The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 27, 1928, Page 2

Page Two THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1928 af, bankers’ beck and call. DAY’S NEWS IN PIC Saeaeniemtaeceetees Soa At the left is the J-4 Navy dirigible with the longest cruising range of any non-ri; TURES, WITH AN ¥ 2 & 22 ANGLE OF INTEREST TO WORKINGCLASS READERS S sii iss gid airship in the United States. The J-4 is shown leaving its hangar at Lakehurst, N. J., ready for instant use against the natives of weak countries Soldiers are shown receiving new outfits in the second photo, preparatory to their departure from Brooklyn for service in the subjugation of Chinese or Latin American workers. Women must work even as drivers, due to the poverty produced by the capitalist system. The next to the last picture supplies proof of this. In the extreme right hand photo, a new instrument for measuring the sun, called the pyranmeter, is shown. Democrats and Republicans in Mad Scramble to Cover Up Corruption FEAR OF GRAFT EXPOSURES STIRS | POLITICAL RINGS Smith and Republicans Match Wits ALBANY, Jan. 26.—The originally announced intention to investigate irregularities in the State Labor De- partment, has been lost sight of in the republican-demoeratic squabblc which has been going on here during the past few day Yesterday th senate side-tracked uticns passe the day before by the embly ple ing cooperation in the investigation of the labor department. Republican Division. Instead it adopted a resolution ex- tending the life and powers of the Industrial Survey Commission, a body created by the republican legislature two years ago. The commission has itself sought to compel an investi- gation of the state labor department in which democratic politicians and labor officials have been stationed. The act to increase the commission’s powers is interpreted as a republican move to embarrass Al Smith. Tie counter move of A. Smith in appointing Professor Lindsay Rogers to conduct an independent investiga- tien has created consternation in the ranks of the republicans because, it is reliably reported, the Industrial Survey Commission, in close coopera- tion with the employing interests of the state, is concerned in some deals which it too would not care to have disclosed. Henry D. Sayre, its exec- utive secretary, for instance, is at the same time the executive secretary of the Wolff Industrial ice, a “medi- eal” service organization which co- operates with emy ers in accident casses and whose relation to the com- pensation cases, it hinted, might not bear too close scrutiny. Fear Exposures. On the surface ihe fight here ap- pears to take the form of a conflict between Senator Knight, republican head of the Senate and S M Ginnis, leader of t believed, however, that under this seemingly personal feuc split over the policy of work along with Al the Industrial Comm Al Smith for the inv labor department w visk that republican g wise be brought to light DETECTIVES JAIL = “WUS ILM” EDITOR (Continued from Page One) in question and why the Communists are opposed to the socia Shortly afterwards rep ntatives of the post office department ap- peared at the Uus Ilm office to ob- tain copies of the Aug. 23 issue of the paper. The next week they appeared again for more copies. Purpose Becomes Clear \ Nothing else happened until Tues- day morning when officers of the} U, S. department of labor entered the! office of “Uus Ilm,” 1787 First Ave., | and placed Kobel under arrest. When taken to Ellis Island the Communist editor was photographed and kept in eustody until released on bail yester- day. The charge against Kobel is that of being an “anarchist.” “It is quite possible,” said Kobel Jast night, “that reactionary white guard Esthonians in the United States called the attention of the U. S. Government to the articles I wrote concerning the legal murder of our comrades, Sacco and Vanzetti. “Arrests and other attempts at per- secution will not stop the work I am doing. The message of Communism will continue to reach the workers thru the columng*of ‘Uus Ilm’ and other Communist papers published in thee United Sta&-s.”, \409,000 Oil Bribe Improved Looks of Fall’s Ranch| For a one third interest in this New Mexico ranch, Albert B. Fall, former secretary of the interior who quit under fire, received $409,000 | following the deal in which Fall and other Harding-Coolidge cabinet | officers handed the $100,600,000 Teapot Dome Oil Reserves to Ed- | ward L. Doheny and Harry F. Sinclair, oil magnates. Fall swears { that sums received from the two oil men were “loans to establish a hunting and fishing club on the ranch.” CUT PAY OF 100,000 TEXTILE WORKERS (Continued from Page One) the American Woolen Co., which has just recently reduced wages, and the large Pawtucket plant of the Man- ville-Jencks Co., are chiefly