The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 7, 1928, Page 1

- Battle Cruiser “Trenton” Leaves U. S. for War on Nicaraguans; Liberal Prisoners Burned at Stake On hurried orders pea Washington, this warship departed from the Brooklyn Navy Yard to aid in Wall Street’s fight against the Nicaraguan people. the tottering regime of Diaz, agent of American financiers. Photo at right shows Nicaraguan liberal, captured as a prisoner by Diaz’s soldiers, being burned at the stake. Marines are being rushed daily in a frantic effort to maintain THE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS: FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNORGANIZED FOR THE 40-HOUR WEEK FOR A LABOR PARTY SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In New York, Vol. V. No.5. World Leaders Send Messages to Daily Worker Anniversary Revolutionary Greetings From Many Countries to Be Read at Mecca Temple Cablegrams and telegrams from all parts of the world hail the Fourth Anniversary of the founding of The DAILY WORK- ER, and indicate the tremendous importance attached to the fact that in the United States, the citadel of the most powerful, ruth- less and reactionary imperialism there has been published for four years the only Communist daily newspaper in the English Outside New York, by mail, $6,00 per year. language. Joseph Stalin and N. Bucharin, leaders of the Communist Party of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics, have sent revo- lutionary greetings to WORKER on the occasion of the | Fourth Anniversary. The Communist Party of Germany, steeled in revolutionary struggles against European reaction, realizes fully the international significance of a daily organ challenging on its own soil the invettors of the Dawes plan, and already has sent us their greet- ings. The famous Communist daily of Berlin; the Rote Fahne (the Hed |. Flag), also sends a cablegram hailing the beginning of the Fifth Year of The DAILY WORKER. To Be Read at Celebration. These messages and many others, including those from members of the Workers (Communist) Party of America, whd are now in Moscow and other parts of the world whence their revolutionary tasks have carried them, have arrived. John Pepper, well- known for his effective services to the American movement, greets the Fourth Anniversary of the paper to which he devoted so much energy to help found, A cablegram has been received from Comrade J. Louis Eng- dahl, an editor of The DAILY WORK- ER since its founding, who is now in) Moscow. These messages of revolu- tionary salutation will be read from the stage at Mecca Temple on Friday evening when the Fourth Anniversary Celebration and Concert is held. Concert An Innovation. The concert arranged as a part of the celebration is something new in the history of such celebrations, and is, of itself, sufficient to attract anj audience that fills to capacity any theatre in the city of New York, even aside from the political celebration. A number of artists of the first rank have been engaged for the con- cert, including the radiant Russian singer of folk songs, Nina Tarasova; the world famous Metropolitan Opera tenor, Paul Althouse; one of the fore- most interpretative and classic danc- ag of the day, Doris Niles, and the f \ minent violin virtuoso, Sascha Jacob- sen, Those desiring tickets should obtain them at once, as there are only five more days left until the concert and celebration, The tickets may be ob- tained at a number of stations in town and from many workers who have them, Those desiring them and who do not know workers’ selling them should call at the local office of The DAILY WORKER, 108 East 14th St., at the Jimmy Higgins Book Store, 106 University Place, where they can ob- tain seats, all of which are reserved. eo le -. ° » Relief Committee Calls A ie for Volunteers to Aid ‘4 . . ’ ° | in Miners’ Drive Today The Pennsylvania-Ohio-Colorado Miners’ Relief Committee, 799 Broadway, is calling for volunteers to assist in a special two-day re- lief drive in New York City, be- ginning today. Reports from the strike zone state that relief for the thousands of men, women and children af- The® BROACH ADMITS DEAL WITH BIG ELECTRIC BOSSES Rules Union with Hand of Tron Testifying before the Industrial Survey Commission, 44 West 44th St., yesterday afternoon, H. H. Broach, International vice president of the Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, disclosed that he had come to New York City about a year ago as a response in part to the demands of the larger employers in the indus- try who ht by unionizing the trade mgt ow the growing com- petition 6t the smaller non-union con- tractors, Broach’s testimony before the com- mission further revealed that the agreement signed last week by local 