The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 15, 1928, Page 2

RAISE $58.00 TO DEFEND “WORKER” AT ACTIVE MEET Worcester Prepares to} Push Campaign ee sful meeting rs of the PROVIDE) At a very s Sunday of mem (Communist) Party, readers of and} sympathizers with The DAILY WORKER—the first DAILY WOR March 14.—| here} ER “Builders Club” in Providence was formed. | The big ting, opened by H.} Shapiro, DAILY WORKER agent ir Providence, heard A. Ravitch, circu-| lation manager of the paper, discuss! the need of a strong “Builders Club” to intensify the national subscription} drive in Rhode Island. Ravitch told the meeting of the| danger with which the paper is faced} as a result of the attacks of the| United States Government and em- phasized the importance of the “Builders Clubs” in the work of or- ganizing activity on behalf of the “DAILY.” Propose to Form Club. When Ravitch had finished speak- ing, it was proposed from the floor that the meeting proceed at once with the formation of the “Club.” The motion was accepted. Nineteen work- ers were immediately incorporated into the new body which proceeded with the formation of plans for, the subscription drive. House to house subscription work, frequent free distribution of the DAILY WORKER and the opening of new news-stands for the paper were arranged. Fifty-eight dollars for the defense of The DAILY WORKER was col- lected before the end of the meeting with the promise that more would be contributed in the course of two weeks. “ s * Worcester Meeting Success. WRCESTER, Mass., (By Mail).— In spite of heavy, snowy weather) scores of members of the Workers} (Communist) Party turned out in a} general membership meeting here} Friday, to hear A. Ravitch, circula- tion manager of The DAILY WORKER, discuss the dangers} threatening the workers’ press and proposed means by which the work- ers can defeat them. Plans for organizing the subscrip- | tion drive in Worcester and vicinity | were discussed and the strengthen- ing of DAILY WORKER “Builder Clubs” was decided upon. Other plans of an organizational nature were also arranged for. The entire Party organization in Worcester is behind ihe drive and| promises to put across the subscrip- tion campaign in their area. Thirty-one dollars for the defense of The DAILY WORKER was col- lected at the meeting. | KEYMEN IN NEW LABOR ATTACKS, (Continued from Page One). the complete muzzling of the work- ers’ press. The arrest of Wm. F. Dunne, Bert Miller and Alex Bittel- | man was the result of the representa- tions made by this organization of American fascists. Again the life of The DAILY} WORKER is in the hands of the American working class. Only their, contributions can ‘hold off the attack | of the militarist# organizaiions and} prevent the crushing of the only mili- tant English labor daily in the world.| The danger is great. Respond to} your paper’s need. Rush your con- tributions to The DAILY WORKER, 33 First Street,.New York City. Charged With Bribery, Milk Dealer Pleads | Henry M. Danizer, of Middle Vil lage, recently indicted charged with bribery in connection with the bring- ing of “bootleg milk” to New York City, has asked Judged Frank F. Adel} in Queens County Court to dismiss the indictment. Danizer is alleged to have paid a bribe of $1,440 to Thomas J, Clougher, former secretary to the health commissioner. The plea for the dismissal of the indictment was based on testimony given by the defendent against other alleged violators of the health laws. Labor Defense Benefit A gala night for the readers and friends of the “Labor Defender,” the illustrated monthly magazine of the Internationa] Labor Defense, will be held Friday night at the New Play- wrights’ Theatre, 40 Commerce St., where Mike Gold’s whimsical fantasy in black and white, “Hoboken Blues,” THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1928 Here are Larry Peterson and Cullen R. Miller, rank and file miners of (District 5 New York te work with the Pennsylvania-Ohio Miners Relief Soeiety to raise funds for the wives and children, in the Washington probe wh unwilling to receive help from Yesterday these coal diggers together with two of their fellow workers gave the lie to the senators These Two Coal-Diggers Are Relief Workers | | 1 ) California, Pa. They are in 600,000 starving miners, their o stated that the miners are this Society. RULING IS SOUGHT ON NICARAGUAN STAMP, A complaint was filed by the