The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 22, 1928, Page 2

j j i Page Two THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 22, 1928 Challenge San Francisco to Make Good in Daily Worker Subscription Drive GREATER SUCCESS. OF OTHER CITIES Workers Imperiled IS POINTED OUT Smaller Towns eile! Real Results In spite of the dozens of subscri tions which have been collected San Francisco’s part in the huge n tional campaign to gain ten thou- sand new subscribers to The DAILY WORKER, com in Los Angeles and Oakland sect of California are beginning to point to San Fran- ciseo proper as a weak sister in the drive. “Speed Up Work!” A. Brenner, The DAILY WORKER agent in San Francisco has been do- ing good wi but, if he is to catch up with Los Angeles and Oakland he is advised by the other sections to “hurry it up.” The San Francisco section eds more organization and more. inten- sive application to the work of gath- ering subs, it is alleged. San Fran- cisco is the most important industrial and commercial city on the west coast | and contains a population of worke among whom the work of spreading | The DAILY WORKER should be car- ried on with greater and greater en- thusiasm. Comrade Levine, the or: ganizer of District 138 is urged to throw the whole Party machinery be- hind the work of putting San Fran- cisco on the subscription firing line. Los Angeles Challenges. Los Ange! which has been doing excellent sub work under the direction of Comrade Paul Reiss, is not only} challenging all the other California sections to contest the lead with them, but is declaring that San Francisco, } which is a bigger city, hasn’t a chance to tear the lead from its southern rival. The smaller towns Francisco are reported taking big | forward strides in the subscription drive. The DAILY WORKER is anx- ious to hear accounts of. the activities | of these sndividaal vows: towns. | around San} | RUSHSIO0FOR DAILY WORKER: ‘Hundreds “More Needed | Against Attack (Continued from Page One) H comrades know that all the forces of | reaction have been marshalled in a supreme a.tempt to overthrew the ag- gressive strength of the American | workers. The increasing power of | the militants in the trade unions, the | growth of the influence of The} DAILY WORKER, the only daily or-} gan of militant American labor, | among the working class, have en-| raged and alarmed ‘he bosses. The arrest of Wm. F. Dunne, Bert Miller and Alex Bittelman is only the first step in the capitalist offensive, | carried out through their agents in the | government. These three militant leaders are out on $1000 bail apiece, | awaiting re-arrest at any moment. The action of the workers of De- troit, New Haven and hundreds of | other labor bodies and individuals thrnout the United Sta.es, is only the} beginning of the effort which must be | made if The DAILY WORKER is to| be saved and its enemies defeated in the campaign which they have begun to stifle the only daily voice of mili- tant American labor in English. Hundreds of donations needed to save the DAILY W ORKER | from destruction. Rush your con butions to The DAILY WORKER, 33 First St., New | Yor rk City. Immigrant Actress Threatened by Govt. | Maria Draginsky, 24 year old Rus- sian actress who obtained citizenship in this country last November when Judge Inch in the U. S. district court ruled that “one girlhood slip does not constitute moral turpitude,” has been served with a notice that the govern- ment has filed an appeal from Judge Inch’s decision seeking to take away her citizenship. She is faced again with possible deportation. Militarism Opposed SEATTLE, Feb. at the University have joined in the fight agai military training in colleges. At a general siudent anti-militarism con- ) ference at the university they de- elared themselves willing to aid the men in their struggle against collec authorities on the question of mili- tarism in the schools. 21—-The women of Washington _ Corporations Win Pines YOSEMITE, Cal., Feb. 21.—Twenty ‘ ‘square miles of the best sugar pines in the country are expected to be sturned over to private lumber in- ‘ terests, together with two groves of ” Wehe world famous giant sequoia trees, as a result of a conference between ‘the National Forest Service and huge California lumber corvorations. y | tions, eae and city rep: |nessmen and their wives. are still) The occupants of a 93-family into the street when the building ment was inhabited for the most part by workingclass families, building is shown above in a photo taken while the blaze was raging. as Tenement Blazes tenement in the Bronx were driven was destroyed by fire. The tene- The ‘The Municipal Elections of HE municipal election is creating considerable enthusiasm among, the Negro workers of Milwaukee, Wis- ~ | consin, particularly in the sixth ward |where most of the Negro residents |live. The Progressive Labor League, |composed of Negro workers, and