The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 13, 1928, Page 4

Page Four i ' THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1928 : Worker Correspondents Describe Illinois | Mine Distress, Decay in Jewelry Trade Scorned Klan Threats Against Liberty to Wed | PUT THOUSANDS — OUT OF JOBS AS PITS SHUT DOWN Ontario Committee Send Relief Funds (By a Worker Correspondent) ! FRANKFORT, ILL., Feb. 7. and F. Coal Co. has posted notices to thus throwing 1,200 men out of work. Saline Coal Co. also shut down last week, throw- ing 800 more men on the market for Clarence Kellem, Negro wa employment. Rumors are going 5 7, . p, . 7 Uae Sad ee Beatrice Fuller, 19, of Rockville, C cae ean fe from the Ku Klux Klan, which yal other mir will occur within a anonymous: letters in; week Pars j . weel liberty to marry, No No concer the 0; favor j had someth and file ° operators n Chicago on Feb. 7th he shutting . Something to hit the coal} Characterizing the r scheme may strike law now | American Bar Ass proposed anti- ty y ra le Blow. s pret amental rights alling upon all 2 unions and ly the forces of the left wing militants to organize to op- |pose the me. e, the Central Com- |mittee of the Workers (Communist) ; nary s following rribh tement movement: Having one t up-to-date “The Central Committee of the means of eff ation and high | Workers (Communist) Party consid- producir the operators are |e 1 the general eco-| a it an important task of the Party, Workers Party Asks Against Anti-Strike Law ssion last| r veteran and mill worker, and ‘onn., were married despite threats burned crosses of fire and sent ain attempt to interfere with the couple’s All ministers in the vicinity were too cowardly to perform the ceremony, but a non-religious wedding proved better. Fight zing the masses of organized id unorganized workers to defeat this new threat to the right to strike. “The formula of the bar association and the executive council of the A. F. of L., will undoubtedly meet with widespread misgivings and opposition jamong the masses of workers and | even the lower union officials. It is ‘the task of the Party, through its agi- tation and by means of the united {front tactic, to crystallize this into a {broad movement to active opposition and struggle against arbitration and | the surrender of the right to strike. | “As the campaign develops, it should be utilized to develop the poli- part of the principal task to or- LUNDEEN URGES U.S. MASS PARTY | Workers Abroad Have prom time to time various man-| | Their Own | The workers in Europe were | amazed when they learned that the | United States still had no national |Jahor-narty, Ernest Lundeen, Minne- sota Farmer-Labor Party leader, said i here in an interview yesterday. After | visiting the Soviet Union with the | Rank and File American Trade Union | Delegation he toured eight other |European countries. He arrived on | the Berengaria Friday. | - “Everywhere I went, even in the | little villages, they inquired in great | surprise,” he continued. “Of course all the countries I visited have labor parties.’- My observations abroad {strengthened my convictions more | than ever that a united front of farm- fers and workers is the only way out of the difficulties that American la- {bor is facing. National Party Needed. } “Unless a mass national labor party Jis organized the Minnesota Farmer- Labor Party is useless,” he said. Lundeen gained prominence during the recent world war when he took an uncompromising stand against the declaration of war, the law and conscription. While serving in congress, he introduced resolutions calling for the immediate withdrawal of American troops from Siberia and the impeachment of Woodrow Wilson for allowing warfare without the per- mission of congress. New War Expected. FOR ALL LABOR sand summer into autumn before the espionage | “The Silent House” Pro- vides Blood-Curdling Entertainment prers make sporadic attempts to revive the more melodramatic offer- » but not until “The Bat” came! along and swept to sensational suc- | eess did the knowing ones along! Broadway start to provide again more and more shocking melodrama, | sometimes in earnest, often in tra esty of itself, such as “The Spider,” | “The Gorilla.” ete. | Now we have with us the wildest | |yet, “The Silent House,” now playing | at the Morosco Theatre, the mental effort of John G. Brandon and George | Pickett. In the new melodrama nothing is forgotten of the old bag of tricks, but each trick is intensified and laid on ith such a thick brush that the re- jsult at times approaches perilously near its turning the sighs pf hysteria into shouts of derision, but fortun- | ately that time never actually arrives. If you like your entertainment served up to you in as blood-curdling form as possible, then by all:means go to “The Silent House.” Spring will probably be turned into summer, latest occupant of the Morosco The- atre departs. In the east are such well-known people as Clarke Silvernail, Helen Chandler, Howard Lang and Allan Dinehart, all of whom play with seri- ousness and earnestness, thereby aid- ing greatly in making the public for- get the extreme unreality of the hap- penings. D