The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 17, 1928, Page 2

“ Page two THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1928 Baltimore Workers Respond to Appeal to Build Up Daily Worker Circulation JOBLESS FIGURES ENERGETIC DRIVE YIELDS RESULTS IN DISTRICT 3 News-Stands Increase “Daily” Sales The campaign to obtain new sub- seribers for the DAILY WORKER is} progressing so rapidly in District 3} of the Workers (Communist) Party, that Baltimore is expected to give Philadelphia and Connecticut a close race if the drive is carried forward with the same energy with which it has been begun. Thru the efforts of Philip Stanton, the newly elected DAILY WORKER agent, the paper is appearing regu-| larly on the Baltimore news-stands! for the first time. News-stands sales | are already mounting and promise to} be one of the most fruitful fields in the District. A number of subscriptions have al- ready been forwarded to the DAILY WORKER from cities in Maryland, and many more are promised in the near future, as the campaign is in- tensified. Plans for the systematic distribu- | tion of the DAILY WORKER are also being perfected and an effort | ‘will be made in the next few days to | popularize the paper among the Mary- | land workers. | The campaign is still going strong | in Connecticut. Anna Herbst, who is the DAILY WORKER representa- tive for Conn. State, is near the hun- dred mark for subs made since the | drive began. | Committees for local work are| formed in the cities that she visits | and the comrades are actively. en-| gaged in assisting for the attainment of the necessary quota for Connecti- cut. Most of the subscribers are taking | advantage of the special offer of | books which is given to each yearly | subscription. The offer is a rare one. | It gives the comrades an opportunity to read better literature without pay- | ing any additional money for good | books. | COURT FINDS 4 WORKERS GUILTY The four members of the Workers (Communist) Party who were arrest- ed Dee. 6 for distributing anti-injune- tion leaflets at the Morse Drydock, Brooklyn, were yesterday found guilty | of disorderly conduct in the Special | Sessions Court. Their attorney was | given until Feb. 24 to submit a memo-| randum. Sentence will be pronounced | on that date. The four workers, Emil Makvista, Thomas Thorsen, N. Knith any Eric Hennonen, are out on $500 i Philadelphia Miners’ Relief Statement PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 16. — The} Pennsylvania-Ohio-Colorado Miners’, Relief Committee of Philadelphia have issued a financial statement for| the month of January. The report shows that the total income for the month was $580, all of which, with the exception of $40, was turned into the main office at 611 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh. The re- port is signed by John Anderson, lo- cal secretary. | | | Side by Side March the Church and Workers’ Foes 7. ae With gold and position, the kings and capitalists insure the fealty of the priests so that the oppressed workers may be fright- ened out of thought of rebellion by if they do not obey the masters. the bugaboo of eternal damnation Above is shown Bishop Manning of the Protestant Episcopal Church, notorious enemy of labor, many of whose sermons are venomous in their hatred of the workers, re- ceiving gifts presented by the Belgian King Albert, for the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. The gifts name Ly Prince Albert de Lignem, are being presented in the king’s Belgian ambassador to this coun- try. Albert is a notorious oppressor of the workers in Belgium and in the Congo, where thousands of Negro slaves endure the lash of the overseers on the lands owned by the Belgian king. DONATIONS AID “WORKER? FIGHT Letters Show Militant Class Spirit (Continued from Page One) the meaning of The DAILY WORKER and the Communist Party. “Fight on, I am with you with my heart and soul. I just got a job and am not quite on my feet but when the main organ of the working class Party calls for help, I mean to tell you I responded very quickly by for- getting all about myself. I will send all the money I possibly can.” Another worker writes from Ni- agara Falls: “Enclosed find a money order for ten dollars which was collected last night at the Workers Circuit School of this city, to help save our DAILY WORKER from the hands of the re- actionary forees. Let us hope that such ammunition will be plentifully supplied enabling you to strike heavy blows” “Enclosed find a check for five dollars,” another worker writes, “as a donation to The DAILY WORKER. in order to help the great cause. No matter what happens William F. Dunne, Alex Bittelman and Bert Miller must not go to prison, and The DAILY WORKER must be kept go- ing. So, now is the time for the workers to send their financial aid.” In spite of the loyalty with which the workers everywhere have re- sponded to the appeal for funds to meet the legal expenses forced upon The DAILY WORKER by their capi- talist enemies, hundreds of contribu- tions are urgently needed if the paper is to be saved and Dunne, Miler and Bittelman kept from a federal jail. Rush donations to The DAILY WORKER, 33 First St., New York City. DIRECT PRIMARIES WANTED. ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 16.—Resto ration of direct primaries for stat and judicial offices is provided in bill introduced in the legislature by Assemblyman Bloch, democratic lead er of the lower house. JUSTICE BATTLES, COAL EMPLOYERS 12 Charges Are Levelled Against Him (Continued from Page One) and finds some duty to be performed at a convenient distance from the bastille where he had lodged the operators’ gunmen. At least this is what the coal operators would like to have their public believe. And far be it from this writer to take whatever credit that may be coming to Mr. O’Rourke away from him. Indeed, he will vouch for the fact that it happened once or twice, either accidentally or with premeditation to boot, that the much-arresting and much-arrested squire having deposited his catch in the “can” was not available to accept bail for the coal and iron policemen, much to the chagrin of the Pitts- burgh Terminal Coal Corporation. Mr. O’Rourke’s unavailability on one occasion caused the “yellow dogs” to spend a dreary week-end in a Pitts- burgh jail, tho Terminal Company money was at hand for their release. O’Rourke’s latest exploit was to ar- rest two Pittsburgh Terminal Com- pany strikebreakers and securing a confession from them that they were given money by Terminal: “yellow dogs” to shoot up the union miners’ barracks. The coal barons - insist that O’Rourke third-degreed the seabs, an allegation that is indig- nantly denied by the squire. Titulescu Hunts Loan PARIS, Feb. 16.—The Rumanian minister of foreign affairs, Titulescu, left here last night for the Riviera where he is to confer with the Ger- man Foreign Minister Stresemann. It is intimated that the two ministers will discuss the Rumanian claim that Germany make good the quantity of depreciated paper marks left in Ru- mania after the defeat of the Central Powers. The Rumanian government is especially eager to have the pay- ments made in the light of the un- stable financial and political situation within Rumania. Titulescu is reported to be stalking a foreign loan. IN NEWARK OVER 19,000 AT PRESENT Reaches Highest Mark in 20 Yaers (Continued from Page One) placements. There were 200 women applying for housework yesterday, with only 30 calls for the domestic workers. On the corner of Mulberry and Franklin Streets, many hundreds of homeless and jobless workers have sought shelter in the past few nights in some empty buildings there. Paper and waste are being used as mat- tresses after a day of pavement pounding in quest of work. Negroes Flee Starvation. A great influx of Negro workers from the south has started, these workers having been driven north by starvation in a vain quest for work. Fewer men and boys are now being paroled from the State Reformatory at Rahway and from the Boys’ Re- formatory at Jamestown, because of the fear that the unemployment ranks would be further swelled, offi- cials of the reformatories stated yes- terday. Many Ask Relief. La Fera, overseer of the poor, stated that he had received 305 appli- cations for relief in January as com- pared to less than 600 a year ago. Small neighborhood stores dealing dwith the workers are being hard hit here dnd many are closing down. Newark has a population of about 500,000, and with officials admitting 75,000 out of work, the seriousness of the unemployment situation can easily be seen. * * * One Dollar a Day SEATTLE, Wash. Feb. 16.—One dollar a day is the wage made by 25 to 50 aged workers daily engaged in draining the swamp upon which this city is constructing a golf course for its well to do citizens. The aged men are sent out by the Volunteers of America, a “charitable” organiza- tion, and are supposed to receive $2.75 a day, but the Volunteers of America receive all but $1 of this. Work in Muck. The workers, all of them far be- yond the working age, work in muck and ooze, thus ruining the only clothes, most of them possess. All of the workers wear ragged coats, and all shake from the bitter cold. The men are allowed even this poorly paid work only one week, when the Vol- unteers of America dismisses them and sends another bunch of aged men to take their place. eae gee By LELAND OLDS, (Federated Press). CHICAGO, Feb. 16—Unemploy- ment, the most severe in years, is the picture presented by the employment report of the Illinois Department of Labor for January. The department tries to be hopeful on the ground that the condition is only temporary but each year’s seasonal drop carries the employment level lower than the last. The lost ground is never completely recovered. Factory employment in Tllinois, ac- cording to the reporting, declined 2.1% between December and January. This drop carried employment below any level since the war. January employ- ment was 8% under January 1927 and 16% under January 1923. It was — Above are shown the survivors of the wreck of the navy tug Mohave, which went down with 5 of the crew When it struck a rock on Cape Cod. The Mohave was returning from salvaging the S-4 near Provincetown when the disaster occurred. 