The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 23, 1927, Page 2

Page Two THE DATLY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1927 Navy’s Bungling in S-4 Disaster Draws Caustic Criticism from All Sides TARASOVA ONE OF WARNING LATE; APPARATUS FOR RESCUE ABSENT Kept from Public WAS. I) Oy -Deec..:2 While I t 1 Coolidge the press his mi h the victims thanking King their nz icitude 5 m mul-! tiplied for the navy’s bungling in the affair. Not Ready to Save Lives. “Tt took too lo: 1 the r not prepared, ford. “The ls tender to ot ssels was unpar- donable and the lack of rescue ap- paratus was a that should be remedied at onc Among gressman was wh boats were a day the naval ¢ flounder e on the were snugly in the harbor. “No iz done when | it at least should have been attempt- | ed,” he declared. Concealed Failures. The congres: n-said he under- stood that the news .of the “loss” of | the submarine v s withheld for hours yesterday and that v the reason the naval auth mit newspape within the resc “We must kno hy it took four miles an hour to tow pontoons from Brooklyn when th hould have bee ntinued. “Lac owness in act close at hand,” of apparatus were the big Inventor Criti Professor 2 inventor ” device for hear- lled on subma- acked the ice for not having of ype oz ran it} down and of th crew. It ‘wa n n’s | on the S-4, tha instrumen ke a great faction at the intro ygen into the sub- some four days after it es are made as to not pumped in at iting on the hull of p report no signs of why the air w first. Divers v the sunken sh: life from wit Chilren Work a 14, Survey Shows * WASHINGTON, Dec. (FP).— American wage-working children go to work at 14 to 15 a rule, and the lower the educatio: requirement for a work the younger is the age of the child industry. This situation is revealed in the a nual report of Grace Abt i the U. S. Children’s Bur review of a study of wo: cates of 107,257 children took indus children li other states, and the D. lumbia—the arez ords are kept. In 4 states and 7 cities the require- ment was less than i the eighth grade in 42,949 children who 1 king papers in this area 56 percent were only 14 years gid. In the 3 states and 6 cities where eighth grade gradua- tion was absolutely requiredy only percent of the 4: 6 children involved were less than 15 years of age. 99 id of the Urges Chicago Labor To Fight World Fair; Depression Is Feared CHICAGO, Dec. 22 (FP).—Organ- ized labor doesn’t want a world’s fair in Chieago and should be opposed to plans for such an exposition, David MeVey, Lathe i C go Fed at the recent f eral busines the support of Mayor T rging that such a f in 1 A bid bor’s support fc “Every worl held in the United States has followed by industr MeVey told the del depression that 1 took some of the unions h to recover from the effects of the last world’s fair held in Chicago. is a It EX-BANK HEAD INDICTED Lambert Schmidt, former president |declared, “I have worked in the hell of the Kensington Bank of Brooklyn,|that is called steel in Pennsylvania, was indicted by the Grand Jury yes-|When I left for Russia I was sixty terday accused of ,heing. involved in|years old. ged graft of $300,000» } ' aws of Sub’s Loss! iced into the} parted on his last trip. 24 | years | Lost in Sub | | i | | Short (above) and Frank , Victims of the lost submarine 5-4. The picture of Snizek was taken shortly before the young worker de- Submarines are compelled te take part in daily submerging practice in preparation for their America’s next war for | “democracy.” | Russia On Way to | Socfilism, Say Visitors (Continued from Page One) | solve the problem of unemployment nd left to the end his stirring re- | marks of his feelings and amazement t witnessing the great changes in ‘ogre: “Y’'m so filled up with what ,” he exclaimed at one mo- I haven’t come down to | | me « Unemployment. ited States we only have ment; in Russia they try to ” he reported. “Of course, t is a serious problem drift of peasants. 2d worker in Rus- uls a day and rent to starve and no evicted as they are in the cap- countries of the world. Tt » of the Machinists adelphia was the second 2r who reported on Russia and danger. Thomas began by a picture of the greeting of s on the border of Russia by Red Guards. He contrasted the situation within the Russian Border with that of Poland, “Poland is an autocratic Fascist state, with a huge army commanded by French soldiers and supported in part by American dollars. This mili- tary power together with the various buffer states are being prepared by the imperialist governments for the attack against the Soviet Union. In | Russia,” declared Thomas, “it is easy to see more clearly the steps that are being taken against that nation.” Your Country and Mine. “But Russia is not a nation in the same sense that other nations are,” he corrected himself. “It is the home of all the world’s workers. The Sov-) iet Republic is your country and mine.” | These 4 men had been in the Pullman |give up the union and they were dis- | intention NEGROES SOLID | WITH UNIONS By HAR KLETZKY (Fed. Press). CHICA Dec. 22.