Gesture,” which reopens tonight for a short engagement at the Century Theatre. | | Broadway Briefs | ning today the twelve in number, appear as the head- lining act. Rose Kessner is the star of this divertisement. Other acts are: Billy Bradford and Marion Hamilton; Phil Sheppard; Harry Frankel and Lewis and Jimmy Winthrop; Al Ab- bott. | | Florence Reed in “The Shanghai | At the Broadway Theatre, begin- “Happiness Girls,” unlevey; Millard and Marlin; Mickey A new film “Brass Knuckles,” will |more than four i have its first showing on the Broad- BRITAIN-U, S. WAR FORECAST AGAIN BY ADM, PLUNKETT 4 Billion Navy, Widely Scored Further reference to a possible war netween the United States and Great tain was contained in a speech by .dmiral Charles P. Plunkett, com- nandant of the Brooklyn navy yards, oefore the Government Club, Inc. Careful not to mention names due vo the outburst of criticism which greeted his recent statements about war with England, the Admiral, who retires from the navy on Wednesday, managed to. make himself understood by stating that he saw possible diffi- culties both with the people who “do not speak our language” and with “people who do speak our language.” Admiral Plunkett urged, greater “preparedness.” * Caer, WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb, 12.— An avalanche of protests are pouring into Washington, demanding that the huge naval building program be dras- tically reduced or abandoned alto- gether. Following the disclosure that billions of dollars would be involved in the Coolidge ad- ministration’s preparations for war on the seas, the volume of telegrams and letters has increased tremendously. “I have never known such wide- spread protest in*all my experience in Congress covering a period of 32 years,” Chairman Butler of the house naval affairs committee admitted. The original estimate officially re- ported by the committee called for an expenditure of $800,000,000. How- ever, it was not until several members withdrew from the committee in pro- prevails na- 7 ing industry. ge Cut Likely. s of a wage reduction are spreading, bu s men are hinti that the min hould take a redu tion, the pres rps away on “intel- ligent collaboration between the op- erators and m is the only solu- tion” (which means a reduction). Or- ganizations are being utilized for propaganda, political bosses are oiling their machine a whole the opera- tors are preparing their apparatus for a very successful campaign. The manner in which the official- tical consciousness of the workers, linking up the struggle against this jattack. on the right to strike with the left wing campaign against the gen- eral offensive of the capitalist class and the whole reactionary class col- laboration program of the official la- ganize the mass of unorganized | workers in the b. industries and to and strengthen the existing unions, to mobilize American labor for active resistance to the new jattack on its most fundamental |rights, the right to organize and the |right to strike, which has just been POM leaders. ; |launched by the capitalist class thru|_ “The slogan ‘No Surrender of the jits agents, the American Bar Asso-|Right to Strike,’ must be linked up jciation and the A. F, of L, buvcau-|With the slogans ‘Save the Unions,’ | craey. I Naherape be epi aie | “The ‘good-will’ and ‘industrial Against Wage Cuts,’ ‘A Forty-Hour |peace’ formula of the committee of Week,’ ‘A Labor Party,’ ‘Not a Man, |the bar association, arrived at as a Not a Dollar for an Imperialist War,’ \result of conferences and collabora-|%4 the whole immediate left wing mass e ‘ogram. dom of the U. M. W. of A. is meet-|tion with a sub-committee of the A.|P™ ing the deplorable situation is not in. of L, executive council and public-| harmony with existing conditions |‘Y endorsed by Green and Woll, calls neither are they genuine trade union £0¥ federal legislation aiming at com-| “As steps in the development of i this campaign, the Central Committee of the Workers (Communist) Party | proposes: policies of militancy. The president aig of the miners’ union, John L. Lewis, |pulsory arbitration and governmental 5 }enforcement of arbitration awards. | “1. The Party and the left wing |The bar association, which has for Shall appear at the hearings of the with his destructive machine, is grad-}| ‘bar association i - ually accomplishing his objective and|™@2Y years. openly advocated cases h ahead ie ey a 0 the Stare’ ohiectin T sank pulsory arbitration, has ‘sacrificed’ | P°S¢ the proposed legislation and to ne operators’ objective. he ran ‘defend the right to strike. Large At present, Lundeen is honorary vice-president of the Minnesota Anti- same line towards the coming imperi- alist war as in the last conflict. Lundeen ‘is closely identified with the movement for launching a nation- al labor party this year. The First Foreigners. Lundeen told how the trade union delegation visited a little village near Nizhni Novogorod. _ “We were the first foreigners to go there since the war,” he said. “The whole village turned out. They had recently received two bulls of im- proved breed from the state depart- ment to improve their stock. The peasants