The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 23, 1928, Page 1

Cyclonic winds, ‘tearing THE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS: FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNORGANIZED FOR THE 40-HOUR WEEK FOR A LABOR PARTY Vol. V. No. 18. a path 200 miles wid SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In New York, by mall, $5.00 per year. Outside New York, by mail, $6.00 per year. IR. T. INJUNCTION SUIT TO BE HEARD IN COURT TODAY Traction Barons’ Right to Enforce “Yellow Dog” Contract Fundamental Issue Underpaid, Overworked Workers Demand More Militant Action by Union Officials Argument on the application of the Interborough Rapid Tran- sit Co. for an injunction against the 3,000,000 members of the American Federation of Labor is 12, Supreme Court, before Justice Wasservogel. American Federation of Labor may again become an agency for carrying on the struggle for an improvement in the workers’ conditions or whether it will end its present down-hill course in abject surrender, as the official labor organization of this country, will be indicated at least in part in the pres- eat injunction case, competent ob- servers believe. Practically -every right which or- ganized labor has won during the last half-century of struggle is at stake in this hearing. The I. R. T. specifi- cally aims to make it a criminal act for the Amalgamated Traction Work~ ers’ Union or any other union affili- ated with the A. F. of L. to attempt to organize the New York traction workers. The trade union movement will be outlawed if the I. R. T. suc- ceeds. Justice Wasservogel is to decide likewise on the question of the legal- ity of the “yellow dog” contract, the issue between the company union and the legitimate union and on the ques- tion of. the spy system which forms the main support of the Interborough company union. 2 Announcement was made yesterday at the headquarters of the Amalga- mated Union, Continental | Hotel, Broadway and 41st St., that the legal- ity of the individual “yellow dog” contract would form the center of attack by the Amalgamated counsel. As a result of the long standing engagement on the legal field the whole issue has been sidetracked into technicalities, it is pointed out. The attempt of the Amalgamated to base its whole case on legal technicalities, observers state, can result only in (Continued on Page Five) Many Are Jobless in N. Y. Clothing Trade That the present season in the clothing trade is one of the worst in years, from the standpoint of employ- ment, is confirmed from/many relia- ble sources, Production for the new year is gen- erally in full swing at this time. This year, however, greater unemployment 4a evident. Since the cutters in the trade are the first to be employed at the begin- ning of a new season, they are a good barometer of conditions. Widespread unemployment exists among them now. Hoover Refuses to Give Stand on Labor WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—Herbert Hoover, looming as the probable nom- inee of the repub- lican —_ convention for the presidency, is silent on all la- bor. issues, and especially on the injunction _ issue. Labor officials, who still. believe the material condi- tions of the work- ers are the result of the work of in- dividuals, will try to make him com- mit himself defi- nitely, before the campaign has pro- gressed much farther, as to whether he is with the bosses or with the Herbert Hoover well-known ghoul ss ¥ ASIST ENE RETSIIIE A AT STAR scheduled to begin today in Part Whether the RAID COLORADO STRIKE MEETING Wholesale Arrests; Jail Frank Palmer Again DENVER, Colo., Jan. 22.—The mil- itia again raided a miners’ meeting in Lafayette Friday night, in spite of Governor Adams’ promise that he yould issue. orders that.such interfer- ence be stopped, and arrested Frank Palmer, whose articles on the Colora- do strike have frequently appeared in The DAILY WORKER. Prohibit Meetings. The militia officers declare that Palmer was arrested because he point- ed out the governor’s relationship to the strike, and his acts against the strikers in his Lafayette speech, but it was very apparent that he had been slated for arrest and was picked up on his first appearance in the north- ern field there after having left Wal- senburg where he witnessed the law- less shooting by state police into the peaceful parade of miners there, The mayor of Florence has issued an edict prohibiting strike meetings, after the example of Mayor Pritchard | of Walsenburg, and still aping the lit- tle czars of the southern coal towns, has been declared a virtual dictator by the city council, which gives him authority to grant or withhold per- mission for all public meetings, and prohibits those which do not get his consent. The miners are determined to have their meetings anyway, and one will be held this afternoon in the ball park. * * - COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Jan. 22.—Forty men have been arrested by the sheriff, without warrant, within the last few days, * Aes TRINIDAD, Colo., Jan, 22.