The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 20, 1928, Page 2

Photos above RAP ee show scenes taken when the S-4, death FOR 42, RA x Sh trap of its crew of 42, was ISED MONT THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, MAHCH 20, 1928 raised three months after the submarine went down after a collision with the S. S. Paulding, off Provincetown, Mass. The REPARATION dis- aster is blamed on the “big navy” drive of the navy department which allowed the submarine to operate in a crowded area, without a warning patrol boat being furnished. The navy department was whitewashed by th official board of inquiry. Photo at left shows the S-4 shortly after it was raised. Second photo shows the submarine being towed to Boston; the tomb of 42 sailors, victims of official negligence. Photo at right shows the salvaged S-4 in port at Boston New Haven Redoubles Its Efforts in Daily ANNAHERBSTIS ILLINOIS MINERS CALL FOR GENERAL STRIKE PUSHING DRIVE IN CONNECTICUT “May Take Lead in Sub Race Soon The New Haven district is rolling up a new total in the natiorel sub- scription campaien to add 19.970 new readers to The DAIL.Y WOPKER. Under the canahle leadershin of Anna Herbst, the Connecticut area ir rushing new envelopes crammed fu’) of subscriptions to the New York of- fice of the paper. “We are really only at th ring of our work,” Herbst in a letter a subscriptions. a tangements for a much more inten sive activity in the subscription field and expect to show results within a very short time.” Learn of Paner. Free distributicns of The WORKER made among hurdreds of New Haven workers have dene much to bring the paner to the attention of readers in the New Englend section, in the opinion of Anna Herbst. k the New t mede might be copied with advantage by manv other sections thruout the United States,” <he writes. i Sabs Come In. ‘Scores of sabs have already beert turned in by workers in the New Haven district and it is expected that many more will be received before the end of the campaign. The most carcful preparation has tp bieeer DAILY been given to the drive in New Haven | } and no energy kas beer spared in getting the subscriptions. New Haven promises to capture the lead from Los Angeles before May 1 at the rate the Connecticut city is pro- fressing now. OIL JUDGE IS NAWED IN. QUIZ Demand Al. Smith Tell of Sinclair Deal (Continued from Page One) Sinclair had contributed to Smith’s 1920 campaign. Senator Nye (R) of North Dakota, chairman of the investigating com- mittee, replied that “we do have in- formation that Sinclair did contri- bute to Governor Smith’s campaign.” “Sinclair was a liberal contributor to the democra. ic npaign fund in 1920 in New Yor Robinson con- tinued. “And A pointed him to the state where he continued to serve i 1924 and 1925. Under tho tions, I think the commi might well cal] Governor Smith and ascer- tain his relations with Sincla The senate public land committee investigating the Teapot Dome oil slush fund case today was studying @ report that a package containing condi- $50,000 in oil bonds was sent by an} oil company to one “F. L. Siddons, Washington, D. C.” The district supreme court judge who recently sentenced Harry F. Sin- elair and William J. Burns to prison for jury tampering is Frederick L. Siddons, Justice Siddons also con ducted the Teapot Dome conspiracy case against Sinclair and Albert B. Fall, former cabinet member. The package appears to have been delivered by mistake to a Mr, Siddons in Washington, Ill., a town 125 miles southwest of Chicago, near Peor.a. Government agents have heen sent tu Washington, Il., for further informa- tion vetvre the senate committee makes public any testimony on this phase of the slush fund deals through which the republican party financed the election of the Harding-Coolidge ticket in 1920. The senate committee, under the chairmanship of Sen. Nye, has gone into executive session to consider tes- timony given secretly in Chicago last _ Week on the Siddons report, ' i er orker Subscription Campaign (Continued from Page One) Pittsburgh conference and urged them not to be taken in by the empty threat of the defeated machine. Joe Angelo, secretary of the dis- trict committee, likewise urged wn miners to stand firm with their bro- |thers in Pennsylvania and Ohio. |“Spread the strike” was the keynote of the meeting. Rank and file enthu- | siasm rose to the highest pitch. Min- jers cheered at the mention of Alex | Howat, «wansas militan. leader anu | Corbishly. Allard and Rukavina, oi the district Save-the-Union Commit- tee were likewise received enthusias- tically. Support was pledged to the “Coal _| Digger,” organ of the Committee. The miners were urged to elect del- egates to the National Conference at Pittsburgh, April 1. 