af- |filiated with the Labor Council for | United Political Action, . recently j placed a Negro worker of the pack- ing house in the field as a candidate |for nomination to run for alderman of the sixth ward Unemployment, bad housing condi- poor civic facilities, fair con- sideration in municipal and city em- sentation, de- mand for union organization, desire for cooperation with all working class elements ‘and labor bodies, equal | wages are some of the problems and demands which are faced and raised | by the Progressive Labor League in its municipal election platform. Interracial Labor Council. A conference was called Dec. 28, 1927. for the purnose of uniting Ne- gro and white workers for labor po- litical action. Invi ons were sent to white and Negro working class and labor bodies. There were many responses. The conference resulted in the formation of the Labor Coun- cil for United Political Action. Socialist Party Refused to Respond. The socialist party refused to na licinate in the conference excusing self on the ground that this was cs- sentially a racial, and not a working class movement. However, the plat- form shows that the league has a ; working class basis. Negro Profe: nul and Businessmen. Among certain elements of Negro citizens th 3 ‘egro working man being qualified and able to represent the colored citi- zens, An invitation was sent to the Wis- consin Civic League which is com- posed of Negro professional and busi- There was no response from this group nor from other “leading” elements of Negroes, with some exceptions. This group is very small, numbering around 40 pro- | fessional and businessmen. The work- ling class leaders of the Progressive Labor League have threatened them with a boycott. This brought some results. It is not the intention of the Pro- gressive League to cause any antag- onisms or friction among Negroes. | But the league avows that the inter- | Milwaukee, and Negro Workers’ the “Freie Gemeinde,” a German lib- cral club, and others. Leaflets are being distributed by the league urging Negro workers to | register and vote. Many workers are | recently from the south and have not responded to the urgency of register- ing. Meetings are being held in which out of town speakers are appearing. The district organizer of the Amer- ican Negro Labor Congress has been in Milwaukee a week, speaking and assisting in the organizational work generally. During the next few weeks the Progressive Labor League will enter the campaign in full blast urging every worker and all workers and worker, on a workers’ platform and program. THREE MINERS HIT 3Y FALLING SLATE (By, a Worker Correspondent.) BELLEVILLE, Ill, Feb. 21.— Mathew Flacetti, 50, was instantly killed while working in the St. Louis & O’Fallon Company’s Mine No. 2, when crushed beneath a fall of slate. Two other victims of accidents in Tllinois mines during the past week were: Thomas F. Wilkins, 52, killed while working in the New Virginia Mining Co. mine at Herrin, and John tured by a fall of slate in the Panther Oreck mine north of that city. Wilkins was killed just before quit- ting time when a heavy weight of wife and five children without means of support. Stout, who was buried under 800 pounds of slate, is now in the St. Johns Hospital at Springfield with his leg fractured in three places. Stove Strikers Win BELLEVILLE, Ill, Feb. 21.—The stove mounters of the Roesch Enamel Range Co., the Eagle Foundry Co. and the Premier Stove Co. have won la settlement after being on strike jsince January 1, when their agreement | expired. The men were fighting for Fatal Air Crash in THOUSANDS IN | TOLEDO UNABLE ; workers’ organizations to support the | nomination of C. C. Del Ruy, a colored | Stout of Auburn, whose leg was frac- | ate fell on his back. He leaves a} | TO OBTAIN WORK § Cops, Fearing Riots, Get Tear Gas Bombs (Continued from Page One) promise of a steady job at a com-; saratively high wage, and how they were fooled. “When I came here,” one of the} workers outside the gate of the Over- d plant said, “They told me that my job: was just filled, but (here was 1 Job in another branch of the pro- luction department at a much lower rate they said. I took it because I | have a family to support, but in two weeks I was laid off.” Three shells were distributed to each detective as a step to provide them with the most modern materials for use against the workers, such as are already provided for “mobs” in other large cities. o * & ROCHESTER, N. Y., Feb. 21—A huge percentage of building trade workers are unemployed here. Ac- cording to James A. Hamilton, state industrial commissioner, 50 per cent of the workers in this industry are out of jobs here. In Butfaio, he jclaims 40 per cent are jobless and in | Syracnse and Albany, 33 ue cent are unemployed. Workers in other trades are just as badly off. Shoe workers, printers, textile workers, restaurant and hotel workers, railroad