The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 3, 1928, Page 2

Page Two THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1928 Working Women Must Fight War Danger and Attack on Soviet Russia FOR INPERIALIST WORLD CONFLICT Mion Workers Must | Organize By JULIET ART POYNTZ fntefnational Women’s Day, 1928, fitids the working women of Ameri- ea Side by side with their other lands as the victims of capi- talist oppre n and exploitation. The world-wide power of American imperialism weighs as k the working women of Ar those of all other countries ig @xploiting today—ihe to Masses of Europe and of the “ whom ling bi ward” countries, Mexico, Nicara, China, etc. The American workin; class suffers es ally in the d velopment of American imperialism for in the struggle for world do: tion by Wall Sireet, the living working conditions of the America proletariat are being reduced be the subsistence level. And the wor. ing women as the akesi, the lea. skilled, and least nized secticn oi | the working cla: e chief victin it bri of advancing i her-starvation wage hausting toil, and t: possibility of satisfying her most vital needs—as a mother, as a work- er,-as a woman. American Women Must Fight Imperialism. America, an industrial exporting country since the w i war, has e tered the international race world markets with European dustries and carte he Ame: ean working class is paying the cos of this competition in wa, lengthening hours, and the open-shop d ing woman particul of these worsening ‘The work- the victim rial con- the upper indu: ditions, ground between and nether mill-stone of capitalist imperialism. American Efficiency Exploits the} Woman Worl The ration: ion of industry, the “American idea,” enslaves the fac- tory worker to the demands of cheap) | production: for competition in t world market. The woman worker as the least organized and least skilled section of the workine cl feels the worst effects of American “efficiency and economy,” long hours, intensification of labor. Mass production with its preferenc for cheap unskilled and unorganized labor finds the woman worker the easiest and most adaptable object of exploitation. | Smash the Bosses Offensive! | The bosses at the present moment have taken advantage of the weak Position of the women wage-earne! and are conducting a sweeping of- .fensive throughout the country to “break down the wages and conditions| of women workers. In the t factories of New England and } Jersey, the needle trades and many other women’s employments wag cuts" are universal. Hours are ip ¢reased far beyond the legal stan dards and these standards ihemselve @re being attacked by a concert drive of the employers on state legi latures everywhere to wipe off ti |Order |workers in the larg low wages, | - Fighter in ine Struggle Juliet Stuart Poyntz, secretary, N.Y. Federation of Working Women Conference. SOMMUNISTPAPER KS ACW HEADS Its Distributors Thrown From Jobs (Continued from Page One) dealt with” are two left wing work- ers, Charles Krakower and Max Feld- man, who were fired from their jobs by the order of the union officials, and were told by the employers that more dismissals have been ordered. The union membership is enraged at this latest dictatorial move of their officialdom, who are not even making a pretense of democratic procedure in the union. At a meeting of the local Amalgamated section of the} Trade Union Educational League, | which was attended by many new re-j cruits and which was held Thursday | evening, a decision was passed to mob- | ilize the workers for mass ‘seca of this order, by organizing a special distribution campaign. Large } Meeting. It was also decided to call a large mass meeting tomorrow morning in| Alhambra Hall. The demands of the | est shops that a} stoppage be called in all those factor- ies where workers are dismissed f violation of the order, will also be tak- en up at this meeting. it is believed rtain that a stoppage will immedi- ately be affected in the shop that dis- charged the two left wingers. SECRET HEARINGS = Secret hearings into the $29,500,000 Queens sewer graft scandal are to be- gin today at 10:30 a. m. in the Long Island City court house before Clar- | ence J, Shearn, former judge of the appellate division, first department. He was appointed by Gov. Al. ith to succeed Supreme Court Jus- Townsend Scudder, who was dis- en by the Albany court of ap- als, statute-books all laws protectin; women, minimum wage laws, prohi- bition of night work, limitation of the hours of labor. “Unempleyment plunges the woman worker into a desperate position. Hardly able to earn a living while she is working, a week’s loss of Wages is a disaster, and continued unemployment spelis ruin. Starvation and prostitution are the terrible alternatives that f the unem pleyed | working woman in capicalist am a. Among the 4,000,000 jobless at; the present time are hundreds of | thousands of working women facing | Starvation without the organization to struggle against it and demand re- lief. The Housewife Faces the Super-Trust * What of the working woman who is mother and housewife, and often Wages-earner as well,—who must! made ends meet “envelope during strikes and-lockouts ‘and unemployment? She faces the; boss on one side and on the other _ Be super-trust of Wall Strect. in _ the new monopolistic era of capi-alist Mperiatisn every day brings forth : billion dollar mergers and com- bimations that cast their tentacles around every necessity of the work- ing class family, food, clothing, shel-| ter, transportation. Great public! utilities mergers control electric | light, gas, telephone, coal and oil.) Combinations of land speculators in every city bvost the price of land, » rents, housing transit. These amal- _ gamations openly millions to buy up Municipal, state and national govern- nts. cag housewife and mother finds ‘ elf as the family manager in the i es of the super-trust and the “@orrupt government officialdom.| ring cost of living, rents and food convincing her of the necessity organization. Her responsibility ward the home and the children is inging her into the industrial i le against the employer side by ‘side with the men workers and into political struggle against mon- stic capitalism and its Rplitical rf on the meager pay-| { jand abetting these designs with open No Prosecution. Since the graft charges against Boro President Connolly of Queens and others were made public many weeks ago the Al. Smith administra- tion at Albany and the Walker admin- istration of New York City have been protecting those involved from any prosecution. |College Honors ‘Fascist Flags at w York University have been placed at half-mast as a result of the ‘death of General Armando Diaz, fascist Italian militarist. The Circolo Italiano, of N. Y. U., composed of faculty members and_ students there, is of strong fascist learning. Diaz was an honorary Doctor of Laws at N. £0, ex OL tne ia-| | A special need and responsibi to fight the war danger resis with he working women of America. World war is being prepared by the American imperialists, the bourgevis womcn’s organizations are aiding The -\merican Fascism 'or impotent pacifism. working women alone of women have the power and the in terest to fight imperialist: war. Es. pecially must the working women oi America stand shoulder to shoulder with the women of Soviet Russia whu are achieving their emancipation un der the developing socialist economy Together ihey must declare: Dow with imperialist war! Hands. off China and Nicaragua! Down wiih inc capitalist imperialism of Wall Street! Hands Off Soviet Russia! The working women of America must awaken and join in the labor struggle. Together with the workers of all other countries they must build | treacherous B: ON QUEENS GRAFT jof the MILITANTS SHAKE LEWIS MACHINE; FEELING RISES Identity May Soon Be} Be Revealed (Continued from Page One) who has been more or Jess in a fight | with Cappelini but who has not broken ; with Lewis. There the differences is a belief that between the Lewis machine will try to tric the opposition fo ment of Cappe es by the replace- ni with the no less who are part of s miners here understand that the pol of “Le appelini Must Go,” includes Boylan and Kennedy as well Pave a Mass Demonstration Sunday. PITTSTON, Pa. March 2.—Pre- parations for the huge mass meeting of progressive miners are being car-| ried on in spite of the order w hich | has been issued by Mayor William H. Gillespie that it should not take place. The Save-the-Union Committee is determined that the meeting shall be held as scheduled for the afternoon at Armory Hall. Acting President Joe Vicor, Joe Savage, financial sec- retary and Charles Licata, acting rec- ing secretary, all of Local 1703, will speak at the meeting. Among the other speakers will be Stanley Dzingelewski, chairman of the Save- the-Union Committee, Powers Hap- good, well-known militant and George Papcun, secretary of the committee. OIL MAY BESMIRCH MORE OFFICIALS ae For Sunday Demonstration WASHINGTON, Mar. 2.—With the republican natio committee deeply d of in the Teapot e oil slush 1d scardal, comm? ithe s following trails bring involve nate yut he identity of tional high of- cials whom Rob- W. Stewart, larry M. Black- and James E. teil, oil mag- tes, are protect- Stewart, Blackmer and O’Neil have refused to testify be- fore the committee in the resumption Teapot Dome here. The committee was finally forced to summon Will H. Hays, former chairman of the republican national committee, who testified that Harry F. Sinclair kicked in with $260,000 for the republican national commit- tee to help cover its heavy*deficit in the cost of electing Harding and Coolidge in 192 Secret investigators are expected to throw more ‘light in the near future upon the ultimate disposition of the Continental Trading Company’s $3,- 080,000 liberty bond “slush