The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 5, 1928, Page 3

| A. f. Cook Urges a World-Wide Mine Strike to Halt Employer Offensive POINTS TO WAGE SLASHES, LONGER HOURS IN MINES Wants National Meet of British Miners Builds Huge Press for Tory Propaganda Lord Rothemere, left, brother of the late Lord North- cliffe, and owner of the Daily Mail, | who owns a huge string of newspa- pers which been spreading propaganda against the Soviet Union. Rothemere is photographed | 40,000 GERMAN METALWORKERS DECLARE STRIKE Strike Against Piece Work in Tool Trade ELECTRIC POWER IN U.S.S-R'RED ARMY GETS Build More Stations Thruout the Union| 15 NEW PLANES | eight regional electric stations (three working with peat fuel, two hydro- iTo Strengthen Defense Against Imperialism Another — i Imperialist Envoy | electric stations, and three using low | grade coal), of a total power capacity iH of 197,000 k.w.t., have been estab- t lished in the Soviet Union during the last few years. Added to the power capacity of the formerly erected sta- BERLIN, M 4.—More than | | | | (Speeial Cable To DAILY WORKER.) conference of the Miners’ Federation metal trades industry are expected 546,500 k.w.t. LONDON, (By mail)—A world with G. Ward ‘ 2 “L,| tions, the general capacity of all the wide aul Goll We tate the tone Price, the brass Beit Bh A ad Bere ey On Strike | operating stations amounts to 802,000 | MOSCOW, March 4.—In connection f the | hening of check director of ; - >a = kw.t. < , the tenth ame h hal ~~ aa 1 2 vi # the Daily Mail, turers -xefused their demand for the Under construction are 16 electric | rake iis: ‘ours on an. internstions! scale wa: y ‘ *| discontinuance of piece work. The : Agents A ; | the fleet urged by A. J. Cook, Secretary of during their recent i . é stations (5 hydro-electric stations, 3 | | RE Ne oes mv is A re 4 strike took place in spite of the at- ‘ ‘ ae | of 15 of t it by the the British Miners Federation in an = visit to the United| ..mnts of conservative trade union | "Sing Peat fuel, 2 using anthracite, | : {interview with the Sunday Worker. | [RS sok States. Pi to prevent any walkout. 3 using low grade coal and 3 para- }“Our Reply to ¢ ” Fund Cook also urged that a national . Workers in other branches of the fine mazout) of a total capacity of | was handed over to th by the be called immediately. to join the walkout this week. Sev- i x . hee the M 2 , all the Union stations, those operating aL the “osc Big hoe, T0 HOLD POLISH Sree See nea) eg ee and under construction, including the | At the same CARDIFF, (By mail).—In a series spite of the mandatory order of the|imereased capacity of the municipal | presented the R of mass meetings held thruout the South Wales coal fields, A. J. Cook, militant mine leader, attacked the drastic wage cuts which go into ef- GENERAL COUNCIL LOSOVSKY SCORES ELECTION TODAY Government against strikes in the metal trades. Conclude Imperialist The sum total of the capacity of stations in Leningrad, Moscow and | Baku, which are being enlarged, will amount to 1,084,500 k.w.t. | first Soviet ambulance | | Alexander P. Moore has been | feet in the Durh: d Northum- A is ‘ | appointed as ambassador to fascist berland mines on March 1; (Sees Social Struggles in|Expect Left Wing Gain B : Tansi | government in Peru. Moore has s of the Urei . F argain on Langier licatinader hag eas i peasants ‘ging a world-wide miners pro- England Soon ; | already had experience as ambas- test, he said, “The Miners’ Interna- |sador to the fascist Rivera dictator-| - Hone is cee, at ane on! MOSCOW, (By mail).—The Fourth} WARSAW, March 4.—In spite of|cussed Tangier agreement was signed EGYPTIAN GOVT | ship in Spain, k Bia fs ie EN eal easton Congress of the Red International of|the wholesale arrest of left wing |yesterday by Foreign Minister Briand | ie ¢ iabor Unions will devote special at- sania i d Quinones de | REL ERIET) a TREE eae ees should be taken to defend the miners Labor Unions em eation ete Broke leaders, considerable gains for the Tak Si ah one siege, not only in Britain, but in France, Germany, Belgium and the United States, where attacks are being made by coal owners. “We must force a world stoppage to secure a seven hours’ bank shift. “T am in favor of calling a national conference of the Federation in order to thrash out a policy whereby we can resist the mine owners. MILL BARONSFIGHT FOR CHILD LABOR Say Long Hours Are Not Harmful CHARLOTTE, N. C. Mar. 4.— Southern newspapers and _ trade journals are announcing the im- minent inauguration of a campaign of the indusirial interests of the south to pass a 55 hour work week law, which will apply to every south- orn state. The Southern Textile Bulletin ¢ clares editorially that:.