0 ie Conference Supports Progressives JOHNSTONE CITY, Ill., Maren 19. —Seventy-one delegates from twenty locals representing .wenty thousanc miners of souchern Illinois held a conference here yesterday morning and voted to support the program o. the Save-the-Union Comthittee. Amid ch enthusiasm as has no: been shown in years at the prospect of a new union dedicated to militant strug- gle, olutions were adopted calling upon the Mlinois miners o come out on a general strike in support of the Pennsylvania-Ohio miners. | Fifteen delegates to the April 1, “ave-the-Union Conference were chosen and a program was adopteo to carry out ihe steps which wil! make the plan a success. * * * Great Movement at Springfield. SPRINGFIELD. IIL, ilarch 18. (By ail)—One of the greatest mas. movements of the miners in recen. years was dramatized here in a Save- the-Union meeting held I'riday even ing at which John Brophy, one of the leaders of the progressive forces, ad- dressed hundreds of miners on th. tasks before them to save the union. Led by George Voyzey, who was counted out by John L. Lewis of his majority vote for the presidency oi the organiza ion in 1924, hundreds o. |_pringfield miners marched from thc \c vurt. House on the City- Square to the Slovenian Hall, to hear Brophy eak. Voyzey presided at the meet- ing. The Court House hall previously engaged for ihe meeting had beer. closed to them in the last minuti through the influence of the reaction- ary union district officials. The Springfield Arsenal which had also been requested for the mecting wa. refused, evidently due to the samc influence. “Come on out, get organized and become real union men,” some miner: shouted f.rom the ranks cf th marchers as they passed the Wabas} freight offices and no iced a number of clerks peeking out their heads tc see what the parade was about. Keep Up the Fight. Arriving at the hall the speaker: John Brophy, Joe Angelo and Joh: J. Watt mounted a table and tol the assembled miners of the cond.- ticns of the industry, of the unio: and urged them to keep up the fien lagainst the union smashing a tempi. {ot the operators and to free the unio. |from the company influences exer \cised by .he official lac.eys. Bropny made a searching analysi: into the prc.ent situa ion of the in austry and the union and very clear.) put forward the program cf th ~ave-tne-union Commitiee. He staed that the acceptance of the settlement in 1922 by Lewis coverin, only some parts of the field and leay- ing over 100,000 miners, who a shori time before had joined the union and had come out on strike with it, to shift for themselves was the greatest betrayal ever perpetrated upon the miners. These men, together with < total of 200,000 other members, ha. since been lost by the union due tc the treacherous policies pursued. “Tt is to cover up these wrong policies that the Lewis administratior from the top down is now trying desperately to prevent by any anc all means any discussion by th miners of their union situation,” saic Brophy. Lewis a Poiiticai Traitor. Dealing with the Lewis politica. policy Brcophy assericd that during the last presidential eloctions wher even the A. F. of L. endorsed the La = folle te candidacy Lewis under the excuse of being able to enter the White House through the front door and get something for labor endorsea Coolidge. “Now tell me men,” said Brophy, “what did Lewis get from Coolidge ¢’ This was greeted wi-h a roar of laughter. Brophy told the assembled miners that Illinois must not scab on the ennsylvania-Ohio miners, but shoulda -ay down tools April 1, against tac con emplated wage cuts, in a nationa: strike for a national settlement. He said the program of the Save-the- Union Committee offers the correct solution in .he present situation anu urged the Illinois local unions to sena lelegates to the Pitisburgh confer- ence April 1. Hundreds Turned Away. Hundreds of miners had to be turned away after the larger halis aad been refused. Cnly avout iwo aundred ecculd be stusfed into th. small Sloven.an Hall. Several efforis were made to even to stop that meet- ing by cancelling the hall, but this Jailed. * * * Indiana Miners Join. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., March 19.— A state Save-the-union Conference f all Indiana miners was held at clinton Sunday evening and adoptec .ae program of the national Save- he- vni.n Committee and voted unani- mously to support the Apr.l 1 con- ference at Littsburgh and io send dslegates to the conferente. - One of the most enthusiastic yatherings in recent years gree ed che attacks against “the corrupt anu van.tupt Lewis machine.” Delegates from many camps were present in- cluding a number from Biclnell. YWL CHALLENGES DEMOCRATIC CLUB Offer to Debate Which Party Serves Workers The Lower Bronx Unit, Young Workers (Communist) League, has chalienged the Hungarian Youth Democratic Club, 1034 Prospect Ave., .0 a debate on the question whether tne youth should support the d-mo- cratic party or the Communist move- ment. A challenge signed by Sam Garri- son, educat.onal director, Young Workers League, says in part: “Since we know that the working class youth of America has to pay allegiance to some set of political pr.nciples or other, we