The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 27, 1928, Page 1

1 . officers: chairman, Robert M. Lovett; THOUSAND NEW MEMBERS JOIN WORKERS PARTY IN DRIVE THE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS: FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE GANIZED FOR T 40-HOUR WEEK FOR A LABOR PARTY Vol. V. No. 73. ILLINOIS MINERS BREAK THROUGH LEWIS’ ATTACKS HE DAILY WORKER. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at New York, N, ¥., under the act of March 3, 1879, SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In New York, by mail, $8.00 per year, Outside New York, by mail, $6.00 per year. F SHOP\PAPERS \ Finally Replace Dilapidated Elevated Structure | ADDED TO LIST IN LENIN DRIVE New Units Are Formed | in Many Industries | i Over 1,000 workers have joined the | Workers (Communist) Party since the | beginning of the Lenin-Ruthenberg Drive on January 138, it was announc- } ed by the national office of the Party yesterday. This does not include many hundred former Party members who ‘have rejoined after temporary inactivity. Thru its activity in mining regions, in the textile mills, in the lumber and steel mills and among the shoe- workers and the unemployed the Workers Party has organized new units in cities where there has been no, contact heretofore, as well as new | sub-sections, Many Sub-Sections Formed. | New shop nuclei have been formed } in New Brunswick, N. J., New Bed- | ford, Mass., Hanover, Pa., Walsen- | berg, Col., Barberton, O., St. Helena, | Ore., and others in Colorado. Among | the states where the Party has new sub-seetions are Oregon, » Colorado, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and New York. “On all sides, workers, particularly | the most oppressed and most militant, | are realizing the leadership of the | Workers Party and are daily joining its ranks,” Jack Stachel, organization secretary of the Party, said last night. One of the achievements of the drive to date is the publication of six (Continued on Page Two) SCORE PILSUDSKI TERRORIST RULE Demand Release of 490 Members of “Hromada” Demanding the immediate release of the 490 members of Hromada, western White Russian Party of Workers and Peasants, the newly formed American Committee Against Polish Fascism has sent a. cablegram to Marshal Pilsudski denouncing the white terror in Poland. Fifty-six members of Hromada are already on “trial” in Vilna. At the same time the committee has sent out a call for a gereral con- ference +o acquaint American work- ers with the persecution of workers and peasants in Poland and _particu- larly with the plight of the Hromada, cutlawed worker and peasant party of western White Russia. The members of the committee are: Scott Nearing, Robert W. Dunn, Alice Stone Blackwell, Ellen Hayes, David Rhys Williams, H.W.L. Dana, William Bouck, Victor Berger, Bishop William M. Brown, C. E. S. Wood, Sara Bard Field, Duncan MacDonald, Theodore Debs, Carlo Tresca, John Brophy, Max Hayes, James P. Cannon, Martin Abern, Arthur Garfield Hayes, Fran- eis Fischer Kane and Robert M. Lovett. The committee elected the following | | | vice-chairmen, Scott Nearing and Roger Baldwin; secretary-treasurer, Robert W. Dunn; assistant secretary- treasurer, Martin Abern. The cable sent by the committee to Pilsudski follows: “In the name of liberal and labor vpinion in the United States we pro- test energetically against the trial of 56 leaders of the party of the White Russian people, ‘Hromada,’ as an at- (Continued on Page Three) HALT ELMER GANTRY CASE. BOSTON, March 26.—The case of Guy Willis Holmes, New Bedford Methodist minister, was postponed to- day in the Suffolk County superior criminal court until April 9, Holmes had been held in jail on charges pre- ferred by Miss Antoinette Fortin, former New Bedford tea room wait- ress. A jury in the first trial dis- agreed. R. R. WORKER BREAKS LEG, JERSEY CITY, N. J., Mar. 26, — John Reales, 25, 2 brakeman for the Pennsylvania R. R. here sustained a compound fracture of the right leg when he fell from the top of a freight car on which he was working today, After the ania elevated structure at the Atlantic Ave. end of the Fulton St. line in Brooklyn seemed likely to fall apart, the company finally decided to replace it with a new subway line. Many fatal accidents have resulted from the antiquated wooden cars and defective structure in the past, notably the Malbone St. wreck sev- eral years ago in which nearly 100 were killed. Nothing was done to improve the transit facilities after this wreck until now. Photo shows view of construction work on new subway. DEFENSE URGENT IN NEW PLOT ON ‘DAILY’ The final touches are being given to a new plot to crush The DAILY WORKER. This information has reached the paper from sources where accuracy is unquestionable. ment’s decision as to what is the most suitable moment for making the at- | tack, the moment when the situation in which The DAILY WORKER finds itself, seems most critical to’ the American bosses. Ready to Attack. The capitalists and their allies and catspaws, the fascist and patriotic or- ganizations of the calibre of the Key- men of America and the Military Or- der of the World