The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 23, 1928, Page 2

__ TRE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORE, FRIDAY, MARCH Siukee ecletissy 1928 SEND ENVELOPE FULL OF SUBS TO HELP DRIVE Formation of “Builder Clubs” Is Urged An enevelope full of subscriptions sent to the office of The DAILY WORKER by J. K. Chaplik, The DAILY WORKER agent of the Oak- land sub-district, is evidence of the energy with which the California sec-| tion is pushing the campaign to add| 10,000 new readers to the paper by| May Day. Every effort is being made by the workers in the Oakland section to fill | their quota of the big national re scription drive by the closing A number of affairs have been fa te aid The DAILY WORKER and several more are being planned. Commenting favorably on the work which is being done in the Oakland territory, A. Ravitch, circulation manager of The DAILY WORKER, stated that he expected still greater results from the Oakland workers. “The most urgent need in carrying | on the national subscription campaign for 10,000 new readers is the for- | mation of strong DAILY WORKE R | Builders Clubs,” Ravitch went on. He pointed to the work which is being done by the “Builders Clubs” in Bos- ton, Providence and Philadelphia. The | formation of strong “Builders Clubs” to aid the subscription campaign on the west coast, was recommended by | Ravitch. LABOR PARTY IN PENN NOMINATES (Continued from Page One) port of the miners and the workers of many other trades. Other candidates of the Labor Party are: Congress, Levick | C. Knight, a miner of Fayette county; Pete Muselin, barber, of Beaver eounty; Leon Gabrish, glass worker, of -Westmoreland county; Herman Gordon, baker; E. P. Cush, steel worker; J. S. Otis, machinist; Mrs. Anita Brophy, housewife; and James |corporations, |favorable tax settlements. In one in- lcommittee as Mellon knew it would jbe. Oakland District Aids Daily Worker's National Subscription Campaign Kapbineg in on “Glory” Ruth Elder is shown al ing a fat contract to ap to be called “Glorifying the rican Gir h is cashing the ‘ her aviation movie Am in on ory stunt, fol lowing the lead of Lind- nd Chamberlin, who are at- to “glorify” American imperialism | MELLON CHARGED WITHCORRUPTION But He Smiles at Ouster Resolution (Continued from Page One) \He charged Mellon was unfitted for the office because: 1.—The secretary of the treasury withheld for four years all informa- tion about his handling of $50,000 of Harry F. Sinclair’s bonds for the re- publican party. 2.—Mellon owned stocks in forty some of which got very stance, Couzens charged, the govern- ment was defrauded out of $91,000 by a settlement given three Pittsburgh banks, in which Mellon once held} stock. Heavy Contributions. . 3.—Mellon contributed heavily to the $2,000,000 campaign raised by the Mellon-Pepper-Fisher ticket in Penn- ylvania’s 1926 primary. 4.—Mellon held office in violation | of law, which forbids the secretary of the treasury to engage in trade or} commerce. Couzens charged an investigation of the treasury will reveal huge tax frauds. The resolution was sidetracked in a Daley, miner, of Alegheny county; Adam Getto, miner, of Washington | county; Steve Stanley, Max Hitoe | ~and Lonis Fagan, of Phi ladelphia | ecunty. Workers’ Candidates. Following are the candidates for | state senate: John Hoole, farmer, of | Westmoreland county; Milan Resetar, tlerk, of Beaver county; Max Jenkins, | Daley, miner, of Allegheny county; The candidates for general assem- bly are: Allegheny county: Anna} Weisman, housewife; Sam Chudnoff, paperhanger; Nathan Horovitz, | plumber; Fred A. Furrer, painter; | Homer A. Douglas, painter; Edward} E. Callen, painter; Anton Stipol-| check, machinist; A. J. Daugherty, carpenter; Anton Horvat, business agent of the Tailors’ Union; Edward M. Banks, carpenter; Wm. P. Mika- des, barber; Morris Shindler, machin- ist; W. B. Kane, laborer; J. H. Lohr, locomotive engineer; Nelson Larentz, machinist; Robert Lunsdeen, miner; Fred Fisher, miner; Owen Coyle, “miner: John O’Farrell, miner; Con- stant Fornari, miner; John J. Gill,/ miner and justice of the peace. | Fred Siders ive miners of Avella and McDonald, Pa. HI. Robert | Norman, carpenter, chairmar Central Lebor Union of Brownsville, Pa. Wesmoreland cunty; Aa Bowling, tailor; Richard miner. on OD. Nuttall, Beaver county: Harry B. Horvatin, housewife. Fayette county: John B. Stone, miner. It is expected that Brophy and; Thomas will have no difficulties in defeating their opponents in the com- ing primary elections which will take place on April 24th. French Dress Makers To Fight Wage Slash PARIS, March 22.