The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 9, 1928, Page 1

— FIGHTS: FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNORGANIZED 40-HOUR WEEK FOR THE FOR A LABOR PARTY Vol. V. No. 6 Many Labor Organizations| SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In New York, by mail, $5.00 per year. Outside New York, by mail, $6.00 per year. HailDaily WorkerasGuide in Fights Against Reaction Fifth Year Begins with Increased Support on Part of Masses Many trade unions and other workers’ organizations have come to regard The DAILY WORKER as the defender of their elementary demands. That the last year has brought to many thousands of workers some appreciation ‘of the efforts of the | only Communist daily paper in t he English language is indicated | by the many messages of congratulation that are already pour-| ing in on the occasion of the Fourth Anniversary of the birth | of the paper. s All Mention Labor Struggle. Without exception al! the messages of greetings refer to some specific struggle in which the columns of The DAILY WORKER have been used ef- fectively in organizational work or as a guide to action when the masses were looking in vain to the old leaders of the labor movement for a solution of their problems. One of the mes- sages from a section where there is not even one Party member says: “When we were faced with a serious problem that we could not solve, we would decide to wait until we re- ceived our daily paper, confident that its comment upon our struggle would also contain the solution for the im- mediate situation, and we were never disappointed.” Herein is the indica- tion, at least as applied to the prob- Jems of the workers of that locality, of the claim that The DAILY WORK- ER is functioning as the collective \ organizer of the working class. Will Celebrate Anniversary. It is these workers, who appreciate the significance of maintaining the paper, who will participate in the an- niversary celebrations that are being held in various parts. of the country. Nowbere has The DAILY WORK- ER been more effective as a guide to action than in the great labor struggles of New York and vicinity and these workers will have an oppor- tunity to celebrate the close of four years’ activity and the beginning of ple, this cludes, in addition to the usual ‘fea: tures, a musical and theatrical pro- gram that surpasses anything of a similar nature presented in New York » this season, Tarasova’s Last Appearance. As many of the readers of our pa- per are interested in Russia and ad- mire the folk songs that are so en- ticing, the arrangements committee has been fortunate enough to induce the famous Russian singer of folk songs, Nina TaraSova, to appear at the celebration and concert. This will be the last appearance of this inter- nationally famous star on an Ameri- ean stage before she starts another European tour. Others to appear are Doris Niles, the famous interpreta- tive and classic dancer who stands alone in her class; Paul Althouse, the world renowned Metropolitan Opera tenor, and Sascha Jacobsen, the violin virtuoso. Injunction Business of Right Wing Grows Growing hard times in American industry has not hit the injunction business of the United Hebrew Trades. This business is flourishing. For the fifth time, the United He- brew Trades and its secretary, Mor- ris Feinstone, have applied for an in- junction against the Retail Grocery Clerks. On four previous occasions, the best injunction judges in Brook- lyn, try, as they would, were unable to find the necessary excuse for grant- ing the United Hebrew Trades’ appli- cation for a restraining order. Fifth Attempt. Applying for the fifth time before Justice Dunn, in special term Su- preme Court in Brooklyn, the United Hebrew Trades with the aid of some dozen affidavits and other sworn tes- timony, was able last Saturday to put over its fifth attempt. ‘ Aids Bosses, Using the name of Bickhoff, of 718 Saratoga Ave., a grocery firm against whom the Grocery Clerks are con- ducting a strike, the United Hebrew Trades, providing its own lawyer, Louis Marcus, supposedly paying all costs of the proceedings and furnish- ing all letters which had been written to it by the union, secured the in- junction. On January 10th the order comes up for final argument. Members Vote Support. At a meeting held by the Retail Grocery and Dairy Clerks’ Union at 142 Second Ave., last Tuesday, the members voted to tax themselves one dollar each per week for the contin- uance of the fight against the right wing dual