The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 20, 1928, Page 1

THE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS: FO. THE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNORGANIZED FOR THE 40-HOUR WEEK FOR A LABOR PARTY Vol. V. No. 16. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In New York, by mall, $5.00 per yenr. Outside New York, by mail, $6.00 per year. THE DAILY WORKER. Entered as second-class matter at the Posi Office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. NEW YORK, FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1928 Published dally except Sunday by The National Daily Worker Publishing Assoctation, Inc., 33 First Street, N FINAL CITY EDITION Price 3 Cents ew York, N. ¥. LEGION BACKS DOWN, ADMITS IT CAN NOT STOP MADISON SQUARE GARDEN MEETING © WOMEN BOMBED IN NICARAGUA BY U. S. MARINES Rumors of Sandino’s| Death Unconfirmed MEXICO CITY, Jan. 19. — Changes in Mexican internal af- fairs in connection with events cen- tering about the oil situation is un- derstood to be the reason for the rapid plans being, made for the de- parture of Dwight W. Morrow, Morgan ambassador to Mexico, from Havana where he has been the guiding director of American policy at the Pan-American confer- ence. Though news is carefully being concealed by the American state de- partment, it is believed that the sharpening struggle between the Standard Oil interests and those of the (British) Royal Dutch Shell, both of which have extensive hold- ings in Mexico is at the bottom of Morrow’s hasty move. Re MEXICO CITY, Jan. 19. Gen. Cesar Augustino Sandino, insurgent leader in Nicaragua, told Pedro Ze- peda, his:representative in Mexico, in a letter just received here, that he has more than 1,500 men fighting under him and that each men “is ready to die for the cause.” The letter, while addressed to Dr. Zepeda, is intended for all Nicara- guans living in Mexico. It was dated | January 3. “Let us make our voice of protest heard at Havana,” said the communi- cation. The letter pointed out that the Sandino adherents have no represen- tative in Havana, but said that some one might be found who would speak for the revolutionary cause Marines Kill Women. Sandino in an earlier letter dated Jan. 2 charged that United States ma- rine corps fliers had bombed civilians including women and children. The Jetter of Jan. 2 appears in El Uni- versal. The communication makes an ur- gent appeal for medical supplies and declares that air raids are preventing prompt medical treatment. In re- sponse to the letter a Nicaraguan medical corps is being organized in Mexico City. * Sardino Death Unconfirmed. WASHINGTON, Jan. 19. -—— The navy department today cabled ma- rine headquarters in Nicaragua to forward a full report at once on ru- gece antl 2 on el Two) GREEN DODGES MINERS? RELIEF William Greén, president of the American Federation of Labor, has refused to act in behalf of the desti- tute families of the striking miners, it was revealed last night when dele- gate R. E. Castle of the Photo En- gravers’ Union read before the Cen- tral Trades and Labor Council a let- ter which he had received from the American Red Cross. Before reading the letter, the dele- gate asked if there had been any reply to a letter previously sent to Green in which it was requested that the federation presigent call upon the Red Cross to help the starving min- ers. Green has entirely avoided the issue, it was disclosed. No reason vas given but it was understood to be fear of offending those “higher up.” Delegate Castle then led a reply to a letter he had himself sent to the Red Cross asking for such aid. The reply which was couched in flowery Janguage, nevertheless, stated that * * patrolling ‘proaches to the scab mines, and the Re* Cross would & »9 way con- cern itself with relieving the destitute miners. The miners’ unions last year con- tributed over $200,000 to the Red Cross for its relief activities. Many more hundreds of thousands have been contributed by other workers of the country. Calvin, Coolidge is the honorary president of the Red Cross. BARON | HELD FOR THEFT. Ferdinand Von Woeger, 27, who claims to be a baron and descendant of an old Austrian family, was held in $1,500 bail for the Grand Jury in Yorkville Court yesterday, charged with having stolen a $1,200 diamond brooch from the Countess Jean de Vautibault. Hungry Children’ s Cries Drove Worker to Steal Gaetano Martino, a jobless worker, could no longer stand the cries of his starving children, shown above with their mother. now in jail awaiting arraignment on robbery charges, while his family subsist on aid from neighbors’ meager larders. | | | He is Miners Break Injunction; Coal-Iron Police Go Wild By I. J. O}FLAHERTY COVERDALE, Pa., Jan. 19.—Five coal and iron police of the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Company, on the after- noon of January 16 drove up to the picket line where over sixty striking miners were the -ap- seized Charlie Drost, one of the pic- kets. Drost was thrown into the machine, handled roughly and told that he was under arrest for violation of an in- junction which prohibits mass picket- ing. Another car load of “yellow dogs” (coal and iron police) then invaded | the miners’ barracks, grabbed a union miner and beat him so severely that he had a hemorrhage, the blood flow- ing freely for a long time. The coal and iron police attempted to kidnap him in their car, but when a body of union men approached on the run, the} police made a hasty getaway. Two women, Mrs. Brane and Mrs. Gusak who were presént while the beating was taking place remons- trated with the police, but the thugs replied by pulling out their guns and warning the women that if they said another word they would fill them with bullets. This outrage took place (Continued on Page Two) LEON TROTSKY TO LEAVE MOSCOW Reveal Hostile Actions of Oppositionists MOSCOW, Jan. 19.