropping the claim the workers are returning to the mines, the papers now admit no mines are operating in the north “except the Golumbine.” They quote C. F. & I. Co. officials of the Crested Butte mine in southwestern Colorado that the mine, “will be closed in,/ definitely unless the men return 40 work.” Vv Will Broadcast Plea. CHICAGO (FP) Nov. 21.—-WCFL, the Chicago Federation of Labor radio station, will be pressed into service to aid in the raising of funds for the striking coal miners in the Pitts- burgh district, it is announced. WCFL will broadcast a plea for financial help as a part of the program decided * * |upon at the special conference of the Americah Federation of Labor at Pittsburgh when relief for miner unionists in Pennsylvania, West Vir- ginia and Ohio was discussed. Re- ports of the conferences have been featured by labor’s radio here, carry- ing the details to workers throughout the nation. VY. W.L. Membership Meet] A general membership meeting conference is strictly secret and no newspapermen are admitted. The association is sponsored by Russian white guardists as well as British oil interests. A number of British officials are said to be mem- bers of the organization. of the Young Workers (Commu- nist) League will be held next Fri- day at 7:30 p. m. at Stuyvesant Casino, Second Ave. and E. 9th Si John Williamson, new district or- ganizer, will report on the recen national convention. ve —