The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 18, 1928, Page 5

——— ( THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1928 Page Five New York Legislature to Hear SURVEY BOARD OPPOSES LABOR IN NEW REPORT By ROBERT MITCHELL. Recommendations which will prob- ably lead to the revision of the exist- ing compensation laws of New York State still further in the interests of the employers and the insurancé com- panies, are to be made by the Indus- trial Survey Commission when it re- ports to the New York Siate Legis- lature next month. Announcement has been made by Henry D. Sayre, executive secretary of the commission, that the investiga- tions which the commiss.on has con- ducted for the past few weeks have led to the conclusion that consider- able fraud is being committed in fil- ing compensation claims. “But we have not even scratched the surface,” Sayre added. Mouthpiece for Interests. Details disclosed at the recent hear- ings have undoubtedly tended to show some such evidence of fraud. At the same time it has become evident that the commission, organized for the pur. pose of investigating conditions in in- duscry, has spent most of its time in the issuance of propaganda favorable to the insurance companies of the state. Members of the commission, not- ably Merwin K. Hart, representative of the employers and a bitter union hater, and James J. Gerard, former U. S. ambassador to Germany and represen.ative of the “public” have taken every opportunity to attack la- bor unionism. Considerable publicity has been is- sued by the commission obviously aimed to discredit existing laws re- stricting the hours of labor in indus- try, especially in the case of women workers. Stacistical data upon which the com- mission has based its findings are drawn from the reports of the Na- tional Industrial Conference Board, the open shop employers’ “fact find- ing” bureau. Plans Further Attacks. Under the inspiration of the em- ployers’ representatives on the com- mission, that body recently announced it would*recommend ‘a complete inves- tigation of the whole state labor ‘de- partment. is undoubtedly to discredi: even that poorly functioning “labor” body. The labor representative on the eommission, E. Kovelski, has signed the reports of the commission. clals of the New York State Federa- tion of Labor have cooperated with it fo the fullest extent. Find Police Guilty in Colorado Murders (Continued from Page One) morning. This report comes from A. Y. Gullette, reporter for the Scripps- Howard Rocky Mountain News, who laughed when asked how Welborn in- spected the coal mines during the night. it is still doubtful whether Gov. Adams will even withdraw the state | police who are now found to be un- lawful killers, let alone prosecute them for murder, as he seems now completely Rockefeller-controlled. The height of gall was reached when the state police arrested two strikers at the inquest who were to testify against them and others who had al- ready testified. Win Legal Victories. The gunmen believe that they can get anything here because the Rocke- feller interests control almost every- thing and are desperately afraid of the results of the Industrial Commis- sion’s hearing, because. of publicity as to their methods, despite the con- trol of the commission, Another legal victory was won in Trinidad where 11 were on trial, charged with “assault to kill with deadly weapons” as a result of an at- tack by city cops on Christmas night which resulted in eight being freed and three found guilty of simple as- sault. There was serious fear of a framed conviction, but Judge Mc- Chesney apparently could not be reached. John Parke’s jury dis- agreed. He was charged with incit- ing to strike. an acquittal. Three victories Were won in one day. Seek Writer Who Sent Havana Cable (Continued from Page One) demonstrations against American im- perialism. i Weiss, if arrested, will be sent back to Hungary, it is believed, and will face torture in jail or possibly death. (The news of the arrests by the Machado regime was carried exclu- sively by The DAILY WORKER yes- terday. The cable given above is also exclusive and reached The DAILY WORKER in spite of the censorship maintained by, the Machado regime.) * HAVANA, Jan. 17.