The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 27, 1928, Page 3

THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, JANUARY, 27, 1928 Page Threa, t Bessarabians Want to Join POINT TO REVOLT AGAINST RUMANIA FASCIST REGIME Appeal Nails Lies by the Bratianus MOSCOW, Jan. 26.—In comment- ing today upon the tenth anniver- sary of the seizure of the former Russian province of Bessarabia by Rumania, the official newspaper Izvestia asserts that the govern- ment of the Soviet Unior is willing to have a plebiscite in the province to determine its future status. se * (Special Coble To DATLY WORKER.) MOSCOW, Jan. 26. m the oeca- the Central Council of the League of Bessarabians with a membership of more than 300,000 Bessarbian nation- als in the U. S. S. R., has issned a statement declaring that the workers pnd peasants of Bessarabia consider Bessarabia a part of the Soviet Union and are conducting a bitter struggle against-the Rumanian white terror. The appeal declares, that contrary to the statements issued by the Ra- manian. government, Sfatul Tavrii never voted for Rumanian rule. The statement continues: “The Boyard povernment seized Bessarabia thru fraud and acts of violence.” Fight Against Terror. The appeal shows into what a state of misery the Rumanian oppressors have precipitated the Bessarbian peo- ple who have been struggling heroic- ally against the regime of terror. Numerous, insurrections and strikes have broken out in Bessarabia to pro- test the fascist dictatorship, the ap- peal states. The Bessarabian people, it contin- ues, are finding encouragement for their struggle in the warm sympa- thies of the workers and peasants of the Soviet Union, who like their Bes- sarabian brothers consider Bessarabia a part of the Soviet Union. Today, on the tenth anniversary of the oceupation of Bessarabia, the Cen- tral Executive Committee of the Mol- davian Soviet Republic will open. Contrast Conditions. Reports received here state that President Sovnarkom of the autono- mous Moldavian Soviet Republic is- sued a declaration contrasting the conditions of the Moldavian popula- tion in Rumania and the Soviet Union. While the Rumanian middle classes, ihe statement points out, are oppress- ing the Bessarabian Moldavians whom they hypocritically call a brother na- tion, the Moldavians in the Soviet lInion enjoy complete political, eco- nomie and cultural freedom. Penn Cossacks Aid Lewis n of the tenth aniversary of the | Rumanian occupation of Bessarabia, Soft-Soap Artists Try to Quell Anti-Wall Street Protest ae seroma fee nd oe Ot He: While the American delegation performs little stunts like placing wreaths upon the statue of Jose Marti, Cuban independence leader, to conciliate popular sentiment, it is instigating the arrest and the deportation of hundreds of workers and students by the Machado regime. BERLIN MEETING ance with the decision of the Nor- wegian trades union congress to co- operate with the labor unions of the Soviet Union and of Finland, the No wegian Trades Union Council ha proposed to the Central Coun Soviet Labor Unions that a confe ence be held on the 10th of Februar in Berlin of representatives of th trades unions of Norway and Finland and the labor unions of the U.S. S. R. The Central Council of Soviet La- The conference will deal with the fol- lowing questions: The unity of the trades union movement; the struggle against war; the conclusion of a friendly agreement ’concerning co- operation and mutual assistance. Soviet Union Miners Aid French Strikers MOSCOW, (By Mail).—The Pres- idium of the Central Committee of the Mine Workers’ Union received a of Miners of France with an appeal for help to the French miners who have been on strike since September 1st, 1927. The strike was declared as | a protest against wage-reductions, |_ The Central Committee of the Mine Workers’ Union sent 30,000 | francs to the French miners. At the ‘ame time, a letter was sent wishing thé miners success. Machine Break Meetings (Continued from Page One) cuest of Higgins according to reports, ‘sore else opposed to the holding of the meeting. The Coverdale miners ist few home in their trucks. Tnside the store, miners were pack- od like sardines with the Fagan or- | ranizers haranguing them against the progressives and the Pennsyl- vania-Ohio Miners’ Relief Commit- tee, “We won't have anybody from the Pennsylvania-Ohin Miners’ Relief Committee here.” Higgins shouted, when a local miner asked him why he chased the people away. _ Higeins then charged that the Fenn.