The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 30, 1928, Page 1

SR AIS nial ai vac a uote soils eae tes aos = = = ing Place and 15th Street. The ar) Industrial Districts of U. S. Compete in Campaign for 10,000 New Readers ] tHe DAILY WoRKER FIGHTS, | DAILY WORKER FIGHTS: FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNORGANIZED FOR THE 40-HOUR WEEK Ticceee CR Temes BEE ire! A LABOR PARTY Entered an ne New Xork, W. « under the act of March 3, THE DAILY WORKER. is79, ‘INAL CITY EDITION Vol. V. No. 24. S. P. IN “BITTER OPPOSITION TO BOLSHEVIK STATE Workers Party y Central Committee F: Fights War Da Danger PENNA TROOPERS *°Demaesior oie TRY TO BREAK UP MINERS MEETING Work Along Same Lines as Lewis Agents By JACK RODGERS. PITTSBURGH, Pa., Jan. 27.—The state of Pennsylvania, the heart of the steel and coal industry was never more Cossack-ridden than it is to- day. With scores of thousands of miners on strike, the club of the state trooper and the gun of the coal and iron policeman constitute the law of the land. Constitutional rights mean nothing between friends—the coal) British Edward ' Scott, operators and their lieutenants on, Worker, was refused damages after George S. Ambassador Houghton’s car injured him. Houghton claimed diplomatic immunity. LINOVIEV SCORES TROTSKY ERRORS Zinoviev- KamenevSend Letter on Opposition (Special to The Daily Worker) | MOSCOW, Jan. 29.—Pravda pub- ‘lished a letter from Vinoviev and Kamenev replying to the instructions them reat approximate datesdbihe. ar- of the Trotskyist centre on January 15. Kamenev said: “We are separ- “ithe question of real and complete ing an sidetieges “hinted that the | gentlemen might wait until the fall ‘subordination to the Fifteenth Con- and we categoricélly insist-on of night and spend’a few hours read- > tis dbandodtnent of the idea two par- (Continued on Page Four) T. U, E, L, PTS. pees ie ee eee STRONGPROGRAM ‘letter to Trotsky voicing our opposi- tion to the idea of a second party, Organizes for for Period of Depression horseback, on the bench and in the | governor’s executive mansion. A vir-| tual dictatorship prevails and the striking miners and their active sup- porters have no rights except those they are able to defend. Threatened by Troopers. Rebecca Grecht, national field or- ganizer for the Workers (Communist) Party, while addressing a meeting in| Canonsburg on Sunday, January 22, | charged the state constabulary with | having beaten striking miners and in| general with being tools of the op-| erators. Two Cossacks who were in| the hall strode up to the stage and| challenged her to repeat the charge. The speaker accommodated them. The Cossacks then tried to provoke the speaker by asking her to give considering such a course ruinous. It should be added now that not only is the direct path of a second party unquestionably ruinous, but has also prolonged the existence of factions, ithe abandonment of such a struggle is unquestionably dictated by the fun- damental interests of the proletarian | dictatorship. “During the Congress, the question More than 200 delegates represent- | before the Party was either capitu- ing a score of major industries in a|jation of the Communist Party of Trade Union Educational League ‘the Soviet Union or capitulation of Conference Saturday adopted a PYO- | the ideg of a second party. We capi- seem of Piensa activity for bral tilatesd to the Communist Party of period of increasing economic de. (Gontmaed on nued om Page Two) Pine, laxge. sttendisce ‘nocadatatia N. J, LABOR CHIEFS: HINDER FUR STRIKE the transfer of the meeting to one of | the large halls at Irving Plaza, Irv-| Genet Union Meeting Wednesday at 5:30 manager. of the tendance in itself was considered sig-| nificant of the important role to be! played by the T. U. E. L. and the Ieft wing generally in the coming months. Must Fight Now. “I cannot stress too emphatically! the fact that the labor movement is| in a most serious crisis,” William Z.| Foster said. “Struggle or death is| the issue. In speaking to the mem-| bers of the trade unions and in out- lining our program for the fight! related how he had exposed the acti- against the attempt to destroy the l'vities of the right wingers at a mass bor movement, we must avoid present- |meeting at the headquarters of the ing the issue in theoretical form. We' Dressers’ Local 58 of Brooklyn. Both must point out that now the crisis is Newark and Brooklyn locals caled a at hand. The moment to fight has, strike when the bosses declared a arrived. The program of the lef t| wage cut of 25 per cent several weeks wing must be adopted immediately if|ago, Langer said that he, together Morris Langer, the unions are to be saved.” “Organization,” was the key-note' of the conference. Practically every speaker stress@d the fact that the T. U. E. L. had not sufficiently taken! advantage organizationally of the situation in which it had struggled. Jack Johnstone, national organizer for the league, in presenting a picture of its activities, showed the need of a more centralized and more sensitive form of control. John Ballam, local organizer of the T. U. E. L., who was chairman of the meeting, emphasized the strategic importance of the league. in its activities among several hun- dred New York local unions compris- ing over 750,000 organized workers. The need for a more centralized form of control was met by the crea- (Continued