The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 10, 1928, Page 5

THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TPESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1928 FOR LENIN AND Sewer Contracts Threaten FOR NICARAGUA Movie Audiences Hostile | to War on Sandino The attitude of audiences in New York’s motion picture theaters to- ward the United States government policy and military campaign in Nic- aragua, as depicted on the screen, is described in a statement issued last night by the New York district office of the Workers (Communist) Party. The statement also points ahead to the Lenin memorial meeting at which New York workers will observe the anniversary of the death of the leader of the Russian revolution. The state- ment follows: Silence for Troops. “Growing hostility to the Coolidge Bolicy of terror in Nicaragua was evi- enced over the week-end in the vari- dus motion picture theaters on Broad- ‘yay when audiences numbering 100,- 000 during the two days sat in cold silence as \patriotic movies showing United States troops and marines em- barking for service against the lib- erals in Nicaragua were flashed on the screen. “A canvass of the Rialto, Strand, Capitol and Rivoli Theaters and ques- tions put to theater managers and theater attaches showed that the cam- paign against General Sandino and his heroic revolutionary army was utterly without popular approval. Onj the other hand a picture of a civilian ayiator doing a “stunt” flight brought the house down in tumultous ap- plause. The Lenin Memorial. “At the Strand Theater an audience of 2,500 sat unmoved as a news reel, to the tune of “The Stars and Stripes Forever” showed Red Cross nurses distributing cigarettes to marines dis- embarking at Managua, the American base. The same was true of all the other Broadway houses with the ex- ception of the Capitol, where a weak round of applause quickly died down. “This growing opposition and pro- test against the murderous campaign against the Nicaraguan patriots will be erystallized and brought to a head Saturday, Jan. 21, at the Madison Square Garden, when the fourth Len- in memorial meeting will be used as a giant protest against the imperial- ist policy in the little Central Ameri- can country. “In addition to the speakers against the Coolidge policy of terror, there | will be a mass proletarian pageant and workers’ ballet. A symphony or- chestra will provide stirring music. The speakers will be Jay Lovestone, William Z. Foster, Robert Minor, M. J. Olgin, P. T. Lau and John William- son. William W. Weinstone will pre- side.” PARTY ACTIVITIES | NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY Nightworkers’ Meeting. Nightworkers’ Branch 1 will meet today a t3 p. m. at 60 St. Marks Place. Rehearsal Tomorrow. A rehearsal for the Lenin Memorial pageant will be held tomorrow at 6:30 g’clock at Irving Plaza, Irving Place and 15th St. * Posters Are Ready. Posters for the Lenin Memorial meeting are ready for distribution at the district office, 108 E. 14th St. All union headquarters, meeting halls and restaurants should display posters. * 8 © Section 7. A meeting of Section 7 will be held tomorrow at 8:30 p. m. at 1940 Ben- son Ave., Brooklyn. . Mitchell Lectures Tomorrow. Robert Mitchell, of The DAILY WORKER, will lecture on “Twenty Years of Traction Workers’ Strug- ‘gles” at the meeting of Section 4, Thursday at 8 p. m, at 81 E, 110th St. e « * Lecture on Soviet Union, J. Geary Soulk will lecture on the question, “How Will the United States be Induced to Recognize the Soviet Union?” at tonight’s meeting of Unit FB, Subsection 1B, at 6 p. m. at 60 St. Marks Place. For Miners’ Relief. A mags meeting for miners relief will be held Jan, 20 at 8 p. m. at Manhattan Lyceum, 66 E. Fourth St., by the Downtown Section, Young Workers’ League. %* * Lecture Thursday Morning. “What I Saw in the Soviet, Union” will be the subject of a talk by a woman worker at the meeting of the Morning International Branch Thurs- day at 10:30 a. m. at 108 E. 14th St. Members are urged to bring their friends. * * * * ‘ Y. W. L. Dance. ‘The Young Workers League, Dis- trict 2, will hold a dance Saturday, _ Friday Evening, January 13 at 8:15 P. M. A threat that they would defy th 500,000 Queens have the enti of