The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 7, 1927, Page 2

Page Two THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 7, 1927 \ Colidge Urges Big: Navy and Law to Make Mine Strikers Kneel (Continued from Page One) people down to the low standard of living of our competing count That this is what de ion of the farmers accomplished in the west, he does not recognize. Muscle Shoals To Be Sold. the message ’s Mus- t be sold, that tha government t of power de- velopment at B: n Dam, flood control be not allowed ie “ot ich means power dev nt he gov- ernment to carr of the cost of flood control. the power lobby in ¥ He alsc opposes maintenance and extension of the government’s mer- chant fleet, and go nment barge lines on the M ppi. Imperial As was anticipated, demands that tl ele Shoals pow m Rampant. of national defense, C ade a plea for a higher effi: the army, for a more powerful navy and for increased air forces. He declared that the navy needs additional airplane carriers and more cruisers in order to “plan for the future.” His navy building pro- gram is declared to be devised with- out taking into consideration what any other country may do and adds that “the size of the navy which America is to have will be solely for America to determine.” Designs Against Latin America. Under the deceptive head of “com- mercial aviation” Coolidge urged the construction of more bases for air- ‘ways and approved the policy of pri- vate enterprise “opening up aviation service to Mexico and Central and South America.” “We are particularly solicituous” declared Coolidge, “to have the United States take a leading part in this de- velopment. The post office depart- ment should be granted power to make liberal long-term contracts for carrying our mail, and authority should be given to the army and navy to detail aviators and planes to co- operate with private enterprise in es- tablishing such mail service.” * * * Brookhart Assails Message. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—President Coolidge’s annual message was re- ceived in- congress today with the} usual mixed praise and criticism. Administration republicans, gener- ally commended the document, while democrats and progressives picked flaws in many of the president’s recommendations. Brookhart Differs. Senator Brookhart, Iowa insurgent, strongly condemned the president’s farm program. He declared that the president had supported a “subsidy” for American railroads, a direct sub- sidy for ship-owners, indirect “price- fixing” through the tariff, for manu- facturers and had put the government into the banking business through the federal reserve system. Against Farmers. “After failing to oppose these mea- sures for other groups, the president denounces their use to aid agricul- ture,” Brookhart said. “His recom- mendations for relief are wholly in- adequate. He has promised the farm- et equality in his platform, though in| office he is repudiating the pledge, I predict that if the president and the | republican party carry out his pres- ent recommendations, the west and/ south will put the republican party out of business.” Nye, McNary Critical. “The president is too vague,” de- clared Senator Nye, of North Dako-| ta. “He doesn’t give us even a sug- gestion for the start of a bill. I do not see anything in his message, though, condemning the McNary-| Haugen bill as I don’t consider it a} price-fixing or subsidy measure.” Senator McNary (R) of Oregon, chairman of the senate agriculture committee, also was critical. “The president’s suggestion that cooperative marketing be promoted through loans was contained in the bill he’ vetoed last year. may be helpful but it does not go far enough to meet the demand of farm organizations nor is it their opinion it, will bring about equality between | industry and agriculture.” “Ohio Gang” Praise. Senator Fess of Ohio, who spon- Sored the president’s substitute farm bill last year, heartily endorsed the message. His plan‘ to Operatots ve the president suggests | ound farm relief policy,” “The chief value of his | permanency and economic | s. It is in line with the sta-| on of industry and avoids the rs of both price-fixing and sub- ammanyite Favors Strikebreaking. | Other portions of the message, how- ever, won commendation. The coal i ed Senator Copeland of | , who sponsored a federal coal control bill t year, to say the istent.” “Had my coal bill n passed at the last ses- sion,” Copeland added, “the board of | on, which he now recommends, | be in existence and it would be| possible for the president to act fav-} orably on the pressing appeal of the! miners, who are seeking some action by the government.”