The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 5, 1928, Page 1

Cr * Ky 7. \ ’ THE DAILY Wo Entered as second-class maiicr ut the Post Office at New York, N. ¥., under the act of March 3, 1879. Published daily except Sunday by The National Daily Worker NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1928 Publishing Axssociation, Inc., 33 First Street, New York. N. ¥. Price 3 Cents US. NICARAGUA WAR RAGES HEARST EXPERTS Ee ADMITDOCUMENTS ARE FORGERIES Stunt by Publisher Who Feared: Denunciation WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 4.—The special senate committee investiga- ting the alleged Mexican “documents” published in the Hearst newspapers today were told by experts employed by the publisher himself that they were fraudulent. Hearst said he engaged the experts at the request of the committee, and the report to the investogators was made by William A. Deford, Hearst’s lawyer. This device was resorted by Hearst it is understood, in an effort to anticipate denunciation of the fake. Sheffield Testifies. During the same session James R. Sheffield, former ambassador to Mex- \ ico, also testified. Sheffield lost his job as a result of “indiscretions” in permitting to be made public instruc- tions for the U. S. state department relative to anti-Calles propaganda in Mexico. THE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS: FINAL CITY FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNORGANIZE! FOR THE 40-HOUR WEEK FOR A LABOR PARTY EDITION esau & . Vol. V. No. 3. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In New York, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside New York, by mail, $6.00 per year. Eight Warships Leave Boston as Harbor Strike at Corinto Shows Masses in Southern Republic Oppose American Ratds THESE MEN ARE TARGETS FOR U.S. BOMBS IN NICARAGUA Rush Planes from _ Managua Against _ Sandino’s Liberals |Marines Murderers, Says Former Secretary of | . Navy, Josephus Daniels More U. S. Troops Sail from Canal Zone in General Meye’to Front MANAGUA, Jan. 4.—With more United States marines and battleships rushing to Nicaragua, Corinto stevedores who walked out yesterday as a protest against American intervention still re- fused to unload ships in spite of the attempt of the National Guard, led by United States officers, to break the strike. The Diaz gow ernment is rushing strikebreakers to Corinto. Altho the strikers are demanding a wage increase, the walk- rule of Diaz, the puppet placed in office by American capitalists. ; The U. S. War department is rushing additional marines to Nicaragua in an effort to annihilate the liberal forces. Since Col. Henry L. Stimson, Coolidge’s agent, announced that “peace” has been established in that country, nearly a thousand Nicaraguans and large number of U. S. marines have been killed in numerous battles, IRT, BMT WORKERS “Not Genuine.” Mae eS: One of the handwriting experts, El- bridge W. Stein, of New York City, said: Sigman Meeting Ends in ¥ “All the disputed signatures of P. Elias Calles (President of Mexico) are, in my opinion, unquestionably not genuine. “The three disputed signatures of L. Montes de Oca (Minister of- Fi- nance) are, in my opinion, unquestion- ably not genuine. “There is some evidence that thirty- nine. of the disputed documents were Hoover No Socialist PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan. 4. — ‘Indignant denial was made by Wil- liam Hard, newspaper man and con- fidential adviser of Herbert Hoover, possible presidential candidate for 1928, that the latter was even slight- ly guilty of “socialist” tendencies. La- bor leaders here stated that Hoover’s record proved it. Paderewski in Legion NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y., Jan. 4. —Ignace Paderewski, Polish pianist and former fascist premier, was made an honorary member of the American Legion by the lécal post on his return to America after two years’ absence. His first concert on his return was given here last night. UNEMPLOYMENTIN NATION GROWING The State. of Virginia is studying means to find employment for 25,000 jobless in the region of Richmond, Baltimore is checking the accuracy of an estimate that 20 per cent of her workers are without jobs. These facts developed in discus- sions in the annual meeting in Wash- ington during the past week of the American Economic Ass’n. which were noticeably affected by the shadow of unemployment—present and pros- pective. In various ways a number of speakers voiced the same belief—that unemployment now existing in the JAILED IN COLO, IN RAID ON HALL Workers Aroused Over Attack..on Strikers _ By FRANK L. PALMER. (Special to The Daily Worker.) CANON CITY, Colo., Jan. 4.