—The official announcement of the deportation of Trotsky and twenty-nine other mem- bers of the Opposition for acts hostile to the Communist Party and the Sov- jet Union was made public yesterday in the flolowing communication ap- | pearing in the U.S. S. R. press: “Various branches of the Govern- ment of the Soviet Union have discov- ered that a number of adherents of the Trotskyist and Sopronovist Oppo- sition groups which were expelled from the Communist Party by the Fifteenth Congress immediately after the Congress and the breakdown of the Opposition engaged in illegal anti- Soviet activities, which were mani- fested in their attempts to establish close contacts with representatives of the foreign bourgeoisie in Moscow thru whom the Trotskyists sent abroad their materials and maliciously false information, and with whose support- ers abroad the ‘Trotekyists had estab- lished ties. “When the criminal and illegal anti- Soviet activities of the Trotskyists and Sapronovists had been clearly es- tablished, it was deemed necessary as a minimum measure guaranteeing the interests of the proletarian state, to deport from Moscow thirty of the active members of these groups in- cluding Trotsky, Radek, Ivan Smir- nov, Serebriakov, Sapronov, Muralov, Beloborodov, Kharetchko, Vladimir Smirnov, Vardin, Safarov, Smilga, Sosnofsky and others. “As regards Zinoviev and Kamen- eff, who parted with the Opposition bloc and who declared that they would submit to all of the decisions and stip- ulations of the Fifteenth Congress, they have been despatched by organs of the Communist Party to work in the provinces.” WAGES OF BOXING. PARIS, Jan. 19.—Paulino Uzcudun, “Basque Woodchopper,” among box- ‘ng fens, has garnered nearly 4,000,- 100 francs during his 11 month stay in the United States % Independent Firms Sign 'Up with Local 41, ILGW All the independent firms in the pleating and tucking trade have re- newed their agreements with the union, according to M. Taft, manager of the Tuckers’, Pleaters’ and Hem- stitchers’ Local 41 of the Internation- | al Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union. Yesterday afternoon the Fairview Tucking Company, which held out the longest, renewed the agreement which expired January 15, 1928. The demonstration of loyalty to the union made by the workers, when the | union called a one-hour stoppage last Tuesday, convinced five of the six} employers withholding recognition | from the union to change their minds | \the next day, the sixth giving up yes- terday. Membership Meeting of j Young Workers League To Be Held on Sunday The Young Workers (Communist) League will hold a general member- ship meeting Sunday at 1 p. m. at 133 Second Ave, The order of business will be: 1. Report of district com- mittee on activities and organization- MURDER MINERS’ LEADER FIGHTING FOR REAL UNION Lillies Killed After Strike Meeting (Special to The Daily Worker) WILKESBARRE, Pa., Jan. 16, — Thomas Lillies, one of the leaders of the opposition to Presiden. Cappelini in District 1, United Mine Workers of America, whose dead body was found yesterday in Pittston with five bullet holes in it, and who was the running ;mate of Alex Campbell, another well known miner, was murdered by coal company agents is ihe belief here. Campbell and Lillies had been elect- ed as president and treasurer of Local Union 1607 against the Cappelini ma- chine. The Pennsylvania Coal Com- pany had refused to deal with them as officers of the union and Lillies was walking home from a meeting of the union, where the advisability of calling a strike had been discussed, {when he was killed. Cappellini and the Operators. Most of the Pi.tston locals control of supporters of President Cappelini and among miners here it is common knowledge that this amounts to control by the coal com- panies. Hundreds of grievances arising from violations of the agreement by the opera.ors remain unadjusted and there is an immense amount of dis- present officialdom. A strike of the Pittston local unions would affect between 8,000 and 10,- 000 miners and endanger the Cappel- ini machine. fact that Cappelini and his support- Cieiemed on seed oe ot ga) BiG POWER STEAL AFOOT IN SENATE Mont. Deal Disguised As Indian ‘Aid (Special to The Daily Worker.) WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 19.— Cleverly concealed in the Department of the Interior Bill now before the Senate is an authorization to the Fed- eral Power Commission to lease six power sites on the Flathead River in Montana to private interests. The power sites are amongst the most valuable in the west and are capable of generating more power than Muscle Shoals. The Montana Power Company wants this part of the public domain and had lobbists here directing the introduction of the “joker” in the Interior Department Bill now before the Senate. The bill provides that the proceeds of a small rental would go to the Flathead In- dians, This show of philanthropy is the sugar coating that power com- bine is using to get the steal through and Wheeler for their stand in favor to the power company’s proposal. No More Liquor. The scene is slightly shifted from the old days when the looters of the public domain approached the redman with red liquor, fancy blankets and | (Continued on Page Two) Superintendent of Schools O’Shear was yesterday blamed for faulty con- struction of schools built during the al status of the league. 