shopmen and needle trades workers are all suffer- ing from scarcity of work. Children Feel Effect. While Governor Alfred E. Smith’s committee is talking about relieving unemployment by Spring, hundreds of thousands of children are deprived |of proper food in New York City. |. “In our clinics, we find that the recovery of sick children is being re- tarded by the lack of adequate food,” declared John L, Elliott, superinten- dent of the Hudson Guild. The visiling nurse of the Guild re- ports that the effects of unemploy- jment are.seen everywhere. The chil- dren in the homes she visits are badly undernourished, she declares. -“More recently we have been dis- |covering a considerable degree of un- employment. in the skilled worker jclass,, particularly in the building ‘trades. Men, affilia‘ed with the Hud- son Guild, such as tile workers, elec- trie workers and plumbers, who have been enjoying steady employment for the last two or three years, have re- cently been working only part time.” Elliott said. * * * | Okla. Workers Suffer. OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 21.—A survey of 710 manufacturing plants thruout the state showed a: decrease both in payrolls and the number of workers employed during January. | according to the state department of labor. Public employment — offices placed fewer men than the month be- fore and conditions were admitted as bad for the cotton and wheat crops. At the same time unemployment in 125 —_ for peeerey te | the heart of the business district student aviator-of-Towanda, Pa. Military Celebration This photo shows what resulted when an airplane crashed into of Macon, Ga, The wreck occurred following the premature explosion, during an air derby celebration, of an aerial bomb, which caught in the plane’s wings while being fired, killing Buck Steele, of Shreveport, La., and Francis Ashcraft, Tammany Discards Negro to Gain K. K. K. Aid for Smith In order to gain the support of the Ku Klux Klan elements in the demo- cratic party for the presidential nomination of Gov. Smith, Tammany Hall has promised not to send Negro delegates to the national convention of the ALIEN PROPERTY BILL IS PASSED W. S. Insurance Com- panies Get $32,000,000 — The WASHINGTO Feb. 21. cent of German and Austrian prop- erty seized during the war, was passed by the senate yesterday without a roll call; The bill has already passed the house. The remaining 20 per cent will be withheld as a partial settle- ment of American claims against Germany. A provision of the bill granting the payment of $32,000,000 to American merine insurance companies was as- j sailed by Sen. Howell of Nebraska. profits during the war and that the present award would further swell their profits. id An amendment to the bill was the United States government of 5 per cent accumulated interest of $25,- now in the hands of the alien prop- erty custodian. This will be used as Americans against Germany. | —— ‘the city is steadily growing worse The Chamber of Commerce, however. continues to advertise, for workers skilled workers. of labor. * ° Auto Wages Reduced. DETROIT, Feb. 21.—Wages of un- organized workers employed by. the “Murray Body Co. were cut from 63 to 86 cents an hour recently. A alien property bill, returning 80 per Howell contended that these insur- ‘ance companies had realized immense adopted providing for the payment by 000.000 worth of German property part of a fund to pay the claims of under the excuse that they want A surplus of labor enables the employers further to re- duce wages and the living standards ests of all Negroes can be best pre-| an additional working force in certain | sented thru a working class program. | parts of a plants, and also won an bonus system has been introduced so that those who keep going at top ®democratie party to be held in Hous- ton, Texas, Judge Olvany, Tammany leader, and Mayor Walker are now in the south conferring with democrats friendly to Smith’s nomination. Delegate In 1924. At the 1924 convention of the demo- cratic party the only Negro delegate was Dr. Collins, New York Tammany Hall politician. When ‘asked if he would be a dele- gate this year, Collins answered: “I was the only Negro delegate in the convention four years ago, but I do not expect to go this year. Judge Olvany and Mr. Morton will be able to say whether there will be a Negro delegate.” Civil Service Commissioner Morton is. the Negro Tammany leader of Harlem. It is understood that notice has also been served on George E. Brennan, democratic leader of Chicago, that he must not send Negro delegates to the convention. Brennan favors the nom- ination of Smith. WOMEN MOBILIZE TO HIT OFFENSIVE (Continued from Page One) workers, especially mothers, to the necessity of organized protest. International Women’s Day mass meetings to be held in all leading industrial cities during the first two weeks of March will call general at- tention to the needs of working women and children. A Counter Campaign. A counter campaign against the employers will be launched to defend and extend the women’s labor laws, to raise wages and shorten hours for women workers, to provide better homes and schools, to combat the menace of war, and to unite working women nationally and interna- ‘ionally in stronger bonds of friend- ship and solidarity. speed can make a few cents extra. In New York, Chicago, Detroit, if Bre eticg Baltimore, Montreal, Boston. and | other centers conferences of working GASTONIA, N. C., Feb. 21.