—Fur- ther wholesale arrests by state police today arouses new spirit of loyalty among strikers. One hundred and seventeen were arrested this morning in a raid on the Industrial Workers of the World hall in Walsenburg. The hall is reported wrecked by state po- lice who claim to have found clubs with the letters I. W. W. on them in red. Other Arrests. Eight others were arrested in Canon City and East Walsenberg when police invaded a_ picketing meeting. Efforts of Colorado Fuel and Iron Co. to reopen mines have failed. Only 12 men have returned to.work out of 114 reported anxious to scab despite picketing. The Industrial Commission is to meet here Tuesday. It will be char- acterized by sensational evidence that Pikeview, the biggest mine in the Col- many months without scales, paying orado Springs region, had operated its men by guess work. This charge by strikers is upheld by city ministers and professors who are staunch in their friendship to the men. Expect New Drive. Strike leaders are confident that neither a new drive in the southern fields by the coal operators nor the strikebreakers’ tactics by the state government in their ‘endeavor to break the morale of the men will not succeed, but will only arouse a new storm of protest among the workers. A big mass meeting will be held here tonight. The armory was rented but Col. Newlon cancelled the ar- rangements. The state police have announced that they will arrest any Battle; Dove of Peace Killed One dead pigeon and _ several black eyes were the casualties re- sulting from an installation meet- ing held at Webster Hall Tuesday night by the dual Operators Local 2 established by the right wing in the International Ladies Garment When 2 white pigeons were let loose at this meeting the conflict that has been going on in the ranks of the right wing of the Cloakmak- ers Union broke out into the open. President Sigman himself had come to install the .newly elect-officers. Just as soon as Sigman had finished introducing the new chairman, the doors opened and two white pigeons flew upward as a large bouquet of white flowers was brought in. They were brought in by a section of the right wingers who want peace in the union, The bouquet and the doves had ribbons attached ~ r ‘peace when one of the pigeons perched on the platform near Sigman, a _sup- porter of his snatched at it. Those who brought the bird ran in to save it, and in the general free-for-all that followed the poor pigeon was torn to pieces, eyes were blackened and one of the door guards fainted. CAB MEN REPORT DULL NEW YEAR “The deadest New, Year’s in the history of our trade,” is the way taxi drivers are characterizing the holi- day season which has just passed. Canvasses made by a reporter of The DAILY WORKER with the view these workers have received as their reward for the unusually strenuous activities during the holiday seasons, reveal that the taxi drivers have suf- fered a serious set back in earnings. Lean Holiday. New Year’s eve, ordinarily a “har- vest” night for the cabmen, passed with almost no increase over usual nightly: earnings. When asked for an explanation of the fact taxi drivers were uniform in that the present wave of unemployment and lowered wages are responsible. One taxi driver in Brooklyn re- ported that four-fifths of his riders traveled a distance of less than one mile. Tips are exceedingly small, an- other stated. The mileage covered during the average daily run, one driver pointed. out, has risen to the record of over one hundred miles. of ascertaining at first hand what) FULLER BOASTS OF SACCO EXECUTION BOSTON, Mass., Jan. 4,—Self- righteousness in connection with his part in the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti pervaded the whole annual message delivered yesterday by Gov. Alvan T. Fuller to the Massachusetts legislature. At the same time he admitted that legal reforms are advisable to avert “difficulties forced upon us in the year 1927 by zealous defenders of persons convicted of murder.” Fuller praised, without mentioning them by name, his advisory commit- tee which joined with him in his de- termination to carry out the death sentence against Sacco and Vanzetti. Several years ago this average was less than fifty. Cabmen now operate for a shift of between ten and fourteen hours daily. Average earnings are between five and eight dollars a day. Most of them are compelled to work seven days a week in order to earn a living. The 53,000 taxi drivers in the city have been left unorganized by the International Brotherhood of Team- sters. AT MASS MEETING ON INJUNCTION Hear Renewal of Pledge to’ Fight Corporations” Several hundred L.R.T. and B.-M.T. traction workers forced their way through an almost equal number of company spies and spotters to attend an organization mass meeting last night at the New Harlem Casino. The determination of these work- ers in appearing repeatedly at these meetings at the greatest risk to themselves, was the subject of ad- miration on the part of other trade unionists who attended the meeting. Workers Doubtful. The workers applauded the an- nouncements by the speakers that the injunction would be “fought to a finish,” but it was distinctly notice- able that such promises did not bring forth the enthusiasm they had called forth at previous meetings. This change is attributed to the fact that the workers in the beginn- ing took such statements to mean that the A. F. of L. organizers were prepared ‘to violate the anti-labor re- straining orders and have had doubt cast on their