The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 17, 1928, Page 1

Ne THE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS: FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNORGANIZED FOR THE 40-HOUR WEEK FOR A LABOR PARTY Entered as second-ciuss matter at the Post Office at New York, N. ¥. THE DAILY WORKER. under the act of March 3, 1879. FINAL CITY EDITION Vol. V. No. 13. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In New York, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside New York, by mail, $6.00 per year. NEW YORK, TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1928 Publishi Published daily except Sunday by The Nat ing Association, Inc., 33 First Street, nal Dally Worker New York, N. ¥. Price 3 Cents N.Y. POLICE CLUB 300 JOBLESS PLUMBERS WHO ANSWER AD Men, Out of Work for Months, Crowd About Entrance of Shop Desperately in Need Workers Push Forward When Door Is Opened Police officers yesterday morning used their clubs to dis- perse a crowd of over 300 unemployed plumbers and helpers who had answered an advertisement by the.firm of Max D. Sandzik & 302 East 71st St., Manhattan. A large number of applicants Flays Nicaragua War arrived as early as 2:30 a. m. and waited until 8 o’clock, when Sandzik opened the doors. By that time over 300 men, forced out of em- ployment by the existing industrial depression, were crowding about the narrow entrance to the shop. Some of them had been out of employment for more than three months, they re- | ported. Others said they had been able to work only one day a week. Maddened By Need. | \ | ou j Desperately in need of work and’ funds, many of the men pushed for- ward when the door was opened. | When a number of them finally made! their way into the shop they were: told that Sandzik had already hired all the men he needed. Though no damage was done to the | door, window or other property and} though the disappointed men were | peaceful, Sandzik telephoned for the police when the workers protested ; against Sandzik’s tactics. Within a few minutes a squad of police ar- rived in an automobile. They charged the group of unemployed men, men- acing them with raised clubs, driving them along the street and threaten- ing them with arrest. Sandzik in answer to inquiries ad- mitted that he would not deal with union workers. He pays an average wage, he stated, of between $6 and $7 a day for plumbers and between $3 and $4 for helpers. The union wage for plumbers is $12 a day. Army of Unemployed. . It.is.estimated that there are over 20,000 building trades workers now unemployed in New York. Thou- sands of others of the 125,000 work- ers in this field are working for wages far below the union scale, most of them only part time. The local unions, ‘particularly the plumbers’ locals, have done nothing to organize the unorganized thousands of help- ers, jobbing and alteration men. It is known, likewise, that thou- sands of union men have drifted into the unorganized fields and are work- ing for $5 and $6 per day in a sort of enforced scabbing on scabs. Criticism of the union officials for | their criminal neglect of the unorgan- ized and for their failure to adopt a program is rising among the rank and file. BOSTON CLOAK MAKERS? PARLEY BOSTON, Jan. 16.—The agreement between the Boston organization of the Cloak, Suit and Dressmakers’ Union and the Boston manufacturers expires on February 15. Various crafts of the union and the employers’ associations are holding meetings to discuss the situation. The Boston Joint Board has agree- ments with five employers’ organiza- tions in addition to the independent manufacturers, May Run Against Reed PITTSBURGH, Jan, 16.—Secretary of Labor James J. Davis will prob- | ably run against Sen. David Reed at the primary election for the republi- can nomination for senator. His friends maintain they are assured of the endorsement of the American Federation of Labor. And Agnes Hart Wilson, daughter of the secre- tary of labor in Wilson’s cabinet, plans to run for congress next fall on the democratic ticket. JAILED FOR ASPIRIN THEFT. Five of the men implicated in the theft of $92,000 worth of aspirin from the Bayer Chemical Company, in Jan- uary, 1927, were sentenced by County Judge Alonzo G., McLaughlin yester- | day to serve 20 “years each in Sing Sing a ie CLAIMS CANCER CURE. BALTIMORE, Jan. 16.—Firm be- lief that medical science is on the very threshold of the long-sought cure for cancer was expressed here today by Dr. William J. Mayo, jworld | jured yesterday when a motor truck In an intervie} W, Dr. |he was driving was hit by a train at Mayo revealed that immunization ex-|Trotting Course Crossing, Richmond \seriments on rats: had proven suc-|Hill, Queens, famed surgeon. cessful. Over 2,000 New York workers Sunday afternoon heard Socrates Sandino, brother of the leader of the Nicaraguan revolutionary move- ment denounce the invasion and murder of his fellow-countrymen. Sandino is a mechanic and lives in Brooklyn. The meeting was held under the auspices of the All- America en retmper set League. SEEK 10 DEPORT KIN OF SANDINO American Legién Writes to Washington A move to