The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 10, 1928, Page 1

re 2 ree FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNORGANIZED FOR THE 40-HOUR WEEK FOR A LABOR PARTY LN THE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS: | Vol. V. No. 34. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In New York, by mail, $4.00 per year. Outside New York, by mail, $6.00 per year. WORKERS THRUOUT COUNTRY RUSH TO. AID OF THE “DAILY” Nationwide Appeal Results in Gontritsutions for Defense of Arrested Cémmunij S Campaign for New Reals es Headway as Plot to Destroy, “Worker’’ Is Resisted Scores of letters conta! é contributions rushed to The DAILY WORKER to save the paper from destruction and William F. Dunne, Alex Bittelman and Bert Miller from years in a fed- Make Parasites Walk Up eral penitentiary, are an hourly® testimony of the devotion of the militant American workers to their only English daily paper. Dozens of subscriptions are being sent in from all over the country and the burning loyalty which the work- ers feel in the life of The DAILY WORKER is attested by the letters of support which accompany the do- nations. Fascists Attack. The campaign against The DAILY WORKER is being waged by the United States government thru its henchmen, militaristic associations of the type of the Military Order of the World War and the Keymen of Amer- ica, an exposure of whose activities in the columns of The DAILY WORKER precipitated the present at- tack. The plot against the workers’ press has been skilfully pieced together over a number of months by the agents of the federal government and they are now planning to break the DAILY WORKER financially and close the doors of Atlanta for years upon its editors. . The - agents in the postal department an the courcs, alarmed by the spread of militancy among the ranks of the American working class, have chosen the moment which they feel most cri- tical to attempt the destruciion of the workers’ press. Thousands of dollars must be spent in costly legal proceedings, in which the authorities plan to involve the paper. Thousands more will be squeezed from Lhe DAILY WORKER in the form of fines which the courts may intend to inflict and which must be paid if Dunne, Bittelman and Mill- er are to be kept from years in jail. | Its enemies, howevey, are under- N J PAINTERS 10 estimating the loyal.y with which the t f Bosses Fight Measures * Against Poisoning NEWARK, Feb. 9. — Protection against the poison hazards in paints is demanded by delegates from New Jersey painters’ union locals to the state labor department’s conference on proposed legislation, which meets Feb. 14, in the N. J, Dept. of Labor workers have rushed to the aid of| their arrested leaders. Join in their defense by rushing your contribution to The DAILY WORKER, 33 First St., New York City. 30,000 Copies of “Daily” To, SO tone ® setae As a reply to the new attack on The DAILY WORKER, Section 2, includes hundreds of New York needle trades workers, last night placed an order with the local office of the “Daily” for 30,000 copies of the paper to be distributed during the remainder ef the present circulation campaign. Seme of the largest shops in that section, covering the area from 14th St. to 23rd St., will be reached in this drive, including the National Cloak and Suit Co., the Edison Co., employ- ing hundreds of workers, and the Na- tional Biscuit Co. ° 1,000 a Day. About 1,000 copies will be distrib- uted each day, it is announced. Coin- cidental with this phase of the cam- paign to extend the influence of The DAILY WORKER among the thou- sands of New York City workers, will be an intensification of the work ameng the metropolitan newsstands, Special posters are being placed all over the city, in accordance with this program. Response Enthusiastic, Harry Fox, local manager of The DAILY WORKER, in commenting on the response of the regular DAILY | WORKER readers to' the program of distributing ten copies each among friends and shop-mates has been re- markable, “While our program dur- ing the six-weeks” campaign called for the distribution of 100,000 copies, to date we have already received or- ders from Workers Party units and sympathetic organizations to the amount of 109,200.” The drive of the “Daily” is being conducted jointly with the campaign of the Workers (Communist) Party for 5,000 new members, The employes of the palatial apartment house at 1009 Park Ave., in the heart of the so-called “blueblooi” district, are out on of the building’s > tendent because he was a union