The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 20, 1927, Page 2

Page Two THE PAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, i527 Russian Life Fills Second U. S. Worker Delegation with Surprise, Elation RANK, FILERS TELL OF LIFE IN SOVIET LAND lxperiences to Be Told | Meeting The Union } file rank Deegation, geome back fi to work for nition, are timism over the experiment. It is too in the pations 5 include a oceu- nted | r Stamford, Conn.; ‘Part of Rank and File Delegation to U.S. S. R. Standing: Wm. McKenzie, Carpenters’ Union, Stamford, Conn.; 5. O. Cush, Am. Ass’n Iron and Steel Workers, Pittsburgh; Harvey O’Con- nor, Fed. Press; Wm. Sirola, United Textile Workers, Pas: Stock, Electrical Workers, San Jose, Cal.; Farmer and Labor Ass’n, Minnesota; R. P. Forest, Auto Mechani ie; Edward (Seated) Ernest Lundin, Wm. G. Hearing, Machinists’ Union, Union, Seattle, Wash. they made study of industr gmall groups they and oilfields of Grosni southern textile inc acation—wi -besides his an- val two to four weeks, Workers Get R.R. Passes. What was more, some of the work- were given passes once a month 20d on the railroad within a radiu 175 miles, so that they 2 to get to c centers of to buy re cheaply. two months, they were given good for themselves and their for any place they wished in all Russia. tale of benefits was ing group, one of forced to as! industrial life of Le cow. They expect t of what they saw, t time during Decemb of the delegation Workers Have William Watkins, pre Switchmen’s Union, Loc that “from the trade v view, we found that o in Russia has power the American work Power. o travel When all recited to the v tted he zed labor which t there ing.” It is the w ; together with the pe nts, who are A the laconic answer, gruiding the destinies of the United and music, and theater: Socialist Soviet Repu is t And even the theater- “Of course it is t he went on, | tickets were cut rate, from 50 to “that the Russian w joy the standard of living that -ve | do. But there is no favorable com- | parison for the United Statcs be- tween the hours of work, control of job conditions and pro- | vision for education. ent, unem- ployment and old which Russian workers have now.’ hie do not en- 75 per cent., for trade unionists. Shun Speed-up. Since this was a group of actual industriali yho were on tour in conditions under ians were producing intensely to admitted that the tools used ere in most cases antiquated, from n American point of view. There- Workers Hanny. The delegation claimed that ever. where ‘there was ample evidence the workers being well-housed, wwell- clothed, hanpy and contented with | as here. Besides that, there is > striving after straight line pro- luction. In fact, they said, they present: conditions, as onposed | found a definite horror of the evils they hed known under the|.¢ the Ford speed-up system. But Were the work day | hat did not mean that there were had formerly been ten or more heurs;|49 methods emp!oyed to improve ex- it was now eight. Frequently, how- isting production habits. From 1927 ever, they found the hours had heen |; 1927, 14.000 rubles had been reduced to six a day. owing 1 prizes for inventions and risk to health in the occupation. | . In fact, so impressed There is also a general move te d American group by the @‘seven-hour day. they safc tandard of work, that they predicted Perhaps one of the most t within five years, if Russia ing things to the Ame caps on in her present mood, she their Crar’s regime. the \ ish- nm group | ‘yas the importance attached to the | attained a techinque of Palace of Labor, or community cen- that has never heen ter, which even the villages boasted | swhere on earth. Often it was found built around and | ws Bands Tac, into the factory, where the had not yet co building. or conv fiseated noble’s club houses, villa y | re they went, the delega- 1 with brags bands, oeratic comrade- es) around w tural life of the new ates They told of eting given in ovincial town Ri unit. Com delegation, m osophy of Rus » pitcher on the Sp trade unions that are the real gov- And the ha, ernment. need solid hours, Modern Constrv nding to gain admission. id Watkins, chairman of on, I ean point to.” went, excitement 1ericd. and over ques- ; ard of disarmament. gh they were anxious that ld be settlements ‘arreed upon by which there could be no more wars, yet#in case of any break be- ween any other country and Russia, peasants ond workers alike evi- |denced thoir willingness ta defend jt a to the limit. Peasants Know World. “Those peasants know more about trict. Those who 1 had to in- | world affairs than most American habit