—Tex-!.;omen are preparing the counter- tile mills are “slowing down produc- Many Responses. There were many responses from white working class organizations, | Workmen’: 's Circles and labor bodies. | Speakers have appeared before the Joint Board of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, Workmen’s Circles | of Jewish organizations, the Carpen- ters’ Union, the executive board of Indians Destitute HOUSTON, Koe Mikko, Alat s.left for Washington to plead foi f ral relief for his starving anc averty stricken tribe, which inhabits nail iract in eastern Texas. The is doomed to early extermina tion unless help is forthcoming, stated the chief. The Alabama “In- dians originally inhabited wide tretches of land along the Gulf ‘oast, but have been gradually driven ‘rom ‘heir holdings by white railroa’ ind oil companies. Valuable Tex sil properties are now on the site o heir former holdings, of which tt ndians were despoiled by unscrupy ous government officials and o magnates. Truck Driver Hurt NEWARK, N. J., Feb. 21.—Georse Mclnery, a truck driver of this city was seriously injured when a traile other jniuries. | ir of from 89 cents to $1 an for ‘pattern fitters, gaters and | those eng hite metal and re- | pair work, settlement does not | fect the stove mounters of the Boker Stove Works, who are still on strike, ih ou FLYING DOG HURTS WATCHMAN TON, N. J., Feb. 21. . a grade crossing watch- man, received a fractured skull yes- terday when a dog hit him. A train truck a police dor and the dog flying, COURT RULES ON TAXES. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. — The '. S. Supreme Court has ru'ed that ¢ government must pay interest o funded taxes under the law in force hen the refund was allowed. The picture above shows Mayor Walker’s wife, arranging some of his ties before he leaves for New Orleans, Walker has promised to doa a carnival costume and mask and join the Mardi Gras throngs in the Creole quarter, “I am going to do everything they'll let me,” the mayor is reported to have said. People are wondering what the gyegot, owho had two Negroes ‘thréwit out of an Italian restaurant * during his stay in Rome, will ons to do, DANVILLE, l,, of labor fakers. Leven was a machinist. road strike on the ©. & BE. iL which Feb. 21.—Pankruptcy J eesay ngs instituted against Frank A. Leven and Perey. Molyneaux, who have been operating here as the United Undertakers, mark the end of another chypter in the career of a pair He utilized his union con- broke loose from another truck yester-| nections to advance himself in the labor movement, and day and knocked him from his seat.| finally became the editor of the Danville Record. Leven He received a fractured right leg and| and Molyneaux were responsible for betraying the rail- off the strike. the firm. ment. lasted. from July. ee ah {apse tion” in an “orderly effort to con- form with the law of supply and de- ‘| mand,” Walker D. Hines, president vf the Cotton Textile Institute, ex- slained to 100 textile manufacturers of this vicinity. Admitting over- unemployment, as the only At the same time the mills in this twelve hours. * * . GENEVA, here are unable to find’ jobs. TRAIN KILLS WORKER. Leven. and | Molynequx. Have Long Carcer as ‘Parasites 1922, until Feb. 1, 1925. Their labor paper finally called In the meantime they had bought their undertaking business but still maintained their connection with the machinists’ union, Molyneaux being its business agent. Bankruptcy proceedings have just been taken against It is revealed that their activities in busines: were on a par with their activities in the labor move-|on a trap door leading to the cellar| Sylvester Kemp, 60-year-old Liabilities against the firm are ‘listed as of thi house and fell when the do ville « vroducion Hines urged such a curtail- j| ment, and the subseauent layoffs and solution. vicinity are working from nine to N. Y., Feb. 21.—About 75 per cent of the unskilled workers DOYLESTOWN, Pa., Feb, 21. — When a Philadelphia-bound Reading passenger train struck an auto truck near Chalfont today one worker was killed, ancther injured and load of z Saymutiee il ite LABOR CROOKS FAIL A “AS MORTICIANS blast to the bosses’ attack. Will Answer Militarist WASHINGTON, | Feb. 21. (FP).