contractors. Hearings Continue. } The move was announced by Judge | Edgar F. Hazelton, attorney for sev- eral of the sewer builders, and by William Rob! attorney for the Awixa Corporation, from whose of- fices vital records pertaining to the! huge graft “mysteriously” disap- peared last week. | Yesterday the hearings into the quiz were continued by Justice Scudder at the Long Island Court. Builder “Disappears.” At the same time another develop- ment put a crimp into the probe into the corrupt reign of Maurice E, Con- nolly, borough president of Queens. This was the disappearance of Clifton E. Turner, one of the contractors wanted as a witness in connection with the theft of the Awixa records, There is a rumor that he is at a “sanitorium” in another state where he would be free from the control of the inquisitors, to Smother Sewer Mes FIGHT WAGE CUT e Scudder investigation into the $29 sewer graft and go to the Supreme Court in an attempt to és A nquiry smothered, was made yesterday by a powerful group /Willkk Hold Membership | New York City is bitterly attacked by POSTPONE FALL SINCLAIR CASE WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. — Post- secret preliminary | ponement of the second Fall-Sinclair| oil conspiracy. trial, scheduled for Jan, 16, was asked of the district su- preme court today by William Leahy and Mark Thompson, counsel for ex- |Secretary of Interior Albert B. Fall, and kindly agreed to by Judge Sid- dons. They said that Fall was ill in his New Mexico home. A mistrial was ordered in the first trial when government attorneys al- |leged that Harry F. Sinclair placed an improper surveillance over the jury through Burns detectives. The Workers Party District — Report Unmasks Gov. Smith (Continued from Page One) ceal the class character of capitalist terrorism. Governor Smith, it was pointed out, disregarded the growing economic de- pression in the country, which had already expressed itself in 125,000 more unemployed in New York State at the beginning of this year than in the corresponding period in 1926, and ignored the housing situation for the great masses of workers who are unable to pay the high rents. Real Estate Interests. The report pointed out that the limited dividend corporations and the condemnation plans of Governor Smith were a means of doing away with the non-profitable tenements of the East Side. By direct state as- sistance, Smith would help the real estate interests of the city without meeting the housing needs of the great masses of the working popula- tion, Weinstone said. Governor Smith was further at- tacked for his failure to consider in the message the needs of the up-state farmers who are suffering from in- creasing tenancy, mortgages, and control of the big milk trusts. Smith had nothing to say on the questions of child labor, old age pensions, and the need for a program for social legislation for the workers, according |to Weinstone and made only a ges- jture for the support of the bureau- erats of the American Federation of | labor by a change in the compensa- | tion laws. Fake Solution. The proposal of Governor Smith re- garding the injunction, though ac- ceptable to the bureaucrats of the A. F. of L., is not only an evasion of the issue, but is a fake substitute for the real need of checking the power of the courts to issue injunctions in labor struggles, Weinstone continued. The message of Governor Smith is intended to ensnare liberals to sup- port him as candidate for president and it is interesting to note, Wein- stone said in his report, that on ‘the question of free speech Governor Smith could make reference only to the past, the liquidation of the Lusk Bills. But here Governor Smith is no more liberal than other governors and the administration at Washing- ton, which was finally compelled, un- der the pressure of the masses, to re- lease political prisoners after the war, the report to the district committee said. Nothing on Free Speech. But Governor Smith has nothing to | say regarding the suppression of free speech today and the use of police violence against workers, according to Weinstone, and he thus gives the impression that there is only one survival of the post-war period, that of movie censorship. “Governor Smith’s message is a challenge to