2. The Young Worker subscription drive. 3. The} | Liebknecht Day memorial meeting. past years and recently discovered, by Dr, William H. Allen, director of the Institute of Pul of Public Service. are inj} trust of and dissatisfaction with the | Militant miners here point to the! and the excuse put forward by Walsh } FAULTY SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION | 24 Fires i in n Capital Peril Worker families. “Families | Help from Baltimore had to be summoned when 24 fires in one day terrorized Washington, on Tuesday. battling a desperate fire in a dwelling occupied by working class Firemen are here shown MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 19. — There will be no strike in the traction lines of | this city carry out the program for} complete surrender adopted by the ex- ecutive council of the American Fed- feration of Labor, in session heré hur dreds of miles from the scene of ac- tion. A resolution opposing strike action was unanimously passed, that only the companies now can institute a shut down of service was the an- nouncement of William Green, presi- dent of the Federation. All action will be suspended pending decision on the - injunction proceedings he said. At A. F. L. Surrenders Traction Issue; Abandons Strikes.” auspices of the Workers Par- the same time, it was admitted that these ‘proceedings will take many} New York if the traciion workers of | months if not years for final disposi- | tion. Surrender Complete. Accordingly it it. is. evident, that _no fuvther steps may be e: d in the organization of the traction workers unless a new mass movement of the workers develops which the officials will no longer be able to withstand. Pretending to see a great “victory” in the recent decision by the New York | State cour: of appeals on the first in- junction, executive board members| continue to announce that their ef- forts in | the courts have | borne fruit. Bill.Aimed at\Solons _, Introduced in Albany ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 19.—A bill aimed at members of the legislature who hold other state, county or city | positions, today was introduced in the | legislature by Assemblyman Louis A. Cuvillier. | The measure would compel the | secretary of state to publish once each | year a complete list of state, city, county, town and village employes. In offering the bill, Cuvillier said he had information that at least 16 senators and assemblymen are ineligible to serve in the present legislature under a strict interpretation of the constitu- tion. These legislators, according to city, county or village positions. |Discrimination Against | \Teachers Is Protested Discrimination in raising the salary | of highly paid officials at the expense | jof thousands of teachers of the kin- | jdergarten to 6B group who are the lowest paid teachers in New York, was protested by Henry R. Linville, |; president of the Teachers’ Union, in a letter to Joseph Miller, Jr., secre- tary of the board of education. “The union regrets that no real ef- fort was made to meet specifie in- | Justices complained of when the sche- (dules were originally proposed.” The liquidation of the socialist party has been suggested by its national sec- retary, according to a statement made yesterday by Jack Stachel, organiza- tional secretary of the Workers (Com- munist) Party. “At the very moment when the Workers Party is planning a cam- paign to get 5,000 new members,” said Stachel, “the secretary of the social- ist party, in a story printed in the New York Times on January 17, an- nounced that at the next convention of their party to be held in April, plans would be laid for a complete re- organization. “In the Times story the socialiat SOCIALIST HEAD ADMITS CONFUSION Drive ‘for 5,0 5,000 New Workers P Party Members Wil Will Begin party official declares that before the} war, 10 per cent of those who voted | che socialist ticket paid dues into the socialist organization; at the present time that number has fallen to 2 per cent.” Stachel said that according to its published plans the socialist pariy will arrange for the formation of two or- ganizations; one of a nominal nature for “sympathizers,” who will form themselves into clubs and societies, and the other for “dues-paying mem- bers.” The membership campaign of the Workers (Communist) Party will be- gin tomorrow night at the Lenin Mem- orial meeting at Madison Square Gar- den and continue for six weeks until the Ruthenberg Memorial meeting. Co- incident with the campaign for new members, will be an energetic pro- gram for recruiting 10,000 new read- ers for the DAILY WORKER. Simultaneous with the mammoth memorial in New York, there will be States to commemorate the death of the leader of the Russian Revolution, and to inaugurate the two drives, A large-scale mobilization of all the Party forces aimed to make both drives a success has already been ac- complished. Numerous speakers will be toured thruout the country who