affected. The latter has attempted to speed up women workers beyond previous ree- ords with the result that dissatisfac- tion has grown to the breaking point. Whe a7" Strike May Develop. FALY, RIVER, Mass., Jan. 26. — By adopting methods quite usual to crats in control of the e leaders of the Fall River T Workers’ Council have suc- ceeded temporarily in preventing the calling of a strike affecting 80,000 in the plants of the Fall ver Cotton Manufacturers’ Associa- n. The employers had recently de- ed a wage cut of ten per cent ake effect Monday. That a strike is likely to develop despite this adverse decisior of the n which embraces only compara- tively few highly skilled workers, is ne belief of competent observers . in view of the declarations of ny workers that it is no worse to ve on the streets, than to starve on the job. By declaring that the usual major- ity decision necessary in such ques- tions, as not enough, council officials announced that a two-thirds vote would be demanded before a strike would be called. At the final count they declared the results to be 11 votes short of the necessary total. Miscount Charged. Over the protests of almost the entire membership present at the meeting, who repeatedly demanded a recount, the secretary of the council, William Harwood, insisted that the count as he saw it remain final. The charge of a conscious miscount were heard all over the hall. While the union itself is composed only of the most highly skilled work- their walkout would have un- doubtedly precipitated a general strike of abont 30,000 workers affected by | the cut in wages. Strike Sentiment Strong. | _ Proof that the sentiment among the thousands of textile workers is defin- ttely for 2 walkout, is offered by the strikes of workers in the Arkwright {and Stevens Mills which have lasted | nearly a week. The 1,000 workers in the Arkwright Mill struck against the wage cut at the beginning of the week, altho not affiliated with the Textile Council. Over 500 union weav- ers in the Stevens plant went out in protest against the bosses’ demand that each man take care of three looms instead of two. The weavers had decided to take the wage vote at the union meeting. rkers to NEGRO PORTERS { HOLD CONFERENCE (Continued from Page One) discriminating against Negro work- ers actually about 90 per cent of the 110 Internationals have “gentlemens’ agreements” to keep out the Negro| workers. | Raise Issue of Labor Party. Mr. Stradford denounced injunc- tions in labor disputes, defended the} right to strike and to organiz He further pointed out that white work- ers had wrested what rights they now enjoy from the capitalists but that the Negro workers would have to wrest their rights from the cap-| italists and the white labor union of- ficials. Delegates from the floor raised the issue of a Labor Party. Webster, local organizer for the| Porters Union, traced the various) developments in the Pullman Gom-| pany fight against the unionizatio: of its men. Attempts by the Pullman Company to employ foreign jabor was one of the present issues, he stated, but he did not share the fear expressed by some of the delegates | that any such serious danger faced the porters because the Negro work- ers had become a permanent part of the industrial population of the eoun- try. | Will Support Strike. Resolutions adopted by the confer- ence called for the support of the| Sleeping Car Porters in the event of | strike; another resolution condemned | injunctions; collective bargaining was | endorsed; one resolution condemned | strikebreaking by white workers of | Negro workers’ strikes. It was voted) | mine workers is to remain, FIGHTING POLICY TO SAVE UNION | | ‘Coal Digger” Carries An immediate program of militant struggle is the | te of the plan adopted by the progressive orces in the United Mine Workers Union, according to a statement of icy printed in the “Coal Digger,” a new publication of these forces just off the press. Pointing to the present reality of he dangers which the progressive forces have for over a year been pre- dicting the statement makes clear that | he Save the Union slogan of the mil- | itants must immediately be carried | into action if the organization of the} The Present Crisis. “Our union is fighting for its life,” the call reads. “It faces the greatest | crisis in its history. We must win the | strike, save and build the union!” No less necessary, the statement announces, is the elimination of John L. Lewis, president of the organiza- tion, who is shown to be among the factors chiefly responsible for the de- moralization of the union. “Lewis Must Go” is the slogan. Beginning with a picture of condi- | tions the statement reads: “Six hundred thousand men, wom- en, and children—bituminous miners | and their families in Pennsylvania and Ohio—are fighting with their backs to the