The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 24, 1927, Page 1

: guilty! > e indly”’ New Orleans Gives \ Cheap Toys to Hungry Kids . i) \ present ) w Greco and Carrillo Verdict “Not Guilty”, Fascist League Frame-up Fails THE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS: FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNORGANIZED , FOR THE 40-HOUR WEEK Meteor Aree ee wer ts «| A LABOR PARTY Vol. IV. No. 295. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In New York, by mail, $5.00 per year. Outside New York, by mail, $6.00 per year, THE DAILY WORKER. Entered on second-class matter at the Post Office at New York, N. ¥. under the act of March 3, 1879. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1927 Published daily except Sunday by The DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. 33 First Street, New Y¥ FI | FINAL « AL CITY EDITION Price 3 Cents ork, N. Y, SAVAGE ACTS CAN NOT GO UNPUNISHED: U. S. 5. R. GRECO, CARRILLO NOT GUILTY IS JURY'S VERDICT Decision Comes After | 8 Hours Deliberation Calogero Greco and Donato Carrillo | were found not guilty last night in | the murder frame-up instigated by the Fascist League of North America. | A jury in Bronx County court at 8:05 last night returned its verdict while the crowded courtroom sat breathless. The jury deliberated eight hours, j As the jury filed into the jury box Judge Cohn warned against demon- ; strations. That, together with the | solemn expression on the faces of the | jurors, created fear among the friends | | of the two Italian workers. | Then the Verdict. } Then the foreman of the jury, in; answer to the formal question of the ! judge, announced the acquittal. | “We find the defendants not} !” the foreman said. | Assistant District Attorney Albert Henderson then rose and'said that in view of the verdict of the jury on the indictment which charges Greco and Carrillo specifically with the stabbing of Joseph Carisi, he would move for the dismissal of the untried charge against them of shoot- ing Nicholas Amorroso, The judge said he would grant the motion. Case Formally Ends. Greee and Carrillo. were then for-. to leave the court room for several moments as many friends crowded about them to shake their hands and offer congratulations on their re- lease. Carrillo went home with his wife and three year old boy, who had been standing in the corridor of the court room for hours, anxiously awaiting the verdict. Greco went home with his brother, Felipo, who had paced up (Continued on Page Five) < Three Workers Drown When N, J. Bridge Wall Breaks and Gives Way EDGEWATER, N. J., Dec. 23, — Three workers were drowned early today in a deep cofferdam construct- ed on the bed of the Hudson River, near the New Jersey shore, for the New Jersey tower foundation of the bridge to connect New York and New Jersey at Fort Lee. Two other workers scrambled up a long ladder to safety. The accident was caused, it is believed, by a sudden inrush of water through the west wall near the northwest corner. While officials of the contracting company maintained that there had been no collapse of the caisson, and that the accident was the result of a peculiar river “hollow,” even the Fort Lee police said they understood a por- ‘tion of the restraining wall of the fferdam, at the northeastern en id been allowed by the employers weaken and had let the water in mally discharged. They were sve been settled with a victory for Calogero Greco | | WINDOW WASHERS WIN IN STRIKE The 14 weeks’ strike of the Window Cleaners’ Protective Union, Local 8}} the union. Officers of the union announced patticular satisfaction in the elimina- tien of the company union, which had been the chief issue during the last weeks of negotiations with the em- ployers. By the settlement the union main- tains the 44-hour week which it has fought to maintain against the at- tacks of the employers. Wages of $45 a week are also assured against attempts by the employers toward a reduction. Double time for over time and holidays and full payment for 8 holidays during the year are also to he maintained. Guarantee 100 Shops. An agreement for two years cover a guarantee of 100 shops in the Man- hattan Window Cleaning Employers’ Pretective Association and binds the association to deal only with the union, It was announced last night at the union headquarters, 15 E. 3rd St., that the settlement had already been rati- fied by the membership and that most of the workers had already gone back to work. At the same time union leaders stated that firms which did not comsider themselves bound by the vettlement would immediately find themselves engaged in individval: shop strikes. Under the provisions of the set- tlement the company union in the ‘rade has been ocmpletely iiquidated. Its members are compelled to join Local 8 and agree to