The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 29, 1928, Page 2

x | eneens ih cording to the strikers. Pa in the daily picket duties. _. Those who paid the fines are: Alex Page Two THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, FER. 29, 1928 Oakland Daily Worker Agents Challenge Los Angeles in Subscription Drive MINERS FILL HALL! Miners’ Fa TO HEAR BROPHY | er IN DILLONVALE _€all for National Strike! and Labor Party MARTINS FERRY, 0., Feb. 28.— ‘One of the largest meetings since the} strike was held at Dillonvale, 0. Thursday, 28rd, at which John Brophy was the principal speaker. The/ meeting was scheduled for p. m.| but started at 1:30--the emian | hall being packed with hundreds} Waiting on the outside to get in, hun dreds of miners turned out from Relief Co: ttee, | a | Above is shown a typical family of a s together with disease which accompanies hardships, milies, Evicted From ie ng miner in Th | } ™many points in the sub-district, many | P T WORKERS walking for many miles from ea a a i i morning, and others riding in autos @ad trucks, to hear Brophy for the first time in this sub-district since the strike. Attacks Lewis Machine. Brophy in a two and one-half hour address reviewed the situation in the union since the 1922 strike, leading up to the present struggle. He termed as disruptive the sell-out of the 1922 strike and settlement, leav- ing the 100,000 organized miners out to starve afier settlement had been reached in the organized districts. He pointed out the dastardly affect on the unorganized miners of the incompeiency of the Lewis machine to organize the unorganized miners, because he had lost the reSpect and confidence of these men in the 1922 betrayal. Hence his inability to draw these men out in the present strike, to help accelerate the setilement and bring it to a successful termination for the mine workers. pe 500 At Yorkville Meeting. YORKVILLE, Ohio., Feb. 28— Thursday evening a meeting’ was held here by the Save the Union Committee at which Brophy spoke. Brophy’s appearance was a signal for loud cheering of all workers who packed the union hall here despiie rain. Suffering a defeat at the Dillonvale meeting the machine sup- porters were absent together with the officials. This meeting as others Served to inspire the masses of work- ers and strengthen their determina- tion to fight against the Lewis mach- ine as well as the operators. Friday at 2 p. m. 600 workers srowded the miners’ hall in Lansing to hear Anthony Minerich who was arrested last week by the city’ mar- shalls in the same hall. A meeting was also held at Neffs in the even- ing with the same number attending. 3 DRESS PICKETS ARRESTED; FINED Cloak Strikers Fined in Passaic Court Three members of the Dressmakers’ Local 22 of the Joint Board of the Cloak and Dressmakers’ Union, were arrested yesterday while picketing the shop of the Sunrise Dress Com- pany. They were later released after payment of a $3 fine imposed by Magistrate Silverman, who found them guilty of discrderly conduct in Jefferson Market Court, The Sunrise Dress Company was deelared on strike by the Joint Board Several days ago when the employer signed a contract with the dual “gnion” of the right wing. Upon the} order of the employer that all those employed in his shop go and register | in the right wing “union,” a walkout immediately took place. Right Wing Behind Arrests. The workers were a ed upon the instigation of the right wing, tes- | timiony in the Mag ates’ Court @learly showed. The police had made the arrests not in front of the shop, but almost a block away. Those ar- rested, Yetta Solovey, Jean Goren- stein, and Rebecca Mencken, were pointed out by the right wingers, it is declared. ake Fine Pickets. The six workers who were arrested for picketing the shop of the- Main Cloak Company in Passaic, N. J., came up for trial in a local mag’ trates court yesterday. were released. A Joint Board repre- sentative paid the fine. A spontaneous walkout of all the 40 employes of the firm followed an announcement by the boss that all workers must go to register in the dual “union” of Morris Sigman, In- ternational president. The employers were becoming com- pletely disgusted with the fact that ' they were forced to maintain union conditions, the boss openly said, ac- He therefore broke the agreement with the Joint Board and signed up with the right The workers declared their inten- tion of continuing regular picketing, jn spite of police terrorization. Other ic unions are lending assistance ‘Walkowitz, Simon Smelkinson, Philip Four of these | were fined $6.80 and the other