challenge your rganization and your pr.nciples to a d_bate. “We would like to suggest the fol- owing subjects for debate: “1, Should the youth follow the ocratic party? . Is demozracy suitable for to- day? “3. Does the right to vote mean anything to the workers? “4, Resolved, that there is demo- eratic government in the U. S. to- day. “5. Do the people rule in the Unit- ad States? “6, Resolved, that the United States is nore democratic than Soviet Russia.” First Issue of “The Proletcos,” Organ of Cooperative Now Out The first issue of “The Proletcos,” \ periodical bulletin published by he Prolet Cooperative Stores, Inc., Je} as just appeared. The organ‘zatior. naintains a cooperative restauran at 80 Union Square and a shoe re- pair shop at 419% Sixth Ave. “The Proletess? anncunces that she capacity of the restauran! will »¢@ doubled within two months anc shat the sho2 shop will be removed so the Union Square building. A drive for $25,000 to be raised by he sale of shares in the cooperative wnterprises is announced. The issue ecntains articles by N. Polak, M. Obermeir, I. Fox, B. Rosen- verg and Dr, V, G, Burteim lca nk alice DEON WINE DISTRICTS ANSWERING CALL “Save-the-Union” Mes- sage EchoesEverywhere (Special to The Daily Worker.) PITTSBURGH; Fa. March 18.— The call to the coal miners of th: unorganized districts issued by the Jave-the-Union Commitee of the United Mine Workers of America, urging them to elect delegates to the National Miners’ Conference to be held in Pittsburgh on April 1s, is being re-echoed in every mine dis- rict. In Fayette County, Pa., especially, ‘he miners are rallying eagerly behinc she conference. For the first time since the great betrayal of 1922. when John L. Lewis sold out the un- organized miners of the co’:e-mining elds, a new wave.of activity, a new irit of struggle, is spreading fror camp to camp as the coal diggers of Fayette C.unty reply to the call cf he Save-the-Union Committee anc prepare to unite their forces with those of the rank and file of ihe United Mine Workers of America. Spread the Strike. The Save-the-Union Committee de- mands the spreading of the Pennsyl- vania-Ohio strike and the organiza tion of .he unorganized miners. The progressive elements declare that the corrupt Lewis machine will never carry thru suth a gasi—that its his- tory has been, a black record of treachery\ thi. thofgsaiced miners. None. know. this better than the miners of Fayette County. In 1922, during the great coal strike, when officials of the Uni ed cine Workers of 1 meriea came into he eoke regicn and called upon the nen to come out on strike with their! brothers in the soft coal fields, be- zause: vic ory depended on solidarity, 2very mine was shut down. The niners. of Fayette County stuck 10C oer cent. Believing that here was an arnest and serious attempt to union z2 he coal fields and break the leadly grip of the coal onerator: 1pon them, they flocked to the union with a great hope and a great vision. Lewis Treachery. They stayed cut six months, eight mon hs, Mahy of taem even longer. ahen, wWuen the operators were ai- -avst beaten and ac tne point of sur- vender, Lewis signed an agreement with the cval companies in the oicvuminous fields, and leit ou, the miners of Fayette County. After aight.ng bravely for many months, vaeir strise was called off and they were ordered baci to work by the union otficials, wi hout a contrac., without a union. Despite this act o: sreachery on the part of Lewis, many of the coke strikers refused to reiur.. <o work un il foread bac« by hung _r. The great opportunity for organi- ng the coke mining fields was lost. Jo baser act cf treachery bl.ts th. record of John L. Lewis than ‘this be- rayal of he miners of Fayette Sounty—a betrayal which: has cos: he union dear. Unorganized Ficlds Ready. Not only here, but in othcr uncr- ganized territcries the response to he all of the Save- he-Un.on Commit- tees grows rapidly. Committees hav. yeon formed in Herminie, Irwin, Yu- con, Export and many other camps n unorganized Westmoreland county. Prom West Virginia, where Lewis has allowed the union to be almosi sompletely smashed, and where he miners earn as little as $2 and $3 a day, reports come that the miners arcund Clar:sburg, Fairmount, and fJorgantown are choosing representa- ‘ives to at end the National Confer- ance April 1st. The consolidation of he mines into a huge trust, now ‘aking place in northern West Vir- yinia, offers a new threa. against the miners which is again awakening them to the necessity of organiza- sion. The National Miners’ Save-the- Union Conference on /pril 1s will lay the basis for a great ‘organizing campaign. In he slogans of Save- she-Union, {pread the Strike, Or- ganize the Unorgani-ed, Lewis Must Go, lies the hope of the miners in the unorgan‘zed regions. They are. join- ing with the progressive miners with- in the union to make ‘he Nationa! Save-the-Union Conference a tremend- ous, far-reaching ‘victory for all the coal miners in the coal