The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 24, 1928, Page 1

yi figs f 2 DIE, 10 HURT IN BLAST ON DESTR Two sailors were killed and 10 injured when a gas*tank on the U.S. destroyer Whitney (shown above at left) while the shipwas taking part in war maneuvers off Cuba. Five of the injured sailors may die. OYER 4 I N WAR PRACTICE; EO EA eee ee oldiers, pawns of Wall The lives of the sailors and Street mean nothing to military authorities. Not content with the loss of hundreds of lives in the naval, army, and aviation services in the last few months in war preparations, the army is engaged in an intensive campaign to lure young workers into the serve. Some of the youths who have been trapped into the army are shown at the right being taught marksmanship. TAE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS: FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNORGANIZED FOR THE 40-HOUR WEEK FOR A LABOR PARTY HE DAILY WORKER. Entered as second-clans matter at the Post Office at New York, N. ¥., under the act of March 3, 1879, ae FINAL CITY EDITION Vol. V. No. 71. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In New York, by mail, $8.00 per year, Outside New York, by mail, $6.00 per year. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1928 Published daily except Sunday by The National Dally Worker Publishing Association, Inc., 33 First Street, New York, N. ¥. Price 3 Cents SHOTS AND TEAR BOMBS FAILTO STOP MINE PICKETS SOVIET UNION T0 |Not Even a Stretcher for Wounded Revolutionary PROPOSE ANOTHER PLAN AT GENEVA Imperialist Powers will Not Disarm GENEVA, March 23.—The Soviet / Union will introduce a new plan for \disarmament, Maxim Litvinoff. head of the U. S. S. R. delegation to the preparatory arms commission an- nounced late this afternoon. The Sov- iet Union will demand the first read- ing of its new proposals immediately, Litvinoff said. Commenting on the recent attacks on. the Soviet Union’s proposal for complete and immediate disarmament, Litvinoff said: “The discussion to date leaves no doubt of the fa*-Yof our disarmament project. It is nist appatent the ma- jority of governments represented here will reject the project of total disarmament. “While various delegations have suggested the possibility of utilizing various clauses of our project in the} commission’s final project, we object | and refuse all responsibility for such clauses so used. “However, if the commission re- fuses to accept the principle of total abolition of armament, we are willing | (Continued on Page Three) (ITLOW, DUNNE SPEAK AT MEET While the United Stwtes government is rushing bigger and better marine bombing planes to wipe out Sandino and his followers, the army of independence under General Sandino is continuing its struggle agatist the overwhelming American forces. The above picture shows two of Sandino’s men carrying a wounded comrade to the nearest make- shift relief station. The troops of General Sandino are in urgent need of the most elementary hospital and relief equipment. even a stretcher in which to move their wounded. The United States most office is attempting to suppress the campaign which the All \ | } | \ | | | They haven't Analyze U.S. Situation] at R. I. L. U. Congress; (Special Cable to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, March %43.—Tne ask: facing the revolutionary labor mov ment in the United States were ou lined by Benjamin Gitlow, an William F. Dunne in the discussion o: Losovsky’s report at yesterday’s ses- sion of the Red International of La- bor Unions. Pointing to the growing unemploy- ment in the United States and the vigorous offensive launched by capi- talism against the working class, Git- low? said: “We aw: facing a difficult struggle against the reformist leaders who are the direct agents of capitalism and imperialism and are actually advo- “ z cating capitalist rationalization and Oil Corruption industrial peace plans. “Phe revolutionary trade union| WASHINGTON, March 23,—Sen. movement is developing its work|Gerald P. Nye (Rep., N. Dak.), chair- among the unorganized workers,| man of the senate oil scandal investi- among the Negroes and workers of| gating committee, has definitely and other races. Altho the influence of|by direct accusation made Governor the revolutionary trade unions of the| A. Smith of New York a party to the United States is. steadily growing it|oil corruption conspiracy. cannot be as rapid as in other coun-| “Might it be that your failure to tries, because the pressure of capi-|speak out against these scandals talism, so ‘closely bound up with] sooner is attributable to the fact that American state machinery, is es-|Harry F. Sinclair was’ a member of pecially strong.” your official family and had, as news- Growing Protest. % papers now report, contributed in Dunne pointed out the necessity of |1918, when you were a successful creating new trade unions on a revo-|candidate for governor, to a demo- lutionary basis while fighting to wit ‘atic committee in New York?” Sen. over the reformist trade unions, rye asked in a letter to Governor “The yellow trade unions,” he de-|§mith today. core care gone perpen they Smith’s “Status” same objécts as the so-called company] . charges. Smith with * (Continued on Page Three) Apis ren Gar ores east ny octe Fies ae seounir whose infamy \has been ex- posed.” He charges him also with © perers Complaii “seeking to undermine public confi- degree on unicn}| dence” in the committee in the midst sick. ‘Make them | of its investigation. work, , Then when they collapse’ “That is the status you now oc- rhysically, kick them out of the'cupy,” the Nye letter adds, schools.” That is the system that! Following the contributions to Al President Henry ‘Linville, of the|Smith’s New York democratic party, Teachers Union charges is being used] cited by Sen. Nyé, Governor Smith by the ¢ity school medical examiner] made Sinclair a member of the New to discriminate against the union. _ (Continued on Page Seven) ROOPS FOR i sailing tomorrow for Nicaragua on SMITH ARRAIGNED FOR OIL. SILENGE N. Y. Governor Aided \ bs gical Anti-Imperalist League is leading to aid the Sandino forces, GET COMMUNIST APPEAL NORFOLK, Va., March 23.—Issuing a strong appeal to the 446 marines (Communist) Party and Young Workers (Communist) League mailed a} ‘a ~—~%ietter from here to a large number| NICARAGUA the mine-layer Oglala, the Workers | of the men, also leaving a quan- | tity of these letters in the main| | barracks of the Norfolk Navy Yards} where the marines are stationed. Appealing to these marines who make up the biggest shipment of the 950 enlisted men being sent to Nic- aragua, the letter not only explained the obvious fact that these men were being rushed to Nicaragua as part of a concerted drive to crush Sandino before the rainy season sets in rather than to superyise the elec- tions, but calls upon the marines to go over to Sandino rather than fight against the Nicaraguan people. The marines who will sail consist! of men from Great Lakes, IIL, Quantico, Va., as well as all eastern points where marines are sta (Continued on Page Two) i MELLON FIRM OUT'TO BREAK UNION Issues Vicious Warning, It Will “Take Care Of’ Miners WASHINGTON, March 23.—Admission that the open shop coal operators are determined to continue their campaign to destroy the United Mine Workers was con- tained in the testimony of William G, Warden, chair- man of directors board of the Pittsburgh Coal Co. Testifying before the senate committee, Warden yes- terday declared that under no conditions would his con- cern consent to a meeting with representatives of the A settlement of the coal dispute was out of the He would not meet with union representatives “now, a week from now or two months union, question, he announced. from now.” In reply to the question as to whether the miner was not one of those to be considered in the issue, Warden » replied bluntly: { : WORKER, PEASANT ARMIES CAPTURE KWANTUNG CITY Demand Release of 4. Korean Nationalists AMOY. China, March 23.—A boy- cott against all foreign goods has been launched here as the result of the arrest of four Korean national- ists here. Trade unions which initi- ated the boycott are demanding the immediate release of the Koreans. The boycott, which has been a com- plete sucéess, has tied up business e. Pickets are marching in front of the dock carrying placards. The of ;ships hag Bign completely halted. eg hy % The Japanese cruised, Ohi has ar- rived here. y « * * (Special to The Daily Worker.) CANTON, March 23.—As the re- sult of the bombardment of the city of Pingtan by Japanese gunboats, the boycott against Japan is growing rapidly. The provincial Kuomintang government has refused to take any action in the matter. The boycott, which has already spread thruout Fukien province, has (Contin:ed on Page Three} CENTRAL TRADES AID. DEMANDED Jobless Council Calls on It to Join Drive In a statement issued yesterday by the New York Council of the Unem- ployed, 60 St. Marks Place, through its secretary John Di Santo, the Cen- tral Trades and Labor Council of this city is called upon to take definite action to relieve the unemployment situation by joining the campaign for a State Unemployment Insurance Fund. ‘Phe appeal is directed to the conference which the Central Trades and Labor Council is holding today | and tomorrow at Washington Irving High School, at which unemployment will be one of the items on the agenda. Have Ignored Demands, “The employers, as well as the city and state governments, have thus far dene nothing to relieve this situation. Thus far the offitials of the Central Trades have ignored the demands of the unemployed of the city and have been playing a rcund with Tammany Hall officials. The conference of the Central Trades will only still further leceive the unemployed, - unless it dopts the immediate and practical (Continued on Page Two) Pag Yard Men Remake ened Bill ASS MOVEMENT Launch Anti-Imperialist Boyco tt in China es | supporting a bill asking congress t thirty years of service. The group of in the Navy Yard for forty years them slaving by means of the exist: ment is not allowed before a worker Mayor Walker. BREAKS THROUGH DESPITE TERRO® | Arrest 39 in Rall: | Pittsburgh CADIZ, Ohio, March 23,-—State/ troopers here fired upon and threw tear bombs at a crowd of 200’ miners, their wives and children who were carrying on a mass picketing demon- stration at the Wheeling township mine No. 2, six miles east of this city. Women Lead. Led by women pickets, the miners were engaged in an attempt to bring out the crew of non-union workers | employed at the mine, It is reported _ } that no One -was ifit by the fire of the, troopers although a number of work- ers were injured in the clash which occurred. Major R. A. Bowland and four deputy sheriffs jumped into the Members of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Ketirement Associatwn are o retire Navy Yard workers after workers above have already served or more but the government keeps ‘ing law according to which retire- is sixty-five years old. These men also took part in the mass resistance with which the workers met the threat to close the Brooklyn Navy Yard, a measure supported by picketing line and, according to re- ports, fired their revolvers at the crow When this failed to disperse the miners, tear bombs were thrown, A number were injured in the attack. Scab Mine. The mine has been operating on a scab basis during the past few months. In today’s demonstration, just as on previous occasions, the WORKERS MUST SAVE “DAILY” IN CRISIS miners were led by Mrs. John Zenick, Mrs. Zenick and her husband were arrested together with their two daughters. The r rs of this section as well as of othe re determined to win the fight a st the open shop © In spite of the loyalty with whith | the workers have responded to the! Ineed of ‘defending their DAILY WORKER to the last cent if neces- sary, they have not realized the full gravity of the crisis which confronts \their paper. The very life of the | workers’ pres$ is at stake. | Workers’ Task. Whether The DAILY WORKER will |be able to withstand the attack which ithe United States government has | made against it, whether it will be jable to meet the financial demands which the American ‘courts are plan- | |ning to impose upon it, depend en-| \tirely on the support with which the | militant American workers rally to defend their paper at this time. The crisis is as grave as any that! ever confronted labor press. The bosses are determined that The DAILY | WORKER shall not continue as van- | guard fighter for the workers thruout the United States. They are deter- mined that the militant American working class movement shall be crushed. They recall the days be- fore there was a Workers Party or a DAILY WORKER to lead and guide the Workers in their struggle and they are determined to force the workers back to the “good old days” when (Continued on Page Seven) “Oh, we'll take who has attended that the whole in with their police resistance. The Pittsburgh Andrew Mellon, seerctary of the treasury in the Cool- idge, “oil smudge” government, has kept silent while his company has against the American working’ class. Senator Gooding of Idaho, one of the “investigating” senators sought to cover up the frank brutality of the open shopper by mildly “chastising” Warden. Everyone attention from the acuteness of the miners’ suffering and to stall off action until the open shop coal barons care of him, alright.” ‘the hearings understands by this time vestigation is an attempt to sidetrack and gunmen can break the miners’ Coal Company is a Mellon concern. een exposed as the leader in the attack « |drive of the operators. * * * Mass Picketing Spreads. PITTSBURGH, Pa., March 23— \1 union miners were ar \r 2 today following a huge | picketing demonstration before the : |Maud mine near Bridgeville and were {lodged in the county jail. The miners Predicts Cappelini Will | were arrested by State police and. changed with violating a sheriff's Be Ousted | proclaibation agatias.innes Saal LAT | The s refused to post PITTSTON, March 23, — Endorse-| quired $500 bond and re ooatnod Sem ment of the Bonita-Moleski-Mendola | ) picketing sentiment has been Defense Committee of which Stanley | spre rer the e under the Dziengielwski is secretary, and con- |SPUr which the Save-the-Union Come 2 mittee call has en to the miners, demnation of the Cappelini machine | pee a in District 1 were contained in a sign- . * ° ed statement issued today by Sam | Nearing Will Discuss Bonita, one of the three progressive | League Meet in Talk miners whom the Cappelini machine | on “Europe Today” is seeking to railroad to the electric | chair. | Ee ea | “The action of Lord Cushendun, sgh oar “CrppeuntE Neat Get the British delegate to the Ganaie T realize that I may be sent to the|1-ague of Nations, who, attacked electric chair, the young miner de- |¢}. total disarmament plan submitted clared, “but I have the satisfaction of |}. Maxim Litvinov, on behalf of the knowing that the Cappelini machine tj ¢ g§ R. and the action of the will be thrown out.” | League in. shelving instead of analyz Bonita together with his two fellow | ing the Soviet proposal, clearly points workers were recently indicted for|to the fact that the hatred of the murder in connection with the killing | imperialist powers has crystalized of the gunman Frank Agati, one oi|into plans for a war on the Soviet the crew of Cappelini killers. Agati| Union,” said Scott Nearing yesterday. was found dead after a pistol duel in | “This was inevitably due to the sharp which he attempted to murder the economic conflicts between the vari- three progressive miners because of| ous imperialist powers.” 2 their fight against the Lewis-Cappel-| Nearing, who returned _ recentl; ini machine. }from China, the Soviet Union and Bonita’s statement was given at the Central Europe, will lecture on Luzerne County Jail to Stanley| “Europe Today” next Wednesday, Dziengielewski, who has been active March 28, at 8 p. m.. at Irving Plaza, in his. behalf. Irving Place and 15th St. under the Ths statement, follows: auspices of Sections 2 and 8 of the “I am being held in jail on a heacied | Rioters: Coaateeey sees up charge and I realize that I may be sent to the electric chair by the (Continued on Page Two) Workers Theatre Will Put on Plays Monday I. L, D. BRANCH ORGANIZED. The Workers Theatre will present CURTISVILLE, Pa., March 23.—A| three one act plays at the Triangle ‘ ‘ Theatre, Seventh Ave. and 11th St, Russian branch of the International Monday at 830 p hey This willbe Labor Defense with 23 members has/the third and final showing of these been organized here. plays. 7