All- America Anti-Imperialist League yesterday morning, applying for a temporary injunction against New York Postmaster John J. Kiely and Postmaster General Harry S. New, who have refused to allow the league to use a stamp bearing the inscrip- tion “Protest Against Marine Rule in Nicaragua.” The complaint was filed by Manuel Gomez, secretary of the United States section of the League, through Arthur Garfield Hayes, hi: 1 attorney. | “The use of the stamps has been only a part of our propaganda,” | Gomez said, “but the issue takes on! additional importance only because of the government interference which makes it a sudden expression of the | |consciousness and ruthlessness with | which the United States government is proceeding along the imperialist path. Aid for Sandino. “At the same time as we carry our propaganda into the courts we also are carrying it among the masses of the people by sending out 25,000 cir- culars and appeals for funds to aid! Gen, Augusto Sandino with bandages and medical supplies. The post office department notified the League in January that it was violating section 212 of the United States Penal Code and that the stamps were libellous and obscene, according to the complaint. Other organizations have used stamps without interfer- ence from the government, however, Gomez points out. Demands Injunction The complaint ks the court not only to issue an injunction restrain- ing the defendants from interfering j with the mail of the League, but to declare the defendants, Postmaster Kieley and Postmaster General New, were without autyority in declaring the stamps unmailable, A meeting will be held by the New: York Branch of the league Monday, March 19, at 8 p. m, at Irving Plaza, } 15th St. and Irving place on the sub- ject of “Wall Street’s War with Nic- aragua.” Scott Nearing and Toribio ‘dijerino, former Nicaraguan consul general in New York, will be the speakers, SCHOOL EXPELS LEAGUE MEMBER Was Active Among Stu- dents in Michigan | MASS, Mich. Mar. 14.—Because jhe was a member of the Young Work- ers (Communist) League, FelixUotina was expelled from the Greenlend| Township High School here. He ap-| pealed the action but the authorities |}stood firm. The excuse they gave is that there is a state law forbidding secret orders and fraternities in the public schools. The Young Workers League points out, however, that this is beside the point because the League | is an open organization and a politi- cal one, not a fraternity. Uotina, who is a fine speaker, has ,been instrumental in spreading Com- | munist propaganda among his fellow | students and the young’ workers. Hef has upheld the Communist point of | view in.many debates and has always | won the support of the audience. The capitalist authorities, realizing the great. influence this worker has over his comrades, is trying to put a stop to his good work. The Young Work- ers League declares, however, that they will fight to have Uotina rein- stated, is “playing. pele anaat FOR LABOR UNITY. Vern Smith, editor of “Labor Unity” will be the principal speaker at a con- ference of Labor Unity agents to be held tonight at 8 o’clock at 101 E, 14th St. Plans for city-wide distribution will be discussed. a Severe earthquake tremo fornia to the north of Los Angeles a few days ago, and sev- ered the water system in tha forced by poverty to live in houses, are alwwys the chief sufferers in earthquakes. Photo | shows the effect of the last earthquake on workers’ homes in Santa Barbara, Earthquake Threatens Workers on Coast pe oo Kl I i 78 shook the section of Cali- t city. The workers, who are the most poorly constructed POLICE FAIL TO STOP HORTHY PROTEST HERE Hungarian Terrorists Here for Cash / (Continued from Page One) country as a prop for its discredited power at home, according to the workers, and is using the name of the Hungarian patriot. Mass Meeting Called. The’ Anti-Horthy League has called a mass meeting for today from 4 to 8 p. m. at the Central Opera House to demand the immediate departure of the delegation and freedom for the workers and peasants in Hungary, where many have been killed*or im- prisoned. English-language as well as foreign-language speakers will ad- dress the meeting. The Workers. (Communist) Party, the International Labor Defense and the Anti-Horthy League are partici- pating in the démonstartions, which the organized workers in other cities to be visited by the delegation ex- pect. to