8, the reorganized local from which Broach has cleared the corrupt O’Harra group, is an agreement drawn up in the interest of these larger manufacturers with whom Broach admitted he was co-operating. Makes Agreement With Bosses. “When I saw the signs of a strike coming last autumn,” Broach testi- fied, “I went to the largest contrac- tors in the trade, not the carpet bag- gers, so to speak, and they agreed with me as to my plan of reorganiz- ing the industry.” Subsequently such “reorganization” was carried out. The union dealings with the union section of the Electrical Board of Trade were broken off and an agree- ment worked out with the Electrical Association. This latter group, Broach testified, perform by far the largest amount of work in the city and we will not deal with nor meet in conference with the representatives of the Electrical Board of Trade. Broach referred with special bitterness to Eidlitz, the chair- man of the Board of Governors of the union section of that board. Broach showed that Eidlitz in his at- sented facts and had worked hand in hand with .the numerous dual unions which had sprung up in the trade. The Industrial Survey Commission, a body created by the New York State Legislature to investigate industrial conditions, summoned Broach to ap- (Continue on Page Five) jes against the union had misrep- Entered us secomuncians o by mall, $5.00 per year. siice at New York, N. THE DAILY WS! » under the act of March 3, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1928 1579, KER Published daily except Sunday by The National Daily Worker Publishing Association, Inc, 33 Firat Street, New York, N. ¥.PTice 3 Cents CITY EDITION “COOLIDGE GUILTY” SAYS SANDINO “Spread the Coal Strike”, ” Is Demand of Conference “SAVE THE UNION” SLOGAN OF MEN FROM THE LOCALS Brophy Urges Defiance of Injunctions PITTSBURGH, Pa., Jan. 6.—Ad- dressing a conference of more than 125 striking coal miners from local unions of every subdistrict of District | Fought to Save Union | S ANDINO PR i ‘a sia WILL GIVE UP 5, United Mine Workers of America, with a number of visiting representa- tives from Eastern Ohio and Central Penna., that met yesterday in Walton hall to discuss-the strike situation a1 and ways and to save their union, John Brophy, for ten years President of District No. 2, United Mine Work- ers and “Save the Union” candidate against John L. Lewis in the last eiection declared that “if the strike 1s to be won, if the union is to be preserved, then the present strike which is one of fighting on a very narrow front must be taken out of ihe stage of deadlock. This can only pe done by spreading the strike into other coal fields. A real fighting policy is the only way to achieve vic- tory.” “The injunction in this strike has been used to interfere with our con- stitutional rights. Such misuse of the injunctive power must be met with mass defiance.” Brophy further stated to the as- sembled body, that nationalization of mines with democratic management was the only adequate remedy for the ills of the coal industry and this policy, which the miners’ union is committed to by action of various In- ternational Conventions, should be ac- (Continued on Page Three) Four Coal Miners Released on Bail PITTSBURGH, Jan. 6.—Tom Zina, Milan Rester and Peter Muselin, who were sentenced to five years, and Steve Bradich, who was sentenced to John Brophy, leader of militant miners, foretold in his campaign for president of the union the disaster into which the policies of his op- ponent, Lewis, would lead, LEWIS MINE MEET ENDS;NO PROGRAM International Union Conference Closes (Special To The DAILY WORKER.) PITTSBURGH, Jan. 6.—The spe- cial emergency conference of repre- sentatives from 31 international unions which met here yesterday and was addressed by William Collins, or- ganizer for the American Federation of Labor and Phillip Murray, vice president of the United Mine Work- ers, adjourned today without adopt- ing a specific program. Called without any publicity to dis- cuss the critical situation of the United Mine Workers in the tenth month of the strike, the organizers two and a half years three weeks ago | were in conference for several hours on charges of violation of the Flyn anti-sedition act, will be released to- morrow on bail of $7,000 each which was furnished by William J. White of the International Labor Defense. Motion for a writ of superseadas was argued before Judge Porter of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania by Henry H. Wilson. The required bail was then offered when sentence was passed, but Judge McDonnell re- fused to accept it, the result being that the men had to remain in jail for three weeks. Girl Works 14 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week for $5 Wage BAYONNE, N. J., Jan. 6.