two FORM SHOP UNITS Demand Company Take | Back Fired Men (Continued from Page One) be not only false but actually insult- ling to the intelligence of the workers who haye a first hand knowledge of “Rule or Ruin” Hedley’s double deal- ings. The plan of the company now seems to be to use the company union even though it has been completely ex- posed as a mere tool of its own cre- ation, in the furtherance of whatever plans_it hopes to put across. The an- nouncement by Hedley that the Broth- erhood will not take back the dis- charged men is, of course, an obvious camouflage. It is recalled that last summer when the _ Interborough agreed to take back workers dis- charged at that time, Quackenbush them and we will ask the Brother- hood to forgive them.” Officials Stall. Officials of the union, in the mean- time appear to have no policy to meet hope that Mayor Walker will “do something.” So far there has been no denial that Mayor Walker as as the whole Tammany Hall mac’ is playing the game of the traction companies by preventing the traction workers from taking action. Last July a similar part was played by Walker. The traction workers were in a favorable position to win organization and increased wages through a strike. At the last mo- ing their cause to the mayor called off the strike with the anhouncement |that a “great victory” had been won. They claimed to have secured the| This was imme- |diately denied by the officials of the interborough. The present discharges of the union men and the whole pres- jent situation may be said to be the jdirect result of taking the fight from |the hands of the workers and placing it into the hands of the mayor, The DAILY WORKER has already warned the thousands of traction workers to whom it must speak frank~ ly of the dangers of the present sit- uation. This warning must be “re- peated now more emphatically: Fight Your Own Battle. The whole history of the working class has proved that the workers must depend on their own efforts for anything they will secure. Every traction worker by looking back dur- ing the past ten or fifteen years will be able to see for himself that all crake which have come to them have been due to having entrusted their gause to others than themselves. | The Tammany Hall city officials jare working together with the -trac- tion companies to put over a huge |“unification” scheme which will co right to organize. steal for wh: wise have to p e which the make at this time is to permit their officials to fall in with the company seven cent fare steal in the hope that. the compaay will as a result grant the workers an increase in pay. Trust None of Them. No matter what promis may have bee! must unders neither traction companies nor Jimmie Walk er will give them an increase in pay of their own accord. The only way they will get such an increase i fighting for it and taking it fro: company. In this task the traction workers will inevitably need the sup- port of the other workers in the city. The traction workers must therefore above all maintain the sympathy of these other workers and in no way the Meltzer and Simon Zeitler and the workers released are Dominick Canni and H. Finkelstein. ta a Tickets for the theatre party to- morrow, arranged by the various sec- tions of the Trade Union Educational League in the Cloak and Dressmak- ers’ Union, are going fast, was the announcement made by the committee in charge of arrangement. “Thieves,” by Bimko, is the play to be put on at the Yiddish Art Theatre, 12th St. and Second Ave. Tickets can be obtained at the union office, 16 W. 2ist St., and at the theatre box office on the night of the perform- ance, announced piously: “We will forgive | the situation beyond the announced | FUR THUGS HELD BY GRAND JURY | | |Big Mass Meeting at 1 O’clock Today It was learned yesterday that the grand jury had indicted the six hugs who were working for the “Furriers’ Joint Council,” a dual or- ganization established by the Amer- ican Federation of Labor: to replace he left wing controlled Joint Board riers’ Union. They are to core p for trial in the near futureNin the Court of General Sessions on charges of felonious assault. Several weeks ago they had at- ced with knives and severely ounded Meyer Fineman, a fur worker who was walking alone at he time on Sixth Ave. and 29th St. ccording to the testimony of eye- itnesses. Among those indicted is one known to the local labor move- ent as “Big Alex” Fried, who was pointed by Matthew Wall, vice- president of the American Federa- tion of Labor to assist Edward Mc- Grady, who is in charge of the fight agai: the Joint