—The coutouré and ssmaking employers here are making an attempt to lower the wages of the workers, by taking ad- vantage of a clause in the agreement with the union, that wages are to be regulated in proportion to the cost of living. The Garment Workers’ Syndicate has notified the employers that they will fight any attempt to lower work- standards. They charge the statistics offered by the employers as false. The attempted reduction amounts to an average of 5% francs weekly. NEW JERSFY OJLER INJURED. JERSEY CITY, March 22.—Joseph | Frank, employed as an oiler by the Public Service Co., was seriously in- jured today when he fell from the/ | jof millions of dollars are lost to the DETROIT FOREIGN ‘ance to labor and to arouse public “Under the present law, hundreds {government by the very fact that these settlements can be closed and forever barred from public observa- | tion,” Couzens said. Fall Gets Postponement. It looked yesterday as if former Secretary of the Interior Fall would /be forced immediately to tell what he |Imows about the election of the Hard- | ing-Coolidge ticket by the republicans | through Harry F. Sinclair’s Contin- ental Trading Company’s oil slush fund. But the district supreme court instead today granted him a post- ponement in the oil conspiacy case over the Teapot Dome lease in which he was scheduled to go on trial with Sinclair April 4. This means that Sin- clair will have a separate trial. Sin- clair, however, is expected to make arrangements for a postponement also when the time seems opportune, The senate committee investigating the oil scandals has decided not to send a sub- committee to El Paso, Tex., to question Fall, for the reason that he expressed willingnéss in a telegram to talk about only a part of the oil deals. COUNCIL FORMED Will Conduct ¢ Campaign for ' Aliens DETROIT, Marth! 22.—A Detroit Council for the Protection of Foreign- born Workers, with headquarters at 2127 Witherell St., has been formed for the purpose of organizing against proposed bills in congress to register and deport non-citizens. The work is in charge of Jeannette D. Pearl, field organizer for the National Council for the Protection of Foreign-born Workers. The organizations represented are: the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Machinists’ Union Local 82, Fellowship for Re- conciliation, Auto Workers’ Union 127, National Woman’s Party, Detroit Federation of Musicians, League for Women Voters, Turner Verein, Coun- cil of Jewish Women and Bakers’ Union Local 77. “Such legislation,” said Miss Pearl, “would work great hardship upon the foreign-born. The object of the coun- cil is to broadcast the bills’ signific- sentiment to the trying consequence resulting from such legislation. The work is carried on by means of mass protest meetings, conferences and \Politicians Wait for a TRANSIT STEAL IS POSTPONED | IN NY ASSEMBLY Better Time (Continued from Page One) Craig represents the Madison and Eighth Avenue Surface Lines which he tried to sell the city at an exor- bitant price. These lines which are now only junk will be worth millions if carfare is increased. While compt- roller of the city Craig did everything to help the traction interests increase carfare. “For camouflage purposes he in- troduced in the local legislative body a so-called five cent fare referendum which he knew and was advised was unconstitutional. Then he was em- ployed and will receive twenty-five thousand dollars for appearing in defense of this referendum which |was declared unconstitutional. The people will lose their entire confi- dence in you on the fare question if jyou allow this man Craig to- appear Jin behalf