5 of Their Mates Died When Navy Tug Sank TELL OF SELLING OIL SLUSH BONDS Brokers Trace Bonds to Campaign Debt WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—Two witnesses from Potter and Co. and C. F. Childs & Co. took the stand to- day to prove that the $75,000 gift from Harry F. Sinclair to the repub- lican national committee to help foot the expenses of the election of Hard- ing and Coolidge in 1920 were from the $3,800,000 Continental Trading Co. slush fund. | Sold Bonds. The witnesses, J. F. McMahon, of Potter and Co. and James Bernieri, of C. F. Childs & Co., told of selling | the $75,000 in Liberty bonds for the Empire Trust Co. in New York, which held notes of the republican national committee. Bernieri testified that his company had acted as broker for the Empire Trust Co. and told of buying the bonds from Potter and Co. The num- bers he gave for the bonds corre- sponded with those on McMahon‘s list. At this point Sen. Walsh read testi- mony into the records by Will H. Hays, former chairman of the repub- lican national committee, and by Baldwin, of the Empire Trust Co., given in 1924. Hays had testified to getting $75,000 from Sinclair and applying it to the Empire Trust Co. debt, which was left over from the 1920 election campaign. actually 3% under December 1921, the lowest so far recorded. The department says: “Owing to the large number of unemployed at the present time, a pickup does not imply immediate relief. It should be borne in mind that in addition to the usual volume of unemployment 120,- 000 workers have been dismissed in Illinois since 1923. Before conditions become comparable with those which are ordinarily designated as normal a great portion of this labor supply must be absorbed. The gradual re- placement of men by machinery, which accounts for part of the labor surplus, will probably render the ab- sorption a rather lengthy and diffi- cult one,” The department points to the free employment office records as further evidence of widespread unemployment. These show that during January 239 workers applied for every 100 jobs. compared with 180 in December and 215 in January 1927. Fewer jobs were offered this January than in any Lovestone Reports on NINTH INSTALLMENT. (Continued from™yesterday.) “I want to say a few words about the Panken case: “This question is not placed in the thesis. In the sub-committee going over the Panken question we agreed| not to place it in the thesis because we felt that it is not a basic ques- tion, it does not deal with the tasks of the Party in the near future, and so long as we have realized the monu- mental achievement of being able to put forward to the Party for the first time in its history a thorough analysis of the economic and political situation and a correct appreciation of our Party’s task with debates over sec- ond-rate questions of the past, we should not weaken the beneficial ef- fects of the Party. The political committee supports the policy of the New York district in the Panken elec- tions with these facts in mind. First of all, it was a correct policy tho wrongly executed. Secondly, the des- trict committee, particularly the dis- trict organizer, himself brought the iticism of the errors in the applica- of this policy. The policy in the ken case is not a general policy, is the exception so far as our icy towards the socialist party is ned. The question before us is this, can we make excep- towards the policy of the Party in reference to the socialist party in election campaigns? We maintain that exceptions can be made and in Party cgrried/out every necessary prerequisite for such a maneuver as shown in one, maintaining a sharp criticism of Panken; two, maintain- ing its own platform, its own speak- ers, its own agitation, and its own district position. “In reference to Party unification: “We must vigcrously continue the line we have been following of exec- uting the convention resolution, All remnants of former groupings must disband and merge with the central executive committee which is today more than ever the leader of our Party. Every Party member must promote the confidence of the mem- bership in the central committee and enhance its authority. No reorgani- zation, no reconstruction of former groupings. Nor is there any basis for new groups in our Party. The presentation of this thesis, unanim- ously adopted by the political com- mittee, should supply whatever evi- dence was needed by the comrades for the support of this contention. The Party was never as homogene- ous and unified in principle as it is today. We have no differences of principle or even tactics of major importance in the Party today. “Particularly at this time even the slightest effort at factionalism or op- position to the central executive com- mittee no matter from what source it comes is unprincipled and is to be condemned roundly as such, “Let me also remind you of the Panken case the basis for the ex-|the Lenin-Ruthenberg drive and the ception was there. Above all the|need of building the DAILY WORK- U. S. Unions, Unemployment and Pan ER. The Lenin-Ruthenberg drive is; mass of the agricultural population a Party building drive and the main- tenance and strengthening of the D IY WORKER remains an