The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 12, 1927, Page 1

§ ——— THE FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNORGANIZED DAILY WORKER FIGHTS: FOR THE 40-HOUR WEEK FOR A LABOR PARTY Vol. IV. No. 284. SUBSCRIPTION Outside New York, by mail, $6.00 per year. T RATES: In New York, by Ec DAILY Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at New York, N. ¥., NEW YORK, MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1927 mail, $8.00 per year, under the act of March 3, 1579. PUBLISHING CO., 33 First Street, New York, FIN! AL CYP EDITION Published daily except Sunday by The DAILY WORKER CITY Price 3 Cents N. Y, GRECO-CARRILLO PROSECUTION TO OPEN GASE TODAY, Will Call Witnesses to| Aid Fascist Frame-up | The selection of the jury to try for | murder Calogero Greco and Donato Carrillo, anti-fascist workers, having been completed in Bronx county court, the taking of testimony is expected to: , begin this morning. Assistant District Attorney Hender- son will call his witnesses to the stand in an-effort to persuade the jury th: the two men should be put to deat: in New York State’s electric chair on charges which the Greco-Carrillo De- fense Committee, Labor Defense and many other organ- izations characterize as a deliberate! frame-up instigated by the Fascist League of North America. White-Collar Jury. Three salesmen, three office clerks, a shipping clerk, a proprietor of a retail clothing shop, a bookkeeper, an auto mechanic, a painter and a tin- smith are the jury which will decide whether the two clothing workers are to meet the same fate as their two fellow-countrymen, Nicola Saceo and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. Robert Elliott, executioner of Sacco and Vanzetti in Massachusetts, also pulls the switch in the death house in Sing Sing prison. On Friday, the first day of the trial, few spectators were permitted to en- ter the court room, the majority of the scats being occupied by newspaper reporters and jurors. Judge Cohen has announced that the public will be admitted this morning without being | credentials, | compelled however. McGeehan Is_ Absent. The courtroom is on the fourth to present floor of the Bergen building, the muni- | cipal headquarters of Bronx county. The room is small, seating only about | 250, and lacking in the classical for- | mality of most of the “temples of | Judge Cohn welcomed Clar- | justice.” ence Darrow diffidently, and was ob- viously flattered at the presence of the legal lion from Chicago. The judge. was but recently an enterpris- ing lawyer and has “made good” with | the forces of the Pondiac Democratic Club up on Westchester Ave. Assistant District Attorneys Hen- derson and Foley are conducting the case for “the people of the state of! New York,” their chief, John E. Mc- Geehan, having yielded the case to them. On convictions are careers built. Slow, cumbersome, dull is Hender- son, who took the lead in examining | prospective jurors. “Now just as you sit there, there is no reason why you can’t sit as an im- partial juror in this case?” he asked | each veuireman persuasively. But Darrow and Arthur Garfield Hays, his boon companion in Dayton, | Tenn., during the famous evolution trial, examined the jurors with cool discerning eyes. Two .or three talesmen admitted they had had “unpleasant dealings” with lialians and were excused from jury service, There were others, too, who were disposed of by the defense lawyers. On One Job 27 Years, “You say you’re a superintendent for the American Railway Express (Continued on Fage Fivey ee ing ‘Centuries’ Cast to o at Daily Worker- ‘rellieit Laber Ball The entire cast of “The Centuries;” by Em Jo Basshe, now playing at the New Playwrights’ Theatre, will attend The DAILY WORKER-Frei- heit color-light ball at Madison Square Garden, 51st St. and Eighth Ave., next Saturday night, Dec, 17, it was learned yesterday. They will attend the affair in the costumes in which they appear on the stage. Members of the Freiheit Dra- matie Studio alse will be present at the ball. They will come in costumes depicting the characters in Alexan- der Blok’s “The Twelve,” famous poem of the Russian Revolution. A total of 500 volunteers te carry on the preliminary and final work of the bazaar are being recruited by the Joint Arrangements Committee of the two papers. (Turn to ner eae, 4 for cals “MODEL TENEMENTS” | IN KINGS. A committee has been appointed by Ralph Jones, president of the Brook- lyn Chamber of Commerce to begin a campaign selling stock for the building of so-called “model tene- ments” in Brooklyn, it was i eaened. yesterday. the International | ANTI-FASCISTI FIGHTING FRAME-U | f | i In the upper photograph Donato Carrillo (left) and Calogero Greco are shown in the Bronx Court where they face the electric chair. Next below them are Arthur Garfield Hays (right) with Clarence Darrow and (alone) Isaac Schorr. ‘Traction Injunction Case All-Important NY Prefesser Says (By Federated Press.) ‘his promises to be the most im- portant ijabor litigation of the pas. vd years, if not indeed in the history |of the country,” says s’rof. Hermai. “op jviliphant, of the Columbia Law choot, who