“A 55-howi law is right and is in accord with public opinion. . . . and in periods of prosperity would greatly add to the profits of cotton manufaciuring.” The editorials also generously an- nounce that “public sentiment is op- posed to a working week longer than 55 hours and by continuing to refuse to comply with that sentiment mills are furnishing ammunition for the agitators who seek: the ‘48 how week.” The above comment refers tc a large number of southern mills who have a 60 ‘or more hour work week in their plants. in other editorials the wrath oi the gods is called down upon the heads of “the agitators who seem in- clined to concentrate their fire uy:1 the employment of those be wernt} uges of 14 and 16 years of age for more than 8 hours a day.” “There should be no compromisin: ov yielding on this point by cotto: manufacturers of the south,” is thi cry raised in the editorials. “Ther: haa never been any evidence of any injury resuliing from allowing thos between the ages of 14 and 16 t work more than 8 hours daily,” i the statement further made. The} also say that they ave certain tha i 6 fn Emphasis will be laid at these} the | oe Gs prouners ie fee are ala neetings on the lessons for the work- | ~ | PDOSRE: HO LRanbeead ers of the world of the Paris Com- D il W k | Mussolini Threatens RS aT a an ‘ ‘o Suppress German Newspapers in Tyrol | ROME, March 4.—A threat to sup- press all German papers in Tyrol was made by Mussolini yesterday. After declaring that “hereafter he would let the. facts do the talking,” bank-to- || H lems of the British @ trade union ntove- ment, ~ A. Losov- 4 sky, general secre- tary of the R. I. 4 L. U. said in an in- 4 terview today. “All of the ob- ective conditions,” 3 he said, Mea iit biep 5 England is heading A. Losovsky, for great social R. IL. U. Head struggles, just as} if to flaunt the members of the Gen- eral Council who desire industrial ‘peace.’ “All these struggles will be doomed to defeat if led by those who deliber- ately supported the enemy in May, 1926. It becomes plain, therefore, that the Minority Movement’s tactics. in England are extremely important.” PARIS COMMUNE DAY 1S PLANNED Many Cities Will Hold Celebrations Paris Commune Day will be cele- brated by a larger number of cities than ever before in the country, the International Labor Defense, 799 Broadway, announces. Among the cities scheduling meet- ings are Chicago, Milwaukee, New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Pitts- burgh, Martins Ferry, Gary, Cleve- land, Kansas City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Toledo, Detroit, Su- verior, Duluth, Minneapolis, St. Paul, and many other cities. The Boston meeting, March 18, will be addressed by Max Shachtman, edi- tor of the Labor Defender and author | f a booklet on the Paris Commune. | Lessons for U. 8S. Workers. The speaker in Philadelphia will be Manuel Gomez, secretary of the All-| America Anti-Imperialist League. In| Chicago one of the speakers will be Bishop William Montgomery Brown. The various locals are preparing) slaborate programs in addition to the speaking, such as tableaus, music and | drama, f Asbestos Trust Charged | In Federal Court Suit The federal government has brought suit in U. S. District Court against a businéss group which it! charges is violating the Sherman anti-trust Law by monopdlizing 95 - Despite Terrorism left wing parties are expected in the elections which will take place to- morrow. Numerous workers have been ar-} rested for demonstrations against the Pilsudski government and trade union and left wing headquarters have been raided by the police. Ob- servers here point to the recent gains of the Communists in the municipal elections at Lodz, Grodno and War- saw as indicative of the general trend in polities. SWEDISH PAPER LOCKOUT TODAY 57,000 Workers Will Be Thrown Out of Jobs STOCKHOLM, March 4.—More than 27,000 workers in the paper industry will be thrown out of work tomorrow when the lockout an- nounced by the paper mill employers goes into effect. A large. number of workers in the wood pulp industry have already been locked out. The workers have categorically rejected the demands of the indus- trialists for a longer working day and a lower wage. Both chambers of the Swedish Riksdah have refused to consider the proposal that the na- tional anti-trust laws be applied to the trade unions. Current Burns R.R.Men STAMFORD, Conn.. March 4. — PARIS, March 4.