proudly paraded the two animals before us, back and forth, back and forth. They talked about the tractor that was on its way, the crops, the schools.” The “wall paper,” or local newspa- War Council, which is following the) Screen Ne otes | way screen. Monte Blue, Betty Bron- sen and William Russell are the prin- cipal players. It is a melodrama from the pen of Harvey Gates. test, was the ban lifted on the sup- pression of news. A protest resolution from the stu- dent body and faculty of Yale Uni- versity Divinity School and Union Theological Seminary has been re- ceived here. Law Cheats Widow On Technicality TRENTON, N. Feb. 12. — Be- cause Mrs. Dominicka Smolska of Jersey City was ignorant of the law Albert Rogell will direct “Tides of |the Empire,” an adaptation of Peter B. Kyne’s novel of the Northwest, |Which Waldemar Young is now pre- paring for the screen. Joan Crawford |and James Murray will be featured in the new picture. The Jefferson program for the week follows: Mon. to Wed: Jack Nor- worth & Co.; Al & Fanny Stedman, on the vaudeville bill, and “Let ’Er Go Gallagher,” with Junior Coghlan on the screen. Thurs. to Sun.: “The Private Life of Helen of Troy,” with Lewis Stone and Maria Corda, and eight acts including Teck Murdock & Co. “He Learned About Women,” a story by Dale Van Every, will be Wil- liam Haines’ next starring vehicle. The Roxy Theatre this week is showing Reginald Denny’s newest production, “That’s My Daddy.” ‘ i “Brass Knuckles” is having its first . screening at the Broadway Theatre beginning today. Monte Blue is the star. Betty Bronson, William Russell, atre this week. “The Battles of Coronel and Falks- nd Islands” is at the Cameo The- “Kidnapper,” a melodrama by Sam- uel Shipman and Max Maren, is to and did not bring suit for compensa- tion for the death of her husband, a laborer, until more than a year after his death, the supreme court here refused to award her a penny. Her husband died as a result of injuries received when a pipe fell on his feet George Stone, Pau! Panzer and George Curtis are others in the cast. Harvey Gates wrote the story. be put into rehearsal shortly by Mr. Marcin as the producer. in the plant of M. W. Kellof and Company, Jersey City. This will never be ac ith the present bureau- fakers who control the} > miners in this sit-| capped fight-| fake leaders. on of all mil- miners in an the Lewis gang} This campaign calls | solution. lished : labor $s union. open will b CRs must immediately initiate a vigorous * ' pelea to tie ce zal ape gee eee ‘of this proposed legislation, a New York |the role of the A. Fr of L. leadership Lore Fails To Win Workers. n furthering it, with the objective of (By a Worker Correspondent) 1% T aaah: of New York|Well being, the gold jewelry worker 4 aS d $50,000 | neglected to give a thought to a rainy the working people for | day, and as a result his conditions to- He needs this paper to|day are miserable. The highly paid spread Loreism. Thus he wishes to; skilled gold-jeweler was too inde- ablish a big labor alliance under | pendent to organize. 4 his influence. He is trying to split | 4 the labor movement. With the Inter. About ten years ago the industry |ehanged from a hand-craft trade to nationale Arbeiter Verband he has} hi A 3 been unsuccessful for the working. hee sptpbihdey et Jat and Sepembling =) class is against him. This is shown | MCUStrY, Tequiring very little skill by the fact that the German singing | 224 easily taught. Keen competition > societies composed entirely of “this | aad ne Sney of the worst type of class, refused to sing for the fair for | business eaters the manufacturing the socialistic home for the aged ofpoee caused * lowering of standards, which he is in charge. At this ocea-} Workmanship and skill. “Volume” Sion Lore suppressed every form of | became the god, trade abuses, fraudu- protest. Lore claimahe is a Commun. | lent bankruptcies, fake robberies re- ist but forgets to add that the Com- | Suited, and made the workers the vie- munist Party had to expel him on ac- 1 ae of if terrible Speed-up system. count of his sympathy for anti-reyo- } rom a highly paid and skilled work- lutionary tendencies. His articles, |°™ the greedy employers foreed him “full of compassion for Trotsky, are |2° become an unskilled _Stamping sed for spreading Loreism. 2 . |machine operator. The skilled hand sult the working cla "i ‘craftsmen had no organization to pro- his leadership. Fie ers do not respect him and the others |and sweat-shop conditions were forced ignore him. The workingclass is not |°” the workers by the bosses. Every only compelled to fight capitalists but back alley cubby-hole became a Loreism as well. jewelry factory. Even women. were brought in as stamping machine hands by the bosses, with still lower {working conditions. The old skilled craftsman faded from the scene. He isn’t needed, as all the parts of a piece of jewelry can no long ED MERTINS, ee Oa New Jersey Jewelry Trade Conditions. (By Worker Correspondence) _ NEWARK, N. J., (By Mail).