The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 24, 1927, Page 5

1 1 THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDA VEMBER 24, 1927 Anti-Fascist Wass Protest Planned: dnd Meet Delayed Members of nearly 2: or ginions yesterday distributed leafhets an- nouncing a mass protest meeting for Greco and Carrillo to be held-at the Central Opera House, 67th St, and Third Ave., Sunday at 2 p. m. H A second Greco-Carrillo defense meeting, arranged for tonight- at Prospect Ave. and 168rd St., has been postponed by the International Labor Defense until Saturday at 8:30 p. m., today being a holiday, the defense or- ganization announced last night. Rose Baron, secretary of the New York section of the International La- bor Defense, has issued+a call to all branches of its organization for vol- unteer leaflet distributors for the Sun- day meeting. Practically the entire machinery of this organization has been brought into action for agitation on behalf of the imprisened anti- fascisti, who are now in the Bronx County jail charged with murder. Organization Exis “The defense machine which functioned in the Sacco-Vanzetti campaign is still in existence, not on- ly in New York but throughout the entire country,” Rose Baron said, “and we will not rest until Greco and Carrillo are restored to the ranks of the working class.” Arturo Giovannitti, who will be one of the speakers at the Sunday meet- ing, faced death in 1912 during the Lawrerice strike, when he was framed on a “murder” charge. Other speak- ers will include M. J. Olgin, Robert Minor, William Weinstonc, Carlo Tresea, James P. Cannon and othe Greco and Carrillo are charged with killing two fascists in connection with | the Memorial Day parade in the | Bronx last spring. Window Cleaners’ Trial On; Women Aid Strike The trial of three members of the executive board of the striking Win- dow Cleaners’ Protective Union charged with first degree assault was continued to Friday by Judge Otto A. Rosalsky in the General Sessions | Court, part 8, yesterday. They are| Peter Lahowit, Nicholas Slobodiniak and Harry Homeleck, | To raise funds for the striking win-| dow cleaners a concert and dance will be held tomorrow at 8 o’clock at Man- | hattan Lyceum 66 E. Fourth St., by | the Striking Window Cleaner Wo- men’s Relief Committee “ew York. of ia cl Donation to Colorado | Strike by BS.&AU, At the last meeting of the Book- | keepers’, Stenographers’ and Account- | ants’ Union the membership voted: to | i $25 to the relief fund of the | ado strikers, the union reported | y. Save isis and Carrillo! ere he © eee abe VOrkers.J0 90) | Workers Party Activities | NEW YORK y JERSEY {| aia: . —/| there in that section, in the countie (Continued from Page One) New Party Headquarters. The Workers (Communist) Party|ness fof the past twenty years 0 has opened a new headquarters in the | more. lower Bronx at 715 E. 188th St. In-| ppis time last year there wer te onal Branch 1, Section 5, will some twenty-five ills running here tomo*nost-evenine, this section working upwards of ae ae , 000 men. Labor we deed the companies were having au. J. Padgug will lead a discussion’) reeruit from each oth crew. I problems of foreign-born |body had a job that wanted one. t a meeting of the Morning | Big Changes. International Branch, 10:30 a. m. to- a ; Se z day at 108 E. 14th St. But, Cap, it ain’t so today. * * * Section 1 Meeting. An important meeting of Section 1 will be held Monday at 7:30, p. m, at Manhattan Lyceum, 66 E. 4th St. .A | discussion of the opposition in the Sommunist Party of the Soviet Union will be discussed. * * * Y. W. L. Membership Meet. A general membership meeting of | Padgug Lectures Today. the Young Workers (Communist) | League will be held tomorrow at 0 p.m. vesant Casino. Sec: | 1 Ave. and E. 9th St. John Will- | on, new district organizer, will | ort on the recent national conven- | Ivan and Natasha 8: a ae Clerical Help Needed. | Volunteer clerical help is wanted at | the local office of the Workers (Com- | ‘ munist) Party, 108 East 14th St., sev- | ALL the workers and fralveveuings: A yeeek: | peasants from the ‘oer Jersey City Class. Bronx to Nitchevo-—— The Jer City Branch will con- | duct an } class at Ukrainian} a cERCa ;: oe Hall, 160 Mereer St., every Tuesday | WORKERS. in ovr- and Friday p.m. ‘alls = Young FARMERS — high- booted and in gay holi- day costume — , day e ng at. 1940 Benson Ave., | Brooklyn. a Daily Worker Ball At “Garden.” The DAILY WORKER and Freiheit | will hold a ball at Madison Square! Garden Dec. 17. You will find them all and everybody