deport Socrates Sandino, Brooklyn machinist and brother of the Nicaraguan revolutionary leader, Au- gusto Sandino, has been started by Sydney Gumpertz, commander of the S. Rankin Drew post of the American Legion. Sandino spoke to 2,000 workers at Irving Place Sunday af- ternoon under the auspices of the All- American Anti-Imperialist League, denouncing the war now being waged against his country. He came to the United States about 15 months ago. The attempt to bring about the deportation of Sandino to Nicaragua is declared to be inspired by those interests who fear his part in exposing the imperialistic aims of the American bankers in his native land. Gumpertz’s letter has been sent to a congressman to New York with the request that it be called to the attention of Secretary of Labor Davis. The basis for the request that San- dino be deported, according to Gum- pertz, is that his political views are similar to those of his brother, the mine-worker, who is leading the Nica- raguan revolutionary movement. If the attempt to deport Sandino is suc- cessful, he would undoubtedly be turned over to the Diaz forces where his fate would be extremely uncer- tain, Gumpertz claims to have evidence that Socrates Sandino entered this country illegally. The letter to the congressman, however, makes no men- tion of this. Mayor Walker Held Greatest Jackanapes DETROIT, Mich., Jan. 16.—“Mayor Walker of New York is the world’s champion jacka- apes, and. Mayor ‘hompson. of Chi- igo the world’s sreatest dema- cogue,” stated Pro- fessor T. H. Reed, “of the University of Michigan, Mayor Wxlker engaged by Pitts- “Jackanapes” burgh interests who are seeking to establish the city manager form of government there. WORKER HIT BY TRAIN. Joseph Nortoli was severally in- Nortoli was taken to |’ RUSH RUN BOSSES) JAM PISTOLS IN FACES OF MINERS Governor’s Militia “Ob- servers” for Owners PITTSBURGH, Pa., Jan. 16.—The march_on the Youghiogheny and Ohio Mine ‘at Rush Run, Ohio, by three hundred strikers who tried to storm the mine office in order to stop the collecting there of scabs was driven back by riot guns and automatic pistols in the hands of company of- ficials and deputy sheriffs. Many women were in the crowd of pickets trying to dissuade the six strikebreakers who were willing to leave home and come out to the mine. Seven miners were arrested and taken to Steubenville Jail, charged with be- ing leaders of the march. They are: Robert Dusash, 17; Ira Marconi, 23; John Boloci, 20; Frank Kimbus, 25: Sam Motto, 23; Fred Vostatek, 22, all of Tiltonville, and Adam Ponttits, 30. of Martins Ferry. * Will Try to Open. The mine is closed now, but is scheduled to open again today, though in view of the determination of the strikers to defend their union it is doubtiul if strikebreakers will be pres- ent in sufficient numbers to do much. An attempt will also be made to- day to re-open Dunglen mine of the Wheeling and Lake Erier Coal Co., and Wolf Run mine of the Warner Colliers Co., which are the largest mines in the country, and which the strikers are particularly determined on keeping closed, as successful opera- tion--on a non-union basis» would be fatal to the union in this district. The Rush Run mine was closed Friday by 200 strikers patrolling the roads leading to the mine. The next day, at daybreak, 300 strikers poured into Rush Run from Dunglen, Tiltor- (Continued on Page Two) OWNERS MEET 10 WAR ON STRIKERS Convention to Prepare for Drastic Law By HUGO OEHLER. (Special to The Daily Worker.) DENVER, Jan. 16.—The fifteenth convention of the Colorado Mining Association meets here on the 19 and 20. The secretary of the association, an instrument of the Rockefellers, one M. B. Tomlin, says in a pre-con- vention statement: “Colorado is now being bedeviled by a horde of alien-born anarchists, the clamor of half-breed bolshe- viks, the bleating of smart alecks in our universities, and the meddle- some eo of fuzzy-brained preachers, with others of like ilk, all singing their song of calamity and hate while ghost-dancing on the banks or laving in the foul stream of propaganda against or- ganized government which eman- ates from Hell’s Half-Acre in Eur- ope.” Expresses Real Feelings. The secretary of the mining asso- ciation is speaking about tle coal strike and his words can, be taken to express the innermost feelings of the Rockefeller hangers-on as they re- cover from their astonishment at the militancy’ of the miners and miners’ sympathizers and their determina- tion to build a union and establish decent wages and working conditions. Have Definite Purpose. Altho they sound hysterical, the words of the mining association (Continued on Page Two) Matthew Woll, unofficial §repre- sentative of the employers in the la- bor movement, and official acting president of the anti-labor Natioral Civic Federation, further distinguish- ed himself yesterday by the publica- tion of an attack against trade rela- tions between Soviet Russia and American business firms, Jamaica Hospital for treatment. t In a letter written to Reeve Schley, president. and S. R. Bertron, chairman . 