fields—organ- ized and unorganized alike. SUPPOR and others, The speakers urged those present to conduct an energetic struggle against American imperialism and to support the campaign the league is Cunaue ing to raise funds to pur- chase bandazes and medical supplies for General sugusto Sand.no, com- mander of the Nicaraguan army of inaependence, On practically every army recruit- ing stavion bulletin board in New York yesterday morning a poster car- ried the slogan “Fight With San- dino, No. Against Him!” These pos- vers were pasted on the boards late Sunday night. They were torn down by the recruiting officers but not until after .housands of worxers had read them. The speakers at last night’s meet- ing in addition to Nearing, who re- recently returned from China and the Sovie. Union, and Dunn; labor econ- omist, included D’Arey Milliken, of the Typograph.cal Union and idorris WN. Y. MEETING APPLAUDS T FOR SANDINO The invasion of Nicaragua by United States marines was protested last night at a large and enthusiastic mass meeting held at Irving Plaza, Irving Piace and 15th St., by the All-America Anti-Imperialist League, addressed by Sco.t Nearing, ivobert W. Lunn ureen of the Wood Carvers’ darriet Silverman presided. Read Tijerino’s Message. A message was read to the meeting ‘rom Toribio ‘tijerino, former coun- sel-general of Nicaragua in New York who was unable to attend. “You can tell them,” writes Tije- tino, “that Nicaraguan politicians are the same breed as American poli- ticians and that their promises and words are twin to theirs, but that the common people of Nicaragua, the mass who toil and struggle, are soul and heart with the heroic and na- triotie General Sandino, already im- mor.al.” T. S. Vaca, who was official rep- resentative in the United States of President. Juan B. Sacasa, liberal leader and. .constitutional president of Nicaragua, has sent a communica- tion to Manuel Gomez, secretary of Union. the . League, congratulating the League on the assis.ance it has ren- dered to Sandino. y/ FIVE ANTI-HORTHY PIGKETS ARRESTED “tty Guards at White House Demonstration (Continued from Page One) New York, charge the Hungarian del- egation came here to propagandize for a larg> Inan for the f+>0's* Hov- thy government. The delegation un- veiled a statue to Kossuth, Hungarian, patriot, in New York as part of their propaganda campaign, the Anti-Hor- thy Tague leaflet charges. After the five pickets had been taken to jail and other demonstrators dispersed by the District of Columbia and federal police, the 390 Hungarian fascists of the Horthy delegation were escorted into the White House, where President Coolidge received them as allies. * * * The International Lobor Defense, 799 Broadway. sent a telegram to the Woachington office of the American Civil Liberties Union yesterday ask- ing for details of the arrests and of- fering its assistance in the defense of 'the pickets. * » * CHTCAGO, March 19—Due to the vressvre and protests of the Ch'cago ‘ranch of the Anti-Horthy Learue Mayor William Hale Thompson has announced that he will not offically raceive the s»-ca'led Kossuth Mom oriel Committee of Hungarian fas. cists now visiting this country. It ir bolieved that the delogation may not visit this ety as 2 recult of the city administration refusing to give if an cf%-ial recention to that which was recived from Mayor Walk- er in New York City. Held Mass Me ‘The “Ariti-Forthe: | “sates mass meet’ng at North West all, North ond Western Sts. ‘i : ers ineluded A. Lowy, Paul Petras Louis Barta, Louis Navy, A. Foldi Jecob Fehrr. C. Crossman and Ernest Klons‘ein, all activs amon the Hun- gar‘en wor”ers in this city, A mas» meeting was also held in Gerv, Ind which was addressed by Lowy and Petras. "sae } similar + eo ® PITTSBURGH, March 19, — Anti-Horthy Leavue and re>rese*ta-. tives of Rumen‘an, Czecho-slovak and Juzo-s'av societies have prot&sted to Mayor Charles H Kline who has pro- pared an oficial weleome for the; delovation of Hvngarian fascists echeduled to arrive here on Wedaes- day. Ths Anti-Horthy Leazue protey* wa3 made by Louis Cherny, prosi dent of the Ivcal Irarue and a com- mittee of 14, representing societies with more than 200,000 members in this city. Will Arrive Wednesday. The Horthyites are expected to ar- vive here Wednesday at 6.30 p. m and go to the Fort Pitt and William Penn Hotels where they are to stay Nanking Reaction Bids For Imperialist Aid LONDON, March 19.