The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 16, 1928, Page 4

THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1928 _ PIGKETERS BRAVE STATE COP GUNS NEAR ACME MINE Union Organizer Fails to Aid Struggle BENTLEYVILL Pa., (By } I am sending th tter know wh going on at and also publish the new DAILY WORKER. The miners at Bentleyville in a joint meeting decided to mass-picket the mines at are Ww working on an open he first Aeme Mine, On the ax men and a marched toward the A superintendent of the mine w ; to s > marchers and he or- dered the only e of the Coal 2 ’ Iron police present to meet the strik- € But he only stood by the mule e so th o striker should take nule as t. passed the mine. | So the $s marched past th. | mine without any trouble, showing the s that they were still on| —-— cehake wal dah hori strike. When the strikers saw that} x; scaguaaeh gioktt Seapee : Reis’ wicketi : af Kine too militant a striker to please their bosses. their picketing was. good werk, they that the best way to get him to move, as well as 10 others’ like him. turned back and marched past the apt Spier saad Sats ce Mr : . mine again. Latest Methods in Eviction of Miners was to strip the roofs off their houses and leave them without shelter. GALLS LABOR TO RALLY AGAINST | fend Their Press | (By a Worker Correspondent). | Wall Street and its lackeys are | threatening our DAILY WORKER | for the simple reason that it does not | hide the truth from the masses, like | the capitalist press, and because The | DAILY WORKER fights for the in- terests of the working class. They want to silence our DAILY WORKER for it dares to expose their lies about the Soviet Union which are appear- ing daily in the capitalist press. They are trying to put our Daily out of existence by imprisoning its staff and imposing fines upon the paper. They find our comrades. Dunne, Miller and Bittelman, guilty of being true and sincere to the work- ing class, for daring to fight against injunctions, and because they tell the workers to organize. The capitalists are very powerful. { We must realize the danger and come |to the aid of our Daily without delay. | We, the working class of America, |must guard our DAILY WORKER |and its militant staff with all means jin our power, —DAVID PRIGODICH. . oe : wont bbb after police found that Andy They decided Rush Coal and Iron Police. But when the mine officials saw Police . Aa Conan oo. the strikers coming back a second} ] R of Off S ke 2193 ite: » Feb. 15.— time they called for help which was | ear 00. UC. Funeral arrangements were being sent them by one of the other min close by. They sent more Coal and Iron police to watch the mule stable. S Miner “Hell- But the strikers marched past the} SO Pe | bolic acid in the bathroom of his mine without a word. | FINLEYVILLE, Pa 15.—The monstrous activity of paid police |home. The police say Harrison had Again nothing happened. Only officials in the mining districts in their attempt to break the morale of the | difficulty in obtaining work. the scabs sat around afraid to eo continu Take the case of Andy Kine. He had been on strike and iene Poa abe Gear > oe and eaven oi sie on pee ee unroof our house, and a constable’s | logically: that at the end of six) This é a i ns as ae than the |Union, when the Pittsburgh Terminal sale order on our furniture. [nce the eae eee a mine officials could stand. They |C@l Co. ordered them driven from The Union stopped the sale by| he s eligibility or pee tae al gain called for help,“but this time| \their home. The following letter, |Paying our rent. We were among the he are hee ont ie : e ideo eee | they called on the state troopers who | itten to The DAILY WORKER by first 11 families that got noe to ea ree ional development of the responded to the call at once. But | Mrs. Mary Kine, tells the st : mabye rs Une | Une ne eae ithe marchers marched on and were| Dear Comrad nearly a mile away from the mine| «{ would like to subscribe to The wren phe state troopers approached |pAILY WORKER but I can’t since them and broke @p their line, arrest-|we have no m¢ : because of = ting one man by the name of Martin jness and the e my husband ha