acute auestion for our Party. No sacrifices should be spared to make the paper not only a better paper ideologically but also to place it on a sound fi- nancial basis. What is the outlook for the paper? We are now under attack by the government. This attack we must repel and save the paper.” “The workers, even in the most conservative unions, are now being forced to fight. The hegemony of the labor aristocracy will not last for a long time. “America is becoming ever more a country exporting industrial com- modities. Thus the United States is becoming increasingly dependent on the world market and is consequently more subject to all its economic fluc- tuations and political after-affects, “The country is witnessing a tre- mendous accumulation of capital bringing with it concentration of ownership, centralization of opera- tion, and increasing proletarianiza- tion. “America is becoming increasingly a capital-exploiting country. Hence, it is living more and more at the ex- jpense of Europe. Parasitism and stagnation are thus growing in American capitalism. “The chronic agricultural crisis tends to undermine one of the most powerful sources of reserve force for capitalist social reaction—the great | “At least ten million Negroes hav been excluded from political and so- cial rights, The great migration and industrialization of these Negro masses further robs the bourgeoisie of a tremendous reserve force of so- cial’ réaction. “The class struggle in the United States is today at a turning point. The period of retreat we are leaving behind us. A period of sharp fights is ahead of us. The intensifying con- tradictions of American capitalism are opening up new vistas of sirug- gle for us. The sharpening of Amer- iean imperialist policy and its result- ing attacks on the trade unions and the working and living standards will arouse more proletarian opposi- tion to capitalist reaction. “The Pariy must respond to this situation. The Party must lead the workers in a block with the exploited farmers in these struggles. The course of the fight will depend, to a large degree, on the leadership of the militant workers guided and in- spired by our Party. In alliance with all genuine progressive elements we must turn full face to the main body of our working class—the most ex- ploited, the most proletarian section. Our Party must direct its major at- tention to the millions of unskilled and semi-skilled, the unorganized, the bulk of the working class. Thus, never before was our work in the existing trade unions more the basic work of the Party. This is closely related to our work in organizing the unorganized and is integrally bound up with it. SMITH SEIZURE OF POWER SCORED Budget Passed Despite Governor’s Maneuver ALBANY, Feb, 16.—Appropriations totalling $198,800,000 are before the governor today, after the senate pass- ed on all the proposed bills without consideration for the proposed reduc- tion suggested by Gov, Smith, as a move in his presidential campaign. During a sharp debate between the republicans and the democrats, which resulted in the barring of Smith from the upper house, republicans charged that these small so-called “economy” measures were merely for the sake of publicity for the democratic presiden- tial favorite. The discussion brought out sharp criticism of the increasing power cen- tralized in the office of the governor in N. Y. state, many referring to the fact that Smith had inserted items in the bills without consulting with the finance committee. Charges of “despotism” were level- ed against the governor, with repub- licans expressing hopes that the leg- islature “still had those powers which it had had for more than a century and a half.” Probe Cotton Exchanges, WASHINGTON, Feb. 16, — The Senate today ordered an investiga- tion into alléged manipulation of cot- ton prices on the cotton exchanges. of the country. ———oEooEEEEEEEEEEEEESESES EES January since 1921 when the ratio of applicants to jobs rose to 274. Employment is lower than a year ago in every major industrial group except paper and printing. The pre- dominant metal trades employers had 12% fewer workers than in January 1927. Manufacturers of railroad cars and locomotives laid off 46% of their workers in the 12 months interval, reducing their forces to 26.8% of the number carried in 1922. Electrical equipment concerns show a reduction of 20% compared with January 1927. Employment in the coal mines in January was about 26% under the previous year while the contracting industry, including building, employ- ed 22% fewer workers, The average weekly earnings of factory workers in Illinois in Janu- ary 1928 amounted to $27.42, com- paring with $28.23 in January 1927. Including trade, public utilities, coal and contracting, the average was $28.74 a week this year compared with $29.27 a year ago. ken the Party of the workers’ interests and movements. Let us also proceed “We must draw all logical conse-| to place the Party boldly before the quences from this line. Organization| masses. of the unorganized thru the existing trade unions if at all possible. If this is impossible and obstacles are placed in our path, then we must go over the