— Attacks made by Répresentative Fred A. Britten; ardent advocate of the $740,000,000 naval program, upon those who oppose the elaborate pro- gram, will be met when the commit- tee resumes its sessions next week, Frederick J. Libby, executive secre- tary of the Nationa) Council for Pre- vention of War, in*ocmed Representa- tive Butler, chairman of the naval appropriations committee today. Rep- resentative Britten, one of the leaders for a larger navy appropriation, dur- ing the heaings early this week re- ferred to statements issued by Libby as “trash,” Under the Law’s Cloak ST, LOUIS, Mo., Feb. 21.—-Heber Nations, former state commissioner of Inbor, has been sentenced to 18 months jn prison and fined $2,000 for violating the dry act in protect- ing bootlesrgers here. His brother pes a federal prohibition officer. Homeless Worker Dies NEWARK, N. J. ce, Feb, 21.—John Harrigan, a jobless and homeless worker, was killed yesterday in a de- rted house where he had sought re- fuge from the cold. Harrigan stepped | t! leash RJ, MILL BARONS FOLLOW CLOSING WITH 54 HR. WEEK Union Officials Only Pass “Resolution” PAWTUCKET, R. I, Feb. 21— The concerted attack against the tex- tile workers’ living standards by the mill owners is by no means ended. This is shown by the announcement yesterday of the owners of the Lons- dale Mills that they intend to reopen their plants on a changed working schedule increasing the hours of work from 48 to 54 at the same rate of pay. The plants of this company have been shut down for three weeks, due to “bad business” according to the employers. The workers here, how- ever, declare that they easily see thru the hypocrisy of this move. The shut- down was made as a maneuver to make the workers more tractable, they say. As proof.of their conten- tion, they ask, that if lack of orders necessitated a shut down, where did the mill owners suddenly get suf- ficient work to make up in a 54-hour week? The workers, comprising a goodly part of the population of the village of Lonsdale, have not as yet returned to work. Their resentment to the hour increase is added to by the ac- tion of their union officials, who are doing nothing to combat the lowering of their living standards. In the face of this attack on the workers. the officials of the Rhode Island Textile Council of the United Textile Workers of America, at their monthly meeting yesterday took cog- nizance of the mill owners action by passing a resolution which stated that they were opposed to the hour in- crease. BIG BANKS REAP HUGE PROFITS Morgan, Work Hand in Hand The $10,000,000 in cash dividends paid annually by the First National Bank of New York is symbolic of the regular tribute collected by the lords of credit for governing the country’s economic life. This $10,000,000 is ¢x- actly 100 per cent on the investment of the owners associated with the J. P. Morgan financial oligarchy. It brings the dividends distributed in since the bank started with $200,000 capital in 1863 to the huge total of $159,510,000. More Than 100% Profits. This is typical of the return which the great money lenders are getting on their capital although most of the big New York banks have gone through various changes in their fi- nancial structure which conceal the true rate of return on the money originally put into them by their own- ers. In spite of this there are four among the New York banks and trust companies with 1927 profits in excess of 100 per cent on their capital stock while 17 made profits of more than 40 per cent. The U. S, Trust Co, leads the pro- cession with a 1927 profit of $162.59 on each $100 invested in its capital stock. First National, captained by Morgan’s right hand man, George F. Baker, is second with a profit of $153.50 on each $100 of capital stock. Kings County Trust follows with $132.14 and Fifth Avenue National with $105.23 on each $100. Morgan, Rockefeller Collaborate. There is constantly increasing unity of interest between the Morgan and Rockefeller groups with representa- tives of both sitting on the director- ates of many of the commercial banks. Each year sees consolidations. The Chase National and American Ex- change Irving Trust have grown to their present size by such mergers. Last year Hanover National, the bank of the Manhattan Co., the Seaboard National and the Manufacturers Trust absorbed smaller banks. ‘The tremendous vatue of these tn- stitutions to the big financiers is re- flected in the: market value of their shares. Owners of First National stock hold it at. $3,720 a share, com- pared with $2,760 a year ago. The market price is always just ahead of what buyers offer so that contro! al- ways remains in the same hands, SERVICES FOR ASQUITH. LONDON, Feb. 21.—A memorial service for Lord Asquith was held in Menace Abbey at noon, attended y 2,000 persons, including the mem- oe of the Baldwin Cabinet and the entire diplomatic corps, JOBLESS, KILLS SELF. BELLEVILLE, Ill, Feb. 21.—Un- employed since the closing down of the Shiloh mine several months ago, , Rockefeller.