Valentie, who, they claimed, was one! not been working since Dec. 15, 1926, of the leaders of the marchers. jand doctor and hospital bills took all Quiz Arrested Picket. {of our money. I will fill out the blank Valentiv was taken to the coal | and will send the money whenever I company’s office where he was “asked | jean, so please send me The DAILY who was responsible for the march} WORKER at once and send it to my of the strike He answered that/new address since we were evicted he thought the scabs were responsible | rom Coverdale. I am sending you a for it, because if there were no seabs |pieture | anouEng how they started to it would be useless to march. This! did not satisfy them so they took him to the justice of the peace at Bentley- Ville. There they told him to notity all the rest of the strikers that there} would be no more marching at that! mine and that only eight men were to picket the mine and no women, asi that was no place for women. Valentic promised them that would tell the strikers about the or of the state police. He was eharged on that promise. But the next de gathered at the W ‘OR the " trict Executive Committee of the New York t of the Workers | (Communis of America has | been carrying on discussions among Party membership and among the } he New York District of Workers Party Raps Trotsky Opposition jof the developing proleta ;made today for Donald Harrison, 30, |of 23 Willow Place, who committed | suicide last night by swallowing car- Raiser’s’ ” Home Journal of Feb. 1 tells that Vice-pres- ident Osler said that bosses were un- roofing the houses to get eleven of | the chief hell-raisers to move out. I 2.—That discussions be organized in all language fractions. 3,—That all section executive com- mittees should vote on the resolution am sure proud to be one of them; I of the Central Executive Committee wouldn’t want to be a scab! | and the District Executive Committee. “Please send food and clothes up if | you can as people are very poor and starving; only the Lewis machine gets relief while those that are against it don’t get anything. If you send any- thing you send it in my name. Please | also send me a bundle of DAILY | WORKER papers. Signed, Mary | Kine, Finleyville, Wash, Co., Pa.” | Section or City Newark, N. Passaic, N. J Jersey City, N. Perth Amboy, N. Paterson, N. J... German Fraction Finnish Fraction tics are necessary so th: colonial national bourgeoi when the | fearful mn move-' ment, turn against the proletariat and | |the peasants and betray them to the | imperialists, that at such a time the | OFFICIAL PLOT | Working Class Must De-| The New York District Executive | Committee therefore not only con-| firms the stand of the Central Exe-" Gio vote taken, 1 spoke against ightworkers — morning. 12 Nightworkers — afternoon. 31 Total participating—865 make another march. State troopers did not wait for orders but broke up the line before the| march could be started, again arrest-/| ing two men. These two men they took to the company jail where they were locked up. Some of the more actve strik- ers went to look for the organizer | to see what could be done for the two \non-Party workers of the district on alliance must be broken. | ithe question of the Opposition in the | Communist Party. of the Soviet Union. jiociavely supported the Opposition, \raised in the controversy | Union against the imperialist attack. |position on the question and. give Other arguments of those who ob-! This question is not only important | whether they voted against or ab- because of the fundamental issues | stained, showed a personal reaction to Against resolution—13 or 1.5%. Abstaining on resolution—51 or 5.9%.’ For resolution—801 or 92.6%. iNeighborhood Play- house to Stage “Israel” | With Cleveland Or-! chestra “Israel,” Ernest Bloch’s symphony | will be one of the important parts of the production which the Neighbor- hood Playhouse in conjunction with | the Cleveland Orchestra, will make at | the Manhattan Opera House the dirst | week in May. The arrangement for the stage was made by Irene Lewisohn and Nikolai Sokoloff. The preparations for this translation into plastic terms of the | elemental dramatic idea of the com-| position will go forward immediately. Writing of this symphony and the suggestion of a stage arrangement, the composer said: “I chose ‘Israel’ because my roots come from that soil. But it is not Israel alone in which I am concerned. It is the whole of hu- manity. And this is what ought to be made evident in any stage per- formance, no matter what surround- ings or gestures or costumes you may choose.” Earlier this season Nikolai Sokoloff directed his orchestra in the playing of the symphony here, in con- cert form, at Carnegie Hall. “Broadway,” which closed a 74 week run at the Century Theatre Satur- day night, is making a tour of the subway circuit, playing at Teller’s | Shubert in Brooklyn this week. Next |week it will be at the City Theatre jon 14th Street and thereafter at the Riviera, the Bronx Opera House, the Majestic in Brooklyn, the Windsor in the Bronx, the Cort in Jamaica, and then for four weeks at the Broad Street Thatre, Newark. | cutive Committee of our Party in sup- port of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union but also pledges to carry on the cam- paign for the enlightenment of the membership on the fundamental is- ‘sues involved, the enlightenment of the workers generally on the socialist character of the Soviet Union and to carry on the most intensive and ex- tensive campaign for rallying the workers to the defense of the Soviet Union, the workers’ fatherland. The result of the voting in all sec- tions of the district was as follows: For Against Abstaining 122 - 98 145 - 32 87 51 . 30 cre HoaH CUM AR OA . 39 * 8 « 2 - 18 - 23 » 16 . 65 ececoronse erceconcsce’ or because ' the individuals rather than a political of the expulsion of Trotsky, Zinoviev, | reaction to the policies and questions etc., but also because it raises the |involved and a non-realization that it question of the socialist nature of the | | was the duty of the Central Commit- Soviet Union and with that the entire | tee of the Workers Party of America, question of the defense of the Soviet |as the leading committee to take a The results on the whole are satis- leadership to the American Party in} men in jail. Organizing Poolroom The organi to find be- factory and are an indication of the cause he in one poc litical soundness of the room 2 ize some hip. The discus- | in there. went continuation of the two m« yany pw the de- | and the stz e In the offic organizer ea for two Miners in the jail and he came to an:s understanding “with the state troop- | toward the ecneatiod ot the | @rs, promising that if they would let| nizational nature of the two men out of jail, he would see that the strikers stopped ma ng. i united front The Discussi So the aes Pee let the two} The discussions that have taken | each ad ao : “Aatl kK Fee wer dollar ;place reyeal on the part of those that | ach and one dollar fifty for the resolution of the! spoke against the District Executive Committee, or who voted against, or abstained from vot- ing on the resolution a wrong under- standing on certain questions. Some comrades argued that the peasantry is a cl enemy to the} gosts, that made five dollars for the| two men. Then the strikers began to wonde that would happen next and on the 8th of January nobody went on the | ‘Picket line because the men said} i that if only eight men came out the | proletariat, that the village cannot be | icon and the yellow dogs would socialized, that the policy of the e fun of them. So nobody went |Soviet Union favors the peasantry vik jagainst the workers—-not realizing © The organizers and the union offi-/that the poor and middle peasant in “eals always blame the men for the the period of imperialism is not only ‘shortcomings in the union. This ia necessary ally for the conquest of ‘Tittle news I have reported tells the |power but also for the maintenance ‘i : difference. It shows that the strik-.of power and for the building up of rs are willing to go the limit if they | | socialism. ly have the right leadership. Our| Another issue on which a few of the Piers here are all dissatisfied with |comrades who voted against, spoke the present leadership and its poli-!against or abstained or had a wrong ies. But they don’t know what to |position on, was the question of the junited front attitude toward the ~—A MINER. {Chinese revolution, the Anglo-Russian | ae jCommittee, etc. Such comrades did URNS DENIES SHADOWING. |not appreciate the importance of a ASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 15.