union, 8 ARRESTED FOR MINERS’ STRIKE _ RELIEF APPEALS Eight volunteers for funds for the relief of the striking miners of the Pennsylvania, Ohio and the Colorado fields were arrested yesterday and Saturday in New York City. They were participating,in the tag-day ar- ranged by the Pennsylvania-Ohio- Colorado Miners’ Relief Committee, 799 Broadway. Rose Kugler and Louis Garminat who were arrested in Coney Island Saturday were given suspended sen- vences’when arraigned before Magis- crate Healy in the Coney Island police court yesterday morning. Jacques Buitkant, retained by the Inter- national Labor Defense appeared as counsel for the eight. Others Arrested. Four workers who were collecting funds in the vicinity of Broadway ana 42nd Street, Saturday morning were given summonses to appear in Jeffer- son Market Court, Wednesday morn- ing. They are Joe Ancher, Abraham Entered as pecund-cians mide, a: Marine FEAR WORKERS MAY JOIN WITH SANDINO FORCE Havana Meet. May Hear | of Nicaragua MANAGUA, Jan. 8—Fearing that railroad communications with Mana- gua may be cut off as the result of the stevedores’ strike at the harbor of Corinto and the maneuvers of armed patrols which are reported to} be gathering in the hills outside of | the town, Col. Mason Gulick, com-| mander of the United States marine | forces in Nicaragua, left for Corinto | by airplane. The strike of stevedores which has been tying up Nicaraguan shipping | for days was declared in sympathy | with the struggle of the army of in-| dependence under General Augustino | Sandino, a mine worker. If the har- | bor workers join the armed forces gathered outside Corinto, it is feared hy the United States officials and the | Nicaraguan national guard that these | forces may seize the port and cut | off all communication between Man-| agua and the sea. On Way to Corinto. Detachments of several hundreds of | | marines are already on their way to| Corinto and the seizure of the port | would deprive them of a landing place | in Nicaragua as Corinto is the soe, ta harbor suitable for sea-going vessels | cn the west coast of Nicaragua. Lefkowitz, Sara Novikoff and Ray Feinblatt. John H. McCarthy, who was given a sunans in the same ’ ing. "en connected e Com- munity Church. $500 Bail. Joseph Basten, taken into custody yesterday, and held in $500 bail, was scheduled for trial in the 54th Street Night Court at a late hour yesterday. ' All of the workers who were given summonses or arrested are charged with violating Section 196 of the city ordinances, which is punishable with a fine up to $500 or six months in jail. UNIONIST ADOPTS BOSSES’ METHOD Simultaneously with the announce- ment that William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, would personally conduct the fight against the use of injunctions in la- bor disputes at Washington comes the information that an injunction has been obtained by Abraham Shiplacoff, taanager of the International Pocket Makers Union, against an employer in the trade. “Tha resort to injunctions by a union, we know, is unusual,” Shipla- coff admitted, “but we will now meet the employers with their own weap- \ ons.” The proceedings arose out of the ettmept of Cohen Brothers and Ber- man, 28 West 34th St., to violate an ugreement with the union by moving its plant from New York to Lyn- brook. The agreement witlthe union does not expire until August, 1929. Goes to Enemy Workers. The injunction secured by Shipla- jcoff is intended to prevent the firm from discharging its employes and moving to Lynbrook. It was granted by Supreme Court Justice Thomas C. T. Crane, notorious injunction | judge, who has handed down more than a score of restraining orders against union activity within recent months. : y “The employers may find the in- junction a double edged sword,” Ship- lacoff beasted. “Given a fair judi- ciary, labor can occasionally make use of it as well as capital.” Right Wing Aids Bosses. Shiplacoff is a socialist and one of the so-called right wing leaders of |¢ the needle trades. ,In the pre-war period when the socialist party was still fighting for the interests of la- bor its opposition to the use of in- junctions in labor disputes™was bitter and open. In recent times right wing leaders in the needle trades have not only abandoned their previous stand but are known to have co-operated with the employers in securing in- junctions against militant trade unionists ee eee oe eS Bae cepa Riana “ere Mone poets | will not accept this offer. The loss of Corinto would be a severe hlow to