. | Johnson Backs Boulder Dam. | The Boulder Dam recommendation | drew an endorsement from Senator | Jchnson of from Senator Ashurst of Arizona. | “The president damns Boulder Dam with faint praise,” said Ashurst. Norris Straddles Issues. |. Senator Nor: of Nebraska, “pro- andidate for president and leader of the fight for govern- ;ment operation of Muscle Shoals, en- | dorsed the president’s position on that project. “The president has at last seen the light and come around to what I have | advocated for several years,” said | Norris. “He officially admits that | the fertilizer plant at Muscle Shoals jis out of date and that it would be | foolish to use it. I am glad he fin- jally edmits that Muscle Shoals is a | power proposition and nothing else.” On farm relief Norris said the “president’s statement that the most ifornia, and sarcasm | ease the acreage proves the | president doesn’t understand the prob- lem at all. The farmer knows that jit is impossible and, even if possible, jit would be impractical to regulate the acreage of great farm products. Everybody knows we sometimes get j the largest crop on a smail acreage and the smallest crop on a large acre jag ey is farm program is imprae- | His Life Advertising | Detroit Big Business | | SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Dec. 6. |—Captain Frederick A. Giles refuses |}to risk his life.in a foolhardy flight |from San Francisco to New Zealand, merely to do some advertizing for the Detroit Chamber of Commerce. Giles attempted this flight once be- fore, but returned because he said he |ran into a storm, which according to |weather authorities, did not exist. | However, authorities agree that an jair trip at this time of year would mean suicide to the pilot. Values Life Over Business. | W. H. Rosewarne of Detroit, back- er of the venture, reprimanded Giles for rating his life as more valuable than the advertizing of Detroit busi- ness, and ordered him to try again, The pilot declares, however, that he “is through,” and will take “a long rest.” Giles stated that Rosewarne, backer of the flight, would probably advocate continuance of the flight with another pilot, regardless of the fatal risk involved, 3,000 See Russian Picture in Detroit (By a Worker Correspondent.) DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 3 (By Mail). Long before the time scheduled for the first showing of the film, Red a, the lobby of the Danceland itorium was crowded with people eager to gain admission. When the doors were closed, those who had corne too ik Ww seen pressing against the doors, waiting for the first per- formance to end and the second to ‘gin. About 3,000 people in all saw picture. fe the CLEAN UP JUARE EL PASO, Tex., Dec. 6.—Under orders from President Valles of Mexi- co to clean up border towns, Juarez, | ver the b ni E1 Paso, wilt be mbling tomorrow. 2 way to reduce the surplus! These Senators Hold Balance of Power in Senate secs The Insurgent Group in the United States Senate whose favor will be curried by both republicans and democrats because their votes will be necessary to the passage of important bills. to right) front row: William E. Borah, Idaho; George W. Norris, Nebraska; Robert LaFollette, Wis- consin and Lynn J. Frazier, North Dakota} second row, Smith W. Brookhart, Iowa; Gerald P. North Dakota; Robert B. Howell, Nebraska; John G, Blaine, Wisconsin and Henrik Shipstead, Minne- sota. Results of Conference Summed Up by TUEL (Continued from Page One) way for younger and fresher fight- ers, The number who have real faith in the possibility of progress is grow- ing;. it is they who must lead the | movement in this most critical period. Conference a Practical Succe: Our conference was a decided suc- cess in the practical side of its work. A detailed, general pregram was worked out and adopted unanimously; in addition, eight industrial confer- ences established the line of struggle in the principal industries and began the rejuvenation of the left wing or- ganizations, Emphasis on Organization. The program of organization of the unorganized workers was estab- lished as a practical program, not an abstract slogan, a program which will be the center of the ever: of the left wing, leading directly to the organization ef the workers in the existing unions, or where “this They are (left e, REPUBLIGANS ARE UNITED FOR 1928 ELECTION DRIVE Attempt to “Nominate Coolidge Seen WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—The sec- ond day of the seventieth congress finds the republican party as a unit, the so-called progressive bloc in both houses having been whipped into line in face of the coming presidential elec- tions that make imperative the ap- pearance of party unity in spite of the fundamental differences that have separated them to such an extent that they acted as two parties. Progressives Bankrupt. The bankruptcy of the progressive bloc was never more evident than in both houses of congress at this time. By the simple exnedient of agreeing to vote on three “insurgent” demands the breach has been healed and every- thing is harmonious, at least to out- ward observers, in the ranks of the republican party. The three measures | that probably will be supported with | majority votes in both the house and senate are farm relief, Boulder Dam | and Muscle Shoals. Curtis Consolidates Senate. Senator Curtis of Kansas, the re- publican floor leader, was formally authorized by the party conference to confer with the “insurgents” on their demand that support be guaranteed en their three important measures. The presidential message and also the annual report of Secretary of the In- terior Work reveal that the support of Boulder Dam is calculated to aid the electric power trust, by building the dam at government expense and then turning it over to the trust. Compromise en Farm Relief. Farm relif will be based upon a compromise that will maintain the form but not the substance of the MeNary-Haueen bill which was ve- toed by Coolidge at the last session. While the majority senators agree to support another farm relief measure there is no assurance that it also will not be