of the city when everybody knows he is for an increased: fare. Neither Craig nor any other man can Serve two masters. Fire him and em- ploy someone who sincerely favors a five cent fare which will show that you are earnest in the fight to pro- tect the people peainst an increased carfare.” Hylan is Preparing to stage a “come back” in the next election and this explains the telegram to Walk- er. MINERS DONATE TO AID “DAILY” Defend Only Paper That | Fights for Them | (Continued from Page One) writes a miner from the Ohio coal | fields. “I told him that he would not have to pay for the papers now, After the strike he will be glad to pay. “He is an old coal miner of eastern Ohio, 70 years of age. He said that, he would send in a dollar just for a little help. He is in desperate need but said he would send a dollar any- how.” Hundreds of miners are receiving The DAILY WORKER free every day during the strike. They are learning to recognize The DAILY WORKER as the only militant labor daily in the English language. They have learned that The DAILY WORKER is the on- | ly paper which fights shoulder to |shoulder with them against the mine barons and the corrupt leadership of the Lewis-Cappelini machine within the United Mine Workers. Aid Defense. These coal miners have been on strike for a year. Amidst the most} terrible starvation, destitution and terrorism from the mine bosses the striking miners have persisted in their struggle. But now that the very existence of The DAILY WORKER is threatened by the capitalist offensive they have contributed from their poy- erty to defeat the bosses’ attack. These miners are in the front rank of proletarian fighters in the United States. They must not be deprived of the paper which has defended them | and which they have so loyally dé-| fended. Every militant worker in the United States must join with the miners in the defense of The DAILY WORKER. Follow the militant ex- ample of the miners who have con- tributed to the defense of The DAILY WORKER. Defend your paper. En- sure continued free distribution of The DAILY WORKER to the striking miners. Rush your contributions to The DAILY WORKER, 33 First St., New York City. Bosses’ Attack Laws Protecting Workers That a nation-wide attack on pro- tective measures for woman workers has been instituted by manufacturers’ associations, can be seen from a re- port of the Women’s Bureau of the U. S. department of labor. In Massa- chussets, the report states, the Asso- ciated Industries and the New Eng- land Council, bosses’ associations, have had bills introduced in the New ‘England state legislatures to amend the 48 hour week law in order to force textile women workers to work at night until 10 p. m. The report also states that the attorney general of Pennsylvania has placed laundries in the non-manufacturing class, thus en- abling the laundries to evade the women’s night work ith GLAZIER HURT IN FALL, UNION CITY, March 22. — David London, a glazier, fractured his skull when he fell from®* the first story | window of Public School 7 yesterday. | London was replacing a broken win- top of one of the large condensers at plant. publicity. All of these activities are planned for Detroit.” “Flying ok Flies in Company; Legislators Go Up Too ILLINOIS MINERS STRIKE APRIL 1) Move Against: New Lew-| is Betrayal (Continued Probe Page One) out of the miners’ unfon. Last. Sat- urday, March 17th, he announced that individual Illinois operators, who may } desire, can continue business after April first, on the basis of the dis- trict temporary agreement. “Could a policy of betrayal be brought more sharply to its logical | conclusion? It shows who are the “pals” of the union-smashing opera- ters. Operaters’ Plan. “The signing cf the district tem- porary agreement last October was a first step in the sell-out game. It | pleased the operators. The big power- ful coal corporations of the country favored this temporary agreement be- cause it put the Illinois coal niners out of the fight while the operators tried to smash the union in Peénn- sylvania and Ohio, assisted by in- junctions, courts, police and by the separate agreement policy of