the Diez ve regime and its American marine supporters, since by the port w datien * - win Pros Case. MEXICO CITY, Jan. 8—An at- tempt to place the Nicaraguan ques- tion before the Pan-American confer- | ence which opens at Havana on Jan- |" uary 16 will be made by Pedro) Zepeda, who now represents General | Sandino in Mexico City. Zepeda announced that he intends, to form a commission which will go | to Havana during the Pan-American | sessions, and which will conduct a campaign against the admission of the representatives of the Diaz) regime to the conference. The con-| servative government of Diaz has only been recognized by a small num- ber of Latin-American states, Zepeda declared. The delegation appointed’ by the Diaz regime recently announced that (like the United States) it would ex- | ert every effort to outlaw the dis-| cussion of the Nicaraguan situation | at the Havana conference. . . . MEXICO CITY, Jan. 8.—The Mexi- can delegation t» the Pan-American conference at Havana is reported to have received inptructions from President Calles not to bring up any issue which may be embarrassing to (Continued on Page Two) Untermyer Offers Compromise to I. R. T.' Samuel Untermeyer, special coun- sel for the New York State Commis- sion, has sent a letter to the Inter- horough Rapid Transit Company of- ; fering a compromise in the differ- ences existing between the city and the company. The offer proposes that the city help finance the buying of 432 new vars which the Interborough has been ordered to purchase, help finance the cost of extending local platform sta- tions and give other similar aid. In turn the company is to cancel some 4,800,000 of accrued preferentials which the’ city now owes the com-~ pany under the dual subway con- tract arrangement, by which the city guarantees the I. R. T. a yearly sum of $6,335,000. It is admitted that the Interborough In some quarters it 1s interpreted merely as ‘& propaganda weapon further to dis- credit the group in control of the railroad in the interests of the Mor- Conboy Funeral Today The funeral of Sarah Conboy, sec- retary of the United Textile Work- ers Union, who died Saturday even- ing, will be held this morning from her home in Brooklyn. Prominent reactionary officials of the American Federation of Labor are expected to attend the funeral. | “ . tae fun Uifice at New York, N.Y. NEW YORK, MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1928 MACHINE GUNS FACE PENNA. MINERS Commander Fhes to Break ik Corinto . Strike THE DAILY WORKER. under the act of March 3, 1879. Published daily except Sunday by The National Daily Worker Publishing Association, Inc., 33 First Street, New Bullets, Bombs Back Dollar Diplomacy in War on Nicaraguans~ | ‘Phe Amer.can sinanciers are waging real war against the Nicaraguan liberation movement. Bat- tleships and transports with marines are being shipped daily. Pictures show (upper left) armed Nica- raguans ready for battle; (upper right) street scene in Leon, Nicaragua; (lower left) view of a town wrecked by the soldiers of Diaz, puppet of American investors; (lower right) U. S. marines on duty, waiting to attack Nicaraguan diberals. NotaM Imperi re ‘ | vidusly decked with flowery words of “good will” and “Pan-American coop- eration,” opens in the midst of an ac- tual imperialist, Wall Street war of | aggression against Latin-America. The true meaning of Pan-American- ism is clear. American Imperialist Hypocricy. American capitalism and the United States government as a whole must |take full responsibility for the crime. 'The United States senate, after pri- vate agreement between the leaders of both the republican and democratic parties, “abruptly adjourned its ses- sions to prevent discussion on resolu- tions which had been submitted against intervention in Nicaragua! This particular war, this war which is actually taking place, cannot be de- bated——even in the United States sen- ate! Oh, no, “it may embarrass the {president at Havana.” What the sena- tor who pronounced those words meant was that it might expose too clearly the president at Havana, might expose what American imper- ialism is doing under the hypocritical slogan of Pan-Americanism. Latin-American affairs play an im- portant role in all foreign policy of the Wall Street government at the present time. It is noteworthy that even in these hypocritical proposals of treaties which Secretary Kellogg makes to France, it is stipulated that the pro- visions for arbitration do not apply to the Monroe-Doctrine zone of Amer- ican