the workers af New York,” the district organizer contin- ued. “It is the voice of Wall Street that speaks with the demagogic tongue of Tammany Hall, But in this méssage Governor Smith makes even less concessions in phrases than has been customary, since he has not only in mind the labor: reactionaries but also Wall Street, whom he seeks- to please and to assure that he is a safe man, always to be counted upon | for a policy. of supporting Wall Street’s imperialism and violence against the working class.” Sham Proposals. The report pointed out the need of exposing the sham labor proposals of Governor Smith and intensifying the attack against this Tammany Hall leader and against the non-partisan policy of labor, while struggling for the establishment of a Labor Party in New York State. In preparation for a campaign on a state-wide scale, the district com- ‘e mittee went on record as approving the plan of the Party central execu- tive committee to make the Buffalo district a sub-district of District No. Against Imperialism. The report of the district organizer | pointed out further the steps already jtaken by the Party against the im- )Perialism of the United States against China, Nicaragua and the Soviet Union, The committee adopted a {program for more intense campaigns, especially on the issue of Nicaragua. The Lenin memorial meeting, it was pointed out, was part of the anti- war campaign. In the discussion it was said that the Lenin memorial meeting must be made a huge affair jin order to make effective the pro- test against the war on Nicaragua. {Steps are to be taken for the com- |plete mobilization of the membership for the fight for the liberation of Nicaragua from the grip of American | imperialism. \ Miners’ Relief. | In reviewing further activities, |Progress was pointed out in the ac- tivities for miners’ relief and for the Greco-Carrillo case. Encouraging signs of new activities in’ women’s work, consolidation of the Young Workers (Communist) League, and the broadening of the trade union work of the members, also were cited. The need for giving assistance in building up the Trade Union Edu- cational League was stressed. The report also referred to.the dis- cussion in the district on the Russian Opposition. It was pointed out that the vote in the section meetings and in the cities to date is 687 for the support of the stand of the Central Executive Committee, 9 against and 50 abstaining. In accordance with the decision of the political committee of the CEC, steps are to be taken to the end that those who are func- tionaries and who support the Op- position in the Russian Communist Party shall not for the present time continue in their posts, For those who abstained because they. are against the policy, efforts will be made to change their point of view by sufficient discussion and educa- tional work. Other Reports. The report of Weinstone was sup- plemented by reports by John J. Bal- lam, for the trade pnion department, D. Benjamin, for the agitprop de- partment, and Bert Miller, for the or- ganization department. It was pointed out that in the general report of the |district organizer and the supplemen- tary reports that stabilization «f the | units was taking place, that atten- |dence was improved in the unit meet- jings, and that the district was hold- ing more new members than in the | previous year. The dues-paying mem- \bership for 1927 in the district was |2,800 as against 2,200 for 1926, an increase of about 30 per cent, Miller reported. Sere. Shortcomings Told. Shortcomings ‘were pointed out, however, in the lack of sufficient shop nuclei and shop papers and the need Pers, particularly in the most indus- trialized sections, such as Long Island and New Jersey. The New Jersey organization is to be assisted by the establishment of a full functioning New Jersey sub- district organization and the estab- lishment of better functioning Party organizations in such cities as New- ark and Paterson. The need for bet- ter housing of our activities was pointed out in connection with the growth of the school and announced that it was the district taking steps to overcome this handicap. Emphasis was laid upon making the unemploy- ment issue not only a matter for agi- tation but for organization. The