wall for the Uniled Mine Workers of America, their living stan- dards and for the whole labor move- ment. Faced By Slavery. “Our union is in the greatest crisis | in its entire history. ... The coal bar-| ons are out to smash our organiza- | tion. They intend to bring in the| open shop with its most vicious fea-| tures, the yellow-dog contract, com- | pany stores, company money, and coal | camps ruled by company gunmen. | They are trying to bring back the} conditions which prevailed before the United Mine Workers Union was or- ganized... .. “We-can and we will win this stril we can and we will spread the strike and organize the non-union ficids, We | call upon the entire labor movement, | upon all miners, organized and unor- ganized, to join in a powerful drive against the operators; take a militant part in this struggle and bring it to a victorious end... .” In order to accomplish this purpose, | the program states, it is necessary to | understand the causes which are re- | sponsible for the conditions in the union, Reasons For Troubles. “The coal operators have been con- solidating. . . . Great mergers have been taking place. ... We are now compelled to fight against the most powerful combinations of capitalists, “The shifting of the industry to the southern fields, the over-expansion of the industry, the introduction of labor- MINERS ANNOUNCE owsemaids’ Union Grows; Society Dames Outraged CHICAGO, Jan, 26.—The Butler: members | been formed in Chicago, society ladies, is growing by leaps and Organizer Henry Toohey, an ex-butler, “We have received a charter from 2d in the homes vf prom- ns. As yet we have not stipulated any change in hours or conditions but when we are strong enough we will demand an t hour union working day for ser- vants.” Four organizers have been gomg from back door to door getting the ervants to take out membership ds, In the meantime, society ma- trons, who are fighting the union vehemently, are having a taste at kit- chen drudgery for a change. FRAMED BROOKLYN WORKERS FREED Police “Bombs” Proved to Be Toy Tools ~ The attempted frame-up against five young workers in Brooklyn fol- lowing the bombing of the Supreme Court Building there last Labor Day failed completely when the last of the workers, Julian de Hajas and Jesus Silva were acquitted in 10 minutes | yesterday. The other three were freed | several days ago. Jesus silva Julian de Hajas Frame-up Viotims Freed. Police, in an effort to discredit pro- tests of the workers against the mur- der of Sacco and Vanzetti, found var- ious articles in the rooms of the men at 52 State St., which the workers said were materials used in making toys to supplement the bare incomes carned by them, but which police said were used for making bombs. One Conrad Ashley was furnished hy the police to testify that he had seen the workers running away after the blast. the introduction with the cooperation of the coal companies of the speed up system; the failure to enforce the pro- visions of the Jacksonville agree- ment; the destruction of all democ- racy in the unions; the packing of conventions with machine henchmen and the theft of all elections, such as the counting out Voysey in 1925 and Brophy in 1927. More recent betray- els are pointed to in the preparation for a sell out at the expiration of the District himself? ican Federation of Labor,” | he said. “Of our 900 members a tenth | Program bee working | BOSTON CAMP TO to make arrangements to hold other| saving machinery and new methods, conferences in the future. |the spread of the use of substitutes | for coal---all these have been the ex- cuse of the Lewis machine for its own surrender... . “A powerful union is the only cure for the evils... . The way to meet southern competition is to organize the southern fields and to raise the wages of the miners there. The way to meet unemployment ia to establish \the 6-hour day and the 5-day week, ‘unemployment and accident insurance to be paid for by the operators and the government.” Government-Strikebreaker, Pointing to the part of the govern- i +,|ment in the struggle by issuing in- The Camp is the only sen ab eles junctions, sending out its police and camp in the | state oe bade t ae ‘state militia and the part of the Lewis summer it was the ve Nc 3 acl | machine in assisting the government progressive workers of New England to break the union, the program would spend their Sundays and vaca- ‘hag ass i Pa a pep pa ges the responsibility of these tions in the spirit of class solidarity. | pot chiefly to the policy of surren- The ball will bring together all! doy adopted by the Lewis machine. those who have been there through | The corrupt officialdom is charged the summer, The proceeds of the with over a dozen major crimes and The Workers’ Cooperative Camp in Boston, Camp Nitgedaiget, will have a reunion and ball