imperialism in Latin-America. American foreign policy conceives of Latin-America as the cornerstone of a politico-economic American em- pire which can be thrown into the scales against the European empires in the struggle for world domination. That President Coolidge himself, ac- companied by an impressive delega- tion sees fit to make the trip to Ha- vana, is an earnest of the rapid un- folding of the new drive to subjugate Latin-America. Can’t Hide Crimes in Nicaragua. But it is an earnest of something else as well. The delegation has been selected with such care because any American delegation at any Pan- American Conference just now will have its hands full in parrying the in- creasingly insistent counter-attacks of the representatives of a now thor- oughly aroused Latin-America. Even though the U. S. state department has already exercised great care and brought all the weights of its influ- ence to bear in determining that the representatives of Latin-American governments at Havana will be unable to speak out plainly, the mass senti- ment in Latin-America is so great that unless every precaution is taken, the conference is likely to break up under the weight of protest. --Nota Doll list Nicar: for War AS President Coolidge departs for Havens to attend the Sixth Pan-Amer- ican Conference, 1,000 marines embark for Nicaragua to help crush the Nicaraguan people struggling to regain their liberty. | The Pan-American Conference, pre- The question of Nicaragua is not on the order of business. However, three Latin-American governments have already presented proposals for taking up the question of intervention in Latin-America. The United States delegation will do everything in its power to prevent such an “improper” discussion from disturbing the har- mony of the gathering. The Havana Conference—A War Conference. But the ghost of Nicaragua will haunt the sessions of the Pan-Amer- ican Conference at Havana. The crim- inal war cannot be ignored, The bloody invasion of Nicaragua remains the true expression of United States policy in Latin-America. It is Pan- | Americanism and the Monroe Doc- trine in practice. Neither the frantic efforts of the state department spokesmen, nor the landing of Wall Street’s proudest military aviator at Havana, can do more than emphasize the hypocritical aggressive purposes which are hidden beneath the term “Pan-Americanism.” Pan-Americanism means subjection of Latin-America to the United States. Under the present circumstances (Continued on Page Two) sed Apa SEWER RECORDS WERE. DESTR bse by fotmer caterer et S. Di ory R.\ Buckner of wae know!l- thers of the destruction of reco; alee ueens connection with the $29,500, 000" sewer graft, which ‘“qnysteriously” disappeared their offices last week. At the same time he emphasized the curious coincidence that Claire F. Schlemmer, president, and James F. Richardson, vice-president and treas- urer of the Awixa concern, are the most conspicuous objectors to the pri- vate investigation which Justice Scud- der is now conducting as a preliminary to the general probe which is scheduled to begin on Feb. 1. Buckner, who is representing the state in the hearings which are directed primarily against Maurice E. Connolly, president of Queens, threat- ened that all witnesses who refuse to testify before Scudder at these earlier | hearings will be held in contempt by |the committee, and jailed. Connolly relinquished his job to August Kupka, assistant commissioner of public works in Queens, last Friday in order to “have time to conduct his defense.” 13 Burned to Death BUCATUNNA, Miss., Jan. 8.—The Negro family of Calvin Sniith, his wife, their five children, and two children staying at guests were burned to death in a fire that de- stroyed their home late night. A.F.L. Ghiefs Won’t ye One Junk Shop, Says Observer By T. J. O°)FLAHERTY. (Special To The DAILY WORKER.) PITTSBURGH, Pa., Jan. 8.