the old-style dwelling were|collega students,” said one of the given nine roubles a month tv cover| group, in mentioning the keen ques- the cost of rent and he tions that were asked them about Besides having rer heat. | conditions here. Part of their keen- ihemployment ard o pension Iness he laid to their complete feel- insurance all provi ing of economic security. Part of it gation found that the to the fact that Russia is in the hands also provided with free v of young men. All of her officials and free fools. Entertainment was | seemed to be in their late twenties or provided free in the ov club| early thirties. But a great part of The wares seemed fab: sian workers. viewed at their ies, foundries, But on the other ment of the visi even greater when. on in Baku, for instance, that over 60 pe were living in the ronstruction t hot and cold troit Jewel ge chens. These h rent free to the v mir they found | rkers | ligh houses. There were fr ries |this intense intellectual curiosity and for small chi'dren. Doctors and den-j}owekening seemed to the delegation fists and all medicines » be dun to the schools which they Onee in every three months w. Youngsters were attending al ex over! worker is given a phys: tion to see that he i if. If he tudies for three or four hours a day, !and sperding a Jike amount of time ‘in the industry of their choice, learn- ine him Keep This Day Open! January 18th to spend money them. } production rates were not as} their | “js as much Russia} ng practically and not theoretically what was to be done. For the work lone in the plant, these apprentices vere paid regular wages. Satisfies Workers. ion were living in R he itions w here, with one accord they hey could be both happ there—if their wives would go along with them! Before the group breaks up as the men return to their work, they wi'l hold a meeting at Cooper Union, Wed- nesday, December 21, at 7.30 p. m., they experienced w} ed it they could be happy ia and working under “Workers’ Republic.” tenry T. Hunt, former mayor of Cir- innati, will preside. Robert W. Dunn, one of the members of the first delegation to Russia, will speak, be- sides Watkins, who will be the chief sneaker of the evening. William Mackenzie, Edward Romese, William G. Hearing, Ben Thomas and Emmett P. Cush will also speak. ” * * A Symposium. Here follows a brief symposium on che Soviet Union based on interviews with returning deiegates: William Menenzie: The entire Soviet government 1s dominated by cne trade union movement. The union membership has the power to vemove the managers of any factory at any time. in the poviet Union eraft jealousy, so noticeable in the vhiied ipwees, is Consp.cious by 1s absence. The labor ieaders in the -oviet Union are aiso different from those in this country. ‘they have a { spirit of ponsibiiity instead of a teeling of importance.. The average day tor the workers is eight hours while most trade union officials worx at least 14 hours.’ Care for Unemployed. William G. Hearing: ‘The Soviet Union takes care of the unemployed rubies has | worker: Ninty million been ned for road construction. Jin wors unemployed men will find employmer ‘Laue Amo automo- vile factory has in 1925 turned out nd had a deficit of 5U,- 7 it manufacvured HIDE t0, Boston) c.c0 ss se sivceasnes o 1,730.20 a proiit of 260,-|Donation for Mrs, Rose Sacco ......sseeeecees 41.00 | Sub Total nt is on a par with the best in the WOCAL AH izecsMe sie heue eae bike coe weno Re Mibi Celpipeds aise 2,387.14 i 3. Baths aré connected] 2.1, : for the use of the EXPENDITURES: The worker in the piant is| Publicity Aris 125.00 ed with working clothes tr Speakers’ Trips 6.00 does not have to pay any rent and|Hall Rents 56.00 |has free in i Demonstrations 206.01 | Wreaths for the Dead, }Postage | ...... é : 41.22 Peter Je : “The «merican, Irish | Telegrams to individuals thruout the U. S. and English tvade union delegations | inviting them to picket boston State House 108.53 visited ‘the railroad shop at Titus. in| Printing (leaflets, posters, stickers). « 989.95 che opinion of the three deiegations| Pickets’ Trips to Boston .......... 392.50 it is one of the finest in the word, | Miscellaneous (CPA, stationery, etc.) . 120.93 jan equal of the in any part of | To Boston Committee _ ' +. 800.00 ne Worid. \ve were especiauy im-|To Mrs. Rose Sacco .. +. 