—In ltemporary alliance with the national testimony at the criminal con- 'bourgeoisie of the colonial country | pt proceedings Tuesday, Will J. when that national bourgeoisie was ns denied that his firm was em- fighting against world imperialism | ed to shadow the Fall- Sinclair and not hindering the development of | ‘graft jury, in spite of the testi- the proletarian and peasant move-, ly to the contrary given by his understand that | lovee, William J. MeMnls~ ahar cas te {in the entire district, or 1.5 per cent this vital issue that not only involved | the Communist Party of the Soviet Union but the Union of Socialist | Soviet Republics and the Communist | International. The Voting. The actual number of comrades who | voted against the resolution of the | Central Executive Committee and the | District Executive Committee were 13 | of the membership that participated. Before the discussion in the sec- tions, a full meeting of the District | FOR AGAINST Executive Committee discussed the) |! i Onvaniaae f the 5 : question and supported unanimously o Teod. chgysiaia: rene, Injunctions. jhe i of Wesel eee) i Miners’ Relief; * Company Unions. r ‘ommittee of our Party in supporting | }) Ri iti | the Central Committee of the Com- | | eh ie te ot hee ol | munist Party of the Soviet Union inf! 4. 4 Labor Party, Persecution of the Foreign their policies and -actions. \I| 5. A. Wotkers’ “and @Farmere’ Born. Discussions were then organized in| all the sections of the Party and in | | War. the various New Jersey cities. | | i | Government. In addition, the subject was discus-! sed by leading comrades of the dis- | trict in various forums and clubs | thruout the city and in New Jersey. |{) The number @ Party members par-|]) Join a Fighting Party! - Join the Workers (Communist) Party of America | ticipating in the various section dis-|]) ' cussions was not sufficient—only 25 per cent of the district membership . . wp Me : | having taken part. Application for Membership in Workers (Communist) Party { _After the discussions in the sec- (Fill out this blank and mail to Workers Party, 43 E. 126 St. N. ¥. C.) tions, the Central Committee unanim- ously passed the following motions: 1.—That all comrades who have spoken against, voted against or ab- stained from voting on the resolution | of the Central Executive Committee | } or the District Executive Committee ‘and who are functionaries in the Par- |ty should not continue as such, nor should such comrades who are not ' functionaries become such at the pres- ent time; that energetic efforts be made to develon theca eamrados iden- \ If you are on strike or unemployed and cannot pay initiation fee please check this box. 0) UNEMPLOYED AND STRIKERS ADMITTED WITHOUT INITIATION and receive dues exempt stamps until employed, (Enclosed find $1.00 for initiation fee and one month's dues.) —— | TN GAT SWORTHY “ LAY Geraldine Kay who with Leslie Howard in “Escape,” which'is now in its fifth month at the Booth Theatre. is playing “HOBOKEN BLUES” OPENS AT NEW PLAYWRIGHTS TO- MORROW NIGHT “Hoboken Blues,” by Michael Gold, .|}comes to the New Playwrights’ The- atre tomorrow night. Interest in the play is evidenced by the fact that fifteen evenings are already scheduled for benefit per- formances. One of the encouraging developments at the Commerce Street Theatre is the support of the Labor Theatre going public. Among organi- zations which have booked dates are: Opportunity Magazine, the Interna- tional Seamen’s Club, Jewish Work- ers’ University, Art Students of Edu- cational Alliance, Bronx Labor Cen- tre, Youth Conference for Miners’ Re- lief, Workers School, Progressive Teachers’ Union. Hugo Gellert, well-kriown artist and cartoonist will speak this Sun- day evening at the New Playwrights’ Theatre on “Modern Art in Relation to the Modern Movement in the The- atre.” The