member. The wealthy inhabitants of the “$5,000 and up” apartment house have now found out how it feels to be without the service of the elevator operators, porters and firemen whom they had pre- viously looked upon as mere ma- chines created for the especial comfort of the rich. pickets in front of the apartment house is shown above patrolling the apartment house. . ‘ Employing painters and paint man- Workers (Communist) Party, which | ufacturers are trying to have benzol allowed in paints, despite its great The Natl. Safety Council— an employers‘ body—shows -that 1 part of ben.vl in 10,000 of air is a real hazara to painters’ health. The Workers’ Health Brreau and unionists point out that %% of benzol, sought by the employers, would give 50 parts (Continued on Page Two) SAX HE Students are arriving daily to at- Day Training ‘ourse of the Workers’ School, 108 » 14th St. which opens here next eek, it was announced last night. At the concert and mass meeting eld at Irving Plaza, night, the students who have already ached New York were greeted by he leaders of the Workers (Com- unist) Party. ‘To cover the expenses of the 25. students during the 10 weeks of the «(Continued on Page Two) DEDICATE WALL NEWSPAPER. The latest issue of the wall news- paper of the Upper Bronx Section of the Young Workers (Communist) League, wich was read at the regu- lar meeting of the section last night, was dedicated to John Wi district organizer, his service to the » i ti a \tour Party Entered as sccond-c: ‘Ilinois Coal B LOCKOUT THREAT | GIVEN MINERS; CONFERENCE OFF Progressives’ Warning Proves Correct CHICAGO, Feb. 9. — Warnings given by progressive miners that the separate truce signed with the coal operators last Ovtober by President Lewis, Harry Fishwick and William Sneed, reactionary Lewis henchmen in charge of District 12 of the United Mine Workers, would serve to strengthen the operators’ Position, when the agreement cxpired April 1, 1928, have proved true. The conference between the Illinois miners and operators has broken up | Without any provision for further ne- gotiations. The operators refused to continue the conference, having ob- tained what they wanted, in the form of adequate coal production for their needs during the winter season and a complete rift in the United Mine Workers’ ranks over a prolonged pe- riod through the separate agreement in the Illinois field. Wage Reduction Demanded. In breaking off negotiations on the wage question the operators merely maintained their old position of pit- ting the organized Mlinois miners against the low-wage non-union fields of Kentucky and West Virginia. They insisted on reducing the wages and living standard of n sm the $7.50 scale to $6. The present development in Ilinoi= is significant for the entire industry. The Illinois agreement, by which pro- duction in that state was resumed last September, will expire in April. The Illinois miners face a threatened lock-out as an alternative to the ac- ceptance of wage reductions at that time, the operators’ spokesmen frank- ly admitted here. By the agreement signed last Sep- tember, the Illinois miners went back te work under the Jacksonville scale, while their fellow workers in the Pennsylvania and Ohio fields were carrying on their great struggle. Due to the generosity of the Lewis offi- cials in charge of District 12 the op- erators under the September agree- ment are now taking advantage of the profits rolled up thus far during the period of the agreement to make whatever arrogant demands they please. * * * By LELAND OLDS The final act in the campaign of the coal operators to force a reduc- tion in the wages of Illinois miners to meet the competition of non-union fields lends special significance to the U. S. department of labor bulletin on hours and earnings in bituminous coal mines 1922-26. The report shows that in 1926 miners’ earnings were deplorably low in the union fields but even lower in the non-union fields. and that the gain in the union scale compared with pre-war has fallen far short of meeting either the increase in living costs or the wage gains se- cured by workers in other industries. Coal diggers throughout the United (Continued on Page Four) NEW YORK, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1928 AL SMITHS FAKE UNEMPLOYMENT PLAN ASSAILED ayons Are Demanding THE DAILY WORKER. uate at tae com. Office at New York, N. ¥., under the act of March 3, 1579, FINAL CITY EDITION ———— ee Annoys*War Lords pong MARINE RULE IN NICARAGUA New design for stamp being dis- tributed by