on Page Five) Daily Worker Agents! Will Meet Tonight at Manhattan Lyceum There will be a meeting of all unit, subsection and section DAILY WORKER agents tonight at 8 p. m., at Manhattan Lyceum, 66 E, 4th St. Roll call will be taken. |with another official of a rabbit ‘dressing local had gone to the office lof Charles Jennings, general organ- jizer of the A, F. of L. in the New ‘Jersey territory, asking him to go jwith them to make a joint protest to the Jersey City police authorities for their brutal treatment of strikers picketing the fur dressing factories. They met in Jennings’ office, Jerry Buckley, business agent of the Team- sters’ Union and treasurer of the New Jersey State Federation of Labor. They appealed to him also to help make their protest more ef- fective, In reply the officials declared that they believed Local 25 of Newark to be not in good standing with their (Continued on Page Five) Woman Hits Cosgrave When He Visits Phila PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 29.—When William T. Cosgrave, president of the Irish Free State was entering his automobile yesterday after visiting Cardinal Dougherty, a women grabbed him by the arm and hit him with her umbrella. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In New York, by mail, $5.00 per year. Outside New York, by mail, $6.00 per year. Newark Rabbit Dressing Local 25, | , Havana, TACTICS AGAINST IMPERIALISM UP AT FULL MEETING Sessions Start Feb. 4 in New York The war danger is to be one of the most important points for considera- tion of the full meeting (called the Flenum) of the Central Executive Committee of the Workers (Commun- ist) Party, which goes into session Feb. 4 in New York. The Plenum meets at a time when the guns of American imperialism are blasting away at the entrenched strongholds of the’ Nicaraguan na- tionahst army, when the admirals of the U. S. navy openly prophesy war in the near future, and demand gi- gantic preparations for it, when the diplomacy of Hughes and Kellogg in with half veiled threats, clubs the small nations of Latin- America into submission, when Amer- ican and European marines and sol- diers still brandish their bayonets on Chinese soil, and all Europe arms against its cruel creditor in America, serious race to build the largest cruis- er and airplane fleet, in order to over- awe its creditors. Plots Against U. S. S. R. counts, the pope, British foreign of- fice and French and Italian diplomats breathe threats against the. Union of Socialist Soviet Republics, when the piots of forgers and spies against Seviet Russia are being every day exposed. In a statement issued yesterday from National Headquarters of the Workers (Communist) Party, war is (Continued on Page Two) and capitalist America indulges in a} 3 5 i | have relations with the anti-govern- NEW YORK, MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 1928 Published daily except Sunday by The National Daily Worker Publishing Association, Inc., 33 First Street, N Price 3 Cents ew York, N. Y. Bitter Cold and Hunger Drive Unemployed to East Side Soup Lines MAY STOP DUES, Driven by cold and hunger, the long lines of the jobless are forced to accept the bosses’ niggardly All day long, their faces purple with hunger and cold, the throngs of jobless march up and down the Bowery, waiting for the master who will buy their labor charity in soup ‘lines of New York’s East Side. and deliver them from starvation till the next time. RIGHT TO REVOLT IS ‘SCHEME FAILS TO pee CENT AT HAVANA cup SHoe STRNE HAVANA, Cuba, Jan. 29.—The Committee on International Law of the Pan American Congress at its last session, Saturday, involved itself in endless discussion of the poinis re- lating to the right of one nation to mental forces in another nation. The subject seemed to have caugh the U. S. representatives, headed by Charles Evans Hughes, by surprise, The Plenum meets as Austrian! as Hughes made several ineffectual efforts to stop the argument, and the line-up which Hughes is striving to build, of the under Wall Street domination against Mexico and the states which follow Mexico’s Pan- Latin leadership, was disrupted on both sides. Propaganda. In the morning sessions of the committee the American-owned Diaz government of Nicaragua got through vote taken last Wednesday by a meet- ing of the Textile Council. Following the decision of the Fire- men and Oilers’ Union, made Friday night, that they refuse to accept the 10 per cent wage cut, a number of | textile unions representing various crafts took steps to set a date for in- dependent meetings. In an effort to stem the wave of strike sentiment displayed by the 30,- 000 workers affected in Fall River alone, the officials of the Textile Council announced prior to the strike vote meeting, that a two-thirds ma- | jority would be required before they will call a strike, The officialdom of the council had insisted after the balloting that the strike vote had been lost by eleven wotes. The demands for a recount, and the charges of miscount that were made by delegates all over the hall were completely disregarded. Developments in the last 48 hours indicate that the resistance shown by the comparatively few organized workers ~ against the betrayals of their higher officials, may lead to a tremendous strike movement involv- ing many tens of thousands of work- ers, organized and unorganized. Approximately 100,000 textile workers:in New England states have been subjected in the past few weeks to wage cuts averaging 10 per cent. The resentment of the Fall River (Continued on Page Two) Fall River Textile Workers May Strike; Cut is Refused FALL RIVER, Mass., Jan. 29.