abide by its ules and conditions. (Special to The DAILY WORKER) NEW ORLEANS, Dec, 23, Preparations axe under way here to! repeat the farce of “Christmas giving to children of the poor that I wit- nessed when in this city a year ago. What happened is this: For several days before Christmas extensive preparations for a public Christmas tree were in progress in one of the city parks. Funds for this had been raised by an enterprising newspaper in one of those “give-a- toy-to-some-poor-kiddy” holiday cam- paigns—which are very good for the circulation of the paper. As a re- sult, there was a huge evergreen tree covered wigh the usval tinsel, orna- ments and electric lights; and there were two tents in which were piled toys of every description. Christmas Segregation. ~ At first I guessed that one tent was . for white children .and one for col- ored, since there was segregation in _ street. cars and every place else thru “the South. ° But I earned that the ee of aoe a be more sae and all the white children, pba 4 ited for a day before Christmas, Yche colored children. for Christmas morning. Children Like Famine Sufferers. 1 went to watch the distribution of so-called gifts, most of which were very cheap, useless toys. They were handed out to ,white children who looked as tho they were German famine sufferers. Emaciated little faces; thin, spindly arms and legs; pale and dark-eyed¢with not a spark of childish vigor or a smile among them. Vale and work-worn parents came with some of the youngsters. Others came in groups of four and five and went off home listlessly with their booty. f The next morning the colored chil- dren came by the hundreds. They were more desperately ragged than the whites, but not so sickly-looking. Terrible Poverty. Nothing could be plainer than the terrible poverty of these two groups of children, white and black. Nothing was clearer than the fact that all of them were in the same boat—and (Continued on Page Two) jings held for the November EVERY GITY IN COUNTRY WILL HEAR OF SOVIET Party, Daily Worker to Be Strengthened A magnificent outpouring of en- husiasm among workers in the big industrial centers of the United States has enabled the Districts of the Workers (Communist) Party to ar- ‘ange already, a month in advance, seventy-four mass meetings to com- memorate Lenin Day, the National Office of the party was able to an- nounce yesterday. The number of meetings which can be arranged between now and the end of January will certainly be around two hundred‘, in the opinion of party leaders, here, as there were 150 meet- 7 cele- brations of the amniversary of the | Bolshevik revolution and the experi- ence gained then by workers, who felt the thrill of participating in a uni- versal, world-wide celebration of working class events simultaneously with the millions of Europe and Asia, will help to make larger than ever the Lenin Day ceremonies this year. These meetings will be held in every city of the country, in the largest halls available. New York will use Madi- ‘sen Square Garden for this occasion. The #enter of these meetings will be the campaign for defense of the So- viet Union against the war danger and the campaign for the recognition of the Soviet Union. To this will be added an intensified propaganda to build the Party and win new members for it, and to (Continued on Page Two) TRACTION UNION RENEWS CHARGES A statement by John E. Edgerton, president of the National Association of Manufacturers denying the charge that his organization was allied with the Interborough Rapid Transit. Com- pany and other large scale employ- ers to destroy labor organizations, contains further proof of the truth of the charge, according to an am nouncement yesterday by officials of the Amalgamated traction union. Own Words Condemn Him. In Edgerton’s denial, it was point- ed out, a paragraph charges that William Green, president of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor and other labor officials had entered into a con- spiracy to destroy all company unions. This statement, couched in the same phraseolegy as that contained in the Interborough application for an in- junction, is the best evidence, trac- tion union officials say, that a plot against labor unions has been ar- ranged cn a wide scale. Powerful Anti-Labor Body. The National Association of Manu- facturers, composed of .severai thou- sands of independent firms, lesser as- sociations and chambers of commerce, is the most powerful employers’ body in the United States. It has consist- ently continued its attacks against the labor movement. A government investigation of its activities in 1913 revealed that it had bribed labor lead- ers. /One for the eerkers: @) GEORGES “CHICHERIN ther for the Capitalists! STANLEY BALDWIN CONTINUED RAIDS ON NINERS’ HALLS DENVER, Colo., Dec. 23.