vetoed in case it passes both houses. On the auestion of flood con- trol neither the progressives nor the majority have a definite program. Presidential Contest On. The only cloud on the horizon of harmony in the republican camp de- veloped among the old guard itself when the republican national com- mittee met to discuss a convention city for the nomination convention next vear and make other prepara- tions for the 1928 campaign. Coolidge Move Seen. The good-natured rivalry that has existed between the various cities, notably San Francisco, Detroit and Kansas City. the three principal con- tenders, when the committee assembled this mornine there were chips on a good many shoulders. A terrific row has been kicked up over the efforts of Wm. M. Butler, President: Coolidee’s personally select- the eenvention to Kansas C Hi activities on behalf of Kansas City were keenly resented by the far west- ern members of the committee, who ed chairman of the committee, to “Hi | remo G were appealed to the Su-! already have a third of the committee” pledged for San Francisco, and there was no less resentment among the De- troiters, who have sent their mayor- elect to Washington to impress upon disappeared overnignt, and | \Cleveland Defeane Call | Out for Greco-Carrillo || Meeting Friday, Dec. 9 CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dee. 6.— The Cleveland District cf the In- ternational Labor Defense intends to fight the frame-up system with all the energy it is able to muster. | A series of mass meetings are be- {ing arranged in every important icity of the district. The first of |these meetings will be held in |Cleveland on Friday, December 9 jat the Moose Auditorium, 1000 Walnut Ave. at 8 p.m. Carl Hack- jer, district secretary of the defens« and other prominent Clevelanc |people will address the mecting. The Cleveland district of the T L. D., ina statement issued re- cently attention to the grow- ing .boldness and ruthlessness of the -American capitalist class, which, only four months after mur- dering Sacco and Vanzetti, is start- ing-a new Sacco-Vanzetti-case by | | trying to‘carry out the declaration of the New York prosecutor, “Greco nd: Carrillo must be in the. death ell by Christmas!” The International Labor Defense | |ond workers everywhere, .are de- ‘rmined that this boast must noi > carried out. -® WANTS HABITUAL CRIMINAL CODE BE MADEFEDERALLAW Baumes Brutality May Become Universal SYRACUSE, N. Y., Dec. 4.—A fed- eral code patterned after the New York Baumes laws and the Michigar "Mfabitual Criminal Code which is be- ing attacked by Michigan lawyers as nneonstitutional, was advocated by Charles H. Tuttle, United States At- ‘orney, in a talk before the Syracuse University law students. These laws force judges to inflict life imprisonment upon everybody who is convicted of a fourth felony, regardless of whether the crime is |petty or not. Tuttle charges that minals “get away” with their mes by “dramatizing” before the publie eye, and suggests Baumes laws as an antidote. ba] When Judge Collins of the New | York County General Sessions Court |sentenced William Green, 27 year old Negro to life imprisonment for fight- ing a man while under the influence of liquor, he deseribed Green as “high d works six days and gin the seventh”, an as be- ing far from a “habitual criminal ype”. Collins bitterly attacked the law which forces judges to give such decisions, and which Tuttle advocates on a national scale When the cases of Joseph Gowasky and Theodore Hemerlie, convicted for i | drin! preme Court of New York. It was | decided that “The courts have no in-) |herent’ power to’ modify statutes to meet exceptional cases. ~The court must ‘declare the law ‘as it is.’”” Thus, Mrs. Helen Brennan, 32-year- old ‘mother of 11 children, who stole $38 to help defray the expenses to ake care of a twelfth child, is fac- proves impossible, the establishment of new unions. The central, import- ance of forming a Labor Party was reaffirmed. The struggle for :inner- union democracy, as a. part of the struggle against the capitalist offen- sive, was shown to be necessary and unavoidable; the lessons of this struggle were analyzed, and the con- ference insured a more systematic and successful prosecution of this. fight. Worker Arrested for Selling Labor Paper; Property Destroyed (By a Worker Correspondent) LOS ANGELES, Calif. Nov. 28. (By Mail).—In a letter to the Police’ Department here, the American Civil Liberties Union secretary demanded the return of property confiscated from B. Toboado, who was arrested on Nov. 22 and released on Thanks- giving Day. Toboado was charged with a crim- inal syndicalism violation because he | Internal Organization. The conference seriously tackled the problem of organization of the teft wing and progressive Present weaknesses of organization were frankly acknowledged, and the old EY Machete, the Mexican Com-|°oference resolved, and adopted nunist daily newspaper, Wirst citi-|P?actical plans, to remedy this situa- tion. zenship papers, union card and vari- jus organization membership cards had been taken from Toboado. When | he called at the police station today, Toboado was told that everything had been destroyed. The conference did not lose itself in the multitude of practical and im- mediate tasks; it placed them in their proper perspective in the whole world situation. The role of American imperialism