you know at the NEW MASSES Workers and Peasants Coal and. Tron Police | Attack, Club Strikers (Continued from Page One) ture, either by President. Coolidge or by Secretary of Labor Davis as the administration’s representative, it is | 3 Wage Cuts Bring Rate to 18-25:Cents Per Hr. }of Lafayette, Jefferson and Taylor, there has been a big lumbering busi- scarce then. In- to There | is only part of the mills going now, th—11-H Work Day,lin op . . nyse digtallged ‘Foreign-Born Council | Protests to Colorado {and no more than ee thousand men s at work in the section. You see, Cap, oats this was @ great yellow pine dati || Governor on Killings Looked years ago like it would last | os vy 'forever. But its nearly all been | Nina Samarodin chopped away now—nearly all used vp and little or none coming on. gan last January. I Ww d Lum- ber Company, at Alden, then. It was one of the largest mills, with several branches, and worked upwards of 1,- 500 men at that time. Wages weren't so bad either. Common labor was getting from 35 to 45 cents an’ fore- men got from 65 to 70 cents. | ional Council for of Foreign Born Wo: s, 41 Union Square, sent a telegram to Gov. Adams, Denver, Colo., last night, {protesting against the murder of six mine pickets and demanding the withdrawal of the state troops. The telegram reads as follows: “The National Council for the Pro- tection of Foreign Born Worke representing 53 regional councils, e Wage Cuts. protests against the killing of oy “The first cut, as I was saying,' | striking miners at the Columbine came in January. More than 500 men | | mine. were turned off in our camp during the month. Other cuts followed swiftly. I got my time in April. At/ first the men went over to the near- only to find that ike cuts at the | sn’t no use to hunt for a job any more in that re- gion. So I came over to the Quincy | | ditions in ordey ultimately to low- 'section, and was lucky in getting al er the standards of the native born | place with the McRay Lumber Coni-| | workers, pany. Asa foreman they gave me 50 | | cents an hour to start with, tho I had | been getting 70 the year before with the Standard. Three More Cuts. ¢ — “But that ain’t the worst of it, Cap,|too, when you consider we ha |I have received three cuts since then, | running water, or sewerage or elec- and we are looking for another any-| tricity. My wife complains |time now, as there is fellows around | times but we can’t do any better at every day a hunting jobs’ that would | be' glad to work for less. The first | cut came early in July, another in Au- gust, and the last in September. We |foremen now are only getting 40 cents, and our men, who were getting 25 to 35 last spring, are only getting from 18 to 25 cents now. And only the very biggest and strongest get 25.” “The mas a climax in a consistent campaign of prosecution jconducted by the government on | | behalf of the industrialists of this {land against the foreign born | workers, who comprise the bulk of the American working class, with | a view to lowering their living con- | “We urge that you recall imme- | diately the state constabulary and | permit legal picketing by the strik- Yes, I was about to forget s. I have only four ranging from 18 months to 11 years, but I guess that’s enough these times.” Dividing the Workers. “Does the company employ any Ne- gro labor?” I inquired. “Oh, 3 about 75 per cent are Ne- groes, and the rest white.” “How many men are working at| “I suppose then, that if the whites McRays, and what are the hours,” I} don’t like their starvation wages, the inquired. ;} company has a Negro to put in their | place; and if the Negroes don’t like their pay the company can call on the white Ku Klux Klan to take care of them?” I remarked. Slavery and Unions. Eleven Hours. “There are about 250 men in the! , woods where I am working, and be- tween 550 and 600 at the mill, Those | in the mill work in two different gangs, as the mill runs day and night ‘That's it, Cap, that’s it. shifts, eleven hours each. And. we |Say so, but we are all slaves. It’s a | work the same hours in the woods. | little different kind of slavery from | It’s powerful heavy work too, Cap, and about 90 per cent of it is in marshes | just the same, Cap, that’s all it is.” jand swamps where we have to work! “Have you any union or any chance |much of the time in slush up to our|of getting one,” I inquired. jknees. The men are sick a lot, and! ‘No, Cap, we ain’t got no union and besides it isn’t uncommon to see them|no hopes of getting one. The com- | Armory raised will be used for Jewish coloni- | register