-Ohio Relief Committee paid one Schneider of the Castle Shannon Lecal $70.00 for the union seal and that this money was never distributed mong the needy families at that mine. Relief Heads Deny Charges. Anthony Minerich, chairman and Vincent Kamenovitch, the Pennsylvania-Ohio Relief Com- mittee hannened to be’ present to in- vestigate the situation with a view 40 providing relief for destitute fam- ilies of strikine miners. They indig- ntly denied this charge and showed that the noliev of the Penn:-Ohio Min- ers’ Relief Committee was to give secretary of j {which many miners’ families were | trying to live. Higgins turned to his _ Supporters and asked them how much ‘they were receiving. They answered | “five dollars a week.” Fagan Favors Henchmen. “Is that enough to keep a family of four?” asked a miner’s wife. There was no reply forthcoming to his ques- tion. The fact of the matter is that Fa- gan. thru organizers like Hiegins, maintains his machine by - playing favorite. giving some of the striking rainers five dollars a week and s ing others. One of the women then “what is this man here getting? pointing to a miner who was not in the Higgins ganz. Before the miner referred to had time to reply, Higgins walked over to him and threatened to smash his face if he answered the question. At this point a miners’ wife, furious over the conduct of the reactionary | gangsters who brought in the state ‘eossacks ‘to break un a meeting went ‘over to Higgins and said “I know you Higgins. We all know vou.” Mad with rage, the organizer then ordered his henchmen to throw Minerich, jehairman of the Pennsylvania-Ohio MOSCOW, (By Mail).—In accord-! bor Unions has accepted this proposal. ! letter from the Unitarian Federation | relief to local unions only when an) Miners’ Relief Committee and Kamen- evplication for relief was made over ovitch, secretaryeaf the same organi- the seal of the local union, except in| zation out of the store giving them excentional cases. Kamenovitch had a) one minvte to leave town. letter in his wossession from the re-| Threatened to Smash Windows. sponsible officials of the Castle Shan-; Manv of those who were carrying non Iceal which gave an itemized ac-; out the orders of the Fagan organ- count of how the $70 was distributed /izers did not understand why; but end thanking the relief committee in! since they were being favored by the the name of the local for the assist-| Lewis machine in the matter of re- pnee rendered the needy miners andj lief they did what they were told. their families, They threatened to smash the win- The Lewis Salary. ‘ Somewhat discomfited, Higgins then charged the committee with having received $12,000 from the Pittsburgh Coal Company, but this charge sounded silly even to Higgin’s followers. But when a_ progressive miner called attention to the salary of $12,000 a year received by Lewis and at least as much more in “ex- penses,” while the miners who pay him this enormous yearly sum are starving, Higgins brazenly said that Lewis deserved all he got. A woman in the crowd contrasted the big salary which Lewis was re- ceiving’ with the one dollar a week on dows of the storekeeper who owned the hall if he rented the meeting room again for a similar purpose. In Coverdale the state constabulary have been tearing down relief posters cf walls on private propert#. The caption “Coolidge—Injunctions and all kinds of hell” on the posters aroused the ire of the state cossacks as well as the slogans “You must tribute to their support!” The I ewis-Fagan machine in this district is working hand in hand with the state constabulary and playing into the hands of the coal operators. ‘stand by the mine workers! If union-, ism is to live they must win! Con- USSR TO ATTEND isn brive on Feng PEKING, Jan. 26.—At a confer- ,ence of northern war lords, headed by Tso-lin, plans were made for a new d against the trcops of General Feng Yu-hsiang, who maintains a loose Generals Chang i Shantung war lord, Chu Yu-pu and Chang Hsueh-liang Chang War Lord who attended the conference, No po- litical decisions of any importance | were reached at the conference, it was authoritatively stated. BROPHY TO TALK ON SOVIET UNION CHICAGO, Jan. 26 (FP).