fund.” Committee Reluctant: Some of these bonds, it has been shown, went to ex-Secretary of the ‘all, who leased Teapot Dome ir; others to Blackmer and es tern oil men, and fin- It was with great reluctance that the senate investigators finally took testimony showing the Republican National factor in the literal purchase of at least the executive branch of the gov- ment by the oil industry. Lewis an3 | Boylan have been patched up and that | investigation+ 's to the Republican National Committee ‘was a central | Labor Defenliee Ella kieeve Lioor, ther” to | thousands of workers in this coun- | try, and well known in the Ame | ican labor movement, is now was ing a country-wide campaign for | the starving miners of Pennsylva- | nia, Ohio and Colorado. | | | - COLO. STRIKERS STILL IN JAIL DENVER, March 2. — Agreemen* |has been reached hetween: the Colo- rado Federation of Labor and the American Civil Liberties Union for a joint defense in the case of Frank Palmer, former editor of the Colo- rado Labor Advorate, and others whe without charges or bail under the gov- ernor’s proclamation declaring a “state of insurrection.” Svanum Serves Term. Kristen Svanum, another strike leader, who was arrested at Walsen- burg, in the southern field, on Nov. 6, was held in jail until Feb. 27, when he was sentenced to a term of two days for “inciting to strike.’ He served this and was released, the term of sentence being too short to permit an appeal. KNAPP CHARGES TO BE DROPPED Politicians ; Will Protect Spoils System ALBANY, N. Y., Mar. 2.—Follow- ing a conference thday betweer Gov. Smith and District Attorney Charles J, Herrick, of Albany, reports were current at the capitol that Herrick jhad informed the governor that the jevidence in the case of Mrs. Florence |E.S. Knapp, former republican sec- | petary of state, did not warrant its nresentation to the Albany County Grand Jury. Huge Graft Charged In a report filed with Gov. Smith several weeks ago, Mrs. Knapp was chareed by Moreland Commissioner Randall J. Lebouef, ir., of Albany, with forgery, grand larceny and other felonies in connection with her administration of $1,200,090 state census fund of 1925. The democratic governor ordered the investigation of Mrs. Knapp’s administration of the census funds after she had been charged by the citing census committee with wasting $200,000 of the census money, and with the destruction of census rec- ords. | Trackwalker er Killed EAST PATERSON, N. J., March William Coggins, railroad track- Iker, was kilied when a Susque- hanna R. R. irain struck him while was at work. James Cashman, also a trackwalker, was hit at the Cashman received inter- is same time. nal injuries and his condition | SPORTS IN BRIEF Heeney “Victory” Altho Tom Heeney was given the decision over. Jack Delaney in their hout at Madison Square Garden Thursday night the victor’s perform- ance shows that he is not champion- ip timber. Against a man like Gone Tunney, Tom would be nothin: more than a trial horse for Gene’s next fieht with Jack Dempsey. In this writer’s opinion Dempsey is the only heavyweieht at the present time while tussle, all other rumors to the contrary notwithstanding. An interesting sidelicht in relation to the Heenev-Delaney bout is that in spite of the fact that Delaney en- tered the ring the favorite in the bet+ the international power of the work- ing class, organized under the banner of the Communist International, the leader of the oppressed masses of all countries in the world-wide struggle of labor for freedom, for power, for final emancipation. ting, the professional gamblers were all playing for Tom to win. To Organize > Lalo Sports Club. The Unity Workers Cooperative, 1800 Seventh Ave. will hold a meet- ing to organize a sports Cob panaay ‘ fit to give the champion a worth-|. \Metropolitan Workers Seecer League Games The Metropolitan Workers Soccer | League will play the following games tomorrow: ; i Division “A.” | Freiheit vs. Hungarian Workers. | N.Y. Eagle vs. Red Star. Armenian vs. Spartacus, Bronx Hungarians vs. First Rus- sian, Division “B.” Spartacus vs. German-Hungarians. Claremont N. Y. Rangers. Freiheit vs, Fordham, Red Star vs. Blue Star. Division “C.” Brunbellbors vs. Y. M. H. A. Scandinavians vs. Spartacus. Trade Union vs, Tregue, ay Hungarians vs. N. Y. Eve- fg. at 11 a.m. All those interested in workers’ sports should attend. were held in jail for weeks at Greeley ; NEW ENGLAND WORKING WOMEN SPEED AGITATION To Fight “Exploitation in Industries i By EVA HOFFMAN. Our New England Federation of | Working Women has enormous tasks ‘before it. The general deep depres- sion in American industry has effect- ed to atarge extent the working wom- jen of New England. Here probably to a greater extent than in any othe | section of the country are the women workers affected by this depression |because the percentage of women workers in the textile “and shoe in- dustry is very high. There is another