War, believe that the moment has almost arrived. Burdened with tremendous expenses from. previous legal attacks, stagger- ing under the task of carrying on single-handed the struggle of the striking miners, of the millions of un- employed and of all militant Amer- jean workers from one end of the country to the other, The DAILY WORKER, the only militant daily or- gan of the American working class, is passing thru the severest crisis in its history. The bosses believe that the time has come to strike the blow from which the labor press will never recover. How can The DAILY WORKER resist this new assault? The DAILY WORKER cannot resist it unless the thousands of class-conscious Amer- ican workers who have rallied to the defense of the paper in, the past come to its rescue again. Anything less than united support will mean the destruction of their press. For four years The DAILY WORKER has carried on an aggres- sive struggle for the rights of Amer- ican labor. But unless the workers rally every dollar and even every cent to save the life of the paper the capi (Continued on Page Two)+ DRESS MAKERS TO MEET TONIGHT Joint Defense to Fight Jailing of Leaders Nominations for delegates to the national convention of the union, which opens in Boston on May 7, are to be made at tonight’s membership meetings of Cloak Finishers’ Local 9, and Dressmakers’ Local 22. . Both halls of Manhattan Lyceum, 66 E. 4th St., are to be used for this purpose. In a statement issued yesterday by the Joint Board Cloak and Dressmak- ers’ Union, the membership of ‘these locals are called upon to participate in the nominations and also in the coming elections. The election dates have not been set as yet, and will be announced later. It is announced that despite the fact that the right wing in control of the International union is making known its proposed intention to keep all demands for unity in the union out of the convention, the left wing Joint (Continued on Page Two) When the new onslaught will be launched is entirely dependent upon the govern-¢— ae GALL TO WORKERS OF ACW IS ISSUED Left Wing Program for Convention With the announcement by the union that the locals of the Amalga- mated Clothing Workers of America are to meet within the next two weeks to elect delegates to the coming na- tional convention, the Amalgamated section of the Trade Union Educa- tional League issued a statement to the membership urging them to elect delegates who will fight for a leader- ship that will carry thru the follow- ing 10 demands: A union for the workers; the 40-hour week; an unem- ployment fund; a minimum wage; ‘or- ganization of the unorganized; rein- (Continued on Page Two) NEARING. TO TALK TOMORROW NIGHT To Discuss Imperialist Rivalries in Lecture What the European imperialist powers think of the Kellogg “anti- war” treaty proposals and how the ilne-ups are being formed for the next war behind all the talk of “disarma- ment” agreements, will be discussed by Scott Nearing at Irving Plaza, 15th St. and Irving Place, tomorrow night at 8.15 in a lecture on “Europe To- day”. % * Nearing has just returned from an extended visit of China, western Europe and the out Union. The meeting ha¥ been arranged by sections 2 and 38,. Workers (Com- muualet) Early, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1928 RELIEF SHELVED, ‘SAYS NY COUNCIL OF UNEMPLOYED Mass Meets This Week Push Campaign Denouncing the recent Labor In- stitute conference on unemployment which was arranged by the Central Trades and Labor Council during the latter part of last week at the Wash- ington Irving High School, the Ne New York Council of Unem: loved I last night issued a statement character- izing the meet as a “futile talkfest” totally ignoring the seriousness ‘of the situation. The statement is signed by John Di Santo, secretary of the New York Council of Unemployed. Attack Central Trades Meet. “The New York Council of Unem- ployed can only characterize the central trades conference on unem- ployment as a futile talkfest which completely ignored the misery and suffering df thousands of unemploy- ed workers in this city. “The officials of the conference dis- played an inexcusable ignorance of the situation and offered no program or plan or action or relief. Once again the aristocrats of labor, who have nothing in common with the labor movement, have shown their utter bankruptcy and incompetency. “The New York Council of Unem- ployed has maintained right along that all trade unions must cooperate in this crisis, Already many unions have offered to help in this work, but so far the Central Trades and Labor Council has been merely toying with the question. “Talk does not feed hungry’ men. (Continued on Page Two) OHIO POLICE CLUB ANTI - HORTHYITES: Cleveland Workers Ex- pose Delegation (Special to The Daily Worker.) CLEVELAND, March 26.