—How Mathilde Wagner, 21, worked in a bakery for fifteen months, fourteen hours @ day, seven days a week, only to receive half the $10 weekly prom- ised her as wages, was revealed in Second District Court here yesterday fected is’ more urgent than ever. Those eager to aid in the drive are requested to call the office of the committee, Stuyvesant 8881. EE AEE TS CORE ATS before Judge Ernst, who denied her suit because of lack of proof. Orphaned as a child, Mathilde went to live with her step sister, Mrs. John Szfransky. For many years she worked in a factory at $6 a week, which she gave her step sister. Four years ago John Szfransky opened a bakery at 847 Broadway, Bayonne, with a partner, and Mathilde was employed in it. Szfransky paid her $5 a week, promising to give her the other $5 a week in a lump sum when she was married. In 1926 she mar- ried a railroad fireman, but her boss refused to pay up. In court here he denied that he ever made a promise. } ‘ in the Carpenters’ Union building. No Program. “We have no specific program,” (Continued on Page Two) | Threatens Violence To Daily Worker Editor, DAILY WORKER: Dear Sir: I lost my brother in the sinking of the—“S-4”—I’m a vet of the World War—A party of us vet- erens will come down to your plant and TEAR IT TO PIECES —fine title—“%4”—“U. S. Marines continue to kill Nicaraguans” stick to your red ink about wages and hours—but I warn you to cast no slurrs against this government Go to any God damned place you like better no body is keeping you Reds here Emma Goldman went too far she’d kiss the sidewalks if she could get back— Undertakers live by burying people—you live by feeding numb- skulls all kinds of propagander— spreading discontent—you will be out of a job very soon— HAEDRICH REID. Sayville, L. I., January 5, 1928 Pa NEE REPRE DA) NEMEC ho” 5 e 1 FORLEADERSHIP Vaca Says 3 Diaz Rule is Imposed On Country PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 6. — The struggle in Nicaragua is the direct result of the imposition of the re- actionary Diaz government upon the people of Nicaragua, Dr. T. S. Vaca, confidential agent of the Nicaraguan Liberals in the United States, de- clared to representatives of the press yesterday. Denouncing the intervention of the United States in the affairs of Nica- ragua, Dr. Vaca stated that he had learned from questionable sources that the army of independence under Gen- eral Sandino is well equipped and trained and will fight so long as there is one man left alive “against this unjustified exploitation and conquest by a foreign invader.” Dr. Vaca declared that the Liberal forces are constantly growing and are already far superior to those which took part in the first éngagement at Quilali. General Sandino can depend upon the support of all Nicaraguans in the northern and eastern districts of the country and wherever the in- fluence of the Liberal armies may spread, he said. Wall Street’s War. “The present situation in Nica- ragua,” Dr. Vaca asserted, “is the di- rect result of the imposition last May of the Diaz regime on the Nicaraguan people, exhausted and bleeding after a year of constant civil war. It is the direct result of the machinations of the New York financiers, assisted by the marines sent by the state depart- ment and the financial support sent to the bankers’ agent, Adolfo Diaz. “There can be no peace or |iappiness for mankind while there exists no jus- tice but that imposed at the point of the bayonet, and that is the sort of justice that Nicaragua is “enjoying” today. Flays Stimson. “When Colonel L. Stimson, without paying any attention to the most fun- damental principles of equity, decreed that the ‘honor and prestige of the United States’ required unconditional support of the Diaz government and declared that the United States for- ces were about to proceed with the immediate disarming of the victorious forces of the constitutional govern- ment of Dr. Juan B. Sacasa, he de- finitely involved the United States in an unprecedented act against a de- fenseless nation, whose tyrany will always have to bear the guilt of shedding this human blood. “Col. Stimson did more than that. With a menacing gesture of forcible (Continued on Page Two) minder at Paris Island, has been ordered to resume command of the U.S. marine forces in Nicaragua. He had previously served faithfully the American capitalists in crush- ing resistance to their bloody rule in Nicaragua. COPS IN CHARGE AT LODGE HOUSE At the New York Municipal Lodg- ing House, 432 E. 25th St., supposedly a public refuge, unemployed workers these cold nights are being admitted by uniformed police officers in groups of about 25. After being carefully scrutinized they are admitted to a mess hall for “supper.” The capacity of the lobby is