41.00 | pressed at the fine methods used to eae: teach apprentices. In fact, the | Total ..... ‘ $2,387.14 method used to teach apprentices in all trades is remarkabie. We had pver seen anything to equal the training given to the Russian youth. In Baku the three delegations placed wreaths on the graves vi 20 Commun- ists shot by the British government in their mad attempt to gain control of the British oil fields.” Against Imperialism. Ben Thomas: “The workers in the Soviet Union point out the danger of an attack by the world imperialists. They realize that if it should come to pass it would be a set back to all the achievements of the last ten years. The parting words of the Rus- sian workers and peasants were: ‘Tell the truth to the American work- ers and fight against capitalist ag- gression’!” The other members of the delega- tion are expected to return Dee, 27. Mrs. William Spencer Murray, Mary Winsor and Lucy Branham, of the American Society for Cultural Relations with Russia, also returned on the Berengeria. TWO DESERT L. I. CAMP. Thomas J. Brake, 20 year old cor- poral and William Wegan, 19, private in the army have both disappeared from camp at Mitchel Field, Garden City, L. I. BUY THE DAILY WORKER AT THE NEWSSTANDS \ When the members of the delega- t gates repr ‘SACCO-VANZETTI DEFENSE BODY IS ENDED; REPORTS ‘Financial Statement in | » Detail Is Given | The final report of the Sacco-Van- zetti Emergency Committee, the New York organization that arranged most of the protest demonstrations and strikes held here last spring and summer, has just been issued by Rose Baron, secretary of the committee, and Robert W. Dunn, its treasurer. The committee has been liquidated. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn was secre- tary of the committee from the time of its formation | until March, 1927, when she was compelled to withdraw because of illness. Miss Baron served as secretary thereafter. In connection with the issuance of the statement, Baron, Dunn and Flynn stated that they wished to thank the hundreds of workers in this vicinity who gave their time and their services so unreservedly to the work of the committee. Text of Statement. The statement follows: “The Sacco-Vanzetti Committee was organized in New York City, July, 1926, with 400 dele- nting approximately half : million workers. “During we period of its existence most of the activities of this organ- ization were directed towards popu- larizing the case and arousing the sentiment of the workers, This was accomplished to a great extent. “Hundreds of thousands of workers attended many demonstrations ar- ranged by this emergency committee. Two strikes were called, hundreds of open air meetings were arranged and millions of leaflets, pamphlets, post- ers and stickers were distributed. Delegations were sent to Boston to picket the State House, hundreds of telegrams were dispatched to the gov- ernor of Massachusetts, hundreds of thousands of names were collected on petitions, and thousands of resolu- tions were passed, mailed and wired to the president of the United States and to Governor Fuller. Committee Liquidated. “The Sacco-Vanzetti Emergency Committee has been liquidated. “Although its effor., in. common with those of workers throughout. the | world, ‘Were in vainfand our comrades paid with their lives for their radi- cal opnions, the organization did its utmost to save our comrades and served its purpose well. Below is the final financial report. It covers the period since our last published state- ment which was issued by a certified public ‘accountant on January 25, {1927.” z FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE |January 26, 1927. | INCOME: Tickets “Office rent, telephone, supplies were given to the committee by the Labor Defense. + Emergency | © * COMMITTEE For the period from January 25, 1927, to September 14, 1927. Balance on Donations (including contributions for AUDITED, November 23, 1927, by: Sylvia Blecher, secretary Millinery Workers’ Union, Local 43. A. Rosenfeld, secretary Architectural Iron & Bronze Workers’ Union, Louis F, Budenz, Editor, Labor Age. ‘ We the undersigned Striking Mine: aitirn that we have GOAGbHOF bee orders of the Milit we will #3 further swear and affirm that we Rateted from the Houses et the Russe) of ‘Signed, - Brerwta— ot 1727 Swore dy the Notary Public f. Affidavit That Militia Ordered Scabbing. | Frederick Cole, @ompelled to go to thrown ovt of tho R 10.87, the Ruesell Mi; ear to end i ay the | esel Mine 0 Refuged to go to dork and was oe 1 Kine Camp, iy Comaieten Kaptree Am 10, 1828 1 Staak es kg Sas dane iGraft, Corruption, Rule (Continued from Page One) Hl working permits, initiation fees and} dues, involves such names as Moret- | sky, of the Milk Wagon Drivers, New | York; Hogan, accused of the “death | | benefit” graft; and involves a story} jof safe cracking. fake hold-ups and {sale of charters in Ch®ago building tvades official circles. | $30,000,000. Foster charges that due to misman- agement and graft, $30,000.000 was ‘sst to labor kanks within the last ‘ow years. The Locomotive Engi- ers situation is analyzed. His book states that numerous labor papers are actually owned, directed or influ- enced by the emp! rs, naming William Z. Foster, Secretary of T. U. E. L.