—Officials of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, a 100% Negro organization, point to the history of this union as jan answer to frequent accusations against Negro workers that they don’t “stick” to labor organizations. “There is no more eloquent answer to this question—which is even held by some union leaders—than the rec- ord of the Sleeping Car Porters’ un- jion,” says M, P. Webster, Chicago di- vision organizer. ‘They say the Ne- gro doesn’t stick to the union. just this week 4 members of the brotherhood in Chicago were told by the Pullman Co. that they must repu- diate their union or give up their jobs. service for 15 years. They refused to charged. This has happened to 27 members of the Chicago organization since its inception.” Why |* | The intelligence of animals!—Above Here’s Radical Dog we have a picture of Rags, homeless Bowery dog, who is noted for his bit- ter dislike of policemen. With him is J. W. Hartley, keeper of Ellin Prince Speyer Hospital to which Rags was Rags appears ready to violate an injunction! turned over. ist politicians in Minnesota are car- the farmer-labor party in that state. The so-called Civie Union and the Citizen’s Independent Committee, which were launched during the city campaign in St. Paul two years ago, and undertoo§ to defeat the labor candidates, are particularly vicious in their efforts to undermine and weaken the political movement of the workers and farmers in Minne- sota, The Civie Union has now launched a campaign against the labor coun- cilmen in St. Paul. This attack has far-reaching implications. It is the of the enemies of the farmer-labor movement not only to discredit the labor councilmen but to deal a heavy blow at the farmer-la- bor movement as a whole. The vi- ciousness of the enemies of labor is increasing as the national elections | approach, Labor Has Candidate. The Minnesota Union Advocate writes on the situation as follows: “Tt is announced by political writ- jers that labor political organization is disrupted and is at sea to find someone to stand for mayor. “The labor political forces are do- ing now what they always have done —they are carefully planning the campaign and have no difficulty in getting a candidate for any or all cffices for which they may choose to contest.” The progressive and left-wing mili- tants in the farmer-labor movement of Minnesota are quite confident that the efforts of the capitalist poli- ticians and the trade union reac- tionaries to undermine the farmer- labor. movement will not succeed. The true adherents of the farmer-la- labor party realize that the move- “Insurgent” Senators Betray Labor Political Development ST. PAUL, Dec, 22.—The capital- {ment is confronting serious dangers | from without as well as from within. rying on a bitter struggle against | | Not only are the capitalist” poli- ticians working for the disruption of labor’s political movement, but the same kind of activities are being car- ried on by the trade union reaction- aries and by the agents of the so- called’ Republican insurgents in Con- gress. These activities must be com- {batted “just as energetically as the | open attacks of the capitalist poli- |ticians, if the farmer-labor move- | ment of Minnesotd is to continue to progress successfully. Conference Comes. One of the important issues at present is the question of the forth- coming regional conference of the farmer-labor groups and parties of the Northwestern states. The need for such a conference in order to strengthen the farmer-labor party movement in those states and also from the point of view of strength- ening the labor movement in Minne- sota has. becorie so obvious that al- most every farmer-laborite in Min- nesota favors it. But it is also no secret that several trade union re- actionaries and a number, of middle- class ‘pcliticians within the farmer- labor movement are sabotaging and resisting the calling of this North- western. farmer-labor conference. The loyal and consistent follow- ers of the farmer-labor movement in Minnesota realize that the sabotage against the holding of the North- western farmer-labor conference ‘which was scheduled for Christmas is even more dangerous for labor’s political movement