Dramatic League of City College will attend the meeting in a body. “Spring 3100,” a new play by Ar- gyll Campbell, adapted and staged by Joseph H. Graham and Willard Mack, opened at the Little Theatre last night —a late addition to the premieres of the week. Joseph Kilgour, Mariposa Hayes, Jack McKee, Owen Martin, Lynn Eswood and Tammany Young are in the cast. ; | Worker Correspondents Appeal to Save ‘Daily’; Against Penn. Coal Terrorism MASS, ATTORNEY GENERAL FAGES _ GRAFT CHARGES Was Active in Sacco- | Vanzetti Case Arthur K. Reaninks attorney gen- eralof Massachusetts, prominent in the frame-up which resulted in the \legalized murder of Sacco and Van- zetti, is accused in the supreme court here of having accepted 4 secret fee o: ‘om the Decimo Club, Inc., at one time investigated by him in Massachusetts, and of having sought to prevail upon |the Attorney General of New York to drop proceedings against the club. |The charges were made by H. B. |Monjar, founder of the club. Reading was also accused of hav- jing obtained stocks and bonds worth several hundred thousand dollars from Monjar by threatening him with criminal prosecution. Monjar is suing Reading and the present board of governors of the club to restrain them from disposing of the bonds. Supreme Court Justice Delehanty denied a motion by Read- ing’s lawyer to suppress the papers filed in the suit by Monjar, on the ground that they “impugned the honesty of a public official.” The Decimo Club has been under investi- gation in several states. It claims to be a “fraternal and social club” with initiation fees as high as $100, and aims to secure for its members re- duced rates for merchandise by means of special arrangements with dealers. Payment of Munitions Debt Protested by USSR Charles Recht of 110 West 40th St., attorney for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, has sent a letter to the United States senate contest- ing the payment by the Lehigh Val- ley Railroad Co. of $984,000 to Serge Ughet for loss of munitions belong- ing to the Russian czarist govern- ment in the Black Tom, N. J. ex~ plosion in 1916. Ughet claims to be the representative of the former Ker- ensky government and has been act- ing in an official capacity despite the collapse of that government. The United States “does not recognize’ ithe Soviet Union. — The Theatre Guild presents ——!}, Gm Eugen O'Neill's one's Strange Interlude | John Goiden Thea., 58th, E. of B'way Evenings Only at . Bernard Shaw’s Comedy DOCTOR'S DILEMMA Th., W. 52d St. Evs. 8:30 GUILD waits. thurs. & Sat. 2:50 Feb. 20, “Marco Million: PORGY Th., W. 42d. Evs.8:40 Mats.Wed.&Sat.,2:40 Republic Winter Garden SY 8° rite: «Mats. WORLD'S ‘cEere SENSATION! Artists 3 Models, * WINTHROP AMES presents JOH™ GaLSWORTHY'S E S Cc A Pp with LESLIB NYY AE RACH way, 46 St. Evs. 8.30 FULTON Plata, Wed.&Sat. 2.80 ““BETTER THAN THE BAT” SEE ee. 19 Thea. W.44 St.Bvs.8.30 ERLANGER'S *iats. Wed. & Sat. xtra Holiday Matinee Monday THE MERRY MALONES with GEORGE M. COHAN tre, 41 St. W. of B’way 30. Mts.Wed.&Sat.2:30 Matinee Monday “The Trial of Mary Dugan” y Bayard Veiller, with Ans Ann "Harding-Rex _Cherryman HARRIS pryay. ive. ase. Mats, Mon., Wed. & Sat. SILOVELY LADY with Edna Leedom & Guy Robertson, HOWARD Thea, W. 4st. E : BOOTH ‘sist’ mon, Wea Broadhurst join yey GEORGE ARLISS jn THE MERCHANT OF VENICE { KEITH JEFFERSON BN We ALBEB Alts.35¢, Evs.500. Except Sat. nen éHol. ar “The Private. Life of HELEN OF TROY» World’s Most Famous Flapper. The one a hundred: and fiftieth per- | formance of “Dracula” was celebrated lat the Fulton Theatre yesterday af- | ternoon, 8— KEITH-ALBEE. ACTS — 8) The Theatre Guild’s next produc- | tion will be Stefan Zweig’s version ‘of Ben Jonson’s “Volpone.” The shooting’s all over now. with laughter, music, song and dance, the New Playwrights, beginning February 17, present at their theatre, 40 Com- merce St. (phone Walker 5851) In all seriousness yet, but Michael Gold’s New Play Hoboken Blues For all performances, a 10% reduction will be given on all tickets purchased from the local Daily Worker Office 108 East 14th Street. Phone Stuyvesant 6584. \ —,) asp Tape ioe AE \ | j | | | |