—The state police who are helping the Colo- rado Fuel and Jron Co. in their at- tempt to break the strike of the Colo- vado miners are continuing their bru- tal attacks upon miners and their in- timidation upon sympathizers and raids upon halls of the I.W.W, At Walsenburg. early Tuesday morning the state police raided the hall of theI/W.W.-and when a Mex-! ican worker protested the raiding without warrant he was arrested. The state police informed the miners that any outsiders seen in town would be run out and that they “would stand for no fooling.” The hall in which the miners meet is owned by the Polish Fraternal So- ciety. The officers of the society were informed that they would have no protection of their property as long as the miners met there. The state police in the south are doing their best to assist the C. F. and I. line up the small merchants against the miners. One owner of a hall who had donated same to miners was thrown in jail by state police for this terrible offense. “Governor Adams was informed of the latest outrage committed by the state police. * * * By WINIFRED R. MOOERS. (Special to The Daily Worker.) Denver, Dec. 23.—The _ striking miners scored again yesterday when (Continued on Page Two) Ottinger Promises to Appoint ‘Right Guys’ Attorney General Albert Ottinger is being boomed for the republican candidacy for governor of New York. In commenting on the nomination, Ot- tinger referred to the late President Harding as a shining example of a politician, who distinguished himself by appointing Hughes, Mellon and Hoover to office. Tammany’s Department Heads Cost Girl’s Life Samuel D. Mills was granted $50,- 000 by a Bronx jury because his daughter, Eleanor L. Mills, was killed last January through negligence of the street cleaning department. Many similar cases are pending in the courts. DEFENSE BAZAAR DRAWS THRONES The nine-day bazaar of the Joint Defense Committee opened last night with a ball and welcome celebration at Grand Central Palace, 46th St. and Lexington Ave. Lights, music and the many colors in the hall added to the holiday spirit. Thousands of workers danced or made purchases at the gay booths. Out of Town Visitors. Visitors from Philadelphia, Boston and other cities to partitipate in the opening festivities announced that fpon their return they would urge others to visit the bazaar. The movie, “The ‘Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur’s Court,” played to a full house. Children’s Day. Today is Children’s Day at the ba- zaar. A conceft will be given for them at 3 p. m. and a visit to toyland will follow. Everything in the chil- dren’s department will be specially priced. There will be attractive models of calf-skin fur coats lined and trimmed with contrasting colors of leather, as well as Australian op- posum, coonies, French rabbit and other fur coats for children. For the adults today all Christmas (Continued on Page Five) Miners Struggle Despite Courts PITTSBURGH, Dec. 23. — Judge Langham’s injunction against the Rossiter miners barring strike signs, picketing, singing, “pecuniary con- | tributions,” and anything else the company could think up, has made the risks of the fight heavier but it has not stopped the fight. Anyone picturing the strikers as a pathetic little group of men and women beaten | down by the injunction, huddled to- gether in the Magyar Church therein mentioned and seeking sacred con- solation, is in for a shock if they ever make their way up to the mountain camp. Injunctions never meant much to the miners around here. They are used to them and know how they should be dealt with.. When Rossiter and the neighboring mines began opening up scab this summer, the companies got an injunction enjoin- ing the strikers from entering the (Continued on Page Five) THREE WORKERS’ ine WASTED IN S-4 John J. Power, 24, Worcester, Mass., coxswain of the S-4 Sub- marine. Carl B. Strange, Chattanooga, Tenn., a member of S-4 crew one week. Joseph L. Stevens, Providence, R. 1, one of the six in torpedo Russia Reserves. Right Affairs of the U. S. S. R., made ernment reserves the right to in South China.” declared Chicherin. Tchicherin declared. “The Commissariat of For- sign Affains Yes repeatedly been tompelied to (point out _ that whenever a revolutionary movement takes place in any part of the wdrld, the enemies of the Soviet Union al- ways declare that it has been pro- voked by agents of the government of the Soviet Unior Misrepresent Movement. reactionary press, but members of the governments of capitalist countries have for a long time attempted to represent the nationalist movement as a product of Soviet policy and as the work of Soviet agents. the |the great revolt of the revolutionary | workers of Canton. Heaping masses of corpses of tortured Canton work- ers in the streets of Canton, they | showed especial