—Several unions affiliated with the Fall River Textile Council announced that they intended to call meetings of their membership to take independent strike votes, the unsuccessful outcome of a strike@ This action followed HIT AT HEBREW TRADES ACTION Rap Injunction Move at Mass Meeting Action against the policy of the United Hebrew Trages in assisting employers’ associaiions in obtaining injunctions against the Retail Gro- cery and Dairy Clerks Union was planned in a resolution adopted at a mass meeting at Webster Hall, 1ith| St. and Third Ave., yesterday after- noon. These injunctions would pro- | hibit the union from conducting | strikes or carrying on any other reg- | ular trade union procedure. The meeting was called by the union. ‘he resolution puts the union on reford in favor of a delegate confer- ence on the question, It suggests that unions affiliated with the United Hebrew Trades oppose the injunction | policy of its officials and withdraw all delegates who support this policy. Louis Hyman, manager of the Joint ; Board, Cloak and Dressmakers Union, assailed the injunction policy of the a resolution prohibiting the shipment by land or water of men or munitions for the assistance of any forces work- ing against any established govern- ments. The resolution merely strengthens one already in force, and was ap-| parently intended to give basis for the special propaganda of Diaz and the U. S., that Mexico helped the Sa- casa movement in Nicaragua. The Mexican delegate, F. Gonzales Roa} then proposed that when a movement! against an existing government séizes | @ port. in’ any American lic, 3 other governments in the Pan Ameri- can union should boycott it. Fear Counter Revolt. The affect of this maneuver by Roa, | the exact motives of which are only; surmised here, was to line up with Mexico all states which most fear up-| risings, including the Diaz govern- ment of Nicaragua, and the Wall) Street government in Costa Rica both| usually hostile to Mexico. It is thought here that probably the Mexi- can government fears that a clerical, American financed counter-revolution might again seize the port of Vera| (Continued on Page Two) Liebknecht Memorial to Protest US Imperialism | at Meeting Here Friday Preparations by financiers, indus- trialists and the government for the next world war will be analysed at the New York Liebknecht Memorial meeting Friday evening at the Labor Temple, 14th St. and Second Ave., b: the Young Workers (Communist) League, District 2. “The danger of a new world war is not a thing of the far distant future,” said John Williamson, district orga izer of the League, last night. tually we are at p nt engaged in a war against the raguan work- ers and peasants. Battleships, planes and marines upon the orders of Wall Street invade Nicaragua and slaughter the revolutionary workers fighting for their independence.” ‘Lind: ergh in Venezuela Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, who left | Bogota in the Spirit of St. Louis, at 6:46 yesterday morning, arrived safe- | lly at Maracay Field, seventy miles from Caracas, Venezuela at 6 o’clock jlast night. The first intimation of Lindbergh’s safe arrival on his 650 mile flight in | South America, was given out here last night by the Haiti Cable Com- | right wing officials in the trade unions. Nearly 200 New York functionaries of the Workers (Communist) Party met yesterday morning at the district headquarters, 108 E. 14th St., and heard reports of progress in the in- tensive campaign being made to ob- tain 10,000 new readers for The DAILY WORKER. Tonight at 8 o’clock all unit, sub- section, and section “Daily” agents will meet at Manhattan Lyceum, 66 East 4th St., to lay plans for inten- sifying the program to extend the in- fluence of the national labor daily in New York. Hear Reports. - At the functionaries’ meeting yes- terday, which was presided over by William W. Weinstone, organizer of District 2, the principal report was made by ‘Bert Miller, Crefethods et | secretary of thé district. Methods of WORE Were discussed both in the re- | port and thru discussion from the var-' ious functionaries who spoke from the floor. pany, through the French Cable Company’s EER ot AN ‘BUILDERS’ BOOST ‘WORKER’ CAMPAIGN Weinstone, tone, Miller Report to t to Functionaries "Meeting Here All unit, subsection and section or- ganizers, agitprop directors, indus- trial organizers, district executive committee members, language bureau secretaries, attended the functionar- jes’ meeting. “Our Party,” declared Miller, “has not utilized to the full its mass in- fluence as indicated by the thousands of workers who read our press and the workers that follow our leader- ship in the trade unions and other (Continued on Page Five) + Workers Vote Down Plan of “Citizens” HAVERHILL, Mass., Jan. 29.