the Anti-Imperialist League, 39 Union Square, New Yrk. Manuel Gmez is the U. S. secretary of the organization which is fighting Yankee imperialism in Central Amer- NEW NICARAEUA STAMP IS ISSUED Anti-Imperialist League Defies Postal Czars “The Nicaragua protest stamp pasted on the back of the envelope in. which this letter is mailed has come under the ban of the postmas- ter-generalof the United States, act- ing in his capacity of cabinet mem- ber in the government responsible for $1 for a: t of fifty. How many stamps shall we send you? Send in your order by return mail. Let us flood the mails with these protests against marine rule in Nicaragua!” Such is the communication which the All-America Anti-Imperialist League is sending out to push the sale “of the “Sandino stamp,” in fur- : ‘ce de. (Special To The DAILY WORKER.) | Managua, ere ee een tony Oe de pena Waka Caen at Ee | States Minister Eberhardt regarding | partment. The stamp, now being sent cut is a new one, ued because the supply of the o: cxhausted. LEAGUE ACTIVE ~ IN COAL STRKE National Committee in | Session | The militant fight of the young | - {miners on the picket lines in the strik- \ing coal fields of Pennsylvania in the |face of machine guns and police ter- | rorism was described at yesterday’s | session of the enlarged buro meeting of the Young Workers (Communist) League’s national committee, in a re- port on the coal mining campaign of |the League. Telling of the active part being | played in this struggle by the mem- bers of the League, the reporter and field organizers here for the meeting told of the ready response on the paré jof the young miners to the call to take the lead in the mass picketing }and the struggle to save the miners’ union. Tells of $2.33 Wage. That young miners in the unorgan- lized field were receiving as low as {$2.33 a day for nine hours of work was brought out by a young miner. | He told of conditions in Molan, Fay- lette and Green counties. Other com- jrades told of the activities of the League in Ohio and Colorado, where Y. W. L. orga: rs are participating accively in the struggle of the young |miners. The intensive activities of (Continued on Page Two) EXPECT RELEA “Daily” Correspondent in Colorado Jail | _ By WINIFRED R. MOOERS. beas corpus filed before Federal |Frank Palmer, DAILY WORKER ¢ Socrates Sandino, brother of Gen- eral Augusto Sandino, leader of the Nicaraguan army of independence, the United States where he works as a mechanic, as the result of un- derground action professional pa- triots are leading against him. SANDINO FORCE IS ON OFFENSIVE Growing. Region MANAGUA, Feb. 9. — With his workers, General Augustino Sandino, revolutionary nationalist leader, has established himself in the rich coffee district. around Matagalpa, according pote, mountain stronghold occup’ i by Sandino two weeks ago.) ! Another detachment of United | had seized the coffee plantation of raeasures for the “protection of Brit- Judge Symes yesterday in the case of | ish lives and property.” | Ree eee Fear that Sandino may attack the | If the original stamp incurred the correspondent, and three other men | town of Matagalpa was expressed by displeasure of the authorities at Washington, the new issue should ir- vitate them still more. Like its pre- decessor, it contains the forbidden words: “Protest against Marine rule in Nicaragua.” In addition to the legend, however, the new stamp por- trays graphically the imperialist as- sault against the Nicaraguan people, showing a heavy boot with “U. S.” marked in hobnails on the sole, crush- ing out villages. Officials of the All-America Anti- Imperialist League say that their pro- Ppaganda for “protest” has been mis- understood in some quarters. Manuel Gomez, the national secretary, stated yesterday that while protest was wanted, it was by no means sufficient. “As.a matter of fact,” he continued, “the original stamps were printed a (Continued on Page Two) ROCKEFELLER IS SUBPOENAED. WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—The Sen- ate Public Lands Committee today subpoenaed John D. Rockefeller, Jr., to appear before it nex tSaturday morning in connection with the activi- ties of the Continental Trading Com- pany of Canada. held in Greely jail as military pris- oners, ordered a hearing for Monday. It is expected that the military au-| thorities will release the men rather than answer the writ in high court. The charges against Milka Sablich have been dismissed in Trinidad. Out (Continued on Page Three) FOUR MILLION IDLE and her sister, Mrs. Santa