—In this | chief hold of the Rockefeller’s Colora- | do Fuel and Iron Co., the industrial commission will begin hearings Mon- day. The miners do not expect that the employers will be able to present any other evidence than that of their bosses. §9 JOIN PARTY AT DETROIT MEETING: DETROIT, Jan. 22,99 new mem- bers joined the Workers (Communist) Party inthe big Lenin memorial meet ing at Arena Gardens here, Sunday afternoon, after an appeal by Ber- tram D. Wolfe. More than two thousand workers present demanded recognition of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics by the United States government. All present pledgad themselves never to raise a gun against the workers and peasants’ army of the Soviet Union and to defend the workers re- publie with all their power. FEAR LOCUST PLAGUE. JERUSALEM, Jan. 22.—The plague of locusts which were reported to be pupating on the Sudan-Egypt border e thru Ohio and Kentucky, River. Photo at left shows havoc wreaked on workers’ homes in Cincinnati where 16 were injured. Wrecked hom: THE DAILY WORKER. a Fy 7 e a ® t é 5 - e st Pa &. Z oo —) 3 3 s 2 fe 3 a 1 2] oS 2 a FA 3 a a ° a a ° =, es S £ B a p 5 a 3 8 g, a $ 5 a s s 6 $s Entered as nccond-cluss macer at the #oxt Office at New ‘ork, N. ¥. under the act of March 3, 1879. NEW YORK, MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 1928 touses in wor Published daily except Sunday by The National Daily Worker Publishing Association, Inc., 33 First Street, New York, N. ¥. MAKES THOUSAND S HOMELESS ee ee FINAL CITY EDITION Price 3 Cents SANDINO STILL ALIVE, FIGHTING ON! Federal Injunction Prohibits Picketing Scab Mines ‘23,000 WORKERS AT LENIN MEMORIAL GATHERS FORCES OHIO COMPANIES AND GOVERNMENT STRIKEBREAKING Sweeping Court Order Outlaws the Strike PITTSBURGH. Pa., Jan. 22.—In an attempt to cripple strikers’ resist- ance as the eastern Ohio coal oper- ators prepare to resume operations, Federal Judge Benson W. Hough has granted a sweeping preliminary fed- eral injunction to take effect this morning, completely outlawing all picketing and-all strike acticn. The injunction was granted after} a conference between U. S. Marshall Stanley Bothwick and A. ©. Roberts, au official of ‘the Rush Run*Mine of the Youghiougheny and Ohio Coal Company at Rayland, Jefferson Co. This mine was closed down Saturday by marching miners. The injunction was requested by the Warner Collieries and Youghi- ougheny and Ohio Company claiming that “the situation is out of the con- trol of local authorities” an@ that “Federal action is necessary for the protection of mine property.” It re- strains strikers from gathering or loitering in groups or crowds or picket file formation about mines or (Continued on Page Two) REVIVE ANCIENT “FREIHEIT” SUIT Lucy Robins, a publicity agent, and Harry Lang, former labor editor of the Jewish “Forward,” have renewed their three-year-old libel suit against the “Freiheit,” Jewish Communist daily. The extent to which their honor was damaged by two articles appear- ing in the “Freiheit” in February, 1925, they say is no less than $400,- 000. Melich Epstein, as editor, and the Freiheit Publishing Association must appear in the supreme cour’ this morning to answer to the charge of having criticized the plaintiffs for participating in certain lot selling en- terprises. AID SANDINO ENLISTMENT. BOGOTA, Colombia, Jan. 22.—A comniittee has been formed here to aid young men desirous of enlisting in the Liberal Nicaraguan army of General Augustno Sandino to reach the Liberal headquarters. The Com- mittee is calling the Latin American youth*to fight against “armed inter- vention by the United States in Nic- aragua.” Resolution of Comradeship Sent to Nicaraguan Army One of the biggest labor demon- , strations in the history of New York took place at Madison Square Gar- |den, New York, Saturday night when 23,000 workers, Assembled to honor the memory af Benin, shouted unani- mous accord the proposal to send a telegram of revolutionary greeting to Augustino Sandino, leader of the Nicaraguan army now fighting against the invasion by American marines. The large hall shook with a pandemonium of cheers, sweeping thru the packed lower floor and re- | echoing from the massed thousands in the two galleries, When a jewelled sword, relic of the revolutionary struggle for the creation of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics. was. unsheathed and held aloft ‘by the chairman, William Weinstone, after being pre- sented officially to the Workers (Communist) Party of America by two representatives of the recent rank and file trade union delegation which visited the Soviet Union, again the demonstration reached a climax which will long be remembered in the history of New York labor. The sword, a gift from the Trans- caucasian Socialist Soviet Republic, was formally accepted in the name of the Workers (Communist) Party of America by Jay Lovestone, execu- tive secretary of the Party. Token of Victory. » “There could be no more fitting oc- easion for the presentation of a sword from the