with the right w zation in the | |of “Icor’’ 4s | | where all vo | | | n’t |cornerstone of the first bloek of | voted to picket the two some- | present and the future hasn’t much | We can’t | jat their headquarters, 131 W. 51st St. | | what it used to be but it’s slavery | Cornerstone of New | in the labor movement will speak. | Page Five "(Lago AND FRATERNAL) LOCK OUT LOGAL ORGANIZATIONS J A MEMBERS IN TWO N. Y, SHOPS Looking for Work? a chance to make a few 2 looking for work. Call ce of the Joint Defense | 41 Union Square, Here is Committee, Room 714, any ring. if a o£: +y [ONCE et ge eeiee Workers Refuse to Join Volunteers for “Jcor” Bazaar. Dual Union Volunteers are needed to assist at| third annual “Icor” bazaar that| An attempt to force h be held at the 165th Infantry | members of Local 41, I ic Nov. 28 to 26. The funds | Ladies Garment Workers’ Union res et Union. The office |in the lockout yesterday at 112 East 19th St.,|employed in two shops owned | teers should report. Landau, president of the I | Association. The shops z Landau Bros., 361 W. 3 5 4 | the Chief Pleating Co., § Co-op House Will Be Ave. = Landau informed the Laid In the Bronx |,0i shops yesterday that ¢ have to report at the offic or The laying of the cornerstone of ; 3 W. 16 the third and fourth block of houses | iin thonseives with the of the United Workers Cooperative | recently formed by the right wing, Aaete aeae pat’ place today oP-| known also as Local 410, The workers posite Bronx Park at the lerton refused a locked Ave: subway. station. jout. They then marched to the office Two years have passed since the | of their own local at 6 W. t St., cornerstone of the firsht block of|and at a meeting there they pledged hous was laid and one year since | their support to the left ‘wing ad- '|the block was completed and the! ministration of the org tion and andau shops. houses laid. The second block of| A meeting of the active members houses will be. ready for occupancy | of the local will be held Friday after in December. work at the unjon office. The United Workers Cooperative —_— Association has invited all workers} BOOST THE DAILY WORKER! to participate in the mass meeting | pacy the Paper to a Fellow Worker! at the ceremony, at which prominent| | 5 ff figures in the co-operative as well as| Work Daily for the Daily Worker! Dr. N. Schwartz 124 East 81st Street | SPECIALIST for Kidney, Bladder. Urology, Blood and Skin diseases and Stomach Disorders. | |X-RAY Examinations for Stones, | | Tumors and Internal disturba | Dr. Schwartz will be glad to give you a free consultation. Charges for examinations and treatment In the cooperative workers’ colony there are several cultural institu- tions. Of nine cooperative stores re- | cently erected seven are functioning. | Workers Join Food Union at Meeting A large group of unemployed food | workers attended a meeting held yes- | terday afternoon by the Hotel and) Restaurant Workers Branch of the| Amalgamated Food Workers’ Union | is moderate. Special X-RAY EXAMINATION §2. 9 A.M M. te Butterfield 8799. ara Dr. A. CARR Several joined the union. The speakers were George E. Pow- ers of the Iron Workers’ Union and| Chester W. Bixby of the Shoe Work- ers’ Protective Union. P. Pascal Cos- | grove, union organizer, presided. | reported. President -Coolidge had previously | expressed doubt of the value of a conference. He put the matter up to Davis after William Green, presi- get hurt handling the heavy logs. Modern Industry. | “You see, the Alabama Power Com- pany is building a dam at Jackson |Bluff across the Ocklockonee River. BALL |pany wouldn’t stand for it; jobs are too secaree now. We have to be aw- ful careful what we say, but we are | thinking, Cap, we’re thinking. It can’t go on like this forever, Cap. It’s got SURGEON DENTIST | years uninterrur alattention, W« 1383 EAST 84th STREET 400 Traction Workers Join NY Amalgamated \Labor, and John’L. Lewis, president | Friday Evening at 9 o’clock December 2 At Webster Hall 119 East 11 Se. TICKETS $1.50 $3.00 at the Door Every year this big so- cial event of New York | workers and artists has dent of the American Federation of of the United Mine Workers, had told | him 750,000 miners and their fami-j lies were facing starvation and made a strong plea for joint meeting. Making Up Lists “I am preparing to get in touch} with all those interested,” Davis said | today. ‘We are making up lists now We have got to find out just who is | affected, send out invitations and | learn who can and who cannot come.” | Davis refused to predict the date of the