4 War Ships to Kill Ninaiialin Woskirs and Protect Bankers’ Investments STURTEVANT Destroyers McFarland and Sturtevant (above), are part of battle array used by U. S. government to crush courageous Sandino Aes oe Nicaragua and further the imperialist aims of American bankers. WORKERS PARTY RECORD BASIS OF LENIN DRIVE The Soviet Republic of Trans-Cau memorial meeting at Madison Square Garden, next Saturday, which will sig- nalize the opening of a drive for 5,000 WORKERS FLOCK TO AID SANDINO Brass Collar Officers, More Marines, Attack MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Jan. 16.— Hundreds of Nicaraguan workers and peons are reported to be trekking north from all sections of Nicaragua to swell the ranks of General San- dino’s army as the second attempt of the United States marines to over- throw the power of the Nationalists in Neuva Segovia seems at hand. The nationalists have been using their re- spite to strengthen their positions on El Chipote, their mountain strong- hold. * * Seasick Marines To Front. Without giving them a moment to recover from the effects of their sea- voyage, the one thousand five hundred marines, who arrived in Corinto Sat- urday, have been rushed to field posi- tions in Nueva Segovia. It is believed that the American marine officers plan to open operations against Gen- eral Sandino immediately. Brass Collars Arrive. Brigadier General Logan Feland, arrived in Managua yesterday, ‘at- tended by his entire staff of officers, His arrival followed close on that of Major General John A. Lejeune, who reached Managua by airplane. Feland is returning to command the marines in Nicaragua where he will relieve Col. Louis Mason Gulick who has been directing the invasion of northern district of Nueva Segovia comprising the republic recently es- tablished by the forces of General Sandino. Nicaraguan R. R. Profits. Oppression of Nicaraguan workers by United States marines, and marine patrols along the railroad, have piled up profits for the Pacific Railways of Nicaragua, the report for the fiscal | year discloses. The profit for the | year ending June 30 totals close to a million dollars. * * ‘SAVE US FROM REDS’-WOLL TO BOSSES Acting Head | of Civic Federation Fears Trade with Russia of the Aredenn Russian Chamber of Commerce, Woll declares that there is a menace in the increasing trade with Soviet Russia which is taking | place in spite of the failure or the United States to recognize tho Work- ers’ Republic. The Soviet Union is enabled to pile up a surplus, Woll de-|closer relationship between the Amer- clares, with which it carries on pro- paganda against the capitalist system. Admitting indirectly that the mo- |ported at a meeting yesterday that un- | casia will be represented at the Lenin new members for the Workers (Com- “munist) Party as well as a campaign {for 10,000 new readers for The | DAILY WORKER. The campaign |will continue six weeks until the |Ruthenberg Memorial meeting. The meeting, which 25,000 workers are expected to attend, will develop into a powerful demonstration against imperialist aggression in Nicaragua. Sword a Symbol. At the Lenin meeting Frank Con- dino, of the United Mine Workers of America, recently returned from the U. S. S. R., will formally present on | behalf of the Trans-Caucasion Repub- lic a jewelled sword seized by the Russian workers from the ezarist gov- ernment in the 1917 revolution. Jay Lovestone, executive secretary of the Workers (Communist) Party, will re- ceive the gift as a symbol on behalf of the organization. Accompanying the weapon will be a message to the American workers saying in part: | “Let this sword symbolize the nec- essity of keen and drastic action which is the only means by which the workers can overthrow their ex- ploiters and establish a true workers and peasants’ republic.” Furriers To Attend. ' The Joint Board of the Furriers’ Union, Locals 1, 5, 10 and 15 of Greater New York, last night thru Ben Gold, manager, called upon all its members to attend the memorial meeting. “The workers must take a militant | stand against injunctions and against | imperialism,” said the statement. “The most fitting occasion for voic- | ing the protest of the New York! workers is the Lenin Memorial meet- ing, where the life and work of the workers’ greatest leader will be com- memorated. We call upon all fur! workers to come to this meeting.” The drives are not to be made as an abstract campaign for new members (Continued on Page Four) Boston Central Labor Council Hears 50,000 Jobless, Worst So Far BOSTON, Jan. 16. — Delegates to the Boston Central Labor Union re- employment in this city was at its greatest height since 1914. A survey ‘of the labor unions here had shown at least 50,000 to be out 0. to: be out of Were: tivating selfishness and profit desire of the capitalists may lead to recog- nition of the Soviet Union, Woll makes a desperate plea to “the finan- |cial, industrial and commercial inter- jests” to save the labor officialdom from the inevitable consequences of a ican and Soviet workers, ‘STRIKE 1S LIKELY IN LABOR BANK Am ie caeaeus Fires | A strike of the Amalgamated Bank, New York’s first labor bank, will be declared within three