—For the third time in two days police yester- day terrorized Anti-Horthy demon- strators when 500: police and scores of detectives charged lines of workers protesting the visit to this city of the Horthy white guard delegation. This was the greatest display of police strength here in years. When the Hungarian fascists as- sembled at the Kossuth monument yesterday at University Circle, an air- plane poured thousands of anti- Horthy leaflets and red ballons de- nouncing the white guardists on the | crowd while scores of banners were| displayed in the assailing the Borehy regime. Mounted Police in Action. Mounted police conducted several workers away from the scene while great tumult stopped the speeches of the visiting fascists. When the delegation was officially received at the City Hall Saturday mounted and motorcycle police at- tacked pickets carrying banners of protest. The reception by City Manager Hopkins was followed by a complete mobilization of the city police force. March In Fascist Line. The demonstrators appeared in front of the City Hall carrying ban- ners and fearlessly marched into the Publishing Association, I | FINAL city | AL CITY EDITION Published daily except Sunday by The National Daily Worker ine., 33 First Street, New York, N. ¥. Price 3 Cents ‘Score ve Central Trades for - Ignoring Jobless | Soup Kitchen Dole Sole Meal for Miners’ Tots | ~- GENERAL L STRIKE Starvation constantly stares the children of the striking Penn- sylvania and Ohio miners in the face. on the picket line with their fathers, Some of the children are undernourishment. These children, who fight faint n sichool because of shown receiving a hand-out in a soup kitchen of the Pennsylvania and Ohio miners Relief Comittee. Only the American workers can save the lives of hundreds of thousands of children of the mine workers, by sending relief to the Miners’ Relief Gommittee, 611 Penn, Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. 'FARMER-LABOR MEETING TO ATTACK SHIPSTEAD ecial To The DAILY WORKER.) ST. PAUL, Party convention, nel io 26.—Interest of delegates at the Farmer-Labor eduled to open here Wednesday centers on the nomina- MINERS RISING IN ALL SECTIONS Sentiment Swinging to . Progressives (Special to The Daily Worker) PITTSBURGH, March 26.—Noth- ing in recent labor history can be compared with the wave of enthus- iasm which has swept over the mine fields as a result of the recent Na- tional Save-the-Union call to the coal diggers. Information secured from yerable sources point to the fact that the April 1 conference in this city will be more largely attended than even the progressives themselves now anticipate. A Serious Conference. A great wave of organization of the unorganized is expected to follow the holding of the April 1 conference. It will be a business conference and not a talkfest. There will be no coal operators’ politicians there to wel- come the delegates but there will be vigorous discussion as to the best methods saving the union. Bellaire, Ohio, reports that local unions ia the sub-district are elect- ing delegates. Among those locals is 1840, one of the largest in the state. Over one hundred delegates from eastern Ohio alone, according to definite information, will attend the convention. Also Pennsylvania. The Allegheny Valley in Pennsyl- vania, once a stronghold of the Lewis machine, is overwhelmingly progres- sive and will send its quota of dele- gates to the conference. The Fagan machine in district five had a small army of organizers engaged in the valley for a number of weeks trying to stem the progressive tide. Even state troopers have been at the ser- line of 800 visiting Horthyites. The ( Potting on Page Five) vice of the machine and several sched- (Continued on Page Two) SEAMEN FRAMED, JAILED BY CONSUL Union Talk B Brings 5 Years in S) in Syrian Jail and Atlanta Pen Released finally, after serving four years and nine months of a five year prison term imposed upon him through the efforts of an American consul in Syria, Valentine Austino, seaman on an American merchant ship, and member of the I. W. W., yesterday told the story of his suffer- ings from the time he was thrown into a filthy prison in Bierut until hi: release from Atlanta Penitentiary in Georgia, Austino, an American citizen, in Porto Rico, was making his second trip as fireman on the oil burning ship Egremont, A class conscious worker, he talked to his fellow work- ers of union organization. Marked For Reprisal. “Tt was not long before the petty officers began to watch me,” Austino said. ‘The second assistant engineer, having no direct proof to bring to his superior officers as to agitation for organization, made several complaints to the chief engineer charging me with neglecting my work. I defended myself against these charges when I went to the office of the chief en- gineer and proved that my work was satisfactory. Assaulted Austino. When the petty officer heard of his visit to the chief engineer he went to where Austino was working and at- tacked him with a club, at the same time telling him to expect a “real “Mion of the national senator. Sen. Shipstead is not attending the con- vention despite repeated invitations and has not declared his affiliation. He refused to affirm or deny press reports that he is filing on the repub- lican or the independent ticket. Left and progressive delegates are unalterably opposed to his renomina- tion because of: (1) party disloyalty; (2) participation in the republican senatorial caucus; (3) fake character of the