confidence by the con- tinued delay in legal proceedings. Leaves Out Unorganized. The principal speaker was Edward F. McGrady, organizer of the A.F.L., who delivered a lengthy address tracing the history of the Federation efforts for the workers, without touching upon the large unorganized masses in the basic industries, Neal Sherry, a member of the exe- cutive board of the United Mine (Continuec on Page Five) LONG TERM FOR 50 CENTS. Roy Green, 18, who pleaded guilty to robbing Leo Shapiro of 50 cents in a hold-up, has been sentenced to serve from seven and a half to 15 years in Sing Sing prison by Judge Adel in a Long Island City court. out is primarily intended as a protest against the recently-launched ff NICARAGUAN WAR PROTEST TONIGHT “The mass slaughter of the national liberation forces in Nicaragua will be protested tonight at a mass meet- ing of the Workers (Communist) Party at Irving Plaza Hall, Irving Place and 15th St. at 8 o’clock. Also Discuss China Revolt. Originally arranged to discuss the magnificent revolt of the workers of Canton, China, and to protest against the torture and murder of citizens of the Union of Socialist Soviet Repub- lies by the imperialist agents of the Nanking government, tonight’s meet- ing is to also include the Nicaraguan question because of the provocation of open warfare by the armed forces of the Mellon-Coolidge-Kellogg gov- ernment. Will Demand War Stop. A demand will be made that no more marines be sent to defend American investments in Latin Amer- ica or any other part of the world and that those forces already there be instantly withdrawn. The speakers at the meeting will be H. M. Wicks and Wm. F. Dunne of The DAILY WORKER; M. J. Olgin, editor of the Hammer and P. T. Lau of Philadelphia, an official of the Hands off China Committee. William W. Weinstone, district organ- izer of the Party, will be chairman. SEWER RECORDS THEFT UNSOLVED No progress has been made, of- ficials in charge admitted yesterday, in the investigation into the theft of documents relating to Queens sewer campaign against the liberals led by General Sandino, Only Western Port. Corinto is the only western port of Nicaragua suitable for sea going vessels and the strike threatens to tie up supplies and of time. The steamer Panama, bound for Venezuela, was unable to unload its cargo. The government is reported to be rushing strikebreakers to Managua. Widespread Feeling. Corinto has always been known as a Liberal stronghold and the steve- dores’ strike is believed to represent a widespread feeling not only among the Liberal elements in the town, but especially among the Nicaraguan workers. * * WASHINGTON, Jan. 4-—The navy announced today that the U. S. gun- boat Tulsa, carrying 11 officers, 154 bluejackets and 26 marines, sailed from Balboa, in the canal zone, for Corinto, Nicaragua, this morning. The cruiser Rochester, flagship of Rear Admiral Sellers, left Balboa yesterday, carrying 23 officers, 500 bluejackets, and 150 marines. . s * BOSTON, Jan. 4.—A tense atmos phere reminiscent of the World War hovered over the docks of Boston to- day when two battleships, five fleet destroyers and a mine layer steamed out of this port for southern waters. The ships which left were the de- stroyers McFarland, Sturtevant, Over- ton, Putnam and J. K. Paulding, the |battleship Florida, the battleship Utah and the mine-layer Oglala. Altho the Navy Yard formally an- nounced that the warcraft are bound |for winter war drill in Hampton | Roads, it is believed that they will jeventually head for Nicaraguan wa- | ters. Short leaves were suddenly can celled and the telegraph, telephone and messengers were used to round up the seamen. The destination of the mine layer |Oglala was known to be Nicaragua, Her orders were to proceed to Hamp- ton Roads to take aboard 33 officers United States is largely due to the|Speaker who takes the platform, Tt , " wer | and 433 men to steam to Nicaragua. increased efficiency of Taainenn pro-|@among whom will be John. Wesley N A I iI N -F R M al IP DRI V E ON from the offices of the Awixa | . * «8 cesses, through which many workers|Baker, a theological student, and ; shang ees) L. 1. The | Calls Troops Murderers. are thrown aside as being no longer|Winifred R. Moeers, a Denver Uni- pany handled shout one-fourth of the | parniGH, N. , Jane «ae necessary to production. The number of workers in industry falls while the production curve rises. George Soule, of the Labor Bureau, Inc., New York, told the meeting in its final session that it was “a dis- grace” that in view of the competitive character of our industrial society there has been provided no adequate national system whereby workers displaced from their jobs by these ad- vances in efficiency are not placed in other jobs, and given unemployment benefit payments during the period of their compulsory ,idleness. Other speakers cited regional un- employment crisis, and the chronic shortage of employment in coal and certain other industries. One econ- omist said he feared that world con- ditions would bring wholesale depres- sion and unemployment to the United States