Board. } Fried is known to have a criminal | (Continued on Page Five) (Continued from Page One) commanding officer where, after questioning them, he told them the sentries who had admitted the girls to the island were to be penalized and that a new rule would be enforced making it necessary for girls going to the island fort: to have passes as well as the men visitors and to pro- vide search of all visitors who go to the island in the future. The of- pen to any soldiers who distributed such a letter” but boasted that if it had been men who had distributed the leaflet, they would have been beat- en up so badly that they couldn’t have walked back. Trailed By Spy. After being released, the girls were trailed for a long distance by an army spy, not getting rid of him until after entering a restaurant to eat. The letter which was addressed to “Casual” the name given the 1500 troops waiting at Slocum .o be ship- ped to various U. S. possessions, read in part as follows: “During your stay at Fort Slocum things have not been so nice altho you are now one of the so-called defend- ers of your country. You have all had your fill of the “slum” and “gen- leral mess” (terms used by che sol- |diers for the food at Slocum) and |have had to get along with two blan- |kets in the old poorly heated bar- U.S. WITH ATTACK ON DAILY j (Continued from Page One) States government was cooperating | ith the fa onslaught on The AILY WORKER. | | The present exposure proves be- yond a doubt thatthe recent cam- paign of the militarist organizations jis a -hin mask to cover the direct of-| fensive of the U. S. government. The disclosure of the latest steps jin. the «conspiracy to smash The! |DAILY WORKER and railroad Wm. | |F. Dunre, Bert Miller and Alex Bit-| |telman to prison terms of five years each in federal penitentiaries mus. be met by a still more determined re- sistance on the part of the American | working class. Only the united effort of the mili- tant American workers, rallying as a single uni. to the support of their press, can succeed in defeating the plots which the American capitalists are directing against the only militant daily labor paper in the English lan- guage. $4009 By Wednesday. raised by Wednesday or the Amer- jean government will succeed in its attempt to dam the rising tide of | American militancy. | Only the rs can save their r ‘The exposure of the activities United States government thru en of America, ms, mut stimu- orking class to efforts to defeat the of the Coolidge officials iilitaris. agents. very cent must be rallied to the fense of the paper by tomorrow ni Rush your contributions to The DAILY WORKER, 38 First St., > »|New York City. } RALCHEN BACK TO EARTH. k-| DETROIT, Feb, 28,—-Lieut. Bernt |Balchen landed in Byrd’s: new tri-mo- racks.” Going on to describe what was ahead for these new recruits, the .tip down, jammed into the hole of the small transport, previously used to transport cattle, and telling them of the “harder work” and the “heat” ment, the union officials by intrust-|itely establ'shed that the United that would greet them when’ they reached their outfits, the letter raised the question: “Why are you go- ing?” Forced To Sign. * “Most of you didn’t sign up because you wanted to or because you had any illusions about the njce conditions in the army; on the contrary many of you were forced to join because of the growing unemployment. Most of you are workers and if you knew that you were being sent to Panama, Hawaii, etc., to oppress the workers there, and in turn to lower the stand- ard of living in this country, you would not look forward to your job with relish because it’s just this that has brought about such bad conditions at home. “Perhaps you will not be called upon to shoot down the workers and asked to cut each other’s throats for the profit of their bosses. That is one reason you are getting such rot- ten conditions now, because the army is organized for war time efficiency, not peace: time comfort, and your present hardships. are only a taste »f what you will get in the next world slaughter. ....” “yard fast, but not least you will be preparing the battleground for the next world war in the Pacific, when mil of workers will be peasants during your ‘term’ as is being done in China and Nicaragua ut you will nevertheless be fighting for the big financial interests, the same intere ich drove you out of work, if you are only the’ poliee forge’ which prevents the peo- of these colonics from obtaining r independence and upholds the puppet government which Wail Street. has forced upon them. Wall ficer not only said “what