Lewis and Fishwick. “Lewis and Fishwick, not content with splitting our ranks through the district temporary agreement, now, in their latest announcement propose to further split our ranks by letting in- dividual operators .continue to work, their mines. In reality this means a yroposal to have one local union scab vpon the “others. This we must not permit. General Strike April 1. The ‘District 12, U. M. W. of A’ | Savethe-Urion Committee, therefore calls ‘upon all THinois miners to ‘lay down tools: April first. If any mines try to continue to operate—strike and picket those mines. We call upon the states of Indiana, Kansas, Iowa and the others having temporery agreements and to. whom the Lewis announcement. wilk equally epply, to also join in the strike and picket every mine that tries to oper- ate. “Strike against wage cuts; strike for the six-hour day, five-day week and employment for all miners; strike for the organization of the unorgan- ized; strike with our fighting broth- ers in Pennsylvania and Ohio; fight for the full tonnage rate in machine operation and for control of operation of the machines. Make it a national strike for a national settlement and for the building of a powerful min- lers’ union under new leadership. - The Traitors Must Gol “Lewis must go! Fishwick and the rest, of the bankrupt officials must ‘of : “Strike to save the union! “Send your dejegates to the Pitts- burgh, Pa. National Rank and File Conference April first. “Miners—Take control union! “District No. 12 U.M.W. of A. Save the Union Committee. “Luke Coffey, Belleville, Ill.: Rus- sell P, Smith, E. St. Louis, Ill; B. G. of your Yuskauskas, West Frankfort, Ill; Mike Rukavina, Orient, l.; George Voysey, Springfield, Ill.; Joseph Polka, Staunton, Ill; Chavles Crudish, Valier, Tll.; James Riley, Springifeld, ill.; Henry Love, Gillespie, Ill.; Wil- liam Luiggs, Belleville, Ill.; Dan Slin- ger, O'Fallon, Ill; Adrian Delforge, Christopher, TIl.; Dowell, Ill; John J. Watt, Spring- | field, Tl; Gerry Allard, West Frank- | ALL LABOR BEHIND THREE MINERS (Continued from Page One) forts to free three honest: and pro- gressive miners, Sam Bonita, Steve | Mendola and Adam Moleski who were without cause indicted for murder on March 18 by the grand jury of Lu- zerne county, Pennsylvania. They are charged with the fatal shooting of ‘Organizer Frank Agati ‘at the dis- trict office of the miners’ union on Feb. 16. Begin Murder. A few days after the election of the local officers opposed to thé in- dividual contract system, Thomas Lil- lis, a progressive miner opposed to the contractors and the Cappelini ma- chine, was shot and killed from am- bush. Threats were made to Alex Campbell, whose house had already been dynamited and who has since been murdered, and other progres- sive leaders that they would meet the fate of Lillis if they did not desist in their fight against Cappelini and the contractors. Lillis was killed by hired gunmen from New Jersey who escaped, and it was known that Or- ganizer Frank Agati had visited them in Pittston at their boarding house the night before they murdered Lillis. On Feb. 16, Bonita, the presiderit of his local, and Mendola ané Moleski of the grievance committee came’ to Wilkes-Barre at the invitation of dis- trict officials. to confer with them in an attempt to get the No. 6 colliery of the Pennsylvania Coal Company opened, which had beet shut down since the election of the new officers. Organizer Agait, well armed and known’ as the best pistol shot in the region, assaulted Bonita in the first minute of the conference, . striking him inthe face and pulling out his pistol. Shooting then began, Agati firing at Bonita and Bonita, in self defense at Agati. F Returns te Face Issue. Bonita. Mendola and Moleski then left the office. Moleski voluntarily went to the district attorney two hours later and told, the entire story of the fight. Mendola was arrested almost immediately. Bonita who had suc- cessfully made his escape, returned twenty-four hours later and gave himself up, willing to stand trial and desiring to have his name cleared. ~ gressive official of Local 1708 .was. shot three times thru ‘the. head in’ Pittston by hired assassins who es- caped. Grecio is still in a critical con- dition, ‘ The following week on Feb. 28, Alexander Campbell, the outstanding leader of the Pittston progressives, checkweighman of the colliery, and his friend, Peter Reilly, secretary of Local Union 1703, were murdered by. automatic shotguns, over twenty. .38 calibre slugs being found in each body. Thus were taken away two of the most effective fighters against the district and international union offi- cials, as they were returning from visiting their friends Bonita, Mendola and Moleski in prison where they had gone to make plans for their de- fense. : Police Partial. No arrests have been made for the murders of Lillis, Campbell and Reilly and the attempted murder of Grecio, all of whom were honest, progressive union men. Yet the entire force of the state is now aiding the contractor- operator corrupt union official group, Gilbert Rogers, | in railroading three men to the elec- tric chair, because one of them de- fended himself against the murderous fort, I: Fred Bode, Taylorville, [l.; | ettack of Agati, who was both an or* William Mitchell, Benld, TIL; Joseph |Angélo, secretary, 431 W. Weeley Bt, Springfield, Ill. *” * * ganizer, a known as the “personal bodyguard” of Cappelini. To show how prejudiced the state is, Moleski was at first re- leased urder bail as a material wit- Carry Out Evictions. WASHINGTON, Mar. 23.—Ohio’ ness, but a few days later at the preliminary hearing, when he consis- |Teachers Complain | Two days later, Sam Grecio, a pro- || contractors and the corruption of the | (aac special contractor and | coal operators will not consent to a tently held to his testimony that postponement of the proceedings in Agati had attacked Bonita first, he federal court at Columbus, scheduled |was also charged with murder and jfor hearing Saturday before District committed without bail to the Lu- Judge House, in which the operators zerne County Jail. are seeking to evict 400 families of| Free our brothers Bonita, Mendola | w: striking miners from their. homes. and Moleski. Send all assistance pos- This announcement was made at the sible to the National Bonita-Moleski- ‘senate coal committee’s hearing this, Mendola Defense Committee, Room dow pane when he fell, ‘afternoon by W. P. Belden, atvomey | 518, Coal Exchange Bide Wilkes- for the operators, © ~ - | Barre, Pa. , The above pic- ture shows con- gressmen wait- ing their turn to aecompany Wall Street’s “good will” flier on a short trip thru the air. As there was no - more danger involved than there is in bombing a vil- lage of defense- less Nicaraguan women and chil- dren, the poli- ticians were willing to take a chance. The ar- row points to Lindbergh, MUSTERS (ST. LOUIS PLANS COMMUNE MEET ST: LOUIS, MO., March 22, — A concert and mass meeting to celebrate the Paris Commune anniversary will be held Saturday at 8 p. m. at Sokol Hall, 1489* Chouteau Ave., under the auspices of the International Labor Defense. The principal address will be made by George Maurer, of Chicago, dis- trict secretary of the International Labor Defense. The meeting will honor the memory of .Sacco.and Vanzetti and others, who died fighting for the working class, and will demand the release of Tom Mooney and other class-war prisoners. Against Examiners Two sets of hea platiite, one signed and the other unsigned, charging |: that public school teachers have been humiliated by medical examiners, will result in a discussion at the next meeting of the Teachers’ Union, Fri-. day evening at 2 West 64th Street, according to Henry R. Linville, presi- dent of the union. The union’s com- mittee. on teachers’ interest is scheduled to report on an investiga- tion. Many Are Injured in Mexican Earthquake MEXICO CITY, March 22.