eso] THRUOUT COUNTRY of 169 men and women charged with picketing in Trinidad, only 88 will be tried Feb. 15 including Byron Kitto, Roger Francezon, Paul Seidler and \other strike leaders. All others dis- missed. The odious Rockefeller plan is now making a fight for its existence be- fore the Colorado Industrial Commis- sion. Young Coal Miners to Attend League Dance The annual ball of the Young | Workers (Communist) League Satur- |day evening at Harlem Casino, 116th | St. and Lenox Ave., will be attended by leaders of the youth among the | striking coal miners, |_ They include Pat Toohey, Tony ‘Minerich, George Papsun and A, Ben- der, who are now in New York for [the League Plenum. Among the significant resolutions adopted in the plenary sitiing of the (Communist) Party at its closing ses- sion was~a resolution on the present coal miners. It calls upon all mem- bers of the Party to come to their aid, and urges an intensificacion of the fight both against the operators and the Lewis machine. The resolution follows: “The full meeting of the Central Executive Commiitee of the Workers (Communist) Party of America hails the rise of mass picketing in the Pennsylvania coal fields as a new and significant sign of the rise of mili- tancy among the striking miners whose ‘Aeroic. struggle now is in its eleventh month, A “The Central Committee notes with pride Siok ansy of the members of pres A the front ranks of SS Central Committee. of the Workers struggle of the thousands of striking this great struggle. It considers that the support of the struggle of the miners is its first task and it Pledges the Workers (Communist) Party to the most energetic eiforts thruout the coal fields. “The full meeiing of the Central Executive Committee considers that the miners’ union is facing the great- est crisis in its history. It calls upon the working class to realize that the attack on the miners is an attack up- on the wages, working conditions and living standards of the masses and that if chis attack is.not defeated, the capitalists will have gained a victory over a decisive section of the labor movement which will have the most serious consequences for our class. “The Central Executive Committeo instructs its members to take part in and aid the struggle of the coal miners in every way. It considers that the surrender of President Lewis COMMUNISTS HAIL MASS PICKETING of the \United ‘Mine Workers of America to the coal barons, his at- tacks on the Communists and the left wing, his refusal to wage genuine or- ganization campaigns in the non- union territories, laid the basis for the present attack on the union. “The Lewis bureaucracy must be fought as an agency of the coal barons. Its defeat is a prerequisite for the victory of the miners. “Mass violation of the injunctions in the coal fields, a nation-wide relief campaign for the strikers and their families, support of the Pennsylvania- Ohio Relief Committee, spreading the strike to all districts, the establish- ment of a labor party to give polit- ical expression to the struggles of the miners and other workers—these are the measures which will defeat the coal barons, smash the open shop drive and bring victory for the union and the |wholo labor movement.” ‘ 500,000 Jobless in New York State Alone Four and one half million of unem- ployed workers throughout the coun- it is estimated, are found in New York State, is the pressure which is | forcing officials of the nation, state and city to make various hurried ges- tures at dealing with a problem | which is daily become more acute and dangerous, For more than six months of deep- ening economic crisis these officials, seeking to maintain the fiction of “prosperity,” have carefully concealed from the American workers the full which the working class is being driven. About two weeks ago spon- taneous organizations of the unem- ployed in New York, in New Jersey and in other sections of the country began to spring up to force action from the officials. Organization Forces Move. Central Committee of Workers Party Urges National Support. A central body was formed, the new York Council of the Unemployed whose activities, it is understood, have at last forced the response from Al Smith, governor of the state who has ordered an investigation by James A. Hamilton, Commissioner of the Labor Department. A committee of the Welfare Council, representing over 1200 social agencies of the cicy, after waiting inactively throughout the months when the situation was be- coming acute, has likewise indicated its willingness