carry on, according to dis- patches received in New York. In addition to Mayor Walker the other speakers at the reception that was. held in. the city hall were Baron Sigmund Perenyi, chairman of the delegation; Mayor Sipoc of Budapest and Morris Zuker, chairman of the Kossuth Memorial Committee, Will- iam H. Wooden of the mayor’s recep- tion committee presided. When the delegation was leaving the city hall pickets started to dis- play banners. Mounted police drove into their ranks and dispersed them, Several thousand leaflets were dis- tributed. Ceremony Today. The delegation will attend the un- veiling of the statue of Louis Kos- suth, Hungarian patriot at 113th St. and Riverside Drive this afternoon. The delegation claims that it came to America for the purpose of partici- pating in the ceremony. Liberal Hun- garians in America charge the dele- gates are here to secure a loan for the fascist government of Hungary and to promote fascist® propaganda. More than a dozen shots were fired into the line of workers demonstrat- ing’in front of the White Star Line pier at 17th St. and West St, at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday night. In addition more than a score of workers were severely beaten up. Police Brutality. No police action against demon- strating workers in recent years has equalled in brutality this action of the police and detectives, who num- bered several hundred. When the Hungarian fascists reached the Knickerbocker Hotel at 45th St. and Broadway at 11:30 p. m. additional pickets with banners greet- ed the white terrorists. Police here also broke up the picket line, beating up many workers When the 672 fascists started to enter the buses at the pier, the line of pickets, banners high, -started to march along West St. from 18th St. towards 17th St. Mounted police blocked the progress of the workers jand compelled them to march into lith St. in the direction of 11th Ave. The pickets quickly reformed their lines and once again appeared on 11th Ave, suddeniy coming from 18th St, Detectives and patrolmen started beating up the workers driving them in 17th St, once again, After half of the pickets had been driven to lith Ave., the police circled the tail end of the line which consisted of about 20 workers, One policeman entered the circle and> compelled one.worker at a time to leave, the policemen hit- ting them with their nightsticks when they were driven out of the line, Women as well as men were the vic- tims of the police terror, Re-form Line, While this war going on the other pickets were again re-forming: their lines on 11th Ave. They again ap- peared on West St. and once more mounted and foot police drove into them. » Clubs were ‘used freely, the crack of the clubs on the heads of scores of workers sounding above the cheers of defiance by the demonstra- tors, The line was then driven into 17th St. again. When they were half way down the block with mounted po- lice on their heels, the camera of a newspaper photographer exploded on West St. more than a half a block away from any of the demonstrating workers. The police started shooting at the retreating workers, Other patrol- men nearer the workers also drew out their revolvers and also started shoot- ing point blank at the workers, some of whom were only a few feet away from them. Due to the intense dark- ness on 1ith Ave, no one was hit, altho several workers were beaten in- to semi-consciousness. In _ several cases four or five police attacked one worker and beat him for five or six minutes. The police under the im- pression that the exploding camera was a bomb, became ruthless, Work- ers were chased in some cases for several blocks and then beaten, No attempts at arrest were made. Mem- participated. Intimidate Workers. More than an hour later individual workers were stopped by patrolmen detectives in the neighborhood of bers of the industrial and bomb squad | rovidence Forms “Builders Clubs” to Aid Daily Worker Subscription Driv ——~> } i: ea Exploit Desire for naval aviators in an effort to Desire for excitement, publicity and financial rewards are being systematically exploited by the war-mongers in their effort to extend the aviation machinery of the capitalist countries, British and American rivalry in building up their military forces has resulted in a series of aviation stunts by Hinchcliffe (left), British military aviator, left on a mys- terious flight with Elsie Mackay (right) as passenger. make flying attractive Walter STRIKE VO AT TEXTILE MEET Officials Betray Men, Delegates Declare hosTon, Mass., (By Mail).