factor which driving down the standard of living | and among the women workers espec- ially. The amazingly low wages for among the textile workers in general | . onto Housewives’ Leader Eva England Federation of Working Women. Hoffman, secretary New More Women’s Day | & which the workers in the southern intensive campaign also in New Eng- land to cheapen production, This is accomplished by wholesale wage cuts which affected about 100,000 wor’ ers. A serious campaign is on foot for the abolition of the 48-hour-law for women and the abolition of the law prohibiting women from working on the night shift. Have Important Task. These conditions place great tasks and duties on the New England Fed- eration. More then ever must we di- rect our attention to relieving the suffering of the working women not only in the home but also in the fac- tory. In fact more attention than ever must be paid to the women in the factory and this we intend to do. Within the next few weeks we will call a conference of all women’s or- ganizations in New England and the first consideration at this conference will be the organization of the wom- en textile workers. Every phase of activity which reflects the life and needs of the working women will be considered but major attention will be given to these pressing problems such as the fight not only for the main- tenance of the 48-hour week but a struggle for the establishment of the 44-hour week. Stricter regulations against the use of women labor for night work, more rigorous execution of the law prohibiting, child labor, direct participation by.our Federation in the campaigns to organize the tex-| tile workers, widespread educational work throughout the region must be undertaken. We are quite confident that our present membership of about 7,000 members in affiliated organiza- tions can be more then doubled thru an intensive campaign. Need Nationai Movement. District conferences, however, arc nsuificient. What is needed is na- tional «direction. What is needed is a National Federation of Working Women. In the movement for the organization of such a movement 1 relieve that the federation can be zounted on to give full support and cooperation. \Workers School Class In Speech Improvement A course in “Speech Improvement,” which has been the subject of many requests from workers attending the Workers School, has been added tc | the curriculum of ‘he school this term Reatrice Becker, who has given this course in many labor schools, will be the instructor on Monday evenings from 6:45 to 7:45 p. m., beginning 5 knowledge: of the Eng! age required from tho: ents intending to take the cow | A Torch Explodes KEARNEY, N. J., March 2.—Earn- est Austin, a house painter, was se-| verely burned on the face and hands! lyesterday when a torch exploded, | |while he was at work on a building |here. Fa is £0, By VO. UR HEALTH Strictly Pure FLORIDA HONEY Guaranteed by the BEE-FARMER. 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Preparations are heing perfeeted for the free distribu- tion of hundreds of copies of the pa- per and it is planned to reach an increasing number of new elements in this way. Y] The Boston industrial district is one of the most exploited in the whole United States and offers a splendid opportunity for the subscription cam- paign. MORE PAPER . 80K. SHOPS SETTLING WITH STRIKERS 1,500 Box V Workers Go Out on Strike Announcement was made yesterday that 25 more paper box manufactur- ers, including several of the In~~sst makers of round and square Giang had settled with the vaper ers’ Union. About 1,500 paper box workers are still out on strike. Uniformed police |and members of the industrial squad in plain clothes have. been sent into |the Greene, Mercer and Wooster’ St: district and are attempting to pro voke trouble. Despite this fact, the police have been able to make no ar- rests, since the picketing has been en- tirely peaceful. iScabs Are Hired. The paper box manufacturers are jhiring scabs at $6 a day thru local scab and detective agencies, Irving Freedman, manager of the Paper Box Makers Union, said. box sorting to intimidation. So completely have the paper box truck drivers gone-out in sympathy with the paper box workers that the ®|manufacturers have been forced to | hire outside trucks. Recognition Demanded. * The union has appealed to all team- sters and chauffeurs not to carry pa- | per boxes of any description. The } paper box makers went out on strike | Tuesday, with demands for the’ recog- notion of the union; time and a half PORCELAIN WORKS DESTROYED PERTH AMBOY, N.J., Mar; 2.— Ford’s Porcelain Works. here was in jruins today. Damage was estimated at $125,090. ‘In the Army and Navy’ space to the Column “In the Army and Navy” which started last Satur- day, we have changed this section for contributions from,’ servicemen | and ex-servicemen to run every onday in the future. 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