—In an effort 9 secure the support of Great Bri- ain and the United States, the Nank- ng government has ordered the exe- ution of 51 persons charged with ‘anti-foreign disturbances” when the Nationalist troops took Nanking last pring, according to a report received here by the Manchester Guardian. CRITIGAL PERIOD FOR DAILY WORKER IS NOT OVER YET ‘Workers Must Defend Press From Bosses (Continued from Page One) strikers has cost the paper the furi- ous hatred of all the American capi- talists. Today The DAILY WORKER is in the greatest danger in which it has found itself. Faced with the tremend- ous costs of legal defense which the American courts have forced upon it, with three of its editors out on $1000 bail apiece and awaiting re- arrest daily, The DAILY WORKER has to turn to the American work- ting class to defend it against their enemies. Thousands of dollars are still needed to save The DAILY WORKER from its class enemies. Thousands of lollars are still needed to keep The DAILY WORKER fighting shoulder o shoulder with the striking. miners And it is the workers in their turn who must defend their paper. The best defense you can make is by con- tributing to the support of your paper. Only hundreds of donations will check the campaign of the bosses. Hundreds of donations must be sent to The DAILY WORKER to eep the life in it which the capi- talists are trying to crush out. Every vorker must aid in this defense. Save your DAILY WORKER. Rush your ontributions to The DAILY WORKER, 33 First Street, New York NEW GESTURE AT ORGANIZING 1. RT, Amalgamated Officials Begin “Drive” (Continued from Page One) no announcement was made as to whether he would receive full pay. | The move by the Amalgamated of- \ficials is interpreted as another at- tempt. to stage a “strike” scene in the hope that some concession will be se- jcured from the Tammany Hall of- | ficials, If the Amalgamated leaders are honest in their present announce- ment, they will show their position by MILITANTS. WIN IN CAP UNION ‘Boston Workers Support Their Leaders (Continued from Page One) supervision of a committee of Zarit- zy followers sent for that purpose. | The right wing also conducted a campaign of slander in an effort to | discredit the left wing local admin- istration. The Membership Answers But the membership of the Cap- makers’ Union here answered by a vote of confidence larger than any ‘ever polled before. The returns show S| several necessary preliminary steps:| there were fifteen more votes for 1. They will state openly that the the left wing administration than Tammany officials have by their! was cast at the open elections. [. maneuvers led the workers into a} Goldberg and S. Hershkowitz, right blind alley and that in the future the wingers, sent here to supervise the workers must rely upon their own|¢lection and President Zaritssy him- strength. self were laughed out of the hall at 2, These union officials will an-|special meetings called by Zaritsky nounce. publicly that the traction | triday and Saturday. workers cannot be unioxized except) Part.cularly uncomfortable for the through a real organization drive in Tight wingers were several contra~ which the labor movement will be ‘dictions in the right wing organ, the mustered in support of the traction workcrs. New Leadership. 3. They will take immediate steps ‘to draw into the leadership the forces which the rank and file desires shall be at the lead and those whom the workers trust. The Amalgamated of- ficials know that they themselves will port to. win a strike against the In- \no longer reeeive the necessary sup- \terborough. They will call upon those who have the confidence of the work- ers. until they leave the city. The official reception will be held Thursday at 9:30 a. m. when the dele- | gation will be received at the city hail by the mayor and cther members of the administration. Following the reception the delegation will be taker on a tour thru the plant of the Car- negie Steel Co. i * * * To Visit Cleveland, CLEVELAND, March 19. — Th Hungarian fascist delegation is ex pected to arrive here Friday mornin: ‘n spite of the protests of the loca branch of the Anti-Horthy League. _ A protest meeting was held tonight, at West Side Turner Hall and an- other meeting will be held tomorrow at Nemeth Hall under the auspices of the AntisHorthy League. Forward. In a long article in Satur- day’s Forward the left wing leaders | were viciously criticized for allowing two members of the union go to pri- ison as a result of a strike case. It developed that one of the two work- ‘ers was none o-her than one of the ‘criticized leaders, namely, J. Gershnn, | president of the union. A vicious editorial also hailed the ‘decision of the general executive ‘board of the Capmakers’ Internation- ‘al to attack ‘he left wing administra- tion of the Boston local. The editorial confidently predicted that the Boston membership would oust the militant leadership in the elections. On an inside page of the same issue, how- ever, a doleful dispatch from Boston told of the victory of the left wing administration. 13,00 Seamen Jobless While the International Seamen’s Club announces after an extensive study that here are more than 13,000 seamen out of employment in Greater New York, the American Seamen’s Triend Society, which is “kept” by the shipping interests, pipes up to ay that there will be a reduction in che number of unemployed when the yachting season, pleasure river riding and the Great Lakes traffic are re- sumed. Meanwhile there are seamen out of work, ne