— Delegates from textile committees in jmills thruout the New England | States, as well as from the Amalga- ;mated Textile Councils and locals of the United Textile Workers partici- |pated Sunday in a conference of the utmost importance to textile work- jers the country over. Sensational disclosures of exploita- |tion, speed-up, doubled and tripled | production, $7 average week’s wages, |§8 to 72 hours of work, were the | general reports of the delegates. Betrayals by officials of the Uni- ted Textile Workers and the Amer- ican Federation of Textile Operatives, presidents and other “leaders,” serv- ing as efficiency experts for the ‘bosses, were described by the dele- ;gates. In one instance an official acted as police-chief to suppress the workers, as in the case of Tansay of ithé A. F. T. O. in New Bedford. This ‘situation in the industry and in their organizations confronted the dele- gates at this conference. The conference decided to form committees in every mill to unite those committees in the cities, states end nationally; and immediately pro- ceed to organize the unorganized in the New England states, as well as immediately making contact with the southern states, The conference voted unanimously to form the New England district of “Textile Mill Committees” with head- quarters at 20 Olneyville Square, | Providence, R. I. the pier and if their explanation of their presence was not satisfactory they were also beaten up. Many work- ers were searched for weapons and |then attacked. , Placards Displayed. At 11 p. m., a half an hour before the fascist delegation reached the Knickerbocker Hotel, pickets marched on Broadway between 44th St, and 45th St, to call attention to the rea- son for the demonstration. Thou- sands watched the marchers, includ- ing the theatre crowd. When the white terrorists reached the hotel at 11:30 p. m. the picketers again appeared on the scene. Three times they formed their lines and three times the police charged them. Motoreycle police drove on the side- walk. Some of the placards displayed at the demonstrations read: “How Many Innocent Workers Did You Murder, Horthy?”; “Free the Thousands Rot- ting in Horthy Prisons”; “We De- mand the Immediate Departure of the Murderers of the Hungarian Workers NATIONWIDE PULLMAN TE PLANNED FORM COMMITTEES, and Jews” and “Long Live the Seco: Hungarian Soviet Republie™ $e By ESTHER LOWELL. (Federated Press.) Stripping down for a fight is. ex- actly. what the Brotherhood of Sleep- ing Car Porters is doing. Before calling for a strike vote the union is intensively preparing to make its ac- tion against the Pullman Co. effec- tive. “The decision of the interstate com- merce commission not to consider our case has proven a fine rallying point for the porters,” declares general or- ganizer A. Philip Randolph. The I. C. C. decision virtually up- held tipping as a legitimate part of wages. Randolph expects a vote fav- orable to the sirike in at least 20 main centers for porters. Action To Be Forceful. Union supervisors are being sent into each of 7 regional zones the or- ganization has delineated. The super- visors will be in touch constantly with the organizing executive committees which have had charge of union af- fairs to date. Keymen among the! union porters will be lined up to lead’ the fight locally. No time will be} wasted, says Randolph, in exhorting stragglers among the porters and maids to keep in line. The union plans) to make its action forceful and ef- fective enough to bring out the work- ers and cripple Pullman service on all main railroads, Tips For Wages. » While the dissent of three members of the interstate commerce commis- sion from the decision to dismiss the porters’ complaint was hopeful to the Brotherhood, no further action by the commission will be sought. Henry T. Hunt was counsel for the union in the first action. The porters’ com- plaint was based on the Pullman practice of counting tips as part of workers’ pay without publishing the fact in its rate schedules, The I. C. C. majority. decision was that the union really wanted a wage adjust- ment, over which the commission had no authority. Public sympathy has been built up by the Brotherhood from its incep- tion two and a half years ago. In the past few months representative citi- zens’ committees of whites and col- ored have been organized in New York, Chicago, and other cities to support the union’s fight for decent cogditions in Pullman service. ‘Bronx Workers Forum ‘For Miners’ Relief According to Hannah L. Siegel, secretary of the Bronx branch of the Miners’ Relief Committee, the re- sponse thus far received to the con- ference call sent to Bronx workers’ organizations indicates the interest of all Bronx workers inthe miners’ ‘struggle and their eagerness to help \them win their fight for a living wage and decent working conditions. The conference will be held Sun- day at Ambassador Hall, Third Ave. jnear Claremont Parkway, the Bronx, at 10 a. m. The conference will 'be lattended by a striking miner direct from the strike area. A permanent, enlarged Bronx committee for Min- rs’ Relief will be formed. Getting Ready for “Red Revue” Tomorrow Night j cy taeamreciusemeen |POLICE DEMAND IMPRISONMENT OF UNEMPLOYED Philadelphia Workers Appeal Sentences PHILADELPHIA, March 14, -— The attitude of the police of this city towards the organization of the un- employed was shown yesterday in the j trial of the appeal of 16 workers from sentences of $10 fine or 30 days in \jail for participation in a meeting February. 12. Judge Allesandronf, who presided at the appeal hearing, took the matter under advisement and ordered the filing of briefs. Superintendent of Police Mills stated that he had refused a permit for a meeting at Machinist Temple, February 12, when George Evans, one of the 16 defendants, applied for it, because the applicant was reputed to have “Communistic leanings” and “in the interest of law and order,” He further stated that he ordered police to prevent the meeting from moving to the Workers (Communist) party headquarters. Other police told of arresting men for trying to enter the building although they had no warrants. The police attorney, H. Eugene Heine, asked the court to sustain the action of the police, Among the defendants are Herbert Benjamin, district organizer of the Workers Party, and Pat Toohey, mili. tant coal miner. The meeting was called by the Phi adelphia Council of the Unemployed. NUMBER OF FLOOD DEAD IS MOUNTING Demand for an Inquiry. Into Tragedy Grows (Continued from Page One) where 300 homes were swept away with an undetermined loss of life, an- nounced that he would conduct an “inquiry.” It is expected, however, that the official quiz will evaporate just as soon as the immediate effects uf the catastrophe are overcome, Tragic Scenes. Grim, tragic scenes pervaded the entire southern valley, with loss of life and homes affecting hundreds of families. The vast majority of the vietims are farm-hands employed in this territory, and at least 100 con- struction workers employed by the Southern Caliornia Edison Company. Morgues have been established wherever places could be made avail- able—lodge rooms, pool parlors and dance halls. Property damage is estimated to have exceeded $10,000,000, with the city of Los Angeles the heaviest in- dividual sufferer. The waters flat- tened scores of homes, ranches, rail- road lines and bridges, tore out wire systems, light and power wires and gas mains. IN PHILADELPHIA Youth Conference for March 23 PHILADELPHIA, March 14. — A youth conference for miners’ relief was held here under the auspices of the Youth Committee for Miners’ Re- lief. Among the organizations rep. resented were the Students’ Forum of the University of Pennsylvania, the Friends of Nature, the | Millinery Workers’ Union, three locals of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ Un ion, the Baptist Temple Community Forum, the Young Workers’ Athletic Club, the Young Workers (Commu- nist) League, and other student groups. The miners’ strike and the role of the youth in the strike was fully discussed and plans were made- for educational and relief drives in Philadelphia. b: A youth mass meeting for miners’ relief has been arranged for March 28, and a house-to-house collection for relief will be conducted by the young workers this Sunday. Concert Planned For Foreign Born Workers Letts, Finns, Hungarians, Jews, Ukrainians and other nationalities will give a program of instrumental and vocal music and ballet dances Sunday afternoon at 66 E, 4th St. The coneert will be followed by a dance, The affair is under the auspices of the New York Council for the Pro- tection of Foreign-Born Workers, 39 Union Square. MINE RELIEF MEET