would hap-} eir Homes, Freeze in Rough Barracks Pennsylvania. Tens of thousands of these families, many of them with ill children, were thrown out into the freezing cold by the coal operators. Before rough lumber barracks such as those shown on the right could be thrown up, many died from exposure. Death from starvation threatens these families, The two women shown above are Ella Reeve Bloor and Milka Sablich, who are touring the country for the Pennsylvania-Ohio Miners), Five League Girls Held by _ Officer at Fort Slocum Street has $5,200,000,000 invested in Latin America alone. You are going there to protect these investments. Prepare For Next War. The letter ended with a strong ap- peal to these new recruits, pointing out that the same bosses who kicked them out of work now wanted to send them to collect bloodstained millions from colonial people. The end of the appeal read: “Don’t be a policeman for Wall St.! “Help the colonial people in their fight for freedom! “The war mongers are using you to rehearse and prepare for the next world war, Show the future sgldiers the stuff you are made of! “Fight against the new world war!” MINERS TO HOLD DEMONSTRATIONS Anthracite Committee Supports Bonita (Continued from Page One) 989 of the Susquehanna Coal Co., the bosses are importing laborers while 50 per cent of the mine workers are unemployed. At this colliery there are 3,000 mine workers who’ revolted against this practice of the coal com- panies and went out on strike when the coal company refused to settle the situation. Out On Strike. They struck Feb. 23, but as usual the reactionary officialdom came down in full force and forced the wainers to go back on their jobs with- out settling these grievances. The situation is not yet settled, tho. the miners returned to work because of the pressure of the reactionary offi- cialdom. Practically the same situation ex- ists at the Loree division of the Hud- son Coal Co. at Larksville, where the miners are in an uproar and ready to strike. “ It is only when the miners organ- ize themselves thoroughly around the Save the Union Committee and its program—and then only—that they will be able to better their condition. The Save the Union Committee has established headquarters at 33. West Union St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa, Pa ee WILKES-BARRE, Pa., Feb. 28.— Sam Bonita, Steve Mendola and Adam Moleski are in jail on murder charges awaiting the action of the Luzerne grand jury. When they entered the United Ming Workers’ headquarters here Feb. 16 on business for the min- ers’ grievance committee they were attacked, They defended themselves and Frank Agati, supporter of the re- actionary Cappelini administration in this district, was killed. LION BITES FINGERS OFF GU. JERSEY SITY, N. J., Feb. 28.— Henry Boucher, 41, a watchman at the warehouse of Bartels Co., .vild animal dealers, had two fingeis bit- ten off by a lion as he was feeding it veter yesterday. JOBLESS MEET IN UNION SQUARE Demand ‘Measures For Immediate Relief (Continued from Page One) missions but to organize for mass action to obtain relief. Another. open air meeting of un- employed workers will be held Fyi- day at 2 p. m. at Rutgers Square. An indoor meeting at 715 E. 138th St. will be held tomorrow at 8 p. m. under the auspices of the Lower Bronx Section, Workers (Communist) Party. The speakers will be Louis A. Baum, secretary Photographic Workers Union; George E. Powers, Tron and Bronze Workers Union and an ex-service man. Executive Committee Meets. A meeting called by the Youth Section of the Council will be held tomorrow at 2 p. m. at the Church of All Nations, 9 Second Ave. The enlarged executive committee of the New York Council will meet at 2 p. m. today at 60 St. Marks Pl. A meeting of jobless seacen will be held next Tuesday at 2 p, m. at 28 South St., it was announced last night. The Rey. William E. Cashin, pas- tor of St. Andrew’s Church, Duane St. and City Hall Pl. is being be- sieged by unemployed workers ask- ing for “jobs as well as prayers.” A note left in the poor box by the wife of an unemployed printer stari- ed the onrush. A report in a news- paper stating that the pastor had a job for him brought many printers to the rectory. All they got was prayers. ACQUAINT LABOR WITH “DAILY” IN ENERGETIC DRIVE Standing of Sections to Be Published Soon Scores of subscriptions being rush- ed to the office of The .DAILY | WORKER indicate the effort which |the workers of Oakland, California, are making to take from Los Angeles the lead in the national campaign to obtain 10,000 new subscribers for the paper. doing