days unless like other employers, this institution meets the demand of the union. On Jan. 1, officials of the bank discharged Harry Rubin, active mem- ber of the Bookkeepers’, Stenograph- ers’, and Accountants’ Union for union activities. Rubin had previous- ly been warned but continued his union work. At a membership meeting last night held at union headquarters, 3 West 16th St., members of the union voted unanimously to strike the labor bank unless Rubin is reinstated with- in three days. DEATH ENDS FIGHT OF A TAXI DRIVER Years of struggle in a losing bat- tle, an uphill grind to meet financial obligations which grew ever more burdensome, sickness and _ finally |death itself, is the record of events |written into the life of Morris ;Diaman, young taxi driver of 2049 Ellis Ave., the Bronx. Details of her husband’s struggles jand final end, disclosed yesterday by | Mrs, Diaman, form themselves into such a fabric as may be woven out of the incidents from a thousand other such lives among the 58,000 taxi driv- ers of New York. Becomes Taxi Driver. Morris Diaman, a strong, healthy worker over six feet in height was finally induced, after struggling to make ends meet in various occupa- tions, t otake up the work of a cab driver, Eventually becoming dis- couraged with the attempt to make a living for his wife and family by working for the slave driving fleet owners, he decided to “go in for him- self.” Purchasing a Willys-Knight “on time,” he began the final round which led to his death. It was then he learned, what so many thousands’ * taxi drivers have discovered belo. him, that working “for yourself” in the taxi game is only a step lowe than being exploited by the fleeters. Toll on Taxi Drivers. Each month she payments had to be made on the cab, Each month the in- surance companies took their toll of $30. The gas and oil and tire charges took so much of the remainder that his family was almost always in need. On New Year’s Eve, the previously strong and healthy worker, worn down with the months of over-work’ during days and nights of twelve and fourteen hours each, Diaman was Confirmation that this is Woll’s (Continued on Page Two) forced to take out his cab even though (Continued on Page Five) SEIZE 200 AS CAL TALKS IN HAVANA Mass 1 Pickets Keep Ohio Si Scab Mine Closed De Down COOLIDGE COLDLY IGNORES MURDER OF NICARAGUANS Man for Union Activity| | western hemisphere. |Cuban Army, U.S. Dicks Overawe .People BULLETIN, HAVANA, Cuba, Jan. 16—Two hundred foreigners are interned here today for the period of Cool- idge’s presence in Cuba. The en- tire personnel of several detective agencies have arrived from the United States. While a very impressive official demonstration is in course with much music and oratory, the popu- lation of Havana as a whole is strangely passive, showing little in- terest. * * * HAVANA, Cuba, Jan. 16.—The re- cent attacks by United States ma- rines on the Sandino revolutionary forces in Nicaragua, the occupation of Haiti, the Tacna-Arica question, the differences between Mexico and the United States and other points of conflict between the United States |and Latin-American countries were all evaded by President Coolidge to- a in his address before the Pan- merican conference. Meticulously evading the Nicara- g | Suan situation and confining himself | to general expressions of “good-will,” “Butcher” as president of Cuba by United States sugar and financial interests, who is presiding at the Pan-Ameri- can conference. Machado, maintained Coolidge declared that “an attitude of peace and good-will prevails among our nations. A determination to ad- just differences among ourselves, not by resort to force, but by the appli- cation of the principles of justice and equity is one of our strongest char- acteristics.” Guards Everywhere. The vigilance with which Cuban of- jficials guarded President Coolidge was in no way relaxed today. Vir- tually the entire Cuban army was concentrated in Havana, and the Na- tional Theatre this morning fairly bristled with army officers and po- lice. The Machado regime fears @ anti-Coolidge demonstration by work~ ers and students. Many arrests have been made to forestall a demonstra- tion, it is rumored. President Coolidge’s address fol- lows in part: “Mr. President and Members of the Pan American Conference: “No citizen of any of the Americas could come to the Queen of the is+ lands of the West Indies without ex- periencing an emotion of gratitude and reverence, These are the out- posts of the new civilization of the It was among them that the three small ships of the heroic Admiral came when, with the assistance and support of Spain, Col- mbus presented to Europe the first ridespread, public, and authoritative knowledge of the New World... . “As we look back over the accom- plishments of the past four centuries, we can see that we are warranted in (Continued on Page Three) Aged, Jobless Worker Faints from Hunger Suffering from mal-nutrition, John Brady, a 65-year-old jobless worker, Institute, 25 South St., was taken to Bellevue Hospital when he fainted in who had been living at the Seamen’s front of No. 225, the Bowery.