| in Big Unions, Says | vmong others the American Federa- | tionist, which takes seab advertising, | does the Textile Worker and oth- | ers. A local worker is quoted saying that the ,Cincinnati Labor Advocate | takes its graft direct, in $1,000 bills. | Foster declares that the editor of the | National Labor Journal of Pittsburgh neted with the $7,509 Bab- cock bribe, The story of the bribe is wd Foster’s book ends with a program for democratizing the unions’ organi- zation on a wide scale, and abolition of the corrupt) officialdom who he tates, “are one of the basic reasons for the present desperate crisis in which organized labor finds itself.” Purnell, Head of Rich Religious “Immortals,” Is Mortal if Not Moral BENTON HARBOR, Mich., Dec. 19.—Revetend Benjamin Purnell leader o fthe “House of David Cult,” is dead. “King Benjamin” who has been under fire for years because of immoral practices died Friday morn- | ing. Purnell’s $3,000,000 religious colony was built on the faith that his follow- ers were immortal and would never die, “King” Ben’s demise was kept secret for three’ days. The under- taker and the doctor who attended were pledged to secrecy and none in | Benton Harbor knew of the death ot \the self-styled “seventh messenger.” Secrecy was maintained for financial reasons, it is said. SACCO-VANZETTI EMERGENCY | hand as per C, P. A, $574.94 and a considerable amount of service New York office of the International Controls Situation in Republican Party Ranks WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—Andrew W. Mellon, the real boss of the re- publican party, is admitted sby re- publican leaders and especially presi- dential candidates as holding the key to the situation in the party. With his support any candidate can he nom- inated, not because of his iron hold upon the seventy-nine delegates from Pennsylvania, but because of his un- disputed control of the whole party. It is known that Mellon favors Hoover, so the other candidates are trying: to: eliminate Hoover by claim- ing'that he has not been a continuous resident ofthe United States during the last: fourteen years, the time re- quired to qualify as president. Hoover for a long time lived in European and other countries and only returned ‘to the United States after this country eatered the war in 1917, Mellon,FavoringHoover,? Army Air Corps Will Demonstrate Latest Methods of Slaughter WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (FP).— How towns may be annihilated in the next war by wholesale bombing from | the air, will be illustrated in pre-| Christmas week by the Army Air} Corps. More than 60,000 pounds of high explosive bombs will be dropped | upon a concrete bridge on the Pee Dee | River near Albemarle, N. C., by army planes during these six days. The bridge is being destroyed because a power dam is leaving it below the level of the stream and a threat to navigation, The army, represented officially by Asst. Secy. of War Davison, will study the “terrific destruction that can be dealt from the air,” in which the |planes will rise 8,000 feet before drop- ping their missiles. Bombing cruisers will handle bombs of 1,100 pounds each, Rob indians for Power Plant, Plan WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. — Con- gress will probably authorize the lease of the great power site on the Flathead Indian Reservation in west- ern Montana, said to be as valuable as that at Muscle Shoals, to the Mon- tana Power Co., cr to a bidder repre- senting the Great Northern and Northern Pacifie Railroads. The Tndians would probably consent to construction of the power dam, just below Flathead Lake, by the gov- ernment. But the Montana Power Co. has threatened to build a dam else-vhere unless it is permitted to build and own the power. plant at this point, on a 50-year lease. The In- dians are afraid that they will there- by lose a market for the power from a government dam, and hence will get no income. The company offers to pay them $1 per horsepower, and to develop 100,000 horsepower. Some years ago congress permitted the In- dians to be virtually robbed of their tribal lands, and they now are in a serious State of poverty. Thousands of Ilinois Minerg Are Out of Work CHICAGO, (FP) Dec, 19.