than are the open attacks of the capitalist parties. It is stated that Senator Shipstead is responsible for-a good deal of the opposition within the farmer-labor movement to the holding of the re- gional conference Dempsey Wins Cash For Trade Use of Name A jury before Justice Bernard L. Sheintag in City Court has awarded Jack Dempsey a verdict of $1,075 in his suit against Feldstein Brothers, 687 Broadway, on a contract for the use of his name in advertising hats. It was a suit to enforce payment of $1,000 and interest under an agree- ment between the millionaire mauler and the hat manufacturers. UNEMPLOYED MAN SUICIDE. An unemployed veteran of the World War, Thomas Partridge, 338 years old, and whose home is in De- troit, jumped to his death from the window of his room in the Hotel Flanders, New York, yesterday. He was dead for several hours when the body was found. will it be before our American work- ers attain the same advantages?” Edward Romese of the United Mine Workers gave a stirring talk on con- ditions in the Russian Mines. He told of his visits into the pits them- selves. “I looked for evidences of the American speed up system, but I didn’t find it; I looked for the terrible miners’ shacks and fearful living con- Wm. McKenzie, of the Carpenters! :| Union, of Brooklyn, ridiculed the cap-| italist propaganda concerning the na- tionalization of women in Russia. “If there were as little nationalization of women in the United States and in the other italist countries as there is in Ru: , then we would have no| complaints to make,” McKenzie de- elared, | McKenzie was the Building Trades investigating section of the delegation. | Talk Dramatic. One of the most dramatic talks was | delivered by E. P. Cush, a steel work- ler ard member of the Amalgamated | Association of Iron, Tin and Steel Workers. “For forty-eight yearsy” he head of the! ditions, but I failed also to find these.” Charge Answered. Romese answered in detail the charge that the Russian workers had (no political freedom. There is free- |dom in Russia, but not for the ene- | mies of the workers and that is why |we hear so much noise made about this issue.” Robert Dunn, a member of the first Trade Union Delegation and Albert | Coyle, former editor of the Brother- hood of Locomotive Engineers Jour- nal, and member of the first delega- tion, also spoke. “Company unionism is the challenge to the labor movement,” Coyle pointed out. “In Russia there could be no such dangerous anti-labor move as the company union.” The American Trade Union Dele- gation Committee announced that it will attempt to carry the message and When I returned, I be- cam esixty yedrs ung.” How long speakers of the delegations to every part of the country. Y French Build Big Navys Point to U.S, PARIS, Dec. 22.—-Pointing to the huge naval program planned by the United States, the “big navy” group suspended a di. ion of the budget yesterday to push thru the shuge French naval program for 1927 to 1921, The measure was passed by the House of Deputies yesterday. The ccnstruction program this year included a ten-thousand ton cruiser, six destroyers, five submarines of the first class, another submarine, a des- patch boat and a mine layer. Des- patch boats will be especially built for use in French colonies in an ef- fort to build a colonial fleet. The sponsors of the measure point- ed both to the rapidly growing Ital- ian fleet and to the American naval program. Thought Dead, Wakes LURAY, Va. Dec. 22,— Fanny Broyles; a young girl who Was pro- nounced dead, woke up at her own funeral here yesterday. The funeral sermon hed been preached when her brother, who stood by the casket, no- ticed*a flutter of her eyelids, In a short time the girl was able to talk. It happened last Saturday and the girl today is fully recovered, CLERGY CASE TOMORROW Hearing in the case of Erwin E. Popeke, clergyman’s son accused of defrauding investors, was adjourned until tomorrow morning by Magis- trate Smith in West Side Court yes- terday, at the request of former magistrate Charles A. Oberwager, ap- pearing for Popeke. PRAYER BOOK STATEMENT. LONDON, Dee. 22. — Unofficial negotiations for a compromise with regard to the new prayerbook for the Church of England, resulted in a complete revision, and an official statement will be issued today. .|of police raided a membership meet- «|held at the union headquarters. 4 Manager Slomowitz, S. Lutsky, pres- RAID UNION MEET LOS ANGELES, Dec. 22.