—-With much blowing of horns and beating of drums another army of high salaried labor officials descended on Pitts- burgh and organized a conference to all the state industries, and crystallize ® sentiment behind the miners’ strike.” This sounds good and might be en- couraged, but William Collins, A. F. of L. field organizer and chairman of the conference, blasted all hopes} that the militant announcement of | intentions might generate when he declared that “no specific program is mapped out, but we will be guided by developments.” This statement by Collins was in reply to a query whether the labor officials included the steel trust among the industries they proposed to organize. Political Manoeuver. The real purpose of the conference is a political manoeuver designed to impress the capitalist politicians of Pennsylvania. No well-informed person here en- tertains the slightest hope that the A. F, of L. officials who have sabot- uged every effort to raise adequate relief for the miners will organize even one junk shop not to speak of wage a concerted campaign to unionize pS SO tackling the giant sisi industry: They must make ‘« bluff to save their faces to the miners and also to arouse false hopes that are doomed to be {shattered with the inevitable result lon the strikers’ morale. Looks Like Blackmail. That the threat to organize the state industries is a form of political | blackmail rather than a serious in- tention is indicated in an inspired news story on the front page of the Pittsburgh Press, a Scripps-Howard paper extremely friendly to the re- actionary labor leaders. It says that “with the imminence of presidential and senatorial campaigns this will be an important factor in the impend- ing elections, inasmuch as the federa- tion acknowledged, in a resolution passed at the executives’ meeting here last November, that it intended to support the striking miners with po- litical participation.” This “political participation,” how- (Continued on Page Two) Saturday } FINAL CITY EDITION Price 3 Cents ork, N. Y. COAL BOSSES IN PA, TAKE HOMES AT GUN’S MUZZLE Daisytown Workers Face New Terror By AMY SCHECHTER; PITTSBURGH, Pa., Jan. 8—Ma- chine guns were posted yesterday at the Vesta Four Daisytown Mine of the Vesta Coal Company, a Jones Laughlin steel subsidiary, for use in carrying through the violent eviction of strikers’ families. The situation is extremely tense fole !lowing the coal and iron police’s ace tion in throwing the furniture of the | first nine families out into the road, Reinforcements to the company gune men are being rushed into camp and the evictions are scheduled to prow ceed today. | _No barracks will be ready to receive {the cold and hungry families of the | miners until next Tuesday. These evictions are enforced despite | the so-called agreement which was | made with the Jones Laughlin Com- |pany for an extension of time for | finishing the barracks, following an | appeal of union officials to Congresse | man Temple of Washington County. | This again demonstrates the futility of John L. Lewis’ policy of substitut- jing political maneuvering for fight. |The rank and file is preparing to | fight despite the bureaucratic ma- chine policy of Lewis, Vesta Four is one of the largest mines in the country, employing 1,500 _|mine workers prior to the lockout with. .Mellon’s Pittsburgh Co#} Company and the Pittsburgh Terminal, the Jones and Laughlin Company forms the triumvirate which heads the bosses’ war to smash the union, MOB LEADER IS CHOSEN IN COLO, Adams’ Police Chief Encourages Violence was made dictator of Walsenburg Thursday, placed in command of all vigilantes and police, and given au- thority to lead more mobs when he liked. The action of the council was highly approved of by Lewis Scherf, head of the state police, and directly responsible for the Columbine massacre. Scherf apparently acted as the direct representative of Gov- ernor Adams, in the creation of the mob commander, The papers of the vicinity say frankly “the Walsenburg officials took drastic action to break the strike.” Shot Up Hall. Pritchard’s latest raid, some days ago, resulted in his followers shoot- much property. A committee of citizens called om Governor Adams Thprsday, and warned him that a movement to im- peach him would begin unless he withdrew all state police and stopped (Continued on Page Two) STRIKERS’ WIVES SEND OUT APPEAL Relief Need COVERDALE, Penn., Jan. 8.—The following is an appeal sent out by the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the local union at Coverdale, Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corp. mine in Western Pen: vania, where the last locked-out min= ers’ families have just been evicted, and every weapon of intimidation is being used against women and dren as well as the men themselves by the company: The ladies’ ee “Dear Sisters: iary of the nifners’ union in Cor dale writes you this letter we heard your organization (Continued on Page Four) 4 Penn Auxiliary Shows. DENVER, Colo. Jan. 8—Mayor -/ John Pritchard who led the mob against the strikers’ hall recently, ing out all the windows in the y smashing the doors and destrpyii