victorious workers of the Soviet Union,” said Lovestone, in accepting the sword from William G. Hearing, president of the Central Labor Union of Stamford, Conn., and Edward Condino, of Illinois, of the United Mine Workers of America, “We accept it as a token of the vic- tory to be won by the working class of the United States after the over- throw of capitalism.” Before delivering the sword Hear- ing and Condino recited the ereun stances under which they received it. “International” Sung. They told how when in the Trans- Caucasian Republic they visited one ef the revolutionary museums where the sword was on display. “When we showed our interest ia it,” said Hear- ing, “we were urged to take it to America and present it to the Work- ers Party.” When Weinstone took the sword out of the sheath the entire audience rose and sang “The International.” Lovestone told how when he was in the Soviet Union he visited the tomb of Lenin. “I was asked by one of the Red Soldiers on guard,” con- tinued the speaker, “whom I believed to be the greatest American that ever lived. My answer was that the | 1 | against the capitalists’ rule.’ GEN. SANDINO. greatest American that ever lived was Viadimir yitch Lenin.” 3,000,000 Jobless. William Z. Foster, member of the Party’s political committee and secre- tary of the Trade Union Educational League, pointed out that the trade unions of the United States have been losing position during the last few years. “The so-called labor leaders,” he continued, “are working hand and glove with the bosses and the govern- ment against the workers.” Foster then pointed out that the United Mine Workers’ Union, the largest in America, has been broken by the policy pursued by John L. Lewis. “He has destroyed the union in the key districts of Ohio and Pennsyl- vania,” he added. After saying that more than 3,000,- 000 in the United States are now job- less, Foster made a plea for the for- mation of a labor party to fight for the rights of the workers. Robert Minor, editor of The DAILY WORKER, pointed out that Lenin was the greatest leader of the work- ers in their fight for power. “He knew how to transform the imperial- ist war into a class war,” continued Minor, “and successfully to lead the 4 ; revolutionary struggle which founded the Union of Socialist Soviet Repub- lics. Another world war is coming. When the time arrives we must rai Lenin’s slogan: ‘Turn the imperialist war between nations into a cl war The next world war will result in the for- mation of several new Sovict Repub- lics on the ruins of capitalist states. “If you want to honor Lenin, join at rtest against the ruthless suppression of the Nicaraguan independence movement and demand the immediate withdrawal of battleships and mar- ines. We pledge support to Gen. San- dino and hope that he may be vic- torious in his fight against Wall Street rule.” John Williamson, district. organizer of the Young Workers (Communist) League, told of Lenin’s attitude towards war. “If we do not reach the youth with our message,” said Will- iamson, “they will become the basis of an American fascisti organization.” Chinese Speaker Cheered. P. T. Lau, of the Hands Off China Committee, Philadelphia, was the next speaker. When introduced by Weinstone he was greeted by tremen- dous applause. = Lau told of the memorial meeting held in Canton, China, four years ago when Lenin died. Also how Sun Yat-sen, the founder of the Chines~ Nationalist movement, paid homage to Lenin and urged his followers to follow his teachings. “The temporary defeat of the Chinese revolution,” continued Lau, “is evidence that any deviation from Leninism spells failure to revolution. Sun Yet-sen learned from Lenin that \the imperialists are the greatest enemies of the Chinese masses, the militarists only being their pawns.” When Lau finished his speech a resolution was passed unanimously to demand the withdrawal of United States battleships and marines from China. M. J. Olgin, member of the Central Committee, Workers (Communist) Party and editor of “The Hammer,” Jewish Communist monthly, said that Lenin was “buried four years ago but is still alive in the historical events of the last four years. Lenin lives in the Chinese revolution, in the dissatisfaction of mililons of colonial peoples. Lenin lives with the small group of patriots in Nicaragua under General Sandino; Lenin lives in the struggle of the miners of Pennsyl- vania, Ohio and Colorado!” During Lovestone’s speech 20 mem- | (Continued on Page Five) CLERKS’ UNION FOR NEW DRIVE - GivusS, MARINES American Marines in a New Bomb Attack MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Jan. 22.