to “cooperate” with the governor’s move. In the meantime city officials and police authorities in New York and elsewhere, apparently not altogether (Continued on Page Two) ARREST TAX COLLECTOR. AUBURNE, Me., Feb. 9—Charles M. Starbird, tax collector of this city, has been arrested on a charge of em- beazling $21,300 from the city’s funds. eh is a leading politician in this sec- lon. is threatened with deportation from | the i Be Occupies Rich Coffee | forces strengthened by a consider- | able number of coffee plantation | [being constantly swelled by new ar- jrivals, Governor ‘Smith still seems to States marines was sent to Matagal- | ‘ u (pa yesterday when reports received |New York can do something toward lhere stated that the Sandino forces |the relief of this situation.’ The his- | the British vice-consul at Matagalpa. | Harold Patterson, British chargé at | conferred with United | Published daily except Sunday by The National Daily Worker Publishing Association, Inc., 33 First Street, New York, x. ¥. PYice 3 Cents ng Wage Keductions YOUNG WORKERS | *** Be meror'e CHARGE GOVERNOR USES CRISIS FOR OWN ADVANTAGES N. Y. Jobless Council Issues Program A charge that Gov. Smith is at- tempting to make political capital out of the unemplo ent situation in the d state of New York is made atement issued last night by the New York Council of the Unem- ployed, with temporary headquarters at 60 St. Marks Place, through its secretary, John Di Santo. The statement declares that the letter to Industrial Com- ames A. Hamilton, asking governor’: missioner |that a survey of unemployment be made, a political gesture of no practical value, and proposes instead a number of concrete measures for mediate relief of what it terms remely critical situation.” Governor Smith’s letter to Com- missioner Hamilton,” the council’s statement says, “is a characteristic gesture on the part of the state’s chief executive calculated to make an impression on his friends in the demo- cratic party machine and to gather votes in the coming presidential elec- |tions. But it can in no respect satisfy the thousands of unemployed workers throughout the city and state who are being compelled to endure untold suf- fering and misery and find themselves daily face to face with starvation. Breadlines Increasing. “With breadlines once more a com- mon phenomenon in certain sections ea be in doubt of whether the State of tory of such investigations as the gov- ernor proposes shows that they are of no practical value and merely de- generate into vague discussions and the tossing of political footballs, Proposes Action. “The New York Council of the Un- employed, which has been organized to represent thousands of workers in this city who are out of jobs, con- |demns this effort on the part of the governor to make political capital out of the lives of human beings, and pro- Poses instead the following concrete measures for the immediate relief of the unemployment problem: “1, The opening up of public works and construction enterprises in order to furnish work for the unem- ployed at union wages. The appropriation of a substan- tial sum of money for the opening of public kitchens for the unemployed, which shall be supported by public funds and shall be administered by try, over one half a million of whom, | ;Manent unemployment insurance import of the sericus condition into | : . i Ps | ternational Electrical Workers’ Union |beat up progressive workers last {night when they were distributing {copies of Saturday’s issue of | DAILY WORKER in front of Cent committees of the unemployed. “4. ‘The establishment of a per- (Continued on Page Five) BEAT TOILERS WHO BIVE OUT “DAILY” Police called by officials of the In- Opera House, Third Ave. and 67th {St., where Local 3 of the union was {holding a membership meeting, The paper contained an article ex- | posing the activities of H, H. Broach, [International vice president of the union who in the past has posed as |a progressive. More than 1,000 copies of the paper were distributed before the arrival of the police, |Special Features in | Saturday’s Issue of | The Daily Worker | | Eight pages of live labor news, | foreign dispatches, special articles: and Fred Ellis’ powerful cartoon tomorrow. “Mencken as a Sociolo- | gist” by Joseph Freeman and “A! | Strange Funeral in Braddock” by Michael Gold, will be found in the | Saturday feature page of The j | DAILY WORKER. Also book re- views, poems and essays. Don’t fail to get your copy ane one to give to a friend or shop mate, i / Perron cent eae ®