Friday evening, January 27 at Paul Revere Hall, Muntington Avenue, Boston, ball will go for the improvement of! offenses, Evidence is given of the ex- the camp and for a children’s camp|pujsion of militants, such as-Howat, which will be established there. imerely because Lewis had determined Tickets will be 75 cents. to crush out all forms of militancy; 12 temporary agreement which expires in February. Empha- sis is also made of the failure of Lewis and the whole A. F. of L., to organize effective miners’ relief. The program outlines among other plans for the saving of the union, the organization of the unorganized ficlds, the formation of a labor party as one of the effective aids towards that end, the organization of effective relief, unemployment and accident provis- ions, the struggle for the nationaliza- tion of the mines. These policies, a] of which have been adopted time and again by the union, have been consist- ently sabotaged by Lewis:The state- ment concludes with the slogans: “Lewis must go, Our Union must be saved. The coal barons must be de- feated.” EXPECT COSTES IN MEXICO. MEXICO CITY, Jan. 26. — The Trench trans-Atlantic aviators Beu- donne Costes and Joseph Lebrix, who are expected here on Saturday, will be met at the Guatemalan frontier by a squadron of Mexican airmen who will escort them to Valbuena Flying Field. 's’ and Housemaids’ Union with 900 and despite considerable worry of the bounds. Raises Relief Milka Sablich will speak in Chi- cago on February 8 to raise funds for the striking miners of Pennsyl- vania, Ohio and Colorado. COPS FAIL TO STOP CITLOW MEETING (Continued from Page One) | meetine to be held, papers in other | parts of the state carried articles giv- ing details of the meeting. Special precaution was taken by the Colo, Fuel and Tron with extra guards to keep out the> wobblies. The sheriff announced that the wobbly strikers were invading the city to organize the | steel workers, The owner of the hall where the mecting was held was both- cred continually by officials who told him to cance! the rental for the night An hou’ before the meeting the chicf of police called up the owner in a last attempt to stop the meeting. Al! ‘week prior to the meeting, activity of the police and company gunmen kent the workers in a state of fear. The I. L. D. organizer and the T. W. W. erganizer were followed. around by stool-pireons and cars full of com |Pany gunmen as long as they stayed in the town. At Gitlow’s meeting eirht deputies and an unknown number of stool- nigeons attended. In the pool room helow the hall a sauad of police were lodged in the rear room, In spite of the gunmen, police, stool-pigeons, blacklist and intimidation the meet’ er was held and was a suceess. The Colo. Fuel and Tron raged and Gitlow spoke to workers of Pueblo, At the Windsor Hotel meeting fp Denver, Gitlow spoke to a packed hall and clearly showed the Colorado workers the need of a Labor Ticket. The Anti-Picketing Law and the In- dustrial Commission will -he followed by the Criminal Syndicelist Law, the do not organize politically to defeat it. The question period at Gitlow’s meeting cleared up many left and right deviations of class-conscious workers, “ Philadelphia Jobless Plan Protest Meeting PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 26. — A mass meeting has been ealled hy the Philadelphia Council of Unemployed, for Sunday, Jan. 29th at 2 p. m, in the Clayton Hall, 913 W, Girard Ave, Cireulars have been issued calling all jobless men and women to come and demonstrate a demand that they either get work or wages, George D. Evans, Ben Thomas, Mike Toohey, and other competent speakers will address the meeting. Admission will be free. |8, Wednesd MILKA TO SPEAK AT CHICAGO MEET CHICAGO, Jan. 26. — “Flaming Milka” Sablich, girl picket leader from the Colorado strike front will speak again in Chicago on February y, 8 p. m., at Northwest Hall, North Ave..and Western. With her will be A. S. Embree, strike leader; Ida Winshere, of the | Workers’ International Relief; Pete |from Soviet Ru speaker pointed out. if the worker: |' | sen, machinist recently returned ia; John A. Gahan, itor of Solidarity, Dan Horsley and others will also speak. This mass meeting is the fourth one held to raise relief for the striking miners of Pennsylvania, Ohio and Colorado. Admission will be free. Wear a Lenin Button Every militant worker, every Com- munist, should get his fellow-worker to wear this button! The price is: up to 25—10c per button. Over 25—Te per button. Party organizations should order thru their district organizers. Other working class organizations order from the National Office, Workers Party, 48 East 125th St., New York City. The button represents a beautiful pieture of Lenin surrounded by a lively group of children. 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