within five years, and that the government would not have made any preparation to meet this crisis. versity student. Plan to Rationalize The Coal Mines at the Expense of the Workers WASHINGTON, Jan. 4, — Bills to legalize the merger of bituminous coal: mines into one huge trust, have been introduced into the Senate and House by Senator Copeland and Represen- tative Jacobstein of New: York. The bills would make lawful but voluntary the organization of the bi- tuminous coal barons into. a co-opera- tive producing and distributing com- bine, the announced purpose of which is the savings to be effected. It ‘is believed, however, that. the move is part of the rati pro-. cess forced upon the capitalists in the face of the increasing economic de- pression, + @Plans to open a nation-wide cam- paign against the anti-labor frame- .|up system are now being completed with the announcement of a coast-to- coast speaking tour by James P, Cannon, national secretary of Inter- national Labor Defense, according to the national office of the organization at 80 E. 11th Street, New York City, The subject of the speaking tour will be “The American Frame-up System,” and will deal with every phase of this American institution which has become particularly in- famous. since the noted Sacco-Van- zetti.case. Cannon will deal with the history of the frame-up system as | used against the labor movement in this country since the days of the Haymarket Martyrs, tracing its de- velopment through from that to the ‘Moyer-Haywood-Pettibone case, the |Mooney-Billings case, Centralia, the Michigan Communist 'trials, the Sacco- Vanzetti case and the most’ recent the labor movement. indicated. Well Known Organizer. since his national tour in 1924. The tour will not only open the cam- paign against the frame-up system, but will also be combined with a sub- scription campaign for the Labor De- fender, the official organ of the In- ternational Labor Defense. It is planned to give @ free trial subscrip- tion to the Labor Defender with every ticket of admission bought for a meeting at which Cannon speaks, Furnishes Legal Defense. The International Labor Defense has been actively engaged in the past two years in furnishing legal defense and arranging, protest and publicity campaigns on a national and interna- frame-up ‘in the Greco-Carillo case.} tional scale for working class victims The mechanism of the frame-up sys-|of capitalist persecutions. It was the tem will be revealed and its effects on organizing center for the tremendous wave of protest that swept the coun- try at the height of the Sacco-Van- This will be the first tour of James|zetti campaign and recently aided in P. Cannon, who is: well-known as a|the organization of the defense move- labor organizer, speaker and writer,| ment for the two Italian anti-Fascists, Greco and Carillo. It is planned that Cannon cover all the main cities from Boston and New York to Los Angeles and Seattle, as well as numerous smaller cities, under the auspices of International Labor Defense and sympathetic labor or- ganizations. The International Labor Defense also announced that all locals of the I. L. D, and sympathetic organiza- tions wishing to arrange meetings $16,000,000 sewer work in Jamaica, which caused the opening of the pres- ent inquiry into the graft which to- tals $29,500,000, and of which Maurice Connolly, borough president of Queens, is said to be the principal beneficiary. Amza W. Biggs, former Suffolk county sheriff, assigned as detective in the case admitted that so far no “clues” have been found. Acting Dis- trict Attorney Alexander Blue and | several special investigators also ad- mitted that they have no contribu- tion to make in solving the theft. Blue’s boss, District Attorney Hil- dreth, left for Bermuda for a mid- winter vacation the day the robberies were committed. Functionaries at former U. S. At- torney Buckner’s office were quick to point out yesterday that Justice with James P. Cannon write im- mediately for dates to the national office, Room 402, 80 E. 11th Street, New York City. Townsend Scudder in charge of the investigation, has the power to sub- poena any records that he needs and has “no need for burglary.” | Nicaraguan conflict today was char- acterized as “a crime and stain upon our country,” by Josephus Daniels, former secretary of the navy. “I think it is a crime and a stain upon our country,” Daniels said, \“that the lives of these brave sol- diers, who are doing their country’s bidding, should be sacrificed for a cause tainted with dollar diplomacy.” “Troops of a nation which goes to war for money or dollars are not war- riors, but murderers.” * * * WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. — A drive by Democratic and Republican “in- surgents” for the withdrawal of Amer- ican marines from Nicaragua was launched in the senate this afternoon, A_ resolution, charging President Coolidge with “imperialistic tyranny” in using the marines in Nicaragua and providing for their immediate with- drawal, was introduced by Senator (Turn to Page 2, Column 1) \ \ ( shipping for an indefinite length ~