— Unanimously voting at the meetings of their locals, the 9,000 striking shoe workers here, rejected the proposals of the citizens committee that they return to their benches without a jcut, pending a negotiation commit- itee’s “new arrangements.” The emergency strike committee's | declaration that the citizens’ commit- tee recommendations were merely a trick to get the workers back to work, so that they can complete the rush | Easter orders for shoes. received the unanimous approval and support of |the 9,000 strikers. Confidence in Leaders. The thousands of strikers declared complete confidence in their strike | leadership, and denounced as hostile to the workers interests the negotia- tions being carried on by President Nolan of the Shoe Workers Protec- | tive Union, Shoe Workers District Council President Rooney, and union (Continued on Page Two) “YELLOW-DOG” IS LEGAL, SAYS LR.T. Traction Union Waiting for Court The legality of the “yellow-dog” contract, confirmed by the United States Supreme Court, is again the basis of the Interborough Rapid Tran- sit Company argument in its applica- tion for an injunction against the Amalgamated traction union and the American Federation of Labor. Both sides Saturday filed final briefs in the case with Justice Isadore Wasservogel. Senator Robert F. Wagner and former congressman Nathan D. Perlman, counsel for the union, argue that federal court rul- ings are not applicable in the case, maintaining that no constitutional question is involved. James Quackenbush, counsel for the Inter- boreugh, imsisis; that the protection of property is a constitutional ques- tion. Law Protects “Yellow-Dog.” The position of the Interborough is based on the famous Hitchman Coal Company case in which the United States Supreme Court held that the “yellow-dog” contract must be pro- tected by law. Student of the issues involved ad- mit that the Interborough is at an advantage so far as the so-called legal arguments are concerned. Trade unionists are now pointing to the blind alley into which the labor of- ficialdom has led the organizational efforts of the traction workers. De- cision in the matter will require months if not years before it is finally settled. In the meantime organization work has come to a standstill. L.| TAKE TAMMANY FORM: HILLQUIT |For Menshevik Counter Revolution: Lee A sharp conflict between leaders of. the socialist party occurred Friday night at a dinner and symposium on Soviet Russia, at which James BL Maurer, chairman of the recently re- turned Trade Union delegation te Soviet Russia and president of the Pennsylvania Federition of Labor, was attacked by Morris Hilk usually designated as “God Almi |in socialist party circles, on the ques- tion of what attitude should be adopt- }ed towards the Soviet Union, Norman Thomas tried to bridge over the dif- ferences with Maurer and shared in |the wrath of Hillquit and Algernen Lee, director of the Rand School. Extreme Right Wing Wins. The conflict followed closely upon an earlier announcement by Hillquit that Maurer would become the candi- date for president on the socialist ticket in the coming elections, It be- }eame evident that if Maurer accepts the socialist party nomination it will be on the program of Hillquit, who came out decidedly the victor in the contest. Hostilities began when Maures, altho offering no program for put- ting into effect working class support of the Soviet Union, repeated his im- ments in Russia and advocated a con- ciliatory attitude toward militant workers in the labor movement, “Nonsense,” Hillquit exclaimed, “the attitude of American socielists is one of bitter opposition to the Bol- shevik government.” Hillquit thereupon launched forth into a tirade of criticism and ridicule of both Maurer and toward Thomas, who had previously maintained @ compromising position., Supports Counter-Revolution. “Our support should be given to the social democrats within the Soviet Union in their opposition to the Bol- shevik government,” said Lee in giv- ing his position. Considerable bitter- ness developed in the debate which ensued. Norman Thomas sought to take @ _ middle position between the views held out by Maurer and Hillquit, but fared no better at the hands of the chief socialist spokesman than did Maurer. B. Vladeck, business man- |ager of the Forward, and chairman of |the meeting, was likewise lined up with Hillquit and Lee. This struggle is believed to be di- rectly related to the announcement of the program to be proposed by Hill- quit for the coming elections next au- tumn. A complete departure from all pre-war party programs is made public. “Renegade” Socialism. “Americ: d” socialism, of a sort not too “offe ,” using methods, it is reported, based ‘‘on lines of the re- public and democratic parties,” but ene will at the same time make the scessary gestures to “the familiar Manian philosophy,” and which will scrap its dues paying membership for a free membership “administered (Continued on Page Two) Important! Every Workers Party Member Attention All Party units of the Workers (Communist) Party are to carry! | |out the following instructions in| reference to appeals for collectiona,| communications of representatl appealing for funds, ete. No communications app for funds are to be read in ti units nor are representatives ap- pealing for funds allowed to sp > written authorization from the District Organizer. No District Organizer has right to issue any appeal for funds for the District or give au- thority for any communications to be sent out to the units or tials to representatives unless ap-| proval is received from the Executive Committee. These instructions are to strictly followed out by all u1 and District Committees. pression of the Soviet eccomplish-