—A squad | ing held by the Cloakmakers’ Union of this city, and after confiscating the | books and records, arrested four lead- ers of the union. The meeting was The local organization is conduct- ing several successful strikes against non-union firms, and since labor or- ganization seems to be a crime in this jnotorious open shop town, the police openly invaded the hall and arrested ident of the local, Meltzer and Mizel, both members of the strike commit- tee, The meeting, which was called to celebrate the installation of the newly | elected officers, proceeded with un- jabated enthusiasm, due to a speech which President Lutsky insisted on making upon being notified of his ar- rest. He then left with the police. Boss to Shivering Men (Continued from Page One) leave for the duration of the strike, to aid the Colorado miners. At a meeting of the Greely Meth- odist Church last night, scheduled as a debate between Palmer and Heist of Grace Church, Denver, Heist spoke denouncing the local sheriff’s office and the militia for their attitude to- ward the strike. * * * DENVER, Colo. Dec. 21.—How working conditions at the Columbine mine were made more infamous by the massacre of November 21st was related before the Industrial Com- mission today. James Allander, secretary of the Lafayette Local and twice arrested without charges, testified to seeing the men become ill from foul air gases in the mine. Gas From Eight Fires. Eight fires constantly burning in the Columbine were not properly shut off from the rest of the mine result- ting in the air containing black damp. which is fatal to a person if the air contains half of one per cent. Must Buy at Company Store. Other witnesses testified that the miners in the Columbine camp were forced to trade at the company store or go to town five miles away, since no dealers were allowed to come into the company property, Witnesses yesterday testified to short weights in the mines, intimida- tions of check weighman and many violations of state laws. “State of Insurrection.” The attorney general ruled that men held in jail in the military zone can be held indefinitely without char- ges because of the governor’s pro- clamations that a state of insurrec- tion exists in two counties. Hold Palmer—Fire Saul. Writ of habeas corpus was filed yesterday for Frank Palmer and seven others ,arrested at Longmont Thursday. It is thought all except rank Palmer are now out. George Saul, Secretary of the International Labor Defense and clerk at the local postoffice, was fired yesterday fol- lowing investigations into his “ac- tivities in violation of the Colorado picketing law” in the strike. Two more were arrested without warrants) at Walsenburg yesterday. * * * CHICAGO, Dec. 22.-—The following telegram has been received by the secretary of the Colorado Miners’ Strike Committee: ment of Columbine victims unless cash forthcoming although thousand already paid account. Persecution | grows intense as hearing approaches. Militia intimidates and kidnaps wit- nesses. Additional number operators about ready cease bluffing operation. Fifteen inexperienced miners killed since strike started. Twenty-five thousand on relief continually grow- ing. Immediate increase relief funds means certain early victory.” The expense of burying the victims ANGELES POLICE. “Hospitals refusing further treat- |” at the Columbine mine and in looking after the wounded at the hospital was a serious condition to the strain on velief and defense funds. As the strike continues more and more are added to the relief list daily. Tenement Inspection Badly Undermanned Despite the important part that housing plays in the life of the City of New York, Harold Riegelman, counsel for the legislative commission for the revision of the Tenement House law, says that the Tenement House Department is soyundermanned that it fell last year 300,000 inspec- | tions behind the number that should be made. He further says that the commission is considering the pro- posal of an uniform law to cover all dwelling houses, the idea including the fireproofing of all old law tene- ments, If the Tenement House Department | is to function counsel says that the inspection force must be doubled. BUILD THE DAILY WORKER! BOOST THE DAILY WORKER! ‘ Mf Nina Tarasova | i fr cones Selts Too Heavy, Mexico Complains MEXICO CITY, Dec. 22.—Declar- ing that the Mexican debt to foreign bankers is too great for the Mexican government to meet and cut of all proportion to her financial possibili- ties, the Treasury Department will draft a memorandum to the interna- tional bankers, it was announced to- day. The draft was authorized by President Calles. New York barkers will be given copies of the memorandum by Fer- nando Diaz Barvso in a short while. The statement will give a detailed report of the financial condition of the Mexican government and the ef- forts which the Mexican government has made to meet its debts. Carolina Flogging Cases to Come Up RALEIGH, N. C., Dec. 22.