associate counsel fui juse Amaigamated Association ol | jo.vect and wlectric Rauway Empioye: jand the American Feaeration 0. Labor, in the defense against the sui for an injunction that the interboro Kapid Transit Co. is bringing to a supreme court hearing Dee, 21. subway company asking Supreme Court Justice Wasservoge: to restrain President William Green and the 3,000,000 members of the A. FY. of from attempting to organize the transit workers. The application for tae writ is based on the individual (yellow dog) contracts which eacn employe of the Interboro is forced to |sign, pledging himself to belong to no otauer union than the company’s wrotherhoud. “ff this action is sustained,” “says: Oliphant, “the widespread use of such contracis will have the most serious conse jc s for the organized labor j Mouvement, Two mass meetings of the Amalga- maied Assn. this week brought In- verboro workers to the scene despite he the presence of “spotters” who. lined the sidewalks outside, t: ng notes on the men entering. Denouucing the spotters as snakes, William Campbell, !viee 7 ident of the Glass Blowers’ ion of New York, said: “St. Pat- rick drove the snakes out of Ireland, but I guess they came back to Broad- way.” The subway labor plauded. Men from other A. F. of L.! unions, and the organizers for the Amalgamated are addressing organ-| zation rallies, audience ap-| WORKERS THEATRE TO MEET. i appointed health J. L, Afos, recently returned from the Soviet Union, where he repre-} sented studenis of New York Univer- | sity, wil! viet! a. discussion on “The! Workers” re in Soviet Russia” at | a general membership meeting of the Workers’ Theatre tonight at 8:30 ai R36°R. 15th St. | | | PAINTERS’ UNIONS : LAURCH. BRE TO BAN COARUPTION Mass Meeting Endorses Election Program Fully twelve hundred painters crowded the main floor and balcony of the Pars Palace, 110th St. and 5th Ave., Saturday afternoon and listened for three hours to speeches denounc- ing the ruling machine in District Council 9 for betrayal and corruption. Five officials of this district council have already been convicted of mis- appropriation of union funds. The meeting was in response to a call by an inter-local committee re- cently formed under the leadership of Local 905. The purpose of the com-| mittee is to muster the membership in | a campaign for an honest administra- | tion in District Council 9 and to pre- pare for the elections next Saturday. Officials Meet Too. An administration meeting called for the same hour at Lexington Hall, Lexington Ave. and 116th St., for the purpose of interfering with the rank and file meeting, attracted only 150. A iarge number of these were offi- cers and camp followers. The princi- pal business was boosting the coun- cil’s election slate. Alexander McVitty, president of Local 848, was chairman of the rank } and file meeting. He pledged the sup- port of his own local and Locals 1011 and 499 for a clean union in the cam- paign started by Local 905. 1. McVitty Gives History. Reviewing the hisiory of the paint- |” ers’ struggles agai the administra- tion in District Council 9, he pointed out that even when some of the mem: bers of the ruling ciique in the cou cil had been shown to have stolen union funds, others in their faction (Continued on Page Two) Women’s Conference on) Miners’ Relief Called All- women’s labor and fraternal organizations in New York and New Jersey have received communi from the United Council of Working Class Women, 80 E. 11th St. urging them to elect delegates to a confer- eneg next Sunday for the relief of the. striking miners of Pennsylvania, Ohio and Colorado, It will be held at the Irving Plaza, 119 E, 15th St. at 7:30 pp. m. Speakers at the conference will in- clude Powers Hapgood, of the United Mine Workers of America; Rose Wor- } tis, of the Joint Board, Cloak and Dressmakers’ Union; Elia Reeve Bloor and Juliet Stuart Poyntz. BUNDESEN’S FRIENDS ANGRY. CHICAGO, Ill., Dee, 11.--Adherents | of Dr. Herman N. Bundesen, a Dever | commissioner of Chicago are remarkably angry over his removal by the new mayor, “Big Bill” Thompson. A, motion to change \the meeting place of the American ‘Public Health Convention, scheduled ‘or Chicago, failed by a narrow ma- jority in the organization’s executive hoard, ‘Sigman Refuses Unity With four members of the president’; 8 cabinet form of super trust under direct gov- ernment favor, “A situation which is developing in tion in reason. a position would in no way interfere with his duties in the House of Repre-|sary size of 16 by 24 feet was fired aontetives. Coal Parley is Coolidge Alibi; Coal Barons Will Not. Attend L.L.6.W. UNITY CONFERENCE I$ WELL ATTENDED For Street I Parade if A two-day eecorice called by an | Impartial Committee of 50 cloak and dressmakers op2ned Saturday, De- cember 10th at Webster Hall, 219 East 11th St. More than 1,400 dele- gates representing over 25,000 work- ers in 700 shops of the cloak and dress industry, mapped out plans for the rebuilding of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union. | Beiner Opens Meeting. The conference was opened by Vice- Chairman Wm. Beiner, who announ- | ced to the