—The long-dis- bassador to Paris. The agreement will be submitted im- mediately for the approval of Eng- land and Italy. The new agree- ment will place a Spanish officer in- spector general of the police of the city of Tangier. It is generally believed here that the agreement will meet with the ap- proval of Sir Austen Chamberlain, British minister of foreign affairs, A. Chamberlain, Tory leader Nanking Delegation Seeks U. S. Support (Special to The Daily Worker) LOS ANGELES, March 4,—Mem- hers of the right wing Kuomintang Nanking government’ arrived here Sunday. General Hsu Shung-chi, Chan Han-yu, Prof. Chou Lou and C. T. Tsing are among the Nanking representatives who arrived. The Nanking government is making an attempt to secure the support of the United States and other imperial- ist powers. Power Trust Rates In 1926 the average rate charged domestic users of electricity in the United States on the 25,000,000,000 kilowatt hours they consumed was 7.Ac per k.w.h., as compared with 2c in Ontario under the publicly owned plant. Fascist Govt. of Peru | Arrests Strike Leaders Andrew Kennedy, 30, a worker on an | ‘electric signal bridge of ‘the New! Haven Railroad, was instantly killed | when his head touched a wire support- | ing an 11,000 volt feed wire. His | body was enveloped in flames. Ben- | jamin Simmon.s a fellow worker, was | _ | badly burned by the flames and may die from his injuries, get a new | newsstand Sympathizers and | readers we ask you to CALLAO, Peru, March 4.—Eight leaders cf the dock workers’ strike have been arrested by the police, it |Hall, and was attended by a large jof arms from fascist Italy to Hun- Police Injure Five at Demonstration CAIRO, Egypt, March 4.—Five students were severely injured when police attacked a demonstration} against the British-Egyptian treaty | and against the British-controlled government. The huge student de- monstration which was held in front of the “House of Nations” was fin-| ally dispersed by the police. | The widow of Zaghoul Pasha, who, attempted to quiet’ the students in aj speech from a balcony was shouted | down by the students. Placards de- nouncing the government and the treaty were carried by the demonstra- tors. Annual Bazaar To Aid Political: Prisoners Five Big Days RESTAURANT MUSIC EXHIBITIONS CONCERTS | | cammmaeemananamtinammammel | WORKERS FIGHT | any” | crzatos i-HOUR WEEK Friday PATERSON, N. J. Mar. 4,—In! answer to the declaration of many | silk mill owners that they intend to} bring back the 50 hour work week,! a mass meeting of silk workers’) unions and other bodies of organized labor held here late Friday night, unanimously passed a resolution to inaugurate a drive to maintain the) eight-hour day. | The meeting was held under the auspices of the Associated Silk/ Workers Union at the Carpenters’! DANCING Saturday and Sunday EVENT of the YEAR March 7, 8,9,10,11 AFFAIR OF THE 50,000 AT STAR CASINO 107th Street and Park Avenue. TICKETS ON SALE AT: I. L. D. Office, 799 Broadway, Room 422; Jimmie Higgins Book Shop, 1066 University Pl.; Prolet- cos Cafeteria, 30 Union Square; Daily Worker, 33 E. 1st St., New York. crowd of workers representing the! . F. of L. as well as independent | nions, Join and Support the International Labor Defense. } Discuss Fascist Arms | GENEVA; March 4.—The shipment | was learned today. The dock work- ers were striking for higher wages and better conditions. gary will be taken up tomorrow at the meeting of the Council of the League of Nations. FOR Organization of the unorgan- ized, 2. Miners’ Relief. 3. Recognition and Defense of the Soviet Union, A REAL LENIN RUTHENBER( FIGHT! AGAINST 1. Injunctions. 2. Company Unions. 3. Unemployment. ;, ini per cent of the asbestos trade. | 4. Persecution of the Foreign | | a e 2 . be ig lg = . the Pr sees: Darna Un, the -Aaaeel nam eae Bie aloud Hi origi lett Farmers’ Bose: | | i A suit are the Asbestos Corp., Ltd.; newsdealer. 5. War. | League of Nations was nonsense, Govermpent a FOR LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS “The League of Na ions? Geneva? What a hope,” he said. Where Sandino Fought Scene of the recent battle in which the nationalist Nicaraguan forces routed a detachment of United States marines. ; ¢ Dillon Read and Co., bankers, and the Johns Hanville Co. The asbestos trust has fixed prices and acted in restraint of trade, the suit charges. Wages paid the asbestos miners and iworkers in asbestos plants are un- jusually low, due to the fact that ‘their unorganized condition has ren- |dered these workers helpless in the |face of the huge and wealthy com- )Sination of firms against them. 300 Ask Philadelphia Jobs; 50 Are Accepted | PHILADELPHIA. — Five hundred ‘men applied for work when Kensing- (ton Shipyard & Drydock Co. opened jafter 10 mon hs shutdown. Fifty men were employed. Later the force may be increased to 1500, if business warrants. 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