—A preliminary organization meeting of the chairmen of the delegations to the Havana con- ference voted in favor of open com- mittee meetings today. The motion was made by Honorio Pueyrredon, president of the Argentine delega- tion. The aim of the employers | Offi-! One kluxer prevented | Recommendations on Compensation Laws Edith Segal, who is conducting the ballet of 100 in connection with the mass revolutionary pageant at the Lenin Memorial meeting, Madison Square Garden, next Saturday night. Over 1,000 persons will take part in the pageant which was written by Adolf Wolff. PLUMBING FIRM MAKES WAGE CUT Move Indicates Start of General Attack An open challenge has been thrown |down to Greater New York building trades workers in the wage slash handed out to two score of plumbers and plumbers’ helpers employed by the firm of Lipsky and Rosenthal, 126 Utica Ave., Brooklyn, Reductions to the helpers were |made openly and were handed out on |typewritten forms on Jan. 15. The plumbers was effected secretly, ow- | ing to the fact that these workers are |members of Local 1, the plumbers’ junion, of Brooklyn, which has an agreement with the firm. Only two or three of the men were willing to |confirm that their wages had been slashed because they feared to admit they are working under the union scale. Joint Move of Employers. Special significance is being at- tached by the workers to these wage reductions owing to the fact that Lipsky, the senior member of the firm,*is at the same time the presi- dent of the Independent Master Plumbers’ Association, an employers’ organization which last year broke away from the Master Plumbers’ As- sociation of Greater New York. The move is taken to mean that general wage reductions will be at- tempted by all employers of the as- | sociation. It is further stated by some members familiar with the sit uation that this Independent Associa- tion is planning with the knowledge of other building employers’ organiza- tions a drive for the open shop. The challenge is thus thrown down to the ment. General Wage Cut. On Monday a typewritten slip was handed to all helpers which read: “On account of competition all helpers will be reduced. fifty cents per day begin- ning Jan. 15, 1928.” In spite of a united protest by the score or more of helpers employed, Lipsky and Rosenthal refused to re. call the cut order. When interviewed, the helpers were undecidd as to whether a strike would follow. |wage cut delivered to the score of | Labor and Fraternal Organizations Melich Epstein to Lecture. Melich Epstein, editor of “The Freiheit,” will lecture on “The Pres- ent Situation in the Labor Movement and its Problems,”. Frida yat 8 p. m. at the Young Workers Social Cul- ture Club, 123 Riverdale Ave., Brook- lyn. sie ce Esperanto Meet Tonight. The “Esperanto Laborularo” will meet tonight at 8 p. m. at 108 E. 14th St. to make arrangements for the Lenin Memorial meeting. Cae ean Hotel and Restaurant Workers. An educational and organization jmeeting of the hotel and restaurant workers’ branch of the Amalgamated Food Workers’ Union will be held Thursday at 2:30 p. m. at the union headquarters, 133 W. 51st St. ies a Jacobson Lectures Sunday. Eli B. Jacobson will speak on “Modern Literature as an Anti-Revo- lutionary Force” at the Bronx Open Forum, 2075 Clinton Ave., Sunday at 8 p.m. fe i Bee ite Downtown I. L. D. Meeting. The Downtown Branch of the Inter- national Labor Defense will meet to- night at 35 E, Second St. * * * Pocketbook Makers’ Meeting. The Pocketbook Makers’ Union will meet tonight at 6 p. m. at the Rand School, 7 E. 15th St. The question building will be taken up. * * * Newark Class in Trade Unionism. A class in trade unionism wlil be conducted every Wednesday at 8:30 p. m. by Irving Freeman at the Slovak Workers’ Home, 52 West St., Newark. * 4 * Chinese Peasant Carnival. A Chinese Peasant Carnival will be Lyceum, 66 E. Fourth St., under the jauspices of the Hands Off China | Committee. | * ee ey Hungarian Workers’ Club. | War Comes,” Friday at 8 p. m., at the Hungarian Workers’ Club, 708 Jackson Ave. a eee Finnish Workers’ Club, Robert Minor, editor of The DAILY WORKER, will speak at a Lenin 126th St. ae Brownsville Open Forum. John Williamson will lecture on |p. m. ee Bath Beach Forum. 2p. m, x * * Jersey I. L. D. Meet. Ettore Frisina, secretary of the Italian branch of the International Labor Defense, will address a meet- ing of the. Jersey City Anti-Fascist League tonight at 160 Mercer St, when an Italian I. L, D. branch will be organized. ae Sa Final Rehearsal Saturday. the Lenin Memorial meeting will be held Saturday at 1 p. m, at Madison Square Garden, 49th St. near 8th Ave. employees’ entrance. Cae er One thousand are needed for mass scenes. No experience necessary. |Bring Russian costumes if possible. | this tremendous dramatie spectacle junder the direction of Edward Mas- |sey, of the New Playwrights’ Theatre. * * * Y. W. L. Membership Meet. A general membership meeting of ithe Young Workers League will be 1 p.m. The agenda will be: 1. Re- port of district committee on activi- ties and organizational status of Y. W. L. 2. The Young Worker Sub Drive. 