hatred for citizens of | the Soviet Union who found them- selves in the foreground among the innumerable victims, Soviet Citizens Tortured. “As yet we have no exact informa- | tion about latest events in Canton, but / we can entertain no doubt that a num- ber of citizens of the Soviet Union died a terrible death after the most cruel tortufes, “Regarding the tragic death of the Soviet Union Vice Consul Hassisi, in- formation from various sources hard- of this terrible news. However un- precedented the crimes of the Canton the responsibility for them cannot be confined to Canton alone. “The political action of the Kuomin- (Continued on Page Two) today 1. which he declared that “the Soviet gov- which it deems necessary in connection with the bloody crimes committed against the Soviet Union “These savage acts cannot go unpunished,” “With regard to China, not only the “This path has now been taken by | counter-revolutionary generals | who have drowned in floods of blood | ly leaves any doubt as to the truth | government against the Soviet Union, | Plan Lenin Memorial Meetings 3s Throughout Nation IMPERIALIST ROLE DECISIVE IN CHINESE MASS MURDERS, DECLARES CHICHERIN IN PUBLIC STATEMENT White Guards Instruments of Torture and Slay- ing of Citizens of Soviet to Take Action Against Bloody Reaction (Special Cable To The DAILY WORKER.) MOSCOW, Dec. 23.—Charging that imperialist and White Guardist groups instigated the unprecedented attacks on the Soviet Union consulates in Canton and Shanghai and were responsible for the murder of citizens of the Soviet Union, George Chicherin, Commissar of Foreign public a statement take all measures Chamberlain, foe of masses The full text of the statement of the Commissar of Foreign Affairs as made public in this morning’s press follows: | |Huge Mass Meetings in .| Soviet, Union Protest | { BULLETIN. Cable to The DAILY aR.) i . 23.—Huge mass | meetings have been held in Mos- cow, Leningrad, Kiev, Kharkov, | Novosibirsk Omsk and numerous other cities to protest against the savage murders of workers and peasants in Canton and the unpre- | cedented outrages against citizens of the Soviet Union. Resolutions adopted at the meet~ ings branded the Chinese counter- revolutionary generals and their imperialist instigators as murder- ers and demanded that the Soviet Government take energetic action to ensure the safety of represen- | tatives of the Soviet Union in | | China. © | i (Special —o Charge Dry Operatives Slaughtered Saleslady COLUMBIANA, Ala., Dec. 23.—H. F. Blake, chief of police, and W. B. Farmer, a traffic officer, were in- dicted for the murder of Louise Mon- |teabara, a sewing machine sales- woman. The officers, who were pursuing her |for supposed violation of the Vol- stead law, claim that she shot her- self. However, the parents of the dead girl demanded an investigation, and the accusation against the officers re- sulted, in 3 Days, CAMDEN, N. J., Dec. 23. iGharges go aan that the lives of the surviving six men imprisoned in the sunken sub- marine S-4 off the coast of Province- | town, Mass., could have b if it had not been for the “distress ing incompetency and stubbornness of a few navy offic day by Frank T. Priara, of this city | who was one of the civiliar |swer the Navy Department’ SOS for experienced diver Priara, with more than deep-sea diving, returned from Prov- inecetown today, declaring the sub/ could have been raised within three | days after it sank. “The lives of the six men were sacrificed on the detestable altar of navy incompetence,”’* Priara said. “When we arrived on the scene on a chartered fishing smack, the officers in charge told us ‘to get the hell out of here,’ and the officers on several coast guard cutters threatened to smash our boats to pieces if we re- fused to leave. were made to-iway through so: that a chain: eoMit experience in salvaging vessels and| Sub Could Have Been Raised ys, Expert Charges “There were five civilian divers on jour boat, each of whom has partici- | pated in salvaging heavier ships un- der more hazardous conditions than that of the S-4. The mud they talked about should not have been a deter- rent. The divers should have taken down a hose line and washed their been tied ‘around the sub. “The greatest piece of mock heroics and inefficiency was the loss of the | ubmarine’s location for more than 24 ours,” Py nas ‘a con' agped. * PROVIN' SETOWN, sce: Dec. 23. |—The di continued their explora- oa of the wrecked submersible S-4 under the personal direction of Lieut. made two descents to the ocean floor for personal observation. He reported that the mud at-the bow and stern of the S-4 was not so deep as had been anticipated. The work of blowing away the mud for passage of the pontoon chains | der the bow Se tee ao of the terse Slaughter in Canton |Commander Edward Ellsberg, who ’