—Trial of the 32 flogging cases now congest- ing the county superior court docket may start early in the new year, it was indicated here today. Governor McLean was required by Judge N, A. Sinclair, of Fayetteville, to call a special term of court to dis- pose of the charges against the 32 defendants, growing out of three} floggings virtually in the shadow of the North Carolina capitol. The special term probably would be held in February or March. Two defendants have beer tried and acquitted of the flogging of E. A. Jones, rural merchant, and Sam Green, Negro helper. Thirteen other men stand indicted for the same flogging. Warsaw Workers Laud Soviet Union; Police Break Up Gathering WARSAW—(By Mail).—Workers in the Mislowitz factories have raised money to send two delegates to the Soviet Union to investigate factory conditions there, ‘The meeting at which the collec- tion was raised was broken up by the police, Soviet Union -Making Mines Safe for Labor) MOSCOW—(By Mail).—Six and a half million rubles will be spent in the coming year for the installation of safety devices in the mines of Ukraine. jiant of international singers will be one of the stars that will appear at Two hundred and fifty thousand rubles have been appropriated by the Government Commission to raise wages of workers in White Russia. |BUILD THE DAILY WORKER! STARS AT DAILY WORKER CONCERT Sings at Mecca Temple January 138th Internationally famous singer of Rus- sian, Caucasian, Georgian and Gypsy folk songs who sings at the DAILY WORKER concert at Mecca Temple, 56th street and Seventh avenue on the evening of January 13th. Nina Tarasova, one of the most rad- Mecco Temple, 56th street and Sev- enth avenue on the occasion’ of the celebration of the Fourth Anniversary of the founding of the DAILY WORK- ER. Acclaimed by crities in super- lative terms, the appearance of this rare artist is always an event of first rate importance in musical and artis- tic centers, _ To Sing Folk Songs. At the DAILY WORKER concert she will appear in the folk: songs of Russia, Caucasia and Georgia, besides her entrancing Gypsy songs. Work- ers who have for years known of this artist will now have an opportunity to hear her at reasonable prices by 3e- curing tickets at the Daily Worker office at 108 East 14th street and the Jimmy Higgins Book Store and other places. Many Famous Artists. While Nina Tarasova is an attrac- tion in herself sufficient to attract an full house, there are other artists who will appear on the program. Doris Niles, the famous. hallet dancer, will be one of the star attractions. Paul Althouse, well-known Metropolitan Opera star will give a series of sings and Sasha Jacobson, violin virtuoso, will play a series of pieces. NAVAL FLIERS FAIL. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20. — The giant triple-engined Fokker mono- plane “Spirit of California” failed to- day in its attempt to break the world’s record for sustained flight when exhaustion of fuel forced it to land at the municipal airport at 9:50 a. m. The plane, carrying Lieutenant George Pond, U. S. N. F., and Cap- tain Charles Kingsford-Smith, had been continuously in the air 49 hours and 27 minutes having taken off at 8:23 a. m., on Sunday. FAVOR PAY INCREASE The Merchants’ Association of New York in a letter received by Mayor Walker urges the adoption by the Board of Estimate of the schedule of teachers’ salaries recommended by the Mayor’s committee on Teachers’ Sal- aries. The report embodies increases. AUDIENCE GIVES TO MINERS. Following an appeal from the plat- form by Anthony Minerich, Pennsyl- vania striker, the audience at a recent performance of “The Centuries” at. the New Playwrights’ Theater gave a total of $63 to the Miners’ Relief Committee for the striking miners of Pennsylvania, Ohio and Colorado, DIVIDING THE LOOT. Directors of the Pan American Petroleum Company passed the quax- terly dividend on the common stock of the company at their regular meet- ing today. The resignation of Chair- man F. H, Wickett, chairman of the board, was accepted, and he will con- tinue as president of the Dixie Oil and . Gas Company. . Unempioyment— . Constitution of Soviet Russia .. . Should Communists Par Unions—By Lenin . . Lenin on Co-operatives . Two Speeches by Karl Marx . Workers Communist Party—W) Ruthenberg ...... The Menace of Oppor White Terrorists Ask for ‘Yy- ntion c . The Brb ‘he Re () AT SPECIAL PRICE? At 3 Cents Each ; China and American Imperialist Poliey—E. R. Browder’($ .05) .. 1k. 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