—Un- about ten nahi a i gold Jowelen: be secured ready made by the manu- was a highly skilled hand craftsman. facturer. Any child herp assemble lis services were eagerly sought, and|these pieces. If the old highly paid he was well paid. In the days of his |skilled jeweler had been wise enough 8 would-be follow. tect themselves. Wages were slashed | and fi daily becoming conscious | 18 Undisguised demand in favor of °° i: of the fact and th see ths miners | the present but slightly disguised for-|MAS* Protest meetings shall be held Bt) hachiia: ox; | mula to facilitate the effort of the A. Gill John L. tind at of L. leadership to mislead the exit with the elephantine boot, | ™asses of the American workers into Action is Urgent. jaccepting compulsory arbitration and nt conditions existing jn |Surrendering their most important ional | Weapon of struggle at this time, the |right to strike. “The formula marks a new high |point in the open shop drive of the ruling class and its government and | in the bet 1 of the interests of the working class by the reactionary lead- ership of the A. F. of L. “The legislation proposed is not jonly a menace to organized labor and jits living standards but would be a |serious stumbling block to any effort to organize the millions of the mos' exploited, unorganized workers and for the ene cooperation of all|to resistance on their part to the rank and fi to put their organi- | Wage slashing campaign of the em- zation on a fighting against the | Ployers. Offensive of the bosses. | “The Workers (Communist) Party in New York in support of the Par- ty’s stand at the hearings. “3. Mass meetings and demonstra- tions shall be held throughout the country, as soon as the ground is pre- pared for broad support. | “4. Resolutions shall be introduced against the proposed law in city cen- tral labor bodies. “5. A wide introduction of resolu- |tions in local unions and other labor organizations, “6. The district organizers and dis- | trict industrial organizers shall begin preparing the ground for the election | jof delegates to state federation and | international union conventions who | |will fight against anti-strike legisla- ion. 7. Every effort shall be made to jactive opposition to this law at the jcoming A. F. of L. convention, | “8, The Party press shall system- atically expose the proposed anti- jmanner, but concretely, utilizing the experience with the Watson-Parker law and arbitration generally.” to organize, these conditions could have been resisted. As for unions, one came into exist- machine trade. try by winning a 44 hour week for the gold jewelry workers. It became strong in the after the war prosperity when nearly everybody bou ght and in the slackest times, when the bosses were most anxious to cut wages and lay off as many men as strike. The leaders of the union came over from New York to scab on the Newark workers, thus disgusting the strike and the union at the same time. charged by the betrayed workers. As a result of the strike, our union was reduced almost to a skeleton, and ea Sn Ontario Raise Funds for Strikers. (By a Worker Correspondent) SAULT STE, MARIE, Ont. (By Mail).-We have here an interna- tional committee for raising money for the strikers’ relief. We have al- ready held three socials for the Colo- rado coal miners and now we are plan- ning to hold a dance for the Pennsyl- vania and Ohio strikers’ relief. —T. T. |Secure delegates and to organize an | {strike legislation, not in an abstract | ence when the industry became a It made a grand en-! |Jewelry, Then came the crisis in 1921, } possible, the union leaders called a’ workers and practically killing the) Crookedness and collusion with the} bosses on the union leaders’ part was! jewelers now get an average of $25 a} | week, | per, which were factory and farm bulletin boards all in one, particularly paper, about four or five feet high and eight feet long, was ~hung on the wall near the “red corner” in the factory. Everybody Contributes. “Everybody contributes to the ‘wall | paper’, and it is a wide open forum,” he added. “We saw stories, criticisms of the management of the factory, suggestions for improving produc- tion, humorous and serious sketches, cartoons, announcements—in fact al- most everything. These ‘wall papers’ interested Lundeen. A large sheet of | “Rose-Marie,” the Metro’s picturi- vation of the musical comedy by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein, is showing on the screen of the Capitol Theatre. Joan Crawford plays the title role. — The Theatre Guild presen’ ests Strange Interlu O'Neill's Play, John Golden 'Thea,, 68th, B. of Bway Evenings Only at 5:30, PORG ie Th., W. 42d. Bvs.8:40 Republic Mats.Wed.&Sat.,2:40 Extra Mat. Today CUA are found in practically every factory in Russia. “In Russia, the best in the world is none too good for the workers. I hope for the day when labor in Amer- ica will be housed like that, instead of the grimy houses we have in the \west and the slums you have here.” i = DR. Bway, 46 St. Evs. 8.30 ‘Mats: Wed.&Sat. 2.30 Y “BETTER THAN THE BAT” ‘Thea. W.44 St.Evs.8. ERLANGER’S Mats. Wed. & Sat. Extra Holiday Matinee Monday | i | | FOR Organization of the unorgan- ized, Miners’ Relief. . Recognition and Defense of the Soviet Union, | A Labor Party. ! 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