un- for establishing such units and pa- | Wass Page Five ) WAVED \N. Y. Teachers Are Betrayed VEST MAKERS TO tn New Ghee Soeedules The new salary scale calling for large increases for high-salaried school officiais and negligible raises for the lowest paid rank and file teachers in the Teachers’ Union, the Kindergarten to 6B Association comprising half of the city’s 32,000 teachers, and other | prof | The vest-makers local of the Amal-|” «We have the name of victory but | gamated Clothing Workers Union will Inot its fruits,” declared Johanna M. jhold a membership meeting today in|Tindloff, president of the Kinder- the Amalgamated Temple at Ariou | garten-6B Association, yesterday. “It WAR ON AL, SMITH Place and Broadway, Brooklyn, to de- is a camouflage, making it harder, cide whether the vest makers should} than ever for the lowest paid to ob- | Meeting Tonight accept a cut in wages which the|,.; Pew: ” | ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 9—The New bosses demand. piteswetel Aaa Teach | York Civie League, formerly ex-|t | The wage reduction was demanded | $2 Increase for ‘Teachers. |Mayor John F. Hylan’s five-Cent The culmination of the four-year salary fight waged by the teachers |has been characterized as a complete |by the bosses when they saw Abra- {ham Beckerman, the manager of the New York Joint Board, consent to re= Fare League, ate machiner | Smith, in th organizing an elabor- to wage war on Gov. event that Tamm y e curences and wher dren and women a It will MANY WiEETINGS HEAR OF MINERS Sablich, Embree, Bloor to Make Tour (Continued fron ions to m is antic be on jductions of wages in the other craits | betrayal by politicians, who are back-| Hall puts him up for the .presidenc From tke Nationdl Office’ of ame in the men’s clothing industry. jing the higher paid principals and| Three floors of 448 Broadway have | wortors’ Inter al Relief at Oe | The left wing Joint Board an-|superintendents and discriminating | been rented as headquarters, and 100,-! 755, Squar y, it was nounced that it is calling a meeting of against rank and file teachers. | 000 names are included in their mail-| -ounced that mass meetines will be all active members in stuyvesani.Ca-| While the increases granted the! ing list to date. The exeuse for t at the following titiss in \enem sino, Second Ave. and St. Marks Place, highly paid officials range from 20 | organization which Canon W. S. Ch ‘ofation with the local faiteca’ Gee * * * * * * * * * committ Jan. 13; Worcester, Jan Jan. 15; Philadelphia, timore, 3 19; Schenectady, 22: pringfield, Jan. 12; Boston, 7; Bal- Jan. 18; W Jan. ; Syracuse, Jan. 2! , Jan. 24; Buffalo, Jan. 25; Er Jan. 26; Ashtabula Harbor, J Canton, Ohio, Jan. 4 Cleveland, Jan. 29; Akron, Jan. 31; Youngstown, Feb. 1; Toledo, Feb. Feb. 3; Chicago, Fe Detroit, Feb. 4; Flint, Aavertise your union meetings here. For information write te The DAILY WORKER Advertising Dept 33 First St., New Phone Stuyvesant 3816 John’s Restaurant SPECIALTY: ITALIAN DISHES A. pla with where all radic 302 E. 12th St. Health Food Vegetarian Restaurant 1600 Madison Ave. PHONE: UNIVER POLEN-MILL OPTICAL COMPA: ELUGOLDIN ~ OPTOMETR' we Patronize Our Advertisers on Thursday, Jan. 12, right after|to 66 per cent over their present gen- | and Rev, O. R. Miller head, is to fight work. Very important plans will be|erous salaries, or from $7 to $96.15 a| Smith’s “wet” tendencies. discussed and formulated. week, the lowest paid group et more ——______—— _ - than 32,000 teachers is allowed only | s ae ai ae | a 9 per cent raise, amounting to $2 (Taxi Dr ivers Wr ite Jersey Labor Holds weekly, The entire program involves! ‘Worker’ About Hours | a $14,000,000 increase in the munici- | PAS pal appropriation. | (Continued from Page One) . A Weak Conference = } | off, seeing that I lost $3. ‘Don’t start anything or I will break you,’ he} | | LABOR AND FRATERNAL |warned. Which is exactly what any | policeman can do by just reporting a NEWARK, N. J., Jan. 9. — A con-| ORGANIZATIONS: |taxi driver who doesn’t look or speak | ference of labor delegates here which | _ the way he wants him to. might have become a historic event in| ae | _.