The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 18, 1928, Page 1

Legion Demands Arrest of Communists as Lenin Memorial Approaches THE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS: FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNORGANIZED FOR THE 40-HOUR WEEK FOR A LABOR PARTY Entered as sccond-cluss mutter at the Post Office at New York, N. ¥., under the act of March 3, 1879, THE DAILY WORKER. FINAL CITY EDITION Vol. V. No. 14. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In New York, by mail, $5.00 per year. Outside New York, by matl, $6.00 per year. NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 18, 1928 Published datly except Sunday by The National Daily Worker Publishing Association, Inc., 33 First Street, New York, N. Price 3 Cents x. COMMANDER OF POST URGES STATE DEPT. TO STOP MEETING Deportation of Socrates Sandino Also Sought; | Plans for Huge Demonstration Continue Extraordinary Program Cities Thruout U.S. of the American Legion, 101 W. Being Arranged; Many Announce Meetings Sydney J. Gumpertz, commander of the S. Rankin Drew Post! 42nd St., yesterday urged in a letter to the state department at Washington that members of the Workers (Communist) Par-¢ ty of America be jailed or de-| ported as a means of weakening the effect of the New York Lenin Memorial meeting set for Madison Square Garden next Saturday night. He urges that the government take steps to prevent the holding of the meeting, charging that “treasonable and un-American utterances” will be made there. Would Deport Sandino. Gumpertz earlier wrote a letter to a New York congressman request- ing that he urge Secretary of Labor Davis to deport Socrates Sandino, brother of the leader of the Nicara- guan revolutionary forces.. Charging that Mr. Gumpertz is a “professional patriot and avid pub- licity seeker,” the Workers Party is continuing plans for the Lenin meet- ing. The legionnaire in writing to the State Department at Washington asks that all war protest meetings be pro- hibited and that organizers of such meetings be jailed or deported. “This country,” Gumpertz says, “ha: room only for 100 per cent Ameri- cans who stand behind the govern- ment through thick or thin.” Elaborate Program. Rehearsals for the mass _revolu- tionary pageant, which will depic scenes from the 1917 Russian Revo- lution, are continuing daily. The pageant was written by Adolf Wolff, poet and sculptor, who is coopera- ting with Edward Massey, of the New Playwrights Theatre, in the direction of che spectacle.” amy wise Edith Segal, dancer, is directing 2 ballet of 100, in which she herself wili take part. Malkin in Charge of Makeup. N. Malkin of the Proletarian Art Theatre is in charge of the make-up and rehearsal Among the speakers will be Jay Lovestone, William Z. Foster, Rober: (Continued on Page Three) LEFT WING COAL MINERS ORGANIZE Need to Save Union Is Stressed (Special to The Daily Worker.) PITTSBURGH, Pa., Jan. 17,—An enthusiastic meeting with a majority of miners in it organized the Pitts burgh group of “the Trade Unior Educational League last night, fol- lowing an address by Jack Johnstone national organizer of the league. Johnstone showed the urgent need for building a powerful left wing movement, because the employers are pushing the attack to smash the unions and the bureaucracy in the unions is corrupt and impotent. Miner after miner took the floor to tell of the battle at his own camp. the refusal of the machine to fight the operators, and to corroborate the necessity for speedy organized mili- tant action, From an_ injunction-bound Pitts- burgh Terminal Coal Co. mine came the story of the company pouring in coal and iron police from other mines. armed with rifles, and trying yester- day to break the picket line. Th pickets have been badly beaten up. The narrator of this latest outrage urged organized action on the part of the strikers to meet the organized coal operators. “Don’t make us fight without hope,” pleaded a miner from another camp, telling of the crying need for support in the struggle by the rest of the la- bor movement. The fake action of the bureaucracy on the injunction, the need for a labor party, as emphasized by the role of the company judges and sheriffs in the strike situation and in the steel indus- try was discussed from the floor. An executive committee was elected for immediate organization. It includes steel workers, miners, machinists, building trades and needle trades workers. ~« * . : PRINCETON, Ind., Jan. 17.