—Sev- eral persons were reported injured in a violent earthquake which held this’ city in the grip of panic nearly all night long. No,deaths had been reported to the police up to mid-morning. The tremors were felt for several hundred miles. Sports, Union first annual tourna- ment at the Finnish Hall, 15 W. 126th St., on Sunday will be the swimming 1aces and. the water sports exhibition. They will include style swimming, diving, life saving demonstrations, relay swimming races, free style 1aces. and team relay swimming races. Other events will socecr drible, horizontal bars, hop, skip and jump; wrestling and pyra- mids. The meet will start at 11 a. m. Half be basketball, and ‘continue until midnight. of the proceeds will he donated to the {Pennsylvania - Chio Miners’ Relief Committee, 799 Broadway. * * * While Gene. Tunney has informed the New York Boxing Commission he has signed up with Tex Rickard for a fight to defend his crown. no official announcement has been made as to whom Gene's opponent will be. In all probability Rickard is still ‘undecided as to who would be the biggest draw- . * . 1 ‘The trial of Murry Render and William. Dow who were severely beaten..up. by. Lieut. John Broderick and other detectives of the Industrial Squad. when. they were arrested at Madison Suare Garden during the recent six-day bicycle race, has been postponed until May 7. Isaac Schmel, their attorney, ob- der’s fractured jaw being wi making it Puaposatbie wy him to talk. The Perth a Workers? Ath- letic Club. has been reorganized and will play its first soccer game of the ‘season Sunday at 3 p.. m. Plans are being made to anniek a soccer league in the vicinity of Perth Amboy, acoerding to A. German, jr., secretary of the club. ¢ One of the features of the Labor?’ tained’ the adjournment due to Ren-| CHICAGO NUCLEUS DRAWS MEMBERS INTO UNIT WORK Pioneers and Women’s Groups Formed CHICAGO, March 22.—The mem- bership of Street Nucleus 25, Section 6, Workers (Communist) Party in the past few months has been more ac- tive than ever. Thru the functioning of its exec- utive committee a plan has _ been worked out by which all members are drawn into the work of the unit. All functionaries, such as the DAILY WORKER agent, literature agent, industrial organizer and women’s work director are assigned assis- tants. Those elected as function- aries are considered heads of depart- ments and must submit their reports to the executive committee in writing. Taken Up At Executive. All communications are- taken up by the executive committee. The handling of business matters at the meeting are taken care of in 30 minutes’ to one hours’ time. There is a discussion at every meeting. Pioneers Organize. In the matter of obtaining speakers from the higher party units, there has been some disappointment. The unit has organized a Young Pioneer group which is steadily in- creasing in membership. It has also organized the women into a council with a membership of 25, most of whom are not members of the Workers Party. It is known as the Mayfair Women’s Council. N. Y. Legislature Ends; Jobless Aid Shelved ALBANY, March 22. — Without» having passed one measure of relief for the hundreds of thousands of un- employed workers in New York State, the 1928 session of the state legis- lature came to an end yesterday afternoon. The closing hours of the session were marked by the defeat of Gover- nor: Smith’s proposal for a four year term for governor with the election falling midway in presidential years. Dance Tonight for Negro Boys’ Schooi A dance for the benefit of the Fort Valley Industrial School for Colored ‘Children, at Fort Valley, Georgia, will be held“at the Renaissance Ca- sino, 188th St. and Seventh Ave. to- night. I. R. T. Cars Collide An I. R. T. motorman, whose name officials refuse to divulge, narrowly escaped death early yesterday morn- ing when his train rammed the rear of another, due to faulty equipment. He was entering the Pelham division repair yard at Whitlock Ave., the Bronx. ~ SPORTS IN... BRIEF SOCCOR LEAGUE. 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Vagabond . 2 Painters Hurt in Fall ‘Peter Schultz, 21, of 644 Driggs » ;| Ave., a house painter, suffered con- tusions of the body wher a scaffold .cn which he was working, at 73 E. 98th St., slipped and he fell three stories landing on Stephan Parko- witz, 41, 509 K. 81st St. who was painting on the street level. Parko- witz snffered a possible fracture of, the right leg. : Mount Sinai hospital by eho a ? ‘ § | | | | t