their utmost to better the ef- forts which Paul Reiss and his DAILY WORKER ‘agents are mak- ing in the southern part of the state. Under the direction of Join Taylor, the “Daily” agent for the Oakland | dis ributing hundreds of free copies section, the workers of Oakland are of the paper. Plans to reach sec- tions of the California workers who still know very little about the DAILY WORKER are now being prepared. The rivalry between Los Angeles is intense and the Oakland workers promise to do everything in their power to take first place im the big campaign, aed Publish Campaign Standing. The standing of the various sec- tions and cities in the national sub- seription campaign will be published in The DAILY WORKER next week. The report will clearly show what sections have been doing their work and those which have fallen behind. 0. wre Philadelphia Meeting. A Ravitch, circulation manager of The DAILY WORKER, will address a meeting of “Daily” agents on Frj- day evening March 3, at 531 North 7th St., Philadelphia. The meeting which was originally scheduled for Saturday will discuss ways and means for widening the activities of the Philadelphia workers in the national subscription drive. IMMIGRATION LIMITED. WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—A re- duction of 11,000 in the total of im- migration to be admitted to the United States during the year begin- ning July 1, is included in the new quotas. compiled by a commission composed of Secretaries Hoover, Kel- logg and Davis. Se eae The American Legion, the Keymen of Amer- ica, the National Security League, the Amer- ican Government have combined to destroy Labor’s fighting paper and are attempting to put its editors in jail. WHAT IS YOUR ANSWER? You Must Save The smaller cities in California are: ‘MAYORS VISIT TO BOWERY JUST A NICE \VAUDEVILLE SHOW FOR TAMMANY HALL The ‘tor Fokker plane at Dearborn last night, after a non;stop flight of about | (Continued from Page One) { ORD ee FULDA ASG ta ' side, West Side,” should be sung }permit their o § ithe enire audience when he walked he seven cent fare move. down the aisle. Organize! jobless en joined in the greeting. The traction workers must organ-'The mission organ wheezed, however, ize. Begin by forming your shop, and the sky pilut indulged in sweep- committees, Speak organization and|ing gestures. join the union by the thousands at Rev. Henry then shouted: “Three the ‘same time making sure that evenj:heers for Jimmie!” in the union you fight to keep the Only a few regular habitues, weil situation in your own hands, drilled, raised their voices. Demand the reinstatement of the Avoids Question. workers who have been discharged.| Most of the mayor’s speech was This is your major demand. A strike | devoted only in small part to the un- should be called to enforce this de-;smployment crisis. His talk was mand, but the workers must beware | broadcast over the municipal station that such a strike is conducted by| WNYC. It was a stump speech of them for their own demands and|the usual Tammany Hall kind. should not be utilized by the com- pany. The slogan should be “Our|he had visited the Bowery more fre- Own Strike!” Organize. Form your}quently than of late. He talked shop committees; demand that the|about theatre censorship and then union officials call a mass meeting of | praised the Bowery for its high all workers; demand that the whole | moral standing. labor movement be mustered in your} The mayor touched briefly there on defense, the question which was uppermost in the Only a few of the]! { i | 1 ts of hundreds cf. thou- of workers throughout the ris distri He said he real- ny were out of work. Turn ing to Rev? Henry, New York’s chief executive asked the preacher to “use his influence: with God and pray for snow.” Me referred to the -practice of the City Hall in letting contracts to private employers for the clearing of snow from the strects. m He said also he was sure, thos present were “loyal to American institutions.” Has No Plan, The mayor then admi‘ted that he had no plan to meet the unemploy- ment crisis, “T wish T knew some aay,” he said. The mayor touched briefly then on|“After you help me settle this,” the mayor added flippan ly; you all to help me transit question.” Graham Paterson, publisher of the Christian Herald and president of BN Bowery Mission, helped stage the show, “want solve the Daily Worker Here Is MyContribution tothe Defense Fund 33 First Street, New York City NAME _ AMOUNT ‘ Senden eee meen eee eee e ease ee eereeeele reese slebens De eee e weet acco e eerste see eeseeeeees | j | | ——— Resist the Attack |