—T: men were killed and another was ser- iously hurt at the Muckenin Coal Mine, south of here today, when *ranned by a heavy fall of slate. EXPECT BIG GAINS IN PARTY DRIVES, a NOTORIOUS SPY Seek 10,000 New Read- ers for Daily Worker Next Sunday night in Madison Square Garden when 25,000 class- conscious workers gacher to honor the memory of Lenin, leader of the Soviet Revolution, a joint campaign to build the membership of the Workers (Com- munist) Party of America and ex- pand the influence of The DAILY WORKER, its official organ, will be begun. To Go Six Weeks. The campaign, one of the most far- reaching thus far planned, will con- tinue for six weeks until the Ruthen- berg Memorial meeting, tentative ar- rangements for which are being made. The present crisis in the American labor movement; the imperialistic aggression in China and Latin Amer- ica; the offense against trade union- sm in the form of systematic wage- cutting and increases, in working hours, on the basis of its fight on hese fronts of the class struggle will The DAILY WORKER and the Workers Party take on greater strength. POLICE GUILTY I COLO, SHOOTING Coronor’s Jury Renders Its Verdict By FRANK L. PALMER. (Special to The Darly Worker.) WALSENBURG, Colo., Jan. 17.— The murder of a striking coal miner and a 16-year-old boy here last Thurs- day was apparently too raw even for this Rockefeller-ruled town. A cor- onors’ jury on Monday night held the state police responsible. “Klemente Chevez came to death on the afternoon of January 12 from gunshot wounds caused by shots fired by state police whose names are un- known to the jurors. Said shooting was unprovoked and said state police showed a total disregard for human life.” This was the conclusion of the jury which was made up of small business men. Brutal Murder. Three members of the state police, Charles Elkins, Joe Smith and King Murray refused to testify on the ground that it might incriminate them after a woman testified that she heard Smith give a command to kill anyone coming out of the L W. W. hall. Chavez was killed as he tried to shut the door of the hall, and it is believed that the three men were there, and that all fired, though it is possible that only the load from one gun hit victim. Cc. F. & I. Paid for Job, . There is a report that the Rocke- feller Colorado Fuel & Iron Co. paid $1,000 to the man who killed Chavez and that he got drunk and bragged even more sensational when it became about it later, The report became known that Pres. Jesse Welborn was in Walsenburg all night before the shooting on “Inspection of C. F. 1. mines,” but ducked out early that (Continuec on Page Five) Puona worry {0788 t Lave crue OmTECTIVE | mon: ue | ° | } Fy AMamica IN SERVICE OF HORTHY REGIME ‘Demands $100,000 for Services Rendered The notorious international spy, Jacob Nosovitsky, the Kron de- tective agency and the ambassador to the United S.ates from the blood- | streaked Horthy white-terror govern- |ment of Hungary were conspirators \in the operation of a forgery mill in the United States according to doc- uments furnished the Daily Worker by the Hungarian labor daily, Elore, and the Anti-Horthy Society, organ- ized by Hungarian workingmen here. State Department Involved. Nosovitsky, the spy whose activities have at numerous times extended to the labor movement in this country and who has had a long career of {mation furnished by the Hungarian |workers’ organizations, was engaged ‘by the Kron detective agency to pro- duce certain documents that Count Szechenyi, the Hungarian ambassador at Washing-on, could use in order to induce the state department and la- bor department of the United States | government to prevent enemies of the Horthy regime from en-.ering the United States and telling some of the truth about the monstrous Horthy terror. Documentary Evidence. A number: of documents tend to prove tha: after obtaining the forged documents, the Horthy ambassador did not pay Nosovitsky or the Kron jagency for the series of forged docu- ments purporting to show that there was a widespread movement on foot in the Unied States to finance armed revolts against the Horthy regime, and that the visit to this country of | Count Karolyi, former premier of | Hungary, would aid this conspiracy. The document published in this is- | sue of the Daily Worker is alleged to have been written by Nosovitsky by the head of the Kron agency with (Continued on Page Two) WRITER OF HAVANA CABLE IS SOUGHT (Special to The Daily Worker.) |. HAVANA, Jan. 17.—The police |authorities here have issued a war- rant for the arrest of Zoltan Weiss, a Hungarian resident, for cabling the news of wholesale arrests by the Man- chedy overnment to the Thited was issued at the request of the Hun- gn opponent of the sicrdhy regime iin Hungary. Weiss, in e special cable, worded jin German, sent the news to the Uni- ted States that Machado was arrest- ing workers and students to prevent (Continued on Page Five) WORKER CAN’T PAY $3; HE DIES IN HOSPITAL An Italian laborer on the way home from work on the docks was recently struck by an automobile in one of the downtown New York streets. The driver sped away, leaving the worker with a fractured skull. An ambulance summoned, from a_ nearby hospital arrived 15 minutes later. The worker, unconscious, was admitted to. the hospital emergency ward. worker as Tony Torre, with a Mul- berry Street