about 150 but only 25 are admitted at once, while a long line of men, women and | children in desperate need of shelter | wait in the street. -Line Is Double. A long double line of applicants pa- tiently waits till the doors are opened at 6:30 in the evening. Then the po- | lice patrol car rolls up. About 10 policemen get out to guard the doors. Each applicant must pass a gauntlet of police and petty municipal offi- cials. Many men coming down the dismal street to the lodging house upon see- ing the police car turn around and walk quickly away. They have heard that only one night’s lodging a month is permitted to those who come from outside the city limits. Those who apply for shelter twice in one month are threatened with prison as “vagrants.” No Talking Allowed. Absolute silence must be maintained in the dining room. Superintendent Edward E, MacMahon or one of his representatives stands in the door- way to compel observance of this rule. MacMahon last night on one occasion hurried in to caution a man who had dared to ask his neighbor for the bread he had left beside his plate. (Continued on Page Five, Connolly, Under Fire of Graft Charges, Quits Job Maurice E. Connolly, borough presi dent of Queens, now under fire in the $29,500,000 sewer graft scandal, has quit. Yesterday he appointed ‘August Kupka, assistant commissioner of public works in Queens, to be acting head of the borough. Connolly is one of the Tammany men slated to be swept out of office in conformity with Gov. Smith’s am- bition to appear as a presidential can- didate with cleaner skirts than is , Clever Move. The Queen’s president’s action is considered by local politicians to be a clever move intended to make im- possible his substitution in office by a man hostile to him. The acting presi- dent, Kulpa, is an old crony of Con- nolly’s and there is no danger of his turning over damaging records to the political opponents who are probing (Continued on Page Two) a with Tammany politicians. LIVES TO RETAIN OUR FREEDOM” Rumor Marines Desert in Nicaragua (Special to The Daily Worker.) MEXICO CITY, Jan. 6.—Pres- ident Calvin Coolidge is charged | with responsibility for the Unit- ed States war against Nicaragu- ‘an independence by General Au- gusto C. Sandino, in a statement issued by the rebel leader from Nuevo..Segovia, in northern Nicara-. gua, according to reports received here. Holding that Adolfo Diaz (main- tained in the presidency by the United States) is “nothing but a lackey for President Coolidge,” Sandino declares in the proclamation that: “Today, more that ever, we resent having trai- tors and invaders of our country come in search of us. We shall give our lives if necessary in order that our people may enjoy true liberty, which s the right of all men. “The only person responsible for all that is occurring now, and that will occur in the future here in Nicar- agua, is President Calvin Coolidge, because he has obsti in sustaining in power Adolfo Diaz, an indivyy the conte t of guans.” ie good Nicara- Many Marines Desert. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6—A num- ber of marines have. deserted in Nicaragua and have, joined the San- dino forces, it is authoritatively stated here. Official reports disclose |that there have been a number of | desertions altho the exact number has |not been revealed. | Altho Major General Lejeune, ma- rine corps commandant, has issued }a statement denying the desertions, | official records disclose that a num- ber of marines deserted in the Nicar- |agua campaign. The inference that the marines joined the Sandino forces is contained in a number of despatches necelvers here. Sandino nselelees Tells. The fierce resistance of the army of independence under General San- dino and their own serious» losses in |the Jast week’s engagements in northern Nicaragua have taken some of the fight out of the leaders of the United States marine corps, dis- patches reaching New York from the war zone indicated, and they are waiting quietly at Quilali for rein- forcements and apparently in no frame of mind to risk attacking the (Continued on Page Two) Clothing Union Sets Date for Election The executive board of Local 5 of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ | Union, which was recently empowered iby a membership meeting to set the date for local elections, yesterday an- nounced next Wednesday as the ten- tative date. However, certain pre- liminary technical arrangements must be made, it was said, before the elee- tions take place. . The elections in this local are to be held in spite of instructions to the contrary issued by Abraham Becker- |man, manager of the New York Joint Board, who is reported as fear- ing the election of progressives might result in his losing control of the union. 6