“So I lost my fare. And the worst | the history of the American labor Typo Machinists. j of it is that the man I didn’t call for, | movement turned into a speech fest of | The Machinists Branch of the Typo|if he has my license number, may | reactionary labor officials at which all | Union 6 will hold its fifteenth annual | Feport me to the Hack Bureau, whieh | hope of militant action was snowed|ball Wednesday, January 25, at|may mean suspension if not the loss | | under. |Trommers Hall, Bushwick and Con- | of my license. : : | | The conference was held at the New-| Way Sts., Brooklyn. the eee Fis beanie * | in our trade jark Labor Lyceum 703 S. 14th St., ss jand we have no protection from any- Sunday in response to a resolution | Iron Workers Meet Tonight. | body. We are persecuted by the po- Passed at the Camden convention of! A special meeting of the Archi-|tice and exploited by the flecters. You the New Jersey State Federation of |tectural Iron, Bronze and Structural | have to work 14 hours a day if youl Labor, where it was reported that the | Workers’ Union will be held to-| want to make a living. It’s time| state legislature in 1926 and 1927 had|night at 8 p. m. at 7 E. 15th St. to | something was done but we can see turned down every proposal made by | formulate demands to be presented to | that we're not going to get anywhere labor for improving working condi- | the employers. without a-union. Who is supposed tions in the state. * to organize the taxi drivers?” ertaothars si ence was calle to! Young Workers Social Club. ———- order by ur - uinn, reside! . cy + i of the State Federation. "'| The Young Workers Social Culture Greenwich Village Deaf Club will meet Thursday at 8 p. m. at | se | Its clubroom, 123 Riverdale Ave, to Pleas For Good Life) employment situation is to be called | Brooklyn. | | to the attention of the entire Party | A religious raid on Greenwich Vil-| membership so hat the Party may or- | Lecture on Miners. lage by the Salvation Army resulted jganize an active program by which | A lecture on the miners’ situation | in no converts and one casualty. Ma- the unions can take action in fight- ie be held Wednesday at 8 p. m. at | Jor James Harvey, who is 6 feet 2) ing the unemployment menace. ithe meeting of the Harlem Branch In- | inches tall and weighs more than 200| Trade Union Work. \ternational Labor Defense, 81 E, | pounds, was pummeled in the head} In the trade union work more atten- |110th St, | with an umbrella wielded by an in- tion is to be paid to traction and sea- | * curable agnostic who shouted, “I don’t men, to exploiting the victory of | For Miners’ Relief. believe in religion of any sort,” ac- | Greco and Carrillo, to building up a} An emergency conference for min- | cording to reports trickling out of the| better defense organization and tojers’ relief will be held Sunday, Jan. | “Village.” | steps for better discipline and direc- /29, at the Labor Temple, 243 E. 84th| The attempted conversion took place tion in the activities of the Party St., by branches of the Workmen’s | at Sheridan Square and was the first membership, the issuance of the new | Sick and Death Benefit Fund of the of a series of meetings which the Sal- membership books being a step in metropolitan district. | vation Army plans to conduct in New that direction, * | York’s Bohemian district. A drive for new members is to be- y | gin with the Lenin memorial meet- Nevarsivarce weeds | @ ing and to end with the first anniver- The Newark, N. J., Polish Brangh | sary of the death of C. E. Ruthen- |! the International Labor pee berg. will hold a dance Saturday evening at | he Rivoli Hall, 207 Ferry St., Newark. ee, | THE ARCHITECTURAL IRON, BRONZE & STRUCTURAL WORK: ERS UNION meets every second and fourth Tuesday of the month, at Rand School, 7 Bast 35th Street, (oes Dr. N. Schwartz 124 East 81st Street City. Headquarters: 7 Last 15th eames a apieer => | Street, City. ‘Telephone: Stuyvesant ||||; SPECIALIST for Kidney, Bladder, ||| 0144, 2194. | Urology, Blood and Skin diseases | and Stomach Disorders. |X-RAY Examinations for Stones, ||| Tumors and Internal disturbances. ||| | Dr. Schwartz will be glad to give) | you a free consultation. Charges ||| for examinations and treatment) | is moderate. | Special X-RAY EXAMINATION §2, HOURS: Daily: 9 A. M. to 7 P. M. 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