The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 3, 1928, Page 1

a THE DAILY WORKER VIGHTS: FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNORGAN D FOR THE 40-HOUR WEEK FOR A LABOR PARTY Vol. V. No. 1. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In New York, by mail, $5.00 per year. iy Outside New York, by mail, $6.00 per year. Entered as second-class matter at tne Post Office at New York, N. Y., NEW YORK, TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1928 under the act of March 3, THE DAILY WORKER. 1870. PUBLISHING CO., 33 First Street, Y Published daily except Sunday by The DAILY WORKER New York, FINAL CITY EDITION Price 3 Cents U.S. MARINES CONTINUE TO KILL NICARAGUANS MINERS’ RELIEF DRIVE BACKED AT BIG LABOR RALLY Story of Brave Struggle Is Related The attack on the coal miners in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Colorado was described as a general offensiv against the whole American labe movement by speakers at the firs large-scale mass relief meeting in New York which last night filled th Central Opera House, 67th St. and) Third Ave. The meeting was enthusiastic and | militant. Demands for militant support were enthusiastically accepted at the meet- ing, the first of a series to aid the | struggle of the 150,000 miners now an strike. Rockefeller Blamed. The responsibility for the murder | of the six coal miners by company thugs of the Columbine Mine in Colo- rado was laid at the door of John D. Rockefeller last night by A. S. Em- bree, Colorado strixe organizer, who was one of the speakers. “The Colorado Fuel and Iron Co. advanced money to the Rocky Moun- tain Fuel Co., the owners of the Co- lumbine mine,” Embree charged. “This money was transferred for de- velopment work on new coal lands. It is thus easy to see how pressure was brought by the Rockefeller inter- ests against the Rocky Mountain Fuei Co. The latter company was used by the C. F. & I. to precipitate the call- ing out of the national guard by the shooting at the Columbine mine.” Milka Speaks. “Flaming Milka” Sablich, 19-year- old girl strike leader, told of the part af the women and children in the present struggle. _Other speakers were William F. Sexne; of The DAILY WORKER; (Continue on Page Five) DEFENSE BAZAAR MARKS NEW YEAR The nine day bazaar of'the Joint Defense Committee, Cloakmakers and Furriers, ended early Sunday morning with thousands of workers in atten- jJance at the final ball at Grand Cen- tral Palace, Lexington Ave. and 46th St. The climax was reached at 11 p. m. Saturday, when Calogero Greco and Donato Carrillo, anti-fascists, re- cently discharged from a fascist frame-up in the Bronx County court, entered the hall. The workers immediately set up mighty cheers of “Long live Greco and Carrillo!” and “Down with fas- cism!” and surrounded the two work- ers. Remember Prisoners. Louis Hyman, manager of the Joint Board, Cloak and Dressmakers’ Jnion, then escorted the two workers so the platform while thousands of workers cheered akain. Greco then addressed the assembled vorkers. He reminded them that other class war prisoners are still in prison and urged his listeners to use heir power to secure their release. “We must intensify our campaign » tree our fellow workers, who have seen imprisoned by frame-ups, insti- gated always by the bosses‘ and their official or unofficial agents,” he said. Carrillo spoke next. He thanked the workers for their support in the movement for the release of Greco and himself. “Five months in jail,” he added, “will not stop me from continuing my fight against fascism wherever I see it.” Guests At Banquet. Later in the evening the two work- ers were guests of honor at a ban- quet given to them in the Italian res- taurant on the balcony. | Early Saturday afternoon the main floor was cleared of booths to give the merrymakers more room for danc- ing. As a result of this move, thou- sands of additional workers were able to, welcome the New Year at the cos- ‘tume ball. Settle For Tickets. An appeal to settle for tickets for the bazaar was issued yesterday by the Joint Defense Committee, 41 _ Union Square. They point out that _ the forthcoming appeal on the Min- eola cases and the contempt cases against the leaders of the Joint Board, Cloak and Dressmakers’ Union, con- stitute an immediate problem for _ which thousands of dollars are needed "at onee, iain lec | Defies Coal Bosses | ALATA epic story of the miners’ fight in Colo- rado at a huge labor demonstration for relief held last night at Central Opera House. “Our people are holding out and mean to win their fight,” she told the New York workers. “But thousands of men, women and children are hun- gry, and relief is urgent.” W. GREEN DEGREES UNION SURRENDER WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—What is being characterized in some labor circles as a further step in the policy of progressive surrender to the em- ployers, is seen in the New Year’s an- nouncement by Wm. Green, president of the American Federation of Labor. Throwing ‘himself, figuratively speaking, into the very arms of capi |talism, Green ;. ; i gospel of “indus! wiil,” which he is nevertheless forced to admit is not being accepted by the employers. The announcement