conference or give other details exeept to say the department would | act after these arrangements had been made. “rae e DORr reopen emmy Ce Daily Worker Fretheit Saturday i December MADISON SQUARE GARDEN been a compicte sell-out. Buy your tickets now i at | Jimmie Higgins Book | Shop--Rand School or call | NEW MASSES 39 Union Square Algonquin 4445, \4 ANYTHING IN PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO" OR Ot DE WORK Patronize Our Friend SPIESS STUDIO 54 Second Ave., cor. 3rd St. ecial Rates for Labor Organi (Established 188 Co.ormrative Repair Sto Phone Stuyvesant 3816 > John’s Restaurant SPECIALTY: ITALIAN DISHES A place with atmosphere where all radicals meet. 302 E, 12th St.. New York. Health Food Vegetarian Restaurant 1600 Madison Ave. PHON UNIVERSITY 56865. Eatwell Vegetarian Restaurant 78 Second Ave., near 4th St. Only strictly VEGETARIAN meals served. No canned fvods, or animal fats used, All dishes scientifically prepared. pe maior em ROSELYN’S HEALTH FOOD Natural and Vegetarian Foods Sundried Fruits Unsulphured. Whole Grain Cereals, Also Diabetic Foods, 1222 SOUTHERN BLVD. Near Freeman St. Sta, Bronx, N, Y. Tel, Dayton 8459. | 41914 6th Avenue, near 25th St. uits Pressed is i‘ Sis Repaired While U Wait When it’s complete it will make an|to change somehow.” artificial lake covering 27,000 acre: | jof land. They have already got the | jdam built up to where it is beginning |for that. What they need is informa- to flood the woods where we are cut-/|tion. The conditions have already ting. That’s the reason, Cap, that| made them class conscious, but they they are crowding us so. The Power need information—and leadership. It’s Co. will have to shut down pretty |a fertile field—these exploited unor- soon if we don’t get the logs cut and| ganized black and white workers— out of the way in the ‘lake’ section.” | not only in this section, but thruout “TI suppose that you will soon get|the southland here. that done and be out of a job again,” | Time had now come for my friend I remarked, lto get off. “No, Cap, they tell us that they | “Don’t forget to send me a copy of have enough timber in this district to | that paper you say stands for the run the mill for about four years yet.|cause of the workers; I ain’t never About sixty per cent of this is hard- heard that there was any such paper wood and forty pine.” in America,” was his concluding re- s Company Houses. mark, x Se Re) Asie, “and “Good-bye,” I said, “and be sure tO Chal Bee nt ye jand read everything in The DAILY No, Cap, we all live in the com-/ WORKER when it comes, for it’s 100 aca fa lg shacks, and pay $8 a! per cent for the working class.” month for them, That Ss high enough | ora Conclusions: So ended our visit. No more unex- | pected than startling. And doubtless ‘could be duplicated many times over my train rolled on eastward I could jnot help wondering how long these Great assortment of all makes and | oppressed and exploited workers will portable new and rebuilt typewriters. ‘have to wait for knowledge, enlight- Everyone guaranteed. {enment and organization. Moderate prices. For sale and rental, |_ 1 couldn’t figure out the answer, but We di ae a i saw and learned enough to know WARY < aie of Typewriters. | that they certainly need aid. And I International Typewriter Co. |woncered if the Workers Party 1643 2nd Avenue. Bet. 85-86th, | couldn’t plan some way to reach and NEW YORK CITY. | erganize them. Ath block of Co-op. Houses P | poner 3rd block of Co-op. Houses Blocks of Co- operative Houses will soon be built in the Co-opera- Opposite tive Workers’ Col- Bronx ony by the Park UNITED WORKERS’ CO-OP. ASS'N Come right now and select an apartment of 2--3-4 Airy, Sunny, Spacious Rooms Office: 66 5th Avenue, corner 14th St. TELEPHONE: ALGONQUIN 6900. Due largely to assistance and, ||Cor- Lexington Ave New York What Is Needed. pledges of support from other New ss oe Yes, they are thinking. I can youch York unions, the Railway Employees Tel Lohign. sis, in other sections of “Sunny Florida,” | = the land of sunshine and flowers. As | — has enrolied nearly 400 new menibers, | most of them subway workers, Or-| ganizer J. H. Coleman reported yes- terday. Dr. ABRAHAM MARKOFF SURGEON DE Ss Office Hours: 9:30-12 Daily Except Friday 249 HAST 115th STREET Cor. Second Ave. New York. Defense counsel yesterday contin- | ued to prepare for the hearing Friday in the Supreme Court on the I. R. T./ application for a drastic injunction| to prevent the organization of the| local traction workers. 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