will point out the necessity for build- ing the Workers (Communist) Party | yesterday and its ifficial orean POLICE TESTIFY AT “BOMB” TRIAL - [Defense Lawyers Obje ct | to Judge’s Remark Detectives of the New York p department continued Le ap to testify on the fourth day of the trial of the young Mexicans and one Cuban | now on trial at the Brooklyn court- house. The defendants are charged | with planting a bomb near the court building last Labor Day. They are jian de Hoyos, Joseph Boa and Victor | | Fern, One witness for the prosecution] was James Callahan, at-| tached to the bomb squad at Man-| |hattan headquarters. He testified that | |a contrivance which he states he found at home of one of the men at 52 State St. Brooklyn, is a “time | bomb.” The defense declares that it is prepared to prove, however, that it is merely a rat trap. Another witness ‘called by the state was Edward J. Kelly, city chemist. | He identified the four bottles of liquid and said that in his opinion their con- tents would, when mixed, form al “highly explosive compound.” Under | cross-examination, however, the wit- ness admitted that he had made no analysis of the bottles. Defense Objects. Defense attorneys yesterday ob- jected to Judge Taylor’s caution to the prosecutor not to wave the bottles in the air, The lawyer said that such a remark would be prejudicial to the | case of the defendants. Deny Workers’ Claims Although the “Cotopaxi” which in 1925 was a lake type vessel, and inadequate to carry the huge cargo} on the ocean forced upon her by the Clinchfield Coal and Navigation Com- pany, the damage claims of the de- \pendent families of the crew has been | denied, Judge Frank J, Coleman ruled that a storm, and not the company, was at fault, and the $1,000,000 damage claims were denied, over 200 meetings thruout the United disappeared with a crew of 35 ee} 5.000 EXPECTED TO ATTEND HUGE LENIN MEMORIAL Patriots Urge Socrates Sandino Be Deported | Efforts by the S. Rankin Drew |Post of the American Legion by gov lernmental or other means to prevent the Lenin Memorial demonstration im Madison Square Garden § rday evé- ning have apparently been abandoned, a letter from the offices of the Post to The DAILY WORKER indicates, The letter is ed by Sidney Ge 'Gumpertz, commander, and was Te ceived by The DAILY WORKER yes- terday. The office of the post is at 101 W. 42nd St. D-portation Urged. Soon after Socrates Sandino ad dressed a mass mee ing held here last Sunday in protest t United States invasion of pertz, as an American Legion post commander, wrote to a congres: at Washington. He de the department of labor institute ac |tion to deport Sandino and unnamed {members of the Workers (Commun- jist) Party and that the government prevent the New York Leninumem- |orial meeting, which is to be held un- Sandino, a Brooklyn machine shop |worker, is a brother of Gen. Sandino, leader of the Nicaraguan army of ime | dependence. 25,000 To Attend. Gumpertz’ action was later report- ed in-The DAI,Y WORKER. +. ~ | New York district to attend the meet- ing meanwhile went ahead. Likewise the plans of the memorial committee to hold the meeting were hastened. The plans include a mass pageant |with 1,000 participants dramatizing lscenes of the Russian Revolution, in addition to a ballet of 100 dancers, “In an apparent attempt to bolster up interest in your Lenin memorial {meeting you have charged or inferred |that the undersigned has made some ee to stop this particular meet ” Gumpertz says in his letter. his post and its commander has ino authority to stop any meeting and jnever has or intends to use its influ. | (Continued on ee oe tee Two) LEFT WING WINS IN WAITERS UNION William Lehman, for 12 years the | reactionary leader of the Waiters and | Waitresses Union Local 1, was de |Cuvillier, are holding other state, |Eugenio Fernandez, Jesus Silva, Jul-|feated for secretary, yesterday by A. Rubenfeld, running on a progressive | slate. Complete Slate. | Altho the complete returns of the elections were not made public as |yet, it was definitely ascertained that the count on the chief officers was complete. Louis Rifkin, progressive, | was elected the new president of the |local, and M. Orgel was counted im | ag business agent. | The voting took place in Webster }Hall, 11th St. and Third Ave. and \cor¢inued late into the night. A majority of the 2,200 members of the | union participated in this year’s elee= tions. At the union’s office at 238d St. and Third Ave., it was learned that the new officials were still busy counting the votes on the executive board elections, but said that a state- ment on plans for the future would be forthcoming as soon as possible, FIRE IN LUMBER YARD, | Firemen fought an hour to cheek |the blaze yesterday when fire broke out in the Rugby lumber yard, Rock- jaway Ave., Brooklyn. The glare was seen 10 miles away, and the intense wait with the lines of hose. Resi+ dents of the district were panics | stricken, | To INDUSTRIALIZE VILLAGE. A plan to drive the remaining art- lists out of Greenwich Village and con- |vert the Village into business man’s |industrial paradise has been proposed by the Lower Manhattan Industrial Association, composed of industrial |firms and real estate operators. A portion of the village would be set apart a residential section for wrttore Hof venommitad weanth The plans of 2,000 workers of the heat forced firemen to lie face down-* a o- SAM DAE,