The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 24, 1928, Page 1

( ee Bees | t . Ruthenberg Memorial Meetings Now Being Arranged Thruout United States ee THE DAILY WORKER. THE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS: FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNORGANIZED FOR THE 40-HOUR WEEK FOR A LABOR PARTY Vol. V. No. 46. SCRIPTION RATES: In New York, by mal, $5.00 per year. Outside New York, by mail, $6.00 per year. BUILD THE PARTY, SAVE “DAILY” TO BE SLOGANS RAISED Meetings Scheduled in Chicago, Boston Campaign for Workers Reads to be New York, Cleveland, and Other Cities Party Members, “Daily” Intensified Ruthenberg memorial meetings will be held during the next few weeks thruout the United States, Jack Stachel, national or- ganizational secretary of the Workers (Communist) Party ‘an- nounced last night. “Fight the War Danger” and “Build the Party Drive,” will be the two slogans to be raised. The campaign to obtain 5,000 new mem- bers for the Party and 10,000 ad- ditional readers for The DAILY WORKER will also be intensified during this period, Stachel stated. Arrange Meetings. Plans for these meetings are now being made in New York, New Ha- ven, Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco and other large industrial centers. The New York meeting, which is to be held at Cen- tral Opera House, 67th St. and Third Ave., March 11, will be addressed by Bertram D. Wolfe, William Z. Fos- ter, Jack Stachel and William W. Weinstone, Leaders To Speak. The New Haven meeting is an- nounced for March 2; meetings in Cleveland and Detroit will be held April 1, and will be addressed by Jay Lovestone, executive secretary of the Workers (Communist) Party. Robert Minar, editor of The DAILY WORK- ER, and Max Bedacht will speak at the memorial meeting to be held in Chicago on March 4th. The Philadelphia meeting on March 3 will be addressed by Lovestone, Herbert Benjamin and C. Miller. Dates and speakers for meetings in other cities will be announced later, Stachel stated... CONFIRM DETAILS OF FARE STEAL Hylan Booster Shows Tammany Game On the surface “the great fare steal” and all the forces which are operating to put it across are quiet. But underneath the waters are flow- ing rapidly in their predetermined course. Charges of this nature have been made on all sides without bringing any denial from the city officials who are behind the increased fare deal. The DAILY WORKER nearly two! years ago revealed*the details of the; agreement by which the traction in- terests agreed to support both Al., Smith and Jimmie Walker in return for their consent to raise the fare. Everything Fixed These charges were yesterday con- firmed by David Hershfield, former commissioner of accounts under Mayor John F. Hylan. In a news release to Hylan, Hershfield writes as follows: g “You want me to inform you of the transit situation in New York, particularly with respect to the fare praposition. There is no doubt but that the fare will be increased to seven cents, in accordance with the alleged agreement in 1925 between Walker, the Democratic city and state leaders and the traction interests. “You will recall that in the sum- mer of 1925 ft was said that the Democratic leaders with Walker met the traction representatives and that it was agreed between them that if (Contanued on Page Five) BRONX CO-OP WILL HOLD CELEBRATION The United Workers Cooperative Association Will celebrate the open- ing of its second block of houses at 2800 Bronx Park, with a concert end pageant at the Central Opera House, 67th St. and Third Ave., on Sunday at 2 o'clock. With the opening of the new apart- ments there will be a total of 720 workers families living in the cooper- ative colony. The third and fourth blocks are now being built while land has already been secured for a fifth and sixth, These projects are being financied solely by the workers come! thru their organization, the Con ‘sumers’ Fi Corporation, = MELLON FORCES LABOR PEONAGE INQUIRY SHOWS Non-Union Miners Live Amid Horrors PITTSBURGH, Feb. 23.—Non- union miners employed as_ strike- breakers hy the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation, told a sub-commit- tee of the United States senate to- day that their wages after paying their bills at the company store aver- aged from $10 to $5 a week, that not infrequently they found themselves in debt to the company on pay day, and that they were quartered in filthy houses, swarming with vermin. In spite of the fact that the primary purpose of the investigating commit- tee is to secure political capital for itself, its members were forced to take account of these fearful condi- ions. Evidence that the Pittsburgh Ter- minal permits speakeasies and houses of ill-fame to operate at its camps breakers, was developed by the sub- committee in a tour of the mines. : Reveal Horrors. The four senators of the sub-com- mittee, Frank R. Gooding of Idaho; mittee visited numerous camps of the Pittsburgh Herminal Coal Corpora- tion and the Pittsburgh Coal Co., the two largest operators. They en- tered the barracks of the strikers— crude makeshift shelters, whére thou- sands of men, women