says: “Upon the very threshold of the New Year organized Js bor in the Uni- ted States challenges the owners and management of industry to cooperate with it in the establishment and main- tenance of sound economic standards and industrial peace, Offers to Speed-Up Workers. “We welcome the opportunity of giving our collective skill, training and technique to the development ot tenance of a high industrial produc- tivity level and still higher mass pur- chasing power. “The real problem of the New Year will be that of financing commodity consumption. Not only must the con- suming mass of people be encouraged (Continued on Page Two) Unemployed in Work Demand on Broadway While Broadway was celebrating |the arrival of the New Year Satur- day 300 unemployed workers lead by “Mr. Zero” appeared on the scene to demonstrate in a body the significance of New Years’ Day to them.” 2 Starting at the Bowery and St. Marks Place, the army of unemployed Marched to 59th St. and Columbus "Circle, turning southward then to the New York Public Library and thence to the Bowery, where they spent the night in Zero’s “Tub.” t WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—The one outstanding fact in the realm of eco- nomics is that America is entering a crisis. The year comes to.a close with industry at a lower level than at any time since 1920-21, with the army of unemployed even exceeding any after-the-war year and the bread lines reaching the proportions of 1913, a year of industrial depression that heralded a long downward trend that was changed only because of the outbreak of the world war and the consequent demand for American industrial products. In spite of the general downward the close of the year, the politicians, the so-called statesmen who are en- gaged in a systematic falsification of statistics in order to perpetuate the myth: of Coolidge prosperity, are proclaiming that 1928 will be anothe: boom year. 4 > Force Release of Fi rank Palmer and Colu “Flaming Milka” Sablich told the | ims. again the! “peace” and “good industrial and individual efficiency. We believe that American living stan- dards and national prosperity can be|Who have been sentenced to serve fostered only through the main-|from 2% to 5 years in state prison. | { | | { BOSSES’ COUNSEL [ADMITS LAWS NOT OBEYED AT MIN Proof of Dangerous and Unhealthy Conditions DENVER, Colo., Jan. 2.—Increas- 1g pressure which was brought to ear on Governor Adams by labor nions and liberals finally compelled im to release Frank Palmer and \dam Bell, Colorado mine strike lead- rs who were being held as military | prisoners. | | The two mine leaders were arrest-_ ed by a military force when the gov- ernor had issued an order that a state of insurrection existed in two North- ern Colorado counties. Following the Columbine massacre. The courts had ruled that prisoners who were taken by the military authorities had no redress from the law. | | Columbine Leader. | | Adam Bell, one of those released, was the leader of the Columbine min- lers on the fatal morning of the mas- | ‘sacre. After having beaten him al- most to death, the state police had | finally released him, only to be im- | mediately rearrested on the gover- | |nor’s order, and held for forty days |in Greeley Jail without charges. Frank Palmer was arrested at a| mass meeting held in Longmont on/ December 15 and was also held with- | out charges in»the same jail until yesterday. The courts had refused to interfere in spite of the lack of charges say- (Continued on Page Two) % # is COMES UP JAN, 5 / The hearing on the appeal of nine furriers who were convicted at Min- eola, L. I., for their strike activities, will come up in the Brooklyn Supreme Court in Part 2 of the Court of Ap- peals Thursday morning. several times at the request of the district attorney of Nassau County. If the appeal is granted a new trial will be obtained for the nine furriers, Two Acquitted. The right wingers in the Furriers’ Union helped the prosecution at the trial by appearing as _ witnesses against the defendants in this case, which came out of the successful 1926 general strike. Altho 11 were tried, Ben Gold, manager, and I. Shapiro, chairman of the Joint Board, two of the defend- ants, were found not guilty. Want 44-Hour Week. An open declaration has been made by a member of the Associated Fur Manufacturers that the policy of the }employes is to reinstate the 44-hour | week in the fur industry. | This statement was made last Fri- | day by Morris Wissof, a manufac- turer of 98 East Broadway, on the witness stand of the Municipal Court. | The court had ordered him to pay| Jack Gilman, a worker, for the extra ‘four hours he had refused to work |when Wissof announced a 44-hour schedule in his shop last week. U. S. Faces Crisis on New Year As Coolidge “Prosperity” Fades Herbert Hoover, secretary of com- merce, and one of the outstanding presidential candidates for the repub- lican nomination for president of the United States, distorts facts to per- petuate a political illusion. He is held to be the logical successor to Coolidge and will probably receive the official blessing of Andrew W. Mellon, the real head of the Coolidge administra- tion, hence it is imperative that he join in