heads of the official leader- ship and organize the unorganized workers. Under no cireumstances should we make a fetish of opposi- tion to dual unionism as such. If necessary we will form new unions and always seek to join them up with the main stream of the American trade union movement. “Into the unions’ is a_ living slogan today if ever it was. We must here turn the heaviest fire against the reformists and left phrase-mon- gers. We must convince the workers of the correciness of our program on the basis of our activities and practical work in the actual struggle. The success of our main line depends on the speed, militancy and confi- dence with which we proceed. “It is true, premature crystaliza- tion must always be avoided. But to- day, procrastination, hesitation, and undue cautiousness would be especi- ally dangerous and costly. Let no one underestimate the tremendous objec- tive difficulties in our path. At the same time let no one make the fatal blunder of underestimating the readi- ness and capacity of the workers to struggle. We must positively avoid insufficient response to and the not “Never was Party unity more necessary, more imperative than to- day. Increasing speed, greater ef- forts must characterize our comple- tion of the realization of the last Comintern Kesointion on the Party unification, i‘urther and more vigor- ous efforts must be made by every- one to liquidate fully the remnants of factional division. “With this as our guiding line we shall evereome the tremendous ob- jective difficulties in our way, Our Party has increasingly shown real capacities to lead masses and to res- pond to their needs as a militant, conscious force of opposition to cap- italist reaction on all fronts. Witness our energetic work and achievements in. the fight against American im- perialism and the war danger. Note the results in the cam for the recognition of the Soviet Union. Re- call our leadership in the Sacco-Van- zetti campaign. Notice the campaigns for the building of a genuine mass left wing movement in the trade unions. “With united ranks--and this we must have—and on the basis of Marxism-Leninism, under the leader- ship of the Communist International and the Central Committee, our Par- ty will go forward towards becom- ing a mass Communist Party.” (End of Lovestone’s report for the quick ‘enough pushing forward by |Political Committee.) LEGION SQUIRMS OUT OF DEBATE ON NICARAGUA Young Workers League Issued Challenge WARREN, O., Feb. 16.—The Young Workers (Communist) League of Warren has just received a note from the American Legion of that city in- forming them that all plans for the debate between them on “Resolved: That the United States must with- draw all troops from Nicaragua” have been cancelled, The challenge for de- bate, which was scheduled for Sun- day, Feb. 26, was given by the League and willingly accepted by the Legion. Tuesday, however, the American Legion called an unexplained patrio- tie mass meeting at which there were representatives from such organiza- tions as the Kiwanis, the Rotary Club, the Moose and the Elks. The princi- pal speaker of the evening was Sam Cole, city clerk of Akron, O., an anti- Red “specialist.” At this time it was decided to call off the debate. The Young Workers League is pro- ceeding with its work, however. I eaf- lets are being issued exposing the American Legion and pointing out that the only reason for the with- drawal must have been the fear to show their true anti-labor militarist face so openly. At the same time the children of Warren ere also being organized in the Young Pioneers of America to fight such “100 per cent American- ism” as that proposed by the Legion. TO “INVESTIGATE” THE POWER TRUST WASHINGTON, Feb. 16, — The Federal Trade Commission was in- structed today to conduct a public in- vestigation into the power trust, and to report to the senate every thirty days on the progress of the inquiry. The decision to have the commission do the investigating instead of a sen- ate committee headed by Senator Walsh (D.), of Montana, was reach- ed last night after a bitter fight. Lobbyists for the power interests in Washingion to defeat the resolu- tion filled the galleries last night when the vote was taken. The power lob- by wanted the federal trade commis- sion to get the investigation. 1 Come to the Land of Whangdoodle! HERE Sam Pickens got a job in a circus, yes, sah! Where workers, both black and white work only 3 hours a day and there’s music in the factory, and big laughing sunflowers ‘round the door and beer flows out of every faucet. Sam Pickens is pres- ident there. Abe Lincoin helped elect him. There's song and dance and music in HOBOKEN BLUES The Daily Worker has taken @ special night for the i and the readers to see thi new play by Michael Gold, Join us in the Land of Whangdoodle. Laugh with us, clap your hands to the tune of “Hoboken Blues” at @ special DAILY WORKER PERFORMANCE Wednesday, Feb. 22 at the New: Playwrights Theatre s aeenesianinaiiemmmnmemesmemnce sate TICKETS At 10% dixcount for this spet elal evening—or nny evenii of this y at Daily Worker 4 local office, 108 E. 14th St. PHONES Orchard 1680-—Stuyvesant a weer cement,