delegates that the purg®se | of the conference was to formulate plans for regaining union conditions under the lea ip of a single, uni- | ted organization, Early in the con- ference, it was emphi ed that all| | those who were.opponents of unity vould be met by so powerful a mass movement, organized by the confer- | ence, as to eliminate such opponents | from the labor movement. The chairman then introduced Sam- uel Shelley, chairman of the Com- mittee of 50, who reported for one | hour on the work carried on by this committee. A credentials committee, | resolutions committee and press com- mittee were elected. Sigman Hostile To Peace. Shelley reported about the various mass meeting the committee had | called, and of a visit it had made to | Morris Sigman, president of the In- | ternational Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, in whichethey had requested him to cooperate in ending:the union- smashing tactics of the right wing in the union and to submit in an | election to the membership the ques- | tion of leadership of the union. } Shelly reported further that Sig- man had told them that he would run his own affairs, and ordered them (Continued on Page Two) | CABINET MEN, OIL BARONS AND BAR PLAN TRUST WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. the present, repr. the bar, the oil well owne jepartment of the interior met yes-| terday to plan a national oil pool, aj which may prevent wasteful competition in the oil fields. Nothing was said about a labor policy | in the opening meetings, but such al | matter is expected to come up in the secret sessions, Secretaries Talk, After listening to Se Commerce Hoover, Secretary Interior Work, Secretary of the N Wilbur and Secretary of War Dav the committee of nine went into ex-| ecutive session to determine a policy. | They elected Henry M. Bates, dean of | che iaw school, University of gan as chairman, In addition to Bates, members of the committee representing the Bar Association are James A. sley, general counsei of the Carte Ce Company of Tulsa, Okla., and Warrer Olney, of San F ‘ancisco, former jus- tice of the Califcrnia Supreme Court. Members appointed by Sceretary | Work to represent the -rnment | were Edward UC. Finney, ant sec- as retary of the interio Walter F. Brown, assistant secretary of com- merce, and Abr: F. Myers, federal trade commissioner. Representing the oil industry Thomas A. O’Donnell of the fornia Petroleum Company, Los An- | geles; J. Edgar Pew, Sun Oil Com-| pany, Dallas, Tex., and W. S. Farish, Humble Oil and Refining Company, Houston, Tex. FISH JOINS BANKING CLASS. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—Repre-; sentative Hamilton Fish, Jr., repub- | lican of New York, has enroiied in a! night class on banking fundamentals. vegard to a certain financial institu- Her York” is given as his e argued that his taking of | | Supreme Court last v Mtiebi-| | *|The driv «the New York drivers do not, RELIEF NEEDED FOR STRIKING MINERS Graphic Press Service. Anthony Minerich (left) and Vincent Kemenovich (right) two strik- ing coal miners, showing empty dinner buckets. The great need of the locked-out and striking miners is relief. Ohio Miners’ Relief Committee, Room 307, 611 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa., will receive donations. MELLON COAL COMPANIES REJECT DAVIS PROPOSAL FOR CONFERENCE Will Try to Crush Union Without Interfering With Republican Party’s Political Needs (Special To The DAILY WORKER.) PITTSBURGH, Dec. 11.—The blunt refusal of the Mellon coal companies to attend a peace conference called by the gov- jernment to effect a settlement of the coal strike completes the |maneuver of the Coolidge administration to shift the responsi- | bility of having failed to act in the coal situation. Three of the largest coal producing companies, the Pittsburgh Gs Company, the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation and! ~~? | the Vesta Coal Company, yester- | day wired their rejection of Sec- | | retary of Labor Davis’ invita- | | tion to attend a conference with | | the officials of the United Mine } | | Workers. Several smaller companies followed suit. The invitation to the peace confer | Garton Granted Stay Of Sentence for Poem “America” in “Worker” author of the| which appeared | David Gordon, poem, “America,” in the March 12 issue of the maga-| zine section of The DAILY WORKER, has been granted a cer-| tificate of reasonable doubt by| Chief Judge Cardoza in the court jof appeals, staying the indetermin- |ate sentence imposed on him sev-| eral months ago. | The Appellate Division of the| {it eek revers the conviction of William F. and Bert Miller but affirmed | |conviction of Gordon and a $500} jfine imposed on .The DAILY} | WORKER. Gordon is free on bail pending a} Joseph R. Brodsky | | President Coolidge and to have been| decided upon after consultation with retary of the T ury Andrew W. | Mellon, the controiling stockholder in | the largest of the Pennsylvania min As a result the Coolidge administra tion will now be able to claim that had acted in the matter. At the |same time, it is interpreted in some | |quarters, the coal barons will now be ‘free to continue by even more aggres- |sive methods the onslaught of i and iron police against the miners. “We Do Not Care.” the | further appeal. In_ refusing invitation, the lis attorney for The DAILY | | Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Wore and Gordon. 