3, The Liebknecht Day mem- orial meeting. * * * Metal Workers Meet Tonight. All members of the Y. W. L. work- \ing in any branch of the metal indus- try, both union and non-union, must attend a meeting of their fraction to- jnight at the district office, 108 E. 14th St. acne ae PENT SLES OY RATER Sve SE We send our heartiest © GREETINGS to the true spokesman of Labor, THE DAILY WORKER on its Fourth Anniversary. F. 4S. S. 2A, DISTRICT 2 of the union manager and a new |held Friday, Jan, 27, at Manhattan | Carl Weisberg will speak on “When | memorial meeting Sunday: at 8 p. m. at the Finnish Workers’ Club, 15 W. “The Youth Movement in America” at the Brownsville Open Forum, 1689 | Pitkin Ave., Brooklyn, Sunday at 8 S. Davis will lecture on “The Soviet | Union Today” at the Bath Beach Open | Forum, 1940 Benson Ave., Sunday at | Final rehearsal for the pageant of | Splendid opportunity to participate in | jheld Sund a | whole building trades union move- | beige asteana Plas toia teat ay eee | MAXIM GORKI IS frarry acrrvrrms HONORED IN USSR MOSCOW, (By Mail). — The 35 year jubilee of the famous Russian author, Maxim Gorki, was celebrated in Leningrad on December 26th. Rep- resentatives of science, literature and social organizations who were the speakers on this occasion laid stress en Gorki’s connection with the revo- NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY Ballet Rehearsal Tonight. A rehearsal of the ballet for the Lenin memorial meeting will be held tonight at 6:30 o’clock at the Irv. and 15th St. ing Plaza, Irving Place * * * Newark Y. W. L. Dance. The Young Workers League of Newark will hold its fifth annual lutionary masses; they spoke of Gor-|dance Saturday, Jan. 28, at New ki—the champion of the working | Montgomery St. class, Gorki—the social worker. i = Ns A congratulatory telegram was des-| Affair for The DAILY WORKER. patched to Gorki wishing him health| Subsection 3B will hold an affair and strength for further work. for The DAILY WORKER Feb. 25 at the Hungarian Workers Home, 350 Open on January 30th)™ *ss . |, 47 Courses at Workers| School Fall Term to Forty-seven courses in English, journalism, literature, public speak- ing, history, imperialism, current events, economics, trade union and Marxian theory, will be offered to the workers of New York by the Work- ers’ School, 108 E. 14th St., for the coming spring term which opens Jan. 30. While many of the courses: given in the fall term will be repeated, many new courses for those who wish to further their studies have been added to the curriculum. This is the most extensive spring term program ever offered by the Workers’ School. It follows the most successful term in the history of the school, when over 1,300 workers at- tended classes. Among the instructors scheduled to give classes are Jay Lovestone, Ber- tram D. Wolfe, Scott Nearing, Mois- saye J. Olgin, William W. Weinstone, H. M. Wicks, D. Benjamin, A. Mark- off, Eli B. Jackson, Art Shields and Ray Ragozin. Spanish Fraction Meeting. All Spanish speaking members are urged to attend a special fraction meeting tonight at 8:30 p. m. at 81 E. 110th St. A representative of the district executive committee will address the meeting. ee oe Lecture on Nicaragua. Eve Dorf will lecture on the Nica- raguan situation at the meeting of Subsection 2-D at 6 o’clock tonight at 101 W. 27th St. Cet eee Watch, Clockmakers Meet Tomorrow. A mass meeting of watch and 6 p. m, at the headquarters of International Jewelry Workers’ Union, 112 W. 44th St. The meet- union. . * * I. L. D, Bazaar Committee. The International Labor Defense bazaar committee meets tonight gt 8 p. m, at Manhattan Lyceum, 66 E. |Fourth St. All I. L. D. branches must be represented. | Dr. N. Schwartz , 124 East 81st Street SPECIALIST for Kidney, Bladder, Urology, Blood and Skin diseases and Stomach Disorders. X-RAY Examinations for Stones, |Pumors and Internal disturbances. | Dr. Schwartz will be glad to give) you a free consultation. Charges FOR A FRESH, WHOLESOME VEGETARIAN MEAL Come to Scientific Vegetarian Restaurant 75 E. 107th Street New York. pee Se WHERE DO WE MEET TO DRINK AND EAT? At the is Sollins Dining Room is moderate. | Special X-RAY EXAMINATION §2.! HOURS: Daily: 9 A. 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He said the league has opaned rew headquarters and will work to in- ase the membership thruout the| | country. ill be sent out on tours, he Joseph B last | “Americans instead ¢ t the ta. orial Radio. he stated, comes Some of the mon to the Ue S. tr witz Unio: Union, Joint Board, presided. i LAW OFFICE CHAS. “RECHT convenience of w turday. fe a all day T 40th ST. Ro 1604, PENN 4060--4061--4076, guan na- nted. | \— For the q until 110 W Phone ers open rations of 1 5 i: p- on of elections in 1912 was ex- In when the United have its elec- Co-opreative Repam Suop |419'% 6th Avenue, near 25th St. hoes Repaired While U Wait aits Pressed _ptoralinciaiababece teria tna THING PHOTOGRAPH ] 'UDIC OR OUTSIDE WORK | i jerino, a government with the sup- port of the Nicaraguan Federation of d. It was not a labor government but one “pledged to guar- antee organized labor a minimum of ri s.” Under U. 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