was recognized; the nec- essity of world labor unity was estab- lished; support of and alliance with | the colonial peoples: struggle for free- dom was made a central point in the program of the conference. The con- ference operated under the: slogan of struggle against imperialism, and first of all against American im- perialism. ; High Enthusiasm. Enthusiasm was high among the 297 delegates who made up our con- ference. This especially showed it- self in the splendid demonstration |given the delegation of striking min- jers from the Pittsburgh battle fields, which immediately took the practical turn of launching the relief work on a large scale. It also reached a high point when the conference was pre- sented with the several magnificent silk banners sent by the All-China | Labor Federation and its affiliated bodies. Aid For Miners. Help for the immediate life-and- death struggle of the miners in America, and fraternal contact with the heroie toiling masses of China, these were the two points which marked the emotional side of the con- ference and gave it its most definite character. Jt was not a routine meet- ing, even while doing a mass of de- tailed work; it was at all times a gathering of strength, a renewal of inspiration, a strengthening of the bonds of class solidarity. Begin to Build. The conference has done its work, and done it well. Now is the time for building upon the firm foundation laid in the conference, in every in- dustry, in every city, in every local union, an organization of the forces of progress-to put into effect the: poli- cies laid down in the conference de- | cisions. The National Committee, in review- ing the work of the conference, calls upon every member and supporter of the TUEL to at once become active, to become an organizer and director in a systematic manner together with all his fellow workers in the labor movement, of the work we all have in hand. National Committee, TUBL. give us your helping hand HE DAILY WORK- ER is fighting day after day .... never stopping. The DAILY WORKER can continue its battles for the Labor Movement, but financial difficulties prevent The DAILY WORKER from becoming agreater news- paper—of greater use- fulness to fighting La- bor. We do not want to conduct financial cam- paigns. We need the space to fight the boss . . . to give our readers aews—information about the Labor movement— and other good features. We ask only this much from every reader: ' Pledge yourself to give only as much as you can and won’t miss—every week. You won’t miss it and The DAILY WORK- ER can live on it! Tria Vreuy- Movie Magnates to Lower Wages; Ruse Is Profit-Sharing HOLLYWOOD, Calif, Dee. 5.—A profit sharing scheme has been de- vised, as a means to reduce the sala- i ies of moving picture workers, and is said to have been adopted at a re- cent series of secret mectings™ at which practically every big motion picture company was represented, According to this tentative plan, the entire motion picture industry will < | treasurer; forces. | Enlarged United Front Committee For Anti-Fascists Due to the seriousness of the Greco- Carrillo case, which is being tried in the Bronx County Court, friends of jthe two anti-fascists have formed a |new and enlarged united front defense committee consisting of liberal and radical elements, The executive board of this new or- ganization which js called the Greco- Carrillo Defense Committee, with of- ifices at 70 Fifth Ave., are: Robert Morss Lovett, chairman; Arturo Gio- vamnitti, vice-chairman; Filippo Greco, Stuart Chase, auditor; Marguerite Tucker, secretary; James P. Cannon, Jacob Margolis and Nor- |man Thomas. Advisory Committee. On the advisory board of the com- mittee are: Harriet Stanton Blatch, Francesco Coco, Upton Sinclair, Carlo /Tresea, Oswald Garrison Villard, James Oneal, Joseph Procopio, John Biazzo, Benjamin Gitlow, N. Napoli, Domenie Salyino, John Vaccaro, Vin- eent ‘Varcirea, Girolamo Valenti, G. Serio, G.- Guarneri, John Haynes Holmes, Pietro Maddii, Elenore M. Fitzgerald, Robert Dunn, D. Cantafio. That the labor movement is actively |behind the defense committee was |evidenced yesterday when a represen- tative of Local 63 of the Amalgama- ted Clothing Workers of America pre- sented a check for $500 for the de- fense of the two prisoners. Mexican Archbishop Is Leading Bandits “ GUADALAJARA, Mexico.—Arch- bishop Francisco Orozco y Jiminez, ranking prelate of Mexico, is lurking with a small band of religions fan- aties somewhere in the wilderness near here, with the Mexican federal troops in close hunt after him. The Archbishop Jiminez gang is guilty of a number of atrocious crimes against the peasantry and workers of Mexico in its attempt to overthrow the re- publie and set up the rule of “Christ the King.” They have engaged in trainwrecking to provide themselves with money and arms. The religious bandits ‘narrowly evaded capture after a hot conflict with troops hear Los Altos last week, A NEW BOOK No. 2 In THE Workers LIBRARY The Coolidge Program Capitalist Democracy and Prosperity Exposed By Jay Lovestone ERE is the answer to all the pre- election bunk of pros- perity. Here are the facts of just exactly how “prosperous” the workers in this coun- try are. In simple, very read- able easy style, the author explodes the myth of high wages and presents conditions as they exist today. 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