— That the reports of Sandino’s death are false and that the revolutionary leader still continues the struggle for Nicaraguan independence was defi- nitely ascertained today when it was learned that marines had captured letters signed by Sandino since last Saturday, when the revolutionary stronghold at El Chipote was bom- barded. - It is generally believed that San- dino is quietly gathering his forces in preparation for a new offensive against the marines, Altho there have been many rumors that he was wounded in the marines attack, no information has been received here to verify the story. Reports that the revolutionary forces have been driven acress the Honduran border were proved false when marine planes which attempted to bomb El Chipote yesterday were met with rifle and machine gun fire. Masyine forces were also attacked by the revolutionists near Telpaneca yesterday. ‘URGES UNION OF LATIN AMERICA MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Jan. 22. —Attacking President Coolidge’s speech at the Pan-American confer- jence as an empty formality, Dr. | Terra, president of the chamber of deputies, declared that “no fraterniay }among nations” was possible as long |as the United States continued its “war against a defenseless people.” | Dr. Terra declared that the Nica- raguan situation should be brought before the Havana conference and urged that all Latin-American dele- (Continued on Page Two) CAINS MEMBERS | Women’s “Pesee" Meet his party, and we will orgarize a So-| cialist Soviet Republic in America in| the years to come!” In opening the meeting Weinstone, district organizer of the New York district of the Workers (Communist) Party, said, “In commemorating the !death of Lenin we will not mourn or weep. Lenin was a fighter. We pro- NEW SHOE WORKERS’ UNION FORMED Organization Drive Among Thousands Announce Intensive Calling upon all shoe workers to unite under the banner of honest rank and file trade unionism, the newly reorganized Associated Shoe & Slip- per Workers of America Saturday launched a drive for the organization of the thousands of unorganized shoe and slipper workers of the city. Before taking the final step in the formation of an independent union, the announcement states, the Associ- ated Shoe & Slipper Workers weighed carefully the question of joining the Boot & Shoe Workers Union, the or- are on their way to Palestine, it is feared. ganization affiliated with the Amer- fican Federation of Labor. One Machine. “But we realized,” ,the statement reads, “that the Boot & Shoe Work- ers Union is dominated by the Baine- Loveley machine whose policy is not that of improving conditions and wages in the industry but to unite with the bosses against the interests of the workers.” The Associated Shoe & Slipper Workers of America, formerly mem- bers of the Shoe Workers Protective Union, headed by the Nolan-Fitzger- ald machine, was recently expelled from that organization due to the to abide by its policy of expelling militant members of the local union and because it refused last summer to abide by the strike breaking acti- vities of the International. For Unity. Announcement was made at union headquarters, 51 East 10th St., that the organization would still strive for unity of all shoe workers organ- izations of the entire industry. “We shall continue to place our case be- fore the labor movement and before the workers of the shoe industry.” Steps for an intensive organization | Successful results of the organiza- | Ignores Nicaragua War \tion drive now being conducted by the | Retail Grocery & Dairy Clerks’ Union| WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (FP).— are seen in the signing up by this|Resolutions adopted by the Third union of a’ number of previously un- Conference on the organized shops, according to an an- Cause and Cure of nouncement made by officers of the War, led by Mra, union Saturday. Carrie Chapman Wages Increased. Catt, and repre Three branch grocery stores of the senting nine large \firm of Klappow Bros., 963 E. 180th national organisge St., 3424 Jerome Ave. and 206 E. tions of women, ige 198th St., in which over a dozen nored the Ameri- workers are employed have bee can conquest of signed up. Wages in these stores Nicaragua, have been increased from $30 to $40 A group of Cu- and from $35 to $45 for two grades ban women had of workers employed. Hours have been reduced from 12 to 9 per day. Injunction Against Workers. Carrie Catt | The United Hebrew Trades has at|mvades U. Ss. War “We associate our ‘last succeeded in securing a tem-| selves with you in porary injunction against the union, | protest against war in Nicaragua and )it was announced Saturday. With/also in your work for peace.” In- the cooperation of the Hebrew Groc-|stead of adopting resolutions con- ers ~Association of Brownsville, M.|\demning the Nicaraguan slaughter, Feinstone, secretary of the United |the conference sent a reply, express- sent to this confer- ence in Washing ton a cablegram: Hebrew Trades, secured an order in Part 1, Supreme Court, Brooklyn, be- |fore Justice Dunn, preventing the jclerks’ union from continuing organ- Mi drive are being worked out, it was)izing work. At least a dozen such fact, it is announced, that it refused announegd, previous attempts had failed, ing their desire to help in the devel- opment of mutual understanding be- tween the United States and all Latin- American countries. This was simply a paraphrase of President Coolidge’s speech a‘) Havana,