and children are forced to live. Soon after their arrival J, D. A. Morrow, president of the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation, called on the senators and served notice that they objected to their being accom- panied by officials of .the miners’ union. Bosses Interfere. In questioning the strikebreakers concerning their wages and living conditions, the senators several times met with interference on the part of joremen and minor officials of the companies who sought to influence the answers. The bunks, it was declared, were alive with vermin. Andrew Koska, another strikebreake1 whom the sen- ators interviewed, gave them the ad- dresses of two bootlegging establish- ments, charged the company with cheating the miners in computing the amount of coal produced, and told of maltreatment which he said he had received at the hands of the bosses. At the strikers’ barracks the sen- ators found numerous cases of fam- ilies of eight or ten persons living in three or four small rooms. At one of the refugee camps they inquired concerning sanitary facilities and found them almost wholly lacking. si PITTSBURGH, Pa. Feb. Twelve strikebreakers were trapped and killed in the Kinlock mine of the Valley Camp Coal Company when a tremendous gas explosion wrecked the pit on the night of February 21, burning and poisoning the doomed men and burying them in the womb of the devastated mine, Can’t Determine Number. The company now states officially that twelve men were underground when the fatal blast shook the neigh- borhood. But the striking miners who gathered in groups at a safe distance from the small army of state troopers and coai and iron policemen that stand with arms. prominently displayed at the gate, opening. on the company property, shake th eads. Emtered as accond-ciuss matter at tie cum Office at New York, N. ¥., under the act of March 3, 1879. NEW YORK, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1928 CHINA WORKERS, PEASANTS ADVANCE Published daily except Sunday by The National Dally Worker Publishing Association, Inc., 33 First Street, New York, N. Y. FINAL CITY EDITION Price 3 Cents Grant New Privileges to Red F ‘ohters on Anniversary DECORATE THOSE! WHO SET EXAMPLE DEFENDING U.S.S.R. Celebrate in Army Units and Shops (By Cable) MOSCOW, U. S.'S. R., Feb. 23.— The Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union adopted a special resolution today on the tenth anni-, versary of the existence of the Red Army, providing a number of new facilities and privileges for former Red Army fighters and red Guard- ists. In addition ten million roubles was assigned for cultural and educa- tional needs of the Red Army by the commanding staff, including the further improvement of the everyday conditions of army life. Masses Celebrate The entire working population has entered into the jubillee celebration, which is being carried on in all Red Army units as well as thru official meetings in factories, mills and mines. The press is publishing a series of articles dealing with the history of the development of the Red Army and its heroic struggles, including memoirs of some of the most active fighters. Decorated For Defense. The Presidium of the Central Exec- Fleet with the Red Banner order for outstanding services in the defense of the revolution, and also decorated with the same highest order merit those who directed the defense of the country, inspiring the Red Army, in- cluding: Rykov, Kalinin, Petrovsky. Also many of the most heroic par- ticipants in the. civil war were decorated, including Mikoyan, Un- schlicht and Vacetis. The special privileges granted to former Red Army fighters and Red Guardists in addition to the funds for improvements included special facilities for the education of their children. Booth for Benefit of Children at Bazaar A booth for the benefit of the chil- dren of the striking miners will be conducted by the Workers Interna- tional Relief, 1 Union S., at the an- nual International Labor Defense Bazaar, which will be held March 7 to 11 at New Star Casino, 107th St and Park Ave. The booth will contain miscellane- ous articles of every kind and all the proceeds will go to the children of the striking miners. Contributions for the booth are requested to be sent to the office of the Workers Inter- national Relief. SEEK FLIGHT RECORD. IMPERIAL, Cal. Feb. 23.—The monoplane “Albatross” took off to- day on its third attempt to break the world’s endurance flight record of 52 hours, 22 minutes and 31 seconds. Negligence Caused Death of. Twelve Miners; Recover Bodies : By T. J. O’7FLAHERTY NEW KENSINGTON, Pa., Feb. 23.