the chorus of optimists, Democrats Are Critical. _ The facts in the economic situation that refute the Coolidge prosperity myth are being used by some of the tendency, emphatically’ marked _ at |4emocratic politicians and it is prob- able that the prosperity talk will be pretty much discredited before the campaign is well under way. One of the New York Tammanyites, Representative William A. Oldfield, chairman of the democratic congres- (Continued on Page Two) Evicted! Miner’ ay s Wife Dies Nothing short of the strangulation of the miners’ organization and their utter degredation ,will sat- isfy the coal operators. Picture shows Joe Lebreski, striking Pennsylvania coal miner and his wife, Kate, the day before she died at the Harmarville, Pennsylvania, barracks, The woman was one of the first victims of the terrible mass eviction campaign being waged by the coal operators against the starving “Heusé, Rad to ie pie “Sh Pneumonia foliowed and in a fev was murdered by the coal bar hs id over to the “freezing, miners fighting desperately and with great heroism to save their union. e rest of the Harmarville families were evi _ Kate Lebreski, lying ill in -her. company Aya on a ey ce erica Rate a days she died. Thruout the valley the miners know that Kate Lebreski stoyeless, board barracks. Rank and File Communists of USSR Laud XV. Congress MOSCOW, U.S. S. R., Jan. 2.—A . of the Communist Party heard Rudsutak report on the achievements of the The hearing has been postponed | Pifteenth Party congress, emphagizing the importance of the resolutions in regard to fundamental® WOMEN TO AID adopted problems of external and internal pol- icy of the Communist Party and the new tasks of economie construction. After summarizing the congress de- cisions about the Opposition, Rudsu- tak in reply to a question stated that so far Kamenev, Zinoviev, Yevdoki- mov, and other members of the Op-/ position, had made individual applica- | tions asking reinstatement, while the Trotsky group is still silent. Approve Congress. | In this Pudsutak warned the Op- positionists aligned with Trotsky that the proletarian state would not tole- rate any underground attempt against the Soviet Union. | The meeting adopted a resolution approving in full the decisions of the Fifteenth Congress of the All Union Communist Party. The resolution notes the growth of the revolutionary movement in Europe and the new revival of the struggle | of the oppressed people. Must Lead Struggles. | | Recalling the imminent danger of | /a new imperialist war, the resolution | |declares that the Communist parties must lead; the class struggle in all | countries and engage in a fight. against the social democrats, who are | {supporting the imperialists and the) , Trotskyists and who are making com- | mon cause with the social democrats. | The resglution calls upon all Party | members to work for the realization of the directions of the Fifteenth Par- ty Congress, for the enhancement of the industrialization of the country, for the development of rural economy on a collective basis and for the par- ticipation of large masses in the work of the Soviets, the trade union, the cooperatives, etc. The resolution notes with satisfac-) tion the final liquidation of the Op- position by the Fifteenth Congress. Cloakmakers Contempt Hearing Next Friday The Appellate Division Court will hear Louis B. Boudin, attorney for the Joint Board of the Cloak and Dressmakers’ Union, ask for a rever- sal Friday of the verdict of Supreme Court Judge Erlanger, which orders 18 leaders of the union to pay $17,000 in fines and damages for violating an anti-picketing injunction. | East Pittsburgh, has issued a call to} {all women’s organizations, auxiliaries, (clubs and societies, to a conference for | ers’ wives and children on the verge | \organizations are duty-bound to help meeting in Moscow of active members PENN STRIKERS EAST PITTSBURGH, Pa., Jan. 2. —The Miners’ Relief Committee of | the purpose of orgaMizing a Women’s Auxiliary of Miners’ Relief Commit- | tee. | There are tens of thousands of min- | of starvation, and many more thous- sards face the bitter cold of the win- ter in wooden barracks with insuf-| ficient clothing and shoes. The com-| mittee is of the opinion that every- one is aware of these facts, and feels that all women and their respective their sisters in distress from eight long months of strike. Send Delegates. All women’s organizations of Wil- (Continued on Page four) |facts which have come out of the hear- | Transit Commission to compel the In- CHARGES |. R. T. JUGGLES FIGURES The Interborough Company will not be able very much longer to use its claim of poverty as an excuse to delay improvement in service, according to an announcement issued yesterday by Samuel Unter- meyer, special counsel for the Transit Commission. “With its constantly growing prof- its,” Untermeyer charged, “its plea of poverty will be shown to be down- right untrue.” He further charged that the Interborough “figures have been alarmingly juggled to make it appear poor.” These disclosures are part of the ings now being conducted by the terborough to improve its service. Rapid Transit | mbine Leader af Paatihonis wes After Picture Is Taken. BOMBARD -QUILALI FROM AIRPLANES: RAVAGE COUNTRY Army of Independence Repulses Marines WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—Ag attack by a detachment of United States marines was repulsed by liberal forces under General Sandino yesterday, ac- / cording to a report received at Maring Corps Headquarters this afternoom, The number of Nicaraguans killed is unknown. One sergeant in the mar- ine detachment was killed. . Following the news of the liberal | victory, planes and marine reinforce- ments were rushed from Managua to’ Quilali, in northern Nicaragua, where | the skirmish took place. The latest attack took place yester- day, two days after the battle in | which the little band of liberals fought off a rine detachment, killing five and wounding twenty-four. At marine corps headquarters to- night it was stated that orders had been issued to troops in Nicaragua to prosecute a vigorous campaign jagainst General Sandino and his fol- | lowing. The marines have been .e joer to follow Sandino until they" * | eith ture him or force him to flee | eae See \ | MANAGUA, Jan. 2.—Reinfigee- jments of U. S. Marines and N | raguan constabulary are bein; | brought up today for a new attack |upon the army of Nicaraguan inde- pendence under General Sandino. if * |. MANAGUA, Jan, Ninoy iraguamy are reported: to have been’ killed and scores more u when an army of Uni “ma- rines supported by bombing planes attacked Quilali, occupied by Liberal troops, the army of independence un- | der General Augustino Sandino, on | New Year’s Day. Five of the marines | * were also ki during the engage- ment and twenty-three wounded. Sporadic fighting is still continuing. Subduing Nationalists. Fighting began last Friday when an army of United States marines and Nicaraguan national guards com- |menced their unsuccessful attempt to capture Sandino. Due to Sandino’s superior tactics the marines were sur- prised by the Liberals in the moun- (Continued on Page Two) MORE LOSE JOBS ~~ AS FERRIES QUIT JERSEY CITY, Jan. 2—An al- ready bad unemployment situation in Northern New Jersey is being height- ened by continual curtailment of Salvation Army to Try to Save Village The Salvation Army has its work cut out for 1928. It has made a New Year’s resolution to save Greenwich Village. Salvation Army Colonel A. T. Brewer has announced for a ten week revival campaign in this city, the Army’s entire forces in New York City will be concentrated in the “Vil- lage.” “We Were Chased Out of Our Homes,” Say Miners’ Children When nine-year-old Eddy Busulo- vich told how he and his six brothers and sisters, together with the other children of the striking miners of Harmarville, Pa., were “chased out of our houses because our Dads wouldn’t go scabby,” adding, “We are hungry, we need clothing and food will you help us win the strike?” 300 representatives at a Children’s Con- ference for Miners’ Relief meeting pledged to do their part in feeding the children of the strikers yester- day afternoon at Irving Plaza, 15th St. and Irving Pl. Strike Children Whipped. Emma Sjever, who also lives in the barracks of Acmetonia in the outskirts of Harmarville, told how at first her schoolmates tried to con- vince the children of scabs to make their fathers stop scabbing. “They didn’t stop and we have to fight them,” she said. “The principal f | u ee whips us for it, but it doesn’t hurt much and we’ve got to win! Some of these kids are ashamed of their fath- ers,” she added. About 300 representatives of unions, schools, Pioneers, Young Peo- ple’s Socialist Leagues and other children’s clubs decided to print meal tickets to sell at 10 cents each to help feed the children of the striking miners of Colorado and Pennsylvania. Milka Sablich Talks. They also agreed to call a large mass meetings, section conferences mass meeting, section conferences in about four months to check up on the work done. , Milka Sablich, Colorado strike lead- er, told how 2 children joined their mothers and fathers in the picket line before dawn. “One boy about 9 saw a guard push his mother back from the line,” she said. “He grabbed (Continued on Page Five) | Hudson River ferry service due to the recently opened Holland vehicular tunnel. The Lackawanna R. R. ferry | between Hoboken and Christopher St., |New York, now follows the lead of | the others plying the Hudson, and | beginning Jan. 3 will operate only, be- | tween 7 A. M. and 9 P. M. weekdays, | stopping entirely Sundays. The num- ber of workers made jobless is not stated. Several hundred have been laid off on the other ferries. Recent-/ ly several ferrymen who lost e jobs were arrested for telling employers in Jersey City thi tunnel air was poisoned and #] had better quit their job officials hastened to deny the; Cost of Police, Double in Past 10 WASHINGTON, Jan 2.- of police departments and courts has practically do past 10 years. In a surv cial statistics of cities just lic by the Census Burea show that the expense of tive departments has incre $3.09 per capita in 1916 to 1926. a DISREGARD CLEM ALBANY, Jan. - pleas for clemency for | are flooding the office of Goy Most of the appeals are 1 women, The governor that he will grant a of the condemned on Thursday. It is. he will int execution,