address. His condition was critical, making it necessary to notify relatives immediately. But the worker's family possessed no phone. The “buck” was passed to police head- quarters. Headquarters was asked by the hospital to send a policeman to the worker’s home. But the police de- spying parts; of the world, according to the infor- WORLD LEADERS RAP U.S. WAR » Expose White-Guard Forgery Mill of Spy and Horthy Horthy Regime Pays Notorious Spy for Services Rendered Jucive Jamas Know PRINCIPAL, JULIUS JAMES KRON DETECTIVE AGENCY LINCENSED AND BONDED 302 BROADWAY NEW YORK Brooklyn, New York, Dear Sir;- February _ vonmancy SPECIAL AGENT U. ©. ORT. oF gusTiCcE Sth, 1926, Mr. Jacob Nosovitsky, I regret to inform you that at the present time I am unable to satisfy your claim for $100,000. for services ren- dered in behalf of the Hungarian Legation in Washington, D.C. for the reason that I have not as yet rece ived the money from the Hungarian Minister, although he: promised to send me a check several deys ago. Un to date I received from the Minister $2700. whieh is about $6400. less than I personally advanced for this investi- gation, which was conducted by instructions of the Minister, The Minister agreed that in addition to the $100,000. to be paid to you for services rendered in this case, I am to be reimbursed for all the expenditures incurred in this case, but, as stated above, « I have not as yet had my bill paid. <% In view of the fact that there are certain indications that you have been or you are now in direct contact with tha Minister, I would sdvise you to take the matter up with him or his legal advisor, C.P, Anderson, and probably you will be able to accomplish greater results, because I must admit that during the past few days I made every possible attempt to persuade the Minister to send us a check, but in vain. I am sure that you are awere of the fact that although I acted by euthority vested in me by the Minister, my functions in this case were nothing more than an agent between you and the Minister, and should any difficulties arise whereby the payment of $100,000. due you may be delayed or refused, I am not to be held responsible for such occurrence, Hoping that my explanation will be sufficient to make you realize my true posi- tion in this case, I- remain { | | Jd s Very ee ruly yours, Ha "TECHNICAL MEN — HIT INJUNCTION The Union of Technical Men, meet- ing at the Labor Temple, Second Ave. and 14th St., last night, went on rec- jord as opposed to the injunction the Interborough Rapid Transit Co. is at- tempting to secure against the Amal- gamated Association of Street and Electric Railways Employees. It was also decided to send a letter to Mayor Walker on the question of in- crease in wages promised to them and other city employees. The resolution on the injunction “extends to the Amalgamated Union its sympathy and support.” | The union held an electon for all officials last night. Dress Workers to Meet A géneral membership meeting of ‘all workers employed in the dress trade has been called by the Joint Board of the Cloak and Dressmakers’ Search of his pockets revealed a|partment went about its task as cas-'Union, for tomorrow at 7 p. m., at pay sliv which identified the iniured (Continued on Page Four) \ Webster Hall, 11th St. and Third Ave. Flood Is Profitable J. P. Morgan & Co. handled $5,000,- | | IN CABLE ANTI-IMPERIALISTS DENOUNCE WALL ST. TO CUBA Latin-Americans in Paris Protest Against U. 8. Policies; Independence Leaders Speak Coolidge Speech “Worthy of Baptist Chapel,” Declares Paris Press PARIS, Jan. 17.—The International League against Imper- ialism has sent a telegram to the Pan-American Conference at Havana protesting against United States imperialism in Latin- LABOR BANK HAS COMPANY UNION Union Head Opposed to Strike Action New details in connection with the dismissal of Harry Rubin, an em- ploye of the Amalgamated Bank, owned by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, have disclosed the fact that a company union has existed in the institution for over a year, Further information revealed the collaboration of Ernest Bohm, busi- ness representative of the B. S. & A. U. with officials of the Amalgamated Bank, in the creation of the company union. Bohm, it is learned, notified the bank that he was planning to organize its employes in January, 1927. Information secured reveals the further fact that the bank then made a nominal increase of $12 per year in the salaries of their employes without, however, notifying them. Bank Kept Books. This sum was regularly paid to Bohm, it is learned. Dues books were kept in the office of the chief cashier, Andre F. Poy, and the employes were not notified that they were members of the B. S. & A. U. Bohm, acting in his capacity as a “labor represen- tative’ worked hand in hand with the bank in forming the company union. Rubin, the discharged worker, lost his job with the bank the early part of this month because he attempted to convert the company union into a genuine labor organization after the 78 employes had elected his shop | chairman, it was learned yesterday.