—To bring the facts gathered by recent travelers to Russia before a larger public, the American Committee on Information About the Soviet Union fs arranging & mass meeting in Carmen’s Hall, Chi- cago, for Feb. 17. Speakers include John Brophy of the miners, Samuel Levin of the Amalgamated Clothing | Workers, Peter Jensen of the railway machinists, Lillian Herstein of the |teachers, Carl Haessler of the Feder- ated Press and Prof. Paul Douglas of the University of Chicago, all of whom have been in the U. S. S, R. in the past year, Jolin A. Lapp of the National Cath- | olic Welfare Conference is chairman of the committee and Miss Herstein secretary. Other members are Jane Addams, Robert Morss Lovett, Mary McDowell and a number of trade un- ion officials. Its office is Room 709, 166 W. Washington St. . Lindbergh Starts on ~ New Wall St. Tour COLON, Canal Zone, Jan. Charles A. Lindbergh hopped off from France field at 9:30 o'clock this morning for Arta- gena, Colombi extending his “good will” flight from Central into South America. The distance from Colon to Car- tagena by airline is 300 Lindbergh expect- ed to make it in about three hours. Lindbergh, be- fore going to the field, said good- bye to a number of American army and marine officers and Panama and Canal officials. The French flyers C. Lindberga, Wall St. Envoy Dieudonne Costes and Joseph Lebrix | had hopped off for Guatemala City about three hours before Lindbergh departed. Afghan King in Paris PARIS. Jan, 26.--Paris received Amansullah Khan, king of Afghanis- tan today with bursts of artillery fire in a twenty-one gun salute and the trumpets of municipal guard lliance with the Nanking govern- | ment. ung-chang,| were among the northern militarists | DELAY CASE OF CHINESE EDITOR (Special to The Daily Worker) SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. — The habeas corpus proceedings in the case eof H. T. Tsiang, formerly editor of |“The Chinese Guide in America,” aj Chinese paper with Englis! ment espousing the cause of the left | wing of the Chinese Nationalist mov ment, have been continued until Feb- ruary 4th. The case was postponed because the government had not yet ‘succeeded in getting the original rec- ords from Washington. Tsiang was arrested last summer |on an immigration warrant and in the jhearing before the immigration de- | partment certain alleged “red” acti | ties were stressed. However. the de- | ion ordering his deportation was based-upon an allegation that he had | friendship Soviet Union; Score Rumania n White Terror ‘MUSSOLINI SEEKS’ AGREEMENT WITH FASGIST RUMANIA |\See Move to Prevent; Arms Inquiry ROME, Jan. 2 rap- ment between Rumania and Italy is predicted here as a result of the long conference between the Ru; manian Foreign Minister Titulescu and Mussolini. Italy has consistently | \tried to win Rumania y from | French influence in the Franco-Ital- ian struggle for power in the Balk ans That Italy is seeking friendlier re- | {lations with Rumania was evident jeral months ago when the fascist r jgime recognized Rumania’s annexa tion of Bessarabia in spite of the pro- | |test of the Qoviet Union. Ruman however, under the dictatorship of the | jelder Bratianu, remained aloof and} | pursued a Francophile policy. | The first reliable indi shift in Rumania’s attitude toward Italy was her delay in signing the} note of the Little Entente to the League of Nations protesting against | Italian shipments of arms to Hun-j g |slovakia have made it clear that they — A new | Rumanian government, it is under- | | stood, has withheld its approval. | | ™ | ini is extremely anxious to < protest note to the league as openly stated that he will not stand for the in arms shipments which Yugoslavia re- | quests. His conference with-Titulescu last night, it is believed, touched on | this subject. Mie ees, | 26. — Titulescu, of | ued the following state- |ment to the press this afternoon: “After an examination of the ques- tions of mutual interest with Premier Mussolini, I am happy to say that we| | find there is no cause for friction. Our | sound and is bound to! | | ROM | Roumania, J igation of the | Polish miles and | lost his student status and was no |&tow stronger which would be for the | longer welcome in this “haven of the | $00d of Europe. There is no conflict | oppressed.” ibetween closer_—_‘Ttalo-Roumanian | The International Labor Defense |{riendship and the interests of the | bie aeeaiadl> Aust meu is aatis |little entente. Both aim to keep the! | care of the legal aspects of the Tsiang | at | | case, the final outcome of which will | | have a distinet beaying on the status | Vienna Capitalists | jeY all alien students in this country | Aid Fascists G | roups' | who still hold and express opinions |xegarding radical or revolutionary; = <= ————~ movements in the land of their na- VIENNA, (By mail). — The Aus-| trian capita are subsidizing the | tivity. r | fascist organizations in a united | |front against the Austrian workers. | BAN RADIO TALK The Union for National Defense, | | H |the Heimwehr, has just issued an ap-| | |peal in which it says, “The National | ABOUT NICARAGUA | Vienna has received a new reinforce- |ment. The directing bodies of the | Christian-German organizations have |decided to f eI i A discussion of the American in- iv tea PR tae Lg i: | tervention in Nicaragua, scheduled for | :homselves is to maintain o7 | n 2 t S s rder and | presentation over KOAC, the radio of prevent a repetition of such revolts Oregon State College at Corvallis} as that of last July.” | Oregon, on Jan. 11, was banned at} oa § | Defense movement, Heimatschutz, of | Dispute Over Memel Premier now in Berlin te man Foreign over the expuls |dents from Mer e's |demaras and Stresseman reached an USSR, sy- |agreement last fall providing that the granted this Waide Minister Stressemann ‘SOVIET TEXTILE WORKERS TO GET SEVEN-HOUR DAY New Measure in Effeet in 22 Factories MOSCOW, (By mail)—According to the statement of the People’s Com- missar for Labour Schmidt, it has been decided to introduce the seven-hour day in eight t A few days ago a similar de with regard to fourteen textile fae- tories. Accordin: Finance Commi 30,000,000 roubles year for financing in- naras of Litvania is o confer with the Ger- on of German reSi- ; mel, Baltic port. Wal- ple’s xpulsions of Germans would stop dustry against 412,000,000 roubles pending the final settlement of the | last year. ; question. The share of the heavy industry ——_-—__— (metal, fuel, chemical, electrie-tech- BEGIN TRIAL OF ation of a} - nique and production of building ma- terials industrien) of this sum amounts to 458,000,000 roubles or 58 per cent of tle total fund. The share {of the light indu is 61,000,000 | Apart from means out of the State budget credits up to 212,000,000 MOSCOW, Jan. 26.—Fearing anti-;70ubles will be given to industry Aitho Yugoslavia and Czecho.|| Polish demonstrations, the public was | excluded from the courtroom today as |favor a protest to the league, the | the trial of Bishop Skalsky, a Polish Roman Catholic, opened. Bishop Skalsk age for Poland in the Ukraine and ‘cations intends to spend over 28,000- violacing pledges not to engage in | 00 roubles for completing the railway political activity. having harbored a number of with oS, ,|against 120,000,000 roubles last year. In 1927-28, it is prepared to spend 65 million roubles for the construc- ion of new railway: The People’s is accused of espion- | Commissariat of Ways and Communi- He is also charged |lines with the construction of which a beginning was made prior to the | Revolution. Ch COSTUME BALL AND ENTERTAINMENT 75e in advance Auspices: HANDS OFF CHINA COMMITTEE 39 Union Sq. TICKETS ON w «Alliance: js Off China Commit: 39 Union Sq.—Room 40, ington Sq., Book Shop, 27 W. Sth St. Hungarian Workers’ Home, 350 BE, Sist Street. inese Peasant CARNIVAL TONIGHT JANUARY 27 8 P. M. MANHATTAN LYCEUM. 66 EB. 4th St, N.Y. C. ADMISSION at the door 99¢ N EGRO JAZZ ORCHESTRA. Room 40. 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Kad- | derly in charge of the station, accord- | {ing to a message received by the} | American Civil Liberties Union. | | The discussion on Jan. 11 was to | have been given by a member of the! | University of Oregon debating squad jas part of an Irving Grange program. {Tt was stated later by indigant | Grange officials that Professor Kad- |derly arbitrarily barred the talk af- |]} ‘ter he had inquired as to the nature |]/ |of the discussion and had been in-| formed that in part it was critical | jef the administration policy as re- gards the Nicaraguan question The official indicated that/the mat- | ter will be taken up in future meet-} lings for possible protesting resolu- ||} tions or other action, and that other | Granges may be asked to consider the Wt matter. | From Lenin Memorial Day to Ruthenberg Memorial Day The radio station is completely |controlled by the college, which has a strong ‘military depaytment and draws heavy federal subsidies. AGAINST 1. Injunctions. 2. 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