—The second month following the settlement of the coal strike in Illinois saw an average of 57,597 men at work in the mines of the state, according to the November report of A. D, Lewis, state mine inspector. 4 This is a very slight gain over October when 56,722 miners were at work. It compares with an average of 71,632 on mine payrolls in the 3 months just preceding the strike. About 80 per cent of the Illinois miners are again at work although the figure is only about 57 per cent of the number employed bcfore the long openshop drive began in 1923. CRIME A RELIGIOUS ORGY? LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 19.— Finding of blood stained towels and razor blades in the home of a man and woman near the place where the kidnaper and murderer of Marion Parker, eleven year old girl, threw her dismembered body, caused a the- ory here that the crime was the pro- duct of some religious cult. Los An- geles, being the “playground of the rich” - for all America, abounds in weird and degenerate religious or- ders. The man, named Long, and his woman companion, evidently insane, were arrested. Perry Parker, brother of the slain girl, is being questioned. He is a friend of one Harl Smith, ar- rested as a suspect, | using their bayonets to dr |ito Frederick from Russell COLORADO MINERS EVICTED FER NOT WORKING AS TOLD Militia Orders Seven to Scab or Freeze FREDERICK, Colo. Dec. 19.— How the Colorado state militia are actively engaged in strike-breaking, 2 Ss is miners to work, and actually driving them from their homes if they do not scab in the mines, was revealed here resently by seven men who walked Mine Camp. They wanted a notary public, and having found one, immediately swore out an affidavit that they were hounded out of their homes by Gov- ernor Adams’ soldiers for refusing to work in a struck mine. The strikers, inspired by a spirit of determination, seeing nothing to be gained from submission but a long weary regime of low wages and long hours, are still standing by the strike. Hvictions, the terrible weapon of the Pennsylvania coal and iron police, are expeeted also in Colorado in in- creasing numbers. But the miners ask only for relief, and will fight he battle to the end, they say. Seiman Steel Men To Reject “Terms” BERLIN, Dec. 19. — Altho the con- servative leaders of the German Metal Workers’ Union -favor the acceptance of the Government’s terms in the steel dispute involving 300,000 workers, most of the unions oppose them, early reports from Dusseldorf state. Union leaders are meeting at Dusseldorf to consider the reply to the Government’s proposals, which enable steel to evade the eight hour law “if conditions war- rant it.” The Government’s terms have al- ready been rejected by the industrial- ists who insist on the fifty-nine hour week in steel mills. Militant union leaders are urging the workers to strike as an answer to the threat of a lockout made by the industrialists. 6 Men at Bottom of Sea Plead for Ait PROVINCETOWN, Mass., Dec. 19. —Communication has been establish- ed with the submarine S-4 which lies . 100 feet below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean after being rammed by the destroyer, Paulding. The tragic telegraphic messages say that six men are §till alive, but they are gasping for air in the cramped tor- pedo room. The S-4 was sent out from the re-~ pair shop without being tested and without the customary vessel to clear other ships from its path to avoid collisions, accompanying it. Diver Tom Eadie succeeded in at- taching cables to the sunken sub- marine, and the S-8 is pumping air into the vessel via the single air line that Eadie hooked to her, Naval of- ficers stated that there was little hope for a rescue because of the stormy condition of the ocean. How- ever, raising operations will begin today. Remus Makes Last Appeal for His Life CINCINNATTI, Ohio, Dec. 19.— “Bootleg King” George Remus made a last plea for his life before a jury that was fascinated by his dramatic performance. Remus, who is’ on trial for mur- dering his wife, stated that he “de- fended the sanctity of his home” from Franklin L. Dodge, former federal prohibition agent. ‘. It is expected that the case will go to the jury some time today. AMERICA PREPARES WAR. LONDON, Dec, 14.-An immense demolition air bomb that will sink the largest dreadnaughts afloat with a single hit has been adopted by the American navy, according to an ac- count which the Daily News will pub- lish-tomorrow. DUILD THE DAILY WORKER! ——————————————rlrererrrr—r Help Us Help the Miners! Of Pennsylvania—Ohio—Colorado -Money! Blankets! Clothes! Needed at Once MINER9Y’ 799 BROADWAY ROOM SEND CONTRIBUTIONS TO RELIEF COMMITTEE on Three Fronts 233 NEW YORK CITY