| When Rubin’s activity came to the attention of the officials of the bank, he was warned, but persisted in his organizational activities which his dismissal. At a membership meeting of the Bookkeepers, Steno- graphers and Accountants Union held Monday night at the headquarters of the organization, 3 West 16th St., the membership voted to call a strike within three days if Rubin were not z reinstated by the bank. Opposes Strike. Bohm last night stated that he op- posed the strke for the reinstatement of Rubin, giving as his reason the fact that the local organization of the B. S. & A. U. is a federal union and consequently unable to take such a step without the approval of the American Federation of Labor. In 000 State of Vermont bonds which addition, he stated, agreements with yield 3% per cent dividends on the}jocal employers call for the appoint- misery of flood area inhabitants, it} ment of arbitrators in the event of a is learned. The issue was raised to| Possible strike situation. aid in the rehabilitation of the state made necessary by last year’s great floods. At the same time Bohm declared that he was opposed to “all strikes.” The executive board of the B. S. & A. U. will meet tonight LABOR RULES RUSSIA, DELEGATION REPORTS That in the Soviet Union the or- ganized forces of the workers through their trade unions actually are the rulers of the country, that the whole resources of the land, economic, po- litical, educational and cultural are at the command of labor, that the various agencies of the government unlike those of any other country in the world are behind every effort of the workers—these are among the outstanding conclusions arrived at by the members of the First Rank and File Trade Union Delegation to the Soviet Republic. In a 48-page booklet published to- day, a summary is made of the re- cent visit by the score of rank and file trade unionists. The members of the delegation were as amazed as themselves as no doubt the readers of their report will be to discover what a vastly different place is filled (Continued on Page Two) led | = first to his demotion and finally to}? ° America. The telegram is signed by Professor Albert Einstein, Romain Rolland, Henri Bar- busse and other prominent persons, Several hundred Latin-American jstudents at a protest meeting here jdenounced United States imperialism and urged a united Latin-American | struggle against the “Colossus of the |North.” The meeting was addressed by Manuel Ugarte, author, and Isidor Fabela, former Argentine minister to Mexico. Commenting on President Cool- idge’s speech at the Havana confer- ence, Pertinax in L’Echo de Paris de- |clared that the address was “more |worthy of a Baptist chapel than a diplomatic gathering. One seeks in vain in it for the slightest indication of the United States policy toward Latin-America.” RUSH NICARAGUA BILL FOR CONTROL Opposition Is Aroused; Nicaraguan Killed GARDEN CITY, N. Y., Jan. 17. —Equipped to carry twenty small bombs and six machine guns each, three Curtiss attack planes have been rushed to completion at the Curtiss factory here for shipment to marine corps aviators in Nicara- gua, They will be loaded on a steamer tomorrow. ie eee KEY WEST, Fla., Jan. 17W—Home- ward bound from his invasion of Latin-America, President Coolidge to- night is on his way to Washington, The American dictatorship in Nie |caragua will be officially sanctioned when the Chamber of Deputies rati- fies the reaction- ary election bill, inspired by the United States De- partment of State and backed by the reactionary regime of Adolfo Diaz, re- ports from Nica» ragua state, The proposed law calls for the suspension of the existing * Nicara- guan electoral legislation and pro- vides that an American be pres- ident of every election board from the largest to the smallest consti- tuency thruout the country. Many of the proposed American poll-watchers will be marines and rank and file Nicaraguans of all shades of polit- ical opinion thruout the country have been infuriated by the marine control of the polls, General Frank R. McCoy, Presi- dent Coolidge’s personal appointee, will be at the head of the American electoral machinery. He is to be President of the Central Electoral Council with virtually unlimited powers over manipulations of the (Continued on Page Two) 1,200 Attend Fur Forum Over 1,200 workers attended the regular forum of the Joint Board Fur- riers’ Union held yesterday afternoon at Manhattan Lyceum, 66 E. 4th St. Joseph Winogradsky opened the discussion, pointing out the dissen- sion in the ranks of the right wing dual union. “While the Joint Board is always ready to listen to peace proposals,” he said, “no action ‘would be entered into unless assurances of i os Gen. Sandino. ja final united union will be given.”