1 Men stated boldly, that “we do not A TEs SABLE VEC LE Ta *|care to join in such a discussion.” | e | John H. Jones, president of the "Loe ou Ss alle intimating that his company would not seltie with the u le the re slomalic 1¢ would JERSEY C ITY, Dee Peo. 11-sTha locke eee ae ata deas ; be willing to erer out declared two months ago against ” 175 taxicab drivers in Hudson Coun- ty was called off yesterday morning “out of courtesy to the preside In the last clection campaigr after a conference between members | 2114s 0+ the pee yivania State 7 , ve u ita e ption i of the Hudson Gounty Owners’ Assn, | * 4 any with is hy plior He and sentatives of the drivers,|/Tesident Jame » were all of the corrupt republican supporte macn throughout the of which are under the coa) barons. defeated an effort to re- most duce wages. the domination of The cab owners agreed to pay the old wage rate of $4.14 a day under « new a, nent to expire in Ma 1929. The Jersey: City drivers enjoy | a minimum wage agreement whereas | ATIVE. Denny ton it bord super- ong it w COMPLETE MOFFAT TUNNEL, DENVER, Dee. 11.--Train q@stance from here to Salt Lake City will be reduced by 178 miles, due to the com-| pletion of the Moffat Tunnel pierci ng| the, Continental Divide, which was| started 44% years ago. The final blast to increase the tunnel to the neces- y taken over by the Fords, by x Overman is a brother-in-law of Kenneth M, Stevens, counsel for the Lelands in their $v,v00,U00 suit in be- half of stockholders in the old Lincoln at 4 o’cipck vesterday morning. Ford. MILITIA RAIDING HOMES; AnicST COLO. MINERS Demand Grows for End of Military, Terror LAFAYETTE, Recics Dec. 11-— With the population of the state of Colorado swinging behind the coal strikers, and all other means of break- ing the strike useless, a reign of ter- ror by thugs in militia uniforms is in sight. It has already begun in some sec- tions. The most recent case is that of five drunken. militiamen who Fri- day midnight raided the home of David Reese here, ae searched it high and low for H. C. Duke, a strike leader. The militiamen disregarded the pleas of Reese that his wife be given time to dress. No Warrants. Duke was not found in the house, he had never been there, but no argu- ment could convince the militia. They had no warrant. Half an hour after the invasion of Reese’s house, militia broke into two homes at Erie and arrested two men without warrant. A mass meeting has been arranged Sunday at which are scheduled to speak James Thompson, well known I. W. W. orator, George Collins, of the American Civil Liberties Union, and Raymond Hendersen, blind attor- new for the strikers. Demand Troops Recall. At the meeting a demand will be made upon Governor Adams to recall the troops, as there is no trouble in the mining sections that they do not manufacture. The meeting will demand that the regular process éf law be substituted again for military rules. There is such an outburst of popular demand for respecting the rights of strikers that the newspapers are suddenly be- coming righteous and are also de- manding a square deal for the pick- ets. The Sunday News of Denver has a full page editorial on habeus corp- us, and compares the case of Aurora Samson, a waitress, and strike pathizer, held in jail for th without a charge, with F: '. Smith, slush fund senator of Illinois, who has been so carefully treated by the senate. coal | Corpora- |s has resigned | bribing 1 | | Company against Henry and Edsel | investi for nex ‘COMMITTEE USES FORGERIES FOR ““" BLOW AT MEXICO | ence which was accepted by the union | jis known to ‘have been inspired by| Poo] of Oil” Interests to Limit Supply SHINGTON, Dee. 11. - The mmittee headed by Senator Reed R.) of P ylvania, appointed Fri- ay to investigate made the ch in the Hes that four U. S. » under pay of the Mex- nh govern i it, is already moving {te change e of its inquiry from that of investigation of a prob- jably mythical graft case to some- hing that will enable | them to give jan endo ent to the Hearst for- rting to be Mexican = documents, | The committee has also opened the {subject of subpoenaeing the Mexican ment’s ambassadorial and con- r officials in the United States, 1 attempting to force out of them information that will be useful to American designs in Mexico. Becuments E mpOned: has al- the Hearst ocument to show Mexi suppor i rasunne and others suppressed or by the United ” DAILY ved by 2, of the alleged state documents of Mexico were concocted in Hearst's offices in New York. The document which was published the investigation, was a 5 erude thing, in whieh it that a fund of several sand dollars existed for snators, and that four “nator already taken bribes from this source. The names of the nators, however, in the printed let- ters were blotted out. The first regular meeting of the tion committee is scheduled Thursday. nde od th oor