—The last of twelve victims of-the | Revolution,” while Mann will assert Kinloch mine explosion were brought to the surface today. The blast took | ipo negative. a toll of ten lives in the Kinloch mine, and two lives in joining mine. in the mine when the blast occurred? And they don’t want to tell the truth (Continued on Page Two) Red Armv Scenes CALL CONFERENCE TO TAKE ACTION ON UNEMPLOYED City-Wide Meeting Will) Be Held March aut A call for a city-wide conference to | act on the unemployment crisis was issued last night to trade unions, fra- ternal organizations, committees of unemployed workers and other work- ing class groups by the New York ‘ouncil of the Unemployed, with tem- porary headquarters at 60 St. Marks Place, The conference will be held Satur-’ day, March 17, at Webster Hall, 119 E. 11th St. at 2 p.m. The call was signed by John Di Santo, secretary of the New York Council. “According to authoritative gov-| ernmental reports, there are approxi- | mately 4,000,000 workers unemployed in the United States at the present time,” the conference call says. Involves All Labor. “In addition to the direct suffering which this situation has brought to the unemployed and their families, there is a definite danger involved to, the labor movement as a whole, The employers are utilizing the fact that | millions are jobless and suffering in order to make an attack upon the trade unions and the standards of the workers. Wage cuts, longer hours and more intensive speeding up of the workers is the order of the day. It therefore becomes essential for the labor movement as a whole to take up the question of relief for the un- o (Continued on Page Five) LOVESTONE WILL DEBATE TONIGHT “Revolution,” Topie of Contest with Lawyer The huge naval program, the oil swindles, and the widespread unem- ployment thruout the United States will come up for spirited discussion ' when Jay Lovestone, executive sec- retary of the Workers (Communist) Party, meeting George Hiram Mann in debate at the Irving Plaza, 15th it. and Irving Place, tonight. Mann, a lawyer, has been active the National Security League. Lovestone will argue the affirmative on the topic, “Does America Need a Bertram D. Wolfe, national agit- in the Union of /This is interpreted as a threat that “Communism Sweeps Away Boundaries,” are the words written on the arch erected gt the Soviet frontiers—upper left. On right is a group listening to radio in Red Army club. At lower right is A. Tzyganov, a Red Soldier, who is a member of the Moscow Soviet and of the Central Executive Commit- tee of the Soviet government. 44 HOURS THREAT TO CLOAKMAKERS Boss Spokesman Hints at Injunction The 44-hour week in the cloak in- dustry will be installed after June if the threat of Samuel Klein, manager | of the Industrial Council of Cloak | Manufacturers, is carried out. | Never has the industry been in such i a chaotic condition, the Baan | | ers’ manager boasted at a member- ship meeting of their association re- cently. This verification of the left wing| charge that the Sigman machine has | betrayed the 40-hour victory when taken with Klein’s confirmation that | the Sigman dual union has really no! control of the industry, is considered 4 eg of the greatest importance at this | Socialist Soviet Republics E ee CANNON STARTS NATIONAL TOUR PITTSBURGH, Feb. 23.—The first meeting in the national tour of James P. Cannon, national secretary of the International Labor Defense, against the frame-up system, will be held here stage in the consolidation of the left|at the Labor Lyceum, 35 Miller St., wing forces in the needle trades. Klein in referring to the unemploy- ment insurance, and the 40-hour a} over the entire industry, your board will in an orderly and dignified way ! appeal to established authorities to save you from an unequal burden.” an injunction will be sought by the manufacturers. Leaders of the Joint Board, when asked at their headquarters to make a statement on Klein’s declaration, said that the statement contains noth- ing new. “We always knew that the price for the bosses’ aid in the campaign of the right wing to smash the workers’ unions, has been paid for with the gains rung from the employers in the jmext Wednesday. Special significance is attached to week clause, both of which were to | this meeting, opening in the most im- have become effective at the end of | June stated as follows: “Your board | is determined that unless these great | burdens can be equally apportioned | |portant industrial center of Pennsyl- vania, because of the numerous im- portant cases that have been fought in this state by the International La- a bor Defense, The I. L. D. also was the organ- jization primarily occupied with the defense of the steel workers arrested jin Farrell, who were charged with membership in the Workers (Com- munist) Party. It is now taking spe- {cial interest in cases of the members jof the United Mine Workers of Amer- ica in the anthracite coal region. From Pittsburgh, Cannon goes to Cleveland, where he will speak at a mass meeting March 1, and then to Flint, Mich., for a meeting the next day. The Flint meeting will be fol- lowed by a three-day program in De- troit. From the auto city Cannon will bitterly fought general stiike,” they said. visit the main cities in’ the central west and west. Brandle, Woll-Green Tool, Exposed as Bosses’ Agent JERSEY CITY, Feb. 23-—Theodore M. Brandle, for years the faithful servant of the employers while acting in the capacity of labor leader, has prop director of the Workers (Com- 22.—! Who besides the company officials? |munist) Party and director of the Workers’ School, which arranged the debate, will act as chairman. at last been revealed in his true role. © Brandle has been appointed the director-general of the Iron League of New Jersey, an organization com- posed of about 160 structural and or- “WE MUST DECIDE!” SAYS STACHEL Verdict on “Daily” Depends on Workers Support, He Declares The latest attack on The DAILY WORKER is no surprise to us, The capitalists of this country are fully aware of the role, of the Workers (Communist) Pariy in the struggle of the workers in the mines, mills, and factories. They are fully aware that it is our Party that is today mobiliz- ing the masses to defeat the offensive Who knows how many m he 4 against the organizations of labor. And they know that the paper is a powerful weapon of our party to rouse the masses to struggle. They know that it is thru it thac we are gathering, mobilizing, and organizing our forces to defeat them. It is quite | natural, therefore, to expect that in their efforts to destroy the organized labor movement, in their efforts to prevent the organization of the un- organized, they will make attacks up- on our Party and its press. They choose the DAILY WORKER first because if they succeeded in sil- encing our voice they will find it eas- ier to deliver blows at our Parvy. If they succeed in their attacks, if they succeed in jailing the members of the editorial and business staff, ir they (Continued on Paye Two) ¥) namental iron firms. His duties are to be concerned largely with fightin, the labor forces for these organ tions. For this reason he is still maintaining his connections in the la- bor movement. Corruptionist. Brandle is one of the factionary job holders L. He is & member of a clique in N Jersey which has ruled labor unior in this state with an iron hand. He has been a staunch advocate of “har- mony between capital and labor,” and is identified with the Green-Woll re- actionary regime. Another member of the same clique in New Jersey most re- MILITARISTS OF CANTON FAIL TO HALT BIG DRIVE® 114,000 Communists Are | Beseiging Kweilin CANTON, Feb. .—The fall of Kweilin, old capital of Kwangsi | Province, into the hands of Commu- troops is expected daily, accord- ling to reports received here. Four- teen thousand well armed and well- jdrilled troops, under Communist 1 ship, are besieging the city ter a victorious march from Hunan Province. The worker-peasant armies pushed their way to Kweilin after taking a number of towns in southern Hunan and northern Kwangsi. Soviet gov- nmments have been set up in the captured towns. Cantonese authorities are ig all available troops to Kweil- in in an effort to stem the advance of the worker and peasant troops. Few troops are left in Kwangtung. Canton Revolt Likely. The reduction of Kuomintang for- ces in the vicinity of Canton, exposes the city and the surrounding terri- tory to a new worker-peasant revolt, (Continued on Page Three) FURRIER TO. BE FREED TUESDAY Sam Gold Framed Up on Assault Charge After having completed more than five months of a six months’ sen- tence, Sam Gold, active member of the Joint Board Furriers Union, is to be released from the New York State Penitentiary on Harts Island next Tuesday afternoon. Gold who was sentenced last Sep- tember together with Sam Kurland, the latter serving a five-year prison term in Sing Sing, were sentenced after they were both found guilty on framed up charges of assault during the 1927 furriers strike. The Joint Defense and Relief Com= mittee of the Cloakmakers and Fur- riers, has been supporting the de- pendents of the two militant fur workers, both of whom are married men and fathers of small children. A vigorous campaign is being car ried on for the release of Kurland. The Joint Defense Committee, which is now in the midst of a came- paign to sell 5,000 ten-dollar loan bonds for the purpose of raising enough money with which to fight further frame-up attempts of the right wing in the needle trades unions, stated that they have as yet made no definite plans for a recep- tion to Gold. the purchase of a bond also entitles one to membership in an or ganization called “The Workers Self Defense.” The bonds can be bought at the headquarters of the Clee makers Joint Board, 16 W. 21st re the Joint Board Furriers Union, 22 E. 22d St. or from the headquarters of the Defense Committee, 41 Union Square. SHAM REDUCTION IN NAVY PROGRAM WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. — The immediate building of fifteen ships is the so-called compromise naval pro- gram authorized by the House Naval Affairs Committee today. y the one which The DAILY KER predicted would be authors ized in previous reports on the discus sions in the committee. i Altho this program has won ‘the support of the pacifists, it means no substantial reduction as claimed, the entire fifteen ships and one labor is Henry Hilfers, secretary of | craft carrier are ordered laid down in the State Federation of Labor, who|three years and completed in six, while at the last conference of the state|there is every indication that federation was shown to have re-| will actually be laid down in one ceived $100,000 in bribes from the|and completed in three, as (Continued on Page Two) year |