anti-injunction bill; (4) his vote against the resolution for the withdrawal of marines from Nicara- gua; (5) his general failure to repre- sent the interests of the workers and poor farmers; (6) his obvious efforts to deliver the Farmer-Labor Party into the hands of the republicans. Will Fight Shipstead. The Lefts consider him a symbol of the middle class third party and careerist elements in the Farmer- Continued on Page Two) SATURDAY NIGHT }at Madison Square Garden Saturday evening will be held Thursday at 8 vp. m. at Stuyv nt Casino, Se Avenue and 9th St. More than 1,000 men and women will participate in the spectacle, “Red, Yellow and Black.” It will be the principal feature of a program which will include Sergey Radomsky, tenor, in a selection of new songs from the Soviet Union. A symphony orchestra also will furnish music. The Freiheit, Jewish Communist daily, is the organ of the needle trades workers of New York in their strug- gle against the right wing forces in the unions. Av record crowd is ex- pected to celebrate the Freiheit’s sixth birthday. Anti-Imperialist Meet To Be Held in Chicago CHICAGO, March 26.—An °» ‘-im- perialist conference on the Nic igu- an situation wili be hela nere April 15 to which all Iccal trade union and progressive organizations have been invited to send delegates. The call is signed by Clarence Dar- row, Robert Morss Lovett Lillian Herstein, Peter Jensen and other la- bor and liberal members of the All- America Anti-Imperialist League. BILL BARS MISCEGENATION, WASHINGTON, Mar. 26.—A bill against the intermarriage of whites and Negroes in the District of Colum- bia has been introduced in the house by Rep. Gasque (Dem., S. C.) The bill makes racial intermarriage a beating” when they arrived in the (Continued an Page Two) felony punishable with a two to five Lyear sentence. "FREIHEIT’ JUBILEE A rehearsal of all those who will! of winning the strike -and| participate in the Freiheit celebration | cond | CALL RESOUNDS IN DISTRICT 12 \Fishwi ek Henchmen Strike at Militants GERRY ALLARD. March 26.—A By SPRINGFIELD, Ml. | wave of militancy is spreading over |the Illinois mine districts which has | swept the reactionary Lewis-Fish- wick machine off its feet. The Lewis henchmen are making |frantic efforts to stem the tide, | | | | Attack Progressives. In Local Union 4173 charges have been preferred against Gerry Allard, in Local Union 303 charges have been filed against brothers Novack, a young progressive, Ausley, House, Teague, Rukavina and Joich, most of PITTSBU RGH, March 26.—The! following urgent appeal was apes sent out by the National Save-the-! Union Committee of~ the-Minerss—+ “Nothing~catt prevent the hold-| ing of our Aistoric conference at, Pittsburgh on April 1, except lack) of funds to enable the hundreds of | delegates already pledged to our movement, to get here. “The miners have been on strike! for a year. Most of our delegates are from strike areas. They are) unable to secure funds and other expenses to make this most vital] conference possible. The workers) in others trades can and must en-| able them to take up this great| duty. Funds should be rushed -by! return mail or wire to the head- quarters of the Save-the-Union Committee, 526 Federal St., N. S,, Pittsburgh.” i 2s eS Aenean whom are officials and are taking a very active part in the movement to eliminate the Lewis machine. The recent developments in this section show clearly that the miners are being organized for real action. The bluffing and humbugging days of the fake leaders of ‘the miners are just about over and the rank and file has taken the situation into its own hands. Miners are determined that these faithful leaders of the miners will not be expelled. They are organizing themselves to prevent the railroading of these honest and courageous union men that dare defy the iron-fisted rule of Lewisism. ¢ Fight Grows Stronger. District 12, Save-the-Union © mittee, of which Joseph Angelo is sec- retary and which is located at 431 N) Wesley St., has taken the lead in the | progressive movement. A call has been sent out for a general strike on April 1 in support of the Penn- sylvania-Ohio miners. Delegates are being sent to the Pittsburgh confer ~ ence April 1. Defense of Bonita, Men- dola, Moleski and support of their defense committee has been endorsed. FEAR 62 DEAD IN NEW COAST FLOOD Report 40 Jap Workers Among Victims SACRAMENTO, Cal., March 26.—<; Fears that the American river flood, inundating north Sacramento and causing great damage in central Cali- fornia, has taken a heavy toll of life grew this afternoon with reports that 40 Japanese ranch workers in a dise trict north of here were drowned. This bought the number of dead and miss- ing to 62. The water swept in over a mile of farm land and buried two-story houses completely out of sight, rescue parties reported, Immense stretches of orchard